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A26319	Southt. ss. Ad General. Quarterial. Session. Pacis Domini Regis tent. pro com. prædict. apud Castrum Winton. in com. prædict. die Martis octavo die Octobris anno regni Regis Caroli Secundi tricesimo coram Carolo Domino De la Warr, Hugone Stewkeley, baronett. Carolo Lee, mil. Thoma Cole, ar. Olivero St. Johnm, ar. Willielmo Wither, ar. & aliis justiciariis, &c.	England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Southampton)	1678 (1678)	Wing A464B; ESTC R213917	3,871	1

give relief to any other persons than those that have been whipped or otherwise qualified as aforesaid 9. 39 Eliz. 17. If any Souldiers or Mariners fall sick in their passage home they shall be excused though they exceed the time limited in the Testimonial so that they perform their journey in convenient time after their recovery 10. 39 Eliz. 17. That wandring Souldiers or Mariners and all others wandring as Souldiers or Mariners who will not settle themselves to work or have not a Testimonial under the Hand of some Justice of the Peace near the place of their landing declaring the place where they landed the place whither they are to pass and the time of their passage or exceeding the time limited above fourteen days or having a counterfeit Testimonial shall in all these cases suffer as Felons without any benefit of the Clergy 11. 1 Jam. 11. The Constable Deputy-Constable Headborough and Tythingman shall go from house to house and give notice to every Housholder in person within their respective limits that they take care that neither they nor any of their Servants shall from thenceforth receive any Rogue c. wandring or disorderly person or any other person unlesse poor Inhabitants of the same Parish licensed to beg by the Officers who shall happen to beg at any of their houses But if they see or know any such person to beg they shall forthwith send or convey him to the Constable c. in order to be whipped according to Law upon the penalty of 10 s. for every such Offence and to be prosecuted for the same at the next Sessions 12. 1 Jam. 7. That no Housekeeper or other person whatsoever shall permit or suffer any Rogue c. wandring or disorderly person to lodge or abide within their Houses Barns or Out-Houses near home or remote in the Fields But upon knowledge thereof they shall forthwith give notice to the Constable c. of the same Parish to the intent that such Offenders may be punished according to Law upon pain that every Housekeeper or other person shall forfeit 10 s. for every such Offence 13. That if any Ale-house-keeper or Victualler shall from henceforth relieve entertain lodge or harbour in their Victualling-houses any Rogues c. wandring or disorderly person without special Order from the Constable or Tythingman of the same Parish ●r their Victualling-houses shall be supprest and they shall be further dealt with according to Law 14. 24 Car. 2.12 That every person who shall bring any Rogue c. before any Justice of the Peace shall have 2 s. allowed him for his pains to be paid by the Constable of the Parish through which such a Rogue last past unpunished and such Justice of the Peace is desired 〈◊〉 grant a Warrant to Levy the same 15. That the Constable of every respective Parish shall not charge or compell the inhabitants of any Village Town Parish or Hamlet to pay any Money to their rates concerning imprest Souldiers Mariners Rogues Vagrants or other disorderly persons than to the use expressed as aforesaid And if they do the same shall not be allowed upon their Accounts 16. That Chief Constables Petty Constables Headboroughs Tythingmen and all other Officers herein concerned shall use their utmost endeavours to execute those Laws and shall give an account upon Oath in Writing under the Hand of the Minister of every respective Parish to the Justices of the Peace at their Meetings for their respective Divisions And in default of such Meetings to the Justices at the next Quarter Sessions what Rogues and Vagabonds wandring or disorderly persons they have apprehended and how many they have punished upon the penalty of 40 s. for every such Offence And moreover they shall also present at the next Quarter Sessions all House-keepers Ale-house-keepers or Victuallers who have relieved at their Doors or have lodged or harboured in their Houses Out-houses or Barns any such Rogues Vagabonds or sturdy Beggars to the intent they may be prosecuted according to Law And that in the mean time they cause all those Laws and Directions to be publickly read in their respective Parish Churches or at the Church Door and to be registred in their respective Parish Books there to be kept and preserved for the better Information and Example of those that shall succeed them Tho. Cobbe Clericus Pacis Com' praedict '

Southt ss Ad General Quarterial Session Pacis Domini Regis tent pro Com. praedict apud Castrum Winton in Com. praedict Die Martis Octavo Die Octobris Anno Regni Regis CAROLI Secundi Tricesimo coram Carolo Domino De la Warr Hugone Stewkeley Baronett Carolo Lee Mil. Thoma Cole Ar. Olivero St. John Ar. Willielmo Wither Ar. aliis Justiciariis c. FOrasmuch as the grand Inquest hath informed this Court that the daily concourse and great increase of Rogues Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars is a great grievance and annoyance to the Inhabitants of this County and through the negligence or ignorance of those Officers who have been intrusted in this concern they are now grown so insolent and presumptuous that they have oft by threats and menaces extorted Money and Victuals from those who live in Houses far remote from Neighbours whilst their Husbands and Servants have been employed abroad in the management of their lawfull Vocations and have put the people in a general Consternation or Fear that they will fire their Houses or steal their Goods the Consequences may prove very dangerous if not timely prevented Wherefore this Court taking into their serious Consideration what remedies may be most properly applied to these growing mischiefs do Order and Command all chief Constables petty Constables Headboroughs Tythingmen and all other Officers herein ●●ncerned that they do forthwith cause all the Laws and Statutes heretofore made against Rogues Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars wandring and idle Persons to be put in Execution and to that end it is here Ordered 1. 7 Jam. 4. That all High Constables petty Constables Tythingmen and other Officers herein concerned shall within their several and respective Limits make privy search One every Week and oftner if need be in all Houses Victualling Houses Barns and other suspected places in the Night time for the finding out and apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars wandring and idle persons and they shall also apprehend all such Rogues c. who travel with forged and counterfeit Passes in the Day time and all such Persons which they shall apprehend in such search 39 Eliz. 4. or shall take begging wandring 〈◊〉 disordering themselves the Constable Headborough or Tythingman being assisted with the Minister and some other of the Parish shall cause to be stripped naked from the middle upward and to be openly whipped untill their Bodies be bloudy 2. 9 E●●z 4. That the Constable c. shall strictly examine all and every Person and Persons who shall produce any Testimonial or Passe to travel to any particular place within this Realm and if they shall find that any such Testimonial be not Signed under the Hand end Seal of some Justice of the Peace of some County or the Mayor or head Officer of some Town Corporate or the Constable of some Parish or the Minister Headborough or Tythingman of some Parish from whence the Party came or any two of them or if the Party be not in the direct Road homewards or within the time limited by the Testimonial or Passe or that the Party begs by the way of any Person such Persons so offending in any of these Cases shall be whipped as aforesaid 3. When any Rogue c. hath been whipped the Minister Constable c. of the Parish where he was so whipped or any two of them shall give him a Passe or Testimonial under their Hands and Seals in this or the like form c. J. R. A sturdy Vagrant Beggar of tall Stature gray Hair'd and blind of the left Eye aged about forty Years was such a Day and Year openly whipped at D. in the County of Hants according to the Law for a wandring Rogue and is assigned to pass from Parish to Parish by the Officers thereof the next straight way to A. in the County of Wilts where as he confesseth he was Born and he is limited to be at A. aforesaid within ten Days now next ensuing at his Peril Given under the Hands and Seals of J. S. Minister of D. aforesaid and B. D. Constables there 4. And if such Rogue c. by his own default exceed the time limited by any such Testimonial or Passe he shall from time to time receive the like punishment And the Minister of such Parish shall Register such Testimonial upon the penalty of 5 s. 5. 39 E●●● 4. When such Testimonial is thus made every Rogue c. shall be forthwith sent from Parish to Parish by the Officers of every respective Parish through this County the next straight way to the place of his Birth and if that cannot be known then to the place where he last dwelt by the space of one whole year before the same punishment there to be set to work and if that cannot be known then to the Parish through which he last passed without punishment and the Officers of that Parish shall convey the Person to the House of Correction or the Common Gaol of the County there to be employed in work untill he shall be placed in some Service for the space of one Year or not being able of Body untill he shall be placed in some Alms-house in the County 6. 14 Car. 2.12 1 Jam. 7. When any Rogue c. shall be brought by any Officer to any Parish with such Testimonial or Passe the Constable there shall give him necessary relief for his passage and then convey him by himself or some other person to the Officers of the next Parish in the way to the Parish directed by the Testimonial or Pass And if any Constable c. be negligent and do not his best endeavour to apprehend such Rogues c. idle or disorderly persons and cause them to be punished and conveyed away as aforesaid He shall forfeit 20 s. for every such Offence and if any person whatsoever shall hinder the punishment or conveyance of any Rogue or shall make Rescouse against any Officer or hinder the Execution of these Laws he shall forfeit for every such Offence 5 s. and be bound to his good behaviour 7. 39 Eliz. 4. That if any such Rogue shall be incorrigible and shall seem dangerous or will no● be reformed of his Roguish Life then the Constable c. shall convey him to some Justice of the Peace to be committed to the House of Correction 8. 39 Eliz. 4. That the Constable c. shall give necessary relief and provide lodging for impest Souldiers or Seafaring-men suffering Shipwrack not having wherewith to relieve themselves in their travels homewards and having a Testimonial under the Hand of some Justice of the Peace of or near the place where they Landed declaring the place and time of their Landing the place of the Petitioners dwelling or Birth unto which they be to pass and the time limited for their passage so that such Seafaring-men be in the direct way homewards and within the time limited for their passage And that no Constable or othe● Officer