Good Afternoon All - Just found this amongst my pile! I think it was said that English was in use instead of Latin before the Act of 1730? One of the Somerset newspapers papers (don't know the writer, have the date or which paper I'm afraid, just the cutting) - in its letters column: QUOTE: But I would mention some facts which prove that in England before the Reformation, the need was felt by a certain number of orthodox people, of introducing English into the liturgy in order to make it what it was to the early Christians, i.e. an act of common worship performed in joy and understanding. I borrow my information from The Old Service Books of the English Church, by Wordsworth and Little Hales, pages 50 to 54. The authors of this book mention an early vernacular service found in the Breviary of the Salisbury Cathedral Library, dating about 1470, and which as it seems originally belonged to the church of Arlingham, in Gloucestershire. END QUOTE: The cutting goes on to display samples to support this and further quotes from British Museum sources, if anyone would like the full extract I will be more than pleased to send it. Kind Regards June & Roy (SANHS Member No 1066) http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm