jan 1, 1596 - vicar

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In early usages the vicar of a parish was a priest acting as a representative of the rector, and the ‘vicarage’ was his benefice or living. 1595 <i>That there vicar John Richardson is not resident vpon his vicaredg,</i> Ellerburn (YAJ18/315). By then though the word was already being applied to the vicar’s dwelling-house, distinguishing it from others in the village: <i>c</i>.1540 <i>a mansion called the vicars mansion ... withyn the seid mansion or vicarage,</i> Swine (YRS80/100); 1596 <i>they have no vicaredge house</i>, Wilton (YAJ18/320).

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