https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/f2184af8f72a2e7a8b86d169074addb6.pdf 5bb183298a714e16ca9f3506bfe59745 Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div class="instrument letters-patent" style="line-height:1.6;"> 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 Escheator in Dorset Greeting Whereas the Episcopal See of Bath and Wells being lately vacant by the resignation of the Right Reverend Peter Hancock Master of Arts lately Bishop thereof the College of Canons of Our Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells having desired and likewise obtained Our leave have elected the Right Reverend Noel Michael Roy Beasley Bachelor of Science Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Arts to be their Bishop 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 Bishopric of Bath and Wells And have restored to him the Temporalities of the said Bishopric (except all manors lands tenements and hereditaments with the appurtenances to the said Bishopric 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) And therefore We command you that Restitution of the Temporalities of the aforesaid Bishopric of Bath and Wells to the aforesaid elected Bishop with the appurtenances in your Bailiwick (except as before excepted) together with the issues and profits of the aforesaid Bishopric of Bath and Wells from the time of the resignation of the said Peter Hancock without account or any other thing therefor to be rendered paid or done unto Us you deliver without delay saving the rights of everyone Witness Ourself at Westminster the fourteenth day of July in the seventy-first year of Our Reign By Warrant under The Queen's Sign Manual ROMEO </div> Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Warrant Seal Type The Great Seal can be either a pendant wax seal or an embossed seal on the document itself. None Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Printed in Arial. Queen Elizabeth II's name is in boldface. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This is one of several instruments involved in the restitution of a bishop's temporalities. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters Patent - Writ to the Escheator of Dorset [2022-07-14] Subject The topic of the resource Archbishops and Bishops Description An account of the resource Writ of Queen Elizabeth II directing the Escheator of Dorset to restore the temporalities of the Bishopric of Bath and Wells to Noel Beasley. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-07-14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/73" title="Mandate to the Knights, Freeholders, and Tenenats of the Bishopric of Bath and Wells">Mandate to the Knights, Freeholders, and Tenenats of the Bishopric of Bath and Wells</a> <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/74" title="Writ to the Escheator of Bath and Northeast Somerset">Writ to the Escheator of Bath and Northeast Somerset</a> <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/76" title="Writ to the Escheator of North Somerset ">Writ to the Escheator of North Somerset </a> <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/77" title="Writ to the Escheator of Somerset">Writ to the Escheator of Somerset</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Dorset Bishops Church of England Monarch Royal Prerogative