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1677-8[1]. He was deprived 1st Feb. 1690-1, for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to William III. and queen Mary; and died 24th Nov. 1693, at Fresingfeld in Suffolk, ætat. 77, and was buried in the churchyard of that parish[2]. The congé d'élire vice archbishop Bancroft was granted 1st May 1691; and
1691
3 W. & M.John Tillotson, S.T.P., dean of St. Paul's., London,
was nominated by the King in council 22nd April 1691[3]. He was elected 16th May, received the royal
- ↑ Reg. Sancroft. fol. 7.
- ↑ Reg. Cantuar. Ex Epitaphio. His epitaph is, "P. M. S. Lector; Wilhelmi nuper Archi-Præsulis (qui natus in vicinia) quod morti cecidit, prope hunc murum jacet; atqui resurget. Tu interim semper paratus esto, nam qua non putas venturus hora Dominus est. Obiit Nov. 24. An. Nat. Dom. 1693. Ætat. suæ 77."
- ↑ Church Book, Home Office. As this is the first citation from these Records, it is necessary to describe their contents and nature. The Church Books commence in November 1688, and contain entries of all matters on ecclesiastical subjects in which the Crown is concerned : for instance, inter alia, on the avoidance of a see, either by death or translation, the Secretary of State for the Home Department prepares a warrant, addressed to the clerk of the privy signet, directing him to prepare a bill of privy signet for the congé d'élire. A copy of the privy signet bill under the sign manual, and of the letter missive addressed to the dean and chapter by which the Crown recommends a particular person for election also under the sign manual, are entered in these books: these documents are here called the nomination. The election having taken place, the dean and chapter send their certificate of the fact under their common seal; and the Secretary of State prepares a second warrant to the clerk of the privy signet to prepare a bill of the royal assent to the election. The bishop-elect having performed fealty and homage, a third warrant is issued by the Secretary of State to the clerk of the privy signet directing him to prepare a writ for the restitution of the temporalities. It should also be observed, that the dates of the congé d'élire, the royal assent, and the writ of restoration of the temporalities, bear the real date of the occurrence, while the documents themselves which pass the great seal bear the date of their delivery to the Chancellor; consequently they generally differ a few days in date, the documents in the Home Office bearing an earlier date than the document under the great seal. In some instances, however, the dates of the great seal document have been given for the events here mentioned.
