Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Instruments

This sub sub sub fonds is divided into 8 series as follows:

• Grants to Benefices, 1864-1962 [GB(CC)]
• Parsonage House Grants, 1867-1919 [PH(CC)]
• Grants of Pew Rents towards Stipends, 1825-1856 [PR(CC)]
• Papers regarding Authorisation of Parochial Fees, 1912-1919 [FEES(CC)]
• Papers relating to the authorisation of new parish churches to replace old church of same parish, 1861-1916 [NC(CC)]
• Papers relating to the authorization of churches to serve new ecclesiastical districts, 1865-1911 [ND (CC)]
• Papers regarding authorised changes in the status of parochial livings, designating them vicarages or rectories, 1865-1868 [CS(CC)]
• Grants of right of nomination of ministers, 1867-1924 [NOM(CC)]

In 1836 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were established in order to oversee the financial management of the Church of England. They were empowered to deal in certain areas of parochial property without recourse to Orders in Council and specific instruments were issued as the means through which these dealings were conducted. From 1920 the Commissioners sent out more general instruments to cover their more usual business. In 1947 the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were combined with Queen Anne's Bounty to become the Church Commissioners for England (Church Commissioners Measure, 1947).

Hard copy finding aids for Grants to Benefices 1864-1919 [GB (CC)], Authorisation of new parish churches to replace old church of same parish [NC(CC)] and Grants of Rights of nomination of ministers [NOM(CC)] are available at the Borthwick Institute.