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A74038	Anno primo & secundo Philippi & Mariæ. Actes made at a Parliament, begon and holde[n] at Westminster, the. xii. daye of Nouember, in the fyrste and seconde yeare of the reigne of our soueraygne lorde, and lady Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, kinge [and] Quene of England, Fraunce, Naples, Ierusalem, and Ireland, defendours of the fayth, Princes of Spayne and Cycilie, Archedukes of Austria, dukes of Myllayn, Burgondie, and Braband, counties of Haspurge, Flau[n]ders and Tyroll, and there continued and kept to the dissolution of the same, beynge the. xvi. day of Ianuary then next ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth. Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis·; Public General Acts. 1553-1555. 1-2 Philip and Mary	England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I); Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.; Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.	1555 (1555)	STC 9447.8; ESTC S124844	59,117	65

offences toward there co remayne without bayle or maynprise vntyl he shal be delyuered accordyng to thys Acte Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no maner of person or persons shal be molested or impeched for anye of thoffences concernyng speaking or reportyng as is aforesaid onlesse he or they be thereof accused and conuicted within three monethes nexte after his or their sayde offence so committed or done And in case any person shal be imprisoned for anye of the sayde offences concernyng speakynge or reportinge and not thereof conuicted within three monethes next after his offence supposed to be by hym done and committed that then the person so imprisoned shal be set at libertie and no lenger deteyned in prison Prouided also and be it enacted by aucthoritie aforesayd that euerye suche Maiour Maiours Bayliffes and other heade officer and officers of cities boroughes and townes corporate whiche haue or hereafter shall haue iurisditcion and aucthoritie within the seuerall limittes of their office or offices to hold and kepe sessions as Iustice or Iustices of the peace shal and may by aucthoritie hereof as wel arrest and committe to warde al euerye person and persons being vehemently suspected of any of thoffences aforesayde as also to procede to th execution hearing and determining of euery the said offences and to see and make due execution thereof according to the purporte meanyng and effecte of this present Acte Anye thynge in the same acte heretofore made to the contrarye notwythstandyng Prouided alwayes that the sayde Iustice of peace as well within liberties as without the which shall for anye the offences aforesayd committe anye person or persons to warde as is aforesayd shal within tenne dayes next after suche committing with one other Iustice whereof one of them to be of the Quorum directe their precepte to the Shiriffe or Shiriffes of the countie where th offence shal be committed or to other ordinary officer yf it be within any citie or towne corporate where the Sheriffe can not intromytte commaunding him or them by the same impanell and returne as they shall assigne .xxiiij. good and lawful men of his or their baylywyke or baylywykes to enquire of the sayde offence or offences the which anye suche person or persons shal be so imprisoned for And therevpon within one moneth after the date of the sayd precept to procede and determine as aboue is expressed Euerye one of the same Iustices vpon the payne of x.li to be payed to the king Queenes highnesses as often as they shal be founden in defaulte of anye the same Prouided also and be it enacted that this Acte shal be proclaymed in all the shyres within this realme before the .xii. daye of Februarye next comming to thintente that al persons may haue notice thereof and auoyde the peryll and daunger that might ensue by offendynge agaynst the same And this Acte to be onlye in force vntyl the ende of the next Parliament and no longer Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesayde that none of the peares of this realme shal be arested or imprisoned for anye of the sayde offences but onely by order or commaundemente gyuen from the Kyngs and Quenes priuie counsayle or of the heires of the Queene and that the sayde peares and euery of them that shal hereafter fortune to be indicted of any the offēces aforesaid shal be tried by their peares as before hath ben accustomed in caces of tresō or fellonie ¶ An Acte for the punyshment of certayne persons callyng them selues Egyptians ¶ Te .iii. Chapter WHere in a parliamente holden at Westminster in the .xxii. yeare of the reigne of our late Soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henry theyght for the auoyding and bauyshinge oute of this realme of certayne outlandishe people callinge them selues Egiptians vsinge no crafte nor feare of marchaundyses for to lyue by but going frō place to place in great companies vsing great suttel and craftye meanes to disceaue the kinges Subiectes bearing them in hand that they by palmistry coulde tell mens and womans fortune and so many tymes by crafte and subtiltie disceaue the people of thyre money and committed diuers greate and heynous fellonies and robberies to the great hurt and disceyt of the people It was amongest other thinges then enacted that from the tyme of the makyng of the sayd Acte on suche personnes shoulde be suffered to come within this the kinges realme vpon payne of forfay ture to the kyng all theyr goodes and catteles and then to be commaunded to auoyde the realme within .xv dayes next after the commaundement vpon payne of imprisōment and suche persons calling them selues Egiptians as then were within this realme shoulde departe within .xvi. dayes next after proclamation of the sayde Acte vpon payne of imprisoment and forfeyture of all theyr goodes and cattels with diuers other clauses articles conteyned in the sayd acte as by the sayd Act more at large it appeareth Forasmuche as diuers of the sayde company and suche otherlike persones not fearing the penaltie of the sayd Statute haue enterprised to come ouer agayne into this realme vsyng theyr olde accustomed deuelish and noughty practises and deuises with suche abhommable liuinge as is not in any Christian realme to be permitted named or knowen and be not duely punyshed for the same to the perellous and euyl example of our soueraygne Lorde and Lady the kynge and Queenes maiesties moost louinge subiectes and to the vtter and extreame vndoynge of diuers and many of them as euidently doth appeare For reformation wherof be it ordeyned and enacted by the kynge and Quene our soueraygne Lorde and Lady the Lordes spirituall and temporall and commons in this present parliamente assembled and by thauctoritie of the same that yf any person or persons after the last daye of Ianuary next comming do willingly transport brynge and conuey into this realme of England or Wales any such persons callyng them selues or commonly called Egyptians that then he or they so transporting bringinge or conueying in any suche persons contrary to the true meaning of this Acte shall forfeyt and lose for euery tyme so offendyng forty poundes of lawfull money of Englād And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that yf any of the sayd persons called Egyptians whiche shal be transported and conueyed into this realme of England or Wales as is aforesayd do continue and remayne within the same by the space of one moneth that then he or they so offendyng shall by vertue of this acte be deemed and adiudged a fellon and fellons and shall therefore suffer paynes of death losse of landes and goodes as in cases of fellony by thor dre of the common lawe of this realme and shall vpon the tryall of them or any of them therin be tried in the countie and by thinhabitauntes of the countie or place where they or he shal be apprehended or taken and not Per medietanem linguae and shal lose the benefite and priuilege of

eueri of thē may by the aucthoritie of the sayd ordinarie and Statute cause to be arrested and vnder saufe custody in his prisones to be deteined til he or they of the articles layed to hym or them in this behalfe do canonically purge him or them selfe or els such wicked secte preachynges doctrynes and heretical and erronious opiniōs do abiure according as the lawes of the churche doth require so that the sayd diocesan by him self or his commissaries do openly and iudicially procede against such persones so arrested and remayning vnder his sause custody to all effecte of the lawe and determin that same businesse according to the Canonicall decrees wythin three monethes after the sayd arrest any laweful impedimēt ceassing And yf any person in any case aboue expressed be before the diocesan of that place or his commissaries canonically conuicte then the same diocesan may do to be kept in his prison the sayd person so conuicte for the maner of his defaut and after the qualitie of the offence according and as long as to his discretion shal seme expediente and moreouer to put the same person to the secular court except in cases where he according to the canonical decret ought to be left to pay to our soueraygne lord the kyng his pecunier fine according as the same fine shall seme competent to the diocesan for the maner and qualitie of the offence in whiche case the same diocesan shal be bound to certifye the kynge of the same fine in his eschecker by his Lettre Patentes sealed with his seale to the effect that such fine by the kynges aucthoritie maye bee required and leuied to his vse of the goodes of the same person so conuict And if any persō within the sayd realme and dominions vpon the sayd wycked preachynges doctrynes opinions schooles and heretical and erronious informations or any of them be before the diocesan of the same place or his commissaries sencencially conuicte the same wicked sect preachinges doctrines and opinions scholes informations doe refuse duely to abiure or by the diocesan of the same place or his commissaries after the abiuration made by the same person pronounced fal in to relapse so that according to the holy canons he ought to be left to the seculer court whervpon credence shal be geuen to the diocesan of the same place or to his comissaries in thys behalfe then the sheriffe of the countie of the same place and Maior and sheriffes or sheriffe or Maior and Bayliffes of the citie towne and borough of the same countie next to the same diocesan or the sayde Commyssaryes shal be personally present in preferring of such sentences when they by the same diocesan or his commissaries shal be required they the same persones and euery of them after suche sentence promulgate shall receaue and them before the people in an high place dooe to be brent that suche punyshment maye strike in feare to the myndes of other wherby no such wicked doctrine and hereticail and erronious opinions nor their abbettours and fautours in the sayd realme do minions agaynst the catholike fayth christen lawe and determinatiō of the holy church which God prohibite be susteyned or in any wyse suffered in which al and singuler the premisses concerning the sayde ordinaunce and statute the sheriffes maiors and baylyffes of the said counties cities boroughes and townes shal be attending ayding supporting to the sayde diocesans and their commissaries ¶ The tenor of the third Acte made in the seconde yeare of kyng Henry the fyft is as foloweth Cap. vii ITem forasmuche as great rumours congregations in surrections here in the realme of England by dyuerse of the kinges liege people as wel by them whiche were of the sect of heresies commonly called lollardrie as by other of their confederacie excitation abbetment nowe of late were made to the intent to adnull destroye and subuerte the christen faythe and the lawe of God and holy churche within thys same realme of England also to destroye the same our soueraygne lorde the kyng all other maner of estates of the same realme of Englande as wel spirituall as temporall and also all maner of policie and finally the lawes of the lande The same our soueraygne lord the kyng to the honour of god and in cōseruation fortification of the christen fayth and also in saluation of his royall estate and of the estate of al his realme willing agaynst the malice of such heretikes and lollardes to prouide a more open remedy and punishment then hath bene had and vsed in the case heretofore so that for feare of the same lawes and punyshmente such heristes and lollardries may the rather cease in tyme to come by the aduise and assent aforesaid and at the prayer of the sayd cōmons hath ordeyned and stablished that fyrst the chaunceler treasurer Iustices of the one bench and of the other Iustices of peace sheriffes maiors and baylyffes of cities and townes and al other officers hauing gouernaunce of people which nowe be or hereafter for the tyme shal be shal make an othe in takyng of their charges and occupations to put their whole power diligence to put out and do to be put out cease destroye al maner of heresies and errours cōmonly called lollardries within the places where they exercise their offices occupatiōs frō tyme to tyme with all their power that they assiste the ordinaries and their cōmissaries them fauour maintayne as often as they or any of them to that shal be required by the same ordinaries or their cōmissaries so that when the said officers ministers trauayle or ride to arrest any lollard or to make assistence at the instaunce request of the ordinaries or their cōmissaries bi vertne of this statute that the same ordinaries cōmissaries shall pay for their costes reasonablye And that the kynges seruices to the whych the same officers be first sworne be preferred before all other statutes for the libertie of holy church the ministers of the same and in especiall for the correction punishment of the heretikes and lollardes before this time made and not repelled being in their force And also that al persons cōuict of heresie of what estate condition or degre that they be by the said ordinaries or other cōmissaries left to the seculer power according to the lawes of holye churche shal loose and forfayt al theyr landes and tenementes which they haue in fee symple in the maner as foloweth that is to saye that the king haue all the landes tenementes which the sayd conuictes haue in fee simple holden of him immediatly as forfayte that the other lordes of whome the landes tenementes of such conuictes be bolden immediatly after that the kyng is so seaced aunswered of the yeare the day and the wast haue liuery out of the kynges handes of the landes tenemētes aforesaid of thē so holden as it hath

purposes as yf the same were or had bene signed by her highnes signe manuell and as yf her maiestie had ben at the tyme of the makyng therof sole and vnmarryed and as they were before the makynge of the sayde acte The sayde estatute or any braunche or article therin conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng An Acte for the reformation of excesse in apparell ¶ The .ii. Chapter BE IT enacted by thauctoritie of this presente Parliamēt that no person borne within this realme or the dominions of the same other then the sonne heyre apparaunt of a knyght or other then suche as maye dispende .xx. li. by the yeare in landes offices fees or other yearely reuenues for terme of lyfe or be worthe in goodes ii C. li shall after the fyrste daye of Apryll next comming weare any maner of sylke in or vpon his hatte bonet night cappe girdle skaberd hoose shoes or spurre lethers vpon pain of three moneths imprismōent forfeytures of .x. li foreuery dayes wearing contrary to the tenour of this acte AND be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that Iustices of Assises in theyr circuities Iustices of peace in their sessions Sheriffes in theyr turnes Stewardes in letes and lawe daies Maiors Sheriffes and Baylyffes of cities Boroughes townes corporate in their courtes shall and may enquire heare and determine from time to tyme al and euery the saydoffences committed or done wythin the lymites of theyr seuerall iurisdictions and auethorities and where any such forfeytures shall happen to be founde within the precince of any citie bourough towne corporate lete or lawe daye then the Maior Sherife Baylyffes of the sayd cities boroughes and townes and owner of the sayde lete or lawe dayes to haue the one moytie of the sayd forfeytures and thother moytye to be to any subiecte of this realme that wil sue for the same in any couct of record by action information byll or otherwise in which no wager of lawe protection or assoigne shal be allowed And where suche forfeyture shal be founde oute of any citie boroughe towne lete or lawe daye that the moytie of all such forfeytures shal be to the kyng Queenes maiestses and the heyres to the Quene and thother moytie thereof to any of theyr subiectes that wyll sue for the same by byll playnt action information or otherwise in any court of record as is aforesaid in the which no wager of lawe or protectiō essoigne shal be admitted or allowed And that all and euery such person persōes as haue aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte to heare and determine the premisses may vpon the conuiction of euery such offender awarde processe vnto the Shiriffe of any shire within this realme for the apprehension of the sayd offendour which beyng apprehended shal be committed by the sheriffe vnto the goale of the sayd shire there to remayne without bayle or maynpryse vntyll the saide offendoure hath payde the sayd for feyture wherin he is so conuicted And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons of what estate condition or degre soeuer he or they be after the sayd fyrst day of Apryl next commyng knowyng and seruaunte or seruauntes of hys or theyrs to offende contrarieto this acte do not putte the same out of his or their seruice but shall kepe in hys or their setuice the same offendoure or offendours by the space of xiiii dayes next after suche knowledge had or elles being so put out of his or their seruice shal retayne the same offendour or offendours to his or theyrseruice agayne within one yeare nextensuing the time of committing of any such offence the same person or persons so kepyng or reteyning agayne in or to his or their seruice any suche seruaunt or seruauntes offendyng contrary to the tenoure of this acte as is aforesayd shall for euery his or theyr offence forsayt C.li. of law full monye of Englande the moytie whereof to be to the kynge and Queenes maiesties vse and the heyres successours of the Queene and the other moytie to hym that wyll sue for the same in any courte of recorde by action byll playnt information or otherwise wherin no wager of lawe essoygne or protection shal be admitted or allowed Prouyded alwaye and be it enacted that thys acte or any thyng therein contayned shall not extend to any person beynge of or aboue the degre of a knyghts sonne or doughter or beinge wyfe to any of them nor to suche as haue bene be or shal be Maior Bayliffe Aldermā or head officer in anye citie borough or towne corporateor to the wyfe of any of them nor to anye of the kinges or Queenes seruauntes in ordinarie wages attendaūt and wearynge the kinges or Quenes ordinarie liueries but that they and euery of thē may vse and we are as they or any of them might lawfully vse and weare before the makyng of this acte Prouided also that no person shal be compelled by this acte to put awaye his prentise or hyred seruaunt before th ende of the terme before agreed betwene thē nor that any master shal forfeyte or loose any payne or forfayture for the keping of his prētise or hired seruaūt after his offence contrary to this acte vnto th ende of the terme before agreed betwene them Anye thyng aboue sayd to the contrarye notwithstanding Prouided also that women may weare in theyr cappes hattes gyrdles and hoodes as they or anye of them mighte vse and wear lawfully before the makyng of thys acte ¶ An Acte agaynst sedicious wordes and rumors ¶ The .iii. Chapiter WHere it is conteined as wel in the Statute of Westm the fyrst as in the Statute made at Glocestre the seconde yeare of the raygne of Kynge Rychard the seconde that no man shuld be so hardy to contriue speake or tell any false newes lyes or other suche lyke false thinges of Prelates Dukes Earles Barons and othere nobles Peares of the realme or of the Chauncellour Tresuter Clearke of the priuie seale Steward of the kynge houshold Iustices of the one bancke or of thother or of any other great officers of this realme And that euery such offendour shoulde be takē and imprisoned vntil such time as he had brought him or them forth which did speake the same And wher also at a Parliament holden at Cambridge in the .xxii. yeare of the raygne of the sayde kynge Richard it was also enacted that where anye suche offendour as is aforesayde shulde be taken and imprisoned and coulde not fynde hym of whome he hearde those newes which he spake as is aforesayd that then the same speker shoulde be punished by thaduice of the counsell as by the same Actes amongest other more playnly doe and may appeare Be it enacted by thauctoritie of this presente Parliament that all and euery the sayde former Actes and Statutes shall be and remayne in theyr full force strength and effecte to all intentes constructions and purposes And

further that Iustices of the peace in euery Shire citie and towne corporate within the limittes of their seueral commissions shall by aucthoritie of this present Acte haue ful power to examine heare and determine the causes abouesayd in the sayde two fyrst Actes specified and to put the sayd two fyrst statutes and euery braunch in them conteyned in due execution that from hen●eforth condigne punishment be not defarred from such offendour● And forasmuch as dyuerse and sondrye malicious and euill disposed persons maliciously sediciousiye rebelliouslye and vnnaturally contrary to the duitie of their fidilities and allegiaunces haue nowe of late not onely ymagined inuented pratized spoken and spredde abroad diuerse and sondry false seditions and slaunderous newes rumors sayinges and tales agaynste our mooste dreade Soueraygne Lord and Kyng and agaynst our most naturall Soueraygne Ladye and Queene and agaynst eyther of them of whom we are forbidden to thinke euyll and much more to speake euyll which offience soundeth and is as well to the great dishonour reproche and sclaunder of their moste exellent maiesties as also to the great sclaunder of this their realme and other their dominions but also haue deuised made writen prynted published and set forth diuerie haynous sedicious and slaunderous writinges rymes ballades letters papers and bookes intending and practising therby to moue and stirre sedicions discord discention rebellion within this realme to the great peryll and daunger of the same For auoydynge wherof be it enacted by thaucthoritie of this present Parliament that yf any person or persons after the .xx. daye of February next ensuyng and after open Proclamacion made of this Acte shall maliciously of his or theyr ymagination speake anye false sedicious slaūderous newes rumors sayinges or tales of our sayd Soueraigne Lord King or of our sayd most natural Soueraigne Lady Quene that thē al euery such person and persones so offendyng beyng therof conuicted or attaynted in forme hereafter in this Acte exprssed shall for euerye fyrste offence in some markette place within the shyre Citie or Borough where or neare vnto the place where the sayde wordes were or shal be so spoken be set openly vpon the pylory by the Sheriffe or his ministers if it shal fortune to be with out any citie or towne corporate And if it happen to be within suche citie or towne corporate thē by the principal officer or officers of such citie or towne corporate or his or they re ministers and there to haue bothe his eares cutte of onlesse he paye one hundreth poundes to the King and Quenes highnes vse within one moneth next after iudgement geuen of his sayde offence and also shall suffer imprisōment by the space of three monethes after suche his or theyr execution And it is like wise enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that al and euery person persones which after the sayd daye and after Proclamacion made of this Acte shall maliciously speake any false sedicious and slaunderous newes rumers or tales to the sclaunder and reproche of our sayd Soueraygne Lorde the Kynge or of our sayde mooste naturall Soueraygne Lady the Queene of the speakynge or reportyng of any other that then all and euery suche person or persons so speakyng and reportyng being therof conuicte or atteynted in forme hereafter in this acte expressed shall for euery suche offence in some market place within the shire citie borough or towne where or neare vnto the place where the sayd wordes were or shal be so spoken reported be set openly vpon the pillory by the shiriffe or his ministers yf it shalfortune to be with out any citie or towne corporat And yf it shall happē to be within suche citie or towne corporate then by the principall officer or officers of such citie or towne corporate or his or their ministers and ther to haue one of his eares cut of onlesse he pay one hundred markes to the kinges Queenes highnes vse within one moneth next after iudgement geuen of his sayde offence and also shall suffer imprisōment by the space of one moneth after his or their executyon And be it further enacted by thauthritie aforesayde that yf anye person or persones shall after the sayde day and after Proclamation made as is aforesayde maliciously deuise wryt print or set forth any maner of booke ryme ballade lettre or wrytyug conteynynge anye false matter clause or sentence of sclaunder reproche and dishonoure of the king Quenes maiesties or of eyther of them or to the encouragyng sturryng or mouyng of anye insurrection or rebellion within this realme or any the dominions belonging to the same Or whosoeuer shall maliciouslye procure anye suche booke ryme ballade letter or writing to be writen prynted or set forth and the sayd offence not being punishable by the Statute made in the .xxv. year of the raygne of king Edward the third concerning treasons or declaration of treason that then and in euerye such case the offender and offenders ther in after hys or their conuiction or attaynder shall for his or theyr first offence in some market place within the shire citie or borough where the sayd offence is or shal be committed or done by the sheriffe or hys ministers yf it shall fortune to be wythoute anye citie or towne corporate and yf within suche citie or towne corporate then by the principal officer or officers of such citie or town corporate or by his or their ministers haue his and their right hande stryken of And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that yf anye person or persons being once lawfullye conuicted of any of thoffences aforesayde nowe prouided to be punished by the execution of losses of eare eares or hande as is aforesayd do afterwardes eftsones offend in anye of thoffences aforesayde that then he or they so offendynge shall suffer imprisonment durynge hys or theyr lyues without bayle or maynprise and forfeyte loose to the king and Queenes maiesties al his and their goodes and cattelles And it is also enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that Iustices of oyer determiner within the limittes of their commission Iustices of assise in their seuerall circuites Iustices of gaole deliuery and Iustices of peace as well within the liberties as without within the limittes of their seuerall commissions in their general sessions or other sessions which they or two of them whereof one of them to be of the Quorum maye and shall appoynte at their pleasure where and when nede shal require shal by vertue hereof haue full power and aucthoritie to enquire heare and determine all and euery thoffences aforesayd as in cases and triall of felonye And that the partie indicted and arrayned shal haue aduauntage of all maner of chalenges to the Iurye peremptorye chalenge only excepte as in triall of felonye And also that euerye Iustice of peace within the limittes of his commission shal haue ful power and aucthoritie to committe anye person being vehementlye suspected of any of the sayd

to theyr vtter vndoyng beyng fewe in number to pay and beare the same but also the same cities bouroughes and townes corporate are lyke to come very shortly to vtter destruction ruyne and decay by reason wherof the occupiers lynnen draperes wollen drapers haberdashars and Grocers dwellinge in the countryes out of the said cities boroughes townes corporate and market townes do not onely occupye the arte and mistery of the sayde sciences in the places where they dwel and inhabite but also come vnto the sayd cities boroughes townes corporate and market townes and there sel theyr wares and take awaye the relief of the inhabitaūtes of the sayd cities boroughes townes corporate and market townes to the great decay and vtter vndoynge of the inhabitauntes of the same yf spedy reformation therein be not had in tyme conueniēt For remedie whereof and for the better amendement of the sayde cities boroughes townes corporate and market townes and to thēd the same cities boroughes and townes corporate may be the better able to pay the sayd fee fermes and also to beare the other ordynary charges within the same cities boroughes and townes corporate and to furnyshe the kyng and Quenes maiesties which numbers of able persōs like as they heretofore haue done in times past in times of warre Be it therefore enacted by our soueraygne Lorde and Ladye the kyng and Queene the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled and by auctoritie of the same that any person or persones which do nowe inhabite dwell or hereafter shall inhabite or dwell in the country any where or county wythin this realme of England out of any of the sayde cities boroughes townes corporate or market townes from and after the feast of S. Michael tharchaungel next comming shall not sell or cause to be sold by retayle any wollen cloth linnen cloth haberdashe wares Grocery wares mercery wares at or within any of the said cities boroughes townes corporate or market townes or wtin the suburbs or liberties of the sayd cities boroughes townes corporate market townes wythin this said realme of England except it be in open fayres vpon payne to forfeyt and loose for euery tyme so offending the summe of vi s. viii d. and the hole wares so solde proferred and offered to be solde contrary to the forme intente and effect of thys present acte as aboue is sayd the one moytie of all which forfaytures to be to the vse of our sayd soueraygne Lorde and Lady the kyng and Queenes maiesties and the other halfe to him or them that shal sease and sewe for the same in any of the kyng and queenes courtes of recorde by byll playnt action of debte informacion or otherwise wher in no essoigne protection or wager of lawe shal be alowed Prouided alway that this acte shall not in any wyse extende nor be hurtefull to any person or persons that bring any of the sayde wollen cloth lynnen cloth haberdash Grocery mercery ware or wars to anye of the sayd cities boroughes townes corporate or markette townes to be solde or cause to be solde by whole sale in grosse and not byretayle but they and euery of them may laufully sell the same in as large and ample maner forme and condition by whole sale in grosse not by retayle as they and euery of them myght haue done at any tyme or tymes before the makyng of this act Any thing here in to the contrary notwithstanding Prouided alway that this present acte shall not extende to anye person or persons that nowe dwel or inhabit in the country or hereafter shall dwell or inhabite out of any of the said cities boroughes towns corporate or market townes but that they and euerye of them at any tyme hereafter when they or any of them shal be free of anye the guyldes liberties of any the sayd cities boroughes townes corporate or market townes and dwel or inhabite within any of the same cities boroughes townes corporate or markette townes that they and euery of them so being free shall and may sel or cause to be solde any of the wares aforesayd by retayle in as ample and large maner as they and euery of them might haue done beinge free of the sayde cities boroughes and townes aforesayd before the makyng of thys Acte Any clause or article in this acte to the contrarye notwithstandynge Prouyded alwayes and be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd that it shal be lawefull to all persones to sell or cause to be sold by retayle or otherwise al maner of cloth lynnen or wollen of theyr owne makyng in euery citie borough towne corporate and market towne within this realme as freely and franckly as they might haue done before the makyng of this Acte Anye thynge in the same conteyned to the contrary hereof notwithstanding Prouided alway that this acte or any thing therein conteyned shall not be preiudiciall or hurtefull to the liberties and priuileges of the vniuersities of Cambrydge and Oxforde or eyther of them Any thing in thys Acte heretofore mentioned to the contrary notwythstandyng ¶ An Acte repealyng all Statutes articles and prouisions made Agaynst the Sea Apostolyke of Rome synce the .xx. yeare of Kynge Henry the eyght and also for thestablyshment of all spirytuall and ecclesiasticall possessions and hereditamentes conueyed to the laytie ¶ The .viii. Chapter WHere as synce the .xx. yeare of Kynge Henry theight of famous memory father vnto youre maiestie oure most naturall soueraygne and gratious Ladye and Queene muche faise and erronious doctryne hathe bene taught preached and written partly by dyuers the naturall borne Subiectes of this realme partelye beyng brought in hether from sondry other forreyne countryes hath bene sowen and spred abroad within the same By reason wherof aswel the spiritualtie as the temporaltie of your highnes realmes and dominions haue swerued from the obedience of the Sea Apostolyke and declined from the vnitie of Christes churche and so haue continued vntyl suche tyme as your maiestie beynge fyrst reysed vp by God and set in the seat Royal ouer vs and then by his diuine and gratious prouidence knyt in marriage with the moost noble vertuous Prynce the kynge our soueraygne Lorde your husbande the Popes holynes and the Sea Apostolike sent hither vnto your maiesties as vnto persones vndefiled and by Gods goodnes preserued from the common infection aforesayde and to the whole realme the moost reuerend father in God the Lorde Cardinall Poole Legate de latere to call vs home agayne into the right waye frome whence we haue al this long while wandered and strayed abrode And we after sondrye longe and greuous plagues and calamities seinge by the goodnes of god our owne errours haue acknowledged the same vnto the sayde mooste reuerende father and by hym haue bene and are the rather at the contemplation of your maiesties receyued and embraced into the vnitie and bosome of Christes churche and vpon our humble submission promisse made

deliuerye to be holden within the Countie citie or towne corporate where the triall therof shal be then and there to geue euidence agaynst the partie so indicted at the tyme of his triall and shall certifye aswell the same euydence as such bond and bondes in wryting as he shall take together with the inquisition or indictment before him taken and founde at or before the tyme of his sayd tryall therof to be had or made And lykewyse the sayd Iustices shall certifye all and euery suche bonde taken before theym in lyke maner as before is sayd of baylementes and examination And in case any Iustice of peace or Quorum or Coroner shall after the sayde fyrst day of Apryll offende in any thing contrary to the true intente and meaning of this present acte That then the Iustices of gaole delyuery of the Shire citie towne or place where suche offence shall happen to be committed vpō due profe therof by examination before them shall for euery such offence set suche fyne on euerye of the same Iustices of peace and Coroner as the same Iustices of gaole deliuery shall thynke mete and shall estrte the same as other fynes and amerciamentes assessed before Iustices of gaole deliuery ought to be Prouided alwaies and be it further enacted by thauctoritie afore said that Iustices of peace and Coroners within the citie of London and the countie of Middelsex and in other cities boroughes townes corporate within this realme and Wales shall within theyr seuerall iurisdictions haue aucthoritie to let to Bayle fellous and prysoners in such maner and fourme as they haue bene heretofore accusiomed this acte or any thing therein conteined to the contrarye notwithstanding And also shall take examinations and bondes as is aforesayd vpon euery baylement by them or any of them to be made and shall certifye euery such baylementes bondes and examinations by them or any of them taken or made at the next gaole delyuerye to be holden within the shyre citie borough or towne where theyr seuerall iurisdictions extendeth vpon lyke payne and forfayture as is before lymitted in this present acte And be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that no writtes of Habeas corpus or Certiorary shal be hereafter graunted to remoue anye prysoner out of any gaole or to remoue anye recognisaunce excepte the same writtes be signed with the propre handes of the chiefe Iustice or in his absence one of the Iustices of the courte out of whiche the same writtes shal be awarded or made vpon payne that he that writeth any suche wryttes not beyng sygned as is aforesayd to forfayte to our sayd soueraygne lorde the kyng and the quene for euery such wrytte and wryttes fyue poundes ¶ An acte for the makyng of russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples in Norwiche ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter WHere of late yeares passed Russels called Russels Sattens and Sattens reuerses haue bene practised to be made beyond the seas of the wolles bredde in the countie of Norfolke and by reason therof so great quantite of the sayde Russels Sattens and Sattens Reuerses haue ben brought into this realme sold worne aswell in euery parte of this realme as in the partes beyonde the seas that thereby the mysteries of Worstedes makynge and weuyng whereby marchauntes and inhabitauntes of the citie of Norwiche haue heretofore ben well maynteyned and relieued is now at this present almoost wholy decayed and brought out of estimation and very lyttle worne either within this realme or in any other forreine realms to the greate hynderaunce and decay of the sayde citie and Citezins of the same citie For remedye wherof Thomas Marsham Maiour of the citie of Norwyche Iohn Corbet Esquier Austen Stewarde Robert Leche Robert Rugge Iohn Ball and Alexander Mather Aldermen of the sayd citie Thomas Whall Thomas Pecke Raphe Marsham Robert Henry Iohn Sutton Rycharde Tomson Citezins and marchauntes of the sayd Citie at theyr great costes and charges aswel in brynging of certayn strangers from the partes beyonde the seas into the sayd citie as also in makyng of Lombes and all other prouision for the same and also haue called vnto them eyght persons of the most discrete and worthy men of the misterye of Worstede weuyng within the sayd citie that is to saye Iohn Cooke Iames Lyn Iohn Crosse Simon Petit Iohn Marshal Roger Lecke Edmond Barker and Edmonde Selers beynge the number of .xxi persons which haue not only made Russels Sattens and Sattens Reuerses and fustian of Naples within the sayd citie of Norwich of Norfolke wolles but also haue learned and taughte other citezins inhabitauntes of the sayd citie to make the same in such good and perfect maner that muche better Russels Sattens Sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples and such lyke and for easyer prices be nowe at this present wrought and made within the said citie then heretofore hath ben or nowe be made in anye of the parties beyonde the seas wherby the sayd citie and inhabitauntes therof maye and be lyke agayne to be relieued and brought to theyr olde estate to the great aduauncement of the commodities of this realme and enrychynge the same yf some good and polytyke lawes and ordinaunces were made for the good continuance of the true makynge of the sayde Russelles Sattens Sattens Reuerses and fustian of Naples and suche lyke In consideration whereof be it enacted by the assente of the kynge and queenes hyghnes the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons of this present Parliament assembled and by thauctoritie of the same that the said russels sattens and sattens reuerses and fustian of Naples hereafter to be made onely within the sayd citie may from hence forth bere the name and he called by the name of Norwiche sattens and Norwich fussians and that the Maior and the afore mentioned citezens of the same citie which before this time hath ben at the costes and charges of the bringing of the sayd straungers into the same citie for the making of the said russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustians of Naples and such the afore mentioned eyght persons that they haue called vnto them shal be a felowshyp of thē selfes and shal yearely the thyrde day of February choose of their felowes foure wardeynes within the Guylde hall of the said citie or anye other commō and conuenient place in the same citie and the same wardeynes so being choosen shall stand and be wardens of the same felowshyp duryng one whole yeare next ensuing the said election that the same wardeynes after the sayd election shal come before the Maior of the sayd citie for the tyme being yearely the monday next after the saide third day of Februarye and before the sayde Maior shal be sworne diligently to viewe search and see all the russels sattens sattens reuerses and fustians of Naples then made or that shal be made within the sayd citie duryng the saide yeare And suche of the sayde russels sattens sattens reuerses fustian of Napels

curraunte within this realme shall and maye be endicted arreyned tryed conuicted or atteynted by such like euidence and in suche maner and forme as hath bene vsed accustomed within thys realme at any tyme before the first yeare of the raigne of our late soueraigne lorde kyng Edwarde the sixt Any statute custome lawe or vsage to the contrary therof in any wise notwithstanding ¶ An Acte for the impounding of distresses ¶ The .xii. Chapiter FOr the auoydinge of greuous vexations exactions troubles and disorder in takyng of distresses and impounding of cattel be it enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliamēt that from and after the first dai of Apryl next cōming no distresse of cattell shal be driuen out of the hūdred rape wapentake or lath where such distresse is or shal be taken except it be to a pounde ouerte within the sayd shire not aboue three myles distaūt from the place where the said distresse is taken and that no cattel or other goodes distreined or taken by waye of distresse for any maner of cause at one time shal be impounded in seuerall places wherby the owner or owners of such distresse shal be constrayned to sue seuerall repleuis for the deliuerie of the sayd distresse so taken at one tyme vpon payne euery person offending contrary to this acte shal forfeyte to the partie greued for euery such offence a hundred shillinges and treble damages And further be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that after the sayd fyrst day of Apryl no person or persons shal take for kepyng in pounde impoundyng or poundage of any maner of distresse aboue the somme of .iiii. pence for any one whole distresse that shal be so impounded and where lesse hath ben vsed there to take lesse vpon the payne of fyue pounde to be payd to the party greued ouer and besides suche money as he shall take aboue the somme of foure pence Any vsage or prescription to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandynge And for the more spedier deliuerye of cattell taken by waye of distresse it is further enacted by the sayd aucthoritie that euerye Shiriffe of shires being no cities nor townes made shyres shal at his first countie daye or within two monethes nexte after he hath receaued his patent of his office of shirifwike shall depute appoynte and proclayme in the shyre towne within his baylywike four deputies at the least dwellyng not aboue twelue myles one dystaunt from another which sayd deputies so appoynted and proclaymed shall haue auctoritie in the sheriffes name to make repleuies and deliueraunce of such distresses in such maner and forme as the sheriffe may or ought to do vpon payne that euery Sheriffe for euery moneth that he shal lacke such deputie or deputies shall forfeyte for euerye suche offence fyue poundes the one halfe of which forfaytures shal be to the kynge and Quenes highnes her heyres and successours the other halfe to him that wil sue for the same by bil playnt information or action of debt in any the kyng and quenes courtes of recorde in which no essoygne protection nor wager of lawe shal be admitted ¶ An Acte appoynting in order to iustices of peace touchynge the baylement of prisoners ¶ The .xiii. Chapiter WHere in the parliament holden at Westminster in the .iii. yeare of the reigne of the noble prynce kyng Henrye the seuenth it was among other thinges ordeyned and enacted that no prisoner arrested for felonie should be letten to bayle or maynepryce by anye one Iustice of peace but by the hole Iustices or at least by two of thē wherof one to be of the Quorum Synce the makyng of which estatute one Iustice of peace in the name of him selfe and one other of the Iustices his compagnion not makyng the sayd Iustice partie nor priuie vnto the case wherefore the prisoner should be bayled hath often tymes by sinister labor and meanes set at large the greatest and notablest offenders suche as be not repleuisably by the lawes of this realme and yet the rather to hyde their affections in that behalfe haue signified the cause of theyr apprehension to be put onely for suspition of felony wherby the sayd offendours hath escaped vnpunyshed and do dayly to the high displeasure of almightie God the great peryll of the kynge and Quenes true subiectes and encoragement of all theues and euill doers For reformation wherof be it ordeyned and enacted by the kyng and Queenes maiesties the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled and by aucthoritie of the same that from and after the fyrst day of Apryll nexe commyng no Iustice or Iustices of peace shall lette to bayle or mainepryce anye such person or persones which for any offence or offences by theym or any of them committed be declared not to be replenised or bayled or be forbidden to be repleued or bayled by the estatute of Westmin prymer made in the parliamente holden in the thyrde yeare of the reygne of kynge Edwarde the first And furthermore that any person or persones arrested for manstaughter or felonie or suspection of manslaughter or selonie beyng bayleable by the lawe shall not after the sayde fyrste day of Apryli be lette to bayle or maynpryse by anye Iustices of peace if it be not in open Sessions except it be by two Iustices of peace at the least wherof one to be of the Quorum the same Iustices to be present together at the tyme of the said baylment or main pryce which baylement or mainpryce they shall certefye in wrytinge subscribed or sygned with theyr owne handes at the nexte generall goale deliuery to be holden within the countie where the saide person or persons shal be arrested or suspected And that the sayde Iustices or one of them being of the Quorum when any suche prysoner is brought before them for anye manslaughter or felonye before anye baylement or maynepryse shall take the examination of the sayd prisoner and information of them that brynges him of the facte and circumstaunces therof and the same or asmuth therof as shal be materiall to proue the felonye shall put in wrytinge before they make the same baylement whiche sayd examination together with the sayde baylement the sayd Iustices shal certifye at the next generall goale delyuerye to be holden within the limittes of theyr commission and that euery Coroner vpon any inquisition before hym founde wherby any person or persons shal be indicted for murder or māssaughter or as accessary or accessaries to the same before the muther or manslaughter committed shall put in writinge the effecte of the euidence geuen to the Iurye before hym beyng materiall and afwell the said Iustices as the sayd Coroner shall haue aucthoritie by thys acte to binde al such by recongnisaunce or obligation as do beclare any thing materiall to proue the sayd murder or manfiaughter offences or fellonies or to be accessary or accessaries to the same as is aforesayd to appeare at the next genarall goale