THE NOMINATION PAPER.

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(At the foot of the above, annex this Declaration,' as required by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106. s. 81.)

'We, the before named A*** B*** and

** D***, do declare to the said Lord Bishop • of as follows; namely, I the said A * * * B*** do declare that I bonâ fide intend to

'pay, and I the said C*** D*** do declare 'that I bonâ fide intend to receive, the "whole actual stipend mentioned in the fore'going Nomination, and statement, without any 'abatement in respect of rent, or consideration for the use of the Glebe house, garden, ' and offices, thereby agreed to be assigned, (if this 'be the fact), and without any other deduction 6 or reservation whatsoever.'

'Witness our hands this

day of

in the year of our Lord, one thousand,

If the appointment is to a Chapel-of-Ease, the following Form will be necessary.

(c) FORM OF A CURATE'S NOMINATION TO A
CHAPEL-OF-EASE.

(This Form, taken from Burns' Eccl. Law (Phillimore's Ed. II. 57.), is also used for a Perpetual Curacy.)

'greeting. Whereas, the Curacy of, in the

and Diocese of

County of is now void 'by the death, (resignation, or removal) of E * * * 'F***, Bachelor of Arts (or other degree) last 'Curate there, and doth of right belong to my 'Nomination. These are humbly to certify your 'Lordship, that I do nominate C * * * 'Bachelor of Arts (or other degree) Clerk, to 'the Curacy aforesaid; requesting your Lordship

D

to grant him your Licence for serving the said " Cure.

'In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 'hand and seal, this

day of

in the

'year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, 'and fifty-.'

II.

(Signature, & Seal) 'A

LETTERS TESTIMONIAL are to be obtained with respect to your 'good life and conversation' attested by three beneficed Clergymen, who have known you for the three years last past; or since your Ordination, if your acquaintance has not been of so long a date. This Testimonial is usually in the Form annexed.

When all, or either, of the subscribing Clergymen are not beneficed in the Diocese in which your Curacy is situated, their Signatures must be Counter-signed by their respective Bishops: and it should be remembered that the Incumbent

LETTERS TESTIMONIAL.

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conferring the Nomination ought not properly to be one of the subscribers to this Testimonial. (See also page 69.).

Form of Letters Testimonial of three Beneficed Clergymen.

"To the Right Reverend A✶ ✶ Lord Bishop of

'We, whose names are here under-written, testify and make known that C*** D*** Clerk, Bachelor of Arts (or other degree), of University of

College, in the

' nominated to serve the cure of

in the 'County of, hath been personally known to us for the space of three years last past (or since his Ordination); that we have had oppor'tunities of observing his conduct; that during 'the whole of that time we verily believe that he 'lived piously, soberly, and honestly, nor have we " at any time heard anything to the contrary there'of; nor hath he at any time, as far as we know or believe, held, written, or taught, anything contrary to the Doctrine or Discipline of the United 'Church of England and Ireland; and moreover 6 we believe him in our consciences to be, as to his 'moral conduct, a person worthy to be Licensed 6 to the said Curacy.'

'In witness whereof we have hereunto names, this

'set our

day of

in

'the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred,

III. Your 'LETTERS OF ORDERS' must also be enclosed. These are the two parchment documents given at your admission into Deacon's, and Priest's Orders. They will be returned to you: as they are the Vouchers of your Ordination, and are likely to be demanded again at some future period. (See pages 44, 78, and post).

SUBSCRIPTIONS, DECLARATION, AND OATHS.

Soon after the transmission of these Papers, you will be required, should they prove satisfactory, either to wait upon the Bishop in person to go through the necessary preliminaries before being Licensed; or a Commission' will be issued to some neighbouring Incumbent to act in his Lordship's stead. At this interview, whether you attend on the Bishop, or on the Commissary, you will be called upon

1. To subscribe the XXXIX ARTICLES, and the III ARTICLES in the 36th Canon (as mentioned in page 39).

2. To make Declaration of your CONFORMITY TO THE LITURGY. (See page 42).

THE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.

3. To take the OATHS (as given in pages 43, 47).

(a) Of Allegiance.

(b) Of Supremacy, and

(c) Of Canonical Obedience.

THE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY.

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A CERTIFICATE of your having made the 'Declaration of Conformity' will be presented to you, which you will be requested to preserve. If made before the Bishop, it will take the Form given in page 48; if made before the Commissary, it will run in the following Form :

CERTIFICATE OF DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY BY COMMISSION.

(To be kept by the party making the same).

'I, C * * *

D***, Clerk, B. A., do 'declare that I will conform to the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, as it is 'now by Law established.'

'To all Christian People to whom these 'presents shall come, The Reverend A***

Date hereof, personally appear before me (Com'missary for this Purpose specially appointed by the Right Reverend Father in God A ***, 'by Divine permission, Lord Bishop of ―,),