An Act to authorize the Division of the Parish of Manchester into several Parishes, and for the Application of the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish Church, and for other Purposes.
WHEREAS the Warden and Fellows of the College of Christ in Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and their Predecessors, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England, bearing Date the Second Day of October in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King Charles the First, were incorporated by the Name of the Warden and Fellows of the College of Christ in Manchester founded by King Charles, and the Bishop of Chester and his Successors were made Visitors of the said College: And wherea...