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Feoffees for Impropriations, which raised funds for impropriations of their own. From 1625 to 1633, the group purchased impropriations and advowsons...

as the Feoffees for the Purchase of Impropriations. The feoffees would raise funds to purchase lay impropriations and advowsons, which would mean that...

posthumous publication. His efforts to organize the re-purchase of "lay-impropriations" for the support of rural clergy were frustrated by Bishop William...

The Feoffees for impropriations was an unincorporated organization dedicated to advancing the cause of Puritanism in England. It was formally in existence...

creating a large group of lay patrons (see impropriation). In 1603, there were an estimated 3,849 livings in the hands of lay impropriators out of a total...

besides; that impropriations annexed to bishoprics and colleges be demised only to the preachers incumbents, for the old rent; that the impropriations of laymen's...

of Bulkeley Bandinel. While engaged on this work the question of lay impropriations had come much under his notice, and he published "for the terror of...

expressing his support of the prosecutions, but cautioning him: [D]o not lay more stress on pure spectral evidence than it will bear ... It is very certain...

could find employment. These niches, however, are not easily classified. Lay patrons of Puritanism were prominent in the middle years of the reign of...

extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders. The majority of people in this list were mainstream Puritans, adhering...

whose successors, known as "lay impropriators" or "lay rectors," still hold them, the system being known as impropriation. In the law of debtor and creditor...

of inclosed land: of which, 100 acres nearly are in Wood. It is a Lay Impropriation, the property of the Bassetts of Bonvilston. The present Incumbent...

His brother George Harwood belonged to the Feoffees for Impropriations. Harwood was known as a lay supporter of Puritanism. In Dutch affairs leading up to...

their own covenants, often called covenants of right relations, to formally lay out the principles of their congregations. In the United States, members...

once-and-for-all payment. The system had become complex, with lay owners by impropriation entitled to some tithes, which were of a number of kinds. In...

guidance was issued for a national system for recording the fines, impropriations and imprisonments for non-payment of tithes as seen in the following...

came to include "Puritan", but more accurately described those (clergy or lay) who "dissented" from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. The Dissenters divided...

for making the Acts more effectual, for appropriating the forfeited Impropriations in Ireland, for the building of Churches, and augmenting poor Vicarages...

whose successors, known as "lay impropriators" or "lay rectors," still hold them, the system being known as impropriation.  One or more of the preceding...

Reformation. It permanently shaped the Church of England's doctrine and liturgy, laying the foundation for the unique identity of Anglicanism. When Elizabeth inherited...