to the Gaol for want of Distress Page 147 A Warrant for a Buck Page 148 Law-Cases thereon Page 385 Drunkenness A Warrant for Drunkenness the first Conviction Page 148 the second Conviction Page 149 Law-cases thereon Page 386 Excise A Certificate upon taking the Oath about Excise Page 151 A Warrant to summon those who refuse to pay the Excise Page 152 for Distress on Alehouse-keepers for not paying Excise Page 153 A Mittimus where not sufficient to pay Excise Page 154 A Warrant to levy the forfeiture for not making a due Entry Page 155 to levy the double value of the Excise on a Brewer for not paying according to Entry made Page 156 Loss of allowance for making false Entries Page 157 A Warrant upon complaint of false Entry to appear Page 158 not sufferage to gage the Vessels Page ibid. against one that procureth a false Return to be made in the Office of Excise Page 160 A Mittimus to the Gaol for want of Distress Page 161 A Warrant against several Persons to distrain for the duties of Excise c. Page 162 Felony A Warrant to apprehend a Felon Page 165 A Mittimus of a Felon Page ibid. Another Page 166 A Warrant to search for a Felon on suspicion Page 167 for apprehending of one that hath dangerously hurt another Page 168 A Liberate to deliver a Prisoner committed for Felony Page 169 A Warrant to bind Persons to give in evidence against a Felon Page 170 Another Page ibid. A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give evidence against Principals and Accessary in case of Felony Page 171 of a Recognizance where two Felonies are committed to give evidence Page 172 A Condition to give evidence for Felony Page 173 of a Recognizance to appear upon Felony Page ibid. to appear upon suspicion of Felony Page 174 A Bond Page ibid. A Condition to save one harmless who was bound for the appearance of a Person suspected for Felony Page 175 A Condition for Felony or suspicion of Felony Page 30 The Examination of a Felon himself Page 381 Fire A Testimonial from Justices of the Peace for poor men that have had loss by fire Page 176 A charitable Request made by certain Justices of the Peace to the Inhabitants of a Division for relief of F. S. who had been there lately ruined by fire Page 178 Forceable Entry A Warrant to return a Jury to inquire of a Forceable Entry Page 179 A Record of Forceable Entry Page 180 A Warrant to the Sheriff for Restitution Page 182 A Mittimus upon view of Forceable Detainour Page 183 Foreign Wares A Warrant to search for and seize Foreign Manufactures prohibited c. Page 184 Gaol Law-Cases Page 386 High-ways A Warrant to levy 5 li. on the Inhabitants of a Parish for not choosing Surveyours of the High-ways Page 185 to distrain for High-way Tax Page 186 for not sending in Teams to work in the High-ways Page 187 against those that refuse or neglect to work in the High-ways Page 188 to impower the Surveyours to dig Gravel c. upon Wasts or Commons out of the Parish Page 189 to appoint what shall be paid by the Surveyours for digging Gravel c. in any man's Ground Page 190 against Surveyours for not accounting Page 191 against Surveyours who have not paid the moneys in their hands to the next Surveyours Page 192 Law-Cases thereon Page 386 House of Correction A Warrant and Directions for general privy Search Page 193 A Mittimus of a Rogue thither taken in the general Search Page 197 of an idle Person out of Service c. Page 198 to the House of Correction of an idle Person that would run away and will not work to maintain his Family Page 199 A Liberate from thence Page 200 Law-Cases thereon Page 385 Huy and Cry The Examination of a Person robbed on the High-way praying an Huy and Cry Page 201 Another Page 202 The Examination of a Person robbed on the High-way by three Persons one of which he knew Page 203 A Huy and Cry upon the escape of a Prisoner from the Constable Page 204 A Warrant for a Huy and Cry after a Felon Page 205 to search for a Person who hath committed a Robbery and for Goods stoln Page 206 Law-Cases thereon Page 387 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 Page 208 Irish Cattel A Warrant to seize certain Cattel imported from foreign Parts into England Page 210 to deliver to the Owners certain Cattel seised as forfeited for being imported from foreign Parts upon proof that they were not so imported Page 211 to kill the said Cattel Page 212 to levy 40 s. upon the seisour or Church-wardens that shall fail in killing or making distribution as aforesaid Page 213 Lent A Warrant for observing of Lent Page 214 Licences A Licence for a Badger of Corn Page 215 A Licence for a petty Chapman Page 216 A Licence or Pasport for a poor man to his Friends for relief Page 217 Another Page 218 A Licence to beg Page ibid. to travel by Water on the Lord's day Page 219 Another Page 220 A Licence to travel on the Lord's day Page 221 Misdemeanours A general Warrant for the same retornable before a particular Justice Page 221 Another Page 222 The like retornable before any Justice and the Accuser to have notice Page ibid. A Condition of a Recognizance for misdemeanour Page 223 Murther A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment to give evidence at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes to both Juries in case of Murther Page 224 of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give evidence at Assizes Page 225 A Condition-recognizance to prefer a Bill of Indictment and to give evidence to both Juries at the next general Gaol-delivery alias Assizes in case of an Abbettor in Murther Page ibid. Nets Dogs and Conies A Warrant to search for Nets and Setting-dogs upon the Statute of 7 Iacobi Page 226 The like upon the Statute of 22 and 23 Caroli Secundi Page 227 A Mittimus against Persons that refuse to enter into Recognizance to appear at Sessions for their keeping Ferrets and Nets to kill Conies Page 229 A Warrant for one that hunts with Spaniels in Eared-corn Page 230 Oaths The Oath which is usually ministred to a Justice of the Peace in the several Counties of England Page 231 The Oath of Supremacy Page 232 The Oath of Allegiance Page 233 A Mittimus for refusing the Oath of Allegiance Page 235 The Oath of Abjuration Page ibid. The Oath of an Excise man Page 236 The Under-sheriffs Oath touching the impannelling of Juries Page ibid. The Oath of a Bailiff Page 237 The Oath usually given to Church-wardens Page 238 Another Page ibid. The Oath of Obedience Canonical Page ibid. The High-constables Oath Page 239 The Oath taken by the Officers of the Marshals
B. of H. in the County aforesaid is admitted licensed and appointed by the Justices of the Peace of the said County to be a common Badger Lader Kedder Carrier Buyer or Transporter of all manner of Corn or Grain in any Market or Fair within the Realm of England and the same so bought to convert to Meal and the same to carry to the City of L. or the Suburbs of the same or to any other Market or Fair so that he use the same according to the tenour and true meaning of the Statute in that case made and provided against Forestallers Regrators and Ingrossers and not otherwise The same Licence to have continuance from the day of the date hereof until the next general Sessions of the Peace after the Feast of E. next coming to be holden at M. aforesaid In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this second day of November 1680. R. K. R. H. T. B. A Licence as before may be granted to Drovers of Cattel to Buy and Sell again by the same Statute A Licence for a petty Chapman To the Bailiffs Constables and other of His Majestie 's Officers of the same County and to every of them Greeting Kent ss KNow ye that we R. K. and G. H. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the County aforesaid have licensed and by these presents do license T. W. of M. in the County aforesaid Yeoman to be a petty Chapman to wander and go from Town to Town Village to Village and place to place to sell Pins Points Tapes Laces Knives Gloves Purses c. and such other kind of small Wares and also to gather and buy Coney-skins and such kind of small Wares within the County aforesaid and not else-where Provided that this our Licence shall continue in effect only for the term of one whole year coming from the day of the date hereof and no longer In witness whereof c. A Licence or Pasport for a Poor man to his Friends for Relief To all Constables Borsholders Bailiffs and other His Majestie 's Officers of the same County and to every of them Kent ss R. K. and T. B. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the same County greeting Forasmuch as A. B. of C. c. the Bearer hereof being reduced to great poverty and necessity hath desired a Testimonial or Licence for his safe travel unto the City of D. in the County of S. where he saith he was born and hath some Friends yet living by whose Means and Friendship he hopeth to be fully relieved and holpen In consideration whereof Know ye that we the said R. K. and T. B. as far as in us lieth have licensed the said A. B. to travel and pass the direct way from C. unto the said City of D. so that his Journey be not for longer or further continuance than twenty days next after the date hereof praying you and every of you not to molest or trouble the said poor man in his travel but to permit and suffer him to pass so that he shew himself in no respect offensive to His Majestie 's Laws In witness whereof c. Another K. ss R. K. and T. B. two of the Justices c. Whereas the Bearer hereof A. B. of C. c. having shewing the cause of his travel desired one Testimonial or Licence for his safe travel to the City of D. shew to what place he goeth Wherefore we as much as in us lieth do license the said A. B. to travel the direct way from C. in the said County of K. to the said City of D. so as his Journey be no longer than twenty days next after the date hereof praying you and every of you to suffer him to pass in Peace so that he demean himself orderly In witness c. A Licence to Beg. To all Constables Borsholders Bailiffs and all other His Majestie 's Officers within the County of K. and to every of them Kent ss R. K and T. H. Esquires two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the County aforesaid greeting Whereas the Bearer hereof A. B. of C. in the County aforesaid being a very poor man and blind by reason whereof he is not able to Labour nor get to live of himself without the charitable Relief of others and being now Resident in the said Town is therefore to be relieved and being likewise informed that the Town is at this present charged with more poor and impotent people than it is able to relieve Know you therefore that we the said Justices have licensed and allowed the said Poor man and his Leader to go abroad and beg gather and receive the charitable Alms of well disposed people inhabiting and dwelling within the Hundred of c. in the said County requiring you not to molest or trouble the said Poor man or his Leader for so doing but desiring you rather to relieve him and his Leader in their necessity as to you shall seem meet This our Licence to remain and be in force for one whole year next ensuing the date hereof and no longer In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals c. R. K. T. H. A Licence to Travel by Water on the Lord's day WHereas by Act of Parliament made in the 29th year of His Majestie 's Reign that now is it is Enacted That no person or persons shall use employ or travel upon the Lord's day with any Boat Wherry Lighter or Barge except it be upon extraordinary occasion to be allowed by some Justice of the Peace of the County or Head-Officer or some Justice of Peace of the City Burrough or Town-Corporate where the Fact shall be committed upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit and lose the summe of five shillings for every such Offence as by the said Act among other things it doth and may appear And forasmuch as A. B. of the Parish of Saint A. in the County of M. Gent. having extraordinary occasion to travel on the next Lord's day to B. in the County of S. and to use and employ a Boat Wherry or Barge in his said Journey hath desired my Allowance thereof These are therefore in pursuance of the said Act to will and require all Constables Church-wardens Overseers of the Poor and all other Officers whom these presents may concern to permit and suffer the said A. B. quietly and peaceaby to perform his said Journey on the next Lord's day as aforesaid and to use and employ any Boat Wherry or Barge at his discretion without any Molestation or Disturbance whatsoever at their peril Given under my hand and seal this tenth day of Iuly Anno Dom. 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. Another K. ss THese are to certifie that A. B. C. D. E. F. the Bearers hereof have made it appear before me that they have urgent occasions to pass on the next Lord's day
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
from the places adjacent for the present service of His Majesty according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided 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 cause four sufficient Carriages within the said Hundred each Carriage to consist of four able Horses or six Oxen or four Oxen and two Horses to be and attend for the service aforesaid at B. in the said County upon the first of April next ensuing at eight of the clock in the forenoon of the same day Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Another Warrant for providing of Carriages for the King's use To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss WHereas we have received notice in writing by Warrant under the hands and seals of for providing of Carriages for the service of His Majesty These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you and every of you that you some or one of you do cause to be sent to A. ten Carriages on the second day of May next furnished with Horses or Oxen sufficient for the said service Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A Warrant to levy the Penalty for not appearing with Carriages for the King upon notice To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOr as much as it hath been duly proved before us That B. C. of C. c. having had reasonable notice to bring one Carriage to T. upon the first day of May last for the service of his Majestie 's Ordnance according to the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made hath wilfully neglected so to doe by which he hath forfeited forty shillings to the King's Majestie 's use These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you and every of you that you some or one of you do demand of the said B. C. to His Majestie 's use the aforesaid forty shillings and in default of payment upon demand that then you some or one of you do forthwith levy the aforesaid forty shillings to the use aforesaid by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said B. C. rendring to him the overplus upon such Sale if there shall be any the charge of Distraining being first deducted Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A Mittimus for one that doth impress or take away any Cart or other thing from the Owner under pretence of power from the Green-cloath for Carriage of His Majestie 's Provisions without lawfull Authority To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol at C. in the County aforesaid K. ss FOr as much as it hath been made appear unto me upon the complaint of A. B. of c. in the County aforesaid That C. D. of E. hath impressed a Cart for Carriage of His Majestie 's Provisions without consent of the Owner on pretence or colour of a Warrant from the Green-cloath contrary to the intent of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in His Majestie 's name at the request of the said A. B. to will and require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said C. D. and him deliver to the said Keeper of the Gaol aforesaid together with this Precept Requiring and commanding also you the said Keeper to receive the said C. D. into the Gaol aforesaid and him there safely to keep untill the next Sessions And thereof neither you nor any of you are to fail at your perils Given under my hand and seal the second day of May in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second c. Certificates A Certificate from the Minister and chief Inhabitants of the Parish of a man's Honesty K. ss WE I. â—… Minister of the Word of God in the Parish of S. in the said County of Kent I. B. of S. aforesaid Constable of the Hundred of S. wherein the said Parish standeth I. B. and G. C. Church-wardens of the said Parish W. V. T. L. T. W. A. W. T. I. and E. H. c. of the said Parish and most of us Freeholders within the same Do hereby certify to all to whom it shall concern That A. B. one of the Inhabitants of the said Parish of S. is and by the space of five years last past hath been a Householder within the said Parish and by all that time hath behaved himself and lived in good sort and reputed a man of honest Conversation and hath paid according to his degree all manner of Scots and Assesments as other the Inhabitants of the said Parish have done In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands the ninth day of May 1681. A Certificate for continuing of an Alehouse-keeper To the right Worshipfull His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace within the Lower Division of L. in the County of Kent WE whose names are hereunto subscribed Inhabitants of the Parish of H. within the Division and County aforesaid do humbly certify That the now Dwelling-house of A. B. Victualler is conveniently situated there for a Victualling-house and that he is of good name and fame and the said House is well accommodated for entertainment of Travellers and that he keepeth good Rule therein And therefore we humbly desire your Worships that his Licence for keeping the said Victualling-house there may be continued A Certificate for the time of the Birth of a Child THese are to certify your Worships That A. B. Son of E. B. Widow was born in the month of August in the year of our Lord God 1679. in the Parish of R. in the County of B. about the latter end of the month In witness whereof we the Neighbours and Godmother of the said Child who were present at the birth of the said Child are ready to testify the same when your Worships shall please to require it and have hereunto set our hands this 30th day of November Anno Dom. 1679. A. B. C. D. c. A Certificate for one that hath not been touched of the Evil. WE the Rector and Ancient Inhabitants of the Parish of A. in the County of B. whose names are hereunto subscribed do upon good Information certify that C. D. the of E. F. of the Parish aforesaid hath not as yet been touched for the Distemper commonly called the Evil. Given under our hands and seals this 10th day of March Annoque Dom. 1680. Chimney-money A Mittimus for disturbing a Collectour To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's common Gaol for the said County at M. in the County
of the Peace in that behalf And that you take nothing for your Office of Justice of the Peace to be done but of the King and Fees accustomed and Costs limited by the Statute And ye shall not direct nor cause to be directed any Warrant by you to be made to the parties but ye shall direct them to the Bailiffs of the said County or other the King's Officers or Ministers or other indifferent persons to doe Execution thereof So help you God c. The Oath of Supremacy I A. B. of c. do utterly testifie and declare in my Conscience That our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second is the onely Supreme Governour of this Realm and of all other His Highness Dominions and Countries as well in all Spiritual or Ecclesiastical things or causes as Temporal And that no foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm And therefore I do utterly renounce and forsake all foreign Jurisdictions Powers Superiorities and Authorities And do promise that from henceforth I shall bear Faith and true Allegiance to the King's Highness His Heirs and lawfull Successors And to my power shall assist and defend all Jurisdictions Privileges Preheminences and Authorities granted or belonging to the King's Highness His Heirs and Successors or united and annexed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm So help me God The Oath of Allegiance I A. B. do truly and sincerely acknowledge profess testifie and declare in my Conscience before God and the world That our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second is lawfull and rightfull King of this Realm and of all other His Majestie 's Dominions and Countries and that the Pope neither of himself nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome or by any other means with any other hath any power or authority to depose the King or to dispose of any of His Majestie 's Kingdoms or Dominions or to authorize any foreign Prince to invade or annoy Him or His Countries or to discharge any of His Subjects of their allegiance and obedience to His Majesty or to give licence or leave to any of them to bear Arms raise Tumult or to offer any violence or hurt to His Majestie 's Royal Person State or Government or to any of His Majestie 's Subjects within His Majestie 's Dominions Also I do swear from my heart That notwithstanding any Declaration or Sentence of Excommunication or Deprivation made or granted or to be made or granted by the Pope or his Successors or by any authority derived or pretended to be derived from him or his See against the said King His Heirs or Successors or any Absolution of the said Subjects from their obedience I will bear saith and true allegiance to His Majesty His Heirs and Successors and Him and Them will defend to the uttermost of my power against all Conspiracies and Contempts whatsoever which shall be made against His or their Persons their Crown and Dignity by reason or colour of any such Sentence or Declaration or otherwise and will do my best endeavour to disclose and make known unto His Majesty His Heirs and Successors all Treasons and Traiterous Conspiracies which I shall know or hear of to be against Him or any of them And I do further swear That I do from my heart abhor detest and abjure as impious and heretical this damnable Doctrine and Position That Princes which be Excommunicated or Deprived by the Pope may be deposed or murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do believe and in Conscience am resolved That neither the Pope nor any person whatsoever hath power to absolve me of this Oath or any part thereof which I acknowledge by good and full authority to be lawfully ministred unto me and do renounce all Pardons and Dispensations to the contrary And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to these express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any Equivocation or mental Evasion or secret Reservation whatsoever And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily willingly and truly upon the true faith of a Christian. So help me God A Mittimus for refusing the Oath of Allegiance To the Keeper or Gaoler c. WE A. B. and C. D. two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of K. whereof A. B. is of the Quorum do hereby commit to your custody the Body of E. F. for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance Requiring you to take and safely in Prison to keep him till he shall be delivered by due course of Law and for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given under our hands and seals this second day of Iune c. The Oath of Abjuration YOU shall swear That you shall depart out of this Realm of England and out of all other the King's Majestie 's Dominions and that you shall not return hither or come again into any of His Majestie 's Dominions but by the Licence of our said Sovereign Lord the King or of His Heirs So help you God The Oath of an Excise-man With this must be taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy YOU shall swear to execute the Office of name the place truly and faithfully without favour or affection and shall from time to time true account make and deliver to such person or persons as His Majesty shall appoint to receive the same and shall take no fee or reward for the execution of the said Office from any other person then from His Majesty or those whom His Majesty shall appoint in that behalf The under Sheriffs Oath touching the Impannelling of Iuries I A. B. shall not use or exercise the Office of under Sheriff corruptly during the time that I shall remain therein Neither shall or will accept receive or take by any colour means or device whatsoever or consent to the taking of any manner of Fee or Reward of any person or persons for impanelling or returning of any Inquest Jury or Tales in the said Court for the King or betwixt party and party above two shillings or the value thereof and such Fees as are allowed and appointed for the same by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm But will according to my power truly and indifferently with convenient speed impanel all Jurors and return all such Writ or Writs touching the same as shall appertain to be done by my Duty or Office during the time that I shall remain in the said Office So God me help The Oath of a Bailiff I I. D. shall not use nor exercise the Office of one of the Bearers of the Verges of His Majestie 's Houshold and one of the Officers and Ministers of the Court of our Sovereign Lord the King of the King's Palace of