Chop-church

A chop-church, or church-chopper, was a parson who made a practice of exchanging ecclesiastical benefices.

[1][2] The term is used in an ancient statute as a lawful trade, or occupation.

An example, where the spelling is 'chopchyrche', occurs as the occupation of John Charles of Bishop's Milford, Wiltshire, as a defendant in a plea of debt, for 40/- (forty shillings) brought by John Wyot, merchant of Salisbury.

Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.).

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