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Reference code
JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/12/7/7
Title
Letter from the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
Date(s)
- 25 May 1871 (Creation)
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1 sheet
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Scope and content
Writes on behalf of his friend Samuel Marling, who would like to acquire the patronage of King's Stanley, and offers to buy for the College an advowson of equal value, and to fund the restoration of the church, and "to set the parish generally right, where money may be needed." He was a Dissenter and is still a liberal, but has done much for the church.