Abstract
A topic that bridges the chronicle of the transfer and development of the Anglican Church in colonial Virginia is the payment of clergymen’s salaries. The payment of clergy stipends was an issue of regular complaint and debate in provincial Virginia, especially in the 1750s. Unlike their colleagues in England the parsons were vulnerable and without a strong and respected official spokesman to represent their interests, such as the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London. Williamsburg’s printer published works that represented the conflicting positions and argued the positions of laymen and parsons. A stalemate occurred on the matter in a province increasingly exposed to popular rhetoric objecting to imperial policies. It represented a deep and open fissure in the colony’s religious establishment.
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