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Glyn Hamilton Webster (born 3 June 1951) is a retired British Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of Beverley in the Church of England from January 2013 to January 2022. He was previously the canon chancellor (a canon residentiary) and Acting Dean of York at York Minster in the Diocese of York.
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York , which covers the northern regions of England (north of the Trent ) as well as the Isle of Man .
York Minster, formally the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The minster is the seat of the archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the diocese of York and the province of York. [6]
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Memorial dating from 1688 to Archbishop John Dolben in York Minster by Grinling Gibbons. He was the son of William Dolben (died 1631), prebendary of Lincoln and bishop-designate of Gloucester, and Elizabeth Williams, niece of John Williams, Archbishop of York. [1] The leading judge Sir William Dolben was his brother.
Monument with semi-recumbent effigy of Archbishop Matthew Hutton in the south choir aisle of York Minster, showing his arms as Archbishop of York and as Bishop of Durham. On 14 February 1595/6 he was elected archbishop of York. The grammar school and almshouses at Warton were shortly afterwards founded by him.
Born William fitzHerbert in York, [2] William was the son of Herbert of Winchester, or Herbert fitzAlberic, [3] chancellor and treasurer of King Henry I. [4] Most sources say his mother was Emma, half-sister of King Stephen and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester, [5] and that she was an illegitimate daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois, Stephen's father. [6]
Memorial to Archbishop William Thomson (d. 1890) in the south transept at York Minster. William Thomson, FRS, FRGS (11 February 1819 – 25 December 1890) was an English church leader, Archbishop of York from 1862 until his death.