Another Form of Declaration. To the Right Reverend - Lord Bishop of Another form of I, M. N., rector of O., and vicar of P., in the county declaraand diocese of, being about to be col- tion. lated, instituted, or licensed to, or to take by dona of tion (as the case may be) the of and diocese of of S., in the county do by this writing, under my hand, declare to your lordship, that I propose to retain my said vicarage of P., and to hold the same together with the said Witness my hand this of S. day of, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Signed in the [Signature.] presence of} of having declara It is recommended to every (pluralist) incumbent Evidence who is required by act of parliament to make the transdeclaration here treated of to be, for his own security, mitted exceedingly particular in transmitting the proper form tion. of declaration to each bishop concerned, and a duplicate to the registry of each such bishop, before he proceeds to take possession of a cathedral preferment or a benefice, and to retain sufficient evidence of having duly transmitted the same. of cathe As to resignation of a cathedral preferment by the As to incumbent holding therewith a benefice, before admis- resignation sion to another cathedral preferment, see foot-note, dral prepage 46. ferment. resignation or A pluralist about to take other cathedral prefer- As to ment, or a benefice, should satisfy himself whether previous resignation by deed, or the declaration before mentioned, or both be necessary in his case. declara tion to be made by a pluralist incumbent before taking other cathedral preferment or a benefice. E Definition of the term preferment." XIII. The definition of the term "cathedral prefer"cathedral ment," is given in the 124th section of the act 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, as follows: "In all cases where the term 'cathedral preferment' is used in this act, it shall be construed to comprehend (unless it shall otherwise appear from the context) every deanery, archdeaconry, prebend, canonry, office of minor canon, priest-vicar, or vicar-choral, having any prebend or endowment belonging thereto, or belonging to any body corporate consisting of persons holding any such office; and also every precentorship, treasurership, sub-deanery, chancellorship of the church, and other dignity and office in any cathedral or collegiate church; and every mastership, wardenship and fellowship in any collegiate church." As to the term "benefice." Mode of annual value. XIV. As to the term "benefice," the definition of it is given in the 3rd section of the act 13 & 14 Vict. c. 98, as follows:-"The term 'benefice,' in this act, shall be taken to mean benefice with cure of souls, and no other; and therein to comprehend all parishes, perpetual curacies, donatives, endowed public chapels, parochial chapelries, and chapelries or districts belonging or reputed to belong, or annexed or reputed to be annexed to any church or chapel, any thing in any other act to the contrary notwithstanding." XV. The mode of estimating the annual value of a estimating benefice is prescribed by the 4th section of the act 13 & 14 Vict. c. 98, as follows:- "That for the purpose of estimating the annual value of such benefice there shall be considered as deducted from the gross amount of the annual value all taxes, rates, tenths, dues, and permanent charges and outgoings, but not to deduct or allow for any stipend or stipends to any stipendiary curate or curates, nor for any such taxes or rates in respect of the house of residence of any benefice, or of the glebe land belonging thereto, as are usually paid by tenants or occupiers, nor for moneys expended in the repair or improvement of the house of residence and buildings and premises belonging thereto." XVI. As to the ascertainment of the population, it is Popula tion, how directed by the 130th section of the act 1 & 2 Vict. to be c. 106, as follows:-"That wherever the population computed. of any place shall be required by this act to be ascertained, the same shall be taken from the latest returns of population made under any act of parliament for that purpose, at the time when the question shall arise, if such returns shall apply to the place respecting which the question shall be; but if such place shall only form part of a parish or district named in such returns, then such returns shall be taken to represent truly the population of the parish or district named therein, and from them the population of the place required shall be computed according to the best evidence of which the subject shall be capable." Certain papers to be sent to THE Mode of proceeding to obtain a Dispensation to hold two Benefices. THE following are the papers to be transmitted to the bishop of the diocese in which the benefice about to be the bishop. taken and held with another is situate, in order to obtain a dispensation: Presentation or nomination. Letters of orders. Two testimonials, 1. PRESENTATION or nomination to the second living, or petition, if the clergyman happens to be patron. 2. LETTERS of Orders, Deacon and Priest. 3. Two LETTERS testimonial, each signed by three one to the beneficed clergymen, one addressed to the archbishop archbishop of Canterbury, and the other to the bishop of the diobury, the cese in which the second living is, in the following of Canter other to the bishop. Form of testimonial. form: One, addressed, To the Most Reverend Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan. The other, To the Right Reverend, Lord Bishop of . We, whose names are hereunder written, do hereby testify and make known that A. B., clerk, who is desirous to obtain a licence or dispensation to enable him to hold together the of of- -, in the county of and diocese of, and the county and diocese, [if that be the fact, if not state the fact] has been personally known to us for the space of three years last past; that we have had opportunities of observing his conduct; that during the whole of that time we verily believe that he lived piously, soberly, of in the same and honestly; nor have we at any time heard any thing to the contrary thereof; nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, held, written, or taught, any thing contrary to the doctrine and discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland; and moreover, we believe him in our consciences to be a fit person, as to his moral conduct, to hold together the said two benefices. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed The letters testimonial to the archbishop are to be Countercountersigned by the bishop of the diocese in which signature. the benefices of the subscribers are respectively situate, as are also the letters testimonial to the bishop, if not signed by three beneficed clergymen of his own diocese. value of benefices, their dis 4. A STATEMENT in writing, under the hand of the Statement of yearly applicant for the dispensation, of the yearly income of each of the two benefices, and of the amount of the the two population of each, and of the distance between them, their popuis to be made to the bishop of the diocese, if both lation, and benefices are in the same diocese, and to the bishop of tance from each diocese if the benefices happen to be in different each other. dioceses. The bishop to whom the statement is addressed is authorized to require it to be verified, and he is within one month after the receipt of it to transmit a certificate of value, population, and distance to the Archbishop of Canterbury, with a copy of the state ment. |