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            <text>&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;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:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;To Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor Alexander Andrew Mackay Baron Irvine of Lairg Our Chancellor of Great Britain GREETING: &lt;/strong&gt;Whereas the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury being lately vacant by the resignation of the Right Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor George Leonard Baron Carey of Clifton Bachelor of Divinity Master of Theology Doctor of Philosophy lately Archbishop thereof the College of Canons of Our Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ Canterbury having desired and likewise obtained Our leave have elected the Most Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor &lt;strong&gt;Rowan Douglas Williams&lt;/strong&gt; Master of Arts Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Divinity to be their Archbishop and Pastor to which election and person so elected We have granted Our Royal Assent and favour and have received his homage due to Us for the said Archbishopric of Canterbury And have restored to him the Temporalities of the said Archbishopric (except all manors lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances to the said Archbishopric lately belonging and appertaining now in Our hands by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament made and provided in the first year of the Reign of Our Royal Predecessor Queen Elizabeth (if any such there may be) and in Our Exchequer remaining of record) Wherefore We Command You that under the Great Seal of Our Realm remaining in your custody you cause to be made forth Our Letters and Writs for the Restitution of the Temporalities of the Archbishopric of Canterbury to the aforesaid elected Archbishop in due form and in such case accustomed To have and to receive the issues and profits of the aforesaid Archbishopric to the elected Archbishop from the time of the resignation of the said George Leonard Baron Carey of Clifton without account or any other thing therefor to be rendered paid or done unto Us&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Given at Our Court at &lt;em&gt;Saint James's&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;em&gt;seventeenth&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;December&lt;/em&gt; two thousand and &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;fifty-first &lt;/em&gt;year of Our Reign&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMAND&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Irvine of Lairg,&lt;br /&gt;C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
This contains a Warrant to the Lord High Chancellor to pass Letters Patent under the Great Seal whereby Your Majesty is pleased to grant the Restitution of the Temporalities of the See of Canterbury unto the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas Williams, M.A., D.Phil., D.D., now Archbishop of that See to commence from the time of the resignation of the Right Reverend and Right Honourable George Leonard Baron Carey of Clifton, B.D., M.Th., Ph.D. And this Warrant is prepared according to Your Majesty's Royal Command&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;td style="border:none;padding:0;vertical-align:top;"&gt;Received the 17th&lt;br /&gt;day of December 2002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Irvine of Lairg,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border:none;padding:0;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;"&gt;Signified by Mr. Secretary Blunkett&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHILLIPS&lt;br /&gt;Clerk of the Crown in Chancery&lt;/td&gt;
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Printed in Times New Roman.&#13;
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Royal name is capitalized and begins with a drop cap.&#13;
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Williams' name is in boldface.</text>
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