The Parish Clerk
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THE PARISH CLERK
BY
P.H. DITCHFIELD
M.A., F.S.A.
WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS
First Published in 1907.
WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS
First Published in 1907.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
THE PARISH CLERK
CHAPTER I
OLD-TIME CHOIRS AND PARSONS
CHAPTER II
THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE OFFICE OF CLERK
CHAPTER III
THE MEDIÆVAL CLERK
CHAPTER IV
THE DUTIES OF READING AND SINGING
CHAPTER V
THE CLERK IN LITERATURE
CHAPTER VI
CLERKS TOO CLERICAL. SMUGGLING DAYS AND SMUGGLING WAYS
CHAPTER VII
THE CLERK IN EPITAPH
CHAPTER VIII
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PARISH CLERKS
CHAPTER IX
THE CLERKS OF LONDON: THEIR DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES
CHAPTER X
CLERKENWELL AND CLERKS' PLAYS
CHAPTER XI
THE CLERKS AND THE PARISH REGISTERS
CHAPTER XII
THE CLERK AS A POET
A CAROL FOR ADVENT
CHAPTER XIII
THE CLERK GIVING OUT NOTICES
CHAPTER XIV
SLEEPY CHURCH AND SLEEPY CLERKS
CHAPTER XV
THE CLERK IN ART
CHAPTER XVI
WOMEN AS PARISH CLERKS
CHAPTER XVII
SOME YORKSHIRE CLERKS
CHAPTER XVIII
AN OLD CHESHIRE CLERK AND SOME OTHER WORTHIES
CHAPTER XIX
THE CLERK AND THE LAW
CHAPTER XX
RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CLERKS AND THEIR WAYS
CHAPTER XXI
CURIOUS STORIES
CHAPTER XXII
LONGEVITY AND HEREDITY--THE DEACON-CLERKS OF BARNSTAPLE
CHAPTER XXIII
CONCLUSION
INDEX
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