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The cinquefoil is taken as representing the Norman family of Beaumont who held the Earldom of Leicester from 1107 until the death of Robert FitzPernell, the fourth Earl, in 1206. This was the device of Earl Robert and was probably intended for a pimpernel in allusion to his surname. Subsequently it has been taken to stand for the line of the Beaumont Earls of Leicester and as such appears in the arms of the City of [[Leicester]]. In this case it is intended to indicate the county of [[Leicestershire]] with which (except at four points) the Diocese is co-terminous. | The cinquefoil is taken as representing the Norman family of Beaumont who held the Earldom of Leicester from 1107 until the death of Robert FitzPernell, the fourth Earl, in 1206. This was the device of Earl Robert and was probably intended for a pimpernel in allusion to his surname. Subsequently it has been taken to stand for the line of the Beaumont Earls of Leicester and as such appears in the arms of the City of [[Leicester]]. In this case it is intended to indicate the county of [[Leicestershire]] with which (except at four points) the Diocese is co-terminous. | ||
For nearly eight centuries the county was in the pastoral charge of the Bishop of Lincoln being then transferred to that of Peterborough. To express this union with Lincoln one of the two lions from the arms of the [[Diocese of Lincoln]] is taken in the chief. The crosslet is taken from the arms of the [[Diocese of Peterborough]], which, being held by the lion, also indicates that Peterborough itself was, until 1541, part of the diocese of Lincoln. | |||
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