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Show [44] [ .‘5 l " exper~z'ezzce,* the Crown hath ever fince P.S. 1am entirelyunacquainted, Ipro- been reflrained by the Law from granting fefs, with the nature ofthe Crown Charters or Grants to the feveralAmerican Pro- prietors ; and therefore (left thefe fhould contain any condition or acknowledgement, on the part of the landholders, " any Manors, Lands, Es'c." upon fuch, or which may feem to militate againft the ifland in the northern part of America foregoing obfervations) I muft beg leave was granted to a noble lord, with a par- to add, that the legiflature hath agreed and laid down, as a rule, that all the ticular jurifdié'tion upon the ancient feudal plan, whereby he is {aid to have ancient arbitrary and military Tenures of been eflablithed as Lord Paramount, with land, and even " Socage in copz'z‘e ofthe a peculiar unconf'titutional authority : but " King, and the coflegnenz‘s upon the " fame, have been much more burthen- this, I am willing to prefume, is merely " forne, grievous, and prejudicial, to tbe Grant would be innocent enough in its " Kingdom, {ban t/Jey have been oeneflcz'cz / effects, indeed any other conditions wontflre‘ver, than " free and common Socnge on{y."+ I have heard, indeed, that a certain report; and, even if it were true, the " to I/Jt' King" (fee preamble to the Act of 12th of Charles II. chap. 24, for taking away the Court of "finds and Line- rzes and Tenzzres 2n cnpzz‘e, and 5)! Kni ghts * Whereas it hath been found, oyformer experience, " that the Courts of Wards and Liveries, and Te" nures by Knights-Service, either of the King or ‘ others, or by Knights-Service in capz‘le, or boccagc Service and Pztrvg'nnce, 8m.) 5 and for ‘ in capile of the King, and the confequents upon the " fame, have been much more burthenfome, grie- this jul't reafon, founded on " former ‘ f‘ expe- vous, and prejudicial," {3%. 1- Sec 2d and 4th Seftions of the {aid Aft. |