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SOMERSET & WILTSHIRE ESTATES
Manors of Allington, Slaughtenford, Brome, Trowbridge, Marlborough, Puriton, Cathanger, Isle Abbots, Graftons and Wilton
AN ACT
for Confirming apartition of several Estates, in the Cunties of Wilts and Somerset, between the Honourable Charles William Wyndham, and other the Devisees of Charles late Earl of Egromont, deceased, and their Issue, and Charles Marquis of Granby, and Charlotte Countess of Aylesford, and for vesting and settling the same to the several Uses therein mentioned.... 34pp + 41pp schedule of the property concerned. Stitching broken, leaves loose.
1779.£30.00
Allington, Broadwindsor, Drimpton, Crewkerne Roads
AN ACT
for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the Bridport Turnpike Road at Allington, through Broadwindsor and Drimpton in the County of Dorset, to the Crewkerne Turnpike Road at or near Clapton Bridge, and also from Hewish Toll Gate to the Crewkerne Turnpike Road at or near Roundham Corner in the Parish of Crewkerne in the County of Somerset. 14pp.
1828.£12.00
Beaufort, (Duke of)
AN ACT
for repealing part of an Act.... entituled 'An Act for vesting Part of the Estates intailed by the Will of the most Noble Charles Noel, Duke of Beaufort, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold... to make Leases of the said Duke's Estates in the Counties of Gloucester, Wilts, Hants., Devon, Dorset, Glamorgan and Brecon during the Minority of his Children.' 31pp., paper browned.
1761.£18.00
¶ Refers to 'that Capital Messuage or Mansion House called Badminton House.... and also all such Books, Medals, Globes, Maps, Prints and other Furniture as should happen to be in the Library....' etc.
Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire Estates
AN ACT
for Establishing and rendering Effectual, several Settlements and Agreements made and entered into by Hugh Barker the younger, Esquire.... 23pp, first leaf slightly dusty.
1753.£15.00
Berks. and Devon
AN ACT
for vesting an undivided Moiety of certain Manors, Messuages, Lands.... late the Estate of Charles Lord Viscount Fane.... in Trustees. 28pp.
1767.£18.00
¶ Refers to Mansion house and numerous named lands at Basseldon, Berkshire, Manors (not named) in Calverley, Templeton and Bampton, Devon.
Berkshire, Essex, Surrey
AN ACT
to Impower the Committee or Committees of Thomas Southjcott, Esquire, a Lunatick, to make Leases, and Copyhold Grants, of his Estates in the Counties of Berks, Essex, and Surry.... 11pp.
1751.£25.00
Berkshire, Essex and Surrey Estates
AN ACT
to Impower the Committee or Committees of Thomas Southcott, esquire, a Lunatick, for the Time being, to make Leases and Copyhold Grants, of his Estates in the Counties of berks, Essex, and Surry.... 11pp.
1753.£15.00
SOMERSET AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Bidborough, Bridgewater, Chilton Trinity, Compton Greenfield, Durleigh, Henbury, Middlezoy, North Petherton, Tonbridge, Wembdon and Weston Zoyland
AN ACT
to confirm certain Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Act, 1876, as amended and extended by the Poor Law Act, 1879, relating to (the above parishes) 6pp, pages loose, top page slightly ragged.
1885.£8.00
Bishopric of Bristol
AN ACT
to provide for the disunion of the Sees of Gloucester and Bristol, and the constitution of a separate Bishopric of Bristol. 3pp, portion torn from inner margins, not affecting text.
1884.£9.00
Black Torrington, Bradford, Carhampton etc.
AN ACT
to confirm certain Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act.... 19pp., edges of paper brittle.
1883.£12.00
¶ Refers to parishes East Devon and West Somerset.
Brickmaking
AN ACT
to explain and amend an Act... intituled An Act to prevent Abuses in the making of Bricks and Tiles, and to ascertain the Dimensions thereof, and to prevent all unlawful Combinations amongst any Brickmakers or Tilemakers, within Fifteen Miles of the City of London.... 4pp., plus cover leaf.
1729.£16.00
Bristol and Exeter Railway
AN ACT
to amend some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and to grant to such Company certain Powers of holding Shares in other Undertakings. 12pp.
1851.£8.00
Bristol and Exeter and Devon and Somerset Railway Companies
AN ACT
to confirm an Agreement between the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company and the Devon and Somerset Railway Company.... 10pp.
1865.£9.00
Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway
AN ACT
for altering and extending the Line of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway.... 60pp.
1839.£18.00
¶ Contains a 13pp schedule of the owners or occupiers and the land involved.
Bristol and Portishead
AN ACT for granting further powers to the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company.
5pp.
1873.£10.00
Bristol and South Wales
AN ACT
for making Railways between the City of Bristol and the South Wales Railway.... with a Steam Ferry across the River Severn in connexion therewith.... 24pp.
1857.£18.00
Bristol Port and Portishead Dock Companies
AN ACT
to enable the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the city of Bristol to purchase the undertakings of the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Company the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Warehouse Company Limited and the Portishead Warehouse Company Limited and the dock undertaking of the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company.... 29pp, a few of short tears to margins of top leaf.
1884.£14.00
Bristol to Coalpit Heath Railway
AN ACT
for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from or near the City of Bristol to Coalpit Heath in the Parish of Westerleigh in the County of Gloucester. 87pp.
1828.£50.00
¶ Includes a 4pp schedule of the owners, or occupiers and description of property concerned.
Bristol to Coalpit Heath Railway
AN ACT
to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers of an Act.... intituled `An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from or near Coalpit Heath in the Parish of Westerleigh in the County of Gloucester.' 4pp.
1834.£14.00
Bristol to Portishead Railway
AN ACT
to confer further Powers on the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company.... 19pp.
1877.£8.00
¶ Includes the pier at Portbury, and the railway from Portbury to Bedminster.
Bristol, Tiverton & Hemyock Railways
AN ACT
to enable the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company to make a new Branch Railway in the County of Devon, and to confer further Powers upon the Company with respect to their Undertaking and the Undertaking of the Culm Valley Railway Company, and upon the Bristol and Exeter and Great Western Railway Companies with respect to the Bristol Harbour Railway. 15pp.
1874.£8.00
Cambridge, Huntingdon, Lincoln and Norfolk Estates
AN ACT
for Vesting certain Estates of Sir Isaac Lawrence Woolaston, Baronet, an infant situate in the Isle of Ely, and Counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Lincoln, and Norfolk, in Trustees to be sold, or mortgaged.... 11pp.
1753.£15.00
Cattle
AN ACT
for continuing an Act... to prevent the further spreading of the contagious Disorder among the Horned Cattle of Great Britain. 1«p., plus cover leaf.
1772.£10.00
Census
AN ACT
for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, ando of the Increase or Diminution thereof. 14pp.
1800.£16.00
SOMERSET AND DORSET ROADS
Chard to Drempton Road
AN ACT
for more effectually repairing and improving several Roads which lead to and through the Town and Borough of Chard in the County of Somerset; and for making and maintaining a new Road from Chard to Drempton in the County of Dorset. 8pp.
1829.£15.00
Chippenham Bridge to Togg Hill and to Old Sodbury Hill Roads
AN ACT
for repairing and widening Roads from Chippenham Bridge in the County of Wilts, to the Top Togg Hill in the County of Gloucester; and from Chippenham Bridge aforesaid, to the Top of Old Sodbury Hill in the said County of Gloucester. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 36pp.
1752.£17.00
Chippenham to Westerleigh Road
AN ACT
for more effectually repairing, widening, altering, and improving the Road from a Place called The Stone Pillar or Cross Hand, in the Parish of Chippenham in the County of Wilts, to or near to a Bridge called Knox Bridge, in the Parish of Westerleigh, in the County of Gloucester.... 23pp.
1800.£12.00
Church of England
AN ACT to indemnify Persons who have omitted to make and subscribe the Declarations contained in the Act of Uniformity of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second....
4pp., plus cover leaf.
1734.£18.00
Coffee
AN ACT
for encouraging the Growth of Coffee in His Majesty's Plantations in America. 5pp. folio, disbound, plus cover leaf. Some slight offsetting.
1732.£45.00
Coinage
AN ACT
to prevent the coining or counterfeiting any of the Gold Coins, commonly called Broad Pieces. 4pp, plus cover leaf, black letter, decorative initial letter. Paper slightly darkened.
1733.£20.00
Combe Bridge, Bradford, Hilperton, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Bradford and Cockhill Gate Roads
AN ACT
for widening and repairing the Road from Combe Bridge in the County of Somerset, to Bradford in the County of Wilts; and from thence through Hilperton; and so far over Ashton Common, as to join the Road which leads from Steeple Ashton to Trowbridge; and also the Road leading from Bradford aforesaid, to Cockhill Gate in the said County of Wiltshire 33pp.
1752.£15.00
Commonwealth
AN ACT
for Renouncing and Disanulling The Pretended Title of Charles Stuart, &c. 4pp., black letter, plus cover leaf, decorative initial letter.
Hills and Field, Printers to the Lord Protector, 1657.£40.00
GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE MANORS
Manors of Compton Magna and Chedworth,Glos; Manor of Winterbourne, Wilts
AN ACT
for Enabling the Right Honourable John Thynne Lord Chedworth to settle a Jointure on Martha Parker. Spinster, upon their Intermarriage; and for making Provision for their younger Children; and for Explaining the Will of Sir Philip Parker Long, Baronet, deceased.... 27pp.
1751.£18.00
¶ Concerns the above Manors.
Consolidated Fund
AN ACT
to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund.... 28pp.
1834.£12.00
¶ Includes 20,000l for Support of captured Negroes, 130,000 for Convicts at New South Wales, 1,310l. for Mr. Hawkins' Collection of Fossil Organic Remains.
Copyright
AN ACT
for amending the Law relating to Copyright in Works of the Fine Arts, and for repressing the Commission of Fraud in the Production and Sale of such Works. 6pp.
1864.£12.00
Cornwall & Devon Mines
AN ACT
for allowing a Drawback of the Duty on Coals, used in Fire or Steam Engines for raising Ores in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall.... 1¬pp, blank adjoining leaf.
1813.£12.00
Cornwall & Devon Miners
AN ACT
for repealing an Act.... intituled, An Act for raising a Body of Miners in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon.... and for the more effectually raising and regulating a Body of Miners for the Defence of Great Britain. 12pp.
1802.£14.00
Cornwall & Devon Miners
AN ACT
for raising a Body of Miners in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, for the Defence of the Kingdom, during the present War. 10pp.
1798.£18.00
Cornwall & Devon Miners
AN ACT
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloathing, and Contingent Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain, and of the Miners of Cornwall and Devon; and for granting Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Surgeons Mates, and Sergeant Majors of Militia, until the Twenty-fifth Day of June One thousand eight hundred and fifteen. Disbound, 10pp.
1814.£16.00
Cornwall & Devon Miners
AN ACT
to defray the Charge of the Pay, Cloathing, and Contingent Expences of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain, and of the Miners of Cornwall and Devon; and for granting Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Surgeons Mates, and Sergeant Majors of Militia.... 10pp.
1817.£16.00
Cornwall and Devon
AN ACT for making Compensation to the Proprietors of certain Messuages.... in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, purchased in pursuance of Two Acts of Parliament....
33pp., plus cover leaf, Black Letter.
1782.£22.00
Cornwall and Devon Mines
AN ACT
for requiring the like Proof, to obtain Drawback of Duty on Coals used or consumed in calcining or smelting Tin, Copper, or Lead Ores in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall, as is required on Coals used in Mines of Tin, Copper, or Lead, in the said Counties. 2pp.
1819.£10.00
Cornwall and Devon
AN ACT
for extending the Drawbacks on Coals used in Mines and Smelting Works within the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, and for allowing a Drawback of the Duties on Coals used in draining Coal Mines in the County of Pembroke. 3pp.
1821.£10.00
Cornwall and Devon
AN ACT
to enable the Reverend Richard Harington, and the Receiver, for the Time being, of the Estates of Arthur Champernowne, Esquire, an Infant, to grant Leases and Setts of the same Esates during his Minority. 15pp. Sewing loose, secured with small staples.
1778.£27.00
¶ Refers to estate of Dartington, Manor of Talgullow, alias St. Dye, part of Manor of Trembetho, with Stamping Mills, granting of setts to 'contract... to dig, search for, and work the said Mines, and the Ore and Minerals to be found therein...'.
Cornwall, Dorset & Somerset Estates
AN ACT for confirming an Exchange between the Right Honourable Henry Stephen Earl of Ilchester and the Right Honourable George O'Brien Earl of Egremont, now deceased, and for effecting an exchange of Lands, by the last Will of the Right Honourable George Earl of Egremont, now deceased, directed to be sold, for Lands by that Will directed to be settled.
51pp.
1853.£16.00
¶ Includes a 5pp schedule of the land concerned at:- Broadway, Bickenhall, Stogursey, Stocklinch Ottersey, Luxborough, and Whitelackington.
Davie Estates
AN ACT
for vesting parts of the Estates of Sir John Davie Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, upon Trust to be sold, and for laying out the Purchase Money, under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses. 27pp.
1839.£15.00
¶ Includes an 8pp schedule of the lands and tenants concerned at Exeter, Hollacombe, Brixton, Marleigh, Holsworthy and Bittiscombe.
Defence of the Realm
AN ACT
to enable His Majesty annually to train and exercise a Proportion of His Subjects.... to provide for the Defence of the Realm. 22pp.
1806.£14.00
Derbyshire, Stafford, Worcester Estates
AN ACT
to enable Harry Earl of Stamford, and Harry Grey, Esq; commonly called Lord Grey, Son and Heir Apparent of the said Earl of Stamford.... 11pp, last leaf slightly dusty, some staining to inner margins.
1753.£15.00
Devon and Cornwall Railway
AN ACT
for providing for the return of the Money deposited for securing the Completion of the Railways authorised by the Devon and Cornwall Railway (Western Extensions) Act, 1873. 6pp, stapled, corners chipped.
1880.£8.00
Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Company
AN ACT
for incorporating the Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Company.... 28pp.
1882.£14.00
Devon and Cornwall Railway Company
AN ACT
for authorizing the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company to alter the Line and Levels of Parts of their Railways.... 6pp.
1868.£8.00
Devon and Cornwall Miners
AN ACT
to allow a limited Proportion of the Corps of Miners to inlist into the Regular Forces. 2pp.
1813.£15.00
Devon and Hampshire
AN ACT
for Amending and rendering effectual the Power of Sale contained in the Marriage Settlement of Sir Jacob Wolff, Baronet, and Dame Anne, his Wife so far as such Power relates to or extends over the Manor of Chumleigh, and divers Messuages, Lands and Hereditaments, in the Counties of Devon and Southampton.... 23pp., docket title on verso of last leaf.
1791.£22.00
Devonport and Newcastle
AN ACT
to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Artizans and Labourers Dwelling Improvement Act, 1875, relating to the Boroughs of Devonport and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 14pp.
1878.£14.00
¶ Details articles of agreement etc. between Sir John St. Aubyn and the Corporation of Devonport for compulsory acquisition of an area of Devonport deemed unhealthy, with outline of improvement scheme.
Dorset and Somerset Estates
AN ACT
for Sale of Part of the settled Estates of Robert Barber, esquires, for discharging Debts and Incumbrances; and for impowering him to sell and exchange other Parts of his settled Esates.... 11pp.
1753.£18.00
¶ Includes estates at Iwerne Minster, Curry Rivel, and Kingston Magna.
Duke of Wellington
AN ACT
for settling and securing an Annuity on Arthur Duke of Wellington and his Heirs, and for empowereing the Lord High Treasurer.... to advance.... a Sum of Money to purchase an Estate in order to accompany the said Title.... 18pp.
1814.£28.00
Exchequer
AN ACT
for regulating the issuing and paying off of Exchequer Bills. 6pp., plus cover leaf.
1808.£12.00
Exmoor Inclosure
AN ACT
for vesting in His Majesty certain Parts of the Forest of Exmoor, otherwise Exmore, in the Counties of Somerset and Devon; and for inclosing the said Forest. 35pp.
1815.£24.00
Frampton and Uphill Estates
AN ACT
for vesting Part of the Settled Estates of Simon Payne Esquire, and Hester his Wife, in the County of Gloucester, in Trustees, to be exchanged for Part of their Unsettled Estates, in the County of Somerset. 14pp.
1799.£18.00
¶ Concerns estates at Frampton in Gloucestershire and Uphill in Somerset.
Gaming
AN ACT
to explain, amend and make more effectual the Laws in Being, to prevent excessive and deceitful Gaming; and to restrain and prevent the excessive Increase of Horse Races. 6pp. folio, disbound, plus cover leaf. Off-setting on cover leaf and last page.
1745.£60.00
Garstang Lancaster and LonsdaleWestmorland
AN ACT
to Enable His majesty to grant the Inheritance of the Manor of Garstang in the County of Lancaster, and of a Messuage or Tenement in Newbigginge in Lonsdale in the County of Westmorland, to Trustees, in Trust for the Honourable Edward Walpole, esquire and his Heirs.... 3pp.
1753.£15.00
Gas
AN ACT
for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts authorizing the making of Gasworks for supplying Towns with Gas. 14pp.
1847.£10.00
Glamorgan and Monmouth
AN ACT
to grant further Powers and to make further Provisions in respect to the Estates subject to the Trusts of the Will of Benjamin Hall Esquire, deceased. 67pp.
1858.£14.00
¶ Refers to estate at Abercarne and his Copartnership with William Crawshay at Cyfarthfa.
Glastonbury, Butleigh and Bristol Estates
AN ACT
for vesting the Freehold and Leasehold Estates belonging to James Rocke of the City of Bristol, Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold for Payment of his Debts, and applying the Surplus for the Benefit of the Devisees and Legatees in the Will of the said Deceased named, and of his infant Heir at Law. 20pp.
1828.£16.00
¶ Includes an 8pp schedule of the lands concerned.
Gossington Hall, Gloucester, and Exeter
AN ACT for effectuating a Conveyance of the Real Estates late of John Essington, Esquire, deceased to the Purchasors thereof, under a Decree or Order of the High Court of Chancery.
11pp., secured with staples.
1771.£18.00
Great Western Railway
AN ACT
for conferring upon the Great Western Railway Company further powers in connexion with their own and other undertakings.... for reviving the powers of constructing portions of the Coleford Railway.... for vesting in the Great Western Railway the undertakings of the Swindon & Highworth Light Railway Company.... 58pp, first few pages ragged at edge and browned, ownership stamp.... Bound with.... AN ACT to authorise the Great Western Railway Company to make and maintain certain Railways and works; for vesting in the Great Western Railway Company the undertakings of the Stratford upon Avon Railway Company.... 96pp, last page browned, tears at edge. Two items sewn together in crude card wraps.
1882.£35.00
Great Western Railway
AN ACT
to alter the Line of the Great Western Railway, and to amend the Acts relating thereto. 26pp.
1837.£16.00
¶ Includes a 8pp schedule of the owners and the land concerned. Mainly concerned with the line from London to Bristol.
Great Western Railway
AN ACT to amend the Acts relating to "The Great Western Railway;" and to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Undertaking.
22pp.
1839.£12.00
Greenland Fishery
AN ACT
for encouraging the Greenland Fishery. 2pp., black letter, plus cover leaf. Some off-setting.
1732.£20.00
Haileybury
AN ACT
to relieve the East India Company from the Obligation to maintain the College at Haileybury. 2pp.
1855.£10.00
Hampshire and Kent Estates
AN ACT
for Vesting the Mannor of Shirfield, and divers Lands and hereditaments in the County of Southampton, the Estate of Granvill Wheler Esq; in Trustees discharged of the Uses in a former Settlement, he having settled an Estate in the County of Kent.... 7pp, some staining mainly to top margins.
1753.£16.00
Hants. & Wilts.
AN ACT
for more effectually repairing the Road from Mullen's Pond in the County of Southampton, through Amesbury, to the Eighteen Mile Stone from the City of New Sarum.... 7pp.
1835.£12.00
Jewish Religion
AN ACT
to provide for the relief of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Religion. 2pp.
1858.£10.00
Kennett and Avon
AN ACT
to enable the Kennet and Avon Canal Company to raise a further Sum of Money to purchase the Shares of the River Kennet Navigation and to amend the several Acts passed for making the said Canal. 10pp.
1813.£14.00
Kennett and Avon
AN ACT
for explaining and amending an Act.... for making a Navigable Canal from the Thames, or Isis, near Abingdon.... to join the Kennet and Avon Canal, near Trowbridge..... 3pp.
1813.£15.00
Kennett and Avon
AN ACT
to vary the Line of the Kennett and Avon Canal authorized to be made by Two Acts.... 8pp.
1796.£14.00
¶ Includes a Schedule of the land, occupiers, and property concerned.
Kent and Devon
AN ACT
for making Compensation to the Proprietors of certain Lands purchased.... for better securing His Majesty's Batteries and other Works in the Counties of Kent and Devon.... 8pp., paper slightly browned.
1798.£15.00
Lace
AN ACT
to place the Employment of Women, Young Persons.... in Lace Factories under the Regulations of the Factories Acts. 4pp, including schedule.
1861.£12.00
Ladbroke family
AN ACT
for vesting certain Estates of Robert Ladbroke, Esquire, in the City of London, and Counties of Middlesex, Northampton, Berks, and Warwick, in Trustees, to be sold.... 20pp. Page edges slightly browned and brittle.
1777.£17.00
Land Tax
AN ACT
for appointing Commissioners for putting in Execution an Act of this Session... intituled An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain..... 312pp, black letter, plus cover leaf.
1758.£30.00
Law Courts
AN ACT
That all Proceedings in Courts of Justice, within that Part of Great Britain called England, and in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, shall be in the English Language. 4pp., black letter, plus cover leaf.
1731.£20.00
Lead stealing
AN ACT
for the more effectual punishing Stealers of Lead or Iron Bars fixed to houses, or any Fences belonging thereunto. 2pp., black letter, plus cover leaf.
1731.£14.00
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Navigation
AN ACT
for enabling the trustee under the Will of Henry Brown, deceased, to sell certain Shares in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Navigation, and a Share in the Liverpool Theatre.... 18pp.
1831.£14.00
Leicester, Derby, and Suffolk Estate
AN ACT
for vesting the undivided Moiety of divers Lands and hereditaments in the Counties of Leicester, and Derby, devised by the Will of Sarah Frowde, Widow, deceasde, in Ralph Blois.... and for settling an intire Estate in the County of Suffolk.... 8pp, last leaf slightly dusty.
1753.£14.00
Lincoln and Rutland Roads
AN ACT
for repairing and widening the Road from the North Turnpike Road near Scot gate, otherwise Sco Gate, in the Town of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln, to oakham, in the county of Rutland, and from Oakham, through Burley to a Gate on the North Side of a certain Close, in the Lordhsip of Burley. called Booth's Close.... Cover leaf + 22pp.
1773.£11.00
Linen
AN ACT
for Granting an Aid to His Majesty by an Imposition on all French Linnens, and all East-India Linnen.... and on all French wrought Silks.... 14pp., plus cover leaf, some slight browning in top corner of pages.
1685.£16.00
Local Government Districts
AN ACT
to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board relating to the Rural Sanitary District of the Barnet Union, the Local Government Districts of Brentford, Chelvers Coton.... the Rural Sanitary District of the Stroud Union, and the Local Government District of Wellington. 13pp. Secured with staples.
1883.£12.00
Locomotives
AN ACT
for regulating the Use of Locomotives on Turnpike and other Roads, and the Tolls to be levied on such Locomotives.... 6pp.
1861.£14.00
London & South Western Railway Co.
AN ACT
for the Amalgamation of divers Railway Companies with the London and South-western Railway Company, for authorizing that Company to make and maintain additional Lines of Railway, and to raise further Monies; and for other Purposes. 26pp.
1864.£12.00
¶ Refers to the Devon, Bideford, and Netley Companies.
London and South-western Railway
AN ACT
for authorizing divers Arrangements between that Company and other Railway Companies, and for defining and regulating the Capital.... 50pp, last page loose.
1867.£16.00
¶ Refers to lines at Wimbledon and in North Devon.
Lord Beresford
AN ACT
for settling and securing an Annuity on Lord Beresford.... in Consideration of his eminent Services. 4pp.
1814.£18.00
¶ For service in the Peninsular War.
Lord Exmouth of Canonteign
AN ACT
for settling and securing an Annuity on Lord Exmouth.... in Consideration of his eminent Services. 4pp.
1814.£16.00
Lottery winners
AN ACT
for prolonging the time for claiming the fortunate Tickets in the Charitable Corporation Lottery.... 4pp., black letter, plus cover leaf.
1735.£14.00
DORSET, DEVON AND SOMERSET ROADS
Lower Compton, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Chard, Axminster, Taunton Roads
AN ACT
for repealing Two Acts.... for repairing the Road from the Halfway House in the Parish of Lower Compton, in the County of Dorset.... to the East End of the Town of Axminster, in the County of Devon, and several other Roads.... for repairing several Roads leading from the Town of Taunton.... 31pp.
1800.£14.00
Mails
AN ACT
to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railways. 8pp.
1838.£35.00
Methodist Conference
AN ACT
to enable the Yearly Conference of the People called Methodists to delegate or confer certain powers to or upon Conferences in Australasia and elsewhere, and to confirm past acts in relation thereto.... 12pp., outer pages slightly grubby and ragged.
1876.£14.00
¶ Contains Schedule of Deed Poll of Rev. John Wesley, referring to Chapels in Leeds, Bristol, London.
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Militia
AN ACT
to defray until the First Day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia.... 24pp.
1849.£14.00
Montgomery and Shrops.
AN ACT
to enable the Commissioners for executing the Office of Treasurer of His Majesty's Exchequer.... to compound certain Debts... and affecting the Estates heretofore of Charles Mason.... in the Counties of Montgomery and Salop.... 9pp. plus cover leaf, Black Letter.
1774.£13.00
Montgomery, Merioneth and Shropshire Roads
AN ACT
for continuing and enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts.... for repairing several Roads in the Counties of Montgomery, Merioneth, and Salop.... Cover leaf + 12pp.
1773.£11.00
Montgomeryshire, Middlesex, Northampton, Shropshire, Radnor and Carmarthen Estates
AN ACT
for impowering the Trustees of the Will of William late Marquis of Powis, to make Sales, exchanges, and Leases, of divers Parts of his Estates.... 11pp.
1753.£14.00
New Zealand
AN ACT
to remove Doubts as to the Constitution of the Bishopric of Christchurch in New Zealand.... and to subdivide the Diocese of New Zealand. 2pp.
1852.£12.00
Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, and Saint Christophers (West Indies)
AN ACT
to Dissolve the Marriage of Sir Patrick Blake, Baronet with dame Annabella Blake, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again.... 14pp.
1778.£22.00
¶ Concens property at Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridge, and Saint Christophers (West Indies)
Picture Lottery
AN ACT
for extending the Time limited for determining a Lottery, established under the Authority of an Act.... intituled, An Act for enabling Thomas Macklin to dispose of his Collection of Modern Paintings, as now exhibited at his Gallery in Fleet Street, by way of Chance. 3pp.
1798.£14.00
Poaching
AN ACT
to amend an Act.... intituled, An Act for the better Recovery of the Penalties inflicted upon Persons who destroy the Game.... 2pp, plus cover leaf.
1753.£8.00
Police
AN ACT
for consolidating in One Act certain Provisions usually contained in Acts for regulating the Police of Towns. 20pp., last leaf loose.
1847.£12.00
Poole, Cranbourne and Coombe Roads
AN ACT
for continuing and amending Two Acts of His present Majesty for repairing Roads leading from the Town of Poole; and also for repairing other Roads in and near the said Town and from Cranbourne to Coombe.... 24pp, some foxing.
1818.£11.00
DORSET AND SOMERSET ROADS
Poole, Wimborne Minster, Blandford Forum and Dorchester Roads
AN ACT
for repairing several Roads leading out of the Turnpike Road between Poole and Wimborne Minster into the Turnpike Road between Blandford Forum and Dorchester; and for repairing and improving the Roads from Durweston Bridge to Caundle Bishop, from Bagber Common to Holton Street, and from North Cheriton to Lattiford, all in the Counties of Dorset and Somerset. 18pp.
1824.£11.00
Post Office
AN ACT to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin....
4pp.
1807.£12.00
Prince of Orange
AN ACT
for Naturalizing the most Serene Prince William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange and Nassau. 2pp., plus cover leaf. Decorative initial letter.
1734.£12.00
¶ 'descended from that Illustrious House to which this Kingdom owes its Preservation from Popery and Slavery'.
Prisoners
AN ACT
for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the building, repairing, and regulating of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales. 44pp.
1823.£17.00
Publishing
AN ACT
for more effectually preventing the Sale of Obscene Books, Pictures, Prints.... 4pp.
1857.£10.00
Radnor, Derby, Somerset
AN ACT
for Vesting the settled Estates of Thomas Grove the elder, and Thomas Grove the younger.... in Trust to be sold and for laying out the Monies arising from such Sale in the purchase of other Estates.... 12pp., including brief schedule. Pages rather brittle along one edge.
1814.£12.00
River Thames
AN ACT
for continuing several Laws for the better Regulation of Lastage and Balastage in the River Thames; for the further Punishment of Persons going armed or disguised.... and for the landing of Rum of Spirits of the British Sugar Plantations, before Payment of the Duties of Excise.... 5pp., black letter, plus cover leaf.
1771.£17.00
River Thames
AN ACT
to provide for the future Confinement of Male Convicts, removed from the General Penitentiary, and now on board Vessels in the River Thames. 2pp.
1824.£10.00
Royal carriages
AN ACT
for the Providing necessary Carriages for His Majesty in His Royal Progress and Removals. 8pp.
1685.£20.00
Saint Winnow, Kenwyn, Cardinham, Warleggan, Plymton Saint Mary Estates
AN ACT
to settle Estates in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon devised by the Will of the late Right Honourable Richard Hussey Baron Vivian deceased, dated the Twenty-fourth Day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and thereby directed to be settled, and to enable the Trustees of such settled Estates to carry into effect an Agreement to grant a Building Lease of Part of such devised Estates to the West Cornwall Railway Company.... 106pp, sewing loose, pages in 3 sections.
1853.£22.00
¶ Includes an 8pp schedule of the lands and properties and rents concerned.
Salisbury and Blandford Roads
AN ACT
to continue.... Two Acts.... for repairing the Roads from Harnham Hill, near the City of New Sarum, in the County of Wilts, to an Intrenchment on Askerwell Hill, in the County of Dorset; and from the Index Post on the Side of Harnham Hill aforesaid, to a House called Master Baker's House, in the County of Wiltshire 3pp.
1798.£11.00
Severn Valley Railway
AN ACT
for authorizing Deviations from the authorized Line of the Severn Valley Railway and for making further Provision with respect to Shares.... 10pp., disbound, first page loose.
1856.£12.00
Severn Valley Railway
AN ACT for the making and maintaining of the Severn Valley Railway....
31pp. Secured with small staples.
1855.£28.00
Shebbear, Callington etc. Manors of
AN ACT
for vesting certain Settled Estates of the Right Honorable Robert Cotton St. John Baron Clinton and Saye, to be sold, for paying of Incumbrances, and for purchasing other Estates.... 63pp., including 35p of detailed schedules.
1822.£22.00
¶ Includes schedules of property in the Manors of Cotleigh, Hatherleigh, Callington, Marhamchurch, Thorverton, Trethevy.
Shrewsbury to Bangor
AN ACT
to transfer to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Works the several Powers now vested in the Commissioners for repairing the Line of Road from Shrewsbury.... to Bangor Ferry, and to amend the London and Holyhead Roads Acts.... 8pp.
1840.£10.00
Shrewsbury to Carnarvon
AN ACT
for vesting in Commissioners the Line of Road from Shrewsbury.... to Bangor Ferry... and for discharging the Trustees.... from the future Repair and Maintenance thereof.... 51pp, including schedule.
1819.£17.00
Shropshire, Northampton, Stafford, Chester, Montgomery and Wolverhampton Estates
AN ACT
for Impowering the committee or Committees for the Time being of the Estate of John newport, esdquire, a Lunatick, to make Leases of his Estates during his Lunacy. 7pp.
1753.£20.00
Silver
AN ACT
for repealing the Duty.... on Silver Plate.... and for granting a Duty on Licences to be taken out ball Persons dealing in Gold or Silver Plate.... 12pp.., plus cover leaf, black letter.
1758.£10.00
Slave Trade
AN ACT
for carrying into effect the Engagements between Her Majesty and certain Chiefs of the Sherbro Country near Sierra Leone in Africa for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade. 6pp.
1855.£25.00
Smelting, Durham
AN ACT
for the future Appropriation of the Tithe or Tenth of Lead Ores in the Parishes of Stanhope and Wolsingham.... 10pp.
1858.£10.00
Solicitors
AN ACT
for consolidating and amending several of the Laws relating to Attornies and Solicitors practising in England and Wales. 31pp.
1843.£12.00
Somerset and Wilts.
AN ACT
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act.... for repairing and widening several Roads leading to, through, and from the Town of Frome, in the County of Somerset; and several other Roads in the Counties of Somerset and Wiltshire 6pp., black letter, woodcut initial letter.
1772.£13.00
Somerset, Gloucestershire and Dorset Estates
AN ACT
to Impower the Committee of the Estate of Elizabeth Kitchin, Widow, a Lunatick, on of the Sisters and Co-heirs of Sir Samuel Newman, Baronet, deceased, to make Leases of her Estate, during her Lunacy. 4pp.
1753.£17.00
¶ Estates are at Thornbury Park, Evercreech Park and Fyshead Magdalen.
South Wales Railway
AN ACT
to enable the South Wales Railway Company to make a new Railway in the Forest of Dean, in lieu of the Railway already authorized to construct new Lines at Cardiff and Britton Ferry.... 15pp.
1851.£12.00
South-Western Railway
AN ACT
for amending the Acts relating to the London and South-western Railway Company; for regulating their Capital.... 30pp.
1855.£14.00
Stannary Wages
AN ACT
to repeal a Proviso in an Act.... intituled, An Act for the better adjusting and more easy Recovery of the Wages of certain Servants.... which provides that the said Act shall not extend to the Stannaries in Devon and Cornwall. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 2pp.
1754.£12.00
Steam Navigation
AN ACT
to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act... intituled 'An Act for granting certain Powers to a Company, called The General Steam Navigation Company'. 4pp., edges slightly ragged.
1834.£10.00
Sussex, Hants., Surrey
AN ACT
authorizing the Application of Part of the Trust Funds subject to the Trusts of the Will and Codicils of the late Sir Timothy Shelley to certain lasting Improvements upon Estates bought under the Trusts of such Will and Codicils. 18pp. Leaves secured with staples.
1851.£25.00
¶ Refers to Percy Florence Shelley, son of the poet.
Swearing
AN ACT
more effectually to prevent profane Cursing and Swearing. 8pp., black letter, plus cover leaf.
1746.£14.00
Swindon and Cheltenham Railway
AN ACT
to confer further powers on the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway Company.... 3pp.
1883.£8.00
Swindon to Cheltenham Railway
AN ACT
for making a railway between Swindon and Cheltenham.... 27pp.
1881.£22.00
¶ Refers to lands in Covent Garden, the Strand, Sutton, and South Tedworth, Hampshire.
Tetbury, Malmesbury, Cricklade Sherstone Roads
AN ACT
for more effectually repairing, widening, and improving the Road from Tetbury.... to and from Malmesbury, to the Churchway in Lower Stanton Field.... there to join the Turnpike Road leading from Chippenham Bridge to Lower Stanton aforesaid; and from Malmesbury to the Turnpike Road at or near Jackament's Bottom.... and also the Road from Farringdon to Cricklade, from thence to Malmesbury, and to the Turnpike Road at Acton Turville; and also from Sherstone to the Turnpike Road leading from tetbury to Bath.... 40pp.
1798.£14.00
Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
AN ACT
to confer upon the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Company further Powers for the Completion of their Railway.... 4pp.
1862.£8.00
Theatres
AN ACT
for regulating Theatres. 7pp.
1843.£12.00
Tin Duties
AN ACT
for the Abolition of the Duties payable on the Coinage of Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, and for giving Compensation in Lieu of such Duties, and to reduce the Duties of Customs payable on Tin. 3pp., held with staples, some foxing.
1838.£12.00
Tin Exports
AN ACT for taking off the Duties upon unwrought Tin exported to any of the Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
2pp., plus title leaf, black letter.
1790.£14.00
Tobacco
AN ACT to allow Turkey Tobacco to be imported into Great Britain, in small packages.
2pp.
1807.£15.00
Tobacco
AN ACT
for granting to His Majesty certain Sums.... and for Relief of Samuel Taylor, with respect to a Bond entered into by him for securing the Duties on Tobacco imported. 4pp., black letter, cover leaf.
1759.£12.00
¶ Horatio Lord Walpole was Lord of the Manor.
Warminster, Frome, Woolverton Roads
AN ACT for repairing the Roads from Warminster, and from Frome, to the Bath Road; and from Woolverton to the Trowbridge Road; in the Counties of Wilts and Somerset.
56pp.
1812.£18.00
Whale Fishery
AN ACT
for continuing, explaining, and amending, the several Acts of Parliament made for the further Encouragement of the Whale Fishery.... and to authorize the Payment of the Bounty to Thomas Hood and others, upon Three Ships fitted out for the said Fishery, and lost in the Greenland Seas. 6pp. folio, disbound, black letter, plus cover leaf.
1755.£30.00
Wilts. & Glos.
AN ACT to empower the Great Western Railway Company to make New Railways in the Counties of Wilts and Gloucester and for other purposes.
35pp., split into two sections, secured at margin with staples.
1896.£14.00
¶ Refers to land at Wootton Bassett, Westerleigh, Old Sodbury, etc.
Wilts., Somerset, Devon, Ireland
AN ACT
for enlarging and extending the Powers given by 'Wyndham's Estate Act, 1854', of or over divers Freehold, Copyhold, and Leasehold Estates devised by or subject to the Limitations of the Will of the Right Honourable George Obrien Earl of Egremont deceased. 34pp.
1863.£14.00
Wiltshire and Dorset
AN ACT
for repairing and widening the Road from the Top of Harnham Hill, near the City of New Sarum.... through the Towns of Blandford Forum and Dorchester, to a certain Intrenchment on Askerwell Hill, Dorset. 32pp., black letter, some leaves browned.
1756.£15.00
Wiltshire and Hants.
AN ACT
to continue and enlarge the Term and Powers of An Act.... for repairing and widening the Roads leading from Lobcombe Corner, in the Parish of Winterstow, to Harnham Bridge.... and from the West Corner of St. Anne's Street, in the City of New Sarum, to the Parishes of Landford and Brook.... and from a Place called Hampton Ford, to Lamb's Corner... 10pp, black letter, paper slightly browned.
1772.£12.00
Women's Property
AN ACT
to amend the Law relating to the Property of Married Women. 6pp.
1870.£14.00
Woods
AN ACT
for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveyor General of Woods and Forests. 6pp.
1806.£10.00
Wrecks
AN ACT
for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Wreck and Salvage. 26pp.
1846.£12.00
SOMERSET AND WILTSHIRE MANORS
Wyndham (William)
AN ACT
to impower the Guardians of William Wyndham, Esquire, an Infant, to make Leases, and Copyhold Grants, of his Estates in the Manor of Uphaven, and in Lufton and Odcombe, in the Counties of Wilts and Somerset, during his Minority. 7pp. Edges of paper stained.
1752.£22.00
Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps
COLLECTION OF SIX ACTS
1804 (2), 1806, 1816, 1817, 1826. Bound together in marbled boards, lacks calf spine, front board and first leaf and prelims. detached, with brief MS. index.
1804-26.£64.00
¶ Refers to quartering of Yeomanry Corps or Volunteer Cavalry during Riots, regulating rank of Officers, compiling of Muster Rolls, etc.
Yeovil to Exeter Railway
AN ACT for the making by the London and Southwestern Railway Company of a Railway from Yeovil to Exeter, to be called "The Exeter Extension Railway"....
23pp.
1856.£22.00