The New York genealogical and biographical record . 8 September, 1487. About this time he pro-ceeded to the degree of LL. D. On 12 July, 1490, he wasinstalled Archdeacon of Taunton, and on the 23 March following,Deacon of Hereford, but resigned that preferment on 27th June,1491. He was made Bishop of Exeter by papal provision on 1stOctober, 1492, and was translated to the See of Bath and Wells,Somersetshire, in 1485. He died during August or September,1503, his will being proved 24 October, 1503 (P. C. C. 31 Blamyr),and he is supposed to have been buried at Windsor in a smallchantry chapel wit
The New York genealogical and biographical record . 8 September, 1487. About this time he pro-ceeded to the degree of LL. D. On 12 July, 1490, he wasinstalled Archdeacon of Taunton, and on the 23 March following,Deacon of Hereford, but resigned that preferment on 27th June,1491. He was made Bishop of Exeter by papal provision on 1stOctober, 1492, and was translated to the See of Bath and Wells,Somersetshire, in 1485. He died during August or September,1503, his will being proved 24 October, 1503 (P. C. C. 31 Blamyr),and he is supposed to have been buried at Windsor in a smallchantry chapel with a Latin inscription to his memory, nearwhich are portraits of Edward, Prince of Wales; Edward IV;Edward V, and Henry VII. Bishop King pulled down theancient Abbey Church at Bath and commenced the presentstructure, which, although finished in a later age, may be re-garded as a splendid monument of his taste and to the early date in which he lived no grant to him of hisarms has ever been discovered and being a Catholic prelate he. <£o J<~*Ji^o c/f <£oy^oCoJn^ n ? XA/^-y PLATE II. i9io.] The King Heraldry. 265 had no issue. There is some indication, however, that his familyname was continued by uncles or brothers, who gave other sonsto the service of Church and State. The first recorded grant of arms was that given to RobertKinge of Co. Somerset, one of the Gentleman Ushers to the Kingand Queen, by Sir G. Dethick, Garter, 15 April, 2d and 3d Philipand Mary (1556), viz.: Arms: Sable, on a chevron argent between three crossespattee fltchee, or, as many escallops, gules; on a chief of thethird, a dragons head and wings, gules, between two battle axes,azure. Crest: A cubit arm erect, vested bendy wavy, or, andpurple, cuff, argent—the hand proper grasping a broken baton,sable, tipped argent (See Plate III.) This coat-of-arms, containing the crosses pattee fitchee andthe escallop shells, with the dragons head and wings and battleaxes, was clearly made up
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