Church document details

Source:

The London Gazette.

Title:

Preston, St Peter and St John the Evangelist - Substitution of old church for new.

Date:

18 Dec 1908.

Body:

INSTRUMENT substituting the new church of Saint John the Evangelist, situate within the parish of Preston, in the county of Sussex and in the diocese of Chichester, for the old church of Saint Peter, situate within and hitherto being the parish church of the same parish.

To all to whom these presents shall come, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England send Greeting:—

WHEREAS a new church has lately been built within the parish of Preston, in the county of Sussex and in the diocese of Chichester, and has been consecrated and dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist.

And whereas the Right Reverend Charles John, Bishop of the said diocese of Chichester, and as such Bishop, the Patron of the vicarage of the said parish of Preston, and the Reverend Gerald Henry Moor, the Vicar or Incumbent of the said vicarage of the parish of Preston, have by an Instrument under their hands, bearing date on or about the twenty-first day of November, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight, certified to us, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, that it would be for the convenience of the said parish of Preston, that the said new church of Saint John the Evangelist, situate within such parish, should be substituted for the old parish church (dedicated to Saint Peter) of the same parish.

Now, therefore, we the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners' for England, in exercise and execution of the power or authority in that behalf contained in the Act of the eighth and ninth years of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter seventy, and in the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter fifty-five, and of all other powers or authorities in anywise enabling us in the same behalf, do by this Instrument under our common seal, with the consent (testified as hereinafter mentioned) of the said Charles John, Bishop of the said diocese of Chichester, and of the said Gerald Henry Moor, hereby declare that the said new church of Saint John the Evangelist, situate within the said parish of Preston, and duly consecrated as aforesaid, shall be and the same is hereby substituted for the said old parish church (dedicated to Saint Peter as aforesaid) of the same parish and that such new church shall henceforth be the parish church of the said parish of Preston, in lieu of the said old parish church of Saint Peter, as fully in all respects as if the said new church of Saint John the Evangelist, so hereby substituted, had been originally the parish church of the same parish; and we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, and with such consents as aforesaid (testified as hereinafter mentioned) do hereby transfer all the endowments, emoluments, and rights of or belonging to the said old parish church (dedicated to Saint Peter as aforesaid) of the said parish of Preston, or of or belonging to the Vicar or Incumbent thereof, to the said new church of Saint John the Evangelist (now being by virtue of these presents the parish church of the said parish of Preston) and to the Vicar or Incumbent thereof and his successors for ever.

In witness whereof to these presents we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, have set our common seal, and the said Charles John, Bishop of the said diocese of Chichester, has set his hand and affixed his episcopal seal and the said Gerald Henry Moor has set his hand and affixed his seal, this third day of December, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight.

Seal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England.

C. J. Cicestr.

Gerald Henry Moor.

Transcription details

Transcribed by: Michael Metcalfe.

Church(es) covered:

St John the Evangelist, St Peter.

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