| Description | Comprising correspondence from the Rev. A.L. Willett, incumbent, to C.W. Digby, churchwarden, re a letter from F.W. Kittermaster (as in DR0261/13/15) to Willett referring to his wish to restore the chancel and put stained glass into the East End, and re a letter from Kittermaster to Evans re any objection from Packington (to whom the chancel belongs), No Date, ?1883(DR0261/21/2); from C.J. Micklethwaite (as in DR0261/72-73) of Westminster, architect, to C.W. Digby referring, inter alia, to the price for the new pulpit, the screening off of the chancel, uncovering the chancel ceiling and the need to establish responsibility for repair, 26 Oct 1883 (DR0261/21/3); from W. Harris, churchwarden, to the Rev. H.W. Ottoway, 18 Sep 1923, enclosing copies of correspondence (27 Jan 1919 - 12 Dec 1922) involving Messrs. Docker, Hosgood & Co., of Birmingham, solicitors to Lord Aylesford, W. P. Evans (as in DR0261/16-17), Aylesford's agent, G.F. Burr and W. Harris, churchwardens, the Rev. S.G. Walters et al. re the liability for repairs to the chancel upon the Earl of Aylesford's estate (including copies of correspondence as in DR0261/17) and the insurance of the chancel (DR0261/21/4-20); from C.M. Blagden, incumbent of Rugby, referring to the danger of a fissure in the chancel, the uncertainty of responsibility for repair and the sale of the Aylesford Estates, 21 July - 21 Aug 1923(DR0261/21/21-22); from the Ecclesiastical Commission re the liability for repair and referring to the 1785 Enclosure Act (when the lay impropriator received corn rents as well as allotment of lands), 31 July 1923(DR0261/21/23); list of "points to be elucidated" re lay rectorship, chancel insurance and repair etc. (?prepared for the Clergy Maintenance Committee of the Diocesan Board of Finance), 20 Sep 1923(DR0261/21/24); correspondence from J. Coleridge of Mayfair, architect, enclosing two copies of a report (with recommendations) on the chancel by the same, 27 Sep 1923(DR0261/21/25-27); MS jotting of a list of points established at interviews with Messrs. Hasgood et al., solicitors, (as in DR0261/21/4-20) and Mr. Bullock referring, inter alia, to the sale of the advowson and insurance of the chancel, 27 Sep 1923(DR0261/21/28); correspondence from G.J. Dalton, private secretary and chapter clerk to the Bishop of Coventry, informing the Rev. H.W. Ottoway that the Bishop has delegated the duty of dealing with the fabric to the Archdeacons, 2 Oct 1923(DR0261/21/29); from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Office and Guardian Assurance Company Ltd. re insurance of the chancel, 2-5 Oct 1923(DR0261/21/30-32); from Col. G.W. Raikes of Leamington, referring to the clearing up of the matter and recommending an estimate from the Diocesan Surveyor as to the cost of repairs and enclosing a letter from Lord Aylesford to Raikes re the chancel repairs, 15 Oct 1923 and 10/15 Mar 1924(DR0261/21/33-35); from Rough, Stacey and Castle of London, solicitors to Mrs. Bankes of Meriden Hall, re the advowson and her possible liability for repair of the chancel, 16 Oct 1923(DR0261/21/36-37); from the Diocesan Registry re a search for documents relating to responsibility for repair of the chancel referring to a registration of the transfer of the advowson in Feb 1920, 20 Feb - 5 Mar 1924 (DR0261/21/38-39); from Lord Aylesford commenting on liability for the chancel repairs, Mar 1924(DR0261/21/40).
1919-1923 (1883) |