Impalement (heraldry)
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Impalement is a heraldic practice in which two coats of arms are combined in one shield to denote a union. The impaled shield is bisected in pale, that is by a vertical line, with each half of the shi
Memorial stone in Kilkenny, Ireland, depicting the family arms separated, and then impaled together on top.
Banner of Cardinal Wolsey as Archbishop of York. His personal arms in sinister (to viewer's right) are impaled with the arms of the See of York in dexter (to viewer's left), the position of honour.
Arms of Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688), detail from ledger stone, King's Nympton Church, Devon, England
Sir Peter Courtenay Brass Escutcheon Exeter
Hugh Oldham
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Hugh Oldham was an English cleric who was Bishop of Exeter and a notable patron of education as a founder and patron of The Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Effigy of Hugh Oldham (d. 1519), Bishop of Exeter, Oldham Chapel, south aisle, Exeter Cathedral
Statue of Hugh Oldham at The Manchester Grammar School
Heraldic escutcheon on tomb of Hugh Oldham (d.1519), Bishop of Exeter: Dexter: Gules, a sword erect in pale argent, hilted or surmounted by two keys addorsed in saltire of the last (See of Exeter) impaling: Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second three roses gules (Oldham). The arms of Oldham can also be seen sculpted in stone on the tower of the Bishop's Palace, Exeter
Oldham's tomb in Exeter Cathedral