An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings, by "the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor ... to the End of the Year 1895: Also the Cha

Excerpt from An Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings, by "the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy," and of Benefactions by Corporate Bodies and Individuals, to the End of the Year 1895: Also the Charters, Rules, and Acts of Parliament, by Which the Proceedings of the Governors Are Regulated Having received your permission to compile a concise History of the Proceedings of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty, with an Account of all Augmenta tions, to the end of the year 1825, granted to small Cures out of the Revenues placed at the disposal of the Govern ors by the Bounty'of the Royal Founder, by the Muniti cence of Parliament in the last and in the present Reign, and by the Donations of many pious Individuals, I have accordingly proceeded in this Work; to which I have added a Statement of the present practice of the Governors in augmenting poor Livings and in the general administra tion of the Trust reposed in them: And I now most re spectfully present to you, my Lords and Gentlemen, the Result of my Labors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.