A History of the Borough of Plympton Erle: the Castle And Manor of Plympton ...
A History of the Borough of Plympton Erle: the Castle And Manor of Plympton ...
Joshua Brooking Rowe
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1708. Rever** Sir, The Churchwarden has (psuant to yo^ order) admitted us to the sight of the parish books relating to the election of Churchwardens within our parish of Plympton w*** we have this day carefully pused and examined and finde the matter to be as follows viz* The first time the bookes mention by whom any Churchwarden was chosen was on the 27^ September 1588 and tis there said chosen by the whole parish without mentioning either Minister or former Churchwarden w^ way of electing is ...continued till 1603 and then tis said that the former warden named a person and that the parish excused him on paying 3' : 4*^ fine and that the pish then chose another in his roome: and soe itt goes on chosen by the pishoners, some times said by the nomina- tion of the former warden and some times not till 161 3 and noe men- tion of the minister all this time but in 1613 tis said by the consent of the minister and parishoners, and soe goes on by the nomination of the old Warden with the consent of the Curate and the greater or major parte of the parishioners until 1636 and then tis said chosen by the joint of the Minister former churchwarden and parishioners till 1646 and then tis said by the consent of the mayor and other pishoners afterwards by the consent and approbation of the Mayor Magistrates and other parishioners and then of the major parte of the Magistrates and other parishioners and in many elections in those last yeares the Minister is not mentioned and this method of Electing is continued till 1663 and then tis said chosen by the old warden with the consent of the parishioners for 7 years together without takeing any notice of the minister : then in yeare 1670 tis said chosen by the mayor with the Digitized by Google 296 THE HISTORY OF PLYMPTON consent of the parishioners for 3 yeares following without mentioning either minister or former warden and then said againe by the former Warden Mayor and others of the parishioners till 1677 and then tis said by the former Warden minister mayor and other the parishioners till 1685 and then the Minister is not found but said chosen of the former Warden Mayor Justice and other the parishioners after that by the former Warden Minister and other of the best of the parishioners there pticularly named with the words and the rest of the parishioners : and this is continued till 1689 and then tis said by the old Warden and other the parishioners as before, without the Minister and this way of electing is continued till 1692 and then tis said Chosen by the Mayor and other Magistrates there named the former warden and other parishioners in 1694 by the Deputy Recorder Magistrates and other parishioners without mention of either Minister or former Warden ; in 1695 ^^® same : in 1696 by the Magistrates former Warden and other pishioners : 1697 by the Mayor Magistrates former Warden and other pishioners in 1698 the same, 99 the same 1700 the same, in 1 701 Mr William Roch was chosen by the former Churchwarden and the Major parte of the parishioners then present there being then a dispute and a person sett upp by some of the parishoners in opposi- tion to him and the nomination of the former Warden on which there was a poll and Mr Roch was found to have a majority of one voice by w^^ hee was declared duely chosen and was swome accordingly, and the voters names that were for him were subscribed to the said election: please to observe the Minister was never p*sent nor any way con- cerned in any election since 89 untill the year 1702 and then tis said chosen by the minister and the major parte of the parishoners without any mention of the former Warden and the parishoners p^sent att that election subscribed their names to itt in 1703 chosen after the same manner in 1 704-1 705-1 706 chosen by the old Warden with the consent of the minister and the rest of the parishoners still subscribing their names to those elections in 1707 chosen by the former Warden and parishoners without the minister and this is the last election mentioned in the booke, S' this wee finde to have been the method of choosing church wardens from time to time with which wee thought proper to acquaint you by which (if you please to give y^'^selfe the trouble of pusing) I hope you will be thorowly convinced that the parishoners have and alwayes had a right in the election and you see itt is not absolutely necessary that the minister or former warden should be p^ente att such election for you find that the greatest parte of the time here mentioned one or both have been absent and not intermeddled therewith soe that on the whole wee must and doe renew our request to you that you^ please to order us when and where Mr John Treby Digitized by Google CLERGY AND CHURCH OFFICERS 297 (who was p*sented to you att yo' Co^ to be sworne) may waite on you to be sworne Churchwarden for the yeare ensuing hee being duly chosen by the majority of the parishoners according to the antient constitution of chooseing churchwardens amongst us = Endorsed Concerning Plimpton Churchwardens 1708 For some little time the election was in accordance with the ^'auncient custome," but subsequently, as a rule, it seems to have been by the majority of parishioners present at the vestry, although now and then the new churchwarden is stated to have been nominated by the former churchwarden.
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