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Union of Southill with Old Warden (copy)

29 Apr 1797

From: 1797 To: 1797

Recites petition of Samuel Whitbread Esq., of Cardington, and Lawrence Smith, clerk, that Whitbread is Patron (except for the next turn) of Southill and Old Warden, and that Smith is Vicar of both churches and patron for the next turn only, that the parishes are contiguous and the churches are not more than one mile distant from one another, that there are about 100 houses in Southill and not more than 47 in Old Warden, that the annual value of Southill is £120 and that Vicarage of Old Warden is £86, and that they are not sufficient decently to maintain and support two Incumbents, that the Vicarage house of Old Warden has for many years past been unfit for the Residence of a Vicar thereof, being a mere cottage now let to a Labourer, and that the Consolidation and perpetual Union of the said Churches and Vicarages would be in no ways detrimental to the Inhabitants of either parish but tend to encourage and enable worthy men to reside and keep up hospitality amongst them NOW the Bishop by these presents unite, annex, incorporate, and Consolidate the Church and Vicarage of Old Warden with its rights, profits and appurtenances to the Church and Vicarage of Southill etc. and we do add & annex the cure of souls within the said parish of Old Warden to the Church and Incumbent of the Vicarage of Southill. Lawrence Smith to be the Vicar, and after his resignation, death or cession, the Churches are to be taken as one benefice of Southill with Old Warden. Payments of fees and dues to the Bishops of Lincoln and to the Archdeacon of Bedford to continue as though the Union had not been made. On dorse Letter from R.Smith, Buckden, to the Rev.F. H. Neve, Old Warden, sending copy of the Union, 2 January 1822.

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Whitbread, Samuel,
Smith, Lawrence,
Smith, R,
Neve, F H

Old Warden, SOUTHILL, parish union, patron of the living, clergy