1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars sig. A3^v To such I giue a sample power and priuiledge as euer Ius liberorum could in Rome, crauing backe againe at their hands by a regrant.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 10 MacMahown..had surrendered this his Countrey..into her Maiesties hands, and receiued a regrant thereof.

1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 390 Whether some Irish men did not surrender the Queens Land, with their own, and had a Re-grant of both.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. viii. §64 632 This was for Caution, lest some Customs or Duties..might fall and not revive upon a Regrant.

1768 P. Morant Hist. Essex I. 182/1 The Pardon, and regrant of the lands, in old French, with K. William's Seal, remained in the possession of the lords of this Maner in the year 1612.

1800 W. Bingley Tour round N. Wales II. vii. 130 Having divorced his wife, he soon after obtained a regrant of the estates to himself.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 427 It appeared that the Old Company was likely to obtain a regrant of the monopoly.

1908 Times 16 Oct. 12/1 An application for the re-grant of any on-licence shall be treated as an application for a new licence.

1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth v. 166 Scores of charters were granted, many of them confirmations and re-grants of former charters with extended privileges.

1994 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 1/4 In the event of the line of the Earl of Selkirk failing,..a re-grant established in 1688 provides for the title to pass to the existing Duke's younger brother.

1609 tr. ‘J. Ursinus’ Romane Conclaue 70 Alexander..regranted liberty to the Romanes to chuse their owne Consuls.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 6 He..surrendring his Inheritance..had his land regraunted to him from the King.

a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 169 [He] regrants a privaleges..to towns..and merchants, upon new composicion.

1682 London Gaz. No. 1739/3 To the intent that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to regrant to the said Burrough their said Messuages.

1713 G. Jacob Compl. Court-keeper 462 Such Lessee may regrant the Copyhold to whom he will, for the Land was always demised and demisable.

1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 274 The King had indeed regranted several privileges to the citizens.

1773 S. Cooper Let. Clergy Norfolk 11 To petition the King to repossess himself of the lands of those gentlemen, and to regrant them in parcels of fifty or sixty acres to all those who either want or wish for them.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 534 A surrender is a yielding up of the estate by the tenant to the lord, for the purpose of being regranted to some other person.

1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. i. 27 A vast quantity of the land of the kingdom was surrendered and regranted.

1932 Times 6 Feb. 14/3 Licences held by the above companies to be regranted to Green Line Coaches.

1967 Eng. Hist. Rev. 82 172 Towards the end of the reign of George I Bishop Gibson investigated the doubtful part of his jurisdiction and caused his authority to be regranted.

2000 R. El-Solh Sultanate of Oman 21 The question of regranting the subsidies on condition that the Sultan agreed to establish a Levy Corps was definitely abandoned.