The Office of the Judge promoted by Freeland against Neale
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 03 June 1848 |
| Date | 03 June 1848 |
| Court | Ecclesiastical Court |
English Reports Citation: 163 E.R. 1164
IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS AT DOCTORS' COMMONS
S. C. 6 Notes of Cases, 252; 12 Jur 635. Discussed, Taylor v. Timson, 1888, 20 Q B D 678 Applied, Neslatt v. Wallace, [1901] P. 354.
the office of the judge promoted by freeland against neale. Arches ,'&3-}.I * & 33 ; Court, June 3rd, 1848.-Articles against a clergyman for publicly redding prayers, preaching, and administering the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in an uncon-secratecl building called Sackville College Chapel, without the license of, and contraiy to the inhibition of, the bishop of the diocese, sustained. What constitutes a public reading of the prayers. [S. C. ti Notes of Cases, 252; 12 Jur 635. Discussed, Taylot v. Timwn, 1888, 20 Q B D 678 Applied, Nesintt v. Wallace, [1901] P. 354.] This was a case, in virtue of letters of request under the hand and seal of the Loid Bishop of Chichester, of citing the Rev. J. M. Neale, M A , of Sackville College, m the parish of East Grinstead, diocese of Chichester, and province of Canterbury, to answer to certain articles touching his soul's health, &c, "and more especially for having within two years last past, within the said diocese of Chichester, offended against the laws ecclesiastical, by publicly reading prayers and by preaching and administering the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the rites and ceremonies of the United [644] Church of England and Ireland, in a ceitam unconseciated building in the said parish of East Grinstead, commonly called or known as Sackville Chapel, within the said diocese of Chichester and in the province of Canterbury, without any license or authority for so doing, and contrary to, and in spite of, the injunction or inhibition of the said Bishop of Chichester," &c. The articles which were brought in on the llth of January, 1848, and admitted the following Court day without opposition, were in substance as follow - The first pleaded the law that no minister of the Church of England can lawfully uthciate in any parish church 01 chapel, or in any other place within the realm, by publicly reading prayers, or by preaching or administering the Holy Sacrament ot the Lord's Supper, or performing any other ecclesiastic.il duties theiein, without a sufficient per mission or authority for so doing, and a license tirst had and obtained from the ordinary of the place having episcopal jurisdiction The second and third articles pleaded that Mr Neale was admitted into priest's orders on the 22nd of May, 1842, &c. The fourth and hfth pleaded that the Bishop of Chichester, on the 8th of May, 1847, sent a notice to Mi. Neale, inhibiting him from the exercise of clerical functions in his diocese, also a letter of advice to Mr. Neale, and a letter from Mr N , dated the day following, acknowledging the receipt of the notice and letter from the bishop, &c. The sixth pleaded that Mr. Neale, notwithstanding the notice he leceived, did on the 9th ol May, [645] 1847, and has since continued...
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