Payne, Reider

Reider Payne obtained his Ph.D. from University College, London.

Ecclesiastical Patronage in England, 1770-1801. A Study of Four Family and Political Networks

2010 0-7734-3789-4
Examines Church patronage in late-eighteenth century Britain, during the administrations of Lord North (1770-1782) and the first government of William Pitt the Younger (1783-1801). The clergy were one of the foremost of the Hanoverian professions, with its patronage a source of interest to the King, politicians, the landed elite and the universities. By concentrating on the appointments of clergy below the bench of bishops, the book gives a clear account of the complex relationships and criteria which underlay the four patronage networks. It will greatly increase our understanding of the established Church of England in the later-Hanoverian period.