Spiritual Lords - Bishops (Page 2 of 4)

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.

Bishops
Bishop of Manchester Or, on a pale engrailed gules, three mitres labelled or, on a canton of the second, three bendlets enhanced argent.	Bishop of Ely Gules, three ducal coronets, two and one, or.
Bishop of Oxford Sable, a fesse argent, in chief three demi-ladies couped at the waist heads affrontée proper, crowned or, arrayed and veiled argent, in base an ox argent, horned and hoofed or, passing a ford, barry wavy of four azure and argent.	Bishop of Lichfield Party per pale gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosses patée counter changed.
Bishop of Lincoln Gules, two lions passant guardant or, on a chief azure the Holy Virgin ducally crowned, sitting on a throne issuant from the chief, on her dexter arm the infant Jesus, and in her sinister hand a scepter all or.	Bishop of Southwell Sable, three fountains proper, a chief or, thereon a pale azure charged with a representation of the Holy Virgin seated, bearing the infant Jesus or, between on the dexter side a stag lodged proper, and on the sinister, two staves raguly crossed vert.

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