Friday 18 May 1722

[Episcopi]

Dominus archiepiscopus Eboracensis [Gulielmus Dawes, miles]

Gulilemus [Talbot] episcopus Dunelmensis

Franciscus [Gastrell] episcopus Cestrensis

Samuel [Bradford] episcopus Carliolensis

Thomas [Wilson] episcopus Sodorensis

[Decani]

Eboracensis: Honorabilis Henricus Finch artium magister.

Dunelmensis: Iohannes Montagu sacrae theologiae professor.

Carliolensis: Thomas Tully sacrae theologiae professor.

[Archidiaconi]

Eboracensis: Carolus Blake sacrae theologiae professor.

Nottinghamiae: Robertus Marsden sacrae theologiae baccalaureus.

East Riding: Heneage Dering legum doctor.

Cleveland: Iohannes Richardson artium magister.

Dunelmensis: Honorabilis Robertus Booth sacrae theologiae professor.

Northumbriae: Iohannes Morton sacrae theologiae professor.

Cestrensis: Iohannes Thane sacrae theologiae professor.

Richmondiae: Gulielmus Stratford sacrae theologiae professor.

Carliolensis: Georgius Fleming artium magister.

Sodorensis et Insulae Monae: Robertus Horrobin.

[Capitula]

Eboracense: Honorabilis vir Edwardus Finch artium magister, Thomas Lamplugh personaliter eorum procuratores.

Dunelmense: Thomas Eden legum doctor.

Cestrense: Arthurus Fogg sacrae theologiae professor eorum procurator.

Carliolense: Hugo Todd sacrae theologiae professor.

Southwelliae: Thomas Laybourne artium magister eorum procurator.

Riponense: Iohannes Blower artium magister eorum procurator.

[Clerus archidiaconatuum]

Eboracensis: Iohannes Drake sacrae theologiae baccalaureus personaliter;

Thomas Scott artium magister eorum procuratores.

Nottinghamiae: Iohannes Lloyd, Gulilemus Bridges eorum procuratores.

East Riding: Iohannes Witty artium magister, Richardus Osbaldeston artium magister eorum procuratores.

Cleveland: Iohannes Wakefield artium magister et Gulielmus Walker artium magister eorum procuratores.

Dunelmiae: Iacobus Finney sacrae theologiae professor, Thomas Eden legum doctor eorum procuratores.

Northumbriae: Thomas Sharp artium magister, Hugo Farringdon artium magister eorum procuratores.

Cestrensis: Honorabilis Henricus Moore legum doctor eorum procurator.

Richmondiae: Henricus Stapleton artium magister, eorum procurator.

Carliolensis: Thomas Benson sacrae theologiae professor, Iohannes Christopherson sacrae theologiae baccalaureus eorum procuratores.

Insulae Monae: Gulilemus Walker et Iohannes Curghey clerici eorum procuratores.

[Clerus peculiarium iurisdictionum]

decani et capituli de Eboraco: Iohannes Bradley artium magister personaliter et

Valentinus Nalson personaliter eorum procuratores.

Southwellensis: Georgius Mompesson artium magister.

Custos iurisdictionis peculiaris de Howdenshire: Edwardus Bell legum baccalaureus.

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

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

Clerus iurisdictionis peculiaris de Howden et Howdenshire: Richardus Coulton et

Robertus Jackson eorum procuratores.

Clerus de Allerton et Allertonshire ad episcopum Dunelmensem specatantium:

Christopherus Hobson artium magister eorum procurator.

ad decanum et capitulum Dunelmensem spectantium: Christopherus Hunter artium magister, eorum procurator.

Prorogued by Thomas Lamplugh to Friday 22 June 1722 but it met before then.

Summons to a legatine synod, 10 November 1555

Edmundus, permissione divina Londoniensis episcopus, reverendo in Christo confratri nostro Thomae, eadem permissione Eliensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Noverit fraternitas vestra reverenda nos literas commissionales et mandatarias illustrissimi et reverendissimi in Christo patris ac domini, Domini Reginaldi, miseratione divina Sanctae Mariae in Cosmedin, sanctae Romanae ecclesiae diaconi cardinalis, Poli nuncupati, sanctissimi domini nostri papae et sedis apostolicae ad serenissimos Philippum et Mariam, Angliae reges et universum Angliae regnum de latere legati, sigillo istius illustrissimi et reverendissimi patris in quadam capsa stanea et cera rubea cum fills sericis rubei coloris compraehenso sigillatas, nuper cum ea qua decuit reverentia, oboedientia et honore recepisse humiliter exequendas, sub eo qui sequitur verborum tenore:

The archbishop's mandate to the prior and chapter of Canterbury

Walterus, permissione divina [Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas] dilectis in Christo filiis priori et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae Christi Cantuariensis, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Hostilis iniquitas suae malignitatis impulsus, exercens ecclesiam ac regnum Angliae eiusque incolas hostium exercitus et ceterorum in cursionibus diutius circumcinxit et ad peiora suos conatus extendens civilis disidii tempestuosum (prothdolor!) turbinem iam discussit recissa amicabilis foederis unitate. Ad occurrendum itaque male huiusmodi ex quo ecclesiae atque regni magnum et instans posse timetur periculum imminere, nos licet anxii et inviti, impellimur extra propositum praeconceptum praelatos et clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae per similia de quo dolemus et angimur saepius fatigatos prout cum quibusdam nostris coepiscopis deliberatione praehabita censuimus convocare.

Quocirca vobis committimus et mandamus quatenus vos, domine prior, personaliter, ac capitulum per unum procuratorem compareatis coram nobis in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, die Iovis, videlicet in crastino festi Sancti Petri in cathedra proximo futuro [23 February 1318], cum continuatione et prorogatione dierum subsequentium, ad tractandum una nobiscum super urgentibus Ecclesiae Anglicanae atque regni negotiis, necnon consentiendum his omnibus quae ad honorem Dei et ecclesiae suae sanctae, ac utilitatem totius reipublicae regnique supradicti, divina disponente dementia, ibidem contigerit salubriter ordinari. De die vero receptionis praesentium ac modo et forma executionis quam feceritis in hac parte, nos dictis die et loco certificare curetis per vestras patentes literas harum seriem continentes. Datum apud Mailing, decimo octavo Kalendarum Februarii anno Domini MCCCXVII [15 January 1318].

The execution of the above in Winchester diocese

On 20 January 1318, the bishop of Winchester, writing from Southwark, ordered his archdeacons and to the prior and chapter of Winchester, to execute the above mandate and to certify the result to him by 14 February 1318.

On 22 February 1318 he appointed the following as his proctors, since he himself was hindered from attending because of a serious bodily illness:

Iacobus de Florentia, archdeacon of Winchester.

Henricus de Clyfe, dean of the collegiate church of Tamworth and the bishop's chancellor.

[5] Anno Domini 1640 regnique domini nostri Domini Caroli Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae etHiberniae regisfidei defensoris anno decimo sexto

Tuesday 14 April 1640

Convocatio sive concilium provinciale reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Richardi, 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 decimo quarto die mensis Aprilis anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo, regnique dicti domini nostri regis anno decimo sexto, in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis et metropoliticae Beati Petri Eboracensis, inter horas nonam et undecimam ante meridiem eiusdem diei, coram praefato reverendissimo in Christo patre praeside convocationis eiusdem sive consilii provincialis, in praesentia nostrum Gulielmi Turbatt, actorum notarii publici et Gulielmi Freer et Thomae Thompson notariorum etiam publicorum.

Quibus die, horis et loco, publice perlecto de mandato reverendissimi patris per me notarium publicum antedictum brevi regio antedicto reverendissimo patri directo in haec verba:

Saturday 25 November 1710

[Episcopus]

Dunelmensis: Theophilus Pickering sacrae theologiae professor et Thomas Eden legum baccalaureus, eius procuratores.

[Decani]

Eboracensis: Henricus Finch artium magister.

Dunelmensis: Iohannes Montagu sacrae theologiae professor.

Cestrensis: Laurentius Fogg sacrae theologiae professor.

Carliolensis: Franciscus Atterbury sacrae theologiae professor.

[Archidiaconi]

Eboracensis: Knightley Chetwood sacrae theologiae professor.

Nottinghamiae: Gulielmus Pearson artium magister personaliter.

East Riding: Heneage Dering legum doctor.

Cleveland: Iacobus Fall sacrae theologiae professor personaliter.

Dunelmensis: Robertus Booth artium magister.

Northumbriae: Iohannes Morton sacrae theologiae professor.

Cestrensis: Iohannes Thane sacrae theologiae professor.

Richmondiae: Gulielmus Stratford sacrae theologiae professor.

Carliolensis: Georgius Fleming artium magister.

[Sodorensis: Samuel Wattleworth, per procuratorem Henricum Finch, decanum

Eboracensem.]261

[Capitula]

Eboracense: Honorandus vir Edwardus Finch artium magister, Gulielmus Stainforth sacrae theologiae baccalaureus personaliter, eorum procuratores.

Dunelmense: Theophilus Pickering sacrae theologiae professor, eorum procurator.

Cestrense: Richardus Wroe sacrae theologiae professor procurator.

Carliolense: Thomas Tully

Southwelliae: Georgius Mompesson artium magister eorum procurator.

Riponense: Franciscus Pemberton artium magister eorum procurator.

[Clerus archidiaconatuum\

Eboracensis: Thomas Scott artium magister personaliter, Richardus Lowth artium magister personaliter, eorum procuratores.

Nottinghamiae: Gulielmus Porter artium magister, Timotheus Caryl eorum procuratores.

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

Cleveland: William Frankland artium magister, Iohannes Wakefleld artium magister.

Dunelmiae: Iohannes Finney sacrae theologiae professor, Thomas Eden legum baccalaureus, procuratores.

Northumbriae: Robertus Tomlinson artium magister, Carolus Stoddart artium magister.

Cestrensis: Honorandus Edwardus Finch artium magister, procurator.

Richmondiae: Tobias West artium magister, eorum procurator.

Carliolensis: Thomas Benson artium magister, Thomas Gibbon artium magister, procuratores.

[Sodorensis: Edwardus Finch, procurator.]267

[Clerus peculiarium iurisdictionum]

decani et capituli de Eboraco: Samuel Terrick artium magister, Iohannes Bradley artium magister personaliter.

Southwellensis: Thomas Laybourne artium magister personaliter

Custos iurisdictionis peculiaris de Howdenshire: Gulielmus Savile legum baccalaureus.

Custos iurisdictionis peculiaris de Allertonshire: Dr Georgius Wheeler sacrae theologiae professor.

Clerus iurisdictionis de Howden et Howdenshire: Iohannes Blower artium magister personaliter, Iohannes Richardson artium magister.

Clerus iurisdictionis de Allerton et Allertonshire: Edwardus Trotter artium magister, Carolus Neile artium magister.

Prorogued by Mr Stainforth and Mr Terrick toTuesday 9 January 1711.

Then by Mr Stainforth and Mr Terrick to Thursday 8 February 1711.

Then by Mr Terrick to Thursday 5 April 1711.

Then to Thursday 17 May 1711.

Then by Mr Stainforth and Dr Pearson toThursday 14 June 1711.

Then by Dr Pearson and Mr Terrick to Thursday 26 July 1711, but met before then.

The archbishop's mandate

Henricus, permissione divina Lincolniensis episcopus, dilectis in Christo filiis universis archidiaconis et eorum officialibus Lincolniensis diocesis constitutes, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Literas venerabilis in Christo patris Domini Stephani, Dei gratia Londoniensis episcopi recepimus formam quae sequitur continentes:

Venerabili in Christo patri Domino Henrico, Dei gratia Lincolniensi episcopo, Stephanus permissione divina Londoniensis episcopus, salutem et sincerae dilectionis continuum incrementum. Mandatum venerabilis in Christo patris et domini Domini Walteri, Dei gratia Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis, recepimus sub hac forma:

Summons to the convocation

Wednesday 28 April 1708

[ 1 r] Thomas, providentia divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus totius Angliae primas et metropolitanus, venerabili confratri nostro Domino Henrico, eadem providentia Londoniensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Breve illustrissimae in Christo principis ac dominae dominae nostrae Annae, Dei gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae et Hiberniae reginae fidei defensoris etc., nobis inscriptum et directum nuper cum ea qua decuit reverentia, oboedientia et subiectione humiliter recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca fraternitati vestrae committimus et mandamus [lv] quatenus omnes et singulos coepiscopos ecclesiae nostrae Christi Cantuariensis suffraganeos infra praefatam nostram provinciam Cantuariensem constitutos peremptorie citetis et per eos decanos ecclesiarum cathedralium et collegiatarum et singula capitula earundem archidiaconosque et alios ecclesiarum praelatos exemptos et non exemptos clerumque cuiuslibet dioecesis provinciae nostrae Cantuariensis praedictae peremptorie citari et praemoneri volumus, quod iidem episcopi, decani, archidiaconi et ceteri ecclesiarum cathedralium praelati, exempti et non exempti personaliter et quodlibet capitulum ecclesiarum cathedralium et collegiatarum per unum, clerusque cuiuslibet dioecesis provinciae nostrae antedictae per duos sufficientes procuratores compareant coram nobis aut nostro in hac parte locum tenente sive commissario si nos impediri contigerit in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Divi Pauli Londoniarum, die Iovis octavo die mensis Iulii proximo futuri post datum praesentium [8 July 1708]

The archbishop's mandate, containing the royal writ

[70b] Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino Domino Henrico, Dei gratia Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et apostolicae sedis legato, vester humilis et devotus Thomas Gilbert, decretorum doctor, canonicus ecclesiae cathedralis Wellensis ac reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Oliveri, permissione divina Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopi, ipso reverendo patre extra suam diocesim in remotis agente, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis omnimodas reverentias et oboedientias tanto reverendissimo patri debitas cum honore. Literas venerabilis viri Magistri Willelmi Lichfield legum doctoris, officialis et custodis spiritualitatis civitatis et diocesis Londoniensium sede episcopali iam vacante, mandatum vestrum reverendissimum in se continentes nuper recepimus sub eu qui sequitur tenorem verborum:

Reverendo in Christo patri et domino Domino Olivero, permissione divina Bathonensi et Wellensi episcopo, Willelmus Lichfield legum doctor, officialis et custos spiritualitatis civitatis et diocesis Londoniensium sede [71a] episcopali ibidem iam vacante, omnimodas reverentiam et oboedientiam debitas cum honore. Literas reverendissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Henrici, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis et apostolicae sedis legati, septimo die mensis Ianuarii [7 January 1502] noveritis nos recepisse in haec verba:

Henricus, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili viro Magistro Willelmo Lichfield legum doctori, nostro in civitate et diocesi Londoniensibus sede episcopali ibidem vacante officiali, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Breve regium nobis directum nuper recepimus in haec verba:

The archbishop's mandate

Venerabili in Christo patri Domino [Adae], Dei gratia Herefordensi episcopo, Stephanus, eiusdem permissione Londoniensis episcopus, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Mandatum reverendi in Christo patris Waited, Dei gratia Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, totius Angliae primatis, recepimus sub hac forma:

Walterus, Dei gratia Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas, venerabili fratri nostro Domino Stephano, Dei gratia Londoniensi episcopo, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Quoniam quaedam expedienda noviter emerserunt universaliter ecclesiam, nos et ceteros praelatos, ac clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae concementia, quae absque praesentia illorum omnium aliqualiter nequeunt expediri, de consilio venerabilium patrum, dominorum Gulilelmi, Dei gratia archiepiscopi Viennensis et Hugonis episcopi Aurasiensis, apostolicae sedis nuntiorum, necnon et de consilio quorundam fratrum nostrorum nuper Cantuariae congregatorum convocationem huiusmodi fore decrevimus faciendam. Vobis igitur committimus et mandamus quatenus venerabiles fratres nostros suffraganeos praesentes inregno, ac absentium fratrum in spiritualibus et temporalibus vicarios generales, seu alios quos ad hoc duxerint dimittendos, decanos ac capitula cathedralium ecclesiarum, necnon etiam capitula collegiatarum ecclesiarum, archidiaconos universos, abbates et priores supra se abbates in nostra provincia non habentes, tarn exemptos quam non exemptos, Cisterciensis, Cluniacensis, Sanctorum Benedicti et Augustini, Carthusiensis, Grandimontensis et aliorum ordinum, eorumque conventus, praepositos, archipresbyteros, domorum etiam hospitalium Sancti Iohannis Hierosolymitani, Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum et Calatravensium magistros, priores et praeceptores, eorumque loca tenentes, clerumque cuiuslibet civitatis et diocesis nostrae provinciae supradictae, citetis seu citare faciatis peremptorie, quod dicti venerabiles fratres etc., personaliter, capitula autem per suos decanos, abbates et priores, si voluerint, alioquin per alium vel alios idoneos, clerus autem cuiuslibet diocesis per unum procuratorem vel duos consimiles communiter destinandos, septimo die post festum Sanctae Fidis Virginis proximo futurum [13 October 1326] in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, suas exhibeant praesentias, praedicta exponenda necnon cuiusdam mandati apostolici nobis et eis communiter publicationem audituri, ac prout expediens visum fuerit, super hoc efficaciter tractaturi, consensusque suos his quae, dante Domino, super his ordinabuntur et providebuntur ibidem praebituri, ulteriusque facturi cum continuatione dierum sequentium usque ad finem tractatus huiusmodi, quod ipsius natura negotii sive tractatus exigit et requirit, denuntiantes eisdem quod nullius quern inevitabilis necessitas non excusat absentiam dicto septimo die habebimus excusatam.

Royal writ of summons for Wednesday 5 August 1818 dated 11 June.

Archbishop's commission to George Markham, Edward Rice, Henry Foster Mills, Robert Croft, John Eyre, Robert Markham, George Desmeth Kelly, Henry Kitchingman, John Ellis, dated 24 June 1818.

Wednesday 5 August 1818

[Bishops:]

The lord archbishop of York [Edward Venables Vernon].

Shute [Barrington], lord bishop of Durham. William Nicholas Darnell, B. D., his proctor appeared etc.

George Henry [Law], lord bishop of Chester.

Samuel [Goodenough], lord bishop of Carlisle.

George [Murray], lord bishop of Sodor and Man. George Markham clerk, M. A., his proctor.

[The deans of:]

York: George Markham, D. D.

Durham: James [Cornwallis], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. William Nicholas Darnell etc. (as above).

Chester: Robert Hodgson, D. D.

Carlisle: Isaac Milner, D. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: Robert Markham clerk, M. A., personaliter.

Nottingham: John Eyre, M. A. William Richardson clerk, his proctor appeared.

East Riding: Robert Darley Waddilove clerk, M. A.

Cleveland: Charles Baillie Hamilton clerk, M. A.

Durham: Richard Prosser, D. D. William Nicholas Darnell (as above).

Northumberland: Reynold Gideon Bouyer, LL. B. (William Nicholas Darnell as above.)

Chester: Unwin Clarke clerk, M. A.

Richmond: John Owen clerk, M. A.

Carlisle: Charles Anson clerk, M. A.

Sodor and Man: George Markham his proctor.

[The chapters of]

York: Robert Croft clerk MA; George Desmeth Kelly clerk, M. A.

Durham: William Nicholas Darnell, B. D., their proctor appeared etc.

Carlisle: Robert Philip Goodenough clerk, M. A.

Southwell: Richard Sutton clerk their proctor; George Desmeth Kelly their substitute.

Ripon: John Ellis clerk, B. A., their proctor.

[The clergy of the archdeaconries of:]

York: Henry Stephen Milner, D. D., Robert Affleck, M. A.

Nottingham: Robert Lowe and Charles Nixon, their proctors. James Richardson and William Bulmer clerks their substitutes.

East Riding: William Harry Edward Bentinck, John Gilby.

Cleveland: William Henry Dawney, William Carey, D. D.

Durham: Robert Gray, D. D., Edward South Thurlow. William Nicholas Darnell their substitute etc.

Northumberland: Frederick Ekins clerk, M. A., David Evans, M. A., their proctors. William Nicholas Darnell etc.

Chester: Roger Jackson, clerk, M. A.

Richmond: Thomas Monson, M. A.

Carlisle: Walter Fletcher, M. A., Thomas Lowry, D. D.

Sodor and Man: George Markham, their proctor.

Clergy of the jurisdiction of the dean and chapter of York: Edward Rice clerk, B. A., Henry Forster Mills clerk, M. A.

Clergy of the jurisdiction of the chapter of Southwell: William Beecher, M. A.

Mandate from archbishop to bishop of Winchester, sede Londoniensi vacante

Iohannes, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili confratri nostro Willelmo, Dei gratia Wintoniensi episcopo,

qui tanquam ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis subdecanus, ecclesia Londoniensi vacante, quae ipsius ecclesiae nostrae Cantuariensis decanatus decoratur titulo et honore nostra et ipsius ecclesiae nostrae mandata ex debito officii vestri et capere et exequi tenemini cum effectu, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Literas domini nostri regis sub privato sigillo suo sigillato nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca vestrae fratemitati committimus et mandamus quatenus omnes et singulos dictae nostrae Cantuariensis ecclesiae suffraganeos infra dictam nostram provinciam constitutos, ac absentium episcoporum vicarios in spiritualibus generales citetis peremptorie, et per eos decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium ac singula capitula earundem, archidiaconos, abbates et priores conventus sub se habentes, et alios ecclesiae praelatos, exemptos et non exemptos, clerumque cuiuslibet diocesis provinciae antedictae citari peremptorie et praemuniri volumus et mandamus, quod iidem episcopi, suffraganei nostri, vicarii generales, decani, priores, archidiaconi ac ceteri ecclesiarum praelati, exempti et non exempti, personaliter; et quodlibet capitulum ecclesiarum cathedralium per unum, clerumque cuiuslibet diocesis provinciae antedictae per duos sufficienter procuratores compareant coram nobis aut nostris in hac parte locum tenentibus vel commissariis,

Royal writ of summons, Westminster 26 June 1747.

Wednesday 19 August 1747

[Bishops]

The lord archbishop of York.

Edward [Chandler], lord bishop of Durham.

Samuel [Peploe], lord bishop of Chester.

… lord bishop of Carlisle.

Thomas [Wilson], lord bishop of Sodor and Man: Dr Sterne clerk, LL. D., his

proctor.

[The deans of]

York: Richard Osbaldeston, D. D.

Durham: The honourable Spencer Cowper, D. D.

Chester: Thomas Brooke clerk, LL. D.

Carlisle: Robert Bolton clerk, LL. D.

[The archdeacons of:]

York: Thomas Hayter clerk, M. A.

Nottingham: Robert Marsden BD; William Berdmore clerk, M. A., his proctor.

East Riding: Heneage Dering clerk, LL. D.

Cleveland: Jacques Sterne clerk, LL. D.

Durham: George Sayer, D. D.

Chester: William Powell, D. D.

Richmond: Samuel Peploe clerk, LL. B. Jacques Sterne, LL. D., Samuel Baker, D. D., his proctors.

Carlisle: Edmund Law clerk, M. A.

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

[The chapters of]

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

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

Carlisle: Thomas Wilson clerk, M. A.

Southwell: John Abson clerk, M. A.

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.

East Riding: Nicholas Woolfe clerk LL. B., Thomas Wakefield clerk, M. A.

Cleveland: Samuel Baker, D. D., John Samuel Hill clerk, M. A.

Durham: Thomas Eden clerk, LL. D., Henry Bland clerk, M. A., their proctors.

Northumberland: James Baker clerk, doctor of physic and Thomas Turner clerk, M. A., their proctors.

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

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

Carlisle: John Waugh clerk, LL. D., Thomas Milward clerk, M. A.

Sodor and Man: Edward Moore clerk their proctor. Jacques Sterne clerk, LL. D., his substitute.

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

Chapter of Southwell: Edward Gregory clerk, M. A., their proctor.

Keeper of Howden: William Pye, LL. B.

Clergy of Howden: John Lowther clerk, James Godmond clerk.

Tuesday 1 September 1747

Royal writ: 7 August.

Prorogued by Mr Baker to Friday 11 September 1747.

Tuesday 15 September 1747

Royal writ: 8 September.

According to the calculations attributed to Archbishop Matthew Parker of Canterbury (1563) and contained in Lambeth Palace Library MS 751 pp. 34-5, the following persons were entitled to attend the York convocation ex officio.

York (15)

The lord archbishop of York

Dean of York

Chapter

Archdeacon of York

Archdeacon of the East Riding

Archdeacon of Cleveland

Archdeacon of Nottingham

Clergy (8)

Durham (9)

Bishop of Durham

Dean of Durham

Chapter of Durham

Archdeacon of Durham

Archdeacon of Northumberland

Clergy (4)

Carlisle (6)

Bishop of Carlisle

Dean of Carlisle

Chapter

Archdeacon of Carlisle

Clergy (2)

Chester (9)

Bishop of Chester

Dean

Chapter

Archdeacon of Chester

Archdeacon of Richmond

Clergy (4)

Sodor and Man (1)

This made a total of forty, to which the archdeacon and clergy of Man were later added, giving forty-two. Before 1553, each archdeacon also sent his official principal, though this practice seems to have ceased after that time. In addition to these, however, there were twenty-six826 representatives of various peculiar jurisdictions who were not originally provided for (or represented) but who managed to establish their rights over the course of time. These were:

The clergy of the peculiar jurisdiction of the dean and chapter of York (2)

The collegiate church of Southwell (1)

The clergy of the peculiar jurisdiction of Southwell (2)

The collegiate church of Ripon (1)

The keeper (custos) of Howden and Howdenshire (1)

The keeper of Allerton and Allertonshire, belonging to the bishop of Durham (1)

The keeper of Allerton and Allertonshire, belonging to the dean and chapter of Durham (1)

The chapter of Howden (1)

The clergy of Howden and Howdenshire (2)

The clergy of Allerton and Allertonshire, belonging to the bishop of Durham (2)

The clergy of Allerton and Allertonshire, belonging to the dean and chapter of Durham (2)

The provost of Beverley (1)

The chapter of Beverley (1)

The official of Beverley (1)

The clergy of Beverley (2)

The dean of Chester-le-Street (1)

The dean of Langchester (1)

The dean of Darlington (1)

The dean of Kirkoswald (1)

The provost of Graystoke (1)

In practice, this number was reduced to fifteen after 1547, when the proctor for the chapter of Howden, the deans of the collegiate churches and the representatives from Beverley no longer appeared. It was also the case that Allerton and Allertonshire had a single representation until 1640, and occasionally after that, which further reduced the numbers.