Royal Letter This is used for ceremonial correspondence from the Monarch. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div class="instrument"> <p style="text-align:center;">VICTORIA R.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Trusty and Wellbeloved, We greet you well.</p> <p style="text-indent:2em;">Whereas by the death of Doctor Whittington Landon, late Dean of that our Cathedral Church of Exeter, the Deanery thereof is become vacant and our said Church thereby destitute of a Governor, We being careful and desirous that a meet person, both for Learning and Integrity, be placed in the said Deanery, have thought fit by these Presents to recommend unto you our Trusty and Wellbeloved Thomas Grylls, Clerk, Master of Arts, one of the Prebendaries of our said Cathedral Church, to be preferred to that place, whom we know to be every way capable to undertake that Government.—We do therefore especially recommend him unto you, requiring and commanding you to assemble yourselves with all convenient speed, and in due order to elect him Dean of that our Cathedral Church; the same to be enjoyed by him with all Rights, Preeminences, Commodities and Profits to that Place belonging, in as ample manner and form as the late Dean thereof or any other his Predecessors did enjoy, or ought to have enjoyed the same.<span style="width:2em;"></span>Given at our Court at Saint James’s, the Twelfth day of June, 1839, in the Second Year of Our Reign.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">By Her Majesty’s Command,</p> <p style="text-align:right;">J. RUSSELL.</p> <p style="text-indent:2em;">To Our Trusty and Wellbeloved the President and Chapter of Our Cathedral Church of Exeter.</p> </div> Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. Lord John Russell (Secretary of State for the Home Department) Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. This is taken from a published transcript and may not reflect the formatting of the original. 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 Royal Letter - Dean of Exeter [1839-06-12] Subject The topic of the resource Ecclesiastical Cathedrals Description An account of the resource Royal Letter of Queen Victoria recommending Thomas Grylls for election as Dean of Exeter. The Chapter refused to comply. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Victoria Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ralph Barnes, <em>Report of the Case of The Queen v. The President and Chapter of Cathedral Church of St. Peter in Exeter Regarsding the Deanery of Exeter </em>(London: Stevens and Norton, 1841), XLV. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1839-06-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource The instrument was part of a protracted struggle between the Crown and the Chapter of Exeter over the the deanery. See Jason Loch, "Free Election in the Age of Erastianism: The Case of R v. The President and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral," <em>Ecclesiastical Law Journal </em>26, no. 3 (2024): 245-258, <a href="https://doi:10/S0956618X24000334">https://doi:10.1017/S0956618X24000334</a>. Cathedral Deans Home Secretary Monarch Royal Prerogative