A LIST OF BEIEFS PUBLISHED IN THE PAEISH OF MAWNAN, 

 AD. 1707—51. 



Br THE Rev. W. ROGERS,— Memfter. 



[abstract.] 



Briefs alluded to in the ruLric, after the Nicene Creed in the 

 Book of Common Prayer, were letters patent issued by the 

 Sovereign directing the collection of alms for the objects named 

 in them, such as the building and repairing of churches, losses 

 by fire, etc. Owing to the abuses which crept into the system, 

 Briefs were abolished in 1828. 



The Briefs for Mawnan are entered in two paper leaves at 

 the end of a parchment Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and 

 Burials, which commences in 1698. Joseph Trewinnard, who 

 entered them first, was rector of Mawnan until 1717, being 

 succeeded by William Peter, who was rector until 1750. The 

 entries do not give the sums collected, but the dates on which 

 the briefs were published and collected from house to house, 

 and the object for which they were issued. 



As might be expected there is a long list of Churches for 

 which aid was asked, Landafi Cathedral heads the list, and 

 amongst others are Lisburn Church in Ireland. Tower of 

 Buckingham, St. Nicholas. The steeple of the parish Church of 

 Herrington, St. Mary Eedcliffes, Bristol. The parish Church 

 of St. Nicholas, in the Borough of Warwick, etc. 



Collections for losses by fire are numerous, and amongst 

 other curious entries are the following, a brief for " at the head 

 of the common gate in Edinburg north Britain, " for the 

 reformed episcopal churches in great Poland and Polish Russia. 

 Sufferers by Thunder. Polkeston Fishers and St. Andrew's 

 harbour. 



