Martin’s Returns Support Cathedral Land Holdings Claim
The article defends Mr Martin’s use of the Returns of Owners of Land 1873 and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners authority to support that cathedrals hold substantial landed property. It notes Westminster Abbey and Durham Cathedral self manage estates, cites specific revenues and expenses, and argues critics’ charges are unfounded.
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Mr. Martin
Ecclesiastcal Commissioners
Martin
Lichfield
St. David's
England
Cavendish Bentinck
Saisbury
Diocese of
St. David’s
Worcester
Westminster
Dean and Chapter of
Westminster Abbey
Durham
Winchester
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
Aldborough
Dorworth
Alverston
Hepburn
Angle
Latham
Balton
Macclesfield
Bayston
Windsor
Bedminster
Guardian
Exeter
Norwich
Clerical Fellowships Debate in Lords Rejected
Lord Granville pressed to abolish or greatly reduce clerical fellowships in universities. A minority of 69 backed him, including one bishop, but the amendment failed by 34 votes. Government allies argued against restraint, while commissioners now hold the issue with possible Cambridge changes. The outcome hinges on commissioner recommendations.
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Lord Granville
House of Lords
Episcopal
London
Cambridge
Dissent over Isolated Disputes on Land Sale and Lease
Summary of letters and defenses about St John’s College Cambridge refusal to sell land to build a Baptist minister’s house and St Thomas’s Hospital lease to a Nonconformist. Clergy, vicar, and hospital officials dispute motives, stressing neutrality in tenancy decisions.
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Toller
Winford Farm
Waterbeach
St. John’s College, Cambridge
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Cherry Hinton
Daily News
Dr. Bateson
St. John’s College
Francis Hicks
Teller
Drear Srr
Gover nment Views on University Clerical Fellowships
The two commissions echo Lords Salisbury and Carnarvon in doubting reforms. The India secretary defends the present system and clerical fellowships as safeguarding religious teaching, while the colonies secretary insists universities remain ecclesiastical yet open to Dissenters. This stance suggests continued sectarian control of higher education.
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Salisbury
Carnarvon
India
Church of England
Lord Carnarvon