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Exchange of inconvenient Residences and Lands.
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XXXVIII. That it shall be lawful for any Ecclesiastical Person having a House of Residence, Office, or Demesne, Mensal, or Glebe Lands, belonging to his See, Dignity, Benefice, or other Preferment, Parochial Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy, inconveniently situate for the Discharge of the Duties of such Ecclesiastical Person, or situate in an unhealthy Situation, by and with the Consent of the Person or Persons hereby empowered to entertain Memorials as aforesaid, to be testified under his Hand and Seal at the Foot of a Memorial to be presented and approved of as in the Case of building of Ecclesiastical Residences, or by his being a Party to the Deed or Instrument of Exchange, (and in the Case of a Benefice, Perpetual Curacy, or Chapelry, by and with the further Consent of the Patron thereof, to be signified and expressed by signing and sealing the Deed of Exchange,) by any Deed to be registered and enrolled in the Manner herein-after mentioned, to exchange the whole or any Part of the Demesne, Mensal, or Glebe Lands of such See, Dignity, Benefice, Chapelry, or Curacy, or any Residence, Offices, Easements, or Appurtenances thereunto belonging, and situate in an inconvenient or unhealthy Situation, with any Archbishop, Bishop, Dean, Dean and Chapter, Rector, or other Person, Body Politic or Corporate, whether aggregate or sole, ecclesiastical or lay, for Lands or any Residence, Offices, Easements, or Appurtenances of greater or equal Value, Worth, and Purchase, and being held in Fee Simple, and lying convenient to the Cathedral Church or Chapel of such Ecclesiastical Person, and situate in a suitable and healthful Situation: Provided always, that where the Patronage of any such Benefice shall happen to be in Her Majesty or Her Successors, it shall be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland to give the said Consent in manner aforesaid; and where the Patronage shall happen to be in a Minor, Idiot, Lunatic, or Feme Covert, such Consent may be given by the Guardian, Committee, or Husband of such Patron executing the said Deed in manner aforesaid, and in the Name of such Patron, and thereupon such Patron shall be bound thereby in such Manner as if he or she, being of full Age, or sound Mind, or sole, had executed same.
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