| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| [I. OLD-TIME CHOIRS AND PARSONS] | | [1] |
| [II. THE ANTIQUITY AND CONTINUITY OF THE OFFICE OF CLERK] | | [16] |
| [III. THE MEDIÆVAL CLERK] | | [31] |
| [IV. HIS DUTIES OF READING AND SINGING] | | [48] |
| [V. THE CLERK IN LITERATURE] | | [63] |
| [VI. CLERKS TOO CLERICAL--SMUGGLING DAYS AND SMUGGLING WAYS] | | [79] |
| [VII. THE CLERK IN EPITAPH] | | [90] |
| [VIII. THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PARISH CLERKS] | | [104] |
| [IX. THE CLERKS OF LONDON: THEIR DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES] | | [115] |
| [X. CLERKENWELL AND CLERKS' PLAYS] | | [130] |
| [XI. THE CLERKS AND THE PARISH REGISTERS] | | [140] |
| [XII. THE CLERK AS A POET] | | [154] |
| [XIII. THE CLERK GIVING OUT NOTICES] | | [169] |
| [XIV. SLEEPY CHURCH AND SLEEPY CLERKS] | | [179] |
| [XV. THE CLERK IN ART] | | [195] |
| [XVI. WOMEN AS PARISH CLERKS] | | [201] |
| [XVII. SOME YORKSHIRE CLERKS] | | [206] |
| [XVIII. AN OLD CHESHIRE CLERK AND SOME OTHER WORTHIES] | | [225] |
| [XIX. THE CLERK AND THE LAW] | | [245] |
| [XX. RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD CLERKS AND THEIR WAYS] | | [255] |
| [XXI. CURIOUS STORIES] | | [306] |
| [XXII. LONGEVITY AND HEREDITY--THE DEACON-CLERKS OF BARNSTAPLE] | | [318] |
| [XXIII. CONCLUSION] | | [333] |
| [INDEX] | | [335] |