Series
Act Books
Catalogue reference: VB
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This record is about the Act Books dating from 1633 - 1963.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- VB
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Title (The name of the record)
- Act Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1633 - 1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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From 1663, the act books supersede the archbishops' registers as the principal record of archiepiscopal administration. They provide the link between the two major aspects of his metropolitical and primatial jurisdiction exercised through the Vicar General and the Faculty Office. The act books record the appointments of bishops, the institution of clergy in the diocese of Canterbury, sede vacante appointments of clergy throughout the province of Canterbury, licences to officiate, to practise medicine, surgery, or midwifery, dispensations to clergy to hold in plurality, and appointments of proctors and advocates of the Court of Arches.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- <p>Jenkins, C. & Fry, E.A. (ed.s), Dunkin, E.H.W. (compiler) Index to the act books of the archbishops of Canterbury, 1663-1859, (Index Library, vols. 55, 63; 1929, 1938).</p>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a98f4512-b523-4ed4-9a2e-2925e47a67de/
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
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Vicar General
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Act Books