A. D. 1665. Anno decimo feptimo Caroli II. C. 4 — 6. 297 tative Church or Chapel, unto which the faid other Churches or Chapels or Church or Chapel fhall be fo united and annexed. II. And it is hereby alfo enafted, That notwithftaiiding any fuch Union to be made by Virtue hereof, Pari(Ties (liall re- eath of the Parifiies fo united fliall continue diftinil, as to all Rates, Taxes, Parochial Rites, Charges and >"='". '^'i". Duties, and all other Privileges, Liberties and Rcfpefl:s whatfoever, other than what is herein before men- ""'"■"iandins tioned and fpecified ; and Church-wardens fhall be eleded and appointed for each Parifli, as they were be- church":'" "' fore fuch Union made. _ Carthcw238. III. And it is further ena<fted and provided. That where one or more of the faid Churches or Chapels or h„w and ivhen Church and Chapel fo united and annexed, fliall be full at the Time of Making fuch Union, That then fuch uniting the faid Union fhall take Efl-e£t for every fuch Church or Chapel, upon the firft Avoidance after fuch Union dial) take Effcft. made : (2) And that the feveral Patrons of the faid Churches and Chapels fo united, fhall and may prefent And hrw fcvc- by Turns to that Church only v/hich fhall remain and be prefentativc, from Time to Time, in fuch Order, "I Patrons fhall as the find Bifhop, with the Confentof the faid Mayor, Aldermen and Juftices of Peace, Bailifl' or Bailifts, r":<:nt- or other Chief Officer or Officers within fuch Parifhes, or the major Part of them, and of the Patron or ^^'^^^ '" ' Patrons of fuch Church or Churches, Chapel or Chapels, fhall determine and decree, for the Prefervation of their refpeftive Rights therein, Refped being therein had to the Difierence of the Values of the yearly Maintenance belonging to fuch Churches or Chapels or any of them ; (3) faving unto the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, all the Tenths and Firft-fruits of all fuch Churches and Chapels fo to be united, according to the Rates and Valuations at which the faid Churches and Chapels are rated, and valued in the Oi?lce of Firft-fruits and Tenths, in his Majefty 's Court of Exchequer; and alfo referving all Procu- rations and Penfions to all Perfons to whom they are now and have been formerly, or fhall be hereafter, due and payable ; any Thiiig herein contained notwithftanding, IV. Provided always. That no Union of Parifhes or Places to be made by Virtue of this Aft fhall com- How Unions mence or be efFeftual in Law, until it be regiftred in the Regifter-Book of the Bifhop of the Diocefe, which "}"<^ •== re- the Regifter is hereby required to do. girtrcd. V. Provided always, That no LTnion made by Virtue hereof, fhall be »ood and efFeflual, where the Pariflies having fettled Maintenance belonging to the Parfons, Vicars and Incumbents of the Church or Chapel or Churches icol. Mainte- or Chapels fo united, fhall exceed the Sum of one hundred Pounds per Annvm clear and above all Charges nance may not and Reprifes ; unlefs the refpedive Parifhioners, or the major Part of them, under their Hands delire ° ""'"• ertherwife. VI. Provided always, and be it enabled. That every Minifter fettled as aforefaid the Incumbent of any incumbents of Church or Chapel, or Churches and Chapels united according to this AiSt, fhall be the full and lawful fuch united Pav Incumbent thereof to all Intents and Purpofes, fo as fuch Minifter be a Graduate in one of the Univerfi- "*" '""ft te ties of this Kingdom. _ UniSt' °^ """ VII. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Owner or Proprietor, Owners or '^"' ^' Proprietors of any Impropriation, Tithes or Portion of Tithes, in any Parifh or Chapielry within the p^^™;^^"^^^" Kingdom of England ox Dominion of Wales, is, are and fhall be, by Virtue of this A61:, inabled and im- bsftow and an- powered to give or beftow, unite and annex the fame, or any Part thereof, unto the Parfonage or Vicarage nexMaincenance of the faid Parifh-Church or Chapel where the fame do lie or arife, or fettle the fame in Truft for the Be- " ^'^ Churches nefit of the faid Parfonage or Vicarage, or of the Curate and Curates there fucceffively, where the Parfonage "'['"^ '^^y «» is impropriate and no Vicar indowed, according to his or their refpeftive Eftates, without any Licence o^ll-^^^x^^^^ Mortmain ; any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. VIII. And be it further enafted. That if the fettled Maintenance of fuch Parfonages, Vicarages, P"'""'^" 7'- ' Churches and Chapels fo united, or of any other Parfonage or Vicarage with Cure, in the Kingdom of fet"leTMeTn"of England ox Dominion of Wales, fhall not amount to the full Sum of one hundred Pounds per Annum clear ,00 1. per An- and above all Charges and Reprifes ; That then it fhall be lawful for the Parfon, Vicar and Incumbent of num, may pur- fe and annex the fame, and his Succeflbrs, to take, receive and purchafe to him and his Succeflbrs, Lands, Tenements, ^h; Rents, Tithes or other Hereditaments, without any Licence of Mortmain: any Law or Statute to the ^^"^"'■.^'^"'^ i •^-n. J- without Licence contrary notwithitandmg. „f Mortmain, CAP. IV. An Aft for Continuance of a former Acl for Regulating the Prefs. See Appendix. CAP. V. An A<51 for attainting Thomas Dvleman, Jofeph Bampfield and Thomas Scot of High Treafon, if they render not themfelves by a Day. CAP. VL An Aft for taking away of Damage Cleer. ' TT7HEREAS the Monies which are taken by Prothonotaries of your Majefty's Courts of King's peea,
- VV Bench and Common Pleas, and by the Clerk of your Majefty's Court of Exchequer at TVeflmin-
Jier, and the Prothonotary of your Majefty's Court of Common Pleas 2iX. Lanca/ler, and the Prothono^ ' taries and Clerks of other your Majefty's Courts within the Realfn of England and Dominion of Wales^
- in the Name of Damna Clerlcoru?n, or Damage Cleer % are an unnecefTary Charge and Burden to all Damna CIciice.
rum •> Thli was origwally a Gratuity given te the Prithonolarics and their Clerh, fir drawing [fecial tfrils and Pkadirgki, Vol. IIL Ci.q « your
