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and upwards, and in which the existing churches and chapels do not afford accommodation for more than one-fourth.

FORM OF INQUIRY on Application being made to Her Majesty's Commissioners for Building and Promoting the Building of Additional Churches in populous Parishes; for a remission of the Duties of Customs and Excise under the 21st Section of the Act of the 59th Geo. III. c. 134, and the 27th Section of the Act of the 3rd Geo. IV. c. 72.

Application from

Parish of
County of

Diocese of

Archdeaconry of

What is the population of the entire parish, according to the last census?

If there be more than one consecrated church or chapel in the parish, state, as near as may be, the extent of the population of the district in which the church or chapel in question is situated.

Has the church or chapel been recently built, rebuilt, or enlarged? If a new church or chapel, what is the accommodation therein; or, if enlarged, what is the increased accommodation?

What in appropriated sittings?

What in free and unappropriated sittings?

By what authority was the church or chapel built; by faculty, or with the permission of the ordinary?

When were the works begun?

When completed?

Was an architect (distinct from the builder) employed?

Has the church or chapel been consecrated, and when?
What is the actual cost of the building or enlargement?
How provided for?

What amount by subscription?

What amount from any other source, and, if by loan, how and when payable?

Dated

N.B. The return of this paper when filled up, and signed by the minister and church or chapel wardens, and countersigned by the archdeacon, must be accompanied with a summary debtor and creditor account of receipts and disbursements, and of outstanding claims, if any.

EPISCOPAL LICENSE to perform Divine Service in an Unconsecrated

Christ,

Building.

(On a two pound Stamp.)

by divine permission, bishop of
clerk,

To our well beloved in licensed curate of the parish of -inAs the case may be.

in the county of

within our diocese and our jurisdiction, greeting: WHEREAS it hath been alleged and suggested to us by the said that he hath lately caused to be erected and built a chapel within the parish of aforesaid, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants and parishioners of the said parish, whose numbers are so greatly increased as to render additional accommodation absolutely necessary, and that you, the said are desirous of performing divine service, and of preaching and expounding the word of God, and of administering the holy sacrament in the said chapel, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and that the reverend vicar of the said parish of hath consented and approved thereof: We, therefore, by these presents, do, so far as we lawfully can or may, give and grant unto you, the said this our license to read and perform divine service, and to preach and expound the word of God, and to administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper in the said chapel, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, as by law established. In witness whereof we have caused our episcopal seal to be hereunto affixed, this day of in the year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and

Consent of the Incumbent.

To the right reverend father in God,

clerk,

by Divine permission lord

in the

bishop of , or to any other person or persons having, or to have, sufficient authority in this behalf.

I, vicar of the parish church of hereby give my full, free, and unqualified assent and consent to the licensing for public worship, according to the rites of the Church of England, of a certain building situate in the aforesaid parish of and intended to be used as a church. And I do hereby further consent that such license may be with a view to ultimate consecration or otherwise as to your lordship shall seem meet. As witness my hand this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and

[Rector or] Vicar of

FORM for Assigning a District to a Newly erected Church.

by Divine permission bishop of. To all whom it may concern, and more especially to the inhabitants of the parish of in the county of greeting: WHEREAS in and by an act of parliament passed in the first and second years of the reign of his late majesty King William the fourth, intituled "An Act to amend the Acts for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous places," it is (amongst other things) enacted, "that the commissioners therein named, with consent of the bishop of the diocese, in all such cases as shall come before them, and the bishop of the diocese alone in all such other cases as are in the said act of parliament before mentioned. And also with the consent of the patron and incumbent in all

other cases in which additional churches or chapels shall have been already built and endowed, shall with all convenient speed proceed to assign a particular district to every such church or chapel, except from special circumstances they shall deem it not advisable to assign a district, and such district shall be under the immediate care of the minister who shall have been duly licensed to serve such church or chapel, so far only as regards the visitation of the sick and other pastoral duties, and shall not be deemed a district for any other purposes whatsoever. Provided always that it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, with the consent of the bishop of the diocese, in all such cases as shall come before the said commissioners, and for the said BISHOP ALONE in all other cases, to determine whether baptizing, churchings, or burials, shall be solemnized or performed in any such church or chapel or not. And the said commissioners or bishop respectively, as the case may be, shall cause a description of the boundaries of the district assigned by them to such church or chapel to be registered in the registry of the bishop of the diocese, and shall also cause their order and direction, in writing, as to all offices to be performed in any such church or chapel, to be registered in the register of the diocese." And whereas a chapel called by the name of hath been erected and built and endowed in the parish of aforesaid, and it is expedient for the securing of due ecclesiastical superintendence of the parish, and the preservation and improvement of the religious and moral habits of the persons residing therein, that an ecclesiastical district should be assigned to the said chapel of

under the provisions of the aforesaid recited section of the said act, and that such district should be named district, with boundaries the said district commencing [here state the boundaries of the district.] And we do, by virtue of the power vested in us by the said recited clause in the said act of parliament, assign such district accordingly, and determine that baptisms, churchings, and burials, shall be solemnized and performed in such church or chapel as aforesaid. In TESTIMONY whereof we have hereunto set our hand and caused our episcopal seal to be affixed hereto. Dated at our palace at the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and

day of

A question has often been asked in reference to districts thus assigned to newly erected churches, under the provision of the act 1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 38, as amended by the acts of Victoria—whether the incumbent of the mother church has a right to visit, MINISTERIALLY, the persons inhabiting such a district. We think that there can be no doubt on the subject. The whole parish, with cure of souls therein, was committed to him when instituted and inducted, and so long as he remains minister of that parish all his rights are secured to him. The case is altered when a new incumbent of the parish church is appointed, because he never had any authority over the district so assigned. He takes the parish minus that portion which has been separated for ecclesiastical purposes. And as in the case of fees &c., we apprehend also, in the visitation of the parishioners, no arrangement made after institution can affect the rights and privileges of the existing incumbent of the mother church, unless he is a party to the arrangement.

in the county of within our diocese and our jurisdiction, greeting: WHEREAS it hath been alleged and suggested to us by the said that he hath lately caused to be erected and built a chapel within the parish of in aforesaid, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants and parishioners of the said parish, whose numbers are so greatly increased as to render additional accommodation absolutely necessary, and that you, the said are desirous of performing divine service, and of preaching and expounding the word of God, and of administering the holy sacrament in the said chapel, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England; and that the reverend —, clerk, vicar of the said parish of —, hath consented and approved thereof: We, therefore, by these presents, do, so far as we lawfully can or may, give and grant unto you, the said this our license to read and perform divine service, and to preach and expound the word of God, and to administer the sacrament of the Lord's supper in the said chapel, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, as by law established. In witness whereof we have caused our episcopal seal to be hereunto affixed, this day of in the year of our Lord

one thousand eight hundred and

Consent of the Incumbent.

To the right reverend father in God, - by Divine permission lord bishop of or to any other person or persons having, or to have, sufficient authority in this behalf.

in the

I, vicar of the parish church of do hereby give my full, free, and unqualified assent and consent to the licensing for public worship, according to the rites of the Church of England, of a certain building situate in the aforesaid parish of and intended to be used as a church. And I do hereby further consent that such license may be with a view to ultimate consecration or otherwise as to your lordship shall seem meet. As witness my hand this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and

[Rector or] Vicar of

FORM for Assigning a District to a Newly erected Church.

by Divine permission bishop of . To all whom it may concern, and more especially to the inhabitants of the parish of in the county of greeting: WHEREAS in and by an act of parliament passed in the first and second years of the reign of his late majesty King William the fourth, intituled "An Act to amend the Acts for building and promoting the building of additional churches in populous places,"—it is (amongst other things) enacted, "that the commissioners therein named, with consent of the bishop of the diocese, in all such cases as shall come before them, and the bishop of the diocese alone in all such other cases as are in the said act of parliament before mentioned. And also with the consent of the patron and incumbent in all

commissioners or bishop respectively, as the case may be, shall cause a description of the boundaries of the district assigned by them to such church or chapel to be registered in the registry of the bishop of the diocese, and shall also cause their order and direction, in writing, as to all offices to be performed in any such church or chapel, to be registered in the register of the diocese." And whereas a chapel called by the hath been erected and built and endowed in the parish of aforesaid, and it is expedient for the securing of due ecclesiastical superintendence of the parish, and the preservation and improvement of the religious and moral habits of the persons residing therein, that an ecclesiastical district should be assigned to the said chapel of

name of

and

day of

TA question has often been asked in reference to districts thus assigned to newly erected churches, under the provision of the act 1 & 2 Will. IV. c. 38, as amended by the acts of Victoria—whether the incumbent of the mother church has a right to visit, MINISTERIALLY, the persons inhabiting such a district. We think that there can be no doubt on the subject. The whole parish, with cure of souls therein, was committed to him when instituted and inducted, and so long as he remains minister of that parish all his rights are secured to him. The case is altered when a new incumbent of the parish church is appointed, because he never had any authority over the district so assigned. He takes the parish minus that portion which has been separated for ecclesiastical purposes. And as in the case of fees &c., we apprehend also, in the visitation of the parishioners, no arrangement made after institution can affect the rights and privileges of the existing incumbent of the mother church, unless he is a party to the arrangement.

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