( 15 ) the Church of White-Chapel was void of the Perfon of Dr. Welton; and, as a fubfidiary or affiftant Proof thereof, faid, he exhibited (which he then did not) a Certificate, extracted out of the Crown-Office; and farther alledg'd, Dr. Shippen was duly prefented to the Rectory of White-Chapel, and had antecedently exhibited his Presentation before the Bishop of London, and offer'd himself ready to fubfcribe the Articles, and TAKE THE OATHS, and do whatever elfe might be neceffary on that Occafion, in order for his having Infti- • tution: But that Dr. Welton had enter'd a Caveat against it: Wherefore he pray'd that Caveat might be fuperfeded, and Inftitution granted to Dr. Shippen. Here Epifcopo London' & obtuliffe fe promptum & paratum ad fubfcribend' Articulos, & ad præftand' Juramenta, & cætera faciend' in fimilibus neceffaria, in ordine ad Inftitutionem fuam ad Rectoriam de White-Chapel prædict'; di&tum verò Richardum Welton interpofuiffe Cautionem contra Inftitutionem fuam ad Re&toriam prædia; Quare petiit dictam Cautionem amoveri & fuperfedi, necnon Inftitutionem, &c. parti fue concedi. Hereupon *Mr. Oughton appear'd; under Proteftation, for Dr. Welton, and alledg'd, in the fame Act of Court, That Dr. Welton was prefented to that very Rectory and Parifh-Church (lawfully vacant, at fuch Time, by the Death of Doctor Payn) by the true and undoubted Patron; and, by the then Bishop, admitted, inftituted, inducted, and put into real, actual, and corporal Poffeffion thereof, together with all its Rights, Members, and Appurtenances; and that Dr. Welton ftill .remains in fuch Poffeffion. And * Oughton, fub Proteftatione, &c. allegavit, Reverendum Richardum Welton fuiffe & effe ad dictam Rectoriam & Ecclefiam Patochialem Stæ Maria Matfellon,alias White-Chapel per verum & indubitatnm Patronum, tunc temporis, per mortem Reverendi Viri Galielmi Payn, facræ Theologiæ Profefforis, ultimi Incumbentis ibidem, legitime vacantem, præfentatum, & ad & in eadem per illius loci Ordinarium admiffum & inftitutum, ac in realem, actualem, & corporalem ejusdem Poffeffionem, cum fuis Juribus, Membris, & Pertinentiis univerfis debite inductum, & adhuc in Poffeffione ejufdem, cum fuis Juribus, Membris, & Pertinentiis univerfis fuiffe & effe. And Mr. Oughton farther urg'd, That he was warn'd by Dr. Shippen's Side, but at fix of the Clock the preceding Day, to appear as oil this Day (tho no Court-Day, and within an incompetent Time)_to the Caveat he had enter'd for Docor Welton in the Registry; and that Dr. Welton was then abfent in the Country, at a confiderable Diftance; and mov'd for Time to confult and advise with him hereupon. Upon which Roufe declar'd himself a Diffenter, and infifted,no lefs than three Times, for Inftitution, and, as many Times, for his Crown-Office Certi C Et Oughton ulterius allegavit fe monitum fuiffe horâ fextâ hefterni diei, ad comparendum hoc die, (minùs juridico, & infra tempus omnino incompetens) ad inftantiam Partis Roufe, ratione Cautionis per eum in Regiftro hujus Curiæ interpofitæ, & allegavit Partem fuam effe modo in partibus abhinc remotis, & petit tempus ulteriùs indulgeri, quò melius confuleret Partem fuam, dicto Ronfe diffentiente, & primo, fecundo, & tertio pe tente, ut prius, & Certificatorium prædictum primo, fecundo, & tertio admitti. Unde Dominus affignavit ad audiendum voluntatem fuam fuper hinc-inde petitis in proximum. May 15, 1716. Certificate to be admitted, notwithftanding no fuch pretended Certificate was then in Court, (tho' said to be then exhibited) nor was it, in Truth, brought in 'till above three Weeks after. So the Judge appointed to hear the Arguments on both Sides upon the next Court-Day. * Upon the third Seffion of Eafter Term following, it was alleg'd on both Sides as before; and farther on Behalf of Dr. Welton, That this Caufe 34. Seffione Termini Pafche, 7° Maii, 1716. Allegatum & petitum fuit ut prius. Oughton allegavit hanc Caufam effe de Jure Beneficii, ideoque maxime favorabilem; quare petiit Ronfe arctandum fore ad proponendum quafcunque materias pro Parte fua, in debita Juris forma articulatim, in allegatione in Scriptis concipienda, & copiam ejufdem & exhibitorum eidem annectendorum fibi per Roufe tradendam & deliberandam fore juxta Stylum & Praxin hujus Curiæ, & procedendum fore plenarie decerni, & Juris Beneficium in omnibus Parti fuæ falvum effe & miniftrari cum effectu. Unde Dominus affignavit ad audiendum ejus voluntatem fuper hinc-inde petitis in proximum. Cause was an Affair concerning the Right of Benefice, and, as fuch, of a favourable Nature: And it was mov'd, that the other Side might be oblig'd to propound whatever Facts they had to plead, in due Form of Law, by an Allegation in Writing; and that Mr. Oughton might have a Copy of it, and of fuch Exhibits as might be thereunto annex'd, according to the Style and Practice of the Court; and that it might be proceeded plenarily in the Caufe; and that Dr. Welton might be allow'd the Benefit of the Laws in every Respect. And the Chancellor appointed to hear the Arguments on both Sides the next Court Day. Upon the * 4th Seffion of Easter Term, Roufe left the pretended CerC 2 tificate 44. Seffione Termini Pafcha, 15 Maii, 1716. Roufe penes Regiftrum reliquit Certificatorium ab Officio Corona; Dominus affignavit Roufe ad dimittendum Præfentationem Partis fuæ in Regiftrum, & affignavit Oughton ad oftendendum Caufam, fi quam, &c. quare Dr. Shippen ad Rectoriam Sanctæ Ma ria |