Churchwardens

"Churchwardens will find in the _Churchwardens 'Manual_ some useful brief notes put together by the Bishop of Guildford relative to their duties, powers, rights and privileges."

Churchwardens' Manual their duties, powers, rights, and privilages George Henry Sumner 1866

[234] See St. Nicholas 'Churchwardens' Accounts, transcribed and printed by Mr. Richard Savage, of St.atford-on-Avon.

Shakespeare's Family 1885

A Churchwardens Account Book lists the prices of costumes for Robin and Marian as King and Queen of the May.

Robin Hood Jan 2008

A Churchwardens Account Book lists the prices of costumes for Robin and Marian as King and Queen of the May.

Archive 2008-07-01 Jan 2008

Grateful thanks are due to the Vicar and Churchwardens of the University Church for hosting the service, and to all the hardworking members of the organising committee who made it happen. back to top

The Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer - Sermon at Service to Commemorate the 450th Anniversary. 2006

Chancellor Briden is Chancellor of the dioceses of Bath and Wells, and Truro, and is known to many through his editorship of Macmorran's Handbook for Churchwardens and PCC Members, and of Moore's Introduction to English Canon Law.

Appointment - Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury 2005

Formerly dead hedgehogs could be seen in company with foxes, polecats, and other vermin suspended from the boughs of the churchyard yew trees, to prove that the Churchwardens paid for work actually done.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

In Cilcen Churchwardens 'Accounts for the year 1710 I find the following entry: --

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

One hundred years afterwards I find in Llanasa Churchwardens 'Accounts for 1810-1811 this entry: --

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

RESPECTFULLY informs the Clergy, Architects, and Churchwardens, that he replies immediately to all applications by letter, for information respecting his Manufactures in CHURCH FURNITURE, ROBES, COMMUNION LINEN,

Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various