File 16 - Ash Wednesday orders of service

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GB 2156 TSC/F/05/04/16

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Ash Wednesday orders of service

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  • 1920-17 Feb 2026 (Creation)

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2 folders

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Orders of service for the annual Company Ash Wednesday service, founded by Master John Norton on his death in 1612; service sheets date from 1930-1940, 1943-1944, 1947-1958, 1960, 1962, 1967-1968, 1970, 1972-1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2006, 2010, 2012, 2014-2016, 2018,, 2019, 2023-2026.

Box also includes:

Sermons preached to the Company, 1920 and 1923.

Photographs of plaques commemorating John Norton, sermons preached at the Ash Wednesday service, 1920 and 1923.

Invitation to cakes and ale and the service, 3 Mar 1965 and 18 Feb 2015-10 Feb 2016, and entry ticket to cakes and ale, 13 Feb 2013.

Invitation to the service to unveil a plaque commemorating John Norton, 14 Dec 1948.

Invitation to a livery dinner held 17 Feb 1965.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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