Covering a century and a half, from the reign of Queen Mary to the reign of Queen Anne, these accounts of the churchwardens of the north Berkshire parish of Stanford in the Vale offer a rich source for the study of parish life during a period of immense religious and social change. Their value is enhanced by a rare and remarkable memorandum by the vicar and religious conservative, John Fawkener, in which he provides an invaluable account of some the of the administrative, financial and social customs practised in his parish on the eve of the English Reformation. Some would survive the changes of that Reformation, which he abhorred; most would not.
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