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A40814 An account of the Isle of Jersey, the greatest of those islands that are now the only reminder of the English dominions in France with a new and accurate map of the island / by Philip Falle ... Falle, Philip, 1656-1742. 1694 (1694) Wing F338; ESTC R9271 104,885 297

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and repaired And likewise shall receive information from the said Church Wardens or if they should fail in doing their Duty from the Minister of all Offences and Abuses which need to be reformed whether in the Minister Officers of the Church or others of the Parish And the said Dean for the said Visitation shall each time receive 40 Sols out of the Treasury of the Church 24. In case of Vacancy of any Benefice either by Death or otherwise the Dean shall give present Order that the Profits of the said Benefice be sequestred and that out of the Revenue thereof the Cure be supplied and also that the Widow or Heirs of the Deceased be satisfied in proportion to the Time of his Service according to the Custom of the Isle with such necessary Deductions as must be made for Dilapidations if there be any and shall give convenient Time to the Widow of the Deceased to provide her self of a Dwelling and shall dispose of the Residue to the next Incumbent to whom the Sequestrator shall be accountable 25 In the same Case of Vacancy of any Benefice if within six Months the Governor does not Present some person to the Right Reverend Father in God the Bishop of Winchester or in the Vacancy of that See to the most Reverend Father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury to be admitted and instituted to the said Benefice then the Dean shall give notice of the Time of the Vacancy to the said Lords Bishop or Archbishop as it shall happen to the end they may give Order for collating to the Benefice And when any shall be Presented to them the Dean shall give Certificate of the behaviour and Sufficiency of the Party to be approved by them before he be actually admitted by the Dean into Possession of the said Benefice 26. The Dean shall have the Entry and Probate of Wills which shall be approved under the Seal of his Office and Registred He shall have also the Registring of the Inventories of Goods Mobiliary belonging to Orphans whereof he shall keep a faithful Register that he may give Copies of them whenever he shall be required Moreover he shall give Letters of Administration of the Goods of Intestates dying without Heirs of their Body to the next of Kindred 27. They that have the Will in their Custody whether they be Heirs Executors or others shall be obliged to exhibit and bring the same to the Dean within one Month in default whereof they shall be convened into Court by Mandate paying double Charges for the Compulsory and the said Dean shall have for the said Wills Inventories and Letters of Administration such Fees as are specified in the Table made for that purpose 28. All Legacies Mobiliary made to the Church Ministers Schools or Poor shall be of the Cognizance of the Dean But upon any Opposition made concerning the Validity of the Will the Civil Court shall determine it betwixt the Parties 29. It appartains to the Dean to have Cognizance of all Substraction of Tythes belonging to the Church of what kind soever they be which have been paid to the Ministers and which they have enjoyed and have been possessed of forty Years and every Person convicted of Substraction Fraud or Detention of the said Tythes shall be adjudged to make Restitution and pay the Cost and Charges of the Party And for the preservation of all and singular the Rights Tythes Rents Lands and Possessions Beneficiary there shall be a Terrice made by the Bailly and Jurats assisted by the Dean and King's Procurator 30. The Dean shall have Power to make choice of a Deputy or Commmissary who shall execute and supply the Place and Office of the Dean so far as his Commission shall extend of which there shall be an Authentick Act in the Rolls of the Court. Of the Church-Wardens 31. Every Week next after Easter the Minister and People of each Parish shall choose two Church-Wardens discreet Men of good Conversation and Capacity able to read and write if possible But if they cannot agree in the Election the Minister shall have Power to name one and the Parishioners another by the Majority of Voices which two shall be after sworn in the next Court and there well admonished of their Duty 32. Their Duty shall be to see that the Churches and Church-yards be not abused by any prophane Exercises or Actions as also not to suffer any Excommunicated Person to come into the Church after the Sentence has been published in their Parish And they shall be careful to Present from time to time those that neglect the publick Exercises of Divine Service and the Use of the Holy Sacraments and generally all Delinquencies that are of Ecclesiastical Cognizance Which Presentations they shall exhibit under their Hands nor shall they be constrained to Present above twice a Year 33. They shall have care moreover to keep the Church in good Repair and the Church-Yards well fenced and to see that all things appartaining to the Church the Administration of the Word and Sacraments be provided and maintained from time to time such are a Bible of the best Translation and largest Character the Book of common-Common-prayer both for the Minister and Clerk or Sexton of the Parish a Book of Parchment to Register the Christnings Marriages and Burials a decent Table to administer the Holy Supper with a Carpet to cover it during Divine Service Fonts for Baptism Cups and Vessels serving only to that Use Table cloths Napkins with a Coffer wherein to keep the said Utensils a Trunk or Box for Alms a Cloth and Cushion for the Pulpit and shall also provide the Bread and Wine for the Sacrament Moreover They shall see that the Pews and Seats be well fitted for the Conveniency of the Minister and Parishioners and that with the Advice and Council of their Minister All this out of the Rents and Revenues of the Treasury of the Church 34. The said Church-Wardens shall be obliged to keep in a Book a good and faithful Account of their Disbursements and Receipts and of the Use they shall make of the Moneys of the Treasury which shall be published in Order to be let out to Farm from time to time according to Custom and that in the Name of the said Church-Wardens and Procurators of the Parish who shall employ the said Treasury in things necessary and convenient for the Church or the publick Occasions Governing themselves by the Advice of the Minister and Chief of the Parish in all things Extraordinary which concern the said Parish And in case of publick Business the Assembly of the States shall prescribe to them what shall be found expedient for the common Good And before they quit their Charge they shall give notice to the Parishioners that they may Audit their Accounts in Easter-Week which Accounts shall be signed by the Minister and Chief of the Parish And if any of the said Parishioners or others refuse to pay the Rents they owe to the said