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In another letter, undated but endorsed 10th August, 1640, the archbishop sends copies of what passed in the convocation at York of the grant of six years' contribution to his Majesty, and the ordinances for the collecting and paying thereof. He also tells him that:

Bishop Bridgeman's health appears to have broken down in the summer of 1640. In or before the August of that year he