DA/1/5/28

DA/1/5/28

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Account of a Chapter Meeting on 14 October 1619

14 Oct 1619

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Account of a Chapter meeting on Thursday 14 Oct 1619 in the house of [John] Barnston between the hours of 2 and 4pm with Giles Thornburgh [Thornborough], John Barnston, William Osbern [Osborne] and Henry Seward canons residentiary with the consent of Dr [William] Tooker President of the Chapter in the presence of William Collett [Colet] public notary. John Williams appeared and showed letters patent of the King, which nominated him to the position of Dean recently made vacant by the death of John Gordon. They decreed that the election would be held in the Chapter House on Saturday 16 Oct [this should possibly be 19 Oct, which was a Saturday] between the hours of 3 and 5pm. Some text is missing but it possibly states that all dignitaries, [canons], archdeacons and prebendaries were to be cited to appear for the election by mandates affixed to the choir stalls. At the end is a statement that Giles Thornborough prebendary of Bedmister and Rattcliffe [Bedminster and Redcliffe] elects John Williams, after which the Bishop [confirmed] the election. The above is only a summary of a fairly long account.

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Material: paper

Williams, John
Gordon, John