3-028-274 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Right Rev. J. F. Mackarness, D.D., Bishop of Oxford, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by W. T. and R. Gowland of York. 'He has, since 1867, performed the duties of the vicarage of Monkton, a poor and small parish adjoining Honiton. He also holds the office of Chaplain to the Honiton Union, and a chapel is now being built at the union house, the funds for which have been raised with considerable labour on his part. Those who have been brought into personal connection with him bear witness to the devotion with which his duties as parish minister have always been performed. His eloquence as a preacher is widely esteemed, but among his own parishioners he is valued for his earnest and self-denying labours. The esteem in which he is held at Honiton is shown by the several testimonials presented to him within the last fortnight, including one from the teachers and children of the parochial schools, which consisted of a service of communion plate and chalice-veil of Honiton lace for his private chapel'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.