Correspondence re gift of land from [Richard Bedford Bennett]Lord Bennett including schedule of contributors to the Site Fund 1942 - 1944

File contains:

Letter from the Bishop of Guildford to Lord Bennett outlining an opportunity to purchase for £10,000  land adjoin the new Cathedral site  6 October 1942

Letter from Lord Bennett (R. B. Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada) to the Bishop, concerning options for payment.  21 January 1943.

Note from Provost Eric Southam to the Bishop advising acceptance of staged payments by Lord Bennett. n.d.

Letter from the Bishop to Lord Bennett accepting his offer of covenanted payment. 2 February 1943.

Letter from the Bishop to Lord Bennett with further arrangements for a covenanted gift of £1500. 8 February 1943

Letter from the Bishop to Ernest Wright, Secretary of the Cathedral Fund, re Lord Bennett’s gift. 8 February 1943

Note from the Bishop to Lord Bennett prompted by an encounter in the House of Lords. 19 March 1943

Letter from the Bishop to Lord Bennett thanking him for increasing his proposed gift to £10,000. 23 March 1943

Letter from Lord Bennett to the Bishop asking for his plans for the use of the £10,000/ 20 March 1943

Letter from Provost Eric Southam to the Bishop concerning costs of the new Cathedral.  23 March 1943

Letter to Bishop from Lord Bennett  concerning the proposed land purchase.  26 March 1943

Letter from Lord Bennett to The Bishop enclosing a check for £10,000 for the purchase of land for the Cathedral site. 5 April 1943

Letter from the Bishop to the Provost concerning arrangements for receiving Lord Bennett’s gift which is to be anonymous.  5 April 1943.

Letter from H T A Dashwood to the Bishop giving legal and financial advice about probable estate duty on the large donation/ 6 April 1943

Letter from the Bishop to Dashwood asking him to advise Lord Bennett, who will shortly be in touch, on this matter.  28 April 1943.

Letter from the Bishop to Sir Laurence [Halsey] re arrangements for announcing the gift.  5 May 1943

Letter from H A Merriman to the Bishop assuring him that the land purchase has been completed  15 May 1943

Letter from Lord Bennett to the Bishop acknowledging the announcement of the gift. 28 May 1943

Statement of contributions to the Site Fund of the Guildford New Cathedral Fund. n.d.

Letter from the Bishop to Ernest Wright concerning re-distribution of donations originally given ti the Site Fund.  15 May 1943

Note from the Provost to the Bishop n.d.

Letter from the Bishop to Brown re possibility of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners matching the land purchase gift with some form of endowment.  8 June 1943

Letter from the Bishop to the Provost concerning his conversation with eh Ecclesiastical Commissioners on financial matters.  17 June 1943

Note from Ernest Wright to the Bishop concerning the values of the Farmhouse site, with enclosed letter of valuation from Messrs Chas Osenton   23 July 1943

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop re his application for a grant and stating that aid will be considered later in the year.  6 August 1943.

Letter from the Bishop to Brown of Ecclesiastical Commissioners acknowledging the considerations in their leyer.  7 August 1943

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop asking for more details of the amount requested.  28 January 1944

Letter to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners suggesting ways in which they might support the new cathedral parish. 2 February 1944.

Letter from Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop on these matters. 2 February 1944

Letter from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop offering a capital grant of £500 for the endowment of an assistant curate. 6 July 1944