The Episcopal Registers are one of the few remaining substantial sources for medieval history. This outstanding eight-part series provides extensive details of the multiple roles of the church as papal servant, feudal magnate and guardian of popular morality.
Part One: Registers of the Archbishops of York, 1215-1650 Part One: 22 reels
Part Two: Registers of the Bishops of Lincoln, 1209-1663 Part Two: 20 reels
Part Three: Registers of the Bishops of Coventry and Lichfield, 1296-1632; Carlisle, 1292-1656; Chester, 1502-1686; and Durham, 1311-1683 Part Three: 12 reels
Part Four: Registers of the Bishops of Salisbury, 1297-1689 Part Four: 10 reels
Part Five: Registers of the Bishops of London, 1304-1660
Part Five: 9 reels
Part Six: Registers of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury, 1284-1661
Part Six: 22 reels
Part Seven: Registers of the Bishops of Ely, 1337-1619; Oxford, 1592-1663; and Wales, 1389-1705
Part Seven: 8 reels
Part Eight: The Bishops of Chichester, 1396-1675; Gloucester, 1541-1681; Rochester, 1319-1683
Part Eight: 8 reels
Complete collection: 111 reels
"Bishops' registers are perhaps the most important records of English diocesan administration that survived for the Middle Ages and as such are an invaluable source for the historian." -- Dr. David Smith, Director of the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research University of York