Bedford Level Act 1663

XIX. Parties to the said Indenture of 14 Parts whose Shares were sold for Non-payment of Taxes may bring their Action although Corporation have not executed Estates;

and may recover and hold the same Lands as though Corporation had executed Estates subject to Decree of said Judicature and to Taxes by this Act.

And to the intent that the Persons who by the true intent and meaning of this Act are to be putt into Possession of any Part of the said eighty three thousand Acres may not by undue delayes or by any other Meanes or Pretensions De kept out of the Possession of the same Bee it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That at any time or tymes after the Expiration of six Monthes after the passing of this Act it shall and may bee lawfull to and for the said Samuell Sandys the elder and his Trustees for him, S^r Richard Onslow and others the Assignees and Trustees of Henry late Earle of Arundell and Surrey [X1 deced Arthur Earle of Anglesey Thomas Lord Culpepper] S^r William Terringham, Robert Phillips and Robert Scawen their and every of their respective Heires and Assignes and [X1 to and for the Participants of the said Earle Francis] Parties to the said Indenture of Fowerteene Parts their and every of their respective Heires and Assignes whose Lands Shares Lotts Parts and Proportions of and in the said nynety five thousand Acres were sold or pretended to be sold for Non payment of Taxes by virtue of the said pretended Act of the nyne and twentieth Day of May in the Yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred forty and nyne to bring their respective Action or Actions of Tresspass or Tresspass and Ejectment in his Majestyes Court of Kings Bench or Court [X1 of] Co[m]mon Pleas at Westminster against any Persons, or Persons whatsoever possessing withholding or occupying the same, although the said Governor Bayliffs and Conservators or so many and such of them as are thereunto authorised by this present Act have not or shall not execute Estates pursuant to this present Act to such Person or Persons hereby enabled to bring such Action or Actions, and such Person or persons shall recover such Lands Shares Lotts Parts and Proportions of the said nynety five thousand Acres as they respectively [X1 shall make and] derive Title and Clayme unto as Participants of the said Francis Earle of Bedford Partyes to the said Indenture of fowerteene [X1 Parts or as the respective Heires or Assignes of the said respective Participants Partyes to the said Indenture of fowerteene] Parts as if the said Governor Bayliffs and Conservators had duly executed respective Estates of such respective Lands Shares Lotts Parts and Proportions of the said nynety five thousand Acres according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act And such Person or Persons his and their respective Heires and Assignes shall have and hold the same Lands Shares Lotts Parts and Proportions as fully and effectually as if the said Governor Bayliffs and Conservators had executed respective Estates thereof subject nevertheless to such Decree as the said Judicature or Comissioners before nominated and appointed shall make touching or concerning the Premisses, and also subject to the Payment of all Taxes to be laid and imposed by virtue of this Act and no other.

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