Certificate of ordination, King's College, Cambridge

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 12 MS Doc.3713
  • Dates of Creation
      6 May 1810
  • Language of Material
      English .
  • Physical Description
      1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Ordination of Humphrey Cholmeley BA, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, as deacon, by Thomas, bishop of Ely, at a private ordination in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace. Signed by the bishop, with episcopal seal. Endorsed with three exhibita: Ely (1813), Lincoln (1828) and Norwich (1834).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Alan Keen, Ltd., London, July 1945

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