William III, 1698: The Private Acts

Item quedam petitiones privatas personas concernentes in se formam Actus continentes exhibite fuerunt predicto Domino Regi in Parliamento predicto quorum Tituli subscribuntur vizt.

An Act for the more easie and certaine Payment of the Debts of Edward Earl of Darwentwater by Sale of Woods and Timber and for enabling him to raise Money for Discharge of Incumbrances upon Part of his Estate.

An Act for naturalizing Elizabeth Farewell.

An Act for naturalizing Nicholas Lepell.

An Act for naturalizing Bartholomew Ogilby and others.

An Act for the Ships Margaret and Friendship of Bristoll to trade as Free Ships.

An Act to naturalize James S^t. Pierre John Denty and Remond Hensbergh.

An Act to naturalize Charles de Siburg and Francis St. George.

An Act to naturalize William Lloyd Cornelius de Witt and Godfrey Lloyd.

An Act to naturalize John Meoles.

An Act for the Releife of the Creditors of Sir Robert Vyner Knight and Baronet deceased.

An Act for the Naturalization of Theophilus Rabesineres and others.

An Act for enabling George Penne Esquire to sell Lands for the Payment of his Debts and other Purposes therein mentioned.

An Act to naturalize Philip de Chenevix and others.

An Act to naturalize William Lower William Darnell and Peter Godby.

An Act for naturalizing Anthony Columbiere and others.

An Act to naturalize George Burnett.

An Act to naturalize Mark Anthony Davesseins de Moncall and David Loches.

An Act for the Naturalization of John Francis de Carcassonet and others.

An Act for naturalizing Captain Thomas Browne and others.

An Act to naturalize John de Philip[o (fn. 1) ] neau Sieur de Montargiere and others.

An Act for naturalizing Peter Barailleau and others.

An Act for the Ship Charles Flyboat of Exeter to trade as a Free Ship.

An Act to naturalize Isaac Gouyquette de St Eloy.

An Act for settling Augmentations on certain Vicaridges for ever.

An Act for confirming of a Grant and Settlement made by William Forster Esquire of divers Mannors and Lands in the County Palatine of Durham and County of Northumberland to Thomas Lord Fairfax and others upon certain Trusts [and Uses (fn. 1) ] therein mentioned.

An Act for Sale of some Part of the Estate of Sir Thomas Darcy deceased for Payment of Debts.

An Act to enable Edward Price Esquire to transferr a Charge of One thousand Pounds for the Use of his younger Children from an Estate in the County of Montgomery to an Estate in the Countys of Hereford and Radnor of better Value.

An Act to enable Trustees to sell Part of the Estate of George Scott Esquire to pay Debts and raise Portions for his Brothers and Sister and to settle other Part of his Estate.

An Act for Sale of the Estate of Dudley Vesey in Hintlesham in the County of Suffolke for the Payment of his Debts.

An Act to enable Robert Aldworth and his Wife to sell their Estate in or near Wantage in the County of Berks for raising Three hundred Pounds for Payment of his Debts and for applying the Residue of the Money for purchasing some other Estate for the sole Use of his Wife and Children.

An Act for the Incouragement of a new Invention by Thomas Savery for raising Water and occasioning Motion to all Sorts of Mill Worke by the impellent Force of Fire.

An Act to naturalize Scipio Guy and others.

An Act for the Sale of the Mannors of Halwill and Becket in the County of Devon the Estate of John Moor for Payment of Debts.

An Act for vesting the Reall Estate late of Thomas Lascells Esquire deceased in Trustees to be sold for the Payment of his Debts.

An Act to enable John Young Gentleman to sell Lands for Payment of Debts and Legacies.

An Act to enable the Towne of Liverpoole in the County Palatine of Lancaster to build a Church and endow the same and for making the said Towne and Liberties thereof a Parish of itselfe distinct from Walton

An Act to enable Thomas Okeover Gentleman Son and Heir Apparent of Rowland Okeover [of Okeover (fn. 1) ] in the County of Stafford Esquire together with the said Rowland Okeover to make a Joynture and Settlement upon the Marriage of the said Thomas Okeover.

An Act to enable Katherine Leeke an Infant under the Age of One and twenty Yeares to settle and dispose of her Estate upon her Marriage.

An Act for vesting certain Lands of Sir Thomas Seyliard Baronet in the County of Kent in Trustees to be sold for the Payment of his Sisters Portions charged thereon.

An Act to enable Thomas Byde Esquire an Infact (with the Consent of his Guardians and next Relations) to make a Contract for the buying in his Mothers Joynture and to settle a small Estate in Great Amwell in the County of Hertford and likewise for the securing and raising [a (fn. 1) ] Portion for Barbara Byde Sister to the said Thomas Byde and for other Purposes in the Act mentioned.

An Act for Sale of the Mannor of Lordington alias Lurtington and Whitney and divers Lands in the County of Sussex and for laying out Five thousand Pounds in purchasing other Lands to be setled in lieu thereof.

An Act to enable Samuel Wake alias Jones Esquire to sell Lands to pay Debts and to purchase other Lands adjoyning to and formerly Parcell of the Mannor of Waltham al[ia]s Waltham Holy Crosse in the County of Essex to be [settled to the same Uses. (fn. 2) ]

An Act for the vesting and setling the Estate of Ann Bridges an Infant in Bermudas alias the Summer Islands in America in and upon Trustees to be so sold and laying out the Money ariseing by such Sale in England for the Use of the said Ann Bridges.

An Act for the enabling Cyriac Weslyd Esquire to sell some Part of his Estate which by Articles upon his Marriage was agreed to be setled upon his Wife and Children and for setling of other Part of his Estate of better Value to the same Uses.

An Act for the Ships Hawke and Rainbow to trade as English built Ships.

An Act to enable John Bull an Infant to sell his Lands in Kent for the Payment of Debts and Annuities charged thereon and for Provision for younger Children.

An Act for enabling the surviving Trustees of Sir William Pulteney Knight deceased to make Leases for the raising of Moneys for Payment of his Son William Pulteneys Debts and other Purposes therein mentioned.

An Act to enable Popham Conway Francis Seymour and Charles Seymour Esquires and their Issue Male severally and successively to make Leases of their Estates.

An Act for Sale of the Estate of Zenobia Hough for the Payment of the Debts of her Husband and other Uses.

An Act to enable the Ship Hope (of great Length and very serviceable for bringing Masts into this Kingdom) to trade as an English built Ship.

An Act to enable William Wrayford Gentleman and Dame Ann Rich Widow to make Leases of Houses and Ground in Covent Garden late the Estate of John Athy Citizen and Haberdasher of London.

An Act for Sale of the Mannor of Downham in the County of Essex (the Estate of Sir Francis Andrews) and for buying and setling other Lands to the same Uses.

An Act to discharge the Ships King William and Charles the Second from the Penalties of the Act of Navigation.

An Act to enable Thomas Methwold Esquire to raise the Sum of Twelve hundred Pounds upon his Estate by him laid out in improving the same.

An Act for selling divers Freehold and Leasehold Houses the Estate of Thomas Cowslade an Infant and others to discharge a Mortgage and to purchase other Lands to be setled to the like Uses.

An Act for naturalizing Augustine Cloribus and others.

An Act for naturalizing Samuel Bernardeau Peter Chantreau des Gaudree and others Private Gentlemen belonging to His Majesties Three Troops of Guards and Granadiers.

An Act to naturalize Richard Legg and others.

An Act for naturalizing Sir David Collier Isaac la Melionere Peter de Belcastel and William Reiatore.