Section Recital of 39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 88.

Whereasby the Crown Private Estate Act 1800 power was given to his then Majesty, his heirs and successors, to grant, sell, give, or devise, in manner and form therein mentioned, all and every or any of the manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, purchased or to be purchased by his said then Majesty, his heirs or successors, out of monies issued and applied for the use of his or their privy purse, or with monies not appropriated to any public service, or which had or should come to his Majesty, his heirs or successors, by the gift or devise of or by descent or otherwise from any ancestors or other person not being King or Queen of this realm, unto any person or persons, for any estate or estates, or for any intents or purposes, his Majesty, his heirs or successors respectively should think fit; and certain other provisions were enacted touching and concerning such manors, messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments: And whereas the powers and provisions of the said Act do not extend to manors, messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, whereof his Majesty, his heirs or successors, or any person or persons in trust for him or them, was, were, or may be seised or possessed at the time of his or their accession to the crown of this realm, and which, before such accession, he or they might have legally granted, sold, given, or devised, as he or they respectively might think fit; and it is reasonable that the said powers and provisions should be extended thereto: