Letter - Transmitting a Royal License for the Convocation of Canterbury to Make New and Amended Canons [1865-06-27]
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Title
Letter - Transmitting a Royal License for the Convocation of Canterbury to Make New and Amended Canons [1865-06-27]
Subject
Convocations of the Clergy
Ecclesiastical Law
Legislation
Description
Letter from Sir George Grey to Charles Longley transmitting a Royal License from Queen Victoria to the Convocation of Canterbury authorizing them to make new and amended canons.
Creator
Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Source
"Convocation," House of Commons Papers, XLI.519 (1865): 5.
Date
1865-06-27
Contributor
Jason Loch
Coverage
Province of Canterbury
Letter Item Type Metadata
Transcript
Whitehall, 27 June 1865.
My Lord,
The Queen having been pleased to comply with the prayer of an humble Address of the Archbishop, Bishops, and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury, in Convocation assembled, that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to grant them her Royal Licence to make, promulge, and execute a new Canon, in place of the 36th Canon of 1603, as now existing, and also to alter and amend the 37th, 38th, and 40th of the said Canons, I have the honour to transmit to your Grace herewith Her Majesty's Royal License for that purpose.
I have, &c.
(Signed) G. Grey.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Signatures
Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Recipient(s)
Charles Longley (Archbishop of Canterbury)
Ornamentation
The text of this instrument was printed in parliamentary paper and may not reflect the formatting of the original.
Citation
Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department), “Letter - Transmitting a Royal License for the Convocation of Canterbury to Make New and Amended Canons [1865-06-27],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/247.