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proctor of the clergy
7. In the Church of England: an elected representative of the clergy in the Lower House of the Convocation of either Canterbury or York. Also proctor of the clergy.
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1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 122/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The bishop ought..to summon and warne all deanes and archdeacons within his diocesse to appeere in proper person at the parlement, vnlesse they haue some sufficient and reasonable cause of absence, in which case he may appeere by his proctor, hauing a warrant or proxie for the same.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Fff2v/2 Procters of the clergie..are those which are chosen and appointed to appeare for cathedrall, or other Collegiat churches, as also for the common clergie of euery Dioces, at the Parlament, whose choice is in this sort [etc.].
a1634 E. Coke Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iv. i. 5 The Proctors of the Clergy..were voicelesse Assistants;..and having no voices, and so many learned Bishops having voices, their presence is not now holden necessary.
1710 J. Strype Hist. E. Grindal vii. 67 With Commandment that he should cite the Dean of S. Paul's, and his Archdeacons, to appear in their own Persons, and the Chapter to appear by one Proctor, and the Clergy of his Diocese by Two.
1784 in F. Atterbury Epistolary Corr. III. 122 (note) Zacheus, D.D. Proctor in Convocation for the Clergy of London.
1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 421 To elude the opposition of the clergy, their proctors, who had hitherto voted in the Irish parliaments, were by a declaratory act pronounced to be nothing more than assistants, whose advice might be received, but whose assent was not required.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 129 The archbishops and bishops are to bring [to Parliament] one proctor for the clergy of each cathedral, and two for the clergy of each diocese.
1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xx. 447 On the occasions on which the clerical proctors are known to have attended, their action is insignificant, and those occasions are very few.
1888 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 20 744 In the Northern Convocation the parochial clergy are and have been for centuries represented by two proctors from each archdeaconry within the province of York.
1944 Eng. Hist. Rev. 59 430 Stone.., through being drawn into the Lower House of Canterbury Convocation as a proctor of the clergy of the diocese of Oxford, was able to exercise a very considerable influence upon some of the major ecclesiastical issues of the day.
1983 K. M. MacMorran & K. J. T. Elphinstone Handbk. for Churchwardens & Parochial Church Councillors ii. 7 A Lower House of inferior clergy, composed in part of ex-officio members (deans, archdeacons and others), and in part of proctors (i.e. elected representatives) for cathedral chapters and for the beneficed clergy.
2000 Canons Church Eng. (ed. 6) 171 Proctors of the clergy..shall be elected in accordance with the..provisions of this Canon.
2004 Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. 66 From 1960 to 1980 Lockley was a diocesan proctor in the Convocation of Canterbury and a member of the Church Assembly and then the General Synod.
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