Item 4 - Bishop Cary-Elwes to Mgr Godfrey, Rome: Letter of Introduction for Cmdr & Mrs Huddleston

Identity area

Reference code

GB ARCHON 2913 PA40-a-00-01-4

Title

Bishop Cary-Elwes to Mgr Godfrey, Rome: Letter of Introduction for Cmdr & Mrs Huddleston

Date(s)

  • 16 March 1931 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 side typescript; copy

Context area

Name of creator

(1868-1932)

Biographical history

Born: Nice, France on 5 February 1868
Parents: Valentine Dudley Henry Cary Elwes & (second) wife Alice Geraldine née Ward
Ordained: 30 May 1896
Bishop: Diocese of Northampton from 21 November 1921 to 1 May 1932; consecration 15 December 1921 [principal consecrator was Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Arthur Doubleday of Brentwood and Bishop Thomas Dunn of Nottingham]
Died: 1 May 1932, aged 64,
Buried: Great Billing, Northamptonshire

Archival history

Accession: 5979/2004; 2016 catalogue: XNP 2 Cambridge 38

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Northampton Diocese Archive

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter to introduce Commander & Mrs Eyre Huddleston who are spending Easter in Rome and would like to attend Holy Father's private Mass. "I am sure you will do what you can, as the Verabile (sic) always does, to help distinguished Englishment who do their duty in Rome."

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Physical characteristics and technical requirements

      127mm x 203mm

      Finding aids

      Allied materials area

      Existence and location of originals

      PA40a

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Notes area

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Genre access points

      Description control area

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Draft

      Level of detail

      Minimal

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area