acquit, &c. the faid D. C. his Executors, by thefe Prefents hath demifed, &c. unto the faid. D.C. and his Affigns, all that the Parfonage, Parish-Church of, &c. in the County of, &c. fometimes appropriate, united, belonging, or appertaining unto the College of C. with all Lands, Tenements, and all manner of Tythes and Tenths, Reverfion and Reverfions of Tythes or Tenths of Corn, Grain, Hay, Wool, Lamb, Flax, Hemp, Honey, and all manner of predial, perfonal and mixt Tythes or Tenths whatfoever, yearly coming, arifing, growing and renewing within the faid Parish, &c. aforefaid, or in any other Place or Places, Townships or Ham lets to the faid Rectory, Parish-Church, or Chapel of, &c. belonging or appertaining, or ufed to be fet, demifed, or let, as Part, Parcel, or Member of the faid Rectory, Parfonage, Parish-Church or Chapel of, &c. aforefaid: To have and to hold, &c. to the faid D. C. and his Affigns, from the Day of the Date hereof, for and during, and unto the full End and Term of, &c. Yielding and Paying, Bc.. And the faid D. C. for him, &c. doth Covenant, &c. to and with the faid, &c. by thefe Prefents, That he the faid D. C. his, &c. fhall and will, yearly, during the faid Term of, &c. well and truly pay, or caufe to be paid, unto the faid C. W. &c. the faid yearly Rent of, &c. by even and equal Portions, according to the true intent and meaning of thefe Prefents. And the faid CW. for him, &c. doth Covenant, &c. That he the faid C. W. &c. Yielding the Rent, and per forming the Covenants, which on his and their Parts are to be done and performed, during the faidi

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faid Term of, &c. fhall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold, ufe, occupy, poffefs, and enjoy the faid, &c. without the lawful Let, Trouble or Eviction of the faid C. W. his Execu tors, &c. or of any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, claiming or to claim, by, from, or under him, them, or any of them. In Witness whereof, &c.

No VII.

A Leafe of a Parfonage for Term of Life.

THis

"His Indenture, made, &c. between F. F. Clerk, Parfon, &c. of the one Part, and H. H. of, &c. of the other Part, Witneffeth, That the faid F. F. for, and in Confideration of the Sum of, &c. whereof and wherewith the faid F. F. acknowledgeth himself fatisfied, &c. Hath demifed, granted, fet and to farm let, and by thefe Prefents doth demife, &c. unto the faid H. H. his Executors, &c. all that his Re&tory or Parfonage of P. in the County of, &c. with all and fingular Houses, Glebe-Lands, and all and fingular the Appurtenances, fet, let, ly ing and being in P. aforefaid, together with all manner of Tythes, as well perfonal as predial, and all Oblations, Profits and Commodities, growing, arifing, or yearly coming in or out of the faid Rectory or Parfonage, (the Profits arifing and coming by reafon of, or from any Burial unto the faid Parfon only excepted and referv'd.) To have and to hold the faid Rectory or Parfonage of P. with the Houfes and GlebeLands thereunto belonging, together with all and fingular the Tythes of Corn, Grain and

Hay,

Hay, and privy Tythes, Offerings, Oblations, and all other Profits and Commodities accruing, growing, or yearly arifing, or of right belonging to the faid Rectory or Parfonage, (except as before excepted) unto the faid H.H. his Executors, Bc. from the Day of the Date hereof, for and during fo long time as the faid F. F. fhall remain in his Natural Life; yielding and paying there. fore, yearly and every Year, unto the faid F. F. or to his Affigns, the Sum of, &c. of lawful Money, &c. at the four ufual Feafts in the Year; that is to fay, at the Feast of, &c. by even and; equal Portions. In Witnefs whereof, &c.

No VIII.

A Refignation of a Benefice.

TO all Chriftian People to whom this prefent Writing fhall come; W. S. Clerk, and late Parfon of the Parish Church of T. in the County of K. fend greeting in our Lord God everlafting. Know ye, That I the faid T. for divers good and reasonable Caufes and Confiderations me moving, have clearly refigned and releafed unto the Patron or Giver of the Parfo nage of T. in the faid County of K. and Diocefs of L. the free, and ample, and clear Difpofition, and Gift of the fame Parfonage; Together with all the Right, Demand or Title, which I might, fhould, or ought to claim or demand by any manner of means, for, touching, or in any wife concerning the fame Parfonage of T. by reafon either of Nomination, Affignation or Deputation thereof, at any time heretofore to me made, granted or affigned. And I the faid PS: W. S...

W. S. do by thefe Prefents promife and grant, and at no times hereafter, do make any Claim or Claims, challenge or demand to the faid Parfonage, or to any Duties whatsoever apper. taining thereunto, might have grown due or payable unto me, by reafon of the aforefaid Parfonage of T. In Witnefs, Sc..

No IX.

Queen ANNE's Patent or Commiffion to the Governours of Her Charity to the Poor Clergy.

As the

ANNE, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom thefe Prefents fhall come, Greeting. Welfare and Support of the Church of England, as by Law Eftablifhed, have been always Our greatest Care, fo we have, fince Our Acceffion to the Crown, frequently reflected on the miferable Condition of a very great Number of the Clergy of this Our Kingdom, by reafon of the mean and infufficient Provifion for their Maintenance in feveral Places, which tends very much to the Ruin of this Church: And in regard that the Arrears of Tenths due to our Exchequer, upon Imall Rectories and Vicarages, could not be an fwered without great Difficulties and Harfhips to the poor Incumbents, and that several of thofe Churches (for fear of incurring the full Payment of fuch Arrears) were held in Seque. ftration by Temporary Curates, without being regularly filled with Inftitution and Induction; We were refolved to do as much as in Us lay,

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towards eafing of the Clergy, and were gracioufly inclined to think, That the Minifters who ferved thofe Cures might, in refpect of their Po verty, be true Objects of Our Royal Compaffion; and that it would tend to the Honour and good Difcipline of the Eftablished Church, if those Benefices were fill'd with able Clerks, legally Inftituted and Inducted: And to the charitable Purpofe aforefaid, We figned a Warrant, to authorize our Lord High-Treafurer to discharge the Arrears of Tenths, due upon the finall Re-&tories and Vicarages, not exceeding Thirty Pounds per annum, by the moft improved Valuations of the fame, on Condition that the refpective Churches were firft filled with Inftitution and Induction: And Our Lord HighTreafurer fignifi'd Our faid bountiful Intention, by Letter directed to Our Archbishops and Bifhops accordingly: And in order to fettle a Fund for increafing the Maintenance of the poor Clergy, We commanded Our Right Trufty and Well-beloved Counfellor Sir Charles Hedges, Knight, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, to deliver a Meffage in Writing, figned by Us, to Our moft dutiful and loyal Commonsof England, in Parliament affembled, declaring, That We having taken into our ferious Confide ration, the mean and infufficient Maintenance belonging to the poor Clergy, in divers Parts of this Kingdom, to give them fome Eafe, had been pleafed to remit the Arrears of the Tenths to the poor Clergy; And that for Augmentation of their Maintenance, We would make a Grant of Our whole Revenue arifing out of First Fruits and Tenths, as far as it then was or fhould be

come