were consumed wasted and burnt to the great danger of the Bodies of them and their Families and their exceeding great loss and impoverishment And forasmuch as it is a Godly and Charitable deed to further help and relieve such poor needy and miserable persons being of honest name fame and conversation as they who have suffered this great loss And for that the Bearers hereof in the behalf of themselves and their Neighbours are inforced by reason of their Losses to seek for help and succour for their relief And we knowing their Estate to be such as is premised and moved with commiseration of their sad Estate and Condition Have therefore as much as in us lieth given License unto them and every of them to make their repair from Parish Church to Parish Church and to every Parish Church and Chapel Town and Place within the County of K. to ask receive and take Charitable Devotion and Benevolence of all good and well disposed people towards the recovery of their said great Losses And our request further is That you and every of you to whom they shall repair do extend your lawfull favour unto them permitting them without your denial to execute the tenour of this our Licence Desiring all Ecclesiastical Persons to whom these distressed persons shall make their Address in this behalf to declare the tenor hereof to their Parishioners in every of their Parish Churches and Chapels on the Sabbath days or other Festival days exorting them to extend their Charity in this behalf and those whom it concerns to aid and assist them in the collection thereof In Witness c. A Charitable Request made by certain Iustices of the Peace to the Inhabitants of a Division for Relief of F. S. who had been therein lately ruined by Fire K. ss WE whose names are hereunto subscribed his Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. and inhabiting in and neer the division of the said County wherein the Parish of B. in the County aforesaid is situate having received credible information that F. S. of the Parish aforesaid Labourer upon the second day of April last past by a sudden Fire hapening in his said dwelling house in the said Parish had his Flax to the value of thirty and five pounds suddenly burnt and consumed to the utter undoing him his wife and children unless he be relieved by the Charity of well disposed people We therefore taking the said Loss into consideration and much commiserating the same do upon the humble Petition of the F. S. so far forth as lawfully we may earnestly recommend his said sad condition to the charitable consideration and benevolence of all well disposed people inhabiting within the division aforesaid desiring them to contribute what God shall move their hearts unto towards his help and relief therein desiring also the Ministers and Church-wardens of every the Parishes within the division aforesaid to promote the said Charitable work Given under our hands the c. of May 1681. c. Forceable Entry A Warrant to return a Iury to inquire of a Forceable Entry Kent ss R. K. Esq one of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid To the Sheriff of the said County Greeting On the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King I command you that you do cause to come before me at C. in the Parish of G. in the County aforesaid upon Monday the tenth day of Iune next ensuing four and twenty sufficient and indifferent men of the neighbourhood of L. in the said County whereof every one have lands and tenements of the yearly value of forty shillings by the year at the least above reprises to enquire upon their Oath for His said Majesty of a certain Entry by strong hand made into the mesuage of A. B. at L. aforesaid against the form of the Statute in that behalf provided as it is said And that you do at the said day return twenty shillings issues upon every of the Jurors by you in this behalf to be impannelled Hereof fail not upon pain of twenty pounds to be by you forfeited to His said Majesty and upon such other penalty as by the Statute in that behalf provided is declared if you shall be slack and make not due execution hereof And have you there the names of the Jurors and this Precept Given under my hand and seal at c. the second day of c. A Record of a Forceable Entry K. ss EGO R. K. Armig. unus Iusticiariorum Dom. Regis nunc ad pacem in Comitatu Kanc. praedicto conservandam assignatorum Certifico quod secundo die Februarii Anno Regni dicti Dom. Regis nunc tricesimo questus est mihi A. B. de C. in Comitatu Kanc. praedicto Yeoman Quod E. F. aliae personae ignotae perturbatores pacis dicti Dom. Regis nunc praedicto secundo die Februarii Anno supradicto in unum messuagium unum Atrium cum pertin adtunc adhunc existens liberum tenementum W. I. Gent. ac in possessione praed A. B. pro termino decem annorum adhuc venturorum situatum in C. praedicta in Com. praedicto pacifice quiete intraver intrationem fecer Et postea viz. praedicto secundo die Februarii Anno supra dicto apud C. praedictam in Com. praedicto praedictum A. B. à praedicto Messuagio Atrio cum pertin vi Armis c. illicite manu forti expuler ejecer amover Et praed A. B. sic deinde expuls ejectum amotum à Messuagio Atrio praedictis cum pertin ut praedicitur vi Armis illicite manu forti adtunc ibidem extra tenuer detinuer Ad grave damnum praedicti A. B. contra pacem dicti Dom. Regis nunc c. ac contra formam Statuti in hujusmodi casu editi provisi Et unde praedictus A. B. petiit à me remedium in hac parte relevari Quâ querela petitione praedict per me auditis existen Ego praefatus J. B. immediate personaliter accessi ad Messuagium Atrium praedicta cum pertin Ac in Messuagio praedicto adtunc ibidem inventi praedictum E. F. praedictum Messuagium Atrium cum pertinentiis à praedicto A. B. vi armis illicite manu forti extra tenentem detinentem contra formam Statuti in hujusmodi casu editi provisi super quo ego praefatus J. B. adtunc ibidem causavi praedictum E. F. capt arrestat misi ad Gaolam de M. in Com. Kanc. praed ibid. remanere sub salva custodia donec inveniret coram me sive aliquo alio Iusticiariorum dicti Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. praedict sufficientem securitatem pro personali comparentia ipsius A. B. ad proximam generalem Quarterialem-Sessionem pacis dicti Dom. Regis in Com. praed tenent ad respondendum transgressioni contemp praed Ac quod
house or houses of any person or persons within the said Hundred other then such person or persons which have Free-Warren or is Lord of a Mannor or is such Freeholder which is seized in his own right or the right of his Wife of Lands Tenements or Hereditaments to the clear yearly value of forty pounds or more by the year over and above all charges and reprises of some estate of inheritance Or of Lands Tenements or Hereditaments in his own right or in the right of his Wife for term of life or lives of the yearly value of fourscore pounds over and above all charges and reprises Or which is worth in Goods or Chattels four hundred pounds suspected to have Setting-dogs or Nets for the taking of Pheasants and Partridges And that wheresoever you or any of you shall find any such Setting-dog or Nets the same you take carry away and detain kill destroy and cut in pieces as things prohibited by the Act aforesaid and forefeited to such of you as shall find out and take the same as aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at M. in the said County the c. The like upon the Statute of 22 and 23 Caroli Secundi To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss BY virtue of an Act of Parliament in that behalf lately made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to authorize and command you and every of you in the day time to search the houses out-houses or other places of any person or persons within the said Hundred other then of such person as hath Lands and Tenements or some other estate of inheritance in his own or in his Wife 's right of the clear yearly value of one hundred pounds per annum or for term of life or which hath a Lease or Leases of ninety nine years or for any longer term of the clear yearly value of one hundred and fifty pounds or which is the Son and Heir apparent of an Esquire or other person of higher degree or which are Owners or Keepers of Forests Parks Chases or Warrens being Stocked with Deer or Conies for their necessary use in respect of the said Forests Parks Chases or Warrens as upon good ground shall be suspected to have or keep in his or their custody any Guns Bows Grey-hounds Setting-dogs Ferrets Cony-dogs or other Dogs to destroy Hares or Conies Hays Tramels or other Nets Low-bells Hare-pipes Snares or other Engines for the taking and killing of Conies Hares Pheasants Partridges or other Game and such Guns Bows Grey-hounds Setting-dogs Ferrets Cony-dogs or other such Dogs as aforesaid Hays Tramels or other Nets Low-bells Hare-pipes Snares or other Engines aforesaid as you or any of you shall so find to seize detain and keep to and for the use of the Lord of the Mannor or Royalty where the same shall be so found or taken or otherwise to cut in pieces or destroy as things by the said Act prohibited to be kept by persons of their degree And what you shall doe in the premisses you shall make known unto me with all convenient speed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Mittimus against persons that refuse to enter into Recognizance to appear at Sessions for their keeping Ferrets and Nets to kill Conies To the Constables c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. and C. D. of E. in the County aforesaid being this present day brought before me by Warrant by the Constable of E. aforesaid and being examined did upon their examination confess that they had kept and used Nets and Ferrets for the taking and killing of Conies by the space of a year last past contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided And being required to enter into Recognizance for their appearance at the next general Quarter-Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County they did both refuse so to do These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you that you receive into your Custody the Bodies of the said A. B. and C. D. whom I send you by H. T. one of the Constables of E. aforesaid and them safely to keep untill they shall enter into such Recognizance as aforesaid or that they be otherwise discharged according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal c. A Warrant for one that Hunts with Spannels in Ear'd Corn. To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundred of c. K. ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been made unto me That A. B. of your Town of C. Gent. did in September last past Hunt with his Spannels in the Ground of R. H. where Corn did then grow at which time the same Corn was Eared or Codded and Standing without the consent of the said R. H. then Owner of the same Ground contrary to the Statute in that case made and provided by which he hath forfeited forty shillings to the said R. H. the Owner of the said Ground These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that some or one of you do warn him the said A. B. to come before us at T. the second day of Iune next to answer the premisses and to be then there your self with this Warrant Given under our hands and seals c. If he appear not then say to put in Sureties for his appearance at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this County to answer the said offence and pay the penalty And in case he refuse so to doe that then you some or one of you safely convey him to the Gaol of c. and him there deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep untill he shall find Sureties as aforesaid Given under my hand and seal c. Oaths The Oath which is usually ministred to a Iustice of the Peace in the several Counties of England YE shall Swear that as Justice of the Peace in the County of K. in all Articles in the King's Commission to you directed you shall doe equal right to the Poor and to the Rich after your cunning wit and power and after the Laws and Customs of this Realm and Statutes thereof made And ye shall not be of Council of any Quarrel hanging before you And that you hold your Sessions after the form of the Statutes thereof made And the Issues Fines and Amercements that shall happen to be made and all Forfeitures which shall fall before you ye shall cause to be entred without any concealment or imbeziling and truly send them to the King's Exchequer ye shall not lett for gift or other cause but well and truly you shall doe your Office of Justice
the Peace MEmorandum Quod tertio die Julii Anno 32. Regis Caroli Secundi c. A. B. venit coram me R. K. Armig. uno Iusticiariorum Domini Regis nunc ad Pacem c. Gratis Remisit Relaxavit quantum in se est praedictam securitatem pacis per ipsum versus supra nominatum T. H. petitam In cujus rei testimonium ego praefatus R. K. c. Dat. apud c. And in like sort the Justice or Justices of Peace may doe which took Sureties for Good behaviour if they see cause Riot A Precept to the Sheriff to return a Iury to inquire upon a Riot Rout or unlawfull Assembly Kent ss W. B. and R. R. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid to the Sheriff of the said County Greeting On the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King we command you that you do cause to come before us at H. in the Parish of G. in the said County upon Thursday the 10. day of Iune next ensuing four and twenty honest sufficient and lawfull men dwelling within the said County whereof every of them have to Lands and Tenements within the County aforesaid to the yearly value of twenty shillings of Charter-hold or Free-hold or twenty six shillings eight pence of Copyhold or of both over and above all charges for to inquire for His Majesty of some Riots Routs and unlawfull Assemblies committed and done at S. in the said County as it is said And that you do return upon every Person so by you impannelled in issues at the first day twenty shillings at the second day forty shillings to be by them forfeited if that they appear not and be sworn to inquire the premisses at the first day All which you shall in no case omit upon pain of twenty pounds which you shall forfeit to His said Majesty if you shall make default in not returning the said Persons or issues in form aforesaid And have you then the names of the said Jurors and this Precept Given under our hands and seals at T. in the said County c. The like Precept in Latine K. ss T. C. R. K. Armigeri duo Iusticiariorum Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. suo praed conservand assign necnon ad diversas felonias transgressiones alia malefacta in eodem Com. perpetrat audiend terminand assignat Vic. ejusdem Com. salutem Ex parte Dom. Regis tibi praecipimus Quod venire facias coram nobis apud S. in Com. praed die Iovis 26 die Aprilis prox sequen ad horam octavam ante meridiem ejusdem diei viginti quatuor probos sufficientes legales homines infra Com. praed commorantes quorum quilibet habeat terras tenementa infra eundem Com. ad valentiam viginti solidorum per chart tent sive liberi tenementi vel viginti sex solidorum octo denariorum terrae per copiam rotulorum Curiae tent ultra omnia onera Ad inquirend pro Dom. Rege super sacram suum de quibusdam Riotis Routis illicitis aggregationibus commiss perpetrat apud H. in Com. praed ut dicitur Quodque retornes super quamlibet personam per te impanellat in exitibus viginti solidos per ipsos forisfaciend si non compareant ut jurati sint ad inquirend de praemissis ad diem illum omnia quae nullatenus omitt sub paena viginti librar quam noveris te forisfactur eidem Dom. Regi si defalt feceris in non retorn personas prâ—…d sive exit in forma praed Et habeas ibi tunc nomina Iur. ill hoc praeceptum Dat. sub Sigillis nostris apud S. ultim die Martii Anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensor c. 27. A Warrant for certain Riotous Persons To the Constables c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as I am credibly informed by A. B. Gent. that C. D. c. and diverse and sundry other Persons unknown have come upon the Ground of the said A. B. in M. aforesaid and there have been aiding and assisting to these Persons hereunder named in forceable manner to carry away the Wood and Timber c. there of late growing being the Wood and Timber of A. B. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you to arrest as well the said Parties hereunder named as the said Parties unknown being shewed unto you by the said A. B. and to bring the same before me and this shall be your Warrant and Discharge Given under c. Rogues For Apprehending and Committing a dangerous Rogue To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. a was found and apprehended at C. in the Hundred and County aforesaid in a general privy Search by our command made according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided and brought before us this present day at our Assembly at T. in the County aforesaid We do therefore in His Majestie 's name command you the Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do at the charge of the said Hundred convey the said A. B. to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there set him to work and labour or otherwise to deal with him according to Law untill he shall be from thence lawfully delivered Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at A. aforesaid the c. A Mittimus of a dangerous Rogue To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. a wandring Rogue doth appear to be dangerous We do therefore in His Majestie 's name charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do safely convey the said A. B. to the Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep untill the next Quarter-sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at A. aforesaid that he may then and there be farther dealt withall according to the Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under c. Sacrament A Certificate for Receiving the Sacrament and Oath Kent ss WE A. B. Minister of the Parish-Church of C. in the County of D. and E. F. Church-warden of the same Parish and Parish-Church do
faithfull to his trust and not deserted the same by taking up Arms against His late Majesty or His Majesty that now is or otherwise And hath repaired to W. in the said County being the place where he waâ—… last settled before he took Arms We do therefore according to the said Statute assign for his Relief until the next Quarter-Sessions to be holden for the County of K. which you are hereby required to pay unto him Given under our hands and seals c. The like for Allowance to Wife or Orphan To the Treasurer of the said County for maimed Souldiers Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. hath according to the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made made appear unto us that A. B. late of C. continued faithfull to his trust and not deserted the same by taking up Arms against His said late Majesty or His Majesty that now is or otherwise We do therefore according to the said Statute adjudge that over and besides such relief as shall gain by work and labour and shall be allowed by the charity and benevolence of the Parish of A. where is now settled Given under our hands and seals this c. Swearing To pay 1 s. for Swearing in the presence of a Justice of the Peace To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of D. in the said County and to every of them and to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of B. in the County aforesaid and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of c. in the County aforesaid Butcher being of above the age of twelve years did in my hearing this present day in the Parish aforesaid prophanely swear one Oath for which Offence he forefeited and was to pay to the use of the Poor of the Parish the summ of 12 d. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you to levy to the use of the Poor of the said Parish the aforesaid 12 d. by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the said A. B. rendring to him the over-plus And in defect of such Distress that you the said Constable do set the said A. B. in the Stocks by the space of three whole hours Hereof fail not c. A Warrant to levy Monies for prophane Swearing To the Constables and Borsholders c. K. ss FOrasmuch as it was this present day proved before me that A. B. of c. did in the said Parish offend by profane Swearing four Oaths by reason whereof he hath forfeited to the use of the Poor of the said Parish the summ of c. that is to say 3 s. 4. d. for every time he did so offend according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do forthwith levy the said forfeiture of c. upon the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. by Distress and Sale of the same returning the over-plus And that forthwith after your levying of the said forfeiture of c. you pay the same to the Church-wardens and other the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish or to some or one of them to the use of the Poor aforesaid And in case no sufficient Distress shall be found and that the said A. B. shall not pay the said forfeiture or give security for the same That then you do set him in the Stocks there to remain the space of three whole hours Hereof fail not c. A Certificate of Conviction for Swearing Kent ss I R. K. Esquire one of His Majestie 's Justices c. do hereby certifie to the Clerk of the Peace of the County of K. that the persons whose names are hereunto subscribed were since the last Sessions committed before me for Swearing one prophane Oath a piece Given under my hand and seal this c. Tax A Warrant to the Assessors to make a Tax upon an Act of Parliament for Royal Aid K. ss BY virtue of an Act of this present Parliament intituled An Act for granting a Royal Aid unto the King's Majesty of 2477500 li. to be raised levied and paid in the space of three years in manner following that is to say 68819 li. 9 s. by the month for thirty six months beginning from the 25. day of Decemb. 1664. These are to will and require you and every of you whose names are hereunder written for the purpose aforesaid for the second and third quarterly payments of the said six months Assessments with all care and diligence to assess on all Lands Tenements Hereditaments Annuities Rents Parks Warrens Goods Chattels Stock Merchandise Offices other than Judicial and Military Offices and Offices relating to the Navy under the command of the Lord High Admiral and Offices within His Majestie 's Houshold Tolls Profits and all their Estates both reall and personal within the Limits Circuits and Bounds of your Hundred of A. the full and just summ of c. by a pound rate wherein you are to assess the Tenant one sixth part of the whole in respect of his stock upon Land and you are to assess all other persons for their personal estate other then their stock upon Lands and Houshold-stuff for every 20 li. proportionably to 1 li. by the year in Lands And you are to take especial care that therein you assess not any part of the said monies upon the Rents and Revenues due and payable to either the Universities or any other Colleges Halls Hospitals Almes-houses or Free-schools Nevertheless you are to assess the Tenants of all such Lands and Tenements for so much as the same are worth by the year over and above what Rents or Revenues they pay to the said Universities Colleges c. And you are hereby further willed and required that you bring the said Assessment fairly written exactly cast up and by you signed unto us at the house of c. tali die by two of the clock in the afternoon of the same day Of all which you nor any of you are to fail upon pain of 20 li. Given under our hands and seals at A. the c. To A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. The Preamble of the Tax Book The Hundred of A. c. Kent ss A Tax made the second day of May Anno Dom. 1664. and in the sixteenth year c by us whose names are hereunder subscribed in pursuance of a Warrant to us directed under the hands and seals of A. B. C. D. E. F. Esquires and others Commissioners nominated in an Act of this present Parliament intituled An Act for granting c. as before We are required to assess upon the said Hundred on all Lands Stock Goods c. the summ of c. by a pound rate wherein the Tenant is to be assessed one sixth part of the whole which we have accordingly assessed viz the Landlord at 5 d. in the pound Rent
Peace to be holden for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid to doe and receive what by the Court there shall be then and there enjoyned and shall in the mean time be of Good behaviour towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all His liege people That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force Bridges A Warrant to a Hundred for Assessing a proportionable Rate of a Tax appointed by the Body of the County towards repair of the County Bridges To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to C. D. E. F. c. Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the County aforesaid and to every of them Kent ss WHereas several common Bridges of the said County were much out of repair The charges of Reparations whereof was estimated to amount to 750 li. which were ordered to be repaired by the Body of the County aforesaid The proportionable part whereof to be born by the Hundred aforesaid do amount unto 20 li. These are therefore by virtue of His Majestie 's Commission of Oyer and Terminer to us and others on that behalf directed under the great Seal of England To command you the said Constable and Borsholders sorthwith equally to assess and tax the said Hundred by a pound rate upon all Lands Tenements Goods and Chattels both real and personal within the Limits Circuits and Bounds of the Hundred aforesaid as hath usually been done within the said Hundred for publick Taxes And that you do collect and gather the same so that you may have the same ready in the hands of you the aforesaid Constables within one and twenty days next after your receit of this Precept to be paid and disposed of for and towards the purpose aforesaid as we some or one of us shall for that purpose direct And in case of refusal or neglect of any person or persons to pay his her or their proportion or proportions of the said money so by you assessed and taxed within one week next after demand thereof that then you some or one of you do cause the said person or persons so refusing or neglecting to come before us some or one of us to be bound over according to an Order by the said Commissioners in that behalf made to appear at the next general Assizes or Quarter-Sessions for this Western Division of the said County which shall next happen after such refusal or neglect to answer the same and you are hereby further required to make known unto us some or one of us with all convenient speed next after the end of the aforesaid one and twenty days what you have done in execution of this Precept Given under our hands and seals the second day of May 1681. A Warrant to make a Tax for County Bridges repaired To the Constable of the Hundred of A. and to B. C. c. Inhabitants of the said Hundred and to every of them Kent ss WHereas the usual Bridges of c. within the said County were lately in great decay and unrepaired and by an Order made at C. c. the said Decays and Irreparations were ordered to be mended at the Charges of the said County and have lately been amended accordingly the proportionable part of which said Charge thought fit to be imposed upon this Division doth amount unto c. of lawfull money of England and the proportionable part of the same thought fit to be imposed upon the said Hundred doth amount unto c. of like money These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Inhabitants that you or any three of you at the least whereof you the said Constable to be one do forthwith after publick notice before given as is usual in other Taxations make a Taxation of all and every the Inhabitants of the said Hundred as in such cases A Warrant to collect a Tax for repairing County Bridges To A. B. and C. D. Inhabitants of the Hundred of E. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you That you do forthwith collect and gather the several summs of money specified in the Taxation herewithall delivered unto you of the several persons therein mentioned to be taxed upon them for the purpose in the said Taxation specified and that you do pay the same unto R. T. whom we have appointed general Receiver of the moneys raised for the purpose aforesaid within this Division of the several Hundreds on or before the second day of May deducting out of the same onely 5 s. as by us allowed unto you for and towards your pains in collecting and paying in of the same and in case of refusal or neglect of payment of any of the said parties so taxed of the moneys taxed upon them as aforesaid after demand made thereof by you or either of you that then you do certify unto us or some or one of us the names of the said persons so refusing or neglecting with all convenient speed to the end that such farther proceeding may be had thereupon as to Justice doth appertain Given under our hands and seals at c. A Warrant for not paying the same To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been made unto us by R. T. c. by us appointed collectors and gatherers of the moneys imposed upon the said Hundred for and towards the reparations of the several Bridges of D. in the said County that the several persons whose names are here under written have refused to pay unto them the several summs of money adjoyned to their several names being taxed upon them for the purpose aforesaid although the same have been duly demanded of them These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said several persons to come before us or one of us or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County to answer the premisses and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain unless they shall forthwith pay the said moneys unto you some or one of you which if they shall so doe that then you so receiving the same do forthwith pay the said moneys so received unto the said R. T. c. or one of them to the end that the same may be by them paid over to the general Receiver of the moneys raised for the purpose aforesaid by us formerly appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A. B. C. D. E. F. c. Carriages for the King A Warrant to provide Carriages To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas we have by Warrant from the Green-cloath received notice to provide Carts and Carriages
and examined before R. K. one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace of the County of K. on the 2. day of March Anno Dom. 1679. deposeth and saith Kent ss THat about three weeks since he was riding from C. aforesaid towards Feversham in the said County of K. and in the High-way within the Parish of F. in the said County of K. he was set upon by three Persons and was by them robbed and they took from him c. And he saith and deposeth that he doth know one of those Persons and saith that his name is E. F. an Essex man born in c. and of the age as he adjudgeth him of 30 years or thereabouts and the others he saith he knoweth not An Huy and Cry upon the escape of a Prisoner from the Constable To the Constable Borsholders and other Officers as well within the said County as elsewhere within the Kingdom of England to whom the Execution hereof doth or may concern Kent ss WHereas A. B. Constable of the Hundred of M. within the said County having yesterday together with two Precepts delivered unto him the Body of C. D. of c. before charged with the suspicion of his felonious taking of one Gelding to be by him the said Constable and other Officers conveyed to the Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid hath this day as the said Constable hath upon his complaint informed me made a felonious escape from him These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you and every of you to make diligent search within your several Precincts for the said C. D. being a Person about 30 years of age of a middle stature slender body long black curled hayr having on his body a short coloured close Coat light grey Breeches and Stockings a narrow-brim'd Hat And also that you the said respective Officers do make Huy and Cry after him from Town to Town and from County to County and that as well by Horsemen as Footmen And if you shall find him the said C. D. that then you do convey him before some Justice of the Peace within the County where he shall be taken by him to be dealt withall according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given c. A Warrant for a Huy and Cry after a Felon R. W. Esq one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace for the said County To all Constables Borsholders and other His Majestie 's Officers within the said County or elsewhere within the Realm of England whom the Execution hereof may concern Greeting K. ss WHereas I have received Information and Charge against A. B. who is a Person of evil fame describe the Person Age and Apparel who is charged before me to have assaulted and taken from the person of C. D. on the second day of Iune last at c. ten pounds in moneys numbred c. according to the Information And he the said A. B. is very much suspected to have committed several other Felonies and notwithstanding several endeavours for apprehension of him he hath not as yet been apprehended but hath withdrawn himself and is fled These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you to make diligent search within your several Precincts for the said A. B. and to make Huy and Cry after him from Town to Town and from Country to Country and that as well by Horsemen as Footmen according to Law And if you shall find the said A. B. that then you do carry him before some one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the County or place where he shall be taken to be dealt withall according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to search for a Person who hath committed a Robbery and for Goods stoln R. W. Esq one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace of the said County To all Constables Borsholders and other His Majestie 's Officers within the County aforesaid or elsewhere within the Realm of England whom the Execution hereof may concern Greeting Kent ss WHereas I have received Information That a bay Gelding about 15 hands high with a bald Face his Head bigger than ordinary two wall Eyes a short Tail aged about 7 years his paces all Trot being the Gelding of R. G. of B. in the said County Gent. was in the night of the 18. day of this instant Iuly stoln out of his Land in B. aforesaid and that he suspecteth a Person whose name he knoweth not of a middle stature aged about 22 years and in saddishcoloured Cloaths to have stoln this Gelding aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you to make diligent search within your several Precincts for the Gelding and person aforesaid and to make Huy and Cry after the said Person from Town to Town and from Country to Country according to Law And if upon your search or otherwise you shall find the said Person or the Gelding aforesaid or other just cause of suspicion that then you carry the said Person or other Persons suspected before some one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County or place where he or they shall be taken to be dealt with according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal this c. Inns of Court A Warrant from one of the Judges a Member of an Inns of Court against one of that Society for refusing to observe the Order of the House To all Mayors Sheriffs Bailiffs and all other His Majestie 's Officers and Ministers whom these presents may concern Mid. ss WHereas I Sir R. R. Knight one of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench am informed and fully satisfied by some of the Masters of the Bench of the Society of c. That F. M. Gent. lately a Member of the said Society hath for his contempt of several Orders of Council made for the compelling him to pay his Commons and other Duties amounting to a considerable Summ been by order of Council expelled the Society and his Chamber and Study seized to the use of the House notwithstanding which the said F. M. without performance of any of the said Orders hath contemptuously broken off Padlocks put upon his Chamber door entred thereinto and made use thereof and both in Words and Deeds reproachfully and contemptuously slighted and affronted the Governours and Government of the said Society and that he continues at this present actually and obstinately in his contemptuous Carriage to the disturbance of the said Society in contempt and violation of the Government thereof and as a dangerous example to others if not prevented by a speedy and severe proceeding against him These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you and every of you that you bring before us or some other of the Justices
some or one of you do in the Market-town within the said Hundred on the Market-day now next ensuing cause to be proclaimed the Rates aforesaid as also that you do in the like manner cause to be proclaimed the Rates aforesaid in all the Towns and Villages within the said Hundred within c. days now next ensuing to the end that notice may be taken of the same Rates and Prices Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. For a Bushel of Oats c. And so ratably for every greater or lesser quantity c. A Warrant for levying the Penalty forfeited for not observing the Rates aforesaid To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before me That A. B. of C. in the said County Inn-keeper hath taken of C. D. Yeoman of the Guards more for his Lodging c. during His Majestie 's late abode within this Division than by the Justices of the Peace of this County was according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided set down and appointed contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do levy to the use of the said C. D. by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. 40 s. by him forfeited to the said C. D. for the Offence aforesaid returning the over-plus to the said A. B. the charge of the Distraining being first deducted Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Recognizances When you take a Recognizance of any it must be in Latine set down the time of making it the Principal 's name and dwelling Place and his Trade or Calling and so of the others his Sureties and bind them in a summ of money to the King and that being done you reade the same Recognizance in English thus viz. for the Peace YOU A. B. of C. c. do acknowledge your self to owe unto our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty twenty pounds And you C. D. of H. c. and E. F. of I. c. his Sureties do likewise each of you acknowledge to owe unto our said Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty ten pounds apiece to be levied of your several Goods and Chattels Land and Tenements to His said Majesty His Heirs and Successors upon condition That if the said A. B. shall personally appear before our said Sovereign Lord the King's Majestie 's Justices of the Peace at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this Burrough of A. and do then and there make answer unto all such matters which on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him and in the mean time to keep the Peace towards our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty and all His Liege-people but especially towards one G. H. and do not depart thence without Licence from the Court then your Recognizance to be void or else to stand in full force The Recognizance being made is to be engrossed in Parchment and subscribed with the Justice's hand onely But he that enters into it need not put his hand or seal to it Note All Recognizances for the Peace are to be stiled At the next Sessions of the Peace And for Felony At the next Gaol-delivery The manner of entring the note of Recognizances in your Book of Recognizances A. B. de C. c. xx li. ad Comparendum ad proximam Sessionem Pacis conservare versus C. D. c. E. F. de C. c. x li. G. H. de C. c. x li. Subscribe the Cause thus Bound over for the suspicious stealing of a Cow being the Goods of A. H. c. as the Case requireth R. P. de Paroch A. c. Victular 10 li. R. S. de Paroch A. c. Victular 5 li. P. S. de Paroch A. c. Victular 5 li. Sub Conditione quod praedict ' R. P. bene fideliter observavit omnes singulos Articulos in Licentia sua pro Tipulatione Content ' Capt ' Recogn ' XX die Maii Anno Dom. 1680. Coram Nobis c. The Recognizance must be certified to the next Sessions or Gaol-delivery where he or they is are or hath been Justices that the Party so bound may be called And if the Party make default the same then there to be recorded and the same Recognizance with the Record of that default shall be sent and certified in the Chancery the King's Bench or into the Exchequer Every Condition of a Recognizance must have these things 1. It may be in English 2. It may have the first words The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bounden A. B. c. 3. It must shew what he is bound to doe As personally to appear at the next Quarter-sessions to be holden for the County of K. and in the mean time to be of Good behaviour towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all his People or as the case requireth 4. The Close thus That then this Recognizance to be void or else to stand in force All this may be done on the back of the Recognizance or underneath it A single Recognizance taken before Justices of the Peace K. ss MEmorandum Quod tertio die Aprilis anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensoris c. venerunt coram A. B. C. D. Armig. Iust. dicti Domini Regis ad Pacem in Com. K. conservand Assig R. H. de S. in Com. praedict Yeoman T. H. de eodem Carpenter ac R. S. de F. in Com. praed Mercer Recognover se debere dicto Dom. Regi viz. quillbet Manucaptor praed Quinque libras praed R. H. decem libras bonae legalis monetae Angliae solvend eidem Dom. Regi in Festo Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptistae proximo futuro post datum praesent Et nisi fecerint concesserunt pro se Haered Executor Administrator suis per praesentes quod dictae separales summae leventur recuperentur de Maneriis Messuagiis Terris Tenementis Bonis Catallis Haereditamentis ipsorum R. H. T. H. R. S. haered Executor Assign suorum ubicunque fuerint invent Dat. c. Another single Recognizance K. ss MEmorandum Quod quarto die Januarii Anno Regni Dom. nostri Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae c. A. B. de C. in Com. praed Yeoman personaliter venit coram R. K. Armig. uno Iust. dicti Dom. Regis ad pacem in Com. praedict Conservand Assign Recognovit se debere dicto Dom. Regi decem libras bonae legalis monetae Angliae de Bonis Catallis Terris Tenementis suis
Poles Young-trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rails Hedge-wood Broom and Furze are unlawfully cut stoln spoiled and taken away from the lawfull Owners of the same contrary to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawfull cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Under-wood and destroyers of young Timber-trees These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you and every of you that you do with all convenient speed enter into and search the Houses Out-houses Yards Gardens or other places belonging to the houses within the said Hundred of all and every person or persons which you shall suspect to have any kind of such Wood Under-wood Poles or Young-trees or Bark or Bast of any Trees or any such Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rails or Hedge-wood Broom or Furze And wheresoever you shall find any such to apprehend or cause to be apprehended all and every person and persons suspected for the cutting or taking of the same and them and every of them in whose houses or other places belonging to them any such Wood Under-wood Poles or young Trees or Bark or Bast of any Trees or any Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rails or Hedge-wood Broom or Furze shall be found to bring before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the said County to be proceeded against as by the said Act is directed Hereof fail not c. A Warrant to search for stoln Wood c. upon a particular Complaint To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. That were within five days now last past taken out of his Lands in L. in the said County and hath prayed such relief from me therein as by an Act of Parliament in such cases lately made I am authorized to give These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and command you and every of you that you some or one of you do enter into and search the Houses Out-houses Yards Gardens or other places belonging to the houses within the said Hundred of all and every person or persons which you shall suspect to have any of the said And wheresoever you shall find any such to apprehend or cause to be apprehended all and every person or persons suspected for the cutting and taking of the same And them and every of them as also those in whose houses or other places belonging to them any such shall be found to bring before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to be proceeded against as by the said Act is directed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. An Order against a person apprehended with Bundles c. of Wood c. to make satisfaction c. for the same to the Owner The first Offence Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of C. was within five days last past apprehended by having a Bundle of and this day brought before me to give account how he came by the said by the consent of the Owner according to an Act of Parllam tâ—… lately made intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawfull cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Under-wood and destroying of young Timber-trees And for that he did not give such account thereof as did satisfie me nor produce the party of whom he bought the same or any other credible Witness to depose upon Oath such Sale thereof whereby he is according to the said Act by me deemed and adjudged as convict of the Offence of cutting and spoiling of the said within the meaning of another Act of Parliament which was made in the third and fourth year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth intituled An Act to avoid and prevent Misdemeanours in idle and lewd persons And forasmuch as it appeareth unto me That C. D. of c. was lawfull Owner of the said I do therefore according to the said first before mentioned Act order and appoint That the said A. B. shall within six days now next ensuing give the said C. D. of lawfull money of England for recompence and satisfaction for his damages and that the said A. B. shall over and above pay down presently unto the Overseers for the use of the Poor of the Parish of T. in the said County wheâ—…e the said Offence was committed of lawfull money Given under my hand and seal the c. For not obeying that Order To the Constable and Borsholders oâ—… the Hundred of A. in the said County and to eâ—…ery of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County at B. in the Couâ—… aforesaid K. ss WHereas A. B. of C. within eight days last past was apprehended by having a Bundle of and lately brought before me to give account how he came by the said by the consent of the Owner according to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawfull cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Under-wood and destroyers of young Timber-trees And for that he did not give such account thereof as did satisfie me nor did produce the party of whom he bought the same or any other credible Witness to depose upon Oath such Sale thereof whereby he was then according to the said Act by me deemed and adjudged as convict of the Offence of cutting and spoiling of the said within the meaning of one other Act of Parliament which was made in the third and fourth year of the Reign of the late Queen Eliz. intituled An Act to avoid and prevent divers Misdemeanours in idle and lewd persons And whereas it then appeared unto me That C. D. of c. was Owner of the said and I did therefore according to the said first before mentioned Act order and appoint that the said A. B. should within six days then next ensuing give the said C. D. c. oâ—… lawfull money of England for recompence and satisfaction for his damages And that the said A. B. should over and above pay down then presently to the Overseers for the use of the Poor of the Parish of T. in the said County where the said Offence was committed â—… of like money And forasmuch as the said A. B. did not according to the said order and appointment give or pay the moneys aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you forthwith to convey the said A. B. to the aforesaid House of Correction and him there deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper â—…o receive him into the said House and him there detain by the space of
These are against the Statute of 16 Car. 2. Vide the Statute House of Correction If delivered of a Child in the House of Correction the Child must be sent to the Parish from which the Mother was sent A Rogue must not be sent to the House of Correction but whipped and sent to the place where last setled if known else to the place of birth But the House of Correction is for the Poor of the Parish that refuse to work Deer Heir shall have them in the Park and not Executor Waste cannot be assigned for killing Deer except he kill them all Drunkenness If twice drunk and convicted bound to Good behaviour Drunkard may be punished in Ecclesiastical Court or by justice of Peace Being a Drunkard cause to remove a Magistrate Gaol Every County hath two Gaols one for Debt which may be in any house where the Sheriff will The other is for the Peace and matters of the Crown which is the County Gaol Gaoler shall be answerable for Escapes and if not sufficient respondet superior If Gaol broken by Thieves Gaoler is chargeable otherwise if by Enemies High-way If inclose part of the High-way must maintain it though the Parish did it before To stop one way which was foul and lay out another without publick Authority not justifiable Cannot lay Logs in the High-way though there is sufficient room for Passengers beside it Justice may upon his view present want of repair of High-way and before the Fine can be taken off the presented must certify the Amendment Action for stopping or incroaching upon High-way not maintainable without particular damage for the usual way is by Indictment If to repair the High-way ratione tenurae it need not be prescribed but ratione residentiae must Indictment in High-way ad nocumentum prope inhabitantium naught it should have been omnium ibidem transeuntium Huy and Cry Statutes of 13 Edw. 1. and 27 Eliz. are concerning it The Party robbed ought to give convenient notice so soon as he can Though know the Robber yet shall have Action against the Hundred by 13 Edw. 1. The Party robbed is not bound to lend his Horse to pursue the Thief nor is he bound to goe and pursue the Thief presently Robbery after day-break and before Sun-rising Hundred must answer so that after Sun-set and before it is dark Oath of a Robbery before a Justice of the County though taken out of the County good Poor Assessment for them ought to be made according to the visible Estates of the Inhabitants there both real and personal But not for any Estate they have elsewhere The Occupiers of the Lands and not the Landlords are to be taxed The Grand-mother being of ability had a poor Grand-child reliev'd by the Parish who marrieth her Husband is liable towards keeping the Child for that his Wife was of ability when he married her otherwise if she had not been of ability And the Sessions must order what he shall contribute towards the charge Peace 1000 li. bond may be required for the Peace as the case may stand viz. if the Person be dangerous If he which is bound to the Peace break his Recognizance he may be indicted for it for it is a new Offence Bound to the Peace upon malice or for vexation may be discharged by the King 's Bench. Justice may take money to lie in deposito for security of the Peace and if break the Peace the money to be forfeited to the King Two Justices though neither of the Quorum may inquire of unlawfull Assemblies though they cannot determine the same Rogue Is not to be sent to the House of Correction but to be whipped and sent where last settled if known otherwise to the place of his birth But the House of Correction is properly for those that will not work If Inhabitants of the County goe with Wares to sell at Houses in that County they are Rogues Riot Fine upon Riotors cannot be less than 10 li. for the principal and four marks a-piece for the rest Information against two Justices for not inquiring of a Riot found against one of them good Stage-players may be indicted for Riot and unlawfull Assemblies Souldiers If Souldiers prest to serve the King depart out of the service it is Felony by 7 Hen. 7. 3 Hen. 8. and 2 Edw. 6. The Captain is he who is to command and the Conducter is he who is hired to guide the Souldiers in the way to their Captain and departing from him is Felony Justices of the Peace may try the Offence at their Sessions and so may Justices of Oyer and Terminer THE TABLE Alehouses A Licence to keep an Alehouse Page 1 Another Page 2 A Licence to Brew and keep an Alehouse Page 3 A Recognizance thereupon with Condition Page ibid. Another Recognizance for an Alehouse-keeper and Condition Page 4 5 A Warrant against an Inn-keeper Alehouse-keeper c. suffering to tipple Page 5 to levy money for tippling Page 6 A Mittimus for an Alehouse-keeper suffering to tippleâ—… foâ—… 〈◊〉 of Distress Page 7 For an unlicensed Alehouse Page 9 The like upon the Statute 3 Car. the first Conviction Page 10 The like for the second Conviction Page 11 for the third Conviction Page 12 A Warrant for Witnesses against an unlicensed Alehouse-keeper Page 13 for suppression of an Alehouse for disorder Page 14 for renewing Licences of Alehouse-keepers Page ibid. against an Alehouse-keeper for selling less than measure Page 15 A Mittimus for selling less than measure for want of Distress Page 16 A Warrant for suppressing an Alehouse after suppression at the Quarter-sessions Page 18 A Licence to keep an Alehouse with Articles Page 19 The form of a Record that is returned of the Alehouses that are licensed and conditioned c. Page 377 Apprentices A Warrant to put out poor Children Apprentices Page 22 An Indenture for an Apprentice so put out Page 23 A Warrant against them which refuse to take Apprentices Page 25 against a Master for abusing his Apprentice Page 26 A Warrant against a disorderly Apprentice Page ibid. A Discharge of an Apprentice Page 27 A Warrant against one that departeth out of Service before his time expired Page ibid. Law-Cases thereon Page 383 Bail Recognizances for Bail Page 28 A Condition to prefer a Bill and give Evidence Page 29 A Condition to give Evidence Page 30 Bastards A Warrant for the apprehending and conveying the Woman to the House of Correction Page 32 A Mittimus of the Mother of a Bastard-child to the House of Correction Page 33 A Warrant against the Mother for the second Offence to commit to the House of Correction and find Sureties of Good behaviour Page 34 to convene the Mother and reputed Father Page ibid. against the reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page 36 An Order for Relief of the Parish touching a
from A. to B. by Water All Constables Church-wardens and other His Majestie 's Officers are therefore required to permit the said Gent. to pass without interruption Given under my hand and seal this second day of October 1680. I. C. A Licence to Travel on the Lord's day To all Constables c. THese are to certifie that A. B. of C. c. where he now dwelleth having informed me that he hath a Brother living at C. in the County of H. where he lieth now very Sick and he hath a desire to see him Know ye that for this cause I do hereby license him to travel upon the next Lord's day the direct way to his Brother Willing and requiring you not to molest or hinder him for the same so that he behave himself orderly in his travel Given under my hand c. Misdemeanours A general Warrant for the same retornable before a particular Justice To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause A. B. of C. to come before me to answer unto such matters of Misdemeanour as on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. Or thus THese are to will and require you in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you and either of you that immediately upon the sight hereof or upon Thursday next at two of the clock in the afternoon you bring A. B. of your said Town Barber before me to answer to such matters of Misdemeanours as on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against him And hereof fail you not at your perils Given under c. The like retornable before any Justice and the Accuser to have Notice To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause A. B. of c. to come before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to answer unto such matters of Misdemeanour as on the behalf of His said Majesty shall be objected against him by E. F. of c. Husbandman and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain And you are farther hereby required to give convenient notice to the said E. F. of the time and place when whither and before whom you shall cause the said A. B. so to come in execution of this Precept to the end that the said E. F. may then and there also be personally present to make appear the Misdemeanour aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Condition of a Recognizance for Misdemeanour UPon this Condition That if you A. B. â—…hall personally appear before our Sovereign Lord the King's Justices of the Peace at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the Liberty of Saint A. and do then and there make answer unto all such things which on His Majestie 's behalf shall be objected against you and do not depart thence without Licence of the Court Then your Recognizance to be void or else to stand in full force c. Murther A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment and to give Evidence at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes to both Iuries in case of Murther THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bound W. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of Kent and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. and I. K. for murther of L. M. Gent. deceased wherewith the said A. B. and C. D. are chargeable before the within named Justice and with suspicion whereof the said E. F. G. H. I. K. are also charged before the Justice aforesaid and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the Murther aforesaid as well to the Jurors as shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. or any of them for the same then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force and virtue A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give Evidence at Assizes THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the above bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the above named County of C. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at the Castle of C. in the County aforesaid and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred one or more Bill or Bills of Indictment against M. W. of c. and do then and there also give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the same against the said M. W. to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King that now is That then this Recognizance shall be void and of no effect or else it shall stand in full force A Recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment and to give Evidence to both Iuries at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes in case of an Abettor in Murther THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound W. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of the Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of K. do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against Sir P. H. Knight touching his the said Sir P's being an Abettor to the Murther of M. C. deceased wherewith â—…e is charged before the within named Justices and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the matter aforesaid as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King as also to the Jurors that shall pass upon the Trial of the said Sir P. H. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else stand in full force c. Nets Dogs and Conies A Warrant to search for Nets and Setting-dogs upon the Statute of 7 Iacobi To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss BY virtue of an Act of Parliament in that behalf made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to authorize and command you and every of you to enter into and search the