Arthur Purey-Cust

The Very Rev. Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust (born Cust; 21 February 1828 – 23 December 1916)[1] was a Church of England cleric[2] and author who served as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.

Mural monument to Arthur Purey-Cust in the south transept of York Minster

Biography

He was born as Arthur Perceval Cust into a distinguished family, the younger son of the Honourable William Cust, younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham.[3]

He was educated at Brasenose College,[4] and later became a fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon 1851 and priest 1852.

His early posts were: a curacy at Northchurch, Hertfordshire; incumbencies at Cheddington and Reading; Honorary Canon of Oxford; and Rural Dean of Oxford. He married Lady Emma Bess Bligh, a daughter of Edward Bligh, 5th Earl of Darnley.[3]

He became the Archdeacon of Buckingham in June 1875, and installed Vicar of Aylesbury in the same year.[5] His final appointment was as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.[6]

For the next 36 years he meticulously catalogued York Minster's heritage and was the author of Heraldry of York Minster, 1890. He died in office in his 88th year[7] and is commemorated by a mural monument in York Minster.

List of works

Works written by Purey-Cust include:[8]

  • Parochial Organization (1877);
  • The Heraldry of York Minster (1890);[9]
  • Picturesque Old York (1896);
  • Our English Minsters (1897);
  • The Crowning of Monarchs (1907)

References
  1. BBC Art Collection
  2. National Archives
  3. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 544. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  5. Vicars of the Parish Church of St. Mary, Aylesbury Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. GENUKI. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  6. The Times, Thursday, 8 April 1880; p. 5; Issue 29850; col F The New Dean Of York.
  7. The Times, Monday, 21 February 1916; p. 11; Issue 41095; col B.
  8. 2328 Lodge history
  9. "The Heraldry of York Minster" Cust, APP: Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1890


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