The Church of England and Social Change in Manchester, 1635-1928 - Volumes
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Documents relating to charities
The workings of the churchwardens are made apparent through this collection, both as administrators of charities, and as the people responsible for the day-to-day running of the church. A sample period has been selected covering 1814-1815. Read more →
Registers of baptism, burial, marriage, summary marriage & banns objections
The parish registers included are the neat parchment versions of the registers, which were discovered only in 2006, hidden behind a wooden chest. A separate series of neat copies of the registers was recorded on parchment well into the second half of the 19th century, showing the pride taken by the church-wardens and parish clerks of Manchester in recording these record numbers of ceremonies. The neat registers chosen give full... Read more →
Banns books, 1733-1928
This span of almost two centuries recording the proclamation of intended marriages ("If any of you know any cause or just impediment why these persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony you are to declare it."), repeated three times at weekly intervals prior to the wedding, is unique in the Church of England. These books generally record less information than the marriage registers. However, where a marriage did... Read more →
Chapter registers, 1635-1870
Includes the first two surviving Chapter registers containing the Chapter minutes from 1635 to 1870. The minutes cease during the English Civil War. At times, the minutes recorded can be dry accounts of appointments of fellows or choristers to the foundation and the appending of the common Chapter seal to leases of land; at other times, the minutes represent a very full record of correspondence received, debates within the Chapter... Read more →
