Records relating to the foundation of Durham cathedral by Henry VIII and to its statutes. With documents relating to membership of Chapter and the Cathedral Community, and records of episcopal visitation, in accordance with the statutes
Parts in the care of Durham University since [1950s], with other items transferred by Chapter Clerk as noted within list.
Records older than 30 years are open for consultation. More recent records may require prior written permission from the Chapter Clerk.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from Durham Cathedral Library (library@durhamcathedral.co.uk). The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but
responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Records relating to the Henrician foundation, to the Marian statutes of the cathedral, and to subsequent revisions and reissues
The foundation and endowment charters and the Marian statutes are published, with translation and introduction, in A. Hamilton Thompson (ed),
(Surtees Society, number 143, 1929). The foundation and endowment charters were edited from copies in Durham Cathedral Library (MS C.IV.33). Other copies of these charters are
registered in
The Marian statutesReference: DCD/A/ABDates of creation: 1555
Extent: 0.5 metre (volumes)
Copies of the statutes of Durham Cathedral, in both Latin and English translation
Whether Henrician statutes were ever drawn up for or delivered to Durham is uncertain (Philip and Mary's commission to produce statutes refers to draft statutes in the name of Henry VIII), but no copies survive, and they were certainly not
confirmed. The first confirmed statutes were issued by Mary, and confirmed by the great seal on 20 March 1554/5. The Marian statutes were not revised until the late 19th century.
The statutes set out the procedures for the governance of the cathedral and meetings of the dean and chapter. They also establish the number of major canons (or 'prebendaries', initially 12), of minor canons (12), lay clerks (10), choir boys
(10), masters (2) and scholars (18) of grammar, poor men ('bedesmen', 8), vergers ('subsacrists', 2), bellringers (2), porters (2, one acting as barber) and other positions (butler, under-butler, cook, under-cook), and the rules for their residence
and payment etc.
See under
DCD/A/A for published edition.
The commission for drawing up statutes is dated 19 January 1555, and survives among the medieval archives at reference
DCD 4.5.Reg.6.
A 19th century translation with some other documents is held in the Durham University Library Additional Manuscripts collection, as
DUL Add.MS 1544.
A copy of the statutes, apparently compiled in September 1583 by Dean Toby Matthew from a copy made from the original statutes by Richard Marshall, notary public, survives in Durham Cathedral Library at MS C.iv.33. This is the version edited for
Surtees Society volume 143 (page xvi).
Additional copies of the statutes are held within
Durham Cathedral Library's Additional Manuscripts collection as follows:
- DCL Add.MS 1: 19th century
copy
- DCL Add.MS 52: 1761 copy by Thomas Burton for 12th stall
- DCL Add.MS 56: 19th century copy for 3rd stall
- DCL Add.MS 57: 17th century copy for 3rd stall
- DCL Add.MS 58: 17th century copy for 2nd stall, with 17/18th century additions as noted in list
- DCL Add.MS 59: 17th century copy of chapters 1-4 only
- DCL Add.MS 123: 1900 transcript of 18th century copy in British Library (see list)
- DCL Add.MS 197: late 17th/early 18th century copy, with additional documents
- DCL Add.MS 238: 18th century copy
- DCL Add.MS 331: ca.1900, extracts from statutes with translations as noted in list
DCD/A/AB1 [1774 x 1777]
Language: All the statutes and other material in this volume are in Latin, except for the final act of parliament.
Copy of statutes allegedly written out by S[amuel] Viner [principal surrogate in Durham diocese, 1780-1815], for Thomas Dampier, dean [1774-1777]. Includes inscription by Viner ("... Thomae Dampier ... Hoc Exemplar Statutorum ... votis
faustissimis Dat Dicat Dedicat"), claiming to have collated the text with "authentico Decani Manuscripto" (perhaps a reference to MS C.iv.33 in Durham Cathedral Library, or to a copy of the statutes that no longer survives).
Volumes contains the following (other pages blank):
(unnumbered pages) index to chapter headings
p1-122. Text of the Marian statutes (with some passages underlined or marked, and cross-references to the corrections at p125-134; note that chapter 1 is titled 'Donatio', although left blank in the version edited within Surtees Society volume
143)
p123. Local statute for increasing stipends of ministers in the church (as Surtees Society 143, p183)
p125-134. Passages reformed and corrected ("loca reformata et correcta") 30 December 1556 (as Surtees Society 143, p183-191, though with some variation in wording to introduce or explain the changes), including cross-references back to the
statutes at p1-122
p135-136. Page numbers not used, but there is no evidence (pace comment by [George Waddington] in DCD/A/AB6) of a page removed at this point.
p137. Interpretation of a clause in Chapter 16 by John Cosin, 20 July 1661 (with reference to "registrum Barwick" [DCD/B/BA14], folio 128)
p139-152. Subject index (with page references to text of statutes)
p155-157. Prayers to be said in the Grammar School, by the poor men, in the morning and in the evening (as Surtees Society 143, p178-181, though with 'Credo' and 'Pater Noster' abbreviated)
p158-163. Act of parliament (1 Mary) to empower the Queen to make statutes for cathedral churches (with copy of note of examination by Richard Broughton)
That this is Samuel Viner's original copy of the statutes (rather than one of the later copies of Viner's work) is suggested by comparison with the handwriting in his precedent book among the Durham Diocesan Records at
DDR/EJ/CCG/2/2.
Size: 39 x 26 cm
DCD/A/AB2 undated [late 19th century]
Language: Statutes and other texts in Latin, except for act of parliament
Chapter Clerk's copy
A copy of Samuel Viner's text, duplicating the contents of
DCD/A/AB1 (with different pagination, and the subject index corrected to suit the new pagination). Neatly copied without annotations, and including exactly
the same material. Marked “Chapter Clerk's copy” on cover.
That this is not Samuel Viner's original copy of the statutes but a later transcription of the same is clear not just from the handwriting, but also because it is written into an account book manufactured by “R Robinson & Co, wholesale
stationers” of Newcastle upon Tyne. Tyne and Wear Archives holds partnership agreements for this firm dated 1880 and 1890 (reference DT.SC/231).
Size: 34 x 22 cm
DCD/A/AB3 undated [early 20th century]
Language: Statutes and related texts in English. Transcript of Harley MS in Latin.
Chapter Clerk's copy (another)
Translation of the Marian statutes. Note that different chapter numbering is used from Samuel Viner's text or that published in Surtees Society volume 143 (the latter from Durham Cathedral Library MS C.iv.33): the introductory chapter is
unnumbered and headed (confusingly) 'Foundation', and chapter 2 ('Of the dignity of a Bishop') is numbered as chapter '1', likewise to chapter '5' ('Of the qualities, election and admission of the Dean'). The Dean's oath is then given as a separate
chapter ('6'), so that numbering from Chapter 7 onwards is the same as Surtees 143. A different translation is used from that in Surtees 143 (and the date has been wrongly interpreted as 'Anno Domini 1553 & 1554'). Part of the text is underlined
and some marginal headings added.
This volume includes the following texts (all translated into English):
- prayers to be said in the Grammar School, by the Poor, in the morning and evening (as in Surtees 143 but translated, and subscribed by an additional name, William Armistead)
- local statute and list of corrections dated 30 December 1556, ending with the note of collation with a book held by Cardinal [Pole] as in Surtees 143 (p.190)
- note of the statute of 1 Mary authorising her to make statutes for the new cathedrals, and briefer notes of acts of Parliament restraining ecclesiastical persons from letting leases (1 Eliz c.19, 14 Eliz c.11, 18 Eliz c.11, 1 James c.3), and
of 6 Anne c.21 (relating to statutes)
The remainder of the volume is a transcript of BL Harley MS 4623 vol 1, being an inventory of charters and other records relating to Coldingham held in the cathedral treasury (item 9 in the 1808 "Catalogue of the Harleian manuscripts in the
British Museum"). This is transcribed in Latin, with marginal headings indicating the places covered by the Charters.
This volume (like
DCD/A/AB2) is marked “Chapter Clerk's copy” on its cover. It includes a note on the power of altering cathedral statutes by JG Wilson [Chapter Clerk] dated 14
November 1906, pasted onto the flyleaf.
Size: 33 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB4 [1735 x 1738]
Language: Text of statutes and related items in Latin
Wadham Chandler's copy
Includes many marginal corrections and notes (all in the same hand). Chapter numbering is as in Surtees Society 143, although a marginal note states that "Cap.1" should be deleted before the first chapter, and at the second ("De dignitate
Episcopi") states "C.1 in Originali."
The statutes are followed by prayers as in Surtees 143, but a marginal note adds William Ermysted to the list of subscribed names, and transcribes the attestation "from an attested copy of the statutes in Mr Spearmans hands," which finishes "per
Thomas King Notar Pub et Decani et Capituli Dunelm' Registrar'." This is followed by the local statute for increase in stipends and the "reformata et correcta" as Surtees 143 (the latter annotated to say that it is Chapter 41 in King's copy), and an
"index" (listing contents). The last 1/3 of the volume is blank.
From fragments pasted onto the flyleaf (except as stated) is the following information:
- "W Chandler (No 3)" [Wadham Chandler, 12th stall, 1735-1738]
- "To be bound marble calf plain without any gilding for Mr Chandler ipso presto" (note edges of paper and decoration on binding IS gilded)
- "A H Cruickshank" [prebendary, 1910-???]
- "Cyril Maine" (written onto flyleaf) [prebendary, 1934-???]
- "A H Cruickshank from," above bookplate of John George Wilson [Chapter Clerk], with "October 1920" underneath (pasted inside front cover)
- "James Raine Durham, the gift of H Donkin Esqr" (in ? Raine's handwriting, margin of page 1)
Size: 38 x 25 cm
DCD/A/AB5 [19th century]
Language: Text of statutes and related items in Latin
First prebendary's copy
Copy of Samuel Viner's text as
DCD/A/AB1, marked in front cover "The First Canonry", and later "(The 4th Canonry)." Includes also at start an extract of the 1541 foundation charter. A few marginal notes include
cross-references (mainly to the "reformata et correcta").
At p75 is pasted in an extract from the Foundation charter (taken from Hutchinson [the page ref given is to first edition, as on ECCO]). At p77 is pasted an extract from an Order in Council dated 21 Sep 1841 (corrected from 31 July 1841),
amending chapter 19 [in light of 1840 Cathedrals Act which begins the reduction in number of prebendaries].
Size: 33 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB6 [mid 19th century]
Language: Text of statutes and related items in Latin, followed by English translation
Copy of Samuel Viner's text as
DCD/A/AB1, and with identical (or very similar) pagination. This is followed by a translation, using the same translation (and chapter numbering etc) as
DCD/A/AB3.
At p135 is a note by 'GW' [? George Waddington, dean 1840-1869] dated December 1841, stating, "In the original this leaf has been torn out - the pages running from 134 to 137."
Size: 33 x 22 cm
Forms part of 1956 Church Commission Durham Cathedral Estates deposit, reference CCD 161134.
DCD/A/AB7 [late 19th century]
Sixth prebendary's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. These are followed by extracts from
Chapter Act books relating to
residences of deans and canons, 1794-1879 (in a different hand), including proposed regulations for canons' residences drawn up by [Henry] Jenkins [3rd stall], showing in red ink the amendments made by Great Chapter 20 Nov 1873.
The flyleaf notes that the book belongs to John Davie Eade, canon of sixth stall [1869-1881], dated 17 April 1876.
The Chapter Acts relating to residence are also available in typescript, at
DCD/A/AB20.
Size: 32 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB8 [late 19th century]
Eleventh prebendary's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. Pencil annotations relate to alternative translations and other notes. At the end is a page of "Private memoranda," relating to readings and celebrating at
services, rights to take over the house of a vacant prebendal house on the suppression of a canonry, and to bell ringing.
The flyleaf and front cover note that the book belongs to Thomas Saunders Evans, canon of eleventh stall 1862-1889. Front cover is loose and part has been torn away.
Size: 32 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB9 [late 19th/early 20th century]
Minor canon's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. Noted inside front cover as a minor canon's copy, allotted to G.W.A[nson] Firth [minor canon 1887 to c.1902], then to Arnold D Culley.
Size: 33 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB10 [early 20th century]
Minor canon's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. Noted inside front cover as minor canon's copy number 3 - slip of paper refers to its return from Arthur R Dolphin [minor canon from 1901] in 1913, and he
also identifies the accounts in back of volume.
At the back of the book are personal payment/expense accounts for Jan-July 1892, identified as belonging to Revd Anson and Mrs Firth.
Size: 31 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB11 [early 20th century]
Minor canon's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. Noted inside front cover as minor canon's copy number 6, and then belonging apparently to 4th Canonry.
Size: 31 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB12 [early 20th century]
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3
Size: 33 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB13 [early 20th century]
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. With a few annotations and many passages scored through (as if for revision).
Size: 31 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB14 [early 20th century]
Translation of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB3. With many corrections and crossings out (as if preparing revised text). A partial index is included, after the printed letter and answers (below).
Bound in with the volume is a printed edition of Dean George Waddington's letter dated March 1853 to the archbishop of Canterbury, with detailed answers on the constitution, minor canons, schools, lay vicars, services, fabric, impropriate
rectories, visitor, relationship with bishop, library, city of Durham, other Chapter livings, spiritual expenditure, seminaries and training schools.
Size: 31 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB15 [20th century]
Language: Text of statutes and related items in Latin
Unbound copy
Transcript of Samuel Viner's text of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB1. Followed by extracts from the commission to draw up statutes (as at
DCD 4.5.Reg.6) and notes thereon, and a brief list of corrections. Various corrections and notes are made in the course of the text.
1 folder
DCD/A/AB16 1802-1804
Language: Text of statutes, charters and related items in Latin
1st prebendary's copy
Transcript of Samuel Viner's text of statutes and related texts (excluding act of Parliament), as
DCD/A/AB1, with the following changes:
- a shorter list of “loca
reformata et correcta” adds an additional commentary (in English) on the statute De Presentia Ministrorum, in connection with the requirement that the minor canons hold only a single ecclesiastical benefice alongside their Cathedral service,
suggesting that the restriction does not extend to curacies (p130-131)
- note of collation with a book held by Cardinal Pole (as Surtees 143 p.190), followed by a note on Richard Marshall (Cathedral Registrar), and notes about the revision of statutes on 30 December 1556 (p.134-136)
- subject index subscribed with note that [the statutes] have been written by I L[ambert] at Durham, 1802 (p.156)
- foundation and endowment charters, subscribed with note of writing by I Lambert at Durham, 1804 (p.157-198)
Flyleaf notes that this volume belonged to Charles Cooper [1st stall, 1779-1804], dated 21 February 1803, and is followed by a [partial] list of New Foundation cathedrals
Size: 24 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB17 [19th century]
Language: Text of statutes and related items in Latin, with some English translation
Transcript of Samuel Viner's text of statutes and related texts as
DCD/A/AB1 (excluding the local statute on stipends, subject index and act of Parliament), with translation of chapters 21-22 (on Receiver and
Treasurer). The translation uses similar language to that in
DCD/A/AB3, but with phrases differently ordered.
Includes note of collation with Cardinal Pole's book and account of 1556 statute revision, as in
DCD/A/AB16. Loose at back, note (in English) on need for majority of Chapter to make decisions, excluding any who
are absent.
Size: 21 x 17 cm
DCD/A/AB18 [mid 18th century]
Language: Text of statutes, charters and related items in Latin
Sixth prebendary's copy
Copy of statutes, in Latin but numbered as
DCD/A/AB3. Preceded by texts of Foundation and Endowment charters, and followed by prayers for Grammar School (but not the other prayers),
loca
corecta [sic] et reformata, local statute on stipends, and contents list.
At back are a few additional notes, a table of values [? for calculating fines on leases] and an incomplete mathematical (or ? astronomical) sketch.
Inscriptions on flyleaves recount transmission through holders of sixth stall, from Charles Weston (1768, inheriting it from Henry Bland) to Arthur Lillingston (1914).
Size: 34 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB19 1761 x 1767
Language: Text of statutes, charters and related items in Latin
11th prebendary's copy
Transcript of Samuel Viner's text of statutes and related texts, as
DCD/A/AB1 (excluding act of Parliament), with addition of note re collation with Cardinal Pole's book and account of 1556 statute revision, as in
DCD/A/AB16.
Inscriptions at start recount transmission through holders of eleventh stall, from Charles Weston (1792) to George Richards (1928). Noted that copy made from that belonging to 12th stall, temp. Thomas Burton [12th stall, 1761-1767].
Size: 33 x 21 cm
DCD/A/AB20 [1879]
Typescript of extracts from Chapter Act books relating to residences of deans and canons, 1794-1879, copied from
DCD/A/AB7
1 folder
DCD/A/AB21 [mid/late 18th century]
Language: Statutes and other texts in Latin
7th, later 10th prebendary's copy
Copy of statutes in Latin, numbered and with additional texts as
DCD/A/AB4 (without the marginal notes), with a decorated title page and
“Statuta Ecclesia Dunelmens'” on spine. With (loose) list of prebendaries of 10th stall including biographical notes, from Ralph Blakiston to Leslie Owen [1936-ca.1944]
Inscriptions for holders of 7th stall, from Newton Ogle [1768-1804] to Henry Douglas [1834-1859], followed by holders of 10th stall from Henry Baker Tristram [1873-1906] to Charles James Stranks [?1958-1973], noted by Tristram as a gift from
[George] Bland, sub-dean
Size: 25 x 20 cm
DCD/A/AB22
J.G. Wilson's copy
Translation of statutes and related texts as in
DCD/A/AB3, with marginal notes. Statutes etc are followed (after p.100) by:
- News cuttings relating to Cathedral Commission report on Durham
Cathedral, ca.1880s
- Letters and legal opinion concerning rights of Dean and Chapter as Guardians of the Spiritualities sede vacante, 1890
- News cuttings reporting court judgments in various cases involving cathedrals, viz Bristol Cathedral 1895 (dispute with organist) and Hereford Cathedral 1897 (dispute with vicars choral)
With John George Wilson's bookplate, and news cutting listing bishops (with university, age, salary and politics) [1885] inside front cover
Size:
Records of the dean and major canons (prebendaries), who together make up the chapter and are responsible for the governance of the cathedral
The names of deans and major canons, with brief biographical information, are recorded in P.Mussett,
Similar information (up to 1857) is recorded online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=228 or in Joyce M. Horn, David M. Smith, Patrick Mussett,
CollationsReference: DCD/A/BADates of creation: 1579-1962
Extent: 4 boxes
Records of collations of the deanery and canons' stalls to members of Chapter. See also Installation Books at
DCD/C/A.
Parts previously listed as part of 'Loose Papers' class 11, other items from 'St Helens' deposit
DCD/A/BA/1 1579
Thomas Wilson, dean, 1580-81
/1. Copy of Royal letters patent of appointment, 1579
DCD/A/BA/2 1596
William James, dean, 1596-1606
/1. Copy of appointment of proxies with copy of Bishop's institution, 19 May 1596 and 3 June 1596
/2. Copy of Bishop's institution with copy of mandate, undated
/3. Draft chapter act recording installation, 5 June 1596
DCD/A/BA/3 1606
Adam Newton, dean, 1606-20
/1. Copy of royal letters of appointment and grant of dispensation from residence, 15 September 1606
/2. Schedule of institution, 17 September 1606
/3. Draft of schedule of institution
/4. Copy of institution, 17 September 1606
/5. Copy of Bishop's letter confirming institution, 17 September 1606
/6. Draft of Bishop's mandate, 1606
/7. Draft of appointment of proxies, 1606
/8. Oath taken by Canon Ewbank as proxy, 1606
DCD/A/BA/4 1620
Richard Hunt, dean, 1620-38
/1. Oath taken, 1620
/2. Copy of oath
/3. Dean's consent to confirmation of Bishop's appointment of William Philipson as bailiff of Stanhope, 16 October 1626
DCD/A/BA/5 1639
Walter Balcanquall, dean, 1639-45
/1. Royal mandate to D&C to pay all monies due to new dean, 6 April 1639
DCD/A/BA/6
[John Barwick, dean, 1660-61]
/1. Paper book containing installation details for 1660-61
DCD/A/BA/7 1661
John Sudbury, dean, 1662-84
/1. Royal mandate to assign stall, 17 December 1661
DCD/A/BA/8 1691
Thomas Comber, dean, 1691-99
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 May 1691
DCD/A/BA/9 1692
John Montague, 11th stall, 1692-1700
/1. Mandate for induction, April 1692
DCD/A/BA/10 1692
Theophilus Pickering, 4th stall, 1692-1700
/1. Mandate for induction, 28 April 1692
/2. Appointment of proxy, May 1692
DCD/A/BA/11 1694
James Finney, 3rd stall, 1694-1727
/1. Appointment of proxy, 22 November 1694
DCD/A/BA/12 1695
Fitzherbert Adams, 10th stall, 1695-1711
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 June 1695
DCD/A/BA/13 1695
Henry Dobson, 6th stall, 1695-1718
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 January 1695
DCD/A/BA/14 1696
John Bowes, 5th stall, 1696-1712
/1. Mandate for induction, 23 March 1696
DCD/A/BA/15 1700
Theophilus Pickering, 11th stall, 1700-11
/1. Mandate for induction, 20 January 1700
/2. Appointment of proxy, 22 January 1700
DCD/A/BA/16 1700
John Montague, dean, 1700-28
/1. Draft letter congratulating and offering duty to Montague and re. contracts for sealing, January 1700
/2. Copy of letter from Montague to D&C re. installation, with reply, 22 January 1700
/3. Appointment of proxies, 22 January 1700
DCD/A/BA/17 1700
John Montague, dean, 1700-1728
/1. Drafts for induction mandate and proxy, January 1700
/2. Mandate for induction, 19 January 1700
/3. Appointment of proxy, 22 January 1700
DCD/A/BA/18 1700
Philip Falle, 4th stall, 1700-42
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 January 1700
DCD/A/BA/19 1704
Robert Offley, 8th stall, 1704-43
/1. Collation and installation, 22 July 1704
/2. Mandate for induction, 22 July 1704
DCD/A/BA/20 1710
William Hartwell, 9th stall, 1710-11
/1. Mandate for induction, 6 February 1710
/2. Copy act of of installation, 7 February 1710
DCD/A/BA/21
NUMBER NOT USED
DCD/A/BA/22 1711
Thomas Eden, 9th stall, 1711-15
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 July 1711
DCD/A/BA/23 1711
Fitzherbert Adams, 11th stall, 1711-19
/1. Mandate for induction, 3 April 1711
/2. Appointment of proxy, 3 April 1711
DCD/A/BA/24 1719
Sir John Dolben, 11th stall, 1719-56
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 July 1719
/2. Dean's consent to installation, 14 July 1719
DCD/A/BA/24A 1719
William Watts, 6th stall, 1719-1737
/1. Dean's consent to installation, 30 July 1719
DCD/A/BA/25 1721
Thomas Mangey, 5th stall, 1721-22
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 May 1721
DCD/A/BA/26 1722
Thomas Rundle, 1st stall, 1722
/1. Mandate for induction, 23 January 1722
DCD/A/BA/27 1722
Thomas Rundle, 12th stall, 1722-35
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 November 1722
DCD/A/BA/28 1724
Martin Benson, 2nd stall, 1724-52
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 January 1724
/2. Appointment of proxy, 25 January 1724
DCD/A/BA/29 1727
John Johnson, 9th stall, 1727-61
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 January 1727
DCD/A/BA/30 1727
Thomas Secker, 3rd stall, 1727-50
/1. Mandate for induction, 3 June 1727
/2. Appointment of proxies, 8 June 1727
DCD/A/BA/31 1728
Henry Bland, dean, 1728-46
/1. Mandate for induction, 12 March 1728
DCD/A/BA/32 1732
Thomas Sharp, 10th stall, 1732-58
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 October 1732
/2. Appointment of proxies, 19 October 1732
/3. Letter from Sharp to D&C registrar, 19 October 1732
DCD/A/BA/33 1735
Wadham Chandler, 12th stall, 1735-8
/1. Mandate for induction, 14 July 1735
DCD/A/BA/34 1737
Henry Bland, 6th stall, 1737-68
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 May 1737
DCD/A/BA/35 1738
Wadham Knatchbull, 12th stall, 1738-56
/1. Mandate for induction, 26 January 1738
/2. Letter from Knatchbull requesting Dean's consent to his installation, with Dean's consent 12 June 1738, 6 June 1738
DCD/A/BA/36 1742
James Gisborne, 4th stall, 1742-59
/1. Copy of Bishop's collation of Gisborne to 4th Stall, 22 May 1742
/2. Mandate for induction, 22 May 1742
DCD/A/BA/37 1742
James Leslie, 8th stall, 1743-55
/1. Mandate for induction, 6 June 1742
DCD/A/BA/38 1743
Robert Stillingfleet, 5th stall, 1743-59
/1. Mandate for induction, 27 June 1743
DCD/A/BA/39 1746
Spencer Cowper, dean, 1746-74
/1. Mandate for induction, 14 July 1746
DCD/A/BA/40 1750
Thomas Chapman, 3rd stall, 1751-60
/1. Mandate for induction, 12 December 1750
DCD/A/BA/41 1754
Joseph Spence, 7th stall, 1754-68
/1. Mandate for induction, 21 March 1754
DCD/A/BA/42 1755
William Warburton, 1st stall, 1755-79
/1. Appointment of proxies, 22 March 1755
/2. Copy of letter to Dean re. installation of Warburton's proxy, 11 April 1755
DCD/A/BA/43 1755
Jaques Sterne, 2nd stall, 1755-59
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 May 1755
/2. Appointment of proxy, 27 May 1755
DCD/A/BA/44 1755
Robert Lowth, 8th stall, 1755-77
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 October 1755
DCD/A/BA/45 1756
Wadham Knatchbull, 11th stall, 1757-60
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 December 1756
DCD/A/BA/46 1757
Samuel Dickens, 12th stall, 1757-61
/1. Mandate for induction, 3 January 1757
DCD/A/BA/47 1758
Henry Vane, 10th stall, 1758-94
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 March 1758
DCD/A/BA/48 1759
William Markham, 2nd stall, 1759-71
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 June 1759
/2. Letter from Dean to D&C re. promotion of Markham to 2nd stall, 8 July 1759
DCD/A/BA/49 1759
James Douglas, 5th stall, 1759
/1. Mandate for induction, 15 August 1759
DCD/A/BA/50 1759
James Douglas, 4th stall, 1759-80
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 October 1759
DCD/A/BA/51 1759
Samuel Terrick, 5th stall, 1759-61
/1. Mandate for induction, 4 December 1759
DCD/A/BA/52 1760
Thomas Burton, 3rd stall, 1760-61
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 August 1760
DCD/A/BA/53 1761
Samuel Dickens, 11th stall, 1761-91
/1. Mandate for induction, 16 March 1761
/2. Appointment of proxies, 17 March 1761
DCD/A/BA/54 1761
Thomas Burton, 12th stall, 1761-67
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 May 1761
/2. Appointment of proxies, 7 May 1761
DCD/A/BA/55 1761
Gideon Murray, 3rd stall, 1761-78
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 August 1761
DCD/A/BA/56 1761
John Moore, 5th stall, 1761-75
/1. Manfate for installation, 21 September 1761
DCD/A/BA/57 1762
Samuel Dickens, Archdeacon of Durham, 1762-91
/1. Mandate for induction, 2 January 1762
DCD/A/BA/58 1762
Charles Morgan, 9th stall, 1762-64
/1. Mandate for induction, 19 February 1762
/2. Appointment of proxies, 20 February 1762
DCD/A/BA/59 1762
John Sharp, Archdeacon of Northumberland, 162-91
/1. Mandate for induction, 21 April 1762
DCD/A/BA/60 1764
Charles Weston, 9th stall, 1764-68
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 August 1764
DCD/A/BA/61 1767
Edmund Law, 12th stall, 1767-69
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 August 1767
DCD/A/BA/62 1768
Charles Weston, 6th stall, 1768-92
/1. Mandate for intsallation, 1 August 1768
DCD/A/BA/63 1768
John Sharp, 9th stall, 1768-91
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 August 1768
DCD/A/BA/64 1768
Newton Ogle, 7th stall, 1768-1804
/1. Mandate for induction, 26 October 1768
DCD/A/BA/65 1769
John Ross, 12th stall, 1769-1778
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 March 1769
DCD/A/BA/66 1771
Thomas Dampier, 2nd stall, 1771-73
/1. Mandate for induction, 27 February 1771
DCD/A/BA/67 1773
Henry Egerton, 2nd stall, 1773-95
/1. Mandate for induction, 3 March 1773
DCD/A/BA/68 1774
Thomas Dampier, dean, 1774-77
/1. Mandate for induction, 21 April 1774
DCD/A/BA/69 1775
Thomas Fothergill, 5th stall, 1775-96
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 May 1775
/2. Appointment of proxies, 10 May 1775
DCD/A/BA/70 1777
Richard Kaye, 8th stall, 1777-84
/1. Mandate for induction, 23 June 1777
DCD/A/BA/71 1777
William Digby, dean, 1777-88
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 September 1777
DCD/A/BA/72 1778
Richard Fawcett, 3rd stall, 1778-82
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 July 1778
DCD/A/BA/73 1778
Thomas Dampier, 12th stall, 1778-1808/9
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 February 1778
DCD/A/BA/74 1779
Charles Cooper, 1st stall, 1779-1804
/1. Mandate for induction, 29 August 1779
DCD/A/BA/75 1780
Francis Henry Egerton, 4th stall, 1780-1829
/1. Mandate for induction, 13 November 1780
DCD/A/BA/76 1782
Henry Chaytor, 3rd stall, 1782-89
/1. Mandate for induction, 24 July 1782
DCD/A/BA/77 1784
Charles Poyntz, 8th stall, 1784-1809
/1. Mandate for induction, 12 January 1784
DCD/A/BA/78 1789
Phipps Weston, 3rd stall, 1789-94
/1. Mandate for induction, 16 July 1789
DCD/A/BA/79 1792
Reynold Gideon Bouyer, 9th stall, 1792-96
/1. Mandate for induction, 2 July 1792
DCD/A/BA/80 1792
Charles Weston, 11th stall, 1792-1801
/1. Mandate for induction, 4 June 1792
DCD/A/BA/81 1792
Thomas Burgess, 6th stall, 1792-1820
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 June 1792
DCD/A/BA/82 1794
Robert Price, 3rd stall, 1794-1804
/1. Mandate for induction, 28 April 1794
DCD/A/BA/83 1794
James Cornwallis, dean, 1794-1824
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 February 1794
DCD/A/BA/84 1794
Francis Haggitt, 10th stall, 1794-1825
/1. Mandate for induction, 23 June 1794
DCD/A/BA/85 1795
Henry Bathurst, 2nd stall, 1795-1805
/1. Mandate for induction, 6 April 1795
/2. Appointment of proxies, 6 April 1795
DCD/A/BA/86 1796
George Barrington, 9th stall, 1796-1801
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 September 1796
DCD/A/BA/87
Reynold Gideon Bouyer, 5th stall, 1796-1804
/1. Mandate for induction, 21.9.1796
DCD/A/BA/88 1801
David Durell, 9th stall, 1801-09
/1. Mandate for induction, 4 December 1801
DCD/A/BA/89 1801
George Barrington, 11st stall, 1801-29
/1. Mandate for induction, 16 November 1801
DCD/A/BA/90 1804
Robert Price, 5th stall, 1804-1823
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 November 1804
DCD/A/BA/91 1804
Reynold Gideon Bouyer, 1st stall, 1804-26
/1. Mandate for induction, 5 November 1804
DCD/A/BA/92 1804
Robert Gray, 7th stall, 1804-34
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 January 1804
DCD/A/BA/93 1804
Richard Prosser, 3rd stall, 1804-39
/1. Mandate for induction, 13 November 1804
DCD/A/BA/94 1805
Thomas Zouch, 2nd stall, 1805-15
/1. Mandate for induction, 26 April 1805
DCD/A/BA/95 1808
Richard Prosser, archdeaconry of Durham
/1. Mandate for induction, 16 April 1808
DCD/A/BA/96 1809
Henry Phillpotts, 9th stall, 1809-15
/1. Mandate for induction, 24 July 1809
DCD/A/BA/97 1809
Anchitel Grey, 12th stall, 1809-20
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 January 1809
DCD/A/BA/98 1809
David Durell, 8th stall, 1809-52
/1. Mandate for induction, 21 July 1809
DCD/A/BA/99 1815
Henry Phillpotts, 2nd stall, 1815-20
/1. Mandate for induction, 30 December 1815
DCD/A/BA/100 1816
William Nicholas Darnell, 9th stall, 1816-20
/1. Mandate for induction, 12 January 1816
DCD/A/BA/101 1820
Thomas Burgess, 2nd stall, 1820-25
/1. Mandate for induction, 24 October 1820
DCD/A/BA/102 1820
John Bird Sumner, 9th stall, 1820-26
/1. Mandate for induction, 4 November 1820
DCD/A/BA/103 1820
William Nicholas Darnell, 6th stall, 1820-31
/1. Mandate for induction, 28 October 1820
DCD/A/BA/104 1820
John Savile Ogle, 12th stall, 1820-53
/1. Collation and institution, 15 November 1820
/2. Mandate for induction, 15 November 1820
DCD/A/BA/105
NUMBER NOT USED
DCD/A/BA/106 1823
THomas Gisborne, 5th stall, 1823-26
/1. Mandate for induction, 15 April 1823
DCD/A/BA/107 1824
Charles Henry Hall, dean, 1824-27
/1. Mandate for induction, 26 February 1824
DCD/A/BA/108 1825
John Banks Jenkinson, 2nd stall, 1825-27
/1. Admission and institution, 4 August 1825
/2. Mandate for induction, 4 August 1825
DCD/A/BA/109
NUMBER NOT USED
DCD/A/BA/110 1825
George Townsend, 10th stall, 1825-57
/1. Mandate for induction, 2 August 1825
DCD/A/BA/111 1826
Thomas Singleton, archdeaconry of Northumberland, 1826-1842
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 February 1826
DCD/A/BA/112 1826
John Bird Sumner, 5th stall, 1826-27
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 May 1826
DCD/A/BA/113 1826
Thomas Gisborne, 1st stall, 1826-46
/1. Mandate for induction, 6 May 1826
DCD/A/BA/114 1826
William Stephen Gilly, 9th stall, 1826-55
/1. Mandate for induction, 13 May 1826
DCD/A/BA/115 1827
John Banks Jenkinson, dean, 1827-40
/1. Mandate for induction, 30 June 1827
DCD/A/BA/116 1827
John Bird Sumner, 2nd stall, 1827-48
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 June 1827
/2. Appointment of proxy, 26 June 1827
DCD/A/BA/117 1827
Gerald Valerian Wellesley, 5th stall, 1827-48
/1. Mandate for induction, 18 July 1827
DCD/A/BA/118 1829
Thomas Gaisford, 4th stall, 1829
/1. Mandate for induction, 24 February 1829
DCD/A/BA/119 1831
Samuel Smith, 11th stall, 1831-41
/1. Mandate for induction, 14 October 1831
DCD/A/BA/120 1831
Charles Thorp, Archdeacon of Durham, 1831-62
/1. Declaration of conformity to COE, 6 December 1831
/2. Certificate by the bishop of Thorp's subscription and oath on his collation to the archdeaconry, 6 December 1831
/3. Mandate for induction, 6 December 1831
DCD/A/BA/121 1831
Henry Phillpotts, 6th stall, 1831-69
/1. Mandate for induction. Attached- appointment of proxies, 23 February 1831
DCD/A/BA/122 1839
Henry Jenkyns, 3rd stall, 1839-78
/1. Mandate for induction, 21 October 1839
DCD/A/BA/123 1840
George Waddington, dean, 1840-69
/1. Mandate for induction, 22 September 1840
DCD/A/BA/124 1844
George Bland, Archdeacon of Lindisfarne, 1844-53?
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 May 1844
DCD/A/BA/125 1863
Edward Prest, 4th stall (and archdeaconry of Durham), 1863-1882
/1. Mandate for induction, 12 January 1863
/2. Certificate of oaths and subscriptions, 12 January 1863
DCD/A/BA/126
NUMBER NOT USED
DCD/A/BA/127 1878
Adam Storey Farrar, 3rd stall, 1878-1905
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 May 1878
/2. Copy of oath (under cathedral statutes), [17 May 1878]
/3. Note of Dr Farrar's offices, [May 1878]
DCD/A/BA/128 1880
Henry William Watkins, 1st stall and archdeaconry of Northumberland, 1880-82
/1. Mandate for induction, 20 March 1880
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 20 March 1880
/3. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral, [20 March 1880]
DCD/A/BA/129 1882
Henry William Watkins, 6th stall and archdeaconry of Auckland, 1882
/1-2. Mandates for induction to canonry and archdeaconry: mandate for induction into archdeaconry used as draft for Robert Long, [1882], as DCD/A/BA/132., 4 June 1882
/3-4. Certificates of subscriptions and oaths (to canonry and archdeaconry), 4 June 1882
/5. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral (used as draft for declaration on installation to 4th stall and archdeaconry of Durham), [4 June 1882]
DCD/A/BA/130 1882
Henry William Watkins, 4th stall and archdeaconry of Durham, 1882-1922
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 November 1882
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 11 November 1882
/3. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral, [11 Nov 1882]
DCD/A/BA/131 1882
George Hans Hamilton, 1st stall, 1882-1905
/1. Mandate for induction, 14 November 1882
/2. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral, [14 Nov 1882]
DCD/A/BA/132 1882
Robert Long, archdeaconry of Auckland, 1882-1908
/1. Mandate for induction, 30 November 1882
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 30 November 1882
DCD/A/BA/133 1883
George Body, 6th stall, 1883-1911
/1. Mandate for induction, 6 April 1883
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 6 April 1883
/3. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral, [6 Apr 1883]
DCD/A/BA/134 1889
Herbert Kynaston, 11th stall, 1889-1910
/1. Mandate for induction, 29 July 1889
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 29 July 1889
DCD/A/BA/135 1894
George William Kitchin, dean, 1894-1912
/1. Draft of admission and institution (based on institution of Dean Lake 1869), November 1894
/2-3. Two drafts of mandate for induction (one endorsed with date of engrossment), 15 November 1894
/4-5. Draft and sealed copy of certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 16 November 1894
/6. Copy of oath taken at installation, 17 November 1894
/7. Copy of declaration read in the cathedral (endorsed with note of reading and of order of services), 18 November 1894
/8. Draft for acceptance by bishop of William Lake's resignation of the deanery (based on resignation of see by Charles Baring in 1879), November 1894
DCD/A/BA/136 1905
Richard John Knowling, 3rd stall, 1905-1919
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 October 1905
DCD/A/BA/137 1906
George Nickson, 10th stall, 1906-1914
/1. Mandate for induction, 11 June 1906
/2. Copy of declaration to be read in cathedral (adapted from declaration of Herbert Kynaston on installation to 11th stall, 1889), June 1906
DCD/A/BA/138 1908
Edwin Price, archdeaconry of Auckland, 1908-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 1 February 1908
DCD/A/BA/139 1910
Alfred Hamilton Cruickshank, 11th stall, 1910-1927
/1. Letter from bishop's secretary (at Chapter Office) to Cruickshank re date of institution, 4 October 1910
/2. Printed forms for declarations and oaths
/3. Institution, 13 October 1910
/4. Appointment as professor of Greek and Classical Literature in the university of Durham, 13 October 1910
/5. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 13 October 1910
/6. Mandate for induction, 13 October 1910
/7. Envelope for above documents, 13 October 1910
DCD/A/BA/140 1911
Alfred Robert Tucker, 6th stall, 1911-1914
/1. Collation and institution, 28 July 1911
/2. Mandate for induction, 28 July 1911
/3. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 28 July 1911
/6. Typescript notes on installation of a canon (apparently drawn up for Alfred Cruickshank 1910 and annotated for Alred Tucker 1911)
/5. Envelope for above documents, 28 July 1911
DCD/A/BA/141 1914
Herbert Hensley Henson, deanery, 1913-1918
/1-2. Drafts of admission and institution, and of mandate for installlation, 2 January 1914
/3. Mandate for induction, 2 January 1914
DCD/A/BA/142 1914
Percy Augustus Derry, archdeaconry of Auckland, 1914-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 April 1914
DCD/A/BA/143 1914
Arthur Blackwell Goulburn Lillingston, 6th stall, 1914-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 25 August 1914
DCD/A/BA/144 1914
John Nathaniel Quirk, 10th stall, 1914-1922
/1. Mandate for induction (canonry not numbered in mandate, 10th stall identified from installation book DCD/C/A/5), 8 July 1914
DCD/A/BA/145 1918
James Edward Cowell Welldon, deanery, 1918-1933
/1. Presentation (by Crown), 17 June 1918
/2. Admission and institution, 25 July 1918
/3. Mandate for induction, 25 July 1918
/4. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 25 July 1918
/5. Envelope originally containing papers, 25 July 1918
/6. Printed order of service for institution and installation in cathedral, 25 July 1918
DCD/A/BA/146 1919
Dawson Walker, 3rd stall, 1919-1934
/1. Mandate for induction, 7 July 1919
DCD/A/BA/147 1922
John Nathaniel Quirk, 4th stall, 1922-1924
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 October 1922
DCD/A/BA/148 1922
Percy Augustus Derry, 10th stall, 1922-1929
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 December 1922
DCD/A/BA/149 1924
Samuel Kirshbaum Knight, 4th stall, 1924-1932
/1. Mandate for induction, 16 July 1924
DCD/A/BA/150 1927
George Chatterton Richards, 11th stall, 1927-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 July 1927
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 9 July 1927
DCD/A/BA/151 1929
Alfred Edward John Rawlinson, 10th stall and archdeaconry of Auckland, 1929-1936
/1. Mandate for induction to canonry, 14 January 1929
/2. Mandate for induction to archdeaconry, 14 January 1929
DCD/A/BA/152 1932
James Geoffrey Gordon, 4th stall, 1932-1939
/1. Mandate for induction, 15 October 1932
DCD/A/BA/153 1933
Cyril Argentine Alington, deanery, 1933-1951
/1. Admission and institution, 26 April 1933
/2. Mandate for induction, 26 April 1933
DCD/A/BA/154 1934
Oliver Chase Quick, 3rd stall, 1934-1940
/1. Mandate for induction, 10 July 1934
DCD/A/BA/154A 5 May 1936
Leslie Owen (Archdeacon of Auckland), mandate for induction to 10th stall
DCD/A/BA/154B 15 January 1939
Egbert de Grey Lucas, mandate for induction to archdeaconry of Durham and 4th stall
DCD/A/BA/155 1940
Arthur Michael Ramsey, 3rd stall, 1940-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 27 January 1940
DCD/A/BA/156 1943
Stanley Laurence Greenslade, 11th stall, 1943-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 14 July 1943
/2-3. Copies of appointment as Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in University of Durham with 11th canonry annexed, and of institution (endorsed with note that originals returned to Canon Greenslade), 14 July 1943
DCD/A/BA/157 1944
David Colin Dunlop, 10th stall and archdeaconry of Auckland, 1944-???
/1. Mandate for induction to canonry, 20 March 1944
/2. Mandate for induction to archdeaconry, 20 March 1944
DCD/A/BA/157A 1951
John Herbert Severn Wild, deanery, 1951-1973
/1. Manuscript and typescript orders for installation of dean, with covering letter relating to ceremony, 28 September 1951
DCD/A/BA/158 1953
John Oldcastle Cobham, 4th stall and archdeaconry of Durham, 1954-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 October 1953
DCD/A/BA/159 1954
Charles James Stranks, 6th stall, 1954-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 1 January 1954
DCD/A/BA/160 1958
Charles James Stranks, 10th stall and archdeaconry of Auckland, 1958-???
/1. Mandate for induction to archdeaconry, 28 June 1958
/2. Mandate for induction to canonry, 17 October 1958
/3. Envelope for papers, 17 October 1958
DCD/A/BA/161 1958
Henry Ernest William Turner, 3rd stall, 1958-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 17 October 1958
/2. Appointment as Van Mildert Professor of Divinity in University of Durham and to 3rd canonry annexed, 17 October 1958
/3. Envelope for papers, 17 October 1958
DCD/A/BA/162 1959
Christopher Francis Evans, 11th stall (and Lightfoot Professor of Divinity), 1959-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 January 1959
DCD/A/BA/163 1959
George Edward Brigstocke, 6th stall, 1959-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 July 1959
/2. Certificate of subscriptions and oaths, 8 July 1959
/3. Envelope for papers, 8 July 1959
DCD/A/BA/164 1962
Arthur Herbert Couratin, 6th stall, 1962-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 9 July 1962
DCD/A/BA/165 1962
Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson, 11th stall (and Lightfoot Professor of Divinity), 1962-???
/1. Mandate for induction, 8 October 1962
DCD/A/BA/166 ca.1894-1913
Bound volume of miscellaneous papers relating to the installation of deans (mainly copies of documents used as precedents)
DCD/A/BA/167 [19/20th centuries]
Extracts from statutes relating to installation of canons
Residence recordsReference: DCD/A/BBDates of creation: 1639-1910
Extent: ½ box
Dispensations and other documents in relation to residence of dean and prebendaries
Parts previously listed as part of 'Loose Papers' class 11
Five cathedral attendance registers for deans, prebendaries and minor canons, 1882-1933, are held by Durham Cathedral Library, references
DCL Add.MS 5-9.
A residence account for Reynold Gideon Bouyer (9th stall), 1793-1796, is held by Northumberland Archives, reference ZAN M13/B17.
DCD/A/BB/1 1639
John Cosin, 10th Stall, 1624-60
/1. Letter from Richard Stewart to D&C reporting Royal dispensation of Cosin from residence, 12 May 1639
DCD/A/BB/2 1660
Thomas Triplett, 9th Stall, 1660-62
/1. Royal dispensation from residence, 23 November 1660
/2. Petition of D&C to the king regarding above, undated
DCD/A/BB/3 1670
Denis Granville, relating to his residences, 1670-88/89
/1. Royal dispensation of residence requirements, 29 October 1670
/2. Royal dispensation of residence requirements, 29 August 1676
/3. Notice of intended residences, 1688
/4. Appointment of proxies during his absence from England, 11 January 1689
DCD/A/BB/4 1670
William Sancroft, 9th Stall, 1662-74
/1. Royal dispensation of residence requirements, 11 November 1670
DCD/A/BB/5 1673
Relating to residence, 13/12/1673
/1. Order re. abatement of prebendaries' stipends and quotidians for failure to keep residence, 13 December 1673
DCD/A/BB/6 1676
Richard Knightly, 7th Stall 1676-95
/1. Royal dispensation for absence from Great Chapter, 13 November 1676
DCD/A/BB/7 1679
John Durell, 4th Stall, 1668-83
/1. Royal dispensation of residence requirements, 20 June 1679
DCD/A/BB/8 1698
Henry Bagshaw, 9th Stall, 1681-1710
/1. Letter from Bagshaw to D&C registrar re. his right to set his residence, 19 September 1698
DCD/A/BB/9 1728
John Montague, Dean, 1700-28
/1. Chapter's opinion about the late dean's residence, 7 May 1728
DCD/A/BB/10 1735
Wadham Chandler, 12th Stall, 1735-58
/1. Dean's consent to Chandler's concurrent residence, 23 July 1735
/2. Dean's consent to Canon Benson's concurrent residence with Chandler, 14 August 1735
DCD/A/BB/11
Thomas Secker, 3rd Stall, 1727-50; John Sharp, 9th Stall, 1768-91
/1. Copy of letter from Sharp to Secker re. dispensation from residence and claim to monies. With: copy of Secker's reply; summarry of case., undated
/2. Original letter from Secker to Sharp (copy above). With: statement of Sharp's reply, 22 November 1735
DCD/A/BB/12 1748
Wadham Knatchbull, 12th Stall, 1738-56
/1. Dean's consent to keep concurrent residence with another residentiary, 30 November 1748
/2. Letter from Knatchbull to D&C registrar stating his intention to begin residence on 18th January, 10 December 1748
DCD/A/BB/13 1750
John Dolben, 11th Stall 1719-56; Robert Stillingfleet, 5th Stall, 1743-59
/1. Dean's consent for Dolben and Stillingfleet to keep concurrent residence, 16 June 1750
DCD/A/BB/14 1759
James Gisborne, 4th Stall, 1742-59
/1. Letter from Gisborne to D&C registrar re. dispensation from residence, 3 February 1759
/2. Letter from Gisborne to D&C registrar enclosing his despensation from residence, 17 February 1759
DCD/A/BB/15 1761
William Warburton, 1st Stall, 1755-79
/1. Letter from Warburton to Dickens re. dispensation and payments due, 26 March 1761
/2. Letter from Warburton re. payments claimed by him, 30 April 1761
/3. Copy of D&C opinion, 20 July 1761
/4. Letter from Warburton asking for details of a precedent for the non-payment of residence money, 25 July 1761
/5. Copy of letter from D&C asking Warburton to agree to his case being referred to the crown, 28 September 1761
/6. Copy of letter from D&C to Warburton sent with a draft of case, 17 October 1761
/7. Letter from Warburton to D&C registrar objecting to paragraph in above case, 26 October 1761
/8. Draft letter from Dean to Bishop re. presenting petition to King, 20 November 1761
/9. Letter from Masterman to D&C registrar re. case, 21 November 1761
/10. Letter from Masterman to D&C registrar re. case, 3 December 1761
/11. Copy of letter from D&C registrar to Masterman asking for a draft of petition, 19 December 1761
/12. Letter from Masterman to D&C registrar re. case, 24 December 1761
/13. Case stated by Mr Rudd, re dispensation, 1761
/14. Copy of letter from D&C registrar to Masterman re. approach to the crown, 2 January 1762
/15. Letter from Masterman to D&C registrar re. meeting with the Dean, 12 January 1762
/16. Draft letter from D&C registrar to Warburton re. difficulties in appealing to the crown, 20 November 1762
/17. Letter from Warburton to D&C registrar expressing dissatisfaction with D&C handling of his case, 23 November 1762
/18. Copy of letter from D&C to Warburton defending themselves against above, 18 January 1763
/19. Letter from Warburton to D&C registrar in reply to above. With:wrapper, 24 January 1763
/20. Canon Vane's defence against charges by Warburton in above letter, 12 February 1763
/21. Order by D&C to send copy of above defence to Warburton, 12 February 1763
/22. Draft letter from D&C registrar to Warburton asking whether he intends to proceed in demands for residence money, 28 September 1763
/23. Letter from Warburton to D&C registrar re, obtaining an opinion from the Attorney General. With: wrapper, 4 October 1763
/24. Copy of letter from D&C registrar to Warburton, 20 July 1765
/25. letter from Warburton to D&C registrar re. disposal of his residence money, 29 July 1765
DCD/A/BB/16 1783
Francis Henry Egerton, 4th stall, 1780-1829; Newton Ogle, 7th stall, 1768-1804
/1. Letter from Dean Digby consenting to concurrent residence, 28 August 1783
/2. Cover to above
DCD/A/BB/17 1802
/1. Letter from Peter Bowlby to John Bowlby re. Canon Durell's royal dispensation from residence, 28 September 1802
/2. Letter from S Bowlby to John Bowlby re. a dispensed canon's claim to residence money, 28 September 1802
DCD/A/BB/18 1821
Anchitel Grey, 12th Stall, 1809-20
/1. Claim for residence money, 17 November 1821
DCD/A/BB/19 1834
Robert Grey, 7th Stall, 1804-34
/1. Royal dispensation from residence, 5 September 1834
DCD/A/BB/20 1838
Richard Prosser, 3rd stall, 1804-1839
/1. Royal dispensation from residence, 14 June 1838
DCD/A/BB/21 1848
David Durell, 8th Stall, 1809-1852
/1. Royal dispensation from residence (damaged), 14 October 1848
DCD/A/BB/22 (undated)
/1. Case re. the Dean's residence money
DCD/A/BB/23 1905-1910
Annual or quarterly lists of residences and preaching duties
Records of members of the cathedral community, excluding the Dean and members of Chapter
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According to the Marian (and subsequent) statutes, the bishop of Durham has the right to visit the cathedral when invited, or (once in three years only) of his own will, to correct faults and inquire into the ordering of the cathedral and
chapter. He is also, as Visitor, the final arbiter on the statutes in cases of doubt, although the Marian statutes do not allow him (or anyone else, other than the sovereign) to create new statutes.
Some visitation documents were copied into the main series of seal registers, as noted in the
, specifically for 1662 and 1725.
Similar Visitorial material among the Durham Diocesan Records is noted at
