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To the Revd the Minister of Rewe

Chanter 232A, 254

  1. Residence, curate and lecturer: I do not reside at my Parsonage, but with my Father in Her[t]fordshire & London on Account of his ill-State of Health. - I have a Resident licensed Curate The Revd. James Bryett at £40 a year. No Lecturer.

  2. Other benefices: I have the Living of Silferton, an adjoining Parish.

  3. Divine service at other churches: [No answer given]

  4. Frequency of divine service: Twice on the Lord's Day, & a Sermon Morning & Afternoon.

  5. Frequency of communion: Four-times in a Year - Good-Friday, Whitsunday, Michaelmas, & Christmas - about 14 or 16 Communicants.

  6. Catechising of children: On the Sundays immediately following Whitsunday.

  7. Church fabric: Yes.

  8. Glebe terrier: I have no Terrier. There is I believe one in the Register's office in Exeter.

  9. Number of families: About 28.

  10. Chapels: No

  11. Papists, dissenters and meeting houses: No

  12. School, alms-houses, hospital and charitable endowments: No

  13. Charity: There is one Pound per Annum distributed in money & £1 in Cloth according to the Direction of the Donor.

    Priest's orders and institution: Instituted Nov: 6th 1765
    Ordain'd Priest June 6th 1762

    Willm Browne no 12
    James's Street
    Bedford Row
    London