Duchy of Lancaster Act 1817
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1817 c. 97 |
(57 Geo. 3) C A P. XCVII.
[10th July 1817]
'WHEREAS Articles of Agreement, bearing Date the Fifteenth Day ofMay in this present Yearof our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventeen, have been made and entered into between the Right HonourableHenry Hall Viscount Gage , of the First Part; the Right Honourable William Huskisson, William Dacres Adams , and Henry Dawkins , Esquires, Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, for and on the behalf of His Majesty, of the Second Part; and The King's Most Excellent Majesty, of the Third Part; in Substance and to the Effect following; (that is to say,) The said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , for himself, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, did thereby covenant, promise and agree to and with The King's Most Excellent Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, to sell and dispose of, and the said Commissioners, Parties to the said Articles of Agreement (by and with the Consent and approbation of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury) for and on the behalf of The King's Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, did thereby agree to purchase and buy of and from the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , his Heirs and Assigns, all those several Manors of Staunton and Bicknor , otherwise English Bicknor , situate in the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth , or One of them, together with all Courts Leet, Courts Baron, Customary and other Courts, Profits and Perquisites of Courts, Fines, Chief or Quit Rents, Heriots, Fisheries, and all other Rights, Royalties, Privileges and Appurtenances to the said Manors or either of them incident, appertaining or in anywise belonging; and all Right of Soil and other Rights of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , his Heirs or Assigns, of and in all Waste Lands and Commons situate within or being Part and Parcel of the said Manors or either of them; and all Rights of Common and other Rights of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage in or upon the Forest of Dean or any Part thereof; and all that newly erected Messuage or Dwelling House situate at Braceland , with the Out Buildings thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining; and all the Right of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage in or to the Pews in the Parish Church of Newland , to the late Mansion House of High Meadow belonging, or usually held, used or occupied by the Owners or Proprietors of such Mansion House; and all those several Messuages, Dwelling Houses, Cottages, Farms, Arable, Meadow, Pasture and Wood Lands of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , situate, lying and being in the several Parishes, Districts or Places ofBicknor, Staunton, Dixton and Newland , and each and every of them, in the said Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth , then or late in the several Tenures, or Occupations of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , and of certain Persons in the said Articles of Agreement named, as Tenants to him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage ; all which said Lands and Premises contained together by Estimation Four thousand two hundred and fifty seven Acres and Fifteen Perches, or thereabouts (be the same more or less); and all Timber and other Trees now growing, arising or being in or upon any of the said Woods, Plantations, Farms, Lands and Premises; and all those Forges, Furnaces, Iron and Tin Works of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , situate at Redbrooke and Lidbrook in the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth or One of them; and all those Corn Mills situate at Redbrook and Lidbrook aforesaid; and all those Lime Kilns situate at Cherry Orchard, Coldwell , or elsewhere in or upon any of the Lands or Premises thereinbefore described; and all that Market House situate at Coleford in the said County of Gloucester , and all Tolls, Customs, Profits, Commodities, Advantages and Appurtenances arising from the Market of Coleford , or to the said Market belonging; and all Waters, Fishings, Ways, Roads, Paths, Easements, Rights, Members, Privileges and Appurtenances whatsoever, to the said Manors, Messuages, Dwelling Houses, and other Houses, Farms, Lands and Premises, or any of them belonging or in anywise appertaining, (except the Advowsons of the Rectory of Staunton and of the Vicarage of Dixton ,) at or for the Price or Sum of One hundred and fifty five thousand eight hundred and sixty three Pounds Three Shillings and Two pence, to be paid at the times, in the Proportions, and by the Instalments thereinafter mentioned; (that is to say,) the Sum of Thirty one thousand one hundred and seventy two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Seven pence, Part thereof, on the Second Day of August then and now next; the Sum of Thirty one thousand one hundred and seventy two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Seven pence (other Part thereof) on the Second Day of August One thousand eight hundred and eighteen; the Sum of Thirty one thousand one hundred and seventy two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Seven pence (other Part thereof) on the Second Day of August One thousand eight hundred and nineteen; the Sum of Thirty one thousand one hundred and seventy two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Seven pence (other Part thereof) on the Second Day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty; and the Sum of Thirty one thousand one hundred and seventy two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten pence, Residue thereof on the Second Day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, together with Interest for the same several sums, or so much thereof as should from time to time remain unpaid, at and after the Rate of Five Pounds per Centum per Annum , such Interest to be computed from the said Second Day of August then and now next, and to be paid by Half Yearly Payments until the whole of the said Principal Purchase Money should be fully paid and discharged; and the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage did thereby for himself, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, further covenant, promise and agree to and with The King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, that he the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , his Heirs or Assigns, should and would, within Two Calendar Months from the Date of the said Articles of Agreement, cause or procure to be made out and delivered to the Commissioners for the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, a complete and perfect Abstract of the Title of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage or his Heirs, to the said Manors, Messuages, Dwelling Houses, and other Houses, Farms, Lands and all other the Hereditaments and Premises by the said Articles of Agreement contracted to be sold, and every Part thereof, and should and would thereby or therein make out and deduce a good and perfect Title to the Inheritance thereof in Fee Simple, free from all Incumbrances (save such as are herein after mentioned, and except that a small Part of the said Premises in Dixton , then late Pritchard's , was Copyhold of Inheritance, with respect to which only a Title as Copyhold of Inheritance was to be made out or required); and that he the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage or his Heirs, and all other necessary Parties, should and would, on or before the Second Day of August which would and will be in the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighteen, by such good and sufficient Conveyances and Assurances as the Law Officers of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, should reasonably advise or require, convey and assure the said Manors, Messuages, Dwelling Houses and other Houses, Lands and all and singular other the Hereditaments and Premises therein before contracted to be sold, with their and every of their Appurtenances (except as aforesaid), and charged nevertheless with the due Payment of whatever Part or Parts of the said Purchase Money should then remain unpaid, and Interest for the same, unto and to the Use of The King's Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, or unto and to the Use of such Person or Persons, and upon such Trust or Trusts and in such manner and Form as the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the time being, or any Three or more of them, or the said Commissioners, Parties to the said Articles of Agreement, or the Commissioners for the time being of His Majesty's Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, should direct or appoint, free from the Land Tax (the same having been redeemed), and from all other Charges and Incumbrances whatsoever (save and except certain annual Sums payable to Colonel Berkeley , to the Duke of Beaufort , to the Stampers at Redbrook , to Wyrhall Spinster and to the Poor of Staunton , as specified in the Survey of the said Estate, and which altogether amounted to the annual Sum of Sixteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Five pence, but did not exceed that Sum, and also except Three Heriots payable to Colonel Berkeley , and the Rents, Customs and Services thereafter to become due to the Lord of the Manor of which the said Copyhold Premises were holden); and that the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, should and would in and by such Conveyance covenant and declare, that the Lands called Mailscott Wood , containing Seven hundred and twenty seven Acres Three Roods and Fifteen Perches, then in the Tenure of him the said Henry Hall Viscount Gage , and the Lands containing Fifteen Acres One Rood and Ten Perches, then in the Tenure of John Delaney , Parts of the said Premises thereby agreed to be sold, were Extra Parochial, and warrant the same so to be: And the said Commissioners, Parties to the said Articles of Agreement, did thereby, for and on the behalf of The King's Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and by and with the Consent and Approbation of the Commissioners of His Majesty's...
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