be taken and accompted as percell of the somme that shal be due and payable in the hole at the yeres ende vpon the accompt made for the polle of his shepe ¶ ALSO we the kinges sayd subiectes by the aucthorytie aforesayd do geue and graunt vnto the kinges maiestie one other relief that is to saye viii pens of the pounde of the pryce and value of al and synguler wollen clothes carseyes fryses cottons kendales all other kinde of wollen clothes of what sorte or making soeuer they be that froÌ„ the feast of the Natiuitie of saint Iohn Baptist next coÌ„ming during thre yeres then next folowing shal be made by any persone to be put to sale the same relief to be leuied and gathered yerely during the said thre yeres of the maker of the sayd clothe in such maner and fourme as hereafter in this acte shal be declared PROVIDED alwaies and be it ordeined enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that if it shall appere that the rate of viii pens of the pounde of the price and value of the clothe by suche clothier made as is aforesaid shall excede the rate of .xii. pence of the pounde of his goodes and cattals that then euerye suche clothier shall paye onely after the rate of viii pence of the pounde of the clothes not after the value of his goodes and cattals the relief payed the fyrst yere of his entier substaunce to be taken â–ª and accompted as percell of the somme that shal be due and payable in the hole at the first yeres ende vpon accoÌ„pte for the clothes by hym made as is afore said The second relief paied of his entier substaunce to be taken and accompted as percell of the some that shal be due and payable in the hole at the second yeres ende vpon accompt for the clothes by him made as is afore said And the third relief payed of his entier substaunce to be taken and accompted as percell of the somme that shal be due and payable in the hole at the third yeres ende vpon accompt for the clothes by him made as is aforesayd PROVIDED also and be it ordeyned and enacted by the aucthorytie aforesayd that if any persone to the â—ntent to defraude the kinges maiestie of the reliefs graunted by this acte or any parte therof do coloure and take vpon him by the assent or consent of the true owner therof to be owner or proprietary of any goodes shepe clothes or other thinges chargeable to the payment of the sayd relief and in dede shal be founde tryed or proued not to be iust and ryght owner therof vpon any informacion therof to be made in the kinges courte of exchequer wythin two yeres next after suche offence that not onlye suche goodes shepe clothes and other thinges or the value therof shal be forfayted to the kyng but also the partie so falselye colouring the same or pretending to be owner or proprietarye of the same shall forfeyte and lose to the kyng the treble value therof to be leuied of his goodes and cattals landes and tenementes to the kinges vse AND to the entent that the kinges maiestie may be iustly and truly satysfied of the sayd relief of the value and substauÌ„ce of euery mannes goodes and other sommes to be payed by siraungers denysens or not denysens by vs to his highnes geuen in maner and fourme afore expressed and in no part therof be defrauded as our entent and hope is his grace shall not be Be it ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that the lord Chauncellour of Englande the lord Thresaurour of England the lord Presydent of the kinges most honorable counsayll the lord Priuie seale and the lord great Chamberlayne of England for the tyme beyng or two of them at the least wherof the lord Chauncellour or the lord Threasourer to be one of them shal and may name and appointe of and for euerye shyer rydyng and other places aswell within this realme as in wales and other the kinges dominioÌ„s as also for euerie citie and toune beyng a countie of it selfe and of and for the Isle of wyght such certayne nomber of persones of euerye of the same shyres rydynges lathes wapentakes rapes cities tounes and Isle of wight and euerye other place and other the inhabitauntes of the same to be commissioners within the same wherof they be inhabytauntes and also of and for the honorable housholdes of the king our soueraigne lorde the ladie Marie and the ladye Elyzabeth graces the kynges maiesties listers certayne hed officers of the same to be commissioners of the same housholdes in what shyres or other places the sayd housholdes shal happeÌ„ then to be the lord Chauncellour or lord Thresaurour and other with him before named in like maner may name and appoincte of euerye other suche borough and toune corporat aswell in England as in wales and other the kinges dominions as they shall thinke requisyte syx fyue foure thre or two of the hed offycers and other sad and honest inhabitauntes of euery of the sayd cyties boroughes and tounes corporat according to the nomber multitude of people beyng in the same the whiche persones if any suche be therunto named of the sayd inhabitauntes of the sayd boroughes and tounes corporate not beyng counties in them selfes shal be ioined and put as commissioners with the persones named for such shyres and rydinges as the sayd boroughes and tounes corporat not being counties in them selfes be set haue there beyng which persones so named for of the sayd boroughes and tounes corporat not beyng couÌ„ties by reason of there dwellyng in the same shall not take vpon them ne none of them to put any parte of there commission in execution for the premysses out of the sayd borough or toune corporat wherin they beyng so named onely for the same be dwelling and also not to execute the sayd commission within the borough or toune coporat wher they be so dwellyng but ioyntly wyth thre at the least of the other commissioners wythin the shyre or rydyng and in that commission wherin they be so dwellyng at suche dayes and tymes as the sayd other commissioners for the same shere and ryding shal therunto lymyte and appoinct within the same borough or toune corporat not beyng countie corporat wherof they so be and not out of such borough or toune and in that maner to be aiding and assysting with the said other commissioners in and for the good executing of the effect of the sayd commission vpon peyne of euery of the sayd commissioners so named for euery such citie borough and toune corporat not beyng a countie to make suche fyne as the sayd other commissioners in the commission of and for the sayd shyre or riding so named or thre of them at the least shall by there dyscrecions set and certefye into the kinges exchequer ther to be leuyed to the vse of our souereygne lord the king in lyke maner as such or lyke sommes
had ben set and rated vpon euery such persone for the sayd relief The whiche commissioners so named of and for the said cities boroughes and tounes not beyng counties and only put in the said commission by reason of there dwellyng in the same shall not haue any part of the porcion of the fees and rewardes for the commissioners and the◠clerkes in this acte afterward specifyed And the Chaūcellour of Englande or keper of the kynges great Scale for the tyme beyng shall make and direct out of the courte of chauncery vnder the kinges great seale seuerall commissions that is to saye to euerye shyre rydyng lathe wapentake rape citie toune borough Isle and housholde vnto suche persone and persones as by his discrecion and other with hym before appoincted and named in lyke maner and fourme as is afore rehersed shal be thought suffycient for the sessyng and leuyeng of the sayde relief in all shyres and places accordyng vnto the true meanyng of this acte whiche commissyon shal be directed and deliuered to the sayd commissioners or to one of them yerely duryng the saye thre yeres in maner and fourme folowyng that is to saye the fyrst yere before the tenth daye of Marche next commyng and the other two yeres yerely before the fyrst daye of Ianuary and to euery of the sayd commissions ten cedules conteynyng in them the tenour of this acte shal be affyled by the whyche commission the commissyoners in euery suche commission named according vnto this acte or as many of them as shal be appoincted by the kinges cōmission shall haue full power aucthoritie to put the effect of the same commission in execucion And that by aucthoritie of this acte after such commission to them dyrected yerely during the said thre yeres they may by their assentes and agrementes seuer them selfes for the execucion of their cōmissyon in hūdredes lathes wardes rapes wapentakes tounes parysshes other places within the lymytes of their sayd commissyon in such fourme as to them shall seme expedient to be ordred and betwene them to be commoned agreed according to the tenour and effect of the commission to them therin directed vpon whiche seueraunce euery person of this present parliament that shal be commissioner shal be assygned in the hundreth where he dwelleth PROVIDED alwaies that no persone be or shal be compelled to be any commissioner to and for the execution of this present acte but only in the shire where he dwelleth and inhabiteth and that any person being assygned to the contrarye therof in any wise shal not be cōpelled to put in execucion the effect of this act or any parte therof And it is also enacted by the aucthorytie of this present parliament that the commissioners and euery of them whiche shal be named lymyted and appoincted accordyng vnto this acte to be commissioners in euerye suche shire rydyng lathe wapentake rape cytie toune borough Isle and the sayd housholdes or any other place and none other shall truly effectually dylygently for ther parte execute the effect of this present acte accordyng to the tenour therof in euery behalfe and none otherwyse by any other meanes wythout omission fauour dread malice or any other thyng to be attempted and done by them or any of them to the contrary hereof and the said commissioners or as many of them as shal be appoincted by the sayd commission and none other for the execution of the sayd commission and acte shall the fyrst yere of the paiment of this relief of goodes before the .xx. daye of Marche and the other two yeres yerely before the .xvi. daye of Ianuary by vertue of the commissyons delyuered vnto them in fourme abouesayd dyrect their seuerall or Ioynte precept vnto viii vii vi v .iiii. or thre or moo as for the nomber of the inhabitauntes shal be requysyte of the most substanciall discrete and honest persones inhabytauntes to be named by the said cōmissioners or by as many of them as shal be appoincted by the said cōmission of in hundredes lathes rapes wapētakes wardes parishes tounes other places aswel wtin liberties fraūchises aūciēt demeanes places exempted and sanctuaryes as without within the lymytes of the shires ridinges lathes wapentakes rapes cities tounes boroghes or Isle aforesaid other places within the limites of there commission and to the constables subconstables batlliffes other like officers or mynisters of euery of the said hundredes tounes wardes lathes wapētakes parishes other places before said as to the sayd commissioners euery nomber of them vnto thre or two of them by there discrecion in diuisiō shal seme expedient as by the maner and vse of the parties shal be requisite straitly by the same precept charging commaūding the same inhabitaūtes constables other officers aforsaid to whom such precept shal be so directed to appere in their proper persones before the said cōmissioners or such nomber of them as they shall deuide them selfes according to the tenour of the sayd commission at certain dayes places by the said cōmissyoners or any nomber of them as is abouesayd within cities boroughes or tounes corporat or without in any other place as is aforesaid by ther discretions shal be limited therunto to do accomplishe all that to them on the part of our soueraigne lord the king shal be enioyned touching this acte cōmaunding further by the same precept that he to whose handes such precept shall come shall shewe or delyuer the same to the other inhabitaūtes or officers named in the same precept that none of thē faile to accōplishe the same vpō paine of fortie shillinges to be forfaited to the king AND it is further ordeined by the said aucthoritie of this parliamēt that the said daye place prefyxed limited in the said preceptes euery of the cōmissioners then beyng in the shyre hauing no sufficient excuse for his absence shall at the sayd day place prefixed for that parte wherunto he was limited appere in his proper person there the same commissioners being present or as many as shal be appoincted by the kinges commissiō shal cal or cause to be called before them the sayd inhabitaūtes officers to whō thei haue directed ther said preceptes which had in cōmaundemēt ther to apere by the said precept of the said cōmissioners And if any person so warned make default onlesse he thē be letted by sycknesse or lawful excuses that let then to be witnessed by the othes of two credyble persones Or if any so appering refuse to be sworne in fourme folowing to forfayte to the kyng fortie shyllinges so at euery tyme during the sayd thre yeres prefixed for the same cause vnto such time the nomber of euery such persons haue appered certefied in fourme vnder written euery of them so making default or refusing to be sworne to forfaite to the king fortie shillinges vpō the same apparaunce had one of the most substāciall inhabitauntes
by the preseÌ„tours of the certificat to be sworne of euery pouÌ„d in goodes debtes as is abouesaid And the sommes that are before rehersed set taxed to be leuied taken of them that shall haue such goodes in custodie as is before rehersed And the same parson or parsones bodye corporate by the aucthorite of this acte shal be discharged against him or them that shal or ought to haue the same at the time of the paiment or delyuerie therof or at his otherwyse departure from the custodie or possessioÌ„ of the same Except alwaies forprysed from the charge assessement of this relief all goodes cattals Iewels ornameÌ„tes of churches chapelles ordeined vsed in churches or chappelles for diuine seruice therin to be celebrated Also we the kinges maiesties subiectes do geue graunt to his highnes eight peÌ„ce to be payed yerely duryng the said .iij. yeres by euery other persone not borne vnder the kinges obeisaunce being denisen or no denisen other then women couert souldiers such persones as be vnder the age of .xii. yeres dwelliÌ„g or resyauÌ„t with in this realme or any other the kynges dominions And the sayd reliefes shal be by the aucthoritie afore sayd taxed assessed rated during the said .iii. yeres in euery shere riding lathe wapeÌ„take rape citie Borough toune euery other place within this realme of Englande wales other the kinges dominions in fourme followiÌ„g that is to say the fyrst yere before the xx daye of Marche the other two yeres before the .xx. daye of Ianuarie The fyrst paiment of yâ— said relief to be had made paide at the receipt of the kinges exchequer before the vi day of May next comming And the second to be made paied at the said receipt before the .xx. day of Aprill which shal be in the yere of our lord God after the computacion of the churche of England M. cccccl And the third payment to be had made at the sayd receipt before the .xx. day of Apryll which shal be in the yere of our lorde M. ccccc.li And the sommes aboue sayd of and for the sayd relief shal be taxed set asked demaunded taken gathered leuied payed vnto the vse of our sayd soâ—eraigne lord his heyres successours in fourme aboue sayd aswell within liberties fraÌ„chesyes sanctuaries auncient demeasne and other whatsoeuer place exempte or not exempt as without Except suche shyres places and persones as shal be forprised in by this preseÌ„t acte any graunt charter prescription vse or lybertie by reason of any letters patentes or other priuilege prescription alowaunce of the same or what soeuer other matter of discharge here tofore to the contrary made grauÌ„ted vsed or obteigned notwithstanding And it is further enacted by the aucthorytie of this present parliament that euery such person aswell such as be borne vnder the kinges obeisaunce as euery other person strauÌ„ger borne denisen or not denysen inhabiting within this realme or within wales or other the kynges dominioÌ„s whiche at the time of the sayd assessing or taxacion yerely to be had or made shal be out of this realme out of wales hauè goodes or cattals within this realme or in wales shal be charged chargeable for the same by the certificat of the inhabytauntes of the partyes wher such goodes cattals landes tenementes or other the premisses thaÌ„ shal be or in such other place wher such person or his factor deputie or attorney shal haue his most resorte vnto withiÌ„ this realme or in wales in lyke maner as if the same persone were or had ben at the tyme of the same assessyng within this realme And that euery person abidiÌ„g or dwelling within this realme or without this realme shal be charged and chargeable to the same relief grauÌ„ted by this acte according and after the rate of the value of his substauÌ„ce goodes cattals and other premysses as such parson so to be charged shal be set at in the time of the said assessyng or taxacion vpon him to be made and in none otherwyse And further we the kinges subicctes do geue and graunt frelye to his highnes one other relief to be paid yerely duryng .iij. yeres at the rcceipt of the kinges exchequer after the rate in maner fourme folowyng that is to saye of euery Ewe kept for the most parte of the yere in seuerall salt or freshe marshes or in leuerall pasture that is to say groundes not commen nor coÌ„menly vsed to be tylled .iii. pence Of euery wether and other shere shepe kept in pasture or marshes as is afore sayd two peÌ„ce And of euery shere shepe kept on coÌ„mons or on seueral grouÌ„des commenly vsed to be tylled thre half pence To be paied yerely during the sayd .iii. yeres by the owner or owners of the same shepe not by any person that hath the same shepe in farme or by leasse paiyng a rent ar any other profyt for the same or whiche is or shal be bound by any maner of couenauÌ„t or suretie to restore the same or as many shepe or the value therof at any tyme. PROVIDED alwaies and be it enacted by the auctoritie aforesayd that euery person not hauing aboue the nomber of ten shere shepe shal paye yerely durig the said .iii. yere one halfpeny for that polle of euery suche shere shepe and that euery person hauing aboue ten shere shepe and not aboue .xx. shall paye for euery of them but one peny duryng euery of the sayd .iii. yeres any thyng before in this graunt of the relief of shepe coÌ„teined to the contrarye in any wyse notwythstandyng The fyrst paiment of the said relief of shepe to be made before the fyrst daye of Nouember next comming the seconde before the fyrst daie of NoueÌ„ber whiche shal be in the yere of our lord God M. ccccc.l And the third before the fyrst daye of Nouember which shal be in the yere of our lord God M. ccccc.li PROVIDED alwayes and be it ordeined and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that if the value of the shepe cattall and other moueable goodes of him or her that hath shepe chargeable to the payment of the said relief being rased and gathered into one hole and entire some and value shal be found greater and more for the aduauncement of this relief than the paymeÌ„t that ought to be made by the polle of the said shepe as is before declared that then the owner of the sayd shepe shall not be chargeable with the payment after the rate of the polle And if it shall appere that the paiment after the rate of the polle shall excede in value and be more beneficial to the king then the money rated of the hole substaunce of any persone That then such person hauing shepe shal be charged to paie after the rate of the polle and not after the value of his entier substaunce The relief payed the yere before of his entier substaunce to
not worth .xx. s̄ in goodes and be at the tyme of the paiment of the relifes of viii d. due by this acte of euery suche persone or at any tyme duryng thesaid thre yeres in seruice with any man or woman or vnder the gouernaunce of his or her father or mother that euery suche Master or Maistres father or mother shal be charged with the paiment therof for suche person in like maner and fourme as he or she is or ought to be for the reliefes due by themselfes And that it shal bee lefull for euery suche Master and Maistres to defalke abate and reteigne of the wages of suche seruaunt so muche as he or she had before paied for suche seruaūt towardes the paiment of thesaied reliefes AND further bee it enacted by thesaied aucthoritie of this present Parliament that thesaid commissioners shall yerely duryng thesaid .iii. yeres name suche sufficient and able persones whiche then shall haue possede landes or other hereditamentes in their awne right of the yerely value of .x. l. or goodes to the value of an C. marke at the lest and the same persones seuerally by the discrecions of the same commissioners in shires Ridynges Lathes Wapentakes Rapes cities tounes corporat and other whatsoeuer places aswel within places priuileged as without not beyng forprised in this act to be high collectors̄ haue the collecciō and receipt of thesaied sommes set leuiable within the precinct limites and boūdes where thei shal bee so limited to gather receiue to euery of the whiche collectors so seuerally named thesaid cōmissioners or two of thē at the lest yerely duryng thesaid .iii. yeres within .xii. daies next after thesaied whole somme of thesaid reliefes shal be set and rated by all the limites of the same their commission or in suche limites as the high collectors shal be so seuerally assigned shall vnder their seales and signes manuell deliuer one estreate indented in parchemēt to euery of the same high collectors comprisyng in it the names of all suche persones as wer assigned to leuie thesaied particular sommes and the sommes of euery hundred Wapentake toune or other place aforesaid with the names surnames of the persones so chargeable accordyng to the estrete so first thereof made as is beforesaied and deliuered and the collector so to bee assigned shal be charged to aunswere the whole somme comprised in the saied estrcate limited to his colleccion as is aforesaied PROVIDED alwaies and be it enacted by thauctoritie aforsaid that thesaid commissioners hauyng aucthoritie by this act to name thesaied high collectors of thesaied reliefes yerely duryng thesaied thre yeres shall immediatly vpon their nominacion and eleccion take by aucthoritie of this present Parliament sufficient Recognisaunces or Obligacions without any fee or reward to be paied therefore of euery persone so by theim to bee named to bee high Collector to bee bound to the kyng in the double somme of the somme of his colleccion and to bee endorced and made vpon suche condicion that if thesaied Collectour his Heires or Executors do truly content and paie to the vse of the kyng his Heires or Executours in his receipte of his Exchequer before the daie appoyncted by this acte so muche of thesaied somme of money allotted and appoyncted to his colleccion as he shall Collect and gather and content and paie the residue of his Colleccion and charge within one moneth next after suche tyme as he hath gathered and collected the same residue that then thesaid recognisaunce or obligacion to be voyd or els to stand in his ful strength and vertue Whiche recognisaunce or obligacion so taken thesaid cōmissioners shall certifie deliuer into the Kynges Exchequer with the certificat of thesaied taxacion and rate of thesaied relief at and by the tyme to theim prescribed and appoyncted by this act vpon pein of forfeiture of .x. l. to the kyng for euery recognisaunce or obligacion not certified And that euery such collector so elected named and chosen vpon request to hym made shall knowlege and make thesaid recognisaunce or obligacion vpō like pein and forfeiture of .x. l. to the kyng for the refusal therof and euery suche collector so yerely deputed hauyng thesaied estreate in patchement as is aforesaied ▪ shall haue aucthoritie by this act yerely duryng thesaied three yeres to appoynct daies and places within the circuite of his Colleccion for the paiment of thesaied relief to hym to bee made and thereof to geue warnyng by Proclamacion or otherwise to all thesaid Constables or other persones or inhabitauntes hauyng the charge of the particular colleccion within the Hundredes Parishes Tounes or other places by hym or them limited to make paiment for their saied particuler colleccion of euery some as to thē shall appertein And if at thesaid daie place so limited and prefixed by thesaid collector thesaied Constables officers or other persones or inhabitauntes as is aforesaied for thesaid particuler colleccion appoyncted and assigned within suche hundred citee toune or other place do not paie vnto thesaid collectors the some within their seuerall hundredes tounes Parishes and other places due comprised in thesaid estrcates thereof to them deliuered by thesaid commissioners as is before said or so muche therof as thei haue by any meane receiued ii d. of euery pound for thesaied particuler colleccion as is beforesaied alwaies to be therof allowed excepted abated that then it shal be lawfull to thesaid high collectors and euery of them and to their assignes to distrain euery of thesaied Constables officers and other inhabitauntes for their saied seuerall and particuler colleccion of thesaid sommes comprised in thesaied estreate and writyng therof to them and euery of them as is before expressed deliuered or for asmuche of the same somme as so then shall happē to be gathered and leuied beyng behynd and vnpaied by the goodes and cattalles of euery of thē so beyng behind and the distresse so taken to be kept appreised and sold as is aforesaid and therof to take and leuy the some so then beyng behynd and vnpaied and the ouerplus commyng of the sale of thesaied distresse if any bee to bee restored and deliuered vnto the owner in forme aboue remembred PROVIDED alwaies that no persone inhabited in any citce borough or toune corporat shal be compelled to be an assessor or collector of or for any part of thesaid relief in any place or places out of thesaied Citee Borough or toune corporate where he dwelleth And it is also by thesaid aucthoritie enacted that if any inhabitaunt or officer or whatsoeuer persone or persones charged to and for the colleccion or receipt of any part or porcion of thesaid relief in any of thesaid thre yeres by any maner of meane accordyng to this act or any person or persones for thē selfes or as keper deputie factor or atturney of and for any other person or persons of any goodes and cattalles and the owner therof at the tyme of thesaid assessyng to
CoÌ„missioners of that CoÌ„mission wherevpon suche writynges shal be there than to be certified with diuisions of the hundredes wapentakes wardes tithynges or other places to and among suche Commissioners of thesame CoÌ„mission with the names of thesame CoÌ„missioners where suche seperacions deuisions shal be with the grosse suÌ„mes of money aswell of for the sayd Relief taxed or set of or within the sayd hundredes wardes wapeÌ„takes or other places to him or them deuided or assigned that shall so certifie the sayd first writyng as of fynes amerciamentes penalties and other forfaitures if any happen to be within thesame limittes whereof the same writynges shal be certified And after suche writyng indented which as is aforesayd shal be certefied and not contayne in it the whole and full sommes set and taxed within the limyttes of thesame Commission the other Commissioners of the same euery of the sayd thre yeres before the day of paiment of the sayd Relief at the sayd receipt limitted and appoincted by this act shal certifie into the sayd Exchequier by their writyng or writynges indented to be made as is beforesayd the grosse and seuerall summes set and taxed within the places to them limitted for the sayd subsidie and other fynes amerciamentes penalties and forfaytures with the names of the hundredes wardes wapeÌ„takes and other places to them assigned or els by their sayd writynges indented to certifie at the sayd place before the day of payment therof at the sayd receipt as is aforesayd resonable causes for their excuses why they may not make suche certificat of and for the sayd Relief with fynes amerciamentes penalties and other forfaitures growyng or set by reason of the causes of their lettâ—s or of their non certifiyng as is aboue sayd or els in default therof proces to be made out of the Kynges Exchequier against the sayd Commissioners and euery of theim not makyng certificat as is aforesayd by the discrecion of the Thesaurour Barons of the sayd Exchequier Prouided alwayes that if any person or persones chargeable to this Relief of payment for his goodes shal happen at any tyme duryng the sayd thre yeres to be set or presented in two or mo places then one and the same beyng certified into the kynges court of Exchequier that then the partie or parties so set or preseÌ„ted certified takyng a corporal other before the Barons of the kynges Exchequier or before any two of theÌ„ or before any person or persones beyng aucthorised by coÌ„mission to be directed from the sayd Barons or any of theim whiche commission or coÌ„missions the sayd Barons or ii of them shal be authorised haue full power aucthoritie to make by this act that he or they is or be the same selfe person or persons so set and that he or they is or be set or presented in two or mo places then one And that he or they haue then been by the space of one yere nexte before the takyng of the sayd othe more conuersaunt and dwellyng in any one of the same places where he or they shal so happen to be set or presented then in the other that then the partie of parties so set or presented in two or mo places then one and so takyng his othe without any other plee in writyng shal be clerely discharged against the kyng his heyres successours or euery of the sayd assesementes and presentmentes sauyng onely of the assesement and presentment in the place where he or they was or were moste conuersaunt dwellyng as is before sayd And be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that the Barons of the kynges Exchequer or two of theim for the tyme beyng shal not onely haue full power aucthoritie to receiue and take the othe of suche partie or parties as shal be so set or presented in any mo places then one but shall also vpon the same othe or othes so taken discharge the partie parties of all suche summes of money as he or they should bee in any wise charged with sauyng onely of suche summes of money as the same partie or parties were so sessed at in suche place and places where he or they were most conuersaunt and dwellyng as is aforesayd And to the intent the kynges maiestie may be truly iustly answered of the sayd relief of the polle of shepe before by vs grauÌ„ted to his highnes be it ordained and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that yerely duryng thesayd iii. yeres before the first day of May there shal be a CoÌ„mission with ten cedules containyng in them the tenor of this acte to be annexed to suche commission directed vnder the kynges great seale of England into euery couÌ„tie shyre ridyng citie borough toune corporat and the Isle of Wight and into all and euery other place within this realme and other the kynges dominions that is or shal be chargeable to the paiment of the sayd Relief of the polle of shepe to suche persones as the same yere before were Commissioners for the assesement and taxacioÌ„ of the value of euery persons goodes and substaunce in the same shire or other place or to as many of them as shal be then liuyng and to suche other persones as the sayd lorde Chauncelor and other with him before named shall name and appoinct By the whiche commission the Commissioners shal haue full power and aucthoritie to enquire by the othes of the Person Vicar or curate iiii or as many honest persons of euery parish village and hamlet within the limittes of their coÌ„mission wherof the Constable Tithyngman or Borsolder shal be one if any Constable Tithyngman or Borsolder be dwellyng in the same parishe village or Hamlet and by the othes of as many other honest discrete persons as they shall thynke coÌ„uenient or otherwise by suche meanes and pollicies as they shal thynke best wherby the truth may appeare of the nomber and natures of all and synguler sheepe beyng within the limittes of their commission whose they be in what toune or parish the owner dwelleth and of what state or degree he is and whether for the moste part of the yere they be kept in seuerall pastures or seuerall marshes or in commons or groundes commonly vsed to be tylled the tenor of whiche othe hereafter foloweth ¶ Ye shall diligently enquire and iustly and truly present and certifie vs the kynges Commssioners what nomber of Ewes Wethers other shere shepe be within the limittes of your charge whose they be in what toune or parishe the owner dwelleth of what condicion and degre he is whether for the moste part of the yere they be kept in seuerall pastures or seueral Marshes or in coÌ„mons or grouÌ„des comenly vsed to be tylled as ye trust to be saued by the merites of Christes passion And it is also ordained and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that yerely duryng the sayd thre yeres on the Tuesdaye after the feast of the Natiuitie of sainct Ihon Baptist there shal
of all clothes be it ordayned and enacted that the Commissioners to be appointed for the taxacion of the Relief of the substaunce of euery person shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this acte and of their commission as they shal be deuided to name constitute and appoint in euery Citie Borough Toune Hundred and parishe within the limittes of their deuisions by their discrecions suche and so many honest substancial and discrete menne to be praisers of the sayd clothes chargeable to the payment of this Relief of clothes as they shall thinke conuenient necessary them from tyme to tyme to alter put newe in their places as they shall haue occasion And that thesayd praysers before they take vpon them the appraisement of suche clothes shal be sworne in maner forme folowyng ¶ Ye shal faythfully and truely esteme and set the iust pryce value of all suche clothes as shal be brought vnto you to be viewed and praysed as ye shal in your cōsciences thynke thesame worth to be solde when they shal be wrought and thesame shall not suffer to be deliuered out of your custody tyl ye haue made of the colour kynde and pryce therof an entry both in the boke of the clothier and also of the Aulnageour or his deputie set to your handes or markes declaryng who was the owner of the clothe and the kind and price therof so helpe you God and by this booke AND it is also ordayned and enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that all kynde of clothes whiche from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of sainct Ihon Baptist next commyng duryng the space of thre yeres then folowyng shal be made within this realme or Wales to be vttered and put to sale shal be sealed with the kynges seale remainyng in the custody of the Aulnageour or his deputie or deputies and praised by two of the sayd praisers at the least and entred into the bokes hereafter in this act mencioned vpon paine of forfayture of the same clothe the one halfe to the kynges Maiestie the other to the partie that shall seaze the same AND it is also enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that there shal be it bookes yerely made of the appraisyng of all and euery kynde of clothe to be made duryng the sayd .iii. yeres th one of which bokes to remaine with the Aulnageour or his deputie wherin shal be written the colour kynde and price of all and synguler clothes viewed and appraysed that yere accordyng to the tenor of this statute vnto whiche boke the owner of euery cloth or some other person for him and the praisours shal set to their handes or markes when the clothe is sealed And the other booke shal remayne with the owner of the sayd clothe whervnto the sayd Aulnageour and praysours shal set their handes and markes And that the owner of all and euery cloth chargeable to the payment of the Relief of clothes graunted by this acte yerely within xx dayes after the yere expired shal deliuer his sayd booke so subscribed or marked with the handes of the Aulnageour or his deputie and praysours to the Commissiooners for the taxacion and assesment of the sayd Relief within the limitte where suche clothier dwelleth or to one of them vpon payn of forfayture by the same clothier of treble so muche as he ought to pay to the kyng by reason of the aforesayd Relief of his clothes so sealed AND it is further ordayned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that euery Aulnageour shall yerely frō after the sayd feast of the Natitutie of saint Ihon Baptist next commyng kepe a parsite booke of the colour kynd and price of all and singuler clothes by him sealed and the names of the owners therof in maner and fourme as is before declared and thesame booke yerely shal make and deliuer to the Commissioners for the taxacion of goodes within the limites wher suche Clothe maker dwelleth or to one of them within xx dayes next after the yere expired AND it is further ordayned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that if any Aulnageour or his deputie do not make and deliuer thesayd booke in maner and forme before rehersed or do wylfully conceale any clothe by him sealed do not entre it into the sayd booke that for suche offence the sayd Aulnageour shal not onely forfayte his office but also shal make fyne at the kynges will AND it is also ordayned and enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that the sayd Cōmissioners of that limitte hauyng receiued the sayd bookes of the Aulnageour or his deputie or deputies and the owner of the clothes shal conferre the rates of the Relief of the clothes ▪ comprehended in the sayd bookes with the taxacion and payment of the owner of the same clothes for his goodes So that if it shal appeare thereby to them that the owner of any cloth is chargeable to pay for his clothes whiche before was not chargeable for his goodes or that suche owner ought to paye more after the rate of the Relief of his clothes containyng in the bookes deliuered to theim then he was before charged for the value of his substaunce of his goodes the sayd Commissioners as they be deuided shal within one moneth next after the sayd bookes receiued by their writyng indented to be signed and sealed by them make furth extreates of al singuler summes of money that any person ought to pay for his clothes not beeyng before charged with his goodes for the ouerplus that any suche person ought to pay for that the rate of the clothes doeth surmount the payment of the value of his goodes before made and the same writyng shal deliuer to the high Collectour of thesame limitte to charge him with the receipt hereof of the maker of the sayd clothes and the payment therof at the kynges receipte And that the sayd high Collectour shal haue the like power aucthoritie to gather leuy thesame by suche like wayes and meanes as before in this acte bee limitted and appointed to the Subcollectour for the leuiyng and gatheryng of the Relief of goodes AND it is further ordayned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that the sayd Commissioners shall yerely duryng the sayd thre yeres make returne and certificat into the kinges Exchequier before the tenth daye of October not only of the counterpane of all and euery extreate deliuered by him to the high Collectour but also of the booke receiued of the Aulnageour as is aforesayd and the praisours names and of all and singuler their procedynges cōceruyng the sayd payment of the Relief of clothes And it is further ordayned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that euery of the sayd high Collectours whiche shall accompt for any part of the sayd Relief of clothes in the kynges Exchequier vpon their seuerall sayd accōptes to be yelden shal be alowed yerely duryng the sayd thre yeres for euery pound limitted to his Collection wherof