| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | Ramsey 339/41 |
| Extent | 20 ff. |
| Title | Crown Appointments: York |
| Date | 1974 |
| Description | Papers relating to the appointment of Stuart Blanch, Bishop of Liverpool, as Archbishop of York, including: letter from W.H. Saumarez Smith to Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, enclosing the Statement of Needs for the Archdiocese of York; correspondence between Archbishop Ramsey and the Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, about possible candidates; memo about Bishop John Howe's illness and unwillingness to accept the post; correspondence between Archbishop Ramsey and Colin Peterson about possible candidates; letter from Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York about the Bishop of Liverpool's acceptance of the post. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| DS/UK/5841 | Diocese of York | |
| 260 | Blanch; Lord; Stuart Yarworth (1918-1994); Baron of Bishopsthorpe; Archbishop of York | 1918-1994 |
| DS/UK/6536 | Smith; William H. Saumarez (fl. 1962-1974); Appointments Secretary to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York | fl. 1962-1974 |
| DS/UK/3444 | Wilson; (James) Harold (1916-1995); Baron Wilson of Rievaulx; Prime Minister | 1916-1995 |
| DS/UK/4103 | Howe; John William Alexander (1920-2001); bishop of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld and Dunblane | 1920-2001 |
| GB/109/15265 | Peterson; Colin Vyvyan (1932-); Secretary for Appointments to PM and Ecclesiastical Secretary to the Lord Chancellor | 1932- |
| 298 | Coggan; Frederick Donald (1909-2000); Baron Coggan; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1909-2000 |