| Acknowledgements | | ix | |
| Introduction | | 1 | (11) |
| I TRADITION AND CHANGE: THE OLD RELIGION AND THE NEW |
| | 12 | (36) |
| The State of Melford Church as I, Roger Martyn, did know it |
| | 12 | (3) |
| Hugh Latimer, Convocation sermon, 1536 |
| | 15 | (4) |
| | 19 | (6) |
| | 25 | (1) |
| English Bibles, 1537 and 1539 |
| | 26 | (3) |
| Robert Parkyn's narrative of the reformation, 1532--54 |
| | 29 | (5) |
| Rose Hickman's memoir of protestant life under Mary |
| | 34 | (3) |
| John Foxe, Acts and Monuments |
| | 37 | (4) |
| The examination of Anne Askew, 1546 |
| | 37 | (2) |
| The ordeal of Ridley and Latimer, 1555 |
| | 39 | (2) |
| Accounts and inventories of St Edmund's parish, Salisbury, 1527--57 |
| | 41 | (4) |
| Wills of Margaret Odeham, 1492 and Anne Buckenham, 1539 |
| | 45 | (3) |
| II THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH |
| | 48 | (48) |
| View and plan of Tunstead church, Norfolk |
| | 48 | (2) |
| The Book of Common Prayer, 1559 |
| | 50 | (16) |
| | 50 | (2) |
| Of ceremonies, why some be abolished and some retained |
| | 52 | (2) |
| The order for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or holy communion |
| | 54 | (3) |
| The declaration on kneeling, 1552 |
| | 57 | (1) |
| The ministration of baptism to be used in the church |
| | 58 | (3) |
| The form of solemnization of matrimony |
| | 61 | (3) |
| The thanksgiving of women after childbirth, commonly called the churching of women |
| | 64 | (1) |
| The order for the burial of the dead |
| | 65 | (1) |
| An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Divine Service, 1559 |
| | 66 | (3) |
| The Thirty-Nine Articles, 1563 |
| | 69 | (11) |
| The Homily against contention and brawling |
| | 80 | (3) |
| Thomas Becon's New Catechism, 1559 |
| | 83 | (5) |
| | 84 | (1) |
| Of the duty of children toward their parents |
| | 85 | (3) |
| Alexander Nowell's Catechism, 1570 |
| | 88 | (2) |
| Accounts and inventories of St Edmund's parish, Salisbury, 1579--1635 |
| | 90 | (3) |
| | 93 | (1) |
| Wills from the diocese of Durham, 1603--1615 |
| | 94 | (2) |
| III RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS CONTEST IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND |
| | 96 | (51) |
| A view of popish abuses yet remaining in the English church, 1572 |
| | 96 | (8) |
| Archbishop Grindal's Injunctions for the laity in the province of York, 1571 |
| | 104 | (3) |
| Archbishop Grindal's letter to the Queen, 1576 |
| | 107 | (7) |
| George Gifford's Country Divinity, 1582 |
| | 114 | (5) |
| Philip Stubbes, The manner of sanctifying the Sabbath, 1583 |
| | 119 | (3) |
| Oxfordshire archdeaconry court, 1584 |
| | 122 | (3) |
| Richard Bancroft on the `Precisians', 1584 |
| | 125 | (1) |
| The Marprelate Tracts: Hay any worke for Cooper, 1589 |
| | 126 | (3) |
| William Allen's Defence of English Catholics, 1584 |
| | 129 | (3) |
| William Perkins, A Golden Chaine, or the Description of Theologie, 1600 |
| | 132 | (7) |
| Perkins' diagram of the path to salvation |
| | 139 | (2) |
| Richard Hooker, The Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, 1597 |
| | 141 | (2) |
| Deathbed of the Earl of Huntingdon |
| | 143 | (1) |
| Samuel Ward's diary, 1595 |
| | 144 | (3) |
| | 147 | (22) |
| Bishop Matthew's report on the Hampton Court Conference, 1604 |
| | 147 | (4) |
| Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, 1604 |
| | 151 | (5) |
| Archbishop Bancroft's letter regarding Catholic Recusants, 1605 |
| | 156 | (3) |
| William Bradshaw's English Puritanism, 1605 |
| | 159 | (2) |
| Robert Wilkinson, The Merchant Royall. A wedding at court, 1607 |
| | 161 | (2) |
| Archbishop Abbot's letter regarding preaching, 1622 |
| | 163 | (2) |
| Lancelot Andrewes, `A Sermon Before the King', 1621 |
| | 165 | (2) |
| Richard Sheldon, A Sermon Laying Open the Beast and his Marks, 1622 |
| | 167 | (1) |
| A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercie, 1625 |
| | 167 | (2) |
| V CEREMONIALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS |
| | 169 | (32) |
| The King's Declaration of Sports, 1633 |
| | 169 | (3) |
| Bishop Piers's report on Somerset parish feasts, 1633 |
| | 172 | (2) |
| Henry Burton, A Divine Tragedy Lately Acted, 1636 |
| | 174 | (5) |
| Archbishop Laud's visitation of Leicestershire, 1634 |
| | 179 | (2) |
| Richard Montague's articles of enquiry for the diocese of Norwich, 1638 |
| | 181 | (12) |
| Christopher Dow's narrative of the rise and progress of the `Disciplinarians', 1637 |
| | 193 | (4) |
| Robert Skinner, A Sermon Preached Before the King at White-Hall, 1634 |
| | 197 | (1) |
| Will of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1639 |
| | 198 | (1) |
| Will of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1644 |
| | 199 | (2) |
| | 201 | (44) |
| The Roots and Branches Petition, 1640 |
| | 201 | (6) |
| Complaints against a Warwickshire vicar, 1641 |
| | 207 | (2) |
| A Decade of Grievances, 1641 |
| | 209 | (2) |
| | 211 | (1) |
| John Walley's Lament for the Church, 1643 |
| | 211 | (1) |
| The Solemn League and Covenant, 1643 |
| | 212 | (3) |
| William Dowsing's destructions in East Anglia, 1643--4 |
| | 215 | (3) |
| Directory for Public Worship, 1645 |
| | 218 | (6) |
| | 219 | (2) |
| | 221 | (1) |
| The solemnization of marriage |
| | 222 | (2) |
| Concerning burial of the dead |
| | 224 | (1) |
| | 224 | (1) |
| Nicholas Proffet, Englands Impenitencie under Smiting, 1645 |
| | 224 | (3) |
| Thomas Edwards on the practices and errors of the sectaries, 1646 |
| | 227 | (4) |
| A Catalogue of the Several Sects and Opinions, 1647 |
| | 231 | (2) |
| Eikon Basilike, His Sacred Majesty, 1649 |
| | 233 | (1) |
| A Fiery Flying Roll, Ranter prophecies, 1650 |
| | 234 | (2) |
| | 236 | (2) |
| Richard Baxter's ministry at Kidderminster, 1647--60 |
| | 238 | (4) |
| Richard Baxter's account of twelve sorts of parishioners, 1658 |
| | 242 | (3) |
| Chronology | | 245 | (2) |
| Glossary | | 247 | (4) |
| Index | | 251 | |
