Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1539 c. 13 |
| Year | 1539 |
(31 Hen. 8) C A P. XIII.
'WHERE divers and sundry Abbots, Priors, Abbesses, Prioresses and other Ecclesiastical Governors and Governesses of divers Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places within this our Sovereign Lord the King's Realm ofEngland and Wale , of their own free and voluntary Minds, good Wills and Assents, without Constraint, Coaction or Compulsion of any manner of Person or Persons, sithen the fourth Day of February the twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of our most dread Sovereign Lord, by the due Order and Course of the Common Laws of this his Realm of England , and by their sufficient Writings of Record, under their Coventand Common Seals, have severally given, granted and by the same their Writings, severally confirmed all their said Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, and all their Sites, Circuits and Precincts of the same, and all and singular their Manors, Lordships, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Tithes, Pensions, Portions, Churches, Chapels, Advowsons, Patronages, Annuities, Rights, Entries, Conditions, Commons, Leets, Courts, Liberties, Privileges and Franchises, appertaining or in any wise belonging to any such Monastery, Abbathy, Priory, Nunnery, College, Hospital, House of Friers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, or to any of them, by whatsoever Name or Corporation they or any of them were then named or called, and of what Order, Habit, Religion, or other Kind or Quality soever they or any of them were then reputed, known or taken; to have and to hold all the said Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Manors, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services and all other the Premisses, to our said Sovereign Lord, his Heirs and Successors for ever, and the same their said Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, House of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Manors, Lordships, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services and other the Premisses, voluntarily as is aforesaid, have renounced, left and forsaken, and every of them hath renounced, left and forsaken:'
II Monasteries and their Lands before surrendered or dissolved, given to the King.
II. Be it therefore enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, That the King our Sovereign Lord shall have, hold, possess and enjoy to him, his Heirs and Successors for ever, all and singular such late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, of what Kinds, Natures, Qualities or Diversities of Habits, Rules, Professions or Orders they or any of them were named, known or called, which sith the said fourth Day ofFebruary the twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord, have been dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up, or by any other Mean come to his Highness; (2)and by the same Authority, and in like Manner shall have, hold, possess and enjoy all the Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Manors, Lordships, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Tithes, Pensions, Portions, Parsonages appropriated, Vicarages, Churches, Chapels, Advowsons, Nominations, Patronages, Annuities, Rights, Interests, Entries, Conditions, Commons, Leets, Courts, Liberties, Privileges, Franchises and other whatsoever Hereditaments, which appertained or belonged to the said late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, or to any of them, in as large and ample Manner and Form, as the late Abbots, Priors, Abbesses, Prioresses, and other Ecclesiastical Governors and Governesses of such late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, had, held or occupied, or of Right ought to have had, holden or occupied, in the Rights of their said late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers or other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, at the Time of the said Dissolution, Suppression, Renouncing, Relinquishing, Forfeiting, Giving up, or by any other manner of mean coming of the same to the King's Highness sithen the fourth Day ofFebruary above specified.
III Co. pl. s. 445.
III. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That not only all the said late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Manors, Lordships, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services, and all other the Premisses, forthwith, immediately and presently, (2)but also all other Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and all other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, which hereafter shall happen to be dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up, or by any other mean come to the King's Highness; (3) and also all the Sites, Circuits, Precincts, Manors, Lordships, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures, Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Tithes, Pensions, Portions, Parsonages appropriate, Vicarages, Churches, Chapels, Advowsons, Nominations, Patronages, Annuities, Rights, Interests, Entries, Conditions, Commons, Leets, Courts, Liberties, Privileges, Franchises and other Hereditaments whatsoever they be, belonging or appertaining to the same or any of them, (4)whensoever and as soon as they shall be dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up, or by any other Mean come unto the King's Highness, shall be vested, deemed and adjudged by Authority of this present Parliament, in the very actual and real Seisin and Possession of the King our Sovereign Lord, his Heirs and Successors for ever, in the State and Condition as they now be, (5)and as though all the said late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers and all other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places so dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up, or come unto the King's Highness as is aforesaid, (6)as also the said Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, which hereafter shall happen to be dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up or come unto the King's Highness, Sites, Circuit, Precincts, Manors, Lordships, Granges, Lands, Tenements and other the Premisses, whatsoever they be, and every of them, were in this present Act specially and particularly rehearsed, named and expressed by express Words, Names, Titles and Faculties, and in their Natures, Kinds and Qualities.
IV All Abbey Lands shall be within the Survey of the Court of Augmen ations, except such which come by Attainder.
IV. And be it also enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all the said late Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers, and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses and Places, which being dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, given up or come to the King's Highness by any Manner of Means as is aforesaid, and all the Manors, Lordships, Granges, Lands, Tenements and other the Premisses (except such thereof as be come to the King's Hands by Attainder or Attainders of Treason) (2) and all the said Monasteries, Abbathies, Priories, Nunneries, Colleges, Hospitals, Houses of Friers and other Religious and Ecclesiastical Houses or Places, which hereafter shall happen to be dissolved, suppressed, renounced, relinquished, forfeited, given up or come unto the King's Highness, (3) and all the Manors, Lordships, Granges, Lands, Tenements, Meadows, Pastures Rents, Reversions, Services, Woods, Tithes, Portions, Pensions, Parsonages appropriate, Vicarages, Churches, Chapels, Advowsons, Nominations, Patronages, Annuities, Rights, Interests, Entries, Conditions, Commons, Leets, Courts, Liberties, Privileges, Franchises and other Hereditaments, whatsoever they be, belonging to the same, or to any of them (except such thereof which shall happen to come to the King's Highness by Attainder or Attainders of Treason) shall be in the Order, Survey and Governance of our said Sovereign Lord the King's Court of Augmentations of the Revenues of his Crown, and of the Chancellor, Officers and Ministers of the same; (4)and all the Ferms, Issues, Revenues and Profits, coming and growing of the Premisses, and of every Part thereof, (except before except) shall be ordered, taken and received for the King'sUse by the said Chancellor, Ministers and Officers, of the same Court, in such and like Manner and Form, as the Monasteries, Priories, Sites, Circuits, Manors, Granges, Meases, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Reversions, Services, Tithes, Pensions, Portions, Advowsons...
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