{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duchy-of-lancaster-act-1779/section-XII",
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  "legislation": "apgb/Geo3/19/45",
  "legislation_title": "Duchy of Lancaster Act 1779",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/duchy-of-lancaster-act-1779",
  "path": "section/XII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XII",
  "heading": "Grants to be made at the Expence of the Grantees, Officers Fees.",
  "text": "The Grants and Assurances to be made under the Seal aforesaid by virtue of this Act, shall be sued forth and inrolled in Manner herein-before directed, at the Expence of the respective Grantees therein to be named; and that the several Fees hereafter mentioned, and no more, shall be charged for the same by the Officers of the said Duchy; (that is to say,)\nFor Grants of Rents.\nFor the Grant of a single Rent.\nFor every additional Rent in the same Grant.\nl. s. d.\nl. s. d.\nTo the Register, for drawing and entering the Order for every Contract\n0 5 0\n0 1 0\nTo the Auditor, for the Particular and Certificate for the Grant\n0 5 0\n0 3 0\nTo the Clerk of the Council, for drawing, ingrossing, and inrolling the Grant\n0 10 0\n0 5 0\nFor Parchment 1s. (or its real Cost, if exceeding 1s. besides the Stamp-duty, if any required)\n0 1 0\n0 0 0\nT. the Sealer, for the Seal and Wax\n0 4 0\n0 1 0\nTotal of Fees for a Grant of a single Rent\n1 5 0\nAnd for every additional Rent contained in the same Grant\n0 10 0\nFor Assurances for the Enfranchisement of Copyhold or Customary Tenements.\nThe whole Charge, when the Descriptions of the Parcels do not exceed sixty Words.\nThe further Charge for every thirty Words in Excess, where the Descriptions of the Parcels necessarily exceed sixty Words.\nl. s. d.\nl. s. d.\nTo the Register, for drawing and entering the Order for every Contract\n0 5 0\n0 1 0\nTo the Auditor, for the Particular and Certificate\n0 5 0\n0 5 0\nTo the Clerk of the Council, for drawing, ingrossing, and inrolling the Assurance\n0 10 0\n0 1 0\nFor Parchment 1s. (or its real Cost, if exceeding 1s. besides the Stamp-duty, if any required)\n0 1 0\n0 0 0\nTo the Sealer, for the Seal and Wax\n0 4 0\n0 0 0\nTotal for every Assurance, where the Descriptions of the Parcels do not exceed sixty Words\n1 5 0\nTotal for every thirty Words in Excess, where the Descriptions of the Parcels exceed sixty Words\n0 3 0",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 12 so far as it relates to assurances for enfranchisement repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "References to amounts in old currency to be read as referring to equivalents of those amounts in new currency: Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/19/45/section/XII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:08:56.930866+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}