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Church and state --- Patronage, Ecclesiastical --- Eglise et Etat --- Patronage ecclésiastique --- History --- Histoire --- England --- Church history --- Patronage ecclésiastique --- Church and state - England - History - To 1500 --- Patronage, Ecclesiastical - England - History - To 1500 --- England - Church history - 1066-1485

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This book examines Church patronage in late-eighteenth century Britain, during the administrations of Lord North (1770-1782) and the first government of William Pitt the Younger (1783-1801). The clergy were one of the foremost of the Hanoverian professions, with its patronage a source of interest to the King, politicians, the landed elite and the universities. By concentrating on the appointments of clergy below the bench of bishops, the book gives a clear account of the complex relationships and criteria which underlay the four patronage networks. It will greatly increase our understanding of

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