Church Archives

Registers of the Archbishops of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace Library

  • 1. MS 1212: 13th cent. cartulary of the Archbishopric of Canterbury (c. 615–1290)
  • 2. John Pecham, 1279–92; Robert Winchelsey, 1294–1313
  • 3. Walter Reynolds, 1313–27; Simon Inslip, 1349–66
  • 4. Simon Langham, 1366–68; William Whittlesey, 1368–74; Simon Sudbury, 1375–81
  • 5. William Courtenay, 1381–96
  • 6. Thomas Arundel, 1396–1414
  • 7–8. Henry Chichele, 1414–43, vols. 1–2
  • 9. John Stafford, 1443–52; John Kompe, 1452–54; Thomas Bourgchier, 1454–86
  • 10. John Morton, 1486–1500; Henry Deane, 1501–03

Church Court Records of Ely

Series 1 of the set Ecclesiastical Authority in England reproduces original manuscripts held at Cambridge University Library. Contains the main sequence of Instance Act Books (13741640), covering cases between parties, particularly marriage and tithe cases. Part 2 contains the Office Act Books (14691639), which treat the spiritual and moral welfare of both clergy and laity.