The Legal Position of the Clergy
vii. Church of a Peel parish formed under the New Parishes Act, 1843 (6
& 7 Vict. c. 37, s. 15); viii. Church of a new parish formed under the New Parishes Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, ss. 1, 2); ix. Church of a district parish, consolidated district chapelry, or particular district, which under 19 & 20 Vict. c. 104, s. 14, has become a separate ecclesiastical parish in consequence of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners having authorised in such church the publication of banns and the solemnisation of marriages, churchings, and baptisms; x. Church, without a district, built on a site the conveyance of which has been accepted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners (8 & 9 Vict. c. 70, s. 7).
[10] 31 & 32 Vict. c. 117, s. 2. Under the Parish of Manchester Division Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 41, s. 2), the benefice of every new parish within the area of the ancient parish of Manchester is a rectory.
[11] See the Prayer for the Clergy and People in Morning and Evening Prayer and the Prayer for the Church Militant.
[12] (1784) 24 Geo. 3, sess. 2, c. 35, s. 1; (1819) 59 Geo. 3, c. 60, s. 1.
[13] 28 & 29 Vict. c. 122, s. 4. See ch. ii. § 6 (i.) below.
[14] (1874) 37 & 38 Vict. c. 77.
[15] (1864) 27 & 28 Vict. c. 94. See (1865) 28 & 29 Vict. c. 122, s. 4; ch. ii. § 6 (i.) below.
[16] Bp. of Winchester _v._ Rugg (1868) L. R. 2 P. C. 223, 230.
[17] As to this, see ch. ii. § 6 (iv.) and note.
[18] Ayl. Par. 95. The Dean of the Cathedral has an independent position and dignity in respect of the Cathedral Church, which is outside the general diocesan and archidiaconal jurisdiction; _Ib._
[19] Reg. _v._ Sowter (1901) 1 K. B. 66; rev., 396.
[20] Phill. Eccl. Law, Pt. i. ch. v. pp. 194-207; Pt. iv. ch. xi. §3, pp. 1051-1054; 1 Burn, 93-97. According to a table of fees settled under the authority of the Act 30 & 31 Vict. c. 135, and published in the _London Gazette_ of March 19, 1869, the fees to be paid by each parish at either an episcopal or an archidiaconal visitation are 18s.; viz. 2s. to the chancellor or archdeacon (as the case may be), 12s. 6d. to the registrar, and 3s. 6d. to the apparitor.
[21] Ayl. Par. 205; Gibs. Cod. 971-973; 2 Burn, 119-125; Dansey's _Horæ Decanicæ Rurales_ (2nd ed., 1844), Pts. iv, v.
[22] 3 & 4 Vict. c. 86.
[23] 37 & 38 Vict. c. 85.
[24] 55 & 56 Vict. c. 32.
[25] Cripps, 67, 68; (1882) 45 & 46 Vict. c. 50, ss. 12 (1) (_b_), 14 (3); (1888) 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41, s. 2 (2) (_a_); (1899) 62 & 63 Vict. c. 14, s. 2 (4), (5).
[26] (1801) 41 Geo. 3 (U. K.), c. 63.
[27] (1838) 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, ss. 28, 31; (1841) 4 & 5 Vict. c. 14.
[28] (1861) 24 & 25 Vict. c. 100 (Offences against the Person), s. 36.
[29] 23 & 24 Vict. c. 32.
[30] Barnes _v._ Shore (1846) 8 Q. B. 640; 1 Rob. Eccl. 382.
[31] 33 & 34 Vict. c. 91 (The Clerical Disabilities Act, 1870).