XXI. PROCEEDINGS ON THE INDUCTION OF THE REV. GERALD VALERIAN WELLESLEY TO THE PREBEND OR CANONRY OF NEASDON, AND ON HIS PROTESTATION OF HIS DESIRE TO BECOME A RESIDENTIARY, 1809. (fn. 1)
On Friday 8 December, 1809, the Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, M.A. appeared personally
in the Cathedral before the Dean, George Bishop of Lincoln, (fn. 2) , and the Rev. Samuel Ryder
Weston, D.D. Canon Residentiary, and exhibited the Mandate of the Bishop of London (fn. 3) directed
to the Dean and Chapter for his induction into the real actual and corporal possession of the
Prebend or Canonry of Neasdon: by virtue whereof he prayed to be inducted and installed into
the said Prebend or Canonry. The said Mandate having been read by the Notary Public in
attendance (George Jenner, Notary Public, Deputy Registrar), the said Rev. G. V. Wellesley
"subscribed the several Articles and Declarations, and declared and took the several Oaths as
usually subscribed, declared, and taken on this Occasion. Whereupon the said Right Reverend
the Dean and the said Reverend S. R. Weston inducted and installed the said G. V. Wellesley
into the said Prebend or Canonry of Neasdon, and received him as a Canon of the said Church
by delivering him the Statutes for his Spiritual Food and Bread for the Refreshment of his Body,
and assigned him the Stall in the Choir and the Place and Voice in the Chapter belonging to the
Prebend or Canonry of Neasdon aforesaid and usually assigned to the same."
On the same day and before the same persons the following proceedings then took place.
"On which Day and Place the said Right Reverend the Dean, and the said Reverend Samuel
Ryder Weston, considering of assuming and electing a new Residentiary of the Cathedral Church
aforesaid, in the place and stead of the Right Reverend Father in God Henry William [Majendie]
by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Chester promoted to the See of Bangor, and after mature
deliberation in that behalf had, by and with the consent of the rest of the Chapter of the said
Church, elected the Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Clerk, Master of Arts, Prebendary of
the Prebend of Neasdon founded in the Cathedral Church, as a future Residentiary, under the
condition nevertheless that he preaches a fourth part of the Afternoon Sermons on Sundays
according to the usage of the said Church, or if he wants Health or has mighty Affairs preventing him, he substitutes some other Person to be approved of by the Chapter, and also that
he does not begin his Residence in the said Cathedral Church before the tenth Day of December
instant; and decreed the said Election to be published and signified to the said Gerald Valerian
Wellesley, by Letters under seal of the Chapter.
"Intimation.
"George, by Divine Permission Bishop of Lincoln, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint
Paul London, and the Chapter of the same Church, To our beloved in Christ the Reverend Gerald
Valerian Wellesley, Clerk, Master of Arts, Canon and Prebendary of the Canonry and Prebend of
Neasdon founded in the said Cathedral Church, Greeting in the Lord Everlasting. We hereby
signify and make known to you that on the day of the date of these presents, We, being Capitularly
assembled and making a Chapter, diligently considered of assuming and electing a new Residentiary of the said Cathedral Church in the stead and place of the Right Reverend Father in
God Henry William by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Chester promoted to the See of
Bangor, late Canon Residentiary thereof, and after mature deliberation had, We, the Dean and
Chapter aforesaid, agreed upon and elected you the said Gerald Valerian Wellesley a future
Residentiary, under the condition nevertheless that you do preach a fourth part of the Afternoon
Sermons on Sundays according to the usage of the said Church, or if you want Health or have
mighty Affairs preventing you, you substitute some other Person by us to be approved of, and
also that you do not begin your Residence in the said Cathedral Church before the tenth day of
December instant; and we have also decreed our said Election to be published, and also signified
and intimated to you under the Seal of our Chapter. Wherefore we hereby desire and request
of you, that on or before the tenth day of December instant you do personally appear before us
in the Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul London aforesaid, and give your
Assent and Consent to the said Election of your Person as a Residentiary, and there according
to the Custom of the said Cathedral Church to read and interpose you first Protestation of your
Residence in the said Church to be begun and had as above mentioned. In faith and testimony
of all and singular which Premises we have caused our Chapter Seal to be affixed to these
Presents. Dated in our Chapter House the eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nine.
"First Protestation.
"In the Name of God. Amen. Before you the Right Reverend Father in God, George, by
Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Lincoln, Dean of the Cathedral Church of S. Paul London,
and the Reverend Samuel Ryder Weston, Doctor in Divinity, a Canon Residentiary of the said
Church, and before you the Notary Public here present, I, Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Clerk,
Master of Arts, Canon and Prebendary of the Canonry and Prebend of Neasdon founded in the
said Cathedral Church, Do say, alledge, propound, and protest in this Writing as follows, to wit,
That it is my Will and Intention upon the tenth day of December (with the Divine Assistance)
to make and begin to the Praise, Glory, and Honour of God, my first and personal residence in
the said Cathedral Church according to the Statutes and laudable Customs of the same, but so far
only as the Statutes and Customs of the said Church are not in anything repugnant, opposite, and
contradictory to the present Laws and Statutes of the Kingdom and Royal Injunctions and
others heretofore issued, decreed, and enjoined by Royal Authority, which said Laws and Royal
Injunctions I do not intend to oppose or contradict or in any way derogate from, but do firmly
purpose and herein expressly profess and protest to adhere to and obey them in all things; and I
do further publicly protest before you that I do will and intend to begin and also in due manner
compleat and end such my first and Personal Residence according to the manner, form, and
qualities aforesaid (excepting what are before excepted and reserving what ought to be reserved)
unless I shall otherwise be dispensed with by Royal Authority or by you, to which Residence so
to be begun I pray you really and effectually to admit me, with good will and charity, according
to the Statutes and Customs of the said Church, under the Qualities before promised on this day,
the Statutes and Royal Injunctions and other the Premises aforesaid being in all things saved and
preserved.
"This Protestation was read and interposed by the within mentioned Reverend Gerald Valerian
Wellesley, Master of Arts, on the eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and nine, in the Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul, before the
within mentioned Right Reverend Father in God, George, by Divine Permission Lord Bishop of
Lincoln, the Dean aforesaid, and the aforesaid Reverend Samuel Ryder Weston, Doctor in
Divinity, and before me the Notary Public subscribed, and the said Gerald Valerian Wellesley
protested and did in all things as in the above Protestation is contained; on all and singular which
Premises he required me, the Notary Public, to draw one or more Public Instrument or Instruments, and so forth.
"Which I attest. George Jenner, Not. Pub. Dep. Registrar.
"Second Protestation.
"In the Name of God. Amen. Before you the Right Reverend Father in God, George, by
Divine Permission Lord Bishop of Lincoln, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul London,
and before you the Notary Public here present, I, Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Clerk, Master of Arts,
Canon and Prebendary of the Canonry and Prebend of Neasdon founded in the said Cathedral
Church, do say, alledge, propound, and protest in this Writing as follows, to wit: That I did on this
day, the tenth day of the month of December, (with the Divine assistance) make and begin to the
praise, honour, and glory of God my first and personal residence in the said Cathedral Church,
and that I do intend duly to compleat and end the same, as far as the state and condition of the
said Cathedral Church shall permit or require, according to the Statutes and laudable Customs
thereof, which I have sworn to observe, and hitherto in the like cases have been observed by
Canons Residentiaries and Stagiaries of the said Church, but so far only as the Statutes and
Customs of the said Church are not in any thing repugnant, opposite, or contradictory to the
present laws and statutes of this kingdom, the royal injunctions and others heretofore issued,
decreed, and enjoined by royal authority, unless I shall be otherwise dispensed with by royal
authority or by you; to which my residence by me so begun I pray you really and effectually to
admit me on this tenth day of December, with good will and charity, according to the exigence of
the said Statutes, under the qualities aforesaid, the laws, statutes, and royal injunctions and other
the premises aforesaid being in all things saved and preserved.
"This Protestation was read and interposed by the Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Clerk,
Master of Arts, therein mentioned, on this tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nine, in the Chapter House of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul
London, before the within mentioned Right Reverend the Dean of the Cathedral Church of Saint
Paul London, and also before me the Notary Public subscribed; and the said Gerald Valerian
Wellesley protested and did in all things as in the above Protestation is contained; on all and
singular which premises he required me, the Notary Public underwritten, to draw one or more
public instrument or instruments, and so forth.
"Which I attest. George Jenner, Not. Pub. Dep. Registrar.
"Neasdon P. Act on reading in.
"On Sunday the tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and nine, in the Choir of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul London, in the presence of George
Jenner, Notary Public, Deputy Registrar—
"The Reverend Gerald Valerian Wellesley, Clerk, Master of Arts, Canon and Prebendary of
the Canonry and Prebend of Neasdon, founded in the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul London,
publicly read Morning and Evening Prayers as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer in the
Choir of the said Church, at the time of Divine Service, and publicly declared his assent and
consent to everything prescribed and contained in the said Book, pursuant to an Act of Parliament made in the fourteenth year of Charles the Second, late King of England, and so forth."