The Legal Position of the Clergy

by Philip Vernon Smith

[379] (1843) 6 & 7 Vict. c. 37, s. 15.

[380] (1285) 13 Edw. 1, st. Circumspecte agatis; (1529) 21 Hen. 8, c. 6; Wats. ch. iiii. pp. 595-598; Phill. Eccl. Law, Pt. iii. ch. x. § 5, pp. 685-9.

[381] See above, ch. v. § 10; ch. vi. § 15; ch. vii. §§ 5, 6, 8, 9.

[382] Sm. Churchw. 67-71; (1818) 58 Geo. 3, c. 45, ss. 62-66, 73-79; (1819) 59 Geo. 3, c. 134, ss. 6, 26, 27, 30-33; (1822) 3 Geo. 4, c. 72, ss. 23-25; (1824) 5 Geo. 4, c. 103, ss. 10, 11, 18; (1831) 1 & 2 Will. 4, c. 38, ss. 4, 5, 22; (1845) 8 & 9 Vict. c. 70, s. 11; (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 107, s. 18; (1856) 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, ss. 6-8; (1884) 47 & 48 Vict. c. 65, s. 4.

[383] Lloyd v. Burrup (1868) L. R. 4 Ex. 63.

[384] Wolfe v. Clerk of Surrey County Council; Reeve v. The Same (1904) 1 K. B. 439.

[385] (1559) 1 Eliz. c. 4, s. 6; Wats. ch. xv. pp. 174-9; Phill. Eccl. Law, pt. v. ch. viii. pp. 1355-64.

[386] 6 Ann. cc. 24, 54.

[387] Report of Select Committee on First Fruits and Tenths and Administration of Queen Anne's Bounty (presented to the House of Commons and ordered to be printed 7th June 1837), p. iv.

[388] In estimating the value of tithe rentcharge, the necessary cost of collection may be deducted, Stevens v. Bishop (1887) 19 Q. B. D. 442; aff. (1888) 20 Q. B. D. 442.