Questions and answers used to instruct children and young people in the principles of the Christian religionĮast end of church building, usually reserved for clergy and choir, and housing the altarĬeremony of bringing a woman to church after childbirth and performing certain rites and ministrations to give thanks for her safe delivery One-tenth of agricultural produce (hay, corn, sheep etc.), given to support the churchīeneficed clergyman ministering to a parish in place of the rector who received the tithes Person or institution receiving the tithes of a parish usually the beneficed clergyman who is a minister to the parishioners there, but sometimes a layman, called a lay rector Person having responsibility for leading or co-ordinating preaching, public worship and pastoral care often used as a general term for a clergyman such as a rector, vicar or curateīeneficed member of clergy popular term often used in place of the modern ' rector' Person or institution to whom a clerical benefice has been annexed as their private property Term for a clergyman supported by property attached to the parishįarmer (of tithes/ parish/ rectory/ vicarage)Ī person entitled to keep the revenues of a benefice or of the tithes of a parish, on payment of a fixed sum
Jurati, juratores, swornmen, sidesmen, sidemen (in early 17 th century), assistantsĪll terms for the churchwardens' assistantsĭismissed - court case closed without any punishmentĮmanavit, usually abbreviated to 'emat' or 'emt'Īdmonishment - court case closed with a warningĮcclesiastical living - property held by and used to support the rector or vicar of a parish Old churchwardens (those elected the previous year)
See also the Further Reading suggestions for published works relating to Diocesan and Archdeaconry court records.
#Another word for quit series
More in-depth explanations of Archdeaconry terminology can be found in the web page relating to the history and procedure of the court, and also in the descriptions of many of the Archdeaconry record series in the Manuscripts Online Catalogue, especially those relating to Act Books, Citations, Excommunications and Absolutions, Libels, Penances and Presentment Bills.
The following list is not exhaustive, but aims to cover most of the terms which would be unfamiliar to modern researchers. Glossary of terms found in 16th and 17th century Presentment Bills
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