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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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or purse, to serve my master in this or any thing 
else Ican be capable of, nor in approving myselfe, 
My dearest Lord, 
Yo™ most oblidged and 
eternally devoted serv’, 
Guo, JEFFREYS. 
Bulstrode, April 5th, 
en 
ARCHBISHOP SANCROFT’S EPISCOPAL COMMISSION 
FOR THE CONSECRATION OF DR. GEO. HICKES 
AND THOMAS WAGSTAIFE. 
The subjoined document has been lately pre- 
sented to Sion College. It originally formed part 
of the valuable manuscript collection of the Rey. 
Thomas Bowdler, and does not appear to have 
ever been published in extenso. An abstract is 
given in The Life of John Kettlewell, p. 346., and 
in Lathbury’s History of the Nonjurors, p. 94. 
The consecration took place on the feast of St. 
Matthias, Feb. 24, 1693, and was solemnly per- 
formed according to the Ordinal of the English 
Church by Dr. William Lloyd, Bishop of Nor- 
wich; Dr. Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely; and 
Dr. Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough, at 
the Bishop of Peterborough’s lodgings, at the 
Rev. William Gifford’s house, Southgate, in Mid- 
dlesex, Dr. Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, giving 
his consent. Sancroft died in the autumn of 
1693, a few months prior to the consecration of 
Dr. Hickes and Mr. Wagstaffe. 
“ Wilhelmus, Providentia divinA Ecclesix Metrop. Cant. 
humilis minister, Reverendo admodum in Christo Patri et 
fratri in Domino charissimo Gulielmo eadem Providentia 
etiam num * Nordovicensi Episcopo, salutem et fraternam 
in Domino charitatem. Cum ego, nuper ex edibus Lam- 
bhithanis vi laica pulsus, et non inveniens in urbe 
vicina ubi tutd possem, aut commode commorari, procul 
secesserim, querens ubi fessus senio requiescerem; multa 
autem jam tum remanserint, et emergant quotidie plura, 
eaque momenti maximi, Dei scilicet et ecclesia negotia, 
nullibi ita commode atque expedite, ac in magno illo 
rerum gerundarum theatro transigenda: Tibi igitur, 
frater dilectissime (qui pro ea, qua polles, animi fortitu- 
dine, et pio, quo flagras, zelo domus Dei, adhue in sub- 
urbiis Londoniensibus, palantibus undique cateris, mo- 
raris et permanesf; aded ut neminem illic habeam ita 
todWuxov, quique ita yvnoiws rerum mearum et ecclesiz 
satagat), Tibi inquam, ad hee omnia tractanda, pensi- 
tanda, et finaliter expedienda, hoc quicquid est muneris 
mei et pontificii, fretus prudentia tua, et solita in rebus 
agundis solertia, committo in Domina; Teque vicarium 
meum ad priemissa, rerumque mearum et negotiorum ac- 
torem, factorem, et nuntium generalem vigore harum lite- 
rarum eligo, facio, et constituo. Apage autem ante no- 
tarii artes et Marculphi formulas! Inter bonos bene agier 
oportet. Dicam summarié et de plano: Quoscunque tu 
frater (prout res et occasio tulerit) assumpseris et adjun- 
* Modo liceat per Pontium Aquilam: Hei mihi quod 
breve de removenda nondum currit. 
t+ Mittens manum tuam-super foramine aspidis et ca- 
verna reguli, animamque etiam exponens super agri alti- 
tudines. 
xeris tibi, elegeris et approbaveris, confirmaveris et con- 
stitueris, ego quoque* (quantum in me est, et de jure 
possum) assumo pariter et adjungo, eligo et approbo, con- 
firmo et constituo: uno verbo quicquid in istiusmodi 
negotiis feceris Ipse, aut faciundum duxeris, id omne 
quantum et quale illud cunque fuerit, mihi audenter 
imputa. Ecce! Ego Wilhelmus manu mea scripsi; Ego 
prestabo; non solum ratum, sed et gratum insuper habi- 
turus. Splendor autem Domini Dei nostri sit super te, 
frater, et opera manuum tuarum dirigat et confirmet; 
Quin et eripiat te (fratresque nostros omnes) ex ore leonis 
et de manu canis et a cornibus unicornium: exaudiat vos, 
mactetque denique et cumulet omni benedictione spiri- 
tuali in ccelestibus in Christo Jesu. Datum e proprio 
conducto (quod enim mihi molior tugurium, superve- 
niente acri hyeme, nondum exedificatum est) hic in 
Campo gelido (nunc etiam profundé gelato) sito intra 
tus dioceeseos pomeria, nono die Februarii ano Dhi, 
1691. 
“ Actum in presentia mei, 
Wm. Sancroft, jun., notarii publici.” 
[Underneath a fac-simile of the archiepiscopal seal. } 
W. Canr. 
Translation. 
“ WILLIAM, by Divine Providence, the humble minister 
of the Metropolitan Church of Canterbury, to the Very 
Reverend Father in Christ, and most dear brother in the 
Lord, William, by the same Providence, Bishop of Nor- 
wich, even still¢, sends Greeting and brotherly love in 
the Lord: 
“Since I have lately been driven out, by a lay force, 
from the house at Lambeth, and found not in the neigh- 
bouring city where I might sojourn with safety and con- 
venience, I have therefore withdrawn to a distance, in 
search for a place where I could rest in my weary old 
age; since, moreover, there were just at that time many 
things remaining, and many more are daily arising, and 
these too of the highest moment, that is, the affairs of 
God and the Church, which can nowhere be transacted so 
conveniently and expeditiously asin that great theatre of 
business; To you, therefore, most beloved brother, who— 
out of that fortitude for which you are eminent, and that 
pious zeal wherewith you are fired for the House of God 
—do still dwell and abide in the suburbs of London, while 
the rest of us are scattered on all sidest; so that Ihave no 
one there who is of a like soul with myself, and who 
would take so hearty an interest in -my affairs and those 
of the Church: To you, J say, I trust in the Lord, for the 
handling, weighing, and finally despatching all these 
things, that is, whatever belongs to my duties and pon- 
tifical office, relying on your prudence and wonted skill 
in business-matters; and, by virtue of these letters, I do 
choose, make, and constitute you my Vicar for the premises, 
and the Agent, Factor, and Deputy-General of my affairs 
and concerns. But mark! away with the art and trade 
of the Notary and the formulas of Marculphe.§ Among 
good men it behoveth good to be done. I will tell you 
in a summary and straightforward manner what I mean 
* Licet absens corpore, mente tamen et affectu semper 
tecum presens. 
+ If Aquila of Pontus will allow it: Ah, me! that the 
Brief for removal is not yet served! 
t Putting your hand “on the hole of the asp and the 
cockatrice’ den,” &c. — Isa. xi. 8. 
L§ Marcylphe was a French monk, He made a collec 
tion of the formulas of the most usual contracts and publie 
acts of the epoch in which he lived, and this valuable 
collection is one of the most important monuments of 
French history, and especially of jurisprudence. —Biog. 
Universelle, art. MARCULFE. } f 
