46. An act for taking the estate in law, for a mortgage made by John Sands, efq; which is defcended to the daughters and coheirs of John Pargiter, deceased (who are infants) they being only trustees for Henry Raper, merchant. 47. An act to impower the lord high treasurer of England, or commissioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with Thomas Thomkins and John Chagneau, and their fecurities, for the debts owing by them refpectively to her Majefty. 48. An act to enable trustees to fell several houses and lands in and near Portsmouth, late the eftate of Elizabeth Hicks, for payment of a debt and intereft charged thereupon, and for laying out the refidue of the money in other lands, to be fettled to the fame uses. 49. An act for vefting the freehold and copyhold eftate of Thomas Gower, gent. deceased, in trustees, to be fold for payment of debts, and fettling the remainder for the benefit of his daughters. 50. An act for vefting the estate of Valentine Crome of Maiden Early in the county of Berks, gent. in truftees, to be fold for payment of his father's debts, and making a provifion for himself and brother. 51. An act for the fale of lands, late of John Ballet, gent. deceased, for the more speedy payment of his debts, and raifing portions for his younger children. 52. An act for the more effectual affuring of part of the lands of inheritance of William and Thomas Lambard in the county of Kent, purfuant to a deed of settlement; and for af furing (in lieu of other part thereof) other lands of inheritance therein alfo mentioned, and for better provifion for younger children. 53. An act for vefting the capital meffuage and other lands and tene ments of Foulke Wynne, in the county of Denbigh, gent. and Meredith Wynne his fon, in truflees, to the intent that part thereof may be fold for payment of his debts, and the refidue fettled pursuant to marriage articles. 54. An act for vefting the estates of Christopher Reve the elder, clerk, deceased, and of Chriftopher Reve, clerk, his only fon, alfo deceased, in certain trustees, to be fold for the payment of their several debts and legacies, and for making fome provifion for Dorothy the widow of the faid Chriftopher Reve the fon, and for Chriftopher Reve his only child, an infant. 55. An act for vefting the estate of Arthur Vaughan of Tretherwen, in the county of Montgomery, an infant, in trustees, to be fold for payment of such debts and incumbrances, to which the fame, or the faid infant, in refpect thereof, is liable. 56. An act for vefting the estate of Elizabeth Hore, in the county of Bucks, in trustees, to be fold, and the monies arifing thereby, to be applied for the payment of debts charged thereon. 57. An act for fale of the manor of Eftevening, and other lands and hereditaments in Swinfhead, in the county of Lincoln, late the eftate of Chriftopher Fairfax, gent. deceafed, for payment of his debts, and benefit of his children. 58. An act for vefting part of the real estate of Ralph Baldwin, gent. in trustees, for a provision for his younger children. 59. An act for fettling and fecuring part of the cftates of Robert Barry, clerk, and Anne his wife, for the benefit of the faid Anne and her children, and fale of other part of the estate of the faid Robert Barry, for payment of his debts. 60. An act for vesting the fum of two two thousand pounds in truftees, to be applied to and for the payment of the debts of John Holworthy, gent. pursuant to an agreement with his creditors. 61. An act for the fale of an advowfon in Suffex, late the eftate of Michael Sorocold, clerk, deceased for payment of his debts, and making provision for his widow and child. 62. An act for fale of the eftate of John Viccary, deceased, in Rockbear, in the county of Devon, for payment of his debts charged thereupon, and for maintenance of his widow and children. 63. An act to impower the lord high treasurer of England, or commiffioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with Francis Clyes, as furety for William Pennock, late of Exon, merchant, in fix feveral bonds, for duties on tobacco, which the faid William Pennock had at the port of Falmouth, in December, one thoufand feven hundred and one. 64. An act to rectify a mistake in, and explain an act paffed in the last feffion, to empower the lord high treasurer, or commiflioners of the treafury, to compound with Richard Cobb, efq; as one of the fureties for Thomas Cobb, gent. receiver general for the county of Southampton and Isle of Wight. 65. An act to make the ship L'Ama Zone, taken and condemned as a prize, and fold in the island of Barbadoes free. 66. An act for naturalizing Paul, Frances, and Katharine Kilfly. 67. An act for naturalizing of Vincent de Laymerie, and others. Anno 5 Anna. Cap. 1. For granting an aid to her Majefty, by a land tax, to be raised in the year one thousand feven hundred and feven. Cap. 4. For fettling upon John duke of Marlborough and his pofterity, a penfion of five thousand pounds per annum, for the more honourable fupport of their dignities, in like manner as his honours and dignities, and the honour and manor of Woodstock, and houfe of Bleinheim, are already limited and fettled. Cap. 5. For fecuring the church of England as by law established. Cap. 6. For repealing a clause in an act, intituled, An act for the better apprehending, profecuting, and punishing felons that commit burglaries, houfe-breaking, or robberies in shops, warehouses, coach-houses, or fiables, or that feal borfes. Cap. 7. For regulating and afcertaining the duties to be paid by the unfreemen importers of coals into the port and borough of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk. Cap. 8. For an union of the two kingdoms of England and Scotland. Cap. 9. For rendring more effectual an act passed in the first year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act for the better preventing escapes out of the Queen's Bench and Fleet prifons. Cap. 10. For repairing the highway between Hockliffe and Woborne, in the county of Bedford. Cap. 11. For continuing the acts formerly made for repairing of the highways in the county of Hertford. Cap. 12. For the enlarging the pass age age leading to New Palace Yard through the Gatehouse, Westminster. Cap. 13. For continuing the duties upon houfes, to fecure a yearly fund for circulating Exchequer bills, whereby a fum not exceeding fifteen hundred thousand pounds is intended to be raised, for carrying on the war, and other her Majefty's occafions. Cap. 14. For the better prefervation Cap. 15. For the better recruiting in the third and fourth years of her Cap. 19. For continuing the duties on low wines, and fpirits of the first extraction, and the duties payable by hawkers, pedlars, and petty chapmen, and part of the duties on ftamp'd vellum, parchment, and paper, and the late duties on fweets, and the one third fubfidy of tonnage and poundage, and for fettling and establishing a fund thereby, and by the application of certain overplus monies, and otherwife, for payment of annuities, to be fold for raifing a further supply to her Majefty, for the fervice of the year one thousand feven hundred and feven, and other ufes therein expreffed. Cap. 20. For the better encouragement of the royal luftring company: VOL. XI. Cap. 21. For repairing the highway between Fornbill in the county of Bedford, and the town of StonyStratford in the county of Buckingbam. Cap. 22. To explain and amend an act of the laft feffion of parliament for preventing frauds frequently committed by bankrupts. Cap. 23. To fubject the eftate of Thomas Brerewood to the creditors of Thomas Pitkin, notwithstanding any agreement or compofition made by the creditors of the faid Thomas Pitkin. Cap. 24. For difcharging fmall livings Cap. 25. For making the acts more Cap. 27. For continuing feveral fub- b Ma Majefty's purchase of Cotton House in Westminster. Cap. 31. For the encouraging the difcovery and apprehending of houfe-breakers. Cap. 32. For the continuing the laws. for the punishment of vagrants, and for making fuch laws more · effectual. Cap. 33. For. obliging John Rice to account for debentures granted to him in the last seflion of parlia ment. Cap. 34. For continuing the laws therein mentioned relating to the poor, and to the buying and felling of cattle in Smithfield, and for fuppreffing of piracy. Private Acts. Anno 5 Anna. 1. An act for naturalizing Maria Margaret Lady North and Grey. 2. An act to enable Henry Grey, lecond fon of Richard Nevill, efq; to change his name from Nevill to Grey, according to the will of Ralph lord Grey deceased. 3. An act to make the fhip called the Neptune privateer (a foreign-built fhip, late bought as a wreck) a free fhip. 4. An act to make the fhip Vigilantia of Stad upon the river of Elbe in Germany (lately a wreck) a free fhip. An act for naturalizing John Tigh. 6. An act to enable the lord high treasurer, or commiffioners of the treasury, for the time being, to compound with Benjamin Nicholl, citizen and late merchant of London, and his fureties, for the debt owing by him to her Majesty. 7. An act for the relief of Sir John Mead, of the kingdom of Ireland, knight and baronet. 8. An act for empowering the barons of the court of Exchequer in Ireland, to grant a commiffion to fome perfons in England, to adminifter to Thomas Maule, efq; remembrancer of the faid court, the ufual oaths for the due execution of his office, and to enable him to take the oaths, and fubfcribe the declaration, in the court of Chancery in England, instead of those requifite to be taken and fubfcribed by the laws of England and Ireland, in order to qualify him to execute the faid office. 9. An act for naturalizing Philip Vanden Enden, merchant. 10. An act for making the ship Supply a free ship. 11. An act to enable the right honourable Henry earl of Thomond, an infant, to make a fettlement of his eftate upon his marriage (notwithftanding his infancy) and for other the purposes in the faid act mentioned. 12. An act for making more effectual a fettlement made by William lord bishop of Oxford, for the benefit of his children. 13 An act for discharging feveral lands in the county ofWorcester, from the fum of two thousand pounds, given by the will of dame Elizabeth Rich, widow, deceased, for charitable ufes, and charging the fame upon other lands in the county of Berks. 14. An act for fupplying the defect of an appointment for the provifion of the younger children of John Canham, efq; deceafed, purfuant to his marriage fettlement, and for fettling an estate in Totteridge, in lieu of thirteen hundred pounds, the remainder of a fum of money agreed to be laid out in a purchase. 15. An act for fale of fome part of the eftate of Henry Darrel, efq; deceafed, and leafing or mortgaging other part thereof, to raise money to pay his debts charged thereupon, and for making provifion for his widow and younger children. 16. An act for vefting part of the eftate eftate of William Fitch, efq; lying in the county of Dorfet, in truftees, to be fold for the payment of his fifters portions, and other debts, and for preferving the refidue free from all power of wafte, and for fettling certain tithes in the Ile of Wight to the fame uses. 17. An act for enabling Agnes Lee, widow, to renew certain leafes for lives, belonging to Richard Lee, her fon, who is an infant. 18. An act for fettling the estate of Daniel Thomas, gent. for the benefit of his wife and children. 19. An act for fale of certain houses near Aldgate in London, late the eftate of William Williams, deceafed, and for purchafing lands in lieu thereof. 20. An act to empower the lord high treasurer of England, or commiffioners of the treafury for the time being, to compound with Nathaniel Rich, efq; late receiver general for the county of Effex. 21. An act for the relief of John Baker, his mother, brother, and fifters, widow and children of col. Henry Baker, deceased. 22. An act for making the ship Prince (foreign built) a free ship. 23. An act for difcharging divers manors and lands of Henry duke of Beaufort, from the portions of his daughters and younger children by his prefent dutchefs, and for charging other manors and lands of the faid duke of greater value with the like portions. 24. An act to enable Henry Pye, efq; to make a jointure. 25. An act for fale of part of the eftate of William Potts, for difcharging his brothers and fifters portions, and his debts, and for confirminghis marriage fettlement, as to the refidue of his eftate, difcharged of fuch portions. 26. An act for vefting lands in Chelfea, in the county of Middlefex, purchased of Charles lord Cheney viscount Newhaven in Scotland, in the Queen's majesty, for the accommodation of Chelsea College, and other lands, in John lord Vaughan earl of Carbury in Ireland, and his heirs. 27. An act for confirming and eftablishing the partitions made between William Pierrepoint, efq; (fince deceased) and the honourable Charles Egerton, efq; and others of feveral manors and lands in the counties of Suffolk, Kent, and Surrey, and to enable William and Samuel Pierrepoint, infants, to make partition of land in other counties, and to fell the fame, and purchase other lands to be fettled to the fame ufes, and for rectifying a mistake in the marriage fettlement of William Peck, efq; 28. An act for vesting in trustees, a meffuage and lands in Ratcliffe Culey, in the county of Leicester, to be fold, upon the fettling of another estate of as great or greater value, to the fame ufes as the lands to be fold are settled. 29. An act for relief of Alexander Pendarvis, efq; in relation to five thousand pounds, and intereft provided for him out of lands in Ireland. 30. An act for the better fupport and maintenance of the minifter of Tettenhall, in the county of Stafford, for the time being. 31. An act to veft certain mills and lands in Downton, in the county of Wilts (the eftate of William Eyre a lunatick) in trustees, to be fold, and for applying part of the monies arifing by the fale thereof for payment of the debts of the faid lunatick, and making fome provifion for Ambrofe Eyre, his eldest fon and heir, and for applying the refidue of fuch monies in purchafing of other lands, to be fettled to the fame uses as the faid premiffes to be fold are now fettled. b 2 32. An |