page_title: William II Canynges
hierarchical_section_title: William II Canynges
caption_attribution_description: English: The coat of arms of William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474) depicted on his and his wife Joan Burton's tomb in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England, UK. The shape of the shield, being a late Tudor (16th century or later) escutcheon, suggests this was a later addition or a repainting. However, the arms are accurate as they match those shown in the contemporary portrait of his elder brother Thomas by Roger Leigh. The blazon of the arms is: "Argent, three Moors' heads couped in profile proper wreathed around the temples of the first and azure": from a description of the arms of his descendant Canning in Bernard Burke (1884) The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, London&#58; &#32;Harrison, p.&#160;166 OCLC&#58; 1647426.&#32;
context_page_description: William II Canynges was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier. He served as Mayor of Bristol five times and as MP for Bristol thrice. He was a generous patron of the arts in Bristol, particularly concerning the church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, "The crown of Bristol architecture". Following the death of his wife Joan in 1467, he renounced civic and commercial life and was ordained a priest in 1468, in which capacity he remained until his death six years later. His tomb effigy in St Mary's later inspired the boy poet Thomas Chatterton to write the romantic poem "The Storie of William Canynge".
context_section_description: William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474) was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier. He served as Mayor of Bristol five times and as MP for Bristol thrice. He was a generous patron of the arts in Bristol, particularly concerning the church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, "The crown of Bristol architecture". Following the death of his wife Joan in 1467, he renounced civic and commercial life and was ordained a priest in 1468, in which capacity he remained until his death six years later. His tomb effigy in St Mary's later inspired the boy poet Thomas Chatterton to write the romantic poem "The Storie of William Canynge".
caption: Arms of William Canynges, as depicted on his canopied tomb in St Mary Redcliffe: Argent, 3 Moor's heads couped in profile proper wreathed around the temples of the first and azure [2]) The shape of the shield, being a late Tudor (16th century or later) escutcheon suggests this is a later addition or possibly repainting. The arms are however accurate as they match those shown in the contemporary portrait of his elder brother Thomas by Roger Leigh
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