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A84520	A collection of certaine statutes in force, vvith full and ready notes in the margent, containing their effect in briefe. As also the ordinances for the better observation of the Lords day, and the fast dayes. Published for the better caution of such as are inclinable to delinquency against the severall effects of those statutes and ordinances. And also for the better information of all such officers and ministers as are by late speciall warrants authorised and commanded to put the same statutes and ordinances in execution. For the better suppressing 1. Of unlawfull pastimes and abuses on the Lords day. 2. Of prophane swearing and cursing. 3. Of the loathsome sin of drunkennesse. 4. Of the severall offences committed by inne-keepers, ale-house-keepers, and unlicensed ale-house-keepers. 5. Of unlawful games. And severall other abuses. Being appointed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to be published in all congregations within his jurisdiction.	England and Wales.; W. B., co-author.	1644 (1644)	Wing E887; Thomason E16_26; ESTC R8377	42,137	48

Corporate Franchise or Liberty where such Alehouse or tipling house shall be The same Recog there to remain of Record before the Justices of Peace of that Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty upon pain of forfeiture to the King for every such Recog taken and not certified the summe of three pound six shillings eight pence And it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the Inquiry of those which have forfeited their recognisance Justices of Peace of every Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise and Liberty where such Recognisance shall be taken shall have power and authority by this Act in their quarter Sessions of the Peace by presentment information or otherwise by their discretion to inquire of all such persons as shall be admitted and allowed to keep any Ale-house or tipling house and that be bound by Recognisance as is abovesaid if they or any of them have done any Act or Acts whereby they or any of them have forfeited the same Recognisance And the said Justices of every Shire and places where they be Justices shall upon every such presentment or information award Processe against every such person so presented or complained upon before them to shew why he should not forfeit his Recognisance and shall have power and authority by this Act to hear and to determine the same by all such ways and means as by their discretion shall be thought good And it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid That if The punishment of those which contrary to the commandment of the Justices do keep Ale-house 3 Car. 3. any person or persons other then such as shall be hereafter admitted allowed by the said Justices shal after the said first day of May obstinately and upon his own authority take upon him or them to keep a common Ale-house or tipling house or shall contrary to the commandment of the said Justices or two of them use commonly selling of Ale and Beer that then the said Justices of Peace or two of them whereof one to be of the Quorum shall for every such offence commit every such person or persons so offending to the common Gaole within the said Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty there to remain without bail or mainprise by the space of three days And before his or their deliverance the said Justice shall take Recognisance of him or them so committed with two sureties that he or they shall not keep any common Ale-house tipling house or use commonly selling of Ale or Beer as by the discretion of the said Justices shall be seen convenient And the said Justices shall make certificate of every such Recognisance and offence at the next quarter Sessions that shall Certificate of the Recog and offence at the Quarter Sessions be holden within the same Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty where the same shall be committed or done Which certificate shall be a sufficient conviction in the Law of the same offence And the said Justices of Peace upon the said certificate made shall in open Sessions assesse the fine for every such offence at twenty shillings Provided alway that in any such Towns and places where any Fair or Fairs shall be kept that for the time onely of the The fine of those which keep Ale-house without License same Fair or Fairs it shall be lawfull for every person and persons to use common selling of Ale or Beer in Booths or other places there for the relief of the Kings Subjects that shall repair to the same in such manner and sort as hath been used and A Proviso for Towns where Fairs be kept done in time passed This Act or any thing therein contrary notwithstanding 1. Jac. 9. 4. Jac. 4. 11. H. 7. 2. 3. Car. 3. Anno tertio CAROLI REGIS CAP. III. The forfeiture and punishment of him that keeps an Ale-house without Licence VVHereas by an Act made in the fifth yeer of the reign of King Eward the sixth of famous memory intituled An Act for keepers of Ale-houses to be bound by Recognizance amongst other things it is enacted That if any person or persons other then such as should be from thenceforth admitted and allowed by the Justices mentioned in the said Act should Every person obstinately keeping an Ale-house or Tippling-house contrary to the commandment of the Justices to be committed to prison for the space of three dayes there to remaine without Baile or mainprise 5. 6. Exd. 6. 25. after the day in the said Act limitted obstinately and upon his own authority take upon him or them to keep a common Ale-house or Tipling house or should contrary to the commandment of the Justices or two of them use commonly selling of Ale or Beer That then the said Justices of Peace or two of them whereof one to be of the Quorum should for every such offence commit every such person or persons so offending to the common Gaole within the Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty there to remain without Bail or Mainprise by the space of three dayes And before his or their deliverance the said Justices should take Recognisance of him or them so committed with two Sureties that he or they should not keep any common Ale-house Tipling house or use commonly selling of Ale or Beer as by the discretion of the said Justices should seem convenient And the said Justices should make Certificat of every such Recognizance and Offence at the next Quarter-Sessions that should be holden within the same Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty where the same should be committed or done which Certificat should be a sufficient conviction in Law of the same offence And the said Justices of Peace upon the said Certificate made should in open Sessions assesse the Fine for every such offence at twenty shillings as by the said Act may appear Which Law hath not wrought such reformation as was intended for that the said Fine of twenty shillings is seldome levyed and for that many of the said offendors by reason of their poverty are neither able to pay the said Fine of twenty shillings nor yet to beare their own charges of conveying them to the Gaole and moreover do leave a great charge of wife and children upon the Parishes wherein they live In regard whereof the Constables and other Officers are much discouraged in presenting them and the offenders become obstinate and incorrigible For remedy whereof Be it enacted by the authority of this present Parliament That if any person or persons after forty Every one that keeps an Alehouse without License shall for every offence lose 20 s to the poor dayes next ensuing the end of this present Session of Parliament shall upon his own authority not being thereunto lawfully licenced take upon him her or them to keep a common Ale-house or Tipling-house or use commonly selling of Ale Beere Cyder or Perry That then every such

Victuall on the Lords-day he shall forfeit 6. s. 8. d. for every offence to be levied by distress with any Waggon or Waggons nor Car-men with any Cart or Carts nor Wain-men with any Wain or Wains nor Drovers with any Cattell shall after fourty dayes next after the end of this present Session of Parliament by themselves or any other travell upon the said Day upon pain that every person and persons so offending shall lose and forfeit twenty shillings for every such offence Or if any Butcher by himself or any other for him by his privity or consent shall after the end of the said fourty dayes kill or sell any Victuall upon the said Day That then every such Butcher shall forfeit and lose for every such offence the summe of six shillings and eight pence The said offences and every of them being done in view of any Justice of the Peace Major or other head Officer of any City or Town Corporate within their limits respectively or being proved upon Oath by two or more witnesses or by the confession of the party offending before any such Justice Major or head Officer within their severall limits respectively wherein such offence shall be committed To which end every such Justice Major or head Officer shall have power by this Act to minister an Oath to such witnesse or witnesses All which summes or penalties shall or may be levied by any Constable or Church-warden by warrant from any such Justice or Justices of the Peace Major or other head Officer as aforesaid within their severall limits where such offence shall be committed or done by distresse and sale of the offenders goods rendring to the party the over-plus or shall be recovered by any person or persons that will sue for the same by Bill Plaint or Information in Or to be recovered by any that will sue by Bill Plaint or Information All which forfeitures shall be to the poor any of his Majesties Courts of Record in any City or Town Corporate before his Majesties Justices of the Peace in their generall Sessions of the Peace All which forfeitures shall be employed to and for the use of the poor of the Parishes where the said offences shall be committed or done saving onely that it shall be lawfull to and for any such Justice Major or head Officer out of the said forfeitures to reward any such person or persons that shall inform or otherwise prosecute any person or persons offending against this present Act according to their discretions so that such reward exceed not the third part Saving a third part to the Informer that shall sue Which suit shall be in the County City or Town where the offence shal be committed and not elsewhere If Suit or Action be brought against any constable or church-warden for any distres taken by them to plead the generall issue None shall be impeached if not questioned within six moneths of the forfeiture Provided that such Bill Plaint or Information shall be commenced sued and prosecuted in the County City or Town Corporate where such offence shall be committed and done and not else-where wherein no Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed to the Defendant Provided alwayes that it shall be lawfull for any Constable or Church-warden that shall have any Suit or Action brought against them for any distresse by them or any of them to be taken by force of this present Act to plead the generall Issue and to give the speciall matter in evidence Provided likewise that no person or persons whatsoever shall be impeached by this Act unlesse he be thereof questioned within six moneths after the offence committed Provided further that this Act shall not in any sort abridge or take away the authority of the Court Ecclesiasticall Anno primo JACOBI REGIS CAP. XXII The duty of Shoomakers NO Cordwainer or Shoomaker shall shew to the intent to No Shomaker shall make shew or put to sale any Wares upon the Lords-day upon pain of 3. s. 4. d. for every time and the value of the ware besales put to sale any Shoes Boots Buskins Startups Slippers or Pantosles upon the Sunday upon pain of forfeiture for every pair of Shoes Boots Buskins Startups Slippers and Pantosles made sold shewed or put to sale contrary to the true meaning of this Act three shillings four pence and the just and full value of the same An Ordinance of the LORDS and COMMONS assembled in Parliament for the better observation of the LORDS-DAY FOrasmuch as the Lords-day notwithstanding severall good Laws heretofore made hath been not onely greatly prophaned but divers ungodly Books have been published by the Prelaticall Faction against the morality of that Day and to countenance the profanation of the same to manifest the indangering of souls prejudice of the true Religion great dishonour of Almighty God and provocation of his just wrath and indignation against this Land The Lords and Commons for remedy All Laws enacted and in force concerning the observation of the Lords-day are to be put in due execution thereof do Order and Ordain and be it Ordered and Ordained That all the Laws enacted and in force concerning the observation of the Lords-day be carefully put in execution and that all and singular person and persons whatsoever shall on every Lords-day apply themselves to the sanctification of the same That all persons apply themselves to the Sanctification of the Lords day both in publike and private That no person cry or expose to sale any goods upon forfeiture of the same by exercising themselves thereon in the duties of Piety and true Religion publikely and privatly And that no person or persons whatsoever shall publikely cry shew forth or expose to sale any Wares Merchandizes Fruit Herbs Goods or Chattels whatsoever upon the Lords-day or any part thereof upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit the same goods so cried shewed forth or put to sale And that no person or persons whatsoever shall without reasonable cause for the same None to travell upon forfeiture of ten shillings for every offence None to worke or carry burthens upon forfeiture of five shillings for every offence travell carry burthens or do any worldly labours or work whatsover upon that day or any part thereof upon pain that every one travelling contrary to the meaning of this Ordinance shall forfeit for every offence ten shilling of lawfull money and that every person carrying any burthen or doing any worldly labour or work contrary to the meaning hereof shall forfeit five shillings of like money for every such offence And be it further ordained that no person or persons shall No person above the age of 14. years shall be present at any sport or pastime whatsoever upon forfeiture of 5. shillings for every offence hereafter upon the Lords-day use exercise keep maintaine or be present at any Wrestlings Shooting Bowling Ringing of Bels for pleasure or pastime Masque Wake otherwise

cursing is forbidden by the Word of God Be it therefore enacted by the authority of this present Parliament that no person or persons shall from henceforth prophanely swear or curse And that if any person or persons shall at any time or times hereafter offend herein either in the hearing of any Justice of Peace of the County or of any Major Justice of Peace Bailiffe or head Officer of any City or Town Corporate where such offence is or shall be committed or shall thereof be convicted by the oaths of two For every prophane oath or curse the offender shall upon conviction by two witnesses or confession forfeit 12. d. to the poor The Constables Ch. wardens and Overseers for the poor shall by warrant of the Justice of Peace levy the said forfeitures by distresse In defect of distres the offender if above twelve yeers of age shall be set in the stocks 3. hours If under 12 yeers and shall not forthwith pay the said 12. d. he shall be whipt by the Constable Parent or Master witnesses or by confession of the party before any Justice of Peace of the County or head Officer or Justice of the Peace in the City or Town Corporate where such offence is or shall be committed To which end every Justice of Peace and every such head Officer shall have power by this Act to minister the same Oath That then every such offender shall for every time so offending forfeit pay to the use of the poor of that Parish where the same offence is or shall be committed the summe of twelve pence And it shall also be lawfull for the Constable Church-wardens and Overseers of the poor of that Parish by warrant from such justice of Peace or head Officer to levy the same summe and summes of money by distresse and sale of the offenders goods rendering to the party the overplus And in defect of such distresse the offender if he or she be above the age of 12. yeers shall by warrant from such Justice of the Peace or head Officer be set in the Stocks by three whole houres but if the offender be under the age of twelve yeers and shall not forthwith pay the summe of twelve pence Then he or she by warrant of such Justice of Peace or head Officer shall be whipped by the Constable or by the parent or master in his presence And be it further enacted That if any such offender shall If the offender sue any officer for distraining whipping or stocking the defendant may plead the generall issue commence any Suit in Law against any Officer or other for such distraining sale of goods whipping or setting in the stocks the Defendant or Defendants may plead the generall Issue and give the speciall matter in evidence to the Jury at the triall And if it be found against the Plaintiffe or that the Plaintiffe be non-suit And have good costs the Defendant or Defendants shall be allowed good Costs to be taxed by the Court. Provided neverthelesse that every offence against this Law Every offence shall be complained of and proved within twenty dayes Thsi Act shall be read in every church upon the Lords-day twice every yeer shall be complained of and proved as abovesaid within twenty dayes after the offence committed And it is also enacted That this Act shall be read in every Parish Church by the Minister thereof upon the Sunday after Evening prayer twice in the yeer Anno primo JACOBI REGIS CAP. IX Severall Penalties of Alehouse-keepers for their severall Offences VVHereas the ancient true and principall use of Innes Ale-houses The true and principall use of Innes Alehouses and other Victualling-houses and Victualling-houses was for the receit and lodging of wayfaring people travelling from place to place and for such supply of the wants of such people as are not able by greater quantities to make their provision of Victuals and not meant for entertainment and harbouring of lewd and idle people to spend and consume their money and their time in lewd and drunken manner Be it therefore enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie and the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same that if after forty dayes next ensuing after the end of this present Session of Parliament any Inne-keeper Victualler or Ale-house-keeper within this Realm of England or the Dominion of Wales do permit or suffer any person or persons inhabiting and dwelling in any City Town Corporate Market Town Village or Hamlet within this Realm of England and Dominion of Wales where any such Inne Ale-house or Tipling-house is or shall be to remain continue drinking or tipling in the said Inne Victualling house Tipling-house or Ale-house other then such as shal be invited by any Traveller shal accompany him during his necessary abode there and other then Labouring and Handicrafts-men in Cities and Towns Corporate and Market Towns upon the usuall working dayes for one hour at dinner time to take their diet in an Ale-house and other then Labourers and Work-men which for the following of their work by the day or by the If an Ale-house-keeper suffer a dweller of the Town or Village where the Inne or Ale-house is to continue drinking there but such as shall be invited by a Traveller he shall for every offence forfeit 10. s to the poor Such offence being seen by any Major or Justice or proved by oath of two witnesses to be taken by such Major or Justice 21. Jac. 7. one witnesse is to be taken If he sell lesse then an Ale-quart of the best Bear or Ale for a peny and 2. quarts of the small he shall forfeit 20. s. to the poor for every offence proved as above limited The said penalties to be leyied by the Constables and Ch. Wardens by distres great in any City Town Corporate Market Town or Village shall for the time of their said continuing in work there sojourn lodge or victuall in any Inne Ale-house or other Victualling-house other then for urgent and necessary occasions to be allowed by two Justices of Peace That then every such Inne-keeper Victualler or Ale-house-keeper shall for every such offence forfeit and lose the summe of ten shillings of currant money of England to the use of the poor of the Parish where such offence shall be committed the same offence being viewed and seen by any Major Bailiffe or Justice of Peace within their severall limits or proved by the oath of two witnesses to be taken before any Major Bailiffe or any other head Officer or any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace who by vertue of this Act shall be authorized to minister the said oath to any person or persons that can or will justifie the same being within the limits of their said Commission And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That if any Inne-keeper Alehouse-keeper or Victualler shal at any time utter or sell lesse then

said former Statute made in the fourth yeer of his Majesties raign to the contrary notwithstanding And be it further enacted That if any person being an Alehouse-keeper or that shall at any time hereafter be an Alehouse-keeper shal at any time herafter be lawfully convict for any offence against any the Branches of either of the said two former Statutes according to the alterations and additions therein contained or against the true meaning of this present Statute That every person so convict shall for the space of three yeers next ensuing the said conviction be utterly disabled to keep any such Ale-house And whereas in the said Statute made in the fourth yeer of his said Majesties raign intituled An Act to represse the odious Constables Church-wardens Head Boroughs Tithingmen Ale-cunners and Side-men are enlarged and charged to present all offences against the Statute 1 Jac. 9. and against the alterations and additions in this Act and loathsome sin of Drunkennesse Constables Churchwardens Headboroughs Tithing-men Ale-cunners and Sidemen are appointed in the Oaths incident to their Offices to be likewise charged to present the offences contrary to the said Statute Be it enacted That the said Oath shall always hereafter be also enlarged extend to present all offences done contrary to the statute made in the first Session of Parliament held in the first yeer of his Highnesse raign intituled An Act to restrain the inordinate haunting and tipling in Innes and Ale-houses and other Victualling-houses with the alterations and additions in this Act contained made in the said fourth yeer of his said Majesties raign according to the alterations and additions of the same in this Act expressed Stat. 1. Car. 4. Anno primo CAROLI REGIS CAP. IV. Forreiners as well as Inhabitants shall not be permitted to tipple in Innes Ale-houses c. VVHereas in the last Parliament it was enacted That if any person or persons wheresoever his or their habitation or abiding be should after be found upon view or his own confession or proof of one witnesse to be tippling in any Inne Ale-house or Victualling-house such person or persons should be thenceforth adjudged and construed to be within the Statutes of the first and fourth yeers of the late Kings Majesties raign King James of famous memory The one intituled An Every Alehouse keeper that shall suffer any person or persons not dwelling in the city or town where the Ale-house is to tipple in his Alehouse contrary to the true intent of any the said three Statutes shall incur the same penalty as is appointed 1 Jac. 9. for suffering such to tipple as dwell in the same City or town Act to restrain the inordinate haunting of tipling in Innes Ale-houses and other Victualling-houses And the other intituled An Act to represse the odious and loathsome sin of Drunkennesse as if he or they had inhabited and dwelled in the City Town Corporate Market Town Village or Hamlet where the Inne Ale-house or Victualling-house was or should be where he or they should be so found tipling should incurre the like penalty and the same to be in such sort levied and disposed as in the said Act is expressed concerning such as there inhabit but no punishment by any or either of the said Acts or by any other Statute is inflicted upon the Inne-keeper Ale-house-keeper or Victualler that permits or suffers such person or persons not there inhabiting to tipple in his Inne Ale-house or Victualling-house For remedy whereof Be it enacted That every Inne-keeper Ale-house-keeper and other Victualler that at any time after the end of this Session of Parliament shall permit and suffer any person or persons not inhabiting in the City Town Corporat Market Town Village or Hamlet where such Inne Ale-house or Victualling-house is or shall be to tipple in the said Inne Ale-house or Victualling-house contrary to the true intent of any or either of the said former Statutes the said Inne-keeper Ale-house keeper and Victualler so offending shall incurre the same penalty and in such manner to be proved levied and disposed as in the former Statute of the first yeer of his said late Majesties raign is appointed for permitting such to tipple as dwell in the same City Town Corporate Market Town Village or Hamlet Taverns such as sell wine do also keep Inns or victualling shall be within the said two former statutes and this statute And be it further enacted That the keepers of Taverns and such as do sell wine in their houses and do also keep Innes or Vicaualling in their houses shall be taken to be within the said two former Statutes and also within this Statute Anno quinto sexto EDWARDI sexti CAP. XXV None shall sell Ale or Beer without Licence and they shall be bound by Recognisance FOrasmuch as intolerable hurts and troubles to the Common-wealth of this Realm daily do grow and increase through such abuses and disorders as are had and used in common Ale-houses and other houses called tipling-houses It is therefore enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same that the Justices of Peace within every Shire City Borough Town Corporate Franchise or Liberty within this Realm or two of them at the least whereof one of them to be of the Quorum shall have full power and authority by vertue of this Act within every Shire City Borough or Town Corporate Franchise and Liberty where they be Justices of Peace to remove discharge and put away The Justices of Peace may discharge common selling of Ale and Beer common selling of Ale and Beer in the said common Ale-houses and tipling houses in such Town or Towns and places where they shall think meet and convenient And that none after the first day of May next comming shall be admitted or suffered to keep any common Ale-house or tipling house but such as shall be thereunto admitted and allowed in the open Sessions of the Peace or else by two Justices of the Peace whereof one to be of the Quorum And that the said Justices of the Peace or 2. of them whereof the one to be of the Quorum shall take bond and surety from time to time by Recognisance Recog with surety by those that do keep Alehouse of such as shall be admitted and allowed hereafter to keep any common Ale-house or tipling-house as well for and against the using of unlawfull games as also for the using and maintenance of good order and rule to be had and used within the same as by their discretion shall be thought necessary and convenient for making of every which Recognisance the party Twelve pence for making the Recog or parties that shall be bound shall pay but twelve pence And the said Justices shall certifie the same Recognisance at the next quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden within the same Shire City Borough Town