VVHereas many petitions have been preferred to the Right Honou­rable the Master of this Court, for obtaining grants of severall VVards hips and Leases of the Lands of his Masjesties VVards, And dayes have been appointed them to procure the offices to be found, and attend with schedules and confessions of the Ance­stors Estates at the times appointed, to compound for the VVard­ships and Leases, as the said cases should require. Many of which petitioners have concealed the said petitions, and done nothing in pursuance of the Answers given thereunto: And divers other of the said petitioners have procured offices to be found and returned; and schedules to be prepared, as though they in­tended to compound forthwith for the VVardship and Leases, And so let them rest without further proceedings; And others have compounded, but have not paid the Kings fine, nor passed the grants: It is therefore Ordered, That all such of the said petitioners, as have not, or shall not effectually proceed, according to the direction gi­ven in Answer to their said petitions, before the end of this Michaelmas terme, shall lose the benefit of their said petitions, And it shall be lawfull for any others to peti­tion for such VVardship and Leases, as if no such petition had been preferred; And all other petitioners who have in pursuance of such direction in Answer to such peti­tions, procured offices to be found, and made composition with the Court, and not proceeded to pay their fines, and passed their grants; And such others as have found offices, and not yet compounded for the VVardship and Leases petitioned for, nor shall compound and proceed in prosecution of their grants before the end of this terme, shall lose the benefit of their petitions and charges, And the VVardships, Lands, and Estates of such VVards, shalbe either sequestred into fit mens hands to to take care of, and be responsall to this Court for the profits; or otherwise granted to such persons as the Court shall thinke fit, the late Kings Majeties instructions notwithstanding; And like proceedings to continue from terme to terme, at the perill of the parties whom it doth or may concerne, untill further and other order to the contrary.