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Contemporary account of Matthew Parker's consecration as Archbishop of Canterbury on 17 December 1559 in the chapel of Lambeth Palace, together with the document commissioning Walter Haddon as judge in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury ten days later., 1559-12-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0268/CCCC02/M/14/5a

Scope and Contents

Those present at the consecration are listed and the manner of the service described. Presumably it was once part of Parker's personal collection of manuscript material. It was returned to the Parker Library from the modern archives of the college in 1959.

Dates

  • Creation: 1559-12-17

Extent

1 membrane(s) : vellum

Language of Materials

Latin

Former / Other Reference

MS 581

Bibliography

See Fines, J., and Vaughan, R., 'A handlist of mss. in the library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, not described by M.R. James', Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 3 pt. 2 (1960), 113-23.; Goodwin, J., 'An account of the rites and ceremonies which took place at the consecration of Archbishop Parker', Publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 1, no. 3 (1841), 9-27; Page, R. I., Matthew Parker and His Treasures: Handlist of Exhibits (Cambridge, 1975).

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2010-07-21 15:03:39+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Corpus Christi College Archives Repository

Contact:
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