Published by Primary Source Microfilm

"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

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