The five hundred and thirty-two letters that are published in this volume come from the extensive correspondence that was received from people in Lincolnshire parishes by John Kaye, bishop of Lincoln between 1827 and 1853. They are important because they express the opinions and reflect the attitudes of lay people as well as clergymen: Kaye's correspondents ranged from members of the landed gentry to people who would usually have little direct contact with the bishop. They included a 'troublesome', 'deceptious' and 'pugnacious' village carrier disputing the fees charged for burial in his local churchyard, as well as the farmer who complained of the 'hill usige' that he had 'ricivid from the viker' of his parish.
The correspondence reflects Kaye's work as a Church reformer, but it is also important for the way that it demonstrates the changing significance of the Church in the lives of local communities. The extent to which the Church and its affairs were the means through which the social relations of parishes were articulated and sustained was a measure of the continuing importance of the establishment.
The correspondence reflects Kaye's work as a Church reformer, but it is also important for the way that it demonstrates the changing significance of the Church in the lives of local communities. The extent to which the Church and its affairs were the means through which the social relations of parishes were articulated and sustained was a measure of the continuing importance of the establishment.
Volume 94 Lincolnshire Parish Correspondence of John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln 1827-53
Editor R. Ambler, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hull
Publication Date 2006
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Website: www.boydellandbrewer.com
Typesetter Pru Harrison, Hacheson, Suffolk
Printer Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 79 7
Content Contents, 1 page
Illustrations, 1 page
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Abbreviations, 4 pages
Introduction, 50 pages
List of correspondence published in this edition, 3 pages
The Text, 390 pages
Appendix: Handlist of the Lincolnshire Parish Correspondence of John Kaye, 16 pages
Select Bibliography, 6 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 49 pages
Index of Subjects, 31 pages
Dust jacket blurb The five hundred and thirty-two letters that are published in this volume come from the extensive correspondence that was received from people in Lincolnshire parishes by John Kaye, bishop of Lincoln between 1827 and 1853. They are important because they express the opinions and reflect the attitudes of lay people as well as clergymen: Kaye's correspondents ranged from members of the landed gentry to people who would usually have little direct contact with the bishop. They included a 'troublesome', 'deceptious' and 'pugnacious' village carrier disputing the fees charged for burial in his local churchyard, as well as the farmer who complained of the 'hill usige' that he had 'ricivid from the viker' of his parish.
The correspondence reflects Kaye's work as a Church reformer, but it is also important for the way that it demonstrates the changing significance of the Church in the lives of local communities. The extent to which the Church and its affairs were the means through which the social relations of parishes were articulated and sustained was a measure of the continuing importance of the establishment.
Reviews A formidably academic book. [...] The editor's introduction summarises Kaye's life and career, and the scope of the correspondence, with admirable clarity, and puts everything into a comprehensible context. CHURCH TIMES
A gold mine. [...] The potted biographies of all parties mentioned which appear in the feast of footnotes are alone worth the price of this extraordinary book, a staple for years to come on every local historian's bookshelf. And what an index! GRIMSBY TELEGRAPH
For historians of rural, mid-nineteenth-century Anglicanism, it seems all roads lead not to Rome but to the doors of the Lincoln Record Office. [.] Ambler's edition will of course be of great use to historians of Lincolnshire, not least through the inclusion of a new handlist of the Lincolnshire correspondence in the archives as an appendix. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
This collection is a valuable addition to the documents on the Church of England in the nineteenth century. THE LOCAL HISTORIAN, May 2008
Editor R. Ambler, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hull
Publication Date 2006
Size 235 x 155 mm
Language English
Publisher A Lincoln Record Society publication published by the Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DF and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Website: www.boydellandbrewer.com
Typesetter Pru Harrison, Hacheson, Suffolk
Printer Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham, Wiltshire
Printed on acid-free paper
ISBN 0 901503 79 7
Content Contents, 1 page
Illustrations, 1 page
Acknowledgements, 1 page
Abbreviations, 4 pages
Introduction, 50 pages
List of correspondence published in this edition, 3 pages
The Text, 390 pages
Appendix: Handlist of the Lincolnshire Parish Correspondence of John Kaye, 16 pages
Select Bibliography, 6 pages
Index of Persons and Places, 49 pages
Index of Subjects, 31 pages
Dust jacket blurb The five hundred and thirty-two letters that are published in this volume come from the extensive correspondence that was received from people in Lincolnshire parishes by John Kaye, bishop of Lincoln between 1827 and 1853. They are important because they express the opinions and reflect the attitudes of lay people as well as clergymen: Kaye's correspondents ranged from members of the landed gentry to people who would usually have little direct contact with the bishop. They included a 'troublesome', 'deceptious' and 'pugnacious' village carrier disputing the fees charged for burial in his local churchyard, as well as the farmer who complained of the 'hill usige' that he had 'ricivid from the viker' of his parish.
The correspondence reflects Kaye's work as a Church reformer, but it is also important for the way that it demonstrates the changing significance of the Church in the lives of local communities. The extent to which the Church and its affairs were the means through which the social relations of parishes were articulated and sustained was a measure of the continuing importance of the establishment.
Reviews A formidably academic book. [...] The editor's introduction summarises Kaye's life and career, and the scope of the correspondence, with admirable clarity, and puts everything into a comprehensible context. CHURCH TIMES
A gold mine. [...] The potted biographies of all parties mentioned which appear in the feast of footnotes are alone worth the price of this extraordinary book, a staple for years to come on every local historian's bookshelf. And what an index! GRIMSBY TELEGRAPH
For historians of rural, mid-nineteenth-century Anglicanism, it seems all roads lead not to Rome but to the doors of the Lincoln Record Office. [.] Ambler's edition will of course be of great use to historians of Lincolnshire, not least through the inclusion of a new handlist of the Lincolnshire correspondence in the archives as an appendix. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
This collection is a valuable addition to the documents on the Church of England in the nineteenth century. THE LOCAL HISTORIAN, May 2008