Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1698

XVIII. Incumbrances satisfied by, or assigned to other Persons, allowed for so much as was really paid thereupon. Debtors to such convicted or attainted Persons; who have before 10th March 1699 satisfied such Debts to any Grantees from the Crown, of such forfeited Estates; discharged for what was really paid.

Such Grantees, &c. to repay the Monies so received into the Exchequer in Ireland, by 24th Aug. 1700, deducting Expences; Refusing to make such Repayment; Penalty.

And be it further enacted, That if any Claime shall be made, in respect of any such Incumbrance, as aforesaid, upon any of the said forfeited or forfeitable Estates or Interests, which Incumbrance hath beene paid or satisfied by, or assigned to, or in Trust for any Person or Persons whatsoever, the said Trustees shall allow the same to be an Incumbrance, as for soe much only as was really and bona fide paid, to satisfie, discharge, or procure an Assignment of any such Incumbrance: And that no Person or Persons whatsoever, haveing beene Debtor or Debtors, or subject or liable either in his, her or their Persons or Estates, or otherwise howsoever, to the Payment of any Su[m]me or Su[m]mes of Money whatsoever, to any such Person or Persons convicted or attainted, as aforesaid, by vertue of any Mortgage, Judgment, Execution, Statute, Recognizance Extent Obligation, Contract, Trust or otherwise, who hath, or have really and bona fide payed or satisfied, or shall, before the Tenth Day of March, One thousand six hundred ninety nine, pay or satisfie any such Debt or Debts, or any Part thereof, or any Su[m]me or Su[m]mes of Money whatsoever, to any Person or Persons, haveing, claimeing, or pretending any Right, Title, or Interest whatsoever in or to the same, by virtue of any Grant, Assignement, Privy Seale, Warrant Letter, or other Disposition of what Nature soever, of or from His present Majesty and the late Queene, or of or from His Majesty only, or to the Executors, Administrators, or Assignes of any such Grantee or Grantees, may be subject to any Repayment thereof, by reason of this Act every such Payment or Satisfaction is hereby declared and enacted, as to the Party paying the same, and the respective Lands, Tenements, Goods and Chattells subject thereunto, to be a good and sufficient Payment and Discharge of, and for soe much as was really and bona fide paid and satisfied to any such Grantee or Grantees, Assignee or Assignees thereof, his, her or their Executors, Administrators or Assignes, [X1 neverthelesse it is hereby enacted & declared that every such Grantee & Grantees Assignee & Assignes thereof his her & their Executors Administrators and Assignes] and all and every other Person and Persons whatsoever, who have received any such Debt or Debts, or any Part thereof, or any such Su[m]me or Su[m]mes of Money whatsoever, or other Satisfaction thereof, or in part thereof, to or for their owne Use or Benefitt shall be, and are hereby declared to be respectively lyable and are hereby required to repay every such Debt or Debts Su[m]me or Su[m]mes of Money whatsoever soe by him, her or them respectively received (the necessary Costs of Suite for recovering any such Debt or Su[m]mes of Money, to be ascertained by the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them, being thereout first deducted) into the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer in Ireland, on or before the Four and twentieth Day of August, One thousand seaven hundred; And all and every Person and Persons lyable to any such Repayment as aforesaid, who shall refuse or neglect soe to repay such Debt or Debts, Su[m]me or Su[m]mes of Money, before the said Four and twentieth Day of August shall for such Offence forfeite Double the Su[m]me, soe as aforesaid required to be paid.

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