said A. B. was as aforesaid suppressed do as we are informed and believe still remain We have therefore thought fit to suppress him from any longer keeping any Alehouse or Tippling-house or using commonly selling of Ale Beer Cyder or Perry These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do forthwith repair to the said A. B. and charge him to surcease from keeping any longer any Alehouse or Tipplinghouse and from commonly selling of Ale Beer Perry or Cyder and that what you shall doe in the premisses you some or one of you so giving notice do make known unto us or one of us with all convenient speed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at C. in the said County the second day of October 1679. 31 Car. II. Regis A Licence to keep an Alehouse with Articles Articles to be observed and kept by A. B. admitted to keep a common Alehouse or Victualling-house in his now dwelling house in C. in the said County of Kent as followeth viz. Kent ss IMprimis If he here of any Robery or other hainous offence committed against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King he shall certifie to the Constable or Borsholders of the Hundred where for the time he then dwelleth or some of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for this County of such persons as lodged at his house within two days before or after such Robery or hainous offence committed and what apparrel they had and used and the Christian name or Sirname or names of them or as many of them as he shall know 2. Also he shall not use or keep nor suffer to be used or kept any Carding Dicing Bowling or any other unlawfull Game or Games at any time in his house or yard 3. Also he shall not permit or suffer any person or persons to continue drinking or remain tippling in his house otherwise then is permitted and allowed by the several Statutes in that case made and provided 4. Also he shall not suffer any person or persons to lodge at his house above one day and one night together but such as he will answer for and have forth coming if occasion shall require 5. Also he shall keep one or more beds in his house as also Mens meat and Horse meat during the time of Licence conveniently furnished to lodge any way-faring Man or Travellor Lastly He shall not utter or sell less than one full Ale-quart of the best Beer or Ale for one penny and of the small two Quarts for one penny and shall have in his house Beer and Ale of both sorts and also Bread for the Poor and sueh others as will buy the same We whose Names are hereunder written Justices of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King within this County of K. do hereby license and allow the said A. B. to keep a common Alehouse or Victuallinghouse in his now dwellinghouse known by the name of the Sign of the George in C. aforesaid for the space of one whole year next ensuing The said A. B. observing and keeping all and singular the Articles above written for observing whereof he is bound by a Recognizance in 10 li. and two sufficient Sureties with him viz. C. D. and E. F. in 5 li. a piece to the use of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors Dated at C. the 8 day of Septemb 1671. The Recognizance as in Pag. 3. The Condition The Condition of the Recognizance within written is such That whereas the within named A. B. is by the Justices within named licensed admitted and allowed to keep a common Alehouse or Victuallinghouse in C. for the space of one whole year next ensuing If therefore the said A. B. doe well and truly observe and keep all and singular the Articles contained in his said Licence That then c. Apprentices A Warrant to put out poor Children Apprentices To the Church-wardens and other the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you do present unto us or some of us in writing under your hands at the house of A. B. in c. upon the third day of Iune next at nine of the clock in the morning of the same day the names of all such poor Children of your said Parish as are Orphans or whose Parents shall not by you or the greater number of you be thought able to keep and maintain them together with the names of the Parents of the said Children if they have any living and the several Ages of the Children aforesaid And that you do cause such of the said Children as be able to come thither and more especially such of them as by you shall be thought fit to be put forth Apprentices to appear before us at the time and place aforesaid to be by us there viewed And likewise that you do then and there also present unto us in writing as aforesaid the names of such substantial Inhabitants of your said Parish to whom you shall think fit to put the said Children or any of them Apprentices and more especially of such of the said Inhabitants as have not formerly taken such poor Children of the said Parish Apprentices And lastly that you do give notice to the said Inhabitants that they are by us required then and there to appear before us to shew cause why you by our assent shall not bind such of the said Children Apprentices unto them as to you shall seem convenient unless they shall in the mean time consent to take and receive the same accordingly and that you your selves be then and there also present and have there this Precept Of all which you are not to fail at your Perils Given under our hands and seals the c. An Indenture for an Apprentice so put out THis Indenture made the c. day of c. in the year of the Reign c. Between A. B. and C. D. Church-wardens of the Parish of E. in the County of c. and F. G. H. I. Overseers of the Poor of the same Parish c. of the one part and K. L. of c. of the other part Witnesseth That the said Church-wardens and Overseers by the Assent of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County whose names are hereunto written according to the form of the Statute made in the 23. year of the Reign of the late Queen Elizabeth intituled An Act for the Relief of the Poor have put out and bound M. L. a poor Child of the said Parish of E. Apprentice to the said K. L. till the said M. L. shall come to the age of 24 years During which time the said Apprentice his said Master well and faithfully shall serve his Secrets keep his Commandments lawfull and honest every-where willingly shall doe He
venerunt coram nobis C. D. E. F. Iusticiar ' dicti Domini Regis ad pacem suam in Com' suo praedicta conservand ' assignat ' recognoverunt se de bere eidem Domino Regi modo forma sequen ' viz. praedict ' A. B. viginti libras legalis monetae Angliae uterque praedictorum G. J. decem libras consimilis monetae de separalibus bonis catallis terris tenementis suis separalit ' fieri levari ad opus usum dicti Domini Regis haered ' successorum suorum si defalt ' fieret in performatione Conditionis indorsat ' A Condition to prefer a Bill and give Evidence The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. 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 W. T. for the matters wherewith the said W. T. is charged before and do also then and there give such evidence as he knoweth concerning the same 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 W. T. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force If at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of Kent at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid and do then and there prefer c. as in the foregoing Condition A Condition to give Evidence The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if thé within bound A 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 give such Evidence as he knoweth against I. K. concerning the matters wherewith he is charged 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 I. K. for the same That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force If it be to appear at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of K. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid and do then and there give such Evidence c. as before A Condition for Felony or suspicion of Felony The Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. 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 then and there to answer our Sovereign Lord the King for and concerning the Felonious taking and stealing of wherewithall he standeth charged before c. and to doe and receive c. and do not depart the said Court without licence for the same That then this Recognizance to be void or else it shall stand in full force If it be to appear at the Sessions then say Do personally appear before His Majastie's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the within named County of K. at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holded for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid then and there to answer c. as before If the Fellon be in Prison These are to charge and require you that immediately you bring before me the body of A. B. now in your Custody to be Bailed as Law requireth Whereof fail you not c. Given c. Bastards For the apprehending and conveying the Woman to the House of Correction To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundreds of B. and C. in the said County and to every other His Majestie 's Officers in the County aforesaid whom the Execution thereof may concern Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do apprehend I. L. of B. in the said County Single woman and her safely convey to the House of Correction for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid and there deliver her to the Keeper of the same together with the Mittimus herewithall delivered unto you Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at H. in the said County the second day of Iune 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 31. A Mittimus of the Mother of a Bastard-Child to the House of Correction 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 said County at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as C. D. hath lately had a Bastard-Child These are therefore in his Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said C. D. and her safely convey to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver her to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive her into the said House and there punish and set her on work during the term of one whole year according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals c. A Warrant against the Mother for the second Offence to commit to the House of Correction and find Sureties of good Behaviour To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. hath lately had a Bastard-Child And for asmuch as she hath before offended in the like kind These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you That you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and her safely convey to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver her to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive her into the said House and there punish and set her on work untill she do put in good security for her good Behaviour not to offend so again according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. To convene the Mother and reputed Father To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as we are informed That A. D. of the Parish of
command you that you some or one of you do attach the said A. B. of c. and him bring before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to be Examined touching the premisses and to be farther dealt withall according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Mittimus of a Felon To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and H. the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid or his Deputy and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that you some or one of you do safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid A. B. of c. and him there safely to deliver to the Keeper of the said Gaol or his sufficient Deputy according to the tenour of the Precept in that behalf herewithall declared unto you Delivering also to the said Keeper the Precept aforesaid Given under our hands and seals at c. Another To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid K. ss I Send you herewithall the Body of A. B. of c. brought before me this present day and charged with the Felonious taking c. commanding you in His Majestie 's name to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely to keep till he shall be from thence delivered by due Order of Law Hereof fail not at your peril Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to search for a Felon on suspicion To the Constable and Borsholders of F. Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. of C. that of late he hath had feloniously taken from him certain Goods six Cows c. as the Case is and that he hath in suspicion divers evil disposed persons within your Parish of F. These are to require you that immediately upon sight hereof you make diligent search in all and every such suspected houses and places within your Parish as you and the said A. B. shall think convenient And if upon your search you find any of the said Goods in the hands of any person or shall have any other just cause of suspicion of any person that then you bring such suspected person before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent to answer such matter as shall be alledged against them Hereof fail not c. A Warrant for apprehending of one that hath dangerously hurt another To the Constable and Borsholders c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as I am credibly informed That A. B. of your Town Ioyner hath now lately dangerously hurt one C. D. of your said Town Bricklayer by a blow which he hath given the said C. D. on the Head and another on the Stomach so as the said C. D. is in danger of Death thereby These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you that immediately on sight hereof you or one of you do bring the said A. B. before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to find sufficient Sureties as well for his appearance before the Justices at the next Gaol delivery to be holden for this County then and there to answer unto the premisses and doe and receive therefore what the Court shall enjoyn on him As also that he the said A. B. shall in the mean time keep the Peace towards our Sovereign Lord the King and all His Liege people but especially towards the said C. D. And hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at this c. A Liberate to deliver a Prisoner committed for Felony To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol in A. c. Greeting K. ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of C. c. Black-smith hath before us found sufficient Mainprise to appear before the Justices of Gaol-delivery at the next general Gaol-delivery to be holden in the said County there to answer to such things as shall be then on the behalf of our said Sovereign Lord objected against him and namely to the feloniously taking of two Sheep for the suspicion whereof he was taken and committed to your said Goal We command you on the behalf of our said Sovereign Lord that if the said A. B. do remain in your said Gaol for the said cause and for none other then you forbear to grieve or detain him any longer but that you deliver him thence and suffer him to go at large and that upon the pain will fall thereon Given under our hands and seals c. A Warrant to Bind persons to give in Evidence against a Felon To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and every of them K. ss THese are to require you upon sight hereof to warn to be before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of this County within two days next following A. B. C. D. E. F. c. to the end that they may be bound to make their personal appearance at the next general Gaol-delivery or Quarter-sessions to be holden for this County then and there to testifie their knowledge concerning a Felony supposed to be done by R. H. now a Prisoner in the Castle of K. and that you do then go with them to the Justice with this Warrant Hereof fail not c. Or thus To the Constable c. Kent ss YOU are hereby required forthwith to warn the persons undernamed of your Parish to be before me at my dwelling house in D. c. upon Thursday next by eight of the Clock in the morning to testifie their knowledge concerning certain felonious acts supposed to be done by A. B. C. D. of c. and that you your self be then there with this Warrant to shew how you have executed it Hereof fail not Given under c. A Condition of a Recognizance to prefer a Bill and give Evidence against Principals and Accessary in case of Felony THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear before His Majestie 's Justices of Gaol-delivery to be holden for the within named County of K. and do then and there prefer or cause to be preferred a Bill of Indictment against A. R. and I. R. for the felonious taking and stealing one Goose and two Hens from the aforesaid A. B. wherewith the said A. R. and I. R. are charged before the within named Justices and against M. R. Wife of A. R. as Accessary to the Felony aforesaid with which she is also charged before the Justices aforesaid and do also then and there give such Evidence as he knoweth concerning the Felony aforesaid as well to the Jurors that shall enquire thereof on the behalf of
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
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
Westminster 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 impaneling 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 help me God Iurat ' ad utraque Sacrament ' supra dict' duodecimo die Maij Anno Dom. 1680. coram nobis A. B. C. D.. The Oath usually given to Church-wardens YOU shall execute the Office of Church-warden in the Parish where you are chosen for this ensuing year according to His Majestie 's Laws Ecclesiastical So help you God Or thus You shall execute the Office of Church-warden in the Parish where you are chosen according to your discretion and skill in His Majestie 's Laws Ecclesiastical So help you God The Oath of Obedience Canonical I A. B. do swear that I do approve the Doctrine and Discipline or Government established in the Church of England as concerning all things necessary to Salvation and that I will not endeavour by my self or any other directly or indirectly to bring in any Popish Doctrine contrary to that which is so established nor will I ever give my consent to alter the Government of this Church by Archbishops Bishops Deans and Archdeacons c. as it stands now established and as by right it ought to stand nor yet ever to subject it to the Usurpations and Superstitions of the See of Rome And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation or mental evasior or secret reservation whatsoever And this I do heartily willingly and truly upon the Faith of a Christian So help me God in Jesus Christ. If any Ecclesiastical person refuse this Oath the Bishop shall give him a months time to inform which if then denied to be suspended ab officio upon refusal at a second month granted to be suspended ab officio beneficio and after a third month granted to be deprived of all his Ecclesiastical Promotions whatsoever and execution of his Function which he holds in the Church of England The High Constable's Oath YOU shall swear That you shall well and truly serve our Sovereign Lord the King in the Office of a Constable You shall see and cause His Majestie 's Peace to be well and truly kept and preserved according to your power You shall arrest all such Persons as in your sight and presence shall ride or goe armed offencely or shall commit or make any Riot Affray or other breach of His Majestie 's Peace You shall doe your best endeavour upon complaint made to apprehend all Felons Barrettors and Rioters or Persons riotously assembled and if any such Offenders shall make resistance with force you shall levy Huy and Cry and shall pursue them untill they be taken You shall do your best endeavour that the Watch in and about your Hundred be duly kept for the apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds Night-walkers Eves-droppers Scouts and other suspected Persons and of such as go armed and the like And that Huy and Cry be duly raised and pursued according to the Statute of Winchester against Murtherers Thieves and other Felons And that the Statutes made for the punishment of Rogues and Vagabonds and such other idle Persons as come within your Bounds and Limits be duly put in execution You shall have a watchfull eye to such Persons as shall maintain or keep any common House or Place where any unlawfull Game is or shall be used as also to such as shall frequent or use such Places or shall use or exercise any unlawfull Games there or elsewhere contrary to the Statutes At your Assizes Sessions of the Peace or Leet you shall present all and every the Offences done contrary to the Statute made 1 Iacobi 4 Iacobi and 21 Iacobi Regis to restrain the inordinate haunting and tipling in Inns Alehouses and other Victualling houses and for repressing of Drunkenness You shall there likewise true presentment make of all Bloudsheddings Affrays Outcrys Rescues and other Offences committed or done against the King's Majestie 's Peace within your Limits You shall once every year during your Office present at the Quarter-sessions all Popish Recusants within your Liberty and their Children above 9 and their Servants scil their monthly absence from Church 3 Iac. 4. You shall well and duly execute all Precepts and Warrants to you directed from the Justice of Peace of this County or higher Officers You shall be aiding to your Neighbours against unlawfull Purveyances In the time of Hay or Corn Harvest upon request you shall cause all Persons to meet to serve by the day for the mowing reaping or getting in of Corn or Hay You shall in Easter-week cause your Parishoners to chuse Surveyors for the mending of the High-ways in your Parish or Liberty and you shall well and duly according to your knowledge power and ability doe and execute all other things belonging to the Office of a Constable so long as you continue in the said Office So help you God The Oath taken by the Officers of the Marshal's Court. YOU shall well and truly behave your self in the Office which you now undertake of one of the Bearers of the Virges of the Household of our Sovereign Lord the King and one of the Officers and Ministers of the Court of our Sovereign Lord the King of His Majestie 's Palace of Westminster you shall well and truly execute all process of the said Court that shall come to your hands and which may be by you executed with as much expedition as possibly you can you shall execute no Writ but such as is signed and sealed with the sign and seal of this Court. You shall take no bribe reward or other gratuity for the executing of any process of this Court other than the Court will allow of or the Parties themselves without exaction shall willingly afford you you shall make a true and just return of all such Writs of this Court as shall be by you sued the next Court day after the same are executed You shall not disclose any process of the said Court to the Defendant or any other whereby he may have intelligence thereof you shall not conceal any wrong or injury done or offered to the said Court but shall forthwith disclose the same to the Judges thereof and shall be ready with all
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
County of Middlesex to attend him in Council the 25. day of February last past did by Himself and the Right Honourable the Lord President acquaint us That His Majesty was in a short time to remove His Court to Oxford and did require and command us to use our utmost endeavours with care and industry to preserve the Peace of this important County during His Majestie 's absence and in particular to put in Execution the Statute made in the 13. year of His now Majestie 's Reign For the preservation of His Majestie 's Sacred Person whom God preserve with long life in and by which said Statuâ—…e it is enacted That if any person or persons whatsoever during the natural Life of our most gracious Sovereign Lord the King that now is shall within this Realm or without compass imagine invent devise or intend death or destruction or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction maim or wounding imprisonment or restraint of the Person of the same our Sovereign Lord the King or to deprive or depose him from the Stile Honour or Kingly Name of the Imperial Crown of this Realm or of any other His Majestie 's Dominions or Countries or to levy War against His Majesty within this Realm or without or to move or stir any Foreigner or Stranger with force to invade this Realm or any other His Majestie 's Dominions or Countries being under His Majestie 's Obeysance and such compassings imaginings inventions devices or intentions or any of them shall express utter or declare by any Printing Writing Preaching or malicious and advised Speaking Every such Person and Persons so as aforesaid offending shall be deemed declared and adjudged to be Traytors and shall suffer pains of Death and also lose and forfeit as in cases of High Treason And that if any Person or Persons at any time during His Majestie 's Life shall maliciously and advisedly publish or affirm the King to be an Heretick or a Papist or that he endeavours to introduce Popery or shall maliciously and advisedly by Writing Printing Preaching or other Speaking express publish utter or declare any words sentences or other thing or things to incite or stir up the people to hatred or dislike of the Person of His Majesty or the established Government Then every such person and persons being thereof Legally convicted shall be disabled to have enjoy or exercise any Place Office or Promotion Ecclesiastical or Civil or Military or any other Imployment in Church or State and shall be likewise liable to such further and other punishments as by the Laws or Statutes of this Realm may be inflicted in such Cases And we having taken into consideration His Majestie 's most gracious Speech then made unto us and his commands laid upon us Do therefore hereby will and require and strickly charge and command That you do forthwith issue forth your Warrants to the several petty Constables within your Division thereby commanding them that they do with their utmost diligence and endeavours apprehend and secure all persons so as aforesaid offending against the said Statute and bring such person or persons before us the said Justices at our petty Sessions to be held weekly on Tuesday in every week at or in A. c. in the said County of Mid. by nine of the clock in the forenoon of the said days to the intent they may be proceeded against according to Law and Justice And we do hereby will and require you that you do survey the Watches that are kept by the petty Constables in your Division and order them the said petty Constables that they do within their respective limits for the future keep their Watches from nine a clock at night untill six in the morning to the intent that the King's Peace may be the better secured And we hereby further will and require you that you do in your said Warrants command the said petty Constables that they do for the future take an Account in writing of all the names of those persons they Summon to be upon the Watch and that they take particular notice of all and every person that shall after such Summons given make default and not appear himself or send some able and fit person to watch in his stead And that they bring the said Account fairly written to us who shall be assembled at the said petty Sessions to the intent they may be proceeded against according to Law And hereof you and the said petty Constables are not to fail at your perils Given under our hands and seals the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord 1680. and in the 33. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England c. Another Warrant upon the same Statute To all Constables and other His Majestie 's Officers whom these may concern within the Parish of c. M. ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to will and require you to take notice of and to apprehend and bring before us at our weekly Meetings all manner of persons that shall maliciously and advisedly publish or affirm the King to be an Heretick or a Papist or that he endeavours to introduce Popery or that shall maliciously and advisedly by Writing Printing Preaching or other Speaking express utter or declare any words sentence or other thing or things to make or stirr up the People to hatred of the person of His Majesty or the established Government to be dealt with according to Law And further from time to time to appoint and settle sufficient Watches to meet at nine at night and not to depart till six in the morning amongst whom a competent number of good House-keepers are alwaies to be present And you and every of you are to bring us the Names and Conditions of your respective Watches at our said weekly Meetings that the performance of your Duties herein may be the better known and taken notice of His Majesty in Council having given us strict command herein You are likewise to give us an Account of all such as Arm themselves beyond their Qualities and to use your utmost endeavours by all the ways imaginable to preserve His Majestie 's Peace during his absence from this City Dated this eighth day of March 1680. A Warrant for Watch and Ward and to apprehend idle persons To the High Constable of the Hundred of A. and the petty Constables c. within the said Hundred Kent ss FOrasmuch as information hath been given unto us that very many suspicious idle persons do wander about the Country without Controlment or Question for the better prevention thereof for the future and of Robberies and other Misdemeanours often occasioned thereby These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you and every of you to look to your Offices herein and to see that you keep and cause Watches to be duly kept in all the Parishes and places within your said Hundred of A.
days next after such your receipt of him Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand aâ—…d seal the c. Note The Iustice may if he think fit not send the Offender to the House of Correction but may make a Warrant to the Constable c. to whip him which may be made with the same recitals as in the last precedent Warrant till you come to these words These are therefore c. And then say thus These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you to whip the said A. B. for the said Offence Hereof fail not c. Note This is onely for the first Offence Now for the second Offence thus A Mittimus to the House of Correction for the second like Offence To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County aforesaid at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas c. As in the former Warrant till you come to these words And whereas it then appeared c. Instead of which you go on thus And forasmuch as the said A. B. was once before convict of the said Offence and was thereof so convicted as before These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders to convey the said A. B. to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver him to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there keep him one month to hard labour Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. An Order against the Buyer of stoln Wood c. to pay treble the value thereof Kent ss FOrasmuch as upon examination by me this day 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 it appeared unto me That A. B. of c. did within six days last past buy of E. F. being a person justly suspected to have unlawfully come by the same and that the same was unlawfully come by and unlawfully taken from C. D. of c. and was of the value of c. of lawfull money of England I do therefore according to the said Act award that the said A. B. shall pay to the said C. D. c. of lawfull money of England being the treble value of the Given under my hand and seal the c. A Warrant to distrain for non-payment of the Money according to the foregoing Order To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them K. ss WHereas lately by examination by me taken 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 it appeareth unto me That A. B. of c. did within c. days last past buy of E. F. being a person justly suspected to have unlawfully come by the same and that the same was unlawfully come by and unlawfully taken from C. D. of c. and was of the value of c. of lawfull money of England I did therefore according to the said Act award that the said A. B. should pay to the said C. D. c. of lawfull money of England being the treble value of the And forasmuch as the said A. B. hath not paid to the said C. D. the aforesaid c. according to my said award These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you to levy the â—…aid c. by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the said A. B. rendring to him the over-plus and after you have so levied the said c. forthwith to pay the same to the said C. D. Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my haâ—…d and seal the c. A Mittimus against the Buyer of stoln Wood c. for want of Distress To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the County aforesaid at T. in the said County Kent ss WHereas lately c. as in the last before mentioned Warrant till you come to the words Hereof fail not c. then go on thus And forasmuch as you the said Constable have returned unto me That in default of such Distress you cannot levy the aforesaid summ of c. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you to attach the said A. B. and him safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid at his own charge and there deliver him 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 keep one month without Bail Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Woollen A Certificate for burying in Woollen K. ss A. B. of the Parish of C. in the County of D. Gent. maketh Oath that E. F. of the Parish of G. in the County of H. Gent. lately deceased was not put in wrapt or wound up or buried in any Shirt Shift Sheet or Shroud made or mingled with Flax Hemp Silk Hair Gold or Silver or other then what is made of Sheeps Wool onely nor in any Coffin lined or faced with any Cloath Stuff or any other thing whatsoever made or mingled with Flax Hemp Silk Hair Gold or Silver or any other material but Sheeps Wool onely Dated the 2. day of Iuly in the one and thirtieth year of the Reign oâ—… our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second c. Annoque Dom. 1679. Sealed and subscribed by us who were present and Witnesses to the swearing of the aforesaid Affidavit A. B. C. D. I H. B. Esq one of the King's Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of D. do hereby certify That the day and year abovesaid the said A. B. came before me and made such Affidavit as is above specified according to the late Act of Parliament intituled An Act for burying in Woollen Witness my hand the day and year first above written H. B. Or this I P. S. Esq one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for this County do hereby certify That A. B. came before me this present second day of Iune 1679. and made Oath that C. D. deceased was not put in wrapt or wound up or buried in any Shift Shirt Sheet or Shroud made or mingled with Flax Hemp Silk Hair Gold or Silver or other then what is made of Sheeps Wool onely or in any
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
aforesaid that you or the greater number of you do forthwith make a Tax or Assessment of and upon all and every the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in such manner as hath formerly in such cases been accustomed within the same and to authorize you the said Constable to demand collect and gather the said money so taxed and assessed and in case of refusal of payment thereof unto you that then you do return unto us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County the names of the persons so refusing to the end that they may be farther proceeded against for the same as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not c. Given under our hands and seals at c. the c. To A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. L. M. and N. O. To appear and shew cause for their not paying the said Charges To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County 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 the several persons whose names are hereunder written to come before some or one of us at the house of T. N. Inn-holder at the George Inn c. in the â—…aid County the fifth day of Iune next ensuing at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to shew cause why they did not pay unto A. B. late Constable of the said Hundred the several summs of money hereunder mentioned added to their several names and severally assessed upon them for and towards his Reimbursement of moneys by him necessarily laid out for and upon the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at H. the first day of Iune 1679 c. A. B. xij d. C. D. vi d. For refusing to appear to shew Cause for not paying the said Charges To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as the several persons here-under named were by virtue of a Warrant to you directed under the hands and seals of us A. B. c. His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid warned to come before us or some of us this present day c. in the said County to shew cause why they did not pay unto A. B. late Constable of the said Hundred the several summs of money hereunder mentioned added to their several names and severally assessed upon them towards his Reimbursment for his necessary Disbursements for and on the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in the Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty yet the aforesaid persons have refused so to come or to pay the moneys aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do bring the aforesaid persons before us or one of us and other His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County at the house of c. in c. upon Monday the fifth day of May at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same to shew cause why they do not pay they said moneys and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain unless they shall pay the moneys aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. To levy the Charges upon their refusing to pay the same To the Constable of the Hundred of A. in the said County Kent ss FOrasmuch as upon your Complaint it appeareth unto us That the several persons hereunder named have refused to pay unto you the several summs hereunder specified and severally added to their several names assessed on them according to the form of the Statute lately made towards your Reimbursement of such moneys as you have disbursed in and about the Execution of your said Office according to the Statute aforesaid These are therefore to require and authorize you to levey the said several and respective summs so assessed upon the said respective persons so refusing to pay the same rendring the overplus to the owners if any shall be Given under our hands and seals the c. A. B. 11 s. C. D. 13 s. c. A Condition of a Recognizance to appear and answer the not paying the same at next Sessions THe Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas the within bound C. D. hath refused to pay to A. B. late Constable of the Hundred of D. in the within named County of K. assessed upon him the said C. D. for and towards the Reimbursement of the said late Constable of moneys by him necessarily laid out for and on the behalf of the Inhabitants of the said Hundred in Execution of his said Office in and about the Service of His Majesty If therefore the said C. D. do personally appear before his Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the said County at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at T. in the County aforesaid to doe and receive what by the said Court shall be enjoyned touching the premisses That then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force A Warrant for levying 3 s. 4 d. upon a Constable for neglect of his Duty in giving an account of Rogues Vagabonds c. To the chief Constables of A. and to the under Constables of H. and to their Deputies greeting Kent ss FOrasmuch as at our Assembly at A. the second day of Iune last for the adjusting the accounts of the under Constable according to a Statute made in the reign of King Iames touching Rogues and Wanderers A. B. of H. aforesaid was fined at 3 s. 4 d. for being negligent in his Office and refusing to make such account as by the said Statute is appointed These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you that some or one of you do forthwith upon the receipt hereof demand of the said T. C. the said Fine and if he shall refuse or neglect to pay the same unto you within three days that then you do immediately levy the said 3 s. 4. d. by Distress and Sale of his Goods and Chattels rendring unto him the overplus thereof if any such shall remain And lastly that one of you the chief Constables do pay the same unto the now Treasurer of the Marshalsey at or before the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at B. for these parts and this shall be your sufficient Warrant in that behalf Given under our hands c. A Warrant to sell the Goods of an Offender that refuseth to bear his own Charges to the Gaol To the Constable and
the said Act convicted of his wittingly and willingly suffering the Conventicle aforesaid to be held in his aforesaid dwelling-house contrary to the form of the Act aforesaid for which his Offence he hath forfeited the summe of twenty pounds And for that we do in our judgments think the said I. B. poor and unable to pay the said summe of twenty pounds by him as aforesaid forfeited We have therefore by our discretions adjudged one hundred shillings thereof to be levied of the Goods and Chattels of the aforesaid W. S. who as aforesaid was present at the same Conventicle And forasmuch as the said W. S. is an Inhabitant in the Corporation aforesaid we do therefore hereby certifie you of the premisses to the end you may proceed thereupon as by the said Act is required Given under our hands and seals at C. in the said County the one and twentieth day of Nov. An. Dom. 1679. 31 c. A Certificate for the taking the Oath according to the said Act. Kent ss I A. B. one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. do humbly certifie That D. E. did this present day before me take the Oath mentioned in an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles in these words I do swear that I do not hold the taking of an Oath to be unlawfull nor refuse to take an Oath on that account In testimony whereof I the said A. B. have hereunto set my hand and seal the c. Corporations A Certificate upon taking the Oaths and subscribing the Declarations mentioned in the Act for Regulating Corporations Kent ss MEmorandum That A. B. of C. did upon the 21. day of May last past before us whose names are hereunto subscribed His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County take the Oaths of Allegeance and Supremacy and the Oath appointed to be taken by the Statute made in the 13. year of His now Majestie 's Reign intituled An Act for the well Governing and Regulating of Corporations and did likewise before us subscribe the Declaration in the said Statute mentioned In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the c. Court-Leet and Court-Baron A Precept directed to the Bailiff of the Mannor by the Steward of the Court-Baron to warn the Court. To the Bailiff of the said Mannor Kent ss THese are to require you to warn all the tenants of the said Mannor whose names are here under written and all other the tenants of the same personally to appear at the Court-Baron to be holden for the Mannor aforesaid at the place accustomed upon Thursday the tenth day of this instant Month of August at eight of the clock in the forenoon of the same day then and there to doe and perform their several Suits and Services according to the custom of the said Mannor and have you there the names of such persons as you have so warned and this Precept Given under my hand and seal the first day of August 1676. 28. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi A Precept to warn a Jury for a Court-Leet To the Constable c. Kent ss THese are to will and require you to give publick notice within the said Hundred That His Majestie 's Court-Leet and view of Franck-pledge for the same shall be holden at the house called the Red Lion in B. upon Thursday the seventeenth day of this instant October at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same day And that you warn all persons that do owe any Suit or Service to the said Court That they and every of them personally be and appear at the time and place aforesaid then and there to do and perform the same And that more especially you warn four and twenty honest and lawfull men of the said Hundred to appear at the time and place aforesaid to enquire for our Sovereign Lord the King of those things which to the said Court do appertain And that you your selves be then and there also personally present and have you there the names of such persons as you have so warned and this Precept Given under my hand and seal the second day of Octob. 1680. 32 Regni Regis Caroli Secundi A Precept for a Borsholder or other Officer to take upon him the said Office and to repair to a Justice of Peace to take his Oath for his faithfull execution of the same To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of F. and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as at His Majestie 's Court-Leet holden this present day for the said Hundred of F. you are elected Borsholder for the year to come These are therefore to will and require you upon receipt hereof to take upon you the said Office And forthwith to repair to one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. before him to take your Oath for your faithfull execution of your said Office Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the second day of March Anno Dom. 1680. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi tricesimo secundo A Precept to bring in a Scould to be tried at a Court-Leet K. ss RIchard Kilburne Esquire Steward of His Majestie 's Court-Leet holden this present day for the said Hundred to the Constable of the Hundred aforesaid and Officer of the said Court greeting Forasmuch as E. P. of the Parish of C. in the said County Spinster otherwise called E. the Wife of R. T. of the aforesaid Parish of C. in the County aforesaid Labourer was at His Majestie 's said Court holden before me this present day by the Oaths of twelve honest and lawfull men of the Hundred aforesaid presented for her being a common Scould at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of the said Court as well with her Neighbours as with other the Liege people of the King whereby they are much molested disquieted and grieved against the Peace of the said King his Crown and Dignity to the great disturbance and disquiet of His Majestie 's Liege people and against his Peace These are therefore to command you to cause the said E. P. to come before me or my sufficient Deputy at the next Court-Leet of our Sovereign Lord the King to be holden at C. aforesaid in the County aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of the said Court upon Saturday the second day of Octob. next ensuing to answer the premisses And further to do and receive as the said Court of the said King shall consider of her in that behalf And have you there this Precept Given under my seal at C. aforesaid the tenth day of April in the seven and twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. The manner of making up of Court-Roles Cur ' Baron ' Thomae
' Jacobum procreat ' intestat ulterius idem Richardus protulit hic in Cur ' quandam Indenturam manu sigillo Richardi Edwards Administratoris bonorum catallorum quae fuerunt praefatae Elizabethae tempore mortis suae signat geren dat sexto die Martii Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc vicesimo per quam satis liquet Cur ' hic quod praedictus Richardus per Indenturam illam assignavit eidem Richardo Cox executoribus administratoribus assign suis praemissa praedicta cum pertin totum residuum termini praedicti de in eisdem ad tunc ventur ' Ad hanc Cur ' secunda Proclamatio facta fuit quod si aliquis legitime clamare potuit separalia tenem hic postea mentionat ' videlicet Quoddam tenementum nativum videlicet unum cotagium unam peciam terrae cum pertin in Breede prope Parochiam de Udimer ad terras modo vel nuper Danielis White Arm. adjungen per Nicolaum Summons nuper tent Quoddam tenementum nativum videlicet unum mesuagium dimidium unius acr ' terrae cum pertin in Breede ad vel prope quendam locum vocat Stonelepe per Johannem Jervas defunct nuper tent Quoddam tenementum nativum videlicet unum cotagium unam peciam terrae cum pertin in Udimer ad quendam locum ibidem vocat Cotham Greene per Johannem nuper tent Et quoddam tenementum nativum videlicet unum Toftum cum pertin nuper per Richardum Lindfield tent Sive eorum aliquae vel aliquod quod veniret audiretur nullus venit Ideo fiat super inde tertia Proclamatio ad prox ' Cur. Baronis ejusdem Manerii hic tenend The manner of making up of Estreates The Estreates of the Fines Forfeitures and Amerceaments at the several Courts-Leet holden for the said Hundred on the several days and in the several years herein after mentioned That is to say Monday 12 Octob. 1668. XX. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi Iohn B. of the Borough of Combwell for that he did not appear at this Court to enquire for our Sovereign Lord the King of those things which to the said Court do appertain though summoned so to do 12 d. T. H. of the Borough of C. for the like 12 d. N. F. of the same Borough for the like 12 d. c. as many as be In all c. Monday 18 Octob. c. prout N. F. for that he did not amend his six Rods of Ditch in the Borough of C. Adjoyning to the High-way between Struecrouch and Tiseherst within the time at the last Court limitted 3 s. c. as before In all c. Thursday c. prout C. I. Borsholder of the Borough of B. for that he did not appear at this Court to doe those things which to his said Office do appertain 5 s. c. prout In all c. Sum. total c. R. K. Arm. Senesc ibidem To make up a Rentall A Rentall of the Mannor of Stone for one Year ended at the Feast of S. Michael the Archangel in the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy six as followeth viz. Katherine A. Widow For one Mess. and Lands in Cran. near upper Wilsley late of Richard A. her Husband deceased 7 s. Robert H. Gent. For one Mess. c. in Cr. c. late of c. 3 s. And for one Mess. c. late also c 10 d. In all 3 s. 10 d. The Owners of one Mess. c. 2 s. c. as many as be in such form In all 39 s. 41 hens 2 capons and 2 cocks In case where several Mannors then say at the top A Rentall of the several Mannors hereafter mentioned for one year c. and begin one first and go through with it then another c. In case where custom for Lord to have draught of Fish yearly or such like you must mention it in the Rentall both when you come to the Tenant and in Sum. total And where several Mannors at the end of them severally you must say In all c. prout and when they are all done at the end you must say R. K. Arm. Senescallus ibidem So these Rentals come to as followeth viz. Stone 00 11 01 q. 1 hen c. Sislingherst c. Copton c. In all c. and here you must mention the custom for Fish Customs A Warrant against those who abuse an Officer of the Customs in the due execution of his Office To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County 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 it hath been made appear unto me That A. B. and C. D. have lately been forceably in the due execution of Offices in the said place by E. F. G. H. armed with These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said E. F. G. H. and them convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and them there deliver to the aforesaid Keeper of the same together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive them into the said Gaol and them there safely to keep till the next Quarter-Sessions there to be dealt withall as by the Statute in that behalf lately made is appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. Against carrying away Goods without paying Custom c. 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 That A. B. hath assisted in the taking of Goods at E. in the County aforesaid without at hours 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 apprehend the said A. B. and him bring before me to answer the premisses and farther to doe and receive as by the Statute in that behalf lately made is appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. A Mittimus upon the precedent Warrant for the first Offence To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at C. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duly proved before me That B. C. hath assisted in the c. as in the last Warrant These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do convey the said B. C. to His Majestie 's Gaol
interim se bene gereret in cujus rei testimonium ego praefatus J. B. praedictae Certificationi manum sigillum meum apposui vicesimo die Maii Anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensoris c. Tricesimo secundo Annoque Dom. 1680. A Warrant to the Sheriff for Restitution 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 Whereas by a certain Inquisition taken before me at A. in the County aforesaid the second day of Iune c. upon the Oath of A. B. C. D. E. F. c. according to the form of the Statute in Case of Forceable Entry made and provided it was found that G. H. c. and others as in the Inquisition as by the said Inquisition of Record doth more fully appear These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you with the power of the County if need require to go to the said Messuage c. and other the premisses and do cause the same with their appurtenances to be reseized and the said C. D. to be restored in and-to his full possession thereof as he was before the same Entry according to the form of the aforesaid Statute And hereof fail not c. A Mittimus upon view of Forceable Detainour Kent ss R. K. Esq one of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid To the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid Greeting Whereas upon Complaint unto me by A. B. of L. in the said County I did this present day go to the dwelling house of the said A. in L. aforesaid and there did find C. D. of c. E. F. of c. forceably with strong hand and armed power holding the said house against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King and against the form of the Statute in that behalf made and provided I do therefore herewithall send unto you the Bodies of the said C. D. E. F. and G. H. convicted of the said forceable holding by my own View Testimony and Record commanding you in His Majestie 's name to receive them into the said Gaol and them there safely to keep untill they have made fine and ransome to His said Majesty for their said trespasses and shall be thence delivered by the order of the Law of this Land Hereof fail not c. Foreign Wares A Warrant to search for and seize Foreign Manufactures prohibited c. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss Forasmuch as I am informed That great quantities of foreign Bone-lace Cut-work Imbrodery Fringe Bandstrings Buttons of Thread of Silk and Needle-work made of Thread or Silk have been lately brought into this Kingdom from parts beyond the Seas against the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require and authorize you and every of you that you some or one of you do enter and search for such Manufactures in the Shops being open Ware-houses and Dwelling-houses of such person or persons within the said Hundred as shall be suspected to have any such Imbrodery foreign Bone-lace Cut-work foreign Bandstrings Buttons or Needle-work and to seize the same Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the c. High-ways A Warrant to levy 5 li. on the Inhabitants of a Parish for not chusing Surveyors of the High-ways To the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as the Church-wardens Constables Borsholders and Inhabitants of the said Parish did not chuse Surveyors of the High-ways aforesaid for this present year of our Lord but made default of such choice against the form of the Statute in that behalf lately 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 levy collect and gather the summ of five pounds by Distress and Sale of the Goods of the said Church-wardens Constables Borsholders and Inhabitants rendring to the Parties so distrained the overplus if any be And that you do imploy and bestow the moneys so levied collected or gathered in such manner as by the Statute aforesaid is directed and appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. To distrain for High-way Tax To the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as upon your Complaint it appeareth unto us That the several Persons hereunder named have not paid unto you the several summs hereunder specified and severally added to their several names assessed on them for the repairing and amending and enlarging of the publick and common High-ways in the said Parish according to the form of the Statute in that behalf 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 levy collect and gather by Distress and Sale of the respective Goods of the said respective Persons double so much money as was so as aforesaid respectively assessed on them rendring to the Parties so distrained the overplus if any be And that you do imploy and bestow the moneys so levied collected or gathered in such manner as by the Statute aforesaid is directed and appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A. B. of A. aforesaid 2 s. C D. of A. aforesaid 3 s. c. For not sending in Teams to work in the High-ways To the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as upon your Complaint it appeareth unto us That the several Persons hereunder named were by you charged to send each of them a Team to work in the High-ways in the Parish aforesaid according to the form of the Statute in that case lately made and provided and yet nevertheless they neglected so to doe by the space of such number of days as are hereunder mentioned and severally added to their several names 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 collect and gather by Distress and Sale of the respective Goods of the said respective Persons the respective summs of money hereunder added to their respective names being moneys by them respectively forfeited for their said neglects according to the Statute aforesaid rendring to the Parties so distrained the overplus if any be And that you do employ and bestow
to the great prejudice of the Inhabitants therein For the better prevention whereof for the future and of Robberies Burglaries and other Felonies and Misdemeanours often occasioned thereby These are in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you diligently to observe and perform our Directions in the premisses herewith sent unto you as you and every one of you will answer to the contrary at your perils Giving you farther hereby to understand that we shall from time to time require a strict account of your due observance and execution of the same and in case of negligence of you or any of you therein we shall forthwith upon knowledge thereof proceed with effect according to Law to punish such of you as shall so neglect the same Given under our hands and seals the c. 1. That you do henceforth take special care to apprehend all Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars and other wandring and idle Persons and punish and pass them away according to Law 2. That you do in one night within every week between the date of the Precept aforesaid and our next meeting make a general search within the said Hundred in all suspicious places for the finding out and apprehending of all Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars and other wandring and idle Persons And such as in the said search you shall find and apprehend that you do punish and pass them away according to Law 3. That you do cause Watches to be duly kept in fitting places of the said Hundred by honest and able men of the same every night from Sun-setting untill Sun-rising untill the nine and twentieth day of September next ensuing according to the Statute made at Westm. in the thirteenth year of the Reign of the late King Edward the First 4. That you do forthwith bring before us or some or one of us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County all such Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars and other wandring and idle Persons as you shall apprehend by day or night and conceive to be more than ordinarily dangerous or to be suspected for any Murther Robbery Burglary Felony or other Misdemeanour to the end they may be farther dealt withall as to Justice doth appertain 5. That you do from time to time and more especially at every of our Assemblies or Meetings herein after mentioned present unto us the names of all such Persons within the said Hundred as be masterless or live out of service or be common Alehouse-haunters or expenders of their money in riot not duly labouring for their living and not having whereby so to maintain them And the names of all unlicensed Alehouse-keepers within the said Hundred or notoriously suspected so to be Together with the names of such licensed Alehouse-keepers within the same as are of evil behaviour or do suffer evil Rule Gaming or other Disorder to be kept in their said houses And the names of such Witnesses as can or will testify the keeping of any such Alehouse unlicensed or the evil behaviour of or suffering evil Rule Gaming or other Disorder by any of the said licensed Alehouse-keepers And that you do give notice unto all and every the said Witnesses that they and every of them are by us required to appear before us accordingly to testify their several knowledges touching the same And that you do likewise give notice unto all and every the said Persons so by you to be returned all Persons out of service riotous Spenders unlicensed Alehouse-keepers or disorderly licensed Alehouse-keepers that they and every of them are by us required to appear before us or some of us as aforesaid to answer the premisses and farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain 6. That you do from time to time at every of our said Assemblies or Meetings deliver unto us or some of us in writing an account of what you have done in pursuance of the directions before mentioned 7. That taking assistance of sufficient men of the said Hundred you do in the night before every of our days of Assembly or Meeting hereafter mentioned that is to say here name the days of meeting of the Iustices make a general privy search within every of the Parishes Villages and Hamlets within the same for finding out and apprehending of all Rogues Vagabonds and wandring and idle Persons in and about the said Parishes Villages and Hamlets And that such Rogues Vagabonds and wandring and idle Persons as you shall then find and apprehend in the said search you do cause to be brought before us or some of us on the day and at the place of our Assembly or Meeting aforesaid at ten of the clock in the forenoon of the same day there to be examined of their idle and wandring life and to be farther dealt withall according to Law And that you be then and there also ready to give account and reckoning upon Oath in writing and under the hand of the Minister of each respective Parish what Rogues Vagabonds and disorderly Persons you have apprehended within the said Search and also between every such Assembly and Meeting and how many have been by you punished or otherwise sent unto the House of Correction according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made in the seventh year of the Reign of the late King Iames and upon such Fines Pains and Penalties as are in the said Statute contained in case you or any of you do neglect to perform what is in this behalf before commanded Lastly That upon some day about three or four days before every of our said Assemblies or Meetings you the said Constable and Borsholders do meet and consult together touching the making of your Return to us of what you have done between every such our Assembly or Meeting and do also then agree how to divide your selves in your then next Search and where to meet in the morning then next following for your more ready giving to us your account of what you have done in the said Search A Mittimus of a Rogue thither taken in the general Search 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 said County at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it appeareth unto me That A. B. of c. is of lewd life c. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him or her safely convey or cause to be conveyed to the aforesaid House of Correction and there deliver him or her to the said Keeper of the same there to be punished and set on work during the space of c. delivering also to the said Keeper this Precept Commanding likewise you the said Keeper to receive A. B. into the said House and him or her
diligence to perform the uttermost you shall be commanded by the Judges of the Court aforesaid So help you God The Oath of a Constable YOU shall well and truly serve the King's Majesty in the Office of a Constable of the Parish of A. all Commissions Precepts and Warrants that are directed to you and shall come to your hands you shall to the best of your power cause to be duly and truly executed all Riots and Misdemeanours and breach of the Peace suppress You shall punish all Rogues Vagrants and idle persons according to the Laws of this Land in that case made and provided you shall diligently pursue all Hues and Cries you shall see that the King's Majestie 's Watch within the said Town of A. be duly and truly set according to His Majestie 's Laws you shall also do your best endeavour to suppress Drunkenness within the said Paâ—…ish and to see the Laws and Statutes concerning the same to be duly put in execution and all other things belonging to the Office of Constable so long as you shall continue in your Office you shall well and truly perform and doe so near as you can So help you God The Oath of an Ale-caster YOU shall swear that you shall well and truly serve the King's Majesty in the Office of an Ale-caster or an Assiser of that Liberty or Hundred for this year to come you shall duly and truly see from time to time that the Bread brought to be sold be truly weighed and that the same do contain such weight according to the prizes of Wheat as the Statute in that case hath provided likewise you shall have diligent care during the time of your being in office to all Brewers and Tiplers within your Liberty that they and every of them do make good and wholsome Bear for man's Body and that the same be not sold before it be assayed by you and then to be sold agreeable to the prices limited and appointed by the King's Majestie 's Justices of the Peace and all faults committed and done by the Bakers Brewers and Tylers or by any of them you shall make known and present the same at the next general Sessions to be holden for the said County you shall likewise present all Offences of Drunkenness and haunting of Inns and Ale-houses by the Inhabitants of the Parish or of any other neighbouring Parishes whereby due punishment may be inflicted upon them for their Offence accordingly and in every other thing you shall well and truly behave your self in the said Office for this year to come so help you God and by the Contents of that Book The Oath of a Commissioner of Sewers YE shall swear that you to your cunning wit and power shall truly and indifferently execute the Authority to you given by this Commission of Sewers without any favour affection corruption dread or Malice to be born to any manner of Person or Persons And as the case shall require ye shall consent and indeavour your self for your part to the best of your knowledge and power to the making of such wholsom just equall and indifferent Laws and Ordinances as shall be made and devised by the most discreet and indifferent number of your fellows being in Commission with you for the due redress reformation and amendment of all and every such things as are contained and specified in the said Commission and the same Laws and Ordinances to your cunning wit and power cause to be put in due execution without favour meed dread malice or affection as God you help and all Saints The Oath of a Searcher in the Custome House YE shall swear That ye shall serve the King well and truly in the Office of the Searcher-ship in the Port of N. and doe the King's Profits in all things that belongeth to you to doe by way of your Office and well and truly ye shall make due search of all the Ships and Vessels coming in or passing out of the said Port and truly answer the King of all that shall belong unto him in your said Office without fraud or malign after your wit and power As God help you The Oath given to a Iury before Evidence given in against a Prisoner at the Bar. YOU shall true deliverance make between our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar as you shall have in charge according to your Evidence as near as God shall give you Grace So help you God and by the Contents of this Book The Oath given to a Bayliff or Serjeant that attendeth on any Iury or Inquest at an Assise YOU shall well and truly keep this Inquest from Meat and Drink Fire and Candle you shall not suffer any man to speak with them neither shall you your self speak with them more than ask them if they be agreed untill such time as they be agreed So help you God and by the Contents of this Book The Oath of him who craves the Peace against another YOU shall swear that the surety of the Peace which you crave against A. B. is not for hatred or malice which you â—…ear him but for safety of your Body from harm which you fear he will doe or procure to be done unto you So help you God Or thus YOU shall swear that the surety of the Peace which you crave against A. B. is not of any private malice hatred or evil will but meerly that you are afraid of your life or the hurting or maiming of your Body or the burning of your houses So help you God Another Oath to give a man upon examination or upon information YOU shall true answer make to all such matters as shall be demanded of you concerning the beating of A. B. you shall speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth So help you God The Oath of him that gives Information THE Information that you shall give on the King's Majestie 's behalf against A. B. shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth So help you God Sometimes you pump a Witness by this Oath thus YOU shall true answer make to all such questions as by me shall be demanded of you So help you God The Oath to be given to any Iury by whom a Nisi prius is to be tryed YOU shall truly try this Suit of Nisi prius between Party and Party according to the Evidence as shall be given you in Court as near as God shall give you Grace So help you God c. The Oath to be given to such as are to give Evidence between a Party and Party at a Nisi prius THE Evidence that you shall give to this Inquest concerning the matter in varience shall be the truth and the whole truth and nothing but the truth so near as God shall give you Grace So help you God c. The same Oath that your Foreman hath sworn you of your part shall well and truly keep So help you God c. The Oath of a great
the said County at M. aforesaid then and there to doe and receive as by the Court shall be injoyned and in the mean time to be of good behaviour as well towards our Sovereign Lord the King as all His liege People And in case that they the said R. L. and I. W. or either of them shall refuse so to doe that then without expecting any further or other Warrant you do convey him or them so refusing to the Gaol aforesaid and them or him to deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper in His Majestie 's name to receive them or him so delivered unto you into the said Gaol and them or him there safely keep untill they or he shall give such Security as aforesaid Given under our hands and seals at c. A Supersedeas of a Warrant for the Peace To all Iustices of the Peace Sheriffs Bailiffs Constables and other his Majestie 's Officers to whom it shall or may concern within this County and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as R. I. of H. hath personaly appeared before me and hath found two sufficient Sureties viz. A. B. of C. and E. F. of G. either of them in the summ of ten pounds and the said R. I. in twenty pounds which they have acknowledged before me by Recognizance to His said Majestie 's use upon condition that the said R. I. shall appear at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this County and in the mean time to keep the Peace towards His said Majesty and all His liege People and especially towards L. M. of c. Therefore these are in His Majestie 's name to command and require you and every of you That you do forbear and surcease to arrest attach take imprison or otherwise by any means for the said occasion to molest the said R. I. And if he be or hereafter shall be for the said occasion and for none other taken or imprisoned that then immediately upon sight hereof you do cause him to be delivered and set at liberty without further delay Given under c. A Mittimus for breaking the Peace Kent ss I Send you herewithall the Body of A. B. whome I charge and require you in His Majestie 's name to take into your safe custody for divers Misdemeanours committed by him against His said Majestie 's Peace untill he shall procure two good and sufficient Sureties to be bound with him in a Recognizance to His said Majesty either of them in the summ of ten pounds and himself in twenty pounds to appease His said Majestie 's Justices of the Peace at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this County and in the mean time to be of good behaviour towards His said Majesty and all His hege People Whereof fail not c. Given under c. A Release of the Peace Kanc. ss MEmorandum Quod Tricesimo die Octobris Anno Regni Domini Nostri Caroli secundi Dei Gratia Angliae c. Tricesimo praefatus A. B. venit coram me praedicto C. D. Gratis remisit relaxavit quantum in ipso est praedictam securitatem pacis per ipsum versus infra nominatam Prudentiam Pell coram me petitam die anno supradictis The Condition of a Recognizance to appear at Sessions and keep the Peace THE Condition of this Recognizance is such That if the within bound A. B. do personally appear at the next general Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the within named County of Kent at Maidstone in the County aforesaid then and there to doe and receive as by the said Court shall be enjoyned and do in the mean time keep His Majestie 's Peace towards His said Majesty and all His liege People and especially towards C. D. of c. That then this Recognizance shall be void or else to stand in full force Plague A Pass or certificate in the time of Plague To the Constables Borsholders and all and every other His Majestie 's Officers within the said County to whom these Presents shall come respectively Kent ss WHereas A. B. of C. having occasion to go unto F. and several other Places in the said County to dispatch business in which he is imployed hath this day desired a Pass from us that he may go and return without molestation or interruption These are therefore to certify all whom these Presents may concern that the Parish of C. aforesaid is free from the Infection of the Plague And also to will and require you and every of you to permit and suffer the said A. B. peaceably and quietly to go into and return from F. aforesaid and such other Places as the said A. B. shall go unto by reason of his business aforesaid The said A. B. in his passage to and from the Places aforesaid demeaning himself civilly without disturbing or interrupting the King's Majestie 's Peace Given under our hands and seals at c. Poor A Warrant for the Overseers of the Poor to account and name other fit persons To the Constable and Borsholders of A. in the Hundred of B. and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you to give notice to the Church-wardens and other the Overseers of the Poor of A. that they are by us required personally to appear before us at the house of S. M. in C. c. upon Monday the tenth day of May at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to make and yield up unto us a true and perfect account in writing of all summs of money by them received or rated and assessed and not received for and towards the relief of the Poor of B. and also of such stock to set the Poor on work as is in their hands or in the hands of any of their said Poor to work and of all other things concerning their said office And that hereof they fail not at their perils And you are farther hereby commanded to signifie unto them that they do then and there also certifie unto us the names of such other substantial Housholders of A. as are thought meet to be Overseers of the Poor there for the year ensuing Fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at the c. A Warrant for the making new Overseers of the Poor Kent ss ACcording to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided We whose names are hereunto subscribed His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County do nominate and appoint you whose names are hereunder written to be together with the Church-wardens of the Parish of C. in the County aforesaid Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the year to come and to doe and perform all such things in and touching the said Office as by Law is required Whereof you are not to fail at your perils Given
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
and the Tenant 1 d. on the pound in respect of his Stock upon the said Lands and for all other Goods Stock c. for every 20 li. proportionably to 2 s. per annum on Lands as followeth viz. Tenants Rents per Annum Tax on Lands Tax on Stock Lands and Trade C. D. 20 li. 0. 08. 04. 0. 1. 8. G. H. 50. 1. 00. 10. 0. 4. 2. L. M. 80. 1. 13. 04. 0. 6. 8. Abatement to be allowed to the Landlord in respect of the Water In-lets and other Charges imposed on the said Lands A Warrant to the Collectors of the Tax upon the Royal Aid Kent 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 These are to will and require you and every of you whose names are hereunder written to collect all and every the summs of money mentioned in the Assessment hereunto annexed so that you duly pay the summ which you are hereby required so to doe unto A. B. of c. whom we have nominated and appointed head Collector of the moneys aforesaid at his house in A. aforesaid in manner following that is to say one Moiety thereof being the second quarterly payment of the said three years Assessment on or before the twentieth day of c. next ensuing and the other Moiety thereof being the third quarterly payment of the said three years Assessment on or before the twentieth day of October then next following And in â—…ase any person or persons shall neglect or reâ—…se to pay any summ of money whereat he is in the said Assessment rated or assessed then you and every of you are hereby authorized and required to levy the summ assessed by Distress and Sale of the Goods of such person or persons so refusing or neglecting to pay deducting the summ assessed and reasonable charges of Distraining and you shall restore the ever plus to the Owner thereof Yoâ—… and every of you are hereby likewise authorized to break open in the day time any House Trunk Chest Box or other thing where any such Goods are and to call to your assistance the Constable Tithing-man and Headburrough within the place where any such refusal neglect or resistance shall be made which said Officers are by the said Act required to be aiding and assisting in the premisses as they will answer the contrary at their perils And in case any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to pay his or their Assessment and convey his or their Goods or other personal Estate whereby the summ of money so assessed cannot be levied according to the said Act that then you certifie to us or any two of us the name or names of such person or persons so refusing or neglecting or conveying as aforesaid To the end such proceedings may be had thereupon against him her or them as by the said Act is directed And in case any Lands or Houses within your Hundred shall lie unoccupied and no Distress can be found on the same by reason whereof your said Hundred is forced to pay and make good the Tax assessed upon such Lands lying unoccupied Then you and every of you are hereby authorized and required at any time after with the assistance of the Constable or Tithing-man within your Hundred for the time being to enter and distrain upon the said Lands and Houses when there shall be any Distress thereupon to be found and the Distress and Distresses being the proper Goods of the Owner or any claiming any Estate Interest or Profit under him if not redeemed within fourteen days by paymenâ—… of the Tax and Charges of Distraining to sell rendring the over-plus to the Owner or Owners of such Distress And you are hereby enjoyned to distribute the money raised by the Sale proportionably to the parties who contributed to the Tax of the said unoccupied Lands you and every of you are hereby further enjoyned that where any Wood-land shall be Assessed and no Distress can be had that in such case with the assistance of the Constable Headburrough or Tithing-man you cut and sell to any person or persons so much of the Woods growing on the said Wood-lands as will pay the Assessment or Assessments so behind and unpaid and the charge incident thereunto And the person or persons and his Assigns to whom such Woods shall be sold are by the said Act authorized to fell cut down dispose and carry away the same to his own use rendring the over-plus if any be to the Owner thereof You and every of you are hereby likewise authorized that where any Tax or Assessment within your said Hundred shall be laid upon Tiths Tolls Profits of Markets Fairs or Fisheries or other annual Profits not distreinable in case the same shall not be paid within fifteen days after such Assessment so charged or laid and demanded That then you or any of you seize take and sell so much of the said Tithes Tolls and other Profits so Charged as shall be suffidient for the levying of the said Tax and Assessment and all Charges occasioned by such non payment thereof rendering the over-plus to the Owner if any be of all which you nor any of you are to fail upon such pains and penalties as by the said Act may in such case be inflicted on you And lastly we do hereby declare unto you that upon your Collection of the whole summe appointed to be Collected by you and payment thereof as is hereby appointed you are to have and receive for your pains in collecting and paying the moneys one penny in the pound which the said head Collector is by us authorized to pay unto you accordingly Given under our hands and seals at A. the c. To A. B. C. D. E. F. Collectors for the Hundred of A. in the said County A Warrant to levy 5 li. upon the Collectors for neglecting to collect their Assessment To the Constable and Borsholders c. Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made unto us this present day by A. B. of c. high Collector of the second and third quarterly payments of the Royal Aid granted to His Majesty That the severall Persons whose names are hereunder written being petty Collectors of the said two quarterly payments within your said Hundred have wilfully neglected and refused to pay unto the said A. B. the several summs of money charged upon them to collect and pay unto the said high Collector on the several days and times to them limited and appointed for the payment of the same notwithstanding several Warrants have been issued out unto them to make payment thereof as they would avoid the Penalties to be inflicted upon them by the Law for their non-payment thereof These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do immediately upon receipt hereof levy upon the
by able and well-armed men every night and Ward by day from Sun to Sun and command them that they do apprehend all such Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars and other wandring and idle suspicious persons as you shall apprehend by day or night and conceive to be more than ordinary dangerous and bring them before us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the said County to be examined and dealt with according to Law And all persons whatsoever are hereby commanded to be aiding assisting and obedient to you herein Hereof fail not Given under our hands c. A Warrant by order of Quarter-Sessions to set Watch and Ward To the High Constable of the Hundred of A. and the petty Constables and Borsholders within the same Hundred K. ss WHereas there hath been of late several Robberies Felonies and Burglaries committed within this County it was ordered at the last general Quarter-Sessions of the Peace holden for the said County at M. That for the prevention thereof for the future you do from henceforth cause Watching and Warding to be continued duly set and kept in all and every usual place and places within your Hundred by honest and able men within your several Precincts and Divisions and that you do therein apprehend all and every suspicious person and persons and bring them before us or some or one of us or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of c. within the said County to the end he she or they may be examined as also proceeded against according to the Law And you are further required to give in to us or some other Justice of the Peace of the said County weekly an Account of your Service And hereof you nor any of you are to fail as you will answer the contrary at your perils Given c. Weights and Measures A Warrant to warn in all Tradesmen and others to have their Weights and Measures examined by the Standard To the Borsholder of the Burrough of F. Kent ss THese are to will and require you and in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you that you warn all persons inhabiting within your said Burrough which have or use any Weights or Measures to be by me tried and examined by His Majestie 's Standard at the late Market place near H. in the County of K. on Thursday the 28. day of this instant Month of August by eight of the clock in the forenoon of the same day And that you also warn to be at the time and place aforesaid fifteen sufficient men of your said Burrough that they and every of them personally appear before me to doe and perform such things as for His Majestie 's service shall be then and there enjoyned them And that you your self be there also personally present with this Precept and have there the names of all Clothiâ—…rs Corn-Masters Farmers Vintners Inn-keepers Alehouse-keepers Millers Bakers Butchers Chandlers Mercers Grocers Weavers Drapers Tailors Tanners Land-measurers Smiths Glovers Malsters and of all other Artificers Tradesmen and other persons whatsoever within your said Burrough having or using any Weights or Measures whatsoever Hereof fail not at your peril Given under my hand and the seal of the said Mannor the c. The Clerk of the Market's Warrant To all and every of the Constables of the Parish of A. c. Kent ss THese are in the King's Majestie 's name c. to will and require you and every of you upon sight hereof to summon and cause the several Inhabitants within your respective Wards that buy and sell by Weight or Measure to have their respective Weights and Measures as well Yards and Ells as others used by them to be tried and examined before me on Monday the first day of September next by the hour of eight in the forenoon at the George Inn in A. and that at the said time and place you deliver unto me in writing the Christian-name and Sir-name of every such Inhabitant with their respective Callings Whereof you and every of you are not to fail c. Dated under my hand and seal the 23. day of August Anno Dom. 1680. and in the 32 year of His now Majestie 's Reign Witnesses A Warrant for Witnesses touching Felony To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of H. in the said County and to every of them K. ss WHereas I have received information That A. B. was lately robbed at D. in the County aforesaid And whereas I am informed that E. F. of c. can give information on His Majestie 's behalf touching proving the Robbery aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do cause the said E. F. forthwith to come before me to give such information and evidence as he knoweth touching the said Robbery to the end that I may farther proceed touching the same as to Justice doth appertain Given under my hand and seal at H. in the County aforesaid the first day of March 1679. Annoque Regni Regis Caroli Secundi 3â—… For a Witness to appear and give Evidence at the Sessions To the Constable c. K. ss FOrasmuch as A. B. of c. Barber is thought to be a fit and necessary Witness to be examined on His Majesties behalf These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do forthwith warn him the said A. B. personally to appear before the Justices of the Peace at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden for this County at H. then and there to testifie his knowledge on the behalf of His said Majesty to and upon such matters as he shall be then and there examined of Hereof fail not c. Wood. A Warrant against one that stole Wood c. To the Constable and Borsholders of T. c. K. ss FOrasmuch as it appeareth unto me by the confession of A. B. of your said Town of T. That he the said A. B. hath lately unlawfully cut down certain Sticks of Wood within your said Parish belonging to E. F. of your said Town Gent. contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided And whereas it further appeareth unto me upon Oath that the said Sticks of Wood were worth to be sold five shillings These are therefore in His Majestie 's name straitly to charge and command you and every of you that in case the said A. B. do not forthwith pay unto the said E. F. the said summ of five shillings that then you do immediately cause the said A. B. to be publickly whipped about the said Town of T. Hereof fail not at your perils Given under c. To make a general Warrant to search for stoln Wood c. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as it is observed in these parts of the said County That Woods Underwoods
Bastard-child and for punishing the Mother and reputed Father Page 37 A Warrant to be written under the Order aforesaid for giving notice thereof to the Mother and reputed Father Page 40 for the punishment of the Mother and reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page ibid. and Mittimus against the reputed Father for not obeying the Justices Order Page 43 An Order for relief of the Parish in case of a Bastard-child out of the Estate of the reputed Father Page 45 A Warrant for punishment of the reputed Father of a Bastard-child for not keeping the Child and obeying the Order Page 46 for sending a Bastard-child found wandring to the Place of its birth Page 48 for apprehending a Woman on suspicion of having murthered her Bastard-child Page 49 A Condition of a Recognizance for the appearance of the reputed Father of a Bastard-child Page 50 of a Recognizance of one charged to be the Father of a Bastard-child before its birth to appear at Sessions Page ibid. to discharge Church-wardens and Parishioners of a Child born in the Parish Page 51 Law-Cases thereon Page 384 Good behaviour A Warrant and Mittimus for Good behaviour Page 52 Causes for Good behaviour Page 53 Another Warrant for Good behaviour Page 54 A Mittimus to the Gaol for one that refuses to find Sureties for his Good behaviour Page 55 A Supersedeas for the Good behaviour Page 56 A Recognizance thereupon Page 57 A Condition of a Recognizance for the same Page ibid. Another Condition Page 58 Condition Page ibid. Law-Cases thereon Page 385 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 Page 59 to make a Tax for County Bridges repaired Page 61 to collect a Tax for repairing County Bridges Page 62 for not paying the same Page 63 Burying see Title Woollen Carriages for the King A Warrant to provide Carriages Page 64 Another Warrant for provision of Carriages for the King's use Page 65 to levy the Penalty for not appearing with Carriages for the King upon notice Page 66 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 Page 67 Certificates A Certificate from the Minister and chief Inhabitants of the Parish of a man's Honesty Page 68 for continuing of an Alehouse-keeper Page 69 for the time of the Birth of a Child Page ibid. for one that hath not been touched of the Evil Page 70 Chimney-money A Mittimus for disturbing a Collector Page ibid. Church A Warrant for not coming to Church Page 71 to levy the forfeiture for not coming to Church Page 72 A Mittimus to the Gaol of one not repairing to Church for want of Distress Page 73 A Warrant to distrain for a Church-Tax Page 74 a Minister for not reading Prayers c. once in a month Page 75 A Mittimus for Preaching whilst disabled Page 76 Coals A Warrant upon complaint touching Coals Page 77 for delivery a moity of such Coals as are sold contrary to the Statute to the Informer Page ibid. touching Prices of Coals Page 78 Constables Charges A Warrant for making of Constables Page 79 Another Page ibid. A Warrant for a Tax for the Constables Charges in the execution of his Office Page 80 to appear and shew cause for their not paying the said Charges Page 81 for refusing to appear to shew cause for not paying the said Charges Page 82 to levy the Charges upon their refusing to pay the same Page 83 The Condition of a Recognizance to appear and answer the not paying the same at next Sessions Page 84 A Warrant for levying 3 s. 4 d. upon a Constable for neglect of his Duty in giving an account of Rogues and Vagabonds Page ibid. to sell the Goods of an Offender that refuseth to bear his own Charges to the Gaol Page 85 to make a Tax for conveying a Felon to the Gaol Page 87 Conventicles A Condition of a Recognizance in case of an Appeal made touching Conventicles Page 87 A Record of a Conventicle Page 89 concerning Conventicles where several Persons are convicted Page 90 of the Conviction of certain Persons taken at a Conventicle Page 92 Memorial of a Record of a Conventicle Page 95 A Mittimus thereupon upon the first Offence Page 97 upon the second Offence Page 98 upon the third Conviction Page 99 A Record against one that suffereth a Conventicle c. to be kept in his House Page 101 A Mittimus thereupon upon the first Conviction Page 102 thereupon upon the second Conviction Page 103 thereupon upon the third Conviction Page 104 A Warrant to levy the Penalty of the Statute upon the Teacher of a Conventicle Page 105 Pro testes to prove the Conventicle Page 106 to levy the money upon the Offenders Page 108 to levy the money upon the Offenders Page 109 to levy money upon a Gaoler c. for suffering one committed upon this Act to goe at large Page 114 The like for suffering one at large to joyn with the Offender in custody in the exercise of Religion Page 115 A Warrant against a Peer of the Realm for being at a Conventicle the first Conviction Page 116 upon the second Conviction Page 117 against a Peer for suffering a Conventicle c. to be kept in his House c. the first Conviction Page ibid. upon the second Conviction Page 118 A Mittimus for a Nonconformist c. Page 119 A Certificate to the Militia c. for aid in case of a Conventicle Page 120 made by a Justice where the Offenders live in a Corporation Page 121 for the taking the Oath according to the said Act Page 122 Law-Cases thereon Page 385 Corporations A Certificate upon taking the Oaths and subscribing the Declarations mentioned in the Act for regulating Corporations Page 123 Court-Leet and Court-Baron A Precept directed to the Bayliff of the Mannour by the Steward of the Court-Baron to warn the Court Page 124 to warn a Jury for a Court-Leet Page 125 for a Borsholder or other Officer to take upon him the said Office and to repaire to a Justice of Peace to take his Oath for his faithfull execution of the same Page 126 to bring in a Scold to be tryed at a Court-Leet Page 127 The manner of making up of Court-Rolls Page 128 The manner of making up of Estreats Page 136 Customs A Warrant against those who abuse an Officer of the Customs in the due execution of his Office Page 140 against carrying away Goods without paying Custom c. Page 141 A Mittimus upon the precedent Warrant for the first Offence Page 142 upon the second like Offence Page 143 Deer A Warrant for Deer-stealing Page 144 to levy 20 li. for stealing Deer Page 145 A Mittimus to the House of Correction for want of Distress Page 146 Another Mittimus
Quorum 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 7 Iac. 3. 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum Man-child till he shall come to the age of 24 years Woman-child till she shall come to the age of 21 or the time of her marriage On refusal to be bound to good Behaviour or Indicted for a Contempt and thereupon to be Fined and Imprisoned Dalt 163. 5 Eliz. 4. 5 Eliz. 4. 5 Eliz. 4. If it be taken before 1 Justice say uno Iusticiarior ' Domini Regis c. Anno Domini not necessary If it be taken before 1 Justice say uno Iusticiarior ' Domini Regis c. Anno Domini not necessary a The Iustices within named or the within named Iustices 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum If charged but with suspicion then say a the suspicion of his c. b as the Case is whereof he stands charged 7 Iac. c. 4. May be chargeable to the Parish 2 Iustices Quaere if not fit one to be of the Quorum according to 18 El. c. 3. If she put in security to discharge the Parish she cannot be punished by the Statute 7 Iac. but by that of 18 Eliz. Coke Magna Charta fol. 733. 7. Iac. cap. 4. c. May be chargeable to the Parish 2 Iustices if not fit one be of the Quorum according to â—…8 El. c. 4. If she put in surety to discharge the Parish she cannot be punished by the Statute 7 Iac. but by that of 18 Eliz. Coke Mag. Ch. fol. 733. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum 18 Eliz. cap. 3. Dalt 39. Lamb. 122. Cromp. 196. 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum The same Justices 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum 18 Eliz. cap. 3. It is not expresly said what Iustices shall commit But I conceive it fit to be the 2 Iustices that made the Order But likewise conceive that other Iustices may so doe mutatis mutandis But I also conceive it fit that then it should be done by 2 Iustices whereof one of the Quorum 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum This Order must be confirmed at the Sessions 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 3 Car. c. 4. 2 or 3 Iustices Lam. 119. First Assignavimus in the Commission of the Peace 2 or 3 Witnesses 34 E. 3. c. 1. Dalt 290. to 297. First Assignavimus in the Commission of the Peace 34 E. 3. c. 1. Dalt 290. to p. 297. Either of these are sufficient Lamb. 120. 1 Iustice. Crompt 237. 5 E. 6. c. 25. Two Justices one of the Quorum Observe to bind the Principal in 20. li. and each of the Sureties in 10 li. a If at the Assizes then say at the next Assizes and general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the said County to doe and receive c. In allusion to the Statute of 22 Hen. 8. cap. 5. I conceive it fit to have 4. Iustices whereof 1 of the Quor In allusion to the Statute of 22 H. 8. cap. 5. I conceive it fit to have 4 Iustices whereof one of the Quorum When moneys received as much as you can get As aforesaid 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices a Lord High Admiral of England or 2 more of the principal Officers or Commissioners of His Majestie 's Navy or Master of His Majestie 's Ordnance or Lieutenants of His Majestie 's Ordnance b Service of the Navy or Ordnance 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices by oath of the Officer or two credible Witnesses a Refuse or wilfully neglect 12 Car. 2. cap. 24. Settled the 13. of the same King cap. 8. Provision for His Majesty or the Queen or any of the Children of the King or Queen Or impress or take any Cart Carriage or other thing without the consent of the Owner 2 Iustices a Son or Daughter 16 Car. 2. cap. 3 1 Iustice dwelling near the place Proof upon Oath a violently opposed or injured b for any time not exceeding a month 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 2. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division 1 Witness within a month after default made 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division c. 1 s. per Sunday 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division 13 14 Car. 2. c. 4. 2 Iustices Confession or 2 Witnesses a Parsonage Vicarage or Benefice with Cure The Ordinary may allow an Impediment 13 14 Car. 2. c. 4. 2 Iustices Sermon or Lecture 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 2 Iustices 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 2 Iustices Sea-coals brought into the Thames must be sold by the Chauldroâ—… containing 36 bushels heaped up according to the Bushel sealed at Guild-hall London And Scotchcoals and other Coals sold by weight after the proportion of 112 li. to the hundred of Avoirdupois weight without fallacy or deceit a sold or exposed to Sale Half to the person prosecuting or complaining Parish where the Offence committed or any other adjoyning Parish or Parishes 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 3 Iustices of the Quorum a Ingrosser or Retailer b Wharf or place where the Coals are stored up 2 Iustices * If not chosen at the Leet this Clause is to be omitted I conceive that it is fit to have 2 Iustices and one of them of the Quorum Dalt 165. I think 2 Iustices best Quorum 1. Best 2 Iustices Quorum unus 14 Car. 2. 2 Iustices See Title Recognizances 7 Iac. c. 4. 3 Iac. 10. 1 Iustice. He that committed him For any offence or misdemeanour Must bear the charges of himself and of those appointed to guard him thither or that shall so guard him thither If the Offender be unable to bear his Charges the Parishoners must do it See Title Recognizances Where Offender is a Feme-Covert levy upon her Husband Where Teacher is a man unknown 22 Car. 2. Regis c. 1. 2 Iustices By Consession of the party or Oath of witness or notorious evidence of the fact Assembly Conventicle or Meeting a under colour or pretence of exercise c. b other then is allowed by the Liturgy or practice of the Church of England Where five persons are present more than those of the same houshold Quaere if there must not be two Justices 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice d not exceeding 5 â—…i e noâ—…x exceeding 3 months 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice d not exceeding 10 li. e not exceeding six months 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice 22 Car. 2. Regis c. 1. 2 Iustices By Confession of the party Oath of Witness or notorious Evidence of the fact a Assemb Conventicle
or Meeting b under colour or pretence of exercise of c. other than c. c by the Liturgy or practice of c. d in House Out-house Barn or Room Yard or Back-side Woods or Grounds 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices By Confession of the party Oath of Witness or notorious Evidence of the fact a Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b under colour or pretence of exercise of Religion other than 〈◊〉 by the c Liturgy or practice â—…f c. d in House Out-house Barn or Room Yard or Back-side Woods or Grounds e not exceeding 5 li. f not exceeding 3 months 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. as in the precedent Warrant Not exceeding 10 li. not exceeding 6 mon. 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. This is by way of Certificate where the Offender lives in another County made to a Iustice of Peace 1 Iustice enough Note You must make your Warrant into the several Hundreds and Liberties where the Offenders inhabit and use their addition prout the Record 22 Car. 2. cap. 4. compared with 41. 2 Iustices Confession of the party Oath of Witness or notorious Evidence of the fact 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices Confession of the party Oath of Witness or notorious Evidence of the fact 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices of the place or division where the Peer dwels one of the Quorum a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices of the place or division where the Peer dwels 1 of the Quorum a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice d in House Out-houses Burns or Rooms Yard or Back-side Woods or Grounds 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices c. as in the precedent Warrant 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a Parson Vicar Curate Lecturer or other person in Holy Orders Stipendary or other person who hath been possessed of any Ecclesiastical or Spiritual promotion who hath not declared assent to the Common Prayer prout the Act of 14. of this King cap. 4. or Preacher in Conventicle b not be within five miles of a City Town-Corporate or Borough that sends Burgesses to Parliament or of any Parish-town or place wherein he or they have since the Act of Oblivion been Parson Vicar Curate Stipendary or Lecturer or taken upon them to preach in a Conventicle Nor shall any teach School take Boarders to be taught till he take and subscribe the Oath in this Act prout c. and frequent Divine Service 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 1 Iustice upon his information or knowledge a an unlawfull Meeting or Conventicle held or to be held b under colour or pretence of the exercising Religion c. or prevent c Liturgy or practice c. d dissolve dissipate This will serve to a particular Iustice in another County mutatis mutandis 15 Car. 2. cap. 1. 13 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices * name the Office The Title of a Court-Baron Ad inquir ' jur ' Ammerc ' in ipsos qui fecer ' defalt ' Alienatio pro qua solvit Domino relevium Al' alienatio pro qua c. Et quod cepit in virum alienaver ' c. Solv Dom. rel c. Praecept ' Ball ' distr ' Rel. super alienation ' Cui sic alienat ignorant petunt diem ad inquirendum Praecep ' distr Alienatio Sed cui ignorant Petunt diem Praecept distring Jure ux Obiit seis unde accidit rel c. Haeres inde accidit Dom. c. Praecept distr separalia relevia Et faciend sidelitatem Relevium super Alienation Praecept distr Praecept quod tenement nativum dirut existit Et quis ten toftum terras pet diem ad inquir Prim. Proc. facta ad clam tenement praed sec. etiam ad prox cur Obiit seif Et quis haeres ignorant Pet. diem ad inquir Prima proclamatio ad clam tenement illud c. Petunt ulteriorem diem ad inquirend quis est haeres c. Concedit Ad ultimam Cur. Bar. Jur. impanell petierunt c. quomodo c. tenuit c. Ven. protulit in Cur. quoddam scriptum sub manum sigill Dom. Manerii Per quod satis liquet Cur. c. quod dimis c. est pro 90. annorum legitime devenit per volunt legavit term suum adhuc ventur Sup. tert Procl c. ad clamand c. Ven. clam prescript dimis per Dom. Man concess Protulit in Cur ' Indentur c. Recitando c. Quod Dom. hujus Maner dimis c. Sursum reddit Per al. Indent Dimissit in consid Maritagii Usus Maritagii Obiit sine exit intestat Secunda Procl fact ad clamand separal tenementa Si aliqui venirent audirentur 14 Car. 2. cap. 11. 1 Iustice. a Persons appointed by His Majesty for managing the Customs Officers of the Customs or their Deputies b hindred affronteâ—… abused â—…aten or wounded to the hazard of their lives c armed with Clubs or any manner of weapon either on board any Ship or Vessel or upon the land or water And such as act in their aid and assistacce 14 Car. 2. cap. 11. 1 Iustice. 2 Witnesses a Carman Porter Waterman or other person b taking up landing shipping off or carrying away of c goods wares or merchandizes prohibited or whereof the Custom Subsidy or other Duty are due and payable to the King d without the presence of any of the Officers of His Majestie 's Customs thereunto appointed e or at hours and times not appointed by Law Or goods passing by Certificates Waste Coquet or otherwise without the presence of or notice given to one of His Majestie 's Officers 14 Car. 2. cap. 11. 1 Iustice. 2 Witnesses for the first Offence Be committed to Gaol till he find Sureties for Good behaviour 14 Car. 2. cap. 11. 1 Iustice. 2 Witnesses for the second Offence pay 5 li. 13 Car. 2. cap. 10. 1 Iustice. By Confession or one Witness within six months a unlawfully coursed killed hunted or taken away any Red or Fallow Deer b in any Forrest Chase Purlieu Paddock Wood Park or other Ground where Deer are or have been usually kept Or shall be aiding or assisting therein 13 Car. 2. cap. 10. 1 Iustice 1 or more Witnesses 6 months hard Labour or 12 months Imprisonment and Sureties for Good behaviour for a year then following 13 Car. 2. cap. 10. 1 Iustice. 4 Iac. c. 5. 21 Iac. c. 7. 1 Iustice. View Confession 1 Witness within six months Upon Conviction pay 5 s. to the Poor 4 Iac. c. 5. 21 Iac. c. 7. 1 Iustice. View Confession 1 Witness within six months Vide Title Oaths 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Confirmed cap. 24. 2 Iustices Innkeeper Alehouse-keeper Victualler and Retailer of Beer Ale Cyder Perry Metheglin Strong-water brewing making or retailing the same Every month make particular