St. Anne's Parish Act 1707

Ground given by John Hansard, esq;

vested in the archbishop of Dublin in trust to build a church, &c.

IV. And whereas the said John Hansard of Lazy-Hill, Esquire, having a field or park all availed in with a brick wall, situate and lying backwards on the fouth side of the said Lazy Hill, between the Glass-house and his the said John Hansard’s garden, hath given the west part of the said field or park towards the east, two hundred and fifty feet, and the full breadth of the said field or park from north to south, containing in the east end of the said ground thus given one hundred and sixty feet or thereabouts, for a church and church-yard, vicarage house and garden for the said parish of Saint Mark’s: be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said west part of the said field or park so set out, and described as aforesaid, be and is hereby vested in the archbishop of Dublin for the time being, and his successors for ever, upon trust nevertheless, and to the intent and purpose that a parish church, vestry house, and other rooms and conveniencies necessary for a church may be built upon the same for the use of the vicar or minister and the parishioners of the said parish of Saint Mark’s for the publick worship of God, and a church-yard, cæmetry or burying place for the use of the said parishioners of the said parish may be walled in and set out, as also that a vicarage house, and plott of ground for a garden, may be set out and appointed as lord archbishop of Dublin for the time being, when such division and appointment shall be made, shall lay out and appoint the same, the said ground thus vested as aforesaid, to be free from all debts, judgments, mortgages, and incumbrances of what kind soever.