Scope and Contents The appointment is vested in the archbishop, or, if the see is vacant, in the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. If no appointment has been made within three months of a vacancy the appointment is to be made by the College and failing them by the vicar and churchwardens of the parish.The parish of Rochdale, 'formerly appropriated to the abbey of Whalley, together with the chapels annexed, having come to Matthew [Parker], afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, the rectorial tithes were...