Books in the Westminster Abbey Record Series series

Reports of the surveyors of Westminster Abbey in the twentieth century provide a wealth of information on this most important building.

First bibliography of all printed material concerned with Westminster Abbey, from parliamentary papers to guide books.

Records formal decisions of the Abbey's governing authority, many involving grants of office and leases of the Abbey's large and widely-scattered estate, principally in the midlands, the south-east, and Westminster. This book brings out the value of the documents in placing the Abbey in the church's tumultuous history under James I and Charles I.

From Elizabeth I's refoundation of the collegiate church to reforms and improvements attempted and achieved in the early years of James I's reign.