The Clergy Corporation, or the Clergy Reserve Corporation of Upper Canada, existed to oversee, manage and lease the clergy reserves of Upper Canada. Clergy Reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of " Protestant Clergy " by the Constitutional Act of 1791 The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario The Clergy Reserves represented a large amount of land in Upper Canada that had been put aside for the Anglican and later Protestant churches. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The main operations of the Corporation were to collect rents on these lands, receive petitions, answer inquiries and settle all disputes arising from the clergy land.
History
The Corporation began as a body in 1818 when it was established by the Upper Canada Executive Council and was officially commissioned by Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland in 1819. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction Sir Peregrine Maitland, KCB, GCB ( July 6, 1777 &ndash May 30, 1854) was a British soldier and colonial administrator Its origin stemmed from a strict interpretation of the Constitutional Act of 1791 by the Family Compact, led by John Strachan to keep the clergy reserves for the Church of England. The Constitutional Act of 1791 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (1791 (31 Geo This article is about a group in nineteenth century Canadian history John Strachan ( April 12, 1778 &ndash November 1, 1867) was an influential figure in Upper Canada and the first Anglican Clergy Reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of " Protestant Clergy " by the Constitutional Act of 1791 In this new Corporation there were twelve members including the Bishop of Quebec who acted as chair, both the Inspector and Surveyors General, the Rectors of York, Kingston, Niagara, Grimsby, Cornwall, Ancaster, Hamilton and Newcastle as well as two other members of the Anglican Clergy. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk York is a community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate city it was one of six municipalities Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Grimsby ( Canada 2006 Census population 24240 is a Town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Cornwall is a City in eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Ontario. Ancaster is a suburban community in the southwest of Hamilton Ontario, Canada with which it amalgamated in 2001 Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Newcastle is a community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. The Corporation directed the local sheriffs to collect the various rents.
The first meeting of the Corporation was held at York on the 25th of March 1820. York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Stephen Heward, who was Auditor General of Land Patents, was appointed Secretary Receiver of the Corporation. A short five years later, the Executive Council ordered that the Corporation should cease making any new leases of the reserves as it had been thought that the land would be sold to the Canada Company. The Canada Company was a large private chartered British land development company incorporated by an act of British parliament on July 27 1825 to aid the colonization of This option was championed by Egerton Ryerson who was upset at the state of the reserves and who wanted them to be available to the Methodists. Adolphus Egerton Ryerson ( 24 March 1803 &ndash 19 February 1882) was a minister, Educator, Politician, In August 1828 Heward, the Secretary Receiver, died and he was succeeded by George H. Markland. Soon after this, the issuance of new leases resumed in April 1829.
However this only continued until 1832 when the Lieutenant Governor advised the Corporation to discontinue the issuance of any further leases after a bill was passed to combine the clergy reserves with Crown land. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction Crown land is a designated area belonging to The Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the Monarchy and could not be At this point, Markland was appointed Inspector General and a new Secretary Receiver, Thomas Baines, was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in 1833. Thomas Baines (1799-1867 was born in Caynham England, as the son of the Rev A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction With no new leases being issued, the actions of the Corporation were confined to overseeing former leases which had yet to become very lucrative. Baines undertook a plan to change this and appointed Clerks of the Peace as District Commissioners to undertake a survey of each individual lot in Upper Canada.
The result of this was a huge increase in lease revenues but the full amount of rent was still unattained. In view of this and increased pressure against the idea of Anglican Clergy lands held by the Family Compact, the Executive Council decided in 1838 to dissolve the Corporation and to transfer Baines into Crown Lands Department, where he would continue to oversee the collection of payments in arrears on clergy reserve leases as well as oversee the sale the Crown land in Upper Canada. This article is about a group in nineteenth century Canadian history Crown land is a designated area belonging to The Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the Monarchy and could not be At this point both the Clergy Corporation and the Clergy Reserves were largely dissolved. The lands were officially secularized in 1854.
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