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Lincoln College Oxford N/A

Lincoln College, Oxford was founded by Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln in 1427, to fight the heretical doctrines of John Wycliffe. Thomas Rotherham, Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of York in the reign of Richard III, gave the college a new charter and increased its revenues and completed its buildings.

Stamp(s) Stamp Information
Title: Lincoln College Oxford (Stamp 1)
Arms: Tierced in pale 1. Barry of six argent and azure in chief three lozenges gules a mullet pierced sable for difference (Fleming) 2. Argent on an escutcheon gules two lions passant gardant on a chief azure the Virgin and child, the escutcheon ensigned with the mitre of a bishop (See of Lincoln) 3. Vert three stags at gaze (Rotherham)
Dimensions (height x width): 87mm x 58mm
Heraldic Charges: barry (6), Heraldic Charges: chief, on a, Heraldic Charges: escutcheon, on a, Heraldic Charges: lions passant gardant (2), Heraldic Charges: lozenges (3), Heraldic Charges: mullet, Heraldic Charges: stags at gaze (3), Heraldic Charges: Virgin and Child