Publications
James Hannington of Hurstpierpoint and East Africa, by Michael J Butler, published 1981 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7873] & West Sussex Libraries
Scarlet cassocks, tippets and the mysterious black powder (the Purchas Judgement 1871), by Michael J Butler, published 1981 (15 pp., Hove: Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The judgement given in 1871 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against the Revd John Purchas (1823-1872) that Eucharistic vestments, the eastward position, the mixed chalice, and wafer bread were illegal. The decision meant that the ritualists were held to be law-breakers, but it was widely disregarded (including by Purchas himself). Purchas was curate of St Paul's Brighton 1861-66, and died at Brighton.