Crown Lands at Richmond, Surrey Act 1772
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1772 c. 35 |
(12 Geo. 3) C A P. XXXV.
'WHEREAS His Majesty, being seised in Right of His Crown of the Manor ofSheene , otherwise West Sheene , otherwise Richmond , in the County or Surrey , did, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, bearing Date the Fourth Day of October , in the Tenth Year of His Reign, grant the said Manor to His Royal Consort Queen Charlotte , during the Term of Her natural Life, at the ancient reserved yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds: And whereas it may be convenient to Their Majesties to enfranchise the Copyhold Estates, holden of the said Manor, but such Enfranchisement cannot be made without the Aid of Parliament: And whereas His Majesty, in Right of His Crown, or some Person or Persons in Trust for His Majesty, is or are seised of a Farm consisting of a Messuage, Outbuildings, and Thirty-eight Acres of Land, or thereabouts, situate within the Manor of Wimbleton , in the said County of Surrey ; and it would be convenient to His Majesty to have a Power of selling or exchanging the said Farm, and also divers Estates belonging to His Majesty in the said Manor of Sheene , otherwise West Sheene , otherwise Richmond , for other Estates more conveniently situate;' be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for Their Majesties, and the Survivor of them, at any Time or Times, during their Lives, and Life of the Survivor of them, by any Writing or Writings to be by Their Majesties, or the Survivor of them, subscribed, in the Presence of Two or more Witnesses, to enfranchise all or any Copyhold Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, holden of the said Manor ofSheene , otherwise West Sheene , otherwise Richmond , and to acquit and discharge the same Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and the respective Tenants thereof, of and from all Copyhold or customary Tenure, Rents, and Services whatsoever; and such Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, shall, from the respective Times of such Enfranchisement, be, and be deemed Freehold Estates, holden of the same Manor, any Statute or Law to the Contrary thereof notwithstanding.
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