| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 389/COM/4 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 389/3267; EUL MS 389/3268; EUL MS 389/3269: EUL MS 389/3270; EUL MS 389/3271 |
| Date | 1920-2000 |
| Level | Series |
| Extent | 1 folder (26 pieces) |
| Title | Papers relating to abbatial election |
| Description | Comprising papers regarding the election process of the abbesses Sister Mary Teresa Jocelyn, Sister Mary Magdalen Nevin, Sister Mary Peter Wallace, and Sister Anna Maria Smyth. The papers include: the names of sisters voting; signed confirmations of elections by the Vicar for Religious or the Bishop of Plymouth; signed acceptances by the elected abbess, some of which are decorated; and documents laying out the order for the rites of election, confirmation, and installation of an abbess. |
| Language | English and Latin |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Usual EUL conditions apply |
| Creator_Name | Syon Abbey (1415-2011); Bridgettine |