Cap. 1.

Anno 2 & 3 Anna. OR granting an aid to her land tax, to be raised in the year one thousand seven hundred and four.

Forting

Cap. 2. For granting an aid to her Majesty, by continuing the duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for one year.

Cap. 3. For granting an aid to her Majefty, for carrying on the war, and other her Majesty's occafions, by selling annuities at several rates, and for fuch respective terms or estates as are therein mentioned.

Cap. 4. For the publick registring of all deeds, conveyances, and wills, that shall be made of any honours, manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, within the west riding of the county of York, after the nine and twentieth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and four. Cap. 5. To repeal a Proviso in an act of the fourth year of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, which prevents the citizens of the city of York from difpofing of their personal estates by their wills, as others inhabiting within the province of York by that act may do. Cap. 6. For the increase of seamen, and better encouragement of navigation, and security of the coal

trade.

Cap. 7. For enlarging the term of years granted by an act passed in the feffion of parliament, held in the eleventh and twelfth years of King William III. for the repair of Dover harbour. VOL. XI.

Cap. 8. For the erecting a workhouse in the city of Worcester, and for setting the poor on work there, Cap. 9. For granting to her Majesty an additional fubfidy of tunnage and poundage for three years; and for laying a further duty upon French wines condemned as lawful prize; and for ascertaining the values of unrated goods imported from the East Indies.

Cap. 10. To enlarge the time for the purchasers of the forfeited estates in Ireland, to make the payments of their purchase money. Cap. 11. 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 fame purpose. Cap. 12. For the raising the militia for the year one thousand seven hundred and four, notwithstanding the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid.

Cap. 13. For prolonging the time by an act of parliament made in the first year of her Majesty's reign, for importing thrown filk of the growth of Sicily from Legborn.

Cap. 14. For the better fecuring and regulating the duties upon falt. Cap. 15. For the better and more regular paying and affigning the annuities, after the rate of three pounds per cent. per annum, payable to several bankers, and other patentees,

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tentees, or those claiming under them.

Cap. 16. For the discharging out of prison such infolvent debtors as shall serve, or procure a person to serve, in her Majesty's fleet or army.

Cap. 17. For the better charging feveral accountants with interest monies by them received, and to be received.

Cap. 18. For the further explanation and regulation of privilege of parliament in relation to persons in publick offices.

Cap. 19. For raising recruits for the land forces, and marines, and for dispensing with part of the act for the encouragement and increase of shipping and navigation, during the present war.

between Ralph lord Grey, baron of Werke, and Charles lord Offulstone and the lady Mary his wife, touching certain manors, lands, and tenements, in the counties of Northumberland, Middlesex, and city of London, and also between Laurence earl of Rochester, and the said lord Grey, concerning other manors, lands, and tenements, in the said county of Northumberland, county palatine of Durham, and town of Berwick upon Tweed.

5. An act for vesting several estates in the counties of Cornwall, and Devon, and several leasehold estates, in trustees, to be fold for raising portions for the younger children of George lord Carteret, deceased, and for laying out the overplus of the money raised by such sales, in purchase of other lands.

ters, and for fatisfying divers arrears, and for a further continuance of the powers of the five commiffioners for examining and deter

Henry lord viscount Dillon in the kingdom of Ireland, for payment of his debts, and for settling an equivalent in other part of his eftate on the viscountess his wife, for her

jointure.

mining the accounts of the army.

Private Acts.

Anno 2 & 3 Anna.

1. An act for naturalizing Elizabeth Cholmondeley, wife of George Cholmondeley, efq;

2. An act to enable the guardian of the earl of Warwick and Holland, during his minority, to make leases of feveral messuages in or near West Smithfield.

7. An act to enable Sir George Wheeler, knight, and doctor in divinity, to make leases of some houses and ground in Chanon Row in Westminfter.

8. An act to enable Sir John Astley, baronet, to make a jointure upon his marriage, during his minority, and to enable him to buy in any rent-charge, or other incumbrance upon his estate.

Montague, of several lands and common of Simon Motton, and others, lying in Geddington, in the county of Northampton, for several lands of the faid earl's, lying near to the same, and for confirming several agreements relating to the faid exchanges.

execution of articles, and the agree

ments therein contained, for the disposition and divifion of the estate of the late lord Jermyn, among his

coheirs.

4. An act for confirming the execution of a certain agreement made

10. An act for fupplying the defect of the execution of a power in Sir John Ivory, knight, deceased, for making provifion for his younger children.

11. An act to enable Sir Thomas Tipping, baronet, to fell the manor of Ickford in the county of Bucks, for payment of a debt charged thereon, and laying out the surplus money in purchase of other lands, to be fettled to the same uses.

12. An act to discharge the governor and company for making hollow fword-blades in England, of the fum of eighteen thoufand eight hundred fixty four pounds, seven shillings, and one halfpenny, by mistake overcharged in the purchase-money, for several forfeited and other estates and interests in Ireland, purchased by them.

13. An act for vesting several estates of Sir Charles Bickerstaffe, knight, in trustees, to be fold for payment of debts, and making provision for his wife and daughter.

14. An act for fale of certain lands in Charwelton, in the county of Northampton, of William Adams, clerk, for payment of debts, and of portions to his younger brothers and fifters, and fettling other lands of greater value upon his wife and children in lieu thereof.

15. An act for vesting the estate of Thomas Leigh, late of Ridge in the county of Chester, efq; deceased, in trustees, for the payment of his debts, perfecting his purchases, and better effecting the purposes in his will.

16. An act for the making void certain uses, estates, and trusts, limited in the marriage fettlement of Henry Awdley, esq; of certain manors and lands contained in that settlement, and fettling other manors and lands of better value, to and for the fame uses, estates, and trufts.

17. An act to enable Robert Cawdron, efq; to fettle part of his estate (which he has improved) for raifing portions for his younger children.

18. An act for vesting lands in Effex,

devised by Sir Robert Kemp, knight, deceased, to the children, and grand children of Elizabeth Outlaw, one of his fisters and co-heirs, in trustees, to be fold for the benefit of the devifees.

19. An act for the vesting of nine mefsuages in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, in the county of Middlefex, being the estate of William Far min and Mary his wife, in trustees, to be fold, and for fettling in lieu thereof a messuage, and certain lands in Whipsnade, Tottrenhoe, and Studbam, in the county of Bedford. 20. An act to enable John Jenkins, esq; to fell lands in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, for payment of debts charged thereupon.

21. An act for vesting in trustees part of the estate of Thomas Harlackenden Bowes, esq; for payment of the debts and legacies wherewith the said eftate is charged, and for preserving the refidue clear of charges for the benefit of Thomas Bowes, esq; an infant.

22. An act to enable Arabella Foot to lay out monies belonging to her fon Topham Foot, in purchases of lands for his benefit.

23. An act to enable the lord high treafurer of England, or commiffioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with John Ferrer, esq; for a debt due from him as furety for John Mafon, gent. late receiver general for the county of Cambridge and ifle of Ely.

24. An act for the vesting the manor of Michael Church, in the county of Radnor, and other lands in the county of Salop, of Mary Bowdler, and William Bowdler, gent. in certain trustees, for payment of the debts, and making provision for the younger children of the faid William Bowdler.

25. An act for fettling the manor of

Creech in the county of Somerset, in trustees,

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trustees, to enable them to renew leases for the maintenance of the younger fons of William Keyt, efq; deceased, during their minority. 26. An act for fale of fome part of the estate of John Holden, gent. and Robert Holden, his fon, for payment of their debts, and for disposing of younger children apprentices.

27. An act for naturalizing Ifaac Kops.

28. An act for naturalizing Rene Rance, Matthew Decker, and others. 29. An act for naturalizing Henry Boifrond de St. Leger, Peter la Grange, Lewis Wadden, and others.

30. An act to vest the manor of Hanflop, and Castlethrop, and all other the lands and hereditaments of Sir Peter Tyrrel baronet, and Thomas Tyrrel, esq; his fon, in the county of Bucks, in trustees, to fell part thereof for payment of debts, and to fettle other lands and hereditaments there, being of an equal value, in lieu of lands to be fold.

31. An act to enable Sir John Cowper knight, and Anthony Henley esq; to make a partition, and grant building leases of several messuages and tenements in Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the parishes of St. Giles in the Fields, and St. Clement Danes, in the county of Middlesex.

32. An act to vest part of the estate of Sir Christopher Phillipfon knight, in trustees, to be fold for payment of debts, and for charging part thereof with maintenance for a daughter who is a lunatick.

33. An act for vesting the manor of Yeovilton, in the county of Somerfet, and other lands therein mentioned, of William Cary esq; in trustees, for discharging incumbrances, and making provifion for his younger children, and settling other lands in the county of Devon in lieu thereof.

34. An act for vesting divers manors and lands of Matthew Hollworthy

esq; in trustees, to be fold, and purchafing other manors or lands of equal value, and limiting the manors or lands to be purchased to the same uses, as the lands to be fold are limited.

35. An act for enabling Bernard Cotton esq; to fell fome part of his estate for payment of his debts, and for confirming several conveyances already made of feveral other parcels of his estate by himself and trustees, to several purchasers there

of.

36. An act to charge the estate of Ambrose Andrews gent. with monies for payment of debts, and for fupplying some defects in the settlement of the said eftate, for making a jointure and leases upon the faid eftate.

37. An act to establish and confirm a partition and agreement of and touching the estate of Sir Thomas Style, late of Wateringbury, in the county of Kent, baronet.

38. An act for fettling the estate of Dr.Thomas Lamplugh, deceased, pursuant to his marriage articles and settlement prepared for that purpose, and for provifion for his younger children.

39. An act for the better vesting in Giles Frampton esq; the manor and farm of Moorton alias Moreton, and Hurst, in the county of Dorfet, in poffeffion, and for the better securing the fame, and the other manors, farms, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, late of William Frampton esq; deceased, to him the faid Giles Frampton, and fuch as are entitled in remainder after him, upon the death of Tregouwell Frampton esq;

40. An act to enable George Evelyn to raise portions for his brothers and fifters, according to his father's will.

41. An act for fale of part of the estate of James Torr gent, deceased,

for