_From a photograph by Messrs. W.A. Mansell and Co_.

PORTRAIT OF RICHARD HUST, THE RESTORER OF THE CLERKS'
ALMSHOUSES 200

THE CHURCH OF ST. MARGARET, WESTMINSTER 210
_After an engraving from a photograph by Messrs.
W.A. Mansell and Co_.

WILLIAM HINTON, A WILTSHIRE WORTHY. Drawn by the Rev.
Julian Charles Young 239
_By permission of Messrs. Macmillan and Co_.

SUNDAY MORNING. By John Absolon 270
_From a photograph by Messrs. W.A. Mansell and Co_.

THE PARISH CLERK OF QUEDGELEY 280
_By permission of Miss Isabel Barnett_

JAMES CARNE, PARISH CLERK OF ST. COLUMB MINOR, CORNWALL,
THE OLDEST LIVING CLERK 320
_From a photograph by Mr. R.P. Griffith, Newquay_




PREFACE

The race of parish clerks is gradually becoming extinct. Before the
recollection of their quaint ways, their curious manners and customs,