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Section XXX XXX. Proviso for Peers presenting within Six Months from 1st Sept.1660.X1

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And lastly it is Declared and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that all and every the Peeres of this Realme according to their severall and respective Titles and Interests may at any time or times within the space of six Kalender moneths from the First day of September in this present yeare One thousand six hundred and sixty present and nominate their respective Clerke or Clerks unto any Ecclesiasticall Benefices Liveings or Promotions of their respective Patronages, or whereunto they had right or title to present or nominate at any time since the First of January One thousand six hundred forty two, And that the said Presentees shall be thereupon admitted instituted and inducted, and after have and enjoy and sue for and recover the possession, and from thenceforth take the whole and entire proffits of the said Benefices Liveings and Promotions, and shall be accounted and shall be full and perfect Incumbents of the same to all intents and purposes as fully and amply as if they had beene presented and placed therein within six moneths next after the first Avoydances not with standing any Lapse or other Title by reason of Lapse incurred or devolved to his late Majesty, or to the Kings Majesty that now is, or to any other person or persons Bodyes Pollitique or Corporate, Any thing in this present Act or otherwise to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.

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annexed to the Original Act in a separate Schedule.