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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    This Caftom the Bifliop took upon him to enforce * ; and, feveral Arch-Bifliops con- firming it by their Metropolitical Authority-f*, it feems to have been for fome time generally oblerved through the City i];. At length u “ Penfio hujufmodi annua fe extendat, offerre tenentur “ prout etiain haftenus longe retroadlis Temporibus pt “ Tempore praefcriptibili per Parochianos Ecclefiarum “ Civitatis prsdidtse o£Feni extitit confuetum.” This Conftitution is not now extant; but it is recited in other Documents which I fhall have occafion to meny tion, and is recognized in feveral publick A6ls of the Citizens of London. * “ Confuetudinem illam per expreflum roborare pa- “ terni Provifione fatagens et intendens.” Thefe arc the Words of an Adi of Common Council held 5th March, 31 Hen, VI. Journal, Vol. V. fol. 94. t “ Quam quidem Conftitutionem nonnulli Prxdecef- “ fores noftri Archiepifcopi Ecclefiae Cantuarienhs ut- “ pote laudabilem exprelD confirmarunt.” Decretal Letter of Arch-Bifhop Arundel. t The Citizens indeed, in the Document above quoted, N. *, declare that it had been uninterruptedly and was then inviolably obferved by them. “ Ipfaque Conftitutio ex pod per Redlores & Curatos prasdidlos quam etiam per Cives modcrnos Sc eos qui in Civitate memorat^ “ Cives pra;ceflerint acceptata admifla et conrinua obfer- vata fuent. Sc hadlenus ex parte nunc Civium inviola- biliter obfervetur.” T hat this Statement however was not ftnclly true will apjiear from the Proceedings which took place long before tlie Date of that Record. A 4 however.