Schola Archiepiscopi

The records consist of the following:

• Correspondence with accepted students [BP.Sch.Arch/1-40]. 1892-98.
• Correspondence with rejected students [BP.Sch.Arch/41-43]. 1892-98.
• Miscellaneous papers [BP.Sch.Arch/44-45]. 1891-98.

The Schola Archiepiscopi was a Theology school established at Bishopthorpe following the translation of Archbishop Maclagan to the see of York in 1891. Under the supervision of Rev. J.R. Keble, vicar of Bishopthorpe, it aimed to provide graduates with a few terms of theological training prior to ordination. The first student arrived in January 1892 and the last in May 1898. As an experiment, the Schola was largely a failure. It attracted only forty students, thirty-four of whom were ordained, producing only one bishop and no notable scholars or leading church figures. The theological library of the Schola is deposited in the Minster Library, York.

Bundles of correspondence, loose papers.

D. Emmott, Clergy Training in Victorian York: The Schola Archiepiscopi at Bishopthorpe, 1892-1898, Borthwick Papers 101 (2002).