Lands of Hertford College Act 1816
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1816 c. 136 |
| Year | 1816 |
(56 Geo. 3) C A P. CXXXVI.
[1st July 1816]
'WHEREAS His late Majesty KingGeorge the Second was graciously pleased by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of Great Britain , bearing Date at Westminster , the Fifth Day of September , in the Fourteenth Year of His said Majesty's Reign, to will and grant, that within Hart Hall in the University of Oxford , and within the Bounds, Circuits and Precincts of the same in Oxford , and within the same University of Oxford and the Liberties and Precincts of the same, there should be from thenceforth for ever one Perpetual College for Students of Divinity, the Civil and Canon Law, Physic and other good Arts and Languages; and that the same College, consisting of a Principal, Four Senior Fellows or Tutors, and Eight Junior Fellows or Assistants, might be for ever called Hertford College in the University of Oxford ; and further to will and grant, that the Principal and Fellows of the College and their Successors for ever, should and might be one Body Corporate and Politic by the Name of the ‘Principal and Fellows of Hertford College in the University of Oxford :’ And Whereas the President and Scholars of SaintMary Magdalen College in the said University of Oxford are seised in Fee of a certain Piece of Land, constituting Part of the Site of the said College called Hertford College , of which they granted a Lease to the Principal and Fellows of the same College, bearing Date the Sixth Day of December in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety six, for the Term of Forty Years from the Date thereof, under a reserved annual Rent of Three Pounds Fifteen Shillings and One Penny: And Whereas the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the said University, are seised in Fee of certain Pieces of Land, constituting other Part of the Site of the said College calledHertford College , of which they granted a Lease, bearing Date the Twenty seventh Day of February in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, to the Principal and Fellows of Hertford College , to hold to them and their Successors for the Term of Forty Years from the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary , in the Year One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, under the several yearly Rents of Ten Shillings and One Shilling and Eight pence: And Whereas the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College in the said University are entitled to an annual Rent Charge of One Pound Thirteen Shillings and Four pence, issuing and payable from and out of some Part or Parts of the Siteof the said College calledHertford College : And Whereas Two several Commissions of Escheat under the Great Seal of Great Britain , bearing Date at Westminster the Twenty ninth Day of April in the Fifty sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, lately issued, directed to certain Commissioners therein named, authorizing and empowering them or any Three or more of them to enquire, amongst other matters and things, whether at any time and when the said College called Hertford College had become and was dissolved, and whether the said College before and at the time of the Dissolution thereof was seised in Fee Simple of or of any other and what Estate, or possessed of any and what Term or Terms for Years of and in divers and what Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, situate in the several Counties of Oxford and Berks , and whether by reason of the Dissolution thereof the same Hereditaments, Term and Termsfor Years, had escheated and devolved to His Majesty: And Whereas by an Inquisition indented and taken at the City ofOxford in the County of Oxford on the Fonrth Day of May last, before Three of the Commissioners in the said Commissions named, upon the Oaths of Twelve good and lawful Men of the said County of Oxford in the said Inquisition named, it was found that the said College called Hertford College in the University of Oxford , on the Twenty eighth Day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and five, became and was and is dissolved; and that the said dissolved College was at the time of the Dissolution thereof seised in its Demesne as of Fee of and in a certain Piece of Land, containing by Admeasurement One thousand nine hundred and eighty two square Yards (a little more or less); bounded on the West Side thereof partly by a certain Street called Cat Street , and partly by the Land of one James Stone and one Widow Gillett ; and on the North Side thereof partly by a certain Street leading from a Gate, anciently called Smith's Gate , to New College , and partly by the Land hereinbefore and hereinafter mentioned, of the said Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the said University, and of the said President ant Scholars of the said College of Saint Mary Magdalen in the said University; and on the East Side thereof partly by New College Lane , and partly by the Stables of New College ; and on the South Side thereof by the Land and Buildings of All Souls College ; together with all Messuages, Erections and Buildings on the same Piece of Land erected, standing and being, situate in the Parish of Saint Peter in the East , and the Parish of Saint Mary the Virgin , in the City and County of Oxford ; one Parcel of which said first mentioned Piece of Land was found to be subject to the said Rent of One Pound Thirteen Shillings and Four pence payable yearly to the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College , and a certain other Parcel of the said first mentioned Piece of Land to be subject to a certain Rent of Four pence payable yearly to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford , of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth: And it was further found, that the said first mentioned Piece of Land was holden by the said dissolved College, at the time of its Dissolution, of His Majesty, in free and common Socage in right of His Royal Crown, but not subject to any Rents or Services in respect thereof, except Fealty: And it was further found, that the said dissolved College was at the time of its Dissolution possessed of the said Pieces of Land, whereof the said Chancellor, Masters and Scholars, and the said President and Scholars respectively are so seized as aforesaid for the Residue of the several Terms before mentioned to have been granted by them respectively, together with all Messuages, Erections and Buildings on the same Pieces of Land standing, erected and being: And it was further found, that the said Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, and Terms for Years, had escheated and devolved, and did then belong to His Majesty by virtue of His Prerogative Royal; and the said Commissioners had, in obedience to the said Commission, seized the same into the Hands of His Majesty: And by an Inquisition indented and taken at Grandpound , in the Parish of Saint Aldate , in the County of Berks , on the said Fourth Day of May , before Three of the Commissioners in the said Commissions named, upon the Oaths of Twelve good and lawful Men of the said County of Berks , in the said last Inquisition named it was found, that the said College called Hertford College , in the University of Oxford , on the said Twenty eighth Day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and five, became and was and is dissolved; and that the said dissolved College was at the time of the Dissolution thereof seised in its Demesne as of Fee of and in Fourteen Acres and Three Rods by Estimation of Arable Land, and One Acre and a Half of Meadow Ground, more or less, lying dispersed in the Common Fields and Meadows of North Morton in the said County of Berks , with the Appurtenances; and that the said Lands and Hereditaments were at the time of the Dissolution of the said College held of His Majesty by the said College in free and common Socage, in right of His Royal Crown, but not subject to any Rents or Services in respect thereof except Fealty, and had become escheated to His Majesty by virtue of His Prerogative Royal; and the said Commissioners had in obedience to the said Commission seized the same into the Hands of His Majesty: And Whereas the Buildings of the said dissolved College having since the said Dissolution thereof for the most Part been unoccupied and neglected, the same have gone gradually into Decay, and are in a very ruinous and dilapidated State, and there is no Fund applicable to putting them into Repair: And Whereas Magdalen Hall is contiguous to Saint Mary Magdalen College , and there is an ancient School for the Education of Sixteen Choristers of the same College, which forms Part of the Buildings of the said Hall; and the Freehold of the Site of the said Hall and School is vested in the said President and Scholars of the said College: And Whereas the said President and Scholars are about to improve and considerably enlarge the Buildings of Magdalen College , for which Purpose they have caused Plans to be drawn, which cannot be effectually carried into Execution unless the said Hall and School be taken down and removed, in which Event they intend to erect or provide another School equally convenient to the College: And Whereas the Removal of the said Hall and School being necessary to the Completion of the intended...
To continue reading
Request your trial