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A23017	Anno quinto reginæ Elizabethe. At the parliament holden at Wesmynster the .xii. of Ianuary, in the fyfth yere of the raigne of our soueraigne lady, Elizabeth by the grace of god, of England, Fraunce, and Irelande, quene, defendour of the the fayth. [et]c. To the hygh pleasure of almyghtye God, and the weale publique of this realme, were enacted as foloweth; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.	1564 (1564)	STC 9464.5; ESTC S113166	167,827	188

subiectes bodyes corporate Cities Boroughes Shires Rydynges Hundredes Lathes Rapes Wapentakes Townes Vyllages and Tythynges or any of them And also the Quenes hyghnes is contented that it be enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that her said free pardon shal be as good effectuall in the lawe to euery of her said subiectes bodies corporate and other before rehearsed in against all thynges which be not hereafter in this present Acte excepted and forprysed as the same pardon shoulde haue ben yf all offences contemptes forfaitures causes matters suites quereles iudgementes executions penalties and all other thynges not hereafter in this Act excepted and forprysed had ben perticulerly singulerly specially and plainely named rehearsed and specified and also pardoned by proper and expresse wordes and names in their kyndes natures and qualities by wordes and termes thervnto requisite to haue ben put in and expressed in this present Acte of free pardon And that her sayde Subiectes nor any of them nor the heyres executours or administratours of any of them nor of the sayde bodyes corporate and others before named nor any of them be nor shal be sued vexed or inquieted in theyr bodyes goodes landes or cattelles for any maner of matter cause contempte misdemeanour forfaiture trespas offence or anye other thyng suffred done or committed before the sayde fyrste daye of Ianuarye agaynste her hyghnes her Crowne dignitie prerogatiue lawe or statutes But onely for suche matters causes and offences as be playnely rehearsed in the exceptions in this present Act hereafter mentioned and for none other Any Statute or Statutes lawes customes vsages or president heretofore hadde made or vsed to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Also the Quenes hyghnes of her bounteous liberalitie by aucthoritie of this present Parliament graunteth and freely geueth to euery of her said Subiectes and to euery of the sayde bodyes corporate and other before rehearsed and euery of them all goodes cattelles debtes fines issues profites amerciamentes forfaitures and summes of money by anye of them forfaited whiche to her hyghnes do or shoulde belonge or appertayne by reason of any offence contempt trespas entree misdemeanour matter cause or quarrell suffred done or committed by them or any of them before the sayde fyrste day of Ianuary which be not hereafter playnely forprysed and excepted in this present Act. And that all and euery the Quenes said Subiectes and all and singuler bodyes corporate and other before rehearsed may by hym or them selfe or by his or theyr deputie or deputies or by his or theyr attourney or attourneys according to the lawes of this Realme pleade and minister this present Acte of free pardon for his or theyr discharge of and for euery thyng that is by vertue of this present Acte pardoned discharged geuen or graunted without any fee or other thyng in any wyse paying to any person or persons for writing or entree of the iudgement or other cause concernyng suche plee wrytyng or entree but onely .xvi. pence to be payde to the officer or Clarke that shall entre the plee matter or iudgement for the parties discharge in that behalfe Any Statute vsage or custome to the contrary notwithstandyng AND furthermore the Quenes hyghnesse is contented and pleased that it be enacted by thaucthoritie of this present Parliament that her sayde free pardon by the generall wordes before rehearsed shal be reputed demed adiudged allowed and taken in all maner of Courtes of her hyghnes els where aswell in the wordes and clauses of the exceptions and forprises specified in this present Acte as in all and singuler other clauses wordes and sentences mentioned and rehearsed in the sayde free pardon most beneficially and auayleably to all and singuler her sayde subiectes bodyes corporate and others before rehearsed and to euery of them and moste strongly in barre and discharge agaynst her hyghnes her heyres successours and executours in euery thyng without any ambiguitie question or other delaye whatsoeuer it shal be to be made pleaded obiected or alleaged by the Quene our soueraigne Ladye her heyres successours or executours or by her or any of theyr generall attourney or attourneys or by any person or persons for her hyghnes or any of her heyres successours or executours And further it is enacted by the Quene our soueraigne Lady by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that if any officer or Clarke of any of her hyghnes Courtes cōmonly called the kynges Bench Chaūcery cōmon place or of her Exchequer or any other officer or Clarke of any other of her Courtes within this Realme at any tyme after the .xxvi. day of this present moneth of Apryll make out or write out any maner of writtes or other proces or any extreates sommons or other preceptes whereby any of the sayde Subiectes or any of the sayde bodyes corporate or other before rehearsed or any of them shal be in any wyse arrested attached distreigned sommoned or otherwyse vexed inquieted or grieued in his or theyr bodyes landes tenementes goodes or cattelles or in any of them for or because of any maner thyng pardoned or discharged by vertue of this Acte of free pardon or yf any Sheriffe or Excheatour or any of theyr deputie or deputies or any Bayliffe or other officer by colour of his or theyr office or otherwayes after the sayde .xxvi. day of Apryll do leuye receaue or take any thyng pardoned or discharged by this Acte That then euery such person so offendyng and therof lawfully condempned shall yelde and pay for recompence thereof to the partie so grieued or offended treble damages besydes all costes of the suite and neuerthelesse all and singuler suche writtes proces extreates and preceptes so to be made for or vpon any maner thing pardoned or discharged by this present Acte of free pardon shal be vtterly voyde of none effect Except and alwayes forprised out of this generall and free Pardon all and all maner of hygh Treasons committed or done by any person or persons by any ouert dede or acte agaynste the Quenes moste royall person and all conspiracies and confederacies trayterously had committed or done by any person or persons agaynst the Quenes person And also excepted all and all maner of Treasons committed or done by any person or persons in the parties beyonde the Sea or in any other place out of the Quenes dominions And all suites punyshementes executions paynes of death forfaitures penalties for or by reason or occasion of any of the treasons and offences before excepted And also except and forprised out of this free pardon all and all maner of forgyng and counterfaityng of whatsoeuer money or coyne curraunt in this Realme and all and all maner of offences impeticions punyshementes forfaitures paynes of death iudgementes and executions for the same And also excepted and forprysed out of this generall and free pardon all and euery pyracy and robbery done vppon the Sea and all maner of voluntary murders and wylfull poysonynges and all and

person or persons as had hath or hereafter shall haue any office or ministery in any Ecclesiasticall Court of this Realme vnder any Archbishoppe or Bishoppe in any the tymes or reignes aforesayde or such person or persons as shall wylfully refuse to obserue the orders rites for diuine seruice that be aucthorised to be vsed obserued in the Church of England after that he or they shal be publikely by the Ordinary or some of his officers for ecclesiasticall causes admonished to kepe and obserue the same or such as shall openly aduisedly depraue by wordes writinges or any other open facte any of the Rites Ceremonies at any tyme vsed aucthorised to be vsed in the Church of Englande or that shal say or heare the priuate Masse prohibited by the lawes of this Realme and that all such persons shal be compellable to take the othe vpon the seconde tender or offer of the same and incurre the penalties for not takyng of the sayde othe and none other AND forasmuch as it is doubtfull whether by the lawes of this Realme there be any punishment for suche as kyll or slea any person or persons attainted in or vpon a premunire Be it therefore enacted by aucthoritie aforesaid that it shall not be lawfull to any person or persons to slea or kyll any person or persons in any maner attaynted or hereafter to be attaynted of in or vpon any premunire by pretence reason or aucthoritie of any iudgement geuen or hereafter to be geuen in or vpon the same or by pretence reason or force of any worde or wordes thing or thinges conteyned or specified in any statute or lawe of prouision premunire or in any of them Any law or statute or opinion or exposition of any lawe or Statute to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Sauyng alwayes the due execution of all and euery person and persons attaynted or to be attaynted for any offence wherevpon iudgement of death nowe is or ought to be or hereafter may lawfully be geuen by reason of this Statute or otherwyse And sauyng alwayes all and euery such payne of death or other hurte or punishment as heretofore might without daunger of law be done vppon any person or persons that shall sende or bryng into this Realme or any other the Quenes dominions or within the same shall execute any summons sentence excommunication or other proces agaynst any person or persons from the Byshop of Rome for the tyme beyng or by and from the See of Rome or thaucthoritie or iurisdiction of the same See Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no person or persons shall hereafter be endyted for assisting aydyng mainteynyng comfortyng or abettyng of any person or persons for any the said offences in extollyng settyng forth or defending of the vsurped power and aucthoritie of the Bishop of Rome vnlesse he or they be therof lawfully accused by suche good and sufficient testimony or profe as by the Iurye by whom he shall so be endyted shal be thought good lawfull and sufficient to proue hym or them gylty of the sayde offences ¶ An Act for the maintenaunce and encrease of Tyllage The .ii. Chapter FOrasmuch as the Statute made in the fourth yere of the raigne of the late prince of worthy memorye Kyng Henry the seuenth for the kepyng vp of houses of husbandry and one other Statute made in the .vii. yere of the raigne of the late Kyng of moste famous memory Kyng Henry the eyght entituled an Acte to auoyde lettyng downe of Townes and also one other Acte made in the .xxvii. yere of the reigne of the same late kyng Henry the eyght entituled an Acte concerning the decay of houses and inclosures are very good and profytable lawes for the common wealth of this Realme It is therefore ordeyned and establyshed by the Quene our Soueraigne Ladye with the assent of the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the sayde Actes and euery of them and euery braunche and article in the same and euery of them conteyned shall from henceforth be put in due execution and remayne and continue in force for euermore And also where by an Acte made in the .xxvii. yere of the reigne of our sayde late Soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henry the eyght whereby diuers sundrye religious houses of Monkes Channons and Nunnes whiche myght not dispende in landes tenements and hereditamentes aboue the clere yerely value of two hundreth poundes were geuen to the sayde late Kynge Henry the eyght his heyres and successours for euer It is among other thynges enacted and ordeyned that all and singuler persons and bodyes polytyke and corporate to whom the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght his heyres or successours after the makynge of the same Acte shoulde geue graunt lette or demyse any Scite or precincte with the houses thervppon buylded together with the demeanes of any Monasteries Priories or other religious houses that shoulde be dissolued or geuen to the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght by that Acte and the heyres successours or assignes of euery suche person bodye polytyke and corporate shoulde kepe or cause to be kepte an honest contynuall house and householde in the same Scite or precincte and shoulde occupye or cause to be occupyed yerelye as much of the demeanes in ploughyng and tyllyng of husbandrye that is to saye as muche of the sayde demeanes whiche then were commonlye vsed to be kepte in tyllage by the Gouernours Abbottes or Pryours of the same houses Monasteries or Priories or by theyr fermour or fermours occupying the same within the tyme of twentie yeres nexte before that Acte vppon payne to forfayte to the kynges hyghnesse for euery moneth so offendynge .vi. li. xiii s. iiii d. to be recouered to his vse in anye of his Courtes of Recorde And ouer that by the same Statute it is enacted that all Iustices of peace in euery Shyre where any suche offence should be committed and done contrary to the true meanyng intent of that Acte or statute shoulde in euery quarter and generall Sessyons within the limittes of their Cōmission enquire of the premisses and shoulde haue full power and aucthoritie to heare and determine the same and to taxe and assesse no lesse fine for euery the sayde offences then is before limitted for the sayde offence and estreates therof to be made and certified into the Kynges Exchequer accordynge and at suche tyme and fourme as other estreates of fynes issues and amerciamentes bee made by the same Iustyces as by the same Acte more at large doth appeare Whiche parte of the sayde Acte concernyng kepynge of house and householde in the sayde Scites and precinctes and occupying of such demeanes of the same in tyllage as is aforesayde then was and yet is thought very beneficiall to the common wealth and moste nedefull to be put in due execution BE IT therefore enacted by the aucthoritie