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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1847 Excerpt: ... FEOFFMENTS MADE TO CHARITABLE USES. 23 Henkt 8, Cap. 10.--An act for feoffments and assurances of land, and tenements made to the use of any parish church, chapel, or such like.--Where by reason of feoffments, fines, recoveries, and other f'c;ff- "ts estates, and assurances, made of trusts, of manors, lands, tenements, mm of and hereditaments, to the use of parish churches, chapels, church-JjJJJjJj1; '""J wardens, guilds, fraternities, commonalties, companies, or brother-cimreiies, heads erected and made of devotion, or by common assent of the J"'""111" people without any corporation, and also by reason of feoffments, f"u." p-a-fines, recoveries, wills, and other acts made to any uses aforesaid, or kin? and his to the uses and intents to have obits perpetual, or a continual ser-ju,"u-t, vice of a priest for ever, or for three-score, or four-score years, c.: td.' foanden of the issues and profits of the manors, lands, tenements, j ' f and hereditaments, whereof such feoffments, fines, recoveries, wills, c. 3. and other acts been made, or that the feoffees, conisees, recoverers, c. 3.' '"' ' or other persons, and their heirs thereof seized, shall take, levy, i8Ed.3, -t.s1 receive, and perceive, or cause or suffer to be taken, levied, and ii K. a, c. 5. perceived the issues, revenues, and profits thereof, and the same to dispose, pay, convert, or otherwise employ or suffer, or cause to be disposed, paid, converted, or employed to any such uses, intents, or purposes, as been above specified, or to any other like uses and intents; there groweth and issueth to the king our sovereign lord, and to other lords and subjects of the realm, the same like losses and inconveniencies, and is as much prejudicial to them, as doth, and is, in case where...
