| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | Ramsey 339/29 |
| Extent | 45 ff. |
| Title | Crown Appointments: Norwich |
| Date | 1971 |
| Description | Papers relating to the appointment of Maurice Wood as Bishop of Norwich in succession to Launcelot Fleming, including: letter from Bishop Fleming about Suffragan Archdeacons in the diocese of Norwich, with reply, Feb. 1971 (ff.1-2); letters from W.H. Saumarez-Smith to Archbishop Ramsey enclosing a Statement of Needs for the diocese, and a petition from T.A. Hall pressing for the appointment of E.W.B. Cordingley, Bishop of Thetford (ff.3-12); Archbishop Ramsey's correspondence with the Bishop Cordingley and the Revd. Aubrey Aitken, Archdeacon of Norwich, about the adminstration of the diocese during the vacancy (ff.13-15); letter from Archbishop Ramsey to the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath about the bishoprics of Norwich and Chelmsford, recommending that an approach be made to the Revd. Dr. Owen Chadwick as a suitable candidate for Norwich and giving a list of three candidates for Chelmsford (ff.16-18); letter from Archbishop Ramsey to W.H. Saumarez-Smith proposing Chadwick for Norwich (f.19); correspondence between Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop Ramsey on candidates for Chelmsford and Norwich (ff.20-22); correspondence between Sir John Hewitt and Archbishop Ramsey about an offer of Chelmsford to John Trillo, Suffragan Bishop of Hertford, and an informal approach to Dr. Chadwick, which he considered but declined (ff.23-26); letter from Archbishop Ramsey to the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath proposing three candidates for the see of Norwich and making a case for the appointment of the Revd. Preb. M.A.P. Wood, 14 May 1971 (ff.27-29); correspondence between Canons Martin Kaye and Michael Mann and Archbishop Ramsey expressing their disquiet at the manner in which they were asked to 'elect' Bishop Wood (ff.30-35); correspondence between Archbishop Ramsey and the Revd. Timothy Dudley-Smith about preaching at Bishop Wood's consecration, and dining before the consecration (ff.36,38-42); letter from the Preb. Wood accepting Archbishop Ramsey's invitation to stay at Lambeth Palace with his family before the consecration (f.37); correspondence between Bishop Wood and Geoffrey Tiarks, Bishop of Maidstone, about whether he should preach at the consecration of the new Bishop of Panama, with Archbishop Ramsey's note that me should not accept, Dec. 1971, (ff.43-46). |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| GB/109/7418 | Wood; Maurice Arthur Ponsonby (1916-2007); Bishop of Norwich | 1916-2007 |
| DS/UK/4802 | Fleming; (William) Launcelot Scott (1906-1990); Bishop of Norwich | 1906-1990 |
| DS/UK/6536 | Smith; William H. Saumarez (fl. 1962-1974); Appointments Secretary to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York | fl. 1962-1974 |
| 11 | Ramsey; (Arthur) Michael (1904-1988); Baron Ramsey of Canterbury; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1904-1988 |
| GB/109/8672 | Cordingley; Eric William Bradley (1911-1976); Bishop Suffragan of Thetford | 1911-1976 |
| GB/109/8810 | Heath; Sir; Edward Richard George (1916-2005); Knight; statesman | 1916-2005 |
| DS/UK/3469 | Chadwick; William Owen (1916-2015); clergyman and historian | 1916-2015 |
| 298 | Coggan; Frederick Donald (1909-2000); Baron Coggan; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1909-2000 |
| GB/109/8819 | Hewitt; Sir; John Francis (1910-1979); Knight; civil servant | 1910-1979 |
| DS/UK/4992 | Trillo; (Albert) John (1915-1992); Bishop of Chelmsford | 1915-1992 |
| GB/109/17637 | Kaye; Martin (1919-1977); Archdeacon of Craven | 1919-1977 |
| GB/109/13831 | Mann; Michael Ashley (1924-2011); Dean of Windsor | 1924-2011 |
| GB/109/12750 | Dudley-Smith; Timothy (1926-); suffragan Bishop of Thetford | 1926- |
| 564 | Tiarks; Geoffrey Lewis (1909-1987); Suffragan Bishop of Maidstone | 1909-1987 |
| GB/109/24317 | Aitken; (William) Aubrey Aitken (1911-1985); Bishop of Lynn | 1911-1985 |