A practical guide to the duties of churchwardens |
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... reason given by Prideaux is , because by the duty of his office he is obliged to be present at the parish church of which he is churchwarden , on all Sundays and holidays , to take notice of the ab- sence of such parishioners as do not ...
... reason given by Prideaux is , because by the duty of his office he is obliged to be present at the parish church of which he is churchwarden , on all Sundays and holidays , to take notice of the ab- sence of such parishioners as do not ...
Page 6
... reasons assigned by Sir W. Wynne for upholding it are certainly of a general character , and equally appli- cable to other places . " Here is a banker , " said that learned civilian , " at the head of a company of bankers , in a parish ...
... reasons assigned by Sir W. Wynne for upholding it are certainly of a general character , and equally appli- cable to other places . " Here is a banker , " said that learned civilian , " at the head of a company of bankers , in a parish ...
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... reason of the dignity of their rank and their necessary attendance in the great council of the nation , are exempted from the discharge of all inferior offices ( o ) . Members of Parliament , who are likewise ex- empted for similar reasons ...
... reason of the dignity of their rank and their necessary attendance in the great council of the nation , are exempted from the discharge of all inferior offices ( o ) . Members of Parliament , who are likewise ex- empted for similar reasons ...
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... reason . Clergymen , whose time and thoughts are sup- posed to be wholly occupied by the discharge of their sacred functions ( s ) . Roman Catholic clergymen , duly qualified ac- cording to law , and not being engaged in any trade or ...
... reason . Clergymen , whose time and thoughts are sup- posed to be wholly occupied by the discharge of their sacred functions ( s ) . Roman Catholic clergymen , duly qualified ac- cording to law , and not being engaged in any trade or ...
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... reason , excused the individual first fixed upon , a proper person , sub- sequently chosen at the same meeting , is duly elected and liable to serve ( g ) . With reference to the practice of fining , the learned judge in the same case ...
... reason , excused the individual first fixed upon , a proper person , sub- sequently chosen at the same meeting , is duly elected and liable to serve ( g ) . With reference to the practice of fining , the learned judge in the same case ...
Common terms and phrases
Acts of parliament adjournment aforesaid appear appointed Archdeacon assessed authority baptism Barrister-at-Law bishop Bishop of Exeter bound Braintree Burder burial canon chancel chapelry charge chosen Church of England church or chapel church-building Acts church-rate churches and chapels churchyard commissioners common law consent Court of Arches Court of Queen's Curt custom discharge district parish divine service duly duty Ecclesiastical Court entitled exempt Faringdon further enacted Hagg hath holy orders Ibid illegal inhabitants judgment jurisdiction justices lands liable Lord mandamus ment minister necessary notice office of churchwarden ordinary overseers parish church parish clerk parish or place parishioners parochial party payment persons poll poor poor-rate present Prid proceedings purpose Queen's Bench ratepayers rector refuse repairs respect seats select vestry show of hands sidesmen statute thereof tion tithes validity Veley and Joslin vestry meeting vestrymen vote wardens
Popular passages
Page 309 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page xviii - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page xviii - Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction...
Page 69 - Officer of the Company, and need not be under the Common Seal of the Company, and the same may be in Writing or in Print, or partly in Writing and partly in Print.
Page xxix - ... not, as they think fit ; and that, where it so happens that the fabric of the church stands in need of repair, the only question upon which the parishioners, when convened together to make a rate, can by law deliberate and determine is, not whether they will repair the church or not (for upon that point they are concluded by the law), but how, and in what manner, the common law obligation, so binding them, may be best and most effectually, and at the same time most conveniently and fairly between...
Page i - ... until public notice shall have been given of such vestry, and of the place and hour of holding the same, and the special purpose thereof, three days, at the least, before the day to be appointed for holding such Vestry, by the publication of such notice, in the parish church or chapel, on some Sunday during or immediately after divine service, and by affixing the same, fairly written or printed on the principal door of such church or chapel.
Page 267 - Christ, the true and eternal Son of God, is the only Saviour of the world, in whom alone all the mercies, graces, and promises of God to mankind, for this life and the life to come, are fully and wholly comprised.
Page xiv - ... shall be good, valid and effectual in the law to all intents and purposes whatsoever...
Page liv - Nay, so far was it from the purpose of the Church of England to forsake and reject the Churches of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, or any such like Churches, in all things which they held and practised, that, as the Apology of the Church of England confesseth, it doth with reverence retain those ceremonies, which do neither endamage the church of God, nor offend the minds of sober men ; and only departed from them in those particular points, wherein they were fallen both from themselves in their ancient...