super Sacrament ' suum presentant quod cum in Statut ' in Parliament ' Domini Edw. nuper Regis Angliae primi Anno Regni sui tertio tent ' editi inter caetera ordinatum existit quod nullus Rapiat neque capiat Ancillam infra aetat ' existent ' per assensum suum vel sine assensu suo neque dictam Ancillam vel aliam faeminam contra voluntatem suam si aliquis hâ—c fecerit ad sectam illius qui hoc sequitur infra 40 dies Dominus Rex sibi faciet Communem Justitiam si nullus Incipiat sectam in hac parte infra 40 dies Dominus Rex sequetur illi qui invent ' fuerint culpabiles habeant Prisonam duorum Annorum postmodum redimantur ad voluntatem Domini Regis prout in eodem Statuto plenius continetur Quidam J. B. nuper de A. in Com. predict ' Statutum predict ' minimè ponderans nec paenam in eodem content ' verens J. O. Ancillam filiam H. O. infra etat ' existent ' 40 diebus elapsis apud W. in Com. predict ' tertio die Septemb. Anno c. violenter cepit rapuit contra formam Statuti predict ' ac contra Pacem c. V. Dalt 268. 269 cap. 104. Note That a Woman Convicted of or for felonious taking of any Money Goods or Chattels above the value of 12 d. and under 10 s. or as Accessory to any such Offence the said Offence being no Burglary nor Robbery in or near the Highway nor the felonious taking of any Goods from the Person of another privily shall for the first Offence be branded in the Hand and further punished by Imprisonment or Whipping at the Discretion of the Judge or Justice before whom she shall be so Convicted 21 Jac. 6. § 1. N. 2. Workmen see Apprentice Writs see Process Yarn see Drapery Year see Days A Recital of several GENERAL and PARTICULAR HEADS of Reference A ACTION Addition See Nosm Abjuration See Oath and Coron Accessory and Abbettors Affray Assault Battery Riot Tumult Ale Apprentice Agnus Dei See Pope Appeal Approver See Coron Aliens Arrest See Imprisonment Capias Attachment Appearance Arraignment See Coron Indictment Arms Armour See War Assize See Measures Archers See Bows Shooting Assistance Aid See Force Assemblies See Conventicle Riot Averment Agait or Await See Coron Afferemy See Amerciament Forfeiture Abby Allegiance See Oath Alms-houses See Poor Apples See Fruiterers Trespass Apparel Administrators Admiral Abearing See Good-behaviour Alias dictus See Nosm Additional duty See Taxes Authority See Power Jurisdiction Adultry See Bastardy Attaindre Annum Diem Vastum See Coron Absolution see Pope Accounts and Accountant B BAttery See Affray Trespass Badger See Corn. Baker and Bread See Corn. Baylment and Mainprise Bayliff Barretors See Maintenance Peace Bastards and Bawdry Beer and Brewers See Ale Boat-men and Barges See Sewers Bows and Butts see Games Shooting Bowls See Games Brass See Mettle Bridges See Ways Buckstalls See Forrest Buggery See Coron Butchers See Cattle Bulls See Pope Butter and Cheese See Victuals Battery and Battail See Affray Trespass Blood-shed See Coron Homicide Bark See Woods and Tanners Leather Bargain and Sale See Market Overt Bears See Cattle and Games Bigamy See Marriage Breach of the Peace see Peace Burning of Houses See Fire Beggars See Poor Beads See Pope Blockwood See Drapery Bonds See Recognizance and Bail Burglary and Breaking houses See Coron Breaking of Prison See Imprisonment Bushel See Measures Baron and Fem. Books Burials See Church Bricklayers See Masons Buying of Titles See Maintenance Bankrupts Bath and Bucstone See Poor License Banishment See Ouster le mere Behaviour See Good-behaviour C CAlculation See Days Calves See Cattle Captains See War Cattle Certificate Certiorari Challenge See Inquest Champerty See Maintenance Chance-medly See Coron Charge See Sessions Chastisement See Apprentice Church Clergy See Coron Clerk of the Peace See Peace Clerk of the Market See Market Overt Confession See Proof Confederacy Conspiracy Cloth See Drapery Cod See Fish Coertion See Dures Commission See Justices Condition See Recognizance Conies See Cattle Forrest Conjuration Creditors See Account Constable Corn. Coron Coroner Conventicles See Religion Riot Corporal pain See Pain Judgment Country Courts See Courts Curriers See Leather Custos Rotulorum See Peace Cutting out See Trespass Cut-purses See Coron Corruption of Blood See Coron Collusion Covin Cheats Cosening Cries See Fresh-suit Castles see Wars Cause of Suspicion see Intendment Chandlers Chiding See Affray Common-Prayer See Religion Concealment See Omission Cottages See Poor Cross-bows See Games War Shooting Common Customers see Merchants Costs see Damages Chattels see Coron Forfeiture Church-Wardens Cinque-Ports Circumstances see Examination Proof Claim see Market Overt Conviction see Attainder Proof Counterfeits see Forgery Coinage see Mony Children see Infant Commitment see Imprisonment Cowpers see Trades Crows see Fowl Courts Causeys see Ways Car-men Carriers see Ways Citation see Ordinary Coin see Mony Cursing see Oaths Cheese see Victuals Coffee house see Ale Congregation see Riots Cordwainers see Leather Chimny-mony see Taxes Collectors see Account D DEer see Forrest Death see Coron Demurer see Pleading Denial of Offence see Proof Deputy see Officer Dyers see Drapery Discontinuance see Process Disturbers see Assembly Discretion see Justices Draw-latches see Coron Deceit see Collusion Damages Departure see Apprentice Divine Service see Religion Dogs see Cattle Deodand see Coron Drunkenness see Ale Doves see Fowl Drovers see Cattle Dures see Imprisonment Dignity Deeds see Inrollment Denizen see Alien Drapery Ded. potestat see Oath E ECclesiastical Persons Causes and Jurisdiction Eggs see Fowl Egyptians see Poor Endictments see Indictm Enquiry and Enquest Escape Escheator see Officer Escheats see Records Estophel see Pleading Example see Coron Examination and Evidence see Proof Execution Extortion see Fees Exaction see Fees Enterludes see Games Embezelling see War Collusion Enfant see Infant Evesdroppers see Coron Evidence and Proof Embracery see Maintenance and Enquest Extolling Forreign Power see Pope Entre see Force Encumbent see Ecclesiastical Persons Excommengement Exportation Transportation see Ouster le mere Exile see Ouster le mere Excise see Taxes Ale F FAlse Imprisonment See Imprisonment Fairs See Market Overt Felon See Coron Felo de se See Coron Fines See Amerciaments Fish and fry of Fish Forfeitures False Tokens See Collusion Forgery Fencers See Games Flesh See Cattle Dayes Fish Force Forestallers See Market Overt Fresh Suit False News See Slander Farms See Husbandy Ferrets See Forrest Feasants see Fowle Fighting See Affray Fuel See Measures Fraud See Collusion Forgery Franchises Forrest Felony See Coron Fowle Fasting See Dayes Religion Freuterers See Trades Market Overt Common Fame See Coron Featherbeds See Drapery Fullers Earth See Drapery G GAmes Goales See Imprisonment Goldsmith See Mettle Good Abearing Behavior Guns See War and Games Shooting Gally half pence See Mony Grasiers See Cattle Grey-hounds See Cattle Glass-Men See Trades Gaugeors See Measures Grain See Corn.
Inhabitantes nunc tempore nuper Belli viz. a 24 die Junii Anno Regni dicti Domini nostri Jacobi Dei Gratia Angliae c. usque 31 diem dicti mensis Junii Anno supradicto predictas vigilias apud Sandgate predict ' modo forma predictis facere custodire voluntarie pretermiserunt neglexerunt ac in eisdem vigiliis tunc ibidem sicut prefertur faciendis custodiend ' voluntariam fecerunt defaltam in dicti Domini Regis contemptum ac hujus Regni sui Angliae discrimen non modicum necnon contra form ' Statuti in Parliement ' dicti Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae quarti tento Anno Regni sui quinto predicto in hujusmodi casu provisi ac editi West Symb. 2. part 134. § 220. XXVI Crompt 266 b. 267. pl. 104. An Indictment against Inhabitants for not answering for Robbery Staff ss Inquiratur pro Domino Rege quod cum in Statuto in Parliament ' Domini Edw. nuper Regis Angliae primi progenitoris Domini Regis nunc apud Winton Anno Regni sui 13. tent ' edit ' inter caetera ordinat ' sit pro eo quod de die in diem Roberiae Homicidia Incendia Latrocinia plus solito tunc fiebant quam antea solebant felones non potuissent esse attinct ' per sacrament ' Juratorum qui magis voluntarie permittebant felonias fieri gentibus extraneis felones evadere absque poena quam malefactores indictari ubi major pars fuerunt gentes de eadem patria vel ad minus si Malefactores fuerunt de alia patria eorum receptores fuerunt de visu ubi hujusmodi malefacta fiebant hoc faciebant pro eo quod sacramenta eisdem Jurat ' non ministrabantur nec in patria ubi feloniae illae fiebant quoad restitutionem Damnorum poena ante nunc non fuit provis ' pro Concealiament ' negligentiis suis idem nuper Rex pro posse hujusmodi felonias debilitand ' decrescend ' stabilivit poenam in illo Casu ita quod exinde pro timore poenae plus q. pro pavore sacrament ' nullis feloniis extunc parcerent nec aliquas felonias extunc concealarent quod proclamatio fieret in omnibus Comitat ' Hundred ' mercat ' feriis omnibus aliis locis ubi multitudo Gentium foret assemblat ' sic quod nulli per ignorantiam se possint excusare quod quaelibet patria extunc sic possint custodiri quod instanter post Roberiam felonias fact ' recens insecutio fieret de Villa in Villam de patria in patriam etiam inquisitiones fierent si necesse foret in Villis per ipsum qui Dominus vel Superior esset in Villa postea in Hundred ' in Franchesia in Comitat ' aliquando in duobus tribus vel quatuor Comitat ' in Casu quando feloniae factae fuerunt in marchiis confiniis Comitat ' ita ut malefactores potuissent esse attincti si patria de corporibus hujusmodi malefact ' non respondere poena talis esset quod quaelibet patria scilicet homines in Patria Commorantes responderent de roberiis factis Damnis sic quod totum Hundred ' ubi Roberia facta fuit cum Franchesiis quae essent infra precinctum ejusdem Hundred ' responderet de Roberiis factis si Roberia foret in divisis duorum Hundred ' in hujusmodi casu responderent inde ambo Hundred ' simul cum Franchesiis quae forent infra precinct ' Hundred ' predict ' longioris temporis spacium non haberet patria post Roberiam felonias fact ' quam Dimidium Anni nunc 40 dierum infra quod faceret emend ' de Roberia vel de Malefactis vel responderent de corporibus malefactorum prout in Statut ' predicto plenius continetur Accum quidem Malefactores ignoti tertio die Maii Anno c. apud N. in Com' predict ' quae quidem Villa est infra Hundred ' de H. vi armis viz. Gladiis Baculis Cultellis in quendam O.C. Insultum fecerunt Centum libris de denariis ipsius O. ibidem invent ' felonice ab eodem O. spoliaverunt ceperunt asportaverunt contra pacem c. qui quidem O. immediate post feloniam spoliationem predict ' factas scilicet quarto die Maii Anno c. supradict ' apud N. predict ' per totam eandem Villam Hutesium Clamorem de Roberia predicta fecit notitiam ibidem inhabitantibus ejusdem Villae de Roberia illa dedit post Roberiam illam dimidium Anni nunc 40 dies jam preterierint ibidem tamen Inhabitantes emend ' de Roberia predict ' fact ' O. huc usque non fecerunt nec Corpora felonum malefactorum predict ' ceperunt neque de Corporibus eorum hucusque responderunt sed malefactores felones illos evadere permiserunt in dicti Domini Regis contempt ' ipsius O. Grave Damnum contra form ' Statut ' predicti c. 3. Brownl 224. XXVII Kilb. Precedents 161 162. The Examination of a Person Robbed on the Highway praying an Hue and Cry The Examination of A. B. of C. in the County of O. Gent. taken by E. F. Esq one of the Justices of Peace of the County of K. on the Second day of October Anno Domini 1679. upon his Oath Kent ss This Examinant saith that as he was Riding on Saturday the first day of April last past from the Town of A. in the County of B. to C. in the same County he was assaulted in the Common Highway leading from one of the said Towns to the other at or neer a place called K. at about a 11 of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same day by two Footmen who there seised upon him this Examinant and carrying him into a certain Wood Robb'd him and bound him And this Examinant further saith that he is since informed that the said place and Wood are both in the Parish of A. aforesaid and so within the Hundred of A. D. in the said County And this Examinant further saith and deposeth that the said Theeves did then feloniously take from him and Rob him of 10 l. 17 s. in Mony and one Cloth Sadle with Stirrups and Girts worth in all 10 s. and two Leather Purses two Knives c. in all worth 5 s. And this Examinant further saith and deposeth that he then did not nor yet doth know the parties that Committed the said Robery or either of them R. W. 2. Another Kent ss A. B. of C. in the County of O. did upon the present tenth day of October in the 31 Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second c. personally come before me E. M. Esq one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the said County of O. Inhabiting in the
1. § 30. N. 1. The Treason of putting in ure any Instrument of Reconciliation gotten from the See of Rome 13 Eliz. 2. The Treason of absolving or withdrawing his Majesties Subjects from their natural Obedience 23 Eliz. 1. Dalt 228. cap. 89. II. Lambert 405 406 407. tit Pope Enquiry in Sessions if any Person have within this half year by writing printing teaching preaching express deed or act advisedly maliciously and directly affirmed holding set forth or defended the Authority Preheminence Power or Jurisdiction Spiritual or Ecclesiastical of any Foreign Prince or Person whatsoever heretofore claimed used or usurped in this Realm or any the Kings Dominions 2. Or have advisedly maliciously and directly put in use or executed any thing to the extolling setting forth or defence of any such pretended or usurped Jurisdiction Preheminence or Authority or any part thereof 3. Or if any Person compellable to take the Oath of Recognition of the King's Majesty to be Supream Governour in all Cases within his Dominions have refused to take the said Oath after lawful tender thereof to him made 4. If any Person under the King's Obedience have at any time within this year by writing cyphering printing preaching or act advisedly holden or stood with to extoll or defend the Power of the Bishop of Rome or of his See heretofore claimed or usurped within this Realm 5. Or by any speech open deed or act advisedly attributed such manner of Authority to the said See of Rome or to the Bishop thereof within any the King's Dominions ye shall present him his Abettors Procurors Counsellors Aiders and Comforters 5 Eliz. 1. 6. If any Person have by any means practised to absolve perswade or withdraw any other within the King's Dominions from their natural Obedience or for that intent from the Religion now establisht here to the Romish Religion or to move them to promise Obedience to the See of Rome or other Estate 7. Or if any Person have been willingly absolved or withdrawn or have promised such Obedience 23 Eliz. 1. 8. And if any Person have willingly aided or maintained any such Offendor or knowing such Offence have concealed it and not within the twenty days disclosed it to some Justice of Peace or other higher Officer 23 Eliz. 1. III. Lambert 506. And therefore Justices of Peace may only Enquire of certain the Offences against 1 Eliz. 1. 2. 5 Eliz. 1. 13 Eliz. 2. touching the knowledging the King's Supremacy or the Service of God or coming to the Church or the establishment of true Religion as you may see 23 Eliz. 1. Dalt 54. cap. 20. 2. And they may only Enquire of any the Treasons or Misprisions of Treasons made by the same Act 23 Eliz. 1. Coron Fitz. 360. Br. 257. 9 H. 4. 1. pl. 1. IV. Crompt 21. pl. 3. Nota That the Justices of Peace may Enquire of Murder or Petty Treason because their Commission § 6. is De omnibus Feloniis see 6 H. 7. 5. pl. 4. tit Coron 31. Leet Br. 12. 2 Inst 31â— Dalt 234. cap. 91. V. Poult de â—â—ce 173. § 10. That 33 H. 8. 23. § N. is Repealed by 1 2 Phil. Mar. 10. § N. touching the Indictment and Trial of Traitors for they are to be indicted and tried in the County where the Offence was Committed or by the Freeholders of that County according to the Course of the Common Law notwithstanding that they have confessed their Offences before three of the King's Counsel Trespass Affray Peace Force Riot Maihem I. LAmbert 424. Enquiry at Sessions If any Person have maihmed another of any Member whereby he is the less able to fight as by putting out his eyes striking off his hand finger or foot beating out his fore-teeth or breaking of his skull and of their Accessories 2. If any have Committed unlawful Assault beating wounding or such like Trespass against the Body of any Man 3. Or have with Force and against the Law taken the Goods of another or have done any Trespass in the Lands of another this is in the Commission of the Peace II. Lambert 301 302. The Justice of Peace where the Hedge or Pale-breaker cutter of Corn or Wood robber of Orchard or Garden and such like is apprehended or the Offence is committed may upon the Testimony of one sufficient Witness upon Oath cause the Offender to pay Damages and to be whipped by the Constable 43 Eliz. 7. Dalt 21. cap. 6. Crompt 96. Trials see Proof Troop see Riot Travellers see Ways Treasure see Money Truce see Admirals Trunks see Fish Tumults see Riot Turn see Sheriffs Vagabonds and Vagrants see Poor Venire Facias see Enquest Process Vessels see Measures Victuals I. LAmbert 448 449 451. Enquiry in Sessions if any Butcher Fishmonger Innholder Tipler Brewer Baker Poulterer or other Seller of Victual have not sold the same at reasonable prices and for moderate gains 23 Ed. 3. 6. 13 Rich. 2. 8. 2. If any Butchers Bakers Brewers Poulterers Cooks Fruiterers or any Mystery of any of them have conspired or taken any Oath or Promise not to sell but at prices certain agreed between them 2 3 Ed. 6. 15. 3. If any Butcher have sold or offered to sell Swines-flesh meezled or any Flesh that died of the Murrain or if any other Victualler have sold or offered to sell any corrupt or unwholsom Victual 51 H. 3. pag. 13. cap. 7. § 3. N. 1. infra Crompt 87 b. 4. If any Person have bought to sell again any Butter or Cheese unless it be in open Fair or Market by retailing it after the weigh of Cheese and Barrel of Butter or after a less quantity or unless it be Victuallers for that which shall be retailed or spent in their Houses 3 4 Ed. 6. 21. 5. If any Innholder Taverner Alehouse-keeper Common Victualler Common Cook or Common Table-keeper hath uttered or put to sale any kind of Flesh Victual upon any day in the time of Lent or upon any Sunday Saturday or other day appointed by former Law to be Fish-day not being Christmas-day except it be to such Person as resorting to such House had lawful Licence to eat the same according to the Statute thereof made 5 Eliz. 5. § 14. N. 1. 6. If any Person other than by reason of Age Sickness Childing or Licence have within this year eaten Flesh in Lent or upon any Fish-day observed by the Custom of this Realm 5 Eliz. 5. § 15. 35 Eliz. 7. 1 Jac. 29. II. Crompt 87 b. Enquiry in Sessions of Butchers that sell Swine-flesh meezled or Flesh that dieth of the Murrain for the first time he shall be grievously Amerced for the second time shall be put on the Pillory and for the third Offence shall be imprisoned and make a Fine and the fourth time he shall forejudge the Vill 31 Ed. 1. Incert ' temps pag. 85. cap. 7. de Pistoribus Braceatoribus c. Justice of Peace may Enquire of this Offence by their Commission