History BC - before Crockford

The project directors of the clergy of the Church of England database describe its uses for historians and genealogists.

Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae a Synodo Verolamiensi a.d. CCCCXLVI ad Londinensem a.d. MDCCXVII [Texto impreso] : Accedunt Constitutiones et alia ad Historiam Ecclesiae Anglicanae

Sign. : A-G 2, [] 1

Poems copied by James Diman, ca. 1730-1733

Small pamphlet-sized notebook containing handwritten transcriptions of three poems copied by James Diman, likely in the early 1730s. The notebook contains "The Catholic Remedy. to ye Tune of To all you Ladies, not at land &c.," "Father Ab--y's Will. Col. Sweeper Camb: Dec. 1731," and "The Poet's Lamentation for ye Loss of his cat, w'ch he used to call his Muse" copied from the London Magazine, November 1733. The "Catholic Remedy" begins "You Peope who desire to mend / your Desperate Estate..." and includes the note, "Made upon A--D--'s goving over to take orders. The note refers to the voyage of Addington Davenport (Harvard AB 1719) to England join the priesthood of the Church of England in 1730. "Father Ab--y's Will" begins "To my dear Wife, / My joy and Life..." and was a humorous poem published in 1731 after the death of Harvard College Sweeper Matthew Abdy, and attributed to Jonathan Seccombe (Harvard AB 1728). The "Poet's Lamentation" begins "Oppress'd with Grief, in heavy strains I mourn..." and was written by Joseph Green (Harvard AB 1726) as a parody of a psalm composed by Mather Byles (Harvard AB 1725). Pages 10-12, holding part of "Father Ab--y's Will" are missing, and pages 13-15 are no longer attached to the item.

Letter book : manuscript, 1764-1771

Tryon's official letter book containing copies of letters and documents relating to his work as colonial governor of North Carolina; with references concerning drawing a boundary between North Carolina and South Carolina; talks with the Cherokee Indians; the establishment of a postal service; working with the Propagation of the Gospels in Foreign Parts; establishing the Church of England in North Carolina; strengthening the defenses of the colony; maintaining better communication with Great Britain; and other events.

Letter: to Francis Nicholson, [17--]

Letter, undated, from committee of eight members of the Church of England in Boston, John Barnes, Thomas Greaves, Anthony Blount, John Gibbins, George Cradock, Thomas Selbey and two others, appealing to Nicholson to help support the founding and building of Christ Church.

Nine sermons preached before the University of Oxford /

"Printed chiefly between A.D. 1843-1855, now collected into one volume."

A churchman to churchmen : a series of lectures on matters of controversy at the present day /

Includes bibliographical references.

R.P. Francisci Suarez, Granatensis, e Societate Iesu doctoris theologi, et in Conimbricensi Academia sacrarum literarum primarij professoris. Defensio fidei Catholicae et apostolicæ aduersus Anglicanæ sectæ errores. : Cum responsione ad Apologiam pro Iuramento fidedelitatis, & præfationem monitoriam sernessimi Iacobi Magnæ Britanniæ Regis. Ad serenissimos totius Christiani orbis Catholicos reges et principes.

Includes index.

The lives of the deans of Canterbury, 1541 to 1900 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Authorized or Revised? Sermons on some of the texts in which the Revised version differs from the Authorized.

"The following sermons were preached with one exception in the Temple church."--Pref.

A guide to the study of the book of common prayer : with a sketch of its compilation /

Includes index.

How we got our prayer-book.

Mode of access: Internet.

Counsels of faith and practice : being sermons preached on various occasions / by W.C.E. Newbolt.

Mode of access: Internet.