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From: John M Chapman <>
Subject: Re: 1500's Ordination Records
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:37:21 +0100


In article <035801be7d04$ad626300$>,
Stephen T.Moseling <> writes
>John Lowe < wrote:
>>What content do Bishop's Registers have? Do they show anything more than
>>Ordinations?
>
>They can, but necessarily always, include a testimonial of character, a
>certificate of baptism, a nomination by the incumbent whose curate the
>ordinand was to be, a certificate that his intention to enter the church had
>been published in his own parish church and covering letters. It may also
>list subsequent institutions to benefices.

Not in any bishops registers I have seen. They usually just list
ordinations in groups by Acolytes:, Sub-deacons:, Deacons: and Priests
usually giving their hometown or religious house. Occasionally you get a
little more eg on 5th March 1463 when there was an ordination at Wells
Cathedral you get a lovely entry under sub-deacons:-

Thomas Ewley of Worcester Diocese Admitted by the Bishop's Grace, the
rector of Beckyngton having undertaken to render him capable before he
comes to take further orders.

>From 1556 such information is
>held at the Public Records Office in category E331 - "Office of Governor of
>Queen Anne's Bounty and Predecessors: Certificates of Institutions to
>Livings".

These however are not Bishops Registers
>

>

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John M Chapman

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