famous memory kyng Henry the vii it was ordeined and amōgest other thinges enacted established that no man of what condition or degree so euer he be shuld take or cause to be takē the egges of any faucō goshauk or laner out of the nest vpon peyn of imprisonment by one yere further to fyne at the kynges wyl Not withstanding which estatute diuers ydel yll disposed persōs lytel or nothing regarding or fearing the pein in the same estatute cōteyned haue not desisted to take egges of faucōs goshaukes laners out of the nestes to y e vtter distructiō of thencrease of the same faucōs goshaukes laners if due reformatiō in that behalfe be not prouided In cōsideration wherof it is ordeined enacted by the kynge our souerayn lord the lordes spiritual tēporal the cōmons in this present parliament assembled by thauctoritie of the same y t yf any person or persons of what estate degree or conditiō so euer he or they be after the feast of the natiuitie of our Lady next cōming vnlaufully or wrongfully take or cause to be taken any egge or egges of any faucō goshauke or laner or the birdes of any Faucon Goshauke Laner or Laneret out of or frome any neste or nestes of any faucon goshauke or laner within any of the honors castels maners landes ten̄tes woddes or other groūdes what so euer they be of the kynges highnes for the time being wherof his said highnes is seised in demain possessiō or reuersiō or wherof he taketh the rētes issues reuenues or profitis that than the same offence and offences euery of them shall be adiudged and taken to be felony and the offender and offenders therin being therof laufully conuicted attainted by accordyng to the lawes of this realme shal be demed adiudged felons shal haue suffre such peynes of death and also lose and forfayte their goodes and cattalles landes and tenementes as in case of felony by the course of the cōmon lawes of this realme ¶ Prouided always that this acte or any thing therin before ordeyned enacted extende not nor be in any wise preiudicial or hurtful to any person or persons whiche after the sayd feast of the natiuitie of our lady shal take or cause to be taken any egge or egges of any faucon goshauke or laner or the byrdes of any faucon goshauke laner or lanerette out of or from any neste or nestes of any faucon goshauke or laner within any honours castelles manours landes tenementes woddes or other groundes wherof or wherin any person or persons bodies politike corporate other than the kynges highnes his heires and successours or any of them than shal haue any estate of inheritaunce any thyng before expressed or mencioned to the contrary therof not withstandynge ¶ AND be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayd that yf any person or persons after the sayd feast of the Natiuitie of our lady happen to fynd and take vp any faucon gerfaucon Ierkin sacre or sacret goshauke laner or laneret beynge the kynges hauke or haukes hauyng vpon hym or them the marke of the kynges armes and veruels that then if the same personne or persones whiche shall fynde and take vppe any suche faucon gerfaucō ierkyn sacre or sacret goshauk laner or laneret within .xii. days next after the takynge vp of any suche hauke do not brynge or cause to be brought the same hauke so by hym taken to the maister of the kinges haukes or to some of his gracis fauconers or within the tyme next abouesaid do not gyue knowlege of the takyng vp of any such hauke to the said maister of the kynges haukes for the tyme beyng or to the shireffe of the shire for the tyme beyng where any suche hauke shall be taken vp or to oone of the kynges fauconers for the tyme beynge nere abydyng in or to any such partes where any such hauke shal be founden and taken vp as is aforsaid that than euery suche fyndynge and takynge vp of any suche hauke not bryngyng nor gyuyng knowlege therof as is afore sayd shal be adiuged taken to be felony and the offender and offenders therin being therof laufully cōuicted and atteynted by accordynge to the lawes of this realme shall haue and suffre suche peynes of deth and also lose and forfayte his their goodes and catalles landes and tenementes as in case of felonye by the course of the common lawes of this realme ¶ Prouyded alwayes that this acte nor any thynge therin cōteyned be or shal be in any wyse preiudiciall or hurtfull to any person or persones that hereafter shall fynde and take vp any of the sayd haukes of the kynge our souerayne lord his heires or successours by chance negligently or casually agaynst his or their wyll lose the same hauke or haukes or if the same hauke dye ayenste his or theyr wyl before they can or may delyuer the same hauke as is aforesayd ¶ And where also iustyce and equitie requyreth that euerye inheritour possessour or manours landes or tenementes within this realme of Englande shuld accordyng to their estates or possessions peasibly and quietely haue take and enioy the profites reuenues and cōmodities of the same as well in thynges of hygh pleasure as in thynges commonly valuable with out iniurie rapine or other extorte wrong to be committed and done to any of them within or vpon the same in especial of in thinges of plesure as in hunting within forest parke or chace of the kynges the quenes the princis or of any other of the kynges laufull chylderne for the tyme beyng ordeyned and prouided for or concernyng his hyghnes or their pleasure Be it therfore ordeyned and enacted by thauctoritie of this present parliamēt that yf any person or persons of what estate degree or condicion so euer he or they be after the sayd feast of the Natiuitie of our lady next commynge at any tyme of the day that is to say betwene the tyme of the arysing of the sonne and goynge downe of the same with his face hydde or couered with hode or vysar or with his face peynted or hymselfe otherwyse disguised to th entēt that he wold not be knowen wrongfully enter into any forest park or chace of the kynges highnes the quenes the princis or of any other of the kynges said chyldern for tyme beyng or into any other grounde of his or theirs inclosed with walle or pale ordeyned and vsed for keping and norishing of dere to th entent to steale any of the same dere and by any meane of huntynge or otherwyse as is aforesaid by stealthe flee or take any of the same dere or dryue or chace any of them out of the same forest chace parke or other ground inclosed as is aforesaid ordeyned and vsed for kepyng nourishing of dere as is aforsaid to th entent to steale the same dere Or yf any person after the sayd feast last
successours or assignes of them or any of them at any tyme hereafter shall not be charged nor chargeable to or with any other seruices suites customes rentes or other charges nor be cōpelled to doo or paye the same in any other place or places nor anye of the seuerall tenures chaunged alterated or charged otherwyse than they were or ought to doo or be before the makynge of this acte any thynge therin conteyned to the contrary notwithstandynge Sauynge alway and reseruyng to al and singular free tenātes and customary tenantes of any lādes tenementes and hereditamentes lieng or being within the procinctes lymites and bondes of the sayd Chace callyd Hampton court chace specified declared by the sayd indenture and to the heyres successours assignes of euery of them all and singular liberties profytes commodities and aduantages to them appertaynynge accordyng to the true intent and pleasure of our sayde soueraygne lord the kynge signified and declared by the same indenture any thinge in this acte aboue written not withstandynge ¶ Prouyded alwaye that this acte or any thinge therin conteyned shall not be preiudiciall or hurtfull to any person or persons theyr heyres executours successours or assignes for any leases demises grauntes or couenaūtes heretofore had made or graunted to them or any of theym of the sayde manours and other the premisses or any part or parcell therof by any person or persons beynge owners of the sayd manours landes and tenementes and other the premisses or any part or parcell therof or by any of their auncestours or predecessours or by any person or persons lawfully auctorised by them or any of them for any demise lease or graunt therof made ¶ Sauynge alwaye to al and euery person and persons their heyres successours executours and assignes other then suche persons as were parties or priuy to the bargaynes sales gyftes or grauntes of the sayd manours and other the premisses or any parte therof and theyr wyues theyr heyres and successours and the wyues heyres and successours of euery of them al suche right title vse interest possessyon lease leases ferme fermes for terme of lyfe lyfes yeres or otherwise all grauntes liberties rentes charges profyttes couenaūtes and all other commoditie and commodities which they or any of them haue might or ought to haue or here after shall or shoulde haue in of or to the premisses or any part or parcell of them in suche maner and fourme as thoughe this acte or any thinge therein conteyned to the contrary therof had neuer bene had nor made any thynge in this present acte to the contrary therof not withstandynge ¶ AND for as moch as the sayde maners of Byflete and Weybridge before the makyng of this acte were parcell of the Duchie of Cornewall and now separated and taken from the same by reason of this acte Be it therfore enacted by auctoritie afore sayde that the manour of Shippon with thappurtenaunces in the countie of Berk. whiche latelye belonged to the late monasterye of Abendon in the same countie of Berk. nowe dissolued shall frome henseforth be vnited annexed to the sayde Duchie of Cornewall and shal be accepted and taken for and as part and parcel of the same Duchie of Cornewall in such lyke maner and fourme to all intentes and purposes as the sayde manours of Byflete and Weybridge were before the makynge of this acte and that the same manour of Shippon and the yssues reuenues and profyttes therof shall from hensforth be surueyed receyued and answered by and before suche persons officers and ministers and in suche lyke maner and fourme as other the manours landes tenementes and hereditamentes parcell of the sayde Duchie of Cornewall be and shal be surueyed receyued and answered ¶ Prouyded alway that this acte or any thynge therin conteyned shal not be preiudiciall or hurtfull to any person or persons their heyres executours successours or assignes or any demyses leases offices grauntes or couenaūtes heretofore had made or graunted to them or any of them of the sayd manour of Shippon or any part or parcell therof by our soueraigne lord the kynge or by any other person or persones beynge owner or owners of the same manour of Shippon this act or any thinge therein conteyned to the contrary therof not withstandinge ¶ An act that such as were religious persons maye purchace sue and be sued in all maner of actions Cap. vi BE it enacted by auctoritie of this present parliament that al and singular such religious persons aswel men as women professed of what order rule or habyt so euer they were whiche be or hereafter shal be put at their liberties from the danger seruitude and condicion of their religion and profession whervnto they were professed by reason of suppression dissoluinge forfeyture by atteyndre rendring or otherwyse gyuinge vp to the handes of the kynges maiestie or any other the same monasteries abbeys priories or other religious houses or places wherin the same religious persons were professed shall by auctoritie of this present parliament frome after the first daye of the same parliament and frome and after the tyme y t they were or shal be put at such libertie haue free libertie to purchase to thē and their heyres in fee simple fee tayle for terme of lyfe for yeres or at will manours landes tenementes rentes annuities and other hereditamentes thinges whatsoeuer they be in lyke maner and fourme as thoughe they or any of them had neuer bene professed nor entered into any suche religion And furthermore that they the same religious persons and euery of theym shal be made able by auctoritie of this present act to sue and to be sued in al maner of actions playntes and suytes what so euer they be of and for any matier or cause growen sythens and after the tyme of their seuerall deraigmentes or departinge out of their religion in all courtes and places within this realme as other the kynges subiectes be And furthermore that they euery of them shall and maye from hensforth vse and exercise receyue take haue and enioye all and euery lawfull thinge and thinges to be growen fal or happened to them or any of them after the sayd deraigment or departing out of their religion in as large and ample maner forme and condicion as yf they had neuer bene professed nor entered into religion the same profession or religion or any lawe custome or vse within this realme to the contrary therof in any wyse not withstandinge ¶ Prouyded alwayes be it further enacted by auctoritie afore sayd that none of the same religious persons shall or maye at any tyme hereafter be taken demed or iudged for or as heyre or heyres or inheritable to any person or persons to any purpose respect construction or intēt in the law nor y t they nor any of them by vertu of this acte be receyued admitted or demed able in the lawe to demande challenge receyue or take any manours landes tenementes or hereditamentes
or any other thinge or thinges by reason of or for any former title right interest matier or cause had made done or growen to any respect or purpose before their sayd seuerall deraigmentes or departinges out of their religion Nor that any of the sayd religious persons beynge priestes or such as haue auowed religion at .xxi. yeres or aboue and therto then consented continuinge in the same anye whyle after not duely prouinge by wytnes or other lawfull meanes some vnlawfull cohercion or compulsion done to them or any of them for makynge of any suche vowe or constrayning them to remayne in their religion be enabled by vertu of any wordes clause or sentence before in this act expressed to marye or take anye wyfe or wyues but that they and euery of them be clerely excluded and put from the same to all intentes and purposes any thinge before in this acte conteyned to the contrary hereof in any wyse not withstanding ¶ An act concerninge the continuance of the statute for punishment of beggers and vacabundes and of certayne other statutes Capit. vii WHERE in the parliament begunne and holden at London the thirde daye of Nouembre in the XXI yere of the reigne of our most drad soueraygne lorde kynge HENRY the eyght from thense adiorned to Westm̄ and there holden and continued by dyuers prorogations vntyll the dissolution therof an act was made establysshed declaryng and concerning as well how aged pore and impotent persons compelled to lyue by almes shulde be ordered and vsed as also how vacaboundes and myghty stronge beggers shulde be whipped and punysshed and at the sayde parliament one other act was made and establysshed for the restreynt of carieng and conueyeng of horses and mares out of this realme and also at the sayd parliament one other act was made and establyshed for punyshment of Welshmen attempting assautes or affrayes vpon any the inhabitauntes of Hereford Gloucestre or Shropshire And also at the sayd parliamēt one other act was made and establyshed for punyshment of the vice of Buggery declaring suche offence to be felonye which sayd foure seuerall actes were also made to endure to the last daye of the next parliament as by the same foure seuerall actes more playnely appeareth And where also in the sayde parliament one other act was made ordeyned amonge other thinges for restrayning the cariage of brasse laten and coper out of this realme And also one other act was there made in the sayd parliament for the true makynge of cabels halsers and roopes And also one other act for the true wyndynge of wolles And one other act to restreyne kyllyng of weynlynges bullockes steres or heffers beynge vnder y e age of two yeres which sayd foure seuerall actes last before remēbred were than made to endure and continue vnto the next parliamēt as by the same foure seuerall actes more playnely appeareth And where also in the sayde parliament one other acte was made and establyshed for the atteyntes to be sued for punyshement of periury vpon vntrue verdytes And also one other acte was there made in the sayde parliament concernynge peauterers And also one other acte was there made in the sayde parliamēt concerning sowinge of flaxe and hempe all which sayde thre seuerall actes laste before rehersed were then made and ordeyned to continue and endure to the laste daye of the next parliament as by the same thre seuerall actes more playnly at large is shewed and maye appeare And where also in the sayde parliament one other acte was made and establyshed for makynge of iayles in dyuers shyres of this realme whiche same acte was then made to continue endure for one yere next after th ende of the same parliament as by the same acte also more playnely appeareth And where also in the parliament begon and holden at Westm̄ the .viii. daye of Iune in the XXVIII yere of the raygne of our sayde most drad soueraigne lorde kynge HENRY the VIII and there continued and kept vntyll the dissolucion therof it was ordeyned and enacted that all and singular the sayde seueral actes aboue remembred and euery of them shulde continue and endure in their force and strengthe and also be obserued and kept vntyll the last daye of the next parliament as by the same acte amonges other thinges therin conteyned more playnly appeareth And for asmoche as all and singular the sayde seueral actes aboue mencioned be good and beneficiall for the common welthe of this realme Be it therfore enacted and ordeyned by the auctoritie of this present parliament that all and singular the sayde seuerall actes and euery of them and all clauses articles and prouisions in them and euery of theym conteyned shall continue and endure in their force and strengthe and be obserued and kept vntyll the last daye of the next parliament ¶ An acte that proclamations made by the kynges hyghenes with thaduise of his honorable councell shal be obeyed and kept as thoughe they were made by act of parliament Capitulo .viii. FOr as moche as the kynges mooste royall maiestie for dyuers consyderations by thaduise of his counsell hathe heretofore set forth dyuers and sondrye his graces Proclamations as well for and concernynge dyuerse and sondrye articles of Christes religion as for an vnitie and concorde to be had amongeste the louynge and obedient subiectes of this his realme and other his dominions and also concerning th aduancement of his common welthe and good quiet of his people whiche neuer the lesse dyuers and many frowarde wylfull and obstinate persones haue wylfully contempned and broken not consyderinge what a kynge by his royall power may do and for lacke of a direct statute and lawe to cohart offenders to obey the sayd proclamations which beynge styll suffred shulde not only encorage offendours to the disobedience of the preceptes and lawes of almyghty God but also sund to moche to the great dishonour of the kynges most royall maiestie who maye full yll beare it and also gyue to great hart and boldnes to all malefactours offendours Consydering also that sodeyn causes and occasions fortune many tymes which do require spedy remedyes and that by abydinge for a parliament in the meane tyme mighte happen great preiudice to ensue to the realme and weyng also that his maiestie which by the kyngely and regall power gyuen him by God maye do many thinges in suche cases shulde not be dryuen to extende the libertie supremitie of his regall power and dignitie by wilfulnes of frowarde subiectes it is therfore thought in maner more then necessary that the kynges hyghnes of this realme for the tyme beynge with thaduise of his honorable councell shuld make and setforth proclamations for the good and politike order and gouernaunce of this his realme of England Wales and other his dominions frome tyme to tyme for the defence of his regall dignitie and thaduauncement of his common welth and good quyet of his people as the cases of necessitie shall requyre And that
or lorde Stewarde the fyfte and the kynges Chamberlayn the syxt ¶ AND it is also enacted by auctoritie aforesayde that the kynges chiefe Secretorie beinge of the degree of a baron of the parlyamente shall sytte and be placed afore and aboue all barons not hauynge any of the offyces afore mencioned And if he be a byshop that than he shall sytte and be placed aboue all other bysshoppes not hauynge any of the offyces aboue remembred ¶ AND it is also ordeyned and enacted by auctoritie aforesayde that all dukes not afore mencioned marquesses erles vycountes and barones not hauyng any of the offyces aforesayd shal sytte and be placed after their auncienties as it hath ben accustomed ¶ And it is further enacted that yf any persone or persons which at any tyme hereafter shall happen to haue any of the sayd offyces of lorde Chauncellour lorde Treasourer lorde Presydente of the kynges councelle lorde Priuye seale or chiefe Secretorie shal be vnder the degree of a baron of the parliament by reason wherof they can haue no interest to gyue any assente or dissent in the sayd howse that then in euery suche case suche of them as shall happen to be vnder the sayd degree of a baron shall sytte and be placed at the vppermoste parte of the sackes in the myddes of the said parliament chaumber eyther there to sytte vppon one fourme or vpon the vppermoste sacke the one of them aboue the other in order as is aboue rehersed ¶ Be it also enacted by auctoritie aforesayde that in all trialles of tresons by peeres of the realme if any of the peres that shall be callyd hereafter to be triours of suche tresons shall happen to haue any of the offices aforsaid that than they hauyng suche offices shall sytte and be placed accordyng to theyr offyces aboue all the other peeres that shal be called to suche trials in maner and fourme as is aboue mencioned and rehersed ¶ And it is also enacted by auctoritie aforesayd that as welle in all parliamentes as in the Sterre chaumber and in all other assembles and conferences of counsayle the lorde Chauncellour the lorde Treasourer the lord President the lord Priuie seale the great Chamberlayn the Constable the Marciall the lorde Admirall the Graunde maister or lorde Stewarde the kynges Chamberlayne and the kinges chiefe Secretory shall sytte and be placed in suche order and facion as is aboue rehersed and not in any other place by auctoritie of this present act ¶ An acte auctorysyng the kynges highnesse newly to allotte certayne towneshyppes in Wales Capitulo xi VVhere in the parliament begonne and holden at London the third day of Nouember in the .xxi. yere of the reigne of our most drad souerayne lorde kyng HENRY the .viii. and from thens adiourned to WestmÌ„ and there holden and continued by dyuers prorogations vnto the .iiii. daye of Februarye in the .xxvii. yere of the reigne of our sayd souerayne lorde and than and there holdeÌ„ and continued vnto the dissolution therof one act and ordinance was made in the session of the said ê‘liament holden the sayd .iiii. day of February wherby amonges diuers other thinges diuers shires and counties were newly made named within the dominion principalitie of Wales diuers townes parishes lordships coÌ„motes caÌ„tredes within the said dominion principalite were allotted apointed limitted to the said seuerall shires counties as by the same act more plainly and particularly among other thinges appereth And forasmoch as by credible information it was comen into the kinges knowlege after the makyng of the said act that som lordships townes parishes coÌ„motes hundredes cantredes were not in differently allotted limitted to the shires named in the sayd act for the commoditie of the kynges subiectes inhabited therin It was therfore ordeined and enacted by auctorite of the parliament holden at WestmÌ„ the .viii. day of Iune in the xxviii yere of the kynges reigne that the kynges highnes during the tyme of .iii. yeres next after the ende of the same parliament shulde haue power auctoritie by writing vnder his great seale to allot appointe assigne and limite to euery of the shires named in the sayde acte suche and so many lordshyps townes parisshes hamlettes hundredes commotes and cantredes as his maiestie by his moste high wysedome shulde thynke conuenient and agreable for the ease and commoditie of his louyng subiectes the inhabitauntes of his said dominion principalitie And shuld likewise haue power and auctoritie to name and assigne the shire townes in euery of the sayd shires named in the sayd acte And that euery suche limitation appointment nomination and assignement to be made by the kinges highnes in that behalfe by auctoritie of the sayd acte shulde be as good and effectuall to all intentes purposes as though it had ben done and made plainly ê‘ticularly by auctoritie of parliament any thing conteined in the said act in the session of the said parliament holden the .iiii. day of Februarye in the xxvii yere or any thing or thinges to the contrary therof not withstanding ¶ And forasmoch as the tyme of .iii. yeres limited to the kingis maiestie by the sayd act made in the .xxviii. yere of his gracis reigne is nigh expired y t his highnes hath had such gret affaires vrgeÌ„t causes to do concernyng the state and welth of this realme that by occasion therof his maiestie hath had no coÌ„uenient tyme nor leysure to accoÌ„plyshe execute the power auctoritie committed to his highnes by the sayd acte made in the sayde .xxviiii. yere of his reigne Be it therfore enacted by auctorite of this pÌ„sent ê‘liameÌ„t that his maiestie during the space of other .iii. yeres next after y e fyrst daye of this present parliameÌ„t shal haue like power and auctoritie to do vse execute and accomplishe all and euery thing and thynges limitted apoynted to his maiestie to be done vsed and accoÌ„plished by the same act made in the said .xxviii. yere of his gracis reigne in as large and ample maner in euery condicion as his maiestie mought haue done vsed and accoÌ„plished within the said time of thre yeres limitted by y e same acte as is aforesaid And that euery such limitation appoyntment nominatioÌ„ assignemeÌ„t to be made by the kinges highnes in that behalfe by auctoritie of this present act during the space of the said other .iii. yeres next after y e fyrst day of this pÌ„sent parliameÌ„t shal be as good effectuall to all intentes purposes as though it had ben done made playnly and particularly by auctoritie of ê‘lyamente ¶ An acte concerning wrongfull takyng of haukes egges birdes out of the nest finding taking vp of the kinges haukes huntyng in the kinges forest parke or chace or other ground inclosed and killyng of conies within any laufull warren of the kynges Cap. xii VVhere in the parlyment holden at WestmÌ„ the .xi. yere of the reigne of the noble prince of
the sayde personages appropriate tithes pencions and portions as the sayde monasteries abbathies priories nonries colleges hospitalles houses of friers and other religiouse and ecclesiasticall houses and places sites circuites procinctes manours meses landes tenementes and other hereditamentes what so euer they be and euery of them accordynge to theyr estates and titles dyscharged and acquieted of payment of tythes as freely and in as large and ample maner as the sayde late abbottes priours abbesses prioresses and other ecclesiastical gouernours and gouernesses or any of them hadde helde occupied posseded vsed reteyned or enioyed the same or any parcell therof at the days of theyr dissolution suppressyon renuncynge relynquishynge forfaytynge gyuynge vppe or comminge to the kynges highnes of such monasteries abbathies priories nunries colleges hospitals houses of friers or other religious or ecclesiasticall houses or places or at the day of the dissolution suppressyon renuncyng relinquishynge gyuyng vp or commynge to the kynges hyghnesse of any of them this acte or any thyng therin conteyned to the contrary not withstandyng ¶ Sauynge to the kynges hyghnes his heyres and successours all and all maner of rentes seruices and other dueties what soo euer they be as yf this acte had neuer ben had nor made ¶ And be it further enacted by actoritie of this present parlyament that suche of the sayd late monasteries abbathies priories nunries colledges hospytals houses of fryers and other religious and ecclesiasticall howses and places and all churches and chapels to theym or any of theym belongynge which before the dissolution suppression renouncyng relinquishing forfayting gyuyng vp or cōmyng vnto the kinges highnes were exempted from the visitation or visitatiōs and all other iurisdiction of the ordinary or ordinaries within whose diocesse they were sytuate or sette shall frome hensforth be within the iurisdiction and visitation of the ordinarie or ordinaries within whose diocesse they or any of them be situate and sette or within the iurisdiction and visytation of suche persone or persones as by the kynges highnes shall be limited or appoynted This acte or any other exemption libertie or iurisdiction to the contrary not withstandynge ¶ And where before this tyme it hath pleased the kynges maiestie atte the contemplation and humble peticion of the ryghte noble Thomas duke of Norf. to gyue his royall assent and lycence by his gracis worde without any maner of lettres patentes or other writyng to purchase and receyue to hym to his heires for euer of Wylliam Flatbery late abbot of the monasterye of Sipton in the countie of Suff. and couente of the same late monasterie nowe beynge dissolued all the same monasterie togyther with all and syngular manours lordeshyppes landes tenementes woddes waters commons courtes letes aduousons patronages personages vycarages chauntries free chapelles tithes portions of tithes pencions annuities rentes suites seruices reuersyōs remaynders and all other thynges whiche were the hereditamentes or the possessions of the sayde late monasterye where so euer they laye or were within the realme of Englande And in lykewyse oure sayde soueraygne lorde gaue lyke lycence by his gracis worde vnto the ryghte honourable George lorde Cobham to pourchase and receyue to hym to his heires for euer of the late master and bretherne of the colledge or chauntrie of Cobham in the countie of Kent nowe beynge vtterlye dyssolued the site of the same colledge or chauntrie and all and syngular theyr hereditamentes and possessions as well temporall as ecclesiastical where so euer they lay or were within the realme of England Be it therfore enacted by thauctoritie of this present parlyament that the acte aboue wrytten or any thynge therein conteyned shall not be in anye wyse preiudiciall or hurtfull to the sayde Duke and lorde Cobham or to eyther of them or to the heyres or assignes of eyther of theym but that the same duke and lord Cobham and eyther of them sondryly and the heyres assygnes of eyther of them shall and may haue holde receyue and enioy the premisses by them sondrily purchased or receyued accordyng to the purportes and effectes of such euidēces writinges and cōueiances as they or any of them sondrily haue caused to be deuised and made to theym or to theyr vses for the same Sauynge alwaye and reseruynge to all and syngular persons and bodies polityke and to their heyres successours other than the sayde late abbotte and couent and theyr successours and the sayde late maister and bretherne and theyr successours and the founders of the same monasterie or of the sayde college or chauntrie and the heires of eyther of them and all donours graunters or augmenters of them or of eyther of them and the heires and assignes of either of them all suche rightes titles possessions rentes seruices fees offices annuities corrodies lyueries leases al other their such interesses profites cōmodities as they or any of them had shulde or ought to haue of to or in any of the premisses sondrily pourchased or receyued by the sayde duke or lorde Cobham it this presente acte had neuer ben had or made any thynge in the same acte to the contrary beinge in any wyse not withstandynge AN ACTE FOR ABOLISHYNGE OF DIVERSITIE OF OPINIONS IN CERTAYNE ARTICLES CONCERNINGE CHRISTEN RELYGION CAP. XIIII WHERE THE KYNGES MOST excellent maiestie is by gods law supreme heed immediatly vnder him of this hole churche and congregacion of England intendinge the conseruation of the same churche and congregacion in a true syncere and vniforme doctrine of Christes religion callyng also to his blessed and most gracious remembraunce aswel the great and quiet assurance prosperous increace and other innumerable commodities whiche haue euer ensued come and folowed of Concord agreement and vnitie in opinions as also the manyfolde peryls dangers and inconueniences which haue heretofore in many places and regions growen spronge and ar rysen of the diuersities of myndes and opinions especially of mattiers of Christen religion And therfore desyring that suche an vnitie myght and shoulde be charitably establysshed in all thinges touchynge and concernynge the same as the same so beynge establysshed myghte chiefly be to the honoure of almyghtye God the verye authoure and fountayne of all true vnitie and syncere concorde and consequentlye redounde to the common welth of this his hyghenes moste noble realme and of all his louinge subiectes and other resiauntes and inhabitauntes of or in the same hathe therfore caused and commaunded this his mooste hyghe courte of Parlyamente for sondrye and manye vrgente causes and consyderations to be at this tyme sommoned and alsoo a Synode and conuocation of all the archebysshoppes bysshoppes and other lerned men of the clergy of this his realme to be in lyke maner assembled And for as moche as in the sayde parliament Synode and conuocation there were certayne articles matiers and questions proponed setforthe touchinge Christen religion that is to saye ¶ First whether in the moste blessed Sacrament of thaltar remayneth after the consecration the substaunce of bread and
his or their feales vnto any one of the sayd commissioners to be appointed as is aforesayde within the lymittes of whose commission the heresies felonnies contemptes and offences whereof any suche presentement inditement infourmation or accusation shal be taken or had as is aboue written shal be committed done perpetrate And yf any person or persons which here after shall happen to take any suche accusation infourmation presentment or recognisaunces as is aboue saym â—â—do ake defalte of the certificat therof contrary to the fourme aboue reheedsr that than euery person and persons so offendynge shall forfayte to our soueraygne lorde the kynge for euery suche defalte .x. li. ¶ And it is further enacted by the authoritie aboue sayde that the sayde commissioners or thre of them at the least as is afore sayde by vertue of this act and their commission shal haue ful power and authoritie to make lyke processe against euery person and persones indyted presented or accused in forme as is aboue remembred as is vsed accustomed in cases of felony that as well within the limittes of their commission as into all other shyres and places of the realme Wales and other the kynges dominions as wel within lyberties as without and the same processe to be good and effectuall in the lawe as in cases of felony And vpon the appearance of any of the offendours shall haue full power and authoritie by vertue of this acte and the sayde commission to heare and determyne the foresayde heresies felonies contemptes and other offences accordynge to the lawes of this realme and theffectes of this acte ¶ And it is also enacted by the authoritie abouesayde that euery of the sayd commissioners vpon any suche accusation presentement or information shal endeuour him selfe effectually without affection drede or corruption to apprehende take the offendours after the apprehension of any suche offender or offenders shall haue full power authoritie to committe them to warde And that the sayd coÌ„missioners or two of them at the least shall haue full power and authoritie to let any person or persones so accused or presented vpon sufficient suerties by their discretions to bayle for their apparaunce to be tried accordinge to the tenour fourme and effecte of this acte ¶ And further it is enacted by the authoritie aboue sayde that yf any person or personnes whiche hereafter shal be named and assigned to be commissioner or commissioners as is abouesayd be accused indited or presented of or for any the offences aboue written that than all and euery suche commissioner or commissioners so accused indyted and presented shal be examined put to answere and tryed of and vpon any such offence accordyng to the tenour and effecte of this acte before such other person or persons as it shal please the kynges highnes to name assigne and appoynt by his gracis commission to heare and determine the same ¶ And it is further enacted by the authoritie aboue sayde that no persone nor persons which at any tyme hereafter shal be accused indited or presented as is aboue sayde shal be admitted to the chalenge of any person or personnes which shal be empanelled for the triall of his or theyr offence for any matter or cause other thaÌ„ for malice or enmitie Which chalenge shal forthwith be tried in lyke maner as other chalenges be vsed to be tried in cases of felonye ¶ And it is further enacted by the authoritie aboue sayde that all foreyne plees triable by the countreye whiche at any tyme hereafter shal be pleaded by any person or persons hereafter to be arrayned or put to aunswere vpon any accusation inditement or presentement of or for any of the offences aboue specified or of or for any of them shal be tried before the same coÌ„missioners afore whom such person or persones shall be arrained or put to aunswere and by the iurours that shall trie the sayde offence or offences without any further respyte or delay ¶ And it is further enacted by the authoritie aboue sayde that all Mayres sheryffes frowardes baylyffes of liberties gaolers and other officers and ministers of what name degree or condicion so euer they be and euerye of them shall frome tyme to tyme truly and diligently receyue serue all all maner the proces preceptes and commaundementes to them or any of them by the sayde commissioners or any of theym to be made gyuen or directed touchinge or concernynge the premisses or any patrell therof and shal also frome tyme to tyme be obedient and attendaunt vnto the sayde commissioners for the tyme beynge for the due execution of this present act or of any thinge therin conteyned ¶ And it is also enacted that euery personne whiche shall be named to be commissioner in the sayde commission after that he hath knowlege therof shall effectually put his diligence and attendance in and about the execution of the sayde commission And before that he shall take vpon him thexecucion of the same commission shall take a corporall othe before the lorde chaÌ„cellour of Englande for the tyme beynge or before him or them to whome the sayde lorde chauncellour shall directe the kynges writte of Dedimus potestatem to take the same The tenoure of whiche othe here after ensueth ¶ Ye shall swere that ye to your counnynge wytte and power shall truely and indifferently execute the authoritie to you gyuen by the kynges commission made for correction of heretikes and other offendours mencioned in the same commission without any fauour affection corruption drede or malece to be borne to any personne or personnes as God you helpe and all sainctes And in case that any of the sayde persones named to be commissioners refuse to take the sayde othe or willyngly absent or aloigne him selfe frome the takynge of the sayde othe than euery suche personne so offendinge and the same offence extreted or certified into the kynges eschequer by the sayde lorde chancellour or by him or them to whome any suche writte of Dedimus potestatem as is afore sayde shal be directed shall forfayte and loose to oure sayde soueraigne lorde the kynge for euery tyme so offendinge fyue markes of lawful money ¶ And it is also enacted by the auctoritie aboue fayde that the sayde commissioners and euery of them shall frome tyme to tyme haue full power authoritie by vertue of this acte to take in to his or their kepynge and possession all and all maner of bokes which bene and hathe bene or hereafter shal be setforth red or declared within this realme or other the kynges dominions wherin is or bene conteyned or comprised any clause article mattier or sentence repugnant or contrary to the tenour fourme or effect of this present act or any of the articles conteyned in the same And the sayd commissioners or thre of theym at the least to burne or otherwyse destroye the sayde bokes or any part of them as vnto the sayde commissioners or vnto thre of them at the least shal be thought expedient by their discretions ¶ And it is also enacted by the auctoritie abouesayde that euery person vicar curate or parysh priest of euery parysh churche within this realme or other the kynges dominions or his or their deputie vpon the sonday next after the first daye of September next ensuynge and so from thensforth ones in euery quarter of the yere at the least shall openly playnely and distinctly rede this present acte in the parysh churche where he is person vicar curate parysh priest or deputie vnto his or their paryshens than assembled togither to heare diuine seruice And that euery suche persone vicare curate or parysh priest makynge defaulte of redinge this act contrary to the fourme afore sayde shall forfayte vnto oure sayde soueraygne lorde his heyres or successours for euery suche defaulte .xl. s. sterlyng Sauynge to all singular person and personnes bodyes polytike and corporate their heires and successours and to the heyres and successours of euery of them other than all and singular suche person and persons that shal be hereafter conuicted or atteynted of or for any of the offences or contemptes aboue specified their heyres and successours and the heyres and successours of euery of them all such right title clayme interest entree possession rentes reuercions fees annuities commons offices profyttes and demaundes what soeuer as they or any of them haue or than at the tyme of the sayde conuiction or atteynder had shal haue of in or to any honours castels lordeshyps manours landes tenementes liberties franchesies aduousons and other hereditameÌ„tes which any suche person or persons beynge so conuicted or atteynted as is afore sayde had or were intitled to haue at the tyme of their offence or offences committed or at any tyme after that in as ample maner fourme and condition to al intentes constructions and purposes as yf this act had neuer be had nor made any thinge conteyned in this acte to the contrary in any wyse not withstandinge ¶ Prouyded alwaye that the lordes shall not haue ne clayme any eschetes of any offendour or offendours that shal be iudged to be burned by auctoritie of this act ¶ And bycause dispucions and doubtes myghte perhappis ryse hereafter vpon these wordes in this acte that is to saye Aduisedly made to God Be it therfore prouided and enacted by auctoritie afore sayde that these wordes in the acte that is to saye aduysedly made to God for vowes of chastitie or wydowhed shal be all onely taken expounded and interpreted to bynde suche person or persons and none other sauynge priestes to by the same which at the tyme of any of their so vowinge beynge therto admitted were or shal be of the age of .xxi. yeres or aboue and then dyd or do consente submitte them self or condiscende to the same and continue or continued in obseruation of it any whyle after Oneles any suche person or persons doo or can duely proue any vnlawfull cohercion or compulsion done to them or any of them for makynge of any suche vowe GOD SAVE THE KYNGE Londini in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ANNO M. D. XXXIX ARMA REGIS ANGLIE ET F