Royal Warrant - Recommending John Wickart for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity [1692-12-29]

Royal Warrant - Recommending John Wickart for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity [1692-12-29]

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Royal Warrant of King William III recommending John Wickart, one of his Chaplains in Ordinary, for the degree of Doctor in Divinity from the University of Cambridge.

King William III

SP 44/150 f.135

1692-12-29

Jason Loch

William R

Trusty & welbeloved. We Greet you well. Being well satisfied of the Piety, Learning & Ability of Our Trusty & welbeloved John Wickart Master of Arts, one of Our Chaplains in Ordinary, We have thought fit hereby to recommend him to you in a particular manner for the Degree of Doctor in Divinity, willing & requiring you forthwith upon the receipt hereof to confer the same upon him by accumulation, he performing the Exercises requisite thereunto, or giving caution for y^e performance thereof, at such times as you shall think convenient, And so not doubting of your ready complyance herein, We bid you farewell. GIVEN at Our Court at Kensington the 29 day of December 1692 in the 4 yeare of Our Reigne

By his Maj^tys comand

Nottingham

To Our Trusty & Welbeloved
the Vice Chancellor of Our
University of Cambridge
to be communicated to y^e
Senate there

Daniel, 2nd Earl of Nottingham (Secretary of State for the Southern Department)

This text is taken from a handwritten transcript of the Warrant in the Secretary of State's Entry Book and may not reflect the formatting of the original.

The recommendation for a DD may have been connected with Wickart's appointment as Dean of Winchester.