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Joseph Matthews

 

Joseph Matthews was Rector of Chesham Bois from 1868

Statement of Living

 

 

Diocese of Oxford
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Particulars respecting the Living of Chesham Bois in the County of Buckingham for the information of the Lord Chancellor.
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Name of Benefice       Chesham Bois
         
Rectory, Vicarage or Perpetual Curacy       Rectory
         
County       Buckingham
         
Diocese       Oxford
         
Parish        
         
Post Town       Chesham
         
Glebe House       Yes
(a) Is it fit for residence?       Yes
(b) If fit, how is it occupied?       By the Rector
         
Average Gross amount of Income from }     £168:17:.4
any source for the last five years }      
         
How much thereof from Land let, from Land in your own occupation, and from Houses not including Glebe House }
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[a] Land Let       Churchyard 5/- per annum
[b] Land in Rector's own occupation       About 15/- per annum as tithe of my paddock
[c] Houses, not including Glebe House       Nil
         

How much thereof from

        
Tithes in Kind       Nil
Corn Rent       Nil
Tithe Rent Charge       £166:19:10
         
Amount of which the tithes committed       £160:15:0
         
Easter Offerings       Nil
         
Other Fees       Surplice & church-yard Fees,-
in 1869, £2:5:0, in 1870, 17/-, in 1871, £1:2:6; in 1872, £2:9:0
Average of four years, £1:13:4 1/2.        
         
Annual Outgoings      
£
s
d
     
£
s
d
  Inhabited House Duty  
1
4
9
(1872)
 Income Tax  
4
3
3
  Land Tax  
8
0
0
There have been in each of the last 4 years 3
Poor Rates  
24
6
6
(1872) 2
 Highway Rates  
12
3
3
  (sometimes 3 in a year)  
  Insurance  
18
9
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£
50
16
6
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Other Outgoings (if any)       The Chancel of the Church, which
is now very much out of repair, has hitherto been repaired by the Dukes of Bedford, but nothing has been done to it for many years. The Glebe house has been thoroughly repaired within the last five years by the magnificence of the late Duke.
         
Admission of Incumbent       September 1868
         
Age       48
         
Rector       Joseph Matthews
         
Curate employed during the last five }     None
years }