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 A. D. 1570. Anno xiii Rcginac Elizabeths. C. ii. 595 run to great Ruin and Demy, and in Come Part utterly to fall down to the I ri bcr, Lead and Stones to their own Benefit and Commodity; (?.) but alfo have ma D iblc Alienations, and other Conveyances of like Effect, of their ( roods and ( !h ' rime, to the Intent and of Purpofe, alter their Deaths, to defeat. : fuchjuff ' or Adminiftrators of their Goods, by the La vs I •> i lefiaftical of this Realm, ( j) to the. great Defacii 1 the State Ecclefiaftical, and intolerable Charges of their SucccfTors, and evil Precedent and Exampl ' others, it fpeedy Remedy be not provided :' II. He it therefore enacted by the Queen's mo ft excellent Majefty, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Are 1 , bifhop, Bifhop, Dean, Archdeacon, Provoft, Treasurer, Chaunter, Chancellor, Prebendary, 01 having .my Dignity or Office in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church within this Realm; (2) or it '. Parfon, Vicar, or other Incumbent of any Ecclefiaftical Living whereunto do belong any HoufeorH iul or Other Buildings, which by LaworCuftom he is bound to keep and maintain in Reparation ; ( j henceforth make any Deed or Deeds of Gift or Alienation, or other like Conveyances of his moveable G< or Chattels, to the Intent and Purpofe aforefaid ; That then the Succcfibr and SuccefTors of him that (hall make fuch Deed or Deeds of Gift or Alienation, fhall and may, commence Suit, and have fuch Remedy J' Leoo. 307. in any Court Ecclefiaftical of this Realm competent for the Matter again!! him or th m to whom fuch D 1 or Deeds of Gift or Alienation fhall be fo made, for the Amendment and Reparation of fo much 1 Dilapidations and Decays, or juft Recompcnce for the fame, as hath happened by his Fact or 1) in fuch fort as he might, fhould or ought lawfully to have, if he or they to whom fuch 1 ) Gift or Alienation lhall be fo made, were Executor or Executors of the Teftament and Laft W ill of him that made fuch Deed or Deeds of Gift or Alienation, or were Adminiftrator or Adminiftrators of his Gi or Chattels ; any Law, Cuftom or other Thing to the contrary in any wile notwithftan line. ' III. And for that long and unreafonablc Leafcs made by Colleges, Deans and Chapters, Parfons, Vicars, »R»ttiji, ' and other having Spiritual Promotions, be the chit fell: Caufes of the Dilapidations and the Decay of all ' 7 ,^. | |( ' Spiritual Livings and Hofpitality, and the utter Impovcrifhing of all SuccefTors Incumbents in the feme :' j 7Si ,.,, . (2) Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That from henceforth all Leafes, Gifts, Gr.u:- Conveyances or Eftates, to be made, had, done or fuffercJ (3) by any Maikr and Fellows of any College, What C Dean and Chapter of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, Mafter or Guardian of any Hofpital, Parfon, " h "rrmSpi- Vicar, or any other having any Spiritual or Ecclefiaftical Living, or any Houfes, Lands, Tithes, Tene- ritl)ll i Pe ments or other Hereditaments, being any Parcel of the PofTcflions of any fuch College, Cathedral Church, m»j nuke 01 Chapter, Hofpital, Parfonage, Vicarage or other Spiritual Promotion, or any ways appertaining or be- their Lands, longing to the fame, or any of them, to any Perfon or Perfons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, (4) (other J'^v, than for the Term of one and twenty Years, or three Lives, from the Time as any fuch Leafe or Grant (hall. be made or granted, whereupon the accuftomed yearly Rent or more fhall be refcrved and payable yearly s ... during the faid Term) (5) lhall he utterly void and of none Effect, to all Intents, Constructions ana Pur- r ^ fc pofes ; any Law, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary any ways notwithstanding. t0 ° be mi ^ c on _ lefs the fitft expires, &c. within three Years, &c. iS El. c. 1 1. §. r. l>v 14 Eiiz. c. II. §. 17, Sec. not to extern! to Leafe; of Houfes, and uhith aie other- wife piovided for by that Statute. 1 Mod. 104. Cr0.El.4To. "Cro. Cir. 159. Vaughan 204. 4C0.26. Savil 119. j Co. 46. 6 Co. "• > 11 ■'"■ 2 Mad. ;6. Co. Lit. 44. a. b. Moor 459. pi. 636. Goldfb. 171. pi. 102. 1 Brown!. 1S2. 8 Co. 70. Hob. 269. declared to ir.dudc B:.2c.Ik' 14 Eliz. c. 14. IV. Provided neverthelef, and be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Ac"!, nor any Thing L<rjrcs li»»ted therein contained, fhall be taken or conftrued to make good any Leafe or other Grant to be made by any |- v , V m ^' e fuch College or Collegiate Church within either of both the Universities of Oxford ami Cambridge, orelfe- college. where within the Realm of England, for more 1'ears than are limited by the private Statutes of the fame College. V. Provided always, That this Act fhall not extend to any Leafe hereafter to be made upon Surrender of New Leafci any Leafe heretofore made, or by reafon of any Covenant or Condition contained in any Leafe heretofore " laJ - u; " made, and now continuing, fo that the Leafe to be made do not contain more Years than the Rcfiduc of fonnei the Years of the former Leafe now continue g fhall be at the Time of fuch Leafe hereafter to be made, nor runts. any lefs Rent than is referved in the faid former Leafe. [4 Co. 120. 5 Co. 14. continued by 1 Tac. 1. c. > AnderC 65. 2<z. & 21 Tac. 1. c. 28. to the End of the next Scffions of Parliament, and further continued bV 16 Car. ! '■• I. c. 4. J CAP. XI. An Acfc for the Mainrcmr.ce of Navigation. much of the ■ as con- ' T7"HERE at the Parliament holden at Wcfttninfkr in the fifth Year of your Majefty's Reign, there stVt. VV was among other, made and provided an Axil touching certain po itick Conftitutions made for the c . .-. Maintenance of the Navy, and in the fame amongft other Things it was enacted, That from the firft Day cerncth the ' fhould be lawful to all and every the Subjects of your Majefty, your Heirs and SuccefTors, at his and theft* [j, Will and Pleafure, to carry and tranfport out of this Realm, in their Ships and other Veflels of any the 4 Subjects aforefaid, all and every Kind ofHerring, and other Sea-fifh to be taken upon the Sea by any the - fCuftcrm, re- 4G2 ««mj I
 * Actions and Remedies as otherwife they might and fhould have ha I for I
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 * Subjects aforefaid ; any Act of Parliament or Law to the contrary notwithstanding : (2) And that all an