Page images
PDF
EPUB
[ocr errors]

Form of Certificate of Residence.

We A-B-- Rector, Vicar, or officiating Minister

(as the case may be) of the parish of

diocese of

in the

clerk, and C-D- Rector, Vicar,

or officiating Minister (as the case may be) of the

parish of

said parishes of

to the parish of

[ocr errors][merged small]

and

are near adjoining within the said diocese, do

hereby certify that E-F- Rector, Vicar, or Incumbent, (as the case may be,) of the said parish Church aforesaid; hath resided upon his said Living

of

or Benefice within that parish for the space of twenty weeks, between the

Form of
Certificate.

day of

and the

[blocks in formation]

of Parson

age Houses

caused by

the pro

ceedings of

the Go

vernors.

To this measure of the Governors, and to that of The improved applying money appropriated by the Governors of condition Queen Anne's Bounty in the purchase of, or in defraying the expences of building, re-building, or enlarging glebe houses (which is treated of and explained in this work,) is to be mainly attributed the improved condition of the residences of the Clergy throughout the kingdom. The loans advanced by the Governors to Incumbents, and the application by them of appropriated money in numerous instances, have caused the erection or improvement of the many new or newly improved, comfortable, and suitable dwellings for Clergymen, which occur so frequently to the view in towns and villages as cannot fail to attract notice, and have consequently in a very considerable degree promoted the residence of the Clergy.

Incum

bents to

licitor of the Go

By reference to the Solicitor of the Governors, all

refer to So- necessary instructions may be obtained, by Incumbents who may desire to borrow money of the Governors under Gilbert's Acts for the before-mentioned purposes.

vernors for instructions for borrowing money.

Act 43 G. 3, chap. 107,

to apply

appropri

Instructions as to laying out Money appropriated to a Benefice by the Governors, in defraying the expences of building, rebuilding, or enlarging and improving, or in the purchase of a Glebe House and Offices thereto.

By the before-mentioned Act, passed in the 43rd Governors year of his late Majesty King George the Third, empowered chap. 107. (sec. 3.) it is enacted as follows, "And be money it further enacted, that where a Living shall have been, or shall be, augmented by the said Governors, either by way of lot or benefaction, and there is no paring a house sonage house suitable for the residence of the Miresidence nister, it shall and may be lawful for the said Governors, cumbent. and they are hereby empowered, from time to time, in

ated to a living in building or purchas

for the

of the In

order to promote the residence of the Clergy on their benefices, to apply and dispose of the money appropriated for such augmentation and remaining in their hands, or any part thereof, in such manner as they shall deem most advisable, in, or towards the building, rebuilding or purchasing a house and other proper Act 57 G. 3, erections within the Parish, convenient and suitable to houses for the residence of the Minister thereof; which house purchased

ch. 99. as

in contigu shall for ever thereafter, be deemed the parsonage

ous pa

rishes. house, appertaining to such living, to all intents and

purposes whatsoever; any thing in any Act or Acts, or the rules of the said Governors, contained to the contrary notwithstanding."

ments to

fore the

The Governors require when any application is made Docuto them under this clause, (to build, or rebuild, en- be laid belarge or improve, for it does not include repairs) that there be laid before them the following documents,

viz.

Governors.

plan and

tion.

1st. A plan of the ground and of the elevation, and Ground of the several floors, shewing the size of each room, a elevation. specification of the works minutely detailed, and an estimate of the expence, (drawn out in a clear and Specificabusiness-like manner,) of the works intended to be Estimate. completed, to be verified by the affidavit of a Surveyor, (before a Justice of the Peace,) and an under- Undertak taking on the part of the Surveyor, or some respectable workman, signed by him, and attested, to do the works in a good substantial and workmanlike manner; and according to the plan, specification, and estimate for the sum stipulated.

ing.

the condi

tion of the

old house.

2nd. A survey of the condition of the old house and Survey of buildings, (if any) with the opinion of a Surveyor, whether the same can be repaired, to answer any useful purpose; and of the value of the old materials, to be verified in like manner.

tion money.

grdly. Also that it be ascertained, to the satisfaction Dilapidaof the Governors, whether any and what sum has been received for dilapidations, and if any such sum has been received, in what manner it has been laid out. It is proper for a Clergyman to consult and obtain the consent of his Diocesan, and his signature to the plans and other documents, before he makes appli

Consent of

Diocesan.

His signa

ture to plan

and docu

ments.

as to house, &c.

to be on a

cation to the Governors, to lay out money appropriated by them to his living, for the purposes before-mentioned; and also to state whether there is a house of Statement residence; and if there is one, whether he proposes to rebuild or to enlarge it; and if he intends to rebuild, If building whether on the same scite, and if a new scite is to be used, to describe its situation and distance from the Church; and to give full information to the Governors of the works proposed to be done. By a clear explanation on the part of the Incumbent, and by his attention to these instructions in the first instance, much subsequent trouble will be saved to all parties.

new scite.

Faculty, in what cases

The faculty of the Ordinary (to be obtained by necessary. application at the registry office of the diocese,) is required in case of a change of scite, or if any buildings are to be taken down, and are not intended to be rebuilt.

Form of

The following forms may be adopted, to be altered nevertheless as circumstances may require.

Form of Surveyor's oath, verifying Plan, Specification, and Estimate for building a House and Offices, (where there is no House.)

A— B—, of

in the County of, maketh affidavit oath and saith, that he has been accustomed to survey

Surveyor's

where no

house.

and value, and to superintend the building of houses and offices, and that he has drawn the annexed plan marked A, and made the annexed specification and estimate marked B, for building a house and suitable offices, on glebe land, belonging to the rectory, (or vicarage or curacy as the case may be,) of

in

the county of, and diocese of, and that the plan, specification, and estimate, are, in the judgment of this deponent, severally correct and true.

in the county of

Sworn at this - day of, 182-, before me, C. D. Justice of the Peace

for

A. B.

be signed,

The Governors require all affidavits to be signed by Affidavit to the deponent, and the Magistrate's office, entitling him &c. to administer the oath to be written after his (the Magistrate's) signature.

trate to

mark the

plan, &c. and to sign

the same.

The Magistrate administering the oath is to write The Magison the plan "The plan marked A, referred to in the affidavit of A—B— hereunto annexed," and to sign the same, and to write on the specification and estimate "the specification and estimate marked B, referred to in the affidavit hereunto annexed," and to sign the same.

Form of Surveyor's oath for building a new house and offices, where the old house and offices are to be pulled down.

Surveyor's

where

house.

A-B, (the introductory part as in the other form) Form of and that he has lately surveyed the Rectory (Vicarage, affidavit or perpetual Curate's house, as the case may be) house there is a and offices of, in the county of, and diocese of, and that he has in the annexed particular marked A, truly described the present state and condition of the same, and the value of the old materials; and this deponent further saith that in his opinion the said house and buildings are so dilapidated and decayed (or state such other reasons as may exist), as to render it expedient that the same should be taken down, and a new house and offices built (then the

« PreviousContinue »