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<P>AN ACT For Bani&s;hing all PAPISTS Exerci&s;ing any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Juri&s;diction, AND ALL REGULARS OF THE <HI>Popi&s;h Clergy</HI> Out of this KINGDOM.</P>
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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
<Q>DIE MEIN TIENDRAI</Q>
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<P><HI>D&V;BLIN:</HI> Printed by <HI>Andrew Crook,</HI> Printer to the King's Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, on <HI>Cork-Hill,</HI> near <HI>Copper-Alley.</HI> MDCXCVII.</P>
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<HEAD>An ACT for Bani&s;hing all <HI>Papists</HI> exerci&s;ing any Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical Juri&s;diction, and all Re|gulars of the <HI>Popi&s;h Clergy</HI> out of this Kingdom.</HEAD>
<HEAD>CHAP. XXVI.</HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS, it is Notoriou&s;ly known, That the late Rebellions in this King|dom have been Contrived, Promoted and Carried on by Popi&s;h Arch-Bi|&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Ie&s;uits, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal Per&s;ons of the Romi&s;h Clergy. And for|a&s;much as the Peace and Publick Safety of this Kingdom is in Danger, by the great number of the &s;aid Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Ie&s;uits, Friers, and other Regular Romi&s;h Clergy, now re&s;iding here, and &s;ettling in Fra|ternities and Societies, contrary to Law, and to the great Impoveri&s;hing of many of His Ma|je&s;ty's Subjects of this Kingdom, who are forc d to maintain and &s;upport them; which &s;aid Romi&s;h Clergy do, not only endeavour to withdraw His Maje&s;ty's Subjects from their Obedience, but do daily &s;tir up, and move Se|dition, and Rebellion, to the great hazard of the Ruine and De&s;olation of this Kingdom. For
<PB N="4" REF="3">the prevention of all which Mi&s;chiefs, His Ma|je&s;ty is Graciou&s;ly Plea&s;ed that it be En|acted.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the King's Mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo|ral, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That all Popi&s;h Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Vicars-General, Deans, Ie&s;uits, Monks, Friers, and all other Regular Popi&s;h Clergy, and all Pa|pi&s;ts exerci&s;ing any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction, &s;hall depart out of this Kingdom before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and, Six hundred, Ninety eight: And if any of the &s;aid Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical Per&s;ons, &s;hall be at any time after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> within this King|dom, they, and every of them &s;hall &s;uffer Im|pri&s;onment, and remain in Pri&s;on, without Bail or Mainprize, till he or they &s;hall be Tran&s;|ported beyond Seas, out of His Maje&s;ty's Do|minions, wherever His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or the Chief Governor or Gover|nors of this Kingdom, for the time being, &s;hall think fit: And if any per&s;on &s;o Tran&s;ported, &s;hall return again into this Kingdom, they, and every of them, &s;hall be Guilty of High-Trea&s;on; and every per&s;on &s;o Offending, &s;hall for his Offence, be adjudged a Traitor, and &s;hall &s;uffer, lo&s;e and forfeit as in Ca&s;e of High-Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every &s;uch Popi&s;h Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deane, Vicars-Ge|neral, Ie&s;uits, Friers, and all other Popi&s;h
<PB N="5" REF="3">Regular Clergy in this Kingdom, &s;hall before the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> repair to the City of <HI>Dublin, Cork, King&s;ale, Youghal, Waterford, Wexford, Gallway,</HI> or <HI>Carrickfergus,</HI> and there remain, until there &s;hall be Conveniency of Shipping, for their Tran&s;portation into &s;ome Parts beyond Seas, and out of His Maje|&s;ty's Dominions, every of them on their fir&s;t coming into any of the &s;aid Cities and Towns, giving in their Names to the Mayor, or other Chief Magi&s;trate, who is hereby required to Regi&s;ter the &s;ame, and return an Account thereof to the Clerk of the Council, within Ten days; and that the &s;aid Mayor, or o|ther Chief Magi&s;trate of each Town, and al&s;o the Collector and Surveyor of the Port, &s;hall give their be&s;t A&s;&s;i&s;tance in Tran&s;porting eve|ry &s;uch Popi&s;h Arch-Bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, and o|ther Popi&s;h Regular Clergy-man.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authori|ty afore&s;aid, That from and after the Twen|ty ninth day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of Our Lord God, One thou&s;and, Six hundred, and Ninety &s;eaven, no Popi&s;h Arch-bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, Vicar-General, Deane, nor any other Papi&s;t exerci&s;ing any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;|diction, not E&s;tabli&s;hed by the Laws of this Kingdom, Ie&s;uite, or Frier &s;hall come into this Kingdom, from any parts beyond the Seas, on pain of Twelve Months Impri&s;onment, and then to be Tran&s;ported in manner afore&s;aid: And if any &s;uch Romi&s;h Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Per&s;on, &s;o Tran&s;ported, &s;hall again return into this Kingdom, he and they &s;o offending, &s;hall be guilty of High-Trea&s;on, and Suffer accord|ingly.</P>
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<P>And be it further Enacted, That any per&s;on that &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> knowingly harbour, relieve, conceal, or entertain any &s;uch Popi&s;h Arch-Bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, Vicar-General, Deane, Ie&s;uite, Frier, or any other Papi&s;t exerci&s;ing any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;|diction, not E&s;tabli&s;hed by the Laws of this Kingdom, or any Regular Popi&s;h Clergy-man, hereby required to depart out of this King|dom, in manner afore&s;aid, or that from and after the &s;aid Twenty ninth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and, Six hundred, Ninety &s;eaven, &s;hall come into this Kingdom, contrary to the Tenor of this Act, &s;hall for the Fir&s;t Offence, forfeit the Summ of Twenty pounds; for the Second Offence, double the &s;aid Summ, to be Levyed in manner herein-after expre&s;&s;ed: And if he &s;hall Offend the Third time, to forfeit all his Lands and Tenements of Fre&eacute;hold or Inhe|ritance, during his Life, and al&s;o all his Goods and Chattels; One Moyety whereof to His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the other Moyety, to &s;uch Per&s;on as &s;hall Inform, &s;o as &s;uch Moy|ety do not exceed the Summ of One Hundred pounds, and the Surplu&s;s of what shall re|main to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;|&s;ors, the &s;aid Forfeiture for &s;uch third Offence, to be Recovered by Bill, Plaint, Information, or Action for Debt, in any His Maje&s;ty's Courts of Record at <HI>Dublin,</HI> or at the A&s;&s;izes in the re&s;pective Counties.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That upon Information on Oath, to any Iu&s;tice of Peace in his re&s;pective County, again&s;t any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, that &s;hall knowingly Entertain, Succour, Relieve or Conceal any &s;uch
<PB N="7" REF="4">Popi&s;h Arch-bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, Ie&s;uite, Frier, or other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Popi&s;h Per&s;on, contrary to the purport and meaning of this Act; the &s;aid Iu|&s;tice of the Peace, &s;hall immediately I&s;&s;ue a Summons in Writing under his Hand, there|by requiring the Per&s;on and Per&s;ons &s;o In|formed again&s;t, at a certain Day and Place within the &s;aid County, where &s;uch Offence &s;hall be Committed, to appear before him, and &s;ome other Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the &s;aid Coun|ty, to An&s;wer the &s;aid Matter laid to his, or their Charge; at which time and place the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall in pre&s;ence of the Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons Accu&s;ed, or in Ca&s;e of his or their Neg|lect to appear, being duly Summoned proce&eacute;d to the Examination of the &s;aid Matter; and if it &s;hall appear to them, on Evidence upon Oath, that the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o Complained of are Guilty, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, Levy the afore|&s;aid Forfeitures of Twenty pounds for the fir&s;t Offence, and Forty pounds for the &s;econd Of|fence, of the Goods and Chattels of the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons Offending, by Di&s;tre&s;s, Sale, or otherwi&s;e, and di&s;po&s;e of one Moyety of &s;uch Forfeitures to the Informer or Informers, and the other Moyety to the Trea&s;urer of the Coun|ty, where &s;uch Offence &s;hall be Committed, for the V&s;e of the County; and for Default there|of, to Committ the Per&s;on Offending to the County Goal, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, until he or they &s;hall pay the &s;aid Forfeitures and Penalties.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That no Per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall from, and after the &s;aid Twen|ty Ninth Day of <HI>December,</HI> Bury and Dead in
<PB N="8" REF="5">any &s;uppre&s;t Mona&s;tery, Abby, or Convent, that is not made u&s;e of, for Celebrating Divine Ser|vice, according to the Liturgy of the Church of <HI>Ireland,</HI> by the Law E&s;tabli&s;hed, or within the Pre|cincts thereof, upon Pain of Forfeiting the Summ of Ten pounds; which &s;aid Summ of Ten pounds &s;hall, and may be Recovered from any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, that &s;hall be pre&s;ent at &s;uch Burial, and Offending contrary to the Tenor of this Act; which &s;aid Forfeitures, all and every Iu|&s;tices of the Peace, in his, and their re&s;pective Counties, are hereby Authorized, to Hear and Determine in manner as herein before is men|tioned and declared; one Moyety of which &s;aid la&s;t Forfeiture for Burying contrary to this Act, &s;hall be by &s;uch Iu&s;tice given unto the Infor|mer, and the other Moyety to the Mini&s;ter and Church-wardens of the Pari&s;h, where any &s;uch Offences &s;hall be Committed, to be di&s;po&s;ed of for the V&s;e of the Pari&s;h.</P>
<P>Provided always, that if any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons &s;hall think him, or them&s;elves agrieved, by the Iudgment and Determination of &s;uch Two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, that the Per&s;on and Per|&s;ons &s;o agrieved, may Appeal from their Iudg|ment and Determination, to the next Iudges of A&s;size, or to the Iu&s;tices of Peace, at the next General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, who are here|by Impowered to Examine the &s;aid Matter, and give &s;uch Relief therein, as to them &s;hall &s;eem meet.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted that all and every Iu&s;tice of the Peace, &s;hall from time to time I&s;&s;ue their Warrants for Apprehending, and Commit|tal of all Popi&s;h Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Ie&s;uits, Friers and other Popi&s;h Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per&s;ons
<PB N="9" REF="5">what&s;oever that &s;hall remain or Continue in this Kingdom, contrary to the Tenor and meaning of this Act: And for Suppre&s;&s;ing all Mona&s;teries, Frieries, Nunneries, or other Popi&s;h Fraternities or Societies.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the Iu&s;tices of the Peace in this Kingdom, &s;hall give an accompt in Writing, of their proce&eacute;dings in Execution of this Statute, at the next General Quarter-Se&s;|&s;ions for the County, in which he &s;hall Dwell, which &s;hall be at &s;uch Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions Entred and Regi&s;tred.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Iu|&s;tice of the Peace, Mayor, or other Officer &s;hall neglect doing their Duty in Execution of this pre|&s;ent Act, every &s;uch Iu&s;tice of the Peace, Mayor, and other Officer, &s;hall for every &s;uch neglect, for|feit the Summ of One Hundred Pounds, to be Recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Protection, E&s;&s;oyn, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed of, nor but one Imparlance; one Moyety thereof to the King's Ma|je&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the other Moyety to the Informer, or Per&s;on that &s;hall Sue for the &s;ame, and be Di&s;abled from &s;erving as a Iu|&s;tice of Peace, during his Life.</P>
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