Upper house

Saturday 22 February 1640

Gulielmus, providentia divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et metropolitanus, venerabili confratri nostro Domino Gulielmo, eadem providentia Londoniensi episcopo, summo Angliae thesaurario, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Breve illustrissimi in Christo principis et domini nostri, Caroli, Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae regis, fidei defensoris etc., nobis inscriptum et directum, nuper cum ea qua decuit reverentia observantia et subiectione, humiliter recepimus in haec verba:

Quodcirca fraternitiati vestrae committimus et mandamus, quatenus omnes et singulos co-episcopos ecclesiae nostrae Christi Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra praefatam provinciam nostram Cantuariensem constitutos, peremptorie citetis, ac per eos, decanos ecclesiarum cathedralium et collegiatarum et singula capitula earundem, archidiaconosque et ceteros ecclesiarum praelatos exemptos et non exemptos, clerumque cuiuslibet dioeceseos provinciae nostrae antedictae peremptorie citari et praemoneri volumus et mandamus; quod iidem episcopi, decani, archidiaconi et ceteri ecclesiarum praelati exempti et non exempti personaliter et quodlibet capitulum ecclesiarum cathedralium et collegiatarum per unum, clerusque cuiuslibet dioeceseos provinciae nostrae antedictae per duos sufficientes procuratores, compareant coram nobis aut nostro in hac parte locum tenente sive commissario (si nos impediri contigeret) in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, decimo quarto die mensis Aprilis proxime fiituro post datum praesentium,

[318] Tuesday 7 February 1626

Convocatio sive concilium provinciale reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Tobiae, providentia divina Eboracensis archiepiscopi, Angliae primatis et metropolitan, ac ceterorum praelatorum et cleri civitatis, dioeceseos et provinciae Eboracensis auctoritate brevis excellentissimi in Christo principis et domini nostri Domini Caroli, Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae regis, fidei defensoris etc., convocatorum inchoata sive inchoatum septimo die mensis Februarii anno Domini (iuxta cursum et computationem Ecclesiae Anglicanae) millesimo sexcentesimo vicesimo quinto, regnique dicti domini nostri regis anno primo, in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis et metropoliticae Beati Petri Eboracensis, inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem eiusdem diei, coram venerabilibus viris Iohanne Scott, decano dictae ecclesiae, Gulielmo Easdall legum doctore, et Matthaeo Dodsworth in legibus baccalaureo, cancellario curiae audientiae dicti reverendissimi patris apud Eboracum, Phinea Hodgson, sacrae theologiae professore, Henrico Wickham, archidiacono Eboracensi, et Thoma Bell clerico, in artium magistro commissionariis dicti reverendissimi patris, ad praesidendum in synodo sive convocatione provinciali praelatorum et cleri totius provinciae Eboracensis legitime deputatis, in praesentia mei Richardi Brooke, notarii publici.

Quibus die, horis et loco, lecto publice per me Richardum Brooke, notarium antedictum, brevi dicti serenissimi principis domini nostri regis pro hac convocatione isto die celebranda dicto reverendissimo patri directo, et etiam exhibitis eisdem venerabilibus viris Iohanni Scott, Gulielmo Easdall, Matthaeo Dodsworth in legibus baccalaureo, Phineae Hodgson, Henrico Wickham, et Thomae Bell, literis honorabilibus commissionalibus praefati reverendissimi patris domini Eboracensis archiepiscopi ad praesidendum vice, loco, nomine et auctoritatem [sic] eiusdem reverendissimi patris in huiusmodi convocatione eis et aliis coniunctim et divisim directis, eiusque sigillo archiepiscopali sigillatis, iidem venerabiles viri Iohannes Scott, Gulielmus Easdall, Matthaeus Dodsworth, Phineas Hodgson, Henricus Wickham, et Thomas Bell, ob reverentiam et honorem tanti reverendissimi patris committentis, onus executionis earundem literarum commissionalium in se susceperunt, ac pro iurisdictione sua necnon de procedendo in omnibus et per omnia iuxta vim, formam, tenorem et effectum earundem decreverunt, et denuo praeconizatis publice omnibus et singulis in huiusmodi convocatione sive synodo provinciali comparere de iure et antiqua consuetudine in hac parte usitata et observata debentibus, comparuerunt [319] vel non, prout in schedula eorum nomina et cognomina in se continente plenius specificatur et declaratur.

William IV (1830-7)

Session 1. Tuesday 25 October 1597

Session 2. Friday 4 November 1597

Session 3. Friday 11 November 1597

[fos. 173-9] Proceedings of course, as formerly.

Session 4. Friday 18 November 1597

[fo. 179] The archbishop present sends for the prolocutor and the lower house, lays before them many disorders in the church:

• 1. Ministers’ excessive apparel.

• 2. Prebendaries’ neglects in cathedrals.

• 3. Disorderly marriages.

• 4. Divorces slightly passed.

• 5. Multitude of sumners.

• 6. Calling in of men by information of sumners, without presentment by churchwardens and sidemen.

• 7. Sumners farming their places.

• 8. To enquire the number of sumners heretofore, and how many should be in each diocese.

Session 5. Wednesday 23 November 1597

[fo. 180] A subsidy agreed to.

Sessions 6-7. Dates unknown

Nothing of moment.

Session 8. Wednesday 30 November 1597

[fos. 181 -90] Grant engrossed, brought in for three subsidies of four shillings in the pound in three years half yearly two shillings. The first payment 19 February 1597 [1598], the last payment 2 October 1600.

Sessions 9-22. Dates unknown

[fos. 190-5] Contain little of moment save several acts of substitution (not by commission under seal, but by word of mouth) by the archbishop to preside in his absence, proceedings against contumacious and adjournments from time to time.

Session 23. Wednesday 25 January 1598

[fos. 195-203] The archbishop present produces the queen's letters patents of license, containing ecclesiastical constitutions made by him and the bishops and the clergy in this convocation, ratified and approved by the queen. The license and constitutions are registered at large.

The canons

Capitula sive constitutiones ecclesiasticaeper archiepiscopum episcopos et reliquum clerum Cantuariensis provinciae in synodo inchoata Londini 25. die mensis Octobris anno Domini MDXCVII, regnique serenissimae in Christo principis, dominae Elizabethae, Dei gratia Angliae, Franciae et Hiberniaereginae, fidei defensoris, etc. XXXIX, congregatos tracatae, ac postea per ipsam regiam maiestatem approbatae et confirmatae et utrique provinciae tarn Cantuariensi quam Eboracensi ut diligentius observentur, eadem regia auctoritate sub magno sigillo Angliae promulgatae.

Monday 21 March 1715

[Episcopi]

Dominus archiepiscopus Eboracensis [Gulielmus Dawes, miles].

Nathaniel [Crew] episcopus Dunelmensis per Thomam Eden legum baccalaureum qui exhibuit procuratorium hac sub protestatione etc., quam protestationem domini commissionarii reiecerunt etc.

Franciscus [Gastrell] episcopus Cestrensis.

Gulielmus [Nicolson] episcopus Carliolensis.

Thomas [Wilson] episcopus Sodorensis.

[Decani]

Eboracensis: honorabilis Henricus Finch artium magister.

Dunelmensis: Iohannes Montagu sacrae theologiae professor per Thomam Eden qui exhibuit etc. ut supra.

Cestrensis: Laurentius Fogg sacrae theologiae professor, Iacobus Fall sacrae theologiae professor, Gulilemus Pearson eius procurator qui personaliter comparuit.

Carliolensis: Thomas Gibbon artium magister.

[Archidiaconi]

Eboracensis: Knightley Chetwood sacrae theologiae professor.

Nottinghamiae: Gulielmus Pearson artium magister personaliter.

East Riding: Heneage Dering legum doctor.

Cleveland: Iohannes Richardson artium magister.

Dunelmensis: Robertus Booth sacrae theologiae professor.

Northumbriae: Iohannes Morton sacrae theologiae professor per Dr Eden qui exhibuit etc. ut supra.

Cestrensis: Iohannes Thane sacrae theologiae professor.

Richmondiae: Gulielmus Stratford sacrae theologiae professor.

Carliolensis: Georgius Fleming artium magister.

Sodorensis: Samuel Wattleworth.

[Capitula]

Eboracense: Honorandus vir Edwardus Finch artium magister personaliter, Samuel

Terrick eorum procuratores.

Dunelmense: Thomas Eden legum doctor eorum procurator qui exhibuit procuratorium etc. eisdem sub protestatione etc., quam protestationem domini commissionarii reiiciendum fore decreverunt.

Cestrense: Arthurus Fogg sacrae theologiae professor eorum procurator comparuit per Gulielmum Pearson legum doctorem eius substitutum.

Carliolense: Iohannes Atkinson artium magister.

Southwelliae: Thomas Laybourne artium magister eorum procurator.

Riponense: Franciscus Pemberton artium magister eorum procurator.

[Clerus archidiaconatuum]

Eboracensis: Thomas Scott artium magister et Richardus Lowther artium magister eorum procuratores.

Nottinghamiae: Robertus Marston legum baccalaureus, Iohannes Lloyd, eorum procuratores.

East Riding: Gulielmus Lambert artium magister, Iohannes Witty artium magister eorum procuratores.

Cleveland: Iohannes Wakefield et Zacharias Suger artium magister eorum procuratores.

Dunelmiae: Iohannes Bowes sacrae theologiae professor, Thomas Eden legum doctor eorum procuratores. Comparuit divisim Thomas Eden legum doctor et exhibuit procuratorium sub protestatione etc., quam protestationem domini commissarii reiiciendum fore decreverunt.

Northumbriae: Gulielmus Stainforth artium magister; Carolus Ward artium magister.

Cestrensis: Honorabilis Henricus Moore legum doctor eorum procurator.

Richmondiae: Tobias West artium magister, eorum procurator.

Carliolensis: Thomas Tully artium magister, Thomas Benson artium magister.

[Sodorensis: Gulielmus Walker, vicarius generalis.]289

[Clerus peculiarium iurisdictionum]

decani et capituli de Eboraco Iohannes Bradley artium magister et Valentinus

Nalson personaliter.

Southwellensis: Georgius Mompesson artium magister.

Custos iurisdictionis peculiaris de Howdenshire: Gulielmus Savile legum baccalaureus.

Custos iurisdictionis peculiaris de Allertonshire ad episcopum Dunelmensem spectantis: Iohannes Brookbank legum doctor.

ad decanum et capitulum Dunelmensem spectantis: Dr Georgius Wheeler sacrae theologiae professor.

Royal writ of summons dated 23 June 1841, for Friday 20 August.

Archbishop's commission to William Cockburn, Edward Rice, Leveson Vernon Harcourt, William Vernon Harcourt, Charles Hawkins, William Henry Dixon and Henry Spencer Markham, dated 7 August 1841.

Friday 20 August 1841

[Bishops:]

The lord archbishop of York [Edward Vernon Harcourt].

Edward [Maltby], lord bishop of Durham. Charles Thorp, D. D., his proctor appeared etc.

John Bird [Sumner], lord bishop of Chester.

Hugh [Percy], lord bishop of Carlisle.

Charles Thomas [Longley], lord bishop of Ripon.

Thomas Vowler [Short], lord bishop of Sodor and Man. William Vernon

Harcourt 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.

Carlisle: Robert Hodgson, D. D.

Ripon: James Webber, D. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: Stuart Corbett, D. D.

East Riding: Robert Isaac Wilberforce, M. A., appeared.

Cleveland: Henry John Todd clerk, M. A., appeared.

Craven: Charles Musgrave, D. D., appeared.

Richmond: John Headlam, M. A.

Durham: Charles Thorp, B. D., appeared and protested (as above).

Northumberland: Thomas Singleton, D. D. Charles Thorp (as above).

Chester: Unwin Clarke clerk, M. A.

Carlisle: William Goodenough clerk, M. A.

Sodor and Man: John Cecil Hall, B. C. L. William Vernon Harcourt their proctor.

[The chapters of]

York: William Preston, M. A., William Henry Dixon, M. A. Mr Preston appeared.

Durham: Charles Thorp, D. D., etc.

Chester: George Beecham Blomfield.

Carlisle: William Henry Dixon clerk, M. A.

Ripon: Robert Sutton, M. A.

[The clergy of the archdeaconries of]

York: Theophilus Barnes, M. A., rector of Castleford, John Sharp, D. D., vicar of Doncaster. Dr Sharpe appeared.

East Riding: William Harry Edward Bentinck rector of Ligglesthorne, George Walter Wrangham, M. A., rector of Thorpe Bassett. Mr Wrangham appeared.

Cleveland: Charles Johnstone, M. A., vicar of Feliskirk, Samuel Gamlen, M. A., vicar of Bossall appeared.

Durham: William Nicholas Darnell, B. D., rector of Stanhope, Thomas Linwood Strong, B. D., rector of Sedgefield. Charles Thorp appeared etc.

Northumberland: Richard Charles Coxe, M. A., vicar of St Nicholas Newcastle, John Besly, D. C. L., vicar of Long Benton. Charles Thorp, D. D., their substitute appeared etc.

Chester: James Slade, M. A., vicar of Bolton le Moors, their proctor.

Richmond: Thomas Collins, M. A., curate of Farnham, Robert Meek, M. A., rector of Richmond. Mr Meek appeared.

The archbishop's mandate for a convocation

Simon, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Domino Willelmo, Dei gratia episcopo Londoniensi salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Ingens et indissimulata negotiorum necessitas arduorum nedum Anglicanae concernentium utilitatem Ecclesiae, sed etiam domini nostri regis et regni sui statum, tranquillitatemque quietis eiusdem ac bonum publicum, ut speramus, multipliciter nos urget, licet cum fastidio, praelatos et clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae convocare et ad hoc etiam faciendum cum frequenti et assidua ipsius regis nostri instantia breve regium recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus in virtute sanctae oboedientiae firmiter iniungentes quatenus venerabiles fratres nostros episcopos omnes et singulos dictae nostrae provinciae suffraganeos nostros et electos confirmatos si qui fuerint et absentium huiusmodi episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales et custodem nostrum spiritualitatis in civitate et diocesi Bangorensibus,

Summons to the convocation

George the second by the grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith etc. to the most reverend father in God and our faithful counsellor Lancelot, by the same grace archbishop of York, primate and metropolitan of England greeting. By reason of certain difficult and urgent affairs concerning us, the security and defence of the Church of England and the peace and tranquillity, public good and defence of our kingdom and our subjects of the same, we command you, entreating you by the faith and love which you owe us, that having in due manner considered and weighed the premisses, you call together with all convenient speed in lawful manner all and singular the bishops of your province and deans of your cathedral churches and colleges and the whole clergy of every diocese of the same province to appear before you in the cathedral church of St Peter, York, the twenty-first day of June next ensuing, or elsewhere as it shall seem most expedient, to treat of, agree to and conclude upon the premisses and other things which to them shall then at the same place be more clearly explained on our behalf, and this as you love us, the state of our kingdom and honour and good of our aforesaid church by no means omit. Witness ourself at Westminster the twenty-sixth day of April in the seventh year of our reign [26 April 1734]. Bisse and Bray.

To the most reverend father in God and his faithful counsellor Lancelot by the same grace archbishop of York, primate and metropolitan of England, a writ for summoning the convocation of York. Bisse and Bray.

Friday 21 June 1734

[The bishops of:]

The lord archbishop of York [Lancelot Blackburn].

Edward [Chandler], lord bishop of Durham.

Samuel [Peploe], lord bishop of Chester.

John [Waugh], lord bishop of Carlisle.

Thomas [Wilson], lord bishop of Sodor.

[The deans of]

York: Richard Osbaldeston, D. D.

Durham: [Henry] Bland, D. D.

Chester: Thomas Allen, LL. B.

Carlisle: George Fleming, LL. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: Thomas Hayter clerk, M. A.

Nottingham: Robert Marsden clerk, B. D.

East Riding: Heneage Dering clerk, LL. D.

Cleveland: John Richardson clerk, M. A.

Durham: [George] Sayer.

Northumberland: Thomas Sharp, D. D.

Chester: Lewis Stephens clerk, M. A.

Richmond: William Stratford, D. D.

Carlisle: George Fleming, LL. D.

[2r] Convocatio praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae inchoata in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Divi Pauli Londoniarum, auctoritate brevis regii reverendissimo in Christo patri ac fideli consiliario suo Domino Thomae, providentia divina Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et metropolitano in hac parte directo inchoata tricesimo die mensis Decembris anno Domini 1701, regnique serenissimi in Christo principis ac domini Domini Gulielmi tertii, Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae regis, fidei defensoris etc., decimo tertio.

Nomina reverendorum patrum episcoporum modernorum Cantuariensis provinciae citatorum et monitorum ad comparendum in convocatione praedicta.

Reverendissimus Dominus Thomas [Tenison] Cantuariensis archiepiscopus.

Dominus Henricus [Compton] Londoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Petrus [Mews] Wintoniensis episcopus

Dominus Willelmus [Beaw] Landavensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Lloyd] Wigorniensis episcopus

Dominus Thomas [Sprat] Roffensis episcopus

Dominus Ionathan [Trelawney] Exoniensis episcopus

Dominus Gilbertus [Burnet] Sarum episcopus

Dominus Humfredus [Humphries] Herefordensis episcopus.

Dominus Simon [Patrick] Eliensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Hough] Lichensis et Coventrensis episcopus

Dominus Iohannes [Moore] Norwicensis episcopus.

Dominus Richardus [Cumberland] Petriburgensis episcopus.

Dominus Edwardus [Fowler] Gloucestrensis episcopus

Dominus Richardus [Kidder] Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopus

Dominus Iohannes [Hall] Bristoliensis episcopus

Dominus Edwardus [Jones] Asaphensis episcopus

Dominus Iacobus [Gardiner] Lincolniensis episcopus

Dominus Willelmus [Talbot] Oxoniensis episcopus

[3r](lr) Nomina citatorum ad comparendum in inferiori domo convocationis praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae, inchoatae tricesimo die mensis Decembris anno Domini 1701.

Cantuariensis:

Comparuit Georgius Hooper, sacrae theologiae professor decanus.

Comparuit capitulum ibidem, per honorabilem virum Leopoldum Willelmum Finch sacrae theologiae professorem.

Comparuit Iohannes Batteley sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus.

Comparuit Thomas Green sacrae theologiae professor per procuratorem;

Iohannes Cook clericus artium magister, procuratores cleri.

London:

Willelmus Sherlock sacrae theologiae professor, decanus comparuit.

Non comparuit capitulum ibidem per Henricum Godolphin sacrae theologiae professorem.

Comparuit Willelmus Stanley sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus London.

Comparuit Carolus Alston sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Essexiae.

Non comparuit Robertus Corey, sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Middlesexiae

Willelmus Beveridge sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Colchestriae, comparuit.

Comparuit Iohannes Cole artium magister, archidiaconus Sancti Albani.

Gulielmus Cave sacrae theologiae professor comparuit per procuratorem et

Willelmus Lancaster comparuit procuratores cleri.

Westminster.

Comparuit per procuratorem reverendus pater Thomas, Roffensis episcopus, decanus.

Comparuit capitulum ibidem per [Nicholaum] Only sacrae theologiae professorem.

Petrus Birch sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus comparuit.

The archbishop's mandate for the convocation

Richardus, permissione divina Londoniensis episcopus venerabili viro Magistro Thomae Lovell decretorum doctori, reverendi in Christo patris et domini Domini Hadriani, miseratione divina tituli Sancti Chrysogoni sanctae Romanae ecclesiae presbyteri cardinalis Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopi in remotis agentis, in suis civitatibus et diocesi Bathonensibus et Wellensibus vicario in spiritualibus generali, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Literas reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Willelmi, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis et apostolicae sedis legati, noveritis nos cum ea qua decuit reverentia nuper recepisse verborum sequentium sub tenore:

Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Richardo, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sigillo suo sigillatas nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra dictam nostram Cantuariensem provinciam constitutos ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generates, citetis peremptorie. Et

Royal writ of summons 10 April 1754.

Wednesday 5 June 1754

[Bishops:]

The lord archbishop of York [Matthew Hutton].

Richard [Trevor], lord bishop of Durham.

Edmund [Keene], lord bishop of Chester.

Richard [Osbaldeston], lord bishop of Carlisle.

Thomas [Wilson], lord bishop of Sodor and Man.

[The deans of:]

York: John Fountain, D. D.

Durham: The honourable Spencer Cowper, D. D. Henry Bland and Robert Davison (as above).

Chester: Thomas Brooke clerk, LL. D.

Carlisle: Robert Bolton clerk, LL. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: Edmund Pyle, D. D.

Nottingham: Hugh Thomas, D. D.

East Riding: Jacques Sterne clerk, LL. D.

Cleveland: Francis Blackburn clerk, M. A.

Durham: George Sayer, D. D. Robert Davison his proxy (as above).

Northumberland: Thomas Sharp, D. D. Robert Davison his proctor (as above).

Chester: Abel Ward clerk, M. A. William Tomlinson his proctor appeared and exhibited his proxy for him.

Richmond: Samuel Peploe clerk, LL. B. Charles Cowper clerk, M. A., his proctor, appeared and exhibited his proxy for him.

Carlisle: Edmund Law, D. D.

Sodor and Man: John Kippax clerk, M. A.

[The chapters of]

York: William Herring clerk, LL. D., Charles Cowper clerk, M. A., appeared.

Durham: Henry Bland, D. D., their proctor. Robert Davison (as above).

Chester: John Mapletoft clerk, M. A., their proctor.

Carlisle: Thomas Wilson clerk, M. A.

Southwell: Andrew Matthews clerk, M. A., their proctor.

Ripon: John Dering clerk, M. A.

[The clergy of the archdeaconries of]

York: Timothy Lee clerk, M. A., Thomas Wright clerk, M. A.

Nottingham: John Ward clerk,, B. D. Granville Wheeler clerk, M. A. William

Berdmore clerk, M. A., their substitute appeared and exhibited his substitution.

East Riding: William Ford, D. D., Thomas Wakefield clerk, M. A.

Cleveland: Francis Wanley, D. D., Richard Kitchingman, M. A.

Durham: Henry Bland clerk, D. D., Richard Stonehewer 409clerk, LL. D., their proctors. Robert Davison (as above).

Northumberland: Thomas Robinson, D. D., John Sharp clerk, M. A., their proctors. Robert Davison (as above).

Chester: The honourable Henry Moore, D. D., their proctor.

Richmond: Edward Place, clerk, M. A., their proctor.

Carlisle: Thomas Milward clerk, M. A., John Brown clerk, M. A.

Sodor and Man: John Fountain clerk, D. D., their proctor.

Clergy of the jurisdiction of the dean and chapter of York: George Legh clerk, LL. D., William Dodsworth clerk, M. A.

Clergy of Southwell: Edward Gregory clerk, M. A.

Keeper of Howden: Francis Topham, LL. D.

Parliament (Irish)

Monday 10 March 1800.

In a private conversation with myself, the archbishop [of Cashel] treated that part of the article that mentioned the convocation as idle and foolish. Nothing, however, can be more essentially necessary to the identity of the churches. From the time that the clergy ceased to tax themselves in convocation, and mixed in that particular with the great mass of the people, by acquiring the right of voting at elections for the members of the house of commons, convocations have not been viewed in the same light as of old. But the calling together the convocation for ecclesiastical purposes, although entirely laid aside in this country, continues unaltered in England, and it is as regularly convened by the king's writ as the parliament. The archbishop talked of the absurdity of calling so many of the Irish clergy to London, but he forgot that the convocations are provincial, and the clergy to be convened int heir respective provinces. But what the archbishop seemed chiefly to reprobate was the idea of having any other representatives of the bishops in the united parliament than the four metropolitans. The idea of having a rotation of bishops he treated as absurd, inasmuch as it would be impossible for any bishop to make himself acquainted with parliamentary business during the short period for which he should sit in parliament.

Friday 21 March 1800.

Resolution XVIII of the committee for union:

Resolved that it is the opinion of this committee that for the same purpose it would be fit to propose that the churches of that part of Great Britain called England and of Ireland should be united into one church, and the archbishops, bishops, deans and clergy of the Churches of England and Ireland shall from time to time be summoned to and entitled to sit in convocation of the united church in like manner and subject to the same regulations as are at present by law established, with respect to the like orders of the Church of England and the doctrine, worship, discipline and government of the said united church shall be preserved as now by law established for the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline and government of the Church of Scotland shall likewise be preserved as now by law established for the Church of Scotland.

[lr] Convocatio praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae inchoata in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Divi Pauli Londoniarum, auctoritate brevis regii reverendissimo in Christo patri ac fideli consiliario suo Domino Thomae, providentia divina Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et metropolitano in hac parte directo inchoata vicesimo quarto die mensis Augusti anno Domini 1698, regnique serenissimi in Christo principis ac domini Domini Gulielmi tertii, Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae regis, fidei defensoris etc., decimo.

Nomina reverendorum patrum episcoporum modernorum Cantuariensis provinciae citatorum et monitorum ad comparendum in convocatione praedicta.

Reverendissimus Dominus Thomas [Tenison] Cantuariensis archiepiscopus.

Dominus Henricus [Compton] Londoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Petrus [Mews] Wintoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Beaw] Landavensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Lloyd] Coventrensis et Lichensis episcopus.

Dominus Thomas [Sprat] Roffensis episcopus.

Dominus Ionathan [Trelawney] Exoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Thomas [Watson] Menevensis episcopus.

Dominus Gilbertus [Burnet] Sarum episcopus.

Dominus Humfredus [Humphreys] Bangor episcopus.

[lv] Dominus Edwardus [Stillingfleet] Wigorniensis episcopus.

Dominus Simon [Patrick] Eliensis episcopus.

Dominus Gilbertus [Ironside] Herefordensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Hough] Oxoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Moore] Norwicensis episcopus.

Dominus Richardus [Cumberland] Petriburgensis episcopus.

Dominus Edwardus [Fowler] Gloucestrensis episcopus.

Dominus Richardus [Kidder] Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Hall] Bristoliensis episcopus.

Dominus Edwardus [Jones] Asaphensis episcopus.

Dominus Iacobus [Gardiner] Lincolniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Williams] Cicestrensis episcopus.

[2r] Nomina citatorum ad comparendum in inferiori domo convocationis praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae inchoata die et loco praedictis.

Cantuariensis

Georgius Hooper sacrae theologiae professor decanus.

Capitulum ibidem per honorabilem virum Leopoldum Gulielmum Finch sacrae

theologiae professorem.

Iohannes Battely sacrae theologiae professor archidiaconus.

Georgius Thorpe sacrae theologiae professor [et]

Iohannes Cook artium magister, procuratores cleri.

London

Gulielmus Sherlock sacrae theologiae professor decanus.

Capitulum ibidem per Henricum Godolphin sacrae theologiae professorem.

Gulielmus Stanley, archidiaconus London.

Carolus Alston sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Essexiae.

Robertus Corey sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Middlesexiae.

Gulielmus Beveridge sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Colcestriae.

Iohannes Cole clericus, archidiaconus Sancti Albani.

Thomas Whincop sacrae theologiae professor [et]

Ionas Warley clericus, procuratores cleri

[2v] Westminster

Dominus Thomas Roffensis episcopus decanus.

Winton[iensis]

Iohannes Wickart sacrae theologiae professor, decanus.

Capitulum ibidem per Abrahamum Markland sacrae theologiae professorem.

Thomas Clutterbuck sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Winton[iensis].

Thomas Sayer, archidiaconus Surriae.

Gulielmus Delaune sacrae theologiae professor [et]

Gulielmus Bernard sacrae theologiae professor, procuratores cleri.