lated into Welsh, and to have one English and one Welsh copy in every such respective place." See 26 & 27 Vict. c. 82, as to chapels for English services in Wales, post. By 14 Car. 2, c. 4, s. 1 (which is the last Act of Uni- Act of Uniformity), it is enacted as follows: "Whereas by the neglect formity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4. of ministers in using the order of Common Prayer, during the time of the late troubles, great mischiefs and inconveniences have arisen; for the prevention thereof in time to come, and for settling the peace of the church, the king (according to his declaration of the five and twentieth. of October, 1660), granted his commission under the great seal, to several bishops and other divines, to review the Book of Common Prayer, and to prepare such alterations and additions as they thought fit to offer: And afterwards the convocations of both the provinces being by his majesty called and assembled, his majesty hath been pleased to authorize and require the presidents of the said convocations, and other the bishops and clergy of the same, to review the said Book of Common Prayer, and the Book of the Form and Manner of the making and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons; and that after mature consideration, they should make such additions and alterations in the said books respectively, as to them should seem meet and convenient, and should exhibit and present the same to his majesty in writing, for his further allowance or confirmation: since which time, they the said presidents, bishops and clergy of both provinces have accordingly reviewed the said books, and have made some alterations to the same which they think fit to be inserted, and some additional prayers to the said Book of Common Prayer to be used upon proper and emergent occasions; and have exhibited and presented the same unto his majesty in writing in one book, intitled, The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, appointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of making, ordaining and consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons:' All which his majesty having duly considered, hath fully approved and allowed the same, and recommended to this present parliament, that the said Books of Common Prayer and of the Form of Ordination and Consecration of Bishops, Priests and Deacons, with the alterations and additions which have been so made and presented to his 14 Car. 2, c. 4. majesty by the said convocations, be the book which shall be appointed to be used by all that officiate in all cathedral and collegiate churches and chapels, and in all chapels of colleges and halls in both the universities and the colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all parish churches and chapels throughout the kingdom, and by all that make or consecrate bishops, priests or deacons, in any of the said places, under such sanctions and penalties as the houses of parliament shall think fit." Savoy conference. "Now in regard that nothing conduceth more to the settling of the peace of the nation, nor to the honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of God; and to the intent that every person within this realm may certainly know the rule to which he is to conform, in public worship and administration of sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, and the manner how and by whom bishops, priests and deacons, are and ought to be made, ordained and consecrated; be it enacted by the king's most excellent majesty, by the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and of the commons in this present parliament assembled, that all and singular ministers in any cathedral, collegiate or parish church, or chapel, or other place of public worship, shall be bound to say and use the morning prayer, evening prayer, celebration and administration of both the sacraments, and all other the public and common prayer, in such order and form as is mentioned in the said book, intitled as aforesaid, and annexed and joined to this present act; and that the morning and evening prayers therein contained shall, upon every Lord's day, and upon all other days and occasions, and at the times therein appointed, be openly and solemnly read by all and every minister or curate, in every church, chapel or other place of public worship, as aforesaid." Granted his Commission under the Great Seal.]Which bore date March 25th, 1661, and was directed to twelve bishops and twelve presbyterian divines; with nine assistants on each side, to supply the places of the principals, when they should be occasionally absent. In virtue of which commission the commissioners met frequently at the Savoy, and disputations were held, but nothing concluded (t). In such Order and Form as is mentioned in the said Book.]-Provided, that in all those prayers, litanies, and (t) Gibs. 275. collects, which do any way relate to the king, queen, or royal progeny, the names be altered and changed from time to time, and fitted to the present occasion, according to the direction of lawful authority (u). That is, (according to practice,) of the king or queen in council (x). It was enacted by 1 Eliz. c. 2, s. 19, that the Book of Books of ComCommon Prayer shall be provided at the charges of the mon Prayer parishioners of every parish and cathedral church. This was intended of the Book of Common Prayer, as then established by that act (y). By Canon 80, of 1603, the churchwardens or questmen of every church and chapel shall, at the charge of the parish, provide the Book of Common Prayer, lately explained in some few points by his majesty's authority, according to the laws and his highness's prerogative in that behalf; and that with all convenient speed, but at the furthest within two months after the publishing of these our constitutions. And this was intended of the same Book of Common Prayer as altered in the conference at Hampton Court as aforesaid. to be provided. 1 Eliz. c. 2. Finally, by 14 Car. 2, c. 4, s. 22, a true printed copy 14 Car. 2, c. 4. of the (present) Book of Common Prayer, shall at the costs and charges of the parishioners of every parish church and chapelry, cathedral church, college and hall, be provided before the feast of St. Bartholomew, 1662; on pain of 31. a month, for so long time as they shall be unprovided thereof. Sect. 24. "And the respective deans and chapters of every cathedral or collegiate church were required, at proper costs and charges, before December 25, 1662, to obtain under the great seal of England, a true and perfect printed copy of this act, and of the said book annexed hereunto, to be by the said deans and chapters and their successors kept and preserved in safety for ever, and to be also produced and showed forth in any court of record as often as they shall be thereunto lawfully required; and also there shall be delivered true and perfect copies of this act and of the same book into the respective courts at Westminster, and into the Tower of London, to be kept and preserved for ever among the records of the said courts, and the records of the Tower, to be also produced and showed forth in any court as need shall require; which said books so to be exemplified under the great seal of (u) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, s. 21. (r) Gibs. 280; Newberry v. Goodwin, 1 Phill. 282; and Stone v. King's Proctor, there cited, (y) This seems to be now re- P. VOL. II. 3 Q 14 Car. 2, c. 4. England, shall be examined by such persons as the king shall appoint under the great seal of England for that purpose, and shall be compared with the original book hereunto annexed, and they shall have power to correct and amend in writing any error committed by the printer in printing of the same book, and shall certify in writing under their hands and seals, or the hands and seals of any three of them, at the end of the same book, that they have examined and compared the same book, and find it to be a true and perfect copy; which said books so exemplified under the great seal, shall be deemed to be good and available in the law to all intents and purposes, and shall be accounted as good records as this book itself hereunto annexed "(z). Other provisions. None but priests to hold benefices, &c. Foreign reformed churches. For the provisions relating to the public reading of the Book of Common Prayer and declaration of assent thereto by all beneficed ministers and by lecturers, see above (a). The 8th section of 14 Car. 2, c. 4, related to the solemn league (b). The 9th section enacted that no incumbent who shall not be in episcopal orders before Bartholomew tide shall be capable of holding benefices (c). The 10th enacts, "That no person whatsoever shall thenceforth be capable to be admitted to any parsonage, vicarage, benefice or other ecclesiastical promotion or dignity whatsoever, nor shall presume to consecrate and administer the holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper, before such time as he shall be ordained priest according to the form and manner in and by the said book prescribed, unless he have formerly been made priest by episcopal ordination; upon pain to forfeit for every offence the sum of one hundred pounds; one moiety thereof to the king's majesty; the other moiety thereof to be equally divided between the poor of the parish where the offence shall be committed; and such person or persons as shall sue for the same by action of debt, bill, plaint or information, in any of his majesty's courts of record, wherein no essoin, protection or wager of law shall be allowed, and to be disabled from taking or being admitted into the order of priest, by the space of one whole year then next following. Sect. 11. "Provided, that the penalties in this act shall not extend to the foreigners or aliens of the foreign re (*) See the Report of the Ritual Commission on the discovery of the sealed book at Westminster. (a) Page 468. formed churches, allowed by the king, his heirs and successors in England." chester and Eton Colleges. Sect. 13. "And no form or order of common prayers, As to Westadministration of sacraments, rites or ceremonies, shall be minster, Winopenly used in any church, chapel or other public place of or in any college or hall in either of the universities, or of the colleges of Westminster, Winchester or Eton, other than what is prescribed by the said book; and every governor or head of any of the said colleges or halls shall, within one month next after his election or collation and admission into the same government or headship, openly and publicly in the church, chapel or other public place of the same college or hall, and in the presence of the fellows and scholars of the same or the greater part of them then resident, subscribe unto the said book, and declare his unfeigned assent and consent thereunto, and to the use of all the prayers, rites and ceremonies, forms and orders therein prescribed and contained, according to the form aforesaid and all such governors or heads of the said colleges and halls as shall be in holy orders, shall once at least in every quarter of the year (not having a lawful impediment) openly and publicly read the morning prayer and service in and by the said book appointed to be read in the church, chapel or other public place of the same college or hall; on pain to lose and be suspended from all the benefits and profits belonging to the same government or headship, by the space of six months, by the visitor or visitors of the same college or hall; and if such governor or head so suspended for not subscribing to the said book, or for not reading of the morning prayer and service as aforesaid, shall not at or before the end of six months next after such suspension subscribe unto the said book and declare his consent thereto as aforesaid, or read the morning prayer and service as aforesaid, then such government or headship shall be ipso facto void." : By 34 & 35 Vict. c. 26, s. 8, this section is repealed, "except so far as it relates to the colleges of Westminster, Winchester and Eton, or any governor or head thereof." As to the penalties, both by canon and statute, for disobedience to the Statutes of Uniformity: contemning or By Can. 4 of 1603, "Whosoever shall affirm that the Penalties in form of God's worship in the Church of England, esta- canons as to blished by law, and contained in the Book of Common not using the Prayer and Administration of Sacraments, is a corrupt, Book of Comsuperstitious or unlawful worship of God, or containeth mon Prayer. anything in it that is repugnant to the Scriptures, let him |