Anglican and Foreign Church Society

IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0109 MSS 2908-25
Held at: Lambeth Palace Library
Domain: archival
Title: Anglican and Foreign Church Society
Date(s) of contents: 1822-1932
Level of description: Sub-collection
Extent and medium: 27 volumes of papers

CONTEXT

Name of creator(s):

Anglican and Foreign Church Society
Anglo-Continental Society
Association for the Furtherance of Christianity in Egypt

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Anglican and Foreign Church Society had its origins as the Anglo-Continental Society, which was founded in 1853 to promote the principles of the Church of England, and the internal reformation of national churches, and to prevent infidelity. The latter name was adopted in 1904, upon amalgamation with the Association for the Furtherance of Christianity in Egypt.

Custodial history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection comprises: the papers of members and officials of the Anglican and Foreign Church Society (including those of Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln, and John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury (1844-1880) MSS 2908-25; papers on the Reunion with the Roman Catholic Church (1895-1904); and papers relating to the Reformed Catholic Church (1889-1904)); and correspondence and papers of the Society (including general correspondence (1891-1932); accounts (1888-1893, 1901-1932); committee minutes (1900-1915); secretarial letter books (1912-1919); transcripts of annual meetings (1910-1919 (incomplete)); and papers relating to assistance given to the Old Catholic Church on Austria (1871-1913).

Annual reports comprise those for 1867-1919.

System of arrangement:

The collection is divided between: papers of members and officials of the Anglican and Foreign Church Society (subdivided into those of Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln, and John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury, papers on the Reunion with the Roman Catholic Church, and papers relating to the Reformed Catholic Church; and correspondence and papers of the Society (subdivided into general correspondence, accounts, committee minutes, secretarial letter books, transcripts of annual meetings (1910-1919, and papers relating to assistance given to the Old Catholic Church on Austria).

ACCESS AND USE

Language: English

Conditions governing access: A full readers' ticket is required.

Conditions governing reproduction: Subject to Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988

Finding aids:

Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS. 2341-3119 (excluding MSS. 2690-2750) (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Lambeth Palace Library also holds the papers of F. A. White, treasurer of the French Committee of the Anglo-Continental Society, consisting mainly of correspondence with Père Hyacinthe (Charles Loyson), rector of the Gallican Catholic Church 1878-1903 (MSS 1475-76, 1481; 11 volumes; described in Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS.1907-2340 (Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976)). It also holds additional papers of Christopher Wordsworth, Bishop of Lincoln, and John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury (MSS. 3504-5).

Publication note:

Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS. 2341-3119 (excluding MSS. 2690-2750) (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Compiled using:
Edward Geoffrey Watson Bill, A catalogue of manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library : MSS. 2341-3119 (excluding MSS. 2690-2750) (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983).
Rosemary Seton and Emily Naish, A Preliminary Guide to the Archives of British Missionary Societies (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, 1992)
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: Part I (London: Oxford University Press, 1961).
National Register of Archives website:
http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/

Date(s) of descriptions: 22nd March 2002

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Anglican missionary societies

Anglicans

Christians

Church

Mission administration

Mission policy

Missionaries

Missionary societies

Missionary work

Overseas/foreign mission administration

Protestant missionary societies

Protestants

Religious activities

Religious institutions

Religious movements

Religious organizations

Religious reform

Religous groups

Personal names

Wordsworth | Christopher | 1807-1885 | Bishop of Lincoln

Wordsworth | John | 1843-1911 | Bishop of Salisbury and president of the Jerusalem and the East Mission Fund

Corporate names

Anglican and Foreign Church Society

Anglo-Continental Society

Association for the Furtherance of Christianity in Egypt

Places

Africa

Austria

Egypt

Europe

North Africa

Western Europe