Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keith M. Eckrich and PG Distributed Proofreaders SERIES XXVI NOS. 7-8 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Under the Direction of the Departments of History, Political Economy, and Political Science THE ELIZABETHAN PARISH IN ITS ECCLESIASTICAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS BY SEDLEY LYNCH WARE, A.B., LL.B. Fellow in History.