Appendix C(19) 1792 Report of Commissioners of Inquiry]

APPENDIX (C.) N° 19

THE OATH ADMINISTERED TO THE VICARS-GENERAL SINCE THE REVESTMENT.

The Oath administered to the Vicars-General of this Isle.

YOU shall to your power maintain and defend the ancient laws, statutes, and customs proper and belonging to this Isle, and shall faithfully and diligently discharge the office and duty of Vicar-General of this Isle, in all things according to the ancient laws and the accustomed course and proceeding of your court.

You shall with your best advice and counsel be aiding and assisting to his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and Captain-General of this Isle, or the Lieutenant-Governor or Deputy of the said Isle, for the time being, for the furtherance of the government and the benefit of the said Isle, as oft as you shall be called upon or required thereunto.

So God you help, and by the contents of that Book.

Examined by
JOHN QUAYLE, C.R.