| £ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precentor | 384 | from | 2 | parishes. |
| Chancellor | 327 | ” | 2 | ” |
| Prebendaries | 8,892 | ” | 37 | ” |
| Vicars Choral | 1,063 | ” | 6 | ” |
| Archdeacon of Brecon | 785 | ” | 4 | ” |
| Archdeacon of St. David’s | 364 | ” | 1 | ” |
| Total | £11,815 |
| Four sinecure rectories | £971 |
Summary of this Diocese.
| £ | |
| Four Bishops | 6,068 |
| Two Chapters | 8,148 |
| Separate Estates and Prebends, etc. | 11,815 |
| £26,031 | |
| Four sinecure rectories | 971 |
| Total from 123 parishes | £27,002 |
It is a very serious matter in reference to the prebendal estates. The Act of 1840 vested all these estates in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The prebendaries anticipated what was coming, and therefore granted leases on the lives of mere infants. The result was lamentable to the parishes. No help from the tithe-rent charges could be given them until the leases lapsed. It is now 1891, i.e., fifty-one years after the passing of the Act, and yet sixteen leases of the thirty-seven are still running. And so all the rent-charges of these parishes have for so many years been diverted from these parishes, and so parochial destitution has continued in this diocese. As the leases expire, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners come into possession of the property, and then, but not till then, are steps taken to annex to parishes certain portions of this property. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have often, in a very kind manner, granted to parishes in England and Wales annuities out of the common Fund, in regard to local claims, in anticipation of the lapse of the leases on tithes, lands, mines and house property.
Tithe-rent Charge now in Possession of the Ecclesiastical Commission in Wales.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are in possession (1889) of—
| In Wales proper | £29,169 |
| In Monmouth | 4,505 |
| In Salop | 207 |
| Total amount commutation value in their possession in the four Welsh dioceses | £33,881 |
Of the £29,169, I shall give the gross amount of tithe-rent charge in each county, and also the amount still outstanding on beneficial leases.