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P. H. Ditchfield
The Parish Clerk
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066180409
Table of Contents
THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE OFFICE OF CLERK
THE DUTIES OF READING AND SINGING
CLERKS TOO CLERICAL. SMUGGLING DAYS AND SMUGGLING WAYS
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PARISH CLERKS
THE CLERKS OF LONDON: THEIR DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES
THE CLERKS AND THE PARISH REGISTERS
SLEEPY CHURCH AND SLEEPY CLERKS
AN OLD CHESHIRE CLERK AND SOME OTHER WORTHIES
RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CLERKS AND THEIR WAYS
LONGEVITY AND HEREDITY--THE DEACON-CLERKS OF BARNSTAPLE
PREFACE
The race of parish clerks is gradually becoming extinct. Before the recollection of their quaint ways, their curious manners and customs, has quite passed away, it has been thought advisable to collect all that can be gathered together concerning them. Much light has in recent years been thrown upon the history of the office. The learned notes