- Whytehead/I/B/41
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- 23 Dec. 1930
From Gerrards Cross. Life in Gerrards Cross. The merits of scrambled eggs. Politics and county families. Safety razors. His send-off on retirement. A terrible sermon.
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Archival descriptionE. A. Ley, Rector of Manningtree, Essex
- Whytehead/I/B/40
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- 23 Jan. 1930
Of death and old age. Other acquaintances. Disputes over parishioners' allegiances. Despondent over the future of the Church, and especially Anglo-Catholicism. Will retire later in the year. Cambridge churchmanship is also at a low ebb.
Edgar Jacob, Bishop of St Albans
- Whytehead/I/B/17
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- 16 Aug. 1906
From St Albans. Welcoming RYW to his diocese. More about the Campbell Ogilvies. Plans for his installation. The Rector of Mistley will be a good neighbour.
Edgar Jacob, Bishop of St Albans
- Whytehead/I/B/18
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- 21 Aug. 1906
From Walton-on-the-Naze. The suffragan Bishop of Colchester will institute RYW in October.
- Whytehead/I/B/2
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- 16 May 1870
From Crayke. Sending baptismal certificate to Chichester diocese.
Extracts from letters of Mrs Selwyn to Mrs Churton and others
- Whytehead/IV/A/31
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- 1842–1843 (30 Sep., 5 Nov., 30 Nov. 1842 and not dated)
The state of TW's health and the circumstances of his death.
Extracts from the journal of the Revd W. C. Cotton, who attended TW in his final illness
- Whytehead/IV/A/34
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- 18 Mar. 1843–20 Mar. 1843
G. A. Weekes, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- Whytehead/I/B/44
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- 21 Dec. 1934
From Cambridge. Recalling Madingley days, and J. S. Poole. Still hears confessions.
G. A. Weekes, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- Whytehead/I/B/43
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- 30 Sep. 1934
From Cambridge. Describing the new Master of St John's, E. A. Benians: 'I scarcely think he will take the same interest in College livings as Scott did. Scott was a son of the manse, and I expect a sort of conforming Presbyterian. I don't know what Benians is, but he is a man with a strong sense of duty, and a very charming person.' Appreciates the battles fought on behalf of Catholic ritual by RYW's generation, but there is still a great deal of prejudice in parishes. His reasons for declining the see of Ely. Drinking port.
G[eorge] A[ugustus] Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand, to [William Whytehead]
- Whytehead/IV/A/30
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- 21 Mar. 1843
From St John's College at the Waimate, Bay of Islands. With a copy. Condolences on his loss. Details of the grave and burial. TW 'will be borne by the 6 students of my little College, of which he was the first principal. Enclosing a codicil to Thomas's will.
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