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Seal (perhaps from the epicopal ring) of Edward Ilsley, RC Archbishop of Birmingham (1888-1921) A shield: dext. (?Argent), Upon a chevron (azure) three (? Fronds ? ermine), between three crosses potent: [these seem to have been the unofficial arms of the see before in the 20th Century RC diocesan arms were regulated by the College of Arms); impaling sin: (azure), a cross flory between six birds (Choughs or martlets). Behind the shield, which is ensigned by an archbishop's hat bearing twenty tassels, is an archiepiscopal double-traversed cross botonny.