Bibliography of sources used in the Database

	Document Contents Bristol, Bristol Record Office Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Cambridge, Corpus Christi College Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives Carlisle, Cumbria Record Office Chester, Cheshire Record Office Chichester, West Sussex Record Office Chippenham, Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office Douglas, Manx National Heritage Kew, The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) Leeds, West Yorkshire Archive Service Leeds, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Lichfield, Lichfield Record Office Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives London, The British Library London, Lambeth Palace Library Maidstone, Centre for Kentish Studies Nottingham, Nottingham University Library Oxford, Bodleian Library Oxford, Christ Church Archives Oxford, Oxfordshire County Record Office Oxford, Queen's College Library Preston, Lancashire Record Office Shrewsbury, Shropshire Archives Strood, Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre Taunton, Somerset Record Office Worcester, Worcestershire Record Office Worcester Cathedral Library York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research Printed sources

This page contains a bibliography of the sources used in the creation of the Database, arranged by archive. Currently, it only lists sources that have been both uploaded and linked.

Sources used by CCEd can also be viewed by diocese: Bangor; Bath and Wells; Bristol; Canterbury; Carlisle; Chester; Chichester; Durham; Ely; Exeter; Gloucester; Hereford; Lichfield and Coventry; Lincoln; Llandaff; London; Norwich; Oxford; Peterborough; Rochester; St Asaph; St David's; Salisbury; Sodor and Man; Westminster; Winchester; Worcester; and York.

Bristol, Bristol Record Office

Unless otherwise stated all sources relate to the diocese of Bristol.

	Ep/A/5/1/1		Institution book 1714–38
	Ep/A/5/1/2		Institution book 1738–61
	Ep/A/1/1		Episcopal act book 1762–82
	Ep/A/1/2		Episcopal act book 1782–1810
	Ep/A/1/3		Episcopal act book 1810–36 Extracted up to 31 Dec. 1835.
	Ep/A/13/2/1		Register of curates’ licences 1823–36 Extracted up to 31 Dec. 1835.
	Ep/A/10/1/1		Subscription book 1619–73 Contains subscriptions and lists of bishops, deans, archdeacons of and prebendaries. Extracted pp. 17–60, 200–199, 183–130.
	Ep/A/10/1/2		Subscription book 1623–32
	Ep/A/10/1/3		Subscription book 1662 Subscriptions of incumbents in Aug. 1662.
	Ep/A/10/1/4		Subscription book 1662–86 Also contains a schoolmaster’s licence.
	Ep/A/10/1/5		Subscription book 1673–8
	Ep/A/10/1/6		Subscription book 1679–1713
	Ep/A/10/1/7		Subscription book 1689–1885 Extracted pp. 2–55: subscriptions of ordinands, 1689–91 (pp. 2–30); subscriptions of schoolmasters, 1697–1710 (pp. 33–45); subscriptions of schoolmasters, curates, incumbents, 1712–45 (pp. 46–55). Three schoolmasters’ subscriptions extracted from fos 56–8.
	Ep/A/10/1/8		Subscription book 1710–19
	Ep/A/10/1/9		Subscription book 1711 (curates)
	Ep/A/10/1/10		Subscription book 1782–1810 A single institution (fo. 225) and all records relating to ordination and licensing extracted.
	Ep/A/10/1/11		Subscription book 1810–36 All relevant appointments and ordinations extracted up to 31 Dec. 1835.
	DC/E/1/1(b)		Capituli Actorum Liber 1 1542–73 Extracted one institution from fo. 67v.
	Ep/A/5/3		Institutions bonds, c.1604–5, 1637
	MS 34712		Institution deed
	Ep/J/1/5		Cause book 1559–64 Includes licences to read prayers and letters dimissory.
	Ep/A/9		Resignations 1660–1782
	Ep/A/12/1		Ordination papers Extracted for the period 1666–1714.
	Ep/A/12/3		Letters dimissory Extracted for the period 1673–88 and 1744.
	Ep/A/12/4		Letters of orders of Thomas Sprat 1659
	Ep/A/42/5		Resignations of prebendaries Extracted resignation for 1758; one for 1723 is missing.
	Ep/J/1/1		Cause Book 1545–56 Extracted a liber cleri for the Dorset archdeaconry 1545.
	Ep/A/30/1		Clerical contribution to St Paul’s Cathedral 1634 Lists 30 clergy from Bristol deanery.
	Ep/V/1		Visitation processes 1752, 1757, 1760 Libri cleri for bishop’s primary visitations in 1752, 1757 and 1760 – Bristol only.
	Ep/V/4		Bishops’ transcripts 1602–55 Extracted the names of the ministers for 20 parishes: Almondsbury (1642), Cold Ashton (1606–7, 1609–10, 1613, 1617–18, 1620–5, 1628–9, 1632, 1637–40), Bedminster St John (1598–9, c.1610, 1611, 1616, 1619, 1623, 1629, c.1630), Bitton (1593, 1596, 1598, 1608, 1612, 1616–17, 1620–23, 1625–6, 1628–32, 1637–40), Brislington (1606, 1615, 1617, 1621–2, 1634, 1637–40), Bristol St Michael (1610), Bristol St Peter (1611), Bristol St Thomas (1610, 1635), Dodington (1578, 1609, 1622, 1624–5, 1628–9, 1632, 1636–8, 1640), Doynton (1598, 1602, 1605, 1608, 1612–13, 1616–18, 1620–6, 1628–9, 1633, 1637–40), Dyrham and Hinton (1571–8, 1607, 1612–13, 1616–18, 1620, 1626, 1628–9, 1632, 1637¬–40), Frampton Cotterell (1608, 1612, 1620–5, 1628–30, 1636–8), Iron Acton (1602, 1607–8, 1612, 1617–18, 1620–1, 1624–5, 1629–30, 1632, 1637–41), Marshfield (1618, 1622, 1625, 1632, 1637–8, 1646, 1655), Pucklechurch (1596–1600, 1605–6, 1608, 1612, 1618, 1620, 1622–4, 1627–9, 1632, 1637–8), Syston (1596–8, 1607–9, 1616–17, 1619–25, 1628–9, 1632, 1637–40), Tormarton (1600, 1606–7, 1609, 1612–13, 1617–18, 1621–5, 1627–9, 1632, 1637–8,1640), Wapley and Codrington (1578–9, 1606, 1609, 1611, 1613, 1617, 1620, 1623, 1625, 1627–9, 1632, 1638–40), Westerleigh (1596, 1605, 1607–9, 1612, 1617, 1620–5, 1628–9, 1637–40), Wick and Abson (1600–2, 1608, 1617–18, 1621–5, 1628–9, 1637–8, 1640).
	DC/E/1/1(c)		Capitular register 1604–17 Extracted appointments of prebendaries and the headmaster and usher of the cathedral school.
	DC/A/8/1		Chapter minutes 1663, 1666–83, 1714–51 This volume is made up of a series of paper gatherings, but some are badly damaged either by water or through the disintegration of the paper. Extracted: fos. 2–9: extracts, made in the eighteenth century, from the minute books 1542–1750 fos. 79–122, 1714–22

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Cambridge, Cambridge University Library

Unless otherwise stated all sources relate to the diocese of Ely.

	EDR G/1/7, fos. 120v–189r		General register 1540–54 Register of Bishops West and Goodrich.
	EDR G/1/8		General register 1540–1601 Register of Bishops Goodrich, Thirlby and Cox. Also includes vacancy and one act of Bishop Heton.
	EDR MS Mm 1.39, pp. 128–47		Register 1609–19 Register of Bishop Andrewes.
	EDR G/1/9		General register Register of Bishop Heton.
	EDR G/1/10		General register 1707–21
	EDR G/1/11		General register 1702–35
	EDR G/1/12		General register 1735–55
	EDR G/1/13		General register 1755–70
	EDR G/1/14		General register 1771–87 To be uploaded.
	EDR G/1/15		General register 1787–1811 To be uploaded.
	EDR G/1/16		General register 1811–31
	EDR G/1/17		General register 1831–48 Extracted to 31 Dec. 1835.
	EDR G/2/18		Register of licences 1563–83
	EDR G/2/19		Register of licences 1583–1600
	EDR G/2/20		Register of licences 1592–1611
	EDR G/2/21