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A39442 An abridgment; or, a summary account of all the statute laws of this kingdom made against Jesuites, seminary priests, and popish recusants drawn up for the benefit of my dear Protestant countrey men, and specially of the juries of England; who, in pursuance of his Majesties proclamation, published at the request and desire of the two houses of Parliament, are to present and indict all Jesuites, priests, and popish recusants, according to the tenor and effect of the said statute laws, and of the said proclamation. Done by a Protestant, to inform such of his fellow subjects, that are ignorant of these laws, and would be willing to do their duties, where and when the laws injoyn them thereto. 1666 (1666) Wing E861; ESTC R200827 16,826 20

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will clear us of the great and certain fears had by all the Parliaments of England and all sober men for above fourscore years last past That you are more faithful to the Pope then to our English Kings and Government Else you must let us still believe you are Factious and not Consciencious Do therefore but conform to the English Laws and Government and you will quickly be in the same liberty and security with the rest of his Majesties Subjects Farewell J. R. An Abridgement or Summary account of all the Statute-Laws of this Kingdom made against all Jesuites Seminary Priests and Popish Recusants drawn up for the benefit of my Countrey men and of the Juries of England who in pursuance of his Majesties Proclamation published at the Request of the two Houses of Parliament are to Present and Indict all Jesuites Priests and Popish Recusants according to the Tenor and effect of the said Statutes and Proclamation 1. BY the Statute of 1o. Eliz. cap. 1. No Forreign Potentate or other person shall exercise any Ecclesiastical Power in the Queens Dominions but she and her Successors may by Letters Pattents authorize any Subject born to exercise the same 2. For the better observance of this Act every Ecclesiastical and Temporal OFFICER and such as take Degrees in the University and all the Queens Servants are injoyned to take the Oath of Supremacy recited in haec Verba in this Statute to which because it is long you are referred 3. He that refuseth this Oath if he be in any Office shall forfeit such Spiritual or Temporal Office or Promotion during his life or if he be to be admitted to any such Office he shall take the aforesaid Oath before he be admitted and if he refuse it he shall be adjudged uncapable of it 4. If any have a Temporal Office of Inheritance and at first refuse this Oath but afterwards shall take it he shall be restored 5. None shall maintain the jurisdiction of any Forreign Prelate or Potentate in the Queens Dominions upon pain of forfeiting all his Goods and Chattels and if he be not worth twenty pounds at the time of his Conviction he shall forfeit all he hath and suffer a years imprisonment without Bayl and for the second offence incur a Praemunire and for the third offence be guilty of high Treason which offence must be prosecuted within one year after it is committed but if the offence be by Preaching Teaching or Words onely Prosecution by Indictment must be within six months else the Offender to be set at liberty 6. A Clergy man beneficed upon the first Conviction for such offence shall loose his Spiritual promotion 7. A Peer of the Realm guilty of such offence is to be tryed by his Peers 8. No persons to be Indicted or Arraigned for the aforesaid offences but by two or more sufficient witnesses produced vivâ voce and none shall be questioned for relieving ayding or comforting any such offender as is before mentioned unless it be proved by two witnesses at least that at the time of such relief aid c. he had notice of the offence committed 1. By this Statute of 5to Eliz. None shall maintain the Jurisdiction of the Bishop or Sea of Rome within any of the Queens Dominions upon pain that they and their Accessaries shall incur a Praemunire 2. Justices of Assize Justices of the Peace in Sessions or any two of them whereof on of the Quorum have power to hear and determine this offence and to certifie the presentments into the Kings Bench within a time limited in the Statute on pain of a hundred pound and Justices of Assize have power as well upon such Certificate as also before themselves to hear and determine such Offences 3. All persons appointed by the Statute of 1. Eliz. cap. 1. to take the Oath of Supremacy and all other persons taking Orders preferred to any Degree in the Universities all Schoolmasters publick and private all that take degrees of Learning in the Laws in the Inns of Court or Chancery all Attournies Protonotaries Philizers Escheators c. All persons admitted to any Ministry or Office belonging to the Common Law or other Law or Laws and all Officers and Ministers of every Court shall take the said Oath before their admittance to the exercise of any such Offices or Profession 4. He that is thus compettable to take the said Oath if he refuse it incurs a Praemunire if his default be presented and he Indicted within a year after the default 5. Archbishops and Bishops have power in their proper Diocesses to minister this Oath and the Lord Chancellor or Keeper without further Warrant may grant Commission to tender it 6. All persons impowered to tender this Oath are to certifie the Refusals of those Recusants that will not take it under their hands and seals into the Kings-Bench within a limited time in the Statute on pain of 100 l. See the Statute at large as to the Time 7. Those that refuse this Oath upon second Tender or were formerly convicted of maintaining the Jurisdiction of the Pope or See of Rome and do commit the like Offence the second time both they and their Accessaries shall suffer as in case of high Treason except in case of corruption of Blood disinherison of Heirs forfeiture of Dower or prejudice to others beside the Offender c. But none shall be punished as accessary for giving Alms without fraud to the Offender 8. This Act is to be published at every Quarter-Sessions at every Leet and every Term in open Hall in the Innes of Court and Chancery by the persons appointed thereto 9. Every Member of the Commons House is to take this Oath before he sit in Parliament before the Lord Steward or his Deputy 10. None of or above the degree of a Baron is compellable to take this Oath but a Peer offending herein is onely triable by his Peers 11. No Papist is compellable to take this Oath upon second tender or be in danger by refusal thereof to incur high Treason but onely Clergy-men Officers of Ecclesiastical Courts such as shall not observe the Rites of the Church of England c. or do say or hear Private Mass 1. By this Statute All that obtain or put in ure any Bull of Absolution or Reconciliation from the Church of Rome or absolve or be absolved thereby both they and their Accessaries before the fact shall be adjudged guilty of high Treason 2. Their Comforters and Maintainers shall incur a Praemunire and their Concealers misprision of Treason unless within six weeks they discover them to some Privy Counsellour c. 3. If any bring into the Queens Dominions any Agnus Dei Crosses Pictures Beads or any such vain and superstitious thing or deliver or offer the same to any person to be used the Person so doing and the