[I.] Evasion thereof;All Leases made by Colleges, &c. of Lands, &c. being in Lease for more than 3 Years then unexpired, &c. declared void.F2 E+W

. . . F1 Sithens the makinge of which X1 saide Estatute, dyvers of the saide Eccliasticall and Spirituall Persones and others havinge Spirituall or Ecclasticall Lyvings, have from tyme to tyme made Leases for the terme of xxj yeres or three Lyves longe before the Expiracion of the former yeres, contrary to the trewe meaninge and intente of the said Estatute: All Leases hereafter to be made by any of the said Ecclasticall Spirituall or Collegiate persons or others of any their said Ecclasticall Spirituall or Collegiate Landes Tents or Hereditaments whereof any former Lease for yeres is in beinge, not to be expired surrendred or ended within three yeres nexte after the makinge of any suche newe Lease, shalbe voyde frustrate and of none Effecte; Any Lawe Usage or Custome to the contrarye notwithstandinge.

Editorial Information

X1 The “saide Estatute” means the Ecclesiastical Leases Act 1571 (c. 10)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62)

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F2 Act repealed (1.4.1978) as to incumbents by Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 (No. 4), Sch. 7