Statute of Uses 1634

Not to extend to boroughs or towns corporate, the officer whereof used to inrol evidences.

XVIII. Provided alwayes, that this act, nor any thing therein contayned, extend to any mannor, lands, tenements or hereditaments, lying, or being within, any city, burrough, or towne corporate within this realm, wherein the mayors, recorders, chamberlaines, baylisses, or other officer or officers, have authority, or have lawfully used to inroll any evidences, deeds, or other writings within their precincts or limits; any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.