File:Arms of Four Bishops, 15th Century Stained Glass, Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton, Devon.png

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15th century stained glass in Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton, Devon, depicting four heraldic shields, each hanging by the guige strap from a stylised tree trunk, displaying coats of arms of the following four bishops, left to right:

  • w:William Courtenay (c.1342-1396) was Archbishop of Canterbury (1381–1396), having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London. He was a younger son of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (died 1377), and his wife Margaret de Bohun, a daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and granddaughter of Edward I. Arms: Or, three torteaux
  • w:Edmund Lacey (died 1455), Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of Exeter. Arms: Azure, three shoveler's heads erased argent.
  • George Neville (c.1432-1476), Archbishop of York from 1465 until 1476 and Chancellor of England from 1460 until 1467 and again from 1470 until 1471. Quarterly of 4:
  • 1&4: Monthermer quartering Montagu
  • 2&3: Neville with label of Beaufort
  • w:Richard Courtenay (d.1415), Bishop of Norwich 1413-15. He was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle in Devon, and a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (died 1377). He was a nephew of William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury. Arms of Courtenay of Powderham: Or, three torteaux a label of three points azure on each point three plates. Alternatively poosibly arms of arms of w:Peter Courtenay (1432-1492), Bishop of Exeter, also from the family of Courtenay of Powderham.
Date 15th century
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Author Unknown glazier

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