Elizabeth
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Certain articles or ordi- =a nances drawn up by Archbishop Parker and some of the bishops in 1564, at the request of Queen Elizabeth, the object of which was to _ enforce decency and uniformity in the ritual ofthe church. The queen subsequently refused to give her official sanction to these advertisements, and left them to be enforced by the bishops under their general powers.
Phillim. Eee. Law, 910; 2 Prob. Div. 276; Id. 354.