The Diocese of Carlisle, 1814-1855
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520 Pages

21.6 x 13.8 cm

Series: Publications of the Surtees Society

Series Vol. Number: 219

Imprint: Surtees Society

The Diocese of Carlisle, 1814-1855

Chancellor Walter Fletcher's `Diocesan Book', with additional material from Bishop Percy's parish notebooks. (Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle, MSS DCHA 11/14/1 and 11/15/1-2)

Edited by Jane Platt

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The notebooks of bishops of Carlisle reveal a wealth of detail concerning clerical life at the time.

The volume presents three nineteenth-century manuscripts originally created for the use of bishops of Carlisle: Walter Fletcher's "Diocesan Book", written between 1814 and 1845, and Bishop Hugh Percy's two parish notebooks, compiled between 1828 and 1855. Based on visitations, and on articles of enquiry now lost, they add to a growing body of knowledge relating to the condition of the Church in the first half of the nineteenth century, providing a unique record of livings in the Carlisle diocese prior to its expansion in 1856. In particular, they illuminate the concerns of two significant clerical figures. In 1814 the newly installed chancellor, Walter Fletcher, set about recordinghis primary visitation, updating his notes frequently until the year before his death in 1846. In 1828 the newly consecrated bishop, Hugh Percy, created his own diocesan record, utilising Fletcher's material while adding matter of his own.
The popularity of Anglican ritualism since the advent of Tractarianism has made it commonplace for the Georgian Church to be viewed with a certain amount of disdain. The notebooks allow us a more objective view ofthe period. Fletcher's notes on the 130 churches he visited are particularly valuable in presenting a diligent, hard-working clergyman, loyal to the Tory high-church traditions into which he had been born, with a vision for the diocese which, above all, was one of orderliness and obedience to canon law.
The documents are presented here with introduction and notes. Dr Jane Platt is an honorary researcher in history at Lancaster University.
Introduction
Deanery of Carlisle
Deanery of Allerdale
Deanery of Cumberland
Deanery of Westmorland
Schools
Appendix: Loose papers in Percy's notebook
Biographical Index
Glossary

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February 2015

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Title Details

520 Pages

2.16 x 1.38 cm

Series: Publications of the Surtees Society

Series Vol. Number: 219

Imprint: Surtees Society