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hare made his residence and abided at his laid be-
fleece for. the ofcele whole longer
without wil- •
fel absence therefrom for any longer time than
three menths together, or in the whole at several
times, shall be liable to any of the pains, penalties.
or forfeitures in this a& or the said recited ad con-
tained, for any previous turn-residence.
Aire be it, farther enaeled, that no spiritual per-
son having or holding any office, which uncles any
of the provisions of the said first-recited act, or of an
aft pissed in the twentysfifth year of the reign of
King Henry the eighth, intituled, n an aet diet
every judge of the high courts may have one chap-
lain
beneficed with cure," or of another ad passed
in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of king Henry
the eighth, intituled, e the bill for non-residence of
spiritual men and their benefiees,'t or of another aft
passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of king
Henrythe eighth, intituled, "an a'l for the chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and others to have
chaplains," would exempt such spiritual persons.
from residence or from the penalties and forleitun..s
in the said aft contained for non-residence, or eau-
ally serving es a chaplain of the House of Com-
mons, or as clerk of his Majesty's closet, or es a de-
puty clerk* thereof, during the time of his atteed,
ance, or as a chaplain-general of his Majesty's
forces, or brigade chaplain on foreign service, or •
chaplain on board any of his Majesty's ships, or in.
any of his Majesty's garrisons, or chaplain of . I:
Majesty's corps of artillery, doing duty therewiu.-
or as chaplain in any British faaory, or in the
household of any British ambassador or public mi-
nister residing abroad, or as principal surrogate or
official in any ecclesiastical court of any diocese, or
as prebendary or canon, minor canon, or vicar cho-
lla, or priest vicar, or other public officer, in any-
cathedral or collegiate. church, during the times for
which they may be required by the canons or local.
statutes thereof to reside at such cathedral or colle-
giate church, and aduelly reside and perform duty
at the same, or as a peeacher or reader in any of
the inns of court or at the rolls, or as bursar, dean,.
vice president or public tutor, or other public officer,
in any college or hall in either of the universities of
Oxford or Cambridge, duringethe period for which.
he may respeetively be required by reason of any
such office to perform the duties of any such office,.
and aetually perform the duties of the seme, or as
public librarian, or public registrar, or proCtor, or
public orator, or other public officer, in either of the.
said universities, during the period for which he may-
respeetively be required by reason thereof to per-
fern the duties of any such office, and aetually per-
form the duties of the same, or as librarian at the Bri-
tish museum, or of Sion college, or as fellow of any
college in either of the universities, during the time
for which he may be required to reside by any char-
ter or statute, and aetually resides therein, or as war-
den or provost of Eton or Winchester college, or
felloet or school-master in the same, or as school-
master of Westminster school, or as professor of
Gresham college during the terms in which he may
be required to read leetures therein, and shall adu-
ally read leelures in the same j nor arty person hold-
ing a dignity, donative, or perpetual cure, in con-
junetion with a benefice, or donative, or perpetual.
cure, during the times that he is residing upon ei-
ther the dignity, benefice, or donative, or the per-
petual cure, or one of them, shall be liable to any of
the pains, penalties, or forfeitures, in the said first
recited aft or this aet contained, for or on account of
any non-residence on any parsonage, vicarage, do-
native, or perpetual curacy, any thing in the said ad
or this aft contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted, that from and after
the no person or persons mentioned iu an
.aet, passed in the twenty.eighth year of the reign of .
king Henry the eighth intituled, "an ad for nonsres-
sidence of spiritual men on their benefices," and en-
titled under the provisions of the said act, to the
privilege and liberty of non-residence until after
and above the age of forty years, shall be by rea-
son of :my of the provisions of the said aft, entitled
to enjoy the privilege and liberty of non-residencee
after or above the age of years, any thing
in the said an contamed to the conteary notwith-
standing.
And be it further enaded, that no penalty and
costs incurred by reason of any non-residence shall,
be levied by execution against the body of any spi-
ritual person, who continues to hold any parsonage,
vicarage, .donative, or peppetuel cure, art of the
profits of which, the same can be levied by seqte s-
tration.
And be it further enafted, that from and after
the it shall be lawful fur the severer
bishops respectively in that part of the United Ling-
dem of Great Britain and Ireland called England.
upon application made for that purpose by pctitien
in writing or otherwise by any spiritual person hav-
ing or holding any parsonage 'or vicarage, donative
or perpetual curacy, locally situated within their re-
spedive dioceses, upon such proefs as to any feels.
• stated in any such petition as any Such bishop may
think necessary, or if he shall inquire it by affida-
vit made before any surrogate or master extra-
ordinary in Chancery (which oath any surro-
gate or master-extraordinary in. Chancery is
hereby authorized-and required to administer, of
such spiritual persons, in ease the same shall be•
require) by the bishop to whom any such petition_
is resented, or applicatien enade under this ad)
to- grant in every case where on due consi-
deration of all the circumstances stated in any
such application and verified to 'the sati.faetion of
the bishop as aforesaid, such bishop shall in his dig.
creee . think it fit to grant the same, a licence in
writing under his hand, in such cases as are herein-
after elanerated, to such petsoat in relation to the-
residence or nonresidence of such spir haat persons.
on their respective benefices, for tire- purpose of ex-
empting such persons from any pecuniary penalties-
or forfeitures; under and subjed nevertheless to the
regulations, provisions, and restrielions us ths art.
cuntained.
And be it further enaded, that it shall be lawfat
for any is:shop to grant liceures to any spirituel per-
sole ha.-ing any parsonage, vicartze, donative, or
perpetual curacy withio his diocese to reside nut 1,1
(lie proper house of resideuee, or ma of the parish.
as the case may appeal to sterh bislere to require, if
upon the consideration of as the crecanistances Si
any *itch case, such bLhop shall hi his discretion.
thinkehe same fit and proper, in the several cases
liecenutfter-mentioned (that is to say)" to any spit
rural pet en who 'shall. be prevented from residing
in the proper house of residence, cc in the purr ish, by
:anal illness or infirmity of body of himself, or wife,
or child, meiVutg part of and residing with him as
earl of his family ; and also tc any spitinut irritant

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