An Ox­ford grad­u­ate (MusB 1848, MusD 1864), Armes was a chor­is­ter un­der Ze­cha­ri­ah Buck at Nor­wich, and at Rochester Ca­thed­ral, under J. L. Hop­kins. He went on to serve as or­gan­ist at Trin­i­ty Church, Mil­ton, Graves­end (1854); St. Andrew’s, Wells Street (1857); Chi­ches­ter Ca­thed­ral (1861); and Dur­ham Ca­thed­ral (1861-1907). He was al­so a Pro­fess­or of Mu­sic at Dur­ham Un­i­ver­si­ty (1897).

• Frost, p. 662

1. Galilee
2. St. Bede