Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840

XXIX Annexation of St. Margaret's and St. John's to Two Canonries of Westminster.

And be it enacted, That the Rectory of the Parish of Saint Margaret in the City of Westminster shall immediately become and be permanently annexed and united to the Canonry in the said Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster held by Henry Hart Milman Clerk, Master of Arts, and the Rectory of the Parish of Saint John in the same City shall immediately become and be permanently annexed and united to the Canonry in the same Church held by John Jennings Clerk, Master of Arts; and the said Henry Hart Milman and his Successors, and the Successors of the said John Jennings, in the said respective Canonries, shall, as Canons of the said Church, become ipso facto Rectors of the said respective Parishes and the Parish Churches thereof, to all Intents and Purposes; and the said Parishes shall become and be Part of the Province of Canterbury, of the Diocese of London, and of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex; and the said Parishes, and the Rectors and other Ministers and Officers thereof, shall, in Ecclesiastical Matters, be subject only to the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and the Archdeacon of Middlesex respectively, in the same Manner as other Parishes in the said Province, Diocese, and Archdeaconry are respectively subject thereto, and be exempted and relieved from all other Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction whatsoever: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall in any Manner affect or prejudice any of the Rights, Customs, or Claims of the Parishioners of the said Parish of Saint Margaret, or the Vestry or Churchwardens thereof for the Time being, nor render them liable to or chargeable with the Repairs of the said Broadway Chapel further or otherwise than as they now are or may become liable thereto by any Law in force at the Time of the passing of this Act.