Arthur Perceval Purey-Cust (born Arthur Perceval Cust; 21 February 1828 – 23 December 1916)BBC Art Collection, artuk.org. Accessed 3 December 2022. was a Church of England clericNational Archives, discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Accessed 3 December 2022. and author who served as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.
Biography
Purey-Cust was born as Arthur Perceval Cust, the younger son of the Honourable William Cust who was the younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham. He was educated at Brasenose College,"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 . and later became a fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon 1851 and priest 1852.
Purey-Cust's 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.
Purey-Cust became the Archdeacon of Buckingham in June 1875, and installed Vicar of Aylesbury in the same year.Vicars of the Parish Church of St. Mary, Aylesbury . GENUKI. Retrieved 17 February 2009. His final appointment was as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.The Times, Thursday, 8 April 1880; p. 5; Issue 29850; col F The New Dean Of York.
For the next 36 years, Purey-Cust meticulously catalogued York Minster's heritage and was the author of Heraldry of York Minster, 1890. He died in office in his 88th yearThe Times, Monday, 21 February 1916; p. 11; Issue 41095; col B. and is commemorated by a mural monument in York Minster and by the adjacent Purey-Cust Lodge.
List of works Works written by Purey-Cust include:2328 Lodge history Parochial Organization (1877); The Heraldry of York Minster (1890);"The Heraldry of York Minster" Cust, APP: Leeds, Richard Jackson, 1890 Picturesque Old York (1896); Our English Minsters (1897); The Crowning of Monarchs (1907)
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