Jesus College - Coats of Arms

  1. College arms from the Grant of Arms, 11 July 1575
  2. Modern version of the standard arms
  3. College arms variant
  4. Bishop Alcock's arms
  5. The arms of the See of Ely
College Arms from the Grant of Arms
  1. The College Arms from the Grant of Arms, dated 11 July 1575, signed by Robert Cooke, 'Clarencieulx principalle hereauld and Kinge of Armes of the Sowth Easte and Weast partes of this Realme of England'. This is the definitive version. It often appears without the crest.

    '… Silver a fesse bettwen thre Cocks heades razed sables combid and watled a border gules semy crowns Golde the Creaste hereafter followinge That is to saie uppon the healme out of a crowne Golde a Cocke Sables membred Gules Mantled Gules dubled Silver as more plainly apperith depicted in the margent …'.
Modern version of the standard arms
  1. Modern version of the standard arms
College arms variant
  1. The College arms variant consisting of Bishop Alcock's shield surrounded by a red border bearing the golden crowns of the See of Ely. Differs from (1) and (2) only in the presence of Alcock's episcopal mitre on the central fesse. It may have been used before 1575, and has often appeared since.

    Arthur Gray (in The Chanticlere no. 92, 1929) condemned this as a 19th-century invention, but there are much earlier examples: for instance, in the 1660s woodwork of the Old Library (over the Master's door).
Bishop Alcock's Arms
  1. Bishop Alcock's arms appear carved in stone in some places around the College (for example outside the door of the Old Library). The shield has no border.
The arms of the See of Ely
  1. The arms of the See of Ely