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Show CHURCH STILL PAySJDLDFINE Henry VIII Imposed Penalty Pen-alty 400 Years Ago ' LONDON, Aur U (By A. P-) Ths rocsrd for a long dlstsncs fine sp-peara sp-peara to belong to the office of vtrar ef the Church ef Our Lady of WUUadfiB. which ancient edifice stands in one of London's suburbs, for that personate la required to pay an annual contribution of one pound two ahllllnaa and alspence to the king, end lie haa been paring par-ing It for almost 400 years. ' This fine was Itnpoaed after the i reformation period by Henry VIII on the medieval vicar because he ai )nwd ft I a rime to come to his church and baths thetr eyes In the watr of a well whlrh la aupposed to contain curatfv properties. The pilgrims In gratitude often left sums of mony, which aroused Henry's Ire. end the vtrar escaped the stake only hy handlngiall the awney thus collected over ta Henry, and sgreelng to pay an annuel fine, and vesting hla sins pa his successors. succes-sors. Although Henry Instituted many the ktnely emrhequer. this Is the only lnstanceof, the fine stilt be- aff paid. ' The well en the church .property still attracts many pilgrlma who . come to bathe their ayea with the i miraculous waters, many of whom claim tu have been cured thereby. |