PR/LH/26
Reference code
PR/LH/26
Level of description
Item
Title
Mandate for the Installation of Robert Holmes, 1790
Date
20 Mar 1790
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Mandate signed by Shute Barrington (Bishop of Salisbury, 1782-1791) for the installation of John Selwyn as Prebendary of Lyme & Halstock. He held the Prebend until his death in 1805; he also held prebends in the dioceses of Hereford and Oxford and was made Dean of Winchester in 1804. He was Public Orator and Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1797.
Endorsed on the verso:
"20th March 1790
Dr Holmes's Mandate
for Installation to
Lyme & Halstock"
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: paper, wax