Published by ☕, May 10th, 2021

• A paragraph was added to the introduction to Morning and Evening prayer probably in the 1960's, allowing Lay Readers "and such other lay persons as may be authorised by the Bishop" to lead Morning and Eveining Prayer. Also, a rubric was also added just after the Absolution directing that the Collect for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity be read instead of the Absolution, if a Priest was not present.
• The second and third paragraphs in the introduction to Holy Communion, dealing with the admision of communicants to the Eucharist, was replaced with a single paragraph, sometime in the 1960's. Both old and new versions are online.
• The rubric regarding announcements immediately following the Nicene Creed in Holy Communion used to include the phrase "and the Banns of Matrimony published"; this appears to have simply been dropped by the publisher without authorization, in 1805. (Some books printed after this date include it, however.)
• At the same time there was similarly another unauthorized change in the rubric in the Marriage Service regarding the banns. Previously, the rubric stated that the banns were to be read "three several Sundays or Holy-days, in the time of Divine Service, immediately before the Sentences for the Offertory ..."
• The introductory rubrics to the Public Baptism of Infants were extensively revised, sometime in the 1960's or so. Both old and new versions are online.
• The first introductory rubric in the Private Baptism of Infants, urging prompt baptism of infants, was dropped sometime in the 1960's.
• The introductory rubrics to the Baptism of those of Riper Years were extensively revised, sometime in the1960's or so. Both old and new versions are online.
• The introductory rubrics to the Ordinal were changed in 1964. Both old and new versions are online.