A Few Notes On The Early Churchwardens Accounts Of The Town Of Ludlow

Author : Thomas Wright
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ISBN 13 : 9781332292158
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Churchwardens' Accounts of the Town of Ludlow written by Thomas Wright and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Churchwardens' Accounts of the Town of Ludlow: In Shropshire, From 1540 to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth My Dear Sir, I am assured that in the noble Church of which you so worthily exercise the spiritual direction, or in anything which relates to it, no one can feel a greater interest than yourself. This church derived much of its importance from the Guild of Palmers, which seems to have exercised an authority over the building, that, with its other property, was transferred to the municipal corporation of the town. Thus, in the following records, any act of an extraordinary kind is usually done "by appointment of the Bailiffs." Hence, too, such of the papers relating to the former affairs of the church itself, as have been preserved, are mostly found in the municipal archives of the town. Among these, as you well know, is a large manuscript volume containing the churchwardens' accounts of Ludlow, from A.D. 1540, the thirty-second year of the reign of Henry VIII., to the close of the reign of Elizabeth. The greater part of these accounts I have printed in the present volume. The accounts open at a very eventful period. We are at the dawn of the Reformation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.