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West Sussex Record Office, Chichester

Ep.I/1/10 Registers of Brideoake, Lake, Patrick, Grove, Williams and Manningham, 1675–8 and 1685–1722
Ep.I/1/11, fos 14–60 Registers of Bowers, Waddington, Hare and Mawson, 1722–54
Ep.I/1/11, fos 60–111 Bishop’s registers, 1754–92
Ep.I/68/6 Bound curates’ licences, 1833+

All curacies extracted to 31 Dec. 1835.

Ep.I/3/1, fos 14v–26v Subscription book 1661–84

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Ep.I/3/2 Subscription book 1662–78

Extracted fos 354–241.

Ep.I/3/3 Subscription book 1679–85

Extracted fos 1B–1C, 2–34.

Ep.I/3/4 General subscription book 1685–1704

Extracted fos 4–25, 27–31, 87–82, 81–66v, 64–44, 32–41.

Ep.I/3/5 General subscription book 1705–1724

Extracted fos 74–6, 77–84, 85–6 (curates and schoolmasters).Extracted fos 124–105, 139–125 (ordinands).Subscriptions of incumbents (fos 10–24, 25–53, 55–60) have not been extracted.

Ep.I/3/6 General subscription book 1724–40

Extracted fos 17–100.

Ep.I/3/7 Subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1754–72

Extracted all appointments not in the episcopal register.

Ep.I/3/8 Subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1773–87

Extracted all appointments not in the episcopal register.

Ep.I/3/9 Subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1787–1800

Extracted all appointments not in the register before fo. 61, then all appointments and ordinations.

Ep.I/3/10 Subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1801–14

Extracted all appointments and ordinations.

Ep.I/3/11 Subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1815–29

Extracted all appointments and ordinations.

Ep.I/3/12 Incumbents’ subscription book, both archdeaconries, 1829–

Extracted all appointments to 31 Dec. 1835.

Ep.I/4a/1 Ordinands’ subscription book 1829–62

Extracted all ordinations to 31 Dec. 1835.

Ep.I/4/2 Curates’ subscription book 1815–24
Ep.I/4/3 Curates’ subscription book 1829–46

Extracted all curacies to 31 Dec. 1835.

Ep.II/1/1 Subscription book for the archdeaconry of Lewes 1662–1751

Extracted fos 43–7, 48–78.

Ep.I/4/1 Curates’ subscription book for the archdeaconry of Lewes 1799–1821

Extracted all relevant subscriptions.

Ep.I/18 Libri cleri, archdeaconry of Chichester

Extracted 1662, 1665, 1675, 1685, 1695, 1705, 1715, 1725, 1735, 1745, 1755, 1765, 1775, 1785, 1795, 1805, and 1815.

Ep.II/10 Libri cleri, archdeaconry of Lewes

Extracted 1678, 1685, 1695, 1705, 1715, 1725, 1785, 1795, 1805, and 1815.

Ep.I/19/11 Register of orders, archdeaconry of Chichester, 1662
Ep.I/19/12 Register of orders, archdeaconry of Chichester, 1675?
Ep.II/10/4, fos 1–7 Liber cleri, archdeaconry of Lewes, 1670
Ep.II/11/4 Registers of orders, archdeaconry of Lewes

Extracted 1675 (fos 2–33) and 1686 (fos 38–66).

Ep.II/11/5 Registers of orders, archdeaconry of Lewes

Extracted 1723 (fos 1–42) and 1733 (fos 72–84).

Ep.II/11/7 Registers of orders, archdeaconry of Lewes, 1744
Ep.II/11/8 Registers of orders, archdeaconry of Lewes, 1745
Ep.I/68/1 Incumbents’ nominations to stipendiary curacies, 1692–1799
Ep.Ep.I/22/1 Bishop Bowers’s survey of the diocese, 1724

Extracted from Chichester diocesan surveys 1686 and 1724, ed. Wyn K. Ford (Sussex Record Society, 78, 1994)

Ep.III/4/13 Dean of Chichester act book 1661–99

Extracted fos 43–7, 48–78.

Ep.III/4/14 Dean of Chichester act book 1717–52

Extracted libri cleri for 1717 (fos 1v–2), 1725 (fos 63v–64), 1731 (fos 95–6), 1738 (fos 130–1), 1746 (fos 164–5), and 1752 (fos 185–6).

Ep.III/1/2/1–9 Subscriptions for presentations in dean of Chichester’s peculiar 1746–1833
Ep.III/14/2 Two letters of institution, dean of Chichester’s peculiar
Ep.IV/2/17 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted liber cleri for 1664 (fos 22v–23).

Ep.IV/2/18 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted liber cleri for 166? (fos 1–2).

Ep.IV/2/20 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted liber cleri for 1681 (fos 29v–30).

Ep.IV/2/21 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted libri cleri for 1686, 1693, 1697 (fos 8v–9, 25v–26, 34).

Ep.IV/2/22 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted libri cleri for 1702, 1707, 1712, 1717, 1722 (fos 13v–14, 33v–34, 45–6, 59v–60, 69v–70).

Ep.IV/2/23 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted liber cleri for 1727 (fo. 26).

Ep.IV/2/24 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted liber cleri for 1733 (fos 38–9).

Ep.IV/2/25 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted libri cleri for 1738, 1743 (fos 16v–17, 41v–42).

Ep.IV/2/26 Act book for the exempt deanery of Pagham and Tarring

Extracted libri cleri for 1748, 1753 (fos 10v–11, 40v–41).

Ep.V/8/2 Deanery of South Malling, liber cleri, 1673–81

Extracted libri cleri for 1673 and 1678.

Ep.V/8/3 Deanery of South Malling, liber cleri, 1682–94

Extracted libri cleri for 1682, 1687, and 1692.

Ep.V/8/4 Deanery of South Malling, liber cleri, 1695–1717

Extracted libri cleri for 1695, 1700, 1705, 1710, and 1715.

Ep.V/8/5 Deanery of South Malling, liber cleri, 1717–32

Extracted libri cleri for 1720, 1725, and 1730.

Ep.V/8/6 Deanery of South Malling, liber cleri, 1733–60

Extracted libri cleri for 1735, 1740, 1745, 1750, 1755, and 1760.

Ep.V/8/7–8 Deanery of South Malling, visitation books

Extracted five-yearly libri cleri for the period 1761–1835.

Ep.VIII/4/1 Deanery of Battle, presentation, 1731

Printed sources

Canterbury Sede Vacante Kent Records. Calendar of Institutions by the Chapter of Canterbury sede vacante, ed. C. E. Woodruff and I. J. Churchill (1924), pp. 3, 5, 10, 32–3, 35, 41, 45–6, 53, 56, 59, 61, 67, 70, 87, 102, 107–8, 117, 124, 131–2, 136, 138, 142.