Surname | Gell |
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Forename | John |
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Date of Birth | 21/9/1762 |
Birthplace | Lonan |
Ev. Entitl. | curate St Marks |
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Type | candidate for ordination |
Date | 12/4/1791 |
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Clerical Status | priest |
Letters Dimissory | No |
Source | MNHL, MD335 (Miscellaneous) |
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Bishop | Crigan, Claudius/Sodor and Man 1784-1813 |
Gell petitioned [date in record] Crigan for ordination having been curate for 6 years as deacon and that as a result the sacrament only administered at the chapel twice annually and not at the appointed festivals. Now most of subscribers to pews have agreed that unless in priest's orders by Easter they will not pay his salary as when subscribed to chapel they claim it was promised would be a monthly sacrament.
"Your petitioner is necessitated to confess that had it not been for his own bad conduct in time past he might have been e'en now in full orders. But he hopes that there is now no more roon or longer cause for any such like objections and that every obstacle is removed" [12/4/1791] A testimonial from congregation that over past 18 months has done duty conscientiously Son of Samuel Gell, vicar of Lonan from bapt cert [DoB = baptism] |