WILLIAM A. SHAW, Litt.D.

EDITOR OF THE "CALENDAR OF TREASURY PAPERS," AUTHOR OF T'
"HISTORY OF CURRENCY," ETC.

BX 5073

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CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

CHAPTER III.

THE PRESBYTERIAN SYSTEM, 1646-60. (Erection of the Pres-

byterian System, Extent of the Pure Classical System,

Toleration, Decay of Presbytery and of Presbyterian

Discipline, Presbyterian versus Independent in the Parish,

Catechising and Sacramental Regulation, the Voluntary

Associations, Final Attempts at Accommodation)

CHAPTER IV.

pages 1-174

PATRONAGE AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION. (Parliamentary

Interference with the Clergy, Treatment of Scandalous

Ministers, the Parliamentary Lecturers, the Royalist

Clerical Sequestrations, the Plundered Ministers' Com-

mittee, Sale of Bishops' and Dean and Chapter Lands,

the Trustees for Maintenance-their Income and Ex-

penditure, the Propagation Schemes, the Church Survey,

Repair of Churches, Right of Tithe, First Fruits and

Tenths, Legal Position of the Intruded Puritan Clergy,

Patronage (Private, Episcopal, Royal and University),

the Commissioners for Ejection; Approbation and Certifi-

cation of Ministers)

APPENDICES.

I. BISHOP WILLIAMS' COMMITTEE, 1641

pages 175-286

II. CLERGY LISTS:-

(a) "Malignant" Clergy, 1640-42

(b) Puritan Lecturers, 1640-43

(c) Royalist Clerical Sequestrations and

Parliamentary Nominations, 1642-49

III. THE PRESBYTERIAN SYSTEM:-

(a) The County Certificates (1646-47)

(b) The Pure Classical Systems (1646-60)

(c) The Voluntary Associations (1653-60)

IV. THE MS. RECORDS OF THE PLUNDERED

MINISTERS' COMMITTEE, ETC......

V. ACCOUNT OF IMPROPRIATIONS PURCHASED

IN, TO THE CHURCH, 1645-48

VI. GENERAL REPORT ON CLERICAL AUG-
MENTATIONS, NOVEMBER, 1655

VII. ACCOUNTS OF THE SALE OF DEAN AND

CHAPTERS' LANDS

514-557

VIII. ACCOUNTS OF THE SALE OF BISHOPS'

LANDS

IX. ACCOUNTS OF FIRST FRUITS, 1643-44,

1652, 1655-56, 1657-59, 1660; Ac-

COUNTS OF Tenths, 1657-58

X. REPORT OF THE PLUNDERED MINISTERS'

COMMITTEE OF 17TH MARCH, 1644-45,

ON THE APPLICATIONS OF DEAN AND

CHAPTER LANDS

XI. THE MS. RECORDS OF THE CHURCH

SURVEY, 1650-51 AND 1655-59

INDEX

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2345 66

7788∞ 8

1646 June

ANALYSIS OF CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

CHAPTER III.

THE PRESBYTERIAN SYSTEM, 1646-60.

The Parliament orders the establishment of the Presbyterian system,

June, 1646...

...

The city clergy yield to the Parliament, and consent to set up a
limited Presbyterian system, June, 1642

June-Dec. The city parishes elect their elders, June-December, 1646
First meeting of the classes, November, 1646
The first Provincial meeting in London, May, 1647

Nov.

1647 May

1645 Sept.

Dec.

Dec.

Dec.

1646 April

June

The Presbyterian system in the country at large

The Speaker's letters to the County Committees, September, 1645

The county returns thereto, containing certificates of the classical

divisions, December, 1645, to May, 1646

9 The county returns in the House of Commons handed over to the
Committee for the Enumeration

Office of the Committee for the Enumeration

Obstructions to the Presbyterial Government; action of the House

concerning, April, 1647

1647-8 Jan.

23 Ordinance for the Presbyterian Government, 23rd January, 1648

Its provisions

...

...

1648 Aug.

29 Final ordinance touching the Presbyterian Government, 29th August,

1648

...

...

Its provisions

...

Curious nature of the Presbyterian organisation as drafted in the
ordinance of August, 1648

...

Not a voluntary system: the classis in form is a nominated body

Extent to which the country followed the Parliament's platform

In Lancashire ...

In London: the triers

...

The triers equivalent to the nominated classis

Question as to the adoption of the system in the remaining parts of

the country

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