Crown Lands Act 1823

1823 CHAPTER 18 4 Geo 4

An Act concerning the disposition of certain property of His Majesty, his heirs and successors.

[26th March 1823]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)

Recital of 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 88. E+W

Whereasby the Crown Private Estate Act 1800 power was given to his then Majesty, his heirs and successors, to grant, sell, give, or devise, in manner and form therein mentioned, all and every or any of the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, purchased or to be purchased by his said then Majesty, his heirs or successors, out of monies issued and applied for the use of his or their privy purse, or with monies not appropriated to any public service, or which had or should come to his Majesty, his heirs or successors, by the gift or devise of or by descent or otherwise from any ancestors or other person not being King or Queen of this realm, unto any person or persons, for any estate or estates, or for any intents or purposes, his Majesty, his heirs or successors respectively should think fit; and certain other provisions were enacted touching and concerning such manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments: And whereas the powers and provisions of the said Act do not extend to manors, messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, whereof his Majesty, his heirs or successors, or any person or persons in trust for him or them, was, were, or may be seised or possessed at the time of his or their accession to the crown of this realm, and which, before such accession, he or they might have legally granted, sold, given, or devised, as he or they respectively might think fit; and it is reasonable that the said powers and provisions should be extended thereto:

Extending the provisions of recited Act to manors, &c. in possession at the accession to the crown. U.K.

All the powers given to and vested in his Majesty, his heirs and successors, by the said recited Act, over the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments purchased or to be purchased by him or them, or coming to him or them in manner in the said recited Act mentioned, and all other the provisions of the said recited Act touching and concerning the same, shall be, and the same powers and provisions are hereby extended to, and shall be deemed, construed, and taken to extend and apply to all manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, whether of freehold or copyhold or customary or leasehold tenure, whereof his Majesty, or any person or persons in trust for him, at the time of his accession to the crown of this realm, or whereof his heirs or successors, or any person or persons in trust for them, at the time of their respective accessions to the crown of this realm, was, were, or shall be seised and possessed, and which, before such accession, he or they respectively might have legally granted, sold, given or delivered.