The beginning of Queen Anne’s reign saw an intense struggle between High Church Tories and the Whiggish Williamite bishops over issues involving the power of Convocation and the practice of occasional conformity. The battles raged in both Convocation and Parliament. While the mêlée took place primarily on the national level, skirmishes broke out locally as well. This article focuses on one such series of events in the diocese of Carlisle, involving its bishop, William Nicolson, and his obstreperous dean, Francis Atterbury. The controversies included the legitimacy of Atterbury’s appointment as dean, the bishop’s demand that Atterbury abjure certain assertions in his writings, the power of the dean to conduct business of the chapter without the bishop’s consent, even who had the power to appoint the chapter cook. Atterbury and Nicolson became entangled as well in an obscure dispute between a vicar and his curate. Throughout, the metropolitan, John Sharp of York, attempted to mediate these clashes but with little success. Thus these local controversies mirrored the intransigence of the parties on the national scene, denying Anne’s efforts to provide the Church of England with a period of tranquility after the disruptions of her predecessor’s reign. This present study seeks to rectify the failure of previous accounts to demonstrate the reciprocal correlation between these local events and their national implications.

安妮女王统治之初，高级教会托利党和辉格党威廉派主教之间就涉及集会的权力和偶尔服从的做法发生了激烈的斗争。国会和议会的战斗都在激烈进行。虽然混战主要发生在国家层面，但当地也爆发了小规模冲突。本文重点介绍卡莱尔教区发生的一系列此类事件，涉及其主教威廉·尼科尔森 (William Nicolson) 和他顽固的教务长弗朗西斯·阿特伯里 (Francis Atterbury)。争议包括阿特伯里被任命为院长的合法性，主教要求阿特伯里放弃其著作中的某些主张，院长有权在未经主教同意的情况下处理分会事务，甚至谁有权任命分会厨师。阿特伯里和尼科尔森也卷入了牧师和他的牧师之间的一场不起眼的争执。自始至终，约克市的约翰·夏普都试图调解这些冲突，但收效甚微。因此，这些地方性争议反映了各方在国家舞台上的顽固态度，否定了安妮在其前任统治遭到破坏后为英国教会提供一段安宁时期的努力。本研究旨在纠正以前的描述未能证明这些地方事件与其国家影响之间的相互关联的失败。因此，这些地方性争议反映了各方在国家舞台上的顽固态度，否定了安妮在其前任统治遭到破坏后为英国教会提供一段安宁时期的努力。本研究旨在纠正以前的描述未能证明这些地方事件与其国家影响之间的相互关联的失败。因此，这些地方性争议反映了各方在国家舞台上的顽固态度，否定了安妮在其前任统治遭到破坏后为英国教会提供一段安宁时期的努力。本研究旨在纠正以前的描述未能证明这些地方事件与其国家影响之间的相互关联的失败。