FOr the clearing of ſome Doubts which have ariſen, or may ariſe upon the ſaid former Act; and to the end that ſuch as have Purchaſed, or ſhall hereafter Purchaſe any of the Fee-farm Rents, or other things which by this or the ſaid former Act are or ſhall be veſted or ſetled in the Truſtees named in the ſaid former Act; and that ſuch Purchaſers, and their Heirs and Aſsigns, may be the better ſecured to enjoy the ſame in time to come reſpectively, according to their ſeveral Purchaſes, Be it Enacted by this preſent Parliament, and the Authority thereof, and it is hereby Enacted, That all Fee-farm Rents, Tenths, or Rents reſerved, Nomine decime, Rents upon Leaſes, where the Reverſion is granted away in Fee, Dry-Rents, iſſuing out of any Manors, Lands, Tenements or other Hereditaments; and alſo of any Rectory Impropriate, City, Borough or Town Corporate, Corporations, Fraternities, Hundred, Franchiſes, Bailywicks and Liberties; and alſo the Benefit and Advantage of all Covenants and Conditions reſerved out of any the ſaid Manors, Lands and premiſes heretofore belonging to the late King Charls deceaſed, or unto Henrietta Maria, the Relict and late Queen of the ſaid King; or unto Charls Stuart their eldeſt Son, either as Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwal, Earl of Cheſter or otherwiſe, or whereof or wherein they, or any perſon or perſons for them or any of them, or to or for the uſe, or in truſt for them or any of them, on the Firſt day of January, which was in the year of our Lord God, One thouſand ſix hundred forty and one, or at any time ſince, was, or were ſeized, poſſeſſed of or for, or intereſſed or entituled unto any Eſtate of Freehold or Inheritance, or for any term of years; or other Eſtate either in Poſſeſsion, Reverſion, Remainder, Expectancy or future Intereſt, or otherwiſe, or whereof they or any of them, or any other perſon or perſons for them or any of them, or to the uſe, or in the Right, or for the Benefit of them or any of them, have ſince the ſaid Firſt of January, One thouſand ſix hundred forty one, had any actual Receipt, Seiſin or Poſſeſsion (other then ſuch Fee-farm Rents, and other Rents and Duties, which by an Act, Entituled, An Act for providing of Maintenance for Preaching-Miniſters, and other Pious Uſes, are veſted or ſetled in the Truſtees therein named, and their Heirs) are hereby from the Eleventh day of March, One thouſand ſix hundred forty nine, Granted unto, veſted, ſetled and executed, and ſhall be, and are hereby deemed, adjudged and taken to be from thence granted unto, veſted, ſetled and executed in the Real and Actual Poſſeſsion and Seiſin of Thomas Cook Eſq and the other the perſons named in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act to be Truſtees, and their Heirs, upon ſuch and the ſame Truſts and Confidences, and to ſuch and the ſame intents and purpoſes, as to, for and concerning the Fee-farm Rents, and other things in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act are expreſſed; Saving unto all and every perſon and perſons, their Heirs, Executors and Adminiſtrators, and to all Bodies Politique or Corporate, and their Succeſſors (other then the ſaid late King, his ſaid late Queen, and their ſaid Son, their or any of their Heirs, Executors, or Adminiſtrators, or Succeſſors, and all having or claiming in Truſt, for or to the uſe of them or any of them; and other then ſuch perſon and perſons as have or claim, or ſhall or may have or claim any of the premiſes, or any Eſtate, Term, intereſt, or other thing therein, from, by or under them or any of them, by force or vertue of any lawful Grant, Conveyance, Leaſe or Limitation to them made ſince the ſaid Firſt day of January, One thouſand ſix hundred forty one▪ All ſuch Title, Intereſt, Term, Eſtate, Rights in Law or Equity, Duties, Fees, Profits, Commodities and Demands, which they or any of them now have, and before the ſaid Firſt day of January, One thouſand ſix hundred forty one, had of, in or unto the premiſes or any of them, as if this Act had not been had or made. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the Truſtees named in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, or any five or more of them, upon ſuch Particular or Particulars, Certificate or Certificates as by their direction ſhall be made forth by the Clerk of the Pipe, Second, Remembrancer in the Exchequer, Clerk of the Criminal Pleas in the Vpper Bench at Weſtminſter, or the reſpective Auditor before whom the ſame ſhall be in charge or otherwiſe, as the ſaid Truſtees or any five or more of them ſhall think fit, may put to Sale, Treat, Contract for and Sell, and are hereby authorized and enabled to put to Sale, Treat, Contract for, and ſell all and every the premiſes herein, or in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act expreſſed, or any of them, or any part or parcel of them or any of them, unto any perſon or perſons, their Heirs and Aſsigns, or to any Corporation or Body Politique, and their Succeſſors; And according to ſuch Contract to be made, and ſuch Contracts as have been heretofore made (ſo as the ſame be not under the Rate of Eight years Purchaſe, according to Particular or Certificate whereupon ſuch Contract hath been or ſhall be made) ſhall convey, and are hereby authorized and enabled to convey the ſame reſpectively, to the ſeveral perſons by whom, or on whoſe behalf ſuch Contract hath been or ſhall be made, and their Heirs or Succeſſors reſpectively, by Indenture of Bargain and Sale Inrolled, or by any other Conveyance or Aſſurance whatſoever; And that every ſuch Conveyance and Aſſurance ſhall be good and effectual in Law, to all intents and purpoſes: And that all and every Bodies or Body Politique or Corporate, and their Succeſſors, ſhall be, and are hereby enabled to purchaſe to themſelves and their Succeſſors, any of the premiſes, without any Licenſe of Alienation in Mortmain: And that they, and all and every other Purchaſer and Purchaſers of the Premiſes or any of them, and his and their Heirs and Aſsigns, ſhall from and after their reſpective purchaſes thereof, hold and enjoy ſuch of the premiſes as have been or ſhall be by them purchaſed; Diſcharged of all Truſts and Accompts whereunto the ſaid Truſtees or any of them, are or may be lyable by vertue of this, or of the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, and of all Suits and Demands which may ariſe or be moved, upon pretence of Sales at under-values, and all other Claims and Demands, ſaving ſuch as are herein before ſaved; and that the premiſes ſhall not be lyable to, but ſhall remain, continue and be to the ſeveral and reſpective Purchaſers thereof, their Heirs, Succeſſors and Aſsigns reſpectively, freed and diſcharged of and from all Charges and Incumbrances, had, made, done, committed or ſuffered, or to be had, made, done, committed or ſuffered by the ſaid Truſtees or any of them: And that ſuch of the premiſes as ſhall be ſo conveyed to any ſuch Purchaſer or Purchaſers, ſhall from henceforth be adjudged and taken to be in the Actual Seiſin or Poſſeſsion of ſuch Purchaſer or Purchaſers reſpectively as ſhall purchaſe the ſame: And all and every ſuch Purchaſer or Purchaſers, his and their Heirs, Succeſſors and Aſsigns reſpectively, ſhall and may from time to time enter into any of the Manors, Meſſuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, or into any part thereof, and into any Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate, Corporations and Fraternities, out of any of which ſuch Fee-farm Rents, or other Rents, Duties or Sum of Money before mentioned are reſerved or payable; and in default of payment thereof, ſhall and may levy the ſame by way of Diſtreſs, and ſale of the Goods of any perſon, Owner, Occupier or Poſſeſſor of any ſuch Manors, Meſſuages, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or of any Citizen or Freeman of any ſuch City, Borough, Town Corporate, Corporation or Fraternity reſpectively: And all and every Purchaſer or Purchaſers, his and their Heirs and Aſsigns, of any Fee-farm Rents, or other Rents, Duties or Sums of Money, payable or reſerved out of any Rectory Impropriate, Hundred, Bailywick, Liberty or Franchiſe, ſhall and may, in default of payment thereof (at the election of ſuch Purchaſer or Purchaſers, his and their Heirs and Aſſigns) enter into any of the Manors, Meſſuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments within England and Wales, whereof the Owner of ſuch Rectories Impropriate, Hundred, Bailywick, Liberty or Franchiſe is ſeized or poſſeſſed of, and ſhall and may levy the ſame by way of Diſtreſs, and ſale of the Goods diſtrained, or ſhall or may bring his and their Action of Debt againſt ſuch Owner: And ſuch Purchaſer and Purchaſers, his and their Heirs and Aſſigns ſhall and may have, take and uſe the ſame, ſuch or the like Benefits and Advantages, Means, Proces and Proceedings for the Recovery thereof, as any Purchaſer or Purchaſers of any of the Fee-farm Rents, or other things mentioned or intended in or by the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, may, can or ought to have or take by force and vertue of that Act; and ſhall, in reference to ſuch of the premiſes as have been, or ſhall be by them reſpectively purchaſed, have ſuch and the like Repriſes, in ſuch and the like Caſes, as any Purchaſer or Purchaſers of any of the Lands or Poſſeſsions of the late Archbiſhops or Biſhops, or of any of the late Deans and Chapters, in reference to thoſe Lands, may, can, might or ought to have by vertue of any Act or Ordinance of Parliament in that behalf made. And that the ſame perſons who by the ſaid mentioned Act are authorized to be a Committee of Obſtructions, be, and are hereby made and authorized to be a Committee for the Removing of Obſtructions in the ſale of the premiſes hereby appointed to be ſold; and in reference thereunto, ſhall have and exerciſe all ſuch and the like Powers as are given to any Committee of Obſtructions by the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, or by any other Act or Ordinance of Parliament. And that the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, and all and every other perſon and perſons whom it may concern, ſhall have the like Powers and Authorities, and are hereby required and authorized to proceed in like ſort, and to obſerve the like Rules and Directions in relation to the premiſes, as in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act are contained, concerning any of the Fee-farm Rents, or other thing therein mentioned. Provided always, and it is by the Authority aforeſaid further Enacted, That ſuch and ſo much of the ſaid Fee-farm Rents and premiſes, and ſuch Sums of Money, Rents reſolute, perpetual Penſions, Stipends, Salaries, Annuities, Alms, Corrodies, Profits and Allowances, as at the time of the making of the ſaid firſt mentioned Act were due or payable; or which are chargeable upon, have been, or ought to be paid or allowed to or for the maintenance of any Grammar Shool or Shollars, Preachers, or for or towards the reparation of any Church, Chappel, Highway, Cauſeway, Bridges, Schools, Almſhouſes, Caſtles, or any other Vſes, upon or out of, or for the premiſes or any of them, which by this or the ſaid firſt mentioned Act are veſted or ſetled in the ſaid Truſtees and their Heirs, ſhall be and continue to be paid and allowed as they were and have been heretofore. And they the ſaid Truſtees are hereby authorized to ſet out, convey and aſſure unto ſuch perſon and perſons, and their Heirs, Bodies Politique or Corporate, and their Succeſſors and Aſsigns, as they the ſaid Truſtees ſhall think fit, in truſt, for the performance of the uſes aforeſaid, or any of them, ſuch of the ſaid Fee-farm Rents, Duties, or Sums of Money payable as aforeſaid, as ſhall amount unto any of the Sums ſo charged, limited or allowed to or for the uſes or purpoſes aforeſaid, Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithſtanding.

And for the better execution of this and the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, The ſaid Truſtees, or the major part of them, are hereby authorized to take to their aſsiſtance ſuch Councel Learned, and other Officers as they ſhall conceive neceſſary; and that they or any five of them ſhall and may make ſuch Allowances to them and their Officers imployed in this ſervice, and for incident charges, out of the Moneys to be raiſed by ſale of the premiſes or any part thereof, as they, with the approbation of the ſaid Committee of Obſtructions, ſhall think fit; and for payment thereof from time to time, to make Warrants to the Treaſurers appointed by the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, who are hereby required and authorized to pay the ſame accordingly.

And foraſmuch as upon divers Commiſsions of Defective Titles, Inquiſitions or Suggeſtions of Concealments, divers Patents have formerly paſſed the Great Seal, of divers Manors, Lands, Tenements, Liberties and Hereditaments, whereupon divers Fee-farm Rents, or other Rents have been reſerved, and ſometimes put in charge, where, in truth, nothing hath paſſed by the ſaid Letters Patents; nor have the Manors, Lands, Tenements, Liberties or Hereditaments mentioned to have been granted, been enjoyed or held under the ſaid Letters Patents, but under other Titles, or by vertue of other Letters Patents, whereupon other Rents are reſerved; Be it therefore Enacted, That ſuch Fee-farm Rents, or other Rents, which have not been paid by the Owners or Occupiers of the Manors, Lands or Tenements charged, or mentioned to be charged therewith, ſince the Five and twentieth day of March, One thouſand ſix hundred and thirty, That the ſame ſhall not be granted out by the ſaid Truſtees. And further, That where any perſon or perſons, Bodies Politique or Corporate have held any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, ſubject to the payment of any Fee-farm Rent or other Rent, which hath been uſually paid or anſwered by the Owners or Occupiers of ſuch Lands ſo charged: And that by colour or pretence of ſuch Patent of Concealment, or by pretence of Commiſsions for defective Titles paſſed of the ſame Lands, ſome other or greater Rent hath been reſerved or put in charge, but the ſame hath not been anſwered or paid by the Owners or Occupiers of the ſaid Lands within the time laſt before mentioned; That in ſuch caſe the ſaid Truſtees are hereby enabled and directed to make ſale of ſuch the ſaid Fee-farm Rents and other the premiſes, as hath been ſo uſually anſwered and paid as aforeſaid: And that the Tenant of the Lands charged with the ſaid Rents or ſums of Money, ſhall hold the ſame Lands ſubject to the ſaid Rent ſo granted, and ſhall hold the ſame diſcharged of the ſaid Rent ſo reſerved by vertue of the ſaid Patent or Concealment, or by Commiſſion of defective Titles, and all Seizures, Proces and Diſtreſſes for the ſame, until the ſame ſhall be recovered by due Proces of Law. And be it Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the ſaid Truſtees named in the ſaid firſt mentioned Act, or any five or more of them, ſhall have Power, and are hereby authorized to ſet and impoſe a value and Rate upon all Hundreds, Bailywicks, Liberties, Franchiſes, Reſervations, Conditions and Covenants mentioned and reſerved in any Charters, Patents and Grants, according to the beſt of their judgements, & ſuch Informations as they can have and receive concerning the true and real value thereof: And the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, are hereby authorized and enabled to contract for, ſell and convey the ſame unto any perſon or perſons and their Heirs; or to any Corporation or Body Politique and their Succeſſors, in ſuch maner, and according to ſuch Rates as before are declared and directed for ſale of any part of the premiſes. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, ſhall not ſell any of the ſaid Fee-Farm Rents, and other the premiſes, under eight years purchaſe, and ſo proportionably for Reverſions upon Life or Lives, or any number of years. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, their Councel and Agents by them appointed, ſhall have power, and are hereby authorized from time to time to make ſearches, and view all ſuch Records remaining in the Tower of London, Exchequer Office, Pipe Office, the Office of the Rolls in Chancery, or elſe-where, as ſhall or may any ways concern and conduce to the better diſcovery of the premiſes, or any part thereof; and ſhall and may take and have Copies thereof for the uſe of the Commonwealth, without paying any Fees therefore. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That where any of the Fee-Farm Rents, and other the Rents before mentioned, Bailywicks, Liberties, Hundreds and Franchiſes, ſhall be found to be in charge Entred or Inrolled before any Officer or Officers whatſoever of the Exchequer, or any other Court of Record; That in ſuch caſe the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, ſhall and may ſend to ſuch Officer or Officers for Certificates and particulars thereof; which Officer and Officers ſhall and are hereby required to deliver the ſame upon Oath to the ſaid Truſtees, who are hereby enabled to Adminiſter the ſame unto them; and ſhall and may upon return thereof made unto them, proceed to contract, ſell and convey the ſame in ſuch maner, as by this and the ſaid firſt mentioned Act is directed and appointed. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That all and every perſon or perſons who ſhall contract for any of the premiſes, ſhall pay in his purchaſe money within the times limited reſpectively, in the ſaid former Act for the payment thereof, unleſs he or they can procure frō the ſaid Truſtees, or any five or more of them, upon good cauſe ſhewn, and to be allowed by them, a Certificate or Certificates for further time to pay in the ſame, and to perfect his or their conveyance; which Certificate and further Licenſe or Licenſes, the ſaid Truſtees or any five or more of them are hereby authorized to give, whereof the ſaid Treaſurers are to take notice, and to make their Receipts and Certificates accordingly. Provided always, and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforeſaid, That if any perſon or perſons, Bodies Politique or Corporate, ſhall deſire to purchaſe any Fee-Farm Rent, ſum of Money, or other thing or duty in this or the former Act mentioned and intended to be ſold, and of the ſame ſhall procure a Particular or Certificate, and the ſame ſhall be under the yearly value of Forty ſhillings; That then ſuch Particular or Certificate, being Subſcribed and Signed by the Truſtees, or any five or more of them, with a Memorandum of the thing, and the Eſtate and Sum for which the ſame is granted; That from thenceforth the ſame ſhall be as fully ſetled in ſuch Purchaſer, and the ſame ſhall be as good and effectual a Grant and Aſſurance thereof, and the Purchaſer to have all and like advantages of all penalties and Nomine poene's; and for Recovery of the ſame and all incidents thereunto, as if the ſame had been by any Formal or Legal aſſurance conveyed unto ſuch Purchaſer by the ſaid Truſtees, according unto this or the former Act; or as if the ſame had been particularly mentioned and granted unto ſuch Purchaſer, in and by this and the ſaid former Act, for which no Fee, Gratuity or Reward ſhall be given or taken.