| Description | Miscellaneous Book 1. This contains loose papers bound in. The principal ones are: surrender by Roger Trender of a messuage in the churchyard of the Close, 1613; 1671 visitation, answers of the dignitaries to articles; extracts from the chapter act books concerning episcopal visitations; 1683 visitation, method of proceeding; 1695, letter from the archbishop of Canterbury to the bishop containing suggestions for the discipline of the clergy; 'question' put by the bishop to the dean and chapter concerning the bishop's rights in the chapter, with, later, their answer and another question; 1696 visitation, schedule of detections, monitions and responses; copy of chapter minutes concerning the visitation; accounts, chiefly household, including various charities and schools, and estate, of Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, 1724-1728; and 'extracts from the proceedings of the chapter ... relative to the presentation to options', 1701-1770. |