The Legal Position of the Clergy - Part 3
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[57] _Ib._ s. 6 (2).

[58] Ayl. Par. 233-5.

[59] Benefices Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 48), s. 2 (2); Benefices Rules, 1898, ru. 11, 12, sch. form (7).

[60] (1868) 31 & 32 Vict. c. 117.

[61] Gibs. Cod. 813.

[62] 28 & 29 Vict. c. 122 (Clerical Subscription Act, 1865), ss. 1, 5, 12; 31 & 32 Vict. c. 72 (Promissory Oaths Act, 1868), ss. 2, 8, 9, 14; 61 & 62 Vict. c. 48 (Benefices Act, 1898), s. 1 (4) sch.

[63] This may be the authority of the King in Council, under which the names of the sovereign and members of the Royal Family are changed in the prayers for them (Gibs. Cod. 280), and other forms are from time to time prescribed; or that of the archbishop or bishop, so far as they have power in the matter. See below, ch. v. -- 1.

[64] See below, --22.

[65] See above, --2 (_c_).

[66] Clarke Proxis, t.i.t. xci.; Gibs. Cod. 810. This oath does not mean that the clerk will obey all the commands of the bishop against which there is no law, but that he will obey all such commands as the bishop by law is authorised to impose; Long _v._ Bp. of Capetown (1863) 1 Moo.

P. C. N. S. 411, at p. 465.

[67] (1865) 28 & 29 Vict. c. 122, s. 7.

[68] Johns, vol. i. p. 84; Wats. ch. xv. p. 155, sq.

[69] _London Gazette_, July 2, 1895.

[70] Duke of Portland _v._ Bingham (1792) 1 Hag. Cons. 157, 161; Carr _v._ Marsh (1814) 2 Phill. 198, 206; Farnworth _v._ Bp. of Chester (1825) 4 B. & C. 555, 568; Bliss _v._ Woods (1831) 3 Hag. Eccl. 486, 501-512; Nesbitt _v._ Wallace (1901) P. 354.

[71] Canon 48; Yates _v._ Chambers (1824) 2 Add. 177, 191.

[72] (1839) 2 & 3 Vict. c. 30; (1840) 3 & 4 Vict, c. 113, s. 72; (1869) 32 & 33 Vict. c. 94, s. 4.

[73] Cripps, 580; Moysey _v._ Hillcoat (1828) 2 Hag. Eccl. 30, 46; Bp.

of Down _v._ Miller (1861) 11 Ir. Ch. Rep. App. i., ix.; 5 L. T. N. S.

30; Kitson _v._ Drury (1865) 11 Jur. N. S. 272.

[74] (1688) 1 Will. & Mar. sess. 1, c. 18; (1812) 52 Geo. 3, c. 155.

[75] 18 & 19 Vict. c. 86 (Liberty of Religious Worship Act).

[76] Degge, 188 (pt. i. ch. 12).

[77] 31 & 32 Vict. c. 118, s. 31; 32 & 33 Vict. c. 56, s. 53.

[78] 34 & 35 Vict. c. 66 (Private Chapels Act, 1871).

[79] Hodgson _v._ Dillon (1840) 2 Curt. 388.

[80] Richards _v._ Fincher (1874) L. R. 4 A. & E. 255.

[81] Bosanquet _v._ Heath (1860) 9 W. R. 35; 3 L. T. N. S. 290.

[82] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10; (1850) 13 & 14 Vict.

c. 98, ss. 1-4; (1885) 48 & 49 Vict. c. 54, s. 14.

[83] See -- 9 above.

[84] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 77, 85-87, 105; (1885) 48 & 49 Vict.

c. 54, ss. 1-8.

[85] 61 & 62 Vict. c. 48, s. 9.

[86] Barratt _v._ Kearns (1905) 1 K. B. 504.

[87] Gibs. Cod. 885; (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 32, 34, 35; Bluck _v._ Rackham (1845-6) 1 Rob. Eccl. 367; 5 Moo. P. C. 305; 4 Not. of Ca.

85, 534; 9 Jur. 497; 11 _Ib._ 325; 9 Q. B. 691.

[88] (1662) 14 Cha. 2. c. 4 (Act of Uniformity) s. 5.

[89] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 32, 42, 114-121.

[90] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 33, 41-51, 57.

[91] _Ib._ ss. 37-39.

[92] _Ib._ ss. 46, 49.

[93] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 54-58.

[94] _Ib._ ss. 108, 112, 113.

[95] See below, ch. iii. --. 2 (_c_).

[96] (1885) 48 & 49 Vict. c. 54, s. 12.

[97] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 120, 121.

[98] Reichel _v._ Bp. of Oxford (1887) 35 Ch. D. 48; aff. (1889) 14 App.

Ca. 259; comp. _Ib._ 665.

[99] Gibs. Cod. 821; Wats. ch. iv. p. 28; Colt _v._ Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield (1612) Hob. 140, 152.

[100] 9 Geo. 4, c. 94; 61 & 62 Vict. c. 48, s. 1 (4), sch.

[101] Robinson _v._ Dand (1886) 17 Q. B. D. 341.

[102] (1871) 34 & 35 Vict. c. 44; (1887) 50 & 51 Vict. c. 23; Maning _v._ Hardy (1904) 20 Times Law Rep. 776.