Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londiniensis

The collected statutes, charters, privileges, customs and other documents relating to St Paul's cathedral in London, from the earliest years of the church until the nineteenth century. Much of the text is in Latin, some of which is given an English translation.

British History Online (no series). Originally published by Nichols and Sons, London, 1873.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Preface iii-x
Introduction xix-lxviii
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Prologue 9-10
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars prima 10-25
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars secunda 25-32
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars tercia 33-58
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars quarta 58-65
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars quinta 65-79
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars sexta 79-111
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars septima, cap. 1-12 112-148
Statutes (Baldock and Lisieux): Pars septima, cap. 13-27 148-177
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Excerpts from MS J 181-190
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): On the office of the Archdeacon of London 190-195
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Commission of the Bishop of London, 1370-1 195-197
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Decretum of Boniface IX, 1392 197-199
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Decretum of Martin V, 1417 200-202
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Fees for admission to certain offices, c.1450 202-204
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Statutes of Thomas Kemp, 1456-7 204-206
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Statutes of William Warham, 1502 206-213
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Statutes of Richard Fitzjames, 1508 213-214
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Commission of Leo X, 1513 214-217
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Epitome of the Statutes, by Dean Colet, 1505-18 217-236
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Colet and Wolsey on the reform of the status of residentiaries, 1518 237-248
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Statutes of Cardinal Wolsey (1) 248-249
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Statutes of Cardinal Wolsey (2) 249-263
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Fragment of an Epitome of Wolsey's Statutes 263-264
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Binding agreement between the Dean and Residentiaries, 1554 264-272
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Visitation by Archbishop Bancroft, 1598 272-280
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Visitation by Archbishop Laud, 1636 280-281
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Visitation by Compton, 1696 281-286
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Visitation by Bishop Gibson, 1724 286-316
Statutes (not included by Baldock & Lisieux): Visitation by Bishop Blomfield, 1848 317-318
The College of Minor Canons: Charter of the Dean and Chapter, 1353 321-322
The College of Minor Canons: Ratification and Confirmation from Simon Sudbury, Bishop of London, 1364 322
The College of Minor Canons: Statute on the alms of the Minor Canons, 1364 323-324
The College of Minor Canons: Confirmation of Pope Urban VI, 1378 324-326
The College of Minor Canons: Charter of Incorporation, 1394 326-329
The College of Minor Canons: The Statutes of 1396 329-359
The College of Minor Canons: Ordinance of Bishop Braybroke, 1395-7 360-364
The College of Minor Canons: Confirmation of privileges by Henry V, 1413-4 364
The College of Minor Canons: Licence of Edward IV regarding certain messuages, 1468 365-367
The College of Minor Canons: Confirmation of privileges by Henry VII, 1486-7 368
The College of Minor Canons: Confirmation of privileges by Elizabeth, 1565-6 369
The College of Minor Canons: Form of Prayer at the Installation of a Minor Canon 370
The College of Minor Canons: Statute confirmed by the Queen in Council, 1855 371-376
Illustrative Documents: Privilege of Erkenwald, Bishop of Rome, 674-93 379-380
Illustrative Documents: Privilege of King Aethelbert, 860-66 380
Illustrative Documents: Charter of Henry II, c.1160 381
Illustrative Documents: Extract from a charter of the City of London, 1252 381-382
Illustrative Documents: Agreements of several cathedrals concerning vacant episcopal seats, 1261-68 382-386
Illustrative Documents: Letter of John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1280 386-387
Illustrative Documents: Sentences of John Peckham against criminals, 1282 387-388
Illustrative Documents: Charter of the vacant temporalities of the bishopric of London, 1282 388-390
Illustrative Documents: Certificate of Simon Sudbury, Bishop of London, 1368 390-391
Illustrative Documents: Letters of Robert Braybroke, Bishop of London, against trading in St Paul's, 1385 391-392
Illustrative Documents: Admonition of Bishop Braybroke concerning an indulgence for a feast, 1386 393-395
Illustrative Documents: Muniments of the Vicars 395-396
Illustrative Documents: Sentences of Archbishop Chichele against the burial of murderers in the churchyard, 1417 396-397
Illustrative Documents: Will of Robert Fitzhugh, Bishop of London, 1434 398-400
Illustrative Documents: Extracts from the Register of Bishop Fitzjames 400-415
Illustrative Documents: Extract from the will of Thomas Watts, Archdeacon of Middlesex, 1570 415-416
Illustrative Documents: Seventeenth-century documents relating to statutes of Warham, Colet and Wolsey 416-419
Illustrative Documents: Archbishop Laud to the Dean & Chapter of Norwich concerning the choir and minor canons, 1634 420-421
Illustrative Documents: Laud's Visitation of Canterbury Cathedral, 1635 422-423
Illustrative Documents: Laud's Visitation Injunctions, 1635 423-424
Illustrative Documents: The induction of Wellesley to canonry of Neasdon, 1809 424-427
Illustrative Documents: Form of Enthroning a Bishop of London, 1869 428-429
Illustrative Documents: Form of installing a Dean of St Paul's, 1871 430-431
The Fraternity of Jesus: Grant of foundation and incorporation from Henry VI 435-437
The Fraternity of Jesus: Confirmation of grant by Henry VII 438
The Fraternity of Jesus: Confirmation of grant by Henry VII (English) 438-441
The Fraternity of Jesus: Statutes and Ordinances of the Fraternity 441-446
The Fraternity of Jesus: Other Ordinances enacted for Divine Service 446-452
The Fraternity of Jesus: Letters Patent of Henry VIII, authorising the collection of alms, 1535 452-453
The Fraternity of Jesus: Letter of protection to Henry Hasylwood, appointed to collect alms in diocese of York, 1536 453-454
The Fraternity of Jesus: Accounts of the wardens, 1533-1544 455-462
Appendices: List of Prebendal stalls with psalms appointed as in the Book of Common Prayer 465-466
Appendices: List of Bishops of London from the Conquest 466-468
Appendices: List of Deans from the Conquest 468-470
Appendices: Account of manuscripts used 470-484
Index: Persons and places 485-493
Index: Subjects 494-501