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As to the Consent of the Protector of a Settlement of Copyholds when not given by Deed, and the preserving of Evidence of the same on the Court Rolls.
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LII. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if the Consent of the Protector of a Settlement to the Disposition of Lands held by Copy of Court Roll by a Tenant in Tail thereof shall not be given by Deed, then and in such Case the Consent shall be given by the Protector to the Person taking the Surrender by which the Disposition shall be effected; and if the Surrender shall be made out of Court, it shall be expressly stated in the Memorandum of such Surrender that such Consent had been given, and such Memorandum shall be signed by the Protector; and the Lord of the Manor of which the Lands are Parcel, or his Steward, or the Deputy of such Steward, shall cause the Memorandum, with such Statement therein as to the Consent, to be entered on the Court Rolls of the Manor; and such Memorandum shall be good Evidence of The Consent and of the Surrender therein stated to be made; and the Entry of the Memorandum on the Court Rolls, or a Copy of such Entry, shall be as available for the Purposes of Evidence as any other Entry on the Court Rolls, or a Copy thereof; but if the Surrender shall be made in Court, the Lord of the Manor, or his Steward, or the Deputy of such Steward, shall cause an Entry of such Surrender, containing a Statement that such Consent, had been given, to be made on the Court Rolls; and the Entry of such Surrender on the Court Rolls, or a Copy of such Entry, shall be as available for the Purposes of Evidence as any other Entry on the Court Rolls, or a Copy thereof.
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