BS/1/15/8
Reference code
BS/1/15/8
Level of description
File
Title
Writs of Restitution
Date
22 May 1854
Quantity & Format
10 sheet
Description
Writs of Restitution of the Temporalities of the Bishop of Salisbury following the election of Walter Kerr Hamilton.
There are ten individual writs, including seven with surviving seals, one for each of: Berkshire; Dorset (no seal); "Gloucester and Marches of Wales there adjoining"; Lincoln (no seal); City of London; Oxford; Somerset; Southampton (no seal); Sussex; and Wiltshire. Each writ is in the form of a pre-printed pro forma, completed as appropriate in manuscript, signed by Charles Romilly, Clerk of the Crown.
The writs are each about 248mm x 165mm but have been folded tightly and secured with parchment ties so as to be about 125mm x 40mm.
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: parchment, wax.