244 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SHARP. 



There was another method proposed, viz. 

 that my lord of Carlisle should grant a com- 

 mission under his episcopal seal to such persons 

 as he thought proper to give institution at 

 York ; vs^hich was the method Archbishop San- 

 croft took*, when he made a scruple of conse- 

 crating Bishop Burnet, &c. ; that is, he granted 

 a commission to some other bishops to do it for 

 him. But to this my lord answered, " That 

 it was first necessary that a tender should be 

 made to hi7n of her Majesty's presentation, be- 

 fore any such commission could be regularly 

 issued out. And besides, he thought it would 

 look too much like shuffling to grant a commission 

 to others, to do an act for him, and by his authority, 

 which he could not in conscience do "personally . And 

 besides, he hoped that when the doctor brought 

 his credentials, all their differences might be 

 compromised between themselves. And more- 

 over, he declared that he should not perempto- 

 rily insist upon the doctor's revocation of the 



* Archbishop Sancroft's commission was to four bishops, 

 London, Asaph, Winchester, and LlandafF. By virtue whereof, 

 together with King William and Queen Mary's letters commis- 

 sional, they being assisted by the Bishops of Lincoln and Car- 

 lisle, consecrated Dr. Burnet to Salisbury, in the chapel at 

 Fulham, March 31, 1689 ; and afterwards other bishops were 

 consecrated, and other episcopal acts done by virtue of the 

 said commission. 



