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A74038	Anno primo & secundo Philippi & Mariæ. Actes made at a Parliament, begon and holde[n] at Westminster, the. xii. daye of Nouember, in the fyrste and seconde yeare of the reigne of our soueraygne lorde, and lady Philip and Mary, by the grace of God, kinge [and] Quene of England, Fraunce, Naples, Ierusalem, and Ireland, defendours of the fayth, Princes of Spayne and Cycilie, Archedukes of Austria, dukes of Myllayn, Burgondie, and Braband, counties of Haspurge, Flau[n]ders and Tyroll, and there continued and kept to the dissolution of the same, beynge the. xvi. day of Ianuary then next ensuynge, were enacted as foloweth. Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis·; Public General Acts. 1553-1555. 1-2 Philip and Mary	England and Wales. Sovereign (1553-1558 : Mary I); Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.; Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598.	1555 (1555)	STC 9447.8; ESTC S124844	59,117	65

bene vsed in the case of attainder of felonie except the landes tenementes which be holden of the ordinaries or their commissaries before whome any such persons impeched of heresie be conuict which landes tenemētes intierly shall remayne to the kyng as forfayte And moreouer that al the goodes cattels of these persons so cōuicted be forfaytto our soueraygne lord the kyng so that no person conuict of heresy left to the seculer power after the lawes of holy church shal forfait his landes before that he be dead And yf any such person so cōuict be enfeffed be it by fyne by dede or without dede in lādes or tenemētes rentes or seruices in fee or otherwise or hath any other possessiōs or cattels bi gift or graūt of any person or persons to anothers vse thē to the vse of such conuictes that the same landes nor tenementes rentes nor seruices nor such other possessions nor cattels shal be forfeyt to our soueraigne lord the king in no wise And moreouer that the iustices of the kinges benche iustices of peace iustices of assise haue ful power to enquire of al thē which hold any errors or heresies as lollardes which be their main temers receyuers fauorers sustemers cōmen writers of such bookes as wel of the sermons as of their scholes cōuenticles congregatiōs and confederacies And that this clause be put in cōmissions of the Iustices of the peace And yf any persons be endicted of ani pointes aforesaid the sayd Iustices shal haue power to award against thē a Capias and the sheriffe shal be bound to arrest the person or persons so endicted as sone as he may them find by hym or by his officers And forasmuch as the congnisaunce of heresie errours lollardries belongeth to the iudges of holy church and not to the seculer iudges such persons endicted shal be delyuered to the ordinaries of the places or to their cōmissaries by indentures bytwyxt them to be made within .x. daies after theyr arrest or soner yf it may be thereof to be acquyte or cōuict by the lawes of holy church in case that these persones be not endicted of an other thing wherof the cognisaunce belongeth to the seculer iudges and officers in whiche case after that that they be acquyte or delyuered before the seculer Iudges of such thinges to the seculer Iudges belongyng they shal be sent in safegard to the sayde ordynaryes or to theyr commissaries and to them deliuered by indentures as before to be acquyte or conuicte of such lollardryes errours or heresies as is aforesayd after the lawes of holy churche and that within the terme aforesayd Prouided alwayes that the sayde endictementes be not taken in euydence but for information before the spirituall iudges agaynste suche persones so endicted but that the ordinaries commence theyr processe agaynst such persons endicted in the same maner as though no endictement were hauing no regarde to such endictmentes And yf anye be endicted of heresie erroure or lollardrye and taken by the Sheriffe or other officer he shal be lette to mayne pryse within the sayd tenne dayes by good suertie for whome the sayd Sheriffes or other officers will aunswere so that the sayd person or persones whiche were so endicted be ready to be deliuered to the sayde ordinaries or to theyr commissaries before the ende of the sayde tenne dayes yf he may by any meanes for syckenes And euery ordinarye shall haue sufficient commissaries or commissarye dwelling in euery countie in a place notable so that yf any such person so endicted be taken that the sayde commissaries or commissarye maye be warned in the notable place where he dwelleth by the Sheriffe or some of hys officers to come to the kynges iayle in the same countie there to receaue the same person so endicted by indentures as before And that in the enquest in this case to be taken the Sheriffes and other officers to whome it belongeth shall do to be empanelled good and sufficient persons not suspected nor procured that is to say that euery of them whiche shal be so empanelled in such enqueste haue wythin the realme of Englande C. s. of landes tenementes or of rent by yeare vpon payne to lose to the bynges vse x.li and they which shal be empanelled in such enquestes in Wales euery of them shall haue to the value of .xl. s. by yeare And yf any such person be arested be it by the ordinarie or by the kynges officers or ministers escape or breake the pryson before that he be acquite before the ordinary the goodes and cattels whiche he hadde the daye of suche arreste shal be forfeyre to the kynge and his landes and tenementes which he hadde the same daye seased also into the kynges handes the kyng shall haue the profytes thereof from the sayde day vntil he be yelded to the prison from which he escaped And that the forsayd Iustices haue full power to enquyre of al such escapes breakyng of pryson and also of landes and tenementes goodes and catteles of such persones so endicted Prouided also that yf any such person endicted do not retourne to the sayd pryson and dyeth not conuicte it shal be lawfull to his heires to entre into the landes and tenementes of theyr auncestre wythout anye other pursuyte makyng to the kynge for thys cause and then al they whych haue liberties and fraunchises royall in Englande as in the countie of Chester the countie and libertie of Durham and other lyke and also al the Lordes which haue iurisdiction and fraunchises royall in Wales wher the kynges writtes do not runne haue power to execute and put in due execution these articles in al poyntes by thē or by theyr officers in lyke maner as the Iustices and other the kynges officers before declared shoulde do ¶ An acte that persons dwellyng in the countrye shall not sel diuers wares in cities or townes corporate by retayle ¶ The .vii. Chapter WHere before thys tyme the auncient cities boroughes Townes corporate markette townes within this realme of Englāde haue bene verye populous chiefly inhabited with marchauntes artificers handye craftes men duryng which tyme the chyldren in the sayd cities boroughes towēs corporate market townes were ciuilye brought vp and instructed and also the sayde cities boroughes and townes corporate kept in good ordre and obeysaunce and the inhabiters of the same wel set on worke and kept from ydlenes By reason whereof the sayde cities boroughes and townes corporate did then prosper in riches and great welth and were as then not onely able to serue and furnysh the kyng and Queenes maiesties and other theyr noble progenitours kynges of this realme aswel with great numbers of good able persones and well furny shed mete for the warres as also then charged ' and yet chargeable with great fee farmes quyndemes taxes and dyuers other paymentes to the kynge and Queenes maiesties whiche at this present they be not able to pay and beare but

curraunte within this realme shall and maye be endicted arreyned tryed conuicted or atteynted by such like euidence and in suche maner and forme as hath bene vsed accustomed within thys realme at any tyme before the first yeare of the raigne of our late soueraigne lorde kyng Edwarde the sixt Any statute custome lawe or vsage to the contrary therof in any wise notwithstanding ¶ An Acte for the impounding of distresses ¶ The .xii. Chapiter FOr the auoydinge of greuous vexations exactions troubles and disorder in takyng of distresses and impounding of cattel be it enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliamēt that from and after the first dai of Apryl next cōming no distresse of cattell shal be driuen out of the hūdred rape wapentake or lath where such distresse is or shal be taken except it be to a pounde ouerte within the sayd shire not aboue three myles distaūt from the place where the said distresse is taken and that no cattel or other goodes distreined or taken by waye of distresse for any maner of cause at one time shal be impounded in seuerall places wherby the owner or owners of such distresse shal be constrayned to sue seuerall repleuis for the deliuerie of the sayd distresse so taken at one tyme vpon payne euery person offending contrary to this acte shal forfeyte to the partie greued for euery such offence a hundred shillinges and treble damages And further be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that after the sayd fyrst day of Apryl no person or persons shal take for kepyng in pounde impoundyng or poundage of any maner of distresse aboue the somme of .iiii. pence for any one whole distresse that shal be so impounded and where lesse hath ben vsed there to take lesse vpon the payne of fyue pounde to be payd to the party greued ouer and besides suche money as he shall take aboue the somme of foure pence Any vsage or prescription to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandynge And for the more spedier deliuerye of cattell taken by waye of distresse it is further enacted by the sayd aucthoritie that euerye Shiriffe of shires being no cities nor townes made shyres shal at his first countie daye or within two monethes nexte after he hath receaued his patent of his office of shirifwike shall depute appoynte and proclayme in the shyre towne within his baylywike four deputies at the least dwellyng not aboue twelue myles one dystaunt from another which sayd deputies so appoynted and proclaymed shall haue auctoritie in the sheriffes name to make repleuies and deliueraunce of such distresses in such maner and forme as the sheriffe may or ought to do vpon payne that euery Sheriffe for euery moneth that he shal lacke such deputie or deputies shall forfeyte for euerye suche offence fyue poundes the one halfe of which forfaytures shal be to the kynge and Quenes highnes her heyres and successours the other halfe to him that wil sue for the same by bil playnt information or action of debt in any the kyng and quenes courtes of recorde in which no essoygne protection nor wager of lawe shal be admitted ¶ An Acte appoynting in order to iustices of peace touchynge the baylement of prisoners ¶ The .xiii. Chapiter WHere in the parliament holden at Westminster in the .iii. yeare of the reigne of the noble prynce kyng Henrye the seuenth it was among other thinges ordeyned and enacted that no prisoner arrested for felonie should be letten to bayle or maynepryce by anye one Iustice of peace but by the hole Iustices or at least by two of thē wherof one to be of the Quorum Synce the makyng of which estatute one Iustice of peace in the name of him selfe and one other of the Iustices his compagnion not makyng the sayd Iustice partie nor priuie vnto the case wherefore the prisoner should be bayled hath often tymes by sinister labor and meanes set at large the greatest and notablest offenders suche as be not repleuisably by the lawes of this realme and yet the rather to hyde their affections in that behalfe haue signified the cause of theyr apprehension to be put onely for suspition of felony wherby the sayd offendours hath escaped vnpunyshed and do dayly to the high displeasure of almightie God the great peryll of the kynge and Quenes true subiectes and encoragement of all theues and euill doers For reformation wherof be it ordeyned and enacted by the kyng and Queenes maiesties the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present parliament assembled and by aucthoritie of the same that from and after the fyrst day of Apryll nexe commyng no Iustice or Iustices of peace shall lette to bayle or mainepryce anye such person or persones which for any offence or offences by theym or any of them committed be declared not to be replenised or bayled or be forbidden to be repleued or bayled by the estatute of Westmin prymer made in the parliamente holden in the thyrde yeare of the reygne of kynge Edwarde the first And furthermore that any person or persones arrested for manstaughter or felonie or suspection of manslaughter or selonie beyng bayleable by the lawe shall not after the sayde fyrste day of Apryli be lette to bayle or maynpryse by anye Iustices of peace if it be not in open Sessions except it be by two Iustices of peace at the least wherof one to be of the Quorum the same Iustices to be present together at the tyme of the said baylment or main pryce which baylement or mainpryce they shall certefye in wrytinge subscribed or sygned with theyr owne handes at the nexte generall goale deliuery to be holden within the countie where the saide person or persons shal be arrested or suspected And that the sayde Iustices or one of them being of the Quorum when any suche prysoner is brought before them for anye manslaughter or felonye before anye baylement or maynepryse shall take the examination of the sayd prisoner and information of them that brynges him of the facte and circumstaunces therof and the same or asmuth therof as shal be materiall to proue the felonye shall put in wrytinge before they make the same baylement whiche sayd examination together with the sayde baylement the sayd Iustices shal certifye at the next generall goale delyuerye to be holden within the limittes of theyr commission and that euery Coroner vpon any inquisition before hym founde wherby any person or persons shal be indicted for murder or māssaughter or as accessary or accessaries to the same before the muther or manslaughter committed shall put in writinge the effecte of the euidence geuen to the Iurye before hym beyng materiall and afwell the said Iustices as the sayd Coroner shall haue aucthoritie by thys acte to binde al such by recongnisaunce or obligation as do beclare any thing materiall to proue the sayd murder or manfiaughter offences or fellonies or to be accessary or accessaries to the same as is aforesayd to appeare at the next genarall goale

purposes as yf the same were or had bene signed by her highnes signe manuell and as yf her maiestie had ben at the tyme of the makyng therof sole and vnmarryed and as they were before the makynge of the sayde acte The sayde estatute or any braunche or article therin conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng An Acte for the reformation of excesse in apparell ¶ The .ii. Chapter BE IT enacted by thauctoritie of this presente Parliamēt that no person borne within this realme or the dominions of the same other then the sonne heyre apparaunt of a knyght or other then suche as maye dispende .xx. li. by the yeare in landes offices fees or other yearely reuenues for terme of lyfe or be worthe in goodes ii C. li shall after the fyrste daye of Apryll next comming weare any maner of sylke in or vpon his hatte bonet night cappe girdle skaberd hoose shoes or spurre lethers vpon pain of three moneths imprismōent forfeytures of .x. li foreuery dayes wearing contrary to the tenour of this acte AND be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that Iustices of Assises in theyr circuities Iustices of peace in their sessions Sheriffes in theyr turnes Stewardes in letes and lawe daies Maiors Sheriffes and Baylyffes of cities Boroughes townes corporate in their courtes shall and may enquire heare and determine from time to tyme al and euery the saydoffences committed or done wythin the lymites of theyr seuerall iurisdictions and auethorities and where any such forfeytures shall happen to be founde within the precince of any citie bourough towne corporate lete or lawe daye then the Maior Sherife Baylyffes of the sayd cities boroughes and townes and owner of the sayde lete or lawe dayes to haue the one moytie of the sayd forfeytures and thother moytye to be to any subiecte of this realme that wil sue for the same in any couct of record by action information byll or otherwise in which no wager of lawe protection or assoigne shal be allowed And where suche forfeyture shal be founde oute of any citie boroughe towne lete or lawe daye that the moytie of all such forfeytures shal be to the kyng Queenes maiestses and the heyres to the Quene and thother moytie thereof to any of theyr subiectes that wyll sue for the same by byll playnt action information or otherwise in any court of record as is aforesaid in the which no wager of lawe or protectiō essoigne shal be admitted or allowed And that all and euery such person persōes as haue aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte to heare and determine the premisses may vpon the conuiction of euery such offender awarde processe vnto the Shiriffe of any shire within this realme for the apprehension of the sayd offendour which beyng apprehended shal be committed by the sheriffe vnto the goale of the sayd shire there to remayne without bayle or maynpryse vntyll the saide offendoure hath payde the sayd for feyture wherin he is so conuicted And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons of what estate condition or degre soeuer he or they be after the sayd fyrst day of Apryl next commyng knowyng and seruaunte or seruauntes of hys or theyrs to offende contrarieto this acte do not putte the same out of his or their seruice but shall kepe in hys or their setuice the same offendoure or offendours by the space of xiiii dayes next after suche knowledge had or elles being so put out of his or their seruice shal retayne the same offendour or offendours to his or theyrseruice agayne within one yeare nextensuing the time of committing of any such offence the same person or persons so kepyng or reteyning agayne in or to his or their seruice any suche seruaunt or seruauntes offendyng contrary to the tenoure of this acte as is aforesayd shall for euery his or theyr offence forsayt C.li. of law full monye of Englande the moytie whereof to be to the kynge and Queenes maiesties vse and the heyres successours of the Queene and the other moytie to hym that wyll sue for the same in any courte of recorde by action byll playnt information or otherwise wherin no wager of lawe essoygne or protection shal be admitted or allowed Prouyded alwaye and be it enacted that thys acte or any thyng therein contayned shall not extend to any person beynge of or aboue the degre of a knyghts sonne or doughter or beinge wyfe to any of them nor to suche as haue bene be or shal be Maior Bayliffe Aldermā or head officer in anye citie borough or towne corporateor to the wyfe of any of them nor to anye of the kinges or Queenes seruauntes in ordinarie wages attendaūt and wearynge the kinges or Quenes ordinarie liueries but that they and euery of thē may vse and we are as they or any of them might lawfully vse and weare before the makyng of this acte Prouided also that no person shal be compelled by this acte to put awaye his prentise or hyred seruaunt before th ende of the terme before agreed betwene thē nor that any master shal forfeyte or loose any payne or forfayture for the keping of his prētise or hired seruaūt after his offence contrary to this acte vnto th ende of the terme before agreed betwene them Anye thyng aboue sayd to the contrarye notwithstanding Prouided also that women may weare in theyr cappes hattes gyrdles and hoodes as they or anye of them mighte vse and wear lawfully before the makyng of thys acte ¶ An Acte agaynst sedicious wordes and rumors ¶ The .iii. Chapiter WHere it is conteined as wel in the Statute of Westm the fyrst as in the Statute made at Glocestre the seconde yeare of the raygne of Kynge Rychard the seconde that no man shuld be so hardy to contriue speake or tell any false newes lyes or other suche lyke false thinges of Prelates Dukes Earles Barons and othere nobles Peares of the realme or of the Chauncellour Tresuter Clearke of the priuie seale Steward of the kynge houshold Iustices of the one bancke or of thother or of any other great officers of this realme And that euery such offendour shoulde be takē and imprisoned vntil such time as he had brought him or them forth which did speake the same And wher also at a Parliament holden at Cambridge in the .xxii. yeare of the raygne of the sayde kynge Richard it was also enacted that where anye suche offendour as is aforesayde shulde be taken and imprisoned and coulde not fynde hym of whome he hearde those newes which he spake as is aforesayd that then the same speker shoulde be punished by thaduice of the counsell as by the same Actes amongest other more playnly doe and may appeare Be it enacted by thauctoritie of this presente Parliament that all and euery the sayde former Actes and Statutes shall be and remayne in theyr full force strength and effecte to all intentes constructions and purposes And

offences toward there co remayne without bayle or maynprise vntyl he shal be delyuered accordyng to thys Acte Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no maner of person or persons shal be molested or impeched for anye of thoffences concernyng speaking or reportyng as is aforesaid onlesse he or they be thereof accused and conuicted within three monethes nexte after his or their sayde offence so committed or done And in case any person shal be imprisoned for anye of the sayde offences concernyng speakynge or reportinge and not thereof conuicted within three monethes next after his offence supposed to be by hym done and committed that then the person so imprisoned shal be set at libertie and no lenger deteyned in prison Prouided also and be it enacted by aucthoritie aforesayd that euerye suche Maiour Maiours Bayliffes and other heade officer and officers of cities boroughes and townes corporate whiche haue or hereafter shall haue iurisditcion and aucthoritie within the seuerall limittes of their office or offices to hold and kepe sessions as Iustice or Iustices of the peace shal and may by aucthoritie hereof as wel arrest and committe to warde al euerye person and persons being vehemently suspected of any of thoffences aforesayde as also to procede to th execution hearing and determining of euery the said offences and to see and make due execution thereof according to the purporte meanyng and effecte of this present Acte Anye thynge in the same acte heretofore made to the contrarye notwythstandyng Prouided alwayes that the sayde Iustice of peace as well within liberties as without the which shall for anye the offences aforesayd committe anye person or persons to warde as is aforesayd shal within tenne dayes next after suche committing with one other Iustice whereof one of them to be of the Quorum directe their precepte to the Shiriffe or Shiriffes of the countie where th offence shal be committed or to other ordinary officer yf it be within any citie or towne corporate where the Sheriffe can not intromytte commaunding him or them by the same impanell and returne as they shall assigne .xxiiij. good and lawful men of his or their baylywyke or baylywykes to enquire of the sayde offence or offences the which anye suche person or persons shal be so imprisoned for And therevpon within one moneth after the date of the sayd precept to procede and determine as aboue is expressed Euerye one of the same Iustices vpon the payne of x.li to be payed to the king Queenes highnesses as often as they shal be founden in defaulte of anye the same Prouided also and be it enacted that this Acte shal be proclaymed in all the shyres within this realme before the .xii. daye of Februarye next comming to thintente that al persons may haue notice thereof and auoyde the peryll and daunger that might ensue by offendynge agaynst the same And this Acte to be onlye in force vntyl the ende of the next Parliament and no longer Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesayde that none of the peares of this realme shal be arested or imprisoned for anye of the sayde offences but onely by order or commaundemente gyuen from the Kyngs and Quenes priuie counsayle or of the heires of the Queene and that the sayde peares and euery of them that shal hereafter fortune to be indicted of any the offēces aforesaid shal be tried by their peares as before hath ben accustomed in caces of tresō or fellonie ¶ An Acte for the punyshment of certayne persons callyng them selues Egyptians ¶ Te .iii. Chapter WHere in a parliamente holden at Westminster in the .xxii. yeare of the reigne of our late Soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henry theyght for the auoyding and bauyshinge oute of this realme of certayne outlandishe people callinge them selues Egiptians vsinge no crafte nor feare of marchaundyses for to lyue by but going frō place to place in great companies vsing great suttel and craftye meanes to disceaue the kinges Subiectes bearing them in hand that they by palmistry coulde tell mens and womans fortune and so many tymes by crafte and subtiltie disceaue the people of thyre money and committed diuers greate and heynous fellonies and robberies to the great hurt and disceyt of the people It was amongest other thinges then enacted that from the tyme of the makyng of the sayd Acte on suche personnes shoulde be suffered to come within this the kinges realme vpon payne of forfay ture to the kyng all theyr goodes and catteles and then to be commaunded to auoyde the realme within .xv dayes next after the commaundement vpon payne of imprisōment and suche persons calling them selues Egiptians as then were within this realme shoulde departe within .xvi. dayes next after proclamation of the sayde Acte vpon payne of imprisoment and forfeyture of all theyr goodes and cattels with diuers other clauses articles conteyned in the sayd acte as by the sayd Act more at large it appeareth Forasmuche as diuers of the sayde company and suche otherlike persones not fearing the penaltie of the sayd Statute haue enterprised to come ouer agayne into this realme vsyng theyr olde accustomed deuelish and noughty practises and deuises with suche abhommable liuinge as is not in any Christian realme to be permitted named or knowen and be not duely punyshed for the same to the perellous and euyl example of our soueraygne Lorde and Lady the kynge and Queenes maiesties moost louinge subiectes and to the vtter and extreame vndoynge of diuers and many of them as euidently doth appeare For reformation wherof be it ordeyned and enacted by the kynge and Quene our soueraygne Lorde and Lady the Lordes spirituall and temporall and commons in this present parliamente assembled and by thauctoritie of the same that yf any person or persons after the last daye of Ianuary next comming do willingly transport brynge and conuey into this realme of England or Wales any such persons callyng them selues or commonly called Egyptians that then he or they so transporting bringinge or conueying in any suche persons contrary to the true meaning of this Acte shall forfeyt and lose for euery tyme so offendyng forty poundes of lawfull money of Englād And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that yf any of the sayd persons called Egyptians whiche shal be transported and conueyed into this realme of England or Wales as is aforesayd do continue and remayne within the same by the space of one moneth that then he or they so offendyng shall by vertue of this acte be deemed and adiudged a fellon and fellons and shall therefore suffer paynes of death losse of landes and goodes as in cases of fellony by thor dre of the common lawe of this realme and shall vpon the tryall of them or any of them therin be tried in the countie and by thinhabitauntes of the countie or place where they or he shal be apprehended or taken and not Per medietanem linguae and shal lose the benefite and priuilege of

eueri of thē may by the aucthoritie of the sayd ordinarie and Statute cause to be arrested and vnder saufe custody in his prisones to be deteined til he or they of the articles layed to hym or them in this behalfe do canonically purge him or them selfe or els such wicked secte preachynges doctrynes and heretical and erronious opiniōs do abiure according as the lawes of the churche doth require so that the sayd diocesan by him self or his commissaries do openly and iudicially procede against such persones so arrested and remayning vnder his sause custody to all effecte of the lawe and determin that same businesse according to the Canonicall decrees wythin three monethes after the sayd arrest any laweful impedimēt ceassing And yf any person in any case aboue expressed be before the diocesan of that place or his commissaries canonically conuicte then the same diocesan may do to be kept in his prison the sayd person so conuicte for the maner of his defaut and after the qualitie of the offence according and as long as to his discretion shal seme expediente and moreouer to put the same person to the secular court except in cases where he according to the canonical decret ought to be left to pay to our soueraygne lord the kyng his pecunier fine according as the same fine shall seme competent to the diocesan for the maner and qualitie of the offence in whiche case the same diocesan shal be bound to certifye the kynge of the same fine in his eschecker by his Lettre Patentes sealed with his seale to the effect that such fine by the kynges aucthoritie maye bee required and leuied to his vse of the goodes of the same person so conuict And if any persō within the sayd realme and dominions vpon the sayd wycked preachynges doctrynes opinions schooles and heretical and erronious informations or any of them be before the diocesan of the same place or his commissaries sencencially conuicte the same wicked sect preachinges doctrines and opinions scholes informations doe refuse duely to abiure or by the diocesan of the same place or his commissaries after the abiuration made by the same person pronounced fal in to relapse so that according to the holy canons he ought to be left to the seculer court whervpon credence shal be geuen to the diocesan of the same place or to his comissaries in thys behalfe then the sheriffe of the countie of the same place and Maior and sheriffes or sheriffe or Maior and Bayliffes of the citie towne and borough of the same countie next to the same diocesan or the sayde Commyssaryes shal be personally present in preferring of such sentences when they by the same diocesan or his commissaries shal be required they the same persones and euery of them after suche sentence promulgate shall receaue and them before the people in an high place dooe to be brent that suche punyshment maye strike in feare to the myndes of other wherby no such wicked doctrine and hereticail and erronious opinions nor their abbettours and fautours in the sayd realme do minions agaynst the catholike fayth christen lawe and determinatiō of the holy church which God prohibite be susteyned or in any wyse suffered in which al and singuler the premisses concerning the sayde ordinaunce and statute the sheriffes maiors and baylyffes of the said counties cities boroughes and townes shal be attending ayding supporting to the sayde diocesans and their commissaries ¶ The tenor of the third Acte made in the seconde yeare of kyng Henry the fyft is as foloweth Cap. vii ITem forasmuche as great rumours congregations in surrections here in the realme of England by dyuerse of the kinges liege people as wel by them whiche were of the sect of heresies commonly called lollardrie as by other of their confederacie excitation abbetment nowe of late were made to the intent to adnull destroye and subuerte the christen faythe and the lawe of God and holy churche within thys same realme of England also to destroye the same our soueraygne lorde the kyng all other maner of estates of the same realme of Englande as wel spirituall as temporall and also all maner of policie and finally the lawes of the lande The same our soueraygne lord the kyng to the honour of god and in cōseruation fortification of the christen fayth and also in saluation of his royall estate and of the estate of al his realme willing agaynst the malice of such heretikes and lollardes to prouide a more open remedy and punishment then hath bene had and vsed in the case heretofore so that for feare of the same lawes and punyshmente such heristes and lollardries may the rather cease in tyme to come by the aduise and assent aforesaid and at the prayer of the sayd cōmons hath ordeyned and stablished that fyrst the chaunceler treasurer Iustices of the one bench and of the other Iustices of peace sheriffes maiors and baylyffes of cities and townes and al other officers hauing gouernaunce of people which nowe be or hereafter for the tyme shal be shal make an othe in takyng of their charges and occupations to put their whole power diligence to put out and do to be put out cease destroye al maner of heresies and errours cōmonly called lollardries within the places where they exercise their offices occupatiōs frō tyme to tyme with all their power that they assiste the ordinaries and their cōmissaries them fauour maintayne as often as they or any of them to that shal be required by the same ordinaries or their cōmissaries so that when the said officers ministers trauayle or ride to arrest any lollard or to make assistence at the instaunce request of the ordinaries or their cōmissaries bi vertne of this statute that the same ordinaries cōmissaries shall pay for their costes reasonablye And that the kynges seruices to the whych the same officers be first sworne be preferred before all other statutes for the libertie of holy church the ministers of the same and in especiall for the correction punishment of the heretikes and lollardes before this time made and not repelled being in their force And also that al persons cōuict of heresie of what estate condition or degre that they be by the said ordinaries or other cōmissaries left to the seculer power according to the lawes of holye churche shal loose and forfayt al theyr landes and tenementes which they haue in fee symple in the maner as foloweth that is to saye that the king haue all the landes tenementes which the sayd conuictes haue in fee simple holden of him immediatly as forfayte that the other lordes of whome the landes tenementes of such conuictes be bolden immediatly after that the kyng is so seaced aunswered of the yeare the day and the wast haue liuery out of the kynges handes of the landes tenemētes aforesaid of thē so holden as it hath