Item 160 - Dom Aelred Watkin to Bishop Clark: Apologies

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GB ARCHON 2913 PA03-01-01-160

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Dom Aelred Watkin to Bishop Clark: Apologies

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  • 7 January 1986 (Creation)

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1 side; headed; manuscript

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(1918-1997)

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1918: born
1936: novice at Downside Abbey
1937: clothed
1943: ordained
1943: Christ's College, Cambridge, to read History - gaining a double First
1946: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
1948-1962: Housemaster at Downside
1962-1975: Headmaster of Downside
1975-1989: Beccles, parish priest
1975: Mayor of Beccles
1989: Downside as Abbot of Glastonbury
1997: died

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XEA1

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RCDEA Archives

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Apologises for his letter from before Christmas. No excuse for its folly and pettiness; whatever the circumstances.
manuscript annotation: "A/d personally by letter 9/1/86"

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      PA03

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      175x138mm

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      Draft

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      Minimal

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