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<P>AN ACT FOR THE Expo&s;ing to Sale divers Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Parks, Lands and Hereditaments Belonging to the late KING, QUEEN OR PRINCE, Exempted from Sale by a former ACT.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Friday the 31^t^h of <HI>December,</HI> 1652.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Field,</HI> Printer to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1652.</P>
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<HEAD>AN ACT FOR THE Expo&s;ing to Sale divers Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Parks, Lands and Hereditaments Belonging to the late KING, QUEEN or PRINCE, Exempted from Sale by a former ACT.</HEAD>
<P>_BE it Enacted by this pre&s;ent Par|liament and the Authority there|of, That for Rai&s;ing of Money for the V&s;e of the Navy, The Man&s;ion hou&s;e commonly called <HI>Hampton-Court,</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> with the Barns, Stables, Out|hou&s;es, Gardens, Orchards, Yards, Court and Back-&s;ide, belonging unto, or u&s;ed or en|joyed with the &s;aid Man&s;ion-hou&s;e; with the Park commonly called the <HI>Hou&s;e-Park,</HI> and the two other Parks there, the one called the <HI>Middle Park,</HI> and the other called <HI>Bu&s;hy-Park,</HI> at <HI>Hampton-Court,</HI> within the &s;aid county of <HI>Mid|dle&s;ex;</HI> and the Hare-warren and the Meadows therewith u&s;ed and enjoyed, and all other Lands Woods and Timber thereunto belong|ing and yet un&s;old: All that Park commonly called <HI>Hide-Park,</HI> in the county of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> with all hou&s;es, Woods and Perqui&s;its there|unto belonging: And all that Man&s;ion-hou&s;e
<PB N="1914" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 60 -->commonly called <HI>Greenwich-hou&s;e,</HI> in the coun|ty of <HI>Kent,</HI> with all the Barns, Stables, Out|hou&s;es, Yards, Orchards, Gardens, Ea&s;e|ments and Appurtenances thereunto belong|ing, and therewith u&s;ually enjoyed; And all that Park near or adjoyning to the &s;aid Man|&s;ion hou&s;e called, <HI>Greenwich-Park,</HI> with the Ca|&s;tle therein, &s;cituate in the &s;aid county of <HI>Kent;</HI> And all tho&s;e Buildings commonly known by the name of the <HI>Queens New-buildings,</HI> and the Gardens, Orchards, Yards, Courts and Back &s;ides, belonging unto and now u&s;ed and enjoyed with the &s;aid Hou&s;e in <HI>Greenwich</HI> afore|&s;aid: And all that Park adjoyning to the Ca|&s;tle of <HI>Wind&s;or,</HI> in the county of <HI>Berks,</HI> common|ly called the <HI>Little Park,</HI> together with all tho&s;e Meadows unto the &s;aid Park adjoyning, com|monly called the <HI>Kings Meadows</HI> or <HI>Park Mea|dows:</HI> The Park called <HI>Cornbury Park,</HI> with the Appurtenances, in the county of <HI>Oxford:</HI> The Hou&s;e called <HI>Vawx-hall,</HI> in the county of <HI>Surrey,</HI> with the Grounds and Appurtenances there|unto belonging; and all Ea&s;ements, Heredita|ments and Appurtenances to the afore&s;aid Premi&s;es and every of them belonging, or u&s;ually therewith enjoyed as part, parcel or member thereof, on the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred thirty and five or at any time &s;ince, or for which the late King, Queen or Prince, or any or ei|ther of them have or hath been an&s;wered the Profits, or have otherwi&s;e received the &s;ame the day and year afore&s;aid or at any time &s;ince: And all that Hou&s;e, with the Appurtenances, commonly called <HI>Somer&s;et</HI> or <HI>Denmark-Hou&s;e,</HI> &s;ci|tuate in the <HI>Strand,</HI> in the &s;aid county of <HI>Middle|&s;ex,</HI> and all the Buildings and Out-hou&s;es
<PB N="1915" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 60 -->thereunto adjoyning and appertaining, and now u&s;ed with the &s;ame; and the Gardens, Orchards, Yards, Courts and Back-&s;ides be|longing unto and now u&s;ed with the &s;aid Hou&s;e: All which Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Parks, Lands and Hereditaments, with all and &s;in|gular their and every of their Appurtenances; Except the Liberty, Immunity &amp; Priviledge of all Waters, Water-cour&s;es, Conduits, Pipes, Ponds, Sluces, Bays, Dams, or o|ther In&s;truments and things now or hereto|fore u&s;ed for the carrying or conveying of Wa|ter, in or through any the Hou&s;es, Lands or Premi&s;es, are and &s;hall be by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, ve&s;ted and &s;etled, ad|judged, deemed and taken to be in the Actual po&s;&s;e&s;sion and &s;ei&s;in of <HI>Thomas Cook</HI> of <HI>Ped|mar&s;h</HI> in the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>William Bo&s;&s;e|vile</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>John Sparrow</HI> of <HI>Ge&s;trop</HI> in the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>William Kenrick</HI> of in the County of <HI>Kent</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>Ralph Harri&s;on</HI> of the City of <HI>London</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>William Scot</HI> of the <HI>Inner-Temple London</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>William Steel</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Councellor at Law; <HI>Thomas Hubbard</HI> of <HI>Moor-fields</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>Cornelius Cook</HI> of the Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>John Hunt</HI> of <HI>Lon|don</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Sir <HI>Edward Barkham</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>William Roberts, Thomas Airs</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>John White</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>James Stockall</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>Edward Cre&s;&s;et</HI> Gent. Sir <HI>Ri|chard Sal&s;ton&s;tal</HI> Knight, <HI>Daniel Searl</HI> Merchant, <HI>Nicholas Lampriere</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>Nicholas Bond</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR><HI>Ri|chard Sidenham</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and <HI>Robert, Fenwick</HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> the Survivor and Survivors of them, their Heirs and A&s;signs for ever, under &s;uch Tru&s;ts and to &s;uch purpo&s;es onely, as are above-mention|ed, and as &s;hall be hereafter declared and ex|pre&s;&s;ed by Parliament: Saving to all and eve|ry
<PB N="1916" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 61 -->per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators, Bodies Politique and Corporate, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, other then the &s;aid late King, Queen and Prince, their or any of their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and Succe&s;&s;ors, and all claiming by, from or under them or any of them, &s;ince the Six and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, All Right, Title, Intere&s;t, Po&s;&s;e&s;sion, Right in Law or Equity, Entries, Annuities, Com|modities, Fees and other Profits, which they or any of them now have, and of right ought to have and enjoy, before the &s;aid &s;ix and twen|tieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one; &s;o as &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons do make his or their Title in Law or Equity ap|pear, at or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and two, unto the Commi&s;sioners for removing of Ob&s;tructi|ons, named in one Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for transferring the Powers of the Committees for Ob|&s;tructions;</HI> which &s;aid Commi&s;sioners are here|by authorized and appointed Commi&s;sioners for removing of Ob&s;tructions in &s;ale of any of the premi&s;es, and &s;hall have the &s;ame Powers and Authorities, as any Committee or Com|mi&s;sioners for removing of Ob&s;tructions might or ought to have executed by vertue of any Ordinance or Act of this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That where any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons do lawfully claim as afore&s;aid, any Right, Title or Intere&s;t of, in or to any of the Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Parks, Lands and He|reditaments, by vertue or in right of any Of|fice thereunto belonging, the exerci&s;e whereof
<PB N="1917" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 61 -->is now cea&s;ed, or by vertue of this Act &s;hall cea&s;e to be further u&s;ed: That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, the Commi&s;sioners of Ob&s;tructions be|fore-mentioned, or any five of them, &s;hall in lieu and con&s;ideration thereof, make &s;uch al|lowance to every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, in &s;ome proportion, of the &s;aid Parks, Lands and Hereditaments, or in moneys to be rai&s;ed by the &s;ale thereof, as they &s;hall adjudge rea|&s;onable, with regard had unto the value of their re&s;pective Intere&s;ts; and that upon and in con&s;ideration of the &s;aid Allowances, the Right, Title and Intere&s;t of every &s;uch per|&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors, Ad|mini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall cea&s;e and deter|mine; and they and every of them &s;hall be for ever hereby clearly concluded and debarred from making any further claim or demand thereunto. And the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Con|tractors, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall hold all and &s;ingular the Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Parks, Lands and Premi&s;es, and every part thereof, as of the Manor or Seigniory of Ea&s;t. <HI>Green|wich,</HI> in Free and Common Soccage, by Fealty onely; and likewi&s;e freed, acquitted and di&s;|charged, of and from payment of all maner of Tithes, as fully as the late King, Queen or Prince, or any of them, did or might hold or enjoy, or ought to have held or enjoyed the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That <HI>William Web</HI> and <HI>Silvanus Tailor,</HI> appointed by Autho|rity of Parliament to &s;urvey the before-men|tioned Premi&s;es, &s;hall have the like Powers and Authorities as any the Surveyors in one Act of Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act of the Commons in PARLIAMENT a&s;&s;embled,
<PB N="1918" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 62 -->For Sale of the Honors, Manors and Lands heretofore belonging to the late King, Queen and Prince,</HI> may or might have exerci&s;ed: And the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, &s;hall and may, upon Return of any Survey of the Premi&s;es or any part there|of, made and returned to the &s;aid <HI>William Web</HI> and <HI>Silvanus Tailor,</HI> and thereupon giving pub|lique notice, by the &s;pace of Ten days, what part or parcel of the Premi&s;es the &s;aid Tru|&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, will then expo&s;e to Sale upon that day; who thereupon &s;hall and may contract with any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Body Politique or Cor|porate, who will give mo&s;t for the &s;ame, not &s;elling any Land under Thirteen years value, and &s;elling the Hou&s;es, Wood and Timber, at the be&s;t Advantage for the Commonwealth: And upon paying into the hands of the Trea|&s;urers in the la&s;t recited Act named, One moy|ety or more of the Purcha&s;e-money contracted for, within Twenty days after making the Contract; and &s;ecuring the re&s;t in &s;uch maner as the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them &s;hall direct, to be paid within Three moneths after the &s;aid Contract made, the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, &s;hall make a Convey|ance of Bargain and Sale thereof; which be|ing &s;ealed, ex<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">ted and inrolled in the Chan|cery, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law to &s;uch Purcha&s;er or Purcha&s;ers, their Heirs and A&s;|&s;igns for ever, according to the intent and pur|port thereof.</P>
<P>Provided, That if any Purcha&s;er or Pur|cha&s;ers, after his or their Contract made, do or &s;hall not proceed therein accordingly, That
<PB N="1919" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 62 -->then the &s;aid Contract &s;hall be void; and the &s;aid Purcha&s;er or Purcha&s;ers &s;hall forfeit the fourth part of the money contracted for, to the V&s;es in this Act named, and &s;hall have his or their E&s;tates &s;eque&s;tred, by Warrant from the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors or any five or more of them, until the &s;aid Fourth part of the money contracted for be paid unto the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, who thereupon &s;hall di&s;charge the &s;aid Seque&s;tration; And the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, &s;hall and may proceed with any other per&s;on or per&s;ons for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, or any two of them, &s;hall receive all &s;uch &s;ums of money as &s;hall be paid by ver|tue of this Act, and &s;hall give Receipts or Ac|quittances for the &s;ame; and &s;hall i&s;&s;ue out all &s;uch moneys, in &s;uch maner as the Parlia|ment or any Authority derived from them to that purpo&s;e, &s;hall from time to time direct or appoint.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That <HI>Henry Col|born</HI> &s;hall be Regi&s;ter, and &s;hall and do execute all things as a Regi&s;ter may or might do by vertue of the la&s;t recited Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, &s;hall and may appoint Councel for the Commonwealth, and a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> other Officers nece&s;&s;ary for the carrying on and expedition of the &s;ale of the Premi&s;es.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Rever&s;ion and Rever&s;ions, Remainder and Remainders of any Honors, Manors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Me&s;|&s;uages, Cha&s;es, Parks, Lands, Tenements
<PB N="1920" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 63 -->or Hereditaments, with their and every of their Appurtenances, and of all Royalties, Franchi&s;es, Priviledges and Immunities, to all and every of them belonging or appertain|ing, or therewith lawfully u&s;ed, occupied or enjoyed, as part or parcel thereof, which were lawfully ve&s;ted, &s;etled, remaining or being in the &s;aid late King, as in Right of the Crown of <HI>England,</HI> or Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> on the Six and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord God One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, or at any time &s;ince expectant upon any E&s;tate Tail, Are and &s;hall be ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the Tru&s;tees and Contractors appointed by this Act, for the Sale of the &s;aid other Lands herein before mentioned, their Heirs and A&s;|&s;igns, as the &s;aid other Lands are by ver|tue of this Act, and to and for the &s;ame u&s;es; and &s;hall be under the &s;ame Powers, Rules, Orders and Directions, as the &s;aid other Lands are by this Act: And that the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors, or any five or more of them, &s;hall have the like power and autho|rity, and are hereby authorized and required to Contract for, Bargain and &s;ell (by Deed or Deeds, &s;ealed and inrolled according to this Act) All and every the &s;aid Rever&s;ion and Re|ver&s;ions, Remainder or Remainders, to the re&s;pective Tenant or Tenants in Tail of any of the Premi&s;es (that &s;hall de&s;ire to buy the &s;ame) coming in before the Eight and twenti|eth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and two; or to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politique or Corporate, that &s;hall or will buy or purcha&s;e, and give mo&s;t for the &s;ame, at &s;uch Values and Prices as the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Contractors (or any five or more
<PB N="1921" REF="6"><!-- PDF PAGE 63 -->of them) &s;hall think meet and convenient, for the be&s;t advantage of the Commonwealth: And that all and every &s;uch contract, bargain and &s;ale, conveyance and a&s;&s;urance, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, to all intents and purpo&s;es, to all and every &s;uch Purcha&s;er and Purcha&s;ers, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns; and that they and every of them &s;hall and may have, hold and enjoy, all and every the &s;aid Rever&s;ion and Rever&s;ions, Remainder and Remainders, in as large, ample and beneficial maner, as the &s;aid late King or Crown law|fully had or held, or might lawfully have had, held or enjoyed the &s;ame, Any Fine or Fines, Recovery or Recoveries, Conveyance or A&s;&s;u|rance, or other Act or thing what&s;oever had, made, levied, done or &s;uffered, or to be had, made, levied, done or &s;uffered, by any Tenant or Tenants in Tail in po&s;&s;e&s;sion, not having the Rever&s;ion or Remainder in Fee-&s;imple of the &s;ame premi&s;es, whereof &s;uch Fine or Re|covery is &s;o had; or by any other per&s;on or per|&s;ons, by their or any of their a&s;&s;ent, means or procurement (other then &s;uch Lea&s;es as have been or &s;hall be made of all or any the premi&s;es, according to the Statute of the Two and thir|tieth year of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth, in that be|half made) in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And that all and every &s;uch fine or fines, recovery or recoveries, conveyance or a&s;&s;urance, or other Act or thing, other then by &s;uch Tenant in Tail in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, not having the Rever&s;ion or Remainder in Fee-&s;imple of the premi&s;es, whereof &s;uch Fine or Recovery is &s;o had, &s;hall be utterly void and of no effect, as well a|gain&s;t the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their Heirs and A&s;|&s;igns, as again&s;t all and every &s;uch Purcha&s;er
<PB N="1922" REF="7"><!-- PDF PAGE 64 -->or Purcha&s;ers, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, as the &s;ame &s;hould have been again&s;t the &s;aid late King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors or any of them, according to the Statute of the Four and thirtieth year of the &s;aid King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth, <HI>Cap. 20.</HI> concerning Recoveries a|gain&s;t &s;uch Tenants in Tail, as if the &s;aid Re|ver&s;ion or Rever&s;ions, Remainder or Remain|ders, had continued, remained or been in the &s;aid late King or Crown, at the time of &s;uch Fine or Recovery or other A&s;&s;urance; The &s;aid premi&s;es to be holden of the Manor of Ea&s;t-<HI>Greenwich,</HI> in Free and Common Soccage, by Fealty onely, and not otherwi&s;e: Saving to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Po|litique and Corporate, other then the &s;aid late King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and all claim|ing from, by or under them or any of them, &s;ince the Twenty &s;ixth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, All Right, Ti|tle, Intere&s;t, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, Entries, Annuities, Commodities, Fees and other Profits, which they or any of them now have, or of right ought to have and enjoy, &s;ince the &s;aid Twen|ty &s;ixth of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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