Record

Document Reference	Os C 168
Title	Draft letter from Rev. E. Denison, [later Bishop of Salisbury], Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, to [H.W. Lamb], 2nd Viscount Melbourne; 10 Mar. 1837
Date	10 March 1837
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that degree of Doctor of Divinity will be conferred when announcement of appointment [to Bishopric of Salisbury] has been made; informs him that he would prefer prebendal stall in Collegiate Church of Southwell; states value of estate and received rents; also holds vicarage of St Peter's in Oxford.
Term	degrees, university
	appointments, clerical
	financial affairs, ecclesiastical
	furniture, church

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6030	William IV (1765-1837); King of Great Britain and Ireland; succeeded 1830	1765-1837
NA8625	Denison; Edward (1801-1854); Bishop of Salisbury; brother of J.E. Denison	1801-1854
NA6068	Lamb; H. William (1779-1848); 2nd Viscount Melbourne; M.P., Home Secretary 1830-4, P.M. 1834 and 1835-41	1779-1848