AN
ACT
FOR
MINISTERS
:
And
Payment
of
Tythes
.
BE
it
Enacted
by
this
present
Parliament
,
That
every
Person
who
hath
been
Settled
in
any
Parsonage
or
Viccaridge
,
Presentative
or
Donative
,
or
Hospital
within
this
Commonwealth
heretofore
Sequestred
,
and
was
in
Possession
thereof
the
fourteenth
of
March
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
fifty
nine
,
the
Sequestred
or
Ejected
Minister
being
living
at
the
time
of
such
Settlement
or
Presentation
,
such
and
no
other
Person
shall
be
,
and
is
hereby
Adjudged
and
Declared
the
perfect
Incumbent
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
,
and
shall
and
may
Have
,
Enjoy
,
Retain
and
Possess
,
Sue
for
,
and
Recover
all
Tythes
and
other
Profits
and
Advantages
whatsoever
,
to
such
Parsonage
,
Viccaridge
or
Donative
,
or
Hospitall
belonging
,
as
if
such
Person
or
Persons
had
been
legally
Instituted
and
Inducted
,
any
Law
,
Statute
,
or
Vse
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
the
Death
,
Deprivation
,
Resignation
or
Removal
of
the
Minister
so
Settled
and
now
Adjudged
the
Incumbent
by
Vertue
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Patron
(
being
neither
Delinquent
nor
Papist
)
to
present
to
such
Parsonage
,
Viccaridge
,
Presentative
or
Donative
,
or
Hospital
,
as
if
the
Incumbent
formerly
Sequestred
or
Ejected
were
naturally
dead
.
Provided
always
,
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
where
the
Sequestred
or
Ejected
Minister
is
not
seized
of
to
his
own
use
,
or
others
in
Trust
,
for
him
or
his
Wife
,
of
the
Reall
Estate
of
thirty
pounds
per
annum
,
or
possessed
of
a
Personal
Estate
of
the
value
of
five
hundred
pounds
;
The
Iustices
of
Peace
or
any
two
of
them
,
whereof
one
to
be
of
the
Quorum
▪
shall
within
their
respective
Counties
,
Cities
and
Places
,
make
unto
the
Sequestred
Minister
during
his
life
,
Allowance
out
of
the
Profits
of
the
said
Parsonage
or
Viccaridge
,
not
exceeding
a
fifth
part
of
the
Profits
thereof
.
And
the
said
Iustices
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
are
hereby
Impowred
and
Required
to
Sequester
for
the
Vse
of
(
and
cause
to
be
paid
over
to
)
the
said
Sequestred
Minister
,
the
said
Allowance
,
with
such
Arrears
thereof
(
if
any
shall
be
)
with
such
Costs
and
Damages
,
as
the
said
Iustices
shall
think
fit
,
in
case
the
Incumbent
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
same
.
Provided
alwayes
,
That
where
there
hath
been
Agreement
between
the
Parties
,
or
Determination
by
the
Parliament
,
or
by
any
Authority
from
them
Derived
,
the
payment
of
the
said
Arrears
shall
be
accordingly
.
Provided
,
That
no
Ejected
or
Sequestred
Minister
,
shall
have
or
receive
any
benefit
,
or
advantage
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
that
resides
and
remains
in
the
Parish
or
place
out
of
which
he
is
Ejected
,
or
Sequestred
,
Without
the
Consent
of
the
present
Incumbent
during
such
Residence
,
Any
thing
before
in
this
Act
,
or
any
other
matter
or
thing
to
the
Contrary
thereof
notwithstanding
.
Provided
alwayes
,
That
nothing
in
this
Act
shall
extend
,
to
the
Charging
any
person
hereby
made
,
and
declared
Incumbent
as
aforesaid
,
with
the
Payment
of
First-fruits
,
untill
the
death
of
the
Person
Ejected
,
or
Sequestred
from
any
such
Parsonage
,
or
Vicarage
as
aforesaid
,
at
which
time
he
shall
be
lyable
to
pay
the
same
,
and
not
before
.
Provided
alwayes
,
That
this
Act
,
nor
any
thing
herein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
the
settling
or
confirming
any
person
or
persons
in
any
Parsonage
,
Vicarage
,
or
Chappel
with
Care
of
Souls
,
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
That
is
not
Ordained
Minister
,
and
Preacher
,
of
the
Word
of
God
.
Provided
also
,
That
Mr.
William
Woodward
,
who
by
Order
of
the
Committee
for
Plundered
Ministers
bearing
date
the
24th
of
June
,
1649
,
was
settled
in
the
Sequestred
Rectory
of
Riccards
Castle
,
in
the
Counties
of
Hereford
,
and
Salopp
,
be
hereby
declared
and
adjudged
perfect
Incumbent
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
of
the
said
Rectory
of
Riccards
Castle
,
notwithstanding
he
were
not
in
actual
possession
thereof
,
the
Fourteenth
day
of
March
,
1659.
Provided
also
,
And
be
it
Enaeted
,
That
no
person
shall
be
Confirmed
in
any
Sequestred
Living
,
Or
shall
receive
any
publique
maintenance
thereby
,
whose
fitnesse
and
Ability
for
the
Ministry
,
shall
not
be
examined
and
approved
,
according
to
the
Act
of
Parliament
,
by
the
Commissioners
therein
mentioned
for
Approbation
of
Publique
Preachers
,
within
Six
Moneths
next
ensuing
.
Provided
also
,
And
it
is
Enacted
,
That
every
Patron
and
Patrons
,
his
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
,
and
Assigns
,
may
from
and
after
the
avoidance
of
the
Churches
,
Hospitals
and
Vicaridges
,
wherein
such
Incumbents
are
hereby
settled
by
death
of
the
said
Incumbents
or
otherwise
,
Present
unto
,
or
Confer
the
said
Churches
,
Hospitals
,
and
Vicaridges
respectively
,
in
such
manner
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
as
he
or
they
might
have
done
,
or
should
do
,
upon
the
avoidance
of
the
said
Churches
,
Hospitals
,
or
Vicaridges
respectively
by
the
death
of
such
sequestred
Incumbent
or
Minister
.
And
if
any
person
or
persons
have
just
cause
of
Complaint
of
any
undue
Sequestration
,
against
whom
no
determination
hath
been
made
,
by
any
persons
formerly
authorized
in
that
behalf
,
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
any
such
person
may
repair
to
the
Lords
Commissioners
of
the
Great
Seal
,
and
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
for
the
time
being
,
or
any
Two
of
them
,
&
make
his
Complaint
to
them
,
who
,
or
any
Two
or
more
of
them
,
have
Authority
to
hear
and
Examine
the
same
,
and
to
send
for
persons
and
Witnesses
as
they
see
cause
,
and
to
Examine
upon
Oath
or
otherwise
,
And
to
give
their
Order
therein
,
by
referring
to
a
Tryall
at
Law
,
or
removing
,
or
settling
the
Incumbent
,
and
putting
any
other
in
Possession
as
they
see
cause
,
who
shall
continue
perfect
Incumbent
,
upon
such
settlement
,
untill
the
Parliament
take
further
Order
therein
.
Provided
alwayes
,
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Minister
or
Ministers
,
have
been
formerly
Ejected
or
Sequestred
,
whose
Conversations
and
Lives
have
been
and
are
blameless
,
and
they
sound
in
Do
time
,
shall
be
capable
to
be
presented
to
any
Living
in
the
Church
of
England
;
Any
Law
of
Ordinance
made
by
this
Parliament
,
or
any
Authority
derived
from
the
same
,
to
the
contrary
,
notwithstanding
,
so
as
such
Minister
do
Officiate
,
according
to
the
Directorie
Established
,
and
not
otherwise
.
Provided
,
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
any
two
Iustices
of
the
Peace
,
dwelling
in
or
near
to
the
Parish
,
where
cause
of
complaint
shall
arise
,
and
not
interressed
,
shall
have
power
,
and
are
required
,
upon
any
complaint
for
detent
on
,
or
non-payment
,
of
small
or
personall
Tythes
,
or
Duties
by
Law
due
to
any
Vicar
or
Parson
in
right
of
the
Vicarage
,
or
Parsonage
Farmors
,
or
Impropriators
or
other
person
claiming
the
same
,
under
him
or
them
,
to
give
such
Remedy
therein
as
any
Iustice
or
Iustices
of
the
Peace
by
any
Law
,
Act
,
or
Ordinance
now
in
Force
may
do
,
in
case
of
complaint
for
Tythes
Prediall
,
and
cause
Execution
of
Sentence
and
Costs
to
be
had
,
and
that
such
appeal
,
and
in
such
manner
be
allowed
and
had
,
as
in
case
of
such
Sentence
for
Tythes
predial
;
And
that
all
Acts
and
Ordinances
for
the
due
payment
of
Tythes
,
be
and
are
hereby
Revived
and
Continued
in
Force
.
And
that
this
Act
shall
continue
untill
the
Parliament
take
further
Order
.