Rolls Estate Act 1837
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1837 c. 46 |
(7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict.) C A P. XLVI.
[12th July 1837]
'WHEREAS the Mansion House, Chapel, Messuages, and Estates, commonly called the Rolls Estates, which are situate in and nearChancery Lane in the County of Middlesex , and were formerly the Site of the House or Hospital of Converts or converted Jews, and the Hereditaments thereto belonging, were granted by King Edward the Third by Letters Patent bearing Date the Eleventh Day of April , in the Fifty-first Year of His Reign, to remain and continue for ever to the Clerk or Keeper of the Rolls of Chancery for the Time being, and to be annexed to the said Office for ever; and in the Letters Patent by which the present Master of the Rolls has been appointed, and in every of the Letters Patent by which several preceding Masters of the Rolls respectively have been appointed, there have been thereby granted by His late Majesty and His Royal Predecessors respectively to such Master of the Rolls respectively the Custody of the House or Hospital of the Converts for the Habitation of the said Keeper or Master of the Rolls, together with all Edifices, Yards, Gardens, and Orchards to the same House or Hospital in anywise belonging or appertaining, to hold the same (together with such Office of Keeper or Master of the Rolls) unto such Person respectively during his Life, with all Rights and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Office or to the House or Hospital aforesaid belonging or appertaining, the Wages, Fees, Rewards, Commodities, Emoluments, and Profits whatsoever anciently in anywise accustomed and due to the same Office, to be received yearly, together with all and all Manner of other Rights, Liberties, Pre-eminences, Profits, Emoluments, Mansions, Places, and Appurtenances whatsoever in anywise belonging or appertaining to the Office aforesaid, in as ample Manner and Form as any other Keeper or Master of the Rolls or of the said House or Hospital was or were accustomed to receive and enjoy the same: And whereas the said Rolls Estates consist of the Mansion House, with the Court-yard, Garden, Stable, Coach-house, and other Houses and Buildings thereunto belonging, the Chapel called the Rolls Chapel, and several Messuages and Hereditaments, and a Particular or Rental of the said Estates is annexed by way of Schedule to this Act: And whereas by virtue of an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of King Charles the Second, intituled , and also an Act passed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the Third, intituled Charlesthe Second, intituled 'The Master of the Rolls empowered to make Leases for Years in order to new-build the old Houses belonging to the Rolls,' and for the better regulating the Method of granting Leases of the said Rolls Estate, and for making Compensation to the Earl of Macclesfield and Sir Thomas Sewell for their beneficial Rights and Interests in certain Leases made of the Rolls Estate, and for regulating the Method of making Leases of the said Estate for the future , the Master of the Rolls for the Time being has from Time to Time granted Leases of the said Messuages and Premises (the said Chapel of the Rolls, and the said Mansion House, Court-yard, Garden, Stable, Coach-house, and other Outhouses and Buildings fit for the Habitation and Use of the Master of the Rolls, only excepted): And whereas by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled , it was enacted, that the Sum of Four thousand and eighty-one Pounds Four Shillings and Four-pence, Threeper Centum Bank Annuities, purchased in pursuance of the said Act of the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, with the Surplus of the Rents and Profits of the said Rolls Estates, and then standing in the Name of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery to the Account ‘The Account of the Rolls Estate,’ should be and remain in the said Court to the said Account called ‘The Account of the Rolls Estate,’ and should be and form a Fund for the Purpose (if necessary) of repairing, supporting, and rebuilding the Houses and Premises called the Rolls Estate, and keeping the same insured from Loss or Damage by Fire, (except the said Chapel and Mansion House, with their Appurtenances,) and be sold, applied, and disposed of for those Purposes or any of them by Order of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal from Time to Time as there might be Occasion, and that the Dividends, Interest, and annual Produce thereof then due and thereafter to accrue due might from Time to Time be paid by the said Accountant General without any Order or Draft for that Purpose to the Master of the Rolls for the Time being, subject nevertheless to any Order of the Court, as therein and herein-before is mentioned; and by the same Act it was further enacted, that the Master of the Rolls for the Time being should after the passing of the said Act have and be entitled to receive the whole of the Rents and Profits of the said Estate called ‘The Rolls Estate,’ after providing for the keeping in repair and properly supporting and rebuilding and insuring from Fire the said Houses and Premises to and for his own Use and Benefit: And whereas the said Sum of Four thousand and eighty-one Pounds Four Shillings and Four-pence, Three per Centum Bank Annuities, remains standing in the Name of the said Accountant General in the Account aforesaid, and since the passing of the said herein-before in part recited Act of the First Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the Fourth the Dividends and annual Produce thereof, amounting to the annual Sum of One hundred and twenty-two Pounds Eight Shillings and Eight-pence, and also the Rents, Issues, and Profits of the Rolls Estate (which on an Average of the last Two Years amount to the annual Sum of Two thousand one hundred and nineteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings), have been received by the Master of the Rolls for the Time being as Part of the Emoluments of his Office: And whereas the Court in which the Master of the Rolls is accustomed to sit as one of the Judges of the Court of Chancery out of Term, together with certain Rooms adjacent thereto necessary for the Administration of Justice there, form Part of the said Mansion House: And whereas the other Part of the said Mansion House and the Garden and Appurtenances thereto belonging are not at present used by or for the Accommodation of the Master of the Rolls, and some of the Rooms in the said Mansion House are occupied by Records belonging to Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench: And whereas, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled , the Master of the Rolls, with the Consent and Approbation of Three of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, hath granted a Lease of Part of the Garden belonging to the said Mansion House to the said Society of Judges and Serjeants at Law for a Term of Ninety-nine Years at a Peppercorn Rent, for the Purpose of building Chambers for the Judges thereon: And whereas by an Act passed in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of KingGeorge the Third, intituled , the Freehold of the Buildings in theRolls Yard, Chancery Lane , where the Business of the Office of Examiners, and also of the Offices of the Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Petty Bag, is now carried on, with its Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and all other Premises, if any, which should thereafter be purchased for the Purposes of the said Offices, together with all Buildings then or thereafter to be erected thereon, were vested in the Master of the Rolls for the Time being for the Use and for the Purposes of the said Offices, and subject to such Rules and Regulations respecting the Use and Occupation thereof, and of the Rooms and Chambers thereto belonging or therewith occupied, as the Court of Chancery shall from Time to Time order and direct: And whereas several of the most valuable Records of the Chancery of England are deposited in Presses in Closets in the Inside of the said Rolls Chapel, and on Shelves and Closets in the Roof thereof: And whereas the Two Chaplains of the Master of the Rolls have respectively been appointed from Time to Time by the Master of the Rolls for the Time being, and have officiated as Preacher and Reader in the Performance of Divine Worship in the said Chapel: And whereas an ancient yearly Payment or Sum of Four Pounds, chargeable upon and issuing out of the Rectory of Saint Dunstan in the West in the City of London and the Suburbs of the said City, is payable to the Master of the Rolls for the Time being; and by an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled Saint Dunstan in the Westin the City of London and the Suburbs of the said City, and for securing a certain annual Payment to the Rector of the said Parish in lieu of Tithes , it was enacted, that the Rector of the said Parish shall be and remain subject to the Payment of and shall well and truly pay the said yearly Payment or Sum of Four Pounds to the Master of the Rolls for the Time being on the Twenty-ninth Day of September in each Year: And whereas the said Preacher hath also been accustomed to receive from the Masters, Six Clerks, Registrars, and other Officers of the said Court of Chancery who are considered to be entitled to Seats in the said Chapel certain Fees, amounting to the yearly Sum of Forty-nine Pounds Two Shillings and Eight-pence or thereabouts; and the said Reader has received the Rents at which Pews in the said Chapel have been let to Persons not entitled to Seats therein, and Sums have been paid out of the Rents and Profits of the Rolls Estate to the said Preacher and Reader to make up to each...
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