Mandate for the Installment of Bishop Thomas Wilson, Isle of Man, 1697
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- Sources
- Name
- Mandate for the Installment of Bishop Thomas Wilson, Isle of Man, 1697
- Description
- An ecclesiastical mandate from John Sharp, Archbishop of York, dated 20 January 1697, formally installing Thomas Wilson as Bishop of Sodor and Man. The document includes the Latin original and English translation, with attestations of installation dated 11 April 1698. Relevant to understanding the Isle of Man's ecclesiastical governance and the formal procedures by which bishops were appointed and installed during the period leading up to the 1765 Revestment.
- Date
- 20 January 1697
- Related To
- Thomas Wilson
- Collection
- Interregnum and Restoration
- Type
- Primary Source Transcription
- Date Created
- 1697-01-20
- Creator
- John Sharp, Archbishop of York, by authority of Parliament and William III
- Audience
- Archippus Kippax (Archdeacon), clergy of the Diocese of Sodor, and others with authority; formally installing Thomas Wilson
- Language
- English and Latin