322 C. 28. Anno fexto Annje Reginse. Difcharged for ever from Firft- fiuits, IcQ. Certificates et Valuation to be made befere 24 Pet. i7o». NotmaJe1>yz5 March 1708, AQ to be a Pub* lick Aft. A. D. 1707. Incumbents thereof for the Time being, and every of them, their refpeftive Heirs, Executors, Admi- niftrators, Succefibrs, and Sureties, {hall be free and clearly difcharged and acquitted for ever of and from the faid Firft-fruits, and of and from all Arrears of the fame ; any Thing in the aforefaid AA to the contrary notwithftanding : And the afcertaining of the clear inaproved yearly Valuations of the faid Ec- clefraftical Benefices with the Cure of Souls, hereby intended to be difcharged from the Payment of Firft- fruits, fliall be by the fame Perfons, and in the fame Manner and Form, as for other Livings mentioned in the faid Aft. II. Provided neverthelefs, That the Certificates by the proper Ordinaries into her Majefly's Court of Exchequer at Wejiminjier, of the yearly Valuation of fuch Livings intended by this Aft to be difcharged from the Payment or Firft-fruits, may be made at any Time before the twenty-fourth Day of £);;-««- her which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight ; any thing herein to the contrary notwithftanding. ' III. And whereas by the faid Act of Parliament made in the faid fifth Year of her Majefty's Reign, ' the Time limited for certifying into the Court of Exchequer the Valuation of fuch Livings intended by ""ce" '^nfuin-. ' ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^'^ ^^ difcharged from the Payment of Firft-fruits and Tenths, is found not fufficient with 34. ec. en uing. 5 ]g_gfpg£^ jq fome Diocefes and Places ;' Be it therefore enabled by the Authority aforefaid, I'hat fuch Certificates which fhall be made into the faid Court of Exchequer, of the yearly Valuation of fuch Livings intended to be difcharged from the Payment of Firft-fruits and Tenths by the faid Aft of, Parliament, at any Time before the faid twenty-fourth Day of December which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight, fhall be as good and effeftual for the Pur- pofes by the faid Aft intended, as if the fame were made and certified on or before the twenty- fifth Day of March one thoufand feven hundred and eight ; any thing in this or the faid Aft to the con- trary thereof notwithftanding. IV. And be it further enafted and declared by the Authority aforefaid. That this Aft fhall be taken and accepted in all Courts and Places whatfoever as a publick Aft. ' V. And whereas it has been ufual for the Kings and Queens oi England, by their Letters of Privy
- Seal, to allow the Archbifhops and Bifhops four Years Time for the Payment of their Firft-fruits to^
' the Crown, by Way of Inftallment, which fince her Majefty has been gracioufly pleafed to give the
- Firft-fruits and Tenths for the Maintenance of the poor Clergy, cannot now be done : And whereas
' the Firft-fruits of Archbifliopricks and Bifhopricks amount to near the full annual Value thereof, and ' the other Charges of coming into Archbifhopricks and Bifhopricks are very great : And whereas Arch- ' bifliops and Bifhops have not the Profits of their Bifliopricks from the Death of their P'redecefibrs, as;
- Reftors and Vicars have, but from the Time that fuch Bifhopricks are conferred upon them: And.
'- whereas no Provifion has been made for any Abatements of the Firft-fruits of Archbifhops or Bifhops,, ' as there is for Reftors and Vicars, in Cafe of Death or Removal, within the Tim.es allowed for the foBrVeartil- ' Payment of fuch Firft-fruits ;' Be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That every Archbifhop and lowed to Arch- Bifhop fhall have four Years allowed him, when he or they fhall compound for the fame, for the Pay- biffiops and Bi- nient of his Firft-fruits, which fhall commence from the Time of Reftitution of his Temporalities ; zndt f"ft fr°ou?"""' ^^^^ '" ^^^y '^^^■' ^^ '^^'^ ^^y ^^^ fourth Part of the whole Sum : And if it fhall pleafe God he fhalf • runs. j.^^ ^^ ^^ removed, before the full Term of four Years fhall be expired, he, his Heirs, Executors, or Prfl»iibiacafeof Adminiftrators, fhall be difcharged of fo much as did not become due or payable at or before the Time ■^ "^ or Times of his Death or Removal, in like Manner as the Heirs, Executors, and Adminiffcratorsef Rec- tors and Vicars are authorized to do. VI. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Deans, Archdeacons, Prebendaries, and other Dignitaries, fhall compound for their refpeftive Firft-fruits, in fuch Manner, and Form as Reftors and Vicars have been accuftomed to do ; and in cafe of Death or Removal within the Time ufu- ally allowed to Reftors and Vicars for Payment of their faid Firft-fruits, they the faid Deans, Archdea- cons, Prebendaries, and other Dignitaries, fhall be in the like Condition, and have the fame Benefit as is allowed to Reftors and Vicars by the Statute made in the firft Year of the Reign of the late Queea Elisabeth, intituled, Jn ASi for the Rejtitution of the Firji-fruits to the Crown. CAP. XXVIII. An Aft for continuing the Adt for afcertaining the Tithes of Hemp and Flax.
- ^T7 HERE AS an Aft of Parliament made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of his
' VV late Majefty King William the Third, of glorious Memory, intituled, An ASifor the better afcer- ' tatning the Tythes of Hemp and Flax, was to continue from the five and twentieth Day of ^/ffr^-/$i which ' was in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred, and from thence to the End of the next Sef- ' fibn of Parliament : And whereas the faid Aft hath by Experience been found to be very ufeful and ne-
- cefTary to this Kingdom ;' Be it enafted by the Queen's moft Excellent Majefty, by and v>'ith the Ad-
■vice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aftem- bled, and by the Authority of the fame. That the faid recited Aft fhall be continued, and be in Force from the five and twentieth Day of j^(?ri:/; which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and eight, for feven Years, and from thence to the End of the next Seffion of Parliament, and no longer. Ceath. Deans, Arch- deacons, &c. to compound for Firft-fruits in fame Maueer as Reflors, Vicars,
- c.
] £liz. c. 4. ji & i« W. 3. c. t6. made perpetual byiGea.i,c.a6. Continued for 7 Ytars. CAP. XXIX.
