Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Or, an Essay Towards Deducing a Regular Succession of all the Principal Dignitaries in Each Cathedral, Collegiate Church, or Chapel (Now in Being), in Those Parts of Great Britain Called England and Wales, from the First Erection Thereof, to the Present Year 1715
Le Neve, John
(London) At the Savoy: J. Nutt, 1716. First edition Small folio. xii, 535,(i),(iii)pp. Original full calf. Spine in 7 compartments with raised bands, gilt; red leather lettering label, gilt (new), boards tooled in a paneled (Cambridge-style) design. Spine tips, edges and corners worn, spine gilt worn, hinges neatly mended, else a very good copy. Contains the names, dates of consecration, admission, preferment, removal or death of the archbishops, bishops, deans, pręcentors, treasurers, chancellors and archdeacons ... To which is added, the succession of the prebendaries in each prebendal stall (of most of those erected at the reformation, and) continued down to this time: as also of the heads or masters of each college or hall in either of our famous universities, from their first settlement to this time. The whole extracted from the several registers of the respective cathedral or collegiate churches or foundations, as also from other authentick records and valuable collections. With the penciled signature of John Williams, 1858, and an old seminary bookplate indicating the Williams was the fourth Bishop of Connecticut. ESTC T111946. Very good Hardcover (Item ID: 17032)
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