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 A. D. 1547. Anno primo Edward: VI. ( . 14. 401 r, Warden, Provofl, (Vivcrnor or other Incumbent, Fello ••. , lawfully 1 I enjoyed in Money, Meat, Drink, Livery or Allowance of the fame yearly, within five Yean next the Beginning ol this prcfent Parliament. XV. Provided alio, 'That if any of tin.- laid Matters. W; rdci, Pi vofls, Governors or other [ncnm* H , Fellow or Miniftcr, fhall at any 'lime hereafter during his Lift be promoted by the King (Dairy . - iritual Promotion, being of a better clear yearly Value than In 5 laid Annuity oi ' bct " or other Recompcncc fhall be of; that then the Annuity, Pennon or other Rccompcnce, that any fuch Dean, Matter, Warden, Governor, Provoft or other Incumbent, F» unifier that fhall be to pro- moted fliall have, fliall immediately after fuch Promotion had, ceafc and utterly determine. XVI." And be it ordained and enacted by the Authority of thk pre, 'cut Parliament, That the faid C_ miflioiicrs, or two of them at the halt, to whom any Commifllon by VcrtUC or .Mean of this Act fliall be n d and delivered, fhall he bounden upon the Forfeiture, every of them of an hundred Pound, to make ' rate under their Seal ;, or the Seals of two of them at the lead, into the laid Court of the Augmcn- ^ 'V™ uf * he Commiflion to them directed, of all Manors, Lands, Tenement::, Rents, Tithe-, Portions, Pen- non;, Hereditaments and Recompcnces, by the fame Commiflioncrs or two of them afhgncd or appointed to 1 he Ufcs, Intents or Purpofes above mentioned. XVII. And alio be ir ordained and enacted by the Authority of this prcfent Parliament, That our So- ThcK;. veraign Lord the King fhall have and enjoy all fuch Goods, Chattels, Jewels, Plate, Ornaments and other have the Moveables, as were or be the common Goods of every fuch College, Chantry, Free Chapel or ftipendary °''«ery Col- , belonging or annexed to the Furniture or Services of their feveral Foundations, or abufed of any of J /B c > ttllntr 5'. the laid Corporations in the Abufes aforefaid, the Property whereof was not altered nor changed before the L a ' c h. s _ ci;;luh Day of December in the Year of our Lord God 1 547. Will. And it is alio ordained and drafted by the Authority of this prcfent Parliament, That all fuch The Debts of Debts and Sums of Money, as ought or fhould without Fraud or Covin hereafter be paid of the Mo,. ■• 1 1 Colleges (hall be Goods of- any of the laid Colleges, due or payable by Rcafon of any Contract, .Specialty or Promilc iiad 1 nidbytheKing. or made before the fame eighth Day, fhall truly and fully be paid by the Trcaltner of the King's Court of the Augmentations and Revenues of his Crown, or by the Treafurer or Receiver of any other Court to which any of the Premifles fhall be appointed, of the King's Treafure, being in his or their Hands, with as Convenient Speed as the fame may be paid. XIX. Provided always, and be it ordained and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act, or any To which Co!- Article, Claufe or Matter contained in the fame, fhall not in any wife extend to any College, Hoftcl or leges, &c this Hall, being within either of the Univerfities of Cambridge and Oxford; (2) nor to any Chantry founded in Statute (lull not any of the Colleges, Hoftels or Halls, being in the fame Univerfities; (3) nor to the Free Chapel of St. extenJ ' George the Martyr, fituate in the Cattle of IVhidfor ; (1) nor to the College called St. Maries College of IVincbejier beftdes TVincbefter, of the Foundation of Bifhop Wickham; (5) nor to the College ol Eaton; (6) nor to the Parifh Church commonly called the Chapel in the See in Newton, within the lfle of Ely in the County of Cambridge ; (7) nor to any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments to them or any of them pertaining or belonging; (S) nor to any Chapel made or ordained for the Eafe of the People dwelling diftant from the Parifh Church, or fuch like Chapel whercunto no more Lands or Tenements than the Church-yard, or a little Houle or Clofe doth belong or pertain ; (q) nor to any Cathedral Church Cathedral or College where a Bifhop's See is, wkhin this Realm of England ox in Wales, nor to the Manors, Lands, Churches where- Tenements or other Hereditaments of any of them, other than to fuch Chantries, Obits, Lights and jnanyChintnes, Lamps, or any of them, as at any Time within five Years next before the Beginning of this prcfent Parlia- Lights h-n^ bee 1 nient have been had, ufed or maintained within the faid Cathedral Churches, or within any of them, or maintained. the Mites, Revenues or Profits of any of the faid Cathedral Churches, to which Chantries, Obits, Lights and Lamps, it is enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Act fhall extend. XX. And it is ordained and enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That our Sovereign Lord the King, at The King may any Time during his Life (which God long prcferve) may at his Will and Pleafure alter and change the alter theNamcs Name or Names of all and lingular Chantries, and the Foundations of the fame, being in any of the Col- of Chantries. leges, Hoftels or Halls of any of the faid Univerfities, according as to his godly Wifdom fhall be thought meet and convenient : XXJ. Saving to all and every Perfon and Perfons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Sue- The Right of rcfliirs, and the Heirs and Succeflbrs of every of them (other than the Matters, Wardens, Minifters, Go- Strangers faved. vernors, Rulers, Priefts, Incumbents, Fellows and Brethren of the faid Colleges, Chantries, Free Cha- 2 Ro11 3 ,8 » pels, and other the Premiffes, given, limited or appointed to the King by this Act, and the Succeflbrs of 32+% them and every of them ; (2) and other than fuch as be or pretend to be Founders, Patrons or Donors of the Premiffes or any of them, .or -of any Part or Parcel thereof, and the Heirs, Succeflbrs and Aiffigns of e-'iry or any of them ; (3) and other than fuch as be or were Feoffees', Recoverees, Conifees, Grantees or Devifees of any of the PremilTes, to or for any of the Ufes, Purpofes or Intents above mentioned, or to the Ufe of any of the faid Colleges, Free Chapels, Chantries, or other the Premifles, given, limited or appointed by this Act to the King, or to the Intent to employ the Rents or Profits thereof to the Ufe of the Matters, Riders, Incumbents or Minifters of them or any of them; (4) and other than fuch Perfon and Pertbns and Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs, Succeflbrs and Affigns, as claim or pretend to asve Eftate, Right, Title, Intereft, Ufe, Pofleffion or Condition, of, in or to the Premifles or any Part >r Parcel thereof, by reafon of any Feoffment, Fine, Bargain and Sale, or by any other Ways, Means or eyance to them made of any Eftate of Inheritance, without the faid late King's_ Licence, Allen t, Anient or Agreement, and without the Licence, Aflcnt or Agreement of the King's Majefty that now is, v any of the faid Deans, Matters, Wardens, Minifters, Governors, Rulers!, Priefts or Incumbents, or by he Founders, Donors or Patrons of them or of any of them) (5) all fuch Right, Title, Claim, Poflef- V.;l. II. Fff fion,
 * and Revenues <.f the King's Crown, or into any other Court, as i ■ aforef; id, within one Year next