English: Christchurch Gate at Canterbury Cathedral; the original statue of Christ was destroyed in 1643.

Canterbury Cathedral - Christchurch Gate, Buttermarket. Shields restored since 1827 when some were described by Willement as "obliterated" . "Cathedral records indicate the gate was built between 1504 and 1521 with funds provided by Priors Goldstone and Goldwell. This is despite the inscription of 1507 (sic) on the stonework “Hoc Opus constructum est anno domini millensimo quingentensimo decimo septimo” (1517)- a matter of ongoing dispute between historians" (http://www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/ccgate/4590809464). Per: Willement, Thomas, Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral, 1827, p.1[1]:

Heraldry

Arms: Band above gate: left to right:

• 1: Arms of the See of Canterbury
• 2: Quarterly of 4: 1&4: Or, a saltire between four martlets sable (Guldeford); 2&3: Argent, a chief sable overall a bend engrailed gules (Halden); Sir Henry Guildford (1489–1532), KG, Comptroller of the Household to King Henry VIII, son of Sir Richard Guldeford, by his second wife, Joane Vaux. He distinguished himself in the Spanish wars against the Moors, and particularly upon the reduction of Grenada; in consequence of which the canton with the pomegranate was placed as an augmentation to his family arms ; the pomegranate being the arms of that kingdom. Henry VIII, in the sixteenth year of his reign, granted to him the manor of Hadloe, in this county.
• 3: Argent, three Catherine Wheels sable a bordure engrailed gules. Restored. (Scott of Scot's hall, Kent. Sir John Scott (d.1485), Sheriff of Kent in 1460, Comptroller of the Household to King Edward IV.). Willement, 1827: "MS. No. 162, in Bib. Soc Antiq. Lond. tells us that this shield contained formerly the arms of Scot; Argent, three Catherine wheels, sable, a bordure engrailed, gules".
• 4: Vert, a chevron between three eagles displayed or (John Fineux, Lord Chief Justice from 1496 to 1526)
• 5: John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (c.1425-1485) ? / Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524) ? Quarterly of six; Restored. Willement, 1827: "The three obliterated quarters were, most probably, Mowbray, Gules, a lion rampant, argent; Fitzalan, Gules, a lion rampant, or- and Dacres, Gules, three escallops, two and one, argent". Quarterly of 6:
  • 1: Howard (unaugmented/augmented?) ("Flodden augmentation", awarded by King Henry VIII to Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk after the Battle of Flodden (1513))
  • 2: Brotherton
  • 3: de Warenne
  • 4: Mowbray
  • 5: FitzAlan
  • 6: Dacre
• 6: Royal arms with label of three points argent w:Henry, Duke of Cornwall (?) (1511-1511), who lived only 52 days, eldest son of King Henry VIII (whose arms appear at centre) by his first wife Katherine of Aragon (whose arms also appear).
• 7: Portcullis badge of Beaufort
• 8: (Centre) Arms of King Henry VIII
• 9: Tudor Rose badge
• 10: Arms of Queen Katherine of Aragon, first wife of King Henry VIII
• 11: Royal arms with bordure compony of Beaufort
• 12: Quarterly of 4: (w:George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny (c.1440–1492) ? / George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny, KG, as seen on his Garter Plate)
  • 1: Neville
  • 2: de Warenne, Earls of Surrey: Chequy or and azure
  • 3: De Clare quartering Despencer (Baron Bergavenny)
  • 4: Beauchamp, with a crescent sable for difference (Baron Bergavenny)
• 13: Quarterly of 4:
  • 1&4: Arms of Poynings: Barry of six or and vert, a bend gules
  • 2: FitzPayn: Gules, three lions passant argent debruised by a bendlet azure
  • 3: Bryan: Or, three piles conjoined in point azure
• 14: Quarterly of 4: Sir Henry Guildford, KG ?
  • 1&4: Gilford (Guildford) arms: Or, a saltire between four martlets sable
  • 2&3: Halden: Argent, a chief sable over all a bend engrailed gules
• 15: Arms of an Archbishop of Canterbury: See of Canterbury impaling quarterly of 4:
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  • 2:
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  • 4:

Spandrels of gates below: Left to right:

• 1: Arms of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.1500): See of Canterbury impaling: Quarterly gules and ermine in the first and fourth quarters a goat's head erased armed argent
• 2: Azure, a cross argent
• 3: Arms of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury: See of Canterbury impaling: Gules, a fess or in chief a goat's head couped argent attired or in base three escallops two and one of the third (Warham); As seen on monument to William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral
• 4: Attributed arms of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury: Argent, three Cornish choughs proper