- met in the
vestry or
sacristy of the
parish church, and
consequently became known colloquially as the "
vestry". At
their height, the
vestries were the only...
- The
annual meeting of
parishioners (also
referred to as the
annual vestry meeting) is held
yearly in
every parish of the
Church of
England to
elect churchwardens...
- by the
congregation as a
whole (at what is
called the
Annual Vestry Meeting or "
meeting of the parishioners"); the rector's warden(s) (and ****istants...
- to
debate about the
origin of town
meeting. One
interpretation is that it was
adapted from
local vestry meetings held in 17th
century England that were...
- and
Christ Church were
reaching close to capacity. In
March 1872, a
vestry meeting was held to
consider the
creation of a
cemetery and the appointment...
-
retreat to
Morant Bay. A few days
later on 11
October 1865,
there was a
vestry meeting in the
Court House. That day
Bogle led
hundreds of followers, armed...
-
glebewardens and a
number of
members elected at the
Easter Vestry meeting. The
select vestry ****ists in the care and
operation of the
parish and one or...
- The Bay
Meeting House and
Vestry, now the
Second Baptist Church, is a
historic church complex on
Upper Bay and
Steele Roads in Sanbornton, New Hampshire...
-
sticks and machetes,
marched to the
Court House in
Morant Bay
where a
vestry meeting was
being held. The
authorities read the Riot Act, but the protestors...
- The
Vestries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 57), "An Act to
prevent the
holding of
Vestry or
other Meetings in Churches, and for
regulating the Appointment...
