Show CHURCH STill PAYS OLD fiNE Yearly Meets Penalty Imposed By King Years Ago LONDON Aug fhe 18 is A M The J-The record tor for a long distance tine fine ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears to belong belonS to the office of Icar of the Church o ot of Our Lady of which ancient edifice stand in one of c London's suburbs for that personage is required to pay an annual contribution of one pound two tao t 0 shilling an and 1 a a sIxpence to the king and he lies has been pay pay- paying pay paying ay- ay ayIng ing it for tor almost icara ears cars This fine lne was tas Imposed after the Reformation b by Henry VIII on medle al vicar because he od allo pilgrIms to come como to his church and bathe their eyes In the water of a awell ell which is supposed to contaIn curative properties The pilgrIms In often orten left sums BUms of mon mon- mon I I ey which alibi aroused Henrys Henry's Ire and the vicar escaped the tho stake only by handing all al the tho money thus col- col colle col collected le ted o 0 over er to Henry and agreeing to pay an and vesting his sins on his successors Although Henry Instituted many such gentle methods of Increasing the kingly exchequer quer this is the only Instance of o the fine tine still be- be belag be being ing lag paid Tho well on the church prope property I still attracts many pilgrims who come to bathe their eyes with the miraculous waters many of ot horn hom hornI claim to have been cured thereby |