The Papers of Enoch Powell

Correspondence, mainly on the Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure (1986), with correspondents including: [Claude] Anthony Kilmister, Chairman, Prayer Book Society (9); Patrick Cormack (4); Margaret Hewitt, National Co-ordinator of Women Against the Ordination of Women; Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Southwark, on a likely clash between the General Synod and Parliament; Hugh Montefiore, Bishop of Birmingham on JEP's imputation that the Church was using underhand methods; Lord Bridge of Harwich, Chairman, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses of Parliament; Michael Latham [Member, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee] on constitutional difficulties in the Deacons Measure (9); Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester, on constitutional difficulties in the measure (3); Alan Webster, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral; [William] Derek Pattinson, Secretary-General, General Synod of Church of England; Brian Hanson, Legal Adviser to the General Synod of Church of England.

Also includes: legal opinion and pamphlet on the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure (1993); copy of the Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure, with the report of the Ecclesiastical Committee.