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Enabling Grant of Ecclesiastical Lands as Glebe at Half Rent.
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XLV. That it shall be lawful for any Archbishop or Bishop, with the Consent of his Dean and Chapter, or, where there is no Dean and Chapter, with the Consent of the Archdeacon and Six beneficed Clergymen of the Diocese, and for any Dean, Dean and Chapter, Archdeacon, Dignitary, or Prebendary, with Consent of the Bishop of the Diocese and Archbishop of the Province, such Consents to be signified under Hand and Seal, or Seal, having any Lands belonging to him or them, and convenient for a Glebe for any Parish Church, Parochial Chapelry, or Perpetual Curacy not already endowed with Twenty Acres of Glebe Land, by any Deed under the Hand and Seal or Seal of such Ecclesiastical Person or Corporation, to be registered and enrolled in the Manner herein-after mentioned, to grant any such Lands, not exceeding, together with the Glebe Land already belonging to such Church, Chapelry, or Curacy, Forty Acres in the whole, to the Incumbent, Chaplain, or Curate of such Church, Chapelry, or Curacy, and his Successors for ever, at a Moiety of the then improved yearly Rent, or for any greater Sum; and such Lands so granted as aforesaid shall, from and after the Execution of said Grant, be deemed and taken to be the Glebe Land of said Church, Chapelry, or Curacy for ever; and such Rent shall be paid by such Incumbent, Chaplain, or Curate, and his Successors for ever, by Two equal half-yearly Payments on the First Day of May and First Day of November respectively in each and every Year, and shall be a Charge on such Lands so granted as aforesaid.
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