Documents showing the lengthy articles can be found in archives I found one on a Leicestershire FS Library film 1469785. Persons required to subscribe were the clergy, schoolmasters (to 1850), parish clerks (to the end of the 19th century), sextons, and until about 1750 some physicians, surgeons and midwives. Thirty Nine Articles of Faith of 1571 įinalized in 1571, these doctrinal statements defined the position of the reformed Church of England on a number of matters of faith and order. The most commonly found records with their general dates are as follows, and Cannon (The Oxford Companion to British History, 1997) and TNA research guide D4 should be consulted for further information:
Persons required to swear oaths of loyalty were those holding civilian public office or in the armed services, thus such documents help to identify members of certain professions, occupations and religious groups. Researchers will come upon various documents containing oaths of loyalty to the crown and to the Church of England from the 16th to the 19th centuries, but particularly during the civil war and inter-regnum and after the restoration of the Stuart monarchy.
2 Thirty Nine Articles of Faith of 1571.
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