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<P>The Kings Marke.</P>
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<HEAD>The order for Swannes both by the Statutes, and by the auncient Orders and Cu&s;tomes v&s;ed within the Realme of England.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_FIRST,</HI> Yee &s;hall enquire, if there be any per&s;on, that doth po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e any Swanne, and hath not compounded with the Kinges Maie&s;tie for his Marke (that is to &s;ay) Sixe &s;hillinges eight pence, for his Marke, du|ring his life: If you know any &s;uch, you &s;hall pre&s;ent them, that all &s;uch Swannes and Cignets, may be &s;eazed for the King.</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2</HI> Al&s;o, you &s;hall enquire, if any per&s;on doth po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e any Swanne, or Ciguet, that may not di&s;pend the cleare yearely value of fiue Markes of Free-hold, except Heire apparant to the Crowne: then you &s;hall pre&s;ent him. <HI>22. Edward. 4.</HI></P>
<P N="3"><HI>3</HI> Al&s;o: If any per&s;on or per&s;ons, doe driue away any Swanne, or Swannes, breeding, or prouiding to breede; bee it vpon his owne <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">round, or any other mans ground: hee, or they, &s;o offending, &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">uffer one yeares impri&s;onment, and fine at the Kinges plea&s;ure, Thir|&s;teene &s;hillinges foure pence, <HI>11. Henry. 7.</HI></P>
<P N="4"><HI>4</HI> If there be found any Weares vpon the Riuers, not hauing any Grates before them; It is lawfull for euery Owner, Swan-mai&s;ters, or Swan-herdes, to pull vp, or cut downe the Birth-net, or Gyune of the &s;ayd Weare, or Weares.</P>
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<P N="5"><HI>5</HI> If any per&s;on, or per&s;ons, be found carrying any Swan-hooke, and the &s;ame per&s;on beeing noe Swan-herd, nor accompanied with two Swan-herdes: euery &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall pay to the King, Thir|teene &s;hillinges foure pence, (that is to &s;ay) Three &s;hillinges foure pence to him that will informe; and the re&s;t to the King.</P>
<P N="6"><HI>6</HI> The auncient Cu&s;tome of this Realme hath and doth allow to euery Owner of &s;uch Ground where any &s;uch Swanne &s;hall heirie, to take one Land-bird; and for the &s;ame, the Kinges Maie&s;tie mu&s;t haue of him that hath the Land-bird, Twelue pence, Bee it vpon his owne Ground, or any other.</P>
<P N="7"><HI>7</HI> It is ordayned, that if any per&s;on, or per&s;ons, doe conuey away, or &s;teale away the Egge, or Egges, of any Swannes, and the &s;ame be|ing duely prooued by two &s;ufficient witne&s;&s;es, that then euery &s;uch of|fendor &s;hall pay to the King xiij. s. iiij. d. for euery Egge &s;o taken out of the Ne&s;t of any Swanne.</P>
<P N="8"><HI>8</HI> It is ordayned, that euery Owner that hath any Swannes, &s;hall pay euery yeare yearely for euery Swan-marke, Foure pence to the Mai&s;ter of the Game for his Fee, and his Dinner &amp; Supper free on the Upping dayes: And if the &s;aid Mai&s;ter of the Game fayle of the Foure pence, then he &s;hall di&s;traine the Game of euery &s;uch Owner, that &s;o doth fayle of payment.</P>
<P N="9"><HI>9</HI> If there be any per&s;on, or per&s;ons, that hath Swannes, that doe heirie vpon any of their &s;euerall Waters, and after come to the common Riuer, they &s;hall pay a Land-bird to the King, and be obedient to all Swanne Lawes: for diuers &s;uch per&s;ons do v&s;e collu&s;ion, to defraude the King of his right.</P>
<P N="10"><HI>10</HI> It is ordayned, that euery per&s;on, hauing any Swannes, &s;hall beginne yearely to marke, <HI>vpon the fir&s;t of Augu&s;t,</HI> and no per&s;on be|fore; but after, as conueniently may be, &s;o that the Mai&s;ter of the Kings Gaine, or his Deputie, be pre&s;ent. And if any take vpon him, or them, to marke any Swanne or Cignet, in other maner, to forfeite to the Kinges Maie&s;tie for euery Swanne &s;o marked, Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="11"><HI>11</HI> It is ordained, that no per&s;on, or per&s;ons, being Owners, or De|puties, or Seruantes to them, or other, &s;hall goe on marking without the Mai&s;ter of the Game, or his Deputie be pre&s;ent, with other Swan|herdes next adioyning, vpon pains to forfeite to the Kinges Maie&s;tie, Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
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<P N="12"><HI>12</HI> It is ordayned, that no per&s;on &s;hall hunt any Duckes, or any other Cha&s;e in the Water, or neere the haunt of Swannes in Fence|time, with any Dogge or Spannyles: <HI>viz. <HI>from the Fea&s;t of Ea&s;ter to Lammas:</HI></HI> vpon paine for euery time &s;o found in hunting, to forfeite Sire &s;hillinges eight pence.</P>
<P N="13"><HI>13</HI> It is ordayned, that it any per&s;on doth &s;et any Snares, or any maner of Nettes, Lime, or Engines, to take Bittorns or Swans, <HI>from the Fea&s;t of Ea&s;ter, to the Sunday after Lammas day;</HI> Hee or they to forfeite to the Kinges Maie&s;tie for euery time &s;o &s;etting, Sire &s;hillinges eight pence.</P>
<P N="14"><HI>14</HI> It is ordayned, that no per&s;on take vp any Cignet vnmarked, or make any &s;ale of them, but that the Kinges Swan-herd, or his De|putie be pre&s;ent, with other Swan-herdes next adioyning, or haue knowledge of the &s;ame: vpon paine to forfeite to the Kinges Maie&s;tie Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="15"><HI>15</HI> It is ordayned, that the Swan-herdes of the Duchie of <HI>Lan|ca&s;ter</HI> &s;hall vppe no Swanne, or make any &s;ale of them, without the Mai&s;ter of the Swannes or his Deputie be pre&s;ent: vpon paine to for|feite to the Kings Maie&s;tie Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="16"><HI>16</HI> And in like maner, the Kinges Swan-herd &s;hall not enter into the Libertie of the Duchie, without the Duchies Swan-herd be there pre&s;ent: vpon the like paine, to forfeite Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="17"><HI>17</HI> It is ordayned, That if any Swannes, or Cignets, be found double marked, they &s;hall be &s;eazed to the Kinges v&s;e, till it be prooued to whom the &s;ame Swannes, or Cignets doe belong: And if it cannot be prooued to whom they doe belong, that then they be &s;eazed for the King, and his Grace to be an&s;wered to the value of them.</P>
<P N="18"><HI>18</HI> It is ordayned, that no per&s;on make &s;ale of any White Swannes, nor make deliuerie of them, without the Mai&s;ter of the Game be pre&s;ent, or his Deputie, with other Swan-herdes next ad|ioyning; vpon paine to forfeite Fourtie &s;hillings: whereof, vi. s. viii. d. to him that will informe; and the re&s;t, to the Kinges Maie&s;tie.</P>
<P N="19"><HI>19</HI> It is ordayned, That no per&s;on &s;hall lay Leaves, &s;et any Nettes, or Dragge, within the common Streames or Riuers vpon the day time, from the Fea&s;t of the <HI>Inuention of the Cro&s;&s;e,</HI> vnto the Fea&s;t of <HI>Lammas:</HI> vpon paine &s;o oft as they be found &s;o offending, to forfeite Twentie &s;hillinges.</P>
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<P N="20"><HI>20</HI> It is ordayned, That if the Mai&s;ter of the Swannes, or his Deputie, doe &s;eaze, or take vp any Swannes, as &s;trayes, for the Kinges Maie&s;tie, that hee &s;hall keepe them in a Pitte within <HI>20.</HI> foote of the Kinges Streame, or within <HI>20.</HI> foote of the Common High-way, that the Kinges &s;ubiectes may haue a &s;ight of the &s;ayd Swannes &s;o &s;eazed, vpon paine of Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="21"><HI>21</HI> It is ordayned, That if any per&s;on doe raze out, counterfeite, or alter the Marke of any Swanne, to the hindering or lo&s;&s;e of any mans Game, and any &s;uch offendour duely prooued before the Kinges Maie&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ioners of Swannes, &s;hall &s;uffer one yeares Impri|&s;onment, and pay iii. l. vi. s. viii. d. to the King.</P>
<P N="22"><HI>22</HI> It is ordayned, That the Commons (that is to &s;ay) Dinner and Supper, &s;hall not exceed aboue xii. d. a mau at the mo&s;t: It there be any Game found where the Dinner or Supper is holden, vpon that Riuer, the Owner being ab&s;ent, and none there for him, the Mai&s;ter of the Game is to lay out viii. d. for him, and be is to di&s;traine the Game of him that fayleth the payment of it.</P>
<P N="23"><HI>23</HI> It is ordayned, That there &s;hall be no forfeyture of any White Swanne, or Cignet, but onely to the Kinges Grace, a&s;well within the Franchi&s;e and Liberties, as without. And if any doe deliuer the Swanne, or Cignet &s;o &s;eazed, to any per&s;on, but onely to the Mai&s;ter of the Kinges Game, or to his Deputie, to the Kinges v&s;e; Hee is to forfeite vi. s. viii. d. and the Swannes to be re&s;tored vnto the Mai&s;ter of the Game.</P>
<P N="24"><HI>24</HI> It is ordayned, That no per&s;on &s;hall take any Gray Swannes or Cignets, or White Swannes flying, but that he &s;hall within foure dayes next after, deliuer it, or them, to the Mai&s;ter of the Kings Game, and the Taker to haue for his paines viii. d. And if hee fayle, and bring him not, he forfeites xl. s. to the King.</P>
<P N="25"><HI>25</HI> It is ordayned, That no per&s;on, hauing any Game of his owne, &s;hall be Swan-herd for him&s;elfe, nor keeper of any other mans Swannes: vpon paine to forfeite to the Kinges Maie&s;tie, Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
<P N="26"><HI>26</HI> It is ordayned, That no Swan-herd, Fi&s;her, or Fowler, &s;hall vexe any other Swan-herd, Fi&s;her, or Fowler, by way of Action, but onely before the Kinges Maie&s;ties Iu&s;tices of Se&s;&s;ions of Swannes: vpon paine of forfeyting to the Kinges Grace, Fourtie &s;hillinges.</P>
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<P N="27"><HI>27</HI> The Mai&s;ter of the Kinges Game, &s;hall not take away any vn|marked Swanne coupled with any other mans Swanne, for breaking of the Brood: and when they doe Heirie, the one part of the Cignets to the King, and the other to the Owner of the marked Swanne.</P>
<P N="28"><HI>28</HI> Al&s;o, any man what&s;oeuer he be, that killeth any Swanne with Dogge, or Spannyles, &s;hall forfeite to the King, Fourtie &s;hil|linges; the Owner of the Dogge to pay it, whether he be there, or no. Al&s;o, the Mai&s;ter of the Swannes, is to haue for euery White Swanne and Gray vpping, a Pennie<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> and for euery Cignet, it. d.</P>
<P N="29"><HI>29</HI> It is ordayned, That if any Heirie be leyed with one Swanne, the Swanne and the Cignets &s;hall be feazed for the King, till due proofe be had who&s;e they are, and who&s;e was the Swanne, that is a|way; <HI>Be it Cobbe or Penne.</HI></P>
<P N="30"><HI>30</HI> La&s;tly, If there be any other Mi&s;demeanour, or Offence com|mitted or done by any Owner of any Game, Swan-herd, or other per|&s;on what&s;oeuer, contrary to any Law, auncient Cu&s;tome, or v&s;age here|tofore v&s;ed and allowed, and not before herein particularly mentioned or expre&s;&s;ed, you &s;hall pre&s;ent the &s;ame Offence, that reformation may be had, and the Offendors puni&s;hed, according to the quantitie and qua|litie of the &s;euerall Offences.</P>
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<CLOSER>God &s;aue the King.</CLOSER>
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