Letters Patent - Congé d'élire for the See of Winchester [2011-10-10]

ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To Our trusty and well beloved the College of Canons of Our Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester Greeting Supplication having been humbly made to Us on your part that whereas the See of Winchester is now void and destitute of the solace of a Pastor by the resignation of the Right Reverend Father in God Michael Charles Scott-Joynt Master of Arts lately Bishop thereof We would be graciously pleased to grant you Our fundatorial leave and licence to elect another Bishop and Pastor of the said See We being favourably inclined to your prayers in this behalf have thought fit by virtue of these Presents to grant you such leave and licence Requiring and Commanding you by the faith and allegiance by which you stand bound to Us that you elect such a person for your Bishop and Pastor as may be devoted to God and useful and faithful to Us and Our Kingdom In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the tenth day of October in the sixtieth year of Our Reign

BY WARRANT UNDER THE QUEEN'S SIGN MANUAL

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