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The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese. Lichfield was made the episcopal see by St. Chad (Ceadda) in 669. The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms. | The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese. Lichfield was made the episcopal see by St. Chad (Ceadda) in 669. The earliest seal on which arms are found for the diocese is that of William Booth (1447-1452) where a cross potent is seen as the diocesan arms. | ||
The arms shown above with red and gold are the arms officially recorded by the College of Arms according to Briggs and Fox-Davies. However, the arms are more generally seen as counterchanged, i.e. only red and silver, | The arms shown above with red and gold are the arms officially recorded by the College of Arms according to Briggs and Fox-Davies. However, the arms are more generally seen as counterchanged, i.e. only red and silver. A third version, with the cross countercharged and the small crosses gold is mentioned by Riland Bedford in 1856, and can for example be seen on the arms of bishop Smalbroke (1731-1749). | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:lichfield.rel.jpg|center|270 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Version 2 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:lichfield4.rel.jpg|center|250 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Version 3 | |||
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The counterchanged arms already appear on a contemporary painting of Bishop Robert Wright (1632-1643), see below, and are generally used since. | |||
Other images: | Other images: | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:lichfield2.rel.jpg|The arms on a engraving from 1654 ( | File:lichfield2.rel.jpg|The arms on a engraving from 1654 (Version 1) | ||
File:lichfield3.rel.jpg|The arms on a engraving from around 1700 ( | File:lichfield3.rel.jpg|The arms on a engraving from around 1700 (Version 2) | ||
File:Lichfield-smalbroke.jpg|The arms of bishop Smalbroke | File:Lichfield-smalbroke.jpg|The arms of bishop Smalbroke (Version 3) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||