12 Further provisions respecting Southwell. C1

. . . F1 the bishop of Lincoln, and not the archbishop of York, shall from henceforth be the visitor of the collegiate church of Southwell, and shall enjoy all powers now vested in the said archbishop as such visitor; and notwithstanding any thing in the said secondly recited Act contained, no appointment shall be made to any canonry or prebend in the said collegiate church, but so soon as every person who was a member of the chapter thereof at the passing of the same Act shall have ceased to be such member, all lands and tenements, tithes, and other hereditaments belonging to the said church or the chapter thereof, except any right of patronage, shall, without any conveyance or assurance in the law other than the provisions of this Act, accrue to and be vested in the ecclesiastical commissioners for the purposes of the secondly recited Act and of this Act; and out of the lands, tenements, tithes, and other hereditaments, and endowments which shall so accrue to the said commissioners, or the proceeds thereof, competent provision shall be made, by the authority in the said secondly recited Act provided, and in such manner as shall be by such authority deemed expedient for the services of the said church of Southwell and for the maintenance and reparation of the fabric of the said church, and for any minor canon or officer thereof; . . . F2 and so soon as conveniently may be, and by the like authority, out of the same lands, tenements, tithes, or other hereditaments or endowments, or the proceeds thereof, or out of any other lands, tithes, or other hereditaments or endowments now or in the meantime vested in the said commissioners, or any emoluments already accrued or hereafter accruing to them in respect of the canonries or prebends of the said church, provision shall be made for the spiritual care of the said parish of Southwell, . . . F3; and the vicarage of Southwell . . . F3 may be constituted a rectory with the cure of souls: . . . F4 Provided always, that the said rectory of Southwell and the incumbent thereof, shall continue subject to all the provisions of the M1thirdly recited Act passed in the second year of her present Majesty’s reign.