File:StThomasDeCantilupeSeal.jpg

Summary

Seal of Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe (1220-1282), Bishop of Hereford 1275-death, canonised 1320. Legend: TOMAS DEI GRATIA HEREFORDENSIS EP(ISCOPU)S (Thomas by the grace of God Bishop of Hereford). He stands on a wolf (Latin lupus), a canting charge seen on pre-heraldic seals of the Cantilupe family (See Cantilupe seals discussed in M Julian-Jones, Thesis on de Cantilupe and Corbet families, 2015, Online Research @Cardiff (ORCA), Cardiff University[1]). Cast of wax seal, Hereford Cathedral Archives 6460. Copyright The Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral and the Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust. License to publish in Wikipedia articles only granted to (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 19:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)) 14/10/2011 by Dr Rosemary Firman, Librarian of Hereford Cathedral Archives.

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