Note 22 — Parentalia:

It was said at the time, as we recollect, that this piece of preferment was so peculiar in its tenure, as not to be strictly optionable; for, had the See of Lichfield been possessed by a Bishop inimical to the Archbishop or to Mr. Pegge at the time of the vacancy of the Stall, such Bishop might have defeated his Grace's intentions. The qualifications of the Residentiaries in this Cathedral we understand to be singular, dependent on the possession of certain Prebendal Houses, which are in the absolute disposal of the Bishop, as a sine quâ non, to constitute the eligibility which is vested in the Dean and Chapter. As matters stood, in this case, at the death of Mr. Seward, the present Bishop of Lichfield (Dr. James Cornwallis), Mr. Pegge's warm Friend, co-operating with the Dowager Mrs. Cornwallis, removed every obstruction.