Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1863

Form of Enfranchisement in consideration of an annual Sum of Money. U.K.

To all to whom these Presents shall come [inserting the Titles of the Possessor for the Time being of the Duchy of Cornwall, as previously directed] sends greeting: Now these Presents witness that [here insert the short descriptive Title of such Possessor], under the Authority of “The Duchy of Cornwall Management Act 1863,” in consideration of the annual Sum of to be paid as herein-after mentioned, doth by these Presents grant and enfranchise unto and his Heirs all [here describe the Premises, adding the Words and all Heriots, &c., with the necessary general Words stating any Exception or Reservation], to hold the Premises hereby granted, or expressed so to be, unto the said and his Heirs, in free and common Socage, freed and absolutely discharged from the Copyhold [or Customary] Tenure thereof, and of and from all Rents, Fines, Payments, Heriots, Suits, Customs, and Services incident thereto, or by Custom, Prescription, or otherwise howsoever, to be paid, rendered, or performed to the Personage for the Time being entitled to the Duchy of Cornwall for or in respect of the same Tenure, to the Use, Intent, and Purpose, &c. [complete the Reservation as in the Form of Conveyance on Sale in consideration of an annual Sum of Money, and state as directed in that Form the Particulars of any Restriction or Condition to which the Enfranchisement is to be subject], and, subject thereto, to the Use of the said his Heirs or Assigns for ever [or to any other Use, as directed in the previous Form of Enfranchisement, adding a Covenant for Payment, as in the previous Form of Conveyance on Sale in consideration of an annual Sum of Money]. In witness whereof to these Presents the Seal of the Duchy of Cornwall hath been duly affixed and set, and the said hath affixed his Seal and subscribed his Name, the Day of in the Year of our Lord