Church document details

Source:

The London Gazette.

Title:

Notice of intent to unify the Benefices of Sedlescombe and Whatlington.

Date:

31 Jan 1922.

Body:

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of January, 1922.

PRESENT,

The KING's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

WHEEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of the Union of Benefices Act, 1919, and of the Act of the 37th and 38th years of Her late (Majesty Queen, Victoria, Chapter 63. duly prepared, and laid before His Majesty in Council, a Scheme, bearing date the 1st day of December, 1921, in the words and figures following, that is to say:—

"We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, acting in pursuance of the Union of Benefices Act, 1919, and of the Act of the 37th said 38th years of Heir late Majesty Queen Victoria, Chapter 63, have prepared and now humbly lay before Your Majesty in Council the following Scheme for effecting the union of two neighbouring Benefices, that is to say the Benefice (being a Rectory) of Sedlescombe and the Benefice (being a Rectory) of Whatlington, both of which Benefices are situate in the County of Sussex and in the Diocese of Chichester:

"Whereas Commissioners appointed at our request by the Right Reverend Winfrid Oldfield, Bishop of Chichester, pursuant to the provisions of the said Union of Benefices Act, 1919, to inquire into and report upon the union of the said two Benefices of Sedlescombe and Whatlington duly made their Report to the said Bishop of Chichester, and therein recommended the union of the said two Benefices and the terms for effecting the union, and the said Bishop of Chichester signified in writing his approval of the said Report:

"And whereas we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, have prepared this Scheme for the union of the said two Benefices which Scheme is based upon the terms recommended in the said Report, but with the consent of the said Bishop of Chichester embodies certain modifications thereof:

"And whereas both of the said Benefices of Sedlescombe and Whatlington are now full, the Reverend Ernest Gordon Reid being the present Incumbent of the said Benefice of Sedlescombe and the Reverend Charles Blanchard being the present Incumbent of the said Benefice of Whatlington:

"Now, therefore, we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners1 for England, with the consent of the said Winfrid Oldfield, Bishop of Chichester (in testimony whereof he has signed this Scheme and sealed the same with his Episcopal Seal), do humbly recommend and propose to Your Majesty as follows, that is to say:—

"1. That the said Benefice of Sedlescombe and the said Benefice of Whatlington shall be permanently united together and form one Benefice with cure of souls under the style of 'The United Benefice of Sedlescombe with Whatlington' but the Parishes of the said Benefices shall continue distinct in all respects, and that such United Benefice shall be included in and form part of the Rural Deanery of Hastings.

"2. That if upon the day when any Order of Your Majesty in Council ratifying this Scheme shall be published in the London Gazette both of the said two Benefices shall be vacant, the union of the same two Benefices shall forthwith take effect, and if only one of the said two Benefices shall be then vacant the said union shall take effect upon the next avoidance of the other of the said two Benefices; and if neither of the said two Benefices be then vacant the said union shall take effect on the first avoidance of that one of the said two Benefices which shall last be avoided after the date of the publication in the London Gazette of any Order of Your Majesty in Council ratifying this Scheme.

"3. That upon the said union taking effect the Parsonage House at present belonging to the said Benefice of Sedlescombe shall become and be the house of residence for the Incumbent of the United Benefice.

"4. That after the said union has taken effect the course and succession in which the respective Patrons shall present or nominate to the United Benefice from time to time as the same shall become vacant shall be as follows, that is to say, the right of presentation shall be exercised by the Patrons of the said two Benefices alternately, and that if at the date upon which any Order of Your Majesty in Council ratifying this Scheme shall be published in the London Gazette both of the said two Benefices shall be vacant, the first turn of presentation or nomination shall belong to the Patron of the said Benefice of Sedlescombe, but otherwise the first turn of presentation or nomination shall belong to the Patron of that one of the said two Benefices1 the Incumbent of which does not become the first Incumbent of the United Benefice under any of the provisions of Clause 2 of this Scheme.

"Provided always that nothing herein contained shall prevent us from recommending and proposing any other measures relating to the matters aforesaid, or any of them, in accordance with the provisions of the said Acts, or of any other Act of Parliament.”

And whereas drafts of the said Scheme have been published locally in the manner prescribed in the Statutory Rules made under the said Act and also transmitted in the manner so prescribed to the Patrons affected together with a Notice in each case requiring any objections to such draft Scheme to be stated or transmitted in writing to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners within the time prescribed in the same Rules:

And whereas certain objections have been so stated or transmitted to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners within the time prescribed in the same Rules:

And whereas the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners after giving full consideration to such objections have deemed right to make certain alterations in such, draft Scheme:

And whereas public notice of the certification to His Majesty in Council of the said Scheme and the consent thereto in writing of the Bishop of Chichester has been duly given in the manner and within the time prescribed in the Statutory Rules aforesaid:

And whereas no appeal has been made to His Majesty in Council within the period of one month after the date of the said public notice in accordance with, the provisions of the said Act, against the said Scheme, or any part thereof, by any person who has made objection as aforesaid, to the said draft Scheme:

And whereas neither of the two Benefices affected by the said Scheme is situate in a City or Municipal Borough:

And whereas the said Scheme has been approved by His Majesty in Council:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His said Council, is pleased hereby to affirm the said Scheme, and to order that the two Benefices therein recommended to be united shall be united to the extent and for the purposes recommended in the said Scheme, and further to order and direct that the said Scheme and every part thereof shall be effectual in law immediately from and after the time when this Order shall have been duly published in the London Gazette pursuant to the said Acts.

And His Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the said Diocese of Chichester.

Almeric FitzEoy.

Transcription details

Transcribed by: Michael Metcalfe.

Church(es) covered:

St John the Baptist, St Mary Magdalene.

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