The Christ College of Brecknock Act, 1853.
WHEREAS the College of Christ of Brecknock in South Wales was founded by King Henry the Eighth by His Royal Charter bearing Date the Nineteenth Day of January in the Thirty-third Year of His Reign, whereby, after stating that His Majesty's Subjects dwelling in the Southern Part of Wales were unable by reason of their Poverty to educate their Sons in good Letters, and by reason of their Ignorance of the English Language were unable to understand those Laws and Statutes which they were bound to...