St Clement Danes Parish:
Minutes of Parish Vestries
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22nd January 1700 - 1st May 1709

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Image 38 of 16930th December 1700


the said Parish is by the aforesaid Award Declared [..]
in the Parishoners of the said Parish

Now for the avoideing all future disputes wch may Arise [..]
the manner and Method of Nominateing and chooseing
Psons to serve in the aforesaid office and for the Obser [..]
a due Method therein and that none of the Inhabitants
the said Pish may be Surprised for want of due Not in
It is Resolved & Agreed Upon that on the Sunday
before the day of Electing Church Wardens for the [..]
Parish in every Yeare Publique Notice as has beene [..]
shall be given in the Parish Church of the day Place
time of such Eleccon that all Psons who have right to [..]
may be prsent if they please And that noe other Inhabitants
but those who pay to Church or Poore shall be qualified
have a Vote therein

And to Prserve a Decency and good Ordr: in such E [..]
It is Resolved Agreed Upon & Declared that
Senr Church Warden of the said Pish for the time [..]
Or in his absence the junr Church Warden Doe at [..]
Meeting of the said Inhabitants Propose the Na [..]
of Six or more honest and Substantiall Inhabitants
the said Parish who have Past the office of Overseers
of the Poore and are fitt for the said office of Church
Warden Soe that out of those Psons soe Proposed the [..]
Inhabitants or the Major part of them then Prsent [..]
choose Two to take upon them the said office and be
Church Wardens for the Yeare ensueing

And if the said Inhabitants then Prsent or the Maj [..]
part of them doe not like or approve of such person
Soe Nominated and Proposed as aforesaid they or the
part of them then Prsent may and shall have Liberty to
up and propose any two other [..] fitt and qualified
Inhabitants of the said Pish wth any of the others first
Proposed by the Church Warden or Church Wardens
aforesaid And that the Two persons on whomesoever the
Majority of [..] fall shall be Church Wardens
[..]




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