Archdiocese of York

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ARCHDIOCESE OF YORK

Country : United Kingdom
Denomination : Anglican (until 1558 Roman Catholic)

Established : 628 as Diocese of York
Elevated to Archdiocese in 735

Official blazon

Gules, two keys in saltire argent, in chief a regal crown Or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

This Coat of Arms first appears to have been used by Archbishop Robert Waldby (1397-1398). The Crown originaly more resembled the Papal Tiara, but was made into a Royal Crown after 1531. The Arms thus alludes to St Peter. Anciently the Archbishop used as their official Arms a Shield identical with that of the See of Canterbury.

Arms of Roman Catholic Archbishops

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  William Greenfield (1306-1315)

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  William Melton (1317-1340)

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  William Zouche (1342-1352)

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  John av Thoresby (1353-1373)

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  Alexander Neville (1374-1388)

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  Thomas Arundel (1388-1396)

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  Robert Waldby (1397-1398)

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  Richard le Scrope (1398-1405)

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  Henry Bowet (1407-1423)

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  John Kemp (1426-1452)

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  William Booth (1452-1464)

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  Lawrence Booth (1476-1480)

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  Robert Holgate (1545-1554)

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  Edwin Sandys (1577-1588)

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  John Piers (1589-1594)

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  Matthew Hutton (1595-1606)

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  Tobias Matthew (1606-1628)

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  Samuel Harsnett (1629-1631)

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  Richard Neile (1632-1640)

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  John Williams (1641-1650)

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  Accepted Frewen (1660-1664)

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  Richard Sterne (1664-1683)

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  John Dolben (1683-1686)

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  Thomas Lamplugh (1688-1691)

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  William Dawes (1714-1724)

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  Lancelot Blackburn (1724-1743)

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  Matthew Hutton (1747-1757)

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  John Gilbert (1757-1761)

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  Robert Hay Drummond 1761-1776)

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  William Markham (1776-1807)

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  Edward Harcourt (1808-1847)

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  Thomas Musgrave (1847-1860)

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  Charles Thomas Longley (1860-1862)

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  William Thomson (1862-1890)

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  William Connor Magee (1891)

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  William Dalrymple Maclagan (1891-1908)

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  Cyril Forster Garbett (1942-1955)

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  Frederick Donald Coggan (1961-1974)

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  Stuart Yarworth Blanch (1975-1983)

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  John Stapylton Habgood (1983-1995)

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  David Michael Hope (1995-2005)

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  John Sentamu (2005-2020)

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  Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell (2020-present)

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