Royal writ of summons 4 September 1780.

Archbishop's mandate

William, by divine providence lord archbishop of York, primate of England and metropolitan, president of the synod or convocation of the prelates and clergy of the whole province of York, to the right worshipful John Fountain, D. D., dean of the cathedral and metropolitical church of Saint Peter in York, and also the reverend William Mason, precentor of the same church, William Berdmore, M. A., William Cayley, M. A., and Anthony Fountain Eyre, M. A., residentiaries of the same church, Richard Kaye LL. D., archdeacon of the archdeaconry of Nottingham, Francis Blackburn, M. A., archdeacon of the archdeaconry of Cleveland, Robert Oliver, archdeacon of the archdeaconry of the East Riding, William Cooper, D. D., archdeacon of the archdeaconry of York, Pearson Lloyd, D. D., chancellor of the same church, John Marsden, D. D., and John Dealtary, M. A., prebendaries of the same church jointly and severally greeting. We do by these presents commit unto you all or to any one or more of you our office and authority and full power and faculty together with the power of any canonical and ecclesiastical coercion whatsoever, to preside in the said synod or convocation in our stead, place and name when and as often as we shall chance to be absent, and to expound and interpret the causes and matters of the said synod or convocation, to hear them so expounded and declared, and together with the said prelates and clergy of our province of York, to treat, confer and conclude of and concerning the same, together with whatsoever matters and things are incident to, arising from, depending upon, annexed and connexed to them, and to assent to those things which shall happen to be then and there determined and ordained by common advice and counsel, and to authorize the same, or to dissent from them and to pronounce all and singular contumacious who shall not make their appearance, and to correct and punish their respective contumacies canonically and according to the exigence of law and to do, exercise, perform and despatch all and singular the other matters and things which belong to us, our authority and jurisdiction, in and during this convocation aforesaid, and which we ourself if we were personally present in the said convocation could do, perform or of right and custom might exercise and despatch.