A.D. 1572. Anno !v Rcginas ! ij. > « X. Ami where alfo in the Parliament begun and !> ' thirteenth Year ol the Reign oi oui ui • there made, for the Avoiding and Ahnlifhiris 1 Grants, Alienations, Conveyances. Bonds, Suit., fi • fraudulent Av.A, Gifts, Grunts, .1 c. which A ill-- End of the hrlt Seflion of I ' XI. And where alfo in the faid Pailiamcnl begui ' April, there was alfo one other Act and Statute in i le for the • to be made of Ecclcfiaftii tl Proinotii is wil i I .., intituled, Etcttfuijiical Livings luitb Cure ; which Act was likewifc made to nent. ay ' XIII. And where in the Statute made in the thirteenth .Year of the<t efty's Reign, 1 An Ap for the Reviving and Continuance of certain Statutes, is contained ' cerning the Avoiding of foreign Wares made by Handicraftsmen i , or a c or Meaning therein contained, fhould not in any wife extend or be Prejudicial I ' ties of any Entercourfe then Handing in Force, ha I or made bctwe( n the I : ' or her Highnefs, and any others : (2) Now for good CoafiderjatSorts, am 1 he at Liberty, and the Queen's Majefty's natural Subjects reftrained, 3 lie it vil'o, and every Claufc, Article and Matter therein contained, fhall from hence;'": th be 1 tcrly void. ' XIV. Provided alfo,' and be it enacted that thefe Worth ' [So fonn as it or any Part thcrepf fh; ! ! ' to any Pofleffion orUfe above forbidden, or J' which Words are contained in the f; faid thirteenth Year, touching Leafes of Benefices, and other Ecclefiaftical Livings with Cure, {hall be revived by this Act but remain difcontinued, and fhall from henceforth he omitted out of the faid Act j any Thing in the faid Act, or in this A£t to the contrary notwithftandirg. ' XV. And where fundry evil-difpofed Per Cons have defrauded the true Meaningof the faid laft menti' ' Statute made in the faid thirteenth Year, byBonds and Covenants of fufr'cring other Perfons to enjoy!., c ' iiaflical Livings, and the Fruits thereof, for that fuch Bonds and Covenants are not in Law taken to b 1 Leafes, although indeed they amount to as much :' Be it therefore enacted, That all Bonds, Conti ■ ,11 be Promifes and Covenants hereafter to be made for fuffcring or permitting any Perfon to enjoy any Benefi or Ecclefiaitical Promotion with Cure, or to take Profits or Fruits thereof, other than Itich Bonds and Co- '>'/ tenants as (hall be made for A flu ranee of any Leafe heretofore made, fhall be to all Intents and Porpofes ad- ' !! judged of fuch Force ami Validity and not otherwise, as Leafes by the fame Perfons made of fuch Bene- ;,;'„. (,..," flees and Ecclefiaftical Promotions with Cure. XVI. And be it further declared and enacted, That all Leafes, Bonds, PTomffes and Covenants' of and L concerning Benefices and Ecclefiaitical Livings with Cure, to he made by any Curate, (hall be of no either Cu nor better Force, Validity or Continuance, than if the fame had been made by the beneficed Perfon hin - that demifed, or fhall demife the lame to any fuch Curate. ' XVII. And where in. one other Act made in the ("aid thirteenth Year, intituled. An Ac! againft fi ' • Gifts, to the Intent to defeat Dilapidations of Ecclefiaftical L'rJiligs, and fir 1 a longing to any the Perfons or Bodies Politick, or Corporate aforefaid, nor t pertaining, which Houfes be fituate in any City,Borough, Town Corporate ojf Market- To* Suburbs of any of them, (3) but that all fuch Ho,Ul iund m - be • n I, demifed ah.! as by the Laws of this Realm, and the fcvcral Statutes of" the . Ifal Churches and M pitals, they lawfully might have been before the making of the faid Statute, or lawfully might 1 - Statute were not ; (4) fo always that fuch Koufe be not the Capital or Dwelling-houfe ufcu for the Hatrita- ruwm. tion of the Perfons abovefaid, nor have Ground to the fame belonging above the Quantify of ten Acres j any - '• Thing in the faid Act to the contrary notwithftanding. _ , ' R !1 ,6 '- XVIII. And be it further enacted, That all Sums of Money hereafter to be recovered, for or in Name Money rc< • ©f Dilapidations, by Sentence truly employed upon the Build be paid ; (2) on Pain that every much as fo fhall be by him received and not employed ; the which Forfeiture fhail be to the Ufe of the Queen's-Majefty. her Heirs and Suqceflbrs, . . . . XIX. Provided alway, and be it enacted, That no Leafe mall be permitted to be made bv Force >_»f ffii Act, in Reverfion, (2) nor without referving the accuflomcd yearly Rent at the lealt, (3) nor without lafa to be charging the Lefiee with the Repara ions, (4) uor for longer Term than forty Years at the moft ; (5) n aay Houfes fhall be permitted to be aliened, unlefsthat in Recompcnce thereof there fhall be afore, with or tual Perfons »c Srefcntry after fuch Alienation, good, lawful and i'afneient Aflurancc made in Fee-fimple abfolutely to fuch« ora "
