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A. D. 1533. Anno vicefimo quinto Henri ci VIII. C. 21. 195 rs as fh.'H be con your 1 I dors, in no manner wife fliall grant any ] I Writing afore reheard I, for any C ;nant to the Law of Almight) I 1 . .11 cd by Authority aforefaid, fold Archbifliop ai an I due Kxaminati - m had, of the C of the Pcrfons | hill ; i ,;y by themfi . their fuffici 1 Commiuary oi i> pu v, ! , their Dif rcti ns, from 'lime to [*ii il and difpofe, by a:i Inflrumcnt under th< of the fai I . as well to i Subjects, as to the Subjects of your Heii all manner Licences, Difpenfations, Fa< legacies, Refcripts, [nftrumenta orothir & ||a'* 7 Writings, lor any fuch Caufc or Matter, whereof heretofore fuch Licences, Difpei , ties, Delegacies, Refcripts, Inflruments or Writings, have been accuflomcd to be had at the See of ■ , oi by the Authority thereof, or of any Prelate of this Realm. lifhop and his Commiflary, (hall not grant any other Licence, Difpenfation, DifpenWoai <o Compofition, Faculty, Wiiting or Inftiumcnt, in Cafes unwont, and not accuflomcd to be had or ob- t"* 1 ■< ■ 1 ai the Court of Rome, nor by Authority thereof, nor by any Prelate of this Realm, until your Grace, j?~ "' your Heirs and Succeflbrs, or your or their Council fliall firfl: be advertifed thereof, and determine whether ' „,„' fuch Licences, Difpenfations, Compofitions, Faculties, or other Writings in fuch Cafes unwont and not t he a,t , accuflomcd to be difpenfed withal, or obtained, (hall commonly pals as other Difpenfations, Faculties, or i other Writings, fhall or no, (2) upon Pain that the Grantors of every fuch Licence, Difpenfation, or ; Writing, in fuch Cafes unwont, contrary to this Ait, fhall make Fine at the Will and Pleafurc of your pf r4 " 5 ' (. trace, your Heirs and Succcfibrs ; (3) and if it be thought and determined by your Grace, your Heirs or pj t .^' ^ Jl ' Succeflbrs, or your or their Council, that Difpenfations, Faculties, Licences, or other Writings, in any ftich Cafe unwont, fliall pafs, then the faid Archbifhop or his Commiflary, having Licence of your High- nefs, your Heirs or Succeilors for the fame, by your or their Bill affigned, fhall difpenie with them ac- cordingly. VI. Provided always, That no manner of Difpenfation':, Licences, Faculties, or other Refcripts or Licence of Writings hereafter to be granted to any Pcrfon or Pcrfons, by Virtue or Authority of this Act, by the faid Things Archbilhop or his Commiflary, being of fuch Importance, that the Tax of thc Expedition thereof at Rome t i ic T " extended to the Sum of four Pounds or abov^', fliall in any wife be put in Execution, till thc fame Licence, ccnfirmc^hvtlte Difpenfation, Faculty, Refcript, or other Writing, of what Name or Nature foever it be of, be firfl con- King's Crcat firmed by your Highnefs, your Heirs or Succeflbrs, Kings of this Realm, under the Great Seal, and en- Seal. rolled in your Chancery in a Roll, by a Clerk to be appointed for the fame ; {?.) and that this Act fhall be c '°- Elix, 54* a fufHcient Warrant to the Chancellor of England for the Time being, or to him whom your Grace, your Heirs or Succeflors, fhall depute to be Keeper of the Great Seal, to confirm in your Name, your Heirs or Succeflbrs, the forefaid Writings, palled under the faid Archbifhop's Seal, by Letters Patents, in due Form thereof to be made under your Great Seal, remitting as well the faid Writing under thc Archbifhop's Seal, as thc faid Confirmation under the Great Seal, to the Parties from Time toTime procuring for the fame ; (3) and that all fuch Licences, Difpenfations, Faculties, and other Refcripts and Writings, for the Ex- Whit Difpenfa- pedition of the which the faid Taxes to be paid at Rome, was under iv. li. which be Matters of no great tions n ™y ll ' Importance, fliall pafs only by the Archbifhop's Seal, and fhall not of any Neceffity be confirmed by the i ra2 ut^ y thc Great Seal, unlefs the Procurers of fuch Licence, Faculty or Difpenfation, defire to have them fo con- without the firmed ; (4) in which Cafe they fhall pay for the faid Great Seal, to the Ufe of your Highnefs, your Heirs King's ( and Succeilors, v.s. Sterling, and not above, over and befides fuch Taxes as fhall be hereafter limited for the mation. making, writing, regiftring, confirming and inrolling of fuch Licences, Confirmations, and Writings un- der the laid Tax of iv. li. VII. And that every fuch Licence, Difpenfation, Compofition, Faculty, Refcript and Writing, of what All A&t done Name or Nature foever it be, for fuch Caufes as the Tax was wont to be iv. li. or above, fo granted by the >y Virtueofany Archbifliop, and confirmed under the Great Seal, and all other Licences, Difpenfations, Faculties, Re- cl . xl ~- ■ fcripts, and Writings hereafter to be granted by the Archbifliop, by Virtue and Authority of this Act, / ' whereunto the Great S.al is not limited of Neccflity to be put to, by reafon that the Tax of them is under f n i, aw iv. li. fliall be accepted, approved, allowed, and admitted good and effectual in the Lav.', in all Places, Courts and Jurifdictions, as well Spiritual as Temporal, within this Realm, and clfewherc within your Dominions, and as beneficial to the Perfous obtaining the fame, as they fliould have been if they had been obtained, with dl Things requifite, of the See of Rome, or of any other Perfon by Authority thereof, without any Revocation or Repeal hereafter to be had of any fuch Licences, Difpenfations, Faculties, Re- fcripts or Writings, of what Nature foever they be. VIII. And that all Children procreated after Solemnization of any Marriages to be had or done by Yir- Licences- to mar- ble of fuch Licences or Difpenfations, fhall be admitted, reputed urn] taken legitimate in all Courts, as r: well Spiritual as Temporal, and in al! ether Places, and inherit the Inheritance of their Parents and An- f" ceftors within this your Realm, and all other your Dominions, according to the Law.-, and Cuftoms of the -'-"h.'s""^' lame; (i) and all Acts to be done, had pr executed according to the Tenor of fuch Licences, Difpenfa- § 4. tions, faculties, Writings or other Inflruments, to be made or granted by Authority of this Act, fliall be Hob - 24S. firm, permanent and remain in Force ; any foreign Laws, Conftitutions, Decrees, Canons, Decretals, In- hibitions, Ule, Cuflom, Prefcription, or any other Thing had, or hereafter to be made to the contrary notwithstanding. IX. And be it further enacted, That the faid Archbifliop and his Succeflbrs, fhall have Power and Au • thorny to ordain, make, and conftitute a Clerk, which fhall write and rcgifter every fuch Licence, Di.'p. . Cation, Faculty, Writing, or other Inflrumcnt to be granted by the faid Archbifliop, and fliall find Pa. ■ Cos" rnent.