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. <div class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:center;">CHRISTOPHER, by Divine Permission Bishop of Lincoln, to all to whom these Presents may come, Greeting.</div> <p class="whitespace-normal break-words">WHEREAS, by a Petition to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, dated at Lincoln on the 17th day of November 1869, I presented to Her Majesty the names of two persons, viz., the Venerable Henry Mackenzie, M.A., Archdeacon of Nottingham, and the Reverend Francis Morse, M.A., Vicar of St. Mary's, Nottingham, with a humble prayer that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to nominate and appoint one of the two persons aforesaid to be a Bishop Suffragan to the Diocese of Lincoln, with the title of Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham, in this diocese.</p> <p class="whitespace-normal break-words">Be it known that I do hereby certify the two persons aforesaid to be of good life and conversation, learned and discreet, born in lawful wedlock, of due age, and ordained priests; and that there is nothing in the Ecclesiastical Laws which ought to obstruct or hinder their admission to the dignity of a Bishop Suffragan.</p> <p class="whitespace-normal break-words">In testimony whereof I have affixed to these Presents my episcopal seal and signature, this 3rd day of January 1870.</p> <p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:right;">(Signed)<em> C. Lincoln.</em> [L. S.]</p> 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 - Certificate of the Bishop of Lincoln Regarding His Nominees for the Suffragan See of Nottingham [1870-01-03] Subject The topic of the resource Suffragan Bishops Description An account of the resource Certificate of the Bishop of Lincoln regarding the individuals he nominated to Queen Victoria for appointment as Suffragan Bishop of Nottingham. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Christopher Wordsworth (Bishop of Lincoln) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "Suffragan Bishops," <em>House of Commons Papers</em> 1870 (46) LIV 213: 2. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-01-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/233">Petition to Queen Victoria</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/26/14/section/I">Suffragan Bishops Act 1534</a> 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 Lincoln Appointments Bishop of Lincoln Church of England Monarch Suffragan Bishops