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Records of Bristol Cathedral
BRISTOL RECORD SOCIETY’S PUBLICATIONS General Editors: MADGE DRESSER PETER FLEMING ROGER LEECH VOL. 59 RECORDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 RECORDS OF BRISTOL CATHEDRAL EDITED BY JOSEPH BETTEY Published by BRISTOL RECORD SOCIETY 2007 1 ISBN 978 0 901538 29 1 2 © Copyright Joseph Bettey 3 4 No part of this volume may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, 5 electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any other information 6 storage or retrieval system. 7 8 The Bristol Record Society acknowledges with thanks the continued support of Bristol 9 City Council, the University of the West of England, the University of Bristol, the Bristol 10 Record Office, the Bristol and West Building Society and the Society of Merchant 11 Venturers. 12 13 BRISTOL RECORD SOCIETY 14 President: The Lord Mayor of Bristol 15 General Editors: Madge Dresser, M.Sc., P.G.Dip RFT, FRHS 16 Peter Fleming, Ph.D. 17 Roger Leech, M.A., Ph.D., FSA, MIFA 18 Secretaries: Madge Dresser and Peter Fleming 19 Treasurer: Mr William Evans 20 21 The Society exists to encourage the preservation, study and publication of documents 22 relating to the history of Bristol, and since its foundation in 1929 has published fifty-nine 23 major volumes of historic documents concerning the city. -
Report of the Cathedrals Working Group
REPORT FROM THE CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP TITLE PAGE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP Draft Report for Consultation 18 January 2018 1 REPORT FROM THE CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP TABLE OF CONTENTS CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface from the Chair p. 3 Executive Summary p. 6. Introduction to the Report p. 9. The Mission, Role, and Ecclesiology of Cathedrals p. 14 The Governance of Cathedrals p. 26 Leadership, Management and People p. 39 Finance p. 48 Major Buildings Projects p. 60 Safeguarding p. 66 Conclusions p. 73 ANNEXES A. Full List of Recommendations p. 76 B. Cathedrals Working Group: Membership and Terms of Reference p. 85 C. Glossary of Acronyms p. 87 D. Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FARC) p. 88 E. FARC – Pro Forma Terms of Reference p. 90 F. Minimum Financial Operating Standards and Controls p. 97 G. Support Services which could be relevant for provision by the p. 98 National Church H. Detailed recommendations for CAFA Guidance on the Selection p. 100 of Auditors I. Grants paid to cathedrals by the Church Commissioners p. 101 under Sections 21 and 23 of the Cathedrals Measure 1999 2 REPORT FROM THE CATHEDRALS WORKING GROUP PREFACE FROM THE CHAIR PREFACE FROM THE CHAIR 1. As a parish priest for 20 years I had always been something of a sceptic about cathedrals. So, it was one of God’s little jokes when I was asked to become a dean. 2. I quickly discovered, of course, just how wrong I had been. These amazing places incorporate everything the Church of England aspires to be in its best moments: congregations are growing and visitor numbers are remarkable; people on the edge of faith experience them as safe spaces to explore Christianity; they have become a focus for enquiry and activity in the public square, gathering places for communities at times of national crisis or celebration, and a crucial source of ‘bridging’ social capital at a time when darker forces threaten to fracture the social landscape. -
St Faith`S Church, Great Crosby Confirmation Registers 1901 – 2000
1 St Faith`s Church, Great Crosby Confirmation Registers 1901 – 2000 There are two volumes covering the church`s first century, volume 1 covering the period 1901 to 1958 and volume 2 the period 1959 to 2000; volume 2 is not yet full. The registers have entries for a particular confirmation event detailing the names, ages and addresses of those being confirmed (the addresses are not always included for the most recent confirmation candidates). The location of the confirmation service, its date and the Bishop confirming the candidates are given. A number of early male candidates for confirmation came from Merchant Taylors` School which then took boarding pupils. The first volume, for some individuals, mentions when they moved from the district, joined the forces or joined the merchant navy. During the first decade some adults were confirmed privately at the Bishop`s Palace in Liverpool. Services for adults were often held during the latter part of the year and the main confirmation service during March or April. Candidates before WWII would often travel some distance for a confirmation service, in some cases as far as Wigan, Warrington and Rock Ferry. Although most confirmations were conducted by the Bishop of Liverpool or the Bishop of Warrington there have been times when other bishops have conducted the confirmations. Most notable was Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon but in March 1945 the Bishop of the Argentine presided. An interesting feature of the period up to about 1930 is the number of parents who were confirmed shortly before their children were confirmed. In these transcripts some early confirmations are show as having taken place at the Cathedral. -
Holst and Vaughan Williams Manuscripts at Liverpool Cathedral
HOLST AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS AT LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL Judith The recent discovery of a small collection of manuscripts at the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, has shed light on a precisely identifiable but now almost forgotten period in the late 1920s and early 1930s when the Cathedral provided the initial context for various innovations in church music, some of which have become established as enduring features of the repertory. The collection also gives an insight into the working methods of two composers whose importance extends far beyond that of their contributions to English church music: Gustav Hoist and Ralph Vaughan Williams. The collection consists chiefly of correspondence, dating from c. 1930 to 1951, between the Dean of the Cathedral and various distinguished individuals including Hoist, Vaughan Williams and the composer Martin Shaw (1875 1958). Of particular interest are two manuscripts of music: an autograph draft score of Hoist's anthem Eternal Father, who didst all create] and a printed vocal score annotated by the composer, with corresponding autograph manuscript instrumental parts, of the Te Deum in G by Vaughan Williams. The Cathedral archive is essentially a private one without facilities for research, and the discovery of these manuscripts was fortuitous. As an aid to scholars, therefore, the Cathedral authorities kindly permitted the manuscripts to be photographed. One complete set of photographs is now held by the Department of Music at Liverpool Univer sity. Of the second set of photographs, those showing the hand of Gustav Hoist are now in the possession of the Hoist 162 J. Foundation. Those pertaining to Ralph Vaughan Williams have been donated to the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library by Mrs Ursula Vaughan Williams. -
JUSTIN WELBY of Secular and Sacred
career PROFILE: JUSTIN WELBY Of secular and sacred JUSTIN WELBY TELLS PETER WILLIAMS HOW HE HAS GONE FROM BEING GROUP TREASURER OF ENTERPRISE OIL TO THE NEXT BISHOP OF DURHAM. 42 THE TREASURER JULY | AUGUST 2011 career PROFILE: JUSTIN WELBY rom senior corporate treasurer to senior cleric. It doesn’t rank Nigeria, the North Sea and major assets such as shipping. Later he as the most obvious career move but it is one the Very returned to the UK to run treasury for Elf’s UK subsidiary. His long Reverend Justin Welby has accomplished with apparent ease association with the ACT started at that time, with Welby joining the and much success. In early June Welby was named as the next fledgling body in 1983 following an interview. No exams in those FBishop of Durham, making him the fourth most senior cleric in the days. Sadly, he can’t remember who he talked to. “It was a very long Church of England, after the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and time ago,” he says. the Bishop of London. In 1984 he was recruited by Enterprise Oil as group treasurer – no Welby may have given up on Mammon for God but he still doubt ACT membership helped to secure the role – running all long- manages to keep an insightful eye on the world of business. Ask him term and short-term finance and insurance for the company. Treasury what it means to be Dean of Liverpool Cathedral and he says he is taught him much and he remains familiar with the knowledge, using chief executive of a business – a vital one, providing hope in the it in what he calls “quasi-consulting roles”, for which the Church, not tangible form of employment for people and wealth generation in the Dean, is paid. -
Charities Unite in 'IF' Campaign
E I D S IN The fast track to lose weight E8 THE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2013 No: 6162 www.churchnewspaper.com PRICE £1.35 1,70j US$2.20 CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE ORIGINAL CHURCH NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1828 NEWSPAPER Charities unite in ‘IF’ campaign James Jones to retire By Amaris Cole BILL NIGHY launched the biggest charity coalition since Make Poverty History last week, calling on the government to use its role as G8 host this year to end hunger for- as Bishop of Liverpool ever. Enough Food For Everyone IF… aims to help the one billion people who go to bed By Amaris Cole hungry every night, saying it is a scandal this should still be happening in a world THE BISHOP of Liverpool is retiring on where enough food is produced to feed his 65th birthday in August, after 15 years everyone. in the Diocese. Despite the cold, many attended the cam- The Rt Rev James Jones announced that paign’s start, including Downton Abbey the Queen had accepted his resignation in star Laura Carmichael, athlete Colin Jack- a letter to the Diocese of Liverpool on Mon- son, actress Keeley Hawes and others. day, revealing he will be moving to his cot- The launch featured a groundbreaking, tage in Yorkshire with his wife, Sarah. 12-minute 3D presentation projected on to A farewell service for the Bishop will be the side of Somerset House, and finished held on 3 July. with a live feed of supporters’ tweets. In his letter, Bishop James said: “It is The Bishop of Derby attended the event with a sad heart but with a prayerful sense at Somerset House on Wednesday evening. -
Newspaper.Com PRICE £1.35 1,70J US$2.20 CHURCH of ENGLAND the ORIGINAL CHURCH NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED in 1828 NEWSPAPER the Door Opens for Welby by Amaris Cole
E I D S Synod decides on IN women bishops, but what are the real issues? E4-5 THE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012 No: 6152 www.churchnewspaper.com PRICE £1.35 1,70j US$2.20 CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE ORIGINAL CHURCH NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1828 NEWSPAPER The door opens for Welby By Amaris Cole THE RT REV JUSTIN WELBY has been confirmed as the next Archbishop of Can- terbury, an appointment he described as ‘the worst-kept secret since the last Cabi- net reshuffle’. Despite the news being circulated well before Downing Street officially announced the appointment, there appears to be widespread optimism for the selection of the Bishop of Durham. At a press conference on Friday he admitted: “My initial reaction was, ‘oh no’.” But he then added that he was just ‘overwhelmed’ and ‘surprised’. The 56-year-old paid great respect to his predecessor, saying one of the biggest challenges he faces is following in the footsteps of Dr Rowan Williams. Bishop Welby said: “On the basis that you should only follow failures, this is a great mistake.” He spoke of the Archbishop’s infectious spirituality, extraordinary integrity and holiness, immense personal moral and physical courage and his status as one of the world’s principal theologians. The Archbishop-designate went on to speak humbly about all those who had contributed to who both he and his wife, Caroline, had ‘become’. He said the churches he had worked at Britain's bishop of Durham in Paris and London had ‘shaped and nur- Justin Welby poses for tured’ them, while working at Nuneaton photographers after a news as a curate allowed him to make many conference following the mistakes ‘amongst wonderful people’. -
Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the Diocese of Honolulu 1862-1902 Final Edition (2012, Corrected 2018)
Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the diocese of Honolulu 1862-1902 final edition (2012, corrected 2018) The “Reformed Catholic Church of Hawai’i” began with the consecration of the first bishop of Honolulu, Thomas Nettleship STALEY in 1861. In 1872 the diocese became the “Anglican Church of Hawai’i”, under his successor Alfred WILLIS the second and final bishop of Honolulu. On WILLIS’s resignation in 1902, the see became the missionary district of Honolulu within the Episcopal Church of the United States of America, and in 1969 the diocese of Hawai'i. This biographical directory lists some 58 clergy who passed through the diocese of Honolulu in the first forty years of Anglican church life. Few priests were in the diocese more than a year or two. Several lives are evasive shadows. The Honolulu church initiative confronted a complex changing society in Hawai’i. Their royal patrons and the indigenous Polynesian people were pressed aside as the commercial interests of North American (and European) planters drove all before them. Their plantations were worked by imported Chinese and Japanese workers among whom the diocese did begin work. The inadequacies of diocesan leadership and the crippling lack of funding overwhelmed quixotic hopes, leaving a divided and worn Anglican remnant to be rescued by the Episcopal church of the USA in 1902. While these entries were compiled from the best evidence available, the compiler had no access to primary documents in Honolulu. The full Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific (which includes about 1,500 priests) may be found on the Project Canterbury website http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/ That directory was compiled without funding but with assistance from hundreds of correspondents and agencies from 1991. -
A Determination by the Bishop of Sheffield in the Light of the Report Of
A Determination by the Bishop of Sheffield in the light of the Report of the Commissaries following a Visitation at Sheffield Cathedral th 1st November 2020 to 28 February 2021 0 A Determination by the Bishop of Sheffield in the light of the Report of the Commissaries st th following a Visitation at Sheffield Cathedral, 1 November 2020 to 28 February 2021 Introduction ‘Finally beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things... and the God of peace will be with you’. Philippians 4.8-9 I am immensely grateful to Peter Bounds (Chair of Council, Liverpool Cathedral; formerly CEO Liverpool City Council), Dee Cooley (Chapter Safeguarding Adviser, York Minster), Ellie Gage (Director of People and Culture, Christians Against Poverty) and Peter Holliday (Chapter Member and Chair of Finance Committee, Lichfield Cathedral; former member of the Choral Foundation; former CEO of St Giles’ Hospice, Lichfield) for the skill, wisdom and dedication with which they have discharged their responsibilities with respect to this Visitation. I am also extremely grateful to the Chapter and staff of Sheffield Cathedral for the support they have offered to the Visitation Team in challenging circumstances, and to all the participants in the Visitation for their readiness to speak with team members with honesty and courage. I have read the Visitation Report with care. The Report, which runs to nearly 80 pages, is confidential to me – though I have chosen to share it, confidentially, with the members of the Cathedral Chapter. -
Worcester Cathedral Muniments G Class Deand and Chapter
Worcester Cathedral Muniments G class Deand and Chapter correspodence 1697-1933 Item Year Subject G1A 1853 Grant of an annual sum of £75 out of the vicarage of Bromsgrove under the powers of the Statute 1 and 2 Wm 4 Ch 45 G1Bi 1860 Grant of an annual sum of £30 out of the Vicarage of Old Sodbury in the County of Gloucestershire made under the power of the Statute 1 and 2 Wm 4 C 45 G1Bii 1860 Deed of augmentation [see also G2Bi] G1Biii 1859- Letters regarding Indenture (G2Bi) and Deed of Augmentation (G2Bii) of Chipping Sodbury 1860 G1C 1844 Grant of two annual sums of £100 each to the curate of Knighton upon Teme and Pensax out of the tithes arising in the chapelry of Knighton in the Parish of Lindridge in the County of Worcester and the Diocese of Hereford. G1D 1860 Grant of an annual sum of £50 out of the Vicarage of Bromsgrove under the powers of the Statutes 1 and 2 William 4 C 45 and 1 and 2 Victoria C107 to the curate of the Lickey Church G1E 1874- Wolverley Rectorial Tithes half year ending July 1874 and January 1875 1875 G2A 1843 Conveyance of a piece of land at Bredicot for a District School G2B 1848 Conveyance of a plot of land at Finstall for the purpose of a school G2C 1847 Conveyance of land for a school in Harvington G2D 1851 Conveyance of a piece of land at Lindridge for a District School G2E 1848 Grant of a piece of land for a site for school at Old Radnor in the County of Radnor G2F 1844 Conveyance of a plot of land at Sedgeberrow under 13th Vict C 38 for a school G2Gi 1854 Conveyance of the site and premises of the Silverdale -
Wider Church Hearing 1 - 12 July 2019
CONFIDENTIAL- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY OPENING NOTE FOR FIONA SCOLDING QC ANGLICAN INVESTIGATION- WIDER CHURCH HEARING 1 - 12 JULY 2019 1. Chair and Panel, I am Fiona Scolding Q.C. , senior counsel to this Anglican investigation. Seated to my right are Ms. Nikita McNeill and Ms. Lara McCaffrey, junior counsel to this investigation. 2. Having introduced the Inquiry representatives, I now turn to other core participants. To my right: (a)Representatives for the complainants, victims and survivors represented by Slater and Gordon – Mr. Richard Scorer of Slater and Gordon, and Mr. Iain O’Donnell of counsel (b)Counsel for the Complainants, victims and survivors represented by Switalskis – Mr David Greenwood, and Mr. William Chapman of counsel. (c)Mr. Chapman also represents the Ministry and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors organisation, known as MACSAS. Turning behind me, (d) representing the Archbishop’s Council – Mr. Nigel Giffin Q.C (e) To my rear and right, Counsel for the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, Mr. Rory Philips Q.C 1 Footnotes for internal reference only CONFIDENTIAL- CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY (f) On the left hand benches, Counsel for the Church in Wales, Mr. Mark Powell QC (g) Counsel for the National Police Chiefs Council, Mr James Berry. (h)Counsel for the Department of Education, Ms Emily Wilsdon (1-9 July 2019). We understand that Mr Benjamin Seifert will attend for the DFE for some of next week also (10-11 July 2019). 3. There are no preliminary matters which the core participants wish to raise. Introductory remarks 4. The aim of these hearings is to examine whether the Church of England is currently giving sufficient priority to ensuring that churches are places are entirely safe and the voices of those who have difficult things to say are heard and acted upon. -
Cathedrals and Change in the Twentieth Century
Cathedrals and Change in the Twentieth Century: Aspects of the life of the cathedrals of the Church of England with special reference to the Cathedral Commissions of 1925; 1958; 1992 A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2011 Garth Turner School of Arts, Histories and Cultures Contents Abstract 3 Declaration 4 Copyright statement 4 Acknowledgements 5 Abbreviations 5 Part I The Constitutional development of the cathedrals Introduction: 7 The commissions’ definitions of ‘cathedral’ 8 The membership of the Commissions 9 Chapter I The Commission of 1925 and the Measure of 1931 12 Nineteenth Century Background 12 Discussion of cathedrals in the early twentieth century 13 The Commission of 1925 19 The Commission’s working methods 20 The Commission’s recommendations 20 The implementation of the proposals 24 Assessment 28 Chapter II The Commission of 1958 and the Measure of 1963 30 The Commission: membership 30 The Commission at work 30 Cathedrals in Modern Life 36 The Report in the Church Assembly 40 Assessment 49 Chapter III The commission of 1992 and the Measure of 1999 51 Cathedrals in travail 51 The complaints of three deans 59 The wider context 62 Moves toward reform 62 Setting up a commission 64 The working of the Commission 65 The findings of the sub-commissions 65 The bishops 65 The chapters 67 The laity 69 The report 70 The report in the Synod 76 An Interim Measure 88 A changed Anglican mentality 92 Part II Aspects of the life of the cathedrals Introduction 97 Chapter IV A Preliminary