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A74408 An act enabling the Lords Commissioners for custody of the Great-Seal, to issue commissions of delegates in cases of pretended marriages. England and Wales. Parliament. 1651 (1651) Thomason E1061_36; ESTC R209290 1,518 4

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AN ACT Enabling the Lords Commissioners for Custody of the Great-Seal to issue Commissions of Delegates In Cases of Pretended MARRIAGES WHereas the Parliament hath been enformed That Jane Puckering Daughter and Heir of Sir Thomas Puckering Knight and Baronet deceased was against her will seized upon in Greenwich-Park and carried over Sea to Dunkirk and Newport and other parts in Flanders by Joseph Welch and his Agents and Complices and words wrested from her by the said Welch and his Agents by Threats and Menaces by him and them wickedly used to her while she was in their power Vpon pretence and colour whereof the said Welch did publish in Flanders and elswhere That he was married to the said Jane and that she was his Wife to her extreme Damage and Hindrance The Parliament being willing that the whole matter be duly Examined and Right done according to the Truth and Merit of the Case Do Enact and be it Enacted by this present Parliament That the Lords Commissioners for the Great-Seal of England for the time being shall and may and are hereby Enabled to Grant one or more Commissions under the Great-Seal to such discreet and able persons as they shall think fit which said Commissioners or any three or more of them shall have full Power and Authority to send out Summons to convene the said Joseph Welch and such others as they shall finde meet before them at the Suit of the said Jane Puckering and to proceed against him as well in case he or they shall make default being duly summoned as where he or they shall appear and admit the Libels Allegations and Proofs upon Oath upon the Merits of the said Cause on behalf of the said Jane Puckering And upon consideration thereof and of the Allegations Defences Pleadings and Proofs upon Oath of the said Joseph Welch if he shall appear and think fit to alledge or plead or make any Proofs on his behalf or otherwise upon his not appearing withdrawing or not pleading Then in his default to assign the Cause to Sentence and Iudgement And upon full and deliberate weighing of the whole Matter and what Proofs shall be made in the said Cause to Hear and definitively to Adjudge Sentence and Determine the same for the Annulling and making void the said pretended Marriage as the Right in that case shall require and to give their final Sentence and Iudgement upon the premises And be it further Enacted That if any Woman hath been or shall be by force seized on or carried away against her will or hath or shall have words wrested from her either in this Nation or beyond the Seas whereupon a Marriage with any person is or shall be pretended In all such cases upon complaint made to the Lords Commissioners for the Great-Seal of England for the time being on behalf of such Woman the said Lords Commissioners shall and may and are hereby authorized and required to Grant like Commissions to such discreet and able persons as they shall think fit to appoint to send out Summons and convene the persons before them And whether the said Defendants appear or withdraw themselves and stand in contempt To proceed and admit the Libels Allegations and Proofs upon Oath upon the Merits of the Cause on behalf of such Woman and to Hear and definitively Determine the said matter either for the Affirming or Annulling and making void the said pretended Marriage as the Right in that case shall require and to give their final Sentence and Iudgement thereupon Provided That this Act shall not extend to the diminishing or alteration of the Statutes of 3 Hen. 7. Entituled The Penalty of carrying a Woman away against her will that hath Lands or Goods or of the Statute of 39 Eliz. Entituled He that taketh away a Woman against her will that hath Lands or Goods or is Heir Apparent to her Ancestors shall lose his Clergy or to any other Act or Law now in being for the punishment of such Offender or Offenders But they and every of them be and remain in full force and effect to all intents and purposes against him or them as if this Act had never been made Die Veneris 14 Ianuarii 1650. ORdered by the Parliament That this Act be forthwith printed and published Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti London Printed by Edward Husband and Iohn Field Printers to the Parliament of England 1650.