John Grandisson
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John de Grandisson, also spelt Grandison, was Bishop of Exeter, in Devon, England, from 1327 to his death in 1369. Several works of art associated with him survive in the British Library, the British
Arms of Bishop Grandisson: Paly of six argent and azure, a bend sable charged with a mitre upon a priest's stole between two eagles displayed argent. Grandisson's Psalter, British Library. These are his paternal arms with a difference of a bishop's mitre substituted for the third eagle
The John Grandisson Triptych, displaying on two small escutcheons the arms of Bishop Grandisson. British Museum
Walter Stapledon
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Walter Stapeldon was an English cleric and administrator who was Bishop of Exeter from 1308 and twice served as Lord High Treasurer of England, in 1320 and from 1322 to 1325. He founded what became Ex
Walter Stapeldon (died 1326), Bishop of Exeter. Detail from his effigy in Exeter Cathedral
Arms of Walter Stapledon (died 1326), Bishop of Exeter, from his restored monument in Exeter Cathedral: Argent, two bends undée sable (Stapledon) within a bordure of the last charged with six pairs of keys addorsed and interlaced the wards upwards or (bordure of Bishop Stapledon, being the arms of the See of Exeter)
Monument to Bishop Walter Stapledon, Exeter Cathedral, viewed from within the choir
Wall painting c. 1326 on ceiling of canopy of monument to Bishop Walter Stapledon, Exeter Cathedral