Kcb, 222, 227. 270 C. 13. Anno tricdimo primo Henrici VIII. A. D. 1539. or any of them have, might or ought to have had, in or to the PremifTes fo obtained and had, or in or to any Parcel thereof, if this Aft had never been had nor made ; this prefent Aft or any Thing therein con- tained to the contrary notwithftanding. ■* XVIII. And where it hath pleafed the King's Highnefs of his moft abundant Grace and Goodnefs, as 6 well upon divers and fujidry Connderations his Majefty fpecially moving, as alfo otherwife, to have bar- ' gained, fold, changed, or given and granted by his Grace's feveral Letters Patents, Indentures or other ' Writings, as well under his Highnefs Great Seal, as under the Seal of his Highnefs Duchy of Lancajlcr, £ and the.Seal of the Office of the Augmentations of his Crown, unto divers and fundry of his loving and e obedient Subjects, divers and fundry Honours, Caftles, Manors, Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, Lands, ..' Tenements, Rents, Reverfions, Services, Parfonages appropriate, Advowfofis, Liberties, Tithes, Ob- ' lations, Portions, Penfions, Franchifes, Privileges, Liberties and other Hereditaments, Commodities and Profits, in Fce-fimple, Fee-tail, for Term of Life, or for Term of Years ; (2) for avoiding of which faid Letters Patents, and of the Contents of the fame, divers, fundry and many Ambiguities, Doubts and Queftions might hereafter arife, be moved and flirred, as well for mifrecital or nonrecital, as for divers other Matters, Things or Caufes to be alledged, objected or invented againft the faid Letters Patents, as alfo for lack of finding of Offices or Inquifitions, whereby the Title of his Highnefs therein ought to have
- been found, before the making of the lame Letters Patents, or for mifrecital or nonrecital of Leafes, as
' well of Record as not of Record, or for lack of the Certainty of the Values, or by reafon of mifnaming ' of the Honours, Caftles, Manors, Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, L anc "S, Tenements, and other He- ' reditamer.ts cemprifed and mentioned within the fame Letters Patents, or of the Towns and Counties 1 where the fame Honours, Caftles, Manors, Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, Lands, i enements, Rents, ' and other Hereditaments lien and been, as for divers and fundry other Suggeftions and Surmifes, which ■ ' hereafter might happen to be moved, furmifed and procured againft the fame Letters Paten's, albeit the
- Words in Eft'eft contained in the faid Letters Patents be according to the true Intent and Meaning of his I
' moft Royal Majefty ?--. c Roll 277. XIX. Be it therefore enacted by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That as well all and every the i The King's Pa-' faid Letter's Patents, Indentures and other Writings, and every of them,. under the Seal or Seals above- tents Sufficient fam, or f ar .y f them, made or granted by the King's Highnefs fithen the faid fourth Day of February , Kotwithflanding the faid twenty- feventh Year of his moft noble Reign, as all and lingular other his Grace's Letters Patents, finding of Of- Indentures or other Writings to be had, made or granted to any Perfon or Perfons within three Years next : iices, &c. after the making of this prefent Act, of any Honours, Caftles, Manors, Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, , 34 & 35 H. S. Nunneries, Colleges, Hofpitals, Houfes of Friers, or of other Religious or Ecclefiaftical Houfes or Places, Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Lands, Tenements, Parfonages, Tithes, Penfions, Portions, Advowfons, No- minations, and alp other Hereditaments and Poffeffions, of what Kind, Nature or Quality foever they be, or by whatfoever Name or Names they or any of them be named, known or reputed, fhall ftand and be good, effectual and available in the Law of this Realm, to all Reipefts, Purpofes, Conftruftions and In- tents, againft his Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, without any other Licence, Difpenfation or Tole- rance of the King's Highnefs, his Heirs and Succeffors, or of any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever they . be, for any Thing or Things contained, or hereafter to he contained, in any fuch Letters Patents, Inden- tures or other Writings; any Caufe, Confederation, or Thing material to the contrary in any wife not- withftanding : A Saving of the XX. Saving to all_and lingular Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Succeffors, and Right.ot others trle j-r e ; rs anc l Succeliors of every of them (other than his Highnefs, his Heirs and Succeffors, and the faid furedlv the 5 3 ' Governors and Governeffes, and their Succeffors, Donors, Founders and Patrons aforenamed, and their King. Heirs and Succeffors, and all other Perfons claiming in their Rights or to their Ufe, or in the Right, or to the Ufe of any of them) all fuch Right, Title, Claim, Intereft, Poffieflion, Reverfion, Remainder, Ofn.- ces, Annuities, Rent Charges and Commons, which they or any of them have, ought or mi^ht to have had, in or to any of the faid Honours, Caftles, Manors, Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, Lands, Tene- ments, and other Hereditaments in the faid Letters Patents made, or hereafter to be made, comprized at any Time before the making of the faid or fuch Letters Patents ; this Aft or any Thing therein contained to the contrary notwithftanding. Hetley 545. ' XXI. And where divers and fundry Abbots, Priors, Abbeffes, PriorefTes, and other Ecclefiaftical Go- I.atch S9. ' vernors, and Governeffes of the faid late Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hof- Briiigm. 32. c pjtals, Houfes of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclefiaftical Houfes and Places, have had, poffeffed and a Rd 142, t enjoyed divers and fundry Parfonages appropriated, Tithes, Penfions and Portions, and alfo were acquit- 52 ' ' ted and difcharged of and for the Payment or Payments of Tithes, to be paid out or for their faid Mona- ' fteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hofpitals, Houfes of Friers, and other Religious and 1 Such Abbey- * Ecclefiaftical Houfes and Places, Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments:' (2) Be I Lands as before it therefore enaftcd by the Authority aforefaid, That as well the King our Sovereign Lord, his Heirs and f'h'mw-T Succeffors, as all and every fuch Perfon and Perfons, their Heirs and Affigns, which have, or hereafter final! difcharoed.of have, any Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hofpitals, Houfes of Friers, or other Tithes, ftallib Ecclefiaftical Houfes or Places, Sites, Circuits, Precinfts of the fame, or of any of them, or any Manors, ■continue. Meffuages, Parfonages appropriate, Tithes, Penfions, Portions or other Hereditaments, whatfoever the] Cro.El.206. ^ wn ich belonged or appertained, or which now belong or appertain unto the faid Monafteries, Abba- c"°' Car °6~ thies? Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hofpitals, Houfes of Friers, or other Religious and Ecclefiaftical fizz'. *'" Houfts or Places, or unto any of them, {hall have, hold, retain, keep and enjoy, as well th? faid Parfo- M00r219.pl. nages appropriate, Tithes, Penfions and Portions of the faid Monafteries, Abbathies, Priories, NunneriejS, 356. Colleges, Hofpitals, Houfes of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclefiaftical Houfes and Places, Sites; T'vi-r, f. 277. pi Ci rcu its, Precinfts, Manors, Meafes, Lands, Tenements and other Hereditaments, whatfoever they be, -345- i- 1 - > 6 an j ever y f them, according to their Eftates and Tides, 'difcharged and acquitted of Payment of Tithes J " ; ' (3) as
