THE PARISH CLERK. By Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

THE PARISH CLERK

BY

P.H. DITCHFIELD

M.A., F.S.A.

WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS

First Published in 1907.

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CHAPTER		PAGE
I. OLD-TIME CHOIRS AND PARSONS		1
II. THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THEOFFICE OF CLERK		16
III. THE MEDIÆVAL CLERK		31
IV. HIS DUTIES OF READING ANDSINGING		48
V. THE CLERK IN LITERATURE		63
VI. CLERKS TOO CLERICAL--SMUGGLING DAYSAND SMUGGLING WAYS		79
VII. THE CLERK IN EPITAPH		90
VIII. THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PARISHCLERKS		104
IX. THE CLERKS OF LONDON: THEIR DUTIESAND PRIVILEGES		115
X. CLERKENWELL AND CLERKS' PLAYS		130
XI. THE CLERKS AND THE PARISHREGISTERS		140
XII. THE CLERK AS A POET		154
XIII. THE CLERK GIVING OUTNOTICES		169
XIV. SLEEPY CHURCH AND SLEEPYCLERKS		179
XV. THE CLERK IN ART		195
XVI. WOMEN AS PARISH CLERKS		201