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Date.
Members of the Vestry.
1770
Jeremy Bentham (7).
1774
Duke of Newcastle.
1774
Duke of Rutland.
1793
Sir George Jackson, Bart.
1810
Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval.
1812
Rt. Hon. George Rose.
1812
Rt. Hon. Charles Abbott, Speaker.
1814
Rt. Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, Chancellor
of the Exchequer.
1818
Rt. Hon. C. Manners Sutton, Speaker.
The assassination of Mr. Spencer Perceval in the lobby
of the House of Commons is thus referred to in the Vestry
minutes of 14th May, 1812:—
This Meeting deeply lamenting the horrid and atrocious Assassination
of the late Right Honorable Spencer Perceval, Chancellor
of His Majesty's Exchequer, a Member of this Vestry,
in the Lobby of the House of Commons, on Monday last,
and sincerely participating in the National feeling upon the
melancholy event, Do unanimously
Resolve that the ancient Custom of ringing the bells upon the
Election of Churchwardens be dispensed with upon the
present occasion.
Meetings nf
tho Vestry.
Meetings of the Vestry were summoned
at the instance of the Churchwardens, as the
parish business required. There were no regular intervals
or appointed times of meeting. When held on Sundays,
which was frequently the case, the convenient hour was
" after evening service," probably about half-past four in
afternoon. On week days the hour of meeting was
frequently eight o'clock in the morning. The Audit
7. He was at this time residing in York Street, and only 23 years of age.
He subsequently occupied a house in Qneen Street, and frequently acted as
Chairman of the Vestry, before and after his visit to Russia.
The rating of the parish officers at this time is worthy of notice. The
Churchwardens and Overseers, who were assessed at sums ranging between
£21 and £!0, were not charged to the Poor Rate, apparently cx-ojjicio. For
the same reason also Thomas Wood, the " Amen " ol Thieving Lane, was
neither assessed nor charged; Lewis Lloyd, the "Deputy Amen," though
assessed at £20 was not charged. The Vestry Clerk, the Steward of the
Workhouse, the Bel! lingers, the "Bedels," and the Bearers, seem all to have
been relieved from payment of the Poor Rate.