Thank you so much for looking it up for me. I thought it was the land that the parish minister lived on and that the parish was on that land. It seemed to me that maybe in 1738 when this notation was made in the Vestry Book that the church had given up that particular piece of land. What do you think may be the reasoning for this entry? Thanks again. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Location of the Glebe > My curiosity got the better of me & I had to look it up. ~Virginia > > http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06582a.htm > Glebe > > Glebe (Lat. gleba) originally signified, in common law, any farm, estate, or > parcel of land, and the word is so used in the Theodosian Code. But in > ecclesiastical law it has become the technical term for land permanently > assigned for the maintenance of the incumbent of a parish, and is the oldest > form of parochial endowment. This use of the word is found in numerous > medieval charters, of which Du Cange gives a few examples, and formerly no > church could be consecrated unless thus endowed with a house and glebe. The > fee-simple was held to be in abeyance, that is, without an owner in the eyes > of the law, but the freehold belonged to the incumbent. It could be leased, > sold, or exchanged, with the bishop's consent, and was sometimes allowed to > be mortgaged for the purpose of repairing the parsonage or church. In England > and Scotland, where glebe is held by the established Churches of those > countries, there are now special laws regarding the leasing, sale, or > exchange of such property, and all such transactions are subject to the a > pproval of the land commissioners. In the Catholic Church, glebe, where it > exists, is regarded as mensal property, and canon law regulates the > conditions which govern its possession. The alienation of mensal property is > now held by most legists to require the special permission of the pope, and > even then only certain justifying causes are recognized, viz: (1) necessity, > as when a church is overburdened with debt; (2) utility, or the opening for > an advantageous exchange; (3) to redeem captives or feed the poor in time of > famine; (4) convenience, as when the land is so situated that its produce > cannot be gathered without great expense. Certain specified formalities have > also to be complied with. > > > [email protected] wrote: > > << Can anyone tell me where in Hanover County the Glebe mentioned in the > > following reference would have been located? Also, how much property were > > they speaking of? > > Norma Diggs > > > VESTRY BOOK OF ST. PAUL'S PARISH, HANOVER CO., VA, 1706-1786, 4 Nov 1738, p. > > 155 . . . "Ordered that a Petition be preferd to this Present assembly in > > order to Obtain an act for Vesting one of the old Glebes in Marshal Degge, > > and the other in Vinkler Cobbs, and also for Vesting three hundred & thirty > > eight acres, the Freehold of John Henry in this Vestry, for a Glebe and and > > its further Ordered that the said Henry do carry the said Petition to the > > Assembly, and that he have an allowance made him in the next Levy, for his > > Trouble therein ." >> > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >