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… to the building and maintenance of their parish churches and the provisions of items required for worship. Lay representatives chosen for terms of 1-2 years – referred to as churchwardens, marguilliers , vitrici , Kirchenpfleger … University Press, 2018), Brodie Waddell, ‘The rise of the parish welfare state in England, c.1600-1800’, Past & Present (vol. 253, n°1, 2021), p. 151–194, and Peter Collinge and Louise Falcini (eds.), Providing for the Poor: The Old … ‘For a number of years … the affairs of this Parish were conducted by thirty persons, who claimed the privilege of representing the whole parish …: they appointed church-wardens and au[di]tors out of their own body, and usurped the …
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