Tithes Under The 37th Of ...
k esterQay tne trenCral A-itne tommittee was held, when a report to be made to the Vestry, on their late arduous proceedings, was3read and agreed to. The repOrt states, amongst other things, tilat the impropriation was ranted by King James 1. to individualA for the suni of 400J. It -'j2;wards passed into the hands of the Rev. Thomas Kynaston, the I.estor.of tle present impropriator, for the sum of I1,4101. (a prc,seod pToof of the industry of the claimants in taxing the in. 3abitants); that he (Sir T. Kynaston) afterwards offered to siell thc sauj)e to the parish, tmotlter with the right of advow. son, for a perpetual annuity of 500 guineas; that prior to the year 1800 the tithes of both divisiono of the pari8h,in London and Middle- sex, continued at about the annual sum of 6001. ; that they were afterwards increased to about 1,0OCI., until the present impropriator came into possession in the year 1894, Fhen they were increased to 1,5001. per annum, and they now anuoint to betwcen 4,0001. and 5,0001. per annum, although he had redeemced the land-tax upOnI the same at a valuation of 3501. Per annum. That the said inproprintor, calciulating upon the large sums he was recently receiving of the pa- rishioners, had heavily mortxaged the same, and the Committee felt it their bounden duty to enseeavour to stem the torrent which was tibus overvshelming thiem, by aI apaplication to Parliamnent. It appeared to thic meeting Co be clearly evitdent that where ar- ran,rements already exist between the clergy and. improppriators and their respective parishioniers, as to thie present amiount paid for tithe, 'it is necessaryto prevent future disa.strous results and litigation, that the future paymest tor tithles sliall be put uFon a fair and equitable footing through the mtedium of Parliament. S:. Botolph, Aldgate, is so cireumstanced as to require tihat some provision should be made for the officiating minister,inasmuch as the presentlargeamount paid by the parishioners ris entirely swallowed up by the lay impropriator. ST. GREGORY BY ST. PAUIJ; A tyieetinF or the Special Committee of this pkrish, appointed in relation to tithes, was also held, when it was unanimously resolved, -Thal -he meeting most cordiallyconcurred in the opinion express- ed by the Special Committee of the Corporation of Londoi, that they conceive tile present moment most faveurable for anunited ap- plication to be made to Parliament for an alterationor amendment of the stntuttlf 37 of Henry VIII., under which the cl;aim of 2g. 9d. 'Is made. it appeared that the meeting felt themselves most, particularly called upon on behalf of the parish of St. Gregory, to co-operate with the rest of the pArishes af8lcted by the above statute, in a peti- tinn to Parliament, for ani alteration or amendment thereof, not only for the very powertull reasons coptained in the ciretlar of the Special Committee of the Corporationi of London, as affecting the parishes z;ncrazy, lIut inore pafficularly as the parish of St. Gregory, aflter paying a stipend for the maintenance of their rettor, had been for many yeaTs subjeet to the imposition of 2s. 9d. in the potnd to the minor canons of St. Paul's, as irmpropriators of the living, which in malsy cases has been enforced with thie utmost zigourt and in oneInstance abill wAS filed against an individual of the parish for payment of -such rate on a supposed value of his. pro- mises assessed by the imprcpriators themselves, although such indi- vidual had already paid 2s.9d. in the pound on his aetual rental,with the land-tax added thereto, as settled by the D puty RemerAbrancer of the Court of Eixchequer. The meeting then passed special tbanks to thc Corporation for bonvening.a meeting of the parisbes affected by the above-mentioned statute. ST. BOTOLIPH, BYT6OPSGATE. A. meeting of this parish vvas held, when it was unanimously agreed to appointa deputntion, consisting of the churchwardeus and vestry clerk, and Air. Urliite and Air. Cordell, to confer with the Ciny Tithe Committee at Guildhall, on Friday, and afterwards to report to tle vestry relative to the proposed application to Parlia- inent for the relieftof the several parishes subject to the operation of the above statute. It seemedI highllv desirable to go hand in hand with the Lsrd Bishop of Chester, the-rector of the parish, who is held in hiah esteem by the inhabitRnts, as to the measures proposed to be adopted. ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE. The stancdin5 committee of thtis parish, in relation to tithes, have been directed to attend the meeting at Guildhall, on behalf of the paTish. ST. OLAVE, EIART-STREET. A numnerous vtstry was held on Thursclay (tbr whieh see the ad- vertiseneut in our paper this day). Great efforts were made by the friends of Dr. Owen, in favour of his claim, but they completely failed; and Mllr. HoweD, ofi Mark-lane, stated, that the Reverend Doctor had threatened to make those, who signed the requaisition for the vestry pay the full sum of 2s. 9d. in the pountl, ihich threat immediately induced Iiim (itr. fowcll) to sign it. TITlflS UNDER THE 37rr OF HENRY VIIZ. ST. BOTOLPH, ALDGATE.