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A55586 The Power of the Kings of England to examine the charters of particular corporations and companies exemplified by the statutes and laws of this realm. 1684 (1684) Wing P3106; ESTC R10321 19,542 18

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fo 20. And any Town may make a By-law amongst themselves that no man there shall put their Cattel within the Commons before Michaelmas upon pain of 20 s. adjudg'd that that binds them but no Strangers shall be bound by it 20 H. 7.40 11 H. 7. fo 14. 21 H. 7. fo 29. And therefore that Ordinance or By-law made by the Guardians and the Fellowship of Weavers of Newbury That no person should use the Art of Weaving within the said Town of Newbury except he had been an Apprentice to the Art within the said Town and had used it there by the space of five years before the said Ordinance or were admitted by the Guardian and Fellowship upon the pain of 20 s. a month is void because it excludes Strangers though they have served as an Apprentice for 7 years to the said Art and because it did restrain the Liberty of the Subject Hol. rep fo 211 212. This Ordinance made by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London in their Common-council assembled is against Law it restrains the Kings Subjects in their Liberties which are their rightful Inheritance Every one that comes to their Markets with Victuals c. without which they could not subsist must pay c. if not they must be turned out c. Solve aut abi this is pro privato lucro But that Ordinance for carrying their Broad Cloth before sale thereof to Blackwel-hall to be searched was pro hono publico and for that reason did oblige Strangers that did not bring their Cloth to be searched lib. 5. Chamberlain of Londons Case Money cannot be raised or charged upon the Subject but by Act of Parliament If the King himself cannot do it I am sure no Corporation can having no power Authority or Jurisdiction but what is originally derived from him It 's not the quantity of Money levied by them but the manner of the raising of it by a Legislative Power unjustly usurped in their Common-council It was not the quantity of the Ship-money but the raising of it without a Parliament which was the Crime Quos una culpa nectet eos una poena plectet and that must be the Seising of their Liberties A Man takes two pence for every Barrel of Beer which shall be Landed at a certain place near to the Sea this is not lawful although it be upon his own Land for this is to Levy a new Custom which he could not do Rolls Abridg. tit Praerogat fol. 571. An Information was against Morgan for raising of two pence for every parcel of Beer landed at Crockernepit in the County of Sommerset near Bristol he was found guilty was Fined one hundred Marks and imprisoned by Judgment of Court upon one of the Articles in Eire That it shall not be lawful for any person to raise a Tax Rate or Custom upon the Subjects of the King though on their own Land P. 11. Car. 1. Rolls Abridg. Tit. Praerogat fol. 571 2. The Contriving Imprinting and Publishing of the Petition to be presented to his Majesty containing much scandalous Matter in it and Reflections upon his Government I agree it 's lawful for any Subject to Petition to the King for redress in an humble manner when he finds himself grieved for access to the Sovereign must not be shut up in case of the Subjects distresses but on the other side it 's not permitted under colour of a Petition and Refuge to the King to make ill Reflections on his Majesty and his Government If a Scandalous Letter be sent and delivered to a person who received it though the party which sent it did never publish it yet it 's punishable for the King and Common-wealth are interessed in it for such Letters do tend to the breach of the Peace and to the stirring up Challenges and Quarrels and therefore the Means of such Evils as well as the End are to be prevented Hob. Rep. fol. 62. Barrow's Case If a Man Imports Books writ beyond Seas against the Kings Supremacy knowing the effect of them and offer them to any Subjects he is within the danger of the Statute 5 Eliz. So of those that teach the Contents and affirm it to be good the same of him that conveys the Books secretly to his Friends to perswade them to be of that opinion the same of them that Print and offer such Books within the Nation Dy. fo 282. T. 6. Car. 1. An Information was Exhibited against Bonham Norton his Son John Norton Lee May Tho. Smith c. for contriving a Slanderous Petition to the King and for charging of the Lord Keeper with a Bribe for making of a Decree and they were Sentenced T. 6. Car. 1. Doctor Leighton was Sentenced for Making Imprinting and Publishing of a detestable Book containing in it Treasonable Matter against the King and inviting the Subjects to Rebellion Perkins was Sentenced to pay One thousand pounds and Imprisonment during his life because he dispersed a Seditious Letter against the Loane of King Charles the First for the King sent to the Free-holders to lend to him Money Huttons rep fo Veritas convitii non excusat convitiantem a poena Penry for publishing Scandalous Libels against the Church-Government was Indicted Arraigned Attainted and Executed P. 35. Eliz. inter Placita Coronae in Banco Regis New Book of Entries fo 252. Williams a Papist and Barrister at Law Indicted of High-Treason for writing two Books the one called Balaams Ass and the other called Speculum Regale because he affirmed the King should dye before 1621. and for saying that England was the Habitation of Devils and that it is the abomination of desolation By all the Judges it was High-Treason at common-Common-Law for these words import the End and the Destruction of the King and his Nations and that false Religion is there maintained which is a motive to the people to Rebellion And although the Book was enclosed in a Box sealed up and conveyed secretly to the King and never published yet he was Attained for High-Treason and Executed at Charing-Cross P. 17. Williams of Essex Case Rolls rep part 2. f. 89. In the time of Henry the Eighth upon the Dissolution of the Monasteries there was a great Rebellion in the North of England the Dean of Windsor being told of it said The King had brought his Hogs to a fair Market and a parson hearing of it said Principibus obsta serò medicina paratur because the words of the Dean had an ill Reflection upon the Government and of his Majesties Management of the Affairs of State they were both Indicted of High-Treason for speaking the words and were found guilty and the Dean was attainted of High-Treason but the Parson because he was so ignorant as many times Ignorance is the best Sanctuary that he did not know the difference between Principiis and Principibus he was Reprieved and obtained his pardon of the King Every Libel against a private person deserves severe punishment for it incites