and further, for any mediaevalists - what about Continental procedure in the
Catholic Church? Or were Bishops' Transcripts an Anglican-only
post-Reformation innovation?
Sarah
...
> This query prompts me to ask whether anyone has yet found an explanation
> for early Bishops Transcripts. The earliest for the Chichester
> Archdeaconry date from 1567, and I know that D.J. Steel's National index
> of
> Parish Registers Vol 1, identifies early items in some other dioceses.
> The
> earliest instruction for returning Bishops transcripts appears to be the
> Provincial Constitution of Canterbury of 25 October 1596. Does anyone
> know
> why the early returns were made?
>
> Peter Wilkinson
>
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