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" No pedigree of this prelate's family is known to have been referred to by any of the Devonshire historians. The arms used by the bishop, and still remaining in several churches of the diocese, were : Sable, a chevron or, between three owls proper ; on... "
A Delineation of the Courtenay Mantelpiece in the Episcopal Palace at Exeter - Page 24
by Roscoe Gibbs - 1884 - 34 pages
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The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed, Volume 2

John Whitaker - Church buildings - 1804 - 452 pages
...saltirc, " , impaling Ouldham, bishop of Exeter (as I judge by the " mitre over it), sable, a cheveron or, between three owls proper, on a " chief of the second three roses gules *." Mr. Willis mistakes the impaling arms for those of the priory, when the mitre shews them to be...
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History of the Foundations in Manchester of Chirst's College ..., Volume 3

Samuel Hibbert - 1848 - 350 pages
...reciting, that the said Hugh Bexwyke, Ralph Hulme, and Joan Bexwyke, had, by deed, bearing the same i Sable, a chevron or, between three owls proper, on a chief of the second, three roses gules. date as that indenture, released to the said Warden and Fellows all their right in the said premises,...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 7

Electronic journals - 1853 - 748 pages
...historians. The arms used by the bishop, and still remaining in several churches of the diocese, were : Sable, a chevron or, between three owls proper ; on a chief of the second as many roses gules. Burke, in the Encyclopedia of Heraldry, gives a different coat as borne by Oldham...
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Historical Sketches of Oldham

Edwin Butterworth - Lancashire (England) - 1856 - 332 pages
...ironmonger, in Holborn, London, and died June 22nd, 1822. The armorial bearing of the Oldham family was, sable, a chevron, or between three owls proper, on a chief of the second, three roses gules seeded or. As there seems to be no authentic motto relating to tho arms, a military officer of a local...
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Lives of the Bishops of Exeter: And a History of the Cathedral, with an ...

George Oliver - Bishops - 1861 - 546 pages
...bishop's variation of the arms of the see6 cannot fail to arrest attention. Besides his family coat — Sable, a Chevron or between three Owls proper, on a chief of the same three Roses gules, we observe the arms of King Athelstan and of Edward the Confessor, and of England...
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Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of ..., Volume 8

Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - Devon (England) - 1876 - 938 pages
...historians. The arms used by the bishop, and still remaining in several churches of the diocese, were : Sable, a chevron or, between three owls proper ; on a chief of the second as many roses gules. Burke, in the Encyclopedia, of Heraldry, gives a different coat as borne by Oldham...
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The Connoisseur, Volume 19

Art - 1907 - 316 pages
...clearest of the eight shields showing the arms of Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter 1504 — 1519, viz., Sable, a chevron or between three owls proper : on a chief of the second three roses gules. Carved Oak Pulpit CARVED OAK PULPIT AT HOLNE 5° DRESDEN FIGURE THE exceptionally finely modelled Dresden...
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Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, Volume 8, Part 2

Cornwall (England : County) - 1913 - 336 pages
...a chevron or between three ov,ls, on a chief or three roses : Hugh Oldham (1507-23) ; Izacke gives sable, a chevron or between three owls proper, on a chief of the second three roses gules ; in the window it appears as azure, a chevron argent (diapered), between three owls of the second,...
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Sutcombe Church and Its Builders

Edith K. Prideaux - Church buildings - 1913 - 324 pages
...Sable, a chevron or between three ouls, on a chief or three roses: Hugh Oldham (15o7-23); Izacke gives sable, a chevron or between three owls proper, on a chief of the second three roses gules ; in the window it appears as azure, a chevron argent (diapered), between three owls of the second,...
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