# Adventurers' Act 1640, Section XV: Endeavouring to introduce the Authority of the See of Rome into Ireland.


And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every person which after the first day of March one thousand six hundred and fourty shall make enter into or take any Compact Bond Covenant Oath Promise or Agreement to introduce or bring into the said Realm of Ireland the authority of the Sea Rome in any case whatsoever or to maintain or defend the same shall by vertue of this Act forfeit to his Majestie his Heires and Successors all his Lands Tenements & Hereditaments entailed or not entailed Goods & Chattels which he had or shall have in his owne name or any other person or persons had or shall have in trust for him at the time of the making entring into or taking any such Compact Bond Covenant Oath Promise or Agreement other then such Lands Tenements Hereditaments Goods and Chattels as shall be bona fide and for valuable considerac[i]ons sold before the said three and twentieth of October one thousand six hundred fourtie one

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/16/33/section/XV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adventurers-act-1640/section-XV
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