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<HEAD>An ACT For &s;atisfying Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN LILBURN, the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred eighty and three pounds, Eighteen &s;hillings, Four pence; out of the remainder of the Lands of the late Deans and Chapters.</HEAD>
<P>_WHereas by an Ordinance of Parliament bearing date the 21 of <HI>December,</HI> 1648, the &s;um of 3000 <HI>l.</HI> was ordained to be paid unto Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn,</HI> for and towards his reparations for his cruel &s;ufferings under the barbarous tyrannical Sentences of the late Court of <HI>Star-chamber;</HI> and for that there remains of the &s;aid 3000 <HI>l.</HI> due and unpaid unto the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> the &s;um of 1583 <HI>l.</HI> 18 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d:</HI> The Parliament have re&s;olved that the &s;aid &s;um of 1583 <HI>l.</HI> 18 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d.</HI> &s;hall be &s;atisfied unto the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> out of the Deans and Chapters Lands at ten yeers purcha&s;e in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, and according to that proportion for Lands in Rever&s;ion, after the &s;ale of &s;o much of the &s;aid Lands as will &s;atisfie and pay the &s;everal &s;ums of money already charged by Parliament thereupon, and allowed by Parliament to be paid; and after 1200 <HI>l. per annum</HI> to be &s;etled upon Sir <HI>Henry Vane</HI> and his heirs.</P>
<P>And whereas by two &s;everal Acts of this pre&s;ent Parliament, the one intituled <HI>An Act of the Commons of England in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, for the aboli&s;hing of Deans, Deans and Chapters, Canons, Prebends, and other Officers and Titles of or belonging to any Cathedral or Collegiate Church or Chappel in England or Wales;</HI> and the other intituled <HI>An Act with further In&s;tructions to the Tru&s;tees, Con|tractors, Trea&s;urers, and Regi&s;ter for the &s;ale of the Lands and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of the late Deans, Deans and Chapters, and for the better and &s;peedy execution of the &s;ormer Acts, Ordinances, and In&s;tructions made concerning the &s;ame,</HI> divers Mannors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments were ve&s;ted and &s;etled in Sir <HI>John Wolla&s;ton</HI> Knight, and other Tru&s;tees named in the &s;aid Acts, and their Heirs, in &s;uch &s;ort, and upon &s;uch Tru&s;ts, and to the &s;aid intents and purpo&s;es as in the &s;ame Acts are re&s;pectively mentioned: Be it Enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> &s;hall and may have of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, which by the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, were ve&s;ted or &s;etled, and are yet remaining in the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, and their Heirs, to the value of 1583 <HI>l.</HI> 18 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d,</HI> at ten yeers purcha&s;e in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, according to the pre&s;ent Rents contained in the Surveys, or in Rever&s;ion, proportionable to that value, in &s;uch cour&s;e and &s;ort as herein is mentioned to be conveyed to him and his Heirs, or to &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons, and his and their Heirs as he by any Writing under his Hand and Seal &s;hall nominate and appoint; and that without paying any other thing for the &s;ame then what is herein appointed to be paid: And that the &s;aid Regi&s;ter for the time being, as &s;oon as the moneys which according to &s;uch Contracts as have been or &s;hall be made by any five or more of the Con|tractors for &s;ale of the premi&s;es, or any of them, and which have been or &s;hall be &s;igned by &s;uch who contracted for the purcha&s;e thereof, ought to be paid, &s;hall in whole amount to 980000 <HI>l.</HI> or above, &s;hall under his hand make one Certificate thereof to the &s;aid Contractors, and another Certifi|cate thereof to the &s;aid Tru&s;tees: And that after &s;uch Certificate &s;o made, and after &s;o much of the &s;aid Lands and Mannors as &s;hall amount to 1200 <HI>l. per annum</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or in Rever&s;ion proportionably, &s;hall be conveyed unto Sir <HI>Henry Vane</HI> the younger, Knight, his Heirs or A&s;&s;ignes, according to an Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament; the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, upon the reque&s;t of the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn,</HI> or his Heirs &s;hall make forth and &s;igne one or more particular or particulars of &s;uch and &s;o much of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments compri&s;ed within the &s;aid Acts, of which there &s;hall not be any Conveyance before that made by five or more of the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, or for the purcha&s;e whereof there &s;hall not be any Contract before that made, and then in force, as by the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> and his Heirs &s;hall be from time to time de&s;ired; &s;o as &s;uch of the premi&s;es to be compri&s;ed in &s;uch particular or particulars, whether the &s;ame be in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or Rever&s;ion, or both in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and Re|ver&s;ion, do not in the whole, according to the rate of ten yeers purcha&s;e hereby directed, exceed the value of 1583 <HI>l.</HI> 18 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d.</HI> in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or in Re|ver&s;ion proportionably to that value: every of which particulars &s;o made forth, and &s;igned by the Regi&s;ter as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be rated by five or more of the &s;aid Contractors at ten yeers purcha&s;e in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, and in Rever&s;ion proportionably; together with &s;uch particulars &s;o rated, being certified or at|te&s;ted to the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, or any five or more of them, under the hands of the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, and &s;uch five or more of the &s;aid Contractors as &s;hall rate &s;uch particulars which they are hereby authorized and required to do &s;hall be a &s;ufficient warrant to any five or more of the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, upon the reque&s;t of the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> or his Heirs under his or their Hand or Hands, to convey &s;uch of the premi&s;es as &s;hall be compri&s;ed in every &s;uch particular to the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> or his Heirs, or to &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons, and his or their Heirs, as the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn</HI> or his Heirs, by writing under his or their hand or hands, &s;hall nominate or appoint, without paying any thing for the &s;ame other then as afore&s;aid. And the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, or any five or more of them, are hereby required and authorized to convey the &s;ame accordingly: the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, or any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof, in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding: and every &s;uch Conveyance &s;hall be taken to be, and is hereby adjudged and declared to be a Sale, within the meaning of the &s;aid Acts and either of them. And the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, and their Heirs, and every of them, from and after the making of every &s;uch Conveyance, &s;hall be and are hereby freed and di&s;charged of and from all further Tru&s;ts for or concerning &s;uch of the premi&s;es as &s;hall be compri&s;ed in every &s;uch Conveyance, and the Rents, I&s;&s;ues, and Profits thereof.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, that all Conveyances, acts and things which &s;hall be had, made done, or executed in pur&s;uance of, or according to the true intent and meaning hereof, &s;hall be valid and effectual in the Law, to all intents and purpo&s;es: And that the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn,</HI> and all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons to whom any &s;uch Conveyance afore&s;aid &s;hall be made, and his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;ignes re&s;pectively, &s;hall, from the time of the making of every &s;uch Conveyance re&s;pectively, have, hold, and enjoy &s;uch of the pre|mi&s;es as &s;hall be compri&s;ed in every &s;uch Conveyance, freed and di&s;charged of all Tru&s;ts and Accounts whereunto the &s;aid Tru&s;tees or any of them are or may be liable by vertue of the &s;aid Acts, or either of them; and of and from all Suits and Que&s;tions that may ari&s;e or be moved upon pretence of any under-value; and all other claims and demands what&s;oever, &s;aving as in the &s;aid Acts, and either of them, is &s;aved; and of and from all incumbrances made by the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, or any of them: and &s;hall from time to time have, take, and enjoy all &s;uch and the like advantages, benefits of Covenants and Conditions broken, Forfeits, Entries and Actions, and all &s;uch other and the like liberties benefits, priviledges, advantages, and allowances, as any Purcha&s;er of any of the Mannors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments compri&s;ed in the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, by vertue of the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, or of any other Act or Ordinance of Parliament, may, can, or ought to have take or enjoy: And that the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, Contractors, and Tru&s;tees, and all others who &s;hall act any thing in the pur&s;uance of this Act, &s;hall ob&s;erve the like Rules and cour&s;e in all things not hereby otherwi&s;e di|rected, as by the faid Acts, or either of them, are given or directed: And that the &s;aid Lieutenant-Colonel <HI>John Lilburn,</HI> and every other per&s;on and per|&s;ons for whom any &s;uch particular &s;hall be rated, &s;hall pay to the Regi&s;ter, Contractors, Tru&s;tees, and Trea&s;urers, and other Officers for &s;ale of tho&s;e Lands, &s;uch and the like fees and allowances, and in &s;uch manner as any Purcha&s;ers ought to pay.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that no &s;uch particular as afore&s;aid of any of the premi&s;es which are in Lea&s;e, &s;hall be made forth till after the end of thirty days next after the return of the Surveys of &s;uch premi&s;es: within which time, the immediate tenant thereof &s;hall have liberty to contract for the Purcha&s;e thereof for ready money; and are to &s;ub&s;cribe his or their re&s;pective Contracts before the end of the &s;aid thirty days.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further enacted, that if any Doubt &s;hall ari&s;e upon or by rea&s;on of any thing contained in this Act, the &s;ame &s;hall from time to time be heard and determined by the Committee of Parliament for removing of Ob&s;tructions in the &s;ale of the &s;aid Lands: which Committee &s;hall have and exerci&s;e &s;uch and the like powers in all things concerning any of the premi&s;es, as concerning any other of the &s;aid Lands are given to them by the &s;aid Acts or either of them, or by any Ordinance of Parliament whereunto the &s;ame refers: and what Order &s;hall be by them made, &s;hall be ob|&s;erved by the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, Contractors, and Tru&s;tees, and all others whom it may concern.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Trice&s;imo Julii,</HI> 1650. pa&s;&s;ed.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Hen. Scobel, Cler. Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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