Records of the Churchwardens of Mildenhall

Collections (1446-1454) and Accounts (1503-1553)
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-85115-578-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 54, 318 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Reihe: Suffolk Records Society

Edition of ecclesiastical records from a parish church offer a rich source of knowledge for life at the time.

The documents in this volume bring to life the day-to-day business and upkeep of the large church of Mildenhall, belonging to a parish whose manor was the richest in the possession of Bury St Edmund's Abbey. The Collections recordthe weekly offerings gathered in aid of church building and maintenance. The churchwardens' accounts provide evidence for such matters as repairs to vestments and books, the cost of candles, and payments to the various tradesmenemployed. The later accounts also show the impact of the Reformation on the church, with the pulling down of the rood, destruction of the stone altar, and erasure of Thomas Becket's name from service books, and so forth. Many of the people in the accounts are also known from their wills, reproduced as an appendix.
The documents are set into context with an introduction, which covers the history of the church during the period, and notes.

The late Judith Middleton-Stewart gained her doctorate from the University of East Anglia; her book on death and remembrance in the Suffolk deanery of Dunwich, Inward Purity and Outward Splendour, is also published by Boydell.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Middleton-Stewart, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Parish of Mildenhall
Contents of the Collections and Churchwardens' Accounts
Editorial Conventions
The Collections 1446-1454
The Churchwardens' Accounts 1503-1553
Appendix 1: Mildenhall under Queen Mary
Appendix 2: Mildenhall wills transcribed
Appendix 3: Extracts from Lyndwood's Provinciale [1534]
Feasts and festivals mentioned in the text
Glossary
Notes on People
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Middleton-Stewart, Judith
The late Judith Middleton-Stewart gained her doctorate from the University of East Anglia; her book on death and remembrance in the Suffolk deanery of Dunwich, Inward Purity and Outward Splendour, is also published by Boydell.

The late Judith Middleton-Stewart gained her doctorate from the University of East Anglia; her book on death and remembrance in the Suffolk deanery of Dunwich, Inward Purity and Outward Splendour, is also published by Boydell.