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Anselm of Canterbury
11th‑century Benedictine monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian
Henry IV of England
King of England from 1399 to 1413
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
Edward, the Black Prince
Prince of Wales (1330-1376)
Joan of Navarre
Queen of England, Duchess of Britain (1368-1437)
Reginald Pole
English cardinal, the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury
Orlando Gibbons
English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)
Thomas Bradwardine
English cleric, mathematician and courtier (c.1300–1349)
Lanfranc
Lanfranc (1005  1010 – 24 May 1089) was an Italian-born English churchman, monk and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, Normandy and then as Archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its conquest by William the Conqueror. He is also variously known as (), (), and (). In his lifetime, he was regarded as the greatest theologian of his generation.
Stephen Langton
English cleric; Archbishop of Canterbury
John Peckham
Archbishop of Canterbury
Cosmo Gordon Lang
British archbishop and clergyman (1864-1945)
William Temple
Archbishop of Canterbury (1881-1944)
William Warham
Archbishop of Canterbury (1450-1532)
John Morton
English prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury
Hubert Walter
Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Salisbury; Archbishop of Canterbury; Chief Justiciar of England (1160-1205)
Simon Sudbury
Bishop of London; Archbishop of Canterbury; Lord Chancellor (1317-1381)
Randall Davidson
Scottish Archbishop of Canterbury (1848-1930)
Edward Benson
Archbishop of Canterbury (1829-1896)
John Kemp
English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England (1380-1454)
John Bale
Anglican bishop in Ireland
Hewlett Johnson
English priest and Stalinist theorist (1874–1966)
Thomas Arundel
Lord Chancellor of England; Archbishop of York; Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Ely
Michael Ramsey
Archbishop of Canterbury (1904-1988)
Thomas Bourchier
Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Worcester; Bishop of Ely; Archbishop of Canterbury
Theobald of Bec
Abbot of Bec; Archbishop of Canterbury
Frederick Temple
Archbishop of Canterbury (1821–1902)
Edward Youde
British administrator, diplomat and sinologist (1924–1986)
William Courtenay
Archbishop of Canterbury
Ralph d'Escures
Archbishop of Canterbury
William de Corbeil
Prior of St. Osyth; Archbishop of Canterbury
Walter Reynolds
Lord High Treasurer; Lord Chancellor; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of Canterbury
Donald Coggan
Archbishop of Canterbury; and of York; Bishop of Bradford (1909-2000)
John Stafford
English ecclesiastic and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1452)
Henry Chichele
Bishop of St. David's; Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard of Dover
Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry Deane
Archbishop of Canterbury
Simon Mepeham
Archbishop of Canterbury
Simon Islip
Lord Privy Seal; Archbishop of Canterbury
John de Stratford
Bishop of Winchester; Lord High Treasurer; Lord Chancellor; Archbishop of Canterbury
Hadrian à Saravia
Church of England clergyman and theologian
William Whittlesey
Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of Canterbury