Diocese of Norwich
DIOCESE OF NORWICH
Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1558 Roman Catholic)
Established : 630 as Diocese of Elmham
Renamed in 1017 to Diocese of Thetford
Renamed in 1091 to Diocese of Norwich
Official blazon
Azure, three mitres, two and one, Or.
Origin/meaning
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The arms are first found on the seal of William Bateman (1341-57). The meaning is not fully clear. They may refer to the attributed arms of the royal house of East Anglia, but another explanation states that they may possibly represent the union in the See of Norwich of the Bishoprics of Thetford, Dunwich and Elmham in the 11th century.
Arms of Roman Catholic Bishops
Herbert Losinga (1091-1119)
Everard Montgomery (1121-1145)
William de Turbe (1146-1174)
John of Oxford (1175-1200)
John de Gray (1200-1214)
Pandulf Masca (1222-1226)
Thomas Blunville (1226-1236)
William de Raley (1239-1243)
Walter Suffield (1244-1257)
Simon de Wauton (1257-1266)
Roger Skerning (1266-1278)
William Middleton (1278-1288)
Ralph Walpole (1288-1299)
John Salmon (1299-1325)
William Ayermin (1325-1336)
Thomas Hemenhale (1336-1337)
Antony Beck (1337-1343)
William Bateman (1344-1355)
Thomas Percy (1355-1369)
Henry de Spencer (1370-1406)
Alexander Totington (1407-1413)
Richard Courtenay (1413-1415)
John Wakering (1416-1425)
William Alnwick (1426-1436)
Thomas Brown (1436-1445)
Walter Le Hert (1446-1472)
James Goldwell (1472-1496)
Thomas Jane (1499-1500)
Richard Nykke (1501-1535)
Thomas Thirlby (1550-1554)
John Hopton (1554-1558)
Arms of Anglican Bishops
William Rugg (1535-1550)
John Parkhurst (1560-1575)
Edmund Freke (1575-1584)
Edmund Scambler (1584-1594)
William Redman (1594-1602)
John Jegon (1603-1618)
John Overall (1618-1619)
Samuel Harsnett (1619-1629)
Francis White (1629-1631)
Richard Corbet (1632-1635)
Matthew Wren (1635-1638)
Richard Montagu (1638-1641)
Joseph Hall (1641-1656)
Edward Reynolds (1660-1676)
Anthony Sparrow (1676-1685)
William Lloyd (1685-1690)
John Moore (1691-1707)
Charles Trimnell (1708-1721)
Thomas Green (1721-1723)
John Leng (1723-1727)
William Baker (1727-1732)
Robert Butts (1733-1738)
Thomas Gooch (1738-1748)
Samuel Lisle (1748-1749)
Thomas Hayter (1749-1761)
Philip Yonge (1761-1783)
Lewis Bagot (1783-1790)
George Horne (1790-1792)
Charles Manners-Sutton (1792-1805)
Henry Bathurst (1805-1837)
Edward Stanley (1837-1849)
Samuel Hinds (1849-1857)
John Thomas Pelham (1857-1893)
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John Sheepshanks (1893-1910)
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Bertram Pollock (1910-1942)
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Percy Mark Herbert (1942-1959)
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William Lancelot Scott Fleming (1959-1971)
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Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1971-1985)
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Peter John Nott (1985-1999)
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Graham Richard James (1999-present)
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