Royal writ of summons: dated 21 March 1857, for Friday 1 May 1857.
Archbishop's commission to William Cockburn, Edward Rice, Leveson Vernon Harcourt, William Vernon Harcourt, Charles Hawkins, Charles Johnstone and John Baillie, dated 25 March 1857.
Friday 1 May 1857
[Bishops:]
Thomas [Musgrave], lord archbishop of York.
Charles Thomas [Longley], lord bishop of Durham. Thomas Linwood Strong his proctor appeared.
John [Graham], lord bishop of Chester.
Henry Montagu [Villiers], lord bishop of Carlisle.
Robert [Bickersteth], lord bishop of Ripon.
James Prince [Lee], lord bishop of Manchester.
Horatio [Powys], lord bishop of Sodor and Man. Robert Dixon his proctor.
[The deans of:]
York: William Cockburn, D. D.
Durham: George Waddington, D. D. Charles Thorp, D. D., his proctor appeared.
Chester: Frederick Anson, D. D. George Beecher Blomfield, M. A., his proctor, absent.
Carlisle: Francis Close, D. D.
Manchester: George Hull Bowers, D. D., Cecil Daniel Wray, M. A., canon
Ripon: Venerable reverend Henry David Erskine appeared.
[The archdeacons of]
York: Steven Creyke, M. A., appeared.
East Riding: Charles Maitland Long, M. A., absent.
Cleveland: Edward Churton clerk, M. A., appeared.
Craven: Charles Musgrave, D. D., absent.
Richmond: Charles Dodgson, M. A., absent.
Durham: Charles Thorp, B. D., appeared.
Northumberland: George Bland, M. A., absent.
Westmorland: Robert Wilson Evans, B. D., absent.
Lindisfarne: Richard Charles Coxe, M. A., absent.
Manchester: R[obert] Mfoseley] Master, M. A., absent.
Carlisle: William Jackson, D. D., absent.
Sodor and Man: Robert Dixon, D. D., his proctor absent.
Chester: Isaac Wood, M. A., absent.
Liverpool: John Jones, M. A., absent.
[The chapters of:]
York: Charles Johnstone, M. A., appeared, Thomas Hutton Croft, M. A., absent.
Durham: Charles Thorp, D. D., etc. appeared.
Chester: James Slade, M. A., absent.
Carlisle: Henry Gipps clerk absent.
Ripon: Robert Sutton, M. A., absent.
Manchester: Cecil Daniel Wray, M. A., canon and subdean, absent.
[The clergy of the archdeaconries of]
York: William Hey, vicar of St Helen, Stonegate; Thomas Sale, D. D., vicar of Sheffield appeared.
East Riding: William Lindsay Palmes, rector of Riston, appeared; John King, incumbent of Christ Church, Sculcoates, absent.
Cleveland: Charles Cator, rector of Stokesley absent; the honourable and reverend Augustus Duncombe, absent.
Durham: Thomas Linwood Strong, B. D., rector of Sedgefield appeared and John
Davie Eade, M. A., vicar of Aycliffe appeared.
Northumberland: John Besly, D. C. L., vicar of Long Benton appeared, Christopher Bird, M. A., vicar of Warden appeared.