It is the Ecclesiastical court which has jurisdiction to proceed under the Act against a parishioner for not attending church on Sundays an not receiving the sacrament at Easter. The stautute sets this out explicitly.
Holt CJ set out the rights of parishioners over their parish church, saying: ‘Parishes were instituted for the ease and benefit of the people, and not of the parson, that they might have a place certain to repair to when they thought convenient and a parson from whom they had right to receive instruction.’
Judges:
Holt CJ
Citations:
(1704) 90 ER 976, (1704) 6 Mod Rep 188, (1704) 3 Salk 88, (1704) Holt KB 141
Statutes:
Ecclesiastical
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.470797
