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<p> the profits of the firstfruits and tenths, which were anciently given to the pope, transferred in the reign of Henry VIII to the king, and restored to the Church by queen Anne, who caused a perpetual fund to be established from the revenue thus raised, which was vested in trustees for the augmentation of poor livings under 50 a year. This has been further regulated by subsequent statutes; but as the number of livings under 50 was at the commencement of it 5597, averaged at 23 per anuum, its operation is very slow. </p>
<p> is the name given in [[England]] to a fund appropriated to increase the income of the poorer clergy. It was created out of the firstfruits and tenths which before the [[Reformation]] were exacted by the pope from the clergy. These were funded by a statute in queen Anne's time; hence the name. See Chambers's Encyclop. s.v. (See [[Annates]]). </p>


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<ref name="term_26885"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bounty,+queen+annes Queen Annes Bounty from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_57206"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/queen+annes+bounty Queen Annes Bounty from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 15 October 2021

Queen Annes Bounty [1]

is the name given in England to a fund appropriated to increase the income of the poorer clergy. It was created out of the firstfruits and tenths which before the Reformation were exacted by the pope from the clergy. These were funded by a statute in queen Anne's time; hence the name. See Chambers's Encyclop. s.v. (See Annates).

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