| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Seventeenth-century studies ; v. 2 |
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Seventeenth-century studies ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE The Dean of Winchester; FOREWORD Professor Kenneth Fincham; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 EXTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE DIOCESE; CHAPTER 2 ORIGINS; The Range of Births; The Places from which They Came; The Social Standing of the Clergy; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3 PREPARATION 1: EDUCATION; Degrees; Universities; Colleges; Theological Implications; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4 PREPARATION 2: EXPERIENCE; CHAPTER 5 CAREER PATTERNS; Part 1: The Main Features of Appointments; Age at Appointment; Length of Time in the Parish |
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Age at DepartureExplanations for Length of Service and Age of Departure; Summary; Part 2: Pluralism; CHAPTER 6 MONEY MATTERS 1: CLERGY INCOMES; Clergy Incomes; Inflation; The Financial Standing of the Parish Clergy; Failure of Reform; Conclusion; CHAPTER 7 MONEY MATTERS 2: WEALTH; Ready Moneys; Property; Personal Estates; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8 FAMILIES AND PHILANTHROPY; Families; Philanthropy; CHAPTER 9 LIFE OF THE CHURCH AT PARISH LEVEL: 1; Baptisms; Marriages; Burials; Communion; Visitations; Clerical Attendance at Visitation; Churchwardens and Visitations; Explanation of the Trends |
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ConclusionCHAPTER 10 LIFE OF THE CHURCH AT PARISH LEVEL: 2; Fabric; Fittings; Charity; Conclusion; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; Appendix A: The Parochial Structure of the Diocese of Winchester; Appendix B: Lists of Clergy; RECTORS AND VICARS; PERPETUAL CURATES; Appendix C: Identification of Clergy; Sources; Men with the Same Name; Men with Similar Names; Appendix D: Visitation Books; Choice of Books; Condition of the Books; Recording Clerical Attendance; Failure to Comment on Attendance; Comment by the Odd Name Missing; Contradictions; Indistinct Writing; Recording Churchwarden Attendance |
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Production of PresentmentsAppendix E: Parish Registers and Their Problems; Choice of Registers; Use of Originals, Transcriptions, and Microfiche; Condition; Gaps; Disorder; Dating: Old Style and New Style; Baptisms; Marriages; Burials; Appendix F: Churchwardens' Accounts; Survival Rates; Condition of the Accounts; Dating of the Accounts; Grouping of Accounts; Double Accounts for One Year; Lack of Itemising; Failure to 'Price' or Identify every Item; 'Composite' or 'Shared' Costs; General and Specialised Charity Accounts; Conclusion; Appendix G: Wills/Inventories; Importance of Wills |
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Survival Rates of WillsDistortions; Assessment of Money; Legacies and Charities; Overlap of Legacies and Property; Debts and Bonds; Vagueness about Amounts; Property; Numbers; Values; Unusual Types of Property; Ownership of Property; Residue; Other Items Lacking Specifics; Servants' Wages; Numbers of Beneficiaries; Valuables and books; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ORIGINAL SOURCES; Bodleian Library Oxford; British Library; Hampshire Record Office; Lambeth Palace Library; London Metropolitan Archives; The National Archives; Southampton Civic Centre; Winchester Cathedral |
| Summary |
This book attempts to assess the ministry of the Church in Winchester - a premier diocese - in the seventh century - a time of outstanding upheaval - as it underwent the awesome challenges of Archbishop Laud's Arminianism, abolition during the wars and emergence after the Restorations into an age of Toleration. The focus is the parish. While the hierarchy was immersed in national policy, the parish clergy were the front line - the interface - between Church and people. They performed the essential rites of passage in the communities, from baptisms to communion - and with the churchwardens, over |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Church of England. Diocese of Winchester -- History -- 17th century
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Church of England -- Clergy -- History -- 17th century
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| SUBJECT |
Church of England fast |
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Church of England. Diocese of Winchester fast |
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Parishes -- England -- Winchester Region -- History -- 17th century
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Anglican.
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Clergy
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Parishes
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England -- Winchester Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773420892 |
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0773420894 |
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