The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

TUI APtiSTLI.

Mr. liter meted, ell the part of the Rev. Harry
Bristow, the Rector of the parish of St. Thomas the
Apostle, io the City of London, that the Church.
wardens and several of the parishioners, trustee, of
certain lands and tenements, of the rents end profits
of wl.lrh they were in the receipt, might be otdered
to produce and show to the Plaintiff the mewimente
end title deeds under which such lands and ten,.
meets were held. The bill @liven', that although the
Defendlots, the trustees, bad unquestionably been '
in possession of this property for a ee►y conaiderekle
period, yet the Plaintiff insisted that there ba I been
a misapplication of the rents end profits; they had
applied them towards the relief of the pour, vrh
they ought to hive been applied toward• increasing
the living of the Rector. The Plaintiff mai-tell shat his
rights could not be affected by any length of time ;
that be wee not hound by the negligence of his pre-
decessors in risimtng the right in question ; and toot
there was sorb a privity betwe►n him end th► De-
fondants ti,it he was emitted to see the monimyo.4.
The fed, of the rate eve these :—A pines man of the
name of Willi,rm Champness, before the Swine of
Wills, bat by virtue of his prloilogo it a freeman of
' Londoo. yowled to delis., lands in mortma.n, in the
year 1360, in the 31111 of Milord Ili.. gave by his
will eight marks, stising out of the 1..110.111PM! of St
Theseus the Apostle to the Rector for the time bno_
for the purpose of saying ".asses for the repose of hi.
soul, sod In case of the fellet• of ist.,• of John Atte
silly sod Babette his wife, he gave the re .'s and pro•
its of the tenements to the Rector. The monotony%
having happened, the Beerr became entitled. In
the year 1347, in the reign of Hen►v VIII., an Art
of Parliament passed giving to the King all the pro-
petty which bed Imo devoted I. soperstitiose seen,

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and t►nder that Ito these tenements had been seized,
and afterwards pealed not eosin in the same parish.
In the year 1643 one Wilitam Cooper, by aide► of
11,, lota on I Cnmmnns, *ha, at that period. were
sot great encnoragerr of Keeton fumed for their ley.
ells, soaks Wok possession of these Oration, and
epee their being restored to the pa ish, there had
been a •secession of Rectors down to the prrwat
limo., who bad oiliformly sohiniiied to the aplr•irsiin►e
of the fonds to the poor, without Insititli.o spew, th it
non title to it The Pitintilf. b•rwrser, Wee het db.
posed to relinitaith his tight, hot teitteted mot the toi„
oinsi intention of the donor °eight to be corriea into
PUtt is It. room..

hlr. Wwistsets.t., on the other Ade, observed, that
I•t general it was the duty of a Keeler to Inter Met
J•sd ; bet the Knit., of S . Thome, steam, Mor•
disposed to take up the ashes end limeade/ oioe deed.
thin In le.se thole to their repose in the grave. re
hod flag delta st.rnegh the gri.ercions of the der qr.
•g's In the year 1360, in order to downer, tool. W.n.
Champness, ab• had given thee• eight 1111144 for
~wire for bit soul. New, in order to get at 111 h
estate io estate in question, thoegh It might not be
necterg4ry to go through Ore and water. pet h world
cariasuly he necessary in go through lire; for with
respect to the ideothy of the tenemenic, the great fire
of Landon had d•strnyed every vestige. The De.
feroolsoote, h) their 1101101.1, •rived, tEatt they were the
legal fenders of this properly, and ender that title
had raiped money upon it by way of snottily.
The LORD COAKCCLLOR said, he world read the
bill and answer, before be lull, determined too the
rghts of the parties.
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