Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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... parish offices or provide a substitute . Service was usually for a year ; fail- ure to perform its duties was punishable at law by fine and im- prisonment . The principal parish officers were the churchwardens , the overseers of the ...
... parish offices or provide a substitute . Service was usually for a year ; fail- ure to perform its duties was punishable at law by fine and im- prisonment . The principal parish officers were the churchwardens , the overseers of the ...
Page 70
... parish . To provide such services they were empowered to levy a poor rate under cover of the signature of the local justices ; for failure to perform them adequately they could be indicted at Quarter Sessions . Neglect of a destitute ...
... parish . To provide such services they were empowered to levy a poor rate under cover of the signature of the local justices ; for failure to perform them adequately they could be indicted at Quarter Sessions . Neglect of a destitute ...
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... parish , 21 , 26 , 98 , 109 , 117 , 232 , 261 , 290 Counter Reformation , II Evangelicals , 153 , 261 , 274 , 277 Family prayers , 203 , 275 , 276 Liturgy , 41 , 108 Lollards , 9-10 Methodists , 99 , 180 , 232 , 329 Moslems , 10 ...
... parish , 21 , 26 , 98 , 109 , 117 , 232 , 261 , 290 Counter Reformation , II Evangelicals , 153 , 261 , 274 , 277 Family prayers , 203 , 275 , 276 Liturgy , 41 , 108 Lollards , 9-10 Methodists , 99 , 180 , 232 , 329 Moslems , 10 ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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