The Parish Chest

About this book

This is third edition of a classic is the standard study of the parochial administration in England. Mr. Tates purpose in writing the book in 1946 was to encourage research into local and family history by describing the range of civil and ecclesiastical documents that occur in parish archives; the parish chest. Many examples are printed transcribed and related to the conditions and laws that gave rise to them and to the evolving English society whose relics they are. His knowledge of the literature has led to the better understanding of parish records.