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Book SynopsisRegister of capable ecclesiastical administrator shows him imposing order on impoverished war-ton Carlisle diocese.Gilbert Welton was an eminent ecclesiastical administrator who won papal favour when visiting the Curia at Avignon. He recruited qualified staff before settling in the impoverished, war-torn diocese of Carlisle, which had not beenaccustomed to a resident bishop or to a high standard of episcopal government. His professionalism is reflected in the professional quality of his register. Among its contents are a dozen records of matrimonial causes (one Carlisle woman was divorced twice in six weeks); of further social interest are the 59 wills of laymen and beneficed clergy, many of them victims of the second visitation of the Black Death in 1362. This volume offers a calendarof the whole manuscript, with an appendix of full Latin texts of entries of special interest.
Trade ReviewAdmirable edition, provided with two excellent indices for persons and places and for subjects... sheds valuable light on the workings of the Church in an often murky corner of England. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
Table of ContentsThe register; the bishop's audience; wills; the Black Death; editorial method; the register of John Horncastle, bishop-elect, 1353 (nos 1-6); register of Bishop Welton - the main register (nos 7-517), quire of diverse letters (nos 518-604), ordinations of clergy (nos 604-622).
