Select Vestries (1719) [ Practices ]
… were formerly call'd by the Minister of the Parish, and always notify'd in the Church , were chang'd into such sort of Meetings, as afore-mentioned, which could not, without misnomy , assume the Title of a Select Vestry , because they are … Governours, who are oftner Occasional Conformists , if not downright Dissenters , than true Churchmen, hold their Select Meetings , where, under the Countenance of a couple of Middlesex Esquires, or at least their Clerks, who, in the … were formerly call'd by the Minister of the Parish, and always notify'd in the Church , were chang'd into such sort of Meetings, as afore-mentioned, which could not, without misnomy , assume the Title of a Select Vestry..." … Religion … …
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