 At the first establishment of parochial clergy the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division, — one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the...  The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked! - Page 279by John Wade - 1820Full view - About this book
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - Agricultural systems - 1805
...establishment of parochial " clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed "in a fourfold division ; one for the use of the " bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of " the church, a third for the poor, and a fourth to " provide for the incumbent when the sees of the "bishop became otherwise... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807
...establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division ; one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the [385] church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the sees of the... | |
 | Samuel Percy Lea - 1814
...establishment of parochtal clergy, the. tithes of the pa.rish were distributed in a fourfold, division; one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a third for the poor, and the fourth for the provision of the incumbent. . SINECURES were created by monasteries... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825
...establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division ; one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a [ 385 ] third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the sees of the bishops... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825
...establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division ; one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the church, a 385 ] third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the sees of the bishops... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1827
...establishment of parochial clergy, the tithes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division ; positive misdemesnors. Now these prohibitory laws do not make the transgression a moral for the poor, [3S5] and the fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the sees of the bishops became... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1837
...emoluments. When tithes originated in the Christian church, they were distributed in a fourfold division: one for the use of the bishop; another for maintaining the fabric of the church ; a third for the poor; and a fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the bishops became otherwise endowed,... | |
 | George Coventry - Church tax - 1830 - 205 pages
...establishment of parochial clergy, the tythes of the parish were distributed in a fourfold division : one for the use of the bishop; another for maintaining the fabric of the church: a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent.'—Blackstone's Commentaries. ' As the overflowing... | |
 | Great Britain - 1831
...hlishment of the parochial clergy, ' the tithes of the parish were distri' buted in a four-fold division ; one ' for the use of the bishop, another for ' maintaining the fabric of the church, 'a third for the poor, and the fourth ' to provide for the incumbent. When ' the sees of the bishops became... | |
 | David Williams - Society of Friends - 1831 - 23 pages
...establishment of parochial Clergy the tithes of each parish were distributed in a fourfold division — one for the use of the bishop, another for maintaining the fabric of the Church, a third for the poor, and the fourth to provide for the incumbent. When the sees of the bishop? became otherwise... | |
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