Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 122: Certificates and Returns of Livings of the Province of Canterbury

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Summary: During the middle years of the sixteenth century, the Privy Council requested that the Archbishop of Canterbury supply them with detailed information regarding the holders of English clerical benefices; details such as their level of education, whether or not they were resident or held multiple livings, and their marital status. CCCC MS 122 and MS 97 contain numerous documents relating to this inquiry, including the Privy Council's initial request to Archbishop Matthew Parker, a draft version of Parker's request for information from the bishops and the detailed returns he received back from the bishops (often referred to as the 'Parker Certificates'). Some missing leaves from these two manuscripts, now CCCC MS 580, were discovered in the College Archives and transferred to the Parker Library in 1959.
Contents: Letter from Matthew Parker -- Returns for London diocese including letter from Bishop John Scory -- Returns for Rochester diocese -- Returns for Peterborough diocese -- Letter from Anthony Kitchin to Matthew Parker and Returns of Llandaff -- Letter from Peter Datheen to Matthew Parker -- Letter from Matthew Parker in reply to Peter Datheen -- Letter from the city of Augsburg to Martin Bucer

Description

Alternative title	Certificates
Type of resource	mixed material
Date created	[ca. 1500 - 1599]
Language	English; Latin
Material	Paper
Height (mm)	315
Width (mm)	234
Foliation	ff. i-iii + pp. 1-54 + 57-124 + 124a-125a + 125-192 + 195-440 + ff. iv-v

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xvi
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:bp548hh0716/MS_122.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:qn906nf0030/122.pdf
Contains	Title Letter from Matthew Parker. 3-4 Nasmith Letter from archbishop Parker to the officials of the bishop of _____, directing him to make the certificate of his diocese: dated Lambeth Oct. 1, 1561. 3-4 Author Matthew Parker Note Printed in Parker's Correspondence CXI and Wilkins Concilia IV 227 Title Returns for London diocese including letter from Bishop John Scory. 5-178 Nasmith Letter from Scory bishop of Hereford sent with the certificate of his diocese, in which he desires his cathedral church may be reformed, dated Whitbourne Feb. 1. 5-178 Author John Scory Note Scory's letter is included within the Returns for London Diocese Strype Parker I 190 (Chap. V) Title Returns for Rochester diocese. 179-194 James Returns for Rochester. 179-194 Title Returns for Peterborough diocese. 195-267 James Returns for Peterborough. 195-267 Title Letter from Anthony Kitchin to Matthew Parker and Returns of Llandaff. 339-352 Nasmith Letter from Kitchin bishop of Landaff to the archbishop, sent with the certificate of his diocese: dated Matherne Jan. 20, 1560. 339-352 James Letter from Kitchin and Returns for Llandaff. 339-352 Author Anthony Kitchin Note Browne Willis, Llandaff, p. 194 Title Letter from Peter Datheen to Matthew Parker. 435-436 Nasmith Epistola Petri Datheni comitis palatini legati ad archiepiscopum in qua gratias agit pro munere sibi ab archiepiscopo oblato et mittit ei numisma principis electoris, data Londini 24 Jan. 1574. 435-436 Author Peter Datheen Note Correspondence CCCLXVI Title Letter from Matthew Parker in reply to Peter Datheen. 437-438 Nasmith Responsio archiepiscopi, data Lambeth 9 kal. Feb. 1574. 437-438 Author Matthew Parker Note Correspondence CCCLXVI Title Letter from the city of Augsburg to Martin Bucer. 439-440 Nasmith Epistola consulis et prefect. Augustae ad Bucerum, in qua queruntur de Magistro Ioanne Forster concionatore suo. 439-440 Note A Latin version of MS 119. 3
TJames	vac.
Stanley	Misc. 4
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tm291ck1446
Location	MS 122
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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Parker Manuscripts

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