Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

LI Estates of Non-residentiary Prebends, &c. vested in Commissioners.

And be it enacted, That all Lands, Tithes, and other Hereditaments, excepting any Right of Patronage, and all other the Emoluments and Endowments whatsoever belonging to the Deaneries of Wolverhampton, Middleham, Heytesbury, and Brecon, and to the Dignity or Office of Sub-Dean, Chancellor of the Church, Vice Chancellor, Treasurer, Provost, Precentor, or Succentor, and to any Prebend not residentiary in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church in England, or in the Cathedral Churches of Saint David's and Llandaff, or in the Collegiate Church of Brecon, or enjoyed by the Holder of any such Deanery, Dignity, Office, or Prebend as such Holder, shall, as to all such of the said Deaneries, Dignities, Offices, and Prebends respectively as may be vacant at the passing of this Act immediately upon its so passing, and as to all others immediately upon the Vacancies thereof respectively, without any Conveyance or Assurance in the Law other than the Provisions of this Act, accrue to and be vested absolutely in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England and their Successors for the Purposes of this Act: Provided always, that all other Rights and Privileges whatsoever now by Law belonging to any of such Dignities, Offices, or Prebends, except the said last-named Deaneries, shall continue to belong thereto, except so far as any of such Rights or Privileges may be controlled or affected by any of the Provisions of this Act, respecting the Right of Election now exercised by any Chapter : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall in any Manner apply to or affect any Dignity, Office, or Prebend which is permanently annexed to any Bishoprick, Archdeaconry, Professorship, or Lectureship, or to any School or the Mastership thereof, or the Prebends of Burgham, Bursalis, Exceit, and Wyndham, in the Cathedral Church of Chichester.