Download or read book The Parish Chest written by William Edward Tate and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1969-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the book is to illustrate and encourage research into local history by means of surviving documents and fragments; it opens a way of actual study for many would-be local historians. Mr Tate's knowledge of documents and of the scattered literature dealing with them enabled him to describe and illustrate the evolution of local government.