Records of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, comprising:
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Dean's registers, 1536-1642 and 1660-1909 (CLC/313/C/001/MS25630/001-047). These registers chiefly record: leases of property, rectories etc. belonging to the Dean and Chapter collectively (but including some leases of property of individual dignitaries or prebends - see also sections CLC/313/L-N; Chapter Acts (see also section CLC/313/D); institutions of incumbents to benefices in the cathedral's patronage and within the Peculiar jurisdiction (see also sections CLC/313/E and CLC/313/K); elections of bishops (to 1633) and deans (to 1782), and admissions of cathedral and diocesan officials (see also section CLC/313/E); and admissions of manorial and estate officers, to ca. 1848 (see also section CLC/313/E).
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Seal books, 1660-1940 (CLC/313/C/004/MS25660/001-008 and CLC/313/C/005/MS25661). These books contain abstracts of documents to which the seal of the Dean and Chapter was attached. These comprise leases (see also section CLC/313/L, especially series G), powers of attorney, presentations, nominations, appointments of officials and (1803-ca. 1847) licences for curates and lecturers within the Peculiar jurisdiction (see also sections CLC/313/E and CLC/313/K).
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Dean and Chapter muniment books, 1660-1912 (CLC/313/C/006/MS25664/1-8). These books contain installations of officials, and (to ca. 1847) petitions for consecrations, faculties, institutions within the Peculiar jurisdiction (see also sections CLC/313/E and CLC/313/K).
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Dean and Chapter Commissary's muniment book, 1694-1779 (CLC/313/C/007/MS25665). A supplement to MS25664 above, chiefly recording faculties issued, but also including copies (from 1756 only) of licences for curates, lecturers, parish clerks and dissenting meeting houses within the Peculiar jurisdiction (see also sections CLC/313/E and CLC/313/K).