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Dear Cate
The administrative procedure (which, I know, is not the ceremonial) was that the patron presented the new incumbent to the bishop who admitted and instituted him to the benefice (sometimes in person and sometimes by proxy) and then asked the archdeacon to induct.
There is masses relating to the administration of institutions in episcopal registers, many published by the Canterbury & York society. For your period, you might like to look at the Register of Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln (1209-1235), which is the earliest extant episcopal register. Published by the Canterbury & York Society and the Lincoln Record Society in 3 vols (1907-12), it is still in print. There is no extant episcopal register for London (where I would guess your parish is) before 1300 but your period has been covered by the British Academy's English Episcopal Acta series
English Episcopal Acta 26, London 1189-1228
D.P. Johnson
OUP/British Academy | English Episcopal Acta 26
388 pages | 4pp halftone plates | 234x156mm
978-0-19-726281-8 | Hardback | 10 July 2003
If you are in the bit of Essex in the Norwich diocese, you might also be interested in
VI.
Norwich 1070-1214. edited by Christopher Harper-Bill
528 pages + 4 plates
0-19-726091-8 hbk 1990 OXB
and
21.
Norwich 1215-1243. edited by Christopher Harper-Bill
294 pages + 4 plates
0-19-726212-0 hbk 2000 OXB
But I don't know if any of this will tell you of the ceremonial surrounding the institution/induction.
Best wishes
Rosemary Hayes
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear colleagues
the first recorded priest of the parish in Essex where I live dates back to 1219 (tho parts of the church building are older). This is more or less 'my' period, but I have studied literature, not history and am curious to find out more about what a village parish and church were like then. I wondered if there was a ceremony for the presentation of a priest to a parish - I checked pontificales and found services for the consecration of the church and the ordination of priests but was there any special ceremony of induction? The consecration ceremonies (in the 10th cent. Pontificale Lanaletense and the 12th century Pontifical of Magdalen college) require the 'abcdarium' to be inscribed in the corners of the church - would this be the whole alphabet? What was the significance of this?
with thanks
Cate
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