Author: WORRALL, E.S. (EDITOR).
Title: Returns of Papists 1767(Volume 2) : Dioceses of England and Wales Except Chester.
Description: Oxford: Catholic Record Society, 1989. "Under the plea of 'a dangerous increase of Popery' many attempts, both local and national, were made, particularly between the restoration of the monarchy and of the Anglican church in 1660 and the Catholic Relief Act of 1791, to compile lists of Catholics and to enumerate them under the title of 'Returns of Papists'..". This volume gives parish, sex, age, occupation, and how long the individual had been resident in the parish. Pp.xii/200, map of the dioceses of England and Wales in 1767 (omitting small enclaves). Green cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.

Keywords: Worrall Returns Papists Dioceses England Wales Durham Carlile York Lincoln Lichfield Coventry Hereford Worcester Gloucester Oxford Peterborough Ely Norwich London Canterbury Rochester Chichester 49505 Parish History


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