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
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
within the lymittes of the Watche of the saide towne may vse and exercise suche artes misteries and occupations and take and vse apprentices and seruauntes in suche maner and fourme as the inhabitauntes within market townes by this statute may lawfully do Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the auctoritie aforesayde that all maner amerciamentes fynes issues and forfeitures whiche shall ryse growe or come by reason of any offences or defaultes mencioned in this acte or any braunche thereof within any Citie or towne corporate shal be leuyed gathered and receaued by suche person or persons of the same Citie or towne corporate as shal be appointed by the Maior or other head officers mentioned in this saide acte to the vse and maintenance of the same Citie or towne corporate in suche case and condition as any maner other amerciamentes fynes issues or forfeitures haue ben vsed to be leuyed and imployed within the same Citie or towne corporate by reason of any graunt or charter from the Quenes Maiestie that nowe is or of any her graces noble progenitours made and graunted to the same Citie borowe or towne corporate any thyng or clause before mentioned and expressed in this act to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwaies that this acte or any thing therin conteyned shal not extend to any lawfull reteyninges or couenauntes had or made before the makynge of this acte but that all and euery the parties to suche reteyninges or couenauntes shall and may haue the same and lyke auantages of such reteyninges couenauntes and of the statutes heretofore in that behalfe prouided as if this acte had neuer ben had nor made Any clause of repeal or other matter whatsoeuer in this acte to the contrary in any wyse notwithstanding And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that if any seruaunt or apprentice of husbandry or of any arte science or occupation aforesaid vnlawfullye departe or flee into any other Shire that it shal be lawfull to the saide Iustices of peace and to the saide Maiors Bayliffes and other head officers of Cities and townes corporate for the tyme beinge Iustices of peace there to make and graunte writtes of Capias so many and suche as shal be nedeful to be directed to the Sheriffes of the Counties or to other head officers of the places whyther suche seruauntes or apprentices shall so departe or flee to take their bodies returnable before them at what tyme shall please them so that if they come by suche proces that they be put in prison tyll they shall finde sufficient suertie well and honestly to serue their maisters maistresses or dames from whome they so departed or fledde accordinge to the order of the lawe Prouided alwayes that it shal be lawful to the highe Constables of hundredes in euery Shire to holde kepe and continue petie Sessions otherwise called statute Sessions within the lymittes of their auctorities in all Shires wherein suche Sessions haue ben vsed to be kepte in suche maner and fourme as heretofore hath ben vsed and accustomed so as nothinge be by them done therein contrarie or repugnaunt to this present Acte ¶ An Acte touching certaine politique constitutions made for the maintenaunce of the Nauye The .v. Chapter FOr the better maintenaunce and encrease of the Nauye of this Realme of England Be it enacted by the Quenes most excellent Maiestie with the assent of the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie aforesaid that from the first daye of Aprill Anno Domini M.D.lxiiii and so from thense fourth it shal be lawfull to all and euery of the subiectes of our soueraigne Lady the Quene her heires and successours at his their will and pleasure to carry and transporte out of this Realme in the Shippes or other vessels of any the subiectes aforesaid all and euery kyndes of hearring and other Sea fishe to be taken vpon the Seas by any of the subiectes aforesayd and acte of Parlyament or lawe to the contrary notwithstanding and that all and euery person and persons which shal by vertue of this acte transporte or carry any hearringes or other Sea fishe from or oute of any porte or harborough of this Realme to any place out of the dominions of the Quenes Maiestie her heires or successours shal be free from payment of any custome subsedie or pondage monye for the same fyshe so carryed or transported duringe the space of .iiii. whole yeres beginning at the said first day of Aprill M.D.lxiiii and so further during her Maiesties pleasure And be it further enacted by the auctoritye aforesaid that from the first daye of Maye next commynge it shall not be lawfull to any person or persons in any port Citie towne market or other place within this Realme to set price make any restraynte or take or demaunde tolle or taxe of any Sea fishe to be brought into this Realme or any part hereof being taken by any of the subiects aforesaid in the Shippes or other vessels of the same subiectes vppon payne to euery person offendyng contrary to the meanyng hereof to forfeite the value of the fyshe so restrayned prysed tolled or taxed Any libertie custome graunte pryuiledge or other matter whatsoeuer to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandynge Prouided alwayes that this present acte nor any thinge therein conteyned shal be preiudiciall or hurtfull to the Maior and Burgesses of the Kynges towne vpon Hull or their successors Maiors and Burgesses of the same towne or to any other officer or minister of the same towne at any tyme hereafter but that they and euery of them maye receyue haue and take all and euery suche tolle customes and summes of money of all and euery suche persone and persons as is lymitted appointed and set fourth by them to be taken in an acte of Parlyament made in the .xxxiii. yere of the reigne of our late Soueraigne lord Kyng Henry the eyght And that neither the saide Maior and Burgesses of Kyngston vpon Hull nor any inhabitaunte there or any of them shal take any aduauntage of that article of this Estatute for the cariage of any hearrynges or salted fishe to anye the parties beyond the Sea Any thing in this present acte mentioned conteined specified or declared in any wyse to the contrary notwithstanding Be it also enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that no purueyour or other persone whatsoeuer shall from the said first day of Maye by vertue of any commission or otherwise take any hearring or Sea fishe from any of the subiectes afore mentioned that shall take the same in the Shippes or other vessels of the saide subiects as it is abouesaid otherwise then by agrement of the owners or sellers of the same fishe vpon payne for euery purueyour and other person whatsoeuer offending contrary to the tenour of this acte to forfeite the double value of the hearringes or fishe so to be taken And it shal be lawful for any person being owner or
Information made by any person or persons against any offender or offenders of this acte in any cause saue for the eatinge of fleshe firste before speciallie lymitted that then euery such person so conuict vpon any Information shal lose suche forfeiture as is before lymitted the one halfe thereof to be to suche as so shall make the Information and the other halfe to those whiche vpon presentement without speciall Information are before lymitted to haue the whole forfeiture And that for the leuyinge of euery forfeiture growing by this estatute aswel the saide Lorde Admirall of England Lorde warden of the Syncque portes theyr Lieuetenaunts and Iudges as the sayde Iustices Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes and other head officers within the lymittes of their Commissions or aucthorities haue and shall haue full power and aucthoritie to make such proces as they shal thinke good by their discressions Prouided alwayes that none Information at the suâ—e of an persone concernynge this acte shal be of any effect to put anye person to aunswere or losse of forfeiture excepte the sayde Information be commenced within halfe a yere nexte after the offence done contrary to this acte nor that any Information or presentment for the Quenes Maiestie her heires or successours or for the Admirall warden of the Sinque portes Maiors or other officers aforesaide be of any effecte to put any person to any aunswere or losse of any forfeiture by vertue of this acte excepte the saide Information or presentment be within one yere nexte after the offence done and committed contrary to this acte Prouided and be it likewise enacted that it shal be lawfull to any person or persons to haue at his or their table vpoÌ„ euery wednesdaye beinge ordered by this estatute to be obserued as a fishe daye one onely vsual competent dishe of fleshe of one kind and no mo so that he she or they haue also serued to the same table and mease at the same meale their ful competent vsuall dishes of Sea fishe of sundry kyndes eyther freshe or salt and that without fraude or couyn and so shall also order that the same fishe be mete and seasonable and that it shal be eaten or spent in like maner as vpon Fridayes or Saterdayes in like cases are vsed And that also such persons as haue or hereafter shall haue vpon good and iust considerations any lawfull license to eate fleshe vpon any fishe day except suche persons as for sicknes shall for the tyme be licensed by the Bishop of the dioces or by their Curates or shal be licensed by reason of age or other impediment allowed heretofore by the Ecclesiasticall lawes of this Realme shal be bounde by force of this statute to haue for euery one dishe of fleshe serued to be eaten at their table one vsuall dishe of Sea fishe freshe or salte to be likewyse serued at the same table and to be eaten or spent without fraude or couin as the lyke kinde is or shal be vsually eaten or spent on Saterdayes And that these two articles and clauses next aboue shal be taken and interpreted from tyme to tyme in the fauoure of expence of Sea fishe and that the offendour or offendours herein shal be punished in lyke maner as is ordered by this estatute for punishment of suche as shall eate fleshe vpon Fridayes Saterdayes or other fishe dayes And because no maner of person shall misiudge of the intent of this estatute limittinge orders to eate fishe and to forbeare eatinge of fleshe but that the same is purposely intended and ment politikely for the increase of Fishermen Mariners and repairing of port townes and nauigation and not for any superstition to be mainteyned in the choyse of meates Be it enacted that who soeuer shall by preachinge teachinge writinge or open speache notifie that any eating of fishe or forbearinge of fleshe mentioned in this statute is of any necessitie for the sauinge of the soule of man or that it is the seruice of God otherwise then as other politike lawes are and be that then suche person shal be punished as spreaders of false newes are or ought to be Be it enacted in the fauour of Fyshermen Mariners haunting the sea as Fyshermen or Mariners that none of them shall hereafter at any tyme be compelled agaynst his or theyr wyll to serue as any souldiour vppon the lande or vpon the sea otherwyse then as a Mariner except it shal be to serue vnder any Captayne of some shyp or vessell for landyng to do some speciall exploit whiche Mariners haue vsed to do or vnder any other person hauing aucthoritie to withstande any inuasion of enemies or to subdue any rebellion within the Realme and also except all such persons as by tenure lawefull custome or couenaunt be or shal be otherwyse bounde to serue Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by aucthoritie aforesayde that this Acte or any thyng therin conteyned shall not extende to take away or diminishe any libertie priuiledge fraunches forfaiture or amerciament fines issues wreckes of the Sea or any other lawfull inheritaunce or free holde from any person or persons bodyes politique or corporate theyr heyres or successours for or touchyng any lawfull libertie aucthoritie or iurisdiction admirall or for conseruation of any water that they or any of them nowe haue lawfullye or hereafter shall haue Any thyng in the same to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouided alwayes and be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no Fysherman vsyng or hauntyng the sea shal be taken by the Quenes Maiesties Commission to serue her hyghnes as a Mariner on the Sea but that the sayde Commission be first brought by her hyghnes taker or takers to two Iustices of peace next adioynyng and inhabytyng to the sayde Sea costes Townes or other places where the sayd Mariners are so to be taken to the intent the sayde Iustices may chose out and cause to be returned such sufficient number of able men as in the saide CoÌ„mission shal be conteyned to serue her Maiestie as is aforesayde Sauyng alwayes to the Sinque Portes and also to the towne of great Yarmouth all such lawfull liberties as they iustly haue before the makyng of this Acte touchyng the free fayer kepte at Yarmouth other then in bying of straungers and takyng of toll as the same be before prohibited Prouided alwayes that any thyng in this Acte conteyned shall not be hurtfull or preiudiciall to any aucthoritie style preheminence dignitie or iurisdiction belongyng to the office of the Lord warden of the Sinque Portes Prouided alwayes that it shall and may be lawfull to and for any person or persons beyng straungers borne to bryng yerely in any Shyp Bottome or Vessell wherof any stranger or strangers borne is or shal be owner or owners into the Hauens Portes and Townes of the Isle of man or into any of them any of the wynes made in any of the dominions or countreys belongynge to the Crowne of Fraunce and in the same Portes and
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
to any manoues landes tenementes or hereditamentes or any annuitye rent or profite forth of anye manours landes tenementes or hereditamentes or to the entent to alter defeate moleste trouble charge or recouer the estate of inheritaunce freholde or for yeres of any person in any manours landes tenementes rentes or hereditamentes That then euery person and persons that shall so offende and shal be thereof conuicted in fourme firste aboue remembred shall paye vnto the partie greued double costes and damages and shall haue imprisonment losse of eares slittinge and searynge of nose and forfaiture of landes in the same maner and fourme as aboue is lymitted for any person that shal offende by forgynge or publishynge of any false dede or writynge as is aforesayde after the aforesaide first daye of Iune Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this Acte nor any paine forfaiture or thynge therin conteyned shall extende to any Attourney Lawyer or Counselour that shall for his clyent pleade shewe forth or geue in euidence any false and forged dede Charter wille Courtrolle or other wrytynge for true or good beinge not partye and priuey to the forgynge of the same for the pleadynge shewynge forthe or geuynge in euydence of the same Anye thinge in this Acte to the contrarye notwithstandynge Prouyded alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that this Acte or any thynge therein conteyned shall not extende to any person or persons that shall pleade or shewe forth any dede or writynge exemplifyed vnder the greate Seal of Englande or vnder the Seal of any other Autentique Court of this Realme nor shall extende to any Iudge or Iustice or other person that shall cause any Seal of any Court to be set to any suche dede Charter or wrytynge inrolled not knowynge the same to be false or forged Any thynge in this Acte to the contrary notwithstandyng ¶ An Acte against fonde and Phantasticall Prophesies The .xv. Chapter FOrasmuche as sithens the expiration and ending of the Statute made in the time of Kynge Edwarde the sixte entytuled an acte against fonde and fantasticall prophesies diuers euill disposed persons enclined to the stirring and mouinge of factions seditions and rebellions within this Realme haue byn the more bolde to attempte the lyke practise in fayning imagining inuenting and publyshing of suche fonde and phantastical prophesies aswel concerning the Quenes Maiestie as diuers honorable personages Gentilmen and others of this Realme as was vsed and practised before the makinge of the saide statute to the greate disquiete trouble and perill of the Quenes Maiestie and of this her Realme For remedie wherof Be it ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parlyament that if any person or persons after the first daye of Maye nexte comminge do aduisedly and directly aduaunce publishe and set forth by writing printing syngyng or any other open speache or dede to any person or persons any fonde phantasticall or false prophesie vpon or by the occasion of any armes fieldes beastes badges or suche other lyke thinges accustomed in armes cognisaunces or signettes or vpon or by reason of any tyme yere or day name blodshed or warre to the intent thereby to make any rebellion insurrection dissention losse of life or other disturbaunce within this Reame and other the Quenes dominions that then euery suche person beinge thereof lawfullye conuicted accordynge to the due course of the lawes of this Realme for euerie suche offence shall suffer imprisonment of his bodye by the space of one yere without bayle or mainprise and shall forfait for euerye suche offence the summe of tenne poundes And if any suche offendour do after suche conuiction eftsones offende in any of the premisses and be thereof lawfullye conuicted as is aforesaid that then euery suche offendour shall for his seconde offence and conuiction as is aforesaide suffer imprisonment of his bodie without bayle or mainprise duringe his life and shall forfait al his goods and cattels realles and personales The moities of euery whiche forfaitures shal be to the Quenes highnes her heyres and successours and the other moities thereof to him that shall or will sue for the same in any of the Quenes courtes of recorde by action bill plainte or information in which case no essoygne wager of lawe or protection shal be allowed or admitted And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaid that all and euerye Iustice of assise Iustice of Oyer and determiner Iustice of peace shall haue full power and aucthoritie by vertue hereof to enquire heare and determine all and euery offence or offences abouesaid committed or done within the lymittes of their comission contrarye to the tenour and meanynge of this Acte Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that no person or persons shall at any tyme hereafter be empeached for any offence hereafter to be committed or done contrarie to this acte vnlesse he be therefore empeached or accused within sixe monethes nexte ensuynge any suche offence by hym or them committed or done ¶ An Acte against Coniurations Enchauntmentes and Witchcraftes The .xvi. Chapter WHere at this present there is no ordinarye ne condigne punishment prouided against the practisers of the wicked offences of coniurations inuocations of euill Spirites of Sorceries Enchauntementes charmes and witchcraftes the whiche offences by force of a Statute made in the .xxxiii. yere of the reigne of the late Kyng Henry the .viii. were made to be felony so continued vntill the saide Statute was repealed by the acte and statute of repeale made in the first yere of the reigne of the late Kynge Edwarde the sixte Sithens the repeale whereof many fantasticall and diuelishe persons haue deuised and practised Inuocations and Coniurations of euill and wicked Spirites and haue vsed practised witchcraftes enchauntmentes charmes and Sorceries to the destruction of the persons and goods of their niegbours and other subiectes of this Realme for other lewde intents and purposes contrarie to the lawes of almightie God to the perill of their owne soules and to the greate infamie and disquietnes of this Realme For reformation whereof be it enacted by the Quenes 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 after the first day of Iune nexte comming vse practise exercise any Inuocations or Coniurations of euill and wicked Spirites to or for any intent or purpose or els if any person or persons after the saide first day of Iune shall vse practise or exercise any witchcrafte enchauntement charme or Sorcerie whereby any person shall happen to be kylled or destroyed that then aswell euery suche offendour or offendours in Inuocations or coniurations as is aforesaid their aydours and counsellours as also euerie such offendour or offendours in witchcrafte enchaunmente charme or Sorcerie whereby the death of any person dothe ensue their aidours and counsailours beinge
any wyse notwithstandyng An Act for the punyshment of vnlawfull takyng of Fyshe Deare or Haukes ¶ The .xxi. Chapter WHERE aswell the Quenes Maiestie and her moste noble progenitours as also the noble men gentlemen and diuers other persons of great dominions Lordeshyppes manours possessions within this Realme haue of auncient long time had and many of them nowe of late to theyr great costes and charges for the necessarye better prouision maintenaūce of theyr housholdes haue erected and made in and vpon theyr seuerall demeanes groundes possessions aswell pooles stanges stewes motes pyttes or pondes for the only encrease of Fishe and haue stored the same with Pikerell Breame Tenche Carpe and diuers other good kyndes of fishe for the necessary encrease of vittayles and for the better maintenaūce and prouision of their houses as is aforesayde and also haue emparked enuironed enclosed many parcels of their said demeanes soyles groundes and possessions for the breedyng cherishyng and encrease aswell of redde as fallowe Deare within theyr seuerall parkes and inclosures for the causes afore declared and also haue breeding within their woods groundes diuers Eyries of hawkes of sundry kyndes to theyr great pleasure and commoditie Yet neuerthelesse the saide seuerall waters groundes parkes and enclosures so beyng had erected and made and also beyng so stored and replenyshed haue ben from time to time by euyll disposed persons of a very euyll wylfull and insolent disposition of mallyce and displeasure not only by night time broken and entred into but also the heddes or dammes of the said pondes pooles stanges motes stewes or seuerall waters haue ben maliciously wylfully and vnlawfully cut out and the pales fences and inclosures of the saide parkes and groundes broken cast downe set open and the Fishe Deare and Hawkes within the same taken destroyed caryed away and stollen not only to the great losse and damage of the owners therof and to the small encouragement of other good subiects myndyng the carefull prouision of suche necessary victualles but also to the manifest emboldenyng of many lyke wylfull malefactours and malicious offendours wherby many ryots manslaughters mischiefes and other inconueniences haue ben dayly perpetrated and lyke to be committed and done yf circumspect remedye be not herevnto prouided Be it therfore enacted by the Quenes Maiestie the Lordes spirituall and temporall and the cōmons of this present Parliament assembled and by the aucthoritie of the same that yf any person or persons after the feast of Pentecost next cōmyng shall at any tyme by day or by nyght vnlawfully without aucthoritie breake cutte downe cut out or destroy any hedde or heddes damme or dammes of any pondes pooles motes stanges stewes or seuerall pyttes wherin fyshe are or shall happen to be put in or stored withall by the owners or possessioners therof or do or shall wrongfully fyshe in any the sayde seuerall pondes pooles motes stanges stewes or pyttes to thintent to destroye kyll take or steale away any of the same fyshe agaynst the wyll mynde or pleasure of the owners or possessioners of the same not hauyng any lawefull tytle or aucthoritie so to do and therof be lawefully conuicted at the suite of our soueraigne Lady the Quene her heyres or successours or the partie grieued shall suffer imprisonment of his or theyr bodyes by the space of three monethes and shall yelde and paye to the partie grieued his treble damages and after the saide three monethes expired shall fynde sufficient suerties for his or theyr good abearing agaynst the Quene our soueraigne Lady her heyres successours and al her liege people for the space of seuen yeres after or els shal remayne and continue styll in pryson without bayle or mainprise vntyll such tyme as he or they so offending can and shall fynde such sufficient suerties duryng the sayde tyme and space of seuen yeres as is aforesayde AND be it also enacted by aucthoritie of this present Parliament that yf any person or persons after the sayde feast of Pentecost next commyng at any tyme by nyght or by day in maner aforesaid wrongfully or vnlawfully breake or enter into any parke empaled or any other seuerall grounde closed with wall pale or hedge and vsed for the kepyng breedyng and cherishing of Deare and so wrongfully hunt dryue or chase out or take kyll or slea any Deare within any suche empaled parke or closed grounde with wall pale or other inclosure and vsed for Deare as is aforesaide or do or shal take away any Hawke or Hawkes or the egges of any of them by any wayes or meanes vnlawefullye out of any the woods or grounde of any person or persons not hauyng lawefull aucthoritie or licence so to do and therof be lawfully conuicted at the suite of our soueraigne Lady the Quene or the partie grieued as is aforesayde shall lykewyse suffer imprisonment of his or theyr bodyes by the space of three monethes and shall yelde and paye to the partie grieued his treble damages And after the sayde three monethes expired shall fynde sufficient suerties for his or theyr good abearing for the space of .vii. yeres after against the Quenes Maiestie her heyres and successours and all her liege people as is aforesayde or els shall remayne continue styll in pryson without bayle or mainpryse vntyll such tyme as he or they so offending can and shall fynde such sufficient suerties duryng the said time of vii yeres as is afore rehearsed Prouided alwayes that this Acte or any thyng therein conteyned extende not to any parke or inclosed grounde hereafter to be made vsed for Deare without the graunt or licence of our soueraigne Lady the Quene her heyres successours or progenitours Prouided alwayes and be it enacted by aucthoritie aforesaide that it shal be lawful for the partie grieued to sue and take his further remedie agaynst all and euery such offendour and offendours for his losse and damages and to recouer the treble value of the same in this behalfe aswell before Iustices of Oyer and determiner Iustices of Assyse in theyr circuites and Iustices of the peace as els where in any other the Quenes courtes of Recorde and that vpon the true satisfaction of the sayde treble damages to the partie grieued or vpon the confession and knowledge therof by the same partie before the sayde Iustices in open sessions to be holden within the Countie where the offence was committed it shal be at the libertie of the same partie grieued to whom the sayde offence was committed to release at his pleasure the sayde suertishyp of good abearyng at any tyme within the sayde seuen yeres or before Any thyng in this present Acte before specified or expressed to the contrary notwithstandyng And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the Iustices of Oyer and determiner Iustices of Assyse in theyr circuites and Iustices of the peace and gaole delyuery in theyr Sessions shall by vertue hereof haue power and aucthoritie to
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
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
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
sole lawe statute in the same an vniforme order prescribed limitted concerning the wages other orders for apprētises seruaūtes labourers there is good hope y t it wyll come to passe that y e same law being duely executed shuld banyshe ydlenes aduaunce husbandry yelde vnto the hyred person both in the tyme of scarsitie in the tyme of plentie a conuenient proportion of wages Be it therfore enacted by thaucthoritie of this present parliamēt that as much of all the estatutes heretofore made euery braunch of thē as touch or concerne the hiring keping departing working wages or order of seruaūtes workmen artificers apprentices labourers or any of them the penalties forfaitures concernyng the same shal be frō after the last day of Septēber nexte ensuing repealed and vtterly voyde of none effect and that all the said statutes and euery braunch therof for any matter conteined in them and not repealed by this statute shal remayne and be in full force effect Any thing in this statute to the contrary notwithstanding AND be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that no maner of person or persons after the foresayde last day of September nowe nexte ensuyng shall reteyne hyre or take into seruice or cause to be reteyned hired or taken into seruice nor any person shal be reteined or hired or takē into seruice by any meanes or colour to worke for any lesse tyme or terme then for one hole yere in any of the sciences craftes misteries or artes of Clothyers Wollen cloth weauers Tuckers Fullers Clotheworkers Sheremen Dyers Hosiers Taillers Shomakers Tanners Pewterers Bakers Brewers Glouers Cutlers Smythes Farrors Curryers Sadlers Spurryers Turners Cappers Hat-makers or Felt makers Bowyers Fletchers Arrowhead makers Butchers Cookes or Myllers And be it further enacted that euery person beyng vnmarryed and euery other person beyng vnder the age of .xxx. yeres that after the feast of Easter nexte shall marry and hauyng ben brought vp in any of the sayde artes craftes or sciences or that hath vsed or exercised any of them by the space of three yeres or more and not hauyng landes tenementes rentes or hereditamentes copy holde or free holde of one estate of inheritaunce or for terme of any lyfe or lyues of the clere yerely value of xl.s nor beyng worth of his owne goodes the clere value of x.li and so alowed by two Iustices of the peace of the countie where he hath most cōmonly inhabited by the space of one hole yere and vnder their handes and seales or by the Maior or other head officer of the citie borough or towne corporate where such person hath most commonly dwelled by the space of one whole yere and two Aldermen or two other discrete Burgesses of the same citie borough or towne corporate if there be no Aldermen vnder theyr handes and seales nor beyng reteyned with any person in husbandry or in any of the aforesayd artes and sciences accordyng to this Statute nor lawfully reteyned in any other arte or science nor beyng lawfully reteyned in householde or in any office with any noble man gentelman or others according to the lawes of this Realme nor hauing a conuenient ferme or other holdyng in tyllage whervpon he may employ his labour shall during the tyme that he or they shal so be vnmaried or vnder the sayde age of .xxx. yeres vpon request made by any person vsyng the art or mistery wherin the sayd person so required hath ben exercised as is aforesayde be reteyned and shall not refuse to serue accordyng to the tenor of this Statute vpon the payne and penaltie hereafter mentioned And be it further enacted that no person which shall reteyne any seruaunt shall put away his or her sayd seruaunt and that no person reteyned accordyng to this Statute shall depart from his maister maistres or dame before the ende of his or her terme vppon the payne hereafter mentioned vnlesse it be for some reasonable and sufficient cause or matter to be alowed before two Iustices of peace or one at the least within the sayde Countie or before the Maior or other chiefe officer of the Citie Borough or Towne corporate wherein the sayde maister maistres or dame inhabiteth to whom any of the parties greued shall complayne which said Iustices or Iustice Maior or chiefe office shall haue take vpon them or hym the hearyng and orderyng of the matter betwixt the said maister maistres or dame seruaunt accordyng to the equitie of the cause And that no suche maister maistres or dame shall put away any such seruaunt at th ende of his terme or that any such seruaunt shall depart from his said maister maistres or dame at th ende of his terme without one quarter warnyng geuen before th ende of his sayde terme eyther by the sayde maister maistres or dame or seruaunt the one to the other vpon the payne hereafter ensuyng And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayd that euery person betwene the age of .xii. yeres the age of threescore yeres not being lawfully reteyned nor apprentice with any Fysherman or Mariner haunting the seas nor being in seruice with any kyddyer or carier of any corne grayne or meale for prouision of the Citie of London nor with any husbandman in husbandrye nor in any Citie Towne corporate or market Towne in any of the artes or sciences limitted or appoynted by this estatute to haue or take apprentices nor being reteyned by the yere or halfe the yere at the least for the dyggyng sekyng fyndyng gettyng meltyng fynyng working trying making of any Syluer Tin Lead Iron Copper Stone Sea cole Stone cole Moore cole or Cherk cole nor being occupied in or about y e makyng of any glasse nor being a gentelmā borne nor being a student or scoller in any of the vniuersities or in any scoole nor hauyng landes tenements rentes or hereditamentes for terme of lyfe or of one estate of inheritaūce of the clere yerely value of xl.s nor beyng worth in goodes and cattels to the value of x.li nor hauyng a father or mother then lyuyng or other auncestour whose heyre apparaunt he is then hauyng landes tenementes or hereditaments of the yerely value of x.li or aboue or goodes or cattels of the value of .xl. li. nor beyng a necessary or conuenient officer or seruaunt lawfully reteyned as is aforesayde nor hauyng a conuenient ferme or holdyng whervpon he maye or shall employe his labour nor being otherwyse lawefully reteyned according to the true meanyng of this statute shall after the foresaide last day of September nowe next ensuing by vertue of this estatute be compelled to be reteyned to serue in husbandrye by the yere with any persō that kepeth husbandry wyl require any such persō so to serue within the same shire where he shal be so required AND be it further enacted by the aucthoritie of this present Parliamēt that if any person after he hath reteined any seruaunt shall put away the
enacted by the aucthoritie aforesaide that all red tanned leather whiche shal be brought into the Citie of London whether it be to be solde or be bought before hande or no shal be brought to Leaden hall before it be housed in his or theyr owne houses and there viewed whether it hath ben searched or sealed or no and shall also be registred by the searchers to be appoynted as is aforesayde with halfe such fees therfore to be payde as is hereafter expressed for leather to be sold in Leaden hall vpon payne that euery person housyng or not bryngyng his leather to Leaden hall as is aforesayd shall forfaite for euery hyde or skynne vi s.viii Prouided that this article shall not extende to any leather to be bought in Bartilmewe fayer or Southwarke market being searched sealed and registred accordyng to the true meaning of this Acte And also be it further enacted that if any person wyll after the said feast wylfully withstande or denye any such search to be made accordyng to the tenour of this Act as is aforesaid or wyll not suffer the said searchers so appoynted to enter into his or theyr house or houses or other place to viewe and search at theyr wyll pleasure all maner of tanned leather and all maner of shoes bootes males saddels and all maner of wares wrought and made or to be wrought and made of leather and to sease and carry awaye all such leather shoes and wares as they shal finde insufficiently tanned curryed or wrought or made of euyll stuffe that then all and euery such person and persons so denying and withstandyng and not suffryng the sayde searchers or any of them so sworne and appoynted for the tyme beyng to enter and make search and sease as is aforesayde shall lose and forfait for euerytyme so denying and withstandyng v.li And be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that yf the persons so to be appoynted for the seuerall searches of leather and wares made of leather as is aforesayde do refuse with conuenient spede to seale leather sufficiently tanned or do make default in theyr search or do alowe that whiche shal be insufficiently tanned curryed or wrought contrary to the true meanyng of this Acte or shall eyther for affection or corruption conceale the faultes or any of them founde in that behalfe that then the Maior Baylyffes Lordes of liberties and other persons whiche by vertue of this Acte shal appoynt such searchers and sealers shall forfait and lose for euery suche default offence xl.s the moitie of which forfaiture shal be to our Soueraigne Lady the Quene her heyres successours and the other moitie to hym or them that wyll sue for the same in any of the Quenes Maiesties courtes of Recorde by byll playnt information or otherwyse AND forasmuch as heretofore great deceipt hath ben vsed in cuttyng of the wombes from the backes for that the Tanner dyd not cut of so much as was meete but left more to the backe wherof vtter sole leather was made then was conuenient and meete And forasmuch also as yf the Curryer should curry the whole hyde together the Shoemaker myght then put that part of the hyde called the wombes into vtter sole leather which is meete but for inner sole leather to the great deceipte damage of the wearer of shoes bootes or other stuffe made by the shoemaker or cordwayner Be it therfore enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that such persons as shal be so appoynted searchers or sealers as is aforesayde shall after the true tanning and before the currying of any leather brought to be searched and sealed as is aforesayde by theyr discretions cutte of so muche of the hyde truely tanned to be solde to a Shoemaker Cordwayner or Cobler into wombes as they shal by theyr othes thynke vnmeete to make vtter sole leather of vppon payne that the Shoemaker Cordwayner or Cobler shall forfait for euery such hyde not cut as is aforesayde iii.s.iiii.d And be it further enacted that such person and persons as hereafter shal be assigned and appoynted searchers and sealers of tanned leather by vertue of this Acte shall within the limittes and precinctes of euery of theyr searches kepe one booke or register wherein they shall enter all suche bargaynes as shal be made for leather hydes or skynnes by any person or persons duryng and by all the tyme of the fayer or market beyng thereto required by the byer or the seller and also the pryces of suche leather bought solde with the names and dwellyng places of the byer and seller takyng for his and theyr payne and trauell therin to be taken aswell for the sealyng of such leather and cuttyng of the wombes as is aforesayde as for registryng thereof of the seller of euery dycker of leather so entred ii.d and so after the rate and for euery syre dosen of Calues skynnes ii.d and of the byer after the same rate and no more or greater summe or summes of money to be paide for entryng of the same vpon payne of forfaiture for not entryng and registryng or not cuttyng of of the wombes as is aforesayde for euery dycker of leather iii.s iiii d and for euery dosen of Calues skinnes iii.s iiii d and so after that rate And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that no person or persons shall after the first day of May nexte commyng sell exchaunge or put away or cause to be solde exchaunged or put away any maner of tanned leather red and vnwrought except he or they register or cause to be registred the sayde tanned leather and euery parte and parcell thereof and the pryce thereof vppon payne of forfaiture of the value of the leather so solde exchaunged or put away and not registred And be it further enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that it shall not be lawefull to or for any person or persons to bye any tanned leather before the same shal be searched and sealed not to carry or cause to be carryed out of the fayer or market any leather tyll it be registred as is aforesayde vpon payne to forfait the sayde leather or the value therof so bought and not searched and sealed or carryed away and not registred And be it further enacted that no Cordwayner Shoemaker or Cobler shal carry or cause to be carryed any Oxe or Stere hides tanned whereof any sole leather shal be cutte out of any fayer or markette whole before the wombes be cut of as is aforesayde vppon payne of forfaiture for euery hyde otherwyse carryed out of the same fayer or markette vi.s viii d and the hyde or the value therof AND be it further enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that yf any Curryer within the said Citie of London or three myles compasse after the feast of Saint Michaell tharchangell next do currye any leather insufficiently tanned or after the sayde feast nexte do not curry such leather as he doth or shall curry substauncially and well accordyng to the
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
as shall be therevnto appoynted by the Quenes Commyssyon shall then haue vehemente suspecte to beof more greater value or substaunce in Landes goodes Cattelles or summes of money owynge to them or other substaunce before sayde then vppon suche parsone or parsones shal be certyfyed the same Commyssyoners shall make their precepte or preceptes directed to the Constable Baylyffes or other offycers commaundyng the same Constable Baylyffes or other officers to whom suche precepte shal be directed to warne suche parsones whose names shal be comprysed in the sayde precepte at theyr mansyons or to theyr parsones that the same parsones named in suche preceptes and euerye of them shall parsonallye appeare before the sayde Commyssyoners at the same newe prefyxed daye and place there to bee examyned by all wayes and meanes other then by corporall othe by the sayde Commyssyoners of theyr greateste substaunce and beste value and of all and euerye Summes of money owynge to them and other whatsoeuer matter concernynge the premysses or any of them accordynge to this Acte At whiche daye and place so prefyxed the sayde Commyssyoners then and there beynge or as manye of theim as shall be therevnto appoynted by the Quenes Commyssyon shall cause to be called the sayde parsons whose names shal be comprysed in the sayde precepte as is before sayde for theyr examination And yf any of those parsones whiche shoulde be warned as is before sayde to be examyned whiche at anye tyme after the warnyge and before the prefyxed daye shal be within suche place where he maye haue knowledge of his sayde appearaunce to be made make defaulte and appeare not vnlesse a reasonable cause or els a reasonable excuse by the othes of twoo credyble parsones before the sayde Commyssyoners be truelye alledged for his discharge that then euery of them so makyng defaulte to be taxed and charged to the Quenes Maiestie with and at the double summes of the rate that he shoulde or ought to haue ben sette at for and after the beste value of his landes or substaunce vppon hym certyfyed yf he hadde appeared by the discressyon of the Commyssyoners there beynge Whiche Commyssyoners shall trauayle with euerye of the other parsones so then and there appearynge whose names shal be expressed in the sayde precept or preceptes and in whom any vehement suspecte was or shal be had fourme abouesayde by all suche wayes and meanes they can other than by corporall othe for the better knowledge of theyr best value eyther in hereditamentes or possessions eyther els in goodes or debtes And that euery Spirituall parson at eyther of the sayde taxations of the sayde Subsedye shal be rated and sette accordynge to the rate abouesayde of and for euery pounde that the same Spirituall parson or any other to his vse hath by discent bargayne or purchase in fee Simple fee Tayle terme of lyfe terme of yeres by execution by warde or by copye of court roll in anye Manours Landes Annuittes or Hereditamentes after the true iuste and yerely value therof after and accordynge as other the Quenes Maiesties subiectes borne within this Realme be charged in fourme aboue remembred so that it extend to the yerely value of xx.s or aboue And it is further enacted that yf the sayde taxours and assessours shall not duely behaue them selues in theyr inquirye taxation assessement or certificat but shall affectionallye corruptlye or parciallye demeasne them selues in that behalfe in suche wyse that the Commyssyoners shall by theyr consideration deame them offenders worthy of punyshement for not doyng theyr dueties therin that then foure or more of the Commissioners in that Countie for this Subsedye shall haue power and aucthoritie by theyr discressions eyther to charge the sayde assessours vpon theyr corporall othes for the better seruyce aforesayde in that behalfe or els by theyr discression to taxe and sette vpon eyther of the sayde assessours for theyr misdemeanour in that behalfe suche a fine or payne as they shall thynke good so that it exceade not the summe of tenne poundes and the same fine or payne at theyr discressions to estreate Euery which fine so taxed and sette by foure of the Commissioners or more and beyng estreated with the Sedule or bokes of that lymytte shal be leuyed and aunswered to the Quenes vse in lyke maner and fourme to all intentes and purposes as any other summe that shal be taxed and become due by vertue of this estatute and Acte of Subsedye and not in any other wyse or maner And yf anye parson certified or rated by vertue of this Acte be he Commyssyoner or other to anye maner of value doth fynde hym selfe grieued with the same presentment sessyng or taxyng and therevppon complayne to the Commissyoners before whom he shal be rated sessed or taxed or before two of them before the same taxation be certified into the courte of the Exchequer that then the sayde Commyssyoners or two of them shall by all wayes and meanes examine particularly and distynctlye the parson so complaynyng vpon his othe and other his neyghbours by theyr discressyon of euery his landes and tenementes aboue specified and of euery his goodes cattelles and debtes aboue mentioned And after due examination and parfecte knowledge thereof hadde and perceaued by the sayde Commyssyoners or two of them whiche shall haue power by aucthoritie aforesayde the sayde Commyssyoners or two of theim to whom anye suche complaynte shal be made by theyr discressyon vppon the othe of the sayde parson so complaynynge maye abate defaulke encrease or enlarge the same assessemente accordynge as it shall appeare vnto theim iuste vppon the same examination And the same summe so abated defaulked encreased or enlagred shal be by them estreated in fourme as hereafter ensueth And yf it be proued by wytnesse or by the parties owne confession or other lawefull wayes or meanes within a yeare after anye suche othe made that the same parson so taxed and sworne was of anye better or greater value in landes goodes or other thynges aboue specified at the tyme of his sayde othe then the same parson so sworne dyd declare vpon his sayde othe that then euery suche parson so offendynge shall lose and forfeyt to the Quenes Maiestie so much in lawfull money of England as he the same parson so sworne was sette or taxed to pay And also it is enacted by the same aucthoritie that euerye parson to bee rated at the sayde taxation as is aforesayde shall be rated taxed and sette and the summe on hym sette to bee leuyed at suche place where he and his famylye at the tyme of the same presentemente to bee made shall kepe his house or dwellynge or where he then shal be moste conuersaunte abydynge or resyaunte or shall haue his moste resorte at the tyme of the sayde certyfycate to bee made and no where els And that no Commyssyoner for this Subsedye shall bee rated or taxed for his goodes or landes but in the Shyre and other place where he shal be Commyssyoner And
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
that all and euery parson and parsons hauyng manours landes tenementes and other hereditamentes chargeable to the payment of the Subsedye graunted to the Quenes Maiestie by this Acte and also hauyng spiritual possessions chargeable to her sayd Maiestie by the graūt made by the Clergye of this Realme in their Conuocation and ouer this hauyng subtaunce in goodes and cattelles chargeable by this saide Acte that then yf any of the sayde parson or parsons be hereafter charged assessed and taxed for the sayde manours landes and tenementes and spirituall possessions and also assessed charged and taxed for his or theyr goodes and cattelles that then he or they shal be onely charged by vertue of this Acte for his and their sayde manours landes tenementes hereditamentes and spirituall possessions or onlye for his sayde goodes and cattelles the best therof to be taken for the Quenes Maiestie and not to be charged for both or double charged for any of them Any thynge in this Acte conteyned to the contrary in any wise notwithstandyng Prouyded alwayes that this graunt of Subsedye nor anye thynge therein conteyned in any wyse extende to charge the Inhabytauntes or dwellers in Irelande Iernesey and Garnesey or anye of them of or concernyng any manours landes tenementes or other possessions goodes cattelles or other moueable substaunce which the sayde inhabytauntes or dwellers or any other to theyr vse haue within Irelande Iernesey and Garnesey or in any of them or of for or concernyng any fees or wages which any of the sayde inhabitauntes or dwellers haue of the Quenes Maiestie for theyr attendaunce and doyng seruyce to our Soueraigne Ladye in Irelande Iernesey and Garnesey or in any of them any thyng in this present Acte to the contrarye in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouyded also that this present Acte of Subsedy ne any thyng therein conteyned extende to any of the Englyshe inhabitantes or resiantes in any of the counties of Northumberlande Cumberlande Westmerlande the Towne or Barwycke the Towne of Newcastell vpon Tine the Bishopricke of Durham ▪ nor to any of them of for or concernyng any manours landes tenementes or other possessions goodes cattelles or other moueable substaunce which the same inhabitantes or dwellers or any other to their vse haue within the sayde counties of Northumberlande Cumberlande Westmerlande or the Towne of Barwycke the Towne of Newcastell vpon Tine or the Byshoprycke of Durham or any of them or of for or concernyng any fees or wages whiche any of the sayde inhabitauntes or dwellers haue of the Quenes Maiestie for theyr attendaunce and doyng seruyce to the Quenes for or within the sayde Counties of Northumberlande Cumberlande Westmerlande the Towne of Barwicke the Towne of Newecastell vpon Tine and the Byshoprycke of Durham or any of them to or for the sayde taxyng leuying gatheryng or payment but that the Englyshe inhabytauntes and resyauntes and euery of them of the sayd Counties Byshoprycke and Townes and euery of them shal be of and from the sayde Subsedye and euery parcell therof and for theyr manours landes tenementes fees wages goodes and cattelles lying and beyng in the sayde Counties Townes and Byshoprycke or any of them vtterly acquited and discharged any thyng in this present Act before rehearsed to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouyded also that all letters patentes graunted by the Quenes Maiestie or any of her most noble progenitours to any Cities Boroughes or Townes within this Realme of any maner of liberties priuileges or exemptions frō the burden charge of any such graūtes of Subsedy which be at this present time in force vayleable shall remayne good and effectuall to the sayde Cities Boroughes and Townes hereafter accordyng to the purportes therof though the inhabitauntes of the same shall vpon the great and wayghtie consideration of the graunt abouesayde be for this graunt charged and contributory in lyke maner fourme and sorte as other Cities Boroughes and Townes whiche be not in any wyse pryuyleged be from suche graunt of Subsedye excepted Prouyded alwayes and be it enacted by thaucthoritie aforesayde that no Orphan or Infant within the age of xxi yeres borne within any of the Quenes Maiesties dominions shal be charged to any payment of this Subsedy for his or her goodes and cattels to hym or her left or bequeathed any thing in this Act conteyned to the contrary notwithstanding Prouyded also that this Acte nor any thyng therein conteyned shall not extende to the goodes or landes of anye Colledge Hall or Hostell within the Vniuersities of Oxforde and Cambridge or any of them or to the goodes or landes of the Colledge of Wynton founded by Byshop Wykeham or to the goodes or landes of the Colledges of Wyndsor and Eaton next Wyndsor or to the goodes or landes of any common free Grammer Scole within the Realme of Engalnde or Wales or to the goodes of any Reader Scolemaister or Scoler or any graduate resyant or remayning for studie without fraude or couin within any of the sayde Vniuersities and Colleges or Townes of Cambridge and Oxforde or Suburbes of the same or any of them or to any theyr seruauntes dayly attendaunt vpon any of them nor to the goodes of any officer minister almesman or seruauntes belongyng to any of the said Vniuersities Colledges Halles or Hostelles and dwellynge and resyaunt within the sayd Vniuersities or eyther of them or within eyther of the sayde Townes of Cambridge and Oxforde and Suburbes of the same without fraude or couyn Nor to the goodes and landes of any Hospytall Measondue or Spittell house prepared and vsed for the sustentation and reliefe of poore people any thynge in this Acte conteyned to the contrary in any wyse notwithstandyng Prouyded also that the sayde graunt of Subsedye or any thyng therin conteyned do not in any wyse extende or be preiudiciall or hurtefull to the inhabitauntes or resyauntes at this presente tyme within the fyue Portes corporate or to anye of theyr members incorporate or vnited to the same fyue Portes or to any of the same fyue Portes of or for any part or parcell of the sayde summes graunted in this Parliament of the sayde inhabitauntes nowe resyaunt or any of them to be taxed set asked leuyed or payde But the sayde inhabytauntes and resyauntes in the sayde fyue Portes and theyr members be and shal be of and from the sayde graunt and paymente of the sayde Subsedye durynge theyr resyauncye there and no longer clerely acquyted discharged any matter or whatsoeuer thyng in this Acte had or made to the contrary notwithstandyng Prouyded also and be it enacted that forasmuche as diuers and sundry the Quenes Maiesties tenaūtes and other inhabitantes and dwellers within the counties of Penbroke Carmarthen Cardygan Brecknocke Glamorgan Radnour Mongomery Denbygh Flynt Merioneth Anglesey Carnaruan of the Countie palentine of Chester be at this present tyme charged and chargeable aswell with the seuerall paymentes of diuers great summes of money by the name of Myse due to her Maiestie accordyng to the seuerall customes of the sayde Counties as also with the paymentes of dyuers seuerall Subsedyes lately graunted to our late soueraigne Lorde and Lady kyng Phylyp and Quene Mary and to the Quenes hyghnesse that nowe is and yet vnpayde Be it therefore ordeyned and enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that this Acte of Subsedy or any thyng therin conteyned shall not extnde to charge any of the Quenes tenauntes other inhabitantes and dwellers within any of the sayde Counties of Penbroke Carmarthen Cardygan Glamorgan Brecknocke Radnour Mongomery Denbygh Flynt Merioneth Anglesey Carnaruan and the Countie palentine of Chester beyng charged or chargeable with the sayde Myse or seuerall Subsedyes for or in anye of the paymentes of the sayde Subsedye graunted to the Quenes Maiestie by this Acte vntyll the sayde seuerall dayes and tymes for the paymente of the sayde Myses shal be expyred and vntyll the dayes and tymes aswell of the sayde seuerall Subsedyes lately graunted to our sayde late Soueraigne Lorde and Soueraigne Lady Kyng Phylyp and Quene Mary as also of the sayde Subsedye heretofore graunted to the Quenes Maiestie that nowe is be also past and expyred And that then the fyrst payment of the sayde Subsedye graunted by this present Act shal be made at the receipte of the Quenes Exchequer before the first day of Iune next folowyng after the last dayes of the last payment to be had or appoynted of the saide Myses and of the payment of the sayde former Subsedyes And the seconde payment of this Subsedye to be made by or before the xx day of February next after the sayde payment of the sayde Subsedye Furthermore be it enacted by the aucthoritie aforesayde that the tenauntes and dwellers of euery of the sayde Counties in this prouiso remembred shall seuerallye before the feaste of Penthecost nexte ensuyng certifie into the sayde court of Exchequer vnder the seales of two Iustices of peax of euery of the sayde Counties wherof one to be of the Quorum when and what day the laste payment of the sayde seuerall Myses nowe due in any of the sayde Counties shall ende and expyre Prouyded also that the sayde graunt of Subsedye and two Fyftenes and Tenthes do not in any maner of wyse extende or be preiudiciall or hurtefull to the inhabitauntes or resyauntes at this present tyme within the liberties of Romney Marshe of or for any part of the sayde summes graunted in this present Parliament of the sayde inhabitauntes nowe resyauntes or any of them to be taxed sette asked leuyed or payde But that the sayde inhabitauntes nowe resiauntes of Romney Marshe aforesayde and euery of them be and shal be of and from the saide graunt and payment of the sayde Subsedye and Fyftenes and Tenthes duryng theyr resyauncie there and not longer acquyted and discharged Any matter or whatsoeuer thyng in this presente Acte made or had to the contrary notwithstandyng God saue the Quene ¶ Imprynted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge and Iohn Cawood Printers to the Quenes Maiestie Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis