To the Revd the Minister of Portlemouth

Chanter 232B, 567

  1. Residence, curate and lecturer: I reside personally upon my Cure and in my Parsonage House. Here is no Lecturer, I have no Curate.

  2. Other benefices: I have but one Benefice.

  3. Divine service at other churches: I perform Divine Service in no Church but my own.

  4. Frequency of divine service: Divine Service is perform'd in my Church twice every Lord's Day with a Sermon in the Morning.

  5. Frequency of communion: The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper administerd Four Times in the year. There are about Sixty Communicants.

  6. Catechising of children: I catechize the youth of my Parish on the Sundays between Easter & Whitsuntide.

  7. Church fabric: My Church and Chancel is in good Repair, and the Church-yard is well kept. I have all Things decent for divine Service.

  8. Glebe terrier: I have a Terrier of the Glebe Lands, Houses &c. according to the Tenor of the 87th Canon.

  9. Number of families: There are about Thirty Families in my Parish.

  10. Chapels: Here is no Chapel.

  11. Papists, dissenters and meeting houses: There are no Papists, nor Meeting-Houses for Dissenters in this Parish.

  12. School, alms-houses, hospital and charitable endowments: Here is no publick School, Alms-House, Hospital, nor parochial Library.

  13. Charity: We have no Lands, Tenements, or Benefactions for pious and charitable Uses.

    Priest's orders and institution: My Institution is Dated the Tenth Day of April, One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty. My Priest's Orders are Dated the Twenty first Day of September, in the year of our Lord one Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Nine.

    A Letter my be directed to me at Porltemouth near Kingsbridge
    James Grantham Rector of Portlemouth Devon