Morden College, Kent Act 1771
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1771 c. 10 |
(11 Geo. 3) C A P. X.
'WHEREAS his late Majesty KingWilliam the Third, by his Letters Patent under the Great Seal of , bearing Date the fourth Day ofNovember , in the eleventh Year of his Reign, for the Consideration therein mentioned, did grant unto or in Trust for Sir John Morden , Baronet, his Heirs and Assigns, for ever, the Manor or Lordship of Old-Court , with the Lands thereunto belonging, in the Parish of East Greenwich , in the County of Kent : And whereas the said Sir John Morden intending to make some Provision for the Comfort and Support of aged and decayed Merchants, erected, at his own Expences, a large House or College near Blackheath , in the said County, for their Reception; and by his LastWill and Testament in Writing, bearing Date the fifteenth Day ofOctober , in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and two, gave and devised all his Real and Copyhold Estates to certain Trustees therein named, their Heirs and Assigns, for ever, in Trust, for the Use of his said College, and for the Maintenance and Support of poor aged and decayed Merchants of England , whose Fortunes had been ruined by the Perils of the Sea, and other unavoidable Accidents; all which Real and Copyhold Estates are now, by virtue of divers mesne Assignments, Surrenders, and Conveyances in the Law, become vested in John March, Richard Chiswell, William Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William Ewer , and James Lee , Esquires, their Heirs and Assigns, in Trust for the Benefit of the said Charity; Andwhereas the Trustees of the said Charity for the time being have, at various Times, possessed divers Parts of a certain Parcel of Land, in the Parish ofEast Greenwich aforesaid, called Maidenstone Hill , on an Apprehension that the same was Part of the Manor or Lordship of Old-Court , in the said Letters Patent mentioned, and have at various Times granted Leases of several Parts of the same to sundry Persons, who have erected Houses thereon; but the said Hill having been claimed on the Behalf of his Majesty, as being Part of his Royal Manor of East Greenwich , Informations of Intrusion have been exhibited by this Majesty's Attorney-general, in the Court of Exchequer , against several of those Lessees: And whereas, in order to compromise the said Matter, and to save Expences to the Charity, certain Articles of Agreement have been entered into, and duly executed, by and between Peter Burrell Esquire, Surveyor-generalof his Majesty's Lands, on Behalf of his Majesty, of the one Part, and the saidJohn March, Richard Chiswell, William Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William Ewer , and James Lee , Esquires, the said Trustees of Morden College , of the other Part, bearing Date the eleventh Day of December , one thousand seven hundred and seventy, the Tenor whereof is in these Words: ‘ Articles of Agreementindented, had, made, concluded and agreed upon, this eleventh Day ofDecember , in the eleventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France , and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy, between Peter Burrell Esquire, Surveyor-general of his Majesty's Lands, of the one Part, and John March, Richard Chiswell, William Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William Ewer , and James Lee , Esquires, Trustees of Morden College , in the County of Kent , of the other Part: Whereas, in Michaelmas Term, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-one, and in Hilary Term, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, his Majesty's Attorney-general filed two several Informations of Intrusion, in his Majesty's Court of Exchequer , against Leonard Searle and Joseph Gordon , for the Purpose of recovering the Possession of a certain Piece of waste Ground, called Maidenstone Hill , within the Parish of East Greenwich , in the County of Kent , as being Parcel of the Waste of, and belonging to, his Majesty's Royal Manor of East Greenwich ; into which said Piece of waste Ground, or Part thereof, the said Leonard Searle and Joseph Gordon had intruded, under the Colour and Sanction of certain Leases thereof granted to them by the Trustees of the said College, who claimed the whole of the Waste of the said Hill, as Part of and belonging to the Manor of Old-Court , of which they were in Possession under certain Grants from the Crown: And whereas the said two several Causes being at Issue and ready to be tried at the Bar of the said Court of Exchequer , by special Juries of the said County of Kent , they the said John March, Richard Chiswell, William Clarke, William Cooper, Samuel Smith, William Ewer , and James Lee , the Trustees of Morden College aforesaid, did, in Easter Term last, lay certain Proposals before the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury for compromising and putting a find End to the several Matters in Dispute in the above-mentioned Causes, by which said Proposals they the said Trustees did offer to admit the Right of the Crown to the said Hill, and all other the Wastes of the said Manor ofEast Greenwich , upon being acquitted of all Accounts for...
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