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KING Ethelred call'd a Council about the Year, 1010. in which Elphegus Arch-bishop * 1.1 of Canterbury and Ethelred Arch-bishop of York assisted, and made a great number of Constitutions concerning the Reformation of Manners and Church Discipline; Rules
that ought to be follow'd by the Clerks and Monks; the Celebacy of Priests and other Clergy-men; against superstitious Practices and Incontinency; about the Rights of Churches, particularly St. Peter's Pence, the Tribute of funeral Torches, which was paid thrice a Year, that of Burials, &c. concerning the Festivals and Fa••••s that ought to be observ'd, viz. the great Festival of the Virgin Mary, preceeded by a Fast; and the Festivals of the Apostles in like manner preceeded by their respective Vigils, except that of St. James and St. Philip, when a Fast is not to be kept, by reason of the Paschal Solemnity; the Fast of the four Ember-Weeks, and that on all Fridays: Concerning the time, in which Marriages are for∣bidden to be solemniz'd, that is to say, the solemn Festivals; the Ember-Weeks; from Ad∣vent to the Octave of the Epiphany, and from Septuagesima, to the end of the Fortnight af∣ter Easter: About the Interval that ought to be observ'd by Widows before they marry again, which is the space of a Year: Lastly, concerning frequent Confessions; the receiving of the Communion; and divers other Points of Morality. For the Ordinances of this Coun∣cil contain many excellent Instructions and very prudent Exhortations: Forasmuch as it was held under Elphegus Archbishop of Canterbury, it must needs be between the Year of our Lord, 1006. and 1013. There are two different Editions of the Acts of the Council of Aenham.
The Coun∣cil of Aen∣ham.