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CHURCH PEWS,
THEIR ORIGIN AND LEGAL INCIDENTS.
LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
THEIR ORIGIN AND LEGAL INCIDENTS,
WITH
SOME OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
PROPRIETY OF ABOLISHING THEM,
IN THREE CHAPTERS.
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BY
JOHN COKE FOWLERS
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.
FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO FLACE;
& SOLD BY WILLIAM BEMROSE, DERBY.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
General Importance of the Subject-Object of this Chap-
ter-Derivation of the word "Pew "-Circumstances
attending their introduction into the English Church
-Practice of the Church before the Reformation-
Pews gradually introduced, and for the most part after
the Reformation-Quotations from histories, episcopal
letters, ancient faculties, and synods, in support of the
above position-Conclusions drawn from them—Theory
of the introduction and use of Church Pews as con-
nected with Puritanical practices, noticed-Conclusion
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CHAPTER II.
General advantage of understanding this subject-Right
of parishioners in general, and the principle of it-Its
practical operation-Officers of the Church concerned
in this department-How far the power of the ordinary
extends-Nature of the office of churchwarden-Spe-
cial exceptions to the general right of parishioners—
Definition of a faculty-Nature of a prescriptive right
in general, and of a prescriptive title to a pew-Pro-
bable effect of the act for shortening the time of pre-
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