tentees, or thofe claiming under them.

Cap. 16. For the discharging out of prifon fuch infolvent debtors as fhall ferve, 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 perfons in publick offices.

Cap. 19. For raifing recruits for the land forces, and marines, and for difpenfing with part of the act for the encouragement and increase of fhipping and navigation, during the present war.

Cap. 20. For punishing mutiny, defertion, and falfe mufters, and for better paying of the army and quarters, and for fatisfying divers arrears, and for a further continuance of the powers of the five commiffioners for examining and determining the accounts of the army. Private Alts.

Anno 23 Annæ.

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 meffuages in or near West Smithfield.

3. An act for fettling and confirming several exchanges with Ralph earl Montague, of feveral lands and common of Simon Motton, and others, lying in Geddington, in the county of Northampton, for feveral lands of the faid earl's, lying near to the fame, and for confirming feveral agreements relating to the faid exchanges.

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

between Ralph lord Grey, baron of Werke, and Charles lord Offulftone and the lady Mary his wife, touching certain manors, lands, and tenements, in the counties of Northumberland, Middlesex, and city of London, and alfo between Laurence earl of Rochester, and the faid lord Grey, concerning other manors, lands, and tenements, in the faid 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 feveral leafehold eftates, in trustees, to be fold for raifing portions for the younger children of George lord Carteret, deceased, and for laying out the overplus of the money raised by such fales, in purchase of other lands.

6.

An act for fale of the estate of Henry lord viscount Dillon in the kingdom of Ireland, for payment of his debts, and for fettling an equivalent in other part of his eftate on the viscountess his wife, for her jointure.

7. An act to enable Sir George Wheeler, knight, and doctor in divinity, to make leafes of fome houses and ground in Chanon Row in Weftminfter.

8. An act to enable Sir John Aftley, 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 eftate.

9.

An act for confirming and better execution of articles, and the agree ments therein contained, for the difpofition and divifion of the estate. of the late lord Jermyn, among coheirs.

10. An act for fupplying the defect of the execution of a power in Sir John Ivary, 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 furplus money in purchase of other lands, to be fettled to the fame 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, feven fhillings, and one halfpenny, by miftake overcharged in the purchafe-money, for feveral 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 provifion 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 vefting the estate of Thomas Leigh, late of Ridge in the county of Chefter, 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 trufts, limited in the marriage fettlement of Henry Awdley, efq; of certain manors and lands contained in that fettlement, and fettling other manors and lands of better value, to and for the fame ufes, eftates, and trufts.

17. An act to enable Robert Cawdron, efq; to fettle part of his eftate (which he has improved) for raifing portions for his younger children. 18. An act for vefting lands in Effex,

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

19. An act for the vefting of nine meffuages in the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, in the county of Middlefex, being the estate of William Jarmin and Mary his wife, in trustees, to be fold, and for fettling in lieu thereof a meffuage, and certain lands in Whipfnade, Tottrenhoe, and Studham, in the county of Bedford. 20. An act to enable John Jenkins, efq; to fell lands in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, for payment of debts charged there

upon.

21. An act for vefting in truftees part of the eftate of Thomas Harlackenden Bowes, efq; for payment of the debts and legacies wherewith the faid estate is charged, and for preferving the refidue clear of charges for the benefit of Thomas Bowes, efq; 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, efq; 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 provifion 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 difpofing 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 veft the manor of Hanflop, and Caftlethrop, and all other the lands and hereditaments of Sir Peter Tyrrel baronet, and Thomas Tyrrel, efq; his fon, in the county of Bucks, in trustees, to fell part thereof for payment of debts, and to settle 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 efq; to make a partition, and grant building leafes of feveral meffuages and tenements in Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the parishes of St. Giles in the Fields, and St. Clement Danes, in the county of Middlefex. 32. An act to veft part of the estate

of Sir Chriftopher 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 vefting the manor of Yeovilton, in the county of Somerfet, and other lands therein mentioned, of William Cary efq; in trustees, for difcharging incumbrances, and making provifion for his younger children, and fettling other lands in the county of Devon in lieu thereof.

34. An act for vefting divers manors

and lands of Matthew Hollworthy

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

An act for enabling Bernard Cotton efq; 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 eftate by himself and trustees, to several purchasers thereof.

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

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 eftate of

Dr. Thomas Lamplugh, deceafed, purfuant to his marriage articles and settlement prepared for that purpofe, and for provifion for his younger children.

39. An act for the better vefting in

Giles Frampton efq; the manor and farm of Moorton alias Moreton,`and Hurft, in the county of Dorfet, in poffeffion, and for the better fecuring the fame, and the other manors, farms, meffuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, late of William Frampton efq; deceased, to him the faid Giles Frampton, and fuch as are entitled in remainder after him, upon the death of Tregonwell Frampton efq;

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,

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for payment of his debts, and for fettling other part thereof to the uses therein mentioned.

42. An act to fubject the estate of Robert Coke of Truly, in the county of Derby efq; and William Coke, his fon and heir apparent, to the payment of the faid Robert Coke's debts, and to make provifion for the wife, and younger children of the faid William Coke.

43. An act for the setting aside a voluntary fettlement made by Mary Fermour, widow, and for ratifying a partition made of the manors of Merfbam and Pett, and divers lands in the county of Suffex, between her and Bartholemew Walmefley efq; and others.

44. An act for the improvement of the eftate of John Brifco in the county of Cumberland.

45. An act for making good the provifion intended for captain James Roch, out of the forfeited eftates in Ireland, and for restoring to the bishoprick of Cloyne in the faid kingdom the manor and lands of Dono

more.

46. An act for fetting afide voluntary settlements made by John Hawe gent. of eftates in the counties of Stafford and Warwick, and fettling fome part of his eftate upon the faid John Hawe, and his fon, and for making provision for the maintenance of his fon and daughter, and raifing a portion for fuch daughter, and felling the refidue for payment of his debts.

47. An act for fale of the estate of John Digby efq; deceased in the county of Buckingham, and dividing the money between Sir John Conway baronet, and Richard Moftyn efq; and for fettling the eftate of Sir John Conway, in the county of Flint, and making provifion for his fon and daughter, according to an agreement for that purpose.

48. An act for the further recompenfing of John Bake gent, and his

Cap. 1. For granting an aid to her Majefty, by a land tax, to be raised in the year one thousand seven hundred and five.

Cap. 2. For raifing monies by fale of feveral annuities, for carrying on the present war.

Cap. 3. For continuing the duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for one year.

Cap. 4. For continuing duties upon low wines, and upon coffee, tea, chocolate, fpices, and pictures, and upon hawkers, pedlars, and petty chapmen, and upon muflins; and for granting new duties upon feveral of the faid commodities, and alfo upon callicoes, china ware, and drugs.

Cap. 5. For granting to her Majefty a further fubfidy on wines and merchandizes imported,

Cap. 6. For the better enabling her Majelty to grant the honour and manor of Woodstock, with the hundred of Wootton, to the duke of Marlborough, and his heirs, in confideration of the eminent services by him performed to her Majefty and the publick.

Cap. 7. For the effectual fecuring the kingdom of England from the apparent dangers that may arife from feveral acts lately paffed in the parliament of Scotland. Cap. 8.

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Cap. 8. To permit the exportation of Irish linen cloth to the plantations, and to prohibit the importation of Scotch linen into Ireland, Cap. 9. For giving like remedy upon promiffory notes, as is now used upon bills of exchange, and for the better payment of inland bills of exchange.

Cap. 10. For encouraging the importation of naval ftores from her Majefty's plantations in America. Cap. 11. For the better recruiting her Majefty's land forces, and the marines, for the year one thousand feven hundred and five.

Cap. 12. For the relief of the creditors of Thomas Pitkin, a bankrupt, and for the apprehending of him, and the difcovery of the effects of the faid Thomas Pitkin, and his accomplices.

Cap. 13. For prohibiting all trade and commerce with France.

Cap. 14. To prevent all traiterous

correspondence with her Majesty's enemies.

Cap. 15. For the relief of Fulk Emes gent, and others, who had elapfed their times, either for paying their money, or naming their nominees, for purchafing annuities; and alfo for relief of Sir John Mead knight and baronet, who had elapfed his time for paying part of his purchasemoney for a forfeited estate in 'Treland, and alfo for relief of Dorothy Ireland, and others, in refpect of feveral tickets for payment of annuities, and of feveral million lottery, and malt lottery tickets, and Exchequer bills, and debentures to the army, which have been burnt or loft.

Cap. 16. For punishing mutiny and defertion, and falfe mufters; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. Cap. 17. For raifing the militia for the year one thoufand feven hundred and five, although the month's pay formerly advanced be not repaid.

Cap. 18. For making perpetual an act for the more eafy recovery of small tithes; and also an act for the more eafy obtaining partition of lands in coparcenary, joint-tenancy, and tenancy in common; and alfo for making more effectual and amending several acts relating to the return of jurors.

Private Alls.

Anno 3&4 Annæ.

1. An act for fettling the right of several parcels of land, and other tenements, and of certain fishings, and tithes of fishings, in the fociety of the governor and affiftants, London, of the new plantation in Ulfter, within the realm of Ireland, and their fucceffors; and for fettling a rent charge of 2501. per annum upon the lord bishop of Derry, and his fucceffors for ever.

2. An act for naturalizing Thomas Levingston, viscount Teviott in the kingdom of Scotland.

3. An act for naturalizing Louise Marie Creffet, the wife of James Creffet, efq;

4. An act to enable Thomas Pile, efq;

and Elizabeth Freke, to make leafes for lives of the eftate of Thomas Freke of Iwerne Courtney, efq; deceafed, as alfo the fon of George Pitt, efq; fo to do, when entitled, and in actual poffeffion of the premiffes; and that he may be enabled to make a jointure upon any woman he shall marry, out of the fame; and for establishing a school in Iwerne Courtney, and augment, ing the vicarage of Corne Abbas, in the county of Dorfet.

5. An act to enable Agnes Hacche,

widow, and other trustees, to make leafes, and fell lands, in the county of Devon, for the payment of the debts and legacies of Robert Hacche, efq; deceased; and for the maintenance and advancement of his daughters portions.

6. An act for confirming an agreement