5 able George Gough Baron Calthorpe, and the Reverend Charles Bryan, clerk, the majority of whom, in consideration of the addition to. the endowment to the said Chapels by virtue of this Act, have consented that the patronage of the said Chapels shall, for ever hereafter, be vested in Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors: And whereas, in order to provide a decent maintenance for the Ministers of the said Three Chapels so built, and of the said Chapel intended to be built at Cinderford, it is expedient that the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings for the time. 10 being, for and on behalf of Her Majesty, should be authorized to make such additional endowments to the said Three Chapels, so as to make up the net annual income of the Ministers thereof respectively to the annual sun of One hundred and Fifty Pounds, as after mentioned; and also to endow the said Chapel to be built at Cinderford with the 15 annual sum of One hundred and Fifty Pounds, as after mentioned; May it therefore please Your MAJESTY, That it may be Enacted; and be it Enacted, by The QUEEN's inost Excellent MAJESTY, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament 20 assembled, and by the Authority of the same, THAT Her Majesty's Commissioners for building new Churches shall, within Two Years from the passing of this Act, with the consent of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol for the time being (within whose diocese the said Forest is), and of any Two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, 25 Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, to be signified in writing under their hands and seals, divide all such part of the said Forest of Dean and hundred of Saint Briavel as is extra-parochial, and bounded on or towards the north by the parishes of Ruardean, Hope Mansell, Westonunder-Penyard and Lea, on or towards the north-east by the parishes 30 of Mitchel Dean and Abinghall, on or towards the east by the parishes of Flaxley, Westbury, Newland, Little Dean, the hamlet of Lea the said parish of Flaxley, and the said parish of Little Dean, on or towards the east by the parish of Newnham, on or towards the south-east by the parishes of Awre and Lydney, on or towards the south, south-west and part west by the parish of Newland, and on or towards the west and north-west by the parish of English Bicknor, into Four separate Districts, for Ecclesiastical purposes, and shall set out such districts by metes and bounds; and one of which districts shall contain the said Chapel of Christchurch, and shall be called the Ecclesiastical District of Christchurch; one other of which districts shall contain the said Chapel of Holy Trinity, and shall be called the Ecclesiastical District of Holy Trinity; one other of which districts shall contain the said Chapel of Saint Paul, and shall be called the Ecclesiastical District of Saint Paul; and the remaining ..161. 35 40 2. tricts shall be Incumbents to have per powered to receive En land or tithes. district shall contain the said Chapel to be built at Cinderford afore- and the instrument ascertaining and setting out the said districts The Chapels And be it Enacted, That the said chapels to which the said dis- 15 to which Districts shall be assigned shall, from and after such registry and enrolassigned to be ment, be deemed Perpetual Curacies, and the ministers of the said Perpetual Curacies, and chapels Perpetual Curates of such districts; and such curacies shall be considered in law as a benefice presentative, so far only as that the petual succes-license thereto shall operate in the same manner as institutions to any 20 sion, and em-; such benefice shall render voidable other livings in like manner as dowments in institution to any such benefice; and the spiritual persons now or hereafter serving the same shall be considered as the incumbents thereof respectively; and such incumbents thereof, from the time of such registry and enrolment as aforesaid, shall have perpetual succes- 25 sion, and shall be and are hereby declared to be bodies politic and corporate, and may receive and take endowments in land or tithes, or both, or any such augmentation as shall be granted to them or their successors; and all lands and other endowments now vested in any trustees or trustee for the ministers of the said chapels respectively 30 (other than the said funds in the names of the said Governors of the Bounty of Queen ANNE), and the said chapels and burial-grounds, and the sites thereof, shall, from and after such registry and enrolment as aforesaid, be vested in the ministers of the said chapels respectively, and their successors respectively, for ever, in the same manner 35 as the same would be vested in the incumbent of a parish; and all laws in force relating to Ecclesiastical property shall apply to such premises; and all persons presenting or appointing any such incumbents shall respectively be subject to all jurisdictions and laws ecclesiastical or common, and to all provisions, regulations, penalties or forfeitures contained in any Act of Parliament from time to time in force relating thereto; and in case of any failure in presenting or nominating any such incumbent for the space of Sir calendar Months, such presentation or appointment shall lapse, as in cases of actual benefices; and all the said chapels shall be subject to the jurisdiction of 40 . of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and the Archdeacon of the Forest Deanery. And be it Enacted, That marriages, baptisms, churchings and burials may be solemnized and performed in the said chapels, and 5 the usual and accustomed fees may be taken for the same, and all Acts of Parliament, laws and customs relating to publishing banns of marriage, marriages, christenings, churchings and burials, and the registering thereof, and to all Ecclesiastical fees, oblations and offerings, shall apply to such districts when the same shall be re10 gistered and enrolled as aforesaid, in like manner in every respect as if the same districts were ancient and distinct parishes and parish churches in law, to all intents and purposes. And be it Enacted, That the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings shall, by and out of 15 any monies which may from time to time be at the disposal of the said Commissioners, purchase in the names of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen ANNE such a sum of the Stock called Three per Centum Reduced Bank Annuities, as will be sufficient, when purchased, to produce the annual dividend of Thirty-one Pounds Nine Shillings and 20 Sixpence, and such Stock shall for ever thereafter form part of the endowment of the said Chapel of Christchurch, and the dividends thereof be paid to the minister or perpetual curate of such chapel or benefice; and further, shall purchase in the names of the aforesaid Governors such a further sum of the said Stock as will be sufficient, 25 when purchased, to produce the annual dividend of Fifty-eight Pounds Seven Shillings, and such Stock shall for ever thereafter form part of the endowment of the said Chapel of the Holy Trinity, and the dividends thereof be paid to the minister or perpetual curate of the said chapel or benefice; and further, shall purchase, in 30 the names of the said Governors such a further sum of the said Stock as will be sufficient, when purchased, to produce the annual dividend of Seventy-five Pounds Six Shillings and Sixpence, and such Stock shall for ever thereafter form part of the endowment of the said Chapel of Saint Paul, and the dividends thereof be paid to 35 the minister or perpetual curate of the said chapel or benefice; to the end that the endowments of the said Three Chapels may be augmented so as to produce the annual sum of One hundred and Fifty Pounds each; and shall (when and after the said Chapel at Cinderford shall have been built and consecrated) purchase in the names of the aforesaid Governors such a further sum of the said Stock as will be sufficient, when purchased, to produce the annual dividend of One hundred and Fifty Pounds, and the dividends thereof be paid to the minister or perpetual curate of the said chapel or benefice; and all such several endowments may be sold, and the produce thereof applied in all respects 40 2 5. Commissioners of Woods to augment the existing Fund set apart for the maintenanee and repair of the.. Chapels. 6. Commissioners of Woods empowered to grant, not exceeding One Acre, in each case, for the enlargement of the existing Burialgrounds, and not exceeding Six Acres for the site of the intended Chapel and Burialground thereof, and for the site of the Parsonage 5 as the Governors of the Bounty of Queen ANNE are authorized to dis 15 And be it Enacted, That the suid Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings shall, out of such monies as aforesaid, when the said Chapel at Cinderford afore. 20 said shall have been built and consecrated, purchase the sum of Three hundred and Thirty-three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence Three per Centum Consolidated Bank Annuities, in the names of the First Commissioner of Woods and the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol for the time being, and which said sum of Three hundred and Thirty- 25 three Pounds Six Shillings and Eight-pence, and the said sum of One thousand Pounds, like Stock, so now standing in the names of the said First Commissioner and the said Bishop, shall be held upon trust to apply the dividends thereof as a fund for the maintaining and repairing the fabrics of the aforesaid Three Chapels, and the said Chapel at Cinderford, 30 when built and consecrated, such dividends to be applied in equal shares ; and any part of such dividends may, at the discretion of such First Commissioner and Bishop, be applied in insuring the said chapels, or any of them from loss or damage by fire. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, or any Two of them, on behalf of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to grant to the respective ministers of the said chapels, and their successors respectively, any part of the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown within the said Forest, to be appropriated for the said chapels, as after mentioned; (that is to say) any part not exceeding One Acre, for each of the said Three Chapels already built, to be applied for the purpose of increasing the sites of the burialgrounds thereto belonging; and any part not exceeding Sir Acres, as a site 35 4D a site for the intended Chapel at Cinderford, and the burial-ground House and thereof, and the parsonage-house and garden for the minister thereof. And be it Enacted, That the right of patronage or nomination of or to the said Chapel of Christchurch, and of or to the said Chapel of 5 Holy Trinity, and of or to the said new Chapel to be built at Cinderford, shall be for ever vested in The QUEEN's most Excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors. And be it Enacted, That the right of patronage or nomination to the said Chapel of Saint Paul shall be vested in the Lord Bishop of 10 Gloucester and Bristol and his successors for ever. Garden for the Incumbent. 7. Patronage of Christchurch, Holy Trinity, and intended new Chapel vested in Her Majesty. 8. Patronage of vested in the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. Saint Paul's 9. of the Crown. Saving always to The QUEEN's most Excellent Majesty, Her Saving Rights heirs and successors, all such estate, right, title, interest, privilege, prerogative and benefit (other than and except the rights and interests hereby expressly varied, barred, destroyed or extinguished), as She or 15 they had or enjoyed in, to or out of or from the said Forest, and every part thereof, before the passing of this Act, or could or might have held or enjoyed in case this Act had not been passed. 10. And be it Enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by Act may be any Act to be passed in this present Session of Parliament. altered or repealed this Session. |