Church document details

Source:

The London Gazette.

Title:

Brighton, St Nicholas - Granting of endowment.

Date:

10 Jul 1874.

Body:

AT the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of July, 1874.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have, in pursuance of the Act of the third and fourth years of Her Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and of the Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of Her Majesty chapter eighty-four, duly prepared and laid before Her Majesty in Council a scheme, bearing date the twenty-first day of May, in the year one-thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the words following, that is to say :

"We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England have pursuance of the Act of the third and fourth years of your Majesty, chapter one hundred and thirteen, and of the Act of the seventeenth and eighteenth years of your Majesty, chapter eighty-four, have prepared and now humbly lay before your Majesty in Council, the following scheme for making better provision for the cure of souls in the new parish of Saint Nicholas, Brighton, in the county of Sussex, and in the diocese of Chichester.

"Whereas, the Right Reverend Richard, Bishop of the said diocese of Chichester, is patron in right of his See, of the vicarage of Brighton, in the said county and diocese, and is also patron in right of his See of the said new parish and vicarage of Saint Nicholas, Brighton.

"And whereas it has been made to appear to us that the said new parish and vicarage of Saint Nicholas, Brighton, is at present in need of endowment, and a desire has been expressed to us by the said Richard, Bishop of Chichester, as such patron as aforesaid, and also by the Reverend John Hannah, Doctor of Civil Law, the incumbent of the said vicarage of Brighton, that a certain apportionment of income now belonging to the said vicarage of Brighton, should be made in favour of the said new parish and vicarage of Saint Nicholas, Brighton.

"And whereas it appears to us expedient that such an apportionment as is hereinafter specified and set forth; should be made accordingly.

"Now, therefore, with the consent of the Right Honourable and Most Reverend Archibald Campbell, Archbishop of Canterbury, of the said Right Reverend Richard, Bishop of the said diocese of Chichester, and of the said John Hannah, incumbent of the said vicarage of Brighton, testified by their having respectively signed and sealed this scheme we humbly recommend and propose, that upon and from the day of the date of the publication in the London Gazette of any Order of your Majesty in Council ratifying this scheme, the sum of eight hundred and fifteen pounds eight shillings reduced three pounds per centum annuities, which is now held in trust as part of the endowment of the said vicarage of Brighton by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy, shall be held by the said Governors in trust for and for the benefit of the incumbent of the said hew parish of Saint Nicholas, Brighton, and his successors, incumbents of the same new parish, and shall form part of the endowment thereof.

"And we further recommend and propose, that nothing herein contained shall prevent us from recommending and proposing any other measure relating to the matters aforesaid, or any of them, in accordance with the provisions of the said Acts or either of them, or of any other Act of Parliament.

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 at Lewes.

Arthur Helps.

Transcription details

Transcribed by: Michael Metcalfe.

Church(es) covered:

St Nicholas of Myra, St Peter.

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