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Sedley Lynch Ware
b. 1868
A historian of early modern England, this writer is best known for a close, practical study of how Elizabethan parishes actually worked. His work looks past big political drama to the everyday structures of church life, money, and local government.
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The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects
by Sedley Lynch Ware
About the author
Born in 1868, Sedley Lynch Ware was an American historian whose best-known book is The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects, published in 1908. Library of Congress records identify him as the author of that study, and surviving editions show it was written as a serious piece of historical research on parish organization in Elizabethan England.
Ware later taught history at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. University sources say he joined the faculty in 1913, served for 31 years, and retired in 1944 as a professor of history.
He died in 1951. Though not a widely famous public figure today, Ware's work remains of interest to readers who enjoy careful, source-based history and the inner workings of everyday life in the early modern world.