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time for ever, to find one able and honest Priest or Minister, tosay, set forth, 

 and minister God's most holy Word, and all the King's Majesty's ordinances 

 and Injunctions; and there to minister all Sacramts. and Sacramentalls 

 within the said Chapel, which now be or hereafter shall be appropriated, 

 allowed, and set forth by the King's highness, his heirs or successors. And 

 that it shall be lawfuU to the said Minister or Priest for the time being, which 

 shall be so found by the Inhabitants of the said forrest and other places 

 aforesd., to say and minister God's Holy Wgrd, divine service, and all other 

 the King's Majesty's ordinances, which now be or hereafter shall be set forth 

 by the King's highness, his heirs, or successors; and to minister Sacraments 

 and Sacramentalls within the said Chapel and Chapel yard in such manner 

 and form as is and shall be done and used in Parish Churches within the said 

 County of Lancaster. And that all such Infants as shall be hereafter born 

 and brought forth within the said forrest and other places before rehearsed 

 shall and may be Christened within the said Chapel by the Minister or Priest 

 there, for the time being. And that all such as shall happen hereafter to dye 

 and depart this world within the said forrest and other places aforementioned, 

 shall and may be buried within the said Chapel or Chapel yard, at the will 

 and election of the said Inhabitants of the said forrest and other places above 

 rehearsed.- And that it shall be lawful! to and for the Inhabitants of the said 

 forrest and other places above mentioned, to employ and bestow such Stock of 

 goods, Chattels, and money, together with the profits of the increase and 

 revenues of the same chattells, goods, and money as heretofore hath been 

 given and willed to go and be imployed to or for the finding of the said Priest 

 or Minister for the time being, to say and minister Divine service within the 

 Chapel aforesd. for ever, upon the said Priest or Minister which shall be 

 there found and kept for the time being. And that it shall be lawfull to and 

 for the said Inhabitants and every of them, to give goods, Chattells, and 

 money, to go and be bestowed and employed towards and for the finding and 

 maintaining of the said Priest or Minister for the time being, to be found to 

 say and minister divine service within the said Chapel for ever ; saving that 

 the parson of the parish of Rochdale and his successors for the time being 

 shall have all such profits and duties as they or any of them of right have had 

 or used to have in times past within the said forrest and other places aforesd. 

 in like manner and form as if this Decree or Order had never been had or 

 made.— And it is further Ordered and Decreed by the said Chancellor and 

 Counsel of the said Court of the Dutchy, that it shall be lawfull to and for the 

 Ordinary of the Diocese there for the time being, from time to time, when and 

 so often as any Avoydance shall be by any manner of means of a Minister, 

 able, meet, and convenient to serve the said Town, and to be minister in 

 the said Chapel, to appoint, name, and send one discreet, able, meet, and 



