File:StThomasDeCantilupeSeal.jpg

Summary
Seal of Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe (1220-1282), Bishop of Hereford 1275-death, canonised 1320. Legend: TOMAS DEI GRATIA HEREFORDENSIS EP(ISCOPU)S (Thomas by the grace of God Bishop of Hereford). He stands on a wolf (Latin lupus), a canting charge seen on pre-heraldic seals of the Cantilupe family (See Cantilupe seals discussed in M Julian-Jones, Thesis on de Cantilupe and Corbet families, 2015, Online Research @Cardiff (ORCA), Cardiff University). Cast of wax seal, Hereford Cathedral Archives 6460. Copyright The Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral and the Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust. License to publish in Wikipedia articles only granted to (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 19:44, 5 November 2011 (UTC)) 14/10/2011 by Dr Rosemary Firman, Librarian of Hereford Cathedral Archives.

Licensing
Note: An image of this 13th.c. English seal was published in black & white in Aylmer, G.E. "Hereford Cathedral: A History", published UK 2000, p.72. Use of the image is essential to explain the development of the 13th.c. Cantilupe family armorials and the development of the Jessant-de-lys armorial charge; Also essential in a biographical article on Thomas de Cantilupe as no other image of him survives except this unique seal. The image is intended for use in these last 2 articles only under fair-use rationale. This use complies with the other parts of the non-free content criteria.