Publications
The Gerard Young Collection, Part 1, by Andrew Foster and Robert Hamlin, published January 1983 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 24, article, p.15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/24] & The Keep [LIB/500480]
The Gerard Young Collection, Part 2, by Andrew Foster and Robert Hamlin, published May 1984 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 28, article, p.35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/28] & The Keep [LIB/500481]
Chichester Diocese in the early 17th Century, by Dr. Andrew Foster, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, article, pp.187-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library
Evidence of Schooling in West Sussex, 1574 - 1640, by Dr. Andrew Foster, published 1985 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 123, historical note, pp.273-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9514] & The Keep [LIB/500310] & S.A.S. library
Bognor - The First Resort: A Bicentennial Anthology, by Andrew Foster, John Hawkins and Ron Iden, published August 1988 (134 pp., Bognor Regis Local History Society, ISBN-10: 0950745529 & ISBN-13: 9780950745527) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12387] & British Library & West Sussex Libraries
The Church of England, 1570-1640, by Dr. Andrew Foster, published 19 September 1994 (144 pp., Routledge, ISBN-10: 0582355745 & ISBN-13: 9780582355743) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Dr Foster traces the eventful history of the Church of England from shortly after its establishment in Elizabeth I's reign down to 1640, when it was on the verge of destruction. As well as analysing its principal features he considers the conflicting interpretations that this most controversial of periods has stimulated. He also provides a detailed chronological chart to help students with alternative readings of events and to prompt thoughts about how 'facts shift according to different perspectives'
Aspects of the Religious History of Slindon Since the Reformation, by Dr. Andrew Foster, published 2013 (booklet, Slindon History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18326] & West Sussex Libraries
Intellectual Networks Associated with Chichester Cathedral, 2.1558-1700, by Andrew Foster, published 17 September 2014 in Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex: Culture and Conflict (Chapter 4., Routledge, ISBN-10: 1409457036 & ISBN-13: 9781409457039)
Church Surveys of Chichester Archdeaconry 1602, 1610 & 1636, edited by Dr Andrew Foster and Joan Barham, published 2018 (vol. 98, xlix + 218 pp, Sussex Record Society, ISBN-13: 9780854450800) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509706] View Online
Abstract:This volume provides transcriptions of church surveys conducted within the Archdeaconry of Chichester in the early seventeenth century, covering most of what is now deemed to be West Sussex. The first survey was commissioned by Archbishop John Whitgift in 1602 and was part of a national campaign. The survey of 1610 was a result of the primary visitation of Bishop Samuel Harsnett, while that of 1636 was under the auspices of Bishop Richard Montagu, but almost certainly connected with the Metropolitical Visitation of Archbishop William Laud of 1635. These surveys provide valuable evidence of the struggle by clergy, churchwardens and lay patrons to maintain the basic fabric of their churches and chapels, while also ensuring that the buildings were fit places for worship according to the standards being set for the times. The material may be usefully compared with the results of similar surveys conducted in 1686 and 1724, also published by the Sussex Record Society (Volume 78).