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William Van Mildert

1765-1836

Compiled by the Right Reverend Dr. Terry Brown
Retired Bishop of Malaita, Anglican Church of Melanesia


Infidelity, Not an Involuntary Error, but a Wilful Sin: A Sermon on the Death of the Right Rev. William Van Mildert, Bishop of Durham.
By George Townsend.
Durham: [No publisher], 1836.

Churches (Durham Diocese): Return of the Number of Churches Endowed and Livings Augmented in the Diocese of Durham, by the Late William Van Mildert, D.D., Late Bishop of Durham, During the Period of His Episcopacy.
London: [House of Commons?], 1836.

A Catalogue of the Very Valuable Library of the Late William Van Mildert Lord Bishop of Durham Which Will Be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Wheatley on 15th June, 1836, and Nine Following Days.
London: G. Norman, 1836.

The Mind and Times of William Van Mildert, by G.F.A. Best.
Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 14(2), October 1963, pp. 355-370.

A Study of William Van Mildert, Bishop of Durham, and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century.
By E.A. Varley.
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Durham, 1985.

The Last of the Prince Bishops: The Episcopate of William Van Mildert (1826-1836): Delivered in the Prior’s Hall in Durham, 11 March 1986.
By E.A. Varley.
Durham: Dean and Chapter, 1986.

The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century.
By E.A. Varley.
Cambridge: University Press, 1992.

William Van Mildert, Charles Thorp, and the Diocese of Durham, by Anne Orde.
Northern History, Vol. 40(1), March 2003, pp. 147-166.

Catalogue of the Van Mildert Papers.
Durham: University of Durham, 2006.

Catalogue of the Van Mildert Letters.
Durham: University of Durham, 2010.


The Excellency of the Liturgy: and the Advantages of being Educated in the Church of England. A Sermon, Preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary le Bow, London, April 25th. 1797. According to the Last Will of Mr. John Hutchins.
London: C. Dilly, 1797.

Cautions Against Innovation in Matters of Religion: A Sermon [on Jeremiah vi. 16], Preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary Le Bow, London: on Sunday, Feb. 25, 1798.
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1798.

An Historical View of the Rise and Progress of Infidelity with a Refutation of it’s [sic] Principles and Reasonings in a Series of Sermons Preached for the Lecture Founded by Mr. Boyle 1802 to 1805.
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1808. [External links]

Volume 1
Volume 2

An Appendix to the Second Edition of a Series of Sermons.
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1808.

The Duty of Attending Public Worship: A Sermon, Preached in the Parish Church of Farningham, in the County of Kent, on Sunday, Oct. 8, 1809.
London: Richard Taylor, 1809.

A Sermon Preached Before the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s-Inn, on Sunday, May 31, 1812, on the Occasion of the Assassination of the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval.
London: Cox, 1812.

An Inquiry into the General Principles of Scripture-Interpretation, in Eight Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford in the Year 1814, at the Lecture Founded by J. Bampton.
Oxford: University Press, 1815. [External link]

A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Deptford Before the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, Master, and the Elder Brethren of the Corporation of Trinity-House, on Trinity-Monday, June 10, 1816.
London: Cox and Baylis, 1816.

A Sermon, Preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, on Thursday, June 8, 1820: Being the Time of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity Schools in and about the Cities of London and Westminster.
[London?]: [No publisher]: [1820?].

A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, at the Primary Visitation in August MDCCCXXI.
Oxford: University Press, 1821.

A Sermon Preached Before the Incorporated Society for the Gospel in Foreign Parts: At Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish Church of St Mary Le Bow, on Friday, February 15, 1822. [External link]

At a Meeting Held This Day, at the Talbot Inn, Tregaron, of the Inhabitants of the Neighbourhood of Llandewi-Brefi and Tregaron on the Subject of the College, for the Erection of which, at Llandewi-Brefi, a Subscription to a Large Amount has been Collected.
Llandilo: John Davies, County Press, [1821].

A Review of the Author’s Life and Writings.
In The Works of Daniel Waterland, Volume 1.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1822. [External link]

An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Twenty-Sixth of George the Second, For the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriages.
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1822.

A Bill Intituled an Act for Granting Relief to His Majesty’s Subjects, Not Being Members of the Church of England, in Relation to the Solemnization of Matrimony.
London: [No publisher], Ordered to be printed 5th June 1823.

A Bill (As Amended by the Committee) Intituled an Act for Amending the Laws Respecting the Solemnization of Marriages in England.
London: [No publisher], Ordered to be printed 3d June 1823.

To the Right Honorable and Honorable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament Assembled the Humble Petition of the Undersigned Members of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of Ireland.
[No place]: [No publisher], [February 1824].

Substance of a Speech Delivered in the House of Lords, on Tuesday, May 17, 1825, on a Bill for the Removal of Certain Disqualifications of the Roman Catholics.
London: C. and J. Rivington, 1825.

Statue of Dean Jackson.
London: Luke Hansard and Sons, 1825.

A General Index to The Works of the Rev. Daniel Waterland, D.D., and to the Review of the Author’s Life and Writings.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1828.

A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham, MDCCCXXVII.
Oxford: University Press, 1828.

Substance of Speeches Delivered in the House of Lords, on the Subject of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, on April 3d, 7th, & 8th, 1829.
London: R. Gilbert, 1829.

Sermon, Preached at the Consecration of St. Paul’s Chapel in the Parish of Ryton, Durham, on Tuesday, September IX, MDCCCXXVIII.
London: R. Gilbert, 1829.

A Sermon for the Sons of the Clergy in the Diocese of Durham, Preached at St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle, Sept. 3, 1829.
Oxford: J. Parker, and London: Rivington, 1830.

Sermons Preached Before the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, from 1812 to 1819.
Oxford: J. Parker, and London: Rivington, 1831. [External links]

Volume 1
Volume 2

A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham MDCCCXXXI.
Oxford: J.H. Parker, and London: Rivington, 1832.

Speech of the Right Reverend William, Lord Bishop of Durham in the House of Lords, on Wednesday, July 17, 1833 on the Second Reading of the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill.
London: Mirror of Parliament, 1833.

The Oxford Declarations: at a Meeting of Heads of Houses and Proctors in the Delegates’ Room, May 2, 1834.
Oxford: Baxter, [1834].

A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church of Durham: Before the Right Honourable Lord Lyndhurst and the Honourable Mr. Baron Gurney at the Assizes, July 27th 1834.
Durham: F. Humble, 1834.

Lord Wynford’s Lord’s-Day Bill.
[No place]: [No publisher], [1834].

Sermons on Several Occasions, and Charges to Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author by C. Ives, M.A. Rector of Bradden.
Oxford: J.H. Parker, and London: Rivington, 1838. [External link]

The Following Abstract of Dr. Waterland’s “Case of Arian Subscription Considered” is Submitted to the Attention of Members of Convocation.
London: Baxter, 184-.

The Bishops and Reform 1831-3: Some Fresh Correspondence.
[London]: [Longmans], [1941].

Three Poems.
Durham: [North Gate Press], 1993.


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