ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Production Note Project Unica Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015 ANNO SEPTIMO GEORGII IV. REGIS. a************************************************** CAP. XXVIII. An Act for exonerating certain Estates called Corsica Hall, Alfnston, Maf Alfriston otherwise Maffe Alfryshton, and Dean Place, in the County of' Sussex, belonging to John Henry Tilson Esquire, from the Claims of the Crown. [5th May 1826.] WHEREAS John Henry Tilson of Watlington Parle in the County of Cte/ord, Esquire, was appointed Receiver General of the Land Tax and Assessed Taxes for the County of Oxford in the Month of May in the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixteen ; and the said John Henry Tilson, together with Sureties approved by His Majesty’s Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, are by a Bond of Record jointly and severally bound to His Majesty, in a large Penalty, for the due Execution by him of the said Office of Receiver General: And whereas the said John Henry Tilson hap passed his Accounts down to the Year ending the Fifth Day of One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, and hath duly paid all the Balances and Sums of Money received by him into His Majesty s Exchequer, according to the Contract entered into by him with the said Commissioners for Affairs of Taxes: And whereas subsequently to the said John Henri) Tilson’s Appointment as such Receiver General as aforesaid, he became possessed of the Equity o g x Redemp-266 7" GEORGII IV. Cap.28. Redemption of certain Estates in the Parishes of Seaford and AlfrisUm in the County of Sussex : And whereas under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, inti-13 Eliz.c. 4. tuled An Act to make the Lands, Tenements, Goods, and Chattels of Tellers, Receivers, et cetera, liable to the Payment of their Debts, and under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Twenty-fifth Year of 25 G.3.C.35. the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the more easy and effectual Sale of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of Croton Debtors, or their Sureties, all the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of which the said John Henry Tilson was seised on the Day on which he became an Officer or Accountant to the Crown, or has been seised at any Time since, are, and during such Time as he shall continue such Officer or Accountant, and until his ultimate Balance shall be paid into the Exchequer, and a Quietus obtained for the same, will be liable to be put in Execution and sold for the Payment of his Arrears in the Collection and Receipt of the said Taxes and Duties, and in consequence thereof the said John Henry Tilson is unable to make a good Title to the said Estate called Corsica Hall, or to the said Manors or reputed Manors, Farms, and Estates called Alfriston, Maff Alfriston otherwise Maffe Alfryshton, and Dean Place, or either of them, to any Purchaser or Mortgagee thereof: And whereas inasmuch as the said John Henry Tilson hath become possessed of the said Estates in the said Parishes of Seaford and Alfriston since he was appointed Receiver General as aforesaid ; and inasmuch as he hath duly paid up all his Balances and passed his Accounts as such Receiver General as aforesaid down to the Year ending the Fifth of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three inclusively; and inasmuch as the Payment of all Monies due and to become due from him in respect of the said Land Tax and Assessed Taxes will be sufficiently and effectually secured by the other Property of the said John Henry Tilson, and by the Bond of himself and his Sureties, notwithstanding a Release of the Claims of the Crown against the said Estates in the said County of Sussex; and inasmuch as the said John Henry Tilson’s Sureties are satisfied that the other Property of the said John Henry Tilson, independently of the said Estates, forms an ample Protection to them against any Claim that may be made upon them under their Bonds, and are willing to consent that the said Estates in the said County of Sussex should be exonerated from such Claims of the Crown as aforesaid, it is reasonable that the said John Henry Tilson should be enabled to make a good Title to the said Estates in the said County of Sussex, discharged from such Claims of the Crown: To the End therefore that a good Title may be made to the said Estates in the said County of Sussex, notwithstanding such Claims, May it please Your most Excellent Majesty (at the humble Petition of the said John Henry Tilson) 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 tates™ 3 *H -Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, Tilson, Esq. the Estate called Corsica Hall, and the Manors or reputed Manors, exonerated Farms, and Estates called Alfriston, Maff Alfriston otherwise Maffe from the Alfryshton, and Dean Place, and all and every Part and Parcel of the Crown.0 1 e same respectively; and all other Lands, Tenements, and Heredita-4 mentsTM 6*- °H ° 5-3 7° GEORGII IV. Cap.28. ments ,the sai(l John Henry Tilson, in the said Parishes of Section! and Alfriston, or either of them, together with the several and respective Rights, Members, and Appurtenances thereunto respect ively appertaining, and all the Estate, Right, Title, and Interest of the said John Henry Tilson and his Heirs therein and thereto respect ively, shall be, and all and every Purchasers or Purchaser or Mortgagees or Mortgagee of the same Estates, Manors or reputed Manors, Farms, Hereditaments, and Premises, any or either of them or any Part or Parts thereof respectively, and their respective Heir’ Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall have, hold, and enjoy the same, and all and every Part thereof respectively, acquitted and absolutely discharged of and from the Arrears and Debts which have become due to His late Majesty or His present Majesty, or which may accrue or shall become due to His present Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, by or from the said John Henry Tilson, on account of or in respect to the said Office so held by the said John Henru Tilson as aforesaid, or any Matter, Cause, or Thing in anywise relating thereto, and of and from all Recognizances, Bonds, and Obligations made by the said John Henry Tilson to His late or present Majesty, or to be made by the said John Henry Tilson to His present Majesty’ His Heirs or Successors, during such Time as he the said John Henry Tilson shall be or remain an Accountant or Debtor to His present Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, and all Actions, Suits, Claims, and Demands whatsoever, which His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, might have or be entitled unto if this Act had not been made, on account or in respect of the same or any of them, and of and from all Right, Title, Interest, Property, Claim, and Demand whatsoever of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, in, to, from, out of, or upon the said Manor or reputed Manors, Estates, Farm, Hereditaments, and Premises, or any or either of them, or any Part or Parts thereof respectively; any thing in the said Act passed in the Reign of Her said late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, or in any other Act or Acts of Parliament relating to Accountants or Debtors to the Crown, to the contrary notwithstanding. LONDON: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King’s most Excellent Majesty. 1826.