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A. D. lyoi* Anno primo Ann^ Regmse. Stat. li C. 7. 89 foever, whereby any Eftate or Intereft whatfoever, in Law or Equity, fliall or may pafs from her Ma- jefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, fhall be utterly void and of none Effeft, unlefs fuch Grant, Leafe, or Afiurance be made for fonie Term or Eftate not exceeding one and thirty Years, or three Lives, or for fome Term of Years determinable upon one, two, or three Lives ; and unlefs fuch Grant, Leafe or Af- furance refpe£tively, be made to commence from the Date or making thereof; and if fuch Grant, Leafe or AiTurance, be made to take Effcdl in Reverfion or Expeftancy, that then the fame, together with the Eftate or Eftates in PoffefTion of and in the PremiiTes therein contained, do not exceed three Lives, or the Term of one and thirty Years in the whole ; and unlefs fuch Grant, Leafe or AiTurance refpedlively he fo made, that the Tenant be liable to Punifhment for Wafte ; and unlefs there be referved upon every Tenant p«ni/K. fuch Grant, Leafe or AiTurance refpecSively, the ancient or moft ufual Rent, or more, or fuch Rent as ^'e for Wafte. hath been referved, yielded, and paid for fuch of the faid Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tenements, ^^^ts, ^J^^'™^ ^v^" Tithes, or other Hereditaments, as fhall be therein contained, for the greater Part of twenty Years be- fore the making thereof; and where no fuch Rent fhall have been referved or payable, that then upon every fuch Grant, Leafe, or AfTurance, there be referved a reafonable Rent, not being under the third Part of the clear yearly Value of fuch of the faid Manors, Mefluages, Lands, Tenements, Tithes, or other Hereditaments, as fhall be contained in fuch Leafe or Grant; and unlefs fuch refpedtive Rents be ^^AfiiyMeto made payable to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflbrs, who fhall make fuch Leafe or Grant, and to her "^ Q£""' *«  or their Heirs or Succefiors, during the whole Terni or Time of the Continuance thereof refpeftlvely. VI. Provided always, and it is hereby enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That from Tenements, &c. Time to Time, where the greatefl Part of the yearly Value of any Tenements or Hereditaments belong- belonging to the ing, or hereafter to belong, to her Majefty, her Heirs or Succeflbrs, doth or fhall, at the Time of making Crown, and any L-'afe or Grant thereof, confifl of the Building or Buildings thereupon, which may want to be re- ^onroftobe^re- paired or re-edified, in all and every fuch Cafe and Cafes, to encourage the Rebuilding or Reparation edified, &c. thereof, it fhall and may be lawful to and for her Majefty, her Heirs and SuccelTors, at any Time after Queen may grant the faid five and twentieth Day of March in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and two, "<: Tenements to demife or grant fuch Tenements or Hereditaments to any Petfon or Perfons for any Term or Eftate, fo *'° ^°i^'"^^' as fuch Term or Eftate do not exceed fifty Years, or three Lives, and fo as fuch Leafe or Grant be made' '"^ "^^' to commence from the Date or making thereof; or if fuch Grant or Leafe be made to take EfFeft in Re- verfion or Expe6tancy, that then the fame, together with the Eftate or Eftates in PolTeffion, of and in the fame Tenements or Hereditaments, do not exceed fifty Years, or three Lives, from the Date or making as aforefaid, and lb as the fame be not made difpunifhable of Wafte, and io as there be referved and pay- "<" dlfpun'fliable able upon every fuch Leafe or Grant, during fuch Term, not exceeding fifty Years, or three Lives, as °^ '^^^^ > much Rent as is by this A6t required to be referved for the fame Tenements or Hereditaments refpe£tively, and Rent referv- in cafe of a Leafe, not exceeding one and thirty Years, or three Lives as aforefaid, and not otherwife j *^ '" ^^ P*'"^* any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithflanding. Vn. And to the Intent the Inheritance, which her Majefty hath of and in the faid Hereditary Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, and of and in the faid Revenue arifmg in the faid general Letter Office or Poft Office, and in the fmall Branches of her Majefty's Revenue herein after mentioned (that is to fay) The Firft Fruits and Tenths of the Clergy, the Fines for Writs of Covenant and Writs of Entry, payable in the Alienation Office, the Poft Fines, the Revenue of the V/ine Licences, and the Revenue arifing by Sheriffs Profers, and Compofitions in the Exchequer, and by Seizures of uncuftomed and prohibited Goods, may be preferved in the Crown, for the future Benefit thereof; Be it further enacted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Hereditary Duties of Excife, and the faid Duties, &c. here- Revenue arifing in the faid general Letter Office or Pofl: Office, and the'faid fmall Branches of her Ma- >: ^'y^^f""!: jefty's Revenue laft mentioned, or any of them, or any Part thereof, fliall not hereafter be alienable or ciown ^&c. grantable by her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, for any Eftate or Term whatfoever, to endure longer than the Life of her Majefty, or of fuch King or Queen as fliall make fuch Alienation or Grant refpec- tively; and that all Gifts, Grants, Alienations, Leaies, and AfTurances whatfoever, tobe had or made of f^"nts,&c.made any the faid Manors, MefTuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tithes, or oiiher Hereditaments, or of any ^°""".>^ '^° '^'^ the faid Revenues or Branches, or any Part thereof, contrary to ths Provifions of this Aft, or any of ^°' ' them, fhall be null and void, without any Inquifition, Scire facias, or other Proceeding, to determine or make void the fame. yill. Provided always, That this Aft, or any thing therein contained, fhall not extend to difable her '^^^"'"^y"'.^" Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, to make fuch Leafes, Copies, or Grants, as fhe or they may make by j^er Duch'^'of" virtue of an Aft of Parliament made and paffed in the twelfth Year of the Reign of his fiid late Majefty CornwalUy vir- King William, for making Leafes or Copies of Offices, Lands, or Hereditaments, Parcel of the Ducliy tue of an Aft of Cornwall, or annexed to the fame, or to alter or prejudice any the Powers, Matters, or Things therein 12 W. 3. c. 13; contained, or to be done in purfuance thereof, or to difable her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, to ^"'^ S"nf away make any Grant or Reftitution of any Eftate or Eftates hereafter to be forfeited for any Treafon or Fe- forfeiierfor " lony whatfoever, or to difable her Majefty, her Heirs or SuccefTors, to grant, demife, or affign any Lands, Treafon, &c. Tenements or Hereditaments, which fhall be feized or taken into her or their Hands upon any Oudav/ry, or feized on at the Suit of her or their Subjects, as hath been ufual, or any Eftate whatfoever, which is or fliall be Outlawry, feized, extended, or taken in Execution for any Debt owing or to be due to the Crown, as flie or they or taken in Exe- fliall think fit, or to make any Grants or Admittances, which of Right or Cuftom ought to be made, of ™^°"' G?at t?of any Copyhold Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, Parcel of any Manor or Manors of her Majefty, her CopyholdEftates. Heirs or Succeflbrs, or to difable the Truftees for Sale of Fee Farm and other Rents, to execute any the Truftees for Fee Trufts, Powers, or other Matters or Things by them to be executed, done, or performed, in purfuance Farm Rents may Vol. ly. ^ ' ^ "^ ' "^ of "^7'=;*^^