The Office of An English Bishop in the First Half of the Fourteenth Century
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, 194. 40 and the vicar and parishioners were required to provide one before Christmas, and, in addition, a Legendary of the Saints, an Ordinale, a Chrismatory and a candle- stick for the Easter candle. 1 He considered the parish church of Ilfracombe too small and ordered that within two years it should be lengthened twenty-four feet, at least, and broadened by two aisles. 2 At Staverton he discovered that there was a lack of festival vestments, the missale was falsa although beautiful, and the...re was no vase for incense. 3 In this way he went through the diocese, ordering improvements in the fabric, and new ornaments and vestments to be provided. Visitation was also judicial in character. If disputes existed between parishioners, if a rector or layman denied the charge made to the bishop against him, the latter could, and frequently did, take the testimony of those present, or allow the accused to purge themselves, and thus adjudicate the questions on the spot. 4 In more dif- ficult cases, he cited the persons to appear before him or his commissary on a certain day when the matter would receive a full hearing.
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