Chop-church
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chop-church-308-8849641
title:
Chop-church
text:
A chop-church, or church-chopper, was a parson who made a practice of exchanging ecclesiastical benefices. The term is used in an ancient statute as a lawful trade, or occupation. An example, where the spelling is 'chopchyrche', occurs as the occupation of John Charles of Bishop's Milford, Wiltshire, as a defendant in a plea of debt, for 40/- brought by John Wyot, merchant of Salisbury.
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encyclopedia
description:
Trader in religious offices
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop-church
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date modified:
2023-05-06T16:42:56Z
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