Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 121: Synodalia

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Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 121: Synodalia
Alternate Title:
Synodalia
Language:
Latin and English
Dimensions:
305 Height (mm) and 214 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1500 - 1599]
Table of contents:
  • Form of holding convocation following ancient customs
  • Form of choosing and presenting prolocutors
  • Writ of Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury summoning the bishop and clergy of London to convocation, 3 April 1570
  • Election of John Taylor dean of Lincoln Cathedral as prolocutor of the lower house of convocation of 5 November 1547
  • Names of the monitors ad comparendum of the lower house of the convocation of Canterbury, Michaelmas 1547
  • Names of the monitors ad comparendum of the lower house of convocation who attended the discussions concerning the marriage of priests
  • On rectors that are not resident in their benefices
  • On those who oppose the judgement on perpetual residences
  • Petition of the lower house of convocation to the bishops in the reign of Phillip and Mary
  • Articles concerning tithes and married priests
  • Legantine constitutions, 1555
  • Acta of the convocation of Canterbury, January 1557/8
  • Articles promulgated at the convocation of Canterbury, January 1557/8
  • Decretal of the convocation of Canterbury of January 1557/8 concerning the property appropriated for the benefit of Cardinal Pole
  • Canons of the convocation of Canterbury, January 1557/8
  • Writs published after the ordinance of earls and barons, 1315
  • Names of the earls and barons that ought to be present at the convocations of the province of Canterbury
  • Speech on the Uniformity Bill
  • A speech against the bill for the royal supremacy
  • A declaration of doctrine offered and exhibited by the protestants, signed by George Hovy, John Ploughe, John Opynshaw
  • Proceedings of a conference at Westminster, March 1559, concerning articles of religion
  • Paper delivered by the Protestants at the Westminster conference of March 1559
  • Dr Coles' answer to the paper delivered by the Protestants at the Westminster conference of March 1559
  • Acts of the convocation of January 1558/9 held by royal writ while the archbishopric was vacant
  • The Thirty-Nine Articles
  • Ecclesiastical Statutes
  • A bill to authorise every archbishop and bishop to erect one office of registership of all the church books in due order to be kept in every diocese
  • Petition of Thomas Bowsey to the Archbishop of Canterbury that he might have the registership of the diocese of Canterbury
  • Letter of Archbishop elect Matthew Parker and four other bishops to Elizabeth I, undated (October 1559?)
  • Letter of Elizabeth I to Archbishop Matthew Parker, the bishop of London and William Byll dated at Westminster, 21 January 1561
  • Articles of the Lambeth conference 12 April 1561
  • The Thirty-nine Articles
  • Articles of the synod held at London, 3 April 1571
  • Form of excommunication
  • Letter from the commissioners in ecclesiastical causes to all churchwardens, sidesmen, etc. dated Lambeth June 11, 1571
  • Copy of a letter from the commissioners in ecclesiastical causes to all churchwardens, sidesmen, etc. dated Lambeth June 11, 1571 subscribed by the commissioners
  • Injunctions given by the authority of the king's highness to the clergy of this his realm [by Thomas Cromwell vice-regent] 1536
  • Visitors in King Edward's time, 1547
  • Injunctions given by the king's majesty as well to the clergy as to the laity of this realm
  • Letter of Elizabeth I to the bishop of London, March 1553
Description:
MS 121 contains a collection of documents relating to convocations, particularly for the period 1547-71 with some additional material relating to sixteenth-century visitations and some earlier legal materials. This collection of documents provides considerable insight into the development of church doctrine in England during the Reformation period.
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