August 29, 1794 letter from Edward Kilvington to Thomas Haweis
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Title |
August 29, 1794 letter from Edward Kilvington to Thomas Haweis |
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Post Date |
August 29, 1794 |
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Author |
Kilvington, Edward (fl. 1793) |
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Recipient |
Haweis, Thomas (1734-1820) |
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Date |
1794-08-29 |
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Physical Description |
4 pp. total; 2 pp. text; 1 p. address; 1 p. blank |
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Dimensions |
38.1 x 24.1 cm |
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Location (Box, Folder) |
Box 2, File 07 |
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Address To |
Aldwincle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire |
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Country To |
England |
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Address From |
Fenstanton |
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Country From |
England |
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Transcriber |
Gareth Lloyd |
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Plain Text Transcription |
From Edward Kilvington at Fenstanton near St Ives, Huntingdonshire, to T.H. at Aldwincle. He was grateful for T.H.’s kind letter of the19th inst. – the advice that it contained agreed completely with that of most of his friends. T.H. can by all means pass a copy of Sir William Scott’s legal opinion to T.H.’s nephew and Kilvington looks forward to hearing his judgment of the matter. Kilvington has also sent a statement of the case to Serjeant Le Blanc and is awaiting his reply. He is astonished that no word has been received yet from [Thomas] Erskine. They have a short time in which to decide on the approach to be taken. Kilvington hopes before the receipt of the bishop’s [George Pretyman Tomline] next letter to the Vicar [John] Cook to have settled on a course of action as to whether or not his continuation as curate of this parish is possible. If he has a good case, he would think it very wrong to abandon his position. T.H. should let his nephew know that the Vicar [John Cook] is essentially confined to his house through ‘hereditary gout’ and has in fact left it just once in the last two years. He is unable to move across his bedchamber without crutches and never gets down the stairs. Cook cannot therefore be moved without the greatest danger and a journey of four-score miles would probably be out of the question. If such a man were compelled to reside in his parish, it would be very harsh indeed ‘and little consonant with the spirit of our Law, but this is one principle point upon which I wish to be advised.’ (Many vicars of parishes at this time were, with the permission of their bishop, non-resident and employed a curate to exercise pastoral charge of the parish) As T.H. will be absent, perhaps his nephew can send his opinion here, as Kilvington is very keen to have receipt of all the information before the arrival of the bishop’s ultimatum. (1 sheet, 2p.) 29 August 1794 |
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Digital Resources Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2012 |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: Derivatives resized at 4030 pixels in height or width |
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Digital Publisher |
Bridwell Library, Special Collections; Perkins School of Theology; Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Head of Special Collections of the Bridwell Library |
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Decade |
1790-1799 |
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