_The Reconciliation_, 1554.--In 1554, Cardinal Pole directed a
register to be kept in every parish of all the parishioners who, on
a certain day, were to be reconciled to the Church of Rome and
absolved. (Burnet's _Ref_. vol. iii. p. 245.)
The Bishop of London's Declaration thereon (Feb. 19. 1554) runs
thus:--
"And they not so reconciled, every one of them
shall have process made agaynst him accordyng to
the canons, as the case shall requyre; for which purpose
the pastours and curates of every paryshe shall be
commanded by their archedeacon to certyfye me in
writinge of every man and woman's name that is not
so reconciled."
Have any of your readers at any time seen and made a _note_ of such
a register?
The most probable place of deposit would be the Bishop's Registry,
but I have never yet been fortunate enough to meet with one of these
curious returns.