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The test or tryal of the goodness and value of spiritual courts, in two queries: I. Whether the Statute of 1 Edw. VI. 2. be in Force (against them) at this day, obliging them to Summon and Cite the Kings Subjects (not in their own Names and Stiles, as now they do, but) in the Name and Stile of the Kings Majesty (as in the Kings Courts Temporal) and under the Seal of the Kings Arms? II. Whether any of the Canon-Law, or how much of the Canon-Law is (at this day) the Law of England, in Courts Christian? Together With a True Table of all such Fees as are Due, or can be Claimed in any Bishops-Courts, in all Cases; as they were given in to the Commissioners of His Majesty K. Char. 1. Nov. 1630. by Commissizries, Registers, Proctors, &c. under their own Hands in the Star-Chamber. Highly necessary to be perused by all those that have been, or may be Cited to appear at Doctors-Commons, or any other Spiritual-Courts or Visitations. By Edmund Hickeringill, Rector of All-Saints in Colchester.
Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.Date: [1706?]- Books
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A treatise of ecclesiastical benefices and revenues. Containing, among other very curious Particulars, I. That the Church hath been taught the Manner of Possessing and Administring her Temporals, by Jesus Christ. II. That Ecclesiasticks become too greedy in acquiring Estates, and that their Avarice ought to be restrained. III. That the Bishops becoming Judges in Civil Affairs, neglect to teach the Doctrine of Christ. IV. The Original of Tythes, whether of Divine or Human Right. V. The Original Government of the Church Democratical. VI. Detestable Popes and prophane Bishops described. Vii. The Usurpations of several Bishops upon the Temporals of Princes. Viii. The Original of Commendams, &c. Written originally in Italian, by the learned Father Paul, Author of the History of the Council of Trent. Translated by Tobias Jenkins Esq; Late Member of Parliament, and Lord Mayor of York. And Illustrated with Notes by Him, and from the ingenious Amelot De La Houssaye. The third edition. To which is prefixed, (never before printed) the life of Father Paul, by Mr. Lockman. And a Preface, giving an Account of the Work.
Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.Date: M.DCC.XXXVI. [1736]- Books
Elizabethan life: morals & the church courts / F.G. Emmison.
Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-1995.Date: 1973- Books
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A letter to the Rev. Geo. Reynolds, ... concerning the proceedings of certain officers of the ecclesiastical court. Together with the case of Sudborow churchwarden. And a letter to the ... Bishop of Peterborough in defence of the publication of the case of Sudborow churchwarden. By Francis Baker, ...
Baker, Francis.Date: 1744- Books
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The gentlemen, who have involved themselves in a late unhappy affair, having been pleased to represent their proceedings as a matter of common form, and the words of it merely of course; ...
University of Oxford.Date: 1758]- Books
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A treatise of beneficiary matters: or, a history of ecclesiastical benefices and revenues. In which are set forth their Rise and Progress, and the Various Means by which they have accrued to the Church. By Father Paul, of the Order of the Servites, and Consulter of State to the Republick of Venice. Translated from the most correct copy in Italian extant, printed at Mirandola, 1676. To which are added notes and observations; most of which were collected by M. Amelot de la Houssaie; which serve as authentick Confutations of the Calumnies spread against the Author.
Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.Date: 1727- Books
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London church courts and society on the eve of the Reformation / Richard M. Wunderli.
Wunderli, Richard MDate: [1981], ©1981- Books
Church courts, sex, and marriage in England, 1570-1640 / Martin Ingram.
Ingram, Martin.Date: 1987- Books
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A speech, addressed to the provincial synod of Glasgow and Ayr, met at Ayr, 14th April 1784, by one of the members of that court, upon patronage.
Date: Printed in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The history of London, from its foundation by the Romans, to the present time. Containing A Faithful Relation of the Publick Transactions of the Citizens; Accounts of the several Parishes; Parallels between London and other Great Cities; its Governments, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military; Commerce, State of Learning, Charitable Foundations, &c. With the several Accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, And Other Parts within The Bill of Mortality. In nine books. The Whole Illustrated with a Variety of Fine Cuts. With a Compleat Index. By William Maitland, F. R. S.
Maitland, William, 1693?-1757.Date: MDCCXXXIX. [1739]- Books
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Two letters written in the year 1689. By the Right Reverend Father in God, the present Lord Bishop of Rochester, to the Right Honourable the late Earl of Dorset, concerning his sitting in the ecclesiastical commission in the reign of K. James II.
Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XI. [1711]- Books
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An ecclesiastical history of Scotland. Containing the state of the church of that nation, from the time of Queen Mary to the union of the Two Kingdoms, being The Space of 154 Years.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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A charge delivered to the grand jury at the general quarter sessions for the county of Cork, held at Bandon-Bridge, on Jan. 14, 1755. By Sir Richard Cox, bart. Published at the request of the justices of the peace.
Ireland. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Cork : County)Date: M,DCC,LV. [1755]- Books
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The royal ecclesiastical gazetteer; or, Clergyman's pocket kalendar. Containing an alphabetical list of all the livings in England, in the gift of the King, the Price of Wales, the lord high chancellor of England, and the chancellor of the Duchy Court of Lancaster, in each country separate. With the particular sum and certified value, according to which each living stands chargeable with, or is discharged from the payment of first fruits and tenths. To which is added an alphabetical index to the whole. By Tho. Bateman, A.M. chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Gordon, vicar of Whaplode, Lincolnshirs, &c.
Bateman, Tho. (Thomas), Vicar of Whaplode.Date: [1774]- Books
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The royal ecclesiastical gazetteer: containing, an alphabetical list of all the livings in England, in the gift of the King, the Prince of Wales, the Lord High Chancellor of England, and the Chancellor of the Duchy Court of Lancaster. With the particular Sum and certified Value, According to which each Living stands chargeable with, Or is discharged from The Payment of First Fruits and Tenths. To which is added An Alphabetical Index to the Whole. By Tho. Bateman, A. M. Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Gordon, Vicar of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, &c.
Bateman, Tho. (Thomas), Vicar of Whaplode.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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Christ, the foundation of the salvation of sinners, and of civil and ecclesiastical government; illustrated in a sermon, preached before the General Assembly of the colony of Connecticut, on the day of the anniversary election, May 14th, 1767. By Edward Eells, M.A. Pastor of the Second Church in Middletown. [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Eells, Edward, 1713-1776.Date: [1767]- Books
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Catechetical instructions: Or, The church-catechism, with some ecclesiastical terms, explained. To which are added Bishop Kenn's morning and evening hymns, and morning and evening prayers for a child, with prayers before and after confirmation.
Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]- Books
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A compleat universal history, of the several empires, kingdoms, states &c. throughout the known world. Containing, an Account of the most Remarkable Transactions Of their Respective Reigning Monarchs, &c. With their Polities Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military: Also a Description of the Arts and Sciences, Trade and Manufactures of the Different Nations: Together with a Natural History of each Country, Wherein will be compris'd the Vegetable, Animal and Mineral Productions, that are Remarkably Curious, either Natural or Artificial. Adorn'd with figures and correct maps copy'd from the best geographers. By Mr. Le Stourgeon.
Le Stourgeon, B.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]-38- Books
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Morality united with policy; or, reflections on the old and new government of France; and on various important topics of civil and ecclesiastical reform. By Robert Fellowes, A. B. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford; Author of a picture of Christian Philosophy, and an address to the people, &c.
Fellowes, Robert, 1771-1847.Date: [1800]- Books
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Liber valorum & decimarum; being an account of the valuations and yearly tenths of all such ecclesiastical benefices in England and Wales, as now stand chargeable with the payment of first-fruits and tenths. Also The True Yearly Valuations of all Small Ecclesiastical Benefices, as they have been lately Certified into Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, in Order to their Discharge from the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths. To which are added, The Tenths formerly charged upon such last mentioned Small Benefices. Carefully collected and examined by John Ecton.
Ecton, John, -1730.Date: 1711- Books
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Spiritual wickedness in high places: or, The corruption and oppression in the spiritual courts laid open, in the case of Peter Slynehead, of the Parish of Prescot in the county of Lancaster and Diocess of Chester.
Slynehead, Peter.Date: 1704- Books
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A letter to His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, occasioned by the excommunication of the Right Honourable Lord George Gordon. For nonconformity to the mandates of the Spiritual Court.
Philo veritas.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The law of simony: containing, all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, Resolutions, and Judgments concerning it, under the following heads: Chap. I. Definition, and Oath of Simony, and by what Authority this Oath is administered. Chap. II. Of Simony, by the Canon and Common Law; the Stat. of 31st Eliz. c. 6. concerning it; and the erroneous Opinions of Lord Holt, and several other Judges, in saying that the Word Simony is not in that Act. Chap. III. Commentaries and Determinations upon that Act, from Lord Coke, and other Reporters Chap. IV. Cases adjudged at Law and in Equity, respecting general and special Bonds of Resignation. Chap. V. Adjudications relative to the Legality of purchasing the next Presentation to a Benefice. Chap. VI. Of the Disabilities, Forseitures, and Punishments incurred for Simony, by the Incumbent, Patron, and Ordinary. Chap. Vii. In what Cases, and at what Times, Advantage may be taken of such Forfeitures and Disabilities. Chap. Viii. Of the King's Right; when he may present; and the Effect of his pardoning Simony. Chap. IX. Of the Pleadings in Actions of Quare impedit, &c. upon the Act 31 Eliz. c. 6. Chap. X. What Power the Ecclesiastical Court has in Simony. Chap. XI. Of the Power of the Ordinary to accept or refuse the Resignation of a Benefice. Chap. XII. The Cases at large in the great Cause determined in the House of Peers, in May 1783, between the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of London and Lewis Disney Ffytche, Esq. on a Writ of Error from the Court of King's Bench, with the Arguments of the Judges, namely, Mr. Justice Heath, Buller, Nares, Willes, and Gould, and of the Lord Chief Baron Skynner, Mr. Baron Perryn, and Mr. Baron Eyre, in Support of their respective Answers to the 12 Questions proposed to them by the Lords, on the Motions of Lord Thurlow and the Earl of Mansfield; and also, the Speeches of the Bishops of Salisbury, Bangor, Llandaff, and Gioucester, of Lord Thurlow, the Earl of Mansfield, and the Duke of Richmond; with the Judgment of the House of Peers, as it is entered in their Journal. The whole collected, digested, and published by T. Cunningham, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Cunningham, Timothy, -1789.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The Lord Chancellor Egerton's observations on the Lord Coke's reports: Particularly in the debate of causes relating to the right of the church; the power of the king's prerogative; the jurisdiction of courts; or, the interest of the subject.
Egerton, Thomas, Sir, 1540?-1617.Date: [1710?]- Books
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Letters to a prebendary: being an answer to reflections on popery, by the Rev. J. Sturges, LL. D. Prebendary and Chancellor of Winchester, and Chaplain to his Majesty; with remarks on the Opposition of Hoadlyism to the Doctrines of the Church of England, and on various publications, occasioned by the late Civil and Ecclesiastical History of Winchester. By The Rev. John Milner, M. A. F. S. A.
Milner, John, 1752-1826.Date: 1800