Alice Holt Forest Act 1812
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1812 c. 72 |
| Year | 1812 |
(52 Geo. 3) C A P. LXXII.
[20th June 1812]
'WHEREAS the King's Most Excellent Majesty, in Right of his Crown, is seised to Himself, his Heirs and Successors, of the Ground and Soil of the Forest ofAlice Holt , in the County of Southampton , computed to contain about Two thousand four hundred and twenty seven Acres, exclusive of certain inclosed Lands therein belonging to His Majesty in Severalty, subject to such Claims of Rights and Interests of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Stawell , and other Persons, in and over the same as hereinafter mentioned: And whereas the said Henry Lord Stawell , under and by virtue of a certain Grant of His late MajestyKingJames the First, bearing Date on or about the Ninth Day of November , in the Fifteenth Year of His Reign, is or claims to be seised of or interested in and entitled to the Right of Free Warren and Free Chase, and other Rights, Liberties and Privileges, in, over and upon the said Forest; and he the said Henry Lord Stawell also claims to have and receive, so soon as the same can be made out, a Grant or Letter Patent, of and to hold and enjoy the Office of Ranger of and over the said Forest, and, as annexed or appurtenant to the said Office, the Liberty of Hunting, Shooting and Sporting, in and over the same Forest, during the Term of his natural Life; and the said Henry Lord Stawell , in respect of his several Manors, which adjoin to or are situate near to the said Forest, likewise is or claims to be entitled to other Rights and Interests, in, upon and over the said Forest, or some Part or Parts thereof: And whereas, subject to His Majesty's Rights on the said Forest, certain Persons are or claim to be entitled to certain Rights of Common in, over and upon the said Forest: And whereas from the great and increasing Difficulty of procuring a Supply of Timber from Foreign Countries, and from the Estates of private Individuals in the United Kingdom, it has become necessary to adopt Measures for securing a more adequate Supply of Timber in this Kingdom; and if His Majesty was empowered to inclose certain Parts of the said Forest, and such Parts were appropriated for the Growth and Preservation of Wood and Timber, the same would be of great Benefit and Advantage to His Majesty and the Public in general: And whereas in order to render the Herbage and Common of Pasture, in such Parts of the said Forest as shall not be inclosed, of much greater Value, and more beneficial to the Persons entitled thereto, His Majesty has consented and agreed, that all the Deer now kept and maintained in the said Forest shall, previons to any Inclosure being made of any Parts thereof, be wholly removed from the said Forest;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for HisMajesty, his Heirs and...
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