River Trent Navigation Act 1698

XX. No Person to come upon the Earl of Huntingdon's Lands, on the South Side the River Trent, except Heys Meadow.

If Lock made between the Four Floodgates, &c; Lord Pagett to keep the same in Repair, &c; So if Lock made between the Two Sets of Floodgates in the said Wear; If Navigation does not answer, then Lord Paget, &c. to remove such Locks.

X1 Provided nevertheless and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Person or Persons whatsoever under pretence of the said Navigation shall come into or upon any of the Lands now of the Right Honourable Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon on the Southside of the said River of Trent but shall hale their Boats and Vessells on that side of the said River next Weston upon Trent in the said County of Derby only (except one parcell of Meadow of the said Earl called the Heys Meadow lying near Kings Newton in the said County of Derby) the Banks whereof shall from time to time be kept in Repaire with Floitering and Earth-work by the said Lord Pagett his Heires and Assignes in such Places and as often as they shall be damnified by meanes of the said Navigation and that no Boat or Vessell shall stop or stay upon that side of the said River adjoyning to the Lands of the said Earl and that in case the said Lord Pagett his Heires or Assignes shall make any Lock or Locks between the Four Floodgates now placed in the Weare of the said Earl and the end of Weston Pasture that then the said Lord Pagett his Heires and Assignes shall at all times then after either out of his or their owne Estate or out of the Profits of the said Navigation during the Continuance thereof be at the Costs and Charges of keeping in good Repaire not only the said Lock and Locks but alsoe shall repaire and make good so much of the said Weare betweene the said Four Floodgates and Weston Pasture as shall be at any time or times hereafter damnified by makeing of such Lock or Locks and that in case the said Lord Pagett his Heires or Assignes shall make any Lock or Locks in the said Weare between the two Setts of Floodgates in the said Weare that then the said Lord Pagett his Heires and Assignes shall and will either out of his or their owne Estate or out of such Profitts of the said Navigation during the Continuance thereof as aforesaid be at the Charges of keeping in good Repaire not only the said Lock or Locks last mentioned but alsoe soe much of the said Weare as now lyeth betweene the said two Setts of Floodgates and that in case the said Navigation after the makeing such Lock or Locks or any Sluce or Cutts in or neare the said Weare do not answer the ends intended by such Navigation or are not made use of for that End and Purpose that then the said Lord Pagett his Heires or Assignes shall at his and their owne proper Costs and Charges remove such Lock or Locks and fill up such Sluces and Cutts as he or they shall make in or near the said Weare and put the same in the like or as good Condition as the same were before the makeing any such Lock or Locks Sluce or Cutts

Editorial Information

X1 The following Clauses are annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.