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Statute
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Statute
of Westminster I, 1275
Set the baseline for
'time immemorial' as 6
July 1189, being the
accession of King
Richard I (the
Lionheart).
·
Quia
Emptores 1290
Brought an end to
sub-infeudation. No new
Manors can be created
after this date.
·
Tenures
Abolition Act 1660
Converted all tenures
into free and common
soccage - nearly all
burdensome incidents
abolished for all land
of free tenure.
·
Game
Act 1706 (Ann.6 c.16)
Lords of the Manor given
the power to appoint
gamekeepers.
·
Game
Act 1831
The appointment of
gamekeepers is not the
exclusive preserve of
Lords of the Manor.
·
Conveyancing
Act 1881
Linked the conveyance of
the title of Lord of the
Manor to the conveyance
of the Manor itself for
the first time.
·
The
Law of Property Act
1925
Concerns title to real
property such as
Manorial Waste and
Incidents, and what the
conveyance of manors
shall include.
·
Land
Registration Act 1925
Enabled the registration
of Lord of the Manor
titles.
·
Limitation
Act 1939 (2 & 3
Geo.6 c.21)
Removes incorporeal
hereditaments from the
definition of land with
regards to Limitation
Act time limits
concerning their
recovery of title by
persons other than the
Crown.
·
Statute
Law Repeals Act 1986
Removes incorporeal
hereditaments from the
definition of land with
regards to Limitation
Act time limits
concerning their
recovery of title by the
Crown.
·
Civil
Evidence Act 1995
Reputation of authors of
historical documents
allows for their
submission as evidence
in civil cases.
·
Land
Registration Act 2002
Manorial titles are
outside the definition
of 'land', and land must
be physically posessed
to be registrable.
Manorial Titles no
longer voluntarily
registrable.
Registration of title
not conclusive proof of
ownership of title.
Case
Law
·
Burton
& Bamford v Walker
& Others,
Land Registry
REF/2007/1124 (10
December 2010)
Confirmed that adverse
posession, prescription,
loss of modern grant, or
proprietary estoppeldo
NOT enable ownership of
a Lordship of the Manor
title. Confirmed
ownership requires the
presence of all deeds,
correctly made up since
1189. The absence of
correct and complete
sets of deeds requires
Court approval to
confirm ownership.
·
Walker
& Ors v Burton
& Anor
[2012] EWHC 978 (Ch) (17
April 2012)
Confirmed the judgement
as above
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