Colmworth (Bedfordshire) inclosure and tithes exoneration Act 1834

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1834 c. 13
ANNO QUATtTO
GULIELMI IV. REGIS.
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Cap,
13.
An Act for inclosing and exonerating from Tithes
Lands in the Parish"'off Colmworthhithe County
of Bedford. [16th June 1834.]
HERE AS there are within the Parish of
Cohnxvorlh
in the
County of Bedford divers Common and Open Fields,
Meadows, Commons, and other Commonable Lands and
Grounds, containing together by Estimation One thousand six hun-
dred Acres or thereabouts, and also divers ancient inclosed Lands
and Grounds : And whereas the Reverend John Staunton Doctor of
Laws,
Lewin Cholmley Esquire, and Richard Bartram Esquire, as
Devisees in Trust for Sarah Elye KorrisWidow under the Will of the
late Reverend Leonard Towne Clerk, claim to be Lords of the Manor
of
Colmworth
aforesaid : And whereas the Reverend Robert Wade
Gery Clerk is Patron of the Rectory of
Colmworth
aforesaid: And
whereas the said Robert Wade Gery Clerk is also Rector of the said
Rectory and Parish Church of
Colrmi'orth
aforesaid^ and is entitled to
the Great and SmallTithes arising within the said Parish: And whereas
the said Devisees in Trust for the said Sarah Elye Norris under the
Will of the said Leotiard Towne, the Right Honourable Robert Henley
Lord Ongley, the Honourable and Reverend William Herbert Clerk,
William Hugh Wade Gery Esquire, the said Robert Wade Gery, and
others,
are"
Owners and Proprietors of the said Common and Open
Fields, Meadows, Commons, and other Commonable Lands and
Grounds in
Colmworth
aforesaid intended to be divided and inclosed
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326 4°GULIELMI IV. Cap.13.
and exonerated from Tithes, as well as of the ancient inclosed Lands
in Colmworth aforesaid : And whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-
first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,
41G.3.C.I09. intituled An Act for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually
inserted in Acts of Inclosure, and for facilitating the Mode of proving
the several Facts usually required on the passing of such Acts : And
whereas another Act was passed in the First and Second Years of the
1&2G.4.C.23..
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act
to amend the Laws respecting the inclosing of Open Fields, Pastures,
Moors, Commons, and Waste Lands in England : And whereas it would
be to the Advantage of the several Proprietors if the said Common
and Open Fields, Meadows, Commons, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds, were divided and allotted in specific Parts and Shares,
and if all the Lands in the said Parish, as well open as inclosed,
were exonerated from Tithes; but such beneficial Purposes cannot
be effected without the Aid and Authority of Parliament: May it
therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it
enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the
Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com-
mons,
in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of
Appointment the same, That Edward Arden of Morton in the County of Lincoln,
of Commis- ancj Thomas Btoodworth of Kimbolton in the County of Huntingdon,
Gentlemen, (and their Successors to be appointed in manner herein-
after mentioned,) shall be and they are hereby appointed Commis-
sioners for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the Common and Open
Fields, Meadows, Commons, Commonable Lands and Grounds in the
Parish of Colmworth aforesaid, and for carrying this Act into execu-
tion, subject to the Rules, Orders, and Directions herein contained,
and also subject to such of the Powers and Provisions contained in
the said recited Acts or either of them as are not expressly altered,
varied, or otherwise provided for by this Act..
Appointment II. And be it further enacted, That if the said Edward Arden, or
of
new
Com-
any other Commissioner to be appointed in his Stead as herein-after
missioners. mentioned, shall die, or refuse to act, or become incapacitated or neg-
lect for the Space of Three Calendar Months to act as a Commissioner
in the Execution of this Act and the said recited Acts before all the
Powers, Authorities, and Trusts reposed and vested in the said Com-
missioners shall be fully executed and performed, then and in every
such Case the Proprietors or Persons interested in the said Common
and Open Fields, Meadows, Commons, Commonable Lands and
Grounds hereby directed to be divided, allotted, and inclosed, (except
the Rector,) or the major Part of them in Value, such Value to be
ascertained by the Land Tax Assessment of the said Parish of Colm-
iisorth for the then current Year, who shall be present in Person, or by
their respective Attornies or Agents, at a Meeting to be appointed
for that Purpose by the surviving or remaining Commissioner, or by
any Three or more of such Owners or Proprietors, within Twenty-
eight Days after such Death, Refusal, Incapacity, or Neglect shall
happen or be known, (of which Meeting Notice shall be given by
the surviving or remaining Commissioner, or by any Three or more
of such Owners and Proprietors or their respective Attornies or
Agents, by affixing such Notice on the principal outer Door of the
i Parish

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