The Precedence of English Bishops and the Provincial Chapter

Originally published in 1906, this book attempts 'to ascertain the office and position of certain Bishops in the Provincial Chapter of Canterbury'.

Christopher Wordsworth (Author)

9781107643161, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 May 2014

106 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.6 cm, 0.01 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]