Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1698

XXI. Trustees to give a Note to Buyer of Things bought. Money arising by Sales, paid by Buyer into Exchequer in Ireland; and thereupon Trustees to order Delivery of Things bought; If Money not paid within Time appointed; enalty.

And for the further Assurance thereof to the Buyers, if it be by them insisted on, the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them, shall give a Note under their Hands and Seales unto the severall Buyers respectively, expressing the Particulars by them bought, and the Prices, and the Time of Sale; And every such Buyer shall thereupon pay the Price agreed upon into the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer in Ireland, att such Time as the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them shall appoint; And the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them, being certified of the Payment thereof shall forthwith order the Particulars soe bought and paid for, to be delivered unto the Buyer or Buyers thereof respectively, or to his, her, or their Assignes; And in case any Person or Persons who shall have contracted with the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them, for any of the said Premisses, shall not within the Time appointed by the said Trustees, pay, as aforesaid, the Su[m]me of Money contracted for, every such Buyer, for such Default shall forfeite One Third Part of the Su[m]me for which the said X1 Goods were contracted for; And the said Trustees, or any Seaven or more of them, may and shall proceed to a new Sale of all and every such Particulars, concerneing which such Default shall be made unto any other Person or Persons, as if no Sale thereof had before been made.

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: said O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]