Church document details

Source:

The London Gazette.

Title:

Eridge, Holy Trinity - Establishment of district chapelry.

Date:

5 Feb 1856.

Body:

AT the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of January, 1856,

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter thirty-nine, and of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter thirty-seven, and of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter eighty-four, duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a scheme, bearing date the eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the words and figures following; that is to say :

"We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in pursuance of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of your Majesty's reign, chapter one hundred and thirteen; and of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the fourth and fifth years of your Majesty's reign, chapter thirty-nine; and of the Act of the session of Parliament holden in the sixth and seventh years of your Majesty's reign, chapter thirty-seven; and of the Act of the session of Parliament, holden in the seventeenth and eighteenth years of your Majesty's reign, chapter eighty-four, have prepared and now humbly lay before your Majesty in Council the following scheme for effecting certain arrangements with a view to making better provision for the cure of souls in the parishes of Frant and Rotherfield, in the county of Sussex, and in the diocese of Chichester, and for constituting a separate district for spiritual purposes out of the said parishes :

"Whereas it was by the first-mentioned Act enacted, with an especial view to the better care of populous parishes, that arrangements might from time to time be made by the authority therein provided (that is to say, by a scheme prepared by us, and a duly gazetted Order of your Majesty in Council ratifying the same), for improving the value or making a better provision for the spiritual duties of ill-endowed parishes or districts by means of such exchange of advowsons or of such other alterations in the exercise of patronage as might be agreed upon by patrons with the consent of the bishop in every such case; and it was by the same Act further enacted that arrangements might be made by the like authority for the apportionment of the income of two benefices, belonging to the same patron, between the incumbents or ministers of such benefices, or the churches or chapels connected therewith, provided that no such arrangement should be made with respect to benefices in lay patronage, without the consents of the respective patrons, nor in any case so as to prejudice the interests of any existing incumbent, nor without the consent of the bishop of the diocese.

"And whereas it was by the secondly-mentioned Act declared and enacted, that it should be competent to the authority in the first-mentioned Act provided, to make arrangements under and according to the provisions of the same Act for improving the value or making a better provision for the spiritual duties of ill-endowed parishes or districts, by means of the exchange of advowsons or other alterations in the exercise of patronage, notwithstanding that such advowsons, or any or either of them, or such patronage, should be vested in or belong to any ecclesiastical corporation, aggregate or sole :

"And whereas it was by the fourthly-mentioned Act enacted, that the hereinbefore recited provisions of the first-mentioned Act, respecting the apportionment of the income of two benefices belonging to the same patron between the incumbents or ministers of such benefices, or the churches or chapels connected therewith, should apply to any lands, tithes, tithe rent-charges, or other hereditaments, or sources of income, of what nature or kind soever, belonging to such benefices, and should apply to any number of benefices belonging to the same patron, including any united benefice, and that every church or chapel possessed of any endowment, or capable of receiving the same, and also any sinecure rectory, so far as regards the transfer of its endowments, or any portion thereof, to any benefice, should be deemed a benefice for the purpose of such arrangements or any of them :

"And whereas it was by the thirdly-mentioned Act enacted, that if at any time it should be made to appear to us that it would promote the interests of religion that any part or parts of any parish or parishes, chapelry or chapelries, district or districts, of great extent, and containing a large population, and wherein, or in parts whereof, the provision for public worship and for pastoral superintendence is insufficient for the spiritual wants of the inhabitants thereof, or any extra-parochial place or places, or any part or parts thereof, should be constituted a separate district for spiritual purposes, it should be lawful, by the authority aforesaid, with the consent of the bishop of the diocese, under his hand and seal, to set out by metes and hounds, and constitute a separate district accordingly, such district not then containing within its limits any consecrated church or chapel in use for the purposes of divine worship, and to fix and declare the name of such district; and it was by the same Act provided, that the draft of any scheme for constituting any such district should be delivered or transmitted to the incumbent and to the patron or patrons of the church or chapel of any parish, chapelry, or district out of which it is recommended that any such district or any part thereof should be taken, in order that such incumbent, patron or patrons, might have an opportunity of offering or making to us, or to such bishop, any observations or objections upon or to the constituting of such district, and that such scheme should not be laid before your Majesty in Council until after the expiration of one calendar month next after such copy should have been so delivered or transmitted, unless such incumbent and patron or patrons should in the meantime consent to the same; and it was by the same Act also provided, that in every such scheme for constituting any such district we should recommend to your Majesty in Council that the minister of such district, when duly licensed according to the same Act, should be permanently endowed, under the provisions of the same Act, to an amount of not less than the annual value of one hundred pounds, and also, if such endowment be of less than the annual value of one hundred and fifty pounds, that the same should be increased to such last-mentioned amount at the least, so soon as such district shall have become a new parish as therein-after provided; and it was by the same Act further enacted, that it should be lawful, by the authority aforesaid, at any time to assign the right of patronage of any such district or new parish as aforesaid, and the nomination of the minister or perpetual curate thereof respectively, either in perpetuity, or for one or more nomination or nominations, to any ecclesiastical corporation, aggregate or sole, or to either of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham, or to any college therein respectively, or to any person or persons, or the nominee or nominees of such person or persons or body respectively, upon condition of such corporation, university, college, person or persons contributing to the permanent endowment of such minister or perpetual curate, or towards providing a church or chapel for the use of the inhabitants of such district or new parish, in such proportion and in such manner as should be approved by the like authority:

"And whereas the Right Honourable and Reverend William Earl of Abergavenny is patron of the rectory or benefice of the said parish of Rotherfield, and the patronage of the vicarage of the said parish of Frant is vested in the rector or incumbent for the time being of the rectory of Rotherfield aforesaid: and whereas the said parishes are respectively of great extent, and contain a large population, and the provision for public worship and for pastoral superintendence therein is insufficient for the spiritual wants of the inhabitants thereof, and it has been proposed to us on behalf of such patrons, and it has been made to appear to us, that it would promote the interests of religion that the particular parts of such parishes hereinafter mentioned and described, such parts not at present containing within their limits any consecrated church or chapel in use for the purposes of divine worship, should be constituted a separate district in the manner hereinafter set forth:

And whereas an annual sum of one hundred and fifty pounds has been provided by the patrons and incumbents of the said rectory of Rotherfield and vicarage of Frant respectively, by means of a rent-charge issuing out of the tithes or rent-charges in lieu of tithes belonging to the said rectory and vicarage respectively, and made payable to us towards the permanent endowment of the minister of the district herein recommended to be constituted, and so soon as such district shall have become, according to the provisions of the said thirdly mentioned Act, a new parish for ecclesiastical purposes, of the perpetual curate thereof:

"And whereas the said William Earl of Abergavenny hath provided a church, to be consecrated as the church of the said district and new parish, and for the use and service of the minister or perpetual curate and inhabitants thereof, together with a convenient burial ground for the same, and has agreed to provide a suitable house of residence for the minister or perpetual curate of the said district or new parish; and it has been proposed to us, and it appears to us to be expedient, that, in consideration of the benefactions aforesaid, the whole right of patronage of and nomination of the minister or perpetual curate to the said district and new parish should be assigned in manner hereinafter recommended and proposed:

"And whereas the vicarage of the said, parish of Frant is charged with the payment of a pension or annual stipend of ten pounds and ten shillings to the rectory or benefice of the said parish of Rotherfield, and the last-named rectory possesses certain glebe lands situate within the parish of Frant, which are more particularly described and set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked B, and it has been proposed to us, and it appears to us to be desirable that the arrangements hereinafter recommended should be made for transferring such last-named glebe lands belonging to the said rectory to the vicarage of Frant, and for releasing the said vicarage from the payment of the aforesaid pension or stipend:

"And whereas the said William Earl of Abergavenny hath signified his assent, as patron of the rectory of Rotherfield, to the intended arrangements last mentioned for apportioning the income of the said rectory, and the said Earl and William Neville, Esquire, commonly called the Right Honourable William Viscount Neville, eldest son and heir apparent of the said Earl, have also, by their covenant in writing, bearing date the twentieth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, undertaken to compensate the present incumbents of the said rectory of Rotherfield and vicarage of Frant for any loss which they may sustain respectively by reason of the charge created upon their respective benefices for the purpose of endowing the new district and parish, herein recommended to be constituted, and it has been further proposed to us, and it appears to us to be expedient, that, in consideration of such assent and undertaking as aforesaid, the whole right of patronage of and nomination to the said vicarage of Frant should likewise be assigned in manner hereinafter mentioned and proposed:

"Now, therefore, we humbly recommend and propose, with the consent of the Right Reverend Ashhurst Turner, Bishop of Chichester, and of the Right Honourable and Reverend William Earl of Abergavenny, testified by their having respectively signed and sealed this scheme, that all that part of the said parish of Frant and also all that part of the said parish of Rotherfield described in the schedule hereunto annexed marked A (all which parts, together with the boundaries thereof, are delineated and set forth on the map or plan hereunto also annexed) shall be together constituted a separate district for spiritual purposes accordingly, and that the same shall be named " The District of Eridge Green."

"And we further recommend and propose, that there shall be paid by us in each and every year, by equal half yearly payments on the first day of May and the first day of November, to the minister for the time being of the district so recommended to be constituted, when duly licensed according to the provisions of the said thirdly-mentioned Act, and so soon as such district shall have become, according to the provisions of the same Act, a new parish for ecclesiastical purposes, to the perpetual curate thereof, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds ; arid that the first such payment, or a proportionate part thereof, shall be made on the first day of May or of November next after the day of the date of the license of such minister or of such, perpetual curate as aforesaid, as the case may be ; and that in case a vacancy in the ministry or perpetual curacy of such district or new parish shall happen on any other day than the first day of May or the first day of November, the amount payable shall be duly apportioned between and paid to the minister or the perpetual curate making the vacancy, or his personal representative or representatives, and the minister or the perpetual curate succeeding to such district or new parish ; provided always, that if it shall appear to us to be expedient at any future time, that instead of the annual sum then in course of payment by us to the minister or perpetual curate of the said district or new parish, or instead of any part of such annual sum, any land, tithe, or other hereditament should be conveyed to such district or new parish in fee, in substitution for the same, nothing herein or in any other scheme contained shall prevent us from recommending and proposing such a substitution.

"And we further recommend and propose, that the whole right of patronage of the said district and new parish herein recommended to be constituted, and the nomination of the minister or perpetual curate thereof, shall be assigned to and be permanently vested in the said William Earl of Abergavenny and his heirs male, to be held and enjoyed by him and them in the same manner as the patronage of the said rectory or benefice of the parish of Rotherfield is at present held and enjoyed ; and that the whole right of patronage of the said vicarage of the parish of Frant, and the nomination of the vicar or incumbent thereof, shall, without any conveyance or assurance in the law other than this scheme and any duly gazetted Order of your Majesty in Council ratifying the same, and upon and from the day upon which such Order shall be published in the London Gazette, be likewise transferred to and become absolutely vested in the said William Earl of Abegavenny and his heirs male, to be held and enjoyed by him and them in manner aforesaid.

"And we further recommend and propose, subject to such transfer of the patronage of the vicarage of Frant as aforesaid, that upon and from the date of the next avoidance of the said rectory or benefice of Rotherfield, the glebe lands now belonging to the said benefice, situate within the parish of Frant, and set forth and described in the schedule hereunto annexed, marked B, as aforesaid, shall, by the like authority, be transferred to and become absolutely vested in the then incumbent or vicar of the said vicarage of the parish of Frant, and his successors, incumbents of the same vicarage ; and that upon and from the date of the next avoidance of the said rectory or benefice of Rotherfield as aforesaid, the said vicarage of Frant, and the incumbent or vicar thereof shall in like manner and by the same authority be relieved and for ever discharged from the payment of the annual pension or stipend of ten pounds and ten shillings now payable thereout to the rectory of the said parish of Rotherfield.

"And we further recommend and propose, 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."

SCHEDULE A.

The District of Eridge Green, being—

"All that portion of the parish of Frant, in the county of Sussex, and in the diocese of Chichester, situate on the western side of an imaginary line commencing at a point marked A, on the map or plan hereunto annexed, on the boundary of the said parish and the parish of Speldhurst, near Roper's Gate, and distant fifty yards to the eastward of the middle of the turnpike-road leading from Tunbridge Wells to Brighton, and thence extending in a south-westerly direction, parallel to the middle of the said road, as far as a point marked B, upon the said map or plan, and being distant fifty yards to the north-eastward of the middle of a private road, branching out of the said last-mentioned road, and leading to a place called or known by the name of the Old Forge, and thence continuing in a south-easterly direction, parallel to the middle of the said last-mentioned road, till it meets the boundary of the said parish: And also all that portion of the parish of Rotherfield, in the same county and diocese, situate on the western and north-western sides of an imaginary line, commencing at a point marked C, on the said map or plan, on the north-eastern boundary of the said last-named parish, near the chalybeate spring, in Eridge Park, and in the middle of a public footpath, leading from the village of Frant aforesaid, into the high road from Saxonbury Hill to Tunbridge Wells, and thence extending southward, along the middle of the said footpath, until it meets the said road, thence crossing the said road and continuing in the same direction to a distance of fifty yards to the southward of the middle thereof, and thence extending in a westerly direction, parallel to the middle of the same road, until it meets the high road leading from Rotherfield to Tunbridge Wells, thence crossing the last-mentioned road and continuing in the same direction to a distance of fifty yards to the westward of the middle thereof, and thence extending in a north-westerly direction, parallel to the middle of the said road, as far as a public footpath commencing at Stone Wall Farm, and leading across certain farm lands called or known by the name of the Stonewall, Stitches, Browning's Lodge, and Meade's Farms respectively, and thence continuing in a south-westerly direction, along the middle of the said footpath until its junction with the cross road called or known by the name of the Sandhill Road, which connects the high road leading from Rotherfield to Tunbridge Wells with the turnpike road leading from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells, and thence crossing the said Sandhill. Road and continuing in the same direction to a distance of fifty yards to the southward of the middle thereof, and thence extending in a northwesterly direction, parallel to the middle of the same road, until it meets the turnpike road leading from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells, and thence crossing the last-mentioned road and continuing in the same direction to a distance of fifty yards to the westward of the middle thereof, and thence extending in a northerly direction, parallel to the middle of the same road, until it meets the high road called or known by the name of the Cinder Road, leading into Withyham parish, and thence continuing along the middle of the last-named road until it meets the western boundary of the said parish of Rotherfield.

"SCHEDULE B.

No. on Tithe Commutation Map of the Parish of Frant., Quantities. A. R. P.

793, 1 2 16

794, 2 0 12

795, 2 1 16

796, 2 2 38

798, 1 1 17

803, 0 1 3

804, 3 2 0

805, 2 3 14

806, 2 0 0

807, 2 3 10

808, 6 1 33

809, 2 0 0

810, 0 2 14

811, 2 2 16

812, 2 3 26

813, 6 2 26

820, 0 1 36

821, 3 0 36

822, 2 3 3

823, 6 3 0

824, 1 2 35

825, 7 3 23

826, 1 2 10

827, 1 2 38

828, 0 3 20

829, 5 0 4

And whereas due notice of the said scheme has been given, in accordance with the provisions of the said Acts, to the incumbents and patrons of the said parishes of Frant and Rotherfield respectively, and no objections have been made thereto.

And whereas the said scheme has been approved by Her Majesty in Council, now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is pleased hereby to ratify the said scheme, and to order and direct that the same 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 Her Majesty, by and with the like advice, is pleased hereby to direct that this Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the Diocese of Chichester.

Wm. L. Bathurst.

Transcription details

Transcribed by: Michael Metcalfe.

Church(es) covered:

Holy Trinity, St Alban, St Denys.

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