Economic Problems of the Church: From Archbishop Whitgift to the Long Parliament

Table of contents

The first page of every section is available free to non-members – click a section heading to start reading now!

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Part I The State of the Clergy 1
• Ii The Plunder of the Church 14
• Iii The Challenge to the Hierarchy 39
• Iv Benefices and Advowsons 50
• Part Ii Iscariot's Purse 75
• Vi Impropriations 132
• Vii Parish Fees 168
• Viii Ecclesiastical Taxation 188
• Ix Social and Economic Status of The Clergy 199
• X Pluralism and Non-Residence 224
• Part Iii The Church Triumphant 243
• Xii The Tithes of London 275
• Xiii Augmentations 289

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Part I The State of the Clergy 1
• Ii The Plunder of the Church 14
• Iii The Challenge to the Hierarchy 39
• Iv Benefices and Advowsons 50
• Part Ii Iscariot's Purse 75
• Vi Impropriations 132
• Vii Parish Fees 168
• Viii Ecclesiastical Taxation 188
• Ix Social and Economic Status of The Clergy 199
• X Pluralism and Non-Residence 224
• Part Iii The Church Triumphant 243
• Xii The Tithes of London 275
• Xiii Augmentations 289
• Xiv Archbishop Laud and the Laity 307
• Conclusion 338
• Index 353