Royal Letter - Letters Missive for the See of Winchester [2011]

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Title

Royal Letter - Letters Missive for the See of Winchester [2011]

Subject

Archbishops and Bishops

Description

Letters Missive recommending that the College of Canons of Winchester Cathedral elect Timothy Dakin as their bishop.

Creator

Queen Elizabeth II

Source

FOI request

Date

Undated, but the accompanying congé d'élire was dated 2011-10-10.

Contributor

WhatDoTheyKnow.com

Type

Specimen

Coverage

See of Winchester

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Transcript

Page 1

TRUSTY AND WELL-BELOVED We greet you well!

WHEREAS the Bishopric of Winchester is at this present void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Father in God Michael Charles Scott-Joynt, Master of Arts, late Bishop thereof:

WE LET YOU WEET that for certain considerations Us at this present moving We, of Our Princely Disposition and Zeal, being desirous to prefer unto the same See a person meet thereunto, and considering the virtue, learning, wisdom, gravity and other good gifts wherewith Our Beloved in Christ Timothy John Dakin, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Theology, General Secretary of the Church Mission Society and Honorary Canon Theologian at Coventry Cathedral, is endued, have been pleased to name and recommend him unto you to be elected and chosen into the said Bishopric.

/WHEREFORE

Letters Missive – Bishop of Winchester

Page 2

WHEREFORE We require you upon receipt hereof to proceed to your election according to the Laws and Statutes of this Our Realm and Our Congé d'Elire herewith sent you, and the same election so made to certify unto Us under your common seal.

GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James's
the    day    of    2011
In the Sixtieth year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty's Command.

Countersigner

N/A

Ornamentation

Printed in Bookman Old Style.

Special Features

A handwritten note in the upper right reads 'Letters Missive'.

Files

Citation

Queen Elizabeth II, “Royal Letter - Letters Missive for the See of Winchester [2011],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/27.

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