[iiir] Convocatio praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae in domo capitulari ecclesiae cathedralis Divi Pauli Londoniarum, auctoritate brevis regii reverendissimo in Christo patri ac domino Domino Thomae providentia divina Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et metropolitano directo, inchoata decimo sexto die mensis Februarii anno Domini millesimo septingesimo decimo tertio (iuxta computationem Ecclesiae Anglicanae) [ 16 February 1714] anno regni serenissimae in Christo principis ac dominae nostrae Dominae Annae, Dei gratia Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae reginae, fidei defensoris etc., duodecimo.

Nomina reverendorum patrum episcoporum modernorum Cantuariensis provinciae

citatorum et monitorum ad comparendum in convocatione praedicta.

Dominus Thomas [Tenison] Cantuariensis archiepiscopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Robinson] Londoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Ionathan [Trelawney] Wintoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Lloyd] Wigorniensis episcopus.

Dominus Gilbertus [Burnet] Sarum episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Hough] Lichensis et Coventrensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Moore] Eliensis episcopus.

Dominus Richardus [Cumberland] Petriburgensis episcopus.

Dominus Edwardus [Fowler] Gloucestrensis episcopus.

Dominus Willelmus [Talbot] Oxoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Evans] Bangorensis episcopus.

Dominus Georgius [Hooper] Bathonensis et Wellensis episcopus.

Dominus Gulielmus [Wake] Lincolniensis episcopus.

Dominus Iohannes [Tyler] Landavensis episcopus.

Dominus Offspring [Blackall] Exoniensis episcopus.

Dominus Carolus [Trimnell] Norwicensis episcopus.

Dominus Gulielmus [Fleetwood] Asaphensis episcopus.

Dominus Thomas [Manningham] Cicestrensis episcopus.

Dominus Philippus [Bisse] Herefordensis episcopus.

Dominus Adamus [Ottley] Menevensis episcopus.

Dominus Franciscus [Atterbury] Roffensis episcopus.

Dominus Georgius [Smalridge] Bristoliensis episcopus.

Nomina citatorum ad comparendum in domo inferiori convocationis praelatorum

et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae inchoata die et loco praedictis.:

Cantuariensis:

Georgius Stanhope, sacrae theologiae professor decanus.

Gulielmus Higdon, sacrae theologiae professor, procurator capituli.

Thomas Green sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus.

[iiiv] Elias Sydall sacrae theologiae professor, rector de Ivychurch, Mongeham

Magna,

Iohannes Johnson, clericus, vicarius de Cranbrook et Appledore cum capella de

Ebony,28 procuratores cleri.procuratores cleri.

London:

Henricus Godolphin sacrae theologiae professor, decanus.

Rogerus Altham sacrae theologiae professor, praebendarius, procurator capituli.

Willelmus Stanley sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus London.

Carolus Alston sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Essexiae.

Gulielmus Lancaster, sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Middlesexiae.

Iohannes Warley, clericus, archidiaconus Colchestriae.

Lionelus Gatford sacrae theologiae professor, archidiaconus Sancti Albani.

Gulielmus Bramston sacrae theologiae professor,

Thomas Bennet artium magister, procuratores cleri.

Wintoniensis:

Iohannes Wickart sacrae theologiae professor, decanus.

The royal writ

Richardus, Dei gratia rex Angliae et Franciae et dominus Hiberniae, custodi in spiritualitatibus archiepiscopatus Eboracensis, sede ibdem vacante, salutem. Qualiter inimici nostri Franciae et alii sibi adhaerentes inter se alligati et undique hostiliter congregati regnum nostrum Angliae in pluribus locis per terrain et per mare saepius invaserint, mala quamplurima et intolerabilia nobis et ligeis nostris inferendo, et non solum ad hoc contenti dictum regnum nostrum et ecclesiam sanctam nosque et totam linguam Anglicanam subvertere et destruere de die in diem totis viribus se conantur, nisi eorum malitiis, adiuvante Deo, fortius resistatur, vos non credimus ignorare; unde in salvationem status ecclesiae sanctae, regni ac populi nostrorum necessariam defensionem, sumptus ac census et expensas inestimabiles et aliquo tempore praeterito, magis solito grandiores effundere nos oportet, verum quia de copia thesauri, vel bonorum in primordiis nostri regiminis, nee mirum, penitus alieni, ad ipsorum onerum ac sumptuum supportationem absque iuvamine fidelium nostrorum non sufficimus, sicut scitis; vobis in fide et dilectione quibus nobis tenemini, rogando mandamus quatenus consideratis tam arduitate negotiorum praedictorum, quam grandibus periculis quae ecclesiae et regno praedictis oculata fide imminere conspicitis, attentis debite et consideratis, suffraganeos vestros, decanos et priores ecclesiarum cathedralium, abbates, priores, et alios electivos, exemptos et non exemptos, necnon archidiaconos, capitula, conventus et collegia, totumque clerum vestrarum dioecesis et provinciae ad comparendum coram vobis in ecclesia Beati Petri Eboracensis vel alibi, prout expediri videritis, die Lunae proximo post festum Nativitatis Beatae Mariae proximo futurum [12 September 1388], more solito convocari faciatis; et breviorem eis dictis negotiis et periculis ibidem plenius expositis et declaratis, et ipsos ad subsidium in hoc casu competens et necessarium in supportationem dictorum onerum et sumptuum nobis concedendum eo specialius, et cum efficacia qua magis sciveritis, vel poteritis, tanta necessitate causante, inducatis, et partes vestras ad hoc effectualiter apponatis, nos in cancellaria nostra de quantitate subsidii illius, ac de terminis solutionis eiusdem certificantes. Et hoc sicut nos et honorem nostrum ac salvationem et defensionem ecclesiae et regni praedictorum diligitis nullatenus omittatis. Teste rege apud Oxoniam vicesimo octavo die Iulii [28 July 1388].

The proxy of the bishop of Durham

Issued on 1 October 1388 to:

John de Beryngton, prior of Finchale.

Robert de Ripon.

The archbishop's mandate

Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis archiepiscopus, totius Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri in Domino Roberto, Dei gratia episcopo Londoniensi, salutemet fraternam in Domino caritatem. Negotiorum necessitas arduorum statum domini nostri regis et regni sui Angliae, Ecclesiaeque Anglicanae tranquillitatem et pacem concementium nos compellit praelatos et clerum nostrae Cantuariensis provinciae convocare, et ad hoc etiam faciendum recepimus breve regium in haec verba:

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in the chapter house of St Paul, London, on Wednesday the sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty-seven [16 March 1748].

Thomas [Herring], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

Edmund [Gibson], lord bishop of London.

Benjamin [Hoadly], lord bishop of Winchester.

Isaac [Maddox], lord bishop of Worcester.

Joseph [Wilcox], lord bishop of Rochester.

Thomas [Sherlock], lord bishop of Salisbury.

Richard [Smallbrook], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

John [Thomas], lord bishop of Peterborough.

Martin [Benson], lord bishop of Gloucester.

James [Beauclerk], lord bishop of Hereford.

Thomas [Seeker], lord bishop of Oxford.

Zachary [Pearce], lord bishop of Bangor.

Edward [Willes], lord bishop of Bath and Wells.

John [Thomas], lord bishop of Lincoln.

John [Gilbert], lord bishop of Llandaff.

George [Lavington], lord bishop of Exeter.

Thomas [Gooch], lord bishop of Norwich.

Samuel [Lisle], lord bishop of St Asaph.

Matthias [Mawson], lord bishop of Chichester.

Joseph [Butler], lord bishop of Bristol.

Richard [Trevor], lord bishop of St David's.

Canterbury:

John Lynch, D. D. dean.

Samuel, lord bishop of St Asaph, archdeacon

Samuel Holcombe D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Thomas Rymer D. D.

Edward Lunn M. A., proctors for the clergy.

London:

Joseph, lord bishop of Bristol, dean.

Samuel Baker D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Edward Cobden D. D., archdeacon of London.

William Gibson M. A., archdeacon of Essex.

Fifield Allen, D. D., archdeacon of Middlesex.

Thomas Cartwright D. D., archdeacon of Colchester.

John Cole M. A., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

William Nichols D. D.,

Laurence Jackson M. A., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester:

Deanery vacant.

Benjamin Woodroffe M. A., proctor for the chapter

Robert Eden, archdeacon of Winchester.

Richard Furney M. A., archdeacon of Surrey.

Stephen Hales D. D.,

Robert Eyre D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

Samuel Creswick D. D., dean.

Timothy Collins M. A., subdean, proctor for the chapter.

Samuel Squire, M. A., archdeacon of Bath.

George Shakerly, M. A., archdeacon of Wells.

George Atwood, B. D., archdeacon of Taunton.

James Minifie M. A.,

Lionel Seaman M. A., proctors for the clergy.

The bishop of Durham's certificate, containing the archbishop's mandate and the royal writ

Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino Domino Willelmo, permissione divina Eboracensi archiepiscopo, Angliae primati et apostolicae sedis legato, vestrisve locum tenentibus, commissariis seu commissario Iohannes Hilford, legum doctor, reverendi in Christo patris et domini Domini Laurentii, permissione divina Dunelmensis episcopi agentis in remotis, vicarius in spiritualibus generalis oboedientiam et reverentiam debitas cum honore. Mandatum vestrum reverendum dicto reverendo patri Dunelmensi directum vicesimo quinto die mensis Martii anno Domini millesimo CCCCmo sexagesimo incipiente [25 March 1460] cum ea qua decuit reverentia recepimus exequendum sub eo qui sequitur tenore verborum:

Willelmus, permissione divina Eboracensis archiepiscopus, Angliae primas et apostolicae sedis legatus, venerabili fratri nostro Laurentio, Dei gratia Dunelmensi episcopo, suffraganeo nostro, seu ipso absente, vicario eius in spiritualibus generali cuicunque, salutem et fraternam in Domino caritatem. Breve regium nobis transmissum recepimus sub eo qui sequitur verborum tenore:

Nuneham Courtenay, some five miles south-east of Oxford, was and still is an exceptional garden because of its several facets. The two principal features are the flower garden and ‘Capability’ Brown's landscaping, but there are echoes of other gardens together with an all-important cultural context that is unique. The river Thames was a principal attraction in the landscape. The owner was the 1st Earl Harcourt, who inherited the seat at Stanton Harcourt, also in Oxfordshire, on low-lying land without much of an external view. This estate had a particular resonance because Alexander Pope had translated the fifth book of the Iliad, which earned him a fortune, in the tower in 17181 (Fig 8.1), but by 1755 the house was becoming dilapidated, and the earl decided to move to Nuneham (originally Newnham) and build what his wife, somewhat in dismay, dubbed a villa rather than a seat. Villas, as conceived by Palladio, had found ample expression at Chiswick and Marble Hill plus Pope's own villa on the Twickenham stretch of the Thames, and perhaps Pope's association with Stanton Harcourt had suggested the idea of a villa to the earl, sited this time on a significant hill above the river. There were extensive views from the house and a magical view of it from the river, as many prints and other depictions attest.

It is particularly from prints that we can chart the progress of changes and developments in the grounds and gauge the cultural approach and associations. The late Mavis Batey made a special study of the site, based on the Harcourt papers in the Bodleian Library, and I am indebted to her work. There is a clear distinction between the approach of the 1st Earl (1714–77) and his son Viscount Nuneham (1736–1809) who succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl Harcourt on his father's death. Both were forward-thinking about landscaping, but it was the 2nd Earl rather than his father who brought radical new ideas to garden design and was responsive to general movements such as the Picturesque.

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in convocation in the chapter house of the cathedral church of St Paul, London, on Wednesday the fifth day of August 1818 [5 August 1818].

Charles [Manners Sutton], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

William [Howley], lord bishop of London.

Brownlow [North], lord bishop of Winchester.

James [Cornwallis], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

George [Pretyman-Tomline], lord bishop of Lincoln.

Richard [Beadon], lord bishop of Bath and Wells.

Ffolliott [Herbert Walker Cornewall], lord bishop of Worcester.

John [Buckner], lord bishop of Chichester.

Henry William [Majendie], lord bishop of Bangor.

George Isaac [Huntingford], lord bishop of Hereford.

George [Pelham], lord bishop of Exeter.

Thomas [Burgess], lord bishop of St David's.

John [Fisher], lord bishop of Salisbury.

Henry [Bathurst], lord bishop of Norwich.

John [Luxmoore], lord bishop of St Asaph.

William [Mansel], lord bishop of Bristol.

Walker [King], lord bishop of Rochester.

Bowyer Edward [Sparke], lord bishop of Ely.

John [Parsons], lord bishop of Peterborough.

Henry [Ryder], lord bishop of Gloucester.

Edward [Legge], lord bishop of Oxford.

Herbert [Marsh], lord bishop of Llandaff.

Canterbury:

Gerrard Andrews D. D., dean.

Houstonne Radcliffe D. D., archdeacon.

William Welfitt D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Sir John Fagg baronet,

Edward Nares, proctors for the clergy.

London:

George [Pretyman-Tomline], lord bishop of Lincoln, dean.

Proctor for the chapter.

Joseph Holden Pott M. A., archdeacon of London.

Francis John Hyde Wollaston B. D., archdeacon of Essex.

George Owen Cambridge M. A., archdeacon of Middlesex.

Joseph Jefferson M. A., archdeacon of Colchester.

John James Watson D. D., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

George Gaskin D. D.,

Richard Dickinson Shackleford D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester:

Thomas Rennell D. D., dean.

Edmund Poulter M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Honourable Augustus George Legge M. A., archdeacon of Winchester.

Honourable Thomas de Grey M. A., archdeacon of Surrey.

William Gamier M. A.,

Christopher Wordsworth D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

Honourable Henry Ryder, dean.

Roger Frankland M. A.,794 proctor for the chapter.

[Josiah Thomas], archdeacon of Bath.

Charles Sandiford M. A., archdeacon of Wells.

George Trevelyan M. A., archdeacon of Taunton.

Proctors for the clergy.

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in convocation in the chapter house of the cathedral church of St Paul, London, on the thirtieth day of January 1833 [30 January 1833].

William [Howley], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

Charles James [Blomfleld], lord bishop of London.

Charles Richard [Sumner], lord bishop of Winchester.

Thomas [Burgess], lord bishop of Salisbury.

Henry [Bathurst], lord bishop of Norwich.

Bowyer Edward [Sparke], lord bishop of Ely.

George Henry [Law], lord bishop of Bath and Wells.

Henry [Ryder], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

Herbert [Marsh], lord bishop of Peterborough.

John [Kaye], lord bishop of Lincoln.

William [Carey], lord bishop of St Asaph.

Christopher [Bethell], lord bishop of Bangor.

Robert James [Carr], lord bishop of Worcester.

John Banks [Jenkinson], lord bishop of St David's.

Edward [Copleston], lord bishop of Llandaff.

Robert [Gray], lord bishop of Bristol.

George [Murray], lord bishop of Rochester.

Richard [Bagot], lord bishop of Oxford.

James Henry [Monk], lord bishop of Gloucester.

Henry [Philpotts], lord bishop of Exeter.

Edward [Maltby], lord bishop of Chichester.

Edward [Grey], lord bishop of Hereford.

Canterbury:

[Richard Bagot,] dean.

James Croft M. A., archdeacon.

Honourable John Evelyn Boscawen M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Edward Nares,

William Frederick Bayley, proctors for the clergy.

London:

Edward [Copleston], lord bishop of Llandaff, dean.

Frederick William Blomberg D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Joseph Holden Pott M. A., archdeacon of London.

Hugh Chambers Jones, archdeacon of Essex.

George Owen Cambridge M. A., archdeacon of Middlesex.

William Rowe Lyall, archdeacon of Colchester.

John James Watson D. D., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

George Shepherd D. D.,

John Hume Spry D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester.

Thomas Rennell, dean.

George Frederick Nott D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Charles James Hoare M. A., archdeacon of Winchester.

[Thomas de Grey,] archdeacon of Surrey.

William Wilson D. D.,

Henry Woodcock D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

Edmund Goodenough D. D., dean.

John Watson Beadon, precentor.

Frederick Beadon, chancellor.

Robert Vanbrugh Law M. A., treasurer.

Charles Edmund Keene M. A., subdean.

Frederick Beadon M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Charles Abel Moysey D. D., archdeacon of Bath.

Henry Law M. A., archdeacon of Wells.

Anthony Hamilton M. A., archdeacon of Taunton.

There are real problems in considering Chiswick as a landscape garden. It was undoubtedly famed and regarded as a formative influence, but when proclaimed as the cradle of the new gardening there should be pause for thought. William Kent certainly introduced a few naturalistic touches, and there were numerous wiggling paths in the best artinatural tradition, but overwhelmingly, then and now, the stand-out, memorable features were and are the formal ones – the exedra, the pattern of goose-foot allées, the Pantheon-like temple in the orange-tree garden, plus the conservatory and the Italian garden (early 19th century). Lord Burlington (1694–1753) was the champion of Palladio, the Italian architect who embraced both classical and Renaissance designs of his own though based on classical forms, and inspired a whole generation of ‘English Palladians’ – but this was to do with architecture. There was therefore a dichotomy between architecture and native garden developments. Lord Burlington, up to the late 1720s, concentrated on creating a quasi-classical garden to complement his iconic villa, based on Palladio though far from being an exact copy. By 1733 there were those who thought that Kent was steering Chiswick in the direction of the new style, but, at the same time as his minor efforts at naturalising, the formal elements continued to be formal. When Burlington died in 1753, Chiswick already seemed old fashioned to some. And by and large it is the geometry that prevails in prints.

This heavily formal garden, partly classical and partly Italian Renaissance in feeling, is represented in the first half of the century by two sets of illustrations, by Pieter Rysbrack (oil paintings, c.1729) and Jacques Rigaud (pen and wash, 1733). Four of the paintings were engraved by Claude Du Bosc and published by Rysbrack in 1734: two are illustrated in Figs 6.1 and 6.2. prepared print studies of all four for Du Bosc, now lost, and that these studies reflected changes in the five years since the original paintings. Kent himself sketched numerous features in the period 1730–35, but it is not always clear whether these were proposals or records of what was already there.

Acts of the convocation

[86v] Convocatio praelatorum et cleri Cantuariensis provinciae, facta per reverendissimum in Christo patrem et dominum Dominum Henricum, permissione divina Cantuariensem archiepiscopum, totius Angliae primatem et apostolicae sedis legatum, in ecclesia Sancti Pauli Londoniarum, quinto decimo die mensis Septembris anno Domini MCCCCXXXIIdo, indictione decima, pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris et domini Domini Eugenii papae quarti, anno secundo.

Monday 15 September 1432

In primis, die Lunae quinto decimo die mensis Septembris, post finitam missam de Spiritu Sancto per dominum ad summum altare dictae ecclesiae cathedralis Sancti Pauli solemniter celebratam, assistentibus sibi in eadem missa confratribus suis, videlicet Philippo Eliensi, Iohanne Roffensi, Willelmo Lincolniensi et Willelmo Norwicensi episcopis, dominus eum confratribus suis praedictis adivit capellam Beatae Mariae in ecclesia Sancti Pauli praedicta situatam, ubi (ut moris est) coram domino et dictis confratribus suis ac praelatis aliis quampluri[bu]s et clero in magna multitudine congregatis religiosus vir frater Willelmus Norham sacrae theologiae professor de ordine praedicatorum solemniter praedicavit et publice proposuit Verbum Dei, sumpta pro themate ‘ Intende, prospere procede, et regna.' Et statim post sermonem finitum, lectum fuit certificatorium venerabilis vir Magistri Reginaldi Kentwood, decani ecclesiae cathedralis Sancti Pauli praedictae, necnon reverendissimi in Christo patris Domini Roberti, Dei gratia Londoniensis episcopi in remotis agentis vicarii in spiritualibus generalis, de et super citatione praelatorum et cleri ad convocationem huiusmodi. Cuius quidem certificatorii tenor de verbo ad verbum sequitur et est talis:

The bishop of London's certificate containing the archbishop's mandate

Reverendissimo in Christo patri et domino nostro Domino Henrico, permissione divina Cantuariensi archiepiscopo, totius Angliae primati et apostolicae sedis legato, Reginaldus Kentwood decani ecclesiae cathedralis Sancti Pauli praedictae necnon reverendi in Christo patris Domini Roberti, Dei gratia Londoniensis episcopi in remotis agentis vicarii in spiritualibus generalis, oboedientiam et reverentiam debitam cum honore. Literas vestras reverendas vicesimo tertio die mensis Iulii ultime praeteriti [23 July 1432] recepimus tenorem infrascriptum continentes:

The bishop of Durham's proxy for a convocation on 20 June

Pateat universis per praesentes nos Iohannem, priorem ecclesiae cathedralis Dunelmensis ad comparendum in convocatione cleri vicesimo die instantis mensis Iunii coram honorabili viro Magistro Richardo Clifford, decano ecclesiae cathedralis Eboracensis, guardiano privati sigilli illuc per serenissimum in Christo principem et dominum nostrum Dominum Richardum, Dei gratia regem Angliae et Franciae illustrem transmittendo in eadem ecclesia summo mane (ut asseritur) celebranda, et ad tractatum super certis materiis et negotiis statum regis et regni et Ecclesiae Anglicanae concernentibus, una cum aliis provinciae Eboracensis praelatis per literam privati sigilli vocatis et praemunitis; dilectos nobis in Christo magnae reverentiae virum Magistrum T[homam de] W[alworth] canonicum residentiarium dictae ecclesiae Eboracensis necnon Magistros Iohannem S[tanton] legum baccalaurium et Iohannem Catterick, vicarium ecclesiae de Norham, pro nobis in dicta convocatione die et loco limitatis comparendos et interessendos. Causas absentiae nostrae personalis allegandas, proponendas et probandas necnon super materiis et negotiis quibuscunque pro tune ibidem plenius exponendas si et quatenus natura et qualitas praesentis negotii hoc exposcant una cum aliis dictae provinciae praelatis tractandum et his quae ibidem divina favente dementia ad statum regis, regni et ecclesiae praedictorum salubriter ordinari contigerit consentiendum necnon omnia alia et singula facienda, exercenda et expedienda quae in praemissis etc. Datum decimo sexto Iunii MCCCXCVIII [16 June 1398].

The royal writ for a convocation

Rex venerabili in Christo patri R[ichardo Scrope], eadem gratia archiepiscopo Eboracensi, Angliae primati, salutem.

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in convocation in the chapter house of the cathedral church of St Paul, London, on Wednesday the twenty-fifth day of November 1812 [25 November 1812].

Charles [Manners Sutton], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

Beilby [Porteous], lord bishop of London.

Brownlow [North], lord bishop of Winchester.

James [Cornwallis], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

Richard [Watson], lord bishop of Llandaff.

George [Pretyman-Tomline], lord bishop of Lincoln.

Richard [Beadon], lord bishop of Bath and Wells.

William [Cleaver], lord bishop of St Asaph.

Spencer [Madan], lord bishop of Peterborough.

Ffolliott [Herbert Walker Corenewall], lord bishop of Worcester.

John [Buckner], lord bishop of Chichester.

Henry [William Majendie], lord bishop of Bangor.

George [Isaac Huntingford], lord bishop of Gloucester.

Bowyer [Edward Sparke], lord bishop of Ely.

George [Pelham], lord bishop of Exeter.

Thomas [Burgess], lord bishop of St David's.

Henry [Bathurst], lord bishop of Norwich.

John [Fisher], lord bishop of Salisbury.

John [Luxmoore], lord bishop of Hereford.

William [Mansel], lord bishop of Bristol.

Walker [King], lord bishop of Rochester.

William [Jackson], lord bishop of Oxford.

Canterbury:

Gerrard Andrews D. D., dean.

Houstonne Radcliffe D. D., archdeacon.

William Welfitt D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Sir John Fagg baronet,

Edward Nares, proctors for the clergy.

London:

George [Pretyman-Tomline], lord bishop of Lincoln, dean.

Thomas Hughes D. D., proctor for the chapter.

William Bingham D. D., archdeacon of London.

William Gretton M. A., archdeacon of Essex.

[George] Owen Cambridge M. A., archdeacon of Middlesex.

Joseph Jefferson M. A., archdeacon of Colchester.

Joseph Holden Pott M. A., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

Richard Dickinson Shackleford D. D.,

Robert Hodgson M. A., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester:

Thomas Rennell D. D., dean

Edmund Poulter M. A., proctor for the chapter

Honourable Thomas de Grey M. A., archdeacon of Winchester.

John Carver LL. B., archdeacon of Surrey.

William Gamier M. A.,

William Vyse LL. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

George William Lukin LL. D., dean.

John Watson Beadon, M. A., precentor.

Richard Nicholl, D. D., chancellor.

Charles Sandiford M. A., treasurer.

George Trevelyan LL. B., proctor for the chapter.

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in convocation in the chapter house of the cathedral church of St Paul, London, on Wednesday the fifteenth day of November 1826 [ 15 November 1826].

Charles [Manners Sutton], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

[William Howley], lord bishop of London.

George [Pretyman-Tomline], lord bishop of Winchester.

Ffolliott [Herbert Walker Cornewall], lord bishop of Worcester.

Robert James [Carr], lord bishop of Chichester.

Henry William [Majendie], lord bishop of Bangor.

George Isaac [Huntingford], lord bishop of Hereford.

George [Pelham], lord bishop of Lincoln.

John Banks [Jenkinson], lord bishop of St David's.

Thomas [Burgess], lord bishop of Salisbury.

Henry [Bathurst], lord bishop of Norwich.

John [Luxmoore], lord bishop of St Asaph.

Walker [King], lord bishop of Rochester.

Bowyer Edward [Sparke], lord bishop of Ely.

Christopher [Bethell], lord bishop of Gloucester.

Edward [Legge], lord bishop of Oxford.

Herbert [Marsh], lord bishop of Peterborough.

Charles Richard [Sumner], lord bishop of Llandaff.

John [Kaye], lord bishop of Bristol.

William [Carey], lord bishop of Exeter.

Canterbury:

Honourable Hugh Percy D. D., dean.

James Croft M. A., archdeacon.

William Welfitt D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Edward Nares,

John Lonsdale, proctors for the clergy.

London:

Charles Richard [Sumner], lord bishop of Llandaff, dean.

Proctor for the chapter.

Joseph Holden Pott M. A., archdeacon of London.

Hugh Chambers Jones, archdeacon of Essex.

George Owen Cambridge M. A., archdeacon of Middlesex.

William Rowe Lyall, archdeacon of Colchester.

John James Watson D. D., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

George Gaskin D. D.,

Richard Dickinson Shackleford D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester:

Thomas Rennell D. D., dean.

Edmund Poulter M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Gilbert Heathcote M. A., archdeacon of Winchester.

Honourable Thomas de Grey M. A., archdeacon of Surrey.

Henry Lee M. A.,

George D'Oyly D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

Honourable Henry Ryder, bishop of Gloucester, dean.

Charles Edward Keene M. A., subdean.

Frederick Beadon M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Charles Abel Moysey D. D., archdeacon of Bath.

John Watson Beadon M. A., archdeacon of Wells.

George Trevelyan M. A., archdeacon of Taunton.

Thomas Sweet Escott M. A.,

Charles Henry Pulsford B. A., proctors for the clergy.

This volume is a composite index of the Records of Convocation arranged under four major headings - sources, references, names/places and subjects. For the most part, the entries are straightforward, but the following remarks will make it easier for the reader to find the relevant material quickly and get the best use from it. The volumes are indicated by Roman numerals in bold type, as follows. For the principles determining the volume divisions see Volume XIX.

The diocese of Sodor and Man

The province of Canterbury

The province of York

The Church of Ireland

Each volume contains its own set of indexes, which have been combined in a standardized format, according to the following principles.

Index of sources

This index is subdivided according to the types of source use, beginning with the episcopal registers and continuing with those of the different cathedral chapters, before going on to other manuscripts and printed sources.

Episcopal registers

For particulars of these, readers should consult David M. Smith, Guide to the bishops* registers of England and Wales (London, 1981), along with the supplement issued by the Borthwick Institute (York, 2004). The registers are listed here in chronological order according to the following scheme:

Canterbury, London and Winchester

The other dioceses of the province of Canterbury in alphabetical order York, Durham and Carlisle

The Irish dioceses in alphabetical order

Chapter registers, etc.

These include the registers of the dean/prior and chapter of each diocese and occasionally other records of an essentially diocesan character. The order is the same as above, except that Lichfield and Wells occur in their proper order and not under Coventry or Bath. Note also that the registers of Beverley Minster are placed at the end of the York section.

Other manuscript sources

These are listed alphabetically by place and repository. Thus, for example, under London, the British Library is followed by the Inner Temple Library, Lambeth Palace Library and so on. Note that from April 2003 the Public Record Office has been known as the National Archives and is given accordingly. The provinces of Canterbury and York are taken together and placed first, followed by Ireland and foreign repositories.

The names of the right reverend the bishops and clergy of the province of Canterbury cited to appear in convocation in the chapter house of the cathedral church of St Paul, London, on Wednesday the twenty-fifth day of January in the year of our Lord 1769.

Frederick [Cornwallis], lord archbishop of Canterbury.

Richard [Terrick], lord bishop of London.

John [Thomas], lord bishop of Winchester.

Matthias [Mawson], lord bishop of Ely.

Edward [Willes], lord bishop of Bath and Wells.

James [Beauclerk], lord bishop of Hereford.

Zachary [Pearce], lord bishop of Rochester.

James [Johnson], lord bishop of Worcester.

William [Ashburnham], lord bishop of Chichester.

Richard [Newcome], lord bishop of St Asaph.

John [Hume], lord bishop of Salisbury.

John [Egerton], lord bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.

Philip [Yonge], lord bishop of Norwich.

William [Warburton], lord bishop of Gloucester.

Bangor-vacant

John [Ewer], lord bishop of Llandaff.

John [Green], lord bishop of Lincoln.

Thomas, lord bishop of Bristol.

Frederick [Keppel], lord bishop of Exeter.

Robert [Lamb], lord bishop of Peterborough.

Robert [Lowth], lord bishop of Oxford.

Charles [Moss], lord bishop of St David's.

Canterbury:

John Potter, D.D. dean.

Sir John Head baronet, D. D., archdeacon.

Francis Walwyn D. D., proctor for the chapter.

Proctors for the clergy.

London:

Thomas [Newton], lord bishop of Bristol, dean.

Christopher Wilson D. D., proctor for the chapter.

John Jortin D. D., archdeacon of London.

Thomas Rutherford D. D., archdeacon of Essex.

John Hotham M. A., archdeacon of Middlesex.

William Samuel Powell D. D., archdeacon of Colchester.

James Ibbotson D. D., archdeacon of Saint Albans.

Richard Hind D.D.,

Henry Greene M. A., proctors for the clergy.

Winchester:

Jonathan Shipley D. D., dean.

Benjamin Woodroffe M. A., proctor for the chapter.

Thomas Balguy D. D., archdeacon of Winchester.

Newton Ogle D. D., archdeacon of Surrey.

Thomas Durnford D. D.,

Robert Eyre D. D., proctors for the clergy.

Bath and Wells:

Lord Francis Seymour, dean.

Edmund Lovell M. A., proctor for the chapter.

John Chapman M. A., archdeacon of Bath.

William Willes M. A., archdeacon of Wells.

Thomas Camplin LL. D., archdeacon of Taunton.

Henry Arnold D. D.,

Francis Warre M. A., proctors for the clergy.

The archbishop's summons to parliament

Willelmus, permissione divina Eboracensis archiepiscopus, Angliae primas, sedis apostolicae legatus, dilecto filio officiali curiae nostrae Eboracensis vel eius commissario generali, salutem, gratiam et benedictionem. Breve regium nuper recepimus in haec verba:

Quocirca vobis mandamus firmiter iniungentes quatenus omnes et singulos archidiaconos et clerum nostrae diocesis faciatis celeriter praemuniri quod iidem archidiaconi in propriis personis, clerusque per duos procuratores idoneos, plenam et sufficientem potestatem ab ipso clero habentes, die et loco in dicto brevi contentis intersint, ad consentiendum his quae tune ibidem de communi consilio dicti regni, divina favente dementia, contigerint ordinari. Et nos de omni eo quod feceritis in praemissis a nominibus propriis archidiaconorum et procuratorum dicti cleri citra festum Purificationis Beatae Mariae Virginis proximo futurum [2 February 1351] indies distincte et aperte certificetis per vestras patentes literas harum seriem continentes.