Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust (born Arthur Perceval Cust; 21 February 1828 – 23 December 1916) was a

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and

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who served as

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from 1880 to 1916.

Biography

Memorial to Arthur Percival Purey-Cust in York Minster

He was born as Arthur Perceval Cust, the younger son of the Honourable

William Cust William Cust (23 January 1787 – 3 March 1845), was a British barrister and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP). He also served as Commissioner of Customs. Cust was a younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlo ...

who was the younger son of

Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow (3 December 1744 – 25 December 1807), of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire (known as Sir Brownlow Cust, 4th Baronet, from 1770 to 1776), was a British Tories (British political party), Tory Member of ...

. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham. He was educated at

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, and later became a fellow of

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. He was

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1851 and

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1852. His early posts were: a

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; incumbencies at

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and

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;

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; and

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. He married Lady Emma Bess Bligh, a daughter of

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. He became the

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in June 1875, and installed Vicar of

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in the same year. His final appointment was as

from 1880 to 1916. For the next 36 years he meticulously catalogued

York Minster York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglicanism, Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest of ...

's heritage and was the author of ''Heraldry of York Minster'', 1890. He died in office in his 88th year and is commemorated by a mural monument in York Minster and by the adjacent

Purey-Cust Lodge Purey-Cust Lodge is a historic building in the English city of York, North Yorkshire. Now Grade II listed, it dates to 1845. Prior to this date, it was the site of York Minster Stoneyard. The building is named for Arthur Purey-Cust, who ser ...

List of works

Works written by Purey-Cust include: *''Parochial Organization'' (1877); *''The Heraldry of York Minster'' (1890);"The Heraldry of York Minster" Cust, APP: Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1890
/ref> *''Picturesque Old York'' (1896); *''Our English Minsters'' (1897); *''The Crowning of Monarchs'' (1907)

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* 1828 births 1916 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Buckingham Deans of York Arthur Purey 19th-century Anglican theologians 20th-century Anglican theologians {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub