Queen Anne's Bounty Act 1707
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1707 c. 27 |
| Year | 1707 |
(6 Ann.) C A P. XXVII. (54)
'W H E R E A S by an Act made in the fifth Year of the Reign of her present Majesty, intituled, , it is provided, That the said Act, or any Thing therein contained, shall not extend to discharge any Benefices, with Cure of Souls, the Tenths whereof were granted away by any of her Majesty's Predecessors to any Person or Persons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, in Perpetuity, before the third Day ofNovember in the third Year of her Majesty's Reign; which Clause was intended only to save the Rightsof such Persons who had Grants of Tenths from the Crown before the said third Day ofNovember , and not otherwise: But for as much as the First-fruits of the aforesaid Benefices with Cure of Souls, the Tenths whereof were so granted, as aforesaid, were notwithstanding the said Grants, reserved to the Crown, and are now granted by her Majesty to the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy, and their Successors: And for as much as the discharging of the First-fruits and Arrears thereof of small Livings, the Tenths of which are not vested in the said Governors, will be a present proper Augmentation of the same;' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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 all Ecclesiastical Beneficeswith Cure of Souls, not exceeding the clear yearly Value of fifty Pounds by the improved Valuations of the same, the Tenths whereof are not vested in the Corporation of the said Governors, and the Incumbents thereof for the Time being, and every of them, their respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Successors, and Sureties, shall be free and clearly discharged and acquitted for ever of and from the said First-fruits, and of and from all Arrears of the same; any Thing in the aforesaid Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And the ascertaining of the clear improved yearly Valuations of the said Ecclesiastical Benefices with the Cure of Souls, hereby intended to be...
To continue reading
Request your trial