Front matter
BX 5151 .B75 1875 Brice, Seward, 1846 The law relating to worship
1914. public
STEVENS AND HAYNES' PUBLICATIONS.
Preface
HE object of this work is to contain a full exposition of the Law of Public Worship, in so far as it concerns the external forms and cultus enforced or merely permissible by the rules of the Church of England. Special prominence is given to those subjects — Ornaments, Ceremonial, and Vestments— which during the last thirty years have been continually increasing in importance, and which }ear after year have attracted a larger share of public attention. Such portions of the various Liturgies are set forth as will probably be sufficient to enable the reader to compare the existing Prayer Book with the earlier editions, and so to obtain a clear notion of the changes that have from time to time taken place in the Services of the National Church, and in the regulations for the due conduct and holding of them. In connection with this portion of the subject, I must tender to Mr. John Marriott Davenport, of Oxford, my sincere thanks for his kind remarks and criticism. Mr. Davenport has read the whole of the proof sheets, and has supplied, more particularly in Part I., many valuable corrections and suggestions. Here also I wish to acknowledge the great obligations I am under, in respect of Chapters iii., iv., and v. of Part I., to that very important work, M The Book of Common Prayer, with Notes," by Dr. Stephens ; and also to the Rev. Dr. Cardwell's " Liturgies of Edward VI.*'
Throughout I have endeavoured to state what, in accordance
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with existing decisions, is the actual state of the law, not what some extreme partisans, ecclesiastical or lay, choose to think it ought to be.
The effort has been made to render the book complete for its purpose. Therefore, first, it contains in Part I. the Substantive Law relating to Public Worship. Next, in Part II., is set forth a succinct, and, it is hoped, sufficient statement of the means provided for enforcing a due observance of the Substantive, and for punishing breaches or omissions of, or other offences against it. In this Part will be found the text of the Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874, and the Church Discipline Act, with comments and annotations upon both Statutes, and an abstract of the cases decided under the latter Act.
Lastly, Part III. includes the most important Statutes and other enactments of statutory or quasi-statutory authority bearing upon Public Worship. In all cases the text is given in extenso, because many decisions and ecclesiastical disputes have turned upon sections and clauses now repealed. It was originally intended to insert in this Part several of the Visitation Articles of the Bishops during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but such an addition would have greatly increased the bulk of the volume. Moreover, these articles can now be obtained in a very accessible form, being printed in the Appendices to the Reports of the Ritual Commissioners ; and the enactments contained in Part III., chapter iii., comprise all which are of legal obligation.
My friend and former pupil, Mr. E. Marjoribanks, of the Inner Temple, has rendered very essential and willing assistance, by compiling the List of Cases, and preparing the very copious Index to this Book.
S. B.
Temple,
Chapter II. — General Matters relating to the Conduct
of Public Worship . . . . 1 3
Sect. 1. The Place for holding Public Worship . . 13 Consecration and Reconsecration . . .19 Place of the Person conducting Public Worship . 24 11. Time of holding Public Worship ... 26 in. Person by whom Public Worship is to be conducted ........ 29
Chaplains ....... 33
iv. General Conduct of Public Worship 35
Chapter III. — The Liturgies of the Church of England . 43
Sect. 1. Explication of Terms • • • • • 43
11. History of the Liturgies ..... 47
The First Prayer Book ..... 56
The Second Prayer Book ..... 58 The Prayer Book of 1559 . . . .61
Sect. in. 'The ordinary Services ..... 71
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Chapter III. — Liturgies of the Church of England {continued). Sect, in, First — The Introductory Part of the Prayer Book 7 1
Concerning the Service of the Church . . 79 Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished and
some retained . . . . . .81
Second — Morning Prayer . . . . 84
Third — Evening Prayer . . . . • "93
Fourth — The shortened Forms of Service . . 96 The shortened order for Morning Prayer daily throughout the Year, except on Sunday, Christmas Day, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Ascension Day . . . -97 The shortened order for Evening Prayer daily throughout the Year, except on Sunday, Christmas Day, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Ascension Day .... 99 Fifth — The Athanasian Creed . . . .101 Sixth — The Litany . . . . . 103 Seventh — The Communion Service . . .104 Eighth — The Sermon . . . . .106 iv. The Remainder of the Book of Common Prayer 107
Chapter IV. — Rites and Sacraments . . . . .111
Sect. 1. Explication of Terms . . . . .111
n. The History of the Rites and Sacraments . . 114
in. The Communion Service . . . . .114
iv. Other Rites and Sacraments . . . 131
First — Baptism . . . . . 131
2. Private Baptism of Infants . . .140
3. The Baptism of such as are of Riper Years 144
What is legal Baptism? . . . 145
Second — Confirmation . . . . .148
Third — Solemnization of Matrimony . . 150 Fourth — The Order for the Visitation of the Sick 152
Fifth — The Communion of the Sick . . .154
Sixth — Burial of the Dead . . . .159
Law relating to Burial . . . . .160
Seventh — The Remaining Offices . . .162
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Chapter V. — Ceremonial . . . . . , .164
Sect. 1. Explication of the term Ceremony . . .164 n. The General Law relating to Ceremonial . .165 m. Ceremonies connected with the Ordinary Services l 70 Processions . . . . . . .170
Ceremonial Use of Crosses, Crucifixes, and
Various other Ceremonies .... 184
iv. Ceremonies specially connected with the Communion Service . . . . . .187
Position of the Minister during the Communion
Chapter VII. — Vestments ....... 206
Sect. 1. Explication of Terms ..... 206
n. History of Vestments ..... 208
in. Vestments for the Holy Communion . . 215 iv. Vestments for the other Services . . .215 At the Communion . . . . .215
Services other than the Communion . . 216 Comments on the Decisions as to Vestments . 217
Chapter VIII. — Ornamentation 220
Sect. 1. Definition of the Term . . . . .220
n. History of the Law Relating to Ornaments . 222 in. Ornamentation which is not specially connected
with the Chancel . . . . . .225
Sub-sect. 1. Structural Ornamentation .... 225
Seats in the Church ..... 226
Pulpit, Reading-desk, and Font . . . 226
Monumental Erections ..... 227
Sub-sect. 2. Non-structural Ornamentation . . . 230
Crucifixes ....... 236
Ornaments and Furniture directed by the Canons 237
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Chapter VIII. — Ornamentation {continued).
Sect. iv. Ornamentation specially connected with the
Holy Communion ..... 240
Credence Tables and Baldacchinos . . .251
Chapter I. — Ecclesiastical Remedies and Punishments . 274
Sect. 1. General Notice ...... 274
11. Penalties to which both Clergy and Laity are
1. Monition or Admonition .... 275
3. Suspension ab ingressu ecclesice . . 277
4. Excommunication . . . . .278 in. Punishments limited to Clerical Offences . . 280
5. Suspension either ab officio merely or ab officio et a beneficio ..... 280
6. Sequestration ...... 283
7. Deprivation ...... 289
8. Degradation ...... 293
iv. Anomalous Punishments ..... 293
Criminal Suits ...... 298
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Chapter II. — The Jurisdiction of the Ordinary . . 300
Sect. 1. Who is the Ordinary ? 300
11. The Jurisdiction of the Ordinary in matters of
Ritual and Ornamentation .... 302
in. The Jurisdiction of the Ordinary in other matters 305
Chapter III. — Faculties ....... 309
Sect. 1. Meaning of the Term ..... 309
11. Ordinary Faculties ...... 309
General Principles relating to the Grant . .310 Purposes for which Faculties are granted . .312 in. Confirmatory Faculties . . . . .316
iv. Anomalous Faculties . . . . 319
Chapter IV. — Ordinary Legal Proceedings . . . 323
Sect. 1. Difference between Civil and Criminal Suits . 323
1. Who may be Plaintiff . m . . . 326
2. Commencement ..... 327
Citation or Decree ..... 327
Act on Petition . . . . -331
Litis Contestatio ..... 335 in. Criminal Suits ...... 340
The Promoter . . . . . • . 340
General Nature of the Articles .... 342
Pleading and Proof of the Charges Alleged . 344
iv. Rules of the Court of Arches .... 347
Chapter V. — The Church Discipline Act .... 355
Sect. 1. General Notice of the Act .... 355
Chapter VI. — The Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874 . 382
Sect. 1. General Notice of the Act .... 382
11. The Public Worship Regulation Act, with Notes 388
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Chapter VII. — The Court of Final Appeal . . .417 Sect. 1. Appeals previous to 1833 • • • 417 11. The Privy Council . . . . .421
hi. The present Court of Appeal .... 426
Chapter V. — Constitutions and Canons of the Church of England 543
TABLE OF CASES.
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^DLAM v. Colthurst, L. R. 2 Adm. & Eccl. 30 . 319 Albany v. Bishop of St. Asaph, Croke Eliz. 119 . 306 Arbuckle v. Cowtan, 3 Bos. & Pull. 321 . . 283 Armstrong v. Huddlestone, 1 Moo. P. C. C. 486 . 298 I Attorney-General v. Brereton, 2 Ves. Sen. 425, 427 14 Attorney-General v. Mayor of Bristol . . . . . .11
Baker v. Thorogood, 2 Curt. 632 295
Barlee v. Barlee, 1 Add. 301 294
Barton v. Field, 4 Moo. P. C. C. 273 296
„ v. Wells, 1 Hagg. Cons. 34 299
(See also Liddell v. Beal, Westerton v. Liddell, Liddell?/. Westerton.)
Best v. Best, 2 Phill. 161 338
Blackmore v. Brider, 2 Phill. 359 277
Blake v. Osborne, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 726 268
Bluck v. Hodgson, 5 Notes of Cases, 167 284
„ v. Rackham, 5 Moo. P. C. C. 305 323
Blunt (case of Rev. W.), 2 Steph. " Eccl. Stat." 2046 . . .218 Bonwell v. Bishop of London, 14 Moo. P. C. C. 325 291, 292, 359, 364
Bridgwater v. Crutchley, 1 Add. 480 299
Bright v. Hutton, 3 H. L. Cas. 341 425
Brooks v. Cresswell, 4 Notes of Cases, 429 . . 363, 365, 371, 376
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D'Aguilar v. D'Aguilar, i Hagg. Eccl. 773 Daunt v. Crocker, L. R. 2 Adm. & Eccl. 41 ; 37 L. J. Eccl. 1 Denison (ex parte), 4 E. & B. 292 ; 24 L. J. Q. B. 34 Dewdney v. Good & Ford, 7 Jur. (N. S.) 673 Dicks v. Huddesford, 1 Phill. 278 ...
Ditcher v. Denison, n Moo. P. C. C. 324 .
Doe dem. Richardson v. Thomas, 9 Ad. & Ell. 556 Down & Connor (Bishop of) v. Miller, 1 1 Ir. Ch. App
(N. S.) 30 • . • • • . • Dysart v. Dysart, 2 Notes of Cases, 16 . . 331
Bunter v. Cresswell, 14 Q. B. 285, 3 Jur. 864 Burch v. Reid, L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 112 Burder v. Hodgson, 4 Notes of Cases, 492
„ v. Langley, 1 Notes of Cases, 542 „ v. O'Neil, 9 Jur. (N. S.) 1109 „ v. Speer, 1 Notes of Cases, 39 „ v. Pughe, 1 Jur. (N. S.) 1 175 Burgoyne v. Free, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 456 Burnell v. Jenkins, 2 Phill. 391 Burton v. Hewson, 10 M. & W. 105 Butt v. Jones, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 417 .
Campbell v. Parishioners of Paddington, 2 Rob. Eccl Cardinall v. Molyneux, 4 D. G. F. & J. 1 17 .
Carr v. Marsh, 2 Phill. 198
Carter v. Carter, Prerog. Crt. H. T. 1840 Caudrey's Case, 5 Rep. 1, 8 .
Churchwardens of St. John's, Margate, v. Parishioners,
inhabitants of the same, 1 Hagg. Cons. 198 Clarke ev. Heathcote, 4 Notes of Cases, 321 Clayton v. Dean, 7 Notes of Cases, 46 Clinton v. Hatchard, 1 Add. 96 .
Clutton v. Cherry, 2 Phill. 385 Coates v. Brown, 1 Add. 351
Constable & Bailey v. Tuffnell & Mason, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 508 Conway v. Beazeley, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 651 Cooper v. Dodd, 2 Rob. Eccl. 270 Coppin v. Dillon, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 375 .
Courtail v. Homfray, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 1 .
Cox v. Goodday, 2 Hagg. Cons. 138 Craig v. Farnall, 6 Moo. P. C. C. 446 .
Croft v. Croft, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 310 .
■ 407 298, 362
• 363
• 363
• 340
• 363
• 363 292, 298
• 297 . 269
311, 312
558 310,314
• 337 . 61
Vicar, and
. 263 298, 362, 363 . 23
• 277, 278
• 337 . 276, 299
298 339 379 298 277
277 408
332 6
332, 337, 338
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196, 202, 257, 365
Escott v. Mastin, 4 Moo. P. C. C. 692 146, 408. See Mastin v.
Escott.
Evan v. Elack, 38 L. J. Eccl. 38 313
• 339
• 333
6, 306
Evans i\ Evans, 1 Rob. Eccl. 173 „ v. Knight & Moore, 3 Phill. 418
„ v. Owen Godbolt, 432 Exeter (Bishop of) v. Marshall, L. R. 3 H. L. 17
Fagg v. Lee, L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 135 . . 259,326,327,330 Farnall v. Craig, 5 Notes of Cases, 557 . . . . 363, 369 Faulkner v. Litchfield & Stearne, 1 Rob. Eccl. 184 ; 3 Notes of
Fell v. Bond, 1 Rob. Eccl. 740 406
Fielding v. Standen and others, 2 Curt. 663 .... 276 Flamank v. Simpson, L. R. 1 Adm. & Eccl. 276, 278 36, 189, 202,
366, 371, 372, 376
Foster v. Foster, 1 Add. 469 299
Freeland v. Neale, 1 Rob. Eccl. 643, 12 Jur. 635 . Fuller v. Lane, 2 Add. 419
Gilbert v. Buzzard & Boyer, 2 Hagg. Cons. 333 Goodhall & Gray v. Whitmore & Fenn, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 374 Goreham's Case, Moo. Spec. Rep. 462 .
Greenhill v. Greenhill, 1 Curt. 462 Greenslade v. Derby, L. R. 3 O. B. 421 Griffiths v. Reed & Harry, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 210 Groves & Wright v. Rector of Hornsey, I Hagg. Cons. 505
299, 311
. 19 268, 312, 313
160, 162 298
298 298, . 313
Hallack v. University of Cambridge, 1 0. B. 593 Hamerton v. Hamerton, 1 Hagg. 23 .
Harris & Wiggens v. Milburn, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 62 . Harrison v. Forbes &: Sisson, 6 Jur. (N. S.) 1353 Harper v. Forbes, 5 Jur. (N. S.) 275 .
214, 216, 281, 282, 284, 297, 410, 425, 605 Henshaw & Hadfield z\ Atkinson, 1 Lee, 239 . . . .421 Herbert v. Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1 P. Wms. 773 . 16
Hereford (Bishop of) v. T , 2 Rob. Eccl. 595 ... 376
Hitchins a/. Wood, 2 Moo. P. C. C. 355 333
Hodgson v. Dillon, 2 Curt. 388 17, 30
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Homer & Bloomer v. Jones, 9 Jur. 167 .... 359, 366
Hopper v. Davis, 1 Lee, 648 314, 326
Hopton v. Minister & Churchwardens of Kemerton, 5 Notes of
Huble v. Clark, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 129 298
Hussey v. Radcliffe, 5 Jur. (N. S.), 1014 . . . 293, 362, 363 Hutchins v. Denziloe & Loveland, 1 Hagg. Cons. 170, 175-9 3^> 2^4>
Jackson v. Singer & Carson, 37 L. J. Eccl. 9 . . .227
Jarman v. Bagster, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 356 . . . . . 343
Jarratt v. Steele, 3 Phill. 170 313
Jones v. Ellis, 2 Y. & J. 265 15
King v. Archbishop of Canterbury & Bishop of London, 15 East.
117 ' 306,307
Kitson v. Jury, 11 Jur. (N. S.) 272 19
„ v. Loftus, 4 Notes of Cases, 323 .... 293, 364 Knapp v. Parishioners of Willesden, 2 Rob. Eccl. 358 . .313
Lagden v. Robinson & Green, 1 Hagg. Cons. 505 . , . 298
Lait v. Bailey, 2 Rob. Eccl. 150 . 327
Langmead v. Lewis, 2 Phill. 325 . . . . . . . 276
Lawson v. Carr, 10 Moo. P. C. C. 162 408
Lechmere Charlton's Case, 2 My. & Cr. 316 . . . . 294 Lee v. Matthews, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 173 . . 267, 277, 278, 334, 343 Liddell v. Beal, 14 Moo. P. C. C. 7 . . . 236, 247, 248, 250 (See also Beal v. Liddell, Westerton v. Liddell, Liddell v. Westerton.)
Liddell v. Rainsford, 38 L. J. Eccl. 15 17, 326
„ v. Westerton, Moo. Spec. Rep. 156 220
Lincoln (Bishop of) v. Day, 4 Notes of Cases, 299 . . 363, 370
Line v. Harris, 1 Lee, 146, 155 15
Lock v. Denner, 1 Add. 356 333
London (Bishop of) v. Day, 1 Rob. Eccl. 724 . . .281, 368 Lovekin v. Edward, 1 Phill. 179 . . . . , , . 327
Magnard v. Brand, 3 Phill. 501
Magnay v. Vicar, &c, of St. Michael, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 48 xix
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Maidman v. Malpas, I Hagg. Cons. 205 . 160, 22S, 313, 314, 341 Martin V. Mackonochie, L. R. 2 Adm. & Eccl. 116 . 5, 8, 49, 53,
Marsh v. Tyrrell & Harding. 2 Hagg. Eccl. 133 . . . . 333
Mastin v. Escott. 2 Curt. 692, 4 Moo. P. C. C. 104 . . . 279 Millar & Symes z\ Kilby & Palmer, 1 Curt. 540 . . . 272, 276 Molyneux v. Bagshaw, 9 Jur. (N. S.) 533 ... 30, 33, 325
Monckton, re, 3 Notes of Cases, Suppl. to 363
Moorsom v. Moorsom, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 87 334
Morgan v. Hopkins, 2 Phill. 5S2 33S
Morse v. Morse, 5 Notes of Cases, 49 277, 284
Mortimer v. Freeman, 1 Brownlow & Gold. 70 . . . .291 Moss v. Edwards, 37 L. J. Eccl. 89 . . . . . 363 Mouncey v. Robinson, 37 L. J. Eccl. 8 36S, 391 Moycey v. Hillcoat, 2 Hagg. Eccl. 50 17
Newbery v. Goodwin, 1 Phill. 282 36
Norwich (Bishop of) v. Pearse, L. R. 2 Adm. 5c Eccl. 2S1 . 293, 298, v. Berney, 36 L. J. Eccl. 8
340, 363, 375
Oliver & Peake v. Heathcote, 2 Add. 35 . „ v. Toll & Hobart, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 43
Palmer v. Tijou, 2 Add. 203
„ v. Bishop of Exeter, 1 Str. 576 Parham v. Templar, 3 Phill. 515.
„ v. Leach, 4 Moo. P. C. C. (N. S.) 199 Parks Smith, re, Steph. " Laws of Clergy," 1083 Partington v. Rector of Barnes, 2 Lee, 345 . Patch v. Horlock, 11 Jur. 369 Pearce & Hughes v. Rector of Clapham, 3 Hagg
269, 1, 22,
Eccl. 10
Philpotts V. Boyd, M Times," Aug. 7, 1874 ; Feb. 26, Pitcher v. Vicar, &c, of Northrleet, 3 Add. 15 Poole v. Bishop of London, 7 Jur. (N. S.) 347 Portland (Duke of) v. Bingham, 1 Hagg. Cons. 157 Pricket's Case, Cro. Jac. 366 ....
337, 338
• 343
301, 324 313, 396
. 168 231. 259 312, 313
. 298
262, 313 301,412
• 259
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Rajundanarain Rae v. Bijai Govind Sing, 1 Moo. P. C. 117 425 Randall & Horden, v. Collins & Ludlow, 2 Lee, 217 . . 263, 313 Rector, &c, of St. John's, Walbrook, v. Parishioners, 2 Rob.
Redhead v. Wait, 6 L. T. (N. S.) 580 .
Reg. v. Archbishop of Canterbury, 6 E. & B. 546, 346
„ v. Baines, 12 Add. & Ell. 210
„ v. Bishop of Chichester, 2 E. & E. 209
„ v. Castro (Onslow & Whalley's case), L. R.
„ v. Jones, 12 Add. & Ell. 183
„ v. Judge of the Court of Arches, 7 E. & B Q. B. 178
Rich v. Bushnell, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 164 .
Richardson v. Richardson, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 6 .
„ (Doe dem.) v. Thomas, 9 Ad. & Ell.
Rippin v. Wilson & Bastin, 2 Adm. & Eccl. 386 Ritchings v. Cordingley, L. R. 3 Adm. & Eccl. 1 Robins v. Wolseley, 1 Lee, 616 .
Robinson (in the goods of), 3 Phill. 511 Rose {ex parte), 15 Q. B. 751 Rosher v. Rector, &c, of Northfleet, 3 Add. 14 . Rugg v. Bishop of Winchester, L. R. 2 P. C. 223
L. J. O. B.
295, 296, 329
• 373. 379 7
• 332 . 15
• 337
• 329 . • 368
Saph v. Atkinson, 1 Add. 162 339
Saul v. Wilson, 2 Vern. 118 421
Saunders v. Saunders, 1 1 Jur. 758 332, 337
Schultes v. Hodgson, 1 Add. 105 337, 343
Scindia (The), 4 Moo. P. C. (N. S.) 84 408
Seager v. Bowie, I Add. 541 228, 313
Sedgwick v. Bishop of Manchester, 38 L. J. Eccl. 30 . . 30, 307
Sergeaunt v. Sergeaunt, 1 Curt. 1 340
Sharpe v. Hansard, 3 Hagg. Eccl. 336 .... 229, 314 Sheppard v. Bennett, Second Appeal, L. R. 4 P. C. 371 1 13, 1 19, 182,
Sherwood v. Ray, 1 Moo. P. C. C. 353 365
Sieveking v. Evans & Kingsford, 36 L. J. Eccl. 1 248, 251, 252, 293,
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Simmons v. Simmons, 5 Notes of Cases, 347
. 389
Singapore (The), L. R. 1 P. C. 378
. 425
Smith 7/. Justices of Sierra Leone, 2 Moo. P.
. 408
„ v. Lovegrove, 2 Lee, 162 .
. 30
„ & Willis v. Dixon, 2 Curt. 270 .
Specot's Case, 5 Rep. 24 ...
. 290
Speer v. Burder, 3 Moo. P. C. C. 166 .
• 343
Spry v. Hood, 2 Curt. 357 . . . .
. 268
St. David's (Bishop of) v. De Rutzen, 7 Jur.
Starkey v. Churchwardens of Watlington, 2 Salk. 547 .
Steeven v. Rector of St. Martin Orgars, 2 Add. 255 .
. 313
Stevenson v. Higginson, 3 H. L. Cas. 638 .
. 406
Steward v. Francis, 3 Curt. 213 .
• 395
. 268
Sullivan v. Sullivan, 2 Hagg. Cons. 253
. 338
Sumner v. Wix, L. R. 3 Adm. & Eccl. 58 .
loo
Swift v. Swift, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 139 .
• 332, 337
Tattersall v. Knight, 1 Phill. 232 .
269, 299, 313
Taylor v. Morley, I Curt. 485
277, 278, 343
Thakeham Sequestration Moneys, re, L. R.
. 281
Theakston v. Marson, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 314
■ 339, 340
Thomas v. Hughes & Morris, 1 Add. 470 .
• 313
Titchmarsh v. Chapman, 3 Curt. 840 .
147, 162, 279
Trover v. Hurst, 5 Notes of Cases, 165
. 364
Turner v. Meyers, 1 Hagg. Cons. 415 .
• 327
„ v. Parishioners of Hanwell, 1 Notes of Cases, 368
14, 20,313,
Veley v. Burder, 12 Ad. & Ell. 233 225, 395
Vicar of Tottenham v. Venn, L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 221 . . 226
Ville de Varvoise, 2 Dodson Adm. 184 331
Walter v. Montague, 1 Curt. 253 272
„ v. Gunner & Drury, 1 Hagg. Cons. 321 . . . . 313
Warner v. Gater, 2 Curt. 315 20, 313
Watney v. Lambert & Simpson, 4 Hagg. Eccl. 84 . . 272, 333 Watson v. Colby, 6 Moo. P. C. C. 334 . . . . . . 408
250, 251, 293, 304, 318, 396, 399 (See also Liddell v. Westerton, Liddell v. Beal, Beal v. Liddell.) White v. Bowron, L. R. 4 Adm. & Eccl. 207 . . 222, 252, 256 xxii Table of Cases,
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Williams v. Brown, I Curt. 53 29
„ v. Goodyer, 2 Add. 463 277
„ v. Bishop of Salisbury, 2 Moo. P. C. C. (N. S.) 375 . 344
Wilson v. McMath, 3 Phill. 67 7, 297
Winchester (Bishop of) v. Wix, L. R. 3 Adm. & Eccl. 19 331, 341, 365 „ „ v. Rugg, L. R. 2 Adm. & Eccl. 247 ; L. R.
Winchlow v. Smith, 1 Lee, 417 337
Woolcombe v, Ouldridge, 3 Add. 4 312, 313
Wyllie v. Mott & French, 1 Hagg. Eccl. 28 . . . . 268, 298 Wynn v. Davies & Weever, 1 Curt. 69 342
STATUTES CITED.
Page
EDW. I.
1 473
Hen. IV.
Hen. VII.
Hen. VIII.
. . . . 417,419
. . .418, 420, 422
48, 49
Edw. VI.
25, 35, 55, 86, 429,
. . . . 235,468
. 55, 227, 259, 464
25, 58, 272, 436, 439,
Pag<j
Edw. VI.
Mary.
Eliz.
439, 446, 460, 474
Jac. I.
Car. II.
Will. &* Mary.
Anne,
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Statutes Cited.
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Page
Geo. I,
Vict
. ... 320
Geo. II.
• . 274, 323,
342, 355, 381, 3
88, 389, 406
. . 283,421
. . 445,460,474
. ... 421
Geo. III.
. . . 16,24
. . . . 16
. . . . 16
. . • • 33
. ... 319
. ... 421
• • • • 33
. • • ■ 33
. ... 407
. . 280, 294, 295,
. ... 407
296, 406
.... 407
• • 277,363
. . . . 33,284
. . • • 33
. . • • 33
. • ■ 20,23, 313
... 30, 306
Geo. IV.
.... 30
... 22, 24
. . . . 19
• • • • 33
. . . . 23
, . . . 17
Will. IV.
.... 33
.... 320
.... 15, 17
. . .283,284
. . . 283, 296
. . . . 17
. . 282, 296, 421
. . . . 16
408, 421,422, 424
.... 291
. . 361,369
.... 284
.... 463
Viet.
. 288, 361, 369
. . 33, 106, 274,
.... 475
.... 287
.... 15, 16
.... 16
. . 15,16,364
. . 70, 96, 460
. 406, 408, 426
. 274, 382-416
%\>t Eato delating to public
Section I. — Introductory
HE Ecclesiastical Law may be defined as that Definition of collective body of rules, principles, and regula- Law?133"031 tions, which are administered and enforced in the Ecclesiastical Courts, or which are recognized and enforced in the ordinary legal tribunals, in respect of matters coming within their cognizance which relate to or are connected with the National Church by law established.
It is made up of three species, according to the source from Various species
, i . i i. . i . of Ecclesiastical
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Ecclesiastical Law.
I. Certain statutes, together with various enactments made in pursuance of or ratified by statutes.
II. Certain portions of the Canon Law, and certain constitutions and canons issued by competent authorities.
III. Certain ecclesiastical usages, customs, or observances not put into writing, save so far as found in judicial decisions, but recognized as binding by, and supposed to be known to the courts, — the Ecclesiastical Common Law.
Section II. — Statutes and Enactments of a Statutory Nature
Difficulties inci dental to the determination of these enactments.
Enactments in the nature of proclamations.
T might fairly be assumed that, apart from questions of interpretation, little difficulty could exist with regard to matters coming under this head, and that the actual existence or non-existence of statutory rules would give rise to little doubt. But it is very different. Even as regards statutes, the questions are frequently by no means easy of solution. During various reigns, and more especially those of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, and James I., ecclesiastical statutes were again and again passed, with but very little regard to previous legislation. Sometimes prior acts were repealed simpliciter, sometimes the repeal was not merely such, but was also a revival of statutes that had previously been repealed.
Similar questions, but complicated with other considerations, arise in respect of various enactments, the chief of which were put forth by the Tudor sovereigns, whether with or without the concurrence and advice of their Privy Council. Some of these enactments purport to be promulgated in virtue of the royal prerogative, while others more or less vaguely refer to particular statutes. Of such enactments, the " Injunctions" issued by Edward VI. in 1547, and by Elizabeth in 1559, and the " Adver-
Statutes and Enactments of a Statutory Nature. 3 tisements" of the latter sovereign in 1564, are in every way the most important. They are respectively given at length in part iii. chapter iii. ; and they are also considered with some care in chapter iii. section 2, chapter v. section 2, and chapter vii. section 2 of this part.
In addition to such enactments, there are the rubrics of the Rubrics. Book of Common Prayer. The Act of Uniformity of 1662 (a) provides that the Book of Common Prayer attached thereto should henceforth alone be used in manner and form as appointed. This provision is explicit enough, and no one has ever raised any doubt as to its meaning ; and the rubrics are also couched in terse and unambiguous language. Nevertheless, as will be seen subsequently in chapters v. vii. and viii. of this part, difficulties have been repeatedly raised in regard to the construction of many of the rubrics and to the interpretation thereof, which have required the intervention of the highest Court of Appeal for their determination.
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