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A. D. 1623. C. I, 2. 89 Anno Regni Jacob I Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Francias, & Hiber- niasj 'Viz. Angliae, Francias & Hiberniae vicelimo primo, & Scotiae quinquagelimo feptimo. t A T the Parliament begun and holden at Weftmin/ler the nineteenth Day of February in the one and

  • J_ twentieth Year of the Reign of our moft gracious Sovereign Lord James^ by the Grace of God,
  • . of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, i£c. and of Scotland the feven and fiftietii :
  • And there continued until the nine and twentieth Day of May following: And then prorogued until
  • the fecond Day of November one thoufand fix hundred twenty-four ; To the high Pleafure of Almighty
  • God, and to the Weal publick of this Realm, were enadted as foUoweth,

C A P. I. An Aft for the Reviving and Making perpetual of one A6t made in the nine and thirtieth Year of the late Queen £/!Ztf^^/^, intituled, An A£t for erecting of Hofpitals^ and Abiding and Work- ing Houfesfor the Poor.

  • W THERE AS in the Parliament held in the nine and thirtieth Year of the Reign of the late Queen The statute of
  • VV Elizabeth oi happy Memory, a good Law was made, intituled. An Ail for ereiling of Hofpitals,^f^l^^l'^;^^^^^
  • or Abiding and Working Houfes for the Poor; but the Power, Licence and Authority given by the faid v
v. 16. 41^* 
  • Statute, to ereft, found and eftablifli fuch Houfes and Abiding-places, as are therein mentioned, was &fii""if-
  • confined to the Space of twenty Years then next enfuing, which faid Time is now expired :'

IL Be it therefore enadted by the Authority of this prelent Parliament, That the faid Adl and all Things therein contained, fhall from henceforth be revived and made perpetual, to have Continuance for ever. ' IIL And be it alfo enadled. That all Hofpitalts, Maifons de Dieu, and Abiding-places for Poor, lame. The EreSionof maimed and impotent People, or for Houfes of Correction, at any Time fince the faid twenty Years ex- f,nce'tiie Expita- pired ere<5ted, founded or made, or at any Time hereafter to be erefled, founded or made, according to tionofjgEiiz. " the Purport of the faid Statute, fliall be incorporated, and have perpetual Succellion and Capacity, to «=.;. confirmed. have, take and enjoy all other Privileges, Benefits and Immunities, to all Intents and Purpofes, according ^'f ^"jl^car z. to the Provifions, Tenor, Purport and true Meaning of the faid A<5t, as if the fame had been made, c. n. founded or endowed within the Space of twenty Years next enfuing the faid Statute. 43 Eliz. c. 4. 7 fif 8»'.3.f. jt. ' '^ , am/gCw.s. <:.30, CAP. II. An Ad for the general Quiet of the Subjeds againft all Pretences of Concealment whatfoever. THE King's moft excellent Majefty, of his blefled and gracious Difpofition, and abundant Grace, de- Concealed Lands firing that his loving Subjedls, and their Heirs and Succeflbrs, may cjuietly have and hold all and "^^'^ "2' f iLfj Angular Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which they, their Ancefl:ors or Predeceflbrs, or it may be proved any other by, from or under whom they cl^m, have of long Time enjoyed, is gracioufly pleafed that it that the King |beena(Sted; (2) And be it enacSled by the King's moft excellent Majefty, by and with the Aflent and Con- J^^mwitli^n"* fent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afliembled, and fixty years by the Authority of the fame. That the King's Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, ftiall not at any Time before this Par. liiereafter fue, impeach, queftion or implead any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, for or TTft"jjj ' in any wife concerning any Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes or Hereditaments, other than ' Liberties and Franchifes, or for or in any wife concerning the Revenues, Ifliies or Profits thereof, or make any Title, Claim, Challenge or Demand, of, in or to the fame, or any of them, by reafon of any Right or Title accrued and grown threefcore Years part and more, and now in ejfe, unlefs his Majefty or fome of his Progenitors, Predeceflbrs or Anceftors, or fome other Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate,: under whom his Majefty any Thing hath or lawfully claimeth, have been anfwered by Force and Virtue of any fuch Right or Title to the fame, the Rents, Revenues, IflTues or Profits thereof, within threefcore Years next before the Beginning of this prefent Seflion of Parliament, or that the fame have been duly in Charge to his Majefty, or the late Queen Elizabeth, or have ftood infuper of Record within the faid Space of threefcore Years 1(3) And, that every Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, {their Heirsand Succeflbrs, and all claiming by, from or under them or any of them, for and according to their and every of their feveral Eftates and Interefts, which they have or claim to have in the fame refpec- tively, ftiall hereafter quietly and freely have, hold and enjoy, againft his Majefty, his Heirs and Succef- fors, claiming by any Title accrued or grown threefcore Years paft or above, and now /» eJfe, all and fin- falar Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes and Hereditaments whatfoever, except Liberties and ranchifes, which he'or they, or his or their, or any of their Anceftors or Predeceflbrs, or thofe from, by " , Or under whom they claim, have held or enjoyed, or taken the Rents, Revenues, Ilfues or Profits thereof, . Vol. Ill, N by