49^ C. 22. Anno vlcefimo fexto Georgii II. A. D. 1753. ' OK Miifaali; and aifo to obtain fiich fufEcient and efFe£luai Powers and Authorities for vcfting in the faiJ f ' 'f'ruRees all and every Part of his faid Conc£tion or Miifeum before-mentioned, in all its Branches; and ' alfo his faid Capital Manor Houfe, with fuch Gardens and Out-houfes as fhould thereunto belong and be
- iifcd by hi - —•
- coming frc
' of liis faid ' work and Premifi'cs ; but in cafe Payment of the faid Sum of twenty tlToufand Pounds fliould not be had ' and obtained, and made unto his Executors, or the Survivors of them, within twelve Months next after 'his Deceafe, and no fuch AcSt of Parliament flioulJ be obtained, for fettling, prefvrving, eflahlifliing, ' maintaining and continuing, his faid ColleiStion and Premifl'es, in fuch Manner as in his fiid Codicil ' is exprefled, then and not otherwife his Will was and he did in fuch Cafe thereby direft, That his faid ' Executors, or the Survivors Oi them, fhould, for the like Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds, fell and
- difpofe of all and every Part of the faid Colleftion and Mtifefrnj- as before defcribed, together with the
' Catalogues thereto belonging, for the Ul'e of the feveral foreign Academies therein defcribed, and in ' the Manner therein mentioned ; and that in cafe the faid Offer Ihould not be accepted by either of the ' faid foreign Academies, his Executors, or the Survivors of them, fhould be at Liberty with all conve-
- nient Speed to fell and difpofe of all and every Part of his faid Mufcitm or Colledlion in the moft fpeedy
' and advantageous Manner ; and that the Monies arifuig by fuch Sale or Difpoiition Ihould be confidered ' as Part of his Pcrfonal Eflate ; and further his Will was, and he did thereby direft, That in cafe his faid ' Collection fliould be fold or difiiofed of to either of the faid foreign Academies, or in cafe of their ' Refufal or Non-acceptance by his Executors, or the Survivors of them, that then his faid Manor Houfe ■' and Garden, with the Appurtenances and the Water, fhould go and belong to fuch Perfon or Perfons,
- and in fuch Manner, as he had given and devifed the reft of his Manors, Lands and Tenements at
- Chelfea, or elfevvfhere, as by the laid Codicil, Relation being thereto had, may more fully and at large
' appear: And whereas the {mA 'alt Ham Sloane having, by fcveral other Codicils of a fubfequent Da"te ' anjiexcd to his faid Will, added to the Number of the faid Truflrees, did, on or about the ehventh Dav ' oi yanuary one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-three, depart this Life : And whereas the faid Truftees, ' or ieven or more of them, have, purfuant to the Will and Intention of the faid Sir Hans Sioav.c, in this ' Seflion of Parliament, being the next Seffion after his Deceafe, made their Application for Payment of ' the faid Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds in Confideration of the faid Col)ecT:ion ox Alufcwn : And 'whereas the faid Truftees at a General Meeting affembled have confented to the Removaf of the faid ' Mufeum orColleftion froHithe Adanor Houfe at Chelfea, to any proper Place within the Cities of Londm ' or Wejhninjier, or the Suburbs thereof, if fuch Removal fhall be judged moft advantageous to the Pub- ' lick, fo as the faid Collection be preferved intire without the leaft Diminution or Separation, and be ' kept for theUfe and Benefit of the Publick, v/ith free Accefs to view and perufe the far.e ac all frated
- and convenient Seafons, agreeable to the Will and Intentions of the Teftator, and un.der fjch Reftric-
' tions as the Parliament fhall think fit : And whereas the faid Mnfeii7n or Colleft ion of Sir Hans Sliane is ' of much greater intrinfick Value than the Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds : And whereas all Arts and ' Sciences have a Connexion with each other, and Difcoveries in Natural Philofophy and other Branches
- of fpeculative Knowledge, for the Advancement and Improvement whereof the faid Hiufcum or Col-
' leiftion was intended, do and majf, in many Inftances, give Help and Succefs to the moft ufeful Experi- ' ments and Inventions :' Therefore, to the end that the faid Mufeum or Colleflion may be preferved and maintained, not only for the Infpeftion and Entertainment of the Learned and the Curious, but for the general Ufe and Benefit of the Publick ; May it pleafe your moft Excellent A4ajefty, That it may be enaded ; and Be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Adice and Confcnt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame, That out of all or any of the Monies to be raifcd by virtue of this Aift, the full and 10,000 1. to be clear Sum of twenty thoufand Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain fnall be paid in Alanner herein paid to the Ese- r.fter-mentioncd to the Executors of Sir Hans Sloane, or the Survivors or Survivor of them, in full Satif- i-i'nrsWne fcv ^'^'°." *° ^'^° f^A Mufciwi cr Colleftion herein before defcribed, and for the Ufe of the faid Manor his Mufeum &c. ^°'^^'^ and Garden, with their Appurtenances, and of the faid Water, until a more convenient Repo- fitory, more durable and more fafe from Fire, and nearer to the chief Places of publick Rcfort, lliall be provided for the Reception of the faid Mufeum or Collciition, in Manner herein after-men- tioned. li & 13 W. 3, ' II. And v.'hercas by an Aft made in the twelfth and thirteenth Years of the Reign of King JVHUam '■^- • the Third, intituled. An ASl for the better fettling and prefervivg the Library Lft in thfHo:fe'^i?t'Wd- ' minfter, m//f^ Cotton Houfe, in the Name and Family of the Cottons, for the Benefit of tSie PiilHef:, reciting^ ' That Sir Robert Cotton, late oi Connington in the Couiity of Huntingdon, Baroiiet,"did, at his own great Charge, and by the Afliftance of the moft learned Antiquaries of his Time, collctft and purchafe the ' moft ufeful Manufcripts, written Books, Papers, Parchments, Records and other Alemorials, in moft ' Languages, of great Ufe and Service for the Knowledge and Prefervation of our Conilitution both in
- Church and State; and further reciting. That the faid Library had been preferved with the utmoit Care
- by Sit- TZ'ow^j- C(J//»;?, Son of the laid in R:bert, and hy ?>n John Cotton then living, Grandfon of the
' faid Sir Robert; and had been very much augmented by then)," and lodged in a very proper Place in the
- fajd Sir John's ancient Manfion-houfe It'ejiminjier, for publick Ufe and Advantage ; it v.'as enndcd,
' That the faid Manfion-houfe, with the Garden, and all other A)ipurtennnces, and alfo the fiid Library,
- faould be vefted in Truftees in the faid kt. named, and their Suceeflbrs, for ever, for the Purpofes therein
- mentioned ; and as, for and concerning the faid Library, and the Room whexein the fame was or ihould
be
