THE CHURCH.
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BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE.
1800—Dr. Richard Hurd.
1808—June—The Rev. Dr. Folliot Herbert Walker Cornwall, translated from the See of Hereford.
1831—September 13—Dr. Robert Carr, translated from the See of Chichester.
1841—May 1—Dr. Henry Pepys, translated from the See of Sodor and Mann.
DEANS OF WORCESTER.
1800—Rev. Arthur Onslow, D.D.
1817—October—The Rev. John Bankes Jenkinson.
1825—August—The Rev. James Hook, LL.D.
1828—March—The Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Rochester.
1845—December—The Rev. John Peel, Rector of Waresley, and brother of the Premier, in the stead of the Bishop of Rochester, who gave up this piece of preferment in accordance with the arrangements of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. To the Deanery of Worcester had hitherto been attached the Vicarage of Bromsgrove, with which were the Vicarage of Kingsnorton and the Chapelries of Christ Church, Moseley, and Wythal. All of these had been held by the Bishop of Rochester, and Bromsgrove had been without a resident Vicar for half a century. These preferments are now separated from the Deanery.
THE CHAPTER.
1800—Rev. J. Torkington, LL.D. Rev. J. Stillingfleet, D.D. Rev. John Plumptre, M.A. Rev. Richard Kilvert, M.A. Rev. Charles Talbot, M.A. Rev. Septimus Collinson, D.D. Rev. John Carver, M.A. Rev. Thomas Fountain. Rev. Thomas Evans, D.D. Rev. Thomas James, D.D.
1803—Rev. John Wingfield, D.D.
1804—Rev. James Meakin, A.M.
1804—Rev. J. F. Seymour Fleming St. John, M.A.
1808—Rev. John Bankes Jenkinson, M.A.
1813—Rev. William Digby, A.M.
1815—Rev. Townsend Forrester, D.D.
1815—Hon. and Rev. Edward Rice, M.A.
1817—Hon. and Rev. Richard Bagot, M.A.
1817—Rev. Herbert Oakley, M.A.
1818—Rev. Anthony Pye, M.A.
1822—Rev. C. R. Sumner, M.A.
1825—Rev. T. Gaisford, M.A.
1826—Rev. J. Davison, B.D.
1826—Rev. Christopher Benson, M.A.
1827—Rev. Godfrey Faussett, B.D.
1829—Thomas Singleton, M.A., to Deanery.
1830—Hon. and Rev. James Somers Cocks.
1833—Rev. E. Winnington Ingram, M.A.
1834—Hon. and Rev. John Fortescue, M.A.
1841—Rev. J. R. Wood, M.A., Chaplain to the Queen Dowager.
1845—Rev. J. Peel, D.D., Dean.
1848—Rev. E. H. Cradock, M.A.
The number of Canonries is now reduced from ten to four.
1834—February—The office of Rural Dean was revived by the Bishop of Worcester, having been allowed in this diocese to remain in abeyance for nearly a century. The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Aston was the first appointed.
PROCTORS
ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE DIOCESE IN CONVOCATION.
1802—The Rev. T. R. Nash, D.D., Rector of Leigh, and the Rev. Francis Mills, M.A., Rector of Barford.
1806—Dr. Nash and the Rev. Francis Mills reëlected. The Rev. James Stillingfleet, M.A., Prebendary, chosen to represent the Dean and Chapter.
1807—Dr. Nash and the Rev. F. Mills reëlected. The Rev. James Torkington, LL.D., elected Proctor for the Dean and Chapter.
1812—The Rev. Richard Kilvert, M.A., Rector of Hartlebury, and the Rev. Francis Mills, M.A., elected for the body of the Clergy; and the Rev. Dr. Torkington to represent the Dean and Chapter.
1818—The Rev. John Wingfield, D.D., Vicar of Bromsgrove, and the Rev. Francis Mills, for the Clergy; and the Rev. James Meakin, M.A., for the Dean and Chapter.
1820—The same clergymen reëlected.
1826—The Rev. John Walker Baugh, M.A., Rector of Ripple, and the Rev. Francis Mills, for the Clergy.
1830—The Rev. J. W. Baugh, and the Rev. Francis Mills, for the Clergy; and the Rev. William Digby, Sub-Dean, for the Dean and Chapter.
1831—The same clergymen reappointed.
1832—The Rev. J. W. Baugh, and the Rev. Francis Mills, for the Clergy; and the Rev. Townsend Forrester, D.D., Sub-Dean, for the Dean and Chapter.
1835—The same clergymen reëlected.
1837—The Rev. Thomas Baker, M.A., Rector of Hartlebury, and the Rev. George Leigh Cook, B.D., Rector of Cubbington, Warwickshire, for the Clergy; and the Rev. William Digby, M.A., Prebendary, for the Dean and Chapter.
1841—The Rev. Henry Arthur Woodgate, B.D., Rector of Bellbroughton, and the Rev. John Howells, Vicar of St. Trinity, Coventry, for the Clergy; and the Rev. William Digby for the Chapter.
1847—The Rev. H. A. Woodgate, and the Rev. Robert Chapman Savage, M.A., Vicar of Nuneaton, for the Clergy; and the Hon. and Rev. Somers Cocks for the Chapter.
1852—The Rev. H. A. Woodgate and the Rev. R. Seymour were elected by the clergy. Two other clergymen were proposed, viz., the Rev. P. M. Smythe and the Rev. R. C. Savage; the latter as a gentleman opposed to the revival of Convocation; and a show of hands was taken. For Mr. Woodgate 20 hands were held up; for Mr. Seymour, 23; for Mr. Smythe, 17; and for Mr. Savage, 9.