Eye (Northamptonshire) inclosure and exoneration from tithes Act 1820

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Citation1820 c. 16
Year1820
ANNO PRIMO
GEORGII IV. REGIS.
Cap.
16.
An Act for inclosing Lands within the Parish of
Eye, in the County of
Northampton;
and for
exonerating the same from Tithes.
[30th June 1820.]
W
HEREAS there are within the Manor and Parish of Eye,
in the County of
Northampton,
divers Open and Common
Fields, Arable Lands, Meadows, Pastures, Commons,
and Waste Grounds, containing together by Estimation Eight hun-
dred Acres, or thereabouts; and also certain ancient inclosed Lands
estimated to contain One thousand eight hundred Acres, or there-
abouts : And whereas the most Honourable
Brorvnlow
Marquis of
Exeter is Lord Paramount of the Hundred of
Nassaburgh,
in the
County of
Northampton,
in which Hundred the said Lands do lie,
and as such is entitled to or interested in the Soil of a certain Tract
of Land called Eye
Green,
within the Parish of Eye aforesaid: And
whereas the Right Reverend Herbert Lord Bishop of
'Peterborough,
in Right of his See, is Lord of the said Manor, and as such claims
to be entitled to or interested in the Soil of the said Commons and
Waste Grounds; and
John
Southwell,
Gentleman, is Lessee
thereof:
And whereas the said Lord Bishop of
Peterborough,
in Right of
his
said See, is Impropriator of the Impropriate Rectory of Eye afore-
said, and in Right thereof is entitled to the Great and Small Tithes
[Private.'] 4 m arising,
1°GE0RGII IV.
Cap.
16.
arising, growing, and renewing within the titheabl* Places of the said
Parish of Eye; and also entitled to certain Moduses or Composi-
tions in lieu of Tithes of other Lands in the said Parish ; and John
Tank of Eye aforesaid, Farmer, is Lessee of the said Tithes:
And wliereas the said Lord Bishop, in Right of his said See^ is also
entitled to certain ancient inclosed Farms, Lands, and Heredita-
ments within the Parish of Eye aforesaid, having Right of Common
in, over, and upon the Commons and Waste Grounds witfcra the
said Parish; and the said John Southwell and Daniel Swift, WftUam
George Porter, and AnneSwanson his Wife, and William James Smith,
are Lessees
thereof:
And whereas the most Noble John Duke of
Bedford is entitled to the Manor or reputed Manor, Messuage, and
ancient inclosed Farm called Eyebury, within the said Parish of Eye,
and Edward Knipe Esquire, is entitled to the Manor or reputed
Manor, Messuage, and ancient inclosed Farm of Tanholt, within the
said Parish, respectively having Right of Common in, over, and upon
die Commons and Waste Grounds within the said Parish: And
\*hefeas the said John
Southwell,
John Panic and Mary Cox, WilUam
James Smith,
WilUam
Swift, William Pank, John Moore, and divers
other Persons, are respectively Owners and Proprietors of the several
other Messuages, Cottages, and Tenements, ancient inclosed Lands,
Open Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Lands, within the Parish
of Eye aforesaid: And whereas an Act was passed in the Forty-first
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, inti-
tuled An Act for
consolidating
in one Act certain Provisions usually
inserted
in Acts of
Inclosure,
and for facilitating
tlie
Mode of proving
the several Facts usually required on the passing of
such
Acts: And
whereas the said Common Fields, Arable, Meadow, and Pasture
Lands lie intermixed and dispersed, and are inconveniently situated
for the respective Owners and Occupiers
thereof;
and the said Com-
mons and Waste Grounds yield but little Profit, and in their present
State are incapable of any considerable Improvement, and it would
be very advantageous if the said Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Lands,
and also the said Commons and Waste Grounds were to be divided
and inclosed, and specific Shares thereof allotted unto and amongst
the several Persons interested, in proportion and according to their
respective Estates, Rights, and Interests; but as such Division and
Inclosure and Allotment cannot be effected without the Authority of
Parliament: 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 assembled, and by the
- Authority of the same, That William
Custance
of
Cambridge,
in the
County of
Cambridge,
Gentleman, and his Successor, to be elected
ift Manner herein-after mentioned, shall be and he is hereby appointed
a Commissioner for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the said Open
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Pastures, and all other
Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds in the said Parish of Eye,
and for putting this Act into Execution, subject to the Provisions of
the said recited Act, except in such Cases where the same are hereby
varied or altered.
n. And
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