The King’s Book
“The King’s Book,” so frequently mentioned in connexion with the value of church livings, is the Return of the Commissioners appointed under 26 Henry VIII., c. 3, to value the first-fruits and tenths bestowed by that Act upon the King. The valuation then made is still in force, and the record containing it is that commonly known as the Kings’ Book (the Valor Ecclesiasticus, &c.) which has been printed by the Record Commission.