The Sutton Advowson
This article describes a series of events taken from Henry's Trials. The advowson of a parish was the right, on the death or resignation of the current incumbent, to propose to the diocesan bishop a suitable candidate as Vicar or Rector of that parish. Henry's family owned the advowson of Sutton in Surrey for a hundred years or so, until they were forced to sell it following a ruling in the Court of Chancery.
I should point out that in the article, where the activities of Henry Hatch are described, I questioned why it was that he had his children baptised into the Anglican Church (when they were not infants) two years after he took Holy Orders. I suggested that he might previously not have been be a member of that church. In fact, since he had been educated at Cambridge he must have been a member of the Church of England. Until 1854, membership of the Church of England was mandatory for acceptance into Oxford or Cambridge colleges.
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This article describes a series of events taken from Henry's Trials. The advowson of a parish was the right, on the death or resignation of the current incumbent, to propose to the diocesan bishop a suitable candidate as Vicar or Rector of that parish. Henry's family owned the advowson of Sutton in Surrey for a hundred years or so, until they were forced to sell it following a ruling in the Court of Chancery.
I should point out that in the article, where the activities of Henry Hatch are described, I questioned why it was that he had his children baptised into the Anglican Church (when they were not infants) two years after he took Holy Orders. I suggested that he might previously not have been be a member of that church. In fact, since he had been educated at Cambridge he must have been a member of the Church of England. Until 1854, membership of the Church of England was mandatory for acceptance into Oxford or Cambridge colleges.
Click on the icon to download the file, © 2010, Society of Genealogists and the author, in pdf format.
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