Magnæ Britanniæ notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse reflections upon the ancient state thereof / By John Chamberlayne.

  • Edward Chamberlayne
Date:
1741
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Credit: Magnæ Britanniæ notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse reflections upon the ancient state thereof / By John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % Upon the Ordination-Day, ‘a Fatt is ftridtly kept to implore ft preaches upon the Nature and Dignity of the Minifterial Of Motives of his coming into the Miniftry, and whether by any | ¢ndire€t Means he has obtained that Call; of his Refolution | ro do his Duty faithfully in that Station, and'to obey the fe- | veral Judicatories of the Church in the Lord. Uponhis‘an- | fwering to the Moderator’s: Satisfa&tion, the Parifhioners are © called upon to ratify their Choice by lifting up of their Hands. | When that is done, the Moderator goes from the Pulpit into | the Middle‘of the Church, ‘and there he and the other Mini- q cancy, otherwife the Presbyteiy fills the Place jure devoluto _ The Stipend for Minifters, at the very loweft, fhould, by A@ of Parliament, be 8 Chalders of Vidual, or 800 et of late, 2;00 Merks 3 but now itis enacted by the Town: Minifter there, fhall have more thah 2000 Metks, or 1111. ‘ 2s. 24, Sterling. i 7 A Minifter that ‘enters upon his ‘Charge before Whit/unday, has on that Day a Right to the whole Year’s Stipend. If he — enters between Whitfunday and Michaelmas, ‘he has half, and his Predeceffor, if tranflated, or depofed, has the other Half, — But if his Predeceffor ferves ‘till after Michaelmas, he‘hath the whole of that Year’s Stipend. va | . The Widow, Children, and neareft Kin to the Defun@ have a Right by At of Parliament to an Annate, 7. e. half a Year's” Stipend over and above what was due for hisIncumbency. S0_ ex. gr. if he dies between Whit/unday and Michaelmas, half is due for Incumbency, and half for Anriate. If after Michael-— mas, there is a whole Year’s Stiperd for Incumbency, and half the next Year’s Stipend for Annate; the Annate is equally di- vided between Widow and Childrén, ‘and ‘in default of both it goes to the neareft Kin. Iris liable to pay no Debts, and ‘cannot be deviled by the Incumbent’s Will or Affignation, dhirk-Selfions.] Ia Scotland there ‘are ~8go °Parihhes, whereof 31 are Collegiate Churches, 7. ¢. where the oil Y ae: Salle RP i Bin eryed