Item
J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
Catalogue reference: SP 36/46/187A
Date: 1738 Oct 25
J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
Item
Folio 40-41. Thomas Sarum [Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of Salisbury] to Duke of Newcastle...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/102/1/40
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This record is about the Folio 40-41. Thomas Sarum [Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of Salisbury] to Duke of Newcastle... dating from 1747 Oct 14 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1747 Oct 14
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Folio 40-41. Thomas Sarum [Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of Salisbury] to Duke of Newcastle turning down the King's invitation to become Archbishop [of Canterbury] and expressing doubts as to his own suitability for the See. Recalls the final years of [archbishops Thomas] Tenison and [William] Wake as 'years of forgetfulness'. Dated at Sarum [Salisbury, Wiltshire] [see also folio 38].
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- Folio 55-56
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