CATHOLIC RECORD SOCIETY: MISCELLANEA X, VOLUME 17

London: Catholic Record Society, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Gilt stamped. Plates. vi, 557p + 24p report from the society. Spine somewhat sunfaded. Light shelf wear on cover edges. Otherwise a clean and tight book in very good condition. Item #141098

The Catholic Record Society (Registered Charity No. 313529), "the premier Catholic historical society in the United Kingdom", founded in 1904, is a scholarly society devoted to the study of Reformation and post-Reformation Catholicism in England and Wales. Particularly active members in its early years were Joseph Gillow, J. H. Pollen, and Joseph S. Hansom. The society was initially established as a text publication society, with the aim of publishing Catholic historical records. Only later did it become a more general historical society. It has been credited with making much otherwise obscure archival material more readily available.
This volume includes several Catholic registers from various places. It also contains an "official enquiry as to the estate of Robert Charnock of Leyland, Lancashire, priest, left for 'superstitious uses,' 1687"

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