Using the Clergy Database and the Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, 1541–1857: problems of ‘career modelling’ and some potential solutions
This paper examines the difficulties inherent in tracing a clergyman in the records of the established church in early modern England. It describes the problems faced by the compilers of the Fasti series and the Clergy Database in determining whether multiple records refer to a single individual or two or more contemporaries sharing the same names, and describes, for the first time, the methodologies followed by Fasti editors. For times when these secondary sources cannot resolve the issue, the researcher is directed to certain classes of primary sources that may do so.
George Pretyman, bishop of Lincoln, and the University of Cambridge 1787-1801
Abstract This article examines the role of George Pretyman, bishop of Lincoln, as church appointments…
Bishops and their dioceses: reform of visitation in the Anglican church c.1680–c.1760
Abstract After the upheavals of mid century the restored episcopate was faced with rebuilding the…
Clergy lists, chapels and curates: some observations made and problems defined from Derbyshire 1558–1662
Abstract This paper examines some of the problems involved in creating full and accurate lists…