An Act for the taking away the Court of VVards and Liveries..
England and Wales.
London, : printed by Henry Hills and John Field, printers to His Highness,,
1656..
Text in black letter.
Dated by Steele: [Westminster, 27 November 1656]
By Act of 24 Feb. 1645[-6] [Crawford I, 2644] the Court of Wards and Liveries was taken away. This Act is confirmed. All wardships, livery, primer-seizen, or oustrelemaines are taken away from that date, and all tenures are converted into socage. All rents certain, and heriots due to mean lords shall be paid. All reliefs duw on death of an ancestor to be paid.
Wing (2nd ed., 1994),
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714,
Thomason,
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