Copyhold Act 1858

As to Execution of Enfranchisement Deed.

XLVI. Upon Payment of the Compensation Money as by this Act provided, in any Case in which such Compensation is made by Payment of a gross Sum of Money, or previously to or contemporaneously with the Execution of a Deed of Grant or of an Award by the Copyhold Commissioners of a Rentcharge, in any Case in which the Compensation for an Enfranchisement shall be made by way of Rentcharge, the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, or any One of them, may concur with the Person for the Time being entitled to the Rents and Profits of the Manor in executing a Deed of Enfranchisement to the Copyholder of the Land to be enfranchised, which shall state in what Manner the Enfranchisement Money, if any, has been applied; and such Deed of Enfranchisement shall, when a Memorial thereof is enrolled as by this Act provided, be effectual to vest in the Copyholder all the Estate, Right, and Interest of the Queen’s Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in right of Her Crown, and of all other Persons interested therein under the Settlement of the Manor in the Land enfranchised, either absolutely or subject to such Reservations as may be agreed upon; but nothing contained in this Act with reference to Enfranchisements by Awards of the Copyhold Commissioners shall apply to Manors in which Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, may have any Estate or Interest in possession, reversion, or remainder.