Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 31 July 1851;--for, "copies of all correspondence between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners or their secretary, and the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, or his agent, relative to the property of the see, or the income of the present or future bishops of Gloucester and Bristol; also, copies of all minutes of proceedings of the commissioners, or other documents in their possession, and of all orders in council relating to those subjects; placing together, and arranging chronologically, the correspondence and proceedings having reference to the estate of Horfield:" "tabular statement, showing the gross and net annual income of the Bishop of Gloucester, and of the Bishop of Bristol, from 1829 to 1836, and of the present Bishop of the United Sees, from 1837 to 1850; specifying the amounts derived from episcopal sources, and from each other ecclesiastical preferment, whether permanently annexed to the sees, or held in commendam:" "statements of the amount expended in providing a new palace for the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and showing from what sources the same have been defrayed:" "of all sales of episcopal and other church property in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, since 1836, showing the authority under which each sale was made, the amount of purchase money received, and how the proceeds were applied:" "copies of any agreement entered into between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, in 1848, for the purchase of his interest in the estate of Horfield:" "and, of any communication made by the Copyhold Commissioners to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, on the subject of the estate of Horfield, and the reply thereto.". PDF Download