Section XXII Proviso for Patents of Liberties, &c. to Cities, &c.

Provided alsoe that all Letters Patents granted by the Kings Majestie or any of his noble Progenitors to any Cities Boroughs or Townes within this Realme of any manner of Liberties Priviledges or Exemptions from the burthen and charge of any such Grants of Subsidies which be att this present time of force and availeable shall remaine good and effectuall to the said Cities Boroughs and Townes hereafter according to the purports thereof although the Inhabitants of the same and alsoe the said Corporations shall upon the great and weighty considerations of the Grant aforesaid be for this Grant charged and contributary in like manner forme and sort as other Cities Boroughs and Townes which bee not in any wise priviledged but by this Act charged.