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<HEAD>ANNO QVARTO HENRICI VIII.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Kynge our &s;oueraygne lorde Hen|rye the viij. after the conque&s;t, by the grace of God king of England and of Fraunce and lorde of Irelande, at his parlyamente holden at We&s;tmin&s;ter the iiij. day of Nouember, in the fourh yere of his mo&s;t noble reygne, after the prorogation to the honour of God and holye churche, and for the common weale &amp; profite of this his realme, by the a&s;|&s;ent of the lords &s;piritual and temporall, &amp; the com|mons in thys pre&s;ence parliament a&s;&s;embled, &amp; by aucthoritye of the &s;ame, hath, doo, to be ordeined, made, &amp; enacted, certaine &s;tatutes and ordynaunces in maner and fourme folowing.</P>
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<HEAD>THE TABLE.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>_AN acte concerninge makinge of bulwarkes on the &s;ea|&s;ide. Cap. i.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act concerning puni&s;hment for murther. Cap. ii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act concerning iuryes in London. Cap. iij.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act of proclamacions to be made before exigents be awarded in forrayne countyes. Cap. iiii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act repelling penaltyes for geuinge of wages to la|bourers and artificers. Cap. v.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act concerning cu&s;tomers &amp; comptrollers for &s;ealyng of cloth of gold, &s;iluer, and al other maner of &s;ilkes and cor&s;es. Cap. vi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act concerning peuterers, and true weightes &amp; beames. Cap. vii.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An act concerning Richard Strode. Cap. viii.</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS TABVLAE.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>HENRICI OCTAVI.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>An act concerning making of Bulwarkes on the &s;ea &s;yde. Cap. i.</HEAD>
<P>_PRayen the commons in this pre&s;ente parliament a&s;&s;embled, that for as muche as the lande of Britayne, and al&s;o the ha|uen of Bre&s;t lyeth &s;treight agayn&s;t the South &s;ea co&s;tes of the county of Cornewal and that the Frenchmen (our aun|cient ennemies) and Britaynes enemyes, by rea&s;on of their fi&s;hyng vpon the &s;ea co&s;tes, know as well euery hauen and creeke wythin the &s;ayd countie, as euery la~ding place, in as large maner as anye &s;ubiecte of our &s;oueraine lorde the kinges doth. And that the &s;ayde countye is lxx, myle in length, and the &s;ub&s;taunce thereof righte little more than vi. mile in breade from the &s;outh &s;ea to the north &s;ea: by rea&s;on wher|of they al&s;o know that great multitude of people cannot &s;hortly re&s;orte to put them of at their landing: and that in diuers and many of the &s;ayd lan|dinge places, nother pile, blockhou&s;e, ne bulwarke is made to greue or an|noye them at theyr landing, which con&s;ideracions, vnto our &s;aid enemies greate audacitie comforte and courage, geeueth to arriue and lande in the &s;ame parties, to the great annoyaunce of our &s;ayd &s;ouereigne lord his &s;ub|iectes there, and to the vtter vndoing of diuers and many of them, vnle&s;&s;e a remedy be the &s;ooner prouided.</P>
<P>Therefore be it enacted by the king our &s;oueraigne lord, his lords &s;pyri|tuall and temporall, &amp; the commons in this pre&s;ent parliament a&s;&s;embled and by auctority of the &s;ame, that the Iu&s;tices of the peace and &s;heriffe of the &s;ayd county, do ryde and view all the &s;ayde South co&s;te, from Plym|mouth we&s;tward to the lands end. And that done, inco~tinent to appoint wythin them&s;elues &s;uche boroughes, townes, and pary&s;hes, as they &s;hall thincke rea&s;onable to make bulwarkes, brayes, walles, ditches, &amp; all other fortifications for the &s;ame cau&s;e, in maner, forme, and fa&s;hion, as &s;hall bee thoughte by theyr di&s;cretion in euery of the &s;ayd landing places betweene this and the fyr&s;t day of March next now comming. And farther be it e|nacted, by the &s;ayde auctoritie, that euery Mayre and con&s;table of the &s;ayde countie, by the &s;ayd Iu&s;tices of peace or &s;heriffe appointed, do commaunde all thinhabitauntes within the precincte of theyr office, to be at the &s;ea side wyth &s;uch in&s;trumentes as they haue or can get for the making of y^e &s;ayde bulwarkes and other the premi&s;&s;es, in &s;uch la~ding places, as &s;halbe a&s;&s;ig|ned by the &s;ayd Iu&s;tices of the peace or Sheriffe. And that the &s;aid maire or con&s;tables do commit to warde all &s;uch wilfull per&s;onnes as wyll not obey, come, nor &s;ende any other per&s;on to the &s;ea &s;yde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">, to make the &s;aid bul|warkes, and other the premi&s;&s;es, at the day and time by the &s;ayde Maire or con&s;tables to bee appointed, and there to remaine withoute bayle or mainpri&s;e by the &s;pace of tenne dayes or le&s;&s;e, at the di&s;cretion of the &s;ayde Mayre or Con&s;tables: And if any of the &s;ayde Mayres or Con&s;tables do not their duetie, as is afore&s;ayd: that than the Iu&s;ticees of the peace nexte
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adioyning, do committe to warde the &s;ame Mayre or Con&s;table, &s;o offen|ding, there to remayne wythoute bayle or maynepry&s;e by y^e &s;pace of a mo|neth, or els at the di&s;cretion of the Iu&s;tice of peace.</P>
<P>And al&s;o be it enacted by the &s;aid auctority, that good and &s;ub&s;tanciall bulwarkes, braies, walles, ditches, and all other fortifications in euery la~|ding places (in maner fourme &amp; fa&s;hion as is afore&s;aide) as wel fro~ Plim|mouth afore&s;ayd by the &s;ea co&s;tes E&s;tward, as in al other parts within y^e realme of England, be made there, as the Iu&s;tices of the peace &amp; Sheriffe within that &s;hyre, where any &s;uch landing places be, &s;hal thincke nedeful. And that euery Iu&s;tice of peace, Mayre, and con&s;table within euery &s;hyre, where any &s;uche landinge places bee, haue lyke and as good auctority by this pre&s;ent acte to commaund the inhabitantes of euery borough, towne, and pari&s;h adioyninge to the &s;ea &s;yde or els where, after the di&s;cretions of the Iu&s;tices of peace, to make the &s;ayd bulwarkes &amp; other the premi&s;&s;es: and al&s;o commit to warde all &s;uch wilfull per&s;ons as will not obey, in like maner as the Iu&s;tices of the peace, Maires, &amp; con&s;tables of the &s;aid coun|tie of Cornewall may do by any of the actes afore&s;ayd.</P>
<P>And ouer this be it enacted by the &s;ayde auctority, that it be lawfull for euery of the kynges &s;ubiectes within this realme of Englande, by the ad|ui&s;e and a&s;&s;ignement of the &s;ayde Iu&s;tices of the peace or &s;heriffe to make all maner of bulwarkes and other the premi&s;&s;es in euery mans grounde, of what e&s;tate or degree he be of: and al&s;o to digge and to delue as wel for earth &s;tones and turfes, as to cut and to hew heth in any mans grounde for the makynge of any &s;uche bulwarkes and other the premi&s;&s;es, as ofte and as many times as neede &s;hal requyre, and the &s;ayd erth, &s;tones, turfes, and heth to take and occupie and cary awaye oute of the &s;aide grounde to any other mans ground, for the making of any &s;uch bulwarkes and other the premi&s;&s;es: in who&s;e ground &s;o euer the &s;ayde earth, &s;tones, turfes, and heth happen to bee, wythout any interruption or let of any per&s;on or per|&s;ons being lord or lords of any &s;uch ground, or hauinge any other intere&s;t in the &s;ame. And without any maner of payment to be demau~ded for any of the premi&s;&s;es, or any maner of action by any maner or per&s;on or per&s;o~s, at any time hereafter to be attempted, or in any wy&s;e mainteyned again&s;t any of the kinges &s;ubiectes for any &s;uch matter or cau&s;e. And this acte to endure to the next parliament.</P>
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<HEAD>An act for puni&s;hment of murther. Cap. ii.</HEAD>
<P>_WHere as robberies, murders &amp; felonies daily encrea&s;e more and more, and bene committed and done in more heynous open and dete&s;table wi&s;e the~ hath ben oft &s;een in times pa&s;t: And the per|&s;ons &s;o offendinge little regarde the puni&s;hment thereof, by the cour&s;e of the common lawe, ne by rea&s;on of any &s;tatute heretofore made, but beare theim bolde of theyr Clergie, and imagininge and pleadinge of
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feygned and vntrue foraine pleas, triable in foraine cou~tyes, to thinfe~t to be remoued from place to place, by colourable and vntrue &s;ugge&s;tions and for to be vntruely acquite by fauour might and corrupcion: &s;o that they liue in maner without feare or drede. For reformacion wherof, and for y^e com|mon welth of this realme, and to put the &s;ayde murderers, felons, and of|fenders in more feare and drede &s;o to offende: Be it ordeined e&s;tabli&s;hed &amp; enacted by the kynge our &s;oueraigne lorde, the lordes &s;piritual and tempo|ral, and the commo~s in this pre&s;ent parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by auctory|ty of the &s;ame, that all per&s;one or per&s;ones, hereafter committinge murder or felony in any churche, chapell, or halowed place, or of and vppon malyce prepen&s;ed, robbe or murder any per&s;onne or per&s;onnes in the kinges highe|waye, or els robbe or murder any per&s;one in his hou&s;e, the owner or dwel|ler of the hou&s;e, his wife, child, or &s;eruaunt than being therin, &amp; put in feare or drede by the &s;ame, that &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o offending, be not from henceforth admitted to his or theyr clergy, &s;uche as bene within holy orders onelye ex|cepte. And ouer that be it enacted by the &s;ayd auctority, that if any murde|rer or felon, vpon his arrainment, hereafter do alledge, that he had taken a|nye church or churchyard for murder, felonye or other place preueleged for the &s;ame in a foraine county, and again&s;t his will taken out thereof: that than the kynges attournay, or any other per&s;on that will &s;ue or aledge for the kinge: that the &s;ayde murderer or felon &s;o arayned, was taken at large in the &s;ame &s;hire, where he is &s;o arayned: that than the &s;ame allegeaunce and i&s;&s;ue to be tried by thenque&s;t that &s;hould try the &s;ayd murder or felony within the &s;ame &s;hyre, and before the &s;ame Iu&s;tice, where the &s;ayd murde|rer or felon is arrained, as though the &s;ayde forraine plea had not be pleded by the &s;ayd felon. And if it be founden by y^e &s;ame inque&s;t, that the &s;ayd mur|derer or felon was taken within the &s;ame &s;hire (as is afore&s;ayde) that than he to haue none auantage or benefit of y^e matter alleged by him for takinge out of the church or churchyard, or other place priuiledged, in any &s;uche fo|raine &s;hire. And this acte to endure to the next parliament.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;An acte concerninge Iuries in London. Cap. iij.</HEAD>
<P>_WHere at a parlyamente holden at We&s;tmin. the .xj. yeare of the reigne of king Henry the .vij. for the good due admini&s;tracion and expedition of Iu&s;tice, it was ordeined, and amonge other thynges enacted, that euery per&s;on hereafter to be enpanelled or &s;ommoned to appeare in any Iury or inque&s;t, in any courte within the city of London, before any Iudges of the &s;ame city, making de|fault at the fir&s;t &s;ommons, &s;hould lo&s;e &amp; forfaite .xij.d. And at the &s;econd de|faut .ij.s. And &s;o at euery &s;uch defaut after that, the i&s;&s;ues and penalties to be doubled. And al&s;o &s;uch i&s;&s;ues lo&s;t in y^e Maires courte &s;hould be forfaited leuied, and perceiued to thu&s;e and behoue of the maire and y^e comminalty of the &s;ayd city. And that all &s;uch i&s;&s;ues lo&s;te in the &s;heriffes court or cour|tes,
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&s;hould be forfayted, leuyed, and perceyued to the vse of the &s;heriffes of the &s;ame city, for the time being, toward their fee ferme, as by the &s;ame act more plainely doth appeare: in the whiche acte is not expre&s;&s;ed, howe or by what meanes y^e fore&s;ayde i&s;&s;ues, &s;o lo&s;t &amp; forfayted, for none appara~ce of the per&s;ons &s;o impanelled and &s;ommoned, &s;hould be leuied. The lacke whereof is the cau&s;e, that &s;uche per&s;ons as haue bene impanelled and &s;ommoned, as well for the kinge as betwene party and party (beinge &s;ub&s;tanciall and in|differe~t) haue made many tymes defaut, and woulde not appere. And &s;o it remaineth in like mi&s;chiefe as it was before y^e makinge of the fore&s;ayd act, to the greatlet of Iu&s;tice, and the delaye a&s;well in the kynges cau&s;es, as in other cau&s;es betwene parties, wherfore for y^e good execution of the &s;aid &s;tatute and pertit remedy in this behalfe to be had. Be it e&s;tabli&s;hed ordei|ned, and enacted by the kinge our &s;oueraigne lorde by tha&s;&s;ent of y^e lordes &s;pirituall and temporall, and the commons in this pre&s;ente Parlyamente a&s;&s;embled, and by the auctority of the &s;ame, that for all &s;uch i&s;&s;ues (in forme afore&s;aid) hereafter to be lo&s;t or forfaited in the maires court, it &s;halbe law|full to the &s;ayde mayre, and to his &s;ucce&s;&s;ours, to di&s;treine, and the &s;ame di|&s;tre&s;&s;e to reteine till he or they be &s;ati&s;fied of the &s;aid i&s;&s;ues. And in like ma|ner that it &s;halbe lawfull to y^e fore&s;ayd &s;heriffes, and their &s;ucce&s;&s;ours, to di|&s;traine for &s;uche i&s;&s;ues lo&s;t in their court or courtes, and the &s;ayd di&s;tre&s;&s;e to reteine till they be &s;ati&s;fied of the &s;ayde i&s;&s;ues. Item for as muche as after i&s;&s;ues ioigned in actions and &s;utes commenced taken or dependinge in the kinges courts before hym &s;elfe in his bench, and before his Iu&s;tice of the commen benche: And al&s;o in his e&s;cheker at the kynges &s;uite, or at the &s;uite of the parties triable in the &s;ayd city of Lo~don, as well y^e kinge as the parties haue &s;uffered great delay many times for defaulte of apparau~ce of the iurours impanelled to trye the &s;ayd i&s;&s;ues, and many times for lacke of iurours not hauing landes &amp; teneme~tes of the yerely value, of .xl.s.</P>
<P>Be it ordeyned and enacted by the &s;ayd auctority of this pre&s;ent parlia|ment, that the &s;heriffes of London (for the time beinge) haue full auctority and power to retourne in panelles or arraies of all actions &amp; &s;uites nowe dependinge, or that &s;hal depend in any of the &s;ayde courtes or e&s;cheker, per|&s;ons beinge citizens hauinge goodes to the value of .C. marke or aboue, to trie the i&s;&s;ues ioygned or to be ioygned in euery &s;uche action or &s;uite. And the per&s;o~s &s;o retourned (hauinge goods to the value of .C. marke or aboue) &s;halbe &s;worne and do in all &s;uch iuries in likewi&s;e in euery thinge, as other per&s;ons &s;hall do hauynge landes and teneme~tes of the yerely value of .xl.s. ouer all charges. And ouer that be it ordeyned by the &s;ayde auctority, that the &s;heriffes of the &s;ayd city (for the time beinge) &s;hal retourne vpon y^e fir&s;t di&s;tre&s;&s;e in euery &s;uch action or &s;uite vpon euery of the iuries impanelled to trye the i&s;&s;ues thereof .xx.d. And vppon the &s;econde di&s;tre&s;&s;e, vpon euery of the &s;ame iurours .xl.d. And vppon euery di&s;tre&s;&s;e after that, vppon euerye of the &s;ame Iurours the double, tyll a full Iury in euery &s;uch Action and &s;uite &s;hall appere and be &s;worne to trye the i&s;&s;ues ioygned in the &s;ame. And
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that the &s;heriffes, that &s;hall make any retourne vpon &s;uch di&s;tre&s;&s;e co~trary to the fourme afore&s;ayde, &s;hall forfayte for euery &s;uche defaulte .x.li. the one halfe thereof to be to the kynge, and the other halfe therof to the party that will &s;ue therefore. And that the defendaunte in any &s;uche action be not ad|mitted to wage his lawe, nor protection therin for him alowed.</P>
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<HEAD>&para;An acte of proclamations to be made before exigentes be awarded in forraine countries. Cap. iiij.</HEAD>
<P>_THe kynge our &s;oueraigne lorde, callynge to his mo&s;te gracious remembraunce, howe that before this time dyuers of his &s;ub|iects of this his realme of England, haue bene greuou&s;ly vexed and troubled by rea&s;on of outlawries had again&s;t them in for|raine counties and &s;ondry action per&s;onelles, at the &s;uite of dyuers maly|cious per&s;ons, whyche cruell mynde attempted &s;uche actions per&s;onelles, more for malice than for any iu&s;te cau&s;e of action that they had again&s;t the parties defendauntes named in the &s;ame. And of the which outlawries &s;o had in forraine counties, the partye defendaunte, named in &s;uche forrayne actions, had neuer knowledge ne monition, to &s;uch time as the outlawrye were agayn&s;t them had and certified, and &s;ome of the~ neuer came within the countye, where &s;uch actions were agayn&s;te them &s;ued, ne neuer were dwelling ne conuer&s;au~t within the &s;ayd county. Neuerthele&s;&s;e the parties (&s;o outlawed in forraine counties) haue lo&s;te their goodes and &s;ub&s;taunce to theyr vtter vndoynge. Wherfore in auoydinge of &s;uche malicious and forraine &s;uites hereafter to be &s;ued, the kinge our &s;ouereigne lord intending the re&s;tfulnes of his &s;ayde &s;ubiectes, and that indifferente Iu&s;tice &s;houlde be admyni&s;tred to euerye per&s;on, as well to the poore as to the ryche, and that euery per&s;on &s;hould haue lawfull knowledge and monition of &s;uch ac|tions, as hereafter be, to be attempted and &s;ued agayn&s;te hym in any of the kinges courtes, by the a&s;&s;ente of the lordes &s;pyrytuall and temporall, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlyamente a&s;&s;embled, and by auctorytye of the &s;ame, hath ordeined e&s;tabli&s;hed and enacted, that from hencefoorthe at the &s;ame daye that any exigente is awarded or to be awarded agayn&s;te anye per&s;on or per&s;ones in anye action per&s;onell, yf yt dooe appeare by the v&s;inge of the &s;ame action, that the partye defendaunt is dwellinge in ano|ther countye, than in the &s;ame countye where the &s;ame action is &s;ued: that than the Iu&s;tices, before whom any &s;uch exigend is to be awarded, award one writ of proclamacion, to be direct to the &s;heriffe of the counti where it doth appeare by the v&s;ing of &s;uch action, that the party defendau~t is dwel|ling, the which writ of proclamation &s;hal contein theffect of the &s;ame acty|on. And that the &s;heriffe of the countye, to whome any &s;uche wryt of pro|clamation &s;hall bee dyrected, make proclamation .iij. &s;euerall dayes in hys plaine county, whereof one of the &s;ayd proclamations to be made at the ge|nerall &s;e&s;&s;ions in tho&s;e parties, wher the &s;ayd party is &s;uppo&s;ed to be dwel|linge,
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in that the partye defendaunt yelde him &s;elfe to the &s;heriffe of the for|raine county, to whome any &s;uch exigende in any action per&s;onall &s;hall be awarded, &s;o that the &s;heriffe of &s;uche forraine county may vppon hys yeal|dinge haue the body of the defendaunte before the Iu&s;tices, before whom any &s;uche exigende is awarded at the day in the &s;ame exigende compri&s;ed, there to an&s;were to the plaintife in the &s;ame according to y^e law. And that euery &s;uch writte of proclamatio~ haue the &s;ame day of returne, as the writ of the exigende vpon &s;uch forrayne actions &s;o awarded &s;hall haue: and that euery &s;uch writ of Proclamation be deliuered of recorde to the &s;hyryffe or his deputye of the county, into the which any &s;uch writ of proclamation is to be awarded. And that the &s;heriffe of the &s;ame county duely execute the &s;ame, and therof make due retourn at the day in the &s;ame writ appointed vpon peine to forfaite &s;uch amerciament, as by the Iu&s;tices, before whom &s;uch action is v&s;ed, &s;halbe &s;e&s;&s;ed. And that the feli&s;&s;our or exige~ter, in who&s;e office &s;uch &s;ute is taken, make out the &s;ayde writ and writs of proclamaci|on, as after &s;halbe awarded in any of the &s;ayde courtes. And that the &s;ame feli&s;&s;our or exigenter take no more for the makinge of any &s;uch writ of pro|clamation and the enteringe of the &s;ame record, but only &s;ixe pence.</P>
<P>And if any outlawry hereafter he had or promulged again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons, in any action per&s;onall in a forraine county, and no writ of pro|clamation, as is before &s;ayde awarded, retourned: that than all and euery &s;uch outlarie to be vtterly voide and of no force ne effect in the lawe.</P>
<P>And this acte to beginne and take effect at the fea&s;te of the Purificatio~ of our Lady &s;ainct Mary next co~minge, and not before.</P>
<P>And al&s;o be it enacted by the &s;ayde auctoritye, that in all actions hereaf|ter to be taken in London, or in y^e county of Midd. wherin proce&s;&s;e of out|larye lieth agayn&s;te any per&s;on or per&s;ons, callinge or naminge theym late of London, that before the exigende be awarded in the &s;ame action, that y^e partye plaintife or his attourney, after the .iij. capias retourned, &s;ue a lyke wryt of proclamation, in maner &amp; fourme as is afore &s;pecified in the coun|ty, where the &s;ame per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ued or to be &s;ued, be conuer&s;au~t or dwelling at the time of the &s;ayd wryt awarded, or els all outlawrys &s;o had made pronounced or retourned again&s;t all &s;uche per&s;ons, to be voyde &amp; of none effect. And this acte to endure to the next parliament.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;An acte reapeallinge penalties for geuinge of wages to labourers and artificers. Cap. v.</HEAD>
<P>_PRaien the commons in this pre&s;ent parliament a&s;&s;embled, that wherfor defaut &amp; lacke of due executio~ of the &s;tatute labourers becau&s;e of a &s;tatute and ordinance had and made in y^e .xij. yeare of the reigne of kynge Richarde the &s;econde, that geueth penal|tyes, peynes and forfaytures agayn&s;t the May&s;ter and geuer, as well as agayn&s;te Seruauntes, Labourers, Artificers, and crafti&s;men, &s;o that the
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mai&s;ter and giuer for feare therof, dare not put the &s;aid e&s;tatute and other e&s;tatutes therof made in executio~: wherfore by y^e kinge our &s;oueraigne lord and by tha&s;&s;ent of the lordes &s;pirituall and temporall, and the commons in this pre&s;ent parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by auctority of the &s;ame, be it e&s;ta|bli&s;hed and enacted, that all penaltyes, peynes, and forfaitures conteyned in the &s;ayd e&s;tatute, and in all other e&s;tatutes had &amp; made concerninge &s;er|uauntes labourers of hu&s;bandry, labourers, artificers, and crafte&s;men, be onely to and again&s;t the &s;ayde mai&s;ter and geuer for henceforth voide &amp; of none effect. And this acte to endure to the next parliament.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;An acte co~cerninge cu&s;tomers and comptrollers for &s;ealinge of cloth of golde and &s;iluer, &amp; all other &s;ilkes, Cap. vj.</HEAD>
<P>_WHere at a parliament holden in the .xij. yere of y^e reygne of king Edwarde y^e .iiij. amo~ges other it was ordeined e&s;tabli&s;hed and enacted, that the collectours of the &s;ub|&s;idye and the comptrollers. &s;hould at all times be redye wha~ thei &s;hould be required, to &s;eale any maner of cloth of golde, of &s;iluer, baudekin, veluet, dama&s;ke, &s;aten, &s;ar|&s;enet, Cartron, Chamlette, and euerye other clothe of &s;ilke, and euery cor&s;e of &s;ylke and golde, and euery cor&s;e of &s;ylke of the ma|kinge beyonde the &s;ea, and the &s;ame marchaundi&s;es &s;houlde &s;eale at euery time whan they &s;hould be required without delay, taryinge, or any thynge for their &s;ealinge to take by any meane, vpon the peyne of forfayture to the owner of &s;uche marchaundi&s;es xx.s. by euerye of the &s;ayde collectours and comptrollers at euery time whan they refu&s;e to &s;eale any &s;uch marchandi|&s;es after &s;uche reque&s;te made, or take any thynge for &s;ealynge of any &s;uche marchandi&s;es, as by the &s;ame acte amonges other thynges more playnely appeareth. Sithen the makynge of whiche acte the &s;ayde collectours and comptrollers, and their clerkes, not fearinge the penaltye limitted in the &s;ame acte, haue v&s;ed and dayly v&s;e to take for &s;ealinge of euery peece of the &s;ame marchaundi&s;es, aboue reher&s;ed .ii.d. to the greate hurte and damage of the marchauntes owners of the &s;ame. For the &s;ame marchantes at ma|ny times bringe &amp; conueighe in one &s;hippe .iii. or .iiii. M. peeces of the &s;ame marchaundy&s;es, whyche amounteth to .xxx. or .xl.li. after the rate of ii.d. a peece. And for as muche as the fore&s;ayde penaltye, expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;ayde &s;tatute, is but .xx.s. therefore the &s;ayde collectours, co~ptrollers, nor theyr clerkes feare not to runne in ieoperdy of the &s;ame: wherfore be it ordeined and enacted by the kynge our &s;oueraigne lorde, the lordes &s;pirituall &amp; tem|porall, and the commons in this pre&s;ent parliamente a&s;&s;embled, and by the auctority of the &s;ame, that from henceforthe the collectours and comptrol|lers of the &s;ayd &s;ub&s;idy, nor their clerkes, nor any of them, take for the &s;ea|lyng of any peece of the &s;aid marchandi&s;es (aboue reher&s;ed) any thing, vpo~ peine of forfaiture at euery time .xx.li.</P>
<P><PB REF="6">And al&s;o be it enacted by the &s;ame auctoritye, that if and as often as the &s;ame collectours and comptrollers, or any of them, vnrea&s;onablye delay or tary the &s;ayd marchau~tes, or any of them, for and about the &s;ealinge of the &s;ame marchandi&s;es: that than and as often the &s;ame collectours and comp|trollers, and euery of the~, &s;o vnrea&s;onably delaying and taryinge the &s;ame marchantes, or any of them, to forfait for the &s;ame .xl.s. The one moite of euery of the &s;ayd penalties (&s;o forfaited) to bee to the kynge our &s;oueraigne lorde, and the other moity thereof to the marchaunte &s;o greeued, that will &s;ue for the &s;ame by way of information in the kinges e&s;chequer, or by actio~ or byll of debte after the order of the common lawe, as in other actions of debt is v&s;ed: in whyche action the defendant &s;hal not be admitted to wage his lawe, nor protection, nor e&s;&s;oyne to be to him allowed in the &s;ame &s;uite, for the &s;aid forfaiture.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>&para;An acte concerninge peuterers and true weightes and beames Cap. vij.</HEAD>
<P>_FOr a&s;muche as a certaine acte was made and e&s;tably|&s;hed, in the parliament holden at We&s;tmin&s;ter the .xix. yere of the reigne of the late mo&s;t famous king youre father Henry the .vij. whom god pardon, concernynge peauterets, and bra&s;iers, hauking and walkinge about the countreis, and al&s;o concerning fal&s;e beames, &s;cales and weightes, with a proui&s;ion for ca&s;ting of fine met|tall and of perfit goodne&s;&s;e: Whiche acte was made to endure to the next Parliamente, the tenour whereof hereafter en&s;ueth: That where manye &s;imple and euill di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons of this your realme of England (v&s;ynge the &s;ayde craftes) dayelye goe aboute this your realme from village, from towne, and from hou&s;e to hou&s;e, as well in woddes and fore&s;tes, as other places, to bye peauter and bra&s;&s;e, and that knowynge, theues and other pickets, that &s;teale as well peuter and bra&s;&s;e, belongynge to youre hygh|nes, and vnder youre marke, and to the lordes &s;pirituall and temporall, as to your &s;ubiectes of this your realme, bringe &s;uch &s;tolen ve&s;&s;els vnto them in &s;uch hid places to &s;ell, and &s;ell it for litle or nought, and about they bring it to priuye places, or into corners of cities or townes, and there &s;ell muche part of it to &s;trau~gers, the which cary it ouer the &s;ea by &s;telth. Al&s;o the &s;ayd per&s;ons (&s;o goinge aboute) and diuers other v&s;inge the &s;ayde craftes, v&s;e to make newe ve&s;&s;els, and mixe good mettall and bad together, and make it nought, and &s;ell it for good &s;tuffe, where in deed the &s;tuffe and mettal ther|of is not worth the fourth party that is &s;olde for, to the great hurt, di&s;ceipte and lo&s;&s;e of your &s;ubiectes. Al&s;o dyuers per&s;ons, v&s;ynge the &s;ayde craftes, haue di&s;ceyuable and vntrue beames and &s;cales, that one of theym wyll &s;tande euen wyth .xij.li. weyghte at the one ende, agayn&s;te a quarter of a pounde at the other ende, to the &s;ynguler aduauntage of them &s;elfe, and to
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the great di&s;ceite and lo&s;&s;e of your &s;ubiectes, biers and &s;ellers wyth them. For reformacion of the premi&s;&s;es it woulde plea&s;e your highnes of your mo&s;t aboundant grace, with thadui&s;e of your lords &s;pyrituall and tempo|rall &amp; the co~mons in this pre&s;ente parliamente a&s;&s;embled, &amp; by auctoritye of the &s;ame, to enacte and e&s;tabli&s;he, that no per&s;on nor per&s;ons, v&s;yng the &s;ayde craftes of peauterers and bra&s;iers, from henceforth &s;hall &s;ell or chaunge any peauter or bra&s;&s;e, newe or olde, at any place or places within this your realme, but onely in open fayres or markettes, or in theyr owne dwellinge hou&s;es, but if they be de&s;yred by the &s;and biers of &s;uch wares, v|pon payne of forfaytuee to our &s;ouereigne lord the king for euery &s;uch de|fault x.li. Al&s;o by the &s;ame auctoritie it may be enacted and e&s;tabli&s;hed, that no per&s;on nor per&s;ons, of what co~dicion or degree &s;oeuer he or they be from henceforth within the citie of London and Yorke, or wythout either ca&s;te or woorke any pewter ve&s;&s;els or bra&s;&s;e at any place or places within this your realme, but that it be as good fine metall, as is the peauter and bra&s;&s;e ca&s;te and wrought after the perfect goodnes of the &s;ame, wythin y^e cittie of London, &amp; by the &s;tatutes of the &s;ame owe to be, vpo~ peine of for|faiture of all &s;uch peauter and bra&s;&s;e, &s;o ca&s;t &amp; wroughte of wor&s;e peauter or bra&s;&s;e than ought to be wrought in the &s;ame cities: the one halfe of eue|ry &s;uch forfaiture to be to the v&s;e of your highnes, and the other halfe to y^e v&s;e of the finders thereof.</P>
<P>Prouided alway y^t this forfaiture in no wi&s;e &s;tretch ne extend to bra&s;&s;e or peauter, being in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any per&s;on, other than the workers of the &s;ame, or &s;uch as haue the &s;ame to &s;ell, and beinge of the craftes or my|&s;terie. Al&s;o that it may by the &s;ame auctoritie be enacted and e&s;tabli&s;hed, that no maner of per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what degree or condicion &s;oeuer he or they be, from he~ceforth make no hollow wares of peauter, that is to &s;ay &s;altes and pottes, that is made of peauter called laye mettall, but that it may be after tha&s;&s;i&s;e of peauter laie mettal wrought wythin y^e citie of Lo~|don. And that y^e makers of &s;uch wares &s;hall marke the &s;ame wyth &s;eueral markes of theyr owne, to the entent that the makers of &s;uch wares &s;hall auow the &s;ame wares by them (as is aboue&s;ayd) to be wrought. And that al and euery &s;uch wares, not &s;ufficie~tly made and wrought, and not mar|ked in forme aboue&s;ayd founde~ in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of y^e &s;ame maker or &s;eller to be forfayted: and if the &s;ame ware be &s;olde, the &s;ayd maker to forfait the value of the &s;ame &s;o vnlawfully wrought and &s;ould, the one halfe of y^e &s;aid wares, or the value thereof, to be the v&s;e of your highnes, and the other halfe to be to the v&s;e of the finder or &s;erchers of the &s;ame. Al&s;o that it may by the &s;ayd auctority be enacted and e&s;tably&s;hed, that if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons hereafter, v&s;yng bying and &s;elling of peauter or bra&s;&s;e, that hereafter occupy any di&s;ceiuable or fal&s;e beames or weightes of the &s;aid wares, that euery &s;uche per&s;on or per&s;ons, v&s;ynge or occupyinge &s;uche dy&s;ceyuable and vntrue beames or weyghtes, to forfaite .xx.s. the one half to the kynge, and the other halfe to the partye that therefore &s;hall &s;ue by action
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of det: and that in the &s;aid action no protection nor e&s;&s;oyne &s;halbe allowed. And al&s;o the &s;ayde party &s;o offendings, &s;hall forfaite his beame to him that &s;hall cea&s;e it: and if the &s;ayd offender or offenders be not &s;ufficiente to pay the &s;ayde &s;omme or &s;ommes by theym &s;o forfayted, that then it &s;hall bee lawfull to the Mayres, bayliffes, or other heade officers of &s;uche place or places, where any &s;uch offenders &s;halbe found to put them in the &s;tockes, and them &s;o to kepe till y^e next market day next adioyning, &amp; in y^e market place to put them in the pillorie all the market time. And furthermore that it be lawfull by the &s;ayd auctority, that the mai&s;ter &amp; wardeins of y^e &s;ayde craft of peuterers w^tin euery citie and borough of this realme, where &s;uch wardeins are, and where no &s;uch wardens are, the head officers or gouer|nours of y^e &s;ame citie or borough, to appoint certeyne per&s;ons mo&s;t expert in knowledge of y^e &s;ame, to make &s;erch within y^e &s;ayd citties or boroughes where they dwell. And ouer this y^e Iu&s;tices of peace within euery &s;hyre at the generall &s;e&s;&s;ions holden at Mighelmas, &s;hal a&s;&s;igne and appoint two certaine per&s;ons, hauing experie~ce therin, to make &s;erch in the premi&s;&s;es in euery part of that &s;hire, as well within the frau~ches as without, &s;auing in cities or borowes, wher &s;erchers be appointed by the heds or gouernours of the &s;ame. And that all &s;uch vnlawfull peauter or bra&s;&s;e, as the &s;ayd &s;ear|chers &s;hall find, the one halfe to the v&s;e of your grace, and the other half to the &s;aid &s;erchers. And that in the defaute of the &s;aid mai&s;ters &amp; wardeins of the &s;ayd occupacions, not &s;erching informe as is afore&s;ayd, and wherby that any &s;uch vnlawfull mettels is ca&s;te or made, or vnlawfull weightes v&s;ed: that then it &s;halbe lawfull to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, hauing &s;ufficient cunninge &amp; knowledge in the &s;aid occupacions, by ouer&s;ight of the maire bayliffes, or heade officers of the &s;ayde citties, boroughes and townes, to &s;earch al the &s;ayd places, and to put &s;ayd auctoritie and acte in executio~ in forme afore&s;ayd. Plea&s;eth it therfore your grace and wy&s;edomes, in &s;o much as the &s;ayd acte is thought good and profitable, that it be ordeyned enacted and e&s;tabli&s;hed, by the lordes &s;pyrituall and temporall, and the commons in this pre&s;ente parliamente a&s;&s;embled, and by the auctority of the &s;ame, that y^e &s;ayd act may endure for euer. And ouer that be it enacted by the &s;ayde auctority, that if any vntrue or deceyuable mettell or worke|man&s;hip of Tinne or peauter, be founden either in platters, chargers, di&s;|&s;hes, &s;aucers, potengers, trenchers, ba&s;ins, flagons, bottels, pottes, &s;alte|&s;els, goblettes, &s;pones, cruettes, or candel&s;tickes, or any other &s;uche wares of tinne or peauter, where&s;oeuer it be ca&s;t, made, or wroughte wythin this realme or wythout, and brought to be &s;ould within the &s;ame realme: that than it &s;hal be lawful to the mayre of the cittie of London, and the mai&s;ter and warde~s of the craft of peauterers (of the &s;ayd city for the time being) and theyr deputies, to haue &s;erch of the &s;ame wythin the cittie of London, and the &s;uburbes of the &s;ame. And that in all other citties, boroughes, and townes, where any wardeins bee or &s;hall bee, the Mayres, baylif|fes, or heade officers, and wardeynes to haue like aucthoritie. And
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where no wardeins be, than the head officers or gouernours of the &s;ame citties, boroughes, and townes to appoint certaine per&s;ons mo&s;t experte &amp; cunning in knowledge of the &s;ame, to make &s;erch wythin the &s;ayd cities, boroughes and townes where they dwell. And if any &s;uch new wares wrought of tinne and peauter, as is afore&s;ayd, be found defecti&s;e, &amp; beinge in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;ellar, that then &s;ame per&s;on or per&s;on that put|teth any &s;uch newe wares of peauter to &s;ale, &s;hall forfaite the &s;ame wares, the one halfe to the v&s;e of our &s;oueraigne lord the king, and the other halfe to the &s;erchers or finders of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Prouided alway that this act concerning the forfayture be not preiudi|ciall nor hurtfull to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, hauing grau~t of our &s;oueraigne lord the kinge, or of any of his noble progenitours by his letters patents of &s;uch forfayture, but that they and euery of them &s;hal &amp; may enioy the &s;ame according to theyr former grauntes and libertyes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>An act concerning Richard Strode. Cap. viii.</HEAD>
<P>_LAmentably complayneth &amp; &s;heweth vnto your mo&s;t di&s;|crete wy&s;edomes in this pre&s;ent parliame~t a&s;&s;embled, Ri|charde Strode gentleman of the county of Deuon&s;hyre, one of the burgeis of this honourable hou&s;e, for y^e burghe of Plimton in the countie afore&s;ayd, y^t where y^e &s;aid Richard conde&s;cended and greed w^t other of this hou&s;e, to put forth certeine villes in this pre&s;ent parliament again&s;t certaine per&s;ons, named tinners in the countie afore&s;aid, for the reformacion of y^e peri&s;hing, hurting, and de&s;troying of diuers portes, hauens, and creekes, and other villes for y^e co~mon weale of the &s;ayd countie, the which here in this high court of par|liament &s;hould and ought to be commended and treated of.</P>
<P>And for becau&s;e the &s;aid Richard is a tinner, for the cau&s;es and matters afore reher&s;ed, one Iohn Fur&s;e tinner, vnder&s;tewarde of the Steimerie in the &s;ayd countie, in and at foure courtes of the &s;ayd Steimerie at diuers places and times before him &s;euerally holden in the &s;ayde county, he and o|ther haue condempned the &s;ayd Richarde in the &s;omme of clx.li. That is to wete at euery court day xl.li. and that by the procurement of the &s;aid Iohn Fur&s;e, at the &s;ayde foure &s;euerall courtes and lawdayes, in the &s;ayd Stey|merie by him holden, in this maner publi&s;hed and &s;ayde, that the &s;ame Ri|chard at the la&s;t parliament holden at We&s;tmin&s;ter, woulde auoyded and vtterly de&s;troyed all liberties, priuiledges, &amp; frau~ches concerning the Stei|merie: by rea&s;on whereof the &s;ayde Richarde, vppon foure billes had and made therof by the &s;ayd Iohn Fur&s;e and other, cau&s;ed y^t the &s;ayd Richard was pre&s;ented &amp; founden giltie of the premi&s;&s;es in euery of the &s;ayde cour|tes in xl.li. to be lo&s;te and forfaite by him, by rea&s;on of an acte and ordi|naunce by tinners made and had at a place in the &s;ayde countie called Crokerentor: the tenour of the which acte appeareth in Cedule to this bill
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annexed: to the which the &s;ayd Richarde was neuer warned nor called to make an&s;were to the premi&s;&s;es, contrary to al lawes, right rea&s;on, &amp; good con&s;cience. And for the executio~ of the &s;ame, one Iohn Agwilliam vpon a &s;urmi&s;e by him made to the kinges highnes to the &s;ayd condempnacio~ to be to his grace forfaite, therof attainted a bill a&s;&s;igned of xx.li. percel of the &s;ayd clx.li. to be to him graunted by the &s;ayd kyngs highnes: whereupon y^e &s;ayd Iohn Agwilliam and other cau&s;ed the &s;ayd Richard was take~ &amp; im|pry&s;oned in a dongeon and a deepe pitte vnder the ground in the ca&s;tel of Lidford in the &s;ayde county, and there &amp; els where remayned by the &s;pace of thre weekes &amp; more, vnto &s;uch time he was deliuered by a writ of priui|ledge out of y^e kings e&s;chequere at We&s;tmin&s;ter, for that hee was one of y^e collectours in the &s;ayd countie for the fyr&s;t of the two quindeims grau~ted at and in this pre&s;ent parliamente: the which pri&s;on is one of the mo&s;t an|noious, co~tagious, &amp; dtete&s;table places wythin this realme: &s;o that by rea|&s;on of the &s;ame impry&s;onment he was put in great parell &amp; ieoperdy of his life, and the &s;ayd Richard &s;o being in pry&s;on, and the &s;aid Iohn Agwilliam &s;eing the &s;ame cruell impry&s;onment of the &s;ayd Richard, entreated and in|&s;tantly de&s;yred one Philip Fur&s;e) tha~ being keper of the &s;aid pry&s;on) &s;trait|ly to kepe the &s;aid Richard in pry&s;on, &amp; to put yrons vpon him to his more greater payne &amp; ieoperdy, and to giue him but breade and water onely, to thentent to cau&s;e the &s;ayd Richard to be faine to content &amp; pay him the &s;aid xx.li. And for the &s;ame promi&s;ed y^e &s;ayd keeper foure markes of money: for the which foure markes the &s;ayd Rychard for to be ea&s;ed of his yrons and peyneful impry&s;onment afore&s;ayd (for &s;auegarde of his life) promi&s;ed and grau~ted to pay the &s;ayd keeper foure marke: wherof he payed the &s;ayd ke|per in hand xiii.s.iiii d. And ouer that the &s;ayd Richarde for to be ea&s;ed of his &s;ayd paynefull impry&s;onment, was al&s;o of nece&s;&s;ity driuen to be boun|den to Thomas Denis, deputy vnto &s;ir Henry Marney knighte, warden of the &s;aid Steimerie, in an obligation of the &s;omme of C.li. Vpon co~dicio~ whereof party is as hereafter followeth: that is to &s;aye, that if the aboue bounden Richard Strode, defende and &s;aue harmeles the &s;ayde Thomas Denis, and to v&s;e him&s;elfe as true pry&s;oner, duringe the tyme it &s;hall plea&s;e the kyng to haue him pry&s;oner in the ca&s;tel of Lidforde, and al&s;o to do no|thing, wherby he &s;hall in the law be deemed out of pri&s;on, &amp; other articles compri&s;ed in the &s;ayd co~dicion, the which the &s;ayd Richard perfectly reme~|breth not: wherfore the premi&s;&s;es by your great wy&s;edomes tenderly co~&s;i|dred, the &s;aid Richard humbly prayeth, that it may be ordeyned, e&s;tabli&s;hed and enacted, by the kynge our &s;oueraigne lorde, and by the lords &s;pyrituall and temporal, and the commons in this pre&s;ent parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by auctority of the &s;ame, that the &s;aid condemnacion and condemnacio~s of the &s;aid clx.li. and euery parcell thereof, and iudgementes and executio~s had or to be had for the premi&s;&s;es or any of them, to be vtterly voyd again&s;t the &s;aid Richard and of none effect.</P>
<P>And ouer that be it enacted by the &s;aid auctoritie, that all &s;uites, accu&s;e|ments,
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condemnacions, executions, fines, amercementes, puni&s;hmentes, corrections, grauntes, charges, and impo&s;icions put or had, or hereafter to be put or had vnto or vpon the &s;ayd Richard, and to euery other of the per|&s;on or per&s;ons afore &s;pecifyed, that now be of this pre&s;ent parliament, or y^t of any parliament hereafter &s;halbe, for any bill, &s;peaking, rea&s;oning, or de|claring of any matter or matters, concerning the parliament to be co~mu|ned and treated of, be vtterly voyde and of none effect.</P>
<P>And ouer that be it enacted by the &s;ayd auctority, that if y^e &s;ayd Richard Strode, or any of all the &s;ayd other per&s;on or per&s;ons, hereafter be vexed, troubled, or otherwy&s;e charged for any cau&s;es, as is afore&s;ayd, that tha~ he or they and euery of them &s;o vexed or troubled, of and for the &s;ame, to haue action vpon the ca&s;e agayn&s;t euery &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;onnes, &s;o vexinge or troubling any contrary to this ordinaunce and proui&s;ion, in the which a|ction the party greeued &s;hall recouer treble damages and co&s;tes. And that no perotection, e&s;&s;oyne, nor wager of law in the &s;ayd action in any wy&s;e be admitted nor receyued.</P>
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<P>_BE it enquyred for our &s;oueraigne lord the king, that where as at the parliament holden at Crokere~tor, before Thomas De|nis, deputie to &s;yr Henry Marney knight, warde~ of the Stei|merie, the xiiij. day of September, the &s;eco~d yere of the reigne of king Henry the viii. It was ordeyned e&s;tabli&s;hed and enac|ted, that (from the day afore&s;ayd) it &s;halbe lawfull for euery man to digge tinne within the county of Deuon&s;hyre, in all places where as tinne may be founden. And al&s;o to carie the water to theyr workes without any let or trouble of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, according to our v&s;ages &amp; confirmacio~s of our charter, &amp; according to our cu&s;tome out of minde. And if any per&s;o~ or per&s;onnes let, trouble, or vexe any man to digge tinne, or to cary water for the &s;ame, contrary to our olde cu&s;tome and v&s;age, and if it be founden by verdite of xii. men at the law day, he that &s;o letteth, vexeth, or troubleth any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;onnes, &s;hall fall in the penaltie of xl.li. as oft as he &s;o vexeth or troubleth: the one halfe to my lord Prince, and the other halfe to him y^t was &s;o letted, vexed, or troubled. And a Fieri facias to be awarded, as well for my lord prince as for y^e party, if one Richard Strode of Plim|ton tinner, at the parliame~t holden at We&s;tmin&s;ter the fourth day of Fe|bruary la&s;t pa&s;t, letted, vexed, and troubled one William Rede the yonger, and Elis Elforde tinner, and al other tinners in the &s;ame parliamente for digging of tinne in the &s;euerall &s;oyle of the &s;ayd Richard and other per&s;o~s contrary to this our acte made.</P>
<CLOSER>God &s;aue the king.</CLOSER>
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