In point of fact, these had been neglected by a whole series of disinterested parsons for a very long period.
One of the great difficulties, of course, is that, clearly, the present law encourages parsons and churchwardens to be dishonest.
It would seem that local parsons were expected to acquire familiarity with the topography and spatial extent of their parish.
Like the parson's egg, the book is good in parts and should be sipped rather than swallowed whole.
In the last generation the squire, the schoolmaster and the parson were the three great people of the village.
The same would apply to a parson, no matter to what creed or denomination he belongs, to whom the parties might go for advice.
But somehow the idea took hold among the labouring poor that the parson, per se, was their sworn enemy.
Some people think that it is the thin end of the wedge as regards the parson or priest and his freehold.
