Prouided alwayes and be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all and euery ecclesiasticall person beyng conuicted or attaynted in fourme aforesayd for euery such his offence shal immediatly and presently vpon such attaynder had be iudged remayne in the lawe to all intentes depriued from all his benefices and promotions spirituall or ecclesiasticall in such maner and fourme that it shal be lawfull for euery patrone founder or geuer thereof to present immediatly after suche attaynder had some one other to the same as though the sayde offendour or offendours were deceassed And if any person or persons beyng hereafter conuicted or attainted of any the said offences in fourme aforesayd committed shal after his or theyr conuiction or attayndour eftsones commit or perpetrate any of the sayd offences in fourme aforesayd that then euery suche seconde offence or offences shal be deemed and adiudged high treason and the offendour or offendours therin their abbettours procurers and counsaylours and all and euery theyr aydours and comforters knowyng the sayd offences or any of them to be done beyng thereof conuicted or attaynted accordyng to the lawes and statutes of this Realme shal be iudged and deemed hygh traytours and shall suffer paynes of death and lose and forfeite al theyr goodes cattels landes and tenementes to the Queenes Maiestie her heyres successours as in cases of high treason by the lawes of this Realme at this day of ryght ought to be lost and forfeyted And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that yf any person or person at any time after the saide first day of May next to come by any writing printing ouert deede or acte malitiously aduisedly and directly do affyrme that the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is ought not to haue enioye the style honour and kingly name of this Realme or that any person or persons other then the Queenes Maiestie that now is ought to haue or enioy the stile honour kingly name of this Realme or that the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is during her life is not or ought not to be Queene of this Realme or after her death that the heyres of her highnesse bodye being Kinges or Queenes of this Realme of right ought not to haue enioy the imperial crowne of this realme or that any person or persōs other then the Queenes maiestie that now is during her life or after her death other then the heyres of her body begotten being kinges or queenes of this Realme as long as any of her saide heyres of her body shal be in lyfe of right ought to haue and enioy the imperial crowne of this Realme that then euery suche offence and offences shal be adiudged high treason and the offendour and offendours therein their abbettours procurers and counsaylours and all and euery theyr aydours and comforters knowyng the said offēces or any of them to be done being thereof lawfully conuicted or attaynted by the lawes of this Realme shal be deemed and adiudged high traytours and shal suffer paynes of death and lose and forfaite all theyr goodes and cattels landes and tenementes to the Queenes Maiestie her heyres and successours as in cases of high treason by the lawes of this Realme at this day of ryght ought to be lost and forfayted Sauing to euery person and persons bodyes politike and corporate theyr heyres and successours other then the offendours and theyr heyres and such person and persons as clayme to any of theyr vses all such rightes titles interestes possessions leasses rentes reuertions offices and other profites which they or any of them shall haue at the day of the committing such treasons or at any time afore in as large ample maner as yf this acte had neuer ben had nor made Prouided alwayes and be it declared and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that concealement or keping secrete of anye high treasons be deemed and taken only misprision of treason and the offendours therein to forfeyte suffer as in cases of misprision of treason hath heretofore ben vsed any thing aboue mentioned to the contrarye notwithstandyng Prouided also that yf it shall fortune hereafter any of the peeres of this Realme to be indited of anye the offences made treason or misprision of treason by this acte that then the same peeres or peere so beyng indited shall be put to aunswere to euery such indytement before the hygh Stewarde of Englande for the time beyng and to haue his and their triall of all his and their peeres and to receaue and haue such lyke iudgement vpon the same triall of his or theyr peeres or make open confession of the same offence or offences as is vsed in other cases of high treason And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that no person or persons shall in any wyse be impeached for any of the offences abouesayd committed only by open preaching or wordes vnles the offendour or offendours be thereof indited within sixe monethes next after the same open preaching or wordes any thing mentioned in this acte to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes that the counsaylours procurers comforters and abbettours mentioned in this acte for his or their first offence shal suffer lyke punishment penaltie and forfeyture as is conteyned in this acte against the principall offendours for their first offence and none other and that the counsaylours procurers comforters abbettours for his or their second offence shall sustayne like punishment penaltie forfeyture as is conteyned in this acte agaynst the principal offendor or offendors for theyr second offence none other Prouided alwayes be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that no person or persons shal be hereafter indited or arraigned for any offence or offences made treason or misprision of treason by this acte vnlesse the same offence offences of treason misprision of treason aforesaid be proued by the testimonie deposition oth of two lawful and sufficient witnesses at the time of his their inditement which said witnesses also at the time of the arraignement of the partie so indited if they be then liuing shal be brought forth in person before the partie so arraigned face to face and there shall auowe and openly declare al they can say against the said partie so indited vnlesse the sayd partie so indited shall wyllingly without violence confesse the same An acte for the explanation of the statute of seditious wordes and rumours ¶ The .v. Chapter WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of Nouember in the fyrst seconde yeres of the raignes of the late kyng Philip and Queene Marie sister vnto our Soueraigne Ladye the Queenes highnesse that nowe is there continued and kept vntil the .xvi. day of Ianuarie then next ensuing there was one act or statute then and there made entituled An act against seditious wordes rumours which acte was then made to endure to the ende of the next Parliament and after in the next parliament holden at Westminster
bespoke or the value therof And where as at a Parliament holden at Westminster vpon prorogation the second and thirde yeres of the raigne of kyng Edward the sixt brother to the queenes highnesse amongst other thinges in an acte entituled An acte for true currying of Leather vppon diuers good consyderations it was enacted that euery Tanner shal cut of euery wombe of euery Oxe hide sixe inches broade and of euery Steere hyde fiue ynches broade and of euerye Cowe hyde eyght inches broade of assise in the narowe place as by the sayde acte more at large appeareth Sythens whiche time the greedie and vnsatiable couetousnesse of many of the Tanners haue ben suche to defraude the sayde good and godly acte that they wyll not cut of the wombes of the Hydes nor bryng them to the market to be solde so that the Cord wayners can not haue wombes to put into the inner soles of bootes shoes stertovopes and slippers accordyng to the tenour of the saide statute in that case prouided be it therefore enacted by the Queenes royal Maiestie the Lordes Spirituall and Temporal and the Commons in this present parliament assembled and by thaucthoritie of the same that al and euery person and persons that doth occupie or shal hereafter occupie the tanning or barkyng of any Oxe Steere or Cowe hide or hydes to be conuerted for sole Leather for or in the name of sole Leather now commonly called backes shal cut or cause to be cut of euery such Oxe Steere or Cow hide or hides that shal be tanned or wrought for sole Leather commonly called backes two peeces which is now called wombes of euery such hyde or backe that shal be wrought barckte or tanned for backes vpon paine of forfeyting of euery such hide or hides backe or backes so tanned or wrought the wombes beyng not cut of vi.s.viii.d for euery hyde And be it also further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present parliament that euery Tanner or Tanners or any other person or persons that occupieth or hereafter shal occupie the mysterie of tanning of Leather and that shall cut of or cause to be cut of those two peeces aboue named called wombes shal begin vpon the two hinder shankes of euery such hyde and there cut two peeces and so cut throughout alongest the belly to the foreshanks and there to cut of both the foreshankes and those two peeces so called wombes to be well and truely tanned after the maner of inner sole leather and to conteyne of good and drye tanned leather sixe inches broade of assise in the narrowest place accordyng to the syse of the standerd in the Exchequer when they be tanned or put to sale or offered to be solde promised or bargayne made vppon paine of forfeyture of iii.s.iii.d for euerye wombe being cut lesse then so many inches broade of assise in the narowest place as aboue sayde And be it further enacted that euery Tanner or other person that occupieth or hereafter shall occupie the mysterie of tanning of Leather which after the feast of the byrth of our Lord Iesus Christ next comming shall put to sale or offer to be sold in any fayre or markets any backe or backes shal bryng at the selfe same time to the fayre or markets where he or they shall put such backe or backes to sale for euery backe the two forenamed peeces called wombes there to be solde with the backes or otherwyse as the fayre or market shall hym best serue so that they be solde in the open market vpon payne of forfeyture of euery such backe or backes so brought to be solde or offered to be solde or the value thereof not hauyng the wombes there in the open market or fayre as is abouesayde Be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no person or persons shall after the fyrst day of May next comming sel or cause to be solde any maner of Leather clout leather solde in small peeces onlye excepted except he or they regester or cause to be regestred the said Leather and euery part and parcell therof vpon payne of forfeyture of the value of the leather so bought and not regestred and also the buyer to forfayte the saide Leather so bought and not regestred as is aforesaide And be it further enacted that suche person or persons as are or hereafter shal be assigned or appoynted searchers sealer or sealers of tanned Leather by vertue of any acte or statute heretofore or hereafter to be made shall kepe one booke or regester to enter all suche bargaynes as shal be made for leather hydes or skinnes clout leather solde in small peeces only excepted by any person or persons duryng and by all the tyme of the fayre or market and shal enter all such bargaynes beyng thereunto required by the buier or the seller takyng for his or their payne and trauaile therein to be taken and for the registring therof of the seller of euery dicker of Leather so entred one penie for euery sixe dosen of Calues skinnes one penie and so after the rate and no more or greater summe or summes of money to be payde for entring of the same vppon payne of forfeyture for not entering and registring as is aforesaid for euery dicker of Leather iii.s iii. d for euery dosen of Calues skinnes iii.s.iiii.d so after the rate And where also one other acte entituled An Acte for true tannyng of Leather was made at a Parliament of the saide king Edwarde holden vpon prorogation at Westminster the fourth day of Nouember in the seconde yere of his most gratious raigne whiche acte was made to endure vnto the ende of the next Parliament then folowyng and after the same acte was reuiued at one other Parliament holden at Westminster the fyrst day of Marche in the .vii. yere of the raigne of the same kyng Edwarde the sixt to continue till the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng and after the same acte was continued in the seconde last session of our Soueraigne Lady Queene Marie holden vppon prorogation at Westminster the thirteene day of October in the fyrst yere of her graces raigne to continue tyll the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng whiche beyng expyred and the same acte neuer since continued his force and efficacie is ended And for as much as the sayde acte is good and beneficiall for the common wealth of this Realme be it therefore enacted ordeyned and established by the Queene our Soueraigne Lady with the assent of the lordes spiritual and temporal and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the sayde acte made in the seconde yere of the sayd kyng Edwarde the sixt and all wordes clauses articles and prouisions in the same except these wordes Ashe barke Tap worte Meal or Culuer dong shal be reuiued continued stande and endure in his full force and strength to all intentes constructions and purposes and that no Tanner in or about the tannyng of
ANNO PRIMO REGINAE ELIZABETHE At the Parliament begunne at Westminster the .xxiij. of Ianuarie in the fyrst yere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God of Englande Fraunce and Irelande Queene defender of the fayth c. And there proroged till the .xxv. of the same moneth and then and there holden kept and continued vntyll the dissolution of the same being the eight day of May then next ensuyng were enacted as foloweth ⸫ 1559. ⧠The Table AN acte restoryng to the Crowne the auncient iurisdiction ouer the state Ecclesiasticall and Spiritual and abolishing all forraigne power repugnaunt to the same Cap. i. An acte for the vniformitie of common prayer and seruice in the Churche and the administration of the Sacramentes Cap. ii An acte of recognition the Queenes highnes title to the imperiall crowne of this Realme Cap. iii. An acte for the restitution of the fyrst fruites and tenthes and rentes reserued nomine decime and of parsonages impropriate to the imperiall crowne of this Realme Cap. iiii An acte whereby certayne offences be made treason Cap. v. An acte for the explanation of the statute of seditious wordes and rumours Cap. vi An acte to reuiue a statute made in the .xxiii. yere of the raigne of king Henry the eyght touchyng the conueying of Horses Geldynges and Mares into Scotlande Cap. vii An acte touchyng Shomakers and Curriors Cap. viii An acte touching Tanners and the selling of tanned lether Cap. ix An acte that the carying of leather tallowe or rawe hydes out of the Realme for marchaundize shal be felonie Cap. x. An acte limiting the times for laying on land marchaundize from beyond the seas and touching customes for sweete wines Cap. xi An acte agaynst the deceitfull vsyng of linnen cloth Cap. xii An acte for the shipping in Englishe botomes Cap. xiii An acte for the continuaunce of the makyng of Wollen clothe in dyuers Townes in the Countie of Essex Cap. xiiii An acte that tymber shall not be felled to make coales for the burnyng of iron Cap. xv An acte to continue the acte made agaynst rebellious assembles Cap. xvi An acte for the preseruation of spawne and fry of fishe Cap. xvii An acte for the continuaunce of certayne statutes Cap. xviii An acte of a Subsidie of Tonnage and Pondage Cap. xix An acte of a Subsidie and two Fifteenes and Tenthes graunted by the Temporaltie Cap. xx ⧠An Acte restoring to the Crowne the auncient iurisdiction ouer the state Ecclesiasticall and Spirituall and abolyshing all forraigne power repugnaunt to the same ¶ The first Chapter MOste humbly beseche your most excellent Maiestie your faythful and obedyent subiectes the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the Commons in this your present parliament assembled that where in tyme of the raigne of your moste deare father of worthye memorie Kyng Henrye the eyght diuerse good lawes and statutes were made and established as wel for the vtter extinguishment and putting away of all vsurped and forreigne powers and aucthorities out of this your Realme other your highnesse dominions countreyes as also for the restoring and vniting to the imperial Crowne of this Realme the auncient iurisdictions aucthorities superiorities and preheminences to the same of ryght belongyng and apparteynyng by reason whereof we your most humble obedient subiectes from the .xxv. yere of the raigne of your said deare father were continually kept in good order and were disburdened of diuers great and intollerable charges exactions before that time vnlawfully taken and exacted by such forraigne power and aucthoritie as before that was vsurped vntyll suche time as all the sayde good lawes and statutes by one acte of Parliament made in the first and second yeres of the raignes of the late kyng Philippe and Queene Marie your highnesse syster entituled An acte repealing all statutes articles and prouisions made agaynst the sea apostolique of Rome synce the .xx. yere of kyng Henry the eyght also for the establishment of al spyrituall ecclesiasticall possessions hereditamentes conueyed to the laytie were all clearely repealed made voyde as by the same acte of repeale more at large doth and may appeare By reason of whiche acte of repeale your sayde humble subiectes were eftsoones brought vnder an vsurped forraine power aucthoritie and yet do remaine in that bondage to the intollerable charges of your louing subiectes if some redresse by aucthoritie of this your high courte of parliament with thassent of your highnes be not had and prouided May it therefore please your highnesse for the repressing of the said vsurped forraigne power and the restoring of the rightes iurisdictions and preheminences apparteyning to the Imperial crowne of this your Realme that it maye be enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the saide acte made in the saide fyrst and seconde yeres of the raignes of the said late king Philip Queene Marie and all and euery braunch clauses and articles therein conteyned other then such braunches clauses and sentences as hereafter shal be excepted may from the last day of this Session of Parliament by aucthoritie of this present Parliament be repealed and shall from thencefoorth be vtterly voyde and of none effecte And that also for the reuyuing of diuers of the said good lawes statutes made in the time of your said deare father it may also please your highnesse that one acte and statute made in the .xxiii. yere of the raigne of the said late kyng Henry the eyght entituled An acte that no person shal be cyted out of the dioces where he or she dwelleth except in certayne cases And one other acte made in the .xxiiii. yere of the raigne of the saide late kyng entituled An acte that appeales in such cases as hath ben vsed to be pursued to the sea of Rome shall not be frō henceforth had ne vsed but within this Realme And one other acte made in the .xxv. yere of the saide late king concernyng restraynte of payment of annates and fyrst fruites of Archbyshopprickes and Byshoprickes to the sea of Rome And one other acte in the sayde xxv yere entituled An acte concerning the submission of the Cleargie to the kinges Maiestie and also one acte made in the sayd .xxv. yere entituled An act restraining the paiment of annates or fyrst fruites to the Byshop of Rome and of the electing and consecrating of Archbyshoppes and Byshoppes within this Realme And one other acte made in the said .xxv. yere entituled An acte concernyng the exoneration of the kinges subiectes from exactions impositions heretofore payde to the sea of Rome for hauing licences dispensations within this Realme without suyng further for the same And one other acte made in the .xxvi. yere of the sayde late king entituled An act for nomination and consecration of Suffragans within this Realme And also one other act made in the .xxviii yere of the raigne of the saide late king entituled An acte for the release of such
sayde Archdeaconrie and the Rectories and spirituall promotions thereunto lymited and appoynted or apparteynyng and belongyng shal stande remayne and be charged and chargeable with the payment of the fyrst fruites and tenthes for the same to the Queenes hyghnesse her heyres and successours in suche lyke maner and fourme as other spirituall promotions and the incumbentes of the same be and shal be charged and chargeable by this acte or by any other acte or statute before specified Prouided alwaies and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that so many of the sayde Rectories personages and benefices impropriate glebe landes tythes oblations pentions portions and other profites and emoluments ecclesiasticall and spiritual and euery of them and the reuertion and reuertions of them and all rentes and profites vnto the same or any of them incident or belongyng as were at and before the sayde eyght day of August in the handes or possessions of the sayde late Queene Marie and within the surueye rule order of the court of the Duchie of Lancaster shall be agayne within the order surueye rule and gouernement of the sayde court in suche and the same maner and fourme to all intentes and purposes as they were at and before the sayde eyght day of August in the sayde seconde and thirde yeres of the raigne of the sayde late king and Queene any thyng in this acte or in the sayde acte of the same late king and Queene to the contrarie therof in any wise notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it further enacted by the thaucthoritie of this Parliament that no person or persons presented instituted or inducted at any time sithens the first day of this present Parliament or that shall be presented instituted or inducted on this side the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next comming to any the sayde spiritual or ecclesiastical promotions chargeable to or with the payment of the first fruites or one yeres profites of such promotion shall incurre anye penaltie or forfayture by entryng into anye of the sayde spirituall or Ecclesiasticall promotions or by takyng the profites thereof for the non payment or not compoundyng of or for the first fruites thereof so that he or any other for hym shall or do compounde for the same fyrste fruites accordyng to the true meanyng of the statute before the sayde feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Babtist any thing in this acte conteyned to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that this acte or any thing therein conteyned shal not in any wyse extend to charge any hospital founded and vsed and the possessions therof employed to and for the releefe of poore people or any Scoole or Scooles or the possessions or reuenues of them or any of them with the paimēt of any tenthes or first fruits any thing in this acte before mentioned to the contrarie in any wyse notwithstandyng An acte wherby certayne offences be made Treason Chapter .vj. WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xii. day of Nouember in the second yere of the raigne of the late Queene Marie sister vnto our most gratious Soueraigne Ladye the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is there was one act or statute made for the better suretie and preseruation of the sayd late Queene entituled An act whereby certayne offences be made treasons as by the same acte more at large doth appeare And for as muche as the very wordes and sentences of the said estatute do extende no further but vnto the sayde late Queene Marie and the heires of her body therfore yf any such lyke offences as be mentioned and conteyned within the sayde statute should hereafter happen to be committed agaynst our sayde Soueraigne Lady that nowe is there were no due remedie or condigne punishment prouided for the same In consyderation wherof and to thintent that the malice of wicked and euyll doers may the better be restrayned by thextendyng of the effecte and benefit of the matters conteyned in the sayde estatute to our most deare Soueraigne Lady that nowe is and for the more suretie and preseruation of her highnesse royal estate be it enacted by the Queenes most excellent Maiestie with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled by the aucthoritie of the same that if any person or persons after the first day of May next to come do malitiously aduisedly and directly compasse or imagine to depriue the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is or the heyres of her body to be begotten beyng Kinges or Queenes of this Realme from the style honour kingly name of the imperiall Crowne of this Realme or from any other the Realmes and dominions vnto our saide Soueraigne Lady apparteyning and belongyng or to destroye the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is or any the heyres of her body being Kinges or Queenes of this Realme or to leuie warre within this Realme or within anye the marches or dominiōs to the same belonging against the Queenes Maiestie that now is or any the heyres of her body being Kinges or Queenes of this Realme or to depose the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is or any the heyres of her body being Kinges or Queenes of this Realme from the imperiall crowne of the Realmes and Dominions aforesaid and the same compasses or imaginations or anye of them malitiously aduisedly directly shall or do vtter by open preachyng expresse wordes or sayinges or yf any person or persons after the saide fyrst day of May next comming shall malitiously aduisedly and dyrectly say publishe declare mainteine or hold opinion that the Queenes Maiestie that nowe is during her lyfe is not or ought not to be Queene of this Realme or after her death that the heyres of her highnes body being kinges or queenes of this realme of ryght ought not to be kinges or Queenes of this Realme or that anye other person or persons other then the Queenes highnes that nowe is during her life ought to be king or queene of this realme or any other the Realmes or dominiōs aforesaid or after her death other then the heyres of her body being kinges or queenes of this Realme as long as any of her said heyres of her body begotten shal be in lyfe of ryght ought to haue enioy the imperiall crowne of this Realme or any the realmes dominions aforesaide that then euery suche offendour beyng thereof duely conuicted or attaynted by the lawes of this Realme theyr abbettours procurers and counsaylours and all and euery their comforters knowyng the said offences or anye of them to be done and being therof duely conuicted or attaynted as is abouesayde for his or theyr such offence shall forfaite and lose to the Queenes highnesse her heyres and successours al his theyr goodes and cattels and the whole issues and profites of his and their lands tenementes and hereditamentes for tearme of the lyfe of euery such offendour or offendours and also shall haue and suffer duryng his and theyr lyues perpetuall imprisonment
the .xxi. day of October in the seconde and third yeres of the raignes of the sayde late king and queene and there continued vntill the .ix. day of October then next folowyng the saide statute was then further continued vntill the last day of the next Parliament and after in one other Parliament holden at Westminster the .xx. day of Ianuarie in the fourth and fifth yeres of the raignes of the said late king and queene and there continued vntil the .vii. day of March then next folowing the said acte and statute was then and there further continued reuiued and enacted to stande and be in full force and strength vnto the last day of the nexte Parliament in whiche acte amongest other thinges certayne punishment is prouided for such persons as should malitiously vtter or speake anye false seditious and slaunderous newes rumours or tales of the saide late kyng and queene as by the same acte and statute more at large it doth and may appeare And for as much as the sayde acte and statute sithen the makyng therof hath ben proued to be a very good and necessarie lawe for due correction and punishment of such lyght and euill disposed persons as most seditiously dyd spreade abroade verye false and slaunderous rumours and tales to the great disturbaunce of the common tranquilitie of this Realme and for that it is doubtfull whether the said statute and the wordes and sentences of the same extende anye further then onlye to the sayde late king and queene and whyther the same statute geue any remedie against suche persons as shall malitiously vtter or speake any false seditious and slaunderous rumours newes or tales against our Soueraigne Lady the queenes highnes that nowe is or not For remedie whereof and for a plaine declaration and explanation of the said former acte be it therefore declared ordeyned enacted by thaucthoritie of this present parliament that the said acte and statute made in the sayd fyrst and second yeres of the raignes of the sayde late kyng and Queene and continued as is aforesayde and all and euery braunche article wordes sentences clauses prouisions and thinges therein conteyned shall from hencefoorth by thaucthoritie of this present parliament be expounded iudged taken and deemed in all thynges to extende to the Queenes hyghnesse that now is as fully and largely to all intentes constructions and purposes as though the same acte had by expresse wordes extended to the heires successours of the said late Queene any question ambiguitie or doubte growen rysen or made or hereafter happenyng to growe ryse or to be moued to the contrary in anye thyng notwithstandyng And that al euery person persons which hereafter shal malitously vtter or speake anye false seditious or slaunderous newes rumours sayinges or tales of the Queenes hyghnesse that nowe is or of the heyres of her bodye beyng kynges or queenes of this Realme or shall commit or do anye the offences expressed in the saide acte agaynst our sayde Soueraigne Ladye the Queene that nowe is or the heyres of her body beyng kinges or queenes of this realme being therof conuicted or attaynted accordyng to the fourme and order in the sayde former acte expressed shall from hencefoorth incurre such paynes and penalties and haue suche and the same tryall iudgemente and punishment for the same offences as in the sayde acte is limited and appoynted and accordyng to the fourme tenour and effecte of the same acte and none otherwyse An acte to reuiue a statute made in the xxiii yere of the raigne of kyng Henry the viij touchyng the conueying of Horses Geldinges and Mares into Scotlande The. vij Chapter WHere in the Parliament holden at London the thirde day of Nouember â–ª in the .xxi. yere of the raigne of the late Kyng of most worthye memorie Kyng Henrye the eight and from thence adiourned and proroged to Westminster and there continued by diuers prorogations vntyll the .xv. day of Ianuarye in the .xxiii. yere of the raigne of the sayde late kyng amongst other thynges there was one acte or statute made whereby the sellyng exchaungyng or deliuerie of any horses geldynges or mares into Scotlande by anye Englishe man shoulde be felonie which acte or statute is intituled An acte that no English man should sell exchaunge or deliuer to be conueyed into Scotlande anye horse geldyng or mare without the kinges lycence as by the same acte and statute more at large it doth and maye appeare And although the same estatute was a very good and necessarye lawe for the mayntenaunce of the strength of this Realme and for the due preseruation of the state of the same yet the said statute by certaine actes repeale made aswel in the time of the late kyng Edward the sixt as also in the time of the late queene Marie was by certayne generall wordes repealed and made voyde by reason whereof diuers wycked and euill disposed persons haue of late tyme for their owne priuate gayne conueyed diuers horses geldinges and mares out of this realme into Scotland to the great strength and boldening of the Scottishe and much to the detriment hinderaunce of this realme Wherefore be it enacted by the Queenes moste excellent Maiestie with the assent of the lordes spiritual and temporal and the commons of this present parliament assembled and by thaucthoritie of the same that the sayde act statute made in the sayd .xxiii. yere of the raigne of the sayd late kyng Henry the eyght and al and euery braunch sentences articles wordes matters and clauses therin conteyned shall from the first day of May next comming stande remayne and contynue in full force and strength to all intentes and purposes as fullye and as holye as euer the same was at any tyme heretofore any acte or statute of repeale or anye other matter or cause whatsoeuer to the contrarye notwithstandyng An acte touching Shooemakers and Curriours The .viij. Chapter WHere at a parliament holden at Westminster vpon prorogation the .xv. day of Aprill in the sixte yere of the raigne of our late soueraigne lorde king Edwarde the sixt brother to the Quenes maiestie it was enacted amongest other thynges agaynst regratours of tanned Leather that no person or persons of what estate degree or condition so euer he or they be shal buye ingrosse or cause to be bought or ingrossed any kynd of tanned Leather to the intent to sell the same agayne sauyng only Sadlers Gyrdlers Corde wayners and al other artificers which shall make thereof any kynde of wares to be sold as by the same act more playnely at large may appeare which act was in the Parliament holden at the Westminster the second day of April in the first yere of the raigne of our late soueraigne ladye Queene Marie repealed made voyd and of none effect and one other acte was then made entytuled touchyng the buying and currying of Leather the repealyng of whiche acte as experience hath sithen taught vs hath brought shooes bootes males saddles and all other
any Leather shall vse or exercise any other kynde of stuffe but only Ashe barke Oke barke Tap wort Meal lime or Culuer dong Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that th one moytie of all suche forfeytures aforenamed shal be to our Soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie and her highnes heyres or successours and thother moitie to him or them that sease or fyrst we for the same penalties in any of the Queenes Maiesties courtes of recorde by action of debt bil complaint information or otherwise wherein no wager of lawe essoigne protection or iniunction shal be admitted or alowed for the defendaunt in that behalfe An acte that the carying of Leather Tallowe or rawe Hides out of the Realme for marchaundize shal be felonie ¶ The .x. Chapter WHERE at this present tyme tanned Leather Hydes and Tallowe and all thinges thereof made is growen and come vnto suche high and excessiue price as the like within the time of mans memorie hath not ben seene within this Realme by reason that diuers and sundry couetous and greedy persons nowe of late hauing more regarde vnto their owne singuler lucres and gaynes then vnto the mayntenaunce and preseruation of the common and publique weale of this the Realme of Englande haue contrary to the lawes and statutes of this Realme conueyed or caused to be conueyed out of the same vnto the parties beyonde the seas there to be vttered by way of marchaundize suche great store and plentie thereof that the same Leather Hydes and Tallowe is more plentifull and to be had better cheape there then here within this Realme to the great hurt hinderaunce and dammage of all the Queenes most louyng subiectes For reformation whereof be it enacted by the Queene our Soueraigne Lady the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons whatsoeuer he or they be straunger or Denizen from and after the fyrst day of Iune next comming shall shippe conuey or abbet procure or cause to be shipped or conueyed in or to any Shippe Boate or other vessell in or vpon the sea or in or vpon other Hauen Riuer Creke or place within this Realme of Englande or Wales or other the Queenes dominions anye maner of Leather tanned or vntanned or any salt or vntanned Hides or any Leather called Backes or sole Leather or anye Tallowe to thintent to transport or cary the same into any the parties beyonde the sea there to be vttered bartered or solde by waye of marchaundize vppon payne that euery such offender shal be deemed adiudged and taken to be a fellone for euery such offence And that euerye person and persons beyng after the sayde fyrst day of Iune lawfully attaynted by the due order of the common law of this realme before such as shall haue power and aucthoritie to heare and determine felonies by the common lawe shall for euery suche offence suffer such paynes of death forfeytures of goodes and cattels as he or they shoulde haue done yf he or they had ben lawfully attainted for anye offence beyng felonye by the common lawe of this Realme And also shall forfayte to the Queenes highnes her heyres and successours all his or theyr landes tenements hereditaments duryng the lyfe of euery suche offendour only And for the better execution of this lawe and for the meetyng with the offendours therein Be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all and euerye offence or offences committed or done by any person or persons contrary to this acte from and after the sayde first day of Iune next commyng shal be enquired of tryed determined and iudged in suche Countie of this Realme or other the Queenes dominions as shal be next adioynyng to the place where anye suche offence shal be first committed any iurisdiction aucthoritie or vsage to the contrary in any wise notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this act nor any thyng therein contayned shall in any wyse extende or be interpretated to make anye corruption of blood of anye such offendour or of any heyre of any such offendour but that euery heire and heires of euery such offendour and offendours in any of the cases aforesayd also the wife of euery suche offendour shal haue after the death of euery suche offendour or offendours like title interest benefite profite commoditie action and aduauntage as they or any of them shoulde haue had yf any suche offence conuiction or attaynder had not ben had ne made sauyng to al euery person and persons bodyes politike and corporate their heires and successours and the heires and successours of euerye of them other then all and euery suche offendour and offendours whiche shal be conuicted or attaynted by any suche offence all suche ryght tytle interest rentes leasses commons profites commodities aduauntages and hereditamentes whatsoeuer they be as they or any of them might or ought to haue had in or to any manours landes tenementes rentes pentions seruices hereditamentes or other thyngs whatsoeuer or in or to any parte or parcell thereof to all intentes constructions and purposes as he or they shoulde haue had yf suche attaynder had neuer ben had ne made anythyng in this acte contayned to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that this act or any thing therin contained shal not be hurtfull nor preiudiciall to any Captayne of anye Shippe in the time of warre being in the retinue and seruice of the Queenes Maiestie or her heires or successours nor to anye owner or maister of any Shippe nor to any other beyng the Queenes subiect and trauaylyng to any forraigne partes beyonde the sea for the hauyng carying and takyng with hym or them in tyme aswell of warre as of peaces of any Hydes Leather or Tallowe for theyr necessarye vses about theyr ship or shippes so that it be not to be vttered beyonde the seas by any fraude or couin by way of marchaundise this acte or any thing therin conteined to the cōtrary in any wise notwithstanding And be it further enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd that this act or the effect and substaunce thereof shal be openly read published or declared at euery quarter Sessions and at euery Lete or Lawday by the Iustices that shall geue the charge at the Sessions and by the Steward of the Lete or Lawday in his charge when he kepeth the Lete or Lawday This act to endure from the sayd fyrst day of Iune and to continue the space of fyue yeres and from thence vnto the end of the next Parliament after the sayd fyue yeres An Acte limiting the times for laying on lande Marchaundize from beyonde the seas and touchyng Customes for sweete wines The .xi. Chapter MOste humblye the wyng besechen your hyghnesse your Lordes and commons in this present Parliament assembled that where the summes of money payde in the name of Customes Subsidies of wares and marchaundizes transported out and
ship or shippes for the most part be not subiectes of our sayde Soueraigne Lady her heires and successours shall aunswere yeelde and pay to the vse of our said Soueraigne Lady the Queene her heires successours such custome and subsidie for such wares and marchaundizes so shipped laden or discharged as is aforesaid rate and rate like as straungers and aliens borne out of the obeysaunce of our sayde Soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie do and ought to paye for wares and marchaundizes of lyke nature and kynde And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no Hoy or Plate wherof any English subiect or subiects is be or shal be owner or owners at any time after the first day of Ianuary aforesaid from any port creeke or place of this said Realme of England or any of the dominions of the same shall trauers or crosse the seas in to or for any of the portes beyonde the seas with any wares goodes or marchaundize vpon payne that the sayde owner or owners shal forfaite and lose the same Hoy or Plate with all and euery the munition tacklyng and other necessaries parteynyng thereunto whereof the one moitie to be to the vse and behoofe of the Queenes sayde Maiestie her heyres and successours and thother moitie to the person or persons whiche will sue for the same by byll playnt action or information in any her highnes courtes at Westminster in whiche case no wager of lawe protection or essoigne shal be admitted Prouided alwayes be it enacted that it shal be lawfull to the marchaunts commonly called marchaunts aduenturers marchaunts of the Staple euery of them at their seueral Fleetes or shippings of cloth and woll euery of them from out of the Riuer of Thames only beyng made twyse in one yere at the most to embarke shyp and lade any goodes wares or marchaundize in or to any shyppe vessell or Bottome belongyng or apparteining to any straunger or alien borne so long and at suche time as there be not ships vessels or Bottomes belonging to the Queenes highnes her heires or successours or any of her subiectes in the sayde Riuer of Thames sufficient in number and apte and meete for the sure and safe conueyaunce of the wares and marchaundize into the partes of Flaunders Holland Zelande or Brabant or any of them without paying any greater or more custome and subsidie that Englishe men do and ought to pay any thyng in this acte to the contrary notwithstandyng This acte to continue and stande in force for the space of fyue yeres only next immediatly folowyng this present session of Parliament and from thence to the ende of the Parliament then next folowyng Prouided that forasmuche as the marchauntes of the Citie of Bristow haue susteyned of late great losses at the sea by the enemies by reason of takyng of all theyr best shyppes with much substaunce so that they be not of abilitie to prouide sufficient shyps and vesselles of theyr owne within the time limited in this present acte that they for lacke of their owne shippes or any other vesselles of the Queenes dominions within .xl. myles of the Citie of Bristowe may lode and embarke theyr owne wares and marchaundizes in straungers Bottomes without paying any other custome then for wares and marchaundizes laden in Englishe Bottomes this acte or any thyng therin contayned to the contrary notwithstandyng An Acte for the continuaunce of the makyng of VVollen Cloth in diuers Townes in the Countie of Essex The .xiiii. Chapter WHereas by a certayne Acte of Parliament begun of Westminster the twentie day of Ianuarye in the fourth and fyfth yeres of the raignes of the late kyng Philip and Queene Marie and there continued tyll the seuenth day of March in the sayd fourth fifth yeres of the raignes of the saide late king Queene amongst other thynges it was enacted that from and after the first day of May then next folowyng no person or persons whatsoeuer shall vse or exercise the feate or mysterie of making weauyng or rowyng of wollen clothes long or short or Karseyes pinned whites or plaine streightes to the intent to put the same to sale but only in a market towne where cloth hath continually ben vsed to be made by the space of .x. yeres then last past or in a Citie Borough or towne corporate vppon payne of forfayture for euery suche wollen cloth or Karsey made wouen or rowed out of suche citie borough towne corporate or market towne fyue poundes And where also it is prouided in the sayde acte that it shal be lawfull to anye person then vsyng or exercisyng the feate or mysterie of making weauing or rowyng of cloth or Karsey to inhabite or dwell where he then dyd dwell and there to vse the makyng weauyng or rowyng of cloth or Karsey as he hath heretofore any thyng in the sayde acte notwithstandyng And where it is further prouided by the sayde acte that it shal be lawfull to all and euery person or persons whiche then dyd or after that tyme shoulde inhabite or dwell in any of the shyres of Northwales or Southwales Gheshyre or Kancashyre Westmerlande Gumberlande Northumberlande Byshoprike of Durham Corne Suffolke Kent the Towne of Goddelmine in the Countie of Surrey or Yorkeshyre being not within .xii. myles of the Citie of Yorke or in any of the Townes or Villages neare adioynyng to the water of Strowde in the Countie of Glocester where clothes hath ben vsually made by the space of twentie yeres then last past and hauyng ben apprentice to the occupation of cloth makyng or vsed the same by the space of seuen yeres to set vp vse and exercise the feate or mystery of making weauing or rowing of wollen cloth out of a citie borough or market towne as before that tyme they myght haue done any thyng in the sayde acte to the contrary notwithstandyng And forasmuche as the townes or villages of Bockyng Westbarfolde Dedham and Cockshall in the Countie of Essex be fayre large Townes and aswell planted for cloth makyng as the sayd towne of Goddelmine or better and fewe townes in this Realme better planted for that purpose haue berrinhabited of a long tyme with clothmakers which haue made and dayly do make good and true cloth to the great common weale of the Countrey there and nothyng preiudiciall to or for the common wealth of this Realme be it therfore ordayned and enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that it shal be lawful to al and euery suche person and persons which nowe do inhabite or dwel or hereafter shall dwell in the sayd townes or villages of Bockyng Westbarfolde Cockshall and Dedham or in any of them nowe vsyng or exercisyng or that hereafter shall vse or exercyse the feate or mysterie of makyng weauing or rowing of cloth or Karsey by the space of seuen yeres at the least or haue ben prentice thereto by the sayde space of seuen yeres to inhabite and dwell in the sayde townes or
villages of Bockyng Westbarfolde Cockshall and Dedham and in euery or any of them and to vse the makyng weauing or rowyng of cloth or Karsey as before this tyme they myght haue done yf the sayd act had neuer ben made any thyng in the sayde acte to the contrarye thereof made or any other acte statute or lawe heretofore made or hereafter to be made to the contrary hereof in any wyse notwithstandyng An Acte that tymber shall not be felled to make coales for the burnyng of yron The .xv. Chapter FOR the auoydyng of destruction and wastyng of timber be it enacted by our soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons hereafter shal conuert or imploy or cause to be conuerted or imployed to coale or other fuel for the making of iron any timber tree or tymber trees of oke beeche or ashe or of any part therof of the breadth of one foote square at the stub and growing within .xiiii. myles of the sea or of any part of the riuers of Thames Seuerene Wye Humbre Dee Tine Teese Trent or any other riuer creeke or streame by the which cariage is commōly vsed by boate or other vessell to any part of the sea vppon payne of forfayture for euery suche tree or any part therof so imployed or conuerted to coale or other fuel for the making of iron as is aforesayd xl.s of lawful money of England the one halfe of all whiche forfaytures to be to our soueraigne Lady the Queenes Maiestie and to her heyres and successours and the other moytie to hym or them that wyll sue for the same by original writ byl plaint or information wherin no essoigne protection iniunction or wager of lawe shal be admitted or alowed Prouided alwayes that this acte shall not extende to the countie of Sussex nor to the Weyld of Kent nor to any the parishes of Charlewoode Newdigate and Lighe in the Weylde of the countie of Surrey this acre to begyn and take effect from and after the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist next commyng after this session of Parliament An acte to continue the acte made agaynst rebellious assembles Chapter .xvj. WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster the xxiiii day of October in the first yere of the reigne of the late Queene Marie sister vnto the Queenes highnesse that now is there was one acte statute made agaynst vnlawful and rebellious assembles to indure and stand in force vnto th end of the next Parliament then folowing as by the same acte more playnely doth appeare Which sayde acte and statute in the Parliament holden at Westminster the .xii. day of Nouember in the first and second yeres of the raigne of the late king Philip and Queene Marie amongest other thinges was then and there continued vnto the last day of the next Parliament and after at the next Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of October in the ii and .iii. yeres of the sayde late king Philip and Queene Marie the sayde acte and statute amongest other thinges was also further continued to stande in force vntyll the last day of the next Parliament then folowing and also at the next Parliament holden at Westminster the .xx. day of Ianuarie in the .iiii. and .v. yeres of the raignes of the sayde late king and Queene the saide acte and statute amongest other thinges was lykewyse further continued to stande remayne in force vntyl the last day of the next Parliament then folowyng whiche is this present Parliament and so the sayde acte and statute by the actes of continuaunce aforesayde doth stande in force but onely vnto the last day of this present Parliament And forasmuch as the sayd acte and statute duryng al the time aforesayd hath ben proued by experience to be a very good and beneficial lawe and meete to be continued kept in force aswel for the preseruation of the peace as also for the common wealth and quietnesse of this Realme be it therefore enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the said act and statute and euery braunch clause and article therin conteined shal stand remayne continue and be in full force and strength to all intentes and purposes for during the naturall lyfe of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie that nowe is which almightie God long preserue and continue to th end of the Parliament then next folowing and that the sayd act and statute the wordes and sentences mentioned conteined in the said act shal extende and be to the Queenes hyghnesse that nowe is as fully and amplie as euer the same did extende to the sayd late Queene Marie An acte for the preseruation of spawne and frye of Fishe Chapter .xvij. FOr the preseruation hereafter of spawne frye and yong breede of Eles Samons Pikes and of all other fyshe which heretofore hath ben muche destroyed in riuers streames salt and fresh within this Realme in so much that diuers places they feede swine dogges with the frye and spawne of fishe and otherwyse lamentable and horrible to be reported destroy the same to the great hynderaunce and decay of the common wealth Be it therfore enacted by the Queenes most excellent Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons or what estate degree or condition so euer he or they be from and after the first day of Iune next cōming with any maner of net wee le butte tayning kepper lyme crele rawe fagnet trolnet trymenet trimbote stalbote weblister seur lammet or with any deuise or engine made of heare woll lyne or canuas or shall vse any heling net or trimle boate or by any other deuise enginne cawtell wayes or meanes whatsoeuer heretofore made or deuised or hereafter to be made or diuised shall take and kyll any yong brode spawne or frye of Eles Samon Pike or Pickerell or of any other fishe in any fludgate pipe at the tayle of any myll weare or in any streites streames brokes riuers salt or freshe within this Realme of Englande Wales Barwike or the marches therof nor shal from and after the first day of Iune next comming by any of the wayes and meanes aforesayde or otherwyse in any ryuer or place aboue specified take and kyll any Samons or Trowtes not beyng in season being kepper Samons or kepper Trowtes shedder Samons or shedder Trowtes And be it further enacted by aucthoritie aforesaide that no person or persons of what estate degree or condition he or they shal be of from and after the sayd first day of Iune by any of the meanes aforesayde in any of the riuers or places aboue named shall take and kyll any pike or pickerell not beyng in length .x. inches fishe or more nor any Samon not being in length .xvi.
Parliament Prouided alwayes that this acte or any thing therin conteyned shall not extende vnto the fyshyng of the ryuer or water of Tweede nor to any riuer or water wherof the Queenes Maiestie is aunswered of any yerely rent or profite nor to the owners fermours and occupyers of the riuers of Vske or Wye in the Countie of Monmouth for any fishe hereafter to be taken in any the riuers or waters before mentioned and expressed but that it may be lawfull at al seasonable time and tymes hereafter for suche as haue or shall haue any maner of interest therein to take and fishe the sayde riuers and waters in such maner and fourme as heretofore hath ben vsed and accustomed not vsing any net or enginne to the intent wylllingly to take kyll and destroy the spawne breede or frye breedyng any kynde of fishe within the sayde seuerall riuers or waters this acte or any thyng therein mentioned or conteyned to the contrarie notwithstandyng An acte for the continuaunce of certayne Statutes Chapter .xviij. WHere in the Parliament begun and holden at London the .iii. day of Nouember in the .xxi. yere of the raigne of our most dread Soueraigne Lorde of most famous memorie king Henry theight from thence adiourned to Westminster and there holden and continued by diuers prorogations vnto the dissolution therof one acte was made for the true wyndyng of Wolles and one other acte was there made to restrayne kyllyng of waynelinges bullockes stires and heyfers beyng vnder the age of two yeres which sayd seuerall actes were then made to endure and continue vnto the next Parliament as by the sayde seuerall actes more playnely appeareth And where also in the same Parliament one other acte was made established for attayntes to be sued for the punishment of periurie vpon vntrue verdites which acte last before rehearsed was then made ordeyned to continue and endure to the last day of the next Parliament as by the same act more plainely appeareth And where also in the Parliament begun holden at Westminster the .viii. day of Iune in the .xxviii. yere of the raigne of our sayd most dread soueraigne Lord king Henry the eight there continued and kept vntyll the dissolution therof it was ordeyned and enacted that all singuler the sayde actes aboue remembred and euery of them should continue and endure in their force and strength and also be obserued and kept vntyll the last day of the next Parliament as by the same acte amongst other thinges therein conteyned more playnly appeareth And where also in the Parliament begun holdē at Westminster the .xxviii. day of April in the .xxxi. yere of the raigne of our sayd late most dread soueraigne lorde king Henry theight and there continued vntyll the .xxviii. day of Iune then next folowing it was ordeined and enacted by thaucthoritie of the same Parliament that all and singuler the sayde seuerall actes aboue remembred and euery of them and all articles clauses and prouisions in them and euery of them conteyned should continue and endure in their force strength and also be obserued and kept vntill the last day of the next Parliament as by the same act amongst other thinges therein conteined more plainly appeareth And where in the Parliament holdē at Westminster in the .xxxv. yere of the raigne of our sayde late soueraigne Lorde king Henry the eight one act was made for the preseruation of woodes to endure for .vii. yeres then next folowyng and from thence to th end of the next Parliamēt as by the same act more playnly it doth and may appeare And where also at the parliament holden at Westminster in the .xxxvii. yere of the raigne of the said late king Henry theight and there continued and kept vntyl the dissolution thereof it was ordeyned and enacted that all and singuler the sayd actes aboue remembred and euery of them except the sayde acte made for the preseruation of woodes as is aforesaid should continue and endure in their force and strength and also be obserued and kept vntyll the last day of the next Parliament then next folowyng as by the same act amongst other thinges therin conteyned more plainely appeareth And where also at the session of the Parliament ended at Westminster the .xiiii. day of Marche in the thirde yere of the raigne of our late soueraigne lord king Edwarde the sixt one act was made for the true currying of leather whiche acte was made to endure to the ende of the next Parliament as by the same acte more playnely appeareth And where also at the session of a Parliament ended at Westminster the first day of Februarie in the .iiii. yere of the raigne of our sayd late soueraigne lord kyng Edwarde the sixth one acte was then and there made concerning the buying of rother beastes also one other acte was then and there made touchyng the buying and selling of butter and cheese which sayd seueral actes where then and there made to endure and continue vnto the ende of the next Parlialiament as by the same seuerall actes more at large it doth and may appeare And where also at the session of a Parliament by prorogation holden at Westminster the .xxiii. day of Ianuarie in the fift yere of the raigne of our said late soueraigne lorde king Edwarde the sixt one other act was then and there made against regratours and forestallers to endure to the ende of the next Parliament al and singuler which sayde actes aboue mentioned together with the sayde acte for the preseruation of woodes at a Parliament holden at Westminster the first day of Marche in the .vii. yere the raigne of our sayde late soueraigne lord king Edwarde the sixt and there continued and dissolued the last day of the same moneth of March and al clauses articles and prouisions in them euery of them conteyned were there reuiued continued to stand in their force and strength vntyl the last day of the next Parliamēt And where also at the session of a Parliament holden by prorogation at Westminster the .xxiiii. day of October in the first yere of the raigne of the late Queene Marie sister to the Queenes highnesse that now is and there continued and kept vntil the dissolution thereof all and singuler the actes aboue mentioned and before that tyme continued at sundry Parliamentes as is aforesayde and all clauses articles and prouisions in them and euerye of them conteyned were there reuyued and continued to stande in their force and strength vnto the last day of the next Parliament And where also at a Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xii. day of Nouember in the firste and seconde yeres of the raignes of the late kyng Philip and Queene Marie and there continued and kept vntyll the dissolution of the same being the .xvi. day of Ianuarie then next ensuyng all and singuler the actes aboue remembred that were before that tyme continued at sundrye Parliamentes as is aforesayde and all clauses articles
and prouisions in them and euery of them conteyned were by the aucthoritie of the sayd Parliament there reuiued and continued to stand in their force and strength vnto the last day of the next Parliament And where also at a Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of October in the seconde and thirde yeres of the raignes of the sayd late kyng Philip and Queene Marie and there continued vntil the dissolution of the same beyng the .ix. day of December then next ensuing one acte was then and there made for the kepyng of Milche kyne and for the breading and rearyng of calues and one other acte for the reedifying of decayed houses of husbandrye for the encrease of tyllage the sayde two seuerall actes to endure tyl the last day of the next Parliament as by the same more at large doth appeare And forasmuch as all and singuler the sayde seuerall actes aboue mentioned be good and beneficiall for the common wealth of this Realme be it therfore enacted ordeined and established by the Queenes most excellent Maiestie with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that all and singuler the said seuerall actes and estatutes aboue mentioned and rehearsed euery of them and all clauses articles and prouisions in them and euery of them conteyned shal be reuiued continued stande and endure in their ful force and strength to all intentes constructions purposes and shal be obserued and kept in all thinges vntyll the last day of the next Parliament And where in the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the .xxi. day of October in the second and third yeres of the raignes of the sayde late king Philip and Queene Marie and there continues and kept vntyll the .ix. day of September then next ensuing one acte was then and there made entituled An act for the reliefe of the poore and to endure to the latter ende of the first session of the next Parliament Forasmuch as the sayde acte is good and beneficiall to the common wealth of this Realme be it therefore enacted ordeyned and established by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the sayde acte last aboue mentioned and rehearsed and all clauses articles and prouisions in the same conteyned shal be reuiued continued stande and indure in full force and strength to all intentes and purposes and shal be obserued and kept in all thinges vntyll the last day of the next Parliament An acte of a subsidie of Tonnage and Pondage Chapter .xix. IN their most humble wyse shewen vnto your moste excellent Maiestie your poore and obedient subiects and commons in his your present Parliament assembled that where aswell your noble graundfather of worthy memorie kyng Henry the seuenth the most victorous myghtie prince king Henry the eyght your most deare father the late prince of worthy memorie kyng Edwarde the sixte your moste entirely beloued brother and our late soueraigne Ladye Queene Marie your most deare sister as other your ryght noble and famous progenitours kynges of this your Realme of Englande tyme out of mynde haue had and enioyed vnto them by aucthoritie of parliament for the defence of the same now your Realme and the kepyng and sauegarde of the seas for the entercourse or marchaundize safely to come into and to passe out of the same certayne summes of money named Subsidies of all maner of goodes and marchaundize commyng in or goyng out of the same your Realme And forasmuche as we your sayde poore commons vndoubtedly and most assuredly do trust and haue sure confidence in your Maiesties good fauour and wyll towardes vs your sayd poore commons in and for the kepyng and sure defendyng of the seas agaynst all persons intendyng or that shall intende the disturbaunce of vs your sayde commons in the intercourse and the inuadyng of this your Realme to our modestation inquietyng and losse whiche at any tyme cannot be borne without the great excesse and intollerable costes charges and expences of your Maiestie whiche is not when neede shall require in suche cases to be lacked at any tyme But rather we your sayde commons wishyng that suche furniture of all thynges may be had in redynesse from tyme to tyme when necessitie shall require for the spedie indilayed prouision and helpe for the suppressing of such inconueniences disturbances and inuasions humbly desire your most excellent Maiestie benignely and fauourably to take accept and receaue these our poore grauntes hereafter ensuyng as graunted of true heartes and good wylles whiche we beare vnto your highnesse towardes your sayd great costes charges and expences whiche may be expended and layde out by your Maiestie for the causes aforesayde when neede shall require as the firste fruites of our good wylles and heartes towarde your hyghnesse although the same do or hereafter shall nothing in effect counteruayle the same your great charges nor yet we your sayde poore commons able fully to gratifie your highnesse by any meanes yet neuertheles we your sayd poore commons by thaduise and consent of the Lordes spiritual and temporall in this your present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same to the intent aforesayde geue and graunt to you our supreme liege Lady and soueraigne one subsidie called Tonnage that is to say of euery tunne of wyne commyng or that shal or is come into this your realme by way of marchaundize the summe of iii.s and so after the rate And of euery tun of sweete wyne alwell maluesey as other that shall or is come into the same your Realme by euery or any marchaunt alien aswell by the marchauntes of Haunse Almanie as by any other marchaunt straunger of what nation so euer he be iii.s and so after the rate ouer and aboue the iii.s afore graunted And of euery aume of rennish wyne commyng or that shall or is come into this your Realme by way of marchaundize by euery or any marchaunt denizen or alien of what natiō soeuer he be xii.d And also one other subsidie called Pondage that is to say of all maner of goodes and marchaundizes of euery marchaunt denizen and alien whatsoeuer he be caried and to be caried out of this your sayde Realme or brought or to be brought into the same by way of marchaundize of the value of euery xx.s of the same goodes and marchaundize xii.d and so after the rate And of euery xx.s value of tynne and pewter vessell caried out of this your Realme by any and euerye marchaunt alien xii.d ouer and aboue the xii.d aforesaid Except and alwaies foreprised out of this graunt of subsidie of Pondage al maner of wollen Cloth made or wrought or that shal be made and wrought within this your Realme of Englande by euery or any marchaunt denizen and not borne alien caried or to be caried out of this your sayde Realme and all maner of wolles molfelles and hydes and backes of leather
vpwardes shall pay to and for the firste payment of the sayde subdie ii.s.viii.d of and for euery pounde and to and for the seconde payment of the sayde subsidie xvi d of for euery pound And euery alien borne out of the Queenes obeysaunce in suche case to paye at the firste of the sayde paymentes v. s.iiii.d of euery pound and at the second payment ii.s.viii.d of and for euerye pound And that all summes presented and chargeable by this acte eyther for goodes and debtes or eyther of them or for landes and tenementes and other the premisses as is in this acte conteyned shal be at eyther of the sayde paymentes set and taxed after the rate and portion accordyng to the true meanyng of this acte landes and tenementes chargeable to the dismes of the Cleargie and yerelye wages due to seruauntes for their yerely seruice other then the Queenes seruauntes takyng yerelye wages of fyue poundes or aboue onlye excepted and foreprised And that al plate coyne iewels goodes debtes and cattelles personelles beyng in the rule and custodie of anye person and persons to the vse of any corporation fraternitie guylde mysterie brotherhead or anye comminaltie being corporate or not corporate be and shal be rated set and charged by reason of this acte as the value certified by the presenters of that certificate to be sworne of euery pound in goodes and debtes as is abouesayde And of euery pounde in landes tenementes annuities fees corrodyes or other yerely profites as is abouesayde and the summes that are before rehearsed set and taxed to be leuyed and taken of them that shall haue such goodes in custody or otherwise charged for landes as is before rehearsed And the same person or persons and body corporate by aucthoritie of this acte shal be discharged agaynst him or them that shall or ought to haue the same at the time of the payment or deliuerie therof or at his otherwyse departure from the custodie or possession of the same Except and alwayes foreprised from the charge and assessement of this subsidie all goodes cattelles iewels and ornamentes of Churches and Chappels whiche haue ben ordeyned and vsed in Churches or Chappels for the honour and seruice of almyghtie God. AND the first payment of the saide subsidie shal be by the aucthoritie aforesayde taxed assessed and rated according to this acte in euery Shire Riding Lathe Wapentake Rape Citie Borough Towne and euery other place within this realme of England and Wales and other the Queenes dominions before the last day of Aprill nexte comming And the secon̄d paiment of the said subsidie shal be by thaucthoritie aforesaid taxed assessed rated before the .xx. day of Ianuary next cōming And the perticuler summes of euery Shire Riding Borough Towne and other places aforesaid with the perticuler names of such as are chargeable for and to the firste payment of the sayde subsidie to be taxed and set by the Commissioners to the same limited or two of them at the least with the names of the hygh Collectours and in the same fourme shal be certifed into the Queenes Exchequer before the last day of May next commyng And the perticuler summes of euerye Shyre Rydyng Borough Towne and other places aforesayde with the perticuler names of suche as are chargeable for and to the seconde payment of the said subsidie to be taxed and set by the Commissioners to the same to be limited or two of them at the least with the names of the hygh Collectours in the same fourme shal be certified into the Queenes Exchequer before the .xx. day of February whiche shal be in the yere of our Lord God M.D.lix. and the saide summes in maner fourme aforesaid to be taxed for the first payment of the sayde subsidie shal be payde into the Queenes receipt of her Exchequer aforesayde to the vse of our sayd soueraigne Lady before the .xxiiii. day of Iune next comming and the sayd summes in maner and fourme aforesayd to be taxed for the second paiment of the said subsidie shal be payde into the receipte aforesayd to the vse aforesayd before the firste daye of March which shal be in the yere of our Lorde god M. D.lir And the summe abouesayde of and for the sayde subsidie shal be taxed set asked and demaunded taken gathered leuied and paide to thuse of our sayde soueraigne Lady her heyres and successours in fourme abouesaid aswell within the liberties fraunchises sanctuaries auncient demeane and other whatsoeuer place exēpt or not exempt as without Except suche Shyres places and persons as shal be foreprised in by this present acte any graunt charter prescription vse or libertie by reason of any letters patentes or other priuiledge prescription alowaunce of the same or whatsoeuer other mater of discharge heretofore to the contrary made graunted vsed or obteyned notwithstandyng AND it is further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present parliament that euery such person aswel such as be borne vnder the Queenes obeysaunce as euery other person strange borne denizen or not denizen inhabiting within this realme or within Wales or other the Queenes dominions which at the tyme of the sayd assessinges or taxations or of either of them to be had or made shal be out of this realme and out of Wales and haue goodes or cattels landes or tenementes fees or annuities or other profites within this Realme or in Wales shal be charged and chargeable for the same by the certificate of the inhabitauntes or the parties where such goodes cattelles landes tenements or other the premisses then shal be or in such other place where such persō or his factour deputie or atturney shal haue his most resort vnto within this realme or in Wales in lyke maner as if the said persō were or had ben at the time of the said assessing within this realme And that euery persō abiding or dwelling within this realme or without this Realme shal be charged or chargeable to the same subsidie graunted by this acte accordyng and after the rate of suche yerely substaunce or value of landes and tenementes goodes cattels and other the premisses as euery person so to be charged shal be set at in the tyme of the sayde assessyng or taxation vpon hym to be made in none otherwyse AND further be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that for thassessyng and orderyng of the sayde subsidie to be duely had the Lorde Chauncellour of Englande or the keper of the great Seale the the Lord Treasourer of England the Lord Steward of the Queenes Maiesties housholde the Lorde president of the Queenes honourable counsell and the Lord priuie Seale for the tyme beyng or two them at the leaste whereof the Lorde Chauncellour of Englande or keper of the great Seale for the tyme beyng to be one shall and maye name and appoynt of and for euerye Shyre and Riding and other places aswell within this Realme as in Wales and other the Queenes dominions and also of and for euery Citie Towne being
Towne of Barwicke the Towne of Newcastell vpon Tine and the Byshoprike of Durham nor to any of them of for or concernyng any manours landes tenementes or other possessions goodes cattelles or other moueable substaunce which the same inhabitauntes or dwellers or any other to theyr vse haue within the sayde Counties of Northumberland Cumberland Westmerlande or the Towne of Barwicke the Towne of Newcastel vpon Tine or the Byshoprike of Durham or any of them or of for or concernyng any fees or wages whiche anye of the sayde inhabitauntes or dwellers haue of the Queenes Maiestie for theyr attendaunce and doyng seruice to the Queenes Maiestie for or within the sayd Counties of Northumberland Cumberland Westmerland the Towne of Barwicke the Towne of Newcastell vpon Tine the Byshoprike of Durham or any of them to or for the sayde taxyng leuiyng gatheryng or payment but that the Englishe inhabitantes or resiauntes and euerye of them of the sayde Counties Byshoprikes and Townes and euery of them shal be of and from the sayde subsidie and euery parcell thereof and for theyr manours landes tenementes fees wages goodes and cattelles lying and beyng in the sayde Counties Townes and Byshoprike or anye of them vtterly acquited and discharged any thyng in this present acte before rehearsed to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that al letters patentes graunted by the Queenes Maiestie or any of her moste noble progenitours to any Cities Boroughes or Townes within this Realme of any maner of liberties priuileges or exemptions from the burden and charge of any such grauntes of subsidies whiche be at this present tyme in force and vayleable shall remayne good and effectuall to the sayde Cities Boroughes and Townes hereafter accordyng to the purportes therof though the inhabitauntes of the same shall vpon the great and waightie consyderation of the graunt abouesayd be for this graunt charged and contributory in lyke maner fourme and sorte as other Cities Boroughes and Townes which be not in any wise priuileged be from such graunt of subsidie excepted Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no Orphant or Infant within the age of twentie one yeres borne within anye of the Queenes Maiesties dominions shal be charged to anye payment of this subsidie for his or her goodes and cattelles to hym or her left or bequeathed any thing in this acte conteyned to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that this acte nor anye thyng therein conteyned shall extende to the goodes or landes of any Colledge Hall or Ostell within the vniuersities of Oxenford and Cambridge or any of them or to the goodes or landes of the Colledge of Winton founded by Byshoppe of Wyckeham or to the goodes or landes of the colledge of Eton next Wyndsor or to the goodes or landes or anye commō free grammer scoole within the realme of England or Wales or to the goodes of anye Reader Scoolemaister or Scoller or any graduate within the sayd vniuersities and colledges or any of them there remaynying for study without fraude or couin or to the goodes and landes of any hospital measondue or spittelhouse prepared and vsed for the sustentation and releefe of poore people any thyng in this acte conteyned to the contrary in any wise notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it enacted that forasmuche as diuers and sundry the Queenes Maiesties tenauntes and other inhabitauntes and dwellers within the Counties of Penbroke Carmarthen Cardigan Glamorgan Brecknocke Radnouce Mongomerye Denbigh Flint Merioneth Anglesey Carnaruon of the Countie Palentine of Chester be at this present tyme charged and chargeable with the seuerall paymentes of diuers great summes of money by the name of Mise due to her Maiestie accordyng to the seuerall customes of the sayde Counties Be it therefore ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that this acte of subsidie or anye thyng therein conteyned shall not extende to charge any of the Queenes tenauntes other inhabitantes and dwellers within any of the sayd Counties of Penbroke Carmarthen Cardigan Glamorgan Brecknocke Radnoure Mongomerye Denbigh Flinte Merioneth Anglesey Carnaruon and the Countie Palentine of Chester being charged or chargeable with the sayd Mise for or in any of the paymentes of the sayde subsidie graunted to the Queenes Maiestie by this acte vntil the said seueral dayes and times for the payment of the said Mises shal be expired and vntil the dayes times of the seuerall subsidies lately graunted to our late soueraigne lord soueraigne lady King Philip Queene Mary be also past and expired that then the first payment of the said subsidie graunted by this present acte shal be made at the receypt of the Queenes Exchequer before the first day of March next folowing after the last dayes of the last paiment to be had or appoynted of the said Mises and of the payment of the saide former subsidies And the second payment of this subsidie to be made by or before the first day of Marche next after the sayd first payment of the sayde subsidie Furthermore be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the tenauntes and dwellers of euery of the sayde Counties in this prouiso remembred shall seuerally before the feast of Pentecost nexte ensuing certifie into the said court of the Exchequer vnder the seales of two Iustices of peace of euery of the sayd Counties wherof one to be of the Quorum when what day the last payment of the sayde seueral Mises now due in any of the sayde Counties shal end and expire Prouided also that the sayde graunt of subsidie or anye other thing therin conteyned do not in any wyse extende to be preiudiciall or hurtfull to the inhabitauntes or resiauntes at this present time within the fiue portes corporate or to any of theyr members incorporate or vnited to the same fyue portes or to anye of the same fiue portes of or for any part or parcell of the saide summes graunted in this parliament of the sayd inhabitauntes now resiaunt or anye of them to be taxed set asked leuied or payde But the sayd inhabitauntes and resiauntes in the sayd fyue portes and their members be and shal be of and from the sayde graunt and payment of the sayde subsidie duryng theyr resiauncie there and no longer clearely acquited and discharged any matter or whatsoeuer thing in this present act had or made to the contrary notwithstandyng God saue the Queene ⧠Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge and Iohn Cawood Printers to the Queenes Maiestie Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis