[49] Willis v. Bp. of Oxford (1877) 2 P. D. 192. This includes, in the four Welsh dioceses, inability to preach, administer the sacraments, perform other pastoral duties, and converse in Welsh, subject to an appeal to the archbishop; (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, s. 104; Marquis of Abergavenny v. Bp. of Llandaff (1888) 20 Q. B. D. 460.
[50] Ayl. Par. 39-42; Heywood v. Bp. of Manchester (1884) 12 Q. B. D. 404.
[51] See § 2 above.
[52] The "sufficient testimony" consists, by long-established practice, of a testimonial by three beneficed clergymen, countersigned by the bishops of their dioceses if they are not beneficed in the diocese of the bishop to whom the testimonial is given, that the presentee has been personally known to them for three years last past; that they have had opportunities of observing his conduct, and during the whole of that time they verily believe that he has lived piously, soberly, and honestly, and that they have not heard anything to the contrary thereof, nor that he has at any time held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the Church, and that they believe him to be, as to his moral conduct, a person worthy to be admitted to the benefice.
[53] Bp. of Exeter v. Marshall (1868) L. R. 3 H. L. 17.
[54] Gorham v. Bp. of Exeter (1849) 2 Rob. Eccl. 1; 13 Jur. 238.
[55] (1898) 61 & 62 Vict. c. 48, s. 3.
[56] Ib. s. 6 (1).
[57] Ib. s. 6 (2).
[58] Ayl. Par. 233-5.