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Agenda

Inquirenda

1. Causes of the original formation
of an Establishment thus
inefficient as to good
purposes

2. Whether at present
there ought to be any establishment if one
is profitable?

3. If yes what ought
it to be — i.e. what
changes ought to be made
in the existing one

4. Mode of proceeding in
regard to such changes

Ch. 1.
Arguments for and
against reform —
Difficulty attending it
§.1. Magnitude of the above
how far an argument against—
reform.

Ch. 2
Opinions of Church-of-
Englandism in favour of
reform

§.1. — in favour of reform
in general

§.2. in fa admiration of
particular abuses and
imperfections.

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Agenda.

1. Dioceses, Prebends and
C as they become
vacant to fall in to the
Crown and be sold by
Auction: produce, to the
Sinking Fund. Titles excepted,
ab infra.

2. So Bishopricks. The
existing ones to retain their
seats — no new ones to have
seats.

3. Bishops to have salaries
paid out of the consolidated
fund.

4. Lands belonging to
Bishopricks &c. not vacant
power to any bidder to
cause then to be put
up to auction, he engaging
to bid for
them in the first instance
a sum the interest of
which shall produce
to the Incumbent if
vested in the fund an
increase of income not
less than so much —
say 20 per cent.

5. Tithes — power to the
Land — owners to compel
the sale — in case of
disagreement by the verdict
of a Jury: wheresoever
it can be done without
uncompensated damage
to the Tithe-owners, clerical
or lay.

As by sale of a part
the value of the
might be lessened more
than in proportion,
the terms must
be such as to save the
Tithe-owners from uncompensated
damage.

6. Produce of all such
sales in so far as the
Ministers Parish of Parishes are
the Tithe-owners let it be
vested in the funds. In so
far as they are laymen
if where the property be at the
absolute disposal of one person,
let the purchase money
be paid to him in hand: of

if the estate be in any
kind of settlement, let it
be vested in the Funds
according to the Settlement.

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6. No ulterior donations
to Qu. Ann's bounty

7. In Ireland, letters
not to be any longer
payable by Catholics
to Protestant Ministers

8. Exempted from the burthen
of tithes Church
-of England if sufficiently
numerous in a parish
may raise maintain
a Minister by subscription
as sectaries do in England
as well as Ireland; where
they are not sufficiently
numerous, they may do
as sectaries do in the same
case.

9. Abolish all declarations
of belief

10. After cleansing it
of the controversial matter
continue the use of the
Liturgy binding the
Minister to employ it,
but subjoining a declaration
that by reading
his part of it he does
not mean to say that
his persuasion coincides
exactly with every proposition
he reads.

11. In every Parish empower
the Minister at
the instance of a majority
or at least extra-majority
(say 2/3ds) of the valid
Parishioners to make
amendments? viz. in the
way of ade defalcation
addition, or substitution.

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12. Leaving out some
of the repetitious and
useless matter, insert
but at the end some
matter of useful science
such as Astronomy, Geography,
Nat. Philosophy,
Chemistry, Medicine,
Natural History,
Law

13. Discontinue the
annual contribution to
Queen Ann's Bounty

14. Encourage voluntary
donations — in particular
by Will

15. Organize a System for
of excessively small
Parishes and division of
excessively large ones
N.B. on division: new
Churches or Chapels will need
to be built.

16. In regard to tithes &c.
establish antiquation in
the character of a divestation
court. Modes as old as 1702
nullified . Ann
for 1809.

Identifier: | JB/006/003/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Date_1	1812-09-20	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	006	Main Headings	church of englandism
Folio number	003	Info in main headings field	church
Image	002	Titles	agenda / inquirenda / anti-christian church of englandism
Category	rudiments sheet (brouillon)	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & co 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	2736
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