Visitation Articles and Injunctions of the Early Stuart Church: I. 1603-25

• Bishop Francis Godwin's injunctions for Llandaff diocese 1603; Archbishop Richard Bancroft's letter to his commissioners for his metropolitical visitation 1605; Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for ten dioceses 1605 - Bishop Henry Cotton's articles for Salisbury diocese (1614), Bishop James Montagu's articles for Bath and Wells diocese (1609), Montagu's articles for Bath and Wells diocese (1609), collated with Archdeacon Richard Fitzherbert's articles for Dorset archdeaconry (1624); Archbishop Richard Bancroft's articles for Wells Cathedral 1605; Bishop Richard Vaughan's articles for London diocese 1605 - Bishop Thomas Ravis's articles for London diocese (1607), Bishop John King's articles for London diocese (1612), Archdeacon Edward Layfield's articles for Essex archdeaconry (1637), Bishop Gervase Babington's articles for Worcester diocese (1607), Bishop Henry Parry's articles for Gloucester diocese (1607), Archdeacon Samuel Burton's articles for Gloucester archdeaconry (1618), Bishop Robert Abbot's articles for Salisbury diocese (1616); Bishop Thomas Ravis's orders for Gloucester deanery 1605; Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's orders for Chichester diocese 1606; Archbishop Tobie Matthew's articles for York province 1607 - Bishop William James's articles for Durham diocese (1607), Bishop James's articles for Durham diocese (1613), Bishop Henry Robinson's articles for Carlisle diocese (1612), Bishop Barnabie Potter's articles for Carlisle diocese (1629), Bishop Thomas Morton's articles for Chester diocese (1617), Matthew's articles for York diocese (1622-3), Matthew's articles for York diocese (1622-3) collated with Archbishop Samuel Harsnett's articles for York province (1628-9); Bishop William Chaderton's articles for Lincoln diocese, 1607 - Bishop George Montaigne's articles for Lincoln diocese (1618), Montaigne's articles for Lincoln diocese (1618), collated with Bishop John Williams's articles for the same (1622), Montaigne's articles for Lincoln diocese (1618), collated with Archdeacon George Eland's articles for Bedford archdeaconry (1629), Chaderton's articles for Lincoln diocese, (1607) collated with Bishop Lancelot Andrewes's articles for Ely diocese (1610), Chaderton's articles for Lincoln diocese (1607), collated with Bishop Richard Neile's articles for Durham diocese (1624), Neile's articles for Durham diocese (1624), collated with his own for York province (1633), Archbishop Neile's articles for York province (1633), collated with his own for (1636), Neile's articles for York province (1633), collated with Archdeacon Henry Wickham's articles for York archdeaconry (1635); Archbishop Richard Bancroft's orders for Canterbury Cathedral 1609; royal instructions to the episcopate, July 1610; royal instructions to the episcopate, May 1611. (Part contents).

An important sourcebook for research about early seventeenth-century religious and social history. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTSets a standard of excellence which will gain the society a high reputation... A rich quarry for historians with a range of interests... a major achievement in the scholarly editing of a set of documents which have for much too long been inaccessible to ecclesiastical and social historians and which they cannot afford to ignore. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY`Evidence on such matters as Laudianism, episcopal jurisdiction, recusancy and the church courts - also a rich source for information on the day-to-day life of Jacobean England.'CHURCH TIMES An important work... the introduction is especially valuable for its analysis of the authorship of the articles and for its detailed description of how the bishops used them. CHURCH HISTORY [US]An invaluable source for ecclesiastical history... a splendid forst volume in what promises to be a highly important record series.