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The ''Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Directory'' was the earliest ever specialist directory to cover the clergy of the Church of England. In its initial format it appeared just four times – in 1817, 1822, 1829 and 1836, under the editorial direction of Richard Gilbert. Another edition was actually advertised for 1838,〔() Church Times: two-part article ''Shop-talk and mordant wit'', by Christopher Currie & Glyn Paflin, describing the background to Crockford's Clerical Directory's first hundred editions, 6–13 December 2007〕 but no copies have in fact been found within the main academic libraries. The title was briefly revived by Thomas Bosworth & Company during the 1880s. ==Contents of the Clerical Guide== The main alphabetical section of the directory included: *A list of benefices together with their populations, counties, dioceses and archdeaconries *Their incumbents with the year of his institution *Their values (up to the 1829 edition) in the Valor Ecclesiasticus or King's Books *The names of their patrons. *The 1836 edition additionally gave the income of the benefice during the year 1831, the available capacity or "church room" for the congregation, and the name of any impropriator. The preliminary pages included: *Current lists of bishops, members of cathedral chapter, and other dignitaries, showing the values of their first fruits *A section on the Doctors of Laws, the canonical specialists *A section on the Chapel Royal together with the king's preachers and chaplains *Sections on Sion College and Gresham College *Sections on the two English universities (Oxford and Cambridge) *Sections on the fellows and schoolmasters of Eton, Winchester, Westminster, Harrow, Manchester and St Paul's. The alphabetical list of benefices was also followed by an alphabetical list of the prelates, dignitaries and beneficed clergy of the Church of England (generally omitting the unbeneficed clergy). The directories concluded with lists of ecclesiastical patronage, giving the names of those benefices within the gift of the king and also those of the lord chancellor, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, the various archbishops and bishops, and the two universities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Directory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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