Comment | This record is a dispensation for not entering Holy orders requested by the Wardens and Officers of All Souls, Oxford. The reason for this, is that Beaarcroft has been appointed the King's Comptroller of Customs on the island of St. Lucie, West Indies "an office with which Holy Orders abd a cure of Souls would be incompatible".
The Archbishop of Canterbury declared this a just and Lawful inpediment why Bearcroft should be excused from taking Holy Orders during his continuance in this office. |