When any
acknowledgment of the title of the person entitled to any land or rent has
been given to him or his agent in writing signed by the person in possession
or in receipt of the profits of such land, or in receipt of such rent, then
such possession or receipt of or by the person by whom such acknowledgment has
been given shall be deemed, according to the meaning of this Act, to have been
the possession or receipt of or by the person to whom or to whose agent such
acknowledgment has been given at the time of giving the same, and the right of
such last-mentioned person, or any person claiming through him, to make an
entry or distress or bring an action to recover such land or rent shall be
deemed to have first accrued at and not before the time at which such
acknowledgment, or the last of such acknowledgments if more than one, was
given.