A

PRACTICAL GUIDE

TO

The Duties

OF

CHURCHWARDENS

IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR OFFICE;

WITH LISTS OF CASES, STATUTES, CANONS,
AN APPENDIX AND INDEX.

Fifth Edition.

BY

CHARLES GREVILE PRIDEAUX,

OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, M.A., AND OF LINCOLN'S INN,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Delicta majorum immeritus lues,
Romane, donec templa refeceris,
Edesque labentes.-

Hor. Carm. Lib. 3, Ode 6.

LONDON:

SHAW AND SONS, FETTER LANE,

Law Printers and Publishers.

LONDON: PRINTED BY SHAW AND SONS, FETTER LANE.

DEDICATION.

To all who may enter upon the office of Churchwarden with an earnest desire conscientiously to discharge their important functions, and, by upholding the fabrics of the Church, by preserving due reverence within the Consecrated Precincts, and by checking to the utmost all gross impiety and immorality in their parishes, to promote the glory of God and the well-being of their fellow-parishioners, this book is respectfully dedicated, by

THE AUTHOR.