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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
Born : 2 July 1489<br> | '''Born''': 2 July 1489<br> | ||
Deceased : 21 March 1556 | '''Deceased''': 21 March 1556 | ||
Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], 1533-1556 | Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]], 1533-1556 | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:canterbury-cranmer3.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Personal arms (complex)<br>impaled with the See | |align="center"|[[File:canterbury-cranmer3.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Personal arms (complex)<br>impaled with the See | ||
|align="center"|[[File:canterbury-cranmer5.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Personal arms (complex)<br>impaled with the See | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:Canterbury-cranmer4.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Personal arms (complex)<br>with additional crescent | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
* (simple arms) : Argent, on a chevron azure between three pelicans sable vulning themselves proper as many cinquefoils or. | * (simple arms) : Argent, on a chevron azure between three pelicans sable vulning themselves proper as many cinquefoils or. | ||
* (complex arms) : Quarterly, first and fourth; Argent, on a chevron Azure between three pelicans in piety Sable, three cinquefoils Or second; Gules, six | * (complex arms) : Quarterly, first and fourth; Argent, on a chevron Azure between three pelicans in piety Sable, three cinquefoils Or second; Gules, six lioncels rampant in pile and a bordure Or third; Argent, five fusils in fess Gules, charged with as many escallops Or. | ||
* (complex arms) : As above, but with an additional crescent | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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More complex arms are shown in the Parliament Rolls of 1539 and 1553 and in some glass-stained windows. In one shown above his complex arms are shown with a crescent, indicating a second son. | More complex arms are shown in the Parliament Rolls of 1539 and 1553 and in some glass-stained windows. In one shown above his complex arms are shown with a crescent, indicating a second son. | ||
The original canting arms of the Cranmer family were argent a chevron between three cranes azure. However Thomas Cramer changed the birds to pelicans in their piety as a Christian symbol. He also added three cinquefoils argent. The complex arms are derived from his great-grandfather. | |||
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|Literature]] : | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Anglican archbishops|Cranmer]] | [[Category:Anglican archbishops|Cranmer]] | ||