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

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Victuall on the Lords-day he shall forfeit 6. s. 8. d. for every offence to be levied by distress with any Waggon or Waggons nor Car-men with any Cart or Carts nor Wain-men with any Wain or Wains nor Drovers with any Cattell shall after fourty dayes next after the end of this present Session of Parliament by themselves or any other travell upon the said Day upon pain that every person and persons so offending shall lose and forfeit twenty shillings for every such offence Or if any Butcher by himself or any other for him by his privity or consent shall after the end of the said fourty dayes kill or sell any Victuall upon the said Day That then every such Butcher shall forfeit and lose for every such offence the summe of six shillings and eight pence The said offences and every of them being done in view of any Justice of the Peace Major or other head Officer of any City or Town Corporate within their limits respectively or being proved upon Oath by two or more witnesses or by the confession of the party offending before any such Justice Major or head Officer within their severall limits respectively wherein such offence shall be committed To which end every such Justice Major or head Officer shall have power by this Act to minister an Oath to such witnesse or witnesses All which summes or penalties shall or may be levied by any Constable or Church-warden by warrant from any such Justice or Justices of the Peace Major or other head Officer as aforesaid within their severall limits where such offence shall be committed or done by distresse and sale of the offenders goods rendring to the party the over-plus or shall be recovered by any person or persons that will sue for the same by Bill Plaint or Information in Or to be recovered by any that will sue by Bill Plaint or Information All which forfeitures shall be to the poor any of his Majesties Courts of Record in any City or Town Corporate before his Majesties Justices of the Peace in their generall Sessions of the Peace All which forfeitures shall be employed to and for the use of the poor of the Parishes where the said offences shall be committed or done saving onely that it shall be lawfull to and for any such Justice Major or head Officer out of the said forfeitures to reward any such person or persons that shall inform or otherwise prosecute any person or persons offending against this present Act according to their discretions so that such reward exceed not the third part Saving a third part to the Informer that shall sue Which suit shall be in the County City or Town where the offence shal be committed and not elsewhere If Suit or Action be brought against any constable or church-warden for any distres taken by them to plead the generall issue None shall be impeached if not questioned within six moneths of the forfeiture Provided that such Bill Plaint or Information shall be commenced sued and prosecuted in the County City or Town Corporate where such offence shall be committed and done and not else-where wherein no Essoigne Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed to the Defendant Provided alwayes that it shall be lawfull for any Constable or Church-warden that shall have any Suit or Action brought against them for any distresse by them or any of them to be taken by force of this present Act to plead the generall Issue and to give the speciall matter in evidence Provided likewise that no person or persons whatsoever shall be impeached by this Act unlesse he be thereof questioned within six moneths after the offence committed Provided further that this Act shall not in any sort abridge or take away the authority of the Court Ecclesiasticall Anno primo JACOBI REGIS CAP. XXII The duty of Shoomakers NO Cordwainer or Shoomaker shall shew to the intent to No Shomaker shall make shew or put to sale any Wares upon the Lords-day upon pain of 3. s. 4. d. for every time and the value of the ware besales put to sale any Shoes Boots Buskins Startups Slippers or Pantosles upon the Sunday upon pain of forfeiture for every pair of Shoes Boots Buskins Startups Slippers and Pantosles made sold shewed or put to sale contrary to the true meaning of this Act three shillings four pence and the just and full value of the same An Ordinance of the LORDS and COMMONS assembled in Parliament for the better observation of the LORDS-DAY FOrasmuch as the Lords-day notwithstanding severall good Laws heretofore made hath been not onely greatly prophaned but divers ungodly Books have been published by the Prelaticall Faction against the morality of that Day and to countenance the profanation of the same to manifest the indangering of souls prejudice of the true Religion great dishonour of Almighty God and provocation of his just wrath and indignation against this Land The Lords and Commons for remedy All Laws enacted and in force concerning the observation of the Lords-day are to be put in due execution thereof do Order and Ordain and be it Ordered and Ordained That all the Laws enacted and in force concerning the observation of the Lords-day be carefully put in execution and that all and singular person and persons whatsoever shall on every Lords-day apply themselves to the sanctification of the same That all persons apply themselves to the Sanctification of the Lords day both in publike and private That no person cry or expose to sale any goods upon forfeiture of the same by exercising themselves thereon in the duties of Piety and true Religion publikely and privatly And that no person or persons whatsoever shall publikely cry shew forth or expose to sale any Wares Merchandizes Fruit Herbs Goods or Chattels whatsoever upon the Lords-day or any part thereof upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit the same goods so cried shewed forth or put to sale And that no person or persons whatsoever shall without reasonable cause for the same None to travell upon forfeiture of ten shillings for every offence None to worke or carry burthens upon forfeiture of five shillings for every offence travell carry burthens or do any worldly labours or work whatsover upon that day or any part thereof upon pain that every one travelling contrary to the meaning of this Ordinance shall forfeit for every offence ten shilling of lawfull money and that every person carrying any burthen or doing any worldly labour or work contrary to the meaning hereof shall forfeit five shillings of like money for every such offence And be it further ordained that no person or persons shall No person above the age of 14. years shall be present at any sport or pastime whatsoever upon forfeiture of 5. shillings for every offence hereafter upon the Lords-day use exercise keep maintaine or be present at any Wrestlings Shooting Bowling Ringing of Bels for pleasure or pastime Masque Wake otherwise
strong therefore and let not your hands be weak for your worke shall be rewarded Therefore let us as the holy Ghost saith in the 1 Chron. 22. and the 16. verse Arise and be doing and the Lord will be with us Thus I humbly wish that this worke may be seriously thought upon and faithfully carried on to the high pleasure of Almighty God and the profit and quiet of the Common wealth Yours W. B. The Titles of the Statutes and Ordinances contained in this Collection viz. 1. Car. 1. There shall be no Assemblies for unlawfull Pastimes on the Lords day Page 1. 3. Car. 1. A Restraint of divers abuses committed on the Lords Day pag. 3. 1. Jac. 22. The duty of Shoomakers pag. 5. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the better observation of the Lords day pag 5 21. Jac. 20. None shall prophanely swear or curse pag. 9 1. Jac. 9. Severall penalties of Ale-house-keepers for their severall offences pag. 10. 4. Jac. 5. The penalty of a Drunkard and of him that continueth drinking in an Ale-house pag. 14. 7. Jac. 10. The penalty for an offence committed against any of the Branches of the Statute of 1. Jac. 9. or 4. Jac. 5. touching Ale-house-keepers and Drunkards pag. 18. 21. Jac. 7. The Statutes of 1. Jac. 9. and 4. Jac. 5. made perpetuall One witnesse shall be sufficient to convince a man of Tipling or Drunkennesse pag. 18. 1. Car. 4. Forreiners as well as Inhabitants shall not be permitted to Tipple in Innes Ale-houses c. pag. 21. 5. 6. Ed. 6. cap. 25. None shall sell Ale or Beer without Licence and they shall be bound by Recognisance pag. 22. 3. Car. 3. The forfeiture and punishment of him that keepes an Ale-house without Licence pag. 25. 4. Jac. 4. In what case only Ale or Beer may be sold to an Alchouse-keeper having no Licence pag. 28. 33. Hen. 8. cap. 8. Artillery shall be maintained and unlawfull Games debarred pag. 30. 2. 3. Phil. Mar. cap. 9. All Licences to keep houses for unlawfull Games shall be void pag. 35. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled for the better observation of the Monethly Fast pag. 36. Dalton fol. 363. The Form of an Oath concerning the Office of a Constable pag. 39. Anno primo CAROLI REGIS CAP. I. There shall be no Assemblies for unlawfull Pastimes upon the Lords-day FOrasmuch as there is nothing more acceptable to God then the true and sincere Service and Worship of him according to his holy will and that the holy keeping of the Lords-day is a principall part of the true Service of God which in very many places of this Realm hath been and now is profaned and neglected by a disorderly sort of people in exercising and frequenting Bear-baiting Bull-baiting Enterludes common Playes and other unlawfull exercises and pastimes upon the Lords-day And for that many quarrels bloodsheds and other great inconveniencies have grown by the resort and concourse of people going out of their own Parishes to such disordered and unlawfull exercises and pastimes neglecting Divine-worship both in their owne Parishes and elsewhere Be it enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie and the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That from and after forty dayes next after the end of this Session of Parliament there shall be no meetings assemblies or concourse of No meetings out of their own Parishes on the Lords day for any sports No unlawfull pastimes to be used by any person within his own Parish 3. 5. 4. d. for every offence to the poor people out of their own Parishes on the Lords day within this Realm of England or any the Dominions thereof for any sports and pastimes whatsoever nor any Bear-baiting Bull-baiting Enterludes common Playes or other unlawfull exercises and pastimes used by any person or persons within their own Parishes and that every person persons offending in any the premises shall forfeit for every offence three shillings four pence The same to be employed and converted to the use of the poor of the Parish where such offence shall be committed And A Justice of the County or chief officer of any Corporate Town upon view confession or proof of one witnes upon oath shall give warrant to the Constables or Church-wardens of the Parish to levie the said penalty by distresse that if any one Justice of the Peace of the County or the chief Officer or Officers of any City Borough or Town Corporate where such offence shall be committed upon his or their view or consession of the party or proof of any one or more witnesses by oath which the said Justice or chief Officer or Officers shall by vertue of this Act have authority to minister shall finde any person offending in the premisses the said Justice or chief Officer or Officers shall give Warrant under his or their hand and seal to the Constables or Church-wardens of the Patish or Parishes where such offence shall be committed to levie the said penalty so to be assessed by way of distresse and sale of the goods of every such offender rendring to the said offenders the over-plus of the money raised of the said goods so to be sold In default of distress the offender shall be set in the stocks for three hours If any be sued for executing this Law he may plead the generall issue None to be impeached unlesse questioned within a moneth after the offence committed And in default of such distresse that the party offending be set publikely in the stocks by the space of three hours And that if any man be sued or impeached for the execution of this Law he shall and may plead the generall Issue and give the said matter of Justification in evidence Provided that no man be impeached by this Act except he be called in question within one moneth next after the said offence committed Provided also that the Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction within this Realm or any the Dominions thereof by vertue of this Act or any thing therein contained shall not be abridged but that the Ecclesiasticall Court may punish the said offences as if this Act had not been made Anno tertio CAROLI REGIS CAP. I. A Restraint of divers abuses committed on the Lords-day FOrasmuch as the Lords-day commonly called Sunday is much broken and profaned by Carriers Wagoners Carters Wain-men Butchers and Drovers of Cattell to the great dishonour of God and reproach of Religion Be it therefore enacted by the Kings most excellent Majestie the Lords Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That no Carrier with any Horse or Horses nor Waggon-men No Carrier with horse waggon-man nor Carman with Waggons or Carts Wain-men with Wains nor Drover with Cattell shal travell on the Lords-day upon forfeiture of 20. 3. for every offence If a Butcher kill or sell any