Southcomb family papers 1696-1877 1818-1852

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Southcomb family papers 1696-1877 1818-1852

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The Southcomb FamilyPapers document some aspects of the clerical careers of several generations ofmembers of the Southcomb family, which held the rectorship of Rose Ash in Devonfor over 200 years. Included are devotional commonplace books of LewisSouthcomb; 279 sermons, mostly dating from the first half of the nineteenthcentury, by four different family members; and the diaries of John LadevezeHamilton Southcomb.

2.71 linear feet (7boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Southcomb family.

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Members of the Southcomb family served as rectors of the parish of Rose Ash in Devon almost uninterruptedly from 1675 until 1948. Only those represented in the Southcomb Family Papers are described here. Lewis Southcomb (1655-1733), the first Southcomb to hold Rose Ash, refused to take the Oath of Allegiance to William and Mary in 1688, despite offers of preferment, and was deprived of the rectorship as a Nonjuror, but was restored after the death of James II in 1701. He...

Southcomb, J. L. H.

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