Faculty Books

The Diocesan Faculty Books are held by the Borthwick, and were registers of applications for the changing of a the fabric of a church, such as for the installation of new pews, extensions, repairs to the roof, etc. ( including the granting or denial of permission); and for sequestrations (the act of taking a parish church into the custody of the churchwardens upon the death of the incumbent and managing it until the new incumbent took over), and the relaxation (cancellation) of sequestration orders. However, the early registers not only include faculties, sequestrations and relaxation orders, but also licences for parish clerks, schoolmasters, surgeons and midwives, commissions for granting marriage licences, caveats and dissenters' meeting-house certificates (these entries can be found under Nonconformity in the History section of the website).

Fac.Bk 1 (1737-1768)

Nil

Fac.Bk 2 (1768-1793)

Nil

Fac.Bk 3 (1793-1816)

Nil

Fac.Bk 4 (1816-1858)
Fol 438 (14 Apr 1841). Sequestration issued to William Boast the churchwarden.