Comment | Commission dated 16 June granted to confirm the election of Blomfield to be bishop and pastor of the Cathedral Church of Chester, pursuant to the Royal Mandate under the Great Seal to the said Archbishop directed bearing date the 15 day of June 1824.
Which commission was executed by Granville Venables Vernon, who confirmed the election on Saturday 19 June 1824 in the parish church of St James, Westminster, Middlesex. The said Charles Blomfield, so elected and confirmed bishop of Chester, was consecrated by the Archbishop in the Chapel Royal at Whitehall on 20 June, the bishops of London and Exeter assisting. |