XVIII.Letters Patent, &c. not to be an Exemption.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That noe Letters Patents granted by the King and Queens Majesties or any of their Royal Progenitors or to bee granted by their Maj[es]ties to any person or persons Cities Boroughs or Townes Corporate within this Realme of any manner of Liberties Priveledges or Exemptions from subsidies tolls taxes assessments or aids shall bee construed or taken to exempt any person or persons City Borough or Towne Corporate or any the Inhabitants of the same from the Burthen or Charge of any su[m]m or su[m]ms of money granted by this Act And all Non obstantes in such Letters Patents for any such purpose or intent are hereby declared to bee void and of none effect.