500 C. 2,3' Anno quarto GuLiELMi 8c Mari^. A. P. 1692. 1 CAP. II. An Adi that the Inhabitants of the Province of I'ork may difpofe of their perfonal Eftates by their Wills, notwithftanding the Ciillom of that Province. WHEREAS by Cuftom within the Province of York, or other Ufage, the Widows and younger Children of Perfons dying Inhabitants of that Province, are intitlcd to a Part of the Goods and Chattels of their late Flufnands and Fathers (called her and their reafonable Part) notwithftanding any Dif- pofition of the fame by their Hufbands and Fathers laft Wills and Teftaments, and notv.'ithftandirig any ' Jointures made for the Livelihood of the faid Widows by their Huibands in their Life-time, which are ' corr.petent, and according to Agreement, whereby many Perfons are difabled from making fufiicient Pro-
- vifion for their younger Children :' For Remedy v/hereof ;
Perfons witliin PL Be it enacted by the King's and Queen's mofl; Excellent Majeflies, by ?,nd with the Advice and the Province of Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembied ^""b ""witfof ^""^ by the Authority of the fajne, That from and afc#r the fix and twentieth Day of March one alVtbeir petfon- 1^*'"^"'^ f"' hundred ninety and three, itflialland may be lawful for any Perfon or' Perfons, inhabi- alEftate. ting or rtfiding, or v/ho fhall .have any Goods or Chattels w^ithin the Province of York, by their laft Wills and Teftaments, to give, bequeath and difpofe of all and fingular their Goods, Chattels, Debts, and other perfonal Eftate to their Executor or Executors, or to fuch other Perfon or Perfons as the faid Teftator or Teftators fhall think fit, in as large and ample Manner, as by the Laws and Statutes of this F.ealm any Perfon or Perfons may give and difpofe of the fame within the Province oi Canterbury, or elfewhere: And that from and after the faid fix and twentieth Day of March one thoufand fix hundred ninety and three the Widows, Children, and other the Kindred of fuch Teftator or Teftators fhall be b.irred to claim or demand any Part of the Goods, Chattels, or other perfonal Eftate of fuch Teftator or Teftators, in any j other Manner than as by the faid laft Wills and Teftaments is limited and appointed J any Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. Froemen of York Jlf. Provided always. That nothing in this A£t contained (hall extend, or be conftrued to extend, to the ^"'^-J^'^^'^fn "art Citizens of the Cities of York and Chcjter, who are or fliall be Freemen of the faid refpedlive Cities, in- repelled by a%^^-^^'"g therein, or within the Suburbs thereof, at the Time of their Death, but that every fuch Citizen's 3 Afln. c, 5. "Widow and Children fliall and may have and enjoy fuch reafonable Part and Proportion of the Teftjtor's perfonal Eftate, as fhe or they might or ought to have had by the Cuftom of the Province of York, before the makina; of this Aft. CAP. III. An Aft for granting to their Majefties certain Rates and Duties of Excife upon Beer, Ale, ■ and other Liquors, for fecuring certain Recompences and Advantages in the faid hSc mentioned, to fuch Perfons as fhall vokmtarily advance the Sum of ten hundred thoufand Pounds towards carrying on the War again ft France. [The Money advanced upon this AGt, being deficient is fupplied by 5 W. & M. cap. 5.J Mo/i Gracious Sovereigns, WE your Majefties moft loyal and dutiful SubjeiSlrs the Commons, in Parliament aflembled, being fen- fible of the great and neceffary Expences in which your Majefties are engaged, for carrying on the prefent War againft the Frtnch King; and being defirous to fupply the fame in fuch manner as may be leaft grievous to your Majefties Subjefls : Therefore for the Encouragem.ent of fuch Perfons" as fliall voluntarily contribute to the advancing and paying into your Majefties Exchequer, towards carry. ng on the faid War, any Sum or Sums of Money, not exceeding the' Sum of ten hundred thoufand Pounds, upon the refpecfive Terms and Recompences hereafter mentioned, we your Majefties faid dutiful Subjefts the Commons, in Parliament afiembled, have given and granted, and do hereby give and grant unto your Majefties the feve- ral additional Rates and Duties of Excife herein after mentioned, for and during the Term hereafter ex- prefled, and do befcech your Majefties that it may be enabled : Additional Exr _ IL And be it enaded by the King's and Qiieen's moft Fxcellent Majefties, by and with the Ad- u'"'. ^T "^°'j ^'"^^ ^^^ Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament aflembled, and. 01^61' I.iqu'ors" '^y *^ Authority of the fame, That from and after the five and twentieth Day of Jamtny one thoufand ' granted fo: 99 fix hundred ninety and two, there fhall be throughout the Kingdom of England, Domiiiion of Wales, and Years. Conti- ^o^n oi Bcrvjick w'fQw Tweed, raifed, levied, colle£led, and paid unto their- Majefties, their Heirs and nued for ever by Succeffors, during the Space and Term of ninety and nine Years, from the faid five and twentieth Day of ; ^^^"■^■^^'^■^■yanua?y one thoufand fix hundred ninety and two, and no longer, for Beer, Ale, Cyder, and other Li- j'„'^';5.'i.",,6_quors herein after expreflijd, by way of Excife, over and above all other Duties, Charges, and Impofiti- "bns, by any former or other A£ts fet and impofed, of to be fet and impofed, in Manner and Forin following (that is to fay) 2
