# Gifts for Churches Act 1811, Section 1: His Majesty may vest lands in any person for building or repairing any church or chapel, or any house for the residence of a minister;


The King’s most excellent Majesty, his heirs and successors, shall have full power, license, and authority by deed or writing under the great seal, or under the seal of his duchy and county palatine of Lancaster, to give and grant and vest in any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, and their heirs and successors respectively, all such his, her, or their estate, interest, or property in any lands or tenements within the survey of the High Court or of the duchy of Lancaster, for or towards the erecting, rebuilding, repairing, purchasing, or providing any church or chapel where the liturgy and rites of the said united church are or shall be used or observed, or any mansion house for the residence of any minister of the said united church officiating or to officiate in any such church or chapel, or of any outbuildings, offices, church yard or glebe for the same respectively, and to be for those purposes applied in and by such deed as aforesaid expressed, the consent and approbation of the ordinary being first obtained; . . . notwithstanding . . . the Crown Lands Act 1702 or any other Act or Acts, or other impediment or disability whatsoever:No grant to exceed five acres
Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to enable his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to grant more than five acres in any one grant for any of the purposes aforesaid, . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/51/115/section/1. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gifts-for-churches-act-1811/section-1.
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