advowson

Preposition: of

• vicarage: The advowson of the vicarage was alienated a few years ago by Vicars.
• rectory: The advowson of the rectory has belonged to the Waldegrave family from Henry the Eight's reign to the present time.
• church: Thereafter the lord of the manor retained the advowson of the mother church, Lord Amherst of Hackney being patron in 1987.
• living: The advowson of the living was sold to the Church Society, the most fervent of the Evangelical Patronage Trusts.
• priory: The advowson of the priory passed from the Crevequer family to the crown in the latter part of the thirteenth century.
• parish: The benefaction included the advowson of the parish of Fowlmere.

Converse of object

• grant: In 1547 the king granted the advowson to the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset.
• hold: You hold the advowson to Deerhurst church ( the right to appoint the incumbent to be minister of the parish ).
• sell: Sir George Dalston also sold the advowson to the Rev. Thos.
• purchase: He intended coming to Foxearth next year, having purchased the advowson of Foxearth and has built several houses there.
• claim: Page 69, note f: In 9 John Robert claimed the advowson of Wimpole, co.
• retain: Thereafter the lord of the manor retained the advowson of the mother church, Lord Amherst of Hackney being patron in 1987.