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1826. Augt. 28
Review of Humphreys.

Humphreys Code

Mr Humphreys proposed Code of Real Property in his own words
in

Preliminary Enactments

Enactments Preliminary to a Code of Real Property in
those Parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
called England, Ireland and Wales, and in the Foreign
Possessions and Dependencies of the said United Kingdom. p.180.

1

abolished

1. Tenure

All tenures of lands and hereditaments, and all incidents
of tenure, shall from henceforth be utterly abolished: with
the exception of copyhold tenure, rents service, reliefs in
respect thereof, and heriots.

2
Commission to
be issued
1. for enfranchisement

Extinguished
1. Heriots
2. Feudal Rent
3. Relief thereon
4. Fee farm and other
perpetual Rents
5. Forests
6. Chases
7. Freewarrens

2.
His Majesty may issue several commissions into the p.182
different counties to effect the enfranchisement of all
copyholds, the extinction of all heriots, feudal rents,
and reliefs thereon, fee farm and other perpetual rents,
and also of all forests, chases , and free warrens, within the same.

3
After return by
Commission
Proclamation declaring
fulfilment fixing
period for abolition
of the proposed abolition.

3.
His Majesty may issue several commissions to the different p.183.
Counties to effect the divisions, allotments, and
enclosures, of all common field lands, commons, and
waste lands, lying within the same.

4
Abo Excepted
from the abolition
Copyholds for lives

4.
After returns shall have been made to the several p. 184.
Commissions authorized by the 2nd and 3rd Articles, his
Majesty may issue a proclamation, declaring that the
purposes of all such commissions have been fulfilled:
and fixing a period from which all 1 tenures by copy
of Court roll, and 2 heriots, feudal rents, and reliefs
thereon, fee farm, and other perpetual rents, all forests,
chases, and free warrens, and all rights of intercommmonage,
and common, and all incidents to the said several
privileges belonging , shall for ever cease and be abolished.

Provided that the preceding enactment shall not operate
to affect any customary grant of copyhold lands
or tenements usually holden for lives, to any nominee,
or nominees, in trust for the beneficial owner, while
such tenure shall subsist.

Identifier: | JB/078/003/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 78.
Date_1	1826-08-28	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-6
Box	078	Main Headings	Review of Humphreys
Folio number	003	Info in main headings field	Review of Humphreys
Image	002	Titles	Mr Humphreys's proposed Code of Real Property / Preliminary Enactments
Category	Copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	/ E1 / D2 E2
Penner		Watermarks	J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1824
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer	Jonathan Blenman
Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	25094
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