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George Boyce Ordination Nomination |
Ord Jun 2d 1776
George Boyce literate
Nomination to the C
of Wingfield in the
C of Berks & D of
Sarum. Stip £40
May 22d Lrs dimy
to the Bp of Lichfield
Licensed 3 June 1776
To the Right Reverend Father in God John
Lord Bishop of Sarum
These are to certify to your Lordships
that I Timothy Wilde Vicar of Wingfield in the County
of Berks, and your Lordships Diocess of Sarum; do here
=by nominate and appoint George Boyce to perform the
Office of Curate in my Church of Wingfield aforesaid; and
do promise to allow him the yearly Sum of Forty Pounds
for his maintenance in the same, and to continue him to
officiate in said church until he shall be otherwise
provided of some ecclesiastical preferment, unless by Fault by
him committed he shall be lawfully removed from the same.
Witness my hand this 16 Day of May in the year of
Our Lord 1776 Timothy Wilde
To the Right Reverend Father in God John
Lord Bishop of Sarum
Whereas our well-beloved in Christ
George Boyce of the Parish of Wingfield, hath declared
to us his intention of offering himself a Candidate for the
holy order of Priest, and for that end hath requested of us
Letters Testimonial of his Learning and good behaviour:
We therefore, whose Names are hereunto subscribed, do testify
that the said George Boyce having been personally known to
us for the space of three years last past, hath, during that time
lived piously, soberly and honestly, and diligently applied himself
to his studies; nor hath he at any time (as far as we know or
have heard) maintained or written any thing contrary to the
Doctrine or Discipline of the Church of England: And, moreover
we think him a Person worthy to be admitted to the holy order
of Priest.
I witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands this 13th
Day of May in the year of our Lord 1776.
Edward Earle Vicar of Warfield
I Thistlethwaite
Vicar of Sunninghill
J Bostock Canon of Windsor