. Parish life in mediaeval England . ARCHIDIACONAL VISITATION. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY THE PARISH PULPIT 217 ordinary work of instruction. The orders of ArchbishopArundel in 1408, forbidding all preaching without an epis-copal licence, set forth in distinct terms, that this prohibitiondid not apply to the parish priests, etc., who by the Con-stitutions of Archbishop Peckham were bound to instructtheir people, in simple language, on all matters concerningtheir faith and observance. And further, in order to checkthe practice of treating people to such formal and set dis-courses, these simple
. Parish life in mediaeval England . ARCHIDIACONAL VISITATION. SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY THE PARISH PULPIT 217 ordinary work of instruction. The orders of ArchbishopArundel in 1408, forbidding all preaching without an epis-copal licence, set forth in distinct terms, that this prohibitiondid not apply to the parish priests, etc., who by the Con-stitutions of Archbishop Peckham were bound to instructtheir people, in simple language, on all matters concerningtheir faith and observance. And further, in order to checkthe practice of treating people to such formal and set dis-courses, these simple and practical instructions were orderedto be adopted without delay in all parish churches. To this testimony of the English Church as to the valueattached to popular instruction may be added the authorityof the Provincial Council of York, held in 1466 by Arch-bishop Nevill. By its decrees not only is the order as tosystematic quarterly and simple instructions reiterated, butthe points of the teaching are again set out by the Synodin great detail. There
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