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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96293	Thomas Lord Wharton, Baron of Wharton in the county of Westmorland, warden, chief-justice, and justice in eyre of all his Majesty's forests, chases, parks, and warrens, of the south side of Trent To the wardens, lieutenants, verderers, regarders, master-foresters, rangers, keepers, under-keepers, and to all and singular other the ministers and officers of his Majesty's forests, chases, parks, and warrens aforesaid, and every of them; and to all others whom these presents may concern: sendeth greeting, &c.	Wharton, Thomas Wharton, Marquess of, 1648?-1715.	1697 (1697)	Wing W1579; ESTC R232206	2,672	1

THOMAS Lord WHARTON Baron of Wharton in the County of Westmorland Warden Chief-Justice and Justice in Eyre of all His MAJESTY's Forests Chases Parks and Warrens on the South side of Trent To the Wardens Lieutenants Verderers Regarders Master-Foresters Rangers Keepers Under-Keepers and to all and singular other the Ministers and Officers of His Majesty's Forests Chases Parks and Warrens aforesaid and every of them and to all others whom these Presents may concern Sendeth Greeting c. WHEREAS there hath been great Destruction of His Majesty's Red and Fallow Deer and of the Beasts Fowl Fish and Game of the Forests and also of the Timber Trees Coppices and Vert in most of the said Places as well in Breach and Contempt of the Laws of the Forest as of several Statute-Laws in such Cases made and provided Which as I am credibly informed hath happen'd not only by the Trespasses and unlawful Acts of many disorderly and idle Persons living in the said Forests Chases Parks and Places adjacent without the least Pretence or Colour of Authority and of others under Pretences of Licenses and Warrants which are determined or void but also by the Negligence of many of the said Officers who have connived thereat and suffered the same to remain without due Prosecutions unpunished and likewise by means of other Officers who under Colour or Pretence of their Offices have greatly transgressed and assumed to themselves Authorities to which they have no Right in Law contrary to their Duties and in direct breach of the Trust in them reposed whereby they have not only forfeited their said Offices but also subjected themselves to the other Penalties of the Law for such their Misdemeanors And His Majesty having signified to Me His Royal Pleasure That a due Reprehension be had of the said Misbehaviours for the time past as likewise that for the future all possible Care be taken for Preservation of His Majesty's Game Vert and Venison and for that purpose to see the Laws relating thereto duly executed NOW for Remedy thereof and that Right may be done in the Premises and for and towards the more effectual Execution of the said Laws and for Prevention of the like Mischiefs in time to come and in Obedience to His Majesty's said Commands I do therefore hereby Order and strictly Charge and Command all and every the said Officers of what Degree or Quality soever That they and every of them be diligent and faithful in their several and respective Stations and in the Discharge and Execution of their several and respective Duties and Offices as they tender His Majesty's Service or will answer the same at their Perils And that they as far as in them lies take all possible Care for the discovering finding apprehending presenting prosecuting and punishing of the said Offenders either by the Rules and Methods of the Laws of the Forest or of the said Acts of Parliament and that they see the same from time to time duly executed And that they or any of them do not usurp or assume to themselves or exercise any Authority or Power over or concerning His Majesty's said Timber-Trees Coppices Red or Fallow-Deer or other Beasts of the Forest Fowl Fish or other His Majesty's Game which by Law they ought not to do And that they do not take upon them to make any Grants or give any Warrants or Directions for or towards the cutting of the said Woods or killing taking or destroying of the said Beasts Fowl or Fish And I do further and more particularly will and require all and every the said Officers in their several and respective Places that they do not permit or suffer any Person or Persons of what Quality soever to Hunt Hawk Course shoot take kill or destroy any Deer Pheasants Partridges Hares Fowl Fish or other Game within the said Forests Chases Parks Warrens or the Purlieus or Precincts thereof excepting only Peers of the Realm in their coming to and returning from the Parliament to hunt in a Forest according to the Statute in that Case and under the Restrictions therein expressed and such other Persons as have Right so to do by the Laws of the Forest or particular Grants of the same and excepting such Persons to whom I have already granted or shall hereafter grant Licenses of Pleasure for the better certainty whereof I do declare That no Licenses to be by me granted shall be of any effect in any Forest unless the same be entred at the Court to be held for that Forest next after the date thereof And that no Licenses by me already granted shall be of any Effect unless the same be entred at the Court to be next held after publication hereof And I do further will and require all and every the said Officers to seise and kill or cause to be seised and killed all such Hounds Spaniels Greyhounds and other Dogs and seise and take or cause to be sised and taken all such Guns Toyles and other Engines as shall be kept or used within the Forests or Places aforesaid by any Person or Persons not sufficiently Authorised or qualified by Law to have or use the same And further also That no Deer be killed but by good and sufficient Warrant in Writing and that an Account of the said Warrants and number of Deer killed be yearly at Hollyrood Day delivered or sent to me by the Chief Officer or Officers of the said Forests Chases or Parks respectively and by whose Warrants the same were killed as also an Account of the Stock of the Deer remaining therein And what Timber or Coppices have been lately Cut and by whose Authority And to prevent any of the said Officers from being imposed upon I do hereby publish and declare That the granting of Licenses and Warrants for Hunting Hawking or other Licenses of Pleasure or to be Game-keepers within any of the Forests or Places aforesaid doth appertain and belong to the Chief Justice in Eyre for the time being and that all the former Licenses for the purposes aforesaid granted by any former Chief Justice in Eyre are determined And I do therefore prohibit all manner of persons from Hunting Hawking Fishing or Fowling by Virtue or Colour thereof And I do strictly command and require the Verderers and other Officers of the Forests to whom it doth belong That the Swanimote and other Courts of the Forests respectively be duly kept and held in their proper times the omission whereof hath been one of the causes of the said Mischiefs and that due Presentment of the said Offenders be made thereat and particularly of Persons who keep disorderly Alehouses encourage and harbour Deer-stealers Straglers and Poachers and Destroyers of the Game And if any Person or Persons shall presume on any pretence to act contrary to this my Prohibition I do require the said Officers to whom it doth belong respectively to present and prosecute the said Offenders and to give me immediate notice of their respective Names Habitations and the nature of their Offences that they and every of them may be brought to condign punishment according to Law And that no Person may pretend ignorance herein I do hereby will and require the Beadles and other proper Officers of every of the said Forests Chases and Parks to cause due notice hereof to be given to all Persons concerned to the end that they may conform themselves accordingly as they will answer the same at their perils Given under my Hand and the Seal of my Office this 19th day of August in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Third by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland ●…fender of the Faith c. Annoque Dom. 1697.