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A47352 Choice presidents upon all Acts of Parliament relating to the office and duty of a justice of peace. With necessary notes and instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament, and other particular cases in law adjudg'd therein. As also a more useful method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print. By Rich. Kilburne, Esq; late one of His Majestie's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, and principal of Staple-Inn. Kilburne, Richard, 1605-1678.; G. F., of Grayes-Inn. 1681 (1681) Wing K429; ESTC R217188 201,245 429

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aforesaid K. ss FOr as much as it hath been duly proved before me That A. B. an Officer duly appointed to receive collect and answer the Duty arising by Fire-hearths and Stoves in this County according to an Act of Parliament intituled An Act for collecting the Duty arising by Hearth-money by Officers to be appointed by his Majesty hath been in the due Execution of the said Act by C. D. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep by the space of next after such delivery of him unto you Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Church For not coming to Church To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOr as much as I have received Information That B. C. of D. in the County aforesaid c. did not upon any of the c. Sundays last past resort or repair to any Church or Chapel or other usual place appointed for Common Prayer and there hear Divine Service according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you that you some or one of you do cause the said B. C. to come before me to answer the premisses Hereof fail not at your perils G●…ven under my hand and seal the c. To levy the Forfeiture for not coming to Church To the Church-wardens of the Parsh of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOr as much as B. C. of D. aforesaid c. did not upon Sunday the second day of May nor upon Sunday then next following nor upon Sunday then next following resort or repair to any Church Chapel or other usual place appointed for Common Prayer and there hear Divine Service according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made and being called before me did not make sufficient excuse of his said defaults to my satisfaction These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you that you or one of you do levy by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the said B. C. three shillings for his defaults aforesaid to be imployed to and for the use of the Poor of the said Parish rendring to him the overplus of the money raised of the Goods aforesaid so to be sold and in default of such Distress that you do certify me thereof with all convenient speed to the end I may further proceed therein as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. A Mittimus to the Gaol of one not repairing to Church for want of Distress To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas by Warrant under my hand and seal the Church-wardens of the Parish of A. in the said County were lately by me commanded to levy three shillings by Distress and Sale of the Goods of B. C. of the Parish of A. in the said County to be imployed to and for the use of the Poor of that Parish for that he did not upon Sunday the second day of May nor upon Sunday then next following nor upon Sunday then next following resort or repair to any Church Chapel or other usual place appointed for Common Prayer and there hear Divine Service according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made and the Church-wardens aforesaid have returned to me that the said B. C. hath no Goods or Chattels sufficient for the levying of the moneys aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you that you some or one of you do take the aforesaid B. C. and him safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and him there deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely keep untill payment shall be made of the moneys aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. To Distrain for a Church-Tax To the Church-wardens of the Parish of H. in the said County and to either of them Kent ss FOr as much as complaint hath been by you made unto us That the several persons hereunder named have refused or neglected to pay unto you the summs of money adjoyning to their several names being assessed upon them for and towards the reparation and maintenance of the Parish-Church of H. aforesaid and other Church-duties and for doing and performing such things as by an Ordinance of Parliament made the 9th day of Febr. in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred forty seven are appointed to be done at the charge of the said Parish These are therefore in His Majesties name to command you that you some or one of you do levy the said several and respective summs of money by Distress and Sale of the several and respective Goods of the said several and respective Offenders and likewise the summ of 2 s. more of every of them for and towards the charge and expence in levying of the same rendring to the said several and respective parties the overplus if any be And in default of such Distress that then you or one of you do certify the same unto us to the end that there may be such farther and other proceedings touching the premisses as to Justice doth appertain Given under our hands and seals at H. aforesaid the 17th day of May Anno Domini 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. Against a Minister for not reading Prayers c. once in a month To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of A. in the said County Kent ss FOr as much as it hath been duly proved before us That A. B the proper Incumbent of the in the County aforesaid doth reside on his Living and keep a Curate and hath not himself in person within one month now last past openly and publickly read the Common Prayers in and by the Book prescribed by the Statute made in the thirteenth year of His now Majestie 's Reign intituled An Act for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making ordaining and consecrating Bishops Priests and Deacons in the Church of England in the Parish-Church of C.
to the said Parishioners in such order manner and form as in and by the said Book is appointed whereby he hath by virtue of the Statute aforesaid forfeited five pounds to the use of the Poor of the Parish aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you or some of you do demand of the said A. B. the aforesaid five pounds to the use of the Poor aforesaid and in default of payment thereof within ten days after such demand that you or some of you do levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. rendring to him the surplusage Hereof ●…ail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. The like Warrant mutatis mutandis if he do not if there be occasion administer each of the Sacraments and other Rites of the Church once in every month A Mittimus for Preaching whilst Disabled To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOr as much as we have received a Certificate from the Ordinary within whose Jurisdiction the Parish of T. in the said County is situate That A. B. being by virtue of the Statute in that behalf made disabled to preach any Sermon did during the time that he did continue and remain so disabled preach a Sermon in the Parish-Church of T. aforesaid against the form of the Statute These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him convey to the Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the said Keeper thereof together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive him into the Gaol aforesaid and him there safely to keep by the space of three months without Bail or Mainprise Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands c. Coals Upon Complaint touching Coals To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to require you to cause A. B. of c. to come before us at the house of c. to answer such Complaint against him for Offences against an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the regulating the measures and prices of Coals as hath lately been made unto us and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. For delivering a Moiety of such Coals as are sold contrary to the Statute to the Informer To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOr as much as A. B. of c. is duly convicted before us according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made intituled An Act for regulating the measures and prices of Coals That he did lately expose to sale forty Chauldron of Coals of the value of c. contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you to seize the Coals aforesaid and the double value thereof and that you do deliver the one half of the Coals and value aforesaid unto C. D. being the person prosecuting in this behalf to his use and likewise that you do imploy and dispose the other half of the same to and for the use of the Poor or Repairing of the High-ways of the Parish of M. where the said Offence was committed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Touching Prices of Coals To the Constable c. Kent ss FOr as much as according to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for regulating the measures and prices of Coals we did appoint and judge reasonable that Coals coming into the River of Thames within this County and sold by retail should be sold at the rate and price of c. by the Chauldron And forasmuch as A. B. an of such Coals doth refuse to sell as a●…oresaid We do therefore according to the said Act appoint and impower C. D. and E. F. joyntly or severally to enter into the said where the said Coals are stored up and in case of refusal to take a Constable to force entrance which Constable is hereby required to act accordingly And you the said C. D. and E. F. joyntly and severally are hereby farther appointed and impowered the said Coals to sell or cause to be sold at the rate aforesaid rendring to the said A. B. the money for which the said Coals shall be sold necessary charges being deducted For all which this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given under our hands and seals the c. Constables Charges A Warrant for making of Constables THese are in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you to make your repair unto us or to some other Justice of Peace of this County to take the Oath of a Constable to serve His Majesty within the Town of A. according to the Choice made of you by the Jury at the last Leet holden in your Town And hereof fail not Dated c. Or thus To A. B. C. D. and E. F. c. Inhabitants of C. c. WHere●…s A. B. of your Town of C. the now Constable thereof is by reason of his Age and Impotency very unable and insufficient to execute the said Place These are in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you whose names are hereabove written to come and appear before me at my house at H. to morrow being Thursday by eight a Clock in the morning that I may make Choice of one of you to be sworn to undertake the said Office And hereof fail not c. A Warrant for a Tax for the Constable's Charges in the Execution of his Office Kent ss FOr as much as we are informed by A. B. Constable of the Hundred of D. in the County aforesaid That he hath necessarily disbursed for and on the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty several summs of money and for his Reimbursement of the same hath craved from us such assistance as hath been in such cases accustomed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you the Inhabitants of the Hundred aforesaid whose names are hereunder written or the greater number of you to take and examine the Accompt of the said Constable touching the premisses and for his Reimbursement of such money as you or the greater number of you shall find upon the said Accompt to have been by him so necessarily disbursed as