PR/MA/9
Reference code
PR/MA/9
Level of description
Item
Title
Mandate for the Installation of William Lisle Bowles, 1805
Date
13 Feb 1805
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Mandate signed by William Douglas, Precentor and Chancellor, as "commissary for this Purpose specially appointed by the Right Reverend Father in God John [Douglas] by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Salisbury". for the installation of William Lisle Bowles as Prebendary of Major Pars Altaris.
Endorsed on the verso:
"14 Feb'y 1805
Prebend of Major Pars Altaris
The Rev'd Wm L Bowles inst'd
The Rev'd Mr Douglas } Canons
The Rev'd Mr Hume }
The Rev'd Mr Coxe }
The Rev'd Mr Benson } Vicars
The Rev'd Mr Evans"
Bowles (1762-1850) held the Prebend until his death, and was made a Canon Residentiary in 1828. He was variously Rector of Chicklade and Vicar of Bremhill. He was appointed Chaplain to the Prince Regent in 1818.
As a poet, Bowles's sonnets published in 1789 were praised by Coleridge and Wordsworth; his later, longer poems were ridiculed by Byron. He published an edition of Pope's works. Some of his prose writings had the effect of establishing a basis for poetical criticism, in which he was supported by Hazlitt among others. He also had a reputation as a published antiquary.
Language
Latin