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ttS G.'3-.' Anno qliinto Anna Reginaw^ A. D. 17061 Daughter begotten: And for Default of fuch Iffue, then to continue, remain, be yeO:ed in, and held and enjoyed lay all and every other the Daughter and Daughters of the Body of the faid Lady Harriott Godol- phin, feverally and fucceflively one after the other, as they fhall be in Priority of Birth, and the Heirs' Males of their refpe£tive Bodies ilTuing ; the elder of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males of her Body, to be preferred and take before the younger of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males of her Body : And fot; Default of fuch Iffue,, then to continue, remain, be vefted in, .and held and enjoyed by ihe firft Daughter of ' the Body of; the faid'y/wz^ Countefs of Sunderland hegptteny and the Heirs Males of the^ Body of fuch firft Daughter begotten : And for want of fuch Iffue, theri" t& continue, remain, be vefted in, and held and enjoyed by all and every other th^ Daughter and Daughters of the Body of the faid ^w«? Countefs of Sunderland begotten, feverally' and' fuccelfively one after the other, as they fhall be in Priority of Birth, and the Heirs Males of their refpedive Bodies iffuing; the elder of fuch Daughters^ and the "Heirs Males of her Body to be preferred and take before the younger of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males of her Body : And for Default of fuch Iffue, then to continue, remain, be vefted in, and held and enjoyed by the firft Daughter of the Body of the faid Elizabeth, Gountefs of Bridgwater begotten, and the Heirs Males of the Body of fuch firft Daughter begotten : And for v/ant of fuch Iffue, then to ' continue, remain, be vefted ihj and 'held and enjoyed by all and every other the Daughter and Daughters of the Body of the faid Elizabeth Countefs of Bridgwater begotten, feverally and fucteffiVely one affer the other; as' they" {hall 'be in Priority of Birth, and the Heirs Males of their refpeftive Bodies iffuiiig; the' elder of fuch Daughters and the Heirs Males of her Body to bs preferred and take before the younger of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males of her Body : And for Default of fuch Iffue, then to continue, re- main, be vefted in, and held and enjoyed by the firft Daughter of the Body of the faid Lady Ma?y Montagu begottenj and the Heirs Males of the Body of fuCh firft Daughter begotten : And for want of fuch Iffue,' theri to continue, remain, be veft'ed in, and held and enjoyed by all and' every other the Daughter and Daughters' of the Body of' the -faid Lady Mfiry Montagu begotten, feverally and fucceflively, one after the other, as they fliall be in Priprity of Birth ; the elder of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males. of her Body to be preferred And take before the younger .of fuch Daughters^ arid the Heirs Males of her Body : And for Default of fuch Iffue, then to continue, remain, be vefted in, and held and enjoyed by all and every Daughter arid Daughters of every other Daughter of the faid Duke of Marlborough to be begotteuj feverally and fucceflively, as they ftiall be irt Priority of Birth, and the Heirs Males of their refpediive Bodies iffuing ; thei e'ldef Daughter of every fuch Daughter, ,and the Heirs Males of heir Body to be pi^e- ferfed and take before the' ydunger of fuch Daughters, and the Heirs Males of her Body ; the Daiightef and Diaughters of the ejder of fuch hereafter- to be born Daughters, and' the Heirs R^ales of her and their refpedive Bodies iffuing, to be preferred and take in Mariner aforefaid, before the Daughter and Daughters of the yorin^er of fiich _after-born Daughters : And for Default of fuch Iffue, to all and every

  • ' other the Iffue Mate and Female lineilly defcending off" or from the faid Duke of Marlborough, in fuch

Manner, and for fuch Eftate, as the fame are before limited to the before-mentioned Iffue of the faid Duke ; it being intended, and hereby enafted. That th? faid Honours piall continue, remain, and be f vefted in all the Iffue of the faid Duke, fo long as any fuch Iffue Male or Female fhall continue, and be held and enjoyed by rhem feverally and fucceflively, in Mariner arid Form aforefaid ; the elder and the ■':^-' ;, ■'^^. •■ Defcendants of every elder Iffue to be preferred before the younger of fuch Iffue. ' ' '^ ' . ' ■ ' ■D'ukes Darigh- H. And be it further enacEled by the Authority aforefaid. That all and every the Daughters of the faij ters to whom Puke of Marlborough, and the Heirs Males of their refpe<aive Bodies, and all arid every the Daughters of ftail coiM^tT' ^^'^^ ^"^ ^^^""y Daughter of the faid Duke of Marlborough, and the Heirs Males of their refpeaive Bo- have the fame <^'ies, and all ot^ier Perfons, to whom the faid Honours, Titles and Dignities fhall come,' and when, and Place and Pre- as the fame fhall come unto them refpeftively, according to the Limitations in this A(ft, fhall in all Af- cedence, &c. femblies and Places, have and enjoy the fame Place and Precedence la^ the faid Duke bf Marlborough, or any the Heirs Males of his Body hath or ought to have or enjoy, byvirtue of the faid Letters Patent^ bearing Da!te the faid fourteenth, Day o|f Z)?t-^w^^r in the firft Vear of her Majefty's Reign. ' Bntaif of the ■ ; ; ^ HI. A'nd to the Intent that the Hoiior, Manor, and Park of Woodftock in the Gounty of Oxford, and w"tV°v ^ *'theHoufe noW^erecaine there^ dalled jB^wtek, arid the H'undred of ■ ^w«9k in the -faid Gounty, and BlentdmHoufe' ' '^ ^'^'^^'^ ^^- Manors, Meffuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, which in and by certain snd the Hundred ' Letters Patents under the Gtfcat Seal faf England, bearing Date the fifth Day tf May in the fourth ofWodffljij. ■' ,' Year of her Majefty's Reign, were by her Majefty, purfuant toan A<a of Parliament paffed in the ' ' ■ ' ""' .^ * ithen laft SefKon of Parliament, granted tb the faid I)uke of Marlborough and his Heirs, and the Advow- <.ii»-mjL!^.A i* foiis thereby granted, may alvO;ays go along and' be enjoyed with the Titles,' Hpnburs' and Dignities (H-<r,'j..,t,'. * 'aforefaid, as hereafter is-riieritioned ;' Be it 'further ena<fted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid 'Pk.Z:Oi Marlborqugh fhall ftand arid'be feifed.of all the faid Honor; Manor, and Park oi Woodftock, Ma- ' 'nors, Houfe and Premiffes, 'granted by the faid laft nientioned Letters Patents, for and during the Term ,of his natural Life, without Impeachment of "Wafte ; and froni and after his Deceafe the fame fhall be and remain unto, and be held arid enj6yed_ by Sarah Duchefs of Marlborough, Wife of the faid Duke, for and during the Term of her nkt^iral Lifey and from and after her Deceafe the fame fhall be and re- main unto, and be held' and enjoyed by the Heirs Males of the Body of the faid Duke of Marlborough tegotten: and for Ipefault of fuch Iffue, then th? famfe fhall- be and rerriain unto, and be held and en- joyed by air and every the' Daughters' of the-faid Duke of Marlborough, and the Heirs Males of their re- .Vpeaive Bodies, iffuing, and, all others feverally and fucceflively, in fuch Manher as the faid Titles, HO" .pours and Dignities aforefaid are Herein before ejtpreffed and limited to go, and be enjoyed, 'i nV, An4