the summe of 5 li. and do by and with the consent and direction and for and on the behalf of our selves and the rest of the Inhabitants of the said Town of K. acquit release and for ever discharge and free him the said R. E. of and from the said summe of 5 li. and from the keeping or maintaining the said Child and of and from all charges taxes and payments now already or hereafter to be charged or taxed upon him the said R. E. to or for the same In witness whereof we the said E. C. and E. W. have hereunto set our hands and seals c. Prisoner To allow a poor Prisoner Relief To A. B. Gent. Treasurer for Relief of the Prisoners in His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas T. S. now Prisoner in the said Gaol is in very great necessity for want of present Relief for his subsistance there These are therefore so far forth as in us lieth to appoint and authorize you the said Treasurer to allow unto the said T. S. competent Relief during his necessity in the said Gaol Given under our hands and seals the third day of Iune Anno Dom. 1679. A Discharge of a Prisoner to a Gaoler To the Gaoler or Keeper of the common Gaol at A. in the County aforesaid K. ss WE R. K. and A. B. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid greeting Forasmuch as A. H. of C. c. Barber hath found sufficient Sureties before us for his personal appearance at the next Quarter-Sessions to be holden at C. aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you that forthwith upon sight hereof you discharge the body of A. H. aforesaid if he be detained for no other cause but upon A. B. and C. D. their Warrant and this shall be your Discharge Given under our hands and seals at A. c. Or thus To the Gaoler or Keeper c. WHere 's A. B. being by me committed to your Custody in your Gaol till he put in Sureties for the Peace or good Behaviour as the case requires These are therefore c. as before For a Prisoner to be Bailed THese are to charge and require you that immediately upon your Receipt of this you bring before me the body of A. B. now in your Custody to be Bailed as Law requireth A Warrant from a Judge to bring a Prisoner from a Gaol to give Evidence To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol of N. or his Deputy YOU are hereby required to bring the body of T. S. in safe Custody to Westminster upon Monday next being the seventh day of this instant February by one of the clock in the afternoon of the same day to testifie the truth according to knowledge in a certain Cause now depending in the Court of King's Bench and there to be tried by Nisi prius before the Lord Chief Justice of the said Court Between P. Earl of C. Plaintiff and G. B. Defendant in a plea of Trespass on the case on the part of the Plaintiff and after his Evidence given to remove him back safe to your Gaol Hereof fail not Given under my hand and seal this fifth day of February 1675. Quakers A Mittimus of Quakers To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at B in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as I have received information That A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. K. being persons commonly called Quakers and every of them of the age of sixteen years or upward have lately departed from the places of their several habitations and assembled themselves at T. in the said County under pretence of joyning in a Religious Worship not authorized by the Laws of this Realm These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do cause the said A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. K. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County with sufficient Securities to be bound with them to appear at the next Quarter-Sessions in order to their Conviction of the Offence aforesaid and in case of their or any of their refusal or neglect so to doe that then you do convey such of them so refusing or neglecting to the aforesaid Common Gaol and deliver them or him so refusing or neglecting to the aforesaid Keeper of the same together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive them or him into the said Gaol and them or him there safely to keep untill they or he shall be bound with such Securities as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Upon Conviction by verdict or Confession The first Offence a Fine not exceeding 5 li. The second Offence 10 li. Upon every Offender on non-payment first Offence 3. months imprisonment second Offence 6 months the third Offence abjure the Realm But upon taking the Oaths Conforming and giving Security not to meet in such unlawfull Assemblies to be discharged of all the penalties Rape A Warrant concerning a Rape To the Constables and Borsholders c. K. ss FOrasmuch as we received Information and Charge against A. B. of C. c. touching a certain Felony that is to say with the carnal Knowledge and Ravishment of M. the Wife of C. D. of c. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do attach the body of the said A. B. and bring him before us or some of us to the house of c. on the twelfth day of this instant May at one of the clock in the afternoon to be examined touching the premisses and to be further dealt with according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under c. Rates for Hay Oats c. A Warrant to appoint Rates for Hay Oats c. upon His Majestie 's passing through any place To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A in the said County and to every of them K. ss WHereas we have received notice from the Green-cloath that His Majesty will shortly pass through the Road in this County leading between B. and C. We therefore according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided do set down and appoint the Rates and Prices to be paid during His Majestie 's abode within this Division for Hay Oats and other Accommodations for Horses as is here under written which Rates are to be observed and kept and obeyed by all persons concerned at their perils And we do will and require you and every of you that you
shall do no hurt nor damage to his said Master nor consent to be done of others but to his power shall lett the same or forthwith give notice to his said Master thereof He shall not waste the Goods of his said Master nor lend them to any person without his consent He shall not frequent Taverns Inns or Alehouses except it be about his said Master's business there to be done He shall not during the said term play at Cards Dice or other unlawfull Games He shall not either by day or night absent himself from his said Master's service But in all things as a good and faithfull Servant shall demean himself towards his said Master and all his And the said K. L. his said Apprentice shall during the term aforesaid educate and bring up or cause to be educated and brought up in his Trade with due and reasonable Chastisement and find and allow unto him during the said term sufficient wholesome and competent meat drink lodging washing apparel and all other necessaries meet for such an Apprentice And in the end of the said term shall find provide for and deliver unto his said Apprentice double Apparel that is to say Apparel meet for him to have and wear as well on the Lord's days as on the working-days both of Linnen Woollen Hose Shoes and all other necessaries meet for such an Apprentice to have and wear In Witness whereof the parties above said to these present Indentures their hands and seals interchangeably have set the day and year first above written A Warrant against them which refuse to take Apprentices To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of K. and to every of them Kent ss WHereas the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid did by our assent by Indenture bearing date the c. put and bind out unto B. C. of the Parish aforesaid D. E. a poor Child of the said Parish Apprentice according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided in the 43 year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth intituled An Act for the Relief of the Poor And forasmuch as the said B. C. doth refuse to take receive and keep the said Apprentice accordingly and doth likewise refuse to seal the Counterpart of the said Indenture These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said B. C. to come before us or one of us or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County to enter into Recognizance unto His said Majesty conditioned for personal appearance at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden at E. in the County aforesaid then and there to answer the premisses and farther to doe and receive as the said Court shall then consider of him in this behalf Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A Warrant against a Master for abusing his Apprentice To the Constable and Borsholders of H. c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. an Apprentice against C. D. his Master both of the Parish aforesaid That he the said C. D. doth not allow unto his said Servant competent meat drink and apparel and doth immoderately correct him without any cause at all or turneth him out of his house and will not suffer him to return as the Case requireth These are therefore in his Majestie 's name to command you that some or one of you do cause both the said Parties to come before me at H. on Monday the tenth day of this instant Iune at four of the clock in the afternoon to the end that I may examine the same matter Hereof fail not c. Given under my hand and seal this c. A Warrant against a disorderly Apprentice To the Constable c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. Joyner against C. D. his Apprentice both of your Parish of H. in this County That the said C. D. is a stubborn and disobedient Servant and doth very much misbehave himself towards his said Master or that the said C. D. hath departed from his said Master c. These are therefore c. as in the foregoing Warrant A Discharge of an Apprentice K. ss WE R. K. H. D. E. F. G. H. four of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace c. for the County of K. aforesaid Whereas Complaint having been made unto us by A. B. an Apprentice against C. D. his Master both of your Parish of H. within this County That the said C. D. his Master hath not allowed to his said Servant competent diet and apparel befitting such Apprentice and hath sometimes corrected him without any just cause at all and when he had cause corrected him above measure and we having ordered the said Parties to appear before us and having examined the Complainant find it to be true and therefore we do think fit to discharge the said Apprentice of his Apprenticeship And therefore do by these presents under our hands and seals pronounce and declare That we have for the causes aforesaid discharged the said A. B. the Apprentice of his Apprenticehood the eighth day of Iuly Annoque Dom. 1679. Givâ—…n under our hands c. A Warrant against one that departeth out of Service before his time expired To the Constable and Borsholders c. Kanc. ss WHereas Complaint hath been made unto me this present day by A. B. of c. That one C. D. having been bound and put Apprentice to him the said A. B. is now lately contrary to Law departed from his said Master without his Licence or other Lawfull discharge These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you that you some or one of you do attach the said C. D. when and where he shall be found within your several Limits and Precincts And thereupon do further bring him before me or some other of his Majestie 's Justices of and within the said County to answer to the premisses And further to be dealt withall according to Law Hereof c. Bail Recognizances for Bail Kanc. ss MEmorandum Quod primo die Maii Anno Regni c. A. B. de c. personalit ' venit coram me C. D. uno Iusticiar ' dicti Domini Regis ad pacem suam in Com' suo praedicto conservand ' assign ' recognovit se debere eidem Domino Regi decem libras legalis monetae Angliae de bonis catallis terris tenementis suis fieri levari ad opus usum dicti Domini Regis haered ' successorum suorum si defalt ' fieret in performatione Conditionis indorsat ' Kanc. ss MEmorandum Quod quinto die Octobris Anno Regni c. A. B. de c. G. H. de c. J. K. de c. personalit '
B. in the County aforesaid within the said Parish hath lately been delivered of a Bastard-Child begotten and born out of lawfull Matrimony yet living and chargeable to the Parish aforesaid And forasmuch as the said A. D. upon her Examination taken hath charged E. F. of c. to have begotten her with Child of the Bastard-Child aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do bring the said Woman before us at the house of R. in T. in the County aforesaid upon the tenth day of Iune at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to be by us farther examined touching the premisses and that you give notice thereof unto the said E. F. if conveniently you can to the end that he may likewise be at the time and place aforesaid to make his lawfull Defence therein if he shall so think fit And farther that you some or one of you do give notice to the several persons whose names are here under written that they and every of them are by us required to appear at the time and place aforesaid to certifie their several knowledges touching the premisses to the end that upon the examination of the Cause and Circumstance we may take such order therein as to Justice doth appertain And lastly that what you shall doe in execution of this our Precept you do make known unto us at the time and place aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A. B. of c. C. D. of c. E. F. of c. A Warrant against the reputed Father of a Bastard-Child To the Constable c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as upon Examination of A. B. of c. Single woman this day taken before me upon Oath it appeareth that she is at present with Child of a Bastard-Child which is likely to be chargeable to the Parish when it shall happen to be so born And forasmuch as upon her Examination she hath confessed that C. D. of c. did beget her with Child of the Child aforesaid and hath before me charged him with the same These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do cause the said C. D. to come before me or some one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County at c. aforesaid then and there to receive as by the said Court shall be injoyned and also that he shall in the mean time be of good Behaviour as well towards His said Majesty as towards all His liege people Which if he shall refuse to doe that then without expecting any farther or other Warrant you some or one of you do safely convey him to the Gaol of c. and him there deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the aforesaid Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep untill he shall find such sufficient Security as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your peril Given under my hand and seal at c. An Order for Releif of the Parish touching a Bastard-Child and for punishing the Mother and reputed Father Kent ss THE Order of us W. B. and R. K. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County whereof one of us is of the Quorum and both residing in the limits where the Parish-Church of H. in the County aforesaid is the 19. day of April in the year of our Lord 1672. according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided touching the male Bastard-Child late born in the Parish of H. aforesaid of the body of A. G. of the same Parish Single woman the keeping of which said Bastard-Child hath ever since the birth thereof been and still is chargeable to the Parish aforesaid and so likely to continue chargeable First upon our Examination of the Cause and Circumstance and due Consideration thereof by us had we do adjudge W. S. late of H. aforesaid Tayler the reputed Father of the said Bastard-Child And for Punishment of the said Mother and reputed Father and the better Relief of the said Parish we do hereby order as followeth that is to say We do order That the said Mother shall by the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of Great B. in the said County or by some or one of them upon some day between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon in the common High-way at or near c. in the Parish aforesaid be stripped naked from the middle upwards and then and there shall be tied to the tail of a Cart or Dungcourt and being so stripped and tied shall be there openly whipped untill her body be bloudy We do also order That the said reputed Father shall by the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred aforesaid or some or one of them upon some day between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon in the common High-way in the Parish aforesaid over against the dwelling-house of I. S. there be stripped naked from the middle upwards and shall then and there be tied to the tail of a Cart or Dungcourt and being so stripped and tied shall be from thence drawn to the Watch-house aforesaid and on the way well whipped in such manner as is in such cases accustomed We do farther order That the said Mother shall within three days next after notice of this our Order render her body to the said Constable and Borsholders or to some or one of them ready to undergo her Punishment before ordered And that the said reputed Father shall within six days next after notice of this our Order render his body to the said Constable and Borsholders or to some or one of them ready to undergo his punishment before ordered We do likewise farther order That the said reputed Father shall within six days next after notice given unto him of this our Order pay or cause to be paid to the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish aforesaid or to some or one of them twenty shillings of lawfull money of England towards the moneys by them disbursed before the said notice given for or towards the charges of the keeping of the said Bastard-Child from the time of the birth thereof untill the time of the giving of the said notice And that upon every Friday which shall be next after the end of the said six days untill the said Bastard-Child shall attain unto his age of ten years the said reputed Father shall likewise pay unto the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the time being or unto some or one of them sixteen pence of lawfull mony of England towards the charges by them disbursed towards the keeping of the Bastard-Child aforesaid meaning between the end of the said six days and the
aforesaid that you or the greater number of you do forthwith make a Tax or Assessment of and upon all and every the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in such manner as hath formerly in such cases been accustomed within the same and to authorize you the said Constable to demand collect and gather the said money so taxed and assessed and in case of refusal of payment thereof unto you that then you do return unto us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County the names of the persons so refusing to the end that they may be farther proceeded against for the same as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not c. Given under our hands and seals at c. the c. To A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. L. M. and N. O. To appear and shew cause for their not paying the said Charges To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss These are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the several persons whose names are hereunder written to come before some or one of us at the house of T. N. Inn-holder at the George Inn c. in the â—…aid County the fifth day of Iune next ensuing at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to shew cause why they did not pay unto A. B. late Constable of the said Hundred the several summs of money hereunder mentioned added to their several names and severally assessed upon them for and towards his Reimbursement of moneys by him necessarily laid out for and upon the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at H. the first day of Iune 1679 c. A. B. xij d. C. D. vi d. For refusing to appear to shew Cause for not paying the said Charges To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as the several persons here-under named were by virtue of a Warrant to you directed under the hands and seals of us A. B. c. His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid warned to come before us or some of us this present day c. in the said County to shew cause why they did not pay unto A. B. late Constable of the said Hundred the several summs of money hereunder mentioned added to their several names and severally assessed upon them towards his Reimbursment for his necessary Disbursements for and on the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty yet the aforesaid persons have refused so to come or to pay the moneys aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do bring the aforesaid persons before us or one of us and other His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County at the house of c. in c. upon Monday the fifth day of May at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same to shew cause why they do not pay they said moneys and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain unless they shall pay the moneys aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. To levy the Charges upon their refusing to pay the same To the Constable of the Hundred of A. in the said County Kent ss FOrasmuch as upon your Complaint it appeareth unto us That the several persons hereunder named have refused to pay unto you the several summs hereunder specified and severally added to their several names assessed on them according to the form of the Statute lately made towards your Reimbursement of such moneys as you have disbursed in and about the Execution of your said Office according to the Statute aforesaid These are therefore to require and authorize you to levey the said several and respective summs so assessed upon the said respective persons so refusing to pay the same rendring the overplus to the owners if any shall be Given under our hands and seals the c. A. B. 11 s. C. D. 13 s. c. A Condition of a Recognizance to appear and answer the not paying the same at next Sessions THe Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas the within bound C. D. hath refused to pay to A. B. late Constable of the Hundred of D. in the within named County of K. assessed upon him the said C. D. for and towards the Reimbursement of the said late Constable of moneys by him necessarily laid out for and on the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty If therefore the said C. D. do personally appear before his Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the said County at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid to doe and receive what by the said Court shall be enjoyned touching the premisses That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force A Warrant for levying 3 s. 4 d. upon a Constable for neglect of his Duty in giving an account of Rogues Vagabonds c. To the chief Constables of A. and to the under Constables of H. and to their Deputies greeting Kent ss FOrasmuch as at our Assembly at A. the second day of Iune last for the adjusting the accounts of the under Constable according to a Statute made in the reign of King Iames touching Rogues and Wanderers A. B. of H. aforesaid was fined at 3 s. 4 d. for being negligent in his Office and refusing to make such account as by the said Statute is appointed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you that some or one of you do forthwith upon the receipt hereof demand of the said T. C. the said Fine and if he shall refuse or neglect to pay the same unto you within three days that then you do immediately levy the said 3 s. 4. d. by Distress and Sale of his Goods and Chattels rendring unto him the overplus thereof if any such shall remain And lastly that one of you the chief Constables do pay the same unto the now Treasurer of the Marshalsey at or before the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at B. for these parts and this shall be your sufficient Warrant in that behalf Given under our hands c. A Warrant to sell the Goods of an Offender that refuseth to bear his own Charges to the Gaol To the Constable and
of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you the faid Constable or Church-wardens do require the said A. B. to pay for the said Offence to the hands of you the said Church-wardens to be by you accounted for to the use of the Poor of the same Parish five shillings of lawfull money of England within one week now next ensuing and if the said A. B. shall refuse or neglect to pay the same as aforesaid that then you the said Constable or Church-wardens do levy to the use aforesaid the said 5 s. of the Goods of the said A. B. by Distress and Sale of the same rendring unto him the overplus of the moneys remaining of the said Sale and if the said A. B. be not able to pay the said summ of 5 s. that then you the said Constable do set him in the Stocks there to remain by the space of six hours Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. Convicted upon my view Convicted by his Confession before me The second Conviction To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been this present day duly proved before me That A. B. of the Parish of C. was upon the fifth of May last drunk in the Parish contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided And forasmuch as the said A. B. hath been once before lawfully convicted of the said offence of Drunkenness These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do cause the said A. B. to come before me or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County to be bound with two Sureties to His said Majesty in one Recognizance or Obligation of ten pound with condition to be from thenceforth of good behaviour according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided which if he shall refuse to doe that then you do him safely convey to the Gaol aforesaid and deliver him there to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep untill he shall be so bound with two Sureties as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. Convicted upon my view Convicted by his own Confession before me Excise Note NOne shall meddle with any Office relating to the Excise till they have taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy before 2 Iustices of the Peace of the County where such Office is or one Baron of the Exchequer and the Oath mentioned in 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. A Certificate upon taking the Oath about Excise Kent ss WE whose names are hereunto subscribed His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid do certify That A. B. of C. in the said County hath before us this present day taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath mentioned in the Statute made in the twelfth year of His now Majestie 's Reign intituled A Grant of certain Impositions upon Beer Ale and other Liquours for the increase of His Majestie 's Revenue during His life Given under our hands and seals the 2. day of May in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second None shall meddle with any Office relating to the Excise till they have taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy before two Iustices of the Peace of the County where such Office is or one Baron of the Exchequer And the Oath of an Excise man Vide Title Oaths This Oath is by the Justices to be certified to the next Quarter-Sessions there to be Recorded A Warrant to summon those who refuse to pay the Excise To the Constable c. Kanc. ss WHereas Complaint hath been made unto us this present day by A. B. of C. sworn Officer to the Commissioners of Excise of Ale and Beer of the said County That E. F. of G. in the said County Victualler hath Brewed and put to sale certain Barrels of strong Beer since the second day of May last past without paying the duty of Excise in compounding with the Commissioners for this division contrary to an Act of Parliament in that behalf made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said E. F. to be and appear before us at T. in the County aforesaid upon the tenth day of Iune at nine of the Clock in the forenoon of the same day to shew cause why the said E. F. should not pay the duty of Excise as aforesaid Hereos fail not c. Given under c. A Warrant for Distress on Alehouse-keepers for not paying Excise To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto us whose names are hereunto subscribed His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid That A. B. of C. in the said County of K. Alehousekeeper hath not paid or cleared off his Duty of Excise unto such person as by the Statute in that behalf made is appointed according to the Entry of the said A. B. in that behalf made as by the Statute aforesaid is directed and upon examination of the Complaint aforesaid we do find the same to be true These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do levy the summ of c. upon the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. being the double value of the Duty so not paid or cleared off and by him forfeited according to the form of the said Statute and to sell the said Goods and Chattels if they shall not be redeemed within fourteen days and that you pay the moneys so levied to such person or persons as by the said Statute is directed rendring to the said A. B. the overplus if any be And for want of sufficient Distress that you do forthwith certify us thereof to the end we may farther proceed touching the same as by Law is appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A Mittimus where not sufficient to pay Excise To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas by Warrant under our hands you the said Constable and Borsholders were required to levy of the Goods and Chattels of
under the hands and seals of E. F. G. H. c. His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid and for that it now appeareth unto us that the said A. B. hath no Goods or Chattels by Distress and Sale whereof the said moneys can be levied nor will he yet pay the moneys aforesaid We therefore do send you herewithall the Body of the said A. B. commanding you to receive him into the said Gaol there to remain without Bail or Mainprise untill he shall pay the moneys aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A Warrant for removing one come to a Parish To the Church-wardens and others the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made by you to us according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided That A. B. hath within forty days before the said Complaint come into your said Parish to settle there in a Tenement under the yearly value of ten pounds and that he is likely to be chargeable to the Parish aforesaid and was last legally settled at B. in c. by the space of forty days at the least as a Native there These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you and every of you that you some or one of you do remove and convey the said A. B. to B. aforesaid where he was so last legally settled unless he give sufficient Security for the discharge of your said Parish to be allowed by us Given under our hands and seals the c. A Warrant to send a Wife and Child to her Husband in the Parish from whence they came To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been by you made unto us That H. the Wife of R. D. an Inhabitant in the Parish of C. in the County aforesaid is lately come into your said Parish of H. and hath brought with her thither a Male-child of the said R. and H. of the age of c. or thereabouts and that both the said H. and Child are likely to be chargeable to your said Parish and you have thereupon craved from us such Relief touching the premisses as by Law is appointed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to authorize and require you that you some or one of you do convey the said H. and Child to the said Parish of C. and there to deliver them to the said R. in case you can there find him to be with him settled according to Law And in case that you cannot there find him then to deliver the said H. and Child to the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of C. to be disposed of according to Law Given under our hands and seals the c. A Warrant for apprehending one for returning to the Parish from which he was removed To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas A. B. in May last legally settled as a c. in the Parish of T. came into the Parish of V. to settle in a Tenement there under the yearly value of ten pounds and likely to be chargeable to the said Parish was upon complaint thereof made by the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made by Warrant to the said Church-wardens and Overseers according to the Statute aforesaid directed by them removed and conveyed to the aforesaid Parish of T. there to remain according to the said Statute since which the said A. B. did return of his own accord to the said Parish of V. from whence he was so removed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said A. B. to come before us some or one of us at the house of T. Inn-holder called the George Inn in the said County the fifth day of Iune next ensuing at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to shew cause why he returned to the said Parish of V. and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Against those who come to Work and return not at the end of their Work To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made by you unto us That A. B. an Inhabitant in C. came into your Parish to work and is not returned upon his finishing thereof These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you and every of you that you some or one of you do convey the said A. B. to C. aforesaid there to remain an Inhabitant as formerly he was Given under c. A Mittimus to the House of Correction of one that refuseth to be removed after his Work finished To the Constables and Borsholders c. and to the Keeper of the House of Correction c. Kent ss WHereas upon complaint according to the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made That A. B. an Inhabitant in D. came into the Parish of C. in the said County to work and was not returned upon his finishing thereof And thereupon the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish were according to the Statute aforesaid required and authorised to convey the said A. B. to D. aforesaid there to remain an Inhabitant as formerly he was Nevertheless the said A. B. though lawfully required refused to go thither These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constables and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him convey to the aforesaid House of Correction and there to deliver him to the aforesaid Keeper of the same together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there punish him as a Vagabond Hereof fail you not at your peril Given c. A Warrant and Mittimus for one who runs away and leaves his Family upon the Parish To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before us that A. B. of the Parish of H. being able to labour and thereby to relieve himself and his Family did nevertheless lately run away out of this said
some or one of you do in the Market-town within the said Hundred on the market-Market-day now next ensuing cause to be proclaimed the Rates aforesaid as also that you do in the like manner cause to be proclaimed the Rates aforesaid in all the Towns and Villages within the said Hundred within c. days now next ensuing to the end that notice may be taken of the same Rates and Prices Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. For a Bushel of Oats c. And so ratably for every greater or lesser quantity c. A Warrant for levying the Penalty forfeited for not observing the Rates aforesaid To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before me That A. B. of C. in the said County Inn-keeper hath taken of C. D. Yeoman of the Guards more for his Lodging c. during His Majestie 's late abode within this Division than by the Justices of the Peace of this County was according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided set down and appointed contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do levy to the use of the said C. D. by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. 40 s. by him forfeited to the said C. D. for the Offence aforesaid returning the over-plus to the said A. B. the charge of the Distraining being first deducted Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Recognizances When you take a Recognizance of any it must be in Latine set down the time of making it the Principal 's name and dwelling Place and his Trade or Calling and so of the others his Sureties and bind them in a summ of money to the King and that being done you reade the same Recognizance in English thus viz. for the Peace YOU A. B. of C. c. do acknowledge your self to owe unto our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty twenty pounds And you C. D. of H. c. and E. F. of I. c. his Sureties do likewise each of you acknowledge to owe unto our said Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty ten pounds apiece to be levied of your several Goods and Chattels Land and Tenements to His said Majesty His Heirs and Successors upon condition That if the said A. B. shall personally appear before our said Sovereign Lord the King's Majestie 's Justices of the Peace at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this Burrough of A. and do then and there make answer unto all such matters which on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him and in the mean time to keep the Peace towards our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty and all His Liege-people but especially towards one G. H. and do not depart thence without Licence from the Court then your Recognizance to be void or else to stand in full force The Recognizance being made is to be engrossed in Parchment and subscribed with the Justice's hand onely But he that enters into it need not put his hand or seal to it Note All Recognizances for the Peace are to be stiled At the next Sessions of the Peace And for Felony At the next Gaol-delivery The manner of entring the note of Recognizances in your Book of Recognizances A. B. de C. c. xx li. ad Comparendum ad proximam Sessionem Pacis conservare versus C. D. c. E. F. de C. c. x li. G. H. de C. c. x li. Subscribe the Cause thus Bound over for the suspicious stealing of a Cow being the Goods of A. H. c. as the Case requireth R. P. de Paroch A. c. Victular 10 li. R. S. de Paroch A. c. Victular 5 li. P. S. de Paroch A. c. Victular 5 li. Sub Conditione quod praedict ' R. P. bene fideliter observavit omnes singulos Articulos in Licentia sua pro Tipulatione Content ' Capt ' Recogn ' XX die Maii Anno Dom. 1680. Coram Nobis c. The Recognizance must be certified to the next Sessions or Gaol-delivery where he or they is are or hath been Justices that the Party so bound may be called And if the Party make default the same then there to be recorded and the same Recognizance with the Record of that default shall be sent and certified in the Chancery the King's Bench or into the Exchequer Every Condition of a Recognizance must have these things 1. It may be in English 2. It may have the first words The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bounden A. B. c. 3. It must shew what he is bound to doe As personally to appear at the next Quarter-sessions to be holden for the County of K. and in the mean time to be of Good behaviour towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all his People or as the case requireth 4. The Close thus That then this Recognizance to be void or else to stand in force All this may be done on the back of the Recognizance or underneath it A single Recognizance taken before Justices of the Peace K. ss MEmorandum Quod tertio die Aprilis anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensoris c. venerunt coram A. B. C. D. Armig. Iust. dicti Domini Regis ad Pacem in Com. K. conservand Assig R. H. de S. in Com. praedict Yeoman T. H. de eodem Carpenter ac R. S. de F. in Com. praed Mercer Recognover se debere dicto Dom. Regi viz. quillbet Manucaptor praed Quinque libras praed R. H. decem libras bonae legalis monetae Angliae solvend eidem Dom. Regi in Festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae proximo futuro post datum praesent Et nisi fecerint concesserunt pro se Haered Executor Administrator suis per praesentes quod dictae separales summae leventur recuperentur de Maneriis Messuagiis Terris Tenementis Bonis Catallis Haereditamentis ipsorum R. H. T. H. R. S. haered Executor Assign suorum ubicunque fuerint invent Dat. c. Another single Recognizance K. ss MEmorandum Quod quarto die Januarii Anno Regni Dom. nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae c. A. B. de C. in Com. praed Yeoman personaliter venit coram R. K. Armig. uno Iust. dicti Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. praedict Conservand Assign Recognovit se debere dicto Dom. Regi decem libras bonae legalis monetae Angliae de Bonis Catallis Terris Tenementis suis
Coffin lined or faced with any Cloath Stuff or any other thing whatsoever made or mingled with Flax Hemp Silk Hair Gold or Silver or any other material but Sheeps Wool onely P. S. Sealed and signed by us Witnesses that were present and did hear this Oath made A. B. C. D. The Minister's Certificate for being buried in Woollen I A. B. Rectour of the Parish Church of C. in the County aforesaid do hereby certify That the day and year abovesaid the said C. D. came before me and made such Affidavit as is above specified according to a late Act of Parliament intituled An additional Act for burying in Woollen Witness my hand the day and year first above written A. B. A Minister's Certificate of not bringing an Affidavit of a Corp's being buried in Woollen To the right Worshipfull R. K. Esq one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace for the County of Kent the humble Certificate of me A. B. Rectour of the Parish Church of C. in the County aforesaid I Humbly certify That C. D. was lately buried in the Parish aforesaid viz. on the As by the Register Book kept for the same Parish doth appear And further That according to the Act of Parliamâ—… in this behalf I did forthwith after the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 C D. cause notice â—…o be given 〈◊〉 my hand to the Church-warden of the said Parish to bring unto me the said A. B. an Affidavit concerning the burial in Woollen of the said C. D. according to the direction and appointment of the said Act And I further certify That by the space of eight days next after the said Interment of the said C. D. no Affidavit hath been brought to me the said Rectour concerning the burial of the said C. D. in Woollen as by the said Act is required Witness my hand this 10. day of May in the year of our Lord. 1â—…81 A Warrant for levying the 5 li. for not burying in Woollen according to the Act. K. ss FOrasmuch as it appeareth unto me by the Certificate of A. B. Minister officiating in your said Parish to you the Church-wardens and Overfeers of the Poor of the same Parish That the Corps of the Person of C. D. deceased but not of the Plague was buried in Linnen contrary to the Act hereafter mentioned on Monday the second day of Iune and that such an Affidavit and Certificate concerning the Parties being interred according to the direction of a late Act of Parliament intituled An Act for burying in Woollen was not brought to him within the time limited by the said Act And forasmuch as by reason thereof the forfeiture and penalty of five pounds of lawfull money of England is incurred and the Goods and Chattels of the deceased by the said Act made liable to the aforesaid forfeiture to be levied by way of Distress and Sale thereof by Warrant of the chief Magistrate in any Town-corporate or any Justice of the Peace or in default thereof by like Distress and Sale oâ—… the Goods of the Person in whose house the said Party died or of any that had a hand in putting such Person in any Shirt Shift Sheet Shroud or Coffin contrary to the said Act or did order or dispose the doing thereof and in case such Person were a Servant and that he or she died in the family of his or her Master or Mistress that the same be levied upon the Goods and Chattels of his or her said Master or Mistress and if such Person died in the family of his or her Father or Mother that then the same be levied upon the Goods and Chattels of his or her Father or Mother in manner and by Warrant as aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name and by the Authority of the said Act of Parliament to will and require you or some of you to levy the said forfeiture by distress and sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said deceased or in default thereof of the Goods and Chattels of such other Parties as aforesaid rendring the overplus thereof to the Parties whose Goods you shall so distrain all reasonable charges being deducted And for your so doing this by the Authority of the said Act shall be your Warrant Given under my hand and seal the 10. day of Iune in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Annoque Dom. 1679. To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of c. Additional Presidents to the former The form of the Record that is returned of the Alehouses that are licensed K. ss MEmorandum Quod vicesimo tertio die Februarii Anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defens vicesimo septimo apud W. in Com. K. praed R. K. G. P. Armig. duobus Iusticiariis dicti Domini Reg. ad pacem in Com. praed conservand assignat quilibet person infra nominat Victuall in person praesent tunc ibidem per nos dict Iusticiar Licenc ad vendend panem Cervisiam in Conditione infra scrip recognoverunt se debere dicto Dom. Regi seperal summas decem librar bonae legalis monetae Angliae quilibet personarum infra nominat manucapt pro praedict person licenc in person praesent tunc ibidem recogn se debere dicto Dom Regi summ quinque librar pro praed person Licenc non in pers praesent in decem libr. consimilis monetae Angl. de Bonis Catallis Terris Tenementis suis cujuslibet eorum ad opus usum dicti Dom. Regis haered successor suorum fieri levaâ—…i si defecerint in conditione sequorum THE Condition of these Recognizances are such That whereas the above and within named Justices have licensed and allowed all and every the Alehouse-keepers and Victuallers whose names are under and within written to sell Ale and Beer in the Town and Houses where they now inhabit and dwell for the space of one whole year next ensuing the date hereof and no longer If therefore they and every of them shall during their time of keeping Alehouses sell good wholsome Ale and Beer a full Ale-quart of their best for one Penny and of their smallest second sort two full Ale-quarts for a Penny nor shall suffer any disorder or unlawfull Games to be used in or about their Houses or Grounds nor lodge any Strangers above one day and one night without giving notice thereof to the Constable or his Deputy nor dress nor cause to be dressed in or about their Houses any manner of Flesh to be eaten or sould at any time prohibited by Law Nor receive into their Houses any manner of Persons suspected or defamed of or for Theft Murther Drunkenness or Incontinency nor shall buy nor take to pawn any stoln Goods