The Henson Journals

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Tuesday, May 1st, 1923.

Alexander tells me that the thrushes & blackbirds which are nesting in the garden have been disturbed, their eggs taken & their nests destroyed. This is sad hearing, all the more sad since there is no remedy.

Two clergy interrupted me – Hurrell, the Vicar of Hunwick, who wishes to apply for the living of Colne Eugaine in Essex, & Fyffe, Vicar of Cornforth, who seeks to explain how a layman occupied his pulpit without my permission. I motored to Heighington, where I confirmed 42 persons. Then I went to Darlington, & took train to York, where Convocation begins tomorrow. The Archbishop's car met the train, & carried me & several other bishops to Bishopthorpe. In all there were 9 bishops assembled. We had much pleasant converse: & I gathered that there was a general feeling that we might usefully discuss the reform of the courts in July.

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