For other people named John Vesey, see John Vesey (disambiguation).
The Right Reverend
John Vesey
Bishop of Exeter
Church
Roman Catholic
Appointed
31 August 1519; 28 September 1553
Term ended
14 August 1551; 23 October 1554
Predecessor
Hugh Oldham; Myles Coverdale
Successor
Myles Coverdale; James Turberville
Orders
Consecration
6 November 1519 by William Warham
Personal details
Died
23 October 1554
Buried
Holy Trinity Church
Coat of arms
Arms of John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter: Argent, on a cross sable a buck's head cabossed couped between four doves of the first on a chief azure a cross flory between two roses or[1][2]Arms of John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter, between Renaissance-candelabra stylised initials "JH",[3] with bishop's mitre above. 16th c. stained glass window "in a small church in Devon"Memorial dedicated to Veysey in Veysey Gardens, located to the side of Holy Trinity Church in Sutton Coldfield where he is buried. The arms of Sutton Coldfield are based on his arms
John Vesey or Veysey (c. 1462 – 23 October 1554) was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until his death in 1554, having been briefly deposed 1551–3 by King Edward VI for his opposition to the Reformation.
^Doves, per George Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter [1]
^Burke's General Armory, 1884, re Harman[2]
^"John Harman", possibly in Latinised form "Iohannes Harman"
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