IIIX1Mortmain prohibited.E+W
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 And It is to wit, that this Statute extendeth but only to Lands [X2holden] in Fee Simple; and that it extendeth to the time coming; and it shall begin to take effect at the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle next coming. [Given the eighteenth year of the Reign of King Edward, Son to King Henry.]
Editorial Information
X1Marginal note no longer accurate
X2Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: sold to be holden
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Charities Act 1960 (c. 58), Sch. 7 Pt. II