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...make matters worse, more than half of the church's "livings" are filled by "patrons"-a custom inherited from pre-Norman times, when the privilege (known as "advowson") came to be attached to the estate of the lord of the manor, who can bequeath the privilege or sell it. Thus a priest in search of a parish is never sure to what kind of patron he must sell himself. In Acle, Norfolk, for example, it is Brigadier Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe; in Parracombe, Devon it is the Misses Nind; Colonel Pine-Coffin picks the parson for St. Andrews Alwington, Devon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Anglican Church Mice | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

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