And be it declared and [3 & 4 Vict. c. 113. s. 24] enacted, That the holding of a Canonry Residentiary, Prebend, or Office is not nor shall be necessary to the holding of the Deanery of any Cathedral Church in England, nor to the entitling of any Dean to his full Share of the divisible Corporate Revenues of such Church, although such Share may not heretofore have been received by any preceding Dean otherwise than as a Canon Residentiary; and that the holding of a Prebend is not nor shall be necessary to the holding of either of the Residentiary Canonries in the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London which are in the direct Patronage of Her Majesty.