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Sir J.F. Stephen, Hist. of Criminal Law, ii. 404. In the Canons of 1571 the churchwardens are called "aeditui," in those of 1604 "oeconomi." They do not always appear in small country parishes, neither are they generally found before the latter half of Elizabeth's reign. For rector, etc., see p. 30 infra. But the authorities he cites are post-Elizabethan.
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