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BELOE PAPERS
Catalogue reference: MS 3256
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This record is a file about the BELOE PAPERS dating from 1960-1971.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS 3256
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Title (The name of the record)
- BELOE PAPERS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence of Robert Beloe with successive Archbishops of Canterbury
Correspondence with and about Geoffrey Fisher (Archbishop of Canterbury) after his retirement, 1960-71. Amongst the matters discussed are a biography, church and state, church unity, the participation of the laity, prayer book revision, Fisher's proposed celebration of a marriage in a Roman Catholic church, and repeated attempts to deter him from engaging in public controversy (ff.1-180).
Letters from (Arthur) Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1963-8, mainly concerning the reorganisation of the domestic economy at Lambeth Palace (ff.181-262). Included are: (ff.241-57) papers concerning Beloe's employment and duties as lay secretary, and (ff.259-62) a statement by Beloe on the discontinuance of the Archbishop of Canterbury's position as senior Principal Trustee of the British Museum (London), 1969.
Two letters from Frederick Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, 1969, 1975 (ff.263-265v).
Some reflections by Beloe on Archbishops Fisher and Ramsey, 1974 (ff.268-9).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 269 folios
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/66f56d59-f5ce-4aa4-bdab-586c997f16c6/
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
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Within the sub-fonds: MSS/3256-3273
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BELOE PAPERS