With the coming of Bishop Thomas Vowler Short to the Isle of Man, the convocation took on a new life. The bishop preached an annual charge, which he had printed and distributed well beyond the confines of the diocese. The commencement of the Tithe commutation act, 1839 also meant that receiving the tithe account became an annual feature of the meeting. For this edition, the preconization lists are abridged, giving only the names of the absentees and of the unbeneficed clergy (the others will be found in the clergy lists at the end of the volume). The tithe accounts have also been consolidated and presented in a separate table (see the end of the second volume).

Thursday 19 May 1842

Absent or late:

Henry Maddrell, archdeacon's registrar, absent, unwell.

Edward Craine, late on account of a funeral.

Alexander Gelling, absent.

William Duggan, late.

George Stickler Parsons, absent with permission.

William Carpenter, off the island.

John Gell, sent apology on account of old age.

George Caesar Stephen, absent, unwell.

Unbeneficed clergy:

Francis Broderick Hartwell, vicar-general.

Robert Dixon, principal of King William's College.

Joseph George Cumming, vice-principal of King William's College.

Thomas Francis Reed, Mariners’ church.

William Christian, curate of Lonan and Maughold.

William Kermode, curate of Lezayre.

William Bell Christian, curate of St John's.

Gilbert Hervey, curate of Malew.

Andrew Williamson, curate of St Barnabas.

John Howard, curate of St Mary, Castletown, absent.

William Tait, curate of St George's.

Daniel Nelson, archdeacon's official, supernumerary for the north part of the diocese.

Edward Qualtrough, supernumerary for the south part of the diocese; absent. N.B. The vicarage of Patrick not noticed above, the late vicar the reverend Thomas Stephen having died 29 April.

The service began at eleven o'clock. Mr Brown of Kirk Michael, episcopal registrar, read prayers. Reverend Thomas Howard, rector of Ballaugh, preached. The bishop delivered the following charge, sitting at the altar in the chapel (see below). The bishop then took off his robes and sat on a chair with a table in the chapel, in his gown and cassock.