their bodies, and the faid R. earl of B. H. earl of C. and R. and H. H. commonly called lord viscount C. and all and every other perfon and perfons, claiming any right, title or intereft in the faid premiffes in O. under the faid will of the faid lord C. all fuch eflate, right, title, intereft, claim and demand, as they, or any, or either of them had, or ought to have, out of, in, or to, the faid premisses in O. or any part thereof, in cafe this prefent act had not been made.

An Ad for vefting the Barony of W. and Manors of W. and L.and feveral Lands and Tenements in the County of S. and the Manors of D. and B. and Lands thereto belonging, in the County of L. and the Manor of F. and feveral Lands and Tenements in the County of B. late the Efiate of G. late Lord J. deceafed, in Truflees, to be fold for Payment of Debts and Portions, and other Purpofes therein mentioned.

WHEREAS the right honourable G. late lord 7. baron of W. Recital of Ge

ment to ufes.

and late Lord High Chancellor of England, by his indentures lord .'s fettleof leafe and release, bearing date, &c. did convey and fettle all that the barony of W. in the county of S. and all those the manors and lordships of W. and L. with the rights, members and appurtenances thereof, in the faid county of S. and alfo all thofe the manors and lordships of D. and B. with the rights, members and appurtenances thereof, in the county of L. and all that capital meffuage, &c. in the faid county of L. and alfo all that, &c. in the county of B. and all other the manors, &c. of him the faid G. lord F. in the counties of S. L. and B. and every of them, with their and every of their appurtenances, unto and upon the right reverend father in God T. late lord bishop of P. and Sir` T. B. knight, and their heirs, to the ufes, intents and purposes therein after mentioned, (viz.) to the ufe of the faid G. lord 7. for his life; and from and after his deceafe, then as to all thofe the manors, &c. in the faid county of B. to the use of A. lady J. then wife of the said G. lord 7. for her life, for her jointure; and from and after her decease, the refidue and remainder thereof, and as to the refidue, &c. of all thofe the baronies, &c. in the faid county of S. and alfo all that the manor of B. aforefaid, with the rights, &c. in the faid county of L. and alfo all that, &c immediately after the death of the faid G. lord J. to the ufe of Sir R. C. knight, J. J. doctor in divinity, H. P. efq; T. C. merchant, and E. J. efq; their executors, &c. for the term of ninety-nine years, upon the trufts therein and herein aftermentioned. And as to the freehold and inheritance of all the faid premiffes comprifed in the fid term for ninety-nine years, to the ufe of the faid lord bithop of P. and Sir T. B. and their heirs, during the life of the faid G. lord 7. pon truft to fupport the contingent ufes therein after limited; and from and after his deceafe, to the ufe of the filt and every other fon of the faid G. lord 7. on the body of the faid lady 7. begotten, or to be be gotten, feverally and fucceffively in tail male; and for default of fuch ue, then to the ufe of J. J. elq; (afterwards 7. lord 7.) eldeft fon of the faid G. lord 7. for his life, and with fuch further powers and authorities as are therein after mentioned; the remainder to the ufe of the fid lord bishop of P.and Sir T. B. and their heirs, during the life of the

faid 7.7. (afterwards lord 7.) in truft to preferve contingent remainders; and from and after his deceafe, to the ufe of his firft and every other fon in tail male fucceffively; and for default of fuch iffue, the remainder to the use of S. M. C. and A. 7. and all and every other daughter and daughters of the faid G. lord 7. thereafter to be born, and the heirs of their bodies refpectively; and for default of fuch iffue, the remainder to the ufe of the heirs of the body of the faid G. lord J. remainder to the right heirs of him the faid G. lord 7. for ever; and as to the refidue and remainder of all that, &c. in the faid county of L. and all the reft and refidue of the premiffes, whereof no use of the inheritance is therein before declared, from and after the decease of the faid G. late lord 7. to the ufe of the faid Sir R. C. Dr. J. J. H. P. T. C. and E. . their executors, &c. for the term of 500 years, in truft as therein and herein after is mentioned; the remainder thereof to the use of the faid F. 7. (afterwards lord 7.) for his life,and with fuch powers and authorities as are therein after mentioned; with remainder thereof to the use of the faid lord bifhop of P. and Sir T. B. and their heirs, during the life of the faid F. lord 7. in truft to preferve the contingent remainders; and from and after his deceafe, to the ufe of his firft and every other fon and fons in tail male fucceffively; and for want of such iffue, to the ufe of the fecond and every other fon of the faid G. lord J. in tail male fucceffively; the remainder to the use of the right heirs of the faid G. lord 7. for ever; with a provifo or power therein contained, to and for the faid 7. lord 7. at any time during his life, by any deed or writing under his hand and feal, attefted by three or more credible witneffes, to limit or appoint all or any part of the said manor of D.and premiffes therein before limited to him, after he should come to be feifed of the freehold thereof, for a jointure to any wife he then had, or thereafter should happen to have, to take effect in poffeffion from and after the death of him the faid 7. lord 7. and to have continuance during the life of fuch wife, and no longer: fo as always the faid eftate to have been made for a jointure were not hurtful or prejudicial to the truft and provifions intended out of the faid term of 500 years, limited in truft as aforefaid and as to the faid term of ninety-nine years, it is thereby declared, that the fame fhould be fubject to certain yearly payments, to the heir male of the faid G. lord 7. by the faid lady 7. till his attaining the age of one and twenty years; and likewife on failure of fuch heir male, that the fame fhould be in truft for the railing and paying fuch maintenance and portions to the daughters of the faid G. lord F. in fuch manner as the faid G. lord 7. by his last will and teftament in writing, or any other writing, foule direct and appoint. And as to the faid term of 500 years limited as aforefaid to the faid Sir R. C. Dr. J. J. H. P. T. C. and E. 7. their executors, &c. the fame was fo limited unto them, upon truft, and to and for fuch uses, ends, intents and purposes, as the faid G. lord 7. by his laft will and teftament, or by any other writing, fhould limit, appoint and direct; and after the fame performed, or in default of fuch direction, then in trust to attend the freehold and inheritance thereof, with a power to the faid G. lord 7. by his laft will and teftament, deed or writing, under his hand and feal, to revoke or alter all or any the ufes therein declared, other than the ufe thereby limited to the faid lady J. for her life for her jointure, which was of an ellate therein mentioned to be in the county of B. and to declare and li

tions.

mit any new use and ufes at his will and pleasure: And whereas by a G. lord 7.'s deed poll, bearing date, &c. the faid G. lord 7. in purfuance of the appointment, pursuant to a power fo to him referved, in and by the faid fettlement, did give and power referyappoint to every of his daughters then unmarried, and to every other ed in faid fetdaughter that hereafter should be born unto him 3000l. a piece, to be tlement, of paid to every of them, at her day of marriage, or age of 21 years, daughters porwhich should first happen; and until fuch time of payment, the sum of 60l. p per annum to every of them refpectively for their maintenance, by quarterly payments; and did thereby further limit and appoint his faid trustees, out of the profits of his term of 500 years, to raife and pay unto his eldest fon, the said F. lord F. 150l. per annum, for his maintenance, by quarterly payments; and the refidue of the profits to go and be applied in the next place to pay the aforementioned portions and maintenances, fuch and fo much thereof as the iffues and profits for payment thereof first abovementioned, or other provifion, fhould not and for payamount unto; and afterwards to pay all fuch his debts as his perfonal ment of debts, eftate, or other provision by him made or to be made fhould fall fhort making leases, mortgage, and to pay, if any fuch debts there fhould be; and to make leafes, mort- fales. gages or fales, to and for the purposes aforefaid: And whereas A. J. youngest daughter of the faid G. lord 7. foon after dying an infant, Death of having been never married, the said G. lord 7. by one other deed-poll, youngest bearing date, &c. pursuant to his power to him referved, thereby recit- daughter. ing that he had, by the faid indentures of leafe and release, bearing date,&c. conveyed unto the said lord bishop of P. and Sir T. B. all his manors, &c. in the counties of B. S. and L. to the uses, intents and purpofes therein expreffed, and particularly after feveral other ufes therein declared, limited the remainder of all his manors, lands and hereditaments, to the use of his faid daughters S. M. C. and A. J. and the heirs of their bodies; the remainder to the use of the heirs of his own body, with remainder to the use of his own right heirs. And also reciting his power of revocation of the said ufes, the faid G. lord 7. did thereby in pursuance of his faid power, revoke the ufes limited his fame daughters, and the remainders limited thereupon; and did thereby declare, that his faid trustees and their heirs should fland feifed of all his faid manors, &c. after the determination of the ufes and eftates in the faid fettlement expreffed, and not by the faid deed-poll revoked, to the use of his daughters, M. wife of W. S. efq; S. M. and fettlement, C. J. and every other of his daughters that fhould hereafter be born, and not fince and to the heirs of their bodies refpectively; with remainder to the revoked, to the heirs of his own body, with remainder to his own right heirs, with a ufe of the other daughpower therein referved to the faid G. lord F. to revoke and alter those ties: And whereas the faid G. late lord 7 by his indenture, bearing heirs, &c. date, &c. did mortgage for the term of 1000 years unto J. J. efq; mortgage of now Sir J. J.knt. all his said manors, &c. in the faid county of L. for lands in L. fecuring the payment of the principal fum of 10,000l. and intereft for G. lord J.'s the fame, unto the faid Sir F. 7. in the manner therein mentioned: And whereas the faid G. lord 7. did die in or about, &c. leaving iffue His iffue. only the faid lord F. his only fon, and four daughters, viz. the faid M.

Declaration that trustees to fhould stand feifed of premilles after the determination of the ufes in the

ters, their

death.

3. N. and C. And whereas the faid 7. lord 7. did intermarry with the 7. lord 7. right honourable the lady C. H. fole daughter and heirefs of P. late carl the fon's marof P. and M. deceased: And whereas by indentures of leafe and releafe, riage with dated the 27th and 28th, &c. and by feveral fines fur confance, &c. lady C. H.

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levied

Conveyance

of her estate In truft for railing 20.000/. for

her portion, to be applied to clear the join

ture fettled on her of the premilles in

1. and S. and

to pay off Sir J.J.'s mortgage and the portions of G. jord 's daughters. Mortgagedeed, &c. to be alligned to protect the jointure, &c.

levied by the faid 7. lord 7. and the lady C. his then wife, the faid F. lord 7. and the lady C. his wife, did convey to the right honourable W. H. efq; commonly called the lord M. and the right honourable Sir J. T. knt. Mafter of the Rolls, and their heirs, all her caftles, manors and hereditaments, in the counties of M. W. and G. in truft (among other things) for the raifing of the fum of 20,000l. as and for the portion of the faid lady C. to be applied to clear the jointure then fettled or agreed to be fettled upon the faid lady C. of the faid manors and premiffes in the faid counties of L. and S. ard to pay off the faid Sir J. J.'s mortgage, and the portions and maintenance-money, to the daughters of the faid G. lord F. wherewith the faid jointure lands of the said lady C. was chargeable; and after the faid mortgage, portions and maintenancemoney should be refpectively paid off, as aforefaid; then the faid mortgage and fecurities for the faid portions and maintenances fhould be affigned over, in truft for the faid F. lord J. for his life, and afterwards in trufl for the said lady C. 7. for her life, to protect her faid jointure; and afterwards in truft for the iffue male of the faid 7. lord 7. by the faid lady C. his wife; and for want of fuch iffue male, then in truft for fuch perfons and in fuch manner as the faid 7. lord F. by writing or will fhould appoint; and for want of fuch appointment, then in truft for the faid lord F. his executors, adminiftrators and affigns; and upon further truft, in the faid indenture of the faid, &c. contained, for the railing of the further fum of 1000l. out of the faid lady C.'s eftate, to be paid to the faid 7. lord his executors or administrators (the faid fums amounting together to the fum of 21,cool. And whereas the faid . lord 7. by his indenture bearing date the faid 28th day of May, &c. for and in confideration that the faid lady C. by the said last mentioned indentures of leafe and releafe, and fines, had charged feveral caftles, &c. in the faid counties of M. W. and G. (being her own inheritance) with the faid fum of 21,000l. for the use of the faid 7 lord 7. in manner therein mentioned, and for other confiderations therein mentioned, did, in 'pursuance of the faid power to him given in and by the faid herein before in part recited fettlement, limit and appoint unto the faid lady C. his then wife, all the faid barony of W. and all and fingular the faid manors, &c. herein before mentioned to be fituate in the faid counties of S. and L. to hold unto the faid lady C. for her life, for her jointure, to take effect in poffeffion from and after the death of the faid 7. lord 7. And whereas the faid 7. lord 7. and lady C. his then wife, ufe of the faid by fine fur concefferunt, &c. by them duly acknowledged, and by their indenture dated the fourteenth day of Augufi, &c. did convey all the faid barony, manors, lordships, lands and hereditaments in the faid County of S. to the ufe of the faid 7. lord 7. for life; with remainder to the faid W. H. and Sir 7. T. and their heirs, during the life of the faid lady C. in truft for his own right heirs; as by the faid feveral and respective indentures, deed-poll and fines, nerein before mendeath ithout tioned, relation being thereunto had, may appear: And whereas any difpofit on the faid 7. lord 7. did' depart this life, on or about, &c. inteftate, of the premif- and without making any appointment or difpofition touching the fes in S. or the faid truft-eliate of the faid premiffes in the faid county of S. which &c. and with. he was seized of, to him and his heirs, during the life of the faid lady out iffue male, C. his wife, or touching the faid fumn of 20,000. or the feveral terms for leaving one years that were to be difincumbered therewith, and died without

In confideration whereof J. lord J. appoints to lady C his

wife, the ba

rony of IV &c. for her jointure,

Both convey all the faid barony, e. in S. to the

J. lord 7.

for life; remainder to truftee for lady C's life, in truf for his heirs. 7. lord 7's

faid 20 001.

daughter.

and married

iffue male of his body, leaving iffue only one daughter, viz. H. L. J. an infant, now of about the age of ten years, and being indebted His debts. at the time of his death by fimple contract to the amount of about 6000!. And whereas the faid C.J. youngest daughter of the faid Glord F.died Death of an infant under age, having never been married; whereby her faid portion youngest of 3000l. merged in the inheritance of the premiffes charged with the fame: daughter of And whereas the faid M. 7. attained her age of twenty one years the G. lord 7. -day of, &c. whereby her faid portion of 3000l. became due and M. of age payable, and is fince intermarried with C. D. efq; And whereas the with C. D. efq; faid indenture of fettlement, dated, &c. made by the faid G. lord J. G. lord 7.'s as aforefaid, as to the faid capital meffuage, &c. in the faid fettlement, county of B. being part of the premiffes in the faid county of B. comprized in as to part of premifles inthe fame fettlement, was not effectual, in regard that the faid G. lord effectual. 7. upon his marriage with the faid lady 4. 7. had fettled the fame. premiffes by indentures of leafe and releafe, dated the, &c. the release being Tripartite and made between the faid G. lord 7. by his then name of Sir G. 7. knt. recorder of the city of London, of the first part; Sir T. B. Sir W. T. and Sir R. C. knts. and the faid lady A. 7. by her then name of Dame A. K. widow, of the fecond part; and J. J. and 7. M. efqrs. of the third part, upon himself for his life; remainder to the faid A. lady F. his then intended wife, for her life, for her jointure; with remainder to the heirs male of their two bodies; with remainders to the heirs of their two bodies, with remainder to his own right heirs: And the faid G. lord 7. having never levied a fine, or faffered a common recovery of the fame premiffes, or any part thereof,

which is not

the faid M. his daughter, now the wife of the faid C. D. became inti- Which is fince tled to an eftate-tail in the fame, as heir and only furviving iffue of the fold by faid C. body of the faid G. lord F. by the faid lady A. his wife: And the D. and M. J. fame premisses having been fince fold and conveyed by the faid C. D. to be prejuand M. his wife, unto the right honourable W. earl of P. the title diced by this thereof is no ways intended to be impeached or prejudiced by this act : act. But the faid G. late lord 7. having after the making of his faid marriage-fettlement purchafed the manor of F. and divers other farms, lands, &c. in, &c. in the faid county of B. the fame premiffes being about the yearly value of 400l. are comprized in and conveyed by the faid G. lord 7.'s fettlement, bearing date, &c. to the ufes therein mentioned: And whereas upon the deceafe of the faid 7. lord F. without illue male as aforefaid, the faid four daughters of the faid G. lord 7. cafe of 7. Upon the deiz. the faid M S. M. and C. did take in fourths, and became joint- lord F.without tenants in poffeflion for their lives, with feveral inheritances to the heirs iffue male, the of their respective bodies in tail, with remainder to the faid H. L. J. four daughters in fee, as heir-general of the faid G. and F. lord 7. of and in the faid G. lord J. bemanor and premiffes in the faid county of B. fo purchafed by the faid came join-teG. lord J. after the making of the faid marriage-fettlement; and be- nants in pofcame likewife jointenants for their lives, with feveral inheritances to feffion for their them in tail, with remainder to the faid H. L. 7. in fee as aforefaid, veral inheritlives, with feof the reverfion expectant on the death of the faid lady C. in the pre- ances to the mifles in the faid county of S. and alio in fuch part of the faid premises heirs of them. in the faid county of L. as by the faid G. lord 7.'s fettlement, dated, Bodies in tail. &c. is limited to his faid daughters in default of iflae maie of his own body: And the truft-estate of the faid premiffes in the faid county of 8. of which the faid 7. lord 7. died feifed to him and his heirs, for

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and

aforefaid of