Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1765
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1765 c. 17 |
(5 Geo. 3) C A P. XVII.
'WHEREAS it may be doubtful whether, by the Laws now in being, Archbishops or Bishops, Masters and Fellows, or any other Head and Members of Colleges or Halls, Deans and Chapters, Precentors, Prebendaries, Masters and Guardians of Hospitals, or any other Person or Persons having any Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Promotions, heretofore had, or now have, any Power to make or grant any Lease or Leases of Tythes, or other Incorporeal Hereditaments only, which lie in Grant and not in Livery, for one, two, or three Lives, or for any Term or Terms of Years not exceeding Twenty-one Years, although the ancient Rent or yearly Sum is thereby mentioned to be reserved, and all other Requisites prescribed by the Acts of Parliament now in being to that End, or any of them, were or are justly and truly observed and performed, by reason that there is generally no Place wherein a Distress can be had or taken for such Rent or yearly Sum; and it may be also doubtful whether, in Cases of such Leases for Life or Lives, there is any Remedy in Law for such Ecclesiastical or other Persons by Action of Debt or otherwise, for recovering the Rent or yearly Sum due and in Arrear which is mentioned to be reserved on such Leases for Life or Lives: Therefore, for obviating all Doubts touching the same, and enabling the said Archbishops and Bishops, Masters and Fellows, or other Heads and Members of Colleges or Halls, Deans and Chapters, Precentors, Prebendaries, Masters and Guardians of Hospitals, and other Ecclesiastical Persons, to make valid Leases of such their Incorporeal Hereditaments, and to recover the Rents or yearly Sum mentioned to be reserved on any Leases by them already granted, or to be granted, for one, two, or three Lives, as aforesaid; and also to make good and effectual all such Leases as have already been granted by them, or any of them:' May it 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 Commons, in this present Parliament...
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