Die
Martis
21
Novemb
.
1648.
An
Ordinance
of
Parliament
enabling
a
Committee
of
Lords
and
Commons
to
remove
Obstructions
in
the
sale
of
the
Lands
of
the
late
Archbishops
and
Bishops
.
THe
Lords
and
Commons
assembled
in
Parliament
taking
into
their
consideration
the
many
Obstructions
that
have
and
do
daily
happen
in
and
about
the
sale
of
the
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
and
Hereditaments
,
of
the
late
Arch-bishops
and
Bishops
:
And
how
necessary
it
is
to
free
the
kingdome
from
so
great
a
debt
with
which
it
stands
charged
untill
the
said
Lands
be
sold
:
Do
hereby
Declare
and
The
names
of
the
Committee
.
Ordaine
,
That
Algernon
Earl
of
Northumberland
,
Henry
Earl
of
Kent
,
Philip
Earl
of
Pembroke
and
Mountgomery
,
Charles
Earl
of
Nottingham
,
William
Earl
of
Salisbury
,
Basil
Earl
of
Denbigh
,
Edward
Earl
of
Manchester
,
Edmund
Earl
of
Mulgrave
,
William
Lord
Gray
of
Warke
,
Edward
Lord
Mountague
,
Edward
Lord
Howard
of
The
Committee
are
to
remove
Obstructions
which
shall
appear
to
them
or
any
5
of
them
,
or
be
presented
to
them
by
the
Contractors
or
any
five
of
them
,
or
the
Trustees
,
or
5.
of
them
,
or
the
Treasurers
,
or
any
2
of
them
,
or
the
Comptroller
.
And
to
clear
doubts
arising
upon
any
clause
or
word
in
any
of
the
Ordinances
for
sale
or
conveyance
of
Bishops
Lands
.
An
oath
to
be
taken
by
5
of
this
Committee
whereof
one
to
be
a
Peere
.
If
it
appear
that
any
Tenant
or
other
ought
to
have
any
custom
or
priviledge
,
the
Committee
are
to
certifie
the
same
to
the
Register
,
who
is
there
upon
to
make
out
a
particular
,
upon
which
the
Contractors
may
proceed
,
&c.
Escrick
,
Mr.
Prynn
,
Sir
William
Lewis
,
Mr.
John
Ash
,
Sir
Dudley
North
,
Mr.
Trenchard
,
Mr.
Drake
,
Coll
.
Purefoy
,
Coll
.
Copley
,
Mr.
Aunesly
,
Mr.
Wheeler
,
Mr.
Gewen
,
Mr.
Miles
Corbet
,
Mr.
Reynolds
,
Mr.
Edward
Ash
,
M.
Scot
,
Mr.
Blakiston
,
Coll
.
White
,
Sir
Robert
Harley
,
Mr.
Francis
Allen
,
Coll
.
Harvey
,
Coll
.
Venn
,
and
Sir
Harbottle
Grimston
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
constituted
a
Committee
of
Parliament
for
the
regulating
and
removing
of
Obstructions
which
shall
appeare
unto
them
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
or
be
presented
unto
them
as
aforesaid
,
by
the
Contractors
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
or
by
the
Trustees
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
or
by
the
Treasurers
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
or
by
the
Comptroller
of
the
said
premises
,
in
the
clearing
the
state
of
the
said
debt
,
and
in
the
sale
and
speedy
perfecting
of
the
Conveyances
of
the
said
premises
,
and
for
the
clearing
of
any
doubts
which
have
or
shall
arise
upon
any
clause
or
word
in
any
of
the
Ordinances
for
the
sale
or
conveying
any
of
the
said
premises
to
any
person
or
persons
as
they
shall
conceive
meet
,
so
as
the
said
premises
in
possession
,
nor
any
part
thereof
be
sold
under
the
rates
limited
by
former
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
nor
Reversions
upon
Leases
for
lives
or
yeares
under
the
rates
expressed
in
the
Ordinance
of
Parliament
dated
the
seventeenth
day
of
March
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
forty
and
seven
.
And
if
it
shall
appeare
upon
the
survey
,
or
by
proofe
upon
oath
which
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
(
whereof
one
to
be
a
Peere
)
are
hereby
authorised
to
administer
,
That
any
Tenant
or
Tenants
or
others
,
by
the
Custome
of
any
Mannor
or
place
,
have
or
hath
any
Custome
,
Customes
or
Priviledge
,
which
in
the
purchase
of
the
premises
ought
to
be
considered
and
allowance
made
unto
the
purchaser
in
his
purchase
for
the
same
,
The
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
are
hereby
authorised
to
certifie
the
Custome
proved
as
aforesaid
to
the
Register
,
who
is
thereupon
to
make
out
a
particular
,
upon
which
the
Contractors
shall
and
may
proceed
to
sell
or
make
allowance
Exactions
of
Fees
by
any
Officer
or
Clerk
.
unto
the
purchaser
,
and
the
Trustees
to
convey
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
expressed
in
the
Survey
.
And
where
any
complaint
shall
be
made
by
any
purchaser
or
purchasers
or
others
of
any
irregularity
or
exactions
of
Fees
by
any
Officer
or
Clerk
now
imployed
,
or
hereafter
to
be
imployed
in
,
about
,
or
concerning
the
premises
;
The
Committee
to
appoint
and
allow
Officers
and
Fees
.
The
Trustees
to
give
warrants
for
payment
of
them
.
The
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
authorised
to
examine
,
allow
,
appoint
,
remove
,
and
regulate
such
fees
,
charges
,
and
Officers
not
already
limited
and
appointed
by
Ordinance
of
Parliament
;
and
also
appoint
such
Officers
or
others
,
imployed
or
to
be
imployed
about
or
concerning
the
same
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
and
necessary
.
And
after
allowance
of
such
Officers
Fee
or
charges
certified
by
the
said
Committee
to
the
Trustees
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
they
shall
and
may
make
out
a
Warrant
or
Warrants
from
time
to
time
to
the
Treasurers
for
the
paying
of
the
same
,
which
the
Treasurers
shall
,
and
are
hereby
authorised
to
pay
accordingly
,
and
the
Proviso
for
Officers
nominated
by
the
Trustees
,
Treasurers
and
Contractors
.
And
to
ascertain
and
allow
to
Officers
or
others
,
who
have
Fees
,
Rents
,
or
Charges
,
due
by
grant
from
any
Bishop
.
parties
receipt
to
whom
the
monies
are
so
assigned
,
shall
be
to
them
a
sufficient
discharge
:
Provided
that
this
shall
not
take
away
any
power
the
Trustees
,
Contractors
,
or
Treasurers
by
Ordinance
of
Parliament
have
in
the
nomination
of
their
Officers
;
and
also
to
ascertaine
,
and
allow
out
of
the
premises
or
profits
thereof
to
any
Officers
or
others
,
who
have
Fees
,
Rents
,
Annuities
or
other
charges
as
shall
appear
to
be
justly
due
by
any
lawfull
grant
from
any
of
the
Arch-bishops
or
Bishops
;
and
if
any
doubt
or
Doubts
and
differences
arising
among
the
Trustees
,
Contractors
,
Treasurers
,
Comptroler
to
be
determined
by
this
Committee
.
difference
shall
arise
among
the
Trustees
,
Contractors
,
Treasurers
,
Comptroller
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
others
imployed
in
,
or
about
the
said
premises
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
or
any
thing
concerning
the
same
;
That
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
upon
information
thereof
by
them
or
any
of
them
,
shall
call
before
them
such
person
or
persons
,
and
shall
heare
,
examine
,
settle
,
and
determine
the
same
,
and
such
order
,
direction
,
and
determination
,
as
they
shall
make
,
shall
be
the
rule
by
which
such
person
or
persons
shall
proceed
If
any
person
have
any
Writings
or
Evidences
,
&c.
belonging
to
the
premises
.
therein
;
and
they
are
hereby
authorised
and
enjoined
to
proceed
accordingly
;
And
if
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
have
in
his
or
their
custody
,
or
hereafter
shall
have
the
possession
of
any
Writing
,
Evidences
,
Charters
,
counterparts
of
Leases
,
Rent
rolls
,
Records
,
Leadger
books
,
or
any
other
thing
or
things
of
or
belonging
to
the
said
premises
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
which
by
force
or
vertue
of
any
Ordinance
,
or
Ordinances
of
Parliament
Or
have
wasted
,
received
,
or
detained
any
houses
,
woods
,
rents
,
&c.
And
shall
refuse
obedience
to
the
Orders
of
this
Committee
concerning
the
same
.
have
been
vested
,
settled
,
or
ought
to
be
,
or
have
been
in
the
possession
of
the
foresaid
Trustees
,
Register
,
his
or
their
assignes
,
or
any
purchaser
or
purchasers
thereof
,
their
heires
or
assignes
,
or
belonging
unto
him
or
them
,
or
have
since
the
first
of
December
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
forty
and
sixe
,
or
hereafter
shall
waste
,
spoil
,
receive
,
take
,
or
detain
any
of
the
Castles
,
Houses
,
Buildings
,
Woods
,
Underwoods
,
Rents
,
Issues
,
and
profits
of
the
said
premises
,
and
shall
refuse
to
yeeld
obedience
to
all
or
any
Ordinance
of
Parliament
touching
the
premises
,
and
to
such
further
orders
,
directions
,
and
determinations
of
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
shall
make
of
,
and
concerning
the
same
;
That
then
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
authorised
to
summon
before
They
are
to
be
summoned
before
this
Committee
,
who
upon
refusall
to
appear
are
to
send
for
them
in
safe
custody
.
them
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
such
person
or
persons
,
and
if
he
or
they
shall
refuse
to
appeare
upon
summons
,
then
to
send
for
him
or
them
in
safe
custody
,
and
to
heare
and
examine
him
or
them
,
and
likewise
to
send
for
Papers
,
Writings
,
Evidences
,
Records
,
and
Witnesses
touching
the
same
And
to
send
for
papers
,
witnesses
,
&c.
,
and
to
examine
Witnesses
upon
oath
This
Committee
or
any
5
of
them
to
examine
witnesses
upon
oath
.
,
which
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
are
hereby
authorised
to
administer
,
and
thereupon
to
determine
the
same
,
and
to
assesse
dammages
upon
the
person
or
persons
so
offending
And
to
assesse
dammages
upon
the
persons
offending
.
,
so
as
the
said
dammages
doe
not
exceed
such
dammage
as
is
proved
upon
oath
as
aforesaid
,
the
purchaser
or
purchasers
,
or
the
estate
have
or
hath
sustained
by
such
entry
,
detainer
,
waste
,
or
spoil
,
and
the
party
or
parties
so
offending
,
are
hereby
required
to
pay
such
dammages
as
shall
be
given
the
State
,
unto
the
said
Treasurers
Dammages
to
be
assessed
to
the
State
to
be
paid
to
the
Treasurers
.
,
and
to
the
purchaser
or
purchasers
of
the
said
premises
,
such
dammages
as
shall
be
given
him
or
them
respectively
within
fourteen
daies
after
judgement
given
as
aforesaid
But
dammages
to
the
purchaser
to
himself
with
.
in
14.
daies
.
,
or
else
to
give
sufficient
security
to
the
said
Treasurers
,
and
to
such
purchaser
or
purchasers
respectively
to
pay
the
dammages
so
assessed
within
three
months
Or
to
give
security
to
pay
it
within
3
months
.
;
the
which
sum
or
sums
of
money
paid
in
to
the
said
Treasurers
,
are
to
be
issued
out
and
disposed
of
by
the
said
Treasurers
for
such
uses
as
are
appointed
by
former
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
for
the
sale
of
the
Lands
of
the
late
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
and
according
to
such
Warrant
or
Warrants
as
they
shall
from
time
to
time
receive
from
the
said
Trustees
The
Treasurers
are
to
dispose
of
the
said
dammages
for
the
uses
appointed
by
the
former
Ordinances
by
Warrant
of
the
Trustees
.
,
any
five
or
more
of
them
;
and
that
receipt
of
such
person
or
persons
to
whose
use
the
said
monies
is
appointed
,
together
with
the
Warrant
of
the
said
Trustees
,
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
unto
the
said
Treasurers
for
the
monies
so
paid
;
And
if
the
said
person
or
persons
so
offending
,
If
any
person
offending
refuse
obedience
to
the
said
Ordinances
,
or
the
Orders
of
this
Committee
,
they
are
to
be
committed
to
safe
custody
.
shall
notwithstanding
refuse
to
yeeld
obedience
unto
the
said
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
or
such
orders
and
directions
as
the
said
Committee
(
as
aforesaid
)
shall
make
and
set
downe
concerning
the
premises
or
any
part
of
them
,
that
then
the
said
Committee
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
are
hereby
authorised
to
commit
such
person
or
persons
to
safe
custody
till
he
or
they
yeeld
obedience
thereunto
:
And
it
is
further
ordained
,
that
if
any
person
or
persons
If
any
person
having
possession
of
any
Bishops
houses
&c.
having
no
lease
thereof
made
before
the
first
of
December
,
1641.
Doe
contrary
to
the
order
of
this
Committee
refuse
to
deliver
possession
.
have
since
the
first
day
of
December
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
forty
and
one
,
possessed
him
or
themselves
or
hereafter
shall
possesse
him
or
themselves
of
any
the
Castles
,
Houses
,
or
Buildings
,
or
other
the
premisses
of
the
said
late
Archbishops
and
Bishops
,
he
or
they
having
no
Lease
or
grant
thereof
,
from
such
Archbishops
or
Bishops
made
before
the
first
day
of
December
,
one
thousand
six
hundred
forty
and
one
,
and
shall
contrary
to
the
order
and
determination
of
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
refuse
to
yeeld
up
,
or
by
force
keepe
the
possession
of
any
the
said
premisses
against
the
said
Trustees
,
or
the
purchasor
,
or
purchasors
of
the
same
;
That
then
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
authorised
to
issue
Then
this
Committee
are
to
issue
out
Warrant
to
the
Sheriffe
of
the
County
to
clear
the
possession
.
out
a
Warrant
or
Warrants
unto
the
Sheriffe
or
Sheriffes
of
the
respective
place
or
County
where
such
detainer
is
used
,
requiring
him
or
them
forthwith
to
repaire
to
the
place
,
and
to
clear
the
possession
,
and
such
Sheriffe
or
Sheriffes
are
hereby
authorised
and
required
to
doe
the
same
,
and
to
raise
the
posse
Comitat
'
if
he
or
they
shall
finde
resistance
,
and
by
force
of
Armes
to
suppresse
And
to
raise
●he
posse
Comi●●●●●
if
resisted
.
the
same
,
and
also
to
break
open
doores
and
gates
for
the
cleering
of
the
possession
of
the
said
premisses
,
●nd
to
break
〈◇〉
doores
&c.
and
the
same
so
cleared
to
deliver
up
unto
the
said
Trustees
or
such
person
as
they
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
And
to
〈…〉
possession
to
th●
Trustees
or
the
purchaser
.
shall
authorise
to
receive
the
same
,
or
to
the
purchaser
or
purchasors
or
such
person
or
persons
as
he
or
they
shall
authorise
to
receive
the
same
;
And
the
said
Sheriffe
or
Sheriffes
are
further
authorised
to
commit
to
the
next
And
the
Sheriffe
may
commit
such
as
resist
him
.
common
Prison
for
one
moneth
such
person
or
persons
as
he
or
they
shall
finde
to
resist
him
or
them
in
the
execution
of
such
Warrant
or
Warrants
as
he
or
they
shall
receive
from
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
and
such
Warrant
or
Warrants
as
he
or
they
shall
receive
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
a
good
and
sufficient
discharge
unto
him
or
them
for
so
doing
;
And
it
is
further
ordained
,
that
where
any
Certificate
or
Survey
hath
been
or
shall
Where
any
Tenant
hath
neglected
to
shew
his
evidences
&
make
his
claime
according
to
the
Ordinance
and
thereby
forfeited
his
Estate
.
be
made
and
returned
to
the
Trustees
or
Register
,
that
any
Tenant
hath
neglected
or
refused
to
shew
his
evidences
by
which
he
holds
his
estate
,
nor
made
his
claime
nor
estate
appeare
by
sufficient
witnesses
within
the
time
limited
by
the
Ordinance
of
Parliament
,
and
according
to
the
directions
of
the
said
Ordinance
,
by
reason
of
which
his
estate
is
forfeited
and
the
premisses
sold
as
in
This
Committee
are
to
determine
the
case
.
possession
,
the
said
Committee
are
hereby
authorised
upon
the
appeal
of
such
person
or
persons
unto
them
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
to
heare
and
determine
such
case
or
cases
,
and
to
send
for
papers
,
writings
,
and
witnesses
touching
the
same
,
and
the
witnesses
if
they
see
cause
to
examine
upon
Oath
which
they
are
hereby
authorised
to
administer
And
to
examine
witnesses
upon
oath
.
:
And
if
it
shall
appeare
to
the
said
Committee
that
such
default
was
not
through
any
wilfull
neglect
or
contempt
of
the
power
&
authority
of
the
Parliament
,
but
upon
other
good
and
sufficient
causes
showne
to
and
to
be
allowed
by
the
said
Committee
,
they
shall
and
may
and
are
hereby
authorised
thereupon
to
discharge
If
such
default
were
not
through
contempt
,
this
Committee
may
discharge
the
estate
of
such
person
from
the
forfeiture
.
the
estate
of
such
person
of
and
from
the
said
forfeiture
,
which
they
shall
certifie
to
the
said
Contractors
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
who
are
hereby
authorised
and
required
out
of
the
purchase
moneys
unpaid
Which
they
are
to
certifie
to
the
contractors
who
are
to
make
a
reprise
for
it
out
of
the
purchase
mony
unpaid
.
to
reprise
so
much
as
the
purchase
of
such
part
of
the
premisses
was
estimated
at
in
sale
thereof
,
which
they
shall
certifie
unto
the
Treasurers
who
are
hereby
authorised
and
required
to
allow
the
same
unto
such
purchaser
or
purchasers
out
of
his
or
their
moneys
which
shall
be
unpaid
at
the
time
And
to
certifie
to
the
Treasurers
who
are
to
allow
the
same
.
of
the
receipt
of
such
certificate
,
which
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
to
the
said
Treasurers
;
Provided
that
such
Tenant
or
Tenants
make
his
or
their
appeale
to
the
said
Committee
before
the
payment
of
the
second
Moity
for
such
purchase
Provided
that
such
Tenant
make
his
appeal
before
payment
of
the
second
moity
.
:
And
it
is
further
Ordained
that
such
order
or
discharge
made
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
good
and
effectuall
to
such
Tenant
or
Tenants
to
have
,
hold
and
enjoy
the
particular
estate
and
interest
he
claimed
and
made
appeare
as
aforesaid
he
ought
to
have
and
enjoy
the
said
premisses
,
notwithstanding
the
same
were
forfeited
and
sold
as
in
possession
Such
order
or
discharge
of
this
Committee
to
be
effectuall
,
although
the
same
were
forfeited
and
sold
as
in
Possession
.
:
And
it
is
further
Ordained
,
that
if
any
such
person
or
persons
who
intend
to
be
the
purchaser
or
purchasers
of
any
of
the
Hereditaments
and
possessions
of
the
late
Archbishops
and
Bishops
where
there
hath
been
or
shall
be
any
such
neglect
or
refusall
of
the
Tenants
as
aforesaid
,
certified
upon
the
survey
of
the
said
premisses
or
forfeiture
incurred
doe
or
shall
procure
from
the
Contractors
a
Certificate
unto
the
said
Committee
of
the
names
of
such
Tenant
or
Tenants
who
have
refused
or
neglected
If
any
one
intending
to
purchase
any
lands
where
there
hath
been
any
such
neglect
or
refusall
of
the
Tenants
certified
in
the
survey
or
forfeiture
incurred
,
doe
procure
a
certificate
of
their
names
from
Contractors
,
,
and
forfeited
,
or
shall
neglect
,
refuse
or
forfeit
as
aforesaid
,
That
then
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
are
hereby
authorised
to
send
for
such
Tenant
or
Tenants
Then
this
Committee
are
to
send
for
such
Tenants
and
their
leases
&c.
as
likewise
for
their
leases
or
copies
,
and
other
writings
Which
they
refuse
to
produce
or
make
their
estates
appeare
upon
each
,
this
Committee
may
commit
them
to
safe
custody
.
concerning
their
estate
in
the
premisses
;
which
if
he
or
they
shall
refuse
to
produce
or
make
his
or
their
estate
appeare
by
proofe
upon
Oath
which
the
Committee
is
hereby
authorised
to
administer
,
That
then
the
said
Committee
may
commit
such
person
and
persons
to
safe
custody
there
to
remaine
untill
he
or
they
yeeld
obedience
to
this
and
other
ordinances
of
Parliament
,
and
such
orders
as
the
said
Committee
shall
make
touching
the
premisses
;
And
the
said
Contractors
may
notwithstanding
sell
such
premisses
as
in
possession
according
to
a
former
Ordinance
of
Parliament
And
the
Contractors
may
notwithstanding
sell
the
premisses
as
in
possession
.
:
And
in
case
of
obedience
and
conformity
to
the
Ordinances
of
Parliament
,
and
such
Orders
as
the
said
Committee
shall
make
touching
the
premisses
,
the
said
Committee
are
hereby
authorised
to
discharge
the
estate
of
such
person
or
persons
of
and
from
the
said
forfeiture
And
in
case
of
obedience
to
the
ordinances
of
Parliament
,
and
orders
of
this
Committee
,
they
may
discharge
the
estate
of
such
person
from
forfeiture
.
,
and
the
same
together
with
the
particular
interest
is
made
appear
unto
them
to
certifie
as
well
to
the
Trustees
as
Register
And
the
same
with
the
particular
interest
to
certifie
to
the
Trustees
and
Register
.
;
And
the
Register
shall
make
his
particular
accordingly
:
And
the
said
Contractors
are
hereby
authorised
to
contract
for
and
sell
and
Trustees
to
convey
the
same
as
if
it
had
been
expressed
in
the
survey
And
the
Contractors
and
Trustees
are
to
sell
and
convey
accordingly
.
:
And
it
is
further
Ordained
that
where
in
any
survey
made
or
to
be
made
of
any
of
the
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenants
,
and
hereditaments
of
the
said
late
Archbishops
,
and
Bishops
,
there
shall
be
any
words
wanting
,
without
which
the
said
Committee
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
or
the
said
Contractors
,
or
any
six
or
more
of
them
,
shall
conceive
that
the
said
premisses
,
or
any
part
thereof
comprised
in
any
such
survey
If
any
words
be
wanting
in
any
survey
to
passe
the
lands
&c.
contracted
for
,
the
Register
may
insert
in
the
particular
such
words
as
this
Committee
or
any
six
Contractors
shall
think
fit
.
,
or
any
of
the
Courts
,
Franchises
,
Liberties
,
Royalties
,
Priviledges
,
or
appurtenances
to
them
or
any
of
them
belonging
cannot
be
conveyed
to
the
purchasor
,
or
purchasors
thereof
,
so
fully
as
ought
to
be
:
To
the
intent
the
purchasor
may
have
in
his
or
their
conveyance
,
words
sufficient
to
pass
so
much
of
the
said
premisses
as
he
or
they
doe
or
shall
contract
for
;
The
Register
in
every
particular
by
him
made
upon
every
such
Survey
,
shall
insert
,
and
hereby
is
authorised
to
insert
such
words
as
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
or
the
said
Contractors
,
or
any
sixe
or
more
of
them
shall
thinke
fit
,
and
direct
,
therein
to
be
inserted
,
notwithstanding
the
same
bee
not
expressed
in
the
Survey
,
whereupon
such
particular
shall
be
made
;
And
the
said
Contractors
shall
and
may
proceed
,
and
are
And
the
Contractors
are
to
proceed
according
to
the
Particular
so
amended
.
hereby
authorised
and
enjoyned
to
contract
for
,
and
pass
conveyances
of
the
said
premises
,
or
any
part
thereof
according
to
such
particular
so
amended
;
Provided
that
there
shall
be
no
reprise
Provided
that
no
reprise
be
made
but
where
a
value
is
put
upon
the
thing
&c.
by
reason
of
the
addition
of
any
word
or
clause
as
aforesaid
,
unlesse
there
be
a
value
put
upon
the
thing
or
things
in
the
particular
,
upon
which
the
contract
is
made
;
And
it
is
further
ordained
,
That
if
any
purchaser
or
purchasers
,
or
others
,
shall
makeit
appear
unto
the
said
Committee
,
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
by
proofe
upon
oath
,
which
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
authorised
to
administer
,
and
likewise
to
send
for
Parties
,
Writings
,
and
Witnesses
touching
the
premises
,
that
the
premises
contracted
for
,
or
conveyed
,
are
subject
and
liable
unto
any
estate
,
charge
,
or
incumbrance
not
mentioned
in
the
Survey
of
the
said
premises
,
or
that
the
premises
were
not
the
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
and
Hereditaments
of
the
said
late
Archbishops
,
or
Bishops
If
any
purchaser
or
other
make
it
appear
that
the
premises
contracted
for
or
conveyed
,
are
subject
to
any
incumbrance
not
mentioned
in
the
Survey
,
or
that
the
premises
were
not
the
Bishops
Lands
.
;
That
then
the
said
Committee
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
are
hereby
authorised
Then
this
Committee
are
to
heare
and
determine
the
same
and
to
certifie
their
resolutions
to
the
Contractors
who
are
to
make
allowance
of
the
same
by
way
of
reprise
out
of
the
monies
unpaid
,
and
certifie
the
same
to
the
Trustees
,
who
are
to
give
Warrants
to
the
Treasurers
therefore
.
to
heare
and
examine
the
same
,
as
aforesaid
,
and
thereupon
to
determine
the
same
,
and
to
certifie
unto
the
said
Contractors
their
resolution
and
determination
of
,
and
concerning
the
premises
;
And
the
said
Contractors
are
hereby
authorised
to
allow
unto
such
purchaser
or
purchasers
,
by
way
of
reprise
out
of
his
or
their
monies
unpaid
,
so
much
as
the
said
estate
,
charge
,
or
incumbrance
,
proved
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
valued
at
,
and
the
same
to
certifie
to
the
Trustees
,
who
shall
issue
out
Warrant
,
or
Warrants
,
to
the
Treasurers
,
to
defaulke
and
allow
the
same
unto
such
purchaser
or
purchasers
;
And
where
the
said
Contractors
shall
be
certified
as
aforesaid
,
that
the
premises
contracted
for
,
or
conveyed
,
were
not
the
premises
of
the
said
late
Archbishops
,
or
Bishops
,
they
shall
and
may
,
and
are
hereby
authorised
to
discharge
such
purchaser
or
purchasers
of
his
or
their
contract
And
the
Contractors
are
to
discharge
the
purchaser
of
this
contract
made
for
Lands
which
shall
be
so
certified
not
to
belong
to
the
Bishop
.
;
And
in
case
where
any
purchaser
hath
perfected
his
conveyance
,
if
the
said
Committee
as
aforesaid
doe
or
shall
certifie
the
said
Trustees
,
or
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
that
the
premises
are
not
the
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
and
Hereditaments
,
of
the
said
late
Archbishops
or
Bishops
;
That
then
the
said
Trustees
as
aforesaid
,
shall
issue
out
their
Warrant
to
the
Treasurers
to
repay
such
person
or
persons
his
or
their
monies
forthwith
out
of
such
monies
as
are
in
Treasury
And
where
the
Purchaser
in
that
case
hath
perfected
this
conveyance
,
the
Trustees
upon
such
certificate
of
this
Committee
)
shall
issue
out
Warrants
to
the
Tresurers
to
repay
the
purchase
money
forthwith
.
,
or
out
of
the
next
monies
which
shal
come
into
the
Treasury
;
And
the
said
Warrant
,
together
with
the
Receipt
of
the
party
,
shall
bee
a
good
and
sufficient
discharge
to
the
said
Treasurers
;
And
it
is
further
ordained
that
if
any
doubt
shall
be
made
or
arise
upon
any
word
or
clause
in
this
present
Ordinance
,
or
any
other
Ordinance
of
And
if
any
doubt
arise
upon
any
word
or
clause
of
this
on
any
other
Ordinance
touching
the
premises
,
the
Trustees
and
other
Officers
are
to
proceed
therin
according
to
the
determinaof
this
Committee
therein
.
Parliament
,
touching
,
and
concerning
the
premises
,
by
the
said
Trustees
,
Contractors
,
Treasurers
,
and
other
Officers
,
imployed
about
,
or
concerning
the
said
premises
:
The
said
Trustees
,
Contractors
,
Treasurers
,
and
other
Officers
imployed
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
authorised
and
enjoined
to
proceed
therein
according
to
the
determination
and
direction
of
the
said
Committee
,
any
five
or
more
of
them
,
any
former
Order
or
Ordinance
of
Parliament
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
;
And
what
soever
the
said
Committee
,
Trustees
,
Treasurers
,
and
other
Officers
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
do
in
pursuance
of
this
present
Ordinance
,
they
shall
be
saved
harmelesse
Actors
upon
this
Ordinance
to
be
saved
harmless
.
and
indempnified
by
authority
of
Parliament
.
-
Joh
.
Brown
Cler
.
Pal
.
-
H.
Elsyng
Cler
.
Parl
.
Dom
.
Com
.
FINIS
.