Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Duresme and Dunelm

By E. H. A.

Three *successive* bishops, Morton, Cosin, and Crewe, took the signature of Duresme after their Christian names. Three *successive* bishops, Barrington, Van-Mildert, and the present occupant of the see, have taken the signature of Dunelm. I think, therefore, J.G.N. is mistaken in saying that the Bishops of Durham have assumed the French and Latin signatures alternately.

Topics: Ecclesiastical Titles, Bishops' Signatures

Locations: Durham