W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1969 The Role of the Vestry in Late Seventeenth-Century Virginia: Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, 1663-1680 and 1695-1700 John Frederic Page College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the History of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Page, John Frederic, "The Role of the Vestry in Late Seventeenth-Century Virginia: Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, 1663-1680 and 1695-1700" (1969). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539624673. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-t9nv-w663 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. th e m m of the vEsmt in iate sMQRwmMSBmm: vxrobiias H CJHIST CHURCH PARISH, MXDDIESEX COUHTT 1663-1660 and 1695-1710 A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of History The College o f W illiam and Mary in V irg in ia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts John Frederic Page August 1969 APPROVAL SHEET Titfti* i s aRifcc&lyfcsd i s psuMbial fu lfillm e n t o f l^gr foj* i$ 0 fokgtmn c f Master of Arts Approved, August1 S*6 9« John E. f r a ‘FT'5a55m7w,SuK PREFACE this study is an outgrowth of some general reading I did during the 1963-6L academic year on the Anglican Parish Vestry in Colonial Virginia, the influence which vestrymen m m described as having possessed in secular as well as religious life interested me, and X fe lt that a study of the composition and functioning of a particular vestry in the early colonial period would broaden my understanding of this institution.