He was of Scotch ancestry, his father being a prosperous wine merchant in London, who acquired considerable wealth in trade, which the son in time inherited, and nobly used in his many private benevolences and philanthropic enterprises.
It may be that the times when men paid their benevolences cheerfully were better times than these, when a gentleman goes before the Exchequer Chamber to resist an assessment of twenty shillings.
But the fact that they thought it necessary to disguise their exactions under the names of benevolences and loans sufficiently proves that the authority of the great constitutional rule was universally recognised.
After the terrible lesson given by the Long Parliament, even the Cabal did not venture to recommend benevolences or shipmoney.
The Lieutenant of Dover, who settled the amount and division of benevolences required from the Cinque Ports, had also his offerings from the various towns that they might be well dealt with.
From time to time Court officials “carrying the mace of the lord the king” appeared to announce statutes or ordinances made in Parliament; or came as unwelcome commissioners to ask for benevolences and loans.
She abandoned the benevolences and forced loans which had brought home the sense of tyranny to the subjects of her predecessors.
Royal proclamations were taking the place of parliamentary legislation; royal benevolences were encroaching more and more on the right of parliamentary taxation.
And so on through the year, in which time the six benevolences can all be reached.
It is of much importance that the foreign missionary benevolences of a church should be wisely administered as a whole.
This statute was scarcely less welcome to the citizens of London than that which declared the practice of exacting money under the guise of benevolences to be unconstitutional.
A common councillor of London promptly retorted that benevolences were illegal by statute of Richard III.
The same spirit which leads one to be generous in the support of those benevolences which are immediately about him leads him to take an interest in the needy wherever they are found.
He resorted to Benevolences, and found the citizens of London obstinate in their assertion that Benevolenceswere illegal.
If these benevolences had been really unpopular, they would not have been paid.
I'm behind on our new organ, and on our benevolences and some other things, and my own salary is not all paid yet.
In a Parliament which met in January =1484= he enacted good laws, amongst which was one declaring benevolences illegal.
A loan not being a gift, he did not technically break the statute against benevolences though practically he set it at naught.
Henry, who knew how unpopular a general taxation was, fell back on the system of benevolences (see p.
Some clever person suggested to Charles that, though the Statute of Benevolences (see p.
The abolition of benevolences was a most beneficent measure, designed to put an end to an oppressive system of extorting money.
It was the influence of religion which was destined to ruin the fabric of the Monarchy; and the year which saw the defeat of the Crown in its exaction of Benevolences saw the translation of the English Bible.
The popular clamour against him on the score of the Benevolences found echoes at court; and it was only by a dexterous gift to Henry of his newly-built palace at Hampton Court that Wolsey again won his old influence over the king.
The pretence of a constitutional rule too was soon thrown off, and in the opening of 1485 a general irritation was caused by the levy of benevolences in defiance of the statute which had just been passed.
The practice of extorting money by benevolences was declared illegal, while grants of pardons and remissions of forfeitures reversed in some measure the policy of terror by which Edward at once held the country in awe and filled his treasury.
The bold stand which the monastic orders had made against benevolences had never been forgiven, while the revenues of their foundations offered spoil vast enough to fill the royal treasury and secure a host of friends for the new reforms.
But the statute of Richard the Third which declared all exaction of Benevolencesillegal was recalled to memory; the demand was evaded by London, and the Commissioners were driven out of Kent.
In reply to question 7, eight declared that the benevolences had increased, three that they had remained the same, one said benevolences varied in different years, while in three the benevolences had declined.
The contributions to all boards andbenevolences have been increased.
Contributions for benevolences have been greatly increased during this pastorate, and large sums have been spent for building and improvements.
Our decrease in benevolences is largely explainable and excusable perhaps in that it occurred during the time when there were so many other things to take care of, relative to the federation.
So this little committee of ours has not been content to let the benevolences drift into the channels of mere convenience--to give to the institutions which have sought aid and to neglect others.
The question of benevolences is important because many churches offer no other means to their members of learning and practising unselfish giving and service.
The proportion of all money raised which is used to pay salaries and local expenses is higher in country and village churches, while the proportion given for missions and benevolences is lower than in the town and city churches.
One of the standards adopted by the Interchurch World Movement was that the amount given to benevolences should at least equal 25 per cent.
But giving and serving is one of the fundamental ideas of the Christian religion, and money given for missions and benevolences is good training as well as definitely a service to humanity.
If amounts to be raised for denominational or other benevolences are included in the forecast and canvass, it is said to operate on a budget system for all monies raised.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "benevolences" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
