Regium Donum

The Regium Donum (Latin: "Royal Bounty") in British history was an annual grant to augment the income of poor

privy purse as an ex gratia

donation, but it later became an annual grant voted by Parliament.

The Irish Regium Donum originated in a grant of £1,200 pa to Presbyterian clergy in the north of Ireland made by

The English Regium Donum was instituted in 1723, originally £500 pa to allow the payment of pensions of widows of Dissenting Ministers, but later increased to £1,000 pa to also cover augmentation of income of living ministers. From

Test and Corporation Acts).^[1]

Reform of royal finances by

Civil List. In principle, this changed it from an ex gratia payment to a forced donation by taxpayers (including those opposed to the religious views of those supported): the Regium Donum was therefore henceforth opposed (on the grounds of consistency) by some advocates of the disestablishment of the Church of England.^[3] There was growing opposition by organised Dissent; because of this, the government announced in 1851 that the Regium Donum would not be voted in subsequent years.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Thomas Rees (1834). A Sketch of the History of the Regium Donum, and Parliamentary Grant, to Poor Dissenting Ministers of England and Wales: With a Vindication of the Distributors and Recipients from the Charge of Political Subservicency. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing a Brief Statement of the Regium Donum and Parliamentary Grant to Poor Dissenting Ministers by the Trustees. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. pp. 36–.
^ Irish Church Act 1869 ss. 38–41
^ "SUPPLY—THE REGIUM DONUM". Hansard House of Commons Debates. 101: cc 439–457. 23 August 1848. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "SUPPLY". Hansard House of Commons Debates. 118: cc 960–971 (970–971 in particular). 17 July 1851. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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[Rees1834-1] Thomas Rees (1834). A Sketch of the History of the Regium Donum, and Parliamentary Grant, to Poor Dissenting Ministers of England and Wales: With a Vindication of the Distributors and Recipients from the Charge of Political Subservicency. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing a Brief Statement of the Regium Donum and Parliamentary Grant to Poor Dissenting Ministers by the Trustees. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. pp. 36–.

[2] Irish Church Act 1869 ss. 38–41

[3] "SUPPLY—THE REGIUM DONUM". Hansard House of Commons Debates. 101: cc 439–457. 23 August 1848. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[4] "SUPPLY". Hansard House of Commons Debates. 118: cc 960–971 (970–971 in particular). 17 July 1851. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

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