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Archbishop remembered after 450 years
Published: on 10th November 2005 by Eleanor Course in Press Releases
On Tuesday 15 November, there will be a special Evensong service in York Minster at 5.30pm to mark the 450th Anniversary of the death of Robert Holgate, 59th Archbishop of York. Robert Holgate was Archbishop of York from 1545 to 1554, and this special service will incorporate music and liturgy appropriate to the mid-sixteenth century.
The service will be followed by the dedication of a plaque in the South Quire Aisle, which will be a permanent memorial to the Archbishop.
Dr David Houseman, President of the Archbishop Holgate’s Association said, “It might seem unusual to be commemorating Archbishop Holgate’s death, rather than his birth, but we are seeking to emphasize the whole life and the achievements of a man of real ability and immense energy. As well as being Archbishop of York, he was also Lord President of the Council in the North, and played a prominent part in the great reforming work of the Tudors.
“Robert Holgate founded three free Grammar Schools, in York, Old Malton and Hemsworth, his birthplace, and a hospital in Hemsworth, all of which survive to this day. He showed vision and understanding appropriate to his two high offices, and deserves to be better known and remembered.”