THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 JULY, 1931. 4531 of June, 1931, in the words and figures follow- " 3. That upon the said union taking effect ing, that is to say: — the Parsonage House at present belonging to " We, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the said Benefice of Hatch Beauchamp shall England, acting in pursuance of the Union become and be the house of residence for the of Benefices Measure, 1923, have prepared, Incumbent of the United Benefice, and, so and now humbly lay before Your Majesty in soon as conveniently may be, the Parsonage Council, the following Scheme for effecting House at present belonging to the said Bene- the union of the Benefice (being a Rectory) fice of Beer Crocombe, and the site and appur- of Beer Crocombe, and the Benefice (being a tenances thereof, and the grounds heretofore Rectory) of Hatch Beauchamp, both of which usually occupied and enjoyed therewith, shall Benefices are situate in the County of Somer- be sold and disposed of by us, the said Eccles- set and in the Diocese of Bath and Wells: iastical Commissioners, at such time or times, " Whereas Commissioners appointed at our and in such manner in all respects as to us request by the Right Reverend St. John Basil shall seem expedient, and that the net pro- Wynne, Bishop of Bath and Wells, pursuant ceeds of suph sale shall be held and invested to the provisions of the said Union of Bene- by us, the said Ecclesiastical "Commissioners, fices Measure, 1923, to inquire into and report for the benefit of the United Benefice. upon the union of the said two Benefices of " 4. That with the consents of the Patrons Beer Crocombe and Hatch Beauchamp duly of the said Benefices of Isle Abbotts, Staple made their Report to the said Bishop of Bath Fitzpaine with Biekenhall, Broadway, Curry and Wells and therein recommended the union Rivel, and Fivehead with Swell, namely the of the said two Benefices and the terms for Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of effecting the union, including certain altera- the Holy Trinity at Bristol, being the Patrons tions of boundaries affecting the Parishes of of the said Benefices of Isle Abbotts and the said Benefices of Beer Crocombe and Fivehead with Swell (testified by their caus- Hatch Beauchamp, and also the parish of ing their Common or Capitular Seal to be Swell, being one of the Parishes of the United affixed to this Scheme); the Right Honourable Benefice of Fivehead with Swell and the Edward Claud Berkeley, Viscount Portman, Parishes of the Benefices of Isle Abbotts, being the Patron of the said Benefice of Staple Curry Rivel, Broadway, and Staple Fitzpaine Fitzpaine with Bickenhall (testified by his with Bickenhall, all in the said County of signing this Scheme); the said St. John Basil Somerset and in the said Diocese of Bath and Wynne, Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Wells, and the said Bishop of Bath and Wells Reverend and Venerable Charles Fane De signified in writing his approval of the said Salis, Archdeacon of Taunton, Lieutenant Report: Claude Mowbray Kirby-Smith, R.A., of "And whereas we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, have prepared this Osmington House, Hernes Road, in the City Scheme for the said union and alterations of of Oxford, and Lieutenant Commander Frank boundaries, which Scheme is based upon the Doria Pitt Palmer, R.N., being the Patrons terms recommended in the said Report: of the said Benefice of Broadway (testified " And whereas the said Benefice of Beer by their respectively signing this Scheme); Crocombe is now full, the Reverend Thomas and Lieutenant Colonel Walter Hanning Law being the present Incumbent thereof, and Speke, D.L., J.P., of Jordans, Ilminster, in the said Benefice of Hatch Beauchamp is at the said County of Somerset, being the Pat- present vacant: ron of the said Benefice of Curry Rivel (testi- " And whereas the Advowson or perpetual fied by his signing this Scheme), and with the right of Patronage of and presentation to each consents of the Incumbents of the said Bene- of the said two Benefices of Beer Crocombe fices of Isle Abbotts, Staple Fitzpaine with and Hatch Beauchamp now belongs to one Bickenhall, Broadway, Curry Rivel, and Five- head with Swell, namely the Reverend Julian and the same Patron or Patrons: Frederick Alexander, now Incumbent of the " Now, therefore, we, the said Ecclesiastical said Benefice of Isle Abbotts, the Reverend Commissioners for England, with the consent Frederick George Coote, now Incumbent of the of the said St. John Basil Wynne, Bishop of said Benefice of Staple Fitzpaine with Bicken- Bath and Wells (in testimony whereof he has hall, the Reverend William Harold Allen, now signed this Scheme), and with the consent of Incumbent of the said Benefice of Broadway, the said Thomas Law (testified by his signing the Reverend Frederic John Speke, now In- this Scheme), do humbly recommend and pro- cumbent of the said Benefice of Curry Rivel, pose to Your Majesty as follows, that is to and the Reverend George Herbert Bode, now say:— Incumbent of the said Benefice of Fivehead " 1. That the said Benefice of Beer Cro- with Swell (which consents are testified by combe and the said Benefice of Hatch Beau- their respectively signing this Scheme), upon champ shall be permanently united together the union taking effect:— and form one Benefice with cure of souls, under the style of ' The United Benefice of (a) All that detached portion of the said Hatch Beauchamp with Beer Crocombe ' but Parish of Beer Crocombe which is situate the Parishes of the said Benefices shall con- within the area of the Civil Parish of Isle tinue distinct in all respects. Abbotts shall be transferred and annexed for " 2. That upon the day when any Order of all ecclesiastical purposes to the Parish of Your Majesty in Council ratifying this Scheme the said Benefice of Isle Abbotts; shall be published in the London Gazette the (6) All those two detached portions of the union shall forthwith take effect, and the said Parish of Hatch Beauchamp which are said Thomas Law, if he is then Incumbent of situate within the area of the Civil Parish the said Benefice of Beer Crocombe, shall be of Bickenhall shall be transferred and the first Incumbent of the United Benefice. annexed for all ecclesiastical purposes to the