Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Textual Conventions
- 1 Bishop Francis Godwin's Injunctions for Llandaff diocese, 1603.
- 2 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's letter to his commissioners for his metropolitical visitation, 1605.
- 3 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for his metropolitical visitation of ten dioceses, 1605. Collated with:
- 4 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for Wells Cathedral, 1605.
- 5 Bishop Richard Vaughan's articles for London diocese, 1605. Collated with:
- 6 Bishop Thomas Ravis's orders for Gloucester deanery, 1605.
- 7 Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's orders for Chichester diocese, 1606.
- 8 Archbishop Tobie Matthew's articles for York province, 1607. Collated with:
- 9 Bishop William Chaderton's articles for Lincoln diocese, 1607. Collated with:
- 10 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's orders for Canterbury Cathedral, 1609.
- 11 Royal Instructions to the episcopate, July 1610.
- 12 Royal Instructions to the episcopate, May 1611.
- 13 Archbishop George Abbot's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1612. Collated with:
- 14 Archbishop George Abbot's articles for Bristol Cathedral, 1612. Collated with
- 15 Archdeacon Robert Johnson's advertisements and articles for Leicester archdeaconry, 1613.
- 16 Archdeacon Lionel Sharpe's articles for Berkshire archdeaconry, 1615. Collated with:
- 17 Articles on foreigners and recusants in London archdeaconry, c.1615.
- 18 Bishop Samuel Harsnett's articles for Chichester Cathedral, 1616.
- 19 Bishop Thomas Dove's articles for Peterborough diocese, 1617. Collated with:
- 20 The Book of Sports, 1618.
- 21 Bishop Francis Godwin's orders on Sunday recreations in Hereford diocese, c. 1618-24.
- 22 Bishop John Bridgeman's articles for Chester Cathedral, 1619.
- 23 Bishop John Overall's articles for Norwich diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 24 Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's articles for Winchester diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 25 Bishop John Howson's articles for Oxford diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 26 Bishop Theophilus Field's articles for Llandaff diocese, 1621.
- 27 Bishop George Montaigne's orders for London diocese, c. 1621-8.
- 28 Bishop Miles Smith's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1622.
- 29 Royal Directions to Preachers, 1622.
- 30 Bishop John Howson's letter accompanying the Directions to Preachers in Oxford diocese, 1622.
- Appendix: Bishop Samuel Harsnett's articles on lecturers from his set of articles for Norwich diocese, 1620.
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2018
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Textual Conventions
- 1 Bishop Francis Godwin's Injunctions for Llandaff diocese, 1603.
- 2 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's letter to his commissioners for his metropolitical visitation, 1605.
- 3 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for his metropolitical visitation of ten dioceses, 1605. Collated with:
- 4 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for Wells Cathedral, 1605.
- 5 Bishop Richard Vaughan's articles for London diocese, 1605. Collated with:
- 6 Bishop Thomas Ravis's orders for Gloucester deanery, 1605.
- 7 Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's orders for Chichester diocese, 1606.
- 8 Archbishop Tobie Matthew's articles for York province, 1607. Collated with:
- 9 Bishop William Chaderton's articles for Lincoln diocese, 1607. Collated with:
- 10 Archbishop Richard Bancroft's orders for Canterbury Cathedral, 1609.
- 11 Royal Instructions to the episcopate, July 1610.
- 12 Royal Instructions to the episcopate, May 1611.
- 13 Archbishop George Abbot's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1612. Collated with:
- 14 Archbishop George Abbot's articles for Bristol Cathedral, 1612. Collated with
- 15 Archdeacon Robert Johnson's advertisements and articles for Leicester archdeaconry, 1613.
- 16 Archdeacon Lionel Sharpe's articles for Berkshire archdeaconry, 1615. Collated with:
- 17 Articles on foreigners and recusants in London archdeaconry, c.1615.
- 18 Bishop Samuel Harsnett's articles for Chichester Cathedral, 1616.
- 19 Bishop Thomas Dove's articles for Peterborough diocese, 1617. Collated with:
- 20 The Book of Sports, 1618.
- 21 Bishop Francis Godwin's orders on Sunday recreations in Hereford diocese, c. 1618-24.
- 22 Bishop John Bridgeman's articles for Chester Cathedral, 1619.
- 23 Bishop John Overall's articles for Norwich diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 24 Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's articles for Winchester diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 25 Bishop John Howson's articles for Oxford diocese, 1619. Collated with:
- 26 Bishop Theophilus Field's articles for Llandaff diocese, 1621.
- 27 Bishop George Montaigne's orders for London diocese, c. 1621-8.
- 28 Bishop Miles Smith's articles for Gloucester diocese, 1622.
- 29 Royal Directions to Preachers, 1622.
- 30 Bishop John Howson's letter accompanying the Directions to Preachers in Oxford diocese, 1622.
- Appendix: Bishop Samuel Harsnett's articles on lecturers from his set of articles for Norwich diocese, 1620.
- Index
Summary
both long overdue and timely. Nearly seventy years ago Frere and Kennedy completed their indispensable volumes on the articles and injunctions of the reformed Church of England between 1536 and 1603, but hitherto no one has taken the project forward into the reigns of James I and Charles I. This omission is the more striking in view of the current controversies over the character of the early Stuart Church, in the course of which several scholars have drawn on visitation articles to substantiate their claims. These include studies of ecclesiastical justice, Sabbatarian discipline, episcopal government and the Laudian reformation. However, important issues of authorship, derivation or influence of visitation articles have rarely received extensive treatment.
This collection is the first of two volumes of articles and injunctions for the Church of England from 1603 to 1642. Volume 2 will concentrate on the years 1625 to 1642. The focus here is on the Church of James I, but in tracing the popularity of select groups of visitation articles, sets from the later 1620s and 1630s are included, albeit in abbreviated form. Much of this volume, indeed, consists of collations of visitation articles. This approach not only establishes relations between different sets more precisely than Frere and Kennedy provided for an earlier period, but it also allows no fewer than sixtyseven sets of articles to be printed here, either in full or summary form. Similarly, this introduction will range across the years 1603 to 1642, but gives more space to the Jacobean Church. Let us begin with articles issued at visitations.
All those possessing ecclesiastical jurisdiction conducted visitations of the clergy and laity subject to their authority. However, the frequency of visitations varied according to rank and diocese. The archbishops of Canterbury and York held metropolitical visitations of the dioceses within their province shortly after consecration, and thereafter occasionally visited individual dioceses, usually during the vacancy of a see. Each of the twentyfive bishops also conducted his first (or primary) visitation of his diocese, including the cathedral church, within eighteen months of his elevation to a see, and subsequently repeated it triennially, although ecclesiastical custom restricted diocesan visitations of York to once in every four years, and of Norwich to once in every seven.
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- Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 1994