Today’s free book would prove useful to anyone doing any serious study on the history of the English church. It contains no less than 124 documents (listed below) compiled from original sources. This public domain title was digitised using a copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.
Contents
- 314. The British Signatories at the Council of Aries
- 598. Letter of Gregory the Great to Eulogius
- 601. Answers of Gregory the Great to St. Augustine of Canterbury
- 601. Gregory the Great’s Scheme of English Diocesan Organization
- 673. Council of Hertford
- 680. Council of Hatfield
- 747. The Canons of Cloveshoo
- 787. Synods held at Chelsea and elsewhere
- 803. Abolition of the Metropolitan Dignity of Lichfield
- 855. The Donation of Ethelwulf
- 927. Tithe Ordinance of Athelstan
- 943. Selections from the Constitutions of Odo
- 1072. Settlement of the Primacy Dispute
- 1075. Canons of the Council of London under Lanfranc
- 1076? Letter of William the Conqueror to Pope Gregory VII
- ? The Conqueror’s Mandate for dividing the Civil and Church Courts
- ? William and the Royal Supremacy
- 1100, Henry’s Letter to Anselm
- 1102. Canons of the Council of \Vestminster
- 1107. The Compromise of Investitures
- 1108. Canons of Anselm at London
- 1136. Second Charter of Stephen
- 1164. The Constitutions of Clarendon
- 1208. Answer of Innocent III concerning the Interdict
- 1213. John’s Surrender of the Kingdom to the Pope
- 1214. John’s Ecclesiastical Charter
- 1215. The Church Clauses of Magna Carta
- 1279. The Mortmain Act
- 1285. The Writ ‘Circumspecte agatis’
- 1295. Ecclesiastical Summons to Parliament
- 1296. The ‘Clericis Laicos’ Bull
- 1301. The Barons’ Letter to the Pope from Lincoln
- 1307. The Statute of Carlisle
- 1316. The ‘Articuli Cieri’ of A.D. 1316
- 1353. The First Statute of Praemunire
- 1377. Letter of Pope Gregory XI to Archbishop Sudbury, and the Bishop of London, directing proceedings against Wycliffe
- 1382. Wyclitfe Propositions condemned at London
- 1384. Letters Patent against the Lollards
- 1390. The Second Statute of Provisors
- 1393. The Second Statute of Praemunire
- 1394. The Lollard Conclusions
- 1401. The Act ‘De Haeretico Comburendo’
- 1401. The Royal Writ for the Burning of Sawtre
- 1428. Remonstrance against the Legatine Powers of Cardinal Beaufort
- 1455. Archbishop Bourchier’s Commission for Reforming the Clergy
- 1532. The Petition of the Commons
- 1532. The Answer of the Ordinaries
- 1532. The Submission of the Clergy
- 1532. The Conditional Restraint of Annates
- 1533. The Restraint of Appeals
- 1534. The Submission of the Clergy and Restraint of Appeals
- 1534. The Ecclesiastical Appointments Act, &c.
- 1534. Act forbidding Papal Dispensations and the Payment of Peter’s Pence
- 1534. The First Act of Succession
- 1534. The Supremacy Act
- 1534. The Second Act of Succession
- 1534. The Treasons Act
- 1534. Abjuration of Papal Supremacy by the Clergy
- 1534. Suffragan Bishops Act
- 1534? Note on the Appointment of Crumwell as Vicar-General
- 1536. Act for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries
- 1536. The First Royal Injunctions of Henry VIII
- 1538. The Second Royal Injunctions of Henry VIII
- 1539. Act for the Dissolution of the Greater Monasteries
- 1539. The Six Articles Act
- 1540. Deed of Surrender of Westminster Abbey
- 1547. Act against Revilers, and for Receiving in both Kinds
- 1547. Act dissolving the Chantries
- 1549. The First Edwardine Act of Uniformity
- 1549, Marriage of Priests legalized
- 1552. The Second Edwardine Act of Uniformity
- 1553, Mary’s First Proclamation about Religion
- 1553. Mary’s First Act of Repeal
- 1554. The Injunctions of Mary
- 1554. Revival of the Heresy Acts
- 1554. Mary’s Second Act of Repeal
- 1558. Elizabeth’s Proclamation to forbid Preaching &c.
- 1559. The Injunctions of Elizabeth
- 1559. Elizabeth’s Supremacy Act restoring Ancient Jurisdiction, &c.
- 1559. Elizabeth’s Act of Uniformity
- 1566. The Advertisements
- 1571. Selection from the Canons of 1571
- 1571. The Subscription (Thirty-nine Articles) Act
- 1583. Articles touching Preachers and other Orders for the Church
- 1585. Act against Jesuits and Seminarists
- 1593. The Act against Puritans
- 1593. The Act against Recusants
- 1603. The Millenary Petition
- 1604. James’ Proclamation for the Use of the Book of Common Prayer
- 1622. Directions concerning Preachers
- 1608. The King’s Declaration prefixed to the Articles of Religion
- 1609. Resolutions on Religion presented by a Committee of the House of Commons
- 1633. The King’s Majesty’s Declaration to his Subjects concerning Lawful Sports to be used
- 1633. The Privy Council and the Position of the Communion Table at St. Gregory’s
- 1640. Note on the Canons of 1640
- 1640. The Etcaetera Oath
- 1640. The Root and Branch Petition
- 1641. The Protestation of 1641
- 1641. Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission
- 1641. Resolutions of the House of Commons on Ecclesiastical Innovations
- 1641. Order of the Lords concerning the Services of the Church
- 1641. Selections from the Petition and the Grand Remonstrance
- 1641. The King’s Proclamation on Religion
- 1642. The Clerical Disabilities Act
- 1642. The Declaration of the Houses on Church Reform
- 1642-6. Selection from the York, Oxford, and Newcastle Propositions
- 1643. The Solemn League and Covenant
- 1649. Selections from the Agreement of the People
- 1650. The Engagement
- 1653. Selections from the Instrument of Government
- 1654. The Commission of Triers
- Selection from Cromwell’s Proclamation
- 1657. Selections from the Humble Petition and Advice
- 1660. The Declaration of Breda
- 1661. Order for the Savoy Conference
- 1661. The Corporation Act
- 1662. The Uniformity Act
- 1665.The.Five Mile Act
- 1670. The Second Conventicle Act
- 1673. The Test Act
- 1687. The Declaration of Indulgence
- 1689. The Bill of Rights
- 1689. The Toleration Act
- 1700. The Act of Settlement
