The Bishop of the Diocese for the time being the Warden, the Reverend Henry Jacobs Master of Arts the Sub-Warden, together with the Reverend Robert Bateman Paul Master of Arts, the Reverend Octavius Mathias Bachelor of Arts, the Reverend William Wellington Willock Master of Arts, the Reverend James Wilson Master of Arts, the Reverend George Cotterill Bachelor of Arts, James Edward Fitz Gerald Bachelor of Arts, John Bealey Master of Arts, Charles Robert Blakiston, Henry Barnes Gresson Bachelor of Arts, and William John Warburton Hamilton the Fellows, and all such other persons as shall hereafter become Warden or be elected or appointed Sub-Warden or Fellows, and their successors shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of “Christ's College, Canterbury”
, and by such name they shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with full power and authority by the same name and style to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all Courts of law whatsoever and shall be able and capable in law to purchase, receive, possess, and enjoy to them and their successors any goods, chattels, and personal property whatsoever, and any messuages, lands, buildings, tenements, and hereditaments situate within the said Colony or elsewhere, and that they and their successors shall be able and capable in law to grant, devise, alien, or otherwise dispose of all or any of the property real or personal, belonging to the said college, and also to do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body politic subject to the restrictions and conditions in the said deed or instrument of foundation set forth and contained.