A Chronicle of the Church of S. Martin in Leicester, During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth; With Some Account of Its Minor Altars and Ancient Guilds Compiled from Original and Contemporary Documents (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...and viij. pence the book and the Bible: by the means piece" (or, according to some copies, whereof the people shall not be at so four shillings and eightpence each copy, great charge for books as in time past the price given as above by the Church-they have been." wardens of S. Martin's). And in the Preface to the First Prayer-Quoted in Burnet's Reformation, Book it is said, " Furthermore by this vol. ii. part ii. 230. and gave the following Order, which is here quoted, as showing the various Office-books used in the Church in the reign of Henry VIII.: --"That immediately upon the receipt hereof you do command the Dean and Prebendaries of your Cathedral Church; the Parson, Vicar, or Curat, and Churchwardens of every parish, within your diocese, to bring and deliver unto you or your Deputy, any of them for their Church or Parish, at such convenient place as you shall appoint, all Antiphonals, Missals, Graylles, Processionals, Manuels, Legends, Pies, Portasies, Journals, and Ordinals, after the use of Sarum, Lincoln, York, or any other private use." These were to be defaced and rendered unfit for future use. Archbishop Cranmer had previously--in 1548--issued Articles of Visitation for the Diocese of Canterbury; the Bishop of Lincoln probably did the same in this diocese, for the Churchwardens of S. Martin's charge eightpence in 1548-9 for "makyng ye inventory of ye church goods;" and in 1550 Bishop Ridley did the same for the Diocese of London, enquiring whether the Injunctions of the King were strictly carried out.t Soon after which Orders from Council were sent to the Bishops commanding that all the altars in every church should be taken down, and that a table should be set up in some convenient part of the chancel to serve...