| Description | Bishop's Primary Visitation of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, 7 Sept. 1636; visitation Acts: detailing proceedings at the Bishop's Primary Visitation of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield: foolscap, manuscript volume, 13 July 1693; eight letters from Sir Richard Raines, Chancellor of the Diocese, to an unnamed official [Diocesan Registrar ?] cover endorsed: "Sir Rich.Raines's letters to my father, in assistance to Bishop Lloyd, on his first Visitations &c." These include advice re visitation of Dean and Chapter, Vicars Choral and St.John's Hospital. The cover is a petition of the clergy of the Diocese of Lichfield to the King, on behalf of the non-juring Archbishop and Bishops (No date), 22 June-19 Sept. 1693; suggested additional items for insertion among Articles of Enquiry at Bishop's Visitation: suggested "by my Father" (see preceding entry), No date [c.1693]; directions and Articles of Enquiry for the Dean of Lichfield's Visitation of the Vicars Choral in 1663, endorsed as Articles delivered by the Bishop to the Subchanter and Vicars' Choral 1693, Sept.1693; articles delivered by the Bishop for the Subchanter and Vicars Choral: these differ from the preceding entry, 20 Sept.1693; shorthand notes: endorsed "Visitation of Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, No date[c.1693]; shorthand notes: endorsed "Articles of Visitation": they include references to the Vicars and Prebendaries, No date[c.1693]; list of Hospitals in the Archdeaconries of Salop and Derby with the names of the Masters, No date[17th cent.]; peremptory Citation for the appearance of the Prebendary of Offley, before the Bishop to hear Definitive Sentence pronounced against him, depriving him of office: case arising out of the Bishop's Visitation of the Dean and Chapter, 22 July 1719; instructions for procedure at the Bishop's Visitation of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, No date[early 18th cent; list of schoolmasters in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, 1726; acts at an adjourned Visitation of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield by the Bishop, 2 Oct.1729; papers relating to the Bishop's Primary Visitation of the Dean and Chapter beginning 1737 and repeatedly adjourned, 1737-1739; comprising:-
(1) Articles of Enquiry 6 Sept 1737, (2) Two annexed papers endorsed "Answers to Bishop's Articles": No.1 Receipts and Disbursements of Fabric Money [1731-37]; no.2 Prebendal Leases (1735-37) 1737, (3) Copy of Composition (1428) of dispute between the Bishop and the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, No date[18th cent.], (4) Minutes of proceedings at the Bishop's Visitation from 6 Sept.1737 to 5 Oct.1738: proceedings then adjourned to 10 July 1739 (leaves numbered 1-5), 5 Oct. 1738, (5) Answers of the Dean and Chapter to the Bishop's Articles of Enquiry, 11 July 1738, (6) Additional Articles of Enquiry, 3 Oct. 1738, (7) Answers to Articles of Enquiry of 3 Oct. 1738, 2 Oct. 1738, (8) Draft injunctions from the Bishop to the Dean and Prebendaries especially concerning residence and prebendal estates (2 papers), Oct. 1738 (2 papers), (9) Additional Articles of Enquiry, 10 July 1739, (10) Answer to Articles of Enquiry of 10 July 1739, 11 July 1739, (11) Answers to Articles of Enquiry of 2 Oct.1739, 2 Oct. 1739; articles of Enquiry at Bishop of Ely's Primary Visitation of the Dean and Chapter of Ely, 19 June 1730; articles of Enquiry (printed) for the Bishop's parochial visitation in 1748 amended as draft for 1755, 1755; account for Visitation Expenses in 1755 and 1756: 8 other small papers, memoranda of expenses, 1755-1756; list of clergy and patrons:-
(1) List of churches and patrons for the whole diocese: (12 pp), No date[18th cent.], (2) Catalogue of churches and patrons, whole diocese: (1 gathering), No date[18th cent.]; (3) List of curates, showing parishes: whole diocese, 1726; (4) List of parishes and incumbents: Coventry, Salop and Stafford Archdeaconries 1768 |