PR/ST/22
Reference code
PR/ST/22
Level of description
Item
Title
Mandate for the Installation of Browne Grisdale, 1794
Date
29 May 1794
Quantity & Format
1 sheet
Description
Mandate signed by William Paley, Archdeacon and Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle 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 Browne Grisdale as Prebendary of Stratford, "alias Stratford St Lawrence". Brown Grisdale held the Prebend only briefly, becoming Prebendary of Torleton later in 1794, which position he held until his death in 1814.
Browne Grisdale at some time succeeded William Paley as Chancellor of the Diocese of Carlisle.
See PR/ST/20 for the appointment of Proctors for the Installation.
Endorsed on the verso:
"1794
Stratford St Lawrence preb'd
Mandate for the Installat'n of Rev'd
Browne Grisdale D.D. by Proxy".
Language
English