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
Exeter Cathedral
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Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England.
The cathedral in 1830
Watercolour painting of A Sermon in Exeter Cathedral by Thomas Rowlandson from the Georgian Era
Inside the cathedral, showing the vaulted ceiling – the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world