Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Revival of Suffragan Bishops in the 19th Century Subject The topic of the resource Suffragan Bishops Description An account of the resource Although the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 provided for the appointment of suffragan bishops, none were appointed between 1592 and 1870. Legal Instrument A category for legal instruments. Transcript A transcript of the document. To the Most High and Mighty Princess in Christ Our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, and Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England. Your humble Petitioner and Subject, Archibald Campbell, by Divine Providence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan, with all the respect and observance so deservedly due to so great a Princess, and with all honour and submission. I do by these writings under my Seal, in conformity with and according to the force, form, and effect of the Statute made and passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of Your Majesty's Royal Predecessor, King Henry the Eighth, nominate and present to Your Majesty Our beloved in Christ, the Venerable Edward Parry, Clerk, M.A., Archdeacon of Canterbury, and the Reverend Charles Waldegrave Sandford, Clerk, M.A., both being rightly ordained to the Sacred Order of Priesthood, born in lawful wedlock, of due age, learned and discreet, and of good life and conversation, and against whom there is nothing in the Laws Ecclesiastical which ought to obstruct or hinder their admission to the dignity of a Suffragan of Your Majesty's Realm; and humbly pray Your Majesty graciously to bestow upon such one of them as Your Majesty may prefer, the title, name, and style, and the Episcopal Dignity of Suffragan of the See of Dover, within my Diocese of Canterbury; and by Your Royal Letters Patent, under Your Great Seal, to enjoin and command me the above-mentioned Archbishop, within whose Province the See aforesaid is situate, to consecrate to be Bishop Suffragan of the See of Dover aforesaid, according to the form of the aforesaid Statute, such one of the two persons so nominated and presented to Your Majesty, as to Your Majesty may seem meet, and to do and perform all other things in that respect due and appertinent to my Archiepiscopal Office, or which may be requisite in the premises. May Your Majesty live and flourish for many years in Him through Whom Queens reign and Princesses govern. Given at Addington Park, in the County of Surrey, this Twenty-first Day of the Month of January, in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy, and in the Thirty-third of your Glorious Reign. <div style="text-align:right;">(Signed) A. C. Cantuar: [L. S.]</div> Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This was the second petition for the appointment of a suffragan bishop after their revival. The fact that it refers to Queen Victoria as "Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England" suggests that it was modeled on 16th-century precedents. Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. The text of this instrument was printed in parliamentary paper and may not reflect the formatting of the original. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Legal Instrument - Archbishop of Canterbury's Petition for the Appointment of a Suffragan Bishop [1870-01-21] Subject The topic of the resource Suffragan Bishops Description An account of the resource Petition of the Archbishop of Canterbury to Queen Victoria seeking the appointment of a suffragan bishop for the Diocese of Canterbury. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Archibald Campbell Tait (Archbishop of Canterbury) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Suffragan Bishops," House of Commons Papers, LIV.213 (1870): 1-2. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-01-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Diocese of Canterbury Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/26/14/section/I">Suffragan Bishops Act 1534</a> Appointments Archbishop of Canterbury Church of England Monarch Suffragan Bishops