CCE

Bishops Window

Once a particular ordinary (generally a bishop) has been selected, either by choosing from the Bishops Index, or by following a link from the Persons or Locations windows, or by using the Search facility, a window will open headed by the name of the bishop or other ordinary. The Bishops Window contains three elements:

Heading. The name of the bishop or other ordinary.
Summary. The name of the diocese or other jurisdiction within which the ordinary exercised his authority and the dates of his tenure of that jurisdiction.
Evidence. A ordinary summary list of the evidence records relating to that ordinary record (i.e., the combination of name and period of tenure) that are contained in the Database. This list provides summary information about the date, the event, the clergyman’s name, the location to which the event relates, and the clergyman’s office. In addition, by clicking on the text icon on the right hand side of each summary, you can view the complete evidence record, which appears in a pop-up Record Window. By clicking on a heading, you can re-sort the list of evidence records in ascending or descending alphabetical or numerical order.
- Date. The year only is given in the summary list, which is arranged in chronological order. Please be aware, however, that, at present, records in the Database before 1752 are recorded in old style, with the year beginning on 29 March. Thus, a record for 14 February 1715 will be entered with the date 14 February 1714 and will be displayed before records for 29 March – 31 December 1714.
- Type. This section of the list provides an abbreviated indication of the type of evidence record. The most common forms of evidence record are Appt (i.e., Appointment, with an indication of the type of appointment record following in brackets), Vac (i.e., Vacancy, with an indication of the type of vacancy following in brackets), Ordi (i.e., Ordination), Lib – this type of record inc (i.e., Liber clericludes all lists which provide evidence that a clergyman is holding a certain office at a certain date), and Dispensation.
- Name as recorded. This gives the surname and forename of the clergyman as recorded in the original record. For details of the conventions adopted when extracting records for the Database, please click here. Spellings in individual records will often vary from each other and from the person’s Database name, as recorded at the top of the page.
- Location. This section of the list gives the name of the parish or other location relating to the event recorded in the evidence record. Click here to see the Database definition of Location. The spelling of place names is as given in the original records. By clicking on a location, it is possible to view a complete list of summary records of events relating to that location. For some records, notably ordinations, this section of the summary list will be blank.
- Office. This section of the summary list gives the office of the clergyman as given in the evidence record. In the case of ordination records, it gives the clerical status to which the clergyman has been ordained.

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