# Armorial of Bishops of Chester
## Bishops appointed by the Tudors

* Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon
* John Bird, Bishop 1542–1554
* Escutcheon: Sable a mace Or in bend surmounted of a pastoral staff in bend sinister Argent headed Or on a chief Argent three shovellers also Argent.
* George Cotes, Bishop 1554–1555
* Escutcheon: Argent fretty Azure on a canton Or a lion rampant Sable.
* Cuthbert Scott, Bishop 1556–1559
* Escutcheon: Argent a chevron between three pelicans' heads erased at the neck Sable.
* William Downham, Bishop 1561–1577
* Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron between two doves Argent beaks and legs Gules and a wolf's head erased Argent in base a rose between two books Gules clasped Or.
* William Chaderton, Bishop 1579–1595
* Escutcheon: Quarterly 1st & 4th Gules a cross potent Or 2nd & 3rd Argent a chevron between three crampirons Gules.
* Hugh Bellot, Bishop 1595–1596
* Escutcheon: Or on a chief Gules three cinquefoils of the first.
* Richard Vaughan, Bishop 1597–1604
* Escutcheon: Sable a chevron between three fleur-de-lis Argent.

## Bishops appointed by the Stuarts

* Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon
* George Lloyd, Bishop 1604–1615
* Escutcheon: Sable three horses' heads couped Argent.
* Thomas Morton, Bishop 1616–1619
* Escutcheon: Quarterly Gules and Ermine in dexter chief and sinister base a goat's head erased Argent attired Or a fleur-de-lis in a crescent in fess point.
* John Bridgeman, Bishop 1619–1646
* Escutcheon: Sable, ten plates in pile on a chief Argent a lion passant also Sable.
* Brian Walton, Bishop 1660–1661
* Escutcheon: Three geese passant close. (Tinctures unknown)
* Henry Ferne, Bishop 1662
* Escutcheon: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference.
* George Hall, Bishop 1662–1668
* Escutcheon: Sable three talbots' heads erased Argent langued Gules.
* John Wilkins, Bishop 1668–1672
* Escutcheon: Argent on a pale engrailed cotised plain Sable, three martlets Or.
* John Pearson, Bishop 1673–1686
* Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Erminois between three leaves Vert.
* Thomas Cartwright, Bishop 1686–1689
* Escutcheon: Ermine a fess Sable between three fireballs inflamed.
* Crest: A wolf's head erased Or pierced through the neck with a spear Argent.
* Motto: Defend The Fold
* Nicholas Stratford, Bishop 1689–1707
* Escutcheon: Gules a fess humetty Or between three tressels Argent.
* Sir William Dawes, Bishop 1708–1714
* Escutcheon: Argent on a bend Azure cotised Gules between six battle axes Sable three swans Or.
* Francis Gastrell, Bishop 1714–1725
* Escutcheon: Chequy Argent and Sable on a chief Or three bucks' heads couped of the second.
* Crest: A lion's head erased Proper gorged with a chaplet Vert.

## Bishops appointed by the Hanoverians

* Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon
* Samuel Peploe, Bishop 1726–1752
* Escutcheon: Azure on a chevron counter-embattled between three stringed bugle-horns Or a mitre with labels of the first.
* Edmund Keene, Bishop 1752–1771
* Escutcheon: Argent a talbot passant Sable collared Or on a chief indented Azure three crosslets of the third.
* William Markham, Bishop 1771–1776
* Escutcheon: Azure on a chief Or a lion issuant Gules.
* Beilby Porteus, Bishop 1776–1787
* Escutcheon: Azure a book Or between two mullets in chief and a saltire humetty in base Argent.
* William Cleaver, Bishop 1788–1800
* Escutcheon: Sable two bars between three castles masoned Or.
* Crest: A lion's gamb couped Or grasping a key Sable.
* Henry Majendie, Bishop 1800–1809
* Escutcheon: Or on a mount Vert a tree between a serpent erect and a dove close Proper.
* Bowyer Sparke, Bishop 1810–1812
* Escutcheon: Chequy Or and Vert a bend Ermine.
* Crest: Out of a ducal coronet Or a demi-panther rampant guardant Argent spotted with various colours fire issuing from the ears and mouth Proper.
* George Henry Law, Bishop 1812–1824
* Escutcheon: Argent on a bend engrailed between two cocks Gules three pierced mullets of the first.
* Charles James Blomfield, Bishop 1824–1828
* Escutcheon: Quarterly per fess indented Or and Azure a bend Gules.
* John Bird Sumner, Bishop 1828–1848
* Escutcheon: Ermine two chevrons Gules.
* Crest: A lion's head erased Argent ducally gorged Or.
* John Graham, Bishop 1848–1865
* Escutcheon: Argent on a pile Azure a dove close bearing in her beak an olive branch Proper on a chief Sable a cross potent Argent between two escollops Or.
* William Jacobson, Bishop 1865–1884
* Escutcheon: Argent a chevron Gules between three trefoils slipped Sable on a chief also Sable an estoile Silver.
* William Stubbs, Bishop 1884–1889
* Escutcheon: Sable on a bend nebuly Or between two bezants each charged with a pheon also Sable three buckles Proper.
* Francis Jayne, Bishop 1889–1919
* No arms known.

## Bishops appointed by the Windsors

* Name of Bishop and heraldic blazon
* Luke Paget, Bishop 1919–1932
* Escutcheon: Sable on a cross engrailed between in the first and fourth quarters an eagle displayed and in the second and third an heraldic tyger passant Argent an escallop also Sable.
* Geoffrey Fisher (later Baron Fisher of Lambeth), Bishop 1932–1939
* Escutcheon: Argent a fess wavy between three fleur-de-lys Sable.
* Crest: A king's fisher Proper holding in the dexter claw a fleur-de-lys Sable.
* Douglas Crick, Bishop 1939–1955
* No arms known.
* Gerald Ellison, Bishop 1955–1973
* No arms known.
* Victor Whitsey, Bishop 1974–1981
* No arms known.
* Michael Baughen, Bishop 1982–1996
* No arms known.
* Peter Forster, Bishop 1996–2019
* No arms known.
* Keith Sinclair, acting Bishop 2019–2020
* No arms known.
* Mark Tanner, Bishop since 2020
* No arms known.