The Henson Journals

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Thursday, February 20th, 1913. Bishopthorpe.

The business of the Lower House ended yesterday, but, in my homeless condition, I was not eager to expedite my return to Durham. So I decided to continue here until tomorrow, as had been arranged.

Before the two layman [sic] – the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and the man from Manchester – took their departure, I had much talk with them about the Houses of Laymen, which I maintained were futile at best, & might be mischievous, and the Question of Divorce. I asked them whether they thought that the general opinion of Church–going laymen supported the Bishops & Clergy in respect to marriage with Deceased Wife's Sister, & Marriage of the Innocent Party. Both assured me that they were certain that it did not.

I wrote letters all the morning, & then went in to York, & lunched with the Bps. at the Residentiary's House. Then I visited the truly magnificent Cathedral, which impressed me greatly. Then I walked back to the Palace, & spent the rest of the day pleasantly with Lang & Woolcombe.

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List of Annual Subscriptions paid through my Bankers

Jan. 1 st	Corporation of Church House	£1	.1	.0
	Eastern Churches Association		.10	.6
	{ Oxford Historical Society	1	.1	.0
	{ Royal Society of Literature	2	.2	.0
	{ Royal Colonial Institute	2	.0	.0
	{ Athenaeum	8	.8	.0
	{ Literary Society	2	.5	.0
	{ London Library	3	.0	.0
	Free & Open Church Assn	1	.1	.0

Durham & Northumberland Band of Hope Union	1	.1	.0
Church Missionary Society	3	.0	.0
Anti–Slavery & Aborigines [sic] Protection Society	1	.1	.0
S.P.C.K.	1	.1	.0
Bible Society	1	.1	.0
Surtees Society	1	.1	.0
S. Catherine's Diocesan Home (H.H.H. & E.H.)	2	.2	.0
Prisoners Aid Society	1	.1	.0

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Issues and controversies: divorce