A. D. 1663. Anno decimo quinto Caroli 11. C. 17. 279 j them, their Heirs and AfiTgns, in fuch Manner and Wife as is herein after more particalarJy and efpecially limited and provided ; and according to fuch Parts and Proportions as they refpedlivcly now hold and en- I joy, or by Virtue and Provifion of this Adt ought to hold and enjoy, fubjedt and liable likewifj to the i Payment of all Taxes and Charges as_ aforcfaid, to be holden of the King's iVIajefty, his Heirs and Sue- ] . ceffors, of the Manor of Eajl-Grceniutcb, hY Fealty only in free and common Socage, and not otherwifc: | (2) And the faid ten thoufand Acres, Refidue of the faid twelve thoufand Acres (whereof his faid late IVIa- TIu ico-o ] jefty was in PoiTeffion as aforefaid) are hereby vefted and fettled in his Majefly that now is, and his AfTi'^ns Acres belonging j /ubjedt and liable with the Refidue of the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres to the fame Taxes and Charges '° " '^"'^* j before fpecified : ' (3) And becaufe the faid Great Level of the Fens extends into the faid fix Counties be-
- fides the Ifle of Ely^ and forafmuch as Commiffioners of Sewers cannot legally proceed in Execution of
' their Commiffion, but by a feveral Jury of every County to enquire of the Matters within their Corrj- ■'
- miffion in that County, which hath heretofore inforced the faid Earl, his Participants and Adventurers,, ■ '
- Commiffioners and Counties, to very great Trouble, Lofs and Expence both of Money and Time : (4.) !
' For avoiding which Inconveniencies,' It is hereby further enadted by the Authority aforefaid. That the TheAutnontj'- | faid Governor, Bailiffs and Confervators of the faid Corporation for the Time being, or any five or more of ihefaidCor- ; of them, whereof the faid Governor or Bailiffs for the Time being, or their Succellors, or any of them, P""o." '= to be two, for Maintenance and Prefervation of the faid Great Level by convenient Outfals to the Sea, of's^v^T"* ' fliall for ever hereafter be and are hereby made and conftituted Commiffioners of Sewers, for and of the faid * Great Level of the Fens : (5) And the faid Governor, Bailiff^s and Confervators, or any five or more of ' them, whereof the faid Governor or Bailiffs, and their Succeflbrs, or any of them, to be tv/o, are hereby enabled and iiiipowered from henceforth to ufe and exercife the Power and Authority of Commiffioners of Sewers within the faid Great Level of the Fens, and of the Works made or to be made without the faid Great ' '.. Level for conveying of the Waters of the faid Great Level by convenient Outfals to the S-ca, touching alL Matters and Things whatfoever happening to be executed or done within the faid Great Level, or the faid ' Works without the faid Great Level, enquirable, punilhable, or to be done, by Commiffioners of Sewers,, aad therein to adt and proceed by one or more Juries of good and lawful Men, inhabiting within any Part or Place within the Boundaries of the fa'id Great Level of the Fens, though in feveral Counties, as if the faid Great Level of the Fens lay within one of the faid Counties only; (6) and fliall have Power to im- .' ploy the faid Serjeants, o-- any of them for the Time being, by Warrant or Precept from the faid Gover- ' nor. Bailiffs and Confervators, and their Succeflbrs, or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Go- vernor or Bailiffs, or any of them, to be two, under the Common Seal of the faid Corporation to fum- mon and return Juries within the Boundaries of any Part of the faid Great Level, and execute all Pre- cepts and Procefs from them, from Time to Time, and all other Things do, as fully as any Sheriff" within^ '. his refpedtive County may or can do by Warrant or Precept from Commiffioners of Sewers ; (7) which- i Juries are to appear at the Times and Places fet or appointed for them to appear before the faid Governor,- i Bailifi^s and Confervators, and their Succeflbrs, or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Governor and Bailiffs, and their Succeflbrs, or any of them, to be two ; and are hereby impowered to enquire of,, prefent and try all A'latters within the faid Great Level, and of and concerning the faid Works made or '• to be made without the faid Great Level, for conveying of the Waters of the faid Great Level by conve- ' nient Outfals to the Sea, within the Power of Commiffioners of Sewers, as if the fame lay within any one ] of the faid Counties, or as if the faid Great Level were one diftindt County of itfelf : (8) And the faid :^ Governor, Bailiff's and Confervators, or any five or more of them, whereof the faid Governor or Bailiffs,, or any of them to be two, fliall have further Power, as well for the Maintenance of the faid Great Level, ; as for laying and levying of Taxes upon the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, to ufe and exercife within the faid Great Level fuch and the like Laws and Cuftoms, and conftitute and appoint fuch and the like ; "^ Officers from Time to Time, as are or lawfully may be ufed in iJawa^y-Marfli in the County of Koit; ByzoCir. ei, they who exercife the faid Power of Commiffioners of Sewers, firfl: taking the Oath which Commiffioners <^- 8- §. a- the ■ of Sewers are by the Law to take; the which Oath the faid Governor and BailiiFs, or any of them,, are Afleflment is to^ ■; hereby impowered to adminifter from Time to Time, without any further Commiffion. A^cre'-TajT " ^ ' VL And becaufe the Metes and Boundaries of the faid Grounds within the faid Great Level, as to the rj., j^^tjj ^^ ^
- Counties and Parifbes, are very uncertain and hard to be diflinguifhed/ (2) Be it therefore further en- Boundaries of
afted, That every Writ, Bill, Plaint, Count, Declaration, Information, Prefentment and Indidlment, of, Grounds..
- for or concerning the faid Grounds within the faid Great Level of the Fens, or any Part or Parcel of the
fame, or any Trefpafs, Oflibnce or Wrong done, adted or committed within the iaid Great Level, and i ' Proceedings thereupon, fhall be good and fufficient in Law, though the County, Parifh, Town or Place,. ' ' or any of them, in fuch Writ, Bill, Plaint, County Declaration, Information, Prefentment or Indidiment,. ' be not rightly named, fo as there be fuch other Certainty or Defcription of the Place whereby the fame is. or may be commonly known. ;' VII. And be it further enadted. That no other Commiffioners of Sewers fliall intermeddle within the faid No other e'lm-- ■.Great Level, or with any the Works made or to be made for Support, Maintenance or Prefervation of the "liff'on'rs of- faid Great Level, within or without the faid Great Level as aforefaid, otherwife than, hereafter in this Adt Sqw<.r»- to med- { n 1, 1 • 1 T die.i[i the laid' Ihall be provided. Level. ■' VIII. And be it further enadted. That all Conveyances by Indenture of the faid ninety-five thoufand q„„^,„3„^js w Acres, or any Part thereof, entred with the faid Regifter, in a Book to be kept for that Purpofe, llial! be indenture en- of equal Force to convey the Freehold and Inheritance of the faid ninety-five thoufand A:Crcs,. or any- Part tr-,-d with the; i thereof, as if the fame Conveyances by Indenture vv^ere for valuable ConfiJerations of Money, inrolled Res'l'='- ; within fix Months in one of the King's Courts of Record at JVcJiminfter : (z) And' no Leafe, Grant or [ Conveyance of or Charge out of or upon the faid ninety-five thoufand Acres, or any Part thereof, except ; Leafes for feven Years or under in Pofleffion, fhall be of Force but from the Time it fhall be entred with, ! the faid Regifter as aforefaid j (3] the Entry whereof being indorfed by the faid Reg^iftsr upon fuch. Leafe,, 1 ' Grant,,
