# Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence Act 1842 5 & 6 Vict. c. 26 · enacted 31 May 1842 · revised to 29 April 2021 An Act to alter and amend the Law relating to ecclesiastical Houses of Residence. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-houses-of-residence-act-1842/pdf/ukpga_18420026_en.pdf ## Introductory text An Act to alter and amend the Law relating to ecclesiastical Houses of Residence. ## 1 Episcopal house may in certain cases be taken down and sold, or may be rebuilt or altered. Provisions of 6 & 7 W. 4 c. 77. s. 1 made applicable thereto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Commissioners to state their reasons for the alteration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5—7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Defining other provisions of 3 & 4 Vict. c. 113. s. 68. and extending them to this Act. The provisions of the thirdly-recited Act, relating to the sale and application of any sum of money invested in trust for any ecclesiastical body corporate, do and shall include and apply to all monies and securities for money, and to all stock in the Government funds or elsewhere, standing in the name of the accountant general of the Senior Courts, or in the name or names of any other public officer, or of any individual or individuals, for or to the credit or for the benefit of or in trust for any bishop, ... chapter, dean or canon, whether for the purpose of being laid out in land or otherwise .... ## 9 Certain fixtures and articles of furniture in any house sold or taken down may be sold or removed to another house. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Certain articles to be deemed freehold fixtures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Residence houses to be insured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Corporations and persons under legal disability empowered to sell. Application of purchase money where it exceeds 200l. Where less than 200l. but exceeding 20l.When not exceeding 20l. Certificate of cashier and receipts of guardians, &c, to be good discharges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Restriction as to mortgaging certain augmented benefices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Powers of 3 & 4 Vict. c. 113 extended to this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/5-6/26 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ecclesiastical-houses-of-residence-act-1842 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.