Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Textual Conventions
- 1 Bishop Valentine Carey's articles for Exeter diocese, 1625
- 2 Archdeacon Theophilus Aylmer's articles for London archdeaconry, 1625
- 3 Archdeacon Thomas Paske's order for London archdeaconry, 1627
- 4 Bishop Richard Montagu's articles for Chichester diocese, 1628
- 5 Royal declaration for the peace of the Church, 1628-9
- 6 Archbishop Samuel Harsnett's orders for York diocese, 1629
- 7 Royal instructions to the episcopate, 1629
- 8 Bishop Godfrey Goodman's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1631
- 9 Bishop Robert Wright's articles for Bristol diocese, 1631
- 10 Archdeacon Elizeus Burgess's articles for Rochester archdeaconry, c. 1632
- 11 Orders agreed on by the general vestry of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, 1633
- 12 Archbishop George Abbot's order on the reception of communion in Crayford church, Kent, 1633
- 13 Archbishop William Laud's metropolitical articles for Lincoln diocese, 1634
- 14 Archbishop William Laud's injunctions to parochial clergy during his metropolitical visitation, 1634-7
- 15 Archbishop William Laud's articles for Exeter cathedral, 1634
- 16 Bishop Edmund Griffith's articles for Bangor diocese, 1634
- 17 Dean Richard Steward's orders for the peculiar of Chichester deanery, 1635
- 18 Bishop William Juxon's articles for the London ministry, 1635
- 19 Bishop John Williams's order to rail in the communion tables in Lincoln diocese, 1635
- 20 Dean Richard Baylie's articles for the hospital of St John, Wilton, 1635
- 21 Bishop Matthew Wren's articles for Hereford diocese, 1635
- 22 Bishop Matthew Wren's orders for Norwich diocese, 1636
- 23 Bishop Matthew Wren's appointment of standing commissioners in Norwich diocese, c. 1636
- 24 Bishop John Thornborough's articles for Worcester cathedral, 1636
- 25 Archbishop Richard Neile's injunctions for Southwell minster, 1636
- 26 Bishop John Owen's articles for St Asaph diocese, 1637
- 27 Bishop William Juxon's injunctions for Barstable deanery, London diocese, 1637
- 28 Bishop Robert Skinner's charge in Bristol diocese, 1637
- 29 Bishop Richard Montagu's articles for Norwich diocese, 1638
- 30 Archdeacon William Kingsley's injunctions to the churchwardens of St Margaret, Canterbury, 1639
- 31 Archdeacon Ewers Gower's articles for Northumberland archdeaconry, 1639
- 32 Bishop John Towers's orders for Brackley combination lecture, Peterborough diocese, 1639
- 33 Bishop Richard Montagu's directions at a synod in Norwich diocese, 1639
- 34 Bishop William Juxon's articles for London diocese, 1640
- 35 Archdeacon Hugh Robinson's articles for Gloucester archdeaconry, 1641
- 36 Archdeacon William Higgins's articles for Derby archdeaconry, 1641
- Appendix: Visitation Articles 1603-1642: An Interim Listing
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Textual Conventions
- 1 Bishop Valentine Carey's articles for Exeter diocese, 1625
- 2 Archdeacon Theophilus Aylmer's articles for London archdeaconry, 1625
- 3 Archdeacon Thomas Paske's order for London archdeaconry, 1627
- 4 Bishop Richard Montagu's articles for Chichester diocese, 1628
- 5 Royal declaration for the peace of the Church, 1628-9
- 6 Archbishop Samuel Harsnett's orders for York diocese, 1629
- 7 Royal instructions to the episcopate, 1629
- 8 Bishop Godfrey Goodman's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1631
- 9 Bishop Robert Wright's articles for Bristol diocese, 1631
- 10 Archdeacon Elizeus Burgess's articles for Rochester archdeaconry, c. 1632
- 11 Orders agreed on by the general vestry of St Bartholomew Exchange, London, 1633
- 12 Archbishop George Abbot's order on the reception of communion in Crayford church, Kent, 1633
- 13 Archbishop William Laud's metropolitical articles for Lincoln diocese, 1634
- 14 Archbishop William Laud's injunctions to parochial clergy during his metropolitical visitation, 1634-7
- 15 Archbishop William Laud's articles for Exeter cathedral, 1634
- 16 Bishop Edmund Griffith's articles for Bangor diocese, 1634
- 17 Dean Richard Steward's orders for the peculiar of Chichester deanery, 1635
- 18 Bishop William Juxon's articles for the London ministry, 1635
- 19 Bishop John Williams's order to rail in the communion tables in Lincoln diocese, 1635
- 20 Dean Richard Baylie's articles for the hospital of St John, Wilton, 1635
- 21 Bishop Matthew Wren's articles for Hereford diocese, 1635
- 22 Bishop Matthew Wren's orders for Norwich diocese, 1636
- 23 Bishop Matthew Wren's appointment of standing commissioners in Norwich diocese, c. 1636
- 24 Bishop John Thornborough's articles for Worcester cathedral, 1636
- 25 Archbishop Richard Neile's injunctions for Southwell minster, 1636
- 26 Bishop John Owen's articles for St Asaph diocese, 1637
- 27 Bishop William Juxon's injunctions for Barstable deanery, London diocese, 1637
- 28 Bishop Robert Skinner's charge in Bristol diocese, 1637
- 29 Bishop Richard Montagu's articles for Norwich diocese, 1638
- 30 Archdeacon William Kingsley's injunctions to the churchwardens of St Margaret, Canterbury, 1639
- 31 Archdeacon Ewers Gower's articles for Northumberland archdeaconry, 1639
- 32 Bishop John Towers's orders for Brackley combination lecture, Peterborough diocese, 1639
- 33 Bishop Richard Montagu's directions at a synod in Norwich diocese, 1639
- 34 Bishop William Juxon's articles for London diocese, 1640
- 35 Archdeacon Hugh Robinson's articles for Gloucester archdeaconry, 1641
- 36 Archdeacon William Higgins's articles for Derby archdeaconry, 1641
- Appendix: Visitation Articles 1603-1642: An Interim Listing
- Index
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
This is the second of two volumes devoted to visitation articles and injunctions issued in the English Church from 1603 to 1642. The two are intended to be read and consulted together: Volume I focused on the Church of James I, though it included some articles, based on Jacobean prototypes, which were issued after 1625, while this collection covers the reign of Charles I up to the Civil War. The introductions are also complementary, discussing the purpose and significance of articles and injunctions, and relating them respectively to the Jacobean and Caroline Churches. Taken together, the two volumes print or reprint visitation articles from twenty-six of the twenty-seven dioceses of England and Wales, and injunctions, orders or charges from twelve of them. Moreover an appendix to this volume lists extant visitation articles for the entire period of 1603 to 1642. Of the four hundred and one sets identified there, one hundred and thirty-five are reproduced or collated in these two volumes, and many others commented on in the footnotes.
The introduction to Volume I examined the character, authorship and survival rates of visitation articles and that heterogenous collection of directions, orders and charges which may be termed injunctions. Seven major ‘families’ of enquiries were identified amongst the numerous printed articles used in parochial visitations during the reign of James I, and their progeny was traced into the 1630s. These groupings reved how ecclesiastical ordinaries often borrowed clauses or whole sets from the enquiries compiled by colleagues; the popularity of some sets of articles over others can be explained, in part, in terms of presentation or convenience, but in part also by theological preferences. Thus, for example, Bishop Overall's ritualist set for Norwich diocese of 1619 was adopted wholesale by a succession of anti-Calvinist bishops in the 1620s, but was extensively modified by the Calvinist Bishop of Salisbury, John Davenant, who retained its clear format while moderating many ceremonial and anti-puritan clauses. In short, an ordinary's choice and alteration of articles can often tell us much about his churchmanship. In the analysis which follows, these findings are explored further for the Caroline Church. We begin, however, with a consideration of two small classes of visitation enquiries, relating to cathedral churches and peculiar jurisdictions.
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- Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: II. 1625–1642 , pp. xiii - xxviiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 1998