iSS HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



tioners discouraged from contributing to the repair thereof, least the moneys 

 given for that purpose may be misapplied ; and that on that accoimt also charit- 

 able and well disposed people are discouraged iu their design of establishing 

 proper funds for the future support of the said church and the better mainten- 

 ance of the ministry, and therefore humbly prayed iu behalf of themselves and 

 the rest of the inhabitants of the said parish iu communion of the Church of 

 England as by law established, our letters patent incorporating them and the 



and inhabitants of the said parish in communion of the Church of England 

 ;;< by law established, for the time being a body corporate and politick, with 

 such rights, privileges, and immunities, as should appear proper and expedient to 

 answer the purposes aforesaid, Now We being willing to encourage the pious 

 intentions of our said loving subjects and to grant this their reasonable request, 



Ye that of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, we have 

 ordained, given, granted and declared, and by these presents for us, our heirs, 

 and successors, do ordain, give, grant and declare, that tiny the said petitioners 

 and the rest of the inhabitants of the said parish of Eye in Communion of the 

 Church of England as by law established, and their successors the inhabitants of 

 the said parish of Rye in communion of the Church of England as by law estab- 

 lished, with the rector of the said parish of Rye for the time being, for ever, shall 



r hereafter be one body corporate and politick in deed, fact and name, 

 by the name, stile and title of the rector and inhabitants of the parish of Rye, 

 in communion of the Church of England as by law established, and them and 

 their successors by the same name, we do by these presents for us our heirs and 

 successors really and fully make, erect, create and constitute one body politick 

 and corporate in deed, fact and name for ever ; and will, give, grant and ordain, 

 that they and their successors the rector and inhabitants of the parish of Rye in 

 communion of the Church of England as by law established, by the same name 

 shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall and may be capable in law to 

 sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, de- 

 fend and be defended in all courts and elsewhere, in all manner of actions, suits, 

 complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands whatsoever, as fully and amply 

 as any other our liege subjects of our said Province of New York may or can sue 

 or be sued, implead or be impleaded, defend or be defended, by any lawful 

 ways or means whatsoever; and that they and their successors by the same name 

 shall be for ever hereafter capable and able in the law to purchase, take, hold, re- 

 ceive, and enjoy any messuages, tenements, houses, and real estate whatsoever, 

 in fee simple for term of life or lives, or in any other manner howsoever, for the 

 use of the said church, and also any goods, chattels, or personal estate whatso- 

 Provided always that the clear yearly value of the said real estate (exclusive 

 of the said church and the ground whereon the same is built and the cemetery 

 belonging to the same) doth not at any time exceed the sum of five hundred 

 pounds current money of our said province, and that they and their successors by 



ae name shall have full power and authority to give, grant, sell, lease and 

 dispose of the same real estate for life or lives, or years, or for ever, under cer- 

 tain yearly rents; ami all goods, chattels and personal estate whatsoever at their 

 will and pleasure, and that it shall and may be lawful for them and their succes- 

 sors to have and use a common seal ; and our will and pleasure further is, and we 

 do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, ordain and appoint that there shall be 



