| Description | (8th year of consecration of Francis bishop of Chester) in the Cathedral Church of Chester.
Certificate of Ordination granted by Francis bishop of Chester to Richard Bolton, B.A.; signed and sealed, Fran:Cestriens.; endorsed with certificates of examination in the visitations of Lord Francis bishop of Chester, 1725, by Edward Roberts R.D.; of Lord Samuel bishop of Chester, 1728, by Edward Roberts R.D.; and in 1733 by Edward Roberts deputy Registrar and in 1738 by Edw: Roberts D.R.
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| Physical Description | Parchment: 1 membrane 8" wide by 8". Seal: Vesica 65mm by 95mm, wafered, pendant on label, episcopal seal of bishop of Chester. Legend: SIGILLVM FRANCISCI GASTRELL EPISCOPI CESTRIENSIS. A.D. 1714. Device heraldic; a shield, per pale, dexter three mitres 2 & 1, sinister checky of fours, in a chief 3 stag's heads. Crest a mitre. |