Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540

IV. Possessors of Lands may purchase preteused Titles.

PROVIDED alway and be it enacted by thauctoritic aforesaid that it shalbe laufull to any psonne or psonnes, bring in lawfull possession by taking of the yerely ferme rentis or profittes of or for any mannours landis tentis or hereditamentis, to bye obtaine gett or have by any reasonnable waies or meanis the pretensed righte or title of anny other psonne or psonnes herafter to be made to of or in suche manours landis tenementis or hereditamentis wherof he or they shall so be in laufull possession; any thinge in this acte conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding.

V. Proclamation of thin Act. and others, against Maintenance, shall be made at the Assises.

AND for the due execution of this pnte acte be it further enacted by auctoritie abovesaide that the Justices of Assise of every circuyte within this realme and ellis where within the Kinges dominions, shall in every Countie within their Circuites twoo tymes in the yere, that is to say in the tyme of their sittinges for the taking of assises or deliverie of the Gaoles, cause open proclamation to be made aswell of this present acte and of everie thinge therin conteyned, as also of all other statutis heretofore made against unlaufull maynetenance champartie embracerie or unlaufull retaynours; to chintent that no maner of psonne or psonnes bearing the same shuld be ignorante or miscognisaunt of the daungiers and penalities therin conteyned and specified.

VI. Limitation of Actions, One Year.

(1) PROVIDED alwaie and be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesaid that this Acte shall not extende to charge any psonne or psonnes with ally of the penalities mencioned in the said acte, for any offence by him or them comitted contrary to the said acte, except the same psone or psonnes so offending be sued therof by action of dett bill plaint or information in any of the Kinges Courtis within one yere next after the same offence by him or them cōmitted as is aforesaid.