Vestry

The place in a church where the priest's vestures are deposited. Also, an assembly of the minister, churchwardens, and parishioners, usually held in the vestry of the church, or in a building called a vestry-hall, to act upon business of the church. Mozley & W.

Vestry clerk

— The duties of the vestry clerk, under modern English law, are: to give notice of and attend the meetings of the vestry and committees appointed thereat;

— to summon and attend meetings of the church-wardens and overseers when required, and to enter the minutes thereof respectively;

— to keep accounts of all charity moneys which the church-wardens or overseers are authorized or accustomed to distribute;

— to keep the vestry books and the parish deeds and documents;

— to assist the overseers in making out their accounts;

— to make out the list of persons liable to serve on juries;

— to give notices for claims to vote for members of parliament, and to make out lists of voters; and to advise the church-wardens and overseers in all the duties of their office.

Mozley & W. Vestrymen. A select number of parishioners elected in large and populous parishes to take care of the concerns of the parish, — so called because they used ordinarily to meet in the vestry of the church.

Cowel.