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' (the lincoln 1Reco rb Soc iety} (FOR TH E ANCI EN T D IOCE SE AND TH E CO UNTY O F L I NC O L N' FO UNDED I N TH E ’ An n u a R e po rt A ND O F SUBSCR IBER S 19 14— 1 5 (the iLincoIn 1Recoro Society (FOR TH E ANCI E N T D IOC E S E AND TH E CO UN TY O F L I NCOL N' FO U N DED I N TH E YEA R 1 9 1 0 Ann u a R e po rt — A ND O F SUBSCR IBER S l9 l4—I 5 Eb e iLincoIn 1Recoro Society (FOR THE A NCIENT DIOCESE AND THE COUNTY OF L I NCOL N' jfou nbeo i n the y ear 1 9 1 0 ’ for the p u blication of mis toricalflb anuocripto Pr esiden t TH E L OR D BI SH OP OF L I NCO L N . Co u n ci l Th f D D H R ev . C . M . e O . Lincoln , Lord Bishop , udson , , A E T . f . Th e O D . D . A Lincoln , Dean , Jourdain , T . Th e Of R e v . M Lincoln , Chancellor the Longley , , A M A . K . Cathedral aples , H . l M . n P . A Bel , Ca on James , A eake , i A . Bond , W lfrid Sutton , Canon F H R . E . R v . F M . e . M R v . e . Brotherton , C , A Tatham , , A H n E . T . G M . R . A Cole , Canon , A . hompson , amilto , P S A V R . J . P . Fane , W . , D L , M A , v G . G . n M R e . H . Footma , . Walker , , M A . W . L P. n n . W . M . P . S A. Foster , Ca o C , A , elby , Colonel , D L , M . L P. H A . M R e v . unt , Wright , W , A , Co m m i ttee of the PAR ISH R EGI STER SECTION ll M n M . P S. A . Be , Canon James , . A . Foster , Ca on , A , . E T n n R . E M . A . G . Cole , Ca o . , A Jourdain , S c eta r H o n . e r y M i n V n . W . T Foster , Canon C . , A . , mberla d icarage , Li coln H n Tr ea s u r e r o . E G . Wilfrid Bond, lmer Street , rantham Ba n ker s n Lloyds Bank , Limited , Lincol . H n Au dit r o . o M . H . r . Footman , , Silve Street , Lincoln R u le s o f the So cie ty Th e Of n n n Object this Society shall be to pri t , for distributio amo gst n n n a n d its members , copies , tra slatio s , abstracts , cale dars indexes O f records and documents relating to church , parochial'manorial th Of Th e and family history in e diocese and county Lincoln . word 'diocese ’in this rule shall include any counties which have f f n n at any time formed part O the diocese O Li col . Th e Society shall have a Ge n eral Sectio n a n d also a Parish R egister n Sectio . A perso n shall become a member Of the Society by a yearly su b s c rip tion Of one guin ea either to the General Sectio n or to the Parish S R n n . egister Section , or of two gui eas to the two Sectio s uch sub scriptio n shall be payable i n advan ce On the first day Of October i n each year . E n n ach member havi g paid his subscriptio , shall be entitled to vote n n n at the ge eral meeti gs withi the period subscribed for , and to receive a copy O f every work issued by the Society in the Sectio n or Sections a n d for the period i n respect Of which he has sub scribed p r o vide d th a t a n y question as to the volumes to be issued by the Gen eral Section and by the Parish R egister Sectio n shall be decided by the majority Of the votes Of the members O f the n respective sectio s . Th e man agemen t O f the affairs Of the Society shall be vested i n a n O f n s council co sisting the preside t , ecretaries , editor , treasurer , and at least seve n other members of the Society to be elected at n V the an ua l meeting . acan cies occuring between the gen eral n T meetings may be filled up by the Cou cil . hree shall form a quorum . An an n ual general meeting of the members shall be held in or about O f the month of ctober , to receive a report upo n the work O the ’ a n d u n f Society , the treas rer s fina cial statement to elect O ficers , a council a n d a n auditor for the e n suin g year a n d to tra n sact the n l S ge era business of the ociety . 4 Th e Society or the Council may appoint a special committee co n sisti n g O f members Of the Parish R egister Section to manage the busi n es s Of that Section . Th e Of a n n Council may require the accuracy y tra script , calendar or translation to be tested O n their behalf before it is printed . Th e editor Of a volume shall be entitled to receive five Copies Of the work . NO amendment Of the rules shall be made e xée pt at a general meet Of s n s ing , and notice any propo ed ame dment hall be given to the Of a n d secretary fourteen days before the date the meeting , shall by him be communicated to the members . R e po rt fo r the y e a r 5 O n 1 1 S In its fifth y ear , which ended 3oth September , 9 5 , the ociety R v T . s n K e . A . lost two member by death , amely , Lord esteven and the . i n Stoodley Like other learned Societies it has , this time of war , suffered n O f 2 1 a further heavy loss through the resignatio members . Against n Of I O n e w these losses must be set the gai members , who have further ’ f 1 1 swelled the Society s funds by buying volumes to the value O about 4 . Si n ce the year ended two m ore members have resigned and two n e w members have been enrolled . TH E GENER AL SECTI ON T n n hree volumes have appeared duri g the year under review , amely , R o tu li R o be r ti Gr o ssetes te n een o a R o tu lu s H en r i ci de L exi n to n L i n (i' , g , (ii' - - co ln Wills 1 2 1 1 26 Vi si ta ti o n s o R eli i o u s H o u ses 1 20 6 . , 7 5 , and (iii' f g , 4 3 O u Th e Th e last two f these vol mes have proved to be very popular . Society is especially fortunate in having secured as editor O f the volume ’ A f V n Of M A . H T . O isitatio s a scholar r . amilton hompson s rank volume Of Cha ter Ac ts o L i n co ln Ca thedr a l C p f , edited by Canon ole , will be i n f 1 1 6 L i br i Cler i O . Tw o ready the early part 9 other volumes , namely, Of a n d O f E ' (particulars the Clergy Churches'in the reign li abeth , and i l F n a Co n co r ds Of the i 3th century are nearing completion . A second Of V H n T n a n d M . volume isitations edited by r amilto hompso , also a n Of i n A Of e xc e seco d volume Lincoln Wills are the press . volume p tio n a l n n Do m esda a n d o ther Feu da lSu r ve s n i terest , amely , y y , is bei g edited R v T e . n by the . Lo gley . Some progress has been made in overtaking the Of i n O f arrears work spite the difficulties caused by the War . ’ Th e Treasurer s accoun t shows that there was a cash balan ce Of ’ 2 1 3 d . 1 . S 4 9 7 7 . to the ociety s credit o n the 3oth Of last September and s Of u m it is e timated that , after allowing for the cost completing the finished volumes which were due to members at that date , there will be 1 . 5 f 8 8 . a surplus O 4 7d . Th e than ks Of the Society are due to Th e Profession al Classes War R C elief ommittee which , for several months last summer , placed the ’ Of S services two copyists at the ociety s disposal . 6 TH E PAR ISH R EGISTER SECTI ON Duri n g the third year Of the Parish R egister Section two volumes ’ R Of M C have appeared , namely , the egisters St .