Wooton (Bedfordshire) inclosure Act 1836
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1836 c. 2 |
| Year | 1836 |
ANNO SEXTO
GULIELMI IV. REGIS.
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Cap.2.
An Act
fop
inclosing Lands in the Parish of
Wootton
in the County of Bedford. [30th March 1836.]
W
HEREAS there are within the Parish of fVoottm in rl,- rn,*n>
of Bft/jferrf divers Open Fields, Commons
and "™ ^"W
and Waste Lands
and
Grounds,
and
afso dive?s1Tnc7olea
Lands and Homesteads: And whereas Joseph Francis Duckworth Esquire,
in right
of
Dame Mary his Wife,
is or
claims
to
be Lord
of
the Manor
of
Wootton,
and the Master, Fellows, and Scholars
of
the College
of
the
Lady Frances Sydney Sussex
in
the University
of
Cambridge
are
or
claim
to be Lords
of
the Manors
of
Pilling Shingaye otherwise Pilling Shinggay,
and Pilling alias Pilling Rowsbery,
all the
said Manors being within
the
said Parish
of
Wootton.-
And
whereas
the
said Joseph Francis Duckworth
and Dame Mary his Wife, in right
of
the said Mary, are Impropriators of
the Impropriate Rectory
of
Wootton aforesaid,
and in
right thereof are
entitled
to
all the Great
or
Rectorial Tithes (except
as
herein-after men-
tioned),
and
also
to
certain Glebe Lands within
the
said Parish;
and
John Jenkyn Clerk
is the
Patron
of
the Advowson
of the
Vicarage
of
Wootton aforesaid, and the said John Jenkyn
is
Vicar
of
the said Vicarage,'
and entitled
to all the
Vicarial Tithes,
and to
the Great
or
Rectorial
Tithes
of
certain Lands called the
Hooes,
and certain other Lands, and also
to certain Glebe Lands within the said Parish
;
and Lucy Monoux Spinster
is entitled
to
the Great
or
Rectorial Tithes
of
certain other Lands belong-
ing
to
her
in
the said Parish, formerly the Property
of
Sir Philip Monoux
Baronet, deceased
:
And whereas
the
said
Joseph
Francis Duckworth
and
Mary his Wife, in right
of
the said Mary, Lucy Monoux, the said Master,
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Fellows,
34 6°GULIELMI IV. Cap.2.
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c. 23.
Appointment
sioners.
Fellows, and Scholars, Ann Hind Widow, John Berry, and divers other
Persons, are Owners and Proprietors of or interested in the said Open
Fields, Commons, and Commonable and Waste Lands and Grounds, and
the said inclosed Lands and Homesteads: And whereas an Act was passed
in the Forty-first Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled
4IG.3.C.
109.
An Act for
consolidating
in One Act certain Provisions usually inserted in
Acts of
Inclosure,
and for facilitating the Mode of proving the several
Facts
usually required on the passing of
such
Acts: And whereas an Act was
passed in the First and Second Year of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Laws respecting
the
inclosing
of
Open
Fields, Pastures, Moors,
Commons,
and Waste Lands in
England : And whereas it would be of Advantage to the Persons entitled
to or interested in the said Open Fields, Commons, and Commonable and
Waste Lands and Grounds, if the same were divided and allotted unto
and amongst them according to their respective Rights and Interests therein,
and held in Severalty, and if the same or Parts thereof were inclosed, and,
as well as the said inclosed Lands and Homesteads or Parts
thereof,
exonerated from Tithes; but the several Purposes aforesaid cannot be
effected without the Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please
Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King'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 Thomas Bloodworth
of
Kimbolton
in the County of Huntingdon, Gentleman, Alexander Watford
of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, Gentleman, and Joseph Tween
of Knebworih in the County of Hertford, Gentleman, and their Successors,
to be appointed as herein-after mentioned, shall be and they are hereby
appointed Commissioners for setting out, allotting, and inclosing the said
Open Fields, Commons, and Commonable and Waste Lands and Grounds,
and for carrying into execution the Powers and Provisions of this Act
and also of the said recited Acts, except as far as the same are hereby
varied or altered.
II.
Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Person shall
be capable of acting as a Commissioner in the Execution of this Act until
tosa m and subscribed the following Declaration; that is
; J A.B. do solemnly and sincerely declare, That I will faithfully, im-
partially and honestly, according to the best of my Skill and Ability,
f execute and perform the several Trusts, Powers, and Authorities vested
and reposed in me as a Commissioner by virtue of an Act passed in the
< f,1XtiTear, /he?e-Jgn °f KlnS WilUam th« F«"rth, intituled Vset forth
« th?,1,tle°f thls Act\ according to Equity and good Conscience, and
without Favour or Affect.on, Prejudice or Partiality, to any Person or
rersons whomsoever.'
And such Declaration shall be in lieu of and as a Satisfaction for the Oath
or Affirmation required by the said recited Act of the Forty-first Year of
trie Ke.gn of King George the Third to be taken and subscribed by
i ersons acting as Commissioners in the Execution of an Act for dividing,
J?'
or inclosing any Lands or Grounds; and such Declaration
Affiln V° • ,"tentS. and
PurP°ses
as vaW and effectual as the Oath or
Affirmation in lieu whereof it shall have been so made and subscribed.
III.
And
Commis-
sioners to
make a De-
claration.
6°GULIELMI IV. Cap.2. 35
III.
And be it further enacted, That if before all the Powers and Autho- For appoint-
rities hereby reposed in the said Commissioners shall have been fully ingnewCom-
executed and performed the said Thomas
Blood-worth,
or any other Com- ""ssioners.
missioner to be appointed in his Stead as herein-afrer mentioned, shall
die,
or refuse to act, or become incapacitated, or neglect for the Space of
Three Calendar Months to act as a Commissioner in the Execution of this
Act and the said recited Acts, it shall be lawful for the said Joseph Francis
Buckworth, or the Lord or Lords, Lady or Ladies of the said Manor of
Woottoh
for the Time being, and he, she, or they is and are hereby re-.
quired, within Twenty-eight Days next after such Death, Refusal, Inca-
pacity, or Neglect shall be made known to him, her, or them, by Writing
under his, her, or their Hand or Hands to appoint some other fit Person
(not interested in the Lands and Grounds hereby intended to be divided,
allotted, and inclosed,) to be a Commissioner in the Place or Stead of the
said Thomas Bloodivorth, or of any other Commissioner to be appointed in
his Stead, and so from Time to Time as often as any Commissioner to be
appointed by the said Joseph Francis Buckwcrth, or the Lord or Lords,
Lady or Ladies of the said Manor of
IVootton
for the Time being, shall
die,
neglect, become incapable, or refuse to act as aforesaid ; and if the
said Alexander Watford, or any other Commissioner to be appointed in
his Stead as herein-after mentioned, shall die, or refuse to act, or become
incapacitated or neglect for the Space of Three Calendar Months to act
as a Commissioner in the Execution of this Act and the said recited Acts,
before all the Powers and Authorities hereby reposed in the said Commis-
sioners shall be fully executed and performed, then and in every such
Case it shall be lawful for the Vicar of the said Vicarage for the Time
being, at any Time withinTwenty-eight Days next after such last-mentioned
Death, Refusal, Incapacity, or Neglect shall be made known to,him, by
Writing under the Hand of the said Vicar to appoint any otter Person"
(not being interested in the said Inclosure) to be a Commissioner for the
Purposes of this Act and the said recited Acts in the Place of the said
Alexander Watford, or of any other Commissioner to be appointed in his
Stead ; and if the said Joseph Tween, or any other Commissioner to be
appointed in his Stead as herein-after mentioned, shall die, or refuse to
act, or become incapacitated, or neglect for the Space of Three Calendar
Months to act as a Commissioner in the Execution of this Act and the
said recited Acts, before all the Powers and Authorities hereby reposed
in the said Commissioners shall be fully executed and performed, then
and in every such Case the Proprietors or Persons interested in the said
Open Fields, Commons, and Commonable and Waste Lands and Grounds
hereby directed to be divided, allotted, and inclosed, (except the said Lord
or Lords, Lady or Ladies, and Vicar,) or the major Part of them in Value,
such Value to be ascertained by the Land Tax Assessment of the said
Parish of
Wootton
for the then current Year, who shall be present in Person,
or by their respective Attornies or Agents, at a Meeting to be appointed
for that Purpose by the surviving or remaining Commissioners or Com-
missioner, or by any Three or more of such Owners or Proprietors, within
Twenty-eight Days after such last-mentioned Death, Refusal, Incapacity,
or Neglect shall be known, (of which Meeting Notice shall be given by
the surviving or remaining Commissioners or Commissioner, or by any
Three or more of such Owners and Proprietors, or their respective Attor-
nies or Agents, by affixing such Notice on the principal outer Door of
the Parish Church of
Wootton
upon some Sunday before Divine Service,
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