Archbishops of Canterbury

Below is a list of Archbishops from Cardinal Bourchier who crowned the Yorkist kings and Henry VII to Archbishop Whitgift who presided over the crowning of James VI and Anne of Denmark.

Date
Took Office

Name

Comment

1454

Cardinal Thomas Bourchier
1404 - 1486

Crowned Edward IV
Crowned Elizabeth Woodville
Crowned Richard III & Anne Neville
Crowned Henry VII
Married Henry VII & Elizabeth of York

1486

Cardinal John Morton
c. 1420 - 1500


1501

Henry Deane
c. 1440 - 1503

Married Arthur, Prince of Wales & Katharine of Aragon

1503

William Warham
c. 1450 - 1532

Married & Crowned Henry VIII & Katharine of Aragon
Crowned Anne Boleyn

1533

Thomas Cranmer
c. 1489 - 1556

Crowned Edward VI

1556

Cardinal Reginald Pole
1500 -1558


1559

Matthew Parker
1504 - 1575


1576

Edmund Grindal
1519 - 1583


1583

John Whitgift
1530 - 1604

Crowned James VI of Scotland as James I of England