...Giraldus complains, not without reason, that the sons, after the decease of their fathers, succeeded to the ecclesiastical benefices, not by election,..." possessing and polluting the sanctuary of God." He says that " the churches had almost as many parsons and parties as there were principal men in the...

...rather than subdivide them, they appointed several clergymen to the same living. Giraldus Cambrensis says: "Their churches have almost as many parsons...right, possessing and polluting the sanctuary of God." (Ibid, p. 1G, note.) There are several of such instances in Montgomeryshire VOL II. M mentioned in...

...almost as many parsons and parties as there are principal men in the parish ; the sons after the decease of their fathers succeed to the ecclesiastical benefices, not by election, but by hereditary right . . . and if a prelate should by chance presume to appoint or institute any other person, the people...

...in the parish ; the sons after the death of their fathers succeeded to the Ecclesiastical benefice, not by election, but by hereditary right possessing and polluting the Sanctuary of God." It has been inferred that "originally this parish was an outlying portion of the wide district comprehended...

...parsons, or parties, as there are principal men in the parish ; and that the sons, after the decease of their fathers, succeed to the ecclesiastical benefices,...polluting the sanctuary of God ; and if a prelate perchance presumed to appoint or institute any other person, the people would certainly revenge the...

...almost as many parsons and parties as there are principal men in the parish ; the sons after the decease of their fathers succeed to the ecclesiastical benefices, not by election, but by hereditary right . . . and if a prelate should by chance presume to appoint or institute any other person, the people...