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Spiritual Lords - Archbishops
Archbishops and Bishops bear the arms of their Sees impaled with their own family arms, without crest or motto, and with a mitre over the shield. The mitre of Archbishops and Bishops are exactly the same (exception being the Bishop of Durham which is encircled with a ducal coronet.)
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester always have a seat in the House of Lords; another 21 Bishops hold seats in the House by rotation.
Below are some examples of the arms belonging to various Sees of the Established Church of England.
Archbishops |
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Archbishop of Canterbury
Azure, an archiepiscopal staff in pale argent ensigned with a
cross-pattée or, surmounted of a pall of the second, edged and fringed
of the third, charged with four crosses formée-fitchée
sable. |
Archbishop of York
Gules, two keys in saltire endorsed argent, in chief a crown or. |
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