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 2 20 C. 4. Anno quinto ANNi^E Reginae. A. D. i7o6« Intail of Wood- ftotk,Bicinheiir, ' ana vy ootton, t fcendants of every elder Iflue to be preferred before tlie younger of fuch Ilfue: And to the Intent that the faid Honour, Manor, and Park of IVoodftock, and the Houfe ereding there, called Bleinheim, and the Hundred oi IVootton, and all other the Manors, MefTuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, which in and by the faid Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England, bearing Date the faid fifth Day ' oi May in the fourth Year of your Majefty's Reign, were by your Majefty, purfuant to the faid Adl of ' Parliarnent palled in the third Year of your Majefty's Reign, granted to the faid Duke oi Marlborough,' ' and his Heirs, and the Advowfons by the faid Letters Patents alfo granted, might always go along, and' ' be enjoyed with the Titles, Honours, and Dignities as aforefaid, as therein after is mentioned, it was ' thereby further enacSed, That the faid Duke oi Marlborough fhould ftand and be feized of all the faid ' Honour, Manor, and Park oi JVood/lock, Manors, Houfe, and PremilFes, granted by the faid iaft men- ■ tioned Letters Patents, during his Life, without Impeachment of Wafte ; and from and after his De- ' ceafe, that the fame ihould be and remain unto, and be held and enjoyed by Sarah Dutchefs of Mar l- ' boroiigh. Wife of the faid Duke, for and during the Term of her natural Life ; and from and after her ■ Deceafe, the fame fhould be and remain unto, and be held and enjoyed by the Heirs Males of the Body ' of the faid Duke of Marlborough begotten ; and for Default of fuch IlTue, that then the fame fliould be ' and remain unto, and be held and enjoyed by all and every the Daughtei-s of the faid Duke of MarJho- ^ rough, and the Heirs Male of their refpe£tive Bodies ilfuing, and all others feverally and fuccefEvely, in ' fuch Manner as the faid Titles, Honours and Dignities aforefaid are therein before expreffed and limited ' to go, and be enjoyed : And 'twas thereby provided and enafted. That neither the faid Duke oi M irlbo- ' rough, or the Heirs Male of his Body, nor any of his Dau_hters, or the Heirs Males of their Bodies, or ' any other Perfon to whom the Premilfes fhould come or defcend by Virtue of the Limitations aforefaJd, ' ihould have any Power, by Fine or Recovery, or any other Aft, Affurance, or Conveyance in the Law, ' to hinder, bar or difinherit any the Perfon or Perfons to or upon whom the faid Manors, Houfe, Lands, ' I'enemenis, Hereditaments, or Premiffes, w-ere thereby vefted or limited, from holding or enjoying th; ' fame, according to the Limitations in the faid Aifl mentioned (other than and except fuch Leafes as the ' faid Duke and Dutchefs might make, by Virtue of the Powers therein before mentioned, and fuch other ' Leafes as Tenants in Tail might and were enabled to make, by Virtue of the Statute made in the two ' and thirtieth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, and Grants of Lands or Tenements held '-by Copy of Court-roll, according to the Cuftoms of the refpeftive Manors aforefaid) but that all fuch ' Fines, Recoveries, Aft, AfTurances, and Conveyances, other than fuch Leafes and Grants by Copy, as ' aforefaid, fhould be, and were thereby declared and enafted to be void. And whereas we your Majefly's ' moft dutiful and loyal Commons, taking into our Confideration the many eminent Services of the faid' ' Duke of Marlborough, whereby the Glory of your Majefty's Government, the Honour and Safety of ' your Kingdoms, and the Intereft of the common Caufe have been fo highly advanced, did with all Sub- ' miffion addrefs ourfelves to your Majefty's moft facred Perfon, humbly to defire. That as your Majef- ' ty is, at your Expence, gracioufly pleafed to ereft the Houfe of Bleinheim as a Monument of his glori- ' pafl'ed in this prefent Seffion for continuing his Honours to his Pofterity, we your Majefty's mofl obedi- ■ ■* ent Commons might be permitted to exprefs our Senfe of fo diftinguiflaing a Merit, and our ready Dif- "* pofition to enable your Majefty to make fbme Provifion for the more honourable Support of his Dignj- ' That your Majefty, in Confideration of the great and eminent Services performed by the faid Duke id ' the firft Year of your Reign, as well by his prudent Negotiations as your Majefty's Plenipotentiary at ■' Dignity, your Majefty had granted to the faid Duke and .the Heirs Male of his Bod.y, during yourMa- ■* jefty'slLife, a Penfion of five thoufand Pounds^^r Annum out of the Revenue of the Poft .Office; and ■* rhat an Aft having pafl'ed this Seflions for fettling the Honours and Dignities of the faid Duke upon bife "* Pofterity, and annexing the Honour and Manor of /■^ai//'<?Cj^ and Houfe of Bleinheim to go along wit& ' the faid Honours ; it would be very agreeable to your Majeft.y, if the Penfion of five thoufand Pound's '* per Annum be continued and limited by Aft of Parliament to his Pofterity, fer the more honourable '' Support of their Dignities, in like Manner, as his Honours and the Honour and Manor of /FbsaWar/f ■^ and Houfe oi Bleinheim are already limited and fettled : We your Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Sub- •'' jefts, the Commons of England Parliament affembled, didy confideriiig your Majefty's moft grawous "* Anfwer, and alfo the wife Provifion made by your Majefty, through your Majefty's abundant Grace ' and Goodnefs to your People, by an Aft palled in the firft Year of your Majefty's Reign, for.preferv- ' ing the Inheritance of theifeveral Revenues of the Crown, think ourfelves obliged to tranfm.it to all fuc- ■* after what Manner fuch tranfcendent Merit ought to be rewarded ;' And thereupon do moft humbly b^- ffeech your Majefty that it may be enafted:; and be .it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, ■by and with the Advife and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, 'in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the A.uthority of the fame. That in lieu of the faid Annuity dr yearly Penfion of five thoufand Pounds by the faid Letters Patents,, beari.ig Date the tv.'o and twentieth "he^Diike during ^^y o^_December^n the firft Year of your Majefty's Reign, granted :to.J:he faid Duke &f Marlborough, and the Queen's 4he Heirs Males of his Body, .during your Mqjefly's Lil'e.as aforefaid, which .faid .Penfion .is from hence- U(e, ibrtk 3aH,8. c, a?. Addrefs of the Houfe of Gom- jnons. Arrears doe for thrs Work pro- ■vided for by 1 Geo. I. flat, 2. C J2. f. 34. Tbe Queen'^a Asfww. Inlleuof the 5000 1. per An-
 * ous Aftions, and the Houfe of Peers, by your Majefty's Permiflion, have given Rife to thcifaid KdL
 * ties in his Pofterity, in fuch Marnier as fliould be moft agreeable to your Majefty, whereby the Grati-
 * tude of this whole Kingdom might remain upon Record to After- Ages, and incourage others to follow
 * his great Example; to which Addrefs your Majefty was pleafed to return this moft gracious Anfwer,
 * the Hague, as by his Valour and good Conduft in the Command of the confederate Arrmes abroad^
 * thought fit to grant to him and the Heirs Male of his Body, the Title of a Duke of this Realm.; and
 * as a further Riark of your Favour and Satisfaftion with his Services, and for the better Support of his
 * ceeding Times the Memory of fo many glorious Aftions, together with the juft Senfe of the Kingdom,