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L D. 1660. Anno duodecimo Caroli II. C. 12. 175 Lord one thoufand fix hundred and fixty, divers Perfons who adhered to his Majefty, or to the late King, were for fuch their Adherence, charged, impeached or indiiled of High Treafon :' VI. Be it further provided and ena6ted, I'hat the faid Charges, Impeacliments, Indidments, and all ln<!i«mentt,*c. .xigents, Outlawries, Conviaions and Attainders thereupon, and all Letters Patents and Grants there- t^i^n/upjn m"ade ipoH made, of any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, efcheated or forfeited by Reafon of void. ijch Attainder, and all Title to any JVIefne Profits by Reafon of fuch Convicftion, Outlawry, Attainder |r Grant, be from henceforth repealed and difcharged : (2) And that all Efcheats, Forfeitures and Con- ications, by Reafon of fuch Outlawries, Conviflion or Attainder, be and arc hereby reftored unto fuch ' " ' attainted, their Heirs, Executors and Adminillrators refpeiftiv^ly, as if I'erfons fo outlawed, convi(5led or ; |o fuch Attainder had been. I VII. Provided neverthelefs, and be it ena<fled. That this A61: or any Thing herein contained (hall not sales mirfehy ixtendto avoid or confirm any Sales or Eftates made by Virtue or Pretence of any AeV, Order or Ordi- Ordinance of |ance, or reputed Ad, Order or Ordinance of Parliament, fince the hrft Day of May in the Year of our P^'l'^ment. i/ord one thoufand fix hundred forty-two, nor any Confirmation thereof made or to be made thereof in [lis prefent Parliament, but that fuch Sales ftand and be in the fame Plight and Condition as they fhould ^ might have done, if this Aft had not been made.. I VIlI. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That all Recognizances, Obligations or Rccognizanc-s, |ther Securities, made or given to the Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament, or pbii^aiions &c,. b 0//wr Lord Prote<5tor of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Dominions {he late I'rou^- nereunto belonging, or to Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, tors. jnd the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, _ or to Richard hovA. Protedor of the Common- Irealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, and lot pardoned or difcharged by any A6t pafTed or to be pafTed this prefent Parliament or otherwile, (other han fuch Recognizances, Obligations and Securities, as have been made and given to any the pretended- bowers or Perfons aforefaid, or to any deriving or pretending to derive Authority from them, by any Per- pn or Perfons, for or by reafon of their Adherence to his Majefty or his faid late Royal Father, or related- b or arifing only upon or in refped: of the late Troubles ; all which are hereby declared to be void, and to )e deUvered up to be cancelled;) (z) and all Judgments, Extents, Inquifitions, Executions and Seizures ad for the faid Keepers or Proteftors, or any of them, and not likewife pardoned or difcharged, other lan- as aforefaid, fhall and may be had and profecuted in the Name and to the Ufe of his Majefly, his eirs or SuccefTors ; (3) And alfo excepting all Obligations, Bonds or Recognizances entred into to the id Keepers or Protestors or any of them,, by any Perfon or Perfons, by Order orDiredtion of any Coun- il of State, Committee of Safety, Major Generals, Decimators or any Officer or other Perfon under hem, or any other Military Power; all which Obligations, Bonds and Recognizances are hereby dif- harged and declared to be null and void to all Intents and Purpofes. IX. Provided alfo, and be it enaded. That this Ad or any Thing therein contained fliall not extend Jiirtrces, Ser- jo continue, after the eighth Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred and fixty, any.JJJ^'J^"^;|:^^^i.g, fuftice or Juflices of one Bench or the other, or Barons of the Exchequer, Serjeants at Law, Cornmiffions of sewer"..' if Sewers, Comniiifions. of Bankrupts or of Charitable Ufes, made or conftituted by or in tire Name or Btile of any the late pretended Powers or Authorities. i X. Provided always. That it fhall and may be lawful to and for every Perfon or Perfons who fliiall find" !hemfelves grieved or damnified by any Judgment, Fine, Recovery, Decree or Sentence given, made,, evied, granted or pronounced, in any of the faid Courts, to proceed in due Form of Law, either by Writ Writs ofEVror )f Error, Bill of Review, Appeal or other lawful Remedy, for thereverfing, annulling or revoking of the maybebrougiit«- iaine, in fuch Manner as they might at any Tiitie heretofore have done, if the faid Courts had been cfta- olifiied by lawful Authority, other than for^hofe Errors and Defeds which are remedied or provided for '3y this Ad.

XL Provided always, and be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That no Nonclaira upon N6n-chim upon'

k after any Fine or Fines hereby made good or confirmed, fiiall extend or be conftrued to bar or prejudice F'|",^L°od"* ■ y Perfon or Perfons, their Heirs or SuccefTors, or their Feoffees or Truftees (other than the Parties to rwnceofPariia— the faid Fines and their Heirs general and fpecial, and his and their Truftees) as concerning fuch Right, ment. Claim and Intereft, as they had in or to any Lands, Tenements or other Hereditaments, which by Co- lour of any Ad, Order or Ordinance of both or either Houfes of Parliament, or any Convention fitting at Weftminjler under the Name or Stile, or aflumingthe Name or Stile, of a Parliament, fince the firft Day ' of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred forty and two, and before the five and twen- cieth Day of April in the Year of pur Lord one thoufand fix hundred and fixty, were fold, conveyed or dif- pofed, as then or late the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of the King, Queen or Prince, or of Archbifhops, Bifliops, Deans, -Deans and Chapters, or other Ecclefiaftical Perfons, or as the Lands, Te- nements and Hereditaments of any other Perfons for their Adherency to the late King or his Majefty that " how is, or for any their Adings relating to or in refped of the late Troubles ; (2) fo always that the faid Perfon or Perfons aforefaid, their Heirs or SuccefTors, purfue their Title, Claim or Intereft, by way of JAdion or lawful Entry, within five Years next after the nine and twentieth Day of May in the Year of jour Lord one thoufand fix hundred and fixty. XII. And although in this Confirmation of Judicial Proceedings, it was necefTary to mention divers The late Go-- prefeiit