June, 1649
[20 June, 1649.]
The names of the Committee for removing Obstructions.; Their Power as to Bishops Lands, 21 Novemb. 1648.
Be it Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That
Philip Earl of Pembrook, Edward Lord Howard of Estereek,
Lord Gray, William Lord Monson, Sir William Masham, Sir Arthur
Heselrig, Baronets; Sir Peter Wentworth Knight of the Bath,
Sir John Bourchier, Sir William Brereton, Sir John Danvers,
Sir James Harrington, Sir Thomas Wroth, Sir William Allanson,
Knights; Cornelius Holland, Robert Reignolds, Francis Allen,
Thomas Pury, William Say, Edmund Harvey, Thomas Scot, James
Challenor, Nicholas Love, John Dove, John Ven, John Carew,
Augustine Garland, William Stevens, — Boone, John Jones, John
Corbet, William White, Nicholas Leechmeere, Miles Corbet, Thomas
Lister, Esqs; Isaac Pennington, Thomas Atkin and Rowland
Wilson, Aldermen of the City of London, Augustine Skinner,
Abraham Burrel, George Thomson, Nathaniel Rich, John Goodwin, Luke Hodges, Robert Aldworth, John Feilder, Humphrey
Edwards and Nicholas Gold shall be a Committee for removing
Obstructions in the Sale of the Lands of the late Archbishops and
Bishops, according to the Power and Authority mentioned, expressed and contained in an Ordinance of Parliament, of the One
and twentieth of November One thousand six hundred forty eight
in that Case made; And the said Committee, or any five or more
of them, are hereby Impowered and Authorized to do, execute and
put in execution all the Powers and Authorities that are mentioned
and contained in the said Ordinance, as fully to all intents and
purposes, as the Committee named in the said Ordinance might
have done: And all and every person and persons to whom the
said Ordinance doth extend, are hereby required and enjoyned to
observe the Orders and Directions of the said Committee or any
five or more of them, concerning the premises.
Dean and Chapters Lands
And be it further Enacted and Ordained, That the aforesaid
Committee shall likewise be a Committee for removing Obstructions
in the Sale of the Lands of the Deans, Deans and Chapters, according
to the Powers and Authorities mentioned and contained in an
Ordinance of Parliament of the One and twentieth of November
One thousand six hundred forty eight, for the removing Obstructions in the Sale of the Lands of the late Archbishops and Bishops:
And that the said Committee or any five or more of them, are
hereby likewise Impowered and Authorized, in relation to the said
Service, to do, execute and put in execution, all and every the
Powers and Authorities mentioned and contained in the said
Ordinance, as fully to all intents and purposes, as the Committee
named in the said Ordinance might have done; And the Trustees,
Contractors, Treasurers, Comptroller, and all other persons imployed
in or about the premises, are hereby required and enjoyned to
observe the Orders and Directions of the said Committee concerning
the premises.
And be it further Enacted, That the said Committee, or any five
or more of them, shall be and are hereby Impowered and Authorized
to do, execute and put in execution, the Powers and Authorities
relating to a Committee of Parliament mentioned and contained in
the Act for the abolishing of Deans, Deans and Chapters, and other
Offices and Titles of or belonging to any Cathedral or Collegiate
Church or Chappel in England or Wales.
Trustees.
And be it further Enacted and Ordained, That the Trustees for
the Lands of the Deans, Deans and Chapters named in the said Act,
or any five or more of them, shall convey the premises, or any part
thereof, unto any Purchaser or Purchasers thereof, according to
such particular as shall be certified unto them under the hand of
the Register or his Deputy.
Clause in a former Act made void.
And whereas by the said Act, the Trustees for the said Land
their Heirs and Assigns stand seized of the Reversion of a certain
House in Thred-needler Street London, in the possession of one
Mr. Swain or his Assigns, to the use of such person or persons as
shall be Preacher or Preachers of the French Church in London,
Be it Enacted, That the aforesaid Clause in the said Act shall be
void.
Ministers of the French Church provided for.
And be it Enacted and Declared, That the said Trustees, their
Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized of the Reversion of an
House in Thred-needler Street London, in the Possession of Mr.
Stint, or his Assignee or Assignees, to the use of such person or
persons as shall from time to time be Minister or Ministers of the
said French Church in London, according to the intent of the
said Act.