| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Item |
| Alt Ref No | Ramsey 279, ff. 92-206 |
| Title | Retirement of Archbishop: letters of appreciation and farewell |
| Date | 1974 |
| Description | Letters and other tributes to Archbishop Ramsey on his retirement from, among others: Gerald Ellison, Bishop of London (ff.92-93); Falkner Allison, Bishop of Winchester (f.94); Dr. Lesley Wilder (ff.95-96); Launcelot Fleming, Dean of Windsor (f.97); Ian White-Thomson, Dean of Canterbury (f.98); Dr. Kenneth Greet (f.99); John Hughes, Bishop of Croydon (f.100); Cardinal Heenan, with reply (ff.101, 200-201); the Revd. John Huxtable (ff.102, 137); Sir Harold Kent (f.103); the Revd. Harry Morton (f.104); Niel Nye, Archdeacon of Maidstone (f.105); David Say, Bishop of Rochester (ff.106, 204); Oliver Tomkins, Bishop of Bristol (f.107); Sylvia Freck, Council on Foreign Relations (f.108); Eric Abbott, Dean of Westminster (ff.109-110); the Revd. W.P. Baddeley (f.111); Sir Ronald Harris (f.112); E.W. Scott, Primate of Canada (f.113); the Revd. Harry Smythe (ff.114-116); Kenneth Woollcombe, Bishop of Oxford (ff.117-118); Cyril Bowles, Bishop of Derby (f.119); Canon David Paton (f.120); Mons. Bruno Heim, with thanks for a farewell dinner (ff.121, 168-169, 195); Janet Lacey (ff.122-123); Thomas Reed, Bishop of Adelaide (f.124); Bishop Francis Cocks (f.125); Bishop Kenneth Sansbury (f.126); Peter Walker, Bishop of Dorchester (f.127); the Revd. Peter Cornwell (ff.128-129); the Revd. Harold Roberts (ff.130-131); Pope Paul VI (ff.132-133); Marinus Kok, Archbishop of Utrecht (ff.134-135); Allen Johnston, Archbishop of New Zealand (f.136); the Revd. C.D.D. Doren (f.138); Mons. Hubert Coron Delooz (ff.141-142); Archbishop Mstyslaw Skrypnyk, with reply (ff.143-144); Lewis Garnsworthy, Bishop of Toronto, with reply (ff.145-146); Kaare Støylen, Bishop of Oslo, with reply (ff.147-148); the Revd. Ronald Norton, with reply (ff.149-150); Lord Fletcher (f.151); Nicholas VI, Patriarch of Alexandria, with reply (ff.152-154); Eric Simmoms CR (f.155); Cardinal Suenens, with reply (ff.156-158); the Revd. Thomas Schultz (f.159); Keith Rayner, Bishop of Wangaratta (ff.160-161); the Most Revd. Howard Clark (f.162); Canon Leslie Lloyd Rees (f.165); Gwilym Williams, Archbishop of Wales (f.164); Alan Webster, Dean of Norwich (ff.166-167); Sir Israel Brodie (f.171); Lord Inchiquin (f.172); Bishop Frank Thorne (f.174); Dr. Philip Potter, with reply (ff.177-180); Douglas Feaver, Bishop of Peterborough (f.184); Canon Leslie Arnold (f.193); Sir Hugh Wontner (f.194); Cardinal Willebrands, with reply (ff.196-198); Archbishop Iakovos, with reply (ff.202-203); John Lang (ff.205-206); Archbishop Ramsey's letter of thanks for a dinner given by the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson (f.170), to Archbishop Athenagoras of Thyateira for a farewell gift (f.176), to Canon Tom Sutcliffe (f.181), to Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch (f.183), to Pope Paul VI (ff.185). |
| Code | Name | Dates |
| 11 | Ramsey; (Arthur) Michael (1904-1988); Baron Ramsey of Canterbury; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1904-1988 |
| 338 | Ellison; Gerald Alexander (1910-1992); Bishop of London | 1910-1992 |
| 87 | Allison; Sherard Falkner (1907-1993); Bishop of Winchester | 1907-1993 |
| GB/109/14209 | Wilder; Lesley (1912-); clergyman | 1912- |
| DS/UK/4802 | Fleming; (William) Launcelot Scott (1906-1990); Bishop of Norwich | 1906-1990 |
| DS/UK/3228 | White-Thomson; Ian Hugh (1904-1997); clergyman | 1904-1997 |
| 361 | Greet; Kenneth Gerald (1918-2014); Secretary of the Methodist Conference | 1918-2014 |
| DS/UK/4861 | Hughes; John Taylor (1908-2001); suffragan Bishop of Croydon | 1908-2001 |
| GB/109/8230 | Heenan; John Carmel (1905-1975); Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster | 1905-1975 |
| 390 | Huxtable; William John Fairchild (1912-1990); Congregationalist minister | 1912-1990 |
| 402 | Kent; Sir; Harold Simcox (1903-1998); Dean of the Arches | 1903-1998 |
| GB/109/11518 | Morton; Harry Osborne (1925-1988); President of the Methodist Conference | 1925-1988 |
| 105 | Say; Richard David (1914-2006); Bishop of Rochester | 1914-2006 |
| 567 | Tomkins; Oliver Stratford (1908-1992); Bishop of Bristol | 1908-1992 |
| DS/UK/3439 | Abbott; Eric Symes (1906-1983); Dean of Westminster | 1906-1983 |
| GB/109/8667 | Harris; Sir; Ronald Montague Joseph (1913-1995); First Church Estates Commissioner | 1913-1995 |
| DS/UK/4959 | Scott; Edward Walter (1919-); Archbishop, and Primate of all Canada | 1919- |
| GB/109/12133 | Smythe; Harry Reynolds (1923-2005); Director, Anglican Centre in Rome | 1923-2005 |
| GB/109/11833 | Woollcombe; Kenneth John (1924-2008); Bishop of Oxford | 1924-2008 |
| 265 | Bowles; Cyril William Johnston (1916-1999); Bishop of Derby | 1916-1999 |
| 484 | Paton; David Macdonald (1913-1992); Secretary of Council for Ecumenical Co-operation of Church Assembly | 1913-1992 |
| GB/109/15118 | Heim; Bruno (1911-2003); Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to England | 1911-2003 |
| DS/UK/6271 | Lacey; Janet (1903-1988); charity director | 1903-1988 |
| DS/UK/4940 | Reed; Thomas Thornton (1902-); Archbishop of Adelaide | 1902- |
| GB/109/8476 | Cocks; Francis William (1913-1998); suffragan Bishop of Shrewsbury | 1913-1998 |
| DS/UK/4956 | Sansbury; Cyril Kenneth (1905-1993); Bishop of Singapore and Malaya | 1905-1993 |
| GB/109/8147 | Walker; Peter Knight (1919-2010); Bishop of Ely | 1919-2010 |
| GB/109/8106 | Cornwell; Peter Raphael (1934-); Vicar of Barnard Castle | 1934- |
| DS/UK/6540 | Paul VI (1897-1978); Pope | 1897-1978 |
| 409 | Kok; Marinus (fl 1970-1982); Archbishop of Utrecht | fl 1970-1982 |
| DS/UK/4864 | Johnston; Allen Howard (1912-2002); Archbishop of New Zealand | 1912-2002 |
| DS/UK/3440 | Fletcher; Eric George Molyneux (1903-1990); Baron Fletcher; MP for East Islington | 1903-1990 |
| GB/109/12134 | Suenens; Leon-Joseph (1904-1996); Cardinal | 1904-1996 |
| GB/109/8467 | Clark; Howard Hewlett (1903-1983); Primate of All Canada and Archbishop of Rupert's Land | 1903-1983 |
| GB/109/16575 | Rees; Leslie Lloyd (1919-); Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Winchester | 1919- |
| DS/UK/5005 | Williams; Gwilym Owen (1913-1990); Archbishop of Wales | 1913-1990 |
| 588 | Webster; Alan Brunskill (1918-2007); Dean of St. Paul's | 1918-2007 |
| GB/109/8086 | Brodie; Sir; Israel (1895-1979); Knight; Chief Rabbi | 1895-1979 |
| DS/UK/5346 | Thorne; Frank Oswald (1892-1981); UMCA missionary and Bishop of Nyasaland | 1892-1981 |
| GB/109/14231 | Potter; Philip Alford (1921-); General Secretary, World Council of Churches | 1921- |
| GB/109/7921 | Feaver; Douglas Russell (1914-1997); Bishop of Peterborough | 1914-1997 |
| GB/109/6575 | Willebrands; Johannes Gerardus Maria (1909-2006); Cardinal; Archbishop of Utrecht and Primate of the Netherlands | 1909-2006 |
| GB/109/6713 | Lang; John Harley (1927-2012); Dean of Lichfield | 1927-2012 |
| DS/UK/3444 | Wilson; (James) Harold (1916-1995); Baron Wilson of Rievaulx; Prime Minister | 1916-1995 |
| 255 | Kokkinakis; Athenagoras II (1912-1979); Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain | 1912-1979 |
| GB/109/12989 | Demetrios I (c.1914-1991); Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | c.1914-1991 |
| GB/109/8788 | Baddeley; William Pye (1914-1998); Dean of Brisbane | 1914-1998 |
| 511 | Roberts; Harold (1896-1982); Principal of Richmond College | 1896-1982 |
| GB/109/16639 | Garnsworthy; Lewis Samuel (1922-1990); Archbishop of Toronto | 1922-1990 |
| GB/109/16640 | Støylen; Kaare (fl.1973-1977); Bishop of Oslo | fl.1973-1977 |
| GB/109/16641 | Rayner; Keith (1929-); Primate of Australia | 1929- |
| GB/109/16642 | O'Brien; Phaedrig Lucius Ambrose (1900-1982); 17th Baron of Inchiquin | 1900-1982 |
| GB/109/16643 | Wontner; Sir; Hugh Walter Kingwell (1908-1992); knight; Lord Mayor of London | 1908-1992 |
| GB/109/16663 | Mstyslaw (1898-1993); Patriarch of Kiev and All Ukraine | 1898-1993 |
| GB/109/16664 | Koukouzis; Demetrios (1911-2005); Iakovos/Jakovos; Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America | 1911-2005 |
| GB/109/16665 | Simmons; Eric (1930-); Community of the Resurrection | 1930- |
| GB/109/16666 | Nicholas VI (1915-1986); Patriarch of Alexandria | 1915-1986 |