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Leases, alienations, &c. of glebes for more than one year, void.
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VII. Provided nevertheless, and it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January one thousand six hundred ninety and eight, it shall not be lawful for any rector, vicar, curate or incumbent, or other ecclesiastical person whatsoever, having a glebe fit and convenient to be built and improved upon for the habitation and residence of him and his successors, or whereon a manse house is already built, or shall hereafter be built, or which shall lye so near or contiguous to such house so built or to be built, as to be conveniently made use of for the same, to alien, set, let, or demise such glebe, or any part thereof, to any person or persons whatsoever, for any longer term or time than one year from the making thereof, in possession, and not in reversion; but that all alienations and leases, or contracts, or agreements for leases of such glebes, or any part thereof, for more than one year as aforesaid, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
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