This clematis is listed in Moore and Jackman's 1872 book. According to their footnote, the form was exhibited before the Royal Botanic Society in July 1865. By 1872 when the first edition of their book was published the cultivar appeared "to have passed out of cultivation, or in some way or other to have disappeared." Moore and Jackman describe it as a "pale coloured, rough flower."

Group:	Late large-flowered group
Raised by:	T Townsend
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	f1863 i1864
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	Unknown
Other name(s):	'Rev Canon Oakley'