List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, 1750–1754 facts for kids

This article lists some important laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain between 1750 and 1754. These laws, called "Acts," were like big rules or decisions that affected people across the country. They covered many different things, from how taxes were collected to how roads were built, and even how the calendar worked!

Before 1801, Great Britain had its own Parliament. After 1801, it joined with Ireland to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. These old laws help us understand what life was like and what was important to people back in the 1700s.

Laws of 1750 (24 Geo. 2)

The Parliament met from January to June 1751 for this session. Many laws were passed to manage the country and improve daily life.

Important Public Laws

• Taxation Act 1750 (Chapter 1): This law continued taxes on things like malt (used for brewing), cider, and perry (a drink made from pears). These taxes helped fund the government.
• National Debt Act 1750 (Chapter 2): This act was about managing the country's money, including raising funds through annuities (regular payments) and a lottery.
• Roads in Lincoln Act 1750 (Chapter 3): This law helped repair and improve roads between Stamford and Grantham in Lincolnshire, making travel easier.
• Bank of England Act 1750 (Chapter 4): This act allowed the King to raise money using special government bills and helped manage the Bank of England's operations.
• Indemnity Act 1750 (Chapter 5): This law gave people more time to officially qualify for their jobs and protected those who had missed the deadline.
• Mutiny Act 1750 (Chapter 6): This was an important law for the military, setting rules for soldiers and how they were paid and housed.
• Land Tax Act 1750 (Chapter 7): This act set a tax on land across Great Britain to help pay for government services.
• Thames and Isis Navigation Act 1750 (Chapter 8): This law aimed to improve and regulate boat travel on the Rivers Thames and Isis, from London all the way to Cricklade.
• Wiltshire Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 9): This act focused on repairing roads in Wiltshire, specifically from West Lavington to Devizes and Seend.
• Hertfordshire and Middlesex Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 10): This law continued and expanded efforts to repair highways in Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
• National Debt (No. 2) Act 1750 (Chapter 11): This act was about reducing the interest on the South Sea Company's stock and preventing fraud within the company.
• Brandon and Waveney Navigation Act 1750 (Chapter 12): This law appointed people to manage and improve boat travel on the Brandon and Waveney Rivers.
• Lancashire Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 13): This act was for repairing and widening the road from Preston to Lancaster.
• London and Mercers Company Act 1750 (Chapter 14): This law clarified and updated a previous act that helped the Mercers Company of London and its annuitants (people receiving regular payments).
• Islington Church Act 1750 (Chapter 15): This act allowed the people of Saint Mary, Islington, to rebuild their church.
• Small Debts, Lincoln Act 1750 (Chapter 16): This law made it quicker and easier to recover small debts in Lincoln and the surrounding areas.
• Richmond and Lancaster Road Act 1750 (Chapter 17): This act focused on repairing roads from Yorkshire to Lancaster.
• Juries, etc. Act 1750 (Chapter 18): This law aimed to improve how jury trials were run and extended the time for certain trials in Middlesex.
• Nar Navigation Act 1750 (Chapter 19): This act made the River Nar navigable for boats from King's Lynn to Westacre in Norfolk.
• Lancaster Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 20): This law was for repairing roads from Crosford Bridge to Manchester in Lancashire.
• Oxford Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 21): This act continued and improved efforts to repair roads around Woodstock and Oxford.
• Tadcaster, etc., Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 22): This law clarified and amended previous acts about repairing roads in Yorkshire, including from Selby to Leeds and Tadcaster.
• Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 (Chapter 23): This was a very significant law that changed how the year started and corrected the calendar. Great Britain switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, meaning September 2, 1752, was followed by September 14, 1752!
• Minority of Successor to Crown Act 1750 (Chapter 24): This law made plans for how the government would be run if the next King or Queen was under 18 years old.
• Carlisle and Newcastle Road Act 1750 (Chapter 25): This act was for building and maintaining a road for troops and carriages between Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Saint Matthew, Bethnal Green (Paving, etc.) Act 1750 (Chapter 26): This law focused on cleaning, lighting, and regulating the night watch in Bethnal Green, Middlesex.
• Golden Square (Rates) Act 1750 (Chapter 27): This act allowed residents of Golden Square in Westminster to collect money to improve and maintain the square.
• Gloucester and Oxford Road Act 1750 (Chapter 28): This law was for repairing roads between Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, including through Northleach and Witney.
• Ludlow and Monk's Bridge Road Act 1750 (Chapter 29): This act focused on repairing roads around Ludlow in Shropshire and Herefordshire.
• Durham Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 30): This law was for repairing main roads leading from Darlington in County Durham.
• Linen and Hemp Manufactures Act 1750 (Chapter 31): This act aimed to improve and encourage the making of linen and hemp products in Scotland.
• Beaconsfield and Redhill Road Act 1750 (Chapter 32): This law continued and expanded efforts to repair roads around Wendover and Beaconsfield.
• Lawton and Cranage Road Act 1750 (Chapter 33): This act made a previous law more effective for repairing roads in Cheshire.
• Game (Scotland) Act 1750 (Chapter 34): This law was about protecting game animals in Scotland.
• Edinburgh and Leith Road Act 1750 (Chapter 35): This act focused on repairing main roads in Edinburgh and from Cramond Bridge to Queen's Ferry.
• Fishhouse Bridge, Lancashire Act 1750 (Chapter 36): This law was for building a bridge over the River Ribble between Preston and Penwortham.
• Bristol Churches Act 1750 (Chapter 37): This act allowed for the division of the parish of St. Philip and Jacob in Bristol and the building of a new church.
• Greenock Beer Duties Act 1750 (Chapter 38): This law introduced a tax on ale and beer sold in Greenock to help repair the town's harbour.
• River Avon Navigation Act 1750 (Chapter 39): This act regulated boat travel on the River Avon and set prices for water transport.
• Sale of Spirits Act 1750 (Chapter 40): This law added a new tax on certain alcoholic drinks and licenses to sell them.
• Tobacco Duties Act 1750 (Chapter 41): This act aimed to better secure the taxes collected on tobacco.
• Small Debts, Westminster Act 1750 (Chapter 42): This law updated and improved a previous act for recovering small debts in Westminster.
• Highways Act 1750 (Chapter 43): This act focused on keeping turnpike roads (toll roads) in good condition in England and preventing problems caused by drivers riding on their carts in London.
• Constables Protection Act 1750 (Chapter 44): This law protected Justices of the Peace when doing their jobs and protected constables who followed their orders.
• Robberies on Rivers, etc. Act 1750 (Chapter 45): This act aimed to prevent robberies and thefts on navigable rivers, ports, and wharves.
• Taxation (No. 2) Act 1750 (Chapter 46): This law changed the taxes on foreign linen yarns.
• Supply, etc. Act 1750 (Chapter 47): This act granted money from the Sinking Fund for government services and provided allowances for poor widows of Royal Navy officers.
• Michaelmas Term Act 1750 (Chapter 48): This law shortened the Michaelmas legal term.
• African Company Act 1750 (Chapter 49): This act gave more time for commissioners to look into claims from creditors of the Royal African Company.
• Duchy of Cornwall Act 1750 (Chapter 50): This law allowed the King to make leases and copies of offices and lands belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall.
• Pot and Pearl Ashes Act 1750 (Chapter 51): This act encouraged the production of pot ashes and pearl ashes in the British colonies in America.
• Continuance of Laws Act 1750 (Chapter 52): This law continued several existing laws, including those related to importing masts, yards, and tar, and duties on foreign sail cloth.
• Paper Bills of Credit, American Colonies Act 1750 (Chapter 53): This act regulated and limited the use of paper money in certain American colonies and prevented it from being used as legal payment.
• Distemper Among Cattle Act 1750 (Chapter 54): This law aimed to prevent the spread of a disease among horned cattle in the kingdom.
• Apprehension of Endorsed Warrants Act 1750 (Chapter 55): This act made it easier to arrest people in different counties using warrants from Justices of the Peace.
• Bounty on Corn, etc. Act 1750 (Chapter 56): This law set rules for measuring wheat meal and other grains for which a bonus was paid upon export.
• Continuance of Laws (No.2) Act 1750 (Chapter 57): This act continued several laws, including those preventing theft on the northern borders of England and punishing people who went armed in disguise.
• Southwark Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 58): This law was for building, widening, and maintaining roads in Lambeth, Newington, St. George's Southwark, and Bermondsey.
• Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire Roads Act 1750 (Chapter 59): This act continued and improved efforts to repair highways from Royston to Wandsford Bridge.

Private Laws

These laws affected specific individuals or small groups, often dealing with family estates or name changes.

• Godfrey Copley Divorce Act 1750 (Chapter 1): This was a private act to end the marriage of Godfrey Copley.
• Enabling Samuel Smith to take surname of Holworthy (Chapter 2): This act allowed Samuel Smith to change his last name to Holworthy.
• Enabling John Heath to take surname and arms of Duke (Chapter 3): This act allowed John Heath to change his last name to Duke and use the Duke family's coat of arms.
• Naturalization of Liotard, Richard, Ferrand, Boucher and Schenley Act 1750 (Chapter 4): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Christopher Jacob Krauter Act 1750 (Chapter 5): This act allowed Christopher Jacob Krauter to become a British citizen.
• Empowering trustees named in Edward and Hannah Hulse's marriage settlement to lay out part of trust monies for purchase of reversionary estates and lands in possession, to be settled to uses of marriage settlement, with the power to make leases. (Chapter 6): This act allowed trustees to manage money from a marriage settlement to buy land.
• Enabling George Lane to take surname and arms of Lane pursuant to James Lord Viscount Lanesborough's will, for enrolling the will and making its exemplification evidence in all British and Irish courts. (Chapter 7): This act allowed George Fox to change his name to George Lane and use the Lane family's coat of arms.
• Enabling Thomas Smith to take surname and arms of Panuwell. (Chapter 8): This act allowed Thomas Smith to change his name to Thomas Panuwell.
• Jane Dowager Duchess of Argyll and Greenwich's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 9): This act allowed the Duchess of Argyll and Greenwich to grant leases on her properties in Middlesex.
• William Earl Cowper's estate: charging property in London and Hertfordshire for money to rebuild houses in London destroyed by fire. (Chapter 10): This act allowed Earl Cowper to use parts of his estate to rebuild houses in London that were destroyed by fire.
• John Earl of Egmont's estate in Corke: vesting in him and heirs and settling other lands. (Chapter 11): This act transferred land in County Cork, Ireland, to John Earl of Egmont and his heirs.
• Sir Charles Peers' estate: sale of a messuage in Bromley and lands in Middlesex and Essex and purchasing and settling others for uses in his will. (Chapter 12): This act allowed for the sale of parts of Sir Charles Peers' estate to buy other land as directed by his will.
• Enabling John Primrose Lord Dalenie to secure a jointure for his mother Mary Countess of Roseberry and make provision for siblings out of the entailed estate of Sir Archibold Primrose. (Chapter 13): This act allowed John Primrose to provide for his mother and siblings from his family's estate.
• Sir Joseph Jekyll's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 14): This act allowed for the sale of a part of Sir Joseph Jekyll's estate.
• Edmund Pleydell's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 15): This act allowed for the sale of Edmund Pleydell's estate in Gloucestershire to buy another estate.
• Sir William Maxwell's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 16): This act allowed Sir William Maxwell to sell land in Wigtoun to pay off debts.
• Securing a jointure for Barbara, wife of Eaton Mainwaring Ellerker, raising portions for younger children and confirming and establishing Ellerker's name, arms and crest. (Chapter 17): This act secured financial provision for Barbara Ellerker and her children and confirmed the Ellerker family name and coat of arms.
• George Gardner's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 18): This act confirmed the division of George Gardner's estate and managed land for Edward Bulstrode.
• Thomas Horner's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 19): This act allowed the guardians of Thomas Horner to make leases on his estates during his childhood.
• Thomas Moyle's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 20): This act allowed for the sale of part of Thomas Moyle's estate in Suffolk to buy another estate.
• Better effecting purposes of John Michel's will for benefit of Queen's College Oxford. (Chapter 21): This act helped carry out the wishes in John Michel's will for the benefit of Queen's College, Oxford.
• Welton (Yorkshire) Inclosure etc. Act 1750 (Chapter 22): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose and divide land in Welton, Yorkshire, and set a yearly payment for the Vicar instead of tithes.
• Yatton (Somerset) Inclosure Act 1750 (Chapter 23): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose and divide common lands in Yatton, Somerset.
• Farthingstone (Northamptonshire) Inclosure Act 1750 (Chapter 24): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields and waste grounds in Farthingstone, Northamptonshire.
• Dunsby (Lincolnshire) Inclosure Act 1750 (Chapter 25): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose and divide common fields in Dunsby, Lincolnshire.
• Empowering Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright to inclose Besford Common (Worcestershire) and setting out and appointing proper roads and charging a yearly rent on said common in lieu of rights and privileges claimed by James Cocks as lord of manor. (Chapter 26): This act allowed Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright to enclose Besford Common and set up roads, with a yearly payment to the Lord of the Manor.
• Hutton Bushell (Yorkshire) Inclosure Act 1750 (Chapter 27): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose common pastures in Hutton Bushell, Yorkshire.
• Vesting for a term of years in Michael Menzies, his executors, administrators and assigns, the sole property of his coal conveyancing machine. (Chapter 28): This act gave Michael Menzies the exclusive right to use his invention for moving coal for a certain number of years.
• Enabling William Leybourne, formerly Leybourne Taylor, to take surname of Leybourne. (Chapter 29): This act allowed William Leybourne Taylor to change his name to Leybourne.
• Enabling James Langston, formerly Haughton, to take surname of Langston. (Chapter 30): This act allowed James Haughton to change his name to Langston.
• Enabling John Fenwick, lately Wilson, to take the name of Fenwick. (Chapter 31): This act allowed John Wilson to change his name to Fenwick.
• Naturalization of Count Stephanus Laurentius Neale Act 1750 (Chapter 32): This act allowed Count Stephanus Laurentius Neale to become a British citizen.
• Establishing, confirming and executing more effectually the articles of Henry Arthur Earl and Barbara Countess of Powis' marriage settlement. (Chapter 33): This act confirmed and carried out the terms of the marriage agreement for the Earl and Countess of Powis.
• Enabling John Thynne Lord Chedworth to settle a jointure on Martha Parker upon their marriage and making provisions for their younger children and for explaining Sir Philip Parker Long's will. (Chapter 34): This act allowed Lord Chedworth to make financial provisions for his wife Martha Parker and their children.
• Earl of Dalkeith's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 35): This act completed the sale of the Earl of Dalkeith's estate in Lincolnshire.
• Viscount Kilmorey's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 36): This act allowed for the sale of part of Viscount Kilmorey's estate in Ireland to pay off debts.
• Vesting lands in Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire devised in Sarah Frowde's will to Ralph Blois and settling an estate in Suffolk to uses limited by will. (Chapter 37): This act transferred land from Sarah Frowde's will to Ralph Blois and settled another estate in Suffolk.
• George Barlow's estate: vesting part in him and heirs and settling another part. (Chapter 38): This act transferred part of George Barlow's estate to him and his heirs.
• William Newland's Estates Act 1750 (Chapter 39): This act allowed for the sale of William Newland's estates in Surrey to pay off debts.
• Christopher Wood's Estates Act 1750 (Chapter 40): This act allowed for the sale of Christopher Wood's estates in Staffordshire to pay off debts.
• Making leases for lands, tenements and mines in Cornwall comprised in Kellond Courtenay's marriage settlement and will and during the minority of issue concerned. (Chapter 41): This act allowed for the leasing of lands and mines in Cornwall belonging to Kellond Courtenay's estate.
• George Courtenay's Estate Act 1750 (Chapter 42): This act allowed for the sale of part of George Courtenay's estate to pay off debts and provide for his family.
• John Fitz Maurice's Name Act 1750 (Chapter 43): This act allowed John Fitz Maurice to change his name to Petty.
• Richard King Stubblefield's Name Act 1750 (Chapter 44): This act allowed Robert King Stubblefield to change his name to King.
• Naturalization of Baron de Soesdyk Van Cloon, Lord of Rhynwick Act 1750 (Chapter 45): This act allowed Philip Jacob Baron de Soesdyk Van Cloon to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Jugla, Cogigian, Zornlin and Speck Act 1750 (Chapter 46): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.

Laws of 1751 (25 Geo. 2)

The Parliament met from November 1751 to March 1752 for this session.

Important Public Laws

• Taxation Act 1751 (Chapter 1): This law continued taxes on malt, mum, cider, and perry for the year 1752.
• Mutiny Act 1751 (Chapter 2): This act continued the rules for punishing mutiny and desertion in the army and for paying and housing soldiers.
• Land Tax Act 1751 (Chapter 3): This act set the land tax for Great Britain for the year 1752.
• Middlesex (Registry of Deeds) Act 1751 (Chapter 4): This law appointed a new official to register deeds and wills in Middlesex.
• Wiltshire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 5): This act continued and improved efforts to repair highways in Wiltshire.
• Wills Act 1751 (Chapter 6): This important law clarified rules about how wills for real estate should be witnessed in Great Britain and the American colonies.
• Mercers Company, London Act 1751 (Chapter 7): This act corrected a mistake in a previous law about the Mercers Company of London.
• Kent Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 8): This law was for repairing roads in Kent, from Wrotham Heath to Foot's Cray.
• Edinburgh Beer Duties Act 1751 (Chapter 9): This act continued a tax on ale and beer sold in Edinburgh to fund city improvements.
• Stealing from Blacklead Mines Act 1751 (Chapter 10): This law aimed to better protect black lead mines from theft.
• East Greenwich Church (Burial) Act 1751 (Chapter 11): This act allowed parishioners in East Greenwich to use church vaults for burials and set fees for this service.
• Wiltshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 12): This law was for repairing and widening roads from Warminster to Bath and Frome to Beckington.
• Gloucester Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 13): This act focused on repairing roads from Cirencester to Stroud in Gloucestershire.
• Importation Act 1751 (Chapter 14): This law opened the port of Lancaster for importing wool and woollen yarn from Ireland.
• Indemnity Act 1751 (Chapter 15): This act protected people who had missed deadlines to qualify for their jobs or file certain legal documents.
• Staffordshire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 16): This act continued and expanded efforts to repair highways in Staffordshire.
• Wiltshire and Somerset Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 17): This law was for repairing roads from Seend to Trowbridge and Beckington.
• Northumberland Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 18): This act focused on repairing roads in Northumberland, including from Long Horsley Bar to Piercy's Cross.
• Importation (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 19): This law opened the port of Great Yarmouth for importing wool and woollen yarn from Ireland.
• Admission of Vassals (Scotland) Act 1751 (Chapter 20): This act clarified rules about the admission of vassals (tenants) in the Principality of Scotland and their payments.
• Berkshire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 21): This law was for repairing roads in Berkshire, from Wallingford to Wantage and Farringdon.
• Shrewsbury and Wrexham Road Act 1751 (Chapter 22): This act focused on repairing roads from Shrewsbury to Wrexham, passing through Ellesmere and Overton.
• Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster (Poor Relief, etc.) Act 1751 (Chapter 23): This law aimed to better help and employ the poor in these Westminster parishes, and also for cleaning streets and repairing highways.
• Wiltshire and Somerset Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 24): This act was for repairing and widening roads in Wiltshire and Somerset, leading towards Bristol and Bath.
• National Debt Act 1751 (Chapter 25): This act granted money from the Sinking Fund for government services and allowed for raising more money through Exchequer Bills.
• Insurances on Foreign Ships Act 1751 (Chapter 26): This law aimed to limit insurance on foreign ships traveling to or from the East Indies.
• National Debt (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 27): This act converted various government annuities into joint stocks, making them easier to transfer.
• Post Roads in Scotland Act 1751 (Chapter 28): This law was for repairing post roads in Scotland, including from Edinburgh to Linlithgow, Falkirk, and Stirling.
• Coroners Act 1751 (Chapter 29): This act provided proper payment for coroners (officials who investigate deaths) and allowed for their removal if they committed certain wrongdoings.
• Calendar Act 1751 (Chapter 30): This act made a small amendment to the important Calendar (New Style) Act of the previous year.
• Distemper Amongst Cattle Act 1751 (Chapter 31): This law continued and clarified efforts to prevent the spread of disease among horned cattle.
• Importation, etc. Act 1751 (Chapter 32): This act allowed the import of Gum Senega from Europe and provided relief for James Guthrie regarding tobacco duties.
• Morpeth and Elsdon Road Act 1751 (Chapter 33): This law was for repairing roads in Northumberland, from Morpeth to Elsdon.
• Small Debts, Birmingham Act 1751 (Chapter 34): This act made it easier and quicker to recover small debts in Birmingham.
• Growth of Coffee, etc. Act 1751 (Chapter 35): This law continued an act encouraging coffee growing in American plantations and related to premiums on imported naval stores.
• Disorderly Houses Act 1751 (Chapter 36): This law aimed to prevent thefts and robberies, regulate public entertainment places, and punish those who kept disorderly houses.
• Murder Act 1751 (Chapter 37): This important law aimed to better prevent the serious crime of murder.
• Small Debts, Saint Albans Act 1751 (Chapter 38): This act made it easier and quicker to recover small debts in Saint Albans.
• British Subjects Act 1751 (Chapter 39): This law clarified doubts about British subjects inheriting property even if their parents were aliens.
• African Company Act 1751 (Chapter 40): This act provided money to compensate the Royal African Company and transferred its assets to a new company of merchants trading to Africa.
• Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1751 (Chapter 41): This act added certain forfeited estates in Scotland to the Crown and set up a way to manage them for improving the Highlands.
• Greenwich Hospital Act 1751 (Chapter 42): This act made contracts for purchasing land for Greenwich Hospital valid, helping to complete the hospital.
• Small Debts, Liverpool Act 1751 (Chapter 43): This act made it easier and quicker to recover small debts in Liverpool.
• Scarborough Harbour Act 1751 (Chapter 44): This act clarified and improved a previous law for enlarging Scarborough Harbour.
• Small Debts, Canterbury Act 1751 (Chapter 45): This act made it easier and quicker to recover small debts in Canterbury.
• Northumberland Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 46): This law was for repairing roads in Northumberland, from Alemouth to Hexham.
• Yorkshire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 47): This act focused on repairing roads in Yorkshire, from York to New Malton and Scarborough.
• Northumberland Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 (Chapter 48): This law was for repairing a section of the road between Carlisle and Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Shropshire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 49): This act focused on repairing the main road from Shrewsbury to Bridgenorth.
• Sussex Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 50): This law was for repairing roads in Sussex, around Lewes and Witch Cross.
• South London Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 51): This act improved several laws for repairing roads from London to East Grinstead, Sutton, and Kingston, and also roads in Camberwell.
• Wiltshire and Somerset Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 (Chapter 52): This law was for widening and repairing roads from Combe Bridge to Bradford and other roads in Wiltshire and Somerset.
• Yorkshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1751 (Chapter 53): This act focused on repairing roads from Knaresborough to Green Hammerton in Yorkshire.
• Taunton Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 54): This law was for improving several roads leading from Taunton in Somerset.
• Leeds and Halifax Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 55): This act clarified and amended a previous law about repairing roads between Leeds and Halifax in Yorkshire.
• Hereford Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 56): This law was for repairing several roads leading from Bromyard in Herefordshire.
• Market Harborough and Brampton Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 57): This act focused on repairing roads from Market Harborough to Brampton, passing through several towns.
• Yorkshire Roads (No. 3) Act 1751 (Chapter 58): This law was for repairing roads from Leeds to Harrogate and Ripon in Yorkshire.
• Wiltshire and Gloucester Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 59): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Chippenham Bridge to Togg Hill and Old Sodbury Hill.
• Worcestershire Roads Act 1751 (Chapter 60): This law was for repairing roads from Upton Bridge to Tirley, Colwall, and Malvern Chace.

Private Laws

• George Oxenden's Name Act 1751 (Chapter 1): This act allowed George Oxenden to use the surname, arms, and crest of Dixwell.
• Duke of Devonshire's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 2): This act allowed William Duke of Devonshire to provide for his younger sons from his estate.
• Correcting a settlement concerning Peregrine Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven's family estates and enabling the raising of his daughter's portions. (Chapter 3): This act corrected a family settlement and allowed the Duke of Ancaster to provide for his daughters.
• Marquis of Powis' Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 4): This act allowed the trustees of the Marquis of Powis' will to sell or exchange parts of his estate.
• Enabling William Lord Blantyre and the heirs of entail, for the time being, to alienate, by way of exchange or excambion, lands in Hadington and Edinburgh. (Chapter 5): This act allowed Lord Blantyre to exchange lands in Hadington and Edinburgh.
• Confirming a lease or grant made by Bussy Lord Mansel's devisees to Rowland Pytt. (Chapter 6): This act confirmed a lease made by the heirs of Lord Mansel.
• Sir William Harbord's Estates Act 1751 (Chapter 7): This act allowed for the sale of parts of Sir William Harbord's estates in Norfolk and Suffolk to buy other estates.
• Sir Thomas Heathcote's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 8): This act provided for the younger sons and daughter of Sir Thomas Heathcote.
• Vesting manors and lands in Lancashire and Cheshire, devised by the late Sir John Bland's will, in the present Sir John Bland, in fee simple, discharged of the trust of the said will and settling an estate in Yorkshire in exchange for the same. (Chapter 9): This act transferred manors and lands to Sir John Bland and settled an estate in Yorkshire in exchange.
• Sir George Mackinzie's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 10): This act allowed for the sale of part of Sir George Mackinzie's estate in Scotland to buy other estates.
• Vesting lands in Oxfordshire, devised by Nathanael Bacon's will and codicil, in Edward Bacon, in fee simple and for settling an estate in Norfolk to the uses limited by the will. (Chapter 11): This act transferred lands to Edward Bacon and settled an estate in Norfolk.
• William Wyndham's Estates Act 1751 (Chapter 12): This act allowed the guardians of William Wyndham to make leases on his estates during his childhood.
• Richard Hopton's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 13): This act allowed for the sale of part of Richard Hopton's estate to buy another estate.
• Thomas Southcote's Estates Act 1751 (Chapter 14): This act allowed the committee managing Thomas Southcote's estate to make leases.
• William Barnesley's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 15): This act transferred William Barnesley's estate to trustees for his son and raised money to pay legal costs.
• John Wicker's Estate Act 1751 (Chapter 16): This act transferred the Manor of Stepney to John Wicker and his heirs and settled other lands in exchange.
• John Preston's Marriage Jointure Act 1751 (Chapter 17): This act allowed John Preston to make financial provision for any future marriage.
• Enabling the Treasury to compound with George Whitehead and his sureties, John and Thomas Whitehead, for a debt due to the Crown for tobacco customs. (Chapter 18): This act allowed the Treasury to make a deal with George Whitehead and his sureties regarding a debt for tobacco taxes.
• Daniel Lascelles' Divorce Act 1751 (Chapter 19): This act ended the marriage of Daniel Lascelles.
• Thomas Benson's Divorce Act 1751 (Chapter 20): This act ended the marriage of Thomas Benson.
• Enabling the King to grant the inheritance of the manor of Crowland (Lincolnshire) to trustees, for Thomas Orby Hunter and his heirs, upon a full and valuable consideration to be paid for the same. (Chapter 21): This act allowed the King to grant the Manor of Crowland to trustees for Thomas Orby Hunter.
• Extinguishing the right of the Lord of the manor of Ombersley (Worcestershire) of keeping a warren for conies on Linall Common, Birchin Valley and the Lyth, securing for him the rent now paid for the same and annexing and uniting said Birchin Valley to several ancient copyholds and customary tenements within said manor. (Chapter 22): This act ended the right of the Lord of Ombersley Manor to keep a rabbit warren on certain common lands.
• Narborough (Leicestershire) Inclosure Act 1751 (Chapter 23): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields in Narborough, Leicestershire.
• Ridley (Northumberland) Inclosure Act 1751 (Chapter 24): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose and divide waste lands in Ridley, Northumberland.
• Drayton (Northamptonshire) Inclosure Act 1751 (Chapter 25): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields in Drayton, Northamptonshire.
• Snaith, Cowick and Rawcliffe (Yorkshire) Inclosures Act 1751 (Chapter 26): This act established an agreement for enclosing and dividing common lands in Snaith, Cowick, and Rawcliffe, Yorkshire.
• Witham on the Hill Infield (Lincolnshire) Inclosure etc. Act 1751 (Chapter 27): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of land in Witham on the Hill and provided a payment for the Vicar.
• Richard Chandler's Name Act 1751 (Chapter 28): This act allowed Richard Chandler and his wife to use the surname Cavendish.
• John Cave's Name Act 1751 (Chapter 29): This act allowed John Cave to use the surname Browne.
• Michael Archer's Name Act 1751 (Chapter 30): This act allowed Michael Archer to use the surname and arms of Newton.
• Naturalization of Jane Magdalen Robelon Act 1751 (Chapter 31): This act allowed Jane Magdolen Robelon to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Francis Degen Act 1751 (Chapter 32): This act allowed Francis Degen to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of John Matthias Miller Act 1751 (Chapter 33): This act allowed John Matthias Miller to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Frederick Commerell, John Toopken and Christian Moser Act 1751 (Chapter 34): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Christian Samuel Geledneki Act 1751 (Chapter 35): This act allowed Christian Samuel Geledneks to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Philip Denoyer. Act 1751 (Chapter 36): This act allowed Philip Denoyer to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of James Fremeaux Act 1751 (Chapter 37): This act allowed James Fremeaux to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Andrew Girardot Act 1751 (Chapter 38): This act allowed Andrew Girardot to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Peter Auriol and David Pratviel Act 1751 (Chapter 39): This act allowed Peter Auriol and David Pratviel to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Andrew Leques and Frederick Blomberg Act 1751 (Chapter 40): This act allowed Andrew Annibal Leques and Frederick Charles Augustus Blomberg to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of John Meybohm Act 1751 (Chapter 41): This act allowed Johan Meijbohm to become a British citizen.

Laws of 1753 (26 Geo. 2)

The Parliament met from January to June 1753 for this session.

Important Public Laws

• National Debt Act 1753 (Chapter 1): This act continued taxes on malt, mum, cider, and perry and extended the time for subscribing annuities.
• Game Act 1753 (Chapter 2): This law amended a previous act about recovering penalties for destroying game animals.
• Salt Duties Act 1753 (Chapter 3): This act continued duties on salt and herrings.
• Land Tax Act 1753 (Chapter 4): This act set the land tax for Great Britain for the year 1753.
• Mutiny Act 1753 (Chapter 5): This act continued the rules for punishing mutiny and desertion in the army.
• Quarantine Act 1753 (Chapter 6): This law made it more effective for ships to perform quarantine and prevent the plague from entering Great Britain or Ireland.
• Small Debts, Boston Act 1753 (Chapter 7): This act made it easier and quicker to recover small debts in Boston, Lincolnshire.
• Importation Act 1753 (Chapter 8): This law opened the port of Exeter for importing wool and woollen yarn from Ireland.
• Herring Fishery Act 1753 (Chapter 9): This act improved a previous law for encouraging the British White Herring Fishery and adjusted it to the new calendar.
• Bridlington Piers Act 1753 (Chapter 10): This act continued and improved efforts to repair the piers of Bridlington.
• Exportation Act 1753 (Chapter 11): This law allowed the export of wool and woollen yarn from any port in Ireland to Great Britain.
• Customs Act 1753 (Chapter 12): This act aimed to prevent wines imported into outer ports from being brought into London without paying the London duty.
• Tobacco Trade, etc. Act 1753 (Chapter 13): This law aimed to prevent fraudulent movement of tobacco and clarified rules for selling certain drinks.
• Justices' Clerks' Fees Act 1753 (Chapter 14): This law set and confirmed the fees that clerks to Justices of the Peace could charge.
• Exportation (No. 2) Act 1753 (Chapter 15): This act allowed interest to be paid on certain debentures for the bounty on exported corn.
• South Sea Company Act 1753 (Chapter 16): This act reduced the number of directors for the South Sea Company and regulated elections for its governors.
• Window Duties Act 1753 (Chapter 17): This act made it more effective to collect duties on windows in Scotland.
• Levant Trade Act 1753 (Chapter 18): This law expanded and regulated trade into the Levant Seas.
• Stealing Shipwrecked Goods Act 1753 (Chapter 19): This act enforced laws against stealing shipwrecked goods and provided relief for those who suffered losses.
• Linen Manufacture (Scotland) Act 1753 (Chapter 20): This act encouraged and improved the linen manufacturing industry in the Highlands of Scotland.
• Silk Manufactures Act 1753 (Chapter 21): This act encouraged silk manufacturing in the kingdom and secured duties on imported silk products.
• British Museum Act 1753 (Chapter 22): This very important law allowed for the purchase of Sir Hans Sloane's collection and the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, creating a general place for these collections and the Cottonian Library, which became the foundation of the British Museum.
• National Debt (No. 2) Act 1753 (Chapter 23): This act granted more money from the Sinking Fund for government services.
• Papists Act 1753 (Chapter 24): This law allowed more time for Roman Catholics to register deeds and wills and provided relief for Protestant purchasers.
• Discovery of Longitude at Sea Act 1753 (Chapter 25): This act made a previous law more effective for discovering longitude at sea and increased the number of commissioners for this purpose.
• Naturalization of Jews Act 1753 (Chapter 26): This law allowed people of the Jewish religion to become naturalized (citizens) by Parliament. (This act was later repealed in 1754).
• Justices Act 1753 (Chapter 27): This law confirmed acts and orders made by Justices of the Peace, even if there was a small technical error in their paperwork.
• Highways Act 1753 (Chapter 28): This act aimed to prevent problems from digging gravel, sand, and other materials from common lands for highway repairs.
• Disarming of the Highlands, etc. Act 1753 (Chapter 29): This law continued and clarified previous acts for disarming the Highlands in Scotland and managing forfeited estates.
• Highways and Turnpike Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 30): This act aimed to improve and preserve public highways and turnpike roads.
• Alehouses Act 1753 (Chapter 31): This law regulated how alehouses were licensed and made it easier to convict people selling drinks without a license.
• Continuance of Laws, etc. Act 1753 (Chapter 32): This act continued several laws, including those related to punishing people going armed or disguised against customs laws.
• Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 (Chapter 33): This very important law, also known as Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, aimed to prevent secret or "clandestine" marriages by requiring formal ceremonies and parental consent for those under 21.
• Cattle Distemper, Vagrancy, Marshalsea Prison, etc. Act 1753 (Chapter 34): This act continued efforts to prevent cattle disease, managed expenses for vagrants, and addressed issues with the Marshalsea Prison.
• River Dee Navigation Act 1753 (Chapter 35): This act confirmed an agreement for improving the navigation of the River Dee.
• Edinburgh Buildings Act 1753 (Chapter 36): This law allowed for the construction of public buildings in Edinburgh and for widening streets.
• Cumberland Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 37): This act was for repairing roads in Cumberland, from Penrith to Chalk Beck.
• Stone Church, Stafford Act 1753 (Chapter 38): This act allowed the parishioners of Stone, Staffordshire, to rebuild their church.
• Bewdley Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 39): This law was for repairing and widening roads leading from Bewdley in Worcestershire.
• Carlisle and Eamont Bridge Road Act 1753 (Chapter 40): This act focused on repairing roads from Carlisle to Penrith and Emont Bridge.
• Bedfordshire Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 41): This act continued and improved efforts to repair highways between Dunstable and Hockliffe.
• Wiltshire Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 42): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Send Street to Box in Wiltshire.
• Paddington Churchyard Act 1753 (Chapter 43): This act allowed for the enlargement of the churchyard in Paddington, Middlesex.
• Dysart Beer Duties Act 1753 (Chapter 44): This law introduced a tax on ale and beer sold in Dysart to help repair the town's harbour.
• Manchester Church Act 1753 (Chapter 45): This act allowed for the building of a new church in Manchester.
• Leicester Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 46): This law was for repairing the road from Leicester to Ashby de la Zouch.
• Hagley and Birmingham Road Act 1753 (Chapter 47): This act focused on repairing roads leading from Stourbridge and other areas in Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, and Warwickshire.
• Durham and Tyne Bridge Road Act 1753 (Chapter 48): This act continued and expanded efforts to repair the main road from Durham to Tyne Bridge.
• Cumberland Roads (No. 2) Act 1753 (Chapter 49): This law was for repairing the road from Carlisle to Workington in Cumberland.
• Worcester Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 50): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Redstone Ferry to Tenbury in Worcestershire.
• Surrey and Southampton Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 51): This law was for repairing and widening roads from Bagshot to Winchester.
• Lancaster and Westmorland Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 52): This act focused on widening and repairing the main road from Heron Syke to Kirkby in Kendall and Shapp.
• Buxton and Manchester Road Act 1753 (Chapter 53): This act continued and improved efforts to repair the road from Buxton to Manchester and other roads.
• Flimwell and Hastings Road Act 1753 (Chapter 54): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Flimwell Vent to Hastings in Sussex.
• Shoreditch Road Act 1753 (Chapter 55): This act continued and expanded efforts to repair the road from Shoreditch Church to Stanford Hill and Mile End.
• Hertford and Ware Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 56): This act continued and gave more powers to trustees for repairing roads from Enfield to Hertford.
• Debtors' Prison, Devonshire Act 1753 (Chapter 57): This act allowed for raising money to buy a proper prison for debtors in Devon.
• Portsea Common Chapel Act 1753 (Chapter 58): This act allowed for building a chapel on Portsea Common and set up trustees to manage it.
• Burton-upon-Trent and Derby Road Act 1753 (Chapter 59): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Burton upon Trent to Derby.
• Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 60): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from White Sheet Hill to Shaftesbury, Milborne Port, and Sherborne.
• Elland and Leeds Road Act 1753 (Chapter 61): This act enlarged the term and powers of a previous act for repairing the road from Elland to Leeds.
• Cheshire Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 62): This law was for repairing and widening roads in Cheshire, from Henshall's Smithy to Altrincham and Northwich.
• Lancashire Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 63): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Salford to Warrington, Bolton, and Wigan.
• Tadcaster and Otley Road Act 1753 (Chapter 64): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Tadcaster to Otley in Yorkshire.
• Lancashire Roads (No. 2) Act 1753 (Chapter 65): This act enlarged the term and powers of previous acts for repairing the road from Liverpool to Prescot and other roads.
• Wiltshire and Southampton Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 66): This law was for repairing and widening roads from Lobcomb Corner to Harnham Bridge and from New Sarum to Ealing.
• Westmorland Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 67): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Brough under Stainmore to Emont Bridge.
• Kent Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 68): This law was for amending, widening, and repairing the road from Dover to Barham Downs.
• Somerset Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 69): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Lower Compton to Yeovil, Crewkerne, Chard, and Axminster.
• Oxford and Gloucester Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 70): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Upton Field to Preston.
• Somerset Roads (No. 2) Act 1753 (Chapter 71): This act focused on repairing and widening roads leading to and from Shepton Malet and Ivelchester.
• Suffolk Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 72): This act continued and improved previous acts for repairing the road from Ipswich to Cleydon and Coddenham Beacon.
• Warwick Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 73): This act continued and improved previous acts for repairing the road from Dunchurch to Stone Bridge.
• Exeter Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 74): This law was for improving several roads leading from Exeter.
• Thirsk Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 75): This act focused on widening and repairing the main road from Northallerton to Thirsk and Easingwold.
• Wells Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 76): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Pipers Inn to Wells and Rush Hill.
• Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Road Act 1753 (Chapter 77): This act clarified and improved a previous act for repairing roads from Doncaster to Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge.
• Drayton and Edgehill Road Act 1753 (Chapter 78): This act focused on widening and repairing the road from Drayton Lane to Edge Hill.
• Prestonpans Beer Duties Act 1753 (Chapter 79): This law introduced a tax on ale and beer sold in Prestonpans to help repair the town's harbour.
• Hampstead Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 80): This act continued and improved previous acts for repairing highways leading to Highgate Gate House and Hampstead.
• Glasgow and Shotts Road Act 1753 (Chapter 81): This law was for repairing roads from Livingstoun to Glasgow and Hamilton.
• Berwick Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 82): This act focused on repairing the road from Buckton Burn through Berwick upon Tweed to Lammerton Hill.
• Bradford and Wakefield Road Act 1753 (Chapter 83): This law was for repairing and widening roads from Kighley to Wakefield and Halifax, and for building a bridge over the River Wharf.
• Chester Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 84): This act focused on repairing and widening roads in Cheshire, from Spann Smithy to Middlewich and Northwich.
• Leicester and Stafford Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 85): This law was for repairing the road from Ashby de la Zouch to Burton upon Trent and Tutbury.
• Yorkshire and Westmorland Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 86): This act focused on repairing and widening the road from Keighley to Kirkby in Kendal.
• Old Street Road Act 1753 (Chapter 87): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Shoreditch Church to Old Street and Goswell Street.
• Northampton Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 88): This act focused on repairing the road from Oundle to Alconbury cum Weston.
• Stockton and Barnard Castle Road Act 1753 (Chapter 89): This act clarified and improved previous acts for repairing the main road from Stockton upon Tees to Barnard Castle.
• Glasgow Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 90): This law was for repairing several roads leading into Glasgow.
• Perth Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 91): This act focused on repairing roads from North Queen's Ferry to Perth, Dumfermline, and Kirkaldie.
• Somerset Roads (No. 3) Act 1753 (Chapter 92): This law was for repairing and widening roads from The Red Post to Langport, Somerton, and Street Cross.
• Peebles Road Act 1753 (Chapter 93): This act focused on repairing roads in Peebles, leading towards Edinburgh.
• Saint Botolph Church, Aldersgate Act 1753 (Chapter 94): This act allowed property owners and residents in Saint Botolph without Aldersgate to repair their church and steeple.
• York and Durham Roads Act 1753 (Chapter 95): This act clarified and amended a previous act for repairing the road from Catherick Bridge to Yarm, Stockton, and Durham.
• Paisley Beer Duties Act 1753 (Chapter 96): This law introduced a tax on ale and beer sold in Paisley to improve the navigation of the River Cart.
• Saint George's Hanover Square (Poor Relief) Act 1753 (Chapter 97): This act aimed to better help and employ the poor in Saint George Hanover Square, Westminster, and for cleaning streets and repairing highways.
• Christchurch, Stepney (Poor Relief) Act 1753 (Chapter 98): This act allowed parishioners in Christ Church, Middlesex, to purchase or build a workhouse for the poor.
• Chichester (Poor Relief) Act 1753 (Chapter 99): This act aimed to better help and employ the poor and for lighting streets in Chichester.
• East Greenwich Poor Relief, etc. Act 1753 (Chapter 100): This act aimed to better help and employ the poor in East Greenwich and for repairing highways and cleaning streets.
• Westminster, King's Street Act 1753 (Chapter 101): This act allowed James Mallors to open a new street in Westminster.

Private Laws

• Naturalization of Frederick Hoffgaard Act 1753 (Chapter 1): This act allowed Frederich Hoffgaard to become a British citizen.
• John Peploe's Name Act 1753 (Chapter 2): This act allowed John Peploe to change his name to Peploe Birch.
• Abraham Carleton's Name Act 1753 (Chapter 3): This act allowed Abraham Carleton to change his name to Cumberbatch.
• Naturalization of Daniel Boumeester, James Rilliet, and Others Act 1753 (Chapter 4): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of John Schoen, Peter Rodolph, and Others Act 1753 (Chapter 5): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Jacob Vaulk Act 1753 (Chapter 6): This act allowed Jacob Valk to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Beat Rodolph Nerbel Act 1753 (Chapter 7): This act allowed Beat Rodolph Victor Nerbel to become a British citizen.
• Making the exemplification of Henry Earl of Shelburne's will evidence in all British and Irish courts. (Chapter 8): This act made a copy of the Earl of Shelburne's will valid evidence in courts.
• Vesting Pusey (Berkshire) tithe and glebe in John Allen Pusey and heirs and settling a yearly rent on the rector of Pusey in lieu thereof. (Chapter 9): This act transferred tithes and glebe land in Pusey to John Allen Pusey, with a yearly payment to the rector.
• Alice Gilbert's Estate Act 1753 (Chapter 10): This act allowed for the sale of Alice Gilbert's estate to pay debts and legacies.
• Small Estate Act 1753 (Chapter 11): This act allowed for the sale of an undivided share of tithes in the Isle of Wight to buy an estate in Gloucestershire.
• Theodore William Inge's Estate Act 1753 (Chapter 12): This act allowed Theodore William Inge to make building leases on his estate near Birmingham.
• Confirming and establishing an agreement concerning Canswick or Watlas Moor (Yorkshire) inclosure. (Chapter 13): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose and divide Canswick or Watlas Moor in Yorkshire.
• Quennington (Gloucestershire) Inclosure Act 1753 (Chapter 14): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common lands in Quennington, Gloucestershire.
• Hinton (Northamptonshire) Inclosure Act 1753 (Chapter 15): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields in Hinton, Northamptonshire.
• Naturalization of Schweighauser, Girard, Von Hohendorff, Andre and Sollen. (Chapter 16): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of John Barbutt and Fortunatus Planta. (Chapter 17): This act allowed John David Barbutt and Fortunatus Planta to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Mary Sybella Harrison. (Chapter 18): This act allowed Mary Sybelle Harrison to become a British citizen.
• Ann Jekyll's estate: vesting an undivided twelfth part of Sir Joseph Jekyll's real estate in trustees, for conveying to purchasers under a decree of the court of Chancery. (Chapter 19): This act transferred part of Sir Joseph Jekyll's estate to trustees for sale.
• Elizabeth Knight's estate: vesting an undivided fourth part of Robert Plompton's estate in Yorkshire` in trustees for sale. (Chapter 20): This act transferred part of Robert Plompton's estate to trustees for sale.
• Edmund Moreton Pleydell's estate: settlement pursuant to an agreement made previous to his marriage. (Chapter 21): This act settled Edmund Morton Pleydell's estate according to his marriage agreement.
• Evelyn Chadwicke's estate in St. James, Westminster and St. Martin in the Fields: granting building leases. (Chapter 22): This act allowed Evelyn Chadwicke to grant building leases on his estate in Westminster.
• Charles Headlam's estate: establishing and rendering effectual articles for sale of manors and lands at Kexby (Yorkshire) and vesting Ann Headlam's undivided third share in trustees, to convey pursuant to said articles. (Chapter 23): This act confirmed an agreement for the sale of Charles Headlam's estate in Kexby, Yorkshire.
• Confirming an agreement between George Pitt and Stratfieldsay (Hampshire) rector for exchange of lands in the parish and for the demolition and rebuilding of the parish church with connecting roads by George Pitt. (Chapter 24): This act confirmed an agreement for George Pitt to exchange lands and rebuild the parish church in Stratfield Say.
• Confirming and establishing an agreement for the exchange of lands in Yorkshire between the Prebend of Stillington and Stephen Croft. (Chapter 25): This act confirmed an agreement to exchange lands in Yorkshire.
• John Ennever divorce from Mary Cornwell. (Chapter 26): This act ended the marriage of John Ennever.
• Eastleach Martin or Botherup (Gloucestershire) inclosure and for compensating rector in lieu of tithes and glebe land. (Chapter 27): This act allowed for the enclosing of lands in Eastleach Martin and compensated the rector.
• Confirming and establishing an agreement concerning Loathley (Yorkshire) inclosure. (Chapter 28): This act confirmed an agreement to enclose common land in Leathley, Yorkshire.
• Hexham (Northumberland) Inclosure Act 1753 (Chapter 29): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of waste lands in Hexham, Northumberland.
• John Latchmore's name. (Chapter 30): This act allowed John Latchmore to use the surname Frye.
• Naturalization of Christian Maurice Rodatz. (Chapter 31): This act allowed Christian Maurice Rodatz to become a British citizen.
• John Earl of Ashburnham's estate in Lancashire: sale pursuant to his will. (Chapter 32): This act allowed for the sale of the Earl of Ashburnham's estate in Lancashire.
• Confirming and establishing Sir Cyril Wich's, Elizabeth Wilson's and Mary Turton's estates partition and settlement. (Chapter 33): This act confirmed the division and settlement of estates belonging to Sir Cyril Wich, Elizabeth Wilson, and Mary Turton.
• Frances Fitz Roy Scudamore's estate in Southwark (Surrey): empowering guardians to make building leases. (Chapter 34): This act allowed the guardians of Frances Fitz Roy Scudamore to make building leases on her estate in Southwark.
• Mathew Manning's estate in Suffolk: sale for payment of mortgage and purchase and settlement of another. (Chapter 35): This act allowed for the sale of Mathew Manning's estate in Suffolk to pay off a mortgage.
• Benjamin Brain's estate: sale of a twenty-fourth part of the Eastern division of the province of New Jersey (America). (Chapter 36): This act allowed for the sale of part of Benjamin Brain's estate in New Jersey, America.
• Sale of Long Ditton advowson and purchase and settling of other lands. (Chapter 37): This act allowed for the sale of the advowson (right to appoint a priest) of Long Ditton to buy other lands.
• William Rawstorn's estate in Basseldon (Berkshire): sale and purchase and settling of another for uses in his will. (Chapter 38): This act allowed for the sale of William Rawstorn's estate in Basseldon to buy another estate.
• John Craigie's estate: sale of lands in Perth and purchase of lands in Fife. (Chapter 39): This act allowed John Craigie to sell land in Perth and buy land in Fife.
• William Hunt Grubbe's estates in Wiltshire: leases and for vesting monies arising from fines to be received for such leases, in trustees, for purposes therein mentioned. (Chapter 40): This act allowed William Hunt Grubbe to make leases on his estates in Wiltshire.
• Valentine Knightley's estate in Northamptonshire: vesting in him and his heirs and settling others in the same county. (Chapter 41): This act transferred certain lands to Valentine Knightley and his heirs and settled other estates.
• Confirming Littleton Pointz Meynell's will and settling his estate, making provision for his eldest son and heir Godfrey and his daughter Judith, and for enabling his son Hugo Meynell to make a jointure during his minority. (Chapter 42): This act confirmed Littleton Pointz Meynell's will and provided for his children.
• Hugh Fowler's estate in Pembrokeshire: sale for payment of debts and incumbrances and for making partition of those estates remaining unsold. (Chapter 43): This act allowed for the sale of Hugh Fowler's estate in Pembrokeshire to pay debts.
• Samuel Low's divorce from Elizabeth Rogers. (Chapter 44): This act ended the marriage of Samuel Low.
• Enabling the Treasury to compound with John Philpot and John Hutchinson and their sureties for a debt due to the Crown for tobacco customs. (Chapter 45): This act allowed the Treasury to make a deal with John Philpot and John Hutchinson regarding a debt for tobacco taxes.
• Felton (Northumberland) Inclosure Act 1753 (Chapter 46): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of Felton Common in Northumberland.
• Hilmorton (Warwickshire) Inclosure Act 1753 (Chapter 47): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields in Hillmorton, Warwickshire.

Laws of 1754

27 Geo. 2

The Parliament met from November 1753 to April 1754 for this session.

Important Public Laws

• Naturalization of Jews Act 1754 (Chapter 1): This act repealed the previous law that allowed Jewish people to become naturalized citizens. This was a controversial decision at the time.
• Taxation Act 1754 (Chapter 2): This act continued taxes on malt, mum, cider, and perry for the year 1754.
• Offenders (Conveyance) Act 1754 (Chapter 3): This law helped ensure that constables were paid for taking offenders to jail and for the costs of poor people giving evidence against criminals.
• Land Tax Act 1754 (Chapter 4): This act set the land tax for Great Britain for the year 1754.
• Mutiny Act 1754 (Chapter 5): This act continued the rules for punishing mutiny and desertion in the army.
• Stannaries (Servants and Apprentices) Act 1754 (Chapter 6): This act repealed a part of a previous law, extending its rules to the Stannaries (mining areas) in Devon and Cornwall.
• Frauds in Manufacture of Clocks, etc. Act 1754 (Chapter 7): This law aimed to prevent fraud and abuse by people working in the clock and watch manufacturing industry.
• Leith Harbour Act 1754 (Chapter 8): This act focused on improving and enlarging Leith Harbour and allowed for purchasing land for docks.
• Mutiny, East Indies Act 1754 (Chapter 9): This act set rules for punishing mutiny and desertion among officers and soldiers serving the East India Company.
• Supply, etc. Act 1754 (Chapter 10): This act granted money from the Sinking Fund for government services.
• Coinage Duties, etc. Act 1754 (Chapter 11): This act continued duties that encouraged the coining of money.
• Navigation, Norfolk Act 1754 (Chapter 12): This act aimed to improve and preserve navigation on rivers and waterways in Norfolk and Huntingdonshire.
• Indemnity Act 1754 (Chapter 13): This act protected people who had missed deadlines to qualify for their jobs.
• Distemper Amongst Cattle Act 1754 (Chapter 14): This act continued laws related to the disease among horned cattle.
• Persons Going Armed and Disguised Act 1754 (Chapter 15): This act clarified and amended a previous law about punishing people who went armed and disguised and committed violence.
• Justices' Clerks' Fees (Middlesex) Act 1754 (Chapter 16): This act made several laws permanent, including those about destroying turnpikes and confirming fees for Justices of the Peace clerks in Middlesex.
• King's Bench Prison Act 1754 (Chapter 17): This act returned the power to appoint the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison to the Crown and allowed for rebuilding the prison.
• Continuance of Laws etc., Act 1754 (Chapter 18): This act continued several laws, including those prohibiting the import of foreign-reprinted books and encouraging sail cloth making in Great Britain.
• Bedford Level Act 1754 (Chapter 19): This act discharged the Bedford Level Corporation from a debt and allowed landowners in the North Level to raise money for drainage and preservation.
• Distresses Under Justices' Warrants Act 1754 (Chapter 20): This act made it easier and more effective to carry out distresses (seizing property) using warrants from Justices of the Peace.
• Bedford and Buckinghamshire Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 21): This act continued and improved a previous act for repairing the road between Hockcliffe and Stoney Stratford.
• Nottinghamshire and Leicester Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 22): This act enlarged the term and powers of a previous act for repairing the road from Trent Bridge to Cotes Bridges.
• Northamptonshire Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 23): This act focused on repairing and widening the road from Peterborough to Wellingborough.
• Sussex Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 24): This law was for amending, widening, and maintaining the road from Union Point to Langney Bridge in Sussex.
• Saint Luke's Middlesex (Lighting and Watching) Act 1754 (Chapter 25): This act focused on lighting and cleaning public places in Saint Luke, Middlesex, and regulating the night watch.
• Kent Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 26): This act enlarged the term and powers of a previous act for repairing the road from Saint Dunstan's Cross to Whitstable.
• Glasgow Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 27): This act clarified and improved a previous act for repairing roads leading into Glasgow.
• Market Harborough and Brampton Road Act 1754 (Chapter 28): This act clarified and improved a previous act for repairing the road from Market Harborough to Brampton.
• Durham Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 29): This act enlarged the term and powers of a previous act for repairing the road from Pierce Bridge to Tudhoe Lane End.
• Leicester to Peterborough Road Act 1754 (Chapter 30): This act focused on repairing and widening the road from Leicester to Uppingham and Peterborough.
• Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road Act 1754 (Chapter 31): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Kettering to Newport Pagnell and for repairing or rebuilding Sherrington Bridge.
• Axminster Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 32): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Askerswell Hill to Bridport and Axminster.
• Bedford and Northamptonshire Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 33): This law was for repairing and widening the main road from Westwood Gate to Barton Seagrave Lane.
• Bedford and Buckinghamshire Roads (No. 2) Act 1754 (Chapter 34): This act focused on repairing and widening the main road from Saint Loyds in Bedford to Sherrington Field and Launden.
• Alloa Beer Duties Act 1754 (Chapter 35): This law introduced a tax on ale and beer sold in Alloa and an anchorage duty for ships to repair the harbour pier.
• Warwick and Worcester Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 36): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Stratford upon Avon to Bradley Brook and Bromsgrove.
• Lancaster and Yorkshire Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 37): This act enlarged the term and powers of a previous act for repairing the road from Rochdale to Halifax and Ealand.
• Saint Nicholas and Saint Paul, Deptford (Poor Relief, etc.) Act 1754 (Chapter 38): This act aimed to better help and employ the poor in Saint Nicholas and Saint Paul, Deptford, and for repairing highways and paving streets.
• Bridgeford Lane, Nottinghamshire to Kettering Road Act 1754 (Chapter 39): This law was for repairing and widening the road from Bridgeford Lane to Kettering.
• Ratcliff Highway Act 1754 (Chapter 40): This act allowed for opening, making, widening, and maintaining a road from Ratcliff Highway to Cannon Street and other areas in Middlesex.
• Truro Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 41): This law was for improving and widening several roads leading from Truro in Cornwall.
• Leicester and Warwick Roads Act 1754 (Chapter 42): This act focused on repairing and widening roads from Leicester to Narborough, Coventry, Warwick, and Stratford upon Avon.

Private Laws

• John Granger's Name Act 1754 (Chapter 1): This act allowed John Granger to use the surname and arms of Leman.
• Naturalization of John Bazin, Lewis Ogier, Peter Guinard and Others Act 1754 (Chapter 2): This act allowed several individuals to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of Frederick Van Gehren Act 1754 (Chapter 3): This act allowed Frederick Von Gehren to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Casper Grevenkop Act 1754 (Chapter 4): This act allowed Caspar Grevenkop to become a British citizen.
• Confirming and establishing an exchange agreement concerning lands in Yorkshire, between the vicar of Gillig and James Shuttleworth. (Chapter 5): This act confirmed an agreement to exchange lands in Yorkshire.
• William Kemp's estate: sale pursuant to articles and applying proceeds for the benefit of his children. (Chapter 6): This act allowed for the sale of William Kemp's estate for the benefit of his children.
• Elizabeth Kitchen's estate: empowering estate committee to make leases during her lunacy. (Chapter 7): This act allowed the committee managing Elizabeth Kitchen's estate to make leases during her illness.
• Simonburn (Northumberland) Inclosure Act 1754 (Chapter 8): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of Simonburn Common in Northumberland.
• Welton (Northamptonshire) Inclosure Act 1754 (Chapter 9): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of common fields in Welton, Northamptonshire.
• Shildon Moor or Great Shildon Common in Bywell (Northumberland) Inclosure Act 1754 (Chapter 10): This act allowed for the enclosing and dividing of Shildon Moor in Northumberland.
• Normanton (Lincolnshire) Inclosure Act 1754 (Chapter 11): This act established an agreement for enclosing and dividing common fields in Normanton, Lincolnshire.
• Enabling the Treasury to compound with Thomas Squire, Robert Lucas and Robert Stevenson, sureties for Philip Chapman for a debt due to the Crown. (Chapter 12): This act allowed the Treasury to make a deal with Thomas Squire and others regarding a debt.
• John Inskip's name. (Chapter 13): This act allowed John Inskip to use the surname Lade.
• Naturalization of Daniel Mourgue and Amy Rillet Act 1754 (Chapter 14): This act allowed Daniel Mourgue and Amy Rilliet to become British citizens.
• Naturalization of John Ulric Comerell Act 1754 (Chapter 15): This act allowed John Ulric Commerell to become a British citizen.
• Naturalization of Paul Bonifas Act 1754 (Chapter 16): This act allowed Paul Bonifas to become a British citizen.
• Enabling William Lord Cavendish of Hardwyck to take in England the oath of office of High Treasurer of Ireland, and to qualify himself in England for legal enjoyment of the office. (Chapter 17): This act allowed Lord Cavendish to take his oath of office as High Treasurer of Ireland in England.
• Duke of Somerset's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 18): This act allowed for the sale of part of the Duke of Somerset's estate in London to buy other lands.
• Earl and Countess of Powis' Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 19): This act allowed for the sale of the Manor of Hendon to pay debts and settled other lands in exchange.
• Rectifying a mistake and making more effectual a conveyance in fee farm, made by Henry Arthur Earl of Powis, of Mount Eagle Loyal manor and lands in Kerry. (Chapter 20): This act corrected a mistake in a land transfer made by the Earl of Powis.
• Earl of Clinton's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 21): This act allowed trustees to transfer lands that the Earl of Clinton had agreed to sell.
• Viscount Cashels' Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 22): This act allowed trustees to sell timber from Viscount Cashels' estate to pay off debts.
• Enabling Charles Fitzroy Scudamore to take in Great Britain the oath of office as Ingrosser of original writs issuing out of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, and to qualify himself for the enjoyment of the office. (Chapter 23): This act allowed Charles Fitzroy Scudamore to take his oath of office for a position in the Irish Chancery Court in Great Britain.
• George Pitt's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 24): This act allowed for the sale of parts of George Pitt's estate to pay off debts and compensate him for improvements.
• Robert Colebrooke's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 25): This act transferred part of Robert Colebrooke's estate to trustees to carry out a land division.
• Ann Speke's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 26): This act allowed Ann Speke to make leases on her estates during her childhood.
• Sir Theophilus Biddulph's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 27): This act allowed for the sale of Sir Theophilus Biddulph's estates to pay off debts and buy other lands.
• Sir Isaac Lawrence Woollaston's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 28): This act allowed for the sale or mortgage of Sir Isaac Lawrence Woollaston's estates to pay his sisters' portions.
• John Powell Pryce's estate in Montgomeryshire: sale of part for payment of incumbrances and settling other part. (Chapter 29): This act allowed for the sale of part of John Powell Pryce's estate to pay off debts.
• Vesting a lease of the manor of Elverton (Kent), granted by the dean and chapter of Canterbury to Ann Tenison, in Peter Saint Eloy and Samuel Smith, in trust for Thomas Tennison and heirs. (Chapter 30): This act transferred a lease of the Manor of Elverton to trustees for Thomas Tenison.
• Robert Barber's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 31): This act allowed for the sale of parts of Robert Barber's estates to pay debts and exchange other parts for new lands.
• Exempting and exonerating estates devised by William Huddleston's will to be sold from the jointure of Gertrude Rigby, and for charging an annuity or rent-charge of equal value on estates entailed by said will and more effectually to enable his trustees to execute trusts reposed in them by the will. (Chapter 32): This act adjusted the financial provisions for Gertrude Rigby from William Huddleston's will.
• Establishing and rendering effectual several settlements and agreements entered into by Hugh Barker for making provision for his mother and wife and their children. (Chapter 33): This act established agreements made by Hugh Barker to provide for his family.
• Charles Daly's Estate Act 1754 (Chapter 34): This act allowed for the sale of part of Charles Daly's estate in Ireland to pay off debts.
• Charles Weymondesold's Divorce Act 1754 (Chapter 35): This act ended the marriage of Charles Wymondesold.
• Peter Henley's Divorce Act 1754 (Chapter 36): This act ended the marriage of Peter Henley.
• John Maydwell's Divorce Act 1754 (Chapter 37): This act ended the marriage of John Maydwell.
• Naturalizing Mary Noguier etc. Act 1754 (Chapter 38): This act allowed Mary Noguier to become a British citizen and provide for her son.
• Naturalization of Charles Shreiber and Jean François de Cerjat Act 1754 (Chapter 39): This act allowed Charles Shreiber and Jean Francois Maximillien de Cerjat to become British citizens.

27 & 28 Geo. 2

The Parliament met from May to October 1754 for this session. No public laws were passed during this short session.

Private Laws

• Morin's Naturalization Act 1754 (Chapter 1): This act allowed Peter Michael Morin to become a British citizen.

See also

• List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain