Registers of the bishops of Chichester, 1396-1675; Gloucester, 1541-1681; and Rochester, 1319-1683
Contributors: Catholic Church. Diocese of Chichester (England). Bishop; Church of England. Diocese of Chichester. Bishop
Series: Episcopal registers -- pt. 8
Publisher: Harvester Press Microform Publications
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Brighton, Sussex
Language: lat; eng; ang
Subjects: History; Sources; Dioceses; Bishops; Church history; Church records and registers; Catholic Church; Church of England
Other titles: Textus Roffensis.; Registers of the bishops of Chichester, Gloucester, and Rochester.
Notes: Text chiefly in Latin; some texts in English; one text in Latin and Anglo-Saxon.

Title on container: Registers of the Bishops of Chichester, Gloucester, and Rochester.

Includes the cartulary of the Cathedral Priory and Bishop of Rochester, Textus Roffensis (1122-1123), in Latin and Anglo-Saxon, compiled under the direction of Ernulf, Bishop of Rochester (1115-1125)

Following the establishment of the Church of England in 1534, ecclesiastical records in England refer to the national church; before that date, ecclesiastical records in England refer to the Catholic Church.

Some mss. published; see Smith, David M., Guide to bishops' registers of England and Wales: a survey from the Middle Ages to the abolition of episcopacy in 1646 (London, 1981)

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