number of evil disposed persons did come and joyn themselves to the said small number whereby the same evil disposed persons took upon them such boldness that they would not be reduced to obedience without much blood shedding to the great danger of the Kings Majesties person where if the Kings loving Subjects durst have taken upon them to have suppressed them at the beginning such inconvenience of blood-shed should not have followed 1 Mar. 1. St 2. Cap. 12. § 7. N. 1. § 8. N. 2. Therefore it is also Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid Justices that if any persons above the number of two that at any time after the said twelfth day of February shall be unlawfully and of their own authority assembled together to the intent with force of Arms to do practice or put in ure any of the things above mentioned that then it shall be lawful to every Iustice of Peace and to every Sheriff in any County being within the Kings Dominions and to every Mayor Bailiff and other Head-Officer of any City or Town-Corporate for the time he shall be in Office or any other person or persons having the Kings Commission or Letters from his Highness or his Privy Council as well to raise and assemble the Kings loving Subjects in manner of War to be arrayed in such great number as he or they then shall think meet or able to the intent by Violence and Strength to suppress apprehend and take the said persons that so shall be unlawfully assembled 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 7. N. 2. § 8. N. 3. And that if the said persons so unlawfully assembled Process after such Commandment or Request by Proclamation or otherwise made shall continue together and not endeavour themselves to return towards their Habitations Houses or Places from whence they came in such short time as they may conveniently that then it shall be lawful to every Iustice of Peace Sheriff and also to every Mayor Bailiff and other Head-Officer of any City or Town-Corporate and to every other Person having Authority as aforesaid after such Commandment or Request by Proclamation made and to such persons as shall be assembled with any Iustice of Peace or Sheriff or with any Mayor Bailiff or other Head-Officer of any City or Town Corporate and with every other person having Authority as is aforesaid to suppress apprehend and take those persons so unlawfully assembled which after such Request made shall continue together and not endeavour themselves to return towards their Habitations or Places from whence they came 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 7. N. 3. Coron And that if the said persons so unlawfully assembled together or any of them shall fortune to be killed slain maimed or hurt § 8. N. 4. in or about the suppressing or taking of them that then every such Iustice of Peace Sheriff Mayor Bailiff and other Head-Officer and every other person having Authority as is aforesaid and all and singular persons by him or them assembled shall be free discharged and unpunishable as well against the King as against all and every other person and persons of for or concerning the killing slaying maiming and hurting of any person or persons so unlawfully assembled that shall fortune to be killed slain maimed or hurt about or by occasion of suppressing or taking of them 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 7. N. 4. Copy-holder And furthermore be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid § 9. N. 1. that all and every Copy-holder or Customary-Holder being Artificer Husband-man or Laborer and being of the age of eighteen years or more and under the age of forty years not sick impotent lame maimed ne having any other just or reasonable excuse or cause to the contrary and being required by the Sheriff Iustice or Iustices of the Peace or other having Authority by this Act or by Commission or Letters as is aforesaid in that behalf they declaring their said Authority or being required by the immediate Lord or Lords of whom such Copy-holds or Customary holds then shall be holden to serve the Kings Majesty for any the causes above rehearsed and refuse so to do shall only during the Life of such person or persons so refusing forfeit and lose to his or their Lord or Lords of whom such Copy or Customary-holds then shall be immediately holden and should be holden during the Life of such person or persons so refusing in Case he or they had not so refused all their Copy-holds and Customary-holds 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 8. N. 1. Seisure And that it shall be lawful to every such Lord or Lords § 9. N. 2. their Heirs or Assigns of whom such Copy-holds or Customary-holds shall be immediately holden and should have béen holden in case such person or persons had not so refused by vertue of this present Act to enter and take into his or their Hands or Possession all such Copy-holds and Customary-holds so holden of them or any of them immediately and to retain the same during only the Life of every such Offender or Offenders in such manner and form as he or they should have had the Rents or Services of such Copy-hold or Customary-hold in Case such person or persons so refusing had not refused 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 8. N. 2. â—orfeiture And that all and every Farmer being a Yeoman Husbandman § 9. N. 3. Artificer or Laborer and being of the age of eighteen years or more and under the age of forty years not sick impotent lame maimed ne having any other just or reasonable excuse or cause to the contrary and being required by the Sheriff Iustice or Iustices of the Peace or other having Authority by this Act or by Commission or Letters as is aforesaid in this behalf they declaring their said Authority or being required by their Land-Lord or Land-Lords for the time being to whom the Rents of such Farms shall be then rising coming or growing to serve the Kings Majesty for any the Causes above rehearsed and refuse so to do shall during only the Life of such Farmer or Farmers so refusing forfeit and lose to such Land-Lord and Land-Lords as should have had the Rents of such Farmers during the Life and Lives of such person or persons so refusing all their said Farms 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 9. N. 1. Entrie And that it shall be lawful to every such Land-Lord and Land-Lords § 9. N. 4. their Heirs and Assigns to whom the Rents of such Farms should have been due during the Life of such person or persons so refusing in case such person or persons had not so refused by vertue of this present Act to enter and take into his or their Hands or Possession all such Farms and to retein the same during only the Life of every such Offender or Offenders 1 Mar. 1. St. 2. Cap. 12. § 9. N. 2.
not bring thither if he might so much as he did so buy and did not the same day sell it after the price then going 5 6 Ed. 6. 14. § 8. N. 1. Crompt 80. XV. Lamb. 445. Enquiry at Sessions Ale if any person have at any time within this year the months of June July and August only excepted made any Barley-Mault that was not the time of three weeks at the least in the Fat floor steeping and sufficient drying and if in any of the said three months and was not seventeen days at the least in the Fat floor steeping and sufficient drying 2 3 Ed. 6. 10. § 2. N. 1. XVI Lamb. 445. Collusion If any person have within this year mingled any Mault not sufficiently made or made of Mow-burnt or spired Barley with other good Mault and after put the same to sale 2 3 Ed. 6. 10. § 2. N. 4. XVII Lamb. 445. If any person have within this year Market overt put to sale any Mault not sufficiently well trodden rubbed and fanned whereby half a Peck of dust or more may be fanned out of one Quarter thereof but this Act extendeth not to Mault made for the provision of a mans own House or Family 2 3 Ed. 6. 10. § 3. N. 1. Justices XVIII Lamb. 602. The Justices of the Peace or the more part of them may by their discretions in their open Quarter-Sessions restrain the converting of Barley into Mault 39 Eliz. 16. § N. Crompt 79 b. 80 a. XIX West Symb. 2 part 100. sect 88. A Presentment for breaking and burning a Barn with Corn 22 23 Car. 2. cap. 7. § 2. Midd ' ss Inquiratur pro Domino Rege si I. N. de D. in Com' M. predict ' Yeoman 3 die c. Anno regni c. apud I. in Com' M. predict ' vi armis quoddam Horreum cujusd ' I. S. apud I. predict ' in Com' M. predict ' scituat ' existent ' felonice fregit intravit quibusd ' candelis tunc igne accensis quas predict ' I. N. tunc ibidem in manibus suis tenuit ad tunc ibidem ex malitia sua precogitat ' ex instigatione Diabolica in Horreum predict ' cum diversis Granis Garbis viz. tribus quarteriis ordeii quatuor quarteriis frumenti duobus modiis Avenarum quatuor Chareetat ' hordei in Garbis in eodem Horreo ad tunc existent ' ignem accensum ad tunc ibidem voluntarie felonice imposuit cum eodem igne ad tunc ibidem Horreum predict ' cum omnibus Granis Garbis supradict ' in eodem Horreo ad tunc ibidem existent ' voluntarie felonice combussit totaliter cum igne illo felonice voluntarie consumpsit contra pacem dicti Domini Regis nunc c. XX. West Symb. 2 part 103. sect 98. An Indictment for a Conspiracy of Bakers c. 2 3 Ed. 6. 15. § 1. N. 5. Essex ss Juratores pro Domino Rege super sacramentum suum presentant quod A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. de M. in Com' E. predict ' communes Pistores 2 die Octob. Anno regni c. apud M. predict ' in Com' E. predict ' insimul convenerunt conspiraverunt ac mutuo inter se promiserunt quod panem denarii de integro frumento per eos seu eorum aliquem tunc deinceps faciend ' ac vendend ' non amplius quam 2 libr. 6 uncias Troici ponderis habebit ponderabit quodcunque imposterum foret unius quarterii frumenti pretium in dicti Domini Regis contempt ' ac in extrem ' pauperum dicti Domini Regis subditorum gravamen necnon contra form ' Statut ' in hujusmodi casu provisi edit XXI West Symb. 2 part 145 b. sect 281. An Indictment of breaking a Barn and taking Corn Pract. Preced 64. Essex ss Juratores pro Domino Rege super sacramentum suum presentant quod I. S. c. Horreum ejusd ' I. C. de S. magna in Com' E. predict ' ad tunc ibidem burglariter fregit intravit quatuor modios hordei Anglice vocat ' a Quarter of Barley ad valent ' 6 s. 4 d. de bonis catallis predict ' I. C. ad tunc ibidem invent ' burglariter felonice cepit abduxit asportavit contrá pacem c. XXII West Symb. 2 part 145 b. sect 282. An Indictment of breaking a Mill c. Pract. Preced 64 65. Essex ss Juratores pro Domino Rege super sacramentum suum presentant quod I. S. c. vi armis domum Molendinum W. H. apud C. in paroch ' de D. in Com' E. predict ' vocat ' Clerk-Mill Burglariter fregit intravit unum saccam pretii c. sex modios tritici vocat ' Six Bushels of Wheat in saccis ibidem existent pretii 10 s. de bonis catallis predict ' W. H. ad tunc ibidem invent ' die anno supradict ' Felonice cepit asportavit contra pacem c. XXIII Justice restored c. 103. A Warrant for the bringing forth of Corn in the time of Dearth Essex ss To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of C. and to every of them WHereas A. B. C. D. c. have lately received Letters from the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council commanding us thereby in His Majesties Name to cause a diligent and exact survey to be taken of all the Corn and Grain within this Hundred of C. Now forasmuch as they whose Names are hereunder-written are presented to us by such as have inquired thereof to have Corn to spare more than is needful for the maintenance of their Families These are therefore to command you to summon and warn all the said parties to be and appear before us at G. the 20th day of this instant May by 1 of the clock in the afternoon of the same day there to receive such further directions as then and there shall be given them in charge according to such Orders as are appointed by His Majesty to be straitly observed in that behalf Hereof fail you not at your peril Dated at W. this 10th day of c. Anno c. Coron Homicide Murder Robbery Felony Agait Theft Larceny Pety-Larceny Misprision Burglary Burning Houses Poysoning Clergy Arraignment Annum Diem Buggery Rape Bloudshed Chance-medley se Defendendo Cutpurses Corruption of Bloud Attainder I. LAmb. 2. cap. 7. pag. 210. Process Every Justice of Peace before whom any person arrested for Man-slaughter or Felony or suspicion thereof shall be brought ought before he commit him to Prison to take the Examination of such Prisoner and the Information of those that bring him and to put the same or so much thereof as shall be material to prove the Felony in writing within two days after and to take Bond
Purificationis beatoe Marioe Virginis proxim ' futur ' post Dat' present ' nisi fecerint concesserunt pro se Heredibus Executoribus administraterbus suis per present ' quod Dictoe separales Summoe leventur ' recuperent ' de maneriis messuagiis terris tenement ' bonis catallis hereditament ' ipsorum J. S. W. S. R. D. hered ' executor ' assignator ' suorum ubicunque fuerint jnvent ' per present ' Dat' c. Another CAntebr Memorand ' quod c. Die c. Anno c D. E. de B. in Com' predicto Yeoman personaliter venit coram me N. D. Armig ' uno Justiciar ' Dicti Domini Regis ad pacem in Com' predict ' Conservand ' assignat ' recognovit se debere dicto Damino Regi x libr ' bonoe legalis monetoe Anglioe de bonis Catallis terris tenement ' suis fieri levari ad opus dicti Domini Regis heredum Successorum suorum si defecerit in Conditione indorsata Alias MEmorand ' quod c. Die c. Anno c. venerunt coram me M. D. uno Justiciar ' c. assignat ' T. F. de W. in Com' predict ' Yeoman J. S. de eisdem Villa Com' Husbandman Manuceperunt uterque eorum separatim manucepit sub pena v li. legalis monetoe Anglioe pro W. S. de W. predict ' Taylor predict ' W. S. assumpsit pro seipso sub pena x li. consimilis monetoe Anglioe quas quidem separales Summas recognoverint quilibet eorum ut predictum recognovit se debere dicto Domino Regi de terris tenement ' bonis Catallis suis fieri c. si predict ' W. S. defecerit in performatione Condition ' infrascript ' A Condition to keep the Peace THe Condition of this Recognizance is such that if the within Bounden J. S. shall personally appear before the Justices of our said Soveraign Lord the King at the next General Sessions of the Peace to be holden in the said County of C. to do and receive that which by the Court shall be then and there enjoyned him and that he in the mean time do keep the Peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards the Kings Majesty and all his Liege People and especially towards A. B. of C. aforesaid Yeoman that then c. Kilborns Presidents 176. Retorn LIX Lamb. 107. If the Surety were taken by virtue of a Supplicavit then must the Justice of Peace being in this Case but a Minister make return of the Writ and Certificate of his doing into the Court from whence the Supplicavit did proceed First let him note upon the Back of the Supplicavit thus Executio istius brevis patet in quadam Schedula huic brevi Annexa The Schedule thus EGo T. F. Miles unus Custodum pacis Domini Regis in Com' K. certifico in Canceliarioam dicti Domini Regis me virtute istius Brevis mihi per A. B. in eodem Brevi nominat ' primo deliberati personaliter coram me tali die loco venire fecisse T. R. in dicto Brevi nominatum ac eundem T. ad sufficientem securitatem manucaptores pacis inveniend ' secundum formam dicti Brevis viz. as the Writ which is of divers forms shall appoint Compulisse in cujus rei testimonium huic presenti Certificationi meoe sigillum meum apposui datum apud D. predict ' in Com' predict ' 25 Die Febr ' Anno c. Dalt 185. cap. 73. Certiorari LX. Lamb. 108. If a Certiorari be directed out of the Chancery to the Justice of the Peace for removing this Recognizance because it was not sent up together with the Certificate as there was no necessity that it should then that Writ also may be thus Answered Upon the Back of the Writ thus VIrtute Istius Brevis ego P. H. unus Custodum Pacis Domini Regis in Com' K. tenorem securitatis pacis unde infrà fit mentio Dicto Domino Regi in Cancellariam suam sub sigillo meo distinctè apertè mitto prout patet in Schedula huic Brevi consuta Crumpt 143. ab The which Schedule may be thus Reciting MEmorand ' quod XX die c. Anno c. the whole Recognizance to the End then in cujus rei Testimonium ego predict ' P. H. sigillum meum apposui dat' c. Dalt 185. cap. 73. Joyndre LXI Lamb. 108 109. If the Supplicavit be against divers and the Party will release his Prayer of the Peace against one of them then the release ought to be certified for him and the Writ must be served for the rest or else non est Inventus may be certified for him and the Writ may be certified for the rest Dalt 173. cap. 69. Retorn LXII Lamb. 109. And this Form may serve also where a Certiorari is brought to a Justice of Peace to remove a Recognizance of the Peace that was taken by him ex officio without any such Writ of Supplicavit as Registre 90. But if the Recognizance be not thus removed from the Justice of Peace then may he keep it till the Certiorari come to him for it On the other side if the Recognizance were taken by vertue of his Office then whether it were by his own Discretion or at the Suit and desire of another he must send or bring it in at the next Sessions to the Custos Rotulorum so that the Recognizor may be there Called and if he make default then the same default to be recorded as is appointed by 3 H. 7. 1. § 1. N. 26. Dalt 174. cap. 70. LXIII Lamb. 109. And although the Party that prayed the Peace Appearance do not then appear at those Sessions yet is not the default of the Recognizor discharged thereby 39 H. 6. 26. Surety Br. 10. and the Justices may then of discretion bind him over which also they ordinarily do in some places for two or three Sessions together by order among themselves Dalt 174. cap. 71. LXIV Lamb. 110. The Justice of Peace that of his own motion compelleth one to give Surety of the Peace until a certain day Release may by like discretion before that day release it Fitzh 10. and if it should fortune to be made to keep the Peace Generally without any day limited then would it be construed that it was to continue during the Life of the Party bound and then could no man release it by Fitzh 21 Ed. 4. 40. 9 Ed. 4. 3. Crumpt 139. b. § 15. 141. Dalt 175. cap. 71. LXV Lamb. 110. If at the Suit of A. the Recognizance should be taken to keep the Peace against A. only and none other then may A. release it either before the same Justice or any other that will certifie the release which Certificate being of Record will discharge it but to release it by Deed is nothing worth by Marrow
he afterwards shall bind himself as a Servant with one dwelling in B. yet are not his Wife and Children to be sent to B. or placed there but are to remain still at A. where they were once setled otherwise if the Husband hath hired an House in B. Bastardy CCCCLXXXVIII Dalt 98. cap. 40. A Maid Servant gotten with Child at A. by her fellow Servant or by another young-man of the same Town after both their times of service expireth and they marry and then the Young-man is retained at B. then the Woman delivered of her Child she with her Child are to be sent to the Father at B. and there they are to be setled Imprisonment CCCCLXXXIX Dalt 99. 100. cap. 40. And all such persons sent to the House of Correction must there live by their own labor and work without charging the Town or Country for any allowance 7 Jac. 4. But for the Overseers to suffer such thriftless Poor or any other which can live of their labor or otherwise to be chargeable to the Town or to relieve such were a means to nourish them in their lewdness and idleness which take it and to Rob others of relief that want it to wrong those of their mony that pay it and to condemn them of oversight that dispose it And yet if any of these thriftless Poor happen to prove impotent it seemeth they are to be relieved by the Town but I leave that to better consideration Lieu. CCCCXC Kilborns Precedents 183. 184. A Warrant to remove one come to a Parish To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as complaint hath been by you made unto us that Helen the Wife of R. D. an Inhabitant in the Parish of C. in the County aforesaid is lately come into your said Parish of Hawke and hath brought with her thither a Male-Child of the said Robert and Helen of the age of c. or thereabouts and that both the said Helen and Child are likely to be chargeable to your said Parish and you have thereupon craved from us such relief touching the premises as by Law is appointed These are therefore in his Majesties name to Authorize and require you that you some or one of you do convey the said Helen and Child to the said parish of C. and there to deliver them to the said Robert in case you can there find him to be with him setled according to Law and in case that you cannot there find him then to deliver the said Helen and Child to the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of C. to be disposed according to Law given under our Hands and Seals c. CCCCXCI Kilborns Precedents 185 186. A Warrant for removing Lieu. c. one come to a Parish To the Church-wardens and other the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made by you to us according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided viz. 13 14 Car. 2. ca. 12. § N. that A. B. hath within forty days before the said complaint come into your said Parish to settle therein a Tenement under the yearly value of ten pounds and that he is likely to be chargeable to the Parish aforesaid and was last legally setled at B. in c. by the space of forty days at the least as a Native Householder Sojourner Apprentice or Servant c. there These are therefore in His Majesties Name to require and authorize you and every of you that you some or one of you do remove and convey the said A. B. to B. aforesaid where he was so last legally setled unless he give sufficient security for the discharge of your said Parish to be allowed by us given under our Hands and Seals the c. CCCCXCII Kilborns Precedents 186. Husbandry The like Warrant against one for not returning c. when his work is finished or shall fall sick or Impotent c. where he comes to a Parish to work 14 Car. 2. 12. To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of H. in the said County and every of them Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made by you unto us that A. B. an Inhabitant of C. came into your Parish to work and is not returned upon his finishing thereof These are therefore in His Majesties Name to require and Authorize you and every of you that you some or one of you do convey the said A. B. to C. aforesaid there to remain an Inhabitant as formerly he was given under our Hands and Seals c. CCCCXCIII Kilborns Precedents 184 185. Lieu. A Warrant for apprehending one for returning to the Parish from which he was removed 14 Car. 2. 12. To the Constables c. 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 at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas A. B. in May last legally settled as a Native Householder Sojourner Apprentice or Servant c. in the Parish of T. came into the Parish of V. to settle in a Tenement there under the yearly value of ten pounds and likely to be chargeable to the said Parish was upon complaint thereof made by the Church-wardens and Overseers according to the Statute aforesaid in that behalf made by Warrant to the said Church-wardens and Overseers according to the Statute aforesaid directed by them removed and conveyed to the aforesaid Parish of T. there to remain according to the said Statute since which the said A. B. did return of his own accord to the said Parish of V. from whence he was so removed These are therefore in His Majesties Name to Command you that you some of you or one of you do cause the said A. B. to come before us some or one of us at the House of T. Inholder called the George-Inn in the said County the first day of June next ensuing at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day to shew cause why he returned to the said Parish of V. and further to do and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils given under our Hands and Seals the _____ day of c. Bar. Fem. CCCCXCIV Kilborns Precedents 187. A Warrant and Mittimus for one who Runs away and leaves his Family upon the Parish 7 Jac. 4. Dalt 385. cap. 125. To the Constable c. of the Hundred of C. and every of them and to the Keeper of His Majesties Goal for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been duely proved before us that A. B. of the Parish of H. being able to labor and thereby to relieve himself and his Family did nevertheless lately run away out of this
said A. B. to the aforesaid house of Correction and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said house and there set him to work and labor or otherwise to deal with him according to Law until he shall be from thence lawfully delivered thereof fail not at your perils given under our Hands and Seals at A. aforesaid the c. day of c. Imprisonment DXIII Dalt 384. cap. 125. A Mittimus to the House of Correction of a dangerous Rogue Kent ss I. R. c. and M. D. Esq two of the Kings Majesties Justices of the Peace within the said County of K. to the Master or Governor of the House of Correction at B. for the East side of the same County or to his Deputy there greeting 39 Eliz. 4. and 7 Jac. 4. Whereas I.S. a sturdy Vagrant Begger was this day of c. Anno Dom. c. brought before us and charged as well with Begging and Idle wandring abroad as also with other lewd and disorderly behavior so as he appeareth to us to be dangerous to the inferior sort of people or such a one as will not be reformed of his Roguish life Contrary to His Majesties Laws in that behalf provided These are therefore to Will and require you to receive the said I. S. and him safely keep in your said house until the next Quarter Sessions to be holden in the said County and during all that time that he shall so continue with you that you hold him to work and labor and to punish him by putting Fetters or Gives upon him and by moderate whipping him as in good descretion you shall find cause yealding him for his maintenance only so much as he shall deserve or Earn by his labor and work and that at the said next Quarter Sessions you have the said I. S. there together with this our Warrant and hereof see that you fail not c. dated c. Imprisonment DXIV Kilborns Precedents 196. A Mittimus for a dangerous Rogue on 39 Eliz. 4. To the Constable c. of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majesties Goal for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. a wandring Rogue doth appear to be dangerous to inferior sort of people or one that will not be reformed of his Roguish life c. We do therefore in His Majesties Name charge and Command you the said Constable and Borsholders c. that you some or one of you do safely convey the said A. B. to the Goal aforesaid and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Goal and him there safely to keep until the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the said County at A. aforesaid that he may then and there be farther dealt withal according to the Law Hereof fail not at your perils given under c. Warr. DXV Kilborns Precedents 205. A Certificate for allowance to Wife or Orphan of maihmed Souldier on 14 Car. 2. 12. To the Treasurer of the said County for maihmed Souldiers Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. Widdow or Orphan of D. Officer Souldier or Mariner maihmed indigent aged or disabled in body for work in the service of His Majesty c hath according to the form of the Statute in that behalf lately made appear unto us that A. B. late of C. continued faithful 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 give by work and labor and shall be allowed by the Charity and benevolence of the Parish of A. where is now setled DXVI. Kilborns Precedents 212. 213. Licence A Testimonial or Pass for a Vagrant where the place of his birth is nor known on 39 Eliz. 4. Lambert 204. Constables duty 41. Kent ss A. B. a Vagabond of low Stature aged about twenty years was this present day taken Begging Vagrant wandring or misordering himself c. at T. in the County aforesaid and then and there by my appointment punished according to the form of the Statute in that case provided and for that the Parish where he was born is not known tho it be demanded of him and for that also he did last dwell before the same punishment by the space of one whole year in the Parish of T. c. as he confesseth he is therefore to be conveied from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every of the same the next right way to the said Parish of T. there to put himself to labor as he ought to do and he is limited to pass thither within c. days now next ensuing at his peril Given under my hand and Seal at c. DXVII Kilborns Precedents 213. Lieu. The like where neither the place of his birth nor last abode is known Kent ss A. B. Vagrant of midle Stature aged about forty years was this present day taken Begging Vagrant wandring or misordering himself c. at T. in the said County and then and there by my appointment punished according to the form of the Statute in that case provided and for that neither the Parish where he was born nor the Parish where he did last dwell before the said punishment by the space of one whole year is known tho both were by me demanded of him he is therefore to be conveyed from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every of the same the next strait way to the Parish of B. in the c. through which he last passed without punishment as he saith and he is to be from thence conveyed by the Officers of the said Parish according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided and is limited to pass thither within days now next ensuing at his peril Given under my Hand and Seal at c. DXVIII Kilborns Precedents 214. Forfeiture A Warrant to pay 2 s. for apprehending a Vagrant on 14 Car. 2. 12. To the c. of A. in the Parish of B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas A. B. did lately apprehend and bring unto me C. D. a Rogue Vagabond or sturdy Begger which did pass through your c. in the Parish aforesaid unapprehended These are therefore in His Majesties Name to Will and require you forthwith to pay to the aforesaid A. B. 2 s. for each for his said apprehension of the aforesaid C. D. according to the form of the Statute in that case lately made hereof fail you not at your peril Given under my Hand and Seal the c. DXIX. Kilborns Precedents 215. Distress A Warrant upon non payment
five Miles of Oxford or Cambridge See 2 3 Ph. Mar. 15. § 2. N. 1. 13 Eliz. 21. § 3. N. 1. 39. Eliz. 18. VI. Crompt 155 b. Nor Purveyors of Noble Persons shall not be bailed who offend against 23 H. 8. 14. § N. touching taking of Victuals against the good will of the Subject 2. Nor Takers nor Purveyors of Victuals or Grain in the Vills of Oxford or Cambridge or within five Leagues thereof against 2 3 Phil. Mar. 15. 13 Eliz. 21. VII Lamberts Precedents 13 b. pl. 35. A Presentment for unlawful Purveyance Kanc. ss Juratores pro Dom. Rege super Sacramet ' suum present ' qd ' primo die Julij An. Regni dictâ— Dom. nostri Jacobi Dei ratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defens c. Quidam H.W. nuper de G. in dicto Com. Tipler apud C. in Com. predict ' prae se ferens asserens se esse unum ex provisoribus emptoribus Hospitij dicti Domini Regâ—s dicto primo die Anno supradicto Quo quidem tempore nullum ostendit aut secum habuit Warrantum sub magno aut parvo sigillo dicti Domini Regis apud C. predict ' in Com. predict ' tres Oves Castratas Anglicè vocatas Weathers pretij xx solid ' de Bonis Catallis J.S. de C. predict ' in dicto Com. Yeoman tunc ibidem existentes inventas sub colore Purveyanciae pro dicto Hospitio Illegitimè ac Felonicè cepit abduxit contra Pacem dicti Domini Regis ac contra formam diversorum Statutorum in hujusmodi casu provisorum editorum West Symb. 2 part 122. Sect. 171. VIII Kilb. Precedents 100. 101. 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-Cloth for Carriage of his Majesties Provisions not having lawful Authority to do the same 12 Car. 2. § 13. N. 1. To the Constables and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to the Keeper of his Majesties Goal at C. in the County aforesaid Kent 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 Majesties provisions without consent of the Owner on pretence or colour of a Warrant from the Green-Cloth contrary to the Intent of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in his Majesties Name at the request of the said A. B. to will and require you the said Constables 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 Goal aforesaid together with this Precept Requiring and commanding also you the said Keeper to receive the said C. D. into the Goal aforesaid and him there safely to keep untill the next Sessions and thereof neither you nor any of you are to fail at your Peril given under my Hand and Seal the Second day of May Anno 31. Car. 2. c. IX Kilb. Precedents 101. A Warrant for providing Carriages by two Justices An 13 Car. 2. 8. § 2. N. 1. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss Whereas we have by Warrant from the Green-Cloth received notice to provide Carts and Carriages 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 Majesties 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 c. X. Kilb. Precedents A Warrant to levy the Penalty for not appearing with Carriages for the King upon notice on 13 Car. 2. 8. § 2. N. 2. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss For as much as it hath been duely proved before us viz. two Justices by the Oath of the Officer or two other Credible Witnesses that A.B. of C. of the said County was by you some or one of you required to be and attend for his Majesties Service according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided with one Carriage consisting as by the said Act is required at and in the County aforesaid upon the second day of May at seven of the Clock of the same day and that the said A. B. did make default therein contrary to the form of the Statute aforesaid these are therefore in his Majesties name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do by Distress and sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. levy to his Majesties use Forty shillings by the said A.B. forfeited to his said Majesties use for the Offence aforesaid rendring to the said A. B. the Overplus upon such Sale if there be any Hereof fail not at your Perils Given undet our hands and Seals the Day of c. XI Kilb. Presedents 103. A Warrant for Rates for lodging and horsemeet on 13 Car. 2. 8. § 4. N. 1. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss Whereas we have received Notice from the Green-Cloth that his Majesty will shortly pass through the Road in this County leading between B. and C. we therefore according to the form of the Statute in that Case made and provided do set down and appoint the Rates and Prices to be paid during his Majesties abode within this division for Hay Oats and other Accommodations for Horses as is here under written which Rates are to be observed and kept and obeyed by all Persons concerned at their Perils And we do will and require you and every of you that you 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 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 day of c. For a Bushel of Oats c. And so ratable for every greater or lesser Quantity c. XII Kilb. Precedents 104. A
for the increase of his Majesties Revenue during his Life and you the said Constable have this day certified us that the said A.B. hath not sufficient distress whereby the said c. can be levied These are therefore in his Majesties Name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him convey to the Goal aforesaid and there deliver him to the aforesaid Keeper of the same together with this Precept requiring also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Goal and him there Imprison till satisfaction be made of the aforesaid Forfeiture c. hereof fail not at your perils Given under our Hands and Seals the 10 day of May c. XI Kilb. Precedents 139. A Certificate upon taking the Oath of Officers of Excise 12 Car. 2. 23. § N. Kent ss We whose Names are hereunto subscribed his Majesties Justices of the Peace of the County aforesaid do certifie that A. B. of C. in the said County hath before us this present day taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath mentioned in the Statute made in the 12 year of his now Majesties Reign intituled A grant of Certain Impositions upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for the increase of his Majesties Revenue during his Life Given under our Hands and Seals the second day of May in the 31. year of the Reign of c. 2. This Oath is by the Justices to be certified to the next Quarter-Sessions XII Kilb. Precedents 140. A Warrant against one for 10 l. for bribing c. an Excise Officer 15 Car. 2. 11. To the Constable c. Kent ss Forasmuch as it hath been duly proved before us viz. two Justices that A. B. of C. c. Brewer did Bribe or corrupt give mony fee or other reward c. to J. S. Gager or other Officer to make a false Return turn or report unto the Officer of Excise of Beer Ale c. Excisable within his division charge or walk in the said County or to forbear or omit the doing or Executing of his place or imployment against the form of an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An additional Act for the ordering and collecting the duty of Excise and preventing the abuses therein whereby he hath forfeited 10 l. for his said Offence These are therefore in his Majesties Name to charge and command you and every of you to levy by distress and Sale of the Goods of the said A. B. the aforesaid 10 l. rendring to him the Overplus thereof and thereof fail not at your perils Given under our Hands and Seals the 10 day of May c. XIII Kilb. Precedents 141. A Mittimus against the Offender for not paying the said 10 l. 10 Car. 2. 11. To the Constable and Borshoulders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of his Majesties Goal for the said County at C. in the County aforesaid Kent ss Whereas it was duly proved before us that A.B. of C. c. Brewer did Bribe C.D. Gager to make a false Return into the Office of Excise of Beer c. Excisable within his Division in the said County against the form of an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An additional Act for the ordering and collecting the duty of Excise and preventing the abuses therein whereby he forfeited 10 l. for his said Offence and we did therefore by Warrant under our Hands and Seals charge and command you to levy by distress and Sale of the Goods of the said A. B. the aforesaid 10 l. and you the said Constable have retorned to us that for want of such distress you could not levy the same These are therefore in his Majesties Name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borshoulders and every of you to attach the said A. B. and him to convey to his Majesties Goal aforesaid 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 Goal and him there safely keep by the space of three Months without Bail or Mainprise Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our Hands and Seals the 10. day of May c. 2. The like as supra mutatis mutandis against any sworn Gager or other Officer that shall take and receive any Bribe mony Fee Gift or other reward of any Brewer or other Person for any cause or matter retaining to the Exercise XIV Kilb. Precedents 142 143 144. A Warrant to distrain for the duties of Excise To T. O. and J. T. Gent ' and to either of them and such other Persons as they or either of them shall take to their or either of their assistance in Execution hereof Kent ss Whereas Complaints were lately made unto us S. B. and R.K. Esquires two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace of the said County by the Officers of Excise that the several Persons hereunder named had committed the several and respective Offences hererein after mentioned and severally added to their several Names against the form of several Statutes made for payment to his Majesty of the duties of Excâ—se and forasmuch as upon hearing of the said Complaints this present day it was duly proved before us that the said Complaints were true and we have therefore according to the form of the Statutes aforesaid adjudged that the several and respective Persons shall for his and their seveveral and respective Offences forfeit and pay the several Sums of Mony here under added to their several and respective Names that is to say T. D. of H. in the said County Vintner a Retailer of Beer c. for forfeiture for neglect of entring by the space of 12. Months last past of Beer c. by him retailed within the said time 24 l. and for double the Duty of Exercise for 25. Barrels 3. Firkins and 5. Gallons of Beer of above 6 s. the Barrel and for 3. Barrels and 3. Firkins of Beer of 6 s. per Barrel or under he not having paid the single duty or any of the same 8 l. 14 s. ob in all 32 l. 14 s. ob J. L. of H. aforesaid Cordwinder for forfeiture for neglect to appear before us this day to give Evidence for discovery of Breaches of the Laws of Excise the 10 day of May at H. c. viz. the day and place of condemnation notwithstanding that he was summoned so to do according to the Statute in that behalf made 40 s. E. B. Late of B. in the said County Laborer for the like 40 s. and for forfeiture for that he refusing to permit the Gager to Gage or take account of Beer by him Brewed and being thereupon forbidden by the said Gager to sell any of the Beer aforesaid he after such warning given did sell the sâ—me not having paid or cleared the Duty of Excise 5 l. and for Costs and
Watch see Fresh-Suit VVax I. LAmbert 196. Every Justice of Peace may Examine and search by his Discretion such as do sell or set forth to be sold any Candles or other Works of Wax at higher Price than after the rate of four pence the pound over the common price of plain Wax between Merchant and Merchant and may also punish them by forfeiture of the work set forth to Sale and of the value of that which is sold and by Fine to the King 1. H. 6. 12. § N. as it seemeth by the large words of that Statute Lambert 461. Enquiry in Sessions Dalt 141. cap. 62. Crompt 92. Watermen see Sewers Wears see Sewers Weights see Measures Weapons see War Weavers see Drapery Wife see Baron and Feme Wildfowl see Fowl VVine I. LAmbert 451. Enquiry in Sessions if any Person Authorized to sell Wine by retail have within this year sold the same above the Prices thereof limited by the Kings Proclamation if there have been any 5 Eliz. 5. II. Crompt 95. Nota per Shard 27 Ass 22. That he that sells Wine against the Assize of the Law shall forfeit the whole Tonnel III. Dalt 175. cap. 74. Edit 1666. Every Justice of Peace as it seemeth by the words of the Statute 24 H. 8. 6. § N. within the precinct of his Office at the request of any Subject to whom denial of Sale shall be made of any Wine and full payment therefore offered according to the Prices set down by the Lords c. may enter into the places where such Wine shall lie and may sell and deliver the same Wine desired to be brought to the Person requiring to levy the same taking the buyers mony towards the Satisfaction of the Forfeiture c. 21 Jac. 28. § N. 2. Note That no Person may sell any Wine in any Town not Corporate but by Licence of the Justices of Peace in open Sessions by writing under the Several Seal of every of the said Justices upon pain of 5 l. for every day of so offending Co. Entr ' 370. Finches Case who recovered 500 l. in an Information upon 7. Ed. 6. 5. § N. notwithstanding the Queens Licence there pleaded in Bar of the said Action 3. And by 7 Ed. 6. 5. § N. in Towns Corporate no Person to sell but by Licence of the Maior Aldermen c. and that under the common Seal of the Corporation upon the same penalty quod Nota. See 12 Car. 2. cap. 25. Witness see Proof Woad see Drapery Woods I. LAmbert 404. There be sundry Laws that do give to Justices of the Peace a certain special or particular Power in them and do not yet yield unto them any Authority to enquire upon the same as 35 H. 8. 17 § 7. N. 2. of Woods c. II. Lambert 355. Two Justices of Peace not being of kindred Alliance Counsel or Fee to the Lord or Owner of a Wood appointed by the more part of the Justices of Peace at their Sessions upon Complaint of the Lord made unto them may divide and set out the fourth part of it if the Lord and Commoners thereof being first called before them cannot agree upon it 35 H. 8. 17. § 7 N. 2. 13 Eliz. 25. Crompt 200 Ab. Dalt 142. cap. 64. III. Lambert 601. Justices of the Peace may in their open Quarter-Sessions call before them the Owner of a Wood and 12 of the Commissioners there for setting out the fourth part thereof 35 H. 8. 17. § 7. N. 2. IV. Kilb. Precedents 220. A Warrant to search for stoln Wood c. upon a particular complaint to one Justice on 15 Car. 2. 2. § 2. N. 3. To the Constable and Borshoulders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss Forasmuch as complaint hath been made unto me by A. B. Wood Vnder-wood Poles young Trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rayles Hedgwood Broom or Furze were within five days now last past taken out of his Lands in L. in the said County and hath prayed such relief from me therein as by an Act of Parliament in such cases lately made I am Authorized to give These are therefore in his Majesties Name to will and command you and every of you that you some or one of you do enter into and search the Houses Outhouses Yards Gardens or other Places belonging to the Houses within the said Hundred of all and every Person or Persons which you shall suspect to have any of the said Wood c. and wheresoever you shall find any such to Apprehend or cause to be Apprehended all and every Person or Persons suspected for the cutting and taking of the same and them and every of them as also those in whose Houses or other Places belonging unto them any such Wood c. shall be found to bring before me or some other of his Majesties Justices of the Peace of the said County to be proceeded against as by the said Act is directed hereof fail not at your perils Given under my Hand and Seal the 10 day c. Anno c. V. Kilb. Precedents 221. A General Warrant to search for stoln Wood on 15 Car. 2. 2. § 2. N. 3. To the Constable and Borshoulders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them Kent ss Forasmuch as it is observed in these parts of the said County that Woods Under-woods Poles Young Trees Bark or Bast of Trees Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rayls Hedgwood Broom and Furze are unlawfully cut stoln spoiled and taken away from the lawful Owners of the same contrary to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawful cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Vnderwood and destroyers of young Tymber Trees These are therefore in his Majesties Name to charge and command you and every of you that you do with all convenient speed enter into and search the Houses Outhouses Yards Gardens or other places belonging to the Houses within the said Hundred of all and every Person or Persons which you shall suspect to have any kind of such Wood Underwood Poles or young Trees or Bark or Bast of any Trees or any such Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rayls or Hedgwood Broom or Furze and wheresoever you shall find any such to Apprehend or cause to be Apprehended all and every Person and Persons suspected for the cutting or taking of the same and them and every of them in whose Houses or other Places belonging to them any such Wood Underwood Poles or young Trees or Bark or Bast of any Trees or any Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rails or Hedgwood Broom or Furze shall be found to bring before me or some other of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the said County to be proceeded against as by the said Act is directed hereof fail not at your perils Given under my Hand and Seal the 10 day c. Anno c. VI. Kilb. Precedents 222. An Order against a Person
Apprehended with Bundles c. of Wood c. to make satisfaction c. for the same to the Owner The 1 Offence 15 Car. 2. 2. § 3. N. 1. Kent ss Forasmuch as A. B. of C. was within five days last past Apprehended by J. S. An Officer or Inhabitant of c. having or carrying or any ways conveying a Bundle of any kind of Wood c. and this day brought before me to give account how he came by the said Wood c. by the consent of the Owner according to an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawful cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Vnderwood and destroying of young Tymber Trees and for that he did not give such account thereof as did satisfie me nor produce the party of whom he bought the same or any other credible witness to depose upon Oath such sale thereof whereby he is according to the said Act by me deemed and adjudged as convict of the Offence of cutting and spoiling of the said Wood c. within the meaning of another Act of Parliament which was made in the forty third year of the Raign of the late Queen Elizabeth Intituled An Act to Avoid and prevent misdemeanors in idle and lewd Persons and forasmuch as it appeareth unto me that C. D. of c. was lawful Owner of the said Wood c. I do therefore according to the said first before mentioned Act order and appoint that the said A. B. shall within six days now next ensuing given the said C. D. c. the Sum of c. of lawful Money of England for recompence and satisfaction for his Dammages and that the said A. B. shall over and above pay down presently unto the Overseers for the use of the Poor of the Parish of T. in the said County where the said Offence was committed the sum of c. of lawful Mony Given under our Hands and Seals the 10 day c. Anno c. VII Kilb. Precedents 223 224. A Warrant for not obeying the Justices Order 5 Car. 2. 2. § 3. N. 2. To the Constable and Borshoulders 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 at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss Whereas A. B. of C. within 8 days last past was Apprehended by J. S. Officer or Inhabitant c. having c. a Bundle of Wood c. and lately brought before me to give account how he came by the said Wood c. by the consent of the Owner according to an Act of Parliament lately made Intituled An Act for the punishment of unlawful cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Vnderwood and destroyers of young Tymber trees and for that he did not give such an account thereof as did satisfie me nor did produce the Party of whom he bought the same or any other credible Witness to depose upon Oath such Sale thereof whereby he was then according to the said Act by me deemed and adjudged as convict of the Offence of cutting and spoiling of the said Wood c. within the meaning of one other Act of Parliament which was made in the forty third year of the Raign of the late Queen Elizabeth Intituled An Act to avoid and prevent divers Misdemeanors in idle and lewd Persons and whereas it then appeared unto me that C. D. of c. was Owner of the said Woods c. and I did therefore according to the said first before mentioned Act order and appoint that the said A. B. should within 6. days then next ensuing give the said C. D. c. the Sum of c. of lawful Mony of England for recompence and satisfaction for his Dammages And that the said A. B. should over and above pay down then presently to the Overseers for the use of the Poor of the Parish of T. in the said County where the said Offence was committed the Sum of c. of like Mony and forasmuch as the said A.B. did not according to the said order and Appointment give or pay the Moneys aforesaid These are therefore in his Majesties Name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borshoulders and every of you forthwith to convey the said A. B. to the aforesaid House of Correction and him there deliver to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and him there detain by the space of _____ Days next after such your receit of him hereof fail not at your perils Given under my Hand and Seal the 10. day c. Anno c. 2. Nota The Justice 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 c. thus These are therefore in his Majesties Name to charge and command you to whip the said A. B. for the said Offence hereof fail not c. VIII Kilb. Precedents 225. A Mittimus to the House of Correction for the second like Offence on 15 Car. 2. 2. § 3. N. 3. To the Constables 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. ut supra and after 43 Eliz. 7. 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 Majesties 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 10 day c. Anno c. IX Kilb. Precedents 226. An Order against the Buyer of stoln Wood c. 15 Car. 2. 2. § 4. N. 1. 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 unlawful cutting or stealing or spoiling of Wood and Vnderwood and destroying of young Timber-trees it appeared unto me that A.B. of c. did within six days last past buy a burthen of Wood Piles Sticks Underwood young Trees Bark or Bass Gates Stiles Posts Pales Rails Hedgwood Broom or Furz 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 lawful Money of England I do therefore