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been accepted elsewhere in the case of change of diocese ; but 
there were apparently exceptions, for one of the Lichfield clergy 
held the license of Bishop Jewell of Sarum in addition to that of 
his diocesan, and another one held in like addition the license of 
the Bishop of Gloucester. Some of these licenses dated back 
many years. Bishop Jewell, for instance, had been dead 32 
years ; two held licenses of Bishop Bentham of Lichfield, who 
had been dead 23 years; another of Archbishop Parker, and 
another of Archbishop Sandys, of York. 
The compiling of this list brought to light certain abuses ; such, 
for instance, as the parson who was preaching in his own cure, 
but held no license, and the far graver case of Cutberd Terry, the 
nominal minister of Burdingbury, in Warwickshire, but who is 
declared to be “no parson.” 
The final column of this catalogue, in which are entered the 
clerical stipends, is chiefly taken from the Valor Ecclestasticus of 
Henry VIII., and is quoted from as “the Kinges Bookes,” but 
the sums paid to the curates of chapelries are also duly entered. 
A few even of these entries are somewhat remarkable, as showing 
the way in which the paltry pittance of the country curate was 
eked out by board at the squire’s or yeoman’s table. The curate 
of Marebrooke Chapel received annually ‘“iiij" in money and 
his dyott,” whilst the curate of Wingerworth, who was a Bachelor 
My thanks are due to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield for 
permission to print this Clergy List zz ex¢enso. 
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