Comment | Pursuant to the conge d'elire.
July 25 1584: Elizabeth R. By the Queene. Trustie and Welbeloved, wee greete you well. And whereas the Bishoppricke of Bath and Welles is at this presente voide by the deathe of the laste incumbente of the same, wee lett you weete that, callihge to our remembrance the vertue, learninge, and other godlye giftes of our trustye and welbeloved Mr Thomas Godwyn, doctor of divinitie, now deane of our cathedral and metropoliticall churche of Canterburye, wee have thoughte good by thease our letters to name and recomende him unto you to bee chosen to the saide bishopricke of Bath and Welles. Whearefore wee praye and require you, forthewith upon the receipts heareof, to procede to your eleccion, accordinge to the lawes and our congie deslier sente unto you hearewith; and the same eleccion soe made to certifie unto us under your common seale accordinglye. Given under our signet, at the mannor of Nonesuche, the xxvth daye of julye, in the sixe and twentithe yeare of our raigne, 1584.
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