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soe neglecting or refuseing an aforesaid. And if such person so
to bo elected in the room of such person so neglecting * * *
shall also neglect * * to make and subscribe the said
Declaration and Acknowledgement * * * * whereby such
place shall again become void or if such persons who shall have
right of Election or nomination as aforesaid shall not proceed to
Election within one moneth after such Vacancy then it shall be
lawfull to and for the respective Archbishop Bishop or Ordinary
of the Diocesse under his Hand and Scale to elect and nominate
a discrcete person of the respective Parish in such vacante roome
which person so],to be elected and nominated after his makeing
and subscription * * * * and Small * * * be reputed
deemed and taken to be a Vestryman * * * in like manner
as if he had been chosen by the respective Electors any Law
Custome or Usage to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Admission to a scat on the Vestry was, in consequence of
this enactment attended with some little ceremony, as may
be gathered from the method of recording the same:—
5 th Sept, 1077.
Know all men by these pants that Mr Arthur Prior & MrNehemiah
Arnold of the parish of St. Margts Westmr in ye County
of Middx were Sworno Vestry men for ye Sayd parish before y° Rt
Worll Sr Rich Lloyd Knt Doctor of Lawes Comissary & Officiall
Principall to the Worll tho Deane and Chapter of the Collegiate
Church of St Peters Westmr on Wednesday tho 13th day of June
1077.
These are to Certifie all persons whom it may concerne That this
Second day of August in the yeare of Our Lord God 1G77 Richard
Newman Esqre Inhabitant and Parishonr of the Parish of St.
Margarts Westmr in ye County of Middx Appeared before me
Richard Lloyd Kt Dr of Lawes Comissarj' & Officiall Principall to
ye Worll y° Deane and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St Peters
Westmr aforesayd judicially sitting in ye Consistory Court of the
sayd Deane and Chapter held in the sayd Collegiate Church of St
Peters Westmr And was by me according to the Act of Parlmt in
that behalfe made and provided Nominated and elected a Vestry
Man of the sayd parish of St Margt in Westmr aforesayd made and
subscribed tho Declaration and Acknowledgment mentioned in the
sayd Act of Parliamt made in the 15th yeare of y° Reigne of
Sovereigne Charles y° 2nd by tho Grace of God of England Scotland
Franco and Ireland King Defender of tho ffaitli &c Intituled [An