The Precedence of English Bishops and the Provincial Chapter de Christopher Wordsworth

The Precedence of English Bishops and the Provincial Chapter

Christopher Wordsworth

Originally published in 1906, this book presents an attempt 'to ascertain the office and position of certain Bishops in the Provincial Chapter of Canterbury, and likewise to trace the history of the Precedence of certain English Prelates'. Extensive notes and an appendices section are incorporated within the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Anglican Church and the history of Christianity.

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Preface; 1. Abp. Benson to Rv. Chr. Wordsworth, 27 Nov. 1886; 2. W. of Malmesbury, De concilio; 3. Concilium Londoniense, AD 1075; 4. W. of Malmesbury on a claim made by the Bp of Salisbury in 1121; 5. Letter of J. de Pontissara, Bp of Winchester, ?1303; 6. Record of convocation (Arundel reg.), 24 Nov. 1404; 7. W. Lyndewode's Provinciale, 1433; 8. Abp Boniface's Constitution at Lambeth, 1261, with Lyndewode's gloss, 1433; 9. Forma sive descriptio convocationis celebrandae. From Ms. Lambeth, 751; 10. 'The ordre of goyng or sittyng', with notes from J. Russell's Book of Nurture, cir. 1440, and Wynken de Worde's Boke of Kervynge, 1508, &c; 11. Enthronization of Abp Morton, Jan. 1486–7; 12. Burial service for Prince Arthur, 1502; 13. Abp Parker 'De antiquitade Britannicae ecclessiae' on the College of Bishops, 1572; 14. Wilson's 'English Mrtyroloe' on St Osmund and the honour of the See of Salisbury, 1608; 15. Note on 'Forma sive descriptio convocationis celebrandae', 1702; 16. J. Johnson's 'Clergyman's Vade Mecum', 1705; 17. Bp Gibson 'On the method of summoning an English convocation', 1730; 18. Lathbury, 'History of convocation', 1842; 19. Dr E. White Benson to Rev. Chr. Wordsworth, on the Arms of the See of Worcester, 7 June, 1875; 20. 'Lincoln diocesan calendar', 1874–9; 21. The same, 1880–84; 22. Debrett's 'Peerage', 1883; 23. Crockford's 'Clerical directory', 1874–1904; 24. Extract from a letter from Dr G. F. Browne, Bp of Bristol, to the Bp of Lincoln, 13 Oct. 1905; 25. 'The order of the proceeding at the coronation of K. Edward VII and Q. Alexandra', issued in June, 1902; 26. Order of procession of Anglican bishops at the adjournment of the Lambeth conference, 28 July, 1888; 27. Concluding notes on the dignity of certain bishops in the Provincial College and on other occasions; Appendix A. On subscriptions attesting charters; Appendix B. The crown-wearing of K. Stephen, circa 1140; Appendix C. A Bp of Winchester's place as a Baron of the Exchequer, about 1175; Appendix D. The Bp of London as Dean among the bishops (AD 1197); Appendix E. The bishops' places in Parliament about AD 1250; Appendix F. The Arms of the See of Worcester; Appendix G. Of Bishops suffragan; Letter from the Abp of Canterbury (Dr Benson) to the Bp of Lincoln (Dr Chr. Wordworth), 14 April, 1883.