Crockford
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury thomas crockford () came to wiltshire in as schoolmaster at stockton, and from until his death was vicar of fisherton delameresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen writing about the local gentry, fellow clergy, and leading members of society he was generally deferential and complimentary, to the extent that some of his more expansive efforts read as if they were funeral orations; but when it came to the less exalted members of his congregation he was briefer and more candid, knowing that they could not read his commentshe assiduously collected and copied information from earlier registers and then continued them, for each parish, until shortly before his deathfor much of this time he assisted his neighbours the rectors of wylye and stockton, and began new registers for each of these three adjacent chalkland parishes in the wylye valley of south wiltshire book condition throughout very good: dust jacket complete and unmarked, cloth covers very good and all pages crisp and cleanin doing this he was following an instruction of , as many clergy did at the time, but what makes his registers unusual, if not unique, is the manner in which he set about his taskin addition, by enquiring of families and elderly parishioners, he tried to discover details of those whom he had recorded from before his timelooks like the book has never been readthis remarkable mirror of rural society in the early 17th century is not a new discovery, but it is now published for the first time in translation and in its entiretythe work of translation has been undertaken by christopher newbury and steven hobbs, with additions by john chandler, who has edited the volume and contributed an introduction and detailed indexescrockford, unlike most of his parishioners, was proficient in latin, and into his registers he wrote not only the basic details of baptisms, marriages and burials, but also relationships, occupations, causes of death, fortunes and misfortunes, and thumbnail character sketches of everyone who crossed his path at altar, font or graveyard - and all in latin
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Ex-library copya directory of the serving and retired clergy of the church of england, the church in wales, the scottish episcopal church, the church of irelandcan be dispatched by courier by arrangementin good clean condition
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge this renowned reference directory, first published in , is an essential resource for anyone who works with or is linked to the church of england, the church of ireland, the church in wales or the episcopal church of scotlandthe 104th edition contains biographies and contact details for over clergy, both stipendiary and self-supportingextensive supplementary information includes: over email addresses; details of english, welsh and irish benefices and churches and scottish incumbencies; entries for the presiding bishops and archbishops of the anglican communion; full biographies for all retired clergy and a list of those who have died since the last edition; listings of chaplains of schools, universities, colleges of higher and further education, the armed services, prisons, theological colleges and courses, clergy attached to the chapel royal and the college of chaplains; episcopal succession lists; maps showing diocesan boundaries
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