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 may A. D. 1714. Anno primo Georgii Regis. Stat. 2. C. 10. 15 XI Provided alfo, That in cafe of any fuch Agreement, as aforefaid, made by any Perfon feizcd iri^*** AeWifc Rio-ht of his Wife, the Wife (hall be a Party to the Agreement, and {hall leal and execute the fame. ™ ^J^' Y k XII. And in as much as fuch Benefactors are to be confidered, in fome Degree, as Founders and Pa-, ' trons of Churches;' Be it further enacted, That fuch Agreements fo made, as aforefaid, fhall be as ef-Such Agree- feotlral for the fuppl'ying Cures vacant at the Time of fu h Augmentation made or propofed, as for them'-"'- **" be Advowfon or Nomination to future Vacancies. . r bf^'«ciht XIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be lawful, with thfej^J; Concurrence of the faid Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance n, c Eftate fct- of the poor Clerry, and the Incumbent, Patron, and Ordinary of any augmented Living or Cure, t6tlcdforA Exchange all, or any Part of the Eftate fettled for the Augmentation thereof, for any other Eftate in Lands mentation ma or Tithes, o'f equal or greater Value, to be conveyed to the fame Ufes. XIV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all fuch Donatives which are now Augmented exempt'from all ecclefiaftical jurisdiction, and fhall be augmented by virtue of the Powers given by tyis^™*™'*^ Act, fhall be fubjedt to the Vifitation and Jurisdiction of the Bifhop of the Diocefe wherein fuch Donative j^ y is, to all Intents and Purpofes of Law whatfoever. . XV. Provided always, That no Donative fhall be augmented without the Confent of the Patron or Pa-=- N< ' trons in Writing, under his or their Hands and Seals firit had and obtained. '. ' ; XVI. Provided alfo, That where it fhall fall to the Lot of any Donative, Curacy, or Chapelry, td tron 's Confent. receive an Augmentation from the faid Bounty, according to the Rules already eftabliihed, or hereaf.cr to.be eftablifhed, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the Governors of the Bounty of Queen y/wzt; The Governors for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy, and they are hereby impowered, before™ 3 ? a e tec w ' tH they make the fame Augmentation, to treat and agree with the Patron of any Donative, Impropriator oP'j^p^^ any Rectory impropriated without Endowment of any Vicarage, or Parfon or Vicar of any Mother-Church^. f m an A |. ' (as the Cafe fhall happen to be) for a perpetual yearly, or other Payment or Allowance to the Minifter crtowanceto the Curate of fuch augmented Donative, Curacy, or Chapelry, and his Succcffors, to be made in all fucceed.Minhter of 'fuch ing Times by fuch Patron, Impropriator, Parfon or Vicar, and his and their Heirs and Succcffors, an d aug. mcn ^ Do " for charging and fubjecting the impropriate Rectory, or the Mother-Church, or Vicarage therewith, and na thereunto, in fuch Manner, and with fuch Remedies as ihall be thought fit; and fuch Agreements madeand fuch Agree- with the King's moft Excellent Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, under his or their Sign Manual, i*T^^ allfac with any Bodies Politick or Corporate, or any other Perfon or Perfons having any Eftate or Intereft, in e ct ua * Poflefilon, Reveriion, or Remainder, in any fuch impropriate Rectory in his or their own Right, or in Right of his or their Churches or Wives, or with the Guardian or Guardians of any Perfon or Perfons having fuch Eftate or Intereft, or with any Parfon or Vicar of any Mother-Church, fhall be as effectual to all Intents and Purpofes with refpedt to fuch Charges, as Agreements made with his Majefty, his Heirs and fiucceffors, or with the fame Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate reflectively, touching the Patronage or Right of Prefentation or Nomination to the fame Cures, touching which fuch Agreements lawful to and for the faid Governors to refute fuch Augmentation, and to apply the Money arifingthe Governors from the late Queen's faid Bounty, which ought to have been imployed therein, for augmenting fome other may refute facli Cure, according to the Rules then in Force. Augmentation. ' XVII. And whereas the before-mentioned Adls of Parliament, of the fifth and fixth Years of theThe Ceniricato .' Reign of her faid late Majefty, were, for the Diocefe of Cbicbejhr, not executed m due Time, and fo : J* e Dl ; cefe ' in many Diocefes not with that exact Certainty of the yearly Values and Diftinction of Medieties ,^,,^'^'^' ' were, by reafon of their being Dignities, omitted in fome Certificates, although they have the Curerriaimnj; in the ' of Souls thereto annexed, and are therefore Livings with Cure of Souls within the Words and Meaning Exchequer, Bjifl it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Certificate for the Diocefe of Chlcbejfer, dated the twenty- ^ t0 ' rnecl j n ^^ fourth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred arid eight, which was received in the Court of Time. Exchequer at Wejhranjie> and is now remaining there, fhall be as effectual, to all Intents -and Purpofes, as if the fame had been fealed and returned into the faid Court of Exchequer, within the Times limited 'by the faid refpedtive Acts of Parliament in that Behalf made; and alfo that all and every the Church?s, Vicarages and Livings, in and by the faid Certificate, or in and by the Certificates made and returned in due Time, or any of them, certified to be under fifty Pounds per Annum, and each Mediety therein, fhail be entitled to, and have the Benefit of the faid refpedtive Difcha.rges by'the : iaid feveral Acts of Parliament, as fully, to all Intents and Purpofes, as if the precife yearly Value had been expreffd, and the Medietas diftinguifhed in fuch Certificate and Certificates : And further, that it ihall and may be lawful to and for And the Coyer, the faid Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor. nor3 n]3 )' c «tify Clergy, under their common Seal, to be affixed at a Court of the faid Governors, and under the Hands off c '^" ?*" the Governors then prefent, to certify into the Court of Exchequer the Names of fuch Prebends in Cathe- kalis under the" dral Churches, under the yearly Value of fifty Pounds, the Prebendaries whereof have the immediate' Cure yr. Hy Value of of Souls of the refpedtive Pariihes whereof fuch Prebends are denominated, although the fame were not3 c '• though not named in any former Certificate ; and fuch Certificate and Certificates of the (aid Governors, being? Emed J" ?n ? returned into the faid Court of Exchequer, iriall be as effectual to all Intents and Purpofes of the laid two c "f r ctt;h " before- an j'f«ch CertI-
 * in the Certificates, as regularly ought to have been; and fome fmall Prebends in Cathedral Churche?j 70 s. and re."
 * of the faid Acts : For fupplying the Defects in the Execution of the faid former Acts of Parliament;' Be^ f/ j^S feei