Queen Anne's Bounty
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Queen Anne's Bounty was a fund established in 1704 to augment the incomes of the poorer clergy of the Church of England. The bounty was funded by the tax (annates) on the incomes of all Church of England clergy, which was paid to the Pope until the Reformation, and thereafter to the Crown.
In 1890, the total amount distributed was £176,896.
On 2 April 1947, by the Church Commissioners Measure 1947, the functions and assets of Queen Anne's Bounty were merged with the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to form the Church Commissioners.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "The Church Commissioners". The Church Commissioners Measure 1947. http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchcommissioners.aspx. Retrieved April 19, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Queen Anne's Bounty Tercentenary Commemorative Booklet
- The archives of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne are held at the Church of England Record Centre
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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