The Statutes of the Collegiate Church of Ely, in the Original Latin, with Explanatory Notes and an Engl. Translation (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1817 Excerpt: ...Ecclesia hymnis, psalmis, et perpetuis orationibus Deum celebran dum, ill, that the farmers shall be bound to pay the amount of their rents also in our Church to the Receiver or his Deputy; the alienation or mortgage of any manor, land, rents, tenements, or any other immovable thing, we do altogether prohibit, for we wish our Church to fatten, not to waste away. Finally, Causes and Suits in Law for the defence, recovery, and conservation of the rights of the said Church, the Dean himself, nor any one of the Canons, shall not institute, or prosecute, lay aside, or relinquish, without the advice of the Chapter; all benefices, every Rectory, Vicarage, or other ecclesiastical benefit of that kind, belonging to the patronage, nomination, or presentation of our Church, shall be bestowed by the Dean, or, in his absence, the Vice Dean, with the consent of the Chapter. Of the Election of the Minor Canons. CHAPTER XIX. Chapter 20th in the Statutes of Henry and Elizabeth. Forasmuch as we have determined that in this our Church God shalFbe worshipped p 2 with dum, decrevimus, statuimus, et volumus, ut tarn illi quinq. presbyteri quos Minores Canonicos vocamus quam octo Clerici Laici ad haec Diaconus qui Epistolem leget (quos omnes ad Dei laudes in Ecclesiae nostrae templo affidue decantandus decrevimus) sint quantum fieri possit eruditi, famae bonae, et conversationis honestae, denique cantando periti, id quod constare voluraus judicio eorum. qui in eadem Ecclesia artem Musicam probe callent eligentur autem cum locaillorum vacaverint per Decanum aut eo absente per ViceDecanum et Capitulum. Porro in ipsa sua admissione hujus modi juramentum praestabunt. Praesens Statutif de eligendia Canonicis idem prorsus est ac Hi-sed aliter ab . hac de re statuitur, ijsq. quae ...