as houe obteyned pretended licences and dispensations from the sea of Rome and all and euery braunches wordes and sentences in the said seuerall actes and statutes conteyned by aucthoritie of this present Parliament from and at al times after the last day of this session of Parliament shal be reuiued and shall stande be in full force and strength to all intentes constructions and purposes And that the braunches sentences and wordes of the sayde seuerall actes and euery of them from thencefoorth shal and may be iudged deemed and taken to extend to your hyghnes your heyres and successours as fully and largely as euer the same actes or any of them dyd extend to the sayde late kyng Henry the eight your hyghnesse father And that it may also please your highnesse that it may be enacted by thaucthoritie of this present Parliament that so much of one acte or statute made in the .xxxii. yere of the raigne of your sayde deare father kyng Henry the eyght entytuled An act concernyng precontractes of maryages and touchyng degrees of consanguinitie as in the tyme of the late kyng Edwarde the sixte your hyghnesse moste deare brother by one other acte or statute was not repealed And also one acte made in the .xxxvii. yere of the raygne of the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght entituled An act that doctours of the Ciuile law beyng maryed may exercise Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction and all and euerye braunches and articles in the sayde two actes laste mentioned and not repealed in the tyme of the sayde late kyng Edward the sixte may from hencefoorth lykewyse stande and be reuiued and remayne in their full force and strength to all intentes and purposes any thyng conteyned in the sayd acte of repeale before mentioned or anye other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstandyng And that it may also please your highnesse that it may be further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that all other lawes and statutes and the braunches and clauses of anye acte or statute repealed and made voyde by the sayde acte of repeale made in the tyme of the sayde late king Philip and Queene Marie and not in this present acte specially mentioned and reuiued shall stand remayne and be repealed and voyde in suche lyke maner and fourme as they were before the makyng of this acte any thyng herein conteyned to the contrary notwithstandyng And that it may also please your highnesse that it may be enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that one act and statute made in the first yere of the raigne of the late king Edwarde the sixte your Maiesties moste deare brother entytuled An acte agaynste suche persons as shall vnreuerentlye speake agaynste the Sacramente of the bodye and blood of Christe commonlye called the Sacrament of the aulter and for the receauing thereof vnder bothe kyndes and all and euerye braunches clauses and sentences therein conteyned shall and maye lykewise from the last day of this Session of Parliamente be reuyued and from thencefoorth sha and may stand remayne and be in full force strength and effecte to all intentes constructions and purposes in such lyke maner fourme as the same was at anye tyme in the first yere of the raigne of the said late king Edward that .vi. any law statute or other matter to the contrary in any wise notwithstāding And that also it may please your hyghnesse that it may be further established and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that one act and statute made in the first and second yeres of the sayd late kyng Philip and Queene Marie entytuled An acte for the reuiuing of three statutes made for the punishment of heresies and also the saide three statutes mentioned in the sayde acte and by the same acte reuiued and al and euery braunches articles clauses and sentences conteyned in the sayde seuerall actes or statutes and euerye of them shal be from the last day of this Session of Parliament deemed and remayne vtterly repealed voyde and of none effecte to all intentes and purposes anye thyng in the sayde seuerall actes or anye of them conteyned or anye other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstandyng And to the intent that al vsurped and forraigne power and aucthoritie spirituall and temporall maye for euer be clearely extinguished and neuer to be vsed or obeyed within this Realme or any other your Maiesties dominions or countreyes may it please your highnes that it may be further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no forraigne prince parson prelats state or potentate spiritual or temporal shal at anye tyme after the last day of this Session of Parliamente vse enioy or exercise any maner of power iurisdiction superioritie aucthoritie preheminēce or priuiledge spiritual or ecclesiastical within this realme or within any other your Maiesties dominions or countreys that now be or hereafter shal be but frō thēceforth the same shal be clearly abolished out of this realme al other your highnes dominions for euer any statute ordinaunce custome cōstitutions or any other matter or cause whatsoeuer to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And that also it may lykewyse please your hyghnesse that it may be established and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that suche iurisdictions priuiledges superiorities and preheminences spirituall and ecclesiasticall as by anye spirituall or ecclesiasticall power or aucthoritie hath heretofore ben or maye lawfullye be exercised or vsed for the visitation of the ecclesiasticall state and persons and for reformation order and correction of the same and of all maner errours heresies scismes abuses offences contemptes and enormities shall for euer by aucthoritie of this present Parliamente be vnited and annexed to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme And that your highnes your heyres and successours kinges or Queenes of this realme shal haue ful power and aucthoritie by vertue of this act by letters patentes vnder the great Seale of Englande to assigne name and aucthorize when as often as your highnes your heyres or successours shall thynke meete and conuenient and for suche and so long tyme as shall please your hyghnes your heires or successours suche person or persons beyng naturall borne subiectes to your hyghnesse your heires or successours as your Maiestie your heyres or successours shal think meete to exercise vse occupy and execute vnder your highnes your heyres and successours all maner of iurisdictions priuiledges and preheminences in anye wyse touchyng or concernyng anye spirituall or ecclesiasticall iurisdiction within these your realmes of Englande and Irelande or any other your hyghnesse dominions or countreyes and to visite refourme redresse order correct and amende all suche errours he resies scismes abuses offences contemptes and inormities whatsoeuer which by any maner spirituall or ecclesiasticall power aucthoritie or iurisdiction can or maye lawfully be refourmed ordered redressed corrected restrayned or amended to the pleasure of almyghtie God the encrease of vertue and the conseruation of the peace and vnitie of this Realme and that such person or persons so to be named assigned
aucthorized and appoynted by your hyghnes your heyres or successours after the sayde letters patentes to hym or them made and delyuered as is aforesayde shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this acte and of the sayd letters patentes vnder your hyghnesse your heires or successours to exercise vse and execute all the premisses accordyng to the tenour and effect of the sayde letters patentes any matter or cause to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng And for the better obseruation and mayntenaunce of this acte maye it please your hyghnesse that it maye be further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all and euerye Archbyshoppe Byshoppe and all and euerye other ecclesiasticall person and other ecclesiasticall officer and minister of what estate dignitie preheminence or degree soeuer he or they be or shal be and all and euery temporall Iudge Iusticer Maior and other lay or temporall officer and minister and euerye other person hauing your hyghnesse fees or wages within this Realme or anye your hyghnesse dominions shall make take and receaue a corporal othe vpon the Euangelist before such person or persons as shall please your hyghnesse your heyres or successours vnder the greate Seale of Englande to assigne and name to accepte and take the same accordyng to the tenour and effecte hereafter folowyng that is to saye I.A.B. do vtterlye testifie and declare in my conscience that the Queenes hyghnesse is the onlye supreame gouernour of this realme of al other her highnes dominions countreys aswell in all spirituall or ecclesiasticall thinges or causes as temporal and that no forraigne prince parson prelate state or potentate hath or ought to haue any iurisdiction power superioritie preheminence or aucthoritie ecclesiasticall or spiritual within this realme and therefore I do vtterly renounce and forsake al forrayne iurisdictions powers superiorities and aucthorities and do promise that from hencefoorth I shall beare fayth and true allegiaunce to the Queenes hyghnes her heyres and lawfull successours and to my power shall assiste and defend all iurisdictions priuiledges preheminences and aucthoties graunted or belongyng to the Queenes hyghnes her heyres and successours or vnited and annexed to the imperiall crowne of this Realme so helpe me God and by the contentes of this booke And that it may be also enacted that if any suche Archbyshoppe Byshoppe or other Ecclesiasticall officer or minister or anye of the sayde Temporal Iudges Iusticiaries or other lay officer or minister shall peremptorilie or obstinately refuse to take or receaue the sayde othe that then he so refusyng shal forfeyte lose only duryng his life al and euery Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall promotion benefice office and euery temporall and lay promotion and office which he hath solye at the tyme of such refusall made and that the whole tytle interrest and incumbencie in euery such promotion benefice and other office as agaynst suche person onlye so refusing during his lyfe shall clearely cease and be voyde as though the partie so refusyng were dead And that also all and euery such person and persons so refusyng to take the sayde othe shall immediatlye after suche refusall be from thencefoorth during his lyfe disabled to retayne or exercise any office or other promotion whiche he at the tyme of such refusall hath ioyntly or in common with any other person or persons and that all and euery person and persons that at any tyme hereafter shal be preferred promoted or collated to anye Archbyshopricke or Byshopricke or to any other Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall benefice promotion dignitie office or ministery or that shal be by your highnes your heyres or successours preferred or promoted to any tēporal or lay office ministerye or seruice within this realme or in any your highnes dominions before he or they shal take vpon him or them to receaue vse exercise supplye or occupye any suche Archbyshopricke Byshopricke promotion dignitie office ministery or seruice shal likewise make take receaue the sayd corporal othe before mentioned vppon the Euangelist before such persons as haue or shall haue aucthoritie to admit any such person to any such office ministery or seruice or els before suche person or persons as by your highnes your heires or successours by commission vnder the great Seale of England shal be named assigned or appointed to minister the said othe And that it may likewise be further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that if any such person or persons as at anye tyme hereafter shal be promoted preferred or collated to anye suche promotion Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall benefice office or ministerye or that by your highnes your heires or successours shal be promoted or preferred to any temporall or laye office ministerie or seruice shall and do peremptorily and obstinatelye refuse to take the same othe so to him to be offered that then he or they so refusing shal presently be iudged disabled in the lawe to receaue take or haue the same promotion spyrituall or ecclesiastical or the same temporall office ministerie or seruice within this realme or any other your highnesse dominions to all intentes constructions and purposes And that it may be further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that all and euery person and persons temporal suing liuerie or oustre le maine out of the handes of your highnesse your heyres or successours before his or theyr liuerie or oustre le maine sued foorth and alowed and euery temporal person or persons doing any homage to your highnes your heyres or successours or that shal be receaued into seruice with your highnes your heyres or successors shall make take and receaue the said corporall othe before mentioned before the Lord Chauncelour of England or the Lord Keper of the great seale for the time being or before such person or persons as by your hyghnesse your heyres or successours shal be named and appoynted to accept or receaue the same And that also all and euery person and persons takyng orders and all and euery other person and personnes which shal be promoted or preferred to any degree of learnyng in anye Vniuersitie within this your Realme or dominions before he shall receaue or take any such orders or be preferred to anye suche degree of learnyng shall make take and receaue the sayde othe by this acte set foorth and declared as is aforesayd before his or their Ordinarie Commissarie Chauncelour or Vicechauncelour or theyr sufficient deputies in the saide Vniuersitie Prouided alwayes that it may be further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that yf any person hauyng any estate of inheritance in any temporall office or offices shall hereafter obstinately and peremptorilie refuse to accept and take the said oth as is aforesaid and after at any time during his life shall wyllingly requyre to take and receaue the saide oth and so do take and accept the same othe before any person or persons that shal haue lawful aucthoritie to minister the same that then euery suche person immediatly after he hath so receaued the same othe
to haue or execute any iurisdiction power or aucthoritie Spirituall or to visite reforme order or correct anye errours heresies schismes abuses or enormities by vertue of this acte shall not in anye wyse haue aucthoritie or power to order determine or adiudge any matter or cause to be heresye but onlye suche as heretofore haue ben determined ordred or adiudged to be heresie by the aucthoritie of the canonicall Scriptures or by the fyrst foure generall counsayles or any of them or by anye other generall counsayle wherein the same was declared heresy by the expresse plaine wordes of the said Canonicall Scriptures or such as hereafter shal be ordered iudged or determined to be heresie by the hygh Court of Parliament of this Realme with the assent of the Cleargie in theyr conuocation Any thing in this acte conteyned to the contrary notwithstandyng And be it further enucted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no person or persons shal be hereafter indicted or arraigned for any the offences made ordeyned reuiued or adiudged by this acte vnlesse there be two sufficient witnesses or more to testifie and declare the sayde offences whereof he shal be indicted or arraigned And that the said witnesses or so many of them as shal be liuing and within this Realme at the time of the arraignement of such person so indicted shal be brought foorth in person face to face before the partie so arraigned and there shal testifie and declare what they can say agaynst the partie so arraigned yf he requyre the same Prouided also and be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that if any person or persons shal hereafter happen to geue any reliefe ayde or comfort or in any wyse be aydyng helpyng or comfortyng to the person or persons of any that shall hereafter happen to be an offendour in any matter or case of Primunire or treason reuiued or made by this acte that then suche releefe ayde or comfort geuen shal not be iudged or taken to be anye offence vnlesse there be two sufficient witnesses at the least that can and will openlye testifie and declare that the person or persons that so gaue suche releefe ayde or comfort had notice and knowledge of suche offence committed and done by the sayd offendour at the tyme of suche releefe ayde or comfort so to hym geuen or ministred any thyng in this acte contayned or any other matter or cause to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And where one pretensed sentence hath heretofore ben geuen in the consystorye in Powles before certayne Iudges de legate by the aucthoritie Legantine of the late Cardinall Poole by reason of a forraigne vsurped power and auctoritie against Richard Chetwod Esquire and Agnes his wife by the name of Agnes Doodhul at the sute of Charles Tyrrell gentleman in a cause of matrimonie solemnised betweene the said Richard Agnes as by the same pretensed sentence more playnely doth appeare from which sentence the said Richarde and Agnes haue appealed to the court of Rome whiche appeale doth there remayne and yet is not determined May it therefore please your hyghnes that it may be enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that if sentence in the said appeale shall happen to be geuen at the said court of Rome for and in the behalfe of the said Richard and Agnes for the reuersing of the said pretensed sentence before the ende of three score dayes next after the end of this Session of this present Parliament that then the same shal be iudged taken to be good and effectual in the lawe and shall and may be vsed pleaded and alowed in anye courte or place within this Realme anye thyng in this act or in any other act or statute contayned to the contrary notwithstanding And if no sentence shal be geuen at the court of Rome in the sayde appeale for the reuersing of the sayde pretensed sentence before the end of the said three score dayes that then it shall and maye be lawfull for the sayde Richarde and Agnes and eyther of them at any tyme hereafter to commense take sue and prosecute their said appeale from the said pretensed sentence and for the reuersyng of the sayd pretensed sentence within this Realme in such like maner fourme as was vsed to be pursued or myght haue ben pursued within this realme at any time since the .xxiiii. yere of the raigne of the said late kyng Henry the eyght vppon sentences geuen in the court or courtes of any Archbyshop within this Realme And that such appeale as so hereafter shal be taken or pursued by the sayd Richarde Chetwood and Agnes or eyther of them and the sentence that herein or thereupon shall hereafter be geuen shal be iudged to be good and effectuall in the lawe to all intentes and purposes any law custome vsage canon constitution or any other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that where there is the lyke appeale nowe depending in the sayde court of Rome betwene one Robert Harcourt Marchant of the Staple and Elizabeth Harcourt otherwyse called Elizabeth Robins of the one partie and Anthonye Fydell Marchaunt straunger on the other partye that the sayd Robert Elizabeth and Anthonye and euerye of them shal and may for the prosecutyng trying of theyr said appeale haue and enioye the lyke remedye benefite and aduauntage in lyke maner and fourme as the sayde Richarde and Agnes or any of them hath may or ought to haue and enioy this acte or anye thing therin contayned to the contrary in any wise notwithstandyng An Acte for the vniformitie of Common prayer and seruice in the Churche and the administration of the Sacramentes The .ii. Chapter WHere at the death of our late Soueraigne Lorde kyng Edwarde the sixt there remained one vniforme order of common seruice prayer and of the administration of Sacramentes rites ceremonies in the Church of England which was set foorth in one boke entituled The boke of common praier administration of Sacramentes and other rites ceremonies in the Church of England aucthorised by act of parliament holden in the fifte and sixt yeres of our sayde late Soueraigne Lorde kyng Edwarde the syxte entituled An acte for the vniformitie of common prayer and administration of the Sacramentes the whiche was repealed and taken away by acte of Parliament in the fyrste yere of the raigne of our late Soueraigne Lady Queene Mary to the great decaye of the due honour of God and discomforte to the professours of the trueth of Christes religion Be it further enacted by the aucthoritie of this presente Parliamente that the sayde estatute of repeale and euerye thyng therein contayned onelye concernyng the sayde booke and the seruice administration of Sacramentes rites ceremonies contayned or appoynted in or by the saide booke shal be voyde and of none effect from after the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next comming And that the sayde booke
be conuicted before the Iustices And lykewyse receauing for the sayde firste offence punishment by the Iustices he shall not for the same offence eftsoones receaue punishment of the Ordinarie any thing conteyned in this acte to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted that suche ornamentes of the Churche and of the ministers therof shal be reteyned and be in vse as was in this Churche of Englande by aucthoritie of Parliament in the second yere of the raigne of kyng Edwarde the .vi. vntill other order shal be therein taken by the aucthoritie of the Queenes Maiestie with the aduise of her Commissioners appoynted and aucthorized vnder the great Seale of Englande for causes Ecclesiasticall or of the Metropolitane of this Realme And also that if there shall happen any contempt or irreuerence to be vsed in the ceremonies or rites of the Churche by the misusyng of the orders appoynted in this booke the Queenes Maiestie may by the lyke aduise of the sayde Commissioners or Metropolitane ordayne and publishe such farther ceremonies or rites as may be moste for the aduauncemente of Gods glorye the edifying of his Churche and the due reuerence of Christes holye Mysteries and Sacramentes And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all lawes statutes and ordinaunces wherein or whereby anye other Seruice administration of Sacramentes or common Prayer is limited established or set foorth to be vsed within this Realme or anye other the Queenes dominions or countreyes shall from hencefoorth be vtterly voyde and of none effect An acte of Recognition the Queenes hyghnesse tytle to the imperiall Crowne of this Realme The .iij. Chapter AS there is nothing vnder God most dreade Soueraigne Ladie where we your moste humble faythfull and obedient subiectes the lordes spiritual and temporal and commons in this present Parliamente assembled haue may or ought to haue more cause to reioyce then in this only that it hath pleased God of his mercyfull prouidence and goodnes towardes vs and this our realme not onely to prouide but also to preserue and keepe for vs and our wealthes your royall maiestie our most ryghtfull and lawfull Soueraigne liege Lady and Queene moste happylye to raigne ouer vs for the which we do geue and yeelde vnto hym from the bottomes of our heartes our humble thankes laudes and prayses Euen so there is nothyng that we your sayde subiectes for our parties can may or ought towardes your hyghnesse more firmely entirely and assuredredly in the puritie of our hearts thinke or with our mouthes declare and confesse to be true then that your Maiestie our sayde Soueraigne Lady is and in very deede and of moste meere ryght ought to be by the lawes of God and the lawes and statutes of this Realme our most rightfull and lawful soueraigne liege Lady Queene and that your highnes is rightly lineally and lawfully descended and come of the blood royall of this realme of Englande in and to whose princely person and the heyres of your body lawfullye to be begotten after you without all doubt ambiguitie scruple or question the imperial royall estate place crowne and dignitie of this realme with all honors stiles titles dignities regalities iurisdictions preheminences to the same now belongyng and apparteining are and shal be most fully rightfully really and entirely inuested and incorporated vnited annexed as rightfully and lawfully to al intents constructions and purposes as the same were in the sayd late king Henry the eight or in the late kyng Edwarde the .vi. your highnes brother or in the late Queene Marie your highnes sister at any time since the act of parliament made in the .xxxv. yere of the raigne of your said most noble father kyng Henry the eight entituled An act concerning the stablishment of the kings maiesties succession in the imperial crowne of this realme For which causes we your said most louing faythfull obedient subiectes representing the three estates of your realme of England as therunto constrained by the law of god and man except we should ouermuch forget our dueties to your highnes and to the heires of your body lawfully begotten can no lesse do but most humbly besech your highnes that by thaucthoritie of this present parliament it may be enacted established and declared that we do recognise acknowledge and confesse the same your estate ryght title and succession as is aforesaid to be in and to your highnes and the heyres of your body to be begotten thorowoutly and in the whole and in euery part therof in such maner fourme as before is mentioned declared or confessed and therunto most humbly faithfully we do submit our selues our heires posterities for euer And further do make our most heartie humble petition vnto your highnesse that it may please the same not only to accept this our said recognition but also our faythfull promises that we accordyng to our dueties shall and will stand to assiste and defende your royall Maiestie and the heires of your bodye to be begotten beyng Kynges and Queenes of this Realme and your sayd ryghtes and titles in to the sayde imperiall estate place crowne and dignitie in all thynges thereto belongyng at all tymes to the vttermost of our possible powers and therein to spende our bodies landes and goodes agaynst all persons whatsoeuer that any thyng shall attempt to the contrary And that it may be enacted by thauctoritie aforesaide that aswell this our declaration confession recognition as also the limitation declaration of the succession of the imperial crowne of this realme mentioned and conteyned in the sayde acte made in the sayde .xxxv. yere of the raigne of your sayde moste noble father shall stande remayne and be the lawe of this realme for euer And that all sentences iudgementes decrees had made declared set foorth published and promulged and also as muche of euery clause article braunche matter or thyng contayned and expressed in any acte or actes of parliament as be in any thyng repugnaunt contrary or derogatorie to this our saide confession declaration and recognition or to any parte or parcell thereof or contrary to the said limitation of the succession of the imperiall crowne establyshed and made by the said act in the said xxxv yere of the raigne of the said late king Henry theight by whatsoeuer power or aucthoritie the same ben or haue ben had or made shal be vtterly frustrate voyde and of none effecte and also shall and may be cancelled defaced and put in perpetuall obliuion at your highnes wyll and pleasure as yf the same had neuer ben had made declared set foorth published or promulged An acte for the restitution of the first fruites and tenthes and rentes reserued nomine dicime and of parsonages impropriate to the imperiall crowne of this Realme The .iiii. Chapter IN their most humble wyse besechen your moste excellent Maiestie your faithful and humble subiectes the lordes spirituall and temporall and the Commons of this your
successours of and from the sayde firste fruites any thyng in the sayde acte of first fruites and tenthes made in the sayde .xxvi. yere of the raigne of the sayde late kyng Henrye the eight or in this acte of repeale or anye other acte or actes before recited to the contrary thereof in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that if any Incumbent of any suche promotion spirituall as is aforesayde charged or chargeable to the payment of the sayde firste fruites happen to liue to th end of one halfe yere next after the last auoydance of the same promotion spirituall so as he hath receaued or without fraud or couin might lawfully haue receaued or enioyed the rentes or profites of that halfe yere and before the ende of the other halfe yere then nexte folowyng shall happen to dye or to be lawfullye euicted remoued or put from the sayde promotion spirituall by iudgement in any action at the common lawe without fraude or couine that then euery suche incumbent his heyres executours administratours and suerties shal be charged and chargeable but only with the fourth part of the first fruites due to be payde for suche his promotion and with no more of the saide first fruites any thing in this acte conteyned or any bonde or writing to be made for the payment of the sayde first fruites or any other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstanding And yf it shall shall happen any suche incumbent to lyue by the space of one whole yere next after the last aduoidaunce of the same promotion spirituall and after before the ende of one halfe yere then next folowyng shall fortune to dye or to be lawfully euicted remoued or put from the sayd promotion spiritual by iudgement in any action at the common lawe without fraude or couine that then euery suche incumbent his heyres executours administratours and sureties shal be charged and chargeable but only with the moytie and one halfe of the first fruites due to be payde for suche his promotion spirituall and with no more of the same first fruites any thyng in this acte conteyned or any bonde or wrytyng obligatorie to be made for the paiment of the same fyrst fruites or any other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstanding And yf it shal happen any suche incumbent to lyue to the ende of one whole yere and a halfe next after the last auoydaunce of suche promotion spirituall and after and before the ende of sixe monethes then next folowyng shall fortune to dye or to be lawfully euicted remoued or put from the sayde promotion spirituall by iudgement in any action at the common lawe without fraude or couine that then euery suche incumbent his heyres executours administratours and sureties shal be charged and chargeable but onely with three partes of the first fruites of the same promotion spirituall in foure partes to be diuided and with no more any thyng in this acte conteyned or any bond or writing obligatorie had or made for the payment of the saide fyrst fruites or any other matter or cause to the contrarye notwithstandyng And yf it shall happen any suche incumbent to lyue to the ende of two whole yeres next after the last auoydaunce of the same his promotion spirituall and not to be lawfully euicted remoued or put from the same promotion spirituall as is aforesayd that then euery suche incumbent his heyres executours administratours and sureties shall content and pay to our sayde Soueraigne Ladye the Queene her heyres and successours the whole fyrst fruites due to be payde for the same promotion spirituall accordyng to the estatutes aforesayde Prouyded also and be it enacted that all grauntes immunities and liberties geuen to the Vniuersities of Cambridge and Oxforde or to any Colledge or Hall in either of the said vniuersities and to the Colledges of Eton and Winchester and vnto euery or any of them by our late Soueraigne Lord king Henry the eyght or any other of the Queenes hyghnesse progenitors or predecessors or by act of Parliament for or touchyng the release or dischardge of the sayde first fruites and tenthes or any part thereof shal be alwayes and remayne in their full strength and vertue and that all suche lawfull conueyaunces and assuraunces in the lawe as were had or made before the makyng of this acte to eyther of the sayde vniuersities of Oxforde and Cambridge or to any Colledge or Hall within any of them by what name or names soeuer they or any of them be incorporated or named of any of the sayd personages or benefices impropriate or of any part of the same or of any patronages for the maintenaunce of studentes or learnyng shal be as good and effectuall in the lawe to all intentes constructions and purposes as though this acte had neuer ben made And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforsayde that the Deane and Canons of the free Chappell of S. George the Martyr within the Castle of Windsor and all the possessions and hereditamentes of the same free Chappell Deanrie and Canons by whatsoeuer name or names they be incorporated or knowen shall be exonerated and shall stande for euer discharged of the tenthes and firste fruites before mentioned any thing in this acte or any other acte or statute before mentioned to the contrarie thereof in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it enacted that all leasses made before the twentie day of December last past for .xxi. yeres or three lyues at the moste by any person or persons bodyes polytike or corporate beyng lawfully seased of or in any of the sayde personages impropriate or of or in any other the premisses wont commonly to be let or set to ferme then being out of leasse or wherof there was not at the time of the making of the sayde leasse or leasses any former leasse to endure aboue one yere then to come at the moste and vppon whiche newe leasse or leasses the olde yerely rent accustomably wont to be payde for the same by the space of .xx. yeres last before the makyng of suche leasse or leasses or more yerely rent is reserued and payable duryng the sayde terme and all other lawfull grauntes by them or any of them heretofore made of any office or offices in olde tyme wont commonly to be graunted and all giftes and grauntes of any personage or personages impropriate heretofore belongyng to the Archdeaconrie of Welles in the Countie of Somerset or to the incumbent of the same office or dignitie or to the incumbent of the same lately geuen and restored shal be as good and effectuall in the law as though this acte or any thing therein conteyned had not ben had or made And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the sayde Archdeaconrie and all Rectories and spirituall promotions geuen assigned lymited or appoynted to the same and all and euery incumbentes and incumbent whiche hereafter shall be presented collated preferred and admitted vnto the
bespoke or the value therof And where as at a Parliament holden at Westminster vpon prorogation the second and thirde yeres of the raigne of kyng Edward the sixt brother to the queenes highnesse amongst other thinges in an acte entituled An acte for true currying of Leather vppon diuers good consyderations it was enacted that euery Tanner shal cut of euery wombe of euery Oxe hide sixe inches broade and of euery Steere hyde fiue ynches broade and of euerye Cowe hyde eyght inches broade of assise in the narowe place as by the sayde acte more at large appeareth Sythens whiche time the greedie and vnsatiable couetousnesse of many of the Tanners haue ben suche to defraude the sayde good and godly acte that they wyll not cut of the wombes of the Hydes nor bryng them to the market to be solde so that the Cord wayners can not haue wombes to put into the inner soles of bootes shoes stertovopes and slippers accordyng to the tenour of the saide statute in that case prouided be it therefore enacted by the Queenes royal Maiestie the Lordes Spirituall and Temporal and the Commons in this present parliament assembled and by thaucthoritie of the same that al and euery person and persons that doth occupie or shal hereafter occupie the tanning or barkyng of any Oxe Steere or Cowe hide or hydes to be conuerted for sole Leather for or in the name of sole Leather now commonly called backes shal cut or cause to be cut of euery such Oxe Steere or Cow hide or hides that shal be tanned or wrought for sole Leather commonly called backes two peeces which is now called wombes of euery such hyde or backe that shal be wrought barckte or tanned for backes vpon paine of forfeyting of euery such hide or hides backe or backes so tanned or wrought the wombes beyng not cut of vi.s.viii.d for euery hyde And be it also further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present parliament that euery Tanner or Tanners or any other person or persons that occupieth or hereafter shal occupie the mysterie of tanning of Leather and that shall cut of or cause to be cut of those two peeces aboue named called wombes shal begin vpon the two hinder shankes of euery such hyde and there cut two peeces and so cut throughout alongest the belly to the foreshanks and there to cut of both the foreshankes and those two peeces so called wombes to be well and truely tanned after the maner of inner sole leather and to conteyne of good and drye tanned leather sixe inches broade of assise in the narrowest place accordyng to the syse of the standerd in the Exchequer when they be tanned or put to sale or offered to be solde promised or bargayne made vppon paine of forfeyture of iii.s.iii.d for euerye wombe being cut lesse then so many inches broade of assise in the narowest place as aboue sayde And be it further enacted that euery Tanner or other person that occupieth or hereafter shall occupie the mysterie of tanning of Leather which after the feast of the byrth of our Lord Iesus Christ next comming shall put to sale or offer to be sold in any fayre or markets any backe or backes shal bryng at the selfe same time to the fayre or markets where he or they shall put such backe or backes to sale for euery backe the two forenamed peeces called wombes there to be solde with the backes or otherwyse as the fayre or market shall hym best serue so that they be solde in the open market vpon payne of forfeyture of euery such backe or backes so brought to be solde or offered to be solde or the value thereof not hauyng the wombes there in the open market or fayre as is abouesayde Be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no person or persons shall after the fyrst day of May next comming sel or cause to be solde any maner of Leather clout leather solde in small peeces onlye excepted except he or they regester or cause to be regestred the said Leather and euery part and parcell therof vpon payne of forfeyture of the value of the leather so bought and not regestred and also the buyer to forfayte the saide Leather so bought and not regestred as is aforesaide And be it further enacted that suche person or persons as are or hereafter shal be assigned or appoynted searchers sealer or sealers of tanned Leather by vertue of any acte or statute heretofore or hereafter to be made shall kepe one booke or regester to enter all suche bargaynes as shal be made for leather hydes or skinnes clout leather solde in small peeces only excepted by any person or persons duryng and by all the tyme of the fayre or market and shal enter all such bargaynes beyng thereunto required by the buier or the seller takyng for his or their payne and trauaile therein to be taken and for the registring therof of the seller of euery dicker of Leather so entred one penie for euery sixe dosen of Calues skinnes one penie and so after the rate and no more or greater summe or summes of money to be payde for entring of the same vppon payne of forfeyture for not entering and registring as is aforesaid for euery dicker of Leather iii.s iii. d for euery dosen of Calues skinnes iii.s.iiii.d so after the rate And where also one other acte entituled An Acte for true tannyng of Leather was made at a Parliament of the saide king Edwarde holden vpon prorogation at Westminster the fourth day of Nouember in the seconde yere of his most gratious raigne whiche acte was made to endure vnto the ende of the next Parliament then folowyng and after the same acte was reuiued at one other Parliament holden at Westminster the fyrst day of Marche in the .vii. yere of the raigne of the same kyng Edwarde the sixt to continue till the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng and after the same acte was continued in the seconde last session of our Soueraigne Lady Queene Marie holden vppon prorogation at Westminster the thirteene day of October in the fyrst yere of her graces raigne to continue tyll the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng whiche beyng expyred and the same acte neuer since continued his force and efficacie is ended And for as much as the sayde acte is good and beneficiall for the common wealth of this Realme be it therefore enacted ordeyned and established by the Queene our Soueraigne Lady with the assent of the lordes spiritual and temporal and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the sayde acte made in the seconde yere of the sayd kyng Edwarde the sixt and all wordes clauses articles and prouisions in the same except these wordes Ashe barke Tap worte Meal or Culuer dong shal be reuiued continued stande and endure in his full force and strength to all intentes constructions and purposes and that no Tanner in or about the tannyng of
any Leather shall vse or exercise any other kynde of stuffe but only Ashe barke Oke barke Tap wort Meal lime or Culuer dong Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that th one moytie of all suche forfeytures aforenamed shal be to our Soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie and her highnes heyres or successours and thother moitie to him or them that sease or fyrst we for the same penalties in any of the Queenes Maiesties courtes of recorde by action of debt bil complaint information or otherwise wherein no wager of lawe essoigne protection or iniunction shal be admitted or alowed for the defendaunt in that behalfe An acte that the carying of Leather Tallowe or rawe Hides out of the Realme for marchaundize shal be felonie ¶ The .x. Chapter WHERE at this present tyme tanned Leather Hydes and Tallowe and all thinges thereof made is growen and come vnto suche high and excessiue price as the like within the time of mans memorie hath not ben seene within this Realme by reason that diuers and sundry couetous and greedy persons nowe of late hauing more regarde vnto their owne singuler lucres and gaynes then vnto the mayntenaunce and preseruation of the common and publique weale of this the Realme of Englande haue contrary to the lawes and statutes of this Realme conueyed or caused to be conueyed out of the same vnto the parties beyonde the seas there to be vttered by way of marchaundize suche great store and plentie thereof that the same Leather Hydes and Tallowe is more plentifull and to be had better cheape there then here within this Realme to the great hurt hinderaunce and dammage of all the Queenes most louyng subiectes For reformation whereof be it enacted by the Queene our Soueraigne Lady the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons whatsoeuer he or they be straunger or Denizen from and after the fyrst day of Iune next comming shall shippe conuey or abbet procure or cause to be shipped or conueyed in or to any Shippe Boate or other vessell in or vpon the sea or in or vpon other Hauen Riuer Creke or place within this Realme of Englande or Wales or other the Queenes dominions anye maner of Leather tanned or vntanned or any salt or vntanned Hides or any Leather called Backes or sole Leather or anye Tallowe to thintent to transport or cary the same into any the parties beyonde the sea there to be vttered bartered or solde by waye of marchaundize vppon payne that euery such offender shal be deemed adiudged and taken to be a fellone for euery such offence And that euerye person and persons beyng after the sayde fyrst day of Iune lawfully attaynted by the due order of the common law of this realme before such as shall haue power and aucthoritie to heare and determine felonies by the common lawe shall for euery suche offence suffer such paynes of death forfeytures of goodes and cattels as he or they shoulde haue done yf he or they had ben lawfully attainted for anye offence beyng felonye by the common lawe of this Realme And also shall forfayte to the Queenes highnes her heyres and successours all his or theyr landes tenements hereditaments duryng the lyfe of euery suche offendour only And for the better execution of this lawe and for the meetyng with the offendours therein Be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all and euerye offence or offences committed or done by any person or persons contrary to this acte from and after the sayde first day of Iune next commyng shal be enquired of tryed determined and iudged in suche Countie of this Realme or other the Queenes dominions as shal be next adioynyng to the place where anye suche offence shal be first committed any iurisdiction aucthoritie or vsage to the contrary in any wise notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this act nor any thyng therein contayned shall in any wyse extende or be interpretated to make anye corruption of blood of anye such offendour or of any heyre of any such offendour but that euery heire and heires of euery such offendour and offendours in any of the cases aforesayd also the wife of euery suche offendour shal haue after the death of euery suche offendour or offendours like title interest benefite profite commoditie action and aduauntage as they or any of them shoulde haue had yf any suche offence conuiction or attaynder had not ben had ne made sauyng to al euery person and persons bodyes politike and corporate their heires and successours and the heires and successours of euerye of them other then all and euery suche offendour and offendours whiche shal be conuicted or attaynted by any suche offence all suche ryght tytle interest rentes leasses commons profites commodities aduauntages and hereditamentes whatsoeuer they be as they or any of them might or ought to haue had in or to any manours landes tenementes rentes pentions seruices hereditamentes or other thyngs whatsoeuer or in or to any parte or parcell thereof to all intentes constructions and purposes as he or they shoulde haue had yf suche attaynder had neuer ben had ne made anythyng in this acte contayned to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that this act or any thing therin contained shal not be hurtfull nor preiudiciall to any Captayne of anye Shippe in the time of warre being in the retinue and seruice of the Queenes Maiestie or her heires or successours nor to anye owner or maister of any Shippe nor to any other beyng the Queenes subiect and trauaylyng to any forraigne partes beyonde the sea for the hauyng carying and takyng with hym or them in tyme aswell of warre as of peaces of any Hydes Leather or Tallowe for theyr necessarye vses about theyr ship or shippes so that it be not to be vttered beyonde the seas by any fraude or couin by way of marchaundise this acte or any thing therin conteined to the cōtrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd that this act or the effect and substaunce thereof shal be openly read published or declared at euery quarter Sessions and at euery Lete or Lawday by the Iustices that shall geue the charge at the Sessions and by the Steward of the Lete or Lawday in his charge when he kepeth the Lete or Lawday This act to endure from the sayd fyrst day of Iune and to continue the space of fyue yeres and from thence vnto the end of the next Parliament after the sayd fyue yeres An Acte limiting the times for laying on lande Marchaundize from beyonde the seas and touchyng Customes for sweete wines The .xi. Chapter MOste humblye the wyng besechen your hyghnesse your Lordes and commons in this present Parliament assembled that where the summes of money payde in the name of Customes Subsidies of wares and marchaundizes transported out and
brought into this your highnes Realme of Englande by any marchaunt straunger or denizen is an auncient reuenue annexed vnited to your imperiall crowne and hath in the tyme of kyng Edwarde the third and other your moste noble progenitors amounted to great and notable summes of money tyll of late yeres many greedye and couetous persons respectyng more theyr priuate gayne and commoditie then theyr duetie and allegiaunce or the common profite of the Realme haue and do dayly aswell by conueying the same theyr wares and marchaundizes out of creekes and places where no customers resident as also by or through the negligence or corruption of the customer searcher or other officer where they be resident as by diuers other fraudulent vndue and subtill practises and deuises conuey theyr goodes and marchaundizes aswel brought from the parties beyonde the sea as transported out of this your Realme of England without payment or agreeyng for the payment of the customes and subsidies therefore due whereby the yerelye reuenue aforesayde is very muche empayred and diminished to the great losse and damage of your hyghnes and to the great burden and charge of your louyng subiectes who by occasion thereof haue of late yeres ben more charged with subsidies and payment for the supplement of the sayde losse and damage then els we shoulde haue ben That it may therefore be enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that it shall not be lawfull to or for any person or persons whatsoeuer from and after the fyrste day of September next commyng to lade or put or cause to be laden or put of or from anye Wharfe Key or other place on the land into any ship vessell Crayer Lyghter or Bottome any goodes wares or marchaundizes whatsoeuer fyshe taken by your hyghnesse subiectes onlye excepted to be transported into any place of the parties beyonde the sea or into the Realme of Scotlande or to take vp discharge and lay on lande or cause or procure to be taken vp or discharged out of any Lighter shyppe Crayer vessell or Bottome beyng not in a lecke or wracke and layde on lande any goodes wares or marchaundizes whatsoeuer fyshe taken by any of your highnes subiectes and salt onlye excepted to be brought from any the parties beyonde the sea or the Realme of Scotlande by way of marchaundizes but only in the day light that is to say from the first of March vntil the last of September betwixt the sunne rysyng and the sunne setting and from the last of September vntill the first of Marche betweene the houres of seuen in the mornyng and foure at the after noone and in and vpon some suche open place Keye or Wharfe places Keyes or Wharfes as your hyghnes your heyres or successours shal on this side the said first day of September therefore assigne and appoynt by vertue of your highnes commission or commissions within your graces porte of London Southampton Bristowe Westchester Newcastell and the suburbes of the same and euery of them and in some open place Key Wharfe places Keyes or Wharfes in al other Portes Creekes Hauens or Rodes Hul only excepted where a Customer Comptroller and searcher of suche Portes Hauens Creekes or Rodes euery of them or the seruauntes of any of them haue by the space often yeres last past ben accustomably resident or hereafter shal be resident vpon payne of forfayture of all suche goodes wares or marchaundizes so laden and discharged contrary to the true meaning of this acte or the value thereof And be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesayde that no maner of person or persons after the sayd day shal receaue or take into any shyp Crayer or other vessel any goodes wares or marchaundizes except before excepted to be transported into any place beyonde the sea or into the Realme of Scotlande by waye of marchaundize nor shall discharge and laye on lande out of any shypye Crayer or other vessell anye goodes wares or marchaundize except before excepted beyng brought from anye place beyonde the sea or out of the Realme of Scotlande by way of marchaundize in any other place or places or at any other howres or tymes then is before limited and appointed vpon paine that the owner and owners maister and maisters or other person or persons which shal take charge or guydyng of any such shyppe Crayer or vessell or of the marchauntes goodes duryng and for that voyage shall forfaite lose for euery such offence C. pounde of lawfull money of Englande And be it further enacted by aucthoritie aforesayde that no maister Shypper or Purser or other person or persons takyng charge of the voyage or of the marchauntes goodes shall after the sayde day receaue or take into any Shippe Crayer or other vessell any goodes wares or marchaundize except before excepted to be caried or transported into any of the partes beyonde the sea or into the Realme of Scotland before he shall haue signified to the Customer of the porte where he ladeth other officers there in the open custome house if any such be there or els where the said officers their deputies or seruauntes or any of them be or shal be vsually resident that he entendeth to lade and to what place he entendeth to passe nor shall after his or theyr full lading depart out of the Porte Creekes or streame where he shall so lade before he do in like maner signifie vnto the Customer and other officers as is aforesayde of his lading and what marchaunts and other persons shal haue ladyng with him or in his ship crayer vessell or botome and further truely do aunswere to suche questions as shal be ministred to him or them by the customer or other officer concerning such wares and marchaundizes as he shall haue laden being examined vpon his or theyr oth or otherwise in the open custome house or otherwise as is aforesayde vpon paine to forfaite for euery such default not truely aduertisyng nor aunsweryng as is aforesayde a hundred pounde And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no owner maister purser or other person takyng charge of any shippe crayer vessell or botome wherein any goodes wares or marchaundizes except before excepted shal be laden and brought from any the parties beyonde the sea or the Realme of Scotlande shall after the sayd day discharge into any lighter or botome and laye on lande or procure cause or willingly suffer to be discharged into any lyghter or botome and to be laide on land out of such ship crayer vessell or botome any goodes wares or marchaundize whatsoeuer before suche owner maister purser or other person or persons takyng charge of the shippe crayer botome or vessel or the marchauntes goodes for that voyage shal haue signified and declared to the customer or other officer of the port hauen or creeke where he arriueth the names of euery of the marchauntes or laders and shall haue truely aunswered to suche questions and interogatories touching or concernyng suche goodes wares or
marchaundize as shal be then laden in anye suche shippe vessell or botome as shal be to him ministred by such customer or other officer openly in the custome house or in suche other places as is aforesayd vpon his or their othe if neede so require vpon payne that euery maister purser or other person or persons taking charge of suche shyppe crayer or other vessell for that voyage shall forfayte and lose for euery suche default not truely aduertisyng nor aunswering as is aforesayd an hundreth pounde And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that from and after the sayd day no person denizen ne straunger do take vpon him to enter or do or cause to be entred into the bookes of any customer or other officer or officers of anye porte or hauen within this Realme or his or their deputie or deputies seruaunt or seruauntes any maner goodes wares or marchaundize whatsoeuer comming or brought into your highnes Realme from any the partes beyonde the sea or from the Realme of Scotland or going or to be transported out of the same your highnes Realme into any the partes beyonde the sea or into the Realme of Scotlande in the name or names of any other person or persons then the very true owner or owners of the same goodes wares or marchaundizes beyng not solde bargayned or contracted for to or with any person or persons before suche entre or before the arriuall of suche goodes wares or marchaundize in the partes beyonde the sea vpon payne of forfayture of the value of the goodes so entred And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any wharfinger crane keper searcher lighter man weighter or other officer parteynyng to the subsidie custome or custome house do at any time after the said day consent or knowe any offence or thyng to be committed or done contrary to the true meanyng of this acte or any article therein conteyned and do not within one moneth nexte after knowledge thereof had disclose the same to the cheefe customer or other officer of the porte where or within whose office or charge any such offence shal be committed or done or els to the Lord Treasurer Chauncellour vnder Treasurer or one of the Barons of the Exchequer or the attourney generall for the time being shall for euery such concealement or not disclosing suche offence as is aforesayd forfaite lose a hundreth pound of good and lawful money of England And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that the customer of Hull shall haue a seruaunt or deputie continually resident at the citie of Yorke and euery other customer comptroller and searcher of euery porte shall from and after the day aforesayde assigned and appoynted to and in euerye of the places aboue mentioned and in all and euery porte creeke or Roade where the seruaunt or anye of them haue ben continually resident by the space of tenne yeres or hereafter shal be as is aforesayde one able and sufficient deputie or seruaunt at the leaste and that aswell all and euerye of the customers comptrollers and searchers as all and euery his or theyr deputie and deputies seruaunt and seruauntes shall from tyme to tyme do his and theyr diligent attendaunce at the houres tymes and places afore appoynted aswel in the custome house as els where as it shal be moste expedient and conuenient for the speedy dispatche of the marchaunt and his goodes wares and marchaundize and for the due execution of this Acte in suche thinges as to him or them shall apparteyne without concealement or consentyng to any thing or thinges whiche may be to the hurte or damage of your hyghnes your heyres or successours in the iust aunsweryng of your hyghnes due customes and subsidies vpon payne that euery suche customer comptroller and searcher shall forfayte and lose for euery offence by hym or them committed or done his or their seuerall office or offices and an hundreth pounde of lawfull money of Englande the moitie of all whiche forfayture shal be to your hyghnes your heyres and successours and the other moitie to hym or them that wyl sue for the same in any your highnes courtes wherein no essoigne protection wager of lawe or iniunction shal be admitted and alowed And where of late yeres there hath ben muche greater quantitie of sweete wines brought into this Realme then in tyme paste hath ben accustomed whiche ben also brought from the same place where the wine commonly called Maluesey is brought and is of the same nature of grape and neuerthelesse eyther by negligence ignoraunce or corruption of the officers there hath not ben suche custome and subsidie receaued for the same to the vse of your highnes and your progenitours as is due and ought of very ryght to be payde for such sweete wines commyng through the strayghtes commonly called the strayghtes of Marrocke otherwise Mallegaye to the great losse and hynderaunce of your highnesse and the burthen of vs your louyng subiectes For the auoydyng of all ambiguities and doubtes and to thintent the officers may more certaynely knowe what they ought to receaue for suche kynde and nature of marchaundize be it enacted and declared by this presente acte and by the aucthoritie aforesaide that lyke custome and subsidie is of very right to be payd and shall from hencefoorth be payde for suche sweete wines as is aforesayde as is and hath ben accustomed to be payde for Malueseyes anye negligence none payment vsage or custome to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Sauing to all and euery Lorde Marcher and other person and persons whatsoeuer body politike and corporate all and euery suche ryght title and interest as they or any of them haue and of ryght ought to haue in the payment or hauing of any fraunchise libertie custome and subsidie or any of them any thyng in this acte to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted that it shal be lawfull to ship lade and transport into the portes beyonde the sea al maner of corne and grayne out of the Counties of Northfolke and Suffolke and eyther of them at suche places as heretofore hath ben accustomed and betweene the houres in this act appointed when the same corne and grayne shall not exceede the seuerall prises mentioned in the statute made in the fifth and syxth yere of our late Soueraigne Lord king Edwarde the sixt entituled An act agaynst regrators forestallers and engrossers the customes and subsidies therefore due beyng well and truely payde any thyng in this act or any other act or statute to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes that this acte nor any thyng therein conteyned be not preiudiciall or hurtful to the Isle of Anglesey the shyres of Carnaruon and Flint in Northwales but that the inhabitauntes thereof and euery of them may receaue lade and discharge according to their olde auncient vses customes or liberties graunted to them or any of theyr predecessors by the late king of famous memory king Henry
the eyght or any other his progenitors so that they and euery of them pay the customes and subsidies that shal be due and discharge and lode within the tymes and houres before mentioned any thyng in this present acte to the contrary notwithstandyng An Acte agaynst the deceiptfull vsyng of lynnen Cloth. The .xii. Chapter WHere certayne euyll disposed and deceiptfull persons vsyng to bye and ingrosse into theyr handes great store of linnen cloth do vse to cast the peeces of cloth ouer a beame or peece of tymber made for theyr purpose and do by sundrye deuises racke stretche and drawe the same both of length and breadth and that done do then with batteldores peeces of timber and wood and other things sore beate the same euer casting therupon certaine deceiptful liquors mingled with chalke and other like things wherby the said cloth is not duly made to seeme muche finer thicker to the eye then it is in deede but also the thredes thereof be so losed and made weake that after .iii. or .iiii. washinges it will scarcely holde together to the great disceipt hinderaunce and losse of the subiectes of this Realme be it therefore enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that yf any person or persons shall hereafter wyllingly vse or cause to be vsed the aforesayde deceytes or any other acte or actes meane or meanes to in or with any kynde of linnen cloth whereby the same shal be deceitfull or worse to for the good vse thereof that then the said cloth shal be forfaited thoffendour therin to be punished by one monethes imprisonment at the least and shal pay such fine as shal be assessed for his or their offence or offences by the Iustices before whom he or they shal be condemned accordyng to the tenor of this acte And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that al and euery the Iustices of oyer and determiner and Iustices of assyses in all theyr sessions and all Iustices of peace in euery Countie and place of this Realme or .iii. of them at the leaste whereof one to be of the Quorum shal haue ful power and aucthoritie to enquire heare determine the offences aforesayde in theyr sessions by information inditement or vppon the trauerse of anye presentment or inditement founde before the sayde Iustices or any of them And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons shall at the next sessions of the peace after the sayd seaser to be kept within the shire or place where the seaser was made or before two Iustices of peace wherof one to be of the Quorū make due information of the offence and of the seaser of the sayde cloth or els shall procure the offendours to be therof indited at the sayd next sessions after the sayde seaser and shall also be bounde before the sayd Iustices by recognisaunce or obligation to the vse of the Queenes Maiestie her heires and successours in such fourme as the said Iustices or any of them shall thinke meete for the greatnes of the matter and to pursue the same matter with effecte and to geue euidence as of right apparteyneth and also to pay and gyue the moytye of all that he or they shall so recouer and receaue to the Sheriffe or other accomptaunt to the vse of the Queenes Maiestie her heyres and successours and the one halfe of all the forfaytures and fynes of and for the premisses to be vnto the Queenes Maiestie her heyres and successours and the other moitie to him or them that shall make information or procure inditementes of and for the premisses and shall folowe the same with effect And further be it ordained and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that the Iustices before whom any suche offence shal be tryed shal certifie the same by their estreate into the Exchequer at the least yerely at Michaelmas as they be boūd to do other their estreates vpon that certificate the Barons of the Exchequer to haue ful power aucthoritie to make proces for so much therof as by this estatute shal apparteyne to the Queenes Maiestie in lyke maner fourme as they only do for any other fines and amerciamentes so certified before them An Acte for the shipping in Englishe Botomes The .xiii. Chapter WHere by diuers statutes made in the tyme of the Queenes Maiesties most noble progenitours it hath ben enacted prouided that no person borne within the Realme of Englande or beyng of the legiaunce of the prince of the sayde Realme or any the dominions of the same should ship any maner of marchaundize either out of the realme or into the same but only in a shyp or botome wherof the said prince or some other of their subiectes were owners possessioners proprietaries and maisters the mariners of the same vessel for the more part to be also theyr subiectes vpon diuers paynes and penalties as in the sayd statutes more playnly appeareth Since the making of which sayde statutes other forraigne princes fyndyng them selues agreeued with the said seuerall actes as thynkyng that the same were made to the hurt preiudice of their countrey nauie haue made like penall lawes agaynst such as should shyp out of theyr countreys in any other vessels then of their seueral countreys and dominions by reason whereof there hath not only growen great displeasure betwixt the forraigne princes and the kinges of this realme but also the marchauntes haue ben sore greeued and endomaged For reformation whereof and for increase of continuaunce of amitie be it enacted that the seuerall actes made in the fyfth yere of kyng Richarde the seconde the third Chapter and in the fourth yere of the late king of famous memory king Henry the seuenth intituled Of wine and tholouze ode shal be from henceforth clearely voyde of none effect And neuerthelesse for auoyding of great disceyt practised nowe a dayes vsed by sundry subiectes borne within this Realme of England and dominions of the same whiche enter in the customers bookes wares and marchaundize of aliens borne in theyr owne name whereby the Queenes maiestie is defrauded in her customes and subsidies to the great decaye of the auncient reuenues of the crowne be it enacted by the aucthoritie of this present parliament that all and euery person and persons beyng owner or owners of any goodes wares or marchaundizes whiche after the first day of Ianuary nexte ensuyng the sessions of this present Parliament shall in tyme of peace and when there is no restraynt made of Englyshe shyppes embarke shyppe lade or discharge by waye of marchaundize any wares or marchaundize mastes Raffe Pitch Tarre and Corne only excepted out of or into any shyppe barke hoye vessell or botome whereof our sayde soueraigne Ladye the Queene her heires or successours or some of her or theyr subiectes of this Realme or the dominions of the same be not possessioners and proprietaries and the maisters vnder God and the mariners of the same
villages of Bockyng Westbarfolde Cockshall and Dedham and in euery or any of them and to vse the makyng weauing or rowyng of cloth or Karsey as before this tyme they myght haue done yf the sayd act had neuer ben made any thyng in the sayde acte to the contrarye thereof made or any other acte statute or lawe heretofore made or hereafter to be made to the contrary hereof in any wyse notwithstandyng An Acte that tymber shall not be felled to make coales for the burnyng of yron The .xv. Chapter FOR the auoydyng of destruction and wastyng of timber be it enacted by our soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons hereafter shal conuert or imploy or cause to be conuerted or imployed to coale or other fuel for the making of iron any timber tree or tymber trees of oke beeche or ashe or of any part therof of the breadth of one foote square at the stub and growing within .xiiii. myles of the sea or of any part of the riuers of Thames Seuerene Wye Humbre Dee Tine Teese Trent or any other riuer creeke or streame by the which cariage is commōly vsed by boate or other vessell to any part of the sea vppon payne of forfayture for euery suche tree or any part therof so imployed or conuerted to coale or other fuel for the making of iron as is aforesayd xl.s of lawful money of England the one halfe of all whiche forfaytures to be to our soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie and to her heyres and successours and the other moytie to hym or them that wyll sue for the same by original writ byl plaint or information wherin no essoigne protection iniunction or wager of lawe shal be admitted or alowed Prouided alwayes that this acte shall not extende to the countie of Sussex nor to the Weyld of Kent nor to any the parishes of Charlewoode Newdigate and Lighe in the Weylde of the countie of Surrey this acre to begyn and take effect from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next commyng after this session of Parliament An acte to continue the acte made agaynst rebellious assembles Chapter .xvj. WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster the xxiiii day of October in the first yere of the reigne of the late Queene Marie sister vnto the Queenes highnesse that now is there was one acte statute made agaynst vnlawful and rebellious assembles to indure and stand in force vnto th end of the next Parliament then folowing as by the same acte more playnely doth appeare Which sayde acte and statute in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xii. day of Nouember in the first and second yeres of the raigne of the late king Philip and Queene Marie amongest other thinges was then and there continued vnto the last day of the next Parliament and after at the next Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of October in the ii and .iii. yeres of the sayde late king Philip and Queene Marie the sayde acte and statute amongest other thinges was also further continued to stande in force vntyll the last day of the next Parliament then folowing and also at the next Parliament holden at Westminster the .xx. day of Ianuarie in the .iiii. and .v. yeres of the raignes of the sayde late king and Queene the saide acte and statute amongest other thinges was lykewyse further continued to stande remayne in force vntyl the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng whiche is this present Parliament and so the sayde acte and statute by the actes of continuaunce aforesayde doth stande in force but onely vnto the last day of this present Parliament And forasmuch as the sayd acte and statute duryng al the time aforesayd hath ben proued by experience to be a very good and beneficial lawe and meete to be continued kept in force aswel for the preseruation of the peace as also for the common wealth and quietnesse of this Realme be it therefore enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the said act and statute and euery braunch clause and article therin conteined shal stand remayne continue and be in full force and strength to all intentes and purposes for during the naturall lyfe of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie that nowe is which almightie God long preserue and continue to th end of the Parliament then next folowing and that the sayd act and statute the wordes and sentences mentioned conteined in the said act shal extende and be to the Queenes hyghnesse that nowe is as fully and amplie as euer the same did extende to the sayd late Queene Marie An acte for the preseruation of spawne and frye of Fishe Chapter .xvij. FOr the preseruation hereafter of spawne frye and yong breede of Eles Samons Pikes and of all other fyshe which heretofore hath ben muche destroyed in riuers streames salt and fresh within this Realme in so much that diuers places they feede swine dogges with the frye and spawne of fishe and otherwyse lamentable and horrible to be reported destroy the same to the great hynderaunce and decay of the common wealth Be it therfore enacted by the Queenes most excellent Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons or what estate degree or condition so euer he or they be from and after the first day of Iune next cōming with any maner of net wee le butte tayning kepper lyme crele rawe fagnet trolnet trymenet trimbote stalbote weblister seur lammet or with any deuise or engine made of heare woll lyne or canuas or shall vse any heling net or trimle boate or by any other deuise enginne cawtell wayes or meanes whatsoeuer heretofore made or deuised or hereafter to be made or diuised shall take and kyll any yong brode spawne or frye of Eles Samon Pike or Pickerell or of any other fishe in any fludgate pipe at the tayle of any myll weare or in any streites streames brokes riuers salt or freshe within this Realme of Englande Wales Barwike or the marches therof nor shal from and after the first day of Iune next comming by any of the wayes and meanes aforesayde or otherwyse in any ryuer or place aboue specified take and kyll any Samons or Trowtes not beyng in season being kepper Samons or kepper Trowtes shedder Samons or shedder Trowtes And be it further enacted by aucthoritie aforesaide that no person or persons of what estate degree or condition he or they shal be of from and after the sayd first day of Iune by any of the meanes aforesayde in any of the riuers or places aboue named shall take and kyll any pike or pickerell not beyng in length .x. inches fishe or more nor any Samon not being in length .xvi.
shal be vested iudged deemed in like estate and possession of the saide office as he was before the saide refusall and shall and may vse and exercise the said office in such maner and fourme as he should or myght haue done before suche refusall anye thing in this acte conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng And for the more sure obseruation of this acte and the vtter extinguyshment of al forraigne and vsurped power and aucthoritie may it please your highnesse that it maye be further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons dwelling or inhabiting within this your Realme or in any other your hyghnesse Realmes or Dominions of what estate dignitie or degree soeuer he or they be after th ende of .xxx. dayes next after the determination of this session of this present Parliament shal by wryting printing teachyng preachyng expresse wordes deede or acte aduisedly malitiously and dyrectly affyrme holde stande with set foorth mayntayne or defende the aucthoritie preheminence power or iurisdiction Spiritual or Ecclesiastical of any forraine Prince Prelate Parson State or Potentate whatsoeuer heretofore claymed vsed or vsurped within this Realme or any Dominion or Countrey beyng within or vnder the power dominion or obeysaunce of your highnes or shall aduisedly malitiously and directly put in vre or execute any thing for the extolling aduauncement setting foorth mayntenance or defence of any such pretended or vsurped iurisdiction power preheminence or aucthoritie or any part thereof that then euery such person persons so doyng and offendyng theyr abbettours aydours procurers counsaylours beyng thereof lawfully conuicted and attaynted according to the true order and course of the common lawes of this Realme for his or theyr first offence shall forfayte and lose vnto your highnesse your heyres successours all his and theyr goodes and cattels aswell reall as personal And yf any such person so conuicted or attaynted shall not haue or be worth of his proper goodes and cattels to the value of xx.li at the time of suche his conuiction or attainder that then euery such person so conuicted and attaynted ouer and besides the forfayture of all his saide goodes and cattels shall haue and suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole yere without baile or maineprise And that also all and euerye the benefices prebendes and other ecclesiasticall promotions and dignities whatsoeuer of euery spirituall person so offendyng and beyng attaynted shall immediatly after such attayndour be vtterly voyde to all intentes and purposes as though the incumbent therof were dead and that the patrone and donor of euery suche benefice prebende spirituall promotion and dignitie shall and maye lawfully present vnto the same or geue the same in suche maner and fourme as if the said incumbent were dead And if any suche offendour or offendours after such conuiction or attaynder do eftsones commit or do the sayde offences or any of them in maner and fourme aforesaid and be thereof duely conuicted and attaynted as is aforesayde that then euery suche offendour and offendours shal for the same seconde offence incurre into the daungers penalties and forfeytures ordeyned and prouided by the statute of prouision and premunire made in the .xvi. yereof the raigne of king Richard the second And yf any such offendour proffendours at any time after the sayd seconde conuiction and attayndour do the thirde time commit and do the sayde offences or anye of them in maner and fourme aforesayde and be thereof duely conuicted and attaynted as is aforesayde that then euerye suche offence or offences shal be deemed and adiudged high treason and that the offendour and offendours therein beyng thereof lawefullye conuicted and attaynted accordyng to the lawes of this Realme shall suffer paynes of death and other penalties forfeytures and losses as in cases of high treason by the lawes of this Realme And also that it maye lykewyse please your highnesse that it maye be enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no maner of person or persons shal be molested or impreached for anye the offences aforesayde committed or perpetrated onlye by preachyng teachyng or wordes vnlesse he or they be thereof lawfullye indicted within the space of one whole yere next after his or theyr offences so committed And in case any person or persons shall fortune to be imprysoned for anye of the sayde offences committed by preachyng teachyng or wordes onelye and be not thereof indicted within the space of one halfe yere next after his or theyr suche offence so committed and done that then the sayde personne so imprisoned shal be sette at libertie and be no longer deteyned in pryson for any suche cause or offence Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this acte or anye thing therein conteyned shall not in anye wyse extende to repeale any clause matter or sentence conteyned or specified in the said acte of Repeale made in the sayd fyrste and seconde yeres of the raignes of the sayde late kyng Philippe and Queene Marie as doth in any wyse touche or concerne any matter or cause of premunire or that doth make or ordeyne any matter or cause to be within the case of premunire but that the same for so much only as toucheth or concerneth any case or matter of premunire shal stande and remayne in such force and effecte as the same was before the makyng of this acte any thing in this acte conteyned to the contrarye in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this acte or anye thing therein conteyned shall not in anye wyse extende or be preiudiciall to anye person or personnes for anye offence or offences committed or done or hereafter to be committed or done contrarye to the tenour and effecte of anye acte or statute now reuiued by this acte before the end of .xxx. dayes next after th end of the session of this present Parliament any thing in this act conteyned or any other matter or cause to the contrary notwithstandyng And yf it happen that any yeere of this Realme shall fortune to be indicted of and for any offence that is reuiued or made premunire or treason by this acte that then he so beyng indicted shal haue his triall by his peeres in suche like maner and fourme as in other cases of treason hath ben vsed Prouided alwayes and be it enacted as is aforesayde that no maner of order acte or determination for any matter of religion or cause Ecclesiasticall had or made by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament shal be accepted deemed interpretate or adiudged at anye tyme hereafter to be any errour heresye schisme or schismaticall opinion any order decree sentence constitution or lawe whatsoeuer the same be to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that such person or persons to whom your hyghnesse your heyres or successours shall hereafter by letters patentes vnder the great seale of Englande geue aucthoritie