Thomas Tenison

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable

Thomas Tenison
Archbishop of Canterbury
Portrait by Simon Dubois
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseCanterbury
In office1695–1715
PredecessorJohn Tillotson
SuccessorWilliam Wake
Orders
Consecration10 January 1692
by John Tillotson
Personal details
Born(1636-09-29)29 September 1636
Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England
Died14 December 1715(1715-12-14) (aged 79)
London, England
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseAnne Love
EducationNorwich School
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
Arms of Tenison: Gules, three leopard's faces or jessant de lys azure overall a bend engrailed argent.[1] A difference of these arms was borne by Tennyson, the family of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) (Baron Tennyson), the poet
Arms of Thomas Tenison showing arms of the See of Canterbury impaling arms of Tenison (Three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys overall a bend engrailed), imprint on front cover of a Book of Common Prayer, 1686, collection of University of Toronto

Thomas Tenison (29 September 1636 – 14 December 1715) was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs.

  1. ^ Burkes General Armory, 1884