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An Act to inlarge the time for returning the certificates of all ecclesiastical livings, not exceeding the yearly value of fifty pounds; as also for discharging all livings of that value from the payment of first-fruits; and for allowing time to archbishops and bishops, and other dignitaries, for payment of their first-fruits.
Great Britain.Date: 1708]- Books
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A free inquiry into the origin, progress, and present state of pluralities. By W. Pennington.
Pennington, W.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A proposal for enabling the clergy to accept advanced rents, in lieu of fines.
Date: [1731]- Books
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The measure of Christian beneficence, and the usefulness and necessity of commissions of charitable uses. A sermon preached in the Abbey-church at Bath, May 18. 1735. ... By Thomas Bowyer, ...
Bowyer, Thomas, -1763.Date: 1735- Books
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A charge to the clergy, of the archdeaconry of St. Alban's, in the year MDCCLXV. To which are annexed, instructions for ministers, church-wardens and others, in forming true and complete Terriers of Glebe-Lands and other Possessions belonging to Churches; first published in 1761, under the direction of Bishop Sherlock. By James Ibbetson, D. D. Archdeacon of St. Alban's.
Ibbetson, James, 1717-1781.Date: M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]- Books
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The law of simony: containing, all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, Resolutions, and Judgments concerning it, under the following heads: Chap. I. Definition, and Oath of Simony, and by what Authority this Oath is administered. Chap. II. Of Simony, by the Canon and Common Law; the Stat. of 31st Eliz. c. 6. concerning it; and the erroneous Opinions of Lord Holt, and several other Judges, in saying that the Word Simony is not in that Act. Chap. III. Commentaries and Determinations upon that Act, from Lord Coke, and other Reporters Chap. IV. Cases adjudged at Law and in Equity, respecting general and special Bonds of Resignation. Chap. V. Adjudications relative to the Legality of purchasing the next Presentation to a Benefice. Chap. VI. Of the Disabilities, Forseitures, and Punishments incurred for Simony, by the Incumbent, Patron, and Ordinary. Chap. Vii. In what Cases, and at what Times, Advantage may be taken of such Forfeitures and Disabilities. Chap. Viii. Of the King's Right; when he may present; and the Effect of his pardoning Simony. Chap. IX. Of the Pleadings in Actions of Quare impedit, &c. upon the Act 31 Eliz. c. 6. Chap. X. What Power the Ecclesiastical Court has in Simony. Chap. XI. Of the Power of the Ordinary to accept or refuse the Resignation of a Benefice. Chap. XII. The Cases at large in the great Cause determined in the House of Peers, in May 1783, between the Right Reverend Robert Lord Bishop of London and Lewis Disney Ffytche, Esq. on a Writ of Error from the Court of King's Bench, with the Arguments of the Judges, namely, Mr. Justice Heath, Buller, Nares, Willes, and Gould, and of the Lord Chief Baron Skynner, Mr. Baron Perryn, and Mr. Baron Eyre, in Support of their respective Answers to the 12 Questions proposed to them by the Lords, on the Motions of Lord Thurlow and the Earl of Mansfield; and also, the Speeches of the Bishops of Salisbury, Bangor, Llandaff, and Gioucester, of Lord Thurlow, the Earl of Mansfield, and the Duke of Richmond; with the Judgment of the House of Peers, as it is entered in their Journal. The whole collected, digested, and published by T. Cunningham, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Cunningham, Timothy, -1789.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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The country parson's companion: or, young clergyman's lawyer. Containing, the laws and canons relating to the English clergy, in all cases; particularly under the Heads of, The Qualification and Duty of Clergymen, of Presentations to Benefices, Institution and Induction, Pluralities, Dispensations, Deprivations, Resignations, &c. With their Dues, as to Tithes of all Kinds, and how Recover'd. And also The Laws, Statutes, and Canons against Simony and Simonical Contracts.
Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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An act more effectually to enable the clergy, having cure of souls, to reside upon their respective benefices, and to build upon their respective glebe lands.
Ireland.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Ecclesiastical tracts formerly published: viz. I. The validity of the orders of the Church of England. II. The justice of the present establish'd law, which gives the Successor in any Ecclesiastical Benefice all the Profits from the Day of Avoidance. III. An award of King Charles the First, &c. Shewing that Personal Tithes are still due by the Law of the Land, and that there is a Necessity of Restoring, or Settling something else in lieu of them, for the Maintenance of the Clergy in the Cities and Larger Towns of this Kingdom. By Humphrey Prideaux, D. D. Dean of Norwich.
Prideaux, Humphrey, 1648-1724.Date: MDCCXVI. [1716]- Pictures
An Anglican parson, wearing a hat, boots and riding-breeches, staggers back as he unrolls a huge scroll requiring him to disclose his earnings. Lithograph by R. Seymour, 1832.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1 Oct 1832Reference: 608222i- Books
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The justice of the present establish'd law, which gives the successor in any ecclesiastical benefice or promotion, all the profits from the day of avoidance, justified; And a Proposal that hath been offered for making an Alteration in it, in favour of the Predecessor fully Examined, and shown to be contrary to Charity, Justice, the Good of the Church, and Interest even of those Ministers themselves, for whose sake this Alteration is pretended to be endeavoured. The Practice of Patrons in taking upon them to dispose of the Fruits of their Vacant Churches to the Widows or Children of deceased Ministers, shown to be Simoniacal, Sacrilegious, and Oppressive. And a new Proposal offered, how best to provide for the Poor Widows and Children of Clergymen deceased.
Prideaux, Humphrey, 1648-1724.Date: MDCCIII. [1703]