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London, England, 1824-12-10 00:00:00

LONDON TITHES.

REPORT or THE sT.BOTOLPH COMMITTEL
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Parishioners the result of their labours hitherto, in ell Ilrotirt
of those important duties committed to tbsir charge c ~""tilos
Vestry. the 5.4
In the first place, they have to record, with lhigh
the general feeling which has been most uneqatreenfir
in regard to the justice of resisting the Lay Inipropriai,;eier
this Parish. and the able and judicious remarks of the ?ebb pn7'
Irt favour of
dium of Parliament.obtaining a fair and equitable relief throuo
Your Committee, in accordance with the Resolutions of •
Vestry, proceeded at the earliest opportunity to inveangate the
piety and necessity of questioning the Ley e.
right to his claim, and, under the advice of Counsel, fees
ttQselves bound—onbtnhalf of the l'arishioners at iar;e. ea,..
proper means fur resisting the same ; and with this view they.
sidered it advisable that the suit then already in.e.t„eed
Mr. John Blenkarn, an inhabitant alto had stood fors ard
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fusing to comply with the lay Impropriator's detnet,d,
defended for the general benefit of the l'arish. ,
That in order to provide funds for the legitimate defence .
Parishioners, your Conuuittee e applied to har. and found a nu,
ready concurrence on the part of thc owners and occupies t
mises in the parish, proportionably to contribute toward.
fund ; and at the head of the contributors your Connnitwe ht
,
great pleasure in announcing the names cf Sir James shay. r,,
the Alderman of the Ward, Sir C. Flower, Bart. am!
did'
and Jesse Watts Russel, Esq. M. P. ; but your Coneilitt'e.ee7',
omit to state, that the Honourable Court of Director, of the tit
India Company, in consequence of a presioss agreement sine
into with the Lay Impropnator, considered themselves prod,io
front assisting towards the contribution, and co-operating main, parishioners in their defence ; although, if any measure to elle. y
general arrangement in all the parishes not protected was 'cape*,
they professed their readiness to concur and assist there's.
Your Committee, in directing searches to bemade in elard
thee original grant of the Impropriathm of King James 1. tO
us, soon after which grant t c same was conveyed frr :hen&
sideration of 400/., and the subsequent title of the preset? lathe.
' proprietor, have ascertained by reference to the late, deeds
cumbrances affecting the same, appearing upon the 11-rvtrer,
Middlesex, that the Rev. Thomas Kyneston, the ancestse ed
present Impropriator, purchased the impropriation and tiglit of ed.
vowson for the sum Of 11,410/. ,rat which time the annu,lllA:tt
of tithes for both divisions o:' the parish, namely. in 10r.60 Ind
Middlesex, was under the sum of 13V01. : and the said firm..
mas Kynaston offered the same to the parish, with the re re.
sentation of the Minister, for a perpetual annuity of ses
and it appears that the same amount of tithes so contins.e
long series of years afterwards, but before the time of the ...tat
the present linpropriator's father in 11104, was inerrawd I
1,0011, per annum; and the present Impropriator, by sani%ii
Tanen of the same, has now increased the amount to between tat
and 5,000/. per annum in the London division alone; and:Et
ship of this burden upon the parish is materially increased. ;Iv,:
Committee, in the course of their investigation, having the
reason to conclude, that the whole of the parish was origiaall;p7.
tccted by customary payments.
That it also appears, by reference to the said Registry for 31!.
diesel. that the resent Impropriator, in addition to a resicksta
on the tithes in resent llnpropvlatcr, in addition to a rel:c'au,
on tire tithes in 8114, of 6401. per annum. he, in the mu Li;.
mortgaged the same for the sum of 23.0t10/., and in kola, tort,
sum of 10 MM. and subsequently for a sum rim stated in die as
morial of Registry which large amounts clearly shew the tut.
mous slams which the Itopropriator calculated upon receiving fre
the parishioners at this recent period, under the presumed ea:c
Lion of the Decree of the 37th Henry Vlll. ; although he redec.
eel the land tax upon his tithes in the year lBora, upotian csurtaaa
of the sante at the rate of 350/. per annum.
' Your t'omesiteee, in the course of their proceedings, appvilrees
Sub-Committee of their own body, more immediately to deer
land assist in carrying into effect all necessary steps thee nick
deem expedient for the defence of the parish *cairn the ley
Impropnator's claim, the said Sub-Committcs reporting ban
time to time the result of their proceedings to your General Cm.
mittee.

That pursuant to a Resolution passed at the General Voter,
held on the 2d of September last, a petition from the pane-.
loner, to the Honourable Court of Common Council, prayire tf.e.r
aid and assistance, was prepared, and the same was prewntee
the said Court, on the :Ist of (ktobe► last, when it ass
mously referred to the Special Committee of the t'orporxien
poirted in relation to Tithes, to examine and act therein as fa/
shall be advised, and report thereon teem time to time t);:e
Court.

That in pursuance of such reference, your Commitrec.nathe2rn
day of October last. attended the said Special tat:it:titter of to
Corporation, who directed the fullest assistance to be given by de
city officers in defenceof this parish, and in pursuance of the mod.
mendation of the Court of Common Council, orderer that sere.
ral other parishes affected by similar claims shruld be ir.r.J to
confer on the propriety of an mated application to Putter,. for
the repeal or alteration of the Statute 37 henry V.111.`.1v,:z.i.
tuting a more fair and equitable payment of tithes.
Your Connnittee, in addition to the steps taken on behalf Pf
parish, as before mentioned, hate, in pursuance of the spirit
several Resolutions passed at the General Vestry held on
of September last, and from a sincere desire to enter into rr.
rangement with the Impropriator, fur making to him a fair ri
reasonable compensation by annual payment or otherwise. the•4l
the medium of Parliament, instead of the present heavy and
pressive rate of tithes, made an application to the legal advionv4
Mr. Kynaaton for that purpose, and to include in the arritigeccr:
the payment of an annual sum to the officiating 3linistert oftc
parish, who arc understood to be wholly destitute of payret
except from surplice fees; but your Committee deeply regret inn,
after various correspondence upon the subject, the legal adc‘n
of Mr. Kynaston stated that he declined to enter into any tr;-.1
thereon, leaving the parish to the only alternative of
such course for the defence of the parish against his unjuq
as a Court of Equity or an application to Parliament may affac....
Your Committee, under the advice of Counsel, have therotte
ed to defend Mr. Blenkarn in the suit instituted ager.t
proceeded to defend Mr. Blenkarn in the suit instituted agao.t
him by the Impropriator for the payment of 2A. fkl. in the per..
and have pleaded the non-enrolment of the decree under shisi
the claim is made; since which Mr. Kynasten's solicitors he;
obtained an order to amend his bill, but such amended biL:sto:
yet filed. _

Upon the subject of an application to Parliament, your Cornet.
tee beg to refer to the annexed Circular, received by the shut,.
wardens of this parish, from the Town Clerk of London, by dim.
don of the Tithe Committee of the Corporation. The enliiir
reasons urged for the necessity of such application to PaThane.:
are so just and forcible, that your Committee reijurst that they :v.!
be considered as adopted, and taken as part of 'MA Report: and h.;
to add their own serious conviction, that even in case the dinent:
circumstances in which the several parishes are plated in Match t.
each other, and in regard to tithes, should ultimately renders:int:4
application to Parliament impossible, yet the sinigie of the ps-
rishioners of this parish, and the grievances under 'inch they lsboer
from the Lay Impropriator's clam, renders it absolutely Emus'
that they should at all events apply to Parliament lot row,' t
and an equitable future arrangement.
Your Committee cannot conclude their present RepeTt
expressing, on behalf of themselves and their fellow paristionert.
their deep obligation to the Honourable Corporation of Lndon. kr
their prompt and ready attention and assistance to the moan( ac
inhabitants; neither can they withhold their high PatriTZIIIV:
thanks to such portion of their fellow-citizens in different Pin"
as have stood forward to resist the claim made under the `ratite
and Decree 37th Henry VIII., which resistance has lid to su.h
neficial results in the parishes of St. Dunstan in the West ird at.
Andrew, IlElbom. And your Committee fees it a duty to vs:::
that the steps adopted towards obtaining the name effect, •
Vincent Punier, Esq. in St. Helen's parish, and Mr. / rebnck
Shore Nodin, in the parish of St. ()lave, llart.strcet. LOW" bet!
to marked and particular thanks. And your Committee fed ss.,t-
lied that the parishioners of this parish, in zealously and anitntir
resisting the Lay Impropriator's claim, and with one coenn.o:l
general Exertion to obtain relief, are only pursuing the pat.
to themselves, their families, and success. ; and having .I'. -
on their aide, it is not ton much to say—." Great is the 0-i"
truth, and it shall prevail."
All which we respectfully submit. t'te 34 of December, Ms

BIRTHS. „
On the 29th ult.. at Ballygiblin, county Cork. the ta"
Wrixon Becher, Esq., 31. P., of a son, who only earttre'. r 1
birth a few hours.
On the sth instant, at Wells. Somerset, the lady or Ir.:
11. N. Drake, Esq., of a son and heir.

111ARRIEI).
On Wednesday, at St. tieorge's. Ilanover.square, The s• :
Roe, Esq., of Sculcoates, county of York. nephew of Sit !;:'
Bassett, to Mary Anne, only daughter of James Brandvr, Ltti
St. John's M'ood.
At Edinburgh, on the 2d instant. James F.rkford,
of the fish regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. to 31,7'
daughter of James Alexander Haldane, Esq.. of

DIEM
On Monday last, universally. re•zretted, Thomas Smith, Lit
Berated Lodge, near Bognor, agstl ;9.
On Saturday, Mra. Eustace, relict of the late General raiti7-
and mother of Sir J. Eustace.
On the 4th instant, aged 71, John D'Oy Iltetinr.s,
Peaton Lodge, llama.
On the Sth instant, Dr. Aletander P. Buchan. lace:
street, son of the author of the a:II-known ork on Dns,: I
divine, late senior l'hysivian of Wes•ni..•sea
On Thursday. at the Moor, near litu;:tm, Bert .ordslitt....•
Lloyd Harris, Esq. Barrister, and ~:etratu !.t ••
county.
At Brecon, Mr. Wm. AVilliants. mason, in the !nth jp.
age. 1k has lett a widow marl% two t...tra older than
This venerasle couple lived hamitly tog;ther for lis
which period. within the last month, &tout
first became too weak to leave the hoc, , Mr. W. :14111:ley ar."-
panied his wile to church every 5.ihtt.t•`,.4!.......„.5e

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