PETITION FOR FACULTY

To the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Winchester

Parish of ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Churchyard at the Church of ………………………………………………………………………………

or burial ground at …………………………………………………………………………………………..

[I] [We] FULL NAME ………………………………………………………………………… Petitioner 1

FULL NAME ………………………………………………………………………… Petitioner 2

Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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Contact Telephone and/or email…………………………………………………………………………

petition as follows:

1	The petitioner[s] seek[s] a faculty authorising the reservation of a grave space or cremation plot as described in the schedule overleaf

2	A resolution of the PCC in favour of the proposed reservation, endorsed by the Incumbent of the Parish, is attached to this petition.

3	A plan of the churchyard showing the space to be reserved is also attached to this petition

4	The space is in consecrated ground

5	The petitioner[s] confirm[s] that the sum of £80 will be paid to the Parochial Church Council of ………………………………………………………………………………………... towards the cost of the maintenance of the churchyard

The link or connection between the petitioner[s] and the specified churchyard or burial ground is:

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SCHEDULE

Space required:

Coffin burial, single depth	□

Coffin burial, double depth	□

Cremated remains plot, single depth	□

Cremated remains plot, double depth	□

Space to be reserved is number ........ in row ……..

and CLEARLY identified on the attached plan. (If the churchyard does not use numbers and rows then some other identifying method must be used for the sake of clarity and the plan should have the space clearly marked).

Age of petitioner 1 ……

Age of petitioner 2 ……

There are……………………….* spaces available in the churchyard with an average of

…………………………………….** spaces used per year

Date: ...........................................	Signed: ...............................................................................

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Petitioner[s]

*The petitioner[s] should seek this information from the churchwarden, minister or other church officer.

**It is acknowledged that numbers of burials will differ from year to year and so the figure should be a good estimate.

Please note the Chancellor will not determine the matter without this information and the papers will be returned.

A combination of the amount of space available and the age of the petitioners will be used to determine the length of reservation, usually to a maximum of 20 years. It is the responsibility of the petitioner[s] at that point to extend or renew the faculty should there still be the desire to be buried in the space.