AN ACT For the taking away the COURT OF Wards and Liveries.
At the Parliament begun at Weſtminſter the 17th Day of Scptember, Anno Domini, 1656.
LONDON: Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highneſs the Lord Protector. 1657.
WHereas the Four and twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One thouſand ſix hundred forty five, the Court of Wards and Liveries, and all Ward-ſhips, Liveries, Primer-ſeizins, and Ouſtrelemaines, and all other Charges incident or ariſing for, or by reaſon of Ward-ſhips, Livery, Primer-ſeizin, or Ouſtrelemain; And all Tenures by Homage, and all Fines, Licenſes, Seizures, and Pardons for Alienation, and all other Charges incident thereunto, was by the Lords and Commons then aſſembled in Parliament, taken away; And all Tenures by Knights Service, either of the King or others, or by Knights Service, or Capite, or Soccage in Capite of the King, were turned into free and common Soccage; For the further eſtabliſhing and confirming the ſame, Be it Declared and Enacted by His Highneſs the Lord Protector, and the Parliament, That the Court of Wards and Liveries, and2 all Ward-ſhips, Liveries, Primer-ſeizins, and Ouſtrelemaines, and all other Charges incident & ariſing, for, or by reaſon of any ſuch Tenure•, Ward-ſhip, Livery, Primer-ſeizin, or Ouſtrelemaines, be taken away, from the ſaid four and twentieth day of February, One thouſand ſix hundred forty five: And that all Homage, Fines, Licences, Seizures, Pardons for Alienation, incident or ariſing, for or by reaſon of Wardſhip, Livery, Primer-ſeizin, or Ouſtrelemain, and all other Charges incident thereunto, be likewiſe taken away, and is hereby adjudged and declared to be taken away, from the ſaid four and twentieth day of February, One thouſand ſix hundred forty five: And that all Tenures in Capite, and by Knights ſervice of the late King, or any other perſon, and all Tenures by Soccage in Chief, be taken away; And all Tenures are hereby Enacted and Declared to be turned into free and common Soccage, from the ſaid four and twentieth Day of February, one thouſand ſix hundred forty five; and ſhall be ſo Conſtrued, Adjudged, and Declared to be for ever hereafter turned into free and common Soccage.
Nevertheleſs, It is hereby Enacted, That all Rents certain and Heriots, due to Mean Lords or other private Perſons, ſhall be paid; And that where any Relief, or Double ancient yearly Rent, upon the death of an Anceſtor, was in ſuch Caſes formerly due and payable, a Double ancient yearly Rent onely in lieu thereof, ſhall now be paid upon the death of an Anceſtor, as in free and common Soccage; And that the ſame ſhall be recovered by the like Remedy in Law, as Rents and Duties in free and common Soccage.
London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highneſs, 1657.
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