Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	chattel_n	good_n	tenement_n	2,741	5	10.4479	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82383	Anno regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, septimo & octavo. At the parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, anno Dom. 1695 In the seventh year of the reign of our sovereign lord William the third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.; Public General Acts. 1695-1696 7 & 8 Gul.III.c.32	England and Wales.	1696 (1696)	Wing E1033D; ESTC R232779	7,996	11

Anno Regni GULIELMI III. REGIS Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Septimo Octavo At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Two and twentieth Day of November Anno Dom. 1695. In the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord WILLIAM the Third by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. W R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DOIT LONDON Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty M DC XCVI Anno Septimo Octavo Gulielmi III. Regis An Act for Erecting of Hospitals and Work-houses within the City of Bristoll for the better Employing and Maintaining the Poor thereof WHereas it is found by Experience That the Poor in the City of Bristoll do daily multiply and Idleness and Debauchery amongst the meaner Sort doth greatly Increase for want of Work-houses to set them to Work and a sufficient Authority to Compel them thereto as well to the Charge of the Inhabitants and Grief of the Charitable and Honest Citizens of the said City as the great Distress of the Poor themselves for which sufficient Redress hath not yet beén Provided For Remedy whereof Be it Enacted by the Kings most Excellent Majesty by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament Assembled and by the Authority of the same That from and after the Twelfth Day of May which shall be in the Year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety and six there be and shall be a Corporation to continue for ever within the said City of Bristoll and the County thereof consisting of the several Persons herein after mentioned that is to say of the Mayor and Aldermen for the time being and of Eight and forty other Persons to be Chosen out of the Honestest and Discreétest Inhabitants of the said City and County by the Eleven Wards in the said City and the Castle Precincts there which to all Intents and Purposes shall be from henceforth for ever a Ward within the said City that is to say Four out of each Ward and of such other Charitable Persons as shall be Elected and Constituted Guardiaus of the Poor of the said City in manner as is herein after Expressed And the said First Eight and forty Persons shall be Elected at a Court for that Purpose to be held within each Ward by the Alderman of the same or his Deputy by the Votes of the Inhabitants of such Ward Paying One Peny per Weék or more in his own Right for and towards the Relief of the Poor of the said City or of the major Part of them then present And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Eight and forty Persons shall be chosen in manner as aforesaid the said Twelfth day of May next following and shall continue in their Office until others shall be Elected in their Rooms according to the direction herein after mentioned And in case any of the said Persons so Elected or any other Person Elected in their Room shall after their respective Elections happen to die That then it shall and may be Lawful 〈◊〉 and for the Alderman of the Ward for which such Person so Dying was Elected or his Deputy at a Court to be held within the said Ward for that purpose within the space of Ten days next after the Death of such Persons to Elect others in their place in manner as aforesaid which Court and Election such Alderman or his Deputy is and are hereby required to Hold and Make Which said Mayor and Aldermen and Forty eight Persons and such other Charitable Persons so Elected and Constituted for the time being shall be called Guardians of the Poor of the City of Bristoll And to the intent that the said Guardians so Elected out of the said Wards may have perpetual Succession Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said respective Aldermen for the time being or their respective Deputies shall and may and are hereby required on the First Thursday in April in every Second Year from henceforth to hold a Court in their respective Wards and then and there by the Votes of the Inhabitants of such Ward so qualified as aforesaid or of the Majority of them then present to Elect and Choose Two of the Honestest and Discreétest Persons out of the said Inhabitants of the said City to be Guardians of the Poor of the said City for the said Ward which said Two Persons so Elected shall be Guardians and shall Succeéd the Two Persous before that time first Elected and then being Guardians for the said Ward and the said Two Persons so first Elected shall immediately upon such Election and Notice thereof given to them cease to be Guardians And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Mayor Aldermen Eight and forty Persons and such other Charitable Persons Elected and Constituted as is herein mentioned and expressed for the time being shall for ever hereafter in Name and Fact be One Body Politick and Corporate in Law to all Intents and Purposes and shall have a perpetual Succession and be called by the Name of the Governour Deputy Governour Assistants and Guardians of the Poor in the said City of Bristoll And that they shall be Enabled to Plead and Sue and to be Sued and Impleaded by that Name in all Courts and Places of Iudicature within this Kingdom and by that Name shall and may without Licence in Mortmain Purchase Take or Receive any Lands Tenements or Hereditaments of the Gift Alienation or Demise of any Person or Persons who are hereby without further Licence Enabled to Transfer the same and any Goods and Chattels whatsoever for the Vse and Benefit of the Corporation aforesaid And for the better Governing of the said Corporation the said Mayor Aldermen and Eight and forty Persons or the Majority of them shall have and hereby have Authority to meet on the Nineteenth Day of May next following in St. Georges Chappel in the said City or in some other convenient Place there and shall on that Day or any other Day or Time that to them shall seem convenient Elect and Constitute out of and from amongst themselves the several Officers following that is to say One Governour One Deputy Governour One Treasurer and Twelve Assistants to continue in the said Office for One Year and no longer And from thenceforth the said Governour Deputy Governour Assistants Treasurer and other Officers shall yearly and every Year by the said Mayor Aldermen Forty eight Persons and such other Charitable Persons as shall be Elected and Constituted as is herein mentioned and expressed or the Majority of them be Elected and Constituted out of and from amongst themselves on the Second Thursday in the Month of April or any other Day or Time as they shall think convenient to continue in their respective Offices for