IN LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY. 55 



In 1650 a Commission was appointed to survey the whole country, 

 and 12 questions were asked as to the name of the Minister, income, 

 &c., and also whether the parish was fit to be divided or united to some 

 other parish. As stated in the Preface the original returns are at the 

 Public Record Office, but duplicates are at Lambeth. The return for 

 Dorset of this Committee forms one very large volume of 248 original 

 returns, and is far more complete than for any other county in 

 England. 



It was not, however, till 1655-1658 that the Trustees (and in some 

 instances the Council) reported and decided upon a good many of the 

 more important cases submitted to them, as to the division or union 

 of certain parishes mentioned in this Survey, and the importance of 

 this Section fully equals in historic and personal interest those 

 containing the Augmentations and Admissions, &c. 



SECTION VII. Nos 56-58. 



This Section contains matter relating entirely to Wales and the Four 

 Northern Counties, and therefore there are no entries for Dorset. 



SECTION IV. 

 CERTIFICATES OF APPROBATION. 



No 32. Vol 997 



No 9 WINFRITH NUBURGH, RECTORY and 

 WEST LULWORTH 



Whitehall 29 April 1654 



Know all men by these presents that the 19 April 1654 

 there was exhibited to the Commissioners for Approbation of 

 Public Preachers a presentation of Sebastian Pitfeild to ye 

 Rectory of Winfrith Nuburgh with ye Chappell of West 

 Lulworth in the county of Dorset, made to him by his High- 

 ness Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, 

 &c.,the patron therof under his seale manuall, Together with 

 a Testimony in the behalf of the said Sebastian Pitfeild of 

 his holy and good conversation, Upon perusall and due 

 consideration of the premises and finding him to be a person 

 qualified as in and by the ordinance for such Approbation is 



