Author:
William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury [Rev. Arthur Wigan, Trottiscliffe [Trotterscliffe]]
Publication details:
[?] Hall, 12 August 1846 AND Trotterscliffe, Maidstone, 11 August 1846
Letter One (Archbishop of Canterbury] 3pp., 12mo, approving Wigan's actions in the burial of the child whose baptism was irregular and defective. He was right to toll the bell, and depositing the body of the child in the churchyard. He wants time to consider the right steps in such an important matter for 'similar cases which perhaps may be brought forward .... Letter Two: This copy letter, a rough draft in Alfred Wigan's hand, explains the situation with the dead child of followers of Joanna Southcott. They were said to have no intention of asking for Burial ...
