dated: Feast of St William Archbishop of York 1842 [8 June 1842]
place: Seminary of St Felix
"We gladly inform you that the Almighty has at length looked down in mercy upon us. We have obtained by the kindness of P Monnock Esq. a short but beneficial lease of his mansion at Gifford Hall in the parish of Stoke by Nayland, in the county of Suffolk, a mansion dear to Religion from many pious and ancient memorials." "We place this our seminary under the patronage of St Felix...". "appointed as Superior Revd. Josh. Edwd. North...". "... flocks to increase the proceeds of the Eastern District Fund which will be chiefly employed in supporting the seminary of St Felix."
Addressed: "The Very Revd FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Page1-2: pastoral letter
page 3: summary of Eastern District Fund intentions including the development of Gifford Hall as a seminary. Total fund stands at £78.19.0 (out of which £30 to Stamford Mission, £25 for poor parishioners, £16.01.0 for deficit at Aston-le-Walls, £7.9.0 to Gifford Hall.)
dated: Feast of St Matthias Apostle, 1843
place: Northampton
Signed: William, Bishop of Ariopolis, VAED
Addressed: "The Very Revd FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Gifford Hall was leased for two years (to June 1844) with the purpose of establishing an ecclesiastical seminary. "I did expect, in this rather spirited step, to have been supported and encouraged so far as to be enabled to erect in Suffolk something of a regular building suitable for our Seminary purposes. "I am sorry to have to state (absit verbo invidia) [the word envyis absent] that my expectations have been disappointed, and I must be content with less than I expected." He will therefore set up in Northampton instead - requires £1000 which must be possible from those in 9 counties.
place: Northampton
Signed: + WM. Wareing
manuscript annotation [by Husenbeth]: "NB. in compliance with the above, Collections werer made at St Walstan's Chapel, Cossey which produced as under £2.3.8 (morning £1.11.10, afternoon £0.11.10) / Hall servants £3.7.8 (£1.4.0, £2.3.8)"
- establishment of ecclesiastical conferences in Eastern District
- new offices established (to appear in Ordo next year)
- securing contributions otwards the St Felix seminary (one third of target sum received by the Bishop)
- Clergy meeting on seconf Wednesday in July in Grantham
- no funds will be forthcoming from the Central District
- establish without delay a fund for the relief of aged and infirm priests (committee formed to manage the fund comprises Husenbeth, Abbot and Gascoyne).
Bishop to pledge £5 annually to the Eastern Distict Fund, clergy expected to pledge £1 per annum.
Pastoral Letter
signed: Thomas, Bishop of Cambysopolis VACD; Nicholos, Bishop of Melipatemus [coadjutor]
addressed: "Rev H Small, Segley Park, Wolverhampton"
Pastoral Letter
Pg3: letter to clergy - has received little more than half the sum he anticipated for the seminary. "It is, truly, distressing to me, to see the spiritual destituion of many poor souls at Aylesbury, Weedon, Luton and other places, and to find myself unable to supply their wants."
dated: Feast of St Valentine, 1844 [14 February 1844]
signed: "Your's faithfully in Christ, Wm. Wareing"
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pastoral Letter
Summary of expenditure in the Central District. Page 3 has a table of missions and collection totals for Lent and Advent. Also a table of income and expenditure for the Missionary Fund of the Central District.
signed: Thomas, Bishop of Cambysopolis VACD; Nicholos, Bishop of Melipatemus [coadjutor]
dated: Feast of St Gregory the Great (12 March)
addressed: "Rev Jos. Bowden, Segley Park, Wolverhampton" [crossed through] "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pastoral letter. Celebrates the the opening of many churches, numbers not seen since the Reformation, giving as an example Nottingham, Coventry and the Priory of St Bernard. However the District Missionary Fund is £33 less than last year's total.
Signed: + Thomas, Bishop of Cambysopolis / Nicholas, Bishop of Melipotamus
dated: 4 November 1844 (feast day of St Charles Borromeo)
Pg3: Table of Missions contributions to the Missionary Fund; Table of Income vs Expenditure.
Addressed to: "Jas Bowden, Sedgley Park, Wolverhampton" [crossed out] "Rev Husenbeth, Cossey Hall, Near Norwich"
Pastoral Letter - reviews the current state of chapel availability in the Eastern District. 14 youths currently at Gifford Hall will be transferred to Northampton in the newly erected Collegiate Chapel of St Felix; although still not as liberally supported as he had hoped. Now one annual collection for the Easter District Fund.
dated: Feast of St Damasus, 1844 [11 December 1844]
signed: +Willian, Bishop of Ariopolis VAED
pg3: manuscript note: "My dear Friend, How could you pass on by without calling last week? I had a thousand things to say, and to consult about, "qua nunc perscriber longum est" [about which we could write at length]. In great haste Yours truly in Xt +Wm. Wareing"
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg2: Lenten dispensations
Pg3: letter to clergy - balancing the collections; requesting information to draw up a list of contributions and disburesements.
dated: Feast of St Francis de Sale, 1845 [24 January 1845]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
top of pg1, pencil manuscript "With kind regards"
Pastoral letter.
dated: Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, 1845 [25 January 1845]
Signed: +Francis, Bishop of Abydos Vicar Apostolic in the Northern District / +William, Bishop of Longo, Coadjutor
Pg4 lower third: letter to clergy soliciting funds for the District fund. Signed +Francis Mostyn / +William Riddell
Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg3: letter to clergy - balancing the collections; requesting information to draw up a list of contributions and disbursements.
dated: 2nd Sunday of Lent, 1845 [16 February 1945]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Suggestign thta prayers be said accorgin to page 34 of the Ordo Ricitandi until the end of September.
addressed: "Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pope Pius IX published a plenary indulgence - list of conditions to obtain. This Jubilee to be limit for 3 weeks from Septuagesima [manuscript amendment] Sunday to the first Sunday of Lent [manuscript amendment]
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Pg1-2: Pastoral Letter
Pg2: lenent dispensations
Pg3: letter to clergy - statement of contributions of contributions and disbursements. Promotion of Eartern District Fund to the flock
dated: Sexagesima Sunday 1846 [14 February 1846]
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Pg1: Pastoral Letter - Report on the District Fund (and appeal for more support): missions (Weedon - hundreds of Irish soldies, Luton - to erect a decent chapel, Aylesbury - ill incumbent, erecting a chapel), handsome new church at Lynn, Brigg - enlarged and improved, Belgian ladies - Institution of the Infant Jesus, completion of the Seminary buildings.
Pg3: table of Congregational Contributions; Table of Disbusements
signed: "Yours truly in Christ, +William Wareing"
dated: Feast of St Felix, Bishop and Confessor, 1846 [8 March 1846]
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
Prayers for Pope Gregory to be added in every Mass until a successor is appointed.
addressed: "The Very Rev FC Husenbeth, Cossey, Norwich"
An appeal for priests to ask their congregations for donations to alleviate the misery of the Irish people. Collection until 24th January and then forwarded to "Distressed Irish" at the London Joint Stock Bank.
Wareing, William Rev (1791-1865)Pastoral letter for Lent. [manuscript annotation "NB This pastoral was written by F C Husenbeth".
Dispensations for Lent 1847.
Pius IX Jubilee extended to 30 April.
Pg3: List of Eastern District Contributions for the Distressed Irish [total £399-16s-1d]
addressed to "The Very Rvd. / F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"
Pius IX is setting a good example for all to follow in a Tridium of Prayer for the times of public calamity and season of severe distress.
pg2: manuscript note [by Husenbeth] expanding on "rubric" mentioned in the letter's postscript
pg3: manuscript note [by Husenbeth] about the services at St Walstan's, attendance, and a sermon of 1 hour and ten minutes duration
addressed to "The Very Rvd. F C Husenbeth / Cossey / Norwich"