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Toll exemptions and chapel trusts stir 18th century readers
A detailed extract from the Christian Observer discusses a Suffolk toll dispute over Sunday worship travel and a High Church case. It highlights a judge’s ruling in favor of toll exemption for worshipers and recounts a Brighouse Chapel trustees dispute over preacher appointments. A curious tale about a Wesleyan burial dispute and a Master of the Rolls decree follows, emphasizing church rights and Methodists.
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Christian Observer
Suffolk
Smith
Johnson
Halesworth
Court of King’s Bench
Brighouse Chapel
King’s Bench