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198 C. 52. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii II. A.D. 1749. Geo. I. c, 4 Geo, I. c. S. which Time, by another Aft of Parliament made in the third Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, intituled, Jin Ai^l to inlargc the Time for, making Claims before the Comtmfjioyicrs appointed to ifit^uire of the for- feited Ejiates., was inlar^eJ to the fiifl: Day of February one thouland Icvcn hundred and levcntcen) to en- ter all their refpedive Claims and Demands thereof before certain Commiflioners appointed by the f:id Aft, or any four or more of them refiding in /f?7;7/w7^ or -S«?/<7ff^ refpcctively, in the Manner in the faid AiSc mentioned ; or in Default thereof, every fuch Eflate, Right, Title, Ihtercft, Ufc, Poireffion, Re- verfion, Remainder, Office, Annuity, Service, Rent, Debt, Benefit, Charge or Incumbrance, in, to, out of, or upon the faid Premifles, or any Part thereof, was thereby declared to be null and void ; 2i-,J the Eftate or Eltates liable unto, or charged therewith, were from thenceforth to be freed, actjuitted and difcharged of and from the fame : And whereas by another Act of Parliam^ent made in the fourth Year cf the Reign of his faid late Majefty King George theFirft (intituled. An Ad for vcfling the forfeited Ejlnii in Great Britain and Ireland in Trifiees, to be fold for the TJje of the Publiek, and for giving Relief to la-;:':.! Creditors, by determining the Claims, and for the more effe£lualhrinsing into the refpeflive Exchequers the hUr.u and Profits of the faid Ejlates till fold) it was enadted. That all and every the Caftles, Honours, Lord- (liips, Manors, Mefluages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reverfions, Services, Remainders, Poileffions, Royalties, Franchifes, Jurifdiflions and Privileges whatfoever, and all Appurtenances to them, or any of them, belonging, or in any wife appertaining ; and all Rights of Entry, Rights of Action, Titles, Con- ditions, Ufes, Trufts, Powers and Authorities ; and all Leafes for Life, Lives or Years, Penfions, An- nuities, Rents, Charges and Hereditaments whatfoever, and of what Nature- or Kind foever, not difpofed of according to theDirecStions of the faid firft-recited Act, in Great Britain, Ireland, or elfewhere, which by the faid recited Aft were vefted, or intended to be vefted, in his Majefty, his Heirs and SuccefTors, as aforefaid, for the Ufe of the Publiek, fliould be, and were thereby, vefted and fettled in the aftual and real Pofleflion and Seifm of Richard Grantham Efquire, George Treby Efquire, Arthur Ingram Efquire, George Gregory Efquire, Sir Richard Steele Knight, Sir Henry Houghton Baronet, Fatrici Halda?ie Enquire, Sir T'hofnas Hales Baronet, Robert Munro Efquire, Henry Cunningham Efquire, Denis Bond Efquire, 'fohn Birch, Searjeant at Law, and Zxi fohn Eyles Baronet, and their Heirs, Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns refpcctively, from the twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand fe^■en hundreil and eighteen, ac- cording to the feveral Eftates and Interefts vefted or intended to be vefted in his Majefty by the faid former Aft; to the End the fame might be bargained, fold, difpofed of, and applied by the faid Truftees, and the Survivors of them, to and for the Ufes in the faid recited Aft, or in the faid Aft of the fourth Year of his faid late Majefty's Reign after-mentioned and declared : And it was by the faid lall recited Aft further enafted. That from and after the faid twenty-fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and eighteen, the faid Commiflioners and Truftees^ or any four or more of them, refiding in Enihmd^ Scotland or Ireland rt^peSWvsh/, fhould and were thereby enabled and required, at any Time or Times, or fell all and fnigular the Eftates and Interefts vefted in them as aforefaid ; (that is to fay) fuch of the faid Eftates and interefts, concerning which no Claims fhould be or had been entered within the Times limited for that Purpofc, as foon as conveniently might be after the faid wenty.-fifth Day of March one thoufand fevcn hundred and eighteen ; and fuch of the faid Eftates and Interefts for or concerning whicii any Claims had been or fliould be entered, as aforefaid, as foon as conveniently might be after fu' h Claims relating to fuch Eftates or Interefts rcfpcftively fliould be determined ; the faid Sales to be made to any Perfon or Perfons being Prot.:ftants, Bodies Politick or Corporate, their Heirs, Succeffors, Executors, Ad- miniftrators or Affigns (other than the faid CommilTioners and Truftees, or their Oificers refpL-ftively, or any others in Trult tor them) who fliould become Purchafer or Purchafcrs thereof, for fucli Eftate zni Intereft therein refpeftively, as was therein before vefted in the faid Commifiioners and Truftees : And the faid Commiflioners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, reluling in England, Scotland or Ir. : I refpeftively, being certified of the Payment of the Price agreed upon into the Receipt of his Majeuy's Exchequers in England TxnA iStW(772a' refpeftively, were to execute an Indenture orContraft of Bargain and Sale of the Parcels bought and paid for to the Buyers thereof, for fuch Eilate or Interelt therein as the faid Commirnoners and Truftees, or any four or more of them, refiding in ^^/j^/fl/'-v/, Scotland or Ireland refpeftively, fhould have contrafted to fell the fame; and all and every Purchafer or Piirchafers, his, her or their Fleirs, Succeflors, Executors, Adminiftrators and AfEgns, were to liold and enj>-.y fuch Parts and Parcels of the Premifles as fhould be fo purchafed and conveyed for fuch Eftate and Intereft therein re* fpeitively, as ftioidd be conveyed by the faid Commiffioncrs and Truftees, or any four or more of themi in fuch Indenture or Contraft of Bargain and Sale, freed and difcharged of and from all Arrears of Quit- rents, Crown- rents. Feu Duties and Chiefries, at any Time accrued or to grow due before the Date of fuch refpeftive Conveyances, and of and from all other Claims and Demands of his Majefty, his Heirs and SucccfFors, and of the faid Commiffioners and Truftees, their FLirs, Executors, Adminiitrators and Afligns, and of all and every other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, oth;r than and except fuch Claims and Demands which fliould be allowed by tlie faid Cominiflloners and Truftees, or any four or more of them,' or the Court of Delegates (v.'hich, Liy the faid laft recited Aft, his faid late Majefty was impowercd W appoint, for hearing and determining fuch Appeals as fliould be made by any Claimant from any Judg-' ment, Determination or Decree of the faid Commiffioners and Tiuftees, or any four or more of them) on the Determination of fuch Claims as aforefaid : And whereas the aforefaid 'John Radclife, Son of thtf faid James ]:te Earl o'i Derivcntwater, did, by his MvJther and Guardian, the faid Aimn Maria, laid Countefs oi' Denventwatcr, on or about the firfl Day oi March one thoufand fevcn hundred and fixteen, eX hibit two feveral Claims before the Commiffioners appointed by the faid recited Aft of the firft Year of his faid late Majefty's Rci.^n ; by one of which the faid J^hn RadcUffe claimed the (Manors, Lands and He- reditaments, comprized in the (aid Settletiicnt of the twenty-fourth Day of March one thoufand fix l;un- dred and ninety-one, as the Right and Inheritance of him the faid Claimant, and the Heirs Male of his Body ; and by the other of the faid Claimsj the faid John R:dcliffe claimed the Manors, Lands and Herc- ' ditamcnt;.