"And we do hereby for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, give and grant
full authority and free license to them and their successors, by
the name aforesaid, to have, take, receive, purchase, acquire,
hold, possess, enjoy, and retain, to and for the use of the said
College, notwithstanding any statutes or statute of mortmain, any
manors, rectories, advowsons, messuages, lands, tenements, rents,
hereditaments of what kind, nature, or quality soever, so as that
the same do not exceed, in yearly value, the sum of £6000 above all
charges; and, moreover, to take, purchase, acquire, have, hold,
enjoy, receive, possess and retain, notwithstanding any such
statutes or statute to the contrary, all or any goods, chattels,
charitable and other contributions, gifts and benefactions
whatsoever; and that the said Governors, Principal and Fellows, and
their successors, by the same name, shall and may be able and
capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered, in all or any Court or Courts of record, or places
of judicature within Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and Our said Province of Lower Canada and other Our
Dominions, and in all and singular actions, causes, pleas, suits,
matters, and demands whatsoever, of what kind and nature or sort
soever, in as large, ample, and beneficial a manner and form as any
other body politic or corporate, or any other Our liege subjects
being persons able and capable in law, may or can have, take,
purchase, receive, hold, possess, enjoy, retain, sue, implead, or
answer, in any manner whatsoever.