Crown Lands at Enfield, Middlesex Act 1776

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1776 c. 17
Anno Regni G E O R G I I III. Decimo Septimo. An Act for dividing the Chase ofEnfield , in the County of Middlesex ; and for other Purposestherein mentioned.

(17 Geo. 3) C A P. XVII.

'W H E R E A S the King's most excellent Majesty is seised to himself, his Heirs and Successors, in Fee-simple, of the Chase ofEnfield , lying within the Parish of Enfield , in the County of Middlesex , being Parcelof the Estates and Possessions of the Duchy ofLancaster , subject nevertheless to such Right of Common, and other Rights, as the Freeholders and Copyholders of Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, situate and being within the several Parishes of Enfield, Edmonton, South Mimms , and Monken Hadley , in the said County of Middlesex , or the Tenants and Occupiers thereof for the Time being, are intitled unto, within and upon the said Chase: And whereas the Master, Fellows, and Scholars ofTrinity College in the University of Cambridge are Patrons of the Vicarage of Enfield aforesaid, and also Owners of all impropriate and rectorial Tythes arising within the same Parish, and as such are intitled to all Great Tythes arising or to arise within the said Chase: And whereas Theodosia Crowley Widow, as Trustee for the Right Honourable Wilmot Earl of Lisburne in the Kingdom of Ireland , is Lessee to the said Master, Fellows, and Scholars, of all the Great Tythes within the said Parish: And whereas the ReverendRichard Newbon Clerk Bachelor in Divinity, is the present Vicar of the said Parish of Enfield , and, by virtue thereof, is intitled to all Vicarial Tythes and Dues within the said Chafe: And whereas the said Chase, in its present State, yields very little Profit or Advantage either to the King's Majesty, or to the said Freeholders and Copyholders, or their Tenants, in Comparison of what it might do, if the same was divided and improved: And whereas, with a View to such Division, an accurate Survey, Admeasurement, and Plan of the said Chase, with a Table of References thereto, have been lately made and taken, whereby it appears, that the said Chasecontained eight thousand three hundred and forty-nine Acres, one Rood, and thirty Perches, or thereabouts, including the several Lodges and Incroachments thereon: And whereas, upon Consideration had of the Rights of the King's Majesty, and of the Parties interested, it appears, that the several Portions or Allotments, herein-after assigned to and for the Benefit of the said Freeholders and Copyholders, and their Tenants and Lessees, will be a full and adequate Compensation for all their Rights and Interests within and upon the said Chase: And that the several Allotments, herein-after assigned to the Owners of Tythes of the said Parish ofEnfield , will be a fair and adequate Compensation for the Tythes of all such Parts of the said Chase as are herein-after particularly mentioned, and intended to be exonerated therefrom: All which said several Allotments are set out upon the said Chase with Stakes, or other Marks or Mounds; and are also described and delineated on the aforesaid Survey or Plan of the said Chase: And whereas the setting out and allotting to the said Freeholders and Copyholders, their Tenants and Lessees, such respective Shares and Proportions, of the said Chase as aforesaid, in Satisfaction and Discharge of all their Rights and Interests upon the said Chase; and also the setting out and assigning to the said Owners of Tythes, such Portions or Allotments as aforesaid, and the dividing and separating the said several Portions and Allotments from each other, and from the Residue of the said Chase, herein-after assigned to the King's Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, will be a Means of accelerating the Cultivation of the said Chase, which, by the Goodness of its Soil, and its Vicinity to the Metropolis, will be of public Utility, and of Benefit to all Persons interested therein: But forasmuch as such Division cannot be effectually made and established without the Aid of Parliament;' May it please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all that Portion or Allotment of Land within, and Part of, and set out upon the said Chase, and described and distinguished by blue Lines from the Residue of the said Chase, on the said Survey or Plan thereof, asThe Enfield Allotment , containing one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two Acres, two Roods, and six Perches; abutting, on the North Part thereof, upon Theobald's Park and Northaw Common ; on the South Part thereof, upon Enfield Old Park , and on the Allotment herein-after assigned to the Owner of the said Park, and on the Edmonton Allotment; on the East Part thereof, upon divers Inclosures within the Parish of Enfield ; and on the West Part thereof, upon the Tythe Allotments, East Lodge Farm, and the King's Allotment; together with all Incroachments, Timber Trees and other Trees; Tellers and Saplings thereon, (save only and except such Oak and Beech Trees as have been already marked up and sold, standing upon a certain Part of the said Allotment, lying to the North of the Gutter or Brook running into New Pond and North of East Lodge Farm, which Part containeth two hundred Acres) shall, from and after the passing of this Act, become, and the same shall from thenceforth be and remain vested in the Churchwardens of the said Parish of Enfield for the Time being, and their Successors for ever, in Trust for, and for the sole Benefit of the Owners and Proprietors of Freehold and Copyhold Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, within the Parish of Enfield , their Heirs and Assigns, and their Lessees, Tenants, and Undertenants for the Time being, intitled to a Right of Common, or other Rights within the said Chase, according to their several Estates and Interests therein.

S-II Allotment to Edmonton.

II Allotment to Edmonton.

II. And be it further enacted, That all that Portion or Allotment of Land within, and Part of, and set out upon the said Chase, and described and distinguished on the said Survey or Plan thereof by Words and Green Lines from the Residue of the said Chase, asThe Edmonton Allotment , containing one thousand two hundred and thirty-one Acres, two Roods, and six Perches; abutting, on the North and West Parts thereof, upon the King's Allotment; further North, upon the South Lodge Farm, the Tythe Allotments, and Enfield Allotment; further West, upon Inclosures in the Parish of East Barnet ; and on the South Part thereof, upon the Township or Village of Southgate , and divers Inclosures in the said Parish of Edmonton ; and on the East Part thereof, upon Enfield Old Park , and upon the Allotment herein-after assigned to the Owner of the said Park; and all Incroachments thereon, and also all Timber Trees, Woods, and Underwoods standing on the several Parts of the said Allotment herein-after described, (that is to say) on that Part which lieth South and South-west of Hounsden Gutter, and on these Parts of the said Allotment which abut Westward on a Visto or Line cut or staked out from Winchmore-bill Gate to the South Lodge Inclosure, Eastward on Enfield Old Park , and Northward on the Enfield Allotment, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, become, and the same shall from thenceforth be and remain vested in the Churchwardens of the said Parish of Edmonton for the Time being, and their Successors for ever, in Trust for, and for the sole Benefit of the Owners and Proprietors of Freehold and Copyhold Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, within the said Parish of Edmonton , their Heirs and Assigns, and their Lessees, Tenants, and Undertenants for the Time being, intitled to a Right of Common, or other Rights within the said Chase, according to their several Estates and Interests therein.

S-III Allotment to South Mimms.

III Allotment to South Mimms.

III. And be it further enacted, That all that Portion or Allotment of Land within, and Part of, and set out upon the said Chase, and described and distinguished on the said Survey or Plan thereof by Words and Yellow Lines from the Rest of the said Chase, asThe South Mimms Allotment , containing one thousand and twenty-six Acres and three Perches; abutting, on the North Part thereof, upon the Highway leading from the North End of Potter's Bar to the Great Hook-gate ; on the South Part thereof, upon the Allotments herein-after assigned to the Incumbent of the Parish of Monken Hadley , and to the Owner of the Manor of Old Fold ; on the East Part thereof, upon the King's Allotment; and on the West Part thereof, upon divers Inclosures and Waste Lands within the Parish of South Mimms ; and all Incroachments thereon, together with all such Timber and other Trees, Woods and Underwoods, as stand on that Part of the said Allotment which lieth South of the Road leading from West Lodge to Potter's Bar , shall, from and after the passing of this Act, become, and the same shall from thenceforth be and remain vested in the Churchwardens of the said Parish ofSouth Mimms for the Time being, and their Successors for ever, in Trust for, and for the sole Benefit of the Owners and Proprietors of Freehold and Copyhold Messuages, Lands, and Tenements, within the said Parish of South Mimms , their Heirs and Assigns, and their Lessees, Tenants and Undertenants for the Time being, intitled to a Right of Common, or other Rights within the said Chase, according to their several Estates and Interests therein, until the same shall be set out into specific Shares and Allotments, in Manner herein-after provided and directed.

S-IV Allotment of Monken Hadley.

IV Allotment of Monken Hadley.

IV. And be it further enacted, That all that Allotment of Land within, and Part of, and set out upon the said Chase, and described and distinguished on the said Survey or Plan thereof by Words and Red Lines from the Rest of...

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