Signing of Letters Patent, etc. Act 1554
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1554 c. 1 |
| Year | 1554 |
(1 & 2 Ph. & M.) C A P. I.
' W H E R Ein the Parliament begun and holden atWestminster the second Day of April in the first Year of the Reign of our most dread and gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen's Majesty, and there continued and kept till the Dissolution of the same, being the fifth Day of May then next following, one Act was made touching the Articles of her Highness most noble Marriage, in the which Act among other Things it was enacted, ordained and established by the Authority of the said Parliament, That all and singular Gifts, Grants, Letters Patents, Exchanges, Confirmations, Leases, and other Writings, which after the said Marriage, and during the same, should pass and be made of any Benefices, Offices, Lands, Revenues and Fruits, or of any of them, should be intituled and made in the Names of our Sovereign Lord the King, and of her most excellent Highness, whether his Majesty should be present within the Realms or Dominions of her Highness, or within any of them, or absent: (2) And that the same Gifts, Grants, Letters Patents, Exchanges, Confirmations, Leases, and other Writings so set forth and made, should be sealed and firmed with the Sign Manual of her Highness, (3) and the same so signed, and sealed with the Great Seal of this Realm, or with such Seal as hath been accustomed, should be by the Authority of the said Parliament deemed, adjudged, declared and pronounced to be as good, perfect, and of like Force, Strength and Effect in the Law, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes, against our said Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queens Majesties, and her Highness Heirs and Successors, as if her Majesty had been at the Time of the Making thereof sole and unmarried; (4) and that all Gifts, Grants, Letters Patents, Exchanges, Confirmations, Leases, and other Writings, which after the said Marriage, and during the Time of the same, should pass and be made of the said Benefices, Offices, Lands, Revenues and Fruits, or of any of them, whereunto the Sign Manual of her Highness should not be set, made or put, shall be by the Authority of the said Parliament from Time to Time deemed, adjudged, accepted, taken and decreed to be of no Force ne Effect, but utterly frustrate and void in the Law, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes; the said Marriage, or any Law, Usage or Custom to the contrary in any wise...
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