Author: TATE, WILLIAM EDWARD
Title: The parish chest : a study of the records of parochial administration in England
Description: London : Cambridge U. P 1969. Third Edition. reprint. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.by the late W.E. Tate. Edition; 3rd ed. Physical description; xvii. 369 p. 11 plates : illus. facsims. maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Prev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1951. bibl. p. 347-354. Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Records mainly ecclesiastical; 1. Parish registers; 2. Churchwardens' accounts; 3. Charity accounts and other charity records briefs; 4. Glebe terriers and tithe records; 5. Other ecclesiastical records including records of touching for the king's evil; Part II: Records mainly civil; 6. Vestry minutes and agreements; 7. Petty constables' accounts; 8. Records of poor-law administration; 9. Records of highway maintenance; 10. Records of open-field agriculture enclosure; 11. Miscellaneous records-civil and ecclesiastical. Summary; In this third edition of his valuable study of the variety of civil and ecclesiastical documents in parish archives. Mr Tate corrected and revised the text and replaced Appendix II with information in County and other major local record offices in England. The purpose of the book is to illustrate and encourage research into local history by means of surviving documents and fragments; it opens a way of actual study for many would-be local historians. Much thought has been given to classification. and comparison; the book is cross referenced. indexed and illustrated. It prints many examples of typical records of all kinds. related them where necessary to the laws and conditions which gave rise to them. and to the society whose relics they are. Mr Tate's knowledge of documents and of the scattered literature dealing with them enabled him to describe and illustrate the evolution of local government. Subjects; Church of England - Archival resources. Church of England - Parishes. Archives - Great Britain. Local government - Great Britain. Local government - England - History - Sources. Church records and registers - England. Parishes - England. Great Britain - History. Local - Sources. Great Britain - Church history - Sources. Great Britain - History - Sources. Local government - Gt. Brit. Parishes. Archives. Archives. Parishes. Church Government. British Isles. History / Europe / Great Britain. History / Europe / Western. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 0521066034. Weight in Kg appr.:

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