| Content Description | Does not think that Mr Fox would have become involved in the living of Landulph if he had known his [Basset's] pretensions; explains it is worth £200 a year and was more valuable to him than to Lord Spencer; refers to his request of the duke to recommend Mr Dillon to one of the bishops; discusses patronage; explains that what he had meant was that as bishops often have small livings to dispose of, it might have been possible to get one for his friend; mentions that he himself is a 'considerable patron'; admits that a living in the diocese of St David's will not do, but adds that Dr Warren, who he thinks is Bishop of St David's [sic], promised him (at Lord North's recommendation) a living for a Welsh friend, but appears to have forgotten about it; asks that the duke mention Mr Dillon to the Bishop of Bristol. |