Church Building Act 1822

XIV Sinecure Rector may release Part of Rectorial Glebe, &c. and retain the Remainder in Fee Simple, for the Purpose of converting any Vicarage into a Rectory by the Commissioners.

Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in case the said Commissioners shall think proper to convert into a Rectory or Rectories the Vicarage of any Parish or Place, or separate Division of a Parish or Place which shall be divided, or in which a new Church shall be erected by virtue of the Provisions contained in the said recited Acts or this Act, and the Possessor or Possessors of the Sinecure Rectory of such Parish or Place for Two or more Lives, by virtue of a Lease granted thereof by a Rector with the Consent of the Patron and Ordinary, shall be desirous of retaining any Manor or other Hereditaments, being the Glebe or Part of the Glebe of the; said Rectory, and shall be willing to surrender and release all his, her, or their Estate and Interest in the Tithes, and the Residue (if any) of the Glebe of the said Rectory, on condition that such Manor and other Hereditaments shall be vested in him, her, or them in Fee Simple then and in every such Case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, if they shall think proper, with the Consent of the Patron of the said Rectory being entitled thereto in Fee Simple and the Incumbent thereof by any Instrument under the Seal of the said Commissioners, and sealed and delivered by the said Patron and Incumbent (if any). Upon the Execution by such Possessor or Possessors of the said Rectory, together with the Patron and Incumbent (if any) thereof, and of the said Commissioners, of such Instruments as are herein-before mentioned or referred to, for surrendering, releasing, and vesting all the Rectorial Tithes and Glebe (except the Manor and other Hereditaments to be retained as aforesaid), to release and convey the Said Manor and other Hereditaments to such Possessor or Possessors; or such other Person or Persons as he, she, or they shall in that behalf direct, his, her, or their Heirs and Assigns for ever; and such Instruments. in Writing shall be inrolled in the High Court of Chancery and. upon the Execution thereof the Manor and other Hereditaments comprised therein, with their Appurtenances, arid the Fee Simple and Inheritance thereof, shall be absolutely vested in the Person or Persons to whom the same should be thereby released and conveyed, his, her, or their Heirs and Assigns for ever, but shall be subject to Tithes in the same Manner as if the same had never been Part of the Glebe of the said Rectory.