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Abbey Abbot and Convent Abbot of Westminster acres of land Act of Parliament aforesaid ancient annual appurtenances Bayswater belonging Bishop of London building built called chapel charity Charter Chelsea church Church Commissioners church-yard churchwardens claimed county of Middlesex crown dated demised dington district Edward erected given Grand Junction Canal granted Harrow-road Henry the eighth Hereditaments houses increased Indenture inhabitants inquisition Kensington King Knightsbridge land in Paddington lease lessees Lord Bishop Lysons manor and rectory manor of Paddington ment messuage Middlesex monks of Westminster Morshead Paddington Estate Padinton Padyngton paid parish of Paddington piece poor portion pounds per annum premises present purchased rate-payers rectory rectory of Paddington reign rent Richard road shew shillings Sir John Frederick Sir John Morshead successors tenants tenements thereof Thistlethwayte Thomas tion tithes trustees Tybourn vestry Vide waste land Westbourn William wood yearly
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Page 119 - is one that hath full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. He is called parson, persona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented...
Page 23 - Land comprehends all things of a permanent, substantial nature; being a word of a very extensive signification, as will presently appear more at large. Tenement is a word of still greater extent, and though in its vulgar acceptation it is only applied to houses and other buildings, yet, in its original, proper, and legal sense, it signifies everything that may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature; whether it be of a substantial and sensible, or of an unsubstantial ideal kind.
Page 119 - A. parson has, during his life, the freehold in himself of the parsonage-house, the glebe, the tithes, and other dues. But these are sometimes appropriated ; that is to say, the benefice is perpetually annexed to some spiritual corporation, either sole or aggregate, being the patron of the living ; which the law esteems equally capable of providing for the service of the church, as any single private clergyman.
Page iii - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 7 - Inquisitors, it appears, upon the oaths of the sheriffs, the lords of each manor, the presbyters of every church, the reves of every hundred, the bailiffs and six villans of every village, were to enquire into...
Page 129 - He was permitted to dine, with the family; but he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare. He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded...
Page 138 - Offender shall be or reside, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, for any Time not exceeding One...
Page 84 - ... be reasonably had or gotten for the same, without taking any fine, premium, or foregift, or any thing in the nature of a fine, premium, or foregift, for the making thereof...
Page 19 - In the year 1288, Pope Nicholas the Fourth granted the Tenths to King Edward the First for six years, towards defraying the expense of an Expedition to the Holy Land : and that they might be collected to their full value, a Taxation by the King's Precept was begun in that year, and finished as to the Province of Canterbury in 1291...
Page 198 - ... therefore further enacted, that until such houses or other buildings which now are or hereafter may be built or in building, shall be finished and tenanted, (if the street, square, lane, or other place wherein such house or other building is or shall be situated shall be paved, repaired, cleansed, and lighted by virtue and in pursuance of this Act), it shall and may be lawful to and for the said vestry to rate and assess all such houses and...