E. L. by way of extortion under colour of his Office aforesaid the said two shillings six pence did to his own use receive c. against the form of the Statute aforesaid Whereby an Action hath accrued to the said Lady the Queen and to the said I. E. who as well c. to have and receive of the said E. L. three hundred and twenty pound to wit for every offence of the said several offences forty pounds by him according to the form of the Statute aforesaid forfeited whereupon the said I. E. prayeth one moyety according to the form of the said Statute and as well c. prayeth the advice of the Court in the premises and due process of Law against the said E. L. in this behalf to be awarded to answer as well to the said Lady the Queen as to the said I. L. in the premises c. Whereupon the Sheriff was commanded c. that he should not omit c. but that he attach him to answer c. and now to wit on Friday next after the morrow of the holy Trinity in the same Term before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster came the said E. L. by I. I. his Attorney And having heard the Information aforesaid saith That he is not thereof guilty and of this he puts himself upon the Country and G. G. Esquire Attorney General of the said Lady the Queen for the said Lady the Queen in like manner Therefore let a Jury thereof come before the said Lady the Queen in eight days of Saint Michael wheresoever c. and who c. to recognize c. because as well c. The same day is given to the said G. G. who followeth c. and to the said E. L. c. The Sheriff in this Case compounded with the Informer and submitted to a Fine to the Court as appears by the Roll. Trin. 19. Eliz. Rot. 42. inter placita Coronae And this was for taking two shillings for a Warrant And now they will not take under two shillings a name for a Warrant Sure this Statute hath lain a long time asleep I hope now some Informers will awaken the Statute and the Sheriffs and Bayliffs too Indictments An Indictment for Buggery with the issue in the Crown-Office M. ss OTherwise to wit on Tuesday next after one moneth of Easter this same Term before the Lord the King at Westminster in the County of Middlesex by the Oath of twelve Jurors it is presented that H. S. late of London Esquire God not having before his eyes nor the order of nature regarding but by the malice and instigation of the Devil being seduced the twelfth day of May last past at the Parish of Saint Andrew in High Holborn in the County aforesaid to wit in the Mansion-house of one M then and there with force and arms in and upon one R. B. a Masculine-childe of the age of sixteen years did make an assault And with the said R. B. then and there wickedly diabolically feloniously and against nature had carnal copulation and him the said R. then and there did carnally know and that detestable and abominable sin of Sodom not to be named among Christians called Buggery then and there with the said R. B. wickedly feloniously diabolically and against nature he did commit and perpetrate to the great displeasure of Almighty God and disgrace of mankinde against the peace of our Lord the King His Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided c. Whereupon it was commanded the Sheriff that he should not omit c. but that he take him if c. to answer c. And now to wit on Saturday next after the morrow of the Ascension of our Lord this same Term before the Lord the King at Westminster came the said H. S. in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsey of our Lord the King before the said King to whose custody the said H. S. before for the cause aforesaid was committed And at the Bar here being brought in his own person in the custody of the Marshal c. and being asked how he will acquit himself of the premises above imposed upon him saith That he is in nothing guilty thereof and of the good and evil thereof he puts himself upon the Country Therefore let a Jury thereof come before the L. the King here on Munday next after eight days of the Holy Trinity next coming and who c. to recognize c. because c. the same day is given to the said H. S. in the mean time unto the custody of the said Marshal committed to be safe kept c. At which day before the said Lord the King at Westminster came the said H. S. under the Custody of the said Marshal in his own person And the Jurors of the Country aforesaid by the Sheriff of the County aforesaid hereunto impannalled being called likewise came who being elected tryed and sworn to speak the truth of the premises upon their Oath do say That the said H. S. is guilty of the Felony and Trespass aforesaid above imposed upon him in manner and form as he is above indicted And that he hath no Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements to the knowledge of the Jury aforesaid And hereupon he is asked if he hath any thing to say for himself wherefore the Court should not proceed to judgement against him and execution thereupon concerning the premises who saith nothing more then what he hath already said Whereupon by the Court here the premises being understood it is considered that the said H. S. be hanged until c. And the Marshal is commanded that he cause execution to be thereof done on the peril c. Par. 5. Jac. Rot. 3. inter placita Coronae An Indictment for Burglary M. ss OTherwise that is to say on Thursday next after three weeks of Easter this same Term before the Lady the Queen at Westminster by the Oath of twelve Jurors it stands presented That A. B. late of L. Yeoman together with others the tenth day of April in the year c. about the first hour before the middle of the night of the same day with force and arms that is to say with Swords Staves and Knives c. the Mansion-house of C. D. Knight in the County aforesaid one H. and E. servants of the said C. D. Knight then and there in the peace of God and of our said Lady the Queen being and resting feloniously and burglarily did break and enter And seventy Buttons of Gold of the weight of four ounces and a half to the value of eleven pounds and one Jewel of Gold with a precious Stone called an Agat in the same fixed of the value of five pounds and fourteen pounds in moneys numbred of the Goods Chattâ—ls and moneys of one B. K. Esquire in the same house then and there found feloniously and burglarily did take and carry away against the peace
might keep the peace of God and of our said Lord the King and observe the Laws of this Land in this behalf provided having in his hands for his defence one Sword and one Dagger of the price of five shillings and himself then and there defending and for the safeguard of his life with his Sword and Dagger aforesaid the furious blows and strikeings of the said I. H. from the body of him the said I. H. defending and bearing off and him the said T. in no wise at all striking again but from him the said T. H. continually backwards from the common foot-way aforesaid then and there did fly And the said T. H. the fear of God then and there not having before his eyes but being seduced by the instigation wrath and malice of the Devil and the said I. H. to kill and murther intending him the said I. H. did then and there seriously follow until the said I. by flying backwards came to a certain corner against a certain hedge in the said place called B. neer the common foot-way aforesaid then and there being And because the said I. H. for the height of the said hedge then and there being and growing could not any other ways escape without danger of sudden death the said I. H. then and there with his Sword and Dagger aforesaid in defending himself and for the safegard of his life and of inevitable necessity with his Sword aforesaid did stretch a blow towards the said T. H. And him the said T. by the blow aforesaid with the Sword aforesaid upon his left arm and from his left arm aforesaid sliding down upon the belly also of the said T. with his Sword aforesaid then and there did smite and two several wounds to wit one wound upon his left arm aforesaid of the length of three fingers and in breadth and depth half a finger and one other wound upon the belly of the said T. half a finger broad one finger long and two fingers deep then and there to him did give of which said wounds the said T. H. from the aforesaid hour of two a clock in the after noon of the same day c. until six a clock in the afternoon of the thirtieth day of September aforesaid at S. aforesaid did languish in which hour being the sixth hour after noon of the said thirtieth day of Septem aforesaid in the year c. the said T. H. at S. aforesaid died And the said Jurors do say upon their Oaths That the said I. H. the day hour year and place abovesaid the said T. H. with his Sword abovesaid and by the blow aforesaid in his own defense and for the safety of his life and out of inevitable necessity did kill and that so and no otherwise the said T. came to his death And also the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That the said I. H. the day and year abovesaid had no Goods nor Chattels c. For Murther upon view of the Body K. ss OTherwise to wit the first day of May in the year c. by a certain Inquisition indented taken at W. in the County aforesaid before E. H. one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of I. H. late of W. aforesaid Husbandman lying dead and slain then and there at W. aforesaid by the Oath of twelve Jurors good and lawful men of W. aforesaid and three other Villages to the said Village of W. aforesaid next adjacent as the manner and custom is who being sworn and charged to inquire how in what manner and when the said I. H. came to his death upon their Oath aforesaid say That on Saturday to wit the twenty fifth day of c. between the hours of nine and eleven before noon of the same day the said I. H. being at W. aforesaid in the Kings high-way leading from W. aforesaid towards D. in the County aforesaid in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King one V. G. late of W. aforesaid Gentleman into the said Kings high-way then and there came And the said V. G. not having the fear of God before his eyes but the malice and instigation of the Devil him seducing and thereunto moving then and there to wit the said twenty fifth day of April in the year abovesaid with force and arms pursuing the said I. H. with a certain Sword feloniously drawn as a felon of our said Lord the King voluntarily and of his malice forethought did make an assault in and upon the aforesaid J. H. and the aforesaid V. G. with a Sword aforesaid of Iron and Steel of the value of twelve pence which the said V. G. in his right hand then and there had and held drawn feloniously and of his malice aforesaid the said J. H. then and there did smite and wound and gave to the said J. H. then and there feloniously and of his malice fore-thought with the Sword aforesaid one deadly wound in and upon the right part of his right thigh of the length of three fingers and of the depth of two fingers and a half of which said deadly wound in the form aforesaid given the said J. H. from the aforesaid 25 day of April in the yeer aforesaid until the 30 day of the said month of April at W. aforesaid in the County aforesaid did languish and live languishing on which said 30 day of April in the yeer c. abovesaid the said J. H. at W. aforesaid in the County of K. aforesaid of the mortal wound aforesaid died and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said V. G. late of W. aforesaid Gent. the said 30 day of April in the yeer c. abovesaid at W. aforesaid in the County aforesaid the aforesaid J. H. in manner and form aforesaid of his malice forethought feloniously and voluntarily did kill and murder against the peace c. And furthermore the said Jurors do say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said V. G. after the felony and murder aforesaid by the said V. in manner and form aforesaid done and committed then and there did flie away and withdrew himself to places to the Jurors aforesaid unknown and what Goods and Chattels Lands or Tenements he had at the time of the Felony and Murder aforesaid by him in the manner and form aforesaid done and committed or now hath the Jurors are altogether ignorant In witness whereof as well the said Coronor as the Jurors aforesaid have to this Inquisition indented interchangeably put their Seals dated the day and yeer abovesaid Which said Indictment the said Lord the King for certain causes now afterwards hath caused to come before him to be determined c. The Capias in Murder WHereby it was commanded the Sheriff that he should not omit c. but that he take him c. to answer c. A Presentment for a Nusance for not repairing of the High-way Middl. ss
price of every Cloth thereof ten pounds ten Kerseys price of every Kersey thereof five pounds ten pieces of Bays price of every piece thereof four pounds with the said Logwood otherwise Blockwood and other false and deceitful means as aforesaid did dye and colour contrary to the form of a certain Statute of the three and twentieth year of the Raign of Qu. Elizabeth late Queen of England c. in such Case made and provided by means whereof he the said D. S. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. B. who c. the sum of an hundred fourscore and ten pounds of lawful money of England That is to say the value of the said Woollen-clothes Kerseys and Bays so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of Statute aforesaid with the said Logwood otherwise Blockwood and other false and deceitful ways and means dyed and coloured as aforesaid Whereupon the said I. B. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that he the said I. B. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And also that he the said D. S. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Against selling Flour and Meal in shops An Information upon an Act of Parliament 1650. Middl. ss BE it remembred that H. M. who as well for the poor of the Parish of M. in the said County as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the first day of February in the year of our Lord 1656. in his own person and as well for the poor of the said Parish as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. C. late of the Parish of M. aforesaid in the said County between the 29 of September last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did fell and utter or cause to be sold and uttered to divers persons whose names to the said H. M. who c. as yet are unknown at divers and several times and by divers and several parcels and quantities ten quarters of wheaten Meal price of every quarter thereof thirty shillings and ten quarters of wheaten Flour price of every quarter thereof forty shillings in the House or Shop of the said I. C. and not in any common or publike Market-place appointed for the selling of Meal and Flour contrary to the form of a certain Act of the late Sessions of Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex Intituled An Act touching Corn and Meal made and provided By means whereof he the said I. C. hath forfeited to the poor of the said Parish and to the said H. M. who as well c. the sum of threescore and fifteen pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the said Meal and Flour so by him in manner and form aforesaid and contrary to the form of the Act aforesaid sold and uttered as aforesaid Whereupon the said H. M. as well for the poor of the said Parish as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said I. C. in this behalf And that he the said H. M. may have one moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid and that the poor of the said Parish may have the other moyety And that he the said I. C. may suffer imprisonment of his body for the space of one moneth according to the form of the Act aforesaid And moreover that he come into Court here to answer the premises c. Against Usury and Extortion An Act of Parliament was made the eighth day of August 1651. Intituled An Act prohibiting any person to take above the rate of six pounds for the Loan of one hundred pounds by year and after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a shorter or longer time An Information upon the Act against Usury Middl. ss BE it remembred that I. T. who as well for the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twenty fourth day of April 1657. in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. M. late of the Parish of T. in the said County Yeoman between the four and twentieth day of June last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at the Parish of T. aforesaid in the County aforesaid hath by way and means of corrupt bargain Loan Exchange Chivance and Shifts by deceitful ways and means and by Covin lent or put to Loan to several persons whose names to the said John who as well c. as yet are unknown divers and sundry sum and sums of money in the whole amounting to the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money of England And the said I. T. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said I. M. hath indirectly for the forbearing or giving day of payment for the said sum of two hundred pounds for one whole year taken above the sum of six pounds for every hundred pounds thereof against the form of a certain Act of Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex on Friday the eighth day of August 1651. Intituled An Act prohibiting any person to take above six pounds for Loan of one hundred pounds by the year and after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a longer or shorter time By means whereof the said I. M. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. T. who as well c. six hundred pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the said money so by him in form aforesaid and against the form of the Act aforesaid lent or put to Loan Whereupon the said I. T. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that the said I. T. who as well c. may have the moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Act aforesaid And also that the said I. M. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Another form of an Information upon the same Act. L. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of Engâ—â—â—â— as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the seventeenth day of April this Term in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. H. late of London Sadler between
having sufficient within the County where such persons are so to be let to Bayl or Manucaption to keep their days in such places where the said Bills Writs or Warrants do require Such person and persons who are or hereafter shall be in their custody by condemnation execution Capias utlagatum Excommunication security of the Peace and all such persons who are or shall be committed by any special command of any Justice and vagabonds refusing to serve according to the form of the Statute of Labourers altogether excepted And that no Sheriff nor any of their Officers or Ministers aforesaid shall take or cause to be taken or made any Obligation for any cause before recited or by colour of their Office but onely to themselves of any person nor by any person which shall be in their custody by order of Law but in the name of their office and under a condition written that the aforesaid prisoners shall appear at the day in the said Writs Bills or Warrants contained and in such places where the said Writs Bills or Warrants require And if any Sheriff aforesaid or any Officers or Ministers aforesaid shall take any Obligation in any other form by colour of their Offices that then such Obligation shall be void And that they shall not take for the making of any such Obligation Warrant or Precept so by them to be made above four pence And also that all Sheriffs under-Sherâ—ffs Clerks Bayliffs Coroners Stewards Bayliffs of Franchizes or any other Officers or Ministers who shall do contrary to the Ordination aforesaid in any point shall therefore forfeit forty pounds for every time that they or any of them shall Act or do contrary to the said Statute or any point thereof of which forfeitures the King shall have one moyety to be imployed to the use of his houshold and no otherwise and the party who will prosecute shall have the other moyety as in the same Statute amongst other things more plainly it is contained And whereas in the Term of Saint Hillary in the year c. one W. M. prosecuted a certain Writ issuing out of the said Court of our Lady the Queen of Pleas before our said Lady the Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex aforesaid to the Sheriff of B. directed by which Writ the Sheriff was commanded that he should take E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. and them safe keep c. so that he should have their bodies before the said Lady the Queen here at Westminster on Wednesday next after fifteen days of Easter then next following to answer the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass by virtue of which Writ one E. L. Gentleman the fifteenth day of February in the year abovesaid at Westminster in the County of Middlesex aforesaid then being the under-Sheriff of A. B. Esquire then Sheriff of the County of Berks for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the County aforesaid did make four several Warrants against the said E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. directed to the Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the said County of Berks to take the said E. F. c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. according to the Exigence of the said several Warrants And whereas also in the Term of the Holy Trinity in the year c. the said W. M. prosecuted another Writ of our La. the Queen out of the said Court of our La. the Queen here at West to the said Sheriff of the County of B. directed by which Writ the said Sheriff was likewise commanded that he should take L. G. I. A. I. his wife I. Y. and W. B. and them safe keep c. so that he should have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass By pretext of which said Writ the said E. L. the thirteenth day of July in the year c. abovesaid at Westminster then and there being under-Sheriff of the said A. B. then Sheriff of the said County of Berks for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the said County of B. did make two several Warrants against the said L. G I. his wife I. Y. and W. B. directed to the Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale to take the said c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. according to the exigence of the said two several Warrants And whereas also in the same Term of the Holy Trinity in the year c. one A. P. prosecuted one other Writ of our Lady the Queen out of the same Court of c. at c. being to the said Sheriff of the County of Berks directed by which Writ the said Sheriff was likewise commanded that he should take W. G. F. M. and T. K and them safe keep c. so that he might have their bodies before the said Lady the Queen here at Westminster on Wednesday next after eight days of Saint Michael then next following to answer the said A. P. in a Plea of trespass By pretext of which Writ the said E. L. the said thirteenth day of July in the year c. abovesaid at Westminster then being under-Sheriff of the said A. B. then being Sheriff of the said County of B. for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the said County did make two several Warrants against the said W. G. W. F. and T. K. directed to the said Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the said County of B. to take the said c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said A. P. according to the exigency of the said several Warrants Nevertheless the said E. L. the Statute aforesaid not weighing nor regarding the penalty in the same Statute at Westminster the aforesaid fifteenth day of February in the year c. did receive of the said W. M. for the making of every one of the aforesaid first four several Warrants to the said Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the same County of B. directed to take the said E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. to answer to the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass on the said Wednesday next after fifteen days of Easter then next following in the said Court of our said Lady the Queen now here at Westminster aforesaid two shillings and the said E. L. being then the under-Sheriff of the aforesaid A. B. of the said County of Berks By colour of his Office as under-Sheriff of the said County of Berks did by way of extortion receive against the form of the Statute aforesaid two shillings six pence And the said W. M. for making of the said two several Warrants directed to the Bayliff c. to take the said c. to the said E. L. did give two shillings six pence c. and the said
c. The Capias Whereupon it was commanded the Sheriff that he omit not c. but that he take them if c. to answer c. and now to wit on Wednesday next after one moneth of Easter this same Term before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster came the said A. B. and the rest under the custody of N. B. and F. B. Sheriffs of the City of London by virtue of a Writ of the Lady the Queen of Hab. Corpora to them directed unto whose custody they were before for the causes aforesaid and certain other causes committed to the Bar here brought in their own persons and are committed to the custody of the Marshal c. And being severally demanded how they will acquite themselves of the premises above imposed upon them the said A B. and the rest severally say That they are not thereof guilty And of this they severally put themselves upon the Country c. One of the Accessaries confesseth the Indictment And one of them saith That he cannot say but that he is guilty of being accessary to the felony and burglary aforesaid above imposed upon him in manner and form as by the Indictment aforesaid it is above supposed against him and the felony and burglary aforesaid as accessary thereunto he did expresly know And thereupon he puts himself upon the mercy of the Lady the Queen And the Jurors of the Jury aforesaid by the Sheriff of the County of Middlesex impannalled being called likewise came And being elected and sworn to speak the truth of the premises say upon their Oath That the said A. B. and the others are and every one of them is guilty in form aforesaid above imposed upon them and that they have no Goods not Chattels Lands nor Tenements c. For Manslaughter an Enquest taken by the Coroner upon the view of the Body W. ss OTherwise to wit the sixth day of December c. D. in the County aforesaid before I. H. one of the Coroners of the said La. the Queen of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of H. B. there lying dead and slain by the Oath of twelve Jurors it is presented That the fifteenth day of December in the year abovesaid at D. aforesaid in the County aforesaid it so happened that I. W. late of the Parish of St. L. c. together with one H. M. H. D. R. S. H. W. and divers other persons in the house of one E. C. Inholder then and there also being And the said H. B. unto the said I. W. unknown in the same house also then being and the said I. W. then and there having two little Guns in a case called a case of Daggs one whereof was loaden with Powder and Lead to the said I. W. likewise unknown And the said H. B. did then and there desire the said I. W. to shew unto him the said H. B. one of the Daggs aforesaid which the said I. W. at the serious request of the said H. B. did then and there draw forth of the case aforesaid one of the Daggs aforesaid and did then and there deliver the same unto the said H. B. which being seen by the said H. B. he did unto the said I. W. then and there again redeliver which said Gun called a Dagg aforesaid the said I. W. did put again into the case aforesaid and immediately afterwards the said H. B. did again desire the said I. W. to shew him the Gun aforesaid and how he might discharge the same And the said I. W. then and there at the further request of the said H. B. did again draw forth the Gun aforesaid out of the case aforesaid and asked the said I. W. then and there being present for the Key of the Dagg aforesaid and whether both the said case of Daggs were charged or not which said H. B. then and there did answer the said I. W. that both the said Daggs were charged and the said I. W. then and there said to the said H. B. Art thou certain hereof And the said H. B. then and there again answered that they were both charged and then and there delivered the Key of the Dagg aforesaid unto the said I. W. which said I. W. the Lock of the said Dagg did then and there winde up and extend and then delivered the Dagg aforesaid unto the said H. B. according to his request aforesaid and without any evil felonious minde or malice forethought by the said I. W. against the said H. B. had the Dagg aforesaid suddenly and by misfortune then and there against the said H. B. upon the forepart of his head with the Lead aforesaid so loaden did discharge it self giving to the said H. then and there one mortal wound of the depth of four fingers and the breadth of one finger of which said deadly wound the said H. B. then and there did instantly die And the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said I. W. the said fifteenth day of December in the year c. abovesaid at D. aforesaid in the County aforesaid the said H. B. in manner and form aforesaid casually and by misfortune did kill and murther and not otherwise nor in any other manner And further the said Jurors do say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said I. W. at the time of the death of the said H. B. had no Goods nor Chattels Lands Tenements to their knowledge And the Jurors aforesaid do appraise the said Gun called a Dagg to six shillings and eight pence which remains in the custody of the Parish of D. c. inter placita Coronae For Manslaughter se defendendo K. ss OTherwise That is to say the fourth day of October in the year of the Raign of c. at S. in the County aforesaid before I. F. Gent. one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of T. H. there lying dead who was the servant of G. F. of M. in the County aforesaid Esquire by the Oath of twelve Jurors it stands presented That the said T. H. the twenty ninth day of September in the year c. about two of the clock in the afternoon of the same day with force and arms c. That is to say with a Sword and with a Dagger of the value of five shillings which the said T. H. in his hands then and there had and held at S. aforesaid in a common foot-way there leading between S. aforesaid and M. towards S. in the County aforesaid in a certain place there called B. in and upon one I. H. of T. in the County aforesaid Yeoman in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King then and there being and towards M aforesaid then and there going of his wicked malice forethought did make an assault and him the said I. then and there with the Sword aforesaid did wound against the peace c. Whereupon the said I. H. that he
of which false Perjury the aforesaid A. is much damaged in his goods and hath been put to expence whereby an action hath accrued to the said A who c to have and receive of the said I. as well for the aforesaid c. as for himselfe the aforesaid 20 pound neverthelesse the aforesaid I. although often required the aforesaid 20 pound to the said A. who c. hath not rendred but the same to the said A. who c. hitherto to render hath refused and still doth refuse whereupon the said A. who c. saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20 pound and thereupon he brings his suit c. and the aforesaid I. by S. B. his Atturny commeth and defendeth the force and wrong when c. and faith that he did not commit willful Perjury against the form of the Statute aforesaid as the aforesaid A. who c. by his Declaration aforesaid above doth suppose and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid A. who c. likewise Brewers Stat. Jac. Rex No Brewer shall sell Beer or Ale to any Vnlicensed Ale-House on pain of forfeiting six Shillings eight Pence for every Barrel Information To the Justices of the Common Bench. IT is to be remembred that James Roberts who as well for the poor of the Parish of Mary Matsellon otherwise White-Chappel in the County aforesaid as for himself in this behalf prosecutes comes here into Court the sixteenth day of April in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty six in his own person as well for the Poor of the said Parish as for himself he gives the Court here to understand and be informed That one J. W. of London Brewer between the first day of September last past and the day of exhibiting this Information at the Parish of Mary Matsellon otherwise White-Chappel aforesaid in the County aforesaid did sell and utter or cause to be sold and uttered to divers persons whose names to the said J. R. who c. as yet are unknown two hundred Barrels of Strong-Beer one hundred Barrels of Strong-Ale which said Beer and Ale and every parcel thereof was and were afterwards that is to say within the time aforesaid in the Parish aforesaid within the County aforesaid by them sold again as common Tiplers or Ale-House-keepers the said persons nor any of them having any lawful License then in force to sell Beer and Ale contrary to the form of a certain Statute of the third year of the Raign of King James late King of England c. in such cases made and provided By meanes whereof he the said J. W. hath forfeited to the Poor of the said Parish and to the said J. R. who c. the summe of one hundred pounds of good and lawful mony of England that is to say for every Barrel of the said Beer and Ale so by him in manner aforesaid and contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid sold and uttered as aforesaid the summe of six Shillings and eight Pence the same in the whole amounting to the said summe of one hundred pounds Whereupon the said J. R. who c. as well for the Poor of the said Parish as for himself prayes the advice of the Court in the premises and that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said J. W. in this behalf and that he the said J. R. who c. may have the one moiety of the forfeitures aforesaid and the Poor of the said Parish may have the other moiety thereof according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and moreover that he the said J. may come here into Court to answer the premises M. ss The like Information for the same and the Poor of the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate against Richard Dashwood of the same Parish and County Brewer Prohibited and sworn the day and year above written before me John Doo and Richard Roo Edw. Atkins Pledges c. An ACT for Discovering Convicting and Repressing of Popish RECVSANTS At the Parliament begun at Westminster the seventeenth day of September Anno. 1656. An Information upon the same Act. L. ss BE it Remembred that John Saubridge who as well for the now Lord Protector c. as for himself in this behalf prosecuâ—es came here into Court the three and twentieth day of this Terme in his own person as well for the â—aid Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court hâ—re to understand and be informed That whereas at the Parliament begun at Westminster the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1656. for the Repressing Convicting and Discovering of Popish Recusants it stands enacted by the same Parliament in a certain Act at the same Parliament made entituled An Act for the Discovering Convicting and Repressing of Popish Recusants made and provided Amongst other things in the same Act contained That it shall not be lawful for any Subject of this Commonwealth other then the household-servants that shall come over with any Ambassador or Agent at any time to be present at Masse at the house of any such Ambassador or Agent or any other place whatsoever upon pain and penalty of one hundred pounds and imprisonment by the space of six Months The one moyety of the said forfeiture to be to the use of his Highness the Lord Protector and his Successors and the other moyety to the Informer to be recovered by Action Bill Plaint Suit or Information in any Courr of Record in which no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed Neverthelesse one A. B. late of London aforesaid Gent. the Act aforesaid nor the Penalties in the same regarding at London aforesaid that is to say Tali die loco did voluntarily repaire unto the place and house aforesaid and then and there was present and did hear one Popish Masse said or sung according to the manner and custome of the Church of Rome against the form of the said late Act of Parliament in this case made and provided by meanes whereof he the said A. B. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and I. S. who c. the summe of an hundred pounds of lawful money of England Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the Premises and that due processe of Law may be awarded against the said A. B. in this behalf and that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the forfeiture aforesaid and that he the said A. 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