Delimitation of Forests Act 1640
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1640 c. 16 |
| Year | 1640 |
(16 Cha. 1) C A P. XVI.
'WHEREAS by Act of Parliament made in the first Year of the Reign of the late KingEdward the Third, it was ordained, That the old Perambulation of the Forest in the Time of King Edward the First, should be thenceforth holden in like Form as it was then ridden and bounded, and in such Places where it was not bounded, the King would that it should be bounded by good Men and lawful:
'II. And whereas for many Ages past certain Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds of the Forests, have been commonly known and observed in the several Counties wherein the said Forests lie:
'III. And whereas of late divers Presentments have been made, and some Judgments given, whereby the Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds of some of the said Forests have been variously extended, or pretended to extend, beyond some of the said Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds so commonly known, and formerly observed, to the great Grievance and Vexation of many Persons having Lands adjoining to the said Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds so commonly known, and formerly observed: And whereas of late Time some Endeavours or Pretences have been to set on foot Forests in some Parts of this Realm, and the Dominion ofWales , where in Truth none have been or ought to be, or at least have not been used of long Time:' For Remedy whereof, may it please your most excellent Majesty, That it be declared and enacted by Authority of Parliament:
IV H. 3. stat. 2.
IV. And be it declared and enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, and the Lords and Commons; in this present Parliamentassembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from henceforth the Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds of all and every the Forests respectively, shall be to all Intents and Purposes taken, adjudged and deemed to extend no further respectively than the Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds which in the several Counties respectively wherein the said Forests do lie, were commonly known, reputed, used or taken to be the Meets, Meers, Limits and Bounds of the said Forests respectively, in the twentieth Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord KingJames , and not beyond in any wise; any Perambulation or Perambulations, Presentments, Extents, Surveys, Judgments, Records, Decrees, or other Matter or Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding: (2) And that all and every the Presentments since the said twentieth Year made, and all and every other Presentment and Presentments, and all and every Judgment and Award upon, or by Reason or Pretext of, any such Presentments or Presentments, and all and every Perambulation and...
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