Volume II 1603-1660 - The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

INTRODUCTION. xvii
Master and Keeper and his successors for the time being yearly at
the feasts of S. Michael the Archangel, and of the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary for ever, in equal portions over and
above ‘20 yearly rent or payment to be made by us, our heirs
and successors, to the before mentioned Master or Keeper and his
successors for the time being yearly at the feast aforesaid : And
moreover that they will well and sufficiently maintain and keep
up the aforesaid Church, Chancel and the Bellfry of the same, and
all other things to the same Church in any manner appertaining
of and in all respects and in all things at their own proper cost for
ever, for the celebration of Divine Service and the Sacraments and
Sacramentals and other the Ministerial Offices and Ecclesiastical
Rites whatsoever henceforth for ever, as is befitting and heretofore
accustomed."
So far the patent left the New Temple in its civil capacity in the
same position in which it formerly stood, and a close investigation of
the records will show that no change was made, either in the amount
of the rent paid to the crown, in the constitution and practice of the
society, in the provision for the maintenance and education of the
members, or in any other respect whatever except as regards the
ecclesiastical portion of the antient manor which was thus placed in
an altogether different relation to the two societies. From this time
the right of presentation to the mastership of the Temple has
been vested in and exercised by the crown, the two societies being
jointly and severally bound to pay towards the maintenance of the
master the sum of £17 6s. 8d. yearly, to provide him with a
suitable and convenient house, to be answerable for the sustentation
of the church, for the due and proper performance of divine service,
and for such ministrations as had been the accustomed usage in and
before the reign of King James. The lands and buildings of the
church thus became for the first time vested in the benchers, but the
relative positions of the master of the Temple on the one hand and
the two societies on the other were left undefined, an omission which
led to considerable friction between them at a later date.
The patent, having passed the great seal at a cost of £46 is. 6d., p. 38
was duly enrolled in the exchequer at a cost of 44s., Mr. Auditor p. 63
Sapie and his clerk received a fee of ‘3 6s. 8d. in 1608-9, and p. 45
a further fee of £3 in 161.0-1 i. The attorney general (Henry p. 63