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 '
the Order before made as is abovesaid Commanding also you the said Keeper of the Gaol aforesaid to receive then the said W. S. in the same and him there safely to keep according to the purport and tenour of this Precept Given under our hands c. A Warrant for sending a Bastard-Child found wandring to the place of its Birth To the Constable and Borsholders of c. K. ss WHereas upon our examination we find That A. B. being the Bastard-Child of C. D. and about the age of five years hath been found wandring and going up and down the Parish of H. and other places thereabouts and was as we are credibly informed born in the Parish of I. as appeareth by the Book of the said Parish These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you That according to the General usage custome and common acceptance of the Law in case of a lost Child you do convey the same Child to the said Parish of I. and that you the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of that Parish do take due care that the said Child may be there provided for Hereof fail not at your perils Gâ—…ven under our hands and seals the c. A Warrant for apprehending a Woman on suspicion of having murthered her Bastard-Child To the Constable c. K. ss WHereas I am informed that A. B. hath had a Child lately born alive of her Body and is suspected to have murthered or made away the said Child since the birth thereof These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you that immediately upon sight hereof you do apprehend and bring the body of the said A. B. before me or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County to answer to all such matters and things as on the behalf of His Majesty shall be objected against her touching the premisses Likewise you are to make diligent search by all lawfull means to find out the truth of the premisses and to bring before me or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County all such persons as can give any information on the behalf of His Majesty touching the premisses And hereof fail not as you will answer the contrary at your perils Given under my hand c. A Condition of a Recognizance for the Appearance of the reputed Father of a Bastard-Child THe Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. within mentioned did on the day of the date within written complain to the Justice within named that M. H. of the Parish aforesaid Single woman was then with Child of a Child which when born is likely to be a Bastard and chargeable to the said Parish And whereas the said M. H. upon her Examination the day aforesaid before the said Justice did confess the same to be true and charged the within bound I. N. to have begotten her with Child of the Child aforesaid If therefore the said I. N. do answer unto such matters as shall be objected against him by the said M. H. touching the said Bastard-Child then this Recognizance to be void or else c. The Condition of a Recognizance of one charged to be the Father of a Bastard-Child before its Birth to appear at Sessions THe Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas upon Examination of A. B. in the said County of K. Single woman lately taken before the within named Justice of the Peace it appeareth that she was then with Child which when it shall be born is likely to be chargeable to the Parish where it shall happen to be so born And whereas the said A. B. upon her said Examination did charge the within bound C. D. with the begetting her with Child of the Child aforesaid If therefore the said C. D. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at c. in the County aforesaid to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be enjoyned and shall in the mean time be of good Behaviour as well towards His said Majesty as also towards all His liege people That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force A Condition to discharge Church-wardens and Parishioners of a Child born in the Parish K. ss THe Condition of this Obligation is such That whereas M. H. hath of late been delivered of a Man-child within the Parish of c. within written to the which Child the within bound E. G. by his own voluntary Confession doth acknowledge himself to be the Father If therefore the said E. G. his Heirs Executours or Assigns or every or any of them do from time to time and at all times hereafter fully and clearly acquit discharge and save harmless as well the within named I. B. and H. T Church-wardens of the Parish-Church of c. aforesaid and their Successours for the time being and every of them as also all the Inhabitants and Parishoners of the said Parish which now are or hereafter shall be for the time being and every of them of and from all and all manner of Costs Charges and Expenses whatsoever which shall or may in any manner of wise at any time hereafter arise happen come grow impose or be imposed upon them or any of them for or by reason or means of the birth education nourishing and bringing up of the said Child and of and from all other Actions Suits Charges Troubles Impeachments and Demands whatsoever touching and concerning the same That then c Good Behaviour A Warrant and Mittimus for Good behaviour 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 C. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. c. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Bolsholders that you some or one of you do cause the said A. B. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to find sufficient Security as well for his Appearance at the next general Session of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. aforesaid then and there to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be injoyned as 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 aforesaid and him there deliver to the said 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
from A. to B. by Water All Constables Church-wardens and other His Majestie 's Officers are therefore required to permit the said Gent. to pass without interruption Given under my hand and seal this second day of October 1680. I. C. A Licence to Travel on the Lord's day To all Constables c. THese are to certifie that A. B. of C. c. where he now dwelleth having informed me that he hath a Brother living at C. in the County of H. where he lieth now very Sick and he hath a desire to see him Know ye that for this cause I do hereby license him to travel upon the next Lord's day the direct way to his Brother Willing and requiring you not to molest or hinder him for the same so that he behave himself orderly in his travel Given under my hand c. Misdemeanours A general Warrant for the same retornable before a particular Justice To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. 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 A. B. of C. to come before me to answer unto such matters of Misdemeanour as on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. Or thus THese are to will and require you in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you and either of you that immediately upon the sight hereof or upon Thursday next at two of the clock in the afternoon you bring A. B. of your said Town Barber before me to answer to such matters of Misdemeanours as on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him And hereof fail you not at your perils Given under c. The like retornable before any Justice and the Accuser to have Notice To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. 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 A. B. of c. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to answer unto such matters of Misdemeanour as on the behalf of His said Majesty shall be objected against him by E. F. of c. Husbandman and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain And you are farther hereby required to give convenient notice to the said E. F. of the time and place when whither and before whom you shall cause the said A. B. so to come in execution of this Precept to the end that the said E. F. may then and there also be personally present to make appear the Misdemeanour aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Condition of a Recognizance for Misdemeanour UPon this Condition That if you A. B. â—…hall personally appear before our Sovereign Lord the King's Justices of the Peace at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the Liberty of Saint A. and do then and there make answer unto all such things which on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against you and do not depart thence without Licence of the Court Then your Recognizance to be void or else to stand in full force c. Murther A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment and to give Evidence at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes to both Iuries in case of Murther THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bound W. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. K. for murther of L. M. Gent. deceased wherewith the said A. B. and C. D. are chargeable before the within named Justice and with suspicion whereof the said E. F. G. H. I. K. are also charged before the Justice aforesaid and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the Murther aforesaid as well to the Jurors as shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. or any of them for the same then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force and virtue A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give Evidence at Assizes THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the above named County of C. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at the Castle of C. in the County aforesaid and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred one or more Bill or Bills of Indictment against M. W. of c. and do then and there also give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the same against the said M. W. to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King that now is That then this Recognizance shall be void and of no effect or else it shall stand in full force A Recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment and to give Evidence to both Iuries at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes in case of an Abettor in Murther THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound W. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of the Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of K. do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against Sir P. H. Knight touching his the said Sir P's being an Abettor to the Murther of M. C. deceased wherewith â—…e is charged before the within named Justices and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the matter aforesaid as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said Sir P. H. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else stand in full force c. Nets Dogs and Conies A Warrant to search for Nets and Setting-dogs upon the Statute of 7 Iacobi To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss BY virtue of an Act of Parliament in that behalf made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to authorize and command you and every of you to enter into and search the
Inquest YOU shall truly enquire and due presentment make of all such things as you are charged withall on the King's behalf the King's Council your own and your fellows you shall well and truly keep and in all other things the Truth present So help you God c. The Oath of those that give Evidence upon Bills of Indictment THE Evidence that you shall give to the Inquest upon this Bill shall be the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth and you shall not lett so to doe for malice hatred or evil will nor for meed dread savour or affection So help you God c. Officers The Nomination of Officers by Iustices of the Peace Kane ss WE His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County whose hands and seals are hereunto set do nominate and appoint A. B. of the Township of C. in the said County Bailiff of the Township aforesaid and D. E. of the said Township under-Bailiff of the same commanding each of them to take upon him his respective Office aforesaid untill he shall be from thence lawfully discharged and forthwith to repair to one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid before him to take his Oath for the Faithful execution of the said respective Office Given under our hands and seals at F. in the said County the tenth day of Sept. 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. Orchards A Warrant against Robbers of Orchards c. To the Constable and Borsholders of A. in the said County c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before me That A. B. of your Town of A. Weaver hath within three months last past robbed the Orchard or Garden of C. D. of your Parish and carried away great quantities of Apples c. or digged up or pulled up his Fruit-trees to the value of 50 s. And that F. G. of your said Town Baker hath procured and abetted him so to doe and received and bought of him divers of the same things to the great damage of the said C. D. contrary to the laâ—…e Act of Parliament in that case made and provided I do therefore hereby order and require That the said A. B. shall within six days after notice to him given of this my Order pay the said C. D. 20 s. and that the said F. G. do within six days after notice to him given of this Order pay unto the said C. D. 30 s. in recompence to him for his wrongs aforesaid and that these payments he made in the presence of the said Constable hereby commanded upon request to see it done and hereof you are forthwith to give them notice and if either of them shall not pay the same that then you do give me notice thereof to the end they may be farther proceeded against according to the said Statute And hereof fail not c. Given under our c. Upon non-payment to be whipt To c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before me That A. B. of your Town of A. Weaver hath within three months last past robbed c. as before so made and provided Wherefore the premisses considered and that I judge the said Offenders A. B. and F. G. unable to make satisfaction for the said wrong I do hereby order that they be forthwith committed to the said Constable of A. to be whipped the which you are hereby required forthwith to doe at your peril Given under our hands c. Peace A Warrant to find Sureties for the Peace 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 B. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of C. hath this present day taken his corporal Oath before me that C. D. of c. And hath therewithall prayed Surety of the Peace against the said C. D. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do cause the said C. D. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to find sufficient Security as well for his personal appearance at the next general Session of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. aforesaid then and there to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be injoyned as also that he will in the mean time keep His Majestie 's Peace towards His said Majesty and all His liege People and especially towards the said A. B. and if the said C. D. shall refuse so to doe that then without expecting any further or other warrant you some or one of you do safely convey him to the Gaol aforesaid and him there deliver 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 find such sufficient Security as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to find Sureties for the Peace where an Assault is made upon an Officer in discharge of his Office To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOrasmuch as Complaint was this day made unto us by W. W. Borsholder of the Borough of the Town of C. in the said County That R. L. of C. in the said County Gent. and I. W. the younger of C. aforesaid Shoemaker did in the month of February last past at C. aforesaid within the Borough aforesaid assault and beat several Persons and the said W. W. then Borsholder of the Borough aforesaid being then and there present did then and there in His Majestie 's name command the said R. L. and I. W. to keep His Majestie 's Peace yet notwithstanding they did continue in breaking the same in his presence and then and there assaulted him and threatned to kill him all which he hath maintained upon his Oath before us and that he is afraid that the said R. L. and I. W. will kill wound beat or do him some bodily harm and hath prayed Security of the Peace to be by us granted unto him against the said R. L. and I. W. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do bring the said R. L. and I. W. before us some or one of us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to find several and respective sufficient Security for their several and respective personal appearance at the next general Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden for
to Law And that you do then and there also give unto us an account and reckoning upon Oath in writing and under the hand of the Minister of each respective Parish what Rogues Vagabonds and wandring and disorderly persons you have apprehended both in the same Search and also since the last like general Search made and how many have been punished or otherwise sent to the House of Correction All which you are not to neglect upon forfeitures of such fines pains and penalties as by the Statute in such case made and provided may be by us inflicted upon you for such your neglect We do likewise hereby in His Majestie 's name farther command you and every of you to bring before us or some of us at the time and place aforesaid all such persons within the said Hundred as be masterless or live out of Service or be common Alehouse-haunters or expenders of their moneys in riotous living not duly labouring for their living whereby so to maintain them to the end that we may proceed against them as to Justice doth appertain And that you your selves be then and there also personally present to give account of the execution of this our Warrant Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. Servants For sending a Servant to his Service to serve the time agreed to prevent Charge on the Parish To the Overseers of the Poor for the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as you have complained unto us That B. C. being retained into Service by D. E. of T. c. for onâ—… year not yet expired is come out of her Service in the said Parish of T. and likely to be chargeable to the same These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do forthwith convey the said B. C. to her said Master or Mistress and deliver her unto him or her to remain with him or her untill she shall be from him or her lawfully discharged and in case of refusal of the said D. E. to receive the said B. C. accordingly That you some or one of you do forthwith certifie us or one of us of the same to the end that such farther proceedings may be thereupon had as by Law is required Hereof fail not Given under our hands and seals at A. the c. A Mittimus against one that returneth into a Parish after he was removed To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of H. in the said County 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 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 H. in the County aforesaid to work and was not returned and thereupon the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish did according to the Statute aforesaid convey the said A. B. to D. aforesaid there to remain an Inhabitant as formerly he was after which said conveying the said A. B. did return of his own accord to the aforesaid Parish of H. from whence he was removed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constable 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 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 not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. A Warrant to levy 40 s. on the Master for putting away his Servant before the end of his term To the Constables and Borsholders of A. c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as it appeareth unto us this day upon Oath That A. B. of your Town of A. Yeoman hath put C. D. his Servant lawfully retained with him out of his service before the end of the term agreed contrary to the Law of this Realm These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you and every of you forthwith upon the receipt hereof that you levy the summ of 40 s. by him the said A. B. forfeited by the Statute for his offence by way of Distress and Sale of the Offender's Goods upon his not payment thereof rendring to the said A. B. the over-plus if any be And that you bring with you the said 40 s. at the next general Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden for these parts of K. except the said A. B. shall shew good cause to the contrary to His Majestie 's Justice of the Peace at A. aforesaid upon Thursday next being the twelfth day of this instant December Hereof fail not at your perils Given at the general quarter-Quarter-Sessions of the Peace at B. the second day c. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. For not paying Wages To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss THese are in in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause A. B. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace of the County aforesaid to answer unto such matters as shall be objected against him by C. D. touching his detention of 20 s. due unto C. D. as he saith for wages and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain unless the said A. B. shall forthwith pay unto the said C. D. the wages aforesaid or do otherwise give satisfaction unto him for the same And you are hereby also farther required to give unto the said C. D. convenient notice of the time places when and whither and before whom you shall cause the said A. B. to come in execution hereof to the end that he may be also then and there present to make appear his due to the wages aforesaid Hereof fail not c. A Warrant for Relief of a Man-servant that is out of Service To the Constables c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as complaint is made unto me by A. B. That he being lawfully retained in the Service of C. D. of your Town of E. Yeoman at Lady day was twelve-month and being discharged his Service at Lady day last hath been at the Statute Sessions and cannot find himself a Service and being destitute of means whereby to relieve himself These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you and every of you that presently upon the receipt hereof you do receive the said A. B. into your Town and see him set on work and provided for according to the Statute in that case made and
of them whom it may concern Kent ss THese are to will and require you and in His Majestie 's name straightly to charge and command you forthwith upon receipt hereof to bring before us and other His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of this County to the Sessions of Peace holden for the County of K. at A. in the said County the Body of T. R. c. standing indicted for a Trespass if the Court there be then sitting or if not before some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the said County then and there to answer the same and all such matters as on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him and if he cannot be taken during this present Sessions that then so soon after as he shall be taken you bring or cause to be brought before us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of this County to find sufficient Sureties for his personal appearance at the next Sessions of Peace to be holden for the said County to answer as aforesaid and farther to be dealt withall according to Justice Hereof you are not to fail at your perils Dated in open Sessions at A. aforesaid the one and twentieth day of April c. Annoque Dom. 1680. Uagrants A Warrant for apprehending Beggars and other Idle persons To the Constable and Headboroughs and others His Majestie 's Officers of any the Parishes in the said County and to all others whom this doth or may concern Mâ—…dd ss WHereas the Suburbs of London and Places adjacent are now infected with many Rogues Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggars and other Idle persons that can give no good accompt of their life and conversation to the danger of the Inhabitants and contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straightly to charge and command you and every of you That at all convenient times hereafter taking with you a convenient aid and assistance you make diligent search in the several Places aforesaid and in all other suspected Places within any the Parishes in the said County for all such Rogues Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars and other suspected and Idle persons And them to apprehend and bring before us or one of us to be examined and dealt with according to Law Hereof fail not c. Given under our hands c. A Testimonial or Pass for him to the place of his Birth Kent ss A. B. a Vagrant middle stature aged about 30 years was this present day taken at B. in the County aforesaid and then and there by my appointment punished according to the form of the Statute in that case provided And he is to be conveyed from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every of the same the next straightway to the Parish of T. where as he confesseth he was born there to put himself to labour as he ought to doe and he is limited to pass thither within c. days now next ensuing at his peril Given under my hand and seal at c. This must be signed by the Iustice and Minister Constable c. or two of them The like where the Place of his Birth is not known Kent ss A. B. a Vagrant of low stature aged about 20 years was this present day taken at T. in the County aforesaid and then and there by my appointment punished according to the form of the Statute in that case provided And for that the Parish where he was born is not known though it be demanded of him And for that also he did last dwell before the same punishment by the space of one whole year in the Parish of T. c. as he confesseth He is therefore to be conveyed from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every of the same the next straight way to the said Parish of T. there to put himself to labour as he ought to doe And he is limited to pass thither within c. days now next ensuing at his peril Given under my hand and seal at c. The like where neither the Place of his Birth nor last abode is known Kent ss A. B. a Vagrant of middle stature aged about 40 years was this present day taken at T. in the said County and then and there by my appointment punished according to the form of the Statute in that case provided And for that neither the Parish where he was born nor the Parish where he did last dwell before the said punishment by the space of one whole year is known though both were by me demanded of him He is therefore to be conveyed from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every of the same the next straight way to the Parish of B. in the c. through which he last passed without punishment as he saith and he is to be from thence conveyed by the Officers of the said Parish according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided and is limited to pass thither within c. days now next ensuing at his peril Given under my hand and seal at c. The like where the Vagrant is apprehended in a general privy Search Kent ss A. B. a Vagabond of small stature aged about 20 years was sound and apprehended at T. in the said County in a general privy Search by our command made according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided and brought before us this present day at our Assembly at V. and by our appointment punished according to Law And he is to be conveyed from Parish to Parish c. as before in one of the three precedent Warrants according to the Case To pay two shillings for apprehending a Vagrant To the c. of A. in the Parish of B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas A. B. did lately apprehend and bring unto me C. D. which did pass through your aforesaid c. in the Parish aforesaid unapprehended These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you forthwith to pay to the aforesaid A. B. 2 s. for his said apprehension of the C. D. aforesaid according to the form of the Statute in that case lately made Hereof fail not at your peril Given under our hand and seal at c. Upon not payment of the same To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the aforesaid County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas A. D. did lately apprehend and bring unto T. H. one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County C. D. which did pass through the c. in the Parish of T. in the County aforesaid un-apprehended of which said place of apprehension A. B. was then And thereupon the aforesaid Justice did according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made require the said A. B. to pay to the aforesaid A. D. two shillings
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
were consumed wasted and burnt to the great danger of the Bodies of them and their Families and their exceeding great loss and impoverishment And forasmuch as it is a Godly and Charitable deed to further help and relieve such poor needy and miserable persons being of honest name fame and conversation as they who have suffered this great loss And for that the Bearers hereof in the behalf of themselves and their Neighbours are inforced by reason of their Losses to seek for help and succour for their relief And we knowing their Estate to be such as is premised and moved with commiseration of their sad Estate and Condition Have therefore as much as in us lieth given License unto them and every of them to make their repair from Parish Church to Parish Church and to every Parish Church and Chapel Town and Place within the County of K. to ask receive and take Charitable Devotion and Benevolence of all good and well disposed people towards the recovery of their said great Losses And our request further is That you and every of you to whom they shall repair do extend your lawfull favour unto them permitting them without your denial to execute the tenour of this our Licence Desiring all Ecclesiastical Persons to whom these distressed persons shall make their Address in this behalf to declare the tenor hereof to their Parishioners in every of their Parish Churches and Chapels on the Sabbath days or other Festival days exorting them to extend their Charity in this behalf and those whom it concerns to aid and assist them in the collection thereof In Witness c. A Charitable Request made by certain Iustices of the Peace to the Inhabitants of a Division for Relief of F. S. who had been therein lately ruined by Fire K. ss WE whose names are hereunto subscribed his Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. and inhabiting in and neer the division of the said County wherein the Parish of B. in the County aforesaid is situate having received credible information that F. S. of the Parish aforesaid Labourer upon the second day of April last past by a sudden Fire hapening in his said dwelling house in the said Parish had his Flax to the value of thirty and five pounds suddenly burnt and consumed to the utter undoing him his wife and children unless he be relieved by the Charity of well disposed people We therefore taking the said Loss into consideration and much commiserating the same do upon the humble Petition of the F. S. so far forth as lawfully we may earnestly recommend his said sad condition to the charitable consideration and benevolence of all well disposed people inhabiting within the division aforesaid desiring them to contribute what God shall move their hearts unto towards his help and relief therein desiring also the Ministers and Church-wardens of every the Parishes within the division aforesaid to promote the said Charitable work Given under our hands the c. of May 1681. c. Forceable Entry A Warrant to return a Iury to inquire of a Forceable Entry Kent ss R. K. Esq one of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid To the Sheriff of the said County Greeting On the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King I command you that you do cause to come before me at C. in the Parish of G. in the County aforesaid upon Monday the tenth day of Iune next ensuing four and twenty sufficient and indifferent men of the neighbourhood of L. in the said County whereof every one have lands and tenements of the yearly value of forty shillings by the year at the least above reprises to enquire upon their Oath for His said Majesty of a certain Entry by strong hand made into the mesuage of A. B. at L. aforesaid against the form of the Statute in that behalf provided as it is said And that you do at the said day return twenty shillings issues upon every of the Jurors by you in this behalf to be impannelled Hereof fail not upon pain of twenty pounds to be by you forfeited to His said Majesty and upon such other penalty as by the Statute in that behalf provided is declared if you shall be slack and make not due execution hereof And have you there the names of the Jurors and this Precept Given under my hand and seal at c. the second day of c. A Record of a Forceable Entry K. ss EGO R. K. Armig. unus Iusticiariorum Dom. Regis nunc ad pacem in Comitatu Kanc. praedicto conservandam assignatorum Certifico quod secundo die Februarii Anno Regni dicti Dom. Regis nunc tricesimo questus est mihi A. B. de C. in Comitatu Kanc. praedicto Yeoman Quod E. F. aliae personae ignotae perturbatores pacis dicti Dom. Regis nunc praedicto secundo die Februarii Anno supradicto in unum messuagium unum Atrium cum pertin adtunc adhunc existens liberum tenementum W. I. Gent. ac in possessione praed A. B. pro termino decem annorum adhuc venturorum situatum in C. praedicta in Com. praedicto pacifice quiete intraver intrationem fecer Et postea viz. praedicto secundo die Februarii Anno supra dicto apud C. praedictam in Com. praedicto praedictum A. B. à praedicto Messuagio Atrio cum pertin vi Armis c. illicite manu forti expuler ejecer amover Et praed A. B. sic deinde expuls ejectum amotum à Messuagio Atrio praedictis cum pertin ut praedicitur vi Armis illicite manu forti adtunc ibidem extra tenuer detinuer Ad grave damnum praedicti A. B. contra pacem dicti Dom. Regis nunc c. ac contra formam Statuti in hujusmodi casu editi provisi Et unde praedictus A. B. petiit à me remedium in hac parte relevari Quâ querela petitione praedict per me auditis existen Ego praefatus J. B. immediate personaliter accessi ad Messuagium Atrium praedicta cum pertin Ac in Messuagio praedicto adtunc ibidem inventi praedictum E. F. praedictum Messuagium Atrium cum pertinentiis à praedicto A. B. vi armis illicite manu forti extra tenentem detinentem contra formam Statuti in hujusmodi casu editi provisi super quo ego praefatus J. B. adtunc ibidem causavi praedictum E. F. capt arrestat misi ad Gaolam de M. in Com. Kanc. praed ibid. remanere sub salva custodia donec inveniret coram me sive aliquo alio Iusticiariorum dicti Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. praedict sufficientem securitatem pro personali comparentia ipsius A. B. ad proximam generalem Quarterialem-Sessionem pacis dicti Dom. Regis in Com. praed tenent ad respondendum transgressioni contemp praed Ac quod
of the Peace in that behalf And that you take nothing for your Office of Justice of the Peace to be done but of the King and Fees accustomed and Costs limited by the Statute And ye shall not direct nor cause to be directed any Warrant by you to be made to the parties but ye shall direct them to the Bailiffs of the said County or other the King's Officers or Ministers or other indifferent persons to doe Execution thereof So help you God c. The Oath of Supremacy I A. B. of c. do utterly testifie and declare in my Conscience That our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second is the onely Supreme Governour of this Realm and of all other His Highness Dominions and Countries as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical things or causes as Temporal And that no foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm And therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities And do promise that from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the King's Highness His Heirs and lawfull Successors And to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Privileges Preheminences and Authorities granted or belonging to the King's Highness His Heirs and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm So help me God The Oath of Allegiance I A. B. do truly and sincerely acknowledge profess testifie and declare in my Conscience before God and the world That our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second is lawfull and rightfull King of this Realm and of all other His Majestie 's Dominions and Countries and that the Pope neither of himself nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome or by any other means with any other hath any power or authority to depose the King or to dispose of any of His Majestie 's Kingdoms or Dominions or to authorize any foreign Prince to invade or annoy Him or His Countries or to discharge any of His Subjects of their allegiance and obedience to His Majesty or to give licence or leave to any of them to bear Arms raise Tumult or to offer any violence or hurt to His Majestie 's Royal Person State or Government or to any of His Majestie 's Subjects within His Majestie 's Dominions Also I do swear from my heart That notwithstanding any Declaration or Sentence of Excommunication or Deprivation made or granted or to be made or granted by the Pope or his Successors or by any authority derived or pretended to be derived from him or his See against the said King His Heirs or Successors or any Absolution of the said Subjects from their obedience I will bear saith and true allegiance to His Majesty His Heirs and Successors and Him and Them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all Conspiracies and Contempts whatsoever which shall be made against His or their Persons their Crown and Dignity by reason or colour of any such Sentence or Declaration or otherwise and will do my best endeavour to disclose and make known unto His Majesty His Heirs and Successors all Treasons and Traiterous Conspiracies which I shall know or hear of to be against Him or any of them And I do further swear That I do from my heart abhor detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable Doctrine and Position That Princes which be Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do believe and in Conscience am resolved That neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever hath power to absolve me of this Oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full authority to be lawfully ministred unto me and do renounce all Pardons and Dispensations to the contrary And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any Equivocation or mental Evasion or secret Reservation whatsoever And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian. So help me God A Mittimus for refusing the Oath of Allegiance To the Keeper or Gaoler c. WE A. B. and C. D. two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of K. whereof A. B. is of the Quorum do hereby commit to your custody the Body of E. F. for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance Requiring you to take and safely in Prison to keep him till he shall be delivered by due course of Law and for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given under our hands and seals this second day of Iune c. The Oath of Abjuration YOU shall swear That you shall depart out of this Realm of England and out of all other the King's Majestie 's Dominions and that you shall not return hither or come again into any of His Majestie 's Dominions but by the Licence of our said Sovereign Lord the King or of His Heirs So help you God The Oath of an Excise-man With this must be taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy YOU shall swear to execute the Office of name the place truly and faithfully without favour or affection and shall from time to time true account make and deliver to such person or persons as His Majesty shall appoint to receive the same and shall take no fee or reward for the execution of the said Office from any other person then from His Majesty or those whom His Majesty shall appoint in that behalf The under Sheriffs Oath touching the Impannelling of Iuries I A. B. shall not use or exercise the Office of under Sheriff corruptly during the time that I shall remain therein Neither shall or will accept receive or take by any colour means or device whatsoever or consent to the taking of any manner of Fee or Reward of any person or persons for impanelling or returning of any Inquest Jury or Tales in the said Court for the King or betwixt party and party above two shillings or the value thereof and such Fees as are allowed and appointed for the same by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm But will according to my power truly and indifferently with convenient speed impanel all Jurors and return all such Writ or Writs touching the same as shall appertain to be done by my Duty or Office during the time that I shall remain in the said Office So God me help The Oath of a Bailiff I I. D. shall not use nor exercise the Office of one of the Bearers of the Verges of His Majestie 's Houshold and one of the Officers and Ministers of the Court of our Sovereign Lord the King of the King's Palace of
the Peace MEmorandum Quod tertio die Julii Anno 32. Regis Caroli Secundi c. A. B. venit coram me R. K. Armig. uno Iusticiariorum Domini Regis nunc ad Pacem c. Gratis Remisit Relaxavit quantum in se est praedictam securitatem pacis per ipsum versus supra nominatum T. H. petitam In cujus rei testimonium ego praefatus R. K. c. Dat. apud c. And in like sort the Justice or Justices of Peace may doe which took Sureties for Good behaviour if they see cause Riot A Precept to the Sheriff to return a Iury to inquire upon a Riot Rout or unlawfull Assembly Kent ss W. B. and R. R. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid to the Sheriff of the said County Greeting On the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King we command you that you do cause to come before us at H. in the Parish of G. in the said County upon Thursday the 10. day of Iune next ensuing four and twenty honest sufficient and lawfull men dwelling within the said County whereof every of them have to Lands and Tenements within the County aforesaid to the yearly value of twenty shillings of Charter-hold or Free-hold or twenty six shillings eight pence of Copyhold or of both over and above all charges for to inquire for His Majesty of some Riots Routs and unlawfull Assemblies committed and done at S. in the said County as it is said And that you do return upon every Person so by you impannelled in issues at the first day twenty shillings at the second day forty shillings to be by them forfeited if that they appear not and be sworn to inquire the premisses at the first day All which you shall in no case omit upon pain of twenty pounds which you shall forfeit to His said Majesty if you shall make default in not returning the said Persons or issues in form aforesaid And have you then the names of the said Jurors and this Precept Given under our hands and seals at T. in the said County c. The like Precept in Latine K. ss T. C. R. K. Armigeri duo Iusticiariorum Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. suo praed conservand assign necnon ad diversas felonias transgressiones alia malefacta in eodem Com. perpetrat audiend terminand assignat Vic. ejusdem Com. salutem Ex parte Dom. Regis tibi praecipimus Quod venire facias coram nobis apud S. in Com. praed die Iovis 26 die Aprilis prox sequen ad horam octavam ante meridiem ejusdem diei viginti quatuor probos sufficientes legales homines infra Com. praed commorantes quorum quilibet habeat terras tenementa infra eundem Com. ad valentiam viginti solidorum per chart tent sive liberi tenementi vel viginti sex solidorum octo denariorum terrae per copiam rotulorum Curiae tent ultra omnia onera Ad inquirend pro Dom. Rege super sacram suum de quibusdam Riotis Routis illicitis aggregationibus commiss perpetrat apud H. in Com. praed ut dicitur Quodque retornes super quamlibet personam per te impanellat in exitibus viginti solidos per ipsos forisfaciend si non compareant ut jurati sint ad inquirend de praemissis ad diem illum omnia quae nullatenus omitt sub paena viginti librar quam noveris te forisfactur eidem Dom. Regi si defalt feceris in non retorn personas prâ—…d sive exit in forma praed Et habeas ibi tunc nomina Iur. ill hoc praeceptum Dat. sub Sigillis nostris apud S. ultim die Martii Anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensor c. 27. A Warrant for certain Riotous Persons To the Constables c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as I am credibly informed by A. B. Gent. that C. D. c. and diverse and sundry other Persons unknown have come upon the Ground of the said A. B. in M. aforesaid and there have been aiding and assisting to these Persons hereunder named in forceable manner to carry away the Wood and Timber c. there of late growing being the Wood and Timber of A. B. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you to arrest as well the said Parties hereunder named as the said Parties unknown being shewed unto you by the said A. B. and to bring the same before me and this shall be your Warrant and Discharge Given under c. Rogues For Apprehending and Committing a dangerous Rogue To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. a was found and apprehended at C. in the Hundred and County aforesaid in a general privy Search by our command made according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided and brought before us this present day at our Assembly at T. in the County aforesaid We do therefore in His Majestie 's name command you the Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do at the charge of the said Hundred convey the said A. B. to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there set him to work and labour or otherwise to deal with him according to Law untill he shall be from thence lawfully delivered Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at A. aforesaid the c. A Mittimus of a dangerous Rogue 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 FOrasmuch as A. B. a wandring Rogue doth appear to be dangerous We do therefore in His Majestie 's name charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do safely convey the said A. B. to the Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him 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 the next Quarter-sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at A. aforesaid that he may then and there be farther dealt withall according to the Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under c. Sacrament A Certificate for Receiving the Sacrament and Oath Kent ss WE A. B. Minister of the Parish-Church of C. in the County of D. and E. F. Church-warden of the same Parish and Parish-Church do
These are against the Statute of 16 Car. 2. Vide the Statute House of Correction If delivered of a Child in the House of Correction the Child must be sent to the Parish from which the Mother was sent A Rogue must not be sent to the House of Correction but whipped and sent to the place where last setled if known else to the place of birth But the House of Correction is for the Poor of the Parish that refuse to work Deer Heir shall have them in the Park and not Executor Waste cannot be assigned for killing Deer except he kill them all Drunkenness If twice drunk and convicted bound to Good behaviour Drunkard may be punished in Ecclesiastical Court or by justice of Peace Being a Drunkard cause to remove a Magistrate Gaol Every County hath two Gaols one for Debt which may be in any house where the Sheriff will The other is for the Peace and matters of the Crown which is the County Gaol Gaoler shall be answerable for Escapes and if not sufficient respondet superior If Gaol broken by Thieves Gaoler is chargeable otherwise if by Enemies High-way If inclose part of the High-way must maintain it though the Parish did it before To stop one way which was foul and lay out another without publick Authority not justifiable Cannot lay Logs in the High-way though there is sufficient room for Passengers beside it Justice may upon his view present want of repair of High-way and before the Fine can be taken off the presented must certify the Amendment Action for stopping or incroaching upon High-way not maintainable without particular damage for the usual way is by Indictment If to repair the High-way ratione tenurae it need not be prescribed but ratione residentiae must Indictment in High-way ad nocumentum prope inhabitantium naught it should have been omnium ibidem transeuntium Huy and Cry Statutes of 13 Edw. 1. and 27 Eliz. are concerning it The Party robbed ought to give convenient notice so soon as he can Though know the Robber yet shall have Action against the Hundred by 13 Edw. 1. The Party robbed is not bound to lend his Horse to pursue the Thief nor is he bound to goe and pursue the Thief presently Robbery after day-break and before Sun-rising Hundred must answer so that after Sun-set and before it is dark Oath of a Robbery before a Justice of the County though taken out of the County good Poor Assessment for them ought to be made according to the visible Estates of the Inhabitants there both real and personal But not for any Estate they have elsewhere The Occupiers of the Lands and not the Landlords are to be taxed The Grand-mother being of ability had a poor Grand-child reliev'd by the Parish who marrieth her Husband is liable towards keeping the Child for that his Wife was of ability when he married her otherwise if she had not been of ability And the Sessions must order what he shall contribute towards the charge Peace 1000 li. bond may be required for the Peace as the case may stand viz. if the Person be dangerous If he which is bound to the Peace break his Recognizance he may be indicted for it for it is a new Offence Bound to the Peace upon malice or for vexation may be discharged by the King 's Bench. Justice may take money to lie in deposito for security of the Peace and if break the Peace the money to be forfeited to the King Two Justices though neither of the Quorum may inquire of unlawfull Assemblies though they cannot determine the same Rogue Is not to be sent to the House of Correction but to be whipped and sent where last settled if known otherwise to the place of his birth But the House of Correction is properly for those that will not work If Inhabitants of the County goe with Wares to sell at Houses in that County they are Rogues Riot Fine upon Riotors cannot be less than 10 li. for the principal and four marks a-piece for the rest Information against two Justices for not inquiring of a Riot found against one of them good Stage-players may be indicted for Riot and unlawfull Assemblies Souldiers If Souldiers prest to serve the King depart out of the service it is Felony by 7 Hen. 7. 3 Hen. 8. and 2 Edw. 6. The Captain is he who is to command and the Conducter is he who is hired to guide the Souldiers in the way to their Captain and departing from him is Felony Justices of the Peace may try the Offence at their Sessions and so may Justices of Oyer and Terminer THE TABLE Alehouses A Licence to keep an Alehouse Page 1 Another Page 2 A Licence to Brew and keep an Alehouse Page 3 A Recognizance thereupon with Condition Page ibid. Another Recognizance for an Alehouse-keeper and Condition Page 4 5 A Warrant against an Inn-keeper Alehouse-keeper c. suffering to tipple Page 5 to levy money for tippling Page 6 A Mittimus for an Alehouse-keeper suffering to tippleâ—… foâ—… 〈◊〉 of Distress Page 7 For an unlicensed Alehouse Page 9 The like upon the Statute 3 Car. the first Conviction Page 10 The like for the second Conviction Page 11 for the third Conviction Page 12 A Warrant for Witnesses against an unlicensed Alehouse-keeper Page 13 for suppression of an Alehouse for disorder Page 14 for renewing Licences of Alehouse-keepers Page ibid. against an Alehouse-keeper for selling less than measure Page 15 A Mittimus for selling less than measure for want of Distress Page 16 A Warrant for suppressing an Alehouse after suppression at the Quarter-sessions Page 18 A Licence to keep an Alehouse with Articles Page 19 The form of a Record that is returned of the Alehouses that are licensed and conditioned c. Page 377 Apprentices A Warrant to put out poor Children Apprentices Page 22 An Indenture for an Apprentice so put out Page 23 A Warrant against them which refuse to take Apprentices Page 25 against a Master for abusing his Apprentice Page 26 A Warrant against a disorderly Apprentice Page ibid. A Discharge of an Apprentice Page 27 A Warrant against one that departeth out of Service before his time expired Page ibid. Law-Cases thereon Page 383 Bail Recognizances for Bail Page 28 A Condition to prefer a Bill and give Evidence Page 29 A Condition to give Evidence Page 30 Bastards A Warrant for the apprehending and conveying the Woman to the House of Correction Page 32 A Mittimus of the Mother of a Bastard-child to the House of Correction Page 33 A Warrant against the Mother for the second Offence to commit to the House of Correction and find Sureties of Good behaviour Page 34 to convene the Mother and reputed Father Page ibid. against the reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page 36 An Order for Relief of the Parish touching a
Entries thereof at the Office of Excise within their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 12 Car. 2. cap. 24. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices Common Brewer forfeits 10 li. Innkeeper forfeits 5 li. Alehouse-keeper Victualler Retailer of a Beer Ale Cyder Perry Metheglin or Strongwater forfeits 20 s. 15 Car. 2. 11 12. 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. cap. 24. 2 Iustices a Common Brewers forfeit for omitting such Entries for every default 10 li. Inn-keeper 5 li. Alehouse-keeper Victualler or Retailer of Beer Ale Cyder Perry Metheglin strong-water brewing making or retailing the same forfeit for every default 20 s. Brewer for not paying off within a week after Entry pay double the Duty Innkeeper Alehousekeeper Victular or other Retailer not paying off within a month after Entry pay double the Duty 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices Allowance 3 in 23 Barrels of Beer and 2 in 22 Barrels of Ale a Ale Beer c. 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices This upon complaint of false Entries of Liquours 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices a Brewer Inn-keeper Victualler or Retailer of Beer Disteller of Strongwater or Retailer of b Beer Ale Cyder Perry Metheglin or Strongwater over and above the double value pay 5 s. 15 Car. 2. cap. 11. 2 Iustices a bribe or corrupt or give any money fee or other reward whatsoever to any Gager or other Officer b to make false return or report unto the Office of Excise c of any Beer Ale or other Liquours exciseable within his Charge Division or Walk or to forbear or omit the doing or executing of his place or imployment 15 Car. 2. cap. 11. 2 Iustices may set down for charges of levying And so all other Offences mutatis mutandis The date hereof and locus in quo must be upon the day and at the place of condemnation 1 Iustice. 2 Justices 1 Quorum See Title Recognizance â—… Ri. 3. c. 3. Coke 8. 171. Stamf. 162. Br. forf 58. F. Cor. 3. 66. Stam. 193 194. 3â—… Ed. 3. 3. 15 R. 2. cap. 2. The Party grieved shall bear the Costs that the Iustice of Peace shall sustain in the execution of the Statute of Forceable Entries 8 H. 6. c. 9. The second day 40 s. issues The third 100 s. issues Every day after double issues 14 Car. 2. 1 Iustice. 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices Surveyors to be chosen yearly the Monday or Tuesday in Easter-week 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices Not paying within 20 days after demand forfeits double his Assessment 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices Forfeit 10 s. per diem for a Team Labourers 18 d. Vide 22 Car. 2. cap. 12. 2 next Iustices Proof by 1 Witness To be imployed towards mending the High-ways 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 next Iustices Every Labourer forfeits 1 s. 6 d. per diem that he neglects to work Vide 22 Car. 2. cap. 12. 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. fol. 128. 2 Iustices To account in a year after their Surveyorship or to Gaol till they account 14 Car. 2. cap. 6. 2 Iustices 2 Iustices 1 Iac. c. 4. The second part of the Institutes pag. 728. 13 Edw. 1. cap. 4. Watch to be kept in every Town from Michaelmas to Ascention day 7 Iac. c. 4. The search to be made twice in every year at the least 7 Iac. c. 4. Dalt 113. 7 Iac. c. 4. a Is an idle dissolute and disorderly fellow one that will not keep his Service follow any honest course of Life Sturdy Beggar Idle and disorderly Person Of evil and disorderly Life and Conversation Liveth idly out of Service notwithstanding our command to the contrary Will not be reformed of his said idle kind of Life and evil and disorderly Conversation Rogues Vagabonds and other wandring and idle Persons Idle Persons Idle or disorderly Persons Dalt 113. 2 Iustices 730. 7 Iac. c. 4. 7 Iac. c. â—… If run awâ—… and leaâ—… his Faiâ—… to the Parish is adjudged incorrigible Rogue 2 Iustices of that Division 2 Witnesses upâ—…n Oath 27 Eliz. cap. 13. 27 Eliz. cap. 13. 3 Ed. 1. 3 Ed. 1. â—… Iustice. 1 Iustice. 28 Ed. 3. cap. 11. 18 Car. 2. cap. 2. 32 Car. 2. cap. The same Acts. The last Act. The last Act. 6 Ed. 6. cap. 14. 13 Eliz. 25. made perpetual 5 Eliz. 5. 31 Eliz. 5. 21 Iac. 22. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum Not for above a year 39 Eliz. cap. 4. It is convenient that the party be particularly described in this Pasport lest others make use thereof 29 Car. 2. 1 Iustice. Dalt 481. See Title Recognizances 7 Iac. c. 11. 2 Iustices and their hands Pheasants c. to be taken onely between Michaelmas and Christmas 22 23 Car. 2. 1 Iustice under his hand and seal This may be directed to any special person or persons as well as to the Officers 23 Eliz. cap. 10. With this is to be taken the Oath of Supremacy 1 Eliz. c. 1. 3 Iac. c. 4. Upon this Oath the party taking it shall subscribe his name or mark 2 Iustices one of the Quorum 35 Eliz. cap. 1. Stam. 119. Wilk 40. 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. 2 Iustices who must certifie the taking of this Oath to the next Quarter-Sessions there to be Recorded 27 Eliz. cap. 12. before two Iustices one of the Quorum The Oath of Supremacy must be also taken by him or forfeit 40 li. 27 Eliz. cap. 12. This Oath and that of Supremacy ought to be taken by every Bailiff that executes any Writ or forfeit 40 li. Can. 6. of 1640. In this Oath is briefly comprehended the whole Duty of a Constable and principal matters of his Office â—…3 H. 8. cap. 5. 43. El. c. 7. 1 Iustice 1 Witness or Consession a or cut or carried away his Corn Grain or Hay growing or cut his Hedges Pales Rales or Fences or cut and spiled his Woods or Underwoods Pools or Trees standing in A aforesaid The Officer upon neglect to suffer imprisonment till the Offender be punished 1 Iustice by the first Assignavimus of the Commission of the Peace Any of these causes are sufficient Lamb. 47. 3 Ed. 1. c. 9. W. 1. 1 R. 2. c. 2. 1 H. 4. c. 1. 2 H. 4. c. 1. 7 H. 4. c. 1. a That he is afraid that A. B. of C. will beat wound maim kill him or burn his house That A. B. of C. hath already assaulted beaten bruised him and farther hath threatned him in such sort that he is afraid that the said A. B. will beat wound maim kill or do him some other bodily harm That A. B. hath already threatned that he will beat wound maim kill or do him some other bodily harm Or burn his house And that he is afraid that he will accordingly so doe Where the Warrant is against two for the Peace say As well for their respective personal
venerunt coram nobis C. D. E. F. Iusticiar ' dicti Domini Regis ad pacem suam in Com' suo praedicta conservand ' assignat ' recognoverunt se de bere eidem Domino Regi modo forma sequen ' viz. praedict ' A. B. viginti libras legalis monetae Angliae uterque praedictorum G. J. decem libras consimilis monetae de separalibus bonis catallis terris tenementis suis separalit ' fieri levari ad opus usum dicti Domini Regis haered ' successorum suorum si defalt ' fieret in performatione Conditionis indorsat ' A Condition to prefer a Bill and give Evidence The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of indictment against W. T. for the matters wherewith the said W. T. is charged before and do also then and there give such evidence as he knoweth concerning the same as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said W. T. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force If at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of Kent at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid and do then and there prefer c. as in the foregoing Condition A Condition to give Evidence The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if thé within bound A B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent and do then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth against I. K. concerning the matters wherewith he is charged as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said I. K. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force If it be to appear at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of K. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid and do then and there give such Evidence c. as before A Condition for Felony or suspicion of Felony The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent then and there to answer our Sovereign Lord the King for and concerning the Felonious taking and stealing of wherewithall he standeth charged before c. and to doe and receive c. and do not depart the said Court without licence for the same That then this Recognizance to be void or else it shall stand in full force If it be to appear at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majastie's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of K. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holded for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid then and there to answer c. as before If the Fellon be in Prison These are to charge and require you that immediately you bring before me the body of A. B. now in your Custody to be Bailed as Law requireth Whereof fail you not c. Given c. Bastards For the apprehending and conveying the Woman to the House of Correction To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundreds of B. and C. in the said County and to every other His Majestie 's Officers in the County aforesaid whom the Execution thereof may concern Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do apprehend I. L. of B. in the said County Single woman and her safely convey to the House of Correction for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid and there deliver her to the Keeper of the same together with the Mittimus herewithall delivered unto you Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at H. in the said County the second day of Iune 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. A Mittimus of the Mother of a Bastard-Child to the House of Correction To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. 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 FOrasmuch as C. D. hath lately had a Bastard-Child These are therefore in his Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said C. D. and her safely convey to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver her to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive her into the said House and there punish and set her on work during the term of one whole year according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals c. A Warrant against the Mother for the second Offence to commit to the House of Correction and find Sureties of good Behaviour To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. hath lately had a Bastard-Child And for asmuch as she hath before offended in the like kind These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you That you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and her safely convey to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver her to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive her into the said House and there punish and set her on work untill she do put in good security for her good Behaviour not to offend so again according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. To convene the Mother and reputed Father To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as we are informed That A. D. of the Parish of
time that he shall attain unto his said age of ten years We do farther order That the said Bastard-Child shall be kept and nourished by his said Mother untill he shall attain unto the age aforesaid and that she so far as she shall be able shall during the said time so keep and nourish the same We do lastly order That both the said Mother and reputed Father shall for ever from and after such time as the said Bastard-Child shall attain unto his said age of ten years joyntly and severally discharge the said Parish of and from all charges whatsoever for touching or concerning the keeping or relieving of the same In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names the day and year first above written W. B. R. K. A Warrant to be written under the Order aforesaid for giving notice thereof to the Mother and reputed Father To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do with all convenient speed give or cause to be given notice of our Order a Copy whereof is herewith delivered unto you both unto the Mother and reputed Father therein mentioned to the end that they and every of them may the better observe and perform the same And what you shall doe in execution of this our Precept you some or one of you do certifie unto us or one of us with all convenient speed next after the Execution of the same to the end that farther proceedings may be thereupon had as the Case shall require and to Justice doth appertain Given under our hands and seals at c. aforesaid the c. A Warrant for the Punishment of the Mother and reputed Father of a Bastard-Child To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss WHereas A. G. of Hawkh. in the said County Single woman was lately delivered within the said Parish of a male Bastard-Child begotten and born out of lawfull Matrimony yet living and chargeable to the Parish aforesaid and so likely to continue chargeable to the great burthen of the same Parish and the defrauding of the Relief of the impotent and aged true Poor of the Parish aforesaid and to the evil example and encouragement of lewd life And whereas upon our Examination of the Cause and Circumstance according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided we have in and by an Order by us this present day made and subscribed under our hands touching the Bastard-Child aforesaid adjudged W. B. the elder late of Hawkh. aforesaid Broad-weaver the reputed Father of the said Bastard-Child And for Punishment of the said Mother and reputed Father according to the form of the Statute aforesaid we have thereby ordered That the said Mother shall by you some or one of you upon some day between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon in the common High-way at or near the Watch-house at Highgate 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 Dung-court and being so stripped and tied shall be there openly whipped untill her body be bloudy and that the said reputed Father shall by you some or one of you 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 house of I. B. there 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 from thence drawn to the Watch-house aforesaid and on the way well whipped in such manner as is in such cases accustomed And that the said Mother shall within three days next after notice of that our Order render her body to you some or one of you ready to nndergo her Punishment before ordered And that the said reputed Father shall within six days next after notice of our said Order render his body to you some or one of you ready to undergo his Punishment before ordered These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that in case the said Mother and reputed Father or either of them shall so render her his or their body or bodies to you or any of you as aforesaid that then you they or he to whom the same shall be so rendred do with all convenient speed afterwards proceed with effect to execute your their or his office according to the faid purport of the Order aforesaid and do execute the same accordingly And that what is done in the premisses you or one of you do with all convenient speed after the aforesaid c. day of c. make known unto us or one of us to the end that in case of failer by him or her of rendring his or her body to you or one of you according to the said Order such farther proceedings may be thereupon had as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at Hawkh. aforesaid the first day of May 1672. A Warrant and Mittimus against the reputed Father for not obeying the Justices Order To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to the Keeper of the common Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas by an Order by us made and subscribed under our hands the first day of May last past touching a male Bastard-Child lately born in the Parish of Hawkh. in the said County of the body of Anne Gardiner of Hawkh. aforesaid Single woman chargeable to the Parish aforesaid we have adjudged Will. Bowman the elder late of Hawkh. aforesaid Broad-weaver the reputed Father of the said Bastard-Child And for Punishment of the said reputed Father according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided among other things in the said Order contained have ordered That he shonld by you the said Constable and Borsholders or by some or one of you upon some day between the hours of nine and twelve in the forenoon in the common High-way in the Parish of Hawkh. aforesaid over against the house of I. B. there be stripped from the middle upwards and then and there should be tied to the tail of a Cart or Dungcourt and being so stripped and tied should be from thence drawn to the Watch-house at Highgate in the Parish aforesaid and on the way well whipped in such manner as is in such cases accustomed and that he should within six days next after notice of our said Order render his body to you the said Constable and Borsholders or some or one of you ready to undergo his punishment before ordered And whereas it hath been duly proved before us that after the making of the said Order and by
Peace to be holden for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid to doe and receive what by the Court there shall be then and there enjoyned and shall in the mean time be of Good behaviour towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all His liege people That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force Bridges A Warrant to a Hundred for Assessing a proportionable Rate of a Tax appointed by the Body of the County towards repair of the County Bridges To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to C. D. E. F. c. Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the County aforesaid and to every of them Kent ss WHereas several common Bridges of the said County were much out of repair The charges of Reparations whereof was estimated to amount to 750 li. which were ordered to be repaired by the Body of the County aforesaid The proportionable part whereof to be born by the Hundred aforesaid do amount unto 20 li. These are therefore by virtue of His Majestie 's Commission of Oyer and Terminer to us and others on that behalf directed under the great Seal of England To command you the said Constable and Borsholders sorthwith equally to assess and tax the said Hundred by a pound rate upon all Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels both real and personal within the Limits Circuits and Bounds of the Hundred aforesaid as hath usually been done within the said Hundred for publick Taxes And that you do collect and gather the same so that you may have the same ready in the hands of you the aforesaid Constables within one and twenty days next after your receit of this Precept to be paid and disposed of for and towards the purpose aforesaid as we some or one of us shall for that purpose direct And in case of refusal or neglect of any person or persons to pay his her or their proportion or proportions of the said money so by you assessed and taxed within one week next after demand thereof that then you some or one of you do cause the said person or persons so refusing or neglecting to come before us some or one of us to be bound over according to an Order by the said Commissioners in that behalf made to appear at the next general Assizes or quarter-Quarter-Sessions for this Western Division of the said County which shall next happen after such refusal or neglect to answer the same and you are hereby further required to make known unto us some or one of us with all convenient speed next after the end of the aforesaid one and twenty days what you have done in execution of this Precept Given under our hands and seals the second day of May 1681. A Warrant to make a Tax for County Bridges repaired To the Constable of the Hundred of A. and to B. C. c. Inhabitants of the said Hundred and to every of them Kent ss WHereas the usual Bridges of c. within the said County were lately in great decay and unrepaired and by an Order made at C. c. the said Decays and Irreparations were ordered to be mended at the Charges of the said County and have lately been amended accordingly the proportionable part of which said Charge thought fit to be imposed upon this Division doth amount unto c. of lawfull money of England and the proportionable part of the same thought fit to be imposed upon the said Hundred doth amount unto c. of like money These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Inhabitants that you or any three of you at the least whereof you the said Constable to be one do forthwith after publick notice before given as is usual in other Taxations make a Taxation of all and every the Inhabitants of the said Hundred as in such cases A Warrant to collect a Tax for repairing County Bridges To A. B. and C. D. Inhabitants of the Hundred of E. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you That you do forthwith collect and gather the several summs of money specified in the Taxation herewithall delivered unto you of the several persons therein mentioned to be taxed upon them for the purpose in the said Taxation specified and that you do pay the same unto R. T. whom we have appointed general Receiver of the moneys raised for the purpose aforesaid within this Division of the several Hundreds on or before the second day of May deducting out of the same onely 5 s. as by us allowed unto you for and towards your pains in collecting and paying in of the same and in case of refusal or neglect of payment of any of the said parties so taxed of the moneys taxed upon them as aforesaid after demand made thereof by you or either of you that then you do certify unto us or some or one of us the names of the said persons so refusing or neglecting with all convenient speed to the end that such farther proceeding may be had thereupon as to Justice doth appertain Given under our hands and seals at c. A Warrant for not paying the same To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been made unto us by R. T. c. by us appointed collectors and gatherers of the moneys imposed upon the said Hundred for and towards the reparations of the several Bridges of D. in the said County that the several persons whose names are here under written have refused to pay unto them the several summs of money adjoyned to their several names being taxed upon them for the purpose aforesaid although the same have been duly demanded of them These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said several persons to come before us or one of us or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County to answer the premisses and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain unless they shall forthwith pay the said moneys unto you some or one of you which if they shall so doe that then you so receiving the same do forthwith pay the said moneys so received unto the said R. T. c. or one of them to the end that the same may be by them paid over to the general Receiver of the moneys raised for the purpose aforesaid by us formerly appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A. B. C. D. E. F. c. Carriages for the King A Warrant to provide Carriages To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas we have by Warrant from the Green-cloath received notice to provide Carts and Carriages
from the places adjacent for the present service of His Majesty according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided 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 cause four sufficient Carriages within the said Hundred each Carriage to consist of four able Horses or six Oxen or four Oxen and two Horses to be and attend for the service aforesaid at B. in the said County upon the first of April next ensuing at eight of the clock in the forenoon of the same day Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Another Warrant for providing of Carriages for the King's use To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss WHereas we have received notice in writing by Warrant under the hands and seals of for providing of Carriages for the service of His Majesty These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you and every of you that you some or one of you do cause to be sent to A. ten Carriages on the second day of May next furnished with Horses or Oxen sufficient for the said service Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A Warrant to levy the Penalty for not appearing with Carriages for the King upon notice To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOr as much as it hath been duly proved before us That B. C. of C. c. having had reasonable notice to bring one Carriage to T. upon the first day of May last for the service of his Majestie 's Ordnance according to the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made hath wilfully neglected so to doe by which he hath forfeited forty shillings to the King's Majestie 's use These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you and every of you that you some or one of you do demand of the said B. C. to His Majestie 's use the aforesaid forty shillings and in default of payment upon demand that then you some or one of you do forthwith levy the aforesaid forty shillings to the use aforesaid by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said B. C. rendring to him the overplus upon such Sale if there shall be any the charge of Distraining being first deducted Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A Mittimus for one that doth impress or take away any Cart or other thing from the Owner under pretence of power from the Green-cloath for Carriage of His Majestie 's Provisions without lawfull Authority To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol at C. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOr as much as it hath been made appear unto me upon the complaint of A. B. of c. in the County aforesaid That C. D. of E. hath impressed a Cart for Carriage of His Majestie 's Provisions without consent of the Owner on pretence or colour of a Warrant from the Green-cloath contrary to the intent of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in His Majestie 's name at the request of the said A. B. to will and require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said C. D. and him deliver to the said Keeper of the Gaol aforesaid together with this Precept Requiring and commanding also you the said Keeper to receive the said C. D. into the Gaol aforesaid and him there safely to keep untill the next Sessions And thereof neither you nor any of you are to fail at your perils Given under my hand and seal the second day of May in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second c. Certificates A Certificate from the Minister and chief Inhabitants of the Parish of a man's Honesty K. ss WE I. â—… Minister of the Word of God in the Parish of S. in the said County of Kent I. B. of S. aforesaid Constable of the Hundred of S. wherein the said Parish standeth I. B. and G. C. Church-wardens of the said Parish W. V. T. L. T. W. A. W. T. I. and E. H. c. of the said Parish and most of us Freeholders within the same Do hereby certify to all to whom it shall concern That A. B. one of the Inhabitants of the said Parish of S. is and by the space of five years last past hath been a Householder within the said Parish and by all that time hath behaved himself and lived in good sort and reputed a man of honest Conversation and hath paid according to his degree all manner of Scots and Assesments as other the Inhabitants of the said Parish have done In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the ninth day of May 1681. A Certificate for continuing of an Alehouse-keeper To the right Worshipfull His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace within the Lower Division of L. in the County of Kent WE whose names are hereunto subscribed Inhabitants of the Parish of H. within the Division and County aforesaid do humbly certify That the now Dwelling-house of A. B. Victualler is conveniently situated there for a Victualling-house and that he is of good name and fame and the said House is well accommodated for entertainment of Travellers and that he keepeth good Rule therein And therefore we humbly desire your Worships that his Licence for keeping the said Victualling-house there may be continued A Certificate for the time of the Birth of a Child THese are to certify your Worships That A. B. Son of E. B. Widow was born in the month of August in the year of our Lord God 1679. in the Parish of R. in the County of B. about the latter end of the month In witness whereof we the Neighbours and Godmother of the said Child who were present at the birth of the said Child are ready to testify the same when your Worships shall please to require it and have hereunto set our hands this 30th day of November Anno Dom. 1679. A. B. C. D. c. A Certificate for one that hath not been touched of the Evil. WE the Rector and Ancient Inhabitants of the Parish of A. in the County of B. whose names are hereunto subscribed do upon good Information certify that C. D. the of E. F. of the Parish aforesaid hath not as yet been touched for the Distemper commonly called the Evil. Given under our hands and seals this 10th day of March Annoque Dom. 1680. Chimney-money A Mittimus for disturbing a Collectour To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's common Gaol for the said County at M. in the County
to the said Parishioners in such order manner and form as in and by the said Book is appointed whereby he hath by virtue of the Statute aforesaid forfeited five pounds to the use of the Poor of the Parish aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you or some of you do demand of the said A. B. the aforesaid five pounds to the use of the Poor aforesaid and in default of payment thereof within ten days after such demand that you or some of you do levy the same by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. rendring to him the surplusage Hereof â—…ail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. The like Warrant mutatis mutandis if he do not if there be occasion administer each of the Sacraments and other Rites of the Church once in every month A Mittimus for Preaching whilst Disabled 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 M. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOr as much as we have received a Certificate from the Ordinary within whose Jurisdiction the Parish of T. in the said County is situate That A. B. being by virtue of the Statute in that behalf made disabled to preach any Sermon did during the time that he did continue and remain so disabled preach a Sermon in the Parish-Church of T. aforesaid against the form of the Statute 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 take the said A. B. and him convey to the Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the said Keeper thereof together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive him into the Gaol aforesaid and him there safely to keep by the space of three months without Bail or Mainprise Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands c. Coals Upon Complaint touching Coals To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to require you to cause A. B. of c. to come before us at the house of c. to answer such Complaint against him for Offences against an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the regulating the measures and prices of Coals as hath lately been made unto us 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. For delivering a Moiety of such Coals as are sold contrary to the Statute to the Informer To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOr as much as A. B. of c. is duly convicted before us according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made intituled An Act for regulating the measures and prices of Coals That he did lately expose to sale forty Chauldron of Coals of the value of c. contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you to seize the Coals aforesaid and the double value thereof and that you do deliver the one half of the Coals and value aforesaid unto C. D. being the person prosecuting in this behalf to his use and likewise that you do imploy and dispose the other half of the same to and for the use of the Poor or Repairing of the High-ways of the Parish of M. where the said Offence was committed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Touching Prices of Coals To the Constable c. Kent ss FOr as much as according to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for regulating the measures and prices of Coals we did appoint and judge reasonable that Coals coming into the River of Thames within this County and sold by retail should be sold at the rate and price of c. by the Chauldron And forasmuch as A. B. an of such Coals doth refuse to sell as aâ—…oresaid We do therefore according to the said Act appoint and impower C. D. and E. F. joyntly or severally to enter into the said where the said Coals are stored up and in case of refusal to take a Constable to force entrance which Constable is hereby required to act accordingly And you the said C. D. and E. F. joyntly and severally are hereby farther appointed and impowered the said Coals to sell or cause to be sold at the rate aforesaid rendring to the said A. B. the money for which the said Coals shall be sold necessary charges being deducted For all which this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given under our hands and seals the c. Constables Charges A Warrant for making of Constables THese are in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you to make your repair unto us or to some other Justice of Peace of this County to take the Oath of a Constable to serve His Majesty within the Town of A. according to the Choice made of you by the Jury at the last Leet holden in your Town And hereof fail not Dated c. Or thus To A. B. C. D. and E. F. c. Inhabitants of C. c. WHereâ—…s A. B. of your Town of C. the now Constable thereof is by reason of his Age and Impotency very unable and insufficient to execute the said Place These are in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you whose names are hereabove written to come and appear before me at my house at H. to morrow being Thursday by eight a Clock in the morning that I may make Choice of one of you to be sworn to undertake the said Office And hereof fail not c. A Warrant for a Tax for the Constable's Charges in the Execution of his Office Kent ss FOr as much as we are informed by A. B. Constable of the Hundred of D. in the County aforesaid That he hath necessarily disbursed 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 several summs of money and for his Reimbursement of the same hath craved from us such assistance as hath been in such cases accustomed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you the Inhabitants of the Hundred aforesaid whose names are hereunder written or the greater number of you to take and examine the Accompt of the said Constable touching the premisses and for his Reimbursement of such money as you or the greater number of you shall find upon the said Accompt to have been by him so necessarily disbursed as
command you that you some or one of you do attach the said A. B. of c. and him bring before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to be Examined touching the premisses and to be farther dealt withall according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Mittimus of a Felon To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and H. the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid or his Deputy and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid A. B. of c. and him there safely to deliver to the Keeper of the said Gaol or his sufficient Deputy according to the tenour of the Precept in that behalf herewithall declared unto you Delivering also to the said Keeper the Precept aforesaid Given under our hands and seals at c. Another To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid K. ss I Send you herewithall the Body of A. B. of c. brought before me this present day and charged with the Felonious taking c. commanding you in His Majestie 's name to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep till he shall be from thence delivered by due Order of Law Hereof fail not at your peril Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to search for a Felon on suspicion To the Constable and Borsholders of F. Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. of C. that of late he hath had feloniously taken from him certain Goods six Cows c. as the Case is and that he hath in suspicion divers evil disposed persons within your Parish of F. These are to require you that immediately upon sight hereof you make diligent search in all and every such suspected houses and places within your Parish as you and the said A. B. shall think convenient And if upon your search you find any of the said Goods in the hands of any person or shall have any other just cause of suspicion of any person that then you bring such suspected person before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent to answer such matter as shall be alledged against them Hereof fail not c. A Warrant for apprehending of one that hath dangerously hurt another To the Constable and Borsholders c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as I am credibly informed That A. B. of your Town Ioyner hath now lately dangerously hurt one C. D. of your said Town Bricklayer by a blow which he hath given the said C. D. on the Head and another on the Stomach so as the said C. D. is in danger of Death thereby These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you that immediately on sight hereof you or one of you do bring the said A. B. before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to find sufficient Sureties as well for his appearance before the Justices at the next Gaol delivery to be holden for this County then and there to answer unto the premisses and doe and receive therefore what the Court shall enjoyn on him As also that he the said A. B. shall in the mean time keep the Peace towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all His Liege people but especially towards the said C. D. And hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at this c. A Liberate to deliver a Prisoner committed for Felony To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol in A. c. Greeting K. ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of C. c. Black-smith hath before us found sufficient Mainprise to appear before the Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden in the said County there to answer to such things as shall be then on the behalf of our said Sovereign Lord objected against him and namely to the feloniously taking of two Sheep for the suspicion whereof he was taken and committed to your said Goal We command you on the behalf of our said Sovereign Lord that if the said A. B. do remain in your said Gaol for the said cause and for none other then you forbear to grieve or detain him any longer but that you deliver him thence and suffer him to go at large and that upon the pain will fall thereon Given under our hands and seals c. A Warrant to Bind persons to give in Evidence against a Felon To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and every of them K. ss THese are to require you upon sight hereof to warn to be before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of this County within two days next following A. B. C. D. E. F. c. to the end that they may be bound to make their personal appearance at the next general Gaol-delivery or Quarter-sessions to be holden for this County then and there to testifie their knowledge concerning a Felony supposed to be done by R. H. now a Prisoner in the Castle of K. and that you do then go with them to the Justice with this Warrant Hereof fail not c. Or thus To the Constable c. Kent ss YOU are hereby required forthwith to warn the persons undernamed of your Parish to be before me at my dwelling house in D. c. upon Thursday next by eight of the Clock in the morning to testifie their knowledge concerning certain felonious acts supposed to be done by A. B. C. D. of c. and that you your self be then there with this Warrant to shew how you have executed it Hereof fail not Given under c. A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give Evidence against Principals and Accessary in case of Felony THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of K. and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against A. R. and I. R. for the felonious taking and stealing one Goose and two Hens from the aforesaid A. B. wherewith the said A. R. and I. R. are charged before the within named Justices and against M. R. Wife of A. R. as Accessary to the Felony aforesaid with which she is also charged before the Justices aforesaid and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the Felony aforesaid as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of
our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said A. R. I. R. and M. R. or any of them for the same That then c. T. G. A Condition of a Recognizance where two Felonies are committed to give Evidence THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound I. W. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of K. and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred one or more Bill or Bills of Indictment against I. B. for the felonious taking and stealing of one Shirt and one pair of â—…ustian Drawers from the aforesaid I. W. wherewith the aforesaid I. B. is charged before the within named Justices for the felonious taking and stealing of six Napkins and one Table-cloath from Sir R. B. Baronet with suspicion whereof the said I. B. is likewise charged before the Justices aforesaid and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth against the said I. B. touching the several Felonies aforesaid as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof for our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trials of the said I. B. for the same That then c. A Condition to give Evidence for Felony thus UPon Condition That if you A. B. shall pursonally appear and do then and there persue and give such Evidence as you know against C. D. now prisoner in the Gaol of the Liberty aforesaid for and concerning his felonious stealing of an holland Apron of the Goods of one E. F. and do not depart c then c. A Condition of a Recognizance to appear upon Felony THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas at the last general Gaol-delivery holden for the within named County of K. it was ordered that the within bound E. R. shall give very good Security in such summes as is within mentioned before the Justice within named for his personal Appearance at the then next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the County aforesaid to answer a Felony and Robbery on the High-way whereof he stands indicted in the said County as by the Record of the said Court reference thereunto being had may more fully appear which Security he hath given as in the said Recognizance is mentioned If therefore the said E. R. do personally appear at the aforesaid next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the said County to answer the Felony and Robbery aforesaid That then c. A Condition to appear upon suspicion of Felony UPon the Condition That if the said A. B. shall personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace at the next general Sessions of the Peace and Gaol-delivery to be holden at A. and do then and there make answer unto all such matters which on the part and behalf of His said Majesty shall be objected against him for and concerning the suspicion of his felonious stealing of a Horse or of the Goods of one C. D. and do not depart thence without Licence of the Court. Then your Recognizance to be void or else to stand in force A Bond. NOverint universi per praesentes nos T. G. de C. in Com. K. N. B. de C. in Com. praed Yeoman teneri firmiter obligari W. P. de C. praed Blacksmith in quadragint libris legalis monetae Angliae solvend eisd W. P. H. C. aut eorum alteri vel eorum certo Attern Executoribus vel Administratoribus suis ad quam quidem solutionem bene fideliter faciend obligavimus nos utrumque nostrum per se pro toto in solid Haeredes Executores Administ nostros utriusque nostri firmiter per praesentes Sigillis nostris sigillat Dat. c. Anno Dom. c. Annoque Regni c. A Condition to save one harmless who was bound for the appearance of a person suspected for Felony THE Condition of this Obligation is such That whereas the above named W. P. and H. C. at the special instance and request of the above bound T. G. and N. B. in and by one Recognizance bearing the date above written taken and acknowledged before S. B. and R. K. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the above named County of K. do each of them the said W. P. and H. C. stand bound to His said Majesty in c. of lawfull money of England with Condition that if the said T. G. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of general Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holded for the said County to answer unto His said Majesty in and upon such matters as shall be then and there objected against him touching the felonious taking and stealing of c. with suspicion whereof he standeth charged before one of the Justices aforesaid and farther to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be enjoyned and do not depart the said Court without licence of the same That then the said Recognizance to be void c. as by the same and the Condition thereof may more certainly and at large appear That if therefore the said T. G. do in all things perform the said Condition of the said Recognizance that then this Obligation shall be void or else shall stand in full force and virtue If any man be Arrested for Felony his Goods shall not be seised until Attainder or Conviction upon pain to forfeit the double value to the Party grieved for the Party grieved may sell them bona fide for his maintenance in Prison before Conviction After Conviction the Town presently stands Charged for the Felons Goods if then in his possession and shall answer the Impairing of them except they shew who detained them and that they could not have possession of them Fire A Testimonial for Iustices of the Peace for Poor men that have had loss by Fire Kent ss TO all Christian people to whom this present Writing or Testimonial shall come to be seen heard or read A. B. C. D. and E. F. Esquires three of the Justices of the Peace within the said County of K. send greeting Whereas it is both Godly and consonant to Christian Charity in matters doubtfull and ambiguous to certifie and report the truth We have thought it our duty at the earnest and lamentable Suit and Petition of our loving Neighbours the Bearers or Bringers hereof G. H. I. K. c. to publish and declare unto your common knowledge That on the twentieth of M. last past between two and three of the clock in the morning by casualty and great mischance by Fire as well their several dwelling Houses to the number of c. and all other Edifices and Buildings to every of their said dwelling Houses belonging and also all their Corn and most of their several Goods and Houshold-stuff
B. of H. in the County aforesaid is admitted licensed and appointed by the Justices of the Peace of the said County to be a common Badger Lader Kedder Carrier Buyer or Transporter of all manner of Corn or Grain in any Market or Fair within the Realm of England and the same so bought to convert to Meal and the same to carry to the City of L. or the Suburbs of the same or to any other Market or Fair so that he use the same according to the tenour and true meaning of the Statute in that case made and provided against Forestallers Regrators and Ingrossers and not otherwise The same Licence to have continuance from the day of the date hereof until the next general Sessions of the Peace after the Feast of E. next coming to be holden at M. aforesaid In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this second day of November 1680. R. K. R. H. T. B. A Licence as before may be granted to Drovers of Cattel to Buy and Sell again by the same Statute A Licence for a petty Chapman To the Bailiffs Constables and other of His Majestie 's Officers of the same County and to every of them Greeting Kent ss KNow ye that we R. K. and G. H. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the County aforesaid have licensed and by these presents do license T. W. of M. in the County aforesaid Yeoman to be a petty Chapman to wander and go from Town to Town Village to Village and place to place to sell Pins Points Tapes Laces Knives Gloves Purses c. and such other kind of small Wares and also to gather and buy Coney-skins and such kind of small Wares within the County aforesaid and not else-where Provided that this our Licence shall continue in effect only for the term of one whole year coming from the day of the date hereof and no longer In witness whereof c. A Licence or Pasport for a Poor man to his Friends for Relief To all Constables Borsholders Bailiffs and other His Majestie 's Officers of the same County and to every of them Kent ss R. K. and T. B. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the same County greeting Forasmuch as A. B. of C. c. the Bearer hereof being reduced to great poverty and necessity hath desired a Testimonial or Licence for his safe travel unto the City of D. in the County of S. where he saith he was born and hath some Friends yet living by whose Means and Friendship he hopeth to be fully relieved and holpen In consideration whereof Know ye that we the said R. K. and T. B. as far as in us lieth have licensed the said A. B. to travel and pass the direct way from C. unto the said City of D. so that his Journey be not for longer or further continuance than twenty days next after the date hereof praying you and every of you not to molest or trouble the said poor man in his travel but to permit and suffer him to pass so that he shew himself in no respect offensive to His Majestie 's Laws In witness whereof c. Another K. ss R. K. and T. B. two of the Justices c. Whereas the Bearer hereof A. B. of C. c. having shewing the cause of his travel desired one Testimonial or Licence for his safe travel to the City of D. shew to what place he goeth Wherefore we as much as in us lieth do license the said A. B. to travel the direct way from C. in the said County of K. to the said City of D. so as his Journey be no longer than twenty days next after the date hereof praying you and every of you to suffer him to pass in Peace so that he demean himself orderly In witness c. A Licence to Beg. To all Constables Borsholders Bailiffs and all other His Majestie 's Officers within the County of K. and to every of them Kent ss R. K and T. H. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the County aforesaid greeting Whereas the Bearer hereof A. B. of C. in the County aforesaid being a very poor man and blind by reason whereof he is not able to Labour nor get to live of himself without the charitable Relief of others and being now Resident in the said Town is therefore to be relieved and being likewise informed that the Town is at this present charged with more poor and impotent people than it is able to relieve Know you therefore that we the said Justices have licensed and allowed the said Poor man and his Leader to go abroad and beg gather and receive the charitable Alms of well disposed people inhabiting and dwelling within the Hundred of c. in the said County requiring you not to molest or trouble the said Poor man or his Leader for so doing but desiring you rather to relieve him and his Leader in their necessity as to you shall seem meet This our Licence to remain and be in force for one whole year next ensuing the date hereof and no longer In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals c. R. K. T. H. A Licence to Travel by Water on the Lord's day WHereas by Act of Parliament made in the 29th year of His Majestie 's Reign that now is it is Enacted That no person or persons shall use employ or travel upon the Lord's day with any Boat Wherry Lighter or Barge except it be upon extraordinary occasion to be allowed by some Justice of the Peace of the County or Head-Officer or some Justice of Peace of the City Burrough or Town-Corporate where the Fact shall be committed upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit and lose the summe of five shillings for every such Offence as by the said Act among other things it doth and may appear And forasmuch as A. B. of the Parish of Saint A. in the County of M. Gent. having extraordinary occasion to travel on the next Lord's day to B. in the County of S. and to use and employ a Boat Wherry or Barge in his said Journey hath desired my Allowance thereof These are therefore in pursuance of the said Act to will and require all Constables Church-wardens Overseers of the Poor and all other Officers whom these presents may concern to permit and suffer the said A. B. quietly and peaceaby to perform his said Journey on the next Lord's day as aforesaid and to use and employ any Boat Wherry or Barge at his discretion without any Molestation or Disturbance whatsoever at their peril Given under my hand and seal this tenth day of Iuly Anno Dom. 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. Another K. ss THese are to certifie that A. B. C. D. E. F. the Bearers hereof have made it appear before me that they have urgent occasions to pass on the next Lord's day
nor shall suffer any to be taken to pawn nor shall suffer any Persons to be drinking in their Houses on the Lord's day nor Holy days during Divine Service nor after nine of the Clock at night nor at any other time than the Statute doth permit And if they the said Alehouse-keepers and every of them shall likewise keep good Rule and Order in their several Houses and doe and perform all other things according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm in that case made and provided Then these Recognizances to be void and of none effect or else to remain and be in full force and virtue Hundred de c. Hundred de H. W. B. Victualler debere in decem librar T. K. de R. 6. li. I. de eadem manit 6 li. Write at the bottom of all Capt. Recogn coram nobis R. K. W. P. E. H. At the same time when the Licences are granted the Overseers Books are passed and you write in their Books at the foot of the Accompt If money due to the old Overseers you say Due to be paid from the new to the old Overseers 10 00 c. 11 April 1670. seen and allowed by us R. K. W. P. If money due to the new Overseers you say Remaining in the old Overseers hands to be paid to the new ones 10 00 00 11 April seen and allowed by us R. K. W. P. At the bottom of every Overseers Warrant put what is due from the one to the other Overseer's Warrant WE whose names are hereunto subscribed Justices of the Peace for this County of K. do approve and appoint I. S. and T. D. of c. to be new Overseers for the Poor of the said Parish for the space of one whole year next ensuing the date hereof commanding them together with the Church-wardens to provide for the said Poor according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Given under our hands and seals c. Anno Regni Regis c. Anno Domini 1670. Remaining in the old Overseers hands to be paid to the new ones 10 00 00 The Return made by one Justice of Peace when he swears another A. M. miles infra script praestitit seperalia infra mentionat juramento quinto die Decembr Anno Domini 1681. virtute brevis infra script mihi direct dat Anno die supradict R. K. The Examination of a Felon himself The Examination of J. C. taken before R. K. Esquire one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace for the said County of K. the 25. day of July Anno Domini 1678. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi nunc Angl. c. XXX K. ss THE said I. C. being charged by E. M. of the Parish of D. Victualler That he the said I. C. lately came into the Dwelling-house of him the said E. M. situate in the said Parish of D. and did then and there feloniously take and steale out of the said House one silver Cup of the Goods and Chattels of the said E. M. to the value of forty shillings He the said I. C. upon his Examination before me the said 25. day of Iuly doth confess that he stole the said silver Cup from out the House of the said E. M. and sold it to one M. B. in the City of London Goldsmith for 24 s. and 6 pence And further saith not R. K. The Information of the Witness when no Confession The Information of A. B. of the Parish of C. against D. E. taken upon Oath before me R. K. Esquire one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace for the said County the 25. day of May Anno Dom. 1677. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi nunc Angl. c. xxix Kent ss THE said A. B. being this day examined upon Oath before me saith That c. And further deposeth not A Mittimus for Whores To the Keeper c. K. ss WHereas the Persons hereunder named are of Evil same and are accused for resorting to Houses reputed Houses of common Bawdery These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you That presently upon sight hereof you receive and take them into your Custody and them safe to keep untill they shall be thence discharged by due course of Law Hereof fail you not Given under my hand and seal this c. Law-Cases relating to the foregoing Subject IF the Warrant be to bring before him or any other Justice it is at the election of the Officer to which Justice he will go A Warrant may be made to bring before a particular Justice Justices not imprison but in the Common Gaol One Justice of the Peace connot commit canother Justice for breach of the Peace Sessions of the Peace may If a Justice pursue not the Statute there his Act is void But if he pursue it then neither B. R. nor Justices of the Peace can discharge him Apprentice Must be bound out by Indenture Master cannot send Apprentice beyond the Sea except go with him But may send him to any place in England Action of account is not maintainable against an Apprentice By custom of London a man may turn over his Apprentice to any other within the City Action lies by Master for inticing an Apprentice to depart from his Service so if intice to take money or play Bastard-child If the two next Justices make not provision for Bastard the Sessions must settle it as the two Justices ought to have done Sessions cannot originally make order to keep Bastard but it ought to be made by the two next Justices to the place where the Child was born Maintenance of Bastard by Mother and reputed Father is by these modern Laws of 18 Eliz. cap. 3. and 7 Iac. cap. 6. the former Laws were onely for punishment Not questioned for having one Bastard Then she had another she is not to be proceeded against by 7 Iac. as for a second Offence The two next Justices are not to commit for not obeying their Order but to take bond for their appearance at Sessions Neither Sessions nor Assizes can meddle touching Bastardy but upon Appeal otherwise the two Justices must order If two Justices make an Order if Party refuse to perform or enter into bond to appear at the next Sessions they may commit him without Bail If by practice and design a Child be born in a Parish the Parish where the practice was shall keep the Child Bound to pay 20 d. per week for keeping a Bastard Defendant cannot plead that there was no Order made Behaviour Justice cannot bind to Good behaviour upon a general information or commit him for not finding Sureties upon such information May break house upon warrant for the Good behaviour If Justice for want of Sureties for Good behaviour commit without good cause false imprisonment To say of a Major he is a Fool breach of Good behaviour So to threaten Witnesses Conventicles
Bastard-child and for punishing the Mother and reputed Father Page 37 A Warrant to be written under the Order aforesaid for giving notice thereof to the Mother and reputed Father Page 40 for the punishment of the Mother and reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page ibid. and Mittimus against the reputed Father for not obeying the Justices Order Page 43 An Order for relief of the Parish in case of a Bastard-child out of the Estate of the reputed Father Page 45 A Warrant for punishment of the reputed Father of a Bastard-child for not keeping the Child and obeying the Order Page 46 for sending a Bastard-child found wandring to the Place of its birth Page 48 for apprehending a Woman on suspicion of having murthered her Bastard-child Page 49 A Condition of a Recognizance for the appearance of the reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page 50 of a Recognizance of one charged to be the Father of a Bastard-child before its birth to appear at Sessions Page ibid. to discharge Church-wardens and Parishioners of a Child born in the Parish Page 51 Law-Cases thereon Page 384 Good behaviour A Warrant and Mittimus for Good behaviour Page 52 Causes for Good behaviour Page 53 Another Warrant for Good behaviour Page 54 A Mittimus to the Gaol for one that refuses to find Sureties for his Good behaviour Page 55 A Supersedeas for the Good behaviour Page 56 A Recognizance thereupon Page 57 A Condition of a Recognizance for the same Page ibid. Another Condition Page 58 Condition Page ibid. Law-Cases thereon Page 385 Bridges A Warrant to a Hundred for assessing a proportionable rate of a Tax appointed by the Body of the County towards repair of the County Bridges Page 59 to make a Tax for County Bridges repaired Page 61 to collect a Tax for repairing County Bridges Page 62 for not paying the same Page 63 Burying see Title Woollen Carriages for the King A Warrant to provide Carriages Page 64 Another Warrant for provision of Carriages for the King's use Page 65 to levy the Penalty for not appearing with Carriages for the King upon notice Page 66 A Mittimus for one that doth impress or take away any Cart or other thing from the Owner under pretence of power from the Green-cloath for carriage of His Majestie 's Provisions without lawfull Authority Page 67 Certificates A Certificate from the Minister and chief Inhabitants of the Parish of a man's Honesty Page 68 for continuing of an Alehouse-keeper Page 69 for the time of the Birth of a Child Page ibid. for one that hath not been touched of the Evil Page 70 Chimney-money A Mittimus for disturbing a Collector Page ibid. Church A Warrant for not coming to Church Page 71 to levy the forfeiture for not coming to Church Page 72 A Mittimus to the Gaol of one not repairing to Church for want of Distress Page 73 A Warrant to distrain for a Church-Tax Page 74 a Minister for not reading Prayers c. once in a month Page 75 A Mittimus for Preaching whilst disabled Page 76 Coals A Warrant upon complaint touching Coals Page 77 for delivery a moity of such Coals as are sold contrary to the Statute to the Informer Page ibid. touching Prices of Coals Page 78 Constables Charges A Warrant for making of Constables Page 79 Another Page ibid. A Warrant for a Tax for the Constables Charges in the execution of his Office Page 80 to appear and shew cause for their not paying the said Charges Page 81 for refusing to appear to shew cause for not paying the said Charges Page 82 to levy the Charges upon their refusing to pay the same Page 83 The Condition of a Recognizance to appear and answer the not paying the same at next Sessions Page 84 A Warrant for levying 3 s. 4 d. upon a Constable for neglect of his Duty in giving an account of Rogues and Vagabonds Page ibid. to sell the Goods of an Offender that refuseth to bear his own Charges to the Gaol Page 85 to make a Tax for conveying a Felon to the Gaol Page 87 Conventicles A Condition of a Recognizance in case of an Appeal made touching Conventicles Page 87 A Record of a Conventicle Page 89 concerning Conventicles where several Persons are convicted Page 90 of the Conviction of certain Persons taken at a Conventicle Page 92 Memorial of a Record of a Conventicle Page 95 A Mittimus thereupon upon the first Offence Page 97 upon the second Offence Page 98 upon the third Conviction Page 99 A Record against one that suffereth a Conventicle c. to be kept in his House Page 101 A Mittimus thereupon upon the first Conviction Page 102 thereupon upon the second Conviction Page 103 thereupon upon the third Conviction Page 104 A Warrant to levy the Penalty of the Statute upon the Teacher of a Conventicle Page 105 Pro testes to prove the Conventicle Page 106 to levy the money upon the Offenders Page 108 to levy the money upon the Offenders Page 109 to levy money upon a Gaoler c. for suffering one committed upon this Act to goe at large Page 114 The like for suffering one at large to joyn with the Offender in custody in the exercise of Religion Page 115 A Warrant against a Peer of the Realm for being at a Conventicle the first Conviction Page 116 upon the second Conviction Page 117 against a Peer for suffering a Conventicle c. to be kept in his House c. the first Conviction Page ibid. upon the second Conviction Page 118 A Mittimus for a Nonconformist c. Page 119 A Certificate to the Militia c. for aid in case of a Conventicle Page 120 made by a Justice where the Offenders live in a Corporation Page 121 for the taking the Oath according to the said Act Page 122 Law-Cases thereon Page 385 Corporations A Certificate upon taking the Oaths and subscribing the Declarations mentioned in the Act for regulating Corporations Page 123 Court-Leet and Court-Baron A Precept directed to the Bayliff of the Mannour by the Steward of the Court-Baron to warn the Court Page 124 to warn a Jury for a Court-Leet Page 125 for a Borsholder or other Officer to take upon him the said Office and to repaire to a Justice of Peace to take his Oath for his faithfull execution of the same Page 126 to bring in a Scold to be tryed at a Court-Leet Page 127 The manner of making up of Court-Rolls Page 128 The manner of making up of Estreats Page 136 Customs A Warrant against those who abuse an Officer of the Customs in the due execution of his Office Page 140 against carrying away Goods without paying Custom c. Page 141 A Mittimus upon the precedent Warrant for the first Offence Page 142 upon the second like Offence Page 143 Deer A Warrant for Deer-stealing Page 144 to levy 20 li. for stealing Deer Page 145 A Mittimus to the House of Correction for want of Distress Page 146 Another Mittimus
appearance c. And that they respectively will in the mean time c. And if they or either of these A. B. and C. D. shall refuse so c. Convey them or him so refusing to the Gaol aforesaid c. And them or him so conveyed there to deliver c. To receive them or him so delivered unto the said Gaol and them or him so delivered there safely c. Untill they or he so delivered shall find c. See Title Recognizance 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum Within one month after Easter 43 E. 2. Dalt 364. 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices Quorum unus 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum Refusing to account to be committed to Gaol 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum To meet monthly on Sunday evening or forfeit 20 s. for each default allowing a just excuse 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum All things that are real and a â—…early Revenue must be taxed to the Poor Dalt 165. The causes of Taxes are three 1. To set the Poor a Stock 2. To relieve the Impotent money 3. To put out Apprentices Dalt 150. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum â—…4 Car. 2. cap. 12. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum upon complaint to â—… Iustice. a Native Housholder Sâ—…journer Apprentice oâ—… Servant 2 Iustices 1â—… Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 2 Iustices If he shall not return when his work is finished or shall fall sick or impotent whilst he is in the said work 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice. Vide in the Margin of the Precedent Warrant 7 Iac. c. 4. Such person is adjudged an incorrigible Rogue 2 Iustices of that Division Fit to have 2 Witnesses upon Oath 13 14 Car. 2. cap. 1. 1 Iustice. 13 Ed. 1. 24. 2 Iustices 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 1 Iustice. Lodging Horse-meat Stable-room or other Accommodations Directions thereupon A Condition for the Peace Directions The Recognizance for the Licence of an Alehouse 3 H. 7. c. 1. 1 2 Ph. M. c. 13. 2 3 Ph. M. c. 10. Behaviour If 3. quilibet eorum 1 Iustice. 1 Iustice. 2 Iustices 13 H. 4. cap. 7. To be inquired within one month after the Riot 19 H. 7. cap. 13. 2 Iustices 13 H. 4. cap. 7. To be inquired within a month after the Riot 19 H. 7. cap. 13. His Majesty shall bear the losses that the Iustice of Peace shall sustain in the execution of the Statute 13 H. 4. cap. 7. Of Riots c. 2 H. 5. c. 8. a Rogue Vagabond wandring idle or disorderly Person 1 Iac. c. 7. 2 Iustices 39 Eliz. cap. 4. 2 Iustices of the Quor a Dangerous to the inferiour sort of People or one that will not be reformed of his roguish kind of life by any other provision contain'd in the Statute in that behalf made 25 Car. 2. cap. 2. 25 Car. 2. cap. 2. â—… Iustice. 7 Iac. c. 4. 2 Iustices 1 Quorum a he or she 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. a Native Housholder Sojourner Apprentice or Servant Last legally settled in c. as c. b To work if the case be so otherwise leave these words out To settle in a tenement there under the yearly value of 1â—… li. 5 Eliz. 4. 20 s. to the King and 20 s. to the Prosecutor 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 5 Eliz. 4. 1 Iustice. 5 Eliz. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 15. 1 Iustice. a Silk-winder or Doubler or Iourny-man b Silkwinded or Silk-doubled c Unjustly or deceitfully and falsely purloin-imbezil pawn sell or detain Buyer or Receiver As afore a Officer Souldier or Marriner maimed indigent aged or disabled in body for work in the service of His late Majesâ—…y or His Majesty that now is or under the late Wars or so impoverished by his sufferings under any the late usurped Powers as that he is dissolute of any competent subsistence or livelihood 14 Car. 2. cap. 9. 2 Iustices 14 Car. 2. cap. 9. 2 Iustices a Widow or Orphan of such person as is described in the Margin of the last before going Warrant b she or they c her or their b she or they â—…1 Iac. cap. 20. 1 Iustice within 20 days after the Offence by Consession or 2 Witnesses A Burrough Landlords A. B. Esq E. F. J. K. 39 Eliz. cap. 4. 1 Iustice and Constable hands and sâ—…als But by Lamb. Iustice p. 206. 1 Iustice sufficient 1 Iustice dwelling near the place of his landing 17 Ed. 4. cap. 4. 2 Iustices To pay the Searchers for every 1000 of Plain-tiles 1 d. Every 100 of Roof-tiles ob and for every 100 of Corner or Gutter-tiles q. 43 Eliz. cap. 7. 1 Iustice where the Offence is committed or the Party apprehended Confession or 1 Witness Iustice not to act herein in his own case 43 Eliz. cap. 7. 1 Iustice as before As before a Cut or taken away Corn or Grain of A. B. growing at c. Robbed Orchard Garden Break Cut Hedge Pale Rale Fence Dig pull up take up Fruit-tree in Orchard Garden or elsewhere To the intent to take and carry the same away Cut Spoile Woods Standing Underwoods Standing Poles Standing Trees Standing Not being Felony The Procurer or Receiver knowing the same 43 Eliz. cap. 7. 2 Iustices 1 Iac. c. 7. 39 Eliz. cap. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. a Taken â—…gging Vaâ—…nt wandring or misordering himself â—…pped naked from the middle upwards and be openly whipped untill his 〈◊〉 be â—…oudy a As â—…ovesaid a As abovesaid â—… Iac. c. 4. 2 Iustices 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. a Rogue Vagrant or sturdy Beggar b 2 s. for each 14 Car. â—… cap. 12. 2 Iustices The forfeiture is by 1 Iac. c. â—… The power to levy it is by 39 Eliz. cap. 4. a Borsholder or Constable 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. â—… Iustice. a Rogue Vagrant or sturdy Beggar 14 Car. â—… cap. â—…2 1 Iustice. a Rogue Vagrant or sturdy Beggar b Hundred or Borough 2 s. for each 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. a Constable or Borsholder The forfeiture and power to levy is by 39 Eliz. cap. 4. 22 Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. 1 Witness 13 Car. 2. cap. 1. 13 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices 13 Ed. 1. cap. 4. Watch and Ward to be kept in every Town from Michaelmasday to Ascensionday 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum may by Examination or Enquiry hear and determine the faults of head Officers in Cities Burroughs and Market-Towns that do not twice yearly view and examine Weights and Measures and Break and Burn the Defective As also the defaults of Buyers and Sellers by false Weights and Measures and may Break and Burn the Defective Weights and Measures and Fine the Offenders at their discretion and make process against them as if they were indicted of trespass against the Peace 11 H. 7. c. 4. 12 H. 7. c. 5. A. B. Clerk of the Market 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 1 Iustice. 15 Car. 2. cap. 2. 1 Iustice. 15 Car. 2. caâ—… 2. 1 Iustice. a Wood Underwood Poles Young-trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Railes Hedge-wood Broom or Furze a Wood Underwood Poles Young-trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Railes Hedge-wood Broom or Furze a Wood Underwood Poles Young-trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Railes Hedge-wood Broom or Furze 15 Car. 2. cap. 2. 1 Iustice. Person apprehended by a Officer or Inbabitant having or carrying or any ways conveying a Burthen or Bundle of b any kind of Wood Under-wood Poles young Trees Bark or Bast of any Trees Gates Rails Pales Posts Hedge-wood Broom or Furze b any kind of Wood Under-wood Poles young Trees Bark or Bast of any Trees Gates Rails Pales Posts Hedge-wood Broom or Furze b any kind of Wood Under-wood Poles young Trees Bark or Bast of any Trees Gates Rails Pales Posts Hedge-wood Broom or Furze b any kind of Wood Under-wood Poles young Trees Bark or Bast of any Trees Gates Rails Pales Posts Hedge-wood Broom or Furze c Any summ not exceeding 10 S. 15 Car. 2. cap. 2. 1 Iustice. a as before b as before b as before b as before b as before c as before d Any time not exceeding a month â—…5 Car. 2. â—…p 2. â—… Iustice. 15 Car. 2. cap. 2. 1 Iustice. a Any Burthens of Wood or any Poles or sticks of Wood Underwood young Trees Bark or Bast of any Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Railes Hedge-wood Broom or Furze a aforesaid 15 Car. 2. câ—…p 2. 1 Iustice. a as before a as aforesaid 15 Car. 2. cap. 2. 1 Iustice. 30 Car. 2. Two Persons must witness the Certifier's swearing 30 Car. 2. 13 Car. 2. 30 Car. 2. A Seal to the side Coâ—… Rep. 5. fol. 59. Foster's cas Ibid. Cok. Rep. 9. fol. 119. b. In Lord Samhur's case 2. Brown 41. Legate's case Ienkins 174. Iones 170. Cole's case 3. Bulstrode 164. Brown's ca. 1. Brownl 67. Coventry Goldsborough 161. March 3. Noy 105. Richmond Iones 330. Style 475. Denton Ienkin. 47. pl. 90. 2. Bulstrode 398. 2. Bulstrode 342. Thekins and Smith 2. Bulstrode 393. Bowler's case 2. Bulstrode 341. 2. Bulstrode 341. Twyning Noy 79. Iermin Style 16. Bronker's case Moore 606. numb 837. 3. Croke 680. Dean's case 3. Croke 78. Latch 5. 2. Bulstrode 358. 2. Bulstrode 358. Owen 20. Greg. 2. Leonard 222. Ienkins 173. Godbold 514. Rolle 409. Tayler Latch 16. Cok. Rep. 9. fol. 96. b. in Reynes 3. Cr. 815. 1. Cr. 366. Sir Edw. Duncomb 1. Crooke 266. Popham 142. Earl of Northumberland's case * Style 130. Moore 180. Cok. Rep. 9. fol. 33. a. William's case Keilway 53 a. pl. 4. Rolle 406. The King and Hornsey Noy 155. March 10. pl. 18. 2. Crooke 106. 1. Crooke 211. Ienk. 327. pl. 49. Style 283. Style 322. Style 369. Style 364. 1. Croke 446. 2. Leonard 184. pl. 223. 2. Bulstrode 358. Ienkins 318. Style 303. Style 245. Rolle 109. 2. Anderson 151. 1. Croke 71. Hutton 134.
house or houses of any person or persons within the said Hundred other then such person or persons which have Free-Warren or is Lord of a Mannor or is such Freeholder which is seized in his own right or the right of his Wife of Lands Tenements or Hereditaments to the clear yearly value of forty pounds or more by the year over and above all charges and reprises of some estate of inheritance Or of Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in his own right or in the right of his Wife for term of life or lives of the yearly value of fourscore pounds over and above all charges and reprises Or which is worth in Goods or Chattels four hundred pounds suspected to have Setting-dogs or Nets for the taking of Pheasants and Partridges And that wheresoever you or any of you shall find any such Setting-dog or Nets the same you take carry away and detain kill destroy and cut in pieces as things prohibited by the Act aforesaid and forefeited to such of you as shall find out and take the same as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at M. in the said County the c. The like upon the Statute of 22 and 23 Caroli Secundi To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss BY virtue of an Act of Parliament in that behalf lately made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to authorize and command you and every of you in the day time to search the houses out-houses or other places of any person or persons within the said Hundred other then of such person as hath Lands and Tenements or some other estate of inheritance in his own or in his Wife 's right of the clear yearly value of one hundred pounds per annum or for term of life or which hath a Lease or Leases of ninety nine years or for any longer term of the clear yearly value of one hundred and fifty pounds or which is the Son and Heir apparent of an Esquire or other person of higher degree or which are Owners or Keepers of Forests Parks Chases or Warrens being Stocked with Deer or Conies for their necessary use in respect of the said Forests Parks Chases or Warrens as upon good ground shall be suspected to have or keep in his or their custody any Guns Bows Grey-hounds Setting-dogs Ferrets Cony-dogs or other Dogs to destroy Hares or Conies Hays Tramels or other Nets Low-bells Hare-pipes Snares or other Engines for the taking and killing of Conies Hares Pheasants Partridges or other Game and such Guns Bows Grey-hounds Setting-dogs Ferrets Cony-dogs or other such Dogs as aforesaid Hays Tramels or other Nets Low-bells Hare-pipes Snares or other Engines aforesaid as you or any of you shall so find to seize detain and keep to and for the use of the Lord of the Mannor or Royalty where the same shall be so found or taken or otherwise to cut in pieces or destroy as things by the said Act prohibited to be kept by persons of their degree And what you shall doe in the premisses you shall make known unto me with all convenient speed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Mittimus against persons that refuse to enter into Recognizance to appear at Sessions for their keeping Ferrets and Nets to kill Conies To the Constables c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. and C. D. of E. in the County aforesaid being this present day brought before me by Warrant by the Constable of E. aforesaid and being examined did upon their examination confess that they had kept and used Nets and Ferrets for the taking and killing of Conies by the space of a year last past contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided And being required to enter into Recognizance for their appearance at the next general Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County they did both refuse so to do These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you that you receive into your Custody the Bodies of the said A. B. and C. D. whom I send you by H. T. one of the Constables of E. aforesaid and them safely to keep untill they shall enter into such Recognizance as aforesaid or that they be otherwise discharged according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal c. A Warrant for one that Hunts with Spannels in Ear'd Corn. To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundred of c. K. ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been made unto me That A. B. of your Town of C. Gent. did in September last past Hunt with his Spannels in the Ground of R. H. where Corn did then grow at which time the same Corn was Eared or Codded and Standing without the consent of the said R. H. then Owner of the same Ground contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided by which he hath forfeited forty shillings to the said R. H. the Owner of the said Ground These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that some or one of you do warn him the said A. B. to come before us at T. the second day of Iune next to answer the premisses and to be then there your self with this Warrant Given under our hands and seals c. If he appear not then say to put in Sureties for his appearance at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this County to answer the said offence and pay the penalty And in case he refuse so to doe that then you some or one of you 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 said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep untill he shall find Sureties as aforesaid Given under my hand and seal c. Oaths The Oath which is usually ministred to a Iustice of the Peace in the several Counties of England YE shall Swear that as Justice of the Peace in the County of K. in all Articles in the King's Commission to you directed you shall doe equal right to the Poor and to the Rich after your cunning wit and power and after the Laws and Customs of this Realm and Statutes thereof made And ye shall not be of Council of any Quarrel hanging before you And that you hold your Sessions after the form of the Statutes thereof made And the Issues Fines and Amercements that shall happen to be made and all Forfeitures which shall fall before you ye shall cause to be entred without any concealment or imbeziling and truly send them to the King's Exchequer ye shall not lett for gift or other cause but well and truly you shall doe your Office of Justice