& Scientia Eruditum & per nos & alios quo ad omnia in ea parte requisita examinatum & approbatum in Sacrum Diaconatus ordinem juxta morem & ritum Eclesiæ Anglicanæ in hac parte salubriter editos & provisos admisimus & promovimus Ipsumque in Diaconum Rite & Canonice tunc & ibidem ordinavimus In cujus rei testimonium Sigillum Nostrum Episcople presentibus apponi fecimus. Datis die & anno prædictis Nostræque translationis anno vicesimo secundo. H. LONDON.

TRANSLATION.

By tenor of these presents, We, Henry, Bishop of London by Divine permission, make known to all that on the second day of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven, in our chapel within our palace at Fulham, Middlesex, we, the aforesaid Henry, Bishop of London, conferring holy orders with the sanction of Almighty God, admitted and promoted our beloved in Christ, William Vesey, A. M., of the University of Oxford (very highly recommended for his laudable life, his gifts of sound morals and virtues, well versed in the study and knowledge of the best literature-having been examined and approved by ourselves and others in everything required in this respect), to the holy order of deaconship, according to the wisely provided in this sense and known usage and rite of the Church of England. We ritually and canonically ordained him deacon then and there.

In testimony of which we have caused our episcopal seal to be affixed to these presents. Given on the day and year aforesaid, the twenty-second year of our translation. H. LONDON.

CERTIFICATE OF HIS ORDINATION AS PRIEST.

Tenore presentium Nos Henricus permissione Divina Londinensis Episcopus notum facimus universis quod die Secundo mensis Augusti Anno Domi. Millesimo Sexcentessimo nonagesimo septimo in Capella nostra intra pallatium nostrum de Fulham Middlesexiae nos præfatus Henricus Londinensis Episcopus antedictos sacros ordines dei omnipotentis præsidio Celebrantes: dilectum nobis in Christo Gulielmum Vesey A. M. ex universitate oxon de vita Sua Laudabile ac morum & virtutum Suarum donis nobis multipliciter Comendatur ac in bonarum literarem Studio &

scientia eruditum & per nos & alios quo ad omnia ea parte requisita examinatum & approbatum in Sacrum Presbyteratus Ordinem juxta morem & ritum Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ in hac parte Salubriter editos & provisos admissimus & promovimus Ipsumque in presbyterum rite & canonice tunc & ibidem ordinarimus In cujus Rei Testimonium Sigillum Nostrum Episcopale præsentibus apponi facimus Datis Die & anno praedictis nostræque Translationis anno Vicesimo secondo.

TRANSLATION.

H. LONDON.

By tenor of these presents, We, Henry, Bishop of London by Divine permission, make known to all that on the second day of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand, six hundred and ninety-seven, in our chapel within our palace at Fulham, Middlesex, we, the aforesaid Henry, Bishop of London, conferring holy orders with the sanction of Almighty God, admitted and promoted our beloved in Christ, William Vesey, A. M., of the university of Oxford (very highly recommended for his laudable life, his gifts of sound morals and virtues, well versed in the study and knowledge of the best literature—having been examined and approved by ourselves and others in everything required in this respect), to the holy order of priesthood, according to the wisely provided in this sense and known usage and rite of the Church of England. We ritually and canonically ordained him priest then and there.

In testimony of which we have caused our episcopal seal to be affixed to these presents. Given on the day and year aforesaid, the twenty-second year of our translation.

H. LONDON.

HIS CANONICAL APPOINTMENT TO TRINITY CHURCH.

Henricus permissione Divina Londonensis Episcopus Dilecto Nobis in Christo Gulielmo Vesey clerico Salutam & Gratiam ad peragendum Officium parochi in Eclesia de New Yorke (in partibus occidentalibus) in presibus communibus aliisque ministeriis Ecclesiasticis ad officium parochi pertinentibus juxta formam descriptam in Libro publicarum precum authoritate parliamenti hujus Inclyti Regni Angliæ in ea parte edit & provis & Canones

& Constitutiones in ea parte Legitime Stabilitas & publicatas & non aliter neque alio modo tibi de cujas fidelitate, morum Integritate, Literarem Scientia, Sana Doctrina & diligentia plurimum confidimus (prestito primitus per te juramento tam de agnosendo regiam Supremam Majestatem juxta vim, formam, & effectum Statuti parliamenti dicti regni Angliæ in ea parte edit & provis quam de canonica obedientia Nobis & Successoribus nostris in omnibus licitis & honestis per te prestanda & Exhibenda Subscriptisque per te Tribas illis Articulis mentionalis in Tricessimo Sexto Capitulo libri Constitutionem Sive canonem Ecclesiasticorum Anno Domini 1604 regia Authoritate Editorum & promulgatorum) Licentiam & facultatem Nostram Consedimus & Impertimur per presentes ad Nostram bene placitum Duntaxit duraturas In cujus rei Testimonium Sigillum Nostram quo in Similibus plerumque utimur presentibus apponi fecimus Dat Secundo die Augusti 1697.

H. LONDON.

TRANSLATION.

Henry, Bishop of London by Divine permission, to our beloved in Christ William Vesey, clergyman, health and grace. By these presents, which shall continue only according to our good pleasure, we grant and impart our license and authority to you (in whose fidelity, correctness of morals, scholarly accomplishments, soundness of doctrine and zeal we have the utmost confidence) to discharge the duties of pastor of the church of New York (in the west), in common prayers and the other ecclesiastical ministrations pertaining to the office of pastor according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer, published and provided for this purpose by the authority of the parliament of this renowned Kingdom of England and according to the canons and ordinances lawfully established and set forth in this regard, and not otherwise nor in any other manner an oath having, first of all, been taken by you recognizing as well the royal supremacy according to the force, form and effect of the act of Parliament of the said Kingdom of England in this connection passed and provided, as also recognizing the obedience to be given and shown by you to us and our

successors in all things good and lawful; and on your subscribing, besides, to the three articles mentioned in the thirty-sixth chapter of the book of Constitutions or Ecclesiastical Canons published and promulgated by royal authority in the year of our Lord 1604.

In testimony of which we have caused our seal that we generally use on similar occasions to be affixed to these presents. Given on the second day of August, 1697.

MANDATE FOR mr. vesey's INDUCTION.

H. LONDON.

Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governor of the Province of New York in America and vice-admiral of the

same.

To all and singular, the rectors, vicars, chaplains, curates, clergymen and ministers whatsoever in and throughout the whole province aforesaid, wherever established, and also to Thomas Wenham and Robert Lurting, the present wardens of Trinity Church in New York, greeting:

Whereas, I commit to you jointly and severally our beloved in Christ, William Vesey, clergyman, presented to the rectory or parochial church of the Trinity at New York in the province aforesaid, now vacant, to be instituted rector of the same; and firmly enjoining, I command you to collate and induct, or cause to be inducted the said William Vesey or his lawful proctor in his name and for himself, into the real, actual and corporal possession of said vestry or church, and of all its rights and appurtenances, and that you defend him so inducted; and that (when duly required thereto) you certify to me or to some other competent judge what you have done in the premises, or whoever of you being present shall have executed this my mandate. Given under the prerogative seal of said province the 25th day of December. Anno Domini 1697. BEN. FLETCHER.

CERTIFICATE OF MR. VESEY'S INDUCTION.

By virtue of the above mandate, in presence of the Reverend Domine Henry Selyns, minister of the Dutch Church in the City of New York, and of the Reverend Domine Johannes Petrus Nucella, minister of God's Word, the undersigned, Thomas Wen

ham and Robert Lurting, wardens of Trinity Church aforesaid, have collated and inducted the aforesaid Reverend William Vesey, clergyman, into Trinity Church before named, after the usual manner and custom, and into all the rights and appurtenances of the same, on the 25th day of December, 1697.

In testimony whereof we have signed these presents, the day and year above said.

HENRY SELYNS,

Minister of the Dutch Church, New York.

JOHANNES PETRUS NUCELLA,

Minister of Dutch Church, Kingston.

THOMAS WENHAM,

ROBERT LURTING,

Church Wardens.

GLEANINGS FROM THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE.

A GOLD RING WITH POESIE.

In the name of God Amen To all Christian People Greeting Know Yee that I Randolph Evans of the Citty of New Yorke Inholder being through Gods blessing of sound Memory & Understanding butt weak in body Doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following that is to say first bequeath my Soule unto the hands of Almighty God my heavenly ffather from whom I received itt by whom of his meer Grace I trust to be Saved & Received into his Eternall Rest through the meritts of my Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ my body in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection I Committ to the Earth to be buried in Such Descent Manner as becometh And Touching the Distribution of what temporall Estate it hath pleased God to Endow me with in this world I dispose of the Same as followeth

Imprimis I Doe give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Child of Martha Evans my Second wife the Sume of twenty pounds Currtt Money of this Province to bee paid unto her att he