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Payments of First Fruits to cease.
Nothing herein to acquit Persons of Arrears.
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XIII. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Commencement of this Act all Payments of First Fruits in Ireland shall cease and determine for ever; and that all Archbishops, Bishops, Archdeacons, Deans, Rectors, Vicars, and all other Ecclesiastical Persons, and their Successors, in Ireland, shall be for ever hereafter excused, acquitted, and discharged, as well against His present Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, as against the Trustees and Commissioners of First Fruits in Ireland, and all other Persons whatsoever, of and from the Payment of all and all manner of First Fruits issuing out of Ecclesiastical Benefices payable by the Clergy in Ireland, by whatsoever Name the same are called, and by whatsoever Right or Title the same did or now may belong to the Crown, or to the said Trustees and Commissioners, or any other Person or Persons: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to exonerate, acquit, or discharge any Persons, their Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, from paying and satisfying all and every the Arrears of First Fruits due or payable by them or any of them, or which may hereafter become due and payable by virtue of any Writing Obligatory in force at or before the passing of this Act, but that such Arrears shall and may be recovered as hereafter provided.
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