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A mild, but searching expostulatory letter from the poor and plain-dealing farmers of the neighbouring villages to the men of Buckingham to the Right Worshipful the Bailiff, the Worshipful the Burgesses of the ancient, and sometimes famous corporation of Buckingham.
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declaâed 7 Jac. c. 3. If the Master shall put his Apprentice into Apparel it is a Gift in Law and he cannot âfterwards take it away though he should part âith his Apprentice Br. Transgr 93. An Apprentice cannot be discharged from his Apprenticeship but by four Justices of the Peace ât the least and in open Sessions or else by âhe Agreement of the Master and Apprentice ând under his Masters Hand in Writing Dalt J. P. c. 58. f. 121. The Form of these Indentures mentioned before is as followeth viz. THIS Indenture made the 29th day of September in the 20th Year of the Reign of Our most Gracious Sovereign Lord Charles the Seâând by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Annoque Dom. 1668. witnesseth that J. W. ând G. R. Overseers of the Poor in the Town of Kirk-Leaventon and J. R. Churchwardens of the ââme Town by and with the consent of Sir J. P. Knight and Baronet and T. M. Esq two of his Majesties Justices of Peace for the North Riding âf the County of York have by these Presents âlaced and bound J. T. being a poor fatherless child as an Apprentice with E. H. of Kirk-Leaventon aforesaid Widow and as an Apprentice with her the said E. H. to dwell from the day of the âate of these Presents until she the said J. T. shall âome to the Age of 21 years or be married which âhall first happen according to the Statute in that âase made and provided by and during all which time and term the said J. T. shall the said E. H. her Dame well and faithfully serve in all ãâã lawful Business as the said E. H. shall put ââ the said J. T. unto according to her Power ââ and Ability and honestly and obediently in ââ things shall behave her self toward her said ãâã and Children and all the rest of the Family â the said E. H. And the said E. H. for hâr âââ promiseth covenanteth and agreeth that she tââ said E. H. the aforesaid J. T. in the Art and Skââ of Housewifry the best manner that she can ââ may shall teach and inform or cause to be taugââ and informed as much as thereunto belongeth aââ she the said E. H. knoweth and also during ââ the said Term to find unto her said Apprentice Meat Drink Linnen Woollen Hose Shooes Wââing and all other things needful or meet for ââ Apprentice In Witness whereof c. Note If it be a Boy that is to be bound Apprentice to Husbandry or any other Trade thââ he may be bound till 24 years of Age as ââ shew'd before in this Chapter CHAP. IV. Several Cases about Settlements and also touching Bastards c. TOuching settling of poor People the Justices are to meddle with none but those who are impotent and such as are like to be chargeable to the place where they are Boulst Rep. 1 part 347. By 13 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. It is Enacted âhat upon complaint by the Churchwardens ââd Overseers of the Poor to any Justice of âeace within forty days after any poor Person âometh to settle in a Tenement under 10 l. ââr annum two Justices of Peace whereof one âo be of the Quorum may by Warrant remove ââch Person to the Parish where they were last ââgally settled for forty days unless they give ââcurity to be allowed by the said Justices for âischarge of the Parish Persons aggrieved may âppeal to the Quarter Sessions But Persons having a Certificate from the âinister of the Parish and one Churchwarden ând one Overseer of the Poor declaring them ââhabitants there may go into any Parish to âork and the not returning of such Persons âhen their Work is finished or falling Sick âhilst they are at Work shall not be accounted Settlement If any return to the Parish from âhence they are removed a Justice of Peace âay send them to the House of Correction to âe punished as Vagabonds or to a publick âork house to be imployed in Labour and if âhe Churchwardens and Overseers of any Paââsh to which any are removed refuse to reâeive them and provide them Work c. a âustice of Peace may bind over such Officers to âhe Assizes or Sessions Churchwardens and Overseers for the Poor âhere any Bastard-Child shall be born may ãâã so much of the Goods and Profits of the âands of the Putative Father and Lewd Mother ââ two Justices of Peace shall order towards âischarge of the Parish to be confirmed at the âessions who may make an Order for the Churchwardens c. to dispose of the Gooâ by sale or otherwise as they shall think ãâã and receive the Profits of so much of theââ Lands as shall be ordered by the Sessions The Poor in every Town-ship or Village ââ Lancashire Cheshire Darbyshire Yorkshire Nâthumberland Bishoprick of Durham Cumberlaââ and Westmoreland shall be provided for in tââ Township and Village where they inhabit ââ were last legally settled And two or more Overseers shall be chosen in every Township c. who shall execute all powers for the âelief of the Poor under the Penalties mentioned in 43 Eliz. c. 2. This Act of 13 14 Car. 2. c. 12. was ââ continue no longer than to the end of the firsâ Session of the next Parliament but revived by 1 Jac. 2. c. 17. to continue for seven years and to the end of the first Session of the next Parliament And whereas poor Persons at their firââ coming to a Parish do commonly conceal themselves the forty days intended by the said Act to make Settlement shall be accounted froâ the time of their deliveries of notice in writing of their House of Abode and the number of their Family if they have any to one of the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish 1 Jac. 2. c. 17. No Man but a Vagraut Begger ought to bâ sent out of any Parish to the place of his Birth or last Habitation for if any refuse to work in the Parish where he is settled or to work for the Wages assessed then he is by the Justices to be sent to the House of Correction Co. 2 part Inst fol. 730. 7 Jac. c. 4. Resol Judges 9. Dalt â P. c. 73. f. 157. 39 El. c. 4. 1 Jac. c. 7. If a Scholar in the University or in a Gramâar School begin to be suspect he may be or â he doth become impotent and is like to âe a Charge to the Parish where he is he must âe sent to his Parents if he have any otherâise to the place where he was last legally ââttled before he came to School Res Judges 633. sect 32. If one be Born and live 20 years in A. and âhen go to B. and there live in a House and pay âis Rent and after he come to C. and there âorks 20 Weeks as a Labourer in a Quarry of âones where he breaks his Back and becomes ââpotent and there is
E. 2. B. R. adjudged for Bow Bridge and Channel Bridge against the Prior of Stratford Rolls Cases 1 part f. 368. Such as are chargeable to repair a Bridge may enter upon any other Mans Land or Soil adjoyning and lay their Stone Lime Timber or other Things necessary there for the repairing and amending thereof and the Owner of the Lands shall have no Action therefore for it is for the common Profit and the Party that is chargeable to repair a Bridge must also maintain the Way at each end thereof thougâ the Soil be to another and if the ends be brokeâ by the Water-course he must follow the Water-course and repair the Way c. Crompt 186. b. 43 Ass Dalt J. P. c. 16. f. 46. The Names of some Statutes for particular Bridges follow 8 H. 6. c. 28. For the making of Burford and Culhamford Bridge 18 E. 1. c. 7. 27 E. c. 25. For the maintenance of Rochester Bridge 18 El. c. 20. For repair of the Bridges within a Mile of Oxford 23 El. c. 11. For the maintenance of the Bridges over Tosse in Wales 39 El. c. 23. For making and repairing of Newport and Carlion Bridges over the River Usk. 39 El. c. 24. For building and maintenance of a Bridge at Wilton upon Wy near Ross in Herefordshire 43 El. c. 16. For erecting and repairing Edon and Presberk Bridges in Cumberland 3 Jac. c. 23. For making and repairing Chepstow Bridge By the Stat. 22 Car. 2. c. 12. It is Enacted That the Surveyors and Orderers of the Work of amendment of the High-ways shall be yearly chosen in Christmas Week according to the Stat. 2 3 P. M. c. 8. Which Persons so chosen shall take upon them that Office and shall appoint six days for providing Stones Gravel and other Materials and for working in the High-ways having respect to the Season of the Year and Weather and giving notice publickly some convenient time before the several days At which day all Persons liable to the said Work shall attend and work And the said Surveyors and Orderers shall make return of the Defaulters and every of them within one Month to some neighbouring Justice of the Peace of the same County DIRECTIONS for the Keepers of Fairs and Markets FAirs are accounted things of Franchise and Priviledge as well as of Profit and whether they be held and claimed by Charter of the King or by Prescription which supposes a former Charter they ought to be holden for no longer time than such Grant or Use will warrant And after such time what is done there is not warranted or justifiable nor amounts to more than a private Transaction and the Sheriff ought to make Proclamation That those that have Fairs keep them no longer then they ought to do and every Lord of a Fair shall at the beginning thereof make Proclamation how long the same is to continue upon pain to be grievously amerced to the King And if they hold them longer than they ought they shall be seised into the Kings Hands until they make Fine for the Offence and if a Merchant sell Ware after the time the Fair ought to end he shall forfeit to the King double the value of what is sold and the Prosecutor shall have the fourth part Dalt J. P. c. 62. f. 138. The Owner or Chief Keeper of every Fair and Market-overâ are to appoint and limit out a certain and open place within the Town Place Field or Circuit where Horses Mares Geldings and Colts must be sold and they must appoint one sufficient Person or more to take Toll and keep the same place from ten of the Clock before Noon until Sun-set of every day of the foresaid Fair or Market upon pain to lose for every Default 40 shillings 2 3 P. M. c. 7. Co. 2 part Inst f. 715. The Toll gatherer his Deputy or Deputies are to take their due and lawful Tolls for every Horse Mare c. at the place and times aforesaid and they are to have before them at the taking of the said Toll the Parties to the Bargain Exchange Gift Contract or putting away of every such Horse Mare c. and also the same Horse Mare c. so sold exchanged or put away and then the Toll gatherer must write in his Book the Names Sirnames and dwelling Places of all the said Parties and the Colour with one special Mark at the least of the said Horse Mare c. on pain to forfeit for every Default 40 shillings 2 3 P. M. c. 7. Co. 2 part Inst f. 7â5 And the said Toll gatherer is within one day after the Fair c. to bring his Book to the Owner Governour or Ruler c. of the Fair or Market who is then to cause a Note to be made out of the same of the true number of all the Horses Mares c. sold at the said Fair or Market to which Note he must set his Hand or Mark on pain of 40 shillings And if the Toll-gatherer neglect to bring the Book as aforeâaid he also forfeits 40 shillings 2 3 P. M. c. 7. Co. 2 part Inst f. 715. Where no Toll is due the Book-keepers Fee for entring every Contract is one penny and no more 2 3 P. M. c. 7. Co. 2 part Inst f. 716. Now since the making of this Stat 2 3 P. M. It is further provided by the 31 Eliz. That every Seller or Exchanger of any Horse Mare c. in a Fair or Market which is unknown to the Toll-taker or Book-keeper must procure one credible Person that is well known to the Toll-keeper or Book-keeper who is to vouch and testifie his Knowledge of the Seller and the Toll-taker or Book keeper is to enter both the Names and Sirnames Mysteries and Places of Dwelling of the Seller and Voucher into his Book with the Colour Mark and Price of the Horse Mare c. so sold or exchanged and he is to give the Buyer if he require it a Note in writing out of his Book concerning the Contract subscribed with his Hand for which he is to have two pence 31 El. c. 12. Co. 2 part Inst f. 717 718. Every Toll-taker or Book-keeper that suffers a Sale to pass without a Voucher unless he know the Party of his own Knowledge as aforesaid and every Person making false Testimony or Avouchment in the behalf aforesaid and every Seller unknown to the Toll-taker not bringing a Voucher and causing the same to be entred as aforesaid forfeits five pounds one Moiety thereof to the King and the other to the Prosecutor and also the sale of such Horse Mare c. to be void 31 El. c. 12. Co. 2 part Inst f. 718. And note That though an Horse Mare c. be at the sale used in all the Points aforesaid with Voucher c. yet the right Owner his Executors or Administrators may redeem a stoln Horse if they claim him within six months