_Letters to the Clergy._--In the _Diary of Walter Yonge_ (published by
the Camden Society), p. 24., is the following:
"16 Dec. 1614. This day the Ministers of this Diocese (Exon) were
called before the Bishop of Exon, who read letters from the
Archbishop, the effects of which were, that every minister should
exhort his parishioners to continue together the Sabbath Day, and
not to wander to other preachers who have better gifts than their
own pastors, but should content themselves with the Word of God
read and Homilies. 2. That all should kneel at the receiving of
the Sacrament. 3. To declare unto their parishioners that it is
not necessary to have the Word preached at the Sacraments.--Dictu
Magistri Knowles, Vicarii de Axminster, at that time present."
Query, Can any of your readers say to what letter, and on what occasion
such orders were issued by the archbishop, and also whether they have
been published in any volume on ecclesiastical matters?