Case respecting the maintenance of the London-clergy : briefly stated and supported by reference to authentick documents / by John Moore.

  • Moore, John, 1742-1821.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Case respecting the maintenance of the London-clergy : briefly stated and supported by reference to authentick documents / by John Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    has eventually been produQ^lve of great Hardfliip to the Clergy of the prefent Day, and will probably be ftill more feverely felt by thofe who may come after them. As for the mode of Relief, the readieft Way feems to be Altering the Sums fpecified in the Fire-A6l; and declaring what Ihall be in future the certain annual Maintenance of the Incumbents of the refpe6tive Parilhes ; leaving thofe Sums to be afleft by the fame Defeription of Perfons as were commiffioried to do it on the former Occafion. Againfl this Mode it may, however, be alledged that, (hould the Value of Money continue finking as it has done, the Mainte- nance provided by it will in a few Years again become inadequate; whilft a rateable Payment, keeping pace with the Rent or Value of Houfes, would be free from this Dbjedion, and at the fame time be more analogous to what is prahtifed in the other Parilhes of London and in different Parts of the Kingdom. In thofe City-Parilhes which were not affehted by the Fire in l666, and were therefore left fubjeht to the A6t of 37 H. VIII, the Incumbents are entitled to I 2 Payments