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Liber valorum & decimarum; being an account of the valuations and yearly tenths of all such ecclesiastical benefices in England and Wales, as now stand chargeable with the payment of first-fruits and tenths. Also The True Yearly Valuations of all Small Ecclesiastical Benefices, as they have been lately Certified into Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, in Order to their Discharge from the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths. To which are added, The Tenths formerly charged upon such last mentioned Small Benefices. Carefully collected and examined by John Ecton.
Ecton, John, -1730.Date: 1711- Books
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Topographia Hibernica; or the topography of Ireland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and Ecclesiastical State of that Kingdom with its Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Trade, Manufactures, Extent and Population. Its Counties, Baronies, Cities, Boroughs, Parliamentary Representation and Patronage; Antient Districts and their original Proprietors. Post, Market, and Fair Towns; Bishopricks, Ecclesiastical Benefices, Abbies, Monasteries, Castles, Ruins, Private-Seats, and remarkable Buildings. Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Mineral-Springs, Bays and Harbours, with the Latitude and Longitude of the principal Places, and their Distances from the Metropolis, and from each other. Historical Anecdotes, and remarkable Events. The whole Alphabetically arranged and carefully collected. With an Appendix, Containing some additional Places and Remarks, and several useful Tables. By Wm. Wenman Seward, Esq;
Seward, William Wenman.Date: 1795- Books
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A treatise of church-lands & tithes: in two parts. Containing, An Historical Account of Ecclesiastical Revenues, Churches, Church-Yards, Church-Offices, Benefices, Glebes, Manses, Patronage, Monachism, Religious, and some Military-Orders, with a particular History of Tithes: And a clear and full Discusion of Points of Right and Controversy, relating to these Matters; And shewing how far the Scots and Canon Laws do agree; and differ. A distinct Explanation of Actions before the Commission, concerning Ministers Stipends; Tithes; Erecting or Transplanting Churches; And the Inlarging or Restricting Parishes. And of Actions about Ministers Stipends, Tithes, &c. falling under the Cognisance of the Lords of Session. By William Forbes advocat.
Forbes, William.Date: Anno Dom. MDCCV. [1705]- Books
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Observations upon the case of holding ecclesiastical benefices above value; together with Fellow-[shi]ps, in the University of Dublin.
Date: Printed in the year 1735- Books
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Father Paul of beneficiary matters: or, the dues of the altar. Being, a compleat history of ecclesiastical revenues. Shewing, I. Their Rise, Progress, and the Various Means by which they have accrued to the Church. II. Why the Church in its Infancy had no Immovable Estates. III. That Ecclesiasticks become too greedy in acquiring Estates; and that their Avarice ought to be restrained. IV. That Estates left to the Church, in prejudice of the Legal-Heirs, ought to be rejected. V. That when Bishops became Judges of Civil Affairs, they neglected to Teach the Doctrines of Christ. VI. The Original of Tythes; and of the Pretensions and Claims of Curates. Vii. The Original of Cardinals, who were at first inferiour to Bishops. Viii. That the Abuse of Non-Residence, sprung from Ordaining without Title or Office. IX. The Distinction between Benefices compatible and incompatible. The Commendam its Original; and what are declared by the Canonists to be Necessaries for the Subsistence of the Beneficiaries, &c. X. That the Canonists have alter'd the ancient Policy of the Church, by asserting the Pope sole Proprietor of all Benefices.
Sarpi, Paolo, 1552-1623.Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]