The Tenures Abolition Act 1660 (12 Car 2 c 24), sometimes known as the
Statute of Tenures, was an
Act of the
Parliament of England which effectively abolished
feudal land tenure in England. The long title of the Act was
An act for taking away the Court of Wards and liveries, and tenures in capite, and by knights-service, and purveyance, and for settling a revenue upon his Majesty in lieu thereof.