ECR 19 095
Reference code
ECR 19 095
Title
Little Tew, Oxfordshire: Letter concerning parish
Level
Item
Date
14 December 1792
Content description
Samuel Nash, vicar of Great Tew, to the Provost; "having seen a paper affixed to the church door of Great Tew giving notice that it is the intention of the proprietors of land in Little Tew Field to apply to Parliament this present session for leave to divide and enclose the same, I will beg leave to mention a circumstance to you which I hope you will have the kindness to communicate to your society; since if something is not settled prior to your application to Parliament I shall be reduced to the unpleasant necessity of opposing your bill.
I think it is probable that neither you or the society know that there was a chapel at Little Tew (which you will find mentioned in Bacon's new edition of Liber Valorum) which has been suffered to fall down.
The inhabitants having no place of worship have ever since been permitted to attend Great Tew church, and I am upon all occasions without the most trifling satisfaction call'd upon to do the occasional duty of the place; and in case of absence of illness I am obliged to hire a subsitute to attend upon a parish I have nothing to do with.
The college must very well know that Little Tew is not only out of the parish and tithing but also out of the manor of Great Tew. All I can further add by letter on the above subject is that the landholders must either rebuild the chapel and appoint a clergyman to do the duty of the place, or throw off a piece of land to the vicar of Great Tew or else make some reasonable satisfaction to him and his successors to suffer it to be annexed to the vicarage.
The college will probable plead that custom has established a right, which cannot be allowed, since there has been no vicar at Great Tew from the year 1449 till the year 1781 when the King presented to it as Lapse Living, and it was raised from £6 13s 4d to £44 per annum, so that the society will perceive that no person during the intermediate time has had authority to interpose..."
I think it is probable that neither you or the society know that there was a chapel at Little Tew (which you will find mentioned in Bacon's new edition of Liber Valorum) which has been suffered to fall down.
The inhabitants having no place of worship have ever since been permitted to attend Great Tew church, and I am upon all occasions without the most trifling satisfaction call'd upon to do the occasional duty of the place; and in case of absence of illness I am obliged to hire a subsitute to attend upon a parish I have nothing to do with.
The college must very well know that Little Tew is not only out of the parish and tithing but also out of the manor of Great Tew. All I can further add by letter on the above subject is that the landholders must either rebuild the chapel and appoint a clergyman to do the duty of the place, or throw off a piece of land to the vicar of Great Tew or else make some reasonable satisfaction to him and his successors to suffer it to be annexed to the vicarage.
The college will probable plead that custom has established a right, which cannot be allowed, since there has been no vicar at Great Tew from the year 1449 till the year 1781 when the King presented to it as Lapse Living, and it was raised from £6 13s 4d to £44 per annum, so that the society will perceive that no person during the intermediate time has had authority to interpose..."
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