CO/VC/6/2
Reference code
CO/VC/6/2
Level of description
File
Title
Transactions Relating to an Application from the Organist and Singing Men for an Increase of Stipend from the Vicars
Date
1795 - 1852
Quantity & Format
1 volume
Description
Volume containing notes relating to the appeal from lay vicars for an increase of stipend. A note inside the volume states that this was 'The Gift of the Reverend Israel Vanderplank for the Use of the Vicars May 26. 1795.' 'Transactions relating to an Application from the Organist [and] Singing men for an Increase of Stipend from the Vicars.' There are copies of letters and notes, including a copy of a letter to the Bishop of Salisbury elect from the Dean and Canons dated 1615, and a note about an action brought by a lay vicar of St Paul's Cathedral (1850-1852). At the other end of the book are copies of charters concerning the vicars, and a copied extract from the London Gazette dated 15 May 1868 (see CO/VC/4/5/10) re a scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for effecting the transfer to them of certain lands and hereditaments of the Procurator and Commonalty of Vicars for an annual payment.
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: paper
Keywords
Vanderplank, Israel