poses of the said two before mentioned Acts of Parliament, as if the Prebends therein named had been duly certified within the times in the said Acts limited, and by the persons and in the manner therein directed.

XVIII. And whereas notwithstanding the utmost diligence of Livings not certified, the Bishops to inform themselves of, and certify into his Majesty's which the Court of Exchequer, all the Livings in their respective Dioceses Bishops under the clear improved yearly value of fifty pounds, in pursuance before may certify of the said Acts, the several Livings within the respective Dioceses March 25, 1716. hereafter named, though supposed to be under the value of fifty pounds per annum, have either not been certified, or if certified, the certificates of them have been lost, or not duly entered, or by some other mistakes it has so happened that the said Livings have not yet had the benefit designed them by the said Acts;' be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the Bishops of the said Dioceses, at any time before the twentyfifth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and sixteen, to certify into the Court of Exchequer the Livings following, or such of them, as shall appear to the respective Bishops to be under the value of fifty pounds per annum (viz.) in the diocese of York, the Rectory of Saint Michael apud Pontem de Ouze in the city of York, the Vicarage of Skipwith, the Vicarage of Kilham, the Vicar- · age of North Leverton, the Vicarage of Norwell Overall: in the Diocese of Bangor, the Vicarage of Lanunda, the Vicarage of Llanfair Isgaer, the Vicarage of Llanor, the Vicarage of Nevin, the Vicarage of Abererch, the Vicarage of Conway, the Vicarage of Dwygyfylche in the Diocese of Carlisle, the Rectory of Kirkbride, the Rectory of Dufton, the Vicarage of Edenhall: in the Diocese of Chichester, the Vicarage of Sela, the Rectory of Beatæ Mariæ in Westout Lewes, the Rectory of Chalton, the Rectory of Winchelsey, the Vicarage of Bernehill: in the Diocese of Saint David's, the Vicarage of Merchir alias Mathre, the Vicarage of Saint Winnock alias Saint Twinnels: in the Diocese of Litchfield and Coventry, the Vicarage of Hartington, the Vicarage of Saint Mary's in Litchfield, the South mediety of Darleigh, the Vicarage of Glossop: in the Diocese of Lincoln,, the Rectory of Bellew alias Hellow, the Vicarage of Elsham, the Rectory of Normanby, the Rectory of Snarford, the Vicarage of Buckingham, the Rectory of Okeney, the Vicarage of Mentmore, the Vicarage of Missenden Magna, the Vicarage of Swanburn in the Diocese of Norwich, the Vicarage of South Walsam, the Rectory of Framlingham, the Vicarage of Burnham Overy, the Vicarage of Scarning, the Vicarage of Nectons, the Vicarage of Melton Parva, the Rectory of Repham Medietas and altera Medietas, the Vicarage of Thurston, the Vicarage of Colkirke, the

Rectory of Catfields, the Vicarage of Henly, the Rectory of Newborn, the Rectory of Culpho, the Rectory of Durwich Johannis, the Rectory of Pakefields, the Rectory of Melford Longa, the Vicarage of Finborow Parva, the Rectory of Willingham alias Ellough, the Rectory of Broomeswell in Wilford: in the Diocese of Oxford, the Vicarage of Stanton Harcourt: in the Diocese of Peterborough, the Vicarage of Cransley in the Diocese of Winchester, the Vicarage of Shalford and the Vicarage of Ellingham: and the said Ann. c. 27. Livings so certified, shall have the benefit of the two fore-mentioned Acts of Parliament, as effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been duly certified within the time limited by the said Acts.

and shall have the benefit of 5 Ann. c. 24, and 6

Governors may administer oaths.

Augmentations, &c.

to be en

tered. To be

taken as records. Attested copies.

In what case lands,

to any church, &c. by Gover nors shall go in succession, &c.

XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the Courts and Committees of the said Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor Clergy, shall have power and authority, and are hereby authorised and empowered, from time to time, to administer an oath to such person and persons as shall at any time give them information, or be examined of or concerning any matter or thing relating to the execution of this or the said former Acts of Parliament, or any way concerning the trust in them reposed.

XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all the augmentations, certificates, agreements, and exchanges, hereafter to be made, by virtue of or in pursuance of this Act, shall be carefully examined and entered in a book to be provided and kept by the Governors for that purpose, the said entries being approved at a Court of the said Governors, and attested by the Governors then present, shall be taken to be as records, and the true copies thereof, or of the said entries, being proved by one or more credible witnesses, shall be deemed, taken, and adjudged to be good and sufficient evidence in law, touching the matters contained therein, or relating thereto.

XXI. And to the end that Churches and Chapels may at all times &c. allotted be capable of receiving augmentations for the maintenance of the Ministers thereof, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor Clergy, shall by any deed or instrument in writing under their common seal, allot or apply to any Church or Chapel, any lands, tithes, or hereditaments, arising from the said Bounty of her said late Majesty, or from private contribution or benefaction, or from all or any the ways aforesaid, and shall declare, that the same shall be for ever annexed to such Church or Chapel, then such lands, tithes, and hereditaments, shall from thenceforth be held and enjoyed, and go in succession with such

Church and Chapel for ever; and such augmentation so made shall be good and effectual, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, whether such Church or Chapel, for which such augmentation is intended, be then full or vacant of an Incumbent or Minister; provided such deed or instrument be enrolled in the High Court of Chancery within six months after the day of the date thereof.

Act 43 GEO. 3, ch. 107.

An Act for effectuating certain Parts of an Act, passed in the second and third Years of the Reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for the making more effectual her Majesty's gracious Intentions for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, by enabling her Majesty to grant in Perpetuity, the Revenues of the First Fruits and Tenths; and also for enabling any other Persons to make Grants for the same Purpose;" so far as the same relate to Deeds and Wills made for granting and bequeathing Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, and Chattels, to the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the purposes in the said Act mentioned, and for enlarging the Powers of the said Governors.

WHEREAS, by an Act, made in the second and third years of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, " An Act for the making more effectual her Majesty's gracious intentions for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, by enabling her Majesty to grant, in perpetuity, the revenues of the First Fruits and Tenths; and also for enabling any other persons to make grants for the same purpose;" after reciting, amongst other things, that for the encouragement of such well-disposed persons as should, Majesty's royal example, be moved to contribute to so pious and charitable a purpose, and that such their charity might be rightly applied, it was amongst other things enacted, that all and every person and persons baving in his or their own right any estate or interest, in possession, reversion, or contingency, of or in any lands,

H

by her

2 & 3 Anne, c.11. § 4. by which per sons were empowered to grant estates, &c.

in their

own right to the Go

vernors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, towards the Augmentation of the

Mainte

nance of

the Clergy,

tenements, or hereditaments, or in any property of or in any goods or chattels, should have full power, licence, and authority, at his, her, and their will and pleasure, by deed enrolled in such manner and within such time as is directed by the statute made in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, for enrolment of bargains and sales, or by his, her, or their last will or testament in writing, duly executed according to law, to give and grant to and vest in the Corporation thereby authorized, and since erected under the name of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the augmentation of the maintenance of the Poor Clergy, and their successors, all such his, her, or their estate, interest, or property in such lands, tenements, and hereditaments, goods, and chattels, or any part or parts thereof, for and towards the augmentation of the maintenance of such ministers officiating in such Church or Chapel where the liturgy and rites of the said Church were or should be so used or observed, as in the same Act were mentioned, and having no settled competent provision belonging to the same, and to be for that purpose applied according to the will of the said Benefactor, in and by such deed enrolled, or by such will or testament executed as aforesaid expressed, and in default of such direction, limitation, or appointment, in such manner as by her Majesty's Letters Patent should be directed or appointed as aforesaid; and such Corporation and their successors, should have full capacity and ability to purchase, receive, take, hold, and enjoy for the purposes aforesaid, from such persons as should be so charitably diposed to give the same, any manors, lands, tenements, goods, or chattels, without any licence or writ of ad quod damnum, the statute of mortmain or any other statute or law to the contrary notwithstanding: And it was by the same Act provided, that that Act, or any thing therein contained, shall not extend to enable any person or persons being within age, or of non-sane memory, or women covert without their husbands, to make any such gift, grant, or alienation, any thing in that Act contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding: And whereas the beneficial effect and operation of the said Act has been considerably obstructed and retarded by an Act, passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, An Act to restrain the Dispoposition of Lands, whereby the same become unalienable;' for remedy thereof be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and withstand- Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, ing Mortand by the authority of the same, That so much of the said Act of main Act, 9G. 2. c. 36. her late Majesty Queen Anne, as is herein recited, shall be and remain in full force and effect, the said Act of his late Majesty King

shall re

main in

force, not

George the Second, or any other Act or Law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Power of exchanging Lands, &c. under 1 G.

1 c. 10.

(§ 13) extended to all the

Lands, &c. of aug

II. And whereas by an Act, passed in the first year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for making more effectual her late Majesty's gracious intentions for augmenting the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, it was amongst other things enacted, that it should be lawful, with the concurrence of the said Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, and the Incumbent, Patron, and Ordinary of any augmented Living or Cure, to exchange all or any part of the estate settled for the augmentation mented Livings. thereof, for any other estate in lands or tythes of equal or greater value, to be conveyed to the same uses; be it also enacted, that the said power shall be, and the same is hereby extended to all the messuages, buildings, and lands belonging to every such augmented Living or Cure.

there is no

House, the

Governors may pro

III. And be it further enacted, That where a living shall have Where been or shall be augmented by the said Governors, either by way suitable of Lot or Benefaction, and there is no Parsonage House suitable for Parsonage the residence of the Minister, it shall and may be lawful for the said Governors, and they are hereby empowered, from time to time, in order to promote the residence of the Clergy on their benefices, to vide one. apply and dispose of the money appropriated for such augmentation and remaining in their hands, or any part thereof, in such manner as they shall deem most advisable, in or towards the building, rebuilding, or purchasing a house, and other proper erections within the parish, convenient and suitable for the residence of the Minister thereof, which house shall for ever thereafter be deemed the Parsonage House appertaining to such living, to all intents and purposes whatsoever; any thing in any Act or Acts, or the rules of the said Governors, contained to the contrary notwithstanding.