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A. D. 1749. Anno vicefimo fecundo Georgii II. C. 52. 207

  • make Sale of the Timber on the Premifles for the Benefit of the faid Hofpital, as they fliall think fit, and

' to make fuch Leafes of the fame, and of the Mines open or unopen, as they fhall think proper: And ' whereas the faid Charlotte Countefs^ of Nnvburgh, for and on the Behalf of the faid James Clement Rad- ' ci'ijfe, her fecond Son, and the faid Lady Charlotte Radcliff'e, Lady Barbara liaddij^'e, and Lady Mary ' Radclljfe-, hath moft humbly implored your Majefly to extend your Royal Grace and Favour to them, ' humbly reprefenting. That if no Relief fliould be granted to them, they will be deilitute of all manner ' of Provifion after the Death of the f'id Countefs oi Nevjburgh ; and the faid James Bartholomnu Radcliffe ' is confenting. That all the Right, Title and Intereft, which he or his IlTue Male hath or can have, to the ' Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, comprized in the faid Settlement of the twenty-fourth ' Day of y«?z^ one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, ftiali be extinguiftied by Authority of Parliament, ' and that the abfolute Fee-fimple, and Inheritance of the faid PremiiTes, fhall be fo veiled in the faid Royal

  • Hofpital at Greemvicb, and their SuccelTors for ever : And whereas your Majefty has been gracioufly pleaf-
  • ed to fignify to your Parliament, That your Majefty was willing and defirous, and gave your Confenr,

' that the Parliament might make whatever Difpofition and Settlement they fhould think fit of the Intereft ' your Majefty hath or may have in the faid Eftates, fo as the fame be for the Ufe and Benefit of the Royal ' Hofpital at Gremwichy with the Allowance which fliall be thought proper to be made thereout for the Re- ' lief of the Childi-en of the faid Charles Radcllffe :' Wherefore your Majefty's faithful Commons in Parliji- ment aftembled, do humbly befcech your Majefty that it may be enacted ; and be it enaiSled by the King's- moft Excellent Majefty, by and v/ith the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and* Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all the faid Ba- The Barony anci rony, Manor or Lordftiip of £.-7;?^/ty, with the Rights, Members and Appurtenances thereof, in the Coun- Mano.s herein' ty o'i Northumberland; and alfo all thofe the faid Manors oi Whlttingftall alias ^uttingftall, and Newlands, deicribcd, di- Dilfeon alias Develjlon, Jydon Shields, Warke, Elrington and Meldan, and every of them, with their and ^'^'^ed out of his every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances in the faid County of Northumberland ; and all thofe fhe^Dcath™ the faid Manors or reputed VidLnoxs oi SpindleJionjUtcheJier, Throckley, Coajlley, Middleton Hall, Eajl Thorn- chmksRii^ ion, alias Thornton Eajl, PVcJlwood and Thornboroiigh, and every of them, with their and every of their clifl^. Rights, Members and Appurtenances in the faid County oi Northumberland and alfo all that the Advow- fon of the faid Church oi Symonburne, with the Appurtenances in the faid County oi Northumberland ; and alfo all thofe the faid Manors or reputed Manors oi Cafllerigg and Deriuentwater alias Kefwick and Thorn- ihivaite, with their and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances in the County of Ci/m/i(?r/(7?zrf; and alfo all that the faid yVzwQX oi Scremerjhn, v/ith the Rights, Members and Appurtenances in the Coun- ty Palatine of Durham ; and alfo all and fingular the Mefluages, Granges, Farm.s, Lands, Meadows, Pa- ftures. Feedings, Woods, Underwoods, Tenements and Hereditaments whatfoever, late the Eftate of the faid James late Earl oi Derwentwater, or whereof he was feifed of any Eftate of Inheritance in Pofleilion, Reverfion, Remainder or Expectancy, fituate, lying and being in the faid Counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, County Palatine of Durham, and every of them, with their Appurtenances, which, by the faid recited Indentures of Leafe and Releafe of the twenty-third and twenty-fourth Days oijune qiz thou- fand feven hundred and twelve, were fettled, limited and aflTured to the Ufes in the faid Indenture of Re- leafe of the twenty-fourth Day of yzwi? one thoufand feven hundred and twelve, mentioned; and the Re- verfion and Reverfions, Remainder and Remainders, Rents, Iflues and Profits of all and fingular the fame Premifles, fhall, from and immediately after the Death of the faid Charles Radcliffe, be and be deemed to be, and to have been diverted out of his Majefty, his Heirs and SucceflTors, and fettled upon and vefted in, and the fame are hereby from thenceforth fettled upon and vefted in the moft Noble Charles Duke oi Rich- and vefiecfmthe mond ?iV^ Lenox, and the Right Honourable i/i?;?;-^ /«;v Efquire, their Heirs and Affigns, freed, acquitted, D'jk= of Rich- and abfolutely difcharged of, from and againft all and every the Ufes, Eftates and Limitations, in and by '""" ^"^ 'h<= the faid Indenture of Releafe or Settlement, bearing Date the faid twenty-fourth Day of June one thoufand !^m|'h'^^"v r""' feven hundred and twelve, lim.ited and created of and concerning the fame, to and for the firft and other Efm,ire"for the Sons of the faid Charles Radcliffe, and the Iffue Male of fuch firft and other Sons, and freed and abfolutely Term o'f 500- difcharged of and from all fuch Right, Title, Eftate, Intereft, Claim and Demand, as was vefted in his Years; Majefty, his Heirs and Succeffors, by virtue of the feveral Attainders herein before-mentioned, or of the faid feveral A& of Parliament herein before recited, or any of them, and alfo freed and abfolutely dif- charged of and from all fuch Right, Title, Eftate, Intereft, Claim and Demand, as is vefted, or that might or could accrue or belong to his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, by Reafon or Means of the faid fames Bartholomew RadcUff'c, and James Clement Radcliffe, or either of them, having been born out of the Dominions of the Crown oi Great Britain, or otherwile howfoever, fave as herein after is faved; to the Ufe of them the faid Charles Duke of Richmond and Lenox, and Henry Fox, their Executors, Adminiftrators and Affigns, for and during, and unto the full End and Term of five hundred Years, to be computed from the Day of the Death of the faid Charles Radcliffe, and from thence next enfuing, and fully to be com.pleat and ended, without Impeachment ofWafte; and from and after the End, Expiration or other Determination 3„jjf,j,.,. of the faid Term, then to and for the only proper Ufe and Behoof of the Right Honourable Archibald Ha- Expiration of milton Efquire, commonly called Lord At'chibald Hamilton, Charles Smith Efquire, James Gumnan Efquire, the faid Teim^ Sir John Thampfon Knight, Sir James Cr^ifr/ Knight, Peter Burrell 'E.iqu'ne, TVilUam Faiukener Efquire, IVil- '" theCommif- liam Baxter Y^iqmxt, Edward Fernon Eiquhe, Thomas Ripley Efquire, Do£tor David Cockburn, James Spil-^'^°^"Vf^^.^'^"^~ man Efquire, JPilliam Allix Efquire, Fitzwilliam Plumptrc Efquire, William Young Efquire, and Captain ^"^^ opita, Francis Uanfays, being fixteen of the Commiffioncrs or Governors and Directors of the faid Royal Hofpital for Seamen at Greenivich, their Heirs and Affigns for ever ; in Truit neverthelefs for themfelves and the reft: of the Commiffioners or Governors and Direifors for the time being of the faid Royal Hofpital, for the Ufes and Purpofes following ; (that is to fay) In the firft Place, for and towards the finifhing and completing the .Building of the faid Royal Hofpital j an,d after the Building of the fame Ihall be completed and finiftied, for and