as aforesaid the sum of forty shillings in the whole amounting after that rate to the said forty pounds Whereupon the said I. S. aswel for the said Lord Protector as for himsâ—lf prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that he the said I. S. may have one moyety of the said forfeiâ—ures according to the form of the Statuâ—e aforesaid and that he the said G. S. may come here into Court to answer the premâ—â—eâ— c. By the same Statute every person using or haunting any such gaming-house shall forfeit 6s 8d for every day he shall use the same and every Artificer Journey-man or Water-man c. 2 s. These forfeitures to be divided ut supra Recusants Stat. 23. Eliz. 1. Every person of the Age of sixteen years and upwards shall every Lords day duly repair to their Parish Church or some other Parish Church on pain to forfeit for every moneth they shall make default twenty pounds to be divided into three equal parts one part to the Protector the other part to the poor of the Parish where the defendant dwells and another part to the Informer c. Information against Recusants BE it remembred that W. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector and the poor of the Parish of S. in the said County as for himself in this behalf prosecures came here into Court the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and gave the Court here to understand and be Informed That one P. S. late of the Parish of S. in the said County of G. who the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord 1656. was of the Age of sixteen years and more and abiding and inhabiting within the Common-wealth of England that is to say in the Parish of S. in the County aforesaid and from the aforesaid twenty ninth day of September in the year aforesaid unto the day of the Exhibiting this information That is to say by the space of six whole moneths or more did not repair nor mâ—ke his endeavour to repair unâ—o the Parish Church of S. aforesaid nor unto any other lawful or publike Church or Chappel for the hearing of Divine Service and Sermons according to the Laws and Ordinances of the Church and Commonwealth of England for the publike Worship and Service of God made and ordained and there remain orderly and nor go away during the time of publike Prayer and Preaching or other Doctrine and Services according to the Ordinances of the Commonwealth of England for the publike Service and Divine Worship of God made and ordained and there used and administred But for the whole time aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid having no lawful excuse did voluntarily and obstinately forbear the same against the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided Whereupon the said W. S. aswel for the said Lord Protector and the poor of the said Parish as for himself prays the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due proces of Law may be awarded against the said P. S. in this behalf And that the said P. S. may thereof be lawfully convicted and for his offence aforesaid may forfâ—it 120l of lawful money of England to wit 20 l. for each moneth of the said six whole moneâ—hs in which the aforesaid P. S. did not repair to the Church as aforesaid And that the said forfeiâ—ure may be divided into three equal parts And that the aforesaid W. S. may have thereof his third part according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And moreover That the aforesaid P. S. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Shooemakers Stat. 1. Jam. 22. Shoomakers shall make their Shooes and Boots c. of good and sufficient Stuff and sowe them well in pain to forfeit for every default or offence 3s 4d besides the full value of the Wares otherwise made or sold c. It were good if this were well looked after for it is a common practice now among Shoomakers to make the Rands of Shooes with Calves-leather so that assoon as it comes to the wet the sole rends from the upper Leather and can never be mended And to make the Heels of unlawful Leather is usual At this time I have a pair of Shooes on my feet sold to me for Neats-leather in Saint Martins-lane and the pieces of the heels are Horse-hide as those that deal in Leather inform me indeed if they did not look like Leather I should have imagined they had been Paper Information BE it remembred that John Saubrigde who as well for the Lord Protector or England Scotland and Ireland c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the fifteenth day of June in the year of our Lord c. and gave the Court here to underâ—tand and be informed that one N. T. late of L. Cordwainer between the firâ—t day of January last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of â— and Ward c. at twenty several times or turns within the time aforesaid did sell and utter to divers and several persons whose names to the said I. S. who c. as yet are unknown twenty pair of Boots price of every pair thereof ten shillings twenty pair of Shooes price of every pair thereof three shillings four pence And the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said twenty several pair of Boots and the said twenty several pair of Shooes were not made of good and sufficient Stuff but the Râ—nds thereof were made of Calves-leather And the said Boots and Shooes were sowed with unwrought and rotten thread mixed with Rozen and Brimstone contrary to the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided By means whereof the said N. T. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and the said I. S. who as well c. the sum of thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence of lawful money of England That is to say the value of the said Boots and Shooes so by him of unlawful and unsufficient Stuff made and sold as aforesaid And also the sum of three pounds six shillings and eight pence That is to say for every offence of the aforesaid twenty several offences the sum of three shillings and four pence of like lawful money of England which said forfeitures do amount in the whole to the sum of sixteen pounds thirteen shillings four pence of lawful money of England Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that due proces of Law may be awarded against him the said N. T. in this behalf And that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute
of Cheap did by way of forestalling and unlawful ingrossing buy of several persons whose names to the said I who as well c. as yet are unknown at divers several times two hundred pound weight of Butter price of every pound thereof six pence two hundred pound weight of Cheese price of every pound thereof three pence four hundred Eggs price of every hundred thereof four shillings two hundred pound weight of Bacon price of every pound weight thereof four pence ten dozen of Pigeons price of every dozen thereof three shillings five dozen of Capons price of every dozen thereof one pound four shillings five dozen of Pullets price of every dozen thereof eighteen shillings five dozen of Turkeys price of every dozen forty shillings contrary to the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided by means whereof he the said E. D. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and the said I. S. who c. for this his first offence the sum of thirty and three pounds twelve shillings eight pence That is to say the value of the said goods and victuals so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid bought and forestalled Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process c. And that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And that he the said E. D. may be adjudged an unlawful forestaller and be thereof convicted and may also for his first offence suffer two moneths imprisonment of his body without bayl according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and moreover that he come here into Court to answer the premises c. Against Artificers using a Manual Occupation not being Apprentice thereunto Stat. 5. Eliz. 4. None who hath not served as an Apprentice seven years to any Art or Mystery now used shall use the same or set any others to work therein who hath not served out that time on pain to forfeit forty shillings for every moneth to be divided between the Queen and the prosecutor The Information for using a Trade not being an Apprentice L. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twenty third day of January in the year of Lord 1656. in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one L. M. late of London Yeoman the twentieth day of February last past and continually afterwards until the day of the Exhibiting this information to wit by the space of eleven whole moneths and more at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap by himself and his servants for his proper use did use and exercise the Art Science Mystery and Occupation of a Combmaker being a Science Artifice Mystery Occupation and Art used and occupied within this Commonwealth of England the twelfth day of January in the first year of the Reign of our Lady Elizabeth late Queen of England Where in truth the said R. N. the said twelfth day of January in the said fifth year of the Reign of our said Lady Queen Elizabeth late Queen of England c. did not use exercise nor enjoy the said Science Art Mystery nor Occupation of a Combmaker nor any other Art Mystery nor Manual Ocbupation nor was at any time edified in the said Art Mystery or Manual Occupation of a Combmaker nor of any other Art Mystery or Manual Occupation as an Apprentice by the space of seven years Against the form of the Statute in the fifth year of our said Lady Elizabeth Queen of England c. in this Case made and provided Whereby the said R. N. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. S. who as well c. twenty two pounds of good and lawful money of England viz. for every moneth of the said eleven moneths in which the said R. N. so as aforesaid the said Science Art Mystery or Manual Occupation of a Combmaker against the form of the said Statute did use occupy and exercise forty shillings of lawful money of England in the whole amounting after that rate to the said two and twenty pounds Whereupon the said I. S. who as well c. prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that due process of Law may be awarded against the said R. N. in this behalf And that he the said I. S. who c. may have the moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and that he the said R. N. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. An Information against Tallow-Chandlers in the City of London onely L. ss BE it remembred that A. B. who as well for the now Lord Protector as also for the Chamberlain of the City of London aforesaid as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord 1656. in his own person and gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one N. H. late of London Tallow-Chandler the twentieth day of December last past and continually afterwards till the day of the Exhibiting this Information That is to say by the space of ten whole moneths and more at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap within the Liberties and Walls of London aforesaid did keep hold and maintain a common melting house for Tallow And in the said house the said twentieth day of November and nineteen other several days and times within the time aforesaid at the City of London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid did melt Tallow to the great annoyance of the Parishioners of the Parish aforesaid against the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided and against the Customes Liberties and Priviledges of the City of London aforesaid Whereupon the said A. as well for the said Lord Protector as also for the Chamberlain of the City of London aforesaid as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process of Law may be awarded against the said N. H. in this behalf And that the said N. H. may forfeit five pounds of lawful money of England for every day of the said twenty several days in which the said N. in his house aforesaid in the form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid did melt Tallow aforesaid within the Walls and Liberties of the City of London aforesaid in the whole amounting after that rate to an hundred pounds of lawful money of England And that the said forfeitures may be divided into three
price of every Cloth thereof ten pounds ten Kerseys price of every Kersey thereof five pounds ten pieces of Bays price of every piece thereof four pounds with the said Logwood otherwise Blockwood and other false and deceitful means as aforesaid did dye and colour contrary to the form of a certain Statute of the three and twentieth year of the Raign of Qu. Elizabeth late Queen of England c. in such Case made and provided by means whereof he the said D. S. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. B. who c. the sum of an hundred fourscore and ten pounds of lawful money of England That is to say the value of the said Woollen-clothes Kerseys and Bays so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of Statute aforesaid with the said Logwood otherwise Blockwood and other false and deceitful ways and means dyed and coloured as aforesaid Whereupon the said I. B. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that he the said I. B. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And also that he the said D. S. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Against selling Flour and Meal in shops An Information upon an Act of Parliament 1650. Middl. ss BE it remembred that H. M. who as well for the poor of the Parish of M. in the said County as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the first day of February in the year of our Lord 1656. in his own person and as well for the poor of the said Parish as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. C. late of the Parish of M. aforesaid in the said County between the 29 of September last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did fell and utter or cause to be sold and uttered to divers persons whose names to the said H. M. who c. as yet are unknown at divers and several times and by divers and several parcels and quantities ten quarters of wheaten Meal price of every quarter thereof thirty shillings and ten quarters of wheaten Flour price of every quarter thereof forty shillings in the House or Shop of the said I. C. and not in any common or publike Market-place appointed for the selling of Meal and Flour contrary to the form of a certain Act of the late Sessions of Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex Intituled An Act touching Corn and Meal made and provided By means whereof he the said I. C. hath forfeited to the poor of the said Parish and to the said H. M. who as well c. the sum of threescore and fifteen pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the said Meal and Flour so by him in manner and form aforesaid and contrary to the form of the Act aforesaid sold and uttered as aforesaid Whereupon the said H. M. as well for the poor of the said Parish as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said I. C. in this behalf And that he the said H. M. may have one moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid and that the poor of the said Parish may have the other moyety And that he the said I. C. may suffer imprisonment of his body for the space of one moneth according to the form of the Act aforesaid And moreover that he come into Court here to answer the premises c. Against Usury and Extortion An Act of Parliament was made the eighth day of August 1651. Intituled An Act prohibiting any person to take above the rate of six pounds for the Loan of one hundred pounds by year and after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a shorter or longer time An Information upon the Act against Usury Middl. ss BE it remembred that I. T. who as well for the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twenty fourth day of April 1657. in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. M. late of the Parish of T. in the said County Yeoman between the four and twentieth day of June last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at the Parish of T. aforesaid in the County aforesaid hath by way and means of corrupt bargain Loan Exchange Chivance and Shifts by deceitful ways and means and by Covin lent or put to Loan to several persons whose names to the said John who as well c. as yet are unknown divers and sundry sum and sums of money in the whole amounting to the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money of England And the said I. T. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said I. M. hath indirectly for the forbearing or giving day of payment for the said sum of two hundred pounds for one whole year taken above the sum of six pounds for every hundred pounds thereof against the form of a certain Act of Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex on Friday the eighth day of August 1651. Intituled An Act prohibiting any person to take above six pounds for Loan of one hundred pounds by the year and after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a longer or shorter time By means whereof the said I. M. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. T. who as well c. six hundred pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the said money so by him in form aforesaid and against the form of the Act aforesaid lent or put to Loan Whereupon the said I. T. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that the said I. T. who as well c. may have the moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Act aforesaid And also that the said I. M. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Another form of an Information upon the same Act. L. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of Engâ—â—â—â— as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the seventeenth day of April this Term in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. H. late of London Sadler between
of which false Perjury the aforesaid A. is much damaged in his goods and hath been put to expence whereby an action hath accrued to the said A who c to have and receive of the said I. as well for the aforesaid c. as for himselfe the aforesaid 20 pound neverthelesse the aforesaid I. although often required the aforesaid 20 pound to the said A. who c. hath not rendred but the same to the said A. who c. hitherto to render hath refused and still doth refuse whereupon the said A. who c. saith that he is the worse and hath damage to the value of 20 pound and thereupon he brings his suit c. and the aforesaid I. by S. B. his Atturny commeth and defendeth the force and wrong when c. and faith that he did not commit willful Perjury against the form of the Statute aforesaid as the aforesaid A. who c. by his Declaration aforesaid above doth suppose and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the aforesaid A. who c. likewise Brewers Stat. Jac. Rex No Brewer shall sell Beer or Ale to any Vnlicensed Ale-House on pain of forfeiting six Shillings eight Pence for every Barrel Information To the Justices of the Common Bench. IT is to be remembred that James Roberts who as well for the poor of the Parish of Mary Matsellon otherwise White-Chappel in the County aforesaid as for himself in this behalf prosecutes comes here into Court the sixteenth day of April in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty six in his own person as well for the Poor of the said Parish as for himself he gives the Court here to understand and be informed That one J. W. of London Brewer between the first day of September last past and the day of exhibiting this Information at the Parish of Mary Matsellon otherwise White-Chappel aforesaid in the County aforesaid did sell and utter or cause to be sold and uttered to divers persons whose names to the said J. R. who c. as yet are unknown two hundred Barrels of Strong-Beer one hundred Barrels of Strong-Ale which said Beer and Ale and every parcel thereof was and were afterwards that is to say within the time aforesaid in the Parish aforesaid within the County aforesaid by them sold again as common Tiplers or Ale-House-keepers the said persons nor any of them having any lawful License then in force to sell Beer and Ale contrary to the form of a certain Statute of the third year of the Raign of King James late King of England c. in such cases made and provided By meanes whereof he the said J. W. hath forfeited to the Poor of the said Parish and to the said J. R. who c. the summe of one hundred pounds of good and lawful mony of England that is to say for every Barrel of the said Beer and Ale so by him in manner aforesaid and contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid sold and uttered as aforesaid the summe of six Shillings and eight Pence the same in the whole amounting to the said summe of one hundred pounds Whereupon the said J. R. who c. as well for the Poor of the said Parish as for himself prayes the advice of the Court in the premises and that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said J. W. in this behalf and that he the said J. R. who c. may have the one moiety of the forfeitures aforesaid and the Poor of the said Parish may have the other moiety thereof according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and moreover that he the said J. may come here into Court to answer the premises M. ss The like Information for the same and the Poor of the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate against Richard Dashwood of the same Parish and County Brewer Prohibited and sworn the day and year above written before me John Doo and Richard Roo Edw. Atkins Pledges c. An ACT for Discovering Convicting and Repressing of Popish RECVSANTS At the Parliament begun at Westminster the seventeenth day of September Anno. 1656. An Information upon the same Act. L. ss BE it Remembred that John Saubridge who as well for the now Lord Protector c. as for himself in this behalf prosecuâ—es came here into Court the three and twentieth day of this Terme in his own person as well for the â—aid Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court hâ—re to understand and be informed That whereas at the Parliament begun at Westminster the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord 1656. for the Repressing Convicting and Discovering of Popish Recusants it stands enacted by the same Parliament in a certain Act at the same Parliament made entituled An Act for the Discovering Convicting and Repressing of Popish Recusants made and provided Amongst other things in the same Act contained That it shall not be lawful for any Subject of this Commonwealth other then the household-servants that shall come over with any Ambassador or Agent at any time to be present at Masse at the house of any such Ambassador or Agent or any other place whatsoever upon pain and penalty of one hundred pounds and imprisonment by the space of six Months The one moyety of the said forfeiture to be to the use of his Highness the Lord Protector and his Successors and the other moyety to the Informer to be recovered by Action Bill Plaint Suit or Information in any Courr of Record in which no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed Neverthelesse one A. B. late of London aforesaid Gent. the Act aforesaid nor the Penalties in the same regarding at London aforesaid that is to say Tali die loco did voluntarily repaire unto the place and house aforesaid and then and there was present and did hear one Popish Masse said or sung according to the manner and custome of the Church of Rome against the form of the said late Act of Parliament in this case made and provided by meanes whereof he the said A. B. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and I. S. who c. the summe of an hundred pounds of lawful money of England Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the Premises and that due processe of Law may be awarded against the said A. B. in this behalf and that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the forfeiture aforesaid and that he the said A. B. may suffer imprisonment by the space of six Months according to the the form of the Act aforesaid and moreover that he come here into Court to answer the Premises c. These Books following are to be sold at the Lamb at the East end of St. Pauls neer the School THe Secretaries study A Piece of Elegant Letters in Fashion The Compleat Bone-Setter A rare Treatise of the Philosophers Salt both by Dr. Turner Two sober Paradoxes By Malvezzi Elementa Optica in Oct. Mr. Wentworth's Miscellania a Piece of School-Divinity There is in the Press Re-Printing with Additions and Amendments that most wanted Piece of Fawlconry By Mr. Latham FINIS
aforesaid And also that he the said N. T. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Upholsters Stat. 9. 11. H. 7. 19. 5. 6. E. 6. 2. 3. None shall make to the intent to sell or offer to be sold any Featherbed Bolster Pillow Cushion Quilt Mattress c. except such as are stuffed with one sort of stuff viz. Clean Wooll Feathers or Flocks alone and not mixed with hair or any unlawful stuff in pain to forfeit the same so sold or put to sale or the value thereof Which said forfeitures are to be divided betwixt the Protector and the prosecutor Information against Upholsters BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the fifteenth day of June in the year of Lord 1657. in his own person and gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one J. J. late of London Upholster between the twenty fourth day of June last past and the day of the Exhibiting this information at London aforesaid That is to say in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap using and exercising the Art Trade and Mystery of an Upholster did sell and utter to divers persons whose names to the said I. S. who c. as yet are unknown twenty Beds price of every Bed forty shillings twenty Pillows price of every Pillow ten shillings twenty Bolsters price of every Bolster twenty shillings twenty dozen of Cushions price of every dozen thereof forty shillings twenty dozen of low Stools price of every dozen thereof three pounds ten dozen of high Chairs price of every dozen thereof four pounds And the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said Beds Pillows Bolsters Cushions Stools and Chairs were stuffed with mixed and unlawful stuff as hair and feathers mixed together and not with clean feathers or clean flocks alone against the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided By means whereof he the said J. J. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and the said I. S. who as well c. the sum of two hundred and ten pounds of lawful money of England That is to say the value of the said goods and wares so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid of unlawful and mixed stuff sold and put to sale aforesaid Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process c. And that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according the form of the Statute aforesaid And moreover that he the said J. J may come here into Court to answer the premises c. Forestalling Stat. 5. 6. E. 6. 14. If any person shall buy or contract for any Merchandize Vâ—ctual or other thing whatsoever in the way before it be brought unto any Fâ—iâ— or Market where it should be sold or shall câ—use the same to be so brought or shall disswade people from bringing any such Commodity unto such place or being brought shall perswade them to inhance the price thereof every such person and persons shall be adjudged a forestaller Stat 1 Edw. He shall be adjudged a Regrador that buys any Grain Wine Fish Butter Cheese Candles Tallow Sheep Lâ—mbs Calves Swine Piggs Geese Capons Hens Chickens Pigeons Coneys or any other dead Victuals whatsoever brought to a Fair or Market to be sold there and doth sell the same again within the same Fair or Market or in any other Fair or Market within four miles Stat. idem He is an ingrosser who shall get into his hands by buying contract or promise other then by demise any corn growing on the ground or other Grain Butter Cheese Fish or other dead Victuals whatsoever with an intent to fell it again Information against an Ingrosser for buying Corn on the ground Essex ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the L. Protector of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one R. D. late of D. in the County aforesaid Chandler between the first day of April last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at E. in the said County did ingross and obtain into his hands and possession by buying and not by demise grant sale of Land or Tythes of divers persons whose names to the said I. S. who c. as yet are unknown ten Acres of Wheat every Acre thereof of the value of six pounds forty Acres of Rye every Acre of the value of four pounds an hundred Acres of Barley every Acre of the value of three pounds being and growing in the blades and standing Corn in the fields of D. aforesaid in the said County with an intent to sell again the Grain coming thereof and of every parcel thereof after the buying thereof contrary to the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided Whereby the said R. for this first offence hath forfeited five hundred and twenty pounds of lawful money of England to wit the value of the Corn aforesaid so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid bought and ingrossed Whereupon the said R. B. who as well c. prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that he the said R. B. who c. may have the moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And that the said R. D may be accounted an unlawful ingrosser and may suffer imprisonment of his body by the space of two moneths without bayl or mainprize and also that the said R. D. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. The penalty against Forestallers Regradors and Ingrossors The first offence is forfeiture of the goods so bought or had and two moneths imprisonment without bayl the second offence is double the value and six moneths imprisonment without bayl The party offending the third time shall forfeit all his goods be set upon the Pillory and imprisoned at the Kings pleasure An Information against a Forestaller L. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the Lord Protector c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one E. D. late of London Chandler between the first day of January last past and the day of the exhibiting this information at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of blessed Mary-Bow and Ward
came here into Court the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and as well for the now Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one G. S. late of London Clothier between the first day of August last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at London That is to say in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap using and exercising the Trade Art and Mystery of a Clothier did use to mix with his Wool for the making of Woollen-clothes Kerseys and Bays Lambs-wooll and Flocks and other deceitful stuff and within the time aforesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid he the said G. S. twenty broad Woollen clothes twenty Kerseys and twenty pieces of Bays with the said Lambs-wooll and Flocks and other deceitful mingled stuff did make and put to sale contrary to the form of the Statute in such Case made and provided By means whereof he the said G. S. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. B. who as well c. the sum of threescore pounds of lawful money of England That is to say the sum of twenty shillings for every Woollen-cloth Kersey and Bays of the said twenty several pieces of Woollen-cloth Kersey and Bays so by him of deceitful mingled stuff made as aforesaid in the whole amounting after that rate to the said threescore pounds Whereupon the said I. B. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said G. S. here in the premises And that he the said I. B. may have one moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and that he the said G. S. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. An Information against Drapers for stretching and tentoring Cloth after it is wrought L. ss IT is to be remembred that I. S. who as well for the Lord Protector c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one R. C. late of London Draper between the first day of August last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of Saint Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap using and exercising the Art and Trade of a Draper did use certain Tentors and other Engines for the setting stretching and streining of Woollen-clothes Kerseys and Bays after the same was fully Watered Milled and Wrought and Rowen And within the time aforesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid did by tentoring and other deceitful Engines and Ways set or draw in length above one yard and in breadth above one half quarter of a yard above the length and breadth the same was made at when it was fully watered and wrought ten broad Woollen-clothes price of every Cloth thereof ten pounds ten Kerseys price of every Kersey thereof five pounds ten pieces of Bays price of every piece thereof four pounds with the said Tentors and other deceitful Engines as aforesaid contrary to the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided By means whereof he the said R. C. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and the said I. S. who as well c. the sum of an hundred fourscore and ten pounds of lawful money of England That is to say the value of the said Woollen-clothes Kerseys and Bays so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid with the said Tentors and other Engines as aforesaid after the same was fully watered wrought and rowen set and drawn in length and breadth as aforesaid Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that due process of Law c. And that he the said I. S. who as well c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute c and that he the said R. C. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. This last Information is upon the Statute of 1. R. 3. 8. where there is also a Penalty of twenty pounds upon any Draper that shall keep in his house any Teâ—tor or other Engine to draw Cloth in length or breadth after it is fully watered or wrought Which forfeitures are to be divided betwixt the King and the prosecutor Against making Clothes of mixed stuff Stat. 43. Eliz. 10. None shall put any Hair Flocks Thrum Yarn made of Lambs-wooll or any other deceivable thing in Broad-cloth Kersey Frize Dozen Penistone Cotton Taunton-Cloth Bridgewater or Dunster-Cotton in pain to forfeit such Cloth Kersey c. And none shall buy or procure any such deceivable thing for that intent in pain to forfeit the same None shall use any Engine to stretch the said Clothes or Rugs unwrought in length or breadth on paid of twenty pounds to be divided between the Queen and the prosecutor None shall set any wrought Woollen cloâ—h upon any Tentor or other Engine to stretch the same otherwise then as followeth viz. the whole Broad-cloth one yard in length and one half quarter in breadth and the Kersey Cotton c. one half yard in length and one nail in breadth in pain to forfeit such Cloth Kersey c. The Forms of the Information upon these Statutes are before recited c. If I should forget the Brewer and Alehouse-keeper I know they would be offended Therefore Stat. 4. Jam. 4. None shall sell Ale or Beer to an unlicensed Alehouse-keeper save onely for the expence of his houshold in pain of six shillings and eight pence for every Barrel and so more or less according to that proportion which forfeitures shall be equally divided between the Informer and the poor of the parish An Information against Brewers serving an unlicensed Alehouse with Beer and Ale Middl. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the poor of the Parish of B. in the said County as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and fifty six in his own person and as well for the poor of the said Parish of B. as for himself gives the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. R. late of the Parish of B. in the said County Brewer between the first day of March last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at the Parish of B. aforesaid in the County aforesaid did sell utter and serve to one certain person
to speak the Truth of the matter within contained say upon their Oaths That the said Inhabitants of L. and C. are guilty of the Premises within imposed upon them against the form of the Statute within written as the said J. B. hath within complained against them and they do assess Damages of the said J. by the occasion within written besides his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in this behalf expended to ten pounds and ten shillings and for his Costs and Charges to six pence Therefore it is considered that the said Iohn shall recover against the aforesaid Inhabitants in the Hundreds aforesaid his Damages aforesaid to ten pounds ten shillings and six pence by the Jurors aforesaid in the form aforesaid assessed and also nine pounds nine shillings and six pence to the said J. who as well c. at his request for his Costs and Charges aforesaid by the Court here of Increase adjudged Which Damages in the whole do amount to twenty pound and the aforesaid Inhabitants in mercy c. Commit upon the Statute of Hue and Cry for a Robbery committed upon a Servant E. ss THe Inhabitants in the Hundred of B. in the County aforesaid were attached to answer as well unto the Lord the King as G. R. Esquire of a Plea c. And whereupon the said G. who as well c. by C. N. his Attorney complaineth That whereas certain Robbers that is to say six men unto the said G. unknown the 10 day of N. in the yeer c. at N. aforesaid in a place called c. within the aforesaid Hundred of B. with force and arms that is to say with Swords Staves Daggers and Knives in and upon the aforesaid H. P. Servant of the said G. did make an assault and twenty and five pounds in monies numbered of the monies of the said G. and one Gelding of the price of ten pounds of the Goods and Chattels of the said G. in the custody of the said H. P. then and there found feloniously from the said H. P. did spoil rob take and carry away against the Peace of c. And the aforesaid H. P. immediately after the Felony and Robbery aforesaid committed at the aforesaid Town of T. within the Hundred aforesaid which said Town of T. is and was a Town nigh the place aforesaid called the c. where the said Robbery aforesaid was committed did make Hue and Cry of the Robbery aforesaid and then and there did give notice to the said Inhabitants of the said Town of T. of the Robbery aforesaid And after the said Robbery done and committed and within twenty days next before the bringing of this Original VVrit of the said G. that is to say tali Die Anno at E. in the County aforesaid the said H P. before J. G. then one of the Justices c. was examined upon his Oath according to the form of the Statute aforesaid made at Westminster in the County of Middlesex in the twenty seventh yeer of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth made and provided And the said H. upon his Oath aforesaid then did say That he did not know the Parties which committed the Robbery aforesaid nor any one of them And after the said Robbery was committed so as aforesaid to wit on the day of the suing out of the said G. that is to say the thirteenth day of May in the yeer c. forty days are expired Nevertheless the said Inhabitants within the Hundred of B. aforesaid satisfaction for the Robbery aforesaid to the said G. hitherto have not made nor the Bodies of the Felons and Robbers aforesaid nor the Body of any one of them have not taken nor for the Bodies of them nor for the Body of any one of them have not answered but the Robbers and Felons aforesaid have permitted to escape in contempt of the said Lord the King and to the great Damage of the said G. and against the form of the Statute aforesaid VVhereupon he saith That he is the worse and hath Damage to the value of sixty pounds and thereupon he brings his Suit c. A Return of a Writ of Error The Record and Process of the Complaint whereof mention is made in this Writ in a Schedule hereunto annexed followeth in these words that is to say THe Court of Record The Town of Wokingam in the Counties of Berks and Wilts of the Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament there holden at the Town of Wokingham aforesaid the twentieth day of June in the yeer of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty and One by vertue of a Charter of our Soveraign Lord James of England late King thereof made c. before T. G. Gent. Alderman of the said Town J. H. Esquire Recorder or Under-Steward of the said Town A. B. Gent. J. S. Gent. and E. V. Gent. Capital Burgesses of the said Town At this Court came R. S. in his proper person and complaineth against R. M. Executor of F. H. deceased in a Plea of Trespass on the Case and did finde Pledges to prosecute the Plaint aforesaid that is to say J. D. and R. R. upon which the said R. S. demanded Process of the Court to be made against the aforesaid R. M. therefore Command was given unto R. P. Sergeant at Mace and Minister of the said Court That he arrest the aforesaid R. M. Executor of the said F. H. deceased and him safe keep c. and that he have his Body here before the Alderman and Burgesses aforesaid at the next Court there held that is to say on Friday the three and twentieth day of June next to answer to the said R. S. of the Plea aforesaid and the same day is given there unto the said R. S. c. At which day here at the same Court of the said Keepers c. at Wokingham aforesaid before T. G. Gent. Alderman J. H. Esquire Recorder R. B. A. B. and J. S. Gent. Capital Burgesses there in the Guild-hall there held came as well the aforesaid R. S. by G. H. his Attorney as the aforesaid R. M. in his proper person and the aforesaid R. P. Sergeant at Mace and Minister of the Court aforesaid did return that he did take the aforesaid R. M. whose Body he hath here to answer the aforesaid R. S. of the Plaint aforesaid as he was commanded and at the same Court the aforesaid R. S. by the aforesaid G. H. his Attorney did desire a day to declare until the next Court to be holden before the said Alderman and Burgesses that is to say Friday the fourth of July next following and it was granted him and at the next Court of the Keepers c. before the said Alderman and Burgesses held the said R. S. by â—he said G. H. his Attorney complaineth against the aforesaid R. M. of the aforesaid Plea in these words ss The Town of Wokingham in the Counties of Berks and Wilts R. S.
complaineth against R. M. Executor of the last Will and Testament of F. H. late of the Parish of Wokingham aforesaid deceased in a Plea of Trespass upon the Case And thereupon the said R. S. by G. H. his Attorney doth say That whereas the said R. S. the nine and twentieth day of September in the yeer of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Forty Seven at the special Instance and Request of the said F. H. did sell and deliver unto the said F. H. at the then dwelling house of the said J. H. in Wokingham aforesaid one Load of Straw the said F. in consideration thereof then and there did assume and to the said R. S. did faithfully promise that the said F. H. would well and truely pay unto the said R. S. so much mony as the said Load of Straw and the carriage thereof would be reasonably worth when he should be thereunto required and he the said R. Sin truth saith That the said Load of Straw and the carriage thereof was well worth ten shilings of lawful money of England and afterwards the said F. H died and did not pay the said ten shillings nor any penny thereof being thereunto in his life-time often required * * Here the Declaration should have ended if it had been agreeable to the Plaint to this part the Defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations and proved the Straw carried two seven yeers before Hâ—s death c. After whose death there was a certain Communication had between the said R. M. and one T. S. that is to say the first day of April in the yeer of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty and One concerning the said Load of Straw and the carriage thereof as aforesaid and the said R. M. the said first day of April in the yeer of our Lord God One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty and One at Wokingham aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of this Court being Executor as aforesaid then and there did * * This Assumption should have been laid by it self and not declare against an Executor and bring in an Assumpsit of the Defendant both in one Declaration yet an Honest Jury and a Learned Judge gave Verdict and Judgement both for the Plaintiff assume and faithfully promise to pay unto the said R. S. for the said Load of Strâ—w and carriage thereof so much mony as the Load of straw and carriage should be reasonably worth when he should be thereunto required if he the said R. S. would say upon his word That he was not paid formerly for the said Load of Staw and carriage thereof and the said R. S. in fact saith That he was not paid for the said Load of Straw and carriage thereof the same being worth ten shillings c. aforesaid yet for all that the said R. M. his Promise and Assumption aforesaid little regarding but thinking and fraudulently intending the said R. S. in this part craftily and subtilly to deceive and defraud the said ten shillings nor any part thereof unto the said R. S. although he hath been often thereunto required hath not hitherto paid nor the said R. S. any way contented for the same but the same ten shillings hath refused to pay and yet doth refuse whereupon the said R. S. saith That he is damnified twenty shillings and thereupon he brings his Suit J. A. Pledges to prosecute And the said R. M. by J. A. his Attorney did desire Licence of Imparlance and it was granted unto him and upon this a day thereby was given to the aforesaid parties until the next Court to be held before the said Alderman and Burgesses that is to say Friday the eleventh day of Iuly next following that is to say to the aforesaid R. M. to plead and then to answer c. at which next Court of the said Keepers c. truely here before the Alderman and Burgesses held the said R. M. further desired License of Imparlance and it was granted him and upon this a day was thereby given unto the aforesaid parties until the next Court to be holden before the said Alderman and Burgesses that is to say Friday the eighteenth day of Iuly next following that is to say to the said R. M. to imparle and then to answer c. truely at which next Court of the said Keepers c. here before the said Alderman and Burgesses to be held to wit the aforesaid eighteenth day of Iuly came as well the aforesaid R. S. as the aforesaid R. M. by their Attorneys aforesaid and the aforesaid R. M. by J. A. his Attorney came and defended the wrong and injury when c. and saith That he the said R. M. made no such Promise as the Plaintiff hath alledged against him and of this he putteth himself upon his Country and the said R. likewise therefore by the same Court of the said Keepers on Friday the said eighteenth day of Iuly it was commanded to R. P. Sergeant at Mace and Minister of the Court aforesaid within the Town aforesaid that he should cause to come at the next Court of the said Keepers c. here upon Friday to wit the five and twentieth day of Iuly next following before the Alderman and Burgesses aforesaid to be held twelve free and lawful men of the Town c. by whom c. who neither c. to recognise c. for that as well c. at the same Court of the Keepers c. on Friday the five and twentieth day of Iuly aforesaid the said R. P. returned his Precept of his causing to come the Jurors aforesaid and the Jurors aforesaid called came not therefore it was commanded to the said R. P. Sergeant at Mace c. That at the next Court of the said Keepers c. Friday the first of August then next following before the said Alderman and Burgesses to be held he should have the bodies of E. W. W. A. T. H elder J. G. J. C. R. S. Cordwainer F. W. E. M. B. A. J. B. T. S. and J. T. to make a certain Jury of the County between the said R. S. and the said R. M. in the Plea aforesaid And the said R. P. returned his Precept with the Pannel of the Jurors aforesaid at which next Court of the said Keepers here to wit on Friday the eighth day of August aforesaid before the Alderman and Burgesses aforesaid came the said parties in their proper persons and the said Jurors to wit E. W. W. A. T. H. the elder J. G. J. C. R. S. Cordwainer F. W. E. M. B. A. J. B. T. S. and J. T. being called came and at the Court were charged and sworn in form aforesaid who upon their Oath say in manner and form following that is to say We finde that the said R. M. the Defendant did * A malicious Knave the Prosecutor or Promoter of the Cause did swear so indeed but c. promise unto the said R. S. the Plaintiff since the
death of the said F. H. the Testator to pay the Load of Straw and therefore the Jurors do assess vj d. for Damages and Costs of Suit ij d. therefore it was considered by the said Court that the said R. S. should have thereof Execution c. And for any other Record of any Judgement against the said R M. as Executor of the said F. H. in this Record mentioned we have no Judgement before us in the Court of Record of the said Keepers c. of the said Town of Wokingham aforesaid c. besides this to certifie as by this Writ to us it is commanded The Record and Process of the aforesaid Plaint with all things thereunto belonging before the said Keepers c. wheresoever c. at the day within specified we have sent in a certain Record to this Writ annexed as within it is to us commanded c. After this Writ was thus returned before it could be gotten out of their hands in the absence of the Defendants Attorney another Record was certified for the Plaintiff and in the Defendant's Writ of Error R. was turned into T. and S. into K. c. That is in plain English T. S. the Prosecutor and Son of the Plaintiff was then and since hath been a suborning Knave and by his Subornation and Practice he procured in this Cause an Action to be brought against Magwick in the Court of the Honor and Castle of Windsor and then while and afterwards our VVrit of Error was reformed as before they by the knavery or foolery and both together of J. H. the Steward by a VVrit of Certiorare certified a Judgement upon the second part of the Declaration of the Oath hem vah of T. Syms desparately sworn VVhereupon by surprize in Term-time they obtained a Judgement against Magwick in the Court of the Castle of Windsor and I paid the money and Case I record to Posterity for a president of the Town of Wokingham de quo nil bonum nisi ut frugam to be practised by Knaves and Fools who there grow naturally as Gold in the Indies And now since T. S. is a suborning K. and suborned his own Son H. S. to commit as he did wilful Perjury which was plainly proved at the Sessions at W. and yet c. and suborned Shag-bag to swear against F. VV. at A. and outlawed him thereupon I shall proceed to and conclude with a President for that wicked Crime equivalent to Murder Perjury Perjury Stat. 5. Eliz. Cap. 5. L. ss I. S. late of H. in the County N. Gent. was summoned to answer unto A. C. who as well for the Lady the Queen as for himself in this behalf prosecutes of a Plea that he render unto the said Lady the Queen and to the said A. 20 pounds which to the said Lady the Queen and to the said A. he oweth and unjustly deteineth c. And whereupon the said A. who as well for the said Lady the Queen as for himself prosecutes by G. H. his Attorney saith That whereas in a certain Statute in the Parliament of our said Lady the Queen now held at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the 12 day of January in the fifth yeer of Her Raign amongst other things it stands enacted by the said Lady the Queen by the consent of â—he Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in the same Parliament assembled and by the Authority of the same That if any person or persons after the 10 day of April then next following either by subornation illegal procurement sinister perswasion or any other meanes or by their own proper Act Consent or Agreement voluntarily and corruptly should commit any wilfull Perjury by his or their depositions in any Court of Chancery of our said Lady the Queen Star-Chamber White-Hall or in any Court of our Lady the Queen of Record or in any Leet view of Frank Pledge Law day Court of Antient demeasne Hundred Court Court Baron or in any Court or Courts of Stannaryes in the Counties of Devon and Cornwal or being examined ad perpetuam rei memoriam That then every person and persons so offending and being thereof lawfully convicted or atainted by the Lawes of this Land for his or their said offence shall lose and forfeit 20 pound and shall suffer imprisonment by the space of six months without bail or mainprize and that the oath of such person or persons so offending shall not from thenceforth be rendred in any Court of Record in England or Wales or the Marches of the same until the Judgement given against such person or persons be reversed by attaint or otherwise and that upon every such Aversment the parties grieved shall recover his or their damages against all every such person persons which shall recover the said Judgement so revers'd to be giv'n against them or any of them by action or actions upon the case to be prosecuted against them according to the course of the Common Law of this Land and if it shall happen that the said offender so offending have not any Goods and Chattels to the value of 20 pound that then he or they shall be set upon the Pillory in some Market-place within the County City or Burrough where such offence shall be commited by the Sheriffe or his Ministers if it shall happen to be without any City or Town-Corporate and if it shall happen to be within any City or Town-Corporate then by the chief Officer or Officers of such City or Town-Corporate or by his or their Ministers and there to have both his Ears nailed And from thence shall be for ever after disabled to swear in any Court of Record aforesaid until the Judgement shall be reversed and thereupon shall recover his damage in form aforementioned one moyety of which said forfeitures shall be to the use of our Lady the Queen her Heirs and Successors and the other moyety to such person or persons who shall be grieved or damaged by reason of such offence or offences aforementioned who shall prosecute for the same by Action of debt Bill Plaint Information or otherwise in any Court of Record wherein no wager of Law Essoyne Protection or Injunction shall be allowed as in the same Statute amongst other things more plainly appeareth Neverthelesse the said I. the Statute aforesaid little weighing nor the penaltie in the same contained any wise fearing after the said 10th day of April in the yeer c. at L. c. before I. M. c. then being Commissioners c. by vertue of a certain Comission to them and others directed out of the Court of Chancery at Westminster in the County of Middlesex to examine Witnesses upon a certain Issue between c. And the said I did then and there voluntarily and corruptly commit willful Perjury against the form of the Statute aforesaid that is to say by speaking in English these words following c. whereas in truth the said I. and A. did never c. by reason
equal parts And that he the said A. may have one third part of the forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And that he the said N. H. may come here into Court to answer in and upon the premises c. Residence Stat. 21. H 8. 13. Every Spiritual person promoted to any Dignity or Benefice or being beneficed with any Personage or Vicarage that he be personally resident and abiding upon his said Dignity Prebendary Rectory Benefice or Vicarage or at one of them at least in pain to forfeit for not being so resident by the space of a moneth together the sum of ten pounds to be divided betwixt the King and the prosecutor An Information against a Minister for non-residency L. ss BE it remembred that I. S. who as well for the now Lord Protector as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the three and twentieth day of Jan. this Term in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that whereas by a certain Act of Parliament of King Henry the eighth held at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the third day of November the one and twentieth year of his Reign it stands enacted by the Authority of the same Parliament That after the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch-angel then next following no person Spiritual Secular nor Regular of whatsoever degree he or they were should from thence take to Farm to him or to any person or persons to his proper use of the Leafe or Grant of our Lord the King or of any other person or persons by Letters Patents Indenture or Writing or by Word or otherwise by any means any Mannors Lands or Tenements or other Hereditaments for term of life for term of years or at will under the pain of forfeiture of ten pounds for every moneth wherein be or any other to his use did occupy any such Farm the one moyety of such forfeiture to be to our said Lord the King and the other moyety thereof to be to any such person as should prosecute suit for the same in any of the Courts of Record of our said Lord the King In which Action and Suit no wager of Law was to be admitted for the Defendant And further it is enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all such Demises made or then thereafter to be made to any such Spiritual person or persons or to any others to their use for term of life years or at will of any Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments of which they or any of them should take any profit or medling by themselves or by any other to their use after the same Feast of Saint Michael by colour of any Demise or Grant and by them not bargained granted and sold before the said Feast as is before limited should from thence be void and of no sorce as well against the Lessor and Lessors Grantor and Grantors their Heirs and Assigns and against any of them as against the Lessee and Lessees And their Executors and Assigns and every of them And lastly it is Enacted by the Authority of the same Parliament that as well every Spiritual Person then promoted to any Arch-deaconry Deaconry or Dignity in any Monastery or Cathedral Church or any Covent or Collegiate Church or being Beneficed with any Parsonage or Vicarage That all and singular Spiritual person or persons which from thence hereafter should be promoted unto any Place Dignities or Benefices with any Parsonage or Vicaridge from the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch-angel then next following should be personally resident and abiding at and upon their Dignities Prebendaries or Benefices or at one of them at least And in case any such Spiritual Person at any time after the same Feast should not keep residency at one of his Dignities Prebendaries or Benefices aforesaid but shall absent himself voluntarily by the space of one moneth at one time or by the space of two moneths to be numbred at several times in any one year And shall make his residence and habitation in any other place by such time aforesaid That then he or they shall forfeit for every such default ten pounds of lawful money of England Yet nevertheless A. W. lately of London aforesaid being a Spiritual Person and Rector of the Parish of Saint E. in London aforesaid very little weighing the Statute aforesaid nor in any manner fearing the punishment in the said Statute contained after the publishing of the Statute aforesaid and before the day of the Exhibiting this information to wit the tenth day of February last past and continually afterwards by the space of eleven whole moneths then next following did voluntarily absent himself from his Rectory aforesaid so that the aforesaid A. W. did in no wise make his abode or residency in at or upon his Rectory aforesaid by the time aforesaid against the form of the Statute in that Case made and provided as aforesaid By means whereof the said A. W. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. S. who as well c the sum of an hundred and ten pounds of lawful money of England That is to say for each moneth of the aforesaid eleven moneths ten pounds in the whole amounting after that rate to the said sum of an hundred and ten pounds Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process of Law may be awarded against him the said A. W. in this behalf And that he the said I. S. who c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And also that the said A. W. may come here into Court to answer in and upon the premises c. Dyers Statute No Dyer shall dye any Cloth with Logwood Orchel or Cork or other deceitful way or means on pain to forfeit the same or the value thereof An Information against Dyers using Logwood L. ss BE it remembred that I. B. who as well for the now Lord Protector as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the sixth day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself gives the Court here to understand and be informed that one D. S. late of London Dyer between the first day of April last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at London That is to say in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap using and exercising the Art and Mystery of a Dyer did use for the dying of broad Woollen-cloathes Kerseys and Bays a certain outlandish Wood called Logwood otherwise Blockwood with other deceitful means and within the time aforesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid he the said D. S. ten broad Woollen-cloathes
the nine and twentieth day of September last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information for the lucre and gain of the said I. H. at London aforesaid to wit in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap did indirectly and by way of corrupt bargain and contract Lend upon Usury Loan and Interest at one sum or by divers and several sums and parcels and to one person or divers several persons whose names to the said I. S. who as well c. as yet are unknown fifty pounds of lawful money of England And the said I. H. the Act of Parliament aforesaid or the penalties in the same little regarding did corruptly and indirectly receive and take of the said one person or of the said several persons for the Use and Interest of every twenty shillings of the said fifty pounds for the Loan of the same for the space of twenty weeks the sum of two shillings In the whole amounting after that rate to the sum of five pounds for the Use and Interest of the said fifty pounds for the said twenty weeks And the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said I. H. did also receive and take of the said one person or of several persons the said fifty pounds by one sum or several sums paid weekly so that the same was fully paid within the said twenty weeks contrary to the form of a certain Act of the late Sessions of Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex on Friday the eighth day of August 1651. Intituled An Act prohibiting any person to take above the rate of six pounds for the forbearance of an hundred pounds for a whole year and so after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a longer or shorter time By means whereof the said I. H. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and to the said I. S. who as well c. the sum of an hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the money so by him lent upon corrupt Usury and Extortion in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Act aforesaid Whereupon the said I. S. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises and that he the said I. S. who as well c. may have one moyety of the said forfeitures according to the form of the Act aforesaid And also that he the said I. H. may come here into Court to answer in and upon the premises c. Pledges of prosecuting c. John Doo and Richard Roo c. For the Brokers and Usurers sakes I will here lay down the form of a Declaration in an Action of Debt upon the said Statute L. ss G. S. late of London Gentlem. was summoned to answer unto I. T. who as well for the now Lord Protector c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes of a Plea that he render unto the said Lord Protector and to the said I. T. who as well c. six hundred pounds of lawful money of England which unto the said Lord Protector and unto the said I. T. who as well c. he oweth and unjuâ—tly detaineth c. And whereupon the said I. T. as well for the said L. Pr. as for himself by R. T. his Attorney saith That whereas in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middl. on Friday the eighth day of August in the year of our Lord 1651. It was Enacted Established and Ordained by the same Parliament and by the Authority thereof That no person or persons whatsoever should from and after the twenty ninth of September then next following directly or indirectly or by means of any corrupt bargain Loan Exchange Chivance or Shifts or by any deceitful ways or means whatsoever receive or take for the forbearance or giving day of payment for any sum or sums of money Goods Wares or Merchandize above the sum of six pounds for the forbearance or giving day of payment for the sum of one hundred pounds for one whole year and so after that rate for a greater or lesser sum or for a shorter or longer time on pain of the forfeiture of treble the value of the said Money Goods Wares or Merchandize lent or put to Loan contrary to the form and effect of the Act aforesaid one moyety of which forfeitures to be to the use of the then Keepers of the Liberty of England c. and their Successors the other moyety to any person that should sue for the same in any Court or Courts of Record wherein no Wager of Law Essoyn or other Protection is to be allowed And thereupon the said I. T. in fact saith That the said G. S. the Act of Parliament aforesaid or the penalties in the same little regarding hath since the publishing of the said Act of Parliament to wit the twenty fourth day of June in the year of our Lord 1656. at London aforesaid That is to say in the Parish of Saint Mary Bow and the Ward of Cheap by ways and means of Corrupt bargain Loan Exchange Chivance and Shifts by deceitful ways and means and by Covin Lent or put to Loan to several persons whose names to the said I. T. who as well c. as yet are unknown divers and sundry sum and sums of money in the whole amounting to the sum of two hundred pounds of lawful money of England And the said I. T. as well for the said Lord Protector as for himself will verifie that the said I. M. hath indirectly for the forbearing or giving day of payment for one whole year for the said sum of two hundred pounds taken above the sum of six pounds for every hundred pounds thereof against the form of the Act aforesaid in this Case made and provided Whereby an Action hath accrued to the said L. Protector and to the said I. T. who as well c. to have and receive of the said G. S. the sum of six hundred pounds of lawful money of England That is to say treble the value of the said money so by him in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Act aforesaid Lent or put to Loan yet the said G. S. though often required the said six hundred pounds to the said c. hath not paid c. to the damage c. Clothiers and Drapery Stat. 4. E 4. 1. None shall put into Cloth to be sold any Lambs-wooll Flocks or Cork in pain to forfeit twenty shillings for every Cloth or half Cloth so mingled to be divided betwixt the King and the prosecutor An Information against Clothiers for making Cloth of mingled stuff L. ss IT is to be remembred that I. B. who as well for the now Lord Protector of England Scotland and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging as for himself in this behalf doth prosecute
shall then and there be objected against you on our behalf and further to do and receive what our said Court shall consider thereof in this behalf And this you shall not omit on pain of an hundred pounds And have you there this Writ witness c. Pinsent On the backside of the Writ indorse the Informers Name and the Statute on which the Action is grounded or if there be several Informations then thus I. S. prosecutes this writ upon the breach of several Statutes Then if the Defendant appear not Affidavit being made that the Subpaena was served an attachment is awarded against him to arrest his body and he must pay costs to the Informer before he can enter his appearance which costs is to be allowed by a Judge or Justice of the Court where the Information is brought An Information for buying of pretended Titles Le Stat. de 32. H. 8. cap. 9. S. ss G. B. who as well for the Lord the King as for himself followeth came here into Court the twelfth day of February this same Term in his own person And as well c. as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that whereas one I. W. the twentieth day of May in the year c. and by the space of two years then last past was seized in his demeasne as of Fee of and in one Messuage with the appurtenances in G. in the County aforesaid of the value of sixty pounds And the said I. W. by all the time aforesaid the issues and profits of the said Messuage with the appurtenances had and received to his own proper use Nevertheless one I. O. the said twentieth day of May in the year aforesaid did Enfeoffe one R. O. his brother of the Messuage aforesaid with the appurtenances to hold to him and his Heirs for ever And the said Richard the said twentieth day of May in the year aforesaid at G. aforesaid knowing the same did receive of the said I. O. the Feofment aforesaid of the Messuage aforesaid with the appurtenances to him and his Heirs in the form aforesaid made whereas neither the said I. O. nor any of his Ancestors nor he nor they by whom the said I. O. claimed the Messuage aforesaid with the appurtenances were in possession nor in seized reversion thereof neither did he or they receive the rents or profits of the same Messuage by the space of one whole year next before the said Feofment by the said I. O. to the said R. O. so thereof made And by the aforesaid R. of the said I. as aforesaid received against the form of the Statute in this Case made and provided Whereby the said I. O. hath forfeited sixty pounds that is to say the value of the said Messuage with the appurtenances by him against the form of the Statute aforesaid to the aforesaid R. in the form aforesaid enfeoffed And likewise the said Richard hath forfeited sixty pounds for the said value of the Messuage aforesaid with the appurtenances by the said Richard against the form of the Statute aforesaid of the said I. O. by the Feofment aforesaid as aforesaid taken Whereupon the said G. B. who as well c prayeth that he may have the moyeties of the several forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid and as well for the said Lord the King as for himself prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premises And that due process of Law may be awarded against the said I O. and R. O. in this behalf and that the said I. and R. may come here into Court to answer as well the said Lord the King as the said G. who c. in and upon the premises c. Hill 2. Jac. rot 2933. com Banco For buying of pretended Titles Stat. 39. H. 8. cap. 9. An Information in the upper Bench and issue thereupon inter placita Coronae 19 20. Eliz. Rot. 28. K. ss BE it remembred that T. W. who as well for the Lady the Queen as for himself in this behalf prosecutes giveth the Court of our Lady the Queen here to under and and be informed that whereas by a certain Act in the Parliament of the Lord Henry the eighth late King of England begun at Westminster the twenty eighth day of April in the one and thirtieth year of his Reign and afterwards continued by divers prorogations until the twelfth day of April then next following and from thence held until the eleventh day of May then next following and from thence continued by prorogation until the fifth day of May then next following and then held till the twenty fourth day of July in the two and thirtieth year of his Reign It was Enacted amongst other things by the Authority of the said Parliament That no person or persons of what degree estate quality or condition soever he or they be from that time forwards should bargain buy or sell or by any way or means shall obtain acquire or have by any pretence any Rights or Titles or shall take or receive any promise grant or conveyance to have any Right or Title of any person or persons in or to any Mannors Lands Tenements or Hereditaments unless such person or persons which shall so bargain sell give grant convey or promise the same or his or their Ancestors by whom he or they claim the same were in possession of the same or in the Reversion or Remainder thereof or received the Rents and Profits thereof by the space of one whole year next before the said grant bargain conveyance or promise made upon pain that he who maketh any such bargain sale promise conveyance or grant shall forfeit the full value of the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so bargained sold promised conveyed or granted against the form of the said Act And the buyer or receiver thereof knowing the same shall forfeit also the value of the said Lands Tenements or Hereditaments so by him bought or received as aforesaid one moyety of which said forfeitures shall be to the Lord the King the other moyety to the party that will sue for the same in any Court of Record by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in which Action Bill Plaint or Information no Essoyne Protection Wager of Law or Injunction shall be allowed as in the same Act amongst other things more plainly appears Nevertheless one L. A. of London S. the Statute aforesaid little regarding after the publishing of the said Act to wit the eighteenth day of May in the year c. at G. in the County of K. claiming a certain pretended Right and Title to her and her Heirs of and in one Messuage two Gardens two Orchards forty Acres of Land twenty Acres of Meadow ten Acres of pasture and ten Acres of Wood and twelve pence half penny rent with the appurtenances in G. aforesaid the Messuage aforesaid and all other the premises with the appurtenances to one P. W. of London Grocer and his Heirs did
convey And the same R. W. then of and in the same with the appurtenances by a writing of Feosment did enfeoffe of which said Tenements neither the said S. nor any of her Ancestors nor he nor they by whom she claimeth the same Tenements were in the possession of the same nor in the possession of the reversion or the remainder thereof neither received the Rents and Profits thereof by the space of one whole year next before the said conveyance and Feofment aforesaid Nevertheless the said R. W. the premises well enough knowing the Statute aforesaid not regarding at G. aforesaid in the County aforesaid the eighteenth day of May in the year aforesaid the Feofment aforesaid of the said S. did receive to hold the said pretended Title of the said S. of and in the aforesaid Tenements to the same R. and his heirs for ever against the form of the Statute aforesaid By virtue whereof the said R. W. was seized of the said Messuage and all other the premises with the appurtenances to him and his heirs according to the Tenor of the Feofment aforesaid And the aforesaid T. W. saith in fact that the Title of the said S. to the aforesaid Messuages and all other the premises with the appurtenances at the time of the Feofment aforesaid thereof by the said R. W. aforesaid made and received was pretended And that the aforesaid Messuages and all other the premises with the appurtenances at that time were worth forty pounds of lawful money of England by which an Action hath accrued to the said Lady the Queen and to the same T. W. who as well for the said Lady the Queen as for himself in this behalf prosecutes to have and receive as well of the said S. A. forty pounds as of the said R. W. aforesaid forty pounds of lawful money of England for the value of the Messuages aforesaid and all other the premises with the appurtenances against the form of the Statute aforesaid taken granted and enfeoffed as aforesaid Whereupon the said T. W. prayeth one moyety according to the form of the same Statute and as well c. prayeth the advice of the Court in the premises and due process of Law to be awarded against the said S. A. and R. W. in this behalf to answer as well to the said Lady the Queen as to the said T. in the premises c. Whereby it was commanded the Sheriff that he omit not but that he attach them c. to answer c. And now to wit on Friday next after the morrow of Saint Martin this same Term before the Lady the Queen at Westminster came the said R. W. by I. M his Attorney and having heard the Information aforesaid saith That the said Lady the Queen or the said R. W. who as well c. ought not any further to trouble him the said R. by occasion of the Information aforesaid because by Protestation he saith That the said Messuages Barns Orchards forty Acres of Land twenty Acres of Meadow ten Acres of Pasture ten Acres of Wood and twelve pence and one half-peny rent with the appurtenances in the Information abovesaid specified were not of so much value as in the Information aforesaid above is supposed And for Plea the same R. saith That he did not accept of the said S. A. the Feofment aforesaid to have any pretended Right or Title of the said S. of and in the Tenements aforesaid in the Information aforesaid specified to the same R. and his Assigns for ever against the form of the Statute aforesaid in manner and form as by the Information aforesaid above against him it is supposed and of this he puts himself upon the Country And G. G. Esquire Attorney General of the Lady the Queen who for the same Lady the Queen in this behalf prosecutes saith That the said R. W. did take of the said S. A. the Feofment aforesaid to have the pretended Right and Title of the said S. of and in the Tenements aforesaid in the Information aforesaid specified in manner and form as by the Information aforesaid against him above it is supposed And this he prayeth may be inquired of by the Country and the said R. W. in like manner c. Therefore let there come a Jury thereof before the Lady the Queen in eight days of S. Hillary Wheresoever c. and who c. to recognize c. because as well c. the same day is given as well to G. G. who followeth c. as to the said R. W. c. Against an under-Sheriff for extortion Stat. 23. H. 6. cap. 10. Information Middl. ss BE it remembred that I. E. of London Haberdasher who as well for the Lady the Queen as for himself in this behalf follows in his own person came into the Court of the Lady the Queen before the same Lady the Queen at Westminster on Friday next after fifteen days of Saint Hillary to wit the first day of February in the year c. the same Term and as well c. gave the Court here to understand and be informed that whereas in a certain Statute in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the County of Middlesex the twenty fifth day of February in the twenty third year of the late King Henry the sixth then King of England amongst other things it was Enacted That no Sheriff under-Sheriff nor any of their Clerks Coroners Stewards of Franchises Bayliffs or Keepers of Prisons or any other Officers or Ministers by occasion or colour of their Office should take any thing by themselves nor by any other to their use profit or advantage of any person by them or any other arrested or attached nor of any person nor any other for the forbearance or hindrance of an arrest upon his body or of any other person by them or any one of them by virtue or colour of his Office to arrest or attach for a Fine Fee Prison-fee Manucaption letting to Bail or for shewing any assistance or favour to any such person arrested or to be arrested for his reward or profit otherwise then such as hereafter followeth That is to say for the Sheriff twenty pence for the Bayliff that makes the arrest four pence to the Gaoler if he be committed to prison to his custody four pence And that all Sheriffs under-Sheriffs Clerks of Sheriffs Stewards or Bayliffs of Liberties Sergeants or Bayliffs and Coroners shall not take any thing by colour of their Office by themselves or by any other person to their use of any person for making the return of any pannel and for the Coppy of a pannel four pence And that the aforesaid Sheriffs and all other Officers and Ministers aforesaid shall let go at Liberty all and all manner of persons by them or by any of them arrested or being in their custody by virtue of any Writ Bill or Warrant in any personal Action or by reason of any Indictment of trespass upon reasonable security of sufficient persons
having sufficient within the County where such persons are so to be let to Bayl or Manucaption to keep their days in such places where the said Bills Writs or Warrants do require Such person and persons who are or hereafter shall be in their custody by condemnation execution Capias utlagatum Excommunication security of the Peace and all such persons who are or shall be committed by any special command of any Justice and vagabonds refusing to serve according to the form of the Statute of Labourers altogether excepted And that no Sheriff nor any of their Officers or Ministers aforesaid shall take or cause to be taken or made any Obligation for any cause before recited or by colour of their Office but onely to themselves of any person nor by any person which shall be in their custody by order of Law but in the name of their office and under a condition written that the aforesaid prisoners shall appear at the day in the said Writs Bills or Warrants contained and in such places where the said Writs Bills or Warrants require And if any Sheriff aforesaid or any Officers or Ministers aforesaid shall take any Obligation in any other form by colour of their Offices that then such Obligation shall be void And that they shall not take for the making of any such Obligation Warrant or Precept so by them to be made above four pence And also that all Sheriffs under-Sherâ—ffs Clerks Bayliffs Coroners Stewards Bayliffs of Franchizes or any other Officers or Ministers who shall do contrary to the Ordination aforesaid in any point shall therefore forfeit forty pounds for every time that they or any of them shall Act or do contrary to the said Statute or any point thereof of which forfeitures the King shall have one moyety to be imployed to the use of his houshold and no otherwise and the party who will prosecute shall have the other moyety as in the same Statute amongst other things more plainly it is contained And whereas in the Term of Saint Hillary in the year c. one W. M. prosecuted a certain Writ issuing out of the said Court of our Lady the Queen of Pleas before our said Lady the Queen at Westminster in the County of Middlesex aforesaid to the Sheriff of B. directed by which Writ the Sheriff was commanded that he should take E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. and them safe keep c. so that he should have their bodies before the said Lady the Queen here at Westminster on Wednesday next after fifteen days of Easter then next following to answer the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass by virtue of which Writ one E. L. Gentleman the fifteenth day of February in the year abovesaid at Westminster in the County of Middlesex aforesaid then being the under-Sheriff of A. B. Esquire then Sheriff of the County of Berks for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the County aforesaid did make four several Warrants against the said E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. directed to the Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the said County of Berks to take the said E. F. c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. according to the Exigence of the said several Warrants And whereas also in the Term of the Holy Trinity in the year c. the said W. M. prosecuted another Writ of our La. the Queen out of the said Court of our La. the Queen here at West to the said Sheriff of the County of B. directed by which Writ the said Sheriff was likewise commanded that he should take L. G. I. A. I. his wife I. Y. and W. B. and them safe keep c. so that he should have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass By pretext of which said Writ the said E. L. the thirteenth day of July in the year c. abovesaid at Westminster then and there being under-Sheriff of the said A. B. then Sheriff of the said County of Berks for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the said County of B. did make two several Warrants against the said L. G I. his wife I. Y. and W. B. directed to the Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale to take the said c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said W. M. according to the exigence of the said two several Warrants And whereas also in the same Term of the Holy Trinity in the year c. one A. P. prosecuted one other Writ of our Lady the Queen out of the same Court of c. at c. being to the said Sheriff of the County of Berks directed by which Writ the said Sheriff was likewise commanded that he should take W. G. F. M. and T. K and them safe keep c. so that he might have their bodies before the said Lady the Queen here at Westminster on Wednesday next after eight days of Saint Michael then next following to answer the said A. P. in a Plea of trespass By pretext of which Writ the said E. L. the said thirteenth day of July in the year c. abovesaid at Westminster then being under-Sheriff of the said A. B. then being Sheriff of the said County of B. for and in the name of the said A. B. Sheriff of the said County did make two several Warrants against the said W. G. W. F. and T. K. directed to the said Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the said County of B. to take the said c. so that he might have their bodies c. to answer the said A. P. according to the exigency of the said several Warrants Nevertheless the said E. L. the Statute aforesaid not weighing nor regarding the penalty in the same Statute at Westminster the aforesaid fifteenth day of February in the year c. did receive of the said W. M. for the making of every one of the aforesaid first four several Warrants to the said Bayliff of the hundred of Reading and Theale in the same County of B. directed to take the said E. F. I. Y. I. G. and W. C. to answer to the said W. M. in a Plea of trespass on the said Wednesday next after fifteen days of Easter then next following in the said Court of our said Lady the Queen now here at Westminster aforesaid two shillings and the said E. L. being then the under-Sheriff of the aforesaid A. B. of the said County of Berks By colour of his Office as under-Sheriff of the said County of Berks did by way of extortion receive against the form of the Statute aforesaid two shillings six pence And the said W. M. for making of the said two several Warrants directed to the Bayliff c. to take the said c. to the said E. L. did give two shillings six pence c. and the said
c. The Capias Whereupon it was commanded the Sheriff that he omit not c. but that he take them if c. to answer c. and now to wit on Wednesday next after one moneth of Easter this same Term before the said Lady the Queen at Westminster came the said A. B. and the rest under the custody of N. B. and F. B. Sheriffs of the City of London by virtue of a Writ of the Lady the Queen of Hab. Corpora to them directed unto whose custody they were before for the causes aforesaid and certain other causes committed to the Bar here brought in their own persons and are committed to the custody of the Marshal c. And being severally demanded how they will acquite themselves of the premises above imposed upon them the said A B. and the rest severally say That they are not thereof guilty And of this they severally put themselves upon the Country c. One of the Accessaries confesseth the Indictment And one of them saith That he cannot say but that he is guilty of being accessary to the felony and burglary aforesaid above imposed upon him in manner and form as by the Indictment aforesaid it is above supposed against him and the felony and burglary aforesaid as accessary thereunto he did expresly know And thereupon he puts himself upon the mercy of the Lady the Queen And the Jurors of the Jury aforesaid by the Sheriff of the County of Middlesex impannalled being called likewise came And being elected and sworn to speak the truth of the premises say upon their Oath That the said A. B. and the others are and every one of them is guilty in form aforesaid above imposed upon them and that they have no Goods not Chattels Lands nor Tenements c. For Manslaughter an Enquest taken by the Coroner upon the view of the Body W. ss OTherwise to wit the sixth day of December c. D. in the County aforesaid before I. H. one of the Coroners of the said La. the Queen of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of H. B. there lying dead and slain by the Oath of twelve Jurors it is presented That the fifteenth day of December in the year abovesaid at D. aforesaid in the County aforesaid it so happened that I. W. late of the Parish of St. L. c. together with one H. M. H. D. R. S. H. W. and divers other persons in the house of one E. C. Inholder then and there also being And the said H. B. unto the said I. W. unknown in the same house also then being and the said I. W. then and there having two little Guns in a case called a case of Daggs one whereof was loaden with Powder and Lead to the said I. W. likewise unknown And the said H. B. did then and there desire the said I. W. to shew unto him the said H. B. one of the Daggs aforesaid which the said I. W. at the serious request of the said H. B. did then and there draw forth of the case aforesaid one of the Daggs aforesaid and did then and there deliver the same unto the said H. B. which being seen by the said H. B. he did unto the said I. W. then and there again redeliver which said Gun called a Dagg aforesaid the said I. W. did put again into the case aforesaid and immediately afterwards the said H. B. did again desire the said I. W. to shew him the Gun aforesaid and how he might discharge the same And the said I. W. then and there at the further request of the said H. B. did again draw forth the Gun aforesaid out of the case aforesaid and asked the said I. W. then and there being present for the Key of the Dagg aforesaid and whether both the said case of Daggs were charged or not which said H. B. then and there did answer the said I. W. that both the said Daggs were charged and the said I. W. then and there said to the said H. B. Art thou certain hereof And the said H. B. then and there again answered that they were both charged and then and there delivered the Key of the Dagg aforesaid unto the said I. W. which said I. W. the Lock of the said Dagg did then and there winde up and extend and then delivered the Dagg aforesaid unto the said H. B. according to his request aforesaid and without any evil felonious minde or malice forethought by the said I. W. against the said H. B. had the Dagg aforesaid suddenly and by misfortune then and there against the said H. B. upon the forepart of his head with the Lead aforesaid so loaden did discharge it self giving to the said H. then and there one mortal wound of the depth of four fingers and the breadth of one finger of which said deadly wound the said H. B. then and there did instantly die And the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say That the said I. W. the said fifteenth day of December in the year c. abovesaid at D. aforesaid in the County aforesaid the said H. B. in manner and form aforesaid casually and by misfortune did kill and murther and not otherwise nor in any other manner And further the said Jurors do say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said I. W. at the time of the death of the said H. B. had no Goods nor Chattels Lands Tenements to their knowledge And the Jurors aforesaid do appraise the said Gun called a Dagg to six shillings and eight pence which remains in the custody of the Parish of D. c. inter placita Coronae For Manslaughter se defendendo K. ss OTherwise That is to say the fourth day of October in the year of the Raign of c. at S. in the County aforesaid before I. F. Gent. one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of T. H. there lying dead who was the servant of G. F. of M. in the County aforesaid Esquire by the Oath of twelve Jurors it stands presented That the said T. H. the twenty ninth day of September in the year c. about two of the clock in the afternoon of the same day with force and arms c. That is to say with a Sword and with a Dagger of the value of five shillings which the said T. H. in his hands then and there had and held at S. aforesaid in a common foot-way there leading between S. aforesaid and M. towards S. in the County aforesaid in a certain place there called B. in and upon one I. H. of T. in the County aforesaid Yeoman in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King then and there being and towards M aforesaid then and there going of his wicked malice forethought did make an assault and him the said I. then and there with the Sword aforesaid did wound against the peace c. Whereupon the said I. H. that he
might keep the peace of God and of our said Lord the King and observe the Laws of this Land in this behalf provided having in his hands for his defence one Sword and one Dagger of the price of five shillings and himself then and there defending and for the safeguard of his life with his Sword and Dagger aforesaid the furious blows and strikeings of the said I. H. from the body of him the said I. H. defending and bearing off and him the said T. in no wise at all striking again but from him the said T. H. continually backwards from the common foot-way aforesaid then and there did fly And the said T. H. the fear of God then and there not having before his eyes but being seduced by the instigation wrath and malice of the Devil and the said I. H. to kill and murther intending him the said I. H. did then and there seriously follow until the said I. by flying backwards came to a certain corner against a certain hedge in the said place called B. neer the common foot-way aforesaid then and there being And because the said I. H. for the height of the said hedge then and there being and growing could not any other ways escape without danger of sudden death the said I. H. then and there with his Sword and Dagger aforesaid in defending himself and for the safegard of his life and of inevitable necessity with his Sword aforesaid did stretch a blow towards the said T. H. And him the said T. by the blow aforesaid with the Sword aforesaid upon his left arm and from his left arm aforesaid sliding down upon the belly also of the said T. with his Sword aforesaid then and there did smite and two several wounds to wit one wound upon his left arm aforesaid of the length of three fingers and in breadth and depth half a finger and one other wound upon the belly of the said T. half a finger broad one finger long and two fingers deep then and there to him did give of which said wounds the said T. H. from the aforesaid hour of two a clock in the after noon of the same day c. until six a clock in the afternoon of the thirtieth day of September aforesaid at S. aforesaid did languish in which hour being the sixth hour after noon of the said thirtieth day of Septem aforesaid in the year c. the said T. H. at S. aforesaid died And the said Jurors do say upon their Oaths That the said I. H. the day hour year and place abovesaid the said T. H. with his Sword abovesaid and by the blow aforesaid in his own defense and for the safety of his life and out of inevitable necessity did kill and that so and no otherwise the said T. came to his death And also the Jurors aforesaid say upon their Oath That the said I. H. the day and year abovesaid had no Goods nor Chattels c. For Murther upon view of the Body K. ss OTherwise to wit the first day of May in the year c. by a certain Inquisition indented taken at W. in the County aforesaid before E. H. one of the Coroners of our said Lord the King of the County aforesaid upon view of the Body of I. H. late of W. aforesaid Husbandman lying dead and slain then and there at W. aforesaid by the Oath of twelve Jurors good and lawful men of W. aforesaid and three other Villages to the said Village of W. aforesaid next adjacent as the manner and custom is who being sworn and charged to inquire how in what manner and when the said I. H. came to his death upon their Oath aforesaid say That on Saturday to wit the twenty fifth day of c. between the hours of nine and eleven before noon of the same day the said I. H. being at W. aforesaid in the Kings high-way leading from W. aforesaid towards D. in the County aforesaid in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King one V. G. late of W. aforesaid Gentleman into the said Kings high-way then and there came And the said V. G. not having the fear of God before his eyes but the malice and instigation of the Devil him seducing and thereunto moving then and there to wit the said twenty fifth day of April in the year abovesaid with force and arms pursuing the said I. H. with a certain Sword feloniously drawn as a felon of our said Lord the King voluntarily and of his malice forethought did make an assault in and upon the aforesaid J. H. and the aforesaid V. G. with a Sword aforesaid of Iron and Steel of the value of twelve pence which the said V. G. in his right hand then and there had and held drawn feloniously and of his malice aforesaid the said J. H. then and there did smite and wound and gave to the said J. H. then and there feloniously and of his malice fore-thought with the Sword aforesaid one deadly wound in and upon the right part of his right thigh of the length of three fingers and of the depth of two fingers and a half of which said deadly wound in the form aforesaid given the said J. H. from the aforesaid 25 day of April in the yeer aforesaid until the 30 day of the said month of April at W. aforesaid in the County aforesaid did languish and live languishing on which said 30 day of April in the yeer c. abovesaid the said J. H. at W. aforesaid in the County of K. aforesaid of the mortal wound aforesaid died and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say that the said V. G. late of W. aforesaid Gent. the said 30 day of April in the yeer c. abovesaid at W. aforesaid in the County aforesaid the aforesaid J. H. in manner and form aforesaid of his malice forethought feloniously and voluntarily did kill and murder against the peace c. And furthermore the said Jurors do say upon their Oath aforesaid that the said V. G. after the felony and murder aforesaid by the said V. in manner and form aforesaid done and committed then and there did flie away and withdrew himself to places to the Jurors aforesaid unknown and what Goods and Chattels Lands or Tenements he had at the time of the Felony and Murder aforesaid by him in the manner and form aforesaid done and committed or now hath the Jurors are altogether ignorant In witness whereof as well the said Coronor as the Jurors aforesaid have to this Inquisition indented interchangeably put their Seals dated the day and yeer abovesaid Which said Indictment the said Lord the King for certain causes now afterwards hath caused to come before him to be determined c. The Capias in Murder WHereby it was commanded the Sheriff that he should not omit c. but that he take him c. to answer c. A Presentment for a Nusance for not repairing of the High-way Middl. ss
OTherwise that is to say in the Term of Easter in the yeer c. before the Lord the King at Westminster in the County aforesaid by the Oath of twelve c. it stands presented that part of the King's High-way in the Parish of S. in the County aforesaid containing in length four Rod in breadth two Rod the first day of M. in the year c. was and still is very hurtful and decayed for defect of Reparations and amending of the same so that the liege People of our Lord the King labouring to pass through the Village aforesaid cannot travel without danger of death to the great and common annoyance of all the Subjects and Liege-People of our said Lord the King through that way labouring and travelling and that R. B. of S. aforesaid ought to amend and repair the aforesaid way when and so often as need shall require by reason of the term of his Lands and Tenements there neer adjacent c. Therefore it is commanded the Sheriff that he omit not but that he cause him to come to answer c. An Indictment for Rape S. ss OTherwise to wit on Thursday next after the week of Easter in the yeer c. at J. in the County aforesaid in a general Session of the Peace there held before H. P. and M. B. Knights and others their Fellows Justices c. by the Oath of twelve Jurors it stands presented that T. M. late of G. in the County aforesaid Yeoman the 21 day of March in the yeer c. by force and arms at H. in the County aforesaid in and upon J. W. the Daughter of one G. W. then and there in the peace of God and of our said Lord the King being did make an assault and her the said J. did beat wound and evil entreat and the aforesaid J. then and there violently and against her will did feloniously ravish and carnally know against the form of the Statute in this case made and provided and against the Peace c. An Indictment for starving an Apprentice Middl. ss THe Jurors for the Lord the King upon their Oath do present That W. T. late of c. the 23 day of March in the yeer c. at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did retain and receive into his service one J. R. to serve the said W. T. as an Apprentice by the space of eight yeers thence next following And further the said J. R. then being found and healthy in body with the said W. T. from the aforesaid 23 day of M. in the yeer aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid unâ—il the 4 day of November in the yeer c. in the service and custody of the said W. T. as his Apprentice did remain and continue nevertheless the said W. T. God not having before his eyes but of all Humanity and Christian Charity being totally deprived after the 23 day of M. in the yeer aforesaid to wit between the 10 day of June in the yeer c. and the 4 day of November in the yeer aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid feloniously voluntarily and of his malice forethought did detain and not allow unto his said Apprentice necessary and sufficient food for the sustentation and preservation of his life by reason whereof the said J. R. between the aforesaid 10 day of June in the yeer aforesaid and the said 4 day of November in the yeer aforesaid then and there through hunger and want of nourishment died And so the Jurors aforesaid do say upon their Oath That the said W. T. his Apprentice aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid feloniously voluntarily and of his malice fore-thought did kill and murder against the Peace c. Hue and Cry Commit upon the Statute of Hue and Cry G. ss THe Inhabitants in the Hundreds of Langtree Crowthorne in the County aforesaid were attached to answer as well the Lord the King as J. B. who as well for the said Lord the King as for himself followeth of a Plea that whereas in a certain Statute in the Parliament holden at Wynton in the thirteenth yeer of Edward the first late King of England made and provided amongst other things it stands ordained for that because Robberies Murders and Thefts do daily increase and are from day to day committed more then heretofore and the Felons could not be attainted by the Oath of the Jurors because they too voluntarily suffered the Felons to escape without punishment and for the most part the Felons have been of the same County or if they have been of any other Country their Receivers have been of the same Visne where the same Felonies have been committed Wherefore for their concealment and negligence and to restrain the said Felonies the late Lord the King hath ordained a Penalty in this Case that from henceforth for fear of the Punishment no Felons should be spared or concealed and hath commanded That Proclamation should be solemnly made in all Counties Hundreds Market-Towns and all Churches and other places where solemn Assemblies of people meet so that none be excused by ignorance That every Country from thence forward should be so kept that immediately after any Robbery or Felony committed fresh pursuit should be made from Village to Village and from Country to Country and also inquisition should be made if it be needful in every Town by the Head-Officer of the Town and afterwards in Hundreds and Franchises and in the County and sometimes in three or four Counties in case when the Felonies are committed in the Marches of any County so that the Felons might be attainted and if the Country should not answer for the Felons then the Penalty should be That every Country that is to say the Inhabitants dwelling in the said Country where the Robbery is committed shall answer for the Robberies done and the Damages so that the whole Hundred where the Robbery shall be committed together with the Franchises in the Precincts of the said Hundred shall answer for the same Robbery And if a Robbery shall be committed in the Division of two Hundreds then both the said Hundreds together with their Franchises shall answer for the same and the said Country shall have no longer time then forty days after the Robbery committed to make satisfaction for the same or should answer for the Bodies of the Felons as by the said Statute more plainly appears And whereas a certain Felon unto the said J. unknown at T. in the Divisions of the Hundreds aforesaid with force and Arms in and upon the said J. did make an assault and three shillings and four pence of the monies of the said J. in monies numbred and one Gelding of the said John of the price of ten pounds and other Goods and Chattels of the price of forty shillings there lately found feloniously from the said J. did take and carry away against the peace
of the now Lord the King And the said J. immediately after the said Felony and Robbery aforesaid committed at C. neer the said Hundreds of L. and C. did make Hue and Cry of the said Robbery and there did give notice to the Inhabitants of the said Town of C. of the Robbery aforesaid And after the said Robbery was committed and within twenty dayes before the day of the suing forth of this Original Writ by the said J. the said John before R. G. Esquire then one of the Justices of the Lord the King to keep the Peace in the said County of G. assigned within the Hundred of C. was examined upon his Corporal Oath according to the form of the Statute in the twenty seventh yeer of the reign of Elizabeth late Queen of England made and provided and the said John upon his Oath aforesaid did then say That he knew not the party which did the Robbery aforesaid And after the robbery aforesaid 40 days are now past And the said Inhabitants of the Hundred aforesaid satisfaction of the robbery aforesaid to the said John hitherto have not made neither have they taken the Body of the Felon Malefactor aforesaid nor for his Body hitherto have answered but the Felon aforesaid have permitted to escape in contempt of the said Lord the King and to the great damage of the said J. and against the form of the Statute of the thirteenth yeer of the reign of Edward the first aforesaid late King of England made and provided c. And whereupon the said John who as well c. by H. W. his Attorney complaineth That whereas a certain Malefactor to the said John unknown the 15 day of M. in the yeer c. with force and arms that is to say with Swords Staves and Knives in and upon the said J. at T. aforesaid in the Division of the Hundreds aforesaid did make an assault and three shillings and four pence of the money of the said J. in money numbred and one Gelding of the said J. of the price c. and other Goods and Chattels that is to say one Bridle c. there found feloniously from the said John did take and carry away against the peace c. And the said John immediately after the Felony and Robery aforesaid committed at C. neer the said Hundreds of L. and C. did make Hue and Cry of the Robbery aforesaid And notice of the Robbery aforesaid to the Inhabitants of the said Village did then give and after the said Robbery committed and within twenty days before the day of the suing forth of the Original Writ aforesaid that is to say the 26 day of Ianuary in the fourth yeer of the raign of our Lord the King c. the aforesaid J. before R. G. Esquire then one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace c. inhabiting neer the aforesaid Hundreds of C. and L. to wit at B. in the aforesaid County of G. was examined upon his Corporal Oath according to the form of the Statute aforesaid in the twenty seventh yeer of the raign of the late Queen Elizabeth aforesaid made and provided And the said Iohn upon his Oath aforesaid then said That he knew not the party which did the Robbery aforesaid that forty days are past since the Robbery aforesaid Nevertheless the Inhabitants of the Hundreds aforesaid satisfaction for the Robbery aforesaid to the said Iohn have not made neither have they taken the body of the Felon and Malefactor aforesaid nor for his Body hitherto have not answered but the Felon and Robber aforesaid have permitted to escape in contempt of the said Lord c. and to the great damage of the said Iohn and against the form of the Statute in the thirteenth yeer aforesaid of the said late King Edward the first made and provided Whereby he saith That he is the worse and hath damage to the value of forty pounds and thereupon he brings his suit c. And the Inhabitants aforesaid by R. S. their Attorney come and defend the force and injury when c. and whatsoever c. and say That they are in nothing guilty of the Premises above imposed upon them against the form of the Statute aforesaid as the said Iohn who c. above complaineth against them and of this they put themselves upon the Country and the said Iohn likewise And hereupon the said Iohn saith That the Inhabitants in the aforesaid Hundreds of L. and C. aforesaid are the parties Defendants against whom the said Iohn who as well c. in form aforesaid above complaineth and for that cause he prayeth a Writ of the said Lord the King to the Sheriff of the County aforesaid to be directed to cause to come here twelve c. of the Visne of the Hundred of B. in the County aforesaid for that because the said Hundred of B. is the next Hundred in the County aforesaid adjacent to the aforesaid Hundreds of L. and C. to try the issue aforesaid above in the form aforesaid joyned and because the Inhabitants of the Hundreds of L. and C. aforesaid do not this contradict it is granted unto him c. Therefore it is commanded the Sheriff that he cause to come here from the day of the holy Trinity in three weeks twelve c. of the Visne of the aforesaid Hundred of B. by whom c. and who neither c. to recognize c. because as well c. at which day the Jurors between the parties aforesaid of the Plea aforesaid was respited between them here until this day to wit in eight dayes of St. Michael then next following unless the Justices of our Lord the King assigned to take the Assizes in the County aforesaid according to the form of the Statute on Monday the 20 day of Iuly next following at G. in the County aforesaid should first come And now here at this day came the aforesaid J. by his Attorney aforesaid and the said Justices of Assize before whom c. sent here their Record in these words Afterwards the day and yeer within contained before C. Y. Knight one of the Justices of the Lord the King assigned to hold Pleas before the said Lord the King and D. W. Knight another of the Justices of the said Lord the King assigned to hold Pleas before the said Lord the King Justices of the said Lord the King assigned to take the Assizes in the County of Gloucester according to the form of the Statute c. came as well the within named J. B. as the within written Inhabitants of the Hundreds of L. and C. in their proper persons and the Jurors of the Country within mentioned impanalled and called some of them that is to say N. F. of L. c. so naming all the Jurors that appeared came and are sworn upon that Jury And because the rest of the Jurors of that Jury did not appear therefore tales de circumstantibus c. who being called and sworn
Legis Fluvius OR The FOUNTAIN Of the LAW OPENED Shewing the Manner Method and Forms of Proceedings and Pleas on all Actions and Informations grounded on all the new and old Penal Statutes and the Statute it self quoted upon which every Action depends With Presidents for the most usual Indictmens Applicable to all Courts of Record Being useful for all Atturneys Clerks and INFORMERS By A. G. THe best writing-Ink for Deeds and Records is made and sold by Tho. Rooks at the East-end of Pauls Church at the Sign of the Lambe neer the School London printed by J. C. for the said T. Rooks and are to be sold at the place aforesaid 1658. To the Reader IT is not to be supposed That ever Parliaments would spend so many long and serious Hours in the making Laws and not intend that they should be put in Execution yet none are looked upon for more despicable Creatures then the Prosecutors of the Penal Laws especially amongst the Ale-houses and Gaming-houses which are Joynt-tenants and dwell continually under one Roof but the High-way-Thief is by far the honester Man then the Gamester for By him whole Lordships have been swept away Credit clothes and all for one nights play But since the Law hath sufficiently provided a Remedy to suppress these Monsters I doubt not but there will be ingenious Persons to prosecute them And because these most useful Statutes seemed to lie obscure in a voluminous Bulk and no Presidents upon them are publickly extant for the ready ease both of the Informer and his Clerk I have set down each Penal Statute in brief and a particular Form of proceeding thereupon so that if this be duly observed and practised I hope the Caterpillers and Locusts of this Commonwealth as Forestallers Regradors Ingrossers c. will be shaken off from our Fruit-Trees for which purpose this was composed and hoping it will prove effectual I conclude Legis Fluvius Or the FOUNTAIN of the LAVV Opened A Body without a Spirit is dead and no more then an Image of no other use are the many wholesome Laws and Statutes by great Councils upon serious debate Instituted for the preservation and welfare of this Nation if life be not given unto them by putting them in Execution But indeed they being in great Volumes are not as they ought to be known by every one and to whom they are known are not Practised by for want of president or a Path to walk by Therefore I 'll briefly lay down Platforms of all Sorts for Example and direct you to the Statute it self for Encouragement Wine without License Statute 7. E. 6. 5. None shall sell or utter any Wines by retail c. without License on pain of ten pounds for every offence c. The President of an Information against such as sell wine without License L. M. BE it remembred that H. M. who as well for the Lord Protector of the Common wealth of England Scotland and Ireland c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the 17 day of June in the year of our Lord 1657. in his own person and aswel for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one I. F. late of c Victualer at sixty several times or turns between the first day of Aug. last past and the day of the Exhibiting this Information at c. in the said County did sell and utter by Retail to one certain person or to divers certain persons whose nameâ— to the said H. M. who c. as yet are unknown twenty several Pints of Claret-wine wenty several Pints of White-wine and twenty several Pints of Sack that is to say one Pinte at every several time of the aforesaid sixty several times or turns within the time aforesaid to be drank and spent within the Mansion house of him the said I. F. situate in c. And the said sixty several Pints of the said several Wines aforesaid at the aforesaid several times or turns within the time aforesaid in the aforesaid Mansion house of the aforesaid I. F. were drank and spent by the aforesaid I on certain person or several certain persons to the said H. who c. unknown contrary to the form of the Statute in this case made and provided Whereby the said I hath forfeited six hundred pounds of Lawful money of England That is to say for every offence of the aforesaid sixty several offences so by him committed in manner and form aforesaid and against the form of the Statute aforesaid ten pounds in the whole amounting after that rate to the said six hundred pounds Whereupon the said H. aswel for the said Lord Protector as for himself prays the advice of the Court here in the premises and that he the said H. may have the moyety of the forfeitures aforesaid according to the form of the Statute aforesaid And also that he the said I. may come here into Court to answer the premises c. pledges c. Plays and Games Stat. 33. H. 8. 9. No person or persons shall keep hold or maintain either in his or their dwelling or mansion House Yard or Backside or any place any unlawful Games or shall suffer any persons to play at Tables Cards or Dice Tennis Coyts Clash Loggaâ—s or any other unlawful Game on pain of forty shillings a day for every such offence one moyety to the Protector the other moyety to any person that will sue for the same in any Court of Record c. An Information against a Gaming-house L. M. BE it remembred that I. S. who aswel for the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth c. as for himself in this behalf prosecutes came here into Court the twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord 1656. in his own person and aswel for the said Lord Protector as for himself gave the Court here to understand and be informed that one G. S. late of London Victualler the 24 day of June last past and continually afterwards by the space of twenty days for the lucre and gain of the said G. S. by himself and his servants at L. aforesaid That is to say in the Parish of blessed Mary Bow and Ward of Cheap did keep hold and maintain a common gaming-house of and for Tables Cards and Dice Coyts Clash Tennis Loggats Bowls and Nine-pins and of and for another unlawful game called Shove-groat otherwise Slidethrift and at the same unlawful games every day by all the time aforesaid at L. aforesaid at his dwelling house aforesaid divers persons subjects of this Commonwealth to play did permit and suffer against the form of the Statute in this case made and provided By means whereof he the said G. hath forfeited to the said Lord Protector and the said I. S. who c. the sum of forty pounds of lawful money of England to wit for every day of the said twenty several days wherein he kept the said gaming-house