Oxford and Cambridge Act 1571

IV All Deeds, Obligations, &c. made to the said Universities, by any former Description, declared valid.E+W

And all manner of Instruments Indentur Obligacions Writings obligatory and Recognisaunses, made or knowledged by any persons or persons or Body Corporate to either of the said Corporated Bodies of either of the said Universities, by what Name or Names soever the said Chauncellor Maisters and Schollers of either of the said Universities have ben heretofore called, in any of the said Instrumentes Indenturs Obligacions Writings obligatori or Recognizaunces, shalbe from henceforth avaylable stand and contynue of good perfect and full force and strength, to the nowe Chauncellor Maisters and Schollers of either of the said Universities and to their Successors, to all Intents Construccions and Purposes; althoughe they or their Predecessors or any of them, in any of the said Instruments Indentures Obligacions Writings obligatory or Recognyzaunzes, be named by any Name contrary or dyverse to the Name of the nowe Chauncellor Maisters and Schollers of either of the said Universities.