The Parish Clerk

About this eBook

Author

Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Church of England -- Government

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13363

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13363

Release Date

September 3, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PARISH CLERK — BY
2. 2.P.H. DITCHFIELD — M.A., F.S.A. — WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS — First Published in 1907 .
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PREFACE
6. 6.THE PARISH CLERK
7. 7.CHAPTER I — OLD-TIME CHOIRS AND PARSONS
8. 8.CHAPTER II — THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE OFFICE OF CLERK
9. 9.CHAPTER III — THE MEDIÆVAL CLERK
10. 10.CHAPTER IV — THE DUTIES OF READING AND SINGING
11. 11.CHAPTER V — THE CLERK IN LITERATURE
12. 12.CHAPTER VI — CLERKS TOO CLERICAL. SMUGGLING DAYS AND SMUGGLING WAYS
13. 13.CHAPTER VII — THE CLERK IN EPITAPH
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PARISH CLERKS
15. 15.CHAPTER IX — THE CLERKS OF LONDON: THEIR DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES
16. 16.CHAPTER X — CLERKENWELL AND CLERKS' PLAYS
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — THE CLERKS AND THE PARISH REGISTERS
18. 18.CHAPTER XII — THE CLERK AS A POET
19. 19.A CAROL FOR ADVENT
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — THE CLERK GIVING OUT NOTICES
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV — SLEEPY CHURCH AND SLEEPY CLERKS
22. 22.CHAPTER XV — THE CLERK IN ART
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI — WOMEN AS PARISH CLERKS
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII — SOME YORKSHIRE CLERKS
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII — AN OLD CHESHIRE CLERK AND SOME OTHER WORTHIES
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX — THE CLERK AND THE LAW
27. 27.CHAPTER XX — RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CLERKS AND THEIR WAYS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI — CURIOUS STORIES
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII — LONGEVITY AND HEREDITY--THE DEACON-CLERKS OF BARNSTAPLE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII — CONCLUSION
31. 31.INDEX

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