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MANDATES FOR INDUCTION

Catalogue reference: AH26

What’s it about?

This record is about the MANDATES FOR INDUCTION dating from 1662-1915.

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Full description and record details

Reference

AH26

Title

MANDATES FOR INDUCTION

Date

1662-1915

Description

Ecclesiastical mandates are simply written commands, in this case from a bishop to an archdeacon. Mandates for induction include the seal and signature of the bishop, and direct the archdeacon to induct a clergyman to a benefice of a rectory or vicarage. After the clergyman had been inducted the mandate, along with the certificate of induction, would be returned to the archdeaconry registrar's office in Huntingdon. In the descriptions given here, the name of the clergyman, his parish, and in most instances the patron of the living of the parish are included.

Although the series comprises mostly mandates for induction of clergy, a number of additional documents are also present with these records. They include certificates of induction, commencing in April 1747 and thereafter bound up with their respective mandates; subscription certificates to the 39 articles signed in the mid 19th century; and some further mandates dating from the archidiaconate of F.G. Vesey (1874-1915).

Held by
Huntingdonshire Archives
Language

English

Physical description

904 files

Custodial history

All files include the references 234-242, the numbers accorded to the records in the summary list of W.M. Noble and S. Inskip Ladds in 1921.

Publication note(s)
<p>A more extensive introduction to these papers is available at County Record Office Huntingdon, written by Alan Richardson.</p>
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f86b8427-f0b0-4602-921d-3354834665ba/

Series information

AH26-27

RECORDS OF INDUCTION TO BENEFICES AND OFFICIAL POSITIONS

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Catalogue hierarchy

44,583 records

This record is held at Huntingdonshire Archives

11,497 records

Within the fonds: AH

Archdeaconry of Huntingdon

1,173 records

Within the series: AH26-27

RECORDS OF INDUCTION TO BENEFICES AND OFFICIAL POSITIONS

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MANDATES FOR INDUCTION