English: Durham Castle - external Coat of Arms. Arms of See of Durham impaling Tunstall (Sable, three combs argent) for Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559), Bishop of Durham 1530-1559. Text from Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry: Tending to Shew the Origin of, By Mrs. Dobson (Susannah)[1]"The family of Sir Brian Tunstal, who was slain at the battle of Flodden Field in 1513, bore arms before the Crusades. Their arms are sable, three combs argent, which arose from the first of the name and family in England, being barber to William the Conqueror. The son of Sir Brian was Cuthbert, who was twenty-eight years Bishop of Durham, and who was amongst the wisest, best, and most learned men of the age. All the descendants of Sir Brian are Roman Catholics of great property, seated at Wycliff, near the Tees."
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