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the town and port of Whitby in the county of York.

2. An act for naturalizing Charlotta Chriftiana lady Duffus.

3. An act to enable Edward Sainthill (late Edward Yard) efq; to change his firname from Yard to Sainthill, according to the will of Samuel Sainthill, efq; deceased.

4. An act for continuing an act made in the feventh and eighth years of the reign of his late majefty King William, intituled, An act for repairing the highways between Wymondham and Attleborough in the county of Norfolk, and for including therein the road leading from Wymondham to Hetherfett, over the commons belonging to the faid towns.

5. An act for preferving and enlarging the harbour of Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland. 6. An act for building a church or chapel in the town of Manchester in the county of Lancaster. 7. An act to enable Anne Crewe (late Offley) widow, and John Crewe (late Offley) her fon and heir apparent, to change their firnames from Offley to Crew, according to the fettlement of John Crew, efq; deceafed.

8. An act for vefting in trustees the reverfion of feveral lands and tenements expectant on leafes for lives, the eftate of Hugh Stafford of Pynes in the county of Devon, efq; to be fold for payment of debts, and by difcharging his power of leafing, to fecure other lands to come into poffeffion to his fon in lieu thereof. 9. An act to enable William Collins, clerk, Thomas Parrat, and William Day, gent, to difpofe of certain lands, for the payment of the debts of John Granger, and for making provifion for the widow and younger children of Nicholas Granger, his late father, deceased.

10. An act for further enabling George

Penne, efq; to fell lands for payment of his debts, by enlarging a truft for that purpofe contained in a former act, intituled, An att to enable George Penne, efq; to fell lands for the payment of his debts, and other purposes therein mentioned. 11. An act for naturalizing Lewis de Roffet, Peter Brozet, and others. 12. An act for repairing and improving of Morrison's Haven, and the fort there, in the fhire of Eaft Lothian, alias Hadington.

13. An act for building a parish church, and parfonage house, and making a new church-yard, and a new parish in Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, to be called the parish of St. Philip.

14. An act for vefting in John duke of Newcastle and his heirs, certain lands belonging to the vicarage of Walefby, in the county of Nottingham, in the lieu of an annual rent of rol. per An. payable to the vicar of the faid vicarage, and his fucceffors for ever.

15. An act to veft the estates which

came to the right honourable Other earl of Plymouth, by his mother, in trustees, to be fold for raifing money to pay off the debts charged upon his paternal estate, and to en able him to cut coppices. 16. An act for the explaining and making more effectual an act made Anno primo Annæ Regina, intituled, An alt giving further time to John lord bishop of Chichester, and his fucceffors, to make leafes of certain boufes and ground in and near Chancery Lane, belonging to the bishoprick of Chichester.

17. An act to explain a claufe in a ftatute made in the 27th year of the reign of King Henry VIII. enabling tenants in tail in poffeffion, to make jointures to wives, and enlarging the fame, fo as Richard lord Willoughby de Broke, and others, tenants in tail in poffeffion, may

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make jointures to the wives of their eldest fons or grandsons. 18. An act for vefting fome part of the estate in the county of Lincoln, included in the marriage fettlement of the right honourable William Powlett, efq; commonly called lord William Powlett, in trustees, to be fold for the raising money to difcharge an incumbrance fallen on the fame, by virtue of a decree of the high court of Chancery; and to confirm an agreement made by the faid lord William Powlett, with the right honourable the countefs dowager of Bridgwater, and the executor of the late duke of Bolton, deceased, relating to fuch incumbrance. 19. An act for vefting the barony of Wem, and manors of Wem and Ĺoppington, and several lands and tenements in the county of Salop, and the manors of Dolby and Broughton, and lands thereto belonging in the county of Leicester, and the manor of Fulmer, and feveral lands and tenements in the county of Bucks, late the eftate of George late lord Jefferies, deceased, in trustees, to be fold for payment of debts and portions, and other purposes therein mentioned.

20, An act to enable the honourable William Cecil, efq; with others, to fell lands for the payment of feveral debts charged upon his eftate by the right honourable John late earl of Exeter, deceased, his late father. 21. An act for vefting in trustees the fourth part of a fourth part (being the share of Sir Roger Braidhaigh, bart. of the estate of the late countefs of Oxford, to be fold to pay portions and debts, and with the remainder of the money arifing by fuch fale, to purchase other lands to be fettled to the fame uses as his paternal estate is by his marriage fettlement.

22. An act to reverse the outlawry and attainder of Chriftopher lord baron of Slane in Ireland,

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23. An act for vesting divers manors, meffuages, lands, and tenements of John Lacy, efq; in the counties of Effex, Cambridge, and Middlefex, in trustees, to be fold for payment of his debts, making provifion for his children unprovided for, and other purposes therein mentioned. 24. An act for vefting the fite, capital meffuage, or farm of the manor of South Stoke, and lands thereunto belonging, in the county of Somerfet, late the eftate of John Gay, gent. deceased, in trustees, to be fold for the speedier payment of his debts, and better performance of the trufts therein mentioned.

25. An act to empower the lord high treasurer of Great Britain, or commiffioners of the treasury, to compound with the fureties of Samuel Pacey, deceafed, late receiver general for the county of Suffolk. 26. An act to enable the lord high treasurer, or commiffioners of the treasury for the time being, to compound with William Mallett, efq; for the debt of his father, for whom he was furety while receiver general of the county of Somerset, and city of Bristol.

27. An act for better establishing certain charities of John Pierrepont. 28. An act for vefting the estate of Gideon Haydon, efq; deceased, lying in the county of Devon, in truffees, to be fold for the payment of the debts wherewith it ftands incumbred, and fettling the overplus to the uses in his marriage fettlement limited and declared.

29. An act for the better performance of the will of Stephen Harvey, efq; deceased, and making provision for his children.

30. An act for the reverfal of the outlawry of Eleanor Bagot, the wife of John Bagot.

31. An act to enable William How of Somerton Early, in the county of Somerset, efq; to fell the manor and

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farm of Gunvile-Eaftbury, alias Tarrant-Gunvile, in the county of Dorfet, and feveral meffuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments in Gunvile-Eaftbury,alias Tarrant-Gunvile aforefaid, and to fettle other lands and hereditaments of greater value to the fame uses to which the faid manor and premiffes in Gunvile-Eaftbury, alias Tarrant-Gunvile, now ftand limited, in lieu thereof. 32. An act to enable John Elye, efq; to raise monies out of his eftate to pay his debts, and for fettling the refidue thereof, together with the eftate of Elizabeth his wife, to the uses intended by his marriage settle

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36. An act to enable Thomas Bulkley, gent. to fell part of the eftate comprized in his marriage fettlement, to pay off debts which were precedent to, and do affect the faid fettlement.

37. An act for the relief of the noncommiffion officers and foldiers of the refpective companies of the three regiments of col. Thomas Handafyde, col. John Livefay, and lieutenant general Erle, and of the four independent companies at New York in America.

38. An act for annexing the rectory or parfonage of Hafely in the coun

ty of Oxon, to the deanary of the King's free chapel of St. George within his caftle of Windfor, and for vefting the advowson of the rectory and parochial church of St. Mary, alias North Church Barkhamftead, in the county of Hertford, in the dean and canons of the King's free chapel of St. George within his caftle of Windfor, in lieu thereof. 39. An act to enable James Stopford, efq; to fell lands in the county of Nottingham, for payment of debts and portions.

40. An act for confirming a term of five hundred years, created by Richard Minfbul, efq; and his trustees, for fecuring the payment of 8000 1. and interest.

41. An act for the relief of the earl of

Clanriccard (lately called lord Bophin) of the kingdom of Ireland, in relation to his eftate, and for the more effectual felling or fettling the eftate of the said earl to proteftants. 42. An act to explain an act made in the first year of her Majefty's reign, intituled, An act to oblige Edward Whitaker to account for fuch fums of publick money, as hath been received by

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43. An act to enable Anthony Stafford, gent. to fell or mortgage fome part cf his lands and hereditaments in the counties of Derby and Chester, for the payment of his father's debts and his own, and the better fettling and fecuring the rest for the benefit of his wife and family. 44. An act for vefting the equity of redemption of the manor of Backwell, in the county of Somerset, in trustees, to be fold pursuant to the will of Caroietta Nettles, deceased, and a decree in chancery.

The END of the TABLE.

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STATUTES at Large, &c.

Anno fecundo & tertio ANNE Regina.

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T the parliament begun at Westminster the twentieth day of Auguft, Anno Dom. 1702. in the firft year of the reign of our fovereign lady Anne, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Queen, defender of the faith,' &c. And from thence continued by feveral prorogations and adjournments to the ninth day of November, 1703, being the fecond feffion of this prefent In the record parliament.

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it is 13 Apr. 3 Annæ.

An act for granting an aid to her Majefty by a land tax, to be raised in EXP. the year one thousand seven hundred and four.

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An act for granting an aid to her Majefty, by continuing the duties upon EXP. malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for one year.

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An alt for granting an aid to her Majesty, for carrying on the war, and other her Majefty's occafions, by felling annuities at feveral rates, and for fuch respective terms or eftates as are therein mentioned.

Moft gracious Sovereign,

7HEREAS by an act of parliament made in the twelfth year of the 12 W. 3. c. 12. reign of our late fovereign lord King William the Third, of bleed

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memory, intituled, An act for appropriating three thousand seven hundred pounds weekly, out of certain branches of excife, for publick ufes, and for making a provifion for the fervice of his Majefty's houshold and family, and other his neceffary occa

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fions, it was (amongst other things) enacted, That from and after See 1 Geo. 1. the five and twentieth day of December, one thousand feven hundred, ftat. 1. c. 1. for and during the term of five years from thence next enfuing, the full, clear, and entire weekly fum of three thousand seven hundred pounds, of lawful English money, out of all the monies arifing by the 12 Car. 2. c.23. bereditary rates and duties of excife upon beer, ale, and other liquors, which were granted to the crown in the twelfth year of the reign of

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