The Legal Position of the ClergySmith, Philip Vernon
Religion
The Legal Position of the Clergy
Smith, Philip Vernon
Canon law; Clergy -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain; Ecclesiastical law -- Great Britain
[176] As stated in ch. i. § 4, these decisions are part of our Church
law, until reversed or altered by future judicial decisions or by
legislation. As intimated in the Preface, no opinion is here expressed
as to their correctness, or as to what the law ought to be on the points
with which they deal. It has been questioned whether in the Ornaments
Rubric and in the Act of Uniformity of 1559 (1 Eliz. c. 2), from which
it is derived, the mention of such ornaments as were in the Church by
authority of Parliament in the second year of Edward VI. refers to the
ornaments sanctioned by the First Prayer Book of Edward VI., the use of
which was enjoined by the Act of Uniformity of 1549 (2 & 3 Edw. 6, c.
1), or to those previously in use. It may be observed that this Act is
referred to as made in the second year of the reign in the later Act of
Uniformity of 1552 (5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 1, s. 4), and the Book itself is
associated with that year in the 36th Article. In the Bp. of
Winchester's Case (1596) 2 Co. Rep. 40 a, the Payment of Tithes Act of
the same session (2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 13) is referred to as made in the
Parliament holden in the second year of Edward VI. See also Westerton
_v._ Liddell (1857) Moore's Special Report, 156, 160; Martin _v._
Mackonockie (1868) L. R. 2 P. C. 365, at p. 390; Elphinstone _v._
Purchas (1870) L. R. 3 A. & E. 66, 94.
[177] Faulkner _v._ Litchfield (1845) 1 Rob. Eccl. 184; Westerton _v._
Liddell (1857) Moore's Special Report, 176-185. A variety of embroidered
cloths is permissible; _Ib._188. But the decision in _Re_ St. Luke's,
Chelsea (1904) P. 257, that marble is "stuff" within Canon 82, seems
open to question.
[178] Phill. Eccl. Law, 733-5; Liddell _v._ Beal (1860) 14 Moo. P. C. 1,
14; Durst _v._ Masters (1876) 1 P. D. 373; Ridsdale _v._ Clifton (1877)
2 P. D. 276; Bradford _v._ Fry (1878) 4 P. D. 93, 106; _Re_ St.
Matthias, Richmond (1897) P. 70; _Re_ St. Ethelburga (1900) P. 80; _Re_
St. John Baptist, Paignton (1905) P. 111.
[179] Liddell _v._ Beal, _ubi sup._; Elphinstone _v._ Purchas (1870) L.
R. 3 A. & E. 66.
[180] Boyd _v._ Phillpotts (1874) L. R. 4 A. & E. 297; (1875) 6 P. C.
435; Hughes _v._ Edwards (1877) 2 P. D. 361; _Re_ St. Mark, Marylebone
(1898) P. 115; Davey _v._ Hinde (1901) P. 95; (1903) P. 221.
[181] _Re_ St. Lawrence, Pittington (1880) 5 P. D. 131; _Re_ St. John,
Pendlebury (1895) P. 178.
[182] Westerton _v._ Liddell (1857) Moore's Special Report 187,8;
overruling Faulkner _v._ Litchfield (1845) 1 Rob. Eccl. 184.
[183] _Re_ Holy Trinity, Stroud Green (1887) 12 P. D. 199; _Re_ St.
Mark, Marylebone (1898) P. 115.
[184] _Re_ St. Agnes, Toxteth Park (1885) 11 P. D. 1; _Re_ St. John
Baptist, Timberhill (1895) P. 71.
[185] White _v._ Bowron (1873) L. R. 4 A. & E. 207; 43 L. J. Eccl. 7.
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