| Description | 5 documents relating to the excommunication of the Rector of Birtsmorton, 1749: A complaint from the churchwardens of Birtsmorton to the Bishop of Worcester concerning the rector's refusal to perform the services of Lent and Easter on the appointed dates; 2 notices, one of which was pinned on the church door, by the rector, Meder Edwards, notifying the parish that he was to travel to London to bring charges against the Bishop of Worcester; A copy of a letter from Lord Bellomont to the Bishop of Worcester outlining his difficulty in serving the excommunication on the rector; The admonition delivered to Mr Edwards, Rector of Birtsmorton. |