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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12619	The articles of lete and courte for the lyberties of Southwarke	Southwark (London, England)	1561 (1561)	STC 22943; ESTC S101709	7,416	20

¶ The Articles of Lete and Courte for the Lyberties of Southwarke Imprinted at London by Ihon Cawood Prynter to the Quenes Maiestie Cum Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis Anno. M.D.LXI ARTICLES FYRST you shal inquire and true presentmente make by the othes that ye haue taken of all youre Hedboroughes with there decennaryes and other offycers with al other persons and resyentes that oughte to be here at thys Courte and lawe daye and yf any of them make default ye shall present theyr names Also ye shall inquire yf anye rightefull custome or lawefull duetye as hed Siluer common fyne or smoke money as commenlye men call it be withholden or withdrawen from the Lorde of thys Courte and lete howe long it hath bene withholden by whom and in what baylyffes tyme it seased and by whose procurement and in whose defaulte and presente their names that proces maye be made out of this courte to restore and recouer the same againe Also ye shall further inquire what ye paye for your common fyne or Sheriffes yelde in carten at thys daye and whither it hath bene gathered amongest you as it hath bene vsed and accustomed before thys tyme and be redye to be payde in Courte Also ye shall inquire for Gods part and behalfe of all Heretykes and Lolleres and of al theym that preache teach and kepe any erromous and heretical opinions contrary to the catholike faith of Chryst and of the Quenes Maie sties godly procedynges and of their adherentes and scoles Heretikes be they properly that hold any erronious opinions agaynste the faythe of Chryst and ordynaunces lefully vsed in the churche And Lollers be they that eate fleshe in times of abstenence and prohibited by the lawe of holye Churche that be not Sicke or weke or haue any lycence for the same Also ye shall inquire of all traytours both by the common law by the statute law A traytor by the common lawe is properly he that doth counterfeyte and make false money or doth clyppe the Quenes coyne wasshers or demynyshers of the same coine or any other lawful coine that is permitted and suffered to be curraunte within thys Realme to the derogacion of the Quenes prorogatyue royall and indempnitye of her hyghnes Subiectes Treason by the Statute is where a manne dothe counterfeyte the Queenes Seales or anye of theym Signe manuell stampe or signet for anye faulse intente or purpose Pety Treason is wher the wyfe apprentys or seruaunte dothe kyll her husbande or the seruaunte or apprentyces hys mayster or anye other personne that owe the dutye obedyence or confydence to them Also ye shall inqnyre of all manner of murders whereof somme be more haynous then some as wylfull murder whyche is of a malyce pretensed or lyinge in wayte to sleye a man and accordynge to that malycyous intente and purpose sleyeth hym soo that he whyche is slayne make no defence agaynst hym yf anye manne do sley any by chaunce that is mans slaughter whiche is felonye and therefore yf the quenes high nes graunte to anye man a generall pardon for all maner of felonyes excepte it be contayned within the same thys worde murder he shal dye for the sayd murder and of murders by mysfortune murder in a mans owne defence Also ye shall inquyre of all maner of felonyes Robberyes and Burgularyes Felony is yf a man take felonyously or wyth a felonious intente anye manner of goodes or Cattels of any other person aboue the vale we of twelue pence as money Apparell Oxen Horsse or Shepe and suche other lyke thynges for the whyche by the lawe of the Realme he shal be takenne for a fellon and suffer deathe and forfeyt hys goodes and Landes Robberye is where a manne taketh wyth force from anye personne eyther by nyghte or by daye anye manner of thynge of anye valewe by the hyghe waye way and putteth hym in feare of lyfe or lyme for the whych he shal lose the benefytte of his cleargye and shal dye by the newe statute and forfeit as aforesayde burgulary is where a man with force feloniouslye doth breake anye mans house wyndowe or wall and albeit he take nothyng yet he shall dye and lose the benefite of his cleargye for that the lawe gyueth no man coloure to breake any mans house for his house is his castell and sauegarde Also ye shall inquire of Rape Rape is properlye where any man receaueth anye mans Wyfe Wydowe or Mayden and hath carnallye to do with her agaynst her wyll Yet although afterwarde she consent to the Acte he shal be taken for au offend our in the same and shal be iudged a rauysher and suffre for the same for bycause it is at the N. sute Also ye shal inquyre of al maner of accessaryes as well before that felonye as of accessaryes after the felonye Accessary before the felony is where anye personne procureth and causeth anye man to steale or robbe anye person althoughe he whych procureth thys Acte be not at the deede doynge yet he shall dye for it aswell as he that doth the Acte in deede Accessarye after the felony is where the acte is fyrste commytted and done and afterwarde receaueth or taketh the thynge soo stolyn or helpeth to conuey hym this is accessarye after theyr felonye for the whyche he shall dye as wel as the accessarye before the felony And of all them that be goers on message of anye suche felons whych be of the nature lykewyse of Accessaryes Also ye shal inquire of Pety Larciny that is to saye of pety pykers and stelers of thynges of smale valewe as Hennes Pygges Geese Capons sheffes of Corne in the Felde Pynnes and Poyntes vnder the vale we of twelue pence for the whych he shall not dye but otherwyse be ponyshed as by Whyppyng and by Stockes orotherwyse as shall seme to the discretion of theim that shal haue the Quenes lawes in gouernaūce and the examination thereof Also ye shal inquyre yf any man hath taken the pryuylege of the Church for murder in hys owne defence or felonye and hath abiured to the next Sentuary accordynge to the Statute laste made for abiuration and retourned oute of the same into thys Lordeshyp and hath not obtayned the Queenes pardon for the same Also yf anye man hath bene arrested for suspicions of Felony murder or robbery And hath ben lette at libertie without suffycient bayle takenne by two Iustyces one of the Quorum and another of Peace accordynge to the lawe in that behalfe the whyche is an escape in the lawe in hym that soo dothe lette hym goo wyth oute bayle Also ye shall inquire of all Cutpurses and pickepurses that repayre to anye fayres or markettes or other lefull congregations of the quenes subiectes there at that tyme to picke steale and imbesyl any maner of money or Iuels contrary to the law agaynst them ordayned and prouyded Also ye shal inquyre yf any man haue abiured the realme for anye maner of offence of murder felony or

robbery is retorned dwelling here with out the Quenes pardon whyche as a man with out the Queenes protexcion and not meate to dwel among the Quenes subiects by the lawe Also ye shall inquire of al those that cut out mens tounges put out mens eyes contrary to the Statute in that behalfe made and prouyded Also ye shall inquire yf any man haue made anye rescues vppon any of the Quenes officers in seruynge anye processe oute of thys court or other wyse doynge theyr duetye or yf any distresse be withholden that was lefullye strayned for any of the Quenes dueties or otherwyse Also ye shall inquire of al outecryes and hues made in the nyghte to the disturbaunce of the Quenes Subiectes beynge in Gods peace and hers wherby that such offenders may entre into theyr howses when they are abrode to do or commit any murder felony or Robbery or anye other like offences contrary to the lawe Also ye shal inquire of all assaultes fraes batteryes and bloudshedes done and committed against the Quenes peace that is to sai that he that with force or other acte commeth to any man he maketh the assault And he that draweth the fyrst weapon maketh the affray and he that draweth the fyrst bloud is giltye of the bludshed Also ye shal inquyre of all pounde and cage berkers which is an offence and fynable by the lawe that is to say the pound brech v. li. and the cage breking is finable as in cases of rescus Also you shal inquire of al theim that vse anye vnlawefull games as Dyce Cardes Tables Boulles Clashe Tennis and other suche lyke prohybyted by dyuers statutes and specyally by the last statute of Anno. xxxiii Henr. viii Also ye shal inquire yf any mā haue gyuen any Landes into Mortmayne that is to say to any spirituall vse or perpetuities as Guyides Fraternities or any other lyke vse withoute the Quenes special lycence hadde and obtayned for the same the which lādes be forfeit by the law c Also ye shall inquire of all treasure troue within the precynte of thys lordeship that is to say yf any man haue found any Golde siluer money Plate bullen or anye other Iewels which is called properlye treasure hydden and belongeth to the lorde of euery Lordshyp where any such is founde Also ye shall inquire yf any man vse to kepe any market in the churche or churchyarde or anye other hallowed place whiche is prohybyted by the lawe Also ye shall inquire of all home Sokyns that is to say al such that with fasing brasyng come to mens dores or houses their brag and threaten anye of the Quenes subiectes putting them in feare and dreade that they dare not come out of their dores or sit in their shoppes to ply theyr handy craftes bodely labours Also ye shal inquire of al those that be of thage of .xii. yeares or aboue haue dwelt within this lordship by the space of a yeare and a day and be not sworne to be the quenes lyege people and what person doth tetaine thē that they may be commaunded to bring them in to be sworne Also ye shal inquire of al weyfes and strayes found and strayed into thys Lordshyp weyfes is where anye man hath stolen anye thynge and lost it within thys Lordeshoppe and is fiede and in whose hande it is Strayes is where any Cattell or beast commeth into thys lordeshyppe estraunge and no man knoweth who is the owner Also ye shal inquyre of al regrators and forestallers are grator is he that biech al the store of any thing in the markette to thintente to haue muche in hys owne handes to make the pryce greate Aforestaller is he that lyeth by the waye and byeth any thyng before it come to the markette wherby there commeth oftentimes a great scarutie and necessitie Also ye shall inquire of al those that vse to shoote in anye Crosbowe that maye not dyspend one hundreth pound by the yeare or shoote in any Handegonne contrary to the statute that haue not a suffycyent plakette or lycence for thet sauegarde in that behalfe and that vse to sheote in them otherwyse then is lymytted in the sayde Statute Also ye shall inquyre of all theim that be vnder thage of three scoore yeare and aboue the age of seuen yeares whyther they vse there long bowes as by dyuers and sondrye statutes it is commaunded and prouyded And that euerye mans sonne seruaunte and prentyses haue a bowe and three arrowes at the least Accordynge as in the laste Statute made the .xxxiii. yeare of kyng Henry the eight it is mentioned Also ye shal inquire if anistraūger or alien to shute in any long bowe for yf they doo they be forfeyte And it is laweful for any of the Quenes Subiectes to take them forfeyte Also ye shal inquire yf al Vacaboundes and valient Beggers that come into thys lordeshyp to begge hauing not the letters of lymitation of thys hundreth Also ye shall inquire of the Constables within this Lordeshyp knoweth any Vacaboundes resortyng or abydynge within this lordshyp and will not put them in Stockes therto abyde by the space of three dayes and three nyghtes gyuynge them no other sustenaunce but breade and water yf that vacabounde be personable to bere such dyate vpon payne of .xx. shyllnges for euerye defaulte Also ye shal in quire of al such persones as vse to geue anye of the sayde Vacaboundes beynge in stockes and maye bere the diate aforesayde anye other sustenaunce then is afore rehersed for euerye person forfeyteth to the lorde twelue pence Also ye shal inquire of al eues droppers and nyght walkers that vse to stand at mennes doores and wyndowes to herkē and here tales what is said in a mans house and cary tales from neyghbour to neyghbour to sette theym at varyaunce Also ye shal inquire of all common hasserders that is to say of those that be masterles and that no man can tel from whence they come and whither they wyll and syt and play at dyce cardes and wache all nyght and slepe all daye Also ye shall inquire of al petye Hosteryes and blynde alehouses that is to saye they that kepe any lodging in their houses and haue not a sygne at theyr dore or sel ale and be not auctorised by the Iustices and other officers Also ye shall inquire yf there be anye man that kepeth any Greyhounde that may not dispende xl s. by the yeare or yf there be any prest that kepeth any Greyhounde that maye not dyspende ten pounde by the yeare Also ye shall inquire of all hunters and Fawkeners and takers of fesauntes and partriges within the precincte of this lordeshyppe Also ye shal inquyre of al Fisshers and Fowlers within the precincte of thys Lordshyp and specially of all them that take Hernes Culuers and other foules of warren Also ye shall inquire yf anye man haue incrochid vpō the Quenes hygh wayes or other wayes in diminyshyng or imparyng the