# Yelverton’s Act (Ireland) 1781 [I], Section: Provisions by 10 H. 7. c.22 (I.) and of acts passed in G.B. relative to Ireland, since that period extended to


Whereasby an act of Parliament made in this kingdom in the tenth year of the reign of his late Majesty King Henry the seventh, intituled, “Poynings’ Law, 1495”, all such statutes theretofore made in England, as concerned the common weal of the realm were confirmed in this kingdom: and whereas after that time, and particularly upon occasion of the rebellions which subsisted in this kingdom in the years one thousand six hundred and forty one, and one thousand six hundred and eighty eight, divers statutes were made in the Parliament of England, and since the union in the Parliament of Great Britain, for settling and assuring the forfeited and other estates in this kingdom, and for the regulation of trade, and other purposes: and whereas it is at all times expedient to give every assurance, and to remove every apprehension concerning the title of lands: and whereas it is the earnest and affectionate desire, as well as the true interest of your Majesty’s subjects of this kingdom to promote, as far as in them lies, the navigation, trade, and commercial interests of Great Britain as well as Ireland; and whereas a similarity of laws, manners, and customs, must naturally conduce to strengthen and perpetuate that affection and harmony which do, and at all times ought to subsist between the people of Great Britain and Ireland:

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