Item 2 - Declaration of assent

Identity area

Reference code

Bezzant/C/C2/2

Unique identifier

GB 275 Bezzant/C/C2/2

Title

Declaration of assent

Date(s)

  • 23 Dec. 1923 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1p paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1897-1967)

Biographical history

Bezzant was educated privately and at Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated in Modern History in 1921, and took a First Class in Theology in 1923. From 1925 to 1933 Bezzant was Vice-Principal of Ripon Hall, Oxford, while also serving as Chaplain and Lecturer of Exeter College, and Tutor in Theology at Pembroke College. In 1933 he moved to Liverpool as Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of Liverpool Cathedral, holding both posts until 1952. Bezzant was Select Preacher at both Cambridge and Oxford, served as an Examining Chaplain to various Bishops, and as an Examiner in Theology at London and Oxford. He spent several periods of residence in the United States as a lecturer. During the War, Bezzant served as Chaplain in the R.N.V.R. In 1952 he was elected to a Fellowship at St John's College, Cambridge, and became Dean. From 1953 to 1964 he served as University Lecturer in Divinity. He published various theological monographs and articles and died in 1967.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Made by Bezzant before Ernest Harold Pearce, Bishop of Worcester, in Hartlebury church on 23 Dec. 1923, on his being ordained and licensed to perform the office of Curate in Hartlebury church. Signed by Bezzant, 3 churchwardens, and by the Bishop, with his seal.

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

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places