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THE PARISH CLERK

BY

P.H. DITCHFIELD

M.A., F.S.A.

WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS

_First Published in 1907_.




CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OLD-TIME CHOIRS AND PARSONS 1

II. THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE OFFICE OF
CLERK 16

III. THE MEDIÆVAL CLERK 31

IV. HIS DUTIES OF READING AND SINGING 48