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Date(s)
- 1660-1794 (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
14 boxes
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Administrative history
The Diocese of Norwich was established when Bishop Herbert de Losinga transferred the see from Thetford to Norwich in 1095 or 1096. At that time the diocese contained Norfolk (except Emneth, which was in the diocese of Ely), Suffolk (except for parishes in the peculiar deanery of Bocking) and part of south-east Cambridgeshire. This remained the case until 1837 when the Cambridgeshire portion along with the Archdeaconry of Sudbury (comprising West Suffolk) and the Liberty of Bury St Edmunds passed to the Diocese of Ely. In 1914 the Archdeaconry of Suffolk (except the deanery of Lothingland, i.e., the area around Lowestoft in north-east Suffolk), became part of the newly-created Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich whilst at the same time the Fincham and Lynn Marshland deaneries were transferred to the Diocese of Ely.
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Scope and content
Testimonials for holy orders, for schoolmasters, surgeons and midwives and for curates' licences.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
In many cases the original files are broken and where this has happened it has proved impossible to recover the original system of arrangement.
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The condition of many of these documents is poor.
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Name access points
- Diocese of Norwich; 1095- (Subject)
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