Diocese. Beneficed. Unbeneficed.
Lincoln—Archdeaconry of Lincoln, Stow, Leicester, and Rutland 2,001 1,660
Lincoln—Archdeaconry of Northampton, Hunts, Bucks, Oxon, and Bedford 1,522 1,313
Canterbury 599 495
Bath and Wells—Archdeaconry of Bath 119 82
Bath and Wells—Archdeaconry of Taunton 139 72
Bath and Wells—Archdeaconry of Wells 335 336
Salisbury—Archdeaconry of Berks and Wilts 461 246
Salisbury—Archdeaconry of Dorchester and Sarum 734 467
Exeter—County of Devon 559 756
Exeter—County of Cornwall 199 487
Ely 358 658
Chichester 473 168
London—Archdeaconry of London 336 427
London—Archdeaconry of Essex, Middlesex, and Colchester 268 241
London—“et predicti Coll.” 531 526
Rochester—In the City and Diocese of Rochester 157 54
Rochester—In the Deanery of Iselham 4 9
Jurisdiction of St. Alban 106 50
Winchester—Archdeaconry of Winton 616 305
Winchester—Archdeaconry of Surrey 218 —
Winchester—In Arch. predicti — 152
Coventry and Lichfield—Archdeaconry of Coventry 272 241
Coventry and Lichfield—Archdeaconry of Stafford 180 321
Coventry and Lichfield—Archdeaconry of Derby 175 281
Coventry and Lichfield—Archdeaconry of Cestr 162 336
Coventry and Lichfield—Archdeaconry of Salop 106 —
Worcester—Archdeaconry of Wigan 425 425
Worcester—Archdeaconry of Gloucester 414 409
York 1,790 1,481
Carlisle 135 97
Norwich 1,844 1,848
15,238 13,943

[423] The preface to the “Valor,” when it was printed by the Record Office, says, “We have here presented before us in one grand conspectus the whole ecclesiastical establishment of England and Wales, as it had been built up in successive centuries, and when it was carried to its greatest height.... So that we at once see not only the ancient extent and amount of that provision which was made by the piety of the English nation for the spiritual edification of the people, by the erection of churches and chapels for the decent performance of the simple and touching ordinances of the Christian religion; but how large a proportion had been saved from private appropriation of the produce of the soil, and how much had been subsequently given, to form a public fund accessible to all, out of which might be supported an order of cultivated and more enlightened men dispersed through society, and by means of which blessings incalculable might be spread amongst the whole community. If there were spots of extravagances, yet on the whole it is a pleasing as well as a splendid spectacle, especially if we look with minute observation into any portion of the Record, and compare it with a map which shows the distribution of population in those times over the island, and then observe how religion had pursued men even to his remotest abodes, and was present among the most rugged dwellers in the hills and wildernesses of the land, softening and humanizing their hearts.”

[424]

Rectories. Vicarages. Chapels. Chantries.
Canterbury 225 108 13 23
Rochester 128 56 10 13
Bath and Wells 368 126 33 53
Chichester 279 124 13 39
London 731 201 31 310
Winchester 289 95 21 14
Sarum 540 182 68 72
Oxford 167 64 8 10
Lincoln 1,310 492 30 213
Peterboro 355 92 10 30
Exeter 524 185 43 36
Gloucester 246 106 35 30
Hereford 152 84 27 57
Coventry and Lichfield 466 207 29 106
Chester 197 78 5 127
Worcester 133 47 17 31
Norwich 1,103 276 31 60
Ely 157 80 11 29
Llandaff 143 61 22 12
St. David’s 288 120 10 3
Bangor 110 27 45 4
St. Asaph 157 83 4 0
York 581 305 19 424
Carlisle 75 38 0 19
Durham 114 70 1 18
8,838 3,307 536 1,733

[425] “Constitutional History,” iii. 366.

[426] In the Easter account-book.

[427] “Valor,” v. 32, 263, etc.

[428] “Valor,” v. 35.

[429] Ibid., p. 61.

[430] Ibid., p. 75.