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Accommodating Bishops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2014

Frank Cranmer  and
David Pocklington
Frank Cranmer
Affiliation:
Fellow, St Chad's College, Durham Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University
David Pocklington
Affiliation:
Independent Researcher
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Extract

Earlier this year the Church Commissioners decided that the newly appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells should live in the Old Rectory, Croscombe, instead of at the historic palace in Wells. When the decision met considerable local opposition, not least in the House of Commons, the Archbishops' Council appointed a committee consisting of Mrs Mary Chapman (in the Chair), Philip Fletcher and Archdeacon Cherry Vann to consider objections. After a hearing, the committee directed that the transaction should not proceed.

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bishopspropertyChurch CommissionersChurch of England
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Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 335 - 339
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2014 

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References

1 A draft of this note was published on our blog, Law & Religion UK, <http://www.lawandreligionuk.com>, accessed 11 June 2014.

2 At Prime Minister's Questions. David Cameron told Tessa Munt, the Liberal Democrat MP for Wells, that he would go away and look into the issue: HC Deb 29 January 2014, col 860.

3 Bishop's Council & Standing Committee of the Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Bath and Wells v Church Commissioners for England [2014] Committee of the Archbishops' Council (unreported), available at <http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1983886/wells%20decision%20final.pdf>, accessed 28 May 2014. Further references to this decision are given in the text.

4 C Lamb, ‘Spare us the faux outrage over bishops’ houses', Tablet Blogs, <http://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/349/spare-us-the-faux-outrage-over-bishops-houses>, accessed 28 May 2014.