Richard Stearne, Archbishop of York, Born in Mansfield, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Royalist supporter. Great-grandfather to writer Laurence Sterne. In mortar board and ceremonial robes. Copperplate engraving by Edward Harding from John Adolphus’ The British Cabinet, containing Portraits of Illustrious Personages, printed by T. Bensley for E. Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1799.

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