| Description | (Copies of the following: composition between the bishop and archdeacon, 1442 (Latin); notes and opinion of counsel relating to disputes between bishop and archdeacon regarding various powers, n.d. [c.18C]; correspondence and papers relating to the dispute, 1718-1734; valuation of the improriate [tithes] of North Moreton, 1731-1737; list of annual procurations, synodals and pensions due from parishes, 1746-1763; mandates from the bishop to the archdeacon to cite non-resident incumbents, 1735, and groups meeting to sing psalms (described in table of contents as 'psalm-singing strollers'), 1737; notes made at visitation, n.d. [1721-1734]; correspondence relating to West Challow chapel, 1749; memorandum concerning Augustine Whitehorne's charity, Goosey, 1731; act of court concerning Lyford chapel, 1734; and petitions concerning the almhouses in Lyford, 1736-1737. Includes, at front, list of archdeacons of Berkshire, 12C-1763, and updated to 1869.) |