any such presentment had or made yf the Terme be then open yf not at the first day of the full Terme next folowyng the sayde .xl. dayes vpon payne that euery of the Iusticiers of Assise or Iusticiers of the peace before whom suche presentment shal be made makyng default of suche certificat contrary to this Statute to lose and forfait for euery suche default one hundreth poundes to the Quenes hyghnes her heyres and successours AND it is enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that the Iustices of the kynges Benche aswell vpon euery such certificat as by enquirie before them selues within the limittes of theyr aucthorities shall haue full power and aucthoritie to heare order and determine euery such offence done or committed contrary to the true meanynge of this present Acte accordynge to the lawes of this Realme in such lyke maner and fourme to all intentes and purposes as yf the person or persons agaynste whom any presentment shal be had vpon this estatute had ben presented vpon any matter or offence expressed in the sayde estatute made in the sayd .xvi. yere of kyng Richarde the seconde And moreouer be it enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that aswell all maner of persons expressed and appoynted in and by the Act made in the first yere of the Quenes Maiesties reigne that nowe is intituled an Acte restoryng to the Crowne the auncient iurisdiction ouer the estate Ecclesiasticall Spirituall and abolyshyng all forreyne powers repugnaunt to the same to take the othe expressed and set forth in the same as all other persons which haue taken or shall take orders commonly called ordines Sacros or Ecclesiasticall orders haue ben or shal be promoted preferred or admitted to any degree of learnyng in any vniuersitie within this Realme or dominions to the same belongyng and all Scolemasters and publike and priuate teachers of chyldren as also all maner of person and persons that haue taken or hereafter shall take any degree of learnyng in or at the cōmon lawes of this Realme aswell Vtterbarresters as Benchers Reders Auncientes in any house or houses of Court and all principall treasorers and suche as be of the graunde company in euery Inne of Chauncery and al Atturneys Prothonotaries and Philizers towardes the lawes of this Realme and all maner of Sheriffes Eschetours and Feodaries and all other person and persons which haue taken or shall take vpon hym or them or haue ben or shal be admitted to any ministery or office in at or belongyng to the common lawe or any other lawe or lawes or to or for the execution of them or anye of them vsed or allowed or at any tyme hereafter to be vsed or alowed within this Realme or any of the dominions or countryes belonging or which hereafter shall happen to belong to the Crowne or dignitie of the same and all other officers or ministers of or towardes any Court whatsoeuer and euery of them shall take and pronounce a corporal oth vpon the Euangelistes before he or they shal be admitted alowed or suffred to take vpon hym or them to vse exercyse supplye or occupye any suche vocation office degree ministery roume or seruice as is aforesayde and that in the open court whervnto he doth or shall serue or belong And yf he or they do not or shall not serue or belong to any ordinary or open Courte then he or they shall take and pronounce the othe aforesayde in an open place before a conuenient assemble to witnesse the same and before such person or persons as haue or shall haue aucthoritie by common vse or otherwyse to admitte or call any suche person or persons as is aforesayde to any such vocation office ministerye roume or seruice or els before suche person or persons as by the Quenes hyghnes her heyres or successours by Commission vnder the great Seale of England shal be named or assigned to accepte take the same accordyng to the tenour effect fourme of the same othe verbatim which is as it is already set forth to be taken in the foresaid Act made in the first yere of the Quenes Maiesties reigne And also be it enacted by the aucthoritie of this persent parliament that euery Archbishop and Bishop within this Realme and dominions of the same shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte to tender or minister the othe aforesaide to euery or any Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall person within theyr proper dioces aswell in places and iurisdictions exempt as els where And be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the Lorde Chauncellour or keper of the great Seale of England for the time beyng shall and may at all tymes hereafter by vertue of this Acte without further warraunt make and direct Commission or Commissions vnder the great Seale of Englande to any person or persons geuyng them or some of them therby aucthoritie to tender minister the othe aforesayde to such person or persons as by the aforesayde Commission or Commissions the sayde Commissioners shal be aucthorised to tender the same othe vnto And be it also further enacted by thaucthoritie of this presente Parliament that yf any person or persons appoynted or compellable by this Acte or by the sayde Acte made in the sayde fyrste yere to take the sayd othe or yf any person or persons to whom the said othe by any such Commission or Cōmissions shal be limitted and appoynted to be tendred as is aforesayde do or shall at the tyme of the sayde othe so tendred refuse to take or pronounce the sayd othe in maner and fourme aforesayde that then the partie so refusyng and beyng thereof lawfullye indited or presented within one yere next after any such refusall and conuicted or attainted at any time after accordyng to the lawes of this Realme shall suffer and incurre the daungers penalties paynes and forfaitures ordeined prouided by the statute of prouision and premunire aforesaid made in the .xvi. yere of the reigne of kyng Richarde the seconde And furthermore be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that all and euery such person and persons hauyng aucthoritie to tender the othe aforesaid shal within .xl. dayes next after such refusal or refusals of the sayde othe if the Terme be then open and if not then at the first day of the full Terme next folowyng the sayde .xl. dayes make true certificat vnder his or their seale or seales of the names places degrees of the person or persons so refusyng the same othe before the Quene her heyres or successours in her or theyr court commonly called the kinges Benche vpon payne that euery of the said persons hauing such auctoritie to tender the saide othe making default of such certificat shall for euery such default forfait C.li. to the Quenes highnes her heires or successours And that the Sheriffe of the countie where the said court cōmonly called the kinges Benche shall for the time be holden shall or may by vertue of this Act empanel a Iury of the
same countie to enquire of vpon euery such refusall refusals which Iury shall or may vpon euery such certificat other euidence to them in that behalfe to be geuen by vertue of this Acte proceade to endite the person persons so offendyng in such sort degree to all intentes purposes as the same Iury may do of any offence or offences agaynst the Quenes Maiesties peace perpetrated cōmitted or done within the same Countie of for the which the same Iury is so impanelled AND for stronger defence and maintenaunce of this Act It is further ordeyned enacted established by thaucthoritie aforesayd that if any such offendour or offendours as is aforesayd of the first part or braunche of this estatute that is to say by wrytyng cypheryng printing preaching or teaching dede or acte aduisedly and wyttyngly holde or stande with to extoll set forth maintayne or defend the auctoritie iurisdiction or power of the Bishop of Rome or of his See heretofore claymed vsed or vsurped within this Realme or in any dominion or countrye being of within or vnder the Quenes power or obeysaunce or by any speche open dede or acte aduisedly wyttyngly attribute any such maner of iurisdiction auctoritie or preeminence to the sayde See of Rome or to any Bishop of the same See for the time being within this Realme or in any the Quenes dominions or coūtryes or be to any such offendour or offendours abettyng procuryng or counsellyng or aydyng assistyng or comfortyng vpon purpose to the intent to set forth further extoll the said vsurped power auctoritie or iurisdiction after such conuiction attendour as is aforesayd do eftsones commit or do the sayde offences or any of them in maner and fourme aforesayd and be therof duly conuicted attainted as is aforesaid and also that if any the persons aboue named and appoynted by this Acte to take the othe aforesaide do after the space of three monethes next after the first tendour therof the second tyme refuse to take pronounce or do not take or pronounce the same in fourme aforesaid to be tendered that then euery such offendour and offendours for the same second offence offences shall forfait lose and suffer such lyke and the same paynes forfaitures iudgement and execution as is vsed in cases of hygh treason Prouided alwayes that this Act nor any thyng therin conteined nor any atteindour to be had by force vertue of this Act shall not extende to make any corruption of bloud the disherytyng of anye heyre forfaiture of dower nor to the preiudice of the ryght or tytle of any person or persons other then the ryght or tytle of the offendour or offendours duryng his her or theyr naturall lyues only And that it shall and may be lawfull to euery person and persons to whom the ryght or interest of any landes tenementes or hereditamentes after the death of any suche offendour or offendours should or myght haue apperteyned yf no such atteyndour had ben to enter into the same without any Ouster le mayne to be sued in such sort as he or they myght haue done if this Acte had neuer ben had ne made Prouided also that the othe expressed in the saide Acte made in the sayde fyrst yere shal be taken and expounded in such fourme as is sette forth in an admonition annexed to the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions publyshed in the fyrste yere of her Maiesties reigne that is to saye to confesse and acknowledge in her Maiestie her heyres and successours none other auctoritie then that was challenged and lately vsed by the noble king Henry the eyght and king Edwarde the sixt as in the sayde Admonition more playnely may appeare And be it enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that this Acte shal be openly read and publyshed and declared at euery quarter Sessions by the Clarke of the peace and at euery Lete and Laweday by the Stewarde of the Court and once in euery Terme in the open hall of euery house and houses of Court and Chauncery at the tymes and by the persons thervnto to be limitted and appoynted by the Lorde Chauncelour or keper of the great Seale for the tyme beyng And be it further enacted that euery person whiche hereafter shal be elected or appoynted a Knyght Citezin or Burgesse or Baron for any of the fiue portes for any Parliament or Parliamentes hereafter to be holden shall from henceforth before he shal enter into the Parliament house or haue any voyce there openly receaue and pronounce the sayde othe before the Lorde Steward for the tyme beyng or his deputie or deputies for that tyme to be appoynted And that he which shall enter into the Parliament house without takyng the sayde othe shal be demed no Knyght Citezin Burgesse nor Baron for that Parliament nor shall haue anye voyce But shal be to all intentes constructions and purposes as yf he had neuer ben retourned nor elected Knyght Citezin Burgesse or Baron for that Parliament and shall suffer such paynes and penalties as yf he had presumed to sytte in the same without election retourne or auctoritie Prouided alwaye that forasmuch as the Quenes Maiestie is otherwyse sufficiently assured of the faith and loyaltie of the Temporall Lordes of her hygh court of Parliament therfore this Act nor any thyng therin conteyned shall not extende to compell any Temporall person of or aboue the degree of a Baron of this Realme to take or pronounce the othe abouesayde nor to incurre any penaltie limitted by this Acte for not takyng or refusyng the same Any thyng in this Acte to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouided and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that charitable geuyng of reasonable almes to any of the offendour or offendours aboue specified without fraude or couin shall not be taken or interpreted to be any such abetment procuryng counsellyng aydyng assisting or comfortyng as therby the geuer of such almes shall incurre any payne penaltie or forfaiture appoynted in this Acte Prouided also and be it enacted by thaucthoritie of this present Parliament that yf any peere of this Realme shall hereafter offende contrary to this Acte or any braunch or article thereof that in that and all such case cases they shal be tryed by theyr peeres in such maner and fourme as in other cases of treasons they haue vsed to be tryed and by none other meanes Prouided also further be it enacted that no person shal be compelled by vertue of this Acte to take the othe aboue mentioned at or vpon the seconde tyme of offering of the same accordyng to the fourme appointed by this statute except the same person hath ben is or shal be an ecclesiasticall person that had hath or shal haue in the tyme of one of the reignes of the Quenes maiesties most noble father brother or syster or in the time of the reigne of the Quenes Maiestie her heyres or successours charge cure or office in the Church or such
to haue any goodes or cattelles to the value of twentie poundes that then he or they to be set on the pyllorye in some market place within the Shire Citie or Borough where the saide offence shal be committed by the Sheriffe or his ministers yf it shall fortune to be without any Citie or Towne corporate And yf it happen to be within any such Citie or Towne corporat then by the said head officer or officers of such citie or towne corporate or by his or theyr ministers and there to haue both his eares nayled and frō thenceforth to be discredited and disabled for euer to be sworne in any of the courtes of Recorde aforesayde vntyll suche tyme as the iudgement shal be reuersed and therevpon to recouer his damages in maner and fourme before mentioned The one moitie of all which sūmes of money goodes cattelles to be forfaited in maner and fourme aforesayde to be to the Quene our soueraigne Lady her heyres successours thother moitie to such person or persons as shal be grieued hyndered or molested by reason of any the offence or offences before mentioned that wyll sue for the same by action of debte byll playnt information or otherwyse in any of the Quenes Maiesties courtes of Recorde in the which no wager of lawe essoigne protection or iniunction to be alowed And be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that aswell the Iudge and Iudges of euery such of the said courtes where any suche suite is or shal be and whervpon any such periury is or shal happen to be committed as also the Iustices of Assises and gaole delyuery in theyr seuerall circuites and the Iustices of the peace in euery Countie within this Realme or in Wales at their quarter Sessions both within the liberties and without shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue hereof to enquire of all euery the defaultes and offences perpetrated committed or done contrary to this Acte by inquisition presentment byll or information before them exhibited or otherwyse lawfully to heare and determine the same and therevpon to geue iudgement awarde proces and execution of the same accordyng to the course of the lawes of this Realme And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the Iustices of Assise of euery circuite within this Realme and els where within the Quenes dominions shal in euery countie within theyr circuites two tymes in the yere that is to saye in tyme of theyr syttynges make open proclamation of this estatute or of the effect therof to thintent no person or persons shal be ignoraunt or miscognisaunt of the penalties herein conteyned Prouided also that this Acte nor any thyng therein conteyned shal not extende to any spirituall or ecclesiasticall court or courtes within this Realme of Englande or Wales or the marches of the same But that all and euery such offendour or offendours as shal offende in fourme aforesayde shall and may be punyshed by suche vsuall and ordinary lawes as heretofore hath ben and yet is vsed and frequented in the sayde ecclesiasticall Courtes Any thyng in this present Acte conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that if any person or persons vpon whom any proces out of any of the courtes of Recorde within this Realme or Wales shal be serued to testifie or depose concernyng any cause or matter dependyng in any of the same courtes and hauyng tendred vnto hym or them according to his or their countenaunce or callyng suche reasonable summes of money for his or theyr costes charges as hauyng regarde to the distaunce of the places is necessary to be alowed in that behalfe do not appeare accordyng to the tenour of the sayde proces hauing not a lawfull reasonable let or impediment to the contrary that then the partie makyng defaulte to lose and forfait for euery such offence x.li and to yelde such further recompence to the partie grieued as by the discretion of the Iudge of the court out of the which the saide proces shal be awarded accordyng to the losse hynderaunce that the partie which procured the saide proces shall susteyne by reason of the non appearaunce of the saide wytnes or witnesses the said seuerall summes to be recouered by the partie so grieued against the offendour or offendours by action of debte byll plaint or information in any of the Quenes Maiesties courtes of Recorde in whiche no wager of lawe essoigne or protection to be alowed Prouided alwayes y t this Act or any thyng therin conteyned shal not extend in any wyse to restraine the power or aucthoritie geuen by Act of parliament made in the tyme of kyng Henry the .vii. to the Lorde Chauncelour of Englande others of the kinges councell for the time being to examine and punysh ryotes routes heynous periuries and other offences misdemeaninges which Lord Chauncelour other sithens the making of the said act haue most commonly vsed to heare and determine such matters in the Court at Westminster commonly called the Starre chamber nor to restrayne the power or aucthoritie of the Lorde President and councell of the marches of Wales or of the Lorde President and councell in the North nor of any other Iudge hauyng absolute power to punyshe periury before the makyng of this estatute But that they and euery of them shall and may proceade in the punyshment of all offences heretofore punyshable in such wyse as they myght haue done and vsed to do before the makyng of this Act to all purposes so that they set not vppon the offender or offenders lesse punyshement then is conteyned in this Acte This Acte to continue vnto the ende of the next Parliament An Acte to reuiue a Statute made Anno .xxi. H. viii touchyng seruauntes embeaselyng theyr maisters goodes ¶ The .x. Chapter WHERE in the Parliament holden at London the thirde daye of Nouember in the .xxi. yere of the raigne of the late kyng of moste famous and worthye memory kyng Henry the eyght from thence adiourned to Westminster and there holden and continued by diuers prorogations vnto the dissolution therof It was ordeyned enacted amonges other thynges that all and singuler seruauntes to whom any Caskettes Iewels money goodes or cattelles by his or theyr maister or maistres shoulde from thenceforth be delyuered to kepe that yf any suche seruaunt or seruauntes withdrawe him or them from theyr sayde maisters or maistresses go away with the said Caskets Iewels money goodes or cattelles or any parte thereof to the intent to steale the same defraude his or their saide maisters maistresses therof contrary to the trust and confidence to hym or them put by his or theyr sayd maisters maistresses Or els beyng in seruice of his said maisters or maistresses without thassent or cōmaundemēt of his maisters or maistresses embesell the same Caskets Iewels money goodes or cattelles or any part therof or otherwyse conuert
persons shal be thervnto licenced and shall haue speciall and expresse wordes conteyned in such licence or licences that he or they may so do vpon payne to forfait for euery such tyme that any such person or persons shall do to the contrary v.li The moitie of all whiche forfaitures afore rehearsed shal be to the Quene our soueraigne Lady her heyres and successours and the other moitie to hym or them that wyll sue for the same in any of the Quenes courtes of Record by byll plaint action of debt or information in the which byll playnt action or information no wager of lawe essoigne or protection shal be admitted Be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that the Iustices of the peace in euery countie within this Realme or Wales at the quarter sessions shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte to enquire heare and determine all and euery the defaultes and offences perpetrated committed or done contrary to this Acte within the Countie where any suche sessions shal be kept by inquisition presentment byll or information before them exhibited and by examination of two lawfull witnesses or by any of the same wayes or meanes by the discression of the said Iustices and to make proces thervpon as though they were indicted before them by inquision or by verdict of .xii. men or mo And vpon the conuictiō of the offender by information or sute of any other then the Quene to make extractes of the moitie of the forfaitures to be leuyed to the Quenes vse as they vse to do of other fines and amerciamentes growen in the sessions of peace to awarde execution of the other moitie for the complaynant or informer againste the offender by Fieri facias or Capias as the Quenes Iustices at Westminster maye do and vse to do And yf any suche conuiction or attaynder shall hereafter happen to be at the Quenes suite only that then the whole forfaitures to be extracted and leuyed to the Quenes vse onlye Prouided alwayes that this Acte or any thyng therin conteyned shall not in any wyse extende to the preiudice of the libertie of anye Citie or Towne corporate but that they and euery of them shall and may lawefully assigne and licence Purueyours for the prouision of the same Citie or Towne corporate in suche maner and fourme as they myght lawefully haue done before the makyng of this Acte Prouided further that this Acte nor any thyng therein conteyned shal be in any wyse hurtfull or preiudiciall vnto any the inhabitauntes within the Counties of Westmerlande Cumberlande Lancaster Chester and Yorke or any of them but that they maye do as heretofore they haue lawfully vsed to do Any thyng in this present Acte to the contrary notwithstandyng An Acte for the reuiuing of a Statute made Anno. ii .iii. Phil. Marie for the amending of hygh wayes ¶ The .xiii. Chapter WHERE in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the second third yeres of the raignes of the late Princes Kyng Philip Quene Mary Amongest other good Actes then had and made one necessary Statute was prouided establyshed for the amendment and reparation of the hygh wayes within this Realme whiche Acte was made to endure and continue for seuen yeres and after the expiration of the sayde seuen yeres tyll the ende of the Parliament then next ensuyng as by the same statute more playnely appeareth Whiche seuen yeres forasmuch as they be nowe expired and ended and the sayde Acte is very beneficiall and moste necessary to be continued for the ease and common weale of the people of this lande Be it therefore enacted by the Quenes excellent Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this Parliament assembled by the aucthoritie therof that the sayde Acte made in the sayde second and third yeres of the raigne of Kyng Philip Quene Mary touchyng and concernyng the reparation and amendement of the hygh wayes and euery article and braunche of the same shall from henceforth be stande and continue in full force effect and strength for and duryng the terme of .xx. yeres next folowyng from and after the begynnyng of this present Parliament and after thexpiration of the sayde .xx. yeres to th ende of the Parliament then nexte after the ende of the sayde .xx. yeres to be holden and kept And forasmuch as the sayde Statute made in the seconde and thirde yeres of kyng Phillip and Quene Mary in diuers partes of this Realme serueth not to so good purpose and effect as it may be made for that such substaunce and matter as is most fytt and conuenient for the reparations of the sayde wayes cannot be lawfullye hadde fetched and taken out of the seuerall groundes and soyle therevnto nygh or adioynyng beyng no great losse or detriment to the owners of the same seuerall groundes soyle whereby the amendement of the sayde wayes is lyttle encreased or els of very small and slender continuaunce to the great and continuall charge and trouble of the poore people inhabytynge thereaboutes For reformation wherof and that the reparations of the sayde hygh wayes may hereafter in good due maner well and sufficientlye be made Be it further by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament enacted that from henceforth it shall and may be lawfull to all and euery Superuisour and Superuisours and orderers of the workes for the tyme beyng for the amendement of the sayde hyghe wayes therevnto elected and appoynted accordyng to the Statute made in the seconde and thirde yeres of kyng Phillip and Quene Mary for the better reparation and amendement of the wayes within theyr seuerall paryshes and limittes where they shal be so made Superuisours if it shal be so to them thought necessary to take and carry away of the rubbyshe or smallest broken stones of any quarry or quarryes lying and beyng within the paryshe where they shal be Superuisours without licence controlment or impechement of the owner or owners so muche as by theyr discressions shal be demed and adiudged necessarye for the amendement of the saide wayes And that for default of any quarrye or quarryes not beyng within theyr sayde paryshe or limittes or in defaulte of rubbyshe not to be founde in any suche quarry or quarryes it shall and may be lawfull to euery such Superuisour or superuisours for the vse aforesayde in the seuerall groundes of any person or persons beyng within the paryshe and limittes where they shal be Superuisours and nyghe adioynyng to the waye or wayes wherin such reparations shal be thought necessary to be made and wherein grauell sande or sinder is lykely to be founde to dygge or cause to be dygged for Grauell Sande or Sinder and lykewyse to gather stones lying vppon anye landes or groundes within the paryshe and meete to be vsed to suche seruyce and purpose and thereof to take and carrye awaye so much as by discression of the sayde Superuisours shal be thought necessarye to be imployed in
to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstandyng An Act for the reuiuyng of a Statute made Anno xxiii H. viii touchyng the repayryng of Gaoles ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter WHere in the Parliament begon holden at London the thirde daye of Nouember in the .xxi. yere of the reigne of the late kyng Henry the eyght and from thence adiourned to Westminster and there holden and continued by prorogation vntyll the .xv. day of Ianuary in the .xxiii. yere of the reigne of the saide late kyng Henry the .viii. there was then in that Session of Parliament one Acte and Statute made establyshed for the makyng of Gaoles in diuers Shires of this Realme which Acte was then made to continue and endure for one yere next after th ende of the same Parliament as by the same Acte more playnely appeareth And where also the said Act and Statute at diuers Parliamentes holden kept after the makyng therof in the time of the saide late kyng Henry the .viii. was continued kept in full force strength vntyll the death of the sayde late king as by the same Actes of continuaunce more plainly may appeare And where in the Parliament begon holden at Westminster the .v. day of October in the first yere of the raigne of our late soueraigne Lady Quene Mary and there vpon prorogation continued kept vntyll the .vi. day of December then next folowyng the said Act statute and al clauses sentences therin conteyned was then made to continue and endure vntyll th end of .x. yeres next ensuyng the ende of the same Parliament as by the same Acte more plainely doth appeare And forasmuch as the said Act for the making of Gaoles made in the said .xxiii. yere of the raigne of the said late kyng Henry the viii is very good and profitable for the common wealth of this Realme Be it therfore enacted establyshed by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the said Act for makyng of Gaoles and all clauses articles prouisions in the same conteyned shall continue endure in full force and effect and be obserued and kept in all thynges vnto th ende and tearme of ten yeres next ensuyng the last day of this present Parliament And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that the Iustices of peace of euery of the Shires named expressed in the said Act or the most parte of the saide Iustices of peace in euery of the said Shires within the limittes of their Cōmission shall haue full power aucthoritie by vertue of this Act at all tyme tymes within the saide tearme of ten yeres to do make and execute and cause to be done made and executed all and euery such Acte and Actes thyng thynges requisite for the makyng and buyldyng of the sayde Gaoles as they or any of them myght or ought at anye tyme haue done by vertue of the sayde Acte made in the said .xxiii. yere of the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that the Iustices of peace of the Counties of Pembroke Glamorgan Cardigan Radnor and Mountgomery in Wales or the most part of them resiaunt within euery of the sayd Counties and all such Surueyours Collectours other persons to whom th execution of the said first resited estatute doth or may appertayne shall haue such and like power and aucthoritie to do and execute al and euery such thyng and thynges for and concernyng the buyldyng and newe makyng of Gaoles as the Iustices of peace other persons before mentioned of any of the Counties conteyned in the sayde first resited estatute haue in that behalfe And that also the moste parte of the Iustices of the peace resyaunt within any the Counties specified in the sayd first resited estatute shall and maye do and execute all and euery thyng and thynges mentioned in the sayd fyrst resited estatute touchyng or concerning the said Gaoles Any doubt or ambiguitie heretofore had or moued or hereafter to be had or moued notwithstandyng Prouided also that thinhabitauntes of any of the Counties specified in the sayde fyrst resited Acte or in any of the sayde Counties of Wales shall not be charged by force hereof or of the sayde fyrst resited Acte to beare or susteyne any costes or charges for the buyldynge repayryng or newe makyng of any Gaole or Gaoles where any other person or persons body politique or corporate ought by law prescription or by any other good or lawfull wayes or meanes to buylde make or repayre the same An Act to fyll vp Iuries de circumstantibus lackyng in Wales ¶ The .xxv. Chapter WHere in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the .xxxv. yere of the raigne of our soueraigne Lord kyng Henry the .viii. father to our most deare Soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie that now is one holsome and profitable Act estatute amonges other was then establyshed and enacted intituled by the name of an Acte concernynge the apparaunce of Iurers in Nisi prius where amonges other thinges in the Acte it was established that where a ful Iury returned betwixt partie and partie did not appeare before the Iustices of Assise or Nisi prius or els after apparaunce of a full Iury by challenge of any of the parties the Iury was lyke to remaine vntaken for defaulte of Iurours that the same Iustices vpon request made by the partie plaintif or demaundaunt shulde haue aucthoritie by vertue of the same Acte to commaunde the Sheriffe or other Minister or Ministers to whom the making of the said returne should appertaine to name and appointe as often as nede shulde require so many of such other hable persons of the saide Countie then present at the said assise or Nisi prius as shoulde make vp a full Iury whiche persons so to be named and impanelled by suche Sheriffe or other Minister or Ministers shoulde be added to the former panell and their names annexed to the same and further as in the same Acte more plainely maye appeare Whiche saide beneficiall acte doth not extende vnto the .xii. Shires of Wales ne to the Countie Palatyne of Chester nor to the Countie Palatine of Lancaster nor to the Countie Palatine of Durham by reason wherof many Iuryes remayne vntaken betwixt the parties what for lacke of apparens of Iurers and some because of chalenges to the greate hynderaunce of Iustice and great expences and charges to the parties For reformation wherof be it enacted by the Quene our Soueraigne Lady with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same That in euery of the Shires of Wales that is to saye Pembrok Karmarthyn Cardigan Brecknocke Radnor Glamorgan Mountgomery Denbighe Flynt Meryonith Anglesey Carneruan and in the Countie Palatine of Chester and in the said Countie Palatine of Durham and in the said Countie Palatine of Lancaster where a full Iurye shal not appeare before
contrarye notwithstandyng And for the true sure payment of this Subsedy graūted by your said prelates Clergie of the prouince of Cantorbury according to the tenour purport effect true meanyng of this present graunt your said Prelates and Clergie most humbly desire your highnes that this theyr said gift graunt Subsedy euery matter sūme of money clause prouisions sentences in this instrumēt conteyned cōcerning the said Subsedy may be ratified established confirmed by aucthoritie of this your hyghnes court of Parliament Wherefore for the true and sure payment of the sayde Subsedye graunted by the sayde Prelates and Clergie of the sayde prouince of Cantorbury according to the tenour effect and true meanyng of the sayde instrument Be it enacted by the Quenes Maiestie with thassent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the sayde gyfte and graunt and euery matter summe of money prouision clause and sentence in the sayde instrument conteyned may be ratified establyshed and confirmed by the aucthoritie aforesayde And furthermore be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that euery person that shal be appoynted to the collection gatheryng of the sayde Subsedye shall haue full power and aucthoritie to leuie take and perceiue the same Subsedye by thaucthoritie of the censures of the Churche in maner and fourme as in the sayde instrument of graunt is conteyned without daunger of the lawes of this Realme or by distresse vpon the possession of the fermours or occupyers of the landes and tenementes chargeable by the said instrument for or to the payment of any summe or summes of money or otherwyse by the discretion of the Collectour therof And that no Repleuie Prohibition or Supersedeas shal be alowed or obeyed for any person or persons makyng default of payment of the sayde Subsedye contrary to the tenour of the graunt therof vntyll such time as they haue truely satisfied and contented all such part and portions as to them in that behalfe appertayneth And that euery such fermour and fermours theyr executours and assignes that shall fortune hereafter to be charged to and with the payment of the sayde Subsedye or any parte thereof shall by thaucthoritie aforesayd be alowed and retayne in his handes as much of his yerely rent and ferme as the summe whiche he shall fortune to paye for his Lorde or Leassour shall extende vnto Excepte the sayde fermour or fermours theyr executours and assignes by the lease and graunt that they haue of any parte of the landes tythes profites and tenementes chargeable to this sayde Subsedye or by force of any couenaunte or article therein conteyned be bounden and charged to pay the same thereof to discharge theyr Leassour and Landelorde duryng the tearme mentioned in the sayd Leasse Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that euery laye person hauyng a spirituall promotion chargeable by this Acte and also hauyng temporall possessions goodes cattelles and debtes chargeable to the Subsedye graunted in this Parliament by the Temporaltie shal be charged taxed and sette for his sayde spirituall promocions with the Clergie and for his temporall possessions and cattelles with the Temporaltie and not otherwyse Any thyng before mentioned to the contrary notwithstandyng And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that all and euery graunt and grauntes of all and euery summe and sūmes of money which hereafter shal be graunted to the Quenes Maiestie by the Clergie of the prouince of Yorke shal be of the same strength force and effect in all thynges as the sayde graunt made by the sayde prouince of Cantorbury shal be taxed certified collected leuyed gathered and payde accordyng to the tenour fourme and effecte of this present Acte of Parliament to all intentes constructions and purposes in such maner and fourme as though it were specially playnely and particulerly expressed and rehearsed in this Acte by expresse wordes tearmes and sentences in theyr seuerall natures and kyndes Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all prouisos before rehearsed conteyned in the sayde graunt of the Prelates and Clergie of the prouince of Cantorburye and the lyke of the same prouisions hereafter to be conteyned in the graunt of the Prelates Clergie of the prouince of Yorke shal be good and effectuall and to be obserued and kepte in euery poynt and article accordyng to the true purport and meanyng of the same ¶ An Acte of the Quenes Maiesties most gracious generall and free Pardon ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter THE Quenes moste excellent Maiestie perceauyng y e good wylles and faythfull hartes of her louyng and obedient Subiectes at al times towardes her hyghnes for the good gouernaunce and defence of this her Realme and doubting that the same her obedient subiectes haue manye and sundrye wayes fallen into the daunger of diuers penalties and forfaitures by the lawes and Statutes of this Realme Hath thaught mete to extende her clemencie and pitie towardes her sayde louyng and obedient subiectes with her liberall and free pardon accordyng to her Princely and Kyngly power and thereby to discharge some parte of such great paynes penalties and forfaitures wherewith her sayde subiectes stande nowe burdened and charged trustyng assuredly that they wyll continue in theyr due obedience and faithfulnesse towardes her Maiestie and hereafter in such fort obey the good lawes Statutes of this Realme and specially such as in this session of Parliament are deuised as to them euery of them of ryght and duetie appertayneth And therefore her Maiestie is well pleased and contented that it be enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament in maner and fourme folowyng That is to saye that all and euery of her sayde Subiectes aswell Spirituall as Temporall of this her hyghnes Realme of Englande Wales the Isles of Iernesey and Gernesey the Townes of Barwicke Newehauen in Normandy theyr heyres successours executours and administratours of them and euery of them And all and singuler bodyes in any maner of wyse corporated Cities Boroughes Shires Rydynges Hundredes Lathes Rapes Mapentakes Townes Vyllages Hamlettes and Tythynges and euery of them and the successour and successours of euery of them shal be by aucthoritie of this present Parliament acquited pardoned released and discharged agaynst the Quenes Maiestie her heires successours and executours and euery of them of al maner of Treasons Felonyes Robberyes offences contemptes alienations trespaces Intrucions Entrees wronges deceiptes misdemeanours forfaitures penalties and profites summes of money paynes of death paynes corporall and pecuniary and generally of all other thynges causes quarrels suites iudgementes and executions in this present Acte hereafter not excepted nor forprysed whiche maye be or can be by her hyghnes in any wyse or by any meane pardoned before and vnto the first day of Ianuary in this present fyfth yere of her moste gracious raigne to euery or any of her sayde
other places hauyng aucthoritie by this present Acte to name and nominate the sayde Collectours of or for the sayde fyftenes and tenthes shall vpon their nomination and election had and made take by aucthoritie of this present Parliament sufficient Recognisaunces or obligation of euery parson so by them to be named to be bounde to the Quenes Maiestie in the double summe of the summe of their collection and to be indorsed vpon such condition that yf the sayde Collectour or Collectours do truely content and paye to the vse of the Quenes hyghnesse in her receipt of theschequer before the .x. daye of Nouember in euery of the sayde two yeres so much of the summe of money allotted and appoynted to his collection as the same Collectour shall haue collected and gathered and do lykewyse after the sayde .x. day of the moneth of Nouember in euery of the said two yeres content and pay to the Quenes Maiesties vse at the same receipt the residue of his collection and charge within one moneth nexte after suche tyme as he shall haue gathered and collected the same residue that then the sayde Recognisaunce or obligation to be voyde or els to stande in his full strength and vertue Whiche Recognisaunce or obligation so taken the sayde knightes of the Shire Citezins and Burgeses and euery of them takyng any such Recognisaunces or obligation shall certifie and delyuer to the Lorde Treasourer and Barons of the same Exchequer before the sayd .x. day of Nouember in euery of the sayde yeres vpon payne of forfaiture of x.li to the Quenes hyghnesse for euery Reccognisaunce or obligation so to be taken and not certified And that euery such collectour vpon requeste to hym made shall make and knowledge the same Recognisance or obligation accordyngly vpon lyke payne and forfaiture of .x. pounde to the Quene for his refusall therof And that the Treasourer and Barons of the Eschequer vppon the payment of the same collection or at the sayde dayes shal cansell and delyuer the sayde Recognisaunce or obligation to the sayde Collectour or Collectours without any other warraunt or without any fee or rewarde to be payde to any parson for the same And furthermore for the great and wayghtie considerations aforesayde we the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons of this present Parliament assembled do by our lyke assent and aucthoritie of this Parliament geue and graunte to your hyghnesse our sayde Soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie your heyres and successours one entier Subsedye to be rated taxed leuied and payde at two seuerall paymentes of euery parson spirituall and temporall of what estate or degree he or they be according to the tenor of this Acte in maner and fourme folowyng That is to say aswell of euery parson borne within the Realme of Englande Wales or other the Quenes dominions as of all and euery fraternitie Guylde Corporation Mistery Brotherhed and Cominaltie corporated or not corporated within this Realme of Englande Wales or other the Quenes dominions beyng worth three poundes for euery pounde aswell in coyne the value of euery pound that euery such parson Fraternitie Guylde Corporation Mistery Brotherhead Cominaltie corporate or not corporate hath of his or theyr owne or any other to his or their vse as also plate stocke of marchaūdizes all maner of corne blades housholde stuffe and of all other goodes moueable aswell within this Realme as without and of all suche summes of money as to hym or them is or shal be owyng whereof he or they truste in his or theyr conscience surely to be payde Excepte and out of the premisses deducted such summes of money as he or they owe in his or theyr consciences intendeth truely to paye and except also thapparell of suche parsons theyr wyues and chyldren belongyng to theyr owne bodies sauyng Iewels golde syluer stone and pearle shall paye to and for the fyrst payment of the sayde subsedy xx.d of euery pound and to and for the seconde payment of the sayde Subsedye xii.d of euery pounde And also euery Alien and straunger borne out of the Quenes obeysaunce aswell denizen as others inhabytyng within this Realme of euery pounde that he or they haue in coyne and the value of euery pounde in plate corne grayne marchaundyzes householde stuffe or other goodes iewelles cattelles moueable or vnmoueable as is aforesayde aswell within this Realme as without and of all summes of money to hym or them owyng wherof he or they trust in his or theyr consciences to be payde Excepte and of the same premisses deducted euery such summe or summes of money which he or they do owe and in his or theyr conscience or consciences intende truely to paye shall paye of and for euery pounde to and for the fyrste payment of the sayde Subsedye iii.s.iiii.d and to and for the seconde payment of the sayde Subsedye ii.s of euery pounde And also that euerye Alien and straunger borne out of the Quenes dominions beynge denizen or not denizen not beynge contributorye to any the Rates aforesayde shall paye to and for the fyrste payment of the sayde Subsedye iiii.d and to and for the seconde payment of the sayde Subsedy iiii.d for euery pool And the master or he or she with whom the same Alien is or shal be abydyng at the tyme of the taxation or taxations thereof to be charged with the same for lacke of paymente thereof And further be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that euery parson borne vnder the Quenes obeysaunce and euerye Corporation Fraternitie Guylde Mistery Brotherhed and Cominaltie corporate or not corporate for euery pounde that euery of the same parson and euery Corporation Fraternitie Guyld Mistery Brotherhead and Cominaltie corporate or not corporate or any other to his or theyr vse hath in fee simple fee tayle for terme of lyfe terme of yeres by execution wardeshyp or by copye of court roll of and in any honours castelles manours landes tenementes rentes seruyses hereditamentes annuities fees corrodies or other yerely profites of the yerelye value of xx.s aswell within auncient demeane and other places priuileged or els where and so vpwardes shall pay to and for the fyrst payment of the sayde Subsedye ii.s.viii.d of and for euery pounde and to and for the seconde payment of the sayd Subseyde xvi.d of and for euery pound And euery Alien borne out of the Quenes obeysaunce in such case to pay at the first of the sayd paymentes v.s.iii.d of euery pound and at the second payment ii.s.viii.d of and for euery pounde And that al sūmes presented and chargeable by this Act eyther for goodes debtes or eyther of them or for landes and tenements and other the premisses as is in this Acte conteyned shal be at eyther of the sayde paymentes set and taxed after the rate and porcion accordyng to the true meanyng of this Acte landes and tenementes chargeable to the dismes of the clergie and yerely wages due to seruauntes for their yerely seruice other then
that yf any parson chargeable to this Acte at the tyme of the same assessyng happen to be out of this Realme and out of Wales or farre from the place where he shal be knowen then he to be sette where he was laste abydynge in this Realme or within Wales and after the substaunce value and other profytes of euery parsone to be knowen by the examination certificate or other maner of wyse as is aforesayde And that the sayde Commyssyoners or as manye of them as shal be appoynted by the Quenes Maiesties Commyssyon or Commyssyons shall after the rate and rates aforesayde cause euery parsone to be sette rated and taxed accordyng to the rate of the substaunce and value of his Landes goodes Cattelles and other profytes chargeable by this Acte whereby the greateste and moste beste summe or summes accordynge to his moste substaunce by reason of this Acte myght or maye be sette or taxed And that euerye parsone taxed in anye Countie or place other then where he is moste resyaunte or hath his famylye or in anye Countie or place other then where he is a Commyssyoner for this Subsedye yf he be a Commyssyoner vppon certificate made to the sayde Courte of Exchequer vnder the handes and seales of three Commyssyoners for the Subsedye in the same Countie or place where suche parson is moste resyaunte or hath his famylye or where he is a Commyssyoner for the taxation and paymente of this Subsedye testyfying suche his moste resyauncie hauynge of famylye or beynge a Commyssyoner shal be a sufficient discharge for the taxation of that parson in all other places and of and for all other summes of money vppon suche parson so sette and taxed saue onely the taxation made in that Countie or place from whiche suche certificate shal be made as aforesayde and for the summe of money vppon suche parson there assessed or taxed And that such certificate without anye plee or other circumstaunce shal be a sufficient warraunte aswell to the Barons and Auditours of the sayde courte of Exchequer as to all and euery other offycers to whom the alowaunce thereof shall appertayne paying for suche discharge and alowaunce onely two shyllynges and no more Prouyded alwayes that euery suche parson which shal be rated sette or taxed accordynge to the intente and true meanyng of this Acte for payment of and to this Subsedye for and after the yerely value of his landes tenementes and other Reall possessions or profites at any of the sayde taxations shall not after be set and taxed for his goodes and cattelles or other his moueable substaunce at the same taxations and that he that shal be sette charged or taxed for the same Subsedy for his goodes cattelles and other moueables at any of the sayde taxations accordyng to the true meanyng of this Acte shall not after be charged taxed or chargeable for his landes or other reall possessions and profytes abouesayde at the same taxations nor any of them nor that anye parson by any taxation be double charged for the sayde Subsedye nor sette or taxed at seuerall places by reason of this Acte But yf any parson happen to be double sette taxed or charged eyther in one place or at seuerall places then he to be discharged of th one taxation charged with the other accordyng to the meanyng and intent of this Acte Any thyng conteyned in this present Acte to the contrarye notwithstandyng And that it be ordeyned by the sayde aucthoritie of this present Parliament that no parson hauyng two mansions or two places to resorte vnto or callyng hym selfe householde seruaunt or waytyng seruaunt to the Quenes Maiestie or other Lorde or Lady Master or Mysteres be excused vpon his saying from the taxes of the sayde Subsedye in neyther of the places where he maye be sette vnlesse he bryng a certificat in wrytyng from the Commissioners where that he is so sette in dede at one place And yf any parson that ought to be sette by reason of his remouyng or resortyng to two places or by reason of his saying that he els where was taxed or by reason of any priuiledge by his dwellyng or abydyng in anye place not beyng foreprysed in this Acte or otherwyse by his couyn or crafte happen to escape from the sayde taxation and be not sette and taxed and that proued by presentment examination or information before the sayde Commissioners or as manye of them as shal be by the same Commyssyon appoynted or before the Barons of the Quenes Maiesties Exchequer or two Iustyces of the peax of the Countie where suche parson dwelleth then euery suche parson that by suche meanes or otherwyse wyllynglye by couyn shall happen to escape from the sayde taxation or payment aforesayde and not be rated taxed and sette shal be charged vppon the knowledge and profe therof with and at the double value of so muche as he shoulde myght or ought to haue ben sette and taxed at by vertue of this Acte And the same double value to be leuyed gathered and payde of his goodes and cattelles landes and temementes towardes the sayde Subsedye and further to be punyshed according to the discressions of the Barons Iustices and Commissioners before whom he shal be conuicted for his offence and deceite in that behalfe And further be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the sayde Commyssyoners in euery Commyssyon shall accordyng to theyr diuisions and after they be deuyded haue full power and aucthoritie by this Acte to sette taxe and sesse euery other Commissioner ioyned with them in euery suche Commission and diuision and shall also assesse euery assessour within theyr diuision for his and theyr goodes landes and other the premisses as is abouesayde by the which sayd Commission the sayde Commissioners shall indifferently set taxe and assesse them selues and the saide assessours And that aswel the summes vpon euery of the sayde Commissioners and assessours so sessed rated and taxed as the summes made and presented by the presenters sworne as is abouesayde shal be written certified set and estreated and the estreates thereof to be made with other the inhabitantes of that parties within the limittes of the same Commission and diuision so to be gathered and leuied in lyke maner as it ought or shoulde haue ben yf the sayde Commissioners hadde not ben in the sayde Commission And that all parsons of the estate of a Baron or Barons and euery estate aboue shal be charged with theyr free holde and value as is abouesayde by the Chauncelour or keper of the greate Seale President of the Counsell the hyghe Treasourer of Englande for the tyme beyng and other suche parsons as by the Quenes Maiesties aucthoritie shal be named and appoynted and they to be charged for the sayde seuerall paymentes of the sayde Subsedye after the fourme of the sayde graunt accordynge to the taxation aforesayde And the summes vppon them sette with the names of the Collectours appoynted for the gatherynge and payinge of the same to be estreated delyuered
and certyfyed at dayes and places aboue specyfyed by the Lorde Chauncellor or keper of the great Seale and Treasourer and other such parsons as therto shal be named And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that after the taxes and assesses of the sayd summes vpon and by the sayde assessyng and certificat as is aforesaide made by the sayde Commyssyoners or as manye of them as shal be therevnto appoynted by the Quenes Maiesties Commissyon shall with all spede and without delay by the wrytyng estreated of the sayde taxe thereof vnder the seales and signes manuell of the sayde Commissioners or as many of them as shal be appoynted at the leaste to be made shal be delyuered vnto sufficient and substanciall inhabitauntes Constables Subconstables Baylyffes other officers ioyntly of Hundredes Townes Paryshes and other places aforesayde within theyr limittes or to other sufficient parsons inhabitauntes of the same onely by the discression of the sayde Commissioners and as the place and parties shall require aswell the particuler names and surnames as the remembraunce of all summes of money taxed and set of and vpon euery parson aswell men as wemen chargeable to this Acte householder and all other the inhabitauntes dwellers within the sayd Paryshes Townes and places contributory to this Acte of Subsedy By aucthoritie of which wrytyng or estreate so delyuered the sayde officers and other parsons so named and deputed seuerallye shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte immediatly after the delyuery of the sayd wrytyng or estreate to demaunde leuie and gather of euery parson therein specified the summe and summes in the same wrytyng or estreate comprysed and for non payment therof to distrayne the same parson or parsons so beyng behynde by theyr goodes and cattels and the distresse so taken to kepe by the space of eyght dayes at the costes and charges of the owner therof And if the said owner do not pay such sūme of money as shal be taxed by aucthoritie of this Acte within the same .viii. dayes then the same distresse to be appreased by foure three or two of the inhabitauntes where such distresse is taken and also then to be solde by the sayde Constable or other Collectours for the payment of the sayde money and the ouerplus commyng of the sale and kepyng therof yf any be to be immediatly restored to the owner of the same distresse Which sayd officers and other parsons so deputed to aske take gather and leuie the sayde summes shall aunswere and be charged for the porcion onely to them assigned and limitted to be gathered leuyed and comprysed in the sayde wrytyng or estreate so to them as is aforesayd delyuered to the vse of our Soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie and her heyres and successours and the sayde summe in that wrytynge or estreate comprysed to paye vnto the hygh Collectour or Collectours of that place for the collection of the same in maner and fourme vnder wrytten thervnto to be named and deputed And the same inhabitauntes and officers so gathering the same particuler sūmes for theyr collection therof shall reteyne for euery xx.s so by them receaued and payde two pence that to be allowed at the payment of theyr collection by them to be made to the hygh Collectour or Collectours And further be it enacted by the sayde aucthoritie that the sayde Commissioners or the more part of them as shall take vppon them execution and busynes of the sayde Cōmission shall for eyther of the same paymentes of the sayde Subsedye name suche sufficient and hable parsons whiche then shall haue and possede landes and other hereditamentes in theyr owne ryght of the yerely value of xx.li or goodes to the value of two hundreth markes at the least And the parsons seuerally by the discressions of the same Cōmissioners in Shires Ridinges Lathes Wapentakes Rapes Cities Townes corporate or other whatsoeuer places aswell within places priuileged as without not beynge foreprised within this Acte to be hygh Collectours haue theyr collection and receipt of the sayd summes set and leuiable within the precincte limit and boundes where they shal be so limitted to gather and receaue To euery of the which Collectours so seuerally named the sayde Commissioners or two of them at the least shall with all spede without delaye after the sayd whole summe of the sayde Subsedye be sette by all the limittes of the same their Commission or in suche limittes as the hygh Collectours shal be so seuerally assigned shall vnder the seales signes manuell delyuer one estreate indented in parchment to euery of the sayde hygh Collectours comprysyng in it the names of all such parsons as were assigned to leuie the sayde particuler sūme and sūmes of euery Hundred Wapentake Towne or other place aforesayde with the names and surnames of the parsones so chargeable accordyng to the estreate so first thereof made as is aforesayde and delyuered And the Collectours so to be assigned shal be charged to aunswere the whole summe comprised in the sayde estreate limitted to his collection as is aforesayde Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the sayde Commissioners hauyng aucthoritie by this Acte to name and nominate the sayde hyghe Collectours of the said Subsedy shall immediatly vpon the nomination and election take by aucthoritie of this presente Parliament sufficient Recognisaunces or obligations without any fee or rewarde to be payde therefore of euerye parsone so by them to be named to be hygh Collectour to be bounden to the Quenes Maiestie in the double sūme of the sūme of his collection and to be endorsed and made vpon such condition that is to say for the collection of the said first paiment of the said Subsedye that yf the saide Collectour his heyres or executours do truelye content and paye to the vse of the Quenes Maiestie her heyres or executours in the receipt of the said Exchequer before the sayde first day of Iune next commyng so muche of the sayde sūme of money allotted appoynted to his collection as he shall collect and gather and content and pay the residue of his collection and charge within one moneth nexte after such tyme as he hath gathered collected the same residue that then the said Recognisaunces or obligation to be voyde or els to stande in full strength vertue And for the collection of the seconde payment of the sayd Subsedy vpon condition that yf the said Collectour his heyres or executours do truely content and pay to the vse of the Quenes Maiestie her heyres or successours in her receipt of the Exchequer before the .xx. day of February whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God M.D.lxiii so much of the saide sūme of money allotted and appoynted to his collection as he shal collecte and gather and content and pay the residue of his collection and charge within one moneth next after such tyme as he hath gathered and collected the same residue
the common Saterday And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid for the benefytte commodities of this Realme to grow aswel in maintenaunce of the Nauie as in sparing encrease of fleshe victual of this Realme that from after the feast of Pentecoste next comminge it shal not be lawful to any person or persons within this Realme to eate any flesh vpon any dayes now vsuallye obserued as fyshe dayes or vppon any wednesday now newly limitted to be obserued as fysh day vpō paine that euery person offendyng herein shal forfait iii.li for euery time he or they shall offende or elles suffer three monethes close imprisonment without bayle or maynprise And euerye persone or persones wythin whose house any suche offence shal be done and beinge priuy or knowinge therof and not effectuallye punishinge or disclosinge the same to some publyque officer hauinge aucthoritie to punyshe the same for euery suche offence to forfeyt fortie shillinges All whiche forfeytures for not abstaynynge from meates shal be deuyded into three equall partes That is one part to the vse of the Quenes Maiestye her heires or successours the other parte to the informer the thyrde to the common vse of the parishe where the offence is or shal be committed and to be leuyed by the Churche wardens after any conuiction in that behalfe Prouided alwayes and be it enacted that this acte nor any thing herein conteyned concernyng eating of fleshe shall in any wise extende to any person or persons that shall hereafter haue any special license vpon causes to be conteyned in the saide lycense and to be graunted accordynge to the lawes of this Realme in suche cases prouided Al and euery which said license and lycenses shal be voide to all ententes vnlesse the same conteyne the conditions hereafter mentioned That is to say euery license made to any person or persons being of the degree of a Lord of Parlyament or of their wyues shal be vpon condition that euery suche person so to be lycensed shall paye to the poore mens boxe within the parishe where they shal dwell or remaine in the feaste of the Purification of the blessed virgin Mary or within vi dayes after the same feaste xxvi.s viii d The same to be payde within one moneth next after the same feaste vpon payne of forfeiture of euery suche license And euery lycence to any person of the degree of a Knight or a Knightes wife shal be vpon condition that euery suche person so lycensed shall paye yerely xiii.s iiii d to the vse aforesaide and in fourme afore mentioned And euery license to any person or persons being vnder the degrees abouesaid shal be vpon condition that euery suche person so licensed shall paye yerely vi.s.viii.d to the sayd vse and in fourme afore mentioned Prouided alwayes that no lycense shall extende to the eating of any Byefe at any tyme of the yere nor to the eating of any Veale in any yere from the feaste of Saint Michaell the Archangell vntyl the first daye of Maye Prouided also that all persons whiche by reason of notorious sycknes shal be enforsed for recouerye of health to eate fleshe for the tyme of their sicknes shal be sufficiently lycensed by the Byshoppe of the diocesse or by the Parson Vycar or Curat of the parishe where suche person shal be sicke or of one the nexte parishe adioyninge if the saide Parson Vicar or Curat of his or their owne parishe be wilful or if there be no Curate within the same parishe Which lycense shal be made in writinge signed with the hande of the Byshoppe of the dioces or of the Parson Vycar or Curate and not endure longer then the time of the sicknes And that if the sicknes shal continue aboue the space of .viii. dayes after suche lycense graunted then the license shal be registred in the Churche booke with the knowledge of one of the Churche wardens and the partie licensed shall gyue to the Curate iiii.d for the entrye therof And that license to endure no longer but onlye for the tyme of his her or their sicknes And if any license by any Parson Vicar or Curate be graunted to any person or persons other then suche as euydentlye appeare to haue nede thereof by reason of their sicknes not onlye euery suche lycense shal be voyde but also euerye suche Parson Curate or Vycare shall forfait for euerye suche lycense otherwyse graunted fyue markes Prouided also and be it enacted that all lycenses heretofore graunted to any subiecte of this Realme by any of the late Kynges or by the late Quene Mary or by the Quenes Maiestie now beinge or by any Archebyshoppe of this Realme hauinge aucthoritie so to do shal be of as good force in lawe for the wednesday nowe lymitted and other accustomed fyshe dayes as they were before the makynge of this Acte for the saide other accustomed fyshe dayes so as the parties lycensed do hereafter obserue all suche conditions as be lymitted in this estatute to suche as hereafter shall obteyne any lycenses And suche persons also as heretofore were or ought to be lycensed by reason of age or other impediment or cause by order of the Ecclesiastical lawes shal enioye the same priuilege and accustomed lycenses any thinge in this Acte to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And be it enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that no forfeiture of Shippe Crayer or other vessel or of any apparel of the same nor any other penaltie or forfeyture shal be extended or growe against any owner or owners of any Shippe Crayer or other vessell for the transportinge or carrying of any Wheate or other Corne or thinges prohibited by the estatute made in the Parliament holden the firste and seconde yeres of Kynge Phillippe and Quene Mary vnlesse the same owner or owners shal be wittinge knowinge aydyng or consentynge to the prohibited transporting or carryinge the saide Estatute or any thinge therein mentioned to the contrarye hereof in any wise notwitstandyng And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that all and euery person and persons whiche be or shal be by the lawes and estatutes of this Realme or otherwise aucthorysed to sell wynes by retaile in the seuerall Counties and places where they be or shal be so aucthorised shall and maye from hencefourth sell the saide wynes by pynte quarte pottell gallon or otherwyse at suche price or pryces and in suche fourme as shal be lymitted by the Quenes Maiesties proclamation in that Countie or place made with the assente of suche lordes and other persons as by the statute made in the .xxviii. yere of the reigne of Kynge Henry the eyght were aucthorised to set price vppon wynes in grosse without any payne or forfeyture for the same Any lawe vsage or estatute heretofore made or had to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstandinge And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parlyament that from and after the
Townes or any of them to discharge the said wynes so to be brought so that there be not brought and discharged by the same straungers in any such straungers shyppes bottomes or vesselles in any one yere in or at the sayde Hauens Portes and Townes or any of them aboue one hundred Tonnes at the most This Acte or any thyng therin conteyned to the contrary therof notwithstandyng Prouided also that it shall and may be lawfull to and for any person or persons beyng straungers borne to bryng yerely in any shippe vessel or bottome wherof any straunger or straūgers borne is or shal be owner or owners into the Hauen Porte and Towne of Chepestowe in the Countie of Monmouth any wynes made in any of the sayde dominions or countreys belongyng to the sayde Crowne of Fraunce ouer and besydes all Rochell wynes heretofore in this Acte allowed to be brought and in the same Port and Towne to discharge the sayde wynes so that there be not brought and discharged by the same straungers in any suche straungers shyppes bottomes or vesselles in any one yere in or at the sayde Hauen Port and Towne aboue one hundred Tonnes at the most This Acte or any thing therin conteyned to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided also that it shall and may be lawefull to and for any person or persons beyng straungers borne to bryng yerely in any shyppe vessell or bottome whereof any straunger or straungers borne is or shal be owner or owners into the Hauens Portes and Townes of Cardife Caneruon Beawmarrys and other Hauens Portes and Townes in Southwales and Northwales or any of them and into the Hauen Port and Towne of Newporte in the sayde Countie of Monmouth any of the sayde wynes made in any of the sayd dominions or countreys belongyng to the said Crowne of Fraunce ouer and besydes all Rochell wines heretofore in this Acte alowed to be brought and in and at the same Portes and Townes or anye of them to discharge the sayde wynes so to be brought so that there be not brought and discharged by the same straungers in any such straungers shyppes bottomes or vessels in any one yere in or at the said Hauens Portes Townes or any of them aboue one hundred Tonnes at the most This Acte or any thing therin conteyned to the contrary therof notwithstandyng Sauing vnto the Quenes Maiestie her heyres and successours all such dueties and thynges whiche her hyghnes her heyres and successours ought to haue enioy be aunswered and payde for the sayde three hundred Tonnes of Wynes mentioned in the said three laste prouisos to be brought and discharged as in the same three prouisos ben mentioned and declared Any thing in this Acte to the contrary therof notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that this Acte or any thyng or thynges therein conteyned shall not in any maner of wyse extende to geue vnto the Lorde Admirall of Englande for the tyme beyng or to any his Viceadmiralles Iudge or Iudges of the Admiraltie his or theyr deputie or deputies or to any other the officers or ministers of the Admiraltie or to any others hauyng or claymyng any Admirall power iurisdictions or aucthoritie within this Realme and Wales or any other the Quenes dominions any other power ryght iurisdiction preheminence or aucthoritie then he or they or any of them lawfully haue hath or had or ought to haue and enioye before the makyng of this Acte other then for suche of the offences specified in this Acte as hereafter shal be done vppon the mayne Sea within the iurisdiction of the Admiraltie This Acte or any article braunche clause prouision or thing therin conteyned to the contrary therof notwithstandyng This Act shall continue and endure vntyll the ende of ten whole yeres to be accompted from the feast of Saint Michaell the Archangell whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God M.D.lxiiii and from thence to the ende of the nexte Parliament then folowyng the ende of the sayde ten yeres An Acte agaynst such as shall sell any Ware for Apparell without redy money ¶ The .vi. Chapter BE IT enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that whatsoeuer person after the feast of Easter next shall sell or by any meanes delyuer to any person hauyng not in possession landes or fees to the clere yerely value of three thousand poundes auerrable and triable by bookes of Subsedyes or by any other sufficient true way or meanes any maner of foreyne stuffe or wares not growen or fyrst wrought in any the Quenes Maiesties dominions of what kynde nature name or condition so euer the same be appertaynyng or tendyng to the apparellyng clothyng deckyng garnyshyng or adornyng of the bodye or the part of the body of any maner of person for all the which stuffe or wares or for the workemanship therof or any part therof the seller delyuerer or worker theyr executours or administratours shal not haue receaued the whole money or full satisfaction eyther in hande or within .xxviii. dayes after the sale delyuery or makyng therof that in euery such case the seller delyuerer worker or maker theyr executours and administratours shal be without all remedy by order of any lawe custome or decree to recouer or demaunde any money or recompence for the sayde stuffe or wares or for the workmanshyp of any parte thereof what assuraunce soeuer he or they shall haue by bonde suertie promise or pawne of the partie or of any other on his or theyr behalfe to the contrary And that all bondes and assuraunce whatsoeuer made in that case and for that purpose by any meanes or wayes directly or indirectlye shal be vtterly voyde to all intentes And this Acte shall endure onely to th ende of the next Parliament An Act for the aduoydyng of diuers forreyne wares made by handy craftes men beyonde the Seas ¶ The .vii. Chapter WHere as heretofore the artificers of this Realme of England aswel within the Citie of Londō as with in other Cities Townes Boroughes of the same Realme that is to wit Gyrdlers Cutlers Sadlers Glouers Poyntmakers suche lyke handycraftes men haue ben in theyr sayde faculties greatlye wrought and greatly set on worke aswell for the sustentation of them selues theyr wyues and families as for a good education of a great part of youth of this Realme in good arte and laudable exercyse besydes the manifolde benefites that by meanes or by reason of theyr knowledges inuentions and continuall trauell dayly and vniuersally came to the whole estate of the common wealth of this sayde Realme Yet notwithstandyng so nowe it is that by reason of the aboundaunce of forreyne wares brought into this Realme from the partes of beyonde the Seas the sayde artificers are not only lesse occupyed and thereby vtterly impouerished the youth not trayned in the said sciences exercises and thereby the sayde faculties thexquisite knowledges therof lyke in short tyme within this Realme to decay but also
diuers Cities and Townes within this Realme of England much therby impaired the whole Realme greatly endomaged and other countreis notably enriched the people therof wel set on worke to their cōmodities liuinges in the artes and sciences aforesayde and to the great discourage of the skylfull workmen of this Realme being in very dede nothing inferiour to any straunger in the faculties aforesayde For reformation wherof Be it enacted by our soueraigne Lady the Quenes highnes and by the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons of this present Parliament assembled by the aucthoritie of the same that no person or persons whatsoeuer frō or after the feast of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist now next ensuyng shall bring or cause to be brought into this Realme of Englande frō the partes of beyonde the seas any Gyrdels harnesse for gyrdels Rapiers Daggers Kniues Hiltes Pummelles Lockets Chapes Dagger blades Handels Scabberdes and Sheathes for kniues Saddels Horse harnesse stirrops Bittes Gloues Pointes Leather laces or Pinnes being redy made or wrought in any partes of beyond the Seas to be solde bartred or exchaunged within this Realme of England or Wales vpon payne to forfaite all such wares so to be brought contrary to the true meaning of this Acte in whose handes soeuer they or any of them shal be founde or the very value thereof th one halfe of the forfaiture to be to our soueraigne Lady the Quenes hyghnes her heires successours the other moitie therof to him or them that wyll sease the same or sue therfore in any court of Record of the Quenes Maiestie her heires successours by action of debt byll plaint information or otherwise where no wager of lawe essoigne or protection shal be to him or them alowed This Act to continue and endure to the ende of the next Parliament An Acte touchyng Tanners Curryours Shoemakers and other artificers occupying the cuttyng of Leather ¶ The .viii. Chapter WHere before this time diuers many good estatutes haue ben made for the true tanning currying and working of leather as a thing very necessary for the cōmon wealth cōmoditie for the Quenes Maiesties subiectes for that euery sort of people of necessitie must vse haue leather for diuers and sundrye purposes which notwithstandyng leather was neuer worse tanned curryed or wrought then now a dayes it is by reason wherof diuers persons are not onely put to great losse charge other inconueniences but also do take diuers and sundrye diseases to the shortenyng of theyr lyues as by the complayntes of diuers persons exhibited in this Parliament it manifestly appeareth Be it therfore enacted by the Quenes Maiestie with thassent of the Lordes cōmons in this present parliament assembled and by thaucthoritie of the same that from after the feast of Pentecost next cōming no Butcher or other person shall gashe slaughter or cut any hyde of any Bull Oxe Steare or Cowe in fleyng therof or otherwise wherby the same shal be impaired or hurt And that no Tanner or other person or persons vsing or occupying the craft or mistery of tannyng of leather shall after the feast of S. Michaell tharchangell next cōmyng by him selfe or any other person or persons offer or put to sale any such hyde or skyn so gashed flaughtered or cut vpon payne of forfaiture for euery such hyde or skynne so offred or put to sale xx.d And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no Butcher or other person or persons after the said feast of Pentecost shal kyll any Calfe to sell being vnder fyue wekes olde vpon payne to forfait for euery Calfe so to be kylled and solde vi.s viii d And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no person or persons occupying the craft or occupation of a Butcher shal after the feast of Pentecost next cōming occupy or vse by himselfe or any other person or persōs the feat craft or mistery of a Tanner duryng the tyme that he shall so vse the crafte or occupation of a Butcher vpon payne of forfaiture of vi.s.viii.d for euery day that he shall so vse the feate craft or mistery of a Tanner And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that no person or persons whiche at the feast of S. Michaell tharchangell whiche was in the first yere of the Quenes Maiesties reigne that nowe is had not landes tenementes rentes profites or hereditamentes of estate of inheritaunce or for terme of lyfe or lyues of the clere yerely value of xl.li or aboue or whose Tanhouse was not at the saide feast is or shal be hereafter in a Citie Borough Towne corporate or market Towne where searchers sealers of leather hath ben shal be vsually appoynted except such person persons as then had any Tanhouse and dyd then occupy the mistery of tannyng of leather and except an apprentice or apprentices to a Tanner or Tanners except such as were then or since or hereafter shal be brought vp instructed or taught as couenaunt or hyred seruaunt for that purpose by the space of .vii. yeres in the mistery or craft of tannyng of leather and except the wyfe and such sonne or sonnes of a Tanner as hath ben brought vp hath vsed the mistery of tanning of leather by the space of foure yeres aforesaid or the sonne or daughter of a Tanner or suche person who shall marry such wyfe or daughter to whom he hath or shall leaue a Tanhouse and fattes shall tanne any leather or shall vse take or haue any profite gayne or cōmoditie of or by the said mistery or craft of tanning of leather vpon payne of forfaiting of all such leather by him or them so tanned or whereof he or they shall receaue any profyte or commoditie by tannyng or the iust value therof And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that after the feast of Pentecost next commyng no person or persons whatsoeuer which shall after the sayde feast of Pentecost occupy or vse by hym or them selfe or by any other person or persons the crafte or mistery of tannyng of leather shall suffer any hyde or skynne to lye in the lymes any longer tyme then the heere falleth of or maye be taken of nor in any wise to be put into the limes after the heere maye be taken of nor shall vse employ occupye or put by them selues or by any other person or persons any thing in any lycour stuffe or workmanshyp in or about the tannyng of leather but only lyme Culuer donge or Hen donge and that in colde water onlye and wooses made of colde water and Oken barke onlye without any mixture of any other thyng or thynges nor shall by hym selfe or by any other person or persons put any hyde or skynne in any tanne wooses or licour made whot or warmed in any fat or vessel to be set or couered in any tanne hyll or otherwyse nor shall ouerlyme any hydes or skynnes in the lyme pyttes nor
the same to his owne vse with lyke purpose to steale it that yf the sayde Caskettes Iewels money goodes or cattelles that any such seruaunt shall go away with or which he shall embesell with purpose to steale it as is aforesayde be of the value of xl.s or aboue That then the same false fraudulent and vntrue acte and demeanout shoulde from thenceforth be demed and adiudged fellonye and that he or they so offendyng shoulde be punyshed as other fellons for fellony cōmitted by the course of the cōmon law as by the sayd Act amonges other thynges therin conteyned more at large it doth and may appeare Which sayde Acte in the Parliament begon and holden at Westminster the .v. daye of October in the first yere of the raigne of the late Quene Mary and there continued to the .xxi. daye of the same moneth that is to saye in the fyrst session of the same Parliament by the generall wordes of one Acte then and there made entituled an Acte repealyng of certaine treasons fellonyes and premunire was from thenceforth vtterly repealed and made voyde And forasmuch as sithens the repeale of the same the saide Acte is thought necessary for the common wealth of this Realme Be it therfore enacted by our Soueraigne Layde the Quenes Maiestie with thassent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the saide Act made in the sayde .xxi. yere and euery clause article braunche sentence and prouision therin conteyned be from henceforth reuiued and put in due execution accordyng to thintent and meanyng therof and from henceforth shall stande good endure and continue for euer An Act agaynst the clippyng washyng roundyng or fylyng of the Coynes ¶ The .xi. Chapter Where as the offences of clipping rounding washyng and fylyng of moneys or coynes of this Realme was declared by an Act of Parliament in the tyme of king Henry the fyft to be treason to the Kyng and the Realme and accordyng to the saide Act the same offences were and dyd continue treason vntyll the fyrst yere of the raigne of Quene Mary At which tyme the paynes and penalties due for the sayde offences were abrogate and taken awaye by the generall Acte of repeale then made By reason wherof diuers false and euyll disposed persons perceauyng them selues to be lose and free from the seueritie and daunger of the sayde lawe and penaltie haue ben of late the more hardy and bolde to attempte and practyse for wicked lucre and gaynes sake to diminishe impayre and falsifie the moneys and coynes curraunt within this Realme and the dominions of the same by such clyppyng washyng roundyng and fylyng thereof not onlye to the great dishonour of the Quenes Maiestie our soueraigne Lady that nowe is by whose greate goodnes the newe moneys or coynes of the same are nowe reduced to as much finenesse as euer hath ben in any tyme of her noble progenitours but also to the greate losse and damage of the good subiectes of this Realme and more is lyke to be hereafter yf the same be not spedely met withall For remedy wherof be it enacted declared and establyshed by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that from and after the fyrst day of Maye next commyng Clyppyng wasshyng roundyng or fylyng for wicked lucre or gaynes sake of any the proper moneys or coynes of this Realme or of the dominions thereof or of the moneys or coynes of any other Realme allowed and suffred to be curraunt within this Realme or the dominions thereof at this present or that hereafter at any tyme shall be the lawfull moneys or coynes of this Realme or of the dominions thereof or of any other Realme and by proclamation alowed and suffred to be curraunt heare by the Quenes Maiestie her heyres or successours shal be taken deemed and adiudged by vertue of this Acte to be Treason and the offendours therein theyr counsaylours consentours and aydours shal be from and after the same fyrste daye of Maye taken deemed and adiudged as offendours in Treason beyng thereof lawefully conuicted or attaynted accordyng to the due order and course of the lawes of this Realme shall suffer paynes of death and lose and forfait all his and their goodes and cattelles and shall also lose and forfait all his theyr landes and tenementes duryng his and theyr naturall lyfe or lyues only And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayd that all and euery person and persons which haue any lawfull graunt to haue and enioye the forfaiture of landes tenementes goodes or cattelles of offendours and men attaynted in hygh Treason within any Manour Lordeshyp Towne Paryshe Hundrede or other precinct within this Realme of England or Wales shall and may at all tymes hereafter haue lyke libertie to take sease and enioye all such forfaitures of landes tenementes goodes and cattelles as shall come or growe within theyr liberties by force of the attayndour of any person or persons for and vpon any offence or offences made treason by this Acte as they or any of them shoulde ought or myght haue by vertue of any good and lawefull graunt to them or any of them heretofore had or made Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this Acte nor any thyng therein conteyned nor any attayndour or attayndours of any person or persons for any offence or offences made treason by this Acte shall in any wyse extende or be iudged interpreted or expounded to make any corruption of bloud to any the heyre or the heyres of any suche offendour or offendours or to make the wyfe of any such offendour to lose or forfait her dower of or in any landes tenementes or hereditamentes or her tytle action or interest to the same Any thyng in this Acte conteyned or any attayndour or attayndours hereafter to be had for any offence or offences made treason by this Acte to the contrary notwithstandyng And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that if any of the Lordes of the Parliament or Peere of this Realme for the tyme beyng shall fortune at any tyme hereafter to be indicted of any offence made treason by this Act that then they and euery of them shall haue his or theyr tryall by theyr peeres as hath ben vsed heretofore in cases of hygh treason An Act touchyng Badgers of Corne and Drouers of Cattell to be lycensed ¶ The .xii. Capter WHere in the Session of Parliament holden vpon prorogatiō at Westminster the .xxiii. day of Ianuary in the fift yere of the raigne of our late soueraigne Lord king Edwarde the syxt amonges other thynges it was enacted that whatsoeuer person or persons after the fyrst day of May then next ensuyng should ingrosse or get into his or theyr handes by bying contractyng or promyse takyng other then by demyse graunt or lease of lande or tythe any Corne growyng in the fieldes or any other Corne or Grayne Butter Cheese Fyshe or
Lorde Chauncelour of Englande for the tyme beyng lawfully vsed had and ought to haue vse execute as of ryght belongyng to the office of the Lorde Chauncelour of Englande for the tyme beyng to all intentes constructions and purposes and as yf the same keper of the great Seale for the tyme were Lorde Chauncelour of Englande An Acte for the repeale of a braunche of a Statute made Anno .i. Ed. vi touchyng the conueying of Horses and Geldynges out of the Realme ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHere in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the firste yere of the raigne of the late kyng Edwarde the sixt brother to our Soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie that nowe is amongest diuers other Statutes there was one Acte and Statute made agaynst the carryng and conueying of any Horses Geldynges or Mares out of this Realme In which Act amongest other thinges there is one prouiso or braunche conteyned in these wordes hereafter folowing That is to saye Prouided alwayes that it shal be lawful to euery of the kynges subiectes that shall passe ouer beyonde the Sea to shyppe and carry with them Horses or Geldynges for their only occupation in theyr iourneyes and not to thintent to sell the same beyonde the Sea and that intente to be iudged by othe of hym or them that so wyll carry ouer any Horse or Geldyng which othe shal be taken before the Customers or theyr deputies or Searcher of euery such Porte where the same Horse or Geldyng shal be shypped before the shyppyng thereof as by the same Acte and prouiso it doth and may appeare And although the same Acte and Statute in all partes therof except the sayde prouiso is very beneficiall and profitable for this Realme Yet neuerthelesse by colour of the sayed prouiso and braunche conteyned in the sayd Statute many euyll disposed persons of a couetous and greedy desyre do dayly transport out of this Realme very great numbers of Horses and Geldynges and do exchaunge and sell the same in the parties beyonde the Seas for theyr owne priuate lucre and gayne And because the tryall of such offences is by force of the sayde prouiso and braunch mentioned in the sayde Statute no otherwyse to be tryed or iudged but onlye by the othe of the offendour hym selfe therefore the offendours therin do escape vnpunyshed and therby many persons are greatly encouraged dayly to commit the lyke offences contrary to the true meanyng and entent of the said Statute For the redresse wherof Be it enacted by the Quenes Maiestie with thassent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by aucthoritie of the same that all the sayde prouiso and braunche before rehearsed and mentioned and conteyned within the sayde Acte and Statute and euery article and sentence conteyned within the sayde prouiso shal from henceforth be repealed made voyde and of none effecte and that all the residue of the sayde Acte and Statute shall stande remayne and be in full force and strength Any thing herein specified to the contrary not withstandyng An Act for the punyshement of Vagaboundes callyng them selues Egiptians ¶ The .xx. Chapter WHere as sithens the Acte made in the first and seconde yeres of the late Kyng Quene kyng Phillip and Quene Mary for the punyshement of that false and subtyle companye of vagaboundes callyng them selues Egiptians there is a scruple and doubt rysen whether such persons as beyng borne within this Realme of England or other the Quenes highnes dominions and are or shall become of the felowshyp or company of the sayde vagaboundes by transforming or disguysyng them selues in theyr apparell or in a certayne counterfait speache or behauour are punyshable by the sayde Acte in lyke maner as others of that sort are being straungers borne and transported into this Realme of England Therefore for thaduoydyng of all doubtes and ambiguities in that behalfe and to thintent that all suche sturdye and false vagaboundes of that sort lyuyng onely vpon the spoyle of the simple people may be condignely met withall and punyshed Be it enacted by the Quene our soueraigne Lady the Lordes spirituall and temporal and the Cōmons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the saide Statute made in the first and seconde yeres of the sayd late kyng and Quene concernyng those bagaboundes callyng them selues Egiptians shal continue remayne and be in full force strength and effect And yet moreouer be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that all and euery person and persons whiche from and after the fyrst day of Maye nowe next ensuyng shal be sene or founde within this Realme of Englande or Wales in any company or felowship of vagaboundes cōmonly called or callyng them selues Egiptians or counterfaityng transformyng or disguising them selues by theyr apparell speache or other behauour lyke vnto suche vagaboundes cōmonly called or callyng them selues Egiptians and so shall or do continue and remayne in the same eyther at one time or at seuerall tymes by the space of one moneth That then the same person or persons shall by vertue of this Acte be demed and iudged a felon and felons and shal therfore suffer paynes of death losse of landes and goodes as in cases of felony by the order of the common lawes of this Realme and shall vpon the tryall of them or of any of them therin be tryed in the countie and by the inhabitauntes of the countie or place where they or he shal be apprehended or taken and not per medietatem lingue and shall lose the priuiledge and benefite of Sanctuary and Clergie Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaid that this Acte shall not in any wyse extende to any chylde or chyldren being within the age of .xiiii. yeres nor to any of the sayd persons being in prison the last day of this present parliament so that he or they so beyng in pryson do within .xiiii. dayes next after his or theyr deliuery out of pryson eyther depart out of this Realme of Englande and Wales or put hym or them selues to some honest seruice or exercyse some lawful worke trade or occupation and vtterly forsake the sayde ydle and false trade conuersation and behauour of the sayde counterfait or disguysed vagaboundes commonly called or callyng them selues Egiptians Prouided also and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that the said Act made in the first and seconde yeres of the said late kyng and Quene shall not extende to compell any person or persons borne within any the Quenes Maiesties dominions to depart out of this Realme of Englande or Wales but onely to constrayne and bynde them euery of them to leaue theyr said naughtie ydle and vngodly lyfe and company and to place them selues in some honest seruice or to exercyse them selues at home with theyr parentes or els where honestly in some lawfull worke trade or occupation Any thyng mentioned in the sayde former Act to the contrary hereof in
enquire heare and determine all and singuler the offences aforesayde and to make and awarde proces thervpon aswell vpon inditementes taken before them as by byll of complaynt information or any other action in which suite or action no essoigne wager of lawe nor protection shal be alowed AND be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons at any tyme hereafter shall fortune to be bounde before any of the Iustices before mentioned to the Quene her heyres or successours for his or theyr good abearyng for seuen yeres accordyng to the tenour of this Acte and the same partie or parties so bounde shall afterwardes within the sayde seuen yeres come before the Iustices of the peace of the sayde Countie where the sayde offence was committed or some of them in open Sessions and there in the sayde open Sessions confesse and acknowledge his or theyr sayde offence or offences and be sory therefore and satisfie the partie or parties grieued accordyng to the tenour of this Acte That then the same Iustices before whom the sayde confession shal be so made shall maye haue power and aucthoritie by vertue of this Act in the same open Session or in any other open Sessions afterwarde to be holden before the sayde Iustices in the sayde Countie within the sayde terme of seuen yeres yf it shall seme good to theyr discressions to discharge the sayde Recognisaunce and bonde so taken and also the sayd partie and parties so bounde This Acte or any thyng therin conteyned to the contrary therof notwithstandyng An Act agaynst the carrying of Shepe skinnes and Peltes ouer the Sea not beyng Staple ware ¶ The .xxii. Chapter FOR reformation of many griefes lamentably declared this present Parliament by diuers artificers of this Realme workyng leather It maye please your royall Maiestie that it maye be enacted established with thassent of this high court of Parliament that it shall not be lawefull to or for any manner of person or persons whatsoeuer frō after the first day of Maye next cōming to make any Peltes that is to say to pull sheare clip or take away the woll of any Shepeskynne or Lambe skinne or to bye any skynne of any Stagge Hynde Bucke Doo Goate Fawne or Kyd or the peltes or skynnes of any of them vnlesse such persō or persons so making any peltes or bying such skinnes as is aforesaid do make or cause to be made therof tawed or lawfully tanned leather or parchment or otherwise conuert the same into semittes panels or other their owne necessary vses vpon payne y t euery person so makyng peltes or bying any of the skinnes or peltes aforesaid contrary to the meanyng of this Acte shall forfait lose the value of all such peltes or skinnes so made bought and ii.s.vi.d for euery skynne or pelte so bought or pelt so made as is aforesayde And be it further enacted that it shall not be lawfull to or for any person or persons whatsoeuer from after the feast aforesaid to ship or conuey or cause or procure to be shipped or conueyed in or to any shippe boate or vessell in or vpon the Sea or in or vpon any Hauen riuer creke or place within this Realme of England and Wales or either of them any maner of shepeskinnes wolfels shorelinges morelinges or the skinnes of any stagge hynde bucke doo goate fawne or kyd or the peltes or skynnes of any of them or the leather made of them or any of thē to thintent to transport or carry the same into any the partes beyonde the Seas there to be vttered bartred or sold by way of marchaūdise or otherwise vpon payne of forfaiture of al such skinnes or peltes bought laden shipped or transported contrary to the true meaning of this Act or the value of them also ii.s.vi.d. of lawfull money of Englande for euery fell shorlyng morling pelt or skinne aforesaid bought laden shipped or transported contrary to the tenor and true meanyng of this present Act. The moitie of al which forfaitures shal be to our soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie her heires successours the other moitie to him or thē that wyll sue for the same by action byll plaint information or otherwyse in any of the Quenes Maiesties courtes In which action no essoigne protection or iniunction shal be admitted or alowed Prouided alwayes that it shall and may be lawfull to the marchauntes of the Staple the marchaūtes of Newcastel vpon Tine Hartilpoole and Barwicke their sruauntes factours and atturneyes and euery of them to carry and transport all such lawefull wares as heretofore they haue ben accustomed lawfully might Any thyng in this Acte to the contrary notwithstandyng An Acte for the due execution of the writte de excomunicato capiendo ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter FOrasmuch as diuers persons offendyng in many great crymes and offences appertaynyng meerely to the iurisdiction determination of the Ecclesiastical courtes Iudges of this Realme are many tymes vnpunished for lacke and want of the good and due execution of the writte de excomunicato capiendo directed to the Sheriffe of any Countie for the taking apprehending of such offendours The great abuse wherof as it should seme hath growen for that the saide writte is not retournable into any Court that might haue the iudgement of the wel executing seruyng of the saide writte accordyng to the contentes therof but hytherto haue ben left only to the discretion of the Sheriffes and theyr deputies by whose negligences and defaultes for the most part the said writ is not executed vpon the offendour as it ought to be By reason wherof suche offendours be greatly encoraged to continue their sinfull criminous lyfe much to the displeasure of almightie God to the great contempt of the Ecclesiasticall lawes of this Realme Wherefore for the redresse therof Be it enacted by the Quenes most excellent Maiestie with thassent of the Lordes spirituall temporall and the Cōmons in this present Parliament assembled by thaucthoritie of the same that from after the first day of May next cōmyng euery writte of Excomunicado capiendo that shal be graunted and awarded out of the hygh Courte of Chauncery against any person or persons within the Realme of England shal be made in the time of the Terme returnable before the Quenes highnes her heires successours in the court cōmonly called the kinges Bench in the terme next after the Teste of the same writ that the same writ shal be made to conteyne at the least .xx. dayes betwene the Teste the retourne thereof And after the same writte shal be so made and sealed that then the said writte shal be forthwith brought into the sayd Court of the kinges Benche and there in the presence of the Iustices shal be opened and delyuered of Recorde to the Sheriffe or other officer to whom the seruing and execution therof shall appertaine or to his or their deputie or
panell as before this tyme they might and haue ben accustomed to do and as if this Acte had neuer ben had or made so that the same Sheriffe mynister or ministers retourne vppon suche persons as shal be impanelled suche lyke and reasonable Issues as they ought to retourne any thinge in the same conteyned to the contrarye notwithstandynge ¶ An Acte for the confirmation of a Subsedy graunted by the Clergy The .xxix. Chapter WHere the Prelates and Clergye of the Prouince of Cantorburye haue moste louynglye and liberallye for certayne considerations geuen and graunted to the Quenes Maiestie a Subsedye of sixe shillynges of the pounde to be take and leuyed of all and singuler the spirituall Promotions within the same Prouince duringe the tearme of three yeres nowe nexte ensuynge in suche certayne maner and fourme and with suche exceptions and prouisions as be specified and conteyned in a certain instrument by them thereof made and deliuered to the Quenes highnes vnder the Seale of the moste reuerende father in God Mathewe nowe Archbyshoppe of Cantorburye and Primat of all England whiche instrument is nowe exhibited in this present Parliament to be ratifyed The tenour wherof ensueth in these wordes The Prelates and Clergie of the prouince of Cantorbury beyng lawefully congregated and assembled together in a conuocation or sinode callyng to theyr remembraunce the greate and manyfolde benefites whiche they haue many and sundrye wayes receaued of you Maiesties moste gracious bountifulnes principally for the settyng forth and aduaunceyng of Gods holy worde his sincere and true religion abolyshyng all forrayne power contrary to the same Consideryng also the great debtes wherewith thimperiall Crowne of this Realme was charged when it pleased almightie God fyrste to call your hyghnes to the gouernaunce of the same And further waying the great and intollerable charges wherewith your Maiestie of late hath ben burdened in the repayryng and furnyshyng of your Maiesties Nauie and prouision of armour and munitions moste necessarye and requisite for the defence and safegarde of this Realme whereof the same at the begynnyng of your hyghnes raigne was voyde and destitute And finallye ponderyng the inestimable charges susteyned by your hyghnes aswell of late dayes in reducyng the Realme of Scotlande to vnitie and concorde as also in procuryng as muche as in your hyghnes lyeth by all kynde of godlye and prudent meanes the abatyng of all hostilitie and persecution within the Realme of Fraunce practised and vsed agaynst the professours of Gods holye Gospell and true religion and in defendyng and preseruyng this your highnes Realme and natuall Subiectes in Christian peace and tranquillitie agaynste all assaultes of forrayne enemies hytherto duryng all the tyme of your moste gracious and happye reigne In consideration of the premisses and for a true declaration of our bounden dueties good hartes and myndes towarde your Maiestie with one vniforme agrement accorde and consent together with moste hartye good wyll haue geuen and graunted and by these presentes do geue and graunt to your highnes your heyres and successours one Subsedye in maner and fourme folowyng That is to saye That euery Archebyshop Byshoppe Deane Archedeacon Prebendarye Prouoste Maister of Colledges Maister of Hospitalles Parson Vicar and euery other person and persons of whatsoeuer name or degree he or they be enioying any Spirituall promotion or other Temporall possessions to the same Spirituall promotion annexed nowe not deuided nor seperated by Acte of Parliament or otherwyse from the possession of the Clergie shall paye to your hyghnes your heyres and successours for euery pounde that he may yerely dispende by reason of the sayde Spirituall promotion the summe of syre shyllynges And for the true and certayne value of the sayde promotions and euery of them whereof the payment shal be made the rate taxation valuation and estimation remaynyng of Recorde in your Maiesties Courte of Exchequer for the true payment of the perpetuall Disme concernyng all suche promotions as be in possession of the Clergie or any other not deuided by Acte of Parliament or otherwyse alienated from the possession of the Clergie shal be folowed and obserued without making any valuation rate taxation or estimation other then in the sayde Recorde is comprised Prouided alwayes that forasmuche as the tenth parte of the sayde valuation and rate before mentioned is yerelye payde to your hyghnes for the perpetuall Disme so as there remayneth onely nyne partes to the Incumbent clere this Subsedye of .vi. shyllynges the pounde shal be vnderstanded and ment only of the same nyne partes and of no more Prouided alwayes that no person that is already promoted to any Spirituall benefice or promotion sithens the laste daye of September laste paste or that hereafter shal be promoted to anye Spirituall benefice or promotion on this syde the laste daye of September whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fyue Hundreth sixtie and fiue by reason whereof they be shall or may be charged to the payment of the fyrst fruites shal be contributory or charged to your hyghnes your heyres or successours with any parte of this Subsedye duryng the fyrst yere of his sayde promotion AND your sayde Prelates and Clergie also do graunt that this Subsedye of syxe shyllynges the pounde of the yerely value of euery promotion taxed as is aforesayde shal be payde to your Maiestie your heyres or successours within three yeres nexte ensuyng the date hereof That is to saye two shyllynges of euerye pounde in euery of the sayde three yeres The fyrst payment therof to be due at the last daye of September next ensuyng whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fiue Hundreth sixtie and three And the seconde payment therof to be due at the laste daye of September then nexte folowyng whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fiue Hundreth sixtie and foure And the thyrde payment thereof to be due in the sayde last daye of September then nexte folowynge whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fiue Hundreth sixtie and fiue and to be delyuered and payde yerely by suche person and persons as in this present graunt shal be appoynted to haue the collection thereof to the Lorde hygh Treasourer or vnder Treasourer of Englande for the tyme beyng or to suche person or persons and in suche place or places as shall please your highnes to appoynt to be payde at or before the .xiii. day of Ianuary in euery of the sayde three yeres without paying any thyng to the Receauour or Receauours or to any other officers or persons to be assigned for the receipte thereof for any discharge or Quietus est vpon any payment and receipte of the sayde Subsedye to be geuen and deliuered but only .iii. s. iiii d. for the generall and finall acquittaunce or Quietus est for euery yeres payment Item we your sayde graces Prelates and Clergie also do graunt that euery Prieste and all other Spirituall or
Ecclesiasticall persons hauyng any pencion by the reason of the dissolution of any the late Monasteries Colledges free Chappelles Chauntries Fraternities Guyldes and Hospitalles or of any other spirituall dignitie or corporation nowe dissolued within the sayde prouince of Cantorbury shall lykewyse paye to your hyghnesse your heyres and successours .vi. shyllynges of euery pounde of the sayde Pencions within the sayde three yeres at such dayes and tymes as is before specified And that for the sure payment therof deduction and retention of the sayde syxe shyllynges shal be made yerely in the handes of the payers of the sayde Pencions after the rate and proporcion of two shyllynges the pounde euery of the sayde three yeres to be delyuered and payde by your hyghnes Receauours and officers deputed for the payment of suche Pencions vnto your Maiesties vse at suche tyme and to suche persons as the Subsedye of .vi. shyllynges of the pounde aforesaide shal be payde vnto Item your sayde Prelates and Clergie do graunt that euery Prieste or Minister Stipendary receauyng annuall Stipende of eyght poundes by the yere and vnder beyng no perpetuitie within the sayde Prouince shall paye vnto the vse of your hyghnesse your heyres and successours syxe shyllynges and eyght pence in euery of the sayde three yeres at suche tyme and to suche persones as the sayde Subsedye shal be payde and vnder the same penalties as the reste of the Clergie do paye for their promotions And that euery Priest receauyng Stipende aboue eyght poundes yerely and not aboue tenne poundes to paye lykewyse tenne shyllynges And that euery Prieste receauyng stypende aboue tenne poundes and not aboue thirtene poundes syxe shyllynges and eyght pence to pay thirtene shyllynges and foure pence yerely duryng the sayde three yeres at such tyme and to suche persons as the sayde Subsedy shal be payde And that euery Priest takyng stipende aboue thirtene pounde syxe shyllynges and eyght pence to paye lykewyse .xii. d. of the pounde euery yere duryng the sayde three yeres And for defaulte or lacke of payment of the sayde stipendaries that euery Parson Vicar or other Spirituall or Temporall person proprietarie or Fermour hyryng any Priest or Minister to serue in any place shal be aunswerable for the payment of the sayde Prieste or Minister in that behalfe after the sayde rates and shall and maye make retention of his and theyr wages quarterly of so muche as the sayd Stipendaries be charged with by this present graunt euery of the sayde three yeres Item your sayde Prelates and Clergie further do graunt that euery Archebyshoppe and Byshoppe and the See beyng voyde euery Deane and Chapiter of that See voyde shal be Collectours of this Subsedye within theyr proper diocesse duryng the sayde three yeres other then of the pencioners aforesayde And the said Archebyshoppe Byshoppe or other Collectours and the See beyng voyde the Deane and Chapiter shall certifie into your Maiesties courte of the Exchequer vnder theyr seales the names and surnames of all suche Stipendary Priestes and Ministers as be chargeable by this Acte before the .xxiiii. day of Ianuary yerely duryng the sayde three yeres And for the better recouery of the sayde Subsedye your sayde Prelates and Clergie moste humblye beseche your hyghnes that euery Collectour of the sayde Subsedye and of euery parte and parcell thereof and theyr lawefull deputie or deputies may haue full power and aucthoritie by your Maiestie and your hygh court of Parliament to vse all suche wayes meanes and processe as be prescribed in your Acte of perpetuall Disme for the collection and leuying of the same and shall make accompte thereof before the Lorde hyghe Treasourer or vnder Treasourer of England for the tyme beyng or any other officers by your hyghnesse to be appoynted for the same and in suche place as your Maiestie lykewyse shall assigne in suche wyse and after suche fourme onelye as the sayde Archebyshoppe and Byshoppes be nowe charged for the collection of the perpetuall Disme whereby is meant howe the lacke and defaulte of payment of and for anye perticuler promotion shall onelye charge the Incumbent and suche as be bounde to paye the same and that vpon such paynes as be prouided in that Acte to Parliament of perpetuall Disme agaynste them that make defaulte in that behalfe at or vpon the dayes of payment before expressed And that the Archbyshoppe Byshop or Deane and Chapiter gatheryng that whiche they can receaue and makyng payment thereof shall for the reste not by them receaued be discharged by theyr certificat to be made before the .xxiiii. daye of Ianuarye in euery of the sayde three yeres vnto your hyghnesse courte of Exchequer And .vi. pence of euery pounde wherewith the Collectour shal be charged in his accompte clerely to be payde into the sayde receipte or into suche other place as shall please your hyghnes to appoynt shal be alowed to the sayde Collectour for his sayde accompte for the same for the charges and collection portage safe conueying and paying of the sayde Subsedye Also your sayde Prelates and Clergie do further moste humblye beseche your hyghnes that it may be enacted by your Maiesties aucthoritie and your hyghe Courte of Parliament that where diuers Curates liable to this Subsedye beyng often times remoueable do serue aswell in diuers Impropriations belongyng to your Maiestie as in other Impropriations and other Spirituall promotions belongyng to other persons that for the spedy recouery of the sayde Subsedye it may be lawfull to the Collectour or Collectours of the sayde Subsedye theyr deputie or deputies to leuie the sayde Subsedye vpon the Fermour or Fermours and occupyers of all suche Impropriation or Impropriations and Spirituall promotions by all censures of the Churche and euery of them or by waye of distresse of the tythes of the sayde Impropriation or Impropriations or otherwise vpon the goodes and cattels of the sayde Fermour or Fermours occupyers in which no inhibition prohibition repleuie or other proces awarded to the contrary shal be obeyed Any lawes statutes priuileges or customes to the contrary hereof heretofore made graunted or vsed or hereafter to be made graunted or vsed to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng And that it may be lawfull to the Collectours and the officers and ministers of such Archbyshoppe Byshoppe or Deane and Chapiter for not payment at any tyme of the sayde three yeres abouesayde to prayse and value the sayde distresse or distresses by two indifferent neyghbours by hym to be chosen and the distresse or distresses so praysed to sell and therof to detayne so much money as shall amount to the summe paiable to your hyghnes with the charges of the sayde Collectour in that behalfe and and rest of the money made of the sayd distresse to be delyuered and payde to the owner or occupyer thereof And that euery Archbyshop Byshop or Deane and Chapiter of euery See vacaunt and other persones chargeable to and with the collection of the Subsedye of syxe shyllynges the pounde
subiectes bodyes corporate Cities Boroughes Shires Rydynges Hundredes Lathes Rapes Wapentakes Townes Vyllages and Tythynges or any of them And also the Quenes hyghnes is contented that it be enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that her said free pardon shal be as good effectuall in the lawe to euery of her said subiectes bodies corporate and other before rehearsed in against all thynges which be not hereafter in this present Acte excepted and forprysed as the same pardon shoulde haue ben yf all offences contemptes forfaitures causes matters suites quereles iudgementes executions penalties and all other thynges not hereafter in this Act excepted and forprysed had ben perticulerly singulerly specially and plainely named rehearsed and specified and also pardoned by proper and expresse wordes and names in their kyndes natures and qualities by wordes and termes thervnto requisite to haue ben put in and expressed in this present Acte of free pardon And that her sayde Subiectes nor any of them nor the heyres executours or administratours of any of them nor of the sayde bodyes corporate and others before named nor any of them be nor shal be sued vexed or inquieted in theyr bodyes goodes landes or cattelles for any maner of matter cause contempte misdemeanour forfaiture trespas offence or anye other thyng suffred done or committed before the sayde fyrste daye of Ianuarye agaynste her hyghnes her Crowne dignitie prerogatiue lawe or statutes But onely for suche matters causes and offences as be playnely rehearsed in the exceptions in this present Act hereafter mentioned and for none other Any Statute or Statutes lawes customes vsages or president heretofore hadde made or vsed to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Also the Quenes hyghnes of her bounteous liberalitie by aucthoritie of this present Parliament graunteth and freely geueth to euery of her said Subiectes and to euery of the sayde bodyes corporate and other before rehearsed and euery of them all goodes cattelles debtes fines issues profites amerciamentes forfaitures and summes of money by anye of them forfaited whiche to her hyghnes do or shoulde belonge or appertayne by reason of any offence contempt trespas entree misdemeanour matter cause or quarrell suffred done or committed by them or any of them before the sayde fyrste day of Ianuary which be not hereafter playnely forprysed and excepted in this present Act. And that all and euery the Quenes said Subiectes and all and singuler bodyes corporate and other before rehearsed may by hym or them selfe or by his or theyr deputie or deputies or by his or theyr attourney or attourneys according to the lawes of this Realme pleade and minister this present Acte of free pardon for his or theyr discharge of and for euery thyng that is by vertue of this present Acte pardoned discharged geuen or graunted without any fee or other thyng in any wyse paying to any person or persons for writing or entree of the iudgement or other cause concernyng suche plee wrytyng or entree but onely .xvi. pence to be payde to the officer or Clarke that shall entre the plee matter or iudgement for the parties discharge in that behalfe Any Statute vsage or custome to the contrary notwithstandyng AND furthermore the Quenes hyghnesse is contented and pleased that it be enacted by thaucthoritie of this present Parliament that her sayde free pardon by the generall wordes before rehearsed shal be reputed demed adiudged allowed and taken in all maner of Courtes of her hyghnes els where aswell in the wordes and clauses of the exceptions and forprises specified in this present Acte as in all and singuler other clauses wordes and sentences mentioned and rehearsed in the sayde free pardon most beneficially and auayleably to all and singuler her sayde subiectes bodyes corporate and others before rehearsed and to euery of them and moste strongly in barre and discharge agaynst her hyghnes her heyres successours and executours in euery thyng without any ambiguitie question or other delaye whatsoeuer it shal be to be made pleaded obiected or alleaged by the Quene our soueraigne Ladye her heyres successours or executours or by her or any of theyr generall attourney or attourneys or by any person or persons for her hyghnes or any of her heyres successours or executours And further it is enacted by the Quene our soueraigne Lady by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that if any officer or Clarke of any of her hyghnes Courtes cōmonly called the kynges Bench Chaūcery cōmon place or of her Exchequer or any other officer or Clarke of any other of her Courtes within this Realme at any tyme after the .xxvi. day of this present moneth of Apryll make out or write out any maner of writtes or other proces or any extreates sommons or other preceptes whereby any of the sayde Subiectes or any of the sayde bodyes corporate or other before rehearsed or any of them shal be in any wyse arrested attached distreigned sommoned or otherwyse vexed inquieted or grieued in his or theyr bodyes landes tenementes goodes or cattelles or in any of them for or because of any maner thyng pardoned or discharged by vertue of this Acte of free pardon or yf any Sheriffe or Excheatour or any of theyr deputie or deputies or any Bayliffe or other officer by colour of his or theyr office or otherwayes after the sayde .xxvi. day of Apryll do leuye receaue or take any thyng pardoned or discharged by this Acte That then euery such person so offendyng and therof lawfully condempned shall yelde and pay for recompence thereof to the partie so grieued or offended treble damages besydes all costes of the suite and neuerthelesse all and singuler suche writtes proces extreates and preceptes so to be made for or vpon any maner thing pardoned or discharged by this present Acte of free pardon shal be vtterly voyde of none effect Except and alwayes forprised out of this generall and free Pardon all and all maner of hygh Treasons committed or done by any person or persons by any ouert dede or acte agaynste the Quenes moste royall person and all conspiracies and confederacies trayterously had committed or done by any person or persons agaynst the Quenes person And also excepted all and all maner of Treasons committed or done by any person or persons in the parties beyonde the Sea or in any other place out of the Quenes dominions And all suites punyshementes executions paynes of death forfaitures penalties for or by reason or occasion of any of the treasons and offences before excepted And also except and forprised out of this free pardon all and all maner of forgyng and counterfaityng of whatsoeuer money or coyne curraunt in this Realme and all and all maner of offences impeticions punyshementes forfaitures paynes of death iudgementes and executions for the same And also excepted and forprysed out of this generall and free pardon all and euery pyracy and robbery done vppon the Sea and all maner of voluntary murders and wylfull poysonynges and all and
of and we also generally tastyng and sensibly feelyng from the hyghest of vs to the lowest through all degrees places and tymes an vniuersall and most blessed fruite of Iustice both for our lyues landes goodes and behauours without acception of persons to the inestimable yea and vnaccustomed comfort and ioy of all your good and faithfull Subiectes to the singuler recōmendation of your Maiesties happynesse to al posteritie being hytherto neuer compelled to taxe or reprehende muche lesse to drawe bloud of any person for any offence to your Maiesties royall person a blessednes neuer enioyed so long by any of your progenitours to our knowledge Which princely and notable actes with many others not here for length to be rehearsed haue ben and for continuance therof muste nedes be so burdenous and chargeable to your Maiestie that though we can not in dede fynde an example of any one meete present or gyfte by name of Subsedye or any other reliefe or ayde graunted to any of your progenitours sufficient to recompence and acquite some one of these your many princely and notable actes or the charges therin susteyned yet we meaning and freely of our selues intending accordyng to our bounden duties to make some kynde of declaration specification and recognition of our great debtes of seruyce to your Maiestie being not able to make any full satisfaction as your Maiesties most humble obedient and louyng Subiectes humblye on our knees beseche your hyghnes that at this tyme in steade of satisfaction for our great debtes due for your princely demerites and charges our small gyfte maye not be measured with your actes or with our owne debtes to your Maiestie but of your accustomed clemencie accepted ioyntlye with the treasure of our humble infinite inmeasurable thoughtes and intentions of our hartes towardes your Maiestie and that for thacception therof it may be by your hyghnesse the Lordes spirituall and temporall and commons in this present Parliament assembled and by aucthoritie of the same enacted as foloweth And be it enacted that your highnesse towardes the said great costes and inestimable charges shall haue by aucthoritie of this present Parliament two whole Fyftenes and Tenthes to be payed taken and leuyed of the moueable goodes cattalles and other thynges vsuall to suche Fyftenes and Tenthes to be contributorye and chargeable within the Shires Cities Boroughes Townes and other places of this your Maiesties Realme in maner and fourme aforetyme vsed Except the sūme of .xii. M. poundes thereof fully to be deducted That is to saye vi M. poundes of eyther of the sayde whole Fyftenes Tenthes of the sūme that one whole Fyftene and Tenth attayneth vnto in reliefe comforte and discharge of the poore Townes Cities and Boroughes of this your sayde Realme wasted desolate or destroyed or ouergreatly impoueryshed after suche rate as was and hath afore this tyme ben had and made to euery Shyre and to be deuyded in suche maner and fourme as heretofore for one whole Fyftene Tenthes hath ben hadde and deuyded And the sayde two Fyftenes and Tenth the exceptions and deductions aforesayde therupon had deducted and alowed to be payde in maner and fourme folowyng That is to saye the firste whole fyftene and tenth except before excepted to be payd to your highnes in the receipt of your hyghnesse Exchequer before the tenth day of Nouember next commyng And the sayde seconde fyftene and tenth except before excepted to be payde to your hyghnesse in the receipt of your Exchequer before the tenth daye of Nouember in the yere of our Lorde God M.D.lxiiii And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that the knyghtes elected and returned of and for the Shyres within this Realme for this present Parliament Citezins of Cities Burgeses of Boroughes and Townes where collectours haue ben vsed to be named and appoynted for the collection of anye fyftene and tenth before this tyme graunted shall name and appoynt yerely before the laste day of August in eyther of the sayde two yeres sufficient and hable parsons for the collection of the sayde fyftenes tenthes in euery of the sayde Shires Cities Boroughes Townes the sayde parsons then hauyng landes tenementes and other hereditamentes in his or theyr owne right of an estate of enheritaūce of the yerely value of .x. pounds or in goodes worth a hundreth pounde at the least And also such parson or parsons so by them to be named and appoynted for the collection of eyther of the sayde Fyftenes Tenthes shal be by them seuerally appoynted and allotted into Hundrethes Rapes Wapentakes Cities Boroughes and Townes And also the said parsons so named and appoynted for the collection of the same Fyftenes Tenthes shal be charged and chargeable vpon his or theyr accompte or accomptes in thexchequer to be made with al such summe or summes of money as the Hundredes Rapes Wapentakes Cities Boroughes and Townes where he or they shal so happen to be appoynted shall amount vnto and of no more summe or summes And vpon the payment of suche summes of money as he or they shal be charged with shal be discharged and haue his and theyr Quietus est the non accomptyng or non payment of any other his felowes or the insufficiencie of them or any of them notwithstandyng And the names and surnames of euery the sayde collectours for the sayde fyftenes tenthes duryng eyther of the sayde two yeres together with the place allotted to theyr collection and charge the sayde Knyghtes Citezins and Burgeses for the Shires Cities and Boroughes wherevnto they be elected named and retourned shall certifie before the Quene in her Chauncery before the .xx. day of October in euery of the same two yeres accordyng to the tenor of this acte And if defaute of any suche certifying be hadde or made in fourme as is aforesayde then the Lorde Chauncelour of Englande or keper of the greate Seale for the tyme beyng shall immediatly after name and appoynt Collectours for the collection of eyther of the sayde fyftenes and tenthes in maner and fourme as the sayde knyghtes of the Shires Citezins of Cities and Burgeses of Boroughes shoulde haue done and as afore tyme hath ben vsed The whiche sayde Collectours and euery of them shall haue lyke alowaunce vpon their accomptes for their fees wages and rewardes for the collection of the sayde fyftenes and tenthes in as large maner and fourme as any Collectour or Collectours of fyftenes and tenthes haue had at any season in tyme past And that the Barons of the Quenes Eschequer for the tyme beyng shall and may from tyme to tyme awarde suche processe for the speedy payment therof agaynst the Collectour and Collectours for the same as by their discretions shal be thought conuenient Prouided alway and be it enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the sayde Lorde Chauncelour or keper of the greate Seale for the tyme beyng knyghtes of the Shires Citezins of Cities Burgeses of Boroughes Townes and
the Quenes seruantes takyng yerely wages of .v. poundes or aboue only excepted foreprised And that al plate coyne iewels goodes debtes and cattels parsonalles being in the rule and custody of any parson parsons to the vse of any corporation fraternitie guylde mistery brotherhead or any cōminaltie being corporate or not corporate be shal be rated set a charged by reason of this Acte as the value certified by the presentours of that certificate to be sworne of euery pounde in goodes and debtes as is abouesaide of euery pounde in landes tenementes annuities fees corrodies or other yerely profites as is abouesayde and the sūmes that are before rehersed set and taxed to be leuyed and taken of them that shal haue such goodes in custody or otherwise charged for landes as is before rehearsed And the same parson or parsons and bodye corporate by aucthoritie of this Acte shal be discharged agaynst hym or them that shall or ought to haue the same at the tyme of the payment or deliuery thereof or at his otherwyse departure from the custody or possession of the same Except and alwayes foreprised from the charge and assessement of this Subsedie all goodes catteles iewels and ornamentes of Churches and Chappelles whiche haue ben ordeyned and vsed in Churches or Chappelles for the honor and seruyce of almightie God And the first payment of the sayd Subsedye shal be by the aucthoritie aforesayde taxed assessed and rated accordyng to this Act in euery Shyre Lath Wepentake Rape Citie Borough Towne euery other place within this Realme of Englande Wales and other the Quenes dominions before the .xx. daye of Apryll next commyng And the seconde payment of the sayd Subsedye shal be by the aucthoritie aforesayde taxed assessed and rated before the .x. day of December next cōmyng And the particuler sūmes of euery Shire Riding Borough Towne and other places aforesayd with the particuler names of such as are chargeable for and to the first payment of the said Subsedye to be taxed and set by the Cōmissioners to the same limitted or two of them at the leaste with the names of the high Collectours and in the same fourme shal be certified into the Quenes Exchequer before the .xx. daye of Maye nexte commyng And the particuler summes of euery Shire Rydyng Borough Towne and other places aforesayde with the particuler names of suche as are chargeable for and to the seconde payment of the sayd Subsedye to be taxed and set by Commissioners to the same to be limitted or two of them at the least with the names of the hygh Collectours and in the same fourme shal be certified into the Quenes Exchequer before the .xx. day of Ianuary whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fyue Hundreth Threescore and three And the sayde summes in maner and fourme aforesayde to be taxed for the first payment of the sayde Subsedye shal be payde into the Quenes receipte of her Exchequer aforesayde to the vse of our sayde Soueraigne Lady before the fyrst day of Iune next cōmyng And the sayd summes in maner and fourme aforesayd to be taxed for the seconde payment of the sayd Subsedye shal be payde into the receipte aforesayde to the vse aforesayde before the .xx. day of February whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fyue Hundreth Threescore and three And the summe abouesayde of and for the saide Subsedye shal be taxed sette asked and demaunded taken gathered leuyed and payde to the vse of our sayde Soueraigne Ladye her heyres and successours in fourme abouesayde aswell within the liberties fraunchises sanctuaryes auncient demeane and other whatsoeuer place exempt or not exempt as without except such Shires places and parsons as shal be foreprised in and by this present Acte any graunt charter prescription vse or libertie by reason of any letters patentes or other priuiledge prescription alowaunce of the same or whatsoeuer other matter of discharge heretofore to the contrary made graunted vsed or obteyned notwithstandyng And it is further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that euery such parson aswell such as be borne vnder the Quenes obeysaunce as euery other parson straunger borne denizen or not denizen inhabytyng within this Realme or within Wales or other the Quenes dominions which at the tyme of the sayde assessynges or taxations or of eyther of them to be had or made shal be out of this Realme and out of Wales and haue goodes or cattels landes or tenementes fees or annuities or other profites within this Realme or in Wales shal be charged and chargeable for the same by the certificate of the inhabytauntes of the parties where such goodes cattelles landes tenementes or other the premisses then shal be or in suche other place where such parson or his factour deputie or atturney shal haue his most resorte vnto within this Realme or in Wales in lyke maner as yf the sayde parsone were or hadde ben at the tyme of the sayde assessyng within this Realme And that euery parson abydyng or dwellyng within this Realme or without this Realme shal be charged or chargeable to the same Subsedye graunted by this Act accordyng and after the rate of such yerely substaunce or value of landes and tenementes goodes cattelles and other the premisses as euery parson so to be charged shal be set at in the tyme of the sayde assessyng or taxation vpon hym to be made and in none otherwyse And further be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that for thassessyng and orderyng of the sayde Subsedye to be duely had the Lorde Chauncelour of Englande or the keper of the greate seale the Lorde Treasourer of Englande the Lorde Steward of the Quenes Maiesties housholde the Lorde President of the Quenes honorable Counsell and the Lorde Priuie seale for the tyme beyng or two of them at the least wherof the Lord Chauncelour of England or keper of the great seale for the tyme being to be one shall and may name appoynt of and for euery Shire and Rydyng and other places aswell within this Realme as in Wales and other the Quenes dominions and also of and for euery Citie and Towne beyng a Countie of it selfe and of for the Isle of Wyght such certeyne numbre of parsones of euery of the same Shires Ridinges Lathes Wapentakes Rapes Cities Townes and Isle of Wyght and euery other place other the inhabitantes of the same to be Commissioners of and within the same wherof they be inhabitauntes and also of and for the honorable housholde of the Quenes Maiestie in what Shire or other places the sayde housholde shall happen then to be And the Lorde Chauncelour or keper of the great Seale other with hym before named in lyke maner may name appoynt of euery other such Borowe and Towne corporate aswell in Englande as in Wales other the Quenes dominions as they shall thinke requisite vi.v.iiii.iii or .ii. of the head officers and
other sadde honest inhabitantes of euery of the sayde Cities Boroughes and Townes corporate accordyng to the numbre and multitude of the people beyng in the same The which parsons yf any such be thervnto named of the said inhabitantes of the said Boroughes and Townes corporate not beyng Counties of them selues shal be ioyned and put in as Cōmissioners with the parsons named for suche Shires and Rydynges as the sayde Boroughes and Townes corporate not being counties in them selues be set and haue theyr beyng Which parsons so named for and of the sayde Boroughes and Townes corporate not beyng counties by reason of theyr dwelling in the same shall not take vpon them ne none of them to put any part of theyr Commission in execution for the premisses out of the sayde Boroughes and Townes corporate wherein they beynge so named onely for the same be dwellyng And also not to execute the sayde Commission within the Borough or Towne corporate where they be so dwellyng but at suche dayes and tymes as the sayde other Commissioners for the same Shyre and Rydyng shall therevnto limit and appoynt within the same Borough or Towne corporate not being Countie corporate wherof they so be and not out of such Borough or Towne and in that maner to be aydyng and assistyng with the sayde other Commissioners in and for the good executyng of theffecte of the sayde Commission vppon payne of euery of the sayde Commissioners so named for euery suche Citie Borough and Towne corporate not beyng a Countie to make suche fyne as the sayde other Commissioners in the Commission of and for the same Shyre or Rydyng so named or three of them at the least shall by theyr discressions sette and certifie into the Quenes Exchequer there to be leuyed to the vse of the Quenes Maiestie in lyke maner as such or lyke summes had ben set and rated vpon euery such person for the sayd Subsedye The which Commissioners so named of and for the sayde Cities Boroughes and Townes not beyng Counties and onlye put in the sayde Commission by reason of theyr dwellyng in the same shall not haue any parte of the porcion of the fees and rewardes of the Commissioners and theyr Clarkes in this Acte afterwarde specified and alowed And the Lorde Chauncelour of England or the keper of the great Seale of England for the time beyng shall make and directe out of the court of the Chauncery vnder the great Seale seuerall Commissions that is to saye to euery Shire Riding Lathe Wapentake Rape Citie Towne Borough Isle and Householde vnto suche person and persons as by his discression and other with hym afore named and appoynted in lyke maner and fourme as is afore rehearsed shal be thought sufficient for the sessyng and leuying of the sayde Subsedye in all Shires and places accordyng to the true meanyng of this Acte Whiche Commission for the fyrste payment of the sayde Subsedye shal be directed and delyuered to the sayde Commissioners or to one of them before the fyrste day of Apryll next commyng and the Commission for the seconde payment of the sayde Subsedye shal be directed and delyuered to the sayde Commissioners or one of them before the fyrste day of Nouember whiche shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousande fyue Hundreth Threescore and three and to euery of the sayde Commissions tenne Sedules conteynyng in them the tenor of this Acte shal be affyled By which Commission the Commissioners in euery such Commission named accordyng to this Acte and as many of them as shal be appoynted by the saide Commission shal haue full power and aucthoritie to put the effect of the same Commission in execution And that by aucthoritie of this Acte after such Commissions to them directed they maye by theyr assentes and agrementes seuer them selues for th execution of their Commission in Hundredes Lathes Wardes Rapes Wapentakes Townes Parishes and other places within the limittes of their sayde Commission in such fourme as to them shall seme expedient to be ordered and betwene them to be comoned and agreed according to the tenor and effect of the Commission to them therin directed Vpon whiche seueraunce euery person of this present Parliament that shal be Commissioner shal be assigned in the Hundred where he dwelleth Prouided alwayes that no person be or shal be compelled to be any Commissioner to and for th execution of this present Act but onlye in the Shyre where he dwelleth and inhabiteth and that any person being assigned to the contrary thereof in anye wyse shall not be compelled to put in execution the effecte of this Acte or any part therof And it is also enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliament that the Cōmissioners and euery of them which shal be named limitted appoynted according to this Acte to be Commissioners in euery such Shire Riding Lath Wapentake Rape Citie Towne Borough Isle and the sayde Housholde or any other place and none other shall truelye effectuallye and diligently for their part execute theffect of this present Acte accordyng to the tenor thereof in euery behalfe and none otherwyse by any other meanes without omission fauour dread malice or any other thyng to be attempted done by them or any of them to the contrary therof And the saide Cōmissioners and as many of them as shal be appoynted by the sayde Commission and none other for the execution of the sayde Cōmission and Acte shall for the taxation of the saide first payment of the said Subsedye before the tenth day of Apryll next commyng and for the taxation of the sayde seconde payment of the sayde Subsedye shall before the tenth day of Ianuary which shal be in the yere of our Lorde God a Thousand fyue Hundreth Threescore and three by vertue of the Commissions deliuered vnto them in fourme aforesayde direct their seuerall or ioynt precept vnto viii.vii.vi.v.iiii.iii or two as for the number of the inhabitauntes shal be requisite of the most substanciall discrete and honest persons inhabitantes to be named by the saide Cōmissioners or by as many of them as shal be appoynted by the sayde Cōmission of and in Hundredes Lathes Rapes Wapentakes Wardes Paryshes Townes and other places aswell within liberties fraunchesis auncient demeanes places exempted and sanctuaries as without within the limits of the shyres Ridinges Lathes Wapentakes Rapes Cities Townes Boroughes or Isle aforesayde and other places within the limittes of their Commission and to the Constables Subconstables Bayliffes and other lyke officers or ministers of euery of the sayde Hundredes Townes Wardes Lathes Wapentakes Paryshes other places before sayde as to the said Commissioners euery number of them or vnto three or two of them by their discretions in diuision shall seme expedient as by the maner and vse of the parties shal be requisite strayghtly by the same precept charging and cōmaunding the same inhabitantes Constables and other officers aforesayde to whom such precepte shal be so directed to appeare in theyr proper
person or persons as had hath or hereafter shall haue any office or ministery in any Ecclesiasticall Court of this Realme vnder any Archbishoppe or Bishoppe in any the tymes or reignes aforesayde or such person or persons as shall wylfully refuse to obserue the orders rites for diuine seruice that be aucthorised to be vsed obserued in the Church of England after that he or they shal be publikely by the Ordinary or some of his officers for ecclesiasticall causes admonished to kepe and obserue the same or such as shall openly aduisedly depraue by wordes writinges or any other open facte any of the Rites Ceremonies at any tyme vsed aucthorised to be vsed in the Church of Englande or that shal say or heare the priuate Masse prohibited by the lawes of this Realme and that all such persons shal be compellable to take the othe vpon the seconde tender or offer of the same and incurre the penalties for not takyng of the sayde othe and none other AND forasmuch as it is doubtfull whether by the lawes of this Realme there be any punishment for suche as kyll or slea any person or persons attainted in or vpon a premunire Be it therefore enacted by aucthoritie aforesaid that it shall not be lawfull to any person or persons to slea or kyll any person or persons in any maner attaynted or hereafter to be attaynted of in or vpon any premunire by pretence reason or aucthoritie of any iudgement geuen or hereafter to be geuen in or vpon the same or by pretence reason or force of any worde or wordes thing or thinges conteyned or specified in any statute or lawe of prouision premunire or in any of them Any law or statute or opinion or exposition of any lawe or Statute to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Sauyng alwayes the due execution of all and euery person and persons attaynted or to be attaynted for any offence wherevpon iudgement of death nowe is or ought to be or hereafter may lawfully be geuen by reason of this Statute or otherwyse And sauyng alwayes all and euery such payne of death or other hurte or punishment as heretofore might without daunger of law be done vppon any person or persons that shall sende or bryng into this Realme or any other the Quenes dominions or within the same shall execute any summons sentence excommunication or other proces agaynst any person or persons from the Byshop of Rome for the tyme beyng or by and from the See of Rome or thaucthoritie or iurisdiction of the same See Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no person or persons shall hereafter be endyted for assisting aydyng mainteynyng comfortyng or abettyng of any person or persons for any the said offences in extollyng settyng forth or defending of the vsurped power and aucthoritie of the Bishop of Rome vnlesse he or they be therof lawfully accused by suche good and sufficient testimony or profe as by the Iurye by whom he shall so be endyted shal be thought good lawfull and sufficient to proue hym or them gylty of the sayde offences ¶ An Act for the maintenaunce and encrease of Tyllage The .ii. Chapter FOrasmuch as the Statute made in the fourth yere of the raigne of the late prince of worthy memorye Kyng Henry the seuenth for the kepyng vp of houses of husbandry and one other Statute made in the .vii. yere of the raigne of the late Kyng of moste famous memory Kyng Henry the eyght entituled an Acte to auoyde lettyng downe of Townes and also one other Acte made in the .xxvii. yere of the reigne of the same late kyng Henry the eyght entituled an Acte concerning the decay of houses and inclosures are very good and profytable lawes for the common wealth of this Realme It is therefore ordeyned and establyshed by the Quene our Soueraigne Ladye with the assent of the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that the sayde Actes and euery of them and euery braunche and article in the same and euery of them conteyned shall from henceforth be put in due execution and remayne and continue in force for euermore And also where by an Acte made in the .xxvii. yere of the reigne of our sayde late Soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henry the eyght whereby diuers sundrye religious houses of Monkes Channons and Nunnes whiche myght not dispende in landes tenements and hereditamentes aboue the clere yerely value of two hundreth poundes were geuen to the sayde late Kynge Henry the eyght his heyres and successours for euer It is among other thynges enacted and ordeyned that all and singuler persons and bodyes polytyke and corporate to whom the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght his heyres or successours after the makynge of the same Acte shoulde geue graunt lette or demyse any Scite or precincte with the houses thervppon buylded together with the demeanes of any Monasteries Priories or other religious houses that shoulde be dissolued or geuen to the sayde late kyng Henry the eyght by that Acte and the heyres successours or assignes of euery suche person bodye polytyke and corporate shoulde kepe or cause to be kepte an honest contynuall house and householde in the same Scite or precincte and shoulde occupye or cause to be occupyed yerelye as much of the demeanes in ploughyng and tyllyng of husbandrye that is to saye as muche of the sayde demeanes whiche then were commonlye vsed to be kepte in tyllage by the Gouernours Abbottes or Pryours of the same houses Monasteries or Priories or by theyr fermour or fermours occupying the same within the tyme of twentie yeres nexte before that Acte vppon payne to forfayte to the kynges hyghnesse for euery moneth so offendynge .vi. li. xiii s. iiii d. to be recouered to his vse in anye of his Courtes of Recorde And ouer that by the same Statute it is enacted that all Iustices of peace in euery Shyre where any suche offence should be committed and done contrary to the true meanyng intent of that Acte or statute shoulde in euery quarter and generall Sessyons within the limittes of their Cōmission enquire of the premisses and shoulde haue full power and aucthoritie to heare and determine the same and to taxe and assesse no lesse fine for euery the sayde offences then is before limitted for the sayde offence and estreates therof to be made and certified into the Kynges Exchequer accordynge and at suche tyme and fourme as other estreates of fynes issues and amerciamentes bee made by the same Iustyces as by the same Acte more at large doth appeare Whiche parte of the sayde Acte concernyng kepynge of house and householde in the sayde Scites and precinctes and occupying of such demeanes of the same in tyllage as is aforesayde then was and yet is thought very beneficiall to the common wealth and moste nedefull to be put in due execution BE IT therefore enacted by the aucthoritie
or put the same into tyllage and hath or shall kepe the same grounde for that cause only in tyllage by the space of foure yeres togethers that this Act or any thyng therin conteined shal not compel any person or persons to continue or put in tyllage the said pasture heath barren or wast grounde so eared Any thing before expressed in this act to the contrary therof notwithstanding Prouided alwayes that this Act or any prouision clause or article therin conteyned shall not be vnderstand or expounded to extende or be in any wyse preiudiciall to those partes or porcions of groundes wherin any ower of Leade Tin or Iron or Coles comly called sea cole stone cole or moore cole haue ben are or hereafter shal be vsually gotten by meanes wherof the same groūdes can not conueniently be put kept in tyllage This Acte or any other law vsage or custome to the contrary in any wyse notw tstanding Prouided also that this Acte nor any thyng therein conteyned shal extende to compell any person or persons to put in tyllage any landes or groundes within any forest or chase excepte the forest of Snowden in Northwales otherwyse then before the makyng of this Statute he or they ought or were bounde to do This Acte to endure to the ende of the next session of Parliament Prouided alway y t this statute or any thyng therin conteyned shal not extend to cōpell any inhabitant of y e coūties of Northūberland Westmerland or Cūberland to reedifie maintein or to kepe in manurance any house or ground y t shal be ouerthrowē burned destroyed wasted or decayed by enemies or by any occasiō of warres or inuasiōs during y e warres or win .iiii. yeres after y e conclusiō of peace next folowing such ouerthrowing burning destructiō wasting or other thyng in this present Act to the contrary notwithstandyng And forasmuch as this Acte shall continue but to the ende of the nexte session of Parliament Be it therefore enacted by auctoriritie aforesayde that no person or persons shall from henceforth conuert from tillage to pasture any grounde whiche was in tillage the fyrst day of thys Parliament other then suche as they myght lawfully haue conuerted from tyllage to pasture before the makinge of this Act Any thynge contayned in thys Acte to the contrary notwithstandynge ¶ An Act for the reliefe of the poore ¶ The .iii. Chapter TO thintent that ydle and loyterynge persons and valiaunt beggers may be auoyded and thimpotent feble and lame whiche are the poore in very dede should be hereafter relieued and well prouyded for Be it enacted by the Quene our soueraygne Lady with thassent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in thys present parliament assembled by thaucthoritie of the same that the statute made in the .xxii. yeare of the late kinge of famous memory kinge Henry theight and also the statute made in the thyrde and fourth yeres of the reigne of the famous kyng Edwarde the syxt concerninge beggers vagaboundes and ydle persons and euery article clause braunche sentence and other thynges conteyned in them and eyther of them other then suche thynges as shal be by thys present Acte otherwise ordayned and prouided for shall stande remayne and be in their full force and effect and shal be also from henceforth iustly and truely put in execution accordynge to the true meaninge of the sayde seuerall statutes and euery of them AND further be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that yerely vpon the Sunday next before the feast day of the Natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptist commonly called Midsomer day in euery Citie Borough and Towne corporate the Maior Bayliefes or other head officers for the time being in euery other paryshe of the coūtrey the Parson Vicar or Curate churchwardens shal haue written in a Register or boke to be prouided by them aswel the names of the inhabitaūtes housholders within their citie Borough Towne corporate or paryshe as also the names of all such impotent aged nedy persons as be within their citie Borough Towne corporate or paryshe which are not hable to liue of them selues nor with their owne laboure shal openly in the church quietly after diuine seruice call y e said housholders inhabitantes together among whō y e Maior or other head officers and two of the chiefe inhabitauntes in euery suche Citie Borough and Towne corporate suche as the Maior or other head officers shall thynke meete And the Parson Vycar or Curate and Churchwardens in euery other paryshe shall elect nominate and appoynt yerely two hable persons or mo to be gatherers and Collectours of the charitable almes of all the residue of the people inhabytyng in the paryshe wherof they be chosen Collectours for the reliefe of the poore Which Collectours the Sunday next after their election or the Sundaye folowing yf nede require when the people are at the Church at diuine seruice shal gentelly aske and demaunde of euery man and woman what they of theyr charitie wyl be contented to geue wekely towardes the reliefe of the poore and the same to be wrytten in the sayde Regester or booke And the sayde gatherers so beyng elected and chosen shall iustly gather and truely distribute the same charitable almes wekely by them selues or theyr assignes to the sayde poore impotent persons of the sayde Cities Boroughes Townes corporate and Paryshes without fraude or couin fauour or affection and after such sorte that the more impotent may haue the more helpe and suche as can get part of theyr lyuyng to haue the lesse and by the discression of the Collectours to be put in such labour as they be fyt hable to do but none to go or syt openly a beggyng vpon payne limitted in the aforesaid Statutes And yf the sayde Maiors Baylyffes head officers Parson Vicar Curate and Churchwarden or any of them faile in the doyng and executyng of the premisses in fourme aboue declared he or they so makyng default to forfeyte for euery suche default xl.s to be employed to the vse of the poore of that paryshe where he or they do inhabite to be leuyed by the Collectours of the same paryshe by way of distresse or otherwyse as is appoynted in this Acte for leuying of lyke forfaitures And be it enacted by thauctoritie aforesayd that no person or persons so elected nominated appoynted to be gatherer or gatherers as is aforesayd shall refuse the sayd office but shall iustlye and truelye execute the same by the space of one whole yere next ensuyng such election vppon payne to forfaite x.li th one moitie therof to the Churchwardens of the paryshe where he or they shal be elected Collectour and thother moitie therof to the vse and reliefe of the poore of the saide parishe to be leuied by the Churchwardens where they or he dwelleth of the goodes of the sayde gatherer or gatherers so refusyng by distresse or els by action of debte byll playnt or information to
persons to extende his or their charitie towardes the reliefe of the poore of the paryshe where he or she inhabiteth and dwelleth and if he or she shall obstinately and wylfully stande in the same and wyll not be perswaded therein by the sayde Iustices Maior Baylyffes or other head officers that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the sayde Iustices if it be out of any Citie Borough or Towne corporate and yf it be within any Citie Borough or Towne corporate for the Maior Bayliffes or other head officers of the same Citie Borough or Towne corporate with the Churchwardens where the sayde obstinate person shall inhabite or one of them to sesse taxe and limit vpon euery such obstinate person so refusyng according to theyr good discressions what summe the sayde obstinate person shall paye wekely towardes the reliefe of the poore within the sayde paryshe where he or she shall inhabite and dwell And yf the sayd person so sessed and taxed shall refuse to paye the summe that shal be so reasonablye limitted taxed and appoynted then the sayde Iustices of peace or two of them whereof the one to be of the Quorum or the sayde Maior Baylyffes or other head officers of euery suche Citie Borough or Towne corporate shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue of this Acte vpon complaynt and certificate to them by the Collectours and Churchwardens of the same paryshe where the sayde obstinate person shall dwell to commit the sayd obstinate person and persons so refusyng to paye to prison to the next gaole there to remayne without bayle or mainprise tyll he or they haue payde the sayde sūme so appoynted taxed limitted together with tharrerages therof yf any such shall fortune to be And for the better maintenaunce of this charitable Acte and worke it is ordeyned and establyshed by thaucthoritie aforesayde that where as the late kyng of famous memorye kyng Henry the viii his heyres or successours or any other person or persons by his or theyr seuerall lawfull erections and foundations hath or haue ordeyned appoynted any sūme or sūmes of money to the vse of the poore or for the repayryng or amendyng of hygh wayes or bridges not beyng taken away otherwyse by Acte of Parliament whether the same be in any Cathedrall Churche Colledge or els where the Bishop of the diocesse or Chauncelour for the tyme being shall from tyme to tyme examine howe and after what maner the sayd money is bestowed to call to accompt the parties which retayne the sayde money and therevpon to take such order as the same from thenceforth be distributed to the poore accordyng to the good entent and purpose of the saide noble kyng that graunted the same And yf they shall fayle yerely to call to accompt the persons aforesaid in fourme aforesaide and after accompt to order the distribution of the said money in maner before declared to forfait for euery such default xx.li to be employed to the vse of the poore by the ouersight of three Iustices of the peace within the said countie where the person that so should accompt dwelleth to be leuied by way of distresse or otherwyse as other forfaitures in this estatute are appoynted to be leuied And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde yf it shall chaunce any paryshe to haue in it mo poore impotent folkes not able to labour then the saide parishe is able to reliefe that then in euery such paryshe not standyng in any Citie or Towne corporate the Parson Vicar or Curate of the saide paryshe and two or three of the chiefe inhabitauntes of the same parishe and in euery Citie Towne corporate the Maior or chiefe officers of the same Citie or Towne corporat the Parson Vicar or Curate of the said paryshe calling to them two or three of the chiefe parishioners of the same parish such as the said Maior or head officers shal thinke mete shall certifie vnto the Iustices of peace of the countie where the same paryshe is the nombre and names of the persons with which they be surcharged vpon such certificat the sayd Iustices of the peace in the same countie or two of them wherof one to be of the Quorū shall consider examine the said certificat aswel by the oth of those that so certified inspection of the said poore persons to be taken and viewed at such day tyme place as to them shal be thought mete as by all other wayes and meanes and fynding the same true after such othe and alowaunce by inspection shall then graunt vnto such and as many of the saide poore folkes as by their discression they shal thinke good a sufficient licence vnder the seale appoynted for the limit to go abrode to begge get and receaue the charitable almes of the inhabitauntes of the countrey out of the sayde Paryshes Cities Townes so surcharged in which license thinfirmitie of the person the places townes paryshes to which such poore folkes are by that license licensed to resorte shall in the same license be named limitted and appoynted be it one Hundred or mo in the sayde Countie at the said discression of the same Iustices And yf any of the sayde poore folkes so licensed shall transgresse the limittes to them appoynted and resort to begge at other places then is in the sayde license named the partie so transgressyng offendyng to be taken for a valyaunt begger and punished according to the statute made in the sayde .xxii. yere of king Henry the eyght his or theyr license to be taken from them And if the sayde Iustices of the peace shal fayle to appoynt a day and tyme for inspection of the sayde poore and examination of the sayde certificatours within one moneth next ensuyng the day of receipt of the said certificat or shalt graunt or geue license to any person or persons so certified to go abrode and begge before such tyme as they shall haue viewed and sene the said poore persons haue receaued othe of the persons that so certified that the said poore persons for age impotencie or sickenes in theyr consciences to theyr knowledge are not able by any worke or labour to earne them necessary meate drynke and cloth and the same deposition put in wrytyng subscribed or marked by the persons deposed to forfaite for euery such default ten poundes to be employed to the vse of the poore of any paryshe or paryshes within the sayde Countie where the sayde Iustices dwell at the ouersyght appoyntment of the Bishop or his Chauncelour of the same diocesse to be leuied in sort fourme as other forfaitures in this Statute are appoynted And be it further enacted that where any of the sayde Cities Boroughes Townes corporate or paryshe so charged is scituate standyng in one countie or two coūties of this Realme or scituate and standyng in one and immediatly adioynyng to another countie of the Realme as the Citie of Brystoll
and the Townes of Ludloo and Stamforde stande that in those Cities the Parson Vicar and Curate of the sayde paryshe and the sayde Maior head officers and inhabitauntes of euery such Citie Borough Towne corporate and paryshe shall make certificat vnto the Iustices of the sayde counties adioynyng to the same Cities Boroughes Townes corporate paryshes and the same Iustices of the sayde adioynyng Countie or Counties to do geue license and folow the order aboue remembred according as other Iustices of the Counties in which the paryshe surcharged standeth is limitted and aucthorised to do And be it also enacted that in all Cities Boroughes Townes corporate within which be diuers paryshes the Maior head officers of euery the same Cities Boroughes Townes corporat shal consider the state abilitie of euery such parishe And yf the same Maior and officers shall vnderstande by their discretion that the parishioners of any one of the sayde paryshes is of such wealth and hauor that they haue no pouertie amongest them or be hable sufficiently to reliefe the pouertie of the paryshe where they inhabite dwell and also to helpe and succour pouertie els where further that then the saide Maior and officers with thassent of two of the most honest substaunciall inhabitauntes of euery such wealthy paryshe shall consider the nedynesse of thinhabitauntes of thother parishe or parishes within the same Citie or Towne corporate and moue induce and perswade the paryshioners of the wealthyer paryshe charitably to contribute somwhat accordyng to theyr habilitie towarde the wekely reliefe succour consolatiō of the poore nedy within the other paryshe or parishes aforesaid where nede is And be it also enacted that all and euery suche poore folkes as by any such license are to be licensed and aucthorised to resort out of the limittes liberties and frauncheses of all and euery such Citie Borough and Towne corporate into any the sayde Counties to begge get gather the charitable almes of good people shall at all tymes when the same goeth abrode to begge weare openly vppon hym or them both on the brest and the backe of his or theyr vppermost garment some notable badge or token to be assigned vnto hym by the Maior or head officers of the same Citie Borough and Towne corporate or Paryshe with thassent of the Iustices of the peace that shall graunt the same license vpon payne to be taken for a valyaunt begger and to be punyshed as afore is remembred and shall also carry his license with hym vpon the lyke payne This Acte to endure to the latter ende of the fyrst session of the next Parliament Prouided alwayes be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that all and euery summe and summes of money from henceforth to be collected or gathered within the Citie of London the liberties of the same by vertue of this Acte shal be payde ouer to the gouernours of the Hospytall called the Hospytall of Christes Churche within the sayde Citie of London for the tyme beyng and shal be by them from time to time distributed and bestowed for the reliefe of the poore of the sayde Citie accordyng to theyr wysdome and discressions Any thyng in this Acte mentioned to the contrarye notwithstandyng Prouided also and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesaide that all and euery sūme and sūmes of money from henceforth to be collected or gathered within the Citie of Couentrie and the liberties of the same by vertue of this Acte towarde the maintenaunce and reliefe of the Hospytall of poore people erected in the sayde Citie shal be payde ouer to suche gouernour or gouernours of the sayde Hospitall as nowe is or hereafter shal be admitted and appoynted by the Maior and Aldermen of the sayde Citie of Couentrie or the more part of them for the tyme beyng And such gouernour or gouernours so admitted and appoynted as aforesaid shall from time to tyme distribute and bestowe for the reliefe of thaforesayde poore within the sayde Citie the sayde summe or summes of money accordyng to theyr wysdomes and discressions Any thyng mentioned in this Acte to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it further enacted that the Curate Minister or Reader together with the Wardens of euery Chappel of ease and where no Wardens are the Warden or two of the chiefest of the inhabitauntes resortyng frequentyng the sayde Chappell of ease for hearyng diuine seruice the same inhabitauntes to be nominated and chosen by the same Curate Minister or Reader And also the Collectours and all and euery other person and persons to whom in this behalfe it shall appertayne by force of this estatute shall do execute perfourme and be liable to all and euery such ordinaunce clause article sentence and penalties specified and conteyned in this present Acte for and towardes the reliefe of the poore in like maner fourme as the Vicar Curate Church-wardens and Collectours of euery paryshe Church shall may or ought to do by force of this Act accordyng to the purport and true meanyng of the same not to be compellable to come or resort to theyr Paryshe Church for the same onely purpose or entent Any thing in this Act before specified to the contrary notwithstanding Prouided also that this Acte or any thyng therein conteyned shall not in any wyse extende or be preiudiciall to any gyft legacie conueyaunce or assignement of any maner of landes or other profite heretofore geuen assigned or bequeathed to the reliefe of the poore reparation of hygh wayes or bridges vppon any maner of condition but that the same shal be employed conuerted bestowed and accompted for in such maner and fourme and vpon such condition as the same lawfully was or ought to be before the makyng of this Acte ¶ An Acte touchyng diuers orders for Artificers Labourers seruauntes of husbandry and apprentises ¶ The .iiii. Chapter ALthough there remayne and stande in force presently a great number of Actes statutes concerning the reteynyng departyng wages and orders of apprentices seruauntes labourers aswell in husbandry as in diuers other artes misteries occupations yet partly for the imperfectiō contrarietie that is found do appeare in sundry of the said lawes and for the varietie number of them and chiefely for that the wages alowaunces limitted rated in many of the said statutes are in diuers places to small and not aunswerable to this time respecting the aduauncement of prices of all thinges belonging to the said seruauntes labourers the said lawes can not conueniētly without the great griefe burden of the poore labourer hyred man be put in good due execution And as the said seueral actes statutes were at the time of y e makyng of thē thought to be very good beneficiall for the cōmon wealth of this Realme as diuers of thē yet are So if the substaūce of as many of the said lawes as are mete to be continued shal be digested reduced into one
huswyfes or houshold cloth only and none other cloth Fuller otherwyse called Tucker or walker burner of ore and woade ashes Thatcher or Shingler wheresoeuer he or they shal dwell or inhabite to haue or receaue the sonne of any persone as apprentice in maner and fourme aforesaid to be taught and instructed in these occupations only and in none other albeit the father or mother of any suche apprentice haue not any landes tenementes nor hereditamentes And be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayd that after the first day of May next comminge it shal not be lawfull to any persone or persones other then suche as nowe do lawfully vse or exercise any arte mistery or manuell occupation to set vp occupye vse or exercise any craft mistery or occupation nowe vsed or occupied within the Realme of England or Wales except he shal haue ben brought vp therin seuen yeres at the least as apprentice in maner and fourme aboue said nor to set any person on worke in suche mistery art or occupation beinge not a workeman at this day except he shal haue ben apprentice as is aforesaide or els hauing serued as an apprentice as is aforesaid shall or wil become a Iorneyman or be hyred by the yere vpon paine that euery person willingly offendinge or doinge the contrary shall forfeit and lose for euery default xl.s for euery moneth Prouided alwaies and be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayd that no person or persons vsynge or exercisyng the art or mistery of a wollen cloth weuer other then such as be inhabityng within the counties of Cumberland Westmerland Lancaster and Wales weauing Fryzes Cottons or houswyfes cloth only makyng and weauing wollen cloth commonlye solde or to be solde by anye clothe man or clothear shall take and haue any apprentice or shall teache or in any wyse instructe any person or persons in the science art or occupation of weauinge aforesaid in any village towne or place Cities townes corporate and market townes only except vnlesse such person be his sonne or els that the father or mother of suche apprentice or seruaunt shall at the tyme of the takynge of suche person or persons to be an apprentice or seruaunt or to be so instructed haue landes and tenementes or other hereditamentes to the cleare yerely value of three poundes at the least of an estate of inheritaunce or frehold to be certifyed vnder the handes and seales of three Iustices of the peace of the Shire or shires where the sayde landes tenementes and other hereditamentes do or shal lye The effect of the indenture to be registred wythin three monethes in the parishe where suche maister shall dwell and to paye for suche registringe iiii.v vpon paine of forfeyture of xx.s for euery moneth that any person shall otherwyse take any apprentice or set any suche person on worke contrary to the meanynge of this article And be it further enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that all and euery person or persons that shall haue three apprentices in any of the sayd craftes mysteries or occupations of a clothmaker Fuller Shereman Weuer Tailor or shomaker shall reteyne and kepe one Iorneyman and for euery other apprentice aboue the nomber of the said three apprentices one other Iorneyman vpon paine for euery default therin tenne poundes Prouided alwayes that this acte nor any thynge therin conteyned shall not extend to preiudice or hinder any liberties heretofore graunted by any acte of Parliament to or for the companye and occupation of Worsted makers and Worsted weuers within the Citie of Norwych and els where within the Countie of Northfolck which liberties be in force vntil the beginninge of this present Parlyament Any thynge herein conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandynge And be it further enacted that if any person shal be required by any housholder hauinge and vsynge halfe a ploughe land at the least in tyllage to be an apprentice and to serue in husbandry or in anye other kynde of art mistery or science before expressed and shall refuse so to do that then vpon the complaint of suche housekeeper made to one Iustice of the peace of the Countie wherin the sayd refusall is or shal be made or of suche housholder inhabitinge in any Citie towne corporate or market towne to the Maior Bayliffes or head officer of the saide Citie towne corporat or market towne if any suche refusall shall there be they shal haue ful power and auctoritie by vertue hereof to sende for the same person so refusyng And if the said Iustice or the sayd Maior or head officer shall thinke the saide person mete and conuenient to serue as an apprentice in that art labour science or mistery wherin he shal be so then required to serue That then the saide Iustice or the saide Maior or head officer shall haue power and auctoritye by vertue hereof if the said person refuse to be bounde as an apprentice to commit hym vnto ward there to remayne vntyll he be contented and wil be bounden to serue as an apprentice shulde serue accordinge to the true intent and meanynge of this present acte And if any suche maister shall mysuse or euill intreate his apprentice or that the said apprentice shall haue any iuste cause to complaine or the apprentice do not his duetie to his maister Then the said maister or prentice beinge greued and hauinge cause to complayne shall repaire vnto one Iustice of peace within the sayde Countie or to the Maior or other head officer of the Citie towne corporate market towne or other place where the saide maister dwelleth who shal by his wysdome and discretion take such order and direction betwene the saide maister and his apprentice as the equitie of the cause shall require And if for wante of good conformitie in the said maister the saide Iustice of the peace or the saide Maior or head officer can not compound agree the matter betwene hym and his apprentice then the saide Iustice or the saide Maior or other head officer shall take bande of the said maister to appeare at the next Sessions then to be holden in the said Countie or within the said Citie towne corporat or market towne to be before the Iustices of the said Countie or the Maior or head officer of the said towne corporate or market towne if the saide maister dwell within any such and vpon his apparaunce hearing of the matter before the said Iustices or the said Maior or other head officer if it be thought mete vnto them to discharge the saide apprentice of his apprenticehod that then the said Iustices or foure of them at the least wherof one to be of them Quorū or the said Maior or other head officer with the consent of three other of his brethren or men of best reputation within the said Citie towne corporate or market towne shal haue power by auctoritie hereof in writing vnder their handes and seales to pronounce and declare that they haue discharged the
feaste of saint Michael the Archangell next comming it shal be lawfull to all and euery person and persons beinge subiectes of the Quenes Maiestie her heires or successours only out of such portes or crekes as by the Quenes Maiesties proclamation hereafter shal be published and appointed and not els where to lode carrie or transporte any Wheate Rye Barley Malte Pease or Beanes into any partes beyonde the Seas to sell as a marchaundise in shippes Crayers or other vessels whereof any Englishe borne subiect then shal be the only owners so that the price of the sayde Cornes or graynes so caryed or transported exceade not the prices hereafter followinge at the tymes hauens and places where and when the same Corne or grayne shal be shipped or laden Vide. the quarter of Wheate at x.s the quarter of Rye Pease or Beanes at viii.s the quarter of Barley or malte at vi.s.viii d. of curraunte money of England Any lawe vsage or estatute heretofore made to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstandyng And where doubte hath heretofore ben whether the statute in the xviii yere of the reigne of Kyng Henry the .vi. heretofore made against Souldiours reteyned which departe from their Captaines without lycense did or ought to extended vnto Mariners gonners seruing on the Seas takynge wages of the kinge or Quene of this Realme Be it expressed ordeined enacted and declared by aucthoritie of this present Parlyament that the said estatute made in the saide .xxiii. yere of the reigne of Kynge Henry the .vi. in all paynes forfeytures and other thinges did doth and hereafter shall extende aswell to all and euery Mariner and gonner hauinge taken or shall hereafter take prest or wages to serue the Quenes Maiestie her heires or successours to all intentes and purposes as the same did or doth vnto any souldyer Any diuersities of opinion doubte matter or thing to the contrary hereof in any wyse notwithstandyng And where an estatute concernynge sowyng of Flaxe and Hempe was made and prouided in the Parlyament holden the .xxiiii. yere of the reigne of our late soueraigne Lorde Kynge Henry the eyght to be vniuersall through euery Countie of this Realme for the better prouision of nettes for helpe and furtheraunce of fishinge and for eschewinge of Idelnes Be it ordeined enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that in euery suche Countie of this Realme or parte of such Countie where by the Quenes Maiesties proclamation it shall hereafter be published the saide estatute to be commodious or profitable for the common wealth The said estatute and euery clause article and prouision therein conteyned be and shal be reuyued and stande in full force and strength to be executed and perfourmed from the feaste of saint Michaell the Archangell nexte comminge in all thinges other then in the proportion of a Roade or fourth parte of an acre in the paine of iii.s.iiii.d by the said estatute limitted In place whereof be it ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that in euery case and degree where by the saide former estatute one Roade or fourth parte of an Acre is lymitted to be sowne with lynseade otherwise flaxe seade or hempe seade from the saide feaste of Saint Michaell the Archangel nexte comming In steade and lewe of the saide Roade or iiii parte of an Acre one whole Acre or lesse as by proclamation in fourme aforesaide shal be limitted shal be sowen with lynseade otherwise flaxe seade or Hempe seade vpon payne of forfeyture of fyue poundes for euery suche defaulte or offence And further be it ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that all and euery suche of the offences before mentioned as hereafter shal be done on the mayne Sea or costes of the Sea beinge no parte of the bodye of any Countie of this Realme without the precincte iurisdiction and liberties of the Sinque portes and out of any hauen or peere shal be tryed and determined before the Lorde Admirall of England or his Lieuetenaunt deputie or deputies other Iustices of Oyer and terminer according to the fourme of the saide estatute of Anno .xxviii. Henrici .viii. for causes of pyracie And if the same shal be done on the mayne Sea or costes of the Sea within the iurisdiction or libertie of the Synque ports out of any hauen or porte then the same to be tried and determined before the sayde Lord warden of then sayd Syncque portes or his Lieuetenaunt or Iudge or before Iustices of Oyer and terminer according to the true fourme of the sayde estatute of Anno .xxxviii. Henry .viii. for causes of pyracie And for all and singuler suche other of the offences before mentioned as shal be done in the lande or within any hauen or peere all Iustices of the peace in their Sessions and Maiors Sheriffes and Bailifes and other head officers in Cities and townes corporate in their Sessions or other Courtes within the limittes of their commissions or aucthorities shal haue full power and aucthoritie to inquire of the offenders of this acte aswel by the othes of .xii. men as otherwise by information and therevpon to heare and determine the same And if any person or persons shal be presented before the saide Iudges Iustices or officers within the lymittes of their auctorities or anye information gyuen to them of any offender of this acte that then they shal haue ful power and aucthoritie vpon any suche presentment or Information to make proces againste the offenders of this acte lyke as is commonly vsed vpon enditementes of Trespasse And yf any be presented and afterwarde be conuicted by confession or otherwise that then euery suche person shall suffer no lesse forfeiture or punishement then herein is before lymitted All whiche forfeytures to be leuied in maner and fourme following That is to saye suche forfeytures concernyng eatyng of fleshe as are before lymitted to certeine vses to be to the same vses in that behalfe before expressed and all such forfeytures as accordinge to the tenour of this acte shal be determinable before the saide Iudges Iustices or other officers of the Admiralties aforesaide or before Commissioners of Oyer and terminer in that behalfe shal be to the vse of the Lord Admirall of England or Lord warden of the Syncque ports where such offence shal be presented or where as the Iurisdiction of the cause shal apperteyne And all such forfeitures as accordyng to the tenour of this acte shal be determinable before Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes or other head officers of Cities or townes corporate shal be to the common vse of the Corporation of the saide Citie or towne corporate where suche offences shal be presented or wheras the Iurisdiction of the cause shall apperteyne And all suche forfeytours as accordynge to the tenour of this acte shal be determinable before the Iustices of the peace shal be to the vse of the Quenes Maiestie her heires and successours And if any person shal be conuict by confession or otherwise vpō any
Maiestie intituled an Acte for true currying of leather One other Act made in the third and fourth yeres of our sayde soueraigne Lorde kyng Edward the syxt intituled an Acte for bying rough hydes and Calues skinnes And as much of an Acte made in the .v. and .vi. yeres of our sayde late soueraigne Lorde kyng Edwarde the .vi. intituled an Acte agaynst regrating of tanned leather as doth prouide or geue libertie to any person or persons to carry ouer any shoes bootes buskynnes startvppes slippers and other made wares to the towne of Callyce And one other Acte made in the first yere of our soueraigne Lady the Quenes Maiestie intituled an Acte touchyng Shoemakers Curryers And one other act made in the saide fyrst yere intituled an Acte touchyng sellyng of tanned leather shall from and after the sayde feast of Saint Michaell nexte commyng be vtterly repealed An Act for the punishement of such persons as shall procure or commit any wylfull periury ¶ The .ix. Chapter WHere in the Parliament holden at Westminster in the xxxii yere of the raigne of the late king of famous memorye kyng Henry the .viii. emongest other thinges it was ordeyned enacted established that no person or persons of what estate degree or conditiō soeuer he or they were should frō thenceforth vnlawfully suborne any witnes or witnesses by letters rewardes promises or by any other sinister labour or meanes for to maynteyne any matter or cause or to the disturbāce or hinderaunce of Iustice or to the procurement or occasion of any maner of periury by false verdict or otherwise in any of the kinges courtes of the Chauncery the Starre chamber the white hall or els where within any the kynges dominiōs of England or Wales or the marches of the same where any persō or persons haue or from thenceforth shoulde haue aucthoritie by vertue of the kinges Cōmission patent or writ to holde plea of land or to examine heare or determine any tytle of landes or any matter or witnesses concerning the title right or interest of any landes tenementes or hereditamētes vpon payne of forfaiture for euery such offence x.li th one moitie therof to be to the kyng thother to the partie that would sue for y e same as by the same estatute amonges diuers other thynges more plainly it doth appeare Sithens y t makyng wherof for that the said penaltie is so smal towardes the offendours in y t behalfe the said offence of subornation sinister procuremēt of false witnesse hath neuerthelesse greatly encreased and augmēted by reason of the wylfull periury cōmitted by the same suborned witnesses diuers sundry of the Quenes Maiesties subiectes haue susteyned disherison great impoueryshment aswell of theyr landes tenementes as also of theyr goodes cattelles Be it therfore enacted by our soueraigne Lady the Quene by the assent of the Lordes spirituall temporall and the cōmons in this present parliament assembled by thaucthoritie of the same that all euery such person and persons which at any tyme after the .x. day of April next cōming shal vnlawfully corruptly procure any witnes or witnesses by letters rewardes promises or by any other sinister vnlawfull labour or meanes whatsoeuer to commit any wylful corrupt periury in any matter or cause whatsoeuer now depending or which hereafter shall depend in sute varyaunce by any writ action hyll complaynt or information in any wyse touching or concerning any landes tenementes or hereditamentes or any goodes cattels debtes or damages in any of the courtes before mentioned or in any of the Quenes Maiesties courtes of Record or in any leete viewe of franke pledge or lawdaye auncient demeane court hundred-courte courte baron or in the courte or courtes of the Stannery in the counties of Deuon and Cornwal or shall lykewyse vnlawfully and corruptly procure or suborne any witnes or witnesses which shall from and after the said tenth daye of Apryll be sworne to testifie in perpetuam rei memoriame that then euery such offendour or offendours shal for his hers or their said offence being therof lawfully conuicted or attainted lose and forfaite the sūme of fortie poundes And if it happen any such offendour or offendours so beyng conuicted or attaynted as aforesaid not to haue any goodes or cattelles landes or tenementes to the value of xl.li that then euery such person so beyng conuicte or attaynted of any the offences aforesayde shall for his or theyr sayde offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one halfe yere without bayle or mainprise and to stand vpon the pyllory by the space of one whole houre in some market Towne next adioynyng to the place where the offence was committed in open market there or in the market towne it selfe where the offence was cōmitted And that no person or persons beyng so conuicted or attaynted to be from thenceforth receaued as a witnes to be deposed or sworne in any Court of Record within anye of the Quenes hyghnes dominions of England Wales or the marches of the same vntyll such tyme as the iudgement geuen agaynst the sayde person or persons shal be reuersed by attaynt or otherwyse and that vpon euery such reuersall the parties grieued to recouer his or theyr damages agaynste all euery such person and persons as dyd procure the sayde iudgement so reuersed to be fyrst geuen agaynst them or any of them by action or actions to be sued vppon his or theyr case or cases accordyng to the course of the common lawes of this Realme And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that yf any person or persons after the sayde tenth day of Apryll next commyng eyther by the subornation vnlawfull procurement sinister perswasion or meanes of any others or by theyr owne act consent or agrement wylfully and corruptly commit any maner of wylful periury by his or their deposition in anye of the Courtes before mentioned or beyng examined ad perpetuam rei memoriam that then euery person and persons so offendyng and beyng thereof duely conuict or attaynted by the lawes of this Realme shal for his or their sayde offence lose and forfait twentie poundes and to haue imprisonment by the space of .vi. monethes without bayle or mainprise and the othe of such person or persons so offendyng from thenceforth not to be receaued in anye Courte of Recorde within this Realme of Englande or Wales or the marches of the same vntyll such tyme as the iudgement geuen agaynst the sayd person or persons shal be reuersed by attaynt or otherwyse And that vpon euery such reuersall the parties grieued to recouer his or theyr damages agaynst all and euery such person and persons as dyd procure the sayde iudgement so reuersed to be geuen agaynst them or any of them by action or actions to be sued vpon his or theyr case or cases accordyng to the course of the cōmon lawes of this Realme And yf it happen the said offendour or offendours so offendyng not
other dead victualles whatsoeuer within the Realme of Englande to the intent to sell the same agayne shal be accepted reputed and taken an vnlawefull engrosser or engrossers with a prouiso and ordinaunce conteyned in the same Act that it shoulde be lawfull to euery person or persons beyng a common Badger Lader Kydder or Carryer which shal be licenced assigned alowed thervnto by thre Iustices of the peace of the Countie where the said badger lader kydder or carryer shall dwell which shall sell or deliuer in open fayer or market or to any other victualler or to any other person or persons for the prouision of his or their house or houses all such Corne Fishe Butter or Cheese as any such person or persons shal bye or cause to be bought and that within one moneth next after he or they shall so bye any such corne grayne butter or cheese so that the same shal be bought without forestallyng shall not be in any wyse demed adiudged or taken any offence contrary to the sayde Acte And where also it is prouided enacted by the same Act of Parliament that it shal be lawefull to all and euery person and persons knowen for a cōmon drouer or drouers being licensed aucthorised alowed in wrytyng by the Iustices of the peace wherof one to be of the Quorū of the Countie or Counties where the same Drouer or Drouers shal be most abydyng dwelling to bye Cattell in such Shires or Counties where drouers haue ben wont in tymes past accustomably to bye Cattell at their free libertie and pleasure and to sell the same agayne And that it shal be lawfull to euery person and persons which shal be assigned and alowed by the Iustices of the peace of the Countie where he shall dwell to bye otherwyse then by forestallyng Corne Grayne or Cattell to be transported or carryed by water from any port or place within this Realme or Wales vnto any other porte or place within the sayde Realme or dominions as in the said act amongs other things doth appeare Since the makyng of which Acte such a great number of persons sekyng onely to lyue easely and to leaue theyr honest labour haue and do dayly seke to be alowed licensed to the sayde offices or doynges beyng most vnfyt and vnmete for those purposes and also verye hurtfull to the common wealth of this Realme aswell by thinhaunsyng of the prices of corne and grayne and other the said victualles as also by the diminishyng of the number of good and necessary husbandmen which sayde number of drouers of Cattel and badgers laders kydders carryers of corne and grayne are many tymes without good orders and due consideration assigned allowed thervnto to the great preiudice of the common wealth In consideration wherof be it enacted by the Quene our Soueraigne Lady with thassent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the Cōmons in this present Parliament assembled by thaucthoritie of the same that no drouer of Cattel Badger lader kydder carryer byer or transporter of corne or grayne butter or cheese be from or after the feast of Easter next after the fyrst day of this present Parliament licensed admitted assigned or alowed to those offices or doinges or to any of them but only in the general open quarters Sessions of the peace to be holden in the shire where such person or persons so to be admitted assigned or alowed doth or shall dwell and hath or shall haue dwelled there by the space of three yeres next before the Teste of his sayde licence And that no person or persons after the first day of Maye next comming be admitted to the sayde offices or doynges or to any of them but such only as be or haue ben maryed men and shal be at the tyme of such licence to be graunted householders and not householde seruauntes nor reteyners to any person or persons and of the age of xxx yeres at the least And that all lycences beyng made graunted as is abouesayde shall haue continuaunce and be good onlye for one yere next after the date thereof and for no more nor longer tyme. Which sayde lycences and euery of them shall beare date of the day and place where the sayde Sessions shal be holden shal be signed and sealed with the proper handes and seales of three of the sayde Iustices of the peace beyng present at the same Sessions at the least wherof one to be of the Quorum vpon payne that euery person or persons that shall take any licence contrary to this ordinaunce to lose and forfait to our soueraigne Lady the Quene her heyres successours fyue poundes sterlyng And that all licences made graunted or hereafter to be made and graunted otherwise then is before expressed shall from and after the sayde fyrst daye of Maye next commyng be voyde and of none effecte And further be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the Iustices of the peace in the sayde generall and open sessions shall or maye by their discressions take bonde and suertie from tyme to time by Recognisaunce of such as shal be admitted or alowed hereafter a common drouer of cattell badger lader kydder carryer or byer of corne grayne butter or cheese that they nor any of them shall by colour of his or theyr licence forestall or ingrosse or otherwyse practise or do any act or thyng contrary to the tenour true meanyng or in defraudyng the sayde former estatute or of anye matter or thyng therin conteyned All which licences and euery of them and the sayde Recognisaunces shal be made and wrytten by the clarke of the peace of euery Countie where such licence shal be graunted or by his lawfull deputie and by none other person or persons And euery person that shall haue any such licence shal pay to the Clarke of the peace or his deputie for makyng therof xii d at the most and for euery recognisaunce in fourme abouesayde to be made and knowledged viii.d at the moste and for registryng of the same licence and Recognisaunce iiii.d at the most For which saide fee the saide Clarke or his deputie shall haue and kepe one Register booke and therein shall register and wryte all the names surnames and dwellyng places of suche as shal be licensed as aforesayde with a briefe declaration or entrye of the sayde licence and of the day tyme and place where suche a licence or licences shal be graunted Whiche booke or register the sayde Clarke of the peace or his deputie shall haue and bryng to euery Sessyons to the intent that it maye appeare what number of licences be and shal be from tyme to tyme graunted whereby the better consideration may be had therof Prouided alwayes and be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no person or persons shall or may by aucthoritie of any such licence aboue mentioned bye any corne or grayne out of open fayer or market to sell agayne vnlesse such person and
of this Acte before the sayde Commissioners or as many of them as shal be therevnto assigned as is aforesayde or wyll not appeare before the same Commyssyoners vpon warnyng to hym made or els make resistaunce or rescous vpon any distresse vpon hym to be taken for any parcell of the sayde Subsedye or committe any misbehauiour in any maner of wyse contrarye to this Acte or committe any wylfull omyssion or other whatsoeuer wylfull not doyng or misdoyng contrary to the tenor of this Acte or graunt the same Cōmissioners and euery number of them aboue remembred or two of them at the least vpon probable knowledge of any such misdemeanours had by information or examination shall and maye sette vpon euery suche offendour for euery such offence in name of a fyne by the same offendour to be forfeyted fortye shyllynges or vnder by the discressyon of the same Commissioners And further the same Commissioners and euery number of them or two of them at the leaste shall haue aucthoritie by this present Acte to punyshe euery suche offendour by inprysonment there to remayne and to be delyuered by theyr discression as shall seme to them conuenient the sayde fynes yf any suche be to be certified by the sayde Commyssyoners that so assessed the same into the Quenes Maiesties said Exchequer there to be leuyed and payde by the Collectours of that parties for the said Subsedy returned into the sayde Exchequer to be therwith charged with the payment of the sayde Subsedye in such maner as the sayde fines had ben sette and taxed vpon the sayde offenders for the sayde Subsedye It is also enacted by the sayde aucthoritie of this present Parliament that euery of the sayde hygh Collectours which shall accompte for any part of the sayde Subsedye in the sayde Exchequer vpon theyr seuerall sayde accomptes to be yelded shal be alowed at euery of the sayde paymentes of the sayde Subsedye for euery pounde limitted to his collection wherof any such Collectour shal be charged and yelde accopmte vi.d as parcell of their charge that is to saye of euery pound therof for such parson as then haue hadde the particuler collection in the Townes and other places as is aforesayde specified in his collection ii.d and other ii.d of euery pounde thereof euery of the sayde chiefe Collectours or theyr accomptauntes to reteyne to theyr owne vse for theyr labour and charge in and about the premisses and ii.d of euery pounde residue to be delyuered alowed and payde by the sayde Collectours so beyng thereof alowed to suche of the Commissioners as shall take vppon them the busynesse and labour for and about the premisses that is to saye euery Collectour to paye that Commissioner or Commissioners whiche hadde the orderyng of the wrytnges of and for the sayde Subsedye where the sayde Collectour or Collectours had theyr collection for the expences of the sayde Commissioners so takyng vpon them the saide busynes and labour of theyr Clarkes writing of the preceptes and extractes for the sayde collections the same laste ii.d of euery pounde to be deuyded amongst the sayd Commissioners hauyng regarde to theyr labour and busynes taken by them or theyr sayde Clarkes in and about the premisses For the which part so to the sayde Commissioners attaynyng the said Commissioners vi.v.iiii.iii or as manye of them as shal be therevnto appoynted by the Quenes Maiesties Commission and euery of them ioyntly seuerally for his and theyr saide parte maye haue his remedy agaynste the sayde Collectour or Collectours which therof ben and myght haue ben allowed by action of debt in whiche the defendaunt shall not wage his lawe neyther protection neyther Iniunction or other Essoygne shal be alowed And that no parson nowe beyng of the number of the companye of this present Parliament nor any Commissioner shal be named or assigned to be anye Collectour or Subcollectour or presentour of the sayde Subsedye or of any part therof nor no Commyssyoners shal be compelled to make anye presentemente or certificate other then in the Quenes Maiesties sayde Exchequer of for or concernynge the sayde Subsedye or any part therof And lykewyse that no other parson that shal be named or assigned to be Commissioners in any place to and for th execution of this Acte of Subsedye be or shal be assigned or named head Collectours of any of the paymentes of the sayde Subsedye neyther of any parte therof And that euery such parson or parsons whiche shal be named and appoynted as is aforesayde to be head Collectours in and for the fyrste payment of this Subsedye shall not be compelled to be Collectour for the second payment of the saide Subsedye or for any parte therof And the sayde Collectours which shal be assigned for the collection of the saide Subsedye or for any parte thereof and euery of them be and shal be acquited and discharged of all maner fees rewardes and of euery other charges in the Quenes Maiesties Exchequer or els where of them or of any of them by reason of that collection payment or accomptes or any thyng concernyng the same to be asked And that if any parson receaue or take any fees rewardes or pleasures of any such accomptaunt that then he shall forfeyte to the Quenes Maistie for euery peny or value of euery penye so taken v.s and suffer imprisonment at the Quenes Maiesties pleasure And after the taxyng and assessyng of the sayde Subsedye as is aforesayde had or made and the sayde extractes therof in parchment vnto the Collectour in maner and fourme before rehearsed deliuered the said Cōmissioners whiche shall take vpon them thexecutions of this Acte within the limittes of theyr Commission by theyr agrementes shall haue metyng together at which metyng euery of the saide Commissioners which then shall haue taken vpon them th execution of any part of the sayde Cōmission shall by hym selfe or by his sufficient deputie truely certifie and bring forth vnto the saide Cōmyssyoners named in the sayde Cōmission the certificat and presentment made before him and such other Cōmissioners as were limitted with hym in one limitte so that the same certificat may be accompted and cast with the other certificates of the other limittes within the same Commission then the said Cōmissioners euery number of them vnto two at the least as is aforesaide yf any be in lyfe or theyr executours or administratours of their goodes yf they then be dead shall ioyntly and seuerally as they were deuided within their limittes vnder theyr seales by theyr discressiō make one or seuerall wyrtynges indented conteynyng in it aswell the names of the said Collectours by the Commissioners for such collection accomptes in the Exchequer and payment in the sayde receipte deputed and assigned as the grosse and seuerall sūmes wrytten vnto euery such Collectour to receaue the saide Subsedye And also all fines amerciamentes other forfeytures if any such by reasō of this Act happen to be within the precinct and limitte of their
the amendement of the sayde hyghe wayes Prouided alwayes that it shall not be lawfull to any such Superuisour or superuisours by vertue of this Act to cause any rubbyshe to be dygged out of any quarry or quarryes but onely shall extende to such rubbyshe as shal be founde there redy dygged by the owner or owners of the sayde quarry or quarryes or otherwyse by his or theyr licence and commaundement nor shall not extende or geue aucthoritie to any superuisour or superuisours to dygge or cause to be digged any grauell sande or sinder in the house garden orcharde or medowe of any person or persons nor that it shal be lawefull by this Acte to any such superuisour or superuisours to cause any more pyttes to be dygged for grauell in any seuerall and inclosed grounde then one only and that the same pyt or hole so digged for grauell as is aforesayde shall not by any waye be in breadth or length aboue ten yardes ouer at the most And that euery such Superuisour as shall cause any such pyt to be made dygged for grauell sande or sinder as is abouesaid shall within one moneth next after any suche dyggyng or pyt made cause the same to be filled and stopped by with earth at the costes charges of the pashioners vpon payne to forfait to the owner or owners of the soyle wherein any such pyt shal be made and dygged for euery default fyue markes to be recouered by action of debte as in other lyke cases of debte hath ben accustomed And forasmuche as the hygh wayes in sundrye places of this Realme be full of continuall sprynges and water courses by continuall encrease and synkyng wherof into the grounde the sayde wayes are not only very depe daungerous but also for the moste part impossible to be amended and repaired in any good and sufficient maner without some further remedye prouided for the same Be it therfore by thaucthoritie aforesaide further enacted that from henceforth euery such Superuisour Superuisours as is aforesaide shall by force of this Act within the paryshe or limittes where he or they shal be Superuisours haue full power aucthoritie to turne any such water course or spring of water beyng in any of the sayde hygh wayes into any dyche or diches of the seuerall grounde or soyle of any person or persons whatsoeuer nexte adioynyng to the sayd wayes in such maner and fourme as by the discressions of the said Superuisours shal be thought metest and moste conuenient And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that the hayes fences dykes or hedges next adioynyng on eyther syde to any hygh or common fayryng way shall from time to tyme be dyked scoured repayred and kepte lowe and all trees and busshes growyng in the hygh wayes cut downe by the owner or owners of the grounde or soyle which shal be inclosed with the saide hayes fences dikes or hedges aforsaide whereby the saide wayes may be open and the people haue more redye and easye passage in the same And whereas in the saide statute made in the saide second and thirde yeres of the reignes of the sayde Kynge Phillip and Quene Mary there are but foure dayes yerely appointed for the reparations and amendement of the saide high wayes Be it further by this present Parlyament enacted that from hencefourth there shal be yerely six dayes duringe the tyme and force of this estatute obserued vsed and employed in reparation and amendement of the sayde high wayes in lyke maner and fourme as the saide foure dayes were lymitted and appointed to be obserued and kept by the saide estatute made in the saide second and thirde yeres of Kynge Phillippe and Quene Mary And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that from hencefourth all and euerye suche Superuisour or Superuisours for the tyme beinge within one moneth next after defaulte or offence made done or committed by any person or persons contrary to the prouision purporte and true meanynge of the saide estatute made in the second and third yeres of Kynge Philippe and Quene Mary or contrary to the prouision purport and true meanynge of this present Acte shall present euery such default or offence to the nexte Iustice of peace for the tyme beinge vppon payne to forfait for euery suche defaulte and offence in suche forte not by them presented xl.s And that euery suche Iustice of peace to whom any suche defaulte or offence shal be presented as is aforesaid shall certifie the same presentment so to him made at the nexte generall Sessions within the said Countie then nexte after to be holden vppon payne to forfayt for not certifyinge of euery suche presentment of euery suche defaulte or offence as is aforsaide v.li And that the Iustices of peace of euery Countie where the saide defaultes or offences shal be committed shall immediatly haue aucthoritie to enquire of any suche defaulte or offence committed within the limittes of their commission at euery their quarter Sessions and to assesse suche fynes for the same as they or two of them whereof the one to be of the Quorum shall thinke mete And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that euery Iustice of peace shall haue aucthoritie by this statute vpon his owne proper knowledge in the open generall Sessions to make presentment of any high waye not well and sufficiently repayred and amended or of any other defaulte or offence committed or done within the Countie and limittes of his commission contrary to the prouision and entente of this statute or the saide statute made in the seconde and third yeres of Kyng Phillippe and Quene Mary And that euery such presentment made by any such Iustice of peace vppon his owne knowledge as is aforesaide shal be as good and of the same force strength effect in the law as if the same had ben presented founde and adiudged by the othe of .xii. men And that for euery such defaulte so presented as is aforesaide the Iustices of the peace of the saide Countie shall immediatly at the said generall Sessions haue aucthoritie to assesse suche fynes as to them or two of them wherof the one to be of the Quorum shal be thought mete Sauing euery person and persons that shal be touched by any suche presentment to haue his or their lawfull trauers to the same presentment as they might haue vpon any Indictement of trespas or forcible entrye by the lawes of this Realme before the making of this estatute And that all suche fynes forfaitures and amerciamentes to be assessed by the said Iustices of the peace at their generall Sessions in any the cases aforesaid shal be estreated by the clerke of the peace of the saide Countie and shal be leuyed in suche maner and fourme and employed to suche vses and ententes as in the saide statute made in the second and third yeres of Kynge Phillippe and Quene Mary is limitted and appointed This Acte to continue for twentie yeres nexte after
the begynnynge of this present Parliament and from thence vntill the ende of the Parlyament then nexte after to be holden ¶ An Acte against the forgyng of Euidences and Wrytynges The .xiiii. Chapter FOrasmuche as the wicked perniciouse and daungerous practise of makinge forging and publishinge of false and vntrue Charters euidences dedes and writynges hath of late tyme ben very muche more practised vsed and put in bre in all partes of this Realme then in times passed not only to the high displeasure of God but also to the greate iniurye wronge hurte domage disherison and vtter vndoing of diuers the Quenes Maiesties subiectes of this Realme and to the greate subuersion of Iustice and trueth which semeth to haue growen and happened chieflye by reason that the paynes and punishments limitted for suche greate and notable offences by the lawes and statutes of this Realme before this time haue ben and yet are so small mylde and easye that suche euil people haue not ben nor yet are afrayed to enterprise the practisynge and doinge of suche offences Be it therfore enacted by the Quenes moste excellent Maiestie with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that if any person or persons whatsoeuer after the firste daye of Iune nowe nexte comming vpon his or their owne head and imagination or by false conspiracie and fraude with others shall wittingly subtillye and falsely forge or make or subtellye cause or wittinglie assent to be forged or made any false dede Charter or writinge sealed court roole or the will of any person or persons in writtinge to the intent that the state of freeholde or inheritaunce of any person or persons of in or to any landes tenementes or hereditamentes freeholde or Copie holde or the right tytle or interest of any person or persons of in or to the same or any of them shall or maye be molested troubled defeated recouered or charged or after the saide firste daye of Iune shall pronounce publishe or shewe forth in euidence any suche false and forged dede Charter wrytynge Court roole or will as true knowing the same to be false and forged as is aforesaide to the intent aboue remembred and shal be therof conuicted either vpon action or actions of forger