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Nonconformist in London, Middlesex

19 Sep 1849

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Nonconformist

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 19, 1849

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2

Clerical Exactions and State Aid in English Establishment

A historic critique outlines how state laxity and clerical influence inflated church incomes. It cites surplice fees Easter offerings and endowments, asserting annual church revenue nears nine million pounds with extensive salaries and charity control. It notes education endowments totaling about 1.6 million annually, skewed to clerical salaries and elite schooling.

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Hugh M'‘Neile Cove Quarterly Review Chapels of Ease
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Church wealth and endowments cited by 19th century inquiry

The piece notes church endowments have grown with national wealth and cites Oxford and Cambridge incomes. It discusses Church rates, reforms since the Reformation, and a 1839 return showing about half a million pounds in rates and related income. It argues total Church revenue exceeds ten million pounds and warns wealth undermines spiritual power.

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Arcy Navy Edward VI Elizabeth United Church of England and Ireland Commissioners of ‘Inquiry England Wales Michell Oxford Cambridge Newcastle British Association For the Advancement of Science H. L. Jones Magdalen College Lord Denman Lord Althorp Church of England and Wales
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