Patron.
PAtron is he that hath the Ad∣vowson of a Parsonage, Vi∣carage, Free-chappel, or such like Spiritual Promotion, be∣longing to his Manor, or o∣therwise in gross, and thereby may or ought to give the same
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PAtron is he that hath the Ad∣vowson of a Parsonage, Vi∣carage, Free-chappel, or such like Spiritual Promotion, be∣longing to his Manor, or o∣therwise in gross, and thereby may or ought to give the same
Benefice, or present thereto, when and as often as it be∣comes void. And this being Patron, or Patronage, had begin∣ning for the most part by one of these three ways: namely, either by reason of the Founda∣tion, for that the Patron or his Ancestors, or those from whom he claims, were Founders or Builders of the Church; or by reason of Donation, for that they did endow or give Lands to the same for maintenance thereof; or else by reason of the Ground, because the Church was set or built upon their soil or ground: and many times by reason of all three.