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Title: Churchwardens' Manual
their duties, powers, rights, and privilages

Author: George Henry

Release Date: November 15, 2007 [eBook #23476]

Language: English

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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHURCHWARDENS' MANUAL***

Transcribed from the 1897 Simpkin and Co. edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org

Winchester:
Printed by Warren & Son, 85, High Street.

Churchwardens' Manual:
_THEIR DUTIES_,
_POWERS_, _RIGHTS_, _AND PRIVILEGES_.

BY
GEORGE HENRY, D.D.,

_Bishop of Guildford and Archdeacon of Winchester_.

Third Edition.

LONDON:
SIMPKIN AND CO., LIMITED.

WINCHESTER:
WARREN AND SON, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, HIGH STREET.

_All rights reserved_.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

The fact that a Second Edition of this Manual has been called for within
a few months of its first publication, shows, I think, that it has met a
want which was previously felt by Clergy and Churchwardens. The whole of
the Manual has been revised, and additions made with special reference to
the Burial Laws, the position of District Churches as regards the Mother
Church, and the conveyance of land or buildings to trustees for mission
or other purposes, which it is hoped will add to its value.

G. H. G.

THE CLOSE,
WINCHESTER.

_October_, _1890_.

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

Additions have been made to the present Edition, especially with
reference to the changes which the Local Government Act, 1894, has made
as to the duties of Churchwardens. It is hoped that these additions may
be found useful. I once more express the hope that this Manual may be
found increasingly helpful in the hands of the Churchwardens in the
carrying out of their very res