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<P>A COLLECTION OF THE STATUTES Made in the REIGNS of King Charles the I. <HI>AND</HI> King Charles the II.</P>
<P>With the ABRIDGMENT of &s;uch as &s;tand <HI>Repealed</HI> or <HI>Expired.</HI></P>
<P>Continued after the Method of Mr. <HI>PULTON.</HI></P>
<P>WITH Notes of <HI>References,</HI> one to the other, as they now &s;tand Altered, Enlarged or Explained.</P>
<P>TO WHICH ALSO ARE ADDED, The Titles of all the <HI>Statutes</HI> and Private <HI>Acts</HI> of PARLIAMENT Pa&s;&s;ed by their &s;aid MAJESTIES, untill this pre&s;ent Year, M.DC.LXVII.</P>
<P>With a TABLE directing to the Principal Matters of the &s;aid STATUTES.</P>
<P>By THO: MANBY of <HI>Lincolns-Inn,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Streater, James Fle&s;her,</HI> and <HI>Henry Twyford,</HI> A&s;signs of <HI>Richard Atkyns</HI> and <HI>Edward Atkyns</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1667.</P>
<P>Cum Gratia &amp; Privilegio Regiae Maje&s;tatis.</P>
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<HEAD>A View and Dige&s;t of the Heads and Titles of the &s;everal STATUTES from the Fir&s;t Year of King <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Fir&s;t, untill this pre&s;ent time, according to the Order of Statutes in this Book mentioned.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="Charles I" TYPE="reign">
<DIV3 N="1 Charles I" TYPE="regnal year">
<HEAD>Anno Primo <HI>CAROLI</HI> primi nuper Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>1 AN Act for puni&s;hing of divers Abu&s;es on the Lords Day called Sunday, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>Fol.</HI> 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act to enable the King to make Lea&s;es of Lands parcel of his Highne&s;s Dutchy of <HI>Cornwal,</HI> or annexed to the &s;ame, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for the Ea&s;e of obtaining Licences of alie|nation, and in the pleading of alienations with Licence, or of Pardons of alienations without Li|cence in the Court of Exchequer or el&s;ewhere, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 2. <HI>See Stat.</HI> 12 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 24.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An Act for the further Re&s;traint of Tipling in Inns, Ale-hou&s;es, and other Victualling-hou&s;es, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act for the Confirmation of the Sub&s;idies granted by the Clergy, <HI>Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 3. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act for the Grant of two entire Sub&s;idies granted by the Temporalty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act that this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament &s;hall not determine by his Maje&s;ties Royal A&s;&s;ent to this and &s;ome other Acts, <HI>Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 3.</ITEM>
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<DIV3 N="2 Charles I" TYPE="regnal year">
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<HEAD>Anno Tertio <HI>Caroli</HI> Primi Regis, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>THe Petition exhibited to his Maje&s;ty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled concern|ing divers Rights and Liberties of the Subject, with the Kings Maje&s;ties Royal An&s;wer thereunto in full Parliament. <HI>Folio</HI> 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>1 An Act for the further Reformation of &s;undry abu&s;es committed on the Lords Day commonly called Sunday, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act to Re&s;train the pa&s;&s;ing or &s;ending of any to be Popi&s;hly bred beyond the Seas, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for the better &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of Unlicen&s;ed Ale-hou&s;e-keepers, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. An Act for Continuance of divers Statutes, and for Repeal of divers others, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act for the e&s;tabli&s;hing of the E&s;tates of the Tenants of <HI>Bromfeild</HI> and <HI>Yale</HI> in the County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> and of the Tenures, Rents, and Servi|ces thereupon re&s;erved according to a late com|po&s;ition made for the &s;ame with the Kings Ma|je&s;ty then Prince of <HI>Wales, Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act for Confirmation of the Sub&s;idies granted by the Clergy, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 11. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act for the grant of Five entire Sub&s;idies granted by the Temporalty, <HI>Anno Quarto Caroli Regis, Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 11.</ITEM>
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<DIV3 N="16-17 Charles I" TYPE="regnal year">
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<HEAD>Anno Decimo &s;exto &amp; decimo &s;eptimo <HI>Caroli</HI> Primi Regis, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN Act for the preventing of Inconveniences happening by the long intermi&s;&s;ion of Par|liaments, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 11. Rep. and Alt. 16 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act for the Relief of his Maje&s;ties Army, and the Northern Parts of this Kingdom, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 11. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for the Reforming of &s;ome things mi&s;ta|ken in the late Act made in this Parliament for the granting of Four Sub&s;idies, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Relief of his Maje&s;ties Army in the Northern Parts,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 11. EXP.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Anno decimo &s;eptimo <HI>Caroli</HI> Primi Regis, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>4 AN Act for the further Relief of his Maje&s;ties Army in the Northern Parts of this King|dom, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>Fol.</HI> 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act for the better rai&s;ing and levying of Mar|riners, Saylers and others for the pre&s;ent Guard|ing of the Seas, <HI>Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 12. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act concerning the limitation and abbrevia|tion of <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Term, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act to prevent Inconveniences which may happen by the untimely Adjourning, Proroguing or di&s;&s;olving of this pre&s;ent Parliament, <HI>Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 14. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other &s;ums of money payable upon Merchandizes Exported and Imported, <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 14. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="4">9 An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding of the Army, and &s;etling the Peace of the two Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland, Cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 14. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An Act for Regulating the Privy Council, and taking away the Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, <HI>Cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 14.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An Act for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute 1 <HI>Eliz.</HI> concerning Commi&s;&s;ioners for Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, <HI>Cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 16.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable up|on Merchandi&s;e Exported and Imported, <HI>Cap.</HI> 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 17. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13 An Act for &s;ecuring of Moneys due or to be due to the Inhabitants of the County of <HI>York,</HI> and other adjoyning Counties, wherein his Maje&s;ties Army is or hath been Billited, &amp;c. <HI>Cap.</HI> 13. <HI>fol.</HI> 18. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14 An Act Declaring unlawful and void the late proceeding touching Ship-Money, and for the vacating of all Records and Proce&s;s concerning the &s;ame, <HI>Cap.</HI> 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 18.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15 An Act again&s;t divers Incroachments and op|pre&s;&s;ions in the Stannary Courts, <HI>Cap.</HI> 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 19.</ITEM>
<ITEM>16 An Act for the certainty of Forre&s;ts, and of the Meers, Meets, Limits and Bounds of the Fore&s;t, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM>17 An Act for the Confirmation of the Treaty of Pacification of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> Cap. 17. <HI>fol.</HI> 22. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>18 An Act for &s;ecuring the Publique Faith, the re|mainder of the friendly a&s;&s;i&s;tance and relief pro|mi&s;ed to our Brethren of <HI>Scotland, Cap.</HI> 18. <HI>fol.</HI> 22. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>19 An Act for the Regulating of the Clerk of the Market, and for the Reformation of fal&s;e Weights and Mea&s;ures, <HI>Cap.</HI> 19. <HI>fol.</HI> 22.</ITEM>
<ITEM>20 An Act to prevent vexatious proceeding touch|ing the Order of Knight-hood, <HI>Cap.</HI> 20. <HI>fol.</HI> 24.</ITEM>
<ITEM>21 An Act for the free bringing in Gun-powder and Salt-Peter from foreign Parts, and for the free ma|king of Gun-powder in this Realm, <HI>Cap.</HI> 21. <HI>fo.</HI> 24</ITEM>
<ITEM>22 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable up|on Merchandi&s;e Exported and Imported, <HI>Cap.</HI> 22. <HI>fol.</HI> 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM>23 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Rai&s;ing of Mariners and Saylers for the Guarding of the Seas and his Maje&s;ties Dominions, <HI>Cap.</HI> 23. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>24 An <HI>Act</HI> to relieve Captives taken by the <HI>Turks,</HI> and to prevent the taking of others hereafter, <HI>Cap.</HI> 24. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>25 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable up|on Merchandizes Exportable and Importable, <HI>Cap.</HI> 25. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>26 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Rai&s;ing of Mariners and Saylers for the Guarding of the Seas, and his Maje&s;ties Kingdoms, <HI>Cap.</HI> 26. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>27 An <HI>Act</HI> for the di&s;-enabling all per&s;ons in Holy Orders to exerci&s;e any Temporal Juri&s;diction or Authority, <HI>Cap.</HI> 27. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. Rep. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>28 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Rai&s;ing of Souldiers for the de|fence of <HI>England</HI> &amp; <HI>Ireland, Cap.</HI> 28. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>29 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable upon Merchandizes Exportable and Importable, <HI>Cap.</HI> 29. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>30 An <HI>Act</HI> for a Contribution and Loan for the di|&s;tre&s;&s;ed people of <HI>Ireland,</HI> Cap. 30. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>31 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable up|on Merchandi&s;e, <HI>Cap.</HI> 31. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>32 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Rai&s;ing of 400000 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> for the De|fence of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and for payment of Debts undertaken by the Parliament, <HI>Cap.</HI> 32. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>33 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Reducing the Rebels in <HI>Ireland</HI> to their obedience to his Maje&s;ty and the Crown of <HI>England,</HI> Cap. 33. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>34 An <HI>Act</HI> for Explanation of a former <HI>Act</HI> for Re|ducing the Rebels in <HI>Ireland,</HI> Cap. 34. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>35 An <HI>Act</HI> to enable Corporations to adventure in <HI>Ireland,</HI> Cap. 35. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>36 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of money payable upon Merchandi&s;e to be Exported and Imported, <HI>Cap.</HI> 36. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>37 An <HI>Act</HI> for the further Reducing the Rebels in <HI>Ireland</HI> to their obedience to the King and Crown of <HI>England, Cap.</HI> 35. <HI>fol.</HI> 25. EXP.</ITEM>
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<DIV2 N="Charles II" TYPE="reign">
<DIV3 N="20 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
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<HEAD>Anno Duodecimo <HI>Caroli</HI> Secundi Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. AN Act for removing and preventing all Que|&s;tions and Di&s;putes concerning the A&s;&s;em|bling and Sitting of this pre&s;ent Parliament, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>Fol.</HI> 26.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act for putting in Execution an Ordinance mentioned in the &s;aid Act for an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of 70000 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> <HI>per men&s;em</HI> for 3. moneths. EXP. <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 26.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for the continuance of Proce&s;s and Judi|cial proceedings, <HI>cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 27.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other &s;ums of money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Imported, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 28.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act for continuing the Excize until the 20th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1660. <HI>Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 30. EXP. <HI>See</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act for the pre&s;ent nominating of Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Sewers, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 30.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act for Re&s;toring unto <HI>James</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Ormond</HI> all his Honors, Manors, Lands and Tene|ments, whereof he was in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion on the 23^t^h day of <HI>October</HI> 1641. or at any time &s;ince. <HI>Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 30. PR.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An Act for continuing of the Exci&s;e till the 25^t^h day of <HI>Decemb.</HI> 1660. <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 31. EXP. <HI>See</HI> 13 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea. <HI>Cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 31. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An Act for Supplying and Explaining certain Defects in an Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;pee|dy
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Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea. Cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 31.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indemp|nity and Oblivion. <HI>Cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 31.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 An Act for Confirmation of Judicial Proceed|ings, <HI>Cap.</HI> 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 39.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13 An Act for Re&s;training the taking of Exce&s;&s;ive U&s;ury, <HI>Cap.</HI> 13. <HI>fol.</HI> 42.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14 An Act for a perpetual Anniver&s;ary Thank&s;gi|ving on the 29th day of <HI>May, Cap.</HI> 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 42.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15 An Act for the &s;peedy Disbanding of the Army and Garri&s;ons of this Kingdom, <HI>Cap.</HI> 15. <HI>fol.</HI> 43.</ITEM>
<ITEM>16 An Act for enabling the Souldiers of the Army now to be Disbanded, to Exerci&s;e Trades, <HI>Cap.</HI> 16. <HI>fol.</HI> 43.</ITEM>
<ITEM>17 An Act for the Confirming and Re&s;toring of Mini&s;ters, <HI>Cap.</HI> 17. <HI>fol.</HI> 44.</ITEM>
<ITEM>18 An Act for the Encouraging and Increa&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation, <HI>Cap.</HI> 18. <HI>fol.</HI> 44.</ITEM>
<ITEM>19 An Act to prevent Frauds and Concealments of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies, <HI>Cap.</HI> 19. <HI>fol.</HI> 49.</ITEM>
<ITEM>20 An Act for rai&s;ing Seven&s;core thou&s;and pounds for the compleat Disbanding of the whole Army, and paying off &s;ome part of the Navy, <HI>Cap.</HI> 20. <HI>fol.</HI> 49. EXP. <HI>See Stat.</HI> 13 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>21 An Act for the &s;peedy rai&s;ing of Seventy thou|&s;and pounds for the pre&s;ent &s;upply of his Maje&s;ty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 21. <HI>fol.</HI> 49. <HI>EXP. See</HI> 13 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6. <HI>&amp;</HI> 10.</ITEM>
<ITEM>22 An Act for the Regulating the Trade of Bay-making in the <HI>Dutch</HI> Bay-Hall in <HI>Colche&s;ter, Cap.</HI> 22. <HI>fol.</HI> 49.</ITEM>
<ITEM>23 A Grant of certain Impo&s;itions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors for the encrea&s;e of his Maje|&s;ties Revenue during life, <HI>Cap.</HI> 23. <HI>fol.</HI> 49.</ITEM>
<ITEM>24 An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures <HI>in Capite</HI> and by Knights-Service, and Purveyance, and for &s;etling a Reve|nue upon his Maje&s;ty in lieu thereof, <HI>Cap.</HI> 24. <HI>fol.</HI> 54.</ITEM>
<ITEM>25. An Act for the better Ordering the &s;elling of Wines by Retayl, and for preventing abu&s;es in the mingling, corrupting and vitiating of Wines, and for &s;etting and limiting the prices of the &s;ame, <HI>Cap.</HI> 25. <HI>fol.</HI> 61.</ITEM>
<ITEM>26 An Act for the Levying of the arrears of the Twelve moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment commencing the 24th of <HI>June</HI> 1659. and the Six moneths A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments commencing the 25th of <HI>December</HI> 1659. <HI>Cap.</HI> 26. <HI>fol.</HI> 63. EXP. <HI>See</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM>27 An <HI>Act</HI> for granting unto the Kings Maje&s;ty Four hundred and twenty thou&s;and pounds by an A&s;|&s;e&s;sment of Three&s;core and ten thou&s;and pounds by the moneth, for 6 moneths, for Disbanding the remainder of the Army, and paying off the Navy, <HI>Cap.</HI> 27. <HI>fol.</HI> 63. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>28 An Act for further Supplying and Explaining cer|tain defects in an Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea,</HI> Cap. 28. <HI>fol.</HI> 63. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>29 An Act for the Rai&s;ing of Seventy thou&s;and pounds for the further Supply of his Maje&s;ty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 29. <HI>fol.</HI> 63. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>30 An Act for the Attainder of &s;everal per&s;ons guilty of the horrid Murther of his late Sacred Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, <HI>Cap.</HI> 30. <HI>fol.</HI> 64.</ITEM>
<ITEM>31 An Act for Confirmation of Lea&s;es and Grants from Colledges and Ho&s;pitals, <HI>Cap.</HI> 31. <HI>fol.</HI> 67.</ITEM>
<ITEM>32 An Act for Prohibiting the Exportation of Wooll, Woolfells, Fullers Earth, or any kinds of &s;couring Earth, <HI>Cap.</HI> 32. <HI>fol.</HI> 67.</ITEM>
<ITEM>33 An Act for Confirmation of Marriages, <HI>Cap.</HI> 33. <HI>fol.</HI> 69.</ITEM>
<ITEM>34 An Act for Prohibiting the Planting, Setting or Sowing of Tobacco in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Cap. 34. <HI>fol.</HI> 70.</ITEM>
<ITEM>35 An Act for Erecting and E&s;tabli&s;hing a <HI>Po&s;t-Office,</HI> Cap. 35. <HI>fol.</HI> 71.</ITEM>
<ITEM>36 An Act impowring the Ma&s;ter of the Rolls for the time being, to make Lea&s;es for years, in order to new build the old Hou&s;es belonging to the <HI>Rolls,</HI> Cap. 36. <HI>fol.</HI> 74.</ITEM>
<ITEM>37 An Act for making the Precinct of <HI>Covent-Gar|den</HI> Parochial, PR. <HI>Cap.</HI> 37. <HI>fol.</HI> 74.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN Act for the re&s;toring of <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Arun|del</HI> of <HI>Warder</HI> to the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his e&s;tate.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the re&s;titution of <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Arun|del, Surrey</HI> and <HI>Norfolk,</HI> to the Dignity and Ti|tle of Duke of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to re&s;tore to <HI>Wentworth</HI> Earl of <HI>Ro&s;comon,</HI> of the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> all the Honors, Ca&s;|tles, Lord&s;hips, Lands, Tenements and Heredi|taments in <HI>Ireland,</HI> whereof <HI>James</HI> Earl of <HI>Ro&s;co|mon</HI> his Great-Grand Father, or <HI>James</HI> Earl of <HI>Ro&s;comon</HI> his Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for re&s;toring of Sir <HI>George Hamilton</HI> unto his Lands and E&s;tate in <HI>Ireland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for maintenance of the Vicar for the time being of the Vicaridge of <HI>Roy&s;ton</HI> in the Coun|ties of <HI>Hertford</HI> and <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and of his Succe&s;|&s;ors, Vicars of the &s;aid Vicaridge.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for enabling Sir <HI>William Wray</HI> to &s;ell Lands for payment of his debts, and rai&s;ing of Portions for his younger Children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for naturalizing of <HI>Gerard Vanhenthu&s;en, Daniel Demetrius,</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for enabling of <HI>John Newton</HI> the younger, and <HI>William Oakeley,</HI> to make &s;ale of Lands for payment of debts, and rai&s;ing of Portions, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the levying of certain moneys due upon the Collection for the Prote&s;tants of <HI>Pied|mont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalization of <HI>John Boreel</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Elde&s;t Son of Sir <HI>William Boreel</HI> Knight and Baro|net.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalization of <HI>Abraham Watchtor</HI> born beyond the Seas.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for re&s;toring of Sir <HI>Thomas Grimes</HI> Baronet, to his E&s;tate.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for enabling <HI>George Fawnt</HI> of <HI>Fo&s;ton</HI> in the County of <HI>Leice&s;ter</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to &s;ell and conveigh part of his Lands, for payment of &s;everal Debts &amp; Legacies charged upon his E&s;tate by Sir <HI>William Fawnt</HI> Knight decea&s;ed, and for the rai&s;ing of
<PB REF="5">
Portions for his younger children, and making his Wife a Joynture.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Naturalizing <HI>Francis Hide and others.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to nable <HI>Jo&s;eph Micklethwaite</HI> an Infant, and his Tru&s;tees, to &s;ell Lands for payment of his Fa|thers Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for rai&s;ing portions, and making provi&s;ion for maintenance for the younger children of Sir <HI>Ed|ward Go&s;twick.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming the Sale of the Mannor of <HI>Hitcham, &s;old to Charles Doe,</HI> by Sir <HI>John Clark</HI> Knight and Baronet, and for &s;etling and di&s;po&s;ing other the Lands of the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Clerke</HI> and <HI>Dame Philadelphia</HI> his Wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the &s;etling of &s;ome of the Mannors and Lands of the Earl of <HI>Cleaveland</HI> in Tru&s;tees, to be &s;old for the &s;atisfying of the Debts of the &s;aid Earl, and of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Wentworth</HI> his Son.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the di&s;appropriating of the Rectory ap|propriate of <HI>Pre&s;ton,</HI> and uniting and con&s;olida|ting of the &s;aid Rectory, and of the Vicaridge of the Church of <HI>Pre&s;ton;</HI> and for a&s;&s;uring of the Advow&s;on, and right of Patronage of the &s;ame un|to the Ma&s;ter, Fellows, and Scholars of <HI>Emanuel</HI> Colledge in <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for making the Precincts of <HI>Covent Garden</HI> Parochial.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="13 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno Decimo tertio <HI>Caroli</HI> Secundi Regis Angliae, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>AN Act for Safety and Pre&s;ervation of his Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Government, again&s;t Trea&s;onable and Seditious Practices and At|tempts, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 75.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act for Repeal of an Act of Parliament, En|tituled, <HI>An Act for di&s;enabling all per&s;ons in Holy Orders to receive any Temporal Juri&s;diction or Authority, Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 77.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for the Declaring, Ve&s;ting and Setling of all &s;uch Moneys, Goods and other things in his Maje&s;ty, which were Received, Levied or Col|lected in the&s;e late times, and are remaining in the hands or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Trea&s;urers, Recei|vers, Collectors or others not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 77.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An Act for a Free and Voluntary Pre&s;ent to his Maje&s;ty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 78.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act again&s;t Tumults and Di&s;orders upon pre|tence of preparing or pre&s;enting Publike Petitions or other Addre&s;&s;es to his Maje&s;ty or the Parlia|ment, <HI>Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 78.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act Declaring the Sole Right of the Militia to be in the King, and for the pre&s;ent Ordering and di&s;po&s;ing the &s;ame, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 78.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act for Confirming Publike Acts, <HI>Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 79.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An Act for Providing nece&s;&s;ary Carriages for his Maje&s;ty in his Royal Progre&s;s and Removals, <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 80.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 An Act for the e&s;tabli&s;hing Articles and Orders for the regulating and better Government of his Maje&s;ties Navies, Ships of War and Forces by Sea, <HI>Cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 81.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An Act to prevent the Unlawful Cour&s;ing, Hurt|ing or Killing of Deer, <HI>Cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 85.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An Act for Confirming three Acts therein men|tioned, <HI>Cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 85.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 An Act for Explanation of a Clau&s;e contained in an Act of Parliament made in the 17th year of the late King <HI>Charles,</HI> Entituled, <HI>An Act for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute,</HI> Primo Elizabethae, <HI>con|cerning Commi&s;&s;ioners for Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical,</HI> Cap. 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 86.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13 An Act for Ve&s;ting the Arrears of the Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t in his Maje&s;ty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 13. <HI>fol.</HI> 87.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14 An Act for Confirming an Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Encouraging and Increa&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation, and &s;everal other Acts both Pub|like and Private mentioned therein,</HI> Cap. 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 87.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15 An Act Declaring the Pains, Penalties and For|feitures impo&s;ed upon the E&s;tates and Per&s;ons of certain notorious Offenders Excepted out of the Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, <HI>Cap.</HI> 15. <HI>fol.</HI> 88.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>An Act for a&s;certaining and E&s;tabli&s;hing the Fees of the Ma&s;ters of the Chancery in Ordinary.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirming a Sale made by Sir <HI>Thomas Pre&s;twich,</HI> and others of the Mannor of <HI>Holm,</HI> and certain Lands in the Pari&s;h of <HI>Manche&s;ter</HI> in the County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> unto Sir <HI>Edward Mo&s;ley</HI> Baronet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Re&s;toring of <HI>Thomas Radcliffe</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to all his Lands and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ire|land.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act enabling <HI>John Harbin</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to &s;ettle, &s;ell, and di&s;po&s;e of &s;everal Mannors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, with the Appur|tenances in the County of <HI>Somer&s;et</HI> and <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> therein mentioned, for Payment of his Debts, and to make provi&s;ion for his younger Children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the Sale of &s;ome of the Lands of <HI>Thomas Hunt</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and <HI>John Hunt</HI> Gent. for the payment of their Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;etling the Mannors <HI>Knoll, Seal,</HI> and <HI>Kemp&s;ing,</HI> in the County of <HI>Kent,</HI> upon the Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> and his Heirs, and charging the Mannor of <HI>Bexhill,</HI> and the Mannor or Farm of <HI>Cawding,</HI> and other Lands in the County of <HI>Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> with a Rent charge of One hundred and thirty pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in lieu thereof.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirmation of the Charter and Privi|ledges of the Ma&s;ter, Wardens, and Commonal|ty of Weavers, Fullers, and Clothiers in the City of <HI>Worce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Setling of &s;everal Lands, late of Sir <HI>Ed|ward Bae&s;h</HI> Knight, upon Sir <HI>Ralph Bae&s;h</HI> Knight of the <HI>Bath,</HI> Heir of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Edward</HI> and his Heirs.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="5">An Act for Confirmation and Explanation of an Act for the Setling of &s;ome of the Mannors, and Lands of the Earl of <HI>Cleaveland</HI> in Tru&s;tees, to be &s;old for the &s;atisfying of the Debts of the &s;aid Earl and <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Wentworth</HI> his Son.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Uniting the Par&s;onages of St. <HI>An|drews,</HI> and St. <HI>Mary Witton</HI> in <HI>Droitwich,</HI> in the County of <HI>Worce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Abergavenny,</HI> Son and Heir of <HI>Henry</HI> late Lord <HI>Abergavenny,</HI> to &s;ell cer|tain Lands for payment of his Debts, and Prefer|ment of his Brother and Si&s;ters.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalizing of <HI>Francis Brudenel</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Son and Heir Apparent of the Right Honourable <HI>Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Brudenel,</HI> and of the Right Honoura|ble <HI>Anna Maria,</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Shrewsbury,</HI> Daugh|ter of the &s;aid Lord <HI>Brudenell,</HI> and now Wife of the Right Honourable <HI>Francis</HI> Earl of <HI>Shrews|bury.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Reviving a Settlement of certain Lands on <HI>John Orlibeare</HI> for life, the Remainder to the Sons of the &s;aid <HI>John</HI> &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, and the Heirs Males of their Bodies, &amp;c.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirming and Continuing an Act for the nece&s;&s;ary Maintenance of the Work of Drai|ning the great Level of the Fens.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirming of an Inclo&s;ure of Land, for|merly u&s;ed for a Common High-way from <HI>Par|&s;ons Green</HI> to <HI>Southfield</HI> in <HI>Fulham,</HI> and the Set|ling of other Land for a Common High-way in lieu thereof.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act enabling Tru&s;tees to &s;ell certain Lands and Tenements in the Counties of <HI>Suffolk</HI> and <HI>Nor|folk,</HI> for payment of the Debts of <HI>Richard Gipps</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and providing Portions for his younger Children.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="13 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD><HI>Anno decimo tertio</HI> Caroli <HI>Secundi Regis Angliae,</HI> &amp;c. The Second Meeting of the Parliament.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN Act for the well governing and regulating of Corporations, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 90.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act for prevention of Vexations and Oppre&s;|&s;ions by Arre&s;ts, and of delayes in Suits of Law, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 91.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for granting unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, Twelve hundred and three&s;core thou&s;and pounds, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Levied by an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of Three&s;core and ten thou&s;and pounds by the moneth for Eighteen moneths, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 93 EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An Act to Enable the Kings Maje&s;ty to make Lea&s;es, Grants and Copies of Offices, Lands, Te|nements and Hereditaments, parcel of his High|ne&s;s Dutchy of <HI>Cornwal,</HI> or annexed to the &s;ame, and for Confirmation of Lea&s;es and Grants alrea|dy made, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 93.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN Act for Confirming an Act for Re&s;toring of the Marque&s;s of <HI>Hertford</HI> to the Dukedom of <HI>Somer&s;et.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirming an Act for Re&s;titution of <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Arundel, Surrey</HI> and <HI>Norfolk,</HI> to the Dignity and Title of Duke of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Confirming of Private Acts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for dividing <HI>Trinity</HI> Church in <HI>King&s;ton</HI> up|on <HI>Hull</HI> from <HI>Ha&s;le.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable <HI>Algernon Peyton</HI> Doctor of Divi|nity, to make Sale of part of his Lands for pay|ment of Debts.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="13-14 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno Decimo tertio &amp; decimo quarto <HI>Caroli</HI> Secundi Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN Act for preventing the mi&s;chiefs and dangers that may ari&s;e by certain Per&s;ons called Quakers, and others, refu&s;ing to take law|ful Oaths, <HI>Cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 94.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. An Act for Repairing the High-ways and Sewers, and for Paving and keeping clean of the Streets in and about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> and for reforming of Annoyances and Di&s;orders in the Streets of places adjacent to the &s;aid Cities, and for the Regulating and Licen&s;ing of Hackney Coaches; and for the enlarging of &s;everal &s;trait &amp; inconvenient Streets and Pa&s;&s;ages, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 95.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno Decimo quarto <HI>Caroli</HI> Secundi Regis, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>3 AN Act for Ordering the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdome, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 102.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An Act for the Uniformity of Publike Prayers and Admini&s;tration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies: And for E&s;tabli&s;hing the Form of Making, Ordaining and Con&s;ecrating Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons in the Church of <HI>England, Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 108.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act for Regulating the Making of Stuffs in <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Norwich, Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 115.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An Act for Enlarging and Repairing common High-ways, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 119.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An Act to Re&s;train the Exportation of Leather and Raw Hides out of the Realm of <HI>England, Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 123.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An Act for Di&s;tribution of Three&s;core thou&s;and pounds among&s;t the Truly Loyal and Indigent Commi&s;&s;ion-Officers, and for A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing of Offices, and Di&s;tributing moneys thereby rai&s;ed for their further &s;upply, <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 125. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="6">9 An Act for the relief of poor and maimed Officers and Souldiers who have faithfully &s;erved His Ma|je&s;ty and his Royal Father in the late Wars, <HI>cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 125.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An Act for e&s;tabli&s;hing an Additional Revenue upon his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the better &s;upport of His and Their Crown and Dig|nity, <HI>cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 126.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating abu|&s;es in his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, <HI>cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 130.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 An Act for the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, <HI>cap.</HI> 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 138.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13 An Act prohibiting the Importation of Forreign Bonelace, Cut-Work, Imbroidery, Fringe, Band|&s;trings, Buttons and Needlework, <HI>cap.</HI> 13. <HI>fol.</HI> 143.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14 An Act directing the Pro&s;ecution of &s;uch as are accountable for Prize-Goods, <HI>cap.</HI> 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 144.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15 An Act for Regulating the Trade of Silk-Throw|ing, <HI>cap.</HI> 15. <HI>fol.</HI> 145.</ITEM>
<ITEM>16 An Act for the more &s;peedy and effectual bring|ing tho&s;e per&s;ons to Account, who&s;e Accounts are excepted in the Act of Oblivion, <HI>cap.</HI> 16. <HI>fol.</HI> 147.</ITEM>
<ITEM>17 An Act for relief of Collectors of Publick Mo|neys, and their A&s;&s;i&s;tants and Deputies, <HI>cap.</HI> 17. <HI>fol.</HI> 148.</ITEM>
<ITEM>18 An Act again&s;t exporting of Sheep, Wooll, Wooll-fells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Wooll-flocks, Fullers-Earth, Fulling-Clay, and Tobacco-pipe-clay, <HI>cap.</HI> 18. <HI>fol.</HI> 148.</ITEM>
<ITEM>19 An Act again&s;t Importing of Forreign Wooll-cards, Card-wire, or Iron-wire, <HI>cap.</HI> 19. <HI>fol.</HI> 150.</ITEM>
<ITEM>20 An Act for providing Carriage by Land and by Water, for the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance, <HI>cap.</HI> 20. <HI>fol.</HI> 151.</ITEM>
<ITEM>21 An Act for preventing the unnece&s;&s;ary Charge of Sheriffs, and for ea&s;e in pa&s;&s;ing their Accounts, <HI>cap.</HI> 21. <HI>fol.</HI> 152.</ITEM>
<ITEM>22 An Act for preventing of Theft and Rapine, upon the Northern Borders of <HI>England, cap.</HI> 22. <HI>fol.</HI> 155.</ITEM>
<ITEM>23 An Additional Act concerning matters of A&s;&s;u|rance u&s;ed among&s;t Merchants, <HI>cap.</HI> 23. <HI>fol.</HI> 156.</ITEM>
<ITEM>24 An Act declaratory concerning Bankrupts, <HI>cap.</HI> 24 <HI>fol.</HI> 458.</ITEM>
<ITEM>25 An Act for the re&s;toring of all &s;uch Advow&s;ons, Rectories, Impropriate Gleab-lands and Tythes to his Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects as were taken from them, and making void certain Charges impo&s;ed on them upon their Compo&s;itions for Delinquen|cy by the late U&s;urped Powers, <HI>cap.</HI> 25. <HI>fol.</HI> 158.</ITEM>
<ITEM>26 An Act for reforming of Abu&s;es committed in the weight and fal&s;e packing of Butter, <HI>cap.</HI> 26. <HI>fol.</HI> 159.</ITEM>
<ITEM>27 An Act for repairing of <HI>Dover</HI> Harbor, <HI>cap.</HI> 27. <HI>fol.</HI> 161.</ITEM>
<ITEM>28 An Act for the regulating of the Pilchard Fi&s;h|ing in the Counties of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Corn-wall, cap.</HI> 28. <HI>fol.</HI> 162.</ITEM>
<ITEM>29 An Act for the rever&s;ing the Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI> his Attainder, <HI>cap.</HI> 29. <HI>fol.</HI> 163.</ITEM>
<ITEM>30 An Act for the Importing of Madder pure and unmixed, <HI>cap.</HI> 30. <HI>fol.</HI> 163. <HI>Rep.</HI> 15. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 16.</ITEM>
<ITEM>31 An Act to prevent the Inconvenience ari&s;ing by melting the Silver-Coyn of this Realm, <HI>cap.</HI> 31. <HI>fol.</HI> 164.</ITEM>
<ITEM>32 An Act for the better Regulating of the Manu|facture of Broad Woollen Cloth within the We&s;t-riding of the County of <HI>York, cap.</HI> 32. <HI>fol.</HI> 164.</ITEM>
<ITEM>33 An Act for preventing the frequent abu&s;es in Printing Seditious, Trea&s;onable and unlicen&s;ed Books and Pamphlets: and for Regulating of Printing and Printing Pre&s;&s;es, <HI>cap.</HI> 33. <HI>fol.</HI> 167.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN Act for &s;etling of the E&s;tate of <HI>James</HI> late Duke of <HI>Richmond</HI> and <HI>Lenox,</HI> according to agreement of <HI>Charles</HI> Duke of <HI>Richmond</HI> and <HI>Lenox, Mary</HI> Dutche&s;s Dowager of <HI>Rich|mond</HI> and <HI>Lenox,</HI> and the Lady <HI>Mary</HI> her Daughter, and the Tru&s;tees of the &s;aid Lady Dutche&s;s.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirmation of certain Letters Patents made, and to be made to the Right Noble Lord, <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Albemarle,</HI> of &s;everal Honors, Mannors and Hereditaments, granted, or menti|oned to be granted to him by His Maje&s;ty.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming the E&s;tate of <HI>John</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> in certain Mannors and Lands, whereof the Deeds and Evidences were burnt and lo&s;t at the taking of the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Ba&s;ing.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to confirm the &s;ale of certain Lands &s;old by <HI>Ferdinando</HI> late Earl of <HI>Huntingdon,</HI> for the pay|ment of his own and his Fathers debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;etling a Capital Me&s;&s;uage or Man&s;ion Hou&s;e, with the Appurtenances, in <HI>Ken&s;ington</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> upon <HI>Bapti&s;t</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Campden</HI> and his Heirs.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming an Act for re&s;toring to <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpeper,</HI> Son and Heir, and &s;ole Executor of <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Culpeper</HI> Baron of <HI>Thor&s;way,</HI> and Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, decea&s;ed, all his Honors, Mannors, Lands and Tenements, Lea&s;es not de|termined, and Hereditaments what&s;oever, where|of the &s;aid <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Culpeper</HI> was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion on the twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> 1642. or at any time af|ter, which have not been &s;ince &s;old or aliened by the &s;aid <HI>John</HI> late Lord <HI>Culpeper,</HI> by Acts or A&s;|&s;urances to which him&s;elf was party and con&s;en|ting.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> to lea&s;e out the Tenements now built upon the Scite of his Pa|lace in <HI>London.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalizing of <HI>Philadelphia,</HI> Wife to the Right Honorable <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Wentworth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming &s;everal Acts therein mentio|ned.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming of two Acts therein mentio|ned.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Endowment of &s;everal Churches by the Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Scudamore</HI> of <HI>Sligo</HI> in the Realm of <HI>Ireland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the di&s;uniting the Hundreds of <HI>Dud&s;ton</HI>
<PB REF="6">
and <HI>Kings Barton</HI> from the County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> and re&s;toring them to be part of the County of <HI>Glouce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for making Navigable of the Rivers of <HI>Stow|er</HI> and <HI>Salwerp,</HI> and the Rivulets and Brooks run|ning into the &s;ame, in the Counties of <HI>Worce&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Stafford.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the making Navigable of the Rivers of <HI>Wye</HI> and <HI>Lugg,</HI> and the Rivers and Brooks run|ning into the &s;ame, in the Counties of <HI>Hereford, Glouce&s;ter</HI> and <HI>Monmouth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;etling certain Mannors and Lands late of Sir <HI>James Enyons</HI> Baronet, on Sir <HI>Henry Pucker|ing</HI> alias <HI>Newton</HI> Baronet, and Sir <HI>Charles Aderly</HI> Knight, his &s;urviving Tru&s;tees, to &s;ell for pay|ment of Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirmation of certain Decrees of Sew|ers, made by the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the limits of the Level of the River of <HI>Ancholm</HI> in the County of <HI>Lincoln.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming a Decree made on the behalf of <HI>Thomas Derham</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and the Improvements, Exchanges and Allotments therein mentioned.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the enabling Sir <HI>Thomas Lee</HI> Baronet, to exchange &s;ome Lands &s;etled upon the Marriage of Dame <HI>Anne Lee</HI> his now Wife, in con&s;ideration of another Settlement of Lands of equal value in lieu thereof.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for di&s;charging the Mannors of <HI>Stod&s;comb</HI> and <HI>Holwell,</HI> and other Lands in the County of <HI>Devon,</HI> from the tru&s;t of one hundred and fifty years, made unto <HI>John</HI> Earl of <HI>Exeter, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Bridgwater,</HI> and <HI>Oliver</HI> Earl of <HI>Bolingbrook.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;upplying a &s;uppo&s;ed defect of the words, <HI>Stand and be &s;eized,</HI> in a Deed for &s;etling of divers Mannors and Lands on Sir <HI>Henry-Frede|rick Thynne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming the Copy-hold E&s;tates of di|vers of his Maje&s;ties Copy-hold Tenants within the Honor of <HI>Clitherow</HI> in the County Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> parcel of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> according unto &s;everal Decrees in the Court of Dutchy Chamber of the &s;aid County Palatine.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirmation of the E&s;tates of &s;everal Tenants and Copy-holders of the Mannors of <HI>Rannes, Irche&s;ter, Ru&s;hden,</HI> and &s;everal other Mannors, parcels of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for confirming, explaining, and enlarging an Act, intituled, <HI>An Act for the levying of certain Moneys due upon the Collection for the Prote&s;tants of Piedmont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the &s;ale of &s;ome of the Lands of <HI>William Milward</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> for payment of &s;ome of his Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act ve&s;ting certain Lands in <HI>Bleasby</HI> in Sir <HI>John Moun&s;on</HI> the younger, <HI>Robert Thorold</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and <HI>Anthony Eyre</HI> the elder <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and their Heirs, to &s;ell for payment of the debts of Sir <HI>Robert Dalli|&s;on,</HI> and <HI>William Dalli&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the Tru&s;tees of <HI>Henry Nevil</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to &s;ell certain Mannors, Lands and Tenements in the Counties of <HI>York</HI> and <HI>Leice&s;ter</HI> for payment of his and his Son <HI>William Nevils</HI> debts, and likewi&s;e to confirm and &s;trengthen the &s;ale of &s;uch Lands as they have already &s;old in the County of <HI>York.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the making void certain Fines unduly procured to be levied by Sir <HI>Edward Powel</HI> Knight and Baronet, and Dame <HI>Mary</HI> his wife.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;ale of Sir <HI>Robert Slingsby</HI> decea&s;ed his Lands for payment of his debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable Sir <HI>Anthony Brown</HI> to &s;ell Lands for payment of debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable <HI>Anthony Etrick</HI> to &s;ell Lands for payment of his Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalizing of <HI>Anna Ferrers</HI> and &s;everal other per&s;ons named therein.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalizing of <HI>Mark Le Pla</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Repairing of <HI>Bengworth</HI> Bridge in the County of <HI>Worce&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable <HI>Rowland Okeover</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to &s;ell cer|tain Lands in the County of <HI>Derby.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable Mrs. <HI>Clemence Rivers</HI> and Mrs. <HI>Ro&s;e Rivers</HI> to &s;ell certain Lands and Hou&s;es for payment of the Debts of <HI>Edward Rivers</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> de|cea&s;ed, and provi&s;ion for his younger children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable <HI>Thomas Peck</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to &s;ell a Man|nor and &s;ome Lands in the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> for the payment of his Debts and other u&s;es.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for confirmation of Agreements made be|tween <HI>Thomas Bu&s;hel</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and the Miners of <HI>Row|pits</HI> in <HI>Somer&s;et&s;hire,</HI> for recovering their drowned and de&s;erted works.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the &s;etling certain Lands belonging unto <HI>Francis Tindal</HI> Gentleman upon Tru&s;tees to be &s;old for the payment of Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for confirmation of three <HI>Acts</HI> therein mentioned.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="15 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno decimo quinto Caroli Secundi, Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> for repairing the High-ways within the Counties of <HI>Hertford, Cambridge</HI> and <HI>Hun|tingdon, cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 173.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An <HI>Act</HI> for the puni&s;hment of unlawful cutting or &s;tealing, or &s;poiling of Wood and Underwood, and De&s;troyers of young Timber-Trees, <HI>cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 176.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An <HI>Act</HI> to explain and &s;upply a former Act for di|&s;tribution of three&s;core thou&s;and pounds among&s;t the truly Loyal and Indigent Commi&s;&s;ion-Offi|cers, and for a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing of Offices, and di&s;tributing the moneys thereby rai&s;ed for their further &s;upply, <HI>cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 179. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An additional <HI>Act</HI> for the better ordering the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdom, <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 179.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An <HI>Act</HI> for Regulating &s;elect Ve&s;tries, <HI>cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 182.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An <HI>Act</HI> for Relief of &s;uch Per&s;ons as by Sickne&s;s or other Impediment, were di&s;abled from &s;ub&s;cribing the Declaration in the Act of Uniformity, and explanation of part of the &s;aid Act, <HI>cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 183.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An <HI>Act</HI> for the encouragement of Trade, <HI>cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 184.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB REF="7">8 An <HI>Act</HI> to prevent the Selling of live fat Cattel by Butchers, <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 188.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 An Act for granting Four intire Sub&s;idies to His Maje&s;ty by the Temporalty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 188. EXP.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An Act for Confirming of Four Sub&s;idies granted by the Clergy, <HI>Cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 188.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An Additional Act for the better Ordering and Collecting the Duty of Exci&s;e, and preventing the Abu&s;es therein, <HI>Cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 188.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 An Explanatory Act for Recovery of the Arrears of Exci&s;e, <HI>Cap.</HI> 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 193.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13 An Additional <HI>Act</HI> for the better Ordering and Collecting the Revenue ari&s;ing by Hearth-money, <HI>Cap.</HI> 13. <HI>fol.</HI> 193.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14 An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling the Profits of the Po&s;t-Of|fice, and Power of granting Wine-Licen&s;es, on his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs Males of his Body, <HI>Cap.</HI> 14. <HI>fol.</HI> 195.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15 An <HI>Act</HI> for Encouraging the Manufactures of Making Linnen Cloth and Tapi&s;try, <HI>Cap.</HI> 15. <HI>fol.</HI> 198.</ITEM>
<ITEM>16 An Act for Regulating the Herring, and other Fi&s;heries; And for Repeal of the Act concerning Madder, <HI>Cap.</HI> 16. <HI>fol.</HI> 199.</ITEM>
<ITEM>17 An Act for Setling the Draining of the Great Level of the Fenns, called <HI>Bedford</HI> Level, <HI>Cap.</HI> 17. <HI>fol.</HI> 200.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN Act to enable <HI>Edward</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Wor|ce&s;ter</HI> to receive the benefit and profit of a Water-commanding Engine by him invented, one Tenth part whereof is appropriated for the benefit of the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for &s;etling an Annuity of Three hundred pounds <HI>per Annum</HI> upon <HI>Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Portland,</HI> and for the benefit of <HI>Willoughby Whitelock, Bul|&s;trode Whitelock,</HI> and <HI>Charleton Whitelock,</HI> Infants, and for confirming of agreements made to compo&s;e Suits in Law again&s;t them.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Setling the Charitable Gift of <HI>John Guest.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable Sir <HI>John Packington</HI> and his Tru&s;|tees to &s;ell, or otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;e of certain Lands for the payment of his Debts, and rai&s;ing Portions for his younger children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable <HI>Edward Chaloner</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> to make provi&s;ion for <HI>Anne</HI> his Wife, and his younger children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Naturalizing of <HI>Charlottee He&s;&s;en Killegrew,</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to Impower Sir <HI>John Drake</HI> and others to make &s;ale of Lands for payment of the Portion of <HI>Ellen Bri&s;co</HI> Widow.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the Sale of the Lands of <HI>Richard Senior,</HI> and <HI>Anthony Senior</HI> decea&s;ed, for pay|ment of &s;ome of their Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Setling of the Lands of the Earl of <HI>Kent</HI> and the Lord <HI>Lucas,</HI> on the Marriage of the &s;aid Earl with the Daughter and Heir apparent of the Lord <HI>Lucas.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Setling of a Free School in <HI>Witney</HI> in the County of <HI>Oxon,</HI> being Erected and Endowed by <HI>Henry Box</HI> Citizen and Grocer of <HI>London,</HI> de|cea&s;ed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act to enable the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winchester</HI> to Lea&s;e out the Tenements now built upon &s;cite of his Man&s;ion-Hou&s;e in the Pari&s;h of Saint <HI>Saviours</HI> in <HI>Southwark</HI> in the County of <HI>Surrey;</HI> and the two Parks, and other Deme&s;ns at <HI>Bi&s;hops Wal|tham,</HI> and other Lands in the County of <HI>Southamp|ton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for Repairing and better pre&s;erving the Key of the Port of <HI>Wells</HI> in the County of <HI>Nor|folk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An Act for the Governing of the Ho&s;pital of Saint <HI>O&s;walds</HI> in the County of <HI>Worcester.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to Enable Sir <HI>Francis Boynton</HI> Baronet, and <HI>Richard Robin&s;on</HI> E&s;quire, to Sell certain Lands of <HI>John Robin&s;on</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> for payment of Debts, and Lea&s;ing of other Lands for making Provi&s;ion for his younger Children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for making void certain Conveyances made by <HI>Caryll</HI> Lord <HI>Molleneux</HI> in the late times.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to Confirm a Deed made by <HI>Charles Pit|carne</HI> E&s;quire.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Naturalization of Dame <HI>Elizabeth Jacob,</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Naturalizing of <HI>George Willoughby</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Confirming an <HI>Act</HI> for Naturalizing of <HI>Peter de la Pierre,</HI> alias <HI>Peters,</HI> and <HI>John de la Pierre,</HI> alias <HI>Peters.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="16 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno Decimo &s;exto <HI>Caroli</HI> Secundi Regis, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> for the A&s;&s;embling and holding of Parliaments once in Three years at the lea&s;t; And for the Repeal of an Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the preventing of Inconveniences hap|pening by the long Intermi&s;&s;ion of Parliaments,</HI> Cap. 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 213.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An Act for preventing of Abatements of Writs of Errour upon Judgments in the Exchequer, <HI>Cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 213.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An Act for Collecting the Duty ari&s;ing by Hearth-<HI>Money,</HI> by Officers to be appointed by His Ma|je&s;ty, <HI>Cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 214.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An Act to prevent and &s;uppre&s;s Seditious Con|venticles, <HI>Cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 216.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An Act to prevent the Di&s;turbances of Sea-men and others; And to pre&s;erve the Stores belong|ing to His Maje&s;ties Navy-Royal, <HI>Cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 220.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An <HI>Act</HI> to prevent the delivering up of Merchants Ships, <HI>Cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 221.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An <HI>Act</HI> again&s;t deceitful, di&s;orderly, and exce&s;|&s;ive Gaming, <HI>Cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 222.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An <HI>Act</HI> for Continuance of a former Act for Re|gulating the Pre&s;s, <HI>Cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 223.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB REF="7">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN <HI>Act</HI> for Vacating certain Conveyances made by Sir <HI>John Packington</HI> Baronet, to <HI>Chri&s;topher Henn</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the &s;ale of the Mannor of <HI>Ingoldesby,</HI> and divers Lands in <HI>Ingoldesby</HI> in the County of <HI>Lin|coln,</HI> for rai&s;ing Portions for the two Daughters and Co-heirs of Sir <HI>William Armin</HI> the younger Baronet, decea&s;ed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the &s;ale of certain Lands for payment of the Debts of Sir <HI>Sackvile Glemham.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable Tru&s;tees for Sir <HI>William Kyte</HI> to &s;ell Lands for the payment of Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Confirmation of the Inclo&s;ure and Im|provement of <HI>Malvirne Chace.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling the Charitable Gift of <HI>Abraham Colfe</HI> Clerk, for Erecting and Endowing Two Free-Schools, and an Almes-hou&s;e at <HI>Lewi&s;ham</HI> in <HI>Kent.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Naturalizing Dame <HI>Katherine Sayer</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to inable <HI>Francis Cottington,</HI> or <HI>Charles Cottington</HI> to Settle and Di&s;po&s;e of Lands in Joynture for any Wife or Wives they &s;hall take in Marriage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to inable <HI>Charles Cotton</HI> E&s;quire to make Lea&s;es of Lands for payment of Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the making of the Church Erected at <HI>Falmouth,</HI> a Pari&s;h-Church, and no part of the Pari&s;h of <HI>Gluvias,</HI> of Chapelry of St. <HI>Budock.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="16-17 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno <HI>16</HI> &amp; <HI>17</HI> Caroli II. Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> for granting a Royal Aid unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, of Twenty four hundred three&s;core and &s;eventeen thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be Rai&s;ed, Levied and Paid in the &s;pace of Three years, <HI>cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 224.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An <HI>Act</HI> for Regulating the Mea&s;ures and Prices of Coals, <HI>cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 253.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An <HI>Act</HI> for the Returning of able and &s;ufficient Ju|rors, <HI>cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 254.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An additional <HI>Act</HI> for the better Ordering and Collecting the Duty of EXCISE, <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 255.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An <HI>Act</HI> to prevent Delays in extending Statutes, Judgments and Recognizances, <HI>cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 256.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An <HI>Act</HI> for Repealing of part of an Act of Par|liament, intituled, <HI>An Act directing the pro&s;ecu|tion of &s;uch as are accomptable for Prize-goods,</HI> cap. 6. fol. 256.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An <HI>Act</HI> for continuance of a former Act for Re|gulating the Pre&s;s, <HI>cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 258.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An <HI>Act</HI> to prevent Arre&s;ts of Judgment, and Su|per&s;eding Executions, <HI>cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 258.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 An <HI>Act</HI> to impower the Chancellour of the Dutchy to grant Commi&s;&s;ions for taking Affidavits within the Dutchy-Liberty, <HI>cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 259.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10 An <HI>Act</HI> for continuance of a former Act for Re|pairing the High-wayes within the County of <HI>Hertford, cap.</HI> 10. <HI>fol.</HI> 259.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11 An <HI>Act</HI> for Draining of the Fenn, called <HI>Dee|ping-Fenn,</HI> and other Fenns therein mentioned, <HI>cap.</HI> 11. <HI>fol.</HI> 261.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12 An <HI>Act</HI> for making the River <HI>Avon</HI> Navigable from Chri&s;t-Church to the City of <HI>New-Sarum, cap.</HI> 12. <HI>fol.</HI> 270.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN <HI>Act</HI> to enable Sir <HI>Edward Hungerford,</HI> Knight of the Bath, to &s;ell certain Lands in the Coun|ty of <HI>Devon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the enabling of Tru&s;tees to &s;ell part of the e&s;tate of <HI>Samuel Sandys</HI> the elder E&s;quire, and of his &s;on <HI>Samuel Sandys,</HI> for payment of debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for confirming a Deed of Settlement be|tween the Earl of <HI>Thanet</HI> and his younger Bro|thers.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> to con|vey One hundred Acres of Land, lying in the great di&s;parked Park of Bi&s;hops-Waltham in the Pari&s;h of Bi&s;hops-Waltham in the County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> upon the Rector of the &s;aid Pari&s;h-Church of Bi&s;hops-Waltham, and his Succe&s;&s;ors, in lieu of all Tythes and Payments for Tythes due to the &s;aid Rector and his Succe&s;&s;ors for Wal|tham-Parks.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable the Lord <HI>Henry Powlet, George Withers</HI> and <HI>John Mompe&s;&s;on,</HI> to &s;ell the Mannor of <HI>Abbots-Anne</HI> in the County of <HI>Southampton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Loughborough,</HI> to make the River and Sewer Navigable from or near <HI>Bri|&s;tow</HI> Cau&s;ey in the County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> into the Ri|ver of <HI>Thames.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable Tru&s;tees for the Lord <HI>Strangford,</HI> to &s;ell Lands for payment of Debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for re&s;toring of Sir <HI>Charles Stanley</HI> in blood.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the &s;etling of &s;everal Mannors, Lands and Tenements of Sir <HI>Jacob A&s;tley,</HI> lying in the Coun|ties of <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Warwick.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for &s;etling the E&s;tate of Sir <HI>Robert Carr</HI> Ba|ronet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for making the River of <HI>Medway</HI> Navigable in the Counties of <HI>Kent</HI> and <HI>Su&s;&s;ex.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for making divers Rivers Navigable, or other|wi&s;e pa&s;&s;able, for Boats, Barges, and other Ve&s;|&s;els.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for &s;etling of Differences between the Towns of Great and Little <HI>Yarmouth,</HI> touching the lading and unlading of Herrings, and other Merchandi|&s;es and Commodities.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Naturalizing of <HI>Dederic</HI> alias <HI>Richard Comes,</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for confirming of an Act, intituled, An Act to enable <HI>Jo&s;eph Micklethwaite</HI> an Infant, and his Tru&s;tees, to &s;ell Land for payment of his Fathers debts.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the inabling of <HI>Thomas Juckes</HI> of <HI>Trelid|dan</HI>
<PB REF="8">
in the County of <HI>Mountgomery</HI> E&s;quire, to &s;ell Lands for the payment of his Debts, and rai|&s;ing of younger childrens portions.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to enable <HI>Francis Lee</HI> E&s;quire, to &s;ell Lands for payment of Debts, and to make provi&s;ion for his children.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="17 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno Decimo &s;eptimo Caroli Secundi Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> for granting the &s;um of Twelve hun|dred and fifty thou&s;and pounds to the Kings Maje&s;ty, for His pre&s;ent further Supply, <HI>cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 273.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An <HI>Act</HI> for Re&s;training Non-Conformi&s;ts from In|habiting in Corporations, <HI>cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 278.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An <HI>Act</HI> for Uniting Churches in Cities and Towns Corporate, <HI>cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 279.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An <HI>Act</HI> for Continuance of a former Act for Re|gulating the Pre&s;s, <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 280.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An <HI>Act</HI> for attainting <HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scott</HI> of High-Trea&s;on, if they render not them&s;elves by a day, <HI>cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 281.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An <HI>Act</HI> for taking away of <HI>Damage Cleere, cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 281.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An <HI>Act</HI> for a more &s;peedy and effectual proceed|ing upon Di&s;tre&s;&s;es and Avowries for Rents, <HI>cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 282.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An <HI>Act</HI> for avoiding Unnece&s;&s;ary Suits and De|lays, <HI>cap.</HI> 8. <HI>fol.</HI> 283.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 An <HI>Act</HI> for granting One moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment to His Maje&s;ty, <HI>cap.</HI> 9. <HI>fol.</HI> 283.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>A Private Act.</HEAD>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Naturalization of <HI>Lewis Blanquefort</HI> and others.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="18 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno decimo octavo Caroli Secundi Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> for Rai&s;ing Moneys by a Poll, and other|wi&s;e towards the Maintenance of the pre&s;ent War, <HI>cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 286.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An <HI>Act</HI> again&s;t Importing Cattel from <HI>Ireland,</HI> and other parts beyond the Seas; and Fi&s;h taken by Forreigners, <HI>cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 298.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An <HI>Act</HI> to continue a former Act for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of <HI>England, cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 299.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An <HI>Act</HI> for Burying in Woollen only, <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 299.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An <HI>Act</HI> for encouraging of Coynage, <HI>ca.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 300.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN <HI>Act</HI> for enlarging the time given by a former Act for Redemption of Mortgages made by the Earl of <HI>Cleveland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Naturalizing of <HI>I&s;abella</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au,</HI> Wife of the Right Honourable the Lord <HI>Arlington,</HI> one of His Maje&s;ties Principal Secretaries of State.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Supply of part of the Joynture of the La|dy <HI>Elizabeth Neell.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling the E&s;tate of <HI>John Bodvell</HI> E&s;|quire, decea&s;ed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An additional Act for Enabling the Sale of Lands to pay the Lord <HI>Strangford</HI>'s Debts.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="19 Charles II" TYPE="regnal year">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Anno decimo nono Caroli Secundi Regis Angliae, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1 AN <HI>Act</HI> Explanatory of the Act for Rai&s;ing Moneys by a Poll, and otherwi&s;e, towards the Maintenance of this pre&s;ent War, <HI>cap.</HI> 1. <HI>fol.</HI> 302.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 An <HI>Act</HI> for Erecting a Judicature for Determina|tion of Differences touching Hou&s;es Burned or Demoli&s;hed by rea&s;on of the late Fire which hap|pened in <HI>LONDON, cap.</HI> 2. <HI>fol.</HI> 303.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 An <HI>Act</HI> for Rebuilding the City of <HI>LONDON, cap.</HI> 3. <HI>fol.</HI> 304.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 An <HI>Act</HI> for Relief of poor Pri&s;oners, and &s;etting of them on work, <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>fol.</HI> 315.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 An <HI>Act</HI> extending a former Act concerning <HI>Re|plevins</HI> and <HI>Avouries,</HI> to the Principality of <HI>Wales</HI> and the County Palatines, <HI>cap.</HI> 5. <HI>fol.</HI> 316.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 An <HI>Act</HI> for Redre&s;s of Inconveniencies by want of Proof of the Decea&s;es of Per&s;ons beyond the Seas, or ab&s;enting them&s;elves, upon who&s;e Lives E&s;tates do depend, <HI>cap.</HI> 6. <HI>fol.</HI> 316.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 An <HI>Act</HI> to prevent the Di&s;turbances of Seamen and others, and to pre&s;erve the Stores belonging to His Maje&s;ties Navy Royal, <HI>cap.</HI> 7. <HI>fol.</HI> 316.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 An <HI>Act</HI> for granting the &s;um of Twelve hundred fifty &s;ix thou&s;and three hundred forty &s;even pounds thirteen &s;hillings to the Kings Maje&s;ty, towards the Maintenance of the pre&s;ent War.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB REF="8">
<LIST>
<HEAD>Private Acts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>AN <HI>Act</HI> for Naturalizing of <HI>He&s;ther le Lov,</HI> the Daughter and Co-heir of <HI>Gideon le Lou,</HI> Lord of <HI>Coliumbers</HI> in <HI>Normandy,</HI> the now Wife of the Right Honourable <HI>Denzill</HI> Lord <HI>Hollis</HI> of <HI>Ifield.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Confirming, Explaining and Enlarging an Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act to Enable</HI> John <HI>Lord</HI> Abergaveny, <HI>Son and Heir of</HI> Henry <HI>late Lord</HI> Abergaveny, <HI>to Sell certain Lands for Payment of his Debts, and Preferment of his Brother and Si&s;ters.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Illegitimation of the Children of the Lady <HI>Anne Roos.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Sale of a Me&s;&s;uage in <HI>Chi&s;wick,</HI> for Payment of the Debts of <HI>Edward Ru&s;&s;el,</HI> E&s;quire.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Confirmation of a Settlement of the E&s;tate of Sir <HI>Seymour Shirley</HI> Baronet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling the Moyety of the Mannor of <HI>Iron Acton</HI> on Sir <HI>John Pointz.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling an E&s;tate in Tru&s;t for the benefit of Mi&s;tre&s;s <HI>Elizabeth Pride</HI> and her Chil|dren.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the A&s;certaining the Bounds of the &s;eve|ral Rectories of <HI>Swaffham</HI> St. <HI>Ciriac,</HI> and of <HI>Swaff|ham</HI> St. <HI>Maries,</HI> within the Town of <HI>Swaffham Prior,</HI> in the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and for the Uniting of the two Churches there.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for the Re&s;toring of <HI>Francis Scawen</HI> Gent. in Bloud.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Naturalizing Dame <HI>Mary Frazer</HI> and others.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to Enable a Sale of Lands for payment of the Debts of <HI>Henry Kendall</HI> E&s;quire.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> for Setling part of the Lands of <HI>Henry Mildmay</HI> E&s;quire decea&s;ed, for payment of his Debts, and making Provi&s;ion for his Children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>An <HI>Act</HI> to Enable <HI>Leice&s;ter Gro&s;venor</HI> and his Tru|&s;tees to Sell certain Lands for payment of Debts.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
</FRONT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<DIV2 TYPE="Charles I">
<PB REF="9">
<PB N="1" REF="9">
<HEAD>Anno Reg. <HI>CAROLI,</HI> Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae, Primo.</HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Eighteenth day of <HI>June, Anno Dom.</HI> 1625. in the fir&s;t year of the Reign of our mo&s;t gracious Soveraign Lord, <HI>CHARLES,</HI> by the grace of God, of Great <HI>Britain, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. And there continued untill the Eleventh day of <HI>July</HI> following, and then adjourned until the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> following, unto <HI>Oxford;</HI> To the high plea&s;ure of Almighty God, and to the Weal publick of this Realm, were enacted as followeth.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>There &s;hall be no A&s;semblies for unlawful Pa&s;times upon the Lords Day.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as there is nothing more acceptable to God than the true and &s;incere Service and Wor&s;hip of him according to his holy Will, and that the holy k&eacute;eping of the Lords Day is a principal part of the true Service of God, which in very many places of this Realm hath b&eacute;en, and now is prophaned and neglected by a di&s;orderly &s;ort of people, in exerci&s;ing and frequenting Bear-baiting, Bull-baiting, Enterludes, common Playes, and other unlawful Exerci&s;es and pa&s;times upon the Lords Day: And for that many quarrels, blood-&s;heds, and other great inconveniences have grown by the re&s;ort and concour&s;e of people going out of their own Pari&s;hes to &s;uch di&s;orde|red and unlawful exerci&s;es and pa&s;times, neglecting Divine Service both in their own Pari&s;hes and el&s;ewhere: Be it enacted by the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, the Lords Spiritual and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">em|poral, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Vnlawful Writings and Pa&s;times on the Lords Day forbid|den.</NOTE> That from and after forty dayes next after the end of this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, there &s;hall be no m&eacute;etings, a&s;&s;emblies, or concour&s;e of people out of their own Pari&s;hes on the Lords Day with|in this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or any the Dominions thereof, for any &s;ports and pa&s;times what&s;oever; nor any Bear-baiting, Bull-baiting, Enterludes, common Plays, or other unlawful exerci&s;es and pa&s;times u&s;ed by any per&s;on or per&s;ons within their own Pari&s;hes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Every per&s;on u&s;ing any un|lawfull pa|&s;times on the Lords Day, &s;hall forfeit 3 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 4 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> to the poor of the Pari&s;h.</NOTE> and that every per&s;on or per&s;ons offending in any the premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall forfeit for every offence thr&eacute;e &s;hillings four pence, The &s;ame to be employed and converted to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed: And that if any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the County, or the chief Officer or Officers of any City, Borough, or Town corporate where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, upon his or their view, or confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or proof of any one or more witne&s;s by oath, which the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or chief Officer or Officers &s;hall by vertue of this Act have authority to mi|ni&s;ter, &s;hall find any per&s;on offending in the premi&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or chief Officer or Officers &s;hall give Warrant under his or their hand and &s;eal to the Con&s;tables or Church-wardens of the Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">After convicti|on by Warrant from a Iu&s;tice, &amp;c. the Con&s;ta|bles, &amp;c. may levy the P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">|na<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">s &amp;c. General <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> Limitation of this act<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">on. The Eccle&s;i|a&s;tical <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">+diction <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> abridge<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</NOTE> to levy the &s;aid penalty &s;o to be a&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ed, by way of di&s;tre&s;s, and &s;ale of the goods of every &s;uch offendor, rendring to the &s;aid offendors the overplus of the money rai&s;ed of the &s;aid goods &s;o to be &s;old; And in default of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, that the party offending be &s;et publickly in the &s;tocks by the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e hours; And that if any man be &s;ued or impeached for execution of this Law, he &s;hall and may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give the &s;aid matter of Iu&s;tification in evidence. Provided, That no man be impeached by this Act, except he be called in que&s;tion within one moneth next after the &s;aid offence committed. Provi|ded al&s;o, That the Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction within this Realm, or any the Dominions thereof, by vertue of this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be abridged, but that the Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical Court may puni&s;h the &s;aid offences, as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made: This Act to continue until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no longer. 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 4. <HI>continued until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament. Stat.</HI> 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 17 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 4. <HI>continued until other Order by Parliament.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>All Lea&s;es to be made within three years by the Kings Majesty of the Dutchy-Lands of Cornwall confirmed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the King our Soveraign Lord, being in the life-time of his Royal Father of ble&s;&s;ed memory, &s;eized of the &s;aid Dukedom of Cornwall, did bargain and contract for Lea&s;es and E&s;tates to be made of divers Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, parcel of the &s;aid Dukedom of Cornwall, which Lea&s;es and E&s;tates his Maje&s;ty was enabled to have made in his Fathers life-time, by an Act of Parliament made in the la&s;t Se&s;sion of Parliament, intitu|led, An Act to enable the mo&s;t excellent Prince <HI>Charles</HI> to make Lea&s;es of Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">21 Jac. 29.</NOTE> parcell of his
<PB N="2" REF="10">
Highne&s;s Dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the &s;ame. And becau&s;e his Maje&s;tie having received divers Fines and &s;ummes of Money, according to the &s;aid Contracts, and having entred into Treaty with divers others for like E&s;tates, the fini&s;hing of which Contracts, and making the &s;aid Lea&s;es, was prevented by his Maje&s;ties acce&s;s to the Imperial Crown of this Realm, is gra|ciou&s;ly plea&s;ed for the good of his poor Tenants of the &s;aid Dutchy Lands, to proc&eacute;ed to the full ac|compli&s;hment of the Contracts, and Lea&s;es of the premi&s;&s;es.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All Lea&s;es to be made with|in three years by the King, of the Dutchy Lands of Cornwall if all be good.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the King, the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That all Lea&s;es to be made within the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years next en&s;uing by our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the King, by Letters Patents, Indentures, or other Writings under his great Seal of England, or Seal of the Court of Exchequer, of any Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, parcel of the po&s;&s;e&s;sions of the &s;aid Dutchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the &s;ame, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, according to the purport and content of the &s;aid Lea&s;es, again&s;t our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the Kings Maie&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and again&s;t all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, that &s;hall hereafter have, inherit or enjoy the &s;aid Dukedom of Cornwall, by force of any Act of Parliament or other limitation what&s;oever.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Except they be made for above 3<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> years or 3 lives, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That every &s;uch Lea&s;e &s;o to be made, of any Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in po&s;&s;e&s;sion &s;hall be made but for thr&eacute;e Lives, or fewer, or for one and thirty years or under, or &s;ome other tearm of years determinable upon one, two, or thr&eacute;e lives, and not above. And if &s;uch Lea&s;es be made in rever&s;ion, That then the &s;ame, together with the E&s;tates in po&s;&s;e&s;|&s;ion, do not exc&eacute;ed thr&eacute;e Lives, or the terme of one and thirty years, and not in any wi&s;e di&s;|puni&s;hable of wa&s;te:<NOTE PLACE="marg">The ancient Rent to be re|&s;erved, and if none ancient|ly, a rea&s;onable Rent.</NOTE> And &s;o as upon every &s;uch Lea&s;e &s;hall be re&s;erved the ancient or mo&s;t u&s;ual rent, or &s;uch rent as hath b&eacute;en yielded or payed for the greater part of twenty years next before the making of the &s;aid Lea&s;es, and &s;hall be re&s;erved due and payable, by, or to him or her that &s;hall have the Inheritance or other E&s;tate of the &s;aid Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments. And where no &s;uch rent hath b&eacute;en re&s;erved or payable, that then upon every &s;uch Lea&s;e, there &s;hall be re&s;erved a rea&s;onable rent, not being under the twentieth part of the clear yearly value of the Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments contained in &s;uch Lea&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All covenants &amp;c. contained in &s;uch Lea&s;es &s;hall be good.</NOTE>And be it further Ordained and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That all Co|venants, Conditions, and Re&s;ervations, and other Agr&eacute;ements contained in every Lea&s;e &s;o to be made as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, according to the words and contents of the &s;ame, as well for, and again&s;t them to whom the rever&s;ion of the &s;ame Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments &s;hall come, as for and again&s;t them to whom the &s;aid Lea&s;es &s;hall come re&s;pe|ctively: As if our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the Kings Maje&s;ty at the time of the making of &s;uch Co|venants, Conditions, and Re&s;ervations, and other Agr&eacute;ements, were &s;eized of an ab&s;olute and indefeizible E&s;tate in F&eacute;e-&s;imple, in the &s;ame Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments: Saving always to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The right of others &s;aved,</NOTE> bodies Politick and Corporate, their heirs and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, executors, admini&s;trators and a&s;signs, (other then our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the Kings Maje&s;tie, and his Heirs, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall hereafter have, inherit, or enjoy the &s;aid Dukedom of Cornwall, by force of any Act of Parliament or other limitation what&s;oever) all &s;uch rights, titles, e&s;tates, cu&s;toms, intere&s;ts, terms, claims, and demands what|&s;oever, of what kind, nature, or quality &s;oever, of, in, to, or out of the &s;aid Manors, Lands, Te|nements, or Hereditaments, or any of them, as they or any of them had, or ought to have had be|fore the making of this Act, to all intents and purpo&s;es, and in as large and ample manner and form, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en had or made: This Act or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. III.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for the Ea&s;e in obtaining of Licen&s;es of Alienation, and in the Pleading of Alienations with Licence, or of Pardons of Alienations without Licence in the Court of Exchequer, or el&s;ewhere, Stat. 12. Car. 2. cap. 24. All Fines, Seizures, and Pardons for Alienations, and all incidents thereunto are taken away and di&s;charged.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Forreigners, as well as Inhabitants, &s;hall not be permitted to tipple in Inns, Ale-hou&s;es, &amp;c.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">21 Jac. 5.</NOTE>WHereas in the la&s;t Parliament it was Enacted, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, what&s;o|ever his or their ha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">itation or abiding be, &s;hould after be found, upon view, or his own confe&s;&s;ion, or proof of one witne&s;s, to be tippling in any Inn, Ale-hou&s;e, or Victual|ling-hou&s;e;<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Jac. 5. 4 Jac. 5.</NOTE> &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hould be thenceforth adjudged and con&s;trued to be within the Statutes of the fir&s;t and fourth years of the late Kings Maje&s;ties reign, King <HI>James</HI> of famous memory: The one intituled, An Act to re&s;train the inordinate haunting of tippling in Inns, Ale-hou&s;es, and other Victualling-hou&s;es: And the other intituled, An Act to repre&s;s the odious and loath&s;om &s;in of Drunkenne&s;s, as if he or they had inhabited and dwelled in the City, Town Corporate, Market town, Village or Hamlet, where the Inn, Alehou&s;e, or Victualling-hou&s;e was, or &s;hould be, where he or they &s;hould be &s;o found tippling, &s;hould incur the like penalty, and the &s;ame to be in &s;uch &s;ort levied and di&s;po&s;ed, as in the &s;aid Act is expre&s;&s;ed, concerning &s;uch as there inhabit, but no puni&s;hment by any or either the &s;aid Acts, or by any other Statute, is in|flicted
<PB N="3" REF="10">
upon the Inn-k&eacute;eper, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, or Victualler, that permits, or &s;uffers &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, not there inhabiting, to tipple in his Inn, Ale-hou&s;e, or Victualling-hou&s;e:<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Inn-kee|per, &amp;c. that permits a for|reigner to tipple in his hou&s;e, &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">+e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">r the penalty provided by 2 <HI>Jac.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> For re|medy whereof, Be it Enacted, That every Inn-k&eacute;eper, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, and other Victualler, that at any time after the end of this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament &s;hall permit and &s;uffer any per&s;on or per&s;ons, not inhabiting in the City, Town Corporate, Market town, Village or Hamlet, where &s;uch Inn, Alehou&s;e, or Victualling-hou&s;e is or &s;hall be, to tipple in the &s;aid Inn, Alehou&s;e or Victualling-hou&s;e, contrary to the true intent of any or either of the &s;aid former Statutes, the &s;aid Inn-k&eacute;eper, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, and Victualler &s;o offending, &s;hall incur the &s;ame penalty, and in &s;uch manner to be proved, levied and di&s;po&s;ed, as in the former Statute of the fir&s;t year of his &s;aid late Maje&s;ties reign is appointed for permitting &s;uch to tipple as dwell in the &s;ame City, Town corporate, Market town, Village or Hamlet.</P>
<P>And be it further enacted, That the k&eacute;epers of Taverns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Vintners and Victuallers to be within this and the other Statutes.</NOTE> and &s;uch as do &s;ell Wine in their hou&s;es, and do al&s;o k&eacute;ep Inns, or Victualling in their hou&s;es, &s;hall be taken to be within the &s;aid two former Statutes, and al&s;o within this Statute.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<P>Three entire Sub&s;idies granted by the Spiritualty. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<P>Two entire Sub&s;idies granted by the Temporalty. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<P><HI>This Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament (by rea&s;on of the encrea&s;e of the Sickne&s;s and other inconveniencies of the &s;ea&s;on requiring a &s;peedy Adjournment, neverthele&s;s) &s;hall not determine by his Maje&s;ties Royal a&s;&s;ent to this and &s;ome other Acts. EXP.</HI></P>
<P>ANd all Statutes and Acts of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Acts that are to have conti|nuance &s;hall remain in fo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ce.</NOTE> which are to have continuance unto the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion, &s;hall be of full force after the &s;aid Adjournment, until this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion be fully ended and determined: And if this Se&s;&s;ion &s;hall determine by di&s;&s;olution of this pre&s;ent Parliament, then all the Acts afore&s;aid &s;hall be continued until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament: And all Statutes and Acts of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">When the Acts which are now to pa&s;s &s;hall take effect.</NOTE> which before the &s;aid Adjourn|ment &s;hall pa&s;s by his Maje&s;ties royal A&s;&s;ent, &s;hall be put in execution immediately after forty dayes after the &s;aid Adjournment, notwith&s;tanding that by the words or letter of the &s;aid Acts, or any of them, they be limited to take effect, or be put in execution, from; or at any time after the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno Reg. <HI>Caroli,</HI> Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae, Tertio.</HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament began at We&s;tmin&s;ter the Seventeenth day of March, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1627. in the Third year of the Reign of our mo&s;t gracious Soveraign Lord, <HI>CHARLES,</HI> by the grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. And there continued until the Twenty &s;ixth day of June following, and then prorogued unto the twentieth day of October next en&s;uing: To the high plea&s;ure of Almighty God, and to the weal publick of this Realm, were enacted as followeth.</P>
<DIV4 TYPE="petition">
<HEAD>A Declaration of divers Rights and Liberties, of the People to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty.</HEAD>
<P>HVmbly &s;hew unto our Soveraign Lord the King, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Petition of Right.</NOTE> and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That whereas it is declared and Enacted by a Statute made in the time of the Reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Fir&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">34 Ed. 1.</NOTE> commonly called <HI>Statutum de Tallagio non concedendo,</HI> That no Tallage or Aid &s;hall be laid or levied by the King or his Heirs in this Realm, without the good will and a&s;&s;ent of the Archbi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burge&s;&s;es, and other the Fr&eacute;emen of the Commonalty of this Realm; And by Authority of Par|liament holden in the five and twentieth year of the reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third,<NOTE PLACE="marg">25 Ed. 3. Rot. Parl.</NOTE> it is declared and Enacted, That from thenceforth no per&s;on &s;hould be compelled to make any Loans to the King again&s;t his will, becau&s;e &s;uch Loans were again&s;t rea&s;on, and the Franchi&s;e of the Land;<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Ed. 3. 6. 11 R. 2. 9. 1 R. 3. 2.</NOTE> And by other Laws of this Realm it is provided, That none &s;hould be charged by any Charge or Impo&s;ition called a Benevolence, nor by &s;uch like charge: By which the Statutes before men|tioned, and other the good Laws and Statutes of this Realm, your Subjects have inherited this Fr&eacute;edom, That they &s;hould not be compelled to contribute to any Tax, Tallage, Aid, or other like charge, not &s;et by common con&s;ent in Parliament:</P>
<P>Yet neverthele&s;s, of late, divers Commi&s;&s;ions, directed to &s;undry Commi&s;&s;ioners in &s;everal Counties, with in&s;tructions, have i&s;&s;ued; by means whereof your People have b&eacute;en in divers
<PB N="4" REF="11">
places a&s;&s;embled, and required to lend certain &s;ums of Money unto your Maje&s;ty, and many of them, upon their refu&s;al &s;o to do, have had an Oath admini&s;tred unto them, not warrantable by the Laws or Statutes of this Realm, and have b&eacute;en con&s;trained to become bound to make Appea|rance and give Attendance before your Privy Councel, and in other places; and others of them have b&eacute;en therefore impri&s;oned, confined, and &s;undry other ways mole&s;ted and di&s;quieted: And divers other Charges have b&eacute;en laid and levied upon your People in &s;everal Counties by Lord-Lievetenants, Deputy-Lievetenants, Commi&s;&s;ioners for Mu&s;ters, Iu&s;tices of Peace, and others, by command or direction from your Maje&s;ty, or your Privy Councel, again&s;t the Laws and fr&eacute;e Cu&s;toms of this Realm:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">9. H. 3. 29.</NOTE>And where al&s;o by the Statute called <HI>The great Charter of the Liberties of England,</HI> It is de|clared and Enacted; That no Fr&eacute;eman may be taken or impri&s;oned, or be di&s;&s;ei&s;ed of his Fr&eacute;e|hold, or Liberties, or his fr&eacute;e Cu&s;toms, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner de&s;troyed, but by the lawful judgement of his P&eacute;ers, or by the Law of the Land:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">28. Ed. 3. 3.</NOTE>And in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third, it was declared and Enacted by Authority of Parliament, That no man, of what e&s;tate or condition that he be, &s;hould be put out of his Land or Tenements, nor taken, nor impri&s;oned, nor di&s;herited, nor put to death, without being brought to an&s;wer by due proce&s;s of Law:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 37. Ed. 3. 18. St. 38 Ed. 3 9. St. 42 Ed. 3. 3. St. 17. R. 2. 6.</NOTE>Neverthele&s;s, again&s;t the tenor of the &s;aid Statutes, and other the good Laws and Statutes of your Realm to that end provided, divers of your Subjects have of late b&eacute;en impri&s;oned without any cau&s;e &s;hewed: And when for their deliverance they were brought before your Iu&s;tices by your Maje&s;ties Writs of <HI>Habeas corpus,</HI> there to undergo and receive as the Court &s;hould order, and their K&eacute;epers commanded to certifie the cau&s;es of their detainer, no cau&s;e was certified, but that they were detained by your Maje&s;ties &s;pecial command, &s;ignified by the Lords of your Privy Councel, and yet were returned back to &s;everal Pri&s;ons, without being charged with any thing to which they might make an&s;wer according to the Law:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">25. Ed. 3. 9.</NOTE>And whereas of late great Companies of Souldiers and Mariners have b&eacute;en di&s;per&s;ed into di|vers Counties of the Realm, and the Inhabitants, again&s;t their wills, have b&eacute;en compelled to re|ceive them into their hou&s;es, and there to &s;uffer them to &s;ojourn, again&s;t the Laws and Cu&s;toms of this Realm, and to the great grievance and vexation of the People:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">25. Ed. 3. 9.</NOTE>And whereas al&s;o by Authority of Parliament, in the five and twentieth year of the raign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the third, it is declared and Enacted, That no man &s;hould be fore-judged of life or limb again&s;t the form of the <HI>Great Charter</HI> and Law of the Land;<NOTE PLACE="marg">9. H. 3. 28. 25. Ed 3. 4. 28. Ed. 3. 3</NOTE> And by the &s;aid <HI>Great Charter,</HI> and other the Laws and Statutes of this your Realm, no man ought to be adjudged to death, but by the Laws e&s;tabli&s;hed in this your Realm, either by the Cu&s;toms of the &s;ame Realm, or by Acts of Parliament: And whereas no offendor, of what kinde &s;oever, is exempted from the proc&eacute;edings to be u&s;ed, and puni&s;hments to be inflicted by the Laws and Statutes of this your Realm; Neverthe|le&s;s, of late divers Commi&s;&s;ions under your Maje&s;ties great Seal have i&s;&s;ued forth, by which cer|tain per&s;ons have b&eacute;en a&s;&s;igned and appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners, with power and authority to pro|c&eacute;ed within the Land, according to the Iu&s;tice of Martial Law, again&s;t &s;uch Souldiers and Mari|ners, or other di&s;&s;olute per&s;ons joyning with them, as &s;hould commit any Murther, Robbery, Fe|lony, Mutiny, or other outrage or mi&s;demeanor what&s;oever, and by &s;uch &s;ummary cour&s;e and or|der as is agr&eacute;eable to Martial Law, and as is u&s;ed in Armies in time of War, to proc&eacute;ed to the trial and condemnation of &s;uch Offendors, and them to cau&s;e to be executed and put to death accor|ding to the Law Martial:</P>
<P>By pretext whereof &s;ome of your Maje&s;ties Subjects have b&eacute;en by &s;ome of the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners put to death, when and where, if by the Laws and Statutes of the Land they had de&s;er|ved death, by the &s;ame Laws and Statutes al&s;o they might, and by no other ought to have b&eacute;en judged and executed.</P>
<P>And al&s;o &s;undry grievous Offendors, by colour thereof claiming an exemption, have e&s;caped the puni&s;hments due to them by the Laws and Statutes of this your Realm, by rea&s;on that divers of your Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice have unju&s;tly refu&s;ed or forborn to proc&eacute;ed again&s;t &s;uch Of|fendors according to the &s;ame Laws and Statutes, upon pretence that the &s;aid Offendors were puni&s;hable onely by Martial Law, and by Authority of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions as afor&s;aid; Which Commi&s;&s;ions, and all other of like nature, are wholly and directly contrary to the &s;aid Laws and Statutes of this your Realm:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Petition.</NOTE>They do therefore humbly pray your mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, That no man hereafter be com|pelled to make or yield any Gift, Loan, Benevolence, Tax, or &s;uch like charge, without common con&s;ent by Act of Parliament; And that none be called to make an&s;wer, or take &s;uch Oath, or to give attendance, or be confined, or otherwi&s;e mole&s;ted or di&s;quieted concerning the &s;ame, or for refu&s;al thereof; And that no Fr&eacute;eman, in any &s;uch manner as is before mentioned, be impri|&s;oned or detained; And that your Maje&s;ty would be plea&s;ed to remove the &s;aid Souldiers and Mariners, and that your People may not be &s;o burthened in time to come: And that the fore&s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions for proc&eacute;eding by Martial Law, may be revoked and annulled; And that hereafter no Commi&s;&s;ions of like nature may i&s;&s;ue forth to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, to be executed as afore&s;aid, le&s;t by colour of them any of your Maje&s;ties Subjects be de&s;troyed, or put to death, contrary to the Laws and Franchi&s;e of the Land.</P>
<P><PB N="5" REF="11">All which they mo&s;t humbly pray of your mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, as their Rights and Liber|ties, according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm; And that your Maje&s;ty would al&s;o vouch&s;afe to declare, That the awards, doings and proc&eacute;edings, to the prejudice of your People, in any of the premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall not be drawn hereafter into con&s;equence or example: And that your Maje&s;ty would be al&s;o graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, for the further comfort and &s;afety of your People, to declare your royal will and plea&s;ure, That in the things afore&s;aid, all your Officers and Mini|&s;ters &s;hall &s;erve you according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, as they tender the Honor of your Maje&s;ty, and the Pro&s;perity of this Kingdom. <HI>Stat.</HI> 17 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 14.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A re&s;traint of divers abu&s;es committed on the Lords day.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as the Lords day, commonly called Sunday, is much broken and prophaned by Carriers, Waggoners, Carters, Wain-men, Butchers and Drovers of Cattle, to the great di&s;honor of God, and reproach of Religion; Be it therefore enacted by the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and by the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That no Carrier with any Hor&s;e or Hor&s;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Carrier &amp;c. that travels upon the Lords day, &s;hall for|feit 20.<ABBR>s.</ABBR></NOTE> nor Waggon-men with any Waggon or Waggons, nor Car-men with any Cart or Carts, nor Wain-man with any Wain or Wains, nor Drovers with any Cattel, &s;hall after forty days next after the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, by them&s;elves, or any other, travel upon the &s;aid Day,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Butchers that &s;ell or kill victual upon that day, &s;hall forfeit 6.<ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8.<ABBR>d.</ABBR></NOTE> upon pain that every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o offending &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit twenty &s;hillings for every &s;uch offence: Or if any Butcher by him&s;elf, or any other for him, by his privity or con&s;ent, &s;hall after the end of the &s;aid forty daies, kill or &s;ell any Victual up|on the &s;aid Day; That then every &s;uch Butcher &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence; The &s;aid offences, and every of them, being done in view of any Iu&s;tice of Peace, Mayor, or other head Officer of any City or Town corporate, within their limits re&s;pectively, or being proved upon Oath by two or more witne&s;&s;es, or by the con|fe&s;&s;ion of the party offending, before any &s;uch Iu&s;tice, Mayor, or head Officer, within their &s;everal limits re&s;pectively, wherein &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed; To which end, every &s;uch Iu&s;tice, Mayor, or head Officer, &s;hall have power by this Act to mini&s;ter an Oath to &s;uch witne&s;s or witne&s;&s;es: All which &s;ums or penalties &s;hall or may be levied by any Con&s;table,<NOTE PLACE="marg">After convicti|on, and by war|rant from a Iu&s;tice, &amp;c. the Con&s;tables &amp;c. may levy the &s;aid forfeitures to the u&s;e of the poor; or they may be recovered by Suit.</NOTE> or Church-warden, by Warrant from any &s;uch Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayor, or other head Of|ficer as afore&s;aid, within their &s;everal limits where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed or done, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Offendors goods, rendring to the party the over-plus; or &s;hall be re|covered by any per&s;on or per&s;ons that will &s;ue for the &s;ame, by Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, in any City or Town corporate, before his Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their General Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace: All which forfeitures &s;hall be employed to and for the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;hes where the &s;aid offences &s;hall be com|mitted or done, &s;aving onely that it &s;hall be lawful to and for any &s;uch Iu&s;tice, Mayor, or head Officer, out of the &s;aid Forfeitures, to reward any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall inform or otherwi&s;e pro&s;ecute any per&s;on or per&s;ons offending again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act, according to their di&s;cretions, &s;o that &s;uch reward exc&eacute;ed not the third part of the Forfeiture: Provided that &s;uch Bill, Plaint, or Information &s;hall be commenced, &s;ued and pro&s;ecuted in the County, City, or Town corporate, where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed and done, and not el&s;ewhere, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed to the Defendant. Provided always, That it &s;hall be lawful for any Con&s;table or Church-warden, that &s;hall have any Suit or Action brought again&s;t them for any Di&s;tre&s;s by them or any of them to be taken by force of this pre|&s;ent Act, to plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and to give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence; Provided like|wi&s;e, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall be impeached by this Act, unle&s;s he be thereof que&s;tioned within &s;ix moneths after the Offence committed. Provided further, That this Act &s;hall not in any &s;ort abridge or take away the Authority of the Court Eccle&s;ia&s;tical. This Act to continue to the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament. <HI>St.</HI> 1 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>Continued and made perpetual.</HI> 17 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 4.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A re&s;traint of pa&s;&s;age, or &s;ending any per&s;on beyond the Seas to be Popi&s;hly bred.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as divers ill affected per&s;ons to the true Religion e&s;tabli&s;hed within this Realm, have &s;ent their children into foreign parts to be bred up in Popery,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1. <HI>Jac.</HI> 4. He that goes him&s;elf, or &s;ends any o|ther beyond the &s;eas to be trained up in Popery, &amp;c. &s;hall be di&s;a|bled to &s;ue, &amp;c. and &s;hall lo&s;e all his goods, and &s;hal forfeit all his lands, &amp;c. for life. <HI>Stat.</HI> 27 <HI>El.</HI> 2. <HI>Stat.</HI> 3 <HI>Jac.</HI> 5.</NOTE> notwith&s;tanding the re|&s;traint thereof by the Statute made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>James</HI> of famous memory; Be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Statute &s;hall be put in due exe|cution: And be it further Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons, under the obedience of the King, his heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors at any time after the end of this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, &s;hall pa&s;s or go, or &s;hall convey or &s;end, or cau&s;e to be &s;ent or conveyed, any Childe, or other per&s;on, out of any of the Kings Dominions, into any the parts beyond Seas, out of the Kings obedience, to the intent and purpo&s;e to enter into, or be re&s;ident or trained up in any Priory, Abbey, Nunnery, Popi&s;h Vniver&s;ity, Colledge or School, or Hou&s;e of Ie&s;uits, Prie&s;ts, or in any private Popi&s;h Family,
<PB N="6" REF="12">
and &s;hall be there, by any Ie&s;uite, Seminary Prie&s;t, Friar, Monk, or other Popi&s;h per&s;on, in|&s;tructed, per&s;waded, or &s;trengthned in the Popi&s;h Religion, in any &s;ort to profe&s;s the &s;ame, or &s;hall convey or &s;end, or cau&s;e to be conveyed or &s;ent, by the hands or means of any per&s;on what&s;oever, any &s;um or &s;ums of Money, or other thing, for or towards the maintenance of any Childe, or other per&s;on, already gone or &s;ent, or to go, or to be &s;ent, and trained and in&s;tructed, as is afor&s;aid, or under the name or colour of any Charity, Benevolence, or Alms, towards the relief of any Priory, Abbey, Nunnery, Colledge, School, or any Religious Hou&s;e what|&s;oever: Every per&s;on &s;o &s;ending, conveying, or cau&s;ing to be &s;ent and conveyed, as well any &s;uch Childe or other per&s;on, as any &s;um or &s;ums of Money, or other thing, and every per&s;on pa&s;&s;ing or being &s;ent beyond the Seas, being thereof lawfully convicted, in or upon any Infor|mation, pre&s;entment, or Indictment, as is afore&s;aid, &s;hall be di&s;abled from thenceforth to &s;ue or u&s;e any Action, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in cour&s;e of Law, or to pro&s;ecute any Suit in any Court of Equity, or to be Committ&eacute;e of any Ward, or Executor or Admini&s;trator to any per&s;on, or capable of any Legacy or D&eacute;ed or Gift, or to bear any Office within the Realm, and &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit all his Goods and Chattels, and &s;hall forfeit all his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Rents, Annuities, Offices, and E&s;tates of Fr&eacute;ehold, for and during his natural life.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">A convert &s;hall not incur the penalties afore|&s;aid. <HI>Stat.</HI> 27. <HI>El.</HI> 2.</NOTE>Provided always, That no per&s;on &s;ent or conveyed as afore&s;aid, that &s;hall within &s;ix moneths after his return into this Realm, conform him&s;elf unto the pre&s;ent Religion, e&s;tabli&s;hed in this Church of England, and receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, according to the Statutes made concerning Conformity in other ca&s;es required from Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, &s;hall incur any the penalties afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is enacted, That all and every of the Offences again&s;t this Statute may be inquired, heard and determined before the Iu&s;tices of the Kings-Bench, or Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;i&s;e, or Gaol-deli|very, or of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> of &s;uch Counties where the Offendors did la&s;t dwell or abide, or whence they departed out of this Kingdom, or where they were taken.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That if any per&s;on or Childe, &s;o pa&s;&s;ing, or &s;ent, or now being beyond the Seas, &s;hall after his return into this Realm, conform him&s;elf to the pre&s;ent Religion, e&s;tabli&s;hed in this Church of England, and receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, according to the Statutes made for or concerning Conformity in other ca&s;es required from Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants, for and during &s;uch time as he or &s;he &s;hall &s;o continue in &s;uch Conformity and obedience, accord|ing to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Laws and Statutes, &s;hall have his or her Lands re&s;tored to them again.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Forfeiture and Puni&s;hment of him that keeps an Alehou&s;e without Licen&s;e.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas, by an Act made in the fifth year of the reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth of famous memory, intituled, an Act for k&eacute;epers of Alehou&s;es to be bound by Recognizance, a|mong&s;t other things,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. &amp; 6. Ed. 6. 25</NOTE> it is enacted, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, other then &s;uch as &s;hould be from thenceforth admitted and allowed by the Iu&s;tices mentioned in the &s;aid Act, &s;hould after the day in the &s;aid Act limited, ob&s;tinately, and upon his own authority, take upon him or them to k&eacute;ep a common Alehou&s;e or Tippling-hou&s;e, or &s;hould, contrary to the commandment of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or two of them, u&s;e commonly &s;elling of Ale or B&eacute;er, That then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, or two of them (whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI>) &s;hould, for every &s;uch offence, commit every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending to the Common Gaol within the &s;ame Shire, City, Borough, Town corporate, Franchi&s;e or Liberty, there to remain without bayl or main|pri&s;e by the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e days: And before his or their deliverance, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall take recognizance of him or them &s;o committed, with two Sureties, that he or they &s;hould not k&eacute;ep any common Alehou&s;e, Tippling-hou&s;e, or u&s;e commonly &s;elling of Ale or B&eacute;er, as by the di&s;cretion of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hould &s;&eacute;em convenient: And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hould make Certificate of every &s;uch Recognizance and Offence, at the next Quarter Se&s;&s;ions that &s;hould be holden within the &s;ame Shire, City, Borough, Town corporate, Franchi&s;e or Liberty, where the &s;ame &s;hould be committed or done, which Certificate &s;hould be a &s;ufficient Conviction in Law of the &s;ame Offence: And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, upon the &s;aid Certificate made, &s;hould in open Se&s;&s;ions a&s;&s;e&s;s the Fine for every &s;uch Offence at twenty &s;hillings, as by the &s;aid Act may appear: Which Law hath not wrought &s;uch Reformation as was intended, for that the &s;aid Fine of twenty &s;hillings is &s;eldom levied, and for that many of the &s;aid Offendors, by rea&s;on of their poverty, are neither able to pay the &s;aid Fine of twenty &s;hillings, nor yet to bear their own Charges of conveying them to the Gaol; And moreover, do leave a great charge of Wife and Children upon the Pari&s;hes wherein they live: In regard whereof, the Con&s;tables and other Officers are much di&s;couraged in pre&s;enting them, and the Offendors become ob&s;tinate and incorrigible:</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, Be it Enacted by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">He that keeps an Alehou&s;e, &amp;c. without licen&s;e, &s;hall forfeit 20. <ABBR>s</ABBR></NOTE> after forty days next en&s;uing the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, &s;hall upon his own authority, not being thereunto lawfully licen&s;ed, take upon him, or them, to k&eacute;ep a common Alehou&s;e or Tippling hou&s;e, or u&s;e commonly &s;elling of Ale, B&eacute;er, Syder, or Perry, That then every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, &s;hall for every &s;uch Offence forfeit and lo&s;e the
<PB N="7" REF="12">
&s;um of twenty &s;hillings of currant money of England, to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed; The &s;ame offence being viewed and &s;&eacute;en by any Mayor, Bailiff, or Iu&s;tice of Peace, or other head Officer, within the &s;everal limits, or confe&s;&s;ed by the party &s;o offending, or proved by the oath of two witne&s;&s;es to be taken before any Mayor, Bailiff, or other head Officer, or any one or more Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Con|&s;tables or Church-war|dens &s;hall levy the &s;aid forf. to the u&s;e of the Poor.</NOTE> who by vertue of this Act &s;hall be authori&s;ed to mini&s;ter the &s;aid oath to any per&s;on or per&s;ons that can or will ju&s;tifie the &s;ame, being within the limits of their &s;aid Commi&s;sion; The &s;aid penalty to be levyed by the Con&s;ta|bles or Church-wardens of the pari&s;h or pari&s;hes where the &s;aid offence &s;hall be committed; Who &s;hall be accountable therefore to the u&s;e of the poor of the &s;aid pari&s;h by way of di&s;tre&s;s, to be taken and detained by warrant or precept, from the &s;aid Mayor, Bailiff, Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices, or other head Officer, by whom the &s;aid offence &s;hall be viewed, or before whom the &s;ame &s;hall be confe&s;&s;ed, or proved as afore&s;aid: and for default of &s;atisfaction, within thr&eacute;e daies next en&s;uing,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The party that is not able to pay the forf. &s;hall be whipped.</NOTE> the &s;aid di&s;tre&s;s to be by the &s;aid Con&s;tables or Church-wardens appri&s;ed and &s;old, and the overplus to be delivered to the party or parties offending, and this to be only for the fir&s;t offence. And if &s;uch offender or offenders &s;hall not have &s;ufficient Goods and Chattels whereby the &s;aid twenty &s;hil|lings may be levyed by way of di&s;tre&s;s, as afore&s;aid, or &s;hall not pay the &s;aid &s;um of twenty &s;hil|lings, within &s;ix daies after &s;uch conviction as afore&s;aid, That then the &s;aid Mayor, Bailiff, Iu|&s;tice or Iu&s;tices, or other head Officer, before whom the &s;aid Offender &s;hall be convicted as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall commit all and every the &s;aid offender or offenders to &s;ome Con&s;table or Con&s;tables, or other inferiour Officer or Officers of the City, Borough, Town, Pari&s;h or Hamlet, where the offence &s;hall be committed, or the party apprehended, to be openly whipped for the &s;aid offence, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices &s;hall limit or appoint.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The officer neglecting to puni&s;h the of|fender &s;hall be impri&s;oned or pay ten &s;hil|lings.</NOTE> That if any Con&s;table or inferiour Officer &s;hall neglect to execute the &s;aid precept or warrant, or do refu&s;e, or do not execute by him&s;elf, or &s;ome other to be by him appointed, upon the offender the puni&s;hment limited by this Statute, that in that ca&s;e it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Mayor, Bailiff, Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of Peace, or other head Officer, to commit the Con&s;table or other inferiour Officer &s;o refu&s;ing, or not execu|ting the &s;aid puni&s;hment by him&s;elf or &s;ome other, to the common Gaol of the &s;aid County, City, or Town corporate, there to remain without bail or mainpri&s;e, untill the &s;aid Offender or Of|fenders &s;hall be by the &s;aid Con&s;table or Con&s;tables, or other inferiour Officer &s;o refu&s;ing, or not executing the &s;aid puni&s;hment, or &s;ome by his or their procurement, puni&s;hed and whipped, as is above limited and declared, or untill he or they &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing, &s;hall have paid the &s;um of forty &s;hillings of lawful money of England, unto the u&s;e of the poor of the pari&s;h for their &s;aid contempt.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For the &s;econd and third of|fence the of|fender &s;hall be committed to the hou&s;e of correction.</NOTE> that if the &s;aid Offender or Offenders being an unlicen&s;ed Alehou&s;e-keeper, &s;hall offend in any of the premi&s;&s;es the &s;econd time, and be thereof lawfully convicted in manner and forme afore&s;aid, That then the &s;aid Mayor, Bailiff, Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or other head Officer &s;hall commit him, her, or them unto the hou&s;e of Correction, there to re|main for the &s;pace of one moneth, and be dealt withall as idle, lewd and di&s;orderly per&s;ons. And if &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall again offend, and &s;hall be thereof convicted, as afore&s;aid, that then the &s;aid offender and offenders, for every &s;uch offence, &s;hall be committed unto the &s;aid hou&s;e of Correction, as afore&s;aid, there to remain until by the order of the Iu&s;tices in their general Se&s;&s;ions for the County, City, Borough, or Franchi&s;e, he, &s;he, or they &s;hall be delivered from thence.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, that &s;uch offender or offenders, as &s;hall be puni&s;hed by vertue of this act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The offender puni&s;hed by this act, &s;hall not be again puni&s;hed by 5 <HI>&amp;</HI> 6 <HI>Ed.</HI> 6. 25. <HI>&amp; contra.</HI> Alehou&s;es kept in the time of Fairs excep|ted.</NOTE> &s;hall not be puni&s;hed again for the &s;ame offence by the former Act, made in the fifth year of King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth aforementioned. And that &s;uch offender or offenders as &s;hall be puni&s;hed by vertue of the before mentioned Act, made in the fifth year of King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth, &s;hall not be puni&s;hed again for the &s;ame offence by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, nor any thing therein contained.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That in &s;uch Towns and places, where any Fair or Fairs &s;hall be kept, that for the time only of the &s;ame Fair or Fairs, it &s;hall be lawful for every per&s;on or per&s;ons to u&s;e common &s;elling of Ale or B&eacute;er in Booths, or other places there, for the relief of the Kings Sub|jects that &s;hall repair unto the &s;ame, in &s;uch like manner and &s;ort as hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed and done in times pa&s;t, this Act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. <HI>St.</HI> 11 <HI>H.</HI> 7. 2. 1 <HI>Jac.</HI> 9. 4 <HI>Jac.</HI> 10. 21 <HI>Jac.</HI> 7. 1 <HI>Car.</HI> 4.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Divers Statutes made perpetual, others continued, and &s;ome others repealed.<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 El. 17.</NOTE> When Corn may be tran&s;ported, &amp;c.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That one Act made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, An Act for the pre&s;ervation of &s;pawn and fry of fi&s;h, except the provi&s;o in the &s;aid Act mentioned, that the &s;ame Act &s;hall not extend to the Rivers of Tw&eacute;ed, nor Waters or Rivers, whereof the Qu&eacute;en was an&s;wered of any yearly rent or profit, nor to Farmers, Owners or Occupiers of the Rivers of Wye, Vske,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 El. 20.</NOTE> and other Ri|vers in the &s;aid provi&s;o mentioned or contained: One Act made in the thirteenth year of the reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, An Act touching lea&s;es of Benefices, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical livings with Cure, together with all and every explanations, additions,<NOTE PLACE="marg">27 El. not printed.</NOTE> and alte|rations
<PB N="8" REF="13">
thereof, or of any of them, or to any of them, made by &s;everal Statutes, in the fourt&eacute;enth, eight&eacute;enth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 <HI>J<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">c.</HI> 8. The four acts above mentio|ned, made per|petual.</NOTE> and thr&eacute;e and fortieth years of her &s;aid late Maie&s;ties reign.</P>
<P>And one Act made in the &s;even and twentieth year of the reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> in|tituled, An Act for the maintenance of the P&eacute;er and Cobb of Lyme Regis in the County of <HI>Dor&s;et.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">21 <HI>Jac.</HI> 17. made perpe|tual.</NOTE>And one Act made in the third year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, An Act for the avoiding of unnece&s;&s;ary delayes of executions, be by authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, made perpetual, and &s;hall from henceforth &s;tand in full force and effect, and be put in due execution for ever hereafter.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o enacted by the &s;ame authority, That one Statute made in the one and twentieth year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, An Act again&s;t V&s;ury, which act was to conti|nue for the &s;pace of &s;even years, from the four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> which then &s;hould be in the year of our Lord, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred twenty and five, and &s;o to the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament then next following, be al&s;o by authority of this Parliament made per|petual.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">2<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> H. 12.</NOTE>And it is further enacted, by the authority afore&s;aid, That one Act made in the one and twenti|eth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth, intituled, an Act for the true making of Cables, Halters and Ropes:</P>
<P>And that part of one Act made in the Parliament holden at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> by prorogation the fourth day of November,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 &amp; 4 Ed. 6. 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> and continued untill the fir&s;t day of February next after, in the third and fourth years of the reign of the late King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth, by which it is ordained and en|acted, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons after the time in the &s;aid Act mentioned, &s;hall &s;ell again alive Cattel in the &s;aid act mentioned, at or in the Market or Fair wherein he bought the &s;ame, during the time of the &s;ame Fair or Market, under the pains therein contained:</P>
<P>And that no per&s;on being a Butcher, and u&s;ing the craft or my&s;tery of Butchery, &s;hall at any time after the &s;aid fea&s;t buy any fat Oxen, St&eacute;ers, Ronts, Kine, Heifers, Calves, or Sh&eacute;ep, and &s;ell, or cau&s;e to be &s;old the &s;ame again alive, upon pain of forfeiture of every &s;uch Ox, St&eacute;er, Ront,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 &amp; 4 Ed. 6. 21.</NOTE> Cow, Heifer, Calves or Sh&eacute;ep, bargained or &s;old contrary to the forme of that Act:</P>
<P>One other Act made in the &s;ame Parliament, intituled, an Act for the buying and &s;elling of But|ter and Ch&eacute;e&s;e, together with one Statute made in the Parliament holden in the one and twenti|eth year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">21 Jac. 22.</NOTE> intituled, an Act for the explanation of the Statutes made in the third, and fourth, and fifth years of the reign of the &s;aid late King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth, concerning the traders of Butter and Ch&eacute;e&s;e:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> El 5.</NOTE>And &s;o much of an Act made in the fifth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act touching certain politick con&s;titutions, made for the maintenance of the Navy, as is not repealed by any later Statute, nor doth concern the eating of fle&s;h, or u&s;ing of fi&s;h upon the Wedne&s;day; Nor the tran&s;portation of herring, or other Sea fi&s;h; Nor fr&eacute;edom of &s;ub&s;idy, Cu&s;tome or Tonnage for the &s;ame: Nor Tran&s;portation of Corn, nor the prohibiting the bringing into this Realm any Cod or Ling in Barrels or other Casks, together with all and every other additions, explanations and alterations made thereunto, or thereof, or of any part thereof, by any Statute or Statutes made &s;ithence the making of the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Act, and in force the la&s;t day of the Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament that was in the one and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James:</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">5 El. 7.</NOTE>And one other Act made in the &s;aid fifth year, intituled, an Act for avoiding divers forreign wares made by handy-crafts Men beyond the Seas:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">8 El. 10.</NOTE>And an Act made in the eighth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act for Bowyers, and the prices of Bows:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">13 El. 21.</NOTE>And one Act made in the thirt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act that Purveyors may take Corn and Victuals within five miles of Cambridge and Oxford in certain ca&s;es:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">14 El. 5.</NOTE>And &s;o much of an Act made in the fourt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Eliza|beth,</HI> intituled, an Act for the puni&s;hment of Vagabonds, and the relief of the poor and impotent, as concerneth the taxing, rating, levying and imploying of Gaol-mony:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">8 El. 3.</NOTE>And &s;o much of an Act made in the eight&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Eliza|beth,</HI> intituled, an Act for the &s;etting the poor on work, and avoiding Idlene&s;s, as concerneth Ba&s;tards begotten out of lawful Matrimony, with this, that all Iu&s;tices of the Peace within their &s;everal limits and precincts, and in their &s;everal Se&s;&s;ions, may do and execute all things concerning that part of the &s;aid Statute, that by Iu&s;tices of the Peace in the &s;everal Counties are by the &s;aid Statute limited to be done:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">18 El. 20.</NOTE>And an Act made in the &s;aid eight&eacute;enth year of the reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intitu|led, an Act for repairing and amending the Bridges and High-wayes near unto the City of Ox|ford:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">2<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> El. not printed.</NOTE>And one Act made the &s;even and twentieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act for the good Government of the City or Borough of We&s;tmin&s;ter:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">27 El. 14 3 &amp; 4 Ed. 6. 20. 27 El 28.</NOTE>And two other Acts made in the &s;aid &s;even and twentieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> the one intituled, an Act for reviving of a former Statute, for the true making of Mault, together with the Statute by the &s;aid Act revived; and the other intituled, an Act for the k&eacute;eping of the Sea banks, and Sea works in the County of Norfolke:</P>
<P><PB N="9" REF="13">And one Act made in the one and thirtieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">31 El. 8.</NOTE> inti|tuled, an Act for the true gawging of Ve&s;&s;els brought from beyond the Seas, converted by Brew|ers for the utterance and &s;ale of Ale and B&eacute;er:</P>
<P>And two Acts made in the five and thirtieth year of her &s;aid late Maie&s;ties Reign,<NOTE PLACE="marg">35 El. 10.</NOTE> the one inti|tuled, an Act for the Reformation of &s;undry abu&s;es in Cloaths, called Devon&s;hire Ker&s;ies or Do|zens, according to a Proclamation of the four and thirtieth year of her &s;aid Maie&s;ties Reign; the other intituled, an Act for the bringing in of Clapboard from the parts beyond the Seas,<NOTE PLACE="marg">35 El. 11.</NOTE> and the re&s;training of the tran&s;porting of wine Casks, for the &s;paring and pre&s;erving of Timber within the Realm:</P>
<P>And &s;o much of one Act made in the five and thirtieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act to retain the Qu&eacute;ens Maje&s;ties Subjects in their due obedience,<NOTE PLACE="marg">35 El. 2.</NOTE> as hath not b&eacute;en &s;ince repealed by any other Statute:</P>
<P>And the &s;everal Acts hereafter mentioned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">39 El. 4.</NOTE> made in the nine and thirtieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> that is to &s;ay, an Act intituled, an Act for the puni&s;hment of Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggars, with the provi&s;ion annexed thereunto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">2 Jac. 25. 39 El. 10.</NOTE> by one Act made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, an Act for continuing and reviving of di|vers Statutes, and for repealing of &s;ome others: An Act intituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 23 El. 7. 39 El. 14.</NOTE> an Act for the increa&s;e of Mariners, and for maintenance of Navigation, repealing a former Act made in the thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of her &s;aid Maje&s;ties Reign, bearing the &s;ame title: an Act intituled, an Act pro|hibiting the bringing into the Realm of forreign Cards for Wool; an Act intituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 23 El. 7. 39 El. 14. 39 El. 16. 39 El. 17. 43 El. 3. 43 El. 5. 43 El. 2. 1 Jac. 25</NOTE> an Act for re&s;training the exce&s;&s;ive making of Mault; an Act again&s;t lewd and wandring per&s;ons, preten|ding to be Souldiers or Mariners: And the &s;everal Acts hereafter mentioned, made in the thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth;</HI> that is to &s;ay, an Act intituled, an Act for the nece&s;&s;ary relief of Souldiers and Mariners; an Act intituled, an Act to avoid trifling and frivo|lous Suits in Law in her Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> an Act intituled, An Act for relief of the Poor, with the addition thereunto made, by an Act made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, an Act for continuing of divers Statutes, and for repeal of &s;ome others, and with this further addition: And be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Over&s;eers of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Poor may put out Apprentices. The Church-wardens, &amp;c. may &s;et up any Trade to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> the poor work. 43 <HI>El.</HI> 10. 43 <HI>El.</HI> 5. 1 <HI>Jac.</HI> 7. <HI>St.</HI> 39 <HI>El.</HI> 4. 1 <HI>Jac.</HI> 8. 1 <HI>Jac.</HI> 22.</NOTE> That all per&s;ons to whom the Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor &s;hall according to the &s;aid Act binde any children Apprentices, may take and receive, and k&eacute;ep them as Apprentices: And al&s;o that the Churchwardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor, men|tioned in the &s;aid Act, made in the &s;aid thr&eacute;e and fortieth year, may by, and with the con&s;ent of two or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> within their re&s;pective limits, wherein &s;hall be more Iu&s;tices than one; and where no more &s;hallbe than one, with the a&s;&s;ent of that one Iu&s;tice of the Peace, &s;et up, u&s;e, and occupy any Trade, My&s;tery, or Occupation, on|ly for the &s;etting on work, and better relief of the Poor of the Pari&s;h, Town, or Place, of, or within which they &s;hall be Church-wardens or Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor, any former Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: An Act intituled, an Act for the true making and working of Woollen Cloth; an Act intituled, an Act to prevent Perjury, and &s;ubornation of Perjury, and unnece&s;&s;ary expence in Suits of Law: And the &s;everal Acts made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> after mentioned: One Act intituled, an Act for continuance and explanation of the Statute made in the nine and thirtieth year of the reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> intituled, an Act for puni&s;hment of Rogues, Vagabonds and &s;turdy Beggars; another intituled, an Act to take away the benefit of Clergy for &s;ome kind of Man-&s;laughter: another intituled, an Act concerning Tan|ners, Curriers, Shoo-makers, and other Artificers, occupying the cutting of Leather, &s;aving for &s;uch part thereof as is repealed by one other Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 4 Jac. 6. 1 Jac. 27.</NOTE> made in the fourth year of his &s;aid late Ma|ie&s;ties reign of <HI>England,</HI> in that behalf: Another intituled, an Act for the better execution of the intent and meaning of former Statutes made again&s;t &s;hooting in Guns, and for the pre&s;ervation of the Game of Phea&s;ants and Partridges, and again&s;t the de&s;troying of Hares with Hare-pipes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Jac. 18. 1 Jac. 6. St. 5 El. 4 1 Jac. 31.</NOTE> and tracing Hares in the Snow; an Act intituled, an Act for avoiding of Deceit in Selling, Buying, or &s;pending corrupt and unwhol&s;ome Hops; an Act intituled, an Act for explanation of the Statute made in the fifth year of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeths</HI> reign, concerning Labourers: an Act for the charitable relief and ordering of per&s;ons infected with the Plague: And the &s;everal Acts made in the third year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> after mentioned, That is to &s;ay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 Jac. 9. 3 Jac. 10. 3 Jac. 11.</NOTE> one Act intituled, an Act for relief of &s;uch as lawfully u&s;e the Trade and Handy-craft of Skinners: Another Act intituled, an Act for rating and levying of the charges for conveying of Malefactors and Offendors to the Gaol: Another Act for tran&s;porting of B&eacute;er over the Seas:<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 Jac. 13. 4 Jac. 11.</NOTE> One other inti|tuled, an Act again&s;t unlawful hunting and &s;tealing of D&eacute;er and Conies: And one Act made in the fourth year of the reign of the &s;aid late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, an Act for the better provi&s;ion of Meadow and pa&s;ture, for the nece&s;&s;ary maintenance of Husbandry and Tillage, in the Mannors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">7 Jac. 1.</NOTE> Lord&s;hips, and Pari&s;hes of Merden, <HI>alias</HI> Mawarden, Boddenham, Wellington, Sutton Saint <HI>Michael,</HI> Sutton Saint <HI>Nicholas,</HI> Murton upon Lugge, and the Pari&s;h of Pipe,<NOTE PLACE="marg">7 Jac. 4. 7 Jac. 12.</NOTE> and every of them, in the County of Hereford: And the &s;everal Acts made in the &s;eventh year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James</HI> after mentioned, the one intituled, an Act for the better execution of Iu|&s;tice, and &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of criminal Offenders in the North parts of the Kingdome of <HI>England:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">7 Jac. 12. 7 Jac. 13.</NOTE> Another intituled, an Act for the due execution of divers Laws and Statutes heretofore made again&s;t Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggars, and other lewd and idle per&s;ons:<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 3 Jac. 23. 7 Jac. 18.</NOTE> Another in|tituled, an Act to prevent the &s;poil of Corn and Grain by untimely hawking, and for the better
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pre&s;ervation of Phea&s;ants and Partridges: One other Intituled, an Act to avoid the double pay|ment of Debts: One other Intituled, An Act for the explanation of one Statute made in the &s;e|cond Se&s;&s;ion of that pre&s;ent Parliament, intituled, an Act again&s;t unlawful hunting of D&eacute;er and Conies: And one other Act intituled, an Act for the taking, landing, and carrying of Sea-&s;and for the bettering of grounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">25 H. 8. 11.</NOTE> and for the increa&s;e of Corn and Tillage within the Counties of De|von and Cornwall: And that one part of the Statute made in the five and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth, intituled, an Act for the de&s;truction of wild fowl, which was repealed by a later Act in the Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of the reign of the late King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 3 &amp; 4. El. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 7. S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 21. Jac. 28. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> M. 5.</NOTE> and revived in the Parliament holden in the one and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James:</HI> and one Act made in the fir&s;t year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Mary,</HI> for and concerning the making, repairing and amendment of the common high|way and Cau&s;ey, in the Counties of Dor&s;et and Sommer&s;et, betw&eacute;en the Towns of Shaftsbury and Sherborn,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">1 <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">8. 21 <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ac. 6. 21 Jac. 18</NOTE> in the County of Dor&s;et, and revived in the &s;aid one and twentieth year: And al&s;o the &s;everal Acts hereafter mentioned, made in the &s;aid one and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James:</HI> That is to &s;ay, an Act intituled, an Act concerning Women convicted of &s;mall felonies;<NOTE PLACE="marg">4 Jac. 2. 21 Jac. 20. 21 Jac. 27.</NOTE> and one Act intituled, an Act for the continuance of a former Statute made in the fourth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, an Act for the true making of woollen clothes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The 5<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Sta|tutes above mentioned continued un|till the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;|&s;ion of the next Parliament.</NOTE> and for &s;ome addition and alterations, in and to the &s;ame, together with &s;o much of one Act made in the &s;aid fourth year as was in force the la&s;t day of the Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, holden in the &s;aid one and twentieth year: and one other Act, intituled, an Act to prevent and reform prophane &s;wearing and cur&s;ing: and one Act, intituled, an Act to prevent the de&s;troying and mur|dering of ba&s;tard Children, by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be, and continue until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament in force and effect, as the &s;ame were the fir&s;t day of the Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. Continued. Continued til &s;ome other Act be made for continuance or di&s;continu|ance of the &s;aid Act. <HI>Mat.</HI> 17 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 4. When Corn may be tran&s;|ported. <HI>Start</HI> 21 <HI>Jac.</HI> 28.</NOTE> holden in the fir&s;t year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord the King that now is: And be it al&s;o Enacted, that one Statute made in the &s;aid fir&s;t year of his Maje&s;ties Reign that now is, intituled, an Act for puni&s;hing of divers abu&s;es committed on the Lords day, &s;hall continue in force untill the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that &s;o much of every of the &s;aid Act, as by any new Act made in this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, are or &s;hall be explained, altered or repealed, &s;hall for &s;o much thereof from the end of this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament &s;tand &amp; be in force, as by tho&s;e other Acts &s;hall be ordained.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That when the pri&s;es of Corn or Grains at the times, Havens and Places, when and where the &s;aid Corn or Grain &s;hall be bought, &s;hipped or laden, exc&eacute;ed not the rates hereafter following, <HI>viz.</HI> the quarter of Wheat at thirty and two &s;hillings the quarter; the quarter of Rye, at twenty &s;hillings; the quarter of Pea&s;e and Beans, at &s;ixteen &s;hillings; the quarter of Barley or Mault, at &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hil|lings, of currant Engli&s;h money; That then it &s;hall be lawful for all and every per&s;on and per|&s;ons, being Subjects of the Kings Maie&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and born within this Realm, to carry and tran&s;port of his own, and to buy to &s;ell again, in Markets and out of Mar|kets, and to k&eacute;ep, or &s;ell, or carry and tran&s;port any of the &s;aid Corns and Grains, from the places where they &s;hall be of &s;uch prices, unto any part beyond the Seas, in amity with his Maje&s;ty, as Merchandize in Ships, Crayers, or other Ve&s;&s;els, whereof any Engli&s;h born Subject or Subjects then &s;hall be the owner or owners, or the &s;ame to carry and &s;ell in other places within this Realm or Dominion thereof: Any Law, Statute, or V&s;age to the contrary hereof notwith&s;tanding. And that the Kings Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Cu&s;tom and Punsdage of Corn.</NOTE> his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall have and receive by the Cu&s;tomers and Of|ficers of his Ports, for the Cu&s;tom or Poundage of every quarter of Wheat to be tran&s;ported, by force of this Statute, out of this Realm, two &s;hillings of every quarter; of other grain, &s;ixt&eacute;en pence: which &s;aid &s;everal &s;ums &s;o to be had and taken as Cu&s;tom or Poundage, &s;hall be in full &s;atisfaction of all manner of Cu&s;tom or Poundage for the &s;aid Corn or Grain, by any Con&s;tituti|on, Order, Statute, Law, or Cu&s;tom heretofore made, u&s;ed, or taken, for tran&s;porting of any &s;uch manner of Corn or Grain, or made in this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, or hereafter to be made.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Kings Proclamation may re&s;train tran&s;portation of Corn.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, may at all times by his and their Writ of Proclamati|on to be publi&s;hed generally in the whole Realm, or in any of the Counties of this Realm, where any Ports are, command, that no per&s;on &s;hall by vertue of this Act, tran&s;port or convey any man|ner of Grain out of his Highne&s;s Dominions generally, or out of any &s;pecial Ports to be in the &s;aid Proclamation particularly named, for &s;uch time as &s;hall be therein limited and appointed: And it &s;hall not be lawful for any per&s;on to carry out any &s;uch Grain contrary to the tenor of the &s;aid Proclamation, upon &s;uch pains and forfeitures as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, are and have b&eacute;en provided and ordained in that behalf, This Act or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Wel&s;h Cot|tons.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, that no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall incur any penalty, for want of length, breadth, or weight of Wel&s;h Cottons, under the price of 15 <ABBR><HI>d.</HI></ABBR> the yard, or 2 <ABBR><HI>s.</HI></ABBR> the goad, &s;o as they be not mixed with hair, or other deceitful &s;tuff, nor for any others above that price, except they &s;hall be mixed as afore&s;aid, or &s;hall &s;hrink above the rate of half a yard in 12 yards of length, or weigh le&s;s than fourteen ounces the yard, or hold not full three quarters of a yard broad.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">16 E. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE>And be it al&s;o Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That that part of one Statute made in the fi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">teenth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd, by which it is ordained, that no
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manner of Spicery, after that it be brought into the Realm, &s;hall be carried out of the &s;ame Realm by Aliens nor by Denizens, upon pain of forfeiture thereof: And one Statute made in the &s;ix|teenth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd concerning Liveries:<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 R. 2. 4. 20 R. 2. 2.</NOTE> and one other Statute made in the twentieth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd, by which it is ordained that no Vaclets, called Yeomen, nor other of le&s;&s;er e&s;tate than an E&s;quire, &s;hall u&s;e or bear any &s;ign of Livery, called Livery of Company of any Lord within the Realm: And one Sta|tute made in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the fourth, concerning giving of Liberies:<NOTE PLACE="marg">7 <HI>H.</HI> 4. 7. 6 <HI>H.</HI> 4. 14. 13 <HI>H.</HI> 4. 3. 8 <HI>H.</HI> 6. 4. 8 <HI>Ed.</HI> 4. 2. 3 <HI>H.</HI> 7. 1. 3 <HI>H.</HI> 7. 12. A repeal of the 9 Statutes la&s;t mentio|ned.</NOTE> And one &s;tatute made in the 7th year of the reign of the late King <HI>Hen.</HI> the 4th. concer|ning giving of Liveries: And one other Statute made in the 13th year of the reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the fourth, concerning giving of Liveries: And one Statute made in the eighth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;ixth, concerning Liveries: And one Statute made in the eighth year of the reign of the late King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, concerning Liveries: and &s;o much of one Statute made in the third year of the reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh, con|cerning the Star-Chamber, as toucheth or concerneth the puni&s;hment of tho&s;e that &s;hall give or take Liveries: And one other Statute made in the &s;aid third year, concerning taking of Live|ries by the Kings Officers and Farmers, be from henceforth repealed.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o enacted by authority of this Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">7 <HI>Jac.</HI> 20. continued un|till the next Parliament.</NOTE> that one Act of Parliament made in the &s;eventh year of the reign of the late King <HI>James,</HI> intituled, An Act for the &s;peedy recovery of many thou&s;and Acres of mar&s;h grounds, and other grounds, within the Counties of Norfolk and Suf|folk, lately &s;urrounded by the rage of the Sea, in divers parts of the &s;aid Counties, and for the prevention of the danger of the like &s;urrounding hereafter, be continued, and &s;hall &s;tand in force untill the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament. 17 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 4.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<P>The E&s;tates of the Tenants of <HI>Bromfield</HI> and <HI>Yale,</HI> in the County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> and of the Tenures, Rents, and Services thereupon re&s;erved, (according to the late compo&s;ition made for the &s;ame with the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, then Prince of Wales) ratified and confirmed. PR.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<P>Five Sub&s;idies granted by the Spiritualty. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<P>Five Sub&s;idies granted by the Temporalty, <HI>Anno quarto Caroli Regis.</HI> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno Regni <HI>Caroli</HI> Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, <HI>&amp;</HI> Hiberniae, <HI>Decimo Sexto.</HI></HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the third day of <HI>Novemb. An. Dom.</HI> 1640. In the &s;ixteenth year of the Reign of CHARLES the fir&s;t, by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. To the High plea&s;ure of Almighty God, and to the weal publick of this Realm, were Enacted as followeth:</P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<P>Parliaments to be called and held every third year. REP. &amp; ALT. 16 Car. 2. cap. 1.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<P>A Grant of four entire Sub&s;idies for the Relief of His Maje&s;ties Army and the Northern parts of the Kingdom. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<P>Some things mi&s;taken in the la&s;t Act reformed, and the Acts of the Commi&s;&s;ioners and other Offi|cers by them appointed, made good. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno decimo &s;eptimo <HI>Caroli</HI> Regis.</HEAD>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<P>A Grant of two Sub&s;idies for the further Relief of His Maje&s;ties Army, and the Northern parts of the Kingdom. EXP. And divers Statutes continued.</P>
<P>ANd be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the pa&s;&s;ing of this pre&s;ent Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divers Sta|tutes continu|ed.</NOTE> or of any other Act or Acts, or his Maje&s;ties Royal A&s;&s;ent to them or any of them in this pre&s;ent Se&s;|&s;ion of Parliament, &s;hall not be any determination of the &s;aid Se&s;&s;ion,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 <HI>Car. cap.</HI> 4. continued fur|ther.</NOTE> and that all Statutes and Acts of Parliament which have their continuance, or were by an Act of Parliament made in the third year of the Reign of his Maje&s;ty that now is, intituled, <HI>An Act for the Continuance and Re|peal of divers Statutes, continued untill the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the then next Parliament,</HI> &s;hall by vertue of this Act be adiudged ever &s;ince the Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament in the &s;aid third year to have been of &s;uch force and effect, as the &s;ame were the la&s;t day of that Se&s;&s;ion, and from thenceforth until &s;ome other Act of Parliament be made touching the continuance or di&s;continuance of the &s;aid Statutes and Acts in the &s;aid Act of the third year of his Maje&s;ties Reign continued as afore&s;aid.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<P>The Lord Admiral and others by his authority may Rai&s;e and Impre&s;s Mariners, Sailers, and others, for the pre&s;ent guarding of the Seas, and nece&s;&s;ary Defence of the Realm. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Michaelmas <HI>Term abbreviated.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Inconveni|ence<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mi|chaelmas term being &s;o &s;oon after the fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael.</HI></NOTE>VVHereas the Term of S. <HI>Michael,</HI> commonly called <HI>Michaelmas Term,</HI> doth begin &s;o &s;oon after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael,</HI> that it is generally found to be very inconvenient to His Maje&s;ties Subjects both Nobles and others, as well for the keeping of the Quarter Se&s;&s;ions next after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel, and the keeping of their L&eacute;ets, Law-dayes, and Court-Barons, which they can by no means attend, in regard of the nece&s;&s;ity of their coming to the &s;aid Term &s;o &s;p&eacute;edily after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel, to appear upon Iu|ries, and to follow their Cau&s;es and Suits in the Law, the &s;ame time being the chief time of all the year for the &s;owing of Land with Winter Corn, and for the di&s;po&s;ing and &s;etting in order of all their Winter Husbandry and bu&s;ine&s;s, and for the receiving and paying of Rents; And in many parts of this Kingdom Harve&s;t is &s;eldom or never Inned till three w&eacute;eks after the &s;aid Fea&s;t.</P>
<P>Therefore the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, out of the Princely care that he hath of all his loving Subjects, having a &s;pecial care to the encrea&s;e and continuance of their wealth and good E&s;tates, by the a&s;&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Par|liament a&s;&s;embled, and by the authority of the &s;ame, Ordaineth, Enacteth, and E&s;tabli&s;heth, That in the &s;aid <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Term there &s;hall be &s;ix common dayes of Return only, and not above; that is to &s;ay, The fir&s;t day of Return thereof &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>A die Sancti Michaelis in tres Septimanas;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">In Michael|mas term &s;hall be lie common dayes of Re|turn only.</NOTE> The &s;econd day of Return of the &s;ame Term, &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>A die Sancti Mi|chaelis in unum men&s;em;</HI> The third day of Return of the &s;ame Term, &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>In Cra&s;tino animarum;</HI> The fourth day of Return of the &s;ame Term, &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>In Cra&s;tino Sancti Martini;</HI> The fifth day of Return of the &s;ame Term, &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>In Octabis Sancti Martini;</HI> And the &s;ixth day of Return of the &s;aid Term, &s;hall be, and be called, <HI>A die Sancti Martini in quindecem dies.</HI></P>
<P>And that the &s;ame dayes of Return &s;hall be ob&s;erved in all the High Courts of Record of our Soveraign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors hereafter to be holden at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or other place or places at the a&s;&s;ignment or appointment of our Soveraign Lord the King, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; And that from and after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel next coming,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Return dayes to be ob|&s;erved.</NOTE> there &s;hall not be, nor be called any dayes of Return in <HI>Octabis Sancti Michaelis,</HI> nor <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in quindecem dies,</HI> nor either of them; And that the &s;aid Term of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> yearly for ever, from and after the &s;aid Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel next com|ing, begin in and upon the &s;aid <HI>Tres &s;eptimanas Sancti Michaelis,</HI> when&s;oever it &s;hall happen to fall (except it be on the Lords day, commonly called Sunday, and then on the morrow next af|ter) for the keeping of the E&s;&s;oins, Proffers, Returns, and other Ceremonies heretofore u&s;ed and kept in like manner and form,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Two return dayes taken a|way.</NOTE> as hath been u&s;ed to be done in the day of the Return, com|monly called, <HI>Octabis Sancti Michaelis,</HI> and that the full Term of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> &s;hall yearly for ever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">When the term &s;hall be|gin.</NOTE> from and after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> next coming, in all the afore&s;aid Courts of Re|c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">d begin, and take his commencement upon the <HI>quarto die</HI> of the &s;aid <HI>tres &s;eptimanas Sancti Mi|chaelis,</HI> and not before, as formerly it hath been u&s;ed upon the <HI>quarto die</HI> of <HI>Octabis Sancti Michae|lis,</HI> (except it be on the Lords day, commonly called Sunday, and then on the morrow next after.</P>
<P>And be it further enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, that if after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel next coming,<NOTE PLACE="marg">H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">w dayes &s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e given or W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ts in real actions, o|ther then writs of entry, right, or ad|vow&s;on, or dower.</NOTE> any Writ in any real Action other then Writs of Entry for common Recoveries, and writs of right of Advow&s;on, and writs of Dower, <HI>Unde nihil habet</HI> hereafter mentioned, come in, and be returnable in His Maje&s;ties Court of Common Pleas, in the day of Return of <HI>Tres &s;eptimanas Sancti Michaelis,</HI> then day &s;hall be given in <HI>Cra&s;tino Purificationis beatae Mariae;</HI> And if <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in unum men&s;em,</HI> then in <HI>Octabis Purificationis beatae Mariae;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino animarum,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sancti Martini,</HI> then <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Sancti Martini,</HI> then <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in unum men&s;em;</HI> if in <HI>Quin|dena Sanc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Martini,</HI> then in <HI>quinque &s;eptimanas Pa&s;chae;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Sancti Hillarii,</HI> then in <HI>Cra|&s;tino A&s;cen&s;ionis Domini;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Sancti Hillarii,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sanctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino Purificationis beatae Mariae,</HI> then in <HI>Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Purificationis beatae Mariae,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena &s;anctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae,</HI> then <HI>a die &s;anctae Trinitatis in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in tres &s;eptimanas,</HI> then <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in unum men&s;em,</HI> then <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in unum men&s;em;</HI> if <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in quinque &s;eptimanas,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino animarum;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino A&s;cen&s;ionis Domini,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sancti Martini;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino &s;anctae Trinit.</HI> then in <HI>Octabis &s;ancti Martini;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis &s;anctae Trinitatis,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena &s;ancti Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ini;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena &s;anctae Trinitatis,</HI> then in <HI>Octabis &s;ancti Hillarii;</HI> if <HI>a die &s;anctae Trinitatis in tres &s;eptimanas,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Sancti Hillarii.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How dayes &s;hall be given in the<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> writs.</NOTE>And for the more &s;peedy proceeding in Writs of Dower, and Writs of Entry for common Recoveries, to be &s;ued and pro&s;ecuted, by Writs of Entry, or Writs of Right of Advow&s;on: Be it further enacted, by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if after the &s;aid Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the
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Archangel next coming, any Writ of Dower <HI>unde nihil habet,</HI> or any writ of Entry whereupon a common Recovery is to be &s;ued, or Writs of Right of Advow&s;on be returnable, <HI>a die Sancti Mi|chaelis in tres &s;eptimanas,</HI> then a day &s;hall be given in <HI>Octabis Sancti Martini;</HI> if <HI>a die Sancti Mi|chaelis in unum men&s;em,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Sancti Martini;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino animarum,</HI> then in <HI>Octa|bis Sancti Hillarii;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sancti Martini,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Sancti Hillarii;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Sancti Martini,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino Purificationis beatae Mariae;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Sancti Martini,</HI> then in <HI>Octabis Purificationis beatae Mariae;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Sancti Hillarii,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Sancti Hillarii,</HI> then <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino Purificationis beatae Mariae,</HI> then <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in unum men&s;em;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Purificationis beatae Mariae,</HI> then <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in quinque &s;eptimanas;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Pa&s;chae,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino A&s;centionis Domini;</HI> if <HI>a die Pa&s;chae in tres &s;eptimanas,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sanctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Men&s;e Pa&s;chae,</HI> then in <HI>Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Quinque &s;eptimanas Pa&s;chae,</HI> then in <HI>Quindena Sanctae Trinitatis;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino A&s;centionis Domini,</HI> then <HI>a die Sanctae Trinitatis in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sanctae Trinitatis,</HI> then <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in tres &s;eptimanas;</HI> if in <HI>Octabis Sanctae Trinitatis,</HI> then <HI>a die Sancti Michaelis in unum men&s;em;</HI> if in <HI>Quindena Sanctae Trinitatis,</HI> then in <HI>Cra|&s;tino Animarum;</HI> if <HI>a die Sanctae Trinitatis in tres &s;eptimanas,</HI> then in <HI>Cra&s;tino Sancti Mar|tini.</HI></P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it likewi&s;e enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In writs of Dower after i&s;&s;ue joyned, fifteen dayes between the Te&s;te and re|turn &s;ufficient.</NOTE> that in all writs of Dower, <HI>Unde Nihil habet,</HI> after i&s;&s;ue joyned, it &s;hall not be n&eacute;edful or requi&s;ite to have above fifteen dayes betwixt the Te&s;te and Return of the <HI>Venire facias,</HI> or any other Proce&s;s to be &s;ued out for the trial of the &s;aid i&s;&s;ue, but that the Writ of <HI>Venire facias,</HI> and other Proce&s;s after I&s;&s;ue joyned, untill judgment be given, having only fifteen dayes betw&eacute;en the Te&s;te and Return there|of, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, as is u&s;ed in per&s;onal Actions: any Law, Statute, or u&s;age to the contrary heretofore notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cra&s;tino A|&s;centionis a good return.</NOTE> that from and after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel now next coming, the &s;aid day of Return, called <HI>Cra&s;tino A&s;centionis Do|mini,</HI> &s;hall be a good and perfect Return, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as any other of the &s;aid dayes of Return before mentioned is or hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed, notwith&s;tanding there be not fift&eacute;en dayes be|tween the <HI>quarto die</HI> of the &s;aid Return of <HI>Cra&s;tino A&s;centionis Domini,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The E&s;&s;oin dayes.</NOTE> and the E&s;&s;oin day of the Return of <HI>Cra&s;tino Sanctae Trinitatis.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs in per|&s;onal actions, hauing day from <HI>tres Michaelis, <HI>till</HI> Cra&s;tino A&s;centionis</HI> good. Provi&s;o for writs returna|ble <HI>1641.</HI> Exp.</NOTE> That all Writs and Proce&s;s in per&s;onal Acttions hereafter to be made out of any of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and having day from <HI>tres Michae|lis,</HI> untill <HI>Cra&s;tino Animarum,</HI> &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, notwith&s;tanding there be not fift&eacute;en dayes betwixt the <HI>quarto die</HI> of the &s;aid <HI>tres &s;eptimanas &s;ancti Michaelis,</HI> and the dayes of E&s;|&s;oin of <HI>Cra&s;tino Animarum;</HI> Any Law, Statute, or V&s;age to the contrary heretofore notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be if further Enacted, by the Authority afore&s;aid, that all writs and Proce&s;s to be made, from and after the Fea&s;t of Ea&s;ter, in the year of our Lord God 1641. Re|turnable in <HI>Octabis,</HI> or <HI>Quindena &s;ancti Michaelis</HI> now next en&s;uing, or having dayes betwixt any of the &s;aid Returns, &s;hall by force of this Act have day, unto <HI>tres &s;eptimanas &s;ancti Michaelis</HI> next, and the parties to the &s;aid writs and Proce&s;s &s;hall then appear, and plead, and proc&eacute;ed thereupon, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;aid Writs and Proce&s;s had b&eacute;en made returnable <HI>a die &s;ancti Michaelis in tres &s;eptimanas.</HI></P>
<P>And whereas before the making of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs of &s;ummons <HI>ad Warran|tizandum,</HI> upon common recoveries, and writs of Right of Advow&s;on abridged to five Returns.</NOTE> all Writs of Summons <HI>ad Warrantizand.</HI> again&s;t the Vouch&eacute;es upon Common Recoveries had in writs of Entry, and writs of Right of Advow&s;on, were made for nine Returns inclu&s;ive; Now for the more &s;p&eacute;edy perfecting of &s;uch Recoveries, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, that from and after the &s;aid Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel next, all and every &s;uch writs of Summons <HI>ad Warrantizand.</HI> upon the appearance of the Tenant to every &s;uch writ of Entry, and writ of Right of Advow&s;on, &s;hall and may be made, and abridged to five Returns, as writs of Summons, <HI>ad Warrantizand.</HI> in writs of Dower, <HI>unde nihil habet,</HI> heretofore have been u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted, by the Authority afore&s;aid, that all common writs and Proce&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Common writs &amp; proce&s;s to keep the a|fore&s;aid re|turns.</NOTE> as well per&s;onal as mixt, which &s;hall fortune to be returnable in the &s;aid <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Term, &s;hall have and k&eacute;ep the &s;aid Returns of <HI>A die &s;ancti Michaelis in tres &s;eptimanas, a die &s;ancti Michaelis in unum men&s;em, in Cra&s;tino animarum, in Cra&s;tino Sancti Martini, in Octabis Sancti Martini,</HI> and <HI>a die Sancti Martini in Quindecem dies,</HI> or any of them.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And it is further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Special dayes may be ap|pointed as have been u&s;ed. Dayes in a&s;&s;i&s;e <HI>of <HI>Darrein pre|&s;entment,</HI></HI> and in plea of <HI>quare impedit,</HI> and in attaint, not contrary hereto &s;hall be firm.</NOTE> that in &s;uch and like ca|&s;es, and Proce&s;s, as &s;pecial dayes have b&eacute;en u&s;ed to be appointed and a&s;&s;igned, and given for the re|turning of writs, and Proce&s;s; It &s;hall be lawful to the Iu&s;tices of every of the Kings &s;aid Courts of Record, for the time being, in all the Proce&s;s by them awarded, to a&s;&s;ign, and appoint &s;pecial dayes of Returns, as by their di&s;cretions &s;hall be thought convement.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the dayes in A&s;&s;i&s;e of <HI>Darrein pre&s;entment,</HI> and in Plea of <HI>Quare Impedit,</HI> limited and appointed by the Statute of <HI>Marlebridge,</HI> and al&s;o the dayes to be given in Attaint, limited in the Statute made in the fifth year of the Reign of the Noble King <HI>Edward</HI> the third; And al&s;o in the Statute made in the thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of the Raign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth of worthy memory, being not contrary to the Tenours of this Act, &s;hall be holden firm and &s;table, and &s;hall &s;tand in their full force and effect.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Stat. 12. Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE>This Parliament &s;hall not be Di&s;&s;olved, Prorogued, or Adjourned, but by Act of Parliament. EXP.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage and Poundage.</NOTE>A Sub&s;idy Granted to the King of Tunnage, Poundage, and other &s;ums of Money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Imported, from the 25th of <HI>May,</HI> 1641. to the 14th of <HI>July</HI> next. EXP.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<P>Provi&s;ion of Money for the &s;peedy Disbanding the Armies, and &s;etling the Peace of the two King|doms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> by rai&s;ing and charging &s;everal &s;ums of Money upon per&s;ons according to their Ranks, Dignities, Offices, Callings, E&s;tates, and Qualities therein mentioned, and Com|mi&s;&s;ioners to i&s;&s;ue for levying the &s;ame. EXP.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Regulating the Privy Councel, and for taking away the Star-Chamber-Court.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Recital of <HI>Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">-Ch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rl<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> and &s;everal Statutes. St. <HI>3.</HI> li. <HI>7. 1. 5 E. 3. cap. 9.</HI></NOTE><HI>VVHereas by the Great Charter</HI> many times confirmed in Parliament, It is Enacted, That no Fr&eacute;eman &s;hall be taken or impri&s;oned or di&s;&s;ei&s;ed of his Fr&eacute;ehold or Liberties or Fr&eacute;e Cu&s;toms, or be Outlawed or exiled, or otherwi&s;e de&s;troyed, and that the King will not pa&s;s upon him, or condemn him but by lawful Iudgment of his P&eacute;ers, or by the Law of the Land; And by another Statute made in the fifth year of the Reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third, It is Enacted, That no man &s;hall be attached by any accu&s;ation, nor fore-judged of life or limb, nor his Lands, Tenements, Goods, nor Chattels &s;ei&s;ed into the Kings hands again&s;t the form of the Great Char|ter, and the Law of the Land; and by another Statute made in the five and twentieth year of the Reign of the &s;ame King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third,<NOTE PLACE="marg">25 E. 3. cap. 4. Stat. 5.</NOTE> It is accorded, a&s;&s;ented, and e&s;tabli&s;hed, that none &s;hall be taken by petition, or &s;ugge&s;tion made to the King, or to his Councel, unle&s;s it be by In|dictment or Pre&s;entment of good and lawful people of the &s;ame Neighbourhood where &s;uch D&eacute;eds be done, in due manner, or by Proce&s;s made by Writ Original at the Common Law, and that none be put out of his Franchi&s;e or Free-hold, unle&s;s he be duly brought in to an&s;wer, and fore|iudged of the &s;ame by the cour&s;e of the Law, and if any thing be done again&s;t the &s;ame, it &s;hall be redre&s;&s;ed and holden for none.<NOTE PLACE="marg">28 E. 3. cap. 3.</NOTE> And by another Statute made in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of the &s;ame King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third, It is among&s;t other things Enacted, That no man of what E&s;tate or condition &s;oever he be, &s;hall be put out of his Lands or Tenements, nor taken, nor impri&s;oned, nor di&s;inherited, without being brought in to an&s;wer by due proce&s;s of Law; And by another Statute made in the two and fortieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third,<NOTE PLACE="marg">42 E. 3. c. 3.</NOTE> It is Enacted, That no man be put to an&s;wer without pre&s;entment before Iu&s;tices, or matter of Record, or by due proce&s;s and writ original, according to the Old Law of the Land, and if any thing be done to the contrary, it &s;hall be void in Law, and holden for error. And by another Statute made in the &s;ix and thirtieth year of the &s;ame King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third,<NOTE PLACE="marg">36 E. 3. c. 15.</NOTE> It is among&s;t other things Enacted, That all pleas which &s;hall be pleaded in any Courts before any the Kings Iu&s;tices, or in his other places, or before any of his other Mini&s;ters, or in the Courts and places of any other Lords within the Realm, &s;hall be entred and inrolled in Latine; And whereas by the Statute made in the third year of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 H. 7. cap. 1.</NOTE> power is given to the Chancellor, the Lord Trea&s;urer of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, and the K&eacute;eper of the Kings Privy Seal, or two of them, calling unto them a Bi&s;hop and a Temporal Lord of the Kings mo&s;t Honourable Councel, and the two Chief Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench and Common Pleas, for the time being, or other two Iu&s;tices in their ab&s;ence to proc&eacute;ed, as in that Act is expre&s;&s;ed, for the puni&s;hm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"> of &s;ome particular offences therein mentioned, And by the Statute made in the One and t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ntieth year of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">21 H. 8. cap. 20</NOTE> The Pre&s;ident of the Councel is a&s;&s;ocia|ted to joyn with the Lord Chancellor and other Iudges in the &s;aid Statute of the third of <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh mentioned, But the &s;aid Iudges have not kept them&s;elves to the points limited by the &s;aid Statute, but have undertaken to puni&s;h where no Law doth warrant, and to make De|cr&eacute;es for things having no &s;uch Authority, and to inflict heavier puni&s;hments then by any Law is warranted:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All matters <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">minable in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Star-Chamber ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="5 letters">nable and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">o by the Com|mon Law.</NOTE>And fora&s;much as all matters examinable, or determinable before the &s;aid Iudges, or in the Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, may have their proper remedy and redre&s;s, and their due puni&s;hment, and correction by the Common Law of the Land, and in the Ordinary cour&s;e of Iu&s;tice el&s;where; and fora&s;much as the rea&s;ons and motives inducing the erection and conti|nuance of that Court do now cea&s;e; and the proc&eacute;edings, Cen&s;ures, and Decr&eacute;es of that Court, have by experience been found to be an intolerable burthen to the Subject, and the means to in|troduce an Arbitrary Power and Government; And fora&s;much as the Councel-Table, hath of late times a&s;&s;umed unto it &s;elf, a power to intermeddle in Civil cau&s;es and matters, only of private intere&s;t betw&eacute;en party and party, and have adventured to determine of the E&s;tates and Liberties of the Subiect, contrary to the Law of the Land, and the Rights and Priviled|ges of the Subject, by which great and manifold mi&s;chiefs and inconveniencies have ari&s;en, and happened, and much incertainty by means of &s;uch proc&eacute;edings hath b&eacute;en conceived con|cerning Mens Rights, and E&s;tates; For &s;etling whereof, and preventing the like in time to come;</P>
<P><PB N="15" REF="16">Be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Court of Star-Cham|ber and all its powers di&s;&s;ol|ved.</NOTE> That the &s;aid Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, and all Iuri&s;diction, Power, and Authority belonging un|to, or exerci&s;ed in the &s;ame Court, or by any the Iudges, Officers or Mini&s;ters thereof, be from the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, clear|ly and ab&s;olutely di&s;&s;olved, taken away, and determined; and that from the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> neither the Lord Chancellor, or K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of England, the Lord Trea&s;urer of En|gland, the K&eacute;eper of the Kings Privy-Seal, or Pre&s;ident of the Councel, nor any Bi&s;hop, Tempo|ral Lord, Privy-Councellor, or Iudg, or Iu&s;tice what&s;oever, &s;hall have any power, or authority to hear, examine, or determine any matter, or thing what&s;oever, in the &s;aid Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, or to make, pronounce, or deliver any Iudgment, Sentence, Order, or Decr&eacute;e, or to do any Iudicial, or Mini&s;terial Act in the &s;aid Court; And that all and every Act, and Acts of Parliament, and all and every Article, clau&s;e, and &s;entence in them, and every of them, by which any Iuri&s;diction, power, or Authority is given, limited, or appointed unto the &s;aid Court commonly called the Star-Chamber, or unto all, or any the Iudges, Officers, or Mini&s;ters thereof, or for any proc&eacute;edings to be had, or made in the &s;aid Court, or for any matter or thing to be drawn into que|&s;tion, examined, or determined there, &s;hall for &s;o much as concerneth the &s;aid Court of Star-Chamber, and the power, and authority thereby given unto it, be from the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> repealed, and ab&s;olutely revoked and made void.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Like Iuri&s;di|ction in &s;eve|ral other Courts repea|led and taken away.</NOTE> That the like Iuri&s;diction now u&s;ed and exerci&s;ed in the Court be|fore the Pre&s;ident, and Councel, in the Marches of Wales, and al&s;o in the Court before the Pre|&s;ident and Councel e&s;tabli&s;hed in the Northern parts: And al&s;o in the Court commonly called, the Court of the Dutchy of Lanca&s;ter, held before the Chancellor, and Councel of that Court: And al&s;o in the Court of Exchequer of the County Palatine of Che&s;ter, held before the Chamber|lain and Councel of that Court; The like Iuri&s;diction being exerci&s;ed there, &s;hall from the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, be al&s;o repealed and ab&s;olutely revoked and made void, any Law, pre&s;cription, cu&s;tome, or u&s;age; Or the &s;aid Statute, made in the third year of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh, Or the Statute made the One and twentieth of <HI>Henry</HI> the Eigth, Or any Act, or Acts of Parliament heretofore had, or made, to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding; And that from henceforth no Court, Councel,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Court or Councel to have the like Iuri&s;diction.</NOTE> or place of Iudicature &s;hall be erect|ed, ordained, con&s;tituted, or appointed within this Realm of England, or Dominion of Wales, which &s;hall have, u&s;e, or exerci&s;e the &s;ame, or the like Iuri&s;diction, as is, or hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed, practi&s;ed, or exerci&s;ed in the &s;aid Court of Star-Chamber.</P>
<P>Be it likewi&s;e declared, and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The King nor his privy Councel &s;hall have no Iuri&s;|diction over any mans e|&s;tate.</NOTE> That neither his Maje&s;ty, nor his Privy-Councel, have, or ought to have any Iuri&s;diction, power, or authority, by Engli&s;h Bill, Petition, Articles, Libel, or any other Arbitrary way what&s;oever, to examine or draw into que&s;tion, determine, or di&s;po&s;e of the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods or Chat|tels, of any the Subjects of this Kingdome: But that the &s;ame ought to be tryed, and determi|ned in the ordinary Courts of Iu&s;tice, and by the ordinary cour&s;e of the Law.</P>
<P>And be it further provided and Enacted, That if any Lord Chancellor,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalties up|on great Offi|cers and o+thers for the fir&s;t offence.</NOTE> or K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of England, Lord Trea&s;urer, K&eacute;eper of the Kings Privy Seal, Pre&s;ident of the Councel, Bi&s;hop, Temporal Lord, Privy Councellor, Iudg, or Iu&s;tice what&s;oever, &s;hall offend, or do any thing contrary to the purport, true intent and meaning of this Law, Then he, or they, &s;hall for &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;um of Five hundred pounds of lawful Money of England, unto any party grieved, his Executors or Admini&s;trators, who &s;hall really pro&s;ecute for the &s;ame, and fir&s;t obtain Iudgment thereupon, to be recovered in any Court of Record at We&s;tmin&s;ter, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid-Prayer, Pri|viledg, Injunction, or Order of re&s;traint &s;hall be in any wi&s;e prayed, granted, or allowed, nor any more then one Imparlance. And if any per&s;on, again&s;t whom any &s;uch Iudgment, or Recovery, &s;hall be had as afore&s;aid, &s;hall after &s;uch Iudgment or Recovery, offend again in the &s;ame, then he,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Second of|fence.</NOTE> or they, for &s;uch offence, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of One thou&s;and pounds, of lawful money of En|gland, unto any party grieved, his Executors, or Admini&s;trators, who &s;hall really pro&s;ecute for the &s;ame, and fir&s;t obtain Iudgment thereupon, to be recovered in any Court of Record at We&s;tmin|&s;ter, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in which no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid-Prayer, Priviledg, Iniunction, or Order of Re&s;traint, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e prayed, granted, or allowed, nor any more then one Imparlance. And if any per&s;on again&s;t whom any &s;uch &s;econd Iudgment, or Recovery &s;hall be had, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall after &s;uch Iudgment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Third offence.</NOTE> or recovery, offend again in the &s;ame kind, and &s;hall be thereof duly convicted, by Indict|ment, Information, or any other lawful way,, or means, that &s;uch per&s;on &s;o convicted &s;hall be from thenceforth di&s;abled, and become by vertue of this Act incapable, <HI>Ip&s;o facto,</HI> to bear his, and their &s;aid Office, and Offices re&s;pectively, and &s;hall be likewi&s;e di&s;abled to make any Gift, Grant, Conveyance, or other di&s;po&s;ition of any of his Lands, Tenements, Here|ditaments, Goods, or Chattels, or to take any benefit of any Gift, Conveyance, or Legacy to his own u&s;e.</P>
<P>And every per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall likewi&s;e forfeit and lo&s;e unto the party grieved,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Treble dama|ges to the par|ty grieved.</NOTE> by any thing done contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Law, his treble damages, which he &s;hall &s;u&s;tain, and be put unto, by means, or occa&s;ion of any &s;uch Act, or thing done, the &s;ame to be re|covered in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at We&s;tmin&s;ter, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint,
<PB N="16" REF="17">
or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid-Prayer, Priviledg, In|junction, or Order of Re&s;traint, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e Prayed, Granted, or Allowed, nor any more then one Imparlance.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every per&s;on committed contrary to this Act &s;hall have an <HI>Habea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Cor|pus.</HI></NOTE>And be it al&s;o provided and Enacted, That if any per&s;on &s;hall hereafter be committed, re&s;trai|ned of his Liberty, or &s;uffer impri&s;onment by the Order or Decr&eacute;e of any &s;uch Court of Star-Chamber, or other Court afore&s;aid, now, or at any time hereafter, having, or pretending to have the &s;ame, or like Iuri&s;diction, power, or authority, to commit, or impri&s;on as afore&s;aid; Or by the command or Warrant of the Kings Maie&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors in their own Per&s;on, or by the command or Warrant of the Councel-board, or of any of the Lords, or others of his Ma|je&s;ties Privy Councel, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, every per&s;on &s;o committed, re&s;trained of his li|berty, or &s;uffering impri&s;onment, upon demand or motion made by his Coun&s;el, or other imploy|ed by him for that purpo&s;e, unto the Iudges of the Court of Kings Bench, or Common Pleas, in open Court, &s;hall without delay, upon any pretence what&s;oever, for the ordinary F&eacute;es u&s;ually paid for the &s;ame, have forthwith granted unto him a Writ of <HI>Habeas Corpus</HI> to be directed generally unto all and every Sheriffs, Gaoler, Mini&s;ter, Officer, or other per&s;on, in who&s;e cu&s;tody the par|ty committed or re&s;trained &s;hall be, and the Sheriffs, Gaoler, Mini&s;ter, Officer, or other per&s;on in who&s;e cu&s;tody the party &s;o committed or re&s;trained &s;hall be, &s;hall at the return of the &s;aid Writ, and according to the command thereof, upon due and convenient notice thereof given unto him, at the charge of the party who requireth or procureth &s;uch Writ, and upon &s;ecurity by his own bond given, to pay the charge of carrying back the pri&s;oner, if he &s;hall be remanded by the Court, to which he &s;hall be brought, as in like ca&s;es hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed, &s;uch charges of bringing up, and car|rying back the pri&s;oner, to be alwayes ordered by the Court, if any difference &s;hall ari&s;e therea|bout, bring or cau&s;e to be brought the body of the &s;aid party &s;o committed, or re&s;trained, unto and before the Iudges or Iu&s;tices of the &s;aid Court, from whence the &s;ame Writ &s;hall i&s;&s;ue in open Court, and &s;hall then likewi&s;e certify the true cau&s;e of &s;uch his detainer, or impri&s;onment, and thereupon the Court within thr&eacute;e Court-dayes after &s;uch return made and delivered in open Court, &s;hall proc&eacute;ed to examine and determine whether the cau&s;e of &s;uch commitment appearing upon the &s;aid return be iu&s;t and legal, or not, and &s;hall thereupon do what to Iu&s;tice &s;hall apper|tain, either by delivering, bailing, or remanding the pri&s;oner. And if any thing &s;hall be otherwi&s;e wilfully done or omitted to be done by any Iudg, Iu&s;tice, Officer, or other per&s;on aforementio|ned, contrary to the direction and true meaning hereof, That then &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit to the party grieved,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Treble dama|ges in default.</NOTE> his treble damages, to be recovered by &s;uch means, and in &s;uch man|ner, as is formerly in this Act limited and appointed for the like penalty to be &s;ued for and recove|red.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">To what Courts this Act &s;hall ex|tend.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted, That this Act, and the &s;everal clau&s;es therein contained, &s;hall be taken and expounded to extend only to the Court of Star-Chamber, and to the &s;aid Courts holden before the Pre&s;ident and Councel in the Marches of Wales, and before the Pre&s;ident and Councel in the Northern parts; and al&s;o to the Court commonly called the Court of the Dutchy of Lanca&s;ter, holden before the Chancellor and Councel of that Court: And al&s;o in the Court of Exchequer of the County Palatine of Che&s;ter, held before the Chamberlain and Councel of that Court; And to all Courts of like Iuri&s;diction to be hereafter erected, ordained, con&s;tituted, or ap|pointed as afore&s;aid; And to the Warrants and directions of the Councel-boards, and to the com|mitments, re&s;traints, and impri&s;onments of any per&s;on or per&s;ons made, commanded, or awarded by the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors in their own per&s;on, or by the Lords and others of the Privy Councel and every one of them.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Offenders of this Act &s;hall be impleaded within two years after a|ny offence.</NOTE>And la&s;tly, provided, and be it Enacted, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be &s;ued, impleaded, mo|le&s;ted, or troubled for any offence again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act, unle&s;s the party &s;uppo&s;ed to have &s;o of|fended, &s;hall be &s;ued or impleaded for the &s;ame within two years at the mo&s;t after &s;uch time where|in the &s;aid offence &s;hall be committed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Repeal of the Branch of a Statute <HI>primo Elizabethae,</HI> concerning Commi&s;&s;ioners for Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas in the Parliament holden in the fir&s;t year of the reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Eli|zabeth</HI> late Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England,</HI> there was an Act made and e&s;tabli&s;hed, Intituled, <HI>An Act re&s;toring to the Crown the antient Juri&s;diction over the State Eccle&s;ia&s;tical and Spi|ritual,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 1 Eliz. 2,</NOTE> <HI>and aboli&s;hing all Forreign Power repugnant to the &s;ame;</HI> In which Act, among&s;t other things, there is contained one Clau&s;e, Branch, Article, or Sentence, whereby it was Enacted to this effect; Namely, That the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;ens Highne&s;s, her Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Kings or Qu&eacute;ens of this Realm, &s;hould have full power and authority by vertue of that Act by Letters Pa|tent under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> to a&s;&s;ign, name, and authorite, when, and as often as her Highne&s;s, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hould think m&eacute;et and convenient, and for &s;uch, and &s;o long time as &s;hould plea&s;e her Highne&s;s, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons be|ing natural born Subjects to her Highne&s;s, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, as her Maje&s;ty, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hould think m&eacute;et to exerci&s;e, u&s;e, occupy, and execute under her High|ne&s;s, her Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, all manner of Iuri&s;dictions, Priviledges and preheminence, in any wi&s;e touching or concerning any Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction within the&s;e her
<PB N="17" REF="17">
Realms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any other her Highne&s;&s;e Dominions and Countries, and to vi&s;it, reform, redre&s;&s;e, order, correct, and amend all &s;uch errors, here&s;ies, &s;chi&s;mes, abu&s;es, offen|ces, contempts, and enormities what&s;oever, which by any manner Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical power, Authority or Iuri&s;diction, can, or may lawfully be reformed, ordered, redre&s;&s;ed, corrected, re&s;trained or amended, to the plea&s;ure of Almighty God, the increa&s;e of vertue, and the con|&s;ervation of the Peace and Vnity of this Realm. And that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o to be named, a&s;&s;igned, authorized and appointed by her Highne&s;s, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, after the &s;aid Letters Patents to him or them made and delivered, as afore&s;aid, &s;hould have full power and Authority by vertue of that Act, and of the &s;aid Letters Patents under her High|ne&s;s, her Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors to exerci&s;e, u&s;e, and execute all the Premi&s;&s;es, according to the tenor and effect of the &s;aid Letters Patents, any matter or cau&s;e to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And whereas by colour of &s;ome words in the afore&s;aid Branch of the &s;aid Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">High Com|mi&s;&s;ion Court</NOTE> whereby Com|mi&s;&s;ioners are Authorized to execute their Commi&s;&s;ion according to the tenor and effect of the Kings Letters Patents, and by Letters Patents grounded thereupon, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners have, to the great and in&s;ufferable wrong and oppre&s;&s;ion of the Kings Subjects, u&s;ed to fine and impri&s;on them, and to exerci&s;e other Authority not belonging to Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction re&s;to|red by that Act, and divers other great mi&s;chiefs and inconveniences have al&s;o en&s;ued to the Kings Subjects, by occa&s;ion of the &s;aid Branch and Commi&s;&s;ions i&s;&s;ued thereupon, and the executions thereof: Therefore for the repre&s;&s;ing and preventing of the afore&s;aid abu&s;es, mi&s;chiefs and in|conveniencies in time to come;</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid branch of the <HI>&s;tat.</HI> 1 <HI>El. c.</HI> 2. repealed.</NOTE> and the Lords and Commons in this pre|&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the fore&s;aid Branch, Clau&s;e, Article, or Sentence contained in the &s;aid Act, and every word, matter, and thing contained in that Branch, Clau&s;e, Article, or Sentence, &s;hall from henceforth be repealed, annulled, revoked, annihilated, and utterly made void for ever, any thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. <HI>Rep. St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, that no Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power taken away from Archbi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops and other Eccle&s;i|a&s;tical per&s;ons and Courts. <HI>Exp. St.</HI> 13. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 12.</NOTE> nor Vicar-Gene|ral, nor any Chancellor, Official, nor Commi&s;&s;ary of any Arch-bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, or Vicar-Gene|ral, nor any Ordinary what&s;oever, nor any other Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iudg, Officer, or Mi|ni&s;ter of Iu&s;tice, nor any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, exerci&s;ing Spiritual or Ecce&s;ia&s;ti|cal Power, Authority, or Iuri&s;diction, by any Grant, Licen&s;e, or Commi&s;&s;ion of the Kings Ma|je&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or by any power or authority derived from the King, his Heirs, or Succe&s;&s;ors, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, award, impo&s;e, or inflict any pain, penalty, fine, amerciament, impri&s;onment, or other corporal puni&s;hment upon any of the Kings Subjects, for any contempt, mi&s;demeanor, crime, offence, matter, or thing what&s;oever, belonging to Spi|ritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical cognizance, or Iuri&s;diction,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Oath</HI> ex officio. St. 13 Car. 2. cap. 12.</NOTE> or &s;hall <HI>ex officio</HI> or at the in&s;tance or promoti|on of any other per&s;on what&s;oever, urge, enforce, tender, give, or mini&s;ter unto any Churchwar|warden, Sydeman, or other per&s;on what&s;oever, any corporal Oath, whereby he or &s;he &s;hall or may be charged or obliged to make any pre&s;entment of any crime, or offence, or to confe&s;s or to accu&s;e him&s;elf, or her &s;elf of any crime, offence, delinquency, or mi&s;demeanor, or any neglect, matter, or thing whereby, or by rea&s;on whereof he or &s;he &s;hall or may be lyable or expo&s;ed to any cen&s;ure, pain, penalty, or puni&s;hment what&s;oever, upon pain, and penalty that every per&s;on who &s;hall of|fend contrary to this Statute,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty, tre|ble damages and one hun|dred pounds.</NOTE> &s;hall forfeit and pay treble damages to every per&s;on thereby grie|ved, and the &s;um of One hundred pounds to him or them who &s;hall fir&s;t demand and &s;ue for the &s;ame, which &s;aid Treble damages, and &s;um of One hundred pounds &s;hall and may be demanded and recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, or Plaint, in any Court of Record, wherein no priviledg,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Offendors convicted, di&s;|abled from any office or imployment by the Kings Letters Pa|tents.</NOTE> E&s;&s;oin, protection, or wager of Law, &s;hall be admitted or allowed to the Defendant. And be it further Enacted, That every per&s;on who &s;hall be once convicted of any act or offence prohibited by this Statute, &s;hall for &s;uch act or offence be from and after &s;uch conviction utterly di&s;abled to be or continue in any office, or imployment, in any Court of Iu&s;tice what&s;oever: or to exerci&s;e or exe|cute any power, authority, or juri&s;diction by force of any Commi&s;&s;ion, or Letters Patents of the King, his Heirs, or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">No new Court to be erected with the like power.</NOTE> no new Court &s;hall be erected, ordained, or appointed within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> which &s;hall or may have the like power, juri&s;diction or Authority, as the &s;aid High Commi&s;&s;ion Court now hath, or pretendeth to have. But that all and every &s;uch Letters Patents, Commi&s;&s;ions, and Grants, made, or to be made by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, And all Powers and Authorities Granted or pretended, or mentioned to be Granted thereby, and all Acts, Sen|tences and Decr&eacute;es, to be made by vertue or colour thereof, &s;hall be utterly void, and of none effect.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy Granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage and Poundage.</NOTE> and other &s;ums of Money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Imported, from the 15th of <HI>July,</HI> 1641. to the 10th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="18" REF="18">
<HEAD>CAP. XIII.</HEAD>
<P>Such Monies &s;ecured as are or &s;hall be due to the Inhabitants of the County of <HI>York,</HI> and the other adjoyning Counties, for the Billet of the Souldiers and to certain Officers of the Army who forbear part of their pay, according to an Order in that behalf made in the Com|mons Hou&s;e of Parliament this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion, for &s;uch part of their pay as they &s;hall &s;o for|bear. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The late Preceedings touching Ship-money declared unlawful, and all Records and Proce&s;s concerning the &s;ame made void.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ship<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rits.</NOTE>VVHereas divers Writs of late time, i&s;&s;ued under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> common|ly called <HI>Ship-Writs,</HI> for the charging of the Ports, Towns, Cities, Burroughs, and Counties of this Realm re&s;pectively,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Certioraries.</NOTE> to provide and furni&s;h certain Ships for his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mittimus.</NOTE> And whereas upon the Execution of the &s;ame Writs, and Returns of <HI>Certioraries</HI> thereupon made, and the &s;ending the &s;ame by <HI>Mittimus</HI> into the Court of Exchequer, Proce&s;s hath b&eacute;en thence made again&s;t &s;undry per&s;ons pretended to be charged by way of Contribution, for the making up of certain &s;ums a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for the providing of the &s;aid Ships, and in e&s;pecial in Ea&s;ter Term,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Scire facias <HI>again&s;t</HI> John Hampden <HI>E&s;quire De|murrer.</HI></NOTE> in the thirt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord the King that now is, a Writ of <HI>Scire facias</HI> was awarded out of the Court of Exchequer, to the then Sheriff of <HI>Buckingham-Shire,</HI> again&s;t <HI>John Hampden</HI> E&s;quire, to appear and &s;hew cau&s;e, why he &s;hould not be charged with a certain &s;um &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon him, upon who&s;e appearance and demurrer to the proc&eacute;edings therein, the Barons of the Exchequer adjourned the &s;ame ca&s;e into the Exchequer-Chamber, where it was &s;olemnly argued divers dayes, and at length it was there agr&eacute;ed by the greater part of all the Iu&s;tices of the Courts of Kings Bench, and Common Pleas, and of the Barons of the Exchequer, there a&s;&s;embled, That the &s;aid <HI>John Hampden</HI> &s;hould be charged with the &s;aid &s;um &s;o as afore&s;aid a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on him; The main grounds and rea&s;ons of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons which &s;o agr&eacute;ed, being, that when the good and &s;afety of the Kingdom in general is concerned, and the whole Kingdom in danger, the King might by Writ under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> command all the Subjects of this His Kingdome at their charge to provide and furni&s;h &s;uch man|ner of Ships with Men, Victuals, and Munition, and for &s;uch time as the King &s;hould think fit, for the defence and &s;afeguard of the Kingdom, from &s;uch danger and peril; and that by Law the King might compel the doing thereof, in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or refractorin&s;es, and that the King is the &s;ole Iudg, both of the danger, and when, and how the &s;ame is to be prevented, and avoided; ac|cording to which grounds, and rea&s;ons, all the Iu&s;tices of the &s;aid Courts of Kings Bench, and Common Pleas, and the &s;aid Barons of the Exchequer, having b&eacute;en formerly con&s;ulted with by his Maie&s;ties command,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extrajudicial Opinion.</NOTE> had &s;et their hands to an extraiudicial opinion, expre&s;&s;ed to the &s;ame pur|po&s;e; which Opinion, with their names thereunto, was al&s;o by his Maje&s;ties command inrolled in the Courts of Chancery, Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, and likewi&s;e entred among the Remembrances of the Court of Star-Chamber,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iudgment.</NOTE> and according to the &s;aid agr&eacute;ement of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, and Barons, Iudgment was given by the Barons of the Exchequer, That the &s;aid <HI>John Hampden</HI> &s;hould be charged with the &s;aid &s;um &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on him; And whereas &s;ome other Actions and Proces depend, and have depended in the &s;aid Court of Exchequer, and in &s;ome other Courts again&s;t other per&s;ons, for the like kind of charge, grounded upon the &s;aid Writs, commonly called <HI>Shipwrits,</HI> all which Writs, and proc&eacute;edings as afore&s;aid, were utterly again&s;t the Law of the Land.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Shipmoney &amp; proceedings thereupon con|trary to Law.</NOTE>Be it therefore declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid charge impo&s;ed upon the Subject, for the providing and furni&s;hing of Ships, commonly cal|led Ship-money, and the &s;aid extrajudicial opinion of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, and the &s;aid Writs, and every of them, and the &s;aid agr&eacute;ement or opinion of the greater part of the &s;aid Iu&s;ti|ces and Barons, and the &s;aid judgment given again&s;t the &s;aid <HI>John Hampden</HI> were, and are con|trary to, and again&s;t the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, the right of property, the liber|ty of the Subjects, former re&s;olutions in Parliament, and the Petition of Right made in the third year of the Reign of his Maie&s;ty that now is.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>St.</HI> 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. Petition of right to be ob|&s;erved.</NOTE>And it is further declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the par|ticulars prayed or de&s;ired in the &s;aid Petition of Right, &s;hall from henceforth be put in execution accordingly, and &s;hall be firmly and &s;trictly holden and ob&s;erved, as in the &s;ame Petition they are prayed and expre&s;&s;ed; and that all and every the Records and remembrances of all and every the Iudgment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iudgments &amp; proceedings&punc; touching &s;hip-money and all entries, re|cords, &amp; inrol|ments thereof made void.</NOTE> Inrolments, Entry and proc&eacute;edings, as afore&s;aid, and all and every the proc&eacute;edings what&s;oever, upon, or by pretext or colour of any of the &s;aid Writs, commonly called Ship-Writs, and all and every the Dependents on any of them, &s;hall be D&eacute;emed and Adiudged to all intents, con&s;tructions, and purpo&s;es, to be utterly void and di&s;annulled; and that all and every the &s;aid Iudgment, Inrolments, Entries, Proc&eacute;edings, and Dependents of what kind &s;oever, &s;hall be vacated and cancelled in &s;uch manner and forme as Records u&s;e to be that are vacated.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="19" REF="18">
<HEAD>CAP. XV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Touching Incroachments and Oppre&s;&s;ions in the Stannary Courts.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas King <HI>EDWARD</HI> the fir&s;t of famous memory, did for the Amendment of the Stannaries in the County of <HI>Devon,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">E. 1. Charter.</NOTE> grant divers Franchi&s;es and Liberties to the Tinners there: And whereas in the Parliament in the fiftieth year of King <HI>EDWARD</HI> the third, upon the petition of the Commons of the County of <HI>Devon,</HI> certain Branches and Articles of the &s;aid Charter were explained in manner following, That is to &s;ay, whereas one Article of the &s;aid Charter is in the&s;e words following,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Explained 50 E. 3.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Sciatis nos ad emenda|tionem Stannariarum no&s;trarum in Com. Devon. ad tranquilitatem &amp; utilitatem Stannatorum no&s;trorum praedictorum earundem Conce&s;&s;i&s;&s;e pro nobis &amp; haeredibus no&s;tris, Quod omnes Stannatores praedicti operantes in Stannariis illis quae &s;unt Dominica no&s;tra, dum operantur in ei&s;dem Stannariis, liberi &s;int &amp; quieti de placitis nativorum, &amp; de omnibus placitis &amp; quere|lis Curiam no&s;tram &amp; haeredum no&s;trorum qualitercunque tangen. Ita quod non re&s;pondeant coram aliquibus Ju&s;ticiariis vel Mini&s;tris no&s;tris &s;eu haeredum no&s;trorum de aliquo placito &s;eu querela infra praedictas Stannarias emergen. ni&s;i Coram Cu&s;tode no&s;tro Stannariarum no&s;tra|rum praedictarum, qui pro tempore fuit (except. placitis terr', vitae &amp; membrorum) nec re|cedant ab operationibus &s;uis per &s;ummonitionem alicujus Mini&s;trorum no&s;trorum, &s;eu haeredum no&s;trorum, ni&s;i per &s;ummonitionem communem dicti Cu&s;todis no&s;tri; Et quod quieti &s;int de omnibus tallag Theolon. &s;tallag. auxiliis &amp; aliis cu&s;tumis quibu&s;cunque in villis, portubus, feriis, &amp; mercatis infra Com. praedict. de bonis &s;uis propriis, &amp;c.</HI> Whereupon the &s;aid Commons prayed a Declaration, as followeth, <HI>Reque&s;te, Sur quoi ple&s;e declarer &s;i auters per&s;ons q~ les E&s;teymos operantz in les E&s;temeryes averont &amp; enjoyeront la franchi&s;e gen~te per la dite char|tre du Roy de&s;icome la dite chartre voet. Quod omnes Stannatores praedicti operantes in Stannariis illis &s;int liberi, &amp;c. Et autres per&s;ons q~ les onerours ce&s;ta&s;&s;avoir leros Mai&s;tres que les lovent &amp; leros &s;ervants &amp; auters claymont me&s;ne la Franchi&s;e. Et auxint ple&s;e declarer &s;i les ditz onerours y averont les Franchi&s;es in auters temps q~ quant ils averont in me&s;me Le&s;te|mery de&s;icome la chre' voet. Dum operantur in ei&s;dem Stannariis &s;int liberi, &amp;c.</HI> Vpon which reque&s;t an&s;wer was made, as followeth: <HI>Re&s;pon&s;. En droit de les dites paroles ope|rantes in Stannariis illis &amp; dum operantur in ei&s;dem Stannariis, Soient clerement entenduz de operariis laborantibus duntaxat in Stannariis illis &s;ine fraude &amp; dolo, &amp; non de aljis, nec alibi laborantibus.</HI> And whereas the &s;aid Commons prayed a farther Declaration as followeth: <HI>Reque&s;te, Item &s;oit declarez, &s;i le Gardein de Le&s;temery pui&s;&s;e tenir plee inter E&s;teymo &amp; Forreyn de querele &s;ourdante aeillos q~ en les lieux on ils &s;ont onan~tz de&s;icome la Chre'vo|et. Quod Cu&s;tos no&s;ter praedictus vel ejus locum Tenens teneat omnia placita inter Stanna|tores praedictos emergen. &amp; etiam inter ip&s;os &amp; alios forin&s;ecos de omnibus tran&s;gre&s;&s;ionibus, querelis, &amp; contractibus factis in locis in quibas operantur infra Stannarias praedictas &s;imiliter emer|gen. &amp;c. Quar ill tient plee des tieux quereles &s;ourdantz in che&s;cune parte deins le dit Counte.</HI> Vpon which, an&s;wer was made in the&s;e words, <HI>viz. Re&s;p. Et en droit de ce&s;te Article, &s;e ent extend la Juri&s;diction cleremente &s;olonc les paroles del dit Chre' Ce&s;ta&s;&s;avoir; In locis ubi iidem operarii operantur &amp; nemy aiilours ne en autre manere.</HI> Which Charter &s;o declared, was repeated again; And in the eigth year of the Reign of King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd commanded to be put in execution.</P>
<P>And whereas the &s;aid King <HI>Edward</HI> the fir&s;t made the like Charter to the Tinners in the County of Cornwall,<NOTE PLACE="marg">8 R. 2.</NOTE> which Charter was in the fore&s;aid Parliament upon the reque&s;t of the Commons of the County of Cornewall declared in the &s;ame manner and words.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The like char|ter to Tinners in Cornewall.</NOTE></P>
<P>And whereas the Tinners of the Counties of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Cornewall</HI> have by vertue of the &s;aid Charters enjoyed divers and great Liberties, and are quit from all Toils, Tol|lages, Aids, and other cu&s;tomes in the Villes, Ports, Fairs, and Markets,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Declaration.</NOTE> within the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively: Which great Liberties do of right belong to the working Tinner, working without fraud or deceit in the Stannaries afore&s;aid, and not to any other nor el&s;ewhere working, and were granted to the &s;aid Tinners for their encouragement in their works: And whereas of late years &s;undry Inhabitants within the &s;aid Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Abu&s;e of liber|ties.</NOTE> and others, to entitle them&s;elves to the &s;aid Liberties, have by fraud and covin, for &s;mall or no con&s;iderations, bought and acquired, and do buy and acquire to them&s;elves decayed Tinne-works, and &s;mall and incon&s;iderable parts in the &s;ame and other Tinne-works; which abu&s;es are done principally to inable the &s;aid fal&s;e and fained Tinners, to vex and &s;ue their Neighbours in the Stannary Courts, where for the mo&s;t part the Defendant is un|ju&s;tly debarred his Co&s;ts, although the cau&s;e be adjudged with him, and the Iuri&s;dicti|on of the &s;aid Stannaries hath, contrary to ancient right and u&s;age, and the &s;aid Char|ters, b&eacute;en endeavoured to be extended out of the places where the Tinners do work, through the whole Counties of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Cornewall</HI> re&s;pectively, which is no way for the be|nefit of his Maje&s;tie, but for the &s;ingular lucre of &s;ome private per&s;ons: And whereas by the &s;aid abu&s;es great inconveniences do follow, (That it is to &s;ay) the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Counties are mi&s;erably vexed, oppre&s;&s;ed, and impri&s;oned, His Maje&s;ty defrauded of His Aids and Cu&s;tomes, and the Lords and Owners of Fairs, Markets, and other
<PB N="20" REF="19">
Franchi&s;es of their Tolls and Duties, and the government of the Countrey exc&eacute;edingly confounded and eluded, the &s;aid fal&s;e and fained Tinners claiming when they li&s;t to be Tinners, and when they li&s;t to be Forreigners; be&s;ides, that if timely provi&s;ion be not made, the certain decay of his Maje&s;ties profit in the Tinne-works will en&s;ue, for that the &s;ame being divided into &s;o many hands and parts cannot conveniently be &s;et on work, nor contribution rai&s;ed for the working the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The former declarations confirmed.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by his Maje&s;ty, and the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the &s;aid Declarations be henceforth held and duly ob&s;erved with this, that the words of the &s;aid Charters and Declarations, <HI>In locis ubi operantur,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">In locis ubi operantur. <HI>how expoun|ded.</HI></NOTE> be expounded of the Ville, Tithing, and Hamlet, where &s;ome Tinne-work in work is &s;cituate, and not el&s;ewhere, and no longer then the &s;ame Tinne-work is or &s;hall be in working. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall be &s;ued in the &s;aid Stannaries, &s;hall &s;wear, or tender his or their oath in the &s;aid Court where he or they &s;hall be &s;ued, that he or they are not,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None but Tin|ners to be &s;ued, unle&s;s by working Tin|ners.</NOTE> nor is, nor time of the Suit commenced was not, nor were a Tinner or Tin|ners, then &s;uch Defendant or Defendants &s;hall be forthwith di&s;charged of &s;uch Suit, unle&s;s that the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs do forthwith make oath that the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, is or are true and working Tinners, without fraud or deceit: and that the cau&s;e of his or their Suit aro&s;e within the &s;aid Stannaries, or concerneth Tinne or Tinne-works. And if any per&s;on being not <HI>re ver&acirc;,</HI> and without fraud, a working and labouring Tinner, in or about &s;ome Tinne-work,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued by others &s;hall have their acti|on.</NOTE> &s;et on work within one half year next before his Suit, &s;hall &s;ue, pro&s;ecute, or implead in any the &s;aid Courts, or before the Warden, Vice-warden, or Steward of the &s;aid Stannaries, any per&s;on or per&s;ons that is or are not a Tinner or Tinners at the time of &s;uch Suit commenced, Then the Defendant and Defendants in every &s;uch ca&s;e, &s;hall have his and their action at the common Law, again&s;t &s;uch per&s;on &s;uing or pro&s;ecuting, wherein he &s;hall recover ten pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Such action to be brought within two years.</NOTE> and his damages and co&s;ts of Suit; Provided that &s;uch Action be brought within two years next after the Action or Suit brought in the &s;aid Stannary Courts, or before the &s;aid War|den, Vice-Warden, or Steward.</P>
<P>And be it declared and Enacted, That in all ca&s;es where the Plaintiff or Defendant, Plain|tiffs or Defendants,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Co&s;ts in Stan|nary courts.</NOTE> are to have co&s;ts by the Laws or Statutes of this Realm, there al&s;o the Plaintiffs and Defendants &s;hall have the like co&s;ts in the Stannary Courts. And in regard that the &s;aid Charters were granted for the ea&s;e and advantage of the Tinners, and not for their di&s;|advantage or oppre&s;&s;ion, and yet divers of them who for &s;pecial rea&s;ons have de&s;ired to &s;ue at the common Law, have b&eacute;en re&s;trained;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tinner may &s;et forfeitures at the common law.</NOTE>Be it declared and Enacted, That it &s;hall be lawful to and for the &s;aid Tinners, if they think fit, to &s;ue any Forreigners at the common Law; the &s;aid Charter, or any u&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Abu&s;es of poor Bailiffs in the Stannaries.</NOTE>And whereas the Bailiffs of the &s;aid Stannary Courts are very numerous, and are per&s;ons of &s;mall or no credit, and yet upon their return that any per&s;on is become &s;urety for any other upon Arre&s;t by Proce&s;s out of the &s;aid Courts, &s;uch per&s;on who &s;ometimes knows nothing of the mat|ter, is by fal&s;e Returns of the &s;aid Bailiffs made liable to the debt or demand, which Bailiffs, by rea&s;on of their poverty, are often not re&s;pon&s;ible, and &s;o the party without remedy:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How &s;ureties may be &s;ued.</NOTE>Be it enacted, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons be charged or troubled as &s;urety by any Re|turn of any Bailiff or Bailiffs of the &s;aid Stannaries, unle&s;s that the per&s;on or per&s;ons returned Surety or Sureties, &s;hall in the pre&s;ence of two witne&s;&s;es &s;ub&s;cribe or &s;ign a note in writing, that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons is or are become Surety or Sureties; which note &s;hall mention the names of the Plaintiffs and Defendants in the &s;uit, and the &s;umme or damages in demand, and the nature of the Action, and &s;hall be Signed or &s;ub&s;cribed by the &s;aid Witne&s;&s;es, and returned and filed in the Court out of which &s;uch Proce&s;&s;e &s;hall i&s;&s;ue, and no Bailiff or Bailiffs of the &s;aid Stannaries &s;hall be admitted as witne&s;&s;es to any &s;uch note.</P>
<P>And whereas in the &s;aid Stannaries it is u&s;ed, that if the Bailiffs return any Per&s;on arre&s;ted, that if &s;uch per&s;on make default at the day, he &s;hall be condemned, and Execution is &s;uddenly awarded, when as often the party was not arre&s;ted:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No Defendant &s;hall be con|demned on a bailiffs return, unle&s;s on a note &s;ub&s;cribed by the party.</NOTE>Be it further Enacted, That no Defendant &s;hall be condemned upon &s;uch Return for not appearing, unle&s;s al&s;o a Note under the Hand or Sign of the party arre&s;ted, and &s;ub&s;cribed by two &s;uch Witne&s;&s;es, as afore&s;aid, be returned into the &s;aid Court, at or before the day of Appearance; and the &s;aid Bailiff or Bailiffs &s;hall take but four pence for every &s;uch note as afore&s;aid &dram; and it is provided, that none &s;hall be bailed upon arre&s;t there till he give &s;uch Note.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bail.</NOTE>And in ca&s;e any the &s;aid Bailiff or Bailiffs &s;hall return a Re&s;cous again&s;t any Per&s;on or Per|&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Re&s;cous.</NOTE> he or they &s;hall be admitted to Traver&s;e the &s;aid Return; which Traver&s;e, if it be found with him or them &s;o Traver&s;ing, then he or they &s;hall be no further troubled or occa&s;ioned by rea&s;on of &s;uch return.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="16" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="21" REF="19">
<HEAD>CAP. XVI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For the certainty of the Meets, and Bounds of the Forre&s;ts,</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by Act of Parliament made in the fir&s;t year of the Reign of the late King <HI>EDWARD</HI> the Third, It is ordained, That the old Perambulation of the For|re&s;t in the time of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Fir&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 1 Ed. 3.</NOTE> &s;hould be thenceforth holden in like form as it was then ridden and bounded, and in &s;uch places where it was not bounded, the King would that it &s;hould be bounded by good Men and lawful:</P>
<P>And whereas for many Ages pa&s;t certain M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds of the For|re&s;ts, have been commonly known and ob&s;erved in the &s;everal Counties wherein the &s;aid Forre&s;ts lye:</P>
<P>And whereas of late divers Pre&s;entments have been made, and &s;ome Iudgments given, whereby the Meets, Meers, Limits, and Bounds of &s;ome of the &s;aid Forre&s;ts have been vari|ou&s;ly extended, or pretended to extend beyond &s;ome of the &s;aid Meets, Meers, Limits, and Bounds &s;o commonly known, and formerly ob&s;erved; to the great grievance and veration of many Per&s;ons having Lands adjoyning to the &s;aid M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds &s;o com|monly known, and formerly ob&s;erved: And whereas of late time &s;ome Endeavours or Pretences have been to &s;et on foot Forre&s;ts in &s;ome parts of this Realm, and the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> where in truth none have b&eacute;en nor ought to be, or at lea&s;t have not b&eacute;en u&s;ed of long time: For remedy thereof, may it plea&s;e your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that it be Declared and Enacted by Authority of Parliament:</P>
<P>And be it Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be the Meets and Bounds of Forre&s;ts.</NOTE> and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from henceforth the Meets, Meers, Limits, and Bounds of all and every the Forre&s;ts re|&s;pectively, &s;hall be to all intents and purpo&s;es, taken, adjudged, and deemed to extend no further re&s;pectively, then the Meets, Meers, Limits, and Bounds which in the &s;everal Coun|ties Re&s;pectively, wherein the &s;aid Forre&s;ts do lye, were commonly known, reputed, u&s;ed, or taken to be the Meets, Meers, Limits, and Bounds of the &s;aid Forre&s;ts re&s;pectively, in the twentieth year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>JAMES,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">20 Jacob.</NOTE> and not be|yond in any wi&s;e, any Perambulation or Perambulations, Pre&s;entments, Extents, Sur|veys, Iudgments, Records, Decrees, or other matter or thing what&s;oever to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: And that all and every the Pre&s;entments &s;ince the &s;aid twentieth year made, and that all and every other Pre&s;entment and Pre&s;entments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;entments contrary here|unto &s;hall be v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">d.</NOTE> and all and every Iudg|ment and award upon, or by rea&s;on or pretert of any &s;uch Pre&s;entment or Pre&s;entments, and all and every Perambulation and Perambulations, Surveys, Extents, and other Act and Acts, at any time heretofore had or made, by which the Meets, Meers, Limits, or Bounds of the &s;aid Forre&s;ts, or any of them, are, or are pretended to be further extended then as afore&s;aid: And al&s;o all and every Pre&s;entment of any per&s;on or per&s;ons at any Iu|&s;tice &s;eat, Swainemote, or Court of Attachments, for, or by rea&s;on, or by colour of any Act or Acts what&s;oever done or committed in any place without, or beyond the &s;aid M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, or Bounds re&s;pectively, &s;o commonly known, reputed, u&s;ed, or taken as afore&s;aid, and all and every Fine and Fines, and amerciament and amerciaments, upon, by rea&s;on or colour of any &s;uch Pre&s;entment or Pre&s;entments, &s;hall from henceforth be adjudged, d&eacute;emed, and taken to be ut|terly void, and of no force or effect, any Law, Statute, Record, or pretence what&s;oever, to the con|trary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No place where no Iu&s;tice &s;eat Swainemote cour<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> or at|tachment, &amp;c. hath been within <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> yeares &s;hall be accompted Forre&s;t.</NOTE> That no place or places within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> where no &s;uch Iu&s;tice &s;eat, Swainemote, or Court of Attachment have been held, or kept, or where no Verderers have been cho&s;en, or regard made within the &s;pace of &s;ixty years next before the fir&s;t year of his Maje&s;ties Reign that now is, &s;hall be at any time hereafter judged, d&eacute;emed, or taken to be Forre&s;t, or within the Bounds or Meets of the Forre&s;ts; But the &s;ame &s;hall be from thenceforth for ever hereafter De-afforre&s;ted, and freed, and exempted from the Forre&s;ts Laws; Any Iu&s;tice-&s;eat, Swainemote, or Court of Attachment held or kept within, or for any &s;uch place or places, at any time or times &s;ince the beginning of His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Reign, or any pre&s;entment, en|quiry, Act, or thing heretofore made, or hereafter to be made or done to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For a&s;certain|ing of Meets, &amp;c. Commi&s;|&s;ions &s;hall be i&s;&s;ued.</NOTE> That for the better putting into certainty, all and every the Meets, Meers, Bounds, and Limits of all and every the Forre&s;ts, as afore&s;aid. The Lord-Chancellour, or Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, &s;hall by vertue of this Act upon reque&s;t of any of the Peers of this Kingdome, or of the Knights and Burge&s;&s;es of the Parliament, or any of them, grant &s;everall Commi&s;&s;ions under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> to Commi&s;&s;ioners to be no|minated re&s;pectively by the &s;aid P&eacute;ers, Knights, and Burge&s;&s;es, or any of them, to enquire of, and find out by Inque&s;ts of good and lawful men upon Oath, and by the Oaths of Witne&s;&s;es to be produced at the &s;aid Inque&s;ts, and by all other lawful means, all, and every the M&eacute;ers, M&eacute;ets, Bounds, and Limits of the Forre&s;ts re&s;pectively, which were commonly known to
<PB N="22" REF="20">
be their M&eacute;ers, Meets, Bounds, and Limits re&s;pectively, in the &s;aid twentieth year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>James;</HI> And to return the Inque&s;ts &s;o taken into the Court of Chancery; and that all and every the Sheriffs, and Bailiffs, of, and in every County wherein any &s;uch Inque&s;ts &s;hall be &s;o to be taken; And all and every the Verderers, Forre&s;ters, Rangers, and other Officers of the Forre&s;ts re&s;pectively where any &s;uch Officers be, &s;hall be a&s;&s;i&s;tant, and attendant to the execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, according as by vertue of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions re&s;pectively they &s;hall be commanded; And where no &s;uch Officers are, or where &s;uch Officers be, if they, or any of them &s;hall refu&s;e, or neglect &s;uch a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and atten|dance as afore&s;aid, Then the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall, and may, proc&eacute;ed without them in the execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forre&s;ts &s;hall not extend be|yond the meets, &amp;c. &s;o returned.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Forre&s;ts whereof the M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds be &s;o returned, and certified by vertue of any the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ions as afore&s;aid, from thenceforth &s;hall not extend, nor be extended, nor be d&eacute;emed, ad|judged, or taken to extend any further in any wi&s;e then the M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds that &s;hall be &s;o returned, and certified: And that all the places, and Territories that &s;hall be without the M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds &s;o returned and certified, &s;hall be, and are here|by declared to be from thenceforth free to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame had never b&eacute;en Forre&s;t, or &s;o reputed; Any Act or Acts, matter, or thing what&s;oever, to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Grounds deaf|forre&s;ted &s;hall be excluded.</NOTE>Provided, and be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the grounds, Territories, or places which have b&eacute;en, or are De-afforre&s;ted, or mentioned to be De-affor|re&s;ted, in, or by any Letters Patents, Charters, or otherwi&s;e, &s;ince the &s;aid twentieth year of the Reign of our &s;aid late Soveraign Lord King <HI>James,</HI> &s;hall be excluded, and left out of the M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, and Bounds of the Forre&s;ts, which are to be enquired of, returned, and certified by vertue of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, or any of them re&s;pectively: And &s;hall be, and hereby are declared and Enacted to be utterly De-afforre&s;ted, fr&eacute;e, and exempt to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame had never b&eacute;en at all Forre&s;t, or &s;o reputed: Any thing in this pre|&s;ent Act contained, or any other Act, matter, or thing what&s;oever to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenants, Owners, &amp;c. of lands excluded &s;hall enjoy their ancient commi&s;&s;ion, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it Enacted, That the Tenants, Owners, and Occupiers, and every of them, of Lands, and Tenements which &s;hall be excluded, and left out of the M&eacute;ets, M&eacute;ers, Limits, or Bounds of the Forre&s;ts to be returned, and certified by vertue of any the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, &s;hall, or may u&s;e, and enjoy &s;uch Common, and other profits and ea&s;ements within the Forre&s;t, as anciently, or accu&s;tomably they have u&s;ed, and enjoyed: Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act contained, or any Act or Ordinance made in the thr&eacute;e and thirtieth year of King <HI>Edward</HI> the fir&s;t, or any Cu&s;tome, or Law of the Forre&s;t, or any other matter, or thing, to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="17" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Scotland.</NOTE>A confirmation of the Treaty of Pacification between <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> with the Commi&s;&s;ions and Articles thereupon. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="18" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVIII.</HEAD>
<P>For &s;ecuring by publick Faith the remainder of the friendly a&s;&s;i&s;tance and relief promi&s;ed to tho&s;e of <HI>Scotland.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Scotland.</NOTE> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="19" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Office of Clerk the Market allowed and regulated, for the reformation of Weights and Mea&s;ures.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Grievances by Clerks of the Market, and anequality in weights and mea&s;ures.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as the undue execution of the Office of Clerk of the Market hath b&eacute;en very grie|vous unto divers of his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t loving Subjects, who have b&eacute;en much troubled by unnece&s;&s;ary Summons, and charged with exactions of divers &s;ums of Money, by colour of the &s;aid Office, and in regard the &s;aid evils have partly ari&s;en by means of an inequality of Weights and Mea&s;ures throughout this Kingdom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> and by granting and letting to Ferme the &s;aid Office of Clerk of the Market, and the Execution thereof in and through all or the mo&s;t of the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdome for great &s;ums of Money, which the &s;aid Fermours or Grant&eacute;es, by their unju&s;t and undue proc&eacute;edings in the &s;aid Office, do extort from his Ma|je&s;ties Subjects again, to their great impoveri&s;hment, and yet little or no redre&s;s at all in their &s;aid Weights or Mea&s;ures, or any benefit thereby accruing to his Maje&s;ty: For remedy whereof, and for regulating of all Weights and Mea&s;ures according to the true intent of this Statute, and the other Statutes in the behalf formerly made and provided, and preventing the &s;aid in|conveniencies.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be but one mea|&s;ure, one weight, and one yard. <HI>St.</HI> 9 <HI>H.</HI> 3 25. 14 <HI>E.</HI> 3. 12. 27 <HI>E.</HI> 3. 10.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the Lords and Commons of this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame: That from hence|forth there &s;hall be but one Weight, one Mea&s;ure, and one Yard, according to the Stan|dard of the Exchequer throughout all the Realm, as well in places priviledged, as with|out; Any u&s;age or cu&s;tome to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: And that every Mea&s;ure of Corn &s;hall be &s;triked without heap: And who&s;oever &s;hall &s;ell by, or k&eacute;ep any other Weight,
<PB N="23" REF="20">
Mea&s;ure, or Yard, then as afore&s;aid, whereby any Corn, Grain, or other thing is bought or &s;old, after &s;ix moneths after the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence five &s;hillings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture.</NOTE> being thereof lawfully convicted by the Oath of one &s;ufficient Wit|ne&s;s, before any Iu&s;tice of Peace, Mayor, or other head Officer of the County, City, or Town Corporate re&s;pectively, where the &s;aid Offence &s;hall be committed: Who by vertue of this Act &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter an Oath in that behalf:<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be le|vyed.</NOTE> Which &s;aid &s;um or penalty of five &s;hillings &s;hall be levyed by the Church-wardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor of the Pari&s;h, or &s;ome or one of them where &s;uch Offence is or &s;hall be committed, to the u&s;e of the Poor of the &s;ame Pari&s;h, of the Goods and Chattels of &s;uch Offenders by way of Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Offenders Goods, rendring the Overplus to the party &s;o offending. And in default of &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s, it &s;hall be lawful for any Iu&s;tices of Peace, Mayor, or other head Officer of the County, City, or Town corporate re&s;pectively, to commit the &s;aid party to the Pri&s;on or Gaol there to remain without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, untill he &s;hall pay &s;uch &s;ums of Money forfeited, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Clerk of the Market his limits.</NOTE> That no Clerk of the Market of the Kings Hou&s;e which now is, or hereafter &s;hall be, or of the Prince His Highne&s;&s;e, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ours, which is or &s;hall be Duke of <HI>Cornewall,</HI> or His or Their Deputy or Depu|ties, &s;hall hereafter execute his or their &s;aid Office or Offices re&s;pectively, in any part of the Kingdom, but only within the Verge of the Kings Court where it &s;hall then re&s;ide for the time being. And that it &s;hall be alwayes hereafter lawful for any Mayor,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mayor, head Officer, and Lords of Li|berties have power as clerks of the Market.</NOTE> or other head Officer of any City, Burrough, or Town Corporate, or for any Lord or Lords of Liberty, Liberties or Franchi&s;es, his or their Deputy or Deputies, or Agents, according to their &s;everal Liberties and Iuri&s;dictions, to have full power to execute the &s;aid Offices re&s;pectively, as they ought or might have done before the making of this Act; And for the more ea&s;e of his Maje&s;ties Sub|jects.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">lerke of the Market for offences,</NOTE> That if any Clerk of the Market within his afore&s;aid precincts and li|mits of the Verge of the Kings hou&s;e only, or any Mayor, or other Officer what&s;oever, who by vertue of this Act &s;hall have power to inquire of any abu&s;es in Weights and Mea&s;ures, &s;hall &s;eal or give allowance unto any other Weight or Mea&s;ure, Weights or Mea&s;ures, other then according to the &s;aid Standard of the Exchequer, or &s;hall upon rea&s;onable reque&s;t and warning, refu&s;e to &s;eal or give allowance unto &s;uch Weight or Mea&s;ure, Weights or Mea&s;ures, as are ac|cording to the &s;aid Standard of the Exchequer, paying only &s;uch F&eacute;e or F&eacute;es for &s;uch allowance, as by the Statute or Statutes, or by ancient cu&s;tome, are in that behalf formerly provided and allowed, and no more; That then the &s;aid Clerk of the Market, Mayor, and other Officer, or Officers, of &s;uch City, Burrough, or Town, and the &s;aid Lord and Lords of Liberty or Liberties, and his and their Deputy and Deputies, and Agents re&s;pectively, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence five pounds, to be levyed as afore&s;aid, to the u&s;e of the poor of the pari&s;h where &s;uch offence is, or &s;hall be committed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if the Clerk of the Market,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture for taking unlaw|ful fines or fees.</NOTE> his De|puty or Deputies, or Agents within the Verge afore&s;aid, or any Mayor, or any other Officer or Officers of any City, or Town, or any Lord or Lords of Liberties, his or their Deputy or Deputies, Agents, or A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, &s;hall take or receive of any of his Maje&s;ties Subjects, by colour of the &s;aid Office, any common Fine or Fines, or any F&eacute;es, other then are formerly allowed by the Statute or Statutes, or ancient cu&s;tome in that behalf made or u&s;ed, &s;hall take any F&eacute;e or F&eacute;es, or other &s;um of money, Reward, or con&s;ideration, for the making, Signing, or Examination of any Weights or Mea&s;ures which have b&eacute;en formerly Marked or Sealed, or &s;hall Impo&s;e or A&s;&s;e&s;s, or cau&s;e to be Impo&s;ed or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed any Fine or Amerciament, Fines or Amerciaments without a due and legal trial of the Offences, for which the &s;aid Fine or Fines, Amerciament or Amerciaments are Impo&s;ed or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or &s;hall otherwi&s;e mi&s;demean him&s;elf in the execution of his &s;aid Office, and be thereof lawfully convicted, He &s;hall forfeit for the fir&s;t Offence, whereof he &s;hall al&s;o be &s;o lawfully convicted, five pounds; And for the &s;econd offence, ten pounds; And for the third offence, and every other offence afterwards twenty pounds, to be levyed as afore&s;aid, to the u&s;e of the p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">or of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall be com|mitted.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted, That who&s;oever &s;hall be fined or amerced by vertue of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>R.</HI> 1. 4. Per&s;ons <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ined by this Act not to be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ined upon any for|mer law. Rents of ferms of corn excepted.</NOTE> &s;hall not be again fined or amerced for the &s;ame offence, by vertue of any former Law or Sta|tute.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act or Statute &s;hall not extend to the Rents of Ferms or Lands, or any Corn or Grain, due or payable to any Lord or Lords, or any Colledges, Hou&s;es, or other Societies, by vertue of any <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ea&s;e or Lea&s;es, or other Covenant or Agreement, but that the &s;ame during the continuation of &s;uch Lea&s;e, Lea&s;es, or other Agreements, &s;hall be payed, delivered, and performed in &s;uch mea&s;ure and form as the &s;ame hath been payed, delivered, and performed, before the making of this Act: And that &s;uch mea&s;ure,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Water mea|&s;ures to be con|tinued.</NOTE> that is commonly called Wa|ter-mea&s;ure, in any Ports, Maritime Towns, or other places, &s;hall be &s;till u&s;ed and continued as formerly the &s;ame hath b&eacute;en; Any thing in this Statute contained to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The general i&s;&s;ue, may be pleaded.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That no Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayor, Bailiff, or other head Officer,
<PB N="24" REF="21">
Churchwardens, Over&s;&eacute;ers, or any other authorized by this Statute for the due execution there|of in any point, &s;hall be &s;ued, impleaded, or otherwi&s;e impeached, for doing, or executing their &s;aid Offices re&s;pectively: And if any Suit or Suits hereafter &s;hall be Commenced again&s;t them, or any of them, their Agents, or A&s;&s;i&s;tants, touching the premi&s;&s;es, That then it &s;hall, and may be lawful for them, and every of them &s;o &s;ued, or troubled in any Court, or Courts, where&s;oever, to plead the general i&s;&s;ue, <HI>Not Guilty,</HI> and to give this Statute in Evidence, or any other &s;pecial matter in Evidence.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Treble co&s;ts for unju&s;t vex|ation.</NOTE>And in ea&s;e by, or upon this Law, they or any of them &s;hall be found not guilty, or the Plain|tiff be Non-&s;uited, the Defendant, or Defendants, &s;hall recover treble Co&s;ts again&s;t the Plaintiff for his unju&s;t vexation.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="20" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>None &s;hall be compelled to take the Order of Knighthood.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs i&s;&s;ued for per&s;ons to take the order of Knight|hood.</NOTE>WHereas upon the pretext of an ancient cu&s;tom, or u&s;age of this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> That Men of full age, being not Knights, and being &s;ei&s;ed of Lands or Rents, of the yearly value of forty pounds, or more (e&s;pecially if their &s;ei&s;in had &s;o continued by the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years next pa&s;t) might be compelled by the Kings Writ, to receive or take upon them the order or dignity of Knighthood, or el&s;e to make Fine for the di&s;charge or re&s;pite of the &s;ame; Several Writs about the beginning of his Maje&s;ties reign i&s;&s;ued out of the Court of Chancery, for Proclamations to be made in every County to that purpo&s;e, and for certifying the names of all &s;uch per&s;ons, and for &s;ummoning them per&s;onally to appear in the Kings pre|&s;ence before a certain day, to be there ready to receive the &s;aid Order or Dignity: Upon re|turn of which Writs, and tran&s;mitting the &s;ame with their Returns into the Court of Exche|quer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Returns.</NOTE> and upon other Writs for further inquiry of the names of &s;uch per&s;ons i&s;&s;uing out of the &s;aid Court of Exchequer, Proce&s;&s;e by <HI>Di&s;tringas</HI> was thence made again&s;t a very great num|ber of per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Di&s;tringas.</NOTE> many of which were altogether unfit, in regard either of E&s;tate or quali|ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines.</NOTE> to receive the &s;aid Order or Dignity, and very many were put to grievous Fines and other vexations for the &s;ame, although in truth it were not &s;ufficiently known how, or in what &s;ort, or where they, or any of them &s;hould, or might have addre&s;&s;ed them&s;elves for the re|ceiving the &s;aid Order or Dignity, and for &s;aving them&s;elves thereby from the &s;aid Fines, Pro|ce&s;s, and vexations: And whereas it is mo&s;t apparent that all and every &s;uch proc&eacute;edings, in regard of the matter therein pretended, is altogether u&s;ele&s;s and unrea&s;onable; May it there|fore plea&s;e your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that it be by authority of Parliament declared and Enacted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on &s;hal be compelled to take on him the order of Knighthood, nor undergo any fine for that cau&s;e.</NOTE>And be it declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from hence|forth no per&s;on or per&s;ons, of what condition, quality, e&s;tate, or degr&eacute;e &s;oever, &s;hall at any time be di&s;trained, or otherwayes compelled by any Writ or Proce&s;s of the Court of Chancery, or Court of Exchequer, or otherwi&s;e by any means what&s;oever, to receive or take upon him or them re&s;pectively, the Order or Dignity of Knighthood, nor &s;hall &s;uffer or undergo any Fine, Trou|ble or Mole&s;tation what&s;oever, by rea&s;on or colour of his or their having not received, or not taken upon him or them the &s;aid Order or Dignity: And that all and every Writ or Proce&s;&s;e what&s;oever, and all and every proc&eacute;eding which &s;hall hereafter be had or made contrary to the in|tent of this Act, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed and adjudged to be utterly void: And that all and every proce&s;&s;e proc&eacute;eding, and charge now depending by rea&s;on or colour of the &s;aid pretended cu&s;tome or Writs afore&s;aid, or of any the Dependants thereof, &s;hall from henceforth cea&s;e and &s;tand, be and remain di&s;charged and utterly void; Any former Law or Cu&s;tome, or any pretence of any former Law or Cu&s;tome, or any other matter what&s;oever, to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding, <HI>Stat.</HI> 1 <HI>E.</HI> 2.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="21" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Liberty for bringing in of Gun-powder and Salt-peter from Forraign parts, and for the free making of Gun-powder in this Realm.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mi&s;chiefs by prohibiting importing of Gunpowder.</NOTE>WHereas the Importation of Gun-powder from forreign parts hath of late times b&eacute;en again&s;t Law prohibited, and the making thereof within this Realm ingro&s;&s;ed, whereby the price of Gun-powder hath b&eacute;en exce&s;&s;ively rai&s;ed, many powder works decayed, this Kingdom very much weakened and indangered, the Merchants thereof much damnified, many Ma|riners and others taken pri&s;oners, and brought into mi&s;erable Captivity and Slavery, many Ships taken by Turki&s;h and other Pyrates, and many other inconveniences have from thence in&s;ued, and more are likely to en&s;ue if they be not timely prevented:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Liberty to all to import gun-powder.</NOTE>Be it therefore declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for all and &s;ingular per&s;ons, as well Strangers as natural born Sub|jects of this Realm, to import and bring into this Kingdom any quantities of Gun-powder what|&s;oever, paying &s;uch Cu&s;tomes and Duties for the &s;ame, as by authority of Parliament &s;hall be limited and &s;et down.</P>
<P><PB N="25" REF="21">And be it further Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Subjects may make and &s;ell Gun-pow|der, and im|port Salt-peter.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for all and &s;ingular his Maje&s;ties Subjects of this his Realm of <HI>England,</HI> to make and &s;ell any quantities of Gun-powder, at his and their will and plea&s;ure, and al&s;o to bring into this Kingdom any quantities of Salt-peter, Brim&s;tone, or any other materials nece&s;&s;ary or re|qui&s;ite for the making of Gun-powder.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for putting in exe|cution Letters Patents, Pro|clamations, &amp;c. again&s;t this liberty.</NOTE> from and after the tenth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and one, &s;hall put in execution any Letters Patents, Proclamation, Edict, Act, Order, Warrant, Re&s;traint, or other Inhibition what&s;oever, whereby the Importation of Gun-powder, Salt-peter, Brim&s;tone, or other the materials aforementioned, or any of them, from Forraign parts, or the making of Gun-powder within this Realm, &s;hall be any way prohibited or re&s;train|ed, That then the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o offending &s;hall incur and &s;u&s;tain the pains, penalties and forfeitures contained and provided in the Statute of provi&s;ion and premunire made in the Sixt&eacute;enth year of King <HI>Richard</HI> the Second.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="22" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXII.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage, Poundage, and other &s;ums of Money,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage, Poundage.</NOTE> payable upon Merchandize, Exported, and Imported from the 9th of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1641. to the fir&s;t of <HI>December</HI> next. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="23" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIII.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for the better rai&s;ing and Levying of Mariners, Sailers, and others,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mariners.</NOTE> for the pre&s;ent guarding of the Seas. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="24" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIV.</HEAD>
<P>For Relief of Captives, taken by Turki&s;h, and other Pyrats,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Captive.</NOTE> and one <HI>per Cent.</HI> on Cu&s;tomable goods for three years to be paid, and received by the Lord Mayor and Chamberlain of <HI>London</HI> for that pur|po&s;e. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="25" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXV.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage, Poundage, &amp;c. from the la&s;t of <HI>November</HI> 1641.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage, Poundage.</NOTE> to the fir&s;t of <HI>February</HI> next, and the like until the &s;econd of <HI>July</HI> 1642. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="26" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVI.</HEAD>
<P>For the better Ra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ing and Levying of Mariners, Sailers, and others,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mariners.</NOTE> for the pre&s;ent guarding of the Seas. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="27" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVII.</HEAD>
<P>Per&s;ons in Holy Orders &s;hall not exerci&s;e certain temporal powers and authorities.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons in Holy Orders.</NOTE> REP. Stat. 13 Car. 1. cap. 2.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="28" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVIII.</HEAD>
<P>For the better Rai&s;ing and Levying of Souldiers for the pre&s;ent defence of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Souldiers.</NOTE> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="29" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIX.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage, Poundage.</NOTE> and other &s;ums of Money payable upon Merchandize, Exported and Imported from the la&s;t of <HI>January</HI> 1641. to the 25th of <HI>March</HI> next en&s;uing. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="30" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXX.</HEAD>
<P>A Contribution and Loan towards the Relief of <HI>Ireland.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Contribution.</NOTE> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="31" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXI.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage, Poundage.</NOTE> and other &s;ums of Money payable upon Merchandize exported and imported from the &s;econd of <HI>May</HI> 1642. to the &s;econd of <HI>July</HI> next follow|ing. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="32" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXII.</HEAD>
<P>For the Rai&s;ing and Levying of Moneys for the nece&s;&s;ary defence and great affairs of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and for the payment of Debts undertaken by the Parliament.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ireland.</NOTE> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="33" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXIII.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for the &s;peedy and effectual reducing of the Rebels in <HI>Ireland.</HI> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="34" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXIV.</HEAD>
<P>Certain Clau&s;es explaining another Act for the reducing the Rebels in <HI>Ireland.</HI> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="35" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXV.</HEAD>
<P>Corporations and Bodies Politick enabled to partake of the benefit of an Act for reducing the Re|bels in <HI>Ireland.</HI> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="36" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXVI.</HEAD>
<P>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage, Poundage, and other &s;ums of Money,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage, Poundage.</NOTE> payable upon Merchandize exported, and imported from the 14th of <HI>March</HI> 1641. to the third of <HI>May</HI> next en|&s;uing. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="37" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXVII.</HEAD>
<P>For the further advancement of an effectual and &s;peedy Reduction of the Rebels in <HI>Ireland.</HI> EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="Charles II">
<PB N="26" REF="22">
<HEAD>Anno Regni <HI>Caroli II.</HI> Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae, Duodecimo.</HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April, Anno Dom.</HI> 1660. In the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Our mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign Lord, <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Second, by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. And there continued until the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> then next following, and then Di&s;&s;olved by his Maje&s;ty; To the high plea&s;ure of Almighty God, and to the weal publick of this Realm, were Enacted as followeth:</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The A&s;&s;embling and Sitting of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P><HI>St.</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 7. <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</P>
<P>The Parlia|ment begun 3 <HI>Nov.</HI> 16 <HI>Car.</HI> declared to be di&s;&s;olved. <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1</P>
<P>The Lords and Commons now &s;itting declared to be the two Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment.</P></NOTE>FOr the preventing all Doubts and Scruples concerning the A&s;&s;embling, Sitting, and Pro|c&eacute;eding of this pre&s;ent Parliament; Be it Declared and Enacted, and it is Declared and Enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord, and by the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;|&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That the Parliament begun and holden at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the third day of <HI>November,</HI> in the Sixt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>CHARLES</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed Memory, is fully Di&s;&s;olved and Determined; And that the Lords and Commons now &s;itting at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> in this pre&s;ent Parliament, are the Two Hou&s;es of Parliament, and &s;o &s;hall be, and are hereby Declared, Enacted, and Adjudged to be to all Intents, Con&s;tructions, and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, notwith&s;tanding any want of the Kings Maje&s;ties Writ or Writs of Sum|mons, or any Defect or Alteration of, or in any Writ or Writs of Summons, or any other Defect or Default what&s;oever; as if this Parliament had b&eacute;en Summoned by Writ or Writs in his Maje&s;ties Name, according to the u&s;ual Form, and as if His Maje&s;ty had b&eacute;en pre&s;ent in per&s;on at the A&s;&s;embling and Commencement of this pre&s;ent Parliament: Provided alwayes, That this Parliament may be di&s;&s;olved by his Maje&s;ty after the u&s;ual manner, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en &s;ummoned by Writ or Writs in his Maje&s;ties Name:<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Kings a&s;&s;ent to this Act &s;hall not determine this Se&s;&s;ion.</NOTE> Provided al&s;o, and it is hereby Enacted, That His Maje&s;ties Royal A&s;&s;ent to this Bill &s;hall not determine this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for putting in Execution an Ordinance mentioned in the &s;aid Act, for an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of 70000 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> <HI>per men&s;em,</HI> for three Months. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Proce&s;s and Judicial Proceedings Continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the four fir&s;t Returns of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Term, in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty, of late called, from <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> day in fift&eacute;en dayes, from <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> day in thr&eacute;e w&eacute;eks, from <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> day in one Moneth, and from <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> day in five w&eacute;eks, or any of them, can|not be conveniently kept or holden: Now for avoiding all manner of di&s;continuances what&s;o|ever, which by occa&s;ion thereof &s;hould or might happen, or be in any Matter or cau&s;e what&s;o|ever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Proce&s;s, Writs, &amp;c. &s;hall not be di&s;|continued for not holding certain dayes of Return.</NOTE> in any the Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter:</HI> Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That no Pleas, Writs, Bills, Actions, Suits, Plaints, Proce&s;s, Precepts, or other thing or things what&s;oever, Pleaded, Returned, or Depending, or having day or dayes in any of the &s;aid Courts, in or at the &s;aid &s;everal Returns or any of them, or at any other day or dayes certain after any of the &s;aid Returns, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e di&s;continued, or put without day, for or by rea&s;on of the not k&eacute;eping or holding of the &s;aid Returns, or dayes, or any of them; but that all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Pleas, Writs, Bills, Actions, Suits, Plaints, Proce&s;s, Precepts, and other the Premi&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;hall &s;tand, continue, and be good and effectual in Law, to all Intents and Purpo&s;es, as if the &s;aid Re|turns and dayes, and every of them, had b&eacute;en actually kept and holden in all and every the &s;aid Courts; Any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tome, or V&s;age to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid Writs, Pro|ce&s;s, Pleas, &amp;c. returnable &amp; pleadable at a certain day.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Pleas, Writs, Bills, Actions, Suits, Plaints, Proce&s;s, Precepts, and other thing or things what&s;oever afore&s;aid, pleadable, or to be pleaded, Returnable, or to be Returned, or having day in any manner what&s;oever at any
<PB N="27" REF="22">
of the &s;aid Returns, or any day or dayes certain after any of the &s;aid Returns, Be and are here|by continued and adjourned, unto, (and &s;hall and may be Pleaded, Returned, Heard, and De|termined in the re&s;pective Courts afore&s;aid) at, or on the fifth Return of the &s;aid Term, of late called, <HI>In the morrow of the A&s;cen&s;ion of our Lord;</HI> And that all parties in any Pleas, Writs, Bills, Actions, Suits, Plaints, Proce&s;s, or other thing or things what&s;oever, having dayes gi|ven them at any of the &s;aid four fir&s;t Returns, or at any other day or dayes certain, after any of the &s;aid Returns in the &s;aid Courts, or any of them, by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, have the &s;aid Return of late called, In the morrow of the A&s;cen&s;ion of our Lord, prefixed them therein; And that all Sheriffs, Officers, and other Mini&s;ters what&s;oever, and every of them re&s;pectively, k&eacute;ep in their hands all Writs, Bills, Proce&s;s, and Precepts, and all other things what&s;oever in them directed re&s;pectively Returnable, or to be Returned in the &s;everal Courts afore&s;aid, at the &s;aid four fir&s;t Returns, or any of them, in or at any day certain, as afore&s;aid, until the &s;aid fifth Return, of late called, The morrow of the A&s;cen&s;ion of our Lord, and then Return the &s;ame into the &s;aid &s;everal Courts re&s;pectively, That &s;uch proceedings may be then had thereupon, as &s;hould have b&eacute;en had, in ca&s;e the &s;aid four fir&s;t Returns had b&eacute;en kept and holden.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Writs, Proce&s;s, Plaints,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Proce&s;s, Writs, Pleas, &amp;c. under cer|tain titles and names, may be pro&s;ecuted and proceeded upon.</NOTE> Pleas, Informations, Indictments, or Iudicial proceedings, had, Commenced, or pro&s;ecuted be|fore the fifth day of May, in the &s;aid year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty, in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Cu&s;todes Libertatis Angliae Authoritate Parliamenti;</HI> or, in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>The Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament;</HI> or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scot|land, and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging;</HI> or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging;</HI> or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Richard Lord Pro|tector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging,</HI> &s;hall be put without day abated, qua&s;hed, or di&s;continued by his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t ju&s;t re-a&s;&s;umption of the actual Exerci&s;e of his Kingly Government in this Kingdom; nor &s;hall the &s;ame be cau&s;e of Errour, Abatement, or Di&s;continuance, but that all &s;uch Writs, Proce&s;s, Plaints, Pleas, Informations, Indictments, and Iudicial Proc&eacute;edings, and all Com|mi&s;&s;ions for taking of An&s;wers, or Examination of Witne&s;&s;es, Commi&s;&s;ion for taking of Fines, and Warrants of Attorney, Guardians, or <HI>Prochein-Amy,</HI> &s;hall &s;tand and be continued, and &s;hall and may be proc&eacute;eded upon, pro&s;ecuted, and returned, notwith&s;tanding the &s;ame were commen|ced or pro&s;ecuted in Engli&s;h, and notwith&s;tanding the pre&s;ent happy Change and Re&s;titution of his Maje&s;ties Name and Stile in Iudicial Proc&eacute;edings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Proce&s;s and proceedings in Engli&s;h in Courts of Iu&s;tice to continue. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> That one pretended Act made in the year of our Lord, 1650. entituled, <HI>An Act for turning the Books of the Law, and all Proce&s;s and Pro|ceedings in Courts of Ju&s;tice, into Engli&s;h,</HI> &s;hall &s;tand and be in force, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en a good and effectual Act, from the fir&s;t Return of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Term, in the year of our Lord 1651. un|till the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord, 1660. and no longer. And whereas by one other pretended Act, made in the &s;aid year of our Lord, 1650. entituled, <HI>An Act touching Corn and Meal,</HI> It was Enacted, or mentioned to be Enacted, That from and after the twentieth day of <HI>November,</HI> 1650. It &s;hould and might be lawfull to and for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Defendant or Tenant, for or by rea&s;on of any matter to be pleaded, &s;et forth, or alledged in Bar to any Action Real, Per&s;onal, or mixt, in any Court of Record, to plead the General I&s;&s;ue of <HI>Not Guilty,</HI> or the like General I&s;&s;ue proper to the Nature of the Action or Suit commenced; and for his or their Di&s;charge or Acquitting to give any &s;uch matter in evidence to the Iury that &s;hall try the &s;ame; and that the &s;aid matter &s;hall be as available to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Defendant or Tenant, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;aid matter had b&eacute;en &s;pecially pleaded, &s;et forth, or alledged in Bar of &s;uch action.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid pretended Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pleading the General I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> as touching the pleading of the General I&s;&s;ue, &s;hall by authority hereof, &s;tand and be in full force and effect according to the Tenor there|of, until the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en a good and effectual Act of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">EXP.</NOTE> and no longer.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That where the General I&s;&s;ue hath b&eacute;en &s;ince the &s;aid twentieth day of <HI>November,</HI> 1660. pleaded, or &s;hall before the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> in the &s;aid year of our Lord 1660. be pleaded in any action, That then upon the Tryal of the &s;aid Cau&s;e, &s;uch Evi|dence &s;hall and may be allowed, as if the &s;aid pretended Act touching the pleading of the General I&s;&s;ue had b&eacute;en and continued a good and effectual Act of Parliament not determined or di&s;conti|nued.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That his Maje&s;ties Royal a&s;&s;ent to the pa&s;&s;ing of this Bill, &s;hall not extend,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>His Maje|&s;ties A&s;&s;ent to this Bill doth not determine the Se&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>All Writs, Patents.</P>
<P>Commi&s;&s;ions &amp;c. to i&s;&s;ue in the Kings name as for|merly.</P></NOTE> or be con&s;trued to extend to the determining of the Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it Enacted, That all Writs, Patents, and Commi&s;&s;ions for Con&s;tituting Iu&s;tices of either Bench, and Barons of the Exchequer, Commi&s;&s;ions of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> and Gaol-Delivery, and Precepts upon Commi&s;&s;ions of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> and Gaol-Delivery, and all other Commi&s;&s;ions hereafter to be made by the Clerk of the Crown in the Chancery, Charters, and Letters Patents under the Great Seal, of Lands, Liber|ties,
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Honours, or Offices, do or may i&s;&s;ue in the Kings Maje&s;ties Name, in the &s;ame manner as was u&s;ual before the making of the &s;aid fir&s;t recited pretended Act, any thing in this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary thereof before expre&s;&s;ed, in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. <HI>St.</HI> 13. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 12.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Sub&s;idie granted to the King of Tonnage and Poundage, and other &s;ome of Money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Imported.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Cau&s;es and Tru&s;ts up|on granting the Sub&s;idies of Tonnage and Poun|dage.</NOTE>THe Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, repo&s;ing Tru&s;t and Confidence in Your Maje&s;ty, in, and for the Guarding and Defending of the Seas, again&s;t all per&s;ons, intending, or that &s;hall intend the di&s;turbance of Your &s;aid Commons, in the intercour&s;e of Trade, and the inva|ding of this Your Realm, For the better defraying the nece&s;&s;ary Expences thereof, which can|not otherwi&s;e be effected without great charge to Your Maje&s;ty, Do, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords in this Your pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Defending the Seas.</NOTE> to the intent afore&s;aid, Give, and Grant unto You our Supreme Liege Lord and Soveraign,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Sub&s;idy of Tonnage granted to the King.</NOTE> one &s;ub&s;idy, called Tonnage, That is to &s;ay, Of every Ton of Wine of the growth of <HI>France,</HI> or of any the Dominions of the <HI>French</HI> King, or Crown of <HI>France,</HI> that &s;hall come into the Port of <HI>London,</HI> and the Members thereof, by way of Merchan|dize, by your Natural born Subjects, the &s;um of Four Pounds and ten &s;hillings of cur|rant Engli&s;h Money, and &s;o after that Rate; and by Strangers and Aliens Six pounds of like money; And of every Ton of the like Wine, which &s;hall be brought into all, and every the other Ports and places of this Kingdome, and the Dominions thereof, by way of Mer|chandize, by Your Naturall Born Subjects, the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e pounds, and by Aliens Four pounds and ten &s;hillings, And of every Butt or Pipe of <HI>Mu&s;cadels, Malm&s;eys, Cutes, Tents, Allicants, Ba&s;tards, Sacks, Canaries, Malligoes, Maderoes,</HI> and other Wines what&s;oever, commonly called Sw&eacute;et Wines, of the growth of the <HI>Levant, Spain, Portugal,</HI> or any of them, or of any the I&s;lands or Dominions to them, or any of them belonging, or el&s;ewhere, that &s;hall come, or be brought into the Port of <HI>London</HI> by your Natural born Subjects, the &s;um of Fourty five &s;hillings of currant <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> money, and &s;o after that Rate, And by Strangers and Aliens Thr&eacute;e pounds of like money: And of every Butt and Pipe of the like Wine, which &s;hall come, or be brought into all, every, or any the other Ports and Places of this Kingdom, and Dominions thereof, by way of Merchandize, by Your Natural Born Subjects, the &s;um of Thirty &s;hillings, and by Strangers Forty five &s;hillings. And of every Awm of <HI>Rheni&s;h</HI> Wine, or Wine of the growth of <HI>Germany,</HI> that &s;hall be brought into this your Realm, and the Dominions thereof, by your Natural Born Subjects, The &s;um of twenty &s;hillings, of currant <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> money, and &s;trangers and Aliens Twenty and five &s;hillings, which &s;everal Rates are the &s;ame which are expre&s;&s;ed in a certain Book of Rates herein after mentioned and referred unto. And al&s;o one other Sub&s;idy called Poundage, That is to &s;ay of all man|ner of Goods and Merchandize of every Merchant,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A &s;ub&s;idy of poundage.</NOTE> Natural Born Subject, Denizen, and Alien, to be carryed out of this Realm, or any your Maje&s;ties Dominions to the &s;ame be|longing, or to be brought into the &s;ame by way of Merchandize, of the value of every twen|ty &s;hillings of the &s;ame Goods and Merchandizes, according to the &s;everal and particular Rates and values of the &s;ame goods and Merchandizes, as the &s;ame are particularly and re&s;pectively Rated and Valued in the &s;aid Book of Rates herein after mentioned and referred unto, Twelve pence, and &s;o after that Rate. And of every Twenty &s;hillings value of any the Native Com|modities of this Realm, or Manufactures, wrought of any &s;uch Native Commodities, to be car|ried out of this Realm, by every, or any Merchant Alien, according to the Value thereof in the &s;aid book expre&s;&s;ed, Twelve pence over and above the Twelve pence afore&s;aid, Except and fore|prized out of this Grant of Sub&s;idy of Poundage, all manner of Woollen Clothes, made or wrought, or to be made or wrought within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> commonly called Old Dra|peries, and all Wines before limited to pay &s;ub&s;idy of Tonnage, and all manner of Fi&s;h, <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> taken, and brought by <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> bottoms, into this Realm, and all manner of fre&s;h Fi&s;h, and be&s;tial, that &s;hall come into this your Realm; and all other Goods and Merchandizes, which in the &s;aid book of rates are mentioned to be cu&s;tome-fr&eacute;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Exceptions out of the &s;ub|&s;idy of poun|dage.</NOTE>And further, We your &s;aid Commons, by the advice, A&s;&s;ent and Authority afore&s;aid, do give and grant unto You, Our &s;aid Liege Lord and Soveraign, for the cau&s;es afore&s;aid, One other Sub&s;idy, That is to &s;ay of and for every &s;hort woollen cloth to be exported by Your Natural Born Subjects of this your Realm, and the Dominions thereof, called broad Cloth, not exc&eacute;eding twenty eight yards in length, and thr&eacute;e&s;core and four pounds in weight, the &s;um of thr&eacute;e &s;hillings and four pence of Currant <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> money, and for every Cloth of &s;hort cloth of old Drapery of le&s;&s;er length, and weight, accounting &s;o many pieces to a &s;hort cloth, as limited and appointed thereunto by the &s;aid Book of Rates, to be likewi&s;e exported by your &s;aid natural born Subjects, the like &s;um of of thr&eacute;e &s;hillings four pence, and &s;o after that rate, and by Strangers and Aliens &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence for every &s;hort cloth accounted as afore&s;aid; which &s;everal Rates are ac|cordingly expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid Book of Rates herein after mentioned and referred unto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A &s;ub&s;idy of &s;trangers Ali|ens.</NOTE> To have, hold, take, enjoy, and perceive the Sub&s;idies afore&s;aid, and every of them, and every part
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and parcel of them unto your Maje&s;ty, from the four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> inclu&s;ively,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid &s;ub&s;i|dies granted to the King du|ring his life.</NOTE> in the Twelfth year of your Maje&s;ties Reign, for and during your Maje&s;ties life, which God long pre&s;erve.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Wines, Goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not paying the &s;ub&s;idy.</NOTE> or other Merchandize, whereof the Sub&s;idies afore&s;aid are or &s;hall be due, &s;hall at any time after be &s;hip|ped or put into any Boat or Ve&s;&s;el, to the intent to be carried into the parts beyond Seas, or el&s;e be brought from the parts beyond the Seas into any Port, Place, or Cr&eacute;ek of this Realm, or other your Maje&s;ties Dominions, by way of Merchandize, and un&s;hipped to be laid on Land, the Sub&s;idy, Cu&s;tomes, and other duties due or to be due for the &s;ame not paid, or lawfully tendred to the Collector thereof, or his Deputy, with the con&s;ent and agr&eacute;ement of the Comptroller and Surveyor there, or one of them at the lea&s;t, nor agr&eacute;ed with for the &s;ame in the Cu&s;tome-hou&s;e, according to the true meaning of this Act, that then, from the &s;aid four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> all the &s;ame Wines, Goods and Merchandizes what&s;oever &s;hall be forfeit to your Maje&s;ty, the one moyety of the rate thereof to your Maje&s;ty, and the other moyety to him or them that will &s;eize the &s;ame, or &s;ue for the &s;ame; And that it may plea&s;e Your Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Merchants &s;trangers &s;hall be well intrea|ted.</NOTE> That all Mer|chants, a&s;well Denizens, as Strangers, coming into this Your Realm, be well and hone&s;tly in|treated and demeaned, for &s;uch things as Sub&s;idy by this Act is granted, as they were in the time of Your Noble Progenitors and Predece&s;&s;ors, without oppre&s;&s;ion to them to be done, paying the Sub&s;idies afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And, be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That if any Goods or Merchandize,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Provi&s;o for &s;uch who&s;e goods be taken by Pirates or peri&s;hed on the Sea.</NOTE> as afore&s;aid, of any Merchant being born Denizen after the &s;aid four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> hath b&eacute;en, or at any time hereafter during Your Maje&s;ties life, &s;hall be taken by any Enemies or Py|rates upon the Sea, or peri&s;hed in any Ship or Ships, that &s;hall happen to be taken or peri&s;hed, during Your Maje&s;ties Life, whereof the Sub&s;idies and other Duties afore&s;aid, are, or &s;hall be duly paid, or agr&eacute;ed for as afore&s;aid; and that duly proved before the Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or Chief Baron of the Exchequer for the time being, by the exami|nation of the &s;ame Merchants, if they be alive, or of their Executors or Admini&s;trators, if they be dead, or by two credible Witne&s;&s;es at the lea&s;t &s;worn, or other rea&s;onable Witne&s;s and proof &s;worn, then the &s;ame Merchant or Merchants, his, or their Executors or Admini&s;trators, &s;hall or may newly &s;hip, in the &s;ame Port where the goods and Merchandize afore&s;aid were, or &s;hall be Cu|&s;tomed, &s;o much other Merchandize or Goods, as the &s;ame goods or Merchandize are, or &s;hall be lo&s;t as afore&s;aid, &s;hall amount unto in cu&s;tome, without paying of any thing for the &s;ame, &s;o as the &s;ame Proof be recorded and allowed of in the Court of Exchequer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Cu&s;toms of any goods &s;hipped in Car|racks or Gal|lies.</NOTE> and certified unto the Collectors of the Cu&s;tomes of the Port where the &s;ame Wares or Merchandizes are to be new|ly &s;hipped without Cu&s;tome, as afore&s;aid. And further, That every Merchant-Denizen who &s;hall hereafter Ship any Goods or Merchandize in any Carrack or Gally, &s;hall pay to your Ma|je&s;ty all manner of Cu&s;toms, and all the &s;ub&s;idies afore&s;aid, as any Alien born out of the Realm.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, that it &s;hall and may be lawfull to all and every Your Subjects,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Shipping of Herrings.</NOTE> at his and their will and plea&s;ure, to convey and tran&s;port out of this Realm, in Ships and other Ve&s;|&s;els of any the Subjects of this Realm, all and every kind of Herrings and other Sea fi&s;h, to be taken on the &s;ea by any the Subjects afore&s;aid, from or out of any Port or Harbor of this Realm, to any place out of your Maje&s;ties Dominions, without paying any Cu&s;tome, Sub&s;idy or Poun|dage-moneys for the &s;ame Herrings, or other Fi&s;h &s;o carried or tran&s;ported during your Maje&s;ties life, any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e no rates can be Impo&s;ed upon Merchandize,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No rates to be impo&s;ed on Merchandize without au|thority of Par|liament.</NOTE> imported or exported by Subjects or Aliens, but by common con&s;ent in Parliament, Be it further Enacted and Declared, by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, that the Rates intended by this pre&s;ent Act, &s;hall be the rates mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed in one Book of Rates intituled, <HI>The Rates of Merchandize,</HI> That is to &s;ay, the Sub&s;idy of Tonnage, the Sub&s;idy of Poundage, and the Sub&s;idy of Woollen cloths, or old Draperies, as they are rated and agr&eacute;ed on by the Commons Hou&s;e of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A book of rates agreed by the Commons hou&s;e of Par|liament.</NOTE> &s;et down and expre&s;&s;ed in this Book, to be paid according to the Tenor of the Act of Tonnage and Poundage, from the four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> inclu&s;ively, in the twelfth year of his Maje&s;ties Reign, during his Maje|&s;ties Life, and &s;ub&s;cribed with the hand of Sir <HI>Harbottle Grim&s;ton</HI> Baronet, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons; Which &s;aid Book of Rates compo&s;ed and agr&eacute;ed on by Your Maje&s;ties &s;aid Com|mons, and al&s;o every Article, rule and clau&s;e therein contained, &s;hall be and remain during Your Maje&s;ties Life, as effectual to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame were included particularly in the Body of this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted, That during the continuance of this pre&s;ent Grant,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The fees of the Cu&s;tome Offi|cers.</NOTE> where the Goods Exported or Imported, amount to the value of five pounds or more, the Cu&s;tomers and Collectors, and all other his Maje&s;ties Officers in the &s;everal Ports, &s;hall take and receive &s;uch F&eacute;es, and no other, as were taken in the Fourth year of the late King <HI>James,</HI> until &s;uch time as the &s;aid F&eacute;es &s;hall be otherwi&s;e &s;etled by Authority of Parliament.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, who after the Four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">A Provi&s;o for &s;uch as paid be|fore the 24. Iu|ly 1660.</NOTE> in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, and before the Four and twentieth of <HI>July</HI> in the &s;ame year, have paid, received, or collected any Duties, or Cu&s;tomes, according to the Rates u&s;ed in <HI>April</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, &s;hall be mole&s;ted, or any way Impeached, for
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or concerning the payment or Receipt of the &s;aid duties, or any other duties by this Act Impo|&s;ed.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Declared, That no per&s;on who hath &s;hipped any Goods &s;ince the &s;aid four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> and before the &s;aid four and twentieth of <HI>July,</HI> &s;hall be liable to the payment of any duties therefore, other then &s;uch as were u&s;ed to be paid in the &s;aid moneth of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods which may be expor|ted imme|diately after the pa&s;&s;ing this Act.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be law|ful for any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, immediately from and after the pa&s;&s;ing of this Act, to tran&s;port, &s;hip, and carry out of this Kingdome, or out of any Port thereof, by way of Merchandize, any of the&s;e Commodities, Goods, and Merchandizes following; That is to &s;ay, Iron, Armour, Bandel&eacute;ers, Bridle-Bitts, Halbert Heads and Sharps, Hol&s;ters, Muskets, Carbines, Fow|ling-Peices, Pi&s;tols, Pike-Heads, Sword or Rapier-Blades, Saddles, Snaffles, Styrropes, Calveskins dre&s;&s;ed or undre&s;&s;ed, Geldings, Oxen, Sh&eacute;ep-skins dre&s;&s;ed without the Wooll, and all &s;orts of Manufactures made of Leather, paying the re&s;pective Rates appointed by this Act, and no other, any Law, Statutes, Prohibitions, and Cu&s;tomes to the contrary notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods which may be export|ed being at certain p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;es.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, imme|diately after the pa&s;&s;ing of this Act, for any per&s;on or per&s;ons to &s;hip, carry out, and tran&s;port by way of Merchandize, the&s;e &s;everal &s;orts of Goods following, that is to &s;ay, Gun-powder, when the &s;ame doth not exc&eacute;ed the price of five pounds the Barrel. And Wheat, Rye, Pea&s;e, Beans, Barley, Mault and Oats, B&eacute;ef, Pork, Bacon, Butter, Ch&eacute;e&s;e, Candles, when the &s;ame do not exc&eacute;ed in price at the Ports from whence they are Laden, and at the time of their Lading, the&s;e pri&s;es following: That is to &s;ay, Wheat the Quarter, Forty &s;hillings; Rye, Beans and Pea&s;e, the Quarter, Twenty four &s;hillings; Barley and Mault, the Quarter, twenty &s;hillings; Oats the Quarter, Sixt&eacute;en &s;hillings; B&eacute;ef the Barrel, Five pounds; Pork the Barrel, Six pounds ten &s;hillings; Bacon the pound, Six pence; Butter the Barrel, Four pounds ten &s;hillings; Ch&eacute;e&s;e, the Hundred, One pound ten &s;hillings; Candles, the dozen pound, Five &s;hillings, paying the re&s;pective Rates appointed by this Act, and no more: Any former Law, Statute, Prohibition or Cu&s;tome to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>His Maje&s;ty by Proclama|tion may pro|hibit tran|&s;porting Gun-powder, Arms, and Ammu|nition out of England. 1. <HI>Stat.</HI> 17. <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 21.</P>
<P>An additional Sub&s;idy upon Wines over and above the forementioned rates.</P>
<P>Security to be given by the Importer.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Sub&s;idy to be repaid upon exportation.</P></NOTE>Provided alwayes, That it &s;hall be fr&eacute;e and lawful for his Maje&s;ty, at any time when he &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e &s;o to do, and for &s;uch time as &s;hall be therein expre&s;&s;ed by Proclamation, to prohibit the Tran&s;porting of Gun-powder, or any &s;ort of Arms or Ammunition, into any parts out of this Kingdome: Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That over and above the Rates herein before mentioned, there &s;hall be paid unto your Maje&s;ty of every Ton of Wine of the Growth of <HI>France, Germany, Portugal,</HI> or <HI>Madera,</HI> brought into the Port of <HI>London,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, the &s;um of thr&eacute;e pounds of currant Engli&s;h money, within the &s;pace of Nine moneths after the Importing: And of every Ton of all other Wines brought in as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of Four pounds of like currant Money, within the &s;pace of Nine months after the Importing thereof: For the payment of which duties accordingly, the Importer &s;hall give good Security: And if any of the &s;aid Wines for which the additional Duty in this clau&s;e mentioned, is paid, or &s;ecured at the Importation, be Exported within twelve moneths after their Importation, then the fore&s;aid additional Duty in this clau&s;e mentioned &s;hall be returned, or the &s;ecurity di&s;charged, as to &s;o much as &s;hall be &s;o Exported: And if at the Importation, the Importer &s;hall pay for the &s;ame ready money, he &s;hall be allowed after the Rate of Ten <HI>per Cent.</HI> for a year.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All Wines di&s;charged of Exci&s;e.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That from and after the &s;aid Four and twentieth day of <HI>July,</HI> all manner of Wines what&s;oever to be Imported in the Port of <HI>London,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, &s;hall be fr&eacute;ed and di&s;charged, of and from the Impo&s;ition of Exci&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Pri&s;age wines not to pay any cu&s;tome or &s;ub&s;idy.</NOTE>Provided, and it is hereby Declared and Enacted, That the pri&s;age of Wines, or pri&s;e-Wines, ought not to pay Tonnage nor Cu&s;tome, and &s;hall not be charged with the payment of any Cu|&s;tome, Sub&s;idy, or &s;um of money Impo&s;ed upon Wines by this Act, or any thing therein con|tained. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<P>For continuing the Exci&s;e untill the Twentieth of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1660. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<P>For the pre&s;ent Nominating of Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, His Maje&s;ty not yet having con&s;tituted any Trea&s;urer of England, or Chief Ju&s;tice of either Bench, according to the Stat. of 20 H. 8. EXP. and the &s;aid Statute of H. 8. to continue in force.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Marque&s;s of <HI>Ormond.</HI></NOTE>An Act for re&s;toring unto <HI>James</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Ormond,</HI> All his Honours, Manors, Lands and Tene|ments in <HI>Ireland,</HI> whereof he was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion on the Three and twentieth day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, or at any time &s;ince. PR.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<P>For continuing the Exci&s;e till the Five and twentieth Day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<P>For the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money, for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea: by a contribution of all per&s;ons according to their &s;everal Ranks and Degrees. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<P>Explanations of certain defaults in an Act Entituled, An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom, both by Land and Sea.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Kings Maje&s;ties mo&s;t gracious, Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>THe Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty taking into His Gracious and Serious con&s;ideration the long and great Troubles, Di&s;cords and Wars,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Cau&s;es and Ends of this Pardon and Indemp|nity.</NOTE> that have for many years pa&s;t b&eacute;en in this Kingdom, and that divers of His Subjects are by occa&s;ion thereof, and otherwi&s;e, faln into and be obnoxious to great pains and penalties: Out of a hearty and pious De&s;ire to put an end to all Suits and Controver&s;ies, that by occa&s;ion of the late Di&s;tractions have ari&s;en or may ari&s;e be|tw&eacute;en all His Subjects;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The General Pardon.</NOTE> And to the intent that no Crime what&s;oever committed again&s;t His Maje&s;ty or His Royal Father, &s;hall hereafter ri&s;e in Iudgment, or be brought in Que&s;tion again&s;t any of them to the lea&s;t endamagement of them, either in their Lives, Liberties, E&s;tates, or to the prejudice of their Reputations, by any Reproach or Term of Di&s;tinction; And to bury all S&eacute;eds of future Di&s;cords and remembrance of the former, as well in his own Brea&s;t as in the Brea&s;ts of His Subjects one towards another: And in performance of His Royal and Gracious Word &s;ignified by His Letters to the &s;everal Hou&s;es of Parliament now a&s;&s;embled, and His De|clarations in that behalf publi&s;hed, Is plea&s;ed that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, Fir&s;t, That all and all manner of Trea&s;ons, Mi&s;pri&s;ions of Trea|&s;on, Murthers, Felonies, Offences, Crimes, Contempts and Mi&s;demeanors, Coun&s;elled, Com|manded, Acted or done &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred thirty &s;even, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons before the Twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, other then the per&s;ons hereafter by name ex|cepted, in &s;uch manner as they are hereafter excepted, by vertue or colour of any command, pow|er, Authority, Commi&s;&s;ion, or Warrant or In&s;tructions from his late Maje&s;ty, King <HI>Charles,</HI> or His Maje&s;ty that now is, or from any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, deriving or pretending to de|rive authority, mediately or immediately, from both or either of their Maje&s;ties, or by vertue or colour of any Authority derived mediately or immediately of or from both Hou&s;es, or either Hou&s;e of Parliament, or of or from any Convention, or A&s;&s;embly, called or reputed, or taking the Name of the K&eacute;epers of the Liberty of <HI>England,</HI> by Authority of Parliament, Or by vertue or colour of any Writ, Commi&s;&s;ion, Letters Patents, In&s;truction or In&s;tructions of or from any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Tituled, reputed, or taken to be Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, or Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions and Territories there|to belonging; or a&s;&s;uming the authority, or reputed to be chief Magi&s;trate of the Commonwealth, or Commander in chief of the Forces or Armies of this Nation, by Sea or Land, or by any pre|tence, Warrant, or Command what&s;oever, from them or any of them, or their or either of their re&s;pective Councils or Council, or any Member of &s;uch Council or Councils, or from any per|&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, deriving or pretending to derive Authority from them, or any of them, be pardoned, Relea&s;ed, Indempnified, di&s;charged, and put in utter Oblivion.</P>
<P>And that all and every the per&s;on and per&s;ons, Acting, Advi&s;ing, A&s;&s;i&s;ting, Abetting, and Coun|&s;elling the &s;ame, they, their Heirs, Executors, and Admini&s;trators, (except as before is excepted) be and are hereby pardoned, Relea&s;ed, Acquitted, Indempnified, and di&s;charged from the &s;ame: And of and from all pains of Death, and other Pains, Iudgments, Indictments, Convictions, Attainders, Outlawries, Penalties, E&s;cheats and Forfeitures, therefore had or given, or that might accrew for the &s;ame: And that all &s;uch Iudgments, Indictments, Convictions, Attainders, Outlawries, Penalties, E&s;cheats and Forfeitures, and every of them, and all Grants thereupon made, and all E&s;tates derived under the &s;ame, be and are hereby Declared and Enacted to be from henceforth Null and void: And that all mean profits not yet received by &s;uch Grant&eacute;es, &s;hall be, and are hereby di&s;charged: And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their and every of their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall be, and are hereby re&s;tored to all and every their Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, and other things forfeited, which to His Maje&s;ty do or &s;hall appertain by rea&s;on of any offence herein before mentioned, and not hereafter in this pre&s;ent Act Excepted and Forepri&s;ed.<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Appeals, per&s;onal Acti|ons and Suits pardoned.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That all Appeals, and all per&s;onal Actions, Suits, Mole&s;tations and Pro&s;ecutions what&s;oever, for or by rea&s;on of any Act of Ho&s;tility, Tre&s;pa&s;s, A&s;&s;ault, Impri&s;on|ment
<PB N="32" REF="25">
or breach of the Peace, Advi&s;ed, Coun&s;elled, commanded, Appointed, Happened, Acted or done by rea&s;on of the late troubles, or the late Wars, in his Maje&s;ties Dominions, or relating thereunto, and Iudgments and Executions thereupon had before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty eight, &s;tand and be from henceforth di&s;charged; But not to re&s;tore to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons any &s;ums of money, mean Profits, or Goods already recei|ved or taken upon &s;uch Execution, or to give any accompt for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e Enacted, That all Appeals and all per&s;onal Actions and cau&s;es of &s;uch Ac|tions, Suits, Mole&s;tations and Pro&s;ecutions what&s;oever, for or by rea&s;on of any Act or thing ad|vi&s;ed, coun&s;elled, commanded, Acted or done by vertue or colour of any Authority or Commi&s;&s;ion granted by His late Maje&s;ty, or his Maje&s;ty that now is, or by vertue or colour of any Order or Ordinance of one or both Hou&s;es of Parliament &s;itting at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> Or by any Act or order made by any Per&s;ons a&s;&s;uming the name of a Parliament, and &s;itting as a Parliament at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> after the death of the late King <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Fir&s;t; Or by the Authority of the &s;aid k&eacute;epers of the Liberties of <HI>England;</HI> Or by any Ordinance by either of the late Protectors and Council; Or by or upon any Commi&s;&s;ion, Writ, Proce&s;s, or Warrant, by them or any of them, or by Authority derived from them or any of them: And all demands of Arrearages of Rents and mean Profits of Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments heretofore incurred or grown due, which have b&eacute;en paid, received or di&s;po&s;ed by vertue or colour of any the Authorities or pretended Authorities afore&s;aid, other then &s;uch Arrearages or mean profits as are or &s;hall be otherwi&s;e di&s;|po&s;ed by any Act. or Acts of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, be from henceforth di&s;charged.</P>
<P>And it is further by the Authority afore&s;aid Enacted in the &s;econd place, That all and every the Subjects of the&s;e His Maje&s;ties Realms, of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> the I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Garn&s;ey,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and other His Maje&s;ties Do|minions, the Heirs, Executors, and Admini&s;trators of them, and every of them, and all and &s;ingular Bodies in any manner of wi&s;e corporated, Cities, Burroughs, Shires, Ridings, Hun|dreds, Lathes, Rapes, Wapentakes, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Tythings, and every of them, and the Succe&s;&s;or and Succe&s;&s;ors of every of them, &s;hall be and are by the authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament Acquitted, Pardoned, Relea&s;ed, Indempnified and Di&s;charged again&s;t the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and every of them, of and from all manner of Trea&s;ons, Mi&s;|pri&s;ions of Trea&s;on, Felonies, Offences, Contempts, Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, Entries, Wrongs, Deceits, Mi&s;demeanors, Forfeitures, penalties and &s;ums of Money, Intru&s;ions, Mean profits, Ward|&s;hips, Marriages, Reliefs, Liveries, <HI>Ou&s;ter le mains,</HI> Mean Rates, Re&s;pits of Homage, Fines and Sei&s;ures for Alienation without Licen&s;e, Arrearages of Rents, (other then the Arrearages of Rents due from the late Farmers, or pretended Farmers of of the Exci&s;e or Cu&s;toms re&s;pectively, other then &s;uch Arrearages of Rents, or Mean profits, as are or &s;hall be otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed by any Act or Acts of this pre&s;ent Parliament) and of and from all Arrearages of Tenths and Fir&s;t-Fruits, Fines, po&s;t-fines, I&s;&s;ues, and Amerciaments, and all Recognizances, Bonds, or other Securities given for payment of them, or any of them, concealments of Cu&s;toms and Exci&s;e, Arrearages of purveyance and of compo&s;itions for the &s;ame, and of and from all pains of Death, pains corporal and pecuniary, and generally of and from all other Things, Cau&s;es, Quarrels, Suits, Iudgments and Executions, in this pre&s;ent Act hereafter not Excepted nor Fore|prized, which may be or can be by his Maje&s;ty in any wi&s;e, or by any means pardoned, before and unto the twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, to every or any of his &s;aid Subjects,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ward&s;hips and Mean Profits unre|ceived.</NOTE> Bodies Corporate, Cities, Burroughs, Shires, Ridings, Hun|dreds Lathes, Rapes, Wapentakes, Towns, Villages, and Tithings, or any of them.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Grants and Patents &s;ince the twenty fifth of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty one, touching the Ward&s;hip and Cu&s;tody of the Body and Lands, or touching the marriage of any Heir within age, and all mean profits yet unreceived,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All things not excepted &s;hall be by the general words of this Act as well as it par|ticularly na|med.</NOTE> and demandable by rea&s;on thereof, &s;hall be, and are hereby from henceforth Di&s;|charged.</P>
<P>And al&s;o the Kings Maje&s;ty is contented, That it be further Enacted by Authority of this pre|&s;ent Parliament, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this His &s;aid Fr&eacute;e Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, &s;hall be as good and effectual in the Law to every of his &s;aid Subjects, Bodies Corporate, and others before rehear&s;ed, in, for, and again&s;t all things which be not here|after in this pre&s;ent Act Excepted and Foreprized, as the &s;ame Pardon, Indempnity, and Ob|livion, &s;hould have b&eacute;en, if all Offices, Contempt, Forfeitures, Cau&s;es, Matters, Suits, Quar|rels, Iudgments, Executions, Penalties, and all other things, not hereafter in this pre&s;ent Act Excepted and Foreprized, had b&eacute;en particularly, &s;ingularly, e&s;pecially and plainly named, rehear|&s;ed, and &s;pecified, and al&s;o pardoned by proper and expre&s;s Words and Names, in their Kinds, Natures and Qualities, by Words and Terms thereunto requi&s;ite to have b&eacute;en put in and expre&s;|&s;ed in this pre&s;ent Act of Fr&eacute;e Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion: And that his &s;aid Subjects, nor any of them, nor the Heirs, Executors or Admini&s;trators of any of them, nor the &s;aid Bodies Corporate, and others before named and rehear&s;ed, nor any of them, be, nor &s;hall be Sued, Vexed or Inquieted, by, or on the behalf of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, in their Bodies, Goods, Chattels, Lands or Tenements, for any manner of Matter, Cau&s;e, Contempt, Mi&s;demea|nor, Forfeiture, Tre&s;pa&s;s, Offence, or any other thing Suffered, Done or committed, before the &s;aid twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &amp; &s;ixty, again&s;t His late Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles,</HI>
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or His Maje&s;ty that now is, His Crown, Dignity, Prerogative, Laws or Statutes, but onely for &s;uch Matters, Cau&s;es and Offences, as be Excepted and Foreprized by this pre&s;ent Act out of the &s;ame, any Statute or Statutes, Laws, Cu&s;toms or V&s;ages heretofore had, made or u|&s;ed, to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding; And that all and every the Kings &s;aid Sub|jects, and all and &s;ingular Bodies Corporate, and others before rehear&s;ed, may by him or them|&s;elves, or by his or their Deputy or Deputies, or by his or their Attorney or Attorneys, accor|ding to the Laws of this Realm, plead and mini&s;ter this pre&s;ent Act of Fr&eacute;e Pardon, for his or their Di&s;charge, of or for any thing that is by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act Pardoned, Di&s;charged, Given or Granted, without any F&eacute;e, or other thing, paying to any per&s;on or per&s;ons for wriiing or entry of the Iudgements or other cau&s;e concerning &s;uch Plea, Writing, or Entry, but onely &s;ixt&eacute;en pence to be paid to the Officer or Clerk that &s;hall enter &s;uch Plea, Matter or Iudgement for the Parties Di&s;charge in that behalf, any Law, Statute, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And furthermore, the Kings Maje&s;ty is contented and plea&s;ed, that it be Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">This Par|don, &amp;c. to be expounded in all Courts mo&s;t beneficial for the Sub|ject.</NOTE> and be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That this His &s;aid Fr&eacute;e Pardon, Indemntty and Oblivion, by the general Words, Clau&s;es and Sentences, before rehear&s;ed, &s;hall be reputed, d&eacute;emed, ad|judged, expounded, allowed, and taken in all manner of Courts of his Highne&s;s, and el&s;ewhere, beneficial and available to all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Subjects, Bodies Corporate, and others before rehear&s;ed, and to every of them, in all things not in this pre&s;ent Act excepted or foreprized, with|out any ambiguity, que&s;tion, or other delay what&s;oever it &s;hall be, to be made, pleaded, objected, or alleadged by the King our Soveraign Lord, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or by His or any of their general Attorney, or Attorneys, or by any per&s;on or per&s;ons for his Highne&s;s, or any of His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And furthermore, be it Enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penal|ty of any Of|ficer, &amp;c. that &s;hall go about to di&s;quiet or trouble any per&s;on pardo|ned by this Act.</NOTE> and the authority afore|&s;aid, That if any Officer or Clerk of any of His Highne&s;s Courts, commonly called the Chancery, Kings-Bench, and Common-pleas, or of his Exchequer, or any other Officer or Clerk of any other of His Highne&s;s Courts within this Realm, at any time of the pa&s;&s;ing of this pre&s;ent Act, make out, or write out any manner of Writs, Proce&s;s, Summons, or other Precepts, whereby any of the &s;aid Subjects, or of the &s;aid Bodies Corporate, or others before rehear&s;ed, or any of them, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e arre&s;ted, attached, di&s;trained, &s;ummoned, or otherwi&s;e vexed, inquieted, or grieved, in his or their Bodies, Lands, Tenements, Goods or Chattels, or in any of them, for, or be|cau&s;e of any manner of thing pardoned or di&s;charged by vertue of this Act of Fr&eacute;e Pardon. Or if any Sheriff or E&s;cheator, or any of their Deputy or Deputies, or any Bayliff, or other Officer what&s;oever, by colour of his or their Office, or otherwi&s;e, after the pa&s;&s;ing of this pre&s;ent Act, do levy, receive, take, or withhold of or from any per&s;on or per&s;ons, any thing pardoned or di&s;charged by this Act, That then every &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending, and thereof lawfully convicted or condemned by any &s;ufficient te&s;timony, witne&s;s, or proof, &s;hall yield and pay for recompence thereof to the party &s;o grieved or offended thereby, his or their treble damages, be&s;ides all co&s;ts of the Suit; and &s;hall al&s;o forfeit and lo&s;e to the Kings Maje&s;ty for every &s;uch default, ten pounds: And neverthe|le&s;s all and &s;ingular &s;uch Writs, Proce&s;s and Precepts &s;o to be made for, or upon, any manner of thing pardoned or di&s;charged by this pre&s;ent Act of Fr&eacute;e Pardon, Indemnity and Oblivion, &s;hall be utterly void and of none effect.</P>
<P>Except and alwayes foreprized out of this Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Exceptions out of his Pardon.</P>
<P>All Murder not compri&s;ed in the fir&s;t. clau&s;e of this Pardon excep|ted.</P>
<P>Pyracy excep|ted.</P>
<P>Buggery.</P>
<P>Rapes and wilful taking away any Maid excep|ted.</P></NOTE> all Murders done or committed by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, other then &s;uch which are pardoned and di&s;charged in the fir&s;t clau&s;e of pardon above mentioned; And al&s;o excepted and alwayes foreprized out of this General and Fr&eacute;e Pardon, all and every the offences, of Piracy and Robbery upon the Seas, not done in relation to the Diffrences and Wars afore&s;aid, and every procuring or abetting of any &s;uch Of|fendors, and the comforting and receiving of them, or any of them, or any goods taken by way of &s;uch Piracy or Robbery upon the Seas as afore&s;aid: And al&s;o excepted the dete&s;table and abomi|nable Vice of Buggery committed with Mankind or Bea&s;t: And al&s;o excepted all Rapes and car|nal Ravi&s;hments of Woman: And al&s;o excepted all Ravi&s;hments and wilful taking away, or marrying of any Maid, Widow or Dam&s;el again&s;t her will, or without the a&s;&s;ent or agr&eacute;ement of her Parents, or &s;uch as then had her in cu&s;tody; and al&s;o all Offences of aiding, comforting, procuring and abetting of any &s;uch Ravi&s;hment, wilful taking, or Marrying, had, committed or done: And al&s;o excepted all Offences made Felony by a certain Act made and ordained, Entiuled,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Double Mar|riages excep|ted.</P>
<P>Witchcraft excepted.</P>
<P>Accompts of certain Trea|&s;urers and Receivers. <HI>St.</HI> 13. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P></NOTE> <HI>An Act to re&s;train all per&s;ons from Marriage until their former Wives and former Husbands be dead:</HI> And al&s;o except all Offences of Invocations, Conjurations, Witchcrafts, Sorceries, Inchant|ments, and Charms; and all Offences of procuring, abetting, or comforting of the &s;ame; and all per&s;ons now attainted or convicted of any of the &s;aid excepted Offences: And al&s;o excepted all and &s;ingular the accompts of all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons appointed by any of the Authorities, or pretended Authorities afore&s;aid, to be Trea&s;urer, Receiver, Fermor or Collector, (other then the Sub-collectors of the &s;everal Pari&s;hes, Towns, and Hamlets re&s;pectively, for and concerning their Receipts before the four and twentieth day of Iune, in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine) who have received or collected any Sub&s;idy, Cu&s;tom, Sub&s;idy of Tonnage and Poundage, Prize-Goods, A&s;&s;e&s;sments, Seque&s;tration, New Impo&s;t, or Exci&s;e, or of any the Rents and Revenues of any Lands or Hereditaments, of or belonging unto the late King, Qu&eacute;en, or Prince, or King that now is, or belonging unto the late Arch-Bi&s;hopricks, Bi&s;hopricks,
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Deans: or Deans and Chapters, Canons, Prebends, and other Officers belonging to any Cathe|dral or Collegiate Church, or Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants convict, or of per&s;ons Seque&s;tred for their Recu|&s;ancy, or other Seque&s;tred E&s;tates received or collected by, or paid unto them &s;ince the thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty two; and of all Monies and other Duties grown due or contracted upon the Sale or Di&s;po&s;ition of them, or any of them.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Heirs and Lands of Ac|comptants excepted.</NOTE>Provided, That the Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators, or Ter-tenants of the Lands of any Accomptant within this Exception now decea&s;ed, &s;hall not be charged with, nor lyable unto any accompt for the matters in this Exception mentioned: Except for &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of Money as remain due upon any of their accompts already Stated, and Determined, and are not yet paid in, and that no Accomptant as above&s;aid, now living, &s;hall be liable to make accompt of any &s;um or &s;ums of Money, paid or disbur&s;ed, or otherwi&s;e allowed or di&s;charged, by vertue or co|lour of any Order, or Ordinance, of both or either Hou&s;e or Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any Convention, or A&s;&s;embly called, or Reputed, or taking on them the name of a Parliament, or of <HI>Oliver Cromwel,</HI> pretended Protector, or of <HI>Richard</HI> his Son, while he continued, or was &s;tiled, or obeyed as Protector, or by any per&s;ons acting as a Committ&eacute;e, appointed by the &s;aid two Hou&s;es, or either of them, or by any &s;uch Convention, or A&s;&s;embly, or any Order or Direction of &s;uch Committ&eacute;e or Committ&eacute;es, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons acting as a publick Coun|cil, though having no legal authority &s;o to do, or by their or any their Order or Orders, or Di|rection.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Fees and Salaries, &amp;c. not to be ac|compted for.</NOTE>It being further Declared and Enacted, And it is Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be charged for any Moneys by him received for the F&eacute;es, Salaries, and Wages then allowed, or for Moneys by him disbur&s;ed upon any publick u&s;e, or pretence, though the Direction, or Authority whereby the &s;ame Money was i&s;&s;ued, was not, or be not Legal and Warrantable in Law.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Military payments not to be accomp|ted for.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further provided, That no Military, or commi&s;&s;ioned Officer of the Armies, or Na|vies, or Souldier, or Marriner, who before the twenty fifth of March one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, hath received any Moneys for his own pay, or the pay of other Souldiers, or for any other Contingencies of the Souldiers, or Garri&s;ons under his command, or by way of reward, &s;hall be called to accompt therefore.<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on to be called to an accompt after the 24 of Iune 1662.</NOTE></P>
<P>And that no per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall be called to accompt for any the matters in this Exception mentioned, after the four and twentieth day of Iune, which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two next en&s;uing; And that in ca&s;e any per&s;on who &s;tands ac|comptable for any Moneys received &s;ince the fir&s;t of Ianuary, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and before the thirtieth of Ianuary, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, have b&eacute;en-robb'd, or plundered by Souldiers, or others, of the Moneys in their hands, or any Notes or Books of Re|ceipt, or Acquitances touching their payments or di&s;charge, Then the Oath or Oaths of &s;uch par|ty or parties of the &s;ame re&s;pectively, &s;hall be a good di&s;charge for &s;o much of their accompt. And that the Oath of every Accomptant in or betw&eacute;en the years, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight of what they have paid to any publick u&s;e, by, or accor|ding to any publick or pretended Order or Authority what&s;oever, &s;hall be a good di&s;charge, as to &s;o much of the accompt of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons. And except all Fir&s;t-fruits and Tenths in the hands of any Receiver not having disbur&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Di&s;charges and <HI>quietus e&s;t</HI> given in the Exchequer.</P>
<P>Accompts of the Reven|ues of Churches in Wales.</P>
<P>Bribery, Subornation, Forging De|bentures, &amp;c. Witne&s;&s;es.</P></NOTE> as in the la&s;t Exception is expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided, That all and every Iudgment of Di&s;charge, or <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> had, or given at any time upon any accompt in the publick Exchequer, &s;ince the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, be allowed, and &s;hall not be avoided; except all accompts of the Revenues of Churches and Vicaridges in <HI>Wales,</HI> and the County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> and all Iudgments of Di&s;charge, or <HI>Quietus</HI> thereupon obtained; And al&s;o Excepted out of this Pardon all offences of Bribery, Per|juries, and the Subornation of Perjury, or Witne&s;&s;es and Offences of Forging or Counter|feiting any D&eacute;eds, Debentures, Bills of publick Faith, E&s;cripts, Wills, or other Writings what&s;oever, or of any Examinations or Te&s;timonies of any Witne&s;s or Witne&s;&s;es, tending to bring any per&s;on or per&s;ons in danger of his Life, Liberty, or E&s;tate, and the giving the &s;ame in evidence, and the compelling or procuring of any &s;uch counterfeiting or forging to be had or made:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Imbezeling and purloy|ning the Kings goods.</NOTE></P>
<P>And al&s;o excepted all offences in detaining, imbezeling, or purloining any the Goods, Money, Chattels, or Iewels of the late King, Qu&eacute;en, or Prince, or any of the Children of the late King and Qu&eacute;en, other then Shipping, Stores, and Ammunitions of War, and other then &s;uch Goods and Chattels as have b&eacute;en &s;old or di&s;po&s;ed of to any of the Servants or Creditors of his late Ma|je&s;ty, in or toward &s;atisfaction of their debts or wages.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;&s;ues, fines, and amercia|ments Receiv|ed by Sheriffs.</NOTE>And al&s;o excepted out of this pardon, all I&s;&s;ues, Fines, and Amerciaments, Rents, and other publick Duties being Levied, Received, or Collected by any Sheriff, Vnder-Sheriff, Bayliff, Mini&s;ter, or other Officer, to, or for the u&s;e of the late King, the Parliament, or the &s;aid K&eacute;epers of the Liberty of <HI>England,</HI> or any other per&s;on &s;tiling him&s;elf <HI>Protector,</HI> or for his Maje&s;ty that now is, and not accompted for, and di&s;charged.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ie&s;uites, Seminary, and Romi&s;h Prie&s;ts excep|ted.</NOTE>And al&s;o excepted out of this Pardon, all and every offence and offences committed or done by any Ie&s;uit, Seminary, or <HI>Romi&s;h</HI> Prie&s;t what&s;oever, contrary to the Tenor or effect of the Sta|tute made in the Seven and twentieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Entituled,
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<HI>An Act again&s;t Je&s;uits, Seminaries, Prie&s;ts, and other di&s;obedient per&s;ons,</HI> or of any part thereof, and all out-lawries, proc&eacute;edings, Iudgments, and executions for the &s;ame offences, or any of them.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs of <HI>Cap. Utlagat.</HI> may be di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">|ed again&s;t any per&s;on.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be law|full, to, and for all and every Clerk and other Officer of the Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> to award and make Writs of <HI>Capias Utlagatum,</HI> at the &s;uit of the party plaintiff, again&s;t &s;uch per&s;ons out-lawed, as be pardoned by this Act, to the intent to compel the Defendant, or Defendants, to make an&s;|wer to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, at who&s;e &s;uit, he or they were outlawed; And that every per&s;on &s;o out-lawed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The party out-lawed may &s;ue one a <HI>&s;cire fac as</HI> again&s;t the Plaintiff.</NOTE> &s;hal &s;ue a Writ of <HI>Scire facias</HI> again&s;t the party or parties at who&s;e Suit he or they were &s;o out-lawed, before this pardon in that behalf &s;hall be allowed him or them &s;o out-law|ed.</P>
<P>Provided, and be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid; That this Act of general pardon &s;hall not in any wi&s;e extend to pardon any Out-lawries upon any Writ of <HI>Capias ad Satisfaciendum</HI> un|till &s;uch time as the party &s;o out-lawed &s;hall &s;atisfie,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Per&s;ons out-lawed upon</HI> capias ad &s;a|tisfaciendum, &amp;c.</NOTE> or otherwi&s;e agr&eacute;e with the party at who&s;e &s;uit the &s;ame per&s;on was &s;o out-lawed or condemned.</P>
<P>And al&s;o excepted out of this pardon, all informations and other proc&eacute;edings depending, concerning any common Highwayes or Bridges, and all i&s;&s;ues returned upon any proce&s;s, con|cerning the &s;ame, &s;ince the Thirtieth day of <HI>January,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Informations and procee|dings concer|ning high-waies, &amp;c ex|cepted.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight Except al&s;o all Recognizances, Obligations, and other &s;ecurities given or entred into, Since the five and twentieth of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty, by any Receiver, R&eacute;eve, Bayliffe, Col|lector or other accountant in the Court of the publick Exchequer, and their &s;ureties and their ac|ounts re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted; that this Act, or any thing therein Contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Obligation and recogni|zance not yet forfeited.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend, or be con&s;trued to Pardon, or di&s;charge any Recognizance, Obligation or Bond, which is not yet forfeited.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid. That all Acts of Ho&s;tility and Injuries,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All acts of ho&s;tility, inju|ries, &amp;c. be|tween the King and his Parliament to be put in per|petual obli|vion.</NOTE> whether betw&eacute;en the late King and the Lords and Commons then in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, or betw&eacute;en any of the People of this Nation, which did ari&s;e upon any Action, Attempt, A&s;&s;i&s;tance, Coun&s;ell or Advice, having Relation unto, or falling out by rea&s;on of the troubles, or in the late Wars, or publick differences betw&eacute;en the late King and Parliament, or betw&eacute;en His now Maje&s;ty, or any of Subjects, and which are not in this Act excepted; That the &s;ame and what&s;o|ever hath en&s;ued thereupon, whether trenching upon the Laws and Liberties of this Nation, or upon the Honor of His Maje&s;ty, or upon the Honor or Authority of the Parliament, or to the pre|judice of any particular or private Per&s;on, &s;hall in no time, from and after the four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, be called in que&s;tion, what|&s;oever be the quality of the per&s;on, or of what&s;oever kind or Degr&eacute;e, Civil or Criminal, the In<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ury is &s;uppo&s;ed to be; And that no mention be made thereof in time to come, in Iudgment, or in Iudicial proc&eacute;edings.</P>
<P>And to the intent and purpo&s;e that all names and terms of Di&s;tinction may be likewi&s;e put into utter Oblivion, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty upon any per|&s;on that &s;hall within 3. years u&s;e any words of reproach or di&s;grace ten|ding to revive the memory of the late diffe|rences.</NOTE> That if any per|&s;on or Per&s;ons, within the &s;pace of Thr&eacute;e years next en&s;uing, &s;hall pre&s;ume maliciou&s;ly to call or alledge of or object again&s;t any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, any Name or Names, or other Words of Reproach, any way tending to revive the Memory of the late Differences, or the Occa&s;ions thereof; That then every &s;uch per&s;on, &s;o as afore&s;aid Offending, &s;hall forfeit and pay unto the party grie|ved, in ca&s;e &s;uch party Offending &s;hall be of the Degr&eacute;e of a Gentleman or above, Ten pounds; and if under that Degr&eacute;e, The &s;um of forty &s;hillings; to be recovered by the party grieved, by Action of Debt, to be therefore brought in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed, or any more then one Imparlance, &s;o as the &s;ame Action be commenced, or pro&s;ecuted within &s;ix Moneths next after the Offence Com|mitted: And if the Iury &s;worn to try any I&s;&s;ue or I&s;&s;ues that &s;hall be joyned in &s;uch Action, &s;hall find for the plaintiff, they &s;hall likewi&s;e give to every &s;uch Plaintiff Forty &s;hillings Damages, over and above the penalty afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, that this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not Extend,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons plotting or &s;igning the Iri&s;h Rebel|lion excepted.</NOTE> or give any benefit unto any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who have had any hand in the Plotting, Contriving, or de&s;igning, the great and heinous Rebellion in <HI>Ireland</HI> mentioned in one Act pa&s;&s;ed in the Par|liament, begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the third day of November, in the &s;ixt&eacute;enth year of King <HI>Charles,</HI> en|tituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy and effectual Reducing of the Rebels in His Maje&s;ties Kingdom of Ire|land, to their due obedience to His Maje&s;ty and Crown of England,</HI> Or in Aiding, A&s;&s;i&s;ting, or Abetting the &s;ame: (Other then &s;uch as by another Act intended hereafter to be pa&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be therein Named, mentioned, or Expre&s;&s;ed to be pardoned,) nor to Enure to Re&s;tore to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, bodies politick or corporate, (other then the Marque&s;s of <HI>Ormond</HI> Lord Steward of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, and other the Prote&s;tants of <HI>Ireland,</HI>) and their Heirs, and &s;uch other per&s;on and per&s;ons, as in, and by an Act intended hereafter to be pa&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be therein Named, Men|tioned, or Expre&s;&s;ed in that behalf, any E&s;tate, Liberties, Franchi&s;es, or Hereditaments in <HI>Eng|land,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> &s;old, or di&s;po&s;ed of by both, or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any Convention a&s;&s;uming the Stile or Name of a Parliament, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons deriving authority from them, or any of them, or which was approved, or confirmed by them, or any of them;
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Nor to the Mean Profits, Rents, or Contingencies of advantage of the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every per|&s;on pardoned may plead the general I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE>And it is further provided and Enacted, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons, hereby pardoned, may plead the General I&s;&s;ue, without &s;pecial pleading of this Pardon, and give this Act of Pardon in evidence for his di&s;charge, and that the &s;ame &s;hall be thereupon allowed, and the advantage thereof had as fully to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en fully and well pleaded; And in &s;uch manner, as any Iu&s;tice of the peace, Con&s;table, or other Officer, que&s;tioned for mat|ters acted by them as Officers, or in execution of their Offices, may have advantage of the mat|ter of their Iu&s;tification, upon the General I&s;&s;ue by them pleaded, by the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Thefts and Felonies &s;ince the fourth of March 16<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">9. excepted.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend, or be interpreted to extend to pardon any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, for any Theft or Stealing of any Goods, or other Felonies, &s;ince the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fifty and nine, any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tan|ding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">This Act not to extend to goods to be re&s;tored upon an Act for Re|peal of two Acts for Se|que&s;trations.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to acquit or di&s;charge any per&s;on or per&s;ons, from making re&s;titution of all &s;uch Rents, &s;ums of Mo|ney, Hor&s;es, Cattel, or other Goods, which by a certain Act, or pretended Act lately made, intituled <HI>An Act for Repeal of two Acts for Seque&s;trations,</HI> are required to be re&s;tored to tho&s;e from whom they were taken; Nor &s;hall this pre&s;ent Act be con&s;trued to Di&s;able, or Bar the re&s;pective Owners, or Proprietors, of, and from their &s;everal and re&s;pective Actions, or Suits at Law, or in equity, for, or by rea&s;on of the &s;aid, or any other Rents, Moneys, Hor&s;es, Cattle, or Goods which &s;ince the five and twentieth day of Iuly, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, have b&eacute;en by any per&s;on or per&s;ons wrongfully received, or taken away, and for which the &s;aid Wrong-doers, are not in any wi&s;e Indempnified by the &s;aid, or any other Act of Re|peal.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods, &amp;c. &s;eque&s;tred and actually paid in to any publicks Trea&s;ury.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons, who by ver|tue of any Order or Warrant, mediately or immediately derived from his late Maje&s;ty, or His Maje&s;ty that now is, or by vertue of any Act, Ordinance, or Order of any or both Hou&s;es of Parlia|ment, or any of the authorities afore&s;aid, or any Committ&eacute;e or Committ&eacute;es, acting under them or any of them, have &s;eized, &s;eque&s;tred, levied, advanced, or paid to any publick u&s;e, or into any publick Trea&s;ury within this Kingdom, any Goods, Chattels, Debts, Rents, &s;um or &s;ums of money belonging to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hal hereafter be &s;ued, mole&s;ted, or drawn into que&s;tion for the &s;ame, but that they and every of them &s;hall be di&s;charged again&s;t all per&s;ons, for &s;o much and no more of the &s;aid Goods, Chattels, Debts, Rents, &s;um or &s;ums of money, as their &s;everal and re&s;pective Orders of di&s;charge or acquittances extend unto.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons who have re|ceived money privately for his Maje&s;ties &s;upply to ac|compt.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That nothing herein contained &s;hall extend to di&s;charge any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who have b&eacute;en by private order or In&s;tructions imployed and intru&s;ted, or have undertaken the imployment to receive any &s;um or &s;ums of money for the Kings Maje&s;ties Service or Supply, &s;ince the year one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and eight, from making their accompts for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Act &s;hall not extend to pardon or di&s;charge from accompts to the Kings Maje&s;ty, any per&s;on or per&s;ons, for any &s;um or &s;ums of money received for that Illegal Tax of Decimation,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Moneys re|ceived upon Decimation not pardo|ned.</NOTE> or upon the accompt of any Militia &s;etled or acted in, &s;ince one thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty and eight, and not accompted for or paid over, or di&s;charged to, or by any that had autho|rity, or pretended authority to di&s;charge the re&s;pective Receivers of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, being His Maje&s;ties Menial Servant or Ser|vants, or having, or pretended to have received particular In&s;tructions or Directions from his Maje&s;ty, have, during the time of &s;uch his or their relation unto his Maje&s;ty, or whil&s;t he or they were acting, or pretending to Act for His Maje&s;ties Intere&s;t, in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid In|&s;tructions, or directions, Wilfully, Maliciou&s;ly, and Trayterou&s;ly held Intelligence with any forreign Prince or Princes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons that have had Directions or In&s;truction from his Ma|je&s;tie and have betrayed their tru&s;t, or his Maje&s;ties Councels, excepted.</NOTE> State or States, or with any per&s;on or per&s;ons, u&s;urping Supreme authority in this Kingdom, or other his Maje&s;ties Dominions, or with their or either of their Mini&s;ters or Agents, and without his Maje&s;ties licen&s;e, and to the intent to betray His Maje|&s;ties per&s;on or Councels; or have received any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or pen&s;ion for &s;uch Trea|chery, that then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as to the offence in this provi&s;o mentioned, &s;hall be, and is hereby excepted out of this Act, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding; &s;o as &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons be out-lawed, or otherwi&s;e legally convicted of &s;uch offence or offences, within the &s;pace of two years from the five and twentieth day of April, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties upon Exci&s;e and from Farmers thereof excep|ted.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act of General Pardon, of any thing therein contained, &s;hall not ex|tend to the pardoning or di&s;charging of any Debts or Sums of money due to or for the Exci&s;e of any Goods or Merchandize, whereof any Entries have b&eacute;en made in the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, which have grown due &s;ince the twenty fifth day of March, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and eight, or to the pardoning or di&s;charging of any Debts or Sums of money due to the Farmers, or preten|ded Farmers of Exci&s;e, &s;ince the twenty fifth day of March, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and &s;even.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons ex|cepted by name</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, that this Act; nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to pardon, di&s;|charge, or give any other benefit what&s;oever, unto <HI>John Li&s;le, William Say</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Wal|ler</HI></P>
<P><PB N="37" REF="27"><HI>Valentine Wauton, Tho. Harri&s;on, Edward Whalley Wil. Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Henry Martin, John Bark&s;tead, Gilbert Millington, Edmund Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, Robert Titchbourn, Owen Row, Robert Lilburn, Adrian Scroop, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challoner, John Carew, John Jones, Miles Corbet, Henry Smith, Gregory Clement, Thomas Wogan, Edmond Harvey, Thomas Scot, William Cawley, John Downs, Nicholas Love, Vincent Potter, Augu&s;tine Garland, John Dixwel, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyn, James Temple, Peter Temple, Daniel Blagrave, Thomas Wait, John Cook, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy, William Hewlet, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker, Daniel Axtel,</HI> nor any of them, nor of tho&s;e two per&s;ons, or either of them, who being di&s;gui&s;ed by Frocks and Vizors did appear upon the Scaf|fold, erected before <HI>Whitehal</HI> upon the thirtieth of Ianuary, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and eight: All which per&s;ons for their execrable Trea&s;on, in &s;entencing to death, or &s;igning the In|&s;trument for the horrid Murder, or being in&s;trumental in taking away the precious Life of our late Sovereign Lord <HI>Charles</HI> the fir&s;t of Glorious Memory, are left to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t as Traytors to His late Maje&s;ty, according to the Laws of <HI>England,</HI> and are out of this pre&s;ent Act wholly excepted and foreprized.</P>
<P>But ingard the &s;aid <HI>Owen Row, Augu&s;tine Garland, Edmond Harvey, Henry Smith,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons that appeared and rendred them|&s;elves.</NOTE> <HI>Henry Mar|tin,</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, Robert Titchbourn, George Fleetwood, James Temple, Thomas Wait, Simon Meyn, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Peter Temple, Robert Lilburn, Gilbert Millington, Vincent Potter, Thomas Wogan,</HI> and <HI>John Downs,</HI> have per&s;onally appeared and ren|dred them&s;elves (according to the Proclamation bearing Date the &s;ixth day of Iune, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, to Summon the per&s;ons therein named, who gave Iudgement and A&s;&s;i&s;ted in the &s;aid Horrid and Dete&s;table Murther of our &s;aid late Sovereign, to appear and render them|&s;elves) and do pretend thereby to &s;ome favour, upon &s;ome conceived doubtful Words in the &s;aid Proclamation;</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Authority of the &s;ame (upon the humble de&s;ires of the Lord and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled) That if the &s;aid <HI>Owen Row, Augu&s;tine Garland, Edmond Harvey, Henry Smith, Henry Martin,</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, Robert Titchburn, George Fleetwood, James Temple, Tho. Wait, Simon Meyn, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Peter Temple, Robert Lilburn, Gilbert Millington, Vincent Potter, Thomas Wogan,</HI> and <HI>John Downs</HI> or any of them, &s;hall be legally Attainted for the Horrid Trea&s;on and Murther afore&s;aid; That then, neverthele&s;s, the Execution of the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o Attainted &s;hall be &s;upended, until his Maje&s;ty by the Advice and A&s;&s;ent of the Lords and Com|mons in Parliament, &s;hall order the Execution by Act of Parliament to be pa&s;&s;ed for that pur|po&s;e.</P>
<P>Except al&s;o out of this pre&s;ent Act <HI>Oliver Cromwel</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Henry Ireton</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Brad|&s;haw</HI> decea&s;ed, and <HI>Thomas Pride</HI> decea&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided, That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall extend to di&s;charge the Lands Tenements,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lands and Goods of the per&s;ons rendring them|&s;elves not ex|cepted. <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>ca.</HI> 15.</NOTE> Goods, Chattels, Rights, Tru&s;ts, and other the Hereditaments late of the &s;aid <HI>O. Cromwel, Hen|ry Ireton, John Brad&s;haw,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Pride,</HI> or of <HI>I&s;aac Ewer</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>John Danvers</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>Thomas Maleverer</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>William Purefoy</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Blacki&s;ton</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>William Con&s;table</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>Richard Dean</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Francis Allen</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Peregrin Pelham</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Moor</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Aldred, alias Alured</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Humphry Edwards</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>Gregory Norton</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>John Venn</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Andrews</HI> Alderman decea&s;ed, <HI>Anthony Stapely</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Horton</HI> decea&s;ed <HI>John Fry</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Hamond</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>John Bourchier</HI> decea&s;ed, of, and from &s;uch pains, penalties, and forfeitures, as by one other Act of Parliament intended to be hereafter pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e, &s;hall be expre&s;&s;ed and declared.</P>
<P>And al&s;o excepted out of this pre&s;ent Act, <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on, James Challoner,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons ex|cepted for o|ther penalties, not extending to life. <HI>St.</HI> 13. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>ca.</HI> 15.</NOTE> Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay,</HI> Sir <HI>James Harrington, John Phelps,</HI> and <HI>Robert Wallop;</HI> All which per&s;ons did Act and &s;it in that Trayterous A&s;&s;embly, which in the moneth of Ianuary, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, Acted and proc&eacute;eded again&s;t the Life of our late Sovereign, King <HI>Charles</HI> the fir&s;t of ble&s;|&s;ed Memory; and are therefore re&s;erved to &s;uch pains, penalties and forfeitures, not extending to Life, as by another Act intended to be pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e, &s;hall be impo&s;ed on them.</P>
<P>And al&s;o except Sir <HI>Arthur He&s;ilrig,</HI> for and in re&s;pect onely of &s;uch pains, penalties and forfei|tures, not extending to Life, as by one Act intended to be hereafter pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e, &s;hall be inflicted and impo&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That <HI>John Hutchin&s;on</HI> E&s;quire, and <HI>Francis La&s;&s;els,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons made incapa|ble of any Of|fices.</NOTE> &s;hall be and are here|by made for ever incapable to Execute any Place or Office of Tru&s;t, Civil or Military, with|in this Kingdom; And that the &s;aid <HI>Francis La&s;&s;els</HI> &s;hall pay unto our Sovereign Lord the King, one full years value of his E&s;tate, Any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sir Henry Vane. Iohn Lambert, ex|cepted.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend to the par|doning, or to give any other benefit what&s;oever, unto Sir <HI>Henry Vane, John Lambert,</HI> or either of them, but that they and either of them, are and &s;hall be out of this pre&s;ent Act wholly excepted and foreprized.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty of certain per|&s;ons if they &s;hall after the fir&s;t of Sep|tember 1660. accept any Of|fice.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided, That if <HI>William Lenthal, William Burton, Oliver Saint-John, John Ireton</HI> Al|derman, Colonel <HI>William Sydenham,</HI> Colonel <HI>John Desborow, John Blackwel</HI> of <HI>Moreclake Chri&s;topher Pack</HI> Alderman, <HI>Richard Keeble, Charles Fleewood, John Pyne, Richard
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Dean,</HI> Major <HI>Richard Creed, Philip Nye</HI> Clerk, <HI>John Goodwyn</HI> Clerk, Sir <HI>Gilbert Pickering,</HI> Colonel <HI>Thomas Li&s;ter,</HI> and Colonel <HI>Ralph Cobbet,</HI> &s;hall after the fir&s;t day of September, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, accept, or exerci&s;e any Office, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, Civil, or Military, or any other publique employment within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> that then, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as do &s;o accept, or execute as afore&s;aid, &s;hall to all intents and purpo&s;es in Law, &s;tand as if he or they had b&eacute;en totally excepted by name in this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons that gave Sen|tence upon any in the illegal High Courts of Iu&s;tice.</NOTE>Provided likewi&s;e, That all tho&s;e who &s;ince the fifth of December, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, did give &s;entence of death upon any per&s;on or per&s;ons, in any of the late Illegal and Tyrannical High Courts of Iu&s;tice in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or Signed the Warrant for Execution of any per&s;on there Condemned (except Colonel <HI>Richard Ingolsby,</HI> and Colonel <HI>Matthew Thom|lin&s;on</HI>) &s;hall be, and are hereby made incapable of bearing any Office Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, Civil, or Military, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or of &s;erving as a Member in any Parliament after the fir&s;t day of September, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and it is Enacted, That all and every the per&s;ons appointed Tru&s;t&eacute;es, in a late pretended Act or Ordinance made in the year of our Lord,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons in|tru&s;ted by Or|dinance 1649. about Tithes &s;hall be ac|comptable.</NOTE> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty nine, for, and concerning Tithes appropriate, Oblations, Obventions, Pen&s;ions, Portions of Tithes appropriate, Offerings, F&eacute;e-farm Rents i&s;&s;uing out of the Tithes therein mentioned, Fir&s;t-fruits and other things, and Enacted, or mentioned to be Enacted to be ve&s;ted, &s;etled, ad|judged, or d&eacute;emed to be in the actual &s;e&s;in or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons in the &s;aid pretended Act or Ordinance mentioned, and their heirs, &s;hall accompt for, and be re&s;pon&s;ible for all Rents and Profits of the premi&s;&s;es which came to their hands, and have not b&eacute;en by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es or their Order disbur&s;ed, di&s;po&s;ed, or imployed for the maintenance of Mini&s;ters, or other u&s;es, according to the &s;aid pretended Act or Ordinance, or &s;ome other Act, Order, or Or|dinance, made in the year of our Lord, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, and one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;ix, by any a&s;&s;embly, called, or reputed a Parlia|ment, or a&s;&s;uming the power of a Parliament, according to the intention of &s;uch Act, Acts, or Ordinances: And the Agents and Receivers under the Order of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, and the Oc|cupiers and Tenants of the Premi&s;&s;es, who have taken the premi&s;&s;es or profits thereof into their hands, without agr&eacute;ement to pay Rent therefore, and have made no accompt or &s;atisfa|ction to the Tru&s;tes afore&s;aid, or to &s;ome other by their Order, and al&s;o the per&s;ons who have held the &s;ame, or taken the profits thereof, under any agr&eacute;ement to pay Rent or Money for the &s;ame, and have not paid the &s;ame, &s;hall re&s;pectively accompt, pay and make &s;atisfaction for &s;o much of the premi&s;&s;es, and profits of the premi&s;&s;es, as are un&s;atisfied or unaccounted for as a|fore&s;aid, and pay &s;uch Arrearages of Rents or Money, as by &s;uch agr&eacute;ement remaineth unpaid by them: all which payments and accompts &s;hall be made to &s;uch per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner as in Parliament &s;hall be directed. Neverthele&s;s, it is not hereby intended, that any Mini&s;ter, School|ma&s;ter, or other per&s;on, for who&s;e benefit and maintenance the &s;aid pretended Acts or Ordinances were made, &s;hall be accomptable or lyable to make &s;atisfaction for any Profits, Rents, or Sums of money paid to, or taken by them re&s;pectively, by vertue or colour of any Order or Appointment of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, or any of them, or otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bonds taken in his Maje&s;|ties name be|fore May 1642. for &s;ecu|rities of any his Maje&s;ties Receivers (not pardoned, &amp;c.)</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act do not extend to pardon any Bond, taken in his late Maje&s;ties Name, before the month of <HI>May,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, for &s;ecuring the proper Debt of any Servant or Receiver of the Revenue of his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty, that hath not b&eacute;en paid to, or by order of &s;ome Lawful or Pretended authority. And whereas by an Order of the Six and twen|tieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year One thau&s;and &s;ix hundred forty one, the then Hou&s;e of Commons in Parliament did accept the &s;um of One hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds, as a Compo&s;ition from the Farmers of &s;everal Cu&s;toms voted to be illegally taken, and &s;ome of the &s;aid Farmers did procure and pay the &s;aid whole &s;um of One hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds, at the de&s;ire of the &s;aid Hou&s;e of Commons, and upon their Declaration, That &s;uch of the &s;aid Farmers as did not pay their Proportions, &s;hould not be pardoned, but proceeded again&s;t; and out of their Fines &s;atisfaction &s;hould be made to tho&s;e who had paid the &s;aid One hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds, and in pur&s;uance thereof, did on the Fir&s;t of <HI>June</HI> then next following Re&s;olve, That the E&s;tates of &s;uch per&s;ons, living or dead, as have by colour of any Patent received monies from the Subject, under pretence of &s;uch Cu&s;toms, or have b&eacute;en under-Sharers with the Patent&eacute;es, ought to be made liable to re&s;titution.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Payments up|on proportions of 150000 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> upon the cu&s;|tomes.</NOTE>It is therefore Provided, That this Act &s;hall not extend, nor be con&s;trued to extend to Par|don or Indempnifie any per&s;on or per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, who have not paid their Proportions of the &s;aid One hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds, or ought to have b&eacute;en contributory thereunto, from, or again&s;t mi&s;demeanors or offences relating to the &s;aid Cu&s;tomes, or from payment of their Proportions: But that the E&s;tates of the dead, as well as of the living, of &s;uch who ought to have b&eacute;en contributory, in who&s;e po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion &s;oever (Purcha&s;ers <HI>Bona fide,</HI> and upon valuable Con&s;iderations only excepted) &s;hall Conti|nue and be charged, and chargeable with the payment of their Proportions, to all intents and purpo&s;es as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend, or be con|&s;trued
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to pardon or di&s;charge any &s;um or &s;ums of money due, and Arrear for Exci&s;e of B&eacute;er, Ale,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Arrears of Ex|ci&s;e upon Beer and Ale.</NOTE> or other Native or Inland Commodity, &s;ince the twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall extend to the pardoning,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Monies due for free quar|ter.</NOTE> or di&s;charging of any &s;um or &s;ums of money due from any Officers, or Souldiers, to any of the Subjects of this Kingdom, for fr&eacute;e-quarter, &s;ince the &s;econd day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, or to di&s;charge any monies borrowed by any Officers, for preventing of fr&eacute;e-quarter.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Conveyance,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Purcha&s;ers <HI>bona fide</HI> of Lands, other then the Kings, &amp;c. to enjoy their purcha&s;es.</NOTE> A&s;&s;u|rance, Grant, Bargain, Sale, Charge, Lea&s;e, A&s;&s;ignment of Lea&s;e, Grants and Surrenders by Copy of Court-Roll, E&s;tate, Intere&s;t, Tru&s;t or Limitation of any V&s;e or V&s;es of any Manors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, not being the Lands nor Hereditaments of the late King, Qu&eacute;en, Prince, or of any Archbi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deans, Deans or Chapters, nor being Lands or Hereditaments, &s;old or given, or appointed to be &s;old or given, for the Delinquency, or pretended delinquency of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, by vertue or pretext of any Act, Order or Ordi|nance, or reputed Act, Order or Ordinance, &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty and one; Nor any Statute, Iudgment, or Recognizance, had, made, acknowledged, or &s;uffered to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick, or Corporate, before the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and Nine, By any of the per&s;ons before in this Act by name excepted, or their Heirs, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming, by, from, or under them, or any of them, other then the Wife or Wifes, child, children, heir, and heirs of &s;uch per|&s;on and per&s;ons, or any of them, for money <HI>bona fide</HI> to them, or any of them, paid or lent, nor any conveyance, a&s;&s;urance, grant, or e&s;tate, made before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, By any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to any &s;uch per&s;on excepted by Name, as afore&s;aid, in tru&s;t and for the benefit of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick, or Cor|porate, not excepted by name, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be impeached, defeated, made void, or fru&s;trated hereby, or by the attainder, or conviction of any &s;uch excepted per&s;on or per&s;ons, but that the &s;ame &s;hall be held and enjoyed by the Purcha&s;ers, Grant&eacute;es, Le&s;&s;&eacute;es, A&s;&s;igns, <HI>Ce&s;tuy que u&s;e, Ce&s;tuy que tru&s;t,</HI> and every of them, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made, and as if the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons had not b&eacute;en excepted, attainted or convicted, Any Law, Statute, V&s;age, or Cu&s;tome to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act, nor any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fabric<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Lands, Church Goods and Vten&s;ils.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend to In|dempnifie any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who have entred into any Me&s;&s;uage, Lands, Tene|ments and Hereditaments, called Fabrick Lands, or po&s;&s;e&s;t them&s;elves of any Rent or Reve|nues, given for the repair of any Cathedral or other Church, or who have Sacrilegiou&s;ly enrich|ed them&s;elves by converting the Plate or Vten&s;ils, and Materials, of, or belonging to &s;uch Churches, to their own private u&s;e and advantage, for or in re&s;pect of the &s;aid Crimes onely. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Which Judicial Proceedings &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, and which not.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted, and it is Enacted by His Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That no Fines, nor final Concords,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Which Acts and Proceed|ings &s;hall not be avoided.</NOTE> Chi|rographs, nor Proclamations of Fines, nor any Recoveries, Verdicts, Iudgments, Statutes, Recognizances, nor Inrolments of any D&eacute;eds or Wills, or of any &s;uch Fines, Proclamations, Recoveries, Verdicts, Iudgments, Statutes, or Recognizances, nor any Exemplifications of them, nor any of them, nor any Inqui&s;itions, Indictments, Pre&s;entments, Informations, De|cr&eacute;es, Sentences, Probats of Wills, nor Letters of Admini&s;tration, nor any Writs or Actings on, or Returns of Writs, Orders, or other Proc&eacute;edings in Law or Equity, had, made, given, taken, or done, or depending in the Courts of Chancery, Kings-Bench, Vpper Bench, Com|mon-Pleas, and Court of Exchequer, and Courts of Exchequer-Chamber, or any of them &s;itting at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or in the Courts of the Great Se&s;&s;ions in <HI>Wales,</HI> the Courts of any Counties Palatine, or Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or in any other inferiour Courts of Law or Equity; or by any the Iudges, Clerks, Officers, Sheriffs, Coroners or Mi|ni&s;ters, or others, Acting in Obedience to them, or any of them, or by any the Courts of Admi|ralty, Delegates, Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, <HI>Ni&s;i Prius, Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> Gaol-Delivery, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, Bankrupts, or Charitable V&s;es; nor any Actings, Proce&s;s, Proc&eacute;edings, nor Executions thereupon had, made, given, done, or &s;uffered, in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> &s;ince the Fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, &s;hall be avoided for want or defect of any Legal Power in the &s;aid Courts, Iudges, Commi&s;&s;ioners, Iu&s;tices, or any of them; or for, or by rea&s;on that the Premi&s;&s;es, or any of them, were commenced, pro&s;ecuted, had, made, held, or u&s;ed in the Name, Stile, or Title of the late King, or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Cu&s;todes Libertatis Angliae Authoritate Parlia|menti;</HI> Or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>The Keepers of the Liberty of England by Authority of Parliament;</HI> Or in the Name, Stile, Title, or Te&s;t of <HI>Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging;</HI> Or of
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<HI>Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging;</HI> Or the Name, Stile, Title or Te&s;t of <HI>Richard Lord Pro|tector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging;</HI> or for, or by rea&s;on of any alteration of the &s;aid Names, Stiles, or Titles; Or for that the &s;aid Fines, Recoveries, Proce&s;s, Pleadings, Proc&eacute;edings, and other things be|fore mentioned; Or the Entry and Enrolment of them, or any of them, were in the <HI>Latine</HI> or <HI>Engli&s;h;</HI> But that all and every &s;uch Fines, Recoveries, and other things above mentioned, and the Actings, Doings, and Proc&eacute;edings thereupon, &s;hall be of &s;uch, and of no other Force, Effect, and Vertue, then as if &s;uch Courts, Iudges, Iu&s;tices, Commi&s;&s;ioners, Officers and Mini&s;ters, had acted by vertue of a True, Iu&s;t and Legal Authority, and as if the &s;ame, and the Entry and Enrolment thereof were in <HI>Latine,</HI> and as if the &s;everal Acts and Ordinances, or pretended Acts or Ordinances made by both or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any Convention a&s;&s;embled under the name of a Parliament, or by <HI>Oliver Cromwell</HI> late &s;tiled Protector of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereto belonging, and his Council, War|ranting or Directing &s;uch Proc&eacute;edings, had b&eacute;en Good, True, and Effectual Acts of Parlia|ment.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines Le|vied without Entry of <HI>Licentia con|cordandi.</HI></NOTE>And whereas, &s;ince the death of the late King, &s;everal Fines have b&eacute;en Levied without any Entry, or due Entring of any &s;um paid <HI>pro licentia concordandi,</HI> commonly called the Kings Sil|ver, and without Entry, or due Entry of any &s;um given to the party for the Concord: And al&s;o whereas in the Term of St. <HI>Michael</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, &s;everal Fines were Levied and Recorded in the Court of Common Pleas, before one Iudge onely of the &s;aid Court:</P>
<P>Be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Fines and Proclamations thereupon, and every of them, &s;hall be good and effectual, notwith&s;tanding the defects afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines and Recoveries of Lands in <HI>Com Palatin. Durham.</HI></NOTE>And be it al&s;o further Enacted, That all Fines, Proclamations of Fines, Recoveries, and other Iudicial proc&eacute;edings in the Court of Common Pleas at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> &s;ince the death of His late Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, Had, Levied, or Suffered, of any Lands lying in the County Palatine of <HI>Durham,</HI> &s;hall be good and effectual, notwith&s;tanding the &s;aid Lands were lying in the &s;aid County Palatine.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Illegal, Acts and Pro|ceedings of that High Court of Iu|&s;tice not al|lowed.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act or any thing there in contained, &s;hall not be Con&s;trued, Deemed, or Adjudged to make good, allow, confirm or countenance any the Proc&eacute;edings in the late Illegal and Vn-warranted High Courts of Iu&s;tice, or &s;o called, or any of them. And whereas &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty one, and before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, there were divers per&s;ons that Adhered to both Hou&s;es of Parliament, who, for, or in re&s;pect of &s;uch their adherence, were Indicted, Charged, or Impeached of Trea&s;on: And where|as &s;ince the &s;aid fir&s;t Day of <HI>May,</HI> in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix Hundred Forty one, and before the &s;aid Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, divers per&s;ons who adhered to His Maje&s;ty, or to the late King, were for &s;uch their adherence Charged, Impeached, or Indicted of High Trea&s;on:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Indictments, &amp;c. and all Grants there|upon made void.</NOTE>Be it further Provided and Enacted, That the &s;aid Charges, Impeachments, Indictments, and all Exigents, Outlawries, Convictions, and Attainders thereupon, and all Letters Patents and Grants thereupon made, of any Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, E&s;cheated or Forfeited by rea&s;on of &s;uch Attainder, and all Title to any Mea&s;ne Profits by rea&s;on of &s;uch Con|viction, Outlawry, Attainder or Grant, be from henceforth repealed and di&s;charged: And that all E&s;cheats, Forfeitures and Confi&s;cations by rea&s;on of &s;uch Outlawries, Conviction or Attainder, Be and are hereby re&s;tored unto &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o Outlawed, Convicted or Attainted, their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators re&s;pectively, as if no &s;uch Attainder had b&eacute;en.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sales made by Ordinance of Parlia|ment.</NOTE>Provided Neverthele&s;s, And be it Enacted, That this Act or any thing herein contained, &s;hall not extend to avoid or confirm any Sales or E&s;tates made by vertue or pretence of any Act, Order or Ordinance, or reputed Act, Order or Ordinance of Parliament, &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, nor any Confir|mation thereof made, or to be made thereof in this pre&s;ent Parliament, but that &s;uch &s;ales &s;tand and be in the &s;ame plight and condition as they &s;hould or might have done if this Act had not b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Recognizan|ces, Obliga|tions, &amp;c. in the names of the late Pro|tector.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Recognizances, Obligations or other Securities, made or given to the K&eacute;epers of the Liberty of <HI>England</HI> by Authority of Parliament, or to <HI>Oliver</HI> Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, or to <HI>Oliver</HI> Lord Protector of the Common|wealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belong|ing; Or to <HI>Richard</HI> Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging, and not pardoned, or di&s;charged by any Act pa&s;&s;ed or to be pa&s;&s;ed this pre&s;ent Parliament, or otherwi&s;e, other then &s;uch Recognizances, Obligations and Securities as have b&eacute;en made and given (to any the pretended power or per&s;ons afore&s;aid, or to any deriving or pretending to derive Authority from them) by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, for or by rea&s;on of their adherence to His Maje&s;ty, or His &s;aid late Royal Father, or relating to, or ari&s;ing only upon or in re&s;pect of the late Troubles; All which are hereby de|clared
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to be void, and to be delivered up to be Cancelled, And all Iudgments, Extents, Inqui|&s;itions, Executions and Seizures had for the &s;aid K&eacute;epers or Protectors, or any of them, and not likewi&s;e pardoned or di&s;charged, other then as afore&s;aid, &s;hall and may be had and pro&s;ecuted in the name and to the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors; and al&s;o excepting all Obliga|tions, Bonds, or Recognizances entred into to the &s;aid K&eacute;epers or Protectors, or any of them, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, by Order, or Direction of any Council of State, Committ&eacute;e of Safety, Major Generals, Decimators, or any Officer or other per&s;on under them, or any other Military power; all which Obligations, Bonds and Recognizances are hereby di&s;charged and declared to be null and void, to all intents and purpo&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That this Act or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iu&s;tices, Ser|jeants, &amp;c. Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Sewers.</NOTE> &s;hall not ex|tend to continue, after the Eighth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, any Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of one Bench or the other, or Barons of the Exchequer, Ser|jeants at Law, Commi&s;&s;ions of Sewers, Commi&s;&s;ions of Bankrupts, or of charitable u&s;es, made or con&s;tituted, by or in the Name or Stile of any the late pretended powers or autho|rities.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for every per&s;on and per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs of Er|rour may be brought.</NOTE> who &s;hall find them&s;elves grieved or damnified by any Iudgment, Fine, Recovery, Decr&eacute;e or Sen|tence given, made, levied, granted, or pronounced in any of the &s;aid Courts, to proc&eacute;ed in due form of Law, either by Writ of Errour, Bill of Review, Appeal, or other lawful remedy, for the Rever&s;ing, Annulling or Revoking of the &s;ame, in &s;uch manner as they might at any time heretofore have done, if the &s;aid Courts had b&eacute;en e&s;tabli&s;hed by lawful Authority, other then for tho&s;e Errours and Defects which are remedied or provided for by this Act.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Non-claim upon Fines of lands &s;old by Ordinance of Parliament.</NOTE> That no Non-claim upon or after any Fine or Fines hereby made good or confirmed, &s;hall extend or be con&s;trued to Bar or Prejudice any per&s;on or per&s;ons, their Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or their Feoff&eacute;es or Tru&s;t&eacute;es (other then the parties to the &s;aid Fines and their Heirs general and &s;pecial, and his and their Tru&s;t&eacute;es) as concerning &s;uch Right, Claim and Intere&s;t, as they had in or to any Lands, Te|nements, or other Hereditaments, which by colour of any Act, Order or Ordinance of both or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any Convention &s;itting at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> under the Name or Stile, or a&s;&s;uming the Name or Stile of a Parliament, &s;ince the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and two, and before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, were Sold, Conveyed, or Di&s;po&s;ed, as then, or late the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of the King, Qu&eacute;en, or Prince, or of Archbi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, or other Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal per&s;ons, or as the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of any other per&s;ons, for their Adherency to the late King, or his Maje&s;ty that now is, or for any their Actings relating to, or in re&s;pect of the late Troubles; &s;o alwayes that the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons afore&s;aid, their Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, pur&s;ue their Title, Claim, or Intere&s;t, by way of Action, or lawful Entry, within five years next after the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, one thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty.</P>
<P>And although in this Confirmation of Iudicial Proc&eacute;edings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The late Go|vernment de|clared to be u&s;urped.</NOTE> it was nece&s;&s;ary to mention Di|vers preten&s;ed Acts and Ordinances, by the Names and Stiles which tho&s;e Per&s;ons then V&s;ur|ped, who took upon them to pa&s;s the &s;ame, Namely, &s;ome by the Stile and Name of the K&eacute;epers of the Liberty of <HI>England</HI> by Authority of Parliament; and others by the Name and Stile of <HI>Protectors</HI> of the Commonwealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions and Ter|ritories thereunto belonging; Yet this pre&s;ent Parliament doth Declare, and it is further Enacted by Authority of the &s;ame, That the Names and Stiles afore&s;aid, and every of them, are mo&s;t Rebellious, Wicked, Trayterous, and Abominable V&s;urpations, Dete&s;ted by this pre&s;ent Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Recognition of his Maje|&s;ties ju&s;t title.</NOTE> as Oppo&s;ite in the Highe&s;t Degr&eacute;e to His Sacred Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Iu&s;t and Vn|doubted Right, to whom, and to his Heirs and Lawful Succe&s;&s;ors, the Imperial Crowns of the Realms of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> with their, and every of their Dominions and Territories do of Right appertain, and as violating and Infringing the ju&s;t Rights and priviled|ges of Parliament, and both Hou&s;es thereof now A&s;&s;embled, or that hereafter &s;hall be called and a&s;&s;embled.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it enacted, That all and every pretended Indictment or Indict|ments, Out-lawries, Inqui&s;itions, and all Proc&eacute;edings thereon of High Trea&s;on again&s;t any Per|&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever, for Levying War again&s;t the late Tyrant <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> the pre|tended K&eacute;epers of the Liberty of <HI>England,</HI> or any other V&s;urped Power,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Indictments of Trea|&s;ons, &amp;c. for levying wars again&s;t <HI>Oliver Crom|well, &amp;c.</HI> made void.</NOTE> &s;hall be from henceforth void and of none effect in Law. And that all Grants, Conveyances, Lea&s;es, Devices, A&s;&s;uran|ces, Statutes, Recognizances, and Iudgments for Debt, Damages heretofore had, made, or &s;uf|fered by any per&s;on, or his heirs, who&s;e Conviction, Vtlagary, or Attainder is by this Act di&s;|charged or made void, &s;hall be of the &s;ame force and effect, as if no &s;uch Conviction, Outlawry, or Attainder had b&eacute;en. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. XIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>None &s;hall take above Six Pounds for the loan of an Hundred Pounds for a Year.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Abatement of intere&s;t ad|vantagious to Trade.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as the Abatement of Intere&s;t from Ten in the Hundred in former times, hath b&eacute;en found by notable experience Beneficial to the Advancement of Trade, and Improvement of Lands by good Husbandry, with many other con&s;iderable advantages to this Nation, e&s;pecially the reducing of it to a nearer Proportion with Forreign States with whom We Traffique. And whereas in fre&s;h memory the like fall from Eight to Six in the Hundred, by a late con|&s;tant practi&s;e hath found the like Succe&s;s to the general contentment of this Nation, as is vi|&s;ible by &s;everal Improvements. And whereas it is the endeavour of &s;ome at pre&s;ent to reduce it back again in practice to the allowance of the Statute, &s;till in force, to Eight in the Hundred, to the great di&s;couragement of Ingenuity and Indu&s;try in the Husbandry, Trade, and Commerce of this Nation.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty and forfeiture of taking above &s;ix in the hundred.</NOTE>Be it for the Rea&s;ons afore&s;aid, Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever, from and after the Twenty Ninth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the Year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, upon any Contract, &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Twenty Ninth of <HI>September,</HI> take directly or indirectly, for Loan of any Monies, Wares, Merchandi&s;e, or other Commodities what&s;oever, above the value of Six Pounds for the Forbearance of one Hundred Pounds for a Year, and &s;o after that Rate for a greater or le&s;&s;er Sum, or for a longer or &s;horter time. And that all Bonds, Contracts, and A&s;&s;urances what&s;oever made after the time afore&s;aid, for pay|ment of any Principal or money to be lent or covenanted to be performed upon or for any V&s;ury, whereupon or whereby there &s;hall be re&s;erved or taken above the Rate of Six pounds in the Hun|dred, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be utterly void. And that all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, which &s;hall after the time afore&s;aid, upon any Contract to be made, after the &s;aid Twenty Ninth of <HI>September,</HI> take, accept and receive, by way or means of any corrupt Bargain, Loan, Exchange, Cheivi&s;aunce, Shift, or Intere&s;t of any Wares, Merchandi&s;e, or other thing or things what&s;o|ever, or by any deceitful way or means, or by any covin, engine, or deceitful conveyance for the forbearing or giving day of payment for one whole year, of and for their money, or other thing, above the &s;um of &s;ix pounds for the forbearing of One hundred pounds for a year, and &s;o after that Rate for a greater or le&s;&s;er Sum, or for a longer or &s;horter Term, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every &s;uch offence, the treble value of the moneys, wares, merchandi&s;e, and other things &s;o Lent, Bargained, Sold, Exchanged, or Shifted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Forfei|ture of a Scrivener that &s;hall take above five &s;hil|lings for the forbearance of an hundred pounds for a year, and above twelve pence for ma|king a Bond.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Scrivener and Scriveners, Broker and Brokers, Solicitor and Solicitors, Driver and Drivers of Bargains for Contracts, who &s;hall after the &s;aid Twenty ninth day of <HI>September,</HI> take or receive, directly or indirectly, any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or other reward or thing, for Brokage, Soliciting, Driving or Procuring the Loan, or forbearing of any &s;um or &s;ums of money, over and above the Rate or Value of five &s;hillings for the Loan, or forbearing of one hundred pounds for a year, and &s;o rateably, or above Twelve pence for making or renewing of the Bond or Bill for the Loan, or for forbearing thereof, or for any Counter-Bond or Bill concerning the &s;ame, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch Offence Twenty pounds, and have Impri&s;onment for half a year: The one moyety of all which Forfeitures to be to the King our Soveraign Lord, his Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors; And the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame, in the &s;ame County where the &s;everal Offences are committed, and not el&s;ewhere, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in which no E&s;&s;oign, Wager of Law, or Protection to be allowed. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 13.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Perpetual Anniver&s;ary Thanksgiving, on the Nine and twentietth day of <HI>May,</HI> for His Maje&s;ties Happy Re&s;tauration.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The wonder|ful Power and Goodne&s;s of God in the Re&s;tauration<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> of his Ma|je&s;ty.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as Almighty God the King of Kings, and &s;ole Di&s;po&s;er of all Earthly Crowns and Kingdoms, hath by his All-&s;waying Providence and Power miraculou&s;ly demon&s;trated in the view of all the World, his Tran&s;cendent Mercy, Love and Graciou&s;ne&s;s, towards His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Second, by his E&s;pecial Grace, of <HI>England, Scot|land, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defender of the true Faith, and all his Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects of this his Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto annexed, by his Maje&s;ties late mo&s;t wonderful, glorious, peaceable and joyful Re&s;tauration to the actual po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion and exerci&s;e of his undoubted hereditary Soveraign and Regal Authority over them (after &s;undry years forced extermination into Forreign parts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The unani|mous and cor|dial affection of the Lords and Com|mons in Par|liament, and People in ge|neral.</NOTE> by the mo&s;t Trayterous Con&s;piracies, and Armed Power of V&s;urping Tyrants, and execrable perfidious Traytors) and that without the lea&s;t oppo&s;ition, or effu&s;ion of blood, through the unanimous, cordial, Loyal Votes of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and pa&s;&s;ionate de&s;ires of all other his Maje&s;ties Subjects; which unexpre&s;&s;ible Ble&s;&s;ing (by Gods own mo&s;t wonderful Di&s;pen&s;ation) was compleated on
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the Twenty Ninth day of <HI>May</HI> la&s;t pa&s;t, being the mo&s;t memorable Birth-Day, not onely of his Maje&s;ty, both as a Man and Prince, but likewi&s;e as an Actual King, and of this and other His Maje&s;ties Kingdoms, all in a great mea&s;ure new born and rai&s;ed from the dead on this mo&s;t joy|ful Day, wherein many Thou&s;ands of the Nobility, Gentry, Citizens, and other his Lieges of this Realm, conducted his Maje&s;ty unto His Royal Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> with all po&s;&s;ible Expre&s;&s;ions of their Ioy and Loyal Affections in far greater Triumph than any of his mo&s;t Victorious Predece&s;&s;ors Kings of <HI>England,</HI> returned thither from their Forreign Con|que&s;t; and both his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;es of Parliament, with all Dutiful and Ioyful Demon&s;tra|tions of their Allegiance publickly received, and cordially congratulated His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t happy Arrival, and Inve&s;titure in his Royal Throne, at his Palace at <HI>White-Hall;</HI> Vpon all which con&s;iderations, this being the Day which the Lord him&s;elf hath made and crowned with &s;o many publick Ble&s;&s;ings and &s;ignal Deliverances, both of his Maje&s;ty and his People,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The intent of keeping the &s;aid Day.</NOTE> from all their late mo&s;t deplorable Confu&s;ions, Divi&s;ions, Wars, Deva&s;tations, and Oppre&s;&s;ions, to the end that it may be kept in perpetual Remembrance in all Ages to come; and that his Sacred Maje&s;ty will with all his Subjects of this Realm, and the Dominions thereof, and their po&s;te|rities after them, might annually celebrate the perpetual memory thereof, by &s;acrificing their un|feigned hearty publick Thanks thereon to Almighty God, with one heart and voice, in a mo&s;t devout and Chri&s;tian manner, for all the&s;e publick benefits received and conferred on them, upon this mo&s;t joyful Day. Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and &s;ingular Mini&s;ters of Gods Word and Sacraments, in every Church, Chappel, and other u&s;ual place of Divine Service, and publick Prayer, which now are, or hereafter &s;hall be within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and the re&s;pective Dominions thereof, and their Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall in all &s;ucc&eacute;eding Ages annually celebrate the Twenty Ninth day of <HI>May,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The 29th of May to be an|nually cele|brated.</NOTE> by rendring their hearty pub|lick Prai&s;es and Thank&s;givings unto Almighty God, for all the forementioned Extraordinary Mercies, Ble&s;&s;ings, and Deliverances received, and mighty Acts done thereon, and Declare the &s;ame to all the people there a&s;&s;embled, and the Generations yet to come, that &s;o they may for ever prai&s;e the Lord for the &s;ame, who&s;e Name alone is Excellent, and his Glory above the Earth and Heavens. And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All per&s;ons to re&s;ort to &s;ome Church, Chappel, or publique Place of Thank&s;gi|ving the &s;aid day.</NOTE> That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons inhabit|ing within this Kingdom, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, &s;hall upon the &s;aid day an|nually re&s;ort with diligence and devotion to &s;ome u&s;uall Church, Chappel, or Place where &s;uch publick Thank&s;givings and Prai&s;es to Gods mo&s;t Divine Maje&s;ty &s;hall be rendred, and there or|derly and devoutly abide during the &s;aid publick Thank&s;givings, Prayers, Preaching, Singing of P&s;almes, and other Service of God there to be u&s;ed and mini&s;tred. And to the end that all per|&s;ons may be put in mind of their duty thereon, and be the better prepared to di&s;charge the &s;ame with that piety and devotion as becomes them; Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Notice of this Act to be given the next Lords Day before.</NOTE> That every Mini&s;ter &s;hall give notice to his Pari&s;hioners publickly in the Church at morning Prayer the Lords Day next before every &s;uch Twenty Ninth day of <HI>May,</HI> for the due ob&s;ervation of the &s;aid day, And &s;hall then likewi&s;e publickly and di&s;tinctly read this pre&s;ent Act to the people. <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XV.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for the &s;peedy Disbanding of the Army, and Garri&s;ons of this Kingdom, with In&s;tructions for the &s;ame. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="16" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Souldiers of the Army Disbanded, may Exerci&s;e Trades.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas there are divers Officers and Souldiers now in the Kings Maje&s;ties Service,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Souldiers in&s;trumental in His Ma|je&s;ties Re&s;tau|ration.</NOTE> under the Command of his Excellency <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Albemarle,</HI> Captain General of His Maje&s;ties Armies, who have b&eacute;en In&s;trumental, by the Ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God, to the Happy Re&s;titution and Re&s;toration of his Sacred Maje&s;ty unto His Kingdomes and Peo|ple, and to His Iu&s;t Right of Government in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging; &s;ome of which are men that u&s;ed Trades, others that were Apprentices to Trades, who had not &s;erved out their Times; and others who are Apt and Fit for Trades, many of which, the Wars being now ended, would willingly Imploy them&s;elves in tho&s;e Trades they were formerly accu&s;tomed unto, or which they are apt and able to follow and make u&s;e of for the getting of their Living by their Labour and Indu&s;try; but are, or may be hindred from exerci&s;ing tho&s;e Trades in certain Cities, Corporations, and other places within this Kingdom, becau&s;e of certain by-Lawes and Cu&s;toms of tho&s;e places, and of a Statute made in the Fifth year of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Prohibiting the u&s;e of certain Trades by any per|&s;on that hath not &s;erved as an Apprentice to &s;uch Trade by the &s;pace of &s;even years;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Such as were in Service under General <HI>Monk</HI> 25. April, 1660. and in&s;tru|mental in his Maje&s;ties re|&s;titution may exerci&s;e Trades.</NOTE> For remedy whereof, And to the end that tho&s;e per&s;ons who were in Actual Service under the Command of the &s;aid Captain General on the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, and were In&s;trumental to the Happy Re&s;titution of the Kings Maje&s;tie unto his Iu&s;t Right of Government, as afore&s;aid, may not be deprived of a Means of Livelyhood; May it plea&s;e your Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and
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by the Authority thereof, That all &s;uch Officers and Souldiers, who were under the Command of the &s;aid Captain General on the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Such as have de&s;erted the Service, or refu&s;e the Oath of Al|legiance, excepted.</NOTE> in the &s;aid year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, and have not &s;ince de&s;erted the Service, or refu&s;ed to take the &s;everal Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance unto the Kings Maje&s;ty that now is, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and that have heretofore u&s;ed or exerci&s;ed any Trade, though they did not &s;erve out the time of their Apprenti&s;hip; or any other per&s;on imployed as afore&s;aid under the Com|mand of the &s;aid Captain General at the time afore&s;aid, that is apt and able to practi&s;e any Trade, may &s;et up and exerci&s;e &s;uch &s;everal and re&s;pective Trades, My&s;teries or occupations, whereunto he or they have b&eacute;en bound Apprentice, and &s;erved any Part of his or their time, or any Handi|craft or other Trade exerci&s;ed about Manufactures, though he was never bound Apprentice to the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Apprentices to enjoy all Im|munities as it they had &s;erved their Time.</NOTE> in manner following; (that is to &s;ay) Such of them as have b&eacute;en Apprentices, as afore&s;aid, may &s;et up and exerci&s;e &s;uch &s;everal and re&s;pective Trades whereunto he or they have b&eacute;en &s;o bound Apprentices, as fully as if they had &s;erved out their re&s;pective terms, or times for which they have b&eacute;en bound; and &s;hall have and enjoy the &s;ame Immunities as they &s;hould have had and enjoyed, if they had &s;erved out their &s;aid terms or times. And all others of the &s;aid Of|ficers and Souldiers, may &s;et up and exerci&s;e &s;uch Trades as they are apt and able for, in the &s;eve|ral Towns and Places within the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties wherein they were born, with|out any &s;uit, let, or mole&s;tation of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, for or by rea&s;on of the u&s;ing of &s;uch Trade. And if any &s;uch Officer or Officers, Souldier or Souldiers, &s;hall be &s;ued, im|pleaded, or indicted in any Court what&s;oever, within this Kingdom, for u&s;ing or exerci&s;ing any &s;uch Trades as afore&s;aid; then the &s;aid Officer or Officers, Souldier or Souldiers, making it appear to the &s;ame Court where they are &s;o &s;ued, impleaded or indicted, that they have &s;erved the Kings Maje&s;ty under the Command of the &s;aid Captain General, as afore&s;aid; and they they have &s;everally taken the &s;aid Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The general I&s;&s;ue pleaded upon this Act.</NOTE> and have not &s;ince de&s;erted the &s;aid Service, &s;hall upon the General I&s;&s;ue pleaded, be found Not guilty in any Plaint, Bill, Information, or Indictment, exhibited again&s;t them; and &s;uch per&s;ons, who, notwith&s;tanding this Act, &s;hall pro&s;ecute their &s;aid Suit by Bill, Plaint, Information, or Indictment, and &s;hall have a Verdict pa&s;s again&s;t them, or become Non&s;uit therein, or di&s;continue their &s;aid Suit, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pay unto &s;uch Officer or Officers, Souldier or Souldiers, double co&s;ts of Suit to be recovered as any other Co&s;ts at Common Law may be recovered; And all Iudges and Iurors, before whom any &s;uch Suit, Information, or Indictment &s;hall be brought, and all other per&s;ons what&s;oever, are to take notice of this pre&s;ent Act, and &s;hall conform them&s;elves thereunto; any Statute, Law, Ordinance, Cu&s;tom, or Provi&s;ion to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How an Offi|cer or Soul|dier may prove his be|ing in Ser|vice within this Act.</NOTE>Provided, That no Officer or Souldier &s;hall have the benefit of this Act, that &s;hall not prove his Service as afore&s;aid, either by a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of &s;ome Field Officer, and two Commi&s;&s;ion-Officers of the Regiment wherein he &s;erved, or &s;ome General-Officer of the Army, certifying his knowledg of the Service afore&s;aid; and the &s;aid Certificate to be pro|ved by one Witne&s;s at lea&s;t, to be a true Certificate; or for default of &s;uch Certificate, by the Oaths of two credible Per&s;ons at lea&s;t.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon fal&s;e Certifi|cates.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons pretending them&s;elves to have b&eacute;en Officers or Souldiers within the qualifications afore&s;aid, &s;hall produce a fal&s;e Certificate to the intent to have the benefit of this Act, and thereof be convicted by Confe&s;&s;ion, or due proof of Law, &s;hall &s;uf|fer Impri&s;onment not exc&eacute;eding &s;ix months, and to lo&s;e the benefit of this Act, Any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Souldiers, Trade&s;men, to &s;ubmit to all Offices and Orders in Corporations and Compa|nies of their Manufacture.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers in this Act mentioned, and all other per&s;ons exerci&s;ing, or that &s;hall exerci&s;e any Trade or Profe&s;&s;ion in any City or Cor|poration, &s;hall be liable to bear all Offices in the &s;aid re&s;pective Cities and Corporations, when by the &s;aid Cities and Corporations they &s;hall be elected thereunto, and &s;hall &s;ubmit to &s;uch Or|ders of Corporations and Companies for &s;earch of the well and true making of their Manufacture, as others fr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Companies or Corporations are &s;ubject unto; any Law, U&s;age, or Cu&s;tom to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="17" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVII.</HEAD>
<P>Mini&s;ters confirmed, and re&s;tored to their Benefices.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="18" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Shipping and Navigation Encouraged.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the increa&s;e of Shipping, and encouragement of the Navigation of this Nation, wherein, under the good Providence and Protection of God, the Wealth, Safety, and Strength of this Kingdom is &s;o much concerned, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, &amp; by the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No goods &s;hall be im|ported from <HI>A&s;ia, Africa, or America,</HI> but in En|gli&s;h Ships.</NOTE> and the Authority thereof, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, and from thenceforward, no Goods or Commodities what&s;oever &s;hall be Imported into, or Exported out of any Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, or Territories to His Maje&s;ty belonging, or in his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or which may here|after belong unto, or be in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa,</HI>
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or <HI>America,</HI> in any other Ship or Ships, Ve&s;&s;el or Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, but in &s;uch Ships or Ve&s;&s;els as do truly and without fraud belong only to the People of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or are of the built of, and belonging to any the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, or Territories, as the Proprietors and Right Owners thereof, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> under the penalty of the Forfeiture and Lo&s;s of all the Goods and Commodities which &s;hall be Imported into, or Exported out of any the afore&s;aid places in any other Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, as al&s;o of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, with all its Guns, Furniture, Tackle, Ammunition and Apparel; one Third part thereof to his Maje&s;tie, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; one Third part to the Governour of &s;uch Land, Plantation, I&s;land, or Territory, where &s;uch default &s;hall be committed, in ca&s;e the &s;aid Ship or Goods be there &s;eized, or otherwi&s;e that third part al&s;o to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other third part to him or them who &s;hall Seize, Inform, or Sue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, by Bill, Information, Plaint, or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed; And all Admirals, and other Commanders at Sea of any the Ships of War, or other Ship, having Commi&s;&s;ion from his Maje&s;ty, or from his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, are hereby Authorized and &s;trictly required to &s;eize and bring in as prize all &s;uch Ships or Ve&s;&s;els as &s;hall have offended contrary hereunto, and deliver them to the Court of Admiralty, there to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t; and in ca&s;e of condemnation, one Moyety of &s;uch Forfeitures &s;hall be to the u&s;e of &s;uch Admirals or Commanders and their Companies, to be divided and propor|tioned among&s;t them according to the Rules and Orders of the Sea in ca&s;e of Ships taken prize; and the other Moyety to the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Aliens &s;hall not exerci&s;e the occupation of Merchants or Factors.</NOTE> That no Alien or per&s;on not born within the Allegiance of our Soveraign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, or Naturalized, or made a fr&eacute;e Denizen, &s;hall from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty one, exerci&s;e the Trade or Occupation of a Merchant or Factor in any the &s;aid places, upon pain of the Forfeiture and Lo&s;s of all his Goods and Chattels, or which are in his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, one third to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; one third to the Governour of the Planta|tion where &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall &s;o offend; and the other third to him or them that &s;hall inform or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts in the Plantation where &s;uch offence &s;hall be com|mitted: And all Governours of the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations or Territories, and every of them, are hereby &s;trictly required and commanded, and all who hereafter &s;hall be made Go|vernours of any &s;uch I&s;lands, Plantations or Territories, by his Maie&s;ty, his Heirs or Suc&eacute;e&s;&s;ors, &s;hall before their entrance into their Government take a Solemn Oath to do their utmo&s;t, that every the aforementioned clau&s;es, and all the matters and things therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Governors, &amp;c. of Plan|tations to take an Oath for the ob&s;ervance of the afore|mentioned clau&s;es.</NOTE> &s;hall be pun|ctually and <HI>bona fide</HI> ob&s;erved, according to the true intent and meaning thereof: And upon complaint and proof made before His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or &s;uch as &s;hall be by Him or them thereunto authorized and appointed, that any the &s;aid Governours have b&eacute;en willingly and wittingly negligent in doing their Duty accordingly, that the &s;aid Governour &s;o offending &s;hall be removed from his Government.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Goods or Commodities what&s;o|ever of the growth, production, or manufacture of <HI>Africa, A&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> or of any part thereof, or which are de&s;cribed or laid down in the u&s;ual Maps or Cards of tho&s;e places, be imported into <HI>England, Ireland,</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in any other Ship or Ships, Ve&s;&s;el or Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, but in &s;uch as do truly and without fraud belong only to the people of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or of the Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations or Territories in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa,</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> to His Maje&s;ty belonging, as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths at lea&s;t of the Mariners are Engli&s;h, under the penalty of the Forfeiture of all &s;uch Goods and Commodities, and of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el in which they were Imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition, and apparel; one Moyety to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyety to him or them who &s;hall &s;eize, inform, or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, by Bill, Information, Plaint, or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Pro|tection, or Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Goods of forreign groweth or manufacture, &s;hall be brought into England, &amp;c. in Engli&s;h Ships, but onely from the places of their &s;aid growth, &amp;c.</NOTE> That no Goods or Commodities that are of forreign Growth, Production, or Manufacture, and which are to be brought into <HI>England, Ire|land, Wales,</HI> the I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in Engli&s;h-built &s;hipping, or other &s;hipping belonging to &s;ome of the afore&s;aid places, and Navigated by Engli&s;h Mariners as above&s;aid, &s;hall be &s;hipped or brought from any other Place or Places, Coun|trey or Countreys, but onely from tho&s;e of the &s;aid Growth, Production, or Manufacture, or from tho&s;e Ports where the &s;aid Goods and Commodities can onely, or are, or u&s;ually have b&eacute;en fir&s;t &s;hipped for tran&s;portation, and from none other Places or Countreys, under the penalty of the Forfeiture of all &s;uch of the afore&s;aid Goods, as &s;hall be Imported from any other Place or Coun|try, contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof, as al&s;o of the Ship in which they were Im|ported, with all her Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle and Apparel, one Moyety to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall &s;eize, inform, or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, to be recovered as is before expre&s;t.</P>
<P><PB N="46" REF="32"><NOTE PLACE="marg">All ling, &s;tockfi&s;h, &amp;c. oyl, &amp;c. Whale <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ins, &amp;c. im|ported not caught in ve&s;|&s;els by the pro|prietors them|&s;elves, &amp;c. &s;hall pay double Aliens cu&s;|tom.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That any &s;ort of Ling, Stockfi&s;h, Pil|chard, or any other kind of dryed or &s;alted fi&s;h, u&s;ually fi&s;hed for and caught by the People of <HI>Eng|land, Ireland, Wales,</HI> Town of <HI>Barwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or any &s;ort of Codfi&s;h or Herring, or any Oyl or Blubber made or that &s;hall be made of any kind of fi&s;h what&s;oever, or any Whale-fins or Whale-bones, which &s;hall be imported into <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> not having b&eacute;en caught in Ve&s;&s;els truly &amp; properly belonging thereunto as Proprietors and right Owners thereof, and the &s;aid Fi&s;h cured, &s;aved and dryed, and the Oyl and Blubber afore&s;aid (which &s;hall be accompted and pay as oyl) not made by the people thereof, and &s;hall be impor|ted into <HI>England, Ireland,</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall pay double Aliens cu&s;tom.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No goods to be <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ed or car|ryed from one part of Eng|land to ano|ther in the ve&s;|&s;el of any Alien not de|nizend, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That from henceforth it &s;hall not be law|full to any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, to Load or cau&s;e to be Loaden &amp; carried in any Bottom or Bottoms, Ship or Ships, Ve&s;&s;el or Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, whereof any Stranger or Strangers born (unle&s;s &s;uch as be Denizens or Naturalized) be Owners, Part-owners, or Ma&s;ter, and where|of thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t &s;hall not be <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> any Fi&s;h, Victual, Wares, Goods, Commodities, or things of what kind or Nature &s;oever the &s;ame &s;hall be, from one Port or Cr&eacute;ek of <HI>England, Ireland, Wales, I&s;lands</HI> of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> to ano|ther Port or Cr&eacute;ek of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> or of any of them, under penalty for every one that &s;hall offend contrary to the true meaning of this branch of this pre&s;ent Act, to forfeit all &s;uch goods as &s;hall be loaden and carried in any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, together with the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, and all her Guns, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, one Moyety to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to him or them that &s;hall Inform,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ea&s;e and a|batement in the book of rates to extend only where three parts of the Marriners be Engli&s;h.</NOTE> Seize, or Sue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, to be recovered in manner afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That where any Ea&s;e, Abatement, or Priviledge is given in the Book of Rates to goods or Commodities Imported or Exported in Engli&s;h built Shipping, that is to &s;ay, &s;hipping built in <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or in any the Lands, I&s;lands, Dominions and Territories to His Maje&s;ty in <HI>Africa, A&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> belonging or in his po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, That it is alwayes to be under&s;tood, and Provided that the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners of the &s;aid Ships, at lea&s;t, be al&s;o Engli&s;h, And that where it is required that the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners be Engli&s;h, that the true intent and meaning thereof is, that they &s;hould be &s;uch during the whole voyage, unle&s;s in ca&s;e of &s;ickne&s;s, Death, or being taken Pri&s;o|ners in the Voyage, to be proved by the Oath of the Ma&s;ter or other chief Officer of &s;uch &s;hips.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods of the growth or ma|nufacture of <HI>Mu&s;covy or Ru&s;&s;ia.</HI></NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Goods or Commodities of the Growth, production or Manufacture of <HI>Mu&s;covy</HI> or of any the Countries, Dominions or Territo|ries to the great Duke or Emperor of <HI>Mu&s;covy</HI> or <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia,</HI> belonging, As al&s;o that no &s;ort of Ma&s;ts, Timber or Boards, no foreign Salt, pitch, Tar, Rozin, Hemp or Flax, Rai&s;ins, Figs, Prunes, Olive Oyls, no &s;orts of Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot-a&s;hes, Wines, Vinegar, or Spirits called Aquavite or Brandy Wine, &s;hall from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, be imported into <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in any Ship or Ships, Ve&s;&s;el or Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, but in &s;uch as do truly and without fraud belong to the people thereof, or of &s;ome of them as the true Owners and proprietors thereof, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and Thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Othoman</HI> or Turki&s;h Emperor.</NOTE> and that no Currants nor Commodities of the growth, production, or Manufacture of any the Countries, I&s;lands, Dominions or Territories to the <HI>Othoman</HI> or Turki&s;h Empire belonging, &s;hall from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>September</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, be imported into any the forementioned places in any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, but which is of Engli&s;h built, and Navigated as afore&s;aid, and in no other; Except only &s;uch forrain &s;hips and ve&s;&s;els as are of the built of that Country or place of which the &s;aid Goods are the growth, production or Manufacture re&s;pectively, or of &s;uch port where the &s;aid Goods can only be, or mo&s;t u&s;ually are fir&s;t &s;hipped for tran&s;portation, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and Thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are of the &s;aid Country or place, under the penalty and Forfeiture of &s;hip and Goods to be di&s;po&s;ed and recovered as in the foregoing clau&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Frauds in concealing Aliens goods how to be pre|vented.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the preven|tion of the great frauds daily u&s;ed in colouring and concealing of Aliens Goods, all Wines of the growth of <HI>France</HI> or <HI>Germany,</HI> which from and after the Twentieth day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, &s;hall be Imported into any the Ports or places afore&s;aid, in any other Ship or Ve&s;&s;el then which doth truly and without fraud belong to <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and Navigated with the Mariners thereof, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed Aliens goods, and pay all Strangers Cu&s;toms and Duties to His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, as al&s;o to the Town or Port into which they &s;hall be Imported; And that all &s;orts of Ma&s;ts, Timber or Boards, as al&s;o all forraign Salt, Pitch, Tar, Rozin, Hemp, Flax, Rai|&s;ins, Figs, Prunes, Olive Oyls, all &s;orts of Corn or Grain, Sugar, Pot-a&s;hes, Spirits, com|monly called Brandy Wine or <HI>Aqua-vitae,</HI> Wines of the growth of <HI>Spain,</HI> the I&s;lands of the <HI>Ca|naries</HI> or <HI>Portugal, Madera</HI> or We&s;tern I&s;lands, and all goods of the growth, Production or Manu|facture,
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of <HI>Mo&s;covy</HI> or <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia,</HI> which from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of Our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, &s;hall be Imported into any of the afore&s;aid places in any other then &s;uch &s;hipping, and &s;o Navigated, and all Currants and Turky Commo|dities which from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>September</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, &s;hall be Imported into any the places afore&s;aid, in any other then Engli&s;h built &s;hipping, and Navi|gated as afore&s;aid &s;hall be d&eacute;emed Aliens Goods, and pay accordingly to his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and to the Town or Port into which they &s;hall be Imported.</P>
<P>And for prevention of all frauds which may be u&s;ed in colouring or buying of Forein Ships,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to pre|vent Frauds in colouring and buying Forrein &s;hips.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, and it is hereby Enacted, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> which &s;hall be in the Year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, no Fore|in built &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el what&s;oever &s;hall be d&eacute;emed or pa&s;s as a &s;hip to <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or any of them belonging, or enjoy the benefit or Priviledge of &s;uch a &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el, untill &s;uch time that he or they claiming the &s;aid &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el to be theirs, &s;hall make appear to the chief Officer or Officers of the cu&s;toms in the Port next to the place of his or their aboad, that he or they are not Aliens, and &s;hall have taken an Oath before &s;uch chief Officer or Officers, who are hereby Authorized to Admini&s;ter the &s;ame, That &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el was <HI>bona fide</HI> and without fraud by him or them bought for a valuable con&s;ideration, expre&s;&s;ing the &s;um, as al&s;o the time, place, and per&s;ons from whom it was bought, and who are his part Owners (if he have any) all which part-owners &s;hall be liable to take the &s;aid Oath before the chief Officer or Officers of the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e of the Port next to the place of their aboad, and that no Forreiner directly or indirectly hath any part, intere&s;t, or &s;hare therein, and that upon &s;uch Oath he or they &s;hall receive a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the &s;aid chief Officer or Officers of the Port where &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o making Oath do re&s;ide, whereby &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el may for the future pa&s;s and be d&eacute;emed as a Ship belonging to the &s;aid Port, and enjoy the priviledge of &s;uch a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; And the &s;aid Officer or Officers &s;hall k&eacute;ep a Regi&s;ter of all &s;uch Cer|tificates as he or they &s;hall &s;o give, and return a Duplicate thereof to the chief Officers of the cu&s;|toms at <HI>London</HI> for &s;uch as &s;hall be granted in <HI>England, Wales,</HI> and <HI>Berwick,</HI> and to the Chief Officers of the cu&s;toms at <HI>Dublin</HI> for &s;uch as &s;hall be given in <HI>Ireland,</HI> together with the Names of the per&s;on or per&s;ons from whom &s;uch Ship was bought, and the &s;um of Money which was paid for her, as al&s;o the Names of all &s;uch per&s;ons who are part-owners of her, if any &s;uch be.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers of the cu&s;tom not to allow any pri|viledge to any forrein built &s;hip untill cer|tificate or proof, &amp;c.</NOTE> That if any Officer of the Cu&s;toms &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> allow the priviledge of being a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el to <HI>Eng|land, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or any of them belonging, to any Forreign built Ship, or Ve&s;&s;el, untill &s;uch Certificate be before them produced, or &s;uch Proof and oath taken before them; or if any Officer of the Cu&s;toms &s;hall allow the priviledge of an Engli&s;h built &s;hip, or other Ship to any the afore&s;aid places belonging, to any Engli&s;h or Forrien built Ship coming into any Port, and making entry of any Goods, untill Examination whether the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners be Engli&s;h, or &s;hal allow to any Forreign built &s;hip, bringing in the Commodities of the Growth of the Country where it was built, the priviledge by this Act, to &s;uch Ship given, untill Examination and Proof whether it be a &s;hip of the built of that Country, and that the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners are of that Country; or if any Per&s;on who is or &s;hall be made Governor of any Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, or Territories in <HI>Africa, A&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> by his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall &s;uffer any Forrein built Ship or Ve&s;&s;el to load or unload any Goods or Commodities within the Precincts of their Goverments, untill &s;uch Certificate be produced before them or &s;uch as &s;hall be by them appointed to view the &s;ame, and Examination whether the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t be Engli&s;h, that for the fir&s;t offence &s;uch Officer of the Cu&s;toms, and Governors, &s;hall be put out of their places, Offices or Govern|ments.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act or any thing therein contained, extend not,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for goods of the Streights or Levant.</NOTE> or be meant to re&s;train and prohibite the Importation of any the Commodities of the Streights, or <HI>Levant</HI> Seas, loaden in Engli&s;h built &s;hipping, and wherof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Ma|riners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h, from the u&s;ual Ports or places for lading of them heretofore with|in the &s;aid <HI>Streights</HI> or <HI>Levant</HI> Seas, though the &s;aid Commodities be not of the very growth of the &s;aid places.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that this Act, or any thing therein contained, extend not, or be meant to re&s;train the Importing of any <HI>Ea&s;t India</HI> Commodities, loaden in Engli&s;h built &s;hipping, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h, from the u&s;ual place or places for lading of them in any part of tho&s;e Seas, to the South-Ward and Ea&s;tward of <HI>Cabo bona &s;peranza,</HI> although the Ports be not th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">bery Places of their growth.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any of the people of <HI>England, Ireland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ea&s;t India Commodities. Provi&s;o for goods impor|ted from <HI>Spain, Portu|gal, Azores, Madera, or Canary,</HI> I&s;lands.</NOTE> <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in Ve&s;&s;els or Ships to them belonging, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h, to load and bring in from any of the Ports of <HI>Spain</HI> or <HI>Portugal,</HI> or We&s;tern I&s;lands, commonly called <HI>Azores,</HI> or <HI>Madera</HI> or <HI>Canary</HI> I&s;lands,, all &s;orts of Goods or Commodities of the Growth, Production, or Manufacture of the Plantation or Dominions of either of them re&s;pective|ly.</P>
<P><PB N="48" REF="33"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Bullion, and goods taken by way of Re|p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;al.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, extend not to Bullion, nor yet to any Goods taken, or that &s;hall be <HI>bona fide</HI> taken by way of Repri&s;al by any Ship or Ships belonging to <HI>England, Ireland,</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners at fea&s;t are Engli&s;h, having Commi&s;&s;ion from his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o con|cerning goods of <HI>Scotland.</HI></NOTE>Provided alwayes, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend, or be con|&s;trued to extend to lay Aliens Duties upon any Corn of the growth of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or to any Salt made in <HI>Scotland,</HI> nor to any Fi&s;h caught, &s;aved and cured by the People of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and Impor|ted directly from <HI>Scotland</HI> in Scotch built Ships,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods of <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia.</HI></NOTE> and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners are of His Maie&s;ties Subiects, nor to any Seal Oyl of <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia,</HI> Imported from thence into <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> in &s;hipping <HI>bona fide</HI> to &s;ome of the &s;aid places belonging, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and three Fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty payable upon goods in French &s;hips</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and it is hereby Enacted, That every Ship or Ve&s;&s;el belonging to any the Subjects of the French King, which from and after the Twentieth day of <HI>October,</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, &s;hall come into any Port, Creek, Harbor of Road of <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and &s;hall there lade or unlade any Goods or Commodities, or take in or &s;et on Shore any pa&s;&s;engers, &s;hall pay to the Collector of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms in &s;uch Port, Cr&eacute;ek, Harbor or Road, for every Tun of which the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el is of burthen,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How long to continue.</NOTE> to be computed by &s;uch Officer of the Cu&s;toms as &s;hall be thereun|to appointed, the &s;um of five &s;hillings currant money of <HI>England:</HI> And that no &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el be &s;uffered to depart out of &s;uch Port, Cr&eacute;ek, Harbor or Road, until the &s;aid Duty be fully paid: And that this Duty &s;hall continue to be Collected, Levied, and paid, for &s;uch time, as a certain Duty of Fifty Solls <HI>per</HI> Tun lately impo&s;ed by the French King, or any part thereof, &s;hall con|tinue to be Collected upon the &s;hipping of <HI>England</HI> lading in <HI>France,</HI> and thr&eacute;e Moneths after, and no longer.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sugars, tobac|co, &amp;c. of the growth of <HI>America, A|&s;ia, or Africa.</HI></NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>April,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, noe Sugars, To|bacco, Cotton-wooll, Indicoes, Ginger, Fu&s;tick, or other dying wood, of the growth, Production or Manufacture of any Engli&s;h Plantations in <HI>America, A&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>Africa,</HI> &s;hall be &s;hipped, carried, conveyed or tran&s;ported from any the &s;aid Engli&s;h Plantations to any Land, I&s;land, Territory, Dominion, Port, or place what&s;oever, other then to &s;uch other Engli&s;h Plantations as do belong to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, or to the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or Princi|pality of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> there to be laid on &s;hore, under the penalty of the Forfeiture of the &s;aid Goods or the full value thereof, as al&s;o of the Ship, with all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel, Ammunition and Furniture, The one Moyety to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to him or them that &s;hall &s;eize, inform, or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, by Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Pro|tection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for every Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, which from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships of <HI>England, Ire|land, or Wales,</HI> Sailing to any Engli&s;h plantation of <HI>America, A&s;ia, or Africa,</HI> &s;hall be bound with &s;ureties, to bring goods there loaded into England, &amp;c.</NOTE> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fifty, &s;hall &s;et &s;ail out of or from <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> for any Engli&s;h Plantation in <HI>America, A&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>Africa,</HI> &s;ufficient bond &s;hall be given with one &s;urety to the chief Officers of the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e of &s;uch Port or place from whence the &s;aid Ship &s;hall &s;et &s;ail, to the value of one thou&s;and pounds, if the &s;hip be of le&s;s burthen then one hundred Tuns; and of the &s;um of two thou&s;and pounds, if the Ship &s;hall be of greater burthen, That in ca&s;e the &s;aid &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el &s;hal load any of the &s;aid Commodities at any of the &s;aid Engli&s;h plantations, that the &s;ame Commodities &s;hall be by the &s;aid &s;hip brought to &s;ome Port of <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or to the Port or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and &s;hall there unload and put on &s;hore the &s;ame, the danger of the Seas only excepted: And for all &s;hips coming from any other Port or Place to any of the afore&s;aid plantations, who by this Act are permitted to trade there, that the Governor of &s;uch Engli&s;h plantations &s;hall before the &s;aid &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el be permitted to load on board any of the &s;aid Commodities, take Bond in manner and to the value afore&s;aid for each re&s;pective Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, That &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el &s;hall carry all the afore&s;aid Goods that be laden on board in the &s;aid &s;hip to &s;ome other of His Maje&s;ties Engli&s;h Plantations or to <HI>Eng|land,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships coming from other pla|ces to any of tho&s;e planta|tions.</NOTE> <HI>Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed:</HI> And that every &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el, which &s;hall load or take on board any of the afore&s;aid Goods, untill &s;uch Bond given to the &s;aid Governor, or Certificate produced from the Officers of any Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e of <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or of the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> that &s;uch bonds have b&eacute;en there <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ly given, &s;hall be forefeited with all her Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, to be imployed and recovered in the manner as afore&s;aid. And the &s;aid Governors and every of them &s;hall twice in every year after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The re&s;pective Governors to return the bonds taken twice yearly to the chief offi|ces of the cu&s;|tom in Lon|don.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, return true Copies of all &s;uch Bonds by him &s;o taken, to the chief Officers of the Cu&s;toms in <HI>London. St.</HI> 13. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="19" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="49" REF="33">
<HEAD>CAP. XIX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For preventing Frauds and concealments of Customs, and Sub&s;idies.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons at any time after the fir&s;t day of <HI>September,,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons which &s;hall convey away any goods without entry &amp; agreement for the cu&s;tome</NOTE> &s;hall cau&s;e any Goods for which Cu&s;tom, Sub&s;idy, or other Duties are due, or payable by vertue of the Act pa&s;&s;ed this Parliament, (Entituled, <HI>A Sub&s;idy Granted to the King of Tunnage and Poun|dage, and other &s;ums of money, payable upon Merchandize Exported and Imported</HI>) to be landed or conveyed away without due entry thereof fir&s;t made, and the Cu&s;tomer or Collector, or his De|puty agr&eacute;ed with, That then, and in &s;uch ca&s;e upon Oath thereof made before the Lord Trea&s;u|rer, or any of the Barons of the Exchequer, or chief Magi&s;trate of the Port or place where the of|fence &s;hall be committed, or the place next adjoyning thereunto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> it &s;hall be lawful to and for the Lord Trea&s;urer, or any of the Barons afore&s;aid, or chief Magi&s;trate of the Port or place where the offence &s;hall be committed, or the place next adjoyning thereunto, to i&s;&s;ue out a Warrant to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, thereby enabling him or them, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of a Sheriff, Iu&s;tice of Peace, or Con&s;table to enter into any hou&s;e in the day time where &s;uch Goods are &s;u&s;pected to be concealed; and in ca&s;e of re&s;i&s;tance, to break open &s;uch hou&s;es, and to &s;eize and &s;ecure the &s;ame goods &s;o concealed: And all Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice are hereby required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting thereunto.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no hou&s;e &s;hall be entred by vertue of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>No proceeding again&s;t any upon this Act unle&s;s within one month af|ter the offence committed.</P>
<P>The continu|ance of this Act.</P>
<P>Damages and co&s;ts again&s;t fal&s;e informers</P></NOTE> unle&s;s it be within the &s;pace of one Moneth after the offence &s;uppo&s;ed to be committed.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Act &s;hall continue in force unto the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no longer.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That if the Information whereupon any hou&s;e &s;hall come to be &s;earched, &s;hall prove to be fal&s;e, that then, and in &s;uch ca&s;e, the party injured &s;hall recover his full damages and co&s;ts again&s;t the Informer, by Action of Tre&s;pa&s;s to be therefore brought again&s;t &s;uch Informer. <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="20" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XX.</HEAD>
<P>For rai&s;ing Seven&s;core thou&s;and pounds, for the compleat Disbanding of the whole Army, and pay|ing off &s;ome part of the Navy, by a two Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;ment of 70000 <HI><ABBR>l.</ABBR> <HI>per men&s;em</HI></HI> beginning from the fir&s;t of <HI>November</HI> 1660. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 6.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="21" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXI.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for the &s;peedy rai&s;ing of Seventy thou&s;and pounds for the pre&s;ent &s;upply of His Maje&s;ty, EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 6. &amp; cap. 10.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="22" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXII.</HEAD>
<P>Bay-making in the Dutch Bay-Hall in <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI> regulated.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="23" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Certain Impo&s;itions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, For the Encrea&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Revenue during His Life.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>THe Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, in gratitude, for an humble acknowledgment of Your Maje&s;ties great Grace and Favour to us Your Commons, beyond Example of any Your Royal Progenitors, expre&s;&s;ed in many publick Acts and Declarations, to the great rejoycing and general &s;atisfaction of all Your people,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The ra<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">es gi|ven to his Maje&s;ty for life.</NOTE> which they de&s;ire to an&s;wer with returns &s;uitable and exc&eacute;eding the Examples of any of their Ance&s;tors, for the encrea&s;ing of your Maie&s;ties Revenue during Your Maie&s;ties Reign, (which God long continue) Do therefore give and grant unto your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the Rates and Duties, Impo&s;itions, Charges, and &s;ums of Money herein after following: And do be&s;&eacute;ech your Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;ty by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That from and after the twenty fifth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, there &s;hall be throughout your Maie&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> rai&s;ed, levyed, collected,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. c. 2. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></NOTE> and paid unto Your Maie&s;ty during Your Life, for Beer, Ale, Sider, and other Liquors herein after mentioned, The &s;everal Rates, Impo&s;itions, Duties, and Charges herein after expre&s;&s;ed, and in manner and form fol|lowing. That is to &s;ay,
<LIST>
<PB N="50" REF="34">
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Beer and Ale above 6 <ABBR><HI>s.</HI></ABBR> the barrel.</NOTE><HI>For every Barrel of Beer or Ale above &s;ix &s;hillings the barrel, brewed by the Common Brewer, or any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who doth or &s;hall &s;ell or tap out beer or Ale pub|lickly or privately, to be paid by the common Brewer, or by &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;pectively, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, One &s;hilling three pence. XV. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Beer and Ale of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <ABBR>s.</ABBR> the bar|rel.</NOTE><HI>For every barrel of Six &s;hillings Beer or Ale, or under, brewed by the common Brewer, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, who doth or &s;hall &s;ell or tap out &s;uch Beer or Ale publickly or privately, to be paid by the &s;aid common Brewer, or by &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;pectively as afore&s;aid, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, three pence. iij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sider, Perry.</NOTE><HI>For all Syder and Perry made and &s;old by retail, upon every Hog&s;head to be paid by the Retayler thereof, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er mea&s;ure, One &s;hilling three pence. XV. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Metheglin, Mead.</NOTE><HI>For all Metheglin or Mead &s;old, whether by Retail or otherwi&s;e, to be paid by the ma|ker thereof upon every Gallon, One half-penny. Ob.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Vinegar-beer.</NOTE><HI>For every Barrel of Beer, commonly called Vinegar-Beer, brewed by any common Brewer, in any common Brew-hou&s;e, &s;ix pence. Vi. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Strong wa|ter.</NOTE><HI>For every Gallon of Strong-water or Aquavitae, made and &s;old, to be paid by the maker thereof, One penny. i. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Beer and Ale Imported.</NOTE><HI>For every barrel of Beer or Ale Imported from beyond the Seas, Three Shillings. iij. <ABBR>s.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Syder &amp; Per|ry Imporced.</NOTE><HI>For every Tun of Syder or Perry Imported from beyond the Seas, and &s;o proportiona|bly for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, Five &s;hillings. V. <ABBR>s.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Spirits Im|ported.</NOTE><HI>For every gallon of Spirits made of any kind of Wine or Syder Imported, Two pence. ij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Strong-wa|ter Imported.</NOTE><HI>For every gallon of Strong-water perfectly made, Imported from beyond the Seas, Four pence. iiij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Coffee.</NOTE><HI>For every Gallon of Coffee made and &s;old, to be paid by the maker, Four pence. iiij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><NOTE PLACE="marg">Chocolatte.</NOTE><HI>For every gallon of Chocolatte, Sherbet and Tea, made and &s;old, to be paid by the ma|ker thereof, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ight pence. Viij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The Exci&s;e upon forreign liquors impor|ted, to be paid by the impor|ters in money upon entries made before landing.</P>
<P>Common brewers to ac|compt weekly, and other re|tailers of beer, ale, &amp;c. month|ly.</P></NOTE>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal Rates, Duties and Charges of Exci&s;e, or New Impo&s;t above mentioned, hereby &s;et or impo&s;ed upon all and every the &s;aid Forreign Liquors which &s;hall be Imported or brought into all, or any the Ports of this Kingdom and Dominions thereof, afore&s;aid, from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> next, &s;hall be from time to time &s;atisfied and paid by the Merchant or Merchants, Importer or Importers of the &s;ame, in ready money, upon his or their Entry or Entries made, and before the landing thereof.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not accoun|ting as afore|&s;aid.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all common Brewers of B&eacute;er and Ale, &s;hall once in every W&eacute;ek: And all Inn-k&eacute;epers, Victuallers, and other Retaylers of B&eacute;er, Ale, Syder, Perry, Metheglin, or Strong-water, Brewing, Making, or Retai|ling the &s;ame, &s;hall once in every moneth make true and particular Entries at the Office of Ex|ci&s;e, within the limits of which the &s;aid Commodities and Manufactures are made, of all B&eacute;er, Ale, Perry, Syder, Metheglin, Strong-Water, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, which they, or any of them &s;hall Brew, make, or Retail, in that W&eacute;ek and Moneth re&s;pectively, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not accoun|ting as afore|&s;aid.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all &s;uch common Brewers, who do not once a W&eacute;ek make due and particular Entries, &s;hall forfeit five pounds: And that every &s;uch Inn-k&eacute;eper, who doth not make true and particular Entries once a Moneth, &s;hall forfeit five pounds. And that every Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer, who doth not once a moneth make due and particular Entries, &s;hall forfeit twenty &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Common Brewer, who &s;hall not pay and clear off within a W&eacute;ek after he made his Entry, or ought to have made his Entry, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay double the value of the Duty: And that every Inn-k&eacute;eper, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer, who &s;hall not pay and clear off within a Moneth after he made his Entry, or ought to have made his Entry, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay double the value of the Duty: The &s;aid re&s;pective forfeitures to be levyed upon their Goods and Chattels, in &s;uch manner and form, as hereafter in this Act is Ordained and directed.</P>
<P>Provided that no &s;uch per&s;on, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be compelled by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners
<PB N="51" REF="34">
of Exci&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>No per&s;on to be compelled by the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e to go further for making their entries then the next mar|ket-Town.</P>
<P>The Commi&s;|&s;ioners for exe|cution of this act impowred to appoint ga|gers.</P>
<P>The power of the gagers.</P></NOTE> to travel for the making of the &s;aid Entries or payment of the &s;aid Du|ties, or other cau&s;e what&s;oever, touching or concerning the &s;ame, if he live in a Market-Town, out of the &s;aid Town; if he live out of a Market-Town, then to no other place then to the next Market-Town to his habitation in the &s;ame County, on the Market-day.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for putting this Act in execution, and their Sub-Commi&s;&s;i|oners in their re&s;pective Circuits, and Divi&s;ions, &s;hall hereby have power to con&s;titute under their Hands and Seals, &s;uch, and &s;o many Gagers as they &s;hall find n&eacute;edful: Which Gagers, and every of them, &s;hall at all times, as well by night as by day, And if by night, then in the pre&s;ence of a Con&s;table, or other lawful Officer, be permitted upon their reque&s;t, to enter the hou&s;e, Brew-hou&s;e, Di&s;tilling-hou&s;e, and all other hou&s;es and places what&s;oever, belonging to, or u&s;ed by any Brewer, Inn-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other retailer of B&eacute;er, Brewing, or making the &s;ame as afore|&s;aid, or by any Di&s;tiller of Strong-waters, or Retailer of other the Liquors afore&s;aid, And to Gage all Coppers, Fats and Ve&s;&s;els in the &s;ame, And to take an accompt of B&eacute;er, Ale, Worts, Perry, Syder, Strong-waters, Aquavite, Metheglin, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, in the &s;aid Hou&s;es, Places, and Ve&s;&s;els, from time to time, Brewed, or Made, and Di&s;tilled; and thereof to make return or report in Writing to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, under who&s;e office and limits, &s;uch Brewer, Retailer, Di&s;tiller, or Makers of the Liquors afore|&s;aid, doth dwell and inhabit,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Returns made by the gagers.</NOTE> leaving a true Copy of &s;uch Return in Writing under his hand with &s;uch Brewer, Retailer, Di&s;tiller, or Makers of the Liquors afore&s;aid; And &s;uch Reports or Re|turns of the &s;aid Gagers &s;hall be a Charge upon the &s;aid Brewers, Makers, and Retailers re&s;pe|ctively; And if any &s;uch Common Brewer or Retailer &s;hall refu&s;e to permit any &s;uch Gager or Gagers to enter his Brew-hou&s;e or any other place aforementioned, or to gage or take accompt of his Brewing ve&s;&s;els, or of any &s;uch B&eacute;er, Ale, Worts, Perry, Syder, Strong-water, Aquavite, Metheglin, or other the Liquours afore&s;aid, &s;uch Brewer, Retailer, or Di&s;tiller &s;hall be forthwith forbidden by the &s;aid Gager or Gagers, to &s;ell, carry out, or deliver to any of his Cu&s;tomers, any B&eacute;er, Ale, Strong-water, Aquavite, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid; And if any &s;uch Brewer, Re|tailer, or Di&s;tiller of any the liquors afore&s;aid, after &s;uch warning given, &s;hall &s;ell, carry, or deliver out the &s;ame, or any part thereof, not having paid and cleared the duty of Exci&s;e, &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be&s;ides the forfeiture of double the value, forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of five pounds, as afore&s;aid, for every offence, to be levied and recovered upon his or their Goods and Chattels in manner and form as hereafter in this Act is provided.</P>
<P>And for the avoiding of all incertainty, and di&s;pute,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be reckoned a barrel of beer.</NOTE> touching the returns made or to be made by the Gagers of any b&eacute;er or ale &s;o brewed as afore&s;aid; Be it Enacted and declared by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That every &s;ix and thirty gallons of b&eacute;er taken by the gage according to the Stan|dard of the Ale-quart, four whereof &s;hall make the gallon, remaining in the cu&s;tody of the Cham|berlains of his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, &s;hall be reckoned, accompted, and returned by the Gager for a barrel of B&eacute;er; And every two and thirty gallons of ale,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The barrel of Ale.</NOTE> taken by the Gage according to the &s;ame Standard, &s;hall be in like manner reckoned, accompted and returned for a Barrel of ale; and all other the Liquors afore&s;aid, according to the Wine-gallon.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Brew|ers or Retailers of b&eacute;er and ale &s;hall take any more in the price thereof, upon &s;ale of the &s;ame, then according to the u&s;ual rates and prizes, Saving that every common Brewer &s;hall and may take and receive of all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons to whom he &s;hall &s;ell and deliver any Ale or B&eacute;er, the Exci&s;e thereupon due, as afore&s;aid, over and above the u&s;ual Rates and Prizes.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better encouragement of all Com|mon Brewers, and makers of B&eacute;er or Ale to make due entry and payment thereof, according as by this Act is appointed, the &s;aid common Brewer not &s;elling the &s;ame by retail, for and in con&s;idera|tion of wa&s;te by fillings and leakage of their B&eacute;er and Ale, &s;hall have and be allowed out of the &s;aid Returns made by the Gagers, the &s;everal allowances and abatements hereafter mentioned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Abatements and allowance to be made for wa&s;te and lea|kage.</NOTE> (that is to &s;ay) upon every thr&eacute;e and twenty Barrels of B&eacute;er, whether &s;trong or &s;mall, returned by the &s;aid Gagers, thr&eacute;e Barrels; And upon every two and twenty Barrels of Ale, whether &s;trong or &s;mall, returned by the Gagers, two Barrels; which &s;aid Allowances and Abatements the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to be appointed as afore&s;aid, and their Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, are hereby autho|rized to allow and make accordingly.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture for fal&s;e entries.</NOTE> That where any common Brewer &s;hall wittingly or willingly make a fal&s;e entry, and be convicted for the &s;ame before the Commi&s;&s;ioners to be appointed as afore&s;aid, or any two of them, or before &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as are hereafter by this Act appointed, in that ca&s;e &s;uch Brewer or Brewers &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e over and be&s;ides the penalties before mentio|ned, the &s;aid allowance &s;o to be made for &s;ix moneths then next en&s;uing.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Ale or bre<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> to be delivered to the retayler before the rate be paid.</NOTE> That no B&eacute;er or Ale &s;hall be de|livered in by &s;uch Brewer or Maker thereof to any Victualler or other Retailer thereof, untill the rate which by &s;uch Victualler or Retayler is to be payed over and above the price of the &s;aid B&eacute;er or Ale, for or in re&s;pect of this Duty, be fir&s;t payed and &s;atisfied by the &s;aid Victualler or Retayler to the Brewer or Maker thereof. Provided alwayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Beer and ale &s;old in Fair<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall brew and &s;ell by retail any &s;mall quantities of b&eacute;er or ale in any Fair within this Realm, or Domini|ons afore&s;aid, who is not otherwi&s;e any common or u&s;ual Brewer, or Retayler thereof, and &s;hall
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before any &s;uch &s;elling and retailing thereof, well and truly pay and &s;atisfie the duty due for the &s;ame to the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners within who&s;e Limits or Divi&s;ion the &s;aid Fair &s;hall be held, or to their Officers thereunto appointed; Then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o brew|ing or retailing the &s;ame, and for &s;o much, and no more, nor otherwi&s;e, &s;hall be freed and di&s;|charged from all penalties and forfeitures in and by this Act before mentioned and impo&s;ed; Any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners re&s;pectively,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners may compound with any In-keeper, Retai|ler or Victu|aller.</NOTE> to compound for this Duty with any Inn-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, or Retailer of B&eacute;er, Ale, and other the Liquors afore&s;aid within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, from time to time, and in &s;uch manner and form as may be mo&s;t for the advantage and improvement of the receipts thereof: Any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Any the rates in this Act may be farmed for three years.</NOTE>And it is further Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Trea&s;urer, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, or &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as His Maje&s;ty, &s;hall appoint, &s;hall have power, and are hereby authori&s;ed and impowered from time to time to treat, contract, conclude and agr&eacute;e with any per&s;on or per&s;ons for or concer|ning the Farming of all or any the Rates, Duties and Charges in this Act mentioned upon B&eacute;er, Ale, Perry, Syder, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, in any the re&s;pective Counties, Cities or Places of this Realm or Dominions thereof, as may be for the greate&s;t benefit and ad|vantage of the &s;aid Receipt, &s;o as the &s;ame exc&eacute;ed not the term of Thr&eacute;e years. And be it further Enacted, That every &s;uch Contract, Bargain, and Agr&eacute;ement of the Lord Trea&s;urer, or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or other per&s;ons afore&s;aid, on behalf of His Maje&s;ty on the one part, and the per&s;on or per&s;ons farming on the other part, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, to all in|tents and purpo&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, to the end the afore&s;aid duty may be paid with mo&s;t ea&s;e to the people; It is hereby further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons con|tracting that be nominated by the Iu&s;tice of the Peace in every County &s;hall have the refu|&s;al of any Farm.</NOTE> That the Lord Trea&s;urer, Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or other per&s;ons afore&s;aid, &s;hall not within &s;ix moneths after the Commencement of this Act, treat, con|clude, or agr&eacute;e with any per&s;on or per&s;ons touching the Farming of this duty upon B&eacute;er and Ale in any the re&s;pective Counties or Places of this Realm, or Dominions thereof, other then with &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as by the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;aid Counties or places, or the major part of them, at their publick Quarter Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall be nominated and appointed in that behalf, which per&s;on or per&s;ons is to have the fir&s;t refu&s;al of any &s;uch Farm re&s;pectively, and may take the &s;ame; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided, that the &s;aid duty &s;hall not be let to any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, then to the per&s;on or per&s;ons recommended by the Iu&s;tices, under the rate that it &s;hall be tendred to, and refu&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o recommended.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeitures &amp; offences with|in this Act where de|termined.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all forfeitures and offences made, done and committed again&s;t this Act, or any clau&s;e or article therein contained, &s;hall be heard, adjudged and determined by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner and form as here|after in and by this Act is directed and appointed; that is to &s;ay, all &s;uch forfeitures and offences made and committed within the immediate limits of the chief Office in <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall be heard, adjudged and determined, by the &s;aid chief Commi&s;&s;ioners and Governors of Exci&s;e (appointed by His Maje&s;ty) or the major part of them, or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Appeals, and regu|lating of this duty, or the major part of them in ca&s;e of Appeal, and not otherwi&s;e. And all &s;uch forfeitures and offences made and committed within all, or any other the Counties, Cities, Towns or Places within this Kingdom, or Dominions thereof, &s;hall be heard and determined by any two or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace re&s;iding near to the place where &s;uch forfeitures &s;hall be made, or offence committed: And in ca&s;e of neglect or refu&s;al of &s;uch Iu&s;tices of the Peace, by the &s;pace of 14 dayes next after complaint made, and notice thereof given to the Of|fender, then the Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the major part of them appointed for any &s;uch City, Coun|ty, Town, or Place, &s;hall, and are hereby impowered to hear and determine the &s;ame; And if the party find him&s;elf aggrieved by the Iudgment given by the &s;aid Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Appeals by parties grie|ved.</NOTE> he &s;hall and may appeal to the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at the next Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, who are hereby im|powered and authori&s;ed to hear and determine the &s;ame, who&s;e Iudgment therein &s;hall be final; which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for Appeals and regulating of this duty, and the chief Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, and all Iu&s;tices of Peace, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid re&s;pectively, are hereby authori&s;ed, and &s;trictly enjoyned and required upon any complaint or information exhibited and brought of any &s;uch forfeiture made, or offence committed contrary to this Act, to &s;ummon the party accu&s;ed, and upon his appearance, or contempt to proc&eacute;ed to the examination of the matter of Fact, and upon due proof made thereof, either by the voluntary confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or by the oath of one or more credible witne&s;&s;es (which Oath they, or any two or more of them, have hereby power to admini&s;ter) to give Iudgment or Sentence, according as in and by this Act is before ordained and directed; And to award and i&s;&s;ue out Warrants under their hands for the levying of &s;uch forfeitures, penalties and fines, as by this Act is impo&s;ed, for any &s;uch offence committed, upon the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, and to cau&s;e Sale to be made of the &s;aid Goods and Chattels, (if they &s;hall not be red&eacute;emed within fourt&eacute;en days) rendring to the party the overplus (if any be) and for want of &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;s, to impri&s;on the party offending till &s;atisfaction be made.</P>
<P><PB N="53" REF="35">Provided neverthele&s;s, That it &s;hall and may be lawful,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines and for|feitures may be mitigated.</NOTE> to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of Peace, Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, or any two of them, or their Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners re&s;pective|ly, from time to time, where they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e to mitigate, compound or le&s;&s;en &s;uch forfeiture, penalty or fine, as in their di&s;cretion they &s;hall think fit; And that every &s;uch mitigation and payment thereupon accordingly made, &s;hall be a &s;ufficient di&s;charge of the &s;aid penalties and for|feitures to the per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;o as by &s;uch mitigation the &s;ame be not made le&s;s than dou|ble the value of the duty of Exci&s;e, which &s;hould or ought to have b&eacute;en paid, be&s;ides the rea&s;on|able co&s;ts and charges of &s;uch Officer or Officers, or others, as were imployed therein, to be to them allowed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices; any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tan|ding. And it is hereby further Enacted and Ordained, That all Fines,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the fines and forfei|tures &s;hall be imployed.</NOTE> Forfeitures and Penal|ties mentioned in this Act, all nece&s;&s;ary charges for the recovery thereof being fir&s;t deducted, &s;hall be imployed, thr&eacute;e fourth parts thereof to and for the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the other 4th part to the Di&s;coverer or Informer of the &s;ame: And for the better managing, collecting, &s;ecuring, levy|ing and recovering of all and every the &s;aid rates and charges of Exci&s;e hereby impo&s;ed, and &s;et upon all or any of the Commodities before mentioned, to the end, the &s;ame may be paid and di&s;po&s;ed of according to the intent of this pre&s;ent Act: Be it further Enacted and Ordained by the autho|rity afore&s;aid, and it is hereby Enacted, That one principal Head-Office &s;hall be erected and con|tinued in the City of <HI>London,</HI> or within ten miles thereof, from time to time, as long as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall think fit for this duty, unto which all other Offices for the &s;ame within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> &s;hall be &s;ubordinate and accomptable: Which &s;aid Office &s;hall be managed by &s;uch Officers as &s;hall be appointed by the Kings Maje&s;ty as afore|&s;aid, who, or any two of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners and Go|vernors for managing the Receipts of Exci&s;e,</NOTE> are hereby appointed and con&s;tituted Commi&s;&s;ioners and Gover|nours for the management of His Maje&s;ties Receipt of the Exci&s;e, and to &s;it in &s;ome convenient place in the City of <HI>London,</HI> or within ten miles thereof, from time to time, as long as his Ma|je&s;ty &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be capable of in|termedling with any Office or Imployment relating to the Exci&s;e, until he or they &s;hall before two or more Iu&s;tices of Peace in the County where his or their imployments &s;hall be, or before one of the Barons of the Exchequer, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, which Oaths they have hereby power to Admini&s;ter, together with this Oath following, <HI>Mutatis Mutandis.</HI></P>
<Q><P><MILESTONE UNIT="The Oath."> YOU &s;hall &s;wear to execute the Office of <GAP DESC="blank"> truly and faithfully without Favour or Affection, and &s;hall from time to time true Accompt make, and deliver to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as His Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint to receive the &s;ame, and &s;hall take no Fee or Reward for the Execution of the &s;aid Office, from any other per&s;on, than from His Maie&s;ty, or tho&s;e whom His Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint in that behalf.</P></Q>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Certificates at the next quarter &s;e&s;&s;i|ons. <HI>London, We&s;tmin&s;ter, Southwark.</HI> Officers to be appointed by his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> That every &s;uch Iu&s;tice of Peace &s;hall certify the taking of &s;uch Oath to the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, there to be Recorded; And it is further Enacted, That all parts of the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and the &s;everal Suburbs thereof, and Pari&s;hes within the w&eacute;ekly Bills of Mortality &s;hal be under the immediate care, in&s;pection and management of the &s;aid Head-Office, and &s;uch, and &s;o many &s;ubordinate Commi&s;&s;ioners, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, and other Officers and Mini&s;ters for the Execution of the Premi&s;&s;es &s;hall be from time to time nominated and appointed by His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, in all and every other the Counties, Cities, Towns, and Pla|ces within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> as from time to time his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall think fit. And it is hereby further Enacted, That the &s;aid Office of Exci&s;e in all places where it &s;hall be appointed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Exci&s;e office to be kept open.</NOTE> &s;hall be kept open from eight of the Clock in the morning, till twelve of the Clock at noon; and from two of the Clock in the Afternoon, till five of the Clock in the Afternoon, for the due execution and performance of all and every the matters and things in this Act appointed and required.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The monies collected to be paid into the receipt of the Exchequer.</NOTE> And it is further hereby Enact|ed, That the &s;aid Chief Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, or the major part of them, &s;hall from time to time i&s;&s;ue forth and pay &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money, as &s;hall from time to time be received, colle|cted or levyed by vertue of this Act, into his Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued may plead the general i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall at any time be &s;ued or pro&s;ecuted for any thing by him or them done or executed in pur&s;uance of this Act, he or they &s;hall and may plead the general i&s;&s;ue, and give this Act in evidence for his defence; and if upon the Tryal a Verdict &s;hall pa&s;s for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be Non-&s;uit, then &s;uch Defendant or Defendants &s;hall have double co&s;ts to him or them awarded again&s;t &s;uch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs of Cer|tiorari &s;hal not &s;uper&s;ede any proceedings.</NOTE> That no Writ or Writs of <HI>Certiorari</HI> &s;hall &s;uper&s;ede Execu|tion or other Proc&eacute;edings, upon any Order or Orders made by the Iu&s;tices afore&s;aid in pur&s;uance of this Act, but that Execution and other proc&eacute;edings &s;hall and may be had and made thereupon, any &s;uch Writ or Writs, or allowance thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Ed. Backwell.</HI> for payment of 2<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">4. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">.</NOTE> &s;hall not be prejudicial to <HI>Edward Backwell</HI> Alderman of <HI>London,</HI> as to the &s;um of twenty eight thou&s;and, four hundred and fifty pounds (or any part thereof) by him advanced upon the Credit of &s;everal Orders of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by them charged on the receipt of the Grand Exci&s;e:
<PB N="54" REF="36">
that is to &s;ay, the &s;um of Five thou&s;and pounds payable to his Maje&s;ties Surveyor-General for the repair of his Maje&s;ties hou&s;es, charged by vertue of an Order of the &s;ixth of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame; the &s;um of ten thou&s;and pounds advanced to her Highne&s;s the Prin|ces Royal, being charged with Intere&s;t by an Order of the 13th of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. the &s;um of ten thou&s;and pounds payable to her Maje&s;ty the Qu&eacute;en of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> being charged, together with Intere&s;t, by an Order of the 13th of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. the &s;um of thr&eacute;e thou&s;and four hundred and fifty pounds payable for Provi&s;ions for <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> by an Order of the 26th of <HI>November,</HI> 1660. which &s;um of twenty eight thou&s;and four hundred and fifty pounds, together with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame, according to the tenor of the &s;aid Orders, after the rate of &s;ix <HI>per Cent.</HI> &s;hall be paid to the &s;aid <HI>Edward Backwell,</HI> or his A&s;&s;igns, out of the Grand Exci&s;e, and the Arrears thereof in cour&s;e, as is by the &s;aid Orders appointed; and in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall fall &s;hort in payment by the Twen|ty fifth of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, that then the remainder &s;hall continue &s;ecured to him out of the whole Exci&s;e in cour&s;e as afore&s;aid, and that no other payments be made out of the Exci&s;e, but what is appointed by this pre&s;ent Parliament in cour&s;e to precede the &s;ame, untill the &s;aid debt due to the &s;aid <HI>Edward Backwell,</HI> be &s;atisfied; and that in ca&s;e any part of the monies due to Alderman <HI>Backwell,</HI> be paid out of that part of the Exci&s;e which &s;hall grow due to the Kings Maje&s;ty; that then his Maje&s;ty &s;hall be reimbur&s;ed the &s;ame out of the fir&s;t monies that &s;hall come in of the Arrears of Exci&s;e that will be due the &s;aid twenty fifth of <HI>December. Stat</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="24" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite, and by Knights-Service, and Purveyance, ta|ken away, and a Revenue &s;etled upon His Maje&s;ty in Lieu thereof.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas it hath b&eacute;en found by former experience, That the Court of Wards and Live|ries, and Tenures by Knights-&s;ervice, either of the King or others, or by Knights-&s;ervice in Capite, or Soccage in Capite of the King, and the con&s;equents upon the &s;ame have b&eacute;en much more burthen&s;ome,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The rea&s;ons of this Act.</NOTE> grievous and prejudicial to the Kingdom, then they have b&eacute;en benefici|al to the King: and whereas &s;ince the intermi&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Court, which hath b&eacute;en from the Four and twentieth day of <HI>February,</HI> which was in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and five, many Per&s;ons have by Will and otherwi&s;e made di&s;po&s;al of their Lands held by Knights-&s;ervice, whereupon divers Que&s;tions might po&s;&s;ibly ari&s;e, unle&s;s &s;ome &s;ea&s;onable reme|dy be taken to prevent the &s;ame; Be it therefore Enacted by the King our Soveraign Lord, with the a&s;&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, and it is hereby Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Court of Wards and Liveries, Pri|mer-Sei&s;in, &amp;c. taken a|way.</NOTE> That the Court of Wards and Liveries, and all Ward&s;hips, Liveries, Primer-Sei&s;ins, and Ou&s;ter-le-mains, Values and forfeitures of Marriages, by rea&s;on of any Tenure of the Kings Maje&s;ty, or of any other by Knights-&s;ervice, and all mean Rates, and all other Gifts, Grants, Charges incident or ari&s;ing, for, or by rea&s;on of Ward&s;hips, Liveries, Pri|mer-Sei&s;ins, or Ou&s;ter-le-mains, be taken away and di&s;charged, and are hereby Enacted to be ta|ken away and di&s;charged, from the &s;aid twenty fourth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty five, any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age, to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tan|ding;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines for alie|nations, &amp;c. ta|ken away. 1 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</NOTE> And that all Fines for Alienations, Seizures, and Pardons for Alienations, Tenure by Homage and all Charges incident, ari&s;ing, for or by rea&s;on of Ward&s;hip, Livery, Primer-Sei&s;in, or Ou&s;ter-le-main, or Tenure by Knights-&s;ervice, E&s;cuage, and al&s;o <HI>Aide pur file marrier, &amp; pur faier fits Chivalier,</HI> and all other Charges incident thereunto, be likewi&s;e taken away and di&s;char|ged, from the &s;aid Twenty fourth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and five, any Law,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenures by Knights &s;er|vice, taken a|way.</NOTE> Statute, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding: And that all Tenures by Knights-Service of the King, or of any other per&s;on, and by Knights-Service in Capite, and by Soccage in Capite of the King, and the Fruits and con&s;equents thereof, happened, or which &s;hall or may hereafter happen or ari&s;e thereupon, or thereby, be taken away and di&s;char|ged, Any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tome or u&s;age to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And all Tenures of any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or any E&s;tate of Inheritance at the Common-Law, held either of the King, or of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick, or Corporate, are hereby Enacted to be turned into fr&eacute;e and common Soccage, to all intents and purpo&s;es, from the &s;aid Twenty fourth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty five, and &s;hall be &s;o con&s;trued, adjudged and d&eacute;emed to be from the &s;aid Twenty fourth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty five, and for ever thereafter turned into fr&eacute;e and common Soccage, Any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tome, or u&s;age to the contrary hereof, in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenures by domage, e&s;cu|age, &amp;c. di&s;|charged.</NOTE>And that the &s;ame &s;hall for ever hereafter &s;tand and be di&s;charged of all Tenure by Homage, E&s;cuage, Voyages-Royal, and charges for the &s;ame, Ward&s;hips incident to Tenure by Knights-Service, and values and forfeitures of marriage, and all other charges incident to tenure by Knights-&s;ervice, And of and from <HI>Aide pur file marrier,</HI> and <HI>Aide pur faier fitz Chivalier,</HI> any Law, Statute, V&s;age, or Cu&s;tom to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And that all Conveyan|ces and Devi&s;es of any Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, made &s;ince the &s;aid 24th of <HI>February,</HI> &s;hall be expounded to be of &s;uch effect, as if the &s;ame Mannors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, had b&eacute;en then held and continued to be holden in fr&eacute;e and common Soccage only, any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tome, or u&s;age to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><PB N="55" REF="36">And be it further ordained and enacted by the authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Acts of</HI> 32 H. 8. cap. 6. &amp; 33 H 8. cap. 22. <HI>repealed.</HI></NOTE> That one act made in the reign of King <HI>Henry</HI> the 8th. Entituled, An Act for the e&s;tabli&s;hment of the Court of the Kings Wards; And al&s;o one Act of Parliament made in the 33. year of the reign of the &s;aid King <HI>Henry</HI> the 8th. concerning the Officers of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and every Clau&s;e, Article and Matter in the &s;aid Acts contained, &s;hall from henceforth be repealed, and utterly void.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All tenures to be created by the King here|after &s;hall be free and com|mon &s;occage.</NOTE> That all tenures hereafter to be created by the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, upon any gifts or grants of any Mannors, Lands, Te|nements, or Hereditaments, of any E&s;tate of Inheritance at the common law, &s;hall be in fr&eacute;e and common &s;occage, and &s;hall be adjudged to be in free and common &s;occage only, and not by Knights Service, or in Capite, and &s;hall be di&s;charged of all Ward&s;hip, value and forfeiture of marriage, Livery, Primer-Seizin, <HI>Ou&s;ter le main, Aide pur faier fits Chivalier,</HI> and <HI>pur file marrier,</HI> any Law, Statute, or re&s;ervation to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for rents certain, herriots, &amp;c.</NOTE> &s;hall not take away, nor be con&s;trued to take away any Rents certain, Herriots, or Suits of Court, be|longing or incident to any former Tenure now taken away or altered by vertue of this Act, or other Services incident or belonging to Tenure in common Soccage due, or to grow due to the King Maje&s;ty, or mean Lords, or other private per&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines for Ali|enations due by particular cu&s;toms of Mannors.</NOTE> or the fealty and di&s;tre&s;&s;es incident thereunto; And that &s;uch relief &s;hall be paid in re&s;pect of &s;uch Rents as is paid in ca&s;e of the death of a Tenant in common Soccage.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it enacted, That any thing herein contained &s;hall not take away nor be con&s;trued to take away any Fines for Alienation due by particular cu&s;toms of particular Mannors &amp; places, other then fines for alienations of lands or Tenem. holden immediately of the K. in <HI>Capite.</HI></P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenures in <HI>Frank Alm|oigne.</HI> Copy of court Roll.</NOTE> &s;hall not take away, or be con&s;trued to take away Tenures in <HI>Frank Almoigne,</HI> or to &s;ubiect them to any greater or other &s;ervices then now are; nor to alter or change any Tenure by Copy of Court Roll, or any &s;ervices incident thereunto, nor to take away the honorary &s;ervices of Grand Serjeanty, other then of Ward&s;hip, Marriage, and value of Forfeiture of Marriage, E&s;cuage, Voyages Royal, and other charges incident to Tenure by Knights Service;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Honorary &s;er|vices.</NOTE> and other then <HI>Aide pur faier fitz Chivalier,</HI> and <HI>Aide pur file marrier.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That where any per&s;on hath, or &s;hall have,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Parents may di&s;po&s;e of the cu&s;tody of chil|dren during their m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">nori|ty.</NOTE> and Child or Children under the age of 21 years, and not married at the time of his death. That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Father of &s;uch child or children, whether born at the time of the decea&s;e of the Father, or at that time <HI>in ventre &s;a mere;</HI> or whether &s;uch Father be within the age of 21 years, or of full age, by his Deed executed in his life time, or by his la&s;t Will and Te&s;tament in writing, in the pre&s;ence of two or more credible witne&s;&s;es, in &s;uch manner, and from time to time as he &s;hall re&s;pectively think fit to di&s;po&s;e of the cu&s;tody and tuition of &s;uch child or children, for, and during &s;uch time as he or they &s;hall re&s;pectively remain under the age of 21 years, or any le&s;&s;er time, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or remainder, other then Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants: And that &s;uch di&s;po&s;ition of the cu&s;tody of &s;uch child or children made &s;ince the 24th. of <HI>February,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Actions of ra|vi&s;hment of wards.</NOTE> 1645. or hereafter to be made, &s;hall be good and effectual again&s;t all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming the cu&s;tody or tuition of &s;uch child or children as Guardian in &s;occage or otherwi&s;e: And that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the cu&s;tody of &s;uch child or children hath b&eacute;en, or &s;hall be &s;o di&s;po&s;ed or devi&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall and may maintain an action of Ravi&s;hment of Ward, or Tre&s;pa&s;s, again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons which &s;hall wrongfully take away or detain &s;uch child or children, for the recovery of &s;uch child or children, and &s;hall and may recover damages for the &s;ame in the &s;aid Action, for the u&s;e and benefit of &s;uch child or children.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;ands of children, and the manage|ment of their per&s;onal e&s;tate by their guar|dians.</NOTE> That &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons to whom the cu&s;tody of &s;uch Child or Children hath b&eacute;en, or &s;hall be, &s;o di&s;po&s;ed or devi&s;ed, &s;hall and may take into his or their cu&s;tody to the u&s;e of &s;uch Child or Children, the profits of all Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments of &s;uch Child or Children; and al&s;o the cu&s;tody, tuition and management of the Goods, Chattels, and per&s;onal E&s;tate of &s;uch Child or Children, till their re&s;pective Age of 21 years, or any le&s;&s;er time according to &s;uch di&s;po&s;ition afore&s;aid; and may bring &s;uch Action or Actions in relation thereunto, as by Law a Guardian in common &s;occage might do; Provided al&s;o, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to alter or preiudice the cu&s;tom of the City of <HI>London,</HI> nor of any other City or Town Corporate, or of the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> on <HI>Tweed</HI> concern|ing Orphants; nor to di&s;charge any Apprentice from his Apprentice&s;hip.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o touching Ti|tles of honour feodal.</NOTE> &s;hall infringe or hurt any Title of Honour, Feodal, or other, by which any per&s;on hath, or may have right to &s;it in the Lords Hou&s;e of Parliament, as to his or their Title of Honour, or &s;itting in Parliament, and the priviledge belonging to them as P&eacute;ers; This Act, or any thing therein contained to the con|trary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And whereas by like experience it hath b&eacute;en found,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Purveyances and provi&s;ions for the Kings hou&s;e-hold taken away. <HI>Alt. St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</NOTE> that though divers good &s;trict and whole|&s;ome Laws have b&eacute;en made in the times of &s;undry his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t noble Progenitors, &s;ome extending &s;o far as to life, for Redre&s;s of the grievances and oppre&s;&s;ions committed by the per|&s;ons imployed for making provi&s;ions for the Kings hou&s;hold, Carriages and other purveyance for his Maje&s;ty, and his occa&s;ions; Yet divers oppre&s;&s;ions have b&eacute;en &s;till continued, and &s;everal Counties have &s;ubmitted them&s;elves to &s;undry Rates and Taxes, and Compo&s;itions, to red&eacute;em
<PB N="56" REF="37">
them&s;elves from &s;uch vexations and oppre&s;&s;ions: And fora&s;much as the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament do find that the &s;aid Remedies are not fully effectual, and that no other remedy will be &s;o effectual and ju&s;t, as to take away the occa&s;ion thereof, e&s;pecially if &s;atisfaction and recompence &s;hall be therefore made to his Maie&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, which is hereby provided to his Maje&s;ties good liking and content; His Maje&s;ty is graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, That it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con|&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That from henceforth no &s;um or &s;ums of Money, or other thing &s;hall be taken, rai&s;ed, tared, rated, impo&s;ed, paid, or levied, for or in regard of any provi&s;ion, Carriages, or purveyance for his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Purveyances for the King, Queen, &amp;c.</NOTE>And that henceforth no per&s;on or per&s;ons by any Warrant, Commi&s;&s;ion, or Authority under the Great Seal, or otherwi&s;e, by colour of buying or making provi&s;ion or purveyance for his Maje&s;ty, or any Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, or of any the Children of any King or Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England</HI> for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Timber. Carts. Car|riages, &amp;c. ta|ken away.</NOTE> or that &s;hall be, or for his, their, or any of their Hou&s;hold, &s;hall take any Timber, Fewel, Cattel, Corn, Grain, Mault, Hay, Straw, Victual, Cart, Carri|age, or other thing what&s;oever of any the Subjects of His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, without the free and full con&s;ent of the Owner or Owners thereof, had and obtained without menace or enforcement; nor &s;hall &s;ummon, warn, take, u&s;e, or require any the &s;aid Subjects to fur|ni&s;h or find any Hor&s;es, Oxen, or other Cattel, Carts, Ploughs, Wains, or other Carriages, for the u&s;e of His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or of any Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England,</HI> or of any Child or Children of any the Kings or Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, for the carrying the Goods of His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or the &s;aid Qu&eacute;ens, or Children, or any of them, without &s;uch full and fr&eacute;e con&s;ent as afore&s;aid, any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age, to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No pre-empti|on to be al|lowed or clai|med in behalf of the King, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That no pre-emption &s;hall be allowed or claimed in the behalf of His Maje&s;ty, or of any His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or of any the Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England,</HI> or of any the Children of the Royal Family for the time being, in Market or out of Market; but that it be for ever hereafter fr&eacute;e to all and every of the Subjects of His Maje&s;ty, to &s;ell, di&s;po&s;e, or employ his &s;aid Goods to any other per&s;on or per&s;ons as him&s;elf li&s;teth, any pretence of making provi&s;ion or purveyance of Victual, Carriages, or other thing for his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or of the &s;aid Qu&eacute;ens, or Children, or any pretence of pre-emption in their, or any of their behalfs not|with&s;tanding. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall make provi&s;ion or purveyance for His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> or any the Qu&eacute;ens, or Children afore&s;aid, or impre&s;s or take any &s;uch Carriages, or other things afore&s;aid, on any pretence or colour of any Warrant afore&s;aid, under the Great Seal, or otherwi&s;e, contrary to the intent hereof; it &s;hall be be lawful for the Iu|&s;tices of Peace, or &s;uch two or one of them as dwell near, and to the Con&s;tables of &s;uch pari&s;h or Village where &s;uch occa&s;ion &s;hall happen, at the reque&s;t of the party grieved: And they are here|by enioyned to commit, or cau&s;e to be committed the party or parties &s;o doing and offending to Gaol till the next Se&s;&s;ions, there to be indicted and proc&eacute;eded again&s;t for the &s;ame; and that the Officers and Inhabitants of the Village or Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall happen, &s;hall be a&s;&s;i&s;tant there|in; and moreover, the party grieved &s;hall have his Action or Actions again&s;t &s;uch offender or of|fenders, and therein recover his treble damages and treble co&s;ts: In which Action, no E&s;&s;oin, Wager of Law, Aid-prayer, Priviledge, Protection, Imparlance, Iniunction, or Order of Re|&s;traint,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No action up|on this Sta|tute to be &s;tay|ed, but by Or|der of the Court where &s;uch action de|pends.</NOTE> &s;hall be granted or allowed: And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall (after notice given, that the Action depending is grounded upon this Statute) cau&s;e or procure any Action at the common Law, grounded on this Statute, to be delayed or &s;tayed before Iudgment, by colour or means of any Order, Power, Warrant, or Authority, &s;ave onely of the Court where &s;uch Action &s;hall be brought and depending, or after Iudgment had upon &s;uch Action, &s;hall cau&s;e or procure Executi|on of &s;uch Iudgment to be &s;tayed or delayed by colour or means of any Order, Warrant, Power, or Authority, &s;ave only by Writ of Errour, or Attaint, or Order of &s;uch Court where &s;uch Writ|of Errour or Attaint &s;hall be depending, That then the per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall incur the pains, penalties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Premunire.</NOTE> and forfeitures ordained and provided by the Statute of Provi&s;ion and Premunire, made in the &s;ixt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd; Provided alwayes, That this Act extend not to prejudice any of His Maje&s;ties Rights, Titles, or Duties of, in, or to, or out of any Tinne in the Stannaries of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Cornwall,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Stannaries. But&s;erage, Pri&s;age.</NOTE> nor to prejudice the ancient Duties of Butlerage and Prizage of Wines; but that the &s;ame &s;hall be in the &s;ame plight that the &s;ame were, before the making of this Act, any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Recompence to his Maje&s;ty for the Court of Wards and Purveyances.</NOTE> And now to the intent and purpo&s;e that His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;|&s;ors, may receive a full and ample Recompence and Satisfaction, as well for the profits of the &s;aid Court of Wards, and the Tenures, Ward&s;hips, Liveries, Primer-Seizins, Ou&s;terlemaines, and other the Premi&s;&s;es and Perqui&s;ites incident thereunto; and for all Arrears any way due for the &s;ame, as al&s;o for all and all manner of Purveyance and Provi&s;ions herein before mentioned, and intended to be taken away and aboli&s;hed; and all &s;ums of money due, or pretended to be due, or payable for, and in re&s;pect of any compo&s;itions for the &s;ame:</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 23. Rates of the Exci&s;e.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be paid unto the Kings Ma|je&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors for ever hereafter, in recompence as afore&s;aid, the &s;everal Rates Impo&s;itions, Duties and Charges herein after expre&s;&s;ed, and in manner and form following (that is to &s;ay)</P>
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<ITEM><HI>For every Barrel of Beer or Ale above &s;ix &s;hillings the barrel, brewed by the Common Brewer, or any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons who doth or &s;hall &s;ell or tap out beer or Ale pub|lickly or privately, to be paid by the common Brewer, or by &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;pectively, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, One &s;hilling three pence. XV. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every barrel of Six &s;hillings Beer or Ale, or under, brewed by the common Brewer, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, who doth or &s;hall &s;ell or tap out &s;uch Beer or Ale publickly or privately, to be paid by the &s;aid common Brewer, or by &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;pectively as afore&s;aid, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, three pence. iij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For all Syder and Perry made and &s;old by retail, upon every Hog&s;head to be paid by the Retayler thereof, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er mea&s;ure, One &s;hilling three pence. XV. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For all Metheglin or Mead &s;old, whether by Retail or otherwi&s;e, to be paid by the ma|ker thereof upon every Gallon, One half-penny. Ob.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every Barrel of Beer, commonly called Vinegar-Beer, brewed by any common Brewer, in any common Brew-hou&s;e, &s;ix pence. Vi. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every Gallon of Strong-water or Aquavitae, made and &s;old, to be paid by the maker thereof, One penny. i. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every barrel of Beer or Ale Imported from beyond the Seas, Three Shillings. iij. <ABBR>s.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every Tun of Syder or Perry Imported from beyond the Seas, and &s;o proportiona|bly for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, Five &s;hillings. V. <ABBR>s.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every gallon of Spirits made of any kind of Wine or Syder Imported, Two pence. ij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every gallon of Strong-water perfectly made, Imported from beyond the Seas, Four pence. iiij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every Gallon of Coffee made and &s;old, to be paid by the maker, Four pence. iiij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>For every gallon of Chocolatte, Sherbet and Tea, made and &s;old, to be paid by the ma|ker thereof, Eight pence. Viij. <ABBR>d.</ABBR></HI></ITEM>
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<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal Rates,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates of Ex|ci&s;e upon for|reign Liquors imported, to be paid in money before land|ing.</NOTE> Duties and Charges of Exci&s;e, or New Impo&s;t above mentioned, hereby &s;et or impo&s;ed upon all and every the &s;aid Forreign Liquors which &s;hall be Imported or brought into all, or any the Ports of this Kingdom and Dominions thereof, afore&s;aid, from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> next, &s;hall be from time to time &s;atisfied and paid by the Merchant or Merchants, Importer or Importers of the &s;ame, in ready money, upon his or their Entry or Entries made, and before the landing thereof.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Entries to be made at the Office of Ex|ci&s;e by Com|mon Brewers, Inn-keepers, &amp;c.</NOTE> That all common Brewers of B&eacute;er and Ale, &s;hall once in every W&eacute;ek: And all Inn-k&eacute;epers, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;epers, Victuallers, and other Retaylers of B&eacute;er, Ale, Syder, Perry, Metheglin, or Strong-water, Brewing, Making, or Retai|ling the &s;ame, &s;hall once in every moneth make true and particular Entries at the Office of Ex|ci&s;e, within the limits of which the &s;aid Commodities and Manufactures are made, of all B&eacute;er, Ale, Perry, Syder, Metheglin, Strong-Water, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, which they, or any of them &s;hall Brew, make, or Retail, in that W&eacute;ek and Moneth re&s;pectively, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all &s;uch common Brewers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not ma|king Entries.</NOTE> who do not once a W&eacute;ek make due and particular Entries, &s;hall forfeit ten pounds: And that every &s;uch Inn-k&eacute;eper, who doth not make true and particular Entries once a Moneth, &s;hall forfeit five pounds. And that every Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer, who doth not once a moneth make due and particular Entries, &s;hall forfeit twenty &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Common Brewer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not paying.</NOTE> who &s;hall not pay and clear off within a W&eacute;ek after he made his Entry, or ought to have made his Entry, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay double the value of the Duty: And that every Inn-k&eacute;eper, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer, who &s;hall not pay and clear off within a Moneth after he made his Entry, or ought to have made his Entry, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay double the value of the Duty: The &s;aid re&s;pective forfeitures to be levyed upon their Goods and Chattels, in &s;uch manner and form, as hereafter in this Act is Ordained and directed.</P>
<P>Provided that no &s;uch per&s;on, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be compelled by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners
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of Exci&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what pla|ces Entries &s;hall be made</NOTE> to travel for the making of the &s;aid Entries, or payment of the &s;aid Duties, or other cau&s;e what&s;oever, touching or concerning the &s;ame, if he live in a Market Town, out of the &s;aid Town; if he live out of a Market Town, then to no other place, then to the next Market Town to his habitation in the &s;ame County on the Market day.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The powers of the Com|mi&s;&s; oners to appoint Ga|gers.</P>
<P>The powers of the Gagers.</P></NOTE>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for putting this Act in execution, and their Sub-Commi&s;&s;i|oners in their re&s;pective circuits and divi&s;ions, &s;hall hereby have power to con&s;titute under their Hands and Seals &s;uch and &s;o many Gagers as they &s;hall find n&eacute;edful: Which Gagers, and every of them, &s;hall at all times, as well by Night as by Day, And if by Night, then in the pre&s;ence of a Con&s;table, or other lawful Officer, be permitted upon their reque&s;t to enter the Hou&s;e, Brew-hou&s;e, Di&s;tilling-hou&s;e, and all other Hou&s;es and Places what&s;oever belonging to, or u&s;ed by any Brewer, Inn-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer of B&eacute;er, Brewing or Making the &s;ame as afore&s;aid, or by any Di&s;tiller of Strong-Waters, or Retailer of other the Liquors afore&s;aid, And to Gage all Coppers, Fats and Ve&s;&s;els in the &s;ame, and to take an accompt of B&eacute;er, Ale, Worts, Perry, Strong-Waters, Aquavite, Metheglin, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, in the &s;aid Hou&s;es, Places, and Ve&s;&s;els, from time to time Brewed, or Made, and Di&s;tilled; and thereof to make Return or Report in Writing to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ion|ers of Exci&s;e, under who&s;e Office and Limits &s;uch Brewer, Retailer, Di&s;tiller, or Maker of the Liquors afore&s;aid, doth dwell and inhabit, leaving a true Copy of &s;uch Return in writing under his hand with &s;uch Brewer, Retailer, Di&s;tiller or Makers of the Liquors afore&s;aid; And &s;uch Reports or Returns of the &s;aid Gagers &s;hall be a charge upon the &s;aid Brewers, Makers and Re|tailers re&s;pectively; And if any &s;uch common Brewer, Maker or Retailer, &s;hall refu&s;e to permit any &s;uch Gager or Gagers to enter his Brew-hou&s;e, or any other places aforementioned, or to gage or take accompt of his Brewing-Ve&s;&s;els, or any &s;uch B&eacute;er, Ale, Worts, Perry, Syder, Strong-Water, Aquavite, Metheglin, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, &s;uch Brewer, Retailer or Di&s;tiller, &s;hall be forthwith forbidden by the &s;aid Gager or Gagers to &s;ell, carry out, or deliver to any of his Cu&s;tomers any B&eacute;er, Ale, Strong-Water, Aquavite, or other the Liquors afore&s;aid; And if any &s;uch Brewer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for &s;elling, &amp;c. not having cleared the Exci&s;e.</NOTE> Retailer or Di&s;tiller of any the Liquors afore&s;aid after &s;uch warning gi|ven, &s;hall &s;ell, carry or deliver out the &s;ame, or any part thereof, not having paid and cleared the duty of Exci&s;e, &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be&s;ides the forfeiture of double the value, forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Ten pounds as afore&s;aid for every offence, to be levyed and recovered upon his or their Goods and Chattels, in manner and form as hereafter in this Act is provided.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Proportions to be ob&s;erved in returns of Gagers.</NOTE>And for the avoiding of all Incertainty, and di&s;pute, touching the returns made or to be made by the Gagers of any B&eacute;er or Ale &s;o Brewed as afore&s;aid; Be it enacted and declared by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That every &s;ix and thirty Gallons of B&eacute;er taken by the Gage according to the Standard of the Ale-quart, four whereof &s;hall make the Gallon, remaining in the cu&s;tody of the Chamberlains of his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, &s;hall be reckoned, accompted, and returned by the Ga|ger for a Barrel of B&eacute;er; And every two and thirty Gallons of Ale, taken by the Gage accor|ding to the &s;ame Standard, &s;hall be in like manner reckoned, accompted, and returned for a Bar|rel of Ale; And all other the Liquors afore&s;aid according to the Wine-gallon.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Brewers and Retailers to ob&s;erve the u|&s;ual rates and prizes.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Brew|ers or Retailers of B&eacute;er and Ale &s;hall take any more in the price thereof, upon Sale of the &s;ame, then according to the u&s;ual Rates and Prices, &s;aving that every common Brewer &s;hall and may take and receive of all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons to whom he &s;hall &s;ell and deliver any B&eacute;er or Ale, the Exci&s;e thereupon due as afore&s;aid, over and above the u&s;ual Rates and Prizes.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment to Brew|ers to make true Entries.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better encouragement of all com|mon Brewers or Makers of B&eacute;er or Ale to make due entry and payment thereof, according as by this Act is appointed, the &s;aid common Brewer not &s;elling the &s;ame by Retail, for and in con&s;ide|ration of wa&s;te by fillings and leakage of their B&eacute;er and Ale, &s;hall have and be allowed out of the &s;aid Returns made by the Gagers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowance for Wa&s;te and Leakage.</NOTE> the &s;everal allowances and abatements hereafter mentioned, (that is to &s;ay) upon every thr&eacute;e and twenty Barrels of Beer, whether &s;trong or &s;mall, returned by the &s;aid Gagers, thr&eacute;e Barrels; And upon every two and twenty Barrels of Ale, whether &s;trong or &s;mall, returned by the Gagers two Barrels; which &s;aid allowances and abatements the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to be appointed as afore&s;aid, and their Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authorized to allow and make accordingly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture for making fal&s;e Entr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">es.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That where any common Brewer &s;hall wittingly or willingly make a fal&s;e Entry, and be convicted for the &s;ame before the Commi&s;&s;ioners to be appointed as afore&s;aid, or any two of them, or before &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as are hereafter by this Act appointed, in that ca&s;e &s;uch Brewer or Brewers &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e over and be&s;ides the penalties before men|tioned, the &s;aid allowance &s;o to be made for &s;ix moneths then next en&s;uing.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No Beer, &amp;c. to be delivered by the Brewer, until the Ex|ci&s;e be paid by the Retailer.</NOTE>And be it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no B&eacute;er or Ale &s;hall be de|livered in by &s;uch Brewer or Maker thereof to any Victualler, or any Retailer thereof, untill the Rate which by &s;uch Victualler or Retailer is to be paid over and above the price of the &s;aid B&eacute;er or Ale, for or in re&s;pect of this duty, be fir&s;t paid and &s;atisfied by the &s;aid Victualler or Retailer to the Brewer or Maker thereof. Provided alwayes, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall brew and &s;ell by retail any &s;mall quantities of b&eacute;er or ale in any Fair within this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Beer and Ale &s;old in Fairs.</NOTE> or Domini|ons afore&s;aid, who is not otherwi&s;e any common or u&s;ual Brewer, or Retailer thereof, and &s;hall
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before any &s;uch &s;elling and retailing thereof, well and truly pay and &s;atisfie the duty due for the &s;ame to the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners within who&s;e Limits or Divi&s;ion the &s;aid Fair &s;hall be held, or to their Officers thereunto appointed; Then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o brew|ing or retailing the &s;ame, and for &s;o much, and no more, nor otherwi&s;e, &s;hall be freed and di&s;|charged from all penalties and forfeitures in and by this Act before mentioned and impo&s;ed; Any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners may compound for the Exci&s;e in their Divi|&s;ions.</NOTE> and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners re&s;pectively, to compound for this Duty with any Inn-k&eacute;eper, Victualler, Alehou&s;e-k&eacute;eper, or Retailer of B&eacute;er, Ale, and other the Liquors afore&s;aid within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, from time to time, and in &s;uch manner and form as may be mo&s;t for the advantage and improvement of the receipts thereof: Any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And it is further Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Trea&s;urer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of the Lord Trea|&s;urer, &amp;c. to contract for farming any the rates or duties in this Act.</NOTE> or Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, or &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall appoint, &s;hall have power, and are hereby authori&s;ed and impowered from time to time to treat, contract, conclude and agr&eacute;e with any per&s;on or per&s;ons for or concerning the Farming of all or any the Rates, Duties and Charges in this Act mentioned upon B&eacute;er, Ale, Perry, Syder. or other the Liquors afore&s;aid, in any the re&s;pective Counties, Cities or Places of this Realm or Dominions thereof, as may be for the greate&s;t benefit and ad|vantage of the &s;aid Receipt, &s;o as the &s;ame exc&eacute;ed not the term of Thr&eacute;e years. And be it further Enacted, That every &s;uch Contract, Bargain, and Agr&eacute;ement of the Lord Trea&s;urer, or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or other per&s;ons afore&s;aid, on behalf of His Maje&s;ty on the one part, and the per&s;on or per&s;ons farming on the other part, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, to all in|tents and purpo&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, to the end the afore&s;aid duty may be paid with mo&s;t ea&s;e to the people;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons to be approved by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace, &amp;c. within &s;ix moneths, to have the refu|&s;al of contract|ing for the Exci&s;e in the&s;e re&s;pective Counties.</NOTE> It is hereby further Enacted, That the Lord Trea&s;urer, Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury, or other per&s;ons afore&s;aid, &s;hall not within &s;ix moneths after the Commencement of this Act, treat, con|clude, or agr&eacute;e with any per&s;on or per&s;ons touching the Farming of this duty upon B&eacute;er and Ale in any the re&s;pective Counties or Places of this Realm, or Dominions thereof, other then with &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as by the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;aid Counties or places, or the major part of them, at their publick Quarter Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall be nominated and appointed in that behalf, which per&s;on or per&s;ons is to have the fir&s;t refu&s;al of any &s;uch Farm re&s;pectively, and may take the &s;ame; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided, that the &s;aid duty &s;hall not be let to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, then to the per&s;on or per|&s;ons recommended by the Iu&s;tices, under the rate that it &s;hall be tendred to, and refu&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o recommended.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture and offences with|in this Act how to be de|termined.</NOTE> That all forfeitures and offences made, done and committed again&s;t this Act, or any clau&s;e or article therein contained, &s;hall be heard, adjudged and determined by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner and form as here|after in and by this Act is directed and appointed; that is to &s;ay, all &s;uch forfeitures and offences made and committed within the immediate limits of the chief Office in <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall be heard,<NOTE PLACE="marg">London.</NOTE> adjudged and determined, by the &s;aid chief Commi&s;&s;ioners and Governors of Exci&s;e (appointed by His Maje&s;ty) or the major part of them, or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Appeals, and regu|lating of this duty, or the major part of them in ca&s;e of Appeal, and not otherwi&s;e.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Counties, Ci|ties, &amp;c. within this Kingdom.</NOTE> And all &s;uch forfeitures and offences made and committed within all, or any other the Counties, Cities, Towns or Places within this Kingdom, or Dominions thereof, &s;hall be heard and determined by any two or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace re&s;iding near to the place where &s;uch forfeitures &s;hall be made, or offence committed:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Neglects of the Iu&s;tices.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e of neglect or refu&s;al of &s;uch Iu&s;tices of the Peace, by the &s;pace of fourt&eacute;en dayes next after complaint made, and notice thereof given to the Offender, then the Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the major part appointed for any &s;uch City, Coun|ty, Town, or Place, &s;hall, and are hereby impowered to hear and determine the &s;ame; And if the party find him&s;elf aggrieved by the Iudgment given by the &s;aid Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, he &s;hall and may appeal to the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at the next Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, who are hereby im|powered and authori&s;ed to hear and determine the &s;ame, who&s;e Iudgment therein &s;hall be final; which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for Appeals and regulating of this duty, and the chief Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, and all Iu&s;tices of Peace, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid re&s;pectively, are hereby authori&s;ed, and &s;trictly enjoyned and required upon any complaint or information exhibited and brought of any &s;uch forfeiture made, or offence committed contrary to this Act, to &s;ummon the party accu&s;ed, and upon his appearance, or contempt to proc&eacute;ed to the examination of the matter of Fact, and upon due proof made thereof, either by the voluntary confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or by the oath of one or more credible witne&s;&s;es (which Oath they, or any two or more of them, have hereby power to admini&s;ter) to give Iudgment or Sentence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Levying the forfeitures.</NOTE> according as in and by this Act is before ordained and directed; And to award and i&s;&s;ue out Warrants under their hands for the levying of &s;uch forfeitures, penalties and fines, as by this Act is impo&s;ed, for any &s;uch offence committed, upon the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, and to cau&s;e Sale to be made of the &s;aid Goods and Chattels, (if they &s;hall not be red&eacute;emed within fourt&eacute;en days) rendring to the party the overplus (if any be) and for want of &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;s, to impri&s;on the party offending till &s;atisfaction be made.</P>
<P><PB N="60" REF="39"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to mi|tigate the for|feitures.</NOTE>Provided neverthele&s;s, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of Peace, Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, or any two of them, or their Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners re&s;pective|ly, from time to time, where they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e to mitigate, compound or le&s;&s;en &s;uch forfeiture, penalty or fine, as in their di&s;cretion they &s;hall think fit; And that every &s;uch mitigation and payment thereupon accordingly made, &s;hall be a &s;ufficient di&s;charge of the &s;aid penalties and for|feitures to the per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;o as by &s;uch mitigation the &s;ame be not made le&s;s than dou|ble the value of the duty of Exci&s;e, which &s;hould or ought to have b&eacute;en paid, be&s;ides the rea&s;on|able co&s;ts and charges of &s;uch Officer or Officers, or others, as were imployed therein, to be to them allowed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices; any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tan|ding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the for|feitures &s;hall be imployed.</NOTE> And it is hereby further Enacted and Ordained, That all Fines, Forfeitures and Penal|ties mentioned in this Act, all nece&s;&s;ary charges for the recovery thereof being fir&s;t deducted, &s;hall be imployed thr&eacute;e fourth parts thereof to and for the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty, and one fourth part to the Di&s;coverer or Informer of the &s;ame: And for the better managing, collecting, &s;ecuring, levy|ing and recovering of all and every the &s;aid rates and charges of Exci&s;e hereby impo&s;ed, and &s;et upon all or any of the Commodities before mentioned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">One principal Office of Ex|ci&s;e erected in <HI>London.</HI></NOTE> to the end, the &s;ame may be paid and di&s;po&s;ed of according to the intent of this pre&s;ent Act: Be it further Enacted and Ordained by the autho|rity afore&s;aid, and it is hereby Enacted, That one principal Head-Office &s;hall be erected and con|tinued in the City of <HI>London,</HI> or within ten miles thereof, from time to time, as long as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall think fit for this duty, unto which all other Offices for the &s;ame within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> &s;hall be &s;ubordinate and accomptable: Which &s;aid Office &s;hall be managed by &s;uch Officers as &s;hall be appointed by the Kings Maje&s;ty as afore|&s;aid, who, or any two of them, are hereby appointed and con&s;tituted Commi&s;&s;ioners and Gover|nours for the management of His Maje&s;ties Receipt of the Exci&s;e, and to &s;it in &s;ome convenient place in the City of <HI>London,</HI> or within ten miles thereof, from time to time, as long as his Ma|je&s;ty &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be capable of in|termedling with any Office or Imployment relating to the Exci&s;e, until he or they &s;hall before two or more Iu&s;tices of Peace in the County where his or their imployments &s;hall be, or before one of the Barons of the Exchequer, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, which Oaths they have hereby power to Admini&s;ter, together with this Oath following, <HI>Mutatis Mutandis.</HI></P>
<Q><P><MILESTONE UNIT="The Oath."> YOU &s;hall &s;wear to execute the Office of <GAP DESC="blank"> truly and faithfully without Favour or Affection, and &s;hall from time to time true Accompt make, and deliver to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as His Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint to receive the &s;ame, and &s;hall take no Fee or Reward for the Execution of the &s;aid Office, from any other per&s;on, than from His Maie&s;ty, or tho&s;e whom His Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint in that behalf.</P></Q>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">London, We&s;tmin&s;ter, &amp;c. to be under the manage|ment of the chief Office.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every &s;uch Iu&s;tice of Peace &s;hall certify the taking of &s;uch Oath to the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, there to be Recorded; And it is further Enacted, That all parts of the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and the &s;everal Suburbs thereof, and Pari&s;hes within the w&eacute;ekly Bills of Mortality, &s;hal+be under the immediate care, in&s;pection and management of the &s;aid Head-Office, and &s;uch, and &s;o many &s;ubordinate Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Commi&s;|&s;ioners, &amp;c. to be nominated by his Ma|ie&s;ty.</NOTE> and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, and other Officers and Mini&s;ters for the Execution of the Premi&s;&s;es &s;hall be from time to time nominated and appointed by His Maie&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, in all and every other the Counties, Cities, Towns, and Pla|ces within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> as from time to time his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall think fit. And it is hereby further Enacted, That the &s;aid Office of Exci&s;e in all places where it &s;hall be appointed, &s;hall be kept open from eight of the Clock in the morning,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Times in which the Of|fice &s;hall be kept open.</NOTE> till twelve of the Clock at noon; and from two of the Clock in the Afternoon, till five of the Clock in the Afternoon, for the due execution and performance of all and every the matters and things in this Act appointed and required. And it is further hereby Enact|ed, That the &s;aid Chief Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, or the major part of them, &s;hall from time to time i&s;&s;ue forth and pay &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money, as &s;hall from time to time be received, colle|cted or levyed by vertue of this Act, into his Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The general <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">ue pleadable in any action upon this Statute.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall at any time be &s;ued or pro&s;ecuted for any thing by him or them done or executed in pur&s;uance of this Act, he or they &s;hall and may plead the general i&s;&s;ue, and give this Act in evidence for his defence; and if upon the Tryal a Verdict &s;hall pa&s;s for the Defendant or Defendants, or the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be Non-&s;uit, then &s;uch Defendant or Defendants &s;hall have double co&s;ts to him or them awarded again&s;t &s;uch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Writs of <HI>Certiorari</HI> no &s;uper&s;edeas,</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That no Writ or Writs of <HI>Certiorari</HI> &s;hall &s;uper&s;ede Execu|tion or other Proc&eacute;edings, upon any Order or Orders made by the Iu&s;tices afore&s;aid in pur&s;uance of this Act, but that Execution and other proc&eacute;edings &s;hall and may be had and made thereupon, any &s;uch Writ or Writs, or allowance thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o as to the Act of Ge|neral pardon.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend, or be con&s;trued to ex|tend in any matter to weaken or invalidate one Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion,</HI> but that every Clau&s;e, Article, Matter,
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and thing therein mentioned and compri&s;ed, &s;hall notwith&s;tanding this Act, or any matter or thing therein, remain good and valid, and be of the &s;ame force, vertue and effect, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o con|cerning <HI>Ed. Backwell.</HI></NOTE> &s;hall not be prejudicial to <HI>Edward Backwell</HI> Alderman of <HI>London,</HI> as to the &s;um of twenty eight thou&s;and, four hundred and fifty pounds (or any part thereof) by him advanced upon the Credit of &s;everal Orders of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by them charged on the receipt of the Grand Exci&s;e that is to &s;ay, the &s;um of Five thou&s;and pounds payable to his Maje&s;ties Surveyor-General for the repair of his Maje&s;ties hou&s;es, charged by vertue of an Order of the &s;ixth of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame; the &s;um of ten thou&s;and pounds advanced to her Highne&s;s the Prin|ces Royal, being charged with Intere&s;t by an Order of the 13th of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. the &s;um of ten thou&s;and pounds payable to her Maje&s;ty the Qu&eacute;en of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> being charged, together with Intere&s;t, by an Order of the 13th of <HI>September,</HI> 1660. the &s;um of thr&eacute;e thou&s;and four hundred and fifty pounds payable for Provi&s;ions for <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> by Order of the 26th of <HI>November,</HI> 1660. which &s;um of twenty eight thou&s;and four hundred and fifty pounds, together with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame, according to the tenor of the &s;aid Orders, after the rate of &s;ix <HI>per Cent.</HI> &s;hall be paid to the &s;aid <HI>Edward Backwell,</HI> or his A&s;&s;igns, out of the Grand Exci&s;e, and the Arrears thereof in cour&s;e, as is by the &s;aid Orders appointed; and in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall fall &s;hort in payment by the Twen|ty fifth of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, that then the remainder &s;hall continue &s;ecured to him out of the whole Exci&s;e in cour&s;e as afore&s;aid, and that no other payments be made out of the Exci&s;e, but what is appointed by this pre&s;ent Parliament in cour&s;e to precede the &s;ame, untill the &s;aid debt due to the &s;aid <HI>Edward Backwell,</HI> be &s;atisfied; and that in ca&s;e any part of the monies due to Alderman <HI>Backwell,</HI> be paid out of that part of the Exci&s;e which &s;hall grow due to the Kings Maje&s;ty; that then his Maje&s;ty &s;hall be reimbur&s;ed the &s;ame out of the fir&s;t monies that &s;hall come in of the Arrears of Exci&s;e that will be due the &s;aid twenty fifth of <HI>December. Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="25" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Selling of Wines by Retail, and for preventing Abu&s;es in the Mingling, and Corrupting of Wines, and for &s;etting the Prices thereof.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOR the better Ordering of Selling of Wines by Retail in Taverns, and other places, and for the preventing of Abu&s;es therein, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Autho|rity of the &s;ame, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, unle&s;s he or they be authorized and enabled in manner and form as in this pre&s;ent Act is pre&s;cribed and appointed, &s;hall &s;ell or utter by retail, that is, by the Pint, Quart, Pottle or Gallon, or by any other greater or le&s;&s;er retail mea&s;ure, any kind of Wine or Wines to be drunk or &s;pent within his or their Man&s;ion-hou&s;es, or hou&s;es, or &s;uch other place in his or their tenure or occupation, or without &s;uch Man&s;ion-hou&s;e or hou&s;es, or &s;uch other place in his or their tenure or occupation, by any colour, craft or mean what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty of unlawful uttering wine by retail.</NOTE> upon pain to forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of five pounds; the one moyety of every &s;uch penalty to be to our Soveraign Lord the King, the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of the Kings Courts of Record, in which Acti|on or Suit, no E&s;&s;oign, Wager of Law or Protection &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, from time to time,<NOTE PLACE="marg">His Maje&s;ty may i&s;&s;ue out Commi&s;&s;ions to licen&s;e the uttering wine.</NOTE> to i&s;&s;ue out under His or their Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> one or more Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions directed to two or more per&s;ons, there|by Authorizing them to Licen&s;e, and give Authority to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit, to &s;ell and utter by retail, all and every, or any kind of Wine or Wines what&s;oever, to be drunk and &s;pent, as well within the hou&s;e or hou&s;es, or other place in the tenure or occupation of the party &s;o Licen&s;ed, as without, in any City, Town or other place within the Kingdom of <HI>En|gland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed;</HI> and &s;uch per&s;ons as from time to time, or at any time hereafter &s;hall be by &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions as afore|&s;aid in that behalf appointed, &s;hall have power and authority, and hereby have power and autho|rity to treat and contract for Licen&s;e, authority and di&s;pen&s;ations to be given and granted to any per&s;on or per&s;ons for the &s;elling and uttering of Wines by retail in any City, Town or other place as afore&s;aid, according to the rules and directions of this pre&s;ent Act, and the true intent and meaning thereof, and not otherwi&s;e, any Law, Statute, V&s;age, or Cu&s;tome to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>His Maje&s;ties Agents for granting wine Licen&s;es may grant Li|cen&s;es not ex|ceeding 21 years, if the per&s;on &s;o long live.</P>
<P>Rent re&s;erved, but no <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ine to be taken.</P></NOTE> That &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;io|ned and appointed by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, and be called His Maje&s;ties Agents for granting Licen&s;es for the &s;elling and uttering of Wine by retail; And his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Agents are hereby authorized and enabled under their Seal of Office, the &s;ame to be appointed by his Maje&s;ty, to grant Licence for the &s;elling and uttering of Wines by retail to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, and for any time or term not exc&eacute;eding 21 years, if &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall &s;o long live; and for &s;uch yearly rent as they can or &s;hall agr&eacute;e, and think fit, &s;o as no Fine be taken for the &s;ame; But that the rent and &s;ums of money agr&eacute;ed upon and re&s;erved, be paid and an&s;wered half yearly by equal portions during the whole Term.</P>
<P><PB N="62" REF="40"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Licen&s;es only to &s;uch as per|&s;onally u&s;e the Trade.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That &s;uch Licence &s;hall not be given or granted, but to &s;uch who &s;hall per&s;onally u&s;e the Trade of &s;elling or uttering of Wines by retail, or to the Landlord and owner of the hou&s;e where the per&s;on u&s;ing &s;uch Trade &s;hall &s;ell and utter Wine by retail;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Wine Licen|&s;es not a&s;&s;ign|able.</P>
<P>The King may appoint Officers as he &s;hall think fit.</P></NOTE> nor &s;hall the &s;ame be a&s;&s;ignable, nor in any wi&s;e beneficial or exten&s;ive to in|demnify any per&s;on again&s;t the penalties of this pre&s;ent Act, except the fir&s;t taker.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, to con&s;titute and appoint &s;uch, and &s;o many other Offi|cers and Mini&s;ters, as a Receiver, Regi&s;ter, Clerk, Controller, Me&s;&s;enger, or the like, for the better carrying on of this &s;ervice,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Not exceeding &s;ix pence in the pound for their &s;alaries. The Revenue to be paid into the Exchequer and not to be charged with any gift or Pen&s;ion.</NOTE> as He and they &s;hall think fit, &s;o as the Salaries and Wages of all &s;uch Officers to be appointed, together with the Salary or wages of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Agents, do not exc&eacute;ed &s;ix pence in the pound of the Revenue that &s;hall hence ari&s;e.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Rents, Revenues, and &s;ums of Money hence ari&s;ing, except what &s;hall be allowed for the Wages and Salaries of &s;uch Officers and Mini&s;ters, which is not to exc&eacute;ed &s;ix pence out of every pound thereof, &s;hall be duly and con|&s;tantly paid and an&s;wered into his Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer, and &s;hall not be particularly charged or chargable, either before it be paid into the Exchequer, or after, with any gift or Pen&s;ion. And his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Agents are hereby enjoyned and required to return into the Court of Ex|chequer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Agents to return into the Exchequer in Michael|mas &amp; Ea&s;ter Terms, what Licen&s;es they have granted.</NOTE> every <HI>Michaelmas</HI> and <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Terms, upon their Oaths (which Oaths the Barons of the Exchequer, or any one of them, are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter) a Book fairly written, contai|ning a full and true account of what Licences have b&eacute;en granted the preceding half year, and what Rents and &s;ums of money are thereupon re&s;erved, and have b&eacute;en paid, or are in arrear, together with the &s;ecurities of the per&s;ons &s;o in arrear, to the end due and &s;p&eacute;edy proce&s;s may be made out according to the cour&s;e of the Exchequer, for the recovery of the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the two Vni|ver&s;ities and their priviled|ges.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall not in any wi&s;e be pre|judicial to the priviledg of the two Vniver&s;ities of the Land, or either of them, nor to the Chan|cellors or Scholars of the &s;ame, or their Succe&s;&s;ors; but that they may u&s;e and enioy &s;uch privi|ledges as heretofore they have lawfully u&s;ed and enjoyed, any thing herein to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Society of the Vintners <HI>of <HI>London.</HI></HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend or be prejudicial to the Ma&s;ter, Wardens, Fr&eacute;emen and Commonalty of the My&s;tery of Vintners of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or to any other City or Town Corporate, but that they may u&s;e and enjoy &s;uch Liberties and Priviledges as heretofore they have lawfully u&s;ed and enjoyed, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Burrough <HI>of St. Albans.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not in any wi&s;e extend to debar or hinder the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es of the Burrough of St. <HI>Albans</HI> in the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> or their Succe&s;&s;ors, from enjoying, u&s;ing and exerci&s;ing of all &s;uch Liberties, Powers, and Authorities, to them heretofore granted by &s;everal Letters Pa|tents under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> by Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and King <HI>James</HI> of famous memo|ries, for the erecting, appointing, and Licen&s;ing of thr&eacute;e &s;everal Wine-Taverns within the Burrough afore&s;aid, for and towards the maintenance of the Fr&eacute;e-School there; but that the &s;ame Liberties, Powers, and Authorities &s;hall be, and are hereby e&s;tabli&s;hed and confirmed, and &s;hall remain and continue in and to the &s;aid Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, to and for the charitable u&s;e afore&s;aid, and according to the tenor of the Letters Patents afore&s;aid, as though this Act had never b&eacute;en made, any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">F<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">es of the Officers.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall not, nor may be lawfull to or for any Officer or Officers to be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for the carrying on of this &s;ervice, to take, demand, or receive any F&eacute;es, Rewards, or &s;ums of money what&s;oever, for or in re&s;pect of this Service, other then five &s;hillings for a Licence, Four pence for an Acquittance, and &s;ix pence for a Bond, under the penalty of ten pounds, one moyety thereof to the Kings Maje&s;ty, the other moyety to the per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no Wager of Law, E&s;&s;oign, or Protection &s;hall be allowed, any thing herein, or any other matter or thing to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be no mixture of other wines or things.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Merchant, Vintner, Wine-Cooper or other per&s;on, &s;elling or retailing any Wine, &s;hall mingle or utter any <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wine, mingled with any <HI>French</HI> Wine, or <HI>Rheni&s;h</HI> Wine, Syder, Perry, Honey, Sugar, Syrups of Sugar, Mola&s;&s;es, or any other Syrups what&s;oever, nor put in any I&s;ingla&s;s, Brim&s;tone, Lime, Rai&s;ins, Iuice of Rai&s;ins, Water, nor any other Liquor nor Ingredients, nor any Clary, or other herb, nor any &s;ort of fle&s;h what&s;oever; And that no Merchant, Vintner, Wine-Cooper, or other per&s;on &s;elling or retailing any Wine, &s;hall mingle or utter any <HI>French</HI> Wines mingled with any <HI>Rheni&s;h</HI> Wines or <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, Syder, Perry, Stummed Wine, Vitriol, Honey, Sugar, Syrup of Sugar, Mola&s;&s;es, or any Syrups what&s;oever, nor put in any I&s;inglas, Brim|&s;tome, Lime, Rai&s;ins, Iuice of Rai&s;ins, Water, nor any other Liquor or Ingredients, nor any Clary or other herb, nor any &s;ort of fle&s;h what&s;oever; And that no Merchant, Vintner, Wine-Cooper, or other per&s;on &s;elling or retailing any wine, &s;hall mingle or utter any <HI>Rheni&s;h</HI>-Wine mingled with any <HI>French</HI> Wines, or <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Wines, Syder, Perry, Stummed Wine, Vitriol, Honey, Sugar, Syrups of Sugar, Mola&s;&s;es, or any other Syrups what&s;oever, nor put in any
<PB N="63" REF="40">
I&s;ingla&s;s, Brim&s;tone, Lime, Rai&s;ins, Iuice of Rai&s;ins, Water, nor any other Liquor or In|gredients, nor any Clary or other herb, nor any &s;ort of fle&s;h what&s;oever:<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalties or mingling or abu&s;ing any Wines.</NOTE> And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons committing any of the offences afore&s;aid, &s;hall incur the pains and penalties herein, after mentioned; That is to &s;ay, Every Merchant, Wine-Cooper, or other per&s;on &s;elling any &s;ort of Wines in gro&s;s, mingled or abu&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every &s;uch offence, one hundred pounds; And that every Vintner or other per&s;on &s;elling any &s;orts of Wine by retail, mingled or abu&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every &s;uch offence, the &s;um of Forty pounds; of which forfeitures, one moyety &s;hall go unto the Kings Maie&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the other moyety to the Informer, to be recovered in any Court of Record by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And be it Enacted, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Pri&s;es of Wines.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, no Canary-Wines, Muskie or Alegant, or other <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> or &s;w&eacute;et Wines, &s;hall be &s;old or uttered by any per&s;on or per&s;ons within his Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> by retail, for above Eight&eacute;en pence the quart; And that no <HI>Ga&s;coigne</HI> or <HI>French</HI> Wines what&s;oever, &s;hall be &s;old by Retail, above eight pence the quart; And that no <HI>Rheni&s;h</HI> Wines what&s;oever &s;hall be &s;old by retail, above Twelve pence the quart; (And according to the&s;e rates,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penal|ties.</NOTE> for a greater and le&s;&s;er quan|tity, all and every the &s;aid Wines &s;hall and may be &s;old) upon pain and penalty that every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, who &s;hall utter or &s;ell any of the &s;aid Wines by retail, that is to &s;ay, by Pint, Quart, Pottle, or Gallon, or any other greater or le&s;&s;er Retail-mea&s;ure, at any rate ex|c&eacute;eding the Rates hereby limited, do, and &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch Pint, Quart, Pottle, Gal|lon, or other greater or le&s;&s;er quantity &s;o &s;old by retail, the &s;um of Five pounds; the one moyety of which forfeiture &s;hall be to our Soveraign Lord the King, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, to be recovered in manner and form as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lord Chancellor, &amp;c. may &s;et the Pri&s;es of Wines yearly, or alter the &s;ame.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Chancellor of <HI>En|gland,</HI> Lord Trea&s;urer, Lord Pre&s;ident of the Kings Councel, Lord Privy Seal, and the two Chief Iu&s;tices, or Five, Four, or Thr&eacute;e of them; And they are hereby Authorized yearly, and every year betw&eacute;en the twentieth of <HI>November,</HI> and the la&s;t day of <HI>December,</HI> and no other times, to &s;et the Pri&s;es of all and every the &s;aid Wines to be &s;old by retail as afore&s;aid, at higher or lower rates then are herein contained, &s;o that they or any of them cau&s;e the Pri&s;es by them &s;et to be written, and open Proclamation thereof to be made in the Kings Court of Chancery yearly in the Term time, or el&s;e in the City, Burrough, or Towns Corporate where any &s;uch Wine &s;hall be &s;old; And that all and every the &s;aid Wines &s;hall and may be &s;old by retail at &s;uch pri&s;es as by them, or any Five, Four, or thr&eacute;e of them &s;hall be &s;et as afore&s;aid, from time to time, for the &s;pace of one whole year, to commence from the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next after the &s;etting thereof, and no longer, and no greater pri&s;es under the pains and penalties afore&s;aid, to be recovered as afore&s;aid, and afterwards: And in default of &s;uch &s;etting of pri&s;es by the &s;aid Lord Chancellor of <HI>England,</HI> Lord Trea&s;urer, Lord Pre&s;ident of the Kings Councel, Lord Privy Seal, and the two Chief Iu&s;tices, or Five, Four, or Thr&eacute;e of them, as afore&s;aid, at the re&s;pective Rates and Pri&s;es &s;et by this Act, and under the penalties as afore&s;aid, to be recovered as afore&s;aid. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
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<HEAD>CAP. XXVI.</HEAD>
<P>The levying of the Twelve Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment commencing the 24th of <HI>June</HI> 1659. and the &s;ix Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment, commencing the Twenty Fifth of <HI>December</HI> 1659. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="27" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVII.</HEAD>
<P>Four hundred and twenty thou&s;and pounds, by an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of Three&s;core and ten Thou|&s;and pounds by the Moneth, Granted for Six Moneths, for Disbanding the Remainder of the Army, and paying off the Navy, with Rules and In&s;tructions for the &s;ame. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="28" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVIII.</HEAD>
<P>Further &s;upplying and explaining certain defects in an Act, Intituled, An Act for the provi&s;ion of money for Disbanding and paying off the Forces of this Kingdom, both by Land and Sea. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="29" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIX.</HEAD>
<P>Seventy thou&s;and pounds to be rai&s;ed for the further &s;upply of His Maje&s;ty. EXP. Stat. 13 Car. 2. cap. 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="30" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. XXX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Attainder of &s;everal per&s;ons Guilty of the Horrid Murther of His late Sacred Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>IN all humble manner &s;hew unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t dutiful and loyal Subjectts the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the Horrid and Exe|crable Murther of Your Maje&s;ties Royal Father,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The horrid murder of <HI>King Charles</HI> the fir&s;t how fir&s;t contrived and plotted.</NOTE> our late mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, of ever ble&s;&s;ed and glorious memory, hath b&eacute;en committed by a party of wretched men, de|&s;perately wicked, and hardned in their Impiety, who having fir&s;t plotted and contrived the ruine and de&s;truction of this excellent Monarchy, and with it, of the true Reformed Prote&s;tant Religion which had b&eacute;en &s;o long protected by it and flouri&s;hed under it, found it nece&s;&s;ary in order to the car|rying on of their pernicious and traiterous de&s;igns, to throw down all the Bullwarks and Fences of Law, and to &s;ubvert the very being and con&s;titution of Parliament, that &s;o they might at la&s;t make their way open for any further attempts upon the Sacred Per&s;on of his Maie&s;ty him&s;elf; And that for the more ea&s;y effecting thereof, they did fir&s;t &s;educe &s;ome part of the then Army into a compliance, and then kept the re&s;t in &s;ubjection to them, partly for hopes of preferment, and chiefly, for fear of lo&s;ing their imployments and arrears; untill by the&s;e, and other more odious arts and devices, they had fully &s;trengthened them&s;elves, both in power and faction; which being done, they did declare again&s;t all manner of Treaties with the per&s;on of the King, even then while a Treaty by advice of both Hou&s;es of Parliament was in being; Remon&s;trate again&s;t the Hou&s;es of Parliament for &s;uch proc&eacute;edings, &s;eize upon his Royal per&s;on while the Commi&s;&s;ioners were re|turned to the Hou&s;e of Parliament with his An&s;wer; and when his Conce&s;&s;ions had b&eacute;en Voted a ground for peace, &s;eize upon the Hou&s;e of Commons, &s;eclude and impri&s;on &s;ome Members, force out others, and there being left but a &s;mall remnant of their own Creatures (not a tenth part of the whole) did &s;&eacute;ek to &s;helter them&s;elves by this weak pretence, under the name and Authority of a Parliament, and in that name laboured to pro&s;ecute what was yet behind and unfini&s;hed of their long intended Trea&s;on and Con&s;piracy; To this purpo&s;e they prepared an Ordinance for erecting a prodigious and unheard of Triennal, which they called <HI>An High Court of Ju&s;tice,</HI> for Tryal of his Maje&s;ty; and having ea&s;ily procured it to pa&s;s in their Hou&s;e of Commons, as it then &s;tood moulded, ventured to &s;end it up from thence to the P&eacute;ers then &s;itting, who totally rejected it; whereupon their rage and fury increa&s;ing, they pre&s;ume to pa&s;s it alone, as an Act of the Com|mons, and in the name of the Commons of <HI>England;</HI> and having gained the pretence of Law, made by a power of their own making, pur&s;ue it with all po&s;&s;ible force and cruelty, until at la&s;t, upon the thirtieth day of <HI>January,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and eight, His Sacred Maje&s;ty was brought unto a Scaffold, and there publickly Murthered before the Gates of his own Royal Palace; And becau&s;e by this Horrid action the Prote&s;tant Religion hath received the greate&s;t wound and reproach, and the people of <HI>England</HI> the mo&s;t in&s;upportable &s;hame and infamy that was po&s;&s;ible for the enemies of God and the King to bring upon us, whil&s;t the <HI>Fanatick</HI> Rage of a few Mi&s;creants (who were as far from being true Prote&s;tants, as they were from being true Subjects) &s;tands imputed by our Adver&s;aries to the whole Nation: We therefore your Maje&s;ties &s;aid dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, do hereby renounce, abo|minate, and prote&s;t again&s;t that Impious fact, the execrable Murther, and mo&s;t unparallel'd Trea|&s;on committed again&s;t the Sacred per&s;on and life of our &s;aid late Soveraign, Your Maie&s;ties mo&s;t Royal Father, and all proc&eacute;edings tending thereunto; and do be&s;&eacute;ech Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje|&s;ty that it may be declared, That by the undoubted and Fundamental Laws of this Kingdom, nei|ther the P&eacute;ers of this Realm, nor the Commons, nor both together in Parliament, nor the peo|ple collectively or repre&s;entatively, nor any other per&s;ons what&s;oever ever had, have, hath, or ought to have, any Coercive power over the per&s;ons of the Kings of this Realm; And for the better vindi|cation of our &s;elves to po&s;terity, and as a la&s;ting Monument of our otherwi&s;e inexpre&s;&s;ible dete&s;ta|tion and abhorrency of this villanous and abominable Fact, We do further be&s;&eacute;ech Your mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted, And be it hereby Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Ma|je&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A yearly An|niver&s;ary of Humiliation on the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">0th of Ian. for ever.</NOTE> by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That every thirtieth day of <HI>January,</HI> unle&s;s it falls out to be upon the Lords day, and then the day next following, &s;hall be for ever hereafter &s;et apart to be kept and ob&s;erved in all the Churches and Chappels of the&s;e Your Maje&s;ties Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and the I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> and all other Your Maje&s;ties Dominions, as an Anniver&s;ary day of Fa&s;ting and Humiliation, to implore the Mercy of God, that neither the guilt of that Sacred and Innocent Blood, nor tho&s;e other &s;ins by which God was provoked to deliver up both us and our King into the hands of cruel and unrea&s;onable men,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The attainder of the per&s;ons actively in&s;tru|mental in the Murther of his late Ma|je&s;ty.</NOTE> may at any time hereafter be vi&s;ited upon us or our po&s;terity. And whereas <HI>Oliver Cromwel</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Henry Ireton</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Brad&s;haw</HI> decea&s;ed, and <HI>Thomas Pride</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Li&s;le, William Say,</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, Valentine Wauton, Thomas Harri&s;on, Edward Whalley, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Henry Martin, John Bark&s;tead, Gilbert Millington, Edmund Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, Robert Titchbourn, Owen Row, Robert Lilburn, Adrian Scroop, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challoner, John Ca|rew, John Jones, Miles Corbet, Henry Smith, Gregory Clement, Thomas Wogan, Edmond Harvy, Thomas Scot, William Cawley, John Downs, Nicholas Love, Vincent Potter, Augu&s;tine Garland,
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John Dixwel, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne, James Temple, Peter Temple, Daniel Blagrave, Thomas Wayte, John Cook, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy, William Hewlet, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker, Daniel Axtel,</HI> are notoriou&s;ly known to have b&eacute;en wicked and active In&s;truments in the pro&s;ecution and compa&s;&s;ing that Trayterous Murther of his late Maje&s;ty, for which the &s;aid Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, Thomas Harri&s;on, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Henry Martin,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The names of the per&s;ons cryed and le|gally attaint|ed.</NOTE> <HI>Gil|bert Millington, Robert Titchbourn, Owen Row, Robert Lilbourn, Adrian Scroop, John Carew, John Jones, Henry Smith, Gregory Clement, Edmond Harvy, Thomas Scot, John Downs, Vincent Pot|ter, Augu&s;tine Garland, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne, James Temple, Peter Temple, Thomas Wayte, John Cook, William Hewlet, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker,</HI> and <HI>Daniel Axtel,</HI> have already received their Tryal at Law, and by Verdict, or their own Confe&s;&s;ion, have b&eacute;en convicted, and by Iudgment of Law thereupon had, do now &s;tand duly and legally attainted; of whom, ten per|&s;ons, that is to &s;ay, <HI>Thomas Harri&s;on, Adrian Scroop, John Carew, John Jones, Thomas Scot,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The ten per|&s;ons executed.</NOTE> <HI>Gre|gory Clement, John Cook, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker,</HI> and <HI>Daniel Axtel,</HI> have mo&s;t de&s;ervedly &s;uffered the pains of death, and b&eacute;en executed according to Law; and the &s;aid <HI>John Li&s;le,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The per&s;ons fled.</NOTE> <HI>William Say, Valentine Wauton, Edward Whalley, John Bark&s;tead, Edmond Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challoner, Miles Corbet, Wil|liam Cawley, Nicholas Love, John Dixwell, Daniel Blagrave, Andrew Broughton,</HI> and <HI>Edward Den|dy,</HI> are fled from Iu&s;tice, not daring to abide a Legal Tryal: May it therefore plea&s;e your Ma|je&s;ty that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The per&s;ons dead before they could be brought to tryal attainted The per&s;ons fled attainted.</NOTE> That the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Henry Ireton</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Brad&s;haw,</HI> decea&s;ed, and <HI>Thomas Pride</HI> decea&s;ed, &s;hall by vertue of this Act, be adjudged to be Convicted and Attainted of High Trea&s;on, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if they, and every of them re&s;pectively, had b&eacute;en Attainted in their lives: And al&s;o that <HI>John Li&s;le, William Say, Valentine Wanton, Edward Whal|ley, John Bark&s;tead, Edmond Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challoner, William Cawley, Miles Corbet, Nicholas Love, John Dixwell, Daniel Blagrave, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy,</HI> and every of them, &s;tand and be ad|judged, and by Authority of this pre&s;ent Act Convicted and Attainted of High Trea&s;on;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Their Lands, Tenements, &amp;c. forfeited &amp; ve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> And that all and every the Manors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Rever&s;ions, Remainders, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, Rights, Conditions, Intere&s;ts, Offices, F&eacute;es, Annuities, and all other the Heredi|taments, Lea&s;es for years, Cha&s;tels real, and other things of that nature, what&s;oever they be, of them the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, John Brad&s;haw, Thomas Pride, John Li&s;le, William Say, Valentine Wauton, Edward Whalley, John Bark&s;tead, Edmond Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challoner, William Caw|ley, Miles Corbet, Nicholas Love, John Dixwell, Daniel Blagrave, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy, Thomas Harri&s;on, Adrian Scroop, John Carew, John Jones, Thomas Scot, Gregory Cle|ment, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker, John Cook, Daniel Axtel,</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Henry Martin, Gilbert Millington, Robert Titchbourn, Owen Row, Robert Lilbourn, Henry Smith, Edmond Harvey, John Downs, Vincent Potter, Augu&s;tine Garland, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne, James Temple, Peter Temple, Thomas Wayte,</HI> which they, or any of them, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, to their or any of their u&s;es, or in tru&s;t for them, or any of them, had the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Whereof they were &s;ei&s;ed, or any for them 25 March 1646.</NOTE> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and &s;ix, or at any time &s;ince, &s;hall &s;tand and be forfeited unto Your Maje&s;ty, Your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, ve&s;ted, and adjudged to be in the actual and real po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of your Maje&s;ty, without any Office or Inqui&s;ition thereof hereafter to be taken or found: And al&s;o, That all and every the Goods, Debts, and other the Chattels per&s;onal what&s;oever, of them, the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell, Henry Ireton, John Brad&s;haw, Thomas Pride,</HI> whereof at the time of their re&s;pective deaths, they, or any of them, or any other in tru&s;t for them, or any of them, &s;tood po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in Law or Equity;<NOTE PLACE="marg">All their goods &amp; per&s;o|nal e&s;tate for|feited &amp; ve&s;ted in his Maje|&s;ty.</NOTE> and all the Goods, Debts, and other the Chattels per&s;onal what&s;oever of them the &s;aid <HI>John Li&s;le, William Say, Valentine Wauton, Edward Whalley, John Bark&s;tead, Edmond Ludlow,</HI> Sir <HI>Michael Live&s;ey, John Okey, John Hew&s;on, William Goffe, Cornelius Holland, Thomas Challo|ner, William Cawley, Miles Corbet, Nicholas Love, John Dixwell, Andrew Broughton, Edward Dendy, Thomas Harri&s;on, Adrian Scroop, John Carew, John Jones, Thomas Scot, Gregory Cle|ment, Hugh Peters, Francis Hacker, John Cook, Daniel Axtel,</HI> Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller, William Heveningham, I&s;aac Penington, Henry Martin, Gilbert Millington, Robert Titchbourn, Owen Row, Robert Lilburn, Henry Smith, Edmond Harvey, John Downs, Vincent Potter, Augu&s;tine Gar|land, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne, James Temple, Peter Temple, Thomas Wayte,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Whereof they were po&s;&s;e&s;t or any for them 11 Feb. 1659.</NOTE> where|of upon the eleventh day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, they or any of them, or any other in tru&s;t for them, or any of them, &s;tood po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed either in Law or Equity, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed and adjudged to be forfeited unto, and are hereby ve&s;ted, and put into the actual and re|al po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of Your Maje&s;ty, without any further Office or Inqui&s;ition thereof hereafter to be ta|ken or found.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Conveyance,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for conveyances by any of the offenders.</NOTE> A&s;&s;u|rance, Grant, Bargain, Sale, Charge, Lea&s;e, A&s;&s;ignment of Lea&s;e, Grants and Surrenders by Copy of Court-Roll, E&s;tate, Intere&s;t, Tru&s;t, or limitation of any V&s;e or V&s;es of or out of any Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, not being the Lands nor Hereditaments of the late King, Qu&eacute;en, or Prince, or of any Arch-bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, nor
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being Lands or Hereditaments &s;old or given for the Delinquency, or pretended Delinquency of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, by vertue or pretext of any Act, Order, Ordinance, or reputed Act, Order, or Ordinance &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty one, nor any Statute,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Statutes, Iudgments, &amp;c. before the 9th of Sept. 1659.</NOTE> Iudgment or Recognizance had, made, acknowledged or &s;uffered to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, before the twenty ninth day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, by any of the Offenders before in this Act mentioned, or their Heirs, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming by, from, or under them or any of them, other then the wife or wives,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For money <HI>bona fide</HI> lent, &amp;c. Conveyances in tru&s;t made before the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">. of April 166<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. to any the &s;aid Offenders.</NOTE> child or children, heir or heirs of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, or any of them, for money <HI>bona fide,</HI> to them or any of them paid or lent, nor any Conveyance, A&s;&s;urance, Grant, or E&s;tate made before the twenty fifth of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons to any of the Offenders afore&s;aid in Tru&s;t; and for the benefit of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons not be|ing any of the offenders afore&s;aid, or in tru&s;t for any Bodies Politick or Corporate, &s;hall be im|peached, defeated, made void or fru&s;trated hereby, or by any of the Convictions and Attainders afore&s;aid; but that the &s;ame &s;hall be held and enioyed by the Purcha&s;ers, Grant&eacute;es, Le&s;&s;&eacute;es, A&s;|&s;igns, <HI>Ce&s;tuy que u&s;e, Ce&s;tuy que tru&s;t,</HI> and every of them, their Heirs Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made, and as if the &s;aid Offenders had not b&eacute;en by this Act, or by any other cour&s;e or proc&eacute;edings of Law, convicted or attainted; &s;o as the &s;aid Conveyances,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Such convey|ances to be en|rolled in the Court of Ex|chequer before the fir&s;t of Ian. 1662.</NOTE> and all and every the Grants and A&s;&s;urances which by vertue of this Act, are, and ought to be held and enjoyed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall before the fir&s;t of <HI>January,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, be entred and enrolled of Record in His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, and not otherwi&s;e; Any thing in this Act herein before contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Marque&s;s <HI>of Worce&s;ter,</HI> &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and &s;ingular the Ma|nors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, which at any time heretofore were the Lands and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of <HI>Henry</HI> late Marque&s;s of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Edward</HI> now Marque&s;s of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Herbert,</HI> Son and Heir apparent of the &s;aid <HI>Edward</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> or any of them; whereof or wherein the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons in tru&s;t for him, or to his u&s;e, or any other the per&s;ons attainted by this Act, or otherwi&s;e, or any per|&s;on or per&s;ons in tru&s;t for them or any of them, had or claimed, or pretended to have any E&s;tate, Right, Title, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or Intere&s;t, at any time before or &s;ince the decea&s;e of the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> &s;hall be, and hereby are ve&s;ted and &s;etled in, and &s;hall be held and enjoyed by the &s;aid Marque&s;s of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> and the &s;aid <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Herbert,</HI> in &s;uch manner and form, and for &s;uch E&s;tate and E&s;tates, with &s;uch powers and priviledges as they formerly had in the &s;ame re|&s;pectively; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act contained, or any Act, Conveyance or A&s;&s;urance here|tofore made or acknowledged by the &s;aid <HI>Edward</HI> Marque&s;s of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Herbert,</HI> or either of them, unto the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, in tru&s;t for, or to the u&s;e of the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> or any Act or Conveyance made or done by the &s;aid <HI>Oliver Cromwell,</HI> or by any in tru&s;t for him, to any per&s;on what&s;oever, to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. Saving alwayes to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Saving.</NOTE> Bodies Politick, and others, their re&s;pective Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors and Admini&s;trators, all &s;uch Right, Title and Intere&s;t in Law and Equity, which they or any of them have or ought to have, of, into, or out of any the Premi&s;&s;es, not being in tru&s;t for any the &s;aid Offenders, nor derived by, from or under the &s;aid Offenders, &s;ince the twenty fifth day of <HI>March,</HI> which was in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty &s;ix; And that they the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politick, and other their re&s;pe|ctive Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors and Admini&s;trators, and every of them, in all and every &s;uch ca&s;e where his and their Entry was lawful, upon &s;uch Offender, or Offenders, or the Heirs or A&s;&s;igns of &s;uch Offender or Offenders, in or upon the &s;aid twenty fifth day of <HI>March,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and &s;ix, or at any time &s;ince, may without Petition, <HI>Mon&s;trans de droyt, Ou&s;ter le maine,</HI> or other Suit to his Maie&s;ty, enter on the premi&s;&s;es in his Maje&s;ties po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Succe&s;&s;ors and Patent&eacute;es, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, in &s;uch manner to all intents, as he or they might have done on the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Offenders, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, in or upon the &s;aid twenty fifth day of <HI>March,</HI> or at any time &s;ince; Any thing in this Act to the con|trary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for &s;uch as have received &amp; paid their Rents to the Offenders.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons which have received any of the Rents or mean profits, of, in, or out of any the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Chattels real, or Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of any of the Offender or Offenders in this Act mentioned, before the Eleventh day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, and have paid or ac|counted for the &s;ame before &s;he &s;aid Eleventh day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, unto the &s;aid Offender or Offenders, or their A&s;&s;igns, or to any claiming from or under them, &s;hall be clearly and for ever acquitted and di&s;charged of and from the &s;ame, again&s;t the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Richard In|goldsby.</HI></NOTE>Provided alwayes, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for <HI>Richard Ingoldsby</HI> to retain and k&eacute;ep, or otherwi&s;e to &s;ell and di&s;po&s;e all and &s;ingular the Goods and Chattels formerly belonging to Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller,</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> untill two thou&s;and pounds, for which the &s;aid <HI>Richard Ingoldsby</HI> in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty eight, &s;tood joyntly bound with the &s;aid Sir <HI>Hardre&s;s Waller,</HI> unto <HI>James Brooks</HI> of the City of <HI>York,</HI> Alderman, and was then
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counter-&s;ecured by a Iudgment upon his Lands, and &s;ince by a D&eacute;ed of Bargain and Sale of the &s;aid Goods and Chattels in <HI>Ireland,</HI> be fully paid, together with the Intere&s;t thereof; he the &s;aid <HI>Richard Ingolsby</HI> accounting for, and paying the full overplus thereof, if any &s;hall be, unto our Soveraign Lord the King; Any thing herein before contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding, <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="31" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXI.</HEAD>
<P>Lea&s;es and Grants from Colledges and Ho&s;pitals Confirmed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="32" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Exportation of Wooll, Woolfells, Fullers Earth, or any kind of Scouring Earth, Prohibited.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOR the better preventing and avoiding of &s;uch Lo&s;&s;es and Inconveniencies as have happen|ed, and daily do and may happen to the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and to the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> by and through the &s;ecret and &s;ubtile exportation and tran&s;portation, and by and through the &s;ubtile carrying and conveying away of Wooll, Woolfels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth, and Fulling Clay, out, of, and from the Kingdoms and Dominion afore&s;aid, and for the better &s;etting on work the poor people and Inhabitants of the Kingdoms and Dominion afore&s;aid; And to the intent that the full and be&s;t u&s;e and benefit of the principal native Commodities of the &s;ame Kingdoms and Dominion may come, redound, and be unto and among&s;t the Subjects and Inhabitants of the &s;ame, and not unto or among&s;t the Sub|jects and Inhabitants of the Realm of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or of any Forreign Realms or States, as the &s;ame now of late in &s;ome great mea&s;ure hath done, and is further likely to do, if &s;ome &s;everer puni&s;h|ment than heretofore be not &s;peedily inflicted upon &s;uch Offenders as &s;hall be Actors or A&s;&s;i&s;tants in and to &s;uch Exportation and Tran&s;portation, and in and to &s;uch carrying and conveying there|of, as afore&s;aid;</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on af|ter the 14. of Jan. 1660. &s;hall export any Sheep or Wooll, Wool-fells, Mort|lins, Shor|lings, Yarn, Woolflocks, Fullers, Earth, Ful|ling Clay.</NOTE> the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, from and after the fourt&eacute;enth day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and thr&eacute;e&s;core, &s;hall directly or indirectly, Export, Tran&s;port, carry or convey, or cau&s;e or procure to be Exported, Tran&s;ported, carried or conveyed, out of, or from the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or out of, or from the I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> with <HI>Sarke</HI> and <HI>Alder|ney,</HI> being under the Government of <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> afore&s;aid, or out of, or from any of them, or out of, or from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> afore&s;aid, into any parts or places out of the Kingdoms, I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid, any Sh&eacute;ep or Wooll what&s;oever, of the br&eacute;ed or growth of the Kingdoms of <HI>England,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid; Or any Woolfells, Mortlings or Shorlings, or any Yarn made of Wooll, or any Woolflocks, or any Fullers Earth, or any Fulling Clay what&s;oever; nor &s;hall directly or indirectly pack or load,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Nor carry, load, or board any Sheep, Wooll, &amp;c.</NOTE> or cau&s;e to be packed or loaded upon any Hor&s;e, Cart, or other Carriage, or Load, or lay on board, or cau&s;e to be loaden or laid on board in any Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el, in any Place or Port within the Kingdoms of <HI>Eng|land</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid, any &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wool, Wool-fells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, or Woolflocks, or any Fullers Earth, or Ful|ling Clay, to the intent or purpo&s;e to export, tran&s;port, carry or convey the &s;ame, or to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be exported, tran&s;ported, carried or conveyed out of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ire|land,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid, or with intent or purpo&s;e, that any other per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hould &s;o export, tran&s;port, carry or convey the &s;ame into any parts or places out of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid, into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or any forreign parts.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Wooll, Woolfells, Mortlings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Wooll, Woolfells, &amp;c. after the 14. of Ian. 1660. to be carried into <HI>Wales, Ire|land, &amp;c.</HI> Except.</NOTE> Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woolflocks, or any Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay, &s;hall be from and after the fourt&eacute;enth day of <HI>January,</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and thr&eacute;e&s;core, exported, tran&s;ported, carried or conveyed out of the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> and Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or out of any Port or Place of the &s;aid Kingdoms re&s;pectively unto the I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or to <HI>Sarke,</HI> or <HI>Alderney,</HI> except as in this Act &s;hall be hereafter limited or appointed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penal|ties.</NOTE> That all and every the Offender and Of|fenders, offence and offences afore&s;aid, &s;hall be &s;ubject and lyable to the re&s;pective pains, penalties and forfeitures hereafter following, That is to &s;ay, The &s;aid Sh&eacute;ep, Woolls, Woolfells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woollflocks, Fullers Earth, and Fulling Clay, &s;o exported, tran&s;|ported, carried, conveyed, packed or loaden, contrary to the true intent of this Act, &s;hall be forfeited, and that every offender and offenders therein &s;hall forfeit twenty &s;hillings for every &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, and thr&eacute;e &s;hillings for every pound weight of &s;uch Wooll, Woolfells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woollflocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay; And al&s;o the Owners of the &s;aid Ships or Ve&s;&s;els knowing &s;uch offence, &s;hall forfeit all thei<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, with all their Apparrel and Furniture to them and every of them belonging: And that the Ma&s;ter and Mariners thereof, knowing &s;uch offence, and wittingly and willingly aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting thereunto, &s;hall forfeit all their Goods and Chattels, and have Impri&s;onment for the &s;ame thr&eacute;e moneths without Bail or Main-pri&s;e; the one moyety of which &s;aid penalties and forfeitures &s;hall be to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyety to him that will
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&s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, or before the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, or in the General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace: In which Suit, no E&s;&s;oyn, protection or wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty upon any Mer|chant that &s;hall tran&s;port woolls, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That if any Merchant, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall after the &s;aid fourt&eacute;enth day of <HI>January</HI> tran&s;port or cau&s;e to be tran&s;ported any Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Woolfells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Woollen Yarn, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay, contrary to the true intent of this Act, and be thereof lawfully convicted, That then he &s;hall be di&s;abled to re|quire any Debt or Accompt of any Factor or others, for or concerning any Debt or E&s;tate pro|perly belonging to &s;uch offender.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE> Provided alwayes, and it is neverthele&s;s declared, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be con&s;trued to take away any greater pains or pe|nalties inflicted, or to be inflicted for any the offences afore&s;aid, by vertue of any former Act of Par|liament now in force.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Offences a|gain&s;t this Act where to be tryed.</NOTE>And be it al&s;o further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That every offence that &s;hall be done or committed contrary to this Act, &s;hall and may be inquired of and heard, examined, tryed and de|termined in the County where &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Woolfells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay re&s;pectively &s;hall be &s;o packed, loaden, or laid aboard as afore&s;aid, contrary to this Act, or el&s;e in the County where &s;uch Offenders &s;hall happen to be apprehended, or arre&s;ted for &s;uch offence, in &s;uch manner and form, and to &s;uch effect to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame offence had b&eacute;en wholly and altogether done and committed at and in &s;uch County.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>They to be Pro&s;ecuted within a year after the of|fence commit|ted.</P>
<P>Any per&s;on may &s;eize goods contra|ry to this Act, loaded with intent to be tran&s;ported, and &s;hall have the moyety thereof.</P></NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall at any time hereafter be impeached for any offence afore&s;aid, unle&s;s &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be pro&s;ecuted within the &s;pace of one year next en&s;uing &s;uch offence committed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any per&s;on or per&s;ons to &s;eize, take and challenge to his or their own u&s;e and behoof, and to the u&s;e of the King, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, all and all manner &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Woolfells, Mort|lings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woollflocks, Fullers Earth, and Fulling Clay, as he or they &s;hall happen to &s;&eacute;e, finde, know or di&s;cover to be laid aboard in any Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el or Boat, or to be brought, carried or laid on &s;hore, at or near the Sea or any Navigable River or Water, to the intent or purpo&s;e to be exported, tran&s;ported or conveyed out of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid, contrary to the true mean|ing of this Act, or to be packed or loaden upon any Hor&s;e, Cart, or other Carriage, to the intent or purpo&s;e to be conveyed or carried into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> afore&s;aid; and that &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall happen &s;o to &s;eize, take or challenge any &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Woolfells, Mort|lings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have the full moyety thereof, to all intents and purpo&s;es.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall not be evidence again&s;t the offender.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons as &s;hall make any &s;uch Seizure or challenge afore&s;aid to his or their own u&s;e, &s;hall not be admitted or allowed to give in Evidence upon his or their Oath or Oaths again&s;t any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons which &s;hall happen to be indicted, accu&s;ed or que&s;tioned by vertue of this Act, or any thing therein contained.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forfeiture of the &s;hip if the owner be an Alien, or not Inhabiting in England.</NOTE>And furthermore be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every &s;hip, Ve&s;&s;el, Hulk, Barge or Boat, of what kind &s;oever, whereof any Alien born, or whereof any natural born Sub|jects not inhabiting within the Realm of <HI>England</HI> &s;hall be owner or part-owner, and wherein any Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Woolfells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay, &s;hall happen to be &s;hipped, put, or laid aboard, contrary to the true meaning of this Act, &s;hall be forfeited to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act &s;hall not extend to any Lamb Skin ready dre&s;t, and prepared fit and u&s;eful for Furr or Lynings.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act &s;hall not in any wi&s;e extend to the tran&s;porting, carrying or con|veying away of any &s;uch Woolfells or Pelts, with &s;uch Wooll upon them, or to any Beds &s;tuffed with Flocks, which &s;hall be carried or imployed in any Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el for nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e only, of and about the Ordnance or other thing in or concerning &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or only for the nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e of any the Per&s;ons in &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el pa&s;&s;ing or being, and which &s;hall not be &s;old or uttered in any Forreign parts out of the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ireland. Berwick.</NOTE> or Town of <HI>Ber|wick,</HI> I&s;les, or Dominion afore&s;aid; nor to the exporting, tran&s;porting, carrying or conveying of any Wether-&s;h&eacute;ep, or of the Wooll growing upon any &s;uch Wether-&s;h&eacute;ep, to be carried alive in any Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el, for and towards the only nece&s;&s;ary food or diet, of, or for the Company or Pa&s;&s;engers, or other Per&s;ons therein, and for and towards none other purpo&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Provi&s;o.</HI> Southampton. Jer&s;ey. Guern&s;ey.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to any &s;uch Wooll to be exported or tran&s;ported out, of, or from the Port of <HI>South|ampton,</HI> only unto the afore&s;aid I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> by, or for the only u&s;e or behoof of any the Inhabitants of the &s;aid I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or either of them, or to any &s;uch wooll to be &s;hipped or loaden aboard in any &s;hip or other ve&s;&s;el, by, or for the only u&s;e or behoof of any the Inhabitants of the &s;aid I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or either of them, in the Port afore&s;aid, to be exported and tran&s;ported into the &s;aid I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or either of them; &s;o as &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall &s;o &s;hip or lay aboard &s;uch wool into any &s;hip or other Ve&s;&s;el, do before the &s;hipping or laying aboard &s;uch wool, deliver unto the Cu&s;tomer, Comptroller, Surveyor, or
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Searcher of the Port of <HI>Southampton</HI> afore&s;aid (out of which the &s;ame wooll is to be exported) a writing under the Seal or Seals of the re&s;pective Governors of the &s;ame I&s;les of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> unto which the &s;aid wooll is to be tran&s;ported, or of his or their Deputy or Deputies re|&s;pectively, the which writing &s;hall purport and expre&s;s that the party named in &s;uch writing is au|thori&s;ed and appointed to export, or to cau&s;e to be exported out of the Port afore&s;aid &s;o much wooll, expre&s;&s;ing the number of the Tods, to the &s;ame I&s;le, to be u&s;ed or manufactured in one of the &s;ame I&s;les, or in &s;ome of the members or parts of the &s;ame, and that &s;uch party &s;o authori&s;ed and appointed to export, or cau&s;e to be exported that wooll, hath before the making and &s;ealing of that writing, entred into &s;ufficient Bond to his Maje&s;ties u&s;e for the landing of the &s;aid wooll in that I&s;le. And to the intent that the quantity of wooll to be exported out of the Port of <HI>Southampton</HI> afore&s;aid into the &s;aid I&s;les, or either of them, in any one year, accompting the year to begin from the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> next en&s;uing, and &s;o yearly from the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> may not exc&eacute;ed the quantity hereunder &s;pecified; that is to &s;ay, unto the I&s;le of <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> Two thou&s;and Tods and no more of unkeamed wooll, and unto <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Alderney, Sarke.</NOTE> One thou&s;and Tods and no more of unkeamed wooll, and unto <HI>Alderney,</HI> Two hundred Tods and no more of unkeamed wooll; and unto <HI>Sarke,</HI> One hundred Tods of unkeamed wooll and no more, every Tod not exc&eacute;eding thirty two pounds.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That the Governor of the &s;aid I&s;le of <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or his Deputy, for whom he will an&s;wer, &s;hall not make to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons any writing or wri|tings &s;uch as is above &s;pecified, to authori&s;e or appoint &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, to fetch, export or tran&s;port out of the Port of <HI>Southampton</HI> afore&s;aid unto the &s;aid I&s;le of <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> in one year, accompting the year from the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty afore&s;aid, any greater quantity of wooll then Two thou&s;and Tods in any one year; and that the Governor of the &s;aid I&s;le of <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> or his Deputy for whom he will an&s;wer, &s;hall not make to any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons any writing or writings, &s;uch as is above &s;pecified, to authorize and appoint &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, to fetch, export, or tran&s;port out of the Port above &s;pecified unto the &s;aid I&s;les of <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> with <HI>Alderney</HI> and <HI>Sarke,</HI> in any one year, accompting the year from the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> afore&s;aid, any greater quantity of wooll then one thou&s;and Tods for <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> Two hundred Tods for <HI>Alderney,</HI> and one hundred Tods for <HI>Sarke,</HI> in any one year; and that the Cu&s;tomer of the Port of <HI>Southampton</HI> afore&s;aid, &s;hall k&eacute;ep a true accompt of all the &s;aid quantity of Woolls &s;o by him permitted to be loaden by vertue of this Act, and &s;hall not per|mit any greater quantity of Woolls to be loaden then by this Act is pre&s;cribed, in any one year, to either of the &s;aid I&s;lands re&s;pectively, under any pretence what&s;oever, upon the penalty of the for|feiture of his place, and the &s;um of One hundred pounds in money, one moyety whereof to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be al|lowed. And if any of the Governors afore&s;aid, or any of their, or either of their Deputy or De|puties of the &s;aid I&s;les, or either of them, &s;hall give, grant, or make any Licence or Licences for exporting from <HI>Southampton</HI> afore&s;aid, into the &s;aid I&s;les re&s;pectively, of any greater quantity of &s;uch Wooll then is before by the true meaning of this Act limited and appointed in that behalf; That then the re&s;pective Governor or Governors of &s;uch of the &s;aid I&s;les &s;hall forfeit and pay to Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, the &s;um of Twenty pounds of lawful money of <HI>England,</HI> for every Tod of Wooll which &s;hall be &s;o licen&s;ed to be exported over and above the rate or por|portion of Wooll in and by this Act, or the true meaning thereof, limited or appointed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Governors afore&s;aid, or their re&s;pective Deputies, or any their Clerks, Officers or Servants, for the granting, ma|king, or &s;ealing of every &s;uch writing of Licence as is afore&s;aid, and for the entring a Remem|brance of the &s;ame into &s;ome Book, which they &s;hall have and k&eacute;ep for that purpo&s;e, may have and take the &s;um of Twelve pence, and no more, upon pain of forfeiting to the party grieved the &s;um of Five &s;hillings for every penny which &s;hall be taken over and above the &s;aid &s;um of twelve pence, in and by this Act allowed to be taken, and &s;o after that proportion; the &s;aid penalty or Forfeiture for the taking above Twelve pence as afore&s;aid, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information, in any Court of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, wherein no Injunction, Pro|tection, Priviledge, E&s;&s;oyne or Wager of Law &s;hall be admitted or allowed, <HI>St.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 13.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="33" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Confirmation of Marriages.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas by vertue or colour of certain Ordinances, or certain pretended Acts or Ordi|nances, divers marriages &s;ince the beginning of the late troubles have b&eacute;en had and &s;o|lemnized in &s;ome other manner then hath b&eacute;en formerly u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Marriages &s;ince the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. May, 1642. confirmed.</NOTE> Now for the pre|venting and avoiding of all doubts and que&s;tions touching the &s;ame, It is Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the advice and a&s;&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That all Marriages had or Solemnized in any of his Maje&s;ties Dominions &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty and two, before any Iu&s;tice of Peace, or reputed Iu&s;tice of Peace, of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or other his Maje&s;ties Dominions, and by &s;uch Iu&s;tice, or reputed Iu&s;tice, &s;o pronounced or decla|red; And all Marriages within any of His Maje&s;ties Dominions, &s;ince the &s;ame fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, had or Solemnized according to the
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direction or true intent of any Act or Ordinance, or reputed Act or Ordinance, of one or both hou&s;es of Parliament, or of any Convention &s;itting at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> under the Name, Stile, or Title of a Parliament, or a&s;&s;uming that Name, Stile or Title, &s;hall be, and &s;hall be adjudged, e&s;t&eacute;emed, and taken to be, and to have b&eacute;en of the &s;ame, and no other force and effect, as if &s;uch Marriages had b&eacute;en had and &s;olemnized according to the Rites and Ceremonies e&s;tabli&s;hed, or u&s;ed in the Church or Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> any Law, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;&s;ues upon lawfulne&s;s of marriages al|ready joyned &s;hall be cryed by Iury</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, that where in any Suit commenced, or to be commenced in any of the Courts of the common Law, any i&s;&s;ue hath b&eacute;en joyned, and not already tryed or determined, or &s;hall be joyned upon the point of Ba&s;tardy, or unlawfulne&s;s of marriage, for or concerning the marriages had and &s;olemnized, as afore&s;aid, the &s;ame i&s;&s;ues &s;hall be tryed by Iury of Twelve Men, according to the cour&s;e of Trial of other i&s;&s;ues tryable by Iury at the Common Law, and not otherwi&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ba&s;tardy.</NOTE> any Law, Statute, or V&s;age to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="34" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Planting, Setting, or Sowing of Tobacco in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> prohibited.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>YOur Maje&s;ties Loyal and Obedient Subjects, The Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Par|liament a&s;&s;embled, con&s;idering of how great concern and importance it is, That the Colonies and Plantations of this Kingdom in <HI>America,</HI> be defended, Protected, Maintained, and kept up, and that all due and po&s;&s;ible encouragement be given unto them; and that not not only in regard great and con&s;iderable Dominions and Countries have b&eacute;en thereby gained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Importance of the plantati|ons of Ameri|ca.</NOTE> and added to the Im|perial Crown of this Realm; But for that the &s;trength and welfare of this Kingdom do very much depend upon them, in regard of the employment of a very con&s;iderable part of its Shipping and Seamen, and of the vent of very great quantities of its Native Commodities and Manufactures; as al&s;o of its &s;upply, with &s;everal Commodities which it was wont formerly to have only from Forraigners, and at far dearer Rates: And fora&s;much as Tobacco is one of the main products of &s;everal of tho&s;e Plantations, and upon which their Welfare, and Sub&s;i&s;tence, and the Navigati|on of this Kingdom, and vent of its Commodities thither, do much depend; and in regard it is found by experience, That the Tobaccoes Planted in the&s;e parts are not &s;o good and whol&s;ome for the Takers thereof; And that by the Planting thereof, your Maje&s;ty is deprived of a con&s;iderable part of your Revenue ari&s;ing by Cu&s;toms upon Imported Tobacco; Do mo&s;t humbly pray, That it may be Enacted by your Maje&s;ty: And it is hereby Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Ma|je&s;ty, and the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on af|ter the 1. Ia|nuary, 1660. &s;hall &s;et or plant any To|bacco.</NOTE> That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall, or do from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Ja|nuary,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, Set, Plant, improve to grow, make or cure any Tobacco either in S&eacute;ed, Plant, or otherwi&s;e, in or upon any Ground, Earth, Field, or Place within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern|&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or in the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> under the penalty of the Forfeiture of all &s;uch Tobacco, or the value thereof, or of the &s;um of forty &s;hillings for every Rod or Pole of Ground &s;o Planted, &s;et, or Sowen as afore&s;aid; and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity of Ground, one Moyety thereof to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors; And the other Moyety to him or them that &s;hall Sue for the &s;ame, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information in any Court of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oigne, Protection, or wa|ger in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All Sheriffs and other offi|cers may de|&s;troy any To|bacco planted contrary to this Act.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted, That all Sheriffs, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Bailiffs, Con&s;tables, and every of them, upon Information or Complaint made unto them, or any of them, by any the Officers of the Cu&s;tomes, or by any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever, That there is any Tobacco &s;et, &s;owen, planted, or growing within their Iurisdictions or Precincts, contrary to this Act, &s;hall within ten daies after &s;uch Information or Complaint, cau&s;e to be burnt, plucked up, con&s;umed, or utterly de&s;troyed, all &s;uch Tobacco &s;o &s;et, &s;owen, planted or growing.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty of any per&s;on re|&s;i&s;ting this act.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted, That in ca&s;e any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall re&s;i&s;t, or make for|cible Oppo&s;ition again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons in the due and through Execution of this Act, that every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, for every &s;uch Offence, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of five pounds to be divi|ded and recovered in manner afore&s;aid. And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall not pay the &s;ums of money by them to be paid, by vertue of this Act, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, Di&s;tre&s;s &s;hall be made and Sale thereof, returning the Over-plus to the Owners; And in ca&s;e no Di&s;tre&s;s be to be found, That then every &s;uch party &s;hall be committed to the Common Goal in the County where &s;uch Offence &s;hall be committed, there to remain for the &s;pace of two moneths, without bail or main-prize.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, for private Gar|dens.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Enacted, That this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to the hindring of the planting of Tobacco in any Phy&s;ick Garden of either Vniver|&s;ity, or in any other private Garden for Phy&s;ick or Chirurgery, only &s;o as the quantity &s;o planted exc&eacute;ed not one half of one Pole in any one Place or Garden. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="35" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="71" REF="44">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Po&s;t-Office erected and e&s;tabli&s;hed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas for the maintenance of mutual Corre&s;pondencies, and prevention of many In|conveniencies happening by private Po&s;ts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The well or|dering of po&s;t|age and letters of great con|cernment to Trade.</NOTE> &s;everal publick Po&s;t-Offices have b&eacute;en here|tofore erected for carrying and recarrying of Letters by Po&s;ts, to, and from all parts and places within <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and &s;everal parts beyond the Seas; the well Ordering thereof, is a matter of general concernment, and of great advantage, as well for pre|&s;ervation of Trade and Commerce, as otherwi&s;e: To the end therefore, that the &s;ame may be managed &s;o, that &s;p&eacute;edy and &s;afe di&s;patches may be had, which is mo&s;t likely to be effected, by erecting one general Po&s;t-Office for that purpo&s;e;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Letter-office erected in Lon|don.</NOTE> the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That there be from henceforth one general Letter-Office erected and e&s;tabli&s;hed in &s;ome convenient place within the City of <HI>London,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">A ma&s;ter of the Office to be appointed by the King. Po&s;t-ma&s;ter General.</NOTE> from whence all Letters and pacquets what&s;oever may be with &s;p&eacute;ed and expedition &s;ent unto any part of the Kingdoms of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or any other of his Maje&s;ties Dominions, or unto any Kingdom or Country beyond the Seas, at which &s;aid Office all Returns and An&s;wers may be likewi&s;e received; And that one Ma&s;ter of the &s;aid General Letter-Office &s;hall be from time to time appointed by the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, to be made and con&s;tituted by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> by the name and Stile of his Maje&s;ties Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General; which &s;aid Ma&s;ter of the &s;aid Office, and his De|puty and Deputies, by him thereunto &s;ufficiently authori&s;ed, and his and their Servants, and A|gents, and no other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall from time to time have the receiving, taking up, ordering, di&s;patching, &s;ending Po&s;t or with &s;p&eacute;ed, and delivering of all Letters and Pacquets what&s;oever, which &s;hall from time to time be &s;ent to and from all and every the parts and places of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and other his Maje&s;ties Dominions, and to and from all and every the Kingdoms and Countries beyond the Seas, where he &s;hall &s;ettle or cau&s;e to be &s;etled po&s;ts or running Me&s;&s;engers for that purpo&s;e. Except &s;uch Letters as &s;hall be &s;ent by Coaches, common known Carriers of Goods by Carts, Waggons, or Packhor&s;es, and &s;hall be carried along with their Carts, Waggons, and Packhor&s;es re&s;pectively; And except Letters of Merchants and Ma&s;ters which &s;hall be &s;ent by any Ma&s;ters of any Ships, Barques, or other Ve&s;|&s;el of Merchandize, or by any other per&s;on imployed by them for the carriage of &s;uch Letters afore|&s;aid, according to the re&s;pective directions; And al&s;o except Letters to be &s;ent by any private friend or friends in their wayes of journey or travel, or by any me&s;&s;enger or me&s;&s;engers &s;ent on purpo&s;e, for or concerning the private affairs of any per&s;on or per&s;ons: And al&s;o except Me&s;&s;engers who carry and recarry Commi&s;&s;ions, or the Return thereof, Affidavits, Writs, Proce&s;s or Proc&eacute;edings, or the Returns thereof, i&s;&s;uing out of any Court.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Po&s;t-ma|&s;ter General and no other to provide hor&s;es for riding po&s;t.</NOTE> That &s;uch Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General for the time being, as &s;hall from time to time be made and con&s;tituted by His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the re&s;pective Deputies, or Sub&s;titutes of &s;uch Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General, and no other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall prepare, and provide Hor&s;es and furniture to let to Hire unto all Through-po&s;ts, and per&s;ons riding in po&s;t by Commi&s;&s;ion, or without, to and from all and every the parts and places of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> where any po&s;t-roads are, or &s;hall be &s;etled and e&s;tabli&s;hed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for &s;uch Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General to be con&s;tituted and appointed as afore&s;aid, and his Deputy or Depu|ties by him thereunto &s;ufficiently authorized, to demand, have, receive and take for the portage and conveyance of all &s;uch Letters which he &s;hall &s;o convey, carry or &s;end Po&s;t as afore&s;aid, and for the providing and furni&s;hing Hor&s;es for Through-Po&s;ts, or per&s;ons riding in Po&s;t as afore&s;aid, according to the &s;everal Rates and Sums of Lawful Engli&s;h money hereafter mentioned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates for car|rying letters.</NOTE> not to exc&eacute;ed the &s;ame (that is to &s;ay), For the Port of every Letter not exc&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et, to or from any place not exc&eacute;eding four&s;core Engli&s;h miles di&s;tant from the place where &s;uch Letter &s;hall be received, Two pence; And for the like port of every Letter not exc&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, Four pence; And for the like port of every pacquet of Letters proportionably unto the &s;aid Rates; And for the like port of every pacquet of Writs, D&eacute;eds, and other things, after the Rate of Eight pence for every ounce weight; and for the port of every Letter not exc&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et, above the di&s;tance of four&s;core Engli&s;h miles from the place where the &s;ame &s;hall be received, Thr&eacute;e pence; And for the like port of a Letter, not exc&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, Six pence; and proportionably to the &s;ame rates, for the like port of all pacquets of Letters, and for the like port of every other pacquet of writs, D&eacute;eds, or other things, after the rate of Twelve pence of Engli&s;h money for every Ounce weight; and for the port of every letter not exc&eacute;eding One &s;h&eacute;et, from <HI>London</HI> unto the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or from thence to the City of <HI>London,</HI> Thr&eacute;e pence of Engli&s;h money; And for the like port of every letter not exc&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, Six pence; and proportionably unto the &s;ame rates, for eve|ry pacquet of letters, and for every other pacquet of greater bulk, One &s;hilling and Six pence for every Ounce weight; And for the port of &s;uch letters and pacquets as &s;hall be conveyed or carried from the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> unto any place or places within forty Engli&s;h miles di&s;tance from <HI>Ber|wick,</HI> or any other place where &s;uch letter &s;hall be received, Two pence; and for every letter not
<PB N="72" REF="45">
exc&eacute;eding Two &s;h&eacute;ets, Four pence; and proportionably to the &s;ame rates for every pacquet of let|ters, and for every other pacquet or parcel, Eight pence for every Ounce weight; and for every letter not exc&eacute;eding One &s;h&eacute;et, to be conveyed or carryed a further di&s;tance then Forty Engli&s;h miles, Four pence; And for the like port of every pacquet of letters, Eight pence: and proporti|onably unto the &s;ame Rates for the like port of every pacquet of letters, and for the like port of every other pacquet, One &s;hilling for every Ounce weight; and for the port of every letter not ex|c&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et from <HI>England</HI> unto the City of <HI>Dublin</HI> in <HI>Ireland,</HI> or from the City of <HI>Dublin</HI> in <HI>Ireland</HI> unto <HI>England,</HI> Six pence of Engli&s;h money; and for the like port of every letter not ex|c&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, one &s;hilling, and proportionably to the &s;ame rates for every pacquet of letters, and for the port of every other pacquet of any kind of greater Bulk, Two &s;hillings for every ounce weight; and for the Port of &s;uch Letters or Pacquets as &s;hall be conveyed or carryed from the City of <HI>Dublin,</HI> unto any other place or places within the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or from any other place unto the &s;aid City, or to, or from any other place within the &s;aid Kingdom, according to the Rates and &s;ums of Engli&s;h mony hereafter following, <HI>viz.</HI> For every Letter not exc&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et, to or from any place within forty Engli&s;h Miles di&s;tance from <HI>Dublin,</HI> or any other place where &s;uch Letter &s;hall be received, Two pence; And for every letter not exc&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, Four pence; and proportionably to the &s;ame Rates for every pacquet of letters, and for every pacquet of greater Bulk, Eight pence for every Ounce Weight; and for every letter not exc&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et, to be carryed or conveyed a further di&s;tance then forty Engli&s;h miles, Four pence; and for the like port of every letter not exc&eacute;eding two &s;h&eacute;ets, Eight pence; and proportionably unto the &s;ame Rates for the like port of every pacquet of letters, and for the like Port of every Pac|quet of greater Bulk, One &s;hilling for every Ounce weight; and for all and every the Letters, Pacquets, and parcels of Goods that &s;hall be carried or conveyed to or from any of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Dominions to or from any other parts or places beyond the Seas, according to the &s;everal and re&s;pective Rates that now are, and have b&eacute;en taken for Letters, Pacquets, and parcels &s;o con|veyed, being rated either by the Letter, or by the Ounce weight,</P>
<P>That is to &s;ay,
<TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Morlaix,</HI> Saint <HI>Ma|loes, Caen, Newhaven,</HI> and Places of like di|&s;tance, Port paid to <HI>Ro|an</HI> is for</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xviii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xviii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Hamburgh, Colen, Frankfort,</HI> Port paid to <HI>Antwerp is</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xvi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xxiv</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>xxiv</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Venice, Geneva, Le|gorne, Rome, Naples, Me&s;&s;ina,</HI> and all other parts of <HI>Italy</HI> by way of <HI>Venice, franct pro Man|tua</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Marcelia, Smirna, Con&s;tantinople, Alep|po,</HI> and all parts of <HI>Tur|ky,</HI> port paid to <HI>Marce|lia</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 <HI>qrs. of an ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5">And for Letters brought from the &s;aid places to <HI>England.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iv</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL COLS="4">And for the port Letters brought into <HI>England</HI> from</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Calais, Diepe, Bul|loigne, Abbeville, Ami|ens,</HI> Saint <HI>Omers, Mon|trell.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iv</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Roven.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Genova, Legorn, Rome,</HI> and other parts of <HI>Italy,</HI> by way of <HI>Ly|ons, franct pro Lyons.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 <HI>qrs. of an ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL COLS="4">And of Letters &s;ent outwards.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5">To <HI>Bourdeaux, Ro|chel, Nantes, Orleans, Byon, Tours,</HI> and pla|ces of like di&s;tance, port paid to <HI>Paris.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5">And for Letters brought from the &s;ame places into <HI>England.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 <HI>qrs. of an ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iv</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL COLS="4">Al&s;o Letters &s;ent outwards.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5">To <HI>Norembourgh, Bremen, Dant&s;wick, Lu|beck, Lip&s;wick,</HI> and o|ther places of like di|&s;tance, Po&s;t paid to <HI>Hamburgh.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 <HI>qrs. of an ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iv</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Paris.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ix</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>vi</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Dunkirk, O&s;tend, Lille, Ipre, Courtrey, Gheandt, Bruxells, Bridges, Antwerp,</HI> and all other parts of <HI>Flan|ders.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>v</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5"><HI>Slus, Flu&s;hing, Mid|dleburgh, Am&s;terdam, Roterdam, Delph, Hague,</HI> and from all o|ther parts of <HI>Holland</HI> and <HI>Zealand.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>s</ABBR></CELL>
<CELL><ABBR>d</ABBR></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Single</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>viii</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Double</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>i</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>iv</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Treble</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Ounce</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>ii</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>o</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><PB N="73" REF="45">Provided alwayes, That all Merchants Accompts not exc&eacute;eding one &s;h&eacute;et of paper,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Merchants.</NOTE> and all bills of Exchange, Invoyes, and Bills of Lading, are, and &s;hall hereby be under&s;tood to be allowed without Rate in the Price of the Letters, and likewi&s;e the Covers of Letters not exc&eacute;eding one fourth part of a &s;h&eacute;et of paper &s;ent to <HI>Mar&s;eilles, Venice</HI> or <HI>Legorne,</HI> to be &s;ent forward to <HI>Turky,</HI> &s;hall be under&s;tood to be allowed to pa&s;s without rate or payment for the &s;ame; and according to the &s;ame rates and proportions for the Port of Letters, pacquets and parcels to or from any of the parts or places beyond the Seas, where Po&s;ts have not b&eacute;en heretofore &s;etled, and may hereafter be &s;etled by the &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General for the time being, his Executors or A&s;&s;igns: And it &s;hall and may be lawfull to and for &s;uch Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General, and his Deputy and Deputies, to ask, demand, take and receive of every per&s;on that he or they &s;hall furni&s;h and provide with Hor&s;es, Furniture and Guide to ride Po&s;t in any of the Po&s;t-roades as afore&s;aid, Thr&eacute;e pence of Engli&s;h money for each Hor&s;es, Hire or Po&s;tage for every Engli&s;h mile, and four pence for the Guide for e|very Stage. And whereas upon the arrival of Ships from parts beyond the Seas into &s;everal Ports within his Maje&s;ties Dominions, many Letters directed to &s;everal Merchants and others, have b&eacute;en detained long to the great damage of the Merchants, in want of that &s;p&eacute;edy advice and in|telligence which they might have had if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en forthwith di&s;patched by the &s;etled Po&s;ts; and &s;ometimes &s;uch Letters have been delivered by the Ma&s;ters or Pa&s;&s;engers of &s;uch Ships to ignorant and loo&s;e hands, that under&s;tand not the way and means of &s;p&eacute;edy conveyance and delivery Letters, whereby great prejudice hath accrued to the affairs of Merchants and others, as well by the mi&s;carriage of many Letters &s;o brought, as oftentimes by the opening of the &s;ame to the di&s;|covery of the Corre&s;pondencies and &s;ecrets of the Merchant.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That all Letters and Pacquets that by any Ma&s;ter of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or any of his Company, or any Pa&s;&s;engers therein, &s;hall or may be brought to any Port-Town within his Maje&s;ties Dominions, or any of the Members thereof, o|ther then &s;uch Letters as are before excepted. or may be &s;ent by common known Carriers in man|ner afore&s;aid, or by a friend as afore&s;aid; &s;hall by &s;uch Ma&s;ter, Pa&s;&s;enger, or other per&s;on be forth|with delivered unto the Deputy or Deputies only of the &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General for the time be|ing by him appointed for the &s;aid Port-Town, and him or them to be &s;ent Po&s;t unto the &s;aid ge|neral Po&s;t-Office to be delivered according to the &s;everal and re&s;pective directions of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the afore&s;aid Authority, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, or Body politick or Corporate other then &s;uch po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General as &s;hall from time to time be no|minated and appointed by his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, and con&s;tituted by Letters Pa|tents under the great Seal of <HI>England</HI> as afore&s;aid, and his Deputy and Deputies or A&s;&s;ignes, &s;hall pre&s;ume to carry, recarry, and deliver Letters for Hire, other then as before excepted, or to &s;et up or imploy any Foot-po&s;t, Hor&s;e-po&s;t, Coach-po&s;t, or pacquet-Boat what&s;oever for the conveyance, carrying,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalties of offending a|gain&s;t this Act</NOTE> and recarrying of any Lettters or pacquets by Sea or Land within his Maje&s;ties Domi|nions, or &s;hall provide and maintain Hor&s;es and Furniture for the hor&s;ing of any Thorow-pa&s;ts, or per&s;ons riding in po&s;t with a Guide and Horne, as u&s;ual for Hire, upon pain of Forfeiting the &s;um of five pounds of Engli&s;h money for every &s;everal offence again&s;t the Tenor of this pre&s;ent Act, And al&s;o for the forfeiture of the &s;um of One hundred pound of like Engli&s;h money for every w&eacute;eks time that any Offender again&s;t this Act &s;hall imploy, maintain, and continue any &s;uch foot-po&s;t, Hor&s;e-po&s;t, Coach-po&s;t or pacquet-Boat as afore&s;aid: which &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective For|feitures, &s;hall, and may be &s;ued for, and recovered by Action or Actions of Debt, plaint, or Infor|mation in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oigne, priviledge, protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be admitted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o where any Po&s;t-ma&s;ter doth not provide.</NOTE> and the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective forfeitures that &s;hall happen from time to time to be recovered, &s;hall be and remain the one moyety thereof to his Maje&s;ty, and his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety thereof to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall or will inform again&s;t the Offender or Offenders again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act, and &s;hall or will &s;ue for the &s;aid forfeitures upon the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That if any po&s;t-Ma&s;ter of any re&s;pective place, doth not, or cannot furni&s;h any per&s;on or per&s;ons riding in Po&s;t with &s;ufficient hor&s;es within the &s;pace of one half hour after demand, That then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons are here under&s;tood to be left at liberty to provide them|&s;elves, as conveniently they can; And the per&s;ons who &s;hall furni&s;h &s;uch hor&s;es &s;hall not there|fore be liable unto any Penalties or Forfeitures contained in this Act.</P>
<P>Provided alwaies, That if through default or neglect of the Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o touch|ing Po&s;t-ma|&s;ters that do not &s;ufficient|ly provide hor|&s;es, &amp;c.</NOTE> any per&s;on or per&s;ons riding in Po&s;t &s;hall fail as afore&s;aid of being furni&s;hed with a &s;ufficient Hor&s;e, or Hor&s;es, for his or their u&s;e, after demand as afore&s;aid; That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Five pounds &s;terling, the one moyety to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or other Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oigne, Protec|tion, or other Wager in Law &s;hall be admitted.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE> That nothing herein contained &s;hall be under&s;tood to pro|hibit the carrying or recarrying of any Letters or pacquets, to or from any Town or place, to or from the next re&s;pective Po&s;t-Road, or Stage appointed for that purpo&s;e; But that every per&s;on &s;hall have fr&eacute;e Liberty to &s;end and imploy &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit, for to carry the &s;aid Letters or Pacquets as afore&s;aid without any forfeiture or penalty therefore, Any thing contai|ned in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><PB N="74" REF="46"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o again&s;t carrying any pacquet out of England in any forreign ve&s;&s;els.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That if the Pacquet or Maile &s;hall be carryed out of <HI>England</HI> into any part beyond the Seas in any &s;hip or Ve&s;&s;el which is not of Engli&s;h built and Navigated with Engli&s;h Seamen, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;aid po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of one hundred pounds Sterling; The one moyety to his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moye|ty to him or them who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, in any Court of Record, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint or other Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oigne, Protection, or other Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Oaths of Alle|giance and Supremacy.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be capable of having, u&s;ing, or exerci&s;ing the Office of po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General, or any other Imploy|ment relating to the &s;aid Office, unle&s;s he or they &s;hall fir&s;t take the Oaths of Allegiance and Su|premacy, before any two Iu&s;tices of the peace of the re&s;pective Counties wherein &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons are or &s;hall be re&s;ident, which &s;aid Iu&s;tices are hereby Authorized to admini&s;ter the &s;aid oaths accordingly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o. <HI>Truro. Penrin. Kendall. Lanca&s;ter. Penrith. Carli&s;le. Grimsby.</HI> Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter to continue con&s;tant po&s;ts.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That a Letter or pacquet-po&s;t &s;hall twice every w&eacute;ek come by the way of <HI>Truro</HI> and <HI>Penrin</HI> to the Town of <HI>Marketiew</HI> alias <HI>Marha&s;ion</HI> in the County of <HI>Cornwall;</HI> and once a w&eacute;ek to <HI>Kendal</HI> by the way of <HI>Lanca&s;ter;</HI> and to the Town of <HI>Penrith</HI> in <HI>Cumberland</HI> by the way of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and <HI>Carli&s;le;</HI> and to the City of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> and the Burrough of <HI>Grimsby</HI> in the County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That &s;uch po&s;t-ma&s;ter General to be from time to time appointed by his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors as afore&s;aid, &s;hall con|tinue con&s;tant po&s;ts for carriage of letters to all places, though they lye out of the po&s;t-roads, as hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed for the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years la&s;t pa&s;t, at the rates herein before mentioned, under pain of forfeiture for every omi&s;&s;ion Five pounds, to be recovered by Action, Suit, or plaint, in any his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, the one moyety to the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, the other moyety to the u&s;e of the Informer. And for the better management of the &s;aid po&s;t-Office, and that the peo|ple of the&s;e Kingdomes may have their intercour&s;e of Commerce and trade the better maintained, and their Letters and advi&s;es conveyed, carried and recarried with the greate&s;t &s;p&eacute;ed, &s;ecurity, and convenience that may be;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for e|very omi&s;&s;ion. The Po&s;t-ma|&s;ter, &amp;c. to ob|&s;erve &s;uch or|ders as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall make.</NOTE>Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General &s;o nominated, appointed and con&s;ti|tuted as afore&s;aid, and his Deputies, &s;hall from time to time ob&s;erve and follow &s;uch orders, rules, directions and in&s;tructions for and concerning the &s;ettlement of convenient po&s;ts and Stages upon the &s;everal roads in <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and other his Maje&s;ties Dominions, and the providing and k&eacute;eping of a &s;ufficient number of hor&s;es at the &s;aid &s;everal Stages, as well for the carrying and conveying of the &s;aid letters and pacquets, as for the hor&s;ing of all thorow-po&s;ts and per&s;ons riding in po&s;t by warrant or otherwi&s;e as afore&s;aid, as his Maje&s;ty, his heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall from time to time in that behalf make, and ordain; And that his Maje&s;ty, his heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors may grant the &s;aid Office of po&s;t-ma&s;ter General,<NOTE PLACE="marg">His Maie&s;ty may grant the &s;aid office for life or years, not exceeding 25. years.</NOTE> together with the powers and Authori|ties thereunto belonging, and the &s;everal rates of portage above mentioned, and all profits, privi|ledges, f&eacute;es, perqui&s;ites and emoluments thereunto belonging, or to belong, either for life or term of years, not exc&eacute;eding one and twenty years, to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and under &s;uch Covenants, conditions and yearly rents to his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, re&s;erved, as his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, his heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall from time to time think fit for the be&s;t advantage and be|nefit of the Kingdom.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No hor&s;es to be &s;eized with|out con&s;ent of the owners.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on &s;hall have power to take, u&s;e, or &s;eize any hor&s;es for the &s;ervice mentioned in this Act, without the con&s;ent of the owners thereof; Any u&s;age or pretence, or any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the rates of all In land let|ters.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Inland Letters &s;ent by any Pacquet Po&s;t e&s;tabli&s;hed by this Act as afore&s;aid, do and &s;hall pay the rates and prices be|fore mentioned, at &s;uch Stage where they are la&s;t delivered only, unle&s;s the party that delivers the Letters de&s;ireth to pay el&s;ewhere; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. Provided alwayes, That all Letters, and other things, may be &s;ent or conveyed to or from the Two Vniver&s;ities in manner as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed; Any thing herein to the contrary not|with&s;tanding. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="36" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXVI.</HEAD>
<P>The Ma&s;ter of the Rolls for the time being, impowred to make Lea&s;es for years, in order to new build the old Hou&s;es belonging to the Rolls. Pr. St. 13 Car. 2. cap. 6.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="37" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXVII.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for making the Precinct of <HI>Covent-Garden</HI> Parochial. PR.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<PB N="75" REF="46">
<HEAD>Anno Regni <HI>Caroli</HI> II. Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae, Decimo Tertio.</HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament begun and holden at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Eight day of <HI>May, Anno Dom.</HI> 1661. In the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of Our mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign Lord, <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Second, by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. And there continued until Tue&s;day the Thirtieth of <HI>July,</HI> 1661. and from that day the &s;aid <HI>Parliament</HI> was adjourned unto the Twentieth of <HI>November</HI> then next following; To the plea&s;ure of Almighty God, and to the Weal publick of this Realm, were Enacted as followeth:</P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Safety of His Maje&s;ties Per&s;on and Government, again&s;t Trea&s;onable and Seditious Practices.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>THe Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament d&eacute;eply weighing and con&s;idering the mi|&s;eries and calamities of well nigh twenty years, before your Maje&s;ties happy Return,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The grounds and Induce|ments of this Act.</NOTE> and withall, reflecting upon the cau&s;es and occa&s;ions of &s;o great and deplorable conclu&s;ions, do in all humility and thankfulne&s;s acknowledg Your Maje&s;ties incomparable Grace and Goodne&s;s to your People, in your Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, by which your Maje&s;ty hath b&eacute;en plea&s;ed to deliver your Subjects, not only from the puni&s;hment, but al&s;o from the re|proach of their former mi&s;carriages, which unexampled Piety and Clemency of Your Maie&s;ty hath enflamed the hearts of us your Subjects with an ardent de&s;ire to expre&s;s all po&s;&s;ible zeal and duty in the care and pre&s;ervation of your Maje&s;ties Per&s;on (in who&s;e Honour and Happine&s;s con|&s;i&s;ts the good and welfare of your People) and in preventing (as much as may be) all Trea&s;on|able and Seditious Practices and Attempts for the time to come. And becau&s;e the growth and encrea&s;e of the late Troubles and Di&s;orders, did in a very great mea&s;ure proc&eacute;ed from a multi|tude of Seditious Sermons, Pamphlets and Sp&eacute;eches, daily preached, printed and publi&s;hed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Seditious Sermons, Pamphlets and Speeches.</NOTE> with a tran&s;cendent boldne&s;s defaming the Per&s;on and Government of Your Maje&s;ty and Your Royal Father, wherein men were too much encouraged, and (above all) from a wilful mi&s;take of the Supream and lawful Authority, whil&s;t men were forward to cry up and main|tain tho&s;e Orders and Ordinances, Oaths and Covenants, to be Acts Legal and Warrantable, which in them&s;elves had not the lea&s;t colour of Law or Iu&s;tice to &s;upport them; from which kind of di&s;tempers, as the pre&s;ent age is not yet wholly fr&eacute;ed, &s;o po&s;terity may be apt to relap&s;e into them, if a timely remedy be not provided. We therefore, the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, having duly con&s;idered the premi&s;&s;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 El. cap. 1.</NOTE> and remembring that in the Thir|t&eacute;enth year of the Reign of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, a right good and profitable Law was made for pre&s;ervation of her Maje&s;ties Per&s;on, Do mo&s;t humbly be&s;&eacute;ech your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be adjudged Trea&s;on du|ring the life of the King.</NOTE> and be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excel|lent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what|&s;oever, after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and one, during the natural life of our mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign Lord the King, (whom Almighty God pre&s;erve and ble&s;s with a long and pro&s;perous Reign) &s;hall within the Realm, or without, compa&s;s, imagine, invent, devi&s;e, or intend death or de&s;truction, or any bo|dily harm tending to death or de&s;truction, maim or wounding, impri&s;onment, or re&s;traint of the per&s;on of the &s;ame our Soveraign Lord the King, or to deprive or depo&s;e him from the Stile, Honour, or Kingly name of the Imperial Crown of this Realm, or of any other his Maje&s;ties Dominions or Countries, or to levy War again&s;t his Maje&s;ty within this Realm, or without, or to move, or &s;tir any Forreiner or Strangers with Force to invade this Realm, or any other his Maje&s;ties Dominions or Countries being under his Maje&s;ties Obey&s;ance:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Being decla|red and proved by two wit|ne&s;&s;es.</NOTE> And &s;uch compa&s;|&s;ings, Imaginations, Inventions, Devices, or Intentions, or any of them, &s;hall expre&s;s, utter, or declare, by any Printing, Writing, Preaching, or Malicious and advi&s;ed &s;peaking, being le|gally convicted thereof upon the Oaths of two lawful and credible witne&s;&s;es, upon tryal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Convicted by due cour&s;e of Law.</NOTE> or other|wi&s;e convicted or attainted by due cour&s;e of Law, then every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o as afore|&s;aid offending, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, declared, and adjudged to be Traytors, and &s;hall &s;uffer pains of death, and al&s;o lo&s;e and forfeit as in ca&s;es of High Trea&s;on.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Offences (du|ring his Ma|je&s;ties life) which di&s;able per&s;ons to bear any Office.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons at any time after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and one, during his Maje&s;ties life, &s;hall maliciou&s;ly and advi&s;edly publi&s;h or affirm the King to be an Heretick or a Papi&s;t, or that he endeavours to introduce Popery; or &s;hall mali|ciou&s;ly and advi&s;edly, by writing, printing, preaching or other &s;peaking, expre&s;s, publi&s;h, utter, or declare any words, &s;entences, or other thing or things, to incite or &s;tir up the people to ha|tred or di&s;like of the Per&s;on of his Maje&s;ty, or the e&s;tabli&s;hed Government, then every &s;uch per|&s;on
<PB N="76" REF="47">
and per&s;ons, being thereof Legally convicted, &s;hall be di&s;abled to have or enjoy, and is hereby di&s;abled and made incapable of having, holding, enjoying, or exerci&s;ing any place, office, or pro|motion Eccle&s;ia&s;tical,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Peerage.</NOTE> Civil or Military, or any other imployment in Church or State, other then that of his P&eacute;erage, and &s;hall likewi&s;e be lyable to &s;uch further and other puni&s;hments as by the Common Laws or Statutes of this Realm may be inflicted in &s;uch ca&s;es.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Stat.</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 7. The Parlia|ment begun 3. of No. 1640. not in being. <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</NOTE> And to the end that no man hereafter may be mi&s;led into any &s;editious or unquiet demeanor, out of an opinion that the Parliament begun and held at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> upon the third day of <HI>November,</HI> in the year of Our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty, is yet in being, which is undoubtedly di&s;&s;olved and determined, and &s;o is hereby declared and adjudged to be fully di&s;&s;olved and determined; or out of an opinion that there lies any obligation upon him from any Oath, Covenant or Engage|ment what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Legi&s;la|tive power in either or both Hou&s;es of Parliament without the King.</NOTE> to endeavour a change of Government, either in Church or State; or out of an Opinion, that both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or either of them, have a Legi&s;lative Power with|out the King; All which A&s;&s;ertions have b&eacute;en &s;editiou&s;ly maintained in &s;ome Pamphlets lately Printed, and are daily promoted by the active enemies of our Peace and Happine&s;s:</P>
<P>Be it therefore further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, at any time after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, &s;hall malitiou&s;ly and advi&s;edly, by writing, Printing, Preaching, or other &s;peaking, expre&s;s, publi&s;h, utter, declare or affirm, That the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> upon the Third day of <HI>November,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and Forty, is not yet di&s;&s;olved, or is not determined, or that it ought to be in being, or hath yet any continuance or exi|&s;tence, or that there lies any Obligation upon him, or any other per&s;on, from any Oath, Covenant or Engagement what&s;oever, to endeavour a change of Government, either in Church or State, or that both Hou&s;es of Parliament, or either Hou&s;e of Parliament, have, or hath a Legi&s;lative Power without the King,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Premunire.</NOTE> or any other words to the &s;ame effect; That then every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o as afore&s;aid offending, &s;hall incur the danger and penalty of a Premunire mentioned in a Statute made in the Sixt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of King <HI>Richard</HI> the Second.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The Solemn League and Covenant un|lawful, and il|legally impo|&s;ed.</P>
<P>Certain Or|ders and Or|dinances of both or either Hou&s;es of Parliament declared void. Provi&s;o, the &s;aid Orders, &amp;c. may be made u&s;e of according to the Act of In|dempnity. <HI>Stat.</HI> 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</P></NOTE> And it is hereby al&s;o declared, That the Oath u&s;ually called the <HI>Solemn League</HI> and <HI>Covenant,</HI> was in it &s;elf an unlawfull Oath, and impo&s;ed upon the Subjects of this Realm again&s;t the Fundamental Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom, and that all Orders and Ordinances, or pretended Orders and Ordinances, of both or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, for impo&s;ing of Oaths, Covenants or Engage|ments, Levying of Taxes, or Rai&s;ing of Forces and Arms, to which the Royal a&s;&s;ent, either in Per&s;on or by Commi&s;&s;ion, was not expre&s;ly had or given, were in their fir&s;t creation and making, and &s;till are, and &s;o &s;hall be taken to be, null and void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever. Provided neverthele&s;s, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, who have b&eacute;en, or &s;hall at any time hereafter be que&s;tioned for any thing acted or done by colour of any the orders or Ordinances herein before mentioned and declared to be null and voyd, and are Indempnified by an Act entituled <HI>An Act of free and General Pardon Indempnity</HI> and <HI>Oblivion,</HI> made in the Twelfth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign that now is, or &s;hall be Indempnified by an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Act of Parliament, &s;hall and may make &s;uch u&s;e of the &s;aid Orders and Ordinances for their In|dempnity according to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Act, and no other, as he or they might have done if this Act had not b&eacute;en made, any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>No per&s;on to be pro&s;ecuted for any offen|ces in this Act (other then Trea&s;on (un|le&s;s by &s;pecial order from his Maje&s;ty: And within &s;ix moneths after the of|fence commit|ted.</P>
<P>Trea&s;ons and offences with|in this Act to be proved by two witne&s;&s;es <HI>viva v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters"></HI></P></NOTE>Provided alwayes, That no per&s;on be pro&s;ecuted for any of the offences in this Act mentioned (other then &s;uch as are made and declared to be high Trea&s;on) unle&s;s it be by Order of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, under his or their Sign Manual, or by Order of the Council Table of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, directed unto the Attorney-General for the time being, or &s;ome other of the Council learned to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, for the time being; nor &s;hall any per&s;on or per&s;ons by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act incur any of the penalties herein before mentioned, unle&s;s he or they be pro&s;ecuted within &s;ix moneths next after the Of|fence committed, and indicted thereupon within thr&eacute;e moneths after &s;uch pro&s;ecution, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be indicted, arraigned, condemned, convicted or attainted for any of the Trea&s;ons, or Offences afore&s;aid, unle&s;s the &s;ame Offender or Offenders be thereof accu&s;ed by the Te&s;timony and depo&s;ition of two lawful and credible Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, which witne&s;&s;es at the time of the &s;aid Offender or Offenders arraignment, &s;hall be brought in per&s;on before him or them face to face, and &s;hall openly avow and maintain upon Oath what they have to &s;ay again&s;t him or them concerning the Trea&s;on or Offences contained in the &s;aid Indictment, unle&s;s the party or parties arraigned &s;hall willingly without violence confe&s;s the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, for the Priviledg at Debates in Parliament. For repeal or alteration of Laws, or re|dre&s;&s;ing pub|lick Grievan|ces.</NOTE>Provided likewi&s;e, and be it Enacted, That this Act or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to deprive either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, or any of their Members, of their ju&s;t ancient Fr&eacute;edom and Priviledg of debating any matters or bu&s;ine&s;s, which &s;hall be propoun|ded or debated in either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, or at any Conferences or Committ&eacute;es of both or either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es of Parliament, or touching the repeal or alteration of any old, or preparing any new Laws, or the redre&s;&s;ing of any publick Grievance; but that the &s;aid Mem|bers of either of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, and the A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the Hou&s;e of P&eacute;ers, and every of them,
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&s;hall have the &s;ame fr&eacute;edom of &s;p&eacute;ech, and all other Priviledges what&s;oever, as they had before the making of this Act; any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Ordained and Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, for Peerage and Peers.</NOTE> That no P&eacute;er of this Realm &s;hall be tryed for any offence again&s;t this Act, but by his P&eacute;ers; And further, That every P&eacute;er who &s;hall be con|victed of any offence again&s;t this Act, after &s;uch conviction, be di&s;abled during his life to &s;it in Parliament, unle&s;s his Maje&s;ty &s;hall graciou&s;ly be plea&s;ed to pardon him. And if his Maje&s;ty &s;hall grant his pardon to any P&eacute;er of this Realm, or Commoner, convicted of any offence again&s;t this Act, after &s;uch Pardon granted, the P&eacute;er or Commoner &s;o pardoned &s;hall be re&s;tored to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if he had never b&eacute;en convicted; any thing in this Law to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act of Parliament, Entituled, An Act for dis-enabling all per&s;ons in Holy Orders to exerci&s;e any Temporal Juri&s;diction or Authority, Repealed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas at the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the Third day of <HI>November,</HI> in the Six|t&eacute;enth year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King <HI>Charles</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed memory, &s;ince decea&s;ed, an Act of Parliament was made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for di&s;-enabling all per&s;ons in Holy Orders to exerci&s;e any Temporal Juri&s;diction or Authority;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 17 Car. 1. cap. 27. Rep.</NOTE> Which Act hath made &s;everal alterations prejudicial to the con&s;titution and ancient Rights of Parliament, and contrary to the Laws of this Land, and is by experience found otherwi&s;e inconvenient; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Com|mons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for di&s;-enabling all per&s;ons in holy Orders to exerci&s;e any Temporal Juri&s;diction or Authority,</HI> and every clau&s;e, matter and thing therein contained, &s;hall be, and is hereby from henceforth repealed, annulled, and made void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>All &s;uch Monies, Goods, and other things which were Received, Levied, or Collected in the&s;e late Times, and are remaining in the hands or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Trea&s;urers, Receivers, Collectors, or others not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, declared to be Ve&s;ted and &s;etled in His Maje&s;ty.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers Doubts have b&eacute;en made, whether or no the Monies, Goods, Chattels, and other things excepted to be accounted for in the Act of Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon, In|dempnity and Oblivion, made and pa&s;&s;ed in the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the Twelfth year of your Maje&s;ties Raign, do belong unto, and of right are in your Maje&s;ty; for that the &s;ame were not levied, received, collected, or taken by your Maje&s;ties Authority, or to your Maje&s;ties u&s;e: For remedy, and clearing whereof,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods and Monies levied &s;ince the 30. of Ian. 1642. and not par|doned, are ve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> We the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament humbly be&s;&eacute;ech your Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted, and be it Declared, Enacted, and Ordained by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by the Authority thereof, That all and every &s;um and &s;ums of Money, Goods, Plate, Iewels, Hor&s;es, Arms, Ammunition, and other things what&s;oever, levied, received, or taken &s;ithence the Thir|tieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, by any of the late pretended Authorities, or by pretence or colour of any Power or Authority, derived or pretended to be derived from them, or any of them, for any publick u&s;e, which are not pardoned by the &s;aid Act, which are not other|wi&s;e ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the Kings Maje&s;ty, and all Bonds, Obligations,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 11.</NOTE> and other Securities entred into for the &s;ame, or any part thereof, be and are hereby ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and that his Sacred Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, may from time to time, and at all times hereafter have, demand, &s;ue for, and recover the &s;ame of all, and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors, and Admini&s;trators who are account|able for the &s;ame, or in who&s;e hands or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions &s;oever the &s;ame were or are, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en levied, received, collected, or taken in his Maje&s;ties Name by Authority from his Ma|je&s;ty, or to his Maje&s;ties u&s;e, any Law, or Statute, V&s;age, or Cu&s;tom to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons which have received any the afore&s;aid &s;um or &s;ums of money from any Trea&s;urer or Receiver for any publick u&s;e, by way of Impre&s;t, to be accounted for, which are not pardoned or di&s;charged by the afore&s;aid Act, &s;hall be liable to account, and called to account in &s;uch manner and form, as if they had received the &s;ame out of his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, or any other publick Trea&s;ury;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Reve|nues of the Churches in <HI>Wales.</HI></NOTE> and particularly tho&s;e per&s;ons that have received or collected the Revenues of any Churches, or Vica|rages in <HI>Wales,</HI> or in the County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> &s;ince the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred forty eight; Provided they have all due allowances in their accounts, as all &s;uch per&s;ons who&s;e accounts are excepted in the Act of Oblivion, have or ought to have.</P>
<P>And to the end his Maje&s;ty may be the better enabled to di&s;cover,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ions for di&s;covery.</NOTE> and &s;ue for all &s;uch Mo|nies, Goods, and other things inve&s;ted in his Maie&s;ty by this Act; it is further ordained and
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Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall and may from time to time i&s;&s;ue forth &s;uch, and &s;o many Commi&s;&s;ions, to &s;uch, and &s;o many per&s;ons, as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall think fit, either under the great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> or the Seal of his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, for the better di&s;covering, levying, receiving, and di&s;charging the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons ac|countable enabled to &s;ue for and levy all arrears.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all per&s;ons accountable to his Maje&s;ty by this Act, &s;hall have full power and Authority, and are hereby enabled to &s;ue for, Levy, and re|cover from the parties from whom the &s;ame was, and is due, and for which they are hereby ac|comptable, all &s;ums of Money and Arrears, in &s;uch manner and form as they might have recove|red and levyed the &s;ame when they fir&s;t grew due; Provided this Act or any thing therein con|tained, &s;hall not extend to call any per&s;on to account, or to que&s;tion any per&s;on for Goods or other things remaining in his hands which &s;hall not be called to account,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, none to be que&s;tio|ned but upon &s;ome pro&s;ecu|tion begun before the 24 of Iune 1662.</NOTE> or &s;ome Information again&s;t him, either in the Exchequer, or Commi&s;&s;ioners to be appointed as afore&s;aid, before the four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two; and that the &s;aid Information be pro&s;ecuted with effect within twelve moneths after the Exhibition thereof.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV. </HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for a free and Voluntary pre&s;ent to his Maje&s;ty. EXP.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, de|claring no commi&s;&s;ions of this nature but by authori|ty of Parlia|ment.</NOTE>ANd be it hereby Declared, That no Commi&s;&s;ions or Aids of this nature can be i&s;&s;ued out or levied, but by Authority of Parliament; And that this Act and &s;upply hereby granted, &s;hall not be drawn into example for the time to come. 1 <HI>R.</HI> 3. <HI>ca.</HI> 2.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAPr V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For preventing Tumults, and Di&s;orders, upon pretence of preparing or pre&s;enting publick Petitions, or other Addre&s;&s;es, to his Maje&s;ty, or the Parliament.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tumultuous and di&s;orderly preparing peti|tions a great occa&s;ion of the late wars and calamities.</NOTE>VVHereas it hath b&eacute;en found by &s;ad experience, that Tumultuous, and other Di&s;orderly &s;ol|liciting, and procuring of Hands by private Per&s;ons to Petitions, Complaints, Re|mon&s;trances, and Declarations, and other Addre&s;&s;es to the King, or to both, or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, for alteration of matters e&s;tabli&s;hed by Law, redre&s;s of pretended grievances in Church or State, or other publick Concernments, have b&eacute;en made u&s;e of to &s;erve the ends of Fac|tious and Seditious per&s;ons gotten into power, to the violation of the publick Peace, and have b&eacute;en a great means of the late unhappy Wars, Confu&s;ions, and Calamities in this Nation; for preventing the like mi&s;chief for the future;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on af|ter the 1 Aug. 1661. &s;hall &s;ol|licite or pro|cure any peti|tion, &amp;c. for altering any e&s;tabli&s;hed law in Church or &s;tate.</NOTE>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;ty, by and with the con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall from and after the fir&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, Sol|licite, Labour, or procure the getting of Hands, or other Con&s;ent of any per&s;ons above the num|ber of twenty, or more, to any Petition, Complaint, Remon&s;trance, Declaration, or other Ad|dre&s;s to the King, or both, or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, for alteration of matters e&s;tabli&s;hed by Law in Church or State, unle&s;s the matter thereof have b&eacute;en fir&s;t con&s;ented unto, and Or|dered by thr&eacute;e or more Iu&s;tices of the County, or by the Major part of the Grand Iury of the County, or divi&s;ion of the County where the &s;ame matter &s;hall ari&s;e at their publick A&s;&s;izes, or General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, or if ari&s;ing in <HI>London,</HI> by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com|mons in Common Councel a&s;&s;embled; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall repair to his Maje&s;ty, or both or either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, upon pretence of pre&s;enting, or delivering any Petition, Complaint, Remon&s;trance or Declaration, or other Addre&s;&s;es accom|panied with exce&s;&s;ive number of People, nor at any one time with above the number of Ten per&s;ons, upon pain of incurring a penalty, not exc&eacute;eding the &s;um of one hundred pounds in money, and thr&eacute;e moneths Impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainprize for every offence, to be pro&s;ecuted at the Court of Kings Bench, or at the A&s;&s;izes, or General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions within &s;ix moneths after the offence committed, and proved by two or more credible witne&s;&s;es.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, that this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be con&s;trued to ex|tend, to debar or hinder any per&s;on or per&s;ons, not exc&eacute;eding the number of Ten afore&s;aid, to pre&s;ent any publick or private Grievance or Complaint to any Member or Members of Parlia|ment after this Election, and during the continuance of the Parliament, or to the Kings Maje&s;ty, for any Remedy to be thereupon had; nor to extend to any Addre&s;s what&s;oever to his Maje&s;ty, by all or any of the Members of both or either Hou&s;es of Parliament, during the &s;itting of Parlia|ment, but that they may enjoy their fr&eacute;edom of Acce&s;s to his Maje&s;ty, as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Militia declared to be in the King; and for the pre&s;ent Ordering and Di&s;po&s;ing the &s;ame.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The command of the Militia by Sea and land, the un|doubted right of his Maje|&s;ty.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as within all His Maje&s;ties Realms and Dominions, the &s;ole Supream Govern|ment, Command, and Di&s;po&s;ition of the <HI>Militia,</HI> and all Forces by Sea and Land, and of all Forts and Places of &s;trength, is, and by the Laws of <HI>England</HI> ever was the undoubted Right of His Maje&s;ty, and his Royal Predece&s;&s;ors, Kings and Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England;</HI> and that both, or ei|ther
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of the Hou&s;es of Parliament cannot, nor ought to pretend to the &s;ame; nor can, nor law|fully may rai&s;e, or levy any War Offen&s;ive or Defen&s;ive again&s;t His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or lawful Succe&s;&s;ors; and yet the contrary thereof hath of late years b&eacute;en practi&s;ed almo&s;t to the Ruine and De&s;truction of this Kingdom; and during the late u&s;urped Governments, many evil and Rebellious Principles have b&eacute;en di&s;tilled into the minds of the People of this Kingdom, which unle&s;s pre|vented, may break forth to the di&s;turbance of the Peace and Quiet thereof.</P>
<P>And whereas an Act is under con&s;ideration for exerci&s;ing the <HI>Militia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">An Act under con&s;ideration touching the Militia.</NOTE> with mo&s;t &s;afety and ca&s;e to the King and his People, which Act cannot as yet be perfect; Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, That the <HI>Militia</HI> and Land-Forces of this Kingdgom, and of the Do|minion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> now under the Power of Lieutenants or their Deputies, &s;hall be exerci&s;ed, ordered, and managed until the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March</HI> next en&s;uing, in &s;uch manner as the &s;ame now is actually exerci&s;ed, ordered, and managed, according to &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions and In&s;tructions as they formerly have, or from time to time &s;hall receive from his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>And whereas &s;ince the Twenty fourth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, there have b&eacute;en In&s;urrections, by occa&s;ion whereof divers of his Maje&s;ties good Subjects have b&eacute;en murther|ed; and for the &s;ecuring the Peace of the Nation, and preventing further di&s;orders, divers per|&s;ons &s;u&s;pected to be Fanaticks, Sectaries, or Di&s;turbers of the Peace, have b&eacute;en A&s;&s;aulted, Ar|re&s;ted, Detained or Impri&s;oned, and divers Arms have b&eacute;en &s;ei&s;ed, and Hou&s;es &s;earched for Arms, or &s;u&s;pected per&s;ons; Be it therefore further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, who have or &s;hall have acted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons who have Acted by commi&s;&s;ion of Lieutenancy.</NOTE> or done any thing in execution of any Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions of Lieutenancy, i&s;&s;ued by the Kings Maje&s;ty that now is, or by co|lour of them, or any of them, touching or concerning the &s;ame, or any of them, or relating there|unto, &s;hall be and are hereby &s;aved harmle&s;s and indempnified in this behalf: And al&s;o all Magi|&s;trates, Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice, and all per&s;ons that have or &s;hall have acted by or under them, or by their or any of their Commands, &s;ince the &s;aid Twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, until the twentieth day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, as to any a&s;&s;aulting, arre&s;ting, detaining, or impri&s;oning any per&s;on &s;u|&s;pected to be Fanatick, Sectary, or Di&s;turber of the Peace, or &s;ei&s;ing of Arms, or &s;earching of Hou&s;es for Arms, or for &s;u&s;pected per&s;ons, &s;hall be, and are hereby &s;aved harmle&s;s, and indempni|fied in that behalf.</P>
<P>Provided, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE> &s;hall after the Five and twentieth of <HI>March</HI> next, be prejudicial to any County, City, or Place within this Kingdom, which are overcharged with Men and Arms beyond their ancient proportion.</P>
<P>Provided, That neither this Act, nor any matter or thing therein contained, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, con&s;trued, or taken to extend to the giving or declaring of any Power for the tran&s;porting of any the Subjects of this Realm, or any way compelling them to march out of this Kingdom, other|wi&s;e then by the Laws of <HI>England</HI> ought to be done:</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall be capable of acting as a Lieutenant,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on may be Lieu|tenant or De|puty Lieute|nant that hath not taken the Oaths of Al|legiance and &s;upremacy.</NOTE> or Deputy-Lieutenant, or other Officer or Souldier, by Vertue of this Act, who hath not already taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, &s;ince the Return of his Maje&s;ty into <HI>England,</HI> until he &s;hall take the &s;ame according to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdome: Which Oaths the Lords of His Privy Council, or any &s;ix of them, are hereby impowred to admini&s;ter to any P&eacute;er of this Realm, who &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;ionated by Vertue of this Act; and the Deputy-Lieutenants, or any two of them, in their re&s;pective Counties, to any Commoner. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 3. <HI>&amp;</HI> 8. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>Stat.</HI> 3.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Publick Acts Confirmed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas during the late Difficulties and Exigencies of Affairs in the ab&s;ence of His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and in reference to his Return from beyond the Seas into the&s;e His Maje&s;ties Dominions, The Lords and Commons being a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the Twelfth Year of his Maje&s;ties Reign, were from thence, and af|ter his Maje&s;ties Return, continued until the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> then next following, and now la&s;t pa&s;t, and then Di&s;&s;olved by his Maje&s;ty: In which time &s;everal Acts were Pa&s;&s;ed by his Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled, as afore&s;aid, which being of nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e, are fit to be Continued and Confirmed, although the manner of the &s;aid A&s;&s;embling enforced by the Difficulties and Exigencies afore&s;aid, which then lay upon the Nation, is not to be drawn into Example; Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and &s;ingular the Acts, made, or mentioned to be made by His &s;aid Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons upon or &s;ince the &s;aid Five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> herein after particu|larly mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed, That is to &s;ay, One Act Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 12. Car. 2. cap. 11. Stat. 12. Car. 2. cap. 4. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 5. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 8. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 9. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 12. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 15. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 10. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 19. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 20. Stat 12 Car. 2. cap. 23. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 24. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 25. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 26. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 27.</NOTE> <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Impor|ted:</HI>
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One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for continuing the Exci&s;e until the Twentieth of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for Continuing the Exci&s;e till the Five and twentieth Day of <HI>December</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money, for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for Confirmation of Judicial Proceedings:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the &s;peedy Disbanding of the Army and Garri&s;ons of this Kingdom:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for Supplying and Explaining certain Defects in an Act Entituled, An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of Money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act to prevent Frauds and Concealments of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for Rai&s;ing Seven&s;core Thou&s;and Pounds for the compleat Disbanding of the whole Army, and Paying off &s;ome part of the Navy:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>A Grant of certain Impo&s;itions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for the Increa&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Revenue during his Life:</HI> One other Act enti|tuled, <HI>An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures <HI>in Capite,</HI> and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for Setling a Revenue upon his Maje&s;tie in lieu thereof:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for the better Ordering the Selling of Wines by Retail, and for prevent|ing Abu&s;es in the mingling, corrupting, and vitiating of Wines, and for &s;etting and limiting the Prices of the &s;ame:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Levying of the Arrears of the Twelve Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment commencing the Four and Twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One Thou&s;and Six Hundred Fifty and Nine: and the Six Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment commencing the Five and Twentieth of <HI>December,</HI> One Thou&s;and Six Hundred Fifty and Nine:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for Granting unto the Kings Maje&s;ty Four Hundred and Twenty Thou&s;and Pounds, by an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of Three&s;core and Ten Thou&s;and Pounds by the Moneth, for Six Moneths, for Disbanding the Remainder of the Army, and Paying off the Navy:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 28. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 29. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 30. S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">at 12 Car. 2. cap. 35. Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 2.</NOTE> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for the further Supplying and Explaining certain Defects in an Act Entituled, An Act for the &s;peedy Provi&s;ion of money for Disbanding and Paying off the Forces of this Kingdom both by Land and Sea:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for the Rai&s;ing of Seventy Thou&s;and Pounds for the further Supply of His Maje&s;ty:</HI> One other Act en|tituled, <HI>An Act for the Attainder of &s;everal Per&s;ons guilty of the Horrid Murder of his late Sacred Maje&s;ty, King CHARLES the Fir&s;t:</HI> One other Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for Erecting and E&s;ta|bli&s;hing a Po&s;t-Office:</HI> One other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for putting in Execution an Ordinance men|tioned in th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s Act;</HI> and all and every the Clau&s;es, Sentences, and Articles in them, and every of them contained, &s;hall be, and hereby are Ratified, and Confirmed, and Enacted, and Declared to have the full Force and Strength of Acts of Parliament according to the tenor or purport thereof, and &s;o &s;hall be adiudged, d&eacute;emed, and taken to all Intents and Purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en made, declared, and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Nece&s;&s;ary Carriages to be provided for His Maje&s;ty in his Royal Progre&s;s and Removals.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 12 Car. 2. cap. 24.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act made in Parliament in the Twelfth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign, Entituled, <HI>An Act for taking away the Court of Wards, and Liveries, and Tenures <HI>in Ca|pite</HI> and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for &s;etling a Revenue upon His Maje&s;ty in lieu thereof:</HI> It was (among&s;t other Things) Enacted for the Rea&s;ons and Recompence there|in expre&s;&s;ed, That from thenceforth no per&s;on or per&s;ons, by any Warrant, Commi&s;&s;ion, or Au|thority under the Great Seal, or otherwi&s;e, by colour of buying, or making Provi&s;ion, or Pur|veyance for his Maje&s;ty, or any Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, or of any the Children of any King, or Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England,</HI> that &s;hall be, or for his, their, or any of their Hou&s;hold, &s;hall take any Cart, Carriage, or other thing what&s;oever of any of the Subjects of His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs, or Succe&s;&s;ors, without the fr&eacute;e and full con&s;ent of the Owner, or Owners thereof, had, and obtained without Menace, or enforcement, nor &s;hall &s;ummon, warn, take, u&s;e, or require any the &s;aid Subjects to furni&s;h or find any Hor&s;es, Oxen, or other Cattel, Carts, Ploughs, Wayns, or other Carriages, for the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or of any Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England,</HI> or of any Child, or Children of any the Kings, or Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, for the Carrying the Goods of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or the &s;aid Qu&eacute;ens, or Children, or any of them, without &s;uch full and fr&eacute;e con&s;ent, as afore&s;aid, any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tome, or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding; which Act may prove very prejudicial and inconve|nient to the Kings Maje&s;ty in his Royal Progre&s;&s;es upon his nece&s;&s;ary occa&s;ions to &s;everal parts of this Realm, in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall ob&s;tinately refu&s;e voluntarily to provide &s;uf|ficient Carriages for Royal &s;ervice at ordinary and u&s;ual Rates for &s;uch Carriages, as are paid by others of his Subjects in &s;uch places, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Act.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Clerk or chief Officer of his Maj<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ties car|riages, by Warrant from the Green|cloath to pro|vide Carts, &amp;c. for his Ma|je&s;ties u&s;e.</NOTE></P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the Clark, or chief Officer of his Maje&s;ties Carriages, &s;hall thr&eacute;e dayes at lea&s;t before his Maje&s;ties Arrival, by Warrant from the Gr&eacute;en cloth, give notice in writing to two, or more of his Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace next adjoyning, to provide &s;uch a number of Carts and Carriages from the places next adjacent, as His Maje&s;ty &s;hall have pre&s;ent u&s;e of, expre&s;&s;ing the certainty of that number,
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as al&s;o the time and place, when and where the &s;aid Carts and Carriages are to attend, which Car|riages &s;hall con&s;i&s;t of four able Hor&s;es, or &s;ix Oxen, or four Oxen, and two Hor&s;es; for each of which Cart or Carriage,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for refu&s;ing to fur|ni&s;h his Ma|je&s;ty.</NOTE> the re&s;pective Owners &s;hall receive &s;ix pence for each Mile they &s;hall go laden. And that in ca&s;e any of his Maje&s;ties Subjects of this Realm &s;hall refu&s;e to provide and furni&s;h His Maje&s;ty that now is, or His Qu&eacute;en that &s;hall be, or His or Her Hou&s;hold, in their Progre&s;s, or removals, with &s;uch &s;ufficient and nece&s;&s;ary carriages for their Wardrobe, and other nece&s;&s;aries, for ready monies tendred to them; or &s;hall without ju&s;t and rea&s;onable cau&s;e refu&s;e to make their appearance with &s;uch &s;ufficient Carts and Carr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ges, as are before expre&s;t; that then upon due proof and conviction of &s;uch neglect and refu&s;al, by the Oath of the Con&s;table or other Officer, or two other credible Witne&s;&s;es, before the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the Coun|ty, or Mayor, or other chief Officer of the City, or Corporation, where he or they inhabit, (which Oath they &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter) the party &s;o refu&s;ing &s;hall for &s;uch his refu&s;al and neg|lect forfeit the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings to the King's u&s;e, to be forthwith levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of his Goods and Chattels (rendring to the parties the overplus upon every &s;uch &s;ale, if there &s;hall be any) by Warrant from the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayor, or other chief Officer.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no Hor&s;es, Oxen, Cart or Wain,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No hor&s;es or carriages to travel above a dayes journey, nor without pay of ready money.</NOTE> &s;hall be enforced to travel above one dayes journey from the place where they receive their Lading; and that ready payment &s;hall be made in hand for the &s;aid Carriages at the place of Lading, without delay, according to the afore&s;aid Rates. And in ca&s;e any Iu&s;tice of the Peace, Mayor, chief Officer, or Con&s;table, &s;hall take any Gift or Reward to &s;pare any per&s;on or per&s;ons from making &s;uch Carriage; or &s;hall in|juriou&s;ly charge or grieve any per&s;on through envy, hatred, or evill will, who ought not to make &s;uch Carriage, or &s;hall Impre&s;s more Carriages then he &s;hall be directed from the Gr&eacute;en Cloth to do, That then upon due proof and conviction thereof, the party &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds to the party thereby grieved, or any other who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, to be recovered by Action of Debt in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record; wherein no Protection, E&s;&s;oin,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for wrongfull charging any per&s;on.</NOTE> or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;ume to take upon him or them to Impre&s;s any hor&s;es, Oxen, cart, wain, or carriages for his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, other then the per&s;on &s;o impowered, then he or they &s;o offending, &s;hall, upon due conviction of the &s;aid offence, incur and &s;uffer the puni&s;hment contained in the fir&s;t recited Act.</P>
<P>And whereas of late in his Maje&s;ties Progre&s;&s;es, exce&s;&s;ive Rates and Prices have b&eacute;en exacted from his Maie&s;ties &s;ervants for lodging, hor&s;e-meat, &s;table-room, and other accomodations;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates for hor&s;e-meat and diet for his Maje&s;ties Servants.</NOTE> Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That none of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Servants &s;hall be compelled to pay above one &s;hilling by the night for every bed that they &s;hall u&s;e for their &s;er|vants: And that in all &s;uch hou&s;es where any of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid &s;ervants &s;hall pay for their dyet, or for hay and provender for their hor&s;es, convenient lodging &s;hall be provided for them&s;elves and their Servants, without paying any thing for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates &amp; Prices to be &s;et down by two Iu&s;ti|ces of the Peace.</NOTE> that any two or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace near adjoyning to the Road through which his Maje&s;ty is to pa&s;s, &s;hall immediately after notice in writing from the &s;aid Gr&eacute;en Cloth, and Avenor, under their hands and &s;eals &s;et down and appoint &s;uch rea&s;onable Rates and Prices to be paid during his Maje&s;ties abode there, both for hay &amp; oats, and other accomodations for hor&s;es, as they in their di&s;cretion &s;hall think m&eacute;et; which Rates, one day at the lea&s;t before his Maje&s;ties coming to &s;uch place, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall cau&s;e to be proclaimed in the Market Town next to &s;uch place,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for taking more then limited for lodging, &amp;c.</NOTE> and in &s;uch of the Neighbouring Towns and Villages as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et, to the end that notice may be taken of &s;uch Rates and Prices. And if any per&s;on &s;hall take any other &s;um then what is, or &s;hall be &s;o limited, either for Lodging, Hor&s;e-meat, Stable-room, or other &s;uch accomodations, and be thereof convicted by confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or by the Oath of one credible witne&s;s, before any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace (which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of the Peace is hereby authorized to admini&s;ter) That then in &s;uch ca&s;e every per&s;on &s;o offending, &s;hall forfeit, and pay to the party grieved, the &s;um of Forty &s;hil|lings; the &s;ame to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s by Warrant from the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of the Peace, and &s;ale thereof, returning the overplus to the party (the charge of the di&s;training being fir&s;t deducted:) This Act to have continuance till the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no lon|ger.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Articles and Orders for the regulating and better Government of His Maje&s;ties Navies, Ships of War, and Forces by Sea.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the regulating and better Government of his Maje&s;ties Navies, Ships of War, and For|ces by Sea; wherein under the good Providence and Protection of God, the Wealth, Safety, and Strength of this Kingdom is &s;o much concerned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Articles to be ob&s;erved.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority thereof, That all and every the Articles and Orders in this Act mentioned, &s;hall be duely and re&s;pectively put in Execution, ob&s;erved, and obeyed in manner hereafter mentioned.</P>
<DIV5 N="1" TYPE="section">
<PB N="82" REF="50">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The publick Wor&s;hip of God.</NOTE>THat all Commanders, Captains, and other Officers at Sea, &s;hall cau&s;e the publick Wor&s;hip of Almighty God according to the Liturgy of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> e&s;tabli&s;hed by Law, to be &s;olemnly, orderly, and reverently performed in their re&s;pective Ships: And that prayers and preachings by the re&s;pective Chaplains, in holy Orders, of the re&s;pective Ships, be performed di|ligently; and that the Lords Day be ob&s;erved according to Law.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="2" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Swearing, Drunkenne&s;s, &amp;c.</NOTE>Every per&s;on and per&s;ons in his Maje&s;ties pay, u&s;ing unlawful and ra&s;h Oaths, Cur&s;ings, Exe|crations, Drunkenne&s;s, Vncleanne&s;s, or other Scandalous Actions in derogation of Gods Ho|nour, and corruption of good manners, &s;hall be puni&s;hed by Fine, Impri&s;onment, or otherwi&s;e, as the Court-Martial &s;hall think fit.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="3" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Holding any forreign In|telligence.</NOTE>If any Officer, Mariner, Souldier, or other per&s;on in the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall give, hold, or entertain Intelligence, to, or with any King, Prince, or State, being Enemy to, or any per&s;ons in Rebel|lion again&s;t his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, without direction or leave from the Kings Maje&s;ty, the Lord High Admiral, Vice-Admiral, or Commander in Chief of any Squadron, every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="4" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>IV.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Letters or Me&s;&s;ages from any for|reign Prince, &amp;c. Enemy to the King.</NOTE>If any Letter or Me&s;&s;age from any King, Forrein Prince, State, or Potentate, being an Enemy to the Kings Maje&s;tie, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, or on their behalf, be conveyed to any Inferiour Officer, Mariner, or Souldier, or other in the Fl&eacute;et, and the &s;aid Officer, Mariner, Souldier, or other as afore&s;aid, do not within twelve hours (having opportunity &s;o to do) ac|quaint the Superiour Commander with it; or if a Superiour Officer, or Mariner, being ac|quainted therewith by an Inferiour Officer, Mariner, or other, or him&s;elf in his own per&s;on, re|ceiving a letter or me&s;&s;age from any &s;uch Enemy or Rebel, and &s;hall not in convenient time re|veal the &s;ame to the Admiral, Vice-Admiral, or the Commander of the Squadron, every &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death, or &s;uch other puni&s;hment as the Court-Martial &s;hall think fit.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="5" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Relieving of any Enemy.</NOTE>No per&s;on or per&s;ons of the Fl&eacute;et &s;hall relieve an Enemy or Rebel, in time of War, with mo|ney, Victuals, Powder, Shot, Arms, Ammunition, or any other Supplies what&s;oever, directly or indirectly, upon pain of death, or &s;uch other puni&s;hment as the Court-Martial &s;hall think fit to impo&s;e.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="6" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Papers, Char|ter-Parties, &amp;c. taken in any Ship &s;ei|&s;ed as Prize.</NOTE>All the Papers, Charter-Parties, Bills of Lading, Pa&s;ports, and other Writings what&s;oever, that &s;hall be taken, &s;eized, or found aboard any Ship or Ships which &s;hall be &s;urpri&s;ed, or &s;ei&s;ed as Prize, &s;hall be duly pre&s;erved, and not torn, nor made away, but the very Originals &s;ent up intirely, and without fraud, to the Court of Admiralty, or &s;uch other Commi&s;&s;ioners as &s;hall be appointed for that purpo&s;e; there to be viewed, made u&s;e of, and proc&eacute;eded upon according to Law, upon pain of lo&s;s of all the &s;hares of the Takers, and &s;uch further puni&s;hment to be inflicted upon the Offenders therein, as the quality of their offence and mi&s;demeanor &s;hall be found to de|&s;erve, and the Court-Martial &s;hall impo&s;e.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="7" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Prize, Ships or Goods &s;ei|&s;ed for prize.</NOTE>None in his Maje&s;ties pay &s;hall take out of any Prize, or Ship, or Goods &s;eized on for Prize, any Money, Plate, Goods, Lading or Tackle, before Iudgment thereof fir&s;t pa&s;t in the Admiralty Court, but the full and intire accompt of the whole, without imbezelment, &s;hall be brought in, and Iudgment pa&s;t intirely upon the whole, without fraud, upon pain of &s;uch puni&s;hment as &s;hall be impo&s;ed by a Court-Martial, or the Court of Admiralty; excepting, That it &s;hall be lawful for all Captains, Sea-men, Souldiers, and others, &s;erving as afore&s;aid, to take and to have to them&s;elves as Pillage, without further or other accompt to be given for the &s;ame, all &s;uch Goods and Merchandizes (other then Arms, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture, or Stores of &s;uch Ship) as &s;hall be found by them, or any of them, in any Ship (they &s;hall take in fight or prize) upon or above the Gun-deck of the &s;aid Ship, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="8" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Imbezeling any Cables, Anchors, &amp;c.</NOTE>None &s;hall imbezle, &s;teal, or take away any Cables, Anchors, Sails, or any of the Ships Fur|niture, or any of the Powder, or Arms, or Ammunition of the Ship, upon pain of death, or other puni&s;hment, as the quality of the offence &s;hall be found by a Court-Martial to de&s;erve.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="9" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forrein &s;hips taken as prize not making re&s;i&s;tance.</NOTE>If any Forrein Ship or Ve&s;&s;el &s;hall be taken as prize, that &s;hall not fight or make re&s;i&s;tance, that in that ca&s;e, none of the Captains, Ma&s;ters or Mariners, being Forreiners, &s;hall be &s;tripped of their Clothes, or in any &s;ort pillaged, beaten, or evil entreated, upon pain, That the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall forfeit double Damages; but the &s;aid Forrein Ships, and all the Goods &s;o taken, &s;hall be pre&s;erved intire to receive Iudgment in the Admiralty Court, according to Right and Iu&s;tice.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="10" TYPE="section">
<PB N="83" REF="50">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<P>Every Captain or Commander, who upon &s;ignal or order of fight, or view,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of Captains, &amp;c. upon &s;ignal of fight.</NOTE> or &s;ight of any Ships of the Enemy, Pyrate, or Rebel, or likelihood of Engagement, &s;hall not put all things in his Ship in a fit po&s;ture for fight, and &s;hall not in his own per&s;on, and according to his place, hearten and encourage the inferiour Officers and common men to fight couragiou&s;ly, and not to behave them&s;elves faintly, &s;hall be ca&s;hiered: And if he or they &s;hall yield to the Enemy, Pyrate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Not to yield or cry for quarter.</NOTE> or Rebels, or cry for quarter, he or they &s;o doing &s;hall &s;uffer the pains of death, or &s;uch other pu|ni&s;hment as the offence &s;hall de&s;erve.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="11" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<P>Every Captain, Commander, and other Officer, Sea-men, or Souldier of any Ship,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Officers &s;hall ob&s;erve the commands of the Admi|ral.</NOTE> Fri|got or Ve&s;&s;el of War, &s;hall duly ob&s;erve the Commands of the Admiral, or other his Superiour or Commander of any Squadron, as well for the A&s;&s;ailing or Setting upon any Fl&eacute;et, Squa|dron, or Ships of the Enemy, Pyrate, or Rebels, or joyning Battel with them, or making de|fence again&s;t them, as all other the Commands of the Admiral, or other his Superiour Com|mander, upon pain to &s;uffer death or other puni&s;hment as the quality of his neglect or offence &s;hall de&s;erve.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="12" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<P>Every Captain, and all other Officers, Mariners, and Souldiers of every Ship, Frigot,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers that in time of fight &s;hall withdraw, or not fight.</NOTE> or Ve&s;&s;el of War, that &s;hall in time of any fight or engagement, withdraw or k&eacute;ep back, or not come into the fight and engage, and do his utmo&s;t, to take, fire, kill, and endamage the Enemy, Pirate, or Rebels, and a&s;&s;i&s;t, and relieve all and every of his Maje&s;ties Ships; &s;hall for &s;uch of|fence of cowardize or di&s;affection, be tryed and &s;uffer pains of death, or other puni&s;hment, as the circum&s;tances of the offence &s;hall de&s;erve, and the Court-Martiall &s;hall judge fit.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="13" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XIII.</HEAD>
<P>The Captains, Officers, and Sea-men of all Ships,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers and Ships ap|pointed for Convoy, their duty.</NOTE> appointed for Convoy and Guard of Merchants Ships, or any other, &s;hall diligently attend upon that Charge, without delay, accord|ing to their In&s;tructions in that behalf, and who&s;oever &s;hall be faulty therein, and &s;hall not faith|fully perform the &s;ame, and defend the Ships and Goods in their Convoy, without either divert|ing to other Parts or Occa&s;ions; or refu&s;ing or neglecting to fight in their defence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for non-perfor|mance.</NOTE> if they be &s;et upon, or a&s;&s;ailed, or running away cowardly, and &s;ubmitting tho&s;e in their, Convoy to hazard and peril, or &s;hall demand and exact any money, or other Reward from any Merchant or Ma&s;ter, for convoying of any &s;uch Ships or other Ve&s;&s;els belonging to his Maje&s;ties Subjects, &s;hall be condemned to make reparation of the damage to the Merchants, Owners and others, as the Court of Admiralty &s;hall adjudge; and al&s;o be puni&s;hed criminally according to the quality of their offences, be it by pains of death or other puni&s;hment, according as &s;hall be judged fit by the Court-Martial.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="14" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XIV.</HEAD>
<P>What&s;oever Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, in, or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, either through cowardize,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not cha&s;ing an Enemy, or not relievieg a Friend.</NOTE> neg|ligence, or di&s;affection, &s;hall forbear to pur&s;ue the cha&s;e of any Enemy or Pyrate, or Rebel beaten, or flying, or &s;hall not relieve or a&s;&s;i&s;t a known friend in view, to the utmo&s;t of his power, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death, or otherwi&s;e, as a Court-Martial &s;hall find fit.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="15" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XV.</HEAD>
<P>When at any time, &s;ervice or action &s;hall be commanded,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Service com|manded &s;hall not be &s;topped or di&s;coura|ged.</NOTE> no man &s;hall pre&s;ume to &s;top or put backward, or di&s;courage the &s;aid &s;ervice and action, by pretence of Arrears of Wages, or upon any pretence of Wages what&s;oever, upon pain of death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="16" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XVI.</HEAD>
<P>All Sea-Captains, Officers and Sea-men, that &s;hall betray their tru&s;t, or turn to the Enemy,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall betray their tru&s;t, nor yield to the Enemy.</NOTE> Pyrate, or Rebels, and either run away with their Ship or any Ordnance, Ammunition, or Pro|vi&s;ion, to the weakning of the Service, or yield the &s;ame up to the Enemy, Pyrate, or Rebels, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="17" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XVII.</HEAD>
<P>All Sea-Captains, Officers, or Mariners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">De&s;erting the Service, or running away.</NOTE> that &s;hall de&s;ert the Service or their Imployment in the Ships, or &s;hall run away, or intice any others &s;o to do, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="18" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XVIII.</HEAD>
<P>All per&s;ons what&s;oever that &s;hall come, or be found in the nature of Spies,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Spies.</NOTE> to bring any &s;edu|cing Letters or Me&s;&s;ages from any Enemy or Rebel, or &s;hall attempt or endeavour to corrupt any Captain, Officer, Mariner, or other of the Navy or Fl&eacute;et, to betray his or their Tru&s;t, and yield up any Ship or Ammunition, or turn to the Enemy or Rebel, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="19" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XIX.</HEAD>
<P>No per&s;on in or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall utter any words of Sedition or Mutiny,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sedition, mu|tiny.</NOTE> nor make or endeavour to make any Mutinous A&s;&s;emblies upon any pretence what&s;oever, upon pain of death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="20" TYPE="section">
<PB N="84" REF="51">
<HEAD>XX.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Concealers of trayterous or mutinous practices or words.</NOTE>No per&s;on in or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall conceal any Trayterous or Mutinous practices, de&s;igns, or words, or any words &s;poken by any to the prejudice of his Maje&s;ty, or Government, or any words, practices, or de&s;igns tending to the hindrance of the Service, but &s;hall forthwith re|veal them to his Superiour, that a m&eacute;et proc&eacute;eding may be had thereupon, upon pain of &s;uch pu|ni&s;hment as a Court-Martial &s;hall find to be ju&s;t.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="21" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXI.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quarrelling or &s;triking a Superiour Officer.</NOTE>None &s;hall pre&s;ume to quarrel with his Superior Officer, upon pain of &s;evere puni&s;hment, nor to &s;trike any &s;uch upon pain of death, or otherwi&s;e, as a Court-Martial &s;hall find the matter to de&s;erve.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="22" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Vnwhol&s;om|ne&s;s of Vi|ctuals.</NOTE>If any of the Fl&eacute;et find cau&s;e of Complaint of the unwhol&s;omne&s;s of his Victuals, or upon other ju&s;t ground, he &s;hall quietly make the &s;ame known to his Superiour, or Captain, or Com|mander in chief, as the occa&s;ion may de&s;erve, that &s;uch pre&s;ent remedy may be had as the matter may require, and the &s;aid Superiour or Commander is to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be pre&s;ently remedied accordingly; but no per&s;on upon any &s;uch or other pretence, &s;hall privately attempt to &s;tir up any di&s;turbance, upon pain of &s;uch &s;evere puni&s;hment as a Court-Martial &s;hall find m&eacute;et to inflict.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="23" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXIII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quarrelling or provoking &s;peeches.</NOTE>None &s;hall quarrel or fight in the Ship, nor u&s;e reproachful or provoking Sp&eacute;eches tending to make any quarrel or di&s;turbance, upon pain of Impri&s;onment, and &s;uch other puni&s;hment as the offence &s;hall de&s;erve, and the Court-Martial &s;hall impo&s;e.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="24" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXIV.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Wa&s;tful ex|pence of Am|munition.</NOTE>That there be no wa&s;tful expence of any Powder, Shot, Ammunition, or other Stores in the Fl&eacute;et, nor any imbezelment thereof, but that the Stores and Provi&s;ions be carefully pre&s;erved upon &s;uch penalties by Fine, Impri&s;onment, or otherwi&s;e, upon the Offenders, Abetters, Buy|ers, and Receivers, as &s;hall be by a Court-Martial found ju&s;t in that behalf.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="25" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXV.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Care of con|ducting and &s;teering &s;hips.</NOTE>That care be taken in the Conducting and St&eacute;ering of the Ships, that through wilfulne&s;s, neg|ligence, or other defaults, none of his Maje&s;ties Ships be &s;tranded or run upon any Rocks or Sands, or &s;plit, or hazarded, upon pain, that &s;uch as &s;hall be found guilty therein, be puni&s;hed by Fine, Impri&s;onment, or otherwi&s;e, as the offence by a Court-Martial &s;hall be adjudged to de|&s;erve.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="26" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXVI.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Burning a Ship.</NOTE>All per&s;ons that &s;hall willingly burn or &s;et fire on any Ship, or Magazine, or Store of Powder, or Ship, Boat, Ketch, Hoy, or Ve&s;&s;el, or Tackle, or Furniture thereto belonging, not appertain|ing to an Enemy or Rebel, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="27" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXVII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sleeping up|on Watch.</NOTE>No Man, in, or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall &s;l&eacute;ep upon his Watch, or negligently perform the Duty impo&s;ed on him, or for&s;ake his &s;tation, upon pain of death, or other puni&s;hment, as the circum&s;tances of the Ca&s;e &s;hall require.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="28" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXVIII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Murthers.</NOTE>All Murthers and wilful Killing of any per&s;ons in the Ship, &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="29" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXIX.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Robbery and Theft.</NOTE>All Robbery and Theft committed by any per&s;on, in or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall be puni&s;h|ed with death, or otherwi&s;e, as the Court-Martiall upon con&s;ideration of circum&s;tances &s;hall find m&eacute;et.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="30" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXX.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provo&s;t-Mar|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ial pri&s;oners.</NOTE>No Provo&s;t-Mar&s;hal belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall refu&s;e to receive or k&eacute;ep any Pri&s;oner com|mitted to his charge, nor &s;uffer him to e&s;cape, being once in his cu&s;tody, nor di&s;mi&s;s him without order, upon pain of being lyable to the &s;ame puni&s;hment which &s;hould have b&eacute;en inflicted upon the party di&s;mi&s;&s;ed, or permitted to e&s;cape, or &s;uch other puni&s;hment as the Court-Martial &s;hall think fit.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="31" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXXI.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Apprehending offenders.</NOTE>All Captains, Officers, and Sea-men, &s;hall do their endeavours to detect, apprehend, and bring to puni&s;hment all offenders, and &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t the Officers appointed for that purpo&s;e therein, upon pain to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t, and puni&s;hed by the Court-Martial at di&s;cretion.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="32" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXXII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sodomy.</NOTE>If any per&s;on or per&s;ons, in or belonging to the Fl&eacute;et, &s;hall commit the unnatural and dete&s;t|able &s;in of Buggery or Sodomy with Man or Bea&s;t, he &s;hall be puni&s;hed with death without mercy.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="33" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXXIII.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mi&s;demea|nors, and Di&s;|orders at Sea.</NOTE>All other Faults, Mi&s;demeanors, and Di&s;orders committed at Sea, not mentioned in this Act, &s;hall be puni&s;hed according to the Laws and Cu&s;toms in &s;uch Ca&s;es u&s;ed at Sea.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="34" TYPE="section">
<PB N="85" REF="51">
<HEAD>XXXIV.</HEAD>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lord High Admi|rals power to grant Com|mi&s;&s;ions to call Court Martialls.</NOTE> That the Lord High Admiral for the time being &s;hall by vertue of this Act, have full power and Authority to grant Commi&s;&s;ions to inferiour Vice-Ad|mirals, or Commander in chief of any Squadron of Ships, to call and a&s;&s;emble Court-Martials, con&s;i&s;ting of Commanders and Captains; and no Court-Martial where the pains of death &s;hall be inflicted &s;hall con&s;i&s;t of le&s;s then five Captains at lea&s;t, the Admirals Lieutenant to be as to this purpo&s;e e&s;t&eacute;emed as a Captain; and in no ca&s;e wherein &s;entence of Death &s;hall pa&s;s by ver|tue of the Articles afore&s;aid, or any of them (except in ca&s;e of Mutiny) there &s;hall be execution of &s;uch Sentence of Death, without the leave of the Lord High Admiral, if the offence be com|mitted within the Narrow-Seas: But in ca&s;e any of the offences afore&s;aid be committed in any Voyage beyond the Narrow-Seas, whereupon Sentence of death &s;hall be given in pur&s;uance of the afore&s;aid Articles, or of any of them; then Execution &s;hall not be done but by Order of the Commander in chief of that Fl&eacute;et or Squadron wherein Sentence of death was pa&s;&s;ed.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 N="35" TYPE="section">
<HEAD>XXXV.</HEAD>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the Iudge-Advocate of any Fl&eacute;et,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Iudg Advo|cate of any fleet to admi|ni&s;ter an oath for tryal of of|fences.</P>
<P>Court Mar|tiall.</P></NOTE> for the time being, &s;hall have full power and Authority to admini&s;ter an Oath to any per&s;on or witne&s;s in or|der to the Examination or Tryal of any of the offences afore&s;aid; and in the ab&s;ence of a Iudg-Advocate, the Court-Martial &s;hall have full power and Authority to appoint any per&s;on to admi|ni&s;ter an Oath to the purpo&s;e afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o tou|ching the powers of the Lord Admiral</NOTE> That this Act or any thing or things therein contained, &s;hall not in any manner of wi&s;e extend to give unto the Lord Admi|ral of <HI>England,</HI> for the time being, or to any his Vice-Admirals, Iudg or Iudges of the Admiral|ty, his or their Deputy or Deputies, or to any other the Officers or Mini&s;ters of the Admiralty, or to any others having or claiming any Admiral Power, Iuri&s;diction, or Authority within this Realm and <HI>Wales,</HI> or any other the Kings Dominions, any other power, right, Iuri&s;diction, Pre|heminence, or Authority, then he or they, or any of them, lawfully have, hath, or had, or ought to have and enjoy before the making of this Act, other then for &s;uch of the offences &s;pecified in the &s;everal Articles contained in this Act, as hereafter &s;hall be done upon the main Sea, or in Ships, or Ve&s;&s;els being and hovering in the main Stream of great Rivers, only beneath the Bridges of the &s;ame Rivers, nigh to the Sea, within the Iuri&s;diction of the Admiralty, and in none other pla|ces what&s;oever, and committed only by &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be in actual Service and pay in His Maje&s;ties Fl&eacute;et, or Ships of War.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For preventing the unlawfull Cour&s;ing, Hunting, or Killing of Deer.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>For the better preventing of the unlawful Cour&s;ing, Hunting, Taking, or Killing of D&eacute;er,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Vnlawfull hunting or killing of Deer.</NOTE> by many Idle, Loo&s;e, and di&s;orderly per&s;ons; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and by the advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall from, and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next, unlawfully cour&s;e, kill, hunt, or take away any Red or Fallow D&eacute;er, in any Forre&s;t, Cha&s;e, Purleiw, Paddock, Wood, Park, or other Ground where D&eacute;er are, or have b&eacute;en u&s;ually kept within the Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> without the con&s;ent of the Owner, or per&s;on chiefly intru&s;ted with the cu&s;tody thereof, or &s;hall be aiding or a&s;&s;i&s;ting therein, and &s;hall be convicted thereof, by the confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or by the Oath of one or more credible witne&s;|&s;es, before one or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace (who are hereby impowred to admini&s;ter an Oath to that purpo&s;e) &s;uch per&s;on being pro&s;ecuted for &s;uch offence within &s;ix moneths after &s;uch offence done; that then every per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of Twenty pounds to be levied by way of Di&s;tre&s;s upon the Goods and Chattels of every &s;uch Offender by Warrant under the Iu&s;tices hand, before whom &s;uch conviction &s;hall be made;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> the one moyety of the &s;aid Twenty pounds to be given to the Informer, and the other moyety to the Owner of the D&eacute;er; And for want of &s;ufficient Di&s;tre&s;s, the Offender &s;hall be committed to the Hou&s;e of Cor|rection for &s;ix moneths, and there to be put to hard labour, or to the Common-Gaol for one whole year, without Bail or Main-prize, at the Di&s;cretion of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace before whom &s;uch Conviction &s;hall be (and not to be di&s;charged from thence till he or they have given &s;uffici|ent Sureties for their Good-behaviour, for one whole year next en&s;uing after his or their inlarge|ment,) Provided, that where any Offender &s;hall be puni&s;hed by force of this Act, that he &s;hall not be pro&s;ecuted nor incur the penalty of any other Law or Statute for the &s;ame offence. 19 <HI>H.</HI> 7. <HI>c.</HI> 11. 3 <HI>Jac. c.</HI> 13. 7 <HI>Jac. c.</HI> 13.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Confirmation of Three Acts therein mentioned.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;everal Acts herein after mentioned, made, or mentioned to be made upon or &s;ince the Twenty fifth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the Twelfth year of his &s;aid Maje&s;ties Reign, by his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice or con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> upon the &s;aid 25th of <HI>April,</HI> and there continued until the 29th day of <HI>December</HI> then next following, and then di&s;&s;olved; which &s;aid Acts are herein after particularly mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed by the &s;eve|ral
<PB N="86" REF="52">
and re&s;pective Titles following,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 29 St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 33. St. 12 Car. 2. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ap. 14.</NOTE> That is to &s;ay, One Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the rai&s;ing of Seventy thou&s;and pounds for the further Supply of his Maje&s;ty;</HI> And one other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for Confirmation of Marriages;</HI> and one other Act entituled, <HI>An Act for a perpetual Anniver&s;ary &s;hank&s;giving on the Twenty ninth day of May;</HI> and all and every the Clau&s;es, Sentences, and Ar|ticles in them, and every of them, contained, &s;hall be, and hereby are Ratified, and Confirmed, and Enacted, and Declared, to have the full force and &s;trength of Acts of Parliament, according to the tenor and purport thereof, and &s;o &s;hall be adjudged, d&eacute;emed, and taken to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en made, declared, and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Explanation of a Clau&s;e contained in an Act of Parliament made in the Seventeenth Year of the late King <HI>Charles,</HI> Entituled, <HI>An Act for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute</HI> Primo Elizabethae, <HI>concerning Commi&s;&s;ioners for Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas in an Act of Parliament made in the Seventeenth year of the late King <HI>Charles,</HI> Entituled, <HI>An Act for Repeal of a Branch of a Statute Primo Elizabethae concerning Commi&s;&s;ioners for Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 17 Car. 1. cap. 11.</NOTE> it is (among&s;t other things) Enacted, That no Arch-bi|&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, nor Vicar-General, nor any Chancellor, nor Commi&s;&s;ary of any Arch-Bi&s;hop, Bi|&s;hop, or Vicar-General, nor any Ordinary what&s;oever, nor any other Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iudg, Officer, or Mini&s;ter of Iu&s;tice, nor any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, exerci&s;ing Spi|ritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Power, Authority, or Iuri&s;diction, by any Grant, Licen&s;e, or Commi&s;|&s;ion of the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or by any Power or Authority derived from the King, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall (from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which then &s;hould be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty one) Award, Impo&s;e, or Inflict any Pain, Penalty, Fine, Amerciament, Impri&s;onment, or other Corporal puni&s;hment upon any of the Kings Subjects, for any contempt, mi&s;demeanor, crime, offence, matter, or thing what&s;oever, belonging to Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Cognizance or Iuri&s;diction, whereupon &s;ome doubt hath b&eacute;en made, that all ordinary power of Coertion and Proc&eacute;edings in Cau&s;es Eccle&s;ia&s;tical were taken away, whereby the ordinary cour&s;e of Iu&s;tice in Cau&s;es Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical hath b&eacute;en ob&s;tructed; Be it therefore declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The ordinary power of Arch|bi&s;hops, &amp;c. not taken a|way.</NOTE> and by the Authority thereof, That neither the &s;aid Act, nor any thing therein contained, doth, or &s;hall take away any ordinary Power or Authority from any of the &s;aid Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons named as afore&s;aid, but that they and every of them, exerci&s;ing Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction, may proc&eacute;ed, determine, &s;entence, execute, and exer|ci&s;e all manner of Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction,<NOTE PLACE="marg">May u&s;e Ec|cle&s;ia&s;tical Iu|ri&s;diction.</NOTE> and all Cen&s;ures and Coertions appertaining and be|longing to the &s;ame, before the making of the Act before recited, in all cau&s;es and matters belong|ing to Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction, according to the Kings Maje&s;ties Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Laws u&s;ed and practi&s;ed in this Realm, in as ample manner and form as they did, and might lawfully have done before the making of the &s;aid Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>The Stat.</HI> 17. <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 11. Rep. as to all except what concerns the High Com|mi&s;&s; on Court Provi&s;o.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the afore recited Act of <HI>Decimo &s;ep|timo Caroli,</HI> and all the Matters and Clau&s;es therein contained (excepting what concerns the High Commi&s;&s;ion-Court, or the new erection of &s;ome &s;uch like Court by Commi&s;&s;ion) &s;hall be, and is hereby repealed, to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, Any thing, clau&s;e, or &s;entence in the &s;aid Act contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Enacted, That neither this Act, nor any thing herein con|tained, &s;hall extend, or be con&s;trued to revive, or give force to the &s;aid Branch of the &s;aid Statute made in the &s;aid fir&s;t year of the Reign of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> mentioned in the &s;aid Act of Parliament made in the &s;aid &s;event&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the &s;aid King <HI>Charles;</HI> but that the &s;aid Branch of the &s;aid Statute made in the &s;aid fir&s;t year of the Reign of the &s;aid Qu&eacute;en <HI>Eliza|beth,</HI> &s;hall &s;tand and be repealed in &s;uch &s;ort as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and it is hereby further Enacted, That it &s;hall not be lawful for any Arch-Bi|&s;hop,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o tou|ching the oath <HI>Ex Officio.</HI></NOTE> Bi&s;hop, Vicar-General, Chancellor, Commi&s;&s;ary, or any other Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iudg, Officer, or Mini&s;ter, or any other per&s;on, having or exerci&s;ing Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction, to tender or admini&s;ter unto any per&s;on what&s;oever, the Oath u&s;ually called the Oath <HI>Ex Officio,</HI> or any other Oath whereby &s;uch per&s;on to whom the &s;ame is tendred or admini&s;tred, may be charged or compelled to confe&s;s, or accu&s;e, or to purge him, or her &s;elf of any criminal mat|ter or thing, whereby he or &s;he may be lyable to any cen&s;ure or puni&s;hment; Any thing in this Sta|tute, or any other Law, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age heretofore to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o not to give any other Iuri&s;diction to any Arch|bi&s;hop, &amp;c. than they had by law before the year 1639. The Kings Supremacy in Eccle&s;ia&s;tical matters. Canons Ec|cle&s;ia&s;tical.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend or be con&s;tru|ed to extend to give unto any Arch-Bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, or any other Spiritual or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iudg, Officer, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons afore&s;aid, any power or authority to exerci&s;e, execute, inflict, or determine any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Iuri&s;diction, Cen&s;ure, or Coertion, which they might not by Law have done before the year of our Lord 1639, nor to abridg or dimini&s;h the Kings Maje&s;ties Supre|macy in Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Matters and Affairs, nor to confirm the Canons made in the year 1640. nor any of them, nor any other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Laws or Canons not formerly confirmed, allowed, or Enacted by Parliament, or by the e&s;tabli&s;hed Laws of the Land as they &s;tood in the year of the Lord 1639.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="87" REF="52">
<HEAD>CAP. XIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Arrears of the Exci&s;e and New Impo&s;t ve&s;ted in His Maje&s;ty.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Moneys owing upon Exci&s;e by any Laws or Or|dinances ve|&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by the Authority thereof, That all and every &s;um and &s;ums of money any wayes due, or owing from, or by any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, for or touching the Impo&s;ition or Duty called the Exci&s;e, heretofore impo&s;ed and made payable upon B&eacute;er, Ale, or any other Commodities, by any Laws, or pretended Laws or Ordinances; and all Debts therefore owing, whether by Obligation or upon Accompt from Farmers of Exci&s;e, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, or any of their Securities, and not pardoned by his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Gratious Act of Pardon and Oblivion, be, and are hereby ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and that his Sacred Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, may from time to time, and at all times hereafter, have, demand, &s;ue for, and recover the &s;ame of all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors, and Admini&s;tra|tors, having A&s;&s;ets, who are any way accomptable for the &s;ame, or any part thereof, and from his and their re&s;pective Sureties, and Securities; as if the &s;ame Duties of Exci&s;e had b&eacute;en lawfully A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Impo&s;ed, and Collected; and as if the &s;everal pretended Acts, Orders, and Ordinances, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing and Impo&s;ing the &s;ame, had b&eacute;en good, true, legal, and effectual Acts of Parliament, and had in expre&s;s words given and granted all and every the &s;aid Duties of Exci&s;e or new Impo&s;t unto his Maje&s;ty; and as if the Obligations and Recognizances entred into by the re&s;pective Sure|ties and Securities had, at the time of entring into the &s;ame, b&eacute;en taken in his Maje&s;ties Name, according to the form pre&s;cribed in the Statute made in the Thr&eacute;e and thirtieth year of the Reign of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eight.<NOTE PLACE="marg">33 H. 8. c. 39.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons accomptable by vertue of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for allowances. <HI>St.</HI> 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</NOTE> &s;hall have all &s;uch due allowance in his or their accompts, as all &s;uch per&s;ons who&s;e accompts are accepted in an Act, Intituled, <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion,</HI> have, or ought to have.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o no per&s;on to be que&s;tioned, un|le&s;s he be &s;uch before the 25 of December 1662. All per&s;ons accomptable &s;hall have au|thority to levy and recover all Arrears.</NOTE> That no per&s;on &s;hall be que&s;tioned or mole&s;ted for any of the Duties here|in, or hereby ve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty, unle&s;s he &s;hall be &s;ued or pro&s;ecuted with effect before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all per&s;ons accomptable to his Maje&s;ty by this Act, &s;hall have power and authority, and are hereby enabled to &s;ue for, levy, and recover from any per&s;on or per&s;ons who do &s;tand indebted unto them in any &s;um of money for the Duty or Impo&s;t of Exci&s;e, for which they are hereby accomptable, all &s;ums of money and Ar|rears un&s;atisfied, in as full and ample manner and form as they might have received and levied the &s;ame when they fir&s;t grew due.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Confirmation of an Act Entituled, An Act for Encouraging and Increa&s;ing of Shipping, and Navigation, and &s;everal other Acts both Publick and Private mentioned therein.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas during the late difficulties and exigencies of affairs in the ab&s;ence of his mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maje&s;ty, and in reference to his return from beyond the Seas into the&s;e his Maje|&s;ties Dominions; The Lords and Commons being a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Five and twen|tieth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the twelfth year of his Maje&s;ties Reign, were from thence, and after his Ma|je&s;ties return, continued untill the nine and twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> then next following, and now la&s;t pa&s;t, and then di&s;&s;olved by his Maje&s;ty; in which time &s;everal Acts were pa&s;&s;ed by his Ma|je&s;ty; by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the &s;aid Lords and Commons a&s;&s;embled as afore&s;aid, which being of nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e, are fit to be continued and confirmed, although the manner of the &s;aid a&s;&s;embling, enforced by the difficulties and exigencies afore&s;aid, which then lay upon the Nation, is not to be drawn into example.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con|&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and &s;ingular the Acts made or mentioned to be made by his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice or con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons, upon or &s;ince the &s;aid Five and twen|tieth day of <HI>April,</HI> herein after particularly mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed (that is to &s;ay) One Act, En|tituled, <HI>An Act for the encouraging and increa&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation:</HI> One other Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 18. St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 32. St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 36. St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 34. St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 13. St. 12 Car. 2. cap. 6.</NOTE> En|tituled, <HI>An Act for Prohibiting the Exportation of Wooll, Wool-fells, Fullers Earth, or any kind of Scouring Earth.</HI> One other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act Impowring the Ma&s;ter of the Rolls for the time being, for to make Lea&s;es for years, in order to new build the old Hou&s;es belonging to the Rolls.</HI> One other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for prohibiting the Planting, Setting, or Sowing of Tobacco in England and Ireland.</HI> One other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for re&s;training the ta|king of Exce&s;&s;ive U&s;ury.</HI> One other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the pre&s;ent nominating of Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers.</HI> One other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Incorporating of the Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the Company of Haberda&s;hers, LONDON, to be Governors of the Free-School and Alms-hou&s;es in Newport in the County of Salop, of the Foundation of
<PB N="88" REF="53">
<HI>William Adams,</HI> and for Setling of Lands and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions on them for maintenance thereof, and other charitable U&s;es.</HI> And all and every the Clau&s;es, Sentences, and Articles in them and every of them contained, &s;hall be, and hereby are Ratified and Confirmed, and Enacted and Declared to have the full force and &s;trength of Acts of Parliament, according to the tenor and purport thereof, and &s;o &s;hall be adjudged, d&eacute;emed and taken, to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en Made, Declared and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures Impo&s;ed upon the Estates and Per&s;ons of certain notorious Offenders excepted out of the Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>St.</HI> 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11. The Lands and Tene|ments of the per&s;ons decea|&s;ed, not di&s;|charged by the Act of General Pardon.</NOTE>VVHereas in a certain Act pa&s;&s;ed in the late a&s;&s;embly held at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> in the Twelfth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign, and confirmed by the Authority of this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment, Entituled, <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion</HI> (among&s;t other things) it is provided, that nothing therein contained &s;hould extend to di&s;charge the Lands, Tene|ments, Goods, Chattels, Rights, Tru&s;ts, and other the Hereditaments late of <HI>I&s;aac Ewer</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>John Danvers</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>Thomas Maleverer</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>William Purefoy</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Blaki&s;ton</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>William Con&s;table</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>Richard Dean</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Fran|cis Aleyn</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Peregrin Pelham</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Moore</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John Aldred,</HI> alias <HI>Alu|red</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Humphrey Edwards</HI> decea&s;ed, Sir <HI>Gregory Norton</HI> Baronet decea&s;ed, <HI>John Venn</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Andrews</HI> Alderman decea&s;ed, <HI>Anthony Stapley</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Horton</HI> decea|&s;ed, <HI>John Fry</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Thomas Hammond</HI> decea&s;ed, and Sir <HI>John Bourchier</HI> decea&s;ed, of and from &s;uch pains, penalties and forfeitures, as by one other Act of Parliament intended to be after|wards pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e, &s;hould be expre&s;&s;ed and declared: All which per&s;ons before menti|oned, were (whil&s;t they lived) notoriou&s;ly known to have b&eacute;en wicked and active In&s;truments in the pro&s;ecution and compa&s;&s;ing of that horrid and Execrable Trea&s;on, the Murther of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Fir&s;t, of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory. And whereas <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on, James Challoner,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay,</HI> Sir <HI>James Harrington, John Phelps,</HI> and <HI>Robert Wallop,</HI> who in the moneth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty eight, did act and fit in that Traiterous A&s;&s;embly which proc&eacute;eded again&s;t the Per&s;on and Life of our &s;aid late So|veraign Lord King <HI>CHARLES</HI> the Fir&s;t; and Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerig,</HI> who in his life did com|mit many horrid and Traiterous Crimes again&s;t the Per&s;on, Crown and Dignity of his late Ma|je&s;ty of glorious memory, and his Maje&s;ty that now is, are all of them excepted out of the &s;aid Act, and re&s;erved to future Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures, not extending to life; &s;ince the pa&s;&s;ing of which Act, &s;o as afore&s;aid confirmed, Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerig</HI> and <HI>James Challoner</HI> died, and no Act hath yet pa&s;&s;ed for the inflicting of due Pains, Penalties, and Forfeitures upon the Per|&s;ons and E&s;tates of the Offenders afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>We therefore the Lords and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embed, do be&s;&eacute;ech your Maje&s;ty, That it may be enacted,; And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the ad|vice and con&s;ent of the Lords and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Mannors, Lands, &amp;c. of the per&s;ons na|med.</NOTE> and by autho|rity of the &s;ame, That all and every the Mannors, Me&s;&s;uages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Rever|&s;ions, Remainders, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, Rights, Conditions, Intere&s;ts, Offices, F&eacute;es, Annuities, and all other the Hereditaments, Lea&s;es for years, Chattels Real, and other things of what nature &s;oever they be of them the &s;aid <HI>I&s;aac Ewer,</HI> Sir <HI>John Danvers,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Maleverer, William Purefoy, John Blaki&s;ton,</HI> Sir <HI>William Con&s;table, Richard Dean, Francis Aleyn, Peregrin Pelham, John Moore, John Aldred,</HI> alias <HI>Alured, Humphrey Edward,</HI> Sir <HI>Gregory Norton, John Venn, Thomas Andrews,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Of which they were &s;ei&s;ed the 20th. of March 1646. or &s;ince, forfeited and ve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>The goods, debts, &amp; Chat|tels, of which the per&s;ons na|med were po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed at the time of their death forfeited to his Maje&s;ty. The goods, &amp;c. of which <HI>Wil|liam</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on, Sir Hen. Mildmay, Sir James Har|rington, John Phelps, and Rob. Wallop,</HI> were po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed the 11. of Feb. 1659. forfeited and ve&s;ted in his Maje&s;ty.</P></NOTE> <HI>Anthony Stapley, Thomas Horton, John Fry, Thomas Hammond,</HI> Sir <HI>John Bourchier, William</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on, James Challoner,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay,</HI> Sir <HI>James Harrington, John Phelps, Robert Wallop,</HI> and Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerig,</HI> which they, or any of them, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons to their, or any of their u&s;es, or in tru&s;t for them, or any of them had the five and twentieth day of <HI>March</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and &s;ix, or at any time &s;ince, &s;hall &s;tand, and be forfeited unto your Maje&s;ty, your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, ve&s;ted, and adjudged to be in the actual and real po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of Your Maje&s;ty, with|out any Office or Inqui&s;ition thereof hereafter to be taken or found; And al&s;o that all and every the Goods, Debts, and other the Chattels per&s;onal what&s;oever of them, the &s;aid <HI>I&s;aac Ewer,</HI> Sir <HI>John Danvers,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Maleverer, William Purefoy, John Blaki&s;ton,</HI> Sir <HI>William Con&s;table, Richard Dean, Francis Aleyn, Peregrin Pelham, John Moore, John Aldred,</HI> alias <HI>Alured, Hum|phrey Edwards,</HI> Sir <HI>Gregory Norton, John Venn, Thomas Andrews, Anthony Stapley, Thomas Horton, John Fry, Thomas Hammond,</HI> Sir <HI>John Bourchier, James Challoner,</HI> and Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerig,</HI> whereof they, or any of them, at the time of their re&s;pective deaths, or any other in Tru&s;t for them, or any of them &s;tood po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or intere&s;&s;ed in Law or Equity, and all the Goods, Debts, and other the Chattels per&s;onal what&s;oever of them the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay,</HI> Sir <HI>James Harrington, John Phelps, Robert Wallop,</HI> whereof upon the eleventh day of <HI>February,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, they, or any of them, or any other in tru&s;t for them, or any of them &s;tood po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed either in Law or Equity, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed and adjudged to be forfeited, and are hereby ve&s;ted and put into the actual and real po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of your Maje&s;ty, without any further Office or Inqui&s;ition thereof hereafter to be taken or found.</P>
<P><PB N="89" REF="53">Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Conveyance, A&s;&s;u|rance, Grant, Bargain, Sale, Charge, Lea&s;e, A&s;&s;ignment of Lea&s;e, Grants,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for conveyances and a&s;&s;uran|ces, &amp;c. made <HI>bona fide</HI> before the 29. of <HI>September,</HI></NOTE> and Surrenders by Copy of Court-Roll, E&s;tate, Intere&s;t, Tru&s;t or Limitation of any u&s;e or u&s;es, of, or out of any Mannors, Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, not being the Lands nor Hereditaments of the late King, Qu&eacute;en or Prince, or of any Archbi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, Deans, Deans and Chapters, nor being Lands or Hereditaments &s;old or given for the Delinquency, or pretended Delinquency of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, by vertue or pretext of &s;ome Act, Order, Ordinance, or repu|ted Act, Order or Ordinance &s;ince the Fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and one, nor any Statute, Iudgment or Recognizance, had, made, acknowledged or &s;uffered to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies politick or Corporate, before the Nine and Twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and nine, by any of the Offenders before in this Act mentioned, or their Heirs, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming by, from, or under them, or any of them, other then the Wife or Wives, Child or Children, Heir or Heirs of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, or any of them for money <HI>bona fide</HI> to them, or any of them paid, or lent, or other valuable con&s;iderati|on, nor any conveyance, a&s;&s;urance,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Conveyances and a&s;&s;urances made before the 25th. of April. 1660.</NOTE> grant or E&s;tate made before the five and twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fifty, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons to any of the Offenders afore|&s;aid in tru&s;t, and for the benefit of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, not being any of the Offenders afore&s;aid, or in Tru&s;t for any Bodies politick or Corporate, &s;hall be Impeached, defeated, made voide, or fru&s;trated hereby, or by any of the Convictions and Attainders afore&s;aid; But that the &s;ame &s;hall be held and enjoyed by the Purcha&s;ers, Grant&eacute;es, Le&s;&s;&eacute;es, A&s;&s;igns, <HI>Ce&s;tuy que u&s;e, Ce&s;tuy que tru&s;t,</HI> and every of them, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns re|&s;pectively, as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made, &s;o as the &s;aid Conveyances, and all and every the Grants and A&s;&s;urances, which by vertue of this Act are, and ought to be held and enjoyed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall before the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord,<NOTE PLACE="marg">So as they be inrolled in the Exchequer be|fore the fir&s;t of Ian. 1662.</NOTE> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, be entred, and enrolled of Record in his Maje&s;ties Court of Ex|chequer, and not otherwi&s;e, any thing in this Act herein before contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Moun&s;on,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">William <HI>Lord</HI> Moun&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Mild|may, <HI>Sir</HI> James Harrington, Robert Wal|lop and John Phelps degra|ded.</NOTE> Sir <HI>Henry Mildmay,</HI> Sir <HI>James Harrington, Robert Wallop</HI> E&s;quire, and <HI>John Phelps,</HI> and every of them &s;hall be, and are hereby degraded from, and made uncapable of, all and every the Titles of Honour, Dignities and Preheminences which they or any of them now have, or which at any time hereafter may de&s;cend unto them; And that neither they, nor any of them &s;hall at any time hereafter have, hear, or u&s;e the Name, Stile, Addition or Title of Lord, Baronet, Knight, E&s;quire, or Gentleman, or any of them, nor &s;hall u&s;e, or have any Coats, or E&s;cutcheons of Arms what&s;oever, nor any other legal Title, or addition what&s;oever, but &s;hall be for ever reputed, and are hereby declared to be Per&s;ons of Di&s;honour and Infamy.</P>
<P>And further, That they the &s;aid <HI>William Moun&s;on, Henry Mildmay, James Harrington,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">William Moun&s;or, Hen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Mildmay, James Har|rington, Ro|bert Wallop &amp; John Phelps <HI>&s;hall be drawn to Tyburn as per&s;ons execu|ted for trea&s;on.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Robert Wallop,</HI> and <HI>John Phelps,</HI> and every of them, &s;hall upon the &s;even and twentieth day of <HI>January,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, or &s;o &s;oon after as they &s;hall be apprehended, carried to the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> and from thence drawn upon &s;ledges with Ropes about their Necks, and according to the manner of per&s;ons executed for High Trea&s;on, quite through the &s;tr&eacute;ets of <HI>London</HI> unto the Gallowes at <HI>Tiburn,</HI> and from thence in like manner be brought back again to the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London;</HI> and there, or in &s;uch other Pri&s;on as his Ma|je&s;ty &s;hall think fit, continue Pri&s;oners, and &s;uffer pains of Impri&s;onment for and during the Term of their Natural Lives.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for executors of the &s;aid per|&s;ons and lega|cies.</NOTE> That no Executor or Admini&s;trator to any of the dead Per&s;ons who&s;e E&s;tate is forfeited by this Act, &s;hall at any time hereafter be &s;ued or mole&s;ted for any Debt or Legacy by them paid as Executor or Admini&s;trator to any per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the &s;ame was due or bequeathed, and was by the &s;aid Executor or Admini&s;trator paid <HI>bona fide;</HI> but the re&s;pective Legat&eacute;es who have received any &s;uch Legacies from the &s;aid Executors, &s;hall be accomp|table to the Kings Maje&s;ty for all &s;uch Legacies as they have re&s;pectively received, and &s;hall pay the &s;ame to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;ty.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That nothing in this Act &s;hall be con&s;trued to forfeit the Term, E&s;tate,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Provi&s;o for</HI> Sir William Lewes.</NOTE> or Intere&s;t which Sir <HI>William Lewes</HI> of <HI>Borden</HI> in the County of <HI>Southampton</HI> Baronet, had or hath in the cu&s;tody of the Park called <HI>Ea&s;t-mean</HI> Park in the afore&s;aid County, and in the game of Conies therein, for the term of thr&eacute;e years to come, from our <HI>Lady-day</HI> la&s;t, being the remain|ing years of a greater term (he the &s;aid Sir <HI>William</HI> being formerly po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed thereof) by an A&s;&s;ignment made by <HI>John Allen</HI> Executor of the &s;aid <HI>Francis Allen,</HI> the which &s;aid Park and Premi&s;&s;es being part of the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter,</HI> the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Lewes</HI> hath &s;urrendred unto the &s;aid Bi&s;hop, and hath now taken a new Lea&s;e thereof for thr&eacute;e lives, from the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter,</HI> the which &s;aid Lea&s;e for thr&eacute;e lives &s;o made by the &s;aid Bi&s;hop unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Lewes,</HI> &s;hall for, and notwith&s;tanding this Act, or any thing therein con|tained, remain firm and good unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Lewes,</HI> according to the true meaning of his &s;aid Lea&s;e; &s;aving alwayes to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies politick, and others their re&s;pective Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors and Admini&s;trators, all &s;uch E&s;tate, Right and Ti|tle, and Intere&s;t in Law and Equity, which they, or any of them have, or ought to have of, in, to, or out of any the Premi&s;&s;es, not being in Tru&s;t for any the &s;aid Offenders, nor derived by,
<PB N="90" REF="54">
from, or under the &s;aid offences, &s;ince the five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty &s;ix; &s;aving alwayes and re&s;erving to <HI>Cuthbert Collingwood</HI> E&s;quire, and <HI>George Collingwood</HI> Gent. his Son, their, or either of their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, and the Farmers and Tenants of the &s;aid <HI>Cuthbert</HI> and <HI>George Collingwood,</HI> or either of them, and of their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, all &s;uch Right, Title of Entry and Action, V&s;e, Intere&s;t and Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, which they, or any of them, or any in tru&s;t for them, or any of them, have or had, or ought to have, of, in, to, or out of the Man|nors, Town&s;hips, Villages, Hamlets and Precincts of <HI>I&s;lington, Whitingham, Barton, Throun|ton, Fawden, Keynton, We&s;t-Brunton, Ea&s;t-Brunton, Dunnington, Blakedon,</HI> alias <HI>Blagdon,</HI> and <HI>Wet&s;lade,</HI> or any of them in the County of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> and of, in, to, or out of the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Rights, Members and Appurtenances to them, or any of them be|longing or appertaining, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Rachel Powre.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, that this Act, nor any thing herein contained, &s;hall extend to preiudice the E&s;tate and Intere&s;t in Law or Equity of <HI>Rachel Powre</HI> Widow, of, in, and to one Copyhold Me&s;|&s;uage and Mill thereunto belonging, with their Appurtenances, Scituate, lying and being in <HI>Chepmansford</HI> in the County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> being parcel of the Mannor of Husband Priors, which by order and decr&eacute;e of the High-Court of Chancery of the one and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, &s;he is to be forthwith re&s;tored unto, and put into po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of, and to quietly hold and enjoy the &s;ame during her Widowhood, with the mean profits thereof taken by the &s;aid Mr, <HI>Wallop:</HI> But that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid <HI>Rachel Powre</HI> to hold and enjoy the &s;ame according to the &s;aid Decr&eacute;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Sir <HI>John Bour|chier.</HI></HI></NOTE>Provided alwayes, and it is hereby further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawfull to and for <HI>Barrington Bourchier</HI> E&s;quire, Son and Heir of Sir <HI>John Bourchier,</HI> herein before mentioned, to hold and enjoy all and &s;ingular the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments to him lately granted and conveyed, or mentioned to be granted and conveyed, in and by certain Letters Patents under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> bearing date the Two and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the thirt&eacute;enth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign, again&s;t His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, according to the full intent and meaning of the &s;aid Letters Patents; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act con|tained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno XIII. Car. II. Regis.</HEAD>
<P>ACTS made at the &s;econd meeting in this pre&s;ent Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the 8th. day of <HI>May, Anno Dom.</HI> 1661. And there continued untill the 20th. of <HI>December,</HI> and from that day adjourned unto the &s;eventh of <HI>January</HI> next en&s;uing, as follow|eth.</P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for the well Governing and Regulating of Corporations, impowring the King to i&s;&s;ue Commi&s;&s;ions for the removing, placing and re&s;toring certain Officers and Members there.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr and within the &s;everal Cities, Corporations and Burroughs, and Cinque-Ports, and their Members, and other Port-Towns within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed, viz.</HI> All Mayors, Aldermen, Recorders, Bailiffs, Town-Clerks, Common-Councel-men, and other per&s;ons then bearing any Office or Offices of Ma|gi&s;tracy, or Places, or Tru&s;ts, or other Imployment relating to, or concerning the Government of the &s;aid re&s;pective Cities, Corporations and Burroughs, and Cinque-ports, and their Mem|bers, and other Port-Towns, and for tendring to all &s;uch the Oaths of Allegiance and Supre|macy, and this Oath following.</P>
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do declare and believe, That it is not lawful, upon any pretence what&s;oever, to take Arms again&s;t the King; and that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition of taking Arms by His Authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ioned by Him: So help me God.</P></Q>
<P>And al&s;o for &s;ub&s;cribing this following Declaration.</P>
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do declare, That I hold that there lies no Obligation upon me, or any other per&s;on, from the Oath commonly called, <HI>The Solemn League and Covenant;</HI> and that the &s;ame was in it &s;elf an unlawful Oath, and impo&s;ed upon the Subjects of this Realm, again&s;t the known Laws and Liberties of the Kingdom.</P>
<P><HI>EXP. 25. <HI>March,</HI> 1663. as to the Power of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion and Commi&s;&s;ioners. But</HI></P></Q>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">None to be cho&s;en any Of|ficer in any Corporation that &s;hall not have taken the Sacrament within a year next before.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the expiration of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions, no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall for ever hereafter be placed, elected or cho&s;en, in or to any the Offices or Places afore&s;aid, that &s;hall not have within one year next before &s;uch Election, or Choice, taken the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, according to the Rights of the Church of <HI>England;</HI> and that every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o placed, elected or cho&s;en, &s;hall
<PB N="91" REF="54">
likewi&s;e take the afore&s;aid thr&eacute;e Oaths, and &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Declaration at the &s;ame time,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And &s;hall take the &s;aid three Oaths, and &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Declara|tion.</NOTE> when the Oath for the due execution of the &s;aid Places and Offices re&s;pectively &s;hall be admini&s;tred; And in default hereof, every &s;uch placing, election and choice is hereby Enacted and Declared to be void.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Vexations and Oppre&s;&s;ions by Arre&s;ts, and of Delayes in Suits of Law prevented.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by the Ancient and Fundamental Laws of this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The antient fundamental Law in pro|ceeding to ar|re&s;ts upon Suits, to ex|pre&s;s the true cau&s;e of Acti|on in the Pro|ce&s;&s;e.</NOTE> in ca&s;e where any per&s;on is Sued, Impleaded, or Arre&s;ted, by any Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, i&s;&s;uing out of any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Records at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> in any Common Plea, at the Suit of an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Com|mon per&s;on, the true cau&s;e of Action ought to be &s;et forth and particularly expre&s;&s;ed in &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s; whereby the Defendant may have certain knowledge of the cau&s;e of the Suit, and the Officer who &s;hall execute &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, may know how to take Security for the Appearance of the Defendant to the &s;ame, and the &s;ureties for &s;uch Appearances, may right|ly under&s;tand for what cau&s;e they become engaged; And whereas there is a great Complaint of the People of this Realm, that for divers years now la&s;t pa&s;t, very many of His Maje&s;ties good Subjects have b&eacute;en arre&s;ted upon general Writs of Tre&s;pa&s;s, <HI>quare clau&s;um fregit,</HI> Bills of <HI>Mid|dle&s;ex, Latitat's,</HI> and other like Writs i&s;&s;ued out of the Courts of Kings Bench and Common-Pleas, not expre&s;&s;ing any particular or certain cau&s;e of Action, and thereupon kept pri&s;oners for a long time for want of Bail; Bonds with Sureties for Appearances having b&eacute;en demanded in &s;o great &s;ums, that few or none have dared to be &s;ecurity for the Appearances of &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o ar|re&s;ted and impri&s;oned, although in truth there hath b&eacute;en little or no cau&s;e of Action, and often times there are no &s;uch per&s;ons who were named Plaintiffs, but tho&s;e Arre&s;ts have b&eacute;en, many times, procured by malitious per&s;ons, to vex and oppre&s;s the Defendants, or to force from them unrea&s;onable and unju&s;t Compo&s;itions for obtaining their Liberty; And by &s;uch evil practices, many men have b&eacute;en, and are daily, undone and de&s;troyed in their E&s;tates, without po&s;&s;ibility of having Reparation: The Actors imployed in &s;uch practi&s;es having b&eacute;en (for the mo&s;t part) poor and lurking per&s;ons, and their Actings &s;o &s;ecret, that it hath b&eacute;en found very difficult to make true di&s;coveries or proof thereof.</P>
<P>For remedy and prevention of which, &s;o great growing evils and mi&s;chiefs, and al&s;o for di&s;|couraging all frivolous and uniu&s;t Suits, and Cau&s;ele&s;s Arre&s;ts for the future; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Twelfth day of <HI>February,</HI> in the year of our Lord,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons ar|re&s;ted by Pro|ce&s;s out of the Kings Bench or Common Pleas, not ex|pre&s;&s;ing the cau&s;e of Action how to be bail|ed and &s;et to liberty upon their own Bonds for ap|pearance.</NOTE> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, no per&s;on or per&s;ons, who &s;hall happen to be arre&s;ted by any She|riff, Vnder-&s;heriff; Coronor, Steward, or Bailiff of any Franchi&s;e or Liberty, or by any other Officer, Mini&s;ter, Vnder-bailiff, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever within this Realm, ha|ving, or pretending to have, Authority or Warrant in that behalf, by force or colour of any Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s i&s;&s;uing, or to be i&s;&s;uing out of His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Courts of Kings Bench, and Common Pleas, or either of them, in which &s;aid Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, the certainty and true cau&s;e of Action is not expre&s;&s;ed particularly, and for which the Defendant or Defen|dants, in &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s named, is and are bailable by the Statute in that be|half made in the thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;ixth, &s;hall be forced or compelled to give &s;ecurity, or to enter into Bond with Sureties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">23 H. 6. ca. 10.</NOTE> for the Appearances of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o arre&s;ted, at the day and place in the &s;aid Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, &s;peci|fied or contained in any penalty or &s;um of money, exc&eacute;eding the &s;um of Forty pounds of lawful money of <HI>England,</HI> to be conditioned for &s;uch Appearances; and that all Sheriffs, and other Of|ficers and Mini&s;ters afore&s;aid &s;hall let to bail, and deliver out of Pri&s;on, and from their, and every of their Cu&s;todies re&s;pectively, all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, by them, or any of them, arre&s;ted; upon any &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, wherein the certainty and true cau&s;e of Action is not particularly expre&s;&s;ed, upon Security in the &s;um of Forty pounds, and no more, given for Appearance of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o arre&s;ted unto the &s;aid Sheriff or Officer afore&s;aid, according to the &s;aid Statute in the &s;aid thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid late King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;ixth, in that behalf made and provided.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That upon Appearance to be Entred in the Term, wherein &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, is retornable with the re&s;pective Officer in that behalf, for the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, by Attorney or Attorneys in the &s;aid re&s;pective Courts, from whence the &s;aid Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s i&s;&s;ued, unto &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s, the Bond or Bonds &s;o given for Appearance thereunto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bonds (given for) di&s;charged upon appea|rance. Non&s;uit for want of a De|claration be|fore the end of the next term after appea|rance, and judgment and co&s;ts again&s;t the Plaintiff.</NOTE> be and are hereby &s;atisfied and di&s;charge|ed; And that after &s;uch Appearance &s;o entred, no Amerciaments be &s;et or E&s;treted upon or again&s;t any Sheriff or other Officer afore&s;aid, or any other per&s;on what&s;oever, concerning the want of &s;uch Appearance, and unle&s;s the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in any &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s named, &s;hall put into the Court from whence &s;uch Writ, Bill, or Proce&s;s did i&s;&s;ue, his or their Bill, or Declaration again&s;t the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o Arre&s;ted in &s;ome per&s;onal Action, or <HI>Ejectione firmae</HI> of Lands or Tenements, before the end of the Term next following after Appearance, That then a Non-&s;uit for want of a Declaration, may be Entred again&s;t the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in the &s;aid Courts re&s;pectively; And that every Defendant in every &s;uch Writ, Bill, or
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Proce&s;s named, &s;hall or may have Iudgment to recover Co&s;ts again&s;t every &s;uch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Taxed, and Levied in &s;uch manner, and according as it is provided by the Statute for Co&s;ts, made in the thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">23 H. 8. ca. 15.</NOTE> any former or other Act, Statute, Ordinance, Law, Cu&s;tome, Order, Cour&s;e, or V&s;age of either of the &s;aid Courts to the contrary thereof, heretofore had, made, admitted, or u&s;ed in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, that this Act, nor any Clau&s;e or thing herein before &s;pecified or contained, &s;hall not extend,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Arre&s;ts upon <HI>Capias ut|lagatum,</HI> Attachments upon Re&s;cous, Contempts, and of Privi|ledg, excepted.</NOTE> nor be con&s;trued or taken to extend unto any Arre&s;ts hereafter to be made, upon or by Vertue of any Writ of <HI>Capias utlagatum,</HI> Attachment upon Re&s;cous, or Attachment upon any Contempt, or of any Attachment of Priviledge, at the Suit of any priviledged per&s;on, or of any other Attachment for Contempt what&s;oever, i&s;&s;uing, or to be i&s;&s;ing out of either of the &s;aid Courts, although there be no particular certainty of the cau&s;e of Action expre&s;&s;ed or contained in the &s;aid Writs; But that neverthele&s;s no Sheriff, nor Vnder-&s;heriff, nor any of the Officers or Mini|&s;ters afore&s;aid, &s;hall di&s;charge any per&s;on or per&s;ons, taken upon any Writ of <HI>Capias utlagatum,</HI> out of Cu&s;tody, without a lawful <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> fir&s;t had and received for the &s;ame; and that upon the &s;aid Writs of Attachment, &s;uch lawful cour&s;e be taken for Security for Appearance therein, as hath b&eacute;en heretofore u&s;ed, any thing herein before expre&s;&s;ed to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And whereas many per&s;ons out of ill intent, to delay their Creditors from recove|ring their Iu&s;t Debts, continue Pri&s;oners in the Fl&eacute;et, who cannot be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t in &s;uch manner as they might be, if they were at Large: Now for the better enabling all per&s;ons to recover their ju&s;t Debts and Demands again&s;t &s;uch Pri&s;oners:<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Per&s;ons having cau&s;e of action may proceed again&s;t Pri|&s;oners in the Fleet.</NOTE> Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who now hath or have, or which at any time hereafter &s;hall have cau&s;e of any per&s;onal Action again&s;t any per&s;on being a Pri&s;oner in the pri&s;on of the Fl&eacute;et, may Sue forth an Original Writ upon his or their cau&s;e of Action, And that a Writ of <HI>Habeas Corpus</HI> be granted to every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, being Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, de&s;iring the &s;ame to be directed to the Warden of the &s;ame Pri&s;on, to have the Bo|dy of &s;uch pri&s;oner before the Iu&s;tices of the Common Pleas at &s;ome certain day in any Term, to an&s;wer the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs upon his or their &s;aid Cau&s;e of Action; And that if the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs at the &s;aid day put into the &s;aid Court his or their Declaration, accor|ding to the &s;aid Original Writ again&s;t the &s;aid pri&s;oner being pre&s;ent at the Barr, the &s;aid pri&s;oner &s;hall be bound to appear in per&s;on, or to put in an Attorney to appear for him in the &s;aid Action; And unle&s;s the &s;aid Defendant plead upon a Rule given to be out at eight daies at the lea&s;t after &s;uch Appearance, Iudgment by <HI>Nihil dicit</HI> may be entred again&s;t &s;uch Defen|dant as appearing in per&s;on, which &s;hall be good and effectual in Law; And &s;uch charge in Court by Declarations, &s;ignified by Rule unto the &s;aid Warden, &s;hall be a good cau&s;e of detenti|on of &s;uch pri&s;oner in his Cu&s;tody, from which he &s;hall not be di&s;charged without a lawful <HI>Super|&s;edeas</HI> or Rule of Court; And if the &s;aid Warden &s;hall do otherwi&s;e, he &s;hall be Re&s;pon&s;ible to the Court, and to the party grieved for Damages, by Action upon the ca&s;e to be brought again&s;t him for di&s;charging &s;uch pri&s;oner.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Delayes in Suites, by rea|&s;on of 15 dayes between the Te&s;te and Re|torn of writs, remedyed in actions per&s;o|nall.</NOTE>And whereas very many Suits Commenced by Original Writs, have b&eacute;en protracted and long delayed from Iudgment and Execution, by rea&s;on of the nece&s;&s;ity of having fift&eacute;en dayes at the lea&s;t, betw&eacute;en the dayes of the <HI>Te&s;te,</HI> and the dayes of Return of Writs now u&s;ed in per&s;onal Actions, and al&s;o in Actions of <HI>Ejectione Firmae,</HI> for Lands and Tenements; For remedy thereof, and for the more ea&s;ie expediting Trials, and the better and more &s;p&eacute;edy exe|cuting of Iudgments for the time to come; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in all Actions of Debt, and all other per&s;onal Actions what&s;oever, and al&s;o in all Actions of <HI>Ejectione firmae,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ejectione fir|mae.</NOTE> for Lands or Tenements now depending, or which at any time hereafter &s;hall be depending by Original Writ, in either of His Maje&s;ties Courts afore&s;aid, after any i&s;&s;ue therein ioyned to be tried by a Iury, and al&s;o after any Iudgment had or obtained, or to be had or obtained in either of the Courts afore&s;aid;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Venire facias, Habeas Corpo|ra Jurator. Di|&s;tringas Jura|tor. Fieri fac. Capias ad &s;a|tisfaciendum. Capias ad &s;a|tisfaciendum,</HI> where Exigent lyeth after Iudgment, or to make the Bail appear, excepted. 3. <HI>Jac. cap.</HI> 8. Touching &s;taying execu|tions by Su|per&s;edeas or Writs of Er|rour, and what actions it may be &s;tayd.</NOTE> There &s;hall not n&eacute;ed to be fift&eacute;en dayes be|tw&eacute;en the <HI>Te&s;te</HI> day and the day of Retorn of any Writ or Writs of <HI>Venire facias, Habeas Corpora Juratorum,</HI> or <HI>Di&s;tringas Juratores,</HI> Writs of <HI>Fieri facias,</HI> or Writs of <HI>Capias ad &s;atis|faciendum,</HI> and that the want of Fift&eacute;en dayes between the <HI>Te&s;te</HI> day and the day of Retorn of any &s;uch Writ &s;hall not be, nor &s;hall be a&s;&s;igned, taken or adjudged to be any matter or Cau&s;e of Errour, any Law, Cu&s;tome, Statute, Cour&s;e, or V&s;age to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that this Act nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall not Extend, or be con&s;trued to Extend, to any Writ of <HI>Capias ad Satisfaciendum,</HI> whereon a Writ of Exi|gent after Iudgment is to be awarded, nor to <HI>Capias ad Satisfaciendum</HI> again&s;t the Defendant, in Order to make any Bail liable, but that the &s;ame continue and be as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P>And whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the third year of the Reign of our late So|veraign Lord King <HI>James</HI> of Ble&s;&s;ed Memory, a very good Law was made for avoiding un|nece&s;&s;ary delayes of Execution; Whereby it is Enacted, That no Execution &s;hall be &s;tayed or delayed upon or by any Writ of Errour, or <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> thereupon to be &s;ued for the rever&s;ing of any Iudgment to be given in any Action, or Bill of Debt, upon any &s;ingle Bond for Debt, or upon
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any Obligation with Condition for payment of money onely, or upon Action, or Bill of Debt for Rent, or upon any Contract &s;ued in any of His Highne&s;s Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> or in the Counties Palatine of <HI>Che&s;ter, Lanca&s;ter,</HI> or <HI>Durham,</HI> or in His Highne&s;s Courts of Great Se&s;&s;ions in any of the Twelve Shires of <HI>Wales,</HI> unle&s;s &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons in who&s;e name or names &s;uch Writ of Error &s;hall be brought, with two &s;ufficient Sureties, &s;uch as the Court wherein &s;uch Iudgment is or &s;hall be given, &s;hall allow of, &s;hall fir&s;t be|fore &s;uch &s;tay made, or <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> to be awarded, be bound to the party for whom any &s;uch Iudgment was or &s;hould be given, by Recognizance to be acknowledged in the &s;ame Court, in double the &s;um adiudged to be recovered by the &s;aid former Iudgment, to pro&s;ecute the &s;aid Writ of Error with effect, and al&s;o to &s;atisfie and pay (if the &s;aid Iudgment &s;hall be affirmed) all and &s;ingular the Debts, Damages, and Co&s;ts adjudged, or to be adjudged upon the former Iudgment; And all Co&s;ts and Damages to be al&s;o awarded for the &s;ame delaying of Execution, which Law hath b&eacute;en found by experience to be very good and beneficial to the Common-Wealth; And fora&s;much as divers other Ca&s;es within the &s;ame mi&s;chief, by de|layes and &s;taying of Execution by Writs of Error and <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> thereupon, are not provi|ded for by the &s;aid Statute; For further remedy again&s;t delayes and &s;taying of Executions in the &s;everal Actions hereafter &s;pecified.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what Acti|ons execution may be &s;tayed (by writ of Error) by this Statute.</NOTE> That from and after the twentieth day of <HI>January</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, no Execution &s;hall be &s;tayed in any of the Courts afore&s;aid, by any Writ or Writs of Error, or <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> thereupon, after any Verdict and Iudgment thereupon obtained in any Action of Debt, grounded upon the Statute made in the &s;econd year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Edward</HI> the &s;ixth, for not &s;etting forth of Tythes, nor in any Action upon the Ca&s;e, upon any pro|mi&s;e for payment of money, Actions <HI>&s;ur Trover,</HI> Action of Covenant, <HI>Detinue,</HI> and Tre&s;pa&s;s, unle&s;s &s;uch Recognizance, and in &s;uch manner as by the &s;aid recited former Act is directed, &s;hall be fir&s;t acknowledged in the &s;aid Court where &s;uch Iudgment is given.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Defen|dant to have double Co&s;ts for delays of his Execution by writ of Er|ror.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons after the &s;aid day, &s;hall Sue or Pro&s;ecute any Writ or Writs of Error, for Rever&s;al of any Iudgment what|&s;oever given after any Verdict in any of the Courts afore&s;aid, and the &s;aid Iudgment &s;hall after|wards be affirmed, then every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pay unto the Defendant or Defendants in the &s;aid Writ or Writs of Error, his or their double Co&s;ts to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the Court where &s;uch Writ of Error &s;hall be depending, for the delaying of Execution.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that this Act, nor any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Popular acti|ons, or upon a penal Law, Indictments, &amp;c. not within this Statute.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend to any Action Popular, nor unto any other Action, which is, or hereafter &s;hall be brought upon any penal Law or Statute (except Debt for not &s;etting out Tythes as afore&s;aid) nor to any In|dictment, Pre&s;entment, Inqui&s;ition, Information, or Appeal, any thing herein before expre&s;&s;ed to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for Granting unto the Kings Maje&s;ty Twelve hundred and three&s;core thou&s;and pounds to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Levied by an A&s;&s;e&s;sment of Three&s;core and ten thou&s;and pounds by the Moneth, for Eighteen Moneths. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For enabling the Kings Maje&s;ty to make Lea&s;es, Grants, and Copies of Offices, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, parcel of his Highne&s;s Dutchy of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> or annexed to the &s;ame; and for Confirmation of Lea&s;es and Grants already made.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas a great part of the Lands, part of, and annexed to the Dutchy of <HI>Cornwall,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Stat. 22 Jac. cap. 29.</NOTE> have b&eacute;en held by &s;undry Lea&s;es thereof made for years, and for one, two, and thr&eacute;e lives, by means whereof the Tenants have fixed E&s;tates, have b&eacute;en encouraged to improve and manure the &s;ame, and have improved the &s;ame, and therein laid out great &s;ums of Money in Building, and otherwi&s;e to the great advantage of the Publick; And whereas for Twenty years and more, now la&s;t pa&s;t, no &s;uch Lea&s;es have b&eacute;en legally made; &s;o that it is probable mo&s;t of the Tenants E&s;tates will be determined, or near determination ere that there can be any E&s;tates well and legally renewed, unle&s;s remedy therefore be provided; by means whereof, Wa&s;te, Spoil, and Dilapidation are likely to happen, the Lands worn out and decayed, and great di&s;turbance and impoveri&s;hment to the Tenants;</P>
<P>And whereas on the like con&s;ideration, King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t was by &s;pecial Law enabled to make &s;uch Lea&s;es; Be it Enacted by our Soveraign Lord the King, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by authority of the &s;ame, That all Lea&s;es or Grants already made,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lea&s;es by the King of Lands. &amp;c. of the Dutchy of <HI>Cornwall</HI> made good.</NOTE> or hereafter to be made within the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years now next en&s;uing by our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the King, by Letters Patents, Indentures, or other Writings under His Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> or Seal of the Court of Exchequer, or by Copy of Court-Roll, according to the Cu&s;toms of the re&s;pective Man|nors of any Offices, Parks, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments (other then Honors, Lord&s;hips, or Mannors) parcel of the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of the &s;aid Dutchy of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> or annexed to the &s;ame, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, according to the Purport and Contents of the &s;aid Lea&s;es, Grants,
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and Copies, again&s;t our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and again&s;t all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, that &s;hall hereafter have, inherit, or enjoy the &s;aid Dukedome of <HI>Cornwal,</HI> by force of any Act of Parliament, or other limitation what&s;oever.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lea&s;es for a|bove 31 years or three lives excepted.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That every &s;uch Lea&s;e &s;o to be made of any Parks, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, &s;hall be made but for thr&eacute;e lives or fewer, or for one and thirty years or under, or &s;ome other term of years determinable upon one, two, or thr&eacute;e lives, and not above; And if &s;uch Lea&s;es be made in Rever&s;ion, That then the &s;ame, together with the E&s;tates in Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion, do not exc&eacute;ed thr&eacute;e lives, or the term of one and thirty years, and not in any wi&s;e di&s;puni|&s;hable of Wa&s;te,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Not to be di<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">|puni&s;hable of Wa&s;te.</P>
<P>The ancient rent to be re|&s;erved.</P></NOTE> and &s;o, as upon every &s;uch Lea&s;e, &s;hall be re&s;erved the ancient or mo&s;t u&s;ual rent, or more, or &s;uch Rent as hath b&eacute;en yielded or paid, for the greater part of twenty years, next be|fore the making of the &s;aid Lea&s;es, and &s;hall be re&s;erved due and payable, by, or to him, or her that &s;hall have the Inheritance, or other E&s;tate of the &s;aid Parks, Lands, Tenements, or Heredita|ments, and where no &s;uch Rent hath b&eacute;en re&s;erved or payable, That then upon every &s;uch Lea&s;e, there &s;hall be re&s;erved a rea&s;onable Rent, not being under the fourth part of the clear yearly value of the Parks, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, contained in &s;uch Lea&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Covenants &amp; con<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;ions in &s;uch lea&s;es, grants, or, &amp;c. &s;hall be good.</NOTE>And be it further Ordained and Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Parliament, That all Covenants, Conditions, and Re&s;ervations, and other Agr&eacute;ements contained in every Lea&s;e, Grant, or Copy heretofore made, or hereafter &s;o to be made as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be good and effectual in Law, according to the words and contents of the &s;ame, as well for, and again&s;t them, to whom the Rever&s;ion of the &s;ame Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments &s;hall come, as for and again&s;t them, to whom the Intere&s;t of the &s;aid Lea&s;es, Grants, or Copies, &s;hall come re&s;pectively, as if our Soveraign Lord the Kings Maie&s;ty at the time of the making of &s;uch Covenants, Conditi|ons, and Re&s;ervations, and other agr&eacute;ements were &s;ei&s;ed of an ab&s;olute Indefea&s;ible E&s;tate in F&eacute;e-&s;imple in the &s;ame Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Saving of o|thers Rights.</NOTE> Tenements, or Hereditaments; Saving alwayes to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors, Ad|mini&s;trators, and A&s;&s;igns, (other then our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the Kings Maie&s;ty, and his Heirs, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall hereafter have, inherit, or enjoy the &s;aid Dukedom of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> by force of any Act of Parliament, or other limitation what&s;oever) all &s;uch Rights, Titles, E&s;tates, Cu&s;toms, Intere&s;ts, Terms, Claims, and demands what&s;oever, of what kind, nature, or quality what&s;oever, or in, to, or out of the &s;aid Offices, Lands, Tenements, or Here|ditaments, or any of them, as they or any of them had, or ought to have had before the making of this Act, to all intents and purpo&s;es, and in as large and ample manner and form, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en had or made; this Act or any thing therein contained, to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<P>ACTS made in the Parliament begun and holden the 8th of <HI>May, Anno</HI> 13 <HI>Caroli Secundi Regis;</HI> And Continued to the 19th of <HI>May,</HI> 14 <HI>Caroli Regis.</HI> And thence Prorogued to the 18th of <HI>February</HI> then next following.</P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Certain Per&s;ons called <HI>Quakers,</HI> and others, refu&s;ing to take lawful Oaths.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas of late times certain per&s;ons under the names of <HI>Quakers,</HI> and other names of Separation,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quakers &amp; &s;e|perations deny|ing to take an Oath.</NOTE> have taken up, and maintained &s;undry dangerous Opinions and Tenents, and (among&s;t others) that the taking of an Oath in any ca&s;e what&s;oever, although before a law|ful Magi&s;trate, is altogether unlawful and contrary to the Word of God; and the &s;aid per&s;ons do daily refu&s;e to take an Oath, though lawfully tendred, whereby it often happens that the truth is wholly &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, and the Admini&s;tration of Iu&s;tice much ob&s;tructed; And whereas the &s;aid Per&s;ons under a pretence of Religious Wor&s;hip, do often a&s;&s;emble them&s;elves in great num|bers in &s;everal parts of this Realm, to the great endangering of the Publick Peace and Safety, and to the terror of the People, by maintaining a &s;ecret and &s;trict corre&s;pondence among&s;t them&s;elves, and in the mean time &s;eparating and dividing them&s;elves from the re&s;t of his Ma|je&s;ties good and loyal Subjects, and from the Publick Congregations, and u&s;ual places of Divine Wor&s;hip.</P>
<P>For the redre&s;&s;ing therefore, and better preventing the many Mi&s;chiefs and dangers that do and may ari&s;e by &s;uch dangerous Tenents, and &s;uch unlawful A&s;&s;emblies; Be it Enacted by the Kings Mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual, and Temporal, and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons who maintain that the taking of an Oath in any ca&s;e what&s;oever (although before a lawfull Magi&s;trate) is altogether unlawful,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for refu&s;ing to 12 <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> a lawful Oath. 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. c. 4.</NOTE> and contrary to the Word of God, from and after the four and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in this pre&s;ent year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, &s;hall wilfully, and ob&s;tinately refu&s;e to take an Oath, where, by the Laws of the Realm, he or &s;he is, or &s;hall be bound to take the &s;ame, being law|fully and duly tendred, or &s;hall endeavour to per&s;wade any other per&s;on, to whom any &s;uch Oath &s;hall in like manner be duly and lawfully tendred, to refu&s;e, and forbear the taking of the &s;ame, or &s;hall by Printing, Writing, or otherwi&s;e, go about to maintain and defend that the
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taking of an Oath in any ca&s;e what&s;oever, is altogether unlawful; And if the &s;aid per&s;ons com|monly called Quakers, &s;hall at any time after the &s;aid four and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> depart from the places of their &s;everal habitations, and a&s;&s;emble them&s;elves to the number of five, or more, of the age of &s;ixt&eacute;en years or upwards, at any one time, in any place, under pretence of joy|ning in a Religious wor&s;hip, not authorized by the Laws of this Realm, that then in all and every &s;uch ca&s;es, the party &s;o offending being thereof lawfully convict, by verdict of twelve men, or by his own confe&s;&s;ion, or by the notorious evidence of the fact, &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit to the Kings Ma|je&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the fir&s;t offence, &s;uch &s;um as &s;hall be impo&s;ed upon him or her, not exc&eacute;eding five pounds; And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, being once convicted of any &s;uch offence, &s;hall again offend therein, and &s;hall in form afore&s;aid, be thereof lawfully convicted, &s;hall for the &s;econd offence forfeit to the King our Soveraign Lord, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;econd offence.</NOTE> &s;uch &s;um as &s;hall be impo&s;ed upon him or her, not exceeding ten pounds: The &s;aid re&s;pective penalties to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the parties goods &s;o convicted, by warrant of the parties before whom they &s;hall be &s;o convicted, rendring the overplus to the owners, if any be: and for want of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, or non-payment of the &s;aid penalty, within one w&eacute;ek after &s;uch conviction, that then the &s;aid par|ties &s;o convicted, &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence be committed to the Common-Goal, or hou&s;e of Cor|rection, for the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e months; and for the &s;econd offence, during &s;ix moneths, without bail or Mainprize, there to be kept at hard labour: which &s;aid monyes &s;o to be levyed, &s;hall be paid to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as &s;hall be appointed by tho&s;e before whom they &s;hall be convicted, to be im|ployed for the increa&s;e of the &s;tock of the Hou&s;e of Correction, to which they &s;hall be committed, and providing materials to &s;et them on work. And if any per&s;on after he, in form afore&s;aid, hath b&eacute;en twice convict of any of the &s;aid offences, &s;hall offend the third time, and be thereof in form afore&s;aid lawfully convict, that then every per&s;on &s;o offending and convict,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The third offence.</NOTE> &s;hall for his or her third offence abjure the Realm, or otherwi&s;e it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, to give order, and to cau&s;e him, her, or them, to be tran&s;ported in any Ship or Ships, to any of his Maje&s;ties Plantations beyond the Seas.</P>
<P>And it is Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may hear and determine the offences within this Act.</NOTE> That all and every Iu&s;tice of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, and Goal-delivery, and the Iu&s;tices of the Peace &s;hall have full Power and Authority in every of their open and General Se&s;&s;ions, to enquire, hear, and deter|mine all and every the &s;aid Offences, within the limits of their Commi&s;&s;ion, to them directed, and to make Proce&s;s for the execution of the &s;ame, as they may do again&s;t any per&s;on being indi|cted before them of Tre&s;pa&s;s, or lawfully convicted thereof.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for any Iu&s;tice of Peace, May|or, or other chief Officer of any Corporation, within their &s;everal Iuri&s;dictions, to commit to the Common Goal, or bind over with &s;ufficient Sureties to the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, any per&s;on or per|&s;ons offending in the Premi&s;&s;es, in order to his or their conviction afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it hereby further Enacted, That if any of the &s;aid per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How per&s;ons &s;ubmitting may be di&s;|charged from the penalties.</NOTE> &s;hall after &s;uch conviction as afore&s;aid, take &s;uch Oath or Oaths, for which he or &s;he &s;tands committed, and al&s;o give &s;ecurity, that he or &s;he &s;hall for the time to come, forbear to meet in any &s;uch unlawful A&s;&s;embly as afore&s;aid, that then, and from thenceforth, &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, &s;hall be di&s;|charged from all the penalties afore&s;aid, any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lords of the Parliament.</NOTE> That all and &s;ingular Lords of the Parliament, for every third offence committed again&s;t the tenor of this Act, &s;hall be tryed by their P&eacute;ers, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For repairing the High-wayes and Sewers, and paving and keeping clean of the Streets, in and about <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and for reforming of Annoyances and Di&s;orders there; and for the Regulating and Licen&s;ing of Hackney Coaches; and for the enlarging of &s;everal &s;trait and inconvenient Streets and Pa&s;&s;ages.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as the Common High-wayes leading unto, and from the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Suburbs thereof, and other places within the pre&s;ent W&eacute;ekly Bills of Mortality, by rea&s;on of the multitude of Hou&s;es lately built, and through the &s;topping and filling up the Ditches and Sewers, and neglect of timely reparations, are at pre&s;ent, and for &s;ome years pa&s;t have b&eacute;en &s;o miry and foul, as is not only very noi&s;om, dangerous and inconvenient to the Inhabitants thereabouts, but to all the Kings Liege People, riding and travelling to and from the &s;aid Cities; May it therefore plea&s;e Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners to be na|med by his Maje&s;ty under the Great &s;eal for Surveying and clean&s;ing the Streets &amp; High-wayes.</NOTE> and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That for the Surveying, Ordering, and managing of the &s;aid High-wayes, Str&eacute;ets, Allies, and other Pa&s;&s;ages within the &s;aid Cities and places afore&s;aid, and all things nece&s;&s;ary for the Repairing, Paving, or k&eacute;eping clean thereof, there be from henceforward Commi&s;&s;ioners to be nominated by his Maje&s;ty, under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> not exc&eacute;eding the number of one and twenty, be&s;ides &s;uch other Commi&s;&s;ioners as are by this Act nominated and appointed (whereof the Surveyor of his Maje&s;ties Works for the time being to be alwayes one)
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that &s;hall have their place of meeting, at the Office of his Maje&s;ties Works in <HI>Scotland-yard,</HI> or at &s;ome one other place, as they or the greater number of them at any meeting &s;hall direct from time to time, as there &s;hall be occa&s;ion; which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Five or more of them, at their meeting as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have full power and authority, to order and direct the making of any new Vaults or Sewers, or to cut into any Drein or Sewer already made, or the altering, enlarging, amending, clean&s;ing, or &s;cowring of any old Vaults, Sinks, or Common-Sewers, or for the making, amending, or altering of any new or old Pavements, or taking away of cro&s;s gutters or Channels, in all or any of the Streets and places afore&s;aid, and for the remo|ving of all kind of Nu&s;ances, or any Encroachment by Sheds, Stalls, Bulks, Stoops, Po&s;ts, or Wall beyond the old Foundations into the Streets, in &s;uch places which &s;hall be adjudged incon|venient, and to hinder the Pa&s;&s;age; Provided, that &s;uch encroachments as are aforementioned, which are Nu&s;ances,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Encroach|ments that have continu|ed 30 years not to be re|moved, but up|on &s;atisfaction to the parties.</NOTE> that have continued above thirty years la&s;t pa&s;t, &s;hall not be removed untill rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction &s;hall be given by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, to the party or parties that &s;hall &s;uffer thereby. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons that own the &s;aid Encroachments, or &s;hall not accept of &s;uch rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction as &s;hall be tendred or offered by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed for the &s;treets, for the pulling down or removing &s;uch Nu&s;ances or Encroachments as have b&eacute;en continued before the time afore&s;aid;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The Barons of the Exche|quer to judg of &s;atisfaction it refu&s;ed upon tender.</P>
<P>Conviction for encroach|ments upon view, and the penalty.</P></NOTE> That then and in &s;uch ca&s;es of Refu&s;al, the Barons of the Exchequer, upon a Petition preferred to them by the party grieved, &s;hall have power, and are re|quired by this Act to adjudg what &s;atisfaction &s;hall be fit for the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons to receive for the removing or pulling down any &s;uch Nu&s;ances or Encroachment.</P>
<P>And to prevent for the future all manner of Timber, and other irregular Buildings, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them, are hereby impowred to take a view of all &s;uch Nu|&s;ances or Encroachments, and irregular Buildings, which &s;aid View &s;hall be a good Conviction in Law; and every per&s;on or per&s;ons having notice of the &s;aid View or Conviction, and &s;hall not remove or take down &s;uch Nu&s;ances or Encroachments within one month after notice, &s;hall for|feit forty &s;hillings for every month the &s;aid Nu&s;ances or Encroachments &s;hall afterwards conti|nue.</P>
<P>And whereas the common High-wayes, and new built &s;treets hereafter mentioned, are thought fit immediately to be repaired, new-paved, or otherwi&s;e amended; namely, the &s;treet or way from the end of <HI>Petty-France</HI> to <HI>St. James</HI> Hou&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Petti-France. St. Iames. Street. Pall-mall.</NOTE> and one other &s;treet from <HI>St. James</HI> Hou&s;e up to the High-way, and one other &s;treet in <HI>St. James</HI> Fields, commonly called the <HI>Pall-mall;</HI> and al&s;o one other &s;treet beginning from the <HI>Mews</HI> up to <HI>Pickadilly,</HI> and from thence towards the Stone|bridg,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Air-&s;treet.</NOTE> to the furthermo&s;t Building near the Bull at the corner of <HI>Air-Street:</HI> Be it therefore En|acted, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, owners or inhabitants of all and every the hou&s;es built upon, or adjoyning to the &s;aid Wayes or Streets, &s;o adjudged and thought fit to be paved and repaired, &s;hall according to their &s;everal Intere&s;ts and E&s;tates, and in &s;uch proportions as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five of them &s;hall think fit, before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, pay unto the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them, &s;o met as afore|&s;aid, which &s;hall be nominated for the paving of the &s;aid wayes, or to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall appoint, &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money towards the paving of the &s;aid &s;tr&eacute;ets or wayes, and for the buying of new &s;tones and gravel, as &s;hall amount to their &s;everal proportions, after the rate of &s;ixt&eacute;en pence for every &s;quare yard which the ground &s;hall contain, that lyes in front before every dwelling hou&s;e, yards, or gardens belonging to the &s;aid dwelling hou&s;e; and in the &s;ame breadth, extending to the middle of the High-way or &s;tr&eacute;et which lyes before the &s;aid hou&s;es, yards, or gardens belonging to the &s;aid dwelling hou&s;es re&s;pectively.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No Hackney-Coaches to be without Li|cen&s;e.</NOTE>And for the better pre&s;erving of the &s;aid &s;tr&eacute;ets, and for defraying of the re&s;idue of the charge of the &s;aid Pavements. Be it further Enacted, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;ume to drive (excepting Stage-Coaches) or let to hire by the hour or day, or otherwi&s;e any Hackney-Coach or Coach-Hor&s;es, within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> or Suburbs of the &s;ame, or within the Pari&s;hes compri&s;ed within the Bills of Mortality, without an e&s;pecial leave or licen&s;e from &s;uch Commi&s;|&s;ioners as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint under the Great Seal, for the Licen&s;ing and Regulating of Hackney-Coaches, according to the particular Provi&s;ions and Limitations of this Bill; and that no Hor&s;e, Gelding, or Mare, to be u&s;ed with &s;uch Coaches, &s;hall be under the &s;ize of fourt&eacute;en hands high according to the Standard, and that the number to be licen&s;ed, &s;hall not exc&eacute;ed Four hundred; and that every Coach &s;o licen&s;ed, &s;hall have a mark of di&s;tinction by figure or other|wi&s;e, as the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall think fit, to the end they may be known, if any complaint &s;hall be made of them. And that no per&s;on &s;hall be licen&s;ed to k&eacute;ep more then two Coaches, which Coaches &s;hall have every of them &s;everal Figures or Marks of di&s;tinction in the &s;ame manner, as if belonging to &s;everal per&s;ons; and that no per&s;on &s;hall pre&s;ume to put the &s;ame figure or mark of di&s;tinction upon his Coach, that is appointed for any other Coach, under the forfeiture of five pounds for every &s;uch Offence, one moyety whereof &s;hall be to the Informer, and the other moyety to be paid to the Commi&s;&s;ioners that &s;hall be appointed for the Paving and amending the Str&eacute;ets.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may be licen&s;ed to keep Hackney-Coaches.</NOTE>And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the licen&s;ing and regulating of Coaches, are to take e&s;pecial care, not to licen&s;e any per&s;on to drive or k&eacute;ep any Hackney-Coach or Coach-hor&s;es, that u&s;eth any other Trade or Occupation: and in the fir&s;t place to licen&s;e all &s;uch per&s;ons, as have
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been ancient Coachmen, or &s;uch Coachmen as have &s;uffered for their Service and affections to his late Maje&s;ty, or his Maje&s;ty that now is, or the Widow or Widows of any of them, that have Coaches of their own.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall licen&s;e more then the &s;aid number of Four hundred Coaches, every of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o licen&s;ing, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of one hundred pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hackney Coa|ches not to ex|ceed 400 in number.</NOTE> for every &s;uch Coach &s;o licen&s;ed above the &s;aid number, whereof twenty pounds to the Informer, and the re&s;idue to be for the Repairing and paving the Ways and Str&eacute;ets, to be levied by Di|&s;tre&s;s, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Five or more of the other Commi&s;&s;io|ners, that &s;hall be appointed for the Paving and mending of the Str&eacute;ets and High-Wayes.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Hackney Coachmen &s;o licen&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;everal rates allowed for Hackney Coaches.</NOTE> &s;hall pre&s;ume to take for his Hire in or about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> above the rate of ten &s;hillings for a day, reckoning twelve hours to the day, and by the hour not above eigh|t&eacute;en pence for the fir&s;t hour, and twelve pence for every hour after, and that no Gentleman or other per&s;on, &s;hall pay from any of the Inns of Court or thereabouts to any part of <HI>St. James</HI> or City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> (except beyond <HI>Tuttle-&s;treet</HI>) above Twelve pence, and the &s;ame prizes from the &s;ame places to the Inns of Court or places thereabouts, and from any of the &s;aid Inns of Court, or thereabouts, to the Royal-Exchange, twelve pence, and if to the Tower of <HI>London,</HI> or to <HI>Bi&s;hops-gate</HI>-&s;tr&eacute;et, or <HI>Aldgate,</HI> or thereabouts, eight&eacute;en pence, and &s;o from the &s;ame places to the &s;aid Inns of Court as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for exacting more.</NOTE> and the like rates from and to any place at the like di&s;tance with the places before mentioned. And if any Coachman &s;hall refu&s;e to go at, or &s;hall exact more for his hire, then the &s;everal rates hereby limited, he &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;um of ten &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That every Coach &s;o licen&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay to the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners that &s;hall be appointed for the regulating and Licen&s;ing of Hackney-Coaches, the year|ly rent of five pounds, and no more, whereof fifty &s;hillings &s;hall be paid at or before the twenty &s;ixth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and the &s;um of five and twenty &s;hillings at or upon the Fea&s;t day of <HI>St. Michael</HI> the Archangel next coming, and Twenty five &s;hillings at the Fea&s;t of the Nativity of our Lord Chri&s;t; and from henceforward to be paid Quarterly at the four mo&s;t u&s;ual Fea&s;ts of the Year, by equall portions (that is to &s;ay) at the Annunciation of the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin, St. <HI>John</HI> the Bapti&s;t, St. <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-angel, and the Nativity of our Lord Chri&s;t; which &s;aid &s;um and &s;ums of money, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Hackney-Coa|ches &s;hall from time to time, pay or cau&s;e to be paid to the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed for the paving and amending of the Str&eacute;ets and High-wayes, within this Bill contained, or to &s;uch Trea&s;urer or Receiver, as they &s;hall appoint; and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for Hackney-Coaches, &s;hall likewi&s;e from time to time, certify to the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed for the paving of the Str&eacute;ets and High-wayes, the names and dwellings of all &s;uch per&s;ons, as they &s;hall licen&s;e to drive or k&eacute;ep Hackney-Coaches, together with the &s;everal Figures or Marks of di&s;tinction, which are appointed to belong, and be affixed to the &s;everal Coaches, to the intent that di&s;covery may the better be made of any abu&s;es that &s;hall be committed, if any &s;hall pre&s;ume to affix the Fi|gure or Mark of di&s;tinction to any Coach, which belong of right to another and whereby the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for the paving and amending the Str&eacute;ets and High-wayes, &s;hall be enabled to call the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Hackney-Coaches to a true and due accompt: And in ca&s;e any overplus &s;hall be of the Moneys appointed by this Act to be rai&s;ed for the Paving and Mending the Wayes and Str&eacute;ets as afore&s;aid, then &s;uch overplus &s;hall be imployed to|wards the Enlargement of &s;uch Str&eacute;ets or places as are to be enlarged by vertue of this Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Load of Hay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Every load of hay and &s;traw rated towards mending the &s;treet.</NOTE> which from the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;hall be brought and &s;tand to be &s;old up|on any the Wayes hereby in this Act expre&s;&s;ed, and adjudged fit to be new paved, &s;hall pay &s;ix pence for every Load; and likewi&s;e every Cart of Straw to be &s;old in the &s;aid places, &s;hall after the &s;aid day, pay two pence, which &s;aid &s;ums &s;hall be paid to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, which &s;hall be appointed for the Paving and Amending the High-wayes and Str&eacute;ets, or &s;uch as they &s;hall ap|point, for and towards the Paving of the Str&eacute;ets and High-wayes.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Fines, Rents,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the pe|nalties upon this Act may be levied.</NOTE> Forfeitures and Penalties, as &s;hall grow due and payable to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners by this Act, &s;hall be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s upon the Goods and Chattels of the Offender or Offenders, by Warrant under the hands and Seals of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them, which &s;hall be appointed by his Ma|je&s;ty, which &s;hall be &s;old within fourt&eacute;en dayes, and the Overplus returned to the Owner; and in default of Di&s;tre&s;s or not payment, the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, or neglecting to pay, &s;hall lye in Pri&s;on without Bail or Mainprize, till he or they have paid &s;uch Rent, Fine, Forfeiture, and Penalty as was due from him or them.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the Str&eacute;ets and Wayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Com|mi&s;&s;ioners may appoint a Trea&s;urer, Clerk, &amp; other Officers for the &s;ervice.</NOTE> or any Five or more of them &s;o met as afore&s;aid, are hereby impowred to appoint a Trea&s;urer or Collector and Clerk to attend them, or &s;uch other Officer or Officers, as they &s;hall find nece&s;&s;ary for the carrying on of the &s;aid Service, with &s;uch moderate Allowances as &s;hall be fit: and in ca&s;e any per&s;on &s;hall propo&s;e to carry away the a&s;hes, dirt, and other filth, for all or any the places afore&s;aid at le&s;s rates then the year|ly
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Raker or Vndertaker can or will perform the &s;ame, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized to contract with &s;uch per&s;on, and for &s;uch term as they &s;hall think fit; and they are al&s;o to require an accompt from time to time of all Scavengers within the &s;aid pla|ces, and all other per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall receive or disbur&s;e any moneys for the purpo&s;es in this Bill contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And may hear and determine all differences about paving and clean&s;ing the &s;treets.</NOTE> as often as they, or any Five or more of them, &s;o met as afore&s;aid, &s;hall think fitting and nece&s;&s;ary, and &s;hall hear and determine all Di&s;putes and Differences concerning the Right and Duty of Paving and k&eacute;eping clean any of the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, or Allies, or publick yards within the places afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The power &amp; duties of Sca|vengers and Rakers.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That the re&s;pective Scavengers, Rakers, or other Vndertakers, &s;hall have liberty by the approbation of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them, &s;o met as afore&s;aid, to lodg their A&s;hes, Du&s;t, Dirt, or other filth, in &s;uch vacant publick places, in or near the Str&eacute;ets or High-wayes, as &s;hall be thought convenient by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, for the ac|commodation of Countrey Carts returning empty: And the &s;aid Scavengers, Rakers, or other Vndertakers, &s;hall have liberty to pa&s;s through &s;uch Wharfs, Docks, or Yards, with their A&s;hes, Du&s;t, Dirt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> as &s;hall be judged by the Commi&s;&s;ioners to be mo&s;t commodious for the carry|ing the &s;ame by Water, they giving &s;atisfaction to the Owners or Occupiers of &s;uch Wharfs or Yards; and in ca&s;e of unrea&s;onable Demands, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall hear, moderate, and determine the &s;ame according to Equity and good Con&s;cience; and in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall find him or them&s;elves agrieved or prejudiced by &s;uch Determination of the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How per&s;ons grieved may appeal.</NOTE> or by any other the Acts or Proc&eacute;edings of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, wherein he or they &s;hall conceive them&s;elves relievable in Iu&s;tice or Equity; the &s;aid party &s;o agrieved, &s;hall and may have recour&s;e in all ca&s;es to the Lord Trea&s;urer, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Barons of the Court of Exchequer, to &s;et forth his or their Ca&s;e by Petition, Bill, or Plaint: And the &s;aid Court is hereby impowred in &s;uch ca&s;e of Appeal, to hear and determine all matters to them complained of, concerning the &s;ame; and thereupon to revoke, make void, alter, or con|firm &s;uch Acts or Proc&eacute;edings of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, as &s;hall be agr&eacute;eable to Equity and Iu|&s;tice.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners to be be called to ac|compt in the Exchequer yearly.</NOTE>And the &s;aid Court of Exchequer is hereby al&s;o further impowred yearly to call the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners to an account, for all Rents, Fines, Penalties, Contributions, or any other &s;um or &s;ums of Money, payable, or that &s;hall come to their or any of their hands for any of the purpo&s;es in this Act intended.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby required at or before every Trinity Term, to deliver in a true account before the Barons of the &s;aid Court, of all their Receipts and Disbur&s;ments for the Year, ended at Ea&s;ter then pa&s;t, and in default thereof, Proce&s;s &s;hall of cour&s;e be made forth again&s;t the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, by the Clerk of the Extracts of the &s;aid Court, at the Sealing-day for the &s;aid Trinity-Term, every Year re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Decr&eacute;e made at a Se&s;&s;ion of Sewers at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">We&s;tmin&s;ter.</NOTE> within the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> the eighth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, holden before <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Roberts,</HI> Lord Privy Seal; <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>Ormond</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> Lord Steward of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, and Earl of <HI>Brecknock; Mountague</HI> Earl of <HI>Lind&s;ey; Edward</HI> Earl of <HI>Manche|&s;ter,</HI> and others the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, then and there a&s;&s;embled by Authority of his Ma|je&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion of Sewers, to them and others directed, for the making of two new Sewers, and enlarging and amending the old Sewers near <HI>Charing-Cro&s;s,</HI> for conveying the Water away from annoying his Maje&s;ties Palace at <HI>White-Hall,</HI> be, and is hereby ratified, and confirmed, and &s;hall be put in execution according to the true intent and meaning thereof, with full power to levy all the Arrears, as by a Commi&s;&s;ion of Sewers can or may be done: And all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons imployed, or that have acted therein, be and are hereby indemnified, and &s;aved harmle&s;s from all manner of Suits and Actions that may or &s;hall be brought again&s;t any of them for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And whereas great quantities of Sea-coal-a&s;hes, du&s;t, dirt, and other filth, of late times have b&eacute;en, and daily are thrown into the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, and Allies of the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> and other parts adjacent, to the great Annoyance of Your Maje&s;ties good People; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons inhabiting within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Su|burbs and Liberties thereof, and the Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> or in any of the &s;aid new built &s;tr&eacute;ets, Lanes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All &s;treets and lanes to be clean&s;ed every week.</NOTE> or Allies, &s;hall from the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;w&eacute;ep and clean&s;e, or cau&s;e to be &s;wept and clean&s;ed, all the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, Allyes, and publick places before their re&s;pective Hou&s;es, Buildings and Walls, twice every w&eacute;ek, that is to &s;ay, on every Wednesday, and every Saturday in the w&eacute;ek, and all the &s;oil, dirt and other filth, &s;hall cau&s;e to be taken up into Baskets, Tubbs, or other Ve&s;&s;els ready for the Raker, Scavenger, or other Of|ficer appointed for that purpo&s;e to carry away,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The penalties for neglect thereof.</P>
<P>None to ca&s;t any a&s;hes or du&s;t before their hou&s;es. The penalty.</P></NOTE> upon pain to forfeit thr&eacute;e &s;hillings and four pence for every offence or neglect re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall throw, ca&s;t or lay, or cau&s;e, permit, or &s;uffer to be thrown, ca&s;t, or laid, any Sea-coal-a&s;hes, du&s;t, dirt, or other filth or annoyance in any open Street, Lane or Alley, within the &s;aid Cities or places afore&s;aid, before or again&s;t his, her, or their own dwelling Hou&s;es, Buildings or Walls, on the Penalty of five &s;hillings; and
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if before the Hou&s;es, Buildings or Walls of any of their Neighbours, or other the Inhabitants of the Cities or Places afore&s;aid, or before or again&s;t any Church or Church-yard, or any of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;es, Buildings or Walls, or any other publick Hou&s;es, Buildings or places what&s;oever, or &s;hall ca&s;t, lay or throw, or cau&s;e to be ca&s;t, laid or thrown into any common or publick Sink, Vault, Water-cour&s;e, common Sewer or High-way, within the &s;aid Cities or places afore&s;aid, or any other private Vault, or Sink of any of his Neighbours, or other Inha|bitants, any A&s;hes, Du&s;t, Filth, Ordure, or other noy&s;ome thing what&s;oever; but &s;hall k&eacute;ep, or cau&s;e the &s;ame to be kept in their re&s;pective Hou&s;es, Back-&s;ides, or Yards, untill &s;uch time as the Raker, Scavenger, or other Officer thereto appointed, of the Ward, Pari&s;h, Str&eacute;et, or place where they dwell, do come by, or near their hou&s;es, or doors, with his Cart, Barrow, or other thing or things u&s;ed for clean&s;ing the Streets, and carrying away thereof; and then &s;hall carry, or cau&s;e to be carried the &s;aid A&s;hes, Du&s;t, or other Filth and Annoyance afore&s;aid, forth of their hou&s;es, and deliver it unto the &s;aid Raker, Scavenger, or Officer, or otherwi&s;e put the &s;ame in his Cart; Barrow, or other thing as afore&s;aid, upon pain to forfeit the &s;um of twenty &s;hillings for every &s;uch Offence.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the re&s;pective Church-Wardens,<NOTE PLACE="marg">White-Hall, Church-yards and hou&s;es of Noblemen.</NOTE> the Hou&s;e-k&eacute;epers of <HI>White-Hall,</HI> and other his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;es; Hou&s;e-k&eacute;epers, or Porters of Noble-mens hou&s;es; V&s;hers, Porters or K&eacute;epers of Courts of Iu&s;tice, and all other Publick Hou&s;es and Places re&s;pectively, &s;hall be lyable to, and &s;hall &s;uffer the like Penalties, Forfeitures, and Puni&s;hments for every the before-mentioned Offences, or Neglects, committed, done, or &s;uffered to be done before any Church, or Church-yard, or before any of His Maje&s;ties Hou&s;es, Buildings, or Walls, or be|fore any Noblemens Hou&s;es, Buildings, or Walls, or before any other publick hou&s;es, Buil|dings, or places what&s;oever re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">No Barrels, Tymber, coa|ches or other things to be &s;ee or mended in the &s;treets. The Penalty. The duty of the Scaven|gers &amp; Rakers weekly.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall Hoop, Wa&s;h, or clean&s;e any Pipes, Barrells, or other Casks or Ve&s;&s;els in any the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, or open Pa&s;&s;ages afore|&s;aid, nor &s;hall &s;et out empty Coaches, to make or mend, or rough Timber, or Stones to be &s;awn, or wrought in the Str&eacute;ets, on the Penalty of twenty &s;hillings for every Offence.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Rakers, Scavengers, or other Officers thereunto appointed, every day in the W&eacute;ek (except Sundayes and other Holidayes) &s;hall bring or cau&s;e to be brought, Carts, Dung-pots, or other fitting Carriages, into all Str&eacute;ets and places within their re&s;pective Wards, Pari&s;hes, Charges, and Divi&s;ions where &s;uch Carts or Carriages can pa&s;s; and at or before their approach, by a Bell, Horn, Clapper, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall make di&s;tinct and loud noi&s;e, and give notice to the Inhabitants of their coming, and make the like noi&s;e, and give the like notice in every Court, Alley, or Place, into which the &s;aid Carts cannot pa&s;s, and abide, and &s;tay there a convenient time, in &s;uch &s;ort, that all per&s;ons concerned, may bring forth their re&s;pective A&s;hes, Du&s;t, Dirt, Filth, and Soil, to the re&s;pective Carts, or Carriages, &s;o &s;taying as afore&s;aid; all which, the &s;aid Rakers, Scavengers, or other Officers afore&s;aid, &s;hall daily carry, or cau&s;e to be carried away, upon pain to forfeit forty &s;hillings for eve|ry offence or neglect re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all the open Str&eacute;ets,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All open &s;treets to be pa|ved and &s;o kept by the &s;everal hou&s;holders.</NOTE> Lanes and Alleyes within the &s;aid Cities and Places afore&s;aid (excepting only the new Paving of &s;uch Str&eacute;ets and Places, for which any of the Inhabitants have contributed and paid their re&s;pective Proportions to the Commi&s;&s;ioners before named, according to the rates afore&s;aid) &s;hall be forth|with &s;ufficiently repaired, or Paved, and from time to time hereafter maintained and kept &s;uffi|ciently repaired or Paved, at the co&s;ts and charges of the Hou&s;holders in the &s;ame Str&eacute;ets, Lanes and Alleys re&s;pectively, in manner following (that is to &s;ay) every of the &s;aid Hou&s;holders to re|pair and pave, and to k&eacute;ep repaired and paved, the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, or Alleys before his hou&s;e, and &s;o far as his hou&s;ing, Walls or Building extend, unto the Channel, or middle of the &s;ame Str&eacute;et, Lane, or Alley, upon pain to forfeit Twenty &s;hillings for every Perch or Rod, (and after that Rate for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity) for every Default,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not paving.</NOTE> and of Twenty &s;hil|lings a w&eacute;ek for every w&eacute;ek after, untill the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;ufficiently paved and amen|ded.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That &s;uch ancient Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, and Alleys within the &s;aid Cities,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Borough of Southwark</NOTE> or either of them, the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, and Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> as by cu&s;tom and u&s;age have b&eacute;en repaired and paved in other manner, &s;hall be hereafter repaired, paved and main|tained in &s;uch &s;ort and manner, and by &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, as have heretofore u&s;ed to repair, pave and maintain the &s;ame, under the penalties afore&s;aid. Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Candles or lights to be hung out every night from Michaelmas to Lady-day.</NOTE> That every hou&s;holder within the &s;aid Cities, the Suburbs and Liberties thereof, and in all other the places afore&s;aid, who&s;e hou&s;e adjoyns unto, and is next the &s;tr&eacute;et, from <HI>Michaelmas</HI> untill our <HI>Lady-day</HI> yearly, &s;hall every night &s;et or hang out Candles or Lights in Lanthorns, or otherwi&s;e, in &s;ome part of his hou&s;e next the Str&eacute;et, to enlighten the &s;ame for Pa&s;&s;engers, from &s;uch time as it &s;hall grow dark, un|till nine of the Clock in the Evening, upon pain to forfeit the &s;um of one &s;hilling for every de|fault.</P>
<P><PB N="100" REF="59"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may convict per|&s;ons offending and upon view or otherwi&s;e levy the penal|ties by this Act.</NOTE>And for the more &s;peedy Reformation and puni&s;hment of all and every the offences afore&s;aid, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every one of his Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of ei|ther Bench, and Barons of his Exchequer, and every Iu&s;tice of Peace of the &s;aid Cities of <HI>Lon|don</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and places afore&s;aid (within their &s;everal limits re&s;pectively) &s;hall have power and Authority upon his own knowledg, or view, confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or proof of one cre|dible witne&s;s upon Oath before him (which oath by vertue of this Act, &s;uch Iu&s;tice &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter) to convict any per&s;on or per&s;ons of any the offences afore&s;aid, whereby &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o convict, &s;hall incur the Penalties and forfeitures afore&s;aid, one moyety where|of &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed and imployed for and towards the reparation, paving and clean&s;ing of the &s;tr&eacute;et or place where the offence &s;hall be committed, and as much, or all of the other moyety as the Iu|&s;tice &s;hall think fit, for him or them that &s;hall di&s;cover and pro&s;ecute the &s;ame, in ca&s;e the &s;aid con|viction be by &s;uch di&s;covery and pro&s;ecution; and if the conviction be by the view or knowledg of &s;uch Iu&s;tices, then the &s;aid whole penalty to go and be imployed for and towards the repairing, paving, and clean&s;ing of the &s;aid &s;tr&eacute;ets, or place, and &s;hall be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Goods and Chattels of the offender, by Warrant under the hand and &s;eal of any &s;uch Iu&s;tice, to be directed to the Con&s;table, or any other Officer of the &s;ame Pari&s;h, rendring the &s;urplu&s;age to the party, and in default of di&s;tre&s;s, or not payment of the &s;aid penalties, within &s;ix dayes after de|mand thereof, or notice in writing, left at the hou&s;e or dwelling place of the offender, by the &s;aid Con&s;table, or any other Officer, the &s;aid offender not being a P&eacute;er of this Realm, &s;hall be commit|ted to the Common Goal of the &s;aid County or City re&s;pectively, by the Warrant of any &s;uch Iu&s;tice under his hand and Seal, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize untill pay|ment.</P>
<P>And for the better rai&s;ing and levying of moneyes to defray the charges, and pay the Wages of the &s;aid Scavengers, Rakers, or other Officers imployed in clean&s;ing of the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, Al|leyes, and other places afore&s;aid, and carrying of the &s;aid a&s;hes, dirt, filth, and &s;oil; Be it fur|ther Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates and tax|es to be made for defraying the charges and wages of Scavengers and others.</NOTE> That within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties thereof, the Scavengers, Rakers, and &s;uch like Officers, &s;hall be elected, and the Rates, Taxes, and A&s;|&s;e&s;ments for Scavengers, Rakers, and &s;uch like Officers wages, for clean&s;ing the Str&eacute;ets, &s;hall be rated, taxed, a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, rai&s;ed and paid by the Pari&s;hioners and Inhabitants of every Pari&s;h and Precinct re&s;pectively, within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, according to the ancient Cu&s;tom and u&s;age of the &s;aid City. And the Receivers of all &s;uch moneyes &s;hall be accomptable as for|merly; And all new Me&s;&s;uages, Tenements and Hou&s;es, within the limits afore&s;aid, &s;hall be likewi&s;e rated, taxed and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and &s;hall pay proportionably with others; And that within the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the &s;aid Officers &s;hall be cho&s;en, and the Rates made and paid according to the ancient Cu&s;tom of the &s;aid City;<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and when to elect Scavengers.</NOTE> And in all other the Pari&s;hes and places afore&s;aid, upon every <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> or <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> in <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI>-W&eacute;ek, the Con&s;tables, Churchwardens, and Over&s;&eacute;ers for the Poor, and Surveyors of the High-wayes of every of the &s;aid Pari&s;hes and places re&s;pe|ctively, or the greater number of them, giving notice unto, or calling together &s;uch other Inha|bitants of their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes as have formerly born the like Offices therein, they or the greater number of them &s;hall make choice of, and &s;hall nominate and appoint two or more able per&s;ons that are Trade&s;men of their Pari&s;h, to be Scavengers for the Str&eacute;ets, Lanes, and other open Pa&s;&s;ages of each Ward and Divi&s;ion, within the &s;aid Pari&s;h, for the year then next follow|ing, and untill others be cho&s;en and &s;etled in their Places; which per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en, and being approved, and confirmed under the hands of any two Iu&s;tices of Peace within their re&s;pective Limits and Iurisdictions, &s;hall within &s;even dayes after their Election and Confirmation, and notice thereof, take that Office and Duty upon them, upon pain to forfeit Twenty pounds by every refu&s;er re&s;pectively. And in ca&s;e of refu&s;al by any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en and confirmed, then other able per&s;ons &s;hall be cho&s;en and confirmed in manner afore&s;aid, with|in &s;even dayes after &s;uch refu&s;al, in the place of him or them which &s;hall &s;o refu&s;e; and the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en and confirmed, and having notice thereof, &s;hall undergo the like pain, in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or not taking the &s;aid Office and Duty upon him or them within &s;even dayes after he or they &s;hall be cho&s;en and confirmed, and have notice thereof as afore&s;aid, The &s;aid Penalties to be di&s;po&s;ed and employed for, or towards the men|ding and repairing of the Str&eacute;ets and Wayes of the &s;ame Pari&s;h, Ward, or Divi&s;ion, and to be levyed by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, by Warrant under the hand and &s;eal of any Iu&s;tice of the Peace of any of the places afore&s;aid, to be directed to the Con|&s;tables, or other Officers of the &s;ame Pari&s;h, or any two or more of them (rendring the &s;urplu&s;age to the party) and in default of di&s;tre&s;s, or not payment within &s;ix dayes after demand thereof or notice left in writing, at the hou&s;e or dwelling place of the offender, by the &s;aid Con&s;tables or of|ficers, the &s;aid offender to be committed to the Goal of the &s;aid County or City re&s;pectively, by the Warrant of any &s;uch Iu&s;tice, under his hand and &s;eal, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, untill payment.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That within twenty dayes after the Election and Confirmation of the &s;aid Scavengers as afore&s;aid, the Con&s;tables, Churchwardens, and Over&s;eers for the Poor, and of the High-wayes of the &s;aid Pari&s;hes, and places re&s;pectively or the greater number of them, giving notice unto, or calling together &s;uch Inhabitants of their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, as have formerly born the like office therein; They or the grea|ter
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number of them then pre&s;ent, &s;hall make and &s;ettle a Tax, Rate, or A&s;&s;e&s;sment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Taxes and A&s;&s;e&s;ments to be made yearly by a Pound-rate.</NOTE> according to a Pound-rate, to be impo&s;ed or &s;et upon the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Ward, or Divi&s;ion, for the year following, for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid; which being allowed, and confirmed by any two of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the places afore&s;aid re&s;pectively, &s;hall be quarterly paid by every re|&s;pective Inhabitant, upon demand made thereof by the Beadle of the Pari&s;h, or other officer ap|pointed to gather and collect the &s;ame: And in ca&s;e of refu&s;al or neglect, &s;hall by Warrant of any two &s;uch Iu&s;tices of the Peace, under their hands and &s;eals, be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the offenders goods; and for want of di&s;tre&s;s, by impri&s;onment of the offender, (he not being a Peer of this Realm) untill payment as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Actions brought a|gain&s;t any Commi&s;&s;io|ner or Officer imployed by this Act; the Defendant may plead the General i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> That if any Action or Suit &s;hall be brought, or pro&s;ecuted by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, again&s;t any Iudg, Commi&s;&s;ioner, Iu|&s;tice of the Peace, Con&s;table, or other Officer, or Mini&s;ter afore&s;aid, or again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons imployed by them, or any of them, or authorized by this Act to do or perform, as by this Act is directed, for any matter, cau&s;e, or thing, by them or any of them done, committed, or ex|ecuted, by vertue or rea&s;on of this Act, or any Clau&s;e or Article therein contained; that then in every &s;uch ca&s;e, the Action &s;hall be laid in the proper County where the fact was done, and not el&s;ewhere; and the Defendant or Defendants may plead the <HI>General I&s;&s;ue,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">And give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence.</NOTE> and give the &s;pecial Matter in Evidence at the Tryal, That the &s;ame was done in pur&s;uance, and by Authority of this Act: And if upon Examination it &s;hall &s;o appear to be done, the Iury &s;hall find for the Defen|dant; and in &s;uch ca&s;e, or if the Plaintiff &s;hall be Non&s;uit, or di&s;continue his Action after the Defendant hath appeared, the Defendant &s;hall have, and recover his or their double co&s;ts, which he, or they &s;hall &s;u&s;tain, or be put unto, by rea&s;on of his or their wrongful vexation, in defence of the &s;aid Action or Suit.</P>
<P>And whereas the &s;everal Str&eacute;ets and Pa&s;&s;ages hereafter mentioned (that is to &s;ay) The Str&eacute;et or Pa&s;&s;age at or near the Stocks in <HI>London;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The enlarge|ment of Pa&s;|&s;age in nar|row and in|commodious &s;treets.</NOTE> the Str&eacute;et and Pa&s;&s;age from <HI>Fleet-Conduit</HI> to St. <HI>Pauls</HI> Church in <HI>London;</HI> the Pa&s;&s;age through the <HI>White-Hart</HI>-Inn from the <HI>Strand</HI> into <HI>Covent-Garden;</HI> the Str&eacute;et and Pa&s;&s;age by and near <HI>Exeter-Hou&s;e</HI> and the <HI>Savoy,</HI> being ob&s;tructed by a Rail, and the unevenne&s;s of the ground thereabouts; the Pa&s;&s;age and Str&eacute;et of St. <HI>Martins-Lane</HI> out of the <HI>Strand;</HI> the Pa&s;&s;age or Str&eacute;et of <HI>Field-Lane,</HI> commonly called <HI>Jack-an-apes-lane,</HI> going betw&eacute;en <HI>Chancery-Lane</HI> and <HI>Lincolns-Inn-Fields;</HI> the Pa&s;&s;age and Gate-hou&s;e of <HI>Cheap-Side</HI> into St. <HI>Pauls Church-yard;</HI> the Pa&s;&s;age again&s;t St. <HI>Dun&s;tans</HI> Church in the <HI>We&s;t</HI> (being ob&s;tructed by a Wall) the Street and Pa&s;&s;age by and near the We&s;t-end of the <HI>Poultrey</HI> in <HI>Lon|don,</HI> and the Pa&s;&s;age at <HI>Temple-Bar,</HI> are &s;o narrow that they are incommodious to Coaches, Carts and Pa&s;&s;engers, and prejudicial to Commerce and Trading;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lord Mayor of <HI>Lon|don</HI> and others, Commi&s;&s;io|ners, may treat with per|&s;ons concerned for their In|tere&s;ts in hou|&s;es ob&s;tructing &s;uch pa&s;&s;age.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Mayor of the City of <HI>London,</HI> the Recorder and Aldermen for the time being, together with &s;uch other Commi&s;&s;ioners as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> or any five of them, &s;hall have full Power and Authority, to receive all Sub&s;criptions and payments of voluntary contributions of money or other endowments to|wards the Amendment and Enlargement of the Str&eacute;ets and Places before-named, or &s;o much of them, or any of them, as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them &s;hall judg fit and nece&s;&s;ary, And are hereby further impowred to treat and agree with the Owners and Occu|piers of any &s;uch Hou&s;es, as they &s;hall judg fit to be removed, rebuilt, or pulled down; or any part of them, and upon payment of &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o agr&eacute;ed upon, are hereby autho|rized to appoint Workmen to pull the &s;aid hou&s;es down, or cau&s;e the &s;aid Owners or Occupiers to rebuild accordingly, and this Act &s;hall be &s;ufficient to indempnify the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and all per&s;ons authorized by them, again&s;t the Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators, or A&s;&s;igns of any the &s;aid Owners or Occupiers, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en &s;old by D&eacute;ed, Feoffment, Bargain and Sale, or other A&s;&s;urance in the Law, and done by Fine and Recovery, or any other way what&s;oever; And if there &s;hall be any per&s;ons, Bodies Corporate or Collegiate, that &s;hall wil|fully refu&s;e to treat and agr&eacute;e, as afore&s;aid, or through any di&s;ability by Non-age, Coverture, or a &s;pecial Entail, or other Impediment cannot, That in &s;uch Ca&s;es the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authorized by vertue of this Act, to i&s;&s;ue out Warrant or Warrants to the Sheriffs of <HI>London,</HI> who are hereby required accordingly to impannel and return a Iury before the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any five of them, which Iury upon their Oaths to be admini&s;tred by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, are to enquire and a&s;&s;e&s;s &s;uch damage and recompence as they &s;hall judg fit to be awarded to the Owners and Occupiers, or either of them, of any &s;uch hou&s;es, or any part thereof, for their re&s;pective E&s;tates and Intere&s;ts in the &s;ame, as by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall be ad|judged fit to be pulled down for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid: and &s;uch Verdict of the Iury, and Iudgment of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners thereupon, and the legal payment, or tender of the &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o awarded and adjudged, &s;hall be binding to all intents and purpo&s;es again&s;t the &s;aid Parties, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, and others claiming any Title or Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Hou&s;es, or in the ground whereupon they &s;tand, or thereunto be|longing, and &s;hall be a full Authority for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any five of them, to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be executed, and the &s;aid Hou&s;es accordingly to be removed and pulled down.</P>
<P>And whereas the Hou&s;es that &s;hall remain &s;tanding on the other &s;ide the &s;aid Str&eacute;et or Str&eacute;ets,
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or behind the &s;aid hou&s;es that &s;hall be &s;o pulled down as afore&s;aid, will receive much advantage in the value of their Rents, by the liberty of Ayr, and fr&eacute;e recour&s;e for Trade, and other conveni|encies by &s;uch enlargement; It is al&s;o Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or in capacity,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What may be done in ca&s;e of refu&s;al to com|pound with the Commi&s;|&s;ioners.</NOTE> as afore&s;aid, of the Owners or Occupiers of the &s;aid hou&s;es, to agr&eacute;e and compound with the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the &s;ame, thereupon a Iury &s;hall and may be Impanelled in manner and form afore&s;aid, to Iudg and A&s;&s;e&s;s upon the Owners and Occupiers of &s;uch hou&s;es, &s;uch com|petent &s;um or &s;ums of money, or Annual Rent, in con&s;ideration of &s;uch Improvement and Me|lioration, as in rea&s;on and good Con&s;cience they &s;hall judg and think fit; which &s;aid &s;um and &s;ums of money, or Rent, &s;hall be paid to the Chamberlain of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time be|ing, and &s;uch other Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;urers as &s;hall be appointed by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any five or more of them, who are hereby enabled from time to time, to receive and recover the &s;ame by Action at Law, and who&s;e Receipt &s;hall be a good di&s;charge to the &s;aid Owners and Te|nants, and who are hereby appointed to receive and pay, and be accomptable for the &s;ame accor|ding to &s;uch directions as &s;hall from time to time be given them by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners: and the moneys &s;o rai&s;ed, or Rents &s;o received, &s;hall be expended upon the Purcha&s;ing or Re-building hou&s;es on the other &s;ide the Str&eacute;et, and upon Paving and amending of the Ways and Str&eacute;ets afore&s;aid, according to the purport of this Act. And the &s;aid Verdict of the Iury, and Iudgment of the Commi&s;&s;ioners in the ca&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;hall be &s;ufficient and conclu&s;ive in Law, to all in|tents and purpo&s;es, again&s;t the &s;aid Owners and Occupiers, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;tra|tors and A&s;&s;igns.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every Com|mi&s;&s;ioner to take an Oath for the faithful performance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on &s;hall be enabled to act as a Commi&s;&s;ioner to the intents and purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, untill he &s;hall fir&s;t have taken his Corporal Oath before the Lord Chancellor, or Lord High Trea&s;urer of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, for the due and impartial execution of the Tru&s;ts by this Act committed to him.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Lord Mayor and Aldermen to be commi&s;|&s;ioners in <HI>Lon|don.</HI></P>
<P>The Dean, High &s;teward, Deputy-&s;tew|ard and two High Burge&s;|&s;es in <HI>We&s;tm.</HI> The continu|ance of this Act.</P></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, &s;hall be, and are hereby authorized to be Ioynt-Commi&s;&s;ioners and to exerci&s;e all the Powers of this Act, to all the ends and purpo&s;es thereof, which are to be ordered, done, or execu|ted within the &s;aid City, or the Liberties thereof: And likewi&s;e, That the Dean of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the High Steward, and his Deputy-Steward, and the two High Burge&s;&s;es of the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> for the time being, &s;hall be, and are hereby authorized to be Ioynt-Commi&s;&s;ioners, and to exerci&s;e all the Powers of this Act, to all the ends and purpo&s;es thereof, which are to be or|dered, done, or executed within the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or the Liberties thereof, Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. This Act to continue, and be in force untill the end of the Fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</P>
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</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno <HI>XIV.</HI> Caroli <HI>II.</HI> Regis.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Ordering the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdome.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;ole and &s;upream power and command of the Militia in the Kings Maje&s;ty, his heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as within all His Maje&s;ties Realms and Dominions, the &s;ole and Supream Power, Government, Command and Di&s;po&s;ition of the <HI>Militia,</HI> and of all Forces by Sea and Land, and of all Forts and places of Strength is, and by the Laws of <HI>England,</HI> ever was the undoubted Right of His Maje&s;ty, and His Royal Predece&s;&s;ors, Kings and Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England;</HI> and that both, or either of the Hou&s;es of Parliament, cannot, nor ought to pretend to the &s;ame; nor can, nor lawfully may rai&s;e, or levy any War, Offen&s;ive or Defen&s;ive, again&s;t His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs, or lawfull Succe&s;&s;ors; and yet the contrary thereof hath of late years b&eacute;en practi&s;ed, almo&s;t to the ruine and de&s;truction of this Kingdom; and during the late u&s;urped Governments, many evil and rebellious principles have b&eacute;en in&s;tilled into the minds of the peo|ple of this Kingdom, which may break forth, unle&s;s prevented, to the di&s;turbance of the peace and quiet thereof;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">His Maje&s;ty may i&s;&s;ue out Commi&s;&s;ions of Lieutenancy to &s;uch per&s;ons as he &s;hall think fit, for the &s;everal counties, ci|ties, &amp;c. The power of the &s;aid Lieu|tenants. 25 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>Stat.</HI> 3.</NOTE>Be it therefore Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament A&s;|&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall, and may from time to time, as occa&s;ion &s;hall require, i&s;&s;ue forth &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ions of Lieutenancy to &s;uch per&s;ons as his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall think fit to be his Maje&s;ties Lieutenants for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, and places of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed;</HI> which Lieute|nants &s;hall have full power and authority to call together all &s;uch per&s;ons at &s;uch times, and to arm, and aray them in &s;uch manner as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed and declared; and to form them into Companies Troops, and Regiments; and in ca&s;e of In&s;urrection, Rebellion, or Inva&s;ion, them to lead, conduct, and imploy, or cau&s;e to be led, conducted and imployed, as well within the
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&s;aid &s;everal Counties, Cities, and places for which they &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;ionated re&s;pectively, as al&s;o into any other the Counties and Places afore&s;aid, for &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of all &s;uch In&s;ur|rections and Rebellions, and repelling of Inva&s;ions, as may happen to be, according as they &s;hall from time to time receive directions from His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;|&s;ors; And that the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants &s;hall have full Power and Authority from time to time, to con&s;titute, appoint, and give Commi&s;&s;ions to &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit to be Colonels, Majors, Captains,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Deputy-Lieutenants to be named to and approved of by his Ma|je&s;ty.</NOTE> and other Commi&s;&s;ion-Officers of the &s;aid per|&s;ons &s;o to be armed, arrayed and weaponed, and to pre&s;ent to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, the names of &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit to be Deputy-Lieutenants, and upon His Maie&s;ties approbation of them, &s;hall give them Deputations accordingly; always under&s;tood, That His Maie&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors have power and authority to direct and order otherwi&s;e, and accordingly at his and their plea&s;ure, may appoint and commi&s;&s;ionate, or di&s;|place &s;uch Officers; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: And that the &s;aid Lieutenants re&s;pectively, and in their ab&s;ence, out of the Precincts and Limits of their re&s;pective Lieutenancies, or otherwi&s;e by their directions, the &s;aid Deputy-Lieutenants,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of the Deputy-Lieutenants.</NOTE> during their &s;aid re&s;pective Deputations, or any two or more of them, &s;hall have power from time to time, to train, exerci&s;e, and put in readine&s;s; and al&s;o to lead and conduct the per&s;ons &s;o to be armed, arrayed and weaponed, by the directions, and to the intents and purpo&s;es, as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed and declared.</P>
<P>And for the providing Hor&s;e and Arms, and Furniture thereunto belonging, for the Arming and Weaponing the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, and al&s;o for the defraying and paying the nece&s;&s;ary charges thereunto belonging, in manner as hereafter followeth; Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The manner of charging and providing Hor&s;e and Arms, &amp;c.</NOTE> That the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants within the &s;everal Counties, Cities, and Places for which they are no|minated re&s;pectively, and their Deputies, or the major part of &s;uch Lieutenants, and Deputy-Lieu|tenants then pre&s;ent; or in the ab&s;ence of the Lieutenant or Lieutenants, the major part of the De|puty-Lieutenants then pre&s;ent, which major part &s;hall be thr&eacute;e at the lea&s;t, have hereby full Power and Authority to charge any per&s;on with Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms, or with Foot-Souldier and Arms, in the &s;ame County, Shire, City, Burrough, or Town-Corporate, where his, her, or their E&s;tates lye, having re&s;pect unto, and not exc&eacute;eding the limitations and proportions hereafter mentioned (that is to &s;ay), No per&s;on &s;hall be charged with finding a Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms, unle&s;s &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons have a Revenue of Five hundred pounds by the year in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or have an E&s;tate of Six thou&s;and pounds in Goods or Money, be&s;ides the Furniture of his or their Hou&s;es, and &s;o proportionably for a greater E&s;tate in Lands in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion, or Goods, as the re&s;pective Lieutenants, and their Deputies as afore&s;aid, in their di&s;|cretions &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e, and think rea&s;onable; And they are not to charge any per&s;on with finding a Foot-Souldier and Arms, that hath not a yearly Revenue of Fifty pounds in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or a per&s;onal E&s;tate of Six hundred pounds in Goods or Moneys (other then the &s;tock upon the ground) and after the afore&s;aid rate proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er Revenue or E&s;tate; Nor &s;hall they charge any per&s;on with the finding both of Hor&s;e and Foot in the &s;ame County.</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on chargeable by this Act to find an Hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man with Arms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on charged with or towards an Hor&s;e, may be charged al&s;o towards foot-arms.</NOTE> or to be contributory towards finding an Hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man with Arms, &s;hall for the &s;ame E&s;tate be chargeable towards finding a Foot-Souldier with Arms, or contributory thereunto: And it &s;hall be lawful to and for the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them as afore&s;aid, to impo&s;e the finding and providing of Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms, as afore&s;aid, by joyning two or thr&eacute;e, or more per&s;ons together in the Charge, as to their Iudgment &s;hall appear mo&s;t conducible to the &s;ervice of this Kingdome.</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on that hath not One hundred pounds <HI>per annum</HI> in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion in Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>What per&s;ons and E&s;tate on|ly chargeable towards find|ing Hor&s;e-arms.</P>
<P>Lieutenants and Deputies may hear and determine matters rela|ting to this Act.</P></NOTE> Tenements, or Hereditaments, Lea&s;e-hold or Copy-hold, or Twelve hundred pounds per&s;onal E&s;tate, &s;hall be compellable to contribute in finding any Hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man with Arms: And the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall have power to hear Complaints, and examine Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath (which Oath they have hereby power to admini&s;ter) and to give redre&s;s according to the merits of the cau&s;e, in matters relating to the execution of this Act.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, in their &s;everal Counties and Places re&s;pectively, &s;hall require and direct all per&s;ons &s;o charged as afore&s;aid with Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-men and Arms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowance of 2 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> per diem for a Hor&s;e-man, and 1 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> for a Foot Souldier.</NOTE> to allow two &s;hillings by the day to the Troopers that &s;erve with their Hor&s;e and Arms, for the maintenance of the Man and Hor&s;e, and twelve pence a day for the Foot-Souldiers (if they &s;erve not in their own per&s;ons) for &s;o many dayes as they &s;hall be ab&s;ent from their Dwellings and Callings, by occa&s;ion of Mu|&s;ter or Exerci&s;e.</P>
<P>And for furni&s;hing Ammunition and other nece&s;&s;aries, the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rules to be made for fur|ni&s;hing Am|munition.</NOTE> &s;hall have power to lay fitting Rates upon the re|&s;pective Counties and Places, not exc&eacute;eding in the whole in any one year the proportion of a fourth part of one moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment in each County, after the rate of Seventy thou&s;and pounds by the moneth, now or late charged by an Act, entituled, <HI>An Act for Rai&s;ing of Seven|ty thou&s;and pounds for the further Supply of His Maje&s;ty,</HI> which Moneys are to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Collected, and paid by &s;uch per&s;ons, and according to &s;uch Directions as &s;hall be given from time to time by the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any Thr&eacute;e or more of them, under
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the like penalties, and by the like wayes and means as are pre&s;cribed in the &s;aid Act for the Se|venty thou&s;and pounds by the Moneth;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Inva&s;ion, In|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">urrection, Re|bellion.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e of Inva&s;ions, In&s;urrections or Rebellions, whereby occa&s;ion &s;hall be to draw out &s;uch Souldiers into actual Service, the per&s;ons &s;o charged as afore&s;aid, &s;hall provide each their Souldier re&s;pectively with pay in hand, not exc&eacute;eding one moneths pay, as &s;hall be in that behalf directed by the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their Directions by their Deputies, or any two, or more of them. For repayment of which &s;aid Moneys, and for &s;atisfaction of the Officers for their pay during &s;uch time, not exc&eacute;eding one moneth, as afore&s;aid, as they &s;hall be with their Souldiers in &s;uch &s;aid actual &s;ervice;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;ion by his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> It is hereby Declared, That provi&s;ion &s;hall be made for the &s;ome by His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, out of His or Their Publick Trea&s;ury or Reve|nue.<NOTE PLACE="marg">None having advances a moneths pay, &s;hall be charg|ed again, until he be re-im|bur&s;ed the &s;ame.</NOTE> Neverthele&s;s it is hereby further Provided and Enacted, That in ca&s;e a moneths pay &s;hall be provided and advanced as afore&s;aid; That no per&s;on, who &s;hall have advanced his proportion thereof, &s;hall be charged with any other like moneths payment, untill he or they &s;hall have b&eacute;en re-imbur&s;ed the &s;aid moneths pay, and &s;o from time to time the moneths pay by him or them la&s;t before provided and advanced, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Lieutenants and their Deputies, or the chief Officers upon the place in the re&s;pective Counties and Places,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to charge Carts and Hor&s;es for car|rying Provi&s;i|ons, and their allowance <HI>per mile.</HI></NOTE> as afore&s;aid, may charge Carts, Wagons, Wains, and Hor&s;es, for the carrying of Powder, Match, Bullet, and other Materials, allowing &s;ix pence a Mile outward only, to every &s;uch Cart, Wagon and Wayn with five Hor&s;es, or &s;ix Oxen, and &s;o proportionably; And for every Hor&s;e imployed out of Wagon or Cart for u&s;es afore&s;aid, one penny, &s;o taken upon the marching of any Regiment, Company, or Troop, upon occa&s;ion of Inva&s;i|on, In&s;urrection, or Rebellion; And that the &s;aid Lieutenants, or Deputies, or the chief Officers upon the place,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Souldiers that do not their duties, how puni&s;hed.</NOTE> &s;hall, and may Impri&s;on Mutin&eacute;ers, and &s;uch Souldiers as do not their Duties as Souldiers at the day of their Mu&s;ters and Training; and &s;hall and may Inflict for puni&s;hment for every &s;uch offence any pecuniary Mulct not exc&eacute;eding five &s;hillings, or the penalty of Impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, not exc&eacute;eding Twenty days.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalties upon per&s;ons charged or tax|ed, refu&s;ing or neglecting.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, If any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or charged by the &s;aid Lieu|tenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall refu&s;e, or neglect by a rea&s;on|able time to be appointed, to provide and furni&s;h &s;uch &s;ufficient Hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man, Hor&s;es and Hor&s;emen, Arms, and other Furniture, or to pay &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money towards the providing and furni&s;hing, as afore&s;aid; That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the re&s;pective Lieute|nants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, for every &s;uch offence, from time to time to inflict a penalty upon &s;uch per&s;ons not exc&eacute;eding 20 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> And al&s;o by Warrant under their, or any thr&eacute;e or more of their hands &amp; &s;eals to levy &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money, or the value of &s;uch Hor&s;e or Hor&s;es, Arms &amp; Furniture, and &s;uch penalty inflicted by di&s;tre&s;s &amp; &s;ale of the goods of the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing, rendring the overplus to the Party &s;o di&s;trained, all nece&s;&s;ary charge in le|vying thereof being fir&s;t deducted; And it is declared, that the &s;ame be imployed to the &s;ame u&s;es, in default whereof the &s;ame was impo&s;ed. And be it further Enacted, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o to be armed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Imbezeling of Arms, Hor&s;e, or Furniture, how puni&s;hed.</NOTE> arrayed and weaponed, &s;hall detain or imbezel his Hor&s;e, Arms, or Furniture where|with he ought to &s;erve, or is intru&s;ted, that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directions, to and for their Deputies, or any two or more of them, to impri&s;on &s;uch per&s;on &amp; per&s;ons, till he or they have made &s;atisfaction for the Hor&s;e, Arms, or other Furniture &s;o by him detained or imbezelled; And al&s;o, That if any per&s;on &s;o to be armed, hor&s;ed or weaponed, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not appear, and &s;erve com|pleatly furni&s;hed with Hor&s;e and Arms, and other Furniture wherewith he is intru&s;ted at the beat of Drum, &s;ound of Trumpet, or other Summons, that then, and &s;o often, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directions, to and for their Deputies, or any two or more of them, if the default be in the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o intere&s;ted, to impri&s;on &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons for the &s;pace of five days, without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, or to inflict the penalty, if a Hor&s;e-man, not exc&eacute;eding 20 <ABBR><HI>s.</HI></ABBR> and if a Foot-man, not ex|c&eacute;eding 10 <ABBR><HI>s.</HI></ABBR> to be paid down without delay or forbearance: And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or charged, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to &s;end in, or deliver his Hor&s;e, Arms, or other Fur|niture, upon &s;uch &s;ummons, or other notice, as afore&s;aid; That then, and &s;o often, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and their Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, to inflict a penalty not ex&eacute;eding 5 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> to be levyed by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Goods of &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing, as afore&s;aid, rendering the overplus to the Party di&s;trained, nece&s;&s;ary Charges for levying being fir&s;t deducted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ability of per|&s;ons a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, how to be di&s;|covered.</NOTE>And for the better di&s;covery of the Ability of the Per&s;ons &s;o to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and charged, and of all Mi&s;demeanors tending to the hinderance of the &s;ervice afore&s;aid, the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and their Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, are hereby enabled to examine upon Oath &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons as they &s;hall judge nece&s;&s;ary or convenient, or &s;hall be produced by the Party charged or accu&s;ed, other then the Per&s;ons them&s;elves to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and accu&s;ed.</P>
<P>And for the better and more &s;p&eacute;edy execution of the Premi&s;&s;es, Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants &s;hall be,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Trea&s;urer and Clerks for re|ceiving and paying mo|neys by this Act.</NOTE> and are hereby required to appoint one or more Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;urers, Clerk or Clerks, for receiving and paying &s;uch moneys as &s;hall be levyed by ver|tue hereof; of all which Receipts and Disbur&s;ements thereof, the &s;aid Trea&s;urer, Clerk and Clerks are every &s;ix moneths to give their Accompts in writing, and upon Oath, to the &s;aid Lieutenants
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and their Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, which Oath they have hereby Power to admini|&s;ter: And the &s;aid Accompt &s;o to be taken, &s;hall be forthwith certified to the Lords of His Maje|&s;ties mo&s;t honorable Privy Council, and a Duplicate thereof &s;hall be certified to the Iu&s;tices of Peace at the next General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the Deputy-Lieutenants &s;hall ob&s;erve and obey &s;uch Orders and Directions as they &s;hall from time to time receive from the re&s;pective Lieutenants, for the putting in execution the Powers given by this Act.</P>
<P>And for the better &s;ecuring the Peace of the Kingdom, Be it further Enacted and Ordained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who &s;hall be appointed to &s;earch for and &s;eize Arms are the hou&s;es of dangerous per|&s;ons.</NOTE> that the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, or any two or more of their Deputies, are hereby enabled &amp; autho|ri&s;ed from time to time, by warrant under their hands and &s;eals, to employ &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit (of which a Commi&s;&s;ioned Officer, and the Con&s;table, or his Deputy, or the Tythingman, or in the ab&s;ence of the Con&s;table, and his Deputy, and Tythingman, &s;ome other per|&s;on bearing Office within the Pari&s;h, where the &s;earch &s;hall be, &s;hall be two) to &s;earch for and &s;eize all Arms in the cu&s;tody or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, whom the &s;aid Lieutenants, or any two or more of their Deputies, &s;hall judge dangerous to the Peace of the Kingdom; and to &s;ecure &s;uch Arms for the &s;ervice afore&s;aid, and thereof from time to time to give Accounts to the &s;aid re|&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directions, to their De|puties, or any two or more of them: Provided that no &s;uch &s;earch be made in any hou&s;e or hou&s;es be|tw&eacute;en Sun-&s;etting and Sun-ri&s;ing, other then in Cities and their Suburbs, and Towns Corporate, Market-Towns, and hou&s;es within the Bills of Mortality, where it &s;hall and may be lawful to &s;earch in the night-time, by Warrant, as afore&s;aid, if the Warrant &s;hall &s;o direct, and in ca&s;e of re|&s;i&s;tance to enter by force;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es of Peers.</NOTE> And that no dwelling-hou&s;e of any P&eacute;er of this Realm be &s;earched by vertue of this Act, but by immediate Warrant from his Maje&s;ty, under his Sign Manual, or in the pre&s;ence of the Lieutenant, or one of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the &s;ame County or Riding; And that in all places &amp; hou&s;es what&s;oever, where &s;earch is to be made as afore&s;aid, it &s;hall and may be lawful, in ca&s;e of re&s;i&s;tance to enter by force; And that the Arms &s;o &s;ei&s;ed, may be re&s;tored to the Owners again, if the &s;aid Lieutenants, or in their ab&s;ence as afore&s;aid, their Deputies, or any two or more of them &s;hall &s;o think fit.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted, That all high Con&s;tables, petty Con&s;tables,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All high Con|&s;tables and Officers to be aiding the re|&s;pective Lieu|tenants.</NOTE> and other Officers and Mini&s;ters within the &s;aid Counties, Cities, Pari&s;hes and places afore&s;aid, be, &amp; are hereby required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and their Deputies, or any of them in execution of the premi&s;&s;es; And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall act, or do any thing in execution thereof &s;hall be hereby &s;aved harmle&s;s and indemnified; And al&s;o, that all and every per&s;on and per|&s;ons, who have heretofore acted or done any thing in execution of any Commi&s;&s;ion, or Commi&s;&s;i|ons of Lieutenancy i&s;&s;ued by the Kings Maje&s;ty that now is, or by colour of them, or any of them, or touching, or concerning the &s;ame, or any of them, or relating thereunto &s;ince the 7th. day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, untill the 20th. day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;hall be, and are hereby, &s;aved harmle&s;s and indemnified in that behalf.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How per&s;ons are to be charged re|&s;iding in one County, and having lands in another.</NOTE> That where any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be charged by vertue of this Act to find a hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man, hor&s;es and Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-&s;ouldier and Arms, in &s;uch County, City or place where he or they do not re&s;ide, or inhabit, that then, and in &s;uch ca&s;es, the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall &s;end No|tice of every &s;uch charge, if &s;uch per&s;on have any land in his own occupation, to &s;uch per&s;on as he doth imploy as his Servant in managing the &s;ame; And in ca&s;e all his lands, or other e&s;tate be de|mi&s;ed, and to farm let, then to one or two of the mo&s;t &s;ufficient Tenant or Tenants, who &s;hall have the &s;ame in their occupation, who are hereby required forthwith with all convenient &s;p&eacute;ed to con|vey the &s;ame to their Ma&s;ter or Landlord re&s;pectively; And within &s;uch time as &s;hall be appointed in that behalf, bring an accompt of their Ma&s;ter or Landlords an&s;wer to the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them: And upon neglect, or refu&s;al of the Landlord, to provide &s;uch hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man, hor&s;es and Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-&s;ouldier and Arms, as is duly charged upon him, according to the Rates mentioned in this Act for the yearly Rent, re&s;erved upon every demi&s;e or other grant, and not otherwi&s;e within the time limited for that purpo&s;e;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenants to provide Arms for their Land|lords.</NOTE> That then the &s;aid Tenant or Tenants &s;hall provide and do as the Landlord in that behalf ought to have done. And if the &s;aid tenant or tenants &s;hall refu&s;e, or neglect to provide &s;uch hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man, hor&s;es and Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-&s;ouldier and Arms, as are charged upon his or their Landlords within the time limited; That then and upon every &s;uch default, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directi|ons, to and for their Deputies, or any two or more of them, by warrant under their hands and &s;eals to levy all &s;uch penalties as are appointed by this Act, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the offenders Goods, rendring the overplus to the Party di&s;trained.</P>
<P>And it is hereby Ordained and Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And to defalk the charges out of their next Rent.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Te|nant or Tenants to defalk out of &s;uch rent as &s;hall be next due to his or their Landlord, all &s;uch Money as the &s;aid Tenant or Tenants &s;hall nece&s;&s;arily lay out or expend in providing &s;uch hor&s;e and Hor&s;e-man, hor&s;es and Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-&s;ouldier and Arms, as are charged upon his or their Landlord, or &s;hall pay, or be levied upon him or them by di&s;tre&s;s for any default in man|ner as afore&s;aid, any condition, re&s;ervation, Covenant or Contract for the payment of his or their Rent, to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding: And for &s;o doing, the &s;aid Tenant or Tenants
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&s;hall be indemnified by Authority of this Act;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Tenants indemnified for &s;o doing.</NOTE> unle&s;s the Land-lord, or Land-lords &s;hall make it appear within two moneths after &s;uch levying &s;uch penalties before the re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directions before their Deputies, or any two or more of them, that the default and penalty was occa&s;ioned by the wilful neglect of the &s;aid Te|nant or Tenants;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Peers not to act as Lieute|nants or De|puties before they take the Oath of Alle|giance, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That no per&s;on being a P&eacute;er of this Realm, &s;hall be capable of acting or &s;erving as Lieutenant, or Deputy-Lieutenant, by vertue of this Act, unle&s;s he or they &s;hall fir&s;t before &s;ix of the Lords of his Maje&s;ties Privy-Council for the time being, or &s;uch other Per&s;ons as &s;hall be authori&s;ed by his Maje&s;ty to admini&s;ter the &s;ame, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and al&s;o this Oath following, <HI>I <HI>A.B.</HI> do declare and believe, that it is not lawful upon any pretence what&s;oever to take Arms again&s;t the King;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">And this oath.</NOTE> <HI>And that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition, That Arms may be taken by his authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ioned by him in pur&s;uance of &s;uch Military Commi&s;&s;ions: So help me God.</HI> Which Oaths they have hereby power to admini&s;ter.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons under the degree of a Peer to take the Oath of Allegiance, &amp;c.</NOTE>And that no Per&s;on being under the degr&eacute;e of a P&eacute;er of this Realm, &s;hall be capable of acting as Lieutenant, Deputy-Lieutenant, Officer or Souldier, by vertue of this Act, unle&s;s he or they &s;hall fir&s;t take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and this Oath following, <HI>I <HI>A. B.</HI> do declare and believe, that it is not lawful upon any pretence what&s;oever to take Arms again&s;t the King; And that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">And this oath.</NOTE> <HI>That Arms may be taken by his Authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ioned by Him in pur&s;uance of &s;uch Military Commi&s;&s;ions: So help me God.</HI> Which Oaths, any one Iu&s;tice of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties and Places afore&s;aid is enabled to admini&s;ter to &s;uch re&s;pective Lieutenant as is not a P&eacute;er of this Realm, and the &s;aid Lieutenant, or any one Iu&s;tice of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties and Places afore&s;aid, is enabled to admini|&s;ter to the re&s;pective Deputy-Lieutenants, not being P&eacute;ers; and the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence as afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e by their directions when they are not ab&s;ent, their Deputies, or any two of them &s;hall and are hereby Enabled to admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oaths to the &s;aid Officers and Souldiers.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Trained Bands to con|tinue till the 25. <HI>March,</HI> 1663. And no longer.</NOTE>And to the end there may be &s;ome convenient time to put in execution the Powers of this Act, and preparing an E&s;tabli&s;hment according to the &s;ame; Be it hereby Enacted, That the Trained Bands and Forces now actually rai&s;ed, and in being, &s;hall &s;o continue in each re&s;pective City and County of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> until the five and twentieth day of <HI>Mach,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, and no longer, unle&s;s an E&s;tabli&s;hment according to this Act be no &s;ooner had, any thing in this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The times ap|pointed for training and mu&s;tering.</NOTE>And it is hereby Declared and Enacted, That the Ordinary times for Training, Exerci&s;ing, and Mu&s;tering the Forces to be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be the&s;e following, (that is to &s;ay) the general Mu&s;ter and Exerci&s;e of Regiments, not above once a year; the Training and Exerci&s;ing of &s;ingle Companies, not above four times a year, unle&s;s &s;pecial Directions be given by his Maje&s;ty, or his Privy-Council; And that &s;uch &s;ingle Companies and Troops &s;hall not at any one time be continued in Exerci&s;e above the &s;pace of two days; and that at a General Mu&s;ter and Exerci&s;e of Regiments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What Arms and Provi&s;ion every Souldi|er &s;hall bring.</NOTE> no Officer or Souldier &s;hall be con&s;trained to &s;tay for above four days together from their re&s;pective habitations; And that at every &s;uch Mu&s;ter and Exerci&s;e, every Mu&s;quetier &s;hall bring with him half a pound of Powder at the charge of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as provide the &s;aid Foot-&s;ouldier and Arms, and every Hor&s;e-man is to bring with him a quarter of a pound of Pow|der at the charge of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as provide the &s;aid hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms; and the Arms Offen&s;ive and Defen&s;ive, with the Furniture for Hor&s;e, are to be as followeth; The Defen|&s;ive Arms, a Back, Brea&s;t and Pott, and the Brea&s;t and Pott to be Pi&s;tol-proof; The Offen&s;ive Arms, a Sword &amp; a Ca&s;e of Pi&s;tols, the Barrels whereof are not to be under <HI>14</HI> Inches in length; The furniture for the Hor&s;e to be a great Saddle or Padd with Burrs and Trapps to affix the Houl&s;ters unto, a Bitt and Bridle with a Pectorel and Crupper; For the Foot, a Mu&s;quetier is to have a Mu&s;quet, the Barrel whereof is not to be under thr&eacute;e foot in length; And the Gage of the Bore to be for <HI>12</HI> Bullets to the pound, a Coller of Bandeliers, with a Sword: Provided, that all Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters &s;hall for the pre&s;ent admit and allow of any Mu&s;quets already made, which will bear a Bullet of <HI>14</HI> to the pound; But no Mu&s;quets which henceforth &s;hall be made, are to be al|lowed of, but &s;uch as are of the Gage for <HI>12</HI> Bullets to the pound; A Pike-man is to be armed with a Pike made of A&s;h, not under <HI>16</HI> foot in length, (the head and foot included) with a Back, Brea&s;t, Head-piece and Sword: Provided, that all Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters &s;hall for the pre&s;ent admit and allow of any Pikes already made that are not under <HI>15</HI> foot in length; But no Pikes which &s;hall be hereafter made are to be allowed of, that are under <HI>16</HI> foot in length.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Militia or the I&s;le of <HI>Purbeck.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Militia of the I&s;land of <HI>Purbeck</HI> &s;hall remain &s;eparate from the County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed; And that his Maje&s;ties Lieutenant of the &s;aid I&s;land, and his Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them for the time being, &s;hall have power for the Levying, Arraying, Mu&s;tering, and conducting of &s;uch num|ber of Foot for the defence of the &s;aid I&s;land, in &s;uch manner, and by &s;uch ways and means as here|tofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed; and al&s;o to u&s;e and execute within the &s;aid I&s;land all and every the powers which by the true intent of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to his Maje&s;ty to rai&s;e 70000 <HI><ABBR>l.</ABBR> per annum,</HI> for three years up|on occa&s;ion. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> any of his Maje&s;ties Lieutenants, or his or their Deputies, or any of them, might in any re&s;pective County u&s;e or execute.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e of apparent danger to the pre&s;ent Government, it &s;hall and may be lawfull for His Maje&s;ty at any time
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or times that the &s;ame &s;hall &s;o happen, during the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years, from the five and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, to rai&s;e &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money for the defraying of the whole, or &s;uch part of the <HI>Militia</HI> afore&s;aid, as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall find him&s;elf obliged to imploy in order to the quiet and &s;ecurity of this Nation, the &s;aid &s;um not exc&eacute;eding Seventy thou&s;and pounds in one whole year: And the &s;ame to be rai&s;ed by his Maje&s;ties Lieutenants, or in their ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, by their Deputies in their re&s;pective Counties, ac|cording to the rules and directions in an Act in this pre&s;ent Parliament, <HI>For the rai&s;ing of Eighteen moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment after the rate of Seventy thou&s;and pounds <HI>per men&s;em;</HI></HI> as al&s;o to continue the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years from the afore&s;aid five and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> and no longer; Any thing in this Act, or any other to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Be it al&s;o Enacted, That all Con&s;tables, Tything-men, or other Officer or Officers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Such as have provided Pa|ri&s;h Arms be|fore the 24. of <HI>June,</HI> 1660. how to be re-imbur|&s;ed. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> who &s;ince the Four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, have paid or disbur&s;ed, or before the &s;ettlement of the <HI>Militia</HI> to be e&s;tabli&s;hed by vertue of this Act, &s;hall pay or disbur&s;e any moneys for buying of Arms, or defraying of Charges of Souldiers, &s;et, or to be &s;et upon their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, &s;hall be re-imbur&s;ed the &s;ame by tho&s;e who have refu&s;ed to pay their proporti|ons thereof; And in ca&s;e he or they &s;hall refu&s;e to pay the &s;ame, then to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of Goods, rendring the Overplus to the Owner or Owners by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Lieutenant or Lieutenants, or in his or their ab&s;ence, or otherwi&s;e by their direction, when they are not ab&s;ent, of any two of their Deputies directed to the re&s;pective Con&s;tables, Ty|thing-men, or other Officer or Officers afore&s;aid, of their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And it is hereby further Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No man char|ged &s;hall be for|ced to &s;erve in per&s;on, but may find a &s;uf|ficient man for him.</NOTE> That no per&s;on charged with the finding of Hor&s;e or Foot, or with contributing thereunto, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be compellable to &s;erve in his or their proper per&s;on, but may according to &s;uch proportion as they are or &s;hall re|&s;pectively be charged by this Act, find one or more fit or &s;ufficient Man or Men qualified according to this Act, to be approved by his or their Captain re&s;pectively, &s;ubject neverthele&s;s to be altered upon appeal to the Lieutenant, or in his ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, to his Deputy-Lieutenants, or any two of them, as there &s;hall be cau&s;e; And that every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o found and provided, &s;hall, and hereby are required to &s;erve as a Souldier and Souldiers, in &s;uch manner, and under &s;uch penalties as are before appointed in this Act;<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on li&s;ted may de|&s;ert the &s;ervice, or be di&s;char|ged, or Altered, but by leave, upon rea&s;ona|ble cau&s;e.</NOTE> And that every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall &s;erve in his or their own per&s;ons (who are al&s;o to be approved of as afore&s;aid) or &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be accepted in his or their &s;tead, &s;hall at the next Mu&s;ter of &s;uch Troop or Company in which he or they are to &s;erve, give in his or their Chri&s;tian and Sir-names, and places of abode unto &s;uch per&s;on as the Lieutenant, or in his ab&s;ence, as afore&s;aid, or by his direction when he is not ab&s;ent, any two Deputy-Lieutenants &s;hall appoint, to the end the &s;ame may be li&s;ted: And that from thence|forth &s;uch per&s;on &s;o li&s;ted &s;hall not be exchanged, or de&s;ert the &s;aid Service, or be di&s;charged there|of, but by the leave and order of the Lieutenant, or two Deputy-Lieutenants, or his Captain, upon rea&s;onable cau&s;e (&s;ubject neverthele&s;s upon appeal to be determined, as afore&s;aid) fir&s;t obtained in writing under his or their hands and &s;eals, under pain that &s;uch per&s;on departing from the &s;aid &s;er|vice without leave, as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of <HI>20 <ABBR>l.</ABBR></HI> to be levied upon his Goods and Chat|tels in &s;uch manner as is by this Act appointed for the levying of other penalties; and for non-pay|ment or want of di&s;tre&s;s, then every &s;uch per&s;on to be committed to the Common Gaol of the the County for any time not exc&eacute;eding thr&eacute;e moneths, without bail or mainpri&s;e, any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Tinners of <HI>Devon&punc;</HI> and <HI>Cornwall.</HI></NOTE> That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall extend to put any new charge of Arms upon the Tinners in the Counties of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Cornwall,</HI> other then the Tax mentioned in the former Provi&s;o; But that the Lord Warden of the Stannaries for the time be|ing, in pur&s;uance of his Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion in that behalf, and &s;uch as he &s;hall Commi&s;&s;ionate and Authorize under him, according to the Rules and Directions before mentioned in this Act, &s;hall and may have and u&s;e the like Powers and Array, A&s;&s;e&s;s, Arm, Mu&s;ter, and Exerci&s;e the &s;aid Tin|ners within the &s;aid Counties, and either of them, as hath b&eacute;en heretofore u&s;ed; and according to the ancient Priviledges and Cu&s;toms of the &s;aid Stannaries, ob&s;erving the Rules and Proporti|ons appointed by this Act; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the <HI>Militia</HI> of <HI>Lon|don.</HI></NOTE> That his Maje&s;ties Lieutenants that are, or &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;ionated for the <HI>Militia</HI> of the City of <HI>London,</HI> may and &s;hall continue to li&s;t and levy the Trained Bands and Auxiliaries of the &s;aid City, as to number and quality of the per&s;ons, in &s;uch manner as was u&s;ed in forming the pre&s;ent Forces now rai&s;ed by his Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ion. And in regard of the extraordinary duties which the Forces of the &s;aid City that now are, and formerly were rai&s;ed in Order to his Maje&s;ties happy Re&s;tauration, have of late, and may again be put to, for the &s;afety of his Maje&s;ties Per&s;on, and for &s;uppre&s;&s;ing or preventing of In&s;ur|rections, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for his Maje&s;ties Lieutenants of the &s;aid City, by War|rant from his Maje&s;ty, to impo&s;e and levy yearly in the &s;ame &s;o much money as they &s;hall find n&eacute;ed|ful for defraying the Arrears of tho&s;e fir&s;t rai&s;ed for his Maje&s;ties happy Re&s;tauration, and the Ar|rears and nece&s;&s;ary charge of tho&s;e that now are, and &s;hall be rai&s;ed, with the Ammunition and other incident expences of their <HI>Militia,</HI> in &s;uch manner as the pre&s;ent A&s;&s;e&s;sment is now levied, and not exc&eacute;eding in any one year the proportion of One moneths Tax, which the &s;aid City now pays towards the Tax of Seventy thou&s;and pounds by the moneth; And &s;hall be accomptable for the &s;ame, as by this Act is Ordained; Any thing in this Act to the contrary of this Provi&s;o in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><PB N="108" REF="63"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Officers of <HI>Militia</HI> of cities and towns corporate.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Officer, or Souldier of the <HI>Militia,</HI> or Trained Bands belonging to any City, Borough, or Town Corporate, being a County of it &s;elf, or to any other Corporation, or Port-Town, who have u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed to be Mu&s;tered only within their own Precincts, &s;hall be compellable to appear out of the Precincts or Liberties of the &s;ame City, Borough, Town-Corporate, or Port-Town at any Mu&s;ter or Exerci&s;e only; and every of the &s;aid Cities, Boroughs, Towns-Corporate, and Port-Towns, are hereby chargeable to find their u&s;ual Number of Soul|diers, unle&s;s the re&s;pective Lieutenants find cau&s;e to le&s;&s;en the &s;ame; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Covenants be|tween Land|lords and Te|nants for pro|viding Arms, not to be avoy|ded by this Act.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act, or any thing herein contained, &s;hall not extend to avoid any Covenant or Agr&eacute;ement which hath b&eacute;en, or &s;hall be made betw&eacute;en any Landlord and Tenant concerning the finding Hor&s;es or Arms, or the bearing, or paying of any Tares, Rates, or other charges by any Te|nant, either by general or &s;pecial Covenants, but that the &s;aid Taxes, Rates, or other Charges, &s;hall be born and paid by all re&s;pective Tenants, according to the &s;aid Covenants and Agr&eacute;ements; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;le of <HI>Wight.</HI></NOTE>Provided, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to make any alteration in the I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> as to the <HI>Militia</HI> in that place, either to rai&s;e Hor&s;e or Foot within the &s;aid I&s;land, in any other manner then hath b&eacute;en formerly, and is now u&s;ed and practi&s;ed there.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Militia</HI> of the Tower D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">vi|&s;ion in <HI>Middle|&s;ex.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted, That whereas the <HI>Militia</HI> of the Tower-Divi&s;ion in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> commonly known by the name of the Tower-Hamlets, are, and alwayes have b&eacute;en under the Command of his Maie&s;ties Con&s;table, or Lieutenant of the Tower, for the Service and Pre&s;ervation of that his Royal Fort; That it &s;hall and may be lawful for his Maje|&s;ties Con&s;table, or Lieutenant of the Tower, for the time being, to continue to levy the Trained Bands of the &s;aid Divi&s;ion or Hamlets of the Tower, in &s;uch manner and form, as to the number and quality of per&s;ons, as was ob&s;erved in forming the pre&s;ent Forces thereof; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o touch|ing compel|ling men to march out of this Kingdom.</NOTE>Provided, That neither this Act, nor any matter or thing therein contained, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, con&s;trued, or taken to extend to the giving or declaring of any power for the tran&s;porting of any the Subjects of this Realm, or any way compelling them to march out of this Kingdom, other|wi&s;e then by the Laws of <HI>England</HI> ought to be done.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Peers of the Realm, how to be charged.</NOTE>Provided always, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no P&eacute;er of this Realm &s;hall be charged with Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-&s;ouldiers and Arms, otherwi&s;e, or in any other manner then is herein after expre&s;&s;ed (that is to &s;ay) that his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall, and may from time to time i&s;&s;ue out Commi&s;&s;ions under the great Seal of <HI>Eng|land</HI> to &s;o many P&eacute;ers (not fewer then twelve) as his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall think fit, who, or any five or more of them, &s;hall have power from time to time to A&s;&s;e&s;s all and every, or any the P&eacute;ers of this Realm, according to the Limitations and Proportions in this Act appointed, for the finding of hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-men and Arms, or Foot-Souldiers and Arms, and for other the purpo&s;es in this Act mentioned (except the Monethly Taxes which are to be levied, as is before pre&s;cribed in this Act) and &s;hall have power to put in execution all and every the Powers and Au|thorities of this Act, as well for laying A&s;&s;e&s;sments, as impo&s;ing of penalties (Impri&s;onment of the per&s;on of any P&eacute;er of this Realm only excepted) which A&s;&s;e&s;sment, or Charge &s;o made, together with &s;uch penalties as &s;hall be &s;o impo&s;ed (impri&s;onment as afore&s;aid onely excepted) &s;hall be from time to time re&s;pectively certified to the re&s;pective Lieutenants of each County, to the intent that the &s;aid Charge may be born, and the penalties (not before excepted) levied according to the intent of this Act: And that in ca&s;e there &s;hall be any default in performance of any thing to be done or paid by any P&eacute;er by vertue of this Act, that then it &s;hall be lawful for the re&s;pective Lieutenants, &amp; De|puty-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e of them, to cau&s;e Di&s;tre&s;&s;es to be taken for the &s;ame in any of the lands of &s;uch Defaulter within their &s;aid Counties or Limits re&s;pectively; And in ca&s;e &s;atisfacti|on &s;hall not be given within the &s;pace of one w&eacute;ek after &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s taken, then &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;&s;e to be &s;old for the performance of the &s;aid Service, and the charge incident thereunto, and the Overplus (if any be) to be re&s;tored to the Owner; And if a Tenant of any P&eacute;er of this Realm &s;hall be di&s;trained for &s;uch default as afore&s;aid, the Tenant &s;o di&s;trained, is hereby enabled to de|duct the &s;um levied out of his next Rent.</P>
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<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>There &s;hall be Uniformity of Publique Prayers, and admini&s;tration of Sacraments, &amp; other Rites and Cere|monies: And of Ordaining and Con&s;ecrating Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons in the Church of <HI>England.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas in the fir&s;t year of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> there was one Vniforme Order of Common Service, and Prayer, and of the Admini&s;trations of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of <HI>England</HI> (agr&eacute;eable to the Word of God, and u&s;age of the Primitive Church) compiled by the Reverend Bi&s;hops and Clergy, &s;et forth in one Book, entituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer, and Admini&s;tration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of <HI>England,</HI></HI> and enjoyned to be u&s;ed by Act of Parliament, holden in the &s;aid fir&s;t year of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en,<NOTE PLACE="marg">2 El. cap. 2.</NOTE> Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Ser|vice in the Church, and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments,</HI> very comfortable to all good people de&s;irous to live in Chri&s;tian conver&s;ation, and mo&s;t profitable to the E&s;tate of this Realm, upon the which the Mercy, Favour, and Ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God is in no wi&s;e &s;o readily and plentifully poured, as by Common Prayers, due u&s;ing of the Sacraments,
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and often Preaching of the Go&s;pel, with Devotion of the Hearers: And yet this notwith&s;tanding, a great number of people in divers parts of this Realm, following their own &s;en&s;uality, and living without knowledg, and due fear of God, do Wilfully &amp; Schi&s;matically ab&s;tain, and refu&s;e to come to their Pari&s;h-Churches, and other publick places where Common Prayer, Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and preaching of the Word of God is u&s;ed upon the Sundays, and other days ordain|ed and appointed to be kept and ob&s;erved as Holy-days. And whereas by the great and &s;candalous neglect of Mini&s;ters in u&s;ing the &s;aid Order, or Liturgy &s;o &s;et forth, and enjoyned, as afore&s;aid, great mi&s;chiefs and inconveniences, during the times of the late unhappy Troubles, have ari&s;en and grown; and many people have b&eacute;en led into Factions and Schi&s;ms, to the great decay and &s;can|dal of the Reformed Religion of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and to the hazard of many &s;ouls. For prevention whereof in time to come, for &s;etling the Peace of the Church, and for allaying the pre|&s;ent di&s;tempers which the indi&s;po&s;ition of the time hath contracted;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Kings Declaration and Commi&s;|&s;ion for re|viewing the Book of Com|mon Prayer, and Alterati|ons to be pro|pounded there|in.</NOTE> The Kings Maje&s;ty (according to his Declaration of the Five and twentieth of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty) granted his Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> to &s;everal Bi&s;hops, and other Divines, to review the Book of Common Prayer, and to prepare &s;uch Alterations and Additions, as they thought fit to offer; And afterwards the Convocations of both the Provinces of <HI>Canterbury</HI> and <HI>York,</HI> being by His Maje&s;ty called, and a&s;&s;embled, (and now &s;itting) His Maje&s;ty hath b&eacute;en plea&s;ed to Authorize and require the Pre&s;idents of the &s;aid Convocations, and other the Bi&s;hops and Clergy of the &s;ame, to re-view the &s;aid Book of Common Prayer, and the Book of the Form and manner of the Making and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons; And that after mature con&s;ideration, they &s;hould make &s;uch Additions and Alterations in the &s;aid Books re|&s;pectively, as to them &s;hould &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et and convenient; And &s;hould exhibit and pre&s;ent the &s;ame to his Maje&s;ty in writing, for his further allowance, or confirmation; &s;ince which time, upon full and mature deliberation, they the &s;aid Pre&s;idents, Bi&s;hops, and Clergy of both Provinces, have accordingly re-viewed the &s;aid Books, and have made &s;ome Alterations which they think fit to be in&s;erted to the &s;ame; and &s;ome Additional Prayers to the &s;aid Book of Common Prayer, to be u&s;ed upon proper and emergent occa&s;ions; And have exhibited and pre&s;ented the &s;ame unto his Maje&s;ty in writing in one Book, Entituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer, and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> together with the P&s;alter, or P&s;alms of David, Pointed as they are to be &s;ung or &s;aid in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons:</HI> All which His Maje&s;ty having duly con&s;idered, hath fully approved and allowed the &s;ame; and recommended to this pre&s;ent Parliament, that the &s;aid Books of Common Prayer, and of the Form of Ordination and Con&s;ecration of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons, with the Alterations and Additions which have b&eacute;en &s;o made and pre&s;ented to His Maje&s;ty by the &s;aid Con|vocations, be the Book which &s;hall be appointed to be u&s;ed by all that Officiate in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chappels, and in all Chappels of Colledges and Halls in both the Vniver&s;ities, and the Colledges of <HI>Eaton,</HI> and <HI>Winche&s;ter,</HI> and in all Pari&s;h-Churches and Chappels, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and by all that Make, or Con&s;ecrate Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts or Deacons, in any of the &s;aid places, under &s;uch Sanctions and Penalties as the Hou&s;es of Parliament &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>Now in regard that nothing conduceth more to the &s;etling of the Peace of this Nation (which is de&s;ired of all good men) nor to the honour of our Religion, and the propagation thereof,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Peace, and Honour of Religion much advan|ced by Vni|form agree|ment in the Publique Wor&s;hip of God.</NOTE> then an Vniver&s;al argr&eacute;ement in the publique Wor&s;hip of Almighty God; and to the intent that every per&s;on within this Realm, may certainly know the rule to which he is to conform in Publique Wor&s;hip, and Admini&s;trations of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and the manner how, and by whom Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons are, and ought to be Made, Ordained &amp; Con&s;ecrated, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by the Advice and with the Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and &s;ingular Mini&s;ters in any Cathedral, Collegiate, or Pari&s;h-Church or Chappel, or other place of Publique Wor&s;hip within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Book of Common Prayer &s;hall be u&s;ed.</NOTE> &s;hall be bound to &s;ay and u&s;e the Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Celebration and Admini&s;tration of both the Sacraments, and all other the Publique, and Common Prayer, in &s;uch order and form as is mentioned in the &s;aid Book, annexed and ioyned to this pre&s;ent Act, and Entituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England;</HI> together with the P&s;alter or P&s;alms of <HI>David,</HI> Pointed as they are to be &s;ung or &s;aid in Churches; and the form or manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons:</HI> And that the Morning and Evening Prayers therein contained, &s;hall upon every Lords Day, and upon all other dayes and occa&s;ions, and at the times therein appointed, be openly and &s;olemnly Read by all and every Mini&s;ter or Curate, in every Church, Chappel, or other place of publique Wor&s;hip within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">All Par&s;ons, Vicars and Mini&s;ters to read, and de|clare their a&s;&s;ent to u&s;e the &s;ame.</NOTE> and places afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And to the end that Vniformity in the publique Wor&s;hip of God (which is &s;o much de&s;ired) may be &s;p&eacute;edily effected, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Par&s;on,
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Vicar, or other Mini&s;ter what&s;oever, who now hath, and enjoyeth any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefite, or Promotion, within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or places afore&s;aid, &s;hall in the Church, Chap|pel, or place of publique Wor&s;hip belonging to his &s;aid Benefice or Promotion, upon &s;ome Lords Day before the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, openly, publiquely, and &s;olemnly Read the Morning and Evening Prayer appointed to be Read by, and according to the &s;aid Book of Common Prayer at the times thereby appointed, and after &s;uch reading thereof, &s;hall openly and publikely before the Congregation there a&s;&s;embled, declare his unfeigned a&s;&s;ent, and con&s;ent, to the u&s;e of all things in the &s;aid Book contained and pre&s;cribed, In the&s;e words, and no other;
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> Do here declare my unfeigned a&s;&s;ent, and con&s;ent to all, and every thing contained, and pre&s;cribed in, and by the Book intituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites, and Ceremonies of the Church,</HI> according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> together with the P&s;alter, or P&s;alms of <HI>David,</HI> Pointed as they are to be &s;ung, or &s;aid in Churches; and the Form, or manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons.</P></Q></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty for refu&s;ing.</NOTE>And that all and every &s;uch per&s;on, who, &s;hall (without &s;ome lawful impediment to be allow|ed and approved of by the Ordinary of the place) neglect or refu&s;e to do the &s;ame within the time afore&s;aid, (or in ca&s;e of &s;uch Impediment) within one Moneth after &s;uch Impediment removed, &s;hall <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> be deprived of all his Spiritual Promotions; And that from thenceforth it &s;hall be lawful to, and for all Patrons, and Donors of all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Spiritual Promotions, or of any of them, according to their re&s;pective Rights, and Titles to pre&s;ent, or collate to the &s;ame, as though the per&s;on, or per&s;ons, &s;o offending or neglecting were dead.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every per&s;on hereafter to be promoted to any Eccle|&s;tia&s;tical Bene|fice, &s;hall read the Common Prayer, and declare his a&s;&s;ent thereto.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on who &s;hall hereafter be pre&s;ented, or collated, or put into any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefice or Promotion within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and places afore&s;aid, &s;hall in the Church, Chappel, or place of publick wor|&s;hip, belonging to his &s;aid Benefice or Promotion, within two moneths next after that he &s;hall be in the actual po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefice or Promotion, upon &s;ome Lords Day openly, publickly, and &s;olemnly, Read the Morning and Evening Prayers, appointed to be Read by, and according to the &s;aid Book of Common Prayer, at the times thereby appointed, and after &s;uch reading thereof, &s;hall openly, and publickly, before the Congregation there a&s;&s;embled, declare his unfeigned a&s;&s;ent, and con&s;ent to the u&s;e of all things therein contained and pre&s;cribed, according to the form before appointed.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not &s;o doing the &s;ame.</NOTE> And that all and every &s;uch per&s;on, who &s;hall (without &s;ome lawful Impediment to be allowed, and approved by the Ordinary of the place) neglect or refu&s;e to do the &s;ame within the time afore&s;aid; (or in ca&s;e of &s;uch Impediment, within one moneth after &s;uch Impediment removed) &s;hall <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> be deprived of all his &s;aid Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical Benefices and Promotions; And that from thenceforth, it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for all Patrons, and Donors of all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefices and Pro|motions, or any of them (according to their re&s;pective Rights and Titles) to pre&s;ent or collate to the &s;ame, as though the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, or neglecting, were dead.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Incumbents of Livings keeping Cu|rates, &s;hall read the &s;ame once every moneth.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in all places where the proper In|cumbent of any Par&s;onage, or Vicarage, or Benefice with Cure, doth re&s;ide on his Living, and k&eacute;ep a Curate, the Incumbent him&s;elf in per&s;on (not having &s;ome lawful Impediment, to be al|lowed by the Ordinary of the place) &s;hall once (at the lea&s;t) in every moneth openly and publickly read the Common Prayers and Service, in, and by the &s;aid Book pre&s;cribed, and (if there be oc|ca&s;ion) Admini&s;ter each of the Sacraments, and other Rites of the Church, in the Pari&s;h Church, or Chappel, of, or belonging to the &s;ame Par&s;onage, Vicarage, or Benefice, in &s;uch order, man|ner and form,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty and manner of conviction for not doing it.</NOTE> as in, and by the &s;aid Book is appointed, upon pain to forfeit the &s;um of Five pounds to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h for every offence, upon conviction by confe&s;&s;ion, or proof of two credible Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, before two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the County, City, or Town Corporate where the offence &s;hall be committed, (which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tices are hereby impowred to Admini&s;ter) and in default of payment within ten dayes, to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s, and &s;ale of the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, by the Warrant of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices by the Church-wardens, or Over&s;&eacute;ers of the poor of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, rendring the &s;urplu&s;age to the party.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Deans, Canons, Prebenda|ries, &amp;c. &s;hall &s;ub&s;cribe the Declara|tion. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Dean, Canon, and Pre|bendary of every Cathedral, or Collegiate Church, and all Ma&s;ters, and other Heads, Fellows, Chaplains, and Tutors of, or in any Colledge, Hall, Hou&s;e of Learning, or Ho&s;pital, and every publick Profe&s;&s;or, and Reader in either of the Vniver&s;ities, and in every Colledge el&s;e|where, and every Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, Lecturer, and every other per&s;on in holy Orders, and every School-ma&s;ter k&eacute;eping any publick, or private School, and every per&s;on In&s;tructing, or Teaching any Youth in any Hou&s;e or private Family as a Tutor, or School-ma&s;ter, who upon the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, or at any time thereafter &s;hall be Incumbent, or have po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Deanry, Ca|nonry, Prebend, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Head&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Profe&s;&s;ors place, or Readers place, Par|&s;onage,
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Vicarage, or any other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Dignity or Promotion, or of any Curates place, Lecture, or School; or &s;hall in&s;truct or teach any Youth as Tutor, or School-ma&s;ter, &s;hall before the Fea&s;t-day of St. <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, or at or before his, or their re&s;pective admi&s;&s;ion to be Incumbent, or have po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion afore&s;aid, &s;ub&s;cribe the Declaration or Acknowledgment following, <HI>Sci|licet,</HI>
<Q><P><MILESTONE UNIT="The Decla|ration."> I <HI>A. B.</HI> Do declare, That it is not lawful upon any pretence what&s;oever to take up Arms again&s;t the King; and that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition, of taking Arms by His Authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ionated by him; And that I will conform to the Liturgy of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> as it is now by Law e&s;tabli&s;hed; And I do declare, That I do hold, there lies no Obligation upon me, or on any other per&s;on, from the Oath, commonly called, The <HI>Solemn League and Covenant,</HI> to endeavour any change, or alteration of Government, either in Church, or State; And that the &s;ame was in it &s;elf an unlawful Oath, and Impo&s;ed upon the Subjects of this Realm again&s;t the known Laws, and Liberties of this Kingdome.</P></Q></P>
<P>Which &s;aid Declaration and Acknowledgment &s;hall be Sub&s;cribed by every of the &s;aid Ma|&s;ters, and other Heads, Fellows, Chaplains, and Tutors of, or in any Colledge, Hall, or Hou&s;e of Learning, and by every publick Profe&s;&s;or and Reader in either of the Vniver&s;ities, before the Vice-Chancellor of the re&s;pective Vniver&s;ities for the time being, or his Deputy; And the &s;aid Declaration or Acknowledgment, &s;hall be Sub&s;cribed before the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s, by every other per&s;on hereby enjoyned the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not &s;ub|&s;cribing.</NOTE> upon pain that all and every of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid failing in &s;uch Sub&s;cription, &s;hall lo&s;e and forfeit &s;uch re|&s;pective Deanry, Canonry, Prebend, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Head&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Profe&s;&s;ors place, Rea|ders place, Par&s;onage, Vicarage, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Dignity, or Promotion, Curates place, Lecture and School, and &s;hall be utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> deprived of the &s;ame; And that every &s;uch re&s;pective Deanry, Canonry, Prebend, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Head&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Profe&s;&s;ors place, Readers place, Par&s;onage, Vicarage, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Dignity, or Promotion, Curates place, Lecture and School &s;hall be void, as if &s;uch per&s;on &s;o failing were naturally dead.</P>
<P>And if any School-ma&s;ter, or other per&s;on In&s;tructing,<NOTE PLACE="marg">School-Ma|&s;ters in pri|vate hou&s;es.</NOTE> or Teaching Youth in any private Hou&s;e, or Family, as a Tutor, or School-Ma&s;ter, &s;hall In&s;truct, or Teach any Youth as a Tu|tor, or School-Ma&s;ter, before Licence obtained from his re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, or Or|dinary of the Dioce&s;s, according to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realm, (for which he &s;hall pay twelve-pence only) and before &s;uch Sub&s;cription, and Acknowledgment made as afore&s;aid; Then every &s;uch School-ma&s;ter, and other, In&s;tructing and Teaching as afore&s;aid, &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence &s;uffer thr&eacute;e months Impri&s;onment without bail, or mainprize, and for every &s;econd, and other &s;uch offence, &s;hall &s;uffer thr&eacute;e months Impri&s;onment without bail or mainprize, and al&s;o forfeit to his Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Five pounds; And after &s;uch Sub&s;cription made, every &s;uch Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, and Lecturer, &s;hall procure a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s, (who are hereby enjoyned and required upon demand to make and deliver the &s;ame) and &s;hall publickly and openly Read the &s;ame, together with the Declaration, or Acknowledgment afore&s;aid, upon &s;ome Lords Day within thr&eacute;e months then next following, in his Pari&s;h Church where he is to officiate, in the pre&s;ence of the Congregation there a&s;&s;embled, in the time of Divine Service; upon pain that every per&s;on failing therein, &s;hall lo&s;e &s;uch Par&s;onage, Vicarage, or Benefice, Curates place, or Lecturers place re&s;pectively, and &s;hall be utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> deprived of the &s;ame; And that the &s;aid Par&s;onage, Vicarage, or Benefice, Curates place, or Lecturers place &s;hall be void as if he was naturally dead.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That from and after the Twenty fifth day of <HI>March,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">What to be omitted in the Declaration after the 25. <HI>March,</HI> 1682.</NOTE> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred eighty two, there &s;hall be omitted in the &s;aid Declaration, or Acknowledgment &s;o to be Sub&s;cribed and Read, the&s;e words following, <HI>Sci|licet,</HI>
<Q><P>ANd I do declare, That I do hold there lies no Obligation on me, or on any other per&s;on from the Oath, commonly called the <HI>Solemn League and Covenant,</HI> to endeavour any change, or alteration of Government either in Church or State, and that the &s;ame was in it &s;elf an unlawful Oath, and impo&s;ed upon the Subjects of this Realm again&s;t the know Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.</P></Q></P>
<P>So as none of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, &s;hall from thenceforth be at all obliged to Sub&s;cribe or Read that part of the &s;aid Declaration or Acknowledgment.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted, That from and after the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Bartholomew,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons not Ordained Prie&s;ts or Deacons ac|cording to Epi&s;copal Ordination, &s;hall not hold any Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical Pro|motion.</NOTE> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no per&s;on, who now is Incumbent, and in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Par&s;onage, Vicarage, or Benefice, and who is not already in Holy Orders by Epi&s;copal Ordination, or &s;hall not before the &s;aid Fea&s;t-day of St. <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> be Ordained Prie&s;t, or Deacon, according to the form of Epi&s;copal Ordination, &s;hall have, hold, or enjoy the &s;aid Par&s;onage, Vicarage, Benefice with Cure, or other Eccle|&s;ia&s;tical
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Promotion within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed;</HI> But &s;hall be utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> deprived of the &s;ame; And all his Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Promotions &s;hall be void, as if he was naturally dead.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Nor &s;hall con|&s;ecrate or ad|mini&s;ter the Holy Sacra|ment, if not Ordained ac|cording to the Book of Com|mon Prayer.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on what&s;oever, &s;hall thence|forth be capable to be admitted to any Par&s;onage, Vicarage, Benefice, or other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Promotion, or Dignity what&s;oever, nor &s;hall pre&s;ume to Con&s;ecrate and Admini&s;ter the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper, before &s;uch time as he &s;hall be Ordained Prie&s;t, according to the form and manner in and by the &s;aid Book pre&s;cribed, unle&s;s he have formerly b&eacute;en made Prie&s;t by Epi&s;copal Ordination, upon pain to forfeit for every offence, the &s;um of One hundred pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> One moyety thereof to the Kings Maje&s;tie, the other moyety thereof to be equally di|vided betw&eacute;en the poor of the Pari&s;h where the offence &s;hall be committed, and &s;uch per&s;on, or per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allow|ed; And to be di&s;abled from taking, or being admitted into the Order of Prie&s;t, by the &s;pace of one whole year then next following.</P>
<P>Provided, That the penalties in this Act &s;hall not extend to the Forreiners or Aliens of the Forrein Reformed Churches allowed, or to be allowed by the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors in <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no title to confer, or pre&s;ent by lap&s;e, &s;hall accrue by any avoi|dance or deprivation <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> by vertue of this Statute, but after &s;ix months after notice of &s;uch voidance, or deprivation given by the Ordinary to the Patron, or &s;uch &s;entence of de|privation openly and publickly Read in the Pari&s;h Church of the Benefice, Par&s;onage or Vicarage, becoming void, or whereof the Incumbent &s;hall be deprived by vertue of this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No other form of Common Prayer to be openly u&s;ed in any Church or publique place.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Form, or Order of Common Prayers, Admini&s;tration of Sacraments, Rites or Ceremonies, &s;hall be openly u&s;ed in any Church, Chappel, or other publick place of, or in any Colledg, or Hall in either of the Vni|ver&s;ities, the Colledges of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter, Winche&s;ter,</HI> or <HI>Eaton,</HI> or any of them, other then what is pre&s;cribed, and appointed to be u&s;ed in and by the &s;aid Book; And that the pre&s;ent Go|vernour, or Head of every Colledge, and Hall in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, and of the &s;aid Col|ledges of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter, Winche&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Eaton,</HI> within one month after the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Bartho|lomew,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two; And every Governour or Head of any the &s;aid Colledges, or Halls hereafter to be elected, or appoin|ted within one month next after his Election, or Collation, and Admi&s;&s;ion into the &s;ame Government, or Head&s;hip, &s;hall openly and publickly in the Church, Chappel, or other pub|lick place of the &s;ame Colledg, of Hall, and in the pre&s;ence of the Fellows and Scholars of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sub&s;cription to the 39 Ar|ticles men|tioned in the <HI>Stat.</HI> 13 <HI>El. cap.</HI> 12.</NOTE> or the greater part of them, then Re&s;ident, Sub&s;cribe unto the Nine and thirty Ar|ticles of Religion, mentioned in the Statute made in the Thirt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> And unto the &s;aid Book, and declare his unfeigned a&s;&s;ent, and con&s;ent un|to, and approbation of the &s;aid Articles, and of the &s;ame Book, and to the u&s;e of all the Pray|ers, Rites, and Ceremonies, Forms, and Orders in the &s;aid Book pre&s;cribed, and contained according to the form afore&s;aid; And that all &s;uch Governours, or Heads, of the &s;aid Col|ledges and Halls, or any of them as are, or &s;hall be in Holy Orders, &s;hall once (at lea&s;t) in every Quarter of the year (not having a lawful Impediment) openly and publickly Read the morning Prayer and Service in, and by the &s;aid Book appointed to be Read in the Church, Chap|pel, or other publick place of the &s;ame Colledge, or Hall, upon pain to lo&s;e, and be &s;u&s;pended of, and from all the Benefits and Profits belonging to the &s;ame Government, or Head&s;hip, by the &s;pace of Six months by the Vi&s;itor, or Vi&s;itors of the &s;ame Colledge, or Hall; And if any Governour or Head of any Colledge, or Hall, Su&s;pended for not Sub&s;cribing unto the &s;aid Articles, and Book, or for not Reading of the Morning Prayer, and Service as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not at, or before the end of Six months next after &s;uch &s;u&s;pen&s;ion, Sub&s;cribe unto the &s;aid Articles and Book, and declare his con&s;ent thereunto as afore&s;aid, or Read the Morning Prayer, and Ser|vice as afore&s;aid, then &s;uch Government, or Head&s;hip, &s;hall be <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> void.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may u&s;e the Service in Latin.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That it &s;hall, and may be lawful to u&s;e the Morning and Evening Prayer, and all other Prayers and Service pre&s;cribed in and by the &s;aid Book, in the Chappels, or other publick places of the re&s;pective Colledges, and Halls in both the Vniver&s;ities, in the Col|ledges of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter, Winche&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Eaton,</HI> and in the Convocations of the Clergies of either Province in Latine, any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lecturers.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on &s;hall be, or be received as a Lecturer, or permitted, &s;uffered, or allowed to preach as a Lecturer, or to Preach, or Read any Sermon or Lecture in any Church, Chappel, or other place of Publick Wor&s;hip, within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> unle&s;s he be fir&s;t approved, and thereunto Licen&s;ed by the Archbi&s;hop of the Province, or Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;s, or (in ca&s;e the S&eacute;e be void) by the Guardian of the Spiritualties, under his Seal, and &s;hall in the pre&s;ence of the &s;ame Archbi&s;hop, or Bi&s;hop, or Guardian, Read the Nine and thirty
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Articles of Religion mentioned in the Statute of the Thirt&eacute;enth year of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Eliza|beth,</HI> with declaration of his unfeigned a&s;&s;ent to the &s;ame; And that every per&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 El. cap. 12.</NOTE> and per&s;ons who now is, or hereafter &s;hall be Licen&s;ed, A&s;&s;igned, Appointed, or Received as a Lecturer, to Preach upon any day of the week in any Church, Chappel, or place of Publick Wor&s;hip with|in this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or places afore&s;aid) the fir&s;t time he Preacheth (before his Sermon) &s;hall openly, publickly, and &s;olemnly Read the Common Prayers and Service in, and by the &s;aid Book appointed to be read for that time of the day, and then, and there publickly and openly declare his a&s;&s;ent unto, and approbation of the &s;aid Book, and to the u&s;e of all the Prayers, Rites and Ceremonies, Forms and Orders therein contained, and pre&s;cribed, according to the form before appointed in this Act; And al&s;o &s;hall upon the fir&s;t Lecture-day of every month after|wards, &s;o long as he continues Lecturer, or Preacher there, at the place appointed for his &s;aid Lecture or Sermon, before his &s;aid Lecture or Sermon, openly, publickly, and &s;olemnly Read the Common Prayers and Service in, and by the &s;aid Book appointed to be read for that time of the day, at which the &s;aid Lecture or Sermon is to be preached, and after &s;uch Reading thereof, &s;hall openly and publickly, before the Congregation there a&s;&s;embled declare his unfeigned a&s;&s;ent, and con&s;ent unto, and approbation of the &s;aid Book, and to the u&s;e of all the Prayers, Rites and Ceremonies, Forms and Orders therein contained and pre&s;cribed, according to the form afore&s;aid; And that all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall neglect, or refu&s;e to do the &s;ame, &s;hall from thenceforth be di&s;abled to preach the &s;aid, or any other Lecture or Sermon in the &s;aid, or any other Church, Chappel, or place of publick Wor&s;hip, until &s;uch time as he, and they &s;hall openly, publickly, and &s;olemnly Read the Common Prayers, and Service appointed by the &s;aid Book, and Conform in all points to the things therein appointed and pre&s;cribed, according to the purport, true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That if the &s;aid Sermon,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lectures in Cathedral or Collegiate Churches.</NOTE> or Lecture be to be Preached or Read in any Cathedral, or Collegiate Church or Chappel, it &s;hall be &s;ufficient for the &s;aid Lecturer openly at the time afore&s;aid, to declare his a&s;&s;ent and con&s;ent to all things contained in the &s;aid Book, ac|cording to the form afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty upon per&s;ons di&s;abled that Preach. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6. <HI>in fine.</HI></NOTE> That if any per&s;on who is by this Act di&s;abled to preach any Lecture or Sermon, &s;hall during the time that he &s;hall continue and re|main &s;o di&s;abled, preach any Sermon, or Lecture; That then for every &s;uch offence the per&s;on, and per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall &s;uffer Thr&eacute;e months Impri&s;onment in the Common Goal with|out bail or mainpri&s;e, And that any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of any County of this Kingdom and places afore&s;aid, and the Mayor or other chief Magi&s;trate of any City, or Town Corporate, within the &s;ame, upon Certificate from the Ordinary of the place made to him, or them of the offence committed, &s;hall and are hereby required to commit the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending to the Goal of the &s;ame County, City, or Town Corporate accordingly.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Common Prayer to be read before every Lecture, and the Lectu|rer to be pre|&s;ent.</NOTE> That at all and every time and times when any Sermon, or Lecture is to be Preached, the Common Prayers, and Service, in and by the &s;aid Book appointed to be Read for that time of the day, &s;hall be openly, publickly, and &s;olemnly Read by &s;ome Prie&s;t or Deacon, in the Church, Chappel, or place of Publick Wor&s;hip, where the &s;aid Sermon, or Lecture is to be Preached, before &s;uch Sermon or Lecture be preached; And that the Lecturer then to Preach &s;hall be pre&s;ent at the Reading thereof.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That this Act &s;hall not extend to the Vniver&s;ity Churches,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Sermons and Lectures in the Vniver&s;i|ties.</NOTE> in the Vniver&s;ities of this Realm, or either of them, when or at &s;uch times as any Sermon or Lecture is Preached or Read in the &s;aid Churches, or any of them, for, or as the publick Vniver&s;ity Sermon, or Lecture; but that the &s;ame Sermons and Lectures may be preached or read in &s;uch &s;ort and manner as the &s;ame have b&eacute;en heretofore preached or read, this Act, or any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal good Laws,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Lawes and Statutes formerly made for Vniformi|ty of Common Prayer con|firmed, and to be executed for puni&s;hing of|fendors again&s;t this Law.</NOTE> and Sta|tutes of this Realm, which have b&eacute;en formerly made, and are now in force for the Vniformity of Prayer and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and places afore|&s;aid, &s;hall &s;tand in full force and &s;trength to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, for the e&s;ta|bli&s;hing and confirming of the &s;aid Book, Intituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer and Admi|ni&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church,</HI> according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> together with the P&s;alter, or P&s;alms of <HI>David,</HI> pointed as they are to be &s;ung or &s;aid in Churches, and the form or manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons herein before mentioned to be joyned and annexed to this Act; and &s;hall be applied, practi&s;ed, and put in ure for the puni&s;hing of all offences contrary to the &s;aid Lawes, with relation to the Book afore&s;aid, and no other.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Letanies and Collects rela|ting to the King, Queen, &amp;c.</NOTE> That in all tho&s;e Prayers, Letanies, and Collects, which do any way relate to the King, Qu&eacute;en, or Royal Pro|geny, the Names be altered, and changed from time to time, and fitted to the pre&s;ent occa&s;ion, according to the direction of lawful Authority.</P>
<P><PB N="114" REF="66"><NOTE PLACE="marg">True printed Copies of the Book of Com|mon Prayer to be prov<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ded in all Pari&s;hes and Churches.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That a true Printed Copy of the &s;aid Book, Entituled, <HI>The Book of Common Prayer and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church,</HI> according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> together with the P&s;alter or P&s;alms of <HI>David,</HI> pointed as they are to be &s;ung or &s;aid in Churches, and the form and manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons, &s;hall at the co&s;ts and charges of the Pari&s;hioners of every Pari&s;h-Church and Chappelry, Cathedral Church, Colledg, and Hall, be attained and gotten before the Fea&s;t-day of St. <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, upon pain of forfeiture of thr&eacute;e pounds by the moneth, for &s;o long time as they &s;hall then after be unprovided thereof, by every Pari&s;h, or Chappelry, Cathedral Church, Colledge, and Hall, making default there|in.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Provi&s;o for the Bi&s;hops of</HI> Hereford, St. Davies, A&s;aph, Bangor, Landaff.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Bi&s;hops of <HI>Hereford,</HI> St. <HI>Davies, A&s;aph, Bango<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> and <HI>Landaff,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall take &s;uch order among them|&s;elves, for the &s;ouls health of the Flocks committed to their Charge within <HI>Wales,</HI> That the Book hereunto annexed be truly and exactly Tran&s;lated into the Britti&s;h, or Wel&s;h Tongue, and that the &s;ame &s;o Tran&s;lated and being by them, or any thr&eacute;e of them at the lea&s;t viewed, peru&s;ed, and allowed, be Imprinted to &s;uch number at lea&s;t, &s;o that one of the &s;aid Books &s;o Tran&s;lated and Imprinted, may be had for every Cathedral, Collegiate, and Pari&s;h Church, and Chap|pel of Ea&s;e, in the &s;aid re&s;pective Dioce&s;&s;es and places in <HI>Wales,</HI> where the Wel&s;h is commonly &s;poken or u&s;ed, before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five; And that from and after the Imprinting and publi&s;hing of the &s;aid Book &s;o Tran&s;lated, the whole Divine Service &s;hall be u&s;ed and &s;aid by the Mini&s;ters and Curates throughout all <HI>Wales</HI> within the &s;aid Dioce&s;&s;es where the Wel&s;h Tongue is commonly u&s;ed, in the Britti&s;h, or Wel&s;h Tongue, in &s;uch manner and form as is pre&s;cribed according to the Book hereunto annexed to be u&s;ed in the Engli&s;h Tongue, differing nothing in any order or form from the &s;aid Engli&s;h Book, for which Book, &s;o Tran&s;lated and Imprinted, the Church-Wardens of every the &s;aid Pari&s;hes &s;hall pay out of the Pari&s;h-money in their hands for the u&s;e of the re&s;pective Churches, and be allowed the &s;ame on their Accompt; And that the &s;aid Bi&s;hops and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any thr&eacute;e of them at the lea&s;t, &s;hall &s;et and appoint the price, for which the &s;aid Book &s;hall be &s;old; And one other Book of Common Prayer in the Engli&s;h Tongue, &s;hall be bought and had in every Church throughout <HI>Wales,</HI> in which the Book of Common Prayer in Wel&s;h is to be had, by force of this Act, before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, and the &s;ame Book to remain in &s;uch convenient places, within the &s;aid Churches, that &s;uch as under&s;tand them may re&s;ort at all convenient times, to read and peru&s;e the &s;ame, and al&s;o &s;uch as do not under&s;tand the &s;aid Language, may be conferring both Tongues together the &s;ooner attain to the knowledg of the Engli&s;h Tongue, Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding, and until Printed Copies of the &s;aid Book &s;o to be Tran&s;lated, may be had and provided, The Form of Common Prayer e&s;tabli&s;hed by Parliament, before the making of this Act, &s;hall be u&s;ed as formerly in &s;uch parts of <HI>Wales,</HI> where the Engli&s;h Tongue is not commonly under&s;tood.</P>
<P>And to the end that the true and perfect Copies of this Act, and the &s;aid Book hereunto an|nexed may be &s;afely kept, and perpetually pre&s;erved, and for the avoiding of all di&s;putes for the time to come;<NOTE PLACE="marg">True and per|fect Copies of this Act, and the Book of Common Prayer, by whom, and how to be had and kept.</NOTE> Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Deans and Chapters of Every Cathedral, or Collegiate Church, within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall at their proper co&s;ts and charges, before the Twenty fifth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, obtain under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> a true and perfect printed Copy of this Act, and of the &s;aid Book annexed hereunto, to be by the &s;aid Deans and Chapters, and their Succe&s;&s;ors kept and pre&s;erved in &s;afety for ever, and to be al&s;o produced, and &s;hewed forth in any Court of Record, as often as they &s;hall be thereunto lawfully required; And al&s;o there &s;hall be delivered true and perfect Copies of this Act, and of the &s;ame Book into the re&s;pective Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and into the Tower of <HI>London,</HI> to be kept and pre&s;erved for ever among the Re|cords of the &s;aid Courts, and the Records of the Tower, to be al&s;o produced, and &s;hewed forth in any Court as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require; which &s;aid Books &s;o to be exemplified under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> &s;hall be examined by &s;uch per&s;ons as the Kings Maje&s;ty &s;hall appoint under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for that purpo&s;e, and &s;hall be compared with the Original Book hereunto an|nexed, and &s;hall have power to correct, and amend in writing, any Error committed by the Printer in the Printing of the &s;ame Book, or of any thing therein contained, and &s;hall certifie in writing under their Hands and Seals, or the hands and &s;eals of any thr&eacute;e of them at the end of the &s;ame Book, that they have examined and compared the &s;ame Book, and find it to be a true and perfect Copy; which &s;aid Books, and every one of them &s;o exemplified under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed, taken, adjudged, and expounded to be good, and available in the Law to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and &s;hall be accounted as good Records as this Book it &s;elf hereunto annexed; Any Law, or Cu&s;tome to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Kings Profe&s;&s;or of Law in <HI>Oxford.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be prejudicial or hurt|ful unto the Kings Profe&s;&s;or of the Law within the Vniver&s;ity of <HI>Oxford,</HI> for, or concerning the Prebend of <HI>Shipton,</HI> within the Cathedral Church of <HI>Sarum,</HI> united and annexed unto the
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place of the &s;ame Kings Profe&s;&s;or for the time being, by the late King <HI>James</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed me|mory.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o con|cerning the 3<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">th Article agreed in the Convocation, <HI>Anno</HI> 1562.</NOTE> That whereas the Six and thirtieth Article of the Nine and thirty Articles agr&eacute;ed upon by the Archbi&s;hops, and Bi&s;hops of both Provinces, and the whole Clergy holden at <HI>London,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and five hundred &s;ixty two, for the avoiding of diver|&s;ities of Opinions, and for e&s;tabli&s;hing of con&s;ent, touching true Religion, is in the&s;e words following, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><Q>That the Book of Con&s;ecration of Archbi&s;hops and Bi&s;hops, and Ordaining of Prie&s;ts and Dea|cons, lately &s;et forth in the time of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Sixth, and confirmed at the &s;ame time by Authority of Parliament, doth contain all things nece&s;&s;ary to &s;uch Con&s;ecration and Ordaining, neither hath it any thing that of it &s;elf is &s;uper&s;titious, and ungodly; And therefore who&s;oever are Con&s;ecrated or Ordered according to the Rites of that Book, &s;ince the &s;econd year of the afore|named King <HI>Edward,</HI> unto this time, or hereafter &s;hall be Con&s;ecrated or Ordered according to the &s;ame Rites; We decree all &s;uch to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully Con&s;ecrated and Or|dered;</Q></P>
<P>It be Enacted, And be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Sub&s;cripti|ons hereafter to be had or made unto the &s;aid Articles, by any Deacon, Prie&s;t, or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per&s;on, or other per&s;on what&s;oever, who by this Act, or any other Law now in force is required to &s;ub&s;cribe unto the &s;aid Articles, &s;hall be con&s;trued, and be taken to extend, and &s;hall be ap|plied (for and touching the &s;aid Six and thirtieth Article) unto the Book containing the form and manner of Making, Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons in this Act mentioned, in &s;uch &s;ort and manner as the &s;ame did heretofore extend unto the Book &s;et forth in the time of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Sixth, mentioned in the &s;aid Six and thirtieth Article, Any thing in the &s;aid Article, or in any Statute, Act, or Canon heretofore had or made, to the contrary there|of in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That the Book of Common Prayer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Common Prayer u&s;ed by Authority of Parliament 1. <HI>Eliz.</HI> to be u&s;ed untill <HI>Bartholomew</HI> Day, 1662. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of this Church of <HI>England,</HI> together with the form and man|ner of Ordaining, and Con&s;ecrating Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts, and Deacons heretofore in u&s;e, and re|&s;pectively e&s;tabli&s;hed by Act of Parliament in the Fir&s;t and Eighth years of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> &s;hall be &s;till u&s;ed and ob&s;erved in the Church of <HI>England,</HI> until the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two. <HI>EXP. as to this la&s;t Clau&s;e.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Regulating the Making of Stuffs in <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Norwich.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers abu&s;es and deceipts have of late years b&eacute;en had and u&s;ed in the making of Wor&s;teds, and other Stuffs commonly called, <HI>Norwich</HI> Stuffs, and in the R&eacute;eling of Yarnes, whereof the &s;aid Stuffs are either wholly, or in part made, which tends to the deba&s;ing of the &s;aid Manufacture, unto the prejudice of the publique; which &s;aid Trade of Weaving of Stuffs hath of late times b&eacute;en very much increa&s;ed, and great variety of new &s;orts of Stuffs have b&eacute;en invented;<NOTE PLACE="marg">7 E. 4. cap. 1.</NOTE> &s;o that the Power given by the Statute of the Seventh of <HI>Edward</HI> the Fourth, Chapter the Fir&s;t, is not &s;ufficient for the Regulating of the &s;ame; And that the number of the Wardens by the &s;ame Act appointed, being but Eight, are too few for the Govern|ing and Ordering the &s;ame Trade, by which means the &s;ame Manufacture will &s;oon be lo&s;t, (if not prevented) and carried into forreign Nations, to the great diminution of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, and turning out of the work many thou&s;ands of poor people.</P>
<P>For prevention of which abu&s;es, deceipts and evils,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The number of Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of Ma&s;ter Weavers in <HI>Norwich,</HI> how and when to be cho&s;en.</NOTE> It is Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons A&s;|&s;embled in Parliament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That there &s;hall be Twelve Wardens, and Thirty A&s;&s;i&s;tants, all which are to be Ma&s;ter-Weavers within the County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and County of <HI>Norfolk;</HI> &s;ir of which &s;aid Wardens, and fift&eacute;en of the &s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;tants &s;hall be cho&s;en the fir&s;t Monday after <HI>Penteco&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and from thenceforth yearly, and every year on the next Monday after <HI>Penteco&s;t,</HI> at &s;ome publique place by the Ma&s;ter-Weavers, or the greater part of them pre&s;ent of the &s;aid City and County of <HI>Norwich;</HI> And the other &s;ix Wardens, and fift&eacute;en A&s;&s;i&s;tants &s;hall be cho&s;en upon the &s;ame day yearly within the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> in &s;ome pub|lick place by the Ma&s;ter-Weavers, or the greater part of them pre&s;ent of the County of <HI>Norfolk.</HI> And the &s;aid Wardens re&s;pectively &s;hall within fourt&eacute;en days after they &s;hall be &s;o cho&s;en or elec|ted, and notice thereof given, take the Oath en&s;uing, to be admini&s;tred by the Mayor of the &s;aid City for the time being, or his Deputy, and the Steward of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> within the the &s;aid County for the time being, if it &s;hall happen the &s;aid Steward &s;hall be there pre&s;ent, or el&s;e before the &s;aid Mayor, or his Deputy onely; which Oath they and every of them are hereby Authorized and required from time to time to Admini&s;ter accordingly, <HI>Viz.</HI> I <HI>A. B. Do &s;wear,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Oath to be taken by them.</NOTE> <HI>That I will well, faithfully, and hone&s;tly perform and di&s;charge the Office of a Warden of the &s;aid Trade of Wor&s;ted Weavers, according to the be&s;t of my skill, power and knowledge.</HI> And that the
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&s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and every of them, within the time afore&s;aid, &s;hall take the like Oath before &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons before whom the Wardens &s;hall be Sworn for the execution of that Office of an A&s;&s;i&s;tant; and that if it &s;hall happen that any of the &s;aid Wardens, who &s;hall be &s;o cho&s;en, &s;hall refu&s;e to take the &s;aid Oath, or after he be &s;worn, &s;hall die before the end of the year, That then from time to time, &s;o often as n&eacute;ed &s;hall be, it &s;hall and may be lawfull to, and for the Ma&s;|ter-Weavers of the &s;aid City, County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> re&s;pectively, as the cau&s;e &s;hall require, to chu&s;e other Warden, or Wardens in the place of him, or them &s;o dying, or refu&s;ing, who &s;hall be &s;worn in &s;uch manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The powers in this act for Regulation of Trade to be put in execu|tion.</NOTE>And for the Regulation, and good Government of the &s;aid Trade, and Manufacture, the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them, whereof &s;even to be Wardens, &s;hall and may from time to time m&eacute;et and con&s;ult together for the good, and benefit of the &s;aid Trade and Manu|facture; and for due execution of the Powers, and Authorities given by this Act, &s;o often as to them &s;hal &s;&eacute;em expedient, or when it &s;hall be de&s;ired by eight, or more of the &s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;tants, at the place called <HI>Weavers Hall</HI> in the &s;aid City,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to make By-laws and orders.</NOTE> or at &s;uch other place as they &s;hall think fit: And that any thirt&eacute;en or more of the &s;aid Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, whereof &s;even at the lea&s;t to be War|dens, &s;hall have, and hereby have power and Authority, from time to time, &s;o often as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require, to make and ordain By-laws, Rules, and Ordinances, for, and concerning the Regula|tion of the laid Wor&s;ted-Stuffs, and other Stuffs now made, and which hereafter &s;hall be made within the &s;aid City and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> and in either of them, both in length, breadth, and goodne&s;s, and of &s;uch other particulars as &s;hall by the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants &s;o met, or the greater number of them, from time to time be adjudged requi&s;it for the better Regulating the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture, and the Artificers of the &s;ame in the due execution of this Act (and to make Seals from time to time for the &s;ealing of the &s;ame Stuffs) which By-laws, Rules, and Ordinances, being ratified and confirmed by the Mayor, and two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid City and County of <HI>Norwich</HI> for the time being, and thr&eacute;e other Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;aid County of <HI>Norfolk</HI> (whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI>) &s;hall be publi&s;hed four times in the year at the lea&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">To be publi&s;h|ed at Four a&s;|&s;emblies to be held yearly.</NOTE> at four Publick A&s;&s;emblies for the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture, and &s;hall be obeyed and kept by the &s;everal per&s;ons within and under the &s;aid Regu|lation.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty upon offendors again&s;t &s;uch By-laws and orders.</NOTE>And the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants &s;hall have, and hereby have power to impo&s;e a fine or penalty upon any per&s;on or per&s;ons under &s;uch Regulation, as &s;hall not conform to &s;uch Rules, Orders, and Ordinances &s;o made, and to be made and confirmed as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided that the &s;aid Fine or Penalty upon any per&s;on for not conforming as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not exc&eacute;ed the &s;um of Ten &s;hillings for any one offence.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Notice of meeting by the City of <HI>Nor+wich,</HI> to be g<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">|ven to the Wardens of the County of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></NOTE>And it is further Enacted, That the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid City, and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> &s;hall from time to time give Per&s;onal notice unto the Wardens of the &s;aid County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> or two of them at the lea&s;t, of the time when they intend to con&s;ider of the making of By-laws, Rules, and Ordinances as afore&s;aid, and &s;hall &s;et it up in writing upon the Door of their Sealing-Hall, fourt&eacute;en days at the lea&s;t before they &s;hall proc&eacute;ed to the making the &s;ame; to the end, that &s;uch of the &s;aid Country Weavers as are therein concerned may be there pre&s;ent,</P>
<P>And for the better Regulation and carrying on the work afore&s;aid, and for avoiding of all Frauds and Deceipts therein; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Yarns called Wor&s;ted Yarns, and &s;uch other Yarns, as are commonly u&s;ed by the Wor&s;ted Weavers, &s;hall be made without Fraud,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Yarns called Wor&s;ted Yarns how to be made.</NOTE> and &s;hall be R&eacute;eled on a R&eacute;el of a full Yard about, and every R&eacute;el-&s;taff &s;hall contain fourt&eacute;en Leas, and every Lea forty threads, twelve of which R&eacute;el-&s;taffs &s;hall make a dozen, and twelve of tho&s;e dozens &s;hall make a gro&s;s: And in ca&s;e any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall &s;ell, or expo&s;e to &s;ale, any of the &s;aid Yarns made and R&eacute;eled, in any other manner than as is afore&s;aid, that then every &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, &s;hall forfeit the Moyety of the value of the &s;aid Yarns to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Trade, and Manufactures, after charges of Suit, and of Pro&s;ecution, fir&s;t deducted out of the &s;ame, which forfeiture &s;hall be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, Indictment, or Information in any of the Kings Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no Wager of Law, E&s;&s;oyn, or Protection &s;hall be allowed for the Defendant.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">View and &s;earch to be made of manu|factures in Faires and markets.</NOTE>And that it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid Trade and Manufactures, or any two of them, from time to time to View and Search in all Fairs and Markets, and other publick places of &s;ale of Yarns, within the &s;aid City of <HI>Norwich</HI> and County of the &s;ame, and County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> and either of them, all Yarns which be there expo&s;ed to &s;ale; and &s;uch of the &s;aid Yarns, as they &s;hall find defective, contrary to the Rules herein before &s;et, that then it &s;hall and may be lawful, to, and for the &s;ame Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any two of them, to &s;eize the &s;ame Yarns, and bring the &s;ame within twenty days next after the Sei&s;ure thereof to Tryal by a Iury, and to be proceeded in, and fined in &s;uch manner and form as in this pre&s;ent Act is limited and appointed for defective Stuffs; which &s;aid Iury &s;hall have, and hereby have po|wer to &s;et &s;uch fine or fines upon the &s;aid Yarns, as they &s;hall in their di&s;crections &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e, the &s;ame fines not to exc&eacute;ed the moyety of the Yarn &s;o found defective, and the &s;ame fines to go to the Poor of the &s;ame Trade and Manufacture, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be doubly puni&s;hed for any one offence touching Yarns (that is to &s;ay) by this, and the former clau&s;e in this Act.</P>
<P><PB N="117" REF="67">And it is hereby further Enacted, That all &s;orts of Stuffs, whether woven of Woollen onely,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Woollen Stuffs and Weavers to be under the Go|vernment of the &s;aid War|dens and A&s;|&s;i&s;tant.</NOTE> or of Wooll, and other Materials within the City and County of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and the County of <HI>Nor|folk,</HI> and the Makers and Weavers of the &s;ame Stuffs, &s;hall be under the power, Government, and Regulation of the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, in &s;uch manner as by this and other Acts of Parliament, and the By-laws made, and to be made by vertue thereof, are or &s;hall be e&s;tabli&s;hed, (except &s;uch Stuffs as are under the Regulation of the Wardens, and Fellow&s;hip of the my&s;tery of Ru&s;&s;el-Sattens, Sattens Rever&s;es, and Fu&s;tians of <HI>Norwich</HI>-making, within the City of <HI>Norwich;</HI>) And that all Stuffs made and to be made under the Regulation afore&s;aid, before the &s;ame &s;hall be offered, or put to &s;ale, &s;hall be brought to Weavers-Hall, for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Good and &s;uf|ficient &s;hall be Sealed.</NOTE> within the County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> to be viewed, and &s;earched by the &s;aid Wardens, or any two of them; And if the &s;ame &s;hall be found to be well and &s;ufficiently made, and wrought according to the Rules and Ordinances of the &s;aid Trade, then all &s;uch Stuffs &s;hall be by the Wardens, or any two of them, Sealed, and allowed accordingly, without any &s;um of money paid, or to be paid for the &s;ame; And if upon &s;earch and veiw thereof, any &s;uch Stuffs &s;hall be found,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Defective Stuffs &s;hall be &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ized and tryed by a Iury.</NOTE> and appear to be defective, contrary to the Rules and Ordinances of the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, then all &s;uch defective Stuffs &s;hall be &s;eized by the &s;aid Wardens, or any two of them, and tried by a Iury of Twelve Artificers of the &s;aid Regulation of Wor&s;ted-weavers, Six whereof to be of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and Six to be of the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> who &s;hall be from time to time Impanelled by a Precept under the Hand and Seal of the Mayor of the City of <HI>Norwich</HI> for the time being, or his Deputy; And if any who &s;hall be &s;o Impanelled &s;hall fail in appearance, the number to be made up either of the Ma&s;ter-weavers of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or of the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> by a Precept from the &s;aid Mayor; which Iury &s;o Impanelled or taken, and Sworn before the Mayor of the &s;aid City for the time being, &s;hall try the &s;aid Stuffs, and find whether they be made accor|ding to this Act, and the By-laws and Ordinances made by vertue thereof, or of any other Act of Parliament, and &s;hall have power to impo&s;e a moderate fine, according to the nature of the offence, not exc&eacute;eding the moyety of the value of the defective Stuffs &s;o &s;eized and tried, the &s;ame fines to go to the u&s;e of the Trade and Manufacture; And tho&s;e Stuffs which &s;hall be found defective, to be detained until the fine or fines &s;et upon them by the Iury be paid; which if the Owner of the &s;ame Stuffs &s;hall not pay to the &s;aid Wardens, or &s;ome of them, within fourty days after the Trial, then the &s;ame Stuffs to be &s;old by any two of the &s;aid Wardens, and the overplus of the moneys thereof coming after the fines deducted, to be re&s;tored to the Owner upon demand.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted, That if any Warden or Wardens &s;hall at any time &s;eal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for Sealing defective Stuffs.</NOTE> or cau&s;e to be &s;ealed, any Stuffs made under the &s;aid Regulation, which &s;hall afterwards be di&s;covered by any per&s;on to be defective, contrary to this pre&s;ent Act, and the By-laws, Rules and Ordinances there|upon made, or hereafter to be made, or any of them, and found &s;o to be by a Iury of the twelve Artificers of the &s;aid Trade, from time to time to be Impanelled and Sworn before the &s;aid Mayor or his Deputy, and the &s;aid Steward of the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> for the time being, if he be there pre&s;ent; And if the &s;aid Steward be ab&s;ent, then before the &s;aid Mayor or his Deputy onely, of which Iury &s;ix &s;hall be of the &s;aid City Weavers, and the other &s;ix of the &s;aid Countrey-Weavers, who &s;hall have, and hereby have power to &s;et and impo&s;e a fine upon the Warden or Wardens of the &s;aid Trade offending, for every piece of defective Stuff &s;o &s;ealed, as the &s;ame Iury in their di&s;cre|tions &s;hall think fit, the &s;ame fine not exc&eacute;eding the &s;um of Fourty &s;hillings, which &s;hall be to the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty; And that the &s;ame Iury, or any other &s;uch like Iury, from time to time to be Impanelled by, and &s;worn before the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, or any of them, &s;hall likewi&s;e enquire into all, and every other the frauds, abu&s;es and mi&s;carriages of the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and every of them, in the execution of their Offices, and correct and puni&s;h them and every of them for their &s;everal offences, in &s;uch manner as is herein before mentioned to be done again&s;t any other offendors, who are under the &s;aid Regulation.</P>
<P>Provided, That if the &s;aid Wardens, or any of them, &s;hall be unju&s;tly mole&s;ted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons un|ju&s;tly mole&s;ted to have double damages.</NOTE> and that if &s;uch Stuffs, upon tryal, &s;hall be found by the Iury to be good, and duely made, or that they, or the A&s;|&s;i&s;tants, or any of them, are not guilty of any &s;uch frauds, mi&s;carriages, or abu&s;es, as they are complained of for, the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o cau&s;le&s;ly mole&s;ting, &s;hall pay to the Wardens or A&s;&s;i&s;|tents, or any of them, &s;o unju&s;tly mole&s;ted, double the damages they or any of them, &s;hall or may &s;u&s;tain by any &s;uch mole&s;tation</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None may buy Stuffs un&s;ealed.</NOTE> That it &s;hall not be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons to buy any piece or pieces of Stuffs, before the &s;ame be &s;ealed by the Wardens of the &s;aid Trade, &s;aving to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, all &s;uch right of Cu&s;toms, Sub&s;idies and Aulnage of <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Norwich</HI>-Stuffs or Wor&s;teds, or any of them, as he or they might lawfully have claimed before the making of this Act:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Saving for the Kings Aulnage.</NOTE> And that if any piece or pieces of Stuffs &s;hall be found in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any per&s;on or per&s;ons un&s;ealed, except in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the fir&s;t Owner or Maker thereof, the per&s;on or per&s;ons in who&s;e cu&s;tody the &s;ame &s;hall be found, &s;hall be adjudged guilty of deceit, and &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch piece of Stuff, which be &s;o found in his or their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, un&s;ealed as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of Four &s;hillings;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for buying un&s;ealed Stuffs.</NOTE> And the Maker and Seller of the &s;ame, who &s;hall deliver the &s;ame out of his or their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion before the &s;ame be &s;ea|led, &s;hall likewi&s;e forfeit for every &s;uch piece, other Four &s;hillings, to the u&s;e of the Poor of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture.</P>
<P>And that if any per&s;on &s;hall counterfeit any Seal of the &s;aid Trade, or &s;hall &s;eal any piece of
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Stuff under the Regulation with any counterfeit Seal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for counterfei|ting any &s;eale of the &s;aid Trade.</NOTE> or &s;hall remove a Seal off one piece, and &s;et it unto another piece which hath not b&eacute;en &s;ealed by the Wardens, every per&s;on &s;o offending, and being thereof convicted by his own confe&s;&s;ion, or by the Oath of two, or more Witne&s;es, to be taken before the Mayor of the &s;aid City or his Deputy, or any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> who re&s;pectively have hereby power to admini&s;ter an Oath for that purpo&s;e, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of twenty pounds of lawful Engli&s;h money, to the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">None may u&s;e the &s;aid Trade but &s;uch as have been ap|prentices 7. years.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall u&s;e or exerci&s;e the &s;ame Trade as a Weaver, unle&s;s he hath &s;erved to the &s;ame Trade as an Apprentice, by the &s;pace of &s;even years, upon pain of forfeiting Fourty &s;hillings for every moneth he &s;hall u&s;e or exerci&s;e the &s;ame Trade, not having &s;erved thereunto as afore&s;aid, the one half thereof to the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the other half thereof to the per&s;on or per&s;ons who will &s;ue or pro&s;ecute for the &s;ame by Action of Debt,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty</NOTE> Bill, Plaint, Indictment, or Information, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every one &s;hall weave his own marke in his Stuff.</NOTE>And that every per&s;on under the &s;aid Regulation &s;hall weave his proper Stuff-Mark into every piece of Stuff which he &s;hall weave, or cau&s;e to be woven, at the head end of the &s;ame piece, upon pain of forfeiting thr&eacute;e &s;hillings for every piece that &s;hall be woven without &s;uch Mark, to the u&s;e of the poor of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants may enter hou|&s;es, Work hou|&s;es and ware hou&s;es to &s;earch for Stuffs.</NOTE>And the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any two or more of them, &s;hall have, and hereby have power to enter into, and &s;earch the Hou&s;es and Work-hou&s;es of any Artificers within the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> under the Regulation of the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and the Shops, Hou&s;e, and Ware-hou&s;es of any Merchant, common buyer, dealer in, and retai|ler of any the &s;aid Stuffs, and into the hou&s;e and Work-hou&s;e of any Dier, Sh&eacute;er-man, Callen|der, or other workmans hou&s;e and place of &s;ale, and dre&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid Stuffs, at all times of the day, and u&s;ual times of working, and may there &s;earch and view the Stuffs there found, whether they be ordered and made according to this pre&s;ent Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Faulty and defective Stuffs to be &s;eized and tryed.</NOTE> and the Laws, Orders, and Ordinances of the &s;aid Trade; And that if any &s;uch Stuff as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be found faulty or defective, That then they, or any two of them, &s;hall &s;eize, take, and carry away the &s;ame to be ordered and brought to Tryal, and proc&eacute;eded again&s;t in manner and form, as is before in this pre&s;ent Act mentioned and appointed for defective Stuffs.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for poor Iourney|men.</NOTE>And for the better providing that poor Iourneymen, who have &s;erved in the &s;aid Trade, and are not able to &s;et up for them&s;elves may be Imployed in work, It is hereby Enacted, that what&s;oever per&s;on under the Regulation of the &s;aid Trade, who &s;hall Imploy two Apprentices in the &s;aid Trade, &s;hall likewi&s;e Imploy and &s;et on work two Iourneymen in the &s;aid Trade, during the time he imploys two Apprentices; And that no Ma&s;ter-weaver under the Regulation of the &s;aid Trade, &s;hall at any time have, imploy or &s;et on work above two Apprentices, or any w&eacute;ek-boy to weave in a Loom in the &s;aid Trade in Wor&s;ted-weaving, upon pain that every per&s;on &s;hall for|feit for every moneth &s;o offending as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of five pounds to the u&s;e of the Kings Ma|je&s;ty.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Obedience and conformity to this Act.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That all per&s;ons who are or may be concerned in any thing contai|ned in this pre&s;ent Act, are hereby &s;trictly enjoyned and required to yield due obedience thereunto, according to the true intent and meaning of this pre&s;ent Act; And that if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon &s;uch as &s;hall refu&s;e or hin+der the Exe|cution.</NOTE> hinder, or will not permit the &s;aid Wardens or A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any two or more of them to execute their Office according to the Tenor of this Act, That then every per&s;on &s;o offending, being thereof Convicted by the Oath of one or more credible Witne&s;&s;es before the Mayor of the &s;aid City, or his Deputy, or any one Iu&s;tice of Peace of the &s;aid City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or County of <HI>Nor|folk</HI> re&s;pectively, who are hereby Authorized to admini&s;ter &s;uch Oath, &s;hal forfeit the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings to the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>And if any per&s;on lawfully Summoned to appear upon any Iury or Trial, according to the Tenor of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for not appea|ring upon a Iury or try|all.</NOTE> &s;hall refu&s;e, or neglect to appear and proc&eacute;ed upon the &s;ame, every per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch neglect, or refu&s;al, the &s;um of Five &s;hillings, to to the u&s;e of the Poor of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture; which &s;aid penalties and forfeitures, together with all other Fines and Penalties, which are appointed to go to the poor of the Trade and Manufacture, or for the u&s;e thereof mentioned in this Act, the means of Recovery of which is not already otherwi&s;e herein provided and &s;et forth, &s;hall be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Offen|ders Goods and Chattels, by warrant to be granted by the &s;aid Mayor, or his Deputy for the time being, or any one Iu&s;tice of Peace of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> rendring the Overplus of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s to the Owner thereof, if any &s;hall be, and the &s;ame &s;hal be by him deman|ded, or otherwi&s;e to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, Indictment, or Information in any His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no wager of Law, E&s;&s;oyn, or Protection &s;hall be allowed to the Defendant as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And whereas the Cu&s;tom hath b&eacute;en retained time out of mind, and found expedient, that there &s;hould be a ce&s;&s;ation of weaving every year in the time of Harve&s;t, in regard the Spinners of Yarn which the &s;aid Weavers do u&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No weaving of Stuffs in time of Har|ve&s;t.</NOTE> are at that time chiefly imployed in Harve&s;t-work; Be it Enacted, That no Weaver under the Regulation of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture, &s;hall &s;et any Loom on work for the weaving of any Stuffs under the &s;aid Regulation in the time of Harve&s;t yearly, from the Fift&eacute;enth day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> in every year, until the Fift&eacute;enth day of <HI>September</HI> then next fol|lowing,
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upon pain, of forfeiting to the Kings Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Forty Shillings for every Loom which &s;hall be u&s;ed in work within the &s;aid time.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Trut accompts to be made at the 4 a&s;&s;emb|lies of all fines and forfei|tures.</NOTE> That a true accompt &s;hall be made at the four A&s;&s;emblies (to be held quarterly as afore&s;aid) by the Wardens before the Mayor of the City of <HI>Norwich</HI> for the time being, and one of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid City and County of <HI>Norwich,</HI> and two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> of all &s;uch Fines and For|feitures as &s;hall be received and had, belonging to the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture, and of the ne|ce&s;&s;ary Charges and Disbur&s;ements touching the &s;ame Trade and Manufacture; and that the Over-plus which &s;hall remain after the &s;aid nece&s;&s;ary Charges and Di&s;bur&s;ments are deducted, &s;hall be devided into two equal parts, the one Moyety thereof to be di&s;po&s;ed of by the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> or the greater part of them, and the other Moyety there|of by the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> or the greater part of them, for the u&s;e of the Poor of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture in &s;uch manner as the &s;aid Mayor and Iu&s;ti|ces afore&s;aid re&s;pectively &s;hall order and direct, and no other, any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And that all Mayors, Iu&s;tices, Sheriffs, Bayliffs, Con&s;tables, and all other Officers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Mayors, bayliffs &amp;c. to be ayding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting.</NOTE> &s;hall be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any of them, as often as they &s;hall be thereunto required; and in all Actions and Suits that &s;hall be brought again&s;t any per&s;on or per|&s;ons, for Acting in any thing according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ued or mole&s;ted, &s;hall or may plead the general I&s;&s;ue of not guilty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In Action the defendant may plead the gene|ral i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> and give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence, and &s;hall recover double Co&s;ts in every &s;uch ca&s;e, if the Verdict pa&s;s for &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, or that the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be Non&s;uit therein.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act nor any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Double co&s;ts</NOTE> &s;hall extend to compel the Weavers of the Towns of Great <HI>Yarmouth,</HI> and <HI>Lyn,</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> to bring their Wares to <HI>Notwich</HI> to be Sealed, or be prejudicial to the Weavers of the &s;aid Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Weavers of Great <HI>Yar|mouth</HI> and <HI>Lyn.</HI></NOTE> or ei|ther of them, to deprive them, or either of them of &s;uch Liberties or Priviledges as are granted unto them by an Act of Parliament, made in the Fourt&eacute;enth Year of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eight, or by any other Act of Parliament, or Grant, or Charter what&s;oever. This Act to begin, and take effect from the Fift&eacute;enth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Enlarging and repairing of Common High-ways.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas the former Laws and Statutes for the Mending and Repairing of the Com|mon and publick High-wayes of this Realm have not b&eacute;en found &s;o effectual as is de&s;i|red; by means whereof, and the extraordinary Burthens carried upon Wagons, and other Carria|ges, divers of the &s;aid High-ways are become very dangerous, and almo&s;t unpa&s;&s;able:</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Surveyors of the High-wayes to be cho&s;en yearly the <HI>Munday</HI> or <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in <HI>Ea&s;|ter</HI> week.</NOTE> and with the advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Church-wardens and Con&s;tables, or Tything-men of every Pari&s;h, Town, Village, or Hamlet for the time being, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> &s;hall upon <HI>Mun|day</HI> or <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in the <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> w&eacute;ek yearly (whereof notice &s;hall be publickly given the <HI>Sunday</HI> fore|going, in the Church, immediately after the end of Morning Prayer,) with the advice and con|&s;ent of the major part of the Inhabitants which &s;hall be then pre&s;ent, choo&s;e Two or more &s;uffici|ent and able per&s;ons, re&s;iding and inhabiting within their Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, to be Surveyors of their High-ways for the year next en&s;uing, and give notice thereof in writing to the per&s;ons cho&s;en; and for default of &s;uch choice, &s;o to be made, as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty</NOTE> the Church-war|dens, Con&s;tables, or Tything-men, and Inhabitants of every &s;uch Pari&s;h, Town, Village, or Hamlet, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Five pounds.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Surveyor and Surveyors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of the Surveyors</NOTE> within twenty days next after notice given unto him or them, of his and their Election as afore|&s;aid, or of the publication of this Act, &s;hall upon the penalty of Five pounds, Veiw and Survey all the Common and Publick High-ways and Bridges within the Pari&s;h, Town, Village, or Hamlet wherein he or they are re&s;pective Surveyor or Surveyors, and all Water-cour&s;es, Cau|&s;eys, and Pavements therein which are to be Repaired and Amended at a Publick Charge of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, and &s;hall con&s;ider what reparations &s;hall be n&eacute;edful to be made, and what &s;um or &s;ums of money will be requi&s;ite to be rai&s;ed for the Amending, Repai|ring and Enlarging of the &s;ame, over and above what will be done by the other Laws made for the Amending of the &s;aid High-ways, and thereupon &s;hall together with two or more &s;ub&s;tantial Hou&s;holders of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, called by the Surveyors to their A&s;|&s;i&s;tance within ten days after &s;uch Survey made, lay one or more A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and upon whom to lay A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment for mending or Enlarging the High-wayes.</NOTE> up|on every Inhabitant rated to the Poor, and upon every Occupier of Lands, Hou&s;es, Tythes Im|propriate or Appropriat, Portions of Tythes, Coal-mines, and other Mines &s;aleable, Vnder|woods, Stock, Goods, or other per&s;onal E&s;tate, not being Hou&s;hold-&s;tuff, within the &s;aid &s;aid Pa|ri&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, for the Repairing, Amending and Enlarging of the &s;aid publick and common High-ways, as they the &s;aid Surveyors, and other the &s;ub&s;tantial Hou&s;holders, or
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the Major part of them &s;hall think fit, m&eacute;et and nece&s;&s;ary; which &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments &s;hall not exc&eacute;ed in the whole above the &s;um of Six pence in the pound in any one year, according to the real value of the &s;ame, and Twenty pounds in Money, Goods, Stock, or other per&s;onal E&s;tate, &s;hall be rated equally to Twenty &s;hillings a year in Lands; And every &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment &s;o made, &s;hall within Six days after be pre&s;ented to &s;ome Iu&s;tice of the Peace near adjoyning to the Pari&s;h where it is made, to be &s;&eacute;en, allowed, and &s;igned by him; And after &s;uch Allowance, every per&s;on &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or Taxed, that &s;hall not within Twenty days after demand made by the Surve|yors, or one of them, pay &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of Money A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on him, or her, or them, unto the Surveyors or one of them, &s;hall forfeit and pay double &s;o much as he, &s;he, or they are A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed to pay; unle&s;s (upon complaint made to the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of wrong done to &s;uch per&s;on by that A&s;&s;e&s;&s;|ment) the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall think fit to alter the &s;ame: And in ca&s;e where common Nu&s;ances are in High-ways, or where Ditches or Water-cour&s;es adjoyning unto High-ways, are not &s;coured and dre&s;&s;ed, the &s;aid Surveyors &s;hall &s;&eacute;e the &s;ame reformed, and the offenders puni&s;hed according to Law, deducting out of the Moneys &s;o to be rai&s;ed, his rea&s;onable Charges for pro&s;ecution: And for the more effectual Mending the High-ways, and Pari&s;h-Bridges, and Str&eacute;ets, the Surveyors aforementioned &s;hall yearly at the mo&s;t convenient and fitting time, betw&eacute;en the Fir&s;t of <HI>May,</HI> and the la&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> hire labourers, Work-men, Carts and Carriages, for Amending the High-ways, Str&eacute;ets, Pari&s;h-Bridges afore&s;aid, and Water-cour&s;es, and &s;hall cau&s;e them to be well and &s;ufficiently mended.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Survey|ors may charge Carts and Work-men.</NOTE>And for the better effecting thereof, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Surveyors, or any of them within their &s;everal Limits and Iuri&s;dictions, may yearly as he &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, and n&eacute;ed require, direct and appoint every per&s;on and per&s;ons; who by the former Laws and Statutes of this Realm are chargeable with Wayn or Cart,<NOTE PLACE="marg">2 &amp; 3. Ph. &amp; Mar. ca. 8. 5 El. ca 13. 18 El. ca. 10.</NOTE> to the amending of the High-ways; and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons chargeable, to come to labour at the &s;aid ways, to &s;end his or her Cart or Wayn and Team &s;o furni&s;hed, as by the Laws is directed, or to come and work for the amending of the High-ways for &s;o many days as by the Laws are appointed, or for &s;o many of them as the &s;aid Surveyors &s;hall think n&eacute;edful and appoint; for which Teams, work and la|bour, the &s;aid Surveyors &s;hall pay unto &s;uch workmen and Owner of &s;uch Teams, Carts and Wayns, according to the u&s;ual rate of the Countrey, for &s;uch work as they &s;hall do over and above what by the other Laws made for the amending the High-ways they are appointed to do: And if any que&s;tion &s;hall ari&s;e about the value or worth of &s;uch work or labour, for Man or Teams, &s;ome Iu&s;tice of the Peace near adjoyning, and not living in the &s;aid Pari&s;h, &s;hall determine what is fit to be allowed for &s;uch work;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penaly upon &s;uch as refu&s;e or neglect.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e any per&s;on &s;o charged to &s;end his or her Team to work, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to do &s;o, &s;uch per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall forfeit ten &s;hillings for every day that he or &s;he &s;hall make &s;uch default, and every Labourer Eight&eacute;en pence for &s;uch day that he neglects to work as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons, occupying any Lands, &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Taxed both for the &s;aid Lands and the Stock, which he or they &s;hall u&s;e or imploy upon the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es High-ways may be En|larged out of mens lands next adjoy|ning.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for the &s;aid Surveyors of the High-ways for the time being, of every &s;uch Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, within their &s;everal Precincts from time to time, by order from the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, and upon the view, and by the allowance or con&s;ent of two or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the County, Authorized thereunto by the Se&s;&s;ions, wherein &s;uch Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet &s;hall lie, under their hands and &s;eals in writing, where any common or publick High-way is not of the breadth of eight yards from the &s;hoars and brinks of the Ditches on either &s;ide, or from the banks and hedges where there are no Ditches, to a&s;&s;ign and lay out &s;o much of any mans &s;everal Lands next adjoyning to the &s;aid Common and publick High-way, where they &s;hall think it n&eacute;ed|ful, and it may conveniently be done, as &s;hall enlarge the &s;aid way to be the full breadth of eight yards, or &s;o much broader (toward the bredth of eight yards) then now it is, as conveniently the place will bear from the &s;aid &s;hoars, Ditches, Banks or hedges, by the con&s;ent of the Owner or Owners of the &s;aid lands, according to his or their re&s;pective intere&s;ts therein, or otherwi&s;e by or|der of the Iu&s;tices of Peace at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions after a Writ of <HI>Ad quod damnum</HI> fir&s;t i&s;&s;u|ed out, and returned, to a&s;&s;ign and lay out a more new and commodious way in and over the &s;aid lands next or near adjoyning to the &s;aid common and publick High-ways, the &s;aid Surveyors fir&s;t giving &s;uch &s;atisfaction for the &s;aid ground unto the re&s;pective owners of the &s;ame, according to their &s;everal and re&s;pective Intere&s;t in the whole, not exc&eacute;eding Twenty years purcha&s;e: Pro|vided always, That if any common or publick High-way or ways, &s;hall be &s;o altered and changed, as is afore&s;aid, that then, and in &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;ame new Way, or Ways, as al&s;o any new Way or ways altered, or to be altered by a Writ of <HI>Ad quod damnum,</HI> &s;hall from time to time be repai|red and amended by &s;uch Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes, Town, Hamlet, or Village, or by &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner and form, as the &s;aid old and former common or publick High-way or ways was, or were to be repaired and amended.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Digging for gravel in wa&s;ts and Commons.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where there is not &s;ufficient Gra|vel, Chalke, Sand, Cinders, or Stones, within any Pari&s;h, Town, Village, or Hamlet, to re|pair their common, and publick High-ways, it &s;hal be lawful for the Surveyor and Surveyors, and &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as he or they &s;hall appoint, upon the allowance and approbation of any two Iu&s;tices of Peace within the &s;aid County, to digg, take, and carry away Gravel, Chalk,
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Sand, Cinders, or Stones, out of the Wa&s;te and Common of any Neighbouring Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, or upon the Sea-Coa&s;t, without paying any thing for the &s;ame, for the repair|ing and amending of the High-ways afore&s;aid, &s;o as they fill up the place within one moneth next en&s;uing, if required by the Owner of the Soyl.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es Gravel, Stones, &amp;c. may be digged in mens &s;eve|ral grounds.</NOTE> That where there is not &s;ufficient Gravel, Chalk, Stones, Cinders and Sand, or other Materials for to repair the High-ways, within the Common or Wa&s;te grounds of any Pari&s;h, Town&s;hip, or Hamlet, for to amend and repair the High-ways therein, it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Surveyor or Surveyors, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, to enter into the &s;everal ground (not being an Hou&s;e, Orchard, Garden, Court-yard, Park with D&eacute;er in it, or Meadow) of any per&s;on or per&s;ons within the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Town&s;hip, or Hamlet near adjoyning to the High-ways to be repaired, where any &s;uch Materials are or may be found, and to dig, take and carry away from time to time &s;uch quantities thereof, as the &s;aid Surveyor or Surveyors &s;hall judge nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;aid reparations, without paying any thing for the &s;aid Materials, (except only where they have for|merly b&eacute;en paid for by Cu&s;tom, or Compo&s;ition, and at &s;uch rates as heretofore were paid for the &s;ame) rendring only &s;uch damages to the Occupier or Owner thereof, as he &s;hall &s;u&s;tain by the digging and carriage thereof, to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by two Iu&s;tices of Peace near the &s;aid Pari&s;h, in ca&s;es of difference about the &s;ame: Provided, That the pits and holes &s;o digged, be filled up in &s;uch manner, and under &s;uch penalties as are pre&s;cribed in the Statute made in the Fifth year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> concerning the amending of High-ways.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What num|ber of Hor&s;es or Oxen may be u&s;ed in Carts and Carriages upon the High-ways.</NOTE> That from and after the Nine and twen|tieth day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no travelling Waggon, Wain, Cart or Carriage wherein any Burthens, Goods, or Wares are or &s;hall be carried or drawn for hire other then &s;uch Carts and Carriages as are im|ployed in and about husbandry and manuring of Lands, and in the carrying of Hay, Straw, Corn unthre&s;hed, Coal, Chalk, Timber for Shipping, Materials for Building, Stones of all &s;orts, or &s;uch Ammunition or Artillery as &s;hall be for His Maje&s;ties Service) &s;hall at any one time travel, be drawn, or go in any Common or Publick High-way, or Road, with above &s;even Hor&s;e-bea&s;ts whereof &s;ix &s;hall draw in pairs, and not with above eight Oxen,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And what Weight.</NOTE> or &s;ix Oxen and two Hor&s;e-bea&s;ts; nor &s;hall at any time carry above Twenty hundred weight, betw&eacute;en the fir&s;t day of <HI>October,</HI> and the fir&s;t of <HI>May;</HI> nor above Thirty hundred weight betw&eacute;en the fir&s;t of <HI>May</HI> and the fir&s;t of <HI>October</HI> (except &s;uch particulars as afore&s;aid) nor above five Quarters of Wheat, Meal, Me&s;&s;ine, Rye, Pea&s;e, Beans and Tares, nor above eight Quarters of Barley, Malt or Oats, and after that proportion; nor &s;hall any Waggon, Wayn,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Wheels to be under 4. inches breadth in the Tyre.</NOTE> Cart or Car|riage for the u&s;es afore&s;aid be imployed, the Wh&eacute;els whereof are le&s;s in breadth then four In|ches in the Tyre, upon pain that every Owner of &s;uch Waggon, Wayn, Cart, Carriage, Hor&s;e-bea&s;ts, or Oxen, &s;hall forfeit for every of the &s;aid offences the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty, and how to be di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE> to be divi|ded into thr&eacute;e equal parts, One part thereof to the Surveyors of the High-ways of the Town, Village or Hamlet, where any of the &s;aid Offences &s;hall be committed, to be imployed in the Re|pairs of the &s;aid High-ways; One other part to the Over&s;&eacute;ers of the poor of the Pari&s;h where any of the &s;aid Offences &s;hall be committed, for the relief of the poor of the &s;aid Pari&s;h; and the other part thereof to him that &s;hall di&s;cover and pro&s;ecute for any of the &s;aid offences, the &s;aid penalty to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s of all or any of the &s;aid Hor&s;e-bea&s;ts or Oxen, and to be di&s;tributed as afore|&s;aid, by the Con&s;table, Surveyor or Surveyors of the &s;aid High-ways, Over&s;&eacute;er or Over&s;&eacute;ers of the poor, or any of them; And in ca&s;e the &s;aid penalties &s;hall not be paid within thr&eacute;e days after &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, that then it &s;hall be lawful to and for the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o di&s;training as afore&s;aid, to &s;ell the &s;ame, and to re&s;tore the overplus to the Owner, the charges of k&eacute;eping &amp; &s;elling fir&s;t deducted.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That all and every the &s;aid offences &s;hall be,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The offences declared com|mon Nu&s;an|ces.</P>
<P>All Suits up|on this Act &s;hall be laid in their proper County, and the Defendant may plead the general I&s;&s;ue.</P></NOTE> and are hereby decla|red and adjudged to be common Nu&s;ances.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Suit &s;hall be commenced again&s;t any per&s;on, for any thing done in pur&s;uance of this Act, that in every &s;uch ca&s;e the Action &s;hall be laid in the proper County where the fact was done, and not el&s;ewhere; and the Defendant may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give this Act and the &s;pecial matter in evidence at the Tryal, and if it &s;hall &s;o appear to be done, or that it was not done in the County where the &s;aid Suit is commenced, that then the Iury &s;hall find for the Defendant; and in &s;uch ca&s;e, as al&s;o if the Plaintiff &s;hall be non-&s;uit, or di&s;continue his Action after the Defendant hath appeared, or if upon Demurrer, Iudgment be given again&s;t the Plaintiff, or if upon Tryal a Verdict pa&s;s for the Defendant, the Defendant &s;hall have his double Co&s;ts, and the like remedy for the &s;ame as any Defendant hath in any other ca&s;e by Law.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Moneys rai&s;ed by A&s;|&s;e&s;sment, I&s;|&s;ues forfeited, &amp;c. &s;hall be levied and im|ployed for mending the High-ways.</NOTE> That all &s;ums of money &s;o rated and a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed as afore&s;aid, and all charitable Gifts formerly given, or to be given, for the making, amen|ding and k&eacute;eping in repair of any common and publick High-ways, Pavements and Caw&s;eys, (except as hereafter is excepted) and all Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and other &s;ums of mo|ney ari&s;ing by A&s;&s;e&s;sment, or otherwi&s;e by this Act, not otherwi&s;e by this Act di&s;po&s;ed of, and all I&s;&s;ues to be forfeited for not appearing to any Information or Indictment for not repairing any High-ways, or removing Nu&s;ances out of the &s;ame, and all Fines and Amerciaments to be im|po&s;ed upon any Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, or upon any private per&s;on, for not repair|ing
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of common and publick High-ways, which are not otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed by this Act, &s;hall be employed and be&s;towed by the &s;aid Surveyors within the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, Towns, Villages and Hamlets, to which &s;uch charitable Gifts are given and be&s;towed, and within which &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;sment, Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures, I&s;&s;ues and Amerciaments are impo&s;ed, happened or made, in paying for Materials, Workmens wages and for &s;uch other employments, as are hereby appointed to be done and performed, and be levied, collected, and gathered by the &s;aid Surveyors, or any of them by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two Iu&s;tices of Peace within the County, City, Riding, Town Corporate, Liberty or Limit wherein the &s;ame lieth, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Goods, as is afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Accompts to be given by the Surveyors yearly of all Money rai&s;ed for mending the High-ways.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on &s;o Elected, and taking upon him or them the Office of Surveyor or Surveyors, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall within one moneth next after the expiration of the year wherein he executed the &s;aid Office as Surveyor of the High-ways, make and yield up to the Inhabitants of the Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, at &s;ome publick M&eacute;eting, to be appointed by the &s;aid Inhabitants, a perfect Accompt in Writing under his and their Hands, of all the Moneys he or they received or paid within his or their year, for or by rea&s;on of his or their Office; namely of whom, and what received, and to whom, and what paid, and what Moneys are in arrear and unpaid, either for A&s;&s;e&s;sments, Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and charitable Gifts; and if any overplus be in his or their hands, he or they &s;hall return and pay the &s;ame to the next Surveyors, or one of them, for the u&s;e of the Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, to be disbur&s;ed in and about the High-ways, in the following year: And if the &s;aid Surveyor or Surveyors &s;hall not make &s;uch an Account and Payment as before, any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, living near to, or in the &s;aid Pari&s;h, &s;hall and may upon complaint unto them made, examine the bu&s;ine&s;s upon Oath, and upon default found in the Surveyor or Surveyors, &s;hall and may commit him or them to the Common-Goal of that County, City, Ri|ding, Town-Corporate, Liberty or Limit, there to remain until he hath made a true and perfect Account and Payment, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may en|quire, hear and determine offences again&s;t this Act.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That all and every Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;i&s;e, <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> and Iu|&s;tices of the Peace, &s;hall have power and authority, and are hereby enabled and impowred to in|quire after, hear and determine all matters concerning charitable Gifts, for the making, amend|ing and k&eacute;eping in repair any Common High-ways, Pavements, Str&eacute;ets and Caw&s;eys within the limits of their Commi&s;&s;ion, and to make Orders therein for the due imployment of &s;uch charitable gifts, according to the true intent and meaning of the Donors thereof; Except gifts to the afore&s;aid u&s;es made to any Colledg, Hall, Fr&eacute;e-School or Ho&s;pital, which have Vi&s;itors of their own, and al&s;o to hear and determine all offences, defaults and defects in Surveyors or others, concerning the premi&s;&s;es.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Appeal allow|ed to per&s;ons grieved.</P>
<P>43 <HI>El. cap.</HI> 4. In what ca&s;es only a <HI>Certio|rari</HI> may be allowed to re|move any In|dictment, &amp;c. upon this Act.</P></NOTE>Provided, That if any per&s;on be agrieved with &s;uch Order, they &s;hall have liberty to appeal to the Court of <HI>Chancery,</HI> as in the ca&s;e of a Decr&eacute;e made upon the Statute of Charitable V&s;es.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no <HI>Certiorari</HI> &s;hall be allowed to remove any Infor|mation, Indictment, Pre&s;entment, Order or other proc&eacute;edings in the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, of, for, or concerning any matter or thing in this Act, unle&s;s the party or parties again&s;t whom any &s;uch Information, Indictment, Pre&s;entment, Order or other proc&eacute;edings &s;hall be had by vertue of this Act, &s;hall before the allowance of &s;uch <HI>Certioraries,</HI> become bound to the per&s;on or per&s;ons pro&s;ecu|ting, in the &s;um of Forty pounds, with &s;uch &s;ufficient &s;ureties as the Iu&s;tices of Peace at their &s;aid Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace &s;hall think fit, with condition to pay unto the &s;aid pro&s;ecu|tors, within one moneth after the conviction of &s;uch parties indicted, their full co&s;ts and damages, to be a&s;certained upon their Oaths, and that in default thereof, it &s;hall be lawful for the &s;aid Iu|&s;tices to proc&eacute;ed to trial of &s;uch Indictments, any &s;uch Writs of <HI>Certiorari</HI> to remove the &s;ame Indictments notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Laycock-<HI>Bridge in</HI> Com. Wilts.</NOTE>And whereas at a general Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions held for the County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> It was (at the humble Petition of the Petitioners of <HI>Laycock,</HI> and other Inhabitants of the &s;aid County) Orde|red, That one ancient Bridge called <HI>Foot</HI>-Bridge, leading thorow the &s;aid Pari&s;h, betw&eacute;en <HI>Lon|don, Bath</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> being more commodious for all Pa&s;&s;engers than on<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> other Bridge in the &s;aid Pari&s;h, called <HI>Rey</HI>-Bridge, &s;hould be repaired and made pa&s;&s;able for all Carts, Waggons and Carriages (with the Materials of <HI>Rey</HI>-Bridge) which was thereby Ordered to be taken down, which Order was accordingly put in execution in the &s;aid County and Pari&s;h; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Pari&s;hioners, and all others imployed by them in the pulling down the &s;aid Bridge, called <HI>Rey</HI>-Bridge, and imploying the Materials thereof, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, and are hereby indemnified from all &s;uits, troubles, and mole&s;tations what|&s;oever, touching or concerning the &s;ame; and that the &s;aid Pari&s;hioners of <HI>Laycock,</HI> and other the afore&s;aid Inhabitants, &s;hall not hereafter be compelled by Information or Indictment, or any other way be made chargeable with the re-building of the &s;aid Bridge, called <HI>Rey</HI>-Bridge, other|wi&s;e than for the maintaining the &s;aid Bridge &s;ufficient for Hor&s;e and Pack, as it now &s;tands, any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Wildes of</HI> Surrey, Su&s;&s;ex, Kent.</NOTE>Provided likewi&s;e, and be it Enacted, That this Act &s;hall not extend to exempt any Owner, Farmer, or Le&s;&s;&eacute;e of any Iron work, or other per&s;on within the <HI>Wildes</HI> of the Counties of <HI>Surrey, Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> or <HI>Kent,</HI> for carrying &s;o many load of Cinder, Gravel, Stones, and other materials, or
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contributing &s;uch &s;ums of money towards the amending and repairing of the High-ways, as they are obliged to by any former Acts.<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 &amp; 15 H 8. cap. 6. 39 El. ca. 19.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Provided and Enacted, That where the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of any Coun|ty, at their General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, or any two of &s;uch Iu&s;tices, near to any Pari&s;h, Town|&s;hip, or Hamlet, &s;hall be fully &s;atisfied that the High-ways and Bridges within the &s;ame, may and will be &s;ufficiently amended and repaired, according to former u&s;age, without the help of this Act, that then, and in &s;uch Ca&s;es only, there &s;hall no A&s;&s;e&s;sment be made within the &s;ame, for and towards their reparations, by vertue of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> in their publick Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, &s;hall have power and authority to make Orders for erecting or &s;etting up a new Bridge of Brick or Stone, fitting for the pa&s;&s;age of Carts and Carriages, in the room and place of a Bridge now only pa&s;&s;able for Foot and Hor&s;e, called <HI>Stratford-Bridge,</HI> in the Pari&s;h of <HI>Hillingdon,</HI> in the &s;aid County,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stratford <HI>Bridge.</HI> Hillingdon. Middle&s;ex.</NOTE> or in &s;ome other more convenient place near thereunto, at the pre&s;ent charge of the whole County, for the erecting of the &s;ame; but to be upheld, repaired and maintained, after it be &s;o erected, at the charge of the Lord of the Mannor wherein the &s;aid Bridge now &s;tandeth, proportionable to the charge he is now at, for maintaining the Hor&s;e-Bridge, and the re&s;idue of the charge to be born by the Pari&s;hioners of the &s;aid Pari&s;h; For which purpo&s;e, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their &s;aid publick Se&s;&s;ions, are hereby enabled to make re&s;pective rates accordingly, &s;o as the &s;um to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for the erecting the &s;aid Bridge, exc&eacute;ed not the &s;um of One hundred pounds; and the &s;aid Iu&s;tices are to take care that the &s;aid Bridge be fini&s;hed by or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bridges to have &s;ufficient Walls or Po&s;ts and Rails.</NOTE> That the &s;aid Surveyors do take care that all and every Bridge or Bridges within their re&s;pective limits, &s;hall before the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Michael,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, have &s;ufficient walls or po&s;ts and rails of each &s;ide there|of, four foot high at the lea&s;t; and that the &s;aid walls, or po&s;ts and pails, be from time to time kept in &s;ufficient repair.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for chu&s;ing Sur|veyors for the year 1662. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> That the Surveyors of the High-ways, named for the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;hall within twenty days after the publication of this Act, proc&eacute;ed to do and execute all things in this Act for the &s;aid year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two; And where there are no Surveyors of the High-ways cho|&s;en for the &s;aid year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, they &s;hall be cho&s;en within twenty days after publication of this Act by &s;uch per&s;ons as by this Act is appointed; and being &s;o cho&s;en, they &s;hall hereafter do and execute all things according to the tenor of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where any Lands are let,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenants to bear the char|ges of A&s;&s;e&s;s|ments for High-ways.</NOTE> the Tenant and Occupier thereof &s;hall pay the A&s;&s;e&s;sment, and bear all charges for the mending of the High-ways, and not the Landlord, except where there is or &s;hall be any agr&eacute;ement be|tw&eacute;en the &s;aid Landlord and the Tenant to the contrary.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> That the power of rai&s;ing and levying money by vertue of this Act, &s;hall continue in force for thr&eacute;e years only, from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and no longer, but that all other Powers and Clau&s;es in this Act &s;hall continue and &s;tand in force until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Exportation of Leather, and Raw Hides out of the Realm of <HI>England,</HI> re&s;trained.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas notwith&s;tanding the many good Laws before this time made, and &s;till in force,<NOTE PLACE="marg">5 E. 6. cap. 15. 6 El. cap. 22. 8 El. cap. 14. 18 El. cap. 9.</NOTE> prohibiting the Exportation of Leather out of this Realm, and the penalty by tho&s;e Acts impo&s;ed, by the cunning and &s;ubtilty of &s;ome per&s;ons, and the neglect of others, who ought to take care thereof, there are &s;uch quantities of Leather daily exported to forreign parts, that the price of Leather is grown to tho&s;e exce&s;&s;ive Rates, that many Artificers working Leather, cannot furni&s;h them&s;elves with &s;ufficient &s;tore thereof, for the carrying on of their Trades; and the poor &s;ort of people are not able to buy tho&s;e things made of Leather, which of nece&s;&s;ity they mu&s;t make u&s;e of:</P>
<P>For redre&s;s of which griefs, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> now next en&s;uing, no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall carry or tran&s;port, or cau&s;e to be carried or tran&s;ported out of <HI>England</HI> in|to <HI>Scotland, Ireland,</HI> or into any of the I&s;les belonging to this Kingdom,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What Skins or Hides Tanned may not be tran|&s;ported.</NOTE> or to any parts beyond the Seas, the Skins or Hides Tanned or Vntanned of any Ox, St&eacute;er, Bull, Cow, or Calf, other|wi&s;e, or in any other manner, then is by this pre&s;ent Act directed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That none of the Skins or Hides afore|&s;aid, which &s;hall happen to be taken from any of the bea&s;ts afore&s;aid, within any I&s;land what&s;o|ever, belonging to the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> (except <HI>Ireland</HI>) &s;hall be tran&s;ported out of that I&s;land to any other place, but into the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> upon pain of forfeiture for every &s;uch
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offence double the value of Skins or Hides,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> &s;o to be tran&s;ported out of the &s;aid I&s;land, or any of them, to any other place then into the Kingdom of <HI>England;</HI> the &s;ame forfeiture to be &s;ued for and di&s;po&s;ed as hereafter in this Act is directed.</P>
<P>And for the better preventing of &s;uch mi&s;chiefs as are intended to be remedied by this Act, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What Lea|ther mu&s;t be bought onely in open Fairs or Markets for &s;elling Leather. The Penalty.</NOTE> That all Red Tanned Leather made of the Hides or Skins of any of the Bea&s;ts afore&s;aid, of what kind or nature &s;oev<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">, &s;hall be bought onely in the open and common Fair or Market u&s;ed for the putting of Leather to &s;ale, and not in any Hou&s;e, Tan|ners Yard, Shop, or other place what&s;oever, on pain that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall not ac|cordingly do the &s;ame, &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;ame Leather, or the value thereof, and the contract for the &s;ale thereof &s;hall be void, and all &s;uch Leather &s;hall be Searched and Sea|led, by the Searchers and Sealers thereunto appointed, before the &s;ame be put to Sale, and upon &s;uch &s;ale &s;hall be Regi&s;tred, and a true Entry thereof made, both by the Buyer and Seller, who are both to be pre&s;ent at &s;uch Regi&s;tring thereof, and both their names and places of abode entred into the Book of the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, on pain that every &s;uch Buyer or Seller that &s;hall not accord|ingly do the &s;ame, &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;ame Leather, or the value thereof, and the forfeiture &s;hall be recovered and imployed in &s;uch manner as hereafter in this Act is di|rected.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for Tran&s;porta|tion of any Leather or Raw-Hides.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be found guilty of the Tran&s;portation of any Leather, or Raw Hides of any of the Bea&s;ts afore&s;aid, (excepting &s;uch Calve-skins, and Sh&eacute;ep-skins, dre&s;&s;ed without the Wooll, as by Law may be Tran&s;ported) contrary to the provi&s;ion of this Act, he &s;hall from thenceforth be di&s;abled to Trade, or Deal in Leather for the future, and &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;um of Five hundred pounds, to be &s;ued for, and di&s;po&s;ed as hereafter in this Act is directed.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to the Prohibiting the Tran&s;portation of any Leather made into Boots,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>5 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 15. 1 <HI>Mar. cap.</HI> 8. <HI>Parl.</HI> 2. <HI>Quaere,</HI> If tho&s;e two Statutes be Repealed by this Provi&s;o.</P>
<P>Who may &s;earch and &s;eize Leather or Hides in|tended to be Tran&s;ported.</P></NOTE> Shooes, or Slippers, but that the &s;ame may be Tran&s;ported, Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for the re&s;pective Ma&s;ters and Wardens of the Cordweyners, Sadlers, Girdlers, and Curriers of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and their Deputies, and all Cu&s;tomers, Comptrollers, Farmers of Cu&s;tomes, Supervi&s;ors, Searchers, and other Officers belonging to the Cu&s;toms, and to and for all Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, and chief Officers of Corporations within this Realm, Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> from time to time, as well by Land as Water, to Search for, and &s;eize any Leather, or Raw Hides wrought, or unwrought, cut or un|cut, packed up, or unpacked, intended or purpo&s;ed to be Tran&s;ported by any per&s;on or per&s;ons in|to any parts beyond the Seas, or into <HI>Scotland,</HI> other then Calves-skins, and Sh&eacute;ep-skins, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Shaving of Leather by Tanners.</NOTE>And whereas divers Tanners do &s;have, cut, and rake their upper-leather Hides all over, and the necks of their backs, and buts, to the great impairing thereof, and the extream prejudice of the Kingdom; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Tanner, who after the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> &s;hall commit any &s;uch offence, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit all the &s;aid Leather, Backs, Buts, or Calve-skins, &s;o &s;haved, cut or raked, or the value thereof, and it &s;hall be lawful for the Searchers and Sealers of Leather to &s;eize the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Leaden-Hall, London.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the Market for Leather in <HI>Leaden-Hall</HI> in <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall be kept on the <HI>Tue&s;day,</HI> as now it is, Any Law, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Pe|nalties &s;hall be recovered.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all the penalties and forfeitures, and every &s;um and &s;ums of money for any offence, or offences herein before mentioned, &s;hall be re|covered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, Information, to be brought for the &s;ame in any Court or Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or in any Court or Courts of Records in the City, Town, County, or place where the &s;aid offence &s;hall be committed, wherein no Wager of Law, Protection or E&s;|&s;oign, &s;hall be admitted, neither &s;hall the &s;ame be removed out of the &s;aid County, City, or Town-Corporate, the one half of the &s;aid forfeitures to be to the u&s;e of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other half thereof to the u&s;e of the Informer or Informers, that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Tran&s;porta|tion of Lea|ther declared a common Nu&s;ance.</P>
<P>Leather for nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e of Ships in Voyages.</P>
<P>Artificers dealing in cutting of Leather in <HI>London,</HI> or within three miles thereof.</P></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That all &s;uch Exportation, or Tran&s;portation of any Hides or Leather, contrary to this Act, is hereby adjudged, and declared to be a common and publick Nu&s;ance.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That this Act &s;hall not extend, or be con&s;trued to prohibit the carrying or conveying of any &s;uch Hides or Leather which &s;hall be v&s;ed, or imployed for the nece&s;&s;ary v&s;e, or provi&s;ion of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el in any Voyage beyond the Seas, and which &s;hall not be &s;old in any forreign parts, &s;o as the number do not exc&eacute;ed Six Raw Hides, and Thr&eacute;e Tanned Hides.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes neverthele&s;s, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Artificer dealing in cutting of Leather, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, which &s;hall hereafter buy any Red Tanned Leather within the City of <HI>London,</HI> or thr&eacute;e miles thereof, &s;hall
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before the next Market-day within the &s;aid place for &s;ale of Leather, give Notice thereof to one or more of the Company of Curryers then exerci&s;ing and u&s;ing the Art and My&s;tery of a Curryer within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> and thr&eacute;e miles thereof, and within thr&eacute;e w&eacute;eks after &s;uch notice &s;hall deliver, or cau&s;e to be delivered the &s;aid Leather &s;o bought, except &s;uch part thereof as &s;hall be u&s;ed for Soals without being curryed, tallowed, or dre&s;&s;ed, unto the &s;aid Curryer, or Cur|ryers, to whom &s;uch notice was given, to the intent that the &s;ame may be curryed, tallowed, or otherwi&s;e dre&s;&s;ed, as is directed and appointed by one Act made in the Fir&s;t year of King <HI>James,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Jac. cap. 22.</NOTE> Chapter twenty &s;econd, touching the Duty of Tanners, Curryers. Shoemakers and others, upon penalty of the forfeiture of Six &s;hillings eight pence for every Back, But, Hide, or Calves-skin &s;o bought, and not delivered as afore&s;aid, for the u&s;es, and to be recovered as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And whereas it is Enacted among&s;t other things,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Leather u&s;ed in <HI>London,</HI> or within three miles, to be &s;earched and allowed by the Wardens of the Curriers there.</P>
<P>The Penalty.</P></NOTE> by the &s;aid Act made in the Fir&s;t year of King <HI>James,</HI> That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall by any means occupy, or put in any Made-wares within the City of <HI>London,</HI> or thr&eacute;e miles of the &s;ame City, any Curryed Leather before the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;earched, and allowed by the Wardens of the Curryers of <HI>London</HI> for the time be|ing, or &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall thereto a&s;&s;ign, and be Sealed with a Seal therefore to be prepa|red, upon pain that every Shoemaker and other Artificer, Cutter of Leather offending again&s;t that Article, &s;hould forfeit for every Hide, or Skin otherwi&s;e curryed or imployed as is afore&s;aid, Six &s;hillings eight pence, and the value of every &s;uch Hide or Skin; Be it therefore further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the Company of Curryers for the time being, or &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall thereto a&s;&s;ign, &s;hall from time to time, and at all &s;ea&s;onable times in the day time, enter into any Warehou&s;e, Shop, Celler, or other place within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> or thr&eacute;e miles of the &s;ame City, belonging unto any of the &s;aid Cordwainers, Sadlers, Girdlers, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons being Artificers, dealing in cutting Leather, and in the pre&s;ence of any two or more of them to &s;earch for, and &s;eize all &s;uch Leather intended to be Prohibited to be u&s;ed by the &s;aid Clau&s;e, Branch or Article as afore&s;aid, as al&s;o for all Wares made of &s;uch Leather; and if any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Artificers or Dealers as afore&s;aid &s;hall oppo&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalties for oppo&s;ing the Search.</NOTE> or refu&s;e to permit the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the Company of Cur|riers, or &s;uch per&s;ons as they &s;hall thereto a&s;&s;ign, to make any &s;uch &s;earch or &s;ei&s;ure as afore&s;aid, he or they &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of Twenty pounds for the u&s;es, and to be re|covered as afore&s;aid; And if any of the &s;aid Artificers and Dealers in cutting of Leather, do re|fu&s;e to be pre&s;ent with the &s;aid Searchers, when&s;oever the &s;ame &s;hall be de&s;ired by the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the Company of the Curriers, or &s;uch per&s;ons thereto a&s;&s;igned by them, as afore|&s;aid, then for every &s;uch default the per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds for the u&s;es, and to be recovered as afore&s;aid.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for Di&s;tribution of Three&s;core thou&s;and pounds among&s;t the truly Loyal and Indigent Com|mi&s;&s;ion-Officers, and for A&s;&s;e&s;sing of Offices, and Di&s;tributing Moneys thereby rai&s;ed for their further Supply. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Relief of Poor and Maimed Officers and Souldiers, who have faithfully &s;erved His Maje&s;ty, and His Royal Father in the late Wars.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as divers of His Maje&s;ties Loyal and Faithful Subjects, who out of the &s;en&s;e of their Duty and Allegiance to his Maje&s;ties Royal Father of ever Ble&s;&s;ed and Glorious Me|mory, and to His Maje&s;tie that now is, have during the late Wars, wherein they have b&eacute;en Imployed both by Sea, and Land, as Officers, Souldiers, and Mariners in the &s;aid Service, ex|po&s;ed them&s;elves to the utmo&s;t hazard of their Lives, lo&s;s of their Limbs, and utter ruine of their Fortunes; and for who&s;e Sub&s;i&s;tence and Relief there is not yet any competent Provi&s;ion made; Nor for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of &s;uch as have died, or b&eacute;en &s;lain in the &s;aid Service.</P>
<P>And to the end that &s;uch as have b&eacute;en eminent for their Loyalty, and Sufferings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The induce|ment and ground of this Act.</NOTE> in &s;o good and ju&s;t a Cau&s;e, as the Defence of His Maje&s;ties Royal Per&s;on and Government, may not pa&s;&s;e without &s;ome Mark of Favour or Reward to be &s;et upon them; And that others may thereby receive all due Encouragement for the time to come, to continue Loyal and Faithful to His Maje&s;ties Service, according to their bounden Duty: Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excel|lent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That from the Fir&s;t day of this pre&s;ent Parliament, every Pari&s;h within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall be charged w&eacute;ekly to the payment of &s;uch &s;um of Money, as formerly they have b&eacute;en rated by vertue of a Statute made in the Forty third year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Chapter the third,<NOTE PLACE="marg">43 El. cap. 3.</NOTE> concerning the Relief of Mariners and Soul|diers, for and to &s;uch end and purpo&s;e;<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Pari&s;hes may be char|ged, a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and levied.</NOTE> And likewi&s;e &s;uch further &s;um of Money (over and be|&s;ides the &s;ame,) as by His Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, to be held after the Fea&s;t of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> next en&s;uing, or the major part of them, or at any other Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions to be hereafter by them held, &s;hall be adjudged m&eacute;et to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon every Pari&s;h or Chappelry, that hath di&s;tinct Parochial Officers, &s;o as the &s;aid additional &s;um exc&eacute;ed not the
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&s;um of Two &s;hillings and &s;ix pence, nor be under the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e pence, each w&eacute;ek, for each &s;uch Pari&s;h or Chappelry, the &s;ame to be levied in manner and form by &s;uch per&s;ons, and under &s;uch penalties, as by the &s;aid Statute of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> is Enacted and Declared; And to be paid to the Trea&s;urers for the Maimed Souldiers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Trea&s;urer for Maimed Souldiers.</NOTE> appointed by the Iu&s;tices of the County, or Liberty, by vertue of this Act, and the Statute of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> afore&s;aid; Which &s;aid Trea|&s;urers &s;hall be ordered to i&s;&s;ue out, and account for the &s;ame in &s;uch manner, and under &s;uch penalties, as by the &s;aid Statute is further Enacted and Declared; And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">fficers, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">ldiers or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">triners Maimed or indigent, how to be relieved.</NOTE> That every Officer, Souldier, or Mariner maimed, indigent,, aged or di&s;abled in body for work in the Service of His &s;aid late Maje&s;ty, or His Maje&s;ty that now is, during the late Wars, or which are &s;o Impoveri&s;hed by their Sufferings under any of the late V&s;urped Powers, as that they are de&s;titute of any competent Sub&s;i&s;tence, or Liveli|hood, and have continued Faithful to his Tru&s;t, and not de&s;erted the &s;ame by taking up Arms again&s;t His &s;aid late Maje&s;ty, or His Maje&s;ty that now is, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall forthwith repair to the place where he was la&s;t &s;etled, before he took up Arms, with a Certificate of his Service, and hurts received, under the hand of his Captain, or other Commi&s;&s;ionated Officer; And &s;hall al&s;o repair unto the two next Iu&s;tices of the Peace in the County where &s;uch his Setling was; And the &s;aid two Iu&s;tices, upon the Examination of the Truth of &s;uch Certificate (which the &s;aid two Iu&s;tices are hereby impowred to take upon Oath of the party, and of &s;uch Witne&s;&s;es as he &s;hall produce) &s;hall by Warrant unto the Trea&s;urer, a&s;&s;ign him Relief until the next Quar|ter-Se&s;&s;ions to be holden for that County, or Liberty, at which time, a yearly Pen&s;ion &s;hall be by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or the major part of them granted in Manner and Form, and with Power of Revocation, or Alteration, as by the &s;aid Statute is further declared, and directed; And in ca&s;e that the Captain or Officer appointed to make &s;uch Certificate be dead, the &s;aid two Iu|&s;tices &s;hall have Power, upon Reque&s;t made to them in behalf of the party maimed, or aged, indigent, or di&s;abled, as afore&s;aid, by Per&s;ons of Credit, to give &s;uch Relief, as in ca&s;e of Exa|mination as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Widowes and Orphans of Souldiers.</NOTE>And as touching the Widows and Orphans of &s;uch as have died, or &s;uffered death in the &s;aid Service; It is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That (over and be&s;ides &s;uch Relief as they &s;hall gain by their Work and Labour, and &s;hall be allowed by the Charity and Benevolence of the Pari&s;h, Town, or Hamlet, where they are &s;etled, who are hereby required to have them in &s;pecial regard) the Trea&s;urers for the Maimed Souldiers for &s;uch County, &s;hall allow &s;uch further Relief from time to time, as &s;hall be adjudged m&eacute;et by the two next Iu&s;tices of the Peace of &s;uch County; And the &s;aid Relief &s;hall be paid out of the Surplu&s;age of &s;uch Stock of Maintenance, as &s;hall remain in the hands of the &s;aid Trea&s;urers, after &s;uch Pen&s;ions, and payment of them made, and of which Surplu&s;age, and Allowance made unto &s;uch Widows, and Orphans, the &s;aid Trea&s;urers &s;hall give account from time to time, and the &s;ame di&s;tribute in &s;uch manner, as by the Iu&s;tices &s;hall be directed, and according to the Statute afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Trea&s;urers, High-Con|&s;tables, &amp;c. to be called to Accompt for Moneys re|ceived.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Iu&s;tices of Peace in every County, or Liberty, or any two of them, &s;hall forthwith call all &s;uch Trea&s;urers, High-Con|&s;tables, Petty-Con&s;tables, or other per&s;ons which have formerly b&eacute;en Intru&s;ted with the Re|ceipt, Collecting, or Di&s;po&s;ing of any &s;uch &s;um of Money charged upon any Pari&s;h by vertue of the Statute afore&s;aid, and whereof no account hath b&eacute;en given, and likewi&s;e the Executors and Ad|mini&s;trators of &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, unto a &s;trict account concerning &s;uch Levies and Col|lections made; And &s;uch Money as they &s;hall find remaining in the cu&s;tody of &s;uch per&s;ons, to or|der forthwith to be paid for the intents and purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, and no other, to the Trea&s;urer appointed by vertue of the &s;aid Statute, or to be appointed by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, at the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions to be holden for &s;uch County or Liberty, under &s;uch penalty, as by the &s;aid Statute is &s;et forth; Which &s;aid Trea&s;urer to be appointed by this Act, &s;hall continue by vertue hereof, until <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Se&s;&s;ions following.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided, That no Pen&s;ion to be given, or a&s;&s;igned by Authority hereof, &s;hall exc&eacute;ed to any one per&s;on the &s;um of Twenty pounds by the year; This Act to continue to the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additional Revenue &s;etled upon His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the better &s;upport of His and their Crown and Dignity.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The great concernment of proportion|ing the Pub|lique Revenue, to the Charges and Expences.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as nothing conduceth more to the Peace and Pro&s;perity of a Nation, and the Pro|tection of every &s;ingle per&s;on therein, then that the Publick Revenue thereof may be in &s;ome mea&s;ure proportioned to the Publick Charges and Expences; We therefore Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Loyal and Obedient Subjects, the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament, having duly con&s;idered the Premi&s;&s;es, do give and grant unto your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, Your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the Rates and Duties herein after mentioned, and do mo&s;t humbly be&s;&eacute;ech Your Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Ad|vice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in Parliament a&s;|&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Five and twentieth day of
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<HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, every Dwelling, and other Hou&s;e and Edifice, and all Lodgings, and Chambers in the Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges, and other Societies that are, or hereafter &s;hall be erected within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed</HI> (other then &s;uch as in this Act are hereafter excepted and declared) &s;hall be chargeable, and by this pre&s;ent Act, be and are charged with the Annual pa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ment to the Kings Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Every Fire-Hearth and Stove char|ged with the yearly pay|ment of 2 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> to the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</NOTE> his Heirs and Succe&s;|&s;ors for every Fire-Hearth, and Stove within every &s;uch Hou&s;e, Edifice, Chambers, and Lodg|ing, as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of Two &s;hillings by the year, to be paid yearly, and every year at the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel, and the Fea&s;t of the Annuntiation of the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin St. <HI>Mary,</HI> by even and equal portions; the Fir&s;t payment thereof to be paid upon the Fea&s;t-day of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel, which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two.</P>
<P>And to the intent that a ju&s;t account may be had and taken of all the &s;aid Hearths and Stoves by this Act intended to be charged; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How an Ac|compt &s;hall be taken of all Fire-Hearths and Stoves.</NOTE> That every Owner or Occupier of every &s;uch Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodgings and Chambers, &s;hall re&s;pectively within &s;ix dayes after notice given unto him or them; by the re&s;pective Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Ty|thingmen, or other &s;uch Officers, within who&s;e Precinct, the &s;aid Hou&s;e, Edifice, Chambers or Lodgings &s;hall be, or by the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers or Officers of Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, or other Officers of the re&s;pective Colledges, and other Societies afore&s;aid, wherein any &s;uch Lodgings and Chambers &s;hall be, deliver unto the &s;aid Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Ti|thingmen, or other &s;uch Officers as afore&s;aid re&s;pectively, a true and ju&s;t account in writing un|der the hands of &s;uch Owners or Occupiers as afore&s;aid, of all the &s;aid Hearths and Stoves which are within their &s;everal and re&s;pective Hou&s;es, Lodgings and Chambers afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Con&s;tables, Headboroughs,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and when the &s;ame &s;hall be deli|vered in.</NOTE> Tithingmen, or other &s;uch Officers, within who&s;e limits any &s;uch Hou&s;e or Edifice charged by this Act as afore&s;aid, are, and the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers, and other Officers of the re&s;pective Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges, and other Societies afore&s;aid, &s;hall by the la&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, require the &s;everal Occupiers of every &s;uch Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging and Chamber afore&s;aid, to deliver in to them re&s;pectively Accounts in writing as afore&s;aid under their &s;everal and re&s;pective hands of all &s;uch Hearths and Stoves as afore&s;aid, as &s;hall be within their re&s;pective Hou&s;es, Edifices, Lodgings and Chambers, and upon receipt of the &s;ame, or upon default of &s;uch Account in writing, or in ca&s;e there be no occupiers, then within &s;ix dayes after notice in writing, fixt to the door, requiring &s;uch Account to be made, the &s;aid Con&s;tables, or other Officers re&s;pectively, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall enter into the &s;aid re&s;pective Hou&s;es in the day-time, and compare &s;uch Accounts, and &s;&eacute;e whether the &s;ame be truly made, or not. And if no &s;uch Account be delivered, then &s;hall take information by their own view, of the number of &s;uch Hearths and Stoves, upon pain that every Con&s;table, Trea&s;urer, and other Officer afore&s;aid, who &s;hall neglect to do the &s;ame, &s;hall forfeit for every w&eacute;ek he or they &s;hall &s;o neglect, the &s;um of Five pounds; and for every fal&s;e return wilfully made contrary to this Act, he or they &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every Hearth and Stove &s;o fal&s;ly returned or omitted, the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal Con&s;tables, and other Officers, who are hereby authorized to take the account of the afore&s;aid Hearths and Stoves with|in their particular Limits as afore&s;aid, &s;hall at the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions after the &s;aid la&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> to be holden for their re&s;pective Counties, deliver all &s;uch Accounts in writing, as they &s;hall receive, reform, or take by their own view, unto the Iu&s;tices of Peace in their re&s;pective Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the &s;aid Counties, together with a true Note of the names of all &s;uch per&s;ons who &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to give unto them an account under their hands of &s;uch Hearths and Stoves within their re&s;pective Hou&s;es, Edifices, Chambers and Lodgings, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Ac|compts of Hearths and Stoves &s;hall be enrolled and duplicates thereof, by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace.</NOTE> That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace &s;hall cau&s;e all the &s;aid Accounts of the &s;everal Hearths and Stoves within the re&s;pective Counties, to be Inrolled by the Clerk of the Peace of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, Ridings in <HI>York&s;hire,</HI> and Divi&s;ions in <HI>Lincoln&s;hire,</HI> and al&s;o a Duplicate thereof in Parchment, under the Hands and Seals of thr&eacute;e or more of the Iu&s;ti|ces of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties and places afore&s;aid, who are hereby required to &s;ign the &s;ame to be returned into his Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer within one moneth next after &s;uch account delivered unto them at their re&s;pective Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions afore&s;aid, upon pain that the Clerk of the Peace of every &s;uch County, Riding or Divi&s;ion re&s;pectively offending therein, &s;hall forfeit to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the &s;um of Two hundred pounds for the fir&s;t moneth; and for the &s;econd moneth he &s;hall &s;o neglect, every &s;uch Clerk of the Peace &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e his or their place and office, and the &s;ame &s;hall become void accordingly; which forfei|ture and penalty &s;hall be recovered and levied as this Act directs.</P>
<P>And to the intent that the Revenue hereby ari&s;ing to his Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Mo|neys ari&s;ing &s;hall be col|lected, recei|ved and paid into the Ex|chequer.</NOTE> may from time to time be paid into his Exchequer with as little charge as may be; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers, and other Officers of the Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges, and other Societies afore&s;aid, within their re&s;pective Iurisdictions, and the &s;everal Petty-Con&s;tables, Tithing-men, Head-boroughs, and &s;uch other Officers within the re&s;pective Limits, Liberties and Iurisdictions, &s;hall every half year, within Six days after the &s;aid duty
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&s;hall grow due, as afore&s;aid, collect, gather, and receive the &s;ame from the &s;everal Occupiers of the &s;aid Hearths and Stoves, and upon payment thereof; &s;hall give &s;everal Acquittances (with|out taking any thing for &s;uch Acquittances) unto the &s;everal per&s;ons who &s;hall pay the &s;ame: And that &s;uch Acquittances &s;hall be a full and perfect di&s;charge to every &s;uch per&s;on who &s;hall pay the &s;ame, again&s;t His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; &s;o that no per&s;on who &s;hall have &s;uch Acquittance, &s;hall be mole&s;ted, &s;ued or vexed, or put to any charge in His Maje&s;ties Court of Ex|chequer or el&s;e where.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of goods in default of payment.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e any per&s;on who is hereby charged, or intended to be charged to pay any &s;um or &s;ums of money as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay the &s;ame, that then every per&s;on or per&s;ons who is hereby Authorized to collect the &s;ame, &s;hall and may levy the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods of the per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o re|fu&s;ing or neglecting, rendring unto the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons the overplus of &s;uch money as &s;hall remain in their hands by the &s;aid &s;ale, after the &s;aid duty and nece&s;&s;ary charges of levying the &s;ame is di&s;charged as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of Con&s;tables, Trea&s;urers, and Officers impowered to Collect the &s;aid duties.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the afore&s;aid Con&s;tables, Trea&s;u|rers, and other Officers, who are hereby Authorized to collect the afore&s;aid duties, &s;hall within Twenty days next after the afore&s;aid times at which the &s;aid duties &s;hall be due to His Maje&s;ty, as afore&s;aid, pay unto the High Con&s;tables of the &s;everal Hundreds and re&s;pective Limits, all &s;uch money as they &s;hall receive for the afore&s;aid duties, receiving an Acquittance without paying any thing for the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The allow|ance for Col|lecting.</NOTE> and deducting Two pence in the pound for their pains in collecting the &s;ame; And &s;hall al&s;o then in writing under his hand, deliver unto the &s;aid High Con&s;table, the names of the per&s;ons of whom they receive the &s;ame, and al&s;o the names of &s;uch per&s;ons who ought to have paid the re&s;pective duties yearly charged upon them, and have not paid the &s;ame, where no di&s;tre&s;s can be had.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Within what time the money ought to be paid to the High Sheriff.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the High Con&s;tables of the &s;everal hundreds and re&s;pective limits, &s;hall within ten days next after their &s;everal receipts from the &s;aid Con&s;tables, Headbo|roughs, Tithingmen, and other Officers, pay unto the High Sheriffs of every County; all &s;uch money as they &s;hall &s;o receive, deducting a penny in the pound for their pains, and &s;hall al&s;o then deliver or cau&s;e to be delivered unto the &s;aid High Sheriffs, the &s;everal returns which they recei|ved from the Con&s;tables, and other Officers afore&s;aid;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">And when the High Sheriff ought to pay the &s;ame into the Exchequer.</NOTE>And the re&s;pective Sheriffs &s;hall within thirty days after he or they &s;hall receive the &s;aid moneys from the re&s;pective Collectors, return the &s;ame, together with the names of &s;uch per&s;ons who are defaulters, and had no di&s;tre&s;s to be found, into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, de|ducting Four pence out of every Twenty &s;hillings, and &s;o after that rate; whereof Thr&eacute;e pence to be for the Sheriffs own u&s;e, as a reward of his pains in receiving and returning the &s;ame; and One penny to be paid by the Sheriff to the Clerk of the Peace, for his pains, to be recovered by the &s;aid Clerk of the Peace by Action of Debt.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">London. Middle&s;ex.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That the High Sheriff of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> for the time being, for <HI>London</HI> and &s;o much of the County of <HI>Middel&s;ex</HI> as lies within the Bills of Mor|tality, other then the Inns of Court and Chancery; and the High Sheriff of <HI>Surrey</HI> for the time being for the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Surrey. Southwark.</NOTE> and all other Sheriffs of any other City or Town, being a County of it &s;elf, for &s;uch Cities and Towns re&s;pectively, &s;hall be, and are hereby made Collec|tors of, and for the &s;everal duties ari&s;ing within their &s;everal and re&s;pective limits; For which end and purpo&s;e, and in tho&s;e places onely, the Con&s;tables, Tithingmen, Headboroughs and other Officers &s;hall deliver unto the Sheriffs of the Cities and places afore&s;aid, Duplicates of the &s;ame Accompts of Hearths and Stoves, which the &s;aid Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Tithingmen, and other Officers are appointed by this Act to take from time to time, and to deliver to the Iu&s;tices of Peace to be Inrolled as afore&s;aid; And the &s;aid Sheriffs of the Cities and places la&s;t before mentioned, are hereby enabled to levy the &s;aid duties, and required to give Acquittances without any F&eacute;es, as fully and amply to all intents and purpo&s;es as in this Act is appointed to be done by any other Collectors; And the &s;aid Sheriffs &s;hall, from time to time within Forty days after the &s;aid Duties &s;hall be payable by vertue of this Act, make payment of all the moneys levied, into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer, with a perfect Li&s;t of the names of &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall make default of payment, where no di&s;tre&s;s can be found to be taken; Any thing in this Act to the contrary not|with&s;tanding. And the &s;aid Sheriffs &s;hall deduct out of their payments Four pence in the pound; whereof Thr&eacute;e pence to be for them&s;elves, and One penny for the Clerk of the Peace, to be reco|vered as afore&s;aid.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers of the Exchequer &s;hall di&s;charge per&s;ons who pay the duties, with|out any Fee.</NOTE></P>
<P>And that His Maje&s;ties Officers in his &s;aid Court of Exchequer, &s;hall di&s;charge all &s;uch per&s;ons who paid their re&s;pective Duties without taking any F&eacute;es for the &s;ame, and &s;hall al&s;o i&s;&s;ue out Proce&s;s to levy the &s;aid duty upon &s;uch per&s;ons who &s;hall fail in payment thereof, where no di&s;|tre&s;s can be found, to be taken according to this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The &s;aid Re|venue &s;hall be paid into the Exchequer.</P>
<P>And not char|ged with any grant or Pen|&s;ion.</P></NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Revenue and Sum of money ari&s;ing by vertue of this Act, (Except what &s;hall be allowed to the afore&s;aid Officers and Mini&s;|ters for Collecting the &s;ame) &s;hall be duly and con&s;tantly paid and an&s;wered into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer; and &s;hall not be particularly charged or chargeable, either before it be paid into the Exchequer, or after, with any Gift, Grants, or Pen&s;ion what&s;oever; And that all and every Grants of any &s;uch Pen&s;ions, and all and every clau&s;e of <HI>Non ob&s;tante</HI> therein con|tained
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&s;hall be, and is hereby declared to be utterly void, and all and every the per&s;ons to whom &s;uch Grants are pa&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be, and are hereby made Accomptants unto His Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Grantees of the &s;ame &s;hall be accomp|tanes.</NOTE> His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and &s;hall pay back all &s;ums of money received by pretence of &s;uch Grant; and the Court of Exchequer &s;hall be, and is hereby enjoyned to I&s;&s;ue out Proce&s;s according|ly.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Action, Bill, Plaint, Suit,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons ac|ting upon this Statute being &s;ued therefore may plead the general I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> or Information &s;hall be Commenced or Pro&s;ecuted again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons, for what he or they &s;hall do in pur&s;uance or execution of this Act, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o Sued, &s;hall and may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, Not guilty; And upon I&s;&s;ue joyned may give this Act, and the &s;pecial matter in Evidence; and if the Plaintiff or Pro&s;ecutor &s;hall become Non&s;uit, or &s;uffer di&s;contin|uance, or if a Verdict pa&s;s again&s;t him, or if upon a Demurrer Iudgement pa&s;s again&s;t him,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Treble Co&s;ts to the Defen|dants.</NOTE> the Defendant &s;hall recover treble Co&s;ts, for which there &s;hall be like remedy as in any ca&s;e where Co&s;ts by Law are given to the Defendants.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Increa&s;es of Hearths or Stoves which may happen</NOTE> That where any Increa&s;e or Decrea&s;e of &s;uch Hearths or Stoves &s;hall hereafter happen, that an account in writing of the &s;ame &s;hall be had and made in like manner as the &s;ame is directed to be fir&s;t taken, returned and inrolled by this Act; and a Duplicate thereof &s;ent into the Exchequer in &s;uch &s;ort as is before directed;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Decrea&s;es how di&s;char|ged.</NOTE> And from thenceforth the Owner or Occupier of &s;uch Hou&s;e, where &s;uch Decrea&s;e is, &s;hall be di&s;charged proportionably without any further pleading in the Exchequer.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be charged, pro&s;ecuted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Arrerages not to be charged or &s;ued for, but within 2 years next after they become due.</NOTE> or brought to account for the Arrerages of any Duty, or Arrerages of Revenue rai&s;ed by this Act, unle&s;s the &s;aid Suit &s;hal commence within two years, and be brought to a Iudgement within four years, and the Duty levied within five years next after the &s;ame &s;hall grow due.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no per&s;on who by rea&s;on of his poverty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Poor people exempted.</NOTE> or the &s;mallne&s;s of his E&s;tate is exempted from the u&s;ual Tares, Payments and Contributions, towards the Church and Poor, &s;hall be charged or chargeable with any the Duties by this Act Impo&s;ed, Any thing herein before to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it hereby Enacted, That if the Church-wardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor of the Pari&s;h, together with the Mini&s;ter of the &s;ame, or any two of them (whereof the Mini&s;|ter to be one) &s;hall in writing under their hands yearly certifie their belief, that the hou&s;e wherein any per&s;on doth Inhabit is not of greater value then of Twenty &s;hillings <HI>per annum,</HI> upon the full improved Rent; And that neither the per&s;on &s;o Inhabiting, nor any other u&s;ing the &s;ame Me&s;|&s;uage, hath, u&s;eth, or occupieth any Lands or Tenements of their own or others, of the yearly value of Twenty &s;hillings <HI>per annum,</HI> nor hath any Lands, Tenements, Goods or Chattels, of the value of Ten pounds in their own po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any other in tru&s;t for them; That then in &s;uch ca&s;e, upon &s;uch Certificate made to the two next Iu&s;tices of Peace, and allowed (for which Certificate and allowance no F&eacute;e &s;hall be paid) the per&s;on on who&s;e behalf &s;uch Certificate is made, &s;hall not be returned by the Con&s;table, or other Officer; And the &s;aid hou&s;e is hereby for that year di&s;charged of, and from all the Duties by this Act impo|&s;ed; Any thing herein to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Further Pe|nalty upon any per&s;on that &s;hall ac|cept or procure any pen&s;ion, Gift, or grant for years &amp;c.</NOTE> bo|dies Politick or Corporate, &s;hall at any time hereafter procure or accept of from the Kings Maje&s;|ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors any Pen&s;ion, Gift, or Grant for years, life, or any other E&s;tate, or any &s;um or &s;ums of money, out of the Revenue ari&s;ing by vertue of this Act, that then &s;uch per&s;on or body Politick or Corporate, procuring or accepting the &s;ame, &s;hall forfeit double the value of &s;uch Pen&s;ion, Gift, or Grant; The one moyety of which forfeiture &s;hall be to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes, where the &s;aid Offenders be, or inhabit, to be recovered by the Church|wardens, the other moyety to him that will &s;ue for the &s;ame, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information,</P>
<P>Provided that this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Blowing hou|&s;es Stamps Furnaces Kilns Ovens Ho&s;pitals.</NOTE> or any thing herein contained &s;hall not extend to charge any Blowing|hou&s;e, and Stamp, Furnace, or Kiln, or any private Oven within any of the hou&s;es hereby char|ged, nor any Hearth or Stove within the &s;cite of any Ho&s;pital or Alms-hou&s;e for the relief of poor people, who&s;e Endowment and Revenue doth not exc&eacute;ed in true value the &s;um of One hun|dred pounds by the year.</P>
<P>Provided,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The pay|ments and duties char|ged only upon the Occupiers.</NOTE> That the payments and duties hereby charged &s;hall be charged only on the Occupier for the time being of &s;uch Hearth, or Stove, dwelling in &s;uch hou&s;e, whereto &s;uch Hearth or Stove &s;hall be belonging, his Executors or Admini&s;trators, and not on the Landlord who Let or De|mi&s;ed the &s;ame, his Heirs, Executors or A&s;&s;igns.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons Indebted for any the Duties afore&s;aid, &s;hall thereby be priviledged as a Debtor or Debtors to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No priviledg to &s;ue in the Exchequer. Nor a&s;&s;ign a Debt to the King.</NOTE> to &s;ue any per&s;on or per&s;ons in the Court of Exchequer, or to a&s;&s;ign any Debt to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, towards &s;atisfaction of the &s;ame, 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>ca.</HI> 13. 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>ca.</HI> 3.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
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<P>Frauds, and abu&s;es in His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms prevented and Regulated.</P>
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<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 19.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as it appears, that &s;everal unlawful and indirect means and devices are daily put in practi&s;e, to Export and Import Goods and merchandizes prohibited by the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom; as al&s;o to defraud the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty of His Dues, Cu&s;toms, and Sub&s;idies, as well by &s;ecret and deceitful de&s;igns, as by open force and violence u&s;ed again&s;t the Kings Maje&s;ties Officers, imployed in the Affairs of the Cu&s;toms;</P>
<P>For the better preventing of which frauds and violences in time to come, It is Enacted and Ordained by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled; and be it Enacted and Or|dained by the Authority thereof, That no Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, arriving from the parts beyond the Seas,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships and Ve&s;&s;els arri|ving from be|yond the Seas at <HI>Grave-end.</HI></NOTE> &s;hall be above thr&eacute;e days coming from <HI>Graves-end</HI> to the place of her di&s;charge (within the River of <HI>Thames</HI>) without touching or &s;taying at any Wharf, Key, or place adjoyning to either Shoar betw&eacute;en <HI>Graves-end</HI> and <HI>Che&s;ters</HI>-Key (unle&s;s apparently hindred by contrary Winds, Draught of Water, or other ju&s;t impediment to be allowed by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, the Collectors Inwards, or other principal Officers of the Cu&s;toms) and then, or before the Ma&s;ter or Pur&s;er (for that voyage) of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, &s;hall make a ju&s;t and true Entry upon Oath of the Burthen, Contents, and Lading of every &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el,<NOTE PLACE="marg">True Entries of Lading to be made upon Oath.</NOTE> with the particular Marks, Numbers, Qualities, and Con|tents of every parcel of Goods therein Laden, to the be&s;t of his knowledge; al&s;o where, and in what Port &s;he took in her Lading, of what Countrey built, how manned, who was Ma&s;ter du|ring the Voyage, and who are Owners thereof; and in all Out-Ports or Members, to come directly up to the place of Vnlading,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty</NOTE> as the condition of the Port requires, and will admit, and making Entries as afore&s;aid, upon the penalty of the forfeiture of One hundred pounds.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Captain, Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons taking charge of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el bound for the parts beyond the Seas,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of Captains, Ma&s;ter and others taking charge of Ships and Ve&s;&s;els bound for parts be|yond the Seas.</NOTE> or into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> whether the &s;ame Ship or Ve&s;&s;el &s;hall have Commi&s;&s;ion from, or belong unto the Kings Maje&s;ty that now is, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or &s;hall belong to, or have Commi&s;&s;ion from any forrein Prince or State, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall take in or &s;uffer to be ta|ken into, or laden aboard any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, any Engli&s;h Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, to be Exported into the parts beyond the Seas, or into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> until &s;uch Cap|tain, Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, or other per&s;on as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have entered &s;uch Ship or Ships in the Book of the Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">To take in no Engli&s;h goods till En|try thereof be made at the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e.</NOTE> Cu&s;tomer or Collector and Comptroller Outwards of &s;uch Port where he &s;hal Load or take in Goods, together with the Name of &s;uch Captain or Ma&s;ter, the Bur|den of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, the Number of Guns and Ammunition &s;he carries, and to what Port or Place &s;he intends to pa&s;s or Sail, and before he or they &s;hall depart with his or their Ship or Ve&s;&s;el out of &s;uch Port or Place, &s;hall bring and deliver unto the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, the Cu&s;tomer or Collector and Comptroller of &s;uch Port or Place, a Content in Writing under his or their Hands, of the Names of every Merchant, and other per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall have laden and put on Board any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, any &s;uch Goods or Merchandize, together with the Marks and Numbers of &s;uch Goods and Merchandize, and &s;hall likewi&s;e publickly in the open Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, upon his Corporal Oath, to the be&s;t of his knowledge, have an&s;wered to &s;uch que&s;tion or que&s;tions, as &s;hall be demanded of him by the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hal be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, the Cu&s;tomer or Collector and Comptroller, or their Deputies concer|ning &s;uch Goods and Merchandize as &s;hall be aboard &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, upon pain of Forfeiture of One hundred pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships or Ve&s;&s;els of War bring|ing goods.</NOTE> And that no &s;uch Captain, Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons, taking charge of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el of War, as afore&s;aid, wherein any Goods, Wares or Mer|chandizes &s;hall have b&eacute;en laden or brought from the Ports beyond the Seas, or out of the Realm of <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hall unload, or put on board any Lighter, Boat or Bottom, or lay on land, or &s;uffer to be di&s;charged or put into any Lighter, Boat or Bottom or to be laid on land out of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el as afore&s;aid, any Goods, Wares or Merchandize what&s;oever, before &s;uch Captain, Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, or other per&s;on taking charge of the Ship or Merchants Goods for that Voyage as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall have &s;ignified and declared in writing under his or their Hands, unto the per&s;on or per|&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, the Cu&s;tomer or Collector, and Comptroller Inwards of the Port where he arriveth, the Names of every Merchant or Lader of any Goods or Merchandizes aboard the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, together with the Num|ber and Marks, and the quantity and quality of every Parcel of Goods and Merchandizes to the be&s;t of his knowledg, and &s;hall have an&s;wered upon his or their Corporal Oath, to &s;uch Que&s;tions concerning &s;uch Goods and Merchandizes, as &s;hall be publickly admini&s;tred unto him in the open Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed for Managing the Cu&s;|toms, Cu&s;tomer or Collector and Comptroller, or their Deputies, and &s;hall be liable to all Sear|ches and other Rules which Merchants Ships are &s;ubject unto, by the u&s;age of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;|tom-hou&s;e (victualling Bills and Entring excepted) upon pain to forfeit One hundred pounds, and upon refu&s;al to make &s;uch Entries as afore&s;aid, as well Outwards as Inwards the &s;aid per&s;on
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or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed for managing the Cu&s;toms, and Officers of His Maje&s;|ties Cu&s;toms, and their Deputies, &s;hall and may fr&eacute;ely enter and go on board all and every &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el of War, and bring from thence on &s;hoar into His Maje&s;ties Store-hou&s;e belong|ing to the Port where &s;uch Ship &s;hall be, all Goods and Merchandizes prohibited or uncu&s;tomed, which &s;hall be found aboard any &s;uch Ship as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it hereby al&s;o Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of Officers for managing the Cu&s;tom to en|ter and &s;earch Ships and Ve&s;&s;els.</NOTE> That the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed for managing the Cu&s;toms, and Officers of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, and their Deputies, are here|by Authorized and enabled to go and enter aboard any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, as well Ships of War as Merchant Ships, and from thence to bring on &s;hore all Goods prohibited or uncu&s;tomed, except Iewels, if they be Outwards bound; and if they be Ships or Ve&s;&s;els Inwards bound, from thence to bring on &s;hore into His Maje&s;ties Store-hou&s;e, as afore&s;aid, all &s;mall Parcels of Fine Goods or other Goods which &s;hall be found in Cabbins, Che&s;ts, Trunks, or other &s;mall Package, or in any private or &s;ecret place, in, or out of the Hold of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, which may occa&s;ion a ju&s;t &s;u&s;|pition that they were intended to be fraudulently conveyed away; And all other &s;orts of Goods what&s;oever, for which the Duties of Tunnage &amp; Poundage were not paid or Compounded for with in Twenty days after the fir&s;t Entry of the Ship, to be put &amp; remain in the Store-hou&s;e afore&s;aid, until His Maje&s;ties Duties thereupon be ju&s;tly &s;atisfied, unle&s;s the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, and Officers of the Cu&s;toms, &s;hall &s;&eacute;e ju&s;t cau&s;e to allow a longer time, and that the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be &s;o appointed to manage the Cu&s;toms, and the Officers of the Cu&s;toms, and their Deputies, may fr&eacute;ely &s;tay and remain aboard until all the Goods are delivered and di&s;charged out of the &s;aid Ships or Ve&s;&s;els; And if any Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, or Boat-&s;wain, or other taking charge in any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or any other per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall &s;uffer any Tru&s;s, Bale, Pack, Fardel, Cask, or other Package to be opened aboard the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, and the Goods therein to be imbezelled, carried away, or put into any other Form or Package, after the Ship comes into the Port of her di&s;charge, in every &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, Boat-&s;wain, or others, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of one hundred pounds.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods concea|led in any Ship after clearing.</NOTE> after the clearing of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, by the per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for manag|ing the Cu&s;toms, or any their Deputies, and di&s;charging the Watchmen or Tide&s;men from at|tendance thereupon, there &s;hall be found on board &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, which have b&eacute;en concealed from the knowledge of the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be &s;o appointed to manage the Cu&s;toms, and for which the Cu&s;tom, Sub&s;idie, and other Duties due upon the Importation thereof, have not b&eacute;en paid, then the Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> or other per&s;on taking charge of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, &s;hal forfeit the &s;um of One hundred pounds. And it &s;hall be lawful to or for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, authorized by Writ of <HI>A&s;&s;i&s;tance,</HI> under the Seal of His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, to take a Con&s;table, Headborough, or other Publick Officer inhabiting near unto the place, and in the day time to enter, and go into any Hou&s;e, Shop, Cellar, Ware-hou&s;e or Room, or other place, and in ca&s;e of re&s;i&s;tance, to break open Doors, Che&s;ts, Trunks, and other Package, there to &s;eize, and from thence to bring any kind of Goods or Merchandize what&s;oever, prohibited and uncu&s;tomed, and to put and &s;ecure the &s;ame in His Ma|je&s;ties Store-hou&s;e, in the Port next to the place where &s;uch &s;eizure &s;hall be made.</P>
<P>And for the better encrea&s;e of Shipping and Navigation, Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">An accompt to be given of all forreign Ships in all Ports of England.</NOTE> That the Collectors, and other Officers of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, in all the Ports of <HI>England,</HI> &s;hall forth|with give an account unto the Collectors and Surveyor in the Port of <HI>London</HI> (appointed by His Maje&s;ty for all Duties and Matters relating to a late Act Intituled, <HI>An Act for encrea&s;ing and en|couraging of Shipping and Navigation,</HI>) of all Forreign built Ships in their Ports,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 18.</NOTE> owned and be|longing to the people of <HI>England,</HI> of what built and burthen they are, for which Certificates have b&eacute;en made according to the &s;aid Act, and that the &s;aid Collector and Surveyor &s;hall make a true and perfect li&s;t of all &s;uch Ships, atte&s;ted under their hands, and tran&s;mit the &s;ame into his Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Exchequer,</HI> on, or before the moneth of <HI>December,</HI> in the year 1662. there to remain upon record. And that no Forreign built Ship (that is to &s;ay) not built in any of his Maje&s;ties Domi|nions of <HI>A&s;ia, Africa,</HI> or <HI>America,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Forreign built Ships not to have the priviledg of Ships be|longing to <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ire|land.</HI></NOTE> or other than &s;uch as &s;hall <HI>(bona fide)</HI> be bought before the Fir&s;t of <HI>October</HI> 1662. next en&s;uing, and expre&s;ly named in the &s;aid Li&s;t, &s;hall enjoy the priviledge of a Ship belonging to <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> although owned or manned by Engli&s;h (except &s;uch Ships only as &s;hall be taken at Sea by Letters of Mart or Reprizal, and condemnation made in the Court of Admiralty, as lawful Prize) but all &s;uch Ships &s;hall be d&eacute;emed as Aliens Ships, and be liable unto all Duties that Aliens Ships are liable unto by vertue of the &s;aid Act for encrea&s;e of Ship|ping and Navigation. And whereas it is required by the &s;aid Act, that in &s;undry ca&s;es the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners are to be Engli&s;h, it is to be under&s;tood, that any of his Maje&s;ties Subjects of <HI>England, Ireland,</HI> and his Plantations, are to be accounted Engli&s;h, and no others, and that the number of Mariners be accounted according to what they &s;hall have b&eacute;en during the whole Voyage. And whereas of late &s;ome of the per&s;ons appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu&s;toms, and the Officers of the Cu&s;toms and their Deputies, have b&eacute;en hindred, affronted, abu|&s;ed, beaten, and wounded to the hazard of their lives, in the due execution of their &s;everal tru&s;ts &amp; &s;ervices in their re&s;pective places, by armed companies and multitudes of men, and goods prohibited and uncu&s;tomed have by force &amp; violence, as well by Land as by Water, b&eacute;en forcibly carried and conveyed away, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where any Officer or Officers &s;hall
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be by any per&s;on or per&s;ons armed with Club,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment for bea|ting or abu|&s;ing Officers of the Cu&s;|toms.</NOTE> or any manner of Weapon, forcibly hindred, af|fronted, abu&s;ed, beaten or wounded, as afore&s;aid, either on board any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; or upon the Land or Water, in the due execution of their Office, all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o re&s;i&s;ting, affronting, abu&s;ing, beating or wounding the &s;aid Officer or Officers or their Deputies, or &s;uch as &s;hall Act in their aid or a&s;&s;i&s;tance, &s;hall by the next Iu&s;tice of Peace, or other Magi&s;trate, be com|mitted to Pri&s;on, there to remain till the next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions: And the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, &s;hall, and are hereby impowered to puni&s;h the Offender by Fine, not exc&eacute;eding One hundred pounds, and the Offender is to remain in Pri&s;on till he be di&s;charged by Order of the Exchequer, both of the Fine and of the Impri&s;onment, or di&s;cover the per&s;on that &s;et him on work, to the end he may be legally proc&eacute;eded again&s;t.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No goods to be Water-born or landed but in the pre&s;ence of &s;ome Officer of the Cu&s;|toms.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Wharfinger, or K&eacute;eper of any Wharf, Crane, Key, or their &s;ervants or any of them, &s;hall take up or land, or knowingly &s;uffer to be taken up, or landed, or &s;hall Ship off or &s;uffer to be Water-born, at or from any of their &s;aid Wharfs, Cranes, or Keys, any Goods, Wares or Merchandize prohibited, or whereof any Cu&s;tom, Sub&s;idy, or other Duties are due and payable unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, without the pre&s;ence of &s;ome of the Officers of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms thereunto appointed, or at hours and times not ap|pointed by Law (except in the Port of <HI>Hull,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Eliz cap. 11.</NOTE> as in the Statute of the Fir&s;t year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Chapter the eleventh, is excepted, &amp; not otherwi&s;e) or Goods pa&s;&s;ing by Certificates, Wa&s;te-Cock|quet,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty</NOTE> or otherwi&s;e without the pre&s;ence or notice given to one or more of His Maje&s;ties Officers, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e all and every &s;uch Wharfinger and K&eacute;eper of &s;uch Wharfe, Crane or Key, &s;hall forfeit and pay the &s;um of One hundred pounds; And if any Goods or Merchandize &s;hall be Laden or taken in from the Shore, into any Bark, Hoy, Lighter, Barge, Wherry or Boat, to be carried aboard any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el Outwards bound for the parts beyond the Seas, or Laden, or ta|ken in, from or out of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el coming in and arriving from foreign parts, without a Warrant, and pre&s;ence of one or more Officers of the Cu&s;toms, &s;uch Bark, Hoy, Lighter, Barge, Boat or Wherry &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t, and the Ma&s;ter, Pur&s;er, Boat&s;wain, or other Mariner of any Ship Inward bound, knowing and con&s;enting thereunto, &s;hall forfeit the value of the Goods &s;o un&s;hipped; And further, That in ca&s;e any Car-man, Porter, Water-man, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall a&s;&s;i&s;t in the taking up, landing, &s;hipping off, or carrying away any &s;uch Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, that then &s;uch Carman, Porter, Water-man or other per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending being apprehended by Warrant of any Iu&s;tice of the Peace for that County, City or Borough which the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, &amp; every of them are hereby Authorized to i&s;&s;ue, and to exa|mine Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath concerning &s;uch fact, and the &s;ame being proved by the Oath of Two Witne&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Offenders for &s;uch fir&s;t Offence &s;hall and may by &s;uch Iu&s;tice of the Peace be committed to the next Gaol, there to remain till he and they find &s;ufficient Surety to be of the good behaviour for &s;o long time, until he &amp; they &s;hall be thereof di&s;charged by the Lord Trea&s;urer, Chancellor, Vnder-Trea&s;urer or Barons of the Exchequer; And in ca&s;e he or they &s;o convicted, &s;hall afterwards at any time offend in the like kind, then he and they &s;hall and may by any Iu&s;tice of the Peace as afore&s;aid, be committed to the next Gaol, there to remain for the &s;pace of Two Moneths without Bail or Mainprize, or until he &s;hall pay unto the Sheriff of that County the &s;um of Five pounds for the u&s;e of His Maje&s;ty, or until he &s;hall by the Lord Trea&s;urer, Chancellor or Vnder-Trea&s;urer or Court of Exchequer be thence di&s;charged. Be it further Enacted by the Au|thority afore&s;aid, That if any Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, &s;hall be &s;hipped or put on Board to be carried forth to the open Sea from any one Port,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods carryed from one Port to another in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales.</HI></NOTE> Cr&eacute;ek or Member in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port, and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> to be landed at any other place of this Realm, without a Sufferance or Warrant fir&s;t had and obtained from the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be appointed for managing the Cu&s;toms, and Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, all &s;uch Wares and Merchandizes &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t, and that the Ma&s;ter of every Ship or Ve&s;&s;el that &s;hall lade or take in any &s;uch Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, in any Port, Member or Cr&eacute;ek within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> to be landed and di&s;charged in &s;ome other Port, Member or Cr&eacute;ek of the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> &s;hall before the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el be removed or carried out of the Port (where he &s;hall take in his lading,) take out a Cocquet or Cocquets, and become bound to the Kings Maje&s;ty with good Security, in the value of the Goods, Wares and Merchandizes afore&s;aid, for Delivery and Di&s;charge thereof in the Port or place for which the &s;ame &s;hall be entred as afore&s;aid, or in &s;ome other Port or place within the &s;aid Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and (the dangers and accidents of the Seas excepted) to return a Certificate within Six moneths after the date of &s;uch Cocquet and Cocquets, under the Hands and Seals of the Kings Maje&s;ties Officers, Signed al&s;o by &s;ome of the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty for managing the Cu|&s;toms, or their Deputy or Deputies, in every re&s;pective Ports, Members, or Cr&eacute;eks where the &s;ame &s;hall be landed and di&s;charged, to His Maje&s;ties Officers of the Cu&s;toms to whom &s;uch &s;ecu|rity hath b&eacute;en given as afore&s;aid, that &s;uch Goods, Wares and Merchandizes were there landed and di&s;charged accordingly,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers of any Port ma|king fal&s;e cer|tificate.</NOTE> upon the penalty of the forfeiture of the Bond and Security afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it hereby further Enacted, That if any Officer of any Port, Member or Cr&eacute;ek, &s;hall grant or make any fal&s;e Certificate of any Goods or Merchandizes which &s;hould have b&eacute;en landed out of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, That &s;uch Officer &s;hall lo&s;e his Imployment, and moreover forfeit the &s;um of Fifty pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and &s;uffer one years Impri&s;onment without bail or mainprize, and be incapable of &s;erving
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his Maje&s;ty in any place of Tru&s;t concerning his Cu&s;toms, and be further liable to &s;uch Corporal puni&s;hment as the Court of <HI>Exchequer</HI> &s;hall think fit;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Counterfeit|ing Cocquets, Certificates, &amp;c. The penalty.</NOTE> And if any per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall Counter|feit Ra&s;e, or Fal&s;ifie any Cocquet, Certificate or Return, Tran&s;ire, Let-pa&s;s, or any other Cu|&s;tom-hou&s;e Warrant, he &s;hall forfeit One hundred pounds, and the Cocquet, Certificate, or Re|turn &s;hall be invalid and of none effect; and if any Goods, Wares or Merchandizes brought or coming into any Port, Haven, or Cr&eacute;ek within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> from any other Port, Haven, or Cr&eacute;ek within the Kingdom of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> or Dominions afore&s;aid, by Port, Cocquet, Tran&s;ire, Let-pa&s;s, or Certificate, in Ships or Ve&s;&s;els &s;hall be landed or put on &s;hore before &s;uch Cocquet, Tran&s;ire, Let-pa&s;s, or Certificate &s;hall be delivered to &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for man|ageing his Cu&s;toms, the Cu&s;tomer or Collector, and Comptroller of the Port or Place of their Ar|rival, or to their Deputy or Deputies, and a Warrant or Sufferance made and given from &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Cu&s;tomer, or Collector and Comptroller, or their Deputy and Deputies afore&s;aid, for the landing and di&s;charging thereof.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Goods, Wares,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods &s;ecretly conveyed be|yond Sea un|cu&s;tomed, and undi&s;covered by the officers.</NOTE> or Merchan|dizes, for which the Duties of Sub&s;idy or Cu&s;tom are due and payable to the Kings Maie&s;ty, &s;hall be &s;ecretly conveyed on Board any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el before the Cu&s;tom and Sub&s;idy thereof be duly an&s;wered and paid, and &s;hall e&s;cape the di&s;covery thereof by the Officers of the Cu&s;toms, or others, and be carried into the parts beyond the Seas; in &s;uch ca&s;e the Owners or Proprie|tors of &s;uch Goods, Wares, or Merchandizes, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall have &s;o &s;hip|ped or cau&s;ed the &s;ame to be &s;hipped and tran&s;ported, &s;hall forfeit the double value of the Goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> computed according to the Book of Rates, Except for Coal, which &s;o &s;ecretly Exported as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall pay double the Cu&s;tom and Duty, to be Collected and Levied in &s;uch manner as by the Act of Tunnage and Poundage is directed and appointed.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For prevent|ing frauds in louring &s;tran|gers goods.</NOTE> That for preventing of frauds in colouring of &s;trangers Goods, and otherwi&s;e, every Merchant or other, pa&s;&s;ing any Goods, Wares or Mer|chandizes, Inwards or Outwards, &s;hall by him&s;elf, or his known &s;ervant, Factor or Agent, &s;ub|&s;cribe one of his Bills of every Entry, with the mark, number, and contents of every parcel of &s;uch Goods as are rated to pay by the piece or mea&s;ure, and weight of the whole parcel of &s;uch Goods as are rated to pay by the weight, without which, the Officers of the Cu&s;toms &s;hall not &s;uffer any Entry to pa&s;s; And that no children of aliens under the age of Twenty one years be permit|ted to be Traders, or any Goods or Merchandizes to be entred in their names.</P>
<P>Be it al&s;o hereby Enacted, That upon any Actions,<NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be no party Iury in actions or &s;uits concern|ing cu&s;toms.</NOTE> Suits and Informations that &s;hall be brought, commenced, or entred upon any Law or Statute concerning the Kings Maje&s;ties Sub|&s;idies of Tunnage and Poundage, or Ships or Goods to be forfeited by rea&s;on of unlawful Im|portation or Exportation, there &s;hall not be any Party Iury, but &s;uch only as are the natural and fr&eacute;e-born Subjects of the King, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And whereas allowances given to Merchants and others for defects and damages upon Goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowances for defects and damages in goods, how to be made.</NOTE> and Five <HI>per centum</HI> generally upon all Goods Imported, and Twelve <HI>per centum</HI> upon Wines, every Merchant or others having the afore&s;aid allowances inwards, &s;hall in per&s;on upon Oath by him&s;elf, or by his known Servant or Factor, demand and receive the moneys due upon Debenturs for &s;uch forreign Goods Exported by &s;uch Certificate, with &s;uch abate|ments and allowances as were made and given to him upon the Importation; and if he be found fraudulently to &s;hip out le&s;s in quantity or value then is expre&s;&s;ed in his Certificate, the Goods therein mentioned, or the value thereof &s;hall be forfeited; and the Owner or Mer|chant &s;hall lo&s;e the benefit of receiving back any part of the Sub&s;idy for tho&s;e Goods; and if any Goods &s;hipped out by Certificate as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be landed again in the &s;ame, or any other Port or Place within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> (unle&s;s in ca&s;e of Di&s;tre&s;s to &s;ave the Goods from peri&s;hing, which &s;hall be pre&s;en|ly made known to the Per&s;on or Per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty to manage His Cu&s;toms, and Principal Officers of the Port) no allowance &s;hall be deman|ded or made for tho&s;e Goods, and the &s;aid Goods, or value thereof, &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Goods brought from, or carri|ed into <HI>Scotland</HI> by land, &s;hall pa&s;s through <HI>Barwick</HI> or <HI>Car|li<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</HI></NOTE> Wares or Merchandize that &s;hall be brought out of, or carried into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> by Land, into, or out of the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> &s;hall pa&s;s and be carried by and through &s;ome of the Towns and Pa&s;&s;ages hereafter named (that is to &s;ay) by and through <HI>Berwick</HI> or <HI>Carlile,</HI> and then, and there pay the Cu&s;tom and Sub&s;idy granted and due to the Kings Maje&s;ty, by an Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 4.</NOTE> <HI>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage, and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandize Exported and Im|ported;</HI> And if any Goods, Wares or Merchandize prohibited or uncu&s;tomed, coming out of <HI>Scot|land</HI> into <HI>England,</HI> or going out of <HI>England</HI> into <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hall pa&s;s by, or beyond the Towns, Ports and Places aforenamed without due entry and payment of the Cu&s;toms, That then all &s;uch Goods, Wares and Merchandize, or the value thereof &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t.</P>
<P>And whereas in and by an Act of Parliament in the Fir&s;t year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>El. cap.</HI> 11. When and where Mer|chandize &s;hall be landed and cu&s;tom paid.</NOTE> of fa|mous memory, directing when and where Merchandize &s;hall be landed, and Cu&s;toms paid; it is among&s;t divers other things Enacted and Ordained, That no Goods, Wares or Merchandize &s;hall be &s;hipped or loaden aboard any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or landed or di&s;charged out of, or from any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, but in or upon &s;ome &s;uch open Place, Key, or Wharf, Places, Keys, or Wharfs,
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(Except the Port of <HI>Hull</HI>) as her Highne&s;s, her Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hould therefore a&s;&s;ign or appoint by vertue of her Highne&s;s Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions, within the Port of <HI>London,</HI> and in all Ports, Creeks, Havens, or Roads, as in and by the &s;aid Act doth, and may at large appear. And whereas, notwith&s;tanding the afore&s;aid Act, there are &s;ome Ports, Cr&eacute;eks, and places where Cu&s;to|mers, Collectors, and Comptrollers and Searchers, &amp; their &s;ervants had then, time out of mind, b&eacute;en re&s;ident, to which no &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions were &s;ent, nor places, keys, nor wharfs appointed, as by the &s;aid Act was directed; And whereas al&s;o &s;ince that time, by rea&s;on of the alteration of Rivers, Streams, Channels and Sands, &s;ome places then appointed are become unfit and u&s;ele&s;s, &amp; others much more convenient and commodious, as well for Traffique and Commerce, as for Landing and Di&s;charging, Lading and Shipping of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize; It is Enacted and Ordained, and be it Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Kings Maje&s;ty may from time to time by his Highne&s;s Commi&s;&s;ion, or Commi&s;&s;ions out of his Court of Exche|quer, a&s;&s;ign and appoint all &s;uch further Places, Ports, Members and Cr&eacute;eks (except the Town of <HI>Hull</HI>) as &s;hall be lawful for the landing and di&s;charging, lading or &s;hipping of any Goods, Wares or Merchandize, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port or Town of <HI>Ber|wick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and to what ancient and head-Ports re&s;pectively &s;uch Places, Members or Creeks &s;hall belong and appertain; And where any &s;uch Member, Cr&eacute;ek, or Place &s;hall be &s;o (as afore&s;aid) appointed by vertue of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions, the Cu&s;tomer, Collector, Comptroller and Searcher of the head-Port, &s;hall by them&s;elves, or their &s;ufficient Deputy or Deputies, &s;ervant or &s;ervants, re&s;ide and inhabit, for the entring, clearing, and pa&s;&s;ing, &s;hipping and di&s;charging of Ships, Goods and Merchandize; And by vertue of the afore&s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions, may likewi&s;e &s;et down and appoint the extents, bounds, and limits of every Port, Haven, or Cr&eacute;ek within his Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> whereby the extents, limits and priviledges of every Port, Haven and Cr&eacute;ek, may be a&s;certained and known; And it &s;hall not be lawful for any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oe|ver, to lade, or put, or cau&s;e to be laden or put off, or from any Key, Wharf, or other place on the Land, into any Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, Lighter, Boat or Bottom, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize what|&s;oever, (Fi&s;h taken by his Maje&s;ties Subjects, Sea-coal, Stone and Be&s;tials only excepted) to be Tran&s;ported into any place of the parts beyond the Seas, or carried by land into the Realm of <HI>Scot|land,</HI> or to take up, di&s;charge, or lay on land, or cau&s;e, or procure to be taken up, di&s;charged, and laid on land out of any Boat, Lighter, Ship, Ve&s;&s;el or Bottom (being not in Leak or Wreck) any Goods, Wares, or Merchandize what&s;oever (Fi&s;h taken by his Maje&s;ties Subje&s;ts, Be&s;tials and Salt only excepted) to be brought from any of the parts beyond the Seas, or by land from the Realm of <HI>Scotland,</HI> by way of Merchandize, but only upon &s;uch open Place, Key or Wharf, Places, Keys or Wharfs, as his Maje&s;ty &s;hall from time to time a&s;&s;ign and appoint by vertue of &s;uch Com|mi&s;&s;ion and Commi&s;&s;ions as afore&s;aid, in his Maje&s;ties Port of <HI>London,</HI> and the Members and Liberties thereof, in any other Port, Place, Member or Cr&eacute;ek within his Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Berwick,</HI> without &s;pecial &s;ufferance and leave fir&s;t had from the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, upon the penalty of the forfeiture of all &s;uch Goods, Wares and Merchandize.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>For avoiding Practi&s;es be|tween Own|ers of goods and Infor|mers, to avoid payment of cu&s;toms.</P>
<P>None to &s;eize any goods but officers of the cu&s;toms.</P></NOTE>And fora&s;much as it doth appear by daily experience, That there are great Practi&s;es and Com|binations betw&eacute;en the Importers and Owners of Goods and Merchandizes, and the Seizers and Informers, with de&s;ign and intent to defraud the force of the Law, and his Maje&s;ty of his Du|ties and Cu&s;toms; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Ship or Ships, Goods, Wares, or Merchandize, &s;hall be &s;eized as forfeited, for or by rea&s;on of unlawful Importation or Exportation, into, or out of this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Port and Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or any the Ports, members or Cr&eacute;eks thereunto belonging, or for not payment of any Cu&s;toms or Sub&s;idies now due, or hereafter to be due and payable to his Maje&s;ty, but by the per&s;on or per&s;ons who are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty to manage his Cu&s;toms, or Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms for the time being, or &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be deputed and authorized thereunto by Warrant from the Lord-Trea&s;urer, or Vnder-Trea&s;urer, or by &s;pecial Commi&s;&s;ion from his Maje&s;ty under the Great or Privy-Seal; And if any Seizure &s;hall hereaf|ter be made by any other Per&s;on or Per&s;ons what&s;oever for any the Cau&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;uch &s;eizure &s;hall be void and of none effect, any Statute, Law, Act, or Provi&s;ion to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">In any &s;uit a|gain&s;t per&s;ons imployed a|bout the cu|&s;toms, the De|fendant may plead the ge|neral i&s;&s;ue. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 18.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in every Action, Suit, Indict|ment, Information or Pro&s;ecution, wherein or whereby the per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for managing his Cu&s;toms, or the Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, or any Officer or Officers, Per&s;on or Per&s;ons authorized by his Maje&s;ty to put in execution the Act of Parliament, <HI>For encrea&s;ing and encouraging of Navigation,</HI> their Deputies or Servants, or any others acting in aid of them, have b&eacute;en, are, or &s;hall be &s;ued, indicted, pro&s;ecuted or mole&s;ted, it &s;hall be lawful for all and every the &s;aid Per&s;ons, their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators, to plead the general I&s;&s;ue,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And to give this for other acts relating to cu&s;toms or Navigation in evidence.</NOTE> and to give this or the afore&s;aid Acts of Parliament, relating to the Cu&s;toms and Navigation in evidence, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Iu&s;tice, or other Courts where the &s;aid matter &s;hall be depending; And the Iudges of the &s;aid Courts are hereby &s;trictly enjoyned and required to admit the &s;ame, and to acquit and indemnifie them, and every of them, of, and from all &s;uch Suits, Indictments, Informations, or Pro&s;ecutions, for or concerning any matter or thing
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acted or done in the due and nece&s;&s;ary performance and execution of their re&s;pective Tru&s;ts and Imployments therein.</P>
<P>Be it hereby al&s;o Enacted for avoiding of fraudulent Compo&s;itions, That if any Seizer.<NOTE PLACE="marg">For avoyding fraudulent compo&s;itions by Informers.</NOTE> In|former or Officer as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not pro&s;ecute to effect for the bringing to Tryal and Con|demnation the Ships, Goods and Merchandize by them Seized or Informed again&s;t, That then, and in every &s;uch ca&s;e, it &s;hall be lawful to or for any of the per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for managing his Cu&s;toms, or the Officers of the Cu&s;toms, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons deputed by them, or thereunto Authorized by the Lord-Trea&s;urer, or Vnder-Trea&s;urer to make &s;eizure of, or inform again&s;t &s;uch Goods and Merchandize, or bring his Action for the &s;ame by way of <HI>Devenerunt,</HI> and that they &s;hall be e&s;t&eacute;emed and adjudged in Law as the true fir&s;t Informers and Seizers, and have the benefit of &s;uch Informers or Seizers; Any Law, Statute, Act or V&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And that no Informer or Officer be &s;uffered to compound under one Third of the apprai&s;ed va|lue upon lo&s;s of his Office;</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;on em|ployed about managing the cu&s;toms, may take any bride or re|ward to con|nive at any Entry.</NOTE> That if any of the Kings Maje&s;ties Offi|cers, or other per&s;ons appointed to manage His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, Searchers, Waiters, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever deputed and appointed by and under them, or any of them, or any other Authority what&s;oever, and imployed in or about the Affairs of the Kings Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies, &s;hall directly or indirectly take or receive any bribe, recompence or reward, in any kind what&s;oever, or connive at any fal&s;e Entry of any Goods or Merchandizes, whereby the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall be defrauded or hindred, in, or of His Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies, or other Sums of money or Goods prohibited by the Law to be Imported or Ex|ported into or out of the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> Town and Port of <HI>Ber|wick,</HI> be &s;uffered to pa&s;s either by way of Importation or Exportation, the per&s;on or per&s;ons therein offending, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of One hundred pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and be for ever afterwards inca|pable of any Office or Imployment under the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or any Authority derived from them, as al&s;o the Merchant, Mariner, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what|&s;oever, who &s;hall give or pay any &s;uch Bribe, Recompence or Reward as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Fifty pounds.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, that if any per&s;on or per&s;ons offending as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons revea|ling their own offences with|in two months to be acquit|ted.</NOTE> &s;hall reveal and make known &s;uch his or their Offence in Two moneths time to the Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI> the Chancellor, Vnder-Trea&s;urer, or Barons of the Exchequer, he &s;hall for that Offence be clearly acquitted and di&s;charged.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Forreign goods, where to be landed, and how weighed and numbred.</NOTE> That all forreign Goods and Merchandize which by the per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty for the managing of the Cu&s;toms, and the Cu&s;tomer, Collector and Comptroller, &s;hall be permitted to be landed and taken up by Bills at &s;ight, Bills at view or &s;ufferance, &s;hall be landed at the mo&s;t convenient Keys or Wharfs where the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o to be appointed, Cu&s;tomer, or Collector or Comptroller, &s;hall appoint, and not el&s;ewhere, and there or in his Maje&s;ties Store-hou&s;e of the re&s;pective Ports, at the Election of the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o to be appointed and Officers, &s;hall be mea&s;ured, weighed and numbred, by and in the pre&s;ence of the Officers, to be thereunto particularly appointed; which &s;aid Officers &s;o appointed, &s;hall perfect the Entry, and thereunto &s;hall &s;ub&s;cribe their Names, and the next day following &s;hall give Accompt, and make report of every re&s;pective Entry &s;o perfected as afore&s;aid, to the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed to manage his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, Cu&s;tomer, or Collector and Comptroller afore&s;aid, without rea&s;onable cau&s;e to be al|lowed by the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, or Officers afore&s;aid, or in default thereof, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of One hundred pounds.</P>
<P>Be it al&s;o Enacted, That no Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Boat,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ve&s;&s;els ap|pointed for carrying Let|ters, may not import nor ex|port Merc|handi&s;e.</NOTE> appointed and imployed ordinarily for the Carriage of Letters and Pacquets &s;hall (unle&s;s it be in &s;uch Ca&s;es as &s;hall be allowed by the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed to manage his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, or Officers afore&s;aid) Import or Export any Goods or Merchandize into or out of the parts beyond the Seas, upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of One hundred pounds to be paid by the Ma&s;ter of the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;el or Boat, with the lo&s;s of his place; and all Goods and Merchandize that &s;hall be found on Board any &s;uch Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Boat &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t.</P>
<P>And whereas &s;ome Doubts and Di&s;putes have ari&s;en concerning the &s;aid late Act <HI>For encre|&s;ing and encouraging of Shipping and Navigation,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">An Explana|tion of 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 18. of goods prohibi|ted to be brought from <HI>Holland.</HI></NOTE> about &s;ome of the Goods therein prohibited to be brought from <HI>Holland,</HI> and the Parts and Ports thereabouts; Be it Enacted and Declared, That no &s;ort of Wines (other then Rheni&s;h) no &s;ort of Spicery, Grocery, Tobacco, Pot-a&s;hes, Pitch, Tarr, Salt, Rozen, Deal-Boards, Firr, Timber, or Olive-Oyl, &s;hall be imported into <HI>England, Wales</HI> or <HI>Berwick,</HI> from the <HI>Netherlands</HI> or <HI>Germany,</HI> upon any pretence what&s;oever in any &s;ort of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els what&s;oever, upon penalty of the lo&s;s of all the &s;aid Goods, as al&s;o of the Ships and furniture.</P>
<P>And whereas al&s;o by the &s;aid Acts <HI>For incouraging and increa&s;ing of Shipping and Naviga|tion,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 18. Impo&s;ition of 5 <HI><ABBR>s.</ABBR> per</HI> Tun upon French Ve&s;&s;els.</NOTE> an Impo&s;ition of Five &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tun is laid upon all Ships or Ve&s;&s;els belonging to any Subjects of the French King, which &s;hall come into any Port, Harbour, Cr&eacute;ek, or Road of <HI>England, Ireland, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and &s;hall there lade or unlade any Goods, or take in or &s;et on &s;hore any Pa&s;&s;engers, Yet notwith&s;tanding there is great difficulty
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in recovering the &s;aid Duty, becau&s;e &s;mall Shallops come not into Harbours where Officers are, but either put their Goods and Pa&s;&s;engers on &s;hore, or Boats come out of Harbours, which privately convey them on &s;hore, there being no penalty in the Act again&s;t &s;uch Offenders; Be it therefore Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be re|covered, and the penalty.</NOTE> That any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el upon which the above-&s;aid Impo&s;ition of Five &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tun is due and payable, which &s;hall either put on &s;hore, or put over into any Boat any Goods or Pa&s;&s;engers without payment of Cu&s;tom and Impo&s;ition of Tunnage, at any time returning into any Harbour, Port, or Creek of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> &s;hall not only pay the Duties formerly due, but forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds; And what&s;oever Pilot, Water-man, or Boat-man, which &s;hall from any Harbour, Port or Cr&eacute;ek go out and bring any Goods from on board &s;uch Ve&s;&s;el, &s;hall not only be liable to pay the Duty of Tunnage which the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;el &s;hould have paid, but forfeit the &s;um of Forty pounds.</P>
<P>Be it al&s;o hereby Enacted, That Vinegar, Perry, Rape, Cider, and Cider-eager, of any &s;ort or kind what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tunnage up|on V negar, Perry, Rape, Cyder and Cy|der eager.</NOTE> Imported from and after the four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, from Forreign Parts, is hereby Rated to pay to the Kings Ma|je&s;ty a Sub&s;idy of Tunnage of Four pounds Ten &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tun Imported by Engli&s;h, and Six pounds Imported by Stangers, according to the Rate already impo&s;ed and &s;et upon French Wines, to be Collected and Levied for &s;uch time and in &s;uch manner as by the Act of Tunnage and Poundage is directed and appointed; And the &s;ame are by vertue of this Act exonerated and di&s;charged of all further and other Sums heretofore &s;et or charged upon tho&s;e Commodities, by or under the name of Sub&s;idy or Poundage; And in ca&s;e of Exportation, there &s;hall be repaid and allowed to the Engli&s;h-man Exporter, the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e pounds Ten &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tun, and to the Alien Four pounds Fift&eacute;en &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Tun, to be repaid according to the Rules of the Book of Rates now e&s;tabli&s;hed.</P>
<P>And whereas the Ingenious Indu&s;try of the&s;e times hath taught the Dyers of <HI>England</HI> the Art of fixing the Colours made of Logwood,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Logwood or Blockwood.</NOTE> <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood, &s;o as that by experience they are found as la&s;ting and &s;erviceable as the Colours made with any other &s;ort of Dying-wood what|&s;oever;<NOTE PLACE="marg">23 El. cap. 9.</NOTE> And whereas by a Statute made in the thr&eacute;e and twentieth year of the Reign of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> of famous Memory, Entituled, <HI>Logwood and Blockwood &s;hall not be u&s;ed in Dying of Cloth,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">39 El. cap. 11.</NOTE> <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And by another Statute made in the Nine and thirtieth year of the afore&s;aid Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> (Entituled, <HI>The Penalty for mixing or u&s;ing of Logwood in Dying Cloth or other Stuff</HI>) all Logwood, <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood, that &s;hall be found within this Kingdom &s;hall be forfeited, and openly burned, with divers other Pains, Penalties and Forfeitures upon &s;uch as &s;hall u&s;e the &s;ame in Dying-Cloth or other Commodities, as by the &s;aid &s;everal Acts afore&s;aid may and doth appear: Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the afore&s;aid Statutes, and either of them, be and are hereby Repealed and made void as to all Clau&s;es, Articles, Provi&s;ions and Penalties in any wi&s;e relating to the prohibition or u&s;e of Logwood, <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood; And that from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, It &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, freely to import into this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Ber|wick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> any quantities of Logwood, <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood, and fr&eacute;ely to u&s;e the &s;ame in Dying or Colouring any &s;ort of Goods or Manufacture what&s;oever, the afore&s;aid two Statutes, or any other Law, Statute, V&s;age, Cu&s;tom, Patent of priviledge, Proclamation, or other Re&s;traint, Matter or Thing to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Impo&s;ition upon Log|wood impor|ted. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 18.</NOTE>Provided, That &s;uch Importation be according to the Rules pre&s;cribed and enjoyned in the late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for encouraging and encrea&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation, and paying a Sub&s;idy to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors</HI> for every Tun of the &s;aid Logwood, <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood, &s;o to be Imported after the rate of Five pounds, and after that rate for any greater or le&s;&s;er quantity according to &s;uch Rules, and under &s;uch Penalties as are provided for all other Imported Goods in a late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act of Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. ca. 4.</NOTE> <HI>and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandize Ex|ported and Imported:</HI> Excepting onely that for all of the &s;aid Commodities Exported according to the Rules of the Book of Rates, there &s;hall be repaid to the Exporter the Sum of Four pounds <HI>per</HI> Tun; the &s;aid Rate for Logwood, <HI>alias</HI> Blockwood, to be Collected and Levied for &s;uch time, and in &s;uch manner as by the Act of Tunnage and Poundage is directed and appointed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That all Actions, Suits and Informations to be had and com|menced upon the Act <HI>For incouraging and increa&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation,</HI> or any Clau&s;e or Article therein, may be entred and pro&s;ecuted in his Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer at <HI>We&s;tmin|&s;ter,</HI> That upon all &s;uch Suits and Informations to be brought upon the Act of Tunnage and Poundage, and the Act afore&s;aid, or any other Act or Statute concerning the Importation of Goods or Merchandize from the parts beyond the Seas,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Onus probandi</HI> of property of goods claimed to lie upon the Owner or Claimer.</NOTE> if the property thereof be claimed by any per&s;on or per&s;ons as the Importer thereof; in &s;uch ca&s;e <HI>Onus Probandi</HI> &s;hall lie upon the Owner or Claimer thereof. Provided that in ca&s;e the &s;eizure or Information &s;hall be made upon any Clau&s;e or Thing contained in the late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the incouraging and increa&s;ing of Shipping and Navigation,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion and time to examine wit|ne&s;&s;es beyond the Sea.</NOTE> that then the Defendant or Defendants &s;hall on his or their reque&s;t have a Commi&s;&s;ion out of the High Court of Chancery to examine Witne&s;&s;es beyond the Seas, and have a competent time allowed for the return thereof before any tryal &s;hall be had upon the Ca&s;e, according to the di&s;tance of place where &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions are to be executed;
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and that the Examination of Witne&s;&s;es &s;o returned &s;hall be admitted for evidence in Law at the Tryal, as if it had b&eacute;en given <HI>Viva voce</HI> by the Examinate in Court; Any Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es Writs of deli|very may be granted.</NOTE> That no Writ of De|livery &s;hall be granted out of the Court of Exchequer for Goods Seized, but upon good Se|curity; and that for Goods peri&s;hable onely, or in ca&s;es where the Informer &s;hall deferor delay his coming to as &s;p&eacute;edy a Tryal as the Cour&s;e of that Court will permit, and &s;hall be thereby Or|dered and Directed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That one Moyety of all the Forfeitures before in this Act mentioned and appointed, &s;hall be to the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall Seize or Sue for the &s;ame by Bill, Plaint, or Information in his Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, or any other his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained, That all Officers belonging to the Admiralty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Officers and per&s;ons to be aiding the Officers and per&s;ons for management of the Cu|&s;toms.</NOTE> Cap|tains and Commanders of Ships, Forts, Ca&s;tles and Block-hou&s;es, as al&s;o all Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Con&s;tables and Headboroughs, and all the Kings Maje&s;ties Officers, Mini&s;ters and Subjects what&s;oever whom it may concern, &s;hall be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons which are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty to manage his Cu&s;tomes, and the Officers of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;tomes, and their Re&s;pective Deputies in the due Execution of all and every Act and Thing in and by this pre&s;ent Act required and en|joyned; And all &s;uch who &s;hall be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting unto them in the due execution hereof, &s;hall be defended and &s;aved harmle&s;s by vertue of this Act.</P>
<P>And be it hereby al&s;o Enacted, That all Deputies,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Clerks and Servants a|bout the Cu|&s;toms to be &s;worn for their truth and faithfulne&s;s therein.</NOTE> Clerks and Servants which now have any place or Office in or about the Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies by and under the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or other the Kings Officers thereof, &s;hall before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>June</HI> next, take their re&s;pective Cor|poral Oath and Oaths for the true and faithful execution and di&s;charge, to the be&s;t of their knowledge and power, of their &s;everal Tru&s;ts and Imployments committed to their charge and in&s;pection; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall hereafter be imployed or put in tru&s;t in the bu&s;i|ne&s;s of the Cu&s;toms, untill he &s;hall fir&s;t have taken his Oath as afore&s;aid; And the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers and principal Officers in the Port of <HI>London,</HI> and the principal Officers in all other the out|ports, or any two of them, are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter, and give to all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;uch Oath and Oaths as afore&s;aid, and to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be Entred and Regi&s;tred in the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e of every re&s;pective Port where the per&s;on &s;o taking the Oath as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have his re&s;idence and imployment.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons im|ployed about the Cu&s;toms, &s;hall demand nor take any more then the fees due by Law.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on imployed in his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, &s;hall demand or take any other or greater &s;um of money then by Law is now due, or hereafter &s;hall become due, or &s;hall put any Merchant or other per&s;on out of his turn without expre&s;s order before, or immediate approbation after, from the per&s;on or per&s;ons who are or &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty to manage his Cu&s;toms, or the &s;uperior Officers for the Cu&s;toms, or &s;hall illegally detain the goods of any per&s;on, or &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to make re-payments and allowances which are or &s;hall be due &s;ince the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, or &s;hall not after notice given, give out and execute his War|rant, &s;hall be lyable to double Co&s;ts and Damages.</P>
<P>And for the better increa&s;e of good and &s;erviceable &s;hipping,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Of what &s;i&s;e and burden Merchants Ships &s;hall be, and what men and am|munition they &s;hall carry.</NOTE> and &s;ecuring the publick Trade and Commerce; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Merchant or other per&s;on that &s;hall after the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, Export any Goods or Merchandizes from any Port of this Kingdom, capable of a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el of two hundred Tun upon an ordinary full Sea, to any part or place of the <HI>Medi|terranean</HI> Sea beyond the port of <HI>Malaga,</HI> or Import any Goods or Merchandize from the ports or places afore&s;aid, to any port of this &s;aid Kingdom, in any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el that hath not two Decks, and doth carry le&s;s then &s;ixt&eacute;en pieces of Ordnances mounted together, with two men for each Gun, and other Ammunition proportionable, &s;hall pay to our Sovereign Lord the King for all and every the Wares and Merchandizes &s;o Exported or imported, One <HI>per centum</HI> over and above the Rates and Duties of Sub&s;idy of Tonnage and Poundage otherwi&s;e due and payable for the &s;ame, Any thing in this Act before contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Ships expor|ting Fi&s;h.</NOTE> that it &s;hall and may be lawful to export from any of his Maje&s;ties Domi|nions, Fi&s;h, into any of the Ports of the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea afore&s;aid, in any Engli&s;h Ship or Ve&s;&s;el what&s;oever, Provided that one moyety of her full lading be Fi&s;h only, and in &s;uch ca&s;e to Import any Wares or Merchandize in the &s;ame Ship for that Voyage, without paying any other Rates or Duties of Tonnage or Poundage for the &s;ame, then were heretofore accu&s;tomed.</P>
<P>And for the better encouragement of building good and Defen&s;ible Ships; Be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|men<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> for Building good and de|fen&s;ible Ships.</NOTE> That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall within the &s;pace of Seven years, from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, build, or cau&s;e to be built within any of his Maje&s;ties Dominions, any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el of Thr&eacute;e Decks, or Two Decks and a half, with a Fore-Ca&s;tle, and Five foot betw&eacute;en each Deck, mounted with thirty pieces of Ordnance at lea&s;t, and other Ammunition proportionable, &s;hall for the fir&s;t two Voyages which the &s;aid Ship or Ships make from his Maje&s;ties Dominions to any forreign parts, have and receive
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to his and their own proper u&s;e and benefit one Tenth part of the Cu&s;toms that &s;hall be paid to His Maje&s;ty for all &s;uch Goods or Merchandizes as &s;hall be Exported or Imported on the &s;aid Ship or Ships, to and from this Kingdome; And the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms are hereby impowered and required to pay the &s;ame to the Owner or Owners of the &s;aid Ship or Ships accordingly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Salt brought out of <HI>Scotland</HI> to pay ob. a Gallon.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it hereby Declared and Enacted, That from and after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, All Salt which &s;hall be brought out of the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland</HI> into this Kingdom, the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall yield and pay, and is hereby made chargeable to yield and pay unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, One half penny upon every Gallon of &s;uch imported Salt of <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> mea&s;ure, at the landing thereof; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act, or any former or other Law, Statute, or Order to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For the better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The occa&s;ion of increa&s;e of Poor.</NOTE>WHereas the nece&s;&s;ity, number and continual increa&s;e of the Poor, not only within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> with the Liberties of each of them, but al&s;o through the whole Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> is very great, and ex|c&eacute;eding burthen&s;ome, being occa&s;ioned by rea&s;on of &s;ome defects in the Law concerning the &s;et|ling of the Poor, and for want of a due provi&s;ion of the regulations of relief and imployment in &s;uch pari&s;hes or places where they are legally &s;etled, which doth enforce many to turn incor|rigible Rogues, and others to peri&s;h for want, together with the neglect of the faithfull exe|cution of &s;uch Laws and Statutes as have formerly b&eacute;en made for the apprehending of Rogues and Vagabonds, and for the good of the Poor: For remedy whereof, and for the preventing the peri&s;hing of any the Poor, whether young or old, for want of &s;uch &s;upplies as are nece&s;&s;ary; May it plea&s;e your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted, and be it En|acted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Poor people going from one Pari&s;h to another.</NOTE> and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That whereas by rea&s;on of &s;ome defects in the Law, poor people are not re&s;trained from going from one Pari&s;h to another, and therefore do endeavour to &s;ettle them&s;elves in tho&s;e Pari&s;hes where there is the be&s;t Stock, the large&s;t Commons, or Wa&s;tes to build Cottages, and the mo&s;t Woods for them to burn and de&s;troy, and when they have con&s;umed it, then to another Pari&s;h, and at la&s;t become Rogues and Vagabonds, to the great di&s;couragement of Pari&s;hes to provide Stocks, where it is liable to be devoured by &s;trangers; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be &s;et|led, coming to any Tenement under ten pounds yearly value.</NOTE> upon complaint made by the Church-wardens, or Over&s;eers of the poor of any Pa|ri&s;h to any Iu&s;tice of Peace, within Forty dayes after any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons coming &s;o to &s;ettle as afore&s;aid in any Tenement under the yearly value of Ten pounds, for any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI> of the Divi&s;ion where any per|&s;on or per&s;ons that are likely to be chargeable to the Pari&s;h, &s;hall come to inhabit, by their Warrant to remove and convey &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to &s;uch Pari&s;h where he or they were la&s;t legally &s;etled, either as a native Hou&s;holder, Sojourner, Apprentice or Servant, for the &s;pace of forty dayes at the lea&s;t, unle&s;s he or they give &s;ufficient &s;ecurity for the di&s;charge of the &s;aid Pari&s;h to be allowed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons grie|ved, may ap|peal to the Quarter Se&s;&s;i|ons.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That all &s;uch per&s;ons who think them&s;elves agrieved by any &s;uch Iudgement of the &s;aid two Iu&s;tices, may appeal to the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid County at their next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, who are hereby required to do them ju&s;tice according to the merits of their Cau&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons go|ing to work in harve&s;t.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That (this Act notwith&s;tanding) it &s;hall and may be lawfull for any per|&s;on or per&s;ons to go into any County, Pari&s;h or place to work in time of Harve&s;t, or at any time to work at any other work, &s;o that he or they carry with him or them, a Certificate from the Mini&s;ter of the pari&s;h, and one of the Churchwardens, and one of the Over&s;&eacute;ers for the poor for the &s;aid year, that he or they have a dwelling hou&s;e, or place in which he or they inhabit, and hath left wife and children, or &s;ome of them there, (or otherwi&s;e as the condition of the per&s;on &s;hall require) and is declared an Inhabitant, or Inhabitants there: And in &s;uch ca&s;e, if the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall not return to the place afore&s;aid, when his or their work is fini&s;hed, or &s;hall fall &s;ick or impotent, whil&s;t he or they are in the &s;aid work, it &s;hall not be accounted a Settle|ment in the ca&s;es above&s;aid, but that it &s;hall and may be lawful for two Iu&s;tices of the Peace to convey the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons to the place of his or their habitation, as afore&s;aid, under the pains and penalties in this Act pre&s;cribed: And if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e to go, or &s;hall not remain in &s;uch pari&s;h where they ought to be &s;etled, as afore&s;aid, but &s;hall return of his own accord to the pari&s;h from whence he was removed; it &s;hall and may be lawful for any Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the City, County or Town-Corporate where the &s;aid Offence &s;hall be committed, to &s;end &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons offending to the Hou&s;e of Correction, there to be puni&s;hed as a Vagabond, or to a publick Work-hou&s;e in this pre&s;ent Act hereafter
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mentioned, there to be imployed in work or labour; And if the Church-wardens, and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor of the Pari&s;h, to which he or they &s;hall be removed, refu&s;e to receive &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and to provide work for them, as other Inhabitants of the Pari&s;h, any Iu&s;tice of Peace of that Divi&s;ion may and &s;hall thereupon bind any &s;uch Officer or Officers, in whom there &s;hall be default, to the A&s;&s;izes or Se&s;&s;ions, there to be Indicted for his or their Contempt in that be|half.</P>
<P>And for the further redre&s;s of the mi&s;chiefs intended to be hereby remedied,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Corporations or work hou|&s;es in the Ci|ties of Lon|don and We&s;t|min&s;ter. Middle&s;ex. Surrey.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from thenceforth there be, and &s;hall be, one or more Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es within the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and within the Burroughs, Towns and places of the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> &s;cituate, lying and being within the Pari&s;hes mentioned in the W&eacute;ekly Bills of Mortality, con&s;i&s;ting of a Pre&s;ident, a Deputy to the Pre&s;ident, and a Trea&s;urer; And that the Lord Mayor of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being be Pre&s;ident of the Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es within the &s;aid City, and the A&s;&s;i&s;tants to be the Aldermen of the &s;aid City of <HI>Lon|don</HI> for the time being, and fifty two other Citizens to be cho&s;en by the Common-Council of the &s;aid City; And that the &s;aid Pre&s;ident and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or the major part of them, &s;hall and may elect a Deputy-Pre&s;ident and Trea&s;urer, and all other nece&s;&s;ary Officers hereby con&s;tituted and authorized to execute the powers and Offices by this Act appointed: And that upon the vacancy by death or otherwi&s;e of any A&s;&s;i&s;tant, the power to elect in their rooms be in the &s;aid Common-Council, and the Election of the Deputy-Pre&s;ident, or Trea&s;urer, and all other Officers, in the &s;aid Pre&s;ident and major part of the A&s;&s;i&s;tants, as afore&s;aid: And that a Pre&s;ident, a Deputy-Pre&s;ident, a Trea&s;urer and A&s;&s;i&s;tants be nominated and appointed by the Lord Chancellor, or Lord K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, out of the mo&s;t fit per&s;ons inha|biting in the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or the Liberties thereof, for the Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es within the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And for the &s;aid places within the W&eacute;ekly Bills of Mortality in the &s;aid Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> re&s;pectively,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;ident, De|puty-pre&s;ident, Trea&s;urer and A&s;&s;i&s;tants for Middle&s;ex &amp; Surrey, how to be elected.</NOTE> there &s;hall be elected and cho&s;en by the major part of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the &s;aid Counties in their re&s;pective Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions a&s;&s;embled, out of the mo&s;t able and hone&s;t Inhabitants and Fr&eacute;eholders of every of the &s;aid Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> re|&s;pectively, a Pre&s;ident, a Deputy-Pre&s;ident, a Trea&s;urer and A&s;&s;i&s;tants for the Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es of the places afore&s;aid in <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey;</HI> And that upon the vacancy by death, or otherwi&s;e of any of the Pre&s;idents, Deputy-Pre&s;idents, Trea&s;urers or A&s;&s;i&s;tants in the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and places afore&s;aid in <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">City of We&s;t|min&s;ter.</NOTE> the power to elect others in their rooms be in the major part of the re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of Peace, who in their General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions from time to time &s;hall accordingly &s;upply &s;uch vacant places; And that at every Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions they &s;hall require and take an account in writing of all the Receipts, Charges, and Disbur&s;ements of the Officers and Trea&s;urer of &s;uch Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es, how many Poor people have b&eacute;en imployed and &s;et to work in the year la&s;t pa&s;t, and what &s;tock there was, and is remaining; which Pre&s;i|dent, Deputy-Pre&s;ident, and Trea&s;urer for the time being re&s;pectively, &s;hall for ever hereafter in name and fact, be Bodies Politick and Corporate in Law, to all intents and purpo&s;es, and &s;hall have a perpetual Succe&s;&s;ion, and may Sue or Plead, or be Sued and Impleaded by the name of the Pre&s;ident and Governours for the Poor of the re&s;pective places aforementioned, in all Courts and places of Iudicature within this Kingdom, and the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed;</HI> and by that Name every of the &s;aid Corporations &s;hall and may without Licen&s;e in Mortmain, purcha&s;e or receive any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, not exc&eacute;eding the yearly value of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> of the Gift, Alienation or Devi&s;e of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who are hereby without further Licen&s;e enabled to give the &s;ame, and any Goods, Chattels, or &s;ums of Money what&s;oever, to the u&s;e, intent and purpo&s;es hereafter limited and appointed; And the each re&s;pective Corporation, or any Seven of them, &s;hall have hereby Power and Authority from time to time to m&eacute;et and k&eacute;ep Courts for the ends and purpo&s;es in this Act expre&s;&s;ed, at &s;uch time and place as &s;hall be appointed by the &s;aid Pre&s;i|dent, his Deputy, or the Trea&s;urer, who are hereby required upon the de&s;ire of any Four of the &s;aid Corporation, at any time to cau&s;e a Court to be warned accordingly; And &s;hall have hereby Authority from time to time to make and appoint a Common-Seal for the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corpo|ration.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The powers of the &s;aid Pre&s;i|dent and Go|vernours of the &s;aid Cor|porations.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Pre&s;ident, and Governours of the &s;aid Corporations for the time being, or any two of them, or to, or for any per&s;on authorized and appointed by them or any two of them, from time to time to apprehend, or cau&s;e to be apprehended, any Rogues, Vagrants, Sturdy Beggars, or Idle or di&s;orderly per&s;ons within the &s;aid Cities and Liberties, Places, Divi&s;ions and Precincts, and to cau&s;e them to be kept and &s;et to work in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Corporations or Work-hou&s;es; and it &s;hall and may be lawful for the major part of the Iu&s;tices of Peace in their Quar|ter-Se&s;&s;ions, to &s;ignify unto his Maje&s;ties Privy Council, the names of &s;uch Rogues, Vagabonds, Idle and Di&s;orderly per&s;ons, and Sturdy Beggars as they &s;hall think fit to be Tran&s;ported to the Engli&s;h Plantations; and upon the approbation of his Maje&s;ties Privy Council to the &s;aid Iu|&s;tices of Peace &s;ignified, which per&s;ons &s;hall be Tran&s;ported, it &s;hall and may be lawful for any
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two or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace, them to Tran&s;port, or cau&s;e to be Tran&s;ported from time to time, during the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years, next en&s;uing the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Par|liament, to any of the Engli&s;h Plantations beyond the Seas, there to be di&s;po&s;ed in the u&s;ual way of Servants, for a term not exc&eacute;eding Seven years.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">A &s;tock for &s;upply of the work, how to be provided in London, We&s;t|min&s;ter, Mid|dle&s;ex, Surrey.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if the Pre&s;ident and Governours of any of the &s;aid Corporations &s;hall certify under their common Seal, their want and defect either of a pre&s;ent &s;tock for the Foundation of the Work, or for &s;upply thereof for the future, and what &s;um or &s;ums of Money they &s;hall think fit for the &s;ame, to the Common-Council of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> and the Burge&s;&s;es and Iu&s;tices of Peace in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Liberties thereof, or the Iu&s;tices of the re&s;pective Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> a&s;&s;embled in either Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, That thereupon the Common-Council of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> the Burge&s;&s;es of the &s;aid City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;aid Cities and Counties in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions a&s;&s;embled, are hereby required from time to time to &s;et down and a&s;certain &s;uch competent &s;um and &s;ums of money for the purpo&s;es afore|&s;aid, not exc&eacute;eding one years rate from time to time u&s;ually &s;et upon any per&s;on, for, or towards the relief of the Poor, and the &s;ame to proportion out upon the &s;everal Wards, Precincts, Coun|ties, Divi&s;ions, Hundreds, and Pari&s;hes, as they &s;hall think fit; And thereupon the Aldermen, Deputies, and Common-Council-men of every Ward in the City of <HI>London,</HI> and Burge&s;&s;es and Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Liberties thereof, and Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> &s;hall have power and Authority, and are here|by required equally and indifferently, according to the proportions appointed as afore&s;aid, for the &s;everal Wards, Precincts, Cities and Pari&s;hes as afore&s;aid, to tax and rate the &s;everal Inhabi|tants within the &s;aid re&s;pective Wards, Precincts and Pari&s;hes, as well within Liberties as without; with which Tax, if any per&s;on or per&s;ons find him or them&s;elves agrieved, &s;uppo&s;ing the &s;ame to be unequal, he or they &s;hall and may make their complaint known to the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at the next open Se&s;&s;ions, who &s;hall take &s;uch final order therein, as in like ca&s;es is al|ready by the Law provided.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any Alderman of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or his Deputy, or the Burge&s;&s;es and Iu&s;tices of Peace of the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the Liberties thereof, or any two or more of them, or any two Iu|&s;tices of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> by their Warrant under their Hands and Seals, to authorize the Church-wardens or Over&s;&eacute;ers for the Poor within the places and Pari&s;hes afore&s;aid, to demand, gather and receive of every per&s;on and per&s;ons, &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money as &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon them by vertue of the Taxations and Contributions afore|&s;aid; And for default of payment within ten dayes after demand thereof made, or notice in wri|ting left at the dwelling-hou&s;e or lodging of every per&s;on &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, to levy the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods of every &s;uch per&s;on, and after &s;atisfaction made, to re&s;tore the &s;urplu&s;age to the party &s;o di&s;trained.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Stocks for|merly in Lon|don for relief of the poor, how to be paid</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Stocks rai&s;ed for the relief and imploy|ment of the Poor, in the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties thereof, which was in the hands of a Cor|poration heretofore appointed in the &s;aid City for that &s;ervice, or in the hands of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, before the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> which was in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, commonly called the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel, or at any time &s;ince, together with all the Arrears of money formerly alloted for that Service, or Legacies given to the &s;ame end, &s;hall be payable to the Trea&s;urer of the Corporati|on or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e or Work-hou&s;es to be e&s;tabli&s;hed by this pre&s;ent Act, who are hereby authorized and impowred by them&s;elves, or their Officers thereunto by them deputed, to collect, gather, receive and recover the &s;aid money and Legacies, which &s;hall be due and in arrear, as afore&s;aid; with which &s;aid Arrears, and every part and parcel thereof, the Corporation or Cor|porations afore&s;aid by this Act made, con&s;tituted and e&s;tabli&s;hed, is, and &s;hall be hereby inve&s;ted, and intere&s;&s;ed for the execution of the &s;ervice hereby enjoyned them; and all tho&s;e that have had, or now have any of the &s;aid Stocks in their or any of their hands, &s;hall be accountable to the &s;aid Trea&s;urer, or to tho&s;e that &s;hall be appointed by the &s;aid Corporation or Corporations, or any &s;e|ven or more of them to take the &s;aid account.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be a full al|lowance of all ju&s;t and nece&s;&s;ary expences which have b&eacute;en laid out by the &s;aid former Corporati|on for the relief of the &s;aid poor, and the carrying on of the &s;aid Service &s;ince the time before ex|pre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to make Orders and By-laws.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Pre&s;ident and Gover|nours, or any Seven of them &s;hall have power from time to time to make and con&s;titute Orders and By-Laws for the better relieving, regulating, and &s;etting the poor to work, and the appre|hending and puni&s;hing of Rogues, Vagabonds, and Beggers within the Cities, Liberties, and places afore&s;aid, that have not wherewith to maintain them&s;elves, and for other the matters afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided the &s;aid Orders and By-Laws &s;hall from time to time be pre&s;ented to the Iu&s;tices of Peace in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions a&s;&s;embled, to be allowed by the major part of them, and confirm|ed by order of the &s;aid Court.</P>
<P><PB N="141" REF="79">And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to choo&s;e and en|tertain officers</NOTE> That the Pre&s;ident and Governours of any of the &s;aid Corporation or Corporations, Work-hou&s;e, or Work-hou&s;es, or any fourt&eacute;en or more of them being a&s;&s;embled together, &s;hall have hereby power to choo&s;e and entertain all &s;uch Officers, and other as &s;hall be n&eacute;edful to be imployed in and about the premi&s;&s;es; and them, or any of them from time to time to remove as they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e; and upon the death or removal of them, or any of them, to choo&s;e others in their places for the carrying on of the work, and to make and give &s;uch rea&s;onable allowances unto them, or any of them out of the Stock and Reve|nue belonging to the &s;aid Corporation or Work-hou&s;e, as they &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Con&s;tables,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Sheriffs, &amp;c. to be a&s;&s;i&s;t|ing the &s;aid Corporation &amp; their officers.</NOTE> and all other Officers and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice &s;hall be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting to the &s;aid Corporati|on or Corporations, and to all &s;uch Officers as &s;hall be imployed by them, or any of them, in the execution or performance of the &s;aid Service.</P>
<P>And whereas the Laws and Statutes for the apprehending of Rogues and Vagabonds, have not b&eacute;en duly executed, &s;ometimes for want of Officers, by rea&s;on Lords of Mannors do not k&eacute;ep Court L&eacute;ets every year for the making of them;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Con&s;tables how made in default of hol|ding Court-Leets.</NOTE> Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That in ca&s;e any Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingmen &s;hall dye, or go out of the Pari&s;h, any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace may make and &s;wear a new Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithing|man, untill the &s;aid Lord &s;hall hold a Court, or untill next Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, who &s;hall approve of the &s;aid Officers &s;o made and &s;worn as afore&s;aid, or appoint others as they &s;hall think fit: And if any Officer &s;hall continue above a year in his or their Office, That then in &s;uch ca&s;e, the Iu|&s;tices of Peace in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions may di&s;charge &s;uch Officers, and may put another fit per&s;on in his or their place, untill the Lord of the &s;aid Mannor &s;hall hold a Court as afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P>And whereas for want of &s;ome encouragement to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall apprehend Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggars,<NOTE PLACE="marg">39 El. cap. 17. 1 Jac. cap. 7. Apprehending Rogues and Vagabonds.</NOTE> the Statutes made in the Nine and thirtieth year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and fir&s;t year of King <HI>James,</HI> in which Statutes the Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingman of every Pari&s;h that &s;hall not apprehend &s;uch Rogues, Vagabonds, and Sturdy Beg|gars, which &s;hall pa&s;s through, or be found in their &s;aid Pari&s;h unapprehended, &s;uch Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingman &s;hall forfeit as in the &s;aid Statutes is expre&s;&s;ed, are not duly execu|ted; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How rewarded</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any Iu&s;tice of the Peace to whom any Rogue, Vagabond, or Sturdy Beggars &s;o apprehended &s;hall be brought, to reward any per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall apprehend any Rogue, Vagabond, or Sturdy Beggar, by granting unto &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons an Order or Warrant under his hand and Seal to the Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingman of &s;uch Pari&s;h where &s;uch Rogue, Va|gabond, or &s;turdy Beggar pa&s;&s;ed through unapprehended, requiring him to pay &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons the &s;um of two &s;hillings for every Rogue, Vagabond, or &s;turdy Beggar, which &s;hall be &s;o apprehended: And if &s;uch Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingmen, refu&s;e or neglect to pay the two &s;hillings as afore&s;aid, that then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, or any other Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of Peace, &s;hall proc&eacute;ed again&s;t any &s;uch Con&s;table, Headborough or Tithingman, according to the &s;aid Statutes; and to compel him to pay &s;uch &s;um of money as he hath forfeited by the Statute of the fir&s;t year of King <HI>James</HI> afore&s;aid, and to allow out of the &s;aid Forfeiture the &s;aid two &s;hillings, and &s;uch rea&s;onable means and allowance for lo&s;s of time, as they &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall apprehend any Rogue, Vagabond, or &s;turdy Beggar,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rogues and Vagabonds apprehended at the contines of any county, how to be dealt withal.</NOTE> at the confines of any County, which pa&s;&s;ed through any Pari&s;h of another County unapprehended, it &s;hall be lawful for &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to go to &s;ome Iu&s;tice of Peace of that County, through which &s;uch Rogue, Vagabond, or &s;turdy Beggar pa&s;&s;ed unapprehended, who is hereby required (upon a Certificate under the hand of &s;ome Iu&s;tice of Peace of the County where &s;uch Rogue, Vagabond, or &s;turdy Beggar was &s;o apprehended) to grant his Order, or Warrant, under his hand and Seal, requiring the &s;aid Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingman, to pay unto &s;uch per|&s;on or per&s;ons, as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of two &s;hillings, which if he &s;hall refu&s;e, or neglect to do, then &s;uch Iu&s;tice is hereby required to proc&eacute;ed again&s;t &s;uch Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingman, and to cau&s;e him to pay ten &s;hillings, or &s;o much thereof for his expen&s;es and lo&s;s of time, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of Peace &s;hall think fit, to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, which he hath forfeited by the Sta|tute afore&s;aid, made in the nine and thirtieth year of the Qu&eacute;en.</P>
<P>And whereas Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, or Tithingmen are or may be at great charge in relieving, conveying with Pa&s;&s;es, and in carrying Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggars to Hou&s;es of Correction, or the Work-hou&s;es herein mentioned, and as yet have no power by Law to make Rates to reimbur&s;e them&s;elves; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That all Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, and Tithingmen &s;o out of pur&s;e, as afore&s;aid, toge|ther with the Church-wardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the poor, and other Inhabitants of the &s;aid Pari&s;h &s;hall hereby have power and Authority to make an indifferent Rate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to make rates.</NOTE> and to tax all the Occupiers of Lands, and Inhabitants, and all other per&s;ons chargeable by the Statute of the thr&eacute;e and for|tieth of <HI>Elizabeth</HI> concerning the Office and Duty of Over&s;&eacute;ers for the poor within the &s;aid Pa|ri&s;h, which Rate being confirmed under the hands and Seals of any two Iu&s;tices of Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">43 El. cap. 2.</NOTE> as afore&s;aid, the &s;aid Con&s;table, Headborough, or Tithingmen &s;hall have power by Warrant under
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the hands and Seals of two Iu&s;tices of Peace, to levy by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods of any per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay the &s;ame, rendring the overplus to the Owner, if any &s;hall be.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Putative fa|thers of Ba|&s;tard-children, running away how to be pro|ceeded again&s;t.</NOTE>And whereas the putative Fathers and lewd Mothers of Ba&s;tard-Children run away out of the Pari&s;h, and &s;omtimes out of the County, and leave the &s;aid Ba&s;tard children upon the charge of the Pari&s;h where they are born, although &s;uch putative Father and Mother have E&s;tates &s;uf|ficient to di&s;charge &s;uch Pari&s;h; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Church-wardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers for the poor of &s;uch Pari&s;h, where any Ba&s;tard-Child &s;hall be born, to take and &s;ei&s;e &s;o much of the Goods and Chattels, and to receive &s;o much of the Annual Rents or profits of the Lands of &s;uch putative father, or lewd mother, as &s;hall be ordered by any two Iu&s;tices of Peace as afore&s;aid, for, or towards the di&s;charge of the Pari&s;h, to be confirmed at the Se&s;&s;ions, for the bringing up and providing for &s;uch Ba&s;tard-Child; And thereupon it &s;hall be lawful for the Se&s;&s;ions to make an Order for the Church-wardens or Over&s;&eacute;ers for the poor of &s;uch Pari&s;h, to di&s;po&s;e of the goods by Sale, or otherwi&s;e, or &s;o much of them for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, as the Court &s;hall think fit, and to receive the rents and profits, or &s;o much of them, as &s;hall be ordered by the Se&s;&s;ions as afore&s;aid, of his, or her Lands.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for matters in this Act, may plead the Ge|neral I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE>And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be &s;ued for any matter or thing which he &s;hall do in execution of this Act, he may plead the General I&s;&s;ue, and give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence; And if the Verdict &s;hall pa&s;s for the Defendant, or if the Plaintiff be Non&s;uited or Di&s;continue his Suit, the Defendant &s;hall recover treble Damages.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lanca&s;hire, Che&s;hire, Derby&s;hire, York&s;hire, Durham, Cumberland, We&s;tmerland. 43 El. cap. 2.</NOTE>Whereas the Inhabitants of the Counties of <HI>Lanca&s;hire, Che&s;hire, Derby&s;hire, York&s;hire, Northumberland,</HI> the <HI>Bi&s;hoprick of Durham, Cumberland,</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> and many other Coun|ties in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> by rea&s;on of the largene&s;s of the Pari&s;hes within the &s;ame, have not, nor cannot reap the benefit of the Act of Parliament, made in the thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> for relief of the poor; Therefore be it Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That all and every the poor, n&eacute;edy, impotent, and lame per&s;on and per&s;ons within every Town&s;hip or Village, within the &s;everal Counties afore&s;aid, &s;hall from and after the pa&s;|&s;ing of this Act, be maintained, kept, provided for, and &s;et on work within the &s;everal and re&s;pe|ctive Town&s;hip and Village, wherein he, &s;he, or they &s;hall inhabit, or wherein he, &s;he, or they was or were la&s;t lawfully &s;etled, according to the intent and meaning of this Act, and that there &s;hall be yearly cho&s;en and appointed, according to the rules and directions in the &s;aid Act of the thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> mentioned, two or more Over&s;&eacute;ers of the poor within every of the &s;aid Town&s;hips or Villages, who &s;hall from time to time do, perform and execute all and every the Acts, powers and authorities for the nece&s;&s;ary relief of the poor within the &s;aid Town&s;hip or Village, and &s;hall lo&s;e, forfeit, and &s;uffer all &s;uch pains and penalties for non|performance thereof as is limited, mentioned and appointed in and by the &s;aid in-part-recited Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Iu&s;tices of Peace within the &s;aid Counties &s;hall have and enjoy &s;uch and the like powers and authorities, to rai&s;e and levy mo|neys, and to do and execute all and every &s;uch other Act and thing what&s;oever, within every Town|&s;hip or Village within the &s;aid County where they are Iu&s;tices, as is given, limited and appointed unto, and for them to do and execute within any Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes in and by the &s;aid Act made in the &s;aid thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of the &s;aid late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> under &s;uch and the like pains and penalties for the non-performance of their Duties, to be levyed and di&s;po&s;ed of as is nominated and expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Power of the Iu&s;tices to tran&s;port rogues and vagabonds.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be law|full for the Iu&s;tices of Peace in any of the Counties of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions A&s;&s;embled, or the major part of them to Tran&s;port, or cau&s;e to be Tran&s;ported &s;uch Rogues, Vagabonds, and &s;turdy Beggars, as &s;hall be duly convicted, and adjudged to be incorrigi|ble, to any of the Engli&s;h plantations beyond the Seas.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Dean and chapter of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to be, or be con&s;trued, expounded, or taken to the prejudice or infringement of any the franchi&s;es, rights, li|berties, or priviledges heretofore granted by the Kings and Qu&eacute;ens of this Realm, his Maje&s;ties Royal Predece&s;&s;ors, to the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. <HI>Peter</HI> in <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of divers parts of this Act.</NOTE>Provided always, That this Act, as to all the matters therein contained (excepting what re|lates unto the Corporations mentioned and con&s;tituted thereby) &s;hall extend, and be in force un|till the nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five, and the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, then next en&s;uing, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. XIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Importation of Forreign Bonelace, Cut-work, Imbroidery, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, and Needle-work prohibited.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas great numbers of the Inhabitants of this Kingdom are imployed in the making of Bonelace, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, N&eacute;edlework, Fringe, and Imbroideries, who by their indu&s;try and labour have attained and gained &s;o great skill and dexterity in the making thereof, that they make as good of all &s;orts thereof, as is made in any Forreign parts, by rea&s;on whereof, they have b&eacute;en heretofore able to relieve their poor Neighbours, and maintained their Families, and al&s;o enabled to &s;et on work many poor children, and other per&s;ons who have very &s;mall means, or maintenance of living, other then by their labours and endeavours in the &s;aid Art: And whereas the per&s;ons &s;o imployed in the &s;aid My&s;tery have heretofore &s;erved mo&s;t parts of this Kingdom with Bonelace, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, N&eacute;edlework, and Imbroidery: And for the carrying on, and managing of the &s;aid Trade, they have procured great quantities of Thread and Silk to be brought into the Kingdom from Foreign parts, whereby his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms and Revenues have b&eacute;en much advanced, until of late, that great quantities of Foreign Bonelace, Band-&s;trings, N&eacute;edlework, Cut-work, Fringe, Silk, Bonelace, Buttons, and Im|broidery were brought into this Kingdom by Foreigners and Inhabitants of this Kingdom, and &s;old to Shop-k&eacute;epers, and others, Dealers in the &s;aid Commodity, as well by Whole-&s;ale as Re|tail, without ever entring of the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;tom-hou&s;es, or paying any Du|ty or Cu&s;tom for the &s;ame; by means whereof, the &s;aid Trade and calling is of late very much decayed, tho&s;e imployed in the &s;aid Calling very much impoveri&s;hed, the Manufacture much de|crea&s;ed, and great quantities thereof already made, left on their hands that make it, His Maje&s;ty defrauded and deceived in his Cu&s;toms, and many thou&s;and poor people formerly kept on work in the &s;aid Art, like to peri&s;h for want of imployment; there being daily great &s;ums of money ex|ported out of this Kingdom, for the buying and fetching in of the &s;aid Commodity, to the great impoveri&s;hment of the Nation by the Con&s;umption of the Bullion and Trea&s;ure thereof, and con|trary to &s;everal Statutes made in the fir&s;t of King <HI>Richard</HI> the Third;<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 R. 3. cap. 12. 3 E. 4. cap. 4. 19 H. 7. cap. 21 5 Eliz. cap. 7.</NOTE> in the third of King <HI>Ed|ward</HI> the fourth; in the ninet&eacute;enth of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Seventh, and the fifth of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth;</HI> and to a late Proclamation made by his Maje&s;ty that now is, dated the twentieth day of <HI>Novem|ber</HI> la&s;t, for the putting the &s;aid Laws in execution.</P>
<P>For redre&s;s whereof, and prevention of the like mi&s;chiefs for the future, and the better relief, comfort, and &s;ub&s;i&s;tence of tho&s;e imployed in the &s;aid Art and Manufacture; And for the quick|ning, reviving, explaining, amending, and more effectual execution of the &s;aid Statutes, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Autho|rity of the &s;ame, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall, from and after the Twenty fourth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, &s;ell, or cau&s;e to be &s;old, or offer to &s;ale, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or export any Foreign Bonelace, Cut-work,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Foreign bone|lace, cut|work, imbroi|dery, fringe, band-&s;trings, prohibited to be &s;old or im|ported from beyond Sea.</NOTE> Imbroidery, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework made of Thread, Silk, or any, or either of them in parts beyond the Seas, or Import, bring in, &s;end, or convey, or cau&s;e to be brought in, &s;ent, or conveyed into the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> any &s;uch Fo|reign Bonelace, Cut-work, Fringe, Imbroidery, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework made of Thread, Silk, or any, or either of them beyond the Seas, after the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the &s;aid year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, upon pain, that all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, who &s;hall &s;ell, or cau&s;e to be &s;old, or offer to &s;ale any &s;uch Foreign Bonelace, Cut-work, Imbroidery, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework, &s;hall for|feit and lo&s;e for every offence by him committed contrary to this Act, the &s;um of Fifty pounds, and the whole Bonelace, Cut-work, Imbroidery, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework &s;o &s;old, or cau&s;ed to be &s;old, or offered to &s;ale; And upon further pain, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall Import, bring in, &s;end, or convey, or cau&s;e to be brought in, &s;ent, or conveyed into this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> any &s;uch Bonelace, Cut-work,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> Imbroide|ry, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for every offence by him committed contrary to this Act, the &s;um of One hundred pounds, and the whole Bonelace, Cut-work, Imbroidery, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edle-work &s;o Imported, brought in, &s;ent, or conveyed, or cau&s;ed to be Imported, brought in, &s;ent, or conveyed contrary to the form and effect of this pre&s;ent Act as afore&s;aid;<NOTE PLACE="marg">One moyety to the King, the other to the pro&s;ecutor.</NOTE> The Moyeties of all which Forfeitures to be to the u&s;e of our Sovereign Lord the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other Moyety to him, or them that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of the Kings Courts of Record, by Bill, Plaint, Action of Debt, Information, or otherwi&s;e; wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed, at every time, and as often as any per&s;on &s;hall be found to offend in &s;elling, im|porting, conveying, or bringing in as afore&s;aid.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Every Iu&s;tice of Peace may grant War|rants to &s;earch for Manufa|ctures prohibi|ted by this Act</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the preventing of the Import|ing of the &s;aid Manufactures as afore&s;aid, upon complaint and Information given to the Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or any, or either of them within their re&s;pective Counties, Cities, and Towns Cor|porate, at times rea&s;onable, he or they are hereby authorized and required to i&s;&s;ue forth his or
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their Warrants to the Con&s;tables of their re&s;pective Counties, Cities, and Towns Corporate, to enter and &s;earch for &s;uch Manufactures in the Shops being open, or Ware-hou&s;es, and dwelling-hou&s;es of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be &s;u&s;pected to have any &s;uch Foreign Bonelaces, Imbroi|dery, Cut-work, Fringe, Band-&s;trings, Buttons, or N&eacute;edlework within their re&s;pective Coun|ties, Cities, and Towns-Corporate, and to &s;eize the &s;ame, any Act, Statute, or Ordinance to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The time li|mited for acti|ons upon this Act.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it hereby Enacted and Declared, That all Informations, Actions, and Suits that &s;hall be commenced for any offence committed again&s;t this Law, &s;hall be brought and commenced within twelve Moneths after the di&s;covery of &s;uch offence, Any former Act, or Law to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Direction for Pro&s;ecution of &s;uch as are Accountable for Prize-Goods.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. c. 11</NOTE>VVHereas in the Act of Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, made in the Twelfth Year of your Maje&s;ties Reign, and &s;ince confirmed by another Act, Intituled, <HI>An Act for confirming Publick Acts,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">13 Car. 2. c. 7.</NOTE> made in the thirt&eacute;enth year of your Maje&s;ties Reign, there is (among&s;t other exceptions) excepted all and &s;ingular the Accounts of all Prize-Goods, and of all moneys and other Duties grown due, or contracted upon the &s;ale or di&s;po&s;ition of them or any of them; By vertue whereof, and of another Act made in the &s;aid thirt&eacute;enth year of your Maje&s;ties Reign,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 Car. 2. c. 3.</NOTE> Intituled, <HI>An Act for the Declaring, Ve&s;ting, and Setling of all &s;uch Moneys, Goods, and other things in his Maje&s;ty, which were received, levied, or collected in the&s;e late times, and are re|maining in the hands or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Trea&s;urers, Receivers, Collectors, or others not Pardoned by the Act of Oblivion,</HI> all and &s;ingular Prizes and Ships, and Goods what&s;oever &s;eized or taken for Prize (&s;ince the thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> in the year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two) by colour, or pretence of any of the late pretended Authorities, or by pretence or colour of any Power or Au|thority derived, or pretended to be derived from, or under them or any of them, or otherwi&s;e for, or upon any pretence of any publick u&s;e; And all Captures and Sei&s;ures of Prizes and Tenths of Prizes to, or under pretence of any publick u&s;e; And all the moneys ari&s;ing, or due, or contract|ed for, upon the Sales and Di&s;po&s;itions of them, or any of them yet unpaid, or unaccounted for, in who&s;e hands &s;oever the &s;ame be, or by whom&s;oever owing, are rightly ve&s;ted in your Maje&s;ty; And all the Buyers and Receivers and Injoyers thereof, not having yet truly accounted for, or paid for the &s;ame, &s;tand chargeable to your Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>Now for that as well by a pretended Act made in the year one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty nine, the Buyers of Ships and goods taken,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pretended Act. 1649. The rea&s;on for &s;uing for prize-goods in the Court of Ad|miralty.</NOTE> or &s;ei&s;ed, and &s;old for Prize, were in ca&s;e of any failer of performing their contract, to be convented in the Court of Admiralty, and in ca&s;e they were con|demned, there to pay the money by them contracted for, then the &s;ame to be levied by execution of the &s;aid Court; And for that by rea&s;on of other pretended Acts and Ordinances made in tho&s;e times, all the matters touching Prize and Captures, and Sei&s;ures, and Tenths of Prizes, were referred to the &s;aid Court of Admiralty, and all the Proce&s;&s;es, Exhibites, Writings, Examinati|ons, Depo&s;itions, Proc&eacute;edings, Pa&s;&s;ages, Condemnations, Sentences, Decr&eacute;es, and Orders, touching and concerning Prizes and Captures, and Sei&s;ures of Prizes, and tenths of Prizes, of what &s;ort &s;oever were had, taken, made, and done in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty, and do all, or mo&s;t of them there remain; So that the &s;aid Court of Admiralty being thereof po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and be&s;t acquainted therewith, and with all the pa&s;&s;ages thereof, It will be the readie&s;t and quicke&s;t way for your Maje&s;ty to Sue for the &s;ame in that Court, which being there Sued for, may probably amount to con&s;iderable &s;ums of money.</P>
<P>May it therefore plea&s;e your Maje&s;ty, that it may be Enacted; And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent 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 the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and every Collectors and Trea&s;urers, Sub-Collectors and Vnder-Trea&s;urers of Prize-goods, Commi&s;&s;ioners and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Prize-goods, and all and every their Ca&s;h&eacute;ers, Offi|cers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rep. 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. cap. 6.</NOTE> Deputies and Receivers, and all and every Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Captains of Ships, Officers and Mariners, and all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, to whom &s;uch Prizes were delivered, or to who&s;e hands they came at any time &s;ince the &s;aid thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and two, and before the nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, or that did &s;urprize or receive to or for the publick u&s;e, or by pretence thereof any Ships, Plate, Iewels, Bullion, Money, Silver, Gold, Arms, Ammunition, Wares, Mer|chandizes or any manner of Goods what&s;oever &s;ei&s;ed or taken for Prize within the times afore|&s;aid, and that have not yet truly accounted for, and paid in the &s;ame, or the ju&s;t provenues and values thereof, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons by whom, or to, or for who&s;e u&s;e the &s;ame or any of them were &s;old, or who had and enjoyed the &s;ame, or any part thereof, and are &s;till behind, and have not paid the moneys contracted for, and ari&s;ing or due upon &s;uch &s;ales, or any of them; and all Securities by them or any of them given for their ju&s;t dealing in their Offices or Places, or any thing concerning the &s;aid Prizes or any of them, &s;hall be chargeable to your Maje&s;ty for the &s;aid premi&s;&s;es and all the Dependencies thereof re&s;pectively in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty, and &s;hall and may be by your Maje&s;ties Advocate and by &s;uch other of your Maje&s;ties Councel in that
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Court, as Your Maje&s;ty &s;hall plea&s;e particularly to nominate, and commit that affair unto, and by &s;pecial Warrant under your Sign Manual to appoint to &s;ue for the &s;ame in your Maje&s;ties Name, and to and for your Maje&s;ties u&s;e to be &s;ued and convened in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty, and either called to account or otherwi&s;e by &s;uch &s;uit and in &s;uch manner as may be mo&s;t avail|able for your Maje&s;ty, be there proc&eacute;eded again&s;t, &s;ued and pro&s;ecuted in due cour&s;e according to their re&s;pective ca&s;es for all and every the &s;aid Prizes, Ships, Goods, Moneys and Premi&s;&s;es recei|ved or had by them and &s;till in arrear, and wherewith they are as afore&s;aid chargeable;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Court of Admiralty impowred to proceed upon &s;uits for prize-goods taken at any time &s;ince Ian. 30. 1642. and be|fore 29 May 1660. and not accounted for.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Court of Admiralty is hereby enabled and authorized to proc&eacute;ed thereupon according to the Laws and cour&s;e of that Court, and to do and mini&s;ter right and Iu&s;tice therein, with all things thereto requi&s;ite; And to give &s;entences and final Decr&eacute;es and condemnations therein as by the rules of Iu&s;tice ought to be, and that in the mo&s;t &s;p&eacute;edy manner, and to put in execution and final|ly to execute and levy all and every &s;um and &s;ums, and whatever &s;hall be adjudged, &s;en|tenced or condemned by and according to the rules and cour&s;e of Executions in the &s;aid Court, and that without any manner of Let, Di&s;turbance, Hinderance, Ob&s;truction or Im|pediment what&s;oever, that your Maje&s;ty may be for the &s;ame &s;atisfied and paid according to right and Iu&s;tice.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further hereby Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the &s;aving all Rights of the Lord High Admiral.</NOTE> That all &s;uch Rights as during the Reign of your Maje&s;ties Royal Father of Ble&s;&s;ed memory, or your Maje&s;ties Reign belonged and appertained unto the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England,</HI> or Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports for the time being, by vertue of the &s;aid Office, and have b&eacute;en at any time &s;ince the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and eight, u&s;urped, po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or &s;ei&s;ed by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, and not having accounted for the &s;ame to any Authority or pretended Authority, V&s;urping the Government of this Nation, and not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, That all &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, &s;hall account and pay the &s;ame to his Royal Highne&s;s, <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> your Maje&s;ties onely Brother, Lord High Admiral of <HI>England,</HI> or Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, upon &s;uit for the &s;ame in the High Court of Admiralty; Any thing in this Act (the ab&s;ence of the Lord High Admiral during the&s;e late troubles, or the per&s;ons not having b&eacute;en imployed or authorized by the &s;aid Lord High Admiral) to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How in defect of Iurisdicti|on in the Ad|miralty, &s;uit may be in the Exchequer.</NOTE> That in ca&s;e of defect of Iu|risdiction in the Court of Admiralty for the recovering and levying of any &s;uch Prizes, Goods, matters and things afore&s;aid; That then in &s;uch ca&s;e upon Certificate thereof from the &s;aid Court of Admiralty made into his Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, &s;p&eacute;edy proc&eacute;edings &s;hall be had in the &s;aid Court of Exchequer for the recovering and levying of the Prizes, Goods, matters and things afore&s;aid, according to Law and Iu&s;tice.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Trade of Silk-throwing regulated.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas the Company of Silk-throwers within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Silk-throwers of <HI>London</HI> incor|porated by Patent. 5 <HI>Car.</HI> 1.</NOTE> and all their Servants and Apprentices within four Miles thereof were <HI>quinto Caroli pri|mi</HI> Incorporated and made one Body Politick, and are known by the name of the Ma&s;ter, Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants and Commonalty of the Trade, Art or My&s;tery of Silk-throwers of the City of <HI>London;</HI> And whereas the &s;aid Trade is of &s;ingular u&s;e, and very advantagious to this Commonwealth, by imploying the poor, there being imployed by the &s;aid Company in and about the City of <HI>London</HI> (as is expre&s;&s;ed in their Petition) above forty thou&s;and men, women, and children, who otherwi&s;e would unavoidably be burthen&s;ome to the places of their aboad; And whereas the pre&s;ent Governours of the &s;aid Company by their Petition, pray an enlargement of their Charter, whereby they may be the better enabled to avoid the many deceits and inconveni|encies they daily m&eacute;et withal by Intruders, who have not b&eacute;en brought up Apprentices to the &s;aid Trade, and others who &s;ettle them&s;elves beyond the limits of their &s;aid Charter, on purpo&s;e to avoid the Searchers and Supervi&s;ion of the &s;aid Governours, by which means they are at li|berty to make and vend what Wares they plea&s;e, to the di&s;paragement of the &s;aid Trade, and di&s;couraging of the Petitioners, and all others of the &s;aid Trade that have duly &s;erved Ap|prentice thereunto, according to the known Laws of this Nation.</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the ad|vice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Par|liament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall u&s;e the trade of a &s;ilk-thrower but &s;uch as have &s;erved as apprentices &s;e|ven years.</NOTE> That from and after the twenty fifth day of <HI>De|cember,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall directly or indirectly u&s;e, exerci&s;e, continue or &s;et up the &s;aid Trade, Art of My&s;tery of a Silk-thrower within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> unle&s;s &s;uch as are or &s;hall be Apprentices to the &s;aid Trade, or &s;hall have &s;erved &s;even years Apprenti&s;hip thereunto at the lea&s;t, upon pain that every per&s;on &s;o offending contrary to this Act, &s;hall pay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of forty &s;hillings for every moneth the &s;aid per&s;on &s;hall u&s;e or exerci&s;e the &s;aid Trade, the one moyety thereof to the u&s;e of his &s;aid Maje&s;ty his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety
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thereof to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of the Courts of Record within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Before whom to be recover|ed.</NOTE> or before any the Iu&s;tices of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> or the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, or by any other lawful ways or means what&s;oever, wherein no Protection, Wager of Law or E&s;|&s;oign &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And for the better enabling of the &s;aid Ma&s;ter, Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and Commonalty of Silk-throwers and their Succe&s;&s;ors in their Government; Be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, now u&s;ing or exerci&s;ing as Ma|&s;ters the &s;aid Art,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Every per&s;on u&s;ing the trade in <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> &s;hall enter him&s;elf of the &s;aid corporati|on.</P>
<P>And be &s;ubject to the laws &amp; orders thereof. The penalty.</P></NOTE> Trade or My&s;tery, or &s;uch as have &s;erved as Apprentices to the &s;aid Trade by the &s;pace of &s;even years at the lea&s;t, within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the &s;everal Suburbs thereof, or within twenty miles compa&s;s of them or either of them, &s;hall before the twenty fifth day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, be admitted, and are hereby enjoyned to enter them&s;elves into the &s;aid Society or Corporation, and to perform, and be &s;ubject and obedient to all &s;uch Statutes, Laws, Orders, Ordinances and Con&s;titutions as are or &s;hall be made or ordained for, or concerning the Exerci&s;e, Regulation or Government of the &s;aid Art, Trade or My&s;tery, or of any per&s;on or per&s;ons u&s;ing or exerci&s;ing the &s;ame, upon pain of forfeiture of the &s;um of forty &s;hillings for every moneth he or they &s;hall u&s;e or exerci&s;e the &s;aid Trade, after the &s;aid twenty fifth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two; the one moyety thereof to the u&s;e of his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety thereof to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any the Courts of Record within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or before any the Iu&s;tices of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> or the Iu&s;tices of Peace at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, or by any other lawful wayes or means what&s;oever, wherein no Protection, Wager of Law or E&s;&s;oin &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>Provided, That &s;uch Laws, Orders, Ordinances and Con&s;titutions &s;o made, or which &s;hall be made, be not contrary, but agr&eacute;eable with the Laws and Statutes of this &s;aid Realm, and the Cu|&s;toms of the &s;aid City of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of the ma&s;ters, wardens and a&s;&s;i&s;tants.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Ma&s;ters, Wardens, A&s;&s;i|&s;tants and Commonalty, and their Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall, and may have and enjoy, and that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for them, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to do, perform and execute, within the &s;aid Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the &s;everal Suburbs thereof, or within twenty miles compa&s;s of them or either of them, all &s;uch grants, powers, priviledges and authorities as by this pre&s;ent Act, or in or by the &s;aid Letters Patents of Incorporation are given or granted, or mentioned to be given or granted, for or concerning the regulation, exerci&s;e or government of the &s;aid Trade, Art or My&s;tery, or any matter or thing relating there|unto, or of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as do, or &s;hall exerci&s;e the &s;ame; Any thing in the &s;aid Letters Patents, or any Act, Statute or other matter or thing to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And whereas there is a nece&s;&s;ity lying upon the Silk-throwers, to deliver their Winders or Doublers, con&s;iderable quantities of &s;ilk, which being of a good value, is by evil di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons many times unju&s;tly, deceitfully and fal&s;ly purloined, imbezeled, pawned, &s;old and detained, to the great damage, and &s;omtimes the utter undoing of the Thrower who employs the &s;aid per|&s;ons: Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every &s;uch Silk-winder and dou|bler,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment of &s;ilk-winders that imbezel goods delivered to them.</NOTE> who &s;hall at any time hereafter, unju&s;tly or deceitfully and fal&s;ly, purloin, imbezel, pawn, &s;ell or detain any part of Silk delivered or to be delivered by any Silk-thrower, or other per&s;on, to them or any of them, to wind or double, that in every &s;uch ca&s;e and ca&s;es, as well the Winder or Iourneyman &s;o offending, as the Buyer and Buyers, Receiver and Re|ceivers of &s;uch Silk, being thereof lawfully convicted, by confe&s;&s;ion of the party or par|ties &s;o offending, or by one witne&s;s upon Oath before one or more of the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the County or Liberty where the &s;ame offence or offences &s;hall be committed; or if it be within any City or Town-Corporate, before the Mayor, Bailiff or chief Offi|cer of the &s;aid City or Town-Corporate, who by force of this Act are impowred and au|thorized to mini&s;ter the &s;ame Oath, and finally to hear and determine all and every the Offences afore&s;aid, and to give and make to the party and parties grieved &s;uch recom|pence and Satisfaction for &s;uch their Dammage and Lo&s;s and Charges thereabouts, as by the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices, or Chief Officers &s;hall be Ordered and Appoin|ted.</P>
<P>Provided that no more damage be given or awarded then the party grieved &s;hall prove he is damnified, and hath expended in looking after the &s;ame; And if the party or parties &s;o offending &s;hall not be able or &s;ufficient to make recompence or &s;atisfaction for the &s;aid Offence, nor do make Recompence or Satisfaction for the &s;ame Offence or Offences within fourt&eacute;en dayes next after &s;uch conviction in &s;uch manner and form, as by the Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices or Chief Officers &s;hall be ordered and appointed as afore&s;aid, then the party or parties &s;o offending, for the fir&s;t Of|fence &s;hall be apprehended and Whipped, or &s;et in the Stocks in the place where the Offence is committed, or in &s;ome Market Town in the &s;aid County near unto the place where the Offence or Offences afore&s;aid &s;hall be committed, as &s;hall be limited and appointed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace or Chief Officers, and for the &s;econd Offence, to
<PB N="147" REF="82">
incur the like, or &s;uch further puni&s;hment by whipping or being put in the &s;tocks, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or chief officers &s;hall in their di&s;cretion think fit and conveni|ent.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons re|ceiving &s;uch imbezeled goods, how to be puni&s;hed.</NOTE> That all and every Receiver and Recei|vers, Buyer and Buyers of any &s;ilk, or &s;uch as take to pawn any &s;ilk imbezeled or purloined, con|trary to the meaning of this Act (matter of fact being proved) &s;hall make &s;atisfaction within the time afore&s;aid, or el&s;e &s;hall be &s;ubject to like puni&s;hment as by this Act is inflicted, or pro|vided to be inflicted upon &s;uch per&s;on &s;o imbezeling or purloyning any &s;uch Silk as afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided always,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What per&s;ons may be im|ployed not ha|ving &s;erved as apprentices.</NOTE> that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any Fr&eacute;eman of the &s;aid Company of Silk-throwers, to &s;et on work and imploy any per&s;on or per&s;ons, being native Subjects to his Maje&s;ty and no others, whether they be men, women or children, to turn the Mill, tye threads, double &s;ilk and wind &s;ilk as formerly they have u&s;ed to do, although &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall be &s;o &s;et on work, and imployed in the works and &s;ervices afore&s;aid, &s;hall not have &s;erved or b&eacute;en bred up as Apprentices to the trade of Silk-throwing by the &s;pace of &s;even years, and that all and every the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall be &s;et &s;o on work, and imployed by any Fr&eacute;e|man of the &s;aid Company in the works and &s;ervices afore&s;aid, &s;hall and may be imployed by any Fr&eacute;eman of the &s;aid Company in the works and &s;ervices afore&s;aid, or any of them, without any let or mole&s;tation, Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid Cor|poration may not &s;et rates upon their workmen.</NOTE> and be it Enacted that the &s;aid Corporation of Silk-throwers &s;hall not by vertue of this Act, nor any thing therein contained, make any Orders, Ordinances or By-Laws, to &s;et any rates or prizes what&s;oever upon the Throwing of Silk, to bind or inforce their members to work at; but that their re&s;pective members &s;hall be left at liberty to contract with their re&s;pe|ctive Imployers, and al&s;o with the per&s;ons that they imploy at &s;uch rates, as they and their im|ployers, and the per&s;ons imployed &s;hall agree upon, any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="16" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For the more &s;peedy and effectual bringing tho&s;e per&s;ons to Account, who&s;e Accounts are excepted in the Act of Oblivion.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who are accountable to the Kings Maje&s;ty, and their Accounts are not pardoned, but excepted by the late Act of Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 11 The penalty again&s;t &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall not within a certain time perfect their Accounts. 33 <HI>H.</HI> 8. <HI>c.</HI> 39.</NOTE> and again&s;t whom there is any charge now remain|ing in his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, and &s;hall through their default not perfect his or their Account be|fore the end of <HI>Trinity</HI> Term in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, That then the charge again&s;t all and every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be taken as a Debt by Writing Obligatory or Recognizance taken or acknowledged to the Kings Maje&s;ty according to the Statute of the thr&eacute;e and thirtieth of King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth, Chapter 39. And that all and every other per&s;on or per&s;ons who&s;e Accounts are excepted in the &s;aid Act of Oblivion, and have or &s;hall have a Charge or Information again&s;t them in his Maje&s;ties Exchequer before the four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and have or &s;hall have notice thereof by Proce&s;s out of the Court of Exchequer or otherwi&s;e &s;erved upon his per&s;on, or left at his hou&s;e or la&s;t known place of Habitation before the nine and twentieth of <HI>September,</HI> one thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and &s;hall not before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Term then next en&s;uing, perfect their Accounts touching the &s;aid Charge, that then the Charge again&s;t all and every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be taken as a Debt by Writing Obligatory or Recognizance taken and acknowledged to the Kings Maje&s;ty, according to the Statute afore&s;aid; and that in both the &s;aid Ca&s;es, Proce&s;s &s;hall be awarded as is u&s;ed for recovery of debts due to his Maje&s;ty, according to the Statute as afore&s;aid, again&s;t him or them, and again&s;t all and every their Sureties not pardoned or di&s;charged by the &s;aid Act of Oblivion, and his and their re&s;pective Lands, Tene|ments, Goods and Chattels, and Debts; and the &s;aid Charge to continue in force only until the Accounts &s;hall be perfected, and the Accountants di&s;charge them thereof in due manner in the &s;aid Court of Exchequer, with &s;uch allowances as are given by the &s;aid Act of Oblivion, and un|till payment made unto his Maje&s;ty of all &s;uch &s;ums of money as &s;hall be found due upon the de|termination of his or their Accounts.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="17" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="148" REF="83">
<HEAD>CAP. XVII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Relief of Collectors of Publick Moneys, and their A&s;&s;i&s;tants and Deputies.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in Parliament now a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Collectors &amp; others imploy|ed in levying money by ver|tue of any Act of Parliament being &s;ued, may plead the general i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> That all Collectors and other Per&s;ons who have levied or Collected, or &s;hall Levy or Collect any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or other act done, or &s;hall do in order to the &s;ame, by vertue of any Act of Parliament now in force, or of any other Act, Order, or Ordinance allow|ed to be put in Execution by any &s;uch Act of Parliament as afore&s;aid; and who is, or &s;hall be &s;u|ed for, or concerning the &s;ame, by any other then the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, he, and they may plead the General I&s;&s;ue, and thereon give the &s;pecial matter in evidence for his ex|cu&s;e and ju&s;tification: And that all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons already &s;ued or impleaded for any the Cau&s;es afore&s;aid, may notwith&s;tanding any plea, or demurrer already made by any &s;uch De|fendant, have liberty to change &s;uch his Plea, and to plead the General I&s;&s;ue, if he &s;hall think fit &s;o to do.</P>
<P>Provided always, that neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend, or be con|&s;trued to extend to authorize the levying or collecting of any &s;um or &s;ums of money, which are pardoned by the late Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. c. 11</NOTE> Entituled, <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="18" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Exporting of Sheep, Wool, Wool-fells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Wool-flocks, Fullers-Earth, Fulling-Clay, and Tobacco-pipe-Clay; Prohibited.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas again&s;t the Laws of this Kingdom great number of Sh&eacute;ep, and great quantities of Wooll, Wool-fels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Wool-flocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling-Clay, are &s;ecretly Exported, Tran&s;ported, carried and conveyed out of the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> the Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> and Kingdom of <HI>Ireland</HI> into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and into Foreign parts, to the great decay of the Woollen Manufactures, the ruine of many Families, and the de&s;truction of the Navigation and Commerce of the Kingdoms, Town, and Dominion afore&s;aid, which is like daily to increa&s;e if &s;ome further remedy be not provided, and further penalties impo&s;ed upon the Offenders there|in.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Exporting or carrying of &s;heep, wooll, woolfels, mortlings &s;horlings, yarn woolflocks, Fullers earth, Fulling clay, out of <HI>England, Wales</HI> or <HI>Ire|land.</HI></NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, directly, or indirectly, Export, Tran&s;port, Car|ry, or Convey, or &s;hall cau&s;e to be Exported, Tran&s;ported, Carryed, or Conveyed out of, or from the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> or after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, out of the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> into any parts or places out of the Kingdoms, or Dominion afore&s;aid, or into the Kingdome of <HI>Scot|land</HI> any Sh&eacute;ep or Wool what&s;oever, of the br&eacute;ed or growth of the Kingdoms or Dominion afore|&s;aid, or any Wool-fells, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Wool-flocks, or any Ful|lers Earth, or Fulling-Clay what&s;oever, or &s;hall directly, or indirectly pack or load, or cau&s;e to be packed or loaden upon any hor&s;e, Cart, or other Carriage, or &s;hall load or lay on board, or cau&s;e to be loaden or laid on board in any Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el, in any place within the Kingdoms of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed</HI> afore&s;aid, any &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Wool-fels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Wool-flocks, Fullers Earth, or Fulling Clay, to the intent or purpo&s;e to Export, Tran&s;port, Carry, or convey the &s;ame, or to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be Exported, Tran&s;ported, Carryed, or conveyed out of the King|doms of <HI>England or Ireland,</HI> the Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed</HI> afore&s;aid, into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or into any Foreign parts, that then every &s;uch offence &s;hall be ad|judged Felony,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Made Felony</NOTE> and the Offender or Offenders being duly Convicted, &s;hall &s;uffer and forfeit as in ca&s;e of Felony.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Aiders and a&s;|&s;i&s;ters therein &s;hall be adjud|ged Felons.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Owner of any &s;uch Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el, &amp; every owner of every hor&s;e, Cart, or Carriage, upon which any Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Wool-fels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth or Fulling Clay, &s;hall be &s;o Exported, Tran&s;ported, carryed, or conveyed as afore&s;aid, or to any &s;uch intent or pur|po&s;e as afore&s;aid, knowing thereof, and being wittingly and willingly aiding, a&s;&s;i&s;ting, or con|&s;enting thereunto, and al&s;o every Ma&s;ter and Mariner of or in &s;uch Ship or other Ve&s;&s;el, where|in any &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wooll, Wool-fels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wooll, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth or Fulling Clay, &s;hall be &s;o exported, tran&s;ported, carryed or conveyed, or loaden or laid on Board as afore&s;aid, to any &s;uch intent or purpo&s;e as afore&s;aid, knowing thereof and being wittingly and willingly aiding, a&s;&s;i&s;ting, or con&s;enting thereunto, and al&s;o every Factor or &s;ervant, or other per&s;on what&s;oever, and every Cu&s;tomer, Comptroller, Waiter, Searcher, Sur|veyor, or other Officer or per&s;on what&s;oever knowing thereof, and being wittingly or willingly aiding, a&s;&s;i&s;ting, or con&s;enting thereunto, &s;hall be, and &s;hall be adjudged and taken to be a felon, and every Offender and Offenders therein, being duly convicted, &s;hall &s;uffer and forfeit as in ca&s;e of fe|lony.</P>
<P><PB N="149" REF="83">And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every offence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Offences a|gain&s;t this Act where to be examined &amp; tryed.</NOTE> which &s;hall be done or committed contrary to this Act, &s;hall and may be enquired of, and heard, examined, tryed, and determined in the County where &s;uch Sh&eacute;ep, Wool, Woolfels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Woolflocks, Fullers Earth or Fulling Clay re&s;pectively &s;hall be &s;o Packed, laden, or laid on board as afore&s;aid, or el&s;e in the County where &s;uch Offender &s;hall happen to be apprehen|ded or arre&s;ted for &s;uch offence, in &s;uch manner and form and to &s;uch effect to all intents and pur|po&s;es, as if the &s;ame offence had b&eacute;en wholly done and committed in the &s;ame County.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that every Baron and other P&eacute;er of this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Peers.</NOTE> which &s;hall be indicted or accu&s;ed as principal, or acce&s;&s;ary in or to any offence made felony by this Act, &s;hall have his, her, or their Tryal, by his, her, or their P&eacute;ers, as in ca&s;es of felony at the Common Law.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None to be impeached, un|le&s;s within one year next after the of|fence commit|ted.</NOTE> That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall at any time hereafter be impeached for any offence made felony by this Act, un|le&s;s &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be thereof indicted within the &s;pace of one year next en&s;uing &s;uch offence committed.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as great quantities of Wool, Woollen yarn, and Wool-flocks are clo&s;e packed and pre&s;&s;ed together with &s;erues, and other unlawful engines into Butts, Pipes, Hog&s;heads, Che&s;ts and other Cask and Ve&s;&s;els, and into Sacks, Baggs and other wrappers made of Wool, or Linen, and under colour of Bales, Sacks, Baggs, Packs, and Casks of other Goods, and other|wi&s;e, great quantities of the &s;ame are daily loaden on board of Ships or other Ve&s;&s;els, and &s;o are carryed, conveyed, exported and tran&s;ported out of the Kingdoms, Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and Domi|nion afore&s;aid; and al&s;o great quantities are daily carryed and laid at, or near the Coa&s;ts of the Sea, or &s;ome Navigable Rivers, into Store-hou&s;es and Barns, and by night are laid on board of Shallops and other Ve&s;&s;els belonging to Aliens, and &s;o carryed and exported out of the Kingdoms, Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and Dominion afore&s;aid; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Scrues and unlawful En|gines for pre&s;|&s;ing together of wool, not to be u&s;ed.</NOTE> no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;s together with any Scrues, Pre&s;&s;es or other Engines, into any Sack, Pack, Bag or other wrapper, or &s;hall put, pre&s;s, pack or &s;tean any Wool what&s;oever, or any Yarn made of Wool, into any Butt, Pipe, Hogs|head, Che&s;t or any other Cask or Ve&s;&s;el, upon any pretence what&s;oever, or &s;hall carry or lay, or cau&s;e to be carried or laid at or near the Shore or Coa&s;ts of the Sea, or of any Navigable River, or into any hou&s;e or place near adjoyning thereunto, any &s;uch Wool, Wool-flocks, or Yarn made of Wool, with intention to export, tran&s;port, carry or convey the &s;ame out of the Kingdoms of <HI>En|gland</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or into any Foreign parts, under the penalty of the lo&s;s and forfeiture of all &s;uch Wool,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> Wool-flocks, and Yarn made of Wool, as &s;hall be &s;o packed or pre&s;&s;ed, or put or laid into Cask, or carried and laid near to the Sea-&s;hoar, or to any Navigable River as afore&s;aid, or the value thereof.</P>
<P>And whereas great quantities of Fullers Earth or Fulling Clay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fulling clay, Tobacco-pipe clay not to be exported.</NOTE> are daily carried and exported under the colour of Tobacco-pipe Clay, Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Tobacco-pipe Clay &s;hall from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, be exported, tran&s;ported, carried or conveyed out of or from the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> or after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, out of or from the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> or the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> into the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or into any Foreign parts, or into any Port or place out of the Kingdoms or Dominion afore&s;aid, under the penalty of thr&eacute;e &s;hillings for every pound of Tobacco-pipe Clay which &s;hall be exported or tran&s;ported contrary to this Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Au|gu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no Packs, Sacks, Bags, or Cask of any Wool,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Packs of wool woolfels &amp;c. &s;hall not be carryed but in the day time.</NOTE> Wool-fels, Mortlings, Shorlings, Yarn made of Wool, Wool-flocks, Fullers Earth, Fulling Clay or Tobacco-pipe Clay, &s;hall be laid or loaden on any hor&s;e, cart or other carriage what&s;oe|ver, or &s;hall be carried or conveyed by land to or from any place or places within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or Dominion afore&s;aid, nor after the fir&s;t day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two in the Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> but in the day time, and at &s;ea&s;onable hours, (that is to &s;ay) from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> to the nine and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> yearly, betw&eacute;en the hours of four of the clock in the morning, and eight of the clock in the even|ing, and from the nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> to the fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> yearly, betw&eacute;en the hours of &s;even of the clock in the morning, and five of the clock in the evening,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> under the pe|nalty of the lo&s;s and forfeiture of all &s;uch goods or the value thereof, the one moyety of all which forfeitures mentioned in this Act, to be to the u&s;e of the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Infor|mation, in any Court of Record, in which no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be ad|mitted or allowed.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o con|cerning the Act.</NOTE> That this Act or any thing therein contained &s;hall not extend or be con|&s;trued to extend to repeal, di&s;anul and make void any the Penalties, Clau&s;es, or Provi&s;oes men|tioned in one Act of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, made again&s;t the tran&s;portation of Wool, Wool-fels, Fullers Earth, or any kind of Scouring Earth,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. c. 32 13 Car. 2. c. 14</NOTE> or to the prohibiting of the loading on board of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, of any Weather-&s;heep, Wool, Wool-flocks or other goods mentioned in this Act, that by the afore&s;aid Act is permitted to be loaden on board of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el,
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for the nece&s;&s;ary u&s;e or provi&s;ion of &s;uch &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el as afore&s;aid, Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for owners of &s;hips that have offended and &s;hall fir&s;t di&s;|cover the &s;ame.</NOTE>Provided always, That if any Owner of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or any Ma&s;ter or Mariner know|ing of &s;uch tran&s;portation of &s;uch &s;h&eacute;ep, wool, woolfels, mortlings, &s;horlings, yarn made of wool, wool-flocks, Fullers earth, Fulling clay, or Tobacco-pipe clay, &s;hall within thr&eacute;e moneths next after the knowledg thereof, or after his return into the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> or into the &s;aid Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> afore&s;aid, give the fir&s;t information <HI>bona fide</HI> before any of the Barons of either of the Courts of the Exchequer in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Ireland</HI> for the time being, or before the head Officer of any Port where he &s;hall fir&s;t arrive, upon his or their Oath, of the number and quantity of the goods mentioned in this Act, &s;o carryed, conveyed, and tran&s;ported, and by whom, where, and in what &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el, and afterwards &s;hall be ready upon rea&s;onable warning by Proce&s;s to ju&s;tify and prove the &s;ame, that then &s;uch Owner and Owners, Ma&s;ter, Mariner and Mariners &s;hall not be puni&s;hed for felony by vertue of this Act, but &s;hall ne|verthele&s;s be &s;ubject to all other penalties and forfeitures in this or any other Act contained, for the Offence afore&s;aid; and all &s;uch Exportation, Tran&s;portation, carrying or conveying of any the goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Common nu|&s;ance.</P>
<P>Who may hear and determine the &s;aid offen|ces.</P></NOTE> wares or commodities in this Act mentioned, is hereby declared and adjudged to be a common and publick Nu&s;ance.</P>
<P>And for the better execution of this Act, be it further Enacted, that all Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, Iu&s;ti|ces of Goal-delivery, and Iu&s;tices of Peace &s;hall enquire of all the premi&s;&s;es in their General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, and hear and determine the &s;ame; and that all Mayors, Bailiffs, and other head Officers of Cities, Burroughs, and Towns, not having Iurisdiction to try felony, &s;hall en|quire of all and every Offence within this Act not made felony, and hear and determine the &s;ame.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="19" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Importing of Foreign Wool-cards, Card-wire, or Iron-wire, prohibited.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by the Acts of Parliament made in the third year of King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and the nine and thirtieth year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">3 E. 4. ca. 4. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">9 El. c. 14.</NOTE> and &s;everal other Statutes before that time made; It is Enacted (among&s;t other things therein contained) that no Cards for wool, nor Iron thread (commonly called white wire) &s;hall be Imported, &s;ent or conveyed into this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> wherein the be&s;t Iron thread, or wire for making wool-cards is made, and by the &s;aid ma|nufacture of making, and drawing of wire, and wool-cards, very many poor people of this Kingdom and their families have b&eacute;en imployed and maintained, and the wool-cards made thereof are of great concernment to this Kingdom for the good making of woollen Cloth; And whereas contrary to the &s;aid Statutes, not only much Foreign Card-wire, but al&s;o Foreign wool-cards have b&eacute;en in the&s;e late times Imported into this Kingdom, and al&s;o within the &s;ame many old wool-cards are by ill di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons (for their private lucre) bought up, and the old Iron-wire of the &s;aid old wool-cards (being very weak, and in&s;ufficient for the well carding of wool) is put into new leather and new boards, and &s;o uttered and &s;old to ignorant people for new wool-cards, to their great de|triment and the indamaging of their work, carding of wool, and the cloth made thereof; By all which, very great inconveniencies have b&eacute;en found by experience of Clothiers in their making of Engli&s;h Cloth, which is lately much deba&s;ed and decayed, and wherein this Nation is greatly concerned to uphold and encourage the well making thereof in and by all wayes and means in any wi&s;e conducible thereunto; Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parliament;<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Foreign wool-cards, card-wire or iron wire for wool-cards may be impor|ted.</NOTE> And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Foreign wool-cards or Foreign Card-wire, or Iron-wire, for making of wool-cards be Imported into this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or any parts thereof, nor u&s;ed within the &s;ame, nor any Card-wire taken out of old Cards be from henceforth put into new leather and new Card-boards, nor any &s;uch wool-cards made thereof be put to &s;ale, upon the pains, penalties, and forfeitures hereaf|ter following (that is to &s;ay) Every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall import, or bring any Foreign wool-cards, or Foreign Card-wire, or Iron-wire, for making of wool-cards into this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or any parts thereof, or make any wool-cards of any &s;uch old Card-wire as afore&s;aid, or put the &s;ame to &s;ale, &s;hall forfeit the &s;aid wool-cards and Card-wire or Iron wire for making wool-cards or the value thereof, if the &s;ame be not &s;ei&s;ed, the one half part there|of to the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the other half part thereof to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall fir&s;t &s;ei&s;e or &s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt, Plaint, Bill, Information, or Indictment in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or within the County, City, Burrough or Town Corporate where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, Wager of Law or Injunction &s;hall be allowed or admitted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for amending of old wool-cards.</NOTE>Provided always, That this Act &s;hall not extend to hinder the Owners of any wool-cards, to cau&s;e them to be amended for their own u&s;e, or to tran&s;port or &s;ell (for Tran&s;portation onely) any their old overworn wool-cards, in any parts beyond the Seas out of his Maje&s;ties Domini|ons.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="20" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="151" REF="84">
<HEAD>CAP. XX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Provi&s;ion of Carriage by Land, and by Water, for the u&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by an Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 24.</NOTE> <HI>and Tenures <HI>in Capite,</HI> and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for &s;etling a Revenue upon His Maje&s;ty in lieu thereof,</HI> It was among&s;t other things Enacted, for the rea&s;ons and recompence therein expre&s;&s;ed, That from thenceforth no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons by any Warrant, Commi&s;&s;ion, or Authority under the Great Seal, or otherwi&s;e, by colour of buying, or making provi&s;ion or purveyance for his Maje&s;ty, or any Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, or of any the Children of any King or Qu&eacute;en of <HI>England</HI> that &s;hall be, or for his, their, or any of their Hou&s;hold, &s;hall take any Cart, Carriage or other thing what&s;oever of any the Subjects of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, without the free and full con&s;ent of the Owner or Owners thereof, had and obtained, without Menace or Enforcement, nor &s;hall &s;ummon, warn, take, u&s;e or require any of the &s;aid Subjects to furni&s;h or find any Hor&s;es, Oxen, or other Cattel, Carts, Ploughs, Wayns, or other Carriages, for the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or of any Queen of <HI>England,</HI> or of any Child or Children of any of the Kings or Qu&eacute;ens of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, for the carrying the Goods of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or the &s;aid Qu&eacute;ens, or children, or any of them, without &s;uch full and free con&s;ent as afore&s;aid, Any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: Be it notwith&s;tanding Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How carria|ges &s;hall be provided for his Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, as often as the Service of his Maje&s;ties Navy, or Ordnance, &s;hall require any Carriages by Land within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> upon notice given in writing by Warrant under the hand and &s;eal of the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, or under the hands and &s;eals of two or more of the principal Officers or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, or under the hand and &s;eal of the Ma&s;ter of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance for the time being, or under the hand and &s;eal of the Lieutenants of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, for the providing of Carriages for the re&s;pective &s;ervice of the Navy or Ordnance, unto two or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace dwelling near unto the place where the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace may, and &s;hall immediately i&s;&s;ue forth their Warrants to &s;uch of the adjacent Pari&s;hes, Hundreds or Divi&s;ions, as they &s;hall judge fit within their re&s;pective Counties and Divi&s;ions, not being above Twelve Miles di&s;tant from the place of lading, for the &s;ending to a certain place, and at certain times (to be &s;pecified and appointed in the &s;aid Warrants) &s;uch numbers of Carriages with Hor&s;es or Oxen &s;ufficient for the &s;aid &s;ervice, as by the Lord high Admiral of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, or by the Ma|&s;ter or Lieutenant of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance for the time being, or by the principal Officers or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy re&s;pectively as above&s;aid, &s;hall be by writing under their hands and &s;eals required; the Owners of which Carriages, or their Servants,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The rates al|lowed for car|riages.</NOTE> &s;hall receive for every Load of Timber <HI>per</HI> mile, one &s;hilling, for every reputed mile which they &s;hall go laden; and for other Provi&s;ions, the &s;umme of eight pence <HI>per</HI> mile for every Tun they &s;hall carry.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it may and &s;hall be lawful for the Lord High Admiral of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, by Warrant under his hand and &s;eal, and al|&s;o for the principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, by Warrants under the hands and &s;eals of any two or more of them, as al&s;o for the Ma&s;ter of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance for the time being, by Warrant under his hand and &s;eal, and al&s;o for the Lieutenant of his Ma|je&s;ties Ordnance, by Warrants under the hands and &s;eals of either of them, as often as the &s;er|vice of his Maje&s;ties Navy or Ordnance re&s;pectively &s;hall require any Carriage by Water,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Impre&s;&s;ing of per&s;ons, &s;hips, ve&s;&s;els for car|riages.</NOTE> to ap|point &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall judge fitting, to Impre&s;s and take up &s;uch Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or any other Ve&s;&s;el what&s;oever, as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary for the Accommodation of his Maje&s;ties &s;aid &s;ervice; the Owners of which &s;aid Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or other Water-Carriage afore&s;aid, or &s;uch as they &s;hall appoint, &s;hall receive for the hire of every &s;uch Ship, Hoy, Lighter, Boat, or other Ve&s;&s;el <HI>per</HI> Tun, according to the Rates u&s;ually paid by Merchants from time to time; And in ca&s;e his Maje&s;ties Officers, and the Owners of &s;uch Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or other Ve&s;&s;els, &s;hall not agree on the &s;aid rates, then the rate to be &s;etled by the Brotherhood of Trinity-hou&s;e of <HI>Deptford-Strand.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon &s;uch as neglect or refu&s;e.</NOTE> That in ca&s;e any of his Maje&s;ties Sub|jects of this Realm &s;hall refu&s;e, or wilfully neglect, after rea&s;onable notice, to make their appea|rance with &s;uch &s;ufficient carriages by Land, or to fit, provide and furni&s;h their Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats or other Ve&s;&s;els, for the &s;ervice of his Maje&s;ties Navy or Ordnance, as is before expre&s;&s;ed; or &s;hall, after they have undertaken &s;uch &s;ervice, neglect or delay the &s;ame, that then upon due proof and conviction of &s;uch refu&s;al or neglect by the Oath of the Con&s;table or other Officer, or two other credible witne&s;&s;es before the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace of the County, or Mayor, or other chief Officer of the City or Corporation, where he or they inhabit (which Oath they &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter) for the Land-Carriages; and for the Water-Carri|ages,
<PB N="152" REF="85">
by the Oath of &s;uch per&s;on as &s;hall be appointed by the Lord High Admiral, the principal Officers or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, the Ma&s;ter of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, or the Lieutenant of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, as afore&s;aid, or other two credible witne&s;&s;es, before the principal Officers or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, or Ma&s;ter or Lieutenant of his Maje|&s;ties Ordnance re&s;pectively, (which Oath they &s;hall have likewi&s;e power to admini&s;ter) the Par|ty &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall for every &s;uch refu&s;al or neglect, forfeit the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings for the Land-carriage, and for Carriage by Water, treble the freight of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, not exc&eacute;eding Fifty pounds in the whole, to the Kings Maje&s;ties u&s;e, to be forthwith levied in default of payment upon demand, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of his Goods and Chattels by War|rant from the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayor, or other chief Officer, or from the principal Of|ficers or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, or Ma&s;ter or Lieutenant of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance re&s;pectively, (rendring to the Parties the overplus) upon every &s;uch Sale (if there &s;hall be any) the charge of di&s;training being fir&s;t deducted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The time of continuance in the &s;ervice.</NOTE>Provided always, that no Hor&s;es, Oxen, Cart, Wayn, or other Land-Carriage &s;hall be enfor|ced to Travail more days Iourney from the place where they receive their lading, or be compel|led to continue longer in the imployment, then &s;hall be appointed by the Order of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and that ready payment &s;hall be made in hand for the &s;aid Carriages at the place of lading without delay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;ent pay|ment to be made.</NOTE> according to the afore&s;aid Rates.</P>
<P>Provided always, That in ca&s;e any Iu&s;tice of the Peace, Mayor, chief Officer, or Con&s;table, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons, which &s;hall be appointed by the Lord High Admiral, the principal Of|ficers, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of his Maje&s;ties Navy, the Ma&s;ter of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, or the Lieutenant of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, as afore&s;aid, re&s;pectively, &s;hall take any gift or reward to &s;pare any per&s;on or per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No gifts or re|wards may be taken by Iu|&s;tices of the Peace to &s;pare any per&s;on.</NOTE> from making &s;uch carriage by Land, or by Water, or &s;hall in|juriou&s;ly charge or grieve any per&s;on or per&s;ons through envy, hatred, or evil will, who ought not to make &s;uch carriage, or &s;hall impre&s;s more carriages then the nece&s;&s;ity of the &s;ervice &s;hall re|quire, or then he &s;hall be commanded to impre&s;s by his Superiours, That then upon due proof and conviction thereof, the party &s;o offending, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds to the party thereby grieved,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty, and how to be recovered.</NOTE> who may &s;ue for the &s;ame to be recovered by Action of Debt, in any of his Ma|je&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;ume to take upon him or them to impre&s;s any Hor&s;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None may im|pre&s;s other then per&s;ons impowered as afore&s;aid. The penalty.</NOTE> Oxen, Wayns, or Carriages for Land; or any Ships, Hoys, Lighters, Boats, or other Ve&s;&s;el, for the &s;ervice of his Maje&s;ties Navy or Ordnance, other then the Per&s;ons &s;o impowered as afore&s;aid, then he or they &s;o offending, &s;hall upon due conviction of the &s;aid offence incur and &s;uffer the puni&s;hment in the fir&s;t recited Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships and ve&s;&s;els fraigh|ted by charter-party exemp|ted.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Ship, Hoy, Barque, or any other Ve&s;&s;el what|&s;oever, that &s;hall be really, and <HI>bona fide,</HI> fraighted by Charter-Party, if there be other Ve&s;&s;els in the Port fitting for the Service, nor any Ve&s;&s;el quarter laden with any Goods, Wares or Merchandi&s;es outward bound, &s;hall be lyable to be Impre&s;&s;ed for any the Services afore&s;aid; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act, and the Powers therein contained, &s;hall continue and be in force, untill the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no longer; Any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabitants of the new Fore&s;t of <HI>Southampton.</HI></NOTE>Provided neverthele&s;s, That in regard of the more then ordinary charge and burden which the Inhabitants of New-Fore&s;t in the County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> will be liable unto, by rea&s;on of the great quantities of Timber u&s;ually felled and carried thence for the u&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Navy; It &s;hall and may be lawful for the Iu&s;tices of the Peace, who &s;hall by Warrant &s;um|mon the Carts and Carriages within the Divi&s;ion of the New-Fore&s;t in the County of <HI>South|ampton</HI> afore&s;aid, to have power (as to the Carriage of Timber onely) to allow as afore&s;aid to the &s;everal Owners of &s;uch Carts and Carriages, not exc&eacute;eding Four pence <HI>per</HI> mile, for &s;o many miles as any Cart or Carriage &s;o &s;ummoned &s;hall go empty to the place of its lading; Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="21" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For preventing the unnece&s;sary Charge of Sheriffs, and for ea&s;e in pa&s;&s;ing their Accompts.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the Office of Sheriff as well by rea&s;on of the great and unnece&s;&s;ary Charges in the time of A&s;&s;i&s;es, and other publick m&eacute;etings, as by the tedious attendance and charge of Sheriffs in pa&s;&s;ing of their Accompts in the Exchequer, hath of late years b&eacute;en very burthen|&s;ome to the Gentry of this Your Realm, who in the late times of Tyranny and Oppre&s;&s;ion have b&eacute;en great Sufferers, and thereby much Impoveri&s;hed in their E&s;tates and Fortunes, for remedy wherein Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Loyal Subjects, the Knights, Citizens and Burge&s;&s;es a&s;&s;em|bled in Parliament, do mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, that it may be Declared and Enacted, And be it Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That no Per&s;on or Per&s;ons being duly &s;worn into the Office of Sheriff, for any Coun|ty or Shire within this Your Maje&s;ties Realm, &s;hall from and after the Fir&s;t day of
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<HI>February</HI> next en&s;uing,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Sheriffs at the A&s;&s;i&s;es may keep no tables for others then of their own Family and Retinue.</P>
<P>Nor make no pre&s;ent or gift to any Iudge of A&s;&s;i&s;e.</P>
<P>The number of Servants with Liveries in <HI>England. Wales.</HI></P>
<P>Penalty of 200 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR></P></NOTE> in the time of the A&s;&s;i&s;es held for the &s;aid County or Shire during his or their Sherifalty, k&eacute;ep, or maintain, or cau&s;e to be kept or maintained one or more Table or Tables, for Receipt or entertainment of any per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;orting to the &s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;es, other then tho&s;e that &s;hall be of his own Family or Retinue; nor &s;hall make, or &s;end in any Pre&s;ent to any Iudge, or Iudges of A&s;&s;i&s;e for his, or their provi&s;ion, nor give any gratuity to his or their Officers or Servants, or any of them; And al&s;o that no Sheriff &s;hall after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> have more then Forty Men-&s;ervants with Liveries, at|tending upon him in the time of the &s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;es, nor under the number of Twenty Men-&s;er|vants in any County what&s;oever within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> nor under the number of Twelve Men-&s;ervants in any County within the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> upon pain that every She|riff offending in any of the premi&s;&s;es contrary to the true meaning hereof, &s;hall forfeit for every de|fault the &s;um of two hundred pounds.</P>
<P>Provided that nothing before in this Act contained &s;hall in any wi&s;e extend unto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Sheriffs of <HI>London, Middle|&s;ex, We&s;tmer|land,</HI> and Ci|ties &amp; Coun|ties.</NOTE> or any ways concern the Sheriffs of the City of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> and the Sheriff of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> or either of them, or any of the Sheriffs of or belonging to any City and County, or Town and County within this Realm; but that the &s;ame Sheriff or Sheriffs &s;hall, or may do as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed or accu&s;tomed within the &s;aid County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> and Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and &s;uch other Cities and Counties, or Towns and Counties afore&s;aid; Any thing herein before contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Sheriffs &s;hall be ea&s;ed in pa&s;&s;ing their accompts in the Exche|quer.</NOTE></P>
<P>And to the end that Sheriffs may for the time future be ea&s;ed of the great charge and trouble which they heretofore have b&eacute;en put to in pa&s;&s;ing their Accounts in the Exchequer, occa&s;ion|ed partly in regard that divers &s;ums of money have &s;tood charged upon them in gro&s;s, without expre&s;&s;ing from what per&s;ons, for what cau&s;e, or out of what Lands or Tenements the &s;ame are to be particularly levied, or out of what particulars the &s;aid &s;ums in gro&s;s do ari&s;e (whereby it cometh to pa&s;s that the &s;aid Sheriffs do &s;till &s;tand charged in gro&s;s with divers &s;ums of money, which were heretofore payable by Abbots, Priors, per&s;ons attainted, and &s;uch other per&s;ons, who&s;e E&s;tates have &s;ince come to the Crown, or are otherwi&s;e di&s;charged or illeviable) and partly by the Accompt of Seizures or Foreign Accompt, and by the exaction of undue F&eacute;es of Sheriffs up|on their appo&s;al concerning the &s;ame.</P>
<P>For the preventing whereof, and for the future ea&s;e of Sheriffs in pa&s;&s;ing their Accompts;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Seizures of Lands remai|ning charged <HI>Michaelmas,</HI> 1660.</NOTE> Be it Enacted and Declared, That from henceforth every Seizure for or concerning any Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments now remaining charged in the Foreign accompt of any Sheriff or Sheriffs within the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> for the year ended at <HI>Michaelmas,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, &s;hall be from the &s;aid Foreign accompt charged particularly in the great Roll of the Exchequer; And that the &s;everal Remembrancers of the &s;aid Court, or their re&s;pective Deputies do in their re&s;pective Officers forthwith,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Seizures here|after taken or returned.</NOTE> and &s;o from time to time for the future write, and make true and perfect Copies of all and every &s;uch other Seizure, and In|qui&s;ition as already are, or hereafter &s;hall be certified into their re&s;pective Offices, without certify|ing the Copy of the Writ, or Commi&s;&s;ion at large upon which &s;uch Seizure or Inqui&s;ition is, or &s;hall be &s;o taken or returned, mentioning only in brief the Date of the &s;aid Writ or Commi&s;&s;ion, and &s;hall deliver the &s;aid Copies well and truly examined and atte&s;ted under his or their Hands, to the Engro&s;&s;er of the &s;aid great Roll; And that all &s;uch of the &s;aid Seizures and Inqui&s;itions as now are returned into any of their re&s;pective Offices &s;hall be delivered before the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next coming: And that all &s;uch other &s;eizures as &s;hall hereafter be returned, or certi|fied into their re&s;pective Offices &s;hall be delivered &s;o examined and atte&s;ted as afore&s;aid to the &s;aid Engro&s;&s;er before the fir&s;t day of the next Term, after the &s;aid Remembrancers &s;hall have received the &s;ame, &s;o as the &s;ame may be charged in the great Roll; To the end that the Proce&s;&s;e of the Court may from thence i&s;&s;ue for levying the I&s;&s;ues and Profits thereof to the u&s;e of the Crown, unto which &s;aid Remembrancers or their Deputies &s;hall be from time to time paid for every Sheet which they, or their re&s;pective Clerks &s;hall &s;o write and deliver, the &s;um of eight pence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fees to the Remembran|cers.</NOTE> the &s;ame to be paid unto them by the afore&s;aid re&s;pective Sheriffs, who &s;hall be allowed the &s;ame by the Barons upon their re&s;pective Accompts out of the I&s;&s;ues and Profits ari&s;ing out of the Premi&s;&s;es &s;o &s;eized; and no Sheriff or Sheriffs for this per&s;ent year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sheriffs &s;hall not an&s;wer il|leviable &s;ei|zures, Farm, Rents, &amp;c.</NOTE> nor any Sheriff or Sheriffs to be hereafter made or appointed within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> &s;hall be charged in accompt to an&s;wer any illeviable Seizure, Farm, Rent, or Debt, or other Seizure, Farm, Rent, Debt, matter, or thing what&s;oever which was not writ in Proce&s;&s;e to him or them to be levied; wherein the per&s;ons of whom, or the Lands or Tenements out of which, together with the cau&s;e for which the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o levied, &s;hall be plainly and particu|larly expre&s;&s;ed, but &s;hall be thereof wholly di&s;charged without Petition, Plea, or other trouble, or charge what&s;oever.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Seizures be|fore 1 <HI>Jac.</HI> and divers others to be left out of the Sheriffs accompt.</NOTE> That all Seizures heretofore made before the fir&s;t Year of the Reign of the late King <HI>James</HI> of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, now remaining in the Accompts of the Sheriffs, and all Seizures and Debts which are pardoned &s;hall be, and are hereby fully di&s;charged; And that the &s;ame and every of them &s;hall hereafter be left out of Sheriffs accompts without further Order, Plea, Petition, or other Charge to any Sheriff or Sheriffs what&s;oever; And that no Proce&s;&s;e &s;hall from henceforth be written forth to any Sheriff for the levying of the &s;ame, or any of them, nor for any other Rent or Farm, which
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cannot be explained by &s;etting forth the particulars thereof, or which have been unan&s;wered by the &s;pace of forty years la&s;t pa&s;t; And that all other dead Farms and Seizures, and all de&s;perate, illeviable, and unintelligible Debts &s;hall be removed out of the Annual Roll, and Sheriffs Charge, into the Exannual Roll, there to remain, untill by Commi&s;&s;ion they &s;hall be revived and made an&s;werable.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Proce&s;s for Debts to be &s;ent forth in convenient time.</NOTE>And to the end, that all new Debts ari&s;ing and coming into the Exchequer for the future may be &s;ent forth in Proce&s;&s;e within convenient time; Be it al&s;o Enacted and Declared, That the afore&s;aid &s;everal Remembrancers do forthwith inrol and certify to the &s;aid Ingro&s;&s;er of the great Roll, all &s;uch Debts as any Sheriff or Sheriffs of this Realm are, or hereafter &s;hall be charged withall, either by vertue of their re&s;pective Retorns made to the Barons of the &s;aid Ex|chequer upon his Maje&s;ties Writs of <HI>Fieri facias, Levari facias, Capias,</HI> or other Proce&s;&s;e; and al&s;o of all Fines and Amerciaments which are or &s;hall be &s;et and impo&s;ed by the Court of Exche|quer upon any Sheriff or Sheriffs for his or their contempts or neglects (that is to &s;ay) That all and every &s;uch Debts, Fines, and Amerciaments as now are returned, &s;et, or impo&s;ed in any of the &s;aid Offices, &s;hall be delivered as afore&s;aid, before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next en&s;uing: And all &s;uch Debts, Fines and Amerciaments as &s;hall hereafter be returned, &s;et, or impo&s;ed in any of the re&s;pective Offices &s;hall be al&s;o delivered by the Fir&s;t day of the next Term, after &s;uch Retorns made,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty upon officers for doing any thing again&s;t this Act.</NOTE> or &s;uch Fines or Amerciaments &s;o &s;et, or impo&s;ed, that &s;o they may be all charged in the Sheriffs Accompts re&s;pectively, and comprehended within his or their <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> upon pain that every Officer or Officers in the &s;aid Exchequer, who &s;hall in any thing offend contrary to this pre|&s;ent Act, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Forty pounds for every &s;uch offence, whereof one moyety &s;hall be to the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyety to the party or parties who &s;hall be thereby agrieved, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Priviledge or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed or admitted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">9 E. 2. St. Lin|coln. 4 E. 3. cap. 9. 5 E. 3. cap. 4.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Provided and Ordained, That no per&s;on &s;hall be a&s;&s;igned to be Sheriff of any County within this Realm, except &s;uch as have Lands within the &s;ame County &s;ufficient to an&s;wer the King and his people.</P>
<P>And whereas by an Act made in the One and twentieth year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>James</HI> over <HI>England;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">21 Jac. cap. 5.</NOTE> It was provided, That when&s;oever any Sheriff upon pa&s;&s;ing his Accompts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A <HI>Quietus e&s;t</HI> to be a &s;ufficient di&s;charge for a Sheriff, if not que&s;tioned within four years after grant thereof.</NOTE> &s;hould have his <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> that he &s;hould be thereby ab&s;olutely di&s;charged of all &s;ums of Money by him Levied and Received, and pretended not to be accompted for with|in the &s;aid Accompt, whereupon he had his <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> unle&s;s &s;uch Sheriff &s;hould be called in que&s;tion for &s;uch &s;ums of Money &s;o pretended to be Levied, and not Accompted for within four years after the time of &s;uch Accompt, and <HI>Quietus e&s;t;</HI> which Act notwith&s;tanding, divers She|riffs and their Heirs, upon &s;uch pretences, have b&eacute;en mole&s;ted and troubled many years after their Accompts and <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> and have had Proce&s;s &s;ent out again&s;t them, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Act; It is hereby further Provided and Enacted, That when any She|riff or Sheriffs within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> upon pa&s;&s;ing their Ac|compts, &s;hall have their <HI>Quietus e&s;t,</HI> that then &s;uch Sheriff and Sheriffs, their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators, Lands, Tenements, Goods and Chattels &s;hall be thereby ab&s;olutely di&s;charged of all manner of &s;um or &s;ums of Money what&s;oever by them Levyed and Received, notwith&s;tan|ding any &s;uch pretence that the &s;ame were not accompted for, or other pretence what&s;oever, unle&s;s &s;uch Sheriff or Sheriffs &s;hall be called in que&s;tion, and that Iudgment &s;hall be given again&s;t him or them for the &s;ame, within four years next after &s;uch Accompt, or <HI>Quietus e&s;t;</HI> and that every Officer or Mini&s;ter by whom, or by who&s;e default any Writ or Proce&s;s contrary to this Act &s;hall be &s;ent out, &s;hall incur the like Forfeitures and Penalties to be recovered and inflicted by &s;uch per|&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner, as by the afore&s;aid Act is provided.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, That this Act or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to the Coun|ties of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Che&s;ter, Lan|ca&s;ter, Dur|ham, Wales.</NOTE> <HI>Lanca&s;ter, Durham,</HI> or the Counties in <HI>Wales,</HI> being <HI>County-Palatines,</HI> as to their manner of accompting; but that the Sheriffs therein &s;hall accompt as formerly before the re|&s;pective Auditors only, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Provi&s;o touch|ing the Kings Remembran|cer.</P>
<P>Lord Trea&s;u|rers, Remem|brancer.</P></NOTE>Provided, That this Act or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to enjoyn His Ma|je&s;ties Remembrancer, or the Lord Trea&s;urers Remembrancer, to tran&s;cribe and deliver to the Ingro&s;&s;er of the great Roll, any Inqui&s;itions or Sei&s;ures, but &s;uch as have b&eacute;en formerly charged in the Foreign Accompts of the Sheriffs; but for all Inqui&s;itions upon Attainders, or other Forfeitures to the Crown, the &s;ame &s;hall be put in charge as heretofore they have b&eacute;en, according to the con&s;tant u&s;age and Decr&eacute;e of the Court of Exchequer: Nor &s;hall this Act, or any thing therein contained, extend to exclude His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Remembrancer, of, or from the writing forth Proce&s;s for, or upon any His Maje&s;ties Debts, Duties, Outlawries, or other charge what&s;oever, or Proce&s;s of <HI>Levari facias,</HI> at the pro&s;ecution of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to levy the I&s;&s;ues or Profits of any Lands or Tenements &s;ei&s;ed, or to be &s;ei&s;ed into the Kings hands, or Proce&s;s of <HI>Venditioni exponas</HI> for Goods &s;ei&s;ed, or to be &s;ei&s;ed upon any Debt to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or upon any Outlawry, or to alter or change the Pleadings, or other Proc&eacute;edings heretofore u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed in the &s;aid Office upon any Pleadings, touching the &s;aid Debts, Duties and Sei&s;ures, or any of them what&s;oever; And that no Debt, Duty, Fine, Amerciament or Sei&s;ure what&s;oever, which &s;hall be charged in the &s;aid great Roll of the
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Pipe upon any per&s;on what&s;oever, by, or from any Record, Proce&s;s or Proc&eacute;eding had, made, filed, or recorded in the Office of His Maje&s;ties Remembrancer of his Exchequer, nor any Proce&s;s or Proc&eacute;eding thereupon to be had or made, by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be re&s;pited, &s;tayed, miti|gated, extenuated, compounded, or otherwi&s;e di&s;charged, but by Order, Warrant or Iudg|ment made, filed or entred in the &s;aid Office of His Maje&s;ties Remembrancer, where the original of &s;uch Debt, Duty or Charge, as afore&s;aid, is, and remaineth; And that in ca&s;e any Proce&s;s of Summons of the Pipe have b&eacute;en, or &s;hall be awarded for, or upon any &s;uch Debt, Duty, Fine, Amerciament, or Sei&s;ure what&s;oever, and the &s;ame Debt, Duty, Fine, Amercia|ment, or Sei&s;ure &s;hall not, upon &s;uch Summons of the Pipe, be levied or an&s;wered unto His Maje&s;ty, That then the Clerk of the Pipe, or Engro&s;&s;er of the Great Roll, &s;hall the next Term after the return of &s;uch Summons, certifie the &s;ame in a Schedule into the Office of His Maje&s;ties Remembrancer afore&s;aid, to the end, that further Proce&s;s may be from thence written forth, for the Levying and An&s;wering thereof; And that this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend unto, nor be con&s;trued to be prejudicial to His Maje&s;ties Remembrancer in His Exchequer, in any ju&s;t, ancient and lawful F&eacute;es by him claimed, or belonging, or incident to His Office, and u&s;ually had and received by him or his Predece&s;&s;ors; Any thing in this Act contained to the con|trary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The conttnu|ance.</NOTE></P>
<P>This Act to continue to the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no lon|ger.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="22" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of <HI>England.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas a great number of Lewd, Di&s;orderly, and Lawle&s;s Per&s;ons, being Thieves and Robbers, who are commonly called Mo&s;s-Troopers, have &s;ucce&s;&s;ively for many and &s;undry years la&s;t pa&s;t b&eacute;en bred, re&s;ided in and frequented the borders of the two re&s;pective Counties of <HI>Northumberland</HI> and <HI>Cumberland,</HI> and the next adjacent parts of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and they taking the opportunity of the large wa&s;te Grounds, Heaths and Mo&s;&s;es, and the many intricate and dangerous Wayes and By-paths in tho&s;e parts, do u&s;ually, after the mo&s;t notorious Crimes committed by them, e&s;cape over from the one Kingdom into the other re&s;pectively, and &s;o avoid the hand of Iu&s;tice, in regard the Offences done and perpetrated in the one Kingdom cannot be puni&s;hed in the other.</P>
<P>And whereas &s;ince the time of the late unhappy di&s;tractions, &s;uch Offences and Offenders as afore&s;aid, have exc&eacute;edingly more increa&s;ed and abounded, and the &s;everal Inhabitants of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties have b&eacute;en for divers years la&s;t pa&s;t nece&s;&s;itated at their own fr&eacute;e and voluntary charge to maintain &s;everal Parties of Hor&s;e for the nece&s;&s;ary defence of their Per&s;ons, Families, and Goods, and to the end the afore&s;aid evil and pernicious members might be apprehended and brought to Iudgment; And whereas the mo&s;t part of the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Counties be|ing more remote from the Borders then other parts, and con&s;equently not &s;o much expo&s;ed to im|minent dangers as others, are therefore unwilling to contribute their proportionable parts of the afore&s;aid Charge, and yet notwith&s;tanding it cannot probably or po&s;&s;ibly be avoided, but that tho&s;e Inhabitants of the re&s;pective Counties who hold them&s;elves mo&s;t &s;ecure, mu&s;t cer|tainly &s;u&s;tain much damage and detriment in their Goods and E&s;tates, in ca&s;e the afore|&s;aid Mo&s;s-Troopers be not timely &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, but &s;uffered to grow numerous, &s;trong and po|tent, which they mu&s;t n&eacute;eds do in ca&s;e there be no re&s;traint upon them; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority there|of, that from and after the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-angel, which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, for, and during the term of Five years next en&s;uing the date of this pre&s;ent Act, it &s;hall and may be lawful for the re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, or the major part of them at any General Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace to be holden for the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively on the behalf of the &s;aid Counties, or either of them from time to time, as they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e occa&s;ion, to make an Order in open Court of Se&s;sions for charging, according to their &s;everal Proportions, all, and every the &s;everal Inhabitants of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties for the &s;afeguard and &s;ecuring of the &s;aid &s;everall Counties and Inhabitants thereof from all injury, violence, &s;poil, and rapine of the Mo&s;s-Troopers afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided, That the &s;aid County of <HI>Northumberland</HI> be not by force of this Act at any time charged above the &s;um of Five hundred pounds in the year; nor the &s;aid County of <HI>Cumberland</HI> charged above the &s;um of two hundred pounds in the year: And for this end and purpo&s;e, the &s;aid &s;everal Iu&s;tices of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties afore&s;aid, are hereby impowred and au|thorized at any their General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions afore&s;aid to appoint and imploy from time to time, if occa&s;ion require, any per&s;on or per&s;ons to have the Conduct and Command of a certain number of men, not exc&eacute;eding the number of Thirty men in the County of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> and Twelve in the County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> whereby the Malefactors afore&s;aid may be &s;earched out, di&s;covered, pur&s;ued, apprehended, and brought to tryal of the Law. And all and every the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace of the re&s;pective Counties afore&s;aid, or the major part of them at any General Se&s;&s;ions of
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the Peace to be holden for the &s;aid Counties, or either of them re&s;pectively, are hereby further impowred and authorized by force of this pre&s;ent Act, to make, and i&s;&s;ue forth their re&s;pective Warrants under their hands for the levying and collecting any &s;um or &s;ums of money ordered to be paid for, and towards the &s;afeguard and &s;ecuring of the &s;aid Counties re&s;pectively as afore&s;aid; and to give full power to the &s;everal Con&s;tables and other Officers, to rai&s;e, levy, and collect the &s;aid money, and all and every the Inhabitants of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties, according to their re&s;pective proportionable E&s;tates in Lands or Goods, by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of Goods, render|ing the overplus, if there be any, to the re&s;pective Owner or Owners: And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace in the &s;aid &s;everal Counties, or any one of them re&s;pectively, are hereby al&s;o autho|rized to examine any Complaint made again&s;t the Collectors and Con&s;tables, or any other Of|ficers or Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice what&s;oever, or any of them, or any other refractory per&s;on or per|&s;ons what&s;oever, that at any time hereafter &s;hall refu&s;e, neglect or fail to give obedience to this Act, or &s;hall do any act or acts in di&s;turbance or ob&s;truction thereof, and to bind over &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to the next Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, according to the known Laws of the Land; to the end &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons may be proc&eacute;eded withall according to Iu&s;tice.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of Peace, as afore&s;aid, are hereby further Impowred and Autho|rized on behalf of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties re&s;pectively, to appoint a Trea&s;urer to receive from the &s;aid Collectors the Moneys by them Collected, and to pay over the &s;ame according to the Orders they &s;hall receive from the &s;aid Iu&s;tices at the General Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace to be holden for the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties: And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices are al&s;o Impowred to agr&eacute;e and article with &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons yearly, as they &s;hall think fit to imploy in the &s;aid Service, and to take &s;ufficient Security of them for the faithful and mo&s;t effectual performance thereof, for the be&s;t &s;afe|guard, advantage and benefit of the people, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall in pur&s;uance of this Act be imployed in the Border-Service, and &s;hall at any time hereafter wilfully and corruptly, or for any &s;ini&s;ter re&s;pect what|&s;oever, neglect or forbear to Di&s;cover or Apprehend, or to bring to Tryal any of the &s;aid per&s;ons called Mo&s;s-Troopers as afore&s;aid, and &s;hall be convicted thereof according to Law, he or they &s;hall from thenceforth be di&s;abled, and made uncapable for ever after to manage or take upon him or them the &s;aid Imployment, and to &s;uffer &s;uch Fine and Impri&s;onment, according to the quality of his or their offence, as the Iu&s;tices of Peace at their General Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall think fit to inflict.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it hereby Declared, That it &s;hall be lawful for the Iu&s;tices of Peace of either of the &s;aid Counties as afore&s;aid re&s;pectively, at any time hereafter, to moderate or le&s;&s;en the &s;aid charge, if they &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e.</P>
<P>Provided that this Act &s;hall continue and be in force for five years, and no longer.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That for better &s;uppre&s;&s;i|on and puni&s;hment of the &s;aid Mo&s;s-Troopers flying out of <HI>England</HI> into <HI>Scotland,</HI> or out of <HI>Scot|land</HI> into <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">4 Jac. cap. 1. 7 Jac. cap. 1.</NOTE> the Statutes made in the &s;everal Se&s;&s;ions of Parliament, in the Fourth and Seventh years of King <HI>James,</HI> &s;hall be revived and put in execution according to their true intent, 18 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 3. Continued for Seven years from the expiration of this Act.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="23" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additionall Act concerning matter of A&s;surance u&s;ed among&s;t Merchants.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by an Act of Parliament made in the Thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of the Reign of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> of happy memory,<NOTE PLACE="marg">43 El. cap. 12.</NOTE> Entituled, <HI>An Act concerning matters of A&s;&s;u|rances u&s;ed among&s;t Merchants:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment of Mer|chants and Trade.</NOTE> The Parliament then taking into Con&s;ideration, by all good means to comfort and encourage the Merchants of this Kingdome, thereby to ad|vance and increa&s;e the Wealth of this Realm, her Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms, and the &s;trength of &s;hip|ping, and for preventing of divers mi&s;chiefs in the &s;aid Act mentioned; It was Enacted, That it &s;hould and might be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, or Lord K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> for the time being, to award forth under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> one general or &s;tanding Commi&s;&s;ion to be renewed yearly at the lea&s;t, and otherwi&s;e &s;o often, as unto the Lord Chancel|lor, or Lord K&eacute;eper &s;hould &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et, for the hearing and determining of Cau&s;es ari&s;ing on Poli|cies of A&s;&s;urance, &s;uch as then were, or then after &s;hould be entred within the Office of A&s;&s;urance of the City of <HI>London;</HI> which Commi&s;&s;ions &s;hould be directed to the Iudge of the Admiralty for the time being, the Recorder of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, Two Doctors of the Civil Law, Two Common Lawyers, and eight grave or di&s;cr&eacute;et Merchants, or any five of them, which Commi&s;|&s;ioners, or the greater part of them which &s;hould &s;it and m&eacute;et, &s;hould have full Power and Au|thority to Hear, Examine, Order and Decr&eacute;e all and every &s;uch Cau&s;e and Cau&s;es, in a brief and &s;ummary cour&s;e without formalities of pleadings or proc&eacute;edings, with Power to warn Parties to come before them, and to examine upon Oath any Witne&s;&s;es that &s;hould be produced, and to commit to Pri&s;on any Per&s;on that &s;hould wilfully di&s;obey their final Orders and Decr&eacute;es; And the Commi&s;&s;ioners to &s;it once w&eacute;ekly upon the Execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, with a liber|ty in the &s;aid Act for any per&s;on grieved by any &s;uch Sentence or Decr&eacute;e, to exhibite his Bill in
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Chancery for the re-examination of &s;uch Sentence or Decr&eacute;e, as by the &s;aid Act, relation being thereunto had, more at large may appear: But fora&s;much as by the &s;aid recited Act, without five Commi&s;&s;ioners there cannot be a Court, and without there be a Court, they cannot proc&eacute;ed in the execution of their Commi&s;&s;ion, &s;o much as to &s;ummon Parties or Witne&s;&s;es to appear; And in ca&s;e of neglect or refu&s;al of any Party or Witne&s;s to appear, they have no power to puni&s;h the delay or contempt with Co&s;ts, or otherwi&s;e. And it is provided by the &s;aid Act, That not any Commi&s;&s;ioner, other then the Iudge of the Admiralty, or the Recorder of <HI>London,</HI> &s;hall proc&eacute;ed in the execution of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ion, before he hath taken his Oath before the Lord Maior, and Court of Aldermen, to proc&eacute;ed uprightly and indifferently betw&eacute;en party and party, which upon the renewing of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, often proves a great delay, there being &s;o many Commi&s;&s;io|ners to be Sworn, and the Court of Aldermen not &s;itting at &s;ometimes in the year, when the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ions have happened to be renewed; And although the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners upon their final Sentence have power to commit to Pri&s;on any per&s;on that &s;hall wilfully di&s;obey their &s;aid Sentences, or Decr&eacute;es, yet they have no power to make any Order again&s;t the Ship or Goods, which commonly are the things a&s;&s;ured, by which Omi&s;&s;ions, for want of Power, given by the &s;aid Act, the benefits intended by the &s;aid Act of Parliament are much retarded, and the mi&s;chiefs by the Act endeavoured to be prevented, much increa&s;ed.</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, Be it Enacted and Ordained, And it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spi|ritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled; That from and af|ter the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for the Lord Chancellor, or Lord K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Three Com|mi&s;&s;ioners impowred to act.</NOTE> to i&s;&s;ue out yearly (or oftner if n&eacute;ed re|quire) one &s;tanding Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> thereby impowring and au|thorizing the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e of them (whereof a Doctor of the Civil Law, or a Barri&s;ter at Law of five years &s;tanding at the lea&s;t, to be always one) to meet and &s;it, and make a Court, and proc&eacute;ed in all things in the execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, as before by the &s;aid Act any Five might have done; And that the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;uch thr&eacute;e of them as afore&s;aid, be and hereby are impowred to Summon Parties and Witne&s;&s;es to appear, and in ca&s;e of contempt or wilful delay in the Witne&s;&s;es, upon the fir&s;t Summons and tender of rea&s;onable Charges, and in the Parties upon their &s;econd Summons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Co&s;ts.</NOTE> to puni&s;h the Offenders by Impri&s;onment or Co&s;ts for &s;uch time, and in &s;uch manner, as &s;hall be rea&s;onable, and accord|ing to the nature and quality of their offences; And that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for every &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner, to proc&eacute;ed in the execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lord Mayor of <HI>London</HI> may admini&s;ter the Oath.</NOTE> having fir&s;t taken an Oath before the Lord Mayor of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being only, to proc&eacute;ed up|rightly and indifferently betw&eacute;en party and party; And the &s;aid Lord Mayor is hereby Autho|rized to give &s;uch Oath, Any thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding; And that no per&s;on &s;hall proc&eacute;ed in Execution of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion, before he be fir&s;t Sworn before the Lord Mayor of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, to proc&eacute;ed uprightly and indifferently betw&eacute;en party and party, as formerly he &s;hould have b&eacute;en before the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen.</P>
<P>Be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ions out of the Ad|miralty Court to examine Witne&s;&s;es be|yond Sea.</NOTE> or any &s;uch thr&eacute;e of them as afore&s;aid, &s;hall find cau&s;e to examine Witne&s;&s;es beyond the Seas, or any remote parts of his Maje&s;ties Dominions, for the clearing of any doubt or matter before them depending, that in &s;uch ca&s;e by direction of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;uch thr&eacute;e of them, like Commi&s;&s;ions or Proce&s;s &s;hall i&s;&s;ue out of the Court of Admiralty, as have formerly b&eacute;en for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, returnable before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners; And that the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;uch thr&eacute;e of them, &s;hall have al&s;o power to give and pa&s;s their final Sentence, Decr&eacute;e, and Executions, as well again&s;t the body of the party evicted, or his goods, as al&s;o again&s;t the Executors and Admini&s;trators of &s;uch party &s;o evicted; And to A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e Co&s;ts of Suit upon &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as &s;hall be condemned by the Decr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Court as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em Iu&s;t.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as many Witne&s;&s;es (as Sea-men and others) come and &s;p&eacute;edily go again to Sea,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Witne&s;&s;es go|ing to &s;ee how to be exami|ned before.</NOTE> before a Court can be &s;ummoned, by which means the A&s;&s;ured, and A&s;&s;urers, are many times much damnified; For the preventing of which mi&s;chief, Be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to and for any one of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners to Ad|mini&s;ter an Oath to any Witne&s;s legally &s;ummoned to give te&s;timony, (timely notice being thereof given to the Adver&s;e party, and &s;et up in the Office before &s;uch examination) to the end &s;uch Witne&s;s or Witne&s;&s;es may be cro&s;s-examined.</P>
<P>Provided always, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall in no ca&s;e proc&eacute;ed both again&s;t per&s;on and goods, for one and the &s;ame debt; And provided al&s;o,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Appeal to the Chancery.</NOTE> That any thing in this Act contained &s;hall not in any wi&s;e extend to prejudice the appeal to the High Court of Chancery, given or al|lowed in the &s;aid former Act of Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="24" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="158" REF="89">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act Declaratory concerning Bankrupts.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers Noblemen, Gentlemen, and per&s;ons of quality, no ways bred up to Trade or Merchandize, do oftentimes put in great &s;tocks of money into the <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, and the Fi&s;hing Trade, and &s;uch other publike Societies, and receive the procede of tho&s;e Stocks &s;ometimes in ready monies, &s;ometimes in Commodities, which they u&s;ually &s;ell for money, or exchange again, by which means the Trade of tho&s;e Companies is much incouraged, Fi&s;hing, and Navigation increa&s;ed, and the publike good of the whole Kingdom very much advanced.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">34 H. 8. cap. 4. 13 El. cap. 7. 1 Jac. cap. 15. 21 Jac. ca. 19.</NOTE>Notwith&s;tanding which great advantage to the publike, there hath b&eacute;en lately &s;ome opinion conceived that &s;uch per&s;ons may, and ought to be made &s;ubject to the Statutes provided again&s;t Bankrupts;</P>
<P>For the better declaring and explaining the Law therein, and to the end &s;uch per&s;ons may not be di&s;couraged in tho&s;e Honourable endeavours for promoting publike undertakings: Be it de|clared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the Advice and A&s;&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No per&s;ons for putting in mo|ney to the <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, or the Fi&s;hing Trade, &s;hall be e&s;teemed a Trader with|in the Statute of Bankrupts.</NOTE> That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who have adventured, or put in, or who hereafter &s;hall adventure, or put in any &s;um or &s;ums of money, in the &s;aid <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, or into any joynt &s;tock, or &s;tocks of money by them or either of them, made or rai&s;ed, or to be made and rai&s;ed, for and towards the maintaining and carrying on the Trade by the &s;aid <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, managed, or to be managed, or who have formerly, or &s;hall hereafter adventure or put in any &s;um or &s;ums of mo|mey into any &s;tock or &s;tocks of money, for the managing and carrying on of the &s;aid Fi&s;hing Trade, or the Trade now called the Royall fi&s;hing Trade, and &s;hall receive and take his or their part, or dividend of Fi&s;h, Goods or Merchandizes <HI>in &s;pecie,</HI> and &s;hall &s;ell, or exchange the &s;ame, &s;hall for or by rea&s;on onely of &s;uch adventure of moneys &s;o put into the &s;aid <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, or into any Stock or Stocks, for and towards the &s;aid Fi&s;hing Trade, or for, or by rea&s;on only of the receiving and taking &s;uch Fi&s;h, Goods, and Merchandizes <HI>in Specie,</HI> or &s;elling for money, or exchanging the &s;ame again, be Adjudged, Taken, E&s;t&eacute;emed or Repu|ted a Merchant or Trader within any Statute or Statutes for Bankrupts, or be lyable to the &s;ame.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for other Tra|ding.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided always, and it is hereby Declared, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall Trade, Traffique, or Merchandize in any other way or manner, then in the &s;aid Royal Fi&s;hing Trade, or the Trade managed by the &s;aid <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, or the <HI>Guiney</HI> Company as afore&s;aid, &s;hall for and by rea&s;on of his and their Trading, Traffiquing, and Merchandizing, be liable to Com|mi&s;&s;ion and Commi&s;&s;ions again&s;t Bankrupts, as fully to all intents and purpo&s;es, and not other|wi&s;e, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made, Any thing in Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Iudg|ment concern|ing Sir <HI>John Wol&s;tenholme</HI> made void.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That a Verdict and Iudgment in Replevin heretofore had, or given in the Term of <HI>Ea&s;ter,</HI> in the Year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty thr&eacute;e, in the <HI>Kings Bench,</HI> betwixt <HI>Phineas Andrews</HI> Plaintiff, <HI>Richard Woolward,</HI> and <HI>William Meggs</HI> Defendants, where|by Sir <HI>John Wol&s;tenholme</HI> Knight, an Adventurer in the &s;aid <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Company, was adjudged, and found lyable to a Commi&s;&s;ion of Bankrupts only, for and by rea&s;on of a &s;hare he had in the Ioynt-Stock of the &s;aid Company, and a pretended &s;elling for money part of the return which he had <HI>in Specie</HI> for his &s;aid Adventure &s;hall be, and is hereby declared contrary to Law, and is hereby rever&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Purcha&s;ors in the Ca&s;e of Sir <HI>John Wol&s;tenholme.</HI></NOTE> and made void and null.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Act, Sale, or Di&s;po&s;ition of any the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Debts, or Credits of the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Wol|&s;tenholme,</HI> or any di&s;tribution of the &s;ame, or of any money heretofore made or done by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Bankrupts, or any claiming under them, or any of them by vertue or colour of any Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions taken out again&s;t the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Wol&s;tenholme;</HI> and whereof any per&s;on or per&s;ons is by vertue or colour of, or under any &s;uch Act, Sale, or Di&s;po&s;i|tion actually &s;ei&s;ed or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall be hereby impeached, or fru&s;trated, but that the &s;ame be in|joyed for and toward &s;atisfaction of the Debts, for which the &s;ame have b&eacute;en di&s;po&s;ed or di&s;tri|buted.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="25" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Re&s;toring of all &s;uch Advow&s;ons, Rectories, Impropriate Gleeb-Lands and Tithes to his Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects, as were taken from them, and making void certain charges impo&s;ed on them upon their Compo&s;itions for Delinquency, by the late U&s;urped Powers.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas many Loyal Subjects of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, and of the Kings Maje&s;ty that now is, were upon pretence of Delinquency for adhering un|to, and faithfully &s;erving their &s;aid Maje&s;ties according to their Duty and Allegiance, enforced and con&s;trained by the pretended power of the Long Parliament, not onely to part with great
<PB N="159" REF="89">
&s;ums of money in &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid &s;uppo&s;ed Delinquency, but likewi&s;e to &s;ettle all, or part of &s;uch Advow&s;ons, Rectories, Gl&eacute;eb-Land and Tithes, E&s;tates and Terms, as they, or any in tru&s;t for them were then &s;ei&s;ed or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of, and to make Grants and A&s;&s;urances of Rents and Annuities to and upon &s;uch Tru&s;t&eacute;es as were appointed by the &s;aid Long Parliament, as well for the augmentation of certain Vicarages, as for the u&s;e and maintenance of Preaching Mini&s;ters and Lecturers, without any valuable con&s;ideration given for the &s;ame, other then &s;ome abatement of tho&s;e exce&s;&s;ive Fines impo&s;ed upon them for their pretended Delinquency, and exacted from them by tho&s;e arbitrary powers, to the impoveri&s;hing and undoing of many of the Kings mo&s;t Loyal Subjects; Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That all Grants,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All E&s;tates made by pre|tended Delin|quents of Ad|vow&s;ons, Rectories, &amp;c. for Compo&s;i|tions, made void.</NOTE> Feoff|ments, Bargains and Sales, Relea&s;es, Confirmations, and other Conveyances and A&s;&s;uran|ces in the Law, of any higher or lower nature what&s;oever had, or made by any &s;uch pretended Delinquents, their Heirs, Executors or Admini&s;trators, or by any per&s;on having any E&s;tate or Intere&s;t in Law or Equity in Tru&s;t for them, or by any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, having any E&s;tate or Intere&s;t joyntly, or in common with them, or in Rever&s;ion or Remainder after them, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate of any &s;uch Advow&s;ons, Rectories Im|propriate, Gl&eacute;eb-Lands, Tithes, E&s;tates, Terms, Annuities and Rents, as afore&s;aid, to, or for the u&s;es afore&s;aid, as part or in full of their Compo&s;itions for &s;uch pretended Delinquency as afore&s;aid, and all Securities touching or concerning the &s;ame onely,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Saving other Rights.</NOTE> be and are hereby adjudged from henceforth null and void in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever; Saving to all per&s;ons other than the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, and their Heirs, and all claiming under them, all right to the &s;aid Rectories and Premi&s;&s;es as hath accrued unto them before the Ninet&eacute;enth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Tenants, Le&s;&s;&eacute;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Tenants and Le&s;&s;ees under &s;uch E&s;tates &s;hall pay their Rents.</NOTE> and Occu|piers of all &s;uch Advow&s;ons, Rectories Impropriate, Gl&eacute;eb-Lands, Tithes, and premi&s;&s;es &s;o granted, or &s;etled, to or upon &s;uch Tru&s;t&eacute;es as afore&s;aid, for the u&s;es or purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay all &s;uch Rents as &s;hall hereafter grow due and payable to &s;uch per&s;ons onely unto whom the right, and intere&s;t of and in the &s;ame Advow&s;ons, Rectories, Gl&eacute;eb-Lands, Tithes and pre|mi&s;&s;es before the &s;aid Conveyances or A&s;&s;urances (intended to be annulled and made void by this pre&s;ent Act) did, or &s;hould of right belong or appertain.</P>
<P>And whereas the &s;aid Conveyances and A&s;&s;urances in and by this Act intended to be made void, were &s;ome of them of E&s;tates in F&eacute;e-&s;imple, and &s;ome of them long Terms for years made to Tru&s;t&eacute;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rents and &s;ums appoint|ed for augmen|tation of cer|tain Vicara|ges.</NOTE> who redemiled the &s;ame at and under &s;uch yearly Rents and Sums of Money as were then appointed to be the Augmentation of certain Vicarages, or maintenance for preach|ing Mini&s;ters, &s;ince which time, many of the Rectories and Lands &s;o Conveyed and Lea&s;ed have b&eacute;en ab&s;olutely &s;old, and the Redemi&s;es thereof granted and a&s;&s;igned by the Owners thereof, for the benefit of &s;uch purcha&s;ers; Be it further Enacted and Ordained by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Purcha&s;ers, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns &s;hall pay, and the &s;aid former Owners of the &s;aid Lands and Rectories, their Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall have, hold, and enjoy the &s;aid Rents and &s;ums of Money &s;o re&s;erved (for the Augmen|tation of the &s;aid Vicarages, and maintenance for Preaching Mini&s;ters) upon the &s;aid &s;everal Redemi&s;es, and &s;hall have the &s;ame, and the like remedies by Di&s;tre&s;s, or by Action of Debt for the recovery thereof, as the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es who Redemi&s;ed the &s;ame &s;hould, or might have had, if this Act had not b&eacute;en made.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="26" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Abu&s;es committed in the Weight and fal&s;e Packing of Butter, Reformed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as Butter is one of the principal Commodities of the product of this Kingdom, and is not only of an univer&s;al u&s;e &amp; Expence at home,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Contents of a Kilderkin of Butter.</NOTE> but very great quantities thereof are Tran&s;|ported beyond the Seas; And whereas, by Cu&s;tom time out of mind u&s;ed, every Kilderkin of But|ter ought to weigh One hundred thirty and two pounds gro&s;s at the lea&s;t, that is to &s;ay, One hun|dred and twelve pounds of Neat Butter, and the Cask Twenty pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Firkin.</NOTE> The Firkin of Butter ought to weigh Sixty and four pounds, <HI>viz.</HI> Fifty and Six pounds of good &amp; Merchantable Butter Neat, and the Cask Eight pounds; And the Pot of Butter ought to weigh Twenty pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Pot.</NOTE> <HI>viz.</HI> Fourt&eacute;en pounds of good and Merchantable Butter Neat, and the Pot Six pounds: And whereas great Complaint hath b&eacute;en made by the Traders in Butter and Ch&eacute;e&s;e, That by the Fraudulent dealing and practice of &s;everal Farmers, Owners, and Packers of Butter, and by their irregular manner of weighing with Stones, Iron Wedges, Bricks, and other unwarrantable Weights, the &s;ame quantities of Butter are not put up into the re&s;pective Cask and Pots afore&s;aid, and the Kilderkin is Commonly made to weigh Six and twenty pounds, and &s;ometimes Eight and twenty pounds, and the Firkin to weigh Ten pounds or Twelve pounds, and &s;ometimes Thirt&eacute;en or four|t&eacute;en pounds weight, and the Pots are made generally to weigh Seven pounds, and &s;ome of them Eight pounds or Nine pounds weight, and much bad and decayed Butter is mixed and Packed up into Kilderkins, Firkins, and other Cask, and Pots, with &s;ound and Good Butter, and im|moderate
<PB N="160" REF="90">
quantities of Salt intermixed to the &s;poil of the &s;ame, and to the great wrong and abu&s;e of his Maje&s;ty in the Victualling of His Navy, of Merchants in the Victualling of their Ships, and of all Traders in the &s;aid Commodity, and of all Hou&s;holders who buy the &s;ame for their ex|pence, and to the great di&s;honour of the Engli&s;h Nation, in the parts beyond the Seas, and to the bringing of the &s;aid Commodity into great di&s;repute abroad, whereby it yields not that price, nor is vented there, in &s;uch quantities, as otherwi&s;e it would.</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Kilderkin of Butter &s;hall contain 112, <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> be&s;ides the Cask.</NOTE> and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, every Kilderkin of Butter do and &s;hall contain One hundred and twelve pounds Neat, or above, every pound containing &s;ixt&eacute;en Ounces be&s;ides the Taxe of the Cask,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Firkin 56. <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR></NOTE> and not le&s;s, of good and Merchantable Butter: Every Firkin and Butter do and &s;hall contain Fifty &s;ix pounds Neat or above, be&s;ides the weight of the Cask, of good and Merchantable Butter; and every Pot of Butter do and &s;hall contain fourt&eacute;en pounds Neat, or above, be&s;ides the weight of the Pot,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Pot 14. <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR></NOTE> of good and Merchantable Butter: And that no Butter which is Old or Corrupt &s;hall be mixed or packed up into any Kilderkin, Firkin, or other Cask, Ve&s;&s;el or Pot what&s;oever with any Butter which is New and Sound,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No old But|ter &s;hall be mixed with new.</NOTE> nor any Whay-Butter &s;hall be packed or mixed with any Butter that is made of Cream, but that the &s;aid re&s;pective &s;orts of Butter &s;hall be packed up &s;everally and apart by them&s;elves, and &s;hall not be mixed one with another, and that every Cask or Pot of Butter &s;hall be of one &s;ort and goodne&s;s throughout &s;uch Cask and Pot,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Nor Whay-butter.</NOTE> and that no Butter &s;hall be &s;alted with any great Salt, but that all Butter &s;hall be &s;alted and &s;aved with &s;mall Salt, nor more Salt &s;hall be intermixed with it, then &s;hall be n&eacute;edful for its pre&s;erva|tion,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> upon pain and penalty that every Owner, Farmer or Packer of Butter not putting up in each Kilderkin, Firkin and Pot of Butter to be &s;old, or to be expo&s;ed to &s;ale re&s;pectively, &s;uch quantities as afore&s;aid, or offending in fal&s;e packing as afore&s;aid, for every &s;uch offence &s;hall forfeit the value of all the Butter &s;o fal&s;e packed, and for every offence where any Kilder|kin, Firkin or Pot &s;hall be found to contain a le&s;&s;er quantity of Butter, then by this Act is ap|pointed, &s;ix times the value of every pound of Butter, that &s;hall be wanting in any &s;uch Cask or Pot.</P>
<P>And to the intent that the benefit intended by this Act may be extended with full effect to all per&s;ons who do either cut out Butter by Retail, or expend it, Be it further Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That every Ch&eacute;e&s;e-monger or other per&s;on what&s;oever which &s;hall &s;ell to any per&s;on or per&s;ons any Kilderkin or Kilderkins, Firkin or Firkins, Pot or Pots, or other Cask of But|ter made after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Chee&s;e-mon|gers and all &s;el|lers of butter by the Kilder|kin or &amp;c. &s;hall deliver the full quantity to the Retailer.</NOTE> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and Two, &s;hall deliver in every &s;uch Kilderkin, Firkin, and other Cask and Pot re&s;pectively the full quantity and due quality appointed by this Act, and not le&s;s, or in default there|of &s;hall be liable to make &s;atisfaction to him or them that buy the &s;ame for what &s;hall be wan|ting, according to the price for which the &s;ame was &s;old.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall re|pack butter.</NOTE> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two no Ch&eacute;e&s;e-monger or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall repack for &s;ale any Butter in any Kilderkin, Firkin,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> or other Cask or Pot what&s;oever, upon pain and penalty that every Ch&eacute;e&s;e-monger or other per&s;on what&s;oever which &s;hall repack any Butter into any Kilderkin or Kilderkins, Firkin or Firkins, Cask or Casks, Pot or Pots, to &s;ell the &s;ame again, &s;hall for every Firkin, Cask or Pot &s;o packed, forfeit the &s;um of Double the value of all &s;uch Butter.</P>
<P>And for the better di&s;covery of all frauds and abu&s;es which &s;hall be committed again&s;t this Act, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Farmer and other per&s;on &amp; per&s;ons, packing up Butter in Kilderkins, Firkins or any other Cask what&s;oever for &s;ale, do from &amp; after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two pack up his Butter into good &amp; &s;ufficient Cask,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Farmers and other &s;ellers &s;hall &s;et their marks of the weight upon good and &s;uf|ficient Casks.</NOTE> made of &s;ound, dry &amp; well-&s;ea&s;oned Timber, and &s;hall &s;et upon every Firkin and Cask what&s;oever, when the &s;ame is throughly and fully &s;ea&s;o|ned in water, a continuing vi&s;ible mark of the ju&s;t Weight of the empty Cask, and do likewi&s;e &s;et upon every Kilderkin, Firkin and Cask, when the &s;ame is filled with Butter, the fir&s;t Letter of his or their Chri&s;tian name, and his or their Sirname at length, with an Iron brand, upon pain and penalty that every Farmer or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever offending in not putting on the Mark of &s;uch Weight of Kilderkin,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And their names.</NOTE> Firkin or other Cask, after &s;ea&s;oning, or not &s;etting the fir&s;t Letter of his or their Chri&s;tian name, and his or their Sirname at length, on every Firkin and Cask as afore&s;aid, &s;hall for every &s;uch offence re&s;pectively forfeit the &s;um of Ten &s;hillings for every Hundred weight of Butter, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity that &s;hall be in every &s;uch Cask.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Potters &s;hall &s;et their weight of every pot burnt, and their names.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Potter &s;hall &s;et upon every Pot which he &s;hall &s;ell for packing up of Butter, the ju&s;t weight which &s;hall be of every &s;uch Pot when it is burnt, together with the fir&s;t Letter of his or their Chri&s;tian name, and his or their Sirname at length, upon pain and penalty that every Potter which &s;hall not &s;o do, &s;hall forfeit &amp; pay for every Pot which he &s;hal expo&s;e to &s;ale for the u&s;e afore&s;aid, whereupon he &s;hall not have fir&s;t &s;et the ju&s;t Weight, and the fir&s;t Letter of his Chri&s;tian name, and his Sirname at
<PB N="161" REF="90">
length as afore&s;aid, the &s;um of One &s;hilling; and that no Farmer or other per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall expo&s;e to &s;ale any Butter packed up in any other Pot than &s;uch as &s;hall be marked by the Potter as afore&s;aid, upon penalty of Two &s;hillings for every Pot of Butter which he &s;hall ex|po&s;e to &s;ale as is not &s;o marked; all and every of which &s;aid Offences are to be enquired of, &s;ued for, heard and determined in the Se&s;&s;ions of Peace for the County, City, Borough, Town or Liberty, or in the Court of Record of the City, Borough, Town or Liberty wherein &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, by Action of Debt, Indictment, Information, or Pre&s;entment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed to the Defendant; and the one half of all &s;uch Forfeitures &s;hall be to the u&s;e of the poor people inhabiting within the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall be from time to time committed, to be paid to the Church-Wardens and Over|&s;&eacute;ers of the poor of and in &s;uch Pari&s;h, and the other half to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Double Co&s;ts</NOTE> be&s;ides his double Co&s;ts thereby expended.</P>
<P>Provided, That every Suit and Information which &s;hall be brought upon this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Within what made &s;uit mu&s;t be begun upon this Act.</NOTE> &s;hall be commenced within four moneths after the &s;ale of &s;uch Butter.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="27" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Repairing of <HI>Dover</HI>-Harbour.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas it is found by long experience, that <HI>Dover</HI>-Harbour is and hath b&eacute;en of very great u&s;e and benefit to the Merchants of this Realm, and others pa&s;&s;ing through the Nar|row Seas, whereunto they have, and do enter, to avoid imminent danger of Tem|pe&s;ts, Pirats, or the Common Enemy in time of War; And whereas the &s;aid Harbour of late by Tempe&s;ts, and the violence of the Sea hath b&eacute;en much broken, ruined and decayed, and in great danger of being lo&s;t, unle&s;s timely prevented by repairing thereof, which cannot be with|out great charges and expences, as well in the pre&s;ent repair, as in the future maintenance of the &s;ame: whereof his Maje&s;ty being Informed, and minding the good and &s;afety of Merchants and Sea-faring men, hath of late of his Maje&s;ties goodne&s;s and liberality, be&s;towed a great &s;um of money in, and about the repairing of the &s;aid Harbour, which yet is not &s;ufficient to carry on that work, and to &s;ecure it for the future.</P>
<P>And to the end that the &s;ame may be from time to time maintained and kept in good repair for the u&s;e and benefit of Merchants, and Sea-faring men; And that &s;uch provi&s;ion for the mainte|nance thereof may now be made,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Jac. cap. 32.</NOTE> as by an Act of Parliament made in the Fir&s;t year of his Ma|je&s;ties Grand-father King <HI>James</HI> of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, hath b&eacute;en formerly done and provided for: Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> next en|&s;uing, during the &s;pace of &s;even years thence next following, there &s;hall be paid by the Ma&s;ter,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties pay|able at and towards the Repair of <HI>Dover</HI>-Har|bour.</NOTE> or Owner of every Ship, Ve&s;&s;el or Crayer, whereof any of his Maje&s;ties Subjects of <HI>England</HI> &s;hall be Owners, or Part-owners, of the burthen of Twenty Tuns or upwards, and not exc&eacute;eding the burthen of Two hundred and fifty Tun, for every Voyage, Loading, or Di&s;charging within this Realm, or to, or from any Foreign Countrey beyond the Seas, and pa&s;&s;ing to, or from <HI>London,</HI> or for, from, to, or by <HI>Dover,</HI> or coming into the Harbour there, not having a Cocquet te&s;tifying his payment before for the Voyage towards the Repair of <HI>Dover</HI>-Harbour, the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e pence for every Tun of the burthen of every &s;uch Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Crayer (except Ve&s;&s;els loaden with Sea-Coals, or Grind-&s;tones, or Purbeck, or <HI>Portland</HI>-&s;tone) and for every Chauldron of Sea-coals, or Tun of Grind-&s;tones peny half-peny, the &s;ame to be paid to the Cu&s;tomer, or Col|lector of Cu&s;toms, or Sub&s;idies, or their Deputies within this Realm, in &s;uch Port, from whence &s;uch Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Crayer &s;hall &s;et forth, or where &s;uch Ship, Ve&s;&s;el, or Crayer &s;hall arrive, before they load or unload the Goods therein, The Accompt of the number of the &s;aid number of the &s;aid Tuns to be made according to the Entry of Goods in every Ship, Ve&s;&s;el or Crayer in the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, and no Entry thereof to be allowed in any Office of Cu&s;toms or Sub&s;idies, without true in|formation before made by oath of the Ma&s;ter, Owner, or Shipper of &s;uch Ship, Ve&s;&s;el or Crayer concerning the burthen thereof, and payment by him made of the &s;ums afore&s;aid, of which payment the Ma&s;ter, Owner, or Shipper paying the &s;ame, &s;hall have allowance of the Merchants, according to the rate of the Goods in the &s;ame Ship, Ve&s;&s;el or Crayer by way of Average; And the Cu&s;to|mer or Collector, or his Deputy receiving the &s;ums afore&s;aid, or any of them, &s;hall disbur&s;e and pay the &s;ame from time to time to the Trea&s;urer of the &s;aid Harbour for the time being, or &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as he &s;hall a&s;&s;ign to receive the &s;ame, to be expended in and about the repair of the &s;aid Harbour; And every Cu&s;tomer or Comptroller, or their Deputies, that &s;hall make any Entries of Cu&s;toms or Sub&s;idies of any Goods in the &s;aid Ships, Ve&s;&s;els or Crayers, before &s;uch Information as afore&s;aid concerning the burthen thereof &s;hall be made, or before payment made of the &s;ums before limited to be paid by this Act, or &s;hall make any wilful default in not collecting the &s;aid &s;ums, or any of them, or not paying the &s;ame over from time to time to the Trea&s;urer of the &s;aid Harbour for the time being, or &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as he &s;hall a&s;&s;ign to receive the &s;ame as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit to the u&s;e of the Reparations of the &s;aid Harbour, Ten pounds for every &s;uch default, to be recovered by Action of Debt in any Court of Record, by the
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Warden and A&s;&s;i&s;tants of the &s;aid Harbour for the time being; in which Suit no E&s;&s;oign, Pro|tection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who &s;hall in|&s;pect and over|&s;ee the Re|pairs.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the <HI>Trinity</HI>-Hou&s;e of <HI>London</HI> for the time be|ing, to appoint &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit to in&s;pect and over&s;&eacute;e the repairs and works to be made for the &s;ecurity of the &s;aid Harbour; And that they may once every year, during the term of &s;even years afore&s;aid, require an accompt of the re&s;pective Collectors of the Duties afore&s;aid, and the Trea&s;urer for the &s;aid Harbour for the time being, of the moneys by them re&s;pectively received by vertue of this Act, and of the disbur&s;ments thereof: And if the &s;aid Collectors and Trea&s;urer &s;hall not within &s;ix w&eacute;eks next after demand of &s;uch Accompt, give in the &s;ame accordingly; or if thereupon it &s;hall appear that the &s;aid money &s;hall not be duly disbur&s;ed in and about the &s;aid Repair and the Works, for the &s;ecuring and maintenance of the &s;aid Harbour, according to the intent of this Act; or if the &s;aid Harbour &s;hall within the time afore&s;aid be &s;ufficiently repaired and &s;ecured, That then the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens &s;hall in|form the Lords of his Maje&s;ties Privy Council thereof, who &s;hall and may thereupon, and to that purpo&s;e are hereby impowred to &s;u&s;pend, or cau&s;e all and every further payments by vertue of this Act to cea&s;e and determine, if they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Ships be|longing to <HI>Weymouth, Melcomb-Regis, Lime Regis.</HI></NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els belonging to the Ports of <HI>Weymouth</HI> and <HI>Melcombe-Regis,</HI> and <HI>Lime-Regis</HI> in the County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> having a Peire and Cob of their own, (which by rea&s;on of their poverty at pre&s;ent they are not able to maintain) &s;hall be exempt from contributing or paying any thing to the Harbour of <HI>Dover</HI> mentioned in this Act; Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding; &s;o as they &s;hall bring Certificate made upon Oath before the Mayor, and under the Common Seal of the &s;aid re&s;pective Corporations, That the &s;aid Ships and Ve&s;&s;els do properly belong thereunto; And that the Inhabitants of the &s;aid re&s;pective Corporations are Owners of the major part of the &s;aid Ve&s;&s;els.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it hereby Enacted, That this Act or any thing herein contained, &s;hall not extend to Authorize the Collection of more then the &s;um of Twenty two thou&s;and pounds in the whole; And then the &s;aid Collection to cea&s;e.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="28" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXVIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Pilchard Fi&s;hing in the Counties of <HI>Devon</HI> and <HI>Cornwal,</HI> Regulated.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Fi&s;hery of great concern|ment to this Nation.</NOTE>WHereas the Publick Honour, Wealth and Safety of this Realm, as well in the the maintenance of Trade and &s;upport of Navigation, as in many other re&s;pects, doth in an high degr&eacute;e depend upon the improvement and incouragement of the Fi&s;hery.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as of late years there have divers pernicious di&s;orders and abu&s;es, by the licen|tiou&s;ne&s;s of the times crept in, and yet continue evidently de&s;tructive to that Trade, for preven|tion and redre&s;s whereof there is no Law hitherto particularly provided, in the growing evils occa&s;ioned by Driving-Nets, and other fraudulent and injurious practi&s;es to the extream damage of the Fi&s;hery: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Times prohi|bited to Fi&s;h in <HI>Cornwall</HI> and <HI>Devon.</HI></NOTE> and it is Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall in any year from the Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI> till the la&s;t of <HI>November,</HI> pre&s;ume to take Fi&s;h in the high Sea, or in any Bay, Port, Cr&eacute;ek, or Coa&s;t of or belonging to <HI>Cornwal</HI> or <HI>Devon</HI> with any Drift-Net, Trammel, or Stream-Net or Nets, or any other Nets of that &s;ort or kind,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> unle&s;s it be at the di&s;tance of one League and an half at lea&s;t from the re&s;pective &s;hores, upon the penalty of forfeiture of the &s;aid Nets &s;o imployed, or the full value thereof, and one moneths Impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainprize.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pilchards and Fuma|thoes to be bought of the Owners and Adventurers in Fi&s;hing.</NOTE></P>
<P>And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons being nei|ther Owners, Partners, or Adventurers in the Craft of Fi&s;hery, and in the Boats and Saynes thereunto belonging, or &s;hall pre&s;ume from and after the day before limited, to make, or cau&s;e to be made any Pilchards or Fumathoes in Cask to be Sold or Tran&s;ported, except he or they &s;hall openly buy the afore&s;aid Fi&s;h of the re&s;pective Owners, Partners, and Adventurers in the &s;aid Pilchard Craft, or with their expre&s;s allowance, leave and con&s;ent, that they &s;hall in &s;uch ca&s;e forfeit all and &s;ingular &s;uch Pilchards and Fumathoes &s;o made, and every Cask there|of, or their full value; the one half to the King, and the other half to him or them that &s;hall &s;o &s;ue for the &s;ame by Bill, Plaint, or other Information, and upon Legal proof recover the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Owner, Partner, or Company, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall fraudulently purloyn, imbezel, hide, convey, carry away, or di&s;po&s;e by &s;ale or otherwi&s;e, or cau&s;e to be purloyned, imbezelled, hidden, conveyed, carried away, or di&s;po&s;ed out of the Nets, Boats, or Cellars, any Pilchard Fi&s;h without the expre&s;s leave, con&s;ent and allowance of the proper Owner, and major part of the Company re&s;pective|ly,
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that then every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall offend therein upon legal evidence, &s;hall pay treble the value in &s;atisfaction to the parties &s;o wronged, and be &s;ent to the Hou&s;e of Cor|rection for thr&eacute;e moneths.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Idle and &s;u&s;picious flocking about Pilchard Boats to de|part upon warning.</NOTE> That if any idle or &s;u&s;picious per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall in the night a&s;&s;emble and flock together about the Boats, Nets or Sellars belong|ing to any Pilchard-Craft, upon any the Coa&s;ts of <HI>Cornwal</HI> or <HI>Devon,</HI> having no bu&s;ine&s;s there to do, and being warned by the Company or Owner of &s;uch Boats or Sellars to be gone, that then upon complaint made unto any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace, every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons re|fu&s;ing &s;o to do, &s;hall pay Five &s;hillings to the poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence was commit|ted, or &s;hall be &s;et in the Stocks for the &s;pace of Five hours.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="29" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXIX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for the Rever&s;ing of the Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI> his Attainder.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas <HI>Thomas</HI> late Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI> was Impeached of High Trea&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Rea&s;ons and Grounds of Repealing the Attainder.</NOTE> upon pre|tence of endeavouring to Subvert the Fundamental Laws, and called to a publick and &s;olemn Arraignment and Trial before the P&eacute;ers in Parliament, where he made a particular Defence to every Article objected again&s;t him; in&s;omuch that the Turbulent party then &s;&eacute;eing no hopes to effect their unju&s;t de&s;igns by any ordinary way and method of proc&eacute;edings, did at la&s;t re&s;olve to attempt the de&s;truction and Attainder of the &s;aid Earl by an Act of Parlia|ment, to be therefore purpo&s;ely made to Condemn him upon accumulative Trea&s;on, none of the pretended Crimes being Trea&s;on apart, and &s;o could not be in the whole if they had b&eacute;en proved, as they were not, and al&s;o adjudged him guilty of con&s;tructive Trea&s;on (that is) of levying War again&s;t the King, though it was onely the commanding an Order of the Council-Board in <HI>Ireland,</HI> to be executed by a Serjeant at Arms and Thr&eacute;e or Four Souldiers, which was the con&s;tant practice of the Deputies there for a long time; To which end they having fir&s;t pre|&s;ented a Bill for this intent to the Hou&s;e of Commons, and finding there more oppo&s;ition then they expected, they cau&s;ed a multitude of Tumultuous per&s;ons to come down to <HI>We&s;tmin|&s;ter</HI> Armed with Swords and Staves, and to fill both the Palace-Yards, and all the Approaches to both Hou&s;es of Parliament with fury and clamour, and to require Iu&s;tice, &s;p&eacute;edy Iu&s;tice again&s;t the Earl of <HI>Strafford;</HI> And having by the&s;e and other undue practices obtained that Bill to pa&s;s in the Hou&s;e of Commons, they cau&s;ed the Names of tho&s;e re&s;olute Gentlemen, who in a ca&s;e of innocent blood had fr&eacute;ely di&s;charged their con&s;ciences, being Nine and fifty, to be po|&s;ted up in &s;everal places about the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and &s;tiled them <HI>Straffordians</HI> and Enemies to their Countrey, hoping thereby to deliver them up to the fury of the people whom they had endeavoured to incen&s;e again&s;t them, and then procured the &s;aid Bill to be &s;ent up to the Hou&s;e of P&eacute;ers, where it having &s;ometime re&s;ted under great deliberation, at la&s;t in a time when a great part of the P&eacute;ers were ab&s;ent by rea&s;on of the Tumults, and many of tho&s;e who were pre&s;ent prote&s;ted again&s;t it, the &s;aid Bill pa&s;&s;ed in the Hou&s;e of P&eacute;ers; And at length his late Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t of Glorious memory, granted a Commi&s;&s;ion for giving his Royal a&s;&s;ent thereunto, which neverthele&s;s was done by his &s;aid Maje&s;ty with exc&eacute;eding great &s;orrow then, and ever remembred by him with unexpre&s;&s;ible grief of heart, and out of His Ma|je&s;ties great Piety he did pulickly expre&s;s it when his own Sacred life was taken away by the mo&s;t dete&s;table Traitours that ever were.</P>
<P>For all which cau&s;es, Be it Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the Act Entituled, <HI>An Act for the Attainder of Thomas Earl of Strafford of High Trea&s;on,</HI> and all and every Clau&s;e, Article and thing therein contained, be|ing obtained as afore&s;aid, is now hereby repealed, revoked, and rever&s;ed.</P>
<P>And to the end that right be done to the memory of the decea&s;ed Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI> afore&s;aid; Be it further Enacted, That all Records, and proc&eacute;edings of Parliament relating to the &s;aid Attain|der, be wholly cancelled, and taken off the File, or otherwi&s;e defaced and obliterated, to the in|tent the &s;ame may not be vi&s;ible in after-ages, or brought into example to the prejudice of any per&s;on what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall not extend to the future que&s;tioning of any per&s;on or per&s;ons however concerned in this bu&s;ine&s;s, or who had any hand in the Tumults, or di&s;orderly procuring the Act afore&s;aid; Any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="30" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXX. </HEAD>
<P>Madder &s;hall be Imported pure and unmixed. REP. 15 Car. 2. cap. 16.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="31" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="164" REF="92">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Inconvenience by Melting the Silver Coyn of this Realm, prevented.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">9 E. 3. cap. 3.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act made in the Ninth year of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third it is Enacted, That no &s;terling Half-peny or Farthing &s;hall be moulten to make Ve&s;&s;el, or any other thing by Gold&s;miths, or any other, upon pain of forfeiture of the moneys &s;o moulten;<NOTE PLACE="marg">17 R. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> Whereas by one other Statute made in the Sevent&eacute;enth year of King <HI>Richard</HI> the Second, it was further Enacted, That no Groats or Half-groats &s;hall be moulten by any man to make Ve&s;&s;el, or other thing thereof upon the &s;ame pain; And whereas divers per&s;ons do elude the &s;aid Statutes, as well Gold&s;miths as others, by melting Silver-Coyns of this Realm, above the value of Groats, to the great dimini&s;hing of the Silver-Coyn of this Realm, and the hin|drance of the Commerce of the &s;ame: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall after the Twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall melt currant Silver Mo|ney. The Penalty.</NOTE> wilfully melt, or cau&s;e to be melted any of the currant Silver-money of this Realm, upon pain not only of forfeiture of the &s;ame, but al&s;o of the double value of any &s;uch Coyn &s;o melted; the one half to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, the other half to the Informers, who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame upon Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of His Maje|&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> in which no E&s;&s;oign, Wager of Law, or Protection &s;hall be allow|ed; And moreover, That the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons offending contrary to the Tenor of this Act (if he or they be a Fr&eacute;eman, or Fr&eacute;emen, or priviledged per&s;on or per&s;ons of any City or Corpo|ration within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI>) &s;hall upon legal conviction for the &s;ame, be forthwith disfranchi&s;ed and made uncapable of exerci&s;ing the Trade of a Gold&s;mith, or any other My&s;tery by vertue of the Priviledges of the City or Corporation of which he or they are members; And if the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons offending, and convict as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not be a Fr&eacute;eman or Fr&eacute;e|men, or priviledged per&s;on or per&s;ons of any City or Corporation as afore&s;aid, then he or they &s;hall &s;uffer impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainprize for the &s;pace of Six moneths next en&s;uing his or their Conviction as afore&s;aid.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="32" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Manufacture of Broad Woollen Cloth, within the We&s;t-Riding of the County of <HI>York,</HI> Regulated.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers abu&s;es and deceits have of late years b&eacute;en had, and u&s;ed in the Manufacture of Broad Woollen Cloth, made within the We&s;t-Riding of the County of <HI>York.</HI> and the &s;pinning and deceitful working thereof, which tends to the great deba&s;ing and undervaluation of the &s;aid Manufacture, both at home, and al&s;o in Forreign parts where the &s;ame is u&s;ually vended.</P>
<P>For prevention of all which abu&s;es and deceipts; It is Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons A&s;|&s;embled in Parliament, That from and after the next <HI>Monday</HI> after <HI>Ea&s;ter,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, there be, and &s;hall be, a Corpo|ration to continue for ever within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding of the County of <HI>York,</HI> con&s;i&s;ting of all the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Corporation of Clothiers in the We&s;t-Riding of <HI>York&s;hire.</HI></NOTE> Two Ma&s;ters, Ten Wardens, Twelve A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and Commonalty; All which &s;aid Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;|&s;i&s;tants, are to be of the able&s;t and be&s;t experienced Clothiers within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding and &s;uch as have &s;erved, and b&eacute;en brought up in the Trade and My&s;tery of Clothing, by the &s;pace of &s;even years, according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm; One of which &s;aid Ma&s;ters, Five of which &s;aid Wardens, and Six of which &s;aid A&s;&s;i&s;tants, &s;hall be cho&s;en the fir&s;t <HI>Monday</HI> after <HI>Penteco&s;t</HI> then next following, and from thenceforth to be yearly, and every year cho|&s;en upon the next <HI>Monday</HI> after Penteco&s;t, at &s;ome publique place, by the Fr&eacute;e Clothiers of the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, inhabiting within the Pari&s;h of <HI>Leeds</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>York,</HI> the greater part of them pre&s;ent at &s;uch Election; and the other Ma&s;ter, Five Wardens, and Six A&s;&s;i&s;tants &s;hall be cho&s;en upon the &s;ame days at &s;ome publique place, by the Fr&eacute;e Clo|thiers inhabiting out of the &s;aid Town and Pari&s;h of <HI>Leeds,</HI> or the greater part of them pre|&s;ent at the &s;aid Election, of the parts adjacent within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding; And in ca&s;e any of the &s;aid Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, after their &s;aid re&s;pective Elections do happen to die, that then it &s;hall and may be lawful; at any Court to be holden next after &s;uch Decea&s;e, to Elect others in their re&s;pective places; And the &s;aid Wardens, Ma&s;ters, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants re&s;pective|ly, &s;hall within eight days after their fir&s;t Choice and Election, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, which any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace within the We&s;t-Riding, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> have hereby power to Admini&s;ter, and al&s;o the en&s;uing Oath, <HI>(Viz.) I <HI>A. B.</HI> do &s;wear,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Oath to be taken by the Ma&s;ter, Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants.</NOTE> <HI>That I will well, faithfully and hone&s;tly perform and di&s;charge the Office of a Ma&s;ter of the Corporation of the Free Clothiers, according to the be&s;t of my Skill, Power, and Knowledge; So
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help me God.</HI> And the like Oath, and Oaths, to be Admini&s;tred to the Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants re&s;pectively, <HI>mutatis mutandis;</HI> And for ever after, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any Thirt&eacute;en of them, &s;hall and have hereby power to Admini&s;ter the like Oath or Oaths to &s;uch Officer or Officers, faithfully and hone&s;tly to perform and di&s;charge his and their &s;aid Office and Offices, to which he or they are and &s;hall be &s;o cho&s;en by this Act, at any Court to be by them holden in manner hereafter decla|red.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who &s;hall be of the &s;aid Corporation for ever and how called.</NOTE> Ma&s;|ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants for the time being, together with the &s;aid Fr&eacute;e Clothiers of the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, &s;hall for ever hereafter, in name and in fact, be one Body Politique and Corporate in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es, and &s;hall have a perpetual Succe&s;&s;ion, and be called by the name of the Supervi&s;ors, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, A&s;&s;i&s;tants, and Commonalty of the Trade or My&s;|terie of Clothiers, for the well making of Broad Woollen Cloth, within the We&s;t-Riding of the County of <HI>York;</HI> and that they &s;hall be enabled to Plead and Sue, and to be Sued and Implea|ded by that name, in all Courts and Places of Iudicature within this Kingdom; And by that name, &s;hall and may without Licence in Mortmain, purcha&s;e, take or receive any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditameats, of the Gift, Alienation or Demi&s;e of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who are hereby without further Licence enabled to transfer the &s;ame, and any Goods and Chattels what&s;oever, for the u&s;e and benefit of the Corporation afore&s;aid (not exc&eacute;eding the yearly value of Two hun|dred pounds:) And for the better Regulation of the &s;aid Goverment of the &s;aid Trade and Manu|facture, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants for the time being, or any Thirt&eacute;en of them, whereof there &s;hall be One of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or One of the &s;aid Ma&s;ters at the lea&s;t alwayes pre&s;ent, &s;hall have,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Times and places of their meeting.</NOTE> and hereby have Power and Authority from time to time to m&eacute;et, and k&eacute;ep Court upon the fir&s;t <HI>Saturday</HI> in every moneth in every year, for the ends in this Act mentioned, within the &s;aid Town of <HI>Leeds,</HI> at the place commonly called or known by the name of the Se&s;&s;ions-Hou&s;e, or Common Hall in <HI>Leeds</HI> afore&s;aid; And al&s;o at &s;uch other time and place of the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, as &s;hall from time to time be appointed, by the &s;aid Iu&s;|tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any Thirt&eacute;en of them, upon eight days notice, or war|ning to be given of &s;uch m&eacute;eting, and Court to be held: And in ca&s;e that the Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or the major part of them, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to appear, &s;o as a Court cannot be holden accordingly, as is before directed, That then &s;uch Ma&s;ter, Warden, or A&s;&s;i&s;tant &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, the one moyetie to the u&s;e of the Poor of &s;uch re&s;pective Town where the per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting &s;hall live, the other moyetie to the u&s;e of the Corporation: And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any Thirt&eacute;en of them, are hereby impowered to &s;ummon to appear at the &s;aid Courts to be held as afore&s;aid, &s;o many of the &s;aid Clothiers, as they &s;hall in their di&s;cretions think m&eacute;et for the better ordering the Affairs of the &s;aid Trade, who are hereby required to appear upon &s;uch Summons; the number of which Per&s;ons &s;o Summoned, &s;hall not be under Eight and forty; And in ca&s;e of neglect or refu&s;al, are to forfeit to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation, the &s;um of Ten Groats, for every default of not appearing, to be levied as is hereafter directed.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any Thirt&eacute;en of them (whereof One of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or One of the &s;aid Ma&s;ters to be pre&s;ent as afore&s;aid) &s;hall have,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to ap|point a Co|mon Seal and to make orders and By-laws.</NOTE> and here|by have Power and Authority from time to time, to make and appoint a Common Seal for the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation, and to Make and Ordain By-laws, Rules, and Ordinances, for and concerning the better Spinning, Working, Making, Fulling, and Milling of Wollen Cloth, as in their Iudgements and Di&s;cretions, may tend to the good, Credit and Advancement of the &s;aid Trade and Manufacture, (the &s;ame not being contrary to Law) which By-laws, Rules, and Or|dinances, being Ratified and Confirmed by the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize to be holden for the County of <HI>York,</HI> &s;hall be Publi&s;hed Four times in the year at the lea&s;t, at Four publique m&eacute;etings or Courts, <HI>(viz)</HI> Vpon the fir&s;t <HI>Saturday</HI> in <HI>June,</HI> the fir&s;t <HI>Saturday</HI> in <HI>September,</HI> the fir&s;t <HI>Saturday,</HI> in <HI>De|cember,</HI> and the fir&s;t <HI>Saturday</HI> in <HI>March;</HI> and &s;hall be obeyed and kept by the &s;everal per&s;ons with|in and under the &s;aid Regulation or Corporation.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for not Confor+ming to By-laws.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Courts con&s;tituted as afore&s;aid &s;hall have, and hereby have power to impo&s;e a Fine and Penalty upon any per&s;on or per&s;ons of the &s;aid Corporation or Regulation, being a Clothier, that &s;hall not conform to &s;uch Rules, Orders and Ordinances, &s;o made as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Prouided, That the &s;aid Fine or Penalty of any per&s;on for not conforming as afore&s;aid, exc&eacute;ed not the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings for one offence; the full moyety, or one half of the &s;aid Fines and Penalties to go to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation, and the other half or moyetie to the u&s;e of the Poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending may be dwelling and inhabiting.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to ap|point &s;ear|chers of Cloth.</NOTE> War|dens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them, &s;hall have power to nominate and choo&s;e Searchers of Cloth in the &s;everal places of the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, who &s;hall be &s;worn before them, or any thir|t&eacute;en of them in manner afore&s;aid, for the true &s;earching of Cloth, that it be of a due weight, length and breadth, according to the Statute.</P>
<P>And in regard the nature of Cloth is much changed in the&s;e late years, and that the new Dra|pery is now mo&s;t in u&s;e, for which &s;ort of Cloth there is no certain Standard for length, weight,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The new Drapery mo&s;t in u&s;e.</NOTE> and breadth, appointed by any Statute; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That
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the length, weight and breadth of the &s;aid new Draperies of broad Woollen Cloth made within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, be, and &s;hall be, as is hereby limited and appointed, <HI>(viz)</HI> That every Cloth called by the name of an End, or half Cloth, &s;hall be betwixt fift&eacute;en yards, and eight&eacute;en yards in length in the water, and not to exc&eacute;ed; and one yard and an half in breadth at the lea&s;t within the Li&s;ts. And every Cloth Commonly called a Short Cloth, betw&eacute;en twenty four yards, and twenty eight yards in length in the water, and not to exc&eacute;ed; and one yard and an half in breadth at the lea&s;t within the Li&s;ts. And every Long Cloth &s;o called, betwixt thirty yards, and thirty &s;ix yards in length in the water, &amp; not to exc&eacute;ed; &amp; a yard and an half in breadth at the lea&s;t within the Li&s;ts. And that every yard of &s;uch Cloth &s;hall weigh re&s;pectively two pounds and a quarter, accounting &s;ixt&eacute;en Ounces to the pound, being well thicked, &s;coured, mi&s;led and fully dryed, And that the &s;aid Searcher &s;hall according to his Oath, duly try and examine by weight or by water all broad Woollen Cloths of what &s;ort &s;oever, made within the &s;aid We&s;t-riding, and &s;hall affix thereunto a Seal of Lead, expre&s;&s;ing the true length and weight thereof. And in ca&s;e any of the &s;aid Cloths be found faulty upon trial and examination, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them, &s;hall have power to impo&s;e &s;uch Fine and Penalty upon the Offenders as by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm in that behalf are, or ought to be impo&s;ed upon them for &s;uch defaults; the one third part of all &s;uch Fines and Penalties to be di&s;po&s;ed of to the u&s;e of &s;uch Searcher or Searchers, certifying the &s;aid Default of Length, Weight or Breadth, and the other two parts to the Poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, to be reco|vered in &s;uch manner as is limited and appointed by the Statute made in the One and twentieth Year of the late King <HI>James, Ch. 18.</HI> And that all and every &s;uch Searcher and Searchers, &s;o cho&s;en as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">21 Jac. cap. 18.</NOTE> &s;hall before he or they enter upon the execution of the &s;aid Office, take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and al&s;o the Oath en&s;uing, which Oath the Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;|ters, Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them as afore&s;aid, have power to Admini&s;ter as followeth;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Oath to be taken by Searchers.</NOTE> <HI>I A. B. do &s;wear that I &s;hall well and truly execute the Office of Searcher of Broad Woollen Cloth within the We&s;t-Riding of the County of</HI> York, <HI>according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, and according to the be&s;t of my Skill and Knowledge; So help me God.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any Searcher &s;hall fail in the due Execution of his Office contrary to his Oath, and Laws and Statutes in that ca&s;e made and provided, every &s;uch Sear|cher &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for &s;uch Fault, or not &s;etting to &s;uch Seal of Lead as afore&s;aid, Five pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon Searchers.</NOTE> And that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any other Searcher in the We&s;t-Riding (taking with him one of the &s;aid Wardens of the &s;aid Corporation) to re&s;earch any of the &s;aid Clothes, Any thing in any former Statute to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Authori|ty and power of the Sear|chers.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for all and every &s;uch Sear|cher and Searchers from time to time, &s;o often as occa&s;ion &s;hall require, to enter into any Shop, hou&s;e, Ware-hou&s;e, or any other place in the day-time, of any Clothiers, Drapers, Cloth-Wor|kers, or of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, where any of the &s;aid Cloths &s;hall be, within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, to &s;earch for all &s;u&s;pected Cloth. And in ca&s;e of re&s;i&s;tance, the party &s;o re&s;i&s;ting &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds, the one half thereof to His Maje&s;ty, the other half to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation: And if upon &s;uch Search, any Broad-Cloth &s;hall be found made of, or mixed with Flocks, Thrums, Goats hair, or other deceitful Wooll, the &s;aid Cloth &s;hall be, and is hereby Declared, and Enacted to be forfeited: And that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirteen of them, at any Court to be by them held as afore&s;aid, to di&s;po&s;e thereof in &s;uch manner as by the Laws and Sta|tutes of this Realm the &s;ame ought to be di&s;po&s;ed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">None may make broad Cloth but &s;uch as have &s;erved as ap|prentizes &s;o Clothiers for 7. years or have been ex|erci&s;ed in the Trade for that time. The Penalty. Hou&s;holders and hou&s;wifes may not make Cloth to &s;ell not being free of the &s;aid Trade. The Penalty.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, who hath not &s;erved as an Apprentice to the Trade of Clothier for the &s;pace of Seven years, or have not b&eacute;en exerci&s;ed therein by the like &s;pace of &s;even years before, &s;hall make any Broad-Cloth to &s;ell, under the penalty of five pounds for every Moneth that he, &s;he, or they &s;hall continue to exerci&s;e the &s;aid Trade, (excepting &s;uch per&s;ons only as now be in the actual u&s;e and exerci&s;e of the &s;aid Trade) That one moyetie thereof to be paid to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyetie to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation; And that no Hou&s;holder or Hou&s;wife within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, or el&s;ewhere within the &s;aid County, not being fr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Trade of Clothiers, or not having b&eacute;en exerci&s;ed therein as afore&s;aid, or not being the widow of any &s;uch per&s;on as afore&s;aid, &s;hall from the Fea&s;t of <HI>Penteco&s;t</HI> next en&s;uing, make or cau&s;e to be made any Woollen Cloth what&s;oever, unle&s;s it be to the u&s;e of them&s;elves, their Children and Families, but not to &s;ell, upon pain to forfeit double the value for every Piece of Cloth &s;o made, and expo&s;ed to &s;ale; one moyetie thereof to His Maje&s;ty, the other moyetie to any per&s;on who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Power to ap|point a Clerk, Regi&s;ter, Trea&s;urer and other Of|ficers.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, War|dens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them, are hereby impowred to nominate and appoint a Clerk, a Regi&s;ter, and Trea&s;urer, and &s;uch other Officer and Officers to &s;&eacute;e the due execution of the &s;everal Powers given by this Act, as they in their Di&s;cretions &s;hall think m&eacute;et, and to give them an Oath or Oaths for the due execution of their &s;everal places as afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P><PB N="167" REF="93">And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Fines,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the fines and forfeitures &s;hall be levied.</NOTE> Forfeitures and Penal|ties impo&s;ed or to be levied by virtue of this Act (the means and recovery whereof is not other|wi&s;e herein provided for and &s;et forth,) &s;hall be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the offender or offen|ders Goods and Chattels by Warrant from the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, Ma&s;ters, Wardens, and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, or any thirt&eacute;en of them, rendring the overplus to the Owner thereof upon demand.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Counterfei|ting the Seal of the Corpo|ration.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;o|ever &s;hall counterfeit the Seal of the &s;aid Corporation, he or they &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Twenty pounds, of often as &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall upon due proof be found guilty of the &s;ame; which &s;aid forfeiture is to be levyed by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Offenders Goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> rendring the overplus to the Owner thereof upon demand; and for want of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons to be committed to the Common Goal of the County, where he, or they &s;hall be found, by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any one of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid County, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for the &s;pace of &s;ix moneths, or until &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall have paid the Fine as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted, That all and every Article,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All clau&s;es in any other Statute con|trary to this Act concer|ning Clo|thing Repea|led.</NOTE> Clau&s;e and Sentence in any Act of Parliament heretofore made touching and concerning the &s;aid abu&s;es of Broad Woollen Clothes in this Act mentioned, and being repugnant or contrary to any Article and Sentence in this Act, &s;hall as tou|ching the &s;aid Clothes, only made within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding, from and after the Fea&s;t of St. <HI>John Bapti&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, be utterly void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever; And in all Actions and Suits that &s;hall be brought again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons, for Acting in any thing according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ued or mole&s;ted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for executing this Act may plead the gene|rall I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> &s;hall or may plead the general I&s;|&s;ue of Not guilty, and give the &s;pecial matter in evidence, and &s;hall recover double Co&s;ts in every &s;uch ca&s;e, if the Verdict pa&s;s for &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, or that the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be Non|&s;uit therein.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing herein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The eights and duties of Aulnage &s;a|ved.</NOTE> &s;hall extend or be con&s;trued to extend to take away any of the Rights, Duties or Cu&s;toms, of, or belonging to the Office and Place of his Ma|je&s;ties Aulnager, or his Deputy or Deputies within the &s;aid We&s;t-Riding; But that he or they &s;hall or may from time to time do and perform all and every matter and thing to him or them be|longing, according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm: And al&s;o receive all F&eacute;es due and accu&s;tomed, to the &s;aid Office belonging, in as large and ample manner, as he or they might or ought to have done, before the making of this pre&s;ent Act; Any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That neither the &s;aid Supervi&s;ers,, Ma&s;ters, Wardens and A&s;&s;i&s;tants, nor any of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o that Rates of wa|ges of work|men may not be &s;et by co|lour of this Act.</NOTE> nor any other per&s;on or per|&s;ons, fr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Corporation of Broad Woollen Clothiers, &s;hall by any Authority derived from this Act, or by colour thereof, &s;et or impo&s;e any other or le&s;&s;er Rates or Wages upon any in|feriour Workmen, Servants or Labourers, to be imployed by them or any of them in the &s;aid Manufacture, then &s;uch as &s;hall be from time to time allowed and approved of by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, according to the Laws and Statutes touching Labourers in that ca&s;e made and provided.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That this Act continue to the end of the Fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Contin|uance of this Act.</NOTE> and no longer.</P>
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<DIV4 N="33" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XXXIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For preventing Abu&s;es in Printing Seditious, Trea&s;onable, and Unlicen&s;ed Books and Pamphlets; and for Regulating of Printing and Printing-Pre&s;&s;es.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the well-government and Regulating of Printers and Printing-Pre&s;&s;es, is matter of Publick care, and of great Concernment; e&s;pecially con&s;idering,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Regulating of Printing of great Con|cirnment.</NOTE> that by the general Licentiou&s;ne&s;s of the late Times, many evil-di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons have b&eacute;en encouraged to Print and Sell Heretical, Schi&s;matical, Bla&s;phemous, Seditious, and Trea&s;on|able Books, Pamphlets, and Papers, and &s;till do continue &s;uch their unlawful and exorbitant practice, to the high di&s;honour of Almighty God, the endangering the peace of the&s;e Kingdoms, and rai&s;ing a di&s;affection to His mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, and His Government: For prevention whereof, no &s;urer means can be advi&s;ed, then by reducing and limiting the number of Printing-Pre&s;&s;es, and by ordering and &s;etling the &s;aid Art or My&s;tery of Printing, by Act of Parliament, in manner as herein after is expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>The Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Con&s;ent and Advice of the Lords Spiri|tual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pamphlets and Books prohibited to be printed, publi&s;hed or &s;old.</NOTE> doth therefore Ordain and Enact, and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;over &s;hall pre&s;ume to Print or cau&s;e to be Printed, either within this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> or any other His Maje&s;ties Dominions, or in the parts beyond the Seas, any Heretical, Sedi|tious, Schi&s;matical, or offen&s;ive Books or Pamphlets, wherein any Doctrine or Opinion &s;hall be a&s;&s;erted or maintained which is contrary to Chri&s;tian Faith, or the Doctrine or Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> or which &s;hall or may tend, or be to the &s;candal of Religion, or the Church, or the Government or Governors of the Church, State, or Common-wealth, or of any Corpo|ration,
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or particular per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever; nor &s;hall Import, Publi&s;h, Sell or di&s;po&s;e any &s;uch Book or Books, or Pamphlets, nor &s;hall cau&s;e or procure any &s;uch to be Publi&s;hed or put to Sale, or to be Bound, Stitched, or Sewed together.</P>
<P>And be it further Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no private per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall at any time hereafter Print, or cau&s;e to be Printed any Book, or Pamph|let what&s;oever, unle&s;s the &s;ame Book and Pamphlet, together with all and every the Titles, Epi|&s;tles, Prefaces, Proems, Preambles, Introductions, Tables, Dedications, and other matters and things thereunto annexed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Entry of prin|ted Books with the Re|gi&s;ter of the Company of Stationers, <HI>London.</HI></NOTE> be fir&s;t Entred in the Book of the Regi&s;ter of the Company of <HI>Stationers</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> Except Acts of Parliament, Proclamations, and &s;uch other Books and Pa|pers as &s;hall be appointed to be Printed by vertue of any Warrant under the Kings Maje&s;ties Sign Manual, or under the hand of one or both of His Maje&s;ties Principal Secretaries of State; and unle&s;s the &s;ame Book and Pamphlet, and al&s;o all and every the &s;aid Titles, Epi&s;tles, Pre|faces, Proems, Preambles, Introductions, Tables, Dedications, and other matters and things what&s;oever thereunto annexed, or therewith to be Imprinted, &s;hall be fir&s;t lawfully Licen&s;ed and Authorized to be Printed by &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons only as &s;hall be con&s;tituted and appointed to Licen&s;e the &s;ame, according to the direction and true meaning of this pre&s;ent Act herein after ex|pre&s;&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may Li|cence Books concerning the Common Laws to be-Printed.</NOTE> and by no other; (that is to &s;ay) That all Books concerning the Common Laws of this Realm &s;hall be Printed by the &s;pecial allowance of the Lord Chancellor, or Lord K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, the Lords Chief Iu&s;tices, and Lord Chief Baron for the time being, or one or more of them, or by their, or one or more of their appointments; And that all Books of Hi&s;tory concerning the State of this Realm, or other Books concerning any Affairs of State,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Books of Hi&s;tory, and Affairs of State. Concerning Heraldry.</NOTE> &s;hall be Licen&s;ed by the Principal Secretaries of State for the time being, or one of them, or by their, or one of their appointments; And that all Books to be Imprinted con|cerning Heraldry, Titles of Honour, and Armes, or otherwi&s;e concerning the Office of Earl Mar&s;hal, &s;hall be Licen&s;ed by the Earl Mar&s;hal for the time being, or by his appointment, or in ca&s;e there &s;hall not then be an Earl Mar&s;hal, &s;hall be Licen&s;ed by the Thr&eacute;e Kings of Armes, <HI>Garter, Clarencieux,</HI> and <HI>Norroy,</HI> or any two of them, whereof <HI>Garter,</HI> Principal King of Armes to be one;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divinity, Phy&s;ick, Philo&s;ophy, or other Science.</NOTE> And that all other Books to be Imprinted or Reprinted, whether of Divinity, Phy&s;ick, Philo&s;ophy, or what&s;oever other Science or Art, &s;hall be fir&s;t Licen&s;ed and allowed by the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or one of them, or by their or one of their appointments, or by either one of the Chancellors, or Vice-Chancel|lors of either of the Vniver&s;ities of this Realm for the time being; Provided always, that the &s;aid Chancellors, or Vice-Chancellors of either of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities &s;hall onely Licen&s;e &s;uch Books as are to be Imprinted or Reprinted within the limits of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities re&s;pectively, but not in <HI>London</HI> or el&s;ewhere, not medling either with Books of the Common Laws, or mat|ters of State or Government,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Books be|longing to particular per&s;ons.</NOTE> nor any Book or Books, the right of Printing whereof doth &s;olely and properly belong to any particular per&s;on or per&s;ons, without his or their Con&s;ent fir&s;t obtai|ned in that behalf.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Every Licen|&s;er &s;hall have a written copy of the Book licenced.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on and per&s;ons who by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act are, or &s;hall be appointed, or authorized to Licen&s;e the Imprinting of Books, or Reprinting thereof with any Additions or Amendments as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have one written Copy of the &s;ame Book or Books, which &s;hall be &s;o Licen&s;ed, to be Imprinted or Reprinted with the Titles, Epi&s;tles, Prefaces, Tables, Dedications, and all other things what&s;oever thereunto an|nexed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and where the &s;aid Copy &s;hall be kept.</NOTE> which &s;aid Copy &s;hall be delivered by &s;uch Licen&s;er or Licen&s;ers to the Printer or Owner for the Imprinting thereof, and &s;hall be &s;olely and intirely returned by &s;uch Printer or owner af|ter the Imprinting thereof, unto &s;uch Licen&s;er or Licen&s;ers, to be kept in the publick Regi&s;tries of the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop, or Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> re&s;pectively, or in the Office of the Chan|cellor or Vice-Chancellor of either the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, or with the &s;aid Lord Chancellor or Lord K&eacute;eper of the great Seal for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Engli&s;h Books how to be Licen|&s;ed.</NOTE> or Lords Chief Iu&s;tices, or Chief Baron, or one of them, or the &s;aid Principal Secretaries of State, or with the Earl Mar&s;hal, or the &s;aid Kings of Armes, or one of them, of all &s;uch Books as &s;hall be Licen&s;ed by them re&s;pectively; And if &s;uch Book &s;o to be Licen&s;ed &s;hall be an Engli&s;h Book, or of the Engli&s;h Tongue, there &s;hall be two Written Copies thereof delivered to the Licen&s;er or Licen&s;ers (if he or they &s;hall &s;o require) one Copy whereof &s;o Licen&s;ed &s;hall be delivered back to the &s;aid Printer or Owner, and the other Copy &s;hall be re&s;erved and kept as is afore&s;aid, to the end &s;uch Licen&s;er or Licen&s;ers may be &s;ecured, that the Copy &s;o Licen&s;ed &s;hall not be altered without his or their privity; And up|on the &s;aid Copy Licen&s;ed to be Imprinted, he or they who &s;hall &s;o Licen&s;e the &s;ame, &s;hall Te&s;tifie under his, or their hand or hands, That there is not any thing in the &s;ame contained that is contrary to the Chri&s;tian Faith, or the Doctrine or Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> or again&s;t the State or Government of this Realm, or contrary to good life, or good manners, or otherwi&s;e as the nature and &s;ubject of the Work &s;hall require; which Licen&s;e or Approbation &s;hall be Printed in the beginning of the &s;ame Book, with the Name or Names of him or them that &s;hall Authorize or Licen&s;e the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All Books from beyond Sea &s;hall be brought to the Port of <HI>Lon|don</HI> only.</NOTE> for a Te&s;timony of the allowance thereof.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Merchant of Books, and per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oever, who doth or hereafter &s;hall Import or bring any Book or Books into this Realm from any parts beyond the Seas, &s;hall Import the &s;ame in the Port of <HI>London</HI>
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only, and not el&s;ewhere, without the &s;pecial Licen&s;e of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or one of them, who are hereby authorized to grant Licen&s;es for that purpo&s;e, and &s;hall before &s;uch time as the &s;ame Book or Books, or any of them be delivered forth, or out of his or their hand or hands, or expo&s;ed to Sale, give and pre&s;ent a true Note or Catalogue in writing of all and every &s;uch Book or Books, unto the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canter|bury</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or to one of them; and no Merchant or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever which &s;hall import or bring any Book or Books into the Port of <HI>London</HI> afore&s;aid, from any parts beyond the Seas, &s;hall pre&s;ume to open any Dry-Fats, Bales,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And not to be opened or utte|red until viewed by the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>London,</HI> or &s;ome other by one of them appointed.</NOTE> Packs, Maunds, or other Fardles of Books, or wherein Books are, nor &s;hall any Searcher, Waiter, or other Officer, belonging to the Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e, upon pain of lo&s;ing his or their place or places, &s;uffer the &s;ame to pa&s;s, or to be delivered out of his or their hands or Cu&s;tody, before &s;uch time as the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time be|ing, or one of them, &s;hall have appointed &s;ome Scholar or learned man, with one or more of the &s;aid Company of Stationers, and &s;uch others as they &s;hall call to their A&s;&s;i&s;tance, to be pre&s;ent at the opening thereof, and to view the &s;ame; And if there &s;hall happen to be found any Heretical, Seditious, Scandalous, Schi&s;matical, or other dangerous or offen&s;ive Book or Books, or any part of &s;uch Book or Books Printed in Engli&s;h, they &s;hall forthwith be brought to the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or to one of them, or to &s;ome publick place to be a&s;&s;igned and cho&s;en by the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hereticall, Seditious or dangerous Books Im|printed upon. ported, how to be proceeded upon.</NOTE> and Lord Bi&s;hop for the time being, to the end the per&s;on and per&s;ons which Importeth or cau&s;eth the &s;aid Offen&s;ive Books to be Imported, may be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t as an offender again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act; And al&s;o that &s;uch further cour&s;e may be taken concerning the &s;ame offen&s;ive Book or Books, as by the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop and Bi&s;hop for the time being &s;hall be thought fitting for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing thereof.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall within this Kingdom, or el&s;ewhere, Imprint or cau&s;e to be Imprinted, nor &s;hall Import or bring in, or cau&s;e to be Imported or brought into this Kingdom from or out of any other His Maje&s;ties Do|minions, nor from any other parts beyond the Seas, any Copy or Copies, Book or Books, or part of any Book or Books, or Forms of blank Bills or Indentures for any His Maje&s;ties I&s;lands, Printed beyond the Seas, or el&s;ewhere,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Copies of Books, Forms of blank Bills or Indenturs, whereof any have Letters Patents for &s;ole Printing.</NOTE> which any per&s;on or per&s;ons by force or vertue of any Letters Patents granted or a&s;&s;igned, or which &s;hall hereafter be granted or a&s;&s;igned to him or them, or (where the &s;ame are not granted by any Letters Patents) by force or vertue of any En|try or Entries thereof duly made or to be made in the Regi&s;ter Book of the &s;aid Company of Sta|tioners, or in the Regi&s;ter Book of either of the Vniver&s;ities re&s;pectively, have or &s;hal have the right Priviledge, Authority or Allowance, &s;olely to Print, without the con&s;ent of the Owner or Ow|ners of &s;uch Book or Books, Copy or Copies, Form or Forms of &s;uch blank Bills nor &s;hall Binde, Stitch, or put to Sale any &s;uch Book or Books, or part of any Book or Books, Form or Forms, without the like con&s;ent, upon pain of lo&s;s and forfeiture of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and of being pro|c&eacute;eded again&s;t as an Offender again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act, and upon the further penalty and forfeiture of Six &s;hillings eight pence for every &s;uch Book or Books, or part of &s;uch Book or Books, Copy or Copies, or Form or Forms of any &s;uch blank Bills or Indentures &s;o Imprinted or Imported, Bound, Stitched, or put to Sale; The Moiety of which &s;aid forfeiture and forfeitures &s;hall be to the u&s;e of our Soveraign Lord the King, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to the u&s;e of the Owner or Owners Proprietors of &s;uch Copy or Copies, Book or Books, or Form of &s;uch blank Bills or Indentures, if he or they &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame within Six moneths next after &s;uch Imprinting, Importing, Binding, Stitching, or putting to Sale; And in default of &s;uch Suit by the Owner or Owners, Proprietor or Proprietors, commenced within the &s;aid Six moneths, Then the &s;ame Moiety &s;hall be to the u&s;e and behoof of &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons as within the &s;pace of one year next after the &s;aid Offence committed, &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Re|cord held at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> called the <HI>Kings Bench, Common-Pleas,</HI> or <HI>Exchequer,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Wager of Law, or Protection &s;hall be allowed to the Defendant or Defendants.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Printers of Books &amp;c. &s;hall put to their Names.</NOTE> That every per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall hereafter Print, or cau&s;e to be Printed any Book, Ballad, Chart, Pourtraiture, or any other thing or things what&s;oever, &s;hall thereunto, or thereon, Print and &s;et his or their own Name or Names, and al&s;o &s;hall declare the Name of the Author thereof, if he be thereunto required by the Licen&s;er, under whole Approbation the Licen&s;ing of the &s;aid Book, Ballad, Chart, or Pourtraiture &s;hall be Authorized, and by and for whom any &s;uch Book or other thing is or &s;hall be Printed, upon pain of Forfeiture of all &s;uch Books, Ballads, Charts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> Pourtraitures and other thing or things Printed contrary to the Tenor hereof; And the Pre&s;&s;es, Letters, and other In&s;truments for Printing, wherewith &s;uch Book, Ballads, Pourtraiture, or other thing or things &s;hall be &s;o Imprinted or Set, or prepared for the Printing thereof, to be defaced and made un&s;erviceable; And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall hereafter Print or cau&s;e to be Imprinted, nor &s;hall forge, put or counterfeit in or upon any Book or Pamphlet the Name, Title, Mark or Vinnet of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons which hath or &s;hall have lawful Priviledge, Authority or Allowance of &s;ole Printing the &s;ame without the fr&eacute;e con&s;ent of the per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o priviledged fir&s;t had and obtained, upon pain that every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o offending &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e all &s;uch Books and Pamphlets upon which &s;uch counterfeit Name or Mark &s;hall be Imprinted, and &s;hall further be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t as an Offender again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P><PB N="172" REF="95"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who only may buy, barter and &s;ell books in <HI>Lon|don</HI> and mar|ket Towns.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Haberda&s;her of Small-Wares, Iron-monger, Chandler, Shop-k&eacute;eper, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, not being Licen|&s;ed in that behalf by the Lord Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;e wherein &s;uch Book or Books &s;hall be, nor ha|ving b&eacute;en Seven years Apprentice to the Trade of Book-&s;eller, Printer, or Book-binder, nor being a Fr&eacute;eman of the City of <HI>London</HI> by Patrimonial Right, as Son of a Book-&s;eller, Prin|ter, or Book-binder, nor being a Member of the &s;aid Company of Stationers, &s;hall within the City or Suburbs of <HI>London,</HI> or any other Market-Town, or el&s;ewhere, receive, take, or buy, to barter, &s;ell again, change, or do away any Bibles, Te&s;taments, P&s;alm-books, Common-Prayer-books, Primers, Abc&eacute;es, Licen&s;ed Almanacks, Grammar, School-books, or other Book or Books what&s;oever, upon pain of forfeiture of the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Printing an Art and Manufacture.</NOTE>And for that Printing is, and for many years hath b&eacute;en an Art and Manufacture of this King|dom, Therefore for the better encouraging thereof, and the prevention of divers Libels, Pamph|lets, and Seditious Books Printed beyond the Seas in Engli&s;h, and thence Tran&s;ported into this Realm; Be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Merchant, Book-&s;eller,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Engli&s;h books may be imprinted, or imported from beyond Sea.</NOTE> or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall Imprint or cau&s;e to be Imprinted be|yond the Seas, nor &s;hall Import or bring, nor knowingly a&s;&s;i&s;t or con&s;ent to the Importation or bringing from beyond the Seas into this Realm, any Engli&s;h Book or Books, or part of any Book which is or &s;hall be, or the greater part thereof is or &s;hall be Engli&s;h, or of the Engli&s;h Tongue, whether the &s;ame Book, Books, or part of &s;uch Book have b&eacute;en here formerly Printed or not, up|on pain of forfeiture of all &s;uch Engli&s;h Books &s;o Imprinted or Imported contrary to the tenour hereof: And that no Alien or Foreigner what&s;oever &s;hall hereafter bring in, or be &s;uffered to vend here within this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> any Book or Books Printed beyond the Seas in any Language what&s;oever, either by him&s;elf or his Factor or Factors, except &s;uch only as be Fr&eacute;e-Printers or Stationers of <HI>London,</HI> or &s;uch as have b&eacute;en brought up in that Profe&s;&s;ion, without the &s;pecial Li|cen&s;e of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or one of them, who are hereby authorized to grant Licen&s;es for that purpo&s;e, upon like pain of forfeiture of all &s;uch Books as &s;hall be &s;o Imprinted or Vended contrary to the purport and true intent here|of.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;&s;es and Printing in and about <HI>London</HI> not to be &s;et up, but upon no|tice to the Company of Stationers.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons within the City of <HI>London,</HI> or the Liberties thereof, or el&s;ewhere, &s;hall erect or cau&s;e to be erected any Pre&s;s or Printing-Hou&s;e, nor &s;hall knowingly demi&s;e or let, or willingly &s;uffer to be held or u&s;ed any Hou&s;e, Vault, Cellar, or other Room what&s;oever, to or by any per&s;on or per&s;ons for a Printing-Hou&s;e, or place to Print in, unle&s;s he or they who erect &s;uch Pre&s;s, or &s;hall &s;o knowingly de|mi&s;e or let &s;uch Hou&s;e, Cellar, Vault, or Room, or willingly &s;uffer the &s;ame to be u&s;ed, &s;hall fir&s;t give notice to the Ma&s;ter or Wardens of the &s;aid Company of Stationers for the time being of the erecting of &s;uch Pre&s;s, or of &s;uch demi&s;e or &s;uffering to work or Print in &s;uch Hou&s;e, Vault, Cellar, or Room: And that no Ioyner, Carpenter, or other per&s;on &s;hall make any Printing-Pre&s;s, no Smith &s;hall forge any Iron-work for a Printing-Pre&s;s, no Founder &s;hall ca&s;t any Let|ters which maybe u&s;ed for Printing, for any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever; neither &s;hal any per&s;on or per&s;ons bring, or cau&s;e to be brought in from any parts beyond the Seas, any Letters Founded or Ca&s;t, nor &s;hall buy any &s;uch Letters for Printing, Printing-Pre&s;&s;es, or other Materials belonging unto Printing unle&s;s he or they re&s;pectively &s;hall fir&s;t acquaint the &s;aid Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the &s;aid Company of Stationers for the time being, or &s;ome or one of them, for whom the &s;ame Pre&s;&s;es, Iron-work, or Letters are to be made, forged, ca&s;t, brought or imported, upon pain that every per&s;on who &s;hal erect any &s;uch Printing-Pre&s;s, or &s;hal demi&s;e or let any Hou&s;e or Room, or &s;uffer the &s;ame to be held or u&s;ed, and every per&s;on who &s;hall make any Printing-Pre&s;s, or any Iron-work for a Printing-Pre&s;s, or &s;hall make, import, or buy any Letters for Printing, without giving notice as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of Five pounds, the one Moyety whereof &s;hal be to the u&s;e of our Soveraign Lord the King, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to the u&s;e of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who and how many &s;hall be Ma&s;ter Prin|ters.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the time to come no man &s;hall be admitted to be a Ma&s;ter-Printer, until they who are now actually Ma&s;ter-Printers &s;hall be by death or otherwi&s;e reduced to the number of Twenty, and from thenceforth the number of Twenty Ma&s;ter-Printers &s;hall be continued, and no more, be&s;ides the Kings Printers, and the Printers allowed for the Vniver&s;ities, to have the u&s;e and exerci&s;e of Printing of Books at one time, and but Four Ma&s;ter Founders of Letters for Printing; The which &s;aid Ma&s;ter-Prin|ters, and Four Ma&s;ter Founders of Letters for Printing, &s;hall be nominated, appointed and al|lowed by the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being; And in ca&s;e of Death of any one of the &s;aid Four Ma&s;ter Founders of Letters, or of the &s;aid Ma|&s;ter Printers, or of Forfeiture, or avoidance of any of their places and priviledges to Print by vertue of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ma&s;ter Foun|ders of letters for Printing.</NOTE> for any Offence contrary to the &s;ame or otherwi&s;e, That then the Lord Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or one of them &s;hall nomi|nate and appoint &s;uch other fit per&s;on or per&s;ons to &s;ucc&eacute;ed and &s;upply the place of &s;uch Ma&s;ter Printer or Founder of Letters as &s;hall be void by Death, Forfeiture or otherwi&s;e as afore&s;aid; And every per&s;on and per&s;ons which &s;hall hereafter be allowed or permitted to have the u&s;e of a Printing-Pre&s;s or Printing-Hou&s;e, upon or before &s;uch his allowance obtained, &s;hall become
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<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who only may keep above two Printing-Pre&s;&s;es.</NOTE> That none of the &s;aid Ma&s;ter Printers &s;o to be allowed from time to time as afore&s;aid, &s;hall k&eacute;ep above Two Printing-Pre&s;&s;es at once, un|le&s;&s;e he hath b&eacute;en Ma&s;ter or Vpper-Warden of the Company, who are hereby allowed to k&eacute;ep Thr&eacute;e Pre&s;&s;es, and no more, unle&s;s for &s;ome great and &s;pecial occa&s;ion for the Publique he or they have for a time leave of the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> or Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, or to have or u&s;e one or more above the afore&s;aid Number, as their Lord&s;hips, or either of them &s;hall think fit.</P>
<P>And be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What number of Apprentices they may re|tain.</NOTE> That no Printer or Printers (Except the Kings Printers) nor Founder or Founders of Letters for printing, &s;hall take or retain any more or greater number of Apprentices, then is herein after limited and appointed, (that is to &s;ay) Every Ma&s;ter Printer, and Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters for Printing, that is or hath b&eacute;en Ma&s;ter or Vpper Warden of his Company, may have thr&eacute;e Apprentices at one time and no more; And every Ma&s;ter Printer, and Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters for Printing, that is of the Livery of his Company, may have two Apprentices at one time and no more; And every Ma&s;ter Prin|ter, and Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters for printing, of the Yeomanry of his Company, may have one Apprentice at one time and no more, neither by Copartner&s;hip, binding at the Scriveners, nor any other way what&s;oever; Neither &s;hall it be lawful for any Ma&s;ter Printer or Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters, when any Apprentice or Apprentices &s;hall run or be put away, to take another Ap|prentice or other Apprentices in his or their place or places, unle&s;s the name or names of him or them &s;o gone away be ra&s;ed out of the Hall-Book, and never admitted again.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e a great part of the &s;ecret printing in corners hath b&eacute;en cau&s;ed for want of Orderly Imployment for Iourneymen-Printers, The &s;aid &s;everal Ma&s;ter Printers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iourney-men Printers, and Founders of Letters to be imployed.</NOTE> and Ma&s;ter Foun|ders of Letters for printing &s;o to be allowed as afore&s;aid, are hereby required to take &s;pecial Care, that all Iourney-men-Printers, and Iourney-men-Founders of Letters for printing, who are lawfully Fr&eacute;e of the &s;aid re&s;pective My&s;teries, be &s;et to Work, and Imployed in their re&s;pective Trades; And if any &s;uch Iourney-man-Printer, or Iourney-man-Founder of Letters, being of hone&s;t and good behaviour, and able in his Trade, do want Imployment; he &s;hall repair to any of the &s;aid Ma&s;ter Printers, or Ma&s;ter Founders of Letters re&s;pectively for the time being, who thereupon &s;hall receive him or them into Work, If &s;uch Ma&s;ter Printer, or Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters have not a Iourney-man already, although &s;uch Ma&s;ter Printer, or Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters re&s;pectively, with his Apprentice or Apprentices be able without the help of the &s;aid Iourney-man to di&s;charge his own Work, upon pain that every Ma&s;ter Printer, and Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters re&s;pectively, refu&s;ing to receive &s;uch Iourney-man repairing to him as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit Five pounds to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information in any Court of Record, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Wager at Law, Priviledge or Protection &s;hall be admitted; the Moyety of which Forfeiture &s;hall go to the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other Moyety to the Informer who &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame within &s;ix moneths next after the &s;aid offence committed; And if any Iourney-man, or Iourney-men Printers, or Founders of Let|ters for printing &s;hall refu&s;e imployment being offered to him or them by any Ma&s;ter Printer, or Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters re&s;pectively, or neglect it when he or they have undertaken it, he or they &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;hall &s;uffer Thr&eacute;e moneths Impri&s;onment at the lea&s;t, with|out Bail or Mainprize, upon Conviction of &s;uch his &s;aid refu&s;al or neglect by two Witne&s;&s;es, before any one or more Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace, who are hereby impowered to hear and examine the &s;aid Offence, and to commit the &s;aid Offender and Offenders to the Common Gaol of the County where he or they &s;hall be apprehended: And no Ma&s;ter Printer, or Ma&s;ter Founder of Letters for Printing, &s;hall from henceforth imploy either to work at the Ca&s;e or Pre&s;s or otherwi&s;e about his Printing, any other per&s;on or per&s;ons then &s;uch only as are Engli&s;h-men and Fr&eacute;emen, or the Sons of Fr&eacute;emen, or Apprentices to the &s;aid Trades or My&s;teries of Printing, or Founding of Letters for Printing re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And for the better di&s;covering of Printing in Corners without Licen&s;e, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That one or more of the Me&s;&s;engers of his Maje&s;ties Chamber,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may &s;earch hou&s;es and Shops for &s;u&s;pected Books and Papers.</NOTE> by Warrant under his Maje&s;ties Sign Manual, or under the Hand of one or more of his Maje&s;ties Principal Secretaries of State, or the Ma&s;ter and Wardens of the &s;aid Company of <HI>Stationers,</HI> or any one of them, &s;hall have power and authority with a Con&s;table to take unto them &s;uch a&s;&s;i&s;tance as they &s;hall think n&eacute;edful, and at what time they &s;hall think fit, to &s;earch all Hou&s;es and Shops, where they &s;hall know, or upon &s;ome probable rea&s;on &s;u&s;pect any Books or Papers to be printed, bound, or &s;titched, e&s;pecially Printing-Hou&s;es, Book-&s;ellers Shops, and Ware-hou&s;es, and Book-binders Hou&s;es and Shops, and to view there what is imprinting, binding or &s;titching, and to examine whether the &s;ame be Licen&s;ed, and to demand a &s;ight of the &s;aid Licen&s;e; and if the &s;aid Book &s;o imprinting, binding or &s;titching, &s;hall not be Licen&s;ed, then to Seize upon &s;o much there|of as &s;hall be found imprinted, together with the &s;everal Offenders, and to bring them before one or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace, who are hereby authorized and required to commit &s;uch Offenders to pri&s;on, there to remain until they &s;hall be tried and acquitted, or convicted and puni&s;hed for the
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&s;aid Offences. And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Searchers &s;hall upon their &s;aid Search, find any Book or Books, or part of Books unlicen&s;ed, which they &s;hall &s;u&s;pect to contain matters therein contrary to the Doctrine or Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> or again&s;t the State and Government; Then upon &s;uch &s;u&s;pition to &s;ei&s;e upon &s;uch Book or Books or part of Book or Books, and to bring the &s;ame unto the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time be|ing, or one of them, or to the Secretaries of State, or one of them re&s;pectively, who &s;hall take &s;uch further cour&s;e for the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing thereof, as to them or any of them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em fit.</P>
<P>And be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every Printer and Printers of Books, Founder and Founders of Letters for Printing, and all and every other per|&s;on and per&s;ons working in or for the &s;aid Trades,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Offenders a|gain&s;t this Act how to be pu|ni&s;hed.</NOTE> who from and after the Tenth day of <HI>June,</HI> in in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;hall offend again&s;t this pre&s;ent Act, or any Ar|ticle, Clau&s;e, or Thing herein contained, and &s;hall be thereof Convicted by Verdict, Confe&s;&s;ion, or otherwi&s;e, &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence be di&s;-enabled from exerci&s;ing his re&s;pective Trade for the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years, and for the &s;econd offence &s;hall for ever thence-after be di&s;abled to u&s;e or exer|ci&s;e the Art or My&s;tery of Printing or of Founding Letters for Printing, &amp; &s;hall al&s;o have and re|ceive &s;uch further puni&s;hment by Fine, Impri&s;onment, or other Corporal Puni&s;hment, not ex|tending to Life or Limb, as by the Iu&s;tices of the Court of Kings Bench, or Iu&s;tices of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> or Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize in their &s;everal Circuits, or Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their &s;everal Quarter Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall be thought fit to be inflicted. The which &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their &s;everal Quarter Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall have full power and authority to hear and determine all and every offence and offences that &s;hall be committed again&s;t this Act, or again&s;t any branch thereof, upon Indictment or Information by any per&s;on or per&s;ons to be taken before them in their Se&s;&s;ions of Peace re&s;pectively, and &s;hall yearly certifie into the Court of Exchequer, as in other like Ca&s;es they are bound to do, the Fines by them impo&s;ed for any the offences afore&s;aid, and &s;hall and may al&s;o by vertue hereof award proce&s;s, and execution for the taking or puni&s;hing &s;uch Offenders as in any other Ca&s;e they lawfully may do by any the Laws and Statutes of this Realm.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Printed Co|pies to be &s;ent to his Maje&s;|ties Library and the two Vniver&s;ities.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Printer &s;hall re&s;erve thr&eacute;e printed Copies of the be&s;t and large&s;t Paper of every Book new printed, or reprinted by him with Additions; and &s;hall before any publick Vending of the &s;aid Book bring them to the Ma&s;ter of the Company of <HI>Stationers,</HI> and deliver them to him; one whereof &s;hall be delivered to the K&eacute;eper of His Maje&s;ties Library, and the other two to be &s;ent to the Vice-Chancellors of the two Vni|ver&s;ities re&s;pectively, for the u&s;e of the publick Libraries of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the priviledges of the two Vniver&s;ities.</NOTE>Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall be con&s;trued to extend to the pre|judice or infringing of any the ju&s;t Rights and Priviledges of either of the two Vniver&s;ities of this Realm, touching and concerning the Licen&s;ing or Printing of Books in either of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Peers Hou|&s;es.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Search &s;hall be at any time made in the Hou&s;e or Hou&s;es of any the P&eacute;ers of this Realm or of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons not being fr&eacute;e of, or u&s;ing any of the Trades in this Act before mentioned, but by &s;pecial Warrant from the Kings Maje&s;ty, under His Sign Manual, or under the Hand of one or both of His Maje&s;ties Principal Secretaries of State, or for any other Books then &s;uch as are in printing, or &s;hal be printed after the Tenth of <HI>June,</HI> 1662. And thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Book-&s;ellers and Statio|ners <HI>London.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to prohibit any Book-&s;eller, who hath &s;erved &s;even years, and is fr&eacute;e of the Company of Stationers <HI>London,</HI> from importing or bringing into this Realm any Books ready bound not formerly prohibited, which have been printed ten years before the &s;aid Importation; Any thing in this or any other Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;el|ling books in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained &s;hall be con&s;trued to prohibit any per&s;on or per&s;ons to Sell Books or Papers, who have &s;old Books or Papers within <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall,</HI> the Palace of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or in any Shop or Shops within Twenty yards of the great Gate of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall</HI> afore&s;aid, be|fore the Twentieth day of <HI>November,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one; but they and every of them may &s;ell Books and Papers, as they have or did before the &s;aid Twentieth day of <HI>Novem|ber,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty one, within the &s;aid <HI>Hall, Palace,</HI> and Twenty yards afore&s;aid, but not el&s;ewhere; Any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the rights and Priviledges of printing granted to any per&s;ons by the King.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained &s;hall extend to prejudice the ju&s;t Rights or Priviledges granted by His Maje&s;ty, or any of His Royal Predece&s;&s;ors to any any per&s;on or per&s;ons under His Maje&s;ties Great Seal or otherwi&s;e, but that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons may exerci&s;e and u&s;e &s;uch Rights and Priviledges as afore&s;aid, according to their re&s;pective Grants; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>John Streater</HI> Stationer.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained &s;hall extend to prohibit <HI>John Streater Stationer</HI> from printing Books and Papers, but that he may &s;till follow the Art and My&s;tery of Printing, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made; Any thing therein to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to re&s;train the k&eacute;eping and u&s;ing of a Printing-Pre&s;s in the City of <HI>York;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the City of <HI>York.</HI></NOTE> &s;o as all Books of Divinity there printed, be fir&s;t Licen&s;ed by the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>York</HI> for the time being, or &s;uch per&s;on or
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per&s;ons whom he &s;hall appoint, and all other Books what&s;oever there Printed, be fir&s;t Licen&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;ons re&s;pectively to whom the Licen&s;ing thereof doth or &s;hall appertain by the Rules herein before mentioned, and &s;o as no Bibles be there printed, nor any other Book, whereof the Original Copy is or &s;hall be belonging to the Company of <HI>Stationers</HI> in <HI>London,</HI> or any Member thereof; and &s;o as the Archbi&s;hop or Lord Mayor of <HI>York</HI> for the time being, do execute within the &s;aid City (which they are hereby impowred to do) all the Powers and Rules in this Act con|cerning Searchers for unlicen&s;ed Books, and impo&s;e and levy the &s;aid penalties in the like ca&s;es; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall continue and be in force for two years,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> to commence from the Tenth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and no longer. <HI>Continued</HI> 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 8.</P>
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<HEAD>Anno XV. Caroli II. Regis.</HEAD>
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<P>For Repairing the High-ways within the Counties of <HI>Hertford, Cambridge, and Huntington.</HI></P>
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<P>WHereas the ancient High-way and Po&s;t-Road leading from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>York,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The High-way from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>York</HI> and <HI>Scotland. Hertford. Cambridge. Huntington.</HI></NOTE> and &s;o into <HI>Scotland,</HI> and likewi&s;e from <HI>London</HI> into <HI>Lincoln&s;hire,</HI> lieth for many miles in the Counties of <HI>Hertford, Cambridge</HI> and <HI>Huntington,</HI> in many of which places, the Road, by rea&s;on of the great and many Loads which are w&eacute;ekly drawn in Waggons through the &s;aid places, as well by rea&s;on of the great Trade of Barley and Mault that cometh to <HI>Ware,</HI> and &s;o is conveyed by water to the City of <HI>London,</HI> as other Carriages both from the North parts, as al&s;o from the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> Saint <HI>Edmunds-Bury,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Cambridge</HI> to <HI>London,</HI> is very ruinous, and become almo&s;t impa&s;&s;ible, in&s;omuch that it is become very dangerous to all His Maje&s;ties Liege people that pa&s;s that way; And for that the ordinary cour&s;e appointed by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm is not &s;ufficient for the effectual repairing and amending of the &s;ame, neither are the Inhabitants through which the &s;aid Road doth lie, of ability to Repair the &s;ame, without &s;ome other provi&s;ion of moneys to be rai&s;ed towards the putting the &s;ame into good and &s;ufficient Repair: For remedy whereof, and to the intent the &s;aid High-ways, at or in the Counties afore&s;aid, may be forthwith effectually repaired and amended, and from time to time hereafter kept in good repair; May it plea&s;e your Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That for the Surveying, Ordering, Repairing, and k&eacute;eping in Re|pair of the &s;aid High-way in the Counties afore&s;aid, Four Iu&s;tices of the Peace for each of the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties dwelling next to the &s;aid High-ways re&s;pectively, or any two of them, for the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty thr&eacute;e, and until the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions then next en&s;uing; and from thenceforth the Iu&s;tices of Peace at the Se&s;&s;ions to be holden next after <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> every year, for the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, from time to time &s;hall and are hereby impow|red to nominate and appoint Nine &s;ufficient and able per&s;ons re&s;iding and inhabiting within the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may ap|point Sur|veyors of the High-ways for <HI>Hartford|&s;hire</HI> yearly. <HI>Cambridg-&s;hire. Huntington-&s;hire.</HI></NOTE> to be Surveyors of the &s;everal places in the &s;aid High-way for the year from thence next en&s;uing: The Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> to appoint Surveyors for the High-way lying in the &s;aid &s;everal Towns and Pari&s;hes of the &s;aid County; and the Iu&s;tices of the Peace in the County of <HI>Cambridge</HI> to appoint Surveyors for the &s;everal Towns and Pari&s;hes within their &s;aid County of <HI>Cambridge;</HI> And the Iu&s;tices of Peace for the County of <HI>Huntington</HI> to appoint Surveyors for the &s;everal Towns and Pari&s;hes of the &s;aid County: And that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices or Surveyors afore&s;aid &s;hall not act or do any thing to|wards <MILESTONE N="II"> the Repairs of the &s;aid High-ways, but in their own &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace in their &s;eve|ral Counties.</NOTE> And that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices in their &s;everal Counties &s;hall cau&s;e notice to be given to the &s;everal Sur|veyors &s;o cho&s;en, in writing, of their &s;aid choice; which &s;aid Surveyors and every of them ha|ving no lawful impediment to be allowed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices by whom they &s;hall be cho&s;en in manner as afore&s;aid, within one w&eacute;ek next after &s;uch notice to them given of their Election, &s;hall, and are hereby required to m&eacute;et and a&s;&s;emble them&s;elves together, (that is to &s;ay) the Sur|veyors for the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> in &s;ome convenient place within the County of <HI>Hertford;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hertford. Cambridge. Huntington.</NOTE> And the Surveyors cho&s;en for the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> in &s;ome convenient place within their Coun|ty; and the Surveyors cho&s;en for the County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> in &s;ome convenient place within their &s;aid County, to be appointed by the &s;everal Iu&s;tices of the &s;aid Counties, at their &s;everal Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, to the intent to view and Survey the &s;aid High-way and places afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>The Power of the Surveyors in the &s;aid &s;e|veral Coun|ties.</P>
<P>To appoint Receivers and Collectors of Toll and other needful Officers.</P></NOTE> and &s;hall con&s;ider what Reparations &s;hall be n&eacute;edful for Repairing of the &s;everal High-ways and places afore&s;aid; and the &s;aid &s;everal Surveyors in their re&s;pective Counties &s;hall provide Stones, Gravel, and other materials and nece&s;&s;aries to be u&s;ed for and towards the Repairing and amend|ing the &s;aid High-way at the places afore&s;aid; And the &s;aid Surveyors, or thr&eacute;e, or more of them in their re&s;pective Counties being &s;o met and a&s;&s;embled, are hereby authorized to appoint a Re|ceiver
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or Collector of Toll, and &s;uch other Officer and Officers as they &s;hall find nece&s;&s;ary in their re&s;pective Counties for carrying on the &s;aid Work (with &s;uch moderate allowance as &s;hall be thought fit) to be approved of by any two or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the &s;aid re&s;pective County for which &s;uch Officer is &s;o cho&s;en, living near to the &s;aid High-way or places afore&s;aid, or otherwi&s;e to be removed, and other fit per&s;on or per&s;ons to be cho&s;en in his or their places by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices in the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties. And for the better effecting thereof, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Surveyors, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them in their &s;everal Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Charging of Carts and Carriages.</NOTE> &s;hall from time to time, as they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e, appoint and require all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons inhabiting within thr&eacute;e miles of the places afore&s;aid, being within their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, who by any Law or Statute of this Realm now in force is or are chargeable to find any Wayn, or Cart for the amending of the High-ways, and every o|ther per&s;on and per&s;ons chargeable to labour in the High-ways, upon rea&s;onable notice, to &s;end his or their Cart, or Wain, and Team, or to come to labour in the &s;aid High-way at any the pla|ces afore&s;aid within their re&s;pective Counties, &s;o furni&s;hed as by the Laws and Statutes of this <MILESTONE N="III"> Realm is directed for the amending of other High-ways, when and &s;o often as the &s;aid Surveyors for their &s;aid &s;everal Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowance of wages to la|bourers and owners.</NOTE> or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall think n&eacute;edful and appoint; for which the &s;aid Surveyors &s;hall pay unto &s;uch Labourers, and to the owners of &s;uch Teams, Carts and Wayns, according to the u&s;ual rate of the Countrey. And in ca&s;e any per&s;on &s;o charged to &s;end his, her, or their Team to work as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect &s;o to do, &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty for refu&s;ing.</NOTE> &s;hall forfeit Ten &s;hillings for every day that he or they &s;hall make &s;uch default; and every Labourer Eight&eacute;en pence for every day he &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to work as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How far and often Carts and carriages may be char|ged.</NOTE>Provided, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons by vertue of this Act be compelled or compellable to labour, or to &s;end his or their Team, Cart or Waggon for the mending of the &s;aid High-way, to any of the &s;aid places being above Thr&eacute;e miles di&s;tant from his Dwelling-hou&s;e, or not in the &s;ame County, nor to labour or &s;end his or their Team, Cart or Waggon for amending of the &s;aid High-way above Thr&eacute;e days in any one w&eacute;ek, nor at any time in S&eacute;ed-time, Hay or Corn|harve&s;t:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may de|termine dif|ferences about carriages and labourers Wa|ges.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e that any que&s;tion &s;hall happen to ari&s;e touching the hire to be given by the &s;aid Surveyors for &s;uch Team, Cart or Waggon, or concerning the wages of &s;uch Labourers im|ployed in mending the &s;aid High-ways, That then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace in the County where &s;uch difference ari&s;eth, or any Two or more of them, &s;hall and may determine and &s;et down what hire for &s;uch Team, Cart or Waggon, and al&s;o what wages to &s;uch Labourer &s;hall be paid or allowed by the &s;aid Surveyors, and &s;uch Order in that behalf to be made &s;hall conclude all parties.</P>
<P>And be further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where there is not &s;ufficient Gravel, Chalk, Sand, or Stones within any Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet, wherein the &s;aid High-way,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How gravell, Chalk Stones &amp;c. may be taken.</NOTE> or places afore&s;aid, or any of them do lie, to repair the &s;aid High-way at any of the places afore&s;aid, It &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Surveyors in their &s;everal and re&s;pective Coun|ties, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, and &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as they &s;hall appoint, to dig, take and carry away Gravel, Chalk, Sand or Stones out of the Wa&s;te or Common of any neighbou|ring Pari&s;h, Town, Village or Hamlet (without paying any thing for the &s;ame) for the repai|ring or amending of the &s;aid High-way at any the places afore&s;aid; or where there is not &s;uffi|cient of &s;uch materials in any Common or Wa&s;te Ground thereunto near adjoyning, to dig in the &s;everal grounds of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, not being an Hou&s;e, Garden, Orchard, Yard, or Park &s;tored with D&eacute;er, being within any Pari&s;h chargeable towards the repairs of the &s;aid High-way and places &s;o to be repaired, where any &s;uch materials are or may be found: And from time to time to carry away &s;uch and &s;o much thereof as the &s;aid Surveyors, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them in their re&s;pective Counties &s;hall adjudge nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;aid Reparations, without paying any thing for &s;uch materials, &s;aving only &s;uch rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction to the Owner or Occupier of the <MILESTONE N="IV"> Ground where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o digged &amp; carried away, as for the damage he or they &s;hall there|by &s;u&s;tain, to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and adjudged by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the County where the &s;ame is digged, at the next, or any other Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions for the &s;aid County, in ca&s;e of difference concerning the &s;ame; And that the Pits and places where, and from whence &s;uch materials &s;hall be dugg and carried away for the Reparations afore&s;aid, &s;hall with all convenient &s;p&eacute;ed (to be adjudged by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace as afore&s;aid) be filled up, and levelled with earth, or other mate|rials, or el&s;e rayled about, &s;o as that the &s;ame may not be d&eacute;emed dangerous or prejudicial to man or bea&s;t. And for the defraying of the charge of &s;uch Reparations to be done in the places afore|&s;aid;</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted, That from and after the choice of the Surveyors afore&s;aid, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Surveyors for the time being, with &s;uch con&s;ent and appro|bation as is afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may ap|point the ta|king of Toll or Cu&s;tom of all carriages and pa&s;&s;en|gers.</NOTE> of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the &s;everal Counties, within their own Counties, and not el&s;ewhere, to choo&s;e and appoint one or more fit per&s;on or per&s;ons to receive or take &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money in the name of Toll or Cu&s;tom to be paid for all &s;uch Hor&s;es, Carts, Coaches, Waggons, Droves and Gangs of Cattel as in time to come &s;hall pa&s;s, be led, or droven in or through the &s;aid way or places afore&s;aid, as are hereafter by this Act limited and appointed, (that is to &s;ay) for every Hor&s;e one peny, for every Coach &s;ix pence, for every
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Waggon one &s;hilling, for every Cart eight pence, for every &s;core of Sh&eacute;ep or Lambs one half|peny, and &s;o proportionably for greater numbers: For every &s;core of Oxen, or Neat Cattel five pence, and &s;o for every greater or le&s;&s;er number proportionably: For every &s;core of Hoggs two pence, and &s;o for every greater or le&s;&s;er number proportionably, not being under five. And that from and after the pa&s;&s;ing of this Act, all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall travel with Hor&s;e, Coach, Cart or Waggon, or &s;hall lead or drive any Oxen, Sh&eacute;ep, Hor&s;es or other Cattel afore|mentioned, in and through the High-way and places afore&s;aid, &s;hall and are hereby required to pay unto the re&s;pective Collectors and Receivers of Toll in the &s;everal Counties afore&s;aid in that behalf to be appointed, after the rates afore&s;aid:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Places for taking of Toll in <HI>Hertford&s;hire. Cambridg|&s;hire. Huntington|&s;hire.</HI> Power to di|&s;train for Toll refu&s;ed to be paid.</NOTE> The places for Collecting of the &s;aid Toll to be, for the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> at <HI>Wades-Mill;</HI> and for the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> at <HI>Caxton</HI> within the &s;aid County of <HI>Cambridge;</HI> and for the County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> at <HI>Stilton</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> and at no other place or places within the &s;aid Counties: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons upon demand made of Toll afore&s;aid by the Collector or Receiver in that behalf to be appointed, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to pay the &s;ame, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Collector or Receiver appointed for the Receipt of the &s;aid Toll, upon &s;uch re|fu&s;al, to Di&s;train and detain &s;uch Hor&s;e, Cart, Coach, Waggon, Oxen, or other Cattel afore|mentioned, or any of them, until the &s;aid Toll &s;hall be &s;atisfied and paid according to the tenor of this pre&s;ent Act, together with &s;uch damages as the party &s;o di&s;training &s;hall &s;u&s;tain by k&eacute;eping <MILESTONE N="V"> of &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s: Of all which money &s;o to be received,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Toll re|ceived to be accompted for and paid to the Surveyors.</NOTE> the &s;aid Collector or Receiver of Toll &s;o to be appointed in the &s;everal Counties, &s;hall from time to time render true Accounts, and &s;hall pay the money &s;o by them received, unto the &s;aid Surveyors of their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, or to any thr&eacute;e or more of them, or unto &s;uch Trea&s;urers as they &s;hall appoint, when, and as often as they &s;hall be thereunto required by the &s;aid Surveyors, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, by them to be laid out and expended for and towards the nece&s;&s;ary Repairs, and amending of the &s;everal places aforementioned, and not el&s;ewhere within their &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Surveyors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">To whom the &s;aid Survey|ors &s;hall ac|compt for mo|neys received.</NOTE> and every of them in their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace for the &s;aid Coun|ty, to be holden next after <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> in every year, &s;hall make and yield up unto the Iu&s;tices of the Peace there to be a&s;&s;embled, a perfect Account in writing under their hands, of all the money which they or any of them &s;hall have received from the &s;aid Collector or Receiver of Toll in their &s;aid County, and likewi&s;e of all their disbur&s;ments in and about the &s;aid High-way, or other|wi&s;e by rea&s;on of their Offices; And in ca&s;e of any overplus of money &s;o received, remaining in their hands, &s;hall pay the &s;ame to the Surveyors to be cho&s;en for the year en&s;uing, or to the Trea|&s;urer or Receiver by them to be appointed, to be disbur&s;ed and laid out in the &s;everal places afore&s;aid, within &s;uch County wherein the overplus doth remain, and not el&s;ewhere, in the year en&s;uing; which &s;aid Iu&s;tices to whom &s;uch Account &s;hall be given, &s;hall out of the benefit of the &s;aid Toll, make &s;uch allowance unto the &s;aid Surveyors, for and in con&s;ideration of their care and pains taken in the execution of their &s;aid Offices as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em good: And in ca&s;e the Collector or Receiver of the afore&s;aid Toll for the re&s;pective Counties &s;o to be paid as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall not upon reque&s;t duly pay the &s;ame unto the &s;aid Surveyors of the &s;aid County for the time being, or the Trea&s;urer or Receiver by them appointed; or in ca&s;e the &s;aid Surveyors or any of them &s;hall not make &s;uch Account and payment as afore&s;aid, That then the &s;aid Iu&s;tices for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, at any Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace to be holden for the &s;aid County, in ca&s;e of &s;uch default of Account or Payment, &s;hall and may make enquiry con|cerning &s;uch default, as well by the confe&s;&s;ion of the parties them&s;elves, as by te&s;timony of two, or more credible Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath; and in ca&s;e of &s;uch default to be found and adiudged by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices in their &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, either in their &s;aid Receiver or Collector of the &s;aid Toll, or in their &s;aid Surveyors, or any of them; The &s;aid Iu&s;tices upon &s;uch their con|viction &s;hall commit the party or parties &s;o convict, to the common Gaol for the &s;aid County, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, until he or they &s;hall have made a true and perfect Account and Payment as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as the moneys &s;o to be Collected by &s;uch receipt of the &s;aid Toll, will not at pre&s;ent rai&s;e &s;uch a Stock or Sum of Money as may be &s;ufficient for the &s;p&eacute;edy Repairing of the <MILESTONE N="VI"> Premi&s;&s;es in the &s;aid &s;everal Counties of <HI>Hertford, Cambridge,</HI> and <HI>Huntington,</HI> It is hereby further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Toll Profits may he engaged for advance of Money.</NOTE> and the &s;aid Surveyors are hereby enabled by and with the like con&s;ent of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, for their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, without further Licen&s;e, &s;everally to en|gage the profits ari&s;ing of their &s;aid Toll in their &s;everal Counties, for &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of mo|ney by them to be borrowed for that purpo&s;e, and by Indenture under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid re&s;pective Surveyors for the time being, to transfer the &s;aid profits of the &s;aid Toll, and to grant and convey the &s;ame for any time or term, not exc&eacute;eding Nine years, unto any per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall or will upon that Security advance any pre&s;ent &s;um or &s;ums of money for and towards the pre&s;ent Repairing and amending of the &s;aid High-way in the re&s;pective places and Counties afore&s;aid, for the repayment of &s;uch principal &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o lent with In|tere&s;t for the &s;ame: Or in ca&s;e &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money cannot be borrowed upon the Security afore&s;aid, for the Repair of the &s;aid Ways, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the
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&s;aid Iu&s;tices in their &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es a Rate may be m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">de upon the &s;everal Pa|ri&s;hes.</NOTE> at their &s;everal Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, when they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e, to make a Rate not to extend to any other County but their own, nor to Repair any other then the places afore&s;aid, in that particular County where &s;uch Rate is made, whereby they &s;hall have power for their &s;everal Counties to rai&s;e upon the Pari&s;hes that lie in or near the &s;aid Road (and &s;o will have a benefit therefrom) &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money as they &s;hall &s;&eacute;e fit and convenient for the &s;p&eacute;edy effecting of the &s;aid Repairs before mentioned; which &s;aid &s;um and &s;ums &s;o to be rated as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be paid to the Surveyors for the re&s;pective County where &s;uch Rate is made, or to their Receiver or Collector, to be imployed for the re|pairing of the &s;aid Ways and places afore-mentioned, and not otherwi&s;e: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on &s;hall refu&s;e to pay &s;uch rate &s;o to be made, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Surveyors, or their &s;aid Receivers and Collectors to di&s;train for &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money, and the di&s;tre&s;s to &s;ell, rendring the overplus to the Owners.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid money &s;o ad|vanced by the &s;aid &s;everal Towns in the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, &s;hall again be repayed with Intere&s;t by the &s;everal Surveyors for the &s;everal Counties, as it doth ari&s;e out of the &s;aid Toll, every County paying for what is &s;o borrowed within its own County, and no fur|ther.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="VII"> And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons not ha|ving any lawful cau&s;e to be allowed as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty for refu&s;ing to take the Of|fice of Sur|veyor.</NOTE> &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to take upon him or them the &s;aid Office of Surveyor, being thereunto nominated and cho&s;en according as by this Act is appointed, or to do or perform his or their duty in the due and &s;p&eacute;edy execution of this pre|&s;ent Act, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties where &s;uch Sur|veyor or Surveyors dwell, at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall and may hereby have power to im|po&s;e on &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting, &s;uch Fine or Fines (not exc&eacute;eding Ten pounds upon each per&s;on &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting) as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et, and to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of his or their Goods, rendring to the party &s;o di&s;trained the overplus, if any &s;hall be.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Fines and Forfeitures upon this Act how to be paid and di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Fines or Forfeitures to be impo&s;ed or incurred by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be paid to the Surveyors for the time being, or any thr&eacute;e of them, or the Trea&s;urers of the &s;aid Surveyors for the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, for and towards the repairing of the &s;aid High-ways, and places afore&s;aid: And in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en to take upon him or them the &s;aid Office, &s;hall happen to die, or &s;hall for any lawful impediment be di&s;charged from the &s;aid Office, that then &s;ome other fit per&s;on or per&s;ons within that County &s;hall be appointed by two or more Iu&s;tices in the &s;aid County, living near the &s;aid High-way and places afore&s;aid, in the place of him or them that &s;hall &s;o refu&s;e, die, or be di&s;charged; and the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o cho&s;en, &s;hall and are hereby re|quired upon notice thereof to him or them given under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices by whom he or they &s;hall be &s;o cho&s;en, to take upon him or them the &s;aid Office of Surveyor, and to execute the &s;ame in &s;uch manner, and under &s;uch and the like penalties, as if he or they had b&eacute;en cho&s;en by the Iu&s;tices at their Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace in manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><P>Suits upon this Act &s;hall be laid in the proper Coun|ty.</P>
<P>And the De|fendant may plead the ge|neral I&s;&s;ue.</P></NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Suit &s;hall be commenced again&s;t any per&s;on for any thing done in pur&s;uance of this pre&s;ent Act, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e the Action &s;hall be laid in the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties where the Cau&s;e doth ari&s;e, and not el&s;e|where; and the Defendant in &s;uch Action &s;o to be brought, may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give this Act, and the &s;pecial matter in evidence at any Tryal to be had thereupon, and that the &s;ame was done in pur&s;uance, and by Authority of the &s;aid Act: And if it &s;hall &s;o appear to be done, and that &s;uch Action &s;hall be brought in any other County, That then the Iury <MILESTONE N="VIII"> &s;hall find for the Defendant; and upon &s;uch Verdict, or if the Plaintiff &s;hall be non-&s;uited, or di&s;continue his Action after the Defendant &s;hall have appeared, or if upon Demurrer, Iudgment &s;hall be given again&s;t the Plaintiff, the &s;aid Defendant &s;hall have and recover his double Co&s;ts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Double Co&s;ts.</NOTE> and have the like remedy for the &s;ame, as any Defendant hath in any other ca&s;e by Law.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Toll not to be paid twice in the &s;ame day.</NOTE>Provided always, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons having occa&s;ion to pa&s;&s;e any place where the Toll is taken, and return the &s;ame day with the &s;ame Hor&s;e, Coach, Waggon, or other Car|riage, or with Cattel, &s;hall be compelled in the &s;ame day to pay the &s;aid Toll a &s;econd time; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who by Law are chargeable towards the repairing of the &s;aid High-ways and places afore&s;aid, &s;hall &s;till remain &s;o chargeable; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act for 11. years only. Provi&s;o for exempting certain per|&s;ons and things from paying any Toll.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend to any fur|ther time, or be of force any longer then the term of Eleven years, to be accounted from the pa&s;&s;ing of this Act; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons pa&s;&s;ing through the re&s;pective places appointed for the receiving of Toll as afore&s;aid, <HI>(viz.)</HI> at <HI>Wades-Mill</HI> for the County of <HI>Hert|ford,</HI> at <HI>Caxton</HI> for the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and at <HI>Stilton</HI> for the County of <HI>Huntington;</HI> and coming immediately and primarily to, and from the &s;everal Pari&s;hes of <HI>Standen, Thundridge,
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Ware</HI> and <HI>Bengeo,</HI> adjacent to <HI>Wades-Mill</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> and <HI>Stowe,</HI> great <HI>Pap|worth,</HI> little <HI>Papworth, Borne</HI> and <HI>El&s;ley</HI> adjacent to <HI>Caxton</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and <HI>Yaxley, Wa&s;hingley, Glatton, Cunington, Waddon,</HI> and <HI>Stibbington,</HI> adjacent to <HI>Stilton</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> &s;hall have a liberty to carry any quantity or quantities of Stones, Sand,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stones, Gra|vel, &amp;c.</NOTE> Lime, or Gravel, Dung, Mould, and Compo&s;t of any nature or kind what&s;oever, Brick, Chalk, or Wood; And that they, and all Carts with Hay, or Corn in the Straw, at Hay-time,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hay, Corn in Harve&s;t <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ugh <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> Imp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> of H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&punc;</NOTE> or Har|ve&s;t, Ploughs, Harrows, and other Implements of Husbandry, and all other things what&s;oe|ver imployed in the Husbanding, Stocking, and Manuring of their &s;everal and re&s;pective Lands in the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, &s;hall pa&s;s to and fro through the &s;aid re&s;pective places where &s;uch Toll is to be received as afore&s;aid, without paying any thing for their re&s;pective pa&s;|&s;ing through the &s;ame; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o tou|ching money received over|plus and re|maining at the end of 11. years.</NOTE> That if it &s;hall happen that at the end and expiration of the term of the Eleven years afore&s;aid, that the Receiver or Receivers, Collector or Collectors then in being, or any of them, of the afore&s;aid Tolls, or any part thereof, in all and every of the &s;aid Counties, made and to be made, &s;hall upon their or any of their accounts, made and to be made for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Receipts of the Tolls afore&s;aid, have any &s;um or &s;ums of money in their or any of their hands, more then they or any of them have expended as afore&s;aid, That then &s;uch Receiver and Receivers, Collector and Collectors, and every of them, &s;hall bring in all and <MILESTONE N="IX"> every &s;um and &s;ums of money &s;o remaining in their or any of their hands, unto the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, where &s;uch Receiver or Receivers, Col|lector or Collectors &s;hall live, or have received the &s;aid &s;everal &s;um or &s;ums, at the next General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions for the Peace which &s;hall happen to be after their &s;aid &s;everal Accounts &s;o to be made as afore&s;aid, upon pain of forfeiting double the Sum which &s;hall be in their or any of their hands upon the &s;aid Account; which &s;aid Sum and Penalties &s;hall be recovered by di&s;tre&s;&s;e and &s;ale of the parties Goods &s;o refu&s;ing to do the &s;ame, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties; And that the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their &s;aid &s;everal Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions in their &s;everal Counties, are hereby impowred and enabled to di&s;po&s;e of the &s;aid &s;everal &s;um and &s;ums of money, and all the &s;aid Penalties into the hands of &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and upon &s;uch Securities as they &s;hall approve of, to and for a Stock for the repairing of the &s;aid &s;everal High-ways, according to the intent and meaning of this Act, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Huntington.</NOTE> That if the Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> or any four of them dwelling next to the &s;aid High Road,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Stilton.</NOTE> &s;hall adjudge &s;ome other place more convenient then <HI>Stilton</HI> for receiving the Toll for the &s;aid County, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace as afore&s;aid, to appoint &s;ome other place upon the High Road within their &s;aid County, to receive the afore&s;aid Toll in&s;tead of <HI>Stilton;</HI> Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And that it &s;hall and may be lawful for all and every Souldier and Souldiers upon their March,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Souldiers in Marching, and Po&s;ts exempted.</NOTE> and all per&s;ons riding Po&s;t, to pa&s;&s;e through any the places in this Act mentioned, without pay|ing any Toll,</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That if at any time before the expiration of the Eleven years afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o, for cealing the Toll within the 11. years.</NOTE> the &s;aid High-ways &s;hall be well and &s;ufficiently amended and repaired, and &s;o adjudged by the Iu|&s;tices of the Peace at the Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions for their &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties afore&s;aid, That then from and after &s;uch Adjudication made, and Re-payment of &s;uch moneys as &s;hall have b&eacute;en borrowed, the afore&s;aid Toll in the &s;aid County &s;hall cea&s;e and determine; Any thing afore|&s;aid to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. <HI>Continued</HI> 16 <HI>&amp;</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 10.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Unlawful Cutting or Stealing, or Spoiling of Wood, and Under-woods and De&s;troyers of young Timber-Trees, puni&s;hed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas in one Act of Parliament made in the Thr&eacute;e and fortieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">43 El. cap. 7.</NOTE> <HI>An Act to avoid and prevent divers mi&s;demeanors in idle and lewd per&s;ons,</HI> among other things it is Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment for cut|ting and &s;poy|ling any Woods.</NOTE> That all and every &s;uch lewd per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall cut or &s;poil any Woods, or Vnder-woods, Poles, or Tr&eacute;es &s;tanding, and their Procurer or Procurers, Receiver or Receivers knowing the &s;ame, and being thereof lawfully Convicted by his or their own confe&s;&s;ion, or by the te&s;timony of one &s;ufficient Witne&s;s, upon Oath before &s;ome one Iu&s;tice of Peace, or other Head-Officer of the County or place where &s;uch offence was committed, &s;hall give the party or parties &s;atisfaction for his or their Damages for the fir&s;t fault: And if &s;uch Offender or Offenders &s;hall by &s;uch Iu&s;tice of Peace or Head-Offi|cer be thought not able or &s;ufficient, or if &s;uch Offender or Offenders do not make &s;uch &s;atisfacti|on as afore&s;aid, That then the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of Peace, or Head-Officer &s;hall commit the &s;aid Of|fender or Offenders to the Con&s;table, or other inferior Officer, to receive the puni&s;hment of Whipping, as in the &s;aid Act more fully doth appear,</P>
<P>And whereas it is found by daily experience, e&s;pecially in and about <HI>London,</HI> and other great
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Towns where a great number of &s;uch idle and lewd per&s;ons do &s;helter them&s;elves, that this Act hath not &s;ufficiently prevented the &s;aid mi&s;chief of cutting and &s;poiling of Woods and Vnder|woods, as was intended, as well becau&s;e the &s;aid offences are committed in &s;uch a clo&s;e and clan|de&s;tine manner, that there is none Witne&s;&s;es to them, but &s;uch as are partakers to the offence; as al&s;o becau&s;e the &s;aid puni&s;hment is too &s;mall for &s;o great a fault, which is not only prejudicial and hurtful to the Owners of the &s;aid Woods, but very mi&s;chievous and damageable to the Com|monwealth: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> next en&s;uing,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may apprehend Wood-&s;tea|lers.</NOTE> every Con&s;table, Headborough, or any other per&s;on in every County, City, Town-Corporate, or other place where they &s;hall be Officers or Inhabitants, &s;hall and may by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act have full Power and Authority to apprehend, or cau&s;e to be apprehended all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons they &s;hall &s;u&s;pect having, or carrying or any wayes <MILESTONE N="II"> conveying any burthen or bundles of any kind of Wood, Vnder-wood, Poles, or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark, or Ba&s;t of any Tr&eacute;es, or any Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails or Hedgewood, Broom, or Furze;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Search in Hou&s;es of &s;u&s;pected per|&s;ons.</NOTE> and by Warrant under the Hand and Seal of any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace directed to any Officer, &s;uch Officer &s;hall have power to enter into, and &s;earch the Hou&s;es, Out-hou&s;es, Yards, Gardens, or other places belonging to the Hou&s;es of all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons they &s;hall &s;u&s;pect to have any kind of Wood, Vnderwoods, Poles, or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark, or Ba&s;t of any Tr&eacute;es, or any Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedge-wood, Broom, or Furze; and where&s;oever they find any &s;uch, to apprehend and cau&s;e to be apprehended all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;u&s;pected for the cutting and taking of the &s;ame, and them, and every of them, as well tho&s;e apprehended carrying, or any ways conveying any kind of Wood, Vnder|wood, Poles, or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark, or Ba&s;t of any Tr&eacute;es, or any Eates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedge-wood, Broom, or Furze; as al&s;o tho&s;e in who&s;e Hou&s;es or other places belonging to them, any &s;uch Wood, Vnder-wood, Poles, or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark, or Ba&s;t of any Tr&eacute;es, or any Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedgwood, Broom, or Furze, &s;hall be found, to carry before one Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the &s;ame County, City, or Town-Corpo|rate; And if the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o &s;u&s;pected, apprehended, and carried before the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, do not then and there give a good account how he and they came by &s;uch Wood, or Vn|derwood, Poles or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark or Ba&s;t of any Tr&eacute;es, or Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedge-wood, Broom or Furze, by the con&s;ent of the Owner, &s;uch as &s;hall &s;atisfie the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, or el&s;e &s;hall not within &s;ome convenient time to be &s;et them by the &s;aid Iu&s;tice, produce the party or parties of whom they bought the &s;ame wood, Vnder-wood, Poles or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark or Ba&s;t of Tr&eacute;es, Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedge-wood, Broom or Furze, or &s;ome other credible witne&s;&s;e to depo&s;e upon Oath &s;uch &s;ale of the &s;aid Wood, Vnder-wood, Poles or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark or Ba&s;t of Tr&eacute;es, Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedg|wood, Broom or Furze, (which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tice hath hereby power to admini&s;ter) That then the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;u&s;pected, and not giving &s;uch good account, nor producing any &s;uch witne&s;&s;e upon Oath to te&s;tifie the &s;aid Sale as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed and adjudged as convicted of the &s;aid offence of cutting and &s;poiling of the &s;ame Woods, Vnder-woods, Poles or young Tr&eacute;es, or Bark or Ba&s;t of Tr&eacute;es, Gates, Stiles, Po&s;ts, Pales, Rails, or Hedge-wood, Broom,<NOTE PLACE="marg">43 Eliz. cap. 7.</NOTE> or Furze within the meaning of the &s;aid Statute of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and &s;hall be liable to the puni&s;hment therein contained, and to &s;uch other proc&eacute;edings and puni&s;hments as by this pre&s;ent Act &s;hall be further con&s;tituted and appointed on that behalf.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="III"> And be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons convicted of the &s;aid offence in manner and form before in this Act mentioned, &s;hall for the fir&s;t offence give the Owner or Owners &s;uch recompence or &s;atisfaction for his or their dama|ges,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment for the fir&s;t offence.</NOTE> and within &s;uch time as the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall appoint, and over and above pay down pre|&s;ently unto the Over&s;&eacute;ers, for the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h where the &s;aid offence or offences were committed, &s;uch &s;um of money (not exc&eacute;eding Ten &s;hillings) as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall think m&eacute;et; and if &s;uch offender or offenders do not make recompence or &s;atisfaction to the &s;aid Owner or Owners, and al&s;o pay the &s;aid &s;um to the Poor in manner and form afore&s;aid, then the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall commit the &s;aid offender or offenders to the Hou&s;e of Correction for &s;uch time as the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall think fit, not exc&eacute;eding one moneth, or to be whipped by the Con&s;table,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;econd offence.</NOTE> or other Officer, as in his Iudgment &s;hall &s;&eacute;em expedient: And if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall again commit the &s;aid offence, and be thereof convicted as before, that then they and every of them &s;o offending the &s;econd time, and thereof &s;o convicted, &s;hall be &s;ent to the Hou&s;e of Correction for one moneth, and be there kept to hard labour. And if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall again commit the &s;aid offence, and be thereof convicted as before, That then they and every of them &s;o offending the third time, and thereof &s;o convicted, &s;hall be taken, adjudged and d&eacute;emed as Incorrigible Rogues.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Buyers of &s;toln Wood, how to be dealt withal.</NOTE>Provided always, And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That who&s;oever &s;hall buy any Burthens of Wood, or any Poles or Sticks of Wood, or any other the Premi&s;&s;es particu|larly mentioned in this Bill, which may be ju&s;tly &s;u&s;pected to have b&eacute;en &s;toln, or unlawfully come by, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Mayors, Bayliffs,
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and Head-Officers, or any one of them within their re&s;pective Iuri&s;dictions, upon complaint to them thereof made, to examine the &s;aid matter upon Oath, which they and every of them re|&s;pectively are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter: And if they &s;hall find that the &s;ame was bought of a per&s;on who might iu&s;tly be &s;u&s;pected to have &s;toln or unlawfully come by the &s;ame, and that the &s;ame was &s;toln, or unlawfully come by, That in &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, Mayors, Bayliffs, or other Head-Officers, or any one of them re&s;pectively, &s;hall and may award the party who bought the &s;ame, to pay treble the value of the &s;ame to the party from whom the &s;ame was &s;toln, or unlawfully taken; And in default of pre&s;ent payment thereof, to i&s;&s;ue forth their re&s;pective Warrants to levy the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the offenders Goods, rendring the overplus to the party: And in default of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;s, to commit the party to the Gaol at his own charge, there to remain one moneth without Bail.</P>
<P>Provided always,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Within what time offenders mu&s;t be que|&s;tioned within this Act.</NOTE> That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be que&s;tioned for any offence upon this Law, that hath b&eacute;en puni&s;hed for the &s;ame offence by any former Law, nor &s;hall be puni&s;hed by this Law, unle&s;s he be que&s;tioned within Six w&eacute;eks after the offence committed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<P>An Act to explain and &s;upply a former Act for di&s;tribution of Three&s;core thou&s;and pounds among&s;t the truly Loyal and Indigent Commi&s;&s;ion-Officers, and for A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing of Offices, and di&s;tributing the moneys thereby rai&s;ed, for their further &s;upply. 14 Car. 2. cap. 8. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additional Act for the better Ordering the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdom.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the better Ordering of the Forces in the &s;everal Counties and places of <HI>England,</HI> and the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick upon Tweed,</HI> and for the &s;upplying and ex|plaining the late Act, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 3.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for Ordering the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdom,</HI> Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Power of the Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants to Train and Exerci&s;e.</NOTE> That the &s;everal Lieutenants of the &s;everal Coun|ties, Cities and places nominated by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors re&s;pectively, and in their ab&s;ence out of the limits of their re&s;pective Lieutenancies, or by their directions when they are not ab&s;ent, their Deputy Lieutenants during their re&s;pective Deputation, or any two or more of them &s;hall have power from time to time, to Lead, Train, Exerci&s;e and put in readine&s;s, or by Warrant under their hands and &s;eals, to cau&s;e to be Led, Trained, Exerci&s;ed, or put in rea|dine&s;s, all or any of the per&s;ons Rai&s;ed, Arrayed, or Weaponed, according to the &s;aid Act, to the intents and purpo&s;es, and by the directions of the &s;aid Act, and of this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons, charged,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 6. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 3. Allowance of pay to Troo|pers 2 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 6 <ABBR>d.</ABBR> <HI>per diem.</HI> Foot-Soul|diers 1 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> <HI>per diem.</HI></NOTE> or to be charged by vertue of either of the &s;aid Acts, with Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man and Arms, or Foot-Souldier and Arms, &s;hall under the penalty of forfeiting five &s;hillings, pay and allow upon demand, two &s;hillings &s;ix pence by the day, to each re&s;pective Trooper that &s;erves with &s;uch Hor&s;e and Arms, for mainte|nance of the man and hor&s;e; and &s;hall under the penalty of two &s;hillings, pay and allow upon demand, one &s;hilling by the day to each re&s;pective Foot-Souldier, for &s;o many days as they or any of them &s;hall be ab&s;ent from their dwellings or callings by occa&s;ion of Mu&s;ter or Exerci&s;e, accord|ing to the Rules of the &s;aid Acts: which &s;aid penalty is to be Levied, as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed, unle&s;s &s;ome certain agr&eacute;ement be made to the contrary before good witne&s;s; and the &s;aid pe|nalty is to be paid to &s;uch Trooper or Foot-Souldier, to whom his &s;aid pay was denied; The re&s;pective penalties to be demanded within &s;ix w&eacute;eks after each re&s;pective default, or at or before the next &s;ucc&eacute;eding Mu&s;ter, Exerci&s;e or Training, and not afterwards.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon refu&s;ers to find Arms.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or charged according to the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect by a rea&s;onable time to be appointed, to provide and furni&s;h &s;uch &s;ufficient Foot-Souldier and Arms, or Foot-Souldiers and Arms, as are accord|ingly charged upon him or them, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, for every &s;uch offence from time to time to inflict a penalty upon &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, not exc&eacute;eding Five pounds, to be le|vied in manner following, and to be imployed to the &s;ame u&s;es in default whereof the &s;ame was impo&s;ed.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them&punc; from time to time,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Con&s;tables required to charge per&s;ons with Foot-Arms.</NOTE> to appoint and require the Con&s;table or Con&s;tables of any Pari&s;h or place within this Kingdom, Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Twede,</HI> to provide and furni&s;h (at a rea&s;onable time and place to be ap|pointed, upon a penalty to be impo&s;ed, not exc&eacute;eding Forty &s;hillings for every &s;uch omi&s;&s;ion) &s;o many &s;ufficient Foot Arms (with Wages and other incident charges) as the &s;aid Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall a&s;&s;e&s;s or charge according to the Rules and Proportions of the &s;aid Acts, upon Revenues under Fifty pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> or upon per&s;onal E&s;tates le&s;s then Six hundred pounds, lying or being within any &s;uch re&s;pective Pari&s;h or place.</P>
<P>And in order thereunto, if any per&s;on or per&s;ons of, or belonging to any &s;uch Pari&s;h or place,
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&s;hall upon demand refu&s;e or neglect to provide a Foot-Souldier or Foot-Souldiers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty for not proui|ding or pay|ing Foot-Arms.</NOTE> according to the proportion afore&s;aid, or to pay any &s;um of money whereat he or they &s;hall be taxed or a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by a Pound Rate, according to a Li&s;t Signed by the re&s;pective-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, for and towards the defraying and &s;atisfying the nece&s;&s;ary Charge and Expence di&s;bur&s;t in providing and furni&s;hing &s;uch &s;ufficient Arms as afore&s;aid, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for &s;uch Con&s;table or Con&s;tables, by Warrant for that purpo&s;e, to Levy &s;uch Sum &s;o Ra|ted or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglect|ing to pay, and &s;hall re&s;tore the overplus, (if any) the charge of Di&s;training being fir&s;t deducted: And the Tenant of any Hou&s;e, Land, or Revenue, Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed as afore&s;aid, is hereby au|thorized and required to make payment of &s;uch Sum of money &s;o Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and to deduct &s;o much as &s;hall be charged upon the Landlords Rent, out of the next Rent payable to the Land|lord, and in default hereof, the goods of every &s;uch Tenant is al&s;o liable to be di&s;trained and &s;old in manner afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That once in every year hereafter, each Souldier Li&s;ted or Rai&s;ed by vertue of the &s;aid Acts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be paid to the Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ters.</NOTE> or either of them, &s;hall pay to his re&s;pective Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter &s;uch Sum (not exc&eacute;eding one &s;hilling for a Hor&s;eman, and &s;ix pence for a Footman) as the re&s;pective Lieu|tenants, and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall under their Hands and Seals direct; who have power hereby to Levy the &s;ame by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale, in ca&s;e of default of payment, upon the Goods and Chattels of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as are charged with the finding of the re&s;pective Hor&s;e-man or Foot-Souldier, &s;o making default, unle&s;s the default be by the neglect of &s;uch Hor&s;eman or Foot-Souldier, who in that ca&s;e are hereby to be accomptable for the &s;ame; and every &s;uch Mu&s;ter-Ma&s;ter &s;hall be an Inhabitant of the re&s;pective Coun|ty.<NOTE PLACE="marg">What Provi|&s;ion every Mu&s;quetier &s;hall bring with him.</NOTE></P>
<P>And it is hereby further Provided and Enacted, That at every Mu&s;ter, Training and Exerci&s;e, every Mu&s;quetier &s;hall bring with him half a pound of Powder, and half a pound of Bullets; and every Mu&s;quetier that &s;erves with a Match-lock, &s;hall bring with him thr&eacute;e yards of Match, both which are to be found accordingly at the Charge of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as provide the &s;aid Foot-Souldier and Arms; And every Hor&s;e-man is to bring with him a quarter of a pound of Powder, and a quarter of a pound of Bullets, at the Charge of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as provide the &s;aid Hor&s;eman and Arms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> who are hereby required to find and bear the &s;ame, upon pain of forfeiting Five &s;hillings for every omi&s;&s;ion thereof. And for the better Di&s;cipling and In&s;truct|ing the &s;aid Militia in their Duties, as al&s;o for ea&s;ing them of often and frequent M&eacute;etings at &s;e|veral times, and for the better &s;ecurity of the Peace of the Kingdom, Be it further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid &s;everal Lieutenants, and in their ab&s;ence, or by their Directions, for any two or more of their Deputies within their re&s;pective Counties and Pre|cincts for which they are Commi&s;&s;ioned, at any time or times, during the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years, from the Twenty fourth day of <HI>July,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, to Summon and Continue together &s;o many of the &s;aid Trained Forces within their re|&s;pective Counties and Precincts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 3.</NOTE> and &s;o long as they &s;hall judge convenient, in lieu of certain days appointed for Exerci&s;e and Mu&s;ters by the &s;aid Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Ordering the For|ces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdom.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">No Troop to be kept upon duty above 14 days.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted, That any Troop, Company or Souldiers may be &s;o kept upon &s;uch Duty by vertue hereof fourt&eacute;en days, and no longer in any one year.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ned Foot-Officers di&s;|charged from finding Arms.</NOTE>Provided always, And be it Enacted, That every Commi&s;&s;ioned Foot-Officer in the Train-Bands, or Militia of this Kingdom (&s;etled according to Act of Parliament) &s;hall be and is hereby exempted and excu&s;ed from finding and contributing towards the finding and contributing towards the finding any Hor&s;e, Hor&s;e-man or Arms, or Foot-Souldier and Arms for his whole E&s;tate, if at any time it is charged, but for one Hor&s;e, or a le&s;s charge, or for &s;uch part of his E&s;tate as is, or &s;hall be charged with one Hor&s;e, if his whole E&s;tate be charged with a greater charge then one Hor&s;e in the County or Lieutenancy where he &s;o &s;erves as a Foot-Officer, in re|&s;pect of the expence which the &s;aid Imployment doth nece&s;&s;arily engage him in; Any thing in the &s;aid Acts to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Duty of Con&s;tables in executing Warrants of the Lieute|nants or De|puties.</NOTE></P>
<P>Be it al&s;o Enacted and Ordained, That each Con&s;table, Tything-man, or other Officer of any Pari&s;h or place, under the penalty for every neglect of forfeiting Forty &s;hillings, &s;hall, and do by vertue of a Warrant directed to him from the re&s;pective Lieutenants, and Deputy-Lieu|tenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, Levy all arrears and proportions of money unpaid, that were &s;et or charged for the Rai&s;ing, Training and Arraying the Trained Bands and Forces, actually rai&s;ed and in being before the pa&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid mentioned Act, by the Di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Goods of any per&s;on or per&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay the &s;ame, rendring back the overplus (if any) the charge of Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale being fir&s;t deducted.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Troopers and Souldiers &s;hall be &s;ubject to Exerci&s;e and Duty.</NOTE></P>
<P>Be it al&s;o Enacted, That every Trooper or Foot-Souldier at any time rai&s;ed by vertue, or according to the directions of this pre&s;ent Act, &s;hall be &s;ubject to &s;uch Exerci&s;e and Duty, as others charged or rai&s;ed by the &s;aid mentioned Act, &amp; &s;hal accordingly upon like pains &amp; penalties ob&s;erve <MILESTONE N="IV"> and k&eacute;ep all the re&s;pective Orders and Directions of the &s;aid Act, and of this pre&s;ent Act, and &s;hall &s;uffer the &s;ame penalties for committing any of the re&s;pective crimes and offences expre&s;t in the &s;aid Act; which &s;aid pains and penalties are in the like ca&s;es to be impo&s;ed and levied in the &s;ame manner, and by the &s;ame ways and means as are &s;et down in the &s;aid Act.</P>
<P><PB N="181" REF="102">And whereas the fourth part of one moneths A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment in each County,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A fourth part or a moneths a&s;&s;e&s;ment how to be di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE> after the rate of Se|venty thou&s;and pounds by the moneth, is by the &s;aid Act yearly appointed for furni&s;hing Muniti|on and other nece&s;&s;aries, Be it Enacted and delared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall from time to time have power to di&s;po&s;e of &s;o much of the &s;aid fourth part to the inferiour Officers imployed in or about the &s;aid re&s;pective Forces, for their pains and encouragement, as to them the &s;aid Lieutenants and Deputies, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall &s;eem expedient.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for matters done by this Act may plead the general i&s;|&s;ue.</NOTE> That it &s;hall be lawful to every per&s;on and per&s;ons that &s;hall have any Action or Suit brought again&s;t him or them, for any thing done in execution of this or the &s;aid Act, to plead the General I&s;&s;ue, and to give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence, and if Iudgment &s;hall be given for the Defendant, or if the Plaintiff &s;hall become Non&s;uit or di&s;con|tinue his Suit, then he &s;hall recover double Co&s;ts.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Double co&s;ts to the Defen|dant.</NOTE> That no Action or Suit &s;hall be brought again&s;t any per&s;on for any thing done in execution, or by pretence of the execution of this or the &s;aid Act, unle&s;s the &s;aid Action or Suit be laid in the proper County, and commenced within &s;ix moneths next after &s;uch cau&s;e of Action.</P>
<P>Provided, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That one Clau&s;e contained in a certain Act, Entituled, <HI>(An Act declaring the &s;ole right of the Militia to be in the King,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">13 Car. 2. c. 6</NOTE> <HI>and for the pre&s;ent Ordering and di&s;po&s;ing of the &s;ame;)</HI> and made for the Indempnifying of all per&s;ons acting in the <HI>Militia,</HI> from the four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, to the twentieth of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, as touching the A&s;&s;aulting, Detai|ning or Impri&s;oning any per&s;on &s;u&s;pected to be a Fanatick, Sectary or Di&s;turber of the Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fanatick, Se|ctaries.</NOTE> or &s;eizing of Arms, or &s;earching of hou&s;es for Arms, or for &s;u&s;pected per&s;ons, &s;hall be con&s;trued to Commence and take effect, and &s;hall be good and effectual in Law for the Indempnifying of all per&s;ons what&s;oever acting in the <HI>Militia</HI> of this Kingdom for any the matters afore&s;aid, betwixt the &s;econd day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty nine, and the four and twentieth of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty inclu&s;ive, by vertue or colour of any Authority or Command what&s;oever, any thing in the &s;aid Act, or in any other Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal forfeitures,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the for|feitures and penalties upon this Act may be levyed.</NOTE> Penalties and payments by this pre&s;ent Act Impo&s;ed, Set or Directed, (not otherwi&s;e by this pre&s;ent Act provided to be Levied, Sued for or Recovered) &s;hall or may, in ca&s;e of default, be Levied or Re|covered by Warrant under the hands and Seals of the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieu|tenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, upon the Goods and Chattels of the Offender, and by Sale of the &s;ame, rendring the party the overplus, if any be; And if &s;ufficient of the Goods and Chat|tels of &s;uch Offender cannot be found or had, whereof to levy &s;uch forfeiture, payment or penalty, then the &s;aid re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputy-Lieutenants, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them &s;hall have power, and are hereby authorized by like Warrant under their hands and &s;eals to commit &s;uch Offender to Pri&s;on untill he &s;hall make &s;atisfaction, according to the &s;aid forfeiture, pay|ment or penalty.</P>
<P>And it is further Declared and Enacted, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons which &s;ince the five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, have acted or done any <MILESTONE N="V,"> thing in the di&s;mantling of any Cities or Towns, or demoli&s;hing of Walls and Fortifications thereof or relating thereunto, &s;hall be, and are hereby indempnified and &s;aved harmle&s;s. And whereas &s;ome doubt hath ari&s;en upon the &s;aid Act, what E&s;tates &s;hall be charged with or toward Foot;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How per&s;ons may be char|ged with arms and for what e&s;tates.</NOTE> That no per&s;on who hath an E&s;tate of the yearly value of two hundred pounds, or per&s;onal E&s;tate of the value of two thou&s;and four hundred pounds, chargeable by the &s;aid Act, &s;hall be charged with or toward the finding any Foot; and it &s;hall be lawful for the re&s;pective Lieutenants and Deputies, or any three or more of them to charge according to the proportions in the &s;aid Act, any per&s;on who hath an E&s;tate of the yearly value of one hundred pounds, and under the yearly value of two hundred pounds, or who hath a per&s;onal E&s;tate of twelve hundred pounds, and under the value of two thou&s;and four hundred pounds, chargeable by the &s;aid Act, with, or towards the finding of Foot, or toward the finding of Hor&s;e, as to their judgment &s;hall &s;&eacute;em mo&s;t expedient for his Maje&s;ties Service. Yet neverthele&s;s, this &s;hall not be con&s;trued to extend to make any alterations in the provi&s;ions in the &s;aid or this Act, concerning the Forces to be charged or rai&s;ed in Cities, Corporations and Port-Towns.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Warden of the <HI>Cinque-Ports</HI> to antient Towns and their Members, and in his ab&s;ence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Cinque-Ports.</NOTE> his Lieutenant or Lieu|tenants, &s;hall and may put in execution within the &s;aid Ports, Towns and Members, all the Powers and Authorities given and granted by this and the &s;aid former Act, and to execute and perform all and every the things therein contained in the like manner, as the re&s;pective Lieute|nants of the Counties and their Deputies may do, and may k&eacute;ep up and continue the u&s;ual num|bers of Souldiers in the &s;aid Ports, Towns and Members unle&s;s they find cau&s;e to le&s;&s;en the &s;ame: And that the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Ports, Towns and Members, being in regard of their &s;citu|ation on the Sea-coa&s;ts charged with a greater proportion of Arms and Armed men, then other
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parts of the Kingdom, &s;hall not be charged with Arms or Armed men in the Counties ad|jacent for their E&s;tates there lying, &s;ave only for &s;uch proportion as they are lyable unto, and ei|ther are not or &s;hall not be charged with, within the &s;aid Ports, Towns and Members; Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Martins</HI> Pari&s;h in <HI>Stamford Baron</HI> in <HI>Lincoln&s;hire.</HI></NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Inhabitants and Re|venues of, or in the Pari&s;h of Saint <HI>Martin,</HI> called <HI>Stamford Baron,</HI> in the Suburbs of the Bo|rough and Town of <HI>Stamford,</HI> on the South-&s;ide of the Waters there called <HI>Welland,</HI> may be A&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed and Charged to find and &s;erve in the Trained Bands of the County of <HI>Lincoln</HI> as formerly, according to the &s;aid mentioned Act, and this pre&s;ent Act, by the Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieute|nants for the County of <HI>Lincoln</HI> for the time being, in &s;uch manner as any per&s;ons or e&s;tates with|in the &s;aid County of <HI>Lincoln</HI> may be by them a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and charged to the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid: And they of Saint <HI>Martin</HI> afore&s;aid, are hereby declared to be well and legally a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and charged by the &s;aid Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenants re&s;pectively.</P>
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<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
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<P>For Regulating Select Ve&s;tries.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr prevention of the evils which may ari&s;e from Ve&s;try-men, not Conforming to the Go|vernment and Di&s;cipline of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> as it now is by Law e&s;tabli&s;hed;</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by the Advice, and with the Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That all and every per&s;on who now is a Ve&s;try-man or member of any Ve&s;try within any Pa|ri&s;h in the Cities of <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> Borough of <HI>Southwark</HI> and w&eacute;ekly Bills of Morta|lity, and in all other Cities, Boroughs and Towns Corporate, where Select Ve&s;tries are u&s;ed, in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">All Ve&s;try-men &s;hall take and &s;ub&s;cribe the Declara|tion in 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 4.</NOTE> on or before the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> next; And all and every per&s;on, who at any time hereafter &s;hall be elected to be a Ve&s;try-man, or member of any Ve&s;try within any Pari&s;h in any the places afore&s;aid, within one moneth after &s;uch his Ele|ction, &s;hall before the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop or Ordinary, Vicar-General or Chancellor of the Dioce&s;s, make and &s;ub&s;cribe the Declaration and Acknowledgment enjoyned in the late whol&s;om good Act, Entituled, <HI>(An Act for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers, and Admini&s;tration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies, and for e&s;tabli&s;hing the Form of Making, Ordain|ing and Con&s;ecrating Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons in the Church of <HI>England</HI>)</HI> in the&s;e words following,</P>
<Q><P><HI>I <HI>A. B.</HI> Do declare, That it is not lawful upon any pretence what&s;oever to take up Arms again&s;t the King; and that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition, of taking Arms by His Authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ionated by him; And that I will conform to the Liturgy of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> as it is now by Law e&s;tabli&s;hed; And I do declare, That I do hold, there lies no Obligation upon me, or on any other per&s;on, from the Oath, commonly called, The <HI>Solemn League and Covenant,</HI> to endeavour any change, or alteration of Government, either in Church, or State; And that the &s;ame was in it &s;elf an unlawful Oath, and Impo&s;ed upon the Subjects of this Realm again&s;t the known Laws, and Liberties of this Kingdome.</HI></P></Q>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE>And that all and every &s;uch per&s;on, who &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to do the &s;ame within the re|&s;pective times afore&s;aid, &s;hall <HI>(ip&s;o facto)</HI> be deprived of &s;uch his place of Ve&s;try-man, and of be|ing a Member of &s;uch Ve&s;try, to all intents and purpo&s;es, And &s;uch place &s;hall be actually void, as if &s;uch per&s;on were naturally dead, Any V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: And that from and after &s;uch neglect or refu&s;al, it &s;hall be lawful for all per&s;ons, who &s;hall have right of Election or nomination of &s;uch Ve&s;try-man, or member of &s;uch Ve&s;try, to proc&eacute;ed to election or nomination of &s;ome other di&s;cr&eacute;et per&s;on of the re&s;pective Pari&s;h, in the room of &s;uch per&s;on &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing as afore&s;aid. And if &s;uch per&s;on &s;o to be elected in the room of &s;uch per|&s;on &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing as afore&s;aid, &s;hall al&s;o neglect or refu&s;e to make and &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Declaration and Acknowledgment, in manner and time afore&s;aid, whereby &s;uch place &s;hall again become void; or if &s;uch per&s;ons who &s;hall have right of Election or nomination as afore|&s;aid, &s;hall not proc&eacute;ed to Election within one moneth after &s;uch vacancy, then it &s;hall be lawful to and for the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s, under his hand and Seal to Elect and nominate a di&s;cr&eacute;et per&s;on of the re&s;pective Pari&s;h in &s;uch vacant room; which per&s;on &s;o to be elected and nominated, after his making and &s;ub&s;cription in manner and time afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, and &s;hall to all intents and purpo&s;es be reputed, d&eacute;emed and taken to be a Ve&s;try-man, or member of &s;uch Ve&s;try in like manner as if he had b&eacute;en cho&s;en by the re&s;pective Electors; Any Law, Cu&s;tom or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Arch-bi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop or Or|dinary, Vicar-General or Chancellor of the Dioce&s;s, &s;hall upon reque&s;t to him made by any Ve|&s;try-man, &s;o making and &s;ub&s;cribing the &s;aid Declaration and Acknowledgment afore&s;aid, deliver a Certificate of his &s;o doing, for which no F&eacute;e &s;hall be paid.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing in this Act &s;hall be con&s;trued to give any new power to any Select Ve&s;try-man, or to confirm any u&s;urped power heretofore exerci&s;ed by any Se|lect
<PB N="183" REF="103">
Ve&s;try-man, which before the making of this Act is not Warranted by the Law of the Land.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> That this Act &s;hall continue in force to the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for Relief of &s;uch Per&s;ons, as by Sickne&s;s or other Impediment were di&s;abled from Sub&s;cribing the Declaration in the Act of Uniformity, and Explanation of part of the &s;aid Act.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas by an Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Uniformity of Pub|lick Prayer and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. c. 4.</NOTE> <HI>and for e&s;tabli&s;hing the Form of Making, Ordaining and con&s;ecrating Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons in the Church of <HI>England,</HI></HI> It was Enacted, That every Dean, Canon and Prebendary of every Cathe|dral or Collegiate Church, and all Ma&s;ters and Fellows of any Colledg, Hall, Hou&s;e of Lear|ning or Ho&s;pital, and every Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, and every other per&s;on in Holy Orders, who upon the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hould be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and two, or at any time thereafter &s;hould be Incumbent or have po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any Dean|ry, Canonry, Prebendry, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Par&s;onage, Vicarage or any other Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal Dignity or Promotion, &s;hould before the Fea&s;t day of Saint <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> which &s;hould be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, &s;ub&s;cribe the Declaration or ac|knowledgment in the &s;aid Act mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed, before their re&s;pective Archbi&s;hops, Bi|&s;hops, Ordinaries or Vice-Chancellors of the re&s;pective Vniver&s;ities; upon pain that all and every of the per&s;ons afore&s;aid, failing in &s;uch &s;ub&s;cription, &s;hould lo&s;e and forfeit &s;uch re&s;pective Deanry, Canonry, Prebendry, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Par&s;onage, Vicarage, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Dig|nity or Promotion, and &s;hould be utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>ip&s;o facto</HI> deprived of the &s;ame; And that every &s;uch re&s;pective Deanry, Canonry, Prebendry, Ma&s;ter&s;hip, Fellow&s;hip, Par&s;onage, Vica|rage, Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Dignity or Promotion &s;hould be void, as if &s;uch per&s;on &s;o failing were natu|rally dead. And that after &s;uch &s;ub&s;cription made, every &s;uch Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate and Lectu|rer, &s;hould procure a Certificate under the hand and Seal of the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s, and &s;hould publickly and openly read the &s;ame, together with the Decla|ration or acknowledgment afore&s;aid, upon &s;ome Lords-Day within thr&eacute;e moneths then next fol|lowing, in his Pari&s;h Church where he was to officiate, in the pre&s;ence of the Congregation there a&s;&s;embled in the time of Divine-Service; upon pain that every per&s;on failing therein, &s;hould lo&s;e &s;uch Par&s;onage, Vicarage or Benefice re&s;pectively, and &s;hould be utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>ip&s;o facto</HI> deprived of the &s;ame; And that the &s;aid Par&s;onage, Vicarage or Benefice &s;hould be void, as if he were naturally dead.</P>
<P>And whereas divers per&s;ons of eminent Loyalty to his Maje&s;ty, and of known affection to the Liturgy of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> who by the &s;aid Act were required to &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Decla|ration or Acknowledgment, at the time of the pa&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid Act were out of this Realm, in <HI>Ireland</HI> or other parts beyond the Seas upon lawful and ju&s;tifiable occa&s;ions, and had no knowledg or notice thereof until their return into <HI>England,</HI> being after the &s;aid Fea&s;t of St. <HI>Bartholomew;</HI> And divers other of the &s;aid Loyal and wel-affected per&s;ons, by rea&s;on of &s;ickne&s;s, impri&s;onment, di&s;ability of body or otherwi&s;e, could not or did not re&s;ort unto their re&s;pective Archbi&s;hops, Bi|&s;hops or Ordinaries, or Vice-Chancellors of the re&s;pective Vniver&s;ities before whom &s;uch &s;ub|&s;cription was appointed by the &s;aid Act to be made: All which &s;aid per&s;ons are by force of the &s;aid Act utterly di&s;abled, and <HI>ip&s;o facto</HI> deprived of their re&s;pective Deanries, Canonries, Prebendries, Ma&s;ter&s;hips, Fellow&s;hips, Par&s;onages, Vicarages or other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefices or Promoti|ons, by rea&s;on of &s;uch their omi&s;&s;ion:</P>
<P>For remedy whereof, and for the relief of &s;uch per&s;ons, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Ex|cellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That all Deans, Canons, Prebendaries, Ma&s;ters and Fellows of any Colledges, Halls or other Hou&s;es of Learning; and all Par&s;ons, Vicars and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per&s;ons afore&s;aid, who at the time of the pa&s;&s;ing of the &s;aid Act being in <HI>Ireland</HI> or any the parts beyond the Seas, did not return in|to this Kingdom before the &s;aid Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Bartholomew,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and <MILESTONE N="III"> two, or who being in <HI>England,</HI> by Impri&s;onment, Sickne&s;s, Di&s;ability of Body or otherwi&s;e, did not re&s;ort unto their re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, Ordinary or Vice-Chancellor of the &s;aid re&s;pective Vniver&s;ities, to &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Declaration and Acknowledgment, before the &s;aid Fea&s;t in the year of our Lord afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, and are hereby declared to be re&s;tored unto, and pre&s;erved in their re&s;pective Deanries, Canonries, Prebendries, Ma&s;ter&s;hips, Fellow&s;hips, Par|&s;onages, Vicarages and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefices and Promotions, whereunto no other per|&s;on or per&s;ons before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ix|ty and thr&eacute;e, were or &s;hall be lawfully In&s;tituted, Inducted, Collated or placed: And &s;hall and may hold and enjoy the &s;ame according to his and their former right; The afore&s;aid Act, or any thing therein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><PB N="184" REF="104">Provided, That every &s;uch Dean, Canon, Prebendary, Ma&s;ter and Fellow of any Colledg, Hall or Hou&s;e of Learning, and all Par&s;ons, Vicars and Curates, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per|&s;ons, who are or &s;hall by vertue of this Act be re&s;tored to, or pre&s;erved in their &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Promotions, &s;hall before the Fea&s;t of the Nativity of our Lord next en&s;uing, if he be in <HI>England,</HI> or if beyond the Seas, within forty dayes after his return into <HI>England,</HI> &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Declaration or Acknowledgment before the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s, or Vice-Chancellor afore&s;aid re&s;pectively; And that every &s;uch Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate or Lecturer &s;hall procure a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the re&s;pective Archbi&s;hop, Bi|&s;hop or Ordinary of the Dioce&s;s (who are hereby required and enjoyned upon demand, to make and deliver &s;uch Certificate,) And &s;hall publickly and openly read the &s;ame, together with the Declaration or acknowledgment afore&s;aid, upon &s;ome Lords day within thr&eacute;e moneths then next following &s;uch &s;ub&s;cription in his Pari&s;h Church where he is to officiate, in the pre&s;ence of the Congregation then a&s;&s;embled in the time of Divine Service.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every &s;ub&s;cription al|ready made or hereafter to be made before any Vicar-General or Chancellor to any Archbi&s;hop or Bi&s;hop, or Commi&s;&s;ary to the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury</HI> or any other Bi&s;hop, is and &s;hall be as ef|fectual and beneficial in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es to every per&s;on and per&s;ons which have or &s;hall make &s;uch &s;ub&s;cription as afore&s;aid, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en made before the Archbi&s;hop or Bi&s;hop of the Province or Dioce&s;s re&s;pectively, Any thing in the afore&s;aid Act to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That every per&s;on who &s;hall have benefit by this Act, &s;hall make &s;uch allow|ance for &s;erving the Cure &s;ince the <HI>24th</HI> of <HI>Augu&s;t 1662.</HI> as &s;hall be judged fit by the Ordinary of the place, and &s;hall pay and di&s;charge all Tenths, Pen&s;ions and other Charges, wherewith the Be|nefice to which he is by this Act re&s;tored, hath b&eacute;en or might be legally charged &s;ince the day afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons pro|hibited to Preach. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 4.</NOTE>And whereas &s;ome doubt hath ari&s;en, whether per&s;ons prohibited to preach by the &s;aid Act, are in the &s;ame plight as to puni&s;hment, with per&s;ons di&s;abled by the &s;aid Act to preach; Be it Decla|red and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the penalties by the &s;aid Act to be inflicted upon any per&s;on di&s;abled by the &s;aid Act to preach for any offence again&s;t the &s;aid Act, &s;hall in like man|ner be inflicted upon every per&s;on &s;o offending, that is prohibited by the &s;aid Act to preach, Any thing, doubt or ambiguity in the &s;aid Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Trade Encouraged.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tillage.</NOTE>FOra&s;much as the encouraging of Tillage ought to be in an e&s;pecial manner regarded and en|deavoured; and the &s;ure&s;t and effectualle&s;t means of promoting and advancing any Trade, Occupation or My&s;tery, being by rendring it profitable to the V&s;ers thereof; And great quantities of Land within this Kingdom for the pre&s;ent lying in a manner wa&s;te, and yielding little, which might thereby be improved to con&s;iderable profit and advantage (if &s;ufficient Encouragement were given for the laying out of Co&s;t and labour on the &s;ame) and thereby much more Corn pro|duced, greater numbers of people, hor&s;es and cattel imployed, and other Land al&s;o rendred more Valuable.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority thereof; And it is hereby Enacted, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Septem|ber,</HI> in the year of our Lord, 1663. and from thence forward, when the prizes of Corn and Grain <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> mea&s;ure,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Corn not ex|ceeding cer|tain rates, may be tran&s;ported.</NOTE> do not exc&eacute;ed the rates hereafter following, at the Havens or places where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;hipped or loaden, <HI>(viz,)</HI> The Quarter of Wheat, Eight and forty &s;hillings; The Quarter of Barley or Malt, Eight and twenty &s;hillings; The Quarter of Buck-wheat, Eight and twenty &s;hillings; The Quarter of Oats, Thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and four pence; The Quarter of Rye, Two and thirty &s;hillings; The Quarter of Pea&s;e or Beans, Two and thirty &s;hillings currant Engli&s;h money; That then it &s;hall be lawful for all and every per&s;on and per|&s;ons to &s;hip, load, carry and tran&s;port any of the &s;aid Corns or Grains from the Havens or places where they &s;hall be of &s;uch prizes, unto any parts beyond the Seas as Merchandi&s;e, Any Law, Sta|tute or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding, paying &s;uch Rates for the &s;ame, and none other, as are to be paid when the &s;ame might have b&eacute;en Tran&s;ported by one Act pa&s;&s;ed this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. c 4.</NOTE> <HI>A Sub&s;idy granted to the King of Tunnage and Poundage.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">When corn may be impor|ted, and what cu&s;tom to be paid.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That when the prizes of the afore|&s;aid Corns and Grains do not exc&eacute;ed the Rates above mentioned re&s;pectively <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI>-mea|&s;ure, at the Haven or place into which any of them &s;hall be imported from any part beyond the <MILESTONE N="II"> Seas, there &s;hall be paid for the Cu&s;tom and Poundage of every Quarter of Wheat, five &s;hillings and four pence; and for every Quarter of Rye, four &s;hillings; and for every Quarter of Barley or Malt, two &s;hillings and eight pence; and for every Quarter of Buck-wheat, two &s;hillings; and for every Quarter of Oats, one &s;hilling four pence; and for every Quarter of Pea&s;e or Beans, four &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That when the prizes of Corn or Grain <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI>-mea&s;ure, do not exc&eacute;ed the rates following at the Markets, Havens or Pla|ces where the &s;ame &s;hall be bought, <HI>(viz.)</HI> The Quarter of Wheat, Eight and forty &s;hillings;
<PB N="185" REF="104">
the Quarter of Rye, two and thirty &s;hillings; the Quarter of Barley or Mault, eight and twenty &s;hillings; the Quarter of Buck-wheat, eight and twenty &s;hillings; the Quarter of Oats, thir|t&eacute;en &s;hillings and four pence; the Quarter of Pea&s;e or Beans, two and thirty &s;hillings; That then it &s;hall be lawful for all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons (not Fore&s;talling nor Selling the &s;ame in the &s;ame Market within thr&eacute;e moneths after the buying thereof) to buy in open Market, and to lay up and k&eacute;ep in his or their Granaries or Hou&s;es, and to &s;ell again &s;uch Corn or Grain of the kinds afore&s;aid, as without fraud or coven &s;hall have b&eacute;en bought at or under the pr&iuml;ces be|fore expre&s;&s;ed, without incurring any penalty; Any Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And in regard his Maje&s;ties Plantations beyond the Seas are inhabited and peopled by his Subjects of this his Kingdom of <HI>England;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Plantations beyond the Sea.</NOTE> For the maintaining a greater corre&s;pondence and kindne&s;s betw&eacute;en them, and k&eacute;eping them in a firmer dependance upon it, and rendring them yet more beneficial and advantagious unto it in the further employment and encrea&s;e of Engli&s;h Shipping and Sea-men, Vent of Engli&s;h Woollen, and other Manufactures and Commodities, rendring the Navigation to and from the &s;ame more &s;afe and cheap, and making this Kingdom a Staple, not only of the Commodities of tho&s;e Plantations, but al&s;o of the Commodities of other Countries and Places, for the &s;upplying of them; and it being the u&s;age of other Nations to k&eacute;ep their Plantations Trade to them&s;elves.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Comodities of the growth and manufa|cture of Eu|rope, how to be imported in Engli&s;h built &s;hipping.</NOTE> That from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, no Commodity of the Growth, Production or Manu|facture of <HI>Europe,</HI> &s;hall be Imported into any Land, I&s;land, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place to his Maje&s;ty belonging, or which &s;hall belong hereafter unto, or be in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa</HI> or <HI>America, (Tangier</HI> only excepted) but what &s;hall be <HI>bona fide,</HI> and without fraud, Laden and Shipped in <HI>England, Wales</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> and in Engli&s;h built Shipping, or which were <HI>bona fide</HI> bought before <MILESTONE N="III"> the fir&s;t day of <HI>October,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, and had &s;uch Certificate thereof, as is directed in one Act pa&s;&s;ed the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ions of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. c. 11</NOTE> <HI>An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abu&s;es in His Maje&s;ties Cu&s;toms;</HI> and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h, and which &s;hall be carried directly thence to the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories or Places, and from no other place or places what&s;oever; Any Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> under the Penalty of the lo&s;s of all &s;uch Commodities of the Growth, Production or Manufacture of <HI>Eu|rope,</HI> as &s;hall be imported into any of them from any other place what&s;oever, by Land or Water; And if by water, of the &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el al&s;o in which they were Imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition and Apparel, one third part to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, one third part to the Governor of &s;uch Land, I&s;land, Plantation, Colony, Territory or place into which &s;uch Goods were Imported, if the &s;aid &s;hip, ve&s;&s;el or goods be there &s;ei&s;ed or informed again&s;t and &s;ued for; Or otherwi&s;e, That third part al&s;o to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other third part to him or them who &s;hall &s;ei&s;e, inform or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts in &s;uch of the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Colonies, Plantations, Territories or Places where the Offence was committed, or in any Court of Record in <HI>England,</HI> by Bill, Information, Plaint or other Acti|on, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to &s;hip and lade in &s;uch &s;hips, and &s;o navigated as in the foregoing Clau&s;e is &s;et down and expre&s;&s;ed in any part of <HI>Europe,</HI> Salt for the Fi&s;heries of <HI>New-England</HI> and <HI>New-found-land,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Salt for Fi|&s;heries.</NOTE> and to &s;hip and lade in the <HI>Madera's,</HI> Wines of the growth thereof; and to &s;hip and lade in the <HI>We&s;tern I&s;lands</HI> or <HI>Azores,</HI> Wines of the growth of the &s;aid I&s;lands; and to &s;hip and take in Ser|vants or Hor&s;es in <HI>Scotland</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> and to &s;hip or lade in <HI>Scotland</HI> all &s;orts of Victual of the <MILESTONE N="IV"> Growth or Production of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and to &s;hip or lade in <HI>Ireland</HI> all &s;orts of Victual of the Growth or Production of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the &s;ame to Tran&s;port into any of the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Planta|tions, Colonies, Territories or places; Any thing in the foregoing Clau&s;e to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And for the better prevention of Frauds, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Prevention of frauds.</NOTE> That from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, every per|&s;on or per&s;ons importing by Land any Goods or Commodities what&s;oever, into any the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories or Places, &s;hall deliver to the Governour of &s;uch Land, I&s;land, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place, or to &s;uch per&s;on or Officer as &s;hall be by him thereunto authorized and appointed, within four and twenty hours after &s;uch Im|portation, his and their Names and Sirnames, and a true Inventory and particular of all &s;uch Goods or Commodities; And no Ship or Ve&s;&s;el coming to any &s;uch Land, I&s;land, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place, &s;hall lade or unlade any Goods or Commodities what&s;oever, until the Ma&s;ter or Commander of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el &s;hall fir&s;t have made known to the Governour of &s;uch Land, I&s;land, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place, or &s;uch other per&s;on or Officer as &s;hall be by him thereunto authorized and appointed, the arrival of the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, with her Name, and the Name and Sirname of her Ma&s;ter or Commander, and have &s;hewen to him that &s;he is an Engli&s;h-built Ship, or made good by producing &s;uch Certificate as above&s;aid, that &s;he is a Ship or Ve&s;&s;el <HI>bona fide</HI> belonging to <HI>England, Wales</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and
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navigated with an Engli&s;h Ma&s;ter, and thr&eacute;e fourth parts of the Mariners at lea&s;t Engli&s;h-men, and have delivered to &s;uch Governour or other per&s;on or Officer, a true and perfect Inventory or Invoyce of her Lading, together with the place or places in which the &s;aid Goods were laden or taken into the &s;aid Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, under the pain of the lo&s;s of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, with all her Guns, Ammunition, Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, and of all &s;uch Goods of the growth, Production or Manufacture of <HI>Europe</HI> as were not <HI>bona fide</HI> laden and taken in, in <HI>England, Wales</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> to be recovered and divided in manner afore&s;aid; And all &s;uch as are <MILESTONE N="V"> Governours or Commanders of any the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, Colonies, Terri|tories or Places (<HI>Tangier</HI> only excepted) &s;hall before the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, and all &s;uch as &s;hall hereafter be made Governours or Commanders of any of them, &s;hall before their entrance upon the Execution of &s;uch tru&s;t or charge, take a &s;olemn Oath before &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be authorized by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors to admini&s;ter the &s;ame, to do their utmo&s;t within their re&s;pective Go|vernments or Commands, to cau&s;e to be well and truly ob&s;erved, what is in this Act Enacted, in relation to the Trade of &s;uch Lands, I&s;lands, Plantations, Colonies, Territories and Places, under the penalty of being removed out of their re&s;pective Governments and Commands. And if any of them &s;hall be found after the taking of &s;uch Oath, to have wittingly and willingly offen|ded contrary to what is by this Act required of them, That they &s;hall for &s;uch offence be turned out of their Governments, and be incapable of the Government of any other Land, I&s;land, Plantation or Colony; and moreover, forfeit the &s;um of one thou&s;and pounds of lawful money of <HI>England,</HI> the one moyety to his Maje&s;ty his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall inform or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts in any of the &s;aid Plantations, or in any Court of Record in <HI>England,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wa|ger in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon Officers of the Cu&s;toms.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted, That if any Officer of the Cu&s;toms in <HI>England, Wales</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall give any Warrant for, or &s;uffer any Sugar, Tobacco, Gin|ger, Cotton-wool, Indico, Speckle-wood or <HI>Jamaica</HI> Wood, Fu&s;tick or other Dying Wood of the growth of any of the &s;aid Lands, I&s;lands, Colonies, Plantations, Territories or Places, to be carryed into any other Countrey or place what&s;oever, until they have b&eacute;en fir&s;t unladen <HI>bona fide,</HI> and put on &s;hore in &s;ome Port or Haven in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or in the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> That every &s;uch Officer for &s;uch offence &s;hall forfeit his place, and the value of &s;uch of the &s;aid goods as he &s;hall give Warrant for, or &s;uffer to pa&s;s into any other Countrey or place, the one moyety to his Maje&s;ty his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall inform or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment of Plan|tations, and encrea&s;e of Shipping.</NOTE>And for the better encouragement of the &s;aid Plantations, and the increa&s;e of the Shipping and Navigation of this Kingdom, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and <MILESTONE N="VI"> four, it &s;hall and may be lawful out of any Port of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or out of the Town of <HI>Ber|wick,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sea-coals.</NOTE> to &s;hip and lade Sea-coals for any part of them, paying for the Chalder. <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> mea&s;ure, one &s;hilling eight pence, and for the Chalder, <HI>London</HI>-mea&s;ure, one &s;hilling and no more, in full of all Cu&s;tom and Poundage for the &s;ame, Any Law, Statute or Prohibition to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided, That &s;uch Sea-coals be &s;hipped in &s;uch &s;hipping, and &s;o Navigated as above&s;aid; And that good &s;ecurity be given to the Officers of the Cu&s;toms in &s;uch Port in which they are &s;hipped, for the landing them in the &s;aid Plantations, and not el&s;where.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as &s;everal con&s;iderable and advantagious Trades cannot be conveniently dri|ven and carried on without the Species of Money or Bullion, and that it is found by experience, that they are carried in greate&s;t abundance (as to a common Market) to &s;uch places as give fr&eacute;e liberty for exporting the &s;ame, and the better to k&eacute;ep in and increa&s;e the current Coins of this Kingdom, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, to Export out of any Port of <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> in which there is a Cu&s;tomer or Collector, or out of the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> all &s;orts of Foreign Coyn or Bullion of Gold or Sil|ver,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Foreign coin or bullion may be exported.</NOTE> fir&s;t making entry thereof in &s;uch Cu&s;tom-hou&s;e re&s;pectively, without paying any Duty, Cu|&s;tom, Poundage or F&eacute;e for the &s;ame, Any Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, Whereas a very great part of the riche&s;t and be&s;t Land of this Kingdom, is, and cannot &s;o well be otherwi&s;e imployed and made u&s;e of as in the F&eacute;eding and Fattening of Cat|tel; And that by the coming in of late of va&s;t numbers of Cattel already fatted, &s;uch Lands are <MILESTONE N="VII"> in many places much fallen, and like daily to fall more in their Rents and Values, and in con|&s;equence other Lands al&s;o, to the great prejudice, detriment and impoveri&s;hment of this Kingdom; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, and it is hereby Enacted, That for every head of great Cattel (except &s;uch as are of the br&eacute;ed of <HI>Scotland</HI>) that &s;hall be imported or brought into <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalties up|on importati|on of Foreign cattel at cer|tain times.</NOTE> <HI>Wales</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> after the fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> and before the twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> in any year; And for every head of great Cattel of the br&eacute;ed of <HI>Scotland</HI> that &s;hall be imported or brought into <HI>England, Wales</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> after the four and twentieth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and before the twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> in any year, there
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&s;hall be paid to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors the &s;um of twenty &s;hillings; And the &s;um of ten &s;hillings to him or them that &s;hall inform or &s;ei&s;e the &s;ame; And the &s;um of ten &s;hillings to the Poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch Sei&s;ure or Information &s;hall be made, to be recovered and levied by Bill, Plaint, or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And moreover, That there &s;hall be paid to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for every Sh&eacute;ep which &s;hall be Imported into <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> afore&s;aid, after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> and before the Twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> in any year, the &s;um of Ten &s;hillings of lawful money of <HI>England,</HI> to be recovered and levied in manner afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided always, That this Act, in &s;o far as it relates to great Cattel or Sh&eacute;ep,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act as to im|portation of cattel. Encourage|ment of Her|ring Fi&s;heries</NOTE> &s;hall not take place till the Fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, nor continue longer then the end of the Fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</P>
<P>And for the encouragement of the Herring and <HI>North-Sea I&s;land,</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmony</HI> Fi&s;heries, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, no Fre&s;h Herring, Fre&s;h Cood or Haddock, Coal-fi&s;h or Gull-fi&s;h, &s;hall be Imported into <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> but in Engli&s;h-built Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, or in Ships or Ve&s;&s;els <HI>bona fide</HI> belonging to <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and having &s;uch Certificate thereof as is above&s;aid, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e Fourths at the lea&s;t of the Mariners <MILESTONE N="VIII"> are Engli&s;h, and which hath b&eacute;en fi&s;hed, caught and taken in &s;uch Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, and &s;o navi|gated, and not being <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ought or had of any &s;trangers born, or out of any &s;trangers Bottoms, un|der the pain of the forfeiture of all &s;uch Herring, Codd, Haddock, Coal-fi&s;h, or Gull-fi&s;h imp<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ted, contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof, and of the Ship or Ve&s;&s;el in which it was Im|ported; One moyety of which forfeitures &s;hall be to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall inform, &s;ei&s;e, or &s;ue for the &s;ame, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be allow|ed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duties to be paid upon im|portation of &s;alted or dried Fi&s;h.</NOTE> That for the following &s;orts or kinds of &s;alted or dried Fi&s;h, which from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>Au|gu&s;t</HI> &s;hall be imported into <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or the Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> in any other Ship or Ve&s;&s;el then what is Engli&s;h-built, or belonging to <HI>England, Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> and having &s;uch Certificate thereof as above&s;aid, and whereof the Ma&s;ter and thr&eacute;e fourths of the Mariners at lea&s;t are Engli&s;h, and not having b&eacute;en fi&s;hed and caught in &s;uch Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, and &s;o naviga|ted, there &s;hall be paid by way of Cu&s;tom and Impo&s;t the &s;everal &s;ums of money herein after par|ticularly mentioned, (that is to &s;ay) for Cod-fi&s;h, the Barrel Five &s;hillings; for Cod-fi&s;h, the la&s;t containing twelve Barrels, Thr&eacute;e pounds; for Cod-fi&s;h, the hundred containing &s;ix&s;core, Ten &s;hillings; for Coal-fi&s;h, the hundred containing &s;ix&s;core, Five &s;hillings; for Lings, the hun|dred containing &s;ix&s;core, One pound; for White Herrings, the La&s;t containing twelve Barrels, One pound &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings; for Haddocks, the Barrel, Two &s;hillings; for Gull-fi&s;h, the Bar|rel, Two &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as planting and making Tobacco within this Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> doth conti|nue <MILESTONE N="IX"> and increa&s;e, to the apparent lo&s;s of his &s;aid Maje&s;ty in his Cu&s;toms, the di&s;couragement of the Engli&s;h Plantations in the parts beyond the Seas, and prejudice of this Kingdom in gene|ral, notwith&s;tanding an Act of Parliament made in the Twelfth year of his &s;aid Maje&s;ties Reign for prevention thereof, Entituled, <HI>An Act for prohibiting the Planting, Setting,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 34. The further penalty for planting To|bacco in <HI>Eng|land.</HI></NOTE> <HI>or Sowing of Tobacco in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI></HI> And fora&s;much as it is found by experience, that the rea&s;on why the &s;aid planting and making of Tobacco doth continue, is, That the penalties pre&s;cri|bed and appointed by that Law are &s;o little, as have neither power or effect over the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors thereof: For remedy therefore of &s;o great an evil, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, that do, or &s;hall at any time hereafter Set, Plant, or Sow any Tobacco in S&eacute;ed, Plant, or otherwi&s;e, in or upon any ground, field, earth, or place within the Kindom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> I&s;lands of <HI>Guern&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or Kingdom of <HI>Ireland,</HI> &s;hall over and above the penalty of the &s;aid Act for that purpo&s;e ordained, for every &s;uch offence forfeit and pay, the &s;um of Ten pounds for every Rod or Pole of ground that he or they &s;hall &s;o Plant, Set or Sow with Tobacco, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity of ground; one third part thereof to the Kings Ma|je&s;ty, one other third part thereof to the u&s;e of the poor of &s;uch re&s;pective Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes where|in &s;uch Tobacco &s;hall be &s;o Planted, Set or Sowed; and the other third part thereof to him or them that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of his &s;aid Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, That in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall re&s;i&s;t or make force|able oppo&s;ition again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons in the due and through Execution of the &s;aid Act of the Twelfth of his &s;aid Maje&s;ties Reign, that he, &s;he, or they &s;o re&s;i&s;ting and making forceable op|po&s;ition, &s;hall over and above the penalties therein mentioned for &s;uch Offences, be committed to the Common Gaol of the County where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed, there to remain with|out Bail or Mainpri&s;e, untill he, &s;he, or they have entred into a Recognizance to his Maje&s;ty,
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his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, with two &s;ufficient Sureties of Ten pounds penalty, not to do or commit the like offence again.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Tobacco plan|ted in Phy&s;ick Gardens.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That this Act nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to the hin|drance or prejudice of Planting Tobacco in any Phy&s;ick-Garden of either of the Vniver&s;ities, or any other private Garden for Chirurgery, &s;o as the quantity &s;o planted exc&eacute;ed not the half of one Pole in any one place or Garden.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Cattel impor|ted from the <HI>I&s;le of Man.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to import Cattel of the br&eacute;ed of the <HI>I&s;le of Man,</HI> not exc&eacute;eding &s;ix hundred in any one year; And Corn of the growth of that I&s;land out of that I&s;land into <HI>England;</HI> &s;o as the &s;aid Cattel be landed at <HI>Che&s;ter, Liverpool</HI> or <HI>Wirewater;</HI> Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
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<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Butchers may not &s;ell live fat Cattel.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">3 &amp; 4 E. 6. cap. 19.</NOTE>VVHereas by an Act made in the Third and Fourth years of the Reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Sixth, It is Enacted, That no Per&s;on u&s;ing the Craft or My&s;tery of a Butcher, &s;hould buy any fat Oxen, St&eacute;ers, Runts, Kine, Hei&s;ers, Calves, or Sh&eacute;ep, and &s;ell the &s;ame again alive, upon pain of forfeiture of the Cattel &s;o &s;old; which Law hath not wrought &s;uch effectual Reforma|tion as was intended, by rea&s;on of the difficulty in the proof of &s;uch Buying and Selling, being for the mo&s;t part at places far di&s;tant, if not in &s;everal Counties, by means whereof the Parties &s;o offending have e&s;caped unpuni&s;hed.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;|&s;em<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">led, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That no Per&s;on u&s;ing the Trade of a Butcher &s;hall at any time from and after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel next en&s;uing, Sell, Offer or Ex|po&s;e to &s;ale in any Market, or el&s;ewhere, either by him&s;elf, or any Servant or Agent what&s;oever, any fat Oxen, St&eacute;ers, Runts, Kine, Heifers, Calves, Sh&eacute;ep, or Lambs alive, upon pain to for|feit the double Value of the Cattel &s;o Sold or Offered,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon Butchers for &s;elling live fat cattel.</NOTE> or Expo&s;ed to Sale as afore&s;aid; The one moyety of which forfeiture &s;hall be to the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, by Bill, Plaint, Action of Debt or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<P>Four intire Sub&s;idies granted to His Maje&s;ty by the Temporalty. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<P>An Act for Confirming of Four Sub&s;idies, Granted by the Clergy. EXP.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additional Act for the better Ordering and Collecting the Duty of Exci&s;e, and preventing the Abu&s;es therein.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 24.</NOTE>FOr the preventing of the Frauds and Deceits of Brewers, and other per&s;ons who make B&eacute;er and Ale, and other Exci&s;eable Liquors to &s;ell, and of the abu&s;es committed by the Of|ficers, Collectors, and Managers of the Exci&s;e, to the great decay of his Maje&s;ties Revenue of Exci&s;e, and ob&s;truction of the due and orderly Collecting of the &s;ame, and for &s;upply and amend|ment of certain defects in the Laws and Statutes relating to the Duty of Exci&s;e, as well for the &s;upport and advance of the &s;aid Revenue, as for the ea&s;e of the People; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That no com|mon Brewer, Inn-keeper, Victualler, or other Retailer of B&eacute;er or Ale, &s;hall at any time after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Notice to be geven of all brewing Ve&s;|&s;els.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty thr&eacute;e, without giving notice thereof at the next Office of Exci&s;e, or to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, or one of them, within the Limits and Iurisdiction of who&s;e Office he or they do or &s;hall Inhabit, Erect, Set up, Alter, or Enlarge any Tun, Fat, Back, Cooler or Copper, and &s;hall make u&s;e of any of them for the Brewing or making any B&eacute;er or Ale, or Worts, or &s;hall make u&s;e of, or k&eacute;ep any private and concealed Store-hou&s;e, Cellar, or other place for the laying of any B&eacute;er or Ale, or Worts in Cask, other then &s;uch as are already openly &s;et up, erected and made u&s;e of in his com|mon and u&s;ual Brew-hou&s;e, and now openly di&s;covered and known, upon pain to forfeit the &s;um of Fifty pounds for every Tun,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> Fat, Back, Copper and Cooler &s;et up and made u&s;e of without &s;uch notice given as afore&s;aid, and contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof; And that all and every other per&s;on or per&s;ons, in who&s;e occupation any Hou&s;e, Me&s;&s;uage, Out-hou&s;e, or other place what&s;oever is or &s;hall be, where any &s;uch private and concealed Tun, Back, Cooler or Store-hou&s;e &s;hall be found and di&s;covered, &s;hall al&s;o forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Fifty pounds, to be levied and recovered in manner and form as in by this pre&s;ent Act is hereafter Directed and Ordained. And moreover, every &s;uch private and concealed Tun, Fat, Back, Copper or Cooler &s;o di&s;covered and found as afore&s;aid, or altered or enlarged, together with all B&eacute;er, Ale or Worts therein being, &s;hall and may be taken up, &s;eized, carried away, and delivered to the Over&s;&eacute;ers for the Poor, to be &s;old for the u&s;e of the Poor, or di&s;tributed among&s;t them.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Eighth day
<PB N="189" REF="106">
of <HI>November,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and five,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers for regula|ting may not Farm the Ex|ci&s;e. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 23.</NOTE> no per&s;on or per|&s;ons what&s;oever nominated by his Maje&s;ty to be in Commi&s;&s;ion for the Regulating of his Ma|je&s;ties Revenue of Exci&s;e, or for the exerci&s;e of any the Powers or Authorities mentioned in an Act, Entituled, <HI>A Grant of certain Impo&s;itions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for the increa&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Revenue during His life;</HI> Or one other Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite by Knights Service and Purveyance, and <MILESTONE N="II"> for &s;etling a Revenue upon his Maje&s;ty in lieu thereof,</HI> or in this pre&s;ent Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 24.</NOTE> &s;hall pre&s;ume to Farm the &s;aid Revenue of his Maje&s;ty, either directly or indirectly, by obtaining Letters Patents to him or them&s;elves thereof, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever intru&s;ted for him or them, or to or for his or their u&s;e, benefit or behoof; Nor that any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, being a Far|mer of the &s;aid Revenue, &s;hall be any way capable to be nominated a Commi&s;&s;ioner for the Re|gulating his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Revenue of Exci&s;e, or exerci&s;ing any Powers or Authorities concer|ning the &s;ame: But if any per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;tands thus di&s;abled as afore&s;aid, to be nomi|nated a Commi&s;&s;ioner, &s;hall become a Farmer, and &s;hall in either of the &s;aid ca&s;es neverthele&s;s pre&s;ume directly or indirectly to act as a Commi&s;&s;ioner, Farmer, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioner, to exe|cute the Powers and Authorities afore&s;aid, either alone, or joyntly with other per&s;ons that are Farmers, or el&s;e with any other who are not Farmers, &s;hall from and after &s;uch his acting, lo&s;e the benefit of his &s;aid Farm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and be thenceforth totally for ever di&s;abled to be either Farmer of the &s;aid Revenue, or Commi&s;&s;ioner for the regulating thereof, and exercizing the Powers afore|&s;aid; And that all and every act and acts done by any Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, being Farmer or Farmers, by him or them&s;elves, or joyntly with others who are not Farmers, &s;hall be void in Law, and of none effect; And that all and every per&s;on or per|&s;ons any way mole&s;ted or troubled by the command and authority of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners acting by him or them&s;elves, or together with others who are not Farmers or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, may bring his Action at Law for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> and thereby recover his Damages again&s;t any &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And that all and every Letters Patents to be made from and after the Tenth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, enabling any Farmer or Farmers of the Exci&s;e to be Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall be utterly void and of none effect; Any thing in any of the &s;aid Acts to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And that if any Commi&s;&s;ioner or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioner, Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, who by colour or vertue of any Letters Patents are now both Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;|&s;ioners for regulating the &s;aid Revenue, and likewi&s;e Farmers of the &s;aid Revenue,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for giving any fal&s;e and cor|rupt judg|ment to the Brewers damage.</NOTE> &s;hall give any fal&s;e and corrupt Iudgment in advancement of the benefit of his or their &s;aid Farm, to the Brewers damage, contrary to Law, he or they &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch Iudgment &s;o fal&s;ly and corruptly given, double Co&s;ts to the Party &s;o injured by the &s;aid corrupt and fal&s;e Iudgment: And in ca&s;e any per&s;on &s;hall unju&s;tly complain of any Iudgment of the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-mi&s;&s;ioners <MILESTONE N="III"> as afore&s;aid, and &s;o &s;hall be found upon his Appeal, the &s;aid party &s;hall forfeit double Co&s;ts to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, for &s;uch unju&s;t vexations, to be recovered by Information, Bill or Plaint, in any Court of Record.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI><MILESTONE N="IV"> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of Gagers in making En|tries.</NOTE> all and every Gager or Gagers of the Exci&s;e, who &s;hall take an accompt of any B&eacute;er or Ale brewed or made by any common Brewer, &s;hall w&eacute;ekly after &s;uch common Brewer hath made, or ought to have made his Entry at the Office of Exci&s;e, and not otherwi&s;e, make and deliver to &s;uch common Brewer at his hou&s;e, or to &s;ome of his &s;ervants in his behalf, a true Copy under his or their hand, of &s;uch Return or Report as he or they have made thereof to the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;|&s;ioners of Exci&s;e re&s;pectively, upon pain to forfeit for every neglect or refu&s;al the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That no &s;uch common Brewer or Brewers &s;hall be &s;ued or pro&s;ecuted for any penalty or forfeiture by him or them incurred, for or by rea&s;on of any mi&s;-entry, or &s;hort Entry, if he or they &s;hall within the &s;pace of one w&eacute;ek after the delivery of &s;uch Copy as afore|&s;aid, certifie his or their Entry according to the &s;aid Return, or otherwi&s;e di&s;charge him|&s;elf.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted, That from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty thr&eacute;e, and as often as there &s;hall be occa&s;ion, Two able Arti&s;ts &s;hall be appointed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Skilful Ga|gers to be made, and to take an oath.</NOTE> one of them by His Maje&s;ties Commi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners for Exci&s;e, and the other by the Brewers of any City or place; which &s;aid Arti&s;ts &s;hall take an Oath, which Oath any one Iu&s;tice hath hereby power to admini&s;ter, to take and compute the ju&s;t Contents and Gage of all Coppers, Fats, Tuns, Backs and Coolers, and all other Brewing-Ve&s;&s;els of that nature, belonging to all or any Brewer or Brewers of B&eacute;er or Ale to &s;ell, and to deliver, and give un|der their hands, one Copy of the particular Contents of all &s;uch Ve&s;&s;els to the afore&s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, and another true Copy thereof to each and eve|ry &s;uch re&s;pective Brewer; which Computation by the Arti&s;ts afore&s;aid, &s;hall an&s;wer and be ac|cording to the mea&s;ures and proportions expre&s;t in the &s;aid former Acts for Exci&s;e.</P>
<P><PB N="190" REF="107"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers or Far|mers not to act as Iu&s;tices+ces of the peace in matters touching the Exci&s;e.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That no Commi&s;&s;ioner, Farmer or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioner for the Ex|ci&s;e, or Common Brewer of Ale or B&eacute;er to &s;ell, or Inn-k&eacute;eper what&s;oever, &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> have power to act in, or execute as a Iu&s;tice of the Peace, any of Powers, Clau&s;es, or things contained in any of the Laws made for and concerning the Exci&s;e, or in this pre&s;ent Act; And if any of the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;ume to act or execute any thing con|trary hereunto, It is hereby further Declared, That all &s;uch things &s;o acted or executed by any of them, are and &s;hall be utterly void and null to all intents and purpo&s;es.</P>
<P>And whereas by the &s;aid recited Acts it is Enacted, That no per&s;on &s;hall be compelled by the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, to Travel for the making of his Entries, or Payment of the Duties of Exci&s;e, or other Clau&s;e what&s;oever touching or concerning the &s;ame, if he live in a Market-Town,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Market Towns.</NOTE> out of the &s;aid Town; and if he live out of a Market-Town, then to no other place then to the next Market-Town to his habitation in the &s;ame County on the Mar|ket-day; And neverthele&s;s the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, or their Officers have <MILESTONE N="V"> not accordingly kept Officers in the Market-Towns in many Counties within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> whereby &s;uch Entries and Payments for the Duties of Exci&s;e might be had and made, and yet do take and levy the Penalties and Forfeitures in the &s;aid Acts mentioned, for non-Entry and Payment of the Duty, and do otherwi&s;e thereupon grieve and vex His Maje&s;ties Subjects, contrary to the true intent and meaning of the &s;aid Acts;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers, Farmers or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners in each County within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall con&s;titute and appoint,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers to at|tend in Mar|ket-Towns touching re|ceits and du|ties of Exci&s;e.</NOTE> or depute under their hands and &s;eals, &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall think n&eacute;ed|ful in each re&s;pective Market-Town, to be there upon every Market-day, in &s;ome known and pub|lick place, for the receiving of the &s;aid Entries and Duties of Exci&s;e, and for performing all other matters and things touching the &s;aid Duty, according to the &s;aid Acts, and this pre&s;ent Act: which &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o con&s;tituted or deputed (and the place where they intend to hold or k&eacute;ep &s;uch Office, being on the next Market-day after &s;uch Con&s;titution or Deputation publi&s;hed in full and open Market) &s;hall attend at &s;uch Office on every Market-day, in &s;uch Market-Town, and &s;hall keep the &s;aid Office open from Nine of the Clock in the morning, until Twelve of the Clock at Noon; and from Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, until Five of the Clock in the Af|ternoon. And in ca&s;e &s;uch Office &s;hall not be &s;o kept and attended in each Market-Town re&s;pective|ly, the Commi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers, Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o neglecting or refu&s;ing to do the &s;ame, &s;hall for every Market-day forfeit Ten pounds, the one half to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other half to him or them that will Inform and Sue for the &s;ame in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or In|formation, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be admitted or allowed; And &s;uch per&s;on as &s;hall come to &s;uch Market-Town to make &s;uch Entry or Payment of the Duties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and &s;hall tender the &s;ame according to the &s;aid Acts, and be able to prove &s;uch Tender by the Oath of one or more &s;ufficient Witne&s;&s;es, &s;hall not be liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture impo&s;ed by the &s;aid Acts, for &s;uch w&eacute;ekly or monthly Entries or Payments as &s;hould have b&eacute;en made or paid on &s;uch Market-day; any Article, Clau&s;e or Thing in any or either of the &s;aid Acts, or this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="VI"> And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Septem|ber,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">At what times only Brewers may carry out their deer.</NOTE> No common Brewer of B&eacute;er or Ale, &s;hall Sell, Deliver or Carry out any B&eacute;er or Ale to any his Cu&s;tomers, either in whole Cask, or by the Gallon, in any City, Town-Corporate, or Market-Town, before notice given to an Officer of Exci&s;e, but betw&eacute;en the hours of the day hereafter mentioned (That is to &s;ay) From the Twenty fifth day of <HI>March,</HI> to the Twenty ninth day of <HI>September</HI> yearly, betw&eacute;en the hours of Thr&eacute;e of the Clock in the morning, and Nine of the Clock in the evening; and from the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> to the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March</HI> yearly, betw&eacute;en the hours of Five of the Clock in the morning, and Seven of the Clock in the evening, upon pain that every Brewer doing contrary hereunto, &s;hall for every &s;uch Offence forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings for every Barrel of B&eacute;er or Ale that &s;hall be &s;o carried out contrary to the true meaning of this Act, to be Levied and Re|covered as in and by this pre&s;ent Act is hereafter enacted and appointed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid. That if any common Brewer, Inn-K&eacute;eper, Victualler, or other Retailer of B&eacute;er or Ale, &s;hall at any time after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> after an accompt hath b&eacute;en taken by the &s;aid Gager or Gagers, of the quantity and quality of the B&eacute;er,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mingling of &s;trong and &s;mall worts.</NOTE> Ale or Worts found in his Tun, and other Brewing Ve&s;&s;els, convert any part of his &s;mall B&eacute;er or &s;mall Worts &s;o taken accompt of, into &s;trong B&eacute;er or Ale, by mingling, letting down, or &s;triking over any &s;uch &s;trong Ale, or &s;trong Worts, into which, or among&s;t any &s;uch &s;mall B&eacute;er, or &s;mall Worts, and &s;hall &s;ell, deliver out, or retail the &s;ame, or any part thereof, without giving notice to the &s;ame Gager or Gagers of the quality &s;o mingled and converted as afore&s;aid; or if any &s;uch Brewer or Retailer as afore&s;aid, &s;hall after the &s;aid time, hide, conceal, or convey any B&eacute;er, Ale or Worts not Gaged, from the &s;ight or view of the Gager or Gagers appointed to take accompt of the &s;ame, whereby the Kings Maje&s;ty, or His Commi&s;&s;ioners or Farmers &s;hall or may be defrauded in any manner of wi&s;e, of the Duties due for the &s;ame, or any
<PB N="191" REF="107">
part thereof, every &s;uch common Brewer, Victualler and Retailer, for every Barrel of B&eacute;er or Ale by him or them &s;o mingled, converted, &s;old, delivered, hid, concealed or conveyed away, con|trary to the true intent and meaning hereof, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, to be levied and recovered in manner and form as in and by this pre&s;ent Act is hereafter Ordained and appointed.</P>
<P>And be it further Declared and Enacted, That all and every the Brewing-Ve&s;&s;els,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Brewing-Ve&s;|&s;els and Vten|&s;ils &s;ubject to the debts and penalties of Exci&s;e.</NOTE> and Vten&s;ils for Brewing, into who&s;e hands &s;oever the &s;ame &s;hall come, &amp; by what Conveyance or Title &s;oever the &s;ame be claimed, &s;hall be liable and &s;ubject unto, and are hereby charged with all and &s;ingular the Debts and Duties of Exci&s;e in arrear, and owing by any per&s;on or per&s;ons for any B&eacute;er or Ale made within the &s;aid Brew-hou&s;e, and &s;hall al&s;o be &s;ubject to all Penalties and Forfeitures in|curred <MILESTONE N="VII"> by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o u&s;ing the &s;aid Brew-hou&s;e, for any offence again&s;t the Laws and Statutes for Exci&s;e; And that it &s;hall be lawful in all ca&s;es to levy Debts and Penalties, and u&s;e &s;uch proc&eacute;edings again&s;t the Vten&s;ils therein contained, as it may be lawful to do in ca&s;e the Debtor or Offender u&s;ing the &s;aid Vten&s;ils had been truly and really Owner and Proprietor of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That after the fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Brewers that brew for other Brewers.</NOTE> no com|mon Brewer of B&eacute;er or Ale, nor any other per&s;on what&s;oever, who hath or &s;hall compound for the Duties of Exci&s;e for B&eacute;er or Ale by him brewed, or to be brewed, &s;hall during the term of &s;uch Compo&s;ition, Brew, or make, or &s;uffer, or permit any B&eacute;er or Ale to be brewed or made within his Brew-hou&s;e, for any other common Brewer what&s;oever, without fir&s;t giving notice, as well of every particular brewing, as of the quantity and quality of the B&eacute;er and Ale at every &s;uch Brewing intended to be brewed and made, unto the re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e, within the Di&s;tricts of who&s;e Office &s;uch common Brewer doth or &s;hall inhabit, and forthwith paying down unto the &s;aid re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, Farmers or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners, the full Exci&s;e of all the &s;aid B&eacute;er and Ale, upon pain that as well the Brew|er who &s;hall brew the &s;ame, as the Brewer for whom the &s;aid Beer or Ale &s;hall be brewed, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e for euery Barrel the &s;um of Five pounds, the one moyety to the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the other moyety to the Informer that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be permitted to &s;ell or retail any Coff&eacute;e, Chocolate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Coffee, Cho|colate, Sher|bet, Tea.</NOTE> Sherbet or Tea, without Licen&s;e fir&s;t obtained and had by Order of the General Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Certificate being fir&s;t &s;hewed that they have given good Secu|rity for the due payment of their dues to the King, or the chief Magi&s;trate of the place in who&s;e Iurisdiction he or they do or &s;hall inhabit or dwell, for the Selling or Retailing of the &s;ame; Nor &s;hall any Licen&s;e be granted to any Retailer, until Security fir&s;t given by Recognizance or other|wi&s;e: For which Licen&s;e, Recognizance and Security, Twelve pence &s;hall be given, and no more, for the payment of the Exci&s;e. And every per&s;on or per&s;ons Selling or Retailing any of the &s;aid Liquors without Licen&s;e had, and Security given as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Five pounds for every moneth he or they &s;hall continue Selling or Retailing the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Gagers may take no bribes nor rewards, to make fal&s;e returns.</NOTE> That from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>September,</HI> no Brewer or other per&s;on what&s;oever &s;hall Bribe or Corrupt, or give any Money, F&eacute;e, or other Reward what&s;oever to any Gager or Gagers, or other Officer what&s;oever, to make any fal&s;e Return or Report into the Office of Exci&s;e, of any B&eacute;er, Ale, or other Liquors Exci&s;e|able, made or brewed, or to be made or brewed, within his or their Charge, Divi&s;ion or Walk, or to forbear or omit the doing or executing of his or their Places or Imployments, upon penalty of Ten pounds for every &s;uch Offence; And that no Sworn Gager or Gagers, or other Officer <MILESTONE N="VIII"> what&s;oever, &s;hall directly or indirectly take and receive any Bribe, Money, F&eacute;e, Gift, or other Reward of any Brewer or other per&s;on what&s;oever, for any cau&s;e or matter relating to the Ex|ci&s;e, upon Penalty that every &s;uch Sworn Gager or other Officer &s;o offending, &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit and lo&s;e the &s;um of Ten pounds: All and every of which &s;aid re&s;pective offen|ces &s;hall be proved by the Oaths of Two lawful and credible Witne&s;&s;es before Two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or chief Magi&s;trate of the place where &s;uch offence &s;hall be committed; which &s;aid Iu&s;tices or Magi&s;trates re&s;pectively have hereby power to admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oaths, and al&s;o to Examine, Adjudge and Determine the &s;ame, and to cau&s;e &s;uch Penalties by Warrant under their hands and &s;eals, to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Offenders Goods, rendring to the Party the overplus; and for want of &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s, to commit every &s;uch Offender to the Common Gaol of &s;uch County or Place, there to remain by the &s;pace of Thr&eacute;e Moneths without Bail or Mainprize.</P>
<P>And for the better Levying and Collecting the Duties of Exci&s;e upon all Foreign or Impor|ted Liquors; Be it Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Foreign Li|quors impor|ted to be duly entred.</NOTE> That no &s;uch Foreign or Imported Liquors &s;hall be landed or put on &s;hore out of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el from beyond the Seas, before due Entry be fir&s;t made thereof, with the Officer and Collector appointed for the Exci&s;e, in the Port or Place where the &s;ame &s;hall be Imported, or before the Duty of Exci&s;e due and payable for the &s;ame be fully &s;atisfied and paid; And that every Warrant for the landing or delivering of any &s;uch For|reign Liquors &s;hall be Signed by the hand of the &s;aid Officer or Collector of the Exci&s;e, in the &s;aid Port or Place re&s;pectively; upon pain that all &s;uch Foreign Liquors as &s;hall be landed,
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put on &s;hore or delivered, contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof, or without the pre&s;ence of an Officer or Waiter for the Exci&s;e, or the value thereof, &s;hall be forfeited and lo&s;t, the one moyety to the Kings Maje&s;ty, and the other moyety to him or them who &s;hall or will Sei&s;e, In|form or Sue for the &s;ame, to be recovered of the Importer or Proprietor thereof.</P>
<P>And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever bringing any Exci&s;eable Liquors (except B&eacute;er, Ale, Sider, Perry and Metheglin) into any part or place of this Realm, by Coa&s;t, Cocquet, Tran&s;ire or Certificate, nor any per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the &s;ame, or any of them &s;hall be con&s;igned, &s;hall land, or cau&s;e any &s;uch Exci&s;eable Liquors (except before excepted) to be landed or put on &s;hore, without making or cau&s;ing due Entry to be made of the &s;ame, with the Officer or Officers of the Exci&s;e for the time being, appointed to receive and take &s;uch Entries within the Port or Place where the &s;ame &s;hall be landed, upon pain in every &s;uch ca&s;e as afore&s;aid, to forfeit double the va|lue of the &s;aid Liquors landed or put on &s;hore contrary to the true intent and meaning here|of.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Appeals in cau&s;es of Ex|ci&s;e.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted and Ordained by Authority afore&s;aid, That no Ap|peal in any Cau&s;e of Exci&s;e what&s;oever &s;hall be admitted, until the Party Appellant &s;hall have fir&s;t Depo&s;ited and laid down the &s;ingle Duty of Exci&s;e in the hands of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, Far|mers or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e within who&s;e Iurisdiction or Divi&s;ion the &s;aid Cau&s;e was originally heard and determined, and have given Security to the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Appeal, or Iu&s;tice of the Peace re&s;pectively where &s;uch Cau&s;e is to be finally Adjudged, for all &s;uch Fine, Forfeiture and Penalty, as upon &s;uch hearing and determination was Adjudged again&s;t him; And that if upon the hearing and determining of any &s;uch Appeal, the &s;aid Original Iudgment &s;hall happen to be rever&s;ed and made null, then, and in every &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, Far|mers, or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e in who&s;e hands the &s;aid &s;ingle Duty of Exci&s;e was depo|&s;ited, &s;hall re&s;tore and deliver back the &s;ame, or as much thereof as &s;hall be adjudged by the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Appeals, or Iu&s;tices of the Peace re&s;pectively to the &s;aid Appellant, and the party originally pro&s;ecuted, &s;hall pay him double Co&s;ts. But in ca&s;e the fir&s;t Iudgment &s;hall be affir|med, the party Appealing &s;hall pay the like Co&s;ts unto the Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners com|plained of; Any thing in this Act, or any other Act or Statute what&s;oever to the contrary thereof contained in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Exci&s;e upon Vinegar-beer.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons what|&s;oever, Brewing or Making any B&eacute;er, whether in a common Brew-hou&s;e, or otherwi&s;e for &s;ale, or to convert into Vinegar for &s;ale, &s;hall pay for every Barrel of &s;uch Vinegar-B&eacute;er &s;o made and brewed, the &s;everal and re&s;pective &s;ums already impo&s;ed and &s;et by any the Acts of Exci&s;e above mentioned, upon Vinegar-B&eacute;er brewed by any common Brewer in any common Brew-hou&s;e; Any thing in the &s;aid Acts, or either of them, to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Colledges and Halls in the Vniver&s;i|ty.</NOTE>And is it hereby further Declared, That every Colledge and Hall in either of the Vniver&s;ities, which before the Duty of Exci&s;e was impo&s;ed, did brew their own B&eacute;er and Ale within their own Precincts, and &s;ize it out to their re&s;pective Members within their own Precincts only, are not liable to the payment of any Duty of Exci&s;e for the &s;ame, either by this or any the foremen|tioned Acts.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="IX"> Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That all Differences, Appeals and Complaints that &s;hall happen and ari&s;e betw&eacute;en party and party,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Complaints to be determi|ned in the pro|per counties.</NOTE> in order to the payment of the Duty of Exci&s;e, &s;hall be heard and determined in the proper County, or in the &s;everal Ridings and Divi&s;ions of <HI>York|&s;hire</HI> and <HI>Lincoln&s;hire,</HI> where they &s;hall ari&s;e, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers or Far|mers may take no Fees.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Farmer, Commi&s;&s;ioner, Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioner, or other Officer of Exci&s;e, &s;hall directly or indirectly take or receive any Mony, F&eacute;e or Reward, for or concerning the taking of any Bond, or giving any Receipt or Note in Wri|ting, relating to the Exci&s;e, to or from any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, upon pain that every &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;um of Ten &s;hillings.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may hear and determine matters upon this Act.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or any two or more of them, or Chief Magi&s;trates in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Divi&s;ions and Pla|ces within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales</HI> re&s;pectively, &s;hall m&eacute;et once in every moneth in their re&s;pective Di|vi&s;ions, or oftner if there &s;hall be occa&s;ion, to hear, determine, and to adjudge all matters and of|fences again&s;t this or the afore&s;aid Acts.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How the pe|nalties upon this Act &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed and recovered.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That one third part of all Fines, Penal|ties and Forfeitures not herein otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed, &s;hall be to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &amp; one other third part to the poor of the Pari&s;h where the Offence &s;hall be committed, &amp; the other third part to him that &s;hall inform and &s;ue for the &s;ame; And that all Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures for which no remedy is Ordained for recovery thereof by this Act, &s;hall be reco|vered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Informations in any Court of Record within &s;uch Coun|ty, City or Corporation where the Offence &s;hall be committed, or by &s;uch other ways and means, and in &s;uch manner as by the &s;aid former Act is directed and appointed.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="X"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Appeals for matters in <HI>London,</HI> and the limits thereof.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, That after the &s;aid Third day of <HI>September,</HI> no Appeal in any Matter or Cau&s;e of Exci&s;e within the immediate Limits of the Chief Office of <HI>London,</HI> nor within the Limits of the pre&s;ent Farm of <HI>London,</HI> during the continuance of &s;uch Farm, &s;hall be admitted, unle&s;s the &s;ame be brought within Two Moneths next after the fir&s;t Iudgment, and notice there|of given or left at the Dwelling-hou&s;e of the party or parties concerned therein; nor &s;hall any
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Appeal in any Matter or Cau&s;e of Exci&s;e in any other County, City, Town or Place, be admit|ted, unle&s;s the &s;ame be brought within Four Moneths after the fir&s;t Iudgment, and notice given as afore&s;aid; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, And it is hereby Enacted, That no Commi&s;&s;ioner, Farmer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">No Commi&s;|&s;ioner or other may act until he have taken the Oath in the Act of. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 23.</NOTE> Sub-Com|mi&s;&s;ioner or other per&s;on imployed, or to be imployed in the Farming, Collecting or taking Ac|compts for the Duty of Exci&s;e, do after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>September</HI> next, take upon him or them any &s;uch Office, or proc&eacute;ed in execution of any &s;uch Imployment, until he or they have fir&s;t taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by the Act of Parliament, Entituled, <HI>A Grant of certain Impo&s;i|tions on Beer, Ale, and other Liquors, for the increa&s;e of His Maje&s;ties Revenue during His life,</HI> be|fore the re&s;pective per&s;ons appointed in the &s;aid Act of Parliament, and have Entred his Certifi|cate for taking the &s;aid Oaths, with the Auditor for Exci&s;e, under the penalty of Fifty pounds for every Moneth he or they &s;hall &s;o neglect to take the &s;ame.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Explanatory Act, for Recovery of the Arrears of Exci&s;e.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Declared and Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Par|liament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That where any Commi&s;&s;ioner, Sub-Com|mi&s;&s;ioner, Trea&s;urer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es Sureties for Exci&s;e &s;hall be an&s;werable for the arrears. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 11.</NOTE> and all other Officers which were heretofore imployed in the Receipt of the Exci&s;e, Farmer or Collector of Exci&s;e, which are and &s;tandeth charged with, or accomptable for any Duties of Exci&s;e by him or them received, farmed or detained, or any ways due from the per&s;ons before named, or any of them, and not pardoned by the late Act, Entituled, <HI>An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion;</HI> That there, and in &s;uch ca&s;e, all and every the Sure|ties of &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons charged or chargeable as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be deemed and taken to be liable and an&s;werable according to the nature of their re&s;pective Securities; Any doubt or que&s;ti|on made touching the Con&s;truction of the &s;aid late Act of Fr&eacute;e and General Pardon to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e for the time being, or the major part of them have I&s;&s;ued out any Summons or Warning, which hath b&eacute;en left at the hou&s;e, or u&s;ual place of re&s;idence, or with the Wife, Child, or menial Servant of any the afore&s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons Chargeable or Accomptable as afore&s;aid, The &s;ame &s;hall be d&eacute;emed and adjudged a good and &s;ufficient Summons, and as legal and effectuall a notice as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en actually delivered to the proper hands of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the &s;ame was directed; Any doubt or que&s;tion thereof made to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="13" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additional Act for the better Ordering and Collecting the Revenue ari&s;ing by Hearth-Money.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas the Revenue Setled on His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, by a late Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 10.</NOTE> Entituled <HI>(An Act for E&s;tabli&s;hing an Additional Revenue upon His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the better &s;upport of His and their Crown and Dignity)</HI> hath b&eacute;en much ob&s;tructed for want of true and ju&s;t Accompts under the hands of the re&s;pective Occupiers of Hou&s;es, Edi|fices, Lodgings and Chambers, as by the &s;aid Act is required, and by the negligence of Con&s;ta|bles and other Officers intru&s;ted with the Taking and Reforming &s;uch Accompts: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Iu&s;ti|ces of the Peace &s;hall cau&s;e accompts to be taken of the number of Hearths.</NOTE> Corporations, Places and Limits within their re&s;pective Iurisdictions, at the next Se&s;&s;ions to be held after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Archangel next en&s;uing, or the major part of them then pre&s;ent, &s;hall i&s;&s;ue out Warrants under their Hands and Seals to the re&s;pective High Con&s;tables, or other like next Officer, who &s;hall i&s;&s;ue the like Warrants unto the Petty Con|&s;tables, Head-boroughs and Tythingmen, requiring them on the next Sunday, after Morning-Service ended, to give publick notice in the Church or Chappel generally to all the Inhabitants, and al&s;o to give notice publickly in the Church, and particularly as afore&s;aid to every Inhabitant within their re&s;pective Precincts, that &s;hall then be Occupier of any Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging or Chamber, That within Ten days next after &s;uch notice, he give a true and ju&s;t account in wri|ting under his hand, of all Hearths and Stoves in &s;uch re&s;pective Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging and Chamber, unto &s;uch re&s;pective Con&s;table, Head-borough and Tythingman; who upon re|ceipt of &s;uch Accompt, &s;hall with Two other &s;ub&s;tantial Inhabitants of the &s;aid re&s;pective Pre|cinct, whom they are hereby Authorized to Charge for that purpo&s;e, in the day-time enter into the re&s;pective Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging and Chamber, and upon his own view compare &s;uch Accompt, and &s;&eacute;e whether the &s;ame be truly made or not, and endor&s;e the &s;ame Accompt accor|dingly to what he finds upon his view; which Accompt &s;o received and endor&s;ed, &s;hall be by him tran&s;mitted within twenty dayes after &s;uch Receipt to the re&s;pective High-Con&s;table,
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or other like Officer as afore&s;aid, together with a Book or Roll fairly written, wherein &s;hall be Two Columes, The one containing the Names of the per&s;ons, and number of Hearths and Stoves in their re&s;pective Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, that are chargeable by the &s;aid Act; and the other the Names of the per&s;ons, and number of Hearths and Stoves in their re&s;pective po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, which are not chargeable by the &s;aid Act: Which being &s;o received by &s;uch re&s;pective High Con&s;ta|ble, or other like Officer as afore&s;aid, and compared together, &s;hall within &s;ix dayes after &s;uch Receipt be tran&s;mitted to the two next re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of the Peace, who are hereby impow|red <MILESTONE N="II"> to examine the &s;aid re&s;pective High-Con&s;table, or other like Officer as afore&s;aid, Petty Con&s;table, Headborough or Tythingman, upon Oath, concerning the truth and faithfulne&s;s of their actings in the premi&s;&s;es; which being done, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall within ten days after &s;uch examination, Sign and Tran&s;mit the &s;aid Book and Roll, together with the &s;aid Original Ac|counts &s;o endor&s;ed as afore&s;aid, and filed together, unto the re&s;pective Clerk of the Peace, who &s;hall within Twenty days after receipt thereof, Engro&s;s the &s;aid Book or Roll in Parchment, to be &s;till kept in the re&s;pective County and Places afore&s;aid; and &s;hall al&s;o within Two Months Engro&s;s in Parchment a true Duplicate of the &s;aid Book or Roll, which being Signed by him and by two Iu&s;tices of the Peace at lea&s;t of the re&s;pective County and Places afore&s;aid, &s;hall be tran&s;mitted within one Month after &s;uch Engro&s;&s;ement into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exche|quer.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for o|mitting any Hearth.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Occupier of any Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging or Chamber, &s;hall not make, or cau&s;e to be made an Account, or &s;hall omit in his Account required to be made by this Act, any Hearth or Stove; he &s;hall for every &s;uch Hearth or Stove he &s;hall &s;o omit, forfeit the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon Con&s;tables for neglect.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That if any Petty Con&s;table, Headborough or Tythingman to whom &s;uch Accounts as afore&s;aid &s;hall come, &s;hall neglect to tran&s;mit the &s;ame, together with a Book or Roll in manner and time afore&s;aid, to the re&s;pective High Con&s;table, or other like Officer as afore&s;aid, or &s;hall make default in giving &s;uch notice as afore&s;aid, or in comparing the Account with two &s;ub&s;tantial Inhabitants as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence, the &s;um of Five pounds.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">High-Con&s;ta|bles.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That if any High-Con&s;table, or other like Officer as afore&s;aid, &s;hall neglect to compare the &s;aid Original Accompts and the &s;aid Book or Roll, or to tran&s;mit the &s;ame in manner and time afore&s;aid, he &s;hall for every &s;uch Offence forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds. All which before mentioned Forfeitures and Penalties &s;hall be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, the one half to the u&s;e of his Maje&s;ty, the other half to the u&s;e of him or them that &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Prejudice by charge of an|nual officers remedied.</NOTE>And whereas His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Revenue &s;etled by the afore&s;aid Act, hath b&eacute;en much preju|diced by Annual changing of Petty Con&s;tables, Headboroughs, Tythingmen, High-Con&s;tables and Sheriffs, to whom the Collecting and Receipt of His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Revenue is thereby in|tru&s;ted; Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the changing of &s;uch Annual Officers, or leaving of their &s;aid Offices, &s;hall not excu&s;e or di&s;able any per&s;on who &s;hall be Con|&s;table, Headborough, Tythingman, High-Con&s;table or Sheriff at the time that any Revenue or Duty &s;hall grow due or payable by the &s;aid Act, from Collecting, Di&s;training and Receiving re|&s;pectively &s;uch Revenue or Duty &s;o grown due; but that every &s;uch per&s;on in &s;uch ca&s;e is hereby <MILESTONE N="III"> enabled and required to do all things re&s;pectively, as to &s;uch Revenue or Duty &s;o growing due, as if he had continued Con&s;table, Headborough, Tythingman, High-Con&s;table or Sheriff; Any thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for neglecting to di&s;train, re|ceive, or pay over the &s;aid duty.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on who by the &s;aid, or this Act, ought to Collect, Di&s;train for, Receive or Pay over any the &s;aid Revenue, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to do his duty therein, for every w&eacute;ek he &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e, he &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, to be recovered in manner, and by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as the afore|&s;aid Forfeitures by this Act are to be recovered.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">All per&s;ons may be called in aid to di|&s;train.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in all ca&s;es which by this or the afore&s;aid Act, any Petty Con&s;table, Headborough or Tythingman may en|ter into the hou&s;e of any per&s;on, or he may di&s;train the Goods of any per&s;on, he may call to his aid any two &s;ufficient Inhabitants of the re&s;pective Town&s;hips or Precincts, who are hereby en|joyned to a&s;&s;i&s;t him therein.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sheriffs ap|pointed Col|lectors, may make their Deputies.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where any Sheriff is by the afore&s;aid Act appointed to be Collector of any part of the &s;aid Revenue, that &s;uch Sheriff may execute the &s;aid place of Collector, by &s;uch Deputy or Deputies as to him &s;hall &s;&eacute;em meet, being thereunto appointed under the Great Seal of his Office, or under his own hand and &s;eal; Any thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Trea&s;urers and Officers of the Inns of Court, Chan|cery, Colled|ges, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers, and other Officers of the re&s;pective Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges, and other Societies chargeable by the afore&s;aid Act for their Hearths and Stoves, &s;hall do all things as the re&s;pective Con&s;tables by this Act are enjoyned to do, under the like Penalties, though without any Warrant from the re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of the Peace; And that every Occupier of any Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodg|ing or Chamber within any the re&s;pective Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges and So|cieties afore&s;aid, &s;hall do all things, and under the like Penalties as are required by this Act
<PB N="195" REF="109">
of any Occupier of any Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging or Chamber el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">We&s;tmin&s;ter.</NOTE> That the High Bayliff of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> for the time being, or his or their Deputy or Deputies, may within the City and Liberties of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> from and after the Eight and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> next, Col|lect and Levy the &s;aid Duty, and put in execution all the Powers of the &s;aid former Act, and this pre&s;ent Act, as amply as any Sheriffs who by the &s;aid former Act are made Collectors, may do within their re&s;pective Limits and Iurisdictions appointed to them by the &s;aid Act: And the &s;aid Bailiff for the time being &s;hall be &s;ubject to the &s;ame Penalties and Duties as the &s;aid She|riffs are, and &s;hall receive the &s;ame reward; and the Sheriff of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> for the time being is di&s;charged from putting in execution the Tru&s;t afore&s;aid in the &s;aid City and Liberty of <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> from the &s;aid Eight and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> &s;aving onely for the Collecting of &s;uch arrears as then &s;hall happen to be: And the Con&s;tables and Headboroughs, and other Officers within the &s;aid City and Liberty of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> &s;hall deliver unto the &s;aid Bailiff, Duplicates of all Accounts of Hearths and Stoves, and do all other things in &s;uch manner as by the &s;aid Act they ought to have done unto the &s;aid Sheriffs; any thing in the &s;aid, or this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Bailiff of the Bur|rough <MILESTONE N="IV"> of <HI>Southwark</HI> for the time being, his Deputy or Deputies may within the &s;aid Burrough,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Southwark.</NOTE> and other Liberties of <HI>Southwark,</HI> from and after the Eight and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> next, Collect and Levy the &s;aid Duty, and put in execution all the Powers of the &s;aid former Act, and this pre&s;ent Act, as amply as any Sheriffs who by the &s;aid former Act are made Collectors may do within their re&s;pective Limits and Iuri&s;dictions appointed to them by the &s;aid Act; and the &s;aid Bailiff for the time being &s;hall be &s;ubject to the &s;ame Penalties and Duties, as the &s;aid Sheriffs are, and &s;hall receive the &s;ame reward; and the Sheriff of <HI>Surrey</HI> for the time being is di&s;charged from putting in execution the tru&s;t afore&s;aid in the &s;aid Burrough and Liber|ties of <HI>Southwarke,</HI> from the &s;aid Eight and twentieth day of <HI>September;</HI> And the Con&s;tables and other Officers within the &s;aid Burrough and Liberties, &s;hall deliver unto the &s;aid Bailiff, Duplicates of all Accompts of Hearths and Stoves, and do all other things in &s;uch manner as by the &s;aid Acts they ought to have done unto the &s;aid Sheriffs; Any thing in the &s;aid former or this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be law|ful to and for the Lord High Trea&s;urer of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowance to Clerks of the the Peace of the &s;everal Coun|ties.</NOTE> and the Chancellor of His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, or either of them, to give and make &s;uch further allowance unto the Clerks of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties of this Kingdom (for their labour and pains in and about the Writing, Engro&s;&s;ing and Returning into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, the Duplicates and Returns of the &s;everal Con&s;tables, in Parchment, over and be&s;ides what is allowed by the &s;aid fir&s;t recited Act) as the &s;aid Lord High Trea&s;urer and Chancellor, or either of them &s;hall think m&eacute;et and convenient, the &s;ame allowance not exc&eacute;eding One penny in the pound by the year; Any thing in the &s;aid former, or in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tan|ding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="14" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XIV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Profits of the Po&s;t-Office, and Power of Granting Wine-Licen&s;es &s;etled on His Royall Highne&s;&s;e the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs Males of his Body.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the Lords and Commons being a&s;&s;embled at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Five and twen|tieth day of <HI>April, Anno Domini</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of our mo&s;t Gracious Sovereign Lord <HI>Charles</HI> the Second, by the Grace of God of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. were there continued untill the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> next following, and then Di&s;&s;olved; In which time a certain Act was made, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 25.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for the better Ordering the &s;elling of Wines by Retail, and for preventing Abu&s;es in the mingling, corrupting, and vitia|ting of Wines, and for &s;etling and limiting the prices of the &s;ame:</HI> Whereby it was Enacted, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and one, unle&s;s he or they &s;hould be au|thorized and enabled in manner and form as by the &s;aid Act is appointed, &s;hall &s;ell or utter by Re|tail any kind of Wine or Wines to be &s;pent in his or their Man&s;ion-hou&s;e or Hou&s;es, or other place by any means what&s;oever, upon pain of forfeiting for every &s;uch offence, the Sum of Five pounds, the one moyety thereof to the King, and the other moyety to him or them that will &s;ue for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And it was further thereby Enacted, That it &s;hould be lawful for His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, from time to time to i&s;&s;ue out under his or their Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> One or more Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions directed to two or more per&s;ons, thereby authorizing them to licen&s;e, and give authority to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hould think fit, to &s;ell and utter by Retail, all <MILESTONE N="II"> and every, or any kind of Wine or Wines to be drunk and &s;pent, as well within the hou&s;e or hou|&s;es,
<PB N="196" REF="110">
or other place in the Tenure or Occupation of the party &s;o Licen&s;ed, as without, in any City, Town or other place within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed;</HI> and &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners are to Contract for &s;elling and uttering of Wines by Re|tail in any City or other place, as afore&s;aid, in &s;uch manner and form, and under &s;uch Provi&s;oes as in the &s;aid Act is mentioned. And it is further provided by the &s;aid Act, That the Rents, Revenues, and Sums of money ari&s;ing by the &s;aid Act &s;hould be duly and con&s;tantly paid, and an&s;wered into His Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer, and not be charged or chargeable, either before it be paid into the Exchequer, or after, with any Gift or Pen&s;ion; as by the &s;aid Act, among&s;t divers other Pro|vi&s;oes and Clau&s;es may more at large appear.</P>
<P>And al&s;o one other Act was at the &s;ame time made, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Erecting and E&s;ta|bli&s;hing a Po&s;t-Office:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 34.</NOTE> Whereby it is Enacted, That from thenceforth there &s;hould be one gene|ral Letter-Office erected and e&s;tabli&s;hed in &s;ome convenient place within the City of <HI>London,</HI> from whence all Letters and Pacquets may be &s;ent into any part of the Kingdom of <HI>England, Scotland</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> or other of His Maje&s;ties Dominions, or unto any Kingdom or Country be|yond the Seas: And that one Ma&s;ter of the &s;aid General Letter-Office, &s;hall be from time to time appointed by the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, by His or their Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General.</NOTE> by the name and &s;tile of His Maje&s;ties Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General; which &s;aid Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter and his Deputy and Deputies, by him thereunto &s;ufficiently authorized, and his and their Servants and Agents, and no other per&s;on &s;hall have the receiving, ordering or &s;ending Po&s;t of all Letters, and Pacquets what&s;oever, to be &s;ent to and from the places afore|&s;aid (except as therein and thereby is excepted) And it was thereby provided, That &s;uch Po&s;t-Ma|&s;ter-General, and his Deputy and Deputies may demand, have, receive and take for the Portage <MILESTONE N="III"> of all &s;uch Letters which he &s;hall convey, as afore&s;aid, and for the providing and furni&s;hing hor&s;es for thorough-Po&s;ts, according to the Rates therein mentioned; And that His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors may Grant the &s;aid Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General, with the Powers and Authorities thereunto belonging, and the &s;everal Rates of Portage therein mentioned, and all Profits, Priviledges, F&eacute;es, Perqui&s;its and Emoluments thereunto belonging, either for life or term of years, not exc&eacute;eding One and twenty years, to &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and under &s;uch Covenants, Conditions, and yearly Rents to His &s;aid Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors re|&s;erved, as he or they &s;hall from time to time think fit; As by the &s;aid Act, among&s;t divers other Clau&s;es and Provi&s;oes therein contained may more at large appear; Both which Acts have b&eacute;en confirmed by this pre&s;ent Parliament.</P>
<P>Now fora&s;much as the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty is graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed out of His Prince|ly care, and great love and affection to His mo&s;t entirely beloved Brother <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> for and towards the Maintenance and Support of the &s;aid Duke his State and Dignity, to Grant and A&s;&s;ign all and every the Power and Powers, Authority and Authorities of giving Li|cen&s;e to any per&s;on or per&s;ons to Sell or Vtter by Retail, all and every, or any kind of Wine or Wines what&s;oever, with all Rents, Sum or Sums of Money, Revenues, Profits and Emo|luments what&s;oever, that &s;hall or may ari&s;e from, or out, or by rea&s;on of &s;uch power of Licen|&s;ing the Retailing of Wines, or Forfeitures for Retailing of Wines without &s;uch Licen&s;es, unto the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and to the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begot|ten: And al&s;o all the Rents, Sum and Sums of money, and Revenues that &s;hall ari&s;e, grow, and become due of, or from the &s;aid General Letter-Office, or Po&s;t-Office, or Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General, unto the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="IV"> Be it therefore Enacted and Declared by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Powers of granting Wine Licen|&s;es entailed upon the Duke of <HI>York.</HI></NOTE> and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, &s;hall have all and every the Powers and Authorities afore&s;aid, to give and grant Licen&s;es to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as he or they &s;hall think fit, to Sell and Vtter by Retail, all and every, or any kind of Wine or Wines what&s;oever to be drunk and &s;pent, as well within the hou&s;e and hou&s;es, or other place in the Tenure or Occu|pation of the party &s;o Licen&s;ed, as without in any City, Town, or other place what&s;oever with|in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town and Port of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> Together with all Benefits and Profits thereof. And al&s;o that the &s;aid Duke, and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, &s;hall have that moyety of the Forfeitures and Penalties, which by the &s;aid recited Act is given to his Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Declared, That all and every other per&s;on or per&s;ons, which from time to time, or at any times hereafter &s;hall be by the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, appointed, authorized or deputed Agent or Agents, Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners to Treat and Contract for giving Licen&s;es and Di&s;pen&s;ations to any per&s;on or per&s;ons for the Selling and Vttering Wines by Retail in any City or Town, or other place, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have the full and &s;ole power and authority to Treat and Contract for giving Licen&s;es to any per&s;on or per&s;ons for the Selling and Vttering Wines by Retail in any City, Town or other place, as afore&s;aid, any Law, Statute, Grant, V&s;age or Cu&s;tom to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding, in as full and ample manner as the Kings Agents or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners might do by vertue of the &s;aid recited Act.</P>
<P><PB N="197" REF="110">And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That &s;uch per&s;on or or per&s;ons as &s;hall <MILESTONE N="V"> be appointed by the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> or the Heirs males of his body begotten, or to be begotten, under his or their Hand and Seal, for granting Licences for Selling and Vttering Wines by Retail, are hereby enabled under &s;uch Seal as the &s;aid Duke, or the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, &s;hall appoint, to grant Licen&s;es for the Selling and Vttering Wines by Retail to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, or for any time or times, not exc&eacute;eding One and Twenty years, if &s;uch per&s;ons &s;hall &s;o long live, and for &s;uch Yearly Rents, and un|der &s;uch Conditions as they &s;hall think fit, &s;o as no Fine be taken for the &s;ame, but that the Rents or Sums of money &s;o agr&eacute;ed for and re&s;erved, &s;hall be duly paid at the times and places agr&eacute;ed for the payment thereof; for which Rents &s;o re&s;erved, in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall not be paid, the &s;aid Duke, and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, &s;hall and may have power by this Act to &s;ue for the &s;ame by Bill, Plaint, or Action of Debt in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, in his own Name; or to &s;ue for the &s;ame in His Ma|je&s;ties Name in the Court of the Exchequer, at the Election of the &s;aid Duke, and the Heirs males of his body begotten, or to be begotten: And that the di&s;charge of the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and of the Heirs males of his body begotten, or to be begotten, or of his or their Receiver General for the time being, &s;hall be a full and effectual di&s;charge to all intents and purpo&s;es, for all &s;uch moneys as have, or &s;hall be received by vertue of the Act for Wine-Licen&s;es.</P>
<P>Provided always, That the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall not during the continuance of the &s;aid E&s;tate Tayl, by him&s;elf or Agents, grant any Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;i|ons, Licen&s;e or Licen&s;es, for the Selling or Vttering of any Wines by Retail.</P>
<P>And al&s;o Provided, That nothing in this Act contained, &s;hall make void any Contracts, Lea|&s;es <MILESTONE N="VI"> or Agr&eacute;ements that have b&eacute;en made by His Maje&s;ties Agents, for granting Licen&s;es for Selling and Vttering Wines by Retail, in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Act; but the &s;ame Contracts, Lea&s;es and Agr&eacute;ements &s;hall remain in &s;uch force as they were before the making of this Act, and that the Rents thereupon re&s;erved, and all Arrears thereof &s;hall be paid unto the &s;aid Duke, and to the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all the yearly Rents,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rents and profits ari&s;ing by the Letter-Office.</NOTE> Sum or Sums of money, Revenues, I&s;&s;ues and Profits what&s;oever that &s;hall grow due, accrew, or be payable unto His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for or by rea&s;on of the &s;aid general Let|ter-Office or Po&s;t-ffice, or Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter General, or annexed, incident or belonging to the &s;aid Po&s;t-Office, or general Letter-Office, or Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General, or I&s;&s;u|ing out of the &s;ame, or accrewing or growing due for, or by rea&s;on of the &s;ame, &s;hall be, and hereby are ve&s;ted and &s;etled by vertue of this Act upon the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, with full and &s;ole power from time to time for the &s;aid Duke, and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, his and their Receivers-General to receive all and every the &s;aid Rents, I&s;&s;ues and Profits accrewing for, or i&s;&s;uing out of the &s;aid Office; and from time to time to give Di&s;charges for the money &s;o received.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Not to be paid into the Ex|chequer.</NOTE> That none of the &s;aid year|ly Rents, I&s;&s;ues and Profits ari&s;ing, growing due, accrewing or i&s;&s;uing out of the &s;aid gene|ral Letter-Office, or Po&s;t-Office, or Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General, &s;hall for, and during the &s;aid E&s;tate Tail, be paid into the Exchequer, but only to the &s;aid Duke, and to the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to begotten, his or their Receiver-General for the time being: And al&s;o, that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Duke, and for the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, in the name of His Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be re|covered.</NOTE> his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, or in his or their own name to &s;ue for the &s;ame, by Bill, Plaint, Information, Action of Debt, or otherwi&s;e, in any Court or Courts of Law or Equity, wherein no Protection, Wager <MILESTONE N="VII"> of Law or E&s;&s;oign &s;hall lie.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Daniel Oneale,</HI> E&s;quire. <HI>EXP.</HI></NOTE> That nothing herein contained &s;hall make void the Grant made by His Ma|je&s;ty to <HI>Daniel Oneale</HI> E&s;quire, of the Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General, or general Letter-Office, or Po&s;t-Office, for four years, and one quarter of a year, from the &s;aid Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, under the yearly Rent of One and twenty thou&s;and five hundred pounds for all the &s;aid Term (Except the la&s;t Quarter, which is paid aforehand) &s;o as the &s;aid Rents be paid unto his &s;aid Highne&s;s <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and to the Heirs Males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And it is hereby further Enacted and Declared, That it &s;hall and may be law|ful for the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, at any time or times, during the &s;aid E&s;tate Tail, by Warrant under His Privy-Seal to charge any Sum, or &s;everal Sums of Money, not exc&eacute;eding in the whole the Sum of Five thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred four&s;core and two pounds ten &s;hillings, to be paid out of the profits of the Office of Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General; to the which &s;aid Sum of Five thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred four&s;core and two pounds ten &s;hillings, the &s;everal Sums and Payments now already charged thereupon, do in the whole amount, (the Grant of which Sums are not to be avoided by this Act) And which &s;aid Sums of Money, not exc&eacute;eding the &s;aid Sum of Five thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred four&s;core and two pounds ten &s;hillings, to be granted by His Maje&s;ty as afore&s;aid, are and &s;hall be by Authority of this Act confirmed and made in full force.</P>
<P><PB N="198" REF="111"><NOTE PLACE="marg">His Maje&s;tie may nominate the Po&s;t-Ma|&s;ter-General.</NOTE>Provided further, That the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall have the nomination of the Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General of the &s;aid Po&s;t-Office, and &s;hall from time to time nominate and appoint &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as he or they &s;hall plea&s;e, to be Po&s;t-Ma&s;ter-General of the &s;aid Office, and may grant the &s;ame Office with the Power and Authority thereunto belonging, and the &s;aid Rates of Portage in the &s;aid Act mentioned, either for &s;ite, or term of years, not exceeding One and Twenty years to &s;uch per&s;on or per|&s;ons, as he or they &s;hall think fit, under the mo&s;t improved yearly Rent that can be rea&s;onab|ly <MILESTONE N="VIII"> had or gotten for the &s;ame by the &s;aid Duke, or the Heirs males of his Body begotten, or to be begotten, without Fines; the &s;aid yearly Rent to be re&s;erved and payable to the &s;aid Duke, and to the Heirs males of His Body begotten, or to be begotten, and al&s;o under &s;uch Covenants, Conditions and Agr&eacute;ements, as the &s;aid Duke, or the Heirs males of his body be|gotten, or to be begotten, &s;hall think fitting; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act contained to the con|trary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Duke may joynture any wife in a third part of the Profits.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Declared, That it &s;hall and may be lawful, to, and for the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and the Heirs males of his Body begotten, and to be begotten, to &s;ettle any part of the &s;aid Premi&s;&s;es, not exc&eacute;eding a Third part of the clear yearly value, over and above all Charges and Repri&s;es, for a Ioynture for his or their Wife or Wives; and al&s;o to Lea&s;e any other part of the &s;aid Premi&s;&s;es for any number of years, not exc&eacute;eding One and Twenty years, and not exc&eacute;eding one other third part of the clear yearly value of the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, over and above all other Charges and Repri&s;es, in order to rai&s;e Portions for his or their younger Children.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Vniver&s;ities.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not in any wi&s;e be preju|dicial to the Priviledge of the two Vniver&s;ities of this Land, or either of them, or to the Chancellor or Schollars of the &s;ame, or their Succe&s;&s;ors, but that they may u&s;e and enjoy &s;uch Priviledges as heretofore they have lawfully u&s;ed and enjoyed; Any thing herein to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the company of Vintners of <HI>London.</HI></NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend, or be prejudidicial to the Ma&s;ter, Wardens, and Fr&eacute;emen and Commonalty of the My&s;tery of Vintners of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or to any other City or Town Corporate, but that they may u&s;e and enjoy &s;uch Liber|ties and Priuiledges, as heretofore they have lawfully u&s;ed and enjoyed; Any thing herein con|tained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act, or any thing there|in contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Borough of St. <HI>Albans.</HI></NOTE> &s;hall not in any wi&s;e extend to debar or hinder the Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es of the Borough of Saint <HI>Albans</HI> in the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> or their Succe&s;&s;ors, from enjoying, u&s;ing, and exerci&s;ing of all &s;uch Liberties, Powers and Authorities to them heretofore granted by &s;eve|ral Letters Patents, under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> by Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> and King <HI>James,</HI> of famous Memories, for the Erecting, Appointing, and Licen&s;ing of Thr&eacute;e &s;everal Wine-Ta|verns within the Borough afore&s;aid, for and towards the maintenance of the Fr&eacute;e-School there; but that the &s;ame Liberties, Powers and Authorities &s;hall be, and are hereby e&s;tabli&s;hed and con|firmed, and &s;hall remain, and continue in, and to the &s;aid Mayor and Burge&s;&s;es and their Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, to and for the Charitable u&s;e afore&s;aid, and according to the tenour of the Letters Pa|tents afore&s;aid, as though this Act had never b&eacute;en made; Any thing herein contained to the con|trary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for the Vniver&s;ity Letters.</NOTE>Provided always, That all Letters and other things may be &s;ent or conveyed to or from the two Vniver&s;ities, in manner as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed; Any thing herein to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="15" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Manufactures of making Linnen Cloth and Tapi&s;try encouraged.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The incon|venience by impor|ting foreign materials of Linnen and Tapi&s;try Hangings.</NOTE>VVHereas va&s;t quantities of Linnen Cloth, and other Manufactures of Hemp and Flax, and of Tapi&s;try Hangings are daily Imported into this Kingdom from Foreign parts, to the great Detriment and Impoveri&s;hment thereof, the Moneys and quick-&s;tock of this Kingdome being thereby daily exhau&s;ted and dimini&s;hed, and the poor thereof unimployed, while the Materials for the making of &s;uch Hangings are here more plentiful, and better and cheaper then in tho&s;e places from whence they are Imported; And Flax and Hemp might be had here in great abundance, and very good, if by &s;etting up the Manufactures of &s;uch Commodities as are made thereof, it would be taken off the hands of &s;uch as &s;ow and plant the &s;ame;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment of En|gli&s;h Manu|factures.</NOTE>For the Encouragement therefore of tho&s;e Manufactures, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby En|acted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spirituall and Temporall, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority thereof, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>October</HI> next en&s;uing, It &s;hall and may be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, Native or Foreigner, fr&eacute;ely and without paying any Acknowledgement, Fee, or other Gratuity for the &s;ame in any place of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">In the occupa|tion of dre&s;|&s;ing and u&s;tng of Hemp and Flax.</NOTE> priviledged or unpriviledged, Corporate or not Corporate, to &s;et up and exerci&s;e the Trade, Occupation or My&s;tery of breaking, hickling or dre&s;&s;ing of Hemp or Flax; as al&s;o for making and whitening of Thread; as al&s;o of Spinning, Weaving,
<PB N="199" REF="111">
Making, Whitening or Bleching of any &s;ort of Cloth what&s;oever made of Hemp or Flax only: As al&s;o the Trade, Occupation or My&s;tery of making of Twine or Nets for Fi&s;hery, or of Sto|ving of Cordage: As al&s;o the Trade,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Making of tape&s;try hang|inge. Foreigners may u&s;e tho&s;e trades and en|joy all privi|ledges as na|tura born &s;ubjects. Oath of Alle|geance and Supremacy.</NOTE> Occupation or My&s;tery of making any &s;ort of Tapi&s;try-Hangings; Any Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And all Foreigners that &s;hall really, and <HI>bona fide</HI> &s;et up and u&s;e any of the Trades and Manu|factures afore&s;aid, by the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years in this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> &s;hall from thenceforth, taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy before two Iu&s;tices of the Peace near unto their dwellings, who are hereby authori|zed to admini&s;ter the &s;ame, enjoy all Priviledges what&s;oever as the Natural born Subjects of this Kingdom.</P>
<P>And it is hereby Enacted and Declared, That &s;uch Foreigners as &s;hall exerci&s;e any of the Trades afore&s;aid by vertue of this Act &s;hall not at any time be lyable to any other or greater Taxes, Payments or Impo&s;itions then &s;uch as are or &s;hall be paid by his Maje&s;ties Natural born Subjects, unle&s;s in ca&s;e they &s;hall u&s;e and exerci&s;e Merchandize into, and from Foreign parts, in which ca&s;e they &s;hall be lyable to pay &s;uch Cu&s;toms as have u&s;ually b&eacute;en paid by Aliens during the &s;pace of Five years next en&s;uing, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="16" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Herring and other Fi&s;heries Regulated; And a Repeal of the Act concerning Madder.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the prevention of abu&s;es in the packing and ordering of Herrings, and bringing that Com|modity into Credit in Foreign parts beyond the Seas, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enact|ed by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spi|ritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Au|thority of the &s;ame, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, No white or red Herrings of Engli&s;h catching, &s;hall be put to &s;ale in <HI>England, Wales,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">How herrings &s;hall be packed</NOTE> or in the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> but what &s;hall be packed in lawful Barrels or Ve&s;&s;els, and which &s;hall be well, truly and ju&s;tly laid and packed; And &s;hall be of one time of Taking, Sal|ting, Saving or Drying, and equally well packed in the mid&s;t, and every part of the Barrel or Ve&s;&s;el, and by a &s;worn Packer; And the Barrel or Ve&s;&s;el marked or branded by &s;uch &s;worn Packer, with a mark or brand denoting the gage of the Barrel or Ve&s;&s;el, and the quantity, qua|lity and condition of the Herrings packed therein, and the Town or place where they were pack|ed; And the Bailiffs of Great <HI>Yarmouth</HI> for the time being, and the Mayor, Bailiffs or other Head-Officer for the time being of every Port, Haven or Cr&eacute;ek out of which any ve&s;&s;els or &s;hips do proc&eacute;ed to fi&s;h for Herrings, are hereby authorized and required before the fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Able packers to be appoint|ed and &s;worn.</NOTE> in the year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, and before the fir&s;t day of <HI>July</HI> in every year after, to appoint for their re&s;pective Haven, Port or Cr&eacute;ek, a competent number of able and experienced Packers, to view and pack all &s;uch white or red Herrings of Engli&s;h catching, as &s;hall be brought into their Port, Haven or Cr&eacute;ek, and well and truly to mark and brand the Barrels or Ve&s;&s;els in|to which they &s;hall be packed, with &s;uch mark or brand as is above directed, and to admini&s;ter to them yearly an Oath, (which Oath they are hereby authorized and appointed to give to them) for the well and true doing thereof according to this Act.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty for not appointing and &s;wearing packers.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Bailiffs of Great <HI>Yarmouth,</HI> or the Mayor, Bailiffs or other Head-Officer for the time being of any &s;uch Port, Ha|ven or Cr&eacute;ek, &s;hall not appoint and &s;wear &s;uch Packers before &s;uch time in every year as is by this Act required, they &s;hall for every default forfeit the &s;um of One hundred pounds of lawful mo|ney of <HI>England;</HI> one moyety to his Maje&s;ty his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety to him or them that &s;hall inform or &s;ue for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, by Bill, Plaint or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be allowed: And for the better regulating of the <HI>I&s;land,</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmony</HI> Fi&s;heries,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>We<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">y,</HI> I&s;land.</NOTE> and Pre&s;ervation of the Spawn of fi&s;h there, Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty thr&eacute;e, no &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el &s;hall proc&eacute;ed upon a Fi&s;hing-Voyage for <HI>I&s;land</HI> or <HI>We&s;tmony</HI> out of any Port, Haven or Cr&eacute;ek in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> or out of the Port of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> until the tenth day of <HI>March</HI> in any year, upon the pain of the forfeiture of every &s;uch &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el, with all her Furniture, Tackle and Apparel, and of all the fi&s;h caught in &s;uch &s;hip or ve&s;&s;el. And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, do collect, levy or take, or cau&s;e to be collected, levyed or taken in <HI>New-found-land</HI> any Toll,<NOTE PLACE="marg">New-found-land.</NOTE> or other duty of or for any <HI>Cod</HI> or <HI>Poor John,</HI> or other fi&s;h of Engli&s;h catching, under pain of the lo&s;s of double the value of what &s;hall be by them levied, collected or taken, or cau&s;ed to be collected, levied or taken; And that no Plan|ter or other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever do ca&s;t or lay any Seme or other Net, in or near any Harbour in <HI>New-found-land,</HI> whereby to take the &s;pawn or young Fry of the <HI>Poor John,</HI> or for any other u&s;e or u&s;es, except for the taking of Bait only, upon pain of the lo&s;s of all &s;uch Semes or Nets, and of the fi&s;h taken in them, or of the value thereof, to be recovered in any of his Maje|je&s;ties Courts in <HI>New-found-land,</HI> or in any Court of Record in <HI>England</HI> or <HI>Wales,</HI> by Bill, Plaint or other Action; wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be al|lowed.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Planter or other per&s;on
<PB N="200" REF="112">
or per&s;ons what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None may de|&s;troy hou&s;es or &s;poil nets, &amp;c. for fi&s;hing in <HI>New-found-land.</HI> The penalty.</NOTE> &s;hall burn, de&s;troy or &s;teal any Boat, Cask, Salt, Nets or other Vten&s;ils for Fi&s;hing or making of Oyl, or other goods or Merchandize left in any Harbour in <HI>New-found-land,</HI> or <HI>Greenland</HI> by <HI>Engli&s;h;</HI> or burn, pull down or de&s;troy any hou&s;e built by <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> in <HI>New-found-land</HI> or <HI>Greenland,</HI> to live in during the Fi&s;hing &s;ea&s;on, or Stage built by them in either of the &s;aid places for the &s;aving or ordering of Fi&s;h, or making of Oyl, upon pain of the lo&s;s of dou|ble the value of what &s;hall be by them &s;toln, burnt or de&s;troyed, to be recovered in any of his Ma|je&s;ties Courts in <HI>New-found-land</HI> or <HI>Greenland</HI> re&s;pectively, or in any Court of Record in <HI>England,</HI> by Bill, Plaint or other Action, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager in Law &s;hall be al|lowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">A repeal of the Statute con|cerning Mad|der. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>c.</HI> 30</NOTE>And whereas upon the humble Petition and complaint of the Merchants and Salters of the City of <HI>London,</HI> it doth appear, That &s;ome &s;orts of Madder very u&s;eful for Dying cannot be Im|ported &s;o pure and clean, as by one Act pa&s;&s;ed the la&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament, (Inti|tuled, <HI>An Act for the Importation of Madder pure and unmixed</HI>) is directed and appointed; Be it Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Act, and every Clau&s;e and Thing therein contained be from henceforth utterly void and repealed to all intents, purpo&s;es and Con&s;tructions what&s;oever.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="17" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XVII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for &s;etling the Dreining of the Great Level of the Fenns, called <HI>Bedford Level.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas certain Moors, Mar&s;hes, Fenny and Low &s;urrounded Grounds within the Coun|ties of <HI>Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincoln, Cambridg</HI> and <HI>Huntington,</HI> and the I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> were called the <HI>Great Level of the Fenns;</HI> And after &s;everal fruitle&s;s undertakings for Dreining the &s;ame, were upon the De&s;ires of many per&s;ons of Worth and Intere&s;&s;ed in the &s;ame, declared to be a Great and Noble Work, and of much Concernment to the whole Countrey, and at their earne&s;t de&s;ire undertaken to be Dreined by <HI>Francis</HI> late Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> according to a Law of Sewers made at <HI>Kings Lynne</HI> in the &s;ixth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Charles</HI> of glorious memory; which &s;aid <HI>Level</HI> is bounded as followeth, <HI>(viz.)</HI> Ea&s;tward from the Bridg and Caw&s;ey of <HI>Stoake,</HI> unto <HI>Brandon</HI>-Bridg upon the Vplands of <HI>Northold, Methold, Feltwell, Hockwold,</HI> and <HI>Wilton</HI> in the County of <HI>Norfolk;</HI> and from <HI>Brandon</HI>-Bridg unto the end of <HI>Wor|lington</HI>-Load upon <HI>Mildenhall</HI> River,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The great le|vel of the fens, how bounded.</NOTE> upon the Vplands of <HI>Brandon,</HI> the Low grounds of <HI>Wains|ford</HI> excluding the &s;ame; the Vplands of <HI>Sakingheath,</HI> the Low grounds of <HI>Ear&s;ewell</HI> excluding the &s;ame: And the Vplands of <HI>Mildenhall</HI> in the County of <HI>Suffolk</HI> Southward from <HI>Worlington</HI>-Load, unto <HI>Burwell</HI> Block upon the Vplands of <HI>Freckingham, I&s;tham, Fordham, Soham,</HI> and <HI>Wickin</HI> in the County of <HI>Cambridg,</HI> and excluding the Low grounds of <HI>Burwell, Landward,</HI> and other pla|ces lying Ea&s;tward from <HI>Burwell</HI> Block afore&s;aid, and from thence unto the Mill near <HI>Angli&s;ey Abby</HI> upon the Vplands of <HI>Burwell</HI> Reach, <HI>Swaffham Pryor, Swaffham Bulbeck,</HI> and <HI>Bot&s;ham</HI> in the County of <HI>Cambridg;</HI> and from thence unto the Ferry-place at <HI>Clayhith</HI> upon the Vplands called <MILESTONE N="II"><HI>Quyhall,</HI> the Low Ground called <HI>Low-Fenne,</HI> and the Vplands of <HI>Horming&s;ey</HI> and <HI>Clayhith</HI> in the &s;aid County, excluding the Low grounds called <HI>Low Fenne</HI> and <HI>Offenne;</HI> and from the &s;aid Ferry-place unto <HI>Over</HI>-Load upon the Vplands of <HI>Water-Beach, Cottenham, Rampton, Winelin|gham</HI> and <HI>Over</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Cambridg,</HI> and upon the Low grounds of <HI>Swacy</HI> in the &s;aid County, excluding the &s;ame We&s;tward from <HI>Erith,</HI> unto the Dam lately made upon the River <HI>Neane</HI> near <HI>Standground</HI> upon the Vplands of <HI>Somer&s;ham</HI> and the Soake thereof, <HI>Warbois, Wi&s;tow Berry, Ram&s;ey, Upwood, Raveley, Wood-walton, Sawtrey, Connington, Glatton,</HI> and <HI>Holme Calde|cott, Denton, Stilton, Yaxley, Fa&s;&s;et,</HI> and <HI>Standground</HI> in the County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> excluding the Low grounds lying on the North &s;ide of the River of <HI>Ow&s;e</HI> above <HI>Erith;</HI> and from the &s;aid Dam unto <HI>Peterborough</HI> Bridg upon the &s;aid River of <HI>Neane;</HI> and from thence unto the Ferry-place near <HI>Waldron Hall</HI> upon the Vplands of <HI>Peterborough,</HI> and the Soake thereof in the County of <HI>Northampton;</HI> and Northward from the &s;aid Ferry-place near <HI>Waldron Hall</HI> unto <HI>Crowland</HI> Bridg upon the River of <HI>Welland;</HI> and from thence to <HI>Dow&s;edale</HI> upon the Bank of Great <HI>Por|land;</HI> and from thence unto <HI>Guyhurne</HI> upon the Southea Bank; and from thence unto <HI>Tilne|hurne</HI> upon the Bank of the Fenne Ground called <HI>Walder&s;ea;</HI> and from thence unto <HI>Elme Leame</HI> at <HI>Grangers</HI> Hou&s;e upon the Bank of the Fenne Ground called <HI>Coldham;</HI> and from thence unto the River of <HI>Neane</HI> near <HI>Thurlings</HI> in <HI>Upwell</HI> upon the Bank of <HI>Needham</HI> called <HI>Bi&s;hops Dike;</HI> and from thence unto <HI>Weil Creek,</HI> at the North-we&s;t corner of <HI>Wa&s;&s;ingham Fenne</HI> upon the Bank of the Grounds in <HI>Upwell</HI> and <HI>Outwell</HI> called <HI>Playfield</HI> and <HI>Churchfield,</HI> excluding the afore&s;aid Fennes and Grounds called <HI>Walder&s;ea, Coldham, Needham, Playfield</HI> and <HI>Churchfield;</HI> and from thence unto <HI>Salters</HI>-Load upon the New <HI>Podyke</HI> Bank, and from thence unto the mouth of the River <HI>Wi&s;&s;ey</HI> upon the River <HI>Ow&s;e,</HI> and from thence unto <HI>Helgey</HI> Bridg upon the River <HI>Wi&s;&s;ey,</HI> and from thence unto the Vplands at the end of the Bank of the Grounds late of <HI>Edmond Skip|with</HI> <MILESTONE N="III"> E&s;quire decea&s;ed, upon the &s;aid Bank, and from thence unto <HI>Stoake</HI> Bridg upon the Vplands of <HI>Roxham, Deereham, Weereham, Wretton</HI> and <HI>Stoake</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Norfolk;</HI> Except the imbanked Grounds late of <HI>Edmond Skipwith</HI> E&s;quire, lying on the North &s;ide of the River of <HI>Ow&s;e;</HI> And whereas the &s;aid <HI>Francis</HI> late Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> was to have for his recompence of ef|fecting that difficult work, onely Ninety five thou&s;and Acres of the &s;aid Grounds, with conveni|ent High-wayes and Pa&s;&s;ages to the &s;ame; And the New River Cutts and Dreynes to be made
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by the &s;aid Earl and his A&s;&s;igns, and the Banks of the &s;ame, and the Forelands in the in&s;ide of the &s;aid Banks not to exceed Sixty foot in breadth: Which was a work of &s;o Great and Publick Concernment, that his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty gave great Encouragement to the &s;aid <HI>Francis</HI> late Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> and others, whom he had taken in to be Adventurers and Participants with him there|in, upon the Covenants, Conditions and Agr&eacute;ements contained and &s;pecified in and by a certain Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, bearing date the &s;even and twentieth day of <HI>February,</HI> in the &s;eventh year of the Reign of his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty, and his Royal A&s;&s;urance to further it by his Concur|rence to an Act of Parliament for e&s;tabli&s;hing thereof, and did by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> Incorporate the &s;aid late Earl, his Adventurers and Participants, to have Succe&s;&s;ion for ever; and in order to the effecting thereof, the &s;aid late Earl and his Adventurers and Participants be&s;towed great &s;ums of money for perfecting the &s;ame, and after his death and &s;ome interruptions, <HI>William</HI> now Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> &s;on and heir to the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> with di|vers of his Adventurers and Participants, by colour of a pretended Act of Parliament of the nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and nine, pro|c&eacute;eded in the compleating and fini&s;hing the &s;aid Works; And the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by that pretended Act, did adjudg the &s;ame Dreyned, but the &s;ame cannot be pre&s;erved without a per|petual con&s;tant care, great charge and Orderly Government, which being repre&s;ented to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty that now is, He hath b&eacute;en gratiou&s;ly plea&s;ed to declare more then an ordinary willingne&s;s to promote and countenance a Work of &s;o Publick Concernment, and many ways advantagious to this his Kingdom. To the end therefore that a work of this Nature may receive a Publick Support and Encouragement.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the Advice and A&s;&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of <MILESTONE N="IV"> the &s;ame, That the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> &s;on and heir of the &s;aid <HI>Francis</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> and Adventurers made a Cor|poration for the Fens.</NOTE> and the Adventurers and Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis</HI> and Earl <HI>William</HI> or either of them, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, in &s;uch manner as is herein contained, &s;hall be a Body Politick and Cor|porate in D&eacute;ed and Name, and have Succe&s;&s;ion for ever, by the Name of the Governor, Bailiffs and Commonalty of the Company of Con&s;ervators of the Great Level of the Fens; which Cor|poration &s;hall con&s;i&s;t of one Governor, &s;ix Bayliffs, twenty Con&s;ervators and Commonalty, and &s;hall have and u&s;e a Common Seal to be appointed by them&s;elves, and a&s;&s;emble and meet toge|ther, when, where, and as oft as they plea&s;e, and appoint a Regi&s;ter, Receiver, one or more Ser|geants at Mace and other Officers, and allow them Salaries, and remove them, and make new at their plea&s;ure. And the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> is to be the fir&s;t Governor;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> Gover|nour. The Bayliffs.</NOTE> <HI>Richard</HI> Lord <HI>Gorges,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>William Terringham</HI> Knight of the Bath, <HI>Samuel Sandys, Thomas Chichely</HI> and <HI>Samuel Fortrey,</HI> E&s;quires; the &s;ix fir&s;t Bailiffs. Sir <HI>Gilbert Gerhard</HI> ju|nior, Knight, <HI>William Denton, William Crane, Edmond Berry-Godfrey, Arthur Evelin, Samuel Smith, Roger Jenings, Robert Ca&s;tle, Robert Hamp&s;on, Jo&s;eph Ayloffe,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpepper,</HI> Sir <HI>John Hewett</HI> Baronet, <HI>Arthur On&s;low, Robert Phillips, Anthony St. John,</HI> E&s;quires, Sir <HI>Oliver St. John,</HI> Sir <HI>Charles Harbord,</HI> Knights; <HI>Francis Hoblyn, Samuel Sandys</HI> junior,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Con&s;ervators.</NOTE> and <HI>Robert Terringham,</HI> E&s;quires, the fir&s;t Con&s;ervators. And the &s;aid Governor, Bayliffs and Con|&s;ervators to continue until Wednesday in <HI>Whit&s;un-week,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, and from thenceforth until new Elections by the &s;aid Corporation, or the major part which &s;hall be then pre&s;ent; And &s;hall be capable to &s;ue and be &s;ued, and without Licen&s;e of Mortmain to purcha&s;e Mannors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Their power and authority.</NOTE> not exc&eacute;ed|ing two hundred pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> and Goods and Chattels, and to di&s;po&s;e thereof in the name, and to the u&s;e of the &s;aid Corporation, and the &s;aid Governor, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators, or any <MILESTONE N="V"> five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Governor or Bailiffs, or any of them, to be two, &s;hall and may lay Taxes from time to time upon all the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres only for &s;up|port, maintenance and pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great Level, and levy the &s;ame with penalties for non-payment, not exceeding a third part of the Tax, and all other things do in order to the &s;up|port, maintenance and pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great Level, and Works made and to be made.</P>
<P>And whereas by the &s;aid Law of Sewers, twelve thou&s;and Acres, parcel of the &s;aid ninety five thou&s;and Acres, was de&s;igned and intended to his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty, and were &s;et forth and allot|ted by bounds in &s;everalty, and his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion thereof, and granted, a&s;|&s;igned, allotted and &s;et out by bounds two thou&s;and Acres, parcel of the &s;aid twelve thou&s;and Acres, by Letters Patents unto <HI>Jerome</HI> Earl of <HI>Portland,</HI> his Heirs and A&s;&s;igns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Earl of <HI>Port|lands</HI> 2000 Acres.</NOTE> of which &s;aid two thou&s;and Acres, the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland</HI> hath &s;old away about One thou&s;and five hundred Acres in &s;everal parcels to &s;everal per&s;ons, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, for valu|able con&s;iderations, and the re&s;idue thereof being about five hundred Acres, hath granted and conveyed unto his Brother <HI>Benjamin We&s;ton</HI> E&s;quire and his Heirs, upon &s;everal Tru&s;ts, agreed upon betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland</HI> and <HI>Benjamin We&s;ton</HI> by writing for that purpo&s;e:</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid two thou&s;and Acres, or &s;uch other Lands of equal value as &s;hall be &s;et forth in Exchange of the &s;ame, in ca&s;e the aforementio|ned two thou&s;and Acres or any part thereof, &s;hall hereafter be adjudged to have b&eacute;en unduly &s;et out, &s;hall be, and hereby are ve&s;ted, &s;etled and e&s;tabli&s;hed in the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective per&s;ons,
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(to whom the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland</HI> hath &s;o conveyed or mentioned to convey the &s;ame) their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, to each per&s;on his Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, his and their &s;everal and re|&s;pective Share and Shares that was &s;o re&s;pectively to each of them conveyed or mentioned to be <MILESTONE N="VI"> conveyed by the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland,</HI> to be held and enjoyed by them and each of them, his Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, his and their own Share and Part only in &s;everalty, according to the intent of the &s;aid Conveyances thereof to them re&s;pectively made by the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland,</HI> upon the &s;ame Tru&s;ts neverthele&s;s for and concerning the &s;aid five hundred Acres granted or mentioned to be granted to the &s;aid <HI>Benjamin We&s;ton,</HI> which the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland</HI> and <HI>Benjamin We&s;ton</HI> had declared and agr&eacute;ed upon betw&eacute;en them as afore&s;aid; Which &s;aid two thou&s;and Acres &s;hall be holden of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of the Mannor of <HI>Ea&s;t Greenwich</HI> by Fealty only in Fr&eacute;e and Common Soccage, and not otherwi&s;e, and &s;ubject neverthele&s;s with the <MILESTONE N="VII"> the re&s;idue of the Ninety five thou&s;and Acres in equal proportion to all Taxes and Char|ges nece&s;&s;ary and conducing to the pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great Level from Drown|ing.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The 83000. Acres &s;etled and ve&s;ted in the Governor, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Eighty three thou&s;and Acres remainder of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, with the &s;aid Ways, Pa&s;&s;ages, new Rivers, Cutts, Dreyns, Banks and Forelands, over and above the &s;aid ten thou&s;and Acres re&s;idue of the &s;aid twelve thou&s;and Acres which were allotted in &s;everalty, and of which his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion as afore&s;aid, are hereby ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Commonalty of the Company of Con&s;ervators of the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens, and their Succe&s;&s;ors: In tru&s;t neverthele&s;s for the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> and the Adventures and Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis</HI> and Earl <HI>William</HI> or either of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Tru&s;t.</NOTE> their Heirs and A&s;|&s;igns, in &s;uch manner and wi&s;e as is herein after more particularly and e&s;pecially limited and provided; and according to &s;uch parts and proportions as they re&s;pectively now hold and enjoy, or by vertue and provi&s;ion of this Act ought to hold and enjoy, &s;ubject and lyable likewi&s;e to the payment of all Taxes and Charges as afore&s;aid, to be holden of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, of the Mannor of <HI>Ea&s;t Greenwich,</HI> by Fealty only in fr&eacute;e and common Soccage, and not otherwi&s;e: And the &s;aid ten thou&s;and Acres, re&s;idue of the &s;aid twelve thou&s;and Acres (whereof his &s;aid late Maje&s;ty was in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion as afore&s;aid) are hereby ve&s;ted and &s;etled in his Maje&s;ty that now is,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The 10000 A|cres belonging to the King.</NOTE> and his A&s;&s;igns, &s;ubject and lyable with the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres to the &s;ame Taxes and Charges before &s;pecified. And becau&s;e the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens extends into the &s;aid Six Counties be&s;ides the <HI>I&s;le</HI> of <HI>Ely,</HI> and fora&s;much as Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers cannot legally proc&eacute;ed in Execution of their Commi&s;&s;ion, but by a &s;everal Iury of every County to enquire of the matters within their Commi&s;&s;ion in that Coun|ty, which hath heretofore inforced the &s;aid Earl, his Participants and Adventurers, Commi&s;&s;io|ners and Countries, to very great trouble, lo&s;s and expence both of money and time: For avoi|ding which Inconveniencies,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Authori|ty of the &s;aid Corporation as Commi&s;&s;i|oners of Sew|ers.</NOTE> It is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators of the &s;aid Corporation for the time being, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Governour or Bayliffs for the time being, or their Succe&s;&s;ors or any of them to be two, for maintenance and pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great <MILESTONE N="VIII"> Level by convenient Outfalls to the Sea, &s;hall for ever hereafter be, and are hereby made and con&s;tituted Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers for and of the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens: And the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Gover|nour or Bayliffs and their Succe&s;&s;ors or any of them, to be two, are hereby enabled and impow|red from henceforth to u&s;e and exerci&s;e the power and authority of Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers within the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens, and of the Works made or to be made without the &s;aid Great Level for conveying of the Waters of the &s;aid Great Level by convenient Outfalls to the Sea, touching all matters and things what&s;oever happening to be executed or done with|in the &s;aid Great Level, or the &s;aid Works without the &s;aid Great Level, enquirable, puni&s;ha|ble, or to be done by Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, and therein to act and proc&eacute;ed by one or more Iu|ries of good and lawful men, inhabiting within any part or place within the Boundaries of the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens, though in &s;everal Counties, as if the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens lay within one of the &s;aid Counties only, and &s;hall have power to imploy the &s;aid Sergeants or any of them for the time being, by Warrant or Precept from the &s;aid Governor, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Governor or Bayliffs, or any of them, to be two, under the Common Seal of the &s;aid Corporation, to Sum|mon and Return Iuries within the Boundaries of any part of the &s;aid Great Level, and execute all Precepts and Proce&s;s from them, from time to time, and all other things do, as fully as any Sheriff within his re&s;pective County may or can do by Warrant or Precept from Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers; which Iuries are to appear at the times and places &s;et or appoint|ed for them to appear before the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators, and their Succe&s;|&s;ors, or any five or more of them; whereof the &s;aid Governor and Bailiffs, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any of them to be two; And are hereby Impowred to Inquire of, Pre&s;ent and Try all Matters within the &s;aid Great Level, and of and concerning the &s;aid Works made or to be made without the &s;aid Great Level, for conveying of the Waters of the &s;aid Great Le|vel by convenient Outfalls to the Sea, within the power of Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, as if the <MILESTONE N="IX"> &s;ame lay within any one of the &s;aid Counties, or as if the &s;aid Great Level were one di&s;tinct
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County of it &s;elf: And the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Governour or Bailiffs or any of them to be two, &s;hall have further power, as well for the maintenance of the &s;aid Great Level, as for laying and levying of Taxes upon the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, to u&s;e and exerci&s;e within the &s;aid Great Level &s;uch and the like Laws and Cu&s;toms, and Con&s;titute and Appoint &s;uch and the like Officers from time to time, as are or lawfully may be u&s;ed in <HI>Rumney</HI> Mar&s;h in the County of <HI>Kent;</HI> they who exerci&s;e the &s;aid Power of Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, fir&s;t taking the Oath which Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers are by the Law to take; the which Oath the &s;aid Governour and Bailiffs or any of them, are hereby Impowred to Admini&s;ter from time to time, without any further Commi&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e the Metes and Boundaries of the &s;aid Grounds within the &s;aid Great Level, as to the Counties and Pari&s;hes, are very uncertain and hard to be di&s;tingui&s;hed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The metes &amp; boundaries of grounds.</NOTE> Be it therefore further Enacted, That every Writ, Bill, Plaint, Count, Declaration, Information, Pre&s;ent|ment and Indictment, of, for or concerning the &s;aid Grounds within the &s;aid Great Level of the Fens, or any part or parcel of the &s;ame, or any Tre&s;pa&s;s, Offence or Wrong done, acted or com|mitted within the &s;aid Great Level, and proc&eacute;edings thereupon, &s;hall be good and &s;ufficient in Law, though the County, Pari&s;h, Town or Place, or any of them, in &s;uch Writ, Bill, Plaint, Count, Declaration, Information, Pre&s;entment or Indictment be not rightly named, &s;o as there be &s;uch other certainty or de&s;cription of the place whereby the &s;ame is or may be commonly known.<NOTE PLACE="marg">No other Commi&s;&s;io|ners of Sew|ers to meddle in the &s;aid Le|vel.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That no other Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers &s;hall intermeddle within the &s;aid Great Level, or with any the Works made or to be made for Support, Maintenance or Pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great Level, within or without the &s;aid Great Level as afore&s;aid, other|wi&s;e then hereafter in this Act &s;hall be provided.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Conveyances by Indenture entred with the Regi&s;ter.</NOTE> That all Conveyances by Indenture of the &s;aid Ninety five thou|&s;and Acres, or any part thereof, entred with the &s;aid Regi&s;ter, in a Book to be kept for that pur|po&s;e, &s;hall be of equal force to convey the Fr&eacute;ehold and Inheritance of the &s;aid Ninety five thou|&s;and Acres, or any part thereof, as if the &s;ame Conveyances by Indenture were for valuable con|&s;iderations <MILESTONE N="X"> of money, enrolled within Six moneths, in one of the Kings Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> And no Lea&s;e, Grant or Conveyance of, or charge out of, or upon the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, or any part thereof, except Lea&s;es for &s;even years or under in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, &s;hall be of force but from the time it &s;hall be entred with the &s;aid Regi&s;ter as afore&s;aid; the Entry whereof being endor&s;ed by the &s;aid Regi&s;ter upon &s;uch Lea&s;e, Grant, Conveyance or Charge, &s;hall be as good and effectual in the Law, as if the Original Book of Entries were produced at any Tryal at Law, or otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Commonalty &s;hall Execute E&s;tates according to the afore&s;aid Tru&s;t under their Common Seal, the Taxes and Penalties then in Arrear being fir&s;t paid, which for non-payment, are by vertue of this Act to be levied by Sale of the Lands.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Levying of taxes and pe|nalties.</NOTE> That for the Levying &s;uch Taxes and Penalties as are now in Ar|rear, or at any time &s;ince the Thirtieth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and eight (other then &s;uch as are hereby otherwi&s;e directed to be Levied) or which &s;hall be &s;et and impo&s;ed upon the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres by vertue of this Act, and &s;hall be in Arrear upon the re&s;pective parts and proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators of the &s;aid Corporation, and their Succe&s;&s;ors for the time being, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Governour and Bayliffs for the time being, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any of them to be two, for levying &s;uch Taxes and Penalties, which now are, or &s;hall be &s;o in arrear, upon the re&s;pective parts and proportions of the &s;aid Nine|ty five thou&s;and Acres, &s;hall on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> and <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> in <HI>Whit&s;un</HI>-w&eacute;ek, or either of them eve|ry year at the Shire-Hou&s;e in <HI>Ely</HI> afore&s;aid in the &s;aid I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> have power only to &s;ell &s;o much of &s;uch parts and proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, upon which any Tax &s;hall be in Arrear, or penalties in &s;uch proportion as the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators of the &s;aid Corporation or their Succe&s;&s;ors, or any five or more of them, whereof the &s;aid Gover|nour and Bailiffs or any of them to be two, &s;hall judg to be &s;ufficient to rai&s;e &s;uch Taxes and pe|nalties,<MILESTONE N="XI"> by any writing under the Seal of the &s;aid Corporation; and the per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom &s;uch Sales &s;hall be made, &s;hall be a lawful Purcha&s;er and A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e of &s;o much as &s;hall be &s;old, to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Provided, That by any colour of any &s;ale for non-payment of Taxes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for tenants at will or by lea&s;es.</NOTE> any Tenant or Tenants at will, or by Lea&s;e, Indented upon improved Rent of any part of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, &s;hall not be removed from his or their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, until he or they &s;hall have taken his or their Crop from off the Premi&s;&s;es &s;o &s;old, paying rea&s;onable Rent proportionable to the time that &s;uch po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion &s;hall from and after &s;uch Sales be continued; And &s;uch Tenant or Tenants as &s;hall hold any part of the &s;aid Ninety five Thou&s;and Acres by Lea&s;e as afore&s;aid, &s;hall and may, if he or they &s;hall think meet, continue out their re&s;pective terms, paying their Rent to &s;uch Pur|cha&s;er in proportion, to the quantity of Acres &s;o purcha&s;ed; Any thing herein contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding: Provided, That the &s;aid Corporation, nor their Succe&s;|&s;ors &s;hall not &s;ell any part or proportion of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres for any Tax or Penalty in arrear, which Tax or Penalties &s;hall not be in arrear by the &s;pace of four moneths
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next before the Sale, nor any more Lands then only for the rai&s;ing of &s;uch Taxes and Penalties.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Publick no|tice to be gi|ven of lands charged with arrears of tax|es or penalties</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That the &s;aid Corporation &s;hall give publick notice from time to time of the parts and proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, for which any Tax or Penalties is or &s;hall be in arrear, by affixing openly at the Shire-Hou&s;e or Market-place in <HI>Ely</HI> afore&s;aid, a Schedule in Parchment under the Seal of the &s;aid Corporation, containing &s;uch parts and pro|portions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, for which any Tax or Penalty is or &s;hall be in arrear, with the name and names of the re&s;pective Owner or Owners, entred upon the Tax-Roll, with the &s;aid Corporation of the &s;aid parts and proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres &s;o in arrear.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XII"> And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Corporation &s;hall and may from time to time erect any new works within the &s;aid great Level,<NOTE PLACE="marg">New works may be made.</NOTE> or without the &s;aid great Level, for conveying the Wa|ters of the &s;aid great Level by convenient Out-falls to the Sea; &s;o always, that if they cut any &s;everal grounds, they give full recompence and &s;atisfaction for the &s;ame, in &s;uch manner as &s;hall be hereafter in this Act provided.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty for throwing down any works.</NOTE> And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall cut, throw down or de&s;troy any of the &s;aid Works, made or to be made as afore&s;aid, the parties offending &s;hall an&s;wer treble damages to the &s;aid Corporation, and Co&s;ts of Suit to be recovered in an Action of Tre&s;pa&s;s, to be brought by the &s;aid Corporation, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record; And if &s;uch cut|ting, throwing down or de&s;troying, &s;hall be maliciou&s;ly done, the &s;ame &s;hall be puni&s;hed, as for the cutting the Podyke in Mar&s;h-Land.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The oath to be taken by the Governor, Bailiffs, and Con&s;ervators.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> nominated to be Governour, and every other from time to time into that Office cho&s;en, &s;hall (before he take upon him or them, the exerci&s;e of that Office) take an Oath, That he will well and truly execute that Office in all things; the which Oath &s;hall and may be admini&s;tred by the &s;aid Bailiffs or any one of them: And the &s;aid Bailiffs, Con&s;ervators, Regi&s;ter, Receiver or other Officer nominated as afore&s;aid, and every other from time to time, into any of the re&s;pective Offices to be cho&s;en, &s;hall (before he or they take upon him or them the exerci&s;e of the &s;aid re&s;pective Offices) take the like Oath for the true executing their re&s;pective Offices; the which Oath &s;hall be admini&s;tred by the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators, or any two or more of them, without any Commi&s;&s;i|on or further warrant.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Governor Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators to be elected yearly.</NOTE>And for the continuance of the &s;aid Corporation in Succe&s;&s;ion for ever, Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs, Con&s;ervators and Commonalty upon <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> in <HI>Whit&s;un</HI> w&eacute;ek yearly, &s;hall at a publick meeting to be holden for the &s;aid Corporation, by the greater num|ber then pre&s;ent, (whereof the &s;aid Governour or one of the Bailiffs to be one) elect a new Go|vernour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators re&s;pectively: Provided, That none be capable to be, or con|tinue Governour or Bayliffs, That hath not four hundred Acres or more of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, nor to be a Con&s;ervator that hath not two hundred Acres or more of the &s;aid Nine|ty <MILESTONE N="XIII"> five thou&s;and Acres, nor any of the Commonalty to have a voice in Elections, that hath not one hundred Acres or more of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres. And that the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators, or any of them, &s;hall and may be removed by the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Con&s;ervators and Commonalty, or the greater number of them pre&s;ent at their pub|lick m&eacute;etings, whereof the &s;aid Governour or one of the Bayliffs to be one, and new cho&s;en in the place of him or them &s;o dead or removed:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Accounts to be made by all Officers and Agents im|ployed.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Commonal|ty al&s;o &s;hall have further power to have, demand and receive an Account from all and every the Officers, Agents and Servants, their Executors and Admini&s;trators heretofore imployed, or here|after to be imployed for the receiving and paying of money, for or in relation to the carrying on of the Works of the Dreining of the &s;aid great Level, and &s;hall and may &s;ue for and recover the &s;ame; and that all Arrears of Rent already incurred upon, or out of any part of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres upon any Contract or Lea&s;e of the &s;aid Premi&s;&s;es, or any part or parcel there|of, &s;hall be received and recovered, as if the &s;aid pretended Act had b&eacute;en a good and effectual Act: And if any Suit be commenced again&s;t the &s;aid Corporation,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In Suits a|gain&s;t any im|ployed by this Act, the defen|dant may plead the general i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> or any per&s;on for any matter or thing done in pur&s;uance of this Act, then he or they &s;hall or may plead the General I&s;&s;ue, and give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence upon any Tryal to be had touching the &s;ame, which &s;hall be as good and effectual in Law, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en &s;pecially pleaded, and the Iury upon the Tryal to give a Verdict accordingly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lands of per|&s;ons attainted, and titles un|der them, ve|&s;ted in the King.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That as touching and concerning &s;uch part and parcel of the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and Acres, whereof any per&s;on or per&s;ons attainted, or that &s;hall be attainted, was or were in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, at any time &s;ince the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and nine, under pretended Sales thereof re&s;pectively made by colour of the &s;aid pretended Act, or under any <MILESTONE N="XIV"> other Title or pretended title what&s;oever, The Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, his Heirs, Suc|ce&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns &s;hall have the &s;ame, and like benefit, advantage and intere&s;t in all and every the &s;aid parts and parcels of the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and Acres, and no other then as the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o attainted, or which &s;hall be attainted, could or ought to have by vertue of this Act, in ca&s;e they had not b&eacute;en &s;o attainted, or &s;hall not be attainted. And whereas the Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of and in the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, which in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, and by vertue or intention of the &s;aid Act and Law of Sewers made at <HI>Lyn,</HI> do belong and appertain to the &s;aid <HI>Samuel Sandys</HI> the elder
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or his Tru&s;t&eacute;es, Sir <HI>William Terringham,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low,</HI> and other the A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es and Tru&s;|t&eacute;es of <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpeper, Robert Phillips, Robert Scawen,</HI> and to divers other per&s;ons the Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and Parties of the &s;aid Indenture, or their re&s;pective Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;|trators or A&s;&s;igns, are now po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and enjoyed by divers per&s;ons, who took, contracted for, or accepted of, or by &s;uch who claim and derive their intere&s;t and title from and under &s;uch per&s;ons as did take, contract for or accept of pretended E&s;tates or Conveyances of the &s;ame, made, or pretended to be made by certain per&s;ons mentioned in and by the &s;aid pretended Act of the Nine and Twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty and nine, to have Authority to &s;ell the Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of &s;uch of the Adventurers and Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and of their re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, as &s;hould refu&s;e or make default of payment of &s;uch Taxes, as &s;hould by colour and in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid pretended Act be impo&s;ed upon them re&s;pectively, in re&s;pect of their Shares and Lots, in or out of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Com|monalty of the &s;aid Company of Con&s;ervators of the &s;aid Great Level of the Fenns, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, &s;hall Actually &s;tand &s;ei&s;ed and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of all and every the Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions la&s;t mentioned, in tru&s;t neverthele&s;s to and for the u&s;e and behoof of the &s;aid <HI>Samuel <MILESTONE N="XV"> Sandys</HI> the Elder, or his Tru&s;t&eacute;es, in tru&s;t for him, Sir <HI>William Terringham,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low,</HI> and others the &s;aid A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es and Tru&s;t&eacute;es of <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Ar|thur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpepper, Robert Phillips, Robert Scawen,</HI> and of their re&s;|pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, and to and for the re&s;pective u&s;es and behoofs of the &s;aid other per&s;ons, the Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and Parties to the the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, and of their re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns now out of po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, of their re&s;pective Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, as heretofore in or about the Moneth of <HI>October,</HI> in the Thirt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of the late King <HI>Charles</HI> of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, were re&s;pectively allotted, &s;evered, &s;et forth or divided, for or as the re&s;pective Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of &s;uch of the Adventurers, the Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and Parties to the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, their re&s;pective Heirs, Executors, Admini|&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, from and under whom the &s;aid <HI>Samuel Sandys,</HI> the Elder, or his Tru&s;t&eacute;es, Sir <HI>William Terringham,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low,</HI> and others the A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es and Tru&s;t&eacute;es of <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpepper, Ro|bert Phillips, Robert Scawen,</HI> and the &s;aid other per&s;ons, the Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and their re&s;pective Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, now out of po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions of their re&s;pective Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions, do re&s;pectively claim and derive their &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions; And the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Commonalty of the Company of Con&s;ervators, are hereby authorized and required to execute re&s;pective E&s;tates,<MILESTONE N="XVI"> of the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions accordingly, &s;ubject and lyable neverthele&s;s with the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, in equal proportion to all taxes and charges to be laid and impo&s;ed by vertue of this Act for pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Great Level from drowning. And whereas the per&s;ons now in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid la&s;t mentioned Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, whereof pretended E&s;tates and Conveyances were taken, contracted for, or accepted of, as afore&s;aid, do pretend that they or tho&s;e under whom they do re&s;pectively claim and derive their right, title or preten&s;ions to the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions re&s;pectively, have laid out and disbur&s;ed for Taxes for and towards the maintenance, pre&s;ervation and repair of the works of the &s;aid Great Level heretofore Erected by the Earl <HI>Francis</HI> and his Participants, and for and towards their erection of new and nece&s;&s;ary works, for the better and more effectual Dreyning of the &s;aid Great Level, and for building upon the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions, more moneys then the cl&eacute;er rents, i&s;&s;ues and pro|fits of the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions have amounted to &s;ince the &s;aid re&s;pective pretended E&s;tates and Conveyances were fir&s;t taken, contracted for, &amp; accepted as afore&s;aid;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, And it is hereby Enacted, That the Chief Iu&s;tice of the Court of Kings Bench, the Chief Iu&s;tice of the Court of Common-Pleas,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Chief Iu&s;tice of the Kings bench and others made a Iudi|cature to hear and determine differences.</NOTE> the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and the Iu&s;tices of the &s;aid Court of Common-Pleas for the time being, or any two or more of them, are hereby con&s;tituted, appointed, and erected a Iudicature,, or Commi&s;&s;ioners to Hear, Order, Iudge, Decr&eacute;e and Determine upon Bills and An&s;wers, to be Exhibited, or otherwi&s;e as they &s;hall think fit, betw&eacute;en the &s;aid per&s;ons who are now in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid re&s;pective Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions, and the re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid per&s;ons now in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion as afore&s;aid; And the &s;aid Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low,</HI><MILESTONE N="XVII"> and other the &s;aid A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es and Tru&s;t&eacute;es of the &s;aid <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> decea|&s;ed, <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Culpepper,</HI> the &s;aid <HI>Samuel Sandys</HI> the elder, or his Tru&s;t&eacute;es, Sir <HI>William Terringham, Robert Phillips, Robert Scawen,</HI> and the &s;aid other per&s;ons Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> and their re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, who are now out of the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions re&s;pectively, and to whom re&s;pective E&s;tates are by vertue of this Act to be executed of the &s;ame as afore&s;aid; And the &s;aid Iu|dicature or Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them are hereby authorized out of the &s;aid Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions, to Order, Adjudge, Decr&eacute;e, and Determine to either
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of the &s;aid Parties re&s;pectively, &s;uch recompence and allowance as they the &s;aid Iudicature or Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e: And for the better enabling the &s;aid Iudicature or Commi&s;&s;ioners to proc&eacute;ed to the hearing, ordering, adjudging, decr&eacute;eing and de|termining, and for putting in due and &s;p&eacute;edy execution &s;uch Order, Iudgement, Decr&eacute;e, and De|termination, as they or any two or more of them &s;hall make betw&eacute;en the &s;aid parties.</P>
<P>It is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That they the &s;aid Iudicature or Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, &s;hall have &s;uch and the like power and authority, as the High Court of Chancery hath in ca&s;es before the &s;aid Court depending, and for putting in execu|tion the Decr&eacute;es of the &s;aid Court.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power and authority of the &s;aid Iu|dicature.</NOTE> And to the end that the &s;aid Iudicature may be the better en|abled to Iudge of the Rights and Preten&s;ions of either party,</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in every Decr&eacute;e or Determination which they &s;hall make by vertue and in pur&s;uance of this Act, they &s;hall have regard to the &s;um and <MILESTONE N="XVIII"> &s;ums of money actually disbur&s;ed, and expended by either party in the Works of Dreyning the &s;aid Great Level,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Directions for their de|crees and pro|ceedings.</NOTE> and in the pre&s;ervation and reparation of the &s;ame; and al&s;o to the re&s;pective Times of &s;uch Disbur&s;ements and expence, defalking thereout &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money as have b&eacute;en received by either party, their Tenants or A&s;&s;igns, for the Rents, I&s;&s;ues and Profits of the &s;ame, and abating out of the Intere&s;t of the Money disbur&s;ed by either party, &s;o much as the Intere&s;t of the Money received by &s;uch party for the Rents, I&s;&s;ues and Profits of the &s;ame doth a|mount unto. And to the intent that the per&s;ons who by the true intent and meaning of this Act are to be put into po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of any part of the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and acres, may not by undue de|layes, or by any other means or preten&s;ions be kept out of the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the &s;ame;</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That at any time or times after the expiration of Six moneths after the Pa&s;&s;ing of this Act, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid <HI>Samuel Sandys</HI> the elder, and his Tru&s;t&eacute;es for him, Sir <HI>Richard On&s;low,</HI> and others the A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es and Tru&s;|t&eacute;es of <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Cul|pepper,</HI> Sir <HI>William Terringham, Robert Phillips,</HI> and <HI>Robert Scawen,</HI> their and every of their re&s;|pective Heires and A&s;&s;igns, and to and for the Participants of the &s;aid Earl <HI>Francis,</HI> Parties to the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, their and every of their re&s;pective heirs and a&s;&s;igns, who&s;e Lands, Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of and in the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, were &s;old, or pretended to be &s;old, for non-payment of Taxes, by vertue of the &s;aid pretended Act of the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and nine, to bring their re&s;pective Action or Actions of Tre&s;pa&s;s, or Tre&s;pa&s;s and Ejectment in His Maje&s;ties Court of Kings Bench, or Court of Common-Pleas at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons <MILESTONE N="XIX"> what&s;oever, po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, withholding, or occupying the &s;ame, although the &s;aid Governour, Bay|liffs and Con&s;ervators, or &s;o many and &s;uch of them as are thereunto authorized by this pre&s;ent Act, have not, or &s;hall not execute e&s;tates pur&s;uant to this pre&s;ent Act, to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons hereby enabled to bring &s;uch Action or Actions; and &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall recover &s;uch Lands, Shares, Lots, Parts and Proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, as they re&s;pectivly &s;hall make and derive title and claim unto, as Participants of the &s;aid <HI>Francis</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> parties to the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, or as the re&s;pective Heirs or A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid re&s;pective Participants parties to the &s;aid Indenture of Fourt&eacute;en parts, as if the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators had duely executed re&s;pective E&s;tates of &s;uch re&s;pective Lands, Shares, Lots, parts and Proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act: And &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, his and their re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns &s;hall have and hold the &s;ame Lands, Shares, Lots, parts and proportions, as fully and effectually as if the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators had executed re&s;pective E&s;tates thereof, &s;ub|ject neverthele&s;s to &s;uch Decr&eacute;e as the &s;aid Iudicature or Commi&s;&s;ioners before nominated and appointed &s;hall make touching or concerning the Premi&s;es and al&s;o &s;ubject to the payment of all Taxes, to be laid and impo&s;ed by vertue of this Act, and no other. And whereas there are &s;eve|ral &s;ums of money, amounting to Four thou&s;and pounds or thereabouts, in arrear for Taxes, laid and impo&s;ed &s;ince the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">4000 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> in arrear for Taxes upon whom to be laid.</NOTE> in the yeare of our Lord One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and eight, upon &s;everal parts of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, &s;ubjec|ted by this Act to the Iudicature afore&s;aid; and for Penalties incurred for non-payment of the &s;ame, by vertue or colour of &s;ome Act or authority, or pretended Act or authority;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or Iudicato|ry, or any two of them afore&s;aid, &s;hall have Power and authority, and are hereby required in &s;uch adjudication as they &s;hall make, touching the Lands &s;ubjected to their Iudicature as afore&s;aid, to Direct, Order and Decr&eacute;e, upon what Per&s;ons or Lands, the &s;aid Sums of Money &s;o in Arrear for Taxes and Penalties as afore&s;aid &s;hall be charged, and the &s;aid Taxes and Penalties &s;hall be accordingly levyed upon &s;uch Per&s;ons or Lands, and in &s;uch manner, and by &s;uch ways and means <MILESTONE N="XX"> as &s;hall be Directed Ordered and Decr&eacute;ed by the Iudicature afore&s;aid, or any two of them; And as if &s;uch Direction, Order and Decree had b&eacute;en particularly hereby Enacted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Complaints by particular per&s;ons and Pari&s;hes.</NOTE>And whereas particular per&s;ons and Pari&s;hes do conceive and alledge, That the Dreining of one place hath Drowned and made wor&s;e the Lands in other places: And whereas divers per&s;ons likewi&s;e do alledge and complain, That the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres in many places are not indifferently &s;et out, or allotted, according to the Law made at <HI>Lyn,</HI> in the Sixth year of the late King <HI>Charles,</HI> nor according to Agr&eacute;ement made with the Countrey; But in many pla|ces
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greater quantities have b&eacute;en taken from the Owners, Commoners, and Town&s;hips then ought to have b&eacute;en; And that &s;ome Lands have b&eacute;en taken, as belonging to one Pari&s;h and Coun|ty, which in truth did belong to another. And in many places the allotments have b&eacute;en taken very inconvenient for the Town&s;hips, which ought not to have b&eacute;en by the &s;aid Agr&eacute;ement. And whereas the Dreining afore&s;aid, and future maintenance of the &s;aid Great Level ought to be without prejudice to Navigation: And becau&s;e all Complaints which have b&eacute;en made, and all prejudices which have b&eacute;en or &s;hall be done to particular Per&s;ons, Pari&s;hes and Places, cannot by this Act be &s;ufficiently provided for and remedied;</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That Sir <HI>John Tracy</HI> Knight,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners hearing the &s;aid Com|plaints and Differences.</NOTE> Sir <HI>Charles Mordant,</HI> Sir <HI>Nicholas L' Strange,</HI> Baronets, Sir <HI>William Hovel</HI> Knight, <HI>Edward Pepis, Hum|phrey Beddingfield, Nicholas Stileman,</HI> E&s;quires, for the County of <HI>Norfolk.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>Nicholas Bacon,</HI> Knight of the Bath, Sir <HI>Lyonel Tolimach</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>John Duncombe</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>Edmond Pooley</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>George Reve</HI> Knight and Baronet, Sir <HI>George Weneve</HI> Knight, <HI>Thomas Waldegrave</HI> E&s;quire, for the County of <HI>Suffolk.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>Dudley North,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Wendy;</HI> Knights of the Bath; <HI>Levinus Bennet</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Robert King, John Pepis,</HI> Doctors of the Law, <HI>Thomas Crouch, Francis North,</HI> E&s;quires, for the County of <HI>Cambridge.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>Thomas Sclater</HI> Baronet, <HI>L' Strange Colthrop, John Millecent, Thomas Hall, John Sotheby,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>John Bing</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>and William Wren</HI> E&s;quire, for the I&s;le of <HI>Ely.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>Francis Compton</HI> Knight, <HI>Robert Appreece, Sutton A&s;hfield,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Anthony South</HI> Doctor of the Law, <HI>Robert Payne, Richard Nayler, <GAP DESC="blank"> Ferrers</HI> of <HI>Gedding,</HI> E&s;quires, for the County of <HI>Huntington.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>William Dudley,</HI> Knight and Baronet; <HI>Maurice Tre&s;ham, Francis Kirkham, Lewis Palmer, Chri&s;topher Thursby, Francis Lane, George Tre&s;ham,</HI> E&s;quires, for the County of <HI>Northampton.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>Charles Hu&s;&s;ey,</HI> Sir <HI>John Newton,</HI> Baronets, Sir <HI>Thomas Meeres,</HI> Sir <HI>Anthony Irby,</HI> Knights, Sir <HI>Anthony Oldfield</HI> Baronet, <HI>Richard Brownlow, Daniel Rhodes,</HI> E&s;quires, for the <MILESTONE N="XXI"> County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> &s;hall be and are hereby made and con&s;tituted the pre&s;ent Commi&s;&s;ioners for the purpo&s;e herein mentioned.</P>
<P>And for the &s;upplying the number of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, in ca&s;e of death or other avoidance, or incapacity: Be it al&s;o Enacted, That within Thr&eacute;e moneths after &s;uch death, or Notice of &s;uch avoidance or incapacity of the remaining Commi&s;&s;ioners of each re&s;pective County, of which &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners who died, or became incapable were, or the major part of them &s;hall from time to time nominate and appoint by D&eacute;ed under their Hands and Seals to be enrolled in <HI>Chancery</HI> &s;ome other per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;iding within the &s;aid County, of which the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners who died, or became incapable,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Power and Authority of the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners.</NOTE> were to be Commi&s;&s;ioners in the place and &s;tead of him or them &s;o dying, or becoming incapable, which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners here|by con&s;tituted, or hereafter to be con&s;tituted in manner afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them be, are and &s;hall be hereby Authorized and Impowred from time to time to hear and determine &s;uch Complaints, Controver&s;ies, Differences and Grievances as are in this Act expre&s;&s;ed (relating to, or concerning, or occa&s;ioned by the Dreining and Maintaining the &s;aid Great Level) of any Pari&s;h or Town&s;hip, or of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, as well within or without the &s;aid Level, in &s;uch manner as is herein after expre&s;&s;ed: And that the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners hereby con&s;tituted, or hereafter to be con&s;tituted in manner afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall from time to time have power and authority, and are hereby required, at or before the Eight and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix, to give or make &s;atisfaction out of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres to &s;uch Pari&s;h or Town|&s;hip, Per&s;on or Per&s;ons, who&s;e Lands or Intere&s;t therein, either within, or without the &s;aid Level, &s;hall after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e be made wor&s;e in quality or condition by the afore&s;aid Dreining or Works, then they were before the Vnder|taking the Dreining of the &s;aid Level in the Sixth year of the Reign of our late King <HI>Charles</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed memory, and proportionable to the Lo&s;&s;es the owners of or per&s;ons intere&s;&s;ed in &s;uch Lands &s;hall hereafter receive by rea&s;on of their Lands being made wor&s;e in Quality or Condition by any &s;uch Works and Dreining as afore&s;aid, and &s;hall al&s;o have power at any time within Four <MILESTONE N="XXII"> years, from the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, to alter, change and re&s;tore &s;uch parts and parcels of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, as &s;hall upon Complaint be found and adjudged by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, to be unequally, unduly or inconveniently &s;et forth, by rea&s;on of any allotting, either of greater quantities, or as belonging to other Counties, Pari&s;hes, or Manors, or in more inconvenient places then they were formerly allotted and &s;et out by a Law of Sewers made at Saint <HI>Ives</HI> the Twelfth day of <HI>October,</HI> in the Thirt&eacute;enth year of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, notwith|&s;tanding any ve&s;ting of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres or any part thereof in the Kings Ma|je&s;ty, or in the &s;aid Governour, Bailiffs and Commonalty, or in any other per&s;ons before men|tioned, or any E&s;tates executed by them, or any of them.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ravely, Upwood, Sothery, Wicken, Cowfenn, Beezling.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided, and be it Enacted, That Ninety thr&eacute;e Acres in <HI>Ravely</HI> and <HI>Upwood,</HI> Seventy &s;ix Acres in <HI>Sothery,</HI> Fourty four Acres and one Rood in <HI>Wicken,</HI> Eighty eight Acres in <HI>Cowfenn,</HI> Two hundred eighty two Acres in <HI>Beezling,</HI> and Thirty &s;even Acres in <HI>Upwell,</HI> &s;et out to be en|joyed as part of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres &s;ince the making the &s;aid Law of <HI>St. Ives,</HI> in
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lieu of like Proportions altered and re&s;tored to the Countrey, &s;hall be held and enjoyed by the &s;aid Corporation, &s;ubject neverthele&s;s to the tru&s;t in and by this Act declared, as to the &s;aid Eigh|ty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and Acres re&s;idue of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres; and &s;hall be &s;et forth to the &s;aid Corporation in tru&s;t for the Participants or Adventurers, who&s;e proportion &s;hall be &s;o alte|red or exchanged, in lieu of &s;uch part as &s;hall be &s;o altered, exchanged or re&s;tored, &s;uch other pro|portions in &s;uch other places within the &s;aid Level, as to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, that any of the proportions of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres heretofore &s;et <MILESTONE N="XXIII"> forth to <HI>Francis</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> his then Participants and A&s;&s;igns, do fall &s;hort in the quantity of Acres, for which the &s;ame were &s;et forth and allotted, according to the &s;aid Laws of <HI>Lynne</HI> and <HI>St. Ives,</HI> the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall within the &s;aid term of Four years afore&s;aid, appoint the &s;ame to be &s;upplied and made up, out of the grounds where the &s;ame was &s;o allotted to be &s;et forth, to make up the &s;aid proportion of Ninety five thou&s;and Acres. And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Bedford</HI> and his Participants, or the &s;aid Corporation, &s;hall through or by rea&s;on of their undertaking or Dreyning afore&s;aid, in the &s;ixth year of His late Maje&s;ties Reign of ever ble&s;&s;ed Memory, have done, or hereafter &s;hall do any Act or Acts to the prejudice of Navi|gation, and whereby Navigation in the &s;aid Rivers of <HI>Ow&s;e</HI> and <HI>Grant,</HI> and all other Rivers now Navigable pa&s;&s;ing through the &s;aid Level, and the River of <HI>We&s;twater,</HI> being a branch of the Ri|ver of <HI>Ow&s;e,</HI> if it be con&s;i&s;tent with the Dreyning, or in any of them, or &s;uch Drove wayes or Bridges within and without the &s;aid Level, as have b&eacute;en made or cau&s;ed to be made by the Ad|venturers, and have been by them maintained, unle&s;s there be &s;ome agr&eacute;ement to the contrary, be or hereafter &s;hal be interrupted, ob&s;tructed and made wor&s;e, that then the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, whereof the Vice-Chancellour for the Vniver&s;ity of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> the Mayor of the Town of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> and the Mayor of the Town of <HI>Kings Lynne,</HI> for the time being, to be thr&eacute;e; if they upon notice left at their re&s;pective Habitations &s;hall think fit to be pre&s;ent, from time to time, &s;hall and may decr&eacute;e the &s;ame to be made good and amended, at the proper Co&s;ts and Charges of the &s;aid Corporation, within a convenient time, as to their Iudgements &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et: And in ca&s;e it &s;hall happen and &s;o fall out, that the &s;aid Corporation &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e <MILESTONE N="XXIV"> to repair and make good the &s;ame, according to the Order and Decr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and within the time limited by them, that then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals atte&s;ted, to tax the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres in &s;uch Sum and Sums of money as in their Iudgements &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et for the making, pre&s;erving and k&eacute;eping the Navigation in any of the afore&s;aid Ri|vers, as the &s;ame was in the &s;aid Sixth year of the &s;aid King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t; which &s;aid Sum or Sums of money &s;o to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or Taxed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid, &s;hall within Twenty days next after notice thereof given to the Governour or Trea&s;urer of the &s;aid Corpora|tion, be paid unto &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall nominate and appoint to receive the &s;ame. And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Governour or Trea&s;urer of the &s;aid Corporation, after notice &s;o given as afore&s;aid, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay the &s;aid Sum or Sums, as afore|&s;aid, That then the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall have full power and Authority to impower the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons to levy the &s;aid Sum or Sums of money by Di&s;|tre&s;s or Di&s;tre&s;&s;es to be taken upon the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, or any part thereof, and make &s;ale of the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;s or Di&s;tre&s;&s;es &s;o taken, and &s;ell the &s;ame, and render the over|plus unto the &s;aid Governour or Trea&s;urer, deducting the rea&s;onable charges for their labour and pains therein: All which &s;aid Sum or Sums of money &s;o to be taxed and levied by the Authority afore&s;aid, &s;hall be expended and laid out in pre&s;erving and k&eacute;eping the &s;aid Navigation as afore|&s;aid, and maintaining the &s;ame according to the true intent and meaning of this Statute, and not otherwi&s;e. And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Seven or more of them, are al&s;o hereby Impo|wered and Authorized within the &s;pace of Four years, from the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &amp; thr&eacute;e, to a&s;certain and divide the Precincts and Boundaries of &s;uch parts of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, Lord&s;hips, Mannors and Pari&s;hes within the &s;aid Level, as have b&eacute;en by and &s;ince the undertaking, defaced and made ob&s;cure, or by &s;ome other means remain uncertain and hard to be found out, and &s;hall &s;et down &s;uch Bounds and Divi&s;ions in writing, by &s;uch Marks, Boundaries and De&s;criptions as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em <MILESTONE N="XXV"> m&eacute;et, and &s;hall certifie the &s;ame under their hands and &s;eals, in the High Court of Chancery; according to which Divi&s;ion of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, the ex|tent of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties, Lord&s;hips, Mannors and Pari&s;hes in &s;uch places &s;o bounded and divided, &s;hall for ever after the &s;aid Certificate, be d&eacute;emed to be, and none other: And in ca&s;e the quantity of Eight thou&s;and acres lying together, or near together, or any greater quantity of Ground lying together, or near together, within the &s;aid Level, &s;hall become drowned, and &s;o continue for the &s;pace of Twelve moneths together, That then it &s;hall be lawful for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them, from time to time, and at all times, to A&s;&s;e&s;s Taxes or Sums of Money upon the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, for the rai|&s;ing money for Draining the &s;ame again, in &s;uch proportion as they, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall think fit, together with a penalty for not paying the &s;aid Taxes, the &s;aid penalty not exc&eacute;e|ding a third part of &s;uch Tax.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How lands may be &s;old for non-payment of Taxes or penalties.</NOTE>And for default of payment of the &s;aid Taxes or Sums of money and penalties, Be it Enacted, That the Lot and Share of &s;uch Participant or Adventurer of and within the &s;aid Ninety five
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thou&s;and Acres, as &s;hall be in arrear for the &s;aid Tax, &s;um of money, or penalty, and unpaid by the &s;pace of two moneths next after the day appointed for payment by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, or &s;o much thereof as they &s;hall think fit, &s;hall be Seque&s;tred by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, for or towards the payment of &s;uch Tax, &s;um of mo|ney, or penalty &s;o in arrear, re&s;toring the overplus of the money for which &s;uch Lot or Share, or any part thereof &s;hall be Seque&s;tred, if any be: Which Seque&s;tration &s;hall be made in writing under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e the &s;aid Governor, Bayliffs and Corporation con&s;tituted by this Act &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to pay &s;uch Tax or Taxes and penalties, &s;um or &s;ums of money as &s;hall from time to time hereafter be taxed and impo&s;ed by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners before named, or to be named by vertue of this Act, or any &s;even or more of <MILESTONE N="XXVI"> them, pur&s;uant to the Powers given them by this Act; whereupon the Goods and Chattels of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, his or their Tenant or Tenants of and in the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, or any part thereof, &s;hall be di&s;trained or &s;old, or his or their Lands Seque&s;tred for the payment thereof, or that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, his or their Tenant or Tenants, &s;hall thereupon pay the &s;aid Tax and Taxes, and penalties &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and impo&s;ed as afore&s;aid&punc; That then the &s;aid Gover|nour, Bayliffs and Corporation, immediately from and after notice to him or them given thereof, &s;hall A&s;&s;e&s;s and Tax the whole Ninety five thou&s;and Acres for the &s;atisfaction and payment of the Tax, Taxes, and penalties, &s;um and &s;ums of money, and all damages that &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, his or their Tenant or Tenants hath or have paid, born or &s;u&s;tained, as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Corporation &s;hall not within &s;ix moneths next after demand made by &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, his and their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators, who&s;e own, or Tenant or Tenants, Goods and Chattels &s;hall be di&s;trained or &s;old, or Lands &s;eque&s;tred as afore&s;aid, pay and &s;atisfie unto him or them &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money, and damages, as he or they, and his and their re&s;pective Tenant or Tenants have re&s;pectively paid, born and &s;u&s;tained, That then, and from thenceforth &s;uch per|&s;on and per&s;ons, his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall and may bring his and their Action or Acti|ons of Debt in any of the Kings Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> again&s;t the &s;aid Governour, Bayliffs and Corporation, for the recovery thereof, and by vertue of this Act &s;hall recover the &s;ame, and be allowed Co&s;ts of Suit expended therein.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o con&s;tituted or to be hereafter con&s;tituted as afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them, for the better execution of the Powers hereby given, &s;hall &amp; may inform them&s;elves by examining Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, which <MILESTONE N="XXVII"> hereby they or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall have power to admini&s;ter due execution of all, every or any the Powers or Authorities hereby given them, &amp; for the doing Iu&s;tice therein accordingly.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners to take an Oath.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided always, That the &s;aid Commi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ioners and every of them, before he or they take upon him or them the execution of any the Powers or Authorities hereby given them, other then the admini&s;tring the Oath following to one another, which they &s;hall have authority by this pre&s;ent Act to admini&s;ter to one another, &s;hall take the Oath following, <HI>(viz.)</HI></P>
<Q><P>I <HI>A. B.</HI> &s;hall and will without favour or affection, hatred or malice, truly and impartially, according to the be&s;t of my skill and knowledg, execute and perform all and every the Powers and Authorities e&s;tabli&s;hed by this Act of Parliament.</P></Q>
<P>Which Oath any one of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Iudgments, Orders, Decr&eacute;es, Determinations, Alterations, Changes, Re&s;taurations, and other Acts done by the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners hereby con&s;tituted, or hereafter to be con&s;tituted as afore&s;aid, or of any &s;even or more of them re&s;pectively, pur&s;uant to the Powers and Authorities by this Act given, &s;hall be final; And that the fir&s;t time and place of their M&eacute;eting &s;hall be at or before the Two and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and thr&eacute;e, at <HI>Ely.</HI></P>
<P>And that afterwards the u&s;ual places where the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall &s;it to Hear, Order,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Places where the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers &s;hall &s;it.</NOTE> and Determine the Matters to them referred by this Act, &s;hall from the <HI>29th</HI> of <HI>September,</HI> to the <HI>26th</HI> day of <HI>March</HI> in every year, be at the Town of <HI>Huntington;</HI> and from the <HI>25th</HI> day of <HI>March,</HI> till the <HI>30th</HI> day of <HI>September</HI> in every year, be at <HI>Ely,</HI> unle&s;s the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners hereby con|&s;tituted, or hereafter to be con&s;tituted as afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall appoint &s;ome other place or places, being a Market Town or Towns; And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall by Warrant under their hands and &s;eals declare the places and times of their after-m&eacute;eting, which Warrant &s;hall be publi&s;hed in the open Market of &s;uch re|&s;pective places where they la&s;t &s;ate, betw&eacute;en the hours of Twelve &amp; Two upon &s;ome Market day, one moneth at the lea&s;t before the &s;aid time or times of m&eacute;eting, To the end all per&s;ons concerned may have &s;ufficient time and notice to make their appearance before them upon any cau&s;e of com|plaint, or other occa&s;ion; And &s;hall have power and authority by Warrant under the hands and &s;eals <MILESTONE N="XXVIII"> of any &s;even or more of them to &s;ummon Parties and Witne&s;&s;es to appear before them.</P>
<P>Provided, That none of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners hereby con&s;tituted, or hereafter to be con&s;tituted as afore&s;aid, &s;hall Vote or give his Iudgment or Determination in any matter or thing which con|cerns the Divi&s;ion and Bounds of the County, of or for which he is appointed Commi&s;&s;ioner.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That no per&s;on who hath any Part, Share, or Intere&s;t in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or Rever&s;ion of or in any Mannors or Lands within the &s;aid Level, &s;hall be a Commi&s;&s;ioner.</P>
<P><PB N="210" REF="117">And in ca&s;e of De&s;cent, Gift, Devi&s;e, or Purcha&s;e of any &s;uch Part, Share or Intere&s;t to, or by any of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, It is hereby Declared and Enacted, That immediately after &s;uch De|&s;cent, Gift, Devi&s;e or Purcha&s;e to or by any &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioner, The &s;aid De&s;cent, Gift, Devi&s;e or Purcha&s;e &s;hall be an avoidance of his being a Commi&s;&s;ioner; and &s;hall make him be incapable of being again nominated, or appointed a Commi&s;&s;ioner whil&s;t his Intere&s;t doth remain.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall from time to time, and at all times have power and authority to give and make &s;atisfaction out of the Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, who&s;e Lands or Intere&s;t there|in (by any New Works, hereafter to be made by the &s;aid Corporation without the &s;aid Level for conveying of the Waters of the &s;aid Level by convenient Outfals to the Sea) &s;hall be made wor&s;e in quality, condition or value, then they were before the &s;aid Vndertaking in the &s;aid Sixth year of the &s;aid late King <HI>Charles,</HI> proportionable to the lo&s;s and damage the Parties &s;hall receive thereby.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Owners of Wa&s;tes and Commons may improve.</NOTE>And to the end that the Owners of the Commons and Wa&s;tes in the &s;aid Level, and other Towns, Pari&s;hes and places, unto which the Works afore&s;aid, or any of them do extend, may im|prove the &s;ame by making Divi&s;ions and Inclo&s;ures, Be it Provided and Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons. Body Politique or Cor|porate what&s;oever; their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, that are or &s;hall be Lords of Mannors, or have or &s;hall have right of Common in the &s;aid Wa&s;tes, to Improve, Set out, Inclo&s;e, Divide and Se|ver &s;uch Proportion or Proportions, as to them &s;hall or may &s;everally or re&s;pectively belong or appertain, or be adjudged and allotted out of the &s;aid Commons and Wa&s;tes within the &s;aid Le|vel, or within any Town, Pari&s;h or place into which the Works afore&s;aid, or any of them do ex|tend. And to hold &s;uch proportion in &s;everalty at all times of the year; and all Differences that &s;hall ari&s;e concerning the Boundaries of the Wa&s;tes, Rights of Common, Approvements, Allot|ments, Divi&s;ions and Inclo&s;ures, &s;hall from time to time, and at all times be Determined, Ad|judged, and finally ended by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them upon their View or Examination of Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, which they are hereby Authori|zed <MILESTONE N="XXIX"> to Admini&s;ter, or upon both, and hearing of the Parties concerned by their Adjudication un|der their Hands and Seals in Writing, which Determination and Iudgment being Certified in|to the Petty-bag, there to be Filed and kept on Record, &s;hall be final and conclu&s;ive unto all parties: And the Allotments, Divi&s;ions and Proportions &s;o Adjudged or Decr&eacute;ed to be held by the &s;aid re&s;pective per&s;ons, to whom they are &s;o Set out, &s;hall be held by him or them, and his and their Heirs, Executors and A&s;&s;igns re&s;pectively, according to his or their Tenure or Te|nures, E&s;tate, Title or Intere&s;t they had in the Mannors, Tenements, and Lands, for which they Claimed the &s;aid Proportions of Common as above&s;aid; paying &s;uch Fines and Rents, and doing &s;uch Services in proportion for the &s;ame, as by Cu&s;tom or otherways they are to pay or do, and do for the Mannors, Tenements and Lands, for which they Claim the &s;ame proportion, having &s;uch re&s;pect to the yearly values of the one and the other, as &s;hall (if n&eacute;ed &s;o require) be li|mited by &s;even or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XXX"> Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons (as were heretofore Owners of the One hundred &s;eventy five Acres in <HI>Sutton,</HI> North and South <HI>Meadland</HI> in the &s;aid I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sutton, Meadland.</NOTE> &s;et out by the &s;aid Law of St. <HI>Ives</HI> as a Recompence for Dreining the whole North and South Meadlands, containing about One thou&s;and Acres, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, to &s;ue and implead before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, the Owners and Occupiers of the &s;aid North and South <HI>Meadlands,</HI> or el&s;ewhere within the &s;aid Great Level, to draw them into Contribution for their &s;everal and re&s;pective Propor|tions of the &s;aid North and South <HI>Meadlands,</HI> towards the &s;aid One hundred &s;eventy five Acres. And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall thereupon Adjudge and Decr&eacute;e unto the &s;aid Owners of the &s;aid One hundred &s;eventy five Acres, or &s;uch of them as they &s;hall think fit, and to their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;uch recompence and &s;atisfaction, either in ready Money, yearly Rent, or Land, out of the re&s;idue of the &s;aid North and South <HI>Meadlands,</HI> as to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et, to be held and enjoyed by the &s;aid Owners of the &s;aid One hundred &s;eventy five Acres, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for Sir <HI>John Watts,</HI> Knight, and others, who derive any intere&s;t under the Dreyners of that <HI>Fenn</HI> called <HI>Lon|doners Fenn,</HI> his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, to &s;ue and implead all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Executors and Admini&s;trators, that have taken and received the rents and profits of his or their &s;hare and proportion of <HI>Londoners Fenn,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Londoners Fenn.</NOTE> remaining from the &s;hare and proportion allotted and &s;et out by the &s;aid Law of St. <HI>Ives,</HI> &s;ince the &s;aid Level was adjudged Dreined, and to &s;ue for and recover the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter;</HI> and al&s;o that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Watts</HI> and the Participants afore&s;aid, his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, heretofore Owners of the &s;everal proportions in <HI>Londoners Fenn,</HI> &s;et out by <HI>St. Ives</HI> Law for the Adventurers recompence for Dreyning the low Grounds in <HI>Upwell,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Upwell, Outwell, Welney.</NOTE> <HI>Outwell,</HI> and <HI>Welney,</HI> to pur&s;ue and pro&s;ecute before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, their claim, and &s;ue for relief again&s;t the owners or occupiers of the Fenny and low &s;urrounded Grounds lying in <HI>Upwell, Outwell,</HI> and <HI>Welney</HI> afore&s;aid, who&s;e Grounds did not all contribute, or not in equal proportion to the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, to draw them into Contribution, in ea&s;e of the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Watts</HI> and the Participants afore&s;aid, and thereupon the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any
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&s;even or more of them, are hereby impowred to adjudge and decr&eacute;e unto the &s;aid Sir <HI>John Watts,</HI> and the Participants afore&s;aid, his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;uch proportion out of the &s;aid Grounds, which have not equally contributed as afore&s;aid, as to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, that it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Kings Maje&s;ty and <MILESTONE N="XXXI"> the Qu&eacute;en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Maje&s;ty, their Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns, to continue in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, u&s;age &amp; di&s;|po&s;al of the Bank, called <HI>Dou&s;edale Bank,</HI> being on the &s;outh &s;ide of His Maje&s;ties Demean Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Dou&s;edale Bank.</NOTE> called <HI>Port &s;and,</HI> belonging to their Mannor of <HI>Crowland,</HI> being part therof, and to have &s;uch an|cient Pa&s;&s;ages and Currents as of right have b&eacute;en u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed, for the avoidance of wa|ter through the &s;ame into the River <HI>South Eae,</HI> as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and for what time Archbi&s;hops Bi&s;hops &amp;c. may make lea&s;es.</NOTE> That it &s;hall and may be law|ful to and for every Archbi&s;hop, Bi&s;hop, Dean and Chapter, and all Colledges and Halls in ei|ther Vniver&s;ity, and all Bodies Politique and Corporate, who are or &s;hall be Lords of Mannors or have, or &s;hall have, right of Soil or Common in the Wa&s;tes within this &s;aid Level, or within &s;uch other Towns, Pari&s;hes and Places into which the Works of the Dreyning afore&s;aid do or &s;hall extend, and who are by this Act impowred to improve, &s;et out, inclo&s;e, divide, and &s;ever &s;uch proportion or proportions as to them &s;hall or may re&s;pectively belong or appertain, out of the &s;aid Commons and Wa&s;tes within the &s;aid Level, to demi&s;e by Indenture all and every the &s;aid &s;uch proportion or proportions as to them &s;hall or may re&s;pectively belong or appertain, out of the &s;aid Commons or Wa&s;tes within the &s;aid Level which have not by expre&s;s Words and under any par|ticular Rent b&eacute;en at any time formerly demi&s;ed for any Term or Number of Years, not exc&eacute;eding One and twenty Years, &s;o as upon every &s;uch Demi&s;e or Lea&s;e be re&s;erved the fourth part of the true Yearly value to be a&s;certained by the Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid, or any &s;even of them, due and payable Yearly during the &s;aid Term to him or them, and his and their Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Declared by and with the con&s;ent of all Parties concerned, That neither this Act, nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall extend or be con&s;trued to extend to alter the <MILESTONE N="XXXII"> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of <HI>Thomas Chicheley</HI> E&s;quire, of or from Six hundred &s;eventy one acres, parcel of the Lot now claimed to belong to the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es of <HI>Henry</HI> late Earl of <HI>Arundel</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> and Two hundred thirty one acres, Parcel of the Lot now cliamed to belong to the &s;aid Sir <HI>William Terringham,</HI> or from any part thereof, by him the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Chicheley</HI> now enjoyed under Pur|cha&s;ers by Sales for non-payment of Taxes upon the di&s;pute betw&eacute;en the old and new Adven|turers; But that the &s;aid Corporation &s;hall execute Conveyances of the &s;aid re&s;pective propor|tion unto the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Chicheley,</HI> his Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, Any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That all &s;uch Right or Rights as any Lord or Lords of any Mannor or Mannors, Liberties, Hundred or half hundred, have heretofore had within their re&s;pective Mannor or Mannors, Liberties, Hundred or half hundred within or without the &s;aid Level, to Waifes, Strayes, Felons Goods, Priviledges of Arre&s;ts, E&s;cheats, and all other Roy|alties not prejudicial to the Dreining, be hereby &s;aved to them, their Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns &s;everally and re&s;pectively; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be interpreted to infringe, or any way to weaken an Act made the Fourth year of the Reign of King <HI>James,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">4 Jac. cap. 13.</NOTE> Entitu|led, <HI>An Act for the Dreining of certain Fenns and Low Grounds within the I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI></HI> &s;ubject to hurt by Surrounding, containing about Six thou&s;and acres, compa&s;&s;ed about with certain Banks, com|monly called and named, The <HI>Ring</HI> of <HI>Walter&s;ea</HI> and <HI>Coldham;</HI> but the &s;aid Act &s;hall &s;tand in full force and vertue; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That whereas divers Lands in and near adjoyning unto the &s;aid Great Level,<MILESTONE N="XXXIII"> have b&eacute;en cut through for the better conveying of the Waters from the &s;ame, and for upholding or repairing the Banks and Workes there, without making &s;atisfaction to the re&s;pective Owners of the &s;aid Lands, for the damage they have &s;u&s;tained by &s;uch cutting, Be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them, upon complaint to them made of &s;uch damage &s;u&s;tained as afore&s;aid, without recompence for the &s;ame, &s;hall be, and are hereby impowered to award and Decr&eacute;e &s;uch recompence and &s;atisfaction to the party and parties grieved, according to their re&s;pective damages &s;u&s;tained by &s;uch cutting, as to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;io|ners for the time being, or any &s;even or more of them &s;hall be adjudged rea&s;onable, the &s;aid recom|pence and &s;atisfaction to be made and given by the &s;aid Corporation, within &s;ix moneths next af|ter &s;uch Award or Decr&eacute;e made; and in default thereof, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall and may, and are hereby impowered to Rate and Tax the &s;aid <HI>95.</HI> thou&s;and Acres, and to Di&s;train thereupon for the payment of &s;uch Rate or Tax, and the Di&s;tre&s;s taken thereupon to &s;ell or di&s;po&s;e as they &s;hall think fit, (rendring the overplus (if any be) to the Ow|ners) for the payment and &s;atisfaction of &s;uch moneys, and damages as &s;hall be &s;o Awarded; Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That in ca&s;e the Iudicature hereby e&s;tabli&s;hed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Barons of the Exche|quer impow|red to hear and determine dif|ferences be|tween parties.</NOTE> &s;hall not within Twelve moneths from the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> next, hear and determine all the matters by this Act to them referred, concerning the &s;aid <HI>95000.</HI> acres, all and every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons who&s;e Com|plaints &s;hall be then undetermined, may make their applications to the Barons of His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, who are hereby e&s;tabli&s;hed a Court of Iudicature, and &s;ufficiently authorized
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to hear and determine all &s;uch controver&s;ies and differences betw&eacute;en the &s;aid parties, in as large and ample manner, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as the Iudicature hereby e&s;tabli&s;hed might have done, and &s;uch Iudgment, Order or Decr&eacute;e of the &s;aid Court of <HI>Exchequer,</HI> &s;hall be in all things ob&s;erved, and be effectual as if the &s;aid Barons had b&eacute;en made the only Iudicature by this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Le&s;&s;ees of the King.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Le&s;&s;&eacute;es of the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors of the &s;aid Ten thou&s;and Acres, or of any part thereof, and the A&s;&s;igns of &s;uch Le&s;&s;&eacute;es, and every or any of them, &s;hall be capable to be elected and cho&s;en into the Office or Place, Offices or Places of Governor, Bayliffs and Con&s;ervators afore&s;aid, and to vote in &s;uch elections and choice, and in all other matters, as fully to all intents and purpo&s;es as any other Members of the Corporation, Owners of any part of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, may be elected and cho&s;en, vote in &s;uch election and choice, or in any other matter, &s;o as &s;uch Le&s;|&s;&eacute;es and their A&s;&s;ign&eacute;es re&s;pectively have and be Le&s;&s;&eacute;es or Owners of double the quantity or num|ber of Acres, parcel of the &s;aid Ten thou&s;and Acres, as by vertue of this Act is required, to quali|fie any per&s;on to be elected and cho&s;en into the Office or Place of Governor, Bayliff or Con&s;er|vator re&s;pectively, and to vote in &s;uch elections and choice, or in any other matter touching the &s;aid Level, and &s;o as &s;uch Lea&s;es or A&s;&s;ignments they claim by, be entred with the Regi&s;ter; Any thing before in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XXXIV"> Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act &s;hall not extend to Impeach or make void any Obligation given to <HI>David Offley</HI> Gentleman conditioned for his quiet enjoyment of a certain parcel of Land purcha&s;ed by him in the &s;aid Level, but that the &s;aid <HI>David Offley</HI> may &s;ue and pro&s;ecute his &s;everal Action or Actions upon the &s;aid Obligation, as if he had b&eacute;en evicted or removed from his E&s;tate therein by due cour&s;e of Law.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How Breaches &s;hall be made good.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Breaches happen in any of the Banks, Sa&s;&s;es, Sluces, Tunnels, or other Works within the &s;aid Great Level, or in any the Works made without the &s;aid Great Level, for carrying the waters of the &s;aid Great Level to their Out-fall at Sea, by rea&s;on of &s;ome inevitable accidents, the &s;ame &s;hall be repaired and made good in convenient time, by and at the Charges of the &s;aid Corporation and their Succe&s;&s;ors; but no other Charge &s;hall be laid upon the &s;aid Corporation or their Succe&s;&s;ors, for or in re&s;pect of &s;uch Breaches, nor for or in re&s;pect of any Breaches that have happened heretofore in any of the &s;aid Banks, Sa&s;&s;es, Sluces or other Works; nor &s;hall the &s;aid Corporation be inforced to give to any other per&s;on any recompence for any lo&s;s or damage which hath or &s;hall happen, by rea&s;on of their making nece&s;&s;ary and &s;ufficient Banks for the defending of the &s;aid Level from being overflown, and for the leading of the waters of the &s;aid Level in their Channels as now they run, unto their Out-fall at Sea.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for per&s;ons that have exchan|ged their Lands.</NOTE>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it Enacted, That where any Participant under <HI>Francis</HI> Earl of <HI>Bedford,</HI> or the Heirs or A&s;&s;igns of any &s;uch Participant, hath exchanged his or their Share or Lot of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and Acres, or any part thereof, for any other Lands, parcel of the &s;aid Ninety five thou&s;and acres, which were claimed and held under &s;uch pretended Sales, for non-payment of Taxes, &s;ince One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty and nine, It &s;hall and may be lawful to and for &s;uch Participant and Participants, and his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, to enter again upon the &s;ame Lands &s;o given in exchange, and to have and retain the &s;ame in his and their po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion, Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding: Subject neverthele&s;s in all things to &s;uch Iudgment and Determination, as the Iudicature hereby con&s;trued &s;hall make concerning the &s;ame.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XXXV"> Provided always, That no a&s;certatining or dividing of the &s;aid Dreyned or new improved Lands by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners as afore&s;aid, &s;hall conclude the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors or A&s;&s;igns, or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons as to the bounds of Pari&s;hes, to any other in|tent or purpo&s;e, then &s;ubjecting the &s;ame to Taxes and Contributions, and Epi&s;copal Iuri&s;dictions, and not as to the Right of Tythes, or any other purpo&s;e what&s;oever, nor &s;hall be, or be u&s;ed in evi|dence concerning the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commons and Wa&s;ts in <HI>Bedford Level</HI> inclo&s;ed.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per|&s;ons having right of Common in any of the Mannors, Wa&s;tes, Commons or Lands within the &s;aid Great Level of the Fenns, called <HI>Bedford Level,</HI> or any other per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, at any time after &s;uch Divi&s;ion or Inclo&s;ure made, or &s;et out as afore&s;aid, &s;hall break, throw down, di&s;turb, ob&s;truct, or by any means hinder, or lay open the &s;aid Improvements and Inclo&s;ures, at, in or after the making thereof, or the Hedges, Ditches or Fences of the &s;ame, or any part thereof &s;hall de&s;troy, and &s;hall be thereof convicted by two credible Witne&s;&s;es upon Oath before two Iu|&s;tices of the Peace of the County where &s;uch Di&s;turbance or De&s;truction &s;hall be made; Every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o convicted as afore&s;aid, &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of twen|ty pounds, to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s vpon the Goods and Chattels of every &s;uch offender or offen|ders, by Warrant under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, before whom &s;uch conviction &s;hall be made, the one moyety to the Informer, and the other moyety to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons again&s;t whom the &s;aid Offence is or &s;hall be committed; or for want of &s;uch &s;ufficient di&s;tre&s;s, the Offender &s;hall be committed to the Hou&s;e of Correction or Common Goal, for thr&eacute;e Moneths without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, at the &s;aid Iu&s;tices Di&s;cretion.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XXXVI"> Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred
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&s;ixty and eight, no Tax or Taxes exc&eacute;eding Two &s;hillings the Acre in any one year &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">After the year 1668. Taxes &s;hall not ex|ceed 2 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> in the pound.</NOTE> laid or levied upon the &s;aid Ten thou&s;and Acres by this Act ve&s;ted in the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns, or upon any part thereof, or upon the Two thou&s;and Acres hereby ve&s;ted in the A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Portland;</HI> but in ca&s;e the Taxes to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and Acres hereby ve&s;ted in the &s;aid Corporation, &s;hall not amount unto &s;o much in proportion as Two &s;hillings an Acre, according to the proportion for each acre; Then a proportionable abatement &s;hall be made out of the &s;aid Two &s;hillings <HI>per</HI> Acre, which &s;hall be charged yearly by an equal Rate upon every acre of the &s;aid Ten thou&s;and acres; and the &s;aid Two thou&s;and acres according to the Rate impo&s;ed upon every acre of the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and acres, whether the &s;ame &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by an Acre-Tax, or a Pound-Rate, or by any other way; Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And it is further Declared, That the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Laying and Levying of Taxes upon the &s;aid Ten thou&s;and acres, or upon the &s;aid Two thou&s;and acres, or any part thereof, after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> which &s;hall be in the &s;aid year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight, by the way of an Acre-taxe, &s;hall not extend nor be interpreted or con&s;trued to extend to compel or conclude the &s;aid Corporation, to A&s;&s;e&s;s, Lay or Levy any Tax or Taxes upon the &s;aid Eighty thr&eacute;e thou&s;and acres, hereby ve&s;ted in the &s;aid Corporation, or upon any part thereof by the way of an Acre-Tax.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno XVI. Caroli II. Regis.</HEAD>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Parliaments &s;hall be held once in Three years at the lea&s;t; And an Act for the preventing of Inconveniences happening by the long Intermi&s;&s;ion of Parliaments, Repealed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the Act made in the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Third day of <HI>No|vember</HI> in the Sixt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>Charles</HI> of ble&s;&s;ed memory, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 Car. 1. cap. 1.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for the preventing of Inconveniences happening by the long Intermi&s;&s;ion of Parliaments,</HI> is in derogation of his Maje&s;ties ju&s;t Rights, and Prero|gative inherent to the Imperial Crown of this Realm, for the Calling and A&s;&s;embling of Par|liaments; And may be an occa&s;ion of manifold mi&s;chiefs and inconveniencies, and much en|danger the Peace and Safety of his Maje&s;ty, and all his Liege People of this Realm.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Act, entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Repeal of the &s;aid Act.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for the pre|venting of Inconveniences happening by the long Intermi&s;&s;ion of Parliaments,</HI> And all and every the Articles, Clau&s;es and Things therein contained, is, &s;hall be, and are hereby wholly Repealed, Annulled, and utterly made Void, And are hereby declared to be Null and Void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, as if the &s;aid Act had never b&eacute;en had, or made; Any thing in the &s;aid Act con|tained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e by the Ancient Laws and Statutes of this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">4 E. 3. cap. 14. 36 E. 3. cap. 10.</NOTE> made in the Reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third, Parliaments are to be held very often, Your Maje&s;ties humble and Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, mo&s;t humbly do be&s;&eacute;ech Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, That it may be Declared and Enacted, And be it Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That hereafter the &s;itting and holding of Parliaments &s;hall not be intermitted or di&s;continued above Thr&eacute;e years at the mo&s;t; but that within Thr&eacute;e years from and after the determination of this pre&s;ent Parliament, and &s;o from time to time within Thr&eacute;e years after the determination of any other Parliament or Parlia|ments, or if there be occa&s;ion, more oftner, Your Maje&s;ty, Your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors do i&s;&s;ue out Your Writs for calling, a&s;&s;embling and holding of another Parliament, to the end there may be a frequent calling, a&s;&s;embling, and holding of Parliaments once in Thr&eacute;e years at the lea&s;t.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for preventing of Abatements of Writs of Error upon Judgments in the Exchequer.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by a Statute made in the One and thirtieth year of the Reign of the late Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> It is Enacted, That the not coming of the Lord Chancellor,<NOTE PLACE="marg">31 El. cap. 1.</NOTE> and Lord Trea&s;u|rer, or either of them, at the day of Adjournment, in any Suit of Error depending,<NOTE PLACE="marg">31 E 3. cap. 12.</NOTE> by vertue of the Statute of the One and thirtieth year of the Reign of King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third, therein men|tioned, concerning Error made in the <HI>Exchequer,</HI> &s;hall not be any Di&s;continuance of any &s;uch Writ of Error: But if both the Chief Iu&s;tices of either Bench, or any one of the &s;aid great Officers, the Lord Chancellor, or Lord Trea&s;urer &s;hall come to the <HI>Exchequer</HI>-Chamber, and there be pre&s;ent at the day of Adjournment in &s;uch Suit of Error, It &s;hall be no Di&s;continuance, but the Suit &s;hall proc&eacute;ed in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if both the Lord Chancellor and
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Lord Trea&s;urer had come, and b&eacute;en pre&s;ent at the day and place of Adjournment. Which Statute doth not provide a Remedy, in ca&s;e the &s;aid Lord Chancellor and Lord Trea&s;urer, or ei|ther of them &s;hall not be pre&s;ent at the Days and Times of the Returns of &s;uch Writs of Error, although it be within the &s;ame mi&s;chief, Iu&s;tice being delayed&punc; And the parties in &s;uch Ca&s;es being put to begin new Suits, to their great Charges and prejudice, by rea&s;on of the ab&s;ence and not coming of the &s;aid great Officers;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The not com|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ing of the Lord Chan|cellor or Lord Trea&s;urer.</NOTE> That the not coming of the Lord Chancellor and Lord Trea&s;urer, or either of them, at the day of Return of any Writ of Errour, to be &s;ued forth by vertue of the &s;aid Sta|tute made in the &s;aid One and thirtieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid King <HI>Edward</HI> the Third, &s;hall not cau&s;e any Abatement or Di&s;continuance of any &s;uch Writ of Error. But if both the Chief Iu&s;tices of either Bench, or either of them, or any one of the &s;aid great Officers, the Lord Chan|cellor or Lord Trea&s;urer, &s;hall come to the <HI>Exchequer</HI>-Chamber, and there be pre&s;ent at the day of Return of any &s;uch Writ of Error, it &s;hall be no Abatement or Di&s;continuance; But the Suit &s;hall proc&eacute;ed in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if both the Lord Chancellor and Lord Trea&s;urer had come, and b&eacute;en pre&s;ent at the day and place of Return of &s;uch Writ.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no Iudgment &s;hall be given in any &s;uch Suit, or Writ of Error, un|le&s;s both the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Trea&s;urer &s;hall be pre&s;ent thereat.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Collecting the Duty ari&s;ing by Hearth-Money, by Officers to be appointed by His Maje&s;ty.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 10.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act made in the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Eighth day of <HI>May,</HI> in the Thirt&eacute;enth year of his Maje&s;ties Reign that now is, Entituled, <HI>An Act for E&s;ta|bli&s;hing an Additional Revenue upon His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the better Support of His and their Crown and Dignity;</HI> And by another Act made in the &s;econd Se&s;&s;ion of the &s;aid Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">15 Car. 2. cap. 14.</NOTE> in the Fift&eacute;enth year of the Reign of his &s;aid Maje&s;ty, Entituled, <HI>An Addi|tional Act for the better Ordering and Collecting the Revenue ari&s;ing by Hearth-money,</HI> It was Enacted and Ordained, That from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and two, every Dwelling, and other Hou&s;e and Edifice, and all Lodgings in Inns of Court, Inns of Chancery, Colledges, and other Societies that are, or hereafter &s;hall be erected within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed</HI> (other then &s;uch as are therein excepted) &s;hall be, and are charged with the Annual payment to the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for every Fire-Hearth and Stove within every &s;uch Hou&s;e, Edifice, Chambers and Lodgings, the &s;um of Two &s;hillings by the year, to be paid yearly at the Fea&s;ts of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel, and of the Annuntia|tion of the ble&s;&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> by even and equal portions; an exact and ju&s;t Account of the numbers of all which Fire-Hearths and Stoves is thereby Enacted to be taken and returned into his Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Exchequer;</HI> And the Moneys and Revenues due and payable for the &s;ame, to be collected, levied and paid to his Maje&s;ty, by &s;uch per&s;ons and Officers, in manner and form as by the &s;aid Acts is pre&s;cribed.</P>
<P>Neverthele&s;s, by rea&s;on of &s;ome defects in the &s;aid Act, and great negligence of the &s;aid Offi|cers and other per&s;ons, in not returning the exact numbers of the &s;aid Fire-Hearths and Stoves, and not duly Collecting, Levying and paying into his Ma&s;ties <HI>Exchequer,</HI> the full Revenue due for the numbers returned at the times appointed, and by &s;undry fraudulent practi&s;es to elude the &s;aid Acts, the &s;aid Revenue is much dimini&s;hed, and not duly an&s;wered.</P>
<P>For remedy thereof, and for the better a&s;certaining and collecting the &s;aid Revenue for the fu|ture, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, from, and after the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, from time to time, by, and with the Advice of the Lord High Trea&s;urer, Chancellour, Vnder-Trea&s;urer, and Barons of the Court of <HI>Exchequer</HI> for the time being, or any thr&eacute;e of them, whereof the Lord High Trea&s;urer, or Chancellor of the <HI>Exchequer</HI> to be one, to con&s;titute and appoint &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors &s;hall think m&eacute;et, to be the Officer or Officers for the receiving and collecting, and an&s;wering the duty ari&s;ing by the &s;aid Fire-Hearths and Stoves, by vertue of the &s;aid &s;everal Acts, and for viewing and numbring of the &s;everal Chimney-hearths and Stoves mentioned in the &s;aid Acts; and for the in&s;pecting and examining the &s;everal Rolls, Certificates and Returns thereof made, and to be made from time to time into his Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Exchequer,</HI> in pur&s;uance of the &s;aid Acts, or any other thing belonging to the &s;ame: which Officers, or any of them &s;hall have full power to examine and &s;upervi&s;e the Rolls and Numbers of Fire-hearths and Stoves already returned into the &s;aid Court of <HI>Exchequer;</HI> And being accompanied with the Con&s;table, or the Tithing-man, Trea&s;urer, Vnder-Trea&s;urer, or other publick or proper Officer of the place, (who are hereby
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required to attend and a&s;&s;i&s;t upon this occa&s;ion) and in all Pari&s;hes and places where there are no Con&s;tables, Tithingmen, or other publick Officer as afore&s;aid, there, without any &s;uch A&s;&s;i&s;tance to enter in the day time into any dwelling or other Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodgings and Chambers afore&s;aid, And to &s;earch and examine whether there be any more Fire-hearths and Stoves in the &s;ame then were formerly returned or certified, and what Fire-hearths or Stoves are increa&s;ed, or decrea&s;ed &s;ince the former Certificate. After which &s;earch and examination, the &s;aid Officer, with a Con&s;table, or Tythingman, or Officers as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have liberty to make the like &s;earch and examination once every year: And if they &s;hall find any variance in the number re|turned, both the Officer or Officers appointed by his Maje&s;ty, and the Con&s;table or Tythingman, or other Officer as afore&s;aid, to certifie the &s;ame under his and their hands to the Clerk of the Peace, which Certificate they are hereby enjoyned to make: And after approbation thereof by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Se&s;&s;ions, the &s;ame to be certified to his Maje&s;ties Remembrancer in the <HI>Exchequer;</HI> and the Officer or Officers &s;o appointed by his Maje&s;ty unto the &s;ame, &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, have power to collect and levy the Revenue and Duties &s;o given to his Maje&s;ty as afore&s;aid, and all arrears of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Duty &s;hall from time to time be paid after the Fea&s;t days of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the <HI>Arch-Angel,</HI> and the <HI>Annuntiation</HI> of the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> yearly, unto &s;uch Officer as &s;hall be appointed by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act to receive the &s;ame upon demand there|of made by &s;uch Officer, or his Deputy, at the Hou&s;e, Chamber, or place where the &s;ame Duty &s;hall ari&s;e or grow due: And that in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or default of &s;uch payment thereof, by the &s;pace of one hour after &s;uch demand, the &s;aid Officer or his Deputy may at any time, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of a Con&s;table, Tythingman, or other Officer, as afore&s;aid, in the day time, levy the &s;aid Duty, and all the Arrearages thereof, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods of the party or parties &s;o refu&s;ing, or making default; re&s;toring to the party or parties the over-plus of the value of &s;uch goods, over and above the Duty and Arrearages thereof then behind, and over and above the ne|ce&s;&s;ary charges of taking &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s, which Charges &s;hall in no ca&s;e exc&eacute;ed the one moyety of the Duty and Arrearages thereof &s;o levied.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no Owners, Proprietors, or Occupiers of the &s;aid Fire-hearths or Stoves, &s;hall be charged, di&s;trained, or mole&s;ted for the &s;aid Duty, or any Arrea|rages thereof, at any time after the &s;pace of two years next after the Duty hereafter &s;hall become due to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors; Nor for any arrearages of the &s;aid Duty already in|curred, after the &s;pace of two years, from the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four. And in ca&s;e of violent oppo&s;ition, or injury done by any per&s;on or per&s;ons to any &s;uch Officer or his Deputy, in the due execution of this Act; and the &s;ame proved by Oath before any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace, or Chief Magi&s;trate or Magi&s;trates of the City, Town, or place, dwelling near unto the place, who are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter the &s;aid Oath; It &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for &s;uch Iu&s;tice of the Peaee, Magi&s;trate or Magi&s;trates to puni&s;h &s;uch offender or offenders, if he &s;hall find cau&s;e, by Impri&s;onment in the common Goal, for any time not exc&eacute;eding the &s;pace of one moneth. And from and after the &s;aid Four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, all Officers formerly appointed to collect the &s;aid Duty, &s;hall be di&s;charged from the future collecting and levying the &s;ame, otherwi&s;e then as they are directed by this Act: And the &s;aid Officer and Officers &s;o appointed by his Maje&s;ty to collect this Duty, &s;hall pay the &s;ame into his Maje&s;ties Exchequer, to the ends in the &s;aid former Acts mentioned.</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be employed as afore&s;aid, unle&s;s he and they &s;hall fir&s;t give in &s;ufficient Security to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the due collecting, levying and paying in of the &s;aid Revenue, or &s;uch part thereof as &s;hall be committed to their re|&s;pective Tru&s;ts, and &s;hall likewi&s;e take a Corporal Oath before one or more of the Barons of the <HI>Exchequer,</HI> or before &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be authori&s;ed to take &s;uch Security and Oath by Commi&s;&s;ion from the &s;aid Court of <HI>Exchequer,</HI> for the due and faithful execution thereof, accord|ing to the Laws Enacted to that purpo&s;e; And that they &s;hall not exact or demand any F&eacute;e, or &s;um of money for execution thereof, from any Subject, but onely from the Kings Maje&s;ty, under pain of being di&s;abled to execute the &s;aid Office or Imployment; And upon legal Conviction of any &s;uch Crime, to render treble damage to the party grieved: And &s;hall &s;ign and deliver Acquittances for moneys by them received, without any F&eacute;e or Reward what&s;oever; And every &s;uch Acquit|tance &s;hall be a final Di&s;charge, as in the &s;aid fir&s;t Act is provided.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on occupying any Hearth or Stove chargeable to his Maje&s;ty, &s;hall leave or relinqui&s;h any Hou&s;e, Edifice, Lodging or Chamber, before any of the half-yearly Fea&s;ts whereon the &s;ame is appointed to be paid to his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; In every &s;uch ca&s;e, the next Occupier thereof &s;hall be charge|able with the &s;ame for the &s;aid half year: And if any per&s;on &s;hall fraudulently &s;top up, deface, cover or conceal any Chimney-Hearth, or Stove chargeable by the &s;aid Act, and the &s;ame be pro|ved, either by confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or upon Oath before one Iu&s;tice of Peace, or chief Magi|&s;trate, or by their view, he &s;hall for &s;uch offence pay double the value of the Duty for the &s;ame, to be levied as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it likewi&s;e Enacted, That if any per&s;on within one year la&s;t pa&s;t hath, or hereafter
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&s;hall let the Lands, Gardens, Orchards or Out-hou&s;es formerly belonging to any Dwelling-hou&s;e or Cottage apart from the &s;ame, or &s;hall divide any hou&s;e into &s;everal dwellings, or let out the &s;ame to any &s;uch per&s;ons, who by rea&s;on of their poverty may pretend to be exempted from payment of the &s;aid Duty, by any Clau&s;e or Clau&s;es in the former Acts, That in every &s;uch ca&s;e, &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall pay the &s;aid Duty in as ample manner as they ought to have done before that time. And that no per&s;on or per&s;ons inhabiting any Dwelling-hou&s;e (not being an Alms-hou&s;e exempted by the former Act) within any City, Burrough, Corporation, Market-Town, or Pa|ri&s;h which hath, or &s;hall have in it more than two Chimneys, Fire-hearths or Stoves, &s;hall be ex|empted from payment of the Duties thereon impo&s;ed, by colour of any exemption or pretext what|&s;oever.</P>
<P>And if any que&s;tion or difference &s;hall ari&s;e about the taking any Di&s;tre&s;s, or levying any mo|ney by vertue of this Act, the &s;ame &s;hall be heard and finally determined by one or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace near adjoyning, or chief Magi&s;trate of the place re&s;pectively, upon com|plaint in that behalf.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That every Collector who &s;hall be authori&s;ed and appointed by ver|tue of this Act to receive any of the &s;aid Duties, &s;hall truly an&s;wer and pay all &s;uch moneys as he &s;hall receive for the &s;aid Duties, into his Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer, half-yearly, within Thr&eacute;e moneths after the Fea&s;t of Saint <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel, or the Annunciation of the ble&s;|&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> happening next after the time the &s;ame moneys grew due to his Maje&s;ty by ver|tue of the &s;aid Acts, and under the penalty of the lo&s;s of his Office: And the Iu&s;tices of Peace, and chief Magi&s;trates, Con&s;tables, and other his Maje&s;ties Officers within their &s;everal Limits and Iuri&s;dictions, are hereby authori&s;ed and required to give a&s;&s;i&s;tance from time to time, to &s;uch Officers as &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the collecting of the &s;aid Duty according to the true meaning of the &s;aid former Acts, and this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P>Provided, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be que&s;tioned for any arrears due on or before our <HI>Lady</HI> day, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, who &s;hall produce to the Collector a Certificate approved or to be approved of by the two next Iu&s;tices of Peace, for their exemption from the &s;aid Duty for that time, according to the Rules pre&s;cribed in the &s;aid fir&s;t recited Act; nor any per&s;on who hath truly paid the &s;aid Duty, and &s;hall, if it be required, make proof thereof before any one Iu&s;tice of Peace, or other chief Magi&s;trate of the place; Any thing therein contained, or any Re|turn made into his Maje&s;ties Exchequer to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every &s;uch Officer or Officers as &s;hall be at any time appointed by his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the col|lecting, gathering and receiving of the &s;everal &s;ums of money now or hereafter to grow due unto his Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for or in re&s;pect of the &s;aid Duty ari&s;ing upon the Fire-hearths and Stoves, &s;hall &s;atisfie and pay unto the re&s;pective Petty-Con&s;tables and Clerks of the Peace of this Kingdom, all &s;uch allowances as are by any former Act or Acts given and allowed unto them, as well for their pains and labour heretofore, as hereafter to be taken by them, as in and by the former Acts concerning Fire-hearths and Stoves are limited and appointed; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Seditious Conventicles &s;uppre&s;&s;ed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas an Act made in the Five and thirtieth year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lady Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> entituled, <HI>An Act to retain the Queens Maje&s;ties Subjects in their due Obedience,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">35 <HI>El. cap.</HI> 1. declared to be in force.</NOTE> hath not b&eacute;en put in due Execution, by rea&s;on of &s;ome doubt of late made, whether the &s;aid Act be &s;till in force; although it be very clear and evident, And it is here|by Declared, That the &s;aid Act is &s;till in force, and ought to be put in due execution,</P>
<P>For providing therefore of further and more &s;p&eacute;edy remedies again&s;t the growing and dange|rous practi&s;es of Seditious Sectaries,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Further re|medy again&s;t Seditious Sectaries.</NOTE> and other di&s;loyal per&s;ons, who under pretence of Tender Con&s;ciences, do at their M&eacute;etings contrive In&s;urrections, as late Experience hath &s;hewed.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on of the age of Sixt&eacute;en years or upwards, being a Subject of this Realm, at any time after the fir&s;t day of <HI>July,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, &s;hall be pre&s;ent at any A&s;&s;embly, Conventicle, or M&eacute;et|ing,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Vnlawful Conventicles and Meetings under pretence of exerci&s;e of Religion for|bidden.</NOTE> under colour or pretence of any exerci&s;e of Religion, in other manner then is allowed by the Liturgy or practice of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> in any place within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Do|minion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> At which Conventicle, M&eacute;eting, or A&s;|&s;embly, there &s;hall be five per&s;ons or more a&s;&s;embled together, over and above tho&s;e of the &s;ame Hou&s;hold; Then it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the Coun|ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment and manner of proceeding again&s;t them for the fir&s;t offence.</NOTE> Limit, Divi&s;ion or Liberty wherein the Offence afore&s;aid &s;hall be committed, or for the Chief Magi&s;trate of the place where &s;uch Offence afore&s;aid &s;hall be committed, (if it be within a Cor|poration where there are not two Iu&s;tices of the Peace) And they are hereby required and en|joyned upon proof to them or him re&s;pectively made of &s;uch offence, either by confe&s;&s;ion of the party, or oath of Witne&s;s, or notorious evidence of the Fact: (which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and Chief Magi&s;trate re&s;pectively, are hereby impowred and required to admini&s;ter) to
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make a Record of every &s;uch offence and offences under their hands and &s;eals re&s;pectively; which Record &s;o made as afore&s;aid, &s;hall to all intents and purpo&s;es be in Law taken and adjudged to be a full and perfect Conviction of every &s;uch Offender for &s;uch offence: And thereupon the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Chief Magi&s;trate re&s;pectively, &s;hall commit every &s;uch Offender &s;o convicted as afore|&s;aid to the Gaol, or hou&s;e of Correction, there to remain without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, for any time not exc&eacute;eding the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e Moneths, unle&s;s &s;uch Offender &s;hall pay down to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or Chief Magi&s;trate &s;uch &s;um of money not exc&eacute;eding five pounds, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or Chief Magi&s;trate (who are hereby thereunto authorized and required) &s;hall Fine the &s;aid Offen|der at, for his or her &s;aid offence; which money &s;hall be paid to the Church-wardens for the re|lief of the Poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch Offender did la&s;t inhabit.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;econd offence.</NOTE> That if &s;uch Offender &s;o convicted as a|fore&s;aid, &s;hall at any time again commit the like offence contrary to this Act, and be thereof in manner afore&s;aid convicted, Then &s;uch Offender &s;o convict of &s;uch &s;econd offence, &s;hall incur the penalty of Impri&s;onment in the Gaol, or hou&s;e of Correction, for any time not exc&eacute;eding &s;ix months, without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, unle&s;s &s;uch offender &s;hal pay down to the &s;aid Iu&s;tices or Chief Magi&s;|trate &s;uch &s;um of money, not exc&eacute;eding Ten pounds, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices or Chief Magi&s;trate (who are thereunto authorized and required as afore&s;aid) &s;hall Fine the &s;aid Offender at, for his or her &s;aid &s;econd offence, the &s;aid Fine to be di&s;po&s;ed in manner afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The third of|fence.</NOTE> That if any &s;uch Offender &s;o convict of a &s;econd offence, contrary to this Act in manner afore&s;aid, &s;hall at any time again commit the like offence contrary to this Act, Then any two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and Chief Magi&s;trate as afore|&s;aid re&s;pectively, &s;hall commit every &s;uch Offender to the Gaol, or hou&s;e of Correction, there to remain without Bail or Mainpri&s;e until the next General Quarter Se&s;&s;ions, A&s;&s;izes, Gaol-de|livery, great Se&s;&s;ions, or &s;itting of any Commi&s;&s;ion of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer</HI> in the re&s;pective Coun|ty, Limit, Divi&s;ion or Liberty which &s;hall fir&s;t happen; when, and where every &s;uch Offender &s;hall be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t by Indictment for &s;uch offence, and &s;hal forthwith be arraigned upon &s;uch Indictment, and &s;hall then plead the General I&s;&s;ue of not guilty, and give any &s;pecial matter in Evidence, or confe&s;s the Indictment. And if &s;uch Offender proc&eacute;eded again&s;t, &s;hall be lawfully convict of &s;uch Offence, either by Confe&s;&s;ion or Verdict, or if &s;uch Offender &s;hal refu&s;e to Plead the General I&s;&s;ue, or to confe&s;s the Indictment, then the re&s;pective Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Ge|neral Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, Iudges of A&s;&s;ize and Gaol-delivery at the A&s;&s;izes and Gaol-delivery, Iu&s;tices of the great Se&s;&s;ions at the great Se&s;&s;ions, and Commi&s;&s;ioners of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> at their &s;itting, are hereby enabled and required to cau&s;e Iudgement to be entred again&s;t &s;uch Of|fender, That &s;uch Offender &s;hall be Tran&s;ported beyond the Seas to any of His Maje&s;ties For|eign Plantations (<HI>Virginia</HI> and <HI>New-England</HI> onely excepted) there to remaine Seven years; And &s;hall forthwith under their Hands and Seals make out Warrants to the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the &s;ame County where &s;uch Conviction or Refu&s;al to Plead or to Confe&s;s as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be, &s;afely to convey &s;uch Offender to &s;ome Port or Haven n&eacute;ere&s;t or mo&s;t commodious to be appointed by them re&s;pectively; And from thence to Embarque &s;uch Offender to be &s;afely Tran&s;ported to any of his Maje&s;ties Plantations beyond the Seas, as &s;hall be al&s;o by them re&s;pectively appoin|ted (<HI>Virginia</HI> and <HI>New-England</HI> onely excepted:) Whereupon the &s;aid Sheriff &s;hall &s;afely Con|vey and Embarque, or cau&s;e to be Conveyed and Embarqued &s;uch Offender, to be Tran&s;ported as afore&s;aid, under pain of forfeiting for default of &s;o Tran&s;porting every &s;uch Offender, the &s;um of forty pounds of lawful money, the one Moyety thereof to the King, &amp; the other Moyety to him or them that &s;hall Sue for the &s;ame in any of the Kings Courts of Record, by Bill, Plaint, Action of Debt, or Information; In any of which, no Wager of Law, E&s;&s;oign or Protection &s;hall be admitted. And the &s;aid re&s;pective Court &s;hall then al&s;o make out Warrants to the &s;everal Con|&s;tables, Headboroughs, or Tythingmen of the re&s;pective places where the E&s;tate real or per&s;onal of &s;uch offender &s;o to be Tran&s;ported &s;hall happen to be, commanding them thereby to Seque&s;ter into their hands the profits of the Lands, and to di&s;train and &s;ell the Goods of the offender &s;o to be Tran&s;ported, for the reimbur&s;ing of the &s;aid Sheriff all &s;uch rea&s;onable charges as he &s;hall be at, and &s;hall be allowed him by the &s;aid re&s;pective Court for &s;uch Conveying and Embarquing of &s;uch offender &s;o to be Tran&s;ported, rendring to the party, or his or her A&s;&s;igns, the overplus of the &s;ame, if any be; unle&s;s &s;uch offender, or &s;ome other on the behalf of &s;uch offender &s;o to be Tran&s;|ported, &s;hall give the Sheriff &s;uch Security as he &s;hall approve of for the paying all the &s;aid Char|ges unto him.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Sedi|tious Secta|ries convicted may be tran&s;|ported.</NOTE> That in default of defraying &s;uch Char|ges by the parties &s;o to be Tran&s;ported, or &s;ome other in their behalf; or in default of Security given to the Sheriff as afore&s;aid, It &s;hall and may be lawful for every &s;uch Sheriff to Contract with any Ma&s;ter of a Ship, Merchant, or other per&s;on, for the Tran&s;porting of &s;uch offender at the be&s;t rate he can. And that in every &s;uch ca&s;e it &s;hall and may be lawful for &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o Contracting with any Sheriff for Tran&s;porting &s;uch offender as afore&s;aid, to detain and employ every &s;uch offender &s;o by them Tran&s;ported, as a Labourer to them or their A&s;&s;igns for the &s;pace of Five years, to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if he or &s;he were bound by Indentures, to &s;uch per&s;on for that purpo&s;e: And that the re&s;pective Sheriffs &s;hall be allowed or paid from the King, upon their re&s;pective Accompts in the Exchequer, all &s;uch charges by them expended, for Conveying, Embarquing and Tran&s;porting of &s;uch per&s;ons which &s;hall be allowed by the &s;aid re&s;pec|tive
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Courts from whence they received their re&s;pective Warrants, and which &s;hall not have b&eacute;en by any of the ways aforementioned paid, &s;ecured, or reimbur&s;ed unto them as afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How the of|fender may be di&s;charged up|on payment of 100 <ABBR>l.</ABBR></NOTE>Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That in ca&s;e the offender &s;o Indicted and Convic|ted for the &s;aid Third offence, &s;hall pay into the hands of the Regi&s;ter or Clerk of the Court or Se&s;&s;ions where he &s;hall be Convicted (before the &s;aid Court or Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall be ended) the &s;um of One hundred pounds, That then the &s;aid offender &s;hall be di&s;charged from Impri&s;onment and Tran&s;portation, and the Iudgement for the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Puni&s;hment of offenders af|ter the third offence.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the like Impri&s;onment, Indictment, Arraignment and Pro|c&eacute;edings &s;hall be again&s;t every &s;uch offender, as often as he &s;hall again offend after &s;uch Third of|fence; Neverthele&s;s is di&s;chargeable and di&s;charged by the payment of the like &s;um as was paid by &s;uch offender for his or her &s;aid offence next before committed, together with the additional and increa&s;ed &s;um of One hundred pounds more upon every new offence committed; the &s;aid re&s;pec|tive &s;ums to be paid as afore&s;aid, and to be di&s;po&s;ed of as followeth, <HI>(viz)</HI> The one Moyety for the Repair of the Pari&s;h Church or Churches,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the &s;aid penalty of 100 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> &s;hall be di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE> Chappel or Chappels of &s;uch Pari&s;h within which &s;uch Conventicle, A&s;&s;embly or M&eacute;eting &s;hall be held; and the other Moyety to the Repair of the High-ways of the &s;aid Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes (if n&eacute;ed require) or otherwi&s;e for the amendment of &s;uch High-ways as the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their re&s;pective Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall direct and appoint. And if any Con&s;table, Headborough or Tythingman &s;hall neglect to execute any the &s;aid Warrants made unto them for Seque&s;tring, Di&s;training and Selling any of the Goods and Chat|tels of any offender again&s;t this Act, for the Levying &s;uch &s;ums of money as &s;hall be impo&s;ed for the fir&s;t or &s;econd offence, he &s;hall forfeit for every &s;uch neglect the &s;um of Five pounds of lawful money of <HI>England,</HI> the one moyetie thereof to the King, and the other moyetie to him that will &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of the Kings Courts of Record, as is afore&s;aid. And if any per&s;on be at any time Sued for putting in Execution any of the powers contained in this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for executing this Act may plead the Ge|neral i&s;&s;ue and recover treble Co&s;ts.</NOTE> &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall and may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give the &s;pecial matter in evidence. And if the Plaintiff be Non-&s;uit, or a Verdict pa&s;s for the Defendant thereupon, or if the Plaintiff di&s;continue his Action, or if upon Demurrer, Iudgement be given for the Defendant, every &s;uch Defendant &s;hall have his or their treble Co&s;ts.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Felony to e&s;|cape after con|viction, or to returne after Tran&s;porta|tion.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That if any per&s;on again&s;t whom Iudgement of Tran&s;portation &s;hall be given in manner afore&s;aid, &s;hall make e&s;cape before Tran&s;portation; or being Tran&s;ported; as afore&s;aid &s;hall return unto this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> without the &s;pecial Licen&s;e of His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, in that behalf fir&s;t had and obtained: That the party &s;o e&s;caping or returning &s;hall be adjudged a Felon, and &s;hall &s;uffer death as in ca&s;e of Felony, without benefit of Clergy; and &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e to His Ma|je&s;ty, all his or her Goods and Chattels for ever; and &s;hall further lo&s;e to His Maje&s;ty all his or her Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments for and during the life only of &s;uch offender and no longer. And that the wife of any &s;uch offender by force of this Act &s;hall not lo&s;e her Dower, nor &s;hall any Corruption of blood grow, or be by rea&s;on of any &s;uch offence mentioned in this Act: But that the heir of every &s;uch offender by force of this Act, &s;hall and may after the death of &s;uch offen|der have and enjoy the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments of &s;uch offenders, as if this Act had not b&eacute;en made.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Seditious and Tumul|tuous Mee|tings, and Conventicles.</NOTE>And for better preventing of the mi&s;chiefs which may grow by &s;uch Seditious and Tumul|tuous M&eacute;etings under pretence of Religious Wor&s;hip, Be it further Enacted by the authority a|fore&s;aid, That the Lieutenants or Deputy-Lieutenants, or any Commi&s;&s;ioned Officers of the <HI>Militia,</HI> or any other of His Maje&s;ties Forces, with &s;uch Troops or Companies of Hor&s;e or Foot; And al&s;o the Sheriffs and Iu&s;tices of Peace and other Magi&s;trates and Mini&s;ters of Iu&s;tice, or any of them joyntly or &s;everally within any of the Counties or Places within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> with &s;uch other a&s;&s;i&s;tance as they &s;hall think m&eacute;et or can get in readine&s;s with the &s;oone&s;t, on Certificate made to them re&s;pectively under the hand and &s;eal of any one Iu&s;tice of the Peace or Chief Magi&s;trate, as afore&s;aid, of his particular Information or knowledge of &s;uch unlawful M&eacute;etings or Conventicles held or to be held in their re&s;pective Counties or places, And that he (with &s;uch a&s;&s;i&s;tance as he can get toge|ther is not able to &s;uppre&s;s or di&s;&s;olve the &s;ame) &s;hall and may, and are hereby required and enjoy|ned to repair unto the place where they are &s;o held, or to be held, and by the be&s;t means they can to di&s;&s;olve and di&s;&s;ipate or prevent all &s;uch unlawful M&eacute;etings, and take into their cu&s;tody &s;uch of tho&s;e per&s;ons &s;o unlawfully a&s;&s;embled as they &s;hall judge to be the Leaders and Seducers of the re&s;t, and &s;uch others as they &s;hall think fit to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t according to Law for &s;uch their Offences.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty of &s;uffering Conventicles in private hou&s;es.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on who &s;hall wittingly and wil|lingly &s;uffer any &s;uch Conventicle, unlawful A&s;&s;embly or M&eacute;eting afore&s;aid, to be held in his or her Hou&s;e, Out-hou&s;e, Barn or Room, Yard or Back-&s;ide, Woods or Grounds, &s;hall incur the &s;ame penalties and forfeitures as any other Offender again&s;t this Act ought to incur, and be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t in all points, in &s;uch manner as any other offender again&s;t this Act ought to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Gaolers may not let pri&s;o-committed upon this Act to go at large.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the authority afore&s;aid, That if any K&eacute;eper of any Gaol or Hou&s;e of Correction &s;hall &s;uffer any per&s;on committed to his cu&s;tody for any offence again&s;t this
<PB N="219" REF="121">
Act, to go at large, contrary to the Warrant of his Commitment according to this Act, or &s;hall permit any per&s;on who is at large to joyn with any per&s;on committed to his Cu&s;tody by vertue of this Act, in the exerci&s;e of Religion, differing from the Rites of the Church of <HI>England;</HI> then every &s;uch K&eacute;eper of a Gaol or Hou&s;e of Correction &s;hall for every &s;uch offence forfeit the &s;um of Ten pounds, to be Levied, Rai&s;ed and Di&s;po&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;ons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and in &s;uch manner as the penal|ties for the fir&s;t and &s;econd offences again&s;t this Act are to be Levied, Rai&s;ed and Di&s;po|&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no per&s;on &s;hall be puni&s;hed for any offence again&s;t this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Within what time offenders mu&s;t be pro&s;e|cuted.</NOTE> unle&s;s &s;uch Offender be pro&s;ecuted for the &s;ame within Thr&eacute;e moneths after the offence committed: And that no per&s;on who &s;hall be puni&s;hed for any offence by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be puni&s;hed for the &s;ame offence by vertue of any other Act or Law what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Marryed wo|men how to be puni&s;hed.</NOTE> That Iudgement of Tran&s;portation &s;hall not be given again&s;t any Feme-Covert, unle&s;s her husband be at the &s;ame time under the like Iudgement, and not di&s;charged by the payment of money as afore&s;aid; but that in&s;tead thereof &s;he &s;hall by the re&s;pec|tive Court be committed to the Goal or Hou&s;e of Correction, there to remain without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, for any time not exc&eacute;eding, Twelve moneths, unle&s;s her Husband &s;hall pay down &s;uch &s;um, not exc&eacute;eding Forty pounds, to red&eacute;em her from Impri&s;onment, as &s;hall be impo&s;ed by the &s;aid Court, the &s;aid &s;um to be di&s;po&s;ed by &s;uch per&s;ons, and in &s;uch manner as the Penalties for the fir&s;t and &s;econd offence again&s;t this Act are to be di&s;po&s;ed.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Iu&s;tices of the Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Iu&s;tices of the Peace may enter in|to hou&s;es &s;u&s;|pected for Conventicles.</NOTE> and chief Magi&s;trate re&s;pectively Impowered as afore&s;aid to put this Act in execution, &s;hall and may, with what aid, force and a&s;&s;i&s;tance they &s;hall think fit, for the better execution of this Act, after refu&s;al or denial, Enter into any Hou&s;e, or other place where they &s;hall be informed and &s;uch Conventicle as afore&s;aid is, or &s;hall be held.</P>
<P>Provided, That no Dwelling-hou&s;e of any P&eacute;er of this Realm,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The hou&s;es of Peers.</NOTE> whil&s;t he or his Wife &s;hall be there re&s;ident, &s;hall be &s;earched by vertue of this Act, but by immediate Warrant from His Maje&s;ty under His Sign Manual, or in the pre&s;ence of the Lieutenant, or one of the Deputy-Lieutenants, or two Iu&s;tices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum</HI> of the &s;ame County or Riding. Nor &s;hall any other Dwelling-hou&s;e of any P&eacute;er or other per&s;on what&s;oever be entred into with force, by vertue of this Act, but in the pre&s;ence of one Iu&s;tice of the Peace, or chief Magi&s;trate re&s;pectively, except within the City of <HI>London,</HI> where it &s;hall be lawful for any &s;uch other Dwelling-hou&s;e to be entred into as afore&s;aid, in the pre&s;ence of one Iu&s;tice of the Peace Alderman, Deputy-Alderman, or any one Commi&s;&s;ioner of the Lieutenancy for the City of <HI>Lon|don,</HI></P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What per&s;ons may be not committed to the hou&s;e of Correction.</NOTE> That no per&s;on &s;hall by vertue of this Act be committed to the hou&s;e of Correction, that &s;hall &s;atisfie the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, or Chief Magi&s;trate re&s;pectively, That he or &s;he (and in ca&s;e of a Feme-Covert, that her Hus|band) hath an E&s;tate of Fr&eacute;e-hold, or Copy-hold to the value of Five pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> or per|&s;onal e&s;tate to the value of Fifty pounds; Any thing in this Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And in regard a certain Sect called Quakers, and other Sectaries,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;er|ved with Pro|ce&s;s refu&s;ing to take an Oath 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</NOTE> are found not only to offend in the matters provided again&s;t by this Act, but al&s;o to ob&s;truct the proc&eacute;eding of Iu&s;tice by their ob&s;tinate refu&s;al to take Oaths lawfully tendered unto them in the ordinary cour&s;e of Law; Therefore be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on or per&s;on being duly and legally &s;erved with Proce&s;s or other Summons to appear in any Court of Record, ex|cept Courts-L&eacute;et, as a Witne&s;s, or returned to &s;erve of any Iury, or ordered to be examined up|on Interrogatories, or being pre&s;ent in Court &s;hall refu&s;e to take any Iudicial Oath legally ten|dered to him by the Iudge or Iudges of the &s;ame Court, having no legal Plea to ju&s;tifie or excu&s;e the refu&s;al of the &s;ame Oath; or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons being duly &s;erved with Proce&s;s, to an&s;|wer any Bill exhibited again&s;t him or them in any Court of Equity, or any Suit in any Court Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, &s;hal refu&s;e to an&s;wer &s;uch Bill or Suit upon his or their Corporal Oath, in ca&s;es where the Law requires &s;uch an&s;wer to be put in upon Oath; or being &s;ummoned to be a Witne&s;s in any &s;uch Court, or ordered to be examined upon Interrogatories, &s;hall for any cau&s;e or rea&s;on, not allowed by Law, refu&s;e to take &s;uch Oath, as in &s;uch ca&s;es is required by Law; That then, and in &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;everal and re&s;pective Courts wherein &s;uch refu&s;al &s;hall be made, &s;hall be,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> and are hereby enabled to Record, Enter, or Regi&s;ter &s;uch refu&s;al, which Record or Entry &s;hall be, and is hereby made a Conviction of &s;uch offence. And all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o as afore|&s;aid offending, &s;hall for every &s;uch offence incur the Iudgement and Puni&s;hment of Tran&s;porta|tion in &s;uch manner as is appointed by this Act for other offences.</P>
<P>Provided always, That if any the per&s;on or per&s;ons afore&s;aid &s;hall come into &s;uch Court,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How &s;uch per|&s;ons may be acquitted.</NOTE> and take his or their Oath in the&s;e words;</P>
<Q><P>I do &s;wear, that I do not hold the taking of an Oath to be unlawful, nor refu&s;e to take a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Oath on that account.</P></Q>
<P>Which Oath the re&s;pective Court and Courts afore&s;aid are hereby authorized and required forth|with to tender, admini&s;ter, and regi&s;ter before the Entry of the Conviction afore&s;aid, or &s;hall take &s;uch Oath before &s;ome Iu&s;tice of the Peace, who is hereby authorized and required to admi|ni&s;ter the &s;ame, to be returned into &s;uch Court; &s;uch Oath &s;o made &s;hall acquit him or them from &s;uch puni&s;hment; Any thing herein to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><PB N="220" REF="122">Provided always, That every per&s;on convicted as afore&s;aid in any Courts afore&s;aid (other then His Maje&s;ties Court of Kings Bench, or before the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, or General Gaol-Delivery) &s;hall by Warrant conteining a Certificate of &s;uch Conviction under the hand and &s;eal of the re&s;pec|tive Iudge or Iudges before whom &s;uch Conviction &s;hall be had, be &s;ent to &s;ome one of His Ma|je&s;ties Gaols in the &s;ame County where &s;uch Conviction was had, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize until the next A&s;&s;izes, or General Gaol-Delivery; where, if &s;uch per&s;on &s;o convic|ted &s;hall refu&s;e to take the Oath afore&s;aid, being tendered unto him by the Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize or Gaol-Delivery; then &s;uch Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices &s;hall cau&s;e Iudgement of Tran&s;porta|tion to be executed, in &s;uch manner as Iudgement of Tran&s;portation by this Act is to be exe|cuted. But in ca&s;e &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall take the &s;aid Oath, then he &s;hall thereupon be di&s;char|ged.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Peers offen|ding how to be proceeded a|gain&s;t.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any P&eacute;er of this Realm &s;hall offend again&s;t this Act, he &s;hall pay Ten pounds for the fir&s;t offence, and Twenty pounds for the &s;econd offence, to be levied upon his Goods and Chattels by Warrant from any two Iu&s;ti|ces of the Peace, or Chief Magi&s;trate of the Place or Divi&s;ion where &s;uch Peer &s;hall dwell; and that every P&eacute;er for the third, and every further offence again&s;t the tenour of this Act, &s;hall be tried by his P&eacute;ers, and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, and be further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act &s;hall continue in force for Thr&eacute;e years after the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament; and from thence|forward, to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament after the &s;aid Thr&eacute;e years, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Again&s;t Di&s;turbances of Sea-men and others, and to pre&s;erve the Stores belonging to His Maje&s;ties Navy Royal.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers fightings, quarrellings and di&s;turbances do often happen in and about His Maje&s;ties Offices, Yards and Stores for His Maje&s;ties Royal Navy, and frequent differences and di&s;orders are occa&s;ioned in the Office of His Maje&s;ties Trea&s;ury of the Navy on Pay-days, in <HI>London, Port&s;mouth,</HI> and other places of m&eacute;eting for the &s;ervice of the &s;aid Navy; and that either by the unrea&s;onable turbulency of Sea-men and others, attending on, or relating to that Service, or their Creditors, or by the rudene&s;s of the Officers intru&s;ted with His Maje&s;ties Stores on Land, or in his Royal Ships, when they are que&s;tioned by the principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners of the &s;aid Navy, either for neglect or imbezelment of His Maje&s;ties Provi&s;ions, Ammunitions, or other Equipage of the Navy under their charge; And that not only to the di&s;turbance of the Peace, but &s;ometimes to the danger and hindrance of His Maje&s;ties Ser|vice, both in point of Hu&s;banding His Maje&s;ties Revenue, and al&s;o in di&s;patch of the Ships, on which the honour and &s;afety of His Maje&s;ty and Kingdom &s;o much depends: which Inconveniences require a &s;p&eacute;edier Remedy then the ordinary attendance on the Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace can give, the parties accu&s;ed or offending being many times bound to Sea; And the principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners for want of authority to &s;uppre&s;s &s;uch In&s;olencies, and determine &s;uch Ca&s;es, be|ing nece&s;&s;itated to pa&s;s by many offences, in which His Maje&s;ty might be righted, if their nece&s;&s;a|ry attendance on that Important Service would permit the pro&s;ecution of the Offenders before other ordinary Iudicatures.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That the Trea&s;urer, Comptroller, Surveyour, Clerk of the Acts, and the Commi&s;|&s;ioners of the Navy for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may puni&s;h di&s;tur|bances by Sea-men and others re|lating to the Navy Office.</NOTE> or any two or more of them have power and Authority to examine and puni&s;h all &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, whom they upon their enquiry, examination, or on view in their pre&s;ence &s;hall find hereafter to make, or have made any di&s;turbance, fighting, or quarrelling in the Yards, Stores, or Offices afore&s;aid at Pay-days, or on other occa&s;ions relating to the Naval Services, in &s;uch manner as followeth, that is to &s;ay, That they or any two or more of them may puni&s;h any the &s;aid offences by Fine, Impri&s;onment, or either of them; the Fine not exc&eacute;eding twenty &s;hillings, and the Impri&s;onment not exc&eacute;eding one w&eacute;ek; and have power in &s;uch ca&s;es to commit &s;uch per&s;ons to the next Gaol or to the cu&s;tody of the Me&s;&s;enger or Me&s;&s;en|gers for the time being attendant on them, who re&s;pectively are to receive and detain &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending.</P>
<P>And that the &s;aid principal Officers &amp; Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the greater number of them then pre&s;ent, have power to di&s;charge &s;uch Fine or Impri&s;onment, if they &s;o think fit: And for non-payment of the Fine &s;o Impo&s;ed, and not remitted, to impri&s;on the party offending until payment thereof; which &s;aid Fines &s;hall be paid to the Clerk of the Che&s;t, for the u&s;e of the maimed Sea-men; and that the examination of witne&s;&s;es be upon oath before them, which they, any two or more of them are accordingly impowred to admini&s;ter.</P>
<P>And it is further by the Authority afore&s;aid Enacted, That the &s;aid Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them (in Ca&s;es where greater example or puni&s;hment is n&eacute;edful) may al&s;o bind the per&s;on and per&s;ons offending to their good behaviour, with, or without Securities, as occa&s;ion &s;hall be.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Imbezilling of Stores and Ammunition.</NOTE>And whereas divers of His Maje&s;ties Stores and Ammunition, pertaining to his Navy and Shipping, or &s;ervice thereof, are Imbezelled and Filched away;</P>
<P><PB N="221" REF="122">It is by like Authority Enacted, That the &s;aid principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, by warrant under their hands and &s;eals have power in like manner to en|quire and &s;earch for the &s;ame in all places, as Iu&s;tices of the Peace may do in ca&s;e of Felony, and puni&s;h the Offenders by &s;uch Fine and Impri&s;onment as afore&s;aid, and cau&s;e the Goods to be brought in again. And if th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> offence be of &s;uch nature as doth require a higher and &s;everer puni&s;h|ment, Then that they, or any two or more of them may commit &s;uch offenders to the next Gaol, or to the cu&s;tody of their Me&s;&s;enger or Me&s;&s;engers afore&s;aid, till he or they &s;o offending enter into Recognizance with Surety or Sureties according to the nature of the offence, to appear and an|&s;wer to the &s;ame in his Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Exchequer,</HI> or other Court where his Maje&s;ty &s;hall que&s;tion him or them for the &s;ame within one year following, on proce&s;s duly &s;erved for that pur|po&s;e on &s;uch offender or offenders.</P>
<P>And it is Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That they the &s;aid principal Offi|cers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them may put in u&s;e the &s;aid powers on the Offen|ders, as afore&s;aid, in all places where they hold an Office for his Maje&s;ty, as well within Liber|ties as without, Any Law, Statute, Ordinance, Charter, or Priviledge to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding. This Act to continue for two years, from the Fir&s;t day of <HI>June,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The conti|nuance of this Act. 19 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and four: And from thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>To prevent the delivering up of Merchants Ships.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas it often happeneth that Ma&s;ters and Commanders of Merchants Ships do &s;uffer their Ships to be boarded, and the goods to be taken out by Pyrats and Sea-Rovers, not|with&s;tanding they have &s;ufficient force to defend them&s;elves, whereby not only the Mer|chants are much prejudiced, but the honour of the Engli&s;h Navigation is thereby much dimini&s;h|ed, and Merchants di&s;couraged from lading their goods on board Engli&s;h Ships, to the decay of Shipping; In the pre&s;ervation whereof, the wealth, honour and &s;afety of this Nation is &s;o much concerned: To which the &s;aid Ma&s;ters are encouraged by a practice u&s;ed towards them by the <HI>Turks</HI> and others, who after they have taken out the goods, as an encouragement to Ma&s;ters of Ships to yield, do not only re&s;tore the Ship with &s;uch goods as are claimed by the Ma&s;ters or Sea-men, but many times pay unto the Ma&s;ters all, or &s;ome part of the Freight, which hath many times cau&s;ed &s;u&s;pition of treachery in the &s;aid Ma&s;ters, to the great di&s;honour of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Na|tion.</P>
<P>For the prevention thereof for the future, and for the better encouragement to Merchants, as well Foreigners as <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> to Freight and u&s;e <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ships, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by, and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tempo|ral, and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Engli&s;h Ships not to be yielded up to Turks or Pyrats.</NOTE> That where any Goods or Merchandizes &s;hall be laden on board any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship, which Ship &s;hall be of the bur|then of Two hundred Tuns or upwards, and mounted with &s;ixt&eacute;en Guns or more; if the Ma&s;ter or Commander &s;hall yield up the &s;aid Goods to any <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, or to any Pyrats or Sea-Rovers what&s;oever without fighting, That then and in &s;uch ca&s;e the Ma&s;ter &s;hall (upon proof thereof made in the high Court of Admiralty) be from thenceforth incapable of taking charge of any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship or Ve&s;&s;el as Ma&s;ter or Commander thereof.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> And if he &s;hall at any time there|after pre&s;ume to take upon him to Command any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, he &s;hall &s;uffer Impri&s;on|ment by warrant from the &s;aid Court, during the &s;pace of &s;ix moneths for every offence: And in ca&s;e the per&s;ons &s;o taking the &s;aid Goods, &s;hall relea&s;e, give back, or let pa&s;s the Ship, or &s;hall pay unto the &s;aid Ma&s;ter any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or any goods in lieu of money for freight or other reward or gift, That in all or any &s;uch ca&s;es the &s;aid goods or money &s;o given, or the value thereof, as al&s;o the Ma&s;ters part of &s;uch Ship, her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture &s;o relea&s;ed, given back, or let pa&s;s, out of which the &s;aid goods were taken, &s;hall be lyable to repair the per&s;ons who&s;e Goods were &s;o delivered or taken, by Action in the High Court of Admiralty; And in ca&s;e the Comman|ders or Ma&s;ters part of the Ship, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, together with &s;uch money and goods given as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not be &s;ufficient to repair all the damages &s;u&s;tained, then the Repa|rations to be recovered on the Ma&s;ters or Commanders part of the Ship to be divided <HI>pro Rata</HI> among&s;t the per&s;ons pro&s;ecuting and proving their damages; and the per&s;ons damaged to have their Action again&s;t the Ma&s;ter for the remainder.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ma&s;ters of Ships.</NOTE> That no Ma&s;ter of any &s;uch <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship as afore&s;aid, being at Sea, and having di&s;covered any Ship to be a <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Ship, Pyrat, or Sea-Rover, &s;hall depart out of his Ship upon any pretence what&s;oever, le&s;t by his detention on board any &s;uch Ship, the &s;afety of his own Ship be hazarded.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if the Ma&s;ter of any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, though not of the Burthen of Two hundred Tuns, or mounted with Sixt&eacute;en Guns, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall yield his &s;aid Ship unto any <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Ship, Pyrat, or Sea-Rover (not having at the lea&s;t double his number of Guns) without fighting; Every &s;uch Ma&s;ter &s;hall be liable to all and every the penalties in this Act contained.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Proce&s;s out of the Court of Admiralty.</NOTE> That upon Proce&s;s made out of the High Court of Admiralty, It &s;hall and may be lawful to and for all Commanders of his Maje&s;ties Ships
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of War, or the Commanders of any other <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ships, to &s;eize &s;uch Ships or Ma&s;ters &s;o offen|ding, according to the &s;aid Proce&s;s in &s;uch ca&s;e to be i&s;&s;ued, and the &s;ame to bring or &s;end in cu&s;to|dy into any Ports of His Maje&s;ties Dominions, there to be proc&eacute;eded again&s;t according to the in|tent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided that none be hereby encouraged to violate the Rights o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Ports of any Foreign Prince or State in amity with the Kings Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mariners or inferiour offi|cers declining to fight.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if the Mariners or inferiour Offi|cers of any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship laden with Goods and Merchandizes as afore&s;aid, &s;hall decline or refu&s;e to fight and defend the Ship, when they &s;hall be thereunto commanded by the Ma&s;ter or Com|mander thereof, or &s;hall utter any words to di&s;courage the other Mariners from defending the Ship;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> That every Mariner, who &s;hall be found guilty of declining or refu&s;ing as afore&s;aid, &s;hall lo&s;e all his wages due to him, together with &s;uch goods as he hath in the Ship, and &s;uffer Impri|&s;onment, not exc&eacute;eding the &s;pace of Six moneths, and &s;hall during &s;uch time, be kept to hard la|bour for his or their maintenance.</P>
<P>Provided always, That if any Ship &s;hall have b&eacute;en yielded as afore&s;aid, contrary to the will and endeavour of the Ma&s;ter or Commander, by the di&s;obedience of his Mariners, te&s;tified by their having laid violent hands on him, That in &s;uch ca&s;e the Ma&s;ter or Commander &s;hall not be liable to the &s;entence of Incapacity as afore&s;aid, nor to any Action for the lo&s;&s;es &s;u&s;tained by the Mer|chants, unle&s;s he &s;hall have received back from the takers thereof, his Ship, or &s;ome recompen&s;e, gift or reward as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Mariner who &s;hall have laid violent hands on his Commander, whereby to hinder him from fighting in defence of his Ship and Goods committed to his tru&s;t, &s;hall &s;uffer death as a Felon.</P>
<P>And for the better encouragement to Captains, Ma&s;ters, Officers and Sea men to defend their Ships,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment to Cap|tains and S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">amen to defend their Ships.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That when any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ship &s;hall have b&eacute;en defended by fight, and brought to her de&s;igned Port, in which fight any of the Officers or Sea men &s;hall have b&eacute;en wounded, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Iudge of His Maje&s;ties High Court of Admiralty, or his Surrogate, or the Iudge of the Vice-Admiralty within which the Ship &s;hall arrive at her return, upon Petition of the Ma&s;ter or Seamen of &s;uch Ship &s;o defended as afore&s;aid, to call unto him &s;uch and &s;o many as he &s;hall be informed to be Adventurers or Ow|ners of the Ship and Goods &s;o defended, and by advice with them, to rai&s;e and levy upon the re&s;|pective Owners and Adventurers, by Proce&s;s out of the &s;aid Court, &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money as him&s;elf, with the Major part of the Adventurers or Owners then pre&s;ent &s;hall judge rea&s;onable, not exc&eacute;eding the value of Two <HI>per cent.</HI> of the Ship and Goods &s;o defended, according to the fir&s;t co&s;t of the Goods, to be made appear by the Envoyce (which the Owner or his Factor, or Corre&s;pondent, is hereby required to produce) or by the Oath of the &s;aid Owner, Factor, or Cor|re&s;pondent, if thereunto required; which money, &s;o rai&s;ed, &s;hall be paid unto the Regi&s;ter of the &s;aid Court, who &s;hall receive for the &s;ame Thr&eacute;e pence in each pound and no more, thence to be di&s;tributed among&s;t the Captain, Ma&s;ter, Officers and Seamen of the &s;aid Ship, or Widows and Children of the &s;lain, according to the direction of the Iudge of the &s;aid Court, with the ap|probation of Thr&eacute;e or more of the Owners or Adventurers afore&s;aid, who &s;hall proportion the &s;ame according to their be&s;t Iudgements unto the Ships Company, as afore&s;aid, having e&s;pecial regard unto the Widows and Children of &s;uch as &s;hall have b&eacute;en &s;lain in that Service, and to &s;uch as &s;hall have b&eacute;en wounded or maimed.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e the Company belonging to any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchant-&s;hip, &s;hall happen to take any &s;hip,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ships which <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> taken <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Engli&s;h</HI></NOTE> which &s;hip &s;hall fir&s;t have a&s;&s;aulted them, the re&s;pective Officers and Mariners belonging to the &s;ame, &s;hall after Condemnation of &s;uch &s;hip and Goods, have and receive to their own proper u&s;e and benefit, &s;uch part and &s;hare thereof as is u&s;ually practi&s;ed in Private men of War.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">mary.</NOTE>And whereas it often happeneth, that Ma&s;ters and Mariners of &s;hips having en&s;ured or taken upon Botomary greater &s;ums of money then the value of their Adventure, do wilfully ca&s;t away, burn, or otherwi&s;e de&s;troy the &s;hips under their charge, to Merchants and Owners great lo&s;s; For the prevention thereof for the future, Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Captain, Ma&s;ter, Mariner, or other Officer belonging to any &s;hip, &s;hall wilfully ca&s;t away, burn, or other|wi&s;e de&s;troy the &s;hip unto which he belongeth, or procure the &s;ame to be done, he &s;hall &s;uffer death as a Felon.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided that this Act &s;hall continue for Thr&eacute;e years, and from thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Deceitful, di&s;orderly, and exce&s;&s;ive Gaming prevented.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The inconve|nience of im|moderate and unlawful u&s;e of gaming.</NOTE>WHereas all Lawful Games and Exerci&s;es &s;hould not be otherwi&s;e u&s;ed, then as Inno|cent and Moderate Recreations, and not as con&s;tant Trades or Callings to gain a Living, or make unlawful Advantage thereby; And whereas by the immoderate u&s;e of them, many mi&s;chiefs and inconveniences do ari&s;e, and are daily found, to the maintaining and encouraging of &s;undry idle, loo&s;e, and di&s;orderly per&s;ons in their di&s;hone&s;t, lewd, and di&s;&s;olute cour&s;e of life, And to the circumventing, deceiving, cou&s;ening, and debauching of many of the
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younger &s;ort, both of the Nobility and Gentry, and others, to the lo&s;s of their pretious time, and the utter ruine of their E&s;tates and Fortunes, and withdrawing them from Noble and Laudable Imployments and Exerci&s;es:</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons of any Degr&eacute;e or Quality what&s;oever, at any time or times after the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, do, or &s;hall by any fraud, &s;hift, cou&s;enage, circumvention, deceit, or unlawful device, or ill practice what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Deceits and Co&s;enages in Gaming.</NOTE> in playing at or with Cards, Dice, Tables, Tennis, Bowls, Kittles, Shovelboard; or in or by Cock-fightings, Hor&s;e-races, Dog-matches, or Foot-races, or other Pa&s;times, Game, or Games what|&s;oever, or in, or by bearing a &s;hare, or part in the Stakes, Wagers, or Adventures, or in, or by betting on the Sides or Hands of &s;uch as do, or &s;hall Play, Act, Ride, or Run as afore&s;aid, win, obtain, or acquire to him or them&s;elves, or to any other or others any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or other valuable thing or things what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty.</NOTE> That then every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o offending as afore&s;aid, &s;hall <HI>ip&s;o facto</HI> forfeit and lo&s;e treble the &s;um or value of money, or other thing or things &s;o won, gained, obtained or acquired; The one moyety thereof to our Soveraign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and the other moyety thereof unto the per&s;on or per&s;ons grieved, or who &s;hall lo&s;e the money, or other thing or things &s;o gained; &s;o as every &s;uch lo&s;er and per&s;on grieved in that behalf, do, or &s;hall pro&s;ecute and &s;ue for the &s;ame within &s;ix Kalender Moneths next after &s;uch Play. And in default of &s;uch pro&s;ecution, the &s;ame other moyety to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall or will pro&s;ecute or &s;ue for the &s;ame within one year next after the &s;aid &s;ix moneths expired; And that the &s;aid Forfeitures &s;hall, or may be &s;ued for, or recovered by Action of Debt,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to be &s;ued for and recovered.</NOTE> Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed. And that all and every &s;uch Plaintiff or Plain|tiffs, Informer or Informers, &s;hall in every &s;uch Suit and Pro&s;ecution have and recover his and their treble Co&s;ts again&s;t the per&s;on offending and forfeiting as afore&s;aid; Any Law, Statute, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And for the better avoiding and preventing of all exce&s;&s;ive and immoderate Playing and Ga|ming for the time to come, Be it further Ordained and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Prevention of exce&s;&s;ive and immode|rate gaming.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall at any time or times after the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September</HI> afore&s;aid, play at any of the &s;aid Games, or any other Pa&s;time, Game or Games what&s;oever (other then with and for ready money) or &s;hall Bett on the Sides or hands of &s;uch as do, or &s;hall play thereat, and &s;hall lo&s;e any &s;um or &s;ums of money, or other thing or things &s;o plaid for, ex|c&eacute;eding the &s;um of One hundred pounds at any one time or m&eacute;eting, upon Ticket or Credit or otherwi&s;e, and &s;hall not pay down the &s;ame at the time when he or they &s;hall &s;o lo&s;e the &s;ame, The party and parties who lo&s;eth or &s;hall lo&s;e the &s;aid moneys, or other thing or things &s;o played or to be played for, above the &s;aid &s;um of One hundred pounds, &s;hall not in that ca&s;e be bound, or compellable to pay or make good the &s;ame; but the Contract and Contracts for the &s;ame, and for every part thereof, and all and &s;ingular Iudgments, Statutes, Recognizances, Mortgages, Con|veyances, A&s;&s;urances, Bonds, Bills, Specialties, Promi&s;es, Covenants, Agr&eacute;ements and other Acts, D&eacute;eds and Securities what&s;oever, which &s;hall be obtained, made, given, acknowledged or entred into for &s;ecurity or &s;atisfaction, of, or for the &s;ame, or any part thereof, &s;hall be utterly void and of none effect: And that the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o winning the &s;aid moneys, or other things,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> &s;hall forfeit and lo&s;e treble the value of all &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of money, or other thing and things which he &s;hall &s;o win, gain, obtain, or acquire, above the &s;aid &s;um of One hundred pounds, the one moyety thereof to our &s;aid Soveraign Lord the King, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors; and the other moyety thereof to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall pro&s;ecute, or &s;ue for the &s;ame within one year next after the time of &s;uch offence committed; And to be &s;ued for by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed. And that every &s;uch Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, In|former or Informers &s;hall, in every &s;uch &s;uit and pro&s;ecution, have and receive his treble Co&s;ts again&s;t the per&s;on and per&s;ons offending and forfeiting as afore&s;aid; Any Law, Cu&s;tom, or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A former Act for Regulating the Pre&s;s, Continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That an Act made in the Fourt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord the King that now is, entituled, <HI>An Act for preventing the frequent abu&s;es in Printing Seditious, Trea&s;onable,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2 cap. 3.</NOTE> <HI>and unlicen&s;ed Books and Pamphlets, and for Regulating of Printing, and Printing-Pre&s;&s;es,</HI> &s;hall be con|tinued and remain in force until the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament. 16 <HI>&amp;</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 7.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<PB N="224" REF="124">
<HEAD>Anno XVI. &amp; XVII. Caroli II. Regis.</HEAD>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Royal Aid unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, of Twenty four hundred three&s;core and &s;eventeen thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be Rai&s;ed, Levied and Paid in the &s;pace of Three years.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parliament, taking into con&s;ideration the great and apparent Dangers which now threaten this Kingdom; and that for prevention thereof, Your Maje&s;ty hath found Your Self obliged to Equip and Set out to Sea a Royal Navy for the pre&s;ervation of Your Ma|je&s;ties ancient and undoubted Soveraignty and Dominion in the Seas, and the Trade of Your Maje&s;ties Subjects; And having duly weighed and con&s;idered the &s;everal ways and means by which Your Maje&s;ty hath b&eacute;en enforced to make the&s;e Preparations at &s;o va&s;t an Expence; And acknowledging with all humility and thankfulne&s;s Your Maje&s;ties abundant Care for our pre|&s;ervation; and being d&eacute;eply &s;en&s;ible of that extraordinary Charge and Expence with which Your Maje&s;ties pre&s;ent Engagement ought to be &s;upported; and of tho&s;e inconveniences which mu&s;t n&eacute;eds befall the Nation, if we &s;hould be wanting to our &s;elves in this &s;o weighty and important occa&s;ion; Have ch&eacute;erfully and unanimou&s;ly given and granted, and do hereby give and grant unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the Sum of Twenty four hundred thr&eacute;e&s;core and &s;event&eacute;en thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be rai&s;ed and levied in manner following.</P>
<P>And do humbly be&s;&eacute;ech Your Maje&s;ty, That it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That for the Righting of Your Maje&s;ty and Your Maje&s;ties Subjects again&s;t the <HI>Dutch,</HI> the Sum of Twenty four hundred thr&eacute;e&s;core and &s;event&eacute;en thou&s;and and five hundred pounds &s;hall be rai&s;ed, levied and paid unto Your Maje&s;ty within the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years in manner fol|lowing, that is to &s;ay, the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds and nine &s;hillings by the Moneth, for thirty &s;ix Moneths, beginning from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid by twelve quarterly payments, in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the &s;everal rules and proportions, and in &s;uch manner as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed: That is to &s;ay, For every Moneth of the &s;aid Thirty &s;ix Moneths,</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Bedford,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred ninety &s;ix pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and nine pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Berks,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and One hundred thirty two pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Bucks,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred and fift&eacute;en pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and five pence.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="II"> The County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and and twenty pounds.</P>
<P>The I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred forty nine pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and eleven pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred and one pounds five &s;hillings and &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred and forty pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hil|lings and thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred &s;ixty eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and a peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Derby,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred &s;ixty two pounds eight &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Devon,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and two hundred twenty nine pounds ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Exon,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and &s;ixt&eacute;en pounds &s;even &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred forty four pounds ten &s;hillings and five pence.</P>
<P>The Town and County of <HI>Pool,</HI> the &s;um of Ten pounds ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Durham,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred twenty thr&eacute;e pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings and nine pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>York,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>York,</HI> and Town and County of <HI>King&s;tone</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and four hundred &s;ixty nine pounds five &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and ninety eight pounds eight &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P><PB N="225" REF="124">The County of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and eight hundred and eight pounds ten &s;hil|lings and thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Thirty nine pounds eight &s;hil|lings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hereford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and one hundred thirty one pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred forty five pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hil|lings and thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred thirty thr&eacute;e pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Kent,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred twenty &s;ix pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and and &s;ix pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Leice&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and eighty four pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings and thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and five hundred &s;eventy five pounds two &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The City of <HI>London,</HI> with the Liberty of <HI>S. Martins le grand,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and ninety one pounds eleven &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> with the City and Liberty of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou|&s;and two hundred and forty pounds ten &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred and ninety pounds.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and four hundred and thirt&eacute;en pounds eigh|t&eacute;en &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> with the Town and County of the Town of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred &s;eventy thr&eacute;e pounds eight &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred &s;eventy pounds twelve &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and eighty pounds.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> with the Towns of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred &s;eventy two pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Oxon,</HI> the &s;um of Eleven hundred thirty five pounds ten &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Rutland,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and forty pounds eight &s;hillings and eleven pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Salop,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and two hundred and thr&eacute;e pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Stafford,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred fifty two pounds eleven &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Litchfield,</HI> the &s;um of Thirt&eacute;en pounds.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and &s;even hundred &s;eventy one pound ten &s;hil|lings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred ninety nine pounds eight &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> with the Town and County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> and <HI>I&s;le of VVight,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and one hundred eighty nine pounds eight &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and two hundred ninety eight pounds ten &s;hil|lings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Surry,</HI> with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred ninety &s;even pound and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and eight hundred twenty one pounds &s;even &s;hil|lings and nine pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>VVarwick,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Coventry,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and one hundred ninety two pounds eight &s;hillings and nine pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and fifty thr&eacute;e pounds and ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>VVorce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Fifty five pounds nine &s;hillings and &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred &s;ixty &s;ix pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>We&s;tmerland</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and &s;ixt&eacute;en pounds.</P>
<P>The <HI>I&s;le</HI> of <HI>Angle&s;ey,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred twenty five pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Brecknock,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred eighty two pounds ten &s;hillings and five pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cardigan,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and five pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and nine pence half-peny.</P>
<P><PB N="226" REF="125">The County of <HI>Carmarthen</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred &s;eventy two pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carnarvan</HI> the &s;um of One hundred forty &s;ix pounds twelve &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Denbigh</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred twenty thr&eacute;e pounds ten &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Flint</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and eight&eacute;en pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glamorgan</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred &s;eventy eight pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Merioneth</HI> the &s;um of One hundred pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings and a peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Mountgomery</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred &s;eventy &s;ix pounds twelve &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Pembrook</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred twenty &s;ix pounds and ten &s;hillings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Radnor</HI> the &s;um of One hundred &s;eventy four pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The Town of <HI>Haverford We&s;t</HI> the &s;um of Fift&eacute;en pounds thr&eacute;e &s;hillings and five pence.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the per&s;ons hereafter named &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;ioners of and for the &s;everall and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places hereafter named; that is to &s;ay,</P>
<P><LABEL>Bedford.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Bedford,</HI> William Ru&s;&s;el <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Beauchampe St. John <HI>Knight, Sir</HI> Samuel Brown <HI>Knight, one of the Iu&s;tices of the Common Pleas, Sir</HI> John Keeling <HI>Knight, one of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench, Sir</HI> John Cotton, <HI>Sir</HI> Lodowick Dyer, <HI>Sir</HI> John Napler, <HI>Sir</HI> Roger Burgoine, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Al&s;tone, <HI>Sir</HI> Humphrey Winch, <HI>Sir</HI> Humphrey Monox, <HI>Sir</HI> St. John Charnock, <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> Henry Che&s;ter <HI>Knight of the Bath, Sir</HI> Will. Fleetwood, <HI>Sir</HI> Will. Palmer <HI>of</HI> Warden-&s;treet, <HI>Sir</HI> Will. Palmer <HI>of</HI> Hill, <HI>Sir</HI> John Duncombe, <HI>Sir</HI> William Beecher, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Cater, <HI>Sir</HI> George Blundel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Clement Armiger, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Huxley, <HI>Knights;</HI> Pawlet St. John, Richard Tayler, Stephen Ander&s;on, Will. Spencer, Oliver Luke, Francis Crawley, St. John Thomp&s;on, Thomas Snagg, William Boteler, John Keeling, John Osbourne, John Vaux, John Al&s;ton, John Coppen, Francis Wingate, William Gerey, Walter Carey, Francis Dive, William Franklin, George Wyan, Gaius Squire, James Mountague, Samuel Cotton, John Neale, John Cockane, Thomas Cheyne, John Ventris, Robert Crompton, Thomas Rolt, Robert Audley, Matthew Denton, Simon Grey, Matthew Dennis, William Fo&s;ter, Richard Orlibee <HI>the elder,</HI> Thomas Cobb, Ja&s;per Edwards, Samuel Bedford, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>For the Town of <HI>Bedford.</HI></LABEL> <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Bedford <HI>for the time being,</HI> William Ru&s;&s;el <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Humphrey Winch, <HI>Sir</HI> John Napier, <HI>Baronets;</HI> Pawlet St. John, Richard Tayler, William Fo&s;ter, John Gardiner, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Cri&s;ty, William Ri&s;ely, Simon Becket, Robert Beverley, William Scot, John Beaumont, Thomas Fitzhugh, <HI>Alderman</HI> Crawley, Richard Elmes, John Cobb <HI>and</HI> John Spencer <HI>the elder, Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Berks.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Berks, Charles <HI>Earl of</HI> Ancram <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>Sir</HI> George Cartwright, <HI>Baronet, Vice-Chamberlain to his Maje&s;ty;</HI> John Lovelace, <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> George Stonehou&s;e, <HI>Sir</HI> George Prat, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Braham, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Draper, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Rich, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Winchcombe, <HI>Sir</HI> William Backhou&s;e, <HI>Sir</HI> Anthony Craven, <HI>Sir</HI> Cae&s;ar Colclough, <HI>Sir</HI> John Fettyplace, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Clergys, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Richard Powle <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Edmond Sawyer, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Pye, <HI>Sir</HI> William Armorer, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Dolman, <HI>Sir</HI> John Davis, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Bi&s;hop, <HI>Knights;</HI> Richard Nevil, Humphrey Hyde, Richard Harri&s;on, William Barker, George Purifoy, Peregrin Hobby, Robert Packer, Richard Aldworth, Thomas Fettiplace, George Fettiplace, John Harri&s;on, Anthony Barker, Henry Procter, John Blagrave, Francis Piggot, Hun|gerford Dunch, William Trumbal, William Dormar, John Elwes, Thomas Garret, John Southby, William Wilmot, William James, William Barker <HI>of</HI> Hur&s;t, Edward Keale, William Nel&s;on, Hart|gell Baron, Richard Jones, William Tayler, Edward Dalby, Paul Calton, Thomas Sanders, Charles Whitacre, Humphrey Hide <HI>&s;enior of</HI> Hur&s;t, Humphrey Hide <HI>junior of</HI> King&s;ton, Edward Hobby, Richard Palmer, John Hart&s;ey, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Offley <HI>Doctor in Laws,</HI> Francis Hungerford <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> William Hamer&s;ley, George Blagrave, John Kendrick, John Allen, Robert Leigh, Nicholas Hide, Peregrin Wilcox, Thomas Southby, William Langton, John Due, Francis Peacock, Michael Mallet, Henry Murrey, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Iohn Peacock, Robert Go&s;ton, James Heron, Philip We&s;ton, Henry Barker, Iohn Powney, Roger Draper, Richard Lovelace, William Hu&s;&s;ey, Roger Knight, Charles Pierce, Richard Punt <HI>Gentleman, the Mayor of</HI> Reading <HI>for the time be|ing; the Mayor of</HI> Abington <HI>for the time being, the Mayor of</HI> Newbury <HI>for the time being; the Mayor of</HI> Wind&s;or <HI>for the time being; the Mayor of</HI> VVallingford <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Bucks.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Bucks, Charles <HI>Earl of</HI> Ancram <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, Philip <HI>Lord</HI> Wainman <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Tuam <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, James Herbert <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Thomas Tirrel <HI>one of the Iu&s;tices of the Common Pleas, Sir</HI> Richard Temple <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath <HI>and Baronet, Sir</HI> Toby Tyrrel, <HI>Sir</HI> John Burlace, <HI>Sir</HI> Anthony Che&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Proby, <HI>Sir</HI> William Bowyer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Smith, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph Varney, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Drake, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Hamp&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Andrews, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Croke <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> William Tyrringham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Ingoldsby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Gayer <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> Edmond Pye <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Thomas Lee, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Napper, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Pigget, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Herbert, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Dormer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Cleyton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Croke, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Clergies, <HI>Sir</HI> George Ta&s;h, <HI>Knights;</HI> William Fleetwood, Charles Cheyne, Edmond Waller <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Edmond Waller <HI>junior,</HI> William Penn, Edmond We&s;t, Brett Norton, Thomas Duncombe, Thomas Hackett, William Lane, John Egle&s;tone, Richard Barringer, Edward Nicholas, Thomas Farrers <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Cae&s;ar Cranmore, Thomas Ri&s;ley, Roger Price, Peter Dorrel, Thomas Saunders, Francis Ingoldsby, Edmond Dorrel, George Ru&s;&s;el, Richard Winwood, Richard Greenvile, Robert Scawen, Bud Wa&s;e, Thomas Tirrel, Robert Napper, Edmond Hampden, Iohn Clark, Robert Croke, Richard Hampden, William Burlace, Bazil Brent, William Hill, Thomas Farrer <HI>junior,</HI> Ambro&s;e Bennet, James Low, Thomas Stafford, Robert Levet, Charles Doe, Ro|bert Tompkins, Bernard Tourney, Thomas Egleton, Robert Dormer, Francis Tyrringham, George Wyan, William Cleaver, William Abraham, <HI>Captain</HI> Robert Style, John Grubbe, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Iohn Green, Henry Allnot, James Perrat, George Go&s;nal <HI>Gentlemen, the Bayliff of</HI> Buckingham <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Ri&s;ley, Roger Price, Peter Dorrel <HI>junior, E&s;quires;</HI> John Smith, William Lambert, <HI>and</HI> John Tournour, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cambridge.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cambridge, William <HI>Lord</HI> Allington <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Dud|ley North <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Hatton, <HI>Sir</HI> John Cotton, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Willis, <HI>Sir</HI> John Cutts, <HI>Sir</HI> George Downeing <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Thomas Wendy <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Dayrel, <HI>Sir</HI> I&s;aac Thornton, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Cotton <HI>Knights,</HI> Thomas Chichley, Levinus Bennet,<MILESTONE N="VII"> John Milli&s;ent, Samuel Fortrey, Thomas Storey, Thomas Ducket, William Sayer, Humphrey Gard|ner, George Pepis, Thomas Dodd, Mildmay Dowman, Jeoffrey Nightingal, William Aloff, <GAP DESC="blank"> Pike, Thomas Bucke, <GAP DESC="blank"> Dalton, John Bing, Thomas Martin <HI>and</HI> William Legate, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Vniver&s;ity and Town of</HI> Cambridge, <HI>the Vice-Chancellor, the Mayor for the time be|ing,</HI> William <HI>Lord</HI> Allington <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Theophilus Dillingham, James Fleet|wood, Richard Min&s;hal, <HI>Doctors of Divinity,</HI> Robert King <HI>Doctor of the Laws,</HI> Thomas Crouch, Clement Nevile <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Roger Pepis <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder,</HI> Samuel Spalding, John Ewen, William Wells, John Herring <HI>Aldermen, Sir</HI> Thomas Slater <HI>Baronet,</HI> Robert Eade, Edward Stoyte, <HI>Doctors of Phy&s;ick, and</HI> Nicholas Jacob <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>I&s;le of Ely.</LABEL> <HI>For the</HI> I&s;le <HI>of</HI> Ely, Richard <HI>Lord</HI> Gorges <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, William Colvile, Thomas March, Matthew Wren, Charles Wren, Edward Partherich, William Fi&s;her, Thomas Steward, Ro|bert Steward, Henry Hitch <HI>Doctor of Law,</HI> Robert Balam, Thomas Ca&s;tel, Laurence Oxborough, John Towers, Anthony Backworth, John Childe <HI>junior,</HI> William Balam, Thomas Edwards, William March, Michael Holman, Matthew Taylor, Roger Jenings, <HI>and</HI> John Delavall <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Che&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Che&s;ter, Robert <HI>Lord</HI> Cholmundeley <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, VVilliam <HI>Lord</HI> Brereton <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Delves, <HI>Sir</HI> Willoughby A&s;ton, <HI>Sir</HI> Tho|mas Powel, <HI>Sir</HI> George Warberton, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Leice&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Manwaring, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Smith <HI>junior, Sir</HI> John Bellet, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Pindor, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Brooks, <HI>Sir</HI> William Stanley <HI>Baro|nets, Sir</HI> John Booth, <HI>Sir</HI> Philip Egerton, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Brooks, <HI>Sir</HI> John Ardern, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Cot|ton, <HI>Sir</HI> Foulk Lucy, <HI>Sir</HI> Jeoffrey Shakerley <HI>Knights,</HI> Peter Venables <HI>Baron of</HI> Kinderton, Tho|mas Needham, Thomas Cholmundeley, George Vernon, Robert Patton, Henry Bunbury, Henry Leigh, Thomas Leigh <HI>of</HI> Adlington, Richard Leigh <HI>of</HI> Lyme, John Crew <HI>of</HI> Crew, Thomas Marbury, Edward Warren, Edward Leigh, Edward Hyde, John Crew <HI>of</HI> Utkinton, Roger Wilbraham, Na|thaniel Booth, Peter Dutton, John Daniel, Randel Dodd, John Leech, Richard Wathal, Edward Glegg, Roger King, John Davenport <HI>of</HI> Widford, Thomas Gla&s;ier, Somerford Oldfeild, Edward Swettenham, Peers Legh, John Ward, Ralph Wilbraham, William Brock, John Hul&s;tone, John Shalcro&s;&s;e, Edward Downs <HI>of</HI> Worth, Ralph Baskerfeild <HI>of</HI> Winnington, <HI>and</HI> Thomas Ley <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Che&s;ter.</HI></LABEL> For the City and County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, Sir <HI>Thomas <MILESTONE N="VIII"> Smith</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Thomas Smith</HI> Knight, <HI>Richard Leiveing</HI> E&s;quire, Recorder of <HI>Che&s;ter, John Radcliff</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Thomas Throppe, William Crumpton, Thomas Cook</HI> Cowper, <HI>William Street</HI> and <GAP DESC="blank"> <HI>Ince</HI> Aldermen.</P>
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<P><LABEL>Cornwall.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cornwall, <HI>Sir</HI> William Morice <HI>Principal Secretary of State,</HI> Robert Ro|bertes, Hender Robertes, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Chiche&s;ter Wrey, <HI>Sir</HI> John Trelawney <HI>Knights and Baronets; Sir</HI> John Carew <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Edward Vivian <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> John Co|ryton, <HI>Sir</HI> William Godolphin, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Francis Godolphin, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Edgecombe, <HI>Sir</HI> Nicholas Slanning, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Killigrew, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Courtney, <HI>Sir</HI> John Arundle, <HI>Sir</HI> Samuel Co&s;warth, <HI>Sir</HI> James Smith, <HI>Sir</HI> Walter Moyle, <HI>Knights;</HI> Henry Seymour, Jonathan Trelawney, Richard Arundle, Pearce Edgecombe, Hugh Bo&s;cawen, Francis Buller, Charles Trevanion, Charles Ro&s;carrock, John Specket, John Elliot, John Tanner, Francis Edge|combe, Nathaniel Moyle, Bernard Greenvile, John Trelawney, William Pendarvis, William Scawen, William Trevi&s;a, William Bond, Edward Bo&s;cawen, Chri&s;topher Cooke, Nicholas Glyn, Thomas Herle, Viol Vivian, James Praed, John Jonock, Samuel Trelawnye, John St. Aubin, John Nichols <HI>of Trewane,</HI> John Nicoll <HI>of Littlewood,</HI> Arthur Forte&s;cue, John Vivian, Oliver Saule, William Mohun, Hanibal Bugins, Lewis Tremane, Richard Hawkes, Colan Blewett, John Bleigh, Henry Spoure <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Jonathan Ra&s;hley <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Jonathan Ra&s;hley <HI>junior,</HI> John Ra&s;hley, Robert Hoblin, Chri&s;topher Bond, Thomas Burell, Thomas Robin&s;on, John Thomas, Richard Eri&s;ey, Chri&s;topher Harris, Francis Grigger, Humphrey Courtney, John Buller, Charles Bo&s;cawen, Robert Scawen, Thomas Waddon, Tri&s;tram Ar&s;cott, William Cotton, Edward No&s;worthy, George Heale, John Polwheele, Digory Polwheele, Nicholas Arundle, John Arundle <HI>of Sythney,</HI> Hugh Jones, John Penro&s;e, Edmond Prideaux, Jo&s;eph Tredinnam, James Bond, William Godolphin, Edward Elliot, Richard Hoblyn, Richard Pendarvis, Hugh Trevanion <HI>junior,</HI> Nathaniel Trevanion, Francis Penro&s;e, John Fowel, Ezekiel Arundle, Richard Rou&s;e, Walter Kendall, John Kendall, Walter Langdon <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Walter Langdon <HI>junior,</HI> Iohn Battersbye, Henry Spoure <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Jo&s;eph Nicholls, Charles Grills, Arthur Sprye, John Vacye, William Sprye, Francis Calmadie, Humphry Noye, John Harris, Edward Harris, Nicholas Courtney, Thomas Achim, William Painter, Thomas Hawkey, Andrew Corye, Michael Hill <HI>of Wendron,</HI> John Carne&s;ewe, Samuel Ennis, John Ke&s;tell, Thomas Trefrie, Michael Vivian, Anthony Chinoweth, Francis Burges, Richard Carter, John Sylly, Richard Tippet, Thomas Carew, Chri&s;topher Billet, Chamon Greenvile, Samuel Langford, Reynald Hawkey, Walter Vincent, James Robins, Humphrey Burlace, Francis Lutterel <HI>and</HI> James Ere&s;y, <HI>E&s;quires; the Mayor of</HI> Truro <HI>for the time being,</HI> Martin Madrin, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cumberland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cumberland, Edward <HI>Lord</HI> Morpeth, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Charles <HI>Earl of</HI> Carli&s;le, <HI>Sir</HI> Philip Mu&s;grave, <HI>Sir</HI> William Dal&s;ton, <HI>Sir</HI> George Fletcher, <HI>Sir</HI> John Low|ther <HI>&s;enior, Sir</HI> John Lowther <HI>junior, Sir</HI> Edward Mu&s;grave <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> Thomas Dacres, <HI>Sir</HI> William Hudle&s;tone, <HI>Sir</HI> Wilfred Law&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> William Carleton, <HI>Sir</HI> Philip Howard, <HI>Sir</HI> Fran|cis Salkeld, <HI>Sir</HI> John Dal&s;ton <HI>Knights,</HI> John Lamplough, Richard Skelton, William Mu&s;grave, William Layton, Chri&s;topher Mu&s;grave, John Agleonby, Robert Scawen, George Denton, Thomas Denton, Richard Towl&s;on, Andrew Hudle&s;ton, Robert Highmour, George Towry, <HI>and the Mayor of</HI> Carli&s;le <HI>for the time being,</HI> Daniel Fleming, Edward Stanley, William Pennington, Wrigh|tington Senhou&s;e, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Derby.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Derby, Henry <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Mansfield, <HI>Son and heir apparent to</HI> William <HI>Marquis of</HI> Newca&s;tle; William <HI>Lord</HI> Cavendi&s;h, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> William <HI>Earl of</HI> De|von&s;hire, Anchitell Grey, George Pierpoint, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Thomas Gre&s;ley, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Burdet, <HI>Sir</HI> John Harper, <HI>Sir</HI> John Cur&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Cooke, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Every, <HI>Sir</HI> William Boothby <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> John Harper, <HI>Sir</HI> Samuel Sleigh <HI>Knights,</HI> John Frechveille, German Poole, John Ferrers, George Vernon, Charles Agard, John Munday, Richard Cook, John Milward, William Fitzherbert, Charles Cotton, Walter Horton, Gilbert Hacker, Henry Gilbert, Robert Eyre, Wil|liam Revel, Godfrey Clark, William Bullock, William Woolly, Nicholas Wilmot, Iohn Shalcro&s;s, Ravel A&s;henhur&s;t, Francis Mennel, Thomas Milward, George Sitwel, Henry Wigfall, James Abnye <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> George Tayler, Iohn Spaleman, William Wright, Francis Barker <HI>Gentleman; the Mayor of</HI> Derby <HI>for the time being,</HI> Roger Alle&s;tre, Iohn Dalton, Simon Degg, Hugh Bateman, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Iohn Shore <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick;</HI> Thomas Freeman <HI>Gent. Mr.</HI> Charles Agard <HI>of</HI> Fo&s;ton, <HI>and</HI> Iohn Daundridge <HI>Alderman.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Devon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Devon, Arthur <HI>Earl of</HI> Donegal <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Hugh Pol|lard <HI>Baronet, Comptroller of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Sir</HI> George Carteret <HI>Vice-Chamberlain of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Sir</HI> William Morice <HI>Principal Secretary of State, Sir</HI> William Court|ney <HI>Baronet,</HI> John A&s;hburnham <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Edward Seymour, <HI>Sir</HI> George Chudleigh, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Prideaux, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Hele, <HI>Sir</HI> Chiche&s;ter Wrey, <HI>Sir</HI> Courtney Pool, <HI>Sir</HI> Cople&s;tone Bampfield,
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<HI>Sir</HI> John Norcote, <HI>Sir</HI> John Chiche&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Edmund Fowel, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Morice, <HI>Sir</HI> John Drake, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Carew, <HI>Sir</HI> John Davy, <HI>Sir</HI> Walter Young, <HI>Sir</HI> Edmund Forte&s;cue, <HI>Ba|ronets; Sir</HI> Edward Wi&s;e, <HI>Sir</HI> John Rolle, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Hungerford, <HI>Sir</HI> Nicholas Slaning <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> John Chiche&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Carew, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Prideaux, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Ball, <HI>Sir</HI> James Smith, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Cary, <HI>Sir</HI> William Strode, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Clifford, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Hig|gons, <HI>Sir</HI> John Skelton, <HI>Knights;</HI> Edward Seymour, Peter Prideaux, John Fowel, Pierce Edge|comb, Arthur Ba&s;&s;et, Thomas Fulford, Francis Drew, Robert Forte&s;cue, John Carew <HI>of</HI> Studly, Edmund Tremain, John Harris, John Gifford <HI>of</HI> Brightly, George Yeo, Thomas Carew <HI>of</HI> Bowg|hill, John Bury, John Pollarde, Richard Cabel, John Ar&s;cott, Nicholas Duck, George Howard, Jonathan Sparke, Henry Ford, Robert Duke, Matthew Hele, John Hale, William Ba&s;tard, Wil|liam Martin, Samuel Trelawny, George Reynalds, Henry Northleigh, Nicholas Dennis, Jo&s;ias Calmady, Richard Coffin, Edmund Waldrond, Thomas Bere, VVilliam Walrond, John Davy <HI>of</HI> Ruxford, John Young <HI>of</HI> Coalbrook, Samuel Sainthil, Henry Stevens, Henry Newt, John Tanner, John Willoughby, John Tuckfield, Peter Forte&s;cue, Chri&s;topher Clobery, Shil&s;ton Calmady, John Kelland, Thomas Reynolds, Thomas Gibbons, Baltha&s;ar Bere, James Clifford, John Fownes, Wil|liam Bogan, James Rodde, <HI>E&s;quires; the High Sheriff of</HI> Devon <HI>for the time being, and the Mayors of</HI> Totnes, Barn&s;table, Plymouth, Dartmouth <HI>and</HI> Tiverton <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Exon.</HI></LABEL> For the City and County of the City of <HI>Exon, Allen Senny</HI> Mayor, the Mayor for the time being, Sir <HI>Peter Ball</HI> Recorder, Sir <HI>James Smith</HI> Knight, <HI>Robert Walker</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>John Mar|tin, Chri&s;topher Lethbridge, Henry Gaudy, John Butler, Anthony Salter,</HI> Aldermen; the She|riff for the time being, <HI>Nicholas I&s;aacke, John Acland, Thomas Walker, Stephen Oliphue, John Gibbons</HI> Merchants; <HI>John Bidgood</HI> Doctor of Phy&s;ick; <HI>Henry Walker, Thomas Shapcot, Samuel I&s;aacke</HI> Gentlemen; and the Receiver of the City for the time being.</P>
<P><LABEL>Dor&s;et.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Dor&s;et, John <HI>Lord</HI> Digby, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> George <HI>Earl of</HI> Bri&s;tol; <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Nicholas <HI>one of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, Sir</HI> Wil|liam Portman <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> John Morton, <HI>Sir</HI> Gerard Naper <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Richard Strode, <HI>Sir</HI> John Strangwayes; <HI>Sir</HI> Walter Earle, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ncks, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Hollis, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> John Nicholas <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Fitz-James, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Rogers, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nathaniel Napper, <HI>Knights;</HI> Giles Strangwayes <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> John Strode, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Lowe<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Win&s;ton Churchil, <HI>Knights;</HI> Hugh Wyndham <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> Thomas Freak <HI>of</HI> Shroton, John Strangwayes, John Tregonwel <HI>of</HI> Milton, John Tregonwel <HI>of</HI> Ander&s;on, Thomas Trenchard, Thomas Fownes, Humphrey Bi&s;hop, John Rives <HI>of</HI> Damree, John Churchill, James Gould, Henry Witaker, Bul|len Reymes, Henry Henly, Robert Swayne <HI>Sheriff,</HI> Robert Coker, Edward Hooper, George Ful|ford, Robert Lawrence, Thomas Baynard, Henry Egers, Henry Ha&s;tings, <HI>E&s;quires; Colonel</HI> Francis Wyndham, Matthew Davis, John Rieves, William Thomas, John Hoskins, George Hu&s;&s;ey, Ro|bert Naper, William Ogden, Henry Butler, George Savage, John Saintlow, George Gray, Robert Seymour, Maximilian Mohun, George Browne, Wolley Miller, Anthony Etricke, Michael Harvey, George Trenchard, Robert Tyderligh, William Floyer, John Iron&s;ide, John Gould <HI>of</HI> Upway, John <MILESTONE N="XI"> Michel, Peter Hoskins, John Abington, John Jeffery, George Strangways, Iohn Harden, Iohn Every, Arthur Fooks, John Hardy, William Elle&s;den, Thomas Hu&s;&s;ey, Thomas Thornex, Richard Green, George Style, William Chaldecot, George John&s;on, John Bennet, <HI>and</HI> John Runnet, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Poole.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town and County of</HI> Pool, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Morton <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> John Fitz-James <HI>Knight,</HI> Anthony Etrick <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder;</HI> Peter Hall, <HI>Major</HI> William Skut, Robert Lewen, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> Robert Cleeves, Peter Hily, Edward Man, <HI>and</HI> Samuel Bramble.</P>
<P><LABEL>Durham.</LABEL> <HI>For the County Palatine of</HI> Durham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Davi&s;on, <HI>High Sheriff of the County; &s;ir</HI> Francis Goodrick, <HI>Temporal Chancellor of the County Palatine; Doctor</HI> Burwell, <HI>Chan|cellor of the Dioce&s;e of</HI> Durham; <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Conyers, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas Cole, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Gilbert Gerard, <HI>Knights and Baronets; &s;ir</HI> James Clavering <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Francis Ander&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Blaki&s;ton, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Heath, Iohn Swinburn, Iohn Tempe&s;t, Ralph Carr, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Baron Hilton, Henry Lambton <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Iames Darcy, Iohn Eden, <HI>Colonel</HI> Anthony Bierley, Ralph Davi&s;on, Ralph Cole, <HI>Major</HI> Bella&s;is, Samuel Davi&s;on, Cuthbert Carr, William Blaki&s;ton, Thomas Shalforth, Charles Gerrard, Thomas Fether&s;tonhaugh, Lodowick Hall, <HI>E&s;quires, The Mayor of the City of</HI> Durham <HI>for the time being;</HI> Thomas Swinburne <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Gabriel Iack&s;on, Iohn Morland, Iohn Ar|den, Miles Stapleton, <HI>Gentleman, and Captain</HI> Henry Barnes, Thomas Hagger&s;ton, <HI>E&s;quire, and</HI> Iohn Grey <HI>of</HI> Moreton <HI>Gent. for</HI> Norham <HI>and</HI> I&s;land&s;hire.</P>
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<P><LABEL>E&s;&s;ex.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> E&s;&s;ex, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Turner <HI>Knight, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons, Sir</HI> Harbotle Grim&s;tone <HI>Baronet, Ma&s;ter of the Rolls,</HI> Robert <HI>Lord</HI> Willoughby <HI>of</HI> Earsby, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Mountague <HI>Earl of</HI> Lind&s;ey, <HI>Lord Great Chamberlain of</HI> England, Robert B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">tie, Edward Ru&s;&s;el, Banne&s;tre Maynard, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> John Barrington <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> Henry Appleton, <HI>Sir</HI> William Ailoffe, <HI>Sir</HI> William Hicks, <HI>Sir</HI> Andrew Jennour, <HI>Sir</HI> Wil|liam Wi&s;eman, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Everard, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Capel Luckin <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> Martin Lumley <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Thomas Abdy, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Abdy, <HI>Sir</HI> William Wi&s;eman, <HI>Knights and Baronets, Sir</HI> Thomas Smith, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Cambel <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> James Altham, <HI>Sir</HI> John Bram&s;tone <HI>Knigh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> John Tyrel, <HI>Sir</HI> Era&s;mus Delafontain, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Bowes, <HI>Sir</HI> Cranmer Herris, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Clarke, <HI>Sir</HI> Edmond Pierce <HI>one of the Ma&s;ters of the Chancery, Sir</HI> Anthony Brown, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Wi&s;eman, <HI>Sir</HI> William Battin, <HI>Sir</HI> John Shaw, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Brooke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Everard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Littleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Barington, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Gardner, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Moundeford Br<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">m&s;tone, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Gla&s;cock, <HI>two of the Ma&s;ters of the Chancery, &s;ir</HI> Tho|mas Fan&s;haw, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Byde, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Hicks, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Beaucock <HI>Knights;</HI> John Bendi&s;h, Charles Fytche, Gamaliel Capel, Richard Samms, Thomas Meade, Peter Soame, John Tyrrel, Thomas Arg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">l, Oliver Reymond, John Atwood, Henry Woola&s;ton, Henry Pert, John Eldred <HI>&s;enior,</HI> John Eldred <HI>junior,</HI> John Pa&s;chall, John Godbolt, Robert Jo&s;elyn, William Gla&s;cock, Tri&s;tram Conyers, Thomas Luther, VVilliam Umphrevil, Thomas Roberts, John James, George Pert, William Colecroft, William Webb, Robert Leigh, William Appleton, John Berners, Ro|bert <MILESTONE N="XII"> Clerk, John Turner, Richard Kirkby, Carew Harvy Mildmay, Robert Cheeke, Francis Bram|&s;tone, Edward Bullock, Stephen Smith, Robert Mildmay, Henry Weight, Gilbert Pierce, <GAP DESC="blank"> Hare <HI>of</HI> Lee, James Norfolk, Cutbert Martin, Thomas Talcot, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Philip Eldred, Henry Ailoff, George James, Thomas King, VVilliam Harris, John Thorowgood, William Palmer, Richard Stan&s;s, Alexander Pre&s;cot, Thomas Legate, John Sorrel, Edward Gla&s;cock, William A&s;hley <HI>Gen|tlemen,</HI> Thomas Wharton, Anthony Maxie <HI>and</HI> Thomas Garret <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Anthony Knightbridge <HI>of Writtle, Gent. Captain</HI> Richard Stams, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Browne <HI>Knight and Baronet, and</HI> Jeremy Lacy.</P>
<P><LABEL>Colche&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Colche&s;ter, <HI>the Mayor for the time being, &s;ir</HI> John Shaw <HI>Knight, Recorder, Sir</HI> Edmond Peirce <HI>Knight,</HI> Gilbert Peirce, Thomas Talcot <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Thomas Reynalds, Andrew Fromanteel, Henry Lambe, Robert Legg, William Moore <HI>Aldermen,</HI> John Robin&s;on, George Sand|ford, James Norfolke <HI>E&s;quires, and</HI> Thomas Creffeild <HI>Alderman.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Maldon.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Maldon, <HI>The Bailiffs for the time being,</HI> Reuben Robin&s;on, Samuel Plumbe, Francis Gourney, James Starling, John Hart <HI>Aldermen, and</HI> Bartholomew Brickwood.</P>
<P><LABEL>Harwich.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Harwich, <HI>The Mayor for the time being, Sir</HI> Capel Luckin <HI>Baronet,</HI> George Colman, Richard Fuller, Henry Wright, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"> Gerard, Daniel Smith, Thomas King, Anthony Woolward, Samuel Newton <HI>and</HI> Miles Hobart <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Glouce&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Glouce&s;ter, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Ed|ward <HI>Marquis of</HI> Wo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ce&s;ter, James <HI>Earl of</HI> Newburgh <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, John <HI>Vi&s;|count</HI> Scudamore <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, John <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Tracy <HI>of the Kingdome of</HI> Ire|land, <HI>Sir</HI> Matthew Hal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Knight, Lord Chief Baron of His Maje&s;ties Court of</HI> Exchequer, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Capell <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Bainham Throckmorton <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Henry Frederick Thynne, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Ducy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard A&s;hfeild, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Bathur&s;t, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Jen|kin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Howe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Gui&s;e, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Ful&s;e, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Keyte, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Cox, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> William Moreton <HI>Knight, one of His Maje&s;ties Serjeants at Law, &s;ir</HI> Ro|bert Po<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="3 letters">, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Atkins <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Catchmay, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Bray, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ed|ward Ma&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ey, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Stephens, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Overbury, <HI>Sir</HI> Gabriel Lowe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Newton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Humphrey Hooke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Howe <HI>Knights,</HI> John Grubham Howe <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Evan Seyes <HI>Ser|geant at Law,</HI> Francis Baber <HI>Doctor of Law,</HI> George Mountague, VVilliam Dutton, William Cooke, John Chamberlaine, John Stephens, William Cope, John Codrington, Richard Atkins, Henry Powle, William Selwyn, Duncombe Cholce&s;ter, Hen-Benedicte Hall, Thomas Ma&s;ters, Thomas E&s;court, John George, John Smith, Richard Stephens, William Morgan, Edward Rich, Andrew Barker, Richard Whitemore, William Stafford, John Winter, Fleetwood Dormer, Samuel Codrington, Thomas Che&s;ter, Henry Syms, Philip Shepard, Richard Sackevil, Giles Fettiplace, Tho|mas <MILESTONE N="XIII"> Thynne, Robert Pleydal, Thomas James, William Stratford, Richard Dowde&s;well, Miles Rutter, Thomas Horton, Sylvanus Wood, William Leigh, Francis Norwood, David Williams, John Berrowe, Tho. Seymour, Will. Try, Will. Bourchier, Charles Cox, John Guy&s;e, Rich. Berkley, Rich. Da&s;ton, Will.
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Jones, Robert Old&s;worth, Richard Baugh, John Robins, Thomas Marriott, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Riche, William Hin&s;on, VVilliam Lawrence, William Dowde&s;well, Henry Browne, Robert Hey|don, Nicholas Veale, John Wyniat, Thomas Walle, William Thorpe, John Driver, Conway Whit|terne, VVilliam Winter, Richard Machen, John Coles, Thomas Ayleway, James Hawkins, Chri&s;to|pher Woodward, <HI>and the Bailiffs of</HI> Tewkesbury <HI>for the time being,</HI> Anthony Sambich, William Bat&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> John Baker <HI>Knight,</HI> William Stafford <HI>junior.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter.</HI></LABEL> <HI>For the City and County of the City of</HI> Glouce&s;ter, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>Son and Heir apparent of</HI> Edward <HI>Marquis of</HI> Worce&s;ter, Robert Feilding <HI>the pre&s;ent Mayor, and the Mayor for the time being; Sir</HI> William Morton <HI>Knight, one of His Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Law, Recorder of the &s;aid City; Sir</HI> Edward Ma&s;&s;ey <HI>Knight,</HI> Evan Seys <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> John Grub|ham-Howe, Edward Nur&s;e, Thomas Williams, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Henry Cugley, James Stephens, William Ru&s;&s;el, John Powel, Thomas Yate, Thomas Price, John Woodward, Anthony Arnold, Henry Ockold, John Wag&s;taffe, <HI>and</HI> Henry Fowler, <HI>Aldermen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Hereford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Hereford, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Ed|ward <HI>Marquis of</HI> Worce&s;ter, John <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Scudamore, <HI>of the Kingdome of</HI> Ireland; James Scudamore, Wallop Brabazon, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> James Bridges, <HI>Sir</HI> John Kerle, <HI>Sir</HI> William Powell, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Morgan, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Thomas Hanbury <HI>Knight, Sir</HI> Edward Harley, <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> John Scudamore <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Herbert Perrot <HI>Knight, Sir</HI> Edward Hopton, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Tomkins, <HI>Sir</HI> Job Charleton, <HI>Knights;</HI> Fitz-William Coninsby, Thomas Cornwall, Thomas Whitney, Herbert Aubrey <HI>&s;enior,</HI> John Price <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Thomas Price, Walter Pye, Roger Vaughan, Herbert We&s;tfaling, Herbert Aubrey <HI>junior,</HI> John Scudamore <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Hum|phrey Cornwall, John Scudamore <HI>junior,</HI> John Barnaby de Canon Pyon, Reynald Graham, Tho|mas Cox, Edward Cornwall, John Skippe, Bennet Hoskins, Richard Hopton, Giles Bridges, Thomas Geers, Thomas Carpenter, John Hoskins de Harewood, Humphrey Howorth, William Gregory, Francis Unett, John Hanford, Humphrey Baskervill, John Birch, John Barnaby de Brock|hampton,<MILESTONE N="XIV"> John Vaughon, John Booth de Hereford, Thomas Harley, Ambro&s;e Elton, Robert Pye, Budhale Gwilline, Richard Wigmore, John Nour&s;e, Nicholas Walwyn, VVilliam Whittington, Thomas Rod, John Booth de Braynton, Thomas Wigmor, William We&s;tfaling, Robert Rod, Richard Reed, Timothy Coles, VVilliam Brydges, Henry Milbourne, Herbert Ma&s;ters, William Brome, John Dancy, John Gwyllym de Wellington, Richard Walwyn de Hellens, Humphrey Tayler de Withington, John Kidley de Bromeley, Thomas Marrer de Kings Capel, Thomas Go|mond de Kilpeck, George Carver de Buthou&s;e, <HI>E&s;quires; the Bailiff for the Borough of</HI> Leo|min&s;ter <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Tomkins, Richard Rodd de Rodd, Edward Rodd, Thomas Blaney, Edward Freeman, Thomas French <HI>and</HI> Thomas Duppa de Ear&s;ley, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Hereford.</HI></LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> Hereford, Robert Simonds <HI>E&s;quire, the pre&s;ent Mayor, and the Mayor for the time being;</HI> John <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Scudamore, <HI>in the Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, Roger Vaughan, Herbert We&s;tfaling, Thomas Price, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Gregory, Richard Philpots, William Phi|lips, James Lawrence, Thomas Homes, Thomas Painard, Thomas Bond, William Edwin, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> Edward Alderne <HI>Doctor of Laws,</HI> Edward Rodd, Nicholas Philpots, John Smith <HI>Mercer,</HI> Hugh Rodd, Thomas Symmonds, Roger Bouleot <HI>and</HI> John Barnes, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Hertford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Hertford, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Turnor, <HI>Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> Tho|mas <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Fan&s;haw, <HI>of the Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Fan&s;haw <HI>Knight of the Honourable Order of the</HI> Bath, William Cecil, Algernon Cecil, William Willoughby <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Harbotle Grim&s;tone <HI>Baronet, Ma&s;ter of the Rolls; Sir</HI> Edward Atkins, <HI>one of the Barons of His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer; Sir</HI> Thomas Leventhorp, <HI>Sir</HI> Brocket Spencer, <HI>Sir</HI> Jonathan Keat, <HI>Sir</HI> Era&s;mus Harby, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Allen, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Richard Atkins, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Francklyne, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Lucy, <HI>Knights and Baronets; Sir</HI> Philip Boteler <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Dacres, <HI>Sir</HI> John Harri&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Boteler, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Cae&s;ar, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William God|bold, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Rowland Litton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Gore, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Harry Coninsby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Watts, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Blunt, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Humphrey Gore, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Hale, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Gla&s;cocke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Jo&s;celine, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Comb, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Walter Walker, <HI>Knights;</HI> Thomas Docwra, James VVillimot, Richard Goul&s;tone, Thomas Dacres, Edward VVingate, John Copping, Arthur Bolter, Thomas Stanley, John Heydon, Ro|bert A&s;hton, William Gla&s;cocke, William Hale, Arthur Sparkes, John Fotherly, <GAP DESC="blank"> Crafts <HI>of</HI> Nerthall, John Hal&s;ey, William Harbord, John Je&s;&s;on, Edward Atkins, William Cotton, Al|bon Cox, John Bri&s;coe, Ralph Freeman <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Robert Hobotham, Richard Jennings, Edmond Smith, Robert Sadler, Henry Chancy, Ralph Freeman <HI>junior,</HI> Humphrey Shalcro&s;s, Henry Guy, VVilliam Nuce, Thomas Offley, Henry Dun&s;tar, Alexander Meade, Richard Gammon <HI>E&s;quires;</HI>
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Edward Ca&s;on, George Needham, Ralph Gore, Henry Becher, Marmaduke Royden, Edward Bri&s;coe, George Bromely, John Ellis, Edmond Field, William Greenhill, Edward Crosby, Alexander Weild, <HI>Gentlemen; Captain</HI> William Minoes, Thomas Arris, Robert Dean, <HI>Doctors of Phy&s;ick, and the Mayor of</HI> Hertford <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>St. Albans.</LABEL> <MILESTONE N="XV"><HI>For the Borough of</HI> St. Albans, Algernon Cecil, <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> Harbotle Grim&s;tone <HI>Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, Sir</HI> Richard Francklin, <HI>Sir</HI> Harry Conisby, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Combe, <HI>Sir</HI> John VVhitt|wrong, <HI>Knights; the Mayor for the time being,</HI> John Simp&s;on <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder;</HI> Robert Ro|hotham, Edmond Smith, Thomas Docwra, Robert Sadler, Richard Jenings, VVilliam Cotton, Iohn Je&s;&s;on, Alban Cox, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Thomas Arris, <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick;</HI> Thomas Cowley <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Thomas Cowley <HI>junior,</HI> William Mar&s;ton, Thomas Oxton, Edward Eames, Iohn Gape, Iohn New, <HI>and</HI> Robert New <HI>Aldermen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Huntington.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Huntington, Charles <HI>Lord</HI> Le de Spencer, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Mild|may <HI>Earl of</HI> We&s;termland, Robert <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Mandevil, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Manche&s;ter <HI>Lord Chamberlain of His Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold; Sir</HI> Francis Compton <HI>Knight,</HI> George Mountague, <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> John Cotton, <HI>Sir</HI> John Hewet, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Proby, <HI>Sir</HI> Ro|bert Bernard, <HI>Baronets;</HI> Stephen Ander&s;on, John Stone, John Bernard, Henry Williams, Robert Appreece, Lyonel Walden, Nicholas John&s;on, Sutton A&s;hfeild, Nicholas Peadley, Lawrence Torkinton, John Heron, Robert Pain, Anthony South, Richard Elmes, Thomas Rou&s;e, Richard Nailer, Ja&s;per Trice, Gerrard Cater, John Ferrer, Richard Wyn <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Cole&s;tone, Thomas Shepherd, William Sparrow, <HI>Gentleman; and</HI> Thomas Walwin <HI>Mayor of</HI> Huntington.</P>
<P><LABEL>Town of <HI>Huntington.</HI></LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Huntington, <HI>The Mayor for the time being,</HI> Robert <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Mandevil, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Manche&s;ter, <HI>Lord Chamberlain of His Maje&s;ties Hou|&s;hold; Sir</HI> John Cotton, <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Robert Bernard, Henry VVilliams, Lyonel Walden, Nicholas Pedley <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Richard A&s;tre, Lawrence Torkington, John Barnard, Richard Weaver, Thomas Jud&s;on <HI>and</HI> James Faire&s;ide <HI>Aldermen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Kent.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Kent, Charles <HI>Lord</HI> Buckhur&s;t, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Richard <HI>Earl of</HI> Dor&s;et, Philip <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Strangford <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, James Herbert, John Tufton, Richard Tufton <HI>E&s;quires, Sir</HI> Thomas Twi&s;den, <HI>One of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench, Sir</HI> Heneage Finch, <HI>His Maje&s;ties Solicitor General, Sir</HI> Thomas Peyton, <HI>Sir</HI> Roger Twi&s;den, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Hales, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Monins, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Palmer, <HI>Sir</HI> John Rivers, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Sidley, <HI>Sir</HI> Wil|liam Meredith, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Deering, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Style, <HI>Sir</HI> Oliver Botteler, <HI>Sir</HI> Norton Knatch|bull, <HI>Sir</HI> Peter Heyman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Tufton, <HI>Sir</HI> John Raney, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Hardres, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Wood, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Hales, <HI>Sir</HI> Bazil Dixwell, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Ducy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Marmaduke Gre&s;ham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Wilde, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Stephen Leonard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Humphrey Miller, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Honywood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Mar&s;ham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Banckes, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Barnham <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Nathaniel Powell, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Au&s;ten, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John <MILESTONE N="XVI"> Seyliard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Wroth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jonathan Keate <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> George Sonds, <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Mennes, <HI>Comptroller of His Maje&s;ties Navy; &s;ir</HI> Robert Honywood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> An|thony Aucher, <HI>&s;ir</HI> I&s;aac Sydley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Man, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Godfrey, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Sandys, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Engham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Arnold Braems, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Oxinden, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Ma&s;ter, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Juxon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Brodnax, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Darrel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Scot, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Clerke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Filmore, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Culpeper, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Theophilus Biddolph, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Beten&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Leech, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmond Peirce, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Boreman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Bernard Hyde, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Swan, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony Bate|man, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Walter Vane, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Heath, <HI>Attourney of the Dutchy; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Lee, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Wil|liam Huge&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William de Laune, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> William Cage, <HI>Knight,</HI> Thomas Broome, <HI>Serjeant at Law,</HI> Silas Titus, <HI>Groom of His Maje&s;ties Bedchamber,</HI> Thomas Hardres, <HI>Re|corder of the City of</HI> Canterbury, <HI>Captain</HI> John Stroude, <HI>Lieutenant of</HI> Dover <HI>Ca&s;tle,</HI> John Boys <HI>of</HI> Fredvil, Richard Ma&s;ter, Thomas Culpeper <HI>of</HI> Hackington, Thomas Peke, Thomas Cri&s;pe <HI>of</HI> Queux, Walter Braems, Thomas Brodnax, Edward Ma&s;ter, Thomas Turner, William Rooke, John Boys <HI>of</HI> Hoade, John Be&s;t, John Ca&s;on, Henry Oxinden <HI>of</HI> Brooke, Richard Ald|worth, <HI>E&s;quire; Doctor</HI> John Sabin, Herbert Randolph, <HI>Gentleman;</HI> Nicholas Toke, Hen|ry Thornehill, John Knatchbull, James Brockman, Maurice Diggs, Henry Deering, Edward Hales, Richard Hul&s;e, John Nayler, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Robert Lewkenor, Peter Heymon, John Moyle, Zouch Brockman, John Nowrs, <HI>Gentlemen,</HI> Thomas Fludd, William Cage, Francis Barneham, Maximilian Dalli&s;on, Ferdinando Mar&s;ham, Demetrius James, George Curteis, Thomas Knatchbul, Richard Wilkin&s;on, John Mum, Ralph Bufkin, Walter Franklin, Richard Mar&s;h, Thomas Engli&s;h, Ro|bert Oliver, John Smith, Thomas Harlakenden, Henry Haughton, Alaba&s;ter Fludd, Francis Twi&s;den, <HI>Captain</HI> John Clerke, Thomas Lake, <HI>Recorder of</HI> Maid&s;tone, Richard Duke, William Maddox, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Roche&s;ter <HI>for the time being,</HI> Richard Allen <HI>Recorder of</HI> Roche&s;ter, George Newman, Richard Manley, George May, Richard Head, Charles Bicker&s;taffe, Robert Fowler,
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Francis Barrel, <HI>E&s;quire;</HI> Stephen Alcocke <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Thomas Manley <HI>Gentleman,</HI> Laurence Booke, Thomas Brewer, Robert Ma&s;ters, Samuel Boys, William Boys, Thomas Culpeper <HI>of</HI> Bedg|bury, Edward Finch, John Hor&s;emanden, Anthony Fowle, Robert Fowle, John Huge&s;on, John Bunce, Thomas Lambert, David Polhill, Philip Packer, George Polhill, Henry Gilburn; Wil|liam Hooker, John Scott, Mark Cottle, John Hyde, Norton Curteys, Robert Heath, Francis Heath, John Au&s;tin, John Evelin, William Swan, John Seyliard, Nicholas Tooke <HI>&s;enior,</HI> James Fortrey, Nicholas Tooke <HI>junior,</HI> William Boothby, Chri&s;topher Allan&s;on, <GAP DESC="blank"> Bevin, Tho|mas Manning, <GAP DESC="blank"> Petley, John Bridger, <GAP DESC="blank"> Farnaby, Edward Badby, John Sedley, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> James Thurban <HI>Gentleman, and</HI> George Bowerman, <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> John Henden <HI>Knight,</HI> William Campion, William Hammon, John Andrews, Edward Gul&s;tone, Reynald Peck|ham <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Sandwich <HI>for the time being,</HI> Tobias Cleere, Phineas Elwood, John Verrier, Valentine Jekin, Jeoffrey Wells, Jeoffrey Saket, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Dover <HI>for the time being,</HI> Richard Jacob, Nicholas Eaton, William Eaton, John Wat&s;on, John Loome, Richard Barley, Walter Brames, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Rumney <HI>for the time being,</HI> Robert Winill, Jeremy Stan|ford, Stephen Brett, Thomas Chalcro&s;s, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Heith <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Finch, James Pa&s;hlie, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Fever&s;ham <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Trouts <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> John Up|ton, Robert Wat&s;on, Thomas Southou&s;e, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Tenderden <HI>for the time being,</HI> Edward Finch <HI>E&s;quire, Captain</HI> Plomer, Thomas Short, <HI>The Bayliff of</HI> Lydd <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Bateman, Thomas Bedingfield, Michael Childwicke, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Folke&s;ton <HI>for the time being, The Mayor of</HI> Fordwitch <HI>for the time being,</HI> Thomas Bigg, William Norton <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Thomas Nor|ton <HI>junior, E&s;quires; and</HI> John Luckin.</P>
<P><LABEL>Canterbury.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> Canterbury, <HI>The Mayor for the time being, Sir</HI> William Man, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Ma&s;ter <HI>Knights,</HI> Thomas Hardre&s;&s;e <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder of the &s;aid City,</HI> John Be&s;t, Edward Ma&s;ter, Squire Beverton <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> William Stanley, Henry Twyman, Avery Hills <HI>and</HI> Leonard Browne <HI>Alderman.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Lanca&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Lanca&s;ter, Charles <HI>Earl of</HI> Ancram <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, VVilliam <MILESTONE N="XVIII"> Stanley, William Spencer, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Richard Houghton, <HI>Sir</HI> George Midleton, <HI>Sir</HI> Ro|bert Binlo&s;s, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Stanley, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Mo&s;ley, <HI>Sir</HI> Ralph A&s;hton <HI>of</HI> Whaley, <HI>Sir</HI> Ralph A&s;hton <HI>of</HI> Midleton <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Gilbert Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Roger Brad&s;heigh, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Slater, <HI>Sir</HI> Jeoffery Shakerley, <HI>Sir</HI> John Heath <HI>Knights;</HI> John Mollineux, Richard Kirkby, Roger Nowell, Edward Fleetwood, Henry Bain&s;tre, VVilliam Farrington, Robert Holt, Laurence Raw|&s;torne, Hugh Dicken&s;on, William Radley, Nicholas Townley, John Parker, Nathaniel We&s;t, Thomas Pre&s;ton, John Girlington, Daniel Fleming, Robert Rawlin&s;on, Jeoffrey Ri&s;hton, Alex|ander Osbalde&s;ton, Alexander Rigby <HI>of</HI> Middleton, John Lightbonne, Edward Rigby, Francis Lindley, Thomas Bradill, Chri&s;topher Parker, Thomas Norres, Richard Legh, Richard Pen|ington, Richard Fleetwood <HI>of</HI> Ro&s;&s;all, Thomas Butler, Nicholas Mo&s;ley, John Hal&s;ted <HI>of</HI> Banck|hou&s;e, <HI>Major</HI> John Byrom, Robert Heywood, James Duckenfeild, Matthew Richard&s;on, Peers Legh, John Entwi&s;ley, John Ri&s;ley, Cuthbert Ogle, Henry Houghton, John Birch <HI>of</HI> Ord&s;dall, Bartholomew Hesketh, <HI>Captain</HI> Byrom, Thomas A&s;hton, George Hilton, Henry Porter, Tho|mas Caru&s;s, William Fife, Thomas Greenehalgh, Thomas Holt <HI>junior,</HI> Roger Ke<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">non, VVil|liam Daniel, Peter Adlington, Ambro&s;e Lud&s;ay, Thomas A&s;hur&s;t, VVilliam Kirkby, William Banckes <HI>junior,</HI> Richard Leigh, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Ayn&s;worth, Thomas Leigh, Nicholas Fezackerly, <HI>Captain</HI> Brabin, <HI>Captain</HI> Longworth, Nicholas Pennington, William Wall, Seth Blackhur&s;t, James Hodgkin&s;on, Jo&s;eph Rigby, Luke Hodgkin&s;on, Ralph Mercer, Alexander Woodward,<MILESTONE N="XIX"> Alexander Rigby <HI>of</HI> Layton, John Tatlock <HI>Gentleman;</HI> Edward Dob&s;on <HI>E&s;quire; The Mayor of</HI> Wiggan <HI>for the time being, The Mayor of</HI> Lanca&s;ter <HI>for the time being, The Mayor of</HI> Le|verpoole <HI>for the time being, The Mayor of</HI> Pre&s;ton <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Chandler <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Leice&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Leice&s;ter, Thomas <HI>Lord</HI> Beaumont <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, John <HI>Lord</HI> Roos, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> John <HI>Earl of</HI> Rutland, Bennet <HI>Lord</HI> Sherard <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, John Grey <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> George Villiers, <HI>Sir</HI> Era&s;mus de la Fountain, <HI>Sir</HI> Tho. Halford, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Cave, <HI>Sir</HI> Jeoffry Palmer, <HI>Sir</HI> Wool&s;tan Dixie, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Hud&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Pret|tyman, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> William Hartop, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Heath <HI>Knights;</HI> John Crew, Philip Sherard, Henry Neville, George Faunt, Tho. Menye, Matthew Babington, William Noell, William Boothby, Samuel Jarvis, John Fountaine, Walter Rudings, Thomas Arm&s;tone, Roger Roe, William Whalley, Richard Brudenell, William Roberts, <HI>Captain</HI> Burton, VVilliam Hartop, Richard Orton, John Needham <HI>of</HI> Osba&s;ton, John Morton, Thomas Bradgate, Richard Bradgate, William Streete, William Halford, John Turvile, William Belgrave, John Needham, VVilliam Skevington, Iohn Hackett, Thomas Stavely, George A&s;hby, Richard Verney, John Cave, Stanhope Whalley, William Leake, Iohn Danvers, Thomas Bennet, William Bent, Roger Smith, William Trimnel, Henry Farneham, Francis Cham|berlain, Robert Barnard, Iohn Barwel, Henry Bigland, Neale Hewett, William Cole, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Leice&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the Borough of</HI> Leice&s;ter, William Callis <HI>Mayor of</HI> Leice&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> John Prittiman <HI>Baro|net, Sir</HI> William Hartopp <HI>Knight,</HI> Walter Rudeings <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Richard Palmer, Richard Lincoln, Alexander Coats, Thomas Freeman, Thomas Overing, Thomas Brown, Daniel Abney, John Franks, Francis Noble, <HI>Gent. and</HI> Thomas Stavely <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Lincoln.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Lincoln, <HI>and City and County of the City of</HI> Lincoln, George <HI>Lord Vi&s;|count</HI> Ca&s;tleton <HI>of the Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, Robert <HI>Lord</HI> Willoughby <HI>of</HI> Earsby, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Mountague <HI>Earl of</HI> Lind&s;ey, <HI>Lord Great Chamberlain of</HI> England, William Moun|tague, William Pierpoint, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Philip Tyrwhitt, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Barkham, <HI>Sir</HI> Hum|phry Winch, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Ma&s;&s;ingbord, <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> Francis Goodrick, <HI>Sir</HI> John Moreton, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Dalli&s;on <HI>Knights;</HI> Philip Tyrwhit, Henry Fines, William Metham, Willam Mar|wood, George Sander&s;on, John Ogle, Edward Merberry <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Willoughby <HI>E&s;|quire, Sir</HI> John Moun&s;on <HI>&s;enior, Sir</HI> John Bolles, <HI>Sir</HI> William Hickman, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Dalli&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Lake, <HI>Sir</HI> John Ander&s;on, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> John Moun&s;on <HI>junior, Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Meres <HI>Knight,</HI> Charles Pelham <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Edward Tourney <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Cycil Tur|whitt; William Godfrey; William Brownlow, George Healey, William Ander&s;on, John Far|mary <HI>of</HI> Northrop, Edward Tourney <HI>junior,</HI> John Stow, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Henry Bella&s;is <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Bernardi&s;ton, <HI>Sir</HI> William Wray, <HI>Sir</HI> George Wynne <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Edward Ai&s;cough, <HI>Knights;</HI> Charles Pelham <HI>junior,</HI> Jervas Hollis <HI>Ma&s;ter of Reque&s;ts,</HI> William Wentworth, William Broxholme, Marmaduke Dorrel <HI>junior,</HI> William Bard, Alexander Emer&s;on, John Nelthrop, John Bo&s;wel, Charles Newcomen <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Thomas Ellis <HI>Ba|ronet, Sir</HI> Adrian Scroop <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Martin Li&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Chri&s;topher, <HI>Knights;</HI> John South, John Bolles, William Fitz-William, John Hanby, I&s;aac Knight, Charles Radley, William Woley, William Ballet <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Robert Long, Thomas Ely, Dymocke Wal|poole, George O&s;ney, Henry Midlemore <HI>E&s;quires, Sir</HI> Francis Fane <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, George Sherard <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> Thomas Hu&s;&s;ey, <HI>Sir</HI> William Thorold, <HI>Sir</HI> John Newton, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Rothwel, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> John Walpoole, <HI>Knight;</HI> Charles Dymocke, Lewis Palmer, Anthony Thorold, Molleneux Di&s;ney, Chri&s;topher Nevil, Richard Brownlow, Thomas Ellis, William Li&s;ter, John Hob&s;on, Richard Ryley, Thomas Petchel, Stephen Rothwel, John Wil&s;on, Henry Stone, Anthony Williams, VVilliam Thornton, VVilliam Rivett, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Robert La|ming, John Colthur&s;t, John Trafford, <HI>Gentlemen; Sir</HI> Michael Armin, <HI>Sir</HI> John Brownlow, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Markham, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Brownlow, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Trollop, <HI>Sir</HI> John Bucke, <HI>Baro|nets; Sir</HI> Thomas Orpe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Clapham <HI>Knights,</HI> Thomas Hatcher, William Stafford, Era&s;mus De Ligne, John Hatcher, Thomas Harrington, William Blyth, John Saunders, William Savile, Edward Skipwith, Francis Wingfield, Thomas Trollop, Adam Cleypoole, Philip Dalloe, Thomas Skipwith, William Hyde, William Trollop, William VVelby, Li&s;ter Teigh, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> <MILESTONE N="XXI"> Robert Garland <HI>Gentleman;</HI> Thomas Grantham, Peregrine Berley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony Oldfield, <HI>Ba|ronet, &s;ir</HI> Henry Heron, <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony Irby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Carr, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> VVil|liam Humble <HI>Baronet; &s;ir</HI> John Brown <HI>Knight,</HI> Thomas Thory, Thomas Hall, John Jay, Charles Skipwith, John Lockton, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Brown, <HI>Gentleman;</HI> Matthew VVoolmer, Antho|ny Oldefield, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Emp&s;on <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Jo&s;eph VVhiting, Charles Ru&s;hworth, Samuel Jack&s;on, Anthony Hall, <HI>Doctor</HI> Sturton, Richard Balder, Robert Bi&s;le, VVilliam Dickin&s;on, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> Adlard VVelby, David Bonnel, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Jel&s;on, Daniel Rhodes, George Caverne, Henry Morley, I&s;rael Jack&s;on, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> Thomas Marham, <HI>Doctor</HI> Richer, Robert Meli&s;h, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Richard Milner <HI>Gentleman, the Mayor of the City of</HI> Lincoln <HI>for the time being, and the four &s;enior Aldermen,</HI> viz. VVilliam Bi&s;hop, Edward Blowe, Richard Wetherel, Robert Wro&s;e; <HI>the Mayor and the thr&eacute;e &s;enior Aldermen of</HI> Bo&s;ton, viz. John Ellis, George Slee, Samuel Bee&s;ton; <HI>the Mayors of</HI> Stamford, <HI>and</HI> Great Grimsby, <HI>and the Alderman of</HI> Grantham <HI>for the time being; Doctor</HI> Thomas Saunder&s;on, William Perkins <HI>and</HI> Richard Leemine, Daniel Thorowgood, Richard Butcher, George Hill, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> John Humphreys <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Charles Bawds, Stephen Ma&s;on <HI>E&s;|quire,</HI> Samuel Burton, John VVimberly, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>London.</LABEL> <MILESTONE N="XXII"><HI>For the City of</HI> London, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Lawrence, <HI>Knight, Lord Mayor, and the Lord Mayor for the time being; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Adams, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Brown, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Alleyn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Robin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam VVild <HI>Recorder, Knights and Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Richard Chiverton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Frederick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony Bateman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Soame, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Bludworth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Bolton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Peake, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Turner, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Ford, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Reeves, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Thomp&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Theo|philus Biddulph, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Shaw, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVil. VVale, <HI>Knights;</HI> Francis Meynel, Samuel Sterling, Ro|bert Han&s;on, VVilliam Hooker, Thomas Bonfoy, Roger Hatton, Nicholas Bonfoy, John Bence, Richard Shelbury, <HI>Aldermen; and the Aldermen and Recorder of the &s;aid City for the time being;</HI> George Waterman, Charles Doe, <HI>Sheriffs; and the Sheriffs for the time being;</HI> John Jones, John Jolliffe, Thomas Thurgis, Henry Dun&s;tar, VValter Lap, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> James Abernoite.</P>
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<P><LABEL>Middle&s;ex.</LABEL> <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Turnor <HI>Knight, Speaker of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, &s;ir</HI> Thomas In|gram, <HI>Chancellor of the Dutchy of</HI> Lanca&s;ter, Hugh <HI>Lord</HI> Colrain <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland; <HI>&s;ir</HI> Orlando Bridgman, <HI>Chief Iu&s;tice of the Common-Pleas,</HI> Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Cornebury, <HI>&s;on and heir ap|parent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Clarendon <HI>Lord Chancellor of</HI> England; Edward Ru&s;&s;el, George Moun|tague, Chri&s;topher Hatton, Thomas Coventry, William Mountague, Robert Spencer, Henry Sey|mour, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Henry Bennet, <HI>Principal Secretary of State,</HI> John A&s;hburnham <HI>e&s;quire, one of his Maje&s;ties Bedchamber,</HI> Edward Progers <HI>e&s;quire, one of his Maje&s;ties Bedchamber,</HI> Thomas Elliot <HI>e&s;quire, one of his Maje&s;ties Bedchamber, &s;ir</HI> Harbottle Grim&s;ton <HI>Baronet, Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, &s;ir</HI> Heneage Finch <HI>Knight and Baronet, his Maje&s;ties Solicitor General, &s;ir</HI> Gilbert Ge|rard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Fi&s;her, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Wood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Robin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jeremy Whichcot, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Wal|ler, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Franklin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jo&s;eph A&s;h, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Reginold Fo&s;ter, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Roberts, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh Smith&s;on, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Bramp&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Atkins, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Bennet, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hen|ry Herbert, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Allen, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas Cri&s;p, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Roe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Bateman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Lancelot Lake, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Wroth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Gerard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Glyn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Maynard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Heath, <HI>Attor|ney of the Dutchy; &s;ir</HI> Win&s;ton Churchil, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Cropley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Harbord, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Hyde, <HI>Lord Chief Iu&s;tice of the Kings Bench, &s;ir</HI> Edmond Boyer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Clergies, <HI>&s;ir</HI> James Smith, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ellis Leighton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Player <HI>junior, &s;ir</HI> Thomas Byde, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Rider, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Clifford Clifton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Gilbert Gerard <HI>of</HI> Harrow, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Gilbert Gerard <HI>of</HI> St. James, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Nicholas, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Warwick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Eyres, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Birkenhead, <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Ma&s;ters of Reque&s;ts; &s;ir</HI> Cycil Wich, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Car, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmond Barker, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Colliton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmond Peirce, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ju&s;tinian Lewin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas E&s;court, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Wingfield, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Wernon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Paul Painter, <HI>Knights;</HI> William A&s;hburnham, <HI>Cofferer of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold; Sergeant</HI> Wynham, <HI>Sergeant</HI> Waller, Charles Cornwallis, Humphrey Weld, Francis Crawley, Edmond Waller, George Pit, Sydney Bere, John Ca|rey, Henry Barker, John Brown, Edwin Rich, Francis Bloomer, Jo&s;eph Ayloffe, Thomas Swallow, Richard Peacock, Charles Cheyne, John Trevor, Francis Philips, Robert Jacob, William Hill, John Heydon, George Day, George Mar&s;h, William Page, Andrew Ellis, John Page, William Meggs, Thomas Collet, Ralph Hawtry, Thomas Povey, Giles Hungerford, Thomas Lake, Richard Dunton, James Hawley, Era&s;mus Moi&s;e, Charles Pitfield, Thomas Kendal, Thomas Harri&s;on, Thomas Whar|ton, John Jones, Henry Osborn, John Smith, William Goldsborough, Richard Abel, John Wilford, David Walter, Richard Cheney, Richard Procter, James Norfolk, John James, John Fetherley, Wil|liam Northrey, John Philips <HI>Auditor,</HI> Edmund Warcup, Roger Jennings, Robert Child, William Mar&s;hall, Thomas Ardin, Ja&s;per Churchil, Daniel Procter, John Baldwin, VVilliam Bowles, VVal|ter B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">othby, Nicholas Ranton, John Gould&s;mith, Henry Murrey, John Hutchin&s;on, Edward Rich, Robert Peyton, Pawlet St. John, VVilliam Dormer, Edmond Draper, <HI>Doctor</HI> VVilliam Quarter|man, <HI>e&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Bird, <HI>one of the Ma&s;ters of</HI> Chancery, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Frederick Hyde <HI>Sergeant at Law;</HI> Robert Han&s;on, Le&s;trange Colthrop, <HI>e&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Charles Cotterel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Birkenhead, Richard Atkins, James Hambleton, <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Bed-chamber,</HI> Edward Tru&s;&s;el, Maximilian Bard, VVilliam Harpham, <HI>e&s;quires; Mr.</HI> Bathur&s;t <HI>of</HI> Edmonton, John Layney, John Pawlet, <HI>Mr.</HI> VVood <HI>of</HI> Littleton, <HI>Mr.</HI> Roberts <HI>of</HI> Hayes, John VValker, <HI>Mr.</HI> Thomas Dicon&s;on <HI>of</HI> Hillingdon, Robert Hampton, Robert Shoredith, <HI>Gentlemen; Captain</HI> Harrington <HI>of</HI> Staynes, <HI>Major</HI> John Bill, Michael Holman, Henry Row, <HI>e&s;quires; Mr.</HI> Leigh <HI>of</HI> Greenford, <HI>Mr.</HI> Claxton <HI>of</HI> Sudbury, <HI>Mr.</HI> Briggin&s;hal <HI>of</HI> Hayes, <HI>Mr.</HI> Chute <HI>of</HI> VVil&s;don, Thomas Nevet, <HI>Mr.</HI> Farrington <HI>of</HI> South-mims, VVil|liam Bockenham, John Thorp, John Norwood, John Lloyd, <HI>Gentlemen; &s;ir</HI> Richard Napier, Ro|bert Napier, Tho. Hen&s;haw, Griffith Bodurda, <HI>e&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Thorowgood <HI>Knight,</HI> Frederick Cornwallis, Francis Cornwallis, <HI>and</HI> Henry Murrey, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> VVe&s;tmin&s;ter, Thomas <HI>Lord</HI> Richard&s;on, <HI>Baron</HI> Cramond <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Morrice <HI>Knight, Principal Secretary of State, &s;ir</HI> Henry Bennet, <HI>Princi|pal <MILESTONE N="XXIV"> Secretary of State, &s;ir</HI> Edward Nicholas <HI>Knight, one of his Maje&s;ties mo&s;t honourable Privy Councel,</HI> George Mountague <HI>e&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Heneage Finch, <HI>Knight and Baronet, his Maje&s;ties Soli|citor-General; &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Plaiters <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Robert Long, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Lancelot Lake, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Pye, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Harbord, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Cycil VVich, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> Edmond Pye <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> John Cotton <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Henry Herbert, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Nicholas <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip VVarwick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Everard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Filmer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Allen Ap&s;ley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry VVood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">res, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Talbot, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Cotterel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Higgons, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Littleton <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> VVil|liam Poultney <HI>Knight; &s;ir</HI> John Bennet, <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam VVheeler, <HI>Baronet; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Clergies, <HI>Knight; &s;ir</HI> John Birkenhead, <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Ma&s;ters of Reque&s;ts, &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Clerke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">by, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Howard, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> Edward Greavers <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> John Baber <HI>Knight, &s;ir</HI> John Collaton <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Edward Broughton <HI>Baronet,</HI> Iohn A&s;hburnham, Bernard Greenvile, Stephen Fox, Cecil Tufton, Iohn Trevor, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Oately, Reignald Graham, <HI>Doctor</HI> VVilliam Quarterman, <HI>e&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Theodore le Vaux, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh Carte|ret, <HI>Knights; Colonel</HI> VVhitley, George Pitts, Richard Newman, <HI>Mr.</HI> Dolbin, Steward <HI>of</HI> VVe&s;t|min&s;ter, Robert Scawen, Iohn Browne, Thomas Povey, Richard Atkins, Richard Ma&s;on, Thomas Coppin, VVilliam Gla&s;cock, Bulleyn Reymes, Edmond-Bury Godfrey, Francis Lucy, Thomas Mor|rice,
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Robert Filmer, Matthew Lock, Thomas Ru&s;&s;el, Edmond VVarcup, Iohn Sibley, Thomas Ru&s;&s;el, Thomas Bayles, William Harbord, Richard Aldworth, Simon Smith, George Farewell, James Nor|folk, Humphrey Wyrley, Francis Dorrington, Charles Potts, Butler Kinhead, William Hammond, Henry Peck, Francis Cornwallis, Anthony Cogan, Edward Fauconbridg, William Gape, Emery Hill, Roger Higgs, Peter Salmon <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick;</HI> George Meryfield, Job Williams, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> Fre|derick Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis <HI>e&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Byrd <HI>Knight, and</HI> John Clarke <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick in the</HI> Strand; Andrew Ellis <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Monmouth.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Monmouth, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Ed|ward <MILESTONE N="XXV"><HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Worce&s;ter, William <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Cardiff, <HI>Son and heir apparent to</HI> Philip <HI>Earl of</HI> Pembrooke <HI>and</HI> Mountgomery, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Bainham Throckmorton <HI>Knight and Baronet; &s;ir</HI> Edward Morton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Trevor Williams, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Morgan <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> George Probert <HI>Knight;</HI> William Morgan <HI>of</HI> Tredgar, William Jones <HI>of</HI> Treowen, Thomas Lewis <HI>of</HI> St. Peere, George Probert, Ed|ward Proger, Edmond Morgan, Charles Van, Thomas Hughes, Charles Hughes, James Herbert, Charles-Proger Herbert, Henry Morgan, William Morgan <HI>of</HI> Pencrike, VVilliam Morgan <HI>of</HI> Grays Inn, Thomas Morgan <HI>of</HI> Penro&s;e, Thomas Morgan <HI>of</HI> Lawromney, Herbert Evans, VVilliam Her|bert, Charles Price, Walter Rum&s;ey, VVilliam Jones <HI>of</HI> Abergeny, Henry Baker, Philip Cecil, Ro|ger VVilliams, Thomas VVilliams, John VValter <HI>of</HI> Perfield, Roger Oates, VValter Prichard, John Parry, Nicholas Kemois, James Prichard, Thomas Prichard, John Grenuffe, Edmond Jones, John Ar|nold, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Edward VVilliams, John Lewis, Henry Chambre, Thomas Herbert, VValter Jones, VValter Morgan, Edward Kemeis <HI>of</HI> Pertholy, Capel Hanbury, Chri&s;topher Perkins, Roger Aldey, Charles Griffith, VVill. VVilliams <HI>of</HI> Lanfoi&s;t, John Rum&s;ey, VVill. Jones <HI>of</HI> Lan&s;anfreed, <HI>Gentle|men; the Mayor of the Town of</HI> Monmouth <HI>for the time being,</HI> Andrew Probert, John Gubb, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Northampton.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Northampton, Robert <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Mandevil, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Manche&s;ter, <HI>Lord Chamberlain of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold,</HI> Obryan <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Cullen <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Charles <HI>Lord</HI> Le de Spencer, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Mildmay <HI>Earl of</HI> We&s;tmerland, VVilliam <HI>Lord</HI> Fitz-VVilliams <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Compton, <HI>Knight,</HI> George Mountague, Chri&s;topher Hatton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Tho. Crew, Rob. Spencer <HI>E&s;quire; &s;ir</HI> Richard Rainsford <HI>one of the Barons of his Maje&s;ties Exchequer; &s;ir</HI> Jeoffrey Palmer, <HI>his Maje&s;ties Attor|ney General,</HI> Will. Mountague <HI>E&s;quire, the Qu&eacute;ens Attorney General; &s;ir</HI> Ju&s;tinian I&s;ham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Tho. Cave, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hen. Yelverton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Samuel Danvers, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edw. Nichols, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Roger Norwich, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Ro|bin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Will. Dudley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Bu&s;wel <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Holman <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Edw. Griffin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Will. Fleetwood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Samuel Jones, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Bernard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> James Langham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edw. Al&s;tone, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Beaumont, Ferdinando Mar&s;ham, Lewis Palmer, Will. Ha&s;lewood, Henry Robin&s;on <HI>of</HI> Cran&s;ley, Miles Fleetwood, George Clarke, Will. Stafford, Fran. Lane, Goddard Pemberton, John Brown, Thomas Chubnal, George Wake <HI>Doctor of Laws,</HI> Laurence Manley, VVilliam Che&s;ter, William Sanders, Tho. Tri&s;t, Tho. Elmes, Toby Chancey, Tho. Catesby, Richard Rainsford, Samuel Tri&s;t, VVilliam Wa&s;h|burne, Humphrey Orme, Maurice Tre&s;ham, William Langham, William Downhall, Philip Holman, John Cartwright, George Tre&s;ham, William Tate, Richard Kin&s;man, Edward Onely, John Syers, Ed|ward Harby <HI>junior,</HI> William Adams, John Colly, Richard Salten&s;tal, Maximilian Emer&s;ly, <GAP DESC="blank"> Foxely, Edward Palmer, Robert Clerke, William Buckby, Henry Edmonds, Will. Pargiter <HI>junior,</HI> Tan|field Mul&s;o, Chri&s;topher Pickering, Bryan Jan&s;on, Walter Kirkham, Rich. Ben&s;on, Anthony Shuckburgh, Michael Woodhal, John Thornton, Richard Nailer, John Willoughby, John Bag&s;haw, William VVar|ner <HI>of</HI> Lub<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">am, VVilliam Li&s;le, Chri&s;topher Thursby, Bernard VValcot, Andrew Lant, Francis Mor|gan, Alexander Fakins, Thomas Roane, Thomas Jenny&s;on, VVilliam VVard, John Lynn, John Dela|val, VVilliam Leavins, Francis Kirkham, Edmond Neale, Nicholas Steward, John Gardiner, John <MILESTONE N="XXVI"> VVi&s;eman, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Northampton <HI>for the time being,</HI> Thomas Thornton, John Brafield, Francis Pickmere, Jo&s;eph Sergeant, John Friend, Hatton Farmer, Jo&s;eph Hen&s;man, John Hewes; <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Higham <HI>for the time being; the Bailiff of</HI> Daventry <HI>for the time be|ing; the Mayor of</HI> Brackley <HI>for the time being;</HI> Henry Lucas, Samuel Clerke, Thomas Dove, John Bourn, Robert Pargiter <HI>of</HI> Gretworth, <HI>E&s;quires, and</HI> Richard Butler <HI>of</HI> Pre&s;ton, <HI>Gentle|man.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Nottingham.</LABEL> <MILESTONE N="XXVII"><HI>For the County of</HI> Nottingham, <HI>and Town and County of the &s;ame,</HI> Henry <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Mansfeild, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> VVilliam <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Newca&s;tle, Patricius <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Cha|worth <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Gilbert <HI>Lord</HI> Haughton, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> John <HI>Earl of</HI> Clare, VVill. VVilloughby, Ance&s;til Gray, VVill. Pierepoint, Arthur Stanhop, VVill. Byron, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Jarvas Clifton <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> George Savill <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Francis Mollineux <HI>Knight and Baronet; &s;ir</HI> VVill. Hickman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Tho. VVilliam&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVill. VVilloughby, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Fran|cis Leake <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> John Digby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph Knight, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Clifford Clifton, <HI>Knights;</HI> Ro|bert Pierrepoint, Anthony Eyre, John Grubham-how, VVilliam Palmes, I&s;ham Perkins, VVilliam Stan|hoppe, VVilliam Cartwright, Charles Hutchin&s;on, VVill. Sacheverill, Cecil Cooper, John Cooper,
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Will. Skeffington, Peni&s;ton Whalley, Will. Herbert, Anthony Gilby, Francis Sands, Francis Stringer, Will. Cleark&s;on, Robert Melli&s;h, George Nevil, Arthur Waring, John Rayner, Tho. Charlton, Clifton Rodes, Tho. Mar&s;hal, Ra&s;on Melli&s;h, Tho. Wowen, John Mo&s;eley, Will. Byron, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Robert Thoroton <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> George Cam, Will. Newton, James Lane, <HI>Gentlemen; The High She|riff of the County of</HI> Nottingham <HI>for the time being, the Mayor of</HI> Nottingham <HI>for the time being, the Bailiffs of</HI> Ea&s;t-Radford <HI>for the time being, and the Mayor of</HI> Newark <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Norfolk.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Norfolk, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Turnor <HI>Knight, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> Thomas <HI>Lord</HI> Richard&s;on <HI>Baron</HI> Cramond <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland; Hatton Rich <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Edmond Bacon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Hobart, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Woodhou&s;e, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Berney, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Jernegan, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Barkham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas le Strange, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Holland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Pa&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Palgrave, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph Hare, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Potts, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Kempe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jacob A&s;tley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward VVard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Deer|ham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Gaudy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Cook, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Doyley, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Miles Hobart, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Knyvett, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Walpoole, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Calthorpe <HI>Knights of the Bath; &s;ir</HI> Charles Harbard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Harri&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Guybon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Allen Ap&s;ley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Hovel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Rant, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jo&s;eph Payn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Meadow, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Hewyt, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ju&s;tinian Lewin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Doyly, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Yallap, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nevil Catelyn <HI>Knights,</HI> Thomas Town&s;hend, George Town&s;hend, John Bladwell, Robert London, Le Strange Caltharp, Thomas Dey, Robert Kedington, Robert Tyrrill of Wilton, Thomas Thursby, Francis Thursby, Samuel Har&s;nett, Leonard Gooch, John Warner, John Fi&s;her, Hatton Barnerd, John Bendi&s;h, Ga&s;coyne Weld <HI>of</HI> Bracona&s;h, Thomas Garret, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI><MILESTONE N="XXVIII"> Era&s;mus Earl <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> John Cooke, Robert Tracy, James Grey, John Hobart, Thomas le Gros, Edward Barkham, Thomas Holland, Augu&s;tine Palgrave, John Potts, William Coke, Francis Bickley, Will. Addams, Anthony Gaudy, Philip Herbert, Roger Spilman, Philip Harbor, Maurice Shelton, Peter Gleane, Thomas Gaudy <HI>of</HI> Claxton, Thomas Berney <HI>of</HI> Swar&s;on, William Crane, An|thony Free&s;ton, Robert Suckling, John Windham, VVilliam Barker, Robert Gaw&s;ell, Henry Repps, Oliver Neeve, Philip Bedingfied <HI>and</HI> Humphrey Bedingfield, Fran. Bacon, Tho. Bacon, Rob. Long, Rob. Baldoch, Rob. Stewart, John Earle, Francis Cory, Chri&s;topher Jay, Suckling Jay, Leonard Mapes, Henry Clifton, Clement Herne, Nathaniel Showldham, Richard Nixon, Edmond Doyley, John Thug|ton, John Cock, Tho. Browne <HI>of</HI> El&s;ing, Tho. Corey, John Kendall, Lawrence Oxburgh, John Shad|well, Robert Coney, Rob. Haughton, Rich. Godfrey, John Angui&s;h, Anthony Fi&s;her, Edward Bar|ber, Tho. Drury, Nich. Rookewood, Anth. Drury, Robert Drury, Tho. Talbot, Nich. Styleman, Jacob Pre|&s;ton, Ba&s;&s;ingbourne Gaudy, Charles Gaudy, VVilliam Davy <HI>of</HI> Ellingham, Nathaniel Knevet, Edmond Britiff, Simon Britiff, Tho. Wright <HI>of</HI> Kilver&s;ton, Munford Spelman, Edmond de Grey, Tho. Wright <HI>of</HI> Ovington, William Brampton <HI>and</HI> Robert Buxton, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Kings Lynn.</LABEL> <HI>For the Burrough of</HI> Kings Lynn, <HI>The Mayor for the time being,</HI> Robert Steward, <HI>Recorder;</HI> Walter Kerby, John Ba&s;&s;et, Thomas Greene, John Bird, Benjamin Holly, Henry Bell, William Whar|ton, Thomas Robin&s;on.</P>
<P><LABEL>Thetford.</LABEL> For the Borough of <HI>Thetford,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, &s;ir <HI>John Holland</HI> and &s;ir <HI>Will. Gaudy,</HI> Baronets; &s;ir <HI>Allen Ap&s;ly</HI> Knight, <HI>Maurice Shelton</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>John Kendall, Robert Tyrrell, Ed|mund Hunt, Burrage Martin</HI> and <HI>O&s;mond Clerk,</HI> Gentlemen.</P>
<P><LABEL>Great Yarmouth.</LABEL> <HI>For the Burrough of</HI> Great Yarmouth, <HI>The Bayliffs for the time being; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Mea|dow,<MILESTONE N="XXIX"> Thomas Pufflet, John Cubitt, Richard Jermin, John Hall, Abraham Ca&s;tell, Thomas Gooch, Nathaniel A&s;hby, John Row, George England, John Woodroff, Edmund Thaxter, Arthur Bacon, <HI>Al|dermen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the City of</HI> Norwich, <HI>The Mayor for the time being, &s;ir</HI> Jo&s;eph Payne <HI>Knight,</HI> Francis Co|ry <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder;</HI> Hen. Watts, John Rayley, Bernard Church, John Man, John Salter, Chri&s;topher Jay, Richard Wenman, John Osborne, John Cro&s;hold, Will. Haward, <HI>E&s;quires; The two Sheriffs for the time being,</HI> Augu&s;tine Briggs, Tho. Wi&s;&s;e, Robert Bendi&s;h, Richard Couldham, John Larrance, Hen. Hirne, Francis Norris, Matthew Markham, John Man&s;er, Henry VVoods, Henry VVatts <HI>junior,</HI> Thomas Thacker, Thomas Chickeringe.</P>
<P><LABEL>Northumberland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Northumberland, Henry <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Mansfeild, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> William <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Newca&s;tle; Thomas Grey, Ralph Grey, Edward VVidrington, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Fenwick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph Delaval, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> VVilliam For&s;ter, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry VViddrington, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Lyddal, <HI>Knights;</HI> Edward Grey <HI>of</HI> Heaton, Robert Delaval, Cuthbert Heron, Ralph Grey <HI>of</HI> Bradford, Thomas For&s;ter <HI>of</HI> Ether&s;ton, VVilliam VVidrington, William Fenwick <HI>of</HI> Bey|well, Ralph Heborn <HI>of</HI> Heborn, John Clark, Robert Shafto <HI>of</HI> Benwell, Ralph Jeni&s;on, John Salkeld <HI>the elder of</HI> Rock, Thomas Benwick <HI>of the</HI> Clo&s;hou&s;e, Daniel Collingwood <HI>of</HI> Branton, Richard
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Stote, VVilliam Delaval <HI>of</HI> Benwick, John Rodham <HI>of</HI> Little Houghton, Nicholas Whitehead, <HI>and</HI> Ralph Ander&s;on, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> VVilliam Warren <HI>and</HI> Michael Widrington <HI>of</HI> Morpeth, <HI>Gentle|men.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Town of</HI> Berwick <HI>upon</HI> Tweed, <HI>Colonel</HI> Edward Grey, <HI>the Mayor for the time being;</HI> Thomas Wat&s;on, Andrew Moore, Mark Armorer, John Duglas, <HI>Aldermen; and</HI> Anthony Afton, <HI>Bailiff.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Town and County of</HI> Newca&s;tle <HI>upon</HI> Tine, <HI>the Mayor for the time being, &s;ir</HI> John Marley <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Francis Ander&s;on, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Clarke, <HI>and</HI> Henry Brabant, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Oxon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Oxon, Thomas <HI>Earl of</HI> Downe <HI>in the Kingdome of</HI> Ireland, Henry <HI>Lord Vi&s;|count</HI> Cornebury, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Clarendon, <HI>Lord Chancellor of</HI> En|gland; Philip <HI>Lord</HI> Wenman, <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Tuam <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, James Herbert, John Lovelace, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Anthony Cope, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Lee, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Spencer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Penni&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Walter, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Anthony Craven, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Cleyton, <HI>Warden of</HI> Merton <HI>Colledge; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Chamberlain, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Compton Read, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Fleetwood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Morton <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Law, &s;ir</HI> John Glyn <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Law; &s;ir</HI> Francis Wenman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Norris, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Jones, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Robin&s;on <HI>Lieutenant of the Tower, &s;ir</HI> Timothy Terryl, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Tipin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Clarke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmund Bray, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Croke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Little|ton Osbaldi&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Jenkin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Allen Ap&s;ly, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Glyn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Harecourt, <HI>&s;ir</HI> <MILESTONE N="XXX"> Thomas Cob, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Samuel Jones, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> Edward Hungerford <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, James Her|bert, John Lovelace, David Walter <HI>one of the Grooms of his Maje&s;ties Bed-chamber;</HI> Lewellin Jenkins <HI>Doctor of Laws, Principal of</HI> Je&s;us <HI>Colledge,</HI> Broome Whorwood, Richard Crooke, William Cope, James Hyde <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick, Pre&s;ident of</HI> Magdalen <HI>Colledge,</HI> Thomas Willis <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Thomas Saunders, Anthony Libb, Vincent Barry, Henry Allnut, John Stone, Francis Martin, Edmund Lenthal, John Clarke, VVilliam Lenthal, VVilliam Legg <HI>one of the Grooms of his Maje&s;ties Bed-chamber,</HI> VVilliam Dormer, John Cartwright, George Chamberlain, Thomas Wheate, VVilliam Sheppard, William Cartwright, Rowland Lacy, Arthur Jones, Henry Allworth <HI>Doctor of Laws,</HI> Richard Hollaway <HI>Coun&s;ellour at Law,</HI> John Clitherow <HI>Gentleman,</HI> Robert Dormer, Raynald Bray, William Bayley, Thomas Hord, John Doyley, Charles Hollaway <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> Charles Hollaway, Thomas Coventry, Matthew Skinner <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Samuel Sandys <HI>junior,</HI> William Gamcock, Robert Ve&s;ey, Robert Perrot <HI>junior,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"> Shep|pard <HI>of</HI> Ro&s;ewright, Edward Vernon, John We&s;t, William Oakeley, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Wright <HI>and</HI> John VVickham, <HI>Gentlemen; The Mayor of</HI> VVood&s;tock <HI>for the time being, Ma&s;ter</HI> Alex|ander John&s;on; <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Banbury; <HI>the Warden of</HI> Henley; <HI>the Bailiffs of</HI> Burford <HI>and</HI> Chip|ping-Norton, <HI>and the chief Magi&s;trates to act in their &s;everal Corporations only.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Vniver&s;ity and City of</HI> Oxford, <HI>the Vice-Chancellor and the two Proctors for the time being, &s;ir</HI> Thomas Cleyton <HI>Knight, Warden of</HI> Merton <HI>Colledge,</HI> Richard Bayley <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Pre&s;ident of</HI> St. Johns <HI>Colledge,</HI> John Fell <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Dean of</HI> Chri&s;t-Church, John Meredith <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Warden of</HI> All-Souls <HI>Colledge,</HI> Thomas Barlow <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Provo&s;t of</HI> Queens <HI>Colledge,</HI> Thomas Yates <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Principal of</HI> Brazen-No&s;e <HI>Colledge,</HI> Walter Blandford <HI>Doctor of Divinity, Warden of</HI> Wadham <HI>Colledge,</HI> Luellin Jenkins <HI>Doctor of the Laws, Principal of</HI> Je&s;us <HI>Colledge,</HI> Jo&s;eph Crowther <HI>Doctor of Divi|nity, Principal of</HI> Saint Mary <HI>Hall,</HI> James Hyde <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick, Principal of</HI> Magdalen <HI>Hall,</HI> Richard Lydal <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Thomas Elliot <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Henry Alworth <HI>Doctor of Laws,</HI> Benjamin Cooper <HI>Ma&s;ter of Arts,</HI> Richard Witt <HI>Batchelor of Law,</HI> Nicholas <MILESTONE N="XXXI"> Vilet <HI>Batchelor of Law,</HI> Richard Holway, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Martin Lipyard, John Cro&s;s, VVilliam Flexney, John Ha&s;lewood, Jo&s;eph Goodwin, William Day, Richard Davis, William Finch, Mat|thew Leech.</P>
<P><HI>The Mayor of the City for the time being, &s;ir</HI> Anthony Cope, <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Francis Wenman, <HI>Baro|nets; &s;ir</HI> William Morton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Samp&s;on White, <HI>Knights;</HI> Broom Whorwood, <HI>Sergeant</HI> Hollaway, Charles Hollaway, Richard Cooke <HI>Recorder,</HI> George Low, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Francis Harris, Leonard Bowman, William Wright, Roger Griffin <HI>and</HI> John White, <HI>Aldermen;</HI> John Harris, William Bayley, Francis Grenoway, Francis Heyward, John Town&s;end, William Corni&s;h, Henry Mallory, John Pain|ton <HI>Town-clerk,</HI> Robert Whorwood, John Lamb, Thomas Rowney, Richard Prat <HI>and</HI> Edward A&s;tin, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Rutland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Rutland, John <HI>Lord</HI> Roos, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> John <HI>Earl of</HI> Rutland, Bennet <HI>Lord</HI> Sherard <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Edward Noel, Henry Noel, Philip Sherard, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Mackworth <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Edward Heath <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Mackworth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward-Maria Wingfield, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Eu&s;ebius Pel&s;ant, <HI>Knights;</HI> William Palmes, Alexander Noell, Chri&s;to|pher Browne, Beaumont Bodenham, Richard Halford, Abel Barker, Samuel Brown, VVilliam Hyde, Edward Faukner, Robert Mackworth, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Charles Halford, Ezekiel John&s;on, <HI>Gen|tlemen.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Salop.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Salop, VVilliam Pierripont, Andrew Newport, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Thomas Wool|rich, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Whitmore, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Lawley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Walter Acton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry-Frederick Thinne, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Vincent Corbet, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Littleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Edwards, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Vernon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Humphrey Briggs <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Thomas Whitmore <HI>Knight of the Bath; &s;ir</HI> Richard Prince, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Weld, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Ottly, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Child <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Henry Herbert, <HI>Knights; &s;ir</HI> Job Charleton <HI>Sergeant at Law, and Chief Iu&s;tice of</HI> Che&s;ter, Timothy Littleton <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> VVilliam Fowler, Timo|thy Turner, Philip Eyton, Richard Scriven, Francis Thornes, Charles Mannering, James Laten, Ro|bert Sandford, Roger Kinne&s;ton, Thomas Bawdwine, Robert Leighton, Philip Prince, Francis Charl|ton, Thomas Owen <HI>of</HI> Cow-dover, Edward Kyner&s;tone, Samuel Wingfield, Thomas Whitmore, George Weld, George Ludlow, Thomas Rocke, Charles Baldwin, Robert Charleton, Henry Barnard, Thomas Powis, Thomas Kettelesby, Robert Corbet <HI>of the Hall of</HI> Hu&s;&s;ey, Thomas Holland, John Coates, VVilliam Oakeley, Edmond Waring <HI>of</HI> Owldbury, Somer&s;et Fox, Richard Fowler, John Walcot, Adam Ottly, Thomas Walcot, Robert Cre&s;&s;et, John Cole, Robert Owen, Edward Powel, Thomas Lloyd, Thomas Lockier, Thomas Smalman, John Lacon, Thomas Lockard, John Kyne&s;tone, VVilliam Owen <HI>of</HI> Porkington, John Newton, Thomas Kynner&s;ley <HI>of</HI> Badger, VVilliam Cotton, Ri|chard Mitton, Francis Fore&s;ter, VVilliam Jones <HI>of</HI> Sandford, Rowland Hill, Vincent Edwards, Henry <MILESTONE N="XXXII"> Goodrick, John Trevor, Thomas Ireland, Thomas Jones, Richard Cre&s;wel, Thomas Harris, John Cor|bet <HI>of</HI> Adderley, Edward Vernon, Thomas Acton, Thomas Jobber, Samuel Baldwin, Henry Sprat, Thomas Crump, Henry Griffiths, Richard Ridley, Jonathan Langley, James Beck, Henry Mitton <HI>of</HI> Shipton, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of the Town of</HI> Salop <HI>for the time being; the Bailiffs of</HI> Lud|low, Bridge-North, Wenlock <HI>and</HI> Bi&s;hops-Ca&s;tle <HI>for the time being,</HI> Daniel Wicherley, Francis Smith, Richard Walker, John Whitacre, Richard Clarke, Andrew Viners, Richard Tayler, John Har|ding, Arthur Hinckes, John Baugh, Edward Wolla&s;ton, Alexander Middleton, Samuel Lloyd, Richard Davis <HI>of</HI> Ludlow, Roger Gough, Benjamin Buckley <HI>of</HI> Somer&s;et-Hall, Robert Betton, Thomas Jones <HI>of</HI> Sheet, Richard Charleton, Richard Ho&s;ier, <HI>Capt.</HI> Philip Jenings, Andrew Hill, Richard Prichard, John Haynes, George Ho&s;ier, John Stanyer, Edward Owen, Roger Harris, Robert Vernon, <HI>Capt.</HI> Ri|chard Philips, Rowland Hill <HI>of</HI> Hacko&s;ton, <HI>Gentlemen;</HI> Richard Cooling <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Robert Gorton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Clement Clarke <HI>and</HI> Richard Jenkins <HI>Gentleman.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Stafford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Stafford, <HI>Sir</HI> John Wirley <HI>Knight, High Sheriff; &s;ir</HI> Edward Littleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Baggot, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Wilbraham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Walter Rote&s;ley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Woolceley <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Francis Lawley, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Bryan Broughton <HI>and &s;ir</HI> John Bowyer, <HI>Knights and Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Theo|philus Bidolph, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Whitgrave <HI>and &s;ir</HI> VValter Littleton, <HI>Knights;</HI> Randolph Egerton, VValter Chetwind <HI>&s;enior,</HI> VVilliam Sneyd, Henry Grey, John Lane, VValter Chetwynd <HI>junior,</HI> George Digby, Broom VVhorwood, Rowland Okeover, Edward Mainwaring, John Skrym&s;hire, Ge|rard Skrym&s;hire, <HI>Colonel</HI> Harvy Bagot, Edward Vernon, Charles Cotton, Richard Congreave, Ro|bert Milward, VVilliam Chetwind, Thomas Kynnersby, John Piercehou&s;e, John Swynfen, Robert Le|vi&s;on, Francis Levi&s;on, Rowland Cotton, Henry Archbold, Jonathan VVoodnorth, Jonathan Cope, Henry Vernon, George Parker, John Shelton, Francis VVightwick, John VVhitehal, William Tal|bot, George Vernon, Charles Agard, Richard Aderley, Edward Arabla&s;ter, William Orme, John No|ble, Edward Birch, Edward VVard, William VVard, William Trafford <HI>and</HI> Dan. VVat&s;on, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Richard Bracegirdle, William Trafford, John Gough, William Farmer, John Coleclough <HI>of</HI> Bur&s;lem, John Felton, Henry Haworth <HI>and</HI> Thomas Bagnal, <HI>Gentlemen; The Mayor of</HI> Stafford <HI>for the time being; The Mayor of</HI> Newca&s;tle <HI>for the time being; The Mayor of</HI> VVal&s;al <HI>for the time being, and the Bailiffs of</HI> Tamworth <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Lichfield.</LABEL> <HI>For the City and County of the City of</HI> Lichfield, Thomas Caterbanck <HI>Bailiff, the Bailiffs <MILESTONE N="XXXIII"> for the time being, Sir</HI> Theophilus Bydolph <HI>Knight, Colonel</HI> John Lane, Michael Bydolph, Richard Dyot, John Hill, Sherington Talbot, <HI>E&s;quires; Doctor</HI> Hinton, <HI>Doctor</HI> Hewet, James Allen, Thomas Minors, John Burnes, William Je&s;&s;on, <HI>Gentlemen; and the Sheriff for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Somer&s;et.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Somer&s;et, John <HI>Lord</HI> Digby, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> George <HI>Earl of</HI> Bri|&s;tol, Francis <HI>Lord</HI> Hawley <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Berkley <HI>Trea&s;urer of his Ma|je&s;ties Hou&s;hold,</HI> John Pawlet, Francis Pawlet, Amias Pawlet, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Mallet, <HI>one of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench; &s;ir</HI> William Portman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Sydenham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Maurice Berkley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh Smith, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Windham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John VVorton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Trevilian, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Pim <HI>and &s;ir</HI> John Newton, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Coventry <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Edward Hungerford, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Berkley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Bridges, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh VVindham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Norton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John VVarr, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Gore, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Horner <HI>and &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Ba&s;&s;et, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Merefield <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> Alexander Popham, George Scowel, Edward Philips, Edmund VVindham,
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George Speake, Francis Lutterel, Henry Rogers, Peregrine Palmer, Samuel Gorges, John Mallet, Francis Wyndham, William Hellyer <HI>of</HI> Coker, William Prynne, Thomas Heale, Edward Berkley, Hen|ry Waldron, William Bull, John Buckland, Thomas Warr, Robert Hunt, Thomas Piggot, Francis Roll, John Harrington, John Tynt, Warwick Brampfield, William Lacy, John Churchil, Henry Hen|ly, Edward Court, Henry Bull, William Carrant, Francis Baker, Richard Jones, George Sydenham, Robert Hawley, Michael Mallet, Edward Philips <HI>junior,</HI> Anthony Pawlet, Henry Light, John Harbin, Roger Bourne, Edward Bampfield, Angel Grey, Ralph Stowel, Iohn Moore, Hugh Norris, William Speake, William Hilliar <HI>of</HI> Sea, Iohn St. Albons, Iohn Fitz-Herbert, Iohn How, William Bawn, Iohn Cridland, King&s;mel Lucy, Peter Roymon, VVilliam Harbord, Roger Newburrough, Maidley Sam|borne, Francis Vaughan, Iohn Fody, VVilliam Coward, Iohn Hunt, Iohn Goodwin, Henry Dun&s;ter, Edward Clarke, Thomas Farwel <HI>and</HI> VVilliam Clarke <HI>and</HI> James Hayes, <HI>E&s;quires; And for the City of</HI> Wells <HI>and Town of</HI> Bridgewater, <HI>the re&s;pective Mayors for the time being; for the City of</HI> Bath, <HI>the Mayor for the time being,</HI> VVilliam Prynne <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Walter Gibbs <HI>Alderman,</HI> Robert Pearce <HI>Doctor in Phy&s;ick,</HI> Walter Bayley, Edward Parker, John Sher&s;tone <HI>and</HI> Simon Sloper, <HI>Gen|tlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Bri&s;toll.</LABEL> <HI>For the County and City of</HI> Bri&s;toll, <HI>The Mayor for the time being,</HI> John Lawford <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Robert Atkins <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Recorder; &s;ir</HI> Henry Cre&s;wick <HI>and &s;ir</HI> John Knight, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Lock, Richard Balman, Nathaniel Cale, Walter Sandy, John Willoughby, Thomas Langton, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> Ralph Olliffe, John Hicks, John Wright, John Bradway <HI>and</HI> Richard Streamer, <HI>Gentle|men.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Southampton.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Southampton, Charles <HI>Lord</HI> St. John <HI>of</HI> Ba&s;ing, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> John <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Winche&s;ter; <HI>the Lord</HI> Henry Pawlet, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Carteret <HI>Vice-Chamberlain of the Kings Hou&s;hold, &s;ir</HI> Robert Howard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Wor&s;eley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Mills, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Norton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVil|liam Lewis, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh Stewkley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Mewx, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Badd, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas Steward, <HI>&s;ir</HI> An|drew Henley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Trot, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Dillington, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Humphrey Bennet, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Leigh, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Ma&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Higgons, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Dingley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Wor&s;eley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Mundiford Bramp|&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Tompkins, <HI>Knights;</HI> Richard Norton, Thomas Neale, Richard Goddard, Lawrence Hyde, Henry Wallop, John Button, Thomas Knollis, VVilliam Oglander, Robert Dillington, Tho. Jervice, John Richards, Charles We&s;t, VVill. Legg, Hen. Whitehead, Geo. Pit, Tho. Brook, Leonard Bil|&s;on, Francis Rolle, John Hooke, Tho. Cole, Philip Leigh, James May, Rich. Compton, Benj. Ruddiard, Giles Hungerford, Francis Rivet, Roger Gallop, Francis Tilney, Henry Bromfield, William Pit, Arthur Bold, VVilliam Collins, Edward Norton, Daniel Norton, VVilliam Wither, John Wor&s;eley <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Edward Wor&s;eley, Edward Cooke, John Ball, Edward Hooper <HI>of</HI> Chilworth, Edward Hooper <HI>of</HI> Hurne-Court, Francis Dickins, John Stewkley, Bartholomew Price, Daniel King&s;mel, John King&s;mel, Henry Tulfe, Thomas Edmonds, Robert Oxenbridge, Robert Goffe, Richard Love, Gabriel Whi&s;tler, Thomas Newnham, John Dean, John Oglander, William Wall, Challoner Chute, Henry Kel&s;ey, Hen|ry Goddard, VVilliam Li&s;le, Andrew Wall, Richard Ailiffe, Edward Hyde, Anthony Yalden, E&s;&s;ex Pawlet, Stephen Fox, John Culpeper, Walter Slingsby, Alexander Culpeper, John Dingly, <HI>E&s;quires; and</HI> Richard Rudyard <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Town and County of</HI> Southampton, VVilliam Stanley, Robert Richbil, William Horne, Thomas Cornelius, James Clungeon, Henry Pit, George Steptoe, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI></P>
<P><MILESTONE N="XXXV"><HI>For the City of</HI> Winche&s;ter, William Tayler, Richard Dennet, E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">mund Fifeild, Benjamin Clarke, John Munday, John Col&s;on, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Winton, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Southampton, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Port&s;|mouth, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Newport, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Ba&s;ing&s;toke, <HI>the Bailiff of</HI> Andevor <HI>for the time be|ing,</HI> John Bowreman, Thomas Legg, James Rice, Mores Read, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Suffolk.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Suffolk, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Turnor <HI>Knight, Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons,</HI> Walter Devereux <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Edmond Bacon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Lyonel Tolemache, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Felton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Kempe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Spring, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Ca&s;tleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Bacon, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry North, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Cul|lam, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Gervace Elwies, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Darcy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Cordal, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Rous, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Brooke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Samuel Barnardi&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Parker, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> William Playters, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry VVood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Charles Gawdy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Reeve, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Duke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Doyly, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Bernardi&s;ton, <HI>Knights and Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Dudley North, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas Bacon <HI>and &s;ir</HI> John Knivet, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Crofts, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmund Poley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Duncomb, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Brooke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Harvy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George VVeneve, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Poley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nevil Catlin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Bloys, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Smith, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Parker, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jeofrey Burwel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Meadow, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Doyley <HI>and &s;ir</HI> Edmund Barker, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Havey, Thomas VValgrave, Thomas Holland, John Poley, Richard Cooke, Charles Stutteril, John Sicclemore, John Southby, William Gipps, Clement Heigham, Benjamin Cutler <HI>of the Chauntry,</HI> VVilliam Bloys, Henry VVarner, Thomas Stewart, Thomas VVright, Jo&s;eph Bland, John Playters, John Cole, Robert Mattyward, Hamond Claxton, Robert Style, Fitznoune Lambe, Henry Coppinger, Thomas Anis, Edward Feilder, Peregrine Doyley, Thomas Dade, Thomas Scrivener, Henry North,
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John Lambe, Edward North, William Acton, John Wentworth, Robert Butts, Thomas Butts, Francis Cheney, Robert Maniot, William Rivet, Robert Nanton, Gardner Web, Robert King, Charles Corn|wallis, John Rivet, Thomas Golding, Edmund Plum, Edward Man <HI>junior,</HI> Edmund Clench, Richard Kirkeby, Thomas Tyril, Francis Theobald, William Beaumont, Michael Grigg, Thomas Leman, Regi|nald Williams, Thomas Ve&s;ey, Philip Howard, William Dawtry, William Gooch, Framlingham Gaw|dy, Ptolemy Tolemache, William Jermy, Henry Parker, Thomas Bacon, John Brame <HI>of</HI> A&s;h, Hum|phrey Bowen, John Bedingfield, Thomas Day, Miles Edgar, Samuel Kenidge, Edmund Shepheard, William Cullum, Edmund Gardner, Robert Browning, Henry Stebbing, John Brook, John Corn|wallis, William Blomfield, Robert Go&s;nold, Wi&s;eman Bokenham, John Thur&s;ton, Thomas Edgar, Tho. Allen <HI>Vice-Admiral,</HI> Rob. Wright, <HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> The Mayor of</HI> Sudbury <HI>for the time being,</HI> Joh. Warner, William Byat, <HI>Gentlemen; The Bailiffs of</HI> Dunwich <HI>for the time being. For the Borough of</HI><MILESTONE N="XXXVI"> Ip&s;wich, <HI>The Bailiff for the time being, Sir</HI> Emanuel Sorels <HI>Knight,</HI> William Bloys, John Sickle|more, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Nicholas Phillips, John Robin&s;on, John Smithier, Robert Clerke, Gilbert Ling|feild, Edward Man <HI>junior, Gentlemen. For the Borough of</HI> St. Edmonds-bury, <HI>The Aldermen for the time being,</HI> John Southeby <HI>E&s;quire, Recorder; Sir</HI> Edmund Poley, <HI>Sir</HI> John Duncomb, <HI>Knights;</HI> James Cob <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Francis Brown, Robert Sharp, Stephen Cook, Samuel Hu&s;tler, Ed|ward Bourn, <HI>Gentlemen. For the Borough of</HI> Aldborough, <HI>The Bailiff for the time being, Sir</HI> John Holland <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Robert Brooke <HI>Knight,</HI> William Shipman, Thomas Elliot, Richard Browne <HI>and</HI> John Burwood, <HI>Gentlemen. For the Borough of</HI> Orford, <HI>The Mayor for the time being,</HI> Walter Devereux <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Allen Broderick <HI>Knight,</HI> Jo&s;eph Ha&s;tings, Thomas Ha&s;tings, James Coppin, Edward Ewen, Edward Parker, Martin Folkes, John Harwel <HI>and</HI> Edward John&s;on, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Surrey.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Surrey <HI>and Borough of</HI> Southwark, Charles <HI>Earl of</HI> Ancram <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, Francis <HI>Lord</HI> Angier <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Nicholas <HI>Knight, one of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council,</HI> Benjamin We&s;ton <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Henry Capel <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Vincent <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> Walter St. Johns, <HI>Sir</HI> Adam Browne, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Thomas Trevor <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> John Robin&s;on <HI>Knight and Ba|ronet, Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir</HI> Richard Brown <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> William Moore, <HI>Sir</HI> John Eveling, <HI>Sir</HI> Marmaduke Gre&s;ham, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Stydolph, <HI>Sir</HI> John Bromfield, <HI>Sir</HI> Abra|ham Cullen <HI>and Sir</HI> Thomas Hooke, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> John Nicholas <HI>and Sir</HI> VVilliam Terringham, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> William Throckmorton <HI>Knight Mar&s;hal, Sir</HI> Ralph Freeman <HI>Knight, one of the Ma&s;ters of Reque&s;t, Sir</HI> John Lenthal, <HI>Sir</HI> Edmund Bowyer, <HI>Sir</HI> John Shaw, <HI>Sir</HI> Charles Howard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Haward, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George A&s;cough, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Long, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Wingfeild, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Tho|mas Bloodworth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Daniel Harvy, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Parkhur&s;t, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Hatton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Allen Broderick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Nicholas Carew, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Bi&s;he, <HI>&s;ir</HI> James Au&s;tin <HI>and &s;ir</HI> William Turner, <HI>Knights;</HI> Henry Hil|yard, Arthur On&s;low, George Chute, Roger James, John Scot, Edward Thurland, Chri&s;topher Buckle, Edward Evelin, Thomas Fo&s;ter, Anthony Bower, Edward Nicholas, William Hoskins, George Evelyn, Richard Evelyn, VVilliam Elliot, Anthony Thomas, John Helinden, James Zouch, Henry We&s;ton, Thomas Dalmahoy, George Smith, Dawes Wymonde&s;old, John Dawes, George Browne, William Mu&s;champ, John Thynne, George Moore, George Garth, Thomas Turges, Matthew Carleton, Roger Duncomb, George Duncombe, George Woodruffe, George Vernon, Henry Henn, George Duke, Ed|ward Knipe, Jeofry Howland, Edward Barker, Samuel Rou&s;e, John Hammond, John Thinne <HI>junior,</HI> James Gre&s;ham, Edward Eversfield, Harmon Atwood, Charles Good, Thomas Lee, Peter Hu&s;&s;ey, Richard Heath, Vincent Randal, Nicholas Miller, John Parker, Thomas Rogers, <HI>Doctor</HI> Winde|bank, Laurence Mar&s;h, George Turner, Theophilus Holman, Thomas Arden, Henry Byne, John Heather, Richard Syms, Ellis Cri&s;p, Edward Smith, Edward Warcup <HI>and</HI> John Angel, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Jordan <HI>of</HI> Ditton, John Robin&s;on, John Wight, William Streete, William Boothby, Peter Quin|nel <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Iohn Jones, VVilliam We&s;tbrooke, Richard VVe&s;t, Caleb We&s;tbrook, <HI>The Mayor of</HI> Guilford <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Child, James Burton, Richard Lewyn, William Canon, John Wil|kin&s;on, Ottnel Meverel, William Lock, Iohn Neale, Simon Nicholas, Hugh Layton, Peter Delanoy, James Reading, Edward Ball, George Meggot, John Luntly, Jacob May, Thomas Butler, Thomas Mor|gaine, Tobias Solby <HI>and</HI> Benjamin Collier, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Su&s;&s;ex.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Su&s;&s;ex, Jo&s;celyn <HI>Lord</HI> Percy, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Algernon <HI>Earl of</HI> Northumberland, Thomas Leonard, John Pelham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Culpeper, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Cecil Bi&s;hop, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Covert, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Thomas, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Stapeley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Fagg, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Denny A&s;hburnham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Walter Henley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William VVil&s;on, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Lewkener <HI>and &s;ir</HI> William Morley, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Dyke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Ford, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Morley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Woodcock, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Nutt, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Courthop, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Peckham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry On&s;low <HI>and &s;ir</HI> William Craven, <HI>Knights;</HI> George Parker, George Nevil, Thomas Sackvil, Henry Goring, Percy Goring, VVilliam Garway, Iohn May, Herbert Morley, John Eversfeild <HI>junior,</HI> Ni&s;el Rivers, Anthony Shurley, John dela Cham|bers, Charles Bret, John Peckham, John Garway, Samuel Gott, Edward Polhill, Roger Show&s;well, Robert Ander&s;on, John Forrington, Brewen Bichley, Edward Morley, Allen Carr, Richard Bridges, Peter Courthop, Edward Keeling, Henry Shelley, Benjamin Culpeper, Henry Bill, VVilliam Spence,
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Edward May, <HI>Mr.</HI> Simon Smith, Alexander Jermin <HI>of</HI> Luddington, Robert Fowle, Thomas Collings, Walter Everden, William Dyke, Sackvil Graves, Nicholas Gildridge, Thomas Fo&s;ter, Henry Chown, Edward Payne, Henry Bi&s;h, Edward Michelburn, Philip Packer, John Steward, John Baker <HI>of</HI> Wi|thiam, <MILESTONE N="XXXVIII"> William Gratwick, Richard Shepherd, Stephen French <HI>and</HI> Thomas Hen&s;haw <HI>junior of</HI> Bil|lingh<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;t, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Richard May, Abraham Chapman, Thomas Palmer, Richard Cooper, Thomas Beb&s;worth, Matthew Young, Thomas Levit, Richard Young <HI>Alderman,</HI> John Luxford <HI>of</HI> Ocley, Am|bro&s;e Trayton, Henry Shelley, William Lane, William Vinal, John Oliver, Thomas Peckham, John Fuller <HI>of</HI> VValdron, Robert Pickering, John Baker <HI>junior,</HI> John Hay <HI>of</HI> Glindborn, Roger Bi&s;h, Ro|bert Palmer, Francis Gratwick, William Palmer, Richard Na&s;h, William We&s;tbrook, Chri&s;topher Coles, John Munck, Thomas Barnard, Thomas Payne, John Payne, Arthur Lovet, Thomas Brom|feild <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Richard Alchorn, Thomas Bromfeild <HI>junior,</HI> Bray Chown, Anthony Eversfeild, Edward Chowney, John Gratwich <HI>of</HI> Eatons, Jo&s;eph Newington, John Dive, William Hartridge, Alexander Stapeley, Robert Brooke <HI>&s;enior, Gentlemen. The re&s;pective Mayors of</HI> Chiche&s;ter, Arundel, Ha|&s;ting, Rye <HI>and</HI> Winchel&s;ey <HI>for the time being; The Bailiffs of</HI> Seaford <HI>and</HI> Daven&s;ey <HI>for the time being;</HI> Thomas Middleton <HI>Gent.</HI> John King <HI>and</HI> Henry King, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Warwick.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Warwick, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Compton <HI>Knight,</HI> Foulk Grevil, Charles Leigh, <MILESTONE N="XXXIX"><HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Robert Holt, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Temple, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Puckering <HI>alias</HI> Newton, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Boughton, <HI>Sir</HI> Roger Burgoyne, <HI>Sir</HI> John Knightley, <HI>Sir</HI> Clement Fi&s;her, <HI>Sir</HI> Herbert Price, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Norton, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> William Bromley, <HI>Sir</HI> Stephen Hales, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>Sir</HI> George Devereux, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Willoughby, <HI>Sir</HI> Charles Adderley, <HI>Sir</HI> Charles Lee, <HI>Sir</HI> William Palmer, <HI>Sir</HI> Arthur Caley, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Underhil, <HI>Sir</HI> Comb Wag&s;taffe, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Hopkins, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Bi&s;hop <HI>Sergeant at Arms, Knights;</HI> Amos Walrond, Walter Chetwin <HI>&s;enior,</HI> VVilliam Booth <HI>of</HI> Witton, John Bridgeman, John Ferrers, Richard Lucy, Thomas Archer, Clement Throck|morton, VVilliam Somervile, Francis Willoughby, Seabright Rippington, VVilliam Dilkes, Havey Bagot, George Fielding, Richard Newdigate <HI>Serjeant at Law,</HI> Thomas Flint, Thomas Temple, Thomas Boughton, John Rous, VVilliam Purifoy, John Clopton, Henry Ferrers, Charles New&s;ham, John Li&s;le <HI>of</HI> Moxal, Richard Verney <HI>of</HI> King&s;ton, Charles Bentley, Giles Palmer, Nicholas Overby, Edward Underhill, Thomas Marriot, Humphrey Jennings, Thomas Corbin, John Fether&s;ton, George Sacheverel, James Pre&s;cut, Thomas Rawlins <HI>of</HI> Stratford, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Warwick <HI>for the time being, The Mayor of</HI> Stratford <HI>for the time being, The Bayliffs of</HI> Tamworth <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Coventry.</LABEL> For the City and County of the City of <HI>Coventry,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, Sir <HI>Thomas Norton</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Clement Fi&s;her,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Caley,</HI> Sir <HI>Richard Hopkins,</HI> Sir <HI>Charles Ad|derley,</HI> Knights; <HI>Thomas Flint, Edmund Palmer,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Henry Smith, Matthew Smith, Julius Billers,</HI> Aldermen; <HI>Humphrey Burton</HI> Coroner.</P>
<P><LABEL>Worce&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Worce&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> John Packington, <HI>Sir</HI> William Ru&s;&s;el, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Littleton, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Seabright, <HI>Sir</HI> William Kyte, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Rou&s;e, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Ralph Clare <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Herbert, <HI>Sir</HI> Rowland Berkley, <HI>Sir</HI> John Talbot, <HI>Sir</HI> John Windford, <HI>Knights; Colonel</HI> Samuel Sandys, Samuel Sandys <HI>junior,</HI> William Sandys, Sharington Talbot, Tho. Savage, Edward Pitts, Francis Ru&s;&s;el, Francis Finck, Edward Carey, Jo&s;eph Welch, VVilliam Wa&s;|born, Thomas Child, Henry Town&s;hend, Thomas Wild, John Nanfan, Thomas Street, Henry Parker, Leonard Simp&s;on, Theophilus Andrews, Richard Dowde&s;wel, Henry Bromley <HI>of</HI> Upton, William Mucklo, Littleton Clent, Edward Bu&s;hel, Richard Vernon, Charles Cornwallis, Walter Savage, Thomas <MILESTONE N="XL"> Jolliffe, Thomas Symmons, Humphrey Littleton, Thomas Foley, Philip Par&s;ons, Anth. Crump, William Baldwin, Henry Evett, William Hancock, John Charlet, Thomas Wat&s;on <HI>of</HI> Bengworth, Henry Spiller, VVilliam Ligon, Henry Bromley <HI>of</HI> Holt, Edward Dingly, Henry Jefferies, Broom Whorwood, Phi|lip Brace, Francis Sheldon, John Bearcroft, Bridges Nanfan, <HI>E&s;quires; The Mayor of</HI> Eve&s;ham <HI>for the time being, The Bailiffs of</HI> Droitwich <HI>for the time being, The Bailiffs of</HI> Bewdly <HI>for the time being,</HI> John Barnaby <HI>of</HI> Bockleton <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL><HI>Worce&s;ter</HI> City.</LABEL> <HI>For the City and County of the City of</HI> Worce&s;ter, <HI>The Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriff for the time being, Sir</HI> John Packington <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Rowland Berkley <HI>Knight, &s;ir</HI> William Moreton <HI>Knight, one of his Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Law,</HI> Thomas Hall, Thomas Street, Thomas Wild, Tho. Vernon, Thomas Harris, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Humphrey Wildy, Richard Beddoes, Thomas Harri&s;on, Wintour Harris, John Bearcroft, Francis Hughes, Humphry Tirer <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Wilts.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Wilts, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Worce&s;ter, <HI>the Lord</HI> John Seymour, VVilliam <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Cardiffe, <HI>Son and Heir ap|parent to</HI> Philip <HI>Earl of</HI> Pembrooke <HI>and</HI> Mountgomery, Henry <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Cornbury <HI>Son and
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Heir apparent to</HI> Edward <HI>Earl of</HI> Clarendon <HI>Lord Chancellor of</HI> England, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Nicholas <HI>Knight, one of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy Council, Sir</HI> Robert Hyde <HI>Knight, Chief Iu&s;tice of the</HI> Kings-Bench, Edward Howard, Philip Howard, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Walter St. John, <HI>Sir</HI> Seymour Pile, <HI>Sir</HI> George Grubham-How, <HI>Sir</HI> Walter Ernle, <HI>Sir</HI> Giles Tooker, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> John Coventry, <HI>Sir</HI> John Nicholas, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Hungerford, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Baynton, <HI>Knights of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Wadham Windham <HI>Knight, one of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench, Sir</HI> Iames Thynne, <HI>Sir</HI> John Eveline, <HI>Sir</HI> Iohn Talbot, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Pool, <HI>Sir</HI> George Hungerford, <HI>Sir</HI> John Weld, <HI>Sir</HI> John Low, <HI>Sir</HI> Tho. E&s;court, <HI>Sir</HI> Henry Coker, <HI>Sir</HI> Tho. Ivy, <HI>Sir</HI> William Cawley, <HI>Sir</HI> Tho. Mompe&s;|&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> John Ernle, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Eyre, <HI>Knights;</HI> Alexander Popham, Edward Seymour, Richard Gr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">bham-How, Robert Phillips, Francis Wroughton, John Pleyddal, William Glanvile, Henry Clarke, William Jordan, John Hall, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Morton <HI>Baronet,</HI> Richard Lewis, George Ailiffe, Ed|ward Nicholas, Edward Hungerford, Edw. Hyde, Ralph Freak, Wil. Pawlet, Wil. Ducket, Tho. Mom|pe&s;&s;on, William Broncker, Walter Backland, Henry Hungerford, Henry Baynton, Walter Long, George Bond, Gilbert Rawleigh, Edmund Warneford, Richard Harri&s;on, Richard Aldworth, Alex. Thi&s;lethwart <HI>junior,</HI> William York, Stephen Fox, Edward Goddard <HI>of</HI> Standen, Thomas Bennet <HI>of</HI> Salthrop, James Long, Thomas Wancklin, Jeoffrey Danyel, John Collins, John Kent, Thomas Gore, VVilliam Willough|by, John Foyle, John Norden, Henry Long, James A&s;h, Edward Topp, Thomas Hawles, Jo&s;eph Stock|man, Giles Eyre, Jo&s;eph Eyre, Samuel Eyre, Iohn Long, Iohn Bowles, Richard Bowles, William Kent, Edward Manning, William Swanton, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Pile, Robert Chaundler, Thomas Hun|gerford, VVilliam Bowles, John Eyre, Richard Southby, Seymour Bowman, Richard E&s;court, Rowland Plott, Edward Goddard <HI>of</HI> Ogbourn, John Danvers, John Glanvile, Henry Wallis, <HI>Doctor</HI> Hier&s;t, John E&s;court, Benjamin Gifford, Nevil Ma&s;culine, Oliver Nicholas, Edmund Webb, I&s;aac Burgis, Richard Long, John Mompe&s;&s;on, Henry Trenchard, Symon Spatchur&s;t, Richard Davy, George Ivy, Samuel A&s;h, John Davenant, John Bennet, Robert Challoner, William Sadler, Robert Hippe&s;ly, Ephraim We&s;tley, Matth. Bennet, Richard Green, Humph. Hyde, Edm. An&s;ley, Chri&s;t. Gardiner, <GAP DESC="blank"> Crouch, Thomas Hunt, Thomas Chaffin, Ferrers Gre&s;ley, George Parrey, Thomas Clarke, Henry Clarke <HI>junior,</HI> Anthony Trotman, John Ellet, Walter Dow&s;e, John Duke <HI>junior,</HI> William Cu&s;&s;e, John Young, Walter Sharpe, George Sadler, Thomas E&s;court, Thomas Gape, William Levet, Chri&s;t. Willoughby, John Fitz-Herbert, <HI>E&s;quires; the Mayor of</HI> Wilton <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>New-Sarum.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> New-Sarum, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Hyde <HI>Knight, Chief Iu&s;tice of the Kings Bench, Sir</HI> Wadham Windham <HI>Knight, one of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench, the Mayor for the time being,</HI> Richard Coleman <HI>Recorder,</HI> William Joyce, Thomas Oviate, Morrice Green, Thomas Williams, Ed|ward Edmonds, Thomas Gardiner, Thomas Cutler, James Harwood, Thomas Ray <HI>Aldermen, Sir</HI> John Low, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Mompe&s;&s;on, <HI>Knights;</HI> Thomas Hawles, William Swanton, Richard Davy, John Holt, Thomas Chaffin, Thomas Dorrel, Stephen Fox, Seymour Bowman, Symon Spatchur&s;t, Francis Sambrooke, Nicholas John&s;on <HI>and</HI> Giles Clutterbook, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>We&s;tmerland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> We&s;tmerland, <HI>Sir</HI> Philip Mu&s;grave, <HI>Sir</HI> VVilliam Dal&s;ton, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Sand|ford, <HI>Sir</HI> John Lowther <HI>&s;enior, Sir</HI> John Lowther <HI>junior, Baronets; Sir</HI> Thomas Strickland, <HI>Sir</HI> George Dal&s;ton, <HI>Knights;</HI> Richard Mu&s;grave, John Lowther, Allen Bellingham, John Dal&s;ton, James Ducket, Daniel Fleming, Richard Brathwayte, Robert Hilton, Tho. Brathwayte, John Otway, Nicholas Fi&s;her, Edward Nevi&s;on, Lancelot Machel, Thomas Gabetas, Nathaniel We&s;t, Edward Wil&s;on, <HI><ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR>
the Mayor of</HI> Appleby <HI>for the time being, the Mayor of</HI> Kendal <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>York.</LABEL> <HI>For the</HI> We&s;t-<HI>Riding of the County of</HI> York, George <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Ca&s;tleton <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ire|land, Henry <HI>Vi&s;count</HI> Irwin <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, Thomas <HI>Lord</HI> Fairfax <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Fane, VVilliam <HI>Earl of</HI> Dumfreeze <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>Knight of <MILESTONE N="XLII"> the</HI> Bath, Conyers Darcy <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Francis Wortley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Savil, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Osborne, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Goodrick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Maleverer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Rersby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Key, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Armitage, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam In|gleby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Solomon Swaile, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Rokesby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Godfrey Copley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Wynn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Gervas Cutler, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Jack&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Lewis, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Slingsby, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Cook, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Tho. Wharton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Fane <HI>junior, Knights of the</HI> Bath; <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Tankred, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jordan Cro&s;&s;and, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Beaumond, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Wentworth, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Dawney, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Miles Stapleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Lowther, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Goodrick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edmund Jenings, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Ingram, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Clapham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ralph Knight, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Yarborough, <HI>Knights;</HI> Richard Hutton, Thomas Danby, Walter Hawke&s;|worth, Henry Arthington, Welbury Norton, Charles Tancred, Ambro&s;e Pud&s;ey, Francis Rockley, Robert Wirvel, Walter Strickland, Anthony Adeyre, Francis Nevil, VValter Calverley, Henry Eyre <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Iohn Wentworth <HI>of</HI> Ellin&s;hel, John Savile <HI>of</HI> Heathly, Henry Goodrick, John Wentworth <HI>of</HI> VVolly, Bradwardin Tindal, John Vincent, John Richard, William Lowther, Iohn Bilby, Richard VVa&s;hington, Richard Mountney, VVilliam Hammond, William Adams, Thomas Yarborough, VValter Li&s;ter, VVilliam Drake, Inglebert Leeds, Cuthbert VVade, Robert Harri&s;on, James Mo&s;eley, John Stanhop, Nicholas Stable, Benjamin Norcliffe, Roger Portington, Edward Lewis, John Thornhil, William VVomble, Thomas Stringer, Henry Atkin&s;on, Francis VVhite, Will. Spencer
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<HI>of</HI> Attercliffe, William Godfrey, Thomas Li&s;ter <HI>of</HI> Maningham, Thomas Li&s;ter <HI>of</HI> Bawtree, Thomas Haber, John Ottway, John Major, Thomas Staveley, Doyley Gower, Thomas Fawkes <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Hen|ry Cook, Thomas Edmonds, Jonathan Jenings, John Atkin&s;on, John Pre&s;ton, William Witham, Benja|min Wade, John Dod&s;worth, William Roundel, George Clarke, Jervas Bo&s;vile, Thomas Gill, Richard Graham, <HI>Gentlemen; the Mayor of</HI> Rippon, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Donca&s;ter, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Pontefract, <HI>the Mayor of</HI> Leeds <HI>for the time being,</HI> Robert Walters <HI>of</HI> Owsbourn, George Fothergil, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the North-Riding,</HI> Charles <HI>Lord</HI> St. John <HI>of</HI> Ba&s;ing, <HI>Son and Heir apparent to</HI> John <HI>Mar|que&s;s of</HI> Winche&s;ter, Coniers Darcy <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Henry Bella&s;is, Henry Darcy, James Darcy, <HI>E&s;qs &s;ir</HI> Chri&s;topher Wivel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Gower, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Goodrick, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Metcalf Robin&s;on, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Solom. Swail, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Stapleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> David Fowles, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Lowther, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Napier, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Roger Langley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Caley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> George Marwood, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Graham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Frankland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Chri&s;t. Wandesford, <HI>Baro|nets; &s;ir</HI> Robert Strickland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Tancred, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Strickland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jordan Cro&s;sland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Wil|liam Dalton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Dawney, <HI>&s;ir</HI> James Pennyman, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Ingram <HI>Chancellor of the Dutchy, &s;ir</HI> <MILESTONE N="XLIII"> Henry Cholmley, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Hebblethwaite, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Jo&s;eph Craddock, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Franckland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Craven, <HI>Knights;</HI> William Wivel, Edward Gower, Henry Marwood, James Medcalfe, Matth. Hutton, Robert Layton, William Caley, John How, Thomas Danby, Walter Strickland, John Beverley, Thomas Rookeby, James Moy&s;er, John Calverley, Edward Croft, Thomas Robin&s;on, VVilliam Weddil, John Tourner, I&s;aac Fairfax, John Wivel <HI>of</HI> O&s;gerby, Humphrey Wharton, Charles Bella&s;is, Edward Hutchin|&s;on <HI>of</HI> Wickham, Reynold Graham, <HI>Major</HI> Norton, Henry Bethel, Roger Talbot, Charles Tanckred, Thomas Jack&s;on, Henry Harri&s;on, William Feilding, VVilliam Robin&s;on, Edward Trotter, Robert Belt, Thomas Hutton, James Morley, Thomas Ha&s;&s;el, Timothy Maleverer, <HI>Capt.</HI> Leonard Robin&s;on, John Dod&s;worth, William Thomp&s;on, Thomas Wickham, Anthony Lowther, Thomas Norton, VVilliam Met|calfe, Henry Black&s;on, Walter Li&s;ter, John Gib&s;on, Charles Allan&s;on, Edward Gower, William Gower, John Colt&s;on, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> James Moore, George Norton, Francis Driffeild, John Smith, Thomas Waite, William Spinke, Allan Chamber, John Hill <HI>of</HI> Thorndon, John Earnley, Ralph Jack&s;on <HI>of</HI> Lazenby <HI>ju|nior,</HI> Chri&s;t. Keld, Henry Cro&s;&s;eland, VVilliam Lampley, William Truman, Francis Cumin, Robert Bu|&s;hel, Richard Harland, <HI>Major</HI> Redman, <HI>Gentlemen; the Aldermen of</HI> Richmond <HI>and the Bailiffs of</HI> Scarborough <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Ea&s;t-Riding, Sir</HI> Francis Cob <HI>Knight, High Sheriff of the County,</HI> Charles <HI>Lord Vi&s;|count</HI> Dungarven <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>Sir</HI> John Hotham, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Francis Boynton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Hi|lyard, <MILESTONE N="XLIV"><HI>&s;ir</HI> John Bucke, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Watkin&s;on Paler, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Rud&s;ton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Ledgerd, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Tho. Nortliffe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Philip Mountaine, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Daniel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Matthew Appleyard, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Renington, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Hugh Bethel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Heblethwait, <HI>&s;ir</HI> William Cob, <HI>Knights;</HI> Tobias Jenkins, Michael Whar|ton, Robert Bucke, Thomas Grantham, Durand Hotham, Hugh Li&s;ter, John Con&s;table, John Li&s;ter, Henry Sandys, Henry Holmes, Chri&s;topher Hillyard, Walter Bethel, George Mountain, John Vava&s;or, Jonathan Atkins, Ralph Warton, William Osbald&s;ton, VVilliam Grim&s;tone, Robert Sotheby, Richard Robin&s;on, Thomas Cr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">mpton, Samford Nevil, William Gee, Richard Ledgeard, William Baynton, Stephen Thomp&s;on, Richard Thomp&s;on, Henry Hillyard, James Moy&s;er, Edward Bernard, Thomas Hesket, Gregory Creyke, William Harpham, Thomas Anlaby, Alexander Rokeby, Henry Hillyard, John Stapleton, Henry Portington, Philip Saltmar&s;h, John Acraid, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Swan, Leonard Robin&s;on, VVilliam Blount, John Pier&s;on, Lewis Lewins, Francis Bu&s;hel, Robert Con&s;table, John Belton, William Dob&s;on, William Thomp&s;on, Ralph Higden, Richard Graham, Thomas Sytheron, Chri&s;topher Baukins, <HI>Gentlemen; the Mayor of</HI> Hedon <HI>and the Mayor of</HI> Beverly <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>York City.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> York <HI>and the County of the &s;ame,</HI> Edward Elwicke <HI>Lord Mayor,</HI> Thomas <HI>Lord</HI> Fairefax <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Scotland, <HI>Sir</HI> Metcalfe Robin&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Osburne, <HI>Sir</HI> Roger Langley, <HI>Sir</HI> Iohn Goodrick, <HI>Sir</HI> George Rive, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Slingsby <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Iohn Lewis <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> Miles Stapleton <HI>Knight,</HI> James Brooke, Chri&s;topher Topham, George Lamplough, George Mancklyns, Richard Hewett, Henry Thomp&s;on, Cre&s;&s;ey Bournet, Chri&s;topher Brery, Henry Tyreman, John Tayler, James Bawtry, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> Edward Gale, John Beares, Leonard Thomp&s;on, Jo&s;eph Scot, John Turner, Tobias Jenkins, Iames Moi&s;er, William Fairefax, Thomas Ro|bin&s;on, Thomas Hutton, Henry Fairefax, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Swale, <HI>Doctor</HI> Burwell, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Ethering|ton, Philip Prince, VVilliam Roundle, Thomas Hesketh, George Ai&s;leby, Philip Harbert, <HI>Ma&s;ter</HI> Snaue&s;dale, Richard Tennant, William Richard&s;on, Richard Rawlin&s;on, Francis Price, John Loftus, John Thomp&s;on, George Mangie, Francis Chatterton, Thomas Setterthwaite, Thomas Fairefax, <HI>Gen|tlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>King&s;ton upon Hull.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> King&s;ton <HI>upon</HI> Hull, <HI>the Mayor for the time being,</HI> Anthony Gilby, Andrew Marvel, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Dob&s;on, Robert Ripley, Robert Berriar, William Foxley, VVilliam Ram&s;den, Chri&s;topher Richard&s;on, George Crowle, Richard Robin&s;on, Richard Wil&s;on, William Skinner, Robert Bloome, Richard Francke, <HI>Aldermen;</HI> Hugh Li&s;ter <HI>E&s;quire, the Sheriffs for the time being.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>WALES.</LABEL> <LABEL>Angle&s;ey.</LABEL></P>
<P><HI>For the County of</HI> Angle&s;ey, Robert <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Bulkeley <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Mark <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Duncanon, Thomas Bulkeley <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> Hugh Owen <HI>Knight and Baronet,</HI> Ni|cholas Bagenal, Thomas Woods, Peirce Lloyd <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Rowland Bulkeley, William Bold, John Ro|bin&s;on, Griffith Jones <HI>of</HI> Trevarthin, Hugh Owen, Peirce Lloyd <HI>junior,</HI> Richard Merich, John Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Llandegnan, Iohn Griffith <HI>of</HI> Llanvaythly, Iohn Wynne <HI>of</HI> Bodewrid, William Bulkely-Brunddy, John Prytherch <HI>of</HI> Lly&s;delas, Rowland White, Richard Owen, Hugh Hughes, John Owen <HI>of</HI> Llan|vaythly, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Owen <HI>of</HI> Penrho&s;e, Conisby William, Owen Hughes, Henry Jones, Henry Davies, William Williams <HI>of</HI> Tre-Arthur, VVilliam Lewis, Griffith Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Trea&s;eth, Edward Price Bodower, Edward Price Trevadog, Howel Lewis, Owen Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Henbles, John Williams Bodurdin, John Owen Treveilir, Richard Wynne <HI>of</HI> Penhgkyn, William Hampton, VVilliam VVynne <HI>of</HI> Lan|gold, <HI>Gentlemen; the Mayor of</HI> Bewmorris <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Brecon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Brecon, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Edward <MILESTONE N="XLV"> <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Worce&s;ter, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Lloyd <HI>Knight,</HI> Arthur Trevor <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Edward Progers <HI>E&s;quire of his Maje&s;ties Bedchamber, &s;ir</HI> William Lewis, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry VVilliams, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Herbert Price, <HI>Baro|nets;</HI> William Morgan <HI>of</HI> Therow <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> John Herbert <HI>Knight,</HI> George Gwynne, Milburn Williams, John Jefferies, Lewis Morgan <HI>Attorney-General there,</HI> Thomas Lewis, VValter Williams, John Stedman, Hugh Powel, William Morgan <HI>of</HI> Newton, VValter Vaughan, Thomas VVilliams, Ed|ward Powel, James Watkins, Henry Stedman, Meredith Lewis, Thomas Bowen, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Lewis Gunter, James Williams, William Lloyd <HI>of</HI> VVernos, Edward Herbert, John Morgan, Daniel VVin|ter, VVilliam Saunders, <HI>Gentlemen; the Bailiff of</HI> Brecon <HI>for the time being.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cardigan.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cardigan, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Price <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Francis Lloyd <HI>Knight,</HI> James Lewis <HI>&s;enior,</HI> John Vaughan, James Stedman, Henry Vaughan, John Jones, James Lewis <HI>junior,</HI> Edward Vaughan, Era&s;mus Lloyd, Morgan Herbert, Richard Herbert, Reignald Jenkins, David Lloyd, Hector Phillips, John Lewis, Thomas Jenkins, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> David Evans, Thomas Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Pus, Abel Grif|fin, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Carmarthen.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Carmarthen, Francis <HI>Lord</HI> Vaughan, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Richard <HI>Earl of</HI> Carbury <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Vaughan <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Moreton <HI>one of his Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Law,</HI> Simon Deg <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Edward Man&s;ell, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Rice Rudd, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Ru&s;&s;el, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Henry Vaughan <HI>Knight,</HI> VValter Rice, John Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Llannel|ly, Nicholas VVilliams, VVilliam Gwynne <HI>of</HI> Talliaris, John Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Dertlis, Henry Middleton, James Jones, Penry Vaughan, John Vaughan <HI>of</HI> VVhitehou&s;e <HI>junior,</HI> Morgan Jones, Philip Vaughan, Thomas Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Berllan-dowel, Thomas Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Dan-per-Alt, Owen Brick&s;tock, Thomas Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Llanlonthog, John Powel <HI>junior, E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Town of <HI>Carmarthen.</HI></LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Carmarthen, <HI>the Mayor for the time being,</HI> Francis <HI>Lord</HI> Vaughan, <HI>&s;on and heir apparent to</HI> Richard <HI>Earl of</HI> Carbury <HI>in the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Vaughan <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Vaughan <HI>Knight,</HI> John Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Llannelly, John Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Dertlis, Walter Vaughan, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Rynon, Anthony Jones, Thomas Jones, Dawkins Goffe, Lewis Jones, John Oakeley, <HI>Aldermen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Carnarvan.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Carnarvan, Robert <HI>Lord Vi&s;count</HI> Bulkley <HI>of the Kingdom of</HI> Ireland, Robert Roberts, Thomas Bulkley, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Richard Wynne, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Griffith Williams, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Roger Mo&s;tin, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Williams, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Owen, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Lloyd, Nicholas Bagnal, Griffith Jones, VVilliam Griffith, VVitham Vaughan, Owen Griffith, John Bodurda, Maurice VVynne, Hugh Wynne, Thomas Wynne, VVilliam Wynne <HI>of</HI> Llanruda, Hugh Williams, William Buckley, Griffith Bodurda, Edmund Glyn, John Wynne-Berthaur, Timothy Littleton <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> John Jones, John Wynne <HI>of</HI> Twgyn, William Wynne <HI>of</HI> Glangranon, Richard Anwill, John Glynn, Thomas Glynn, Richard Glynn, Richard Thomas, John Williams, Thomas Vaughan, William Hookes, Richard Grif|fith, Owen Wynne <HI>of</HI> Gla&s;goed, Richard Kiffin, John Lloyd, Robert Coetmor, John Wynn <HI>of</HI> Melay, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Wynne <HI>of</HI> Berthanur, Jeffery Williams, John Wynne <HI>of</HI> Pennarth, Herbert Griffith, John Hookes, William Wynne <HI>of</HI> Pengwerne, William Williams, Hugh Bodurda, Owen Wynne, William Spicer, William Thomas <HI>of</HI> Carnarvan, Edward Peirce, Richard Ellis, John Jones <HI>of</HI> Trevan, Robert Wynne <HI>of</HI> Ke&s;elgovarch, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Denbigh.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Denbigh, John Carter <HI>Knight, High Sheriff, Sir</HI> Thomas Middleton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Ri|chard <MILESTONE N="XLVI"> Wynne, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Salisbury, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Powel, <HI>&s;ir</HI> VVilliam Meredith, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Thomas Trevor, <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> Richard Lloyd, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Broughton, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Robert Agbrow, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Wynne, <HI>Knights;</HI> Roger Pule&s;ton, John Trevor <HI>of</HI> Trevalin, VVilliam Owen, William Salisbury, Hugh Wynne, John Wynne, Mutton Davies, Robert Wynne <HI>of</HI> Voylas, Thomas Jones, Edward Thel|wal, William Price, Kenrick Eyton, Thomas Vaughan, Charles Salisbury, John Robin&s;on, <HI>Col.</HI> Robert Broughton, Bevis Lloyd, John Thelwal, John Edisbury, Charles Middleton, Foulke Middleton, Ti|mothy Middleton, Eubal Thelwal, John Jefferies, Richard Middleton <HI>of</HI> Llanclin, Robert Price <HI>of</HI> Gee|ler, Edward Brereton, Watkin Kiffin, Owen Thelwal, John Trevor <HI>of</HI> Brinkinnalt, Gabriel Goodman, Humphrey Hughes <HI>of</HI> Brintanger, David Morris, Richard Wynne <HI>of</HI> Garthkanan, John Llangford, VVilliam Parry, Charles Goodman, John Pule&s;ton, Will. Williams, John Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Bodidri&s;t, Hugh Ro|berts, Francis Manley, John Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Llanvnis, Hugh Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Foxal, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Jones, John Salisbury <HI>of</HI> Lewe&s;og, Humphrey Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Ber&s;e, Robert Wynne <HI>of</HI> Garthewynn, Howel Lloyd, James Thelwell, Robert Griffith <HI>of</HI> Pendared, John Koydlywrich, <HI>Captain</HI> Thomas Yale, John Williams <HI>of</HI> Caredrynydd, Owen Price <HI>of</HI> Nantmauze, Robert Wynne <HI>of</HI> Llwyn, Maurice VVilliams <HI>of</HI> Llanverras, Edward Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Placemado, Thomas Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Ber&s;ey, Ellis Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Eglewi&s;ig, <HI>the two Aldermen of</HI> Denbigh, John Hughes, Thomas Matthews, John Jones, Thomas Shaw <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Robert Salisbury, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Flint.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Flint, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Hanmer, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Salisbury, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Henry Conway, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Roger Mo&s;tin, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John Trevor, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Glyn, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Hanmer, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Trevor, Thomas Raven&s;croft, Roger Pule&s;ton, Robert Davies, Thomas Lloyd, William Hanmer, Roger Whitley, Mut|ton Davis, William Mo&s;tin, John Parry, Robert Whitley, Andrew Ellis Evan Edwards, David Penant, John Eyton, Richard Griffith, Edward Lloyd, Ellis Young, Edward Lloyd, John Broughton, Thomas Humphreys, John Salisbury <HI>&s;enior,</HI> John Middleton, Thomas Crackley, Eubule Hughes, Charles Jones, Owen Barton, John Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Fawne, Thomas Mo&s;tin, Hugh Penant.</P>
<P><LABEL>Glamorgan.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Glamorgan, Henry <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Ragland, <HI>Son and heir apparent to</HI> Ed|ward <HI>Marque&s;s of</HI> Worce&s;ter, William <HI>Lord</HI> Herbert <HI>of</HI> Cardiffe, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Lloyd <HI>Knight,</HI> Arthur Trevor <HI>E&s;quire, &s;ir</HI> Edward Man&s;el, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Stradling, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Edward Thomas, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> John <MILESTONE N="XLVII"> Awbry <HI>Knight and Baronet, &s;ir</HI> VVilliam Lewis, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Thomas Lewis, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Ba&s;&s;et, <HI>Knights;</HI> John Greenuff, Evan Seys <HI>Sergeant at Law,</HI> William Ba&s;&s;et <HI>Doctor of Laws,</HI> Robert Thomas, Miles Button, Thomas Lewis, William Ba&s;&s;et <HI>of</HI> Bewpre, William Herbert <HI>of</HI> Swan&s;ey, Edmond Thomas, Bu&s;|&s;y Man&s;el, Herbert Evans, Thomas Matthew, Humphrey Windham, David Jenkins, Gabriel Lewis, Wil|liam Thomas, Thomas Stradling, Thomas Carne, John Van, John Gibbs, Tho. Thomas, David Matthew, Lamerock Stradling, Thomas Evans, Edmond Gammage, Richard Loughers, VVilliam Herbert <HI>of</HI> Killy-Bebel, John Carne, Henry Ba&s;&s;et, Edward Herbert <HI>of</HI> Cogan, David Evans, John Lewellin.</P>
<P><LABEL>Merioneth.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Merioneth, Maurice VVilliams <HI>E&s;quire, High Sheriff, &s;ir</HI> Richard Wynne <HI>Baronet, &s;ir</HI> John Owen, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Lloyd, <HI>&s;ir</HI> John Wynne, <HI>Knights;</HI> William Salisbury, VVilliam Price, William Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Cor&s;eggedal, Lewis Lloyd, Howel Vaughan, Maurice Wynne, Vincent Corbet, John Pugh, John Lloyd, Hugh Nanney, Robert Wynne, Roger Mo&s;tin, Richard Wynne, Grif|fith Lloyd, Lewis Owen, William Vaughan <HI>of</HI> Caithle, Iohn Nanney, Edmond Meirick, Humphrey Hughes, Ioh. Vaughan, Rowland Vaughan, Rich. Anwil, Ellis Edwards, VVill. Tueir, Ioh. Morgans, <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Iohn Owen <HI>of</HI> Hanwooddowilth, Rich. Jones, Anthony Poole, Griffith-Iohn Lewis, Richard Nanney, <HI>Gent.</HI> Henry Wynne, Morrice Williams, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Evan Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Rhiwgech, Richard Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Carrog, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Montgomery.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Montgomery, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Iohn Witterong <HI>High Sheriff, &s;ir</HI> Henry Herbert, Edward Herbert, Andrew Newport, <HI>E&s;quires; &s;ir</HI> Matthew Price, <HI>&s;ir</HI> Richard Corbet, <HI>Baronets; &s;ir</HI> Edward Lloyd <HI>Knight,</HI> Iohn Pur&s;ell, Richard Herbert, Richard Owen, Robert Layton, John Blayney, John Pugh, Francis Buller, Charles Salisbury, Edmond Waring, John Price <HI>of</HI> Parke, Roger Mo&s;tin, Matthew Mor|gan, William Penrid <HI>junior,</HI> Thomas Maurice, Edward Glyn <HI>of</HI> Glin, Edward Evans <HI>of</HI> Rhidicorrow, John Whitingham, David Powel, Thomas Juckes, John Mathews <HI>the elder,</HI> John Mathews <HI>the younger,</HI> Edward Edwards <HI>of</HI> Collfrin, John Bladwell, Tho. Winde, Tho. Corbet, Robert Lee, Tho. Jones, Henry Pur&s;ell, Vincent Peirce, VVilliam Eyton, Richard Mitton, John Kiffin, Francis Fitzherbert, Edward Price <HI>of</HI> Glanmahely, Robert Griffiths, Arthur Wevor, William Browne, Edward Herbert, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Evan Vaughan, Llodowick Lewis, Iohn Bright <HI>of</HI> Mellington, Meredith Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Brynellen, Iohn Oak|ley, Rowland Oakley, Edward Wittingham, Samuel Biggs, Humphrey Nicholas, Iohn Lloyd <HI>of</HI> Coney, Hugh Davyes <HI>of</HI> Trewilan, Ellis Lloyd, Iohn Bunner, Henry Griffiths <HI>of</HI> Benthall, Morgan Evans, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Haverford We&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town and County of</HI> Haverford We&s;t, <HI>The Mayor for the time being, Sir</HI> William <MILESTONE N="XLVIII"> Moreton <HI>Knight, One of His Maje&s;ties Serjeants at Law, Sir</HI> John Stepney <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Hugh Owen <HI>Knight and Baronet,</HI> Rowland Laughorne, William Philips, Richard Walter, George Haward, Thomas Cozens, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> VVilliam Williams, Henry Bowen, Lewis Barron, John Williams, Wil|liam Brown, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> William Davies, <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> John Barlow, John Thomas, Matthew Prynn, William Williams <HI>junior,</HI> John Lloyd, Richard Jones, Gabriel Wade <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Pembrook.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Pembrook, <HI>Sir</HI> William Moreton <HI>Knight, one of His Maje&s;ties Ser|geants at Law; Sir</HI> Era&s;mus Philipps, <HI>Sir</HI> John Stepney, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> Hugh Owen, <HI>Sir</HI> John Lort <HI>Knights and Baronets, Sir</HI> Harbert Perrott <HI>Knight,</HI> Griffith Dawes, Arthur Owen, E&s;&s;ex Megrick, Rowland Laughorne, Hugh Owen, Lewis Barlow, Hugh Bowen, Henry White, William Philipps, Walter Cuny, James Bowen, I&s;aac Lloyd, George Haward, William Scouerfield, William Mor|dant, Thomas Corbert, David Morgan, James Lloyd, George Owen, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Thomas Warren, Tho|mas Powell, Hugh Laughorne, Thomas Owen, John Matthias, John Laughorne, Thomas Wogan, John Lort, William Owen <HI>of</HI> Camdog, Thomas Lloyd, John Thomas.</P>
<P><LABEL>Town of <HI>Pembrook.</HI></LABEL> For the Town of <HI>Pembrook,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, <HI>Matthew Bowen, Richard Browne,</HI> Gentlemen.</P>
<P><LABEL>Town of <HI>Tenby.</HI></LABEL> For the Town of <HI>Tenby,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, <HI>Richard Wyat, Rice Barrow, David Palmer,</HI> Gentlemen.</P>
<P><LABEL>Radnor.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Radnor, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Lloyd <HI>Knight,</HI> Arthur Trevor <HI>E&s;quire; Sir</HI> Henry Williams, <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Edward Harley, <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Harley <HI>Knight,</HI> George Gwyn, Richard Fowler, James Price, Thomas Corbet, Henry Williams, Lewis Morgan, John Wallcott, Thomas Harley, Samuel Powell, Nicholas Tayler, Evan Davies, Andrew Philipps, Charles Lewis, Henry Probert, Herbert We&s;ton, James Beck <HI>One of His Maje&s;ties Sergeants at Arms,</HI> Henry Stedman, Griffith Jones, Hugh Powell, Richard Meredith, Thomas Ecle&s;ton, Robert Cutler, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Francis Rickards, John Rickards, Rowland Higgins, <HI>Gentlemen; The Bailiff of</HI> New-Radnor <HI>for the time being,</HI> Marmaduke Bull, <HI>Gentleman.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid &s;hall m&eacute;et <MILESTONE N="XLIX"> together at the mo&s;t u&s;ual and common place of meeting within each of the &s;aid Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Commi&s;&s;ion|ers &s;hall meet and divide them&s;elves.</NOTE> Cities, Boroughs, Towns and Places re&s;pectively, on or before the tenth day of <HI>March</HI> now next en&s;uing; And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;o many of them as &s;hall be pre&s;ent at the &s;aid fir&s;t General Meeting, or the Major part of them, are hereby authorized and required to put this pre&s;ent Act in execution, according to the be&s;t of their Iudgments and Di&s;cretions; and &s;hall then, if they &s;ee cau&s;e, &s;ubdivide and di&s;tribute them&s;elves &s;o into le&s;&s;er numbers, as two or more of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners may be appointed for the &s;ervice of each Hundred, or other Divi&s;ion; and as may be&s;t conduce to the carrying on of His Maje&s;ties &s;ervice hereby requi|red.</P>
<P>And for the more effectual performance thereof, Be it Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Their power within the &s;e|veral Divi&s;i|ons and Hun|dreds.</NOTE> That the Commi&s;&s;ioners at their fore&s;aid fir&s;t General Meeting, or the Major part of them, &s;hall agr&eacute;e and &s;et down in writing who and what number of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall act in each of the &s;aid Divi&s;ions or Hundreds; To the end that there be no failer in any part of the due execution of the &s;ervice by this Act required.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners with|in the &s;everal Divi&s;ions or Hundreds, or any two or more of them, are hereby authori&s;ed and required to cau&s;e the &s;aid &s;everal Proportions charged on the re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, and on every Pari&s;h and Place therein, for the &s;aid thr&eacute;e years A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, to be equally a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and taxed; And to appoint two or more A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors in each Pari&s;h or Place for the perfecting thereof, who are hereby required with all care and diligence to a&s;&s;e&s;s the &s;ame equally by a Pound-rate upon all Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Annuities, Rents, Parks, Warrens, Goods, Chattels, Stock, Merchandize, Offices, other then Iudicial and Military Offices, and Offices relating to the Navy, under the Command of the Lord High Admiral, and Offices within His Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Tolls, Profits, and all other E&s;tates both Real and Per&s;onal, within the Limits, Circuits and Bounds of their re&s;pective Pari&s;hes and Places.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">2064<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">8 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">6<ABBR><HI>s.</HI></ABBR> 08 <ABBR><HI>d.</HI></ABBR> the fir&s;t three moneths payment, how to be paid.</NOTE> That the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the fir&s;t of the &s;aid twelve quarterly Payments hereby impo&s;ed, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, collected, levied and
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paid in to the Receiver-General of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties, who &s;hall be appointed by His Maje&s;ty; And who are hereby required to tran&s;mit, or cau&s;e the &s;ame to be paid into His <MILESTONE N="L"> Maje&s;ties Receipt of His <HI>Exchequer,</HI> on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and five.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;econd payment.</NOTE> And the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the &s;econd of the &s;aid quar|terly Payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The third pay|ment.</NOTE> And the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence, being the third of the &s;aid quarterly Payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>November,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five. And the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hil|lings eight pence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The fourth payment.</NOTE> being the fourth of the &s;aid quarterly Payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five. And the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, be|ing the fifth of the &s;aid quarterly payments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The fifth pay|ment.</NOTE> on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix. And the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the &s;ixth of the &s;aid quarterly payments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;ixth pay|ment.</NOTE> on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix. And the &s;umme of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the &s;eventh of the &s;aid quarterly payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>November,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;eventh payment.</NOTE> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix. And the &s;umme of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The eight payment.</NOTE> being the eighth of the &s;aid quarterly payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix. And the &s;umme of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The ninth payment.</NOTE> being the ninth of the &s;aid quarterly payments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even. And the &s;umme of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the tenth of the &s;aid quarterly payments,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The tenth payment.</NOTE> on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, and the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the eleventh of the &s;aid quarterly pay|ments, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>November,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">The eleventh payment.</NOTE> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, and the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix thou&s;and four hundred and fifty and eight pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The twelfth payment.</NOTE> &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence, being the twelfth of the &s;aid quarterly payments, on or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="LI"> And for the compleating of the whole &s;um charged upon the &s;ame; and to the end the afore&s;aid &s;ums charged upon the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places may be equally and indifferently A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, according to the true intent of this Act, and the money duly Collected,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors.</NOTE> and true accompt thereof made; the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors are here|by required to deliver one Copy of their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;sments fairly written and &s;ub&s;cribed by them unto the &s;aid Commi&s;sioners; and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them are hereby ordered and required to Sign and Seal two Duplicates of the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;e|ments, and the one of them to deliver or cau&s;e to be delivered to one or more hone&s;t and re|&s;pon&s;ible per&s;on or per&s;ons to be Subcollector or Subcollectors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Subcollectors for each pari&s;h.</NOTE> which the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authorized to nominate and appoint for each Pari&s;h or Place, with Warrant to the &s;aid Subcollector or Subcollectors to Collect the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, payable as afore&s;aid; &s;o as the &s;aid &s;everal &s;ums may be paid into the &s;aid Receivers General, and by them into the Receipt of His Maje&s;ties Exchequer at the re&s;pective times afore&s;aid; and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby required to deliver,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duplicates to be tran&s;mitted into the Ex|chequer.</NOTE> or cau&s;e to be delivered the other of the &s;aid Duplicates of each Pa|ri&s;h or place to the Receiver General of each County, City, Town or place re&s;pectively, to be by him the &s;aid Receiver-General tran&s;mitted into the Kings Remembrancers Office in the Exche|quer, which the &s;aid Receiver General is required to perform accordingly.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners in their re&s;pective Di|vi&s;ions or Hundreds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners to no|minate a Head Collector for each divi&s;ion.</NOTE> or any two or more of them &s;hall and are hereby impowred to nominate and appoint under their Hands and Seals an hone&s;t, able and re&s;pon&s;ible per&s;on to be Head-Collector, unto whom the moneys received by the Subcollectors within the Divi&s;ion or Hun|dred, &s;hall from time to time be duely paid; And the &s;aid Head-Collector is hereby required up|on the Receipt thereof, to pay the &s;ame forthwith to the Receiver-General of each County re|&s;pectively.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How Collec|tors and Sub|collectors &s;hall pay the mo|neys received.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted and Declared, That the particular Collectors and Subcollectors are hereby required to pay in all and every the &s;ums &s;o received by them to the &s;aid Receivers-General afore&s;aid, who are hereby required forthwith to tran&s;mit, or cau&s;e to be paid the moneys by them received into the Receipt of His Maje&s;ties Exchequer; And the &s;aid Lord Trea&s;urer is hereby Authori&s;ed to allow the &s;aid Receiver-General of each County, City and Town re&s;pectively,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowances to the Receivers General.</NOTE> in ca&s;e he hath returned up as afore&s;aid a Duplicate of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment of each Pari&s;h or Place in the County, City or Town, for which he is appointed Receiver-Gene|ral, a Salary for his pains, not exceeding one peny in the pound, upon the cl&eacute;ering of his
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Accompt, which Duplicate &s;o to be returned into the Kings Remembrancers Office in the Ex|chequer, is intended to contain no more then the &s;ums in gro&s;s to be collected by each Sub-col|lector, and the &s;everal names of the &s;aid Sub-collectors.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowances to Sub-collectors</NOTE> That the Sub-collectors of each Pari&s;h or <MILESTONE N="LII"> Place which &s;hall be appointed by vertue of this Act, &s;hall upon the Collection of the whole &s;umme appointed to be collected by them, and payment thereof as is hereby and before appoin|ted, have and receive for their pains in collecting and paying the moneys, one peny in the pound; which the &s;aid &s;everal Head-Collectors are hereby authorized to pay unto them, and the &s;everal Head-Collectors which &s;hall be appointed by vertue of this Act, &s;hall upon the pay|ment of the whole &s;umme due from their Hundred or Divi&s;ion to the Receiver-General of each County, have and receive for their pains in receiving and paying the &s;aid moneys, one peny in the pound, which each Receiver-General is hereby authori&s;ed to pay and allow unto them ac|cordingly; and al&s;o upon the Receipt of the whole A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment of the County, City or Town, for which he is appointed Receiver-General, in ca&s;e he hath received the &s;everal Duplicates of each Pari&s;h or Place therein, and not otherwi&s;e, to allow and pay according to &s;uch warrant as &s;hall be in that behalf given by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e of them, one peny in the pound for the Commi&s;&s;ioners Clerks, for their pains in fair writing the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, Duplicates and Copies.</P>
<P>Provided that no Head-Collectors &s;hall be appointed for any City or Town, which is by this Act particularly charged with the payment of any &s;umme towards the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment hereby to be levied; and for which a Receiver-General is to be appointed, excepting within the City of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>And be it Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the mo|ney may be le|vied upon per|&s;ons refu&s;ing to pay.</NOTE> That if any Per&s;on &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay any &s;umme of money, whereat he &s;hall be rated and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Collectors, Sub-collectors, or any of them, who are hereby Authori&s;ed and re|quired thereunto, to levy the &s;umme a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting to pay, deducting the &s;umme a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and rea&s;onable charges of di|&s;training, and re&s;tore the overplus to the Owner thereof. And to break open in the day-time any Hou&s;e, and upon Warrant under the Hands and Seals of two or more of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, any Che&s;t, Trunk or Box, or other things, where any &s;uch Goods are, and to call to their A&s;&s;i&s;tance the Con&s;tables, Tythingmen and Headboroughs within the Counties, Ci|ties, Towns or places, where any refu&s;al, neglect or re&s;i&s;tance &s;hall be made: which &s;aid Offi|cers and Forces are hereby required to be aiding and a&s;&s;i&s;ting in the premi&s;&s;es, as they will an|&s;wer the contrary at their perils. And if any que&s;tion or difference happen upon taking of &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;&s;es betw&eacute;en the Parties di&s;tre&s;&s;ed or di&s;trained, the &s;ame &s;hall be ended and determined by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them.</P>
<P>And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to pay his or their A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;e impri&s;onment may be for lack of di|&s;tre&s;s.</NOTE> and con|vey his or their Goods, or other per&s;onal E&s;tate, whereby the &s;umme of money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed cannot be levied according to this Act, then the re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, are hereby authori&s;ed to impri&s;on the per&s;on (except a P&eacute;er or P&eacute;ers of this Realm) and him and them in pri&s;on to detain and keep, until the money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and the charges for <MILESTONE N="LIII"> the bringing in the &s;ame be paid and &s;atisfied, and no longer.</P>
<P>And the &s;everal and re&s;pective Tenants or Tenant of all Hou&s;es and Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenants to pay &s;uch &s;ums as be rated up|on their Land|lords.</NOTE> which &s;hall be rated by vertue of this Act, are hereby required and authori&s;ed to pay &s;uch &s;umme or &s;ummes of money as &s;hall be rated upon &s;uch Hou&s;e or Lands; and to deduct out of the Rent &s;o much of the &s;aid rates as in re&s;pect of the &s;aid Rents of every &s;uch Hou&s;e and Lands the Landlord &s;hould or ought to pay and bear. And the &s;aid Landlords both mediate and immediate, according to their re&s;pective Intere&s;ts, are hereby required to allow &s;uch deductions and payments upon the Receipt of the re&s;idue of the Rents.</P>
<P>And it is Enacted and Declared, That every Tenant paying the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And be ac|quitted a|gain&s;t them for &s;o doing.</NOTE> &s;hall be acquitted and di&s;charged for &s;o much money as the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment &s;hall amount unto, as if the &s;ame had b&eacute;en actually paid unto &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons unto whom his Rents &s;hould have b&eacute;en due and payable.</P>
<P>And if any difference &s;hall ari&s;e betw&eacute;en Landlord and Tenant,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Commi&s;|&s;ioners may determine dif|ferences be|tween Land|lords and Te|nants about Rates.</NOTE> or any other concerning the &s;aid Rates, the &s;aid &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them in their &s;everal divi&s;ions, &s;hall and have hereby power to &s;ettle the &s;ame, as they &s;hall think fit. And if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall find him or them&s;elves agrieved in that the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors have over-rated him or them, and &s;hall within &s;ix days after demand made of the &s;umme of money a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on him or them, complain to two or more Commi&s;&s;ioners, whereof one of the Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;igned or allowed his or their A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, to be one; The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, &s;hall have, and have hereby power within twelve days after the demand of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment as afore&s;aid, to relieve &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, and to charge the &s;ame on &s;uch other per&s;on or per&s;ons, as they &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e. And in ca&s;e the proportions &s;et by this Act upon all and every the re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Towns and Places, &s;hall not be fully a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, levied and paid, according to the true meaning thereof;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rates upon per&s;ons not of ability or empty hou&s;es.</NOTE> or that if any of the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments &s;hall be rated and impo&s;ed upon any per&s;on not being of ability to pay the &s;ame, or upon any empty or void Hou&s;e or Land, where the &s;ame cannot be collected or levied; or that through
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any wilfulne&s;s, negligence or mi&s;take, or accident, the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment charged upon each Coun|ty, City, Town or Place, by vertue of this Act, happens not to be paid to the Receiver-Gene|ral of the re&s;pective Counties, as in this Act is directed, that then in all and every &s;uch ca&s;es the &s;everal and re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors and Collectors afore&s;aid, and every of them re|&s;pectively, are hereby authori&s;ed and required to a&s;&s;e&s;s or re-a&s;&s;e&s;s, or cau&s;e to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or re-a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, levied and paid all and every &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums of money upon the re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Towns and Places, or upon any of the Divi&s;ions, Hundreds, and Pari&s;hes therein, as to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or &s;uch number of them as by this Act are authori&s;ed to cau&s;e the fir&s;t A&s;&s;e&s;sment hereby required to be made, &s;hall &s;&eacute;em mo&s;t agr&eacute;eable to equity and ju&s;tice; the &s;aid new A&s;&s;e&s;sment to be made, collected and paid, in &s;uch manner, and by &s;uch means, as in this Act for this A&s;&s;e&s;sment is delared and directed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The puni&s;h|ment of per|&s;ons neg|lecting to per|form their du|ty in execution of this Act.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;hall wilfully neglect or refu&s;e to perform his or their duty in the due and &s;peedy exe|cution of this pre&s;ent Act, the &s;aid re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Three or more of them, have hereby Power to impo&s;e on &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting their duties, &s;uch Fine or Fines as to them &s;hall be thought fit, and to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be levied by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of his and their Goods. Provided, that no Fine to be impo&s;ed by any of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall for any one Offence exceed the Sum of Twenty pounds: And that all Fines that &s;hall be impo&s;ed by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be paid to the re&s;pective Receivers-General, and by them to the Receipt of His Maje&s;ties Exchequer.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Collectors and Sub-col|lectors recei|ving mony, and not pay|ing the &s;ame.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted and Declared, That if any Collector or Sub-collector that &s;hall by vertue of this Act be appointed for the Receipt of any Sum or Sums of Money thereby to be A&s;&s;e&s;sed, &s;hall neglect or refu&s;e to pay any Sum or Sums of Money which &s;hall by him be received as afore&s;aid, and not pay the &s;ame, as in and by this Act is directed, and &s;hall detain in his or their hands any money received by them, or any of them, and not pay the &s;ame, as by this Act is directed; the Commi&s;&s;ioners of each County, City or Town re&s;pectively, or any Two or more of them in their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions are hereby Authori&s;ed and Impowred to impri&s;on the Per&s;on, and &s;eize and &s;ecure the E&s;tate both Real and Per&s;onal of &s;uch Collector or Sub-collector to them re&s;pectively belonging, or which &s;hall de&s;cend or come into the hands or po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of their Heirs, Executors or Admini&s;trators, where-ever the &s;ame can be di&s;covered and found; And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;hall &s;o &s;eize and &s;ecure the E&s;tate of any Collector or Sub-collector, &s;hall be, and are hereby impowred to appoint a time for the general Meeting of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of &s;uch County, City or Town, and there to cau&s;e publick notice to be given at the place where &s;uch Meeting &s;hall be appointed ten days at lea&s;t before &s;uch General Meet|ing: And the Commi&s;&s;ioners pre&s;ent at &s;uch General Meeting, or the major part of them, in ca&s;e the Moneys detained by Collectors or Sub-collectors be not paid or &s;atisfied as it ought to be according to the Directions of this Act, &s;hall and are hereby impowred and required to &s;ell and di&s;po&s;e of all &s;uch E&s;tates, which &s;hall be for the cau&s;e afore&s;aid &s;eized and &s;ecured, or any part of them, and &s;atisfie and pay &s;uch County and Place the Sum that &s;hall be &s;o detained in the hands of &s;uch Collector or Sub-collector, and return the Overplus, deducting nece&s;&s;ary Charges to &s;uch Collector or Sub-collector, their Heirs, Executors and Admini&s;trators re&s;pective|ly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Collectors and Sub-collec|tors to be cal|led to give an accompt to the Commi&s;&s;on|ers at the ex|piration of this Act.</NOTE>And it is hereby further Enacted and Declared, That at the expiration of the re&s;pective times in this Act pre&s;cribed for the full payment of the &s;aid quarterly A&s;&s;e&s;sments, the &s;everal and re&s;pective Commi&s;sioners, or any Two of them within their Divi&s;ion and Hundred, &s;hall and are hereby required to call before them the chief Collectors and Sub-collectors within each re&s;pective Divi&s;ion and Hundred, to examine and a&s;&s;ure them&s;elves of the full and whole Payment of the particular Sum and Sums of Money charged upon the &s;aid Divi&s;ion, Hun|dred, <MILESTONE N="LV"> and every Pari&s;h and Place therein, and of the due Return of the &s;ame into the hands of the Receivers-General of the &s;aid County, City, Town and Place re&s;pectively: And by &s;uch Receiver-General to the Receipt of His Maje&s;ties Exchequer, to the end there may be no failer in the payment of any part of the A&s;&s;e&s;sment by vertue of this Act to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and paid, nor any A<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">rears remain chargeable upon any the &s;aid Counties, Cities, Towns or places re&s;pectively: And in ca&s;e of any faileri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">n the premi&s;&s;es, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any Two of them, are hereby to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be forthwith levied and paid according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers concerned in any Con|trover&s;ie, to withdraw and not vote.</NOTE>And it is hereby Enacted and Declared, That in ca&s;e any Controver&s;ie ari&s;e concerning the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sments, or the dividing, apportioning, or payment thereof, which concern any of the Com|mi&s;sioners by this Act appointed, that the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;o concerned in the &s;aid Controver&s;ie &s;hall have no Voice, but &s;hall withdraw at the time of the Debate of any &s;uch Controver&s;ie, until it be determined by the re&s;t of the Commi&s;sioners.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No exemption of any privi|ledged Place or Per&s;on, Fee-Farm Rents.</NOTE>And be it hereby Enacted and Declared, That no Priviledged Place or Per&s;on, Body Poli|tick or Corporate, within the Counties, Cities and Towns afore&s;aid, &s;hall be exempted from the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sments and Taxes; and that they and every of them, and al&s;o all F&eacute;e-Farm Rents, and all other manner of Rents, Payments, &s;ums of moneys and Annuities i&s;&s;uing out of any Lands within City or County, &s;hall be liable towards the payment of every &s;um by this Act to be taxed and levied: And all the Tenants of every F&eacute;e-Farm Rent, other Rent, &s;ums
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of money or Annuities afore&s;aid, are hereby directed and authori&s;ed to pay them proportion|ably, according to the Rates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments by this Act appointed and directed; And all &s;uch Tenants &s;hall be hereby &s;aved and kept harmle&s;s by authority of this Act from any further pay|ment of &s;uch portion of any &s;uch Rent, Rents, Sums or Annuities, either to the Exchequer, or to any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, to whom any &s;uch Rent, Rents, Sums of Moneys or Annuities as afore&s;aid &s;hould or ought to be paid, to all intents or purpo&s;es what&s;oever, as fully and as amp|ly as if they had paid the &s;ame into the Exchequer, or to any per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the &s;ame is re&s;erved or become due.</P>
<P>Provided,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Colledges and Halls in the Vniver&s;ities, <HI>Wind&s;or, Eaton, Winton, We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> Ho&s;pi|tals, &amp;c.</NOTE> That nothing contained in this Act &s;hall be extended to charge any Colledge or Hall in either of the Vniver&s;ities, or the Colledges of <HI>VVind&s;or, Eaton, VVinton</HI> or <HI>VVe&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> or any Ho&s;pitals, for or in re&s;pect of the Scites of the &s;aid Colledges or Halls, or Ho&s;pitals, nor any Ma&s;ter, Fellow or Schollar of any &s;uch Colledge or Hall, or in any other Free-Schooles, or any Reader, Officer or Mini&s;ter of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, Colledges or Schooles, or of any Ho&s;pitals or Alms-hou&s;es, for or in re&s;pect of any &s;tipend, wages or pro|fit what&s;oever, ari&s;ing or growing due to them in re&s;pect of the &s;aid &s;everal Places and Imploy|ments in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, Colledges, Schooles, Ho&s;pitals or Alms-hou&s;es; nor to Charge any of the Hou&s;es or Lands belonging to <HI>Chri&s;t's</HI> Ho&s;pital, Saint <HI>Bartholomewes, Bridewell,</HI> Saint <HI>Thomas,</HI> and <HI>Bethlehem</HI> Ho&s;pital in the City of <HI>London</HI> and Burrough of <HI>South|wark,</HI> or any of them, for or in re&s;pect of any Rents or Revenues payable to the &s;aid Ho&s;pitals, being to be received and disbur&s;ed for the immediate u&s;e and relief of the Poor in the &s;aid Ho&s;|pitals.</P>
<P>Provided, That no Tenants that hold or enjoy any Lands or Hou&s;es by Lea&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tenants to be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for the over value of their Lands.</NOTE> or any other Grant from any of the &s;aid Ho&s;pitals, do claim and enjoy any freedom, exemption or advantage by this Act, but that all the Hou&s;es and Lands which they &s;o hold, &s;hall be rated and a&s;&s;e&s;sed for &s;o much as they are yearly worth, over and above the Rents re&s;erved and payable to the &s;aid Ho&s;|pitals.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o,<NOTE PLACE="marg">London.</NOTE> That where any Per&s;on inhabiting within the City of <HI>London</HI> hath his dwel|ling hou&s;e in one of the Pari&s;hes or Wards therein, and hath any Goods, Wares or Merchandize in one or more of the other Pari&s;hes or Wards within the &s;ame, that then &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall be charged, taxed and a&s;&s;e&s;sed for &s;uch his Goods or Merchandize in the Pari&s;h or Ward where he dwelleth, and not el&s;ewhere in the &s;aid City.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That no Clau&s;e or Provi&s;o in this Act &s;hall extend to the le&s;&s;ening or abatement of the full &s;um by this Act appointed to be taxed, levied and paid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be no abatement of the full &s;um in this Act.</NOTE> but that the &s;ame be fully a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, levied, collected and paid in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Ci|ties and Towns afore&s;aid, in &s;uch manner and form, and to &s;uch u&s;es as herein before mentio|ned and declared. And that the &s;everal and re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Com|mi&s;&s;ioners to give accompt to the Lord Trea&s;urer.</NOTE> and every of them &s;hall from time to time give a true and perfect accompt of all their doings and proc&eacute;edings in the execu|tion of this Act to the &s;aid Lord Trea&s;urer, or to other &s;uch Per&s;ons as His Maie&s;ty &s;hall ap|point.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and be it hereby Enacted and Declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing by a pound-rate.</NOTE> That in ca&s;e the way or man|ner of a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing by a Pound-rate &s;hall prove any way prejudicial or ob&s;tructive to the &s;aid &s;p&eacute;edy bringing in of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, or any part thereof appointed by this Act, that then, and in all &s;uch ca&s;es the re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two of them, are hereby authorized to or|der and direct their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, who are hereby required to proc&eacute;ed accordingly, to a&s;&s;e&s;s the re&s;pective Sums charged on the re&s;pective Counties, Cities and Burroughs, Towns and places mentioned in this Act, according to the mo&s;t ju&s;t and u&s;ual way of Rates held and practi|&s;ed in &s;uch Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places re&s;pectively, Any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof contained in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained &s;hall be con&s;trued to alter, change, de|termine,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Contracts and Covenants between Land|lord and Te|nant.</NOTE> or make void any Contracts, Covenants or Agr&eacute;ements what&s;oever between the Land|lord and Tenant touching the payment of Taxes or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, any thing herein before menti|oned to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">All places and divi&s;ions to be rated as formerly.</NOTE> That for the avoiding of all ob&s;tructions and delays in collecting the &s;ums by this Act to be rated and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, all Places, Con&s;tablewicks, Divi&s;ions and Allotments which have u&s;ed to be rated and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, &s;hall pay and be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in &s;uch County, Hundred, Rape and Wapentake, as the &s;ame hath heretofore u&s;ually b&eacute;en a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in, and not el&s;ewhere.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Action, Plaint, Suit or Information &s;hall be commenced or pro&s;ecuted again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons for what he or <MILESTONE N="LVII"> they &s;hall do in pur&s;uance or in execution of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for executing this Act, may give the gene|ral i&s;&s;ue in E|vidence.</NOTE> &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ued in any Court what&s;oever, &s;hall or may plead the General I&s;&s;ue, Not Guilty: And upon any I&s;&s;ue joy|ned, may give this Act and the &s;pecial matter in Evidence; And if the Plaintiff or Pro&s;e|cutor &s;hall become Non-&s;uit, or forbear further Pro&s;ecution, or &s;uffer Di&s;continuance, or if a Verdict pa&s;&s;e again&s;t him, the Defendants &s;hall recover their Treble Co&s;ts, for which they &s;hall have the like Remedy, as in any ca&s;e where Co&s;ts by the Law are given to Defen|dants.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Treble-Co&s;ts</NOTE></P>
<P><PB N="252" REF="138"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for <HI>Salop</HI> and <HI>Staf|ford.</HI></NOTE>Provided alwayes, That nothing in this Act &s;hall extend or he con&s;trued to invalidate a Decree lately made in the high Court of Chancery for the quieting of Suits between the Counties of <HI>Salop</HI> and <HI>Stafford;</HI> and for the &s;etling all future Payments to be impo&s;ed on cer|tain Lands in <HI>Sheriff-Hales</HI> with the County of <HI>Salop;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Sheriff-Hales.</NOTE> And for exempting the &s;aid Lands from paying hereafter with the County of <HI>Stafford:</HI> But that the &s;aid Decr&eacute;e &s;hall remain in &s;uch (and no other) force as it did before the making of this Act, any thing herein to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="LVIII"> Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Spiritual Promo|tions, and all Lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Spiritual pro|motions and lands, &amp;c.</NOTE> Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions or Revenues annexed to, and all Goods and Chattels grow|ing or renewed upon the &s;ame, or el&s;ewhere appertaining to the Owners of the &s;aid Spiritual Promotions, or any of them, which are or &s;hall be charged or made contributory by this Act towards the Payments afore&s;aid during the time therein appointed, &s;hall be ab&s;olutely freed and di&s;charged from the two la&s;t of the four Sub&s;idies granted by the Clergy to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, by an Act made in a former Se&s;&s;ion of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act for confirming of four Sub&s;idies granted by the Clergy:</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">15 Car. 2. cap. 10.</NOTE> Any clau&s;e or thing in the &s;aid Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Head-collec|tors &s;hall give acquittances without fee.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;everal Head-Collectors which &s;hall be appointed according to this Act, &s;hall from time to time at every Payment appointed thereby, give unto the &s;everal Sub-collectors within their re&s;pective Pre|cints, upon the Payment of the whole Sum due at &s;uch times of Payment from their re|&s;pective Pari&s;hes, Con&s;tablewicks, or places within each of their Collections, &s;everal Acquit|tances under their Hands, without taking any thing for the &s;ame. And that in like manner at every time of Payment appointed by this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Receiver-Ge|neral.</NOTE> the Receiver-General of each County &s;hall give unto the &s;everal Head-Collectors afore&s;aid upon the Payment of the whole Sum due for their Hundred or Divi&s;ion re&s;pectively, at each time of Payment afore&s;aid, &s;everal Acquit|tances under their Hands and Seals, without taking any thing for the &s;ame; which &s;aid Ac|quittances of the Head-collectors &s;hall be a full and perfect Di&s;charge to the Sub-collectors; And the &s;aid Acquittances of the Receiver-General &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Di&s;charge to the Head-collectors, and to &s;uch Hundred, Divi&s;ion, Con&s;tablewick, Pari&s;h or place re&s;pectively, and to eve|ry <MILESTONE N="LIX"> per&s;on charged within the &s;aid Sub-collectors or Head-collectors charge, again&s;t His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, for the &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o acquitted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lands and hou&s;es that lie unoccupied.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted, That in ca&s;e any Lands or Hou&s;es in any Pari&s;h, Place or Con&s;tablewick &s;hall lie unoccupied, and no di&s;tre&s;&s;es can be found on the &s;ame, by rea&s;on whereof the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Place or Con&s;tablewick are forced to pay and make good the Tax a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon &s;uch Lands lying unoccupied, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful at any time after for the Collectors, Con&s;table, or Tythingman of the &s;aid Pari&s;h, Place or Con&s;tablewick for the time being, to enter and di&s;train upon the &s;aid Lands and Hou&s;es when there &s;hall be any di&s;tre&s;s thereupon to be found. And the di&s;tre&s;s and di&s;tre&s;&s;es being the pro|per goods of the Owner, or any claiming any E&s;tate, intere&s;t or profit under him, if not re|deemed within four days by payment of the Tax, and charge of the di&s;tre&s;s, to &s;ell, rendring the Overplus to the Owner or Owners of &s;uch di&s;tre&s;&s;e. And the &s;aid Collector, Con&s;ta|ble or Tythingman is hereby enjoyned to di&s;tribute the money rai&s;ed by the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;&s;e or Sale thereof proportionably to the Parties who contributed to the Tax of the &s;aid unoccupied Lands.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Woodlands.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it Enacted, That where any Wood-lands &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, and no Di&s;tre&s;s can be had, that in &s;uch ca&s;e it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any Sub-collector, Con&s;table, Head-borough or Tythingman, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners in that Hundred or Divi&s;ion, at &s;ea&s;onable time of the year, to cut and &s;ell to any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o much of the Wood growing on the &s;aid Woodlands &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, as will pay the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments &s;o behind and unpaid, and the charge incident thereunto: And that it &s;hall and may be lawful for the per&s;on and per&s;ons, and his A&s;&s;igns, to <MILESTONE N="LX"> whom &s;uch Wood &s;hall be &s;o &s;old, to &s;ell, cut down, di&s;po&s;e and carry away the &s;ame to his own u&s;e, rendring the overplus, if any be, to the Owner; Any Law to the contrary notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tythes, Tolls, Mar|kets, Fairs, Fi&s;heries, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted, That where any Tax or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment &s;hall be charged or laid upon any Tythes, Tolls, Profits of Markets, Fairs or Fi&s;hery, or other an|nual profits not di&s;trainable, in ca&s;e the &s;ame &s;hall not be paid within fift&eacute;en dayes after &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment &s;o charged or laid and demanded, then it &s;hall be lawful to and for the Sub-collector, Con&s;table or other Officer thereunto appointed, by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners authori&s;ed by this Act, to &s;eize, take and &s;ell &s;o much of the &s;aid Tythes, Tolls, and other Profits &s;o charged, as &s;hall be &s;ufficient for the levy|ing of the &s;aid Tax and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, and all charges occa&s;ioned by &s;uch non-payment thereof, ren|dring the overplus to the Owner, if any be.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Middle&s;ex, We&s;tmin&s;ter.</NOTE>And whereas the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> and City of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> are rai&s;ed in the Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sment, by rea&s;on of the new Buildings lately erected; And that Offices are made chargeable towards the payment of &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;sment: To the end that an equal rate may be made and impo&s;ed upon the &s;everall Divi&s;ions, Pari&s;hes and Hamlets within the &s;aid
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County and City, Be it Enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and by the Authority thereof, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed for the &s;aid County and City of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or any three of them, &s;hall, if they &s;hall think it fit, cau&s;e two or three of the hone&s;t and able Inhabi|tants in the &s;everal and re&s;pective Pari&s;hes, Town&s;hips and Places within the &s;aid County and City to be named and appointed A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, who (or any two of them) are to a&s;certain and rate the yearly value and profits of all Offices belonging to the Courts of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and o|ther Offices chargeable by this Act, towards the payment of the &s;aid &s;um &s;et upon the &s;aid Coun|ty and City, And all Town&s;hips, Pari&s;hes and Places, for which they be appointed A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors; and to return the &s;ame to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be appointed <MILESTONE N="LXI"> to receive the &s;ame: which &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors are to deliver in their &s;everal Surveys perfected and &s;ub&s;cribed by them, unto the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall be ap|pointed by them, or any thr&eacute;e of them, to receive the &s;ame, two or three dayes at the lea&s;t before the &s;econd General meeting of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners; to the end that the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ion|ers may deliver in all the &s;everal Surveys to be made throughout the &s;aid County, at the &s;aid &s;econd General meeting; At which &s;aid Generall meeting, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the ma|jor part of them then pre&s;ent, &s;hall upon view and peru&s;al of the &s;aid &s;everal Surveys, ca&s;t up the true Revenue and yearly Profits of the whole County, City and Offices afore&s;aid, to the end that an equal Pound-rate may be apportioned upon every Office chargeable by this Act, Divi&s;ion, Hundred, Town&s;hip and Pari&s;h, according to the proportion and &s;um of money charged upon the &s;aid County and City by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, which the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the major part of them then and there a&s;&s;embled, are by vertue of this Act authori&s;ed and appointed to proportion and make accordingly.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing herein contained &s;hall be drawn into example,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE> to the prejudice of the ancient Rights belonging unto the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, or Clergy of this Realm, or unto either of the Vniver&s;ities, or unto any Colledges, Schools, Alms-hou&s;es, Ho&s;|pitals or Cinque-Ports.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Mea&s;ures and Prices of Coals regulated.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr avoiding the manifold deceits,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Dece<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ts and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">xations in &s;el|ling of Coals.</NOTE> exactions and abu&s;es u&s;ed in the Mea&s;ures and Sales of Coales, and for preventing the like, and the better regulation thereof for the time to come; Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That from and after the Sixth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">xty four, all &s;orts of Coal, commonly called Sea-Coals, brought into the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> and &s;old, &s;hall be &s;old by the Chaldron,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sea coal mea|&s;ure.</NOTE> con|taining Thirty &s;ix Bu&s;hels heap'd up, and according to the Bu&s;hel Seal'd for that purpo&s;e at <HI>Guildhall</HI> in <HI>London,</HI> and &s;o for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity; And that all other &s;orts of Coals coming from <HI>Scotland</HI> and other places, commonly &s;old by Weight, and not by Mea&s;ure,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Coals from <HI>Scotland.</HI></NOTE> &s;hall be &s;old by Weight after the proportion of a hundred and twelve pound to the hundred of <HI>Avoir dupois</HI> weight, without any fallacy or deceit, upon pain of Forfeiture of all the Coals which &s;hall be otherwi&s;e &s;old or expo&s;ed to &s;ale by any Woodmonger or Retailer of Coals, and the double value thereof to be recovered by any per&s;on or per&s;ons that will pro&s;ecute for the &s;ame in any Court of Record, or by way of complaint made unto the Lord Mayor of <HI>Lon|don</HI> for the time being, and Iu&s;tices of Peace within the City of <HI>London</HI> and Liberties there|of, or to any two of them, or to the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties and Places where &s;uch Coals &s;hall be expo&s;ed to &s;ale, or any of them; who are hereby Impow|red and Required to call the Parties before them, and to hear and examine &s;uch Complaint upon Oath, which by vertue of this Act is to be admini&s;tred by them, or any Two of them, and upon due proof thereof made to their &s;atisfaction, to Convict the Offenders and to give Warrant under their Hands and Seals for levying the Forfeitures accordingly, the one half thereof to be to and for the u&s;e of the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o pro&s;ecuting or complaining, and the other half to and for the u&s;e of the Poor, or repairing of the High-wayes within the &s;ame Pari&s;h, or any other adjoyning Pari&s;h or Pari&s;hes, to be appointed and apportioned by the direction of the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Iu&s;tices, by &s;uch their Warrant as afore&s;aid. And the &s;aid Lord Mayor of <HI>London,</HI> and the Court of Aldermen for the time being,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may &s;et Rates upon Coals in <HI>Lon|don.</HI></NOTE> and the Iu&s;tices of Peace of the &s;everal Counties re&s;pectively, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> are hereby impowred to &s;et the Rates and Pri&s;es of all &s;uch Coals as &s;hall be &s;old by Retail, as they from time to time &s;hall judge rea&s;onable, allowing a competent profit to the &s;aid Retailer, beyond the price paid by him to the Importer, and the ordinary charges there|upon accruing.</P>
<P>And that if any Ingro&s;&s;er or Retailer of &s;uch Coals &s;hall refu&s;e to &s;ell as afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ingro&s;&s;ers or Retailers re|fu&s;ing to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ell at the &s;aid Rates.</NOTE> That then the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and Iu&s;tices of Peace re&s;pectively, are hereby authori&s;ed to appoint and impower &s;uch Officer or Officers, or other per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit, to enter into any Wharf, or other place where &s;uch Coals are &s;tored up; And in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, taking a
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Con&s;table, to force entrance, and the &s;aid Coals to &s;ell, or cau&s;e to be &s;old at &s;uch Rates as the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Aldermen and Iu&s;tices re&s;pectively &s;hall judge rea&s;onable, rendring to &s;uch Ingro&s;&s;er or Retailer the money for which the &s;aid Coals &s;hall be &s;o &s;old, nece&s;&s;ary charges being deducted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided, That this Act &s;hall continue for thr&eacute;e years next en&s;uing, and thenceforth to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, and no longer.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons that &s;hall be &s;ued by vertue of this Act for not ob|&s;erving thereof, &s;hall be &s;ued upon any other Act or Law now in force for the &s;ame offence: And if any Action &s;hall be commenced again&s;t any Iu&s;tice of Peace,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued upon this Act may plead the general i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> Con&s;table, or other Offi|cer or Per&s;on for any thing done by colour of this Act, the Defendant in every &s;uch Action may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, and give the &s;pecial matter in Evidence: And if the Verdict be found for him, or the Plaintiff become Non-&s;uited, &s;hall recover and have his Damages and double Co&s;ts of &s;uit for his unju&s;t Vexation in that behalf.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may not act in &s;etting Rates upon Coals.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Per&s;on having any Intere&s;t in any Wharf u&s;ed for the receiving or uttering of Coals, or that doth, or &s;hall Trade by him&s;elf or others, in his own, or any other name, in the &s;ale of any Coals, or the Engro&s;&s;ing the &s;ame, in order to &s;ell the &s;ame, and not for his own private u&s;e onely, &s;hall act or otherwi&s;e intermeddle in the &s;etting the Price of Coals; Any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For the Returning of able and &s;ufficient Jurors.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the returning of more able and &s;ufficient Iurors for Trials hereafter to be had betw&eacute;en Party and Party, and for reformation of abu&s;es in Sheriffs and other Mini&s;ters, who for reward do oftentimes &s;pare the able&s;t and &s;ufficiente&s;t, and return the poorer and &s;impler Fr&eacute;e|holders, le&s;s able to di&s;cern the Cau&s;es in que&s;tion, and to bear the charges of appearance and at|tendance thereon.</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iurors for tri|als of i&s;&s;ues &s;hall have 20 <HI><ABBR>l.</ABBR> per annum</HI> Freehold.</NOTE> That all Iurors (other then Strangers, upon Tryals <HI>per medi|etatem linguae</HI>) who are to be returned for the Tryals of I&s;&s;ues, joyned in any of the Kings Ma|je&s;ties Courts of Kings Bench, Common-Pleas, or the Exchequer, or before Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, or <HI>Ni&s;i Prius, Oyer,</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> Gaol-Delivery, or General or Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace, from and after the twentieth day of <HI>April,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five, in any County of this Realm of <HI>England,</HI> &s;hall every of them then have in their own name, or in tru&s;t for th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> within the &s;ame County, twenty pounds by the year at lea&s;t above repri&s;es, in their own, or their wives right, of Free-hold Lands, or of ancient Deme&s;ne, or of Rents in Fee, Fee-tail, or for life. And that in every County with|in the Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> every &s;uch Iuror &s;hall then have within the &s;ame eight pounds by the year, at the lea&s;t above repri&s;es in manner afore&s;aid. All which Per&s;ons, having &s;uch E&s;tate as afore&s;aid are hereby enabled and made lyable to be returned, and to &s;erve as Iurors for the Tryal of I&s;&s;ues before the Iu&s;tices afore&s;aid, Any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding. And if any of a le&s;&s;er E&s;tate and value &s;hall be re&s;pectively returned upon any &s;uch Iury, or <HI>Tales</HI> in default of &s;uch Iurors, it &s;hall be a good cau&s;e of Challenge, and the Party returned &s;hall be di&s;charged upon the &s;aid Challenge, or his own Allegation and Oath thereof. And that no Iury-mans I&s;&s;ues making default &s;hall be &s;aved, but by &s;pecial Order of the Iudge or Iudges before whom the I&s;&s;ue is to be tryed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;&s;ues of Iu|rors upon de|fault.</NOTE> for &s;ome ju&s;t and rea&s;onable cau&s;e proved upon Oath before the &s;ame Iudge or Iudges. And all &s;uch I&s;&s;ues &s;hall be duly e&s;trea|ted and levied:<NOTE PLACE="marg">The <HI>Ven' fac.</HI></NOTE> And that the Writ of <HI>Venire facias</HI> which from and after the afore&s;aid time &s;hall be awarded and directed for the impannelling of Iuries in ca&s;es afore&s;aid within any County of <HI>England,</HI> &s;hall be in this form: <HI>Rex, &amp;c. Praecipimus, &amp;c. quod venire fac. coram, &amp;c. duodecem liberos &amp; legales homines de vicineto de A. Quorum quilibet habeat viginti libras terrae, tenementorum vel reddit. per annum ad minus, per quos, &amp;c. &amp; qui nec, &amp;c.</HI> And the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Writ &s;hall be after the ancient manner. And that tho&s;e Writs which &s;hall be awarded and directed for Returning of Iuries within the Dominion of <HI>Wales</HI> &s;hall be made in the &s;ame manner, altering onely the word <HI>Viginti</HI> into <HI>Octo.</HI> And that upon every &s;uch Writ <MILESTONE N="II"> and Writs of <HI>Venire facias,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Wales.</NOTE> the Sheriff, Coroner, or other mini&s;ters of each re&s;pective County in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty upon the Sheriff, &amp;c.</NOTE> unto whom the making of the Pannel &s;hall appertain, &s;hall not return in any &s;uch Pannel any per&s;on, unle&s;s he &s;hall then have Twenty pounds, or Eight pounds re|&s;pectively by the year at lea&s;t as afore&s;aid in the &s;ame County where the I&s;&s;ue is to be tryed, upon pain to forfeit for every per&s;on being returned in any &s;uch Pannel that &s;hall not then have Twenty pounds or Eight pounds re&s;pectively, as is afore&s;aid, the &s;um of Five pounds to His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors. And for the better enabling the Sheriff of every County to know the value of the E&s;tates of &s;uch per&s;ons as are by the true intent and meaning of this Act to be returned for Iury-men;</P>
<P><PB N="255" REF="139">Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the She|riff &s;hall find out per&s;ons fit to be returned for Iury-men.</NOTE> That every Sheriff &s;hall on the fir&s;t day of every General Quar|ter-Se&s;&s;ions yearly held next after the Fea&s;t of <HI>Ea&s;ter,</HI> deliver, or cau&s;e to be delivered unto the Iu&s;tices of Peace &s;itting at the &s;ame Se&s;&s;ions the names of all per&s;ons of &s;uch E&s;tates as are by the true meaning of this Act to be returned for Iury-men, to the end the E&s;tates of &s;uch per&s;ons may be enquired after, and &s;uch per&s;ons approved of by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, or the greater number of them then pre&s;ent, to be per&s;ons of &s;uch E&s;tates to be returnable for Iury-men for the year then next en&s;uing. And the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall have power to add &s;uch per&s;ons having E&s;tates of the re&s;pective values before mentioned, as they &s;hall find to be omit|ted by the Sheriff among&s;t the names by him delivered; and &s;uch competent number, and no more of &s;uch per&s;ons as afore&s;aid &s;hall be returnable to &s;erve of Iuries for the year next en&s;uing, as the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, or the greater number of them as afore&s;aid &s;hall think fit. And that no She|riff &s;hall incur the penalty afore&s;aid for returning any of the per&s;ons &s;o approved or added by the Iu&s;tices, in ca&s;e his E&s;tate fall out to be of le&s;s value then afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted, That no Sheriff or Bailiff of any Liberty or Franchi&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What time &s;ummons ought to be be|fore appea|rance.</NOTE> or any of their, or either of their Mini&s;ters &s;hall return any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as afore&s;aid, to have been &s;ummoned by them, or any of them, unle&s;s &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall have been duly &s;ummoned by the &s;pace of &s;ix days at the lea&s;t before the day on which they ought to make their appearance; And have left with or for &s;uch per&s;ons in writing the names of all the parties in tho&s;e Cau&s;es wherein they are to &s;erve as Iurors;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Nothing may be taken to ex|cu&s;e appea|rance. The Penalty.</NOTE> nor &s;hall directly or indirectly take any mo|ney or other reward, to excu&s;e the appearance of any Iuror by them, or any of them to be &s;ummo|ned or returned, upon pain to forfeit for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of Ten pounds: Saving to all Cities and Towns Corporate their ancient V&s;age of returning Iurors of &s;uch E&s;tate, and in &s;uch manner as heretofore hath b&eacute;en u&s;ed and accu&s;tomed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from henceforth upon Writs of <MILESTONE N="III"> <HI>Venire facias</HI> i&s;&s;ued out and returned within the County-Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">County-Pala|tine of <HI>Lan|ca&s;ter.</HI></NOTE> as of the &s;ame A&s;&s;izes wherein the I&s;&s;ues are &s;aid to be joyned, Writs of <HI>Habeas Corpora</HI> or <HI>Di&s;tringas</HI> &s;hall be &s;ued out, like as is u&s;ed in all other Counties within this Kingdom, returnable at the then next A&s;&s;izes. And the Sheriff thereupon to return &s;uch I&s;&s;ues as is or ought to be done by the &s;aid Sheriffs of the &s;aid other Counties, and tho&s;e I&s;&s;ues to be duly e&s;treated as above is pro|vided.</P>
<P>And the better to cau&s;e and bring Iurors to appear upon Trials at A&s;&s;izes within the &s;aid County-Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the She|riff of the &s;ame County-Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> for the time being, &s;hall from henceforth cau&s;e twelve good and lawful men &s;o qualified, as before in this Act is appointed, out of every of the &s;ix Hundreds within the &s;aid County-Palatine, to be duly &s;ummoned or warned ten days at the lea&s;t before the beginning of every A&s;&s;izes, to be and appear the fir&s;t day of the then next A&s;&s;izes, and there to attend during the &s;ame A&s;&s;izes to perform their duty and &s;ervice to the Court as Iu|rors or Iurymen in &s;uch Cau&s;es betw&eacute;en party and party, wherein they &s;hall be re&s;pectively retur|ned and impannelled, upon pain that every of them that &s;hall make default to appear and attend at, and during the &s;aid A&s;&s;izes, to forfeit Ten pounds to the u&s;e and behoof of the Poor of the Town where &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o making default doth inhabit and live; the &s;ame to be levied, recovered and had, in &s;uch manner and ways as other I&s;&s;ues of Iurors u&s;e to be le|vied.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall continue and &s;tand in force for the &s;pace of Thr&eacute;e years,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> and from thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Additional Act for the better Ordering and Collecting the Duty of <HI>EXCISE.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the better Ordering and Collecting the Duty of Exci&s;e, Be it Enacted and Declared by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spi|ritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Au|thority of the &s;ame, That from and after the eighth day of <HI>November,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Powers given to Farmers of Exci&s;e.</NOTE> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and five, all Farmers of Exci&s;e, or any of them, within the &s;everal Circuits and Divi&s;ions of their re&s;pective Farms, &s;hall and are enabled here|by to exerci&s;e and put in Execution all &s;uch Powers and Authorities which the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Exci&s;e are enabled to do and execute by the &s;everal Acts and Statutes of Exci&s;e, for the levying, rai&s;ing, receiving and managing of the &s;aid Revenue of Exci&s;e;<NOTE PLACE="marg">12 Car. 2. cap. 24. 15 Car. 2. cap. 11. &amp; cap. 12&punc;</NOTE> Except the Iudicial part of hearing and determining all breaches and offences again&s;t the Laws of Exci&s;e, and of impo&s;ing, mitigating or compounding of Fines or Penalties.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="256" REF="140">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Delays in extending Statutes, Judgments and Recognizances prevented.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Security by Statute Mer|chant and of the Staple.</NOTE>VVHereas the Security by Statute-Merchant and of the Staple is now become of lit|tle u&s;e and benefit by the fraud of the Conu&s;ors thereof in &s;undry Ca&s;es, who, to pre|vent the payment of their Debts, &s;ecretly a&s;&s;ign &s;mall parts of their Lands to &s;everal and un|known per&s;ons: And it having been u&s;ed, that if the Creditor take Execution on &s;uch Statute; yet if the Lands of any one or more per&s;on or per&s;ons, to whom &s;uch alienation was made and liable to &s;uch Execution, be omitted out of &s;uch extent; The &s;ame execution hath been avoided by <HI>Audita Quaerela,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Executions a|voided by <HI>Au|dita Quaerela.</HI></NOTE> and the party extending lo&s;t his Co&s;ts, and was delay|ed of his iu&s;t Debt; and &s;o again upon any new extent <HI>toties quoties.</HI> And if any one Acre or Parcel of Land happened to de&s;cend to an Infant, the whole execution was deferred till full age of &s;uch Infant; And if afterwards other part of the Lands or Tenements liable to &s;uch Debt de&s;cended to another Infant, then al&s;o a farther delay happened during that Infancy al&s;o.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For what cau|&s;es extents up|on Iudgments or Statutes &s;hall not be a|voided or de|layd.</NOTE> and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That when any Iudgment, Statute or Recogni|zance &s;hall be extended, the &s;ame &s;hall not be avoided or delayed by occa&s;ion that any part of the Lands or Tenements extendible are or &s;hall be omitted out of &s;uch extent; &s;aving al|wayes to the Party and Parties who&s;e Lands &s;hall be extended, his and their Heirs, Executors and A&s;&s;igns, his and their remedy for contribution again&s;t &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, who&s;e Lands are or &s;hall be omitted out of &s;uch extent from time to time.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Heirs within age.</NOTE>Provided always, that this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not be con&s;trued to give any Extent or Contribution again&s;t any Heir within the age of one and twenty years, during &s;uch Minority of &s;uch Heir, for or in re&s;pect of any Lands to &s;uch Heir de&s;cended, farther or other|wi&s;e then might have b&eacute;en before the making of this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">To what &s;ta|tutes and ex|tents only this Act &s;hall ex|tend. The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE>Provided that this Act extend only to &s;uch Statutes as are or &s;hall be for payment of Moneys; And to &s;uch extent as &s;hall be within twenty years after the Statute, Recognizance or Iudgment had and obtained.</P>
<P>Provided that this Act &s;hall continue for the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years, and from thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Part of an Act of Parliament, Entituled, An Act directing the pro&s;ecution of &s;uch as are accomptable for Prize-goods repealed.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>14 Car. 2. cap. 14.</HI> Directions for recovery of Prize-goods not accompted <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">or.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act made in this pre&s;ent Parliament, entituled, <HI>An Act directing the pro|&s;ecution of &s;uch as are accomptable for Prize-goods;</HI> It is among&s;t other things Enacted, That all and every Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Captains of Ships, Officers and Mariners that did &s;urpri&s;e, or receive to, or for the publique u&s;e, or by pretence thereof, any Ships, Plate, Iewels, Bullion, Money, Silver, Gold, Arms, Ammunition, Waxes, Merchandizes, or any manner of Goods what&s;oever, &s;eized or taken for Prize, betwixt the thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty two, and the nine and twentieth day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty; And that had not at the making of the &s;aid Act truly Accompted for and paid in the &s;ame, or the ju&s;t Provenues thereof, &s;hould be chargeable to His Maje&s;ty for the &s;aid pre|mi&s;&s;es, and convened and &s;ued for in His Maje&s;ties Court of Admiralty, and called to accompt, or otherwi&s;e by &s;uch Suit, and in &s;uch manner as &s;hould be mo&s;t available to His Maje&s;ty. And in ca&s;e of defect of Iuri&s;diction in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty, then upon Certificate there|of from the &s;aid Court of Admiralty made into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, &s;p&eacute;edy proc&eacute;edings were to be had in the &s;aid Court of Exchequer, for the recovering and levying of the Prizes, Goods, matters and things, as by the &s;aid Act, relation being thereunto had more plainly, fully, and at large appears: Whereupon divers Captains and Officers of His Ma|je&s;ties Fleets, and &s;everal others the Commanders, Officers and Mariners, imployed in the Sea-&s;ervice, have been &s;ued, or may po&s;&s;ibly be &s;ued concerning the &s;everal Prizes and Prize-goods by them heretofore &s;eized and taken at Sea, or in Ports, &s;ince the Moneth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and before the twenty ninth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty, contrary to the grace and favour extended towards them, not onely in and by His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t gracious Act of Fr&eacute;e and general Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion; but al&s;o by a Proclamation &s;ince made by His Maje&s;ty, bearing Date the Fourteenth day of <HI>July,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty two, in the Fourteenth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign, Declaring His Maje&s;ties grace and favour towards all Commanders and Seamen, in rela|tion to Prizes and Prize-goods, &s;ei&s;ed and taken, &s;ince the moneth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, untill the nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty: His Maje&s;ty thereupon willing, that His Grace and Favour towards all Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Commanders, Sea-men and Mariners &s;hould take its full effect; And being
<PB N="257" REF="140">
fully &s;atisfied of their dutiful affections unto His Maje&s;ties Royal Per&s;on and Government; and for their future incouragement to per&s;evere loyally in His Maje&s;ties Service, is mo&s;t graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed that it may be Enacted,</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 4. Repealed as to all Admirals, Officers, Ma|riners and Souldiers at Sea.</NOTE> and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Act, entituled, <HI>An Act for directing the pro&s;e|cution of &s;uch as are accomptable for Prize-Goods,</HI> and all and every Branches, Clau&s;es, Pow|ers and Articles, and every matter and thing therein contained, for &s;o much onely, and as for and concerning all and every Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Captains of Ships, Officers of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, Seamen and Mariners, and every of them, &s;hall be and is hereby from hence|forth repealed, annulled, and made void, and of no effect, to all intents and purpo&s;es what|&s;oever: And that all and &s;ingular Proce&s;s and proceedings what&s;oever, which before this time have been, now are, or may be at any time hereafter had, &s;ued forth and pro&s;ecuted in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or in the High Court of Admiralty of <HI>England,</HI> or el&s;e|where,<MILESTONE N="III"> within any His Maje&s;ties Dominions, again&s;t any Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Cap|tains of Ships, Officers of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, Seamen and Mariners, or any of them by force and vertue of the &s;aid Act, or any Article or Clau&s;e therein contained, be forthwith and for ever hereafter &s;uper&s;eded, &s;urcea&s;ed, &s;tayed and di&s;charged; And that none of the &s;aid Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Captains or Officers of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, Seamen or Mariners, &s;hall from henceforth by vertue, force or colour of any Proce&s;s or proc&eacute;edings what&s;oever in any of His Maje&s;ties &s;aid Courts, or el&s;ewhere, be in any wi&s;e Arre&s;ted, di&s;quieted, que&s;tioned or troubled, either in their Per&s;ons, Lands or Goods, for or by rea&s;on of the &s;aid Act, or any thing therein contained; But that all and every the &s;aid Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Captains and Officers of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, and all Seamen and Mariners, and every of them, &s;hall by vertue of this Act &s;tand, and be for ever di&s;charged and acquitted in all Courts and Places, and of and from all Suits and Proceedings what&s;oever &s;ued or begun, or to be &s;ued or begun again&s;t them, or any of them, for any manner of Prizes, Ships or Goods what&s;oever by them, or any of them &s;ei&s;ed, &s;urprized, or any ways taken, betwixt the &s;aid thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and the nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty; and of and from all Accompts, Troubles, Articles and Suits what&s;oever concerning the &s;ame: And that this Act &s;hall be taken and expounded in the mo&s;t large and beneficial manner for the &s;aid Admi|ralls, Vice-Admirals, Commanders, Captains and Officers of Ships and Ve&s;&s;els, and Sea|men and Mariners, and every of them, and for their be&s;t advantage for the final, free and ab|&s;olute acquitting and di&s;charging of them, and every of them, of and from all the &s;aid Prizes, and every part thereof, and all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els and Goods what&s;oever, or of what nature or kind &s;oever, by them, or any of them &s;eized, &s;urpri&s;ed, or in any &s;ort taken, betwixt the &s;aid thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and the &s;aid nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted, That this Act, or any thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid Act not repealed as to any Col|lectors, Trea|&s;urers, &amp;c. of &s;uch Prize-goods.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend or be con&s;trued to extend to di&s;charge any other per&s;ons what&s;oever, but onely the &s;aid Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Commanders, Captains of Ships, and Officers of Ships or Ve&s;&s;els, and Seamen and Mariners; but that all and every Collectors and Trea&s;urers, Sub-Collectors and Vnder-Trea&s;urers of Prize-Goods, Commi&s;&s;ioners, and Sub-Commi&s;&s;ioners of Prize-Goods, and all and every their Ca&s;heers, Deputies, Officers and Receivers, other then &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who are di&s;charged by the Act of Fr&eacute;e and General-Pardon, Indempnity and Oblivion, that have not yet truly accompted or paid in the Provenues of the Prizes, or Mo|neys ari&s;ing thereout, &s;eized, or taken betwixt the &s;aid thirtieth of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and the &s;aid nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty, and all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons, by whom, or to whom, or to, or for who&s;e u&s;e any Prizes or Prize-Ships, Plate, Iewels, Arms, Ammunition, Wares, Merchandizes, or any manner of Goods what&s;oever, &s;eized or taken for Prize, betwixt the &s;aid thirtieth of <HI>Janua|ry,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred forty two, and the &s;aid nine and twentieth of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty, were di&s;po&s;ed or &s;old, or to who&s;e hands they came, and who had and enjoyed the &s;ame, or any part thereof, and are &s;till behind, and have not paid in the moneys contracted for, and ari&s;ing, or due upon &s;uch Sales or Di&s;po&s;itions, or any of them; and all &s;ecurities by them and every of them given for, or touching the premi&s;&s;es, or any thing concerning the &s;aid Prizes, or any of them, &s;hall be chargeable to Your Maje&s;ty for the &s;aid premi&s;&s;es, and all the dependencies thereof re&s;pectively, in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty or Exchequer, and &s;hall be pro|c&eacute;eded upon in the &s;aid Court of Admiralty or Exchequer in Your Maje&s;ties Name, and to and for Your Maje&s;ties u&s;e according to the &s;aid Act, directing the pro&s;ecution of &s;uch as are accompta|ble for Prize-Goods, and as fully and entirely, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en; Any thing in this pre&s;ent Act notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="258" REF="141">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A former Act for Regulating Printing continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That an Act made in the fourteenth year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord the King that now is, En|tituled, <HI>An Act for preventing abu&s;es in Printing Seditious, Trea&s;onable and unlicen&s;ed Books and Pamphlets, and Regulating of Printing and Printing-Pre&s;&s;es,</HI> &s;hall be continued, and remain in force untill the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, continued 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 4.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Arre&s;ts of Judgment, and &s;uper&s;eding Executions prevented.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas great delay, trouble and vexation hath b&eacute;en, and &s;till is occa&s;ioned to the people of this Realm, as well by arre&s;ting and rever&s;ing of Iudgments, as by &s;taying Executions by Writs of <HI>Error</HI> and <HI>Super&s;edeas.</HI> For remedy thereof, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That if any Verdict of Twelve men &s;hall be given in any Action,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what court and ca|&s;es Iudgment after verdict &s;hall not be &s;tayed for de|fault of form in pleading.</NOTE> Suit, Bill or Demand to be commenced from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and five, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or in the Courts of Record in the Counties-Palatine of <HI>Che&s;ter, Lanca&s;ter</HI> or <HI>Durham,</HI> or in His Maje&s;ties Courts of the Great Se&s;&s;ions in any of the twelve Shires of <HI>Wales,</HI> Iudgement thereupon &s;hall not be &s;tayed or rever&s;ed, for default in form, or lack of form, or by rea&s;on that there are not Pled|ges, or but one Pledge to pro&s;ecute returned upon the Original Writ, or becau&s;e the Name of the Sheriff is not returned upon &s;uch Original Writ, or for default of entring Pledges upon any Bill or Declaration, or for default of alledging the bringing into Court of any Bond, Bill, Indenture, or other D&eacute;ed what&s;oever mentioned in the Declaration, or other Pleading, or for default of Allegation of the bringing into Court of Letters Te&s;tamen|tary, or Letters of Admini&s;tration, or by rea&s;on of the omi&s;&s;ion of <HI>Vi &amp; armis,</HI> or <HI>Contra pacem,</HI> or for or by rea&s;on of the mi&s;taking of the Chri&s;tian Name or Sirname of the Plaintiff or Defendant, Demandant or Tenant, &s;um or &s;ums of Money, Day, Moneth or Year, by the Clerk in any Bill, Declaration or Pleading, where the right Name, Sir|name, Sum, Day, Moneth or Year, in any Writ, Plaint, Roll, or Record preceding, or in the &s;ame Roll or Record where the Mi&s;take is committed, is or are once truly and right|ly alledged, whereunto the Plaintiff might have demurred and &s;hewn the &s;ame for Cau&s;e; nor for want of the Averment of <HI>Hoc paratus e&s;t verificare,</HI> or <HI>Hoc paratus e&s;t verificare per Recordum,</HI> or for not alledging <HI>Prout patet per Recordum,</HI> or for that there is no right Venue, &s;o as the Cau&s;e were tried by a Iury of the proper County or Place where the Action is laid: Nor any Iudgment after Verdict, Confe&s;&s;ion by <HI>Cognovit Actionem,</HI> or <HI>Relicta ve|rificatione,</HI> &s;hall be rever&s;ed for want of <HI>Mi&s;ericordia,</HI> or <HI>Capiatur,</HI> or by rea&s;on that a <HI>Capiatur</HI> is entred for a <HI>Mi&s;ericordia,</HI> or a <HI>Mi&s;ericordia</HI> is entred where a <HI>Capiatur</HI> ought to have been entred: Nor for that <HI>Ideo conce&s;&s;um e&s;t per Curiam</HI> is entred for <HI>Ideo con&s;ideratum e&s;t per Cu|riam;</HI> nor for that the Increa&s;e of Co&s;ts after a Verdict in an Action, or upon a Non&s;uit in <HI>Replevin</HI> are not entred to be at the reque&s;t of the party for whom the Iudgement is given; nor by rea&s;on that the Co&s;ts in any Iudgment what&s;oever are not entred to be by con&s;ent of the Palintiff: but that all &s;uch Omi&s;&s;ions, Variances, Defects, and all other matters of like na|ture, not being again&s;t the right of the matter of the &s;uit, nor whereby the I&s;&s;ue or Trial are altered, &s;hall be amended by the Iu&s;tices or other Iudges of the Courts where &s;uch Iudge|ments are or &s;hall be given, or whereunto the Record is or &s;hall be removed by Writ of <HI>Er|ror.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Appeals, In|dictments, Actions upon penal Laws, other then for Cu&s;toms and Sub&s;idies.</NOTE>Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act, or any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to any Writ, Declaration, or &s;uit of Appeal of Felony or Murder, nor to any Indictment or Pre&s;entment of Felony, Murder, Trea&s;on, or other matter, nor to any Proce&s;&s;e upon any of them, nor to any Writ; Bill, Action or In|formation upon any penal Statute, other then concerning Cu&s;tomes and Sub&s;idies of Tunnage and Poundage; Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That from and after the Twenti|eth day of <HI>March,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>III.</HI> In what ca&s;es execution &s;hall not be &s;tayed by Writ of Error, but upon Recog|nizance entred according to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Jac. cap.</HI> 8.</NOTE> in the Year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and four, no Execu|tion &s;hall be &s;tayed in any of the afore&s;aid Courts by Writ of <HI>Error</HI> or <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> thereupon, after Verdict and Iudgment thereupon, in any Action per&s;onal what&s;oever, unle&s;s a Recog|nizance with Condition according to the Statute made in the Third year of the Reign of our late Soveraign Lord King <HI>James</HI> &s;hall be fir&s;t acknowledged in the Court where &s;uch Iudgement &s;hall be given. And further, That in Writs of <HI>Error</HI> to be brought upon any Iudgement after Verdict in any Writ of <HI>Dower,</HI> or in any Action of <HI>Ejection<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Firmae,</HI>
<PB N="259" REF="141">
no execution &s;hall be thereupon or thereby &s;tayed, unle&s;s the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in &s;uch Writ of <HI>Error</HI> &s;hall be bound unto the Plaintiff in &s;uch Writ of <HI>Dower</HI> or Action of <HI>Ejectione firmae</HI> in &s;uch rea&s;onable &s;um as the Court to which &s;uch Writ of <HI>Error</HI> &s;hall be directed &s;hall think fit, with Condition, that if the Iudgment &s;hall be affirmed in the &s;aid Writ of <HI>Error,</HI> or that the &s;aid Writ of <HI>Error</HI> be di&s;continued in default of the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs therein, or that the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs be non&s;uit in &s;uch Writs of <HI>Error,</HI> that then the &s;aid Plaintiff or Plaintiffs &s;hall pay &s;uch Co&s;ts, Damages, and &s;um and &s;ums of Money as &s;hall be awarded upon or after &s;uch Iudg|ment affirmed, Di&s;continuance or Non&s;uit had.</P>
<P>And to the end that the &s;ame &s;um and &s;ums, and damages may be a&s;certained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o tou|ching judg|ment in Dow|er and <HI>Ejectio|ne firmae.</HI></NOTE> It is further En|acted, That the Court wherein &s;uch Execution ought to be granted, upon &s;uch Affirmation, Di&s;|continuance or Non&s;uit, &s;hall i&s;&s;ue a Writ to enquire as well of the mean profits as of the dama|ges by any Wa&s;te committed after the fir&s;t Iudgment in <HI>Dower,</HI> or in <HI>Ejectione firmae;</HI> And up|on the Return thereof, Iudgment &s;hall be given, and Execution awarded for &s;uch Me&s;ne-profits, and damages, and al&s;o for Co&s;ts of Suit.</P>
<P>Provided, That this Act nor any thing therein contained, &s;hall not extend to any Writ of <HI>Er|ror</HI> to be brought by any Executor or Admini&s;trator, nor unto any Action popular,<NOTE PLACE="marg">To what acti|ons this Act &s;hall not ex|tend.</NOTE> nor unto any other Action which is or hereafter &s;hall be brought upon any Penal Law or Statute (except Acti|ons of Debt for not &s;etting forth of Tythes) nor to any Indictment, Pre&s;entment, Inqui&s;ition, Information or Appeal; Any thing herein before expre&s;&s;ed to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, That this Act &s;hall continue in force for three years,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> and to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament after the expiration of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e years, and no longer.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The Chancellour of the Dutchy impowred to grant Commi&s;&s;ions for taking Affidavits within the Dutchy-Liberties.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the greater ea&s;e and benefit of the Inhabitants within the County Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter&punc;</HI> and other places within &s;everal other Counties of this Kingdom within the Survey of the Court of <HI>Dutchy-Chamber</HI> at <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> in the taking of <HI>Affidavits</HI> in the County to be made u&s;e of, and read in Cau&s;es depending and to be depending within the &s;aid Court, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Chancellor of the &s;aid Dutchy and County Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> for the time be|ing, &s;hall and may by one or more Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions from time to time, as need &s;hall require, impower what, and as many per&s;ons as he &s;hall think fit and nece&s;&s;ary within the &s;aid County Palatine and other Dutchy Liberties, to take and receive all and every &s;uch <HI>Affidavit</HI> or <HI>Affidavit's</HI> as any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be willing and de&s;irous to make before any of the per|&s;ons &s;o impowred, in or concerning any cau&s;e, matter or thing depending, or hereafter to be de|pending in the &s;aid Court of <HI>Dutchy-Chamber,</HI> as Ma&s;ters of <HI>Chancery</HI> in Extraordinary do u&s;e to do, which &s;aid <HI>Affidavits</HI> &s;hall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of the <HI>Dutchy,</HI> and then be read and made u&s;e of in the &s;aid Court to all intents and purpo&s;es, as other <HI>Affidavits</HI> taken in the &s;aid Court now are.</P>
<P>Provided, That for the taking of every &s;uch <HI>Affidavit</HI> the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o impowred, and taking the &s;ame, &s;hall for &s;o doing, receive only the Sum or F&eacute;e of Twelve pence, and no more.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. X.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for Repairing the High-ways within the County of <HI>Hertford</HI> continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by a late Act of Parliament, Intituled, <HI>An Act for repairing the High-ways within the Counties of Hertford, Cambridg and Huntington,</HI> It was Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">15 Car. 2. c. 1.</NOTE> That for the Repai|ring of the ancient High-way and Po&s;t-road leading from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>York,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">London. York. Lincoln&s;hire.</NOTE> and from <HI>London</HI> into <HI>Lincoln&s;hire,</HI> there &s;hould be a Toll paid at a certain place in every of the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pe|ctive Counties, and for <HI>Hertford&s;hire</HI> at <HI>Wades-Mill</HI> in the &s;aid County: which &s;aid Toll &s;o &s;et, is by the &s;aid Act to continue the &s;pace of eleven years and no longer, with this provi&s;ion, That if the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Quarter Se&s;&s;ions in the re&s;pective Counties &s;hall before the ex|piration of eleven years, adjudg the &s;aid Repairs to be &s;ufficiently done, that from thenceforth it &s;hould cea&s;e. And whereas divers Gentlemen within the County of <HI>Hertford</HI> have heartily &s;et them&s;elves to take care for the repairing of the &s;aid ways within their County; And in order thereunto finding that money could not be advanced by the Toll in &s;o &s;peedy a manner as to re|pair tho&s;e ruinous ways; And that none would lend their money on that Security, did, upon their own credits, borrow thirt&eacute;en hundred pounds on Intere&s;t, to effect the work intended by the &s;aid Act, which &s;um accordingly is laid out, together with &s;uch money as hath proc&eacute;eded from the Toll before mentioned, in the repair of the &s;aid High-way, by which means they have &s;o amend|ed the &s;aid Road lying in that County, leading from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>York,</HI> that they have made the &s;ame from a Road impa&s;&s;able, to be to the &s;atisfaction of all that travel that way very pa&s;&s;able and
<PB N="260" REF="142">
convenient: but by rea&s;on of the great &s;um expended and laid out, &s;o borrowed as afore&s;aid, the Toll will not be &s;ufficient to repay the &s;ame within the years mentioned in the former Act with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame, and to fini&s;h the &s;aid work.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hertford. Cambridg. Norfolk. New-Market. Puckeridge. Barley.</NOTE>And whereas there is a Road in the &s;aid County of <HI>Hertford</HI> that leads from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>Cam|bridg,</HI> and &s;o into <HI>Norfolk,</HI> and likewi&s;e to <HI>New-Market,</HI> and &s;o into <HI>Suffolk</HI> and other parts, which goes out of the forementioned Road at the end of the Town of <HI>Puckeridge,</HI> and &s;o leadeth to <HI>Bar|ly</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> which is very ruinous, and requires as much the help of the Toll, in many places, as the forementioned Road did.</P>
<P>May it therefore plea&s;e Your Maje&s;ty that it be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That the Toll aforementioned to be taken at <HI>VVades</HI>-Mill for the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">II. The full ta|ken at <HI>Wades</HI>-Mill, conti|nued.</NOTE> that by the former Act was to continue for eleven years and no longer, &s;hall continue for the &s;aid County of <HI>Hert|ford</HI> for the &s;pace of One and twenty years, and no longer, the &s;aid Term to commence from the time mentioned in the Act before mentioned, and the money ari&s;ing therefrom to be imployed for the payment of the Debt afore&s;aid with Intere&s;t, and al&s;o for further Repair of the High-way.</P>
<P>It is further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the per&s;ons impowred in the forementioned Act for the repair of the High-ways within the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> &s;hall have the &s;ame power to repair the &s;aid High-ways leading from <HI>Puckeridge</HI> to <HI>Barley</HI> in the &s;aid Coun|ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">For repairing the high-way from <HI>Puckeridg</HI> to <HI>Barley.</HI></NOTE> as they have to repair the High-way in the &s;aid County leading from <HI>London</HI> to <HI>York;</HI> And that they &s;hall and may apply &s;uch part of the Toll thereunto, (having an equal care of both High-ways) as they in their Iudgments &s;hall find n&eacute;edful; Any thing in the &s;aid former Act to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Caxton.</NOTE>And whereas by the former recited Act, a Toll was erected and &s;et to be taken at the Town of <HI>Caxton</HI> in the County of <HI>Cambridge</HI> for and towards the repairing the High-ways in the &s;aid County, the &s;aid Toll doth prove u&s;ele&s;s, and will not an&s;wer the end for which the &s;ame was in|tended, by rea&s;on of the Inconveniency of the place where the &s;ame was &s;et.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Arrington-bridg</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Toll be and is hereby remo|ved from the &s;aid Town of <HI>Caxton</HI> unto <HI>Arrington</HI>-Bridg, or the Town of <HI>Arrington,</HI> as &s;hall &s;&eacute;em mo&s;t convenient by the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid County at their next <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> General-Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace in the County afore&s;aid; And that the &s;ame Toll &s;hall be taken and received at <HI>Arrington</HI>-Bridg, or <HI>Arrington</HI>-Town afore&s;aid, according to the Rates, and by the &s;ame ways and means as in the former Act was appointed and declared, and to be imployed to the u&s;es, purpo&s;es and intents therein al&s;o declared, any thing to the contrary in any wi&s;e not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">A charge of &s;ix pence in the pound for re|pairing the &s;aid high-ways.</NOTE>Provided always, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who by Law are chargeable towards the repairing of the &s;aid High-ways and Places afore&s;aid, &s;hall &s;till remain &s;o chargeable, and pay &s;ix pence in the pound yearly, according to the true value of their E&s;tate, for and towards the re|pair of the &s;aid High-ways, during the time of the continuance of this Toll, any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">III. The collector of the toll, how to account weekly.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Collector of this Toll &s;hall w&eacute;ekly account to the Receiver-General for the whole money received by vertue of this or the &s;aid former Act; And the next Iu&s;tice of the Peace for the &s;aid County &s;hall hereby have power to give an Oath to the &s;aid Collectors for the making of a true and perfect account of the money &s;o received, which &s;aid account &s;o made &s;hall be returned into the next General-Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions to be held for the &s;aid County by the Iu&s;tice of Peace before whom &s;uch Oath was taken.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o tou|ching the con|tinuance or determining the &s;aid toll.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, That if at any time before the expiration of the &s;aid term of One and twenty years, the &s;aid High-ways &s;hall be well and &s;ufficiently amended and repaired, and &s;o adjudged at the publick Quarter Se&s;&s;ions for the County of <HI>Hertford;</HI> and that &s;uch Sum or Sums of money as is already borrowed and laid out, or &s;hall be borrowed and laid out for the u&s;e afore&s;aid, be re|paid with intere&s;t for the &s;ame: That from and after &s;uch Adjudication made, and repayment of &s;uch money &s;o borrowed and laid out as afore&s;aid; the afore&s;aid Toll in the &s;aid County &s;hall cea&s;e and determine.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for adjudication of the amend|ment of the &s;aid high|ways.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e the Highways within the &s;aid County of <HI>Hertford</HI> &s;hall be &s;ufficiently amended, and that the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall fail to make an Adjudication thereof, That then in &s;uch default of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize for the &s;aid County of <HI>Hertford</HI> to make &s;uch Adjudication, which being entred with the Clerk of the A&s;&s;izes, &s;hall be e&s;t&eacute;emed a good Adjudication of the amendment of the &s;aid Highways: And that then and from thenceforth, the &s;aid Debt being fully &s;atisfied to &s;uch as &s;hall have advanced any moneys thereupon, the &s;aid Toll &s;hall cea&s;e and determine, any thing in this Act to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And whereas in this pre&s;ent Act it is provided, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who by Law are chargeable towards the repairing of the &s;aid High-ways and places afore&s;aid, &s;hall &s;till remain &s;o chargeable, and pay &s;ix pence in the pound yearly, according to the true value of their E|&s;tates, for and towards the repair of the &s;aid High-ways, during the time of the continuance of the &s;aid Toll.</P>
<P><PB N="261" REF="142">Be it therefore Provided and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the afore&s;aid &s;um of &s;ix pence in the pound &s;hall be paid unto the Trea&s;urer appointed to receive the afore&s;aid Toll,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the &s;aid &s;ix pence in the pound &s;hall be paid and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">evi|ed.</NOTE> in like manner as the &s;aid Toll is appointed to be paid by the afore&s;aid Act: And for default of pay|ment of the &s;aid Rate of &s;ix pence in the pound, in manner as afore&s;aid, by the &s;pace of &s;ix dayes after demand made, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Surveyors of the High-ways for the time being, and they are hereby impowred to levy the &s;ame by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of the party refu&s;ing to pay the &s;ame acccordingly, re&s;toring the Overplus (if any be) to the Owner.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. XI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Draining of the Fenn, called <HI>Deeping-Fenn,</HI> and other Fenns therein mentioned.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas at a Se&s;&s;ion of Sewers, holden at <HI>Bourne</HI> in the County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> the twentieth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the one and fortieth year of the Reign of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> for the recove|ry and Draining of certain Fenns in <HI>Holland</HI> and <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> in the County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> called or known by the names of <HI>Deeping-Fenn, Pinchbeck</HI> and <HI>Spalding, South-Fenn, Thurlby-Fenn,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Deeping. Pinchbeck. Thurlby. Bourn <HI>and</HI> Croyland-<HI>fens.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Bourn-South-Fenn</HI> and <HI>Croyland-Fenn,</HI> alias <HI>Goggu&s;hland;</HI> It was by the Commi&s;&s;ioners then and there a&s;&s;embled, Ordered and Decr&eacute;ed, That the &s;um of twelve thou&s;and pounds &s;hould be levied and gathered upon the Lords and Inhabitants of certain Towns in <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> Commoners in the &s;aid Fenns, for Draining the &s;ame, and &s;hould be paid in to certain per&s;ons therein nominated to receive the &s;ame, at or before the tenth day of <HI>September</HI> then next en&s;uing; which &s;aid &s;um being neglected to be paid, the &s;aid Fens by rea&s;on thereof could not be Drained, acccording to the Form by the &s;aid Law intended: The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners therefore well ten|dring the great profit that would ari&s;e to all per&s;ons concerned, and to the Commonwealth in general, if the &s;ame might be Drained, at &s;everal Se&s;&s;ions of Sewers held at <HI>Market-Deeping</HI> the twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> in the &s;aid one and fortieth year of Qu&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and at <HI>Mar|ket-D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">ping</HI> afore&s;aid the twentieth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the two and fortieth year of the Reign of the &s;aid Qu&eacute;en, did Ordain and Decr&eacute;e, That the &s;aid Fens and Mar&s;h-Grounds &s;hould be forth|with taken in hand to be Drained, and that <HI>Thomas Lovell</HI> E&s;quire (a man skilful in works of that nature) &s;hould be admitted to undertake the &s;ame under the Covenants therein mentioned: And in pur&s;uance thereof, the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovell</HI> did undertake the &s;aid Works, and made &s;ome progre&s;s therein; and afterwards one third part of the &s;aid &s;everal Fens were by the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers &s;et out by Metes and Bounds, and allotted to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovell</HI> in re|compence of his co&s;ts, charges and endeavours, applied and expended therein; And after,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A third part a&s;&s;igned and &s;et out to <HI>Tho|mas Lovel.</HI></NOTE> the &s;aid third part was by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers decr&eacute;ed to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovell,</HI> and his heirs, in recompen&s;e of his &s;aid work of Draining, and of his charges and expences therein, to have and to hold to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovell,</HI> his heirs and a&s;&s;igns for ever.</P>
<P>And whereas by an Act of Parliament made at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> in the fir&s;t year of King <HI>James,</HI> In|tituled, <HI>An Act for relief of <HI>Thomas Lovell</HI> E&s;quire,</HI> the above recited Decr&eacute;es of Sewers were Ra|tified and Confirmed; And the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Fens and Mar&s;h-grounds, as they were allotted and &s;et out by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, were by the &s;aid Act Ordained, Enacted and E&s;ta|bli&s;hed to be held by the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> his Heirs and A&s;&s;igns for ever, under the Provi&s;oes, Conditions and Appointments in the &s;aid Decr&eacute;es, and Act of Parliament mentioned and ex|pre&s;&s;ed, as by the &s;aid Act of Parliament and Decr&eacute;es of Sewers more fully may appear. And whereas the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel</HI> immediately after the making the &s;aid Act of Parliament entred into the &s;aid Lands &s;et out and a&s;&s;igned as a third part of the &s;aid &s;everal Fens, and by vertue of the &s;aid Decr&eacute;es and Act of Parliament became &s;ei&s;ed thereof, and he and his heirs and A&s;&s;igns have ever &s;ince, till of late years, held and enjoyed the &s;ame, untill (by &s;ome neglect in the A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> and failer in the Maintaining, Scowring and Clean&s;ing the &s;aid Banks, Rivers, Sewers and other Works nece&s;&s;ary thereunto) occa&s;ioned by &s;ome differences ari&s;ing be|tw&eacute;en the &s;aid A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> and the Lords, Owners and Commoners of the &s;aid Fens, about the enjoyment of &s;ome additional recompence allotted to the &s;aid A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> by a &s;ub&s;equent Law of Sewers (made at <HI>Spalding</HI>) not onely the &s;aid Fens and Mar&s;h-grounds are returned into their antient condition of being hurtfully &s;urrounded and annoy|ed with waters; but a great and con&s;iderable part of &s;ome adjacent Towns of <HI>Holland</HI> have b&eacute;en overflowed and laid de&s;olate, and many habitations and families who formerly lived comfortably there, utterly ruined and de&s;troyed thereby, and yet continue in manife&s;t danger in all &s;ea&s;ons of wet weather and flouds, to fall into the &s;aid calamities; which great mi&s;chief is by long and in|dubitable experience found to ari&s;e principally from &s;everal imperfections in the &s;aid Decr&eacute;es and Acts of Parliament.</P>
<P>To the end therefore that the &s;aid Countrey, being in its own nature very rich and fertile, and wherein the King, and Qu&eacute;ens Maje&s;ty his Mother, have large Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions, (and many ancient Families and Inhabitants their whole &s;ub&s;i&s;tence) may not longer remain in &s;uch manife&s;t dan|ger of being utterly lo&s;t, nor the Commonwealth continue longer deprived of tho&s;e advantages which would ari&s;e from the performance of the &s;aid Works:</P>
<P>Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maie&s;ty, by and with the con&s;ent of the Lords Spi|ritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority
<PB N="262" REF="143">
of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Decr&eacute;es, and Act of Parliament above mentioned, and every Clau&s;e, Article and Thing therein contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A certain Act and decrees made for the &s;aid <HI>Thomas L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">vel</HI> repealed.</NOTE> other then &s;uch as are herein after mentioned, Enacted, Ra|tified and confirmed, &s;hall be and are hereby repealed and made void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever.</P>
<P>And ina&s;much as the Right Honourable <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Berk&s;hire</HI> and the Lady <HI>Elizabeth</HI> his Wife, and <HI>Charles</HI> Lord <HI>Howard</HI> of <HI>Charlton,</HI> commonly called the Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Andover,</HI> their Elde&s;t &s;on and heir apparent; The Right Honourable <HI>Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Bruce</HI> Baron of <HI>Wharlton</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> and Earl of <HI>Elgin</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>Scotland,</HI> and the Lady <HI>Diana</HI> his wife; The Right Honourable <HI>Anne</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Stamford,</HI> and <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Grey</HI> of <HI>Groby,</HI> have formerly held and derived to them&s;elves, with remainders over to &s;everal other per&s;ons, by &s;eve|ral Conveyances from or under the Right Honourable <HI>William</HI> late Earl of <HI>Exeter,</HI> and <HI>Elizabeth</HI> late Counte&s;s of <HI>Exeter,</HI> or one of them, &s;everal intere&s;ts in the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Lands, allotted to the &s;aid <HI>Lovel,</HI> his heirs and a&s;&s;igns; and to other proportions by &s;ub&s;equent Decr&eacute;es of Sewers, and towards the Dreyning and maintaining thereof; they, the &s;aid Right Honoura|ble <HI>William</HI> late Earl of <HI>Exeter,</HI> and <HI>Elizabeth</HI> late Counte&s;s <HI>Dowager</HI> of <HI>Exeter,</HI> under whom, or one of whom they claim, and <HI>Thomas</HI> late Earl of <HI>Exeter,</HI> from whom the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> late Earl, and <HI>Elizabeth</HI> late Counte&s;s <HI>Dowager</HI> of <HI>Exeter</HI> derived their title, have expended &s;everal great &s;ums of money, but have not &s;o fully effected the &s;aid works, nor introduced tho&s;e benea~ts and ad|vantages which were expected: And for rea&s;on do alledg, that the third part, and &s;ub&s;equent al|lotments are not Recompence &s;ufficient to an&s;wer the charge of a more perfect performance of the &s;aid work; but offer to proc&eacute;ed and perfectly to effect the &s;ame, if they may have a &s;ufficient re|compence and compen&s;ation for their Hazard, Charge and Pains therein: Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Tru&s;tees and undertakers made for drey|ning the &s;aid Fens.</NOTE> That <HI>Edward</HI> Earl of <HI>Manche&s;ter,</HI> Lord Chamberlain of his Maje&s;ties Hou|&s;hold; <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Devon&s;hire; John</HI> Lord <HI>Berkley</HI> of <HI>Stratton; Anchatil Grey</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Henry Grey</HI> E&s;quire, and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, and the Survivor of them, &s;hall be, and are hereby de|clared to be the Vndertakers for the Dreining of the &s;aid Fens, and every of them, in tru&s;t to and for &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, and to &s;uch intents and purpo&s;es as are herein after mentioned. And that within the &s;pace of &s;even years next en&s;uing, they, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns &s;hall and will at their proper co&s;ts and charges recover and make dry the &s;aid Fens, and every of them, and make the &s;ame firm and depa&s;turable for Cattel at all times of the year, except two or thr&eacute;e hundred Acres or thereabouts in the &s;aid Fens called <HI>Deeping-Fen,</HI> and <HI>Goggi&s;land,</HI> and forty Acres or thereabouts in the &s;aid Fens called <HI>Thursby-Fen</HI> and <HI>Bourn-South-Fen,</HI> which are to be left for Lakes and Sykes for the receipt of Waters within the &s;ame; And al&s;o, except &s;uch Drains and Sewers as now be, or hereafter &s;hall be made within the &s;aid Fens, or any of them for the Drey|ning thereof, and &s;o much of the grounds adjoyning to the Rivers, Dreyns and Sewers within the &s;aid Fens, as lye, or &s;hall lye betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Rivers, Dreyns or Sewers, and the Banks made or to be made for k&eacute;eping the Waters lying in the &s;aid Rivers, Dreyns or Sewers, from overflowing the re&s;t of the &s;aid Fens. And al&s;o &s;hall for ever hereafter at their own co&s;ts and charges, not only repair, exalt, maintain and keep, as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require, the Banks environing and encompa&s;&s;ing the &s;aid Fens and every of them, but al&s;o the Bank on the Ea&s;t-&s;ide of the Ri|ver of <HI>Welland,</HI> from a place in <HI>Crowland</HI> called <HI>Brother-hou&s;e</HI> to <HI>Spalding high-bridg.</HI> And al&s;o the Bank on the North-&s;ide of the River <HI>Glean,</HI> from <HI>Gutheram Coat</HI> to a place called <HI>Dovehum</HI> in <HI>Pinchbeck;</HI> and thereof, and of all and every the &s;aid Banks above-named, &s;hall for ever here|after exonerate, acquit, di&s;charge and &s;ave harmle&s;s as well the Kings Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, as the Qu&eacute;en Dowager, her Tenants and under-Tenants, and all other per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, of and for their repairing and amending of their &s;everal parts and allotments of the &s;ame; but al&s;o that they the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, and the Survivor of them at their own proper Co&s;ts and Charges, &s;hall for ever maintain and k&eacute;ep the Ri|vers of <HI>Glean</HI> and <HI>Welland</HI> with &s;ufficient Dyking, Roading, Scowring and Banking, <HI>(viz.)</HI> the River of <HI>Welland</HI> from the <HI>Outgang</HI> at the Ea&s;t end of <HI>Ea&s;t-Dieping</HI> leading into the &s;aid Fens,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Glean</HI> and <HI>Wel|land</HI> Rivers.</NOTE> unto the Out-fall thereof into the Sea; and to pre&s;erve and maintain the Navigation thereof without Impo&s;ition or paying any thing what&s;oever for the &s;ame, but with liberty to alter and divert the Cour&s;e and Channel of the &s;ame into any other part or parts of the &s;aid Fens before it cometh to the &s;aid Corner of <HI>Dieping-Fen</HI> abutting upon <HI>Hawthorne-Bank,</HI> from whence through the &s;aid Town of <HI>Spalding</HI> as it now pa&s;&s;eth to the Sea, it &s;hall not be lawful to divert the Cour&s;e thereof: And with like liberty to divert the &s;aid River of <HI>Glean</HI> before it cometh to the place cal|led <HI>Pinchbeck-Barrs</HI> or <HI>Dovehurne</HI> in <HI>Pinchbeck;</HI> from which place called <HI>Dovehurne</HI> through the &s;aid Town and the Town of <HI>Surflet</HI> as it now pa&s;&s;eth to the Sea, it &s;hall not be lawful to divert the &s;ame, or prejudice the Navigation thereof. And all manner of Dreins, Sewers and Pa&s;&s;ages for Waters and other Water-works what&s;oever, which now are or hereafter &s;hall be made with|in or without the &s;aid Fens for the draining of the &s;aid Fens, or any of them which &s;hall be ne|ce&s;&s;ary to be made or continued in order to the pre&s;erving the &s;aid Fens from Surrounder. And thereof, and of all and every the &s;aid Rivers to di&s;charge, exonerate, acquit and &s;ave harmle&s;s, as well the Kings and the &s;aid Qu&eacute;ens Maje&s;ties, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, their Tenants and Vn|der-tenants, as all other per&s;on and per&s;ons, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, of and for the repairing and amending of their &s;everal parts and allotments in them and every of them.</P>
<P><PB N="263" REF="143">Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs and A&s;|&s;igns, or the Survivor of them &s;hall at their own proper Co&s;ts and Charges make,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sufficient Gates and Bridges to be made.</NOTE> &s;et down and maintain &s;uch rea&s;onable and convenient Bridges, with Gates unto the &s;ame, in widene&s;s not exc&eacute;eding twelve foot, being well and &s;ufficiently railed or walled again&s;t the &s;ides; as well over any Drain or Ditch now made or hereafter to be made, whereby pa&s;&s;age may be had into the Fens in &s;uch and &s;o many fit and convenient places as &s;hall be thought fit and ordered by any &s;ix Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers for the &s;aid County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> in their publick and open Se&s;&s;ions, and the &s;ame &s;hall for ever k&eacute;ep and maintain for convenient and ready pa&s;&s;age with Carts and Carriages, and all &s;orts of Cattel, into, and forth of the &s;aid Fens and every of them.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The powers of the &s;aid Tru&s;tees and Vndertakers.</NOTE> their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, or the &s;urvivor of them, for the better Dreyning and k&eacute;eping dry of the afore&s;aid Fens, &s;hall and may at their wills and plea&s;ures de&s;ert, or maintain and continue all &s;uch Dreyns as now are in the &s;aid Fens or any of them, at the old or accu&s;tomable widene&s;s and breadth, or otherwi&s;e enlarge the &s;ame at their will and plea&s;ure within the &s;aid Fens: And likewi&s;e may at their will and plea&s;ure make any new Dreyns, Ditches and Sewers within the &s;aid Fens or any of them, or without towards the Sea, of what quantity, depth or widene&s;s they &s;hall think be&s;t; which Dreyns, and every of them &s;hall have liberty to run above the &s;oyl, &s;o as the waters of the &s;ame be kept within the banks of the &s;everal and re&s;pective Dreyns now made or hereafter to be made, except &s;o much of the &s;aid waters as unavoidably &s;hall &s;oak through the Banks, for which al&s;o &s;atisfaction is to be made to any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;uffering damage thereby, as &s;hall be awarded by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, or any &s;ix of them in the open Se&s;&s;ions, &s;o as the Inhabitants of <HI>Spalding</HI> and <HI>Pinchbeck</HI> may have a liberty to &s;et down and &s;top &s;uch Sluces, Tun|nels and Gages of water and Locks as are or &s;hall be made upon any the &s;aid Rivers and Dreyns (except the &s;aid Rivers of <HI>Welland, Glean</HI> and the <HI>We&s;tlode</HI>) at &s;uch time or times as two Com|mi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers for the parts of <HI>Holland</HI> &s;hall judg &s;ea&s;onable and nece&s;&s;ary for the Dreyn|ing of their In-grounds: Provived the &s;ame exc&eacute;ed not two moneths in the year. And if at any time or times hereafter for ever, any of the bank or banks of the Dreyn or Dreyns, now or hereafter to be made for the Dreyning of the &s;aid Fens, or pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Country hap|pen to break or to be overflown, whereby the waters have i&s;&s;ue and fall into any the &s;everal Lands of the Towns of the Wapentake of <HI>Elloe,</HI> That immediately upon &s;uch breach or overflow|ing, it &s;hall or may be lawful for all, or any the Dykereeves, Officers or other Inhabitants of any the Towns in <HI>Elloe</HI> afore&s;aid, to &s;et down the Clowe of &s;uch Dreyn or Dreyns, or otherwi&s;e to &s;top the &s;ame, till the banks thereof &s;o breaking or overflowed, from time to time be &s;ufficiently repaired, &s;trengthened and heightened.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Currents or Channels of the Ri|ver of <HI>Glean</HI> and <HI>Welland,</HI> and the <HI>VVe&s;tlode,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Glean, Welland, We&s;tlode.</NOTE> &s;hall not be diverted or turned into any other Tract or Cour&s;e what&s;oever (that is to &s;ay) from a place called <HI>Dovehurn</HI> in <HI>Pinchbeck</HI> to the <HI>Outfall,</HI> and from a Bank in <HI>Spalding,</HI> called <HI>Hawthorne-bank</HI> to the <HI>Outfall,</HI> but &s;hall be kept Navigable, as formerly they were, down to the Sea.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Gool or Gools, Breach or Breaches, Overflowing or Overflowings of waters &s;hall happen at any time hereafter to be in,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be done in ca&s;e of Gools or brea|ches, or over|flowings.</NOTE> over, or through any of the &s;aid Banks made or to be made within the &s;aid Fens, for the defence and pre&s;ervation of the &s;ame, other then the Bank called the <HI>Dozens,</HI> and the Bank called <HI>Haw|thorne-bank,</HI> to the &s;urrounding or annoyance of the &s;aid Fens or any part of them within their charge as afore&s;aid, and the &s;ame be not amended by the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, or the Survivor of them, within ten dayes after &s;uch Breach, Goole or Overflowing, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any of the &s;aid Diker&eacute;eves or Surveyors of Sewers in <HI>Spal|ding</HI> or <HI>Pinchbeck,</HI> or any of the other Towns in the Wapentake of <HI>Ne&s;&s;e</HI> or <HI>Elloe</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> where the &s;aid Breach or Breaches, Goole or Gooles, Overflowing or Over|flowings of water &s;hall happen to be, forthwith and immediately after the &s;aid ten days, to repair the &s;ame at the only Co&s;ts and Charges of them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, or the Survivor of them. All which &s;aid &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o by the &s;aid Diker&eacute;eves and Survey|ors of Sewers, or any of them expended in and about the Taking, Repairing and Amending of any &s;uch Breach or Breaches, Goole or Gooles, Overflowing or Overflowings of waters, in or over the &s;aid Bank or Banks re&s;pectively, They the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns or the Survivor of them, &s;hall pay or cau&s;e to be paid to the &s;aid Diker&eacute;eve or Diker&eacute;eves, Surveyor or Surveyors &s;o expending the &s;ame, upon a note delivered in writing to the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, or the Survivor of them, their Tenants or Vnder-Tenants, Servants or Agents, or any of them, by the &s;aid Diker&eacute;eve or Diker&eacute;eves, Surveyor or Surveyors, te&s;tified under the hands of two Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, one being of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> containing as well the names of the Labourers that repaired the &s;aid Breach or Breaches, Goole or Gooles, Over|flowing or Overflowings, as the Wages paid to them, and the rates and prices of all other nece&s;|&s;ary charges imployed and be&s;towed in and about the &s;ame, with their convenient Salary and Wa|ges for their pains in that behalf, at the di&s;cretion of two &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ioners as afore&s;aid: The which, if the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns or the Survivor of them, or their Tenants or Vnder-Tenants, Agents or Servants, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to do, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Officers or per&s;ons, or any of them that &s;hall make up any &s;uch Breach
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or Breaches, Goole or Gooles, Overflowing or Overflowings, or &s;u&s;tain &s;uch damages as afore|&s;aid, to enter into the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Fens, or into the five thou&s;and Acres additional recompence herein after given by this pre&s;ent Act, or into any part thereof, and to di&s;train and im|pound the Hor&s;es, Bea&s;ts, Sh&eacute;ep or Goods and Chattels of them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns or the Survivor of them, or any Tenant or Tenants, Farmer or Farmers, Occupier or Occupiers of all or any part of the &s;aid third part, and of the &s;aid five thou&s;and Acres; And from and after the fourth day of the &s;aid di&s;tre&s;s and impoundment (in ca&s;e the &s;aid &s;um or &s;ums &s;o ex|pended and demanded be not then paid) &s;ale thereof to make, without allowance of <HI>Replevin;</HI> and with the money thereupon ari&s;ing, to pay and &s;atisfy all &s;ums of money for the &s;aid Works expen|ded, and to be allowed as above&s;aid, rendring the overplus to the Owner, if any overplus be, over and above the Charges afore&s;aid and Charges of k&eacute;eping.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That if any breach, goole, hole or holes, or flowing of waters &s;hall happen to be in, over or through the &s;aid bank called the <HI>Dozens,</HI> the &s;aid bank cal|led <HI>Hawthorn-bank,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Dozens, Hawthor<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">-bank Ea&s;t-bank.</NOTE> the &s;aid bank called the <HI>Ea&s;t-bank,</HI> the &s;aid bank on the North&s;ide of the Ri|ver <HI>Gleane,</HI> or any other bank made or to be made without the &s;aid Fens by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns, or the &s;urvivors of them, for, or in order to the Dreyning of the &s;aid Fens, That then, and in every &s;uch ca&s;e, it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Dyker&eacute;eves and Surveyors of Sew|ers in <HI>Pinchbeck</HI> and <HI>Spalding,</HI> or any of the Towns in the Wapentake of <HI>Ne&s;&s;e</HI> or <HI>Elloe</HI> afore|&s;aid, where the &s;aid breach, goole or flowing &s;hall be, forthwith and immediately to repair the &s;ame at the co&s;ts and charges of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns, or the &s;urvivor of them, to be had and levied in manner and form as is before expre&s;&s;ed and declared, for or concerning the &s;aid banks, environing, or made or to be made for the Dreyning or pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Fens.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if it fortune that at any time here|after, by the negligence of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, in not &s;ufficiently maintaining,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Satisfaction for damage to particular per|&s;ons how to be made.</NOTE> &s;cowring, dyking or clean&s;ing of any Rivers, Banks, Sewers or Dreyns what&s;oever, which now are, or hereafter &s;hall be made for dreyning of the &s;aid Fens, and &s;ecuring of the Country; or that by any inconvenient placing, &s;etting, cutting or making of any Dreyn, Gote or Sluce upon the &s;ame, that the Countrey or any private or particular per&s;on receive lo&s;s or harm thereby; That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns, or the &s;urvivor of them or &s;ome of them, &s;hall make &s;uch recompence and &s;atisfaction for the &s;ame to every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;u|&s;taining any damage thereby, as &s;ix Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers for the &s;aid part of <HI>Holland,</HI> whereof thr&eacute;e to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> &s;hall award and appoint under their hands and &s;eals (if the &s;aid Lords Adventurers, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns &s;hall not have otherwi&s;e &s;atisfied the &s;ame) which if they the &s;aid Lords Adventurers, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns &s;hall neglect to pay and &s;atisfy to the per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;u&s;taining the &s;ame, their Executors or A&s;&s;igns, by the &s;pace of twenty days after demand made thereof to them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, or the A|gents, Tenants or under-tenants of them; That then and from thenceforth, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;u&s;taining the &s;ame damage, their heirs, executors, admini&s;trators and a&s;&s;igns, and every of them re&s;pectively, to enter into the &s;ame third part, and into the &s;aid five thou&s;and Acres, and every or any part thereof, and to levy the &s;ame damages &s;o as afore&s;aid awarded and appointed, by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods and chattels of them the &s;aid Tru|&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, or any Tenant or Tenants, Farmer or Far|mers, Occupier or Occupiers, of all or any part of the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Fens, or the &s;aid five thou&s;and Acres, and pre&s;ent &s;ale thereof to make after the fourth day of impoundment (and payment of &s;uch money then not made) without allowance of <HI>Replevin,</HI> rendring the overplus to the Owner (if any overplus there be): And if the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;ur|vivor of them or any of them, &s;hall think it nece&s;&s;ary for the enlargement of any old Dreyn, River or Bank, out of the &s;aid Fens, avobe that which formerly they were, or for making any new Dreyn, River or Bank, to cut or cover the &s;everal &s;oyl of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, That then the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall compound and agr&eacute;e with the Owner or Owners thereof (if they can agr&eacute;e) And if they cannot agr&eacute;e, that the value of the da|mage &s;hall be &s;et down by &s;ix of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, whereof thr&eacute;e to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> and the money &s;hall be paid or tendred before &s;uch time as the &s;aid &s;oyl &s;hall be cut or covered, and upon payment or tender of the &s;aid money, it &s;hall be lawfull for them to cut or cover the &s;aid &s;oyl, for making the &s;aid Dreyns, Rivers or Banks.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Dower to put up Bridges, Drains, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, to pull up any Cart-bridges of Wood or Stone, or any Foot or Hor&s;e-bridges, Clowes or Water-bridges that now lye over the &s;aid two Rivers of <HI>Glean</HI> and <HI>Welland,</HI> the Rivers of <HI>We&s;tload</HI> and <HI>Starfengraft, Vernatts,</HI> or any of them, or any other Dreyns that be too &s;trait or narrow, or otherwi&s;e may hinder the cour&s;e and pa&s;&s;age of the waters in the &s;aid Rivers or of any Dreyn to be devi&s;ed by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them; and al&s;o to pull up all Wears and Purpre&s;tures in the &s;aid Rivers and Dreyns that hinder the pa&s;&s;age of the water. Provided that they &s;hall forth|with &s;ufficiently build and make again at their own proper co&s;ts and charges the great Bridg over <HI>Spalding</HI>-river (commonly called the high-bridg) of lime and &s;tone, and all &s;uch other cart-bridges, hor&s;e-bridges, Clowes or Water-bridges of lime, &s;tone or timber re&s;pectively, as the former were,
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which have b&eacute;en or &s;hall be &s;o pulled down, to be enlarged or made wider. And that all and eve|ry the ancient Bridges and Tunnels under and over any of the Rivers and Dreyns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid bridges, tun|nels &amp;c. how to be repaired.</NOTE> and every of them, be repaired and for ever maintained at the charges of them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, or the Survivor of them. And if it &s;hall happen the &s;aid Bridges or any of them, &s;hall not be made or repaired by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, in con|venient time according to the true intent or meaning of this Act, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers in their publick Se&s;&s;ions from time to time to order and decr&eacute;e how much or what &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;hall or may be nece&s;&s;ary or fitting to be rai&s;ed for effecting the &s;ame. And if after notice of the &s;aid Determinations of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners by a note in writing under the hand of the Clerk of the Sewers, given to the &s;aid Tru|&s;t&eacute;es their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, they &s;hall not pay or cau&s;e the &s;ame, &s;o adjudg|ed, to be paid within thirty dayes after &s;uch notice, That then it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers by their Warrants to levy the &s;ame by di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the Goods and Cattel levant and couchant upon any of the Lands within the &s;aid Fens, hereby ve&s;ted and &s;etled in the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them. And if it &s;hall fall out that the &s;aid High Bridge over <HI>Spalding</HI> River be not fini&s;hed before the five and twentieth of <HI>March</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and &s;eventy, That then the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Spalding</HI>-brid<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></NOTE> their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall forfeit the full and ju&s;t &s;um of one hundred and fifty pounds to <HI>Peircy Church</HI> E&s;quire, his Executors or A&s;&s;igns, which &s;hall and may be rai&s;ed by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers for the time being at the publick Se&s;&s;ions, by &s;ale of part of the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Fens, or of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e thou&s;and five hundred Acres therein mentioned, and be by them accor|dingly paid over to the &s;aid <HI>Peircy Church,</HI> his Executors or A&s;&s;igns, and the per&s;on and per&s;ons, and their heirs to whom &s;uch &s;ale &s;hall be made, &s;hall and may for ever then after hold and enjoy the &s;ame by vertue of &s;uch &s;ale, and of this pre&s;ent Act, any thing herein to the contrary notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better pre&s;ervation of the &s;aid Banks environing the &s;aid Fens or made within the &s;aid Fens for the defence of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pre&s;ervation of the Banks.</NOTE> it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, to cut the ground lying betw&eacute;en the outring-Banks and the &s;aid Rivers or either of them, to take earth, manure and litter for repairing the &s;aid Banks &s;o often as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require, or to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et and convenient, &s;o that &s;uch cutting be not extended or made above &s;ix &s;core foot di&s;tant from the &s;aid Banks, and to erect, make and k&eacute;ep &s;uch and &s;o many &s;ufficient Bars and Slakers, and in &s;uch places as &s;hall &s;&eacute;em mo&s;t fit and convenient to the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them; The Slakers to take off the &s;urplu&s;age of Waters, and the Bars to hin|der the pa&s;&s;age of Hor&s;men and drifts of Cattel over the &s;ame Banks in the times hereafter pro|hibited. And to the end that the Banks &s;hould not be impaired by hor&s;emen, drifts of &s;h&eacute;ep, hor|&s;es, bea&s;ts and other Cattel, It is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever (except as hereafter is excepted) &s;hall at any time or times hereafter in any year betw&eacute;en <HI>Michaelmas</HI>-day, and the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> drive or cau&s;e to be driven any Hor&s;es, Ox|en, Sh&eacute;ep or any other kind of Cattel over or upon any of the &s;aid Banks, without fir&s;t paying to them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, after the rate of four pence for every &s;core of Sh&eacute;ep, and for every other Bea&s;t the &s;um of four pence; which they, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns are hereby authorized to demand and receive.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, and be it Enacted, That all and every the Lords,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for&punc; owners and commoners.</NOTE> Owners and Commo|ners of or in all, or any part of the &s;aid Fens, &s;hall have fr&eacute;e liberty at all times of the year, for them, their Hor&s;es, Servants and Cattel to pa&s;s and repa&s;s upon any Bank or Banks, Drove or Droves, in or compa&s;&s;ing the &s;aid Fens, without paying any thing for &s;o doing, if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons claiming &s;uch fr&eacute;edom do not u&s;ually buy Sh&eacute;ep or Cattel and trade that way to <HI>London</HI> with &s;uch Cattel or Sh&eacute;ep as are not of their own f&eacute;eding for a Moneth before.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hor&s;emen and cattel landing upon the banks.</NOTE> That no per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever k&eacute;eping a Hor&s;e-boat, either at <HI>Croyland, Cloote, Deeping, Ba&s;ton, Ea&s;tcoate, Pinchbeck, Spalding</HI> or <HI>Cowbet,</HI> &s;hall land any hor&s;emen with their hor&s;es or cattel upon any the &s;aid Banks, at any time hereafter betw&eacute;en <HI>Michaelmas</HI> day and the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> but at <HI>Waldrome-Hall, Ba&s;ton, Spoute, Dovehurne, Cloote</HI> or <HI>Croyland,</HI> without licence fir&s;t thereunto had and obtained from the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, upon pain and forfeiture to be made and paid, for every hor&s;e and neat bea&s;t, &s;ix pence, and for every &s;core of &s;h&eacute;ep, four pence to the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them: And that no manner of per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall draw any Boat on, or over any the Banks in, or compa&s;&s;ing the &s;aid Fens, but in &s;uch places only as are or &s;hall be appointed for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Swine of what &s;ort &s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Swine.</NOTE> ring|ed or unringed, be put upon the &s;aid Fens or any of them, betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Banks and the Wear|ditches, but that they &s;hall be put into the Fens at u&s;ual places where other Cattel are put in; And that the Swine &s;o put, &s;hall be ringed, upon pain of every Hog &s;o found unringed, to forfeit to them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, the &s;um of two pence for every time &s;o found, to be levied by di&s;tre&s;s and impounding of &s;uch Hog or Hogs.</P>
<P>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, their or any of their Tenants, Farmers or Ground-holders of any
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part of the &s;aid third part, or of the &s;aid Fen, or of the &s;aid five thou&s;and Acres, &s;hall not have any time hereafter, u&s;e or claim any Common of Pa&s;ture or other Commonage of Pa&s;turing in any part of the remainder of the &s;aid Fens nor any of them, nor in the North Fen of <HI>Pinchbeck</HI> and <HI>Spalding,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Poor Inhabi|tants.</NOTE> nor any part thereof, by vertue or pretence of his or their re&s;idence there: But all and every the Inhabitants that may hereafter be upon any part of the &s;aid third part, or upon any part of the &s;aid five thou&s;and Acres, and are not able to maintain them&s;elves, &s;hall be maintained and kept by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns and the &s;urvivor of them, and never become chargeable in any kind, to all or any the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes wherein &s;uch Inhabitant or Inhabi|tants &s;hall re&s;ide or dwell, any Statute or Law to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no water &s;hall be let or taken out of the Rivers of <HI>Gleane</HI> or <HI>Welland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Water &s;hall not be &s;et out of the rivers of <HI>Glean</HI> and <HI>Wel|land.</HI></NOTE> or any other the &s;aid Dreyn or Dreyns, by any Sluce, Cut or Tunnel without the licence of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, or by Order of &s;ix Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, who likewi&s;e are to take order that &s;uch Cut or Cuts made for the taking thereof, &s;hall be made up again at the charge of the per&s;on or per&s;ons for who&s;e benefit the &s;ame were made, but for nece&s;&s;ary hou&s;hold u&s;es, by &s;uch as now lye by &s;ome Law of Sewers already &s;etled: And in ca&s;e any abu&s;e of the &s;aid Tunnels happen to be, that then the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, their &s;ervants or agents &s;hall have power immediately to &s;top the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Pinchbeck&punc; Spalding&punc; Blewgate-<HI>&s;luce.</HI></NOTE>And it is further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Inhabitants of <HI>Pinchbeck</HI> and <HI>Spalding</HI> &s;hall for ever hereafter have the u&s;e of a certain Gote or Sluce called <HI>Blewgate,</HI> and the Dreyn leading thereto, &s;o as the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns, &s;hall not be put to any charge for the repairing or maintaining of the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The dreyn from <HI>Bo&s;ton</HI>-bank to <HI>Win|&s;oever.</HI></NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the <HI>Loads</HI> or Dreyn under the <HI>Do|zens,</HI> from <HI>Ba&s;ton-bank</HI> to <HI>Win&s;oever,</HI> be Ditched two hundred foot more inward into the &s;aid Fens then now it is, and the earth laid on that &s;ide the bank next the Town of <HI>Pinchbeck.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for and in con&s;ideration of all the moneys already expended in and about the Dreyning of the &s;aid Fens, and in con&s;ideration of the doing and performing of the Works afore&s;aid hereafter to be done, and of all and every of them about the Recovering,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The proporti|on e&s;tates upon the tru&s;tees &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ndertakers.</NOTE> Inning and Dreyning of the &s;aid Fens and every of them, that they the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall from henceforth have, hold, peacea|bly occupy and enjoy to them, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns in <HI>Fee-&s;imple</HI> for ever, the &s;aid third part of the &s;aid Fens and Mar&s;hes formerly a&s;&s;igned to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> his heirs and a&s;&s;igns, as al&s;o three thou&s;and five hundred Acres added and allotted by a Decr&eacute;e of Sewers made at <HI>Spalding</HI> in the &s;aid Fens, and one thou&s;and Acres out of that part of the &s;aid Fens, formerly taken in for the Qu&eacute;ens improvement, and five hundred Acres more to be taken proportionably out of the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Fens in <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> next adjoyning to the &s;aid three thou&s;and five hundred Acres; which three thou&s;and five hundred Acres and one thou&s;and Acres, and five thou&s;and Acres la&s;t mentioned, are to be demea&s;ured by Statute-mea&s;ure by two Arti&s;ts, and &s;et out by them at the charge of the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, one to be cho&s;en by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers of <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> and one other by the &s;aid Vndertakers; but up|on the Tru&s;ts hereafter mentioned: That is to &s;ay, as touching and concerning eight thou&s;and thirty &s;ix Acres thereof mentioned in a Schedule annexed to an Indenture of Fifteen parts, dated the &s;econd of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1650. made betw&eacute;en <HI>Elizabeth</HI> Counte&s;s Dowager of <HI>Exeter</HI> and others there|in named, and two thou&s;and Acres more to be indifferently &s;et out within &s;ix moneths after the pa&s;&s;ing of this Act, amounting in the whole to ten thou&s;and thirty &s;ix Acres; in Tru&s;t, That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall grant and convey the &s;ame to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, or for &s;uch E&s;tates in <HI>Fee-&s;imple</HI> or otherwi&s;e, in &s;uch manner as the &s;aid <HI>Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Berks,</HI> the &s;aid Lord <HI>Andover,</HI> Lord <HI>Bruce</HI> and <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Berkley</HI> of <HI>Stratton</HI> &s;hall appoint. And as for, touching and concerning the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Fens, by this Act allotted for recompence for the &s;aid Dreyning moreover and above the &s;aid eight thou&s;and thirty &s;ix Acres, and two thou&s;and Acres in Tru&s;t for the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Berk&s;hire</HI> and the Lady <HI>Elizabeth</HI> his Wife, the &s;aid Lord <HI>Andover,</HI> the &s;aid Earl of <HI>Elgin,</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Stamford</HI> and Lord <HI>Grey,</HI> and &s;uch other per&s;on and per&s;ons to whom the Remainder upon their E&s;tates are limited, according to their &s;e|veral and re&s;pective Intere&s;ts and E&s;tates as afore&s;aid, made or derived from, by or under the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> late Earl of <HI>Exeter</HI> and <HI>Elizabeth</HI> late Counte&s;s of <HI>Exeter</HI> or either of them, their, or ei|ther of their heirs or a&s;&s;igns: And in ca&s;e the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall not nominate a Surveyor within thr&eacute;e moneths after nomination by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, and both to be &s;worn by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and notice thereof to be given to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, That then the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall proc&eacute;ed as afore&s;aid by their own Arti&s;t.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The tru&s;tees &s;hall fence and inclo&s;e the third part, &amp;c.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns and the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall at all times hereafter &s;ufficiently fence and inclo&s;e the &s;aid third part, and all other the Lands by this Act to them granted on all parts, again&s;t the Lords and Commoners of and in the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Fens: And if any of their Cattel &s;hall enter or break into the &s;aid third part, and other Lands &s;o granted or any part thereof, in default of the In|clo&s;ure thereof; It &s;hall not be lawful for the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor
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of them, to Di&s;train or Impound the &s;ame, or to maintain any Action for any &s;uch Entry, Depa|&s;turing or other Tre&s;pa&s;s happening in &s;uch default: And if any &s;uch Action be brought, it &s;hall be lawful for the Defendant or Defendants therein to plead the General I&s;&s;ue and to give this Act in Evidence. And that the two Drove-ways in the &s;aid Fens, called the North-drove and South-drove, leading from the parts of <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> into the parts of <HI>Holland,</HI> be continued open and com|mon through the &s;aid third part, and Lands to them granted for the u&s;e and benefit of the Lords and Commoners for a Drift-way for them and the &s;aid Vndertakers: And al&s;o that the Banks or Dreyns (by vertue of this Act) to be continued or made, &s;hall not &s;top or hinder the Land-wa|ters falling from the parts of <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> into the &s;aid Fen, but &s;hall and may receive and carry the &s;ame away.</P>
<P>Provided always, That this Act or any Clau&s;e, Article, Sentence or Penalty therein contain|ed, mentioned or expre&s;&s;ed, &s;hall not extend to charge the per&s;ons of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, or any the E&s;tate or E&s;tates real or per&s;onal of them the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, other then their E&s;tate and E&s;tates of and in the &s;aid Fens.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o and upon condition, That if the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;ur|vivor of them, &s;hall neglect the Inning and Dreyning of the &s;aid Fens, and every or any of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The penalty upon neglect to dreyn the &s;aid fens with|in &s;even years, and &s;o after to keep &amp; main|tain them.</NOTE> and &s;hall not fully and perfectly fini&s;h the Dreyning of the &s;ame before the end and expiration of the &s;aid &s;even years as afore&s;aid, according to the intent and purport of this Act, or &s;hall not after the Inning or Dreyning thereof, k&eacute;ep and maintain the &s;aid Fens and every of them after the end and term of the &s;aid &s;even years, dry, firm and depa&s;turable ground for Cattel at all times in the year (except &s;uch Lakes, Dreyns, Sewers, Portions and Quantities of the &s;aid Fens as are be|fore excepted) but &s;hall wilfully and negligently &s;uffer the &s;aid Fens and Wa&s;tes or the mo&s;t part of the &s;ame to be again drowned and overflowed by the &s;pace of five years at any time after the ex|piration of the &s;aid &s;even years, and the &s;ame be found and adjudged hurtfully &s;urrounded in default of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them (contrary to this Act) by twelve Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers or the greater number of them, whereof &s;ix to be of the parts of <HI>Hol|land,</HI> and &s;ix of <HI>Ke&s;tiven,</HI> of which twelve Commi&s;&s;ioners, thr&eacute;e of either of the &s;aid parts to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> upon their view or inqui&s;ition or pre&s;entment of Iury that the &s;ame hath &s;o long continued drowned, and that Iudgment be certified of Record into the High Court of Chancery under their hands and &s;eals or the greater number of them; That then and from thenceforth the tru&s;t of the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, of, in and to the &s;aid third part, and the &s;aid other parts and proportions added and allotted for a further recompence as afore&s;aid, for the &s;aid Earl and Counte&s;s of <HI>Berk&s;hire,</HI> Lord <HI>Howard</HI> of <HI>Charlton,</HI> Lord <HI>Bruce,</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Stamford,</HI> Lord <HI>Grey,</HI> and other per&s;ons in remainder as afore&s;aid, and all and every e&s;tate and e&s;tates what&s;oever by them granted, conveyed, or in any manner executed, of all or any the &s;aid third part or other proportions added and allotted for further recompence to any per&s;on or per&s;ons whom&s;oever, in execution, pur&s;uance or di&s;charge of their &s;aid tru&s;t, or otherwi&s;e &s;hall cea&s;e, determine and be utterly void to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and not to be helped, altered or relieved in any Court or by any cour&s;e of Law or Equity, and that then and from thenceforth the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall &s;tand and be &s;ei|&s;ed of all the &s;aid third part and the additional allotments in tru&s;t, to permit and &s;uffer the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers of <HI>Ke&s;tiven</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> to take, perceive and receive the whole Rents, I&s;&s;ues and profits, to the end the &s;ame may be laid out and expended for the regaining of the &s;aid Fens, and to defray the charge which the Country &s;hall or may be put unto to pre&s;erve them&s;elves and their other Lands from being &s;urrounded or damnified by the &s;aid waters, in de|fault of maintaining of the &s;aid Banks and doing other the &s;aid works which ought to have b&eacute;en made and repaired by the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them: And upon further tru&s;t likewi&s;e, That the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall and will from time to time and at all times, make and execute &s;uch e&s;tate and e&s;tates as twelve Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers of the parts of <HI>Holland</HI> and <HI>Ke&s;tiven,</HI> whereof thr&eacute;e of each part to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> &s;hall by writing under their hands and &s;eals direct and appoint.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted and declared, That all &s;uch e&s;tate and e&s;tates &s;o by them made, &s;hall be, and be, and be deemed and taken to be good and effectual in Law to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame were in this pre&s;ent Act particularly and by proper names mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if the &s;aid Tru&s;t&eacute;es, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall not, or do not, at or before the &s;aid term of &s;even years, well and truly pay or cau&s;e to be paid the full and ju&s;t &s;um of one hundred pounds of lawful money of <HI>England</HI> into the hands of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers in their publick Se&s;&s;ions from time to time &s;hall appoint to receive the &s;ame, That then and in &s;uch ca&s;e, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers by an Order in writing under their hands and &s;eals, to Authorize &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as they &s;hall think fit, to enter in|to any the &s;aid Lands, part of the &s;aid third part allotted to the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Lovel,</HI> out of any the Fens by him formerly undertaken to be Dreyned, and the &s;aid Additional Lands, and out of the Rents, I&s;&s;ues and profits thereof to rai&s;e the &s;ame &s;um of one hundred pounds, to the end the &s;ame &s;hall and may be by them imployed and laid out,<NOTE PLACE="marg">South-Dozens <HI>and</HI> Hawthorn-<HI>bank.</HI></NOTE> in and about the nece&s;&s;ary maintenance and repa|ration of the Banks above mentioned, called the <HI>South Dozens,</HI> and <HI>Hawthorne</HI> Bank, and &s;o from
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time to time, and at all times, as the &s;aid one hundred pounds or any part thereof &s;hall be as above&s;aid expended in and about the &s;aid Banks as afore&s;aid, if the &s;ame be not again &s;upplied by the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them within &s;ix moneths then next fol|lowing, then it &s;hall be in the power of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, out of the Rents, I&s;|&s;ues and profits afore&s;aid to rai&s;e the &s;ame or &s;o much thereof as &s;hall not be &s;upplyed as above&s;aid, from time to time and at all times, as occa&s;ion &s;hall require.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How meet|ings and by-laws may be made for ma|nagement of the dreyning.</NOTE>Provided always and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be law|ful to and for &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns or any three or more of them, to whom the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, &s;hall make or execute any e&s;tate or e&s;tates of the &s;aid ten thou&s;and thirty &s;ix Acres before mentioned, or any part thereof, as Adventurers under the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs or a&s;&s;igns or the &s;urvivor of them, in Dreyning the &s;aid Fens at all times, and from time to time, from and immediately after execution of the &s;aid e&s;tate and e&s;tates, to &s;ummon, call and hold meetings of them&s;elves, their Agents and Work|men, at &s;uch place and places, by warrant under three or more of their hands and &s;eals, or under the hand and &s;eal of their common Clerk for the time being, for the making, altering or confirm|ing, and with power and authority hereby granted unto them, their heirs, executors, admini&s;tra|tors and a&s;&s;igns, for making, and to make By-laws for the better Government and more orderly management of the &s;aid work of Dreyning the &s;aid Fens within them&s;elves re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And al&s;o be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That at all and every meeting and meetings as afore&s;aid to be held, It &s;hall and may be lawful, and they are hereby thereunto im|powred, for any three or more of the &s;aid Vndertakers, their heirs, executors, admini&s;trators and a&s;&s;igns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">By whom rates and taxes may be made for the &s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">d work.</NOTE> to a&s;&s;e&s;s, rate, tax and charge all and every the re&s;pective Owner or Owners, their heirs, executors, admini&s;trators and a&s;&s;igns, and every of them, of all and every the &s;aid ten thou&s;and and thirty &s;ix Acres afore&s;aid, by an equal and proportionable Acre-tar, with any &s;um or &s;ums of money as they &s;hall adjudg nece&s;&s;ary for the carrying on and effecting the &s;aid work, and to limit and appoint &s;uch certain dayes and places for the re&s;pective payments thereof to their Trea&s;urer or Trea&s;urers for the time being, as they the &s;aid Vndertakers, their heirs, executors, admini&s;trators or a&s;&s;igns, or any three or more of them under their hands and &s;eals &s;hall appoint, &s;o as every of the &s;aid Vndertakers, who &s;hall at any time or times hereafter, a&s;&s;e&s;s, rate, tax and charge the &s;aid &s;ums of money, be really then owner of two hundred and fifty Acres of Land or more, within the &s;aid Fen.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">me may be levied.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, upon default made by any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, rated, taxed and charged as afore&s;aid, in his or their re&s;pective payments to be limited and appointed as afore|&s;aid, by the &s;pace of three moneths after the time limited for payment thereof, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for any three or more of the &s;aid Adventurers, their heirs, executors, admini|&s;trators or a&s;&s;igns, to bargain, &s;ell, convey and a&s;&s;ure all, or &s;o much of the &s;aid Defaulter or De|faulters Lands re&s;pectively within the &s;aid Fen, for rai&s;ing the &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, rated or charged as afore&s;aid, to any other per&s;on or per&s;ons, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns, for &s;uch e&s;tate or e&s;tates as the &s;aid defaulter or defaulters had in him or them re&s;pectively at the time of the &s;aid default or defaults made as afore&s;aid, as to them or any three or more of them the &s;aid Adventu|rers, their heirs, executors, admini&s;trators or a&s;&s;igns &s;hall &s;eem meet, &s;ubject neverthele&s;s to the conditions and forfeitures in this Act contained and expre&s;t: And all and every Conveyance there|of is, and &s;hall be adjudged good and available in Law and equity, again&s;t all and every &s;uch De|faulter and Defaulters re&s;pectively, and again&s;t his or their re&s;pective heirs, executors, admini|&s;trators and a&s;&s;igns, &s;o as the &s;ame be inrolled in the High Court of <HI>Chancery</HI> within &s;ix moneths after the making thereof.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How owners and commo|ners may im|prove and in|clo&s;e their &s;hares.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate, their heirs and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, Owner or Owners of the Soil of the &s;aid Fens or Wa&s;tes, or who may or ought to have Common in any of the &s;ame, to improve, &s;et out, inclo&s;e, divide and &s;ever &s;uch quantity or quantities of the &s;aid Fens or Wa&s;tes (other then &s;uch of the &s;ame as by the tenure of this Act are appointed or allotted to the &s;aid Vn|dertakers as afore&s;aid) as &s;hall be proportionable to his or their re&s;pective Intere&s;t, or to his or their Lands and Tenements whereunto, or in re&s;pect whereof, the &s;aid Common or Wa&s;te may or ought to be had or enjoyed, and &s;uch quantity or quantities to have and to hold in &s;everalty, by and according to &s;uch Tenures, E&s;tate, Right, Title and Intere&s;t as &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons have or &s;hall have in &s;uch Manors, Lands and Tenements, &s;ubject neverthele&s;s to all the Powers and Liberties given by this Act to the &s;aid Tru&s;tees, their heirs and a&s;&s;igns and the &s;urvivor of them, for Dreyning the &s;aid Fens, as if the &s;aid Lands had remained common and uninclo&s;ed, leaving and allowing convenient pa&s;&s;ages and ways in and to the &s;aid Vndertakers ground in the &s;aid Fen.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may de|termine of boundaries, improvements and inclo&s;ures.</NOTE>And it is further Enacted, That the Boundaries of the &s;aid Wa&s;tes &s;o to be inclo&s;ed, Approve|ments and Inclo&s;ures &s;hall from time to time, and at all times, upon reque&s;t of any per&s;on or per|&s;ons concerned, be determined and adjudged, and finally ended by the per&s;ons hereafter named, (that is to &s;ay) <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Beaumont</HI> of <HI>Cole-Orton,</HI> Sir <HI>George Villiers</HI> of <HI>Bruxby</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>VVilliam Hartopp</HI> of <HI>Rotherby</HI> Knight, <HI>VVilliam Hartopp</HI> of <HI>Little-Dalby</HI> E&s;quire, Sir <HI>Henry Hud&s;on</HI> of <HI>Melton-Mowbray</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Edward Smith</HI> of <HI>Edmundthorpe</HI> Knight, <HI>Richard Li&s;ter</HI> of <HI>Thorpe</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>John Hacket</HI> of <HI>Ketleby</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>William Gilbert</HI> of <HI>Melton-Mowbray</HI> E&s;quire,
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all of the County of <HI>Leice&s;ter; Bapti&s;t</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Campden,</HI> Sir <HI>Edward Heath</HI> of <HI>Cotte&s;|more</HI> Knight of the <HI>Bath, William Palmes</HI> of <HI>A&s;hwel</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Abel Barker</HI> of <HI>Hambleton</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Samuel Browne</HI> of <HI>Stockins</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Robert Mackeworth</HI> of <HI>Empingham</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Philip Sherard</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Alexander Noel</HI> of <HI>Whitwel</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Chri&s;topher Browne</HI> of <HI>Towlthorpe</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Edward Falkener</HI> of <HI>Uppingham</HI> E&s;quire, Sir <HI>Thomas Mackeworth</HI> of <HI>Normanton</HI> Baronet, <HI>Henry Noel</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>Exton, Andrew Noel</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>Whitwel, Charles Halford</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>We&s;ton, Thomas Pilkington</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>Belton, Beaumont Bodenham</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>Ryhall</HI> and <HI>Henry Mackeworth</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of <HI>Normanton,</HI> all of the County of <HI>Rutland; Mildmay</HI> Earl of <HI>We&s;tmerland, Obrian</HI> Lord <HI>Cock|aine, William Stafford</HI> E&s;quire of <HI>Blatherwicke, Lewis Palmer</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of <HI>Corlton, Edward Palmer</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of <HI>Stoake, Walter Kirkham</HI> of <HI>Fin&s;head</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Chri&s;t. Thursby</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Humphrey Orme</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Sir <HI>Henry Yelverton</HI> Baronet, <HI>Tho. Dove</HI> of <HI>Upton</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>VVilliam Mountague</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Francis Quarles</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>George Quarles</HI> junior of <HI>Ufford</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Francis Kirkham</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of <HI>Fin&s;head, John Lynn</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> of <HI>South|wick,</HI> all of the County of <HI>Northampton; Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Willoughby</HI> of <HI>Erisby</HI> elde&s;t Son to <HI>Moun|tague</HI> Earl of <HI>Lind&s;ey</HI> Lord Great Chamberlain of <HI>England,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Meres</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>John Newton</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Anthony Irby</HI> Knight, <HI>Peregrine Bartue</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Anthony Thorold</HI> of <HI>Mar&s;ton</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>William Blythe</HI> of <HI>Stra&s;ton</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Philip Dallow</HI> of <HI>Bitchfield</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Thomas Harrington</HI> of <HI>Booth|by</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Charles Bawdes</HI> of <HI>Somerby</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Sir <HI>Edward Barkham</HI> Baronet, all of the County of <HI>Lin|colne,</HI> or by any &s;even or more of them. Which &s;aid per&s;ons or any &s;even or more of them, are hereby con&s;tituted and appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners for that purpo&s;e, upon their view or examinati|on of witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, (which Oath they are hereby authori&s;ed to admini&s;ter) or both, or other good and &s;ufficient proof by matter of Record, Writings or Evidences, and hearing the par|ties concerned, if they be pre&s;ent and de&s;ire it; which determination and Iudgment being certi|fied in writing under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid Iudicature, or any &s;even or more of them, in|to the <HI>Petty-bag,</HI> there to be filed and kept on Record, &s;hall be final and conclu&s;ive unto all par|ties. Provided always, That in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Appeals in ca&s;es of adju|dication.</NOTE> &s;hall find him or them&s;elves agrieved with &s;uch Iudgment and determination of the &s;aid Iudicature, and &s;hall thereof within &s;ix Moneths next after the &s;ame, appeal to any thirt&eacute;en or more, other per&s;ons of the &s;aid Iudicature, Then &s;uch determination as the &s;aid thirt&eacute;en more &s;hall make, be|ing certified by writing under the hands and &s;eals of the &s;aid thirt&eacute;en or more, into the <HI>Petty-bag</HI> afore&s;aid, there to be filed and kept on Record as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be final and conclu&s;ive to all par|ties, the &s;aid former Iudgment or Determination notwith&s;tanding. And the Inclo&s;ures and Proportions &s;o adjudged or decr&eacute;ed as afore&s;aid to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, &s;hall be held by him or them, and his and their heirs and &s;ucce&s;&s;ors re&s;pectively, by and according to his and their tenures, e&s;tate, title and intere&s;t, which he or they had in the Mannors, Lands or Tenements, for or in re&s;pect of which, he or they claimed, or inclo&s;ed the &s;aid quantity or quantities of the &s;aid Wa&s;tes as above&s;aid. Provided always and be it Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners and every of them, before he or they take upon him or them the execution of any the Powers or Authorities hereby given them, (other then the admini|&s;tring the Oath following to one another, which they &s;hall have Authority by this pre&s;ent Act to admini&s;ter to one another) &s;hall take the Oath following, <HI>(viz.)</HI></P>
<Q><P><NOTE PLACE="marg"> The oath to be taken by Commi&s;&s;io|ners.</NOTE> I <HI>A. B.</HI> am not intere&s;&s;ed in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, rever&s;ion or remainder, of, in or to the &s;aid Fens or any part thereof; And &s;hall and will without favour or affection, hatred or malice, truly and impartially, ac|cording to the be&s;t of my skill and knowledg, execute and perform all and every the Powers and Au|thorities in me e&s;tabli&s;hed by this Act of Parliament.</P></Q>
<P>Which Oath any one of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authori&s;ed to admini&s;ter;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The places of the Commi&s;|&s;ioners <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">tting</NOTE> And that the places where the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall &s;it to hear, order and determine the matters refer|red to them by this Act, &s;hall be at the Towns of <HI>Stamford, Market-Deeping</HI> or <HI>Spalding</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Lincoln.</HI> And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any &s;even or more of them, are hereby directed by Warrant under their hands and &s;eals to declare the places and times of their m&eacute;eting; The &s;ame Warrant to be publi&s;hed in open Market, in the &s;aid Towns of <HI>Stamford, Market-Dee|ping</HI> and <HI>Spalding,</HI> betw&eacute;en the hours of twelve and two upon &s;ome Market-day, one and twenty dayes at lea&s;t before the &s;aid time or times of m&eacute;eting, to the end all per&s;ons concerned may have &s;ufficient time and notice to attend; And &s;hall have power and Authority by Warrant under the hands and &s;eals of any thr&eacute;e or more of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Their power and manner of proceeding.</NOTE> to &s;ummon parties and witne&s;&s;es to appear before them; And in ca&s;e any controver&s;y or difference &s;hall happen to ari&s;e betw&eacute;en or among&s;t the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, before any Iudgment or Determination given by them in the premi&s;&s;es, tou|ching or concerning the expo&s;ition of the words of this Act, or the powers or authorities thereby to them given; Then the Lord Chief Iu&s;tice of the Kings Bench, the Lord Chief Iu&s;tice of the Common-Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of his Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer for the time be|ing, are hereby con&s;tituted and e&s;tabli&s;hed a Iudicature, and they or any two of them, are hereby authorized to hear, adjudg and determine &s;uch controver&s;ies and differences: And their Iudgment or determination thereof, certified under their hands &s;eals, &s;hall be ob&s;erved, and &s;hall be likewi&s;e certified, together with the Iudgments and determinations of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, into the <HI>Petty-bag,</HI> there to be kept on Record as afore&s;aid.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="12" TYPE="chapter">
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<HEAD>CAP. XII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>The River <HI>Avon</HI> to be made Navigable from <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> to the City of <HI>New-Sarum.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the making Navigable and pa&s;&s;able with Barges, Boats, Lighters and other Ve&s;&s;els, the River <HI>Avon</HI> in the Counties of <HI>Wilts</HI> and <HI>Southampton,</HI> from the Town of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Southampton</HI> to the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>VVilts;</HI> And (if n&eacute;ed require) the making of a new Haven, may with Gods ble&s;&s;ing be of great advantage and benefit not only to the &s;aid Counties, but al&s;o to the Publick, by import and ex|port of Commodities, and increa&s;e of Commerce and Trade, and of able Seamen and Water|men, and mo&s;t profitable and nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;aid City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> for the conveyance thereby of Fewel and other nece&s;&s;aries to the &s;aid City, whereof there is now great &s;carcity, and far grea|ter is like to grow, if &s;ome help therefore be not provided, be&s;ides the extraordinary pre&s;ervation of the High-ways in and near the &s;aid City and County.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners how to be appointed for making the river <HI>Avon</HI> na|vigable.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings Maje&s;ty by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Au|thority of the &s;ame, That the Lord Chancellor or Lord K&eacute;eper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, at any time after the end of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, &s;hall and may no|minate, appoint and authorize by Commi&s;&s;ion under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate, as to him &s;hall &s;&eacute;em fit, and are willing to undertake the making Navigable the &s;aid River of <HI>Avon</HI> from the &s;aid Town of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> to the &s;aid City of <HI>New-Sarum;</HI> And to make a new Haven (if n&eacute;ed require) for Ships and Ve&s;&s;els near the &s;aid Town of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church.</HI> Which &s;aid Vndertakers &s;o nominated and appointed as afore&s;aid, are hereby authorized and &s;hall have full power and authority by this pre&s;ent Act to make Naviga|ble or pa&s;&s;able by Barges, Boats, Lighters or other Ve&s;&s;els, the &s;aid River of <HI>Avon,</HI> from the &s;aid Town of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> to the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> afore&s;aid; And for that purpo&s;e to clean&s;e, &s;cour and open the &s;ame, and to cut or dig the Banks of the &s;ame, and to take away or remove all Wears or other Impediments that may hinder Navigation, either in &s;ailing or haling of Boats with Hor&s;es, Men or otherwi&s;e to amend or alter &s;uch Bridges and High-ways as may hinder the &s;aid Pa&s;&s;ages and Navigation, and to open, prepare and make all Wears, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks and Turn-pikes fit for the &s;aid Pa&s;&s;age; And likewi&s;e to clean&s;e, &s;cour, open or cut and dig the Banks of any other Stream, Brook, Ditch or Water-cour&s;e that &s;hall to them &s;&eacute;em convenient for the better making the &s;aid River Navigable and pa&s;&s;able for Boats, Barges, Lighters and other Ve&s;&s;els; And likewi&s;e to make and erect any Wharfs, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Turnpikes or pens for Water in or near the &s;aid River or Pa&s;&s;age, that &s;hall be fit or nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;ame, and to bring, lay and work all Materials requi&s;ite for the making, erecting and repairing of the &s;aid Locks or Turnpikes upon the &s;aid River or Pa&s;&s;age, and to cut &s;uch and &s;o many new Channels and Trenches as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em convenient for altering the cour&s;e of the &s;aid River of <HI>Avon</HI> in bringing the &s;ame to the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> as afore&s;aid, as al&s;o for the bringing in any other River or Water-cour&s;e into the &s;aid River, and to do all other things nece&s;&s;ary and convenient for the &s;aid River and Pa&s;&s;ages, new Channels, Wharfs, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears, Turnpikes, Penns for Water, and the &s;aid Bridges, Ways and Pa&s;&s;ages, and for the altering, repairing, k&eacute;e|ping, u&s;ing and amending of the &s;ame or any of them, or any part of them from time to time hereafter as oft as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require, and al&s;o (if n&eacute;ed require) to make a commodious Haven and Port near the &s;aid Town of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> for the Entry, Road, &s;afety and pre&s;ervation of Ships that may re&s;ort thither, as well in peril of Storms as otherwi&s;e, to lade or unlade their Goods, and to alter, repair and amend the &s;ame or any part of it, from time to time as oft as n&eacute;ed &s;hall require. And to the end that the making the &s;aid River Navigable and pa&s;&s;able for Bar|ges, Boats, Lighters and other Ve&s;&s;els, and the erecting and making the &s;aid Haven, Channels, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears, Turnpikes, Penns for Water, Wharfs, Bridges, Ways and Pa&s;&s;ages as afore&s;aid or other things, may not be any way prejudicial to the Inheritance, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or pro|fit of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate what&s;oever, that have any Lands, Te|nements, Wears or Hereditaments adjoyning unto the &s;aid River or Streams, Brooks, new Cha|nels and Pa&s;&s;ages as afore&s;aid, or any of them, or through which the &s;ame &s;hall be made or cut as afore&s;aid.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Satisfaction to parties en|damaged in any of their lands.</NOTE></P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Vndertakers, before they do meddle with the Lands, Inheritance, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion or Profit of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Po|litick or Corporate, &s;hall fir&s;t agr&eacute;e with &s;uch per&s;ons, Bodyes Politick or Corporate, for the lo&s;s or damage that any of them &s;hall or may any way receive by the making or altering the &s;aid Haven, Channels, Wharfs, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears and Pa&s;&s;ages, or procure &s;ome Or|der therein to be made by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, to be A&s;&s;igned for that purpo&s;e as hereafter in this pre&s;ent Act is expre&s;&s;ed. And for the better effecting of the premi&s;&s;es, and the due rating of the value of the things to be compounded for, by the true intent of this Statute, if the Parties &s;hall not agr&eacute;e;</P>
<P><PB N="271" REF="147">Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers for com|pounding with per&s;ons &s;o damnifide.</NOTE> That at the reque&s;t and charges of the &s;aid Vnder|takers, One or more Commi&s;&s;ion or Commi&s;&s;ions under the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> &s;hall be granted to <HI>Edward</HI> Earl of <HI>Clarendon,</HI> Lord Chancellor of <HI>England, Thomas</HI> Earl of <HI>Southampton,</HI> Lord High Trea&s;urer of <HI>England, Philip</HI> Earl of <HI>Pembroke</HI> and <HI>Mountgomery, William</HI> Lord <HI>Herbert</HI> of <HI>Cardiffe, Henry</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Cornbury, George</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter,</HI> and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> for the time being, <HI>John</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Sarum,</HI> and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Sarum</HI> for the time be|ing, <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Sands, Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Brook, Anthony</HI> Lord <HI>A&s;hly,</HI> Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir <HI>Edward Nicholas</HI> Knight, One of His Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Honourable Privy-Council, Sir <HI>Robert Hyde</HI> Knight, Lord Chief Iu&s;tice of the Kings Bench, Sir <HI>Wadham Windham</HI> Knight, one of the Iu&s;tices of the Kings Bench, Sir <HI>George Grubham How</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Jo&s;eph A&s;h</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>John Nicholas</HI> Knight of the <HI>Bath,</HI> &s;ir <HI>John Low,</HI> Knight; &s;ir <HI>Robert Ma&s;on,</HI> Knight; &s;ir <HI>Tho|mas Mompe&s;&s;on,</HI> Knight; &s;ir <HI>John Clobery,</HI> Knight; <HI>Stephen Fox,</HI> E&s;quire, Clerk of the Gr&eacute;en-Cloth, and one of the Citizens for the City of <HI>New-Sarum; John Joyce</HI> Mayor of the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> and the Mayor of the City for the time being; <HI>Richard Coleman,</HI> E&s;quire, Recor|der of the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> and the Recorder of the &s;ame City for the time being; <HI>Francis Roll</HI> E&s;quire, High Sheriff of the County of <HI>Southampton; Lawrence Hyde,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Humphrey VVeld,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Edward Hyde</HI> of <HI>Hatch,</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Richard How,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>John Holt</HI> the elder, of the Clo&s;e of the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>George Vennerd</HI> of the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Edward Manning,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Richard Compton,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Thomas Knowles,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Philip Lee,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Walter Bockland,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>VVilliam Swanton,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Roger Gallop,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Edward Hooper</HI> of <HI>Huncourt,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Will. Tul&s;e,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>John Hobby,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Henry Tul&s;e,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>Henry VVhitehead,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> The Mayor of <HI>VVilton</HI> for the time being, and the Mayor of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> for the time being, <HI>Samuel Percival,</HI> E&s;quire; <HI>VVilliam Li&s;le,</HI> E&s;quire, and <HI>Philip Percival,</HI> Gentleman.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners.</NOTE> Which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, (not being Parties concerned) &s;hall have full pow|er and Authority, and are hereby impowred and Authorized by examination of witne&s;&s;es upon Oath (which Oath they, or any &s;even, or more of them, have hereby power to admini&s;ter) or by any other lawful ways or means to examine, here and determine all and all manner of Controver&s;ies, Debates and Que&s;tions which &s;hall happen and ari&s;e betw&eacute;en any per&s;ons what&s;oever, touching or concerning any matter or thing relating to the afore&s;aid Premi&s;&s;es, or any part thereof; And to appoint, determine and decree what and how much &s;atisfaction every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, Body politick or Corporate, &s;hall have for or in re&s;pect of the lo&s;s to be by him, her or them &s;u&s;tained, notice being fir&s;t given of their M&eacute;eting by Papers publickly affixed to the Church-doors, or &s;et up in the Market-places of the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> and the Towns of <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> and <HI>Ringwood,</HI> Ten days at the lea&s;t before their M&eacute;eting, declaring the time and place of their Meeting: And al&s;o notice in writing being fir&s;t left at the Dwelling-hou&s;e of every Party con|cerned, or at their u&s;ual place of abode, or with &s;ome Tenant or Occupier of &s;ome Hou&s;e, Land, or Tenement of &s;uch party within fift&eacute;en Miles of the &s;aid River: Which &s;aid Determination, Sen|tence, and Decr&eacute;e &s;et down, declared and pronounced by the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, and the Price and Recompence by them limited, &s;hall bind all Parties therein concerned in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, Rever&s;ion or Remainder or otherwi&s;e, and as well Infants, <HI>Feme Coverts,</HI> as others, and their Heirs in F&eacute;e-Simple or in Tail, and their Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, and all claiming by, from or under him, her or them, or any of them; which Order, Sentence and Decr&eacute;e &s;hall be &s;et down in writing under the Hands and Seals of the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, within &s;ix w&eacute;eks after the fir&s;t Re&s;ort to them for that cau&s;e according to this Act, the &s;ame to be kept among the Records of the Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace for the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI> by the Clerk of the Peace for the time being of the &s;aid City; Tran&s;cripts whereof &s;hall be delivered to the &s;everal Clerks of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties of <HI>VVilts</HI> and <HI>Southampton,</HI> to be by them kept upon Record among&s;t the Records of the Se&s;&s;ions of the &s;aid re&s;pective Counties; All which &s;hall be taken, adjudged, and d&eacute;emed good and &s;ufficient Evidence, and proof in any Court of Record what&s;oever. And that upon payment of &s;uch &s;um or &s;ums &s;o or|dered or agr&eacute;ed upon (to the &s;aid per&s;ons concerned, or tender thereof made) at his or their Dwel|ling-hou&s;e, or the hou&s;e of his or their Tenant of &s;ome Tenement, hou&s;e or Land of theirs within fift&eacute;en miles of the &s;aid River; and if they have no &s;uch Dwelling-hou&s;e, Land or Tenement, or if upon &s;uch tender at their &s;aid Dwelling-hou&s;e, or the Hou&s;e, Land or Tenement of &s;uch Tenant as afore&s;aid, they refu&s;e, or are not ready to receive the &s;ame; That upon payment of the &s;aid &s;um to the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> in the Council-Chamber of the &s;aid City, for the u&s;e of &s;uch per&s;ons, It &s;hall then, and not before be lawful to and for the &s;aid Vn|dertakers, and their Work-men and Servants, to dig and make, or cau&s;e to be digged and made the &s;aid Haven, Channels, Wharfs, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks and Pa&s;&s;ages, or do any &s;uch other Act for which any &s;uch Agr&eacute;ement or Order &s;hall be made as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That when any of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall happen to dye,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Com|mi&s;&s;ioners dy|ing or renoun|cing, may be &s;upplyd.</NOTE> or become unfit for, or renounce the Service; That then and &s;o often it &s;hall be lawful to and for the &s;aid Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of <HI>England</HI> for the time being, from time to time to &s;upply, appoint and authorize One, or &s;o many Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Counties of <HI>VVilts, Southampton</HI> or <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> of the Nobility, or Knights and principal Gentlemen of the &s;aid Countries, dwelling or having E&s;tates within fifteen miles of the &s;aid River, as &s;hall make and fill up the before mentioned number of Commi&s;&s;ioners: which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners
<PB N="272" REF="148">
&s;o &s;upplyed, appointed, and authorized as afore&s;aid, not exc&eacute;eding the number before mentioned, nor being under the number of One and thirty, or any &s;even or more of them, &s;hall from thence|forth have like Power and Authority in all things, as tho&s;e Commi&s;&s;ioners which are expre&s;ly named in this Act; And that the Commi&s;&s;ioners, and &s;uch as from time to time for the future &s;hall be &s;upplyed as afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them have like Power and Authority to Survey the &s;aid Haven and River, and all Wharfs, Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears, Turnpikes, Penns for water, and all Ditches, Sewers, and Streams running into the &s;aid River; and the Mills, Mill-damms, Floodgates, Walls, Banks and Bridges now made, or hereafter to be made and built upon the &s;ame, and all Impediments, Decays, Lo&s;s and Annoyances in the &s;ame, and make like Proce&s;s to inquire thereof, and to &s;et &s;uch Fines, Penalties, and to make &s;uch Orders and De|cr&eacute;es for altering, amending or removing the &s;ame, as any Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers by any Law, Statute, or Commi&s;&s;ion of Sewers are enabled to do in other Rivers and Places, Any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Vndertakers authorized as afore&s;aid for the making the &s;aid Haven and Pa&s;&s;ages, from time to time &s;hall have full pow|er and authority by and with the con&s;ent of the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any &s;even or more of them, to make Orders and Con&s;titutions for the good and orderly u&s;age of the &s;aid Haven and Pa&s;&s;ages; and for all Wharfs,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The power to make orders and con&s;tituti|ons.</NOTE> Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears and Turn-pikes, and for all Ships and Ve&s;&s;els, Barges, Lighters, Boats, Boat-men, Pa&s;&s;engers, Carriages and Rates for Carriages, by or through the &s;aid Haven or Pa&s;&s;ages, and all things concerning the &s;ame; and to &s;et, lay and execute &s;uch rea&s;onable Pains and Puni&s;hments upon the Breakers thereof,<NOTE PLACE="marg">To impo&s;e pe|nalties upon the breakers.</NOTE> as to them in di&s;cre|tion &s;hall &s;&eacute;em m&eacute;et and rea&s;onable: which &s;aid Orders and Con&s;titutions being put in Wri|ting under the Hands and Seals of the &s;aid Vndertakers, and being allowed by the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners, or any Seven or more of them, under their &s;everal Hands and Seals, and by the Iu&s;ti|ces of A&s;&s;ize of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties of <HI>VVilts</HI> and <HI>Southampton,</HI> which &s;hall be at the time of the Signing, Sealing, and Publi&s;hing of the &s;aid Orders as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be binding to all per&s;ons what&s;oever, any Law or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding. The &s;aid Orders and Con&s;titutions to be kept among&s;t the Records of the Se&s;sions of the Peace for the City of <HI>New-Sarum</HI> by the Clerk of the Peace for the time being of the &s;aid City, Tran&s;cripts whereof &s;hall be delivered to the &s;everal Clerks of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties of <HI>Wilts</HI> and <HI>Southampton,</HI> to be by them kept upon Record among&s;t the Records of the Se&s;sions of the &s;aid re&s;pective Coun|ties. All which &s;hall be taken, adjudged and d&eacute;emed good and &s;ufficient Evidence and proof in any Court of Record what&s;oever. Neverthele&s;s the Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize for the Counties of <HI>Wilts</HI> and <HI>Southampton,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons grie|ved may ap|peal to the Iu|&s;tices of A&s;&s;i&s;e.</NOTE> upon complaint to them made by any per&s;ons grieved with the &s;aid Taxa|tions, A&s;&s;e&s;sments, Charges, Orders, Con&s;titutions, Pains and Penalties, or any of them, &s;hall and may abridge, moderate, alter or reform the &s;ame as they &s;hall find ju&s;t cau&s;e; &s;uch Orders to be under the Hands and Seals of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, and to be kept among the Re|cords of the Se&s;sions as afore&s;aid. And the re&s;pective Commi&s;sioners and Iudges of A&s;&s;ize as afore&s;aid, are from time to time to take &s;pecial care in the manner of the laying and a&s;&s;e&s;sing of the &s;aid Rates, and ordering and di&s;po&s;ing of the &s;aid Haven, Pa&s;&s;ages and Wharf, that all op|portunity for the Vndertakers, or any other to engro&s;s the Commodities of the &s;aid Countrey, or impo&s;e upon the Markets, may be prevented.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Vnderta|kers to have the Taxes up|on Carts, Carriages, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Vndertakers authorized as afore|&s;aid for the making the &s;aid Haven and Pa&s;&s;ages re&s;pectively, and their &s;everal and re&s;pective Heirs and A&s;&s;igns for ever, having fir&s;t given &s;atisfaction as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have, hold, peaceably and quietly receive, demand, take and enjoy all and every the &s;aid Rates, Profits and Advantages what&s;oever which &s;hall or may from time to time, and at all times hereafter be made, ari&s;e, grow or become due or payable for the Carriages of Wood, Coals, Corn, Salt, or any other Merchan|di&s;es, Commodities, or Carriages what&s;oever, by any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, Barge, Boat, Lighter, or otherwi&s;e, up or down the &s;aid Haven, River, new Channels, or the &s;aid Sa&s;&s;es, Locks, Wears, Turn-pikes, Penns for water, Cranes, Wharfs, or any of them; and al&s;o &s;hall have and receive as afore&s;aid all Penalties impo&s;ed by the &s;aid Orders as afore&s;aid, and in ca&s;e of Re|fu&s;al or Denial of Payment,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalties, and how to recover the &s;ame.</NOTE> &s;hall and may &s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt in any Court of Record; in which Action, no Wager of Law, E&s;&s;oign or Protection &s;hall be allowed; or may di&s;train or make &s;toppage of the &s;aid Goods or Ve&s;&s;els till they &s;hall be &s;atisfied for the &s;ame; And that all Fines and Amerciaments which &s;hall be impo&s;ed as afore&s;aid, for any Annoyances and Of|fences which &s;hall be at any time hereafter committed to the hurt or prejudice of the &s;aid River, or any thing thereunto appertaining, &s;hall be to the only u&s;e, benefit and behoof of the &s;aid re&s;pective Vndertakers, their &s;everal and re&s;pective Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns for ever. And for that the Barges, Boats, Lighters or other Ve&s;&s;els mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity in &s;ome places, and at &s;ome times, be haled up by &s;trength of Men, Hor&s;es, Winches, Engines, or other means in that behalf convenient;</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Drawing and haling of Bar|ges, &amp;c. upon the Banks.</NOTE>Be it therefore Enacted by Authority of this pre&s;ent Act, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for Watermen, Boatmen, Bargemen, and other helpers of them, in convenient places, to have and u&s;e Winches, Ropes, and other Engines, and with the &s;ame, by &s;trength of Men, Hor&s;es or other Bea&s;ts, or any of them, going upon the Land or Banks near the &s;aid River or pa&s;&s;ages in convenient manner, without the hindrance, trouble or impeachment of any per&s;on or per&s;ons, to Draw or Hale up the Barges, Boats, Lighters or other Ve&s;&s;els.</P>
<P><PB N="273" REF="148">Provided always, That neither the &s;aid Vndertakers, nor Commi&s;&s;ioners do make, or cau&s;e to be made any landing Place, Wharf or Key within the City of <HI>New-Sarum,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">New-Sarum.</NOTE> or the bounds or liberties thereof, or within one mile of the &s;ame, from <HI>Harnam-Bridge</HI> down the &s;tream towards <HI>Chri&s;t-Church,</HI> without the con&s;ent of the Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Sarum,</HI> the Mayor and Recorder of the &s;aid City for the time being, and the thr&eacute;e antiente&s;t Aldermen of the &s;aid City, or thr&eacute;e of them, fir&s;t had and obtained.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Haven, River, Channels,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The River, Havens, &amp;c. to be under the Survey of the Vndertakers and Commi&s;|&s;ioners.</NOTE> Trenches, and all Wears, Wharfs, Sa&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">es, Locks, Turnpikes, Penns for water, and all other things what&s;oever made and erected in order to making the &s;aid Haven, and making Navigable the &s;aid River and Channel as afore&s;aid, &s;hall from henceforth be in the &s;ole Rule, Order and Survey of the &s;aid Vndertakers and Commi&s;&s;ioners as afore&s;aid, and not under the Survey or Order of any Commi&s;&s;ioners of Sewers, nor &s;ubject to a Commi&s;&s;ion of Sewers, or any Laws or Statutes made for Sewers; Any Law or Statute to the contrary hereof in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Action, Bill,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for acting up|on this Act, may plead the general I&s;&s;ue.</NOTE> Plaint or Suit be brought in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or el&s;ewhere again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons, for or concerning any matter or thing, by him, them, or any of them, done, advi&s;ed, or commanded to be done by vertue of this Act, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for every &s;uch per|&s;on and per&s;ons, and for all that act in their aid and a&s;&s;i&s;tance, or by their commandment to plead the General I&s;&s;ue that he or they are not Guilty: And to give this Act, or any clau&s;e, matter or thing herein contained in Evidence to the Iury that &s;hall try the &s;ame, for their ju&s;ti|fication, without &s;pecial Pleading of the &s;ame, and &s;hall thereupon take advantage of this Act as fully to all intents and purpo&s;es, as if the &s;ame had been by them fully and well pleaded.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That <HI>Philip</HI> Earl of <HI>Pembroke</HI> and <HI>Montgomery</HI> &s;hall and may have power, authority, and liberty (if he &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, and find it to be nece&s;&s;ary and convenient to the publick good) to enlarge and make Navigable the River of <HI>VViley</HI> from <HI>Harnam</HI>-Bridge afore&s;aid, &s;o far as <HI>VVilton</HI> in the County of <HI>VVilts,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Wiley River.</NOTE> and in order thereunto to put in execution the &s;everal Powers of this Act in relation to the &s;aid River of <HI>VViley,</HI> in the &s;ame and as ample manner as the &s;aid River of <HI>Avon</HI> may be made Navigable by this Act, and under the &s;ame Provi&s;oes, Re&s;trictions and Limitations.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno XVII. Caroli II: Regis.</HEAD>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds granted to the Kings Maje&s;ty, for his pre&s;ent further Supply.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, having ob&s;erved the Ways and Means by which Your Maje&s;ty hath b&eacute;en enforced to Engage Your &s;elf in a War again&s;t the States of the <HI>United Provinces,</HI> for the nece&s;&s;ary De|fence of Your own Crown and Dignity, and the Safety and welfare of Your People; Do with all humble Thankfulne&s;s acknowledge Your Maje&s;ties Care and Conduct in this Great Affair; which, as it hath b&eacute;en already attended with very con&s;iderable Succe&s;s, &s;o we &s;hall daily pray, that all Your Maje&s;ties Enterpri&s;es may &s;till be crowned with Honour and Victory: And al|though the continuing In&s;olence of Your Maje&s;ties Enemies, and the doubtful Amity of &s;ome of Your Maje&s;ties Neighbours, have made it nece&s;&s;ary to provide for further and greater Expences, in a time when the general Contagion hath much interrupted our Trade and Commerce; Yet, that Your Maje&s;ty may &s;&eacute;e that we your Maje&s;ties Loyal Subjects, do more con&s;ider our Zeal and Duty to your Maje&s;ty, then any difficulties under which we labour, We have chearfully and unanimou&s;ly given and granted, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents do give and grant unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, the &s;um of Twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds, to be Rai&s;ed and Levied in manner following; And we do mo&s;t humbly be&s;&eacute;ech Your Maje&s;ty, That it may be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;um of Twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds &s;hall be Rai&s;ed, Levied,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1250000 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> granted to his Maje&s;ty.</NOTE> and paid unto your Maje&s;ty within the &s;pace of Two years, in manner following: That is to &s;ay, Whereas in and by a certain Act of Parliament lately pa&s;&s;ed, Entituled, <HI>An Act for granting a Royal Aid unto the Kings Maje&s;ty of Twenty four hundred three&s;core and &s;eventeen thou&s;and and five hundred pounds,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">16 &amp; 17 Car&punc; 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> <HI>to be Rai&s;ed, Levied and paid in the &s;pace of Three years;</HI> It was among&s;t other things Enacted, That the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds and nine &s;hil|lings by the month, for Thirty &s;ix months, beginning from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>Decem|ber,</HI> 1664. &s;hould be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Taxed, Collected, Levied and paid, by Twelve Quarterly payments, in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>VVales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the &s;everal Rates and Proportions, and in &s;uch manner as in the &s;aid Act is expre&s;&s;ed; One years payment whereof, that is to &s;ay, Four Quarterly Payments will be fully expired upon the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> in the year of our Lord, 1665. And Two years payment more will be then to come and unexpired.</P>
<P>It is now further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">52083 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> 6 <ABBR>s.</ABBR> 8 <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> per men&s;em&punc;</NOTE> That the &s;um of Fifty two thou&s;and four&s;core and thr&eacute;e pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence by the moneth, for Twenty four
<PB N="274" REF="149">
moneths, beginning from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five, &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Taxed, Collected, Levied and paid by Eight Quarterly payments, in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>VVales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> over and above the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds and nine &s;hillings by the moneth, which is to remain and continue payable during the &s;aid Twenty four moneths, by vertue of the &s;aid former Act, and as an Addi|tion to, and increa&s;e of the &s;aid Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ement, according to the&s;e further Rates, Rules, and Proportions, in &s;uch manner as herein after is expre&s;&s;ed; That is to &s;ay, for every of the &s;aid Twenty four moneths:</P>
<P>FOr the County of <HI>Bedford,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred &s;eventy eight pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Berks,</HI> Eight hundred fifty &s;ix pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence thr&eacute;e far|things.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Bucks,</HI> Nine hundred ninety five pounds &s;even &s;hillings ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> the &s;um of Seven hundred &s;eventy one pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings one peny farthing.</P>
<P>The I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> Two hundred &s;ixty four pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred and &s;ix pounds &s;even &s;hillings &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and one hundred &s;ixty &s;ix pounds two &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred twenty &s;even pounds &s;even &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Derby,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred fifty two pounds twelve &s;hillings eleven pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Devon,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and four hundred forty four pounds &s;ix &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Exon,</HI> the &s;um of Eighty eight pounds one &s;hilling two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and and &s;event&eacute;en pounds nine &s;hillings nine pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The Town and County of <HI>Pool,</HI> the &s;um of Eight pounds &s;ix &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Durham,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred forty five pounds one &s;hilling five pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>York,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>York,</HI> and Town and County of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and &s;ix hundred twenty five pounds eight &s;hillings &s;even pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and thr&eacute;e thundred forty four pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hil|lings one penny thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred &s;ixty eight pounds twelve &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Twenty nine pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hil|lings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hereford,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred fifty &s;ix pounds eight &s;hillings one peny thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and and eight&eacute;en pounds nine &s;hillings five pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> the &s;um of Four hundred &s;eventy nine pounds eleven &s;hillings four pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Kent,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and five hundred and &s;event&eacute;en pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Seven hundred &s;ixty one pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Leice&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred and twenty pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings &s;ix pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred forty eight pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City of <HI>London,</HI> with the Liberty of St. <HI>Martins Le Grand,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and eight hundred fifty thr&eacute;e pounds two &s;hillings ten pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> with the City and Liberty of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred ninety five pounds ten &s;hillings ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred ninety five pounds two &s;hillings nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and and &s;eventy pounds one peny farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> with the Town and County of the Town of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred and &s;ixty pounds ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P><PB N="275" REF="149">The County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and five hundred and fifty pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hil|lings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred thirty &s;ix pounds four &s;hillings four pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> with the Town of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred eighty two pounds two &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Oxon,</HI> the &s;um of Eight hundred fifty nine pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence far|thing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Rutland,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred eighty one pounds ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Salop,</HI> the &s;um of Nine hundred and ten pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Stafford,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred forty five pounds four &s;hillings thr&eacute;e half-pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Lichfield,</HI> the &s;um of Nine pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and ninety &s;even pounds eight &s;hillings two pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and fifty pounds eigh|t&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> with the Town and County of <HI>Southampton</HI> and I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty &s;ix pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and eleven pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and four hundred ninety &s;ix pounds four &s;hillings &s;even pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Surrey,</HI> with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and two hun|dred and eight pounds eleven &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred &s;eventy eight pounds &s;even &s;hillings four pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Warwick,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Coventry,</HI> the &s;um of Nine hundred and two pounds &s;even &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Seven hundred ninety &s;even pounds eleven &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Forty one pounds ninet&eacute;en &s;hillings &s;ix pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and four hundred eighty eight pounds nine &s;hil|lings &s;ix pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> the &s;um of Eighty &s;even pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The I&s;le of <HI>Angle&s;ey,</HI> the &s;um of Ninety five pounds two &s;hillings two pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Brecknock,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred thirt&eacute;en pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cardigan,</HI> the &s;um of Eighty pounds one &s;hilling two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carmarthen,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and &s;ix pounds thr&eacute;e &s;hillings five pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred and ten pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings ten pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred &s;ixty nine pounds thr&eacute;e &s;hillings thr&eacute;e half-pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Flint,</HI> the &s;um of Eighty nine pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings eleven pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred eighty &s;ix pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Merioneth,</HI> the &s;um of Seventy &s;ix pound five &s;hillings eight pence thr&eacute;e far|things.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Mountgomery,</HI> Two hundred and nine pounds &s;ix &s;hillings &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Pembroke,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred forty &s;even pounds one &s;hilling &s;even pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Radnor,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred thirty one pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings &s;ix pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The Town of <HI>Haverford-We&s;t,</HI> the &s;um of Eleven pound nine &s;hillings &s;even pence.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;ion|ers named in the former Act &s;hall have the &s;ame power for executing this Act.</NOTE> That all and every the per&s;ons who are nominated in and by the &s;aid former Act to be Commi&s;&s;ioners of and for the &s;everal and re|&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and Places therein mentioned, &s;hall likewi&s;e be, and &s;o are hereby appointed to be Commi&s;&s;ioners for execution of this pre&s;ent Act within the &s;aid &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places for which they were nomi|nated in the afore&s;aid Act, and &s;hall have and execute the like Powers and Authorities, Rules and
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Directions, touching the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving and Paying the &s;aid Fifty two thou&s;and four&s;core and thr&eacute;e pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence by the Moneth, du|ring the &s;aid Twenty four moneths, as in and by the afore&s;aid Act were given to the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, touching the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving and Paying the &s;aid Thr&eacute;e&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds and nine &s;hillings by the Moneth, payable as afore&s;aid: And all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall be liable unto, or any ways concerned or imployed in the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving or Paying any of the moneys by this Act impo&s;ed, &s;hall have like Benefits, Advantages and Di&s;charges, and &s;hall be &s;ubject to like Penalties and Forfeitures, in ca&s;e of any neglect, or refu&s;al to pay their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, or to perform their re&s;pective Duties, as any other per&s;on or per&s;ons liable unto, or concerned or imployed in the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving or Paying any of the mo|neys by the &s;aid former Act impo&s;ed, or to have, or be &s;ubject unto, as fully and amply as if the &s;ame Clau&s;es, Matters and Things had b&eacute;en in this Act particularly repeated and Enacted; To the end that the Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments, which will remain due and payable by vertue of the &s;aid former Act, and the monethly Additions thereunto made by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, may be duly an|&s;wered and paid in as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The fir&s;t mee|ting 8. <HI>Jan.</HI></NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall meet together at the mo&s;t u&s;ual and common place of meeting, as in the &s;aid Act is directed, on, or before the Tenth day of <HI>January</HI> next, to put this Act and the &s;aid former Act in execution, according to the be&s;t of their Iudg|ments and Di&s;cretions; and &s;hall then, if they &s;ee cau&s;e, &s;ubdivide them&s;elves, as by the &s;aid Act is further directed concerning the &s;aid former A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment: And further, That they meet at lea&s;t three Weeks before each Quarterly Payment of the &s;aid &s;everal A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid; And that the &s;aid Eight Quarterly Payments of Fifty two thou&s;and four&s;core and three pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence by the Moneth, amounting in each Quarter to the &s;um of One hundred fifty &s;ix thou&s;and two hundred and fifty pounds, &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Collected, Levied and paid to the Receivers of the &s;everal Counties appointed, or that &s;hall be appointed by His Ma|je&s;ty, and by them an&s;wered and paid into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer, on the days and times men|tioned and expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid Act for payment of the &s;aid fir&s;t A&s;&s;e&s;sment.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Moneys lent to his Maje&s;ty or Wares, how to be &s;ecured. 18 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</NOTE>And to the intent that all money to be lent to Your Maje&s;ty, and moneys that &s;hall be due upon &s;uch Contracts for Wares and Goods which &s;hall be delivered for this &s;ervice, may be well and &s;ufficiently &s;ecured out of the moneys ari&s;ing and payable by this Act; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there be provided and kept in His Maje&s;ties Exchequer (to wit) in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt, one Book or Regi&s;ter, in which Book or Regi&s;ter, all moneys that &s;hall be paid into the Exchequer by this Act, &s;hall be entred and regi&s;tred apart and di&s;tinct from the moneys paid or payable to Your Maje&s;ty on the before mentioned Act, and from all other moneys or Branches of Your Maje&s;ties Revenue what&s;oever; And that al&s;o there be one other Book or Regi&s;try provided or kept in the &s;aid Office, of all Orders and Warrants to be made by the Lord Trea&s;urer, and Vnder-Trea&s;urer, or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;u|ry for the time being, for payment of all and every Sum and Sums of money to all per&s;ons for Moneys lent, Wares or Goods bought, or other payments directed by His Maje&s;ty relating to the &s;ervice of His War; And that no moneys leviable by this Act be i&s;&s;ued out of the Exchequer du|ring this War, but by &s;uch Order or Warrant, mentioning that the Moneys payable by &s;uch Or|der or Warrant, are for the &s;ervice of Your Maje&s;ty in the &s;aid War re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>That al&s;o there be the like Book or Regi&s;ter provided and kept by the &s;aid Auditor of all mo|neys paid out, or i&s;&s;ued by vertue of &s;uch Orders and Warrants.</P>
<P>That it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, willing to lend any money, or to furni&s;h any Wares, Victuals, Nece&s;&s;aries or Goods on the Credit of this Act, at the u&s;ual times when the Exchequer is open, to have acce&s;s unto and view, and peru&s;e all, or any of the &s;aid Books for their Information of the &s;tate of tho&s;e moneys, and all Ingagements upon them, for their better En|couragement to lend any moneys, or furni&s;h any Goods or Wares as afore&s;aid; And that the re|&s;pective Officers and their Deputies, and Clerks in who&s;e cu&s;tody &s;uch Books be, or &s;hall be, &s;hall be a&s;&s;i&s;tant to &s;uch per&s;ons for their better and &s;peedier &s;atisfaction in that behalf; That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall lend any moneys to Your Maje&s;ty, and pay the &s;ame into the Receipt of the Exchequer, &s;hall immediately have a Tally of Loan &s;truck for the &s;ame, and an Or|der for his repayment, bearing the &s;ame Date with his Tally, in which Order &s;hall be al&s;o a War|rant contained for payment of Intere&s;t for forbearance, after the Rate of &s;ix <HI>per Cent. per annum,</HI> for his con&s;ideration, to be paid every &s;ix moneths until the repayment of his Principal; And that all per&s;on and per&s;ons, who &s;hall furni&s;h Your Maje&s;ty, Your Officers of the Navy or Ordnance with any Wares, Goods, Victuals, or other Nece&s;&s;aries for the &s;ervice afore&s;aid, &s;hall upon Certi|ficate of the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Navy, or of the Ma&s;ter or Commi&s;&s;ioners and Offi|cers of the Ordnance, or &s;ome of them, without delay forthwith have made out to them, War|rants or Orders for the payment of the moneys due or payable unto them; which Certificates the &s;aid Officers of Your Navy, Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Ordnance &s;hall make with|out F&eacute;e, Charge or Delay; And that all Orders for repayment of money lent, &s;hall be regi&s;tred in cour&s;e, according to the Date of the Tallies re&s;pectively; And that all Orders &s;igned by the Lord Trea&s;urer and Vnder-Trea&s;urer of the Exchequer, for payment of money for Goods, Wares, Victuals, and other nece&s;&s;aries furni&s;hed to Your Maje&s;ty, Your Officers, Ma&s;ter, or
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Commi&s;&s;ioners afore&s;aid, &s;hall be regi&s;tred in cour&s;e, according to the time of bringing to the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt, the Certificates above mentioned; And that all Orders &s;o &s;igned for payments directed by his Maje&s;ty, &s;hall be entred in cour&s;e according to their re&s;pec|tive Dates, and none of the &s;orts of Orders above mentioned either for Loans of Moneys, Sup|plies of Wares, Goods, Victuals, or Nece&s;&s;aries, or by &s;pecial direction, &s;hall have preference one before another, but &s;hall all be entred in their cour&s;e according to the Dates of the Tallies, the times of bringing the Certificates, and the Dates of the Orders for payments directed by his Maje&s;ty, as they are in point of time re&s;pectively before each other; And that all and every per|&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be paid in cour&s;e according as their Orders &s;hall &s;tand entred in the &s;aid Re|gi&s;ter-Book, be it Orders for payments directed by his Maje&s;ty, or for Moneys lent, or for Wares, Commodities, or other Nece&s;&s;aries furni&s;hed as afore&s;aid, &s;o as that per&s;on, his Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, who &s;hall have his Warrant or Order, Warrants or Orders fir&s;t en|tred in the &s;aid Book of Regi&s;try, &s;hall be taken and accounted as the fir&s;t per&s;on to be paid upon the moneys to come in by vertue of this Act; and he or they that &s;hall have his or their Warrants or Orders, Warrant or Order next entred, &s;hall be taken and accounted the &s;econd per&s;on to be paid, and &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;ively and in cour&s;e: And that the moneys to come in by this Act &s;hall be in the &s;ame order liable to the &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid re&s;pective parties, their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns &s;ucce&s;&s;ively without preference of one before another, and not otherwi&s;e: And that no F&eacute;e, Reward or Gratuity, directly or indirectly be demanded or taken of any of Your Maje&s;ties Subjects, for providing or making of &s;uch Books, Regi&s;ters, Entries, View, Search, Certificate, in, or for payment of money Lent, or the Intere&s;t thereof, or for payment of any money upon any Order, upon any Contract for Wares and Goods furni&s;hed to the V&s;e of Your Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance as afore&s;aid, by any of Your Maje&s;ties Officer or Officers, their Deputies or Clerks, on pain of payment of treble Damages to the party grieved, by the party offending, with co&s;ts of Suit; And if the Officer him&s;elf take or demand any &s;uch F&eacute;e or Reward, then to lo&s;e his place al&s;o. And if any undue preference of one before another &s;hall be made, either in point of Regi|&s;tring, contrary to the true meaning of this Act, by any &s;uch Officer or Officers, then the party offending &s;hall be liable by Action of Debt or on the Ca&s;e, to pay the value of the Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts to the party grieved; And &s;hall be forejudged from his Place or Office: And if &s;uch pre|ference be unduly made by any his Deputy or Clerk without Direction or Privity of his Ma&s;ter, then &s;uch Deputy or Clerk only &s;hall be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, And &s;hall for ever after be incapable of the &s;ame: And in ca&s;e the Auditor &s;hall not direct the Order, or the Clerk of the Pells Record, or the Teller make payment according to each per&s;ons due place and order as afore directed, then he or they &s;hall be judged to forfeit, and their re&s;pective Depu|ties and Clerks herein offending be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts in &s;uch man|ner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided always, And it is hereby Declared, That if it happen that &s;everal Tallies of Loan, or Certificates for Wares Delivered, or Orders for Payments from his Maje&s;ty as afore&s;aid, bear Date, or be brought the &s;ame day to the Auditor of the <HI>Exchequer</HI> to be Regi&s;tred; Then it &s;hall be interpreted no undue preference which of the&s;e he enters, &s;o he enter them all the &s;ame day.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall not be interpreted any undue preference to incur any penalty in point of payment, if the Auditor direct, and the Clerk of the Pells Record, and the Teller do pay &s;ub&s;equent Orders of per&s;ons that come to demand their money, and bring their Orders before other per&s;ons that did not come to demand their money, and bring their Order in their cour&s;e; &s;o as there be &s;o much money re&s;erved as will &s;atisfie their Orders, which &s;hall not be otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed, but kept for them, Intere&s;t upon Loan being to cea&s;e from the time the money is &s;o re|&s;erved and kept in Bank for them.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom any money &s;hall be due by vertue of this Act, after Warrant or Order entred for payment thereof, his Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, by Indor&s;ement of his Order or Warrant, may a&s;&s;ign and transfer his Intere&s;t and Benefit of &s;uch Warrant to any other; which being notified, and an Entry and Memorial thereof al&s;o made in the &s;aid Regi&s;try for Warrants, (which the Officers &s;hall on reque&s;t without F&eacute;es or charge accordingly make) &s;hall Intitle &s;uch A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e his Execu|tors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns to the Benefit thereof, and payment thereon; And &s;uch A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e may in like manner a&s;&s;ign again, and &s;o <HI>toties quoties;</HI> and afterwards, it &s;hall not be in the power of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who have made &s;uch A&s;&s;ignments, to make void, relea&s;e or di&s;|charge the &s;ame, or the moneys thereby due, or any part thereof.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e any per&s;on or per&s;ons be willing to advance the Tax they them&s;elves are to pay, or the Tax of any Tything, Hundred, Pari&s;h, Divi&s;ion, or County, for &s;ix moneths or more unto the Receiver-General of that Place, or County; The &s;aid Receiver-General is hereby authorized to receive the &s;ame, and to make deduction of &s;o much for Intere&s;t, after the Rate of &s;ix <HI>per Cen|tum per annum,</HI> as the Advance amounts unto, and the Receivers acquittance &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Di&s;charge for the &s;ame; which money &s;o advanced, &s;hall be accounted for, and paid into the Ex|chequer by it &s;elf Quarterly.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="278" REF="151">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Non-Conformi&s;ts re&s;trained from Inhabiting in Corporations.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers Par&s;ons, Vicars, Curates, Lecturers, and other per&s;ons in Holy Orders, have not declared their unfeigned a&s;&s;ent and con&s;ent to the u&s;e of all things contained and pre&s;cribed in the Book of Common Prayer, and Admini&s;tration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the u&s;e of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> or have not &s;ub&s;cribed the Declaration or acknowledgment contained in a certain Act of Parliament made in the Fourt&eacute;enth year of His Maje&s;ties Reign, and Intituled, <HI>An Act for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers and Admini&s;tration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies, and for the E&s;ta|bli&s;hing the Form of Making,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">4 Car. 2. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 word">. 4</NOTE> <HI>Ordaining and Con&s;ecrating of Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons in the Church of <HI>England,</HI></HI> according to the &s;aid Act, or any other &s;ub&s;equent Act. And whereas they or &s;ome of them, and divers other per&s;on and per&s;ons not Ordained according to the Form of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and as have &s;ince the Act of Oblivion taken upon them to Preach in unlaw|ful A&s;&s;emblies, Conventicles or M&eacute;etings, under colour or pretence of Exerci&s;e of Religion, con|trary to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, have &s;etled them&s;elves in divers Corporations in <HI>England,</HI> &s;ometimes Thr&eacute;e or more of them in a place, thereby taking an opportunity to di&s;till the poy&s;onous Principles of Schi&s;m and Rebellion into the hearts of His Maje&s;ties Subjects, to the great danger of the Church and Kingdom:</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons re|&s;trained from Inhabiting in Corpora|tions.</NOTE> and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid Par&s;ons, Vicars, Curates, Lecturers, and other per&s;ons in holy Orders, or pretended holy Orders, or pretending to holy Orders, and all Stipendaries, and other per&s;ons who have b&eacute;en po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical or Spiritual Pro|motion, and every of them, who have not declared their unfeigned a&s;&s;ent and con&s;ent as afore&s;aid, and &s;ub&s;cribed the Declaration afore&s;aid, and &s;hall not take and &s;ub&s;cribe the Oath following;
<Q><P><MILESTONE UNIT="The Oath."> I <HI>A. B.</HI> Do Swear, That it is not lawful upon any pretence what&s;oever, to take Arms again&s;t the King; and that I do abhor that Traiterous Po&s;ition of taking Arms by His Authority again&s;t His Per&s;on, or again&s;t tho&s;e that are Commi&s;&s;ionated by him, in pur&s;uance of &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ions; And that I will not at any time endeavour any Alteration of Government, either in Church or State.</P></Q></P>
<P>And all &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons as &s;hall take upon them to Preach in any unlawful A&s;&s;embly, Conventicle or M&eacute;eting, under colour or pretence of any Exerci&s;e of Religion, contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, &s;hall not at any time from and after the Four and twen|tieth day of <HI>March,</HI> which &s;hall be in this pre&s;ent year of our Lord God, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and five, unle&s;s onely in pa&s;&s;ing upon the Road, come or be within Five miles of any City or Town Corporate, or Burrough that &s;ends Burge&s;&s;es to the Parliament within His Maje&s;ties Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Principality of <HI>Wales,</HI> or of the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> or within Five miles of any Pari&s;h, Town or place, wherein he or they have &s;ince the Act of Ob|livion b&eacute;en Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, Stipendary or Lecturer, or taken upon them to Preach in any unlawful A&s;&s;embly, Conventicle or M&eacute;eting, under colour or pretence of any Exerci&s;e of Religion, contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, before he or they have taken and &s;ub&s;cribed the Oath afore&s;aid, before the Iu&s;tices of the Peace at their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions to be holden for the County, Riding, or Divi&s;ion next unto the &s;aid Corporation, City, or Burrough Pari&s;h, place or Town, in open Court, (which &s;aid Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tices are hereby Impowred there to Admini&s;ter) upon forfeiture for every &s;uch offence the &s;um of Fourty pounds of lawful <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> money;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> the one Third part thereof to His Maje&s;ty and his Succe&s;&s;ors; the other Third part to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h where the offence &s;hall be committed; and the other third part thereof to &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall or will &s;ue for the &s;ame by Action of Debt, Plaint, Bill, or Information in any Court of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or before any Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> or Gaol-Delivery, or before any Iu&s;tices of the Counties Palatine of <HI>Che&s;ter, Lanca&s;ter,</HI> or <HI>Durham,</HI> or the Iu&s;tices of the great Se&s;&s;ions in <HI>Wales,</HI> or before any Iu|&s;tices of Peace in their Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions, wherein no E&s;&s;oign, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall not be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;trained from coming to any City, Town Corporate, Bur|rough, Pari&s;h, Town or place, as afore&s;aid, or for any other per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;hall not fir&s;t take and &s;ub&s;cribe the &s;aid Oath, and as &s;hall not frequent Divine Service e&s;tabli&s;hed by the Laws of this Kingdom, and carry him or her &s;elf reverently, decently and orderly there, to Teach any publique or private-School, or take any Boarders or Tablers that are Taught or In&s;tructed by him or her &s;elf, or any other, upon pain for every &s;uch offence to forfeit the &s;um of Forty pounds, to be recovered and di&s;tributed as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That it &s;hall be lawful for any Two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the re&s;pective County, upon Oath to them of any offence
<PB N="379" REF="151">
again&s;t this Act, which Oath they are hereby Impowred to Admini&s;ter, to Commit the Offen|der for Six moneths without Bail or Mainpri&s;e, unle&s;s upon or before &s;uch Commitment, he &s;hall before the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Swear and Sub&s;cribe the afore&s;aid Oath and Decla|ration.</P>
<P>Provided always, That if any per&s;on intended to be Re&s;trained by vertue of this Act, &s;hall without fraud or covin be Served with any Writ, <HI>Subpoena,</HI> Warrant, or other Proce&s;s, whereby his per&s;onal appearance is required, his obedience to &s;uch Writ, <HI>Subpoena</HI> or Proce&s;s, &s;hall not be con&s;trued an offence again&s;t this Act.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Uniting Churches in Cities and Towns Corporate.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as the &s;etled Provi&s;ion for Mini&s;ters in mo&s;t Cities and Towns Corporate within this Realm, is not &s;ufficient for the Maintenance of able Mini&s;ters fit for &s;uch places, where|by Mean and Stipendary Preachers are entertained to &s;erve the Cures there; who wholly de|pending for their Maintenance upon the good will and liking of their Auditors, have b&eacute;en, and are hereby under temptation of too much complying, and &s;uiting their Doctrine and Teaching to the humour rather then good of their Auditors, which hath b&eacute;en a great occa&s;ion of Faction and Schi&s;m, and of the contempt of the Mini&s;try: The Lords and Commons in Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled, being deeply &s;en&s;ible of the ill con&s;equence thereof, and piou&s;ly de&s;iring able Mini&s;ters in &s;uch places, and a competent &s;etled Maintenance for them by the Vnion of Churches; which is al&s;o be|come nece&s;&s;ary, by rea&s;on of the great Ruine of many Churches and Pari&s;hes in the late ill times, and otherwi&s;e; Do therefore mo&s;t humbly be&s;&eacute;ech Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, That it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what Ci|ties and Towns and how Churches and Chappels may be united.</NOTE> by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That in every City or Town Corpo|rate and their Liberties within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> which have a Mayor and Aldermen, and particular Iu&s;tices of the Peace by Charter or Commi&s;&s;ion, or Bayliff or Bayliffs, or other Chief Officer or Officers, and other A&s;&s;i&s;tants by like Charter; and where two or more Churches or Chappels, or a Church &amp; a Chappel, &amp; the Pari&s;hes thereunto belonging do lie within the &s;aid Corporation, or Liberties thereof, convenient to be united: In &s;uch ca&s;es the Bi|&s;hop of the Dioce&s;e where &s;uch Pari&s;h and Pari&s;hes are, with the con&s;ent of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Iu&s;tices of the Peace, Bayliff or Bayliffs, or other Chief Officer or Officers, or the major part of them, and of the Patron or Patrons of &s;uch Church or Churches, Chappel or Chappels, &s;hall, or may according to due form of Law unite the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel, or any of them, and &s;hall appoint at which Church or Chappel, Churches or Chappels the &s;aid Pari&s;hioners and Inhabitants of the &s;aid Pari&s;hes or places to which the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel do belong, &s;hall u&s;ually m&eacute;et for the wor&s;hip of God, and which of the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church or Chappel &s;hall be united and annexed unto the other, which &s;hall be the Church Pre&s;entative, unto which all Pre&s;entations &s;hall thereafter be only made &amp;, unto which the Pari&s;hioners &s;hal re&s;ort as their proper Church. And after &s;uch Order made, the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel &s;hall accordingly for ever &s;tand united: And the Pari&s;hioners, Landholders, and Inhabitants of the &s;aid Pari&s;hes and places be|longing to &s;uch Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel &s;o united and annexed, &s;hall, as they, or any of them become void, and from thenceforward pay all &s;uch Tythes and other Duties as belong, or did belong to the Incumbent of any of the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel &s;o united and annexed, unto the Incumbent of the &s;aid Pre&s;entative Church or Chappel, unto which the &s;aid other Churches or Chappels, or Church or Chappel &s;hall be &s;o united and annexed.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pari&s;hes &s;hall remain di&s;|tinct notwith|&s;tanding &s;uch Vnion of Churches.</NOTE></P>
<P>And it is hereby al&s;o Enacted, That notwith&s;tanding any &s;uch Vnion to be made by vertue hereof, each of the Pari&s;hes &s;o united, &s;hall continue di&s;tinct, as to all Rates, Taxes, Parochial Rites, Charges and Duties, and all other Priviledges, Liberties and re&s;pects what&s;oever, other then what is herein before mentioned and &s;pecified; And Churchwardens &s;hall be elected and ap|pointed for each Pari&s;h, as they were before &s;uch union made.<NOTE PLACE="marg">How and when &s;uch Vniting &s;hall take effect.</NOTE></P>
<P>And it is further Enacted and Provided, That where one or more of the &s;aid Churches or Chappels, or Church and Chappel &s;o united and annexed &s;hall be full at the time of making &s;uch Vnion, That then the &s;aid Vnion &s;hall take effect for every &s;uch Church or Chappel,<NOTE PLACE="marg">And how &s;eve|rall Patrons &s;hall pre&s;ent.</NOTE> upon the fir&s;t Avoidance after &s;uch Vnion made: And that the &s;everal Patrons of the &s;aid Churches and Chap|pels &s;o Vnited, &s;hall and may pre&s;ent by turns to that Church onely which &s;hall remain and be pre&s;entative from time to time, in &s;uch order as the &s;aid Bi&s;hop with the con&s;ent of the &s;aid May|or, Aldermen, and Iu&s;tices of Peace, Bayliff or Bayliffs, or other chief Officer or Officers with|in &s;uch Pari&s;hes, or the major part of them, and of the Patron or Patrons of &s;uch Church or Churches, Chappel or Chappels, &s;hall determine and decr&eacute;e for the pre&s;ervation of their re&s;pective Rights therein, re&s;pect being therein had to the difference of the values of the yearly Maintenance belonging to &s;uch Churches or Chappels, or any of them; Saving unto the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, all the Tenths and Fir&s;t-Fruits of all &s;uch Churches and Chappels &s;o to be Vnited, according to the rates and valuations at which the &s;aid Churches and Chappels are Rated and Valued in the Office of Fir&s;t-Fruits and Tenths, in His Maje&s;ties Court of Exche|quer:
<PB N="380" REF="152">
And al&s;o re&s;erving all Procurations and Pen&s;ions to all per&s;ons to whom they are now, and have b&eacute;en formerly, or &s;hal be hereafter due and payable; Any thing herein contained notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How Vnions mu&s;t be regi&s;|tred.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Vnion of Pari&s;hes or places to be made by vertue of this Act, &s;hall commence or be effectual in Law, until it be Regi&s;tred in the Regi&s;ter Book of the Bi&s;hop of the Dioce&s;e, which the Regi&s;ter is hereby required to do.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Pari&s;hes ha|ving 10 l. maintenance may not be Vnited.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Vnion made by vertue hereof, &s;hall be good and effectual where the &s;etled Maintenance belonging to the Par&s;ons, Vicars and Incumbents of the Church or Chap|pel, or Churches or Chappels &s;o Vnited, &s;hall exc&eacute;ed the &s;um of One hundred pounds <HI>per annum</HI> cl&eacute;er, and above all Charges and Repri&s;es; unle&s;s the re&s;pective Pari&s;hioners, or the major part of them, under their hands de&s;ire otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Incumbents o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ch Vnited P<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;hes mu&s;t be graduates of the Vniver|&s;ity.</NOTE>Provided always, And be it Enacted, That every Mini&s;ter &s;etled as afore&s;aid, the Incum|bent of any Church or Chappel, or Churches or Chappels united according to this Act, &s;hall be the full and lawful Incumbent thereof to all intents and purpo&s;es, &s;o as &s;uch Mini&s;ter be a Gra|duate in one of the Vniver&s;ities of this Kingdom.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Owners of Impropria|tions may be|&s;tow and an|nex m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">inte|nance to the Churches where they lie.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every Owner or Proprietor, Ow|ners or Proprietors of any Impropriation, Tythes, or Portion of Tythes, in any Pari&s;h or Chap|pelry within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> is, are, and &s;hall be by vertue of this Act, inabled and impowred to give or be&s;tow, unite and annex the &s;ame, or any part thereof, unto the Par&s;onage or Vicarage of the &s;aid Pari&s;h Church or Chappel where the &s;ame do lie, or ari&s;e, or &s;ettle the &s;ame in Tru&s;t for the benefit of the &s;aid Par&s;onage or Vicarage, or of the Curate and Curates there &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, where the Par&s;onage is Impropriate, and no Vicar indow|ed according to his or their re&s;pective E&s;tates,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Without li|cen&s;e of Mort|main.</NOTE> without any Licen&s;e of Mortmain; Any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Par&s;ons and Vicars not having &s;etled means of 100 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> <HI>per annum,</HI> may purcha&s;e and annex lands or rents. without licen&s;e in Mortmain.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That if the &s;etled Maintenance of &s;uch Par&s;onage, Vicarages, Churches and Chappels &s;o united, or of any other Par&s;onage or Vicarage with Cure in the King|dom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall not amount to the full &s;um of One hundred pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> cl&eacute;er and above all charges and repri&s;es, That then it &s;hall be lawful for the Par&s;on, Vicar, and Incumbent of the &s;ame, and his &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, to take, receive, and purcha&s;e to him and his &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Tythes, or other Hereditaments, without any Licen&s;e of Mortmain; Any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Former Act for Regulating the Pre&s;s Continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>BE it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That an Act made in the Fourt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord the King that now is,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 23.</NOTE> Entituled, <HI>An Act for preventing Abu&s;es in Printing Seditious, Trea&s;onable, and Unlicen|&s;ed Books and Pamphlets, and for Regulating of Printing, and Printing Pre&s;&s;es,</HI> &s;hall be continued with the Alterations and Additions made in and by this Act, and &s;hall remain in force until the end of the <HI>Fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That from and after the Six and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Three printed Copies of every Book in <HI>Lon|don</HI> how to be di&s;po&s;ed.</NOTE> Every Printer within the City of <HI>London,</HI> or in any other place, except the Two Vniver&s;ities, &s;hall re&s;erve Thr&eacute;e Printed Copies of the be&s;t and large&s;t Paper, of every Book new Printed, or reprinted by him with Additions; and &s;hall before any publick Vending of the &s;aid Book, bring them to the Ma&s;ter of the Company of Stationers, and deliver them to him; One whereof &s;hall by the &s;aid Ma&s;ter of the &s;aid Company of Stationers, within Ten days after he hath &s;o received the &s;ame, be delivered to the K&eacute;eper of His Maje&s;ties Library, and the other two, within the &s;aid ten days, to be &s;ent to the Vice-Chancellour of the two Vni|ver&s;ities re&s;pectively, for the u&s;e of the publick Libraries of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Books prin|ted in the Vniver&s;ities</NOTE>And it is further Enacted, That the Printers in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, and every of them re&s;|pectively from and after the &s;aid Six and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> &s;hall deliver one &s;uch Printed Copy as afore&s;aid, of every Book &s;o new Printed, or reprinted in the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities, or in either of them, to the K&eacute;eper of His Maje&s;ties Library as afore&s;aid; as al&s;o to the Vice-Chancellour of either of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities for the time being, two other &s;uch Printed Copies, for the u&s;e of the publick Libraries of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities re&s;pectively. And if any of the prin|ters afore&s;aid, or the &s;aid Ma&s;ter of the Company of Stationers &s;hall not ob&s;erve the direction of this Act therein, That then he and they &s;o making default, in not delivering the &s;aid printed Copies as afore&s;aid, &s;hall &s;everally forfeit, be&s;ides the value of the &s;aid printed Copies, the &s;um of Five pounds for every Copy not &s;o delivered; as al&s;o the value of the &s;aid printed Copies not &s;o delivered: The &s;ame to be recovered by His Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and by the Chancellour, Ma&s;ters and Scholars of either of the &s;aid Vniver&s;ities re&s;pectively, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oyn, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="281" REF="152">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P><HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scot</HI> attainted of High Trea&s;on, if they render not them&s;elves by a Day.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>IN all humble manner &s;hew unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Duti|ful and Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, That whereas it is notoriou&s;ly known that <HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild <HI>alias</HI> Stepner,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scot</HI> Son of <HI>Thomas Scot</HI> lately Executed as a Mo&s;t execrable Traitor, &amp; one of the horrid &amp; bloudy murderers of His late Royal Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t of ever ble&s;&s;ed memory, contrary to the duty of their Allegiance, have mo&s;t traiterou&s;ly and wickedly adhered, and &s;till do adhere to Your Maje&s;ties Enemies beyond the Seas, where they as yet remain and com|mit divers Trea&s;onable acts, without any &s;en&s;e of loyalty to Your Maje&s;ty, or of natural affec|tion to their native Country:</P>
<P>May it therefore plea&s;e Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, That it may be Enacted, And be it Enac|ted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the con&s;ent and advice of the Lords Spi|ritual and Temporal and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That if the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild <HI>alias</HI> Stepner,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scot,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Thomas Dol|man, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild, Tho|mas Scot.</NOTE> &s;hall not return into the Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and render them&s;elves to &s;ome or one of His Maje&s;ties Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the County wherein he or they &s;hall fir&s;t arrive, at, or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next en|&s;uing, and al&s;o abide their Legal Trial for &s;uch their Trea&s;ons; Then every of them the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfeild <HI>alias</HI> Stepner,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scot,</HI> not rendering him&s;elf as afore|&s;aid, or not abiding his Trial afore&s;aid, &s;hall from and after the &s;aid Fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> &s;tand and be adjudged attainted of High Trea&s;on, to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever, and &s;hall &s;uf|fer and forfeit as a per&s;on attaint of High Trea&s;on by the Laws of the Land ought to &s;uffer and forfeit.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons be|yond Sea, by Proclamation are required to return into <HI>England.</HI></NOTE> That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who now are, or hereafter &s;hall be beyond the Seas, and whom His Maje&s;ty by any of His Roy|al Proclamations to be i&s;&s;ued under the Great Seal of <HI>England,</HI> during the continuance of this War with the States of the <HI>United Provinces,</HI> &s;hall name and require to return into <HI>England,</HI> and render them&s;elves by a certain day therein to be mentioned, to &s;ome or one of His Maje&s;ties Iu&s;|tices of the Peace for the County wherein he or they &s;hall fir&s;t arrive, and &s;hall not return and render them&s;elves accordingly, and abide their legal Trial, &s;hall from and after the day to them to be prefixed by &s;uch Proclamation, &s;tand and be attainted of High Trea&s;on to all intents and pur|po&s;es, and &s;hall &s;uffer &s;uch pains and penalties, and undergo all &s;uch forfeitures as per&s;ons attain|ted of High Trea&s;on ought to do.<NOTE PLACE="marg">The time by &s;uch Procla|mation Three moneths at lea&s;t.</NOTE></P>
<P>Provided, That the time to be prefixed by &s;uch Proclamation for the per&s;ons therein to be named to render them&s;elves, be not le&s;s then the time and term of Thr&eacute;e Calendar moneths, from and after the Date of &s;uch Proclamation.</P>
<P>And be it further Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons Ser|ving the Sta|tes of the Vni|ted Provinces during the War.</NOTE> That all and every His Maje&s;ties Subjects, who from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> next en&s;uing, &s;hall at any time during the continuance of the &s;aid War, &s;erve the States of the <HI>United Provinces,</HI> either by Land or Sea, as a Souldier or Seaman on this &s;ide the <HI>Straights;</HI> Or from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix, within the <HI>Straights;</HI> Or from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> in the &s;aid year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix, in <HI>Afri|ca</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> or any where beyond the <HI>Straights,</HI> on this &s;ide the <HI>Equinoctial;</HI> Or from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> in the &s;aid year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix, in the <HI>Ea&s;t-Indies,</HI> or any part beyond the <HI>Equinoctial,</HI> &s;hall be and are hereby Attainted of High Trea&s;on, and &s;hall &s;uffer and forfeit to all intents and purpo&s;es, as per&s;ons Attainted of High Trea&s;on ought to do.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Damage Cleere taken away.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the moneys which are taken by Prothonotaries of Your Maje&s;ties Courts of <HI>Kings Bench</HI> and <HI>Common Pleas,</HI> and by the Clerk of Your Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Exchequer</HI> at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> and the Prothonotary of Your Maje&s;ties Court of <HI>Common Pleas</HI> at <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> and the Pro|thonotaries and Clerks of other Your Maje&s;ties Courts within the Realm of <HI>England,</HI> and Do|minion of <HI>Wales,</HI> in the name of <HI>Damna Clericorum,</HI> or Damage Cl&eacute;ere,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Damna Cleri|corum.</NOTE> are an unnece&s;&s;ary charge and burden to all Your Maje&s;ties Subjects, who have good cau&s;e, and are put to Sue for Dama|ges in Actions where Damages are recoverable.</P>
<P>For avoiding of which inconveniencies for the future, and that Your Maje&s;ties Subjects may have an ea&s;ier means for the recovery of their damages, and ju&s;t rights, which are unju&s;tly de|tained from them: May it plea&s;e Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted; And the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty being willing upon all occa&s;ions to ea&s;e His Subjects of all unne|ce&s;&s;ary charges and burdens, is graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed, That it be Enacted, And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Shall deter|mine and not be taken after the 29 day or <HI>September</HI> 1672.</NOTE> with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That immediately from and after the Twenty ninth day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year
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of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy two, no Damage Cl&eacute;ere &s;hall by any Title or Precept what&s;oever, be due, payable, taken or received from any per&s;on or per&s;ons in any Action what&s;oever, &s;ued or pro&s;ecuted in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or el&s;ewhere within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> by any Prothonotary, Clerk or Clerks, or other Officer or Officers of the &s;aid Courts re&s;pectively: And that from and after the day and year afore&s;aid, the &s;aid F&eacute;e of <HI>Damna Clericorum,</HI> or Damage Cl&eacute;ere, &s;hall wholly cea&s;e, and be for ever aboli&s;hed in the &s;aid Courts; And that if any Prothonotary, Clerk or Clerks, or other Officer in any of the &s;aid Courts,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> &s;hall take or exact any &s;um or &s;ums of money in the name of <HI>Damna Clericorum,</HI> or Damage Cl&eacute;ere, or any thing in lieu thereof, after the day and year above mentioned: Or if any of the &s;aid Prothonotaries, Clerk or Clerks or their Deputies, at any time before the &s;aid Twenty ninth day of <HI>September</HI> in the year afore&s;aid, &s;hall exact or take any Da|mage Cl&eacute;ere, or &s;um of money, Bond or Security in lieu thereof, from any Plaintiff or Plain|tiffs, Demandant or Demandants, in any Action where Damages have b&eacute;en, or hereafter &s;hall be recovered in any of the &s;aid Courts, or &s;hall refu&s;e or delay to Sign any Iudgement, until Da|mage Cl&eacute;ere be fir&s;t paid by the Plaintiff or Demandant (which are not to be paid, unle&s;s forth of the moneys levied from, or paid by the Defendants, as is herein after provided and mentioned) He or they &s;o offending, &s;hall forfeit treble the &s;um &s;o taken, exacted or demanded, to the party or parties grieved, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information in any of the &s;aid Courts, where|in no E&s;&s;oyn, Protection, or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed.</P>
<P>Provided, and be it further Enacted, That until the Nine and twentieth day of <HI>September,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord God,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es only they may be taken until the <HI>29 Septem|ber 1672.</HI></NOTE> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy and two, and no longer, the Damage Cl&eacute;ere &s;hall be paid, an&s;wered, and allowed out of &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of mo|ney onely as &s;hall be actually levied, or otherwi&s;e paid by or from the Defendants; and onely for the proportion of the Sum and Sums of money which &s;hall be &s;o levied or otherwi&s;e paid as afore&s;aid, and no more or otherwi&s;e.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For a more &s;peedy and effectual proceeding upon Di&s;tre&s;&s;es and Avowries for Rents.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as the ordinary Remedy for Arrearages of Rents, is by Di&s;tre&s;s upon the Lands chargeable therewith; And yet neverthele&s;s by rea&s;on of the intricate and dilatory procee|dings upon <HI>Replevins,</HI> that Remedy is become ineffectual:</P>
<P>For remedy thereof, It is Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the Advice and A&s;&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Plaintiff in <HI>Replevin</HI> being non&s;uit before i&s;&s;ue joyned.</NOTE> and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That when&s;oever any Plaintiff in <HI>Replevin</HI> &s;hall be Non-&s;uit before I&s;&s;ue joyned in any Suit of <HI>Replevin,</HI> by Plaint or Writ lawfully returned,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the De|fendant may Avow.</NOTE> removed, or depending in any of the Kings Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> That the Defendant making a Sugge&s;tion in nature of an Avowry or Cognizance for &s;uch Rent, to a&s;certain the Court of the cau&s;e of Di&s;tre&s;s; The Court upon his Prayer &s;hall award a Writ to the Sheriff of the County where the Di&s;tre&s;s was taken, to enquire by the Oaths of Twelve good and lawful men of his Bayliwick, touching the Sum in Arrear at the time of &s;uch Di&s;tre&s;s taken, and the value of the Goods or Cattel di&s;trained; And thereupon notice of Fift&eacute;en days &s;hall be given to the Plaintiff or his Attorney in Court, of the &s;itting of &s;uch Enquiry; and there|upon the Sheriff &s;hall enquire of the truth of the matters contained in &s;uch Writ, by the Oaths of Twelve good and lawful men of his County: And upon the Return of &s;uch Inqui&s;ition, the Defendant &s;hall have Iudgement to recover again&s;t the Plaintiff the Arrearages of &s;uch Rent, in ca&s;e the Goods or Cattel di&s;trained &s;hall amount unto that value: And in ca&s;e they &s;hall not amount to that value, then &s;o much as the value of the &s;aid Goods and Cattel &s;o di&s;trained &s;hall amount unto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Plaintiff non&s;uit after Avowry made &amp;c.</NOTE> together with his full Co&s;ts of Suit, and &s;hall have Execution thereupon by <HI>Fieri facias,</HI> or <HI>Elegit,</HI> or otherwi&s;e as the Law &s;hal require. And in ca&s;e &s;uch Plaintiff &s;hal be non&s;uit after Cogni|&s;ance or Avowry made, and I&s;&s;ue joyned, or if the Verdict &s;hall be given again&s;t &s;uch Plaintiff; then the Iurors that are Impannelled or Returned to inquire of &s;uch I&s;&s;ue, &s;hall at the prayer of the Defendant inquire concerning the Sum of the Arrears, and the value of the Goods or Cattel di&s;|trained: And thereupon the Avowant, or he that makes Cogni&s;ance &s;hall have Iudgement for &s;uch Arrearages, or &s;o much thereof as the Goods or Cattel di&s;trained amount unto, together with his full Co&s;ts, and &s;hall have Execution for the &s;ame by <HI>Fieri facias</HI> or <HI>Elegit,</HI> or otherwi&s;e, as the Law &s;hall require.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iudgement upon Demur|rer for the Avowant.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be if further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if Iudgement in any of the Courts afore&s;aid be given upon Demurrer for the Avowant, or him that maketh Cogni&s;ance for any Rent, the Court &s;hall at the prayer of the Defendant award a Writ to inquire of the value of &s;uch Di&s;|tre&s;s; and upon the return thereof Iudgement &s;hall be given for the Avowant, or him that makes Cogni&s;ance as afore&s;aid, for the Arrears alledged to be behind in &s;uch Avowry or Cogni&s;ance, if the Goods or Cattel &s;o di&s;trained &s;hall amount to that value: And in ca&s;e they &s;hall not amount to that value then for &s;o much as the &s;aid Goods or Catel &s;o di&s;trained amount unto, together with his full Co&s;ts of Suit, and &s;hall have like Execution as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><PB N="283" REF="155">Provided always, And be it Enacted, That in all Ca&s;es afore&s;aid, where the value of the Cattel di&s;trained as afore&s;aid, &s;hall not be found to be to the full value of the Arrears di&s;trained for, that the party to whom &s;uch Arrears were due, his Executors or Admini&s;trators may from time to time Di&s;train again for the Re&s;idue of the &s;aid Arrears. <HI>19 Car. 2. cap. 5. This Act made to extend to <HI>Wales</HI> and Counties Palatine.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for avoiding unnece&s;&s;ary Suits and Delayes.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the avoiding of unnece&s;&s;ary Suits and Delayes, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excel|lent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Death of ei|ther party be|tween the Verdict and Iudgment.</NOTE> That in all Acti|ons per&s;onal and real, or mixt, the death of either party betw&eacute;en the Verdict and the Iudgment, &s;hall not hereafter be alledged for Error; &s;o as &s;uch Iudgment be entred within two Terms af|ter &s;uch Verdict.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iudgment obtained by an Executor.</NOTE> where any Iudgment after a Verdict &s;hall be had, by or in the name of any Executor or Admini&s;trator; In &s;uch ca&s;e an Admini&s;trator <HI>de bonis non</HI> may &s;ue forth a <HI>Scire facias,</HI> and take Execution upon &s;uch Iudgment.</P>
<P>This Act to continue for the &s;pace of Five years;<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> and from thence to the end of the next Se&s;|&s;ion of Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IX.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act for granting one Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment to His Maje&s;ty.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons A&s;&s;embled in Par|liament, taking notice of that Heroick Courage,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Heroick Courage of his Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York.</HI></NOTE> with which Your Maje&s;ties Royal Brother expo&s;ed his own Per&s;on for the Defence of Your Maje&s;ty and Your People again&s;t the <HI>Dutch</HI> Fl&eacute;et, and of the Glorious Victory through the ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God by him obtained, are humble Suiters unto Your Maje&s;ty, that we may have leave to make &s;ome expre&s;&s;ions of our Humble Thanks to his Royal Highne&s;s for the &s;ame; And that for this end, Your Maje&s;ty would graciou&s;ly plea&s;e to accept from us your Loyal Subjects, the &s;um of money herein after mentioned, and to be&s;tow the &s;ame upon Your Maje&s;ties Royal Brother; Where|fore we your Maje&s;ties &s;aid Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, have given and granted, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents do give and grant unto your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty (whom God long pre&s;erve) the Sum of One hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds, fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence, to be rai&s;ed and levied in manner following, (That is to &s;ay;)</P>
<P>Whereas in and by a certain Act lately pa&s;&s;ed for granting a Royal Ayd unto his Maje&s;ty of Twenty four hundred thr&eacute;e&s;core and &s;event&eacute;en thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be rai&s;ed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 &amp; 17 Ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> le|vied and paid within the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e years; It was among&s;t other things Enacted, That the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds, and nine &s;hillings by the Moneth, for thirty &s;ix Moneths, beginning from the Five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, &s;hould be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, levied and paid by twelve quar|terly payments, in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the Rates and Proportions therein expre&s;&s;ed.</P>
<P>And whereas in and by another Act pa&s;&s;ed in this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">17 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> It is further Enacted, That the &s;um of Fifty two thou&s;and four&s;core and thr&eacute;e pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and eight pence by the moneth, for twenty four moneths, beginning from the five and twentieth day of <HI>De|cember,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty five, &s;hall be likewi&s;e a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid by eight quarterly payments, in the &s;everal Cities, Burroughs, Towns and Places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> over and above the &s;aid &s;um of Thr&eacute;e|&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and ninet&eacute;en pounds and nine &s;hillings, as an addition to, and increa&s;e of the &s;ame monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sment, both which Sums together amount unto the &s;um of One hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence by the Moneth.</P>
<P>It is now further Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the Sum of One hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence, for one Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment more, beginning upon the Six and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, and ending upon the Six and twentieth day of <HI>January</HI> in the &s;ame year, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and Places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the Rates and Proportions following: That is to &s;ay,</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Bedford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred &s;eventy and five pounds twelve &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P><PB N="284" REF="156">The County of <HI>Berks,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred eighty nine pounds four &s;hil|lings nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Bucks,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred and ten pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hil|lings and thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and &s;even hundred ninety and one pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e half pence.</P>
<P>The I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred and fourt&eacute;en pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and nine pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and four hundred and &s;even pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and one peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and &s;even hundred and &s;even pounds, &s;even pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred ninety and five pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings and four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Derby,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred and fift&eacute;en pounds one &s;hilling and thr&eacute;e pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Devon,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy and four pounds five &s;hillings eleven pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Exon,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and four pounds eight &s;hillings &s;ix pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred &s;ixty and two pounds two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The Town and County of <HI>Pool,</HI> the &s;um of Ninet&eacute;en pounds five &s;hillings eleven pence far|thing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Durham,</HI> the &s;um of Five hundred &s;ixty and eight pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>York,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>York,</HI> and Town of <HI>King&s;tone</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> the &s;um of Six thou&s;and ninety and four pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and four hundred forty and thr&eacute;e pounds four &s;hil|lings eleven pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and one hundred &s;eventy and &s;even pounds two &s;hilings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Sixty and nine pounds four &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hereford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred eighty and eight pounds one &s;hilling five pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and thr&eacute;e hundred &s;ixty and four pounds five &s;hillings and eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Huntington,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and one hundred and thirt&eacute;en pounds five &s;hillings and &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Kent,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and eight hundred forty and four pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and &s;even hundred &s;ixty and eight pounds nine &s;hillings and ten pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Leice&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred and five pounds eleven &s;hil|lings and nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> the &s;um of Four thou&s;and five hundred twenty and thr&eacute;e pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings and two pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City of <HI>London,</HI> with the Liberty of <HI>S. Martins le Grand,</HI> the &s;um of Eight thou&s;and nine hundred forty and four pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> with the City and Liberty of <HI>VVe&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou|&s;and nine hundred thirty and &s;ix pounds and ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred eighty and five pounds, two &s;hillings nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and four hundred eighty and thr&eacute;e pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> with the Town and County of the Town of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred thirty and four pounds &s;even &s;hillings two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and nine hundred twenty and one pounds &s;even &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred and &s;ixt&eacute;en pounds, four &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> with the Towns of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred fifty and four pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings eleven pence farthing.</P>
<P><PB N="285" REF="156">The County of <HI>Oxon,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred ninety and four pounds &s;even|t&eacute;en &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Rutland,</HI> the &s;um of Four hundred twenty and two pounds eight &s;hillings one peny farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Salop,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and one hundred and fourt&eacute;en pounds twelve &s;hil|lings eight pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Stafford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and four hundred ninety and &s;even pounds, fif|t&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Litchfield,</HI> the &s;um of Two and twenty pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of Four thou&s;and eight hundred &s;ixty and eight pounds eigh|t&eacute;en &s;hillings ten pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred and fifty pounds &s;ix &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> with the Town and County of <HI>Southampton,</HI> and the <HI>I&s;le of VVight,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and eight hundred forty and &s;ix pounds &s;ix &s;hillings and &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> the &s;um of Five thou&s;and &s;even hundred ninety and four pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Surry,</HI> with the Burrough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and eight hun|dred and five pounds eleven &s;hillings &s;ix pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of thr&eacute;e thou&s;and one hundred ninety and nine pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings one peny thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>VVarwick,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Coventry,</HI> the &s;um of Two thou&s;and ninety and four pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings eleven pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and eight hundred fifty and one pounds ten &s;hillings ten pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>VVorce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of Ninety &s;even pounds nine &s;hill|lings and thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and four hundred fifty and five pounds &s;even &s;hil|lings one peny half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>We&s;tmerland</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and thr&eacute;e pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The <HI>I&s;le</HI> of <HI>Angle&s;ey,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and twenty pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Brecknock,</HI> the &s;um of Four hundred ninety &s;ix pounds, &s;ix &s;hillings &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cardigan,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred eighty five pounds, &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings eleven pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carmarthen,</HI> the &s;um of Four hundred &s;eventy eight pounds ten &s;hillings thr&eacute;e half-pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred fifty and &s;even pounds, eleven &s;hillings thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred ninety and two pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Flint,</HI> the &s;um of Two hundred and eight pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> the &s;um of Six hundred &s;ixty and five pounds, fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings one peny thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Merioneth,</HI> the &s;um of One hundred &s;eventy and &s;even pounds, one &s;hilling and nine pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Montgomery,</HI> the &s;um of Four hundred eighty and five pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Pembroke,</HI> the &s;um of Five hundred &s;eventy and thr&eacute;e pounds, eleven &s;hillings &s;even pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Radnor,</HI> the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e hundred and &s;ix pounds, five &s;hillings two pence thr&eacute;e farthings.</P>
<P>The Town of <HI>Haverford</HI> We&s;t, the &s;um of Twenty and &s;ix pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners named in the former Act, 16 <HI>&amp;</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 1.</NOTE> That all and every the Per&s;ons who are appointed to act as Com|mi&s;&s;ioners for execution of the &s;aid former Act, &s;hall likewi&s;e be, and &s;o are hereby con&s;tituted and appointed to be Commi&s;&s;ioners for execution of this pre&s;ent Act within the &s;everal and re|&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and Places for which they were formerly ap|pointed, and &s;hall have and execute like Powers and Authorities, Rules and Directions, touching the better a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, collecting, levying, receiving, and paying the &s;aid One hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence; And all and every per|&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall be liable to, or any wayes concerned or imployed in the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, collect|ing, levying, receiving, or paying of the Moneys by this Act impo&s;ed, &s;hall have like benefits,
<PB N="286" REF="157">
advantages and di&s;charges, and &s;hall be &s;ubject to like penalties, and forfeitures in ca&s;e of any neglect, or refu&s;al to pay their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;sment, or to perform their re&s;pective duties, as any other per&s;on or per&s;ons lyable unto, or concerned or imployed in the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, collecting, levying, receiving, or paying any of the &s;aid former A&s;&s;e&s;sments, ought to have, or be &s;ubject unto, as fully and amply, as if all and every the clau&s;es, matters and things to the &s;aid former A&s;&s;e&s;sments relating, had b&eacute;en again in this Act repeated and Enacted.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The meeting of the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;everal Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall m&eacute;et together at the mo&s;t u&s;ual and common place of m&eacute;eting, vpon or before the Tenth day of <HI>January,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, to put this Act in Execution: And that the &s;aid One hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hillings and eight pence, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, collected, levied and paid unto the Receivers of the &s;everal Counties appointed or to be appointed by His Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;ty, and by them an&s;wered and paid into his Maje&s;ties <HI>Exchequer,</HI> upon or before the Fift&eacute;enth day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;even.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno <HI>XVIII.</HI> Caroli <HI>II.</HI> Regis.</HEAD>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Moneys rai&s;ed by a Poll, and otherwi&s;e, towards the Maintenance of the pre&s;ent War.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>MO&s;t Gracious Soveraign, We Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Obedient and Loyal Subjects, the Commons now in Parliament A&s;&s;embled, having taken into our &s;erious Con&s;ide|ration the many and urgent Occa&s;ions which at this time do pre&s;s Your Maje&s;ty to an extraordinary Expence of Trea&s;ure for the Defence of Your Maje&s;ties Kingdoms and Dominions, and in mo&s;t thankful acknowledgment of Your Maje&s;ties ju&s;t and tender Care of the welfare of Your People,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Free Gift pre&s;ented to his Maje&s;ty towards the carrying on the Warre.</NOTE> Do mo&s;t humbly pre&s;ent unto Your Maje&s;ty a Fr&eacute;e Gift of &s;everal Sums of money, towards the carrying on of the pre&s;ent War, to be Levied in &s;uch manner as is hereafter expre&s;&s;ed, and do be&s;&eacute;ech your Maje&s;ty to accept thereof; And that it may be Enacted: And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Bodies Politique and Corporate, Guilds or Fraternities within this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> having any per&s;onal E&s;tate in &s;uch Debts owing to them with|in the Realm or without,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Of Per&s;onal E&s;tates in Debts and Moneys.</NOTE> which he or they do not account or e&s;t&eacute;em as de&s;perate, (over and be&s;ides &s;uch ju&s;t Debts as he, &s;he, or they &s;hall <HI>bona fide</HI> owe) or in ready moneys; &s;hall yield and pay unto His Maje&s;ty for every Hundred pounds, in &s;uch Debts and ready Moneys, the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Impo&s;ed, Levied and Collected in manner herein after men|tioned.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Debts and Moneys not chargeable by this Act.</NOTE>Provided always, That no &s;um of Money which hath b&eacute;en lent unto his Maje&s;ty upon the Security of the Act Pa&s;&s;ed at <HI>Oxford</HI> in the Sevent&eacute;enth year of his Maje&s;ties Reign, entituled, <HI>An Act for granting the Sum of Twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds to the Kings Maje&s;ty for His pre&s;ent further Supply,</HI> or lent by the City of <HI>London</HI> upon the Security of His Maje&s;ties Revenue ari&s;ing by Hearth-money,<NOTE PLACE="marg">17 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> at the rate of Sir <HI>per Cent.</HI> and which at the time of the execution of this pre&s;ent Act &s;hall be unpaid; nor any &s;um of money which &s;hall be lent unto his Maje&s;ty upon the Security of this pre&s;ent Act, or upon the Security of any other Act of Parlia|ment pa&s;&s;ed, or to be pa&s;&s;ed during this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, at the rate of Sir <HI>per Cent.</HI> &s;hall be Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by vertue of this Act; Any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;io|ners and Of|ficers charge|able.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, Commi&s;&s;ioner or Commi&s;&s;ioners, having, u&s;ing, or exerci&s;ing any Office, Place, or publick Im|ployment what&s;oever, (&s;uch per&s;ons who are or &s;hall be in Mu&s;ter and Pay at Land or Sea onely excepted) and all and every their Deputies, Agents, Clerks, Secondaries, Sub&s;ti&s;tutes, and other their inferiour Mini&s;ters and Servants what&s;oever, who are already Taxed in and to the &s;aid Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sment, for and in re&s;pect of their Offices, Agencies and Imployments, &s;hall likewi&s;e pay vnto his Maje&s;ty over and above the &s;everal &s;ums with which they are or &s;hall be Charged in or to the &s;aid Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sment, the &s;um of Twelve pence for every Twenty &s;hillings which he or they do receive in one year by vertue of any F&eacute;es, Profits, Perqui&s;ites, or other Ad|vantages to him or them accruing, or by rea&s;on or occa&s;ion of their &s;everal Offices, Agencies and Imployments. And &s;uch who are not already Taxed in and by the &s;aid Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sment, for and in re&s;pect of their Commi&s;&s;ions, Offices, Agencies and Imployments, &s;hall yield and pay unto His Maje&s;ty the full &s;um of Thr&eacute;e &s;hillings for every Twenty &s;hillings which he or they do receive in one year by vertue of any F&eacute;es, Profits, Perqui&s;ites, or other advantages to him or them accruing, or by rea&s;on or occa&s;ion of their &s;everal and re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ions, Offices, Agencies and Imployments: The &s;aid &s;everal &s;ums of Twelve pence in every Twenty &s;hil|lings, and Thr&eacute;e &s;hillings in every Twenty &s;hillings, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Impo&s;ed, Levied and Col|lected
<PB N="287" REF="157">
in &s;uch manner as is herein after mentioned; Allowing to every &s;uch Officer and Com|mi&s;&s;ioner, one Third part of the Annual Salary or Sum of money he &s;hall &s;o receive, for and towards his or their charge of executing any &s;uch Commi&s;&s;ion, Office or Place before men|tioned.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pen&s;ions and Stipends from his Ma|je&s;ty.</NOTE> That all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons having, or claiming to have any Pen&s;ion, or yearly Stipend or Annuity by vertue of any Gift or Grant from His Maje&s;ty under his Great Seal or Privy Seal, &s;hall pay unto his Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e &s;hillings for every Twenty &s;hillings by the year, &s;o given or granted as afore|&s;aid, to be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, Imployed, Levied and Collected in &s;uch manner as is herein after men|tioned.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Sergeants at Law, Coun&s;el|lors,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sergeants at Law, Coun&s;ellors, Attorneys, Sollicitors, Scriveners, Advocates, Proctors, Notaries, Phy&s;itians.</NOTE> Attorneys, Sollicitors and Scriveners, and all Advocates, Proctors, and publick Nota|ries, and all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons practi&s;ing the Art of Phy&s;ick, &s;hall pay unto His Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Two &s;hillings for every Twenty &s;hillings which he or they do receive by his and their re&s;pective Practi&s;es and Profe&s;&s;ions in one year, allowing to every &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons of the &s;everal Profe&s;&s;ions afore&s;aid, one Third part out of &s;uch moneys as he or they &s;hall &s;o receive in their re&s;pective Practi&s;es and Profe&s;&s;ions, for and towards the Charge and Expence occa&s;ioned by his or their attendance upon his or their Practice or Profe&s;&s;ions afore|&s;aid.</P>
<P>And all and every Servant,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Servants Wages.</NOTE> which at the time of the execution of this Act &s;hall receive Wages for his, her, or their Service, &s;hall pay unto His Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Twelve pence for every Twenty &s;hillings by the year, which &s;hall be due or payable to him, her, or them, for his, her, or their Wages, except for Board-wages.</P>
<P>And all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall pay unto his Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Twelve pence over and above the other Rates charged upon them by this Act.<NOTE PLACE="marg">19 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es Ma&s;ters &s;hall pay Servants A&s;&s;e&s;sment.</NOTE> That in ca&s;e any Servant &s;hall upon the demand of &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;s|ment or Moneys as are due from him or her by vertue of this Act, refu&s;e or neglect to pay the &s;ame to the re&s;pective Collector; in &s;uch ca&s;e his or their Ma&s;ter or Mi&s;tre&s;s &s;hall pay &s;uch Ser|vants A&s;&s;e&s;sment, And it &s;hall then be lawful for &s;uch Ma&s;ter or Mi&s;tre&s;s to deduct and &s;top the &s;ame out of &s;uch Wages as &s;hall or ought to be next paid unto &s;uch Servant; Any Law or Cu&s;tom to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, That no per&s;on who receives Alms from the Pari&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons re|ceiving Alms exempted.</NOTE> nor the Children of any per&s;on remaining in his or her Family, who by rea&s;on of their poverty doth not contribute to the Rates for the Church and Poor, and who are under the age of Sixt&eacute;en years, &s;hall be charged or taxed by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted. That every Alien-&s;tranger born out of this Kingdom,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Aliens &s;hall pay double.</NOTE> &s;hall pay double the &s;um which he or they ought to have paid in any capacity what&s;oever in this Act mentioned, in ca&s;e he or they had b&eacute;en natural born Subjects.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons of &s;everal Ranks and Degrees.</NOTE> That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who at the time of the execution of this Act, &s;hall be of the &s;everal Ranks and Degr&eacute;es hereafter mention|ed, &s;hall to the purpo&s;e afore&s;aid contribute and pay the &s;everal &s;ums of money hereafter in this Act &s;et down and appointed: That is to &s;ay,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duke.</NOTE> Every per&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of a Duke of <HI>England Scotland,</HI> or <HI>Ireland,</HI> inhabiting and re&s;iding within this Kingdom, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Fifty pounds: Every per&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of a Marque&s;s of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Marque&s;s.</NOTE> inhabit|ing and re&s;iding within this Kingdom, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Fourty pounds: Every per&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of an Earl of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Earl.</NOTE> and inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, the &s;um of Thirty pounds:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Vi&s;count.</NOTE> Every per&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of a Vi&s;count of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting and re&s;iding within this Kingdom, the &s;um of Twenty five pounds; Every per&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of a Baron of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Baron.</NOTE> and inhabit|ing or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, the &s;um of Twenty pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Elde&s;t Son of a Duke.</NOTE> Every elde&s;t Son of a Duke of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, be|ing of the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Thirty pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Elde&s;t Son of a Mar|que&s;s.</NOTE> Every elde&s;t Son of a Marque&s;s of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting and re&s;iding within this Kingdom, being of the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Twenty five pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Elde&s;t Son of an Earl.</NOTE> Every elde&s;t Son of an Earl of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, being of the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Twenty pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Elde&s;t Son of a Vi&s;count.</NOTE> Every elde&s;t Son of a Vi&s;count of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, being of the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Sevent&eacute;en pounds ten &s;hillings;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Elde&s;t Son of a Baron.</NOTE> Every elde&s;t Son of a Baron of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, and inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, being of the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Fift&eacute;en pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Baronet.</NOTE> Every per|&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of a Baronet of any of the &s;aid thr&eacute;e Kingdoms, or of <HI>Nova Scotia,</HI> and inha|biting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, the &s;um of Fift&eacute;en pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Knight of the <HI>Bath.</HI></NOTE> Every per&s;on that is a Knight of the Order of the <HI>Bath,</HI> inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, the &s;um of Fift&eacute;en pounds; Every per&s;on who is a Knight Batchelor,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Knight Bat|chelor. Sergeant at Law. E&s;quire.</NOTE> inhabiting or re&s;iding within this King|dom, the &s;um of Ten pounds; Every Sergeant at Law, the &s;um of Ten pounds; Every per|&s;on of the degr&eacute;e of an E&s;quire, or &s;o reputed, inhabiting or re&s;iding within this Kingdom, and
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above the age of One and twenty years, the &s;um of Five pounds; Every Widow re&s;pectively according to her Husbands degr&eacute;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">dow.</NOTE> &s;hall pay the third part rated by this Act, upon that degr&eacute;e of which the Husband of &s;uch Wife was in his life-time:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Gentleman.</NOTE> And every Gentleman, or reputed Gen|tleman, above the age of Sixt&eacute;en years, the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Gentlemen not having 300 l. E&s;tate.</NOTE>Provided always, That every Gentleman having an E&s;tate of the value of Thr&eacute;e hundred pounds, or more, &s;hall be charged with the &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings by vertue of this Act, though he be a Minor under the age of One and twenty years: And no Gentleman not having &s;uch an E&s;tate, and &s;hall thereof make Oath before any two or more of the re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall be charged with the &s;aid &s;um of Twenty &s;hillings, in re&s;pect of his Title.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Ordained, That all and every the per&s;on and per&s;ons within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> who at the time of the execution of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Orders, Ranks and Degrees.</NOTE> &s;hall be of the &s;everal Orders, Ranks or Degr&eacute;es hereafter men|tioned, &s;hall to the purpo&s;e afore&s;aid, pay the &s;everal &s;ums of money hereafter in this Act &s;et down and appointed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Archbi&s;hop. Bi&s;hop.</NOTE> (that is to &s;ay) Every per&s;on of the Order and Degr&eacute;e of an Archbi&s;hop, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Fifty pounds; Every per&s;on of the Order and Degr&eacute;e of a Bi&s;hop, the &s;um of Twenty pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Dean.</NOTE> Every per&s;on of the Degr&eacute;e of a Dean of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Ten pounds;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Archdeacon.</NOTE> Every per&s;on of the Degr&eacute;e of an Arch-Deacon, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Forty &s;hillings;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Canon Prebendary.</NOTE> Every per&s;on of the Degr&eacute;e of a Canon, or Prebendary of any Cathedral or Collegiate Church, excepting &s;uch &s;ole Prebendary, who is a &s;ole Corporation, and his Prebend not Rated in the Exchequer at above Thirty pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Doctor of Di|vinity, Law, Phy&s;ick.</NOTE> &s;hall pay the &s;um of Fifty &s;hil|lings; Every per&s;on of the Degr&eacute;e of a Doctor in Divinity, Law or Phy&s;ick, &s;hall pay the &s;um of Five pounds.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Doctors of Divinity not beneficed.</NOTE>Provided always, That no Doctor of Divinity, not having any Benefice or Eccle&s;ia&s;tical pre|ferment, &s;hall be charged for his Title or Dignity of Doctor, by vertue of this Act, nor the Widow of any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per&s;on &s;hall be charged for the third part, according to the Title or Dignity of her late Husband.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Ordering and Levying of the &s;everal &s;ums of money &s;o as afore&s;aid limited and appointed to be paid, and for the more effectual putting of this pre&s;ent Act in execution, &s;uch per&s;ons &s;hall by vertue of this Act be Commi&s;&s;ioners for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who &s;hall be Commi&s;&s;io|ners to exe|cute this Act.</NOTE> Cities, Boroughs, Towns and Places within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> as are nominated and appointed Commi&s;&s;ioners for putting in execution the Powers in a former Act of this Parliament,<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> entituled, <HI>An Act for granting a Royal Ayd unto the Kings Maje&s;ty of Twenty four hundred three&s;core and &s;eventeen thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be rai&s;ed, levied and paid in the &s;pace of Three years.</HI></P>
<P>And be it further Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the&s;e per&s;ons here|after named, &s;hall be added Commi&s;&s;ioners for the &s;everal Counties, Places and Precincts re|&s;pectively, and &s;hall exerci&s;e the &s;ame power as if they had b&eacute;en named in the &s;aid former Act, <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Bedford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Bedford, Villiers Charnock, Humphrey Monox, John Beecher, Thomas Da|niel, John Gardiner, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"> Horne, Peter Harman <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Berks.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Berks, <HI>Sir</HI> William Craven <HI>Knight,</HI> John King&s;mill <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> John With|wick, Edward Keat, Charles Fettiplace, William Bowles <HI>&s;enior, E&s;quires;</HI> John Munday, William Packer, Richard Hou&s;e, <HI>Gent.</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"> Gilly <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Hugh Barker <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Bucks.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Bucks,</HI> Sir <HI>Charles Clever</HI> Knight, Sir <HI>Timothy Tyrrel</HI> Knight and Baro|net, Sir <HI>Frederick Hyde, Thomas Catesby, Edward Stafford,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Matthew Archdel</HI> Gent, Sir <HI>John Busby.</HI> For the Town of <HI>Buckingham, George Robbins.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cambridge.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> Sir <HI>John Jacob</HI> Baronet, Sir <HI>Ralph Bovey</HI> Baronet, <HI>Roger Pepys</HI> E&s;q. <HI>Gerrard Ru&s;&s;el</HI> E&s;q. For the Town of <HI>Cambridge, Rowland Simp&s;on</HI> Alderman.</P>
<P><LABEL>Ely.</LABEL> <HI>For the I&s;le of</HI> Ely, William Legat, Anthony Fi&s;her, Peter Diamond, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Che&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the City and County of the City of</HI> Che&s;ter, Thomas Cooper <HI>Alderman,</HI> Edward Brad|&s;haw <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Richard Burd <HI>Alderman,</HI> Richard Min&s;hal, Richard Taylor, John Poolie, Robert Harvy, <HI>Aldermen.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Cornwall.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cornwall, John Trelawney <HI>of</HI> Trelawen, Thomas Vivian; John Moule&s;worth, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Inch, Abel French, Nicholas Trebarfoot, Edward Herle, Edward Hoblin, Ni|cholas Herle, Walter Leech, George Spry, William Bond, Thomas Dod&s;on, Iohn Arundel, Iohn Tregygle, William Thomas, Anthony Tanner, John Barret, Thomas Penhallow, Iohn Tamlin, Iohn Verman, Richard Williams, Iohn Williams, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Kegwin, Henry Edwards, Arthur Painter, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cumberland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Cumberland, John Warwick, Richard Lamplugh, Miles Penington, Jo&s;eph Patrick&s;on, Iohn Senhou&s;e, William Orphaur, Ferdinando Hudle&s;ton, Leonard Dykes, Hugh A&s;cue, Richard Patrick&s;on, John Pun&s;onbee, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Devon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Devon, Chri&s;topher <HI>Lord</HI> Torington, Richard Duke, Gydeon Heydon, Ri|chard Lee, Richard Hiller&s;don, Samuel Roll, Arthur A&s;hford, John Bluet, William Bragg, Mat|thew Halls, Edmund Parker, John Mallet, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> Iohn Stowel, Iohn Chiche&s;ter <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Exon.</LABEL> For the City and County of <HI>Exon, John Mallet</HI> E&s;quire, Doctor <HI>Edward Ma&s;ters</HI> Chancellor of the Dioce&s;s, <HI>Eu&s;tace Budgell</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Derby.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Derby, George Savile, Robert A&s;hton, John Gell, Iohn Low, Iohn Du<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Andrew Clayton, Robert Moore <HI>Gent.</HI> Richard Merchant, <HI>Alderman,</HI> Edward Abney <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Dor&s;et.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Dor&s;et, Robert Cullyford, William Frampton, Robert Williams, Henry Hen|ly <HI>junior,</HI> Humphrey Weld, <HI>E&s;quires; the High Sheriff for the time being,</HI> Iohn Elle&s;don, Salo|mon Andrews, Iohn Gallop, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Pool.</LABEL> For the Town and County of <HI>Pool,</HI> the Mayor for the time being, <HI>William Okeden, Allen Skutt,</HI> Gentlemen.</P>
<P><LABEL>Durham.</LABEL> <HI>For the County Palatine of</HI> Durham, <HI>Sir</HI> George Fletcher <HI>Baronet,</HI> Robert Shaftoe, Hum|phrey Wharton, Thomas Craddock, Chri&s;topher Saunder&s;on, John Jeffrey&s;on, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Robert Newhou&s;e, Edward Arden <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>E&s;&s;ex.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> Sir <HI>John Archer,</HI> one of the Iu&s;tices of the Common Pleas, <HI>Philip Salten&s;ton, Thomas Cullum,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Timothy Midleton</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Sir <HI>James Ru&s;&s;et, Edward Shelton, Francis Mildmay.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Colche&s;ter.</LABEL> For the Town of <HI>Colche&s;ter,</HI> Sir <HI>Harbotle Grim&s;tone</HI> Baronet, Ma&s;ter of the Rolls, <HI>John El|dred</HI> &s;enior, <HI>Iohn Eldred</HI> junior, E&s;quires.</P>
<P><LABEL>Harwich.</LABEL> For the Town of <HI>Harwich</HI> and <HI>Dover-Court,</HI> the Mayor for the time being, Sir <HI>Cappel Luckin</HI> Knight and Baronet, <HI>Iohn Eldred</HI> junior E&s;quire, Mr. <HI>George Coleman, Daniel Smith,</HI> Captain <HI>Hunter,</HI> Alderman <HI>Sack, Samuel Newton,</HI> Alderman <HI>Robin&s;on,</HI> Alderman <HI>Garriot,</HI> Alderman <HI>Hawks.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Glouce&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Glouce&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> John Treacy, <HI>Sir</HI> William Juck&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> Iohn Newton, <HI>Ba|ronets, Sir</HI> Francis Fane <HI>Knight of the</HI> Bath, <HI>Sir</HI> Iohn Poynts <HI>Knight,</HI> John Merideth, Iohn Vaughan, Thomas Carpender, William Olde&s;worth, John Browning, Thomas Veel <HI>of</HI> Simons Hall, Edward Smith, George Brett, Roger Lingan, Robert Loggin, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> VVilliam Hancock, Con|way Whitton, Thomas Smith, Richard Jones <HI>of</HI> Hanham, Thomas Wi&s;e, Richard Hart <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter.</HI></LABEL> For the City and County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> Sir <HI>Bainham Throckmorton</HI> Knight and Baronet, Mr. <HI>Thomas Aram</HI> Merchant, Mr. <HI>Iohn Mar&s;ton,</HI> Colonel <HI>Richard Atkins, William Cook</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Hereford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Hereford, James Pitts, Francis Pember <HI>of</HI> El&s;don, Robert Minors <HI>of</HI> Treagoe, Edward Scrim&s;haw, Iohn Bridge <HI>of</HI> Priors-Court, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Burch <HI>of</HI> Garn&s;ton, Iohn Curver <HI>of</HI> Upton, Henry Milbourne, William Driver, Gilbert Hare, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>City of <HI>Hereford.</HI></LABEL> Brid&s;tock Herford <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Humphrey Diggs, Humphrey Howarth, James Wellington, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Hertford.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Hertford, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Brograve, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Jo&s;celyne, <HI>Baronets; Sir</HI> John Witterong <HI>Knight and Baronet, Sir</HI> Charles Cleaver <HI>Knight,</HI> Robert Dicer, Iohn Ce&s;ar, Ralph Radcliffe, Francis Shalcro&s;s, Edward Che&s;ter, Thomas Tooke, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Richard Taverner, King <HI>of</HI> Hemp&s;tead, Jo&s;eph Edmonds, Charles Ce&s;ar, George Nodes, George Poyner, Jo&s;eph Hatch, Charles Crouch, Thomas James, Iohn Dagnoll, <HI>Gentlemen,</HI> VVilliam Gla&s;cock <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Saint <HI>Albons.</HI></LABEL> <HI>For the Burrough of Saint</HI> Albans, Jo&s;hua Lomax, Edward Crosby, Thomas Rotheram, Wil|liam Rugg, William Rance, <HI>Aldermen,</HI> Iohn Dogget.</P>
<P><LABEL>Huntington.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Huntington, <HI>Sir</HI> Iames Beverly, Iohn Dryden, Anthony Hammon, <HI>Major</HI> Dean <HI>of</HI> Godmanche&s;ter.</P>
<P><LABEL>Kent.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Kent,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Monins,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Peir&s;e,</HI> Baronets, Sir <HI>Iohn Shaw</HI> Knight and Baronet, Sir <HI>Nicholas Strode</HI> Knight, <HI>Edward Ma&s;ter, Elwin VVyat, William VVi&s;e|man,</HI> E&s;quires; The Mayor of <HI>Maid&s;tone</HI> for the time being.</P>
<P><LABEL>Canterbury.</LABEL> For the City and County of <HI>Canterbury, William King&s;lys</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Dover.</LABEL> For the Cinque-Port of <HI>Dover, Iames Wyon</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>William Stocks</HI> Iurat.</P>
<P><LABEL>Sandwich.</LABEL> For the Cinque-Port of <HI>Sandwich, William Freeman</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Iames Thorban</HI> junior, Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Lanca&s;ter.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> The High Sheriff for the time being, <HI>Edmond A&s;hton</HI> of <HI>Chat|terton, Chri&s;topher Baini&s;ter,</HI> E&s;quires; Mr. <HI>Richard Shuttleworth</HI> of <HI>Gawthrop</HI> junior, <HI>Iohn Hartley, Miles Dodding, George Fell,</HI> E&s;quires; Captain <HI>William Fleming, Richard Kenerdine</HI> Doctor in Phy&s;ick.</P>
<P><LABEL>Leice&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Leice&s;ter, Richard Li&s;ter, William Gilbert, George Pochin, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> John Farrington <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Leice&s;ter Town.</LABEL> <HI>For the Burrough of</HI> Leice&s;ter, Daniel Deacon, William Stubins, William Callis, Iohn Cleark <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Lincoln.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Lincoln, Carr Scrope, Richard Newton, Richard Pell, William Darwyn, Redmayn Burral, Thomas Brown, George Lucas, William Ba&s;&s;et, Iohn Bi&s;hop, Iohn Butlar, William Skipwith, Henry Meller, Thomas Fri&s;ton, Peregrine Bartu, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Augu&s;tine Cawdron, Anthony Newlove, William Perkins, Miles Long, Andrew Sloe, John Brown, Francis John&s;on <HI>of</HI> Spaulding, Charles Ma&s;&s;ingbeard, John Green <HI>of</HI> Dusby <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Bail of</HI> Lincoln, Richard Craycroft, Lawrence Stampford <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Middle&s;ex.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Middle&s;ex, William A&s;hburnham <HI>Cofferer of His Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Sir</HI> Nicholas Strode <HI>of</HI> St. Johns, Mark Cotle, John Hawtry, Edward Palmer, Nicholas Townley <HI>junior,</HI> Matthew Bluck, William Richard&s;on, Charles Porter, Ralph Piggott, <HI>E&s;quires; Sir</HI> John Dethick, <HI>Doctor</HI> Cox, Thomas Stringer, John Vincent, VVilliam Thursby, Thomas Robin&s;on, <HI>E&s;quires, Sir</HI> Mundeford Bram&s;ton <HI>Knight,</HI> John Jolliff, Lancelot John&s;on <HI>junior, E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>London.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> London, <HI>Sir</HI> William Bolton <HI>Lord Major, Sir</HI> John Langham, <HI>Sir</HI> Iohn Law|rence, <HI>Sir</HI> Richard Reeves, <HI>Sir</HI> Robert Han&s;on, <HI>Sir</HI> William Hooker, <HI>Sir</HI> George Waterman, <HI>Sir</HI> Charles Doe, Matthew Bluck <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Iohn Moore, Henry Partridge, Thomas Blackerby, <HI>Alder|men, Sir</HI> Robert Viner, <HI>Sir</HI> Jo&s;eph Sheldon, <HI>Sheriffs,</HI> Edward Arris <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR></P>
<P><LABEL>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> We&s;tmin&s;ter, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Clifford <HI>Comptroller of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, Sir</HI> William Doylie, <HI>Sir</HI> Oliver Botler, <HI>Sir</HI> George Downing, <HI>Baronets, Sir</HI> Robert Carr, <HI>Sir</HI> James Smith, Thomas Exton <HI>Doctor at Law,</HI> Lawrence Squibb, William Louing, Iohn Louing, Henry Wynn, Philip Warwick <HI>junior,</HI> George Bennet, <HI>E&s;quires; Doctor</HI> Troutbeck <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Henry Aldrich, <HI>Gent.</HI> Thomas Tyndal, Iohn Chace, Philip Hanbury, VValter Brydal, Bryan Barnby, Iohn Jeffes, David Walter, Iohn Carance, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> Samuel Barrow <HI>Doctor in Phy&s;ick;</HI> Henry Monck, Thomas Owen, Peregrine Bartu, Ambro&s;e Scudamore, Thomas Milward, <HI>E&s;quires,</HI> William Carr
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<HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Thomas Cromp, Robert Stockdale, <HI>Gentlemen,</HI> Henry Slingsby <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Henry Peck <HI>ju|nior, <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR>, Mr.</HI> Richard Pagett, <HI>Mr.</HI> George Plucknett, <HI>Mr.</HI> Michael Arnold, <HI>Mr.</HI> Nicholas Edlyn, Ralph Pygott <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Henry Brunkar <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Northampton.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Northampton, Edward Palmer, John Parkhur&s;t</HI> of <HI>Catesby</HI> E&s;quires.</P>
<P><LABEL>Norfolk.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Norfolk, John Bay&s;pool <HI>of</HI> Hadcos, William Richard&s;on, Edmund Bell, Fran|cis Bell, Iohn Ba&s;hpool, Ga&s;coyn Weld <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Norwich.</LABEL> For the County and City of <HI>Norwich, Iohn Richers, Richard Wenman,</HI> Aldermen.</P>
<P><LABEL>Newca&s;tle upon Tyne.</LABEL> For the Town and County of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> upon <HI>Tyne, William Blacket</HI> E&s;quire, Mayor for the time being, Sir <HI>Nicholas Cole,</HI> Sir <HI>James Clavering,</HI> Baronets; Sir <HI>Francis Lyddel</HI> Knight, <HI>Robert Shaftoe</HI> E&s;quire, Recorder, <HI>Mark Milbanck, John Emmet&s;on, Henry Maddi&s;on</HI> E&s;quires, Aldermen, <HI>Richard Stots</HI> E&s;quire; The Sheriffs for the time being, <HI>Robert Marley</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Nottingham.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Nottingham, Francis Lork</HI> E&s;quire, Mr. <HI>Robert Atkin&s;on,</HI> both of <HI>Newark, Harvy Stanton</HI> of <HI>Stanton</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Oxon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Oxon, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Hamp&s;on <HI>Baronet,</HI> Robert Withers, James Chamberlain, Henry Brunkar, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Vincent Barry <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Salop.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Salop, Henry Davenport</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Edmund Pearce</HI> of <HI>Wilcot</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Southampton.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Southampton, <HI>Sir</HI> Charles Wyndham, John Smith <HI>E&s;quire, Sir</HI> John Clo|berry, William Stephens, Nicholas Dorrel, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> James Wor&s;ley <HI>Gent.</HI> Carew Reynel <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Henry Doyley, Thomas Knight, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>For the Town of</HI> Port&s;mouth, Benjamin John&s;on <HI>and</HI> Hugh Salisbury, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Winton.</LABEL> For the City of <HI>Winton,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Ma&s;on, Nicholas Darel</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Somer&s;et.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Somer&s;et, <HI>Sir</HI> John Stowel <HI>Knight,</HI> James Prow&s;e, Cadwallader Jones, Wil|liam Strode, Edward Strode, Richard Dauadge, James Stedman, John Baber, Hugh Tynt, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Dyke, Richard Mu&s;grave, <HI>Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Bri&s;tol.</LABEL> For the City and County of the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> Sir <HI>Humphrey Hook</HI> Knight, <HI>Jo&s;eph Cre&s;wick, Thomas Stephens, Henry Lloyd,</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Bath.</LABEL> <HI>For the City</HI> Bath, Henry Chapman, John Peirce, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Stafford.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Stafford, Jonas Gro&s;venor</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Suffolk.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Suffolk, Francis Burwell, William Ferneley, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Thomas Arris <HI>Doctor in Phy&s;ick, Doctor</HI> Bryan Smith, <HI>Mr.</HI> Edward Spencer, Edward Man, Iohn Cordell <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> William Hamon <HI>Gent.</HI> Thomas Edgar <HI>of</HI> Ip&s;wich <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Barodel Mille&s;on <HI>of</HI> Norton <HI>Gent.</HI> Iohn Duke <ABBR><HI>E&s;q</HI></ABBR> Ambro&s;e Duke <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Sudbury.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Sudbury, Nathaniel King, John Cook, Chri&s;topher Petit, Thomas King, <HI>Alder|men.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Su&s;&s;ex.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Su&s;&s;ex, John A&s;hburnham, Edward Blaker, Henry Brunkar, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> George Edmonds, <HI>Captain</HI> Iohn Eversfeild, Iohn Black&s;hal <HI>Gent.</HI> Edward Cooper <HI>E&s;quire;</HI> Iohn Machell, Francis Gratwick, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Ha&s;tings.</LABEL> For the Cinque-Port of <HI>Ha&s;tings, Benjamin Pol&s;ted, Iohn Hyde</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Rye.</LABEL> For the Cinque-Port of <HI>Rye, William Holman, John Martin</HI> Gent.</P>
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<P><LABEL>Surry.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Surry, <HI>Sir</HI> Francis Duncomb <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Cyril Wiche, <HI>Sir</HI> Thomas Thynn, <HI>Sir</HI> William Throckmorton <HI>junior,</HI> Rowland Jucks, Edward Cooper, Will. Chi&s;let, Richard Mount|ney, Edward Freeman, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Stephen Harvy, Henry Houghton, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Southwark.</LABEL> <HI>For the Burrough of</HI> Southwark, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Bromfield <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Thomas Clarges <HI>Knight,</HI> Edmund Clay, Thomas Lenthal, John Child, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Richard How, William Sherlock <HI>&s;enior,</HI> William Adams, Jeremy Baynes, John Appleby, Richard Smith, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Warwick.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Warwick, John Stratford, Fulwood Skipwith, Henry Pud&s;ey, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>We&s;tmerland.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> We&s;tmerland, Chri&s;topher Crakenthrope, Chri&s;topher Dal&s;ton, Chri&s;topher Tea&s;dell, William Dawes, Robert Philip&s;on, William Midleton, Henry Wil&s;on, Robert Braithwait, Richard Ducket, William Guy, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Wilts.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> Sir <HI>Robert Howard</HI> Knight, <HI>Giles Hungerford</HI> E&s;quire; The Mayor of <HI>Marlborough</HI> for the time being; the Mayor of the <HI>Devi&s;es</HI> for the time being; <HI>Thomas Gun|ter</HI> E&s;quire, Mr. <HI>Edmund James,</HI> Mr. <HI>John Jacob,</HI> Mr. <HI>Thomas Vilet,</HI> Mr. <HI>Giles Aleworth,</HI> Mr. <HI>Charles York, George John&s;on</HI> E&s;quire.</P>
<P><LABEL>Sarum.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> New Sarum, Thomas Gunter <HI>E&s;quire; Alderman</HI> Slaune, George Vennard, James Harris, <HI>Doctor</HI> Hur&s;t.</P>
<P><LABEL>Worce&s;ter.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Worce&s;ter, William Wa&s;hbourne, Robert Staynor, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Dowde&s;well <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL><HI>Worce&s;ter</HI> City.</LABEL> <HI>For the City of</HI> Worce&s;ter, <HI>the Mayor and Aldermen and Sheriffs for the time being; Sir</HI> John Packington <HI>Baronet, Sir</HI> Rowland Berkley <HI>Knight;</HI> Samuel Sandys <HI>&s;enior,</HI> Thomas Hall, Thomas Street, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Samuel John&s;ons, Matthew Skinner <HI>Doctor of Phy&s;ick,</HI> Robert Wilde, Humphrey Wildey, Richard Bedoes, Edward Cook&s;ey, VVintour Harris, John Bearecroft, Humphrey Tyrer, Thomas Twitty, John Tyas, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>York.</LABEL> <HI>For the</HI> North-Riding <HI>in the County of</HI> York, <HI>Mr.</HI> Geldart of VViggenthorp, Richard Turner <HI>of</HI> Tun&s;tall, Roger Tockitts, John VVentworth, William Hu&s;tler <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> William Daw&s;on <HI>Gent. Sir</HI> John Hewley, Roger Colvell <HI>Gent.</HI> Ralph Stephen&s;on, William Palines, Edward Chal|loner, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> John Hill of Thormanby <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>York Ea&s;t-Riding.</LABEL> <HI>For the</HI> Ea&s;t-Riding <HI>in the County of</HI> York, John VVentworth, John Hern, Ralph VVarton, James Moy&s;er, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Edward Gray <HI>the elder,</HI> Edward Gray <HI>the younger, Gentlemen.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>York We&s;t-Riding.</LABEL> <HI>For the</HI> We&s;t-Riding <HI>in the County of</HI> York, Iohn Stanhope <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Francis Carr <HI>Gent.</HI> Wil|liam Ellis, Henry Edmonds, Iohn Hopton, Chri&s;topher Drisfeild, Henry Slingsby, Robert Wivell, Robert Brandling, <HI>E&s;quires;</HI> Ralph Bani&s;ter, John Cook <HI>Gent.</HI> John Savile <HI>of</HI> Meathley <HI>E&s;quire.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL><HI>King&s;ton</HI> upon <HI>Hull.</HI></LABEL> For the Town and County of <HI>King&s;ton</HI> upon <HI>Hull, William Li&s;ter</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>Lambert</HI> Alderman.</P>
<P><LABEL>Brecon.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Brecon, <HI>Sir</HI> Walter Williams <HI>Baronet,</HI> Lehunt <HI>E&s;quire,</HI> Daniel Williams <HI>of</HI> Penpont, William Bowen, <HI>and</HI> David Gwenn, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Cardigan.</LABEL> For the Town of <HI>Cardigan,</HI> The Mayor for the time being, <HI>Thomas Parry</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>John Morrice</HI> Alderman.</P>
<P><LABEL>Glamorgan.</LABEL> <HI>For the Town of</HI> Glamorgan, <HI>Sir</HI> Edward Stradling <HI>Baronet,</HI> Iohn VVindham, Edmund Lewis, Richard Seyes <HI>of</HI> Bouerton, Walter Thomas, Martin Button, Thomas Button, <HI>E&s;quires.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Merioneth.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Merioneth, <HI>Captain</HI> John Nanney, Lewis Lewis, Iohn Lluid <HI>of</HI> Ke<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">venraes, Hugh Nanney <HI>of</HI> Fe&s;tiniog, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>Monmouth.</LABEL> <HI>For the County of</HI> Monmouth, Henry Milborne, Charles Milborne, Bennet Hoskins, Iohn Hoskins, Herbert <HI>of</HI> Newton, Herbert Jones, <HI>Gent.</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>Pembroke.</LABEL> For the County of <HI>Pembroke, Thomas Philips</HI> E&s;quire, High Sheriff for the County of <HI>Pem|broke, Walter Vaughan, James Haward,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>E&s;&s;ex Merrick, William Woogan,</HI> E&s;quires; <HI>Thomas Cozen,</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><LABEL>Haverford-We&s;t.</LABEL> For the Town and County of <HI>Haverford-We&s;t, Walter Vaughan</HI> E&s;quire, <HI>John Bateman, Ro|bert Pru&s;t, Richard Fowler,</HI> Gent.</P>
<P>Which &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, in order to the &s;p&eacute;edy execution of this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Com|mi&s;&s;ioners to meet 24. <HI>Fe|bruary</HI> next.</NOTE> &s;hall in their re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and Places m&eacute;et together at the mo&s;t u&s;ual or common place of m&eacute;eting within each of the &s;aid Counties, Cities, Burroughs, Towns and places re|&s;pectively, at or before the Fourt&eacute;enth day of <HI>February</HI> next en&s;uing;<NOTE PLACE="marg">May divide them&s;elves.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;io|ners, or &s;o many of them as &s;hall be pre&s;ent at the fir&s;t general m&eacute;eting, or the major part of them, may by their con&s;ents and agr&eacute;ements, divide as well them&s;elves, as other the Commi&s;&s;ioners not then pre&s;ent, for the execution of this Act in Hundreds, Laths, Wapentakes, Rapes, Wards, Towns, and other places within their Limits, Priviledged or not Priviledged, in &s;uch manner and form as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em expedient; and &s;hall direct their &s;everal or joynt Precept or Pre|cepts to &s;uch Inhabitants, High-Con&s;tables, Petty-Con&s;tables, Bayliffs, and other like Offi|cers and Mini&s;ters, and &s;uch number of them, as they in their di&s;cretions &s;hall think mo&s;t conve|nient, requiring them to appear before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, at &s;uch time and place as they &s;hall appoint, not exc&eacute;eding Eight days; And at &s;uch their appearances, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How the Commi&s;&s;io|ners &s;hall exe|cute their Powers.</NOTE> or &s;o many of them as &s;hall be thereunto appointed, &s;hall openly read, or cau&s;e to be read unto them, the Rates in this Act mentioned, and openly declare the effect of their Charge unto them, and how, and in what manner they ought and &s;hould make their Certificates, according to the Rates afore&s;aid: And &s;hall then and there prefix another day to the &s;aid per&s;ons, to appear before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and bring in their Certificates of the names and &s;irnames, qualities, degr&eacute;es and titles of all and every the per&s;ons dwelling or re&s;iding within the limits of tho&s;e pla|ces with which they &s;hall be charged, and of the &s;ub&s;tances and values of every of them, in Mo|ney, Debts, Annual F&eacute;es, Perqui&s;its, Wages, Profits, Emoluments, and other things charge|able by this Act, without concealment, love, favour, dread or malice, upon pain of forfeiture of any &s;um not exc&eacute;eding Five pounds, to be levied as by this Act is appointed;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Collectors to be appointed in every Pari&s;h.</NOTE> And &s;hall then al&s;o return the names of two or more able and &s;ufficient per&s;ons within the limits and bounds of tho&s;e Pari&s;hes or places where they &s;hall be chargeable re&s;pectively, as afore&s;aid, to be Collectors of the Moneys due to His Maje&s;ty by this Act: For who&s;e paying in to the Head-Collectors in manner following &s;uch moneys as they &s;hall be charged withall, the Pari&s;h or place by whom they are &s;o imployed, &s;hall be an&s;werable: Which Certificates and A&s;&s;e&s;sments &s;hall be a&s;cer|tained and returned in to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, at or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>March</HI> next en&s;uing; and upon the delivery and returning in of &s;uch Certificates or A&s;&s;e&s;sments unto the &s;aid Commi&s;|&s;ioners, they, or any two or more of them &s;hall forthwith i&s;&s;ue out and deliver their Warrants or E&s;treats to &s;uch Collectors as afore&s;aid, for the &s;p&eacute;edy Collecting and Levying of the &s;aid A&s;|&s;e&s;sments, and all Moneys and Rates due thereupon, according to the intent and &s;ub&s;equent direction of this pre&s;ent Act. Of all which the &s;aid Collectors are hereby required to make de|mand of the parties them&s;elves, or at the places of their la&s;t abode, within &s;ix dayes after the receipt of &s;uch Warrants, or E&s;treats; and to Levy and pay in the &s;ame on or before the eighth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, at &s;uch place as the Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall ap|point, unto their re&s;pective Head-collectors, who are hereby impowred and required to call upon and ha&s;ten their Sub-collectors to the &s;aid payment; and after the &s;aid eighth day of <HI>April</HI> to Le|vy by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of any two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners, upon the Sub-collector, by Di&s;tre&s;s, &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of Money as ought by him to have b&eacute;en paid, and is not paid by rea&s;on of his failer in doing his duty according to the direction of this Act: &s;o as every Head-collector may, and &s;hall make payment of the full &s;um by him to be paid, at or before the fift&eacute;enth day of the &s;aid Moneth of <HI>April,</HI> unto the re&s;pective Receiver-General; who is like|wi&s;e required to call upon, and ha&s;ten the &s;aid Head-collector.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted that a true Duplicate of the whole &s;um charged within every Hundred, Lath,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Duplicates of the &s;ums char|ged within every Divi|&s;ion.</NOTE> Wapentake, Pari&s;h, Ward, or place Rated and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in pur&s;uance of this Act, without naming the per&s;ons, &s;hall under the Hands and Seals of two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners thereunto ap|pointed be returned into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer before the Twentieth day of <HI>April</HI> next en|&s;uing, (all Appeals being fir&s;t determined) And that like Duplicates be al&s;o in convenient time made out, and delivered unto the Receivers-general, and Head-collectors according to their re&s;|pective Collections, &s;o as every of them may be duly charged to an&s;wer their re&s;pective Collections and Receipts; and that the money due thereupon be paid into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer before the Thirtieth day of the &s;aid moneth of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even; And upon return of any &s;uch Certificate, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall and may, if they &s;&eacute;e cau&s;e, examine the Pre&s;enters thereof. And if the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, within their &s;everal limits, &s;hall have certain knowledge, or vehemently &s;u&s;pect
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that any per&s;on or per&s;ons in the &s;aid Certificate mentioned, is or are of a greater Value or E&s;tate then in the &s;aid Certificate is mentioned;<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what ca&s;es the Commi&s;|&s;ioners may Examine per|&s;ons and En|crea&s; their A&s;&s;e&s;ments</NOTE> The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall have power to warn &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to appear before them at a day and place prefixed, to be examined touching their Sub&s;tance and Value, or touching other matters which may any wa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> concern the Premi&s;es; And if the per&s;on or per&s;ons warned to be &s;o examined, &s;hall neglect to appear (not having a rea&s;onable excu&s;e for &s;uch his Default) every per&s;on &s;o making Default, &s;hall pay unto His Maje&s;ty double the &s;um of the Rate he &s;hould or ought to have b&eacute;en &s;et at: And moreover, The &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall have power by all law|ful ways and means without Oath, to examine and enquire into the value and &s;ub&s;tance of &s;uch per&s;ons chargeable by this Act; And to &s;uch rate or rates upon every &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons, as &s;hall be according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Head-collec|tors to be ap|pointed in the &s;everal divi|&s;ions.</NOTE>And be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them in their re&s;pec|tive Divi&s;ion or Hundreds, &s;hall and are hereby impowred to nominate and appoint under their hands and &s;eals, an hone&s;t, able, and re&s;pon&s;ible per&s;on to be Head-collector, unto whom the mo|neys received by the Sub-collector, &s;hall be duely paid as afore&s;aid, who&s;e Receipt &s;hall be a &s;uf|ficient di&s;charge unto every &s;uch Sub-collector: which Sub-collector for gathering the &s;aid par|ticular &s;ums, &s;hall retain in his hands for every Twenty &s;hillings by him &s;o paid, Two pence as a reward for his pains and &s;ervice. And the &s;aid Head-collector is hereby required upon the receipt thereof, to pay the &s;ame to the Receiver-general of each County re&s;pectively, in manner afore&s;aid; And for his &s;o doing, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby Impowred and required to take &s;uch good Security as they &s;hall think fit, Con&s;ideration being therein had of the &s;aid Collectors Re|ceipt: And the &s;aid Receiver-generals Acquittance &s;hall be a &s;ufficient Di&s;charge unto every &s;uch Head-collector, who &s;hall retain in his hands for every Twenty &s;hillings by him &s;o paid, One pe|ny as a reward for his pains and &s;ervice. And the &s;aid Receiver-general &s;hall (before the Thir|tieth day of <HI>April</HI> afore&s;aid) pay the whole &s;um by him received, into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer, and &s;hall have an allowance of Two pence in the pound for all moneys which &s;hall be by him paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer by the time prefixed in this Act; and for &s;o much as &s;hall be by him paid in after the time prefixed, One peny in the pound, and no more.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowance for tran&s;cribing Warrants and Dupli|cates.</NOTE>And for the careful writing and tran&s;cribing the &s;aid Warrants, E&s;treats, and Duplicates in due time, Be it further Enacted, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners Clerks who &s;hall re&s;pectively per|form the &s;ame, &s;hall by Warrant under two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners hands, have and receive from the re&s;pective Head-collectors, Two pence in the pound of all &s;uch moneys as he &s;hall have received by vertue of &s;uch Warrants and E&s;treats, who is hereby appointed and allowed to pay the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Payments by the Head-col|lectors to the Receiver ge|neral.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That if any Head-collector &s;hall not pay in to the Receiver-general within the time limited by this Act, all &s;ums of money by him received by vertue of this Act, That then the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them being informed thereof, are hereby impowred and required to Impri&s;on every &s;uch Head-collector, and al&s;o to &s;ei&s;e and &s;ecure the E&s;tate both real and per&s;onal of &s;uch Head-collector, or which &s;hall from him de&s;cend or come into the hands or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of his Heirs, Executors or Admini&s;trators, wherever the &s;ame can be di&s;covered or found: And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;hall &s;o &s;eize and &s;ecure the E&s;tate of any Head-collector, &s;hall be, and are hereby impowred to appoint a time for the general m&eacute;eting of the Commi&s;&s;ioners of &s;uch County, City or Town, and there to cau&s;e publick notice to be given at the place where &s;uch m&eacute;eting &s;hall be appointed, ten days at lea&s;t before &s;uch general m&eacute;eting: And the Commi&s;&s;ioners pre&s;ent at &s;uch general m&eacute;eting, or the major part of them, in ca&s;e the moneys detained by &s;uch Head-collector be not paid or &s;atisfied as ought to be, according to the di|rections of this Act, &s;hall and are hereby impowred and required to Sell and Di&s;po&s;e of all &s;uch E&s;tates, or any part of them, which &s;hall be for the cau&s;e afore&s;aid &s;eized, and thereby to &s;e|cure and pay all the money in Arrear in &s;uch Head-Collectors hand for His Maje&s;ties u&s;e, and return the overplus, deducting nece&s;&s;ary charges to &s;uch Head-collector, his Executors and Admi|ni&s;trators re&s;pectively.<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">enalty.</NOTE> And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall refu&s;e to pay the &s;everal &s;um and &s;ums, and proportions appointed by this Act for &s;uch per&s;on to pay, upon demand made by the Officer or Collector of the place, according to the Precept or E&s;treats to him delivered by the &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners; It &s;hall and may be lawful to and for &s;uch Officer or Collector, who are hereby thereunto authorized and required, for non-payment thereof to Di&s;train the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing, by his or their Goods or Chattels, and the Di&s;tre&s;s &s;o taken, to k&eacute;ep by the &s;pace of four days, at the co&s;ts and charges of the Owner thereof: And if the &s;aid Owner do not pay the &s;um of money due by this Act within the &s;aid four days, then the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;s to be Apprized by thr&eacute;e or two of the Inhabitants where the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;s is taken, and there to be &s;old by the &s;aid Of|ficer for payment of the &s;aid money, and the overplus coming by the &s;aid Sale (if any be) over and above the charges of taking and k&eacute;eping the &s;aid Di&s;tre&s;s, to be immediately re&s;tored to the Ow|ner thereof: And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by this Act, &s;hall refu&s;e or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">eglect to pay the &s;um or &s;ums &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, by the &s;pace of twenty days after demand as afore&s;aid, where no &s;ufficient di&s;tre&s;s can or may be found, whereby the &s;ame may be Levied; in every &s;uch ca&s;e, thr&eacute;e or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners by this Act appointed for any &s;uch City, County or Place, are hereby Authori|zed by Warrant under their Hands and Seals to commit &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons to the common Goal, there to be kept without Bail or Mainprize, until payment &s;hall be made. And if any per|&s;on
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certified, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed or Rated, find him or her &s;elf agrieved with &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing or Rating, and do within ten dayes after demand thereof made, complain to the Commi&s;&s;ioners, The &s;aid Com|mi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, whereof one of the Commi&s;&s;ioners who &s;igned or al|lowed his or her Rate, to be one, &s;hall and may within Fourt&eacute;en days next after &s;uch Complaint, particularly examine the per&s;on &s;o complaining, upon his or her Oath, of his or her per&s;onal E&s;tate afore&s;aid; And upon due Examination or knowledge thereof, abate, defalk, increa&s;e, or inlarge the &s;aid A&s;&s;e&s;sment: And the &s;ame &s;o abated, increa&s;ed or inlarged, &s;hall be E&s;treated by them into the Exchequer in manner afore&s;aid. And to that end, the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby required to m&eacute;et together for the Determining of &s;uch Complaints and Appeals accord|ingly.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That every per&s;on rated for his Office, &s;hall be rated,<NOTE PLACE="marg">In what pla|ces Per&s;ons &s;hall be rated for Offices, or otherwi&s;e.</NOTE> and pay for his &s;aid Office, in the place where the &s;aid Office is executed: And every per&s;on to be other|wi&s;e rated, &s;hall be rated, and the &s;um or &s;ums on him or her &s;et and levied, at &s;uch places where he or &s;he, and with his or her Family &s;hall be re&s;ident at the time of the execution of this Act; And that all per&s;ons not being Hou&s;holders, nor having a certain place of above, and all Servants &s;hall be Taxed at the place where they are re&s;ident at the time of the execution of this Act, thr&eacute;e moneths before the execution of this Act.</P>
<P>Provided always, That if any per&s;on having &s;everal Man&s;ion-hou&s;es, or places of Re&s;idence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons dou|bly charged, may be di&s;|charged upon Certificate.</NOTE> &s;hall be doubly charged by vertue of this Act, That upon Certificate made by two or more of the Commi&s;&s;ioners for the County, City or place, (which Certificate the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are required to give without delay, F&eacute;e or Reward) of his or their la&s;t per&s;onal Re&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ence, under their Hands and Seals, of the &s;um or &s;ums there charged upon him or them, and in what capa|city or re&s;pect he or they were &s;o charged, and upon Oath made of &s;uch Certificate before the Commi&s;&s;ioners to whom &s;uch Certificate &s;hall be tendred, which Oath the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are hereby authorized to admini&s;ter; Then the per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o doubly charged, &s;hall (for &s;o much as &s;hall be &s;o certified) be di&s;charged in every other County, City or place. And if any per&s;on at the time of the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, &s;hall be out of the Realm, &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall be rated where &s;uch per&s;on was la&s;t abiding within the Realm.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons chan|ging their dwelling by fraud to avoid the Tax.</NOTE> And if any per&s;on that ought to be Taxed, by vertue of this Act, by changing his place of re&s;idence, or by fraud or covin &s;hall e&s;cape from the Taxation, and not be Taxed, and the &s;ame proved before the Commi&s;&s;ioners, or two of them, or two Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the County where &s;uch per&s;on dwelleth or is re&s;ident, at any time within Six moneths next en&s;uing after &s;uch Tax made; Every per&s;on that &s;hall &s;o e&s;cape from the &s;aid Taxation and payment, &s;hall be charged,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> upon proof thereof, at the double value of &s;o much as he &s;hould or ought to have b&eacute;en Taxed by the Act: The &s;aid double value, upon Certificate thereof made into the Exchequer by the Commi&s;&s;ioners or Iu&s;tices before whom &s;uch proof &s;hall be made, to be Levied of the Goods, Lands and Tene|ments of &s;uch per&s;ons, towards the Supply afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That the Commi&s;&s;ioners which &s;hall be within any County or Place within their re&s;pective limits, or the major part of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commi&s;&s;i|oners to taxe one another.</NOTE> &s;hall Tax and A&s;&s;e&s;s every other Commi&s;&s;ioner joyned with them, and the Commi&s;&s;ioners within their Divi&s;ion &s;hall A&s;&s;e&s;s e|very A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or within their Divi&s;ion; And as well all &s;ums upon every the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners and A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, as the A&s;&s;e&s;sments made and pre&s;ented by the Pre&s;enters as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Written, E&s;treated, Levied and Gathered, as it &s;hould and ought to have b&eacute;en, as if the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners had not b&eacute;en named Commi&s;&s;ioners.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is hereby declared,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Decr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> That the &s;everal Rates and Taxes to which the Lords and P&eacute;ers of this Realm &s;hall be liable by vertue of this Act, &s;hall be received by a Collec|tor to be nominated by the P&eacute;ers, which &s;aid Collector &s;hall cau&s;e the &s;ame to be paid into His Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> upon or before the afore&s;aid thirtieth day of <HI>April.</HI></P>
<P>Provided, That this Act &s;hall not extend to the Inhabitants of <HI>Scotland, Ireland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Scotland, Ireland, Jer&s;ey, Guern&s;ey.</NOTE> <HI>Jer&s;ey</HI> or <HI>Guern&s;ey,</HI> for or concerning any &s;uch per&s;onal E&s;tate as afore&s;aid, which they or any other to their u&s;e have within the places afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the re&s;pective Trea&s;urers of His Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance are hereby authorized and required to take and retain unto them|&s;elves,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Allowances to the Trea&s;u|rers of the Navy.</NOTE> and &s;uch as &s;hall be re&s;pectively imployed by and under them, One peny in the pound and no more, out of the moneys rai&s;ed by vertue of this Act, and paid unto, and i&s;&s;ued out by them to any per&s;on or per&s;ons in pur&s;uance thereof, to be allowed unto them in their re&s;pective Ac|compts.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any A&s;&s;e&s;&s;or, Collector, Receiver, or other per&s;on appoin|ted by the Commi&s;&s;ioners, &s;hall wilfully neglect or refu&s;e to perform his Duty in the due and &s;p&eacute;edy Execution of this pre&s;ent Act; The &s;aid re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ors, Col|lectors, or Re|ceivers neglec|ting their duties.</NOTE> or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, may and &s;hall by vertue of this Act, impo&s;e on &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o refu&s;ing or neg|lecting their Duties, any Fine not exc&eacute;eding the &s;um of Twenty pounds for any one offence; the &s;ame to be Levied and Certified as afore&s;aid into His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> and char|ged upon the re&s;pective Receiver-general among&s;t the re&s;t of the Rates afore&s;aid; and the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners or any two or more of them, may or &s;hall from time to time call for, and require
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an Accompt from the re&s;pective Receiver-general of all the Moneys received by him of the &s;aid Head-collectors, and of the payment thereof into His Maje&s;ties Receipt of Exchequer, according to the direction of this Act: And in ca&s;e of any failer in the premi&s;&s;es the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any two or more of them, are hereby required to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be forthwith levied and paid, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act.</P>
<P>And in ca&s;e of any controver&s;ie ari&s;ing betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners concerning the &s;aid Rates or A&s;&s;e&s;sments, the Commi&s;&s;ioners that &s;hall be concerned therein &s;hall have no voice, but &s;hall withdraw during the debate of &s;uch controver&s;ie, until it be determined by the re&s;t of the Commi&s;|&s;ioners: And all que&s;tions and differences that &s;hall ari&s;e touching any of the &s;aid Rates, Taxes, A&s;&s;e&s;sments, or Levies, &s;hall be heard, and finally determined by two or more of the Commi&s;&s;i|oners, upon complaint thereof to them made, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons thereby grieved, without further trouble or Suit in Law.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Controver|&s;ies and que&s;|tions about the rates how to be determi|ned.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Receiver-general &s;hall give Acquittances <HI>gratis</HI> to the &s;aid Head-collectors, for all moneys of them received; and the &s;aid Head-collectors &s;hall al&s;o give Acquittances <HI>gratis</HI> to the Sub-collectors, for all &s;uch moneys as &s;hall be paid by them in pur&s;uance of this Act; which Acquittances &s;hall be a full Di&s;charge to the &s;aid Head-collectors and Sub-collectors re&s;pectively:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Acquittances.</NOTE> And the &s;aid Sub-collectors &s;hall make and deliver to the &s;aid Head-collectors, a perfect Schedule fairly written in Parchment, under their hands and &s;eals, &s;igned and allowed by any two or more of the re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ioners, containing the names, &s;irnames and places of abode of every per&s;on within their re&s;pective Collection, that &s;hall make default of payment of any of the &s;ums that &s;hall be Rated or A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed on &s;uch per&s;on by vertue of this Act, and the &s;um and &s;ums charged on every &s;uch per&s;on; The &s;ame Schedule to be delive|red by the Head-collector, to the Receiver-general of that County, City, Town or Liberty re&s;|pectively, to be by him returned into His Maje&s;ties Exchequer; Whereupon every per&s;on &s;o making default of payment, may be charged by Proce&s;s of the Court, according to the cour&s;e thereof in that behalf.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall be double charg|ed for his Ti|tles or de|grees.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted, That no per&s;on &s;hall by vertue of this Act, be doubly charged for or in re&s;pect of &s;everal Titles, Honours or Degr&eacute;es; but that every &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall be charged and a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed for &s;uch Title, Honour or Degr&eacute;e onely as is Highe&s;t Rated by this Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Not Letters Patents of Exemption allowable a|gain&s;t this Taxe.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Letters Patents granted by the Kings Maje&s;ty, or any of His Royal Progenitors, or to be granted by His Maje&s;ty to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Cities, Boroughs or Towns corporate within this Realm, of any manner of Liber|ties, Priviledges or Exemptions from Sub&s;idies, Toll, Taxes, A&s;&s;e&s;sments or Aids, &s;hall be con&s;trued or taken to exempt any per&s;on or per&s;ons, City, Borough or Town-corporate, or any the Inhabitants of the &s;ame, from the burthen and charge of any &s;um or &s;ums of money granted by this Act, or any other Act of this Parliament now in force, to the Aid and Supply of His Maje&s;ty in the pre&s;ent War, And all <HI>Non-ob&s;tantes</HI> in any &s;uch Letters Patents made or to be made, in bar of any Act or Acts of Parliament for the &s;upply or a&s;&s;i&s;tance of His Maje&s;ty, are hereby declared to be void and of none effect;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Non ob&s;tante.</NOTE> Any &s;uch Letters Patents, Grants or Chatter, or any Clau&s;e of <HI>Non ob&s;tante,</HI> or other matter or thing therein contained, or any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">No former Receiver not having accomp|ted, may be a receiver upon this Act.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on being a Receiver of money due upon any former Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, not having accompted for all the moneys by him received, and to be accompted for upon &s;uch Act or Acts, before <HI>Mi|chaelmas</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;ix, &s;hall be appointed Receiver for any the moneys due by this Act, and &s;hall intermeddle therein, every &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of Five hun|dred pounds, to be recovered by any per&s;on or per&s;ons that will &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or other Information, where|in no E&s;&s;oyn, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid Prayer, Priviledge, Injunction or Order of Re&s;traint, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e prayed, granted or allowed, nor any more then one Impar|lance.</P>
<P>Provided always, And be it Enacted, That Thirty thou&s;and pounds, and no more, of the money to be rai&s;ed by this Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Peers &s;hall be rated.</NOTE> may be applyed for the payment of His Maje&s;ties Guards.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, And be it further Enacted, That all and every the P&eacute;ers who are to be rated by vertue of this Act, for their Offices and per&s;onal E&s;tates, &s;hall be rated by <HI>John</HI> Lord <HI>Roberts</HI> Lord K&eacute;eper of the Privy Seal, <HI>George</HI> Duke of <HI>Buckingham, George</HI> Duke of <HI>Albemarle</HI> General of His Maje&s;ties Forces by Sea and Land, <HI>Edward</HI> Earl of <HI>Manche&s;ter</HI> Lord Chamber|lain of his Maje&s;ties Hou&s;hold, <HI>Anthony</HI> Earl of <HI>Kent, Richard</HI> Earl of <HI>Dor&s;et, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Bridgewater, James</HI> Earl of <HI>Northampton, Oliver</HI> Earl of <HI>Bolingbrook, Thomas</HI> Earl <HI>Rivers, Ar|thur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex, Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>Angle&s;ey, Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Carli&s;le, William</HI> Earl of <HI>Craven; Richard</HI> Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>York, Humphrey</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London, George</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter, Benjamin</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Lincoln, Seth</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Exeter, Edward</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Carli&s;le, John</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Roche&s;ter, Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Arlington</HI> one of His Maje&s;ties Princi|pal Secretaries of State, <HI>George</HI> Lord <HI>Berkley</HI> of <HI>Berkley-Ca&s;tle, Philip</HI> Lord <HI>Wharton, Charles</HI> Lord <HI>Howard</HI> of <HI>Charlton, William</HI> Lord <HI>Grey</HI> of <HI>Wark, Francis</HI> Lord <HI>Newport, John</HI> Lord <HI>Lucas, John</HI> Lord <HI>Bella&s;y&s;e, Charles</HI> Lord <HI>Gerard</HI> of <HI>Brandon, Charles</HI> Lord <HI>Cornwallis,</HI> and <HI>Anthony</HI>
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Lord <HI>A&s;hley,</HI> Chancellour and Vnder-trea&s;urer of His Maje&s;ties Exchequer, or any five of them, and not otherwi&s;e, and &s;hall not be Subject to the Impri&s;onment of his or their Per&s;ons, Any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tandding.</P>
<P>And to the intent that all Moneys to be lent to Your Maje&s;ty, and the Moneys that &s;hall be due upon Contracts for Wares, Ships, Goods, Victuals, or other Nece&s;&s;aries which &s;hall be delivered for this Service, may be well and &s;ufficiently &s;ecured out of the Moneys ari&s;ing and payable by this Act.</P>
<P>Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How moneys &s;ent o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ares advanced upon this Act may be &s;ecu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ed.</NOTE> That there &s;hall be provided and kept in Your Maje&s;ties Exchequer (to wit) in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt, One Book or Regi&s;ter, in which all Moneys that &s;hall be paid into the Exchequer &s;hall be Entred and Regi&s;tred apart and di&s;tinct from all other Moneys paid or payable to Your Maje&s;ty, or to Your Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors, upon any other Branch of Your Revenue, or upon other Accompt what&s;oever. And that there be one other Book or Regi&s;try provided and kept in the &s;aid Office, of all Orders and Warrants to be made by the Lord Trea&s;urer, and Vnder-Trea&s;urer or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, for payment of all and every &s;um and &s;ums of Moneys to all per|&s;ons for Moneys lent, Wares, Goods or Victuals, or other Nece&s;&s;aries bought or Ships hired, or other payments directed by Your Maje&s;ty, relating to the &s;ervice of this War. And that no Moneys leviable by this Act, be i&s;&s;ued out of the Exchequer during this War, but by &s;uch Order or War|rant mentioning, That the Moneys payable by &s;uch Order or Warrant, are for the &s;ervice of Your Maje&s;ty in the &s;aid War re&s;pectively. That al&s;o there be the like Book or Regi&s;try provided and kept by the &s;aid Auditor, of all Moneys paid out, or i&s;&s;ued by vertue of &s;uch Orders and Warrants.</P>
<P>And that it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, willing to lend any Money, or to furni&s;h any Wares, Victuals, Ships, Goods, or other Nece&s;&s;aries on the Credit of this Act, at the u&s;ual times when the Exchequer is open, to have acce&s;s unto, and review and peru&s;e all or any of the &s;aid Books for their Information of the State of tho&s;e Moneys, and all Engagements upon them, for their better encouragement to lend any Moneys, or furni&s;h any Goods, Wares, Victuals, Ships, or other Nece&s;&s;aries as afore&s;aid. And that the Auditor of the Receipt, his Deputies and Clerks &s;hall be a&s;&s;i&s;tant to &s;uch per&s;ons for their better and &s;p&eacute;edier &s;atisfaction in that behalf. And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall lend any Moneys to Your Maje&s;ty, and pay the &s;ame in|to the Receipt of the Exchequer, &s;hall immediately have a Tally of Loan &s;truck for the &s;ame, and an Order for his Repayment, bearing the &s;ame Date with his Tally; in which Order &s;hall be al|&s;o contained a Warrant for payment of Intere&s;t for forbearance after the Rate of Sir <HI>per Cent. per annum,</HI> for his con&s;ideration, to be paid every thr&eacute;e Moneths, until the repayment of his Prin|cipal. And that all per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall furni&s;h Your Maje&s;ty, Your Officers of the Navy, or Ordnance, with any Wares, Goods, Ships, Victuals, or any other Nece&s;saries for the Service afore&s;aid, &s;hall upon Certificate of the Commi&s;sioners and Officers of the Navy, or of the Ma&s;ter or Commi&s;sioners and Officers of the Ordinance, or &s;ome of them, without delay forthwith have made out to them Warrants or Orders for the payment of the Moneys due or payable unto them; which Certificates the &s;aid Officers of Your Navy, Commi&s;sioners, and Officers of the Ordnance &s;hall make without F&eacute;e, Charge or Delay: And that all Orders for Repayment of Money lent, &s;hall be Regi&s;tred in cour&s;e according to the Date of the Tallies re&s;|pectively. And that all Orders &s;igned by the Lord Trea&s;urer, and Vnder-Trea&s;urer of the Ex|chequer, for payment of Moneys for Goods, Wares, Victuals, and other Nece&s;saries furni&s;hed to Your Maje&s;ty, Your Officers, Ma&s;ter, or Commi&s;sioners as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Regi&s;tred in cour&s;e according to the time of bringing to the Office of the Auditor of Receipt the Certificates above mentioned. And that all Orders &s;o Signed for payments directed by His Maje&s;ty, &s;hall be en|tred in cour&s;e according to their re&s;pective Dates, and none of the &s;orts of Orders above mentio|ned either for Loans of Money, Supplies of Wares, Goods, Victuals, or other nece&s;saries, or by &s;pecial direction, &s;hall have preference one before another, but &s;hall all be Entred in their cour&s;e, according to the dates of the Tallies, the times of bringing their Certificates, and the dates of the Orders for Payments directed by His Maje&s;ty, as they are in point of time re&s;pectively before each other: And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be paid in cour&s;e, according as their Orders &s;hall &s;tand Entred in the &s;aid Regi&s;ter-Book, Be it Orders for Payments directed by His Maje&s;ty, or of Moneys lent, or for Wares, Commodities, Ships, Victuals, or other nece&s;saries furni&s;hed as afore&s;aid; &s;o as that the per&s;on, Native or Foreigner, his Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;signs, who &s;hal have his Warrant or Order, Warrants or Orders fir&s;t entred in the &s;aid Book of Regi&s;try, &s;hall be taken and accounted as the fir&s;t per&s;on to be paid upon the moneys to come in by vertue of this Act; And he or they that &s;hall have his or their Warrants or Orders, War|rant or Order next entred, &s;hall be taken and accounted the &s;econd per&s;on to be paid, and &s;o &s;uc|ce&s;sively and in cour&s;e. And that the moneys to come in by this Act, &s;hall be in the &s;ame order liable to the &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid re&s;pective parties, their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;signs &s;ucce&s;sively, without preference of one before another, and not otherwi&s;e; and not be divertible to any other u&s;e, intent or purpo&s;e what&s;oever. And that no F&eacute;e, Reward or Gratuity, directly or indirectly, be demanded or taken of any Your Maje&s;ties Subjects, for providing or making of any &s;uch Books, Regi&s;ters, Entries, View, Search or Certificate, in or for payment of money lent, or the Intere&s;t thereof, or for payment of any money upon any Order, upon any Contract for
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Wares and Goods furni&s;hed to the u&s;e of Your Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance as afore&s;aid, by any of Your Maje&s;ties Officer or Officers, their Clerks or Deputies, on pain of payment of treble damages to the party grieved, by the party offending, with Co&s;ts of Suit; And if the Officer him&s;elf take or demand any &s;uch F&eacute;e or reward, then to lo&s;e his place al&s;o. And if any undue pre|ference of one before another &s;hall be made, either in point of Regi&s;tring, contrary to the true meaning of this Act, by any &s;uch Officer or Officers, then the party offending &s;hall be liable, by Action of Debt, or on the Ca&s;e, to pay the value of the Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts to the party grieved, and &s;hall be forejudged from his Place or Office: And if &s;uch preference be unduly made by any his Deputy or Clerk, without direction or privity of His Ma&s;ter, then &s;uch Deputy or Clerk onely &s;hall be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, and &s;hall be for ever after uncapable of his Place or Office; And in ca&s;e the Auditor &s;hall not direct the Order, or the Clerk of the Pells Record, or the Teller make payment according to each per&s;ons due place and order, as afore directed, then he or they &s;hall be judged to forfeit; and their re&s;pective Deputies and Clerks herein offending, to be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, in &s;uch manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>All which &s;aid Penalties, Forfeitures, Damages and Co&s;ts to be incurred by any of the Offi|cers of the Exchequer, Navy or Ordnance, or any their Deputies or Clerks, &s;hall and may be re|covered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Re|cord at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> wherein no E&s;&s;oyn, Protection, Priviledge, Wager of Law, Injunction, or Order of re&s;traint, &s;hall be in any wi&s;e granted or allowed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Entries of Tallies or Certificates dated the &s;ame day.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it hereby Declared, That if it happen that &s;everal Tallies of Loan, or Certificates for Wares delivered, or Orders for Payments directed by Your Maje&s;ty as afore|&s;aid, bear date, or be brought the &s;ame day to the Auditor of the Receipt to be Regi&s;tered, then it &s;hall be interpreted no undue preference which of the&s;e he enters fir&s;t, &s;o he enters them all the &s;ame day.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hal not be interpreted any undue preference, to incur any penalty in point of payment, If the Auditors direct, and the Clerk of the Pells record, and the Teller do pay &s;ub|&s;equent Orders of per&s;ons that come and demand their money, and bring their Orders, before o|ther per&s;ons that did not come to demand their money, and bring their Order in their cour&s;e, &s;o as there be &s;o much money re&s;erved as will &s;atisfie their Orders, which &s;hall not be otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed, but kept for them, Intere&s;t upon Loan being to cea&s;e from the time the money is &s;o re|&s;erved and kept in bank for them.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rights and titles to mo|ney &s;ent upon this Act may be A&s;&s;igned over.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom any moneys &s;hall be due by vertue of this Act, after Warrant or Order entred in the Book of Re|gi&s;ter afore&s;aid for payment thereof, his Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, by Indor&s;ement of his Order or Warrant, may a&s;&s;ign and tran&s;fer his Right, Title, Intere&s;t and Benefit of &s;uch Warrant or Order, or any part thereof to any other; which being notified in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt afore&s;aid, and an entry and memorial thereof al&s;o made in the Book of Regi&s;try afore&s;aid, for Warrants (which the Officers &s;hall on reque&s;t, without F&eacute;e or charge, accordingly make) &s;hall intitle &s;uch A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e, his Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, to the benefit thereof, and payment thereon: And &s;uch A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e may in like manner A&s;&s;ign again, and &s;o <HI>Toties quoties;</HI> and afterwards it &s;hall not be in the power of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who have made &s;uch A&s;&s;ignments, to make void, relea&s;e or di&s;charge the &s;ame, or any the moneys thereby due, or any part thereof.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons &s;ued for executing this Act may plead the ge|neral i&s;&s;ue.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Action, Plaint, Suit or In|formation &s;hall be commenced or pro&s;ecuted again&s;t any per&s;on or per&s;ons for what he or they &s;hall do in pur&s;uance or in execution of this Act; &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o &s;ued in any Court what&s;oever, &s;hall or may plead the general I&s;&s;ue, Not guilty; and upon any I&s;&s;ue joyned, may give this Act, and the &s;pecial matter in Evidence; And if the Plaintiff or Pro&s;ecutor &s;hall be|come Non&s;uit or forbear further pro&s;ecution, or &s;uffer Di&s;continuance, or if a Verdict pa&s;s again&s;t him, the Defendant and Defendants &s;hall recover their treble Co&s;ts; for which they &s;hall have the like remedy as in any Ca&s;e where Co&s;ts by the Law are given to Defendants.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Cattel may not be imported from <HI>Ireland</HI> and other parts beyond the Seas; nor Fi&s;h taken by Foreigners.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas by an Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, entituled, <HI>An Act for the Encouragement of Trade,</HI> among&s;t other things, &s;ome Provi&s;ion was made for the preventing of coming in of va&s;t Numbers of Cattel,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Car. 2. cap. 5. Stat. 3.</NOTE> whereby the Rents and Values of the Land of this King|dome were much fallen, and like dayly to fall more, to the great Prejudice, Detriment and Impo|veri&s;hment of this Kingdom; which neverthele&s;s hath by experience b&eacute;en found to be ineffectual; and the continuance of any Importation, either of the Lean or Fat Cattel, dead or alive, herein after &s;pecified, not onely Vnnece&s;&s;ary, but very De&s;tructive to the welfare of this Kingdome: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con|&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;em|bled,
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That &s;uch Importation from and after the &s;econd day of <HI>February,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Importation of Cattel a common Nu|&s;ance.</NOTE> in this pre&s;ent year One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix, is a publick and common Nu&s;ance, and &s;hall be &s;o adjudged, d&eacute;emed and taken to be to all intents and purpo&s;es what&s;oever. And that if any great Cattel, Sh&eacute;ep or Swine, or any B&eacute;ef, Pork or Bacon (except for the nece&s;&s;ary Provi&s;ion of the re&s;pe|ctive Ships or Ve&s;&s;els in which the &s;ame &s;hall be brought, not expo&s;ing the &s;ame, or any part thereof to Sale) &s;hall from and after the &s;aid &s;econd day of <HI>February,</HI> by any wi&s;e what&s;oever, be Imported or brought from beyond Seas into this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed;</HI> That then it &s;hall and may be lawful for any Con&s;table,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Penalty.</NOTE> Ty|thing-man, Headborough, Church-wardens or Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor, or any of them, within their re&s;pective Liberties, Pari&s;hes or Places, to take and &s;eize the &s;ame, and k&eacute;ep the &s;ame du|ring the &s;pace of Eight and fourty hours, in &s;ome publick or convenient place where &s;uch Sei|zure &s;hall be made; within which time, if the Owner or Owners, or any for them or him, &s;hall make it appear unto &s;ome Iu&s;tice of the Peace of the &s;ame County where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o &s;eized, by the Oath of two credible Witne&s;&s;es, which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of Peace is hereby impowred and required to admini&s;ter, That the &s;ame were not Imported from <HI>Ireland,</HI> or from any other place beyond the Seas, not herein after Excepted, after the &s;aid &s;econd day of <HI>February;</HI> Then the &s;ame upon the Warrant of &s;uch Iu&s;tice of Peace, &s;hall be delivered without delay; But in default of &s;uch Proof and Warrant, then the &s;ame to be forfeited; One half thereof to be di&s;po&s;ed to the u&s;e of the Poor of the Pari&s;h where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o found or &s;eized; the other half to be to his or their own u&s;e that &s;hall &s;o &s;eize the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And for the better encouragement of the Fi&s;hery of this Kingdom, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any Ling, Herring, Cod or Pilchard, fre&s;h or &s;alted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment of Fi&s;hery.</NOTE> dryed or bloated, or any Salmons, Eels or Congers taken by any Foreigners, Aliens to this Kingdom, &s;hall be Imported, uttered, &s;old, or expo&s;ed to &s;ale in this Kingdom; That then it &s;hall and may be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons to take and &s;eize the &s;ame; The one half thereof to be di&s;po|&s;ed of to the u&s;e of the Poor of the Pari&s;h where the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o found or &s;eized; the other half to his or their own u&s;e, which &s;hall &s;o &s;eize the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Provided always, That nothing in this Act &s;hall be con&s;trued to hinder the Importation of Cattel from the I&s;le of <HI>Man</HI> in this Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;le of <HI>Man.</HI></NOTE> &s;o as the number of the &s;aid Cattel do not exc&eacute;ed Six hundred Head yearly; And that they be not of any other Br&eacute;ed then of the Br&eacute;ed of the I&s;le of <HI>Man;</HI> And that they be landed at the Port of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> or &s;ome of the Members thereof, and not el&s;ewhere. This Act to continue until the end of Seven years, and from thence to the end of the Fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of the next Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A former Act for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of <HI>England,</HI> Continued.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas an Act was made in the Fourt&eacute;enth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord the King that now is, entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">14 Car. 2. cap. 22.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for preventing of Theft and Rapine upon the Northern Borders of <HI>England;</HI></HI> which Act is very near expiring, and hath b&eacute;en found very nece&s;&s;ary for the pre&s;ervation of tho&s;e places from that great number of Lewd, Di&s;orderly, and Lawle&s;s per&s;ons, that u&s;ually frequented thereabouts: Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, That the &s;aid Act, and every Clau&s;e and Clau&s;es therein contained, and all and every the Powers and Authorities thereby given, be, continue, and remain in force until the end of Seven years from the expiration or determination of the fore-mentioned Act.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the benefit of Clergy &s;hall be ta|ken away from great, known and notorious Thieves and Spoil-takers in the &s;aid Counties of <HI>Northumberland, Cumberland,</HI> or either of them, during the continuance of this pre&s;ent Act,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Clergy taken away from notorious Theives in <HI>Northum|berland,</HI> Cumberland.</NOTE> who &s;hall be duly Convicted for Theft done or committed within the &s;aid Counties, or either of them; Or otherwi&s;e, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Iu&s;tices of the A&s;&s;ize, and Commi&s;&s;ioners of <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Terminer,</HI> or Gaol-delivery, before whom &s;uch Offenders &s;hall be Convicted within the &s;aid Counties, or either of them, to Tran&s;port, or cau&s;e to be Tran|&s;ported the &s;aid Offenders, and every of them, into any of His Maje&s;ties Dominions in <HI>Ame|rica,</HI> there to remain, and not to return; Any former Law, Statute or V&s;age to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Burying in Woollen onely.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOr the Encouragement of the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom, and prevention of the Exportation of the Moneys thereof, for the Buying and Importing of Linnen;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Woollen Ma|nufactures encouraged.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Au|thority thereof, That from and after the Five and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, No per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall be buried in
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any Shirt,<NOTE PLACE="marg">None &s;hall be buried but in Woollen.</NOTE> Shift, or Sh&eacute;et made of, or mingled with Flax, Hemp, Silk, Hair, Gold or Silver, or other then what &s;hall be made of Wooll onely, or be put into any Coffin lined or faced with any thing made of, or mingled with Flax, Hemp, Silk or Hair; upon pain of the forfeiture of the &s;um of Five pounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> to be imployed to the u&s;e of the poor of the Pari&s;h where &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall be buried, for and towards the providing a Stock or Work-hou&s;e for the &s;etting them at work, to be levied by the Churchwardens and Over&s;&eacute;ers of the Poor of &s;uch Pari&s;h, or one of them, by Warrant from any Iu&s;tice of the Peace, or Mayor, Alderman, or Head-officer of &s;uch City, Town or place Corporate, re&s;pectively within their &s;everal Limits, by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of the par|ty Interred contrary to this Act, rendring the overplus; or in default thereof, by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of the Goods of any that had a hand in the putting &s;uch per&s;on into &s;uch Shift, Shirt, Sh&eacute;et or Coffin, contrary to this Act, or did order or di&s;po&s;e the doing thereof, to be levied and imployed as above&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for per&s;ons dying of the Plague.</NOTE>Provided, That no penalty appointed by this Act, &s;hall be incurred for, or by the rea&s;on of any per&s;on that &s;hall die of the Plague, though &s;uch per&s;on be buried in Linnen.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Encouraging for Coynage.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas it is obvious, That the plenty of Current Coyns of Gold and Silver of this Kingdom, is of great advantage to Trade and Commerce; For the Increa&s;e whereof, Your Maje&s;ty in Your Princely Wi&s;dom and Care, hath b&eacute;en graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to bear out of Your Revenue, half the Charge of the Coynage of Silver-money: For the preven|ting of which Charge to Your Maje&s;ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment for bringing Gold and Sil|ver into the Realm.</NOTE> and the Encouragement of the bringing of Gold and Sil|ver into the Realm, to be converted into the Current Money of this Your Maje&s;ties Kingdom, We Your Maje&s;ties Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, do Give and Grant unto Your Maje&s;ty, the Rates, Duties or Impo&s;itions following; And do be&s;&eacute;ech Your Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted; And be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That what&s;oever per&s;on or per&s;ons, Native or Foreigner, Alien or Stranger,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Silver or Gold brought in to be Coy|ned.</NOTE> &s;hall from and after the Twentieth day of <HI>December</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix, bring any Foreign Coyn, Plate or Bullion of Gold or Silver, in Ma&s;s, Molten, or Al|layed, or any &s;ort of Manufacture of Gold or Silver into His Maje&s;ties Mint or Mints within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> to be there Melted down and Coyned into the current Coyns of this Kingdom, &s;hall have the &s;ame there A&s;&s;ayed, Melted down and Coyned with all convenient &s;p&eacute;ed, without any Defalcation, Diminution or Charge for the A&s;&s;aying, Coynage, or Wa&s;t in Coy|nage: So as that for every pound Troy of Crown or Standard-Gold that &s;hall be brought in and delivered by him or them to be A&s;&s;ayed, Melted down, and Coyned as afore&s;aid, there &s;hall be de|livered out to him or them re&s;pectively, a pound Troy of the current Coyns of this Kingdom, of Crown or Standard-Gold; And for every pound Troy of Sterling, or Standard-Silver that &s;hall be brought in and delivered by him or them to be A&s;&s;ayed, Melted down and Coyned as a|fore&s;aid, there &s;hall be delivered out to him or them re&s;pectively a pound Troy of the current Coyns of this Kingdom, of Sterling, or Standard-Silver, and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er weight; And for every pound Troy of Gold or Silver that &s;hall be brought in, and delive|red to be A&s;&s;ayed, Melted down, and Coyned as afore&s;aid, that &s;hall be finer upon A&s;&s;ay then Crown-Gold, or Standard-Silver, there &s;hall be delivered for the &s;ame &s;o much more then a pound Troy, as the &s;ame doth in proportion amount unto in <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">nene&s;s and value; And for every pound Troy of Gold or Silver that &s;hall be brought in, and delivered to be A&s;&s;ayed, Melted down, and Coyned as afore&s;aid, that &s;hall be cour&s;er or ba&s;er upon A&s;&s;ay, or wor&s;e in value then Crown-Gold, or Standard-Silver, there &s;hall be delivered for the &s;ame &s;o much le&s;s then a pound Troy, as the &s;ame doth fall &s;hort in finene&s;s or value, and &s;o for a greater or le&s;&s;er quanti|ty.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be no preference in point of A&s;&s;aying or Coynage;<NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be no under preference but money Coy|ned &s;hall be delivered out in order.</NOTE> but that all Gold and Silver brought in, and delivered into the Mint, to be A&s;&s;ayed and Coyned, &s;hall be A&s;&s;ayed, Coyned, and delivered out to the re&s;pective Importers, according to the order and times of bringing in and delivering the &s;ame into the Mint or Mints, and not otherwi&s;e: So as he that &s;hall fir&s;t bring in, and deliver any Gold or Silver to be Coyned, &s;hall be taken and accounted the fir&s;t per&s;on to have the &s;ame A&s;&s;ayed, Coyned, and Delivered; And he or they that &s;hall bring in and deliver any Gold or Siver next, to be ac|counted the &s;econd per&s;on to have the &s;ame A&s;&s;ayed, Coyned, and Delivered; and &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;ively in cour&s;e. And that the Gold and Silver brought in and Coyned as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be in the &s;ame order delivered to the re&s;pective bringers in thereof, their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns &s;ucce&s;&s;ively without preference of one before the other, and not otherwi&s;e: And if any un|due preference be made in Entring of any Gold or Silver, or delivering out of any money Coy|ned, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, by any Officer or Officers of the Mint or Mints;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> then the party or parties offending, &s;hall be liable by Action of Debt, or in the Ca&s;e, to pay the value of the Gold or Silver brought in, and not Entred and Delivered according to the true intent, and meaning and direction of this Act as afore&s;aid, with Damages and Co&s;ts to
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the party or parties grieved, and &s;hall be fore-judged from his or their Place or Office: And if &s;uch preference be unduly made by any of his or their Deputy or Deputies, Clerk or Clerks, without direction or privity of his or their Ma&s;ter or Ma&s;ters, then &s;uch Deputy or Depu|ties, Clerk or Clerks onely &s;hall be liable to &s;uch Action, Damage and Co&s;ts as afore&s;aid, and be for ever after uncapable of &s;erving or bearing Office in any Mint in the Kingdom of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>Provided always, That it &s;hall not be interpreted any undue preference to incur any penalty in point of Delivery of moneys Coyned, if the Officer or Officers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall not be an un|due preference.</NOTE> or their Deputies or Clerks &s;hall deliver out or pay any moneys Coyned, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons that do come and demand the &s;ame upon &s;ub&s;equent Entries, before others that did not come to demand their moneys in their order and cour&s;e, &s;o as there be &s;o much money re&s;erved as will &s;atisfie them, which &s;hall not be otherwi&s;e di&s;po&s;ed of, but kept for them.</P>
<P>And for the more orderly and clear performance thereof, Be it Enacted, And it is hereby Enact|ed by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Ma&s;ter-worker of His Maje&s;ties Mint or Mints for the time being, &s;hall at the time of the Delivery and Entry of any Gold or Silver in the &s;aid Mint or Mints, give unto the bringer or bringers in thereof to be Coyned, a Bill under his hand, de|noting the Weight, Finene&s;s and Value thereof, together with the Day and Order of its Deli|very into the &s;aid Mint or Mints.</P>
<P>And for the further Encouragement and A&s;&s;urance of &s;uch as &s;hall bring any Gold or Silver into his Maje&s;ties &s;aid Mint or Mints to be Coyned; Be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be no &s;ei&s;ure, or forfeiture, &amp;c. of any Gold or Silver brought in to be coyned.</NOTE> And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Confi&s;cation, Forfeiture, Seizure, Attachment, Stop or Re|&s;traint what&s;oever &s;hall be made in the &s;aid Mint or Mints, of any Gold or Silver brought in to be Coyned, for or by rea&s;on of any Imbargo, breach of the Peace, Letters of Mart or Repri&s;al, or War with any Foreign Nation, or upon any other accompt or pretence what&s;oever; But that all Gold and Silver brought into any of his Maje&s;ties Mint or Mints within the Kingdom of <HI>England</HI> to be Coyned, &s;hall truly, and with all convenient &s;p&eacute;ed be Coyned and delivered out to the re&s;pective bringer or bringers in thereof, their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, accord|ing to the Rules and Directions of this Act.</P>
<P>And whereas it cannot be rea&s;onably expected, that the Expence, Wa&s;te, and Charge in A&s;&s;ay|ing, Melting down and Coynage be born by Your Maje&s;ty, And for the further encouragement of Coynage, Be it Enacted, And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">An Impo&s;i|tion &s;et upon Wines, Vinegar, Sider, or Beer Im|ported.</NOTE> That for every Tun of Wines, Vineger, Sider, or B&eacute;er that &s;hall be Imported or brought into the Port of <HI>London,</HI> or into any other Port, Cr&eacute;ek or place within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> from any parts beyond the Seas, or <HI>Scotland,</HI> from and after the Twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix, there &s;hall be Levied, Collected and paid the &s;um of Ten &s;hillings; And for every Tun of Brandy-wines, or Strong-waters that &s;hall be imported as above&s;aid, the &s;um of Twenty &s;hil|lings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Brandy-wine. Strong-water.</NOTE> and &s;o proportionably for a greater or le&s;&s;er quantity, to be Levied, Collected and paid at the re&s;pective Cu&s;tom-Hou&s;es to the Collectors and other Officers of the Cu&s;toms for the time being, at the Importation of the &s;aid Commodities, over and above all other Duties charged, leviable and payable upon the &s;aid Commodities, and to be by them di&s;tingui&s;hed and kept apart from all other moneys by them Collected and Levied upon the &s;ame Commodities, or upon any other Commodities or Merchandizes what&s;oever, and to be by the &s;aid Collector or Collectors re|&s;pectively &s;o an&s;wered and paid Quarterly into the Receipt of the Exchequer of Your Maje&s;ty, Your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, there al&s;o to be kept di&s;tinct and apart from all other moneys ari|&s;ing by the Cu&s;toms, or by any other way or Revenue what&s;oever; which &s;aid Duty they are hereby injoyned to receive and pay according to the &s;everal Directions of this Act, without any Salary or F&eacute;e.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all manner of Wines, Vinegar, Sider, B&eacute;er, Brandy-wines, and Strong-waters Imported as afore&s;aid, &s;hall pay their &s;everal and re&s;pective Duties impo&s;ed by this Act; And upon non-payment thereof, &s;hall be liable to &s;uch, and the &s;ame pains, penalties and forfeitures, as in and by the late Acts for Tunnage and Poundage, and for Frauds, are Enacted and appointed, upon non-payment of the Duties by the &s;aid Acts impo&s;ed upon Goods and Merchandi&s;es of the &s;ame nature with tho&s;e mentioned in this Act.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is hereby Enacted, That for what of the afore&s;aid Commodities &s;hall be Tran&s;ported into any parts beyond the Seas, within the term and &s;pace of one year after the Importation thereof, That the Duty paid by this Act for the &s;ame, &s;hall be repaid by the re&s;pe|ctive Collectors of the Cu&s;toms for the time being.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, That no moneys leviable and payable by this Act, &s;hall be applied or converted to any u&s;e or u&s;es what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Moneys le|viable upon this Act &s;hall be imployed onely to the u&s;e of the Mint.</NOTE> other then to the defraying the charge or ex|pence of the Mint or Mints, and of the A&s;&s;aying, Melting down, Wa&s;te and Coynage of Gold and Silver, and the encouragement of the bringing in of Gold and Silver into the &s;aid Mint or Mints, there to be Coyned into the current Coyns of this Kingdom; Nor &s;hall any of the &s;aid Moneys be i&s;&s;ued out of the Exchequer, but by Order or Warrant of the Lord Trea&s;urer and Vnder-Trea&s;u|rer, or Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, to the Ma&s;ter and Worker, or Ma&s;ters and Workers of Your Maje&s;ties Mint or Mints for the time being, and mentioning, That they
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are for the u&s;e and &s;ervice afore&s;aid, to be kept in His Maje&s;ties Office of Receipt in the &s;aid Mint or Mints, under the u&s;ual Keys of the Warden, Ma&s;ter and Worker, and Comptroller for the time being, and i&s;&s;ued out thence from time to time, according to the manner and cour&s;e of the &s;aid Mint or Mints re&s;pectively.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, That there &s;hall not be i&s;&s;ued out of the Exchequer of the &s;aid moneys, in any one year, for the F&eacute;es and Salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints, and to|wards the providing, maintaining and repairing of the Hou&s;es, Offices and Buildings, and other nece&s;&s;aries for A&s;&s;aying, Melting down, and Coyning, above the &s;um of Thr&eacute;e thou&s;and pounds Sterling money; And the overplus of the &s;aid moneys &s;o kept, or to be kept as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be imployed for and towards the expence, wa&s;te and charge of a&s;&s;aying, melting down and Coy|nage, and buying in of Gold and Silver to Coyn,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> and not otherwi&s;e.</P>
<P>And la&s;tly, Be it Enacted, And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Act &s;hall continue and be in force until the Twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy one, and until the end of the fir&s;t Se&s;&s;ion of Par|liament then next following,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o.</NOTE> and no longer.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That where His Maje&s;ty in and by his Letters Patents under his Great Seal, dated at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Twentieth day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> in the Twelfth year of his Reign,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Dame</HI> Barbara Villiers.</NOTE> did for divers good cau&s;es and con&s;iderations Him moving, give and grant to Dame <HI>Barbara Villiers</HI> Widow, the &s;um of Two pence by tale out of every pound weight Troy of Silver moneys which from thenceforth &s;hould be Coyned by vertue of any Warrant or Inden|ture made and to be made by His Maje&s;ty, his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, To have, hold, receive, per|ceive and take the &s;ame unto the &s;aid Dame <HI>Barbara Villiers,</HI> her Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, from the Ninth day of the then in&s;tant <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> w&eacute;ekly, as the &s;aid moneys &s;hould be Coyned, for and during the term of One and twenty years, as by the &s;ame doth appear: That His Maje&s;ty may out of the moneys leviable by this Act, appoint and cau&s;e rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction to be made yearly to the &s;aid Dame <HI>Barbara Villiers,</HI> her Executors and Admini&s;trators, for her Intere&s;t in the Premi&s;&s;es, not exc&eacute;eding the &s;um of Six hundred pounds in any one year.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Anno Regni <HI>CAROLI</HI> II. Regis <HI>Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae,</HI> &amp; <HI>Hiberniae,</HI> Decimo Nono.</HEAD>
<P>AT the Parliament begun at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> the Eighth day of <HI>May, Anno Dom.</HI> 1661. In the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our mo&s;t Gracious Soveraign Lord CHARLES, by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. And there continued by &s;everal Prorogations, to the 18^t^h day of <HI>September,</HI> 1666. And then con|tinued to the 8^t^h of <HI>February</HI> following. And thence Prorogued to the 10^t^h of <HI>October,</HI> 1667. were Enacted as followeth.</P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. I.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>An Act Explanatory of the Act for Rai&s;ing Moneys by a Poll, and otherwi&s;e, towards the Maintenance of this pre&s;ent War.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">18 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act of this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, Intituled, <HI>An Act for Rai&s;ing Moneys by a Poll, and otherwi&s;e, towards the Maintenance of this pre&s;ent War;</HI> It is Enacted, That all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall pay unto His Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Twelve pence over and above the other Rates charged upon them by the &s;aid Act: To prevent all doubts that may ari&s;e in the execution thereof, Be it Enacted and Declared by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;aid &s;um of Twelve pence &s;hall be charged upon, and be paid by every per&s;on, of what age, &s;ex, or condition &s;oever, within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> other then &s;uch per&s;ons who receive Alms from the Pari&s;h, and the Children of any per&s;on remaining in his or her family, who by rea&s;on of their poverty doth not contribute unto the Rates for Church and Poor, and which are under the age of &s;ixt&eacute;en years, and are therefore exempted by the &s;aid Act. And be it further Enacted, That the re&s;pective Pa|rents, Guardians and Tutors of every per&s;on under the age of One and twenty years, &s;hall upon default of payment by &s;uch per&s;on, and upon demand, pay Twelve pence for every &s;uch per&s;on re|&s;iding in their family, or under their Tuition, and not exempted as afore&s;aid. And be it Enacted, That every per&s;on and per&s;ons charged or appointed to make any payment by vertue of this pre|&s;ent Act, &s;hall be compellable by the Commi&s;&s;ioners appointed by the before recited Act, or any two or more of them, to pay the &s;ame, according unto the Rules and Methods, and under the Pe|nalties for paying the Rates expre&s;&s;ed in the &s;aid recited Act. And be it further Enacted and Decla|red, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons charged by the &s;aid recited Act for his or their Profe&s;&s;ion, Office, or in re&s;pect of any other capacity chargeable by this, or the afore&s;aid Act, who &s;hall find him or
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them&s;elves overcharged, &s;hall and may upon his or their Appeal before the Commi&s;&s;ioners in the &s;aid Act mentioned, or any two or more of them, upon his or their &s;everal Oaths, di&s;charge him or them&s;elves in &s;uch manner and form, as per&s;ons over-rated for their per&s;onal E&s;tates are by the &s;aid Act enabled. And be it Enacted, That all per&s;ons not being Hou&s;holders, nor having a certain place of abode, and all Servants &s;hall be taxed at the places where they &s;hall be re&s;ident at the time of the execution of the &s;aid Act, and not otherwhere.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. II.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Judicature erected for Determination of Differences touching Hou&s;es Burned or Demoli&s;hed by rea&s;on of the late Fire which happened in <HI>London.</HI></P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas the greate&s;t part of the Hou&s;es in the City of <HI>London,</HI> and &s;ome in the Suburbs thereof, have b&eacute;en burnt by the dreadful and di&s;mal Fire which happened in <HI>Septem|ber</HI> la&s;t; Many of the Tenants, Vnder-tenants, or late Occupiers whereof are liable unto Suits and Actions to compel them to repair and rebuild the &s;ame, and to pay their Rents, as if the &s;ame had not b&eacute;en burned, and are not relieveable therein in any ordinary cour&s;e of Law, and great Differences are like to ari&s;e concerning the &s;aid Repairs and new Building of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, and payment of Rents; which if they &s;hould not be determined with all &s;p&eacute;ed, and with|out charge, would much ob&s;truct the rebuilding of the &s;aid City.</P>
<P>And for that it is ju&s;t, that every one concerned &s;hould bear a proportionable &s;hare of the lo&s;s, according to their &s;everal Intere&s;ts, wherein in re&s;pect of the multitude of ca&s;es, varying in their circum&s;tances, no certain general rule can be pre&s;cribed; Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament A&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Iu&s;tices of the Courts of Kings Bench and Common Pleas,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Iu&s;tices ap|pointed to hear and de|termine diffe|rences be|tween Land|lords and Tenants, &amp;c.</NOTE> and the Barons of the Coife of the Exchequer for the time being, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;itting, at the &s;ame time and place, and not otherwi&s;e, &s;hall be, and are hereby Authorized from time to time to hear and to determine all Differences and Demands what&s;oever, which have ari&s;en, or may any wi&s;e ari&s;e betw&eacute;en Landlords, Proprietors, Tenants, Le&s;&s;&eacute;es, Vnder-tenants, or late Occupiers of any the &s;aid Hou&s;es or Buildings, with their appurtenances, or the Courts or Yards, Grounds and Wharfs, or any per&s;on or per&s;ons having or claiming any E&s;tate, Right, Title, Intere&s;t in Law or Equity or Tru&s;t, Charge, or Incumbrance of or in the &s;ame, or their or any of their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators, Succe&s;&s;ors or A&s;&s;igns, or any other per&s;ons, for, touching or concern|ing the Repairing, Building or Rebuilding of the &s;aid Hou&s;es or Buildings, Yards, Courts, Grounds and Wharfs, or any other Grounds lying within that part of the City and Suburbs thereof lately burnt, pulled down, or otherwi&s;e demoli&s;hed, defaced, or otherwi&s;e ruined by rea&s;on of the &s;aid Fire; or for or concerning the payment, defalcation, apportioning, or abate|ment of any Rent or Rents, other then Arrears of Rent onely due before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>Septem|ber,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix; or for or touching any Covenant, Condition or pe|nalty relating thereunto; or for, touching, or concerning the prefixing or limiting of any time for &s;uch Repairs or new Building, Rebuilding, or any Rate or Contribution to be born or paid thereunto by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate intere&s;&s;ed in the premi&s;&s;es, and all Incidents relating thereunto. And that they, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, from time to time, with, or without any Adjournment, &s;ummarily, and <HI>&s;ine forma &amp; figura Judicii,</HI> and without the formalities of proc&eacute;edings in Courts of Law or Equity, &s;hall and may, upon the Verdict or Inqui&s;ition of Iurors, te&s;timony of witne&s;&s;es upon Oath, Examination of parties in|tere&s;&s;ed, or by all or any of the &s;aid ways, or otherwi&s;e, according to their Di&s;cretions, proc&eacute;ed to the hearing and determining of the Demands or Differences betw&eacute;en the &s;aid parties concern|ing the premi&s;&s;es; and that the definitive Order of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be final as betw&eacute;en the &s;aid parties, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators, Succe&s;&s;ors and A&s;&s;igns, and all claiming by, from or under them, as touching the matters contained in &s;uch Orders; from which there &s;hall be no Appeal or Review, other|wi&s;e then as is hereafter mentioned; Nor &s;hall any Writ of <HI>Error</HI> or <HI>Certiorari</HI> lye for the remo|val or rever&s;al of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The Powers of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices.</NOTE> or any thr&eacute;e or more of them as afore&s;aid, &s;hall have Authority, and are hereby Impowred, where they &s;hall think it convenient, to Order the Surrendring, Increa&s;ing, Abridging, Cea&s;ing, Deter|mining or Charging of any E&s;tates in the Premi&s;&s;es; or to order new or longer Lea&s;es, or E&s;tates, not exc&eacute;eding Forty years, to be made of any of the premi&s;&s;es by the Proprietors or Owners thereof, or other per&s;ons intere&s;&s;ed therein, to any Tenant or Sub-Tenant, or late Oc|cupiers of the &s;ame, their Executors, Admini&s;trators, Succe&s;&s;ors or A&s;&s;igns, at &s;uch Rents and Fines, or without any Rent or Fine, as they &s;hall think fit, unle&s;s in &s;uch Ca&s;es where the Laws of this Realm do forbid the Dimini&s;hing of ancient and accu&s;tomable Rents. All which Orders, according to the Tenors thereof, &s;hall be obeyed by all per&s;ons concerned therein re&s;pectively, and &s;hall conclude and bind them, their Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;|&s;igns
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re&s;pectively, notwith&s;tanding any Di&s;ability in re&s;pect of Coverture, Infancy, Non-&s;anity of Memory, E&s;tate Tail, or in Right of the Church, or otherwi&s;e: And that Infants, Femes Covert, Ideots, per&s;ons of Non-&s;ane Memory, or beyond the Seas, Tenants in Tail, Bi&s;hops, Deans and Chapters, and other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical per&s;ons, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, Corporations, and all other per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Natural and Politick, their Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and their re&s;pective Intere&s;ts, &s;hall be bound and concluded by &s;uch re&s;pective Order or Orders, according to the Tenor or Purport thereof; Any Law, Statute or Cu&s;tom, or other matter or thing to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And for the better Enabling the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons to proc&eacute;ed with effect in the &s;aid Cau&s;es,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How to pro|ceed upon Complaints.</NOTE> Be it al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them as afore&s;aid, upon the complaint or reque&s;t of any per&s;on or per&s;ons concerned in any of the &s;aid Hou&s;es or Buildings, and other the premi&s;&s;es, &s;hall i&s;&s;ue out Notes or Warrants under their hands, or the hands of any &s;uch thr&eacute;e of them, thereby warning the per|&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick and Corporate therein named and concerned in the &s;aid late Hou|&s;es or Buildings, and other the premi&s;&s;es in &s;uch Complaint mentioned, to appear before them at &s;uch time and place as in &s;uch Note or Notes &s;hall in that behalf be &s;pecified: And upon appea|rance of the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;ummoned, or upon default of appearance, and Oath made of due notice given to him or them, (which Oath, and all other Oaths nece&s;&s;ary to the Execution of the Powers given by this Act, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e of them are hereby enabled to admini&s;ter) The &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e of them, may proc&eacute;ed to make &s;uch final and definitive Orders as afore&s;aid; And that &s;uch &s;ervice of the &s;aid Note or Notes as is u&s;ually allowed to be a good &s;ervice in ca&s;es of <HI>Subpoena,</HI> &s;hall be accounted to be a good &s;ervice in the ca&s;es afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;aid In|dicature &s;hall be a Court of Record.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e of them, for the matters, and according to the powers herein before mentioned, &s;hall be, and &s;hall be taken to be a Court of Record: And that the Iudgements and Determinations that &s;hall be made betwixt party and party, by Authority of this Act, &s;hall be Recorded in a Book or Books of Parchment to be provided for that purpo&s;e; And that every &s;uch Iudgement and Determina|tion &s;hall be Signed by thr&eacute;e or more of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices or Barons. Which &s;aid Book or Books of Record &s;hall be placed and intru&s;ted in the cu&s;tody of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, to be kept with the Records of the &s;aid City, and to remain as a perpetual &s;tanding Record; unto which all per&s;ons concerned, or which &s;hall be concerned, &s;hall or may repair to view the &s;ame, and thereout to take Copies of all &s;uch Iudgements and Determinations as &s;hall relate to him, her, and them; And that none of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons &s;hall take any F&eacute;e or Reward what&s;oever, directly or indirectly for any thing to be done by them, by vertue or colour of this pre&s;ent Act.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Officers.</NOTE>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for a reward of the Officers to be imploy|ed herein,<NOTE PLACE="marg">A Table of Fees.</NOTE> the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them as afore&s;aid, are hereby enabled to order and direct a Table of &s;uch rea&s;onable F&eacute;es to be made, as may carry on and effect the purport and intent of this Act. This Act to continue till the la&s;t day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The continu|ance of this Act.</NOTE> and no lon|ger.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o touch|ing the renew|ing and rever|&s;ing Orders or Decrees.</NOTE>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where any &s;uch Order or Decr&eacute;e as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be made by a le&s;&s;er number of Iu&s;tices and Barons then Seven, it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on agrieved by &s;uch Order or Decr&eacute;e, to pre&s;ent his Exceptions to the &s;ame in writing, within &s;even days next after &s;uch Order or Decr&eacute;e made, to the Chief Iu&s;tices and Chief Baron for the time being, or any two of them, who &s;hall forthwith commu|nicate the &s;ame to the re&s;t of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, who are hereby required to hear the Par|ties, and examine and con&s;ider the &s;aid Exceptions: And if any Seven or more of them &s;hall &s;ub|&s;cribe thereunto, that they find probable cau&s;e of complaint, Then it &s;hall and may be lawful to, and for any Seven or more of the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &amp; Barons, within Twenty days next following &s;uch Exceptions delivered, to review the &s;aid former Order or Decr&eacute;e; And thereupon to rever&s;e, Confirm, Enlarge, Dimini&s;h, or otherwi&s;e alter any &s;uch Order or Decr&eacute;e, as in their wi&s;doms they &s;hall think fit; Any thing herein contained notwith&s;tanding.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. III.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Rebuilding the City of London.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>FOra&s;much as the City of <HI>London,</HI> being the Imperial Seat of His Maje&s;ties Kingdoms, and renowned for Trade and Commerce throughout the World; by rea&s;on of a mo&s;t dreadful Fire lately happening therein, was for the mo&s;t part thereof burnt down and de&s;troyed within the com|pa&s;s of a few days, and now lies buried in its own Ruines: For the &s;p&eacute;edy Re&s;tauration whereof, and for the better Regulation, Vniformity, and Gracefulne&s;s of &s;uch new Buildings as &s;hall be erected for Habitations in order thereunto; And to the end that great and outragious Fires (through the ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God, &s;o far forth as humane Providence (with &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion to the Divine plea&s;ure) can fore&s;&eacute;e) may be rea&s;onably prevented or obviated for the time to come, both by the matter and form of &s;uch Building: And further, to the intent that all Incouragement
<PB N="305" REF="166">
and Expedition may be given unto, and all Impediments and Ob&s;tructions that may retard or protract the undertaking or carrying on a work &s;o nece&s;&s;ary, and of &s;o great Honour and Impor|tance to His Maje&s;ty and this Kingdom, and to the re&s;t of His Maje&s;ties Kingdoms and Domi|nions, may be removed;</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;em|bled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the Rules and Directions hereafter in this Act pre&s;|cribed, be duely ob&s;erved by all per&s;ons therein concerned.</P>
<P>And fir&s;t, That no Building or Hou&s;e for Habitation what&s;oever,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rules and di|rections to be ob&s;erved in building.</NOTE> be hereafter Erected within the limits of the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, but &s;uch as &s;hall be pur&s;uant to &s;uch Rules and Orders of Building, and with &s;uch materials as are herein after particularly appointed, and ac|cording to &s;uch Scantlings as are &s;et down and pre&s;cribed in a Table in this pre&s;ent Act hereaf|ter &s;pecified. And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall pre&s;ume to Build contrary thereunto, and be con|victed of the &s;ame by the Oaths of two or more credible witne&s;&s;es, to be taken before the Lord Ma|yor for the time being, or any two or more of the Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the &s;aid City,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Penalty.</NOTE> who are hereby impowred to admini&s;ter the &s;ame Oaths, that then and in &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;aid Hou&s;e &s;o irre|gularly built as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be d&eacute;emed as a common Nu&s;ance; and the Builder and Levier thereof &s;hall enter into a Recognizance in &s;uch &s;um as the &s;aid Mayor and Iu&s;tices re&s;pectively in their Di&s;cretions &s;hall appoint, for abatement and demoli&s;hing the &s;ame in convenient time, or otherwi&s;e to amend the &s;ame according to &s;uch Rules and Orders as afore&s;aid; and in default of entring into &s;uch Recognizance, the Offender &s;hall be committed to the common Gaol of the &s;aid City, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize, till he &s;hall have abated or demoli&s;hed, or otherwi&s;e amended the &s;ame; or el&s;e &s;uch irregular Hou&s;e &s;hall or may be demoli&s;hed or abated by Order of the Court of Aldermen.</P>
<P>And that the &s;aid irregular Buildings may be the better prevented, or more effectually di&s;covered,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Prevention of irregular buil|dings.</NOTE> Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common-Council of the &s;aid City, &s;hall and may at their will and plea&s;ure, elect, nominate and appoint one or more di&s;cr&eacute;et and intelligent per&s;on or per&s;ons in the Art of Building, to be the Surveyors or Supervi&s;ors, to &s;&eacute;e the &s;aid Rules and Scantlings well and truly ob&s;erved. And that it &s;hall be lawful for the &s;aid Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or for the Mayor and Aldermen in their Court of Aldermen, to admini&s;ter to all the &s;aid Surveyors or Supervi&s;ors, an Oath upon the holy Evangeli&s;ts, for the true and impartial execution of their Office in that behalf, and to appoint the &s;everal Precincts which &s;hall be under their &s;everal Surveys.</P>
<P>And to the end that all Builders may the better know how to provide and fit their materials for their &s;everal Buildings: Be it Enacted, That there &s;hall be onely Four &s;orts of Buildings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">There &s;hall be four &s;orts of buildings on|ly.</NOTE> and no more; and that all manner of Hou&s;es &s;o to be erected, &s;hall be of one of tho&s;e four &s;orts of Buildings, and no other, (that is to &s;ay) The Fir&s;t and lea&s;t &s;ort of Hou&s;es fronting By-Lanes; the Second &s;ort of Hou&s;es fronting Str&eacute;ets and Lanes of note; the Third &s;ort of Hou&s;es fronting high and principal Str&eacute;ets; the Fourth and large&s;t &s;ort of Man&s;ion-hou&s;es, for Citizens, or other per&s;ons of extraordinary quality, not fronting either of the thr&eacute;e former ways: And the Roofs of each of the fir&s;t three &s;orts of Hou&s;es re&s;pectively &s;hall be Vniform.</P>
<P>And for avoiding any uncertainty to the Builders, or others herein; Be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Powers of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council to declare Streets Lanes &amp;c.</NOTE> That the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the &s;aid City for the time being, &s;hall on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>April</HI> next en&s;uing, declare which, and how many &s;hall hereafter be accounted and taken to be By-lanes; which, and how many &s;hall hereafter be d&eacute;emed Str&eacute;ets, or Lanes of note, and high and principal Str&eacute;ets, by Act of Common-Council to be pa&s;&s;ed for that purpo&s;e: which Declaration being made as afore&s;aid, all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Str&eacute;ets and Lanes (hereby intended to be rebuilt) &s;hall by Order of the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, or &s;uch per&s;ons as they under the Common Seal of the &s;aid City &s;hall order and appoint, be Marked or Staked out, and di&s;tingui&s;hed; to the end the Breadth, Length and Extent there|of may be the better known and ob&s;erved: And if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall witting|ly or willingly, without good Authority, pluck up, or remove any of the &s;aid Stakes, or Mark|&s;tones, thereby to ob&s;cure or confound the bounds of &s;uch Str&eacute;ets, or Lanes, or any of them, and &s;hall be thereof legally convicted by the Oath of one Witne&s;s (other then of the Informer) to be taken before any one, or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the &s;aid City, That then the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices &s;hall or may &s;end &s;uch Offender to the Common-gaol of the &s;aid City, there to remain by the &s;pace of thr&eacute;e moneths without Bail or Mainprize, unle&s;s he &s;hall pay or cau&s;e to be paid to the u&s;e of the Mayor, Commonalty, and Citizens of the &s;aid City, the &s;um of Ten pounds, to be imployed in and towards the repairing of the publick Buildings of the &s;aid City. Provided always, That where any &s;uch Offence &s;hall be committed by any per&s;on or per&s;ons of low and mean condition, whom the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace &s;hall in his con&s;cience believe to be unable to &s;atisfie the &s;aid Penalties, That then and in &s;uch ca&s;e, the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace &s;hall and may, by Order and Warrant under his or their Hands and Seals, cau&s;e &s;uch Offender to be openly whipped near unto the place where the Offence &s;hall be committed, till his body be bloudy: And that it &s;hall and may be lawful for the &s;aid Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace to reward the &s;aid Informer out of the Pecuniary Penalty to be incurred, according to his di&s;cretion, not exc&eacute;eding a Third part of the &s;aid Penalty.</P>
<P><PB N="306" REF="167">And in regard the building with Brick is not onely more comely and durable, but al&s;o more &s;afe again&s;t future perils of Fire;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Building with Brick, Stone, Oak.</NOTE> Be it further Enacted by and with the Authority afore&s;aid, That all the out&s;ides of all Buildings in and about the &s;aid City be henceforth made of Brick or Stone, or of Brick and Stone together, except Door-ca&s;es and Window-frames, the Bre&s;t, Summers, and other parts of the fir&s;t Story to the Front, betw&eacute;en the P&eacute;ers, which are to be left to the di&s;|cretion of the Builder, to u&s;e &s;ub&s;tantial Oaken Timber in &s;tead of Brick or Stone, for conve|niency of Shops; And that the &s;aid Doors, Bre&s;t, Summers, and Window-frames be &s;ufficient|ly di&s;charged of the burthen of the Fabrick by Arch-work of Brick or Stone, either &s;traight or circular.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The duty of the Survey|ors and Su|pervi&s;ors.</NOTE>And be it Enacted, That the &s;aid Surveyors, or Supervi&s;ors &s;o to be appointed as afore&s;aid, and every of them, within their &s;everal Precincts, &s;hall take care, That in Building of all Hou|&s;es within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, there be, And it is hereby Enacted by the Autho|rity afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be Party-walls, and Party-p&eacute;ers &s;et out equally on each Builders ground, to be built up by the fir&s;t beginner of &s;uch Building; And that convenient Toothing be left in the Front-wall by the &s;aid fir&s;t Builder, for the better joyning of the next Hou&s;e that &s;hall be built to the &s;ame: And that no man be permitted by the &s;aid Surveyors, to build on the &s;aid Party-wall, or on his own contiguous ground, until he hath fully reimbur&s;ed the &s;aid fir&s;t Buil|der the full moyety of the charges of the &s;aid Party-wall and P&eacute;ers, together with Intere&s;t for the &s;ame, after the rate of Six pounds <HI>per Cent. per Annum</HI> for forbearance thereof, to be accoun|ted from the beginning of the &s;aid fir&s;t building.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may de|termine Dif|ferences be|tween fir&s;t and later buil|ders.</NOTE> And in ca&s;e any difference &s;hall ari&s;e betw&eacute;en the fir&s;t and later Builders, concerning the true value of the &s;aid Charge, That then the &s;ame be referred to the Alderman of that Ward where &s;uch Building &s;hall be, and to his Deputy, to mediate an agr&eacute;ement of &s;uch difference: And where the &s;aid Alderman and his Deputy, or one of them &s;hall be parties, or where they cannot compo&s;e &s;uch difference as afore&s;aid, That the mat|ter be referred to the Examination of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, who &s;hall hear, and finally determine the &s;ame, without any Appeal to be had.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es of the fir&s;t and la&s;t &s;ort of buil|ding.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the &s;aid Hou&s;es of the fir&s;t and lea&s;t &s;ort of Building, fron|ting By-&s;tr&eacute;ets or Lanes as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be of two Stories high, be&s;ides Cellars and Garrets: That the Cellars thereof be &s;ix foot and a half high, if the &s;prings of water hinder not; That the fir&s;t Story be nine foot high from the Floor to the Cieling; and the &s;econd Story nine foot high from the Floor to the Cieling; That all Walls in front and r&eacute;er, as high as the fir&s;t Story, be of the full thickne&s;s of the length of two Bricks, and thence upwards to the Garrets of the thickne&s;s of one Brick and an half; and that the thickne&s;s of the Garret-walls on the back-part be left to the di&s;cretion of the Builder, &s;o that the &s;ame be not le&s;s then the length of one Brick: And al&s;o that the thickne&s;s of the Party-walls betw&eacute;en the&s;e Hou&s;es of this fir&s;t and le&s;&s;er &s;ort of Buil|ding, be one Brick and an half, as high as the &s;aid Garrets; and that the thickne&s;s of the Party-wall in the Garrets, be of the thickne&s;s of one Brick in length at the lea&s;t; and that the Scant|lings of Timber and Stone to be u&s;ed about the building thereof, be as in the &s;aid Table are &s;et down and pre&s;cribed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es of the &s;econd &s;ort of building.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That the Hou&s;es of the &s;econd &s;ort of Building, fronting Str&eacute;ets and Lanes of note, and the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> &s;hall con&s;i&s;t of thr&eacute;e Stories high, be&s;ides Cellars and Garrets as afore&s;aid; That the Cellars thereof be &s;ix foot and an half high (if the &s;prings of wa|ter hinder not) That the fir&s;t Story contain full ten foot in height from the Floor to the Cieling; the &s;econd, full ten foot; the third, nine foot: That all the &s;aid Walls in front and r&eacute;er, as high as the fir&s;t Story, be of the full thickne&s;s of the length of two Bricks and an half, and from thence upwards to the Garret-floor of the thickne&s;s of one Brick and an half; and that the thickne&s;s of the Garret-walls on the back-part be left to the di&s;cretion of the Builder, &s;o that the &s;ame be not le&s;s then the length of one Brick; &amp; al&s;o that the thickne&s;s of the Party-walls betw&eacute;en every Hou&s;e of this &s;econd and larger &s;ort of Building, be two Brick lengths as high as the fir&s;t Story, and thence upwards to the Garrets of the thickne&s;s of one Brick and half; the Scantlings of Tim|ber and Stone to be as in the &s;aid Table are pre&s;cribed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es of the third &s;ort of building.</NOTE>Al&s;o that the Hou&s;es of the third &s;ort of Buildings, fronting the high and principal Str&eacute;ets, &s;hall con&s;i&s;t of four Stories high, be&s;ides Cellars and Garrets as afore&s;aid: That the fir&s;t Story contain full ten foot in height from the Floor to the Cieling; the &s;econd, ten foot and an half; the third, nine foot; the fourth, eight foot and an half. That all the &s;aid Walls in front and r&eacute;er, as high as the fir&s;t Story, be of the full thickne&s;s of the length of two Bricks and an half, and from thence upwards to the Garret-floor of the thickne&s;s of one Brick and an half: That the thickne&s;s of the Garret-walls on the back part be left to the di&s;cretion of the Builder, &s;o as the &s;ame be not le&s;s then the length of one Brick; and al&s;o that the thickne&s;s of the Party-walls be|tw&eacute;en every hou&s;e of this third and larger &s;ort of Building be two Bricks lengths as high as the fir&s;t Story, and then upwards to the Garrets of the thickne&s;s of one Brick and half; the &s;cant|lings of Timber and Stone to be as in the &s;aid Table are pre&s;cribed.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es of the fourth &s;ort of building.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That all Hou&s;es of the fourth &s;ort of Building, being Man&s;ion|hou&s;es, and of the greate&s;t bigne&s;s, not fronting upon any of the Str&eacute;ets or Lanes as afore&s;aid, &s;hall bear the &s;ame Scantlings as in the Table are &s;et down for the &s;ame; and that the number of Stories, and the height thereof be left to the di&s;cretion of the Builder, &s;o as he exc&eacute;ed not four Stories.</P>
<P><PB N="307" REF="167">And be it further Enacted, That in the Front of all hou&s;es hereafter to be erected in any &s;uch Str&eacute;ets as by Act of Common-Council &s;hall be declared to be High-Str&eacute;ets,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Fronts of Hou&s;es in High-&s;treets. Belconies.</NOTE> Belconies four foot broad, with Rails and Bars of Iron, of equal di&s;tance from the ground, &s;hall be placed; every of which Belconies &s;hall contain in length two parts of the Front of the hou&s;e on which it &s;hall be placed, in thr&eacute;e parts to be divided, and the remaining vacancy of the Front &s;hall be &s;upplyed with a Pent-hou&s;e of the breadth of the Belcony, to be covered with Lead, Slate or Tile, and to be Cieled with Plai&s;tering underneath; and that the Water falling as well from the tops of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, as from the &s;aid Belconies and Pent-hou&s;es, be conveyed into the Channels by Party-pipes on the &s;ides or fronts of the &s;aid Hou&s;es; and that Pavements under every of the &s;aid Belconies and Pent-hou&s;es be made of good and &s;ufficient broad flat Stone, at the charge of the Builder.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Hou&s;es fronting on High-Streets &s;hall be built.</NOTE> That no Builder of any of the Hou&s;es fronting any of the &s;aid High|&s;tr&eacute;ets, Str&eacute;ets or Lanes of note, be permitted to lay his fir&s;t Floor over-the Cellar more then Eight&eacute;en Inches above the &s;aid Str&eacute;ets, or le&s;s then Six, with one Circular &s;tep to lead up thereunto, to be placed without the Building: And that no Trap-doors or open Grates be in any wi&s;e &s;uffered to be made into any &s;uch Cellar or Ware-hou&s;e without the foundations of the Front; but that all Lights to be made into any of them, be henceforth made upright, and not otherwi&s;e; and that no Bulks, Ietties, Windows, Po&s;ts, Seats, or any thing of like &s;ort &s;hall be made or erected in any Str&eacute;ets, Lanes or By-lanes, to extend beyond the antient foundation of Hou&s;es; nor that any Hou&s;e be &s;et further into the Str&eacute;et then the ancient foundation; Sa|ving onely that in the high and principal Str&eacute;ets, it &s;hall be lawful for the Inhabitants to &s;uffer their Stall-boards (when their Shop-windows are &s;et open) to turn over, and extend eleven inches and no more, from the Foundation of their Hou&s;es into the Str&eacute;ets, for the better conve|niency of their Shop-windows.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Bodies Politick or Corporate,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Within what time all per|&s;ons are to re|build their hou&s;es. Penalty.</NOTE> being Sei&s;ed, Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or Intere&s;&s;ed of, or in any Ground which was formerly builded upon, and the Hou&s;es thereupon being now burned or pulled down at the time of the late Fire, &s;hall not within Thr&eacute;e years next en&s;uing build up the &s;ame, That then the Mayor, Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of <HI>London,</HI> by Act of Common-Council, may cau&s;e Proclamation to be pub|lickly made betw&eacute;en the hours of Twelve and two of the clock in the afternoon, as well at or up|on the &s;aid Ground, as al&s;o at or upon the publick <HI>Exchange</HI> of the &s;aid City, thereby to give no|tice to all per&s;ons that &s;hall be, or may be therein concerned, to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be rebuilded according to the direction of this pre&s;ent Act, within the &s;pace of Nine moneths then next follow|ing: And in ca&s;e the Owners thereof, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons having Intere&s;t therein, &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to rebuild the &s;ame, in manner, and within &s;uch time as afore&s;aid, That then in &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;aid Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the &s;aid City are hereby Authorized to I&s;&s;ue out Warrants to the Sheriffs of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, requiring them to Impannel and re|turn before them a Iury of good and lawful men of the &s;aid City, which the &s;aid Sheriffs are hereby authorized and required to do accordingly; which Iury &s;o returned, &s;hall upon their Oaths to be admini&s;tred to them by the &s;aid Mayor and Court of Aldermen (who are likewi&s;e hereby Authorized to mini&s;ter the &s;ame) Enquire, E&s;timate and A&s;&s;e&s;s the true and ju&s;t Value of &s;uch void Ground, according to their Iudgments; And that from and after &s;uch Inquiry and Valuation thereof made as afore&s;aid (by Inque&s;t of the &s;aid Iury) it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the &s;aid City, to make Sale of the F&eacute;e or Inheritance thereof, by Conveyance under their Common Seal, to any per&s;on or per&s;ons that will purcha&s;e the &s;ame at &s;uch price at which the &s;ame &s;hall have b&eacute;en &s;o as afore&s;aid E&s;ti|mated and Valued by the &s;aid Iury; and the moneys thereupon to be received of the Purcha&s;ers thereof, &s;hall be paid into the Chamber of <HI>London,</HI> and from thence to be i&s;&s;ued out and paid by the Chamberlain of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, unto &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall have any E&s;tate or Intere&s;t into, or out of the &s;ame, according to his or their re&s;pective E&s;tate or E&s;tates, Title or Intere&s;t: which Sale &s;o made and Inrolled of Record, according to the Cu&s;tom or V&s;age of the &s;aid City for Inrollment of Bargains and Sales, &s;hall be final and conclu&s;ive to all other per&s;ons what&s;oever, and &s;hall bar them, their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, to claim any E&s;tate, Right, Title or Intere&s;t of, in, or out of the Grounds &s;o &s;old, precedent to the &s;aid Sale; And the Purcha&s;er or Purcha&s;ers thereof, his and their Heirs and A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall and may by vertue of this Act, have, hold and enjoy the &s;ame again&s;t all per&s;ons claiming any E&s;tate, Right, Title or Intere&s;t into, or out of the &s;ame, his and their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, fr&eacute;ed and di&s;charged of and from Incumbrances in E&s;tate, Title, Charge or otherwi&s;e, precedent to the &s;aid Sale.</P>
<P>And to the end the &s;aid Builders may receive due encouragement, by having the materials for building at rea&s;onable Prices, and getting of Workmen for moderate wages; Be it further Enac|ted, That in ca&s;e of Combination, or unrea&s;onable Exaction by Brick-makers, Tile-makers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may (in ca&s;e of unrea|&s;onable ex|actions) &s;et rates upon Materials and Work|men.</NOTE> and Lime-burners, It &s;hall and may be lawful for the Iu&s;tices of the Court of Kings Bench, or any two or more of them, upon the complaint of the &s;aid Mayor and Court of Aldermen, to call before them &s;uch a number of Brick-makers, Tile-makers, and Lime-burners, making or burning Brick, Tile or Lime, at any place within Five miles di&s;tance of the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> as they
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&s;hall think fit; and upon conference with them had concerning the premi&s;&s;es, if they will be pre|&s;ent, or otherwi&s;e in their ab&s;ence, to A&s;&s;e&s;s &s;uch rea&s;onable Prices from time to time upon every Thou&s;and of the &s;aid Bricks and Tiles, and upon every hundred of the &s;aid Lime, and every grea|ter or le&s;&s;er quantity, to be delivered at the &s;everal Kilns: And al&s;o of all Carriages of the &s;ame Materials from the &s;aid Kilns to the &s;aid City, whether by Land or by Water, as may equally re&s;pect the hone&s;t profit of the &s;aid Brick-makers, Tile-makers, Lime-burners and Carriers, and the nece&s;&s;ity and convenience of the Builder.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Labourers Wages.</NOTE>And to the intent no Brick-maker, Tile-maker, Lime-burner, Carpenter, Brick-layer, Ma|&s;on, Plai&s;terer, Ioyner, Plumber, or other Artificer, Workman or Labourer, may make the common calamity a pretence to extort unrea&s;onable or exce&s;&s;ive Wages; Be it likewi&s;e Enacted, That in ca&s;e of combination or exaction of unrea&s;onable Wages by the &s;aid Artificers, Workmen or Labourers, or any of them, the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the Court of Kings-Bench, or any two or more of them, upon the like complaint of the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, &s;hall and may from time to time, limit, rate and appoint the Wages of the &s;aid Artificers, Workmen and La|bourers, by the day, w&eacute;ek, or otherwi&s;e, and what wages every of the &s;aid Workmen &s;hall have by the great, by the Foot, Yard, Rod or Perch, or for any greater Quantity: which &s;aid Rates, to|gether with the Prices of the &s;aid Materials and Carriages &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, being &s;et down in a Table, and Proclamation thereof made by the Lord Mayor for the time being accordingly, the &s;ame &s;hall effectually bind all per&s;ons therein concerned. And if any of the &s;aid Artificers refu&s;e to &s;ell the &s;aid Materials for the Prices &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or any of the &s;aid Carpenters, Bricklayers, Ma&s;ons, Plai|&s;terers, Ioyners, Plumbers, or other Workmen or Labourers, &s;hall either refu&s;e to work for the Wages &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, or &s;hall depart from his &s;aid work after he hath undertaken to do the &s;ame, with|out Licence of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons as imployed him, and before it be fini&s;hed, unle&s;s it be for non-payment of his hire, or other ju&s;t cau&s;e to be allowed before one Iu&s;tice of the Peace of &s;uch place where the offence &s;hall be committed; or if any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever &s;hall by any &s;ecret ways or means give, covenant, article or agr&eacute;e to give directly or indirectly, by him&s;elf, or any other for him, any other or greater Wages, Prices, or other Commodity then &s;hall be &s;o a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed: the &s;aid Offender and Offenders being thereof legally convict by the Oaths of one or more witne&s;&s;es, which Oath the &s;aid Iu&s;tice is hereby impowred to admini&s;ter, &s;hall be by the &s;aid Iu|&s;tice of the Peace forthwith committed to the Common Gaol, there to remain by the &s;pace of one Moneth without Bail or Mainprize, unle&s;s he &s;hall pay, or cau&s;e to be paid for every &s;uch Offence to the &s;aid Iu&s;tice of the Peace, &s;uch Fine as by the di&s;cretion of the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall be &s;et upon any &s;uch Offender, not exc&eacute;eding Ten pounds; Out of which Fine the &s;aid Iu&s;tice &s;hall and may award and pay unto the party injured &s;uch &s;atisfaction as he &s;hall judge rea&s;onable, and the re&s;idue thereof &s;hall pay unto the Chamberlain of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, to be imployed for and to|wards the re-edifying of the Publick Buildings of the City afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">For<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">iners may as Free|men, work in <HI>London.</HI></NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That all Carpenters, Bricklayers, Ma&s;ons, Plai&s;terers, Ioyners, and other Artificers, Workmen and Labourers, to be imployed in the &s;aid Buildings, who are not Fr&eacute;e-men of the &s;aid City, &s;hall for the &s;pace of Seven years next en&s;uing, and for &s;o long after as until the &s;aid Buildings &s;hall be fully fini&s;hed, have and enjoy &s;uch and the &s;ame liberty of work|ing, and being &s;et to work in the &s;aid Building, as the Fr&eacute;emen of the City of the &s;ame Trades and Profe&s;&s;ions have and ought to enjoy; Any V&s;age or Cu&s;tom of the City to the contrary not|with&s;tanding. And that &s;uch Artificers as afore&s;aid, which for the &s;pace of Seven years &s;hall have wrought in the rebuilding of the City in their re&s;pective Arts, &s;hall from and after the &s;aid &s;even years, have and en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">oy the &s;ame Liberty to work as Fr&eacute;emen of the &s;aid City, for and during their natural lives. Provided always, That &s;uch Artificers claiming &s;uch Priviledges, &s;hall be liable to undergo all &s;uch Offices, and to pay and perform &s;uch Duties in reference to the Service and Government of the City, as Fr&eacute;emen of the City of their re&s;pective Arts and Trades are liable to undergo, pay and perform.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may determine differences between Buil|ders, about &s;topping Lights, &amp;c.</NOTE>And to remove all ob&s;tacles which otherwi&s;e may hinder &s;o good and profitable a work, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all differences ari&s;ing betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Buil|ders or any others concerning placing and &s;topping up of Lights, Windows, Water-cour&s;es or Gutters, which may hinder or retard the &s;aid Building, &s;hall and may be heard, mediated and de|termined (if it may be) by the Alderman of the Ward where the cau&s;e of any &s;uch difference &s;hall ari&s;e, and his Deputy; and if either the &s;aid Alderman or his Deputy be concerned as parties in the controver&s;ie, or that they cannot determine the &s;aid Differences, that then, and in every &s;uch ca&s;e the &s;ame be certified by the &s;aid Alderman or his Deputy unconcerned therein, to the &s;aid Mayor and Court of Aldermen, who upon deliberate hearing of all Parties, &s;hall finally deter|mine the &s;ame without further or other Appeal.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Common Sewers, Drains and Vaults, &amp;c.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the numbers and places for all common Sewers, Drains and Vaults, and the order and manner of paving and pitching the Str&eacute;ets and Lanes within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, &s;hall be de&s;igned and &s;et out by &s;uch and &s;o many per&s;ons as the &s;aid Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty in Common Council a&s;&s;em|bled, &s;hall from time to time authorize and appoint under their Common Seal, or the more part of them; which &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o authorized and appointed, or any &s;even or more of them, together with the &s;aid Surveyors, or &s;ome or one of them, within his or their Precinct re&s;pectively, &s;hall at their m&eacute;eting have power and authority to order and direct the making of any new Vaults,
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Drains and Sewers, or to cut into any Drain or Sewer already made, and for the altering, inlar|ging, amending, clean&s;ing and &s;couring of any old Vaults, Sinks, or Common Sewers. For the better effecting whereof, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o authorized and appointed as afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them, at their &s;aid m&eacute;eting, to impo&s;e any rea|&s;onable Tax upon all Hou&s;es within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, in proportion to the be|nefit they &s;hall receive thereby, for and towards the new making, cutting, altering, inlarging, amending, clean&s;ing and &s;couring all and &s;ingular the &s;aid Vaults, Drains, Sewers, Pavements, and Pitching afore&s;aid: And in default of payment of the &s;aid &s;ums &s;o to be charged, it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;o authorized as afore&s;aid, or any &s;even or more of them, by Order and Warrant under their hands and &s;eals, to levy the &s;aid &s;um and &s;ums of money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, by Di&s;tre&s;s and &s;ale of the goods of the party chargeable therewith, and refu&s;ing or neglect|ing to pay the &s;ame, rendring the overplus (if any be.) And that all other Commi&s;&s;ioners what|&s;oever be altogether &s;u&s;pended to intermeddle in the premi&s;&s;es within the &s;aid City and Liber|ties thereof, for the &s;pace of &s;even years next, and for &s;o long after until the &s;aid intended Build|ings &s;hall be fully fini&s;hed; Any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Mayor,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Noy&s;ome Trades prohi|bited in the High Streets.</NOTE> Alder|men and Common Council of the &s;aid City, from time to time, to prohibit &s;uch Trades and Oc|cupations as they &s;hall judge noi&s;om, or perilous in re&s;pect of Fire, to be u&s;ed or exerci&s;ed in the high or principal Str&eacute;ets of the &s;aid City.</P>
<P>And fora&s;much as the fr&eacute;edom of openne&s;s of the Str&eacute;et conduceth much to the advancement of Trade, and Ornament of the City; Be it further Enacted, That it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for the &s;aid Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, by Order of Common Council in that be|half to be made, from time to time, and at their will and plea&s;ure,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Removing of Conduits in High Streets.</NOTE> to remove out of any of the high Str&eacute;ets all or any of the Conduits now &s;tanding, or hereafter to be erected, and to &s;et up and to erect the &s;ame in &s;uch other publick places within the &s;aid City as they &s;hall think fit, or to con|tract the &s;ame into any &s;maller or le&s;&s;er compa&s;s in the places where they now &s;tand, or hereafter &s;hall be erected as afore&s;aid, according to their di&s;cretions.</P>
<P>And whereas many antient Str&eacute;ets and Pa&s;&s;ages within the &s;aid City and Liberties thereof, and among&s;t others, tho&s;e which are hereafter mentioned, were narrow and incommodious for Carriages and Pa&s;&s;engers, and prejudicial to the Trade and Health of the Inhabitants, and are nece&s;&s;ary to be inlarged, as well for the Convenience, as Ornament of the City; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the &s;aid City for the time being, in Common Council a&s;&s;embled, &s;hall and may,<NOTE PLACE="marg">What Streets may be opened and enlarged.</NOTE> and are hereby impowred and required to inlarge all and every the Str&eacute;ets and Places hereafter mentioned, where, and in &s;uch manner as there &s;hall be cau&s;e, by and with the Approbation of His Maje&s;ty, and not otherwi&s;e: That is to &s;ay, The Str&eacute;et called <HI>Fleet&s;treet,</HI> from the place where the <HI>Greyhound-Tavern</HI> &s;tood, to <HI>Ludgate,</HI> and from thence to Saint <HI>Paul's</HI> Church-yard; The Str&eacute;et leading from the Ea&s;t end of Saint <HI>Pauls</HI> Church into <HI>Cheap&s;ide;</HI> The Str&eacute;et and Pa&s;&s;age at the Ea&s;t end of <HI>Cheap&s;ide,</HI> leading in|to the <HI>Poultry;</HI> The Str&eacute;et and Pa&s;&s;age out of the <HI>Poultry,</HI> leading into the We&s;t end of <HI>Corn|hill,</HI> at or near the place late called the <HI>Stocks;</HI> The Str&eacute;et called <HI>Blow-bladder Street,</HI> leading from the We&s;t end of <HI>Cheap&s;ide</HI> towards <HI>Newgate-Market;</HI> And to inlarge the Str&eacute;et and Pa&s;|&s;age from thence towards <HI>Newgate-Market,</HI> by laying the Ground where the <HI>Middle-Row</HI> in the <HI>Shambles</HI> there lately &s;tood, into the &s;aid Str&eacute;et; and in like manner to inlarge the Pa&s;&s;age from <HI>Newgate-Market</HI> towards <HI>Newgate,</HI> by laying the Ground of the late four Hou&s;es betw&eacute;en <HI>War|wick-Lane</HI> end in <HI>Newgate-Market,</HI> and the late <HI>Bell-Inne</HI> there, into the Str&eacute;et: And in like man|ner to inlarge, as there &s;hall be cau&s;e, the Lane called <HI>Ave-Maria-Lane,</HI> leading from <HI>Pater-No&s;ter-Row</HI> to <HI>Ludgate-Street;</HI> And the Str&eacute;et or Pa&s;&s;age at the end of Saint <HI>Martins le Grand</HI> towards <HI>Blow-bladder Street</HI> afore&s;aid; And al&s;o the Pa&s;&s;age from Saint <HI>Magnus</HI> Church to the Conduit in <HI>Gracious-Street,</HI> and the North end of <HI>Gracious-Street;</HI> and al&s;o <HI>Thames-Street,</HI> from the We&s;t-corner of Saint <HI>Magnus</HI> Church afore&s;aid, to the <HI>Tower-Dock;</HI> and to inlarge <HI>Old Fi&s;h-Street,</HI> by laying the <HI>Middle-Row</HI> there into the Str&eacute;et.</P>
<P>And the &s;aid Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council al&s;o &s;hall and may by vertue of this pre|&s;ent Act inlarge and make wider any other &s;uch &s;trait and narrow pa&s;&s;ages within the &s;aid City, as are le&s;s then fourt&eacute;en foot in breadth: So as notice be given to the Owners or parties intere&s;&s;ed in the Ground to be &s;o taken for the inlarging thereof, on or before the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> next en|&s;uing. And are and &s;hall be al&s;o further enabled by vertue of this Act, to make or cau&s;e to be made a new Str&eacute;et leading and extending from the <HI>Guild-Hall</HI> of the &s;aid City into <HI>Cheap&s;ide;</HI> the &s;ame to be of &s;uch breadth and widene&s;s, as they &s;hall judge m&eacute;et and convenient.</P>
<P>And to the end that rea&s;onable &s;atisfaction may be given for all &s;uch Ground as &s;hall be taken and imployed for the u&s;es afore&s;aid; The Mayor, Aldermen,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Satisfaction to be made for Ground.</NOTE> and Common Council &s;hall and may treat and agr&eacute;e with the Owners and others intere&s;&s;ed therein: And if there &s;hall be any Per&s;ons, Bodies Corporate or Collegiate, that &s;hall wilfully refu&s;e to treat and agr&eacute;e as afore&s;aid, or through any di&s;ability by Nonage, Coverture, or e&s;pecial Entail, or other impediment, cannot; That in &s;uch ca&s;es, the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen are hereby authorized by vertue of this Act, to i&s;&s;ue out a Warrant or Warrants to the Sheriffs of <HI>London,</HI> who are hereby requi|red accordingly to Impannel and return a Iury before the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Court of Alder|men;
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Which Iury upon their Oaths to be admini&s;tred by the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Court of Al|dermen, are to Inquire and A&s;&s;e&s;s &s;uch Damage and Recompence as they &s;hall judge fit to be awarded to the Owners, and others intere&s;ted, according to their &s;everal and re&s;pective Intere&s;ts and E&s;tates of, and in any &s;uch Hou&s;es or Ground, or any part thereof, for their re&s;pective Intere&s;ts and E&s;tates in the &s;ame, as by the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons in Common Coun|cil a&s;&s;embled, &s;hall be adjudged fit to be converted for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid: And &s;uch Verdict of the Iury, and Iudgement of the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen thereupon, and the pay|ment of the &s;um or &s;ums of money &s;o awarded or adjudged to the Owners, and others having E&s;tate or Intere&s;t, or Tender and refu&s;al thereof, &s;hall be binding to all intents and purpo&s;es again&s;t the &s;aid Parties, their Heirs, Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, and others claim|ing any Title or Intere&s;t in the &s;aid Hou&s;es or Ground, and &s;hall be a full Authority for the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, to cau&s;e the &s;ame to be converted and u&s;ed for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hou&s;es which &s;hall be bette|red in value.</NOTE>And fora&s;much as the Hou&s;es now remaining, and to be rebuilt, will receive more or le&s;s advantage in the value of their Rents, by the liberty of Air, and fr&eacute;e Recour&s;e for Trade, and other Conveniencies by &s;uch Regulation and Inlargement; It is al&s;o Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e of refu&s;al, or incapacity as afore&s;aid of the Owners, or others intere&s;&s;ed of, or in the &s;aid Hou&s;es, to agr&eacute;e and compound with the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Com|mons for the &s;ame, Thereupon a Iury &s;hall and may be Impannelled in manner and form afore|&s;aid, to Iudge and A&s;&s;e&s;s upon the Owners, and others intere&s;&s;ed of, and in &s;uch Hou&s;es, &s;uch competent &s;um and &s;ums of Money, with re&s;pect to their &s;everal Intere&s;ts, in con&s;ideration of &s;uch improvement and melioration, as in rea&s;on and good con&s;cience they &s;hall think fit: And all &s;ums of Money that &s;hall be &s;o A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed and Rai&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be paid to the Chamberlain of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being; who is hereby enabled from time to time to receive and recover the &s;ame by Action at Law, and who&s;e Receipt &s;hall be a good Di&s;charge to &s;uch Ow|ners, or others intere&s;&s;ed; And who is hereby appointed to receive and pay, and be accomptable for the &s;ame, according to &s;uch Directions as &s;hall from time to time be given him by the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons; And the Money &s;o rai&s;ed, &s;hall be wholly imployed to|wards payment and &s;atisfaction of &s;uch Hou&s;es and Ground as &s;hall be converted into Str&eacute;ets, Pa&s;&s;ages, Markets, and other publick places afore&s;aid; And &s;uch &s;atisfaction &s;o given or tende|red, and refu&s;ed as afore&s;aid, &s;hall deve&s;t the Propriety, E&s;tate and Intere&s;t of the re&s;pective Owners, and others having Intere&s;t of and in &s;uch parcels of Ground, &s;o to be taken and imploy|ed for the u&s;es afore&s;aid, by vertue of this Act: Which &s;hall be, and are hereby actually Setled and Inve&s;ted in the &s;aid Lord Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of <HI>London,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, in like manner as other the Common-&s;tr&eacute;ets and High-ways within the &s;aid City.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may hear and determine: differences of &s;everal claims of E&s;tates.</NOTE>And in ca&s;e any Controver&s;ies or Differences &s;hall happen to ari&s;e betw&eacute;en &s;everal per&s;ons that &s;hall claim &s;everal E&s;tates or Intere&s;ts into, or out of any Grounds to be &s;old by the &s;aid May|or, Aldermen and Common Council, or by them to be taken and di&s;po&s;ed of by vertue, and in pur&s;uance of this Act, to and for the u&s;es afore&s;aid; That then the Iu&s;tices of the Courts of Kings Bench and Common Pleas, and Barons of the Coif of the Exchequer for the time being, or any thr&eacute;e or more of them, &s;hall be, and are hereby authorized to hear, and finally to order and de|termine the &s;ame in a &s;ummary way of proc&eacute;eding, and without the formalities or ordinary cour&s;e of proc&eacute;edings u&s;ed in any the &s;aid Courts, to order and award &s;uch Di&s;tribution to be made of the Money thereby ari&s;ing, for the &s;atisfying of &s;uch &s;everal Intere&s;ts and Claims, as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em ju&s;t and rea&s;onable, according to the re&s;pective E&s;tate or E&s;tates, Title or Intere&s;ts of the per&s;on or per&s;ons making Claim thereunto; According to which order and di&s;tribution to be made and appointed by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices and Barons, or any three or more of them, the &s;aid Purcha&s;e-money &s;hall be &s;atisfied and paid by the &s;aid Chamberlain, to the &s;aid &s;everal per&s;ons re&s;pectively.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The &s;econd of <HI>September</HI> ap|pointed a day of Humilia|tion in the City yearly forever.</NOTE>And that the &s;aid Citizens and their Succe&s;&s;ors for all the time to come, may retain the Me|morial of &s;o &s;ad a De&s;olation, and reflect &s;eriou&s;ly upon their manifold Iniquities, which are the unhappy cau&s;es of &s;uch Iudgements; Be it further Enacted, That the Second day of <HI>September</HI> (unle&s;s the &s;ame happen to be <HI>Sunday,</HI> and if &s;o, then the next day following) be yearly for ever hereafter ob&s;erved as a day of Publick Fa&s;ting and Humiliation within the &s;aid City and Li|berties thereof, to implore the Mercies of almighty God upon the &s;aid City, to make devout Pray- and Supplication unto him, to divert the like Calamity for the time to come.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">A Pillar to be &s;et in me|mory of the Fire.</NOTE>And the better to pre&s;erve the memory of this Dreadful Vi&s;itation, Be it further Enacted, That a Column or Pillar of Bra&s;s or Stone be erected on, or as near unto the place where the &s;aid Fire &s;o unhappily began, as conveniently may be, in perpetual Remembrance thereof with &s;uch In&s;cription thereon, as hereafter by the Mayor and Court of Aldermen in that behalf be di|rected.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tender of money at the A&s;&s;urance Office or the <HI>Royal Exchange.</HI></NOTE>And be it Enacted, And it is hereby Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all Tenders of Money, or Payment thereof, which by any Bonds, Covenants, or other Obligations or A&s;&s;urance what&s;oever ought to be made in the late A&s;&s;urance-Office, or in any other place on the late <HI>Royal Exchange London,</HI> &s;hall or may be made at, or in the pre&s;ent A&s;&s;urance-Office in <HI>Gre&s;ham-Hou&s;e;</HI> And &s;hall be as valid and legal to all intents and purpo&s;es, and di&s;charge the Obligor as fully and amply, as if they had b&eacute;en made in the fir&s;t intended place on the &s;aid <HI>Royal Exchange.</HI></P>
<P><PB N="311" REF="169">And it is hereby further Enacted, That the Pari&s;h-Churches to be Rebuilded within the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> in lieu of tho&s;e which were Demoli&s;hed by the late Fire,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Pari&s;h Chur|ches to be re|builded.</NOTE> &s;hall not exc&eacute;ed the number of Thirty nine; Which &s;hall be &s;et out and appointed by, and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and the Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Scites and Materials of &s;uch Churches as by this Bill are not intended to be Rebuilt,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Scites and Materials of Churches to be &s;old, and how imploy|ed.</NOTE> together with the Church-yards belonging to &s;uch Churches, &s;hall be, and are hereby ve&s;ted in the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of <HI>London</HI> for the time being; to the end &s;o much of the &s;aid Ground as &s;hall not upon the Rebuilding of the &s;aid City, be laid into the Str&eacute;ets, be &s;old and di&s;po&s;ed of by the &s;aid Lord Mayor and Aldermen, or the major part of them for the time being, with the con&s;ent of the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and Bi&s;hop of <HI>London</HI> for the time being; and the Money rai&s;ed by &s;uch Sale, &s;hall be by the &s;aid Mayor and Aldermen, or the major part of them, with the con&s;ent of the &s;aid Archbi&s;hop and Bi&s;hop, di&s;po&s;ed of, and imployed for and towards the Rebuilding of &s;uch Pari&s;h-Churches as by this Act are intended to be Rebuilt; and for no other u&s;e or purpo&s;e what|&s;oever.</P>
<P>Provided always, That any thing in this Act contained,<NOTE PLACE="marg">St. <HI>Pauls,</HI> St. <HI>Faiths,</HI> St. <HI>Gregories</HI> Churches.</NOTE> &s;hall not extend or be taken to ve&s;t or &s;ettle the Church of Saint <HI>Paul,</HI> and Saint <HI>Faiths,</HI> or any part thereof, or the Church of Saint <HI>Gregories</HI> by Saint <HI>Pauls,</HI> or any of them, or the Church-yards to any of them belonging or ap|pertaining, in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or any of them; Any thing in this Act notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted, That for the preventing Inundations, and for ea&s;ine&s;s of A&s;cent, the Str&eacute;et called <HI>Thames-&s;treet,</HI> and all the Ground betw&eacute;en the &s;aid Str&eacute;et and the River of <HI>Thames,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Thames-&s;treet.</NOTE> &s;hall be rai&s;ed and made higher by thr&eacute;e foot at the lea&s;t above the &s;urface of the ground as now it lieth.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Hou&s;e, Out-hou&s;e, or other Building what&s;oever (Cranes and Sheds for pre&s;ent u&s;e only excepted) &s;hall be built or erected within the di&s;tance of Forty foot of &s;uch part of any Wall, Key, or Wharf, as bounds the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> from <HI>Tower-Wharf</HI> to <HI>London-Bridge,</HI> and from <HI>London-Bridge</HI> to the <HI>Temple-Stairs:</HI> Nor any Hou&s;e, Out-hou&s;e or other Building, (Cranes onely excepted) be Built or Erected within the di&s;tance of Thr&eacute;e&s;core and ten Foot of the middle of any part of the Common-Sewers, commonly called or known by the names of <HI>Bridewell-Dock, Fleet-Ditch,</HI> and <HI>Turmil-Brook,</HI> from the River of <HI>Thames</HI> to <HI>Clarkenwel,</HI> upon either &s;ide of them, before the Four and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty eight.</P>
<P>And for the further enabling of the &s;aid Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> and their Succe&s;&s;ors, to perform and accompli&s;h the works in this Act mentioned;<NOTE PLACE="marg">An Impo&s;i|tion upon Coals.</NOTE> Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That for all &s;orts of Coals, which from and after the four and twentieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, and before the Four and twen|tieth day of <HI>June,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy &s;even, &s;hall be imported and brought into the Port of the City of <HI>London,</HI> or the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> within the liberty of the &s;aid City of <HI>London,</HI> upon the &s;ame River to be &s;old by the Chaldron or Tun, there &s;hall be paid by way of Impo&s;ition thereupon, (over and be&s;ides all other Impo&s;itions and Duties due and payable for any &s;ort of the &s;aid Coals, by vertue of any Law or Statute now in force) according to the Rates hereafter mentioned; That is to &s;ay, for &s;uch &s;orts of Coals as are u&s;ually &s;old by the Chaldron, for every Chaldron thereof containing Thirty &s;ix bu&s;hels <HI>Winche&s;ter</HI> mea&s;ure, the &s;um of Twelve pence; and for all &s;uch &s;orts of Coals as are &s;old by the Tun, for every Tun thereof containing Twenty hundred weight, the like &s;um of Twelve pence; which &s;aid Impo&s;ition of Twelve pence for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals, &s;hall from time to time during the term afore&s;aid, be an|&s;wered and paid unto the &s;aid Mayor, and Commonalty and Citizens, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, or to their Deputy or Deputies, Officer or A&s;&s;igns, by the Ma&s;ter, Owner or Owners, or other per&s;on or per&s;ons taking charge of any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el whereupon the &s;ame &s;hall be laden, before they &s;hall break Bulk, or have a Meter a&s;&s;igned for the mea&s;uring or weighing of any Coals afore|&s;aid, to be delivered from on board any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el; the &s;ame to be paid at &s;uch place or places, as by the &s;aid Mayor and Court of Aldermen &s;hall from time to time be appointed for the receipt thereof; Vpon receipt whereof, the party appointed to receive the &s;ame, &s;hall without de|lay, f&eacute;e or reward, deliver a Receipt to the per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall pay the &s;aid Duty; which Receipt &s;hall for &s;o much be a &s;ufficient di&s;charge.</P>
<P>And to the end that the &s;aid Impo&s;ition may be duly an&s;wered and paid without fraud or covin, and for the better Levying and Collecting thereof, and for di&s;covery of the ju&s;t quantities of all &s;orts of Coals to be Imported as afore&s;aid; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Coal-meters for the City of <HI>London,</HI> appointed, or to be appointed, and every of them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Coal-meters Duty for Le|vying the &s;ame.</NOTE> and their re&s;pective Deputies in their turn &amp; cour&s;e of attendance re&s;pectively, &s;o &s;oon as any Ship or Ve&s;&s;el freight with Coals &s;hall be unladen, &s;hall forthwith deliver a true Certificate in writing, unto the Deputy or Deputies, Officers or A&s;&s;igns of the &s;aid Mayor and Commonalty, and Citi|zens, who &s;hall be appointed to receive the &s;aid Impo&s;ition, of the &s;orts, quantities and number of Chaldrons or Tuns of Coals re&s;pectively which &s;hall be mea&s;ured, or weighed and delivered from on Board any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, on pain for his or their default therein, to be &s;u&s;pended
<PB N="312" REF="170">
from the execution and benefit of his or their Office or Imployment for one whole year from thence next following: And in ca&s;e it &s;hall appear by &s;uch Certificate or otherwi&s;e, That there was on Board any &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, a greater number of Chaldrons or Tuns of Coals, then for which the &s;aid Impo&s;ition &s;hall have b&eacute;en an&s;wered and paid as afore&s;aid; That then in &s;uch ca&s;e there &s;hall be paid to the &s;aid Mayor and Commonalty, and Citizens, and their Succe&s;&s;ors, for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals &s;o concealed, over and above the Impo&s;ition afore&s;aid, the &s;um of Five &s;hillings; for which (in ca&s;e of refu&s;al to pay the &s;ame) &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, or any the Tackle, Furniture or Apparel thereof, may be attached and detained by Warrant from the Mayor of the &s;aid City for the time being, until payment thereof.</P>
<P>Provided neverthele&s;s, That if the Importer, upon &s;uch Certificate delivered in by the Coal-meter, &s;hall within four and twenty hours, give in his Po&s;t-entry, and &s;atisfie and pay the whole Duty for the &s;urplu&s;age of Coals appearing upon the unlading of &s;uch Ship or Ve&s;&s;el, That then upon &s;uch payment, the penalty afore&s;aid &s;hall be di&s;charged.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">How the &s;aid Impo&s;ition &s;hall be di&s;po|&s;ed.</NOTE>And be it further Enacted, That all and every &s;uch &s;um and &s;ums of Money which &s;hall be rai|&s;ed upon the Receipt of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition of Twelve pence for every Chaldron or Tun of Coals, or by &s;uch additional Duty, in ca&s;e of concealment as afore&s;aid, &s;hall in the fir&s;t place be applied and di&s;po&s;ed unto, and for the &s;atisfaction of &s;uch per&s;ons who&s;e Grounds &s;hall by vertue, and in pur&s;uance of this Act, be taken and imployed for the inlarging of the Str&eacute;ets, and narrow Pa&s;&s;a|ges within the &s;aid City; And after &s;atisfaction given for the &s;ame, the re&s;idue of the &s;aid Mo|neys &s;hall be applied and di&s;po&s;ed unto, and for the &s;atisfaction of &s;uch per&s;ons who&s;e Grounds &s;hall be imployed for the making of Wharfs or Keys on the North-&s;ide of the River of <HI>Thames,</HI> and upon each &s;ide of the Sewer called by the name or names of <HI>Bridewell-Dock, Fleet-Ditch,</HI> and <HI>Turnmill-Brook;</HI> and al&s;o for the building and making &s;uch Pri&s;ons within the &s;aid City, as &s;hall be nece&s;&s;ary for the &s;afe Cu&s;tody and Impri&s;onment of Felons, and other Malefactors.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">And the Ac|compts of Re|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ei<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">s and di&s;|bur&s;ements thereof kept.</NOTE>And to the end the Moneys to be rai&s;ed upon the Impo&s;ition afore&s;aid, may be duly applied to the u&s;es for which the &s;ame is by this Act appointed, Be it further Enacted, That there &s;hall from time to time be provided, and kept in the Chamber of <HI>London,</HI> one or more Book or Books of Vellam or Parchment, in which all moneys thereupon to be received, &s;hall from time to time be entred and &s;et down: And al&s;o other like Book or Books, wherein the Accompts of all Pay|ments and Disbur&s;ements out of the &s;ame &s;hall be likewi&s;e entred; expre&s;&s;ing the time when, the occa&s;ion for which, and the name of the per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom the &s;ame were &s;o paid or disbur&s;ed. And that it &s;hall and may be lawful to and for all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, that &s;hall or may be in any wi&s;e concerned &s;o to do, to have fr&eacute;e acce&s;s unto, and view the &s;aid re&s;pe|ctive Books of Receipts and Disbur&s;ements at all times, when the Chamberlains Office is open, without any F&eacute;e or Reward to be taken, or demanded for the view or in&s;pection thereof: And that the Chamberlain of <HI>London</HI> for the time being, before the end of <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Term in every year, &s;hall tran&s;mit, and upon his Oath deliver into the Receipt of the Exchequer, a true Copy or Duplicate of the afore&s;aid Books of Accompts, containing the Receipts and Di&s;bur&s;ements of all moneys which &s;hall be rai&s;ed and paid by or out of the &s;aid Impo&s;ition upon Coals, in the year preceding, and ending upon the Four and twentieth day of <HI>June</HI> next before; there to be recei|ved <HI>gratis</HI> by the proper Officer, and kept among&s;t the Records of the &s;aid Court; where it &s;hall al&s;o be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, who &s;hall be in any wi&s;e concerned &s;o to do, to have ac|ce&s;s thereunto, and to view and peru&s;e the &s;aid Books of Accompts, without any F&eacute;e or Reward to be taken or received for the &s;ame.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Thomas Morris</HI> his Water-Hou&s;e.</NOTE>Provided always, That it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Water-hou&s;e, called Mr. <HI>Thomas Morris</HI> his Water-hou&s;e, formerly adjoyning to <HI>London-Bridge,</HI> to be rebuilt upon the place it formerly &s;tood, with Timber, for the &s;upplying the South-&s;ide of the City with water, as it for almo&s;t this hundred years hath done; Any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wi&s;e notwith|&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Water-Lane</HI> Street.</NOTE>Provided al&s;o, And it is hereby further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of <HI>London,</HI> may and &s;hall open and inlarge a Str&eacute;et or Pa&s;&s;age called <HI>Wa|ter-Lane,</HI> leading from <HI>Fleet&s;treet</HI> to <HI>White-Friers-Dock</HI> by the River of <HI>Thames;</HI> as al&s;o open and inlarge a Str&eacute;et or Pa&s;&s;age to the &s;aid River from <HI>Cheap-&s;ide</HI> through <HI>Soper-Lane</HI> to <HI>Thames-Street,</HI> and from the <HI>Three-Cranes</HI> to the <HI>Thames;</HI> And open and inlarge one other Str&eacute;et or Pa&s;&s;age through <HI>Mincing-Lane,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mincing-Lane.</NOTE> by St. <HI>Dun&s;tans</HI> in the Ea&s;t, to <HI>Thames-Street</HI> near the Cu&s;tom-Hou&s;e: And to make the &s;aid Str&eacute;ets or Pa&s;&s;ages twenty four foot in breadth, for the convenien|cy of Trade, and better pa&s;&s;age of Carts, and other Carriages to and from the &s;aid River; giving notice of what they &s;hall herein re&s;olve, to the Proprietors and Per&s;ons concerned, before the la&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even; and giving them &s;atisfaction for their Ground, according to the Rules and Directions of this Act for the inlarging of other Str&eacute;ets and Places.</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="table">
<PB N="313" REF="170">
<HEAD>A Scheme of Proportions and Scantlings for Sto|ries, Walls, and Timbers for the Building of le&s;&s;er and larger Hou&s;es with|in the City of LONDON.</HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label">Brick.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">Divi&s;ion of Story.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">Height of Story.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">Thickne&s;s of Walls.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">Bricks.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Bricks.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Fir&s;t &s;ort, being the lea&s;t Hou|&s;es fronting by-&s;treets &amp; Lanes.</CELL>
<CELL>Cellars</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>6&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>To the fir&s;t floor:</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>2^d</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>3^d</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Garrets</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Where the Spring prevent not.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Cellars</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>6 2/1</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>To the fir&s;t Floor.</CELL>
<CELL>2&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Second &s;ort, Hou&s;es fronting all &s;treets, lanes of note, and Ri|ver of <HI>Thames.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>2d</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="3">Thickne&s;s of Walls between Hou&s;e and Hou&s;e,</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">Thickne&s;s of Walls in Front and Reer from the Foun|dation.</CELL>
<CELL>3d</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 Story</CELL>
<CELL>Not le&s;s in height clear then</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>4^t^h</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Garrets</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1^&s;^t</CELL>
<CELL>2&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="4">Third &s;ort, Hou|&s;es fronting all High-&s;treets and Lanes of note.</CELL>
<CELL>2 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>10&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>2^d</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>3^d</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4 Story</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>8&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>4^t^h</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1&frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Garrets</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="section">
<HEAD>Scantlings of Timber for the fir&s;t &s;ort of Hou&s;es.</HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">For the Floors</CELL>
<CELL>Summers under</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>and</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Wall-plates</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>and</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>at foot</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">6 Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">For the Roof</CELL>
<CELL>Principal Rafters under</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>at top</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Single Rafters</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL COLS="3">and 3 Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Length. Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Depth.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Joy&s;ts to</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>&amp;</CELL>
<CELL>7 Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Garrets-floors</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="table">
<PB N="314" REF="171">
<HEAD>Scantlings of Timber for the other two &s;orts of Hou&s;es.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>For the Floors
<LIST>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="6">Summers or Girders which bear in length from</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Breadth. Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Depth. Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s. Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>Depth. Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>to</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
<CELL>and</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="5">Joy&s;ts which bear 10 Foot</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>21</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>21</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>24</CELL>
<CELL>16</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>24</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>26</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Principal Di&s;charges upon Peers In the fir&s;t Story in the Fronts</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>13</CELL>
<CELL>and</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">Binding Joy&s;ts with their Trimming Joy&s;ts</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s. Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>depth equal to their own Floors.</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="4">Wall-plates, or rai&s;ing Pieces and Beams</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>and</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Lintels of Oak in the</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1^&s;^t &amp; 2^d &s;tory</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL>&amp;</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3d &s;tory</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>For the Roof
<LIST>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="10">Principal Rafters from</CELL>
<CELL>Length.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Foot. Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">15 to 18</CELL>
<CELL>at foot 9</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>at top 7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">18-21</CELL>
<CELL>at foot 10</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>at top 8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">21-24</CELL>
<CELL>at foot 12</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">8 &frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>at top 9</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">24-26</CELL>
<CELL>at foot 13</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">9</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>at top 9</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="4">Purlines from</CELL>
<CELL>Length.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Foot. Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15 to 18</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>18-21</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Single Rafters</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>not exceeding in length</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>not exceeding in length</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>3 &frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="table">
<HEAD>Scantlings for Sawed Timber and Laths, u&s;ually brought out of the West-Countrey, not le&s;s then</HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL COLS="2">Breadth.</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
<CELL>Inch.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Single Quarters in length</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL>3 &frac12;</CELL>
<CELL>1 &frac34;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Double Quarters in length</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>3 &frac12;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Sawed Joy&s;ts in length</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">Laths in length</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>1 &frac14;</CELL>
<CELL>1 quarter &amp; &frac12; of Inch.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Stone.</HEAD>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="10">Where Stone is u&s;ed, to keep to the&s;e Scant|lings.</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="5">Fir&s;t &s;ort of Hou&s;es</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Corner Peers</CELL>
<CELL>18 &s;quare</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Middle or &s;ingle Peers</CELL>
<CELL>14 and 12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Double Peers between Hou&s;e &amp; Hou&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>14 and 18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Door-jambs and Heads</CELL>
<CELL>12 and 8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="5">2^d &amp; 3^d &s;orts</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Foot. Inches.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Corner Peers</CELL>
<CELL>2-6&mdash;&s;quare</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Middle or &s;ingle Peers</CELL>
<CELL>18&mdash;&s;quare</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Double Peers between Hou&s;e &amp; Hou&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>24 and 18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Doors-jambs and Heads</CELL>
<CELL>14 and 10</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
<ITEM><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">Scantlings for Sewers</CELL>
<CELL>Foot.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Thickne&s;s.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3 wide</CELL>
<CELL>Side-walls</CELL>
<CELL>1 brick</CELL>
<CELL ROWS="2">Bottom paved plain and then 1 brick an edge circular.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5 high</CELL>
<CELL>Arch</CELL>
<CELL>1 brick on end</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="rules">
<PB N="315" REF="171">
<HEAD>General Rules.</HEAD>
<P>IN every Foundation within the Ground, add one Brick in thickne&s;s to the thickne&s;s of the Wall, (as in the Scheme) next above the Foundation, to be &s;et off in Thr&eacute;e Cour&s;es equally on both &s;ides.</P>
<P>That no Timber be laid within Twelve Inches of the Fore&s;ide of the Chimney-Iambs; And that all Ioy&s;ts on the Back of any Chimney, be laid with a Trimmer at Six Inches di&s;tance from the Back.</P>
<P>That no Timber be laid within the Tunnel of any Chimney, upon penalty to the Workman for every default, Ten &s;hillings; and Ten &s;hillings every W&eacute;ek it continues unreformed.</P>
<P>That no Ioy&s;ts or Rafters be laid at greater di&s;tances from one to the other, then Twelve Inches; and no Quarters at greater di&s;tance then Fourt&eacute;en Inches.</P>
<P>That no Ioy&s;ts bear at longer length then Ten Foot; and no &s;ingle Rafters at more in length then Nine Foot.</P>
<P>That all Roofs, Window-frames and Cellar-floors be made of Oak.</P>
<P>The Tile-pins of Oak.</P>
<P>No Summers or Girders to lie over the Head of Doors and Windows.</P>
<P>No Summer or Girder to lie le&s;s then Ten Inches into the Wall; no Ioy&s;ts then Eight Inches, and to be laid in Loame.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. IV.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>For Relief of poor Pri&s;oners, and &s;etting of them on Work.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas there is not yet any &s;ufficient Provi&s;ion made for the Relief and &s;etting on work of poor and n&eacute;edy per&s;ons committed to the Common Gaol for Felony and other mi&s;demea|nors, who many times peri&s;h before their Trial; and the Poor there living idly and unimployed, become debauched, and come forth in&s;tructed in the practice of Thievery and lewdne&s;s: For re|medy whereof, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by Authority of the &s;ame, That the Iu&s;tices of the Peace of the re&s;pective Counties,<NOTE PLACE="marg">How Stocks may be provi|ded for &s;etting the poor on work.</NOTE> at any their General Se&s;&s;ions, or the major part of them then there a&s;&s;embled, if they &s;hall find it n&eacute;edfull &s;o to do, may provide Stock of &s;uch Materials as they find convenient for the &s;etting poor Pri&s;on|ers on work, in &s;uch manner, and by &s;uch ways as other County-charges by the Laws and Sta|tutes of the Realm are and may be levied and rai&s;ed; And to pay and provide fit per&s;ons to over|&s;&eacute;e and &s;et &s;uch Pri&s;oners on work; and make &s;uch Orders for Accompts of and concerning the premi&s;&s;es as &s;hall by them be thought n&eacute;edful, and for puni&s;hment of neglects and other abu&s;es, and for be&s;towing of the Profit ari&s;ing by the labour of the Pri&s;oners &s;o &s;et on work for their Relief, which &s;hall be duly ob&s;erved; And may alter, revoke, or amend &s;uch their Orders from time to time. Provided that no Pari&s;h be rated above Sir pence by the w&eacute;ek towards the premi&s;&s;es, ha|ving re&s;pect to the re&s;pective values of the &s;everal Pari&s;hes.</P>
<P>And whereas &s;ometimes by occa&s;ion of the Plague, and otherwhiles by the great number of Pri&s;oners, great and infectious Di&s;ea&s;es have happened among the Pri&s;oners,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Sickne&s;s and Di&s;ea&s;es hap|ning among Pri&s;oners.</NOTE> whereby it hath come to pa&s;s &s;ometimes that the Iudges, Iu&s;tices and Iurors have, upon occa&s;ion of their Atten|dance at the Trial of Pri&s;oners, b&eacute;en infected, and many of them died thereof, and &s;ometime &s;uch Infection hath &s;pread in the Country: For &s;ome Remedy therein, Be it by the &s;ame Autho|rity Enacted, That any Sheriff of the re&s;pective Counties, having the Cu&s;tody of the Gaol, or &s;uch per&s;ons who have the Cu&s;tody of the Goal, with the advice and con&s;ent of thr&eacute;e or more Iu&s;tices of the Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> may, if they &s;hall on inquiry or information find it needful, upon emergent occa&s;ions in the re&s;pective Counties, provide other &s;afe places, for the re|moval of &s;ick, or other per&s;ons, from and out of the ordinary and u&s;ual Gaols, the &s;ame places to be u&s;ed and imployed for the reception and cu&s;tody of the Pri&s;oners, to be by or according to their Or|der or Orders kept, ordered, di&s;po&s;ed and conveyed to the places appointed for the Gaol-delivery, in &s;uch and like manner as &s;uch Pri&s;oners ought to be kept, ordered, di&s;po&s;ed and conveyed in and from the Common Gaols by the Laws and Statutes of the Land. Provided no &s;uch place be made u&s;e of for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid, again&s;t the good and fr&eacute;e will of the Owners thereof.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Mayor, Bayliff,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Removing of Pri&s;oners.</NOTE> and other Head-Officer, or any other per&s;on and per&s;ons, who have and hath the Cu&s;tody of the Com|mon Gaol within any Corporation of this Kingdom and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> &s;hall by and with the advice of thr&eacute;e or more Iu&s;tices of Peace within the &s;aid Corporation, whereof one of them to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> in time of Infection, have the like power and authority for removing his and their Pri&s;oners into &s;ome other convenient place within their Iuri&s;diction, as to them &s;hall &s;&eacute;em fit, during the time of Infection; And al&s;o to rai&s;e a Stock after the &s;ame rates and propor|tions, as is herein before allowed to and for the &s;everal Counties within this Kingdom.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, as followeth, <HI>(viz.)</HI> That whereas there is already provided a &s;trong and &s;ufficient Me&s;&s;uage in the Pari&s;h of <HI>S. Tho|mas</HI> the Apo&s;tle near the City of <HI>Exon</HI> for the purpo&s;e afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Exon</HI> City.</NOTE> and One thou&s;and pounds more by certain Tru&s;tees upon Propo&s;als and Agr&eacute;ements made by them with cetain Gentlemen,
<PB N="316" REF="172">
Iu&s;tices of the Peace for the County of <HI>Devon,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Devon.</NOTE> who have al&s;o provided One thou&s;and pounds more in order to purcha&s;e Lands of Inheritance for the good purpo&s;es hereafter mentioned: Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;aid Two thou&s;and pounds be laid out in purcha&s;e of Lands of Inheritance, by Order of the General Se&s;&s;ions of the Peace hereafter at any time to be held, in the name of &s;uch per&s;ons as by &s;uch Order &s;hall be appointed. <HI>Item,</HI> That the &s;aid Hou&s;e, with the Grounds therewith inclo&s;ed, be had and u&s;ed as a Common Gaol and Workhou&s;e for the &s;aid County, in manner as is after expre&s;&s;ed. <HI>Item,</HI> That an Over&s;&eacute;er be therein placed by like Order, and by like Order be removeable from time to time; which Over|&s;eer &s;hall have the charge, cu&s;tody and government of the Pri&s;oners to him committed according to this Act, and &s;hall have Fifty pounds <HI>per annum</HI> during the execution of his Office, and Ten pounds <HI>per annum</HI> for his Deputy; but &s;hall therefore take no f&eacute;es for receiving, delivering or doing any other &s;ervice relating to the Pri&s;oners, from or of any the &s;aid Pri&s;oners. <HI>Item,</HI> That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices by like Order from time to time &s;hall and may, by approbation of the Or|dinary, provide and appoint &s;ome m&eacute;et and di&s;cr&eacute;et Mini&s;ter to read Divine Service according to the Orders of the Church of <HI>England</HI> unto the Pri&s;oners, at lea&s;t four days in the w&eacute;ek, That is to &s;ay, on the Lords day, each Wedne&s;day, and each Friday and Saturday, and oftner, if the &s;aid Iu&s;tices &s;hall appoint, and to take pains in in&s;tructing them each Lords day at the lea&s;t, for which they may allow him Thirty pounds <HI>per annum,</HI> or after that rate, the re&s;t of the Profits to be for Repairing the Hou&s;e, and towards finding a Stock for to &s;et the Pri&s;oners on work. <HI>Item,</HI> That any per&s;on charged with &s;uch offence onely for which Clergy is allowable, if &s;o be he be n&eacute;edy and indigent, and not likely to maintain him&s;elf in Gaol, may by Warrant of the Iu&s;tice or Iu&s;tices of the Peace to whom Iuri&s;diction in that behalf appertaineth, be committed to the &s;aid Workhou&s;e in order to his Trial; and if any per&s;on &s;hall be committed to the ordinary Gaol, who &s;hall be or become &s;o indigent, he may by Warrant of thr&eacute;e Iu&s;tices of Peace, whereof one to be of the <HI>Quorum,</HI> be removed from the ordinary Common Gaol to the &s;aid Hou&s;e; All which Pri&s;oners &s;o committed or removed, &s;hall be in the cu&s;tody of the Over&s;&eacute;er, and be ordered and demeaned in the &s;aid Hou&s;e, and conveyed to the Se&s;&s;ions, or to the Gaol-delivery, by like War|rant, way and means, as the Pri&s;oners in other Gaols by the Laws and Statutes of this Realm are to be ordered and demeaned.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e the &s;aid Workhou&s;e is di&s;tant from the Ordinary Common Gaol, the Pri&s;oners by Order from the Se&s;&s;ions or Gaol-delivery may, in order to their Trials, be removed to the Common Gaol, to be the more ready for their Trials. <HI>Item,</HI> That the &s;aid Over&s;&eacute;er &s;hall give Security for the Stock, and be liable to &s;uch Regulations and Orders for Accompts and other|wi&s;e, as the Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall from time to time make for &s;etting the poor Pri&s;oners on work there, which &s;hall be obeyed and ob&s;erved. That a convenient Stock be from time to time rai&s;ed at the Charge of the County. <HI>Item,</HI> That the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of the County in <HI>Devon</HI> may put in ure all the powers in this Act, as other Iu&s;tices may in any other County by vertue thereof.</P>
<P>Saving to the Kings Maje&s;ty, His Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, and to every other per&s;on and per&s;ons, and their Heirs, Succe&s;&s;ors, Executors and Admini&s;trators, all Rights, Titles, Claims and De|mands what&s;oever, into or out of the &s;aid Me&s;&s;uages and Premi&s;&s;es, as if this Act had never b&eacute;en made.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. V.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A former Act concerning <HI>Replevins</HI> and <HI>Avowries,</HI> to extend to the Principality of <HI>Wales</HI> and the County Palatines.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">1. Car. 2. cap. 7.</NOTE>WHereas by an Act of Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act for the more &s;peedy and effectual pro|ceeding upon Di&s;tre&s;&s;es and Avowries for Rents,</HI> Provi&s;ion is made where any Plaintiff &s;hall Non&s;uit before I&s;&s;ue joyned in any Suit or <HI>Replevin,</HI> by Plaint or Writ lawfully returned, removed or depending in any of the Kings Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter:</HI> Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem|poral, and Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, That the &s;aid Act, and all the Powers and Provi&s;ions thereby made for cau&s;es of <HI>Replevins</HI> depending in His Maje&s;ties Courts of <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> &s;hall be extended, and be of the &s;ame force and efficacy in all cau&s;es of <HI>Replevin,</HI> which are or &s;hall be depending in His Maje&s;ties Court of Common Pleas for the County Palatine of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lanca&s;ter. Wales. Che&s;ter.</NOTE> the Courts of the Great Se&s;&s;ions of His Maje&s;ties Principality of <HI>Wales,</HI> the Court of Great Se&s;&s;ions or A&s;&s;izes for the County Palatine of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and the Court of Common Pleas for the County Palatine of <HI>Durham,</HI> as fully and as amply for and during the continuance of the &s;aid Act, as if the &s;aid Courts had been mentioned therein.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VI.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>A Redre&s;s of Inconveniencies by want of Proof of the Decea&s;es of Per&s;ons beyond the Seas, or ab&s;enting them&s;elves, upon who&s;e Lives E&s;tates do depend.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVHereas divers Lords of Mannors and others have u&s;ed to grant E&s;tates by Copy of Court-Roll for one, two, or more life or lives, according to the Cu&s;tome of their &s;everal Mannors; and have al&s;o granted E&s;tates by Lea&s;e for one or more life or lives, or el&s;e for years determinable upon one or more life or lives; And it hath often happened, that &s;uch
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per&s;on or per&s;ons for who&s;e life or lives &s;uch E&s;tates have b&eacute;en granted, have gone beyond the Seas, or &s;o ab&s;ented them&s;elves for many years, that the Le&s;&s;ors and Rever&s;ioners cannot find out whether &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons be alive or dead, by rea&s;on whereof &s;uch Le&s;&s;ors and Rever&s;ion|ers have b&eacute;en held out of po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of their Tenements for many years, after all the lives upon which &s;uch E&s;tates depend, are dead; in regard that the Le&s;&s;ors and Rever&s;ioners when they have brought Actions for the recovery of their Tenements, have b&eacute;en put upon it to prove the death of their Tenants, when it is almo&s;t impo&s;&s;ible for them to di&s;cover the &s;ame:</P>
<P>For remedy of which mi&s;chief &s;o frequently happening to &s;uch Le&s;&s;ors or Rever&s;ioners, Be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the advice and con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Per&s;ons be|yond the Seas, or ab&s;enting them&s;elves for &s;even years.</NOTE> That if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons for who&s;e life or lives &s;uch E&s;tates have b&eacute;en, or &s;hall be granted as afore&s;aid, &s;hall remain beyond the Seas, or el&s;ewhere ab&s;ent them&s;elves in this Realm by the &s;pace of Seven years together, and no &s;ufficient and evident proof be made of the lives of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons re&s;pectively, in any Action commenced for recovery of &s;uch Te|nements by the Le&s;&s;ors or Rever&s;ioners, in every &s;uch ca&s;e the per&s;on or per&s;ons upon who&s;e life or lives &s;uch E&s;tate depended, &s;hall be accounted as naturally dead; And in every Action brought for the recovery of the &s;aid Tenements by the Le&s;&s;ors or Rever&s;ioners, their Heirs or A&s;&s;igns, The Iudges before whom &s;uch Action &s;hall be brought, &s;hall direct the Iury to give their Verdict, as if the per|&s;on &s;o remaining beyond the Seas, or otherwi&s;e ab&s;enting him&s;elf, were dead.<NOTE PLACE="marg">What &s;hall be a good chal|lenge to Iurors upon tryal of Lives in be|ing.</NOTE></P>
<P>And be further Enacted, That in any &s;uch Action wherein the life or death of any &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall come in que&s;tion betw&eacute;en the Le&s;&s;or or Rever&s;ioner, and the Tenant in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, it &s;hall and may be lawful for the Le&s;&s;or or Rever&s;ioner to take exception to any of the Iurors re|turned for the trial of that cau&s;e, that the greate&s;t part of the real E&s;tate of any of &s;uch Iurors is held by Lea&s;e or Copy for lives, who upon proof thereof &s;hall be &s;et a&s;ide as in ca&s;e of other legal challenges.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for Lands held by lives of certain Traytors at|tainted.</NOTE> That nothing in this Act con|tained &s;hall extend to any Lands held by the life or lives of any per&s;on or per&s;ons attainted of Trea&s;on for the horrid murder of his late Maje&s;ty of ble&s;&s;ed memory, who now conceal or hide them&s;elves, which Lands are or have b&eacute;en ve&s;ted in His Maje&s;ty, and are now granted to his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> but that the cour&s;e of Evidence heretofore u&s;ed in &s;uch ca&s;es &s;hall be had and u&s;ed; Any thing to the contrary in this Act notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Provi&s;o for per&s;ons evicted by this not be|ing in truth dead.</NOTE> That if any per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;hall be evicted out of any Lands or Tenements by vertue of this Act, and afterwards if &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons upon who&s;e life or lives &s;uch E&s;tate or E&s;tates depend, &s;hall return again from beyond the Seas, or &s;hall on proof in any Action to be brought for recovery of the &s;ame, be made appear to be living, or to have b&eacute;en living at the time of the Eviction, That then, and from thenceforth the Tenant or Le&s;&s;&eacute;e, who was outed of the &s;ame, his or their Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, &s;hall or may re-enter, re-po&s;&s;e&s;s, have, hold and enjoy the &s;aid Lands or Tenements in his or their former E&s;tate, for and during the life or lives, or &s;o long term as the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, upon who&s;e life or lives the &s;aid E&s;tate or E&s;tates depend, &s;hall be living; and al&s;o &s;hall upon Action or Actions to be brought by him or them again&s;t the Le&s;&s;ors, Rever&s;ioners or Tenants in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, or other per&s;ons re|&s;pectively, which &s;ince the time of the &s;aid Eviction received the Profits of the &s;aid Lands or Te|nements, recover for damages the full Profits of the &s;aid Lands or Tenements re&s;pective|ly, with lawfull Intere&s;t for and from the time that he or they were outed of the &s;aid Lands or Tenements, and kept or held out of the &s;ame by the &s;aid Le&s;&s;ors, Rever&s;ioners, Tenants or other per&s;ons, who after the &s;aid Eviction received the Profits of the &s;aid Lands or Tenements, or any of them re&s;pectively, a&s;well in the ca&s;e when the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons, upon who&s;e Life or Lives &s;uch E&s;tates or E&s;tates did depend, are or &s;hall be dead at the time of bring|ing of the &s;aid Action or Actions, as if the &s;aid per&s;on or per&s;ons were then living.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CAP. VII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Di&s;turbances of Seamen and others prevented, and to pre&s;erve the Stores belonging to His Maje&s;ties Navy Royal.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>WHereas divers Fightings, Quarrelings and Di&s;turbances do often happen in about His Maje&s;ties Offices, Yards and Stores for His Maje&s;ties Royal Navy,<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 Car. 2. cap. 5.</NOTE> and frequent Dif|ferences and Di&s;orders are occa&s;ioned in the Office of His Maje&s;ties Trea&s;ury of the Navy on Pay-days, in <HI>London, Port&s;mouth,</HI> and other places of m&eacute;eting for the Service of the &s;aid Navy; And that either by the unrea&s;onable Turbulency of Seamen and others, attending on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Turbulency of Seamen.</NOTE> or rela|ting to that Service, or their Creditors, or by the rudene&s;s of the Officers intru&s;ted with His Maie&s;ties Stores on Land, or in His Royal Ships, when they are que&s;tioned by the Principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners of the &s;aid Navy, either for neglect or Imbezelment of His Maje&s;ties Provi&s;ions, Ammunition, or other Equipage of the Navy under their Charge; and that not one|ly to the di&s;turbance of the Peace, but &s;ometimes to the danger and hindrance of His Maje&s;ties Service, both in point of husbanding His Maje&s;ties Revenue, and al&s;o on the di&s;patch of the Ships, on which the Honour and Safety of His Maje&s;ty and Kingdom &s;o much depends; Which inconveniencies require a &s;p&eacute;edie remedy then the ordinary attendance on the Se&s;&s;ions of Peace
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can give; the Parties Accu&s;ed or Offending, being many times bound to Sea, and the Principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners for want of Authority to &s;uppre&s;s &s;uch In&s;olencies, and determine &s;uch Ca&s;es, being nece&s;&s;itated to pa&s;s by many Offences, in which His Maje&s;ty might be righted, if their nece&s;&s;ary attendance on that important Service would permit the pro&s;ecution of the Offenders before other ordinary Iudicatures.</P>
<P>Be it therefore Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Who may exa|mine and pu|ni&s;h offences and di&s;turban|ces committed by Seamen relating to the Navy.</NOTE> That the Trea&s;urer, Comptroller, Surveyor, Clerk of the Acts, and the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Navy for the time being, or any one or more of them, have power and authority to examine and puni&s;h all &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons whom they upon their enquiry, exa|mination, or on view in their pre&s;ence, &s;hall find hereafter to make, or have made any Di&s;tur|bance, Fighting or Quarrelling in the Yards, Stores or Offices afore&s;aid, at Pay-days, or on other occa&s;ions relating to the Naval Services, in &s;uch manner as followeth, (That is to &s;ay) That they, or any one or more of them, may puni&s;h any the &s;aid Offences, by Fine, Impri&s;on|ment, or either of them, the Fine not exc&eacute;eding Twenty &s;hillings, and Impri&s;onment not exc&eacute;eding one week; And have power in &s;uch ca&s;es to commit &s;uch per&s;ons to the next Gaol, or to the cu&s;tody of the Me&s;&s;enger or Me&s;&s;engers for the time being attendant on them, who re|&s;pectively are to receive and detain &s;uch per&s;on &s;o offending: And that the &s;aid principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or the greater number of them then pre&s;ent, have power to di&s;charge &s;uch Fine or Impri&s;onment, if they think fit; And for non-payment of the Fine &s;o impo&s;ed and not remitted, to Impri&s;on the Party offending, until payment thereof; which &s;aid Fines &s;hall be paid to the Clerk of the Che&s;t, for the u&s;e of the maimed Seamen; And that the examination of Witne&s;&s;es be upon Oath before him or them, which they, any one or more of them are accor|dingly impowred to Admini&s;ter.</P>
<P>And it is further by Authority afore&s;aid Enacted, That the &s;aid Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any one or more of them (in ca&s;es where greater example or puni&s;hment is n&eacute;edful) may al&s;o bind the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, to their good behaviour, with or without Securities, as occa&s;ion &s;hall be.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Imbezeling of Stores and Ammunition of the Navy.</NOTE>And whereas divers of His Maje&s;ties Stores and Ammunition pertaining to His Navy and Shipping, or Service thereof, are imbezelled or filched away, It is by the like Authority En|acted, That the &s;aid Principal Officers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any one or more of them, by Warrant under their Hands and Seals, have power in like manner to inquire and &s;earch for the &s;ame in all places, as Iu&s;tices of Peace may do in ca&s;e of Felony, and puni&s;h the Offenders by &s;uch Fine and Impri&s;onment as afore&s;aid, and cau&s;e the Goods to be brought in again: And if the Offence be of &s;uch nature as doth require an higher and &s;everer puni&s;hment, Then that they, any one or more of them may commit &s;uch Offender to the next Gaol, or to the cu&s;tody of their Me&s;&s;enger or Me&s;&s;engers afore&s;aid, till he or they offending enter into Recognizance, with Surety or Sureties, according to the nature of the Offence, to appear and an&s;wer to the &s;ame in His Maje&s;ties Court of Exchequer, or other Court where His Maje&s;ty &s;hall que&s;tion him or them for the &s;ame, within one year following, on Proce&s;s duly &s;erved for that purpo&s;e on &s;uch Offender or Offenders.</P>
<P>And it is Declared and Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That they the &s;aid Principal Of|ficers and Commi&s;&s;ioners, or any one or more of them, may put in u&s;e the &s;aid Powers on the Offenders as afore&s;aid, in all places where they hold an Office for His Maje&s;ty, as well within Liberties as without; Any Law, Statute, Ordinance, Charter or Priviledge to the contrary not|with&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Encourage|ment of Mari|ners and Soul|diers &s;erving in the Fleet.</NOTE>And for the better encouraging of &s;uch Mariners and Souldiers as now do, or &s;hall &s;erve His Maje&s;ty in His Fl&eacute;et or Ships during this War, Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore|&s;aid, That no Ordinary, Regi&s;ter or other Officer belonging to any Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Court, or Court of Orphans, or any Iuri&s;diction what&s;oever within the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> or Domi|nion of <HI>Wales,</HI> or Town of <HI>Berwick,</HI> &s;hall take or receive of the Executor or Admini&s;trator, Executors or Admini&s;trators of any Mariner or Souldier dying in the pay of His Maje&s;ties Na|vy during this pre&s;ent War, above the &s;um of Twelve pence for the Probate of any Will, Re|gi&s;tring the &s;ame, granting Letters of Admini&s;tration, exhibiting any Inventory, or for any other matter or thing relating thereunto; And for every default herein by wilful delay in the doing, granting, or executing the Premi&s;&s;es, the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o offending, &s;hall forfeit to the par|ty grieved the &s;um of Ten pounds, to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Infor|mation in any of His Maje&s;ties Courts of Record at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> or el&s;ewhere, wherein no E&s;|&s;oign, Priviledge, Protection or Wager of Law &s;hall be allowed; Any Law or Statute, or V&s;age to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">The Conti|nuance of this Act.</NOTE>This Act to continue for Two years, from the Fir&s;t day of <HI>February,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;ix; and from thence to the end of the next Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="319" REF="173">
<HEAD>CAP. VIII.</HEAD>
<ARGUMENT>
<P>Twelve hundred fifty &s;ix thou&s;and three hundred fourty &s;even pounds thirteen &s;hillings granted to the Kings Maje&s;ty, towards the Maintenance of the pre&s;ent War.</P>
</ARGUMENT>
<P>VVE Your Maje&s;ties mo&s;t Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons a&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, as a further Aid and A&s;&s;i&s;tance of Your Maje&s;ty during the pre&s;ent Wars, have given and granted, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents do give and grant unto Your mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty the &s;um of Twelve hundred fifty &s;ix thou&s;and three hundred fourty &s;even pounds thirteen &s;hillings, to be rai&s;ed and levied in manner following: And we do mo&s;t humbly be&s;eech Your Maje&s;ty that it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Kings mo&s;t Excellent Maje&s;ty, by and with the Advice and Con&s;ent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons in this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled, and by the Authority of the &s;ame, That the &s;um of Twelve hundred fifty &s;ix thou|&s;and three hundred fourty &s;even pounds thirteen &s;hillings, &s;hall be rai&s;ed, levied and paid unto Your Maje&s;ty within the &s;pace of eleven Moneths, in manner following, that is to &s;ay;</P>
<P>Whereas in and by a certain Act of Parliament lately pa&s;&s;ed, Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. cap. 1.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for granting a Royal Aid unto the Kings Maje&s;ty of Twenty four hundred three&s;core and &s;eventeen thou&s;and and five hundred pounds, to be rai&s;ed, levied and paid in the &s;pace of three years,</HI> It was among&s;t other things Enacted, That the &s;um of three&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and nineteen pounds and nine &s;hillings by the Moneth for thirty &s;ix Moneths, from the five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty four, &s;hould be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid by twelve quarterly payments, in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns and places within <HI>En|gland</HI> and <HI>Wales</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the &s;everal Rates and Pro|portions, and in &s;uch manner as in the &s;aid Act is expre&s;&s;ed. And whereas al&s;o in and by one other Act of Parliament pa&s;&s;ed in the Se&s;&s;ions of Parliament lately held at <HI>Oxford,</HI> Entituled,<NOTE PLACE="marg">17 Car. 2. c. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> <HI>An Act for granting the &s;um of Twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds to the Kings Maje&s;ty for his pre&s;ent further Supply;</HI> It was among&s;t other things further Enacted, That the &s;um of fifty two thou&s;and four&s;core and three pounds &s;ix &s;hillings eight pence by the Moneth, for twenty four Moneths, be|ginning from the five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and five, &s;hould be likewi&s;e a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid by eight Quarterly payments, in the &s;e|veral Cities, Boroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> over and above the &s;aid &s;um of three&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and nine|teen pounds and nine &s;hillings, as an addition to, and increa&s;e of the &s;aid Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, according to the Rates and Proportions therein expre&s;&s;ed; Both which &s;ums together, amount unto the &s;um of one hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hundred and two pounds fifteen &s;hillings eight pence by the Moneth. And whereas al&s;o in and by one other Act of Parliament pa&s;&s;ed in the &s;ame Se&s;&s;ions, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Granting One Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment to His Maje&s;ty;</HI> It was among&s;t other things Enacted, That the Sum of one hundred and twenty thou&s;and nine hun|dred and two pounds fifteen &s;hillings and eight pence for one Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, beginning up|on the &s;ix and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and &s;even, and ending upon the &s;ix and twentieth day of <HI>January</HI> in the &s;ame year, &s;hould be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levi|ed and paid in the &s;everal Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the rates and proportions therein ex|pre&s;&s;ed:</P>
<P>It is now further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;um of one hundred and four|t&eacute;en thou&s;and two hundred and thirteen pounds eight &s;hillings five pence half-peny by the Moneth, for eleven Moneths, beginning from the &s;ix and twentieth day of <HI>January</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred &s;ixty and &s;even, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, taxed, collected, levied and paid by four payments, in the &s;e|veral Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns and places within <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales</HI> and the Town of <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> according to the rates, rules and proportions, and in &s;uch manner as here|in hereafter is expre&s;&s;ed: That is to &s;ay, For every of the &s;aid eleven moneths.</P>
<P>FOr the County of <HI>Bedford,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and five hundred &s;eventy five pounds twelve &s;hillings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Berks,</HI> the &s;um of One thou&s;and nine hundred eighty nine pounds four &s;hil|lings nine pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Bucks,</HI> Two thou&s;and three hundred and ten pounds fourt&eacute;en &s;hillings thr&eacute;e pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;even hundred ninety one pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hil|lings one peny half-peny.</P>
<P>For the I&s;le of <HI>Ely,</HI> Six hundred and fourt&eacute;en pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> One thou&s;and three hundred thirty &s;even pounds five &s;hillings five pence.</P>
<P>For the City and County of the City of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of three&s;core and ten pounds &s;even &s;hillings eight pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Cornwal,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and &s;even hundred and &s;even pounds &s;even pence farthing.</P>
<P><PB N="320" REF="174">For the County of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred ninety and five pounds thirteen &s;hil|lings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Derby,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and five hundred and fifteen pounds one &s;hilling three pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Devon,</HI> the &s;um of five thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;eventy four pounds five &s;hil|lings eleven pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the City and County of the City of <HI>Exon,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred and four pounds eight &s;hillings &s;ix pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and three hundred &s;ixty two pounds two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the Town and County of <HI>Pool,</HI> the &s;um of nineteen pounds five &s;hillings eleven pence far|thing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Durham,</HI> the &s;um of five hundred &s;ixty eight pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>York</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>York,</HI> and Town and Coun|ty of <HI>King&s;tone</HI> upon <HI>Hull,</HI> the &s;um of &s;ix thou&s;and ninety four pounds thirt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of five thou&s;and four hundred forty three pounds four &s;hillings eleven pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of three thou&s;and one hundred &s;eventy &s;even pounds two &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the City and the County of the City of <HI>Glouce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of three&s;core and nine pounds four &s;hillings three pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Hereford,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and nine hundred eighty eight pounds one &s;hilling five pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and three hundred &s;ixty four pounds five &s;hil|lings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Huntingdon,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and one hundred and thirteen pounds five &s;hillings &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Kent</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Canterbury,</HI> the &s;um of five thou&s;and eight hundred forty four pounds thirteen &s;hillings two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and &s;even hundred &s;ixty eight pounds nine &s;hillings ten pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Leice&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and nine hundred and five pounds eleven &s;hil|lings nine pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Lincoln</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Lincoln,</HI> the &s;um of four thou&s;and five hundred twenty three pounds &s;eventeen &s;hillings two pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the City of <HI>London</HI> with the Liberties of <HI>St. Martins le Grand,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and two hundred fifty five pounds ten &s;hillings and two pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> with the City and Liberty of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of three thou|&s;and nine hundred thirty &s;ix pounds ten pence.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> the &s;um of &s;ix hundred eighty five pounds two &s;hillings nine pence three farthings.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Northampton,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and four hundred eighty three pounds eight&eacute;en &s;hillings three pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Nottingham</HI> with the Town and County of the Town of <HI>Nottingham,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and five hundred thirty four pounds &s;even &s;hillings two pence half-peny.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> the &s;um of five thou&s;and nine hundred twenty one pounds &s;even &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the City and County of the City of <HI>Norwich,</HI> the &s;um of three hundred and &s;ixteen pounds four &s;hillings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>For the County of <HI>Northumberland</HI> with the Town of <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> and <HI>Berwick</HI> upon <HI>Tweed,</HI> the &s;um of &s;ix hundred fifty four pounds &s;event&eacute;en &s;hillings eleven pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Oxon,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and nine hundred ninety four pounds &s;eventeen &s;hil|lings four pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Rutland,</HI> the &s;um of four hundred twenty two pounds eight &s;hillings one peny farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Salop,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and one hundred and fourteen pounds twelve &s;hil|lings eight pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Stafford,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and four hundred ninety &s;even pounds fifteen &s;hil|lings nine pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Litchfield,</HI> the &s;um of twenty two pounds &s;ixt&eacute;en &s;hillings nine pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> the &s;um of four thou&s;and eight hundred &s;ixty eight pounds eighteen &s;hillings ten pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> the &s;um of three hundred and fifty pounds &s;ix &s;hil|lings &s;ix pence farthing.</P>
<P><PB N="321" REF="174">The County of <HI>Southampton</HI> with the Town and County of <HI>Southampton</HI> and I&s;le of <HI>Wight,</HI> the lum of three thou&s;and eight hundred forty &s;ix pounds &s;ix &s;hillings &s;even pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Suffolk,</HI> the &s;um of five thou&s;and &s;even hundred ninety four pounds fift&eacute;en &s;hil|lings three pence farthing.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Surrey</HI> with the Borough of <HI>Southwark,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and eight hundred and five pounds eleven &s;hillings &s;ix pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Su&s;&s;ex,</HI> the &s;um of three thou&s;and one hundred ninety nine pounds fifteen &s;hil|lings one peny three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Warwick,</HI> with the City and County of the City of <HI>Coventry,</HI> the &s;um of two thou&s;and and ninety four pounds fifteen &s;hillings and eleven pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of one thou&s;and eight hundred fifty one pounds ten &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P>The City and County of the City of <HI>Worce&s;ter,</HI> the &s;um of ninety &s;even pounds nine &s;hillings and three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Wilts,</HI> the &s;um of three thou&s;and four hundred fifty five pounds &s;even &s;hillings one peny half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred and three pounds fifteen &s;hillings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The I&s;le of <HI>Angle&s;ey,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred and twenty pounds fifteen &s;hillings and ten pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Brecknock,</HI> the &s;um of four hundred ninety &s;ix pounds &s;ix &s;hillings &s;ix pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Cardigan,</HI> the &s;um of one hundred eighty five pounds &s;ixteen &s;hillings and ele|ven pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carmarthen,</HI> the &s;um of four hundred and &s;eventy eight pounds ten &s;hillings three pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred fifty &s;even pounds eleven &s;hillings three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> the &s;um of three hundred ninety two pounds thirteen &s;hillings eight pence half-peny.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Flint,</HI> the &s;um of two hundred and eight pounds &s;ixteen &s;hillings three pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Glamorgan,</HI> the &s;um of &s;ix hundred and &s;ixty five pounds fourteen &s;hillings one peny three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Merioneth,</HI> the &s;um of one hundred &s;eventy &s;even pounds one &s;hilling nine pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Mountgomery,</HI> the &s;um of four hundred eighty five pounds eighteen &s;hillings eight pence.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Pembrook,</HI> the &s;um of five hundred &s;eventy three pounds eleven &s;hillings &s;even pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The County of <HI>Radnor,</HI> the &s;um of three hundred and &s;ix pounds five &s;hillings two pence three farthings.</P>
<P>The Town of <HI>Haverford-We&s;t,</HI> the &s;um of twenty &s;ix pounds and thirteen &s;hillings.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That all and every the per&s;ons who are nominated in and by the &s;aid fir&s;t recited Act, and in and by an Act pa&s;&s;ed this pre&s;ent Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act for Rai&s;ing Money by a Poll, and otherwi&s;e,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">18 Car. 1. c. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> <HI>towards the Mainte|nance of the pre&s;ent War,</HI> to be Commi&s;&s;ioners of and for the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns and Places therein, or in either of them mentioned, &s;hall likewi&s;e be &s;o, and &s;o are hereby appointed to be Commi&s;&s;ioners for execution of this pre&s;ent Act, within the &s;everal and re&s;pective Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Towns and Places for which they were no|minated in the afore&s;aid Acts or either of them, and &s;hall have and execute the like power and au|thority, rules and directions touching the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving and Paying the &s;aid one hundred and fourteen thou&s;and two hundred and thirteen pounds thirteen &s;hillings half-peny by the moneth, during the &s;aid eleven moneths, as in and by the &s;aid fir&s;t men|tioned Act were given to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, touching the better A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Recei|ving and paying the three&s;core and eight thou&s;and eight hundred and nineteen pounds nine &s;hil|lings by the moneth, payable as afore&s;aid: And all and every per&s;on or per&s;ons who &s;hall be lya|ble unto, or any ways concerned or imployed in the A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, Collecting, Levying, Receiving or paying any of the moneys by this Act impo&s;ed, &s;hall have like benefit, advantages, allowances and di&s;charges, and &s;hall be &s;ubject to like penalties and forfeitures in ca&s;e of any neglect or refu|&s;al to pay their re&s;pective A&s;&s;e&s;sments, or to perform their re&s;pective Duties, as any other per&s;on or per&s;ons lyable unto, or concerned or imployed in the a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing, collecting, levying, receiving or paying any of the moneys by the &s;aid former Acts impo&s;ed, ought to have or be &s;ubject unto, as fully and amply as if the &s;ame Clau&s;es, matters and things had been in this Act particularly re|peated and Enacted.</P>
<P>To the end that the &s;aid eleven Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;sments granted by vertue of this pre&s;ent Act, may be duly an&s;wered and paid in as afore&s;aid; Be it further Enacted, That the &s;everal Com|mi&s;&s;ioners
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&s;hall meet together at the mo&s;t u&s;ual and common place of meeting as in the &s;aid fir&s;t recited Act is directed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">The meeting of the Com|mi&s;&s;ioners.</NOTE> on or before the &s;econd <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> in <HI>February,</HI> which &s;hall be in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, to put this Act in execution according to the be&s;t of their judgments and di&s;cretions; and &s;hall then, if they &s;ee cau&s;e, &s;ub-divide as well them&s;elves as others, as by the &s;aid Act is further directed concerning the &s;aid former A&s;&s;e&s;sment: And fur|ther, That they meet at lea&s;t three weeks before each payment of the &s;aid &s;everal A&s;&s;e&s;sments, for the purpo&s;es afore&s;aid. And that the &s;aid payments of one hundred and fourteen thou&s;and two hundred and thirteen pounds eight &s;hillings and five pence half-peny by the Moneth, &s;hall be a&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ed, collected, levied and paid to the Receiver of the &s;everal Counties appointed, or that &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty, and by them an&s;wered and paid into his Maje&s;ties Exchequer on the dayes and times hereafter mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed; Be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;um of two hundred twenty eight thou&s;and four hundred twenty &s;ix pounds &s;ixteen &s;hil|lings and eleven pence, being the fir&s;t payment for the fir&s;t two Moneths of the afore&s;aid eleven Moneths hereby impo&s;ed, &s;hall be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed, collected, levied and paid in to the &s;aid Receiver-Ge|neral of the &s;aid &s;everal Counties, who &s;hall be appointed by his Maje&s;ty, and who are hereby re|quired to tran&s;mit or cau&s;e the &s;ame to be paid into his Maje&s;ties Receipt of his Exchequer, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight. And the &s;um of three hundred forty two thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty pounds five &s;hillings four pence half-peny, being the &s;econd payment of the &s;aid eleven Moneths, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>Au|gu&s;t</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight. And the &s;um of three hun|dred forty two thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty pounds five &s;hillings four pence half-peny, being the third payment of the &s;aid eleven Moneths, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>November</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight. And the &s;um of three hundred forty two thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and forty pounds five &s;hillings four pence half-peny, being the fourth and la&s;t payment of the &s;aid eleven Moneths, on or before the fir&s;t day of <HI>February</HI> in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty and eight.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Moneys lent upon this Act &s;ecured.</NOTE>And to the intent that all moneys to be lent to your Maje&s;ty, and the moneys that &s;hall be due upon &s;uch contracts for Wares, Ships, Goods or Victuals, or other nece&s;&s;aries, which &s;hall be de|livered for your Maje&s;ties Service upon the Credit of this Act, by any per&s;on or per&s;ons, native or foreigner, Bodies Politick or Corporate, may be well and &s;ufficiently &s;ecured out of the Moneys ari&s;ing and payable thereby; Be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That there &s;hall be provided and kept in your Maje&s;ties Exchequer, to wit, in the Office of the Auditor of the Re|ceipt one Book or Regi&s;try, in which all Moneys that &s;hall be paid into the Exchequer, ari&s;ing or payable by this Act, &s;hall be entred and regi&s;tred apart and di&s;tinct from all other Moneys paid or payable to your Maje&s;ty, or to your Heirs or Succe&s;&s;ors upon any other branch of your Revenue, or upon any other account what&s;oever; And that there be one other Book or Regi&s;try provided and kept in the &s;aid Office, of all Orders and Warrants to be made by the Lord Trea&s;urer or Vnder-Trea&s;urer, or by the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Trea&s;ury for the time being, for payment of all and every &s;um and &s;ums of Moneys to all per&s;ons, for Moneys lent, Wares, Goods or Victu|als, or other nece&s;&s;aries bought, or Ships hired, or other payments directed by your Maje&s;ty, rela|ting to the Service of this War, upon the Moneys ari&s;ing and payable by this Act, and that no Moneys levyable by this Act be i&s;&s;ued out of the Exchequer, but by &s;uch Order or Warrant men|tioning that the Moneys payable by &s;uch Order or Warrant are for the &s;ervice of your Maje&s;ty in the &s;aid War re&s;pectively during the &s;aid War. That al&s;o there be the like Book or Regi&s;try provided and kept by the &s;aid Auditor, of all Moneys paid out or i&s;&s;ued, by vertue of &s;uch Orders and Warrants, and that it &s;hall be lawful for any per&s;on or per&s;ons, willing to lend any Moneys, or to furni&s;h any Wares, Victuals, Ships, Goods or other nece&s;&s;aries, on the Credit of this Act, at the u&s;ual times when the Exchequer is open, to have acce&s;s unto, and view and peru&s;e all or any of the &s;aid Books, for their information of the &s;tate of tho&s;e moneys, and all ingagements upon them for their better encouragement to lend any moneys or furni&s;h any Goods, Wares, Vi|ctuals, Ships or other nece&s;&s;aries as afore&s;aid: And that the Auditor of the Receipt, his Deputy or Clerk, &s;hall be a&s;&s;i&s;tant to &s;uch per&s;ons for their better and &s;peedier &s;atisfaction in that behalf. And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons, who &s;hall lend any moneys to your Maje&s;ty, and pay the &s;ame into the Receipt of the Exchequer, &s;hall immediately have a Tally of Loan &s;truck for the &s;ame, and an Order for his repayment bearing the &s;ame date with his Tally, in which Or|der &s;hall be al&s;o contained a Warrant for payment of Intere&s;t for forbearance after the rate of &s;ix <HI>per cent. per annum</HI> for his con&s;ideration, to be paid every &s;ix Moneths, until the repayment of his Principal: And that all per&s;on and per&s;ons who &s;hall furni&s;h your Maje&s;ty, your Officers of the Navy or Ordnance, with any Wares, Goods, Ships, Victuals or any other nece&s;&s;aries for the &s;ervice afore&s;aid, &s;hall upon Certificate of the Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Navy, or of the Ma&s;ter or Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Ordnance or &s;ome of them, without delay, forth|with have made out to them Warrants or Orders for the payment of the moneys due or payable unto them, which Certificates the &s;aid Officers of your Navy, Commi&s;&s;ioners and Officers of the Ordnance &s;hall make without f&eacute;e, charge or delay; And that all Orders for repayment of moneys lent, &s;hall be Regi&s;tred in cour&s;e according to the date of the Tallies re&s;pectively, and that all Orders &s;igned by the Lord Trea&s;urer and Vnder-Trea&s;urer of the Exchequer, for payment of moneys for Goods, Wares and Victuals, and other nece&s;&s;aries furni&s;hed to your Maje&s;ty, your
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Officers, Ma&s;ter or Commi&s;&s;ioners as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be Regi&s;tred in cour&s;e, according to the time of bringing to the Office of the Auditor of Receipt the Certificates above mentioned, and that all Orders &s;o &s;igned for Payments directed by his Maje&s;ty, &s;hall be entred in cour&s;e according to their re&s;pective Dates, and none of the &s;orts of Orders above mentioned, either for Loans of moneys, &s;upplies of Wares, Goods, Victuals, Ships or other nece&s;&s;aries, or by &s;pecial direction, &s;hall have preference one before another, but &s;hall all be entred in their cour&s;e according to the dates of the Tallies, the times of bringing the Certificates, and the dates of the Orders for pay|ment directed by his Maje&s;ty, as they are in point of time re&s;pectively before each other; And that all and every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;hall be paid in cour&s;e according as their Orders &s;hall &s;tand en|tred in the &s;aid Regi&s;ter-book, Be it Orders for payments directed by his Maje&s;ty, or for moneys lent, or for Wares, Commodities or other nece&s;&s;aries furni&s;hed as afore&s;aid: So as that per|&s;on, his Executors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, who &s;hall have his Warrant or Order, War|rants or Orders fir&s;t entred in the &s;aid Book of Regi&s;try, &s;hall be taken and accounted as the fir&s;t per&s;on to be paid upon the moneys to come in by vertue of this Act, and he or they that &s;hall have his or their Warrants or Orders, Warrant or Order next entred, &s;hall be taken and accounted the &s;econd per&s;on to be paid, and &s;o &s;ucce&s;&s;ively and in cour&s;e. And that the moneys to come in by this Act, &s;hall be in the &s;ame order lyable to the &s;atisfaction of the &s;aid re&s;pective parties, their Ex|ecutors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, Native or Foreigner &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, without preference of one before another and not otherwi&s;e, and not be divertible to any other u&s;e, intent or purpo&s;e, upon any account or rea&s;on what&s;oever. And that no Fee, Reward or Gratuity, directly or indirectly, be demanded or taken of any your Maje&s;ties Subjects for providing or making &s;uch Books, Regi|&s;ters, Entries, Views, Search, Certificate, in or for payment of money lent or the Intere&s;t there|of, or for payment of any money upon any Order upon any Contract for Wares and Goods fur|ni&s;hed to the u&s;e of your Maje&s;ties Navy and Ordnance as afore&s;aid, by any of your Maje&s;ties Of|ficer or Officers, their Deputies or Clerks, on pain of payment of treble damages to the party grie|ved by the party offending, with co&s;ts of Suit; And if the Officer him&s;elf take or demand any &s;uch F&eacute;e or Reward, then to lo&s;e his place al&s;o; And if any undue preference of one before ano|ther &s;hall be made either in point of Regi&s;tring contrary to the true meaning of this Act, by any &s;uch Officer or Officers, then the party offending &s;hall be lyable by Action of Debt or on the Ca&s;e, to pay the value of the Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts to the party grieved, and &s;hall be forejudged from his Place or Office; And if &s;uch preference be unduly made by any his Deputy or Clerk, without direction or privity of his Ma&s;ter, then &s;uch Deputy or Clerk only &s;hall be liable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, and &s;hall for ever after be incapable of the &s;ame: And in ca&s;e the Auditor &s;hall not direct the Order, or the Clerk of the Pells Record, or the Teller make pay|ment according to each per&s;ons due place and order, as afore directed; then he or they &s;hall be jud|ged to forfeit, and their re&s;pective Deputies and Clerks herein offending, be lyable to &s;uch Action, Debt, Damages and Co&s;ts, in &s;uch manner as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P>Provided always, and it is hereby declared, That if it happen that &s;everal Tallies of Loan, or Certificates for Wares delivered, or Orders for Payments from his Maje&s;ty as afore&s;aid, bear date, or be brought the &s;ame day to the Auditor of the Exchequer, to be Regi&s;tred; then it &s;hall be interpreted no undue preference which of the&s;e he enters, &s;o he enter them all the &s;ame day.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, That it &s;hall not be interpreted any undue preference to incur any penalty in point of payment, if the Auditor direct, and the Clerk of the Pells Record, and the Teller do pay &s;ub&s;equent Orders of per&s;ons that come to demand their money, and bring their Orders before other per&s;ons that did not come to demand their money, and bring their Orders in their cour&s;e, &s;o as there be &s;o much money re&s;erved as will &s;atisfy their Orders, which &s;hall not be otherwi&s;e di&s;|po&s;ed, but kept for them, Intere&s;t upon Loan being to cea&s;e from the time the money is &s;o re&s;er|ved and kept in Bank for them.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That every per&s;on or per&s;ons to whom any money &s;hall be due by vertue of this Act, after Warrant or Order entred for payment thereof, his Executors, Admini&s;trators or A&s;&s;igns, by Indor&s;ement of his Order or Warrant, may a&s;&s;ign and transfer his intere&s;t and benefit of &s;uch Warrant to any other; which being notified, and an Entry and Memorial thereof al&s;o made in the &s;aid Regi&s;try for Warrants (which the Officer &s;hall on reque&s;t, without Fees or Charge, accordingly make) &s;hall entitle &s;uch an A&s;&s;ign&eacute;e, his Exe|cutors, Admini&s;trators and A&s;&s;igns, to the benefit thereof and payment thereon: And &s;uch A&s;|&s;ign&eacute;e may in like manner a&s;&s;ign again, and &s;o <HI>Toties quoties;</HI> And afterwards it &s;hall not be in the power of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons who have made &s;uch A&s;&s;ignments, to make void, relea&s;e or di&s;charge the &s;ame, or the moneys thereby due, or any part thereof.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the &s;um of three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds &s;hall be charged and regi&s;tred in the Book of Regi&s;ter ap|pointed by this Act to be kept in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, to be paid to the Trea&s;urer of the Navy for the time being, out of the money payable for the la&s;t ten moneths of the eleven moneths A&s;&s;e&s;sment granted by this Act for the Salaries and Wages of &s;uch Officers, Seamen, Mariners and Souldiers as are or &s;hall be imployed aboard your Maje|&s;ties Navy for this pre&s;ent Winter, beginning at the fir&s;t day of <HI>January</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred
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&s;ixty &s;ix, and aboard your Maje&s;ties Navy for the Summer, in the year of our Lord one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even. The &s;aid three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds to be charged and regi|&s;tred as afore&s;aid in manner and form following: (that is to &s;ay) When Orders &s;hall be fir&s;t regi|&s;tred for one hundred thou&s;and pounds for the Service of the War, to be paid out of the money ari&s;ing upon the &s;aid ten moneths in cour&s;e, as is by this Act directed and pre&s;cribed; That then, and immediately after, one or more Orders &s;hall be regi&s;tred for the payment of two hundred thou&s;and pounds, part of the three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds above mentioned, to the Trea&s;urer of the Navy, to be by him imployed for the paying of the Wages of Officers, Mari|ners, Seamen and Souldiers as is above mentioned. And when Orders &s;hall be regi&s;tred for one hundred thou&s;and pounds more for the Service of the War, upon the &s;aid ten moneths; then and immediately after, one or more Orders &s;hall be regi&s;tred for the &s;um of one hundred thou&s;and pounds more in further part of the three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds above mentioned: And when Orders &s;hall be regi&s;tred for one hundred thou&s;and pounds more for the Service of the War, then and immediately after, one or more Orders &s;hall be regi&s;tred for the &s;um of eighty thou&s;and pounds, in full of the three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds above mentioned: Which &s;aid &s;ums of two hundred thou&s;and pounds, one hundred thou&s;and pounds and eighty thou|&s;and pounds, &s;hall be paid in cour&s;e as they &s;tand regi&s;tred, according to the rules and directions, and under the penalties upon the Officers of the Exchequer, their Deputies and Clerks, pre&s;cri|bed and contained in the Provi&s;o of this Act for Regi&s;tring and paying in cour&s;e.</P>
<P>And it is hereby further Enacted, That if the Trea&s;urer of the Navy do divert or imploy the &s;aid three hundred and eighty thou&s;and pounds, or any part thereof, to any u&s;e or &s;ervice what&s;oe|ver, other then for the payment of the Salaries and Wages of &s;uch Officers, Seamen, Mariners and Souldiers as &s;hall be imployed aboard your Maje&s;ties Navy as afore&s;aid, until the &s;aid Wa|ges and Salaries &s;hall be fully and entirely paid and di&s;charged; That then, and in &s;uch ca&s;e, he &s;hall forfeit treble the value of the money diverted or imployed contrary to the intent and mean|ing hereof, to be recovered in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid Prayer, Priviledg, Injunction or Order of Re&s;traint &s;hall be in any wi&s;e granted or allowed, nor any more then one Imparlance: One moyety whereof to be to &s;uch per&s;on as &s;hall &s;ue for the &s;ame, and the other moyety to your Maje&s;ty, your Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That whatever moneys &s;hall be wanting, or fall &s;hort of the twelve hundred and fifty thou&s;and pounds granted by an Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, Entituled, <HI>An Act for granting the &s;um of Twelve hundred and fifty thou|&s;and pounds to the Kings Maje&s;ty for his pre&s;ent further Supply,</HI> towards the paying in cour&s;e the &s;e|veral &s;ums of money regi&s;tred for the Service of the pre&s;ent War, according to the Power and Direction of the &s;aid Act, &s;hall be &s;upplied and paid out of the fir&s;t moneys granted by this Act, and payable for and in the fir&s;t moneth therein mentioned and granted, Any thing in this Act to the con|trary in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tanding.</P>
<P>And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That the Trea&s;urer of his Maje&s;ties Na|vy, for him&s;elf, his Deputies and Clerks, &s;hall receive and retain only the &s;um of one peny in the pound and no more: And the Lieutenant or Trea&s;urer of his Maje&s;ties Ordnance, for him&s;elf and his Clerk, &s;hall likewi&s;e receive and retain onely one peny in the pound and no more, out of all the moneys rai&s;ed, borrowed, and paid unto, and i&s;&s;ued out by either of them to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, by vertue and in pur&s;uance of this Act, to be allowed in their re&s;pective Accounts thereof.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That if any per&s;on being a Re|ceiver of moneys due upon any former Act of this pre&s;ent Parliament, not having accounted for all the moneys by him received, and to be accounted for upon &s;uch Act or Acts before <HI>Chri&s;tmas,</HI> one thou&s;and &s;ix hundred &s;ixty &s;even, &s;hall be appointed Receiver for any the moneys due by this Act, and &s;hall intermeddle therein; every &s;uch per&s;on &s;hall forfeit the &s;um of five hundred pounds, to be recovered by any per&s;on or per&s;ons that will &s;ue for the &s;ame in any of his Maje&s;ties Courts of Record, by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint or other Information, wherein no E&s;&s;oin, Protection, Wager of Law, Aid Prayer, Priviledg, Injunction or Order of re&s;traint &s;hall be in any wi&s;e pray|ed, granted or allowed, nor any more then one Imparlance.</P>
<P>And be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That where any money &s;hall by vertue of this Act be a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon any Inhabitants or place, being within any Ca&s;tle, Fort or Garri&s;on, if &s;uch money &s;o a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed be not paid within twenty dayes after &s;uch A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ment, That then the Commi&s;&s;i|oners for &s;uch places &s;hall make Certificate thereof unto the Barons of the Exchequer, who &s;hall cau&s;e &s;uch Proceedings to be had for the recovery thereof, as for any other Debt due to his Maje&s;ty.</P>
<P>Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That in ca&s;e any part of the moneys which &s;hall be rai&s;ed by vertue of this Act, or any other Act or Acts of this pre&s;ent Parlia|ment, &s;hall be a&s;&s;igned or i&s;&s;ued for and towards the Victualling of his Maje&s;ties Navy, the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;ubject to no charge, nor &s;hall any manner of Fee or deduction be taken or made out of the &s;ame to any other Officer or per&s;on what&s;oever, &s;ave only the u&s;ual Fees in &s;uch ca&s;es due and pay|able to the Tellers, and other his Maje&s;ties Officers of the Exchequer.</P>
<P><PB N="325" REF="176">And be it further Enacted by the Authority afore&s;aid, That no Letters Patents granted by the Kings Maje&s;ty, or any of his Royal Progenitors, or to be granted by his Maje&s;ty to any per&s;on or per&s;ons, Cities, Boroughs or Towns Corporate within this Realm, of any manner of Liberties, Priviledges or Exemptions from Sub&s;idies, Tolls, Taxes, A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ments or Aids, &s;hall be con|&s;trued or taken to exempt any per&s;on or per&s;ons, City, Borough or Town Corporate, or any the Inhabitants of the &s;ame from the burthen and charge of any &s;um or &s;ums of money granted by this Act or any other Act of this Parliament now in force, to the aid and &s;upply of his Maje&s;ty in the pre&s;ent War. And all <HI>Non ob&s;tantes</HI> in any &s;uch Letters Patents made or to be made in bar of any Act or Acts of Parliament, for the Supply or A&s;&s;i&s;tance of his Maje&s;ty, are hereby decla|red to be void and of none effect, any &s;uch Letters Patents, Grants or Charters, or any Clau&s;e of <HI>Non ob&s;tante,</HI> or other matter or thing therein contained, or any Law or Statute to the contrary notwith&s;tanding.</P>
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</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
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<BACK>
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<HEAD>A <HI>TABLE</HI> of the <HI>Principal Matters</HI> of the &s;everal <HI>Statutes</HI> contained in this Book.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="A" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Accompt</HI> and <HI>Accomptants.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 ALL Moneys and Goods for which any per&s;ons are ac|comptable not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, are Ve&s;ted in the King, 13 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Exci&s;e</HI> and <HI>Collectors.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. Accompts of Sheriffs, 14 Car. 2. 21.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Admini&s;trators.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Admini&s;trators <HI>de bonis non &amp;c.</HI> may &s;ue Executions upon Judgment obtained by the Te&s;tator, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Admini&s;trators and Executors of Sea-men &s;hall pay but 12 d. for their Admini&s;tration. 19 <HI>C r.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Advow&s;ons.</HI> See <HI>Rectories.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ale-hou&s;es.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Foreigners as well as Inhabitants may not tipple in Ale-hou&s;es, Inns, Taverns, nor Victualling-hou&s;es, 1 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The penalty and puni&s;hment of any that keep an Ale-hou&s;e, or &s;ell Beer, Cyder, or Perry without Licence, 2 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Alienation.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How per&s;ons may be ea&s;ed in pleading Licences of Alie|nation, 1 <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">r.</HI> 1. 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aliens.</HI> See <HI>Merchants.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Anniver&s;ary.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A perpetual Anniver&s;ary Thank&s;giving on the 29th day of <HI>May</HI> for his Maje&s;ties Happy Re&s;tauration, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 14.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 A perpetual Anniver&s;ary Fa&s;t on the 30th of <HI>Jan.</HI> for the Murder of the late King, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 30.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Arre&s;t.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Per&s;ons arre&s;ted by Proce&s;s out of the Kings-Bench or Common Pleas, not expre&s;&s;ing the cau&s;e of Action, &s;hall be bailed and &s;et at liberty upon their own Bond for appearance, 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 2. Stat. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Bonds given upon Arre&s;ts, &s;hall be di&s;charged upon appearance. <HI>Ibidem.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Arre&s;ts upon <HI>Capias Utlaga<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> Attachments upon Re&s;cous, Contempt, and upon Priviledg Excepted. <HI>Ibidem.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Attainder.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Attainder of &s;everal per&s;ons for the Murther of his Sacred Maje&s;ty King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 30.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The Attainder of the Earl of <HI>Strafford</HI> rever&s;ed. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 29.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 <HI>Thomas Dolman, Jo&s;eph Bampfield,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Scott</HI> At|tainted of Trea&s;on if they render not them&s;elves by a day, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="B" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Bankrupts.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A Further Declaration who &s;hall be e&s;teemed Bankrupts, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 24.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Per&s;ons for putting money into the <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Stock, or <HI>Guiney</HI> Company, or Fi&s;hing Trade, &s;hall not be within the Statute of Bankrupts. <HI>Ibidem.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bays.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Bays making in <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI> regulated. PR. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2 22.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Benevolence.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Commi&s;&s;ions of that nature not to i&s;&s;ue but by Autho|rity of Parliament. 13 Car. 2. 14.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Books.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The manner of Licen&s;ing all manner of Books, and pe|nalty for Printing unlicen&s;ed Books and Seditious Pamphlets, 14 Car. 2. 33.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bone-Lace,</HI> See <HI>Manufactures.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Band&s;trings,</HI> See <HI>Manufactures.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Buttons,</HI> See <HI>Manufactures.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bromfeild</HI> and <HI>Yale.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A Confirmation of divers E&s;tates there in the County of <HI>Denbigh,</HI> 3 Car. 1. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Burials.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 All dead per&s;ons &s;hall be buried in Woollen onely. 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Butter.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How Butter &s;hall be packed, and the contents of a Firkin of Butter, 14 Car. 2. 26.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="C" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Cardwire.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 THe Importing foreign Wooll-Cards, Card-wire, and Iron-wire prohibited, 14 Car. 2. 19.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Carriages.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How nece&s;&s;ary Carriages &s;hall be provided for the King in his Royal Progre&s;&s;es and Removals. 13 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 How Carriages &s;hall be provided for the Navy, &s;ee <HI>Ships</HI> and <HI>Shipping.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cattell.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Penalty for Importing Foreign Cattel at certain times of the year, 15 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Provi&s;o for Importing Cattel from the I&s;le of <HI>Man, ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Penalty upon Butchers that &s;hall &s;ell live fat Cattel, 15 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Cattel may not be Imported from <HI>Ireland,</HI> or other Parts beyond the Seas; nor Fi&s;h taken by Foreiners. 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Clerk of the Market.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Grievances by Clerks of the Market, and inequality of Weights and Mea&s;ures, 17 Car. 1. 19.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Mayors, Head-Officers and Lords of Liberties have power as Clerks of the Market, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 The penalty of taking any unlawful Fine or Fee by any Clerk of the Market, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Water mea&s;ure in Maritime Towns and others &s;hall be continued as formerly. <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="178">
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cloath.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A Corporation erected, and how Woollen Cloath &s;hall be made in the We&s;t Riding in <HI>York&s;hire,</HI> 14 Car. 2. 32.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Bays.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coaches.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The ordering and regulating the number and prices of Hackney-Coaches, and who onely may be permitted to keep them about <HI>London,</HI> 13 Car. 2. 2. Stat. 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coals.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Regulation of the mea&s;ures and prices of Coals, and how the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;et, 17 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collectors.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 What Collectors be accomptants to the King, 13 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 All per&s;ons imployed in Collecting or gathering pub|lique moneys by vertue of any Act of Parliament being &s;ued, may plead the general I&s;&s;ue. 14 Car. 2. 17.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Exci&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Conventicles.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How Seditious Conventicles &s;hall be &s;uppre&s;&s;ed, and the &s;everal penalties for the &s;ame, 16 Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Corporation.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Who onely may be cho&s;en Officers in Corporations, 13 Car. 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Non-Conformi&s;ts re&s;trained from inhabiting Corpora|tions, 17 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 How Churches and Chappels in Corporations may be United, 17 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Corn.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Duty and Cu&s;toms payable upon Corn, and when Corn may be tran&s;ported, 3 Car. 1. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The King by Proclamation may re&s;train tran&s;portation of Corn, 3 Car. 1. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 How and when Corn may be Exported or Imported, and what Cu&s;tome to be paid for the &s;ame, 15 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cornwall.</HI> See <HI>Lea&s;es.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Covent-Garden.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Precincts thereof made Parochial, 12 Car. 2. 37. PR.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coy<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">age of money.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Encouragement for bringing Gold and Silver into the Mint to be Coyned, 18 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cu&s;toms.</HI> See <HI>Tunnage and Poundage, Sub&s;idies.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalties upon &s;uch as &s;hall convey away any Goods without entry and agreement for the Cu&s;tomes, 12 Car. 2. 19.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Frauds and abu&s;es in his Maje&s;ties Cu&s;tomes prevented, 14 Car. 2. 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 The penalty for beating or abu&s;ing Officers of the Cu|&s;tomes. <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="D" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Damage Cleer.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 DAmage Cleer &s;hall not be taken after the 29. <HI>Sept.</HI> which &s;hall be in the year 1671. 17 Car. 2. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Death.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The death of Plaintiff or Defendant after Verdict, &s;hall not be Error in nor &s;tay of Judgment, 17 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 See <HI>Burials.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Deer.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty for unlawful hunting or killing of Deer in any Fore&s;t, Park or Cha&s;e, 13 Car. 2. 10.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Delays.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Delays in Suits by not giving a Declaration before the end of the next Term after appearance, 13 Car. 2. 2. Stat. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Delays by rea&s;on of the Te&s;te or return of the Writ re|medied, <HI>Ibidem.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Delayes occa&s;ioned by &s;taying Execution by <HI>Super&s;edeas</HI> in Writs of Error remedied. <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Delays by Arre&s;t of Judgment for Jeofails, and &s;uper|&s;eding Executions, remedied, 17 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Di&s;tre&s;&s;es.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A more &s;peedy and effectual proceeding upon Di&s;tre&s;&s;es and Avowries for Rents, 19 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dover-<HI>Harbour.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Certain &s;ums of money granted for Repairing of <HI>D<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters">er</HI> Harbour, 14 Car. 2. 27.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Drapery.</HI> See <HI>Cloath, Manufacture.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Chancellor of the Dutchy impowred to grant Com|mi&s;&s;ions for taking Affidavits within the Dutchy Liberty, 16 and 17 Car. 2. 9.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> &s;ee Lea&s;es.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="E" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Eccle&s;ia&s;tical matters, per&s;ons and Jurisdictions.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 THe high Commi&s;&s;ion Court taken away and a branch of the Stat. of 1 <HI>Eliz.</HI> concerning the &s;ame repealed. 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 No new Court with the like power may be Erected. <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Certain Mini&s;ters confirmed and others re&s;tored. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 17.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Per&s;ons in holy orders inabled to exerci&s;e Temporal Juris|diction 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 None may Sollicite or procure any petition, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> for al|tering any E&s;tabli&s;hed law in Church or State. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">6 The ordinary power of Arch-Bi&s;hops and Bi&s;hops <HI>&amp;c.</HI> in matters Eccle&s;ia&s;tical 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="7">7 Uniformity of Common Prayer, Admini&s;tration of Sacra|ments and Con&s;ecrating and Ordaining Bi&s;hops, Prie&s;ts and Deacons E&s;tabli&s;hed. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Error
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Abatement of Writs of Error in the Exchequer Cham|ber remedied. 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 In what actions onely execution may be &s;tayed by Writ of Error. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 2. <HI>Stat.</HI> 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Delayes,</HI> where Execution &s;hall not be Super&s;eded but upon Entring Bail. 16 and 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 8.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;tates
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How &s;uch as claim E&s;tates for others Lives mu&s;t prove the Lives in being. 19 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Exci&s;e
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Certain impo&s;itions upon Beer, Ale, and other Liquors granted to His Maje&s;ty for the Encrea&s;e of His Revenue for His Maje&s;ties life. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 13.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 How the &s;ame &s;hall be collected levyed and accompted for <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 See <HI>wards</HI> and <HI>Ward&s;hips.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 All money owing upon Exci&s;e and new impo&s;t ve&s;ted in the King. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2, 13.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 The manner, ordering and collecting the duty of Exci&s;e and prevention of abu&s;es therein. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 9.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">6 In what ca&s;es Sureties &s;hall be an&s;werable for the duty of Exci&s;e. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="7">7 Additional powers given to Farmers for collecting the Exci&s;e 16 and 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="8">8 Farmers of the Exci&s;e have like power as Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Exci&s;e. <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Executors.</HI> See <HI>Admini&s;trators.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Extents and Executions.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Delayes in Extending Statutes and in Executions of Judgements, and Recognizances, remedyed. 16 and 17. <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 See <HI>Delayes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="F" TYPE="letter">
<PB REF="178">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Fenns.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The great Level of the Fens, called <HI>Bedford</HI> Level, how to be bounded and drayned, and the &s;everal Officers, intere&s;ts, and concernments there. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 17.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The Drayning of the Fens called <HI>Deeping</HI> Fens and other Fens 16 and 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 11.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fines.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Fines recoveries <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Confirmed. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fi&s;hing.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How and what times Fi&s;hing for <HI>Pilchards</HI> and <HI>Fuma|thoes</HI> in <HI>Cornwall</HI> and <HI>Devon.</HI> 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 28.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 See <HI>Cattel.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Encouragement of Fi&s;heries. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Certain Duties to be paid upon Salted and dryed Fi&s;h. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 The Regulation of Herring and other Fi&s;heries. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 16.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">6 The manner of Ve&s;&s;els for and packing of Fi&s;h, <HI>I&s;land, We&s;tmony, Newfound Land, Greenland,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Forre&s;ts.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 What &s;hall be the metes and bounds of Forre&s;ts. 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 16.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 No place where no Ju&s;tice Seat, Swainmote, Court of at|tatchment <HI>&amp;c.</HI> hath been within 20 years &s;hall be accompted Forre&s;t <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Tenants and owners of Lands excluded &s;hall enjoy their Common and profits as formerly <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 The penalty for vnlawful hunting and killing of Deer. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2 10.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fullers Earth.</HI> See <HI>Wooll</HI> &amp;c.</ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="G" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Gaming.
<LIST>
<ITEM>THe penalty for deceitful and di&s;orderly Gaming, 16 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gardians.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Parents may appoint Gardians to their Children by their la&s;t Will and Te&s;tament, 12 Car. 2. 14.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gun-Powder.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The mi&s;chief, by prohibiting importation of Gun-pow|der, 17 Car. 1. 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Any per&s;on may import Gun-powder or Salt-Peter, from Foreign Parts, or freely make Gun-powder in this Realm, 17 Car. 1. 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">e penalty for putting in Execution any Letters Pa|tents, Proclamation, &amp;c. for re&s;traint of Importing Gun-pow|der, Brim&s;tone, Salt-peter, &amp;c. <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 The King by Proclamation may prohibit tran&s;porting of Gunpowder, 12 Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="H" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>HAbeas Corpus.</HI> See <HI>Privy Councill.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hearth-money.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Every Fire-Hearth and Stove charged with the yearly payment of 2 s. to the King for ever, 14 Car. 2. 10.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The manner of charging, levying, and accompting for the &s;ame, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Additional powers for better ordering and collecting the &s;ame. 15 Car. 2. 13</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Hearth-money to be collected by Officers appointed by the King, 16 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>High-Commi&s;&s;ion Court, <HI>See</HI> Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Matters, Per&s;ons and Juri&s;dictions.</ITEM>
<ITEM>High-wayes.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How the High-ways, Street-Paving and Sewers about <HI>London</HI> and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> &s;hall be repaired and kept, and &s;everal Streets enlarged, 13 Car. 2. 2. Stat. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The repairing and enlarging High-ways throughout the Kingdom, 14 Car. 2. 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>How the High-ways in the Counties of <HI>Hertford, Cambridge</HI> and <HI>Huntington</HI> &s;hall be repaired, 15 Car. 2. 1. 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 10.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ho&s;pitals.</HI> See <HI>Lea&s;es.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hunting.</HI> See <HI>Fore&s;t and Deer.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="I" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>JEo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ailes.</HI> See <HI>Delays.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Indempnity.</HI> See <HI>Pardon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ireland.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Several Statutes for Reducing the Rebels in <HI>Ireland,</HI> 17 Car. 1. 33. &amp;c. EXP.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Judgment.</HI> See <HI>Execution. Delays, Error.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Judicial proceedings.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Which Proce&s;s &amp; Judicial proceedings in the late times be made good, and which not, 12 Car. 2. 3. 12 Car. 2. 12.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Jurors.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Of what ability in Free-hold Lands Jurors for tryal of I&s;&s;ues &s;hall be, 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 No party-Jurors in tryals for Cu&s;toms due upon Mer|chandize, 14 Car. 2.11.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Challenges of Jurors who are Le&s;&s;ees for lives, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 I&s;&s;ues lo&s;t by Jurors &s;hall not be &s;aved but by Order of the Judge, 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="K" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>King.
<LIST>
<ITEM>WHat Rates Inn-keepers &s;hall take for provi&s;ions for the Kings Retinne in his Progre&s;s, 13 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 See <HI>Carriages.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Knighthood.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 None &s;hall be compelled to take the Order of Knight|hood, 17 Car. 1. 20.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The Kings Per&s;on and Government pre&s;erved again&s;t Trea&s;on and Seditious per&s;ons, 13 Car. 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Trea&s;on.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="L" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Lanca&s;ter.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 HOw Jury-men &s;hall be &s;ummoned in the Dutchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Dutchy.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lea&s;es.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 What Lea&s;es to be made by the King of the Dutchy Lands in <HI>Cornwal,</HI> &s;hall be good and confirmed. 1 Car. 1. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Lea&s;es and Grants from Colledges and Ho&s;pitals con|firmed, 12 Car. 2. 31.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Lea&s;es made by the Ma&s;ter of the Rolls &s;hall be good. 12 Car. 2. 36.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Lea&s;es by the King of Lands and Tenements of the Dutchy of <HI>Cornwall</HI> confirmed and made good, 13 Car. 2. 4. Stat. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>E&s;tates.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leather.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Exportation of Leather and Raw Hides out of <HI>Eng|land</HI> re&s;trained, 14 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Exportation of Leather declared a Common Nu&s;ance, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Leather u&s;ed within <HI>London</HI> or 3. miles, &s;hall be &s;earch|ed and allowed by the Wardens of the Curriers, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Liberties.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Petition and Declaration of divers Liberties of the Peo|ple, called the <HI>Petition of Right,</HI> 3 Car. 1.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>London.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Lights &s;hall be hanged forth by the Inhabitants in the Streets in Winter, 14 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. A judicature erected for hearing and determining all differences touching Hou&s;es burned and demoli&s;hed in the Fire there, 19 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3"><PB REF="179">3. Rules &s;etting forth the order and form to be ob&s;erved in the Street, and re-building of the City of <HI>London,</HI> 19 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="M" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Madder.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 THe Statute for importing Madder, pure and unmixed, repealed, 15 Car. 2. 16.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Manufactures.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Importing of Forreign Bonelace, Cutwork, imbroidery, Fringe, Band&s;trings, Buttons and Needle-work prohibited, 14 Car. 2. 13.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The Silk-throwers <HI>London</HI> incorporated by Patent, and the making of the manufacture regulated, 14 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 The manufacture of making Linnen Cloth and Tapi&s;try encouraged, 15 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Marriages.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The confirmation of divers Marriages, and how i&s;&s;ues upon &s;uch Marriages &s;hall be joyned and tryed, 12 Car. 2. 33.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Marriners and Seamen.</HI> See <HI>Ships and &s;hipping.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Muket.</HI> See <HI>Clerk of the Market.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ma&s;ter of the Rolls.</HI> See <HI>Lea&s;es.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mea&s;ures.</HI> See <HI>Weights.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Merchants and Merchandize.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Merchants &s;trangers &s;hall be well entreated, 12 Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 No Tax may be impo&s;ed upon Merchandize, but by au|thority of Parliament, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. Aliens may not exerci&s;e the Trade of Merchants or Factors in <HI>A&s;ia, Africa</HI> or <HI>America,</HI> 12 Car. 2. 8.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Encouragement of Merchants and Trade, 14 Car. 2. 23.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 Additional matters concerning pollicies of a&s;&s;urance a|mon&s;t Merchants, 14 Car. 2. 23.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">6 Aliens Infants may not be Merchants, 14 Car. 2. 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Ships and &s;hipping.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Militia.</HI> See Souldiers.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mini&s;ter.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Certain Mini&s;ters confirmed, and others re&s;tored to their Benefices, 12 Car. 2. 17.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Money.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty for melting currant Silver money, 14 Car. 2. 31.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 How Forreign Coyn and Bullion may be exported, 15 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Silver-plate or Gold brought to the Mint, may be coyn|ed <HI>gratis.</HI> See <HI>Coynage.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mo&s;.-Troopers.</HI> See <HI>Scotland.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="N" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>NAvy and Navigation. <HI>See</HI> Ships and Shipping. Norwich Stuffs.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. The making Stuffs in <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Norwish</HI> regulated, 14 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nu&s;ances.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Nu&s;ances in High-ways to be removed, 14 Car. 2. 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Tran&s;porting of Leather and Raw-hides declared a com|mon Nu&s;ance, 18 Car. 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Importation of Cattel out of <HI>Ireland</HI> declared a common Nu&s;ance, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="O" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Oath.
<LIST>
<ITEM>THe Oath <HI>Ex officio</HI> taken away, 17 Car. 1. 11. and 13 Car. 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Certain penalties upon per&s;ons refu&s;ing to take a lawful oath, 13 Car. 2. 1. &s;tat. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Quakers.</HI> See <HI>Dutchy.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Orders and Ordinances of Parliament.</HI> See <HI>Parliament.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="P" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Pardon.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 THe Kings mo&s;t gracious free and general Pardon, in|demnity and oblivion, 12 Car. 2. 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 All moneys and goods received in late u&s;urpation not pardoned, ve&s;ted in the King, 13 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 The pains and forfeitures upon divers offenders excepted in the act of general pardon, 13 Car. 2. cap. 15.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 The penalties upon Accomptants to the King not pardoned by the Act of Oblivion, who &s;hall not proceed and perfect their Accompts within a certain time, 14 Car. 2. 16.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Parliament.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Parliament begun 3 <HI>Nov.</HI> 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. declared to be di&s;&s;olved and the penalty upon per&s;ons that &s;hall hold or declare the contrary. 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Orders or ordinances of one or both hou&s;es of Parliament how not binding without the King. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Priviledges of debates in Parliament for repeal or altera|tion of Laws or redre&s;s of publique greivances. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Parliaments &s;hall be held once in three years at the lea&s;t. 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 The Parliament of 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. confirmed, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Petition.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Petition of Right, 3 Car. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 See Eccle&s;ia&s;tical, &amp;c. <HI>Num.</HI> 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 None may make unlawful A&s;&s;emblies upon pretence of petitioning the King or Parliament to alter the Law, &amp;c. 13 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pilchard Fi&s;hing.</HI> See <HI>Fi&s;hing.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Plague.</HI> See <HI>Pri&s;oners.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Poor.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The occa&s;ion of the encrea&s;e of Poor, and for their bet|ter relief, 14 Car. 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 A Work-hou&s;e at <HI>Exeter</HI> for relief of the poor there, 19 Car. 2. 19.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Poor Officers and Souldiers relieved, 14 Car. 2. 9.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Poll-Money.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Poll-money, according to &s;everal Dignities and De|grees, granted to His Maje&s;ty, 18 Car. 2. 1. 19 Car. 2. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pollices of A&s;&s;urances.</HI> See <HI>Merchants.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ports.</HI> See <HI>Dover.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Po&s;t-Office.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 A Po&s;t-Office erected for carriage, and the &s;everal Pri|ces of Letter from <HI>Inland</HI> and forreign places, 12 Car. 2. 35.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The penalty upon Po&s;t-ma&s;ters and Officers neglecting or not doing their Duties, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 The profits of the Po&s;t-Office &s;etled upon his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York</HI> in tail, 15 Car. 2. 14.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Poundage.</HI> See <HI>Tunnage.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Printing.</HI> See <HI>Books.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Prize-Goods.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Direction for pro&s;ecution of &s;uch as are accomptable for prize-goods, 14 Car. 2. 14. 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pri&s;oners.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 How &s;tocks &s;hall be provided for relief and &s;etting pri&s;on|ers on Work, 19 Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 How to be removed in time of Plague, 19 Car. 2. 9<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Privy Council.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Privy Council regulated, and Court of Star-Chamber taken away, 17 Car. 1. 10.</ITEM>
<PB REF="179">
<ITEM N="2">2. May not examine or determine of the Lands, Tene|ments or Goods of any Subject of this Kingdom, but the &s;ame ought to be by the ordinary cour&s;e of the Law, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 10.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. How per&s;ons committed by the Privy Councel may have their <HI>Habeas Corpus,</HI> ibid.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Proces and Judicial Proceedings.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. What Proces, Writs, Pleas and other judicial Proceed|ings &s;hall be continued and proceeded upon, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. What proceedings in Law &s;hall not be avoided for de|fects, faults or alterations of Styles or Forms, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See Judicial Proceedings.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Purveyance.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Preemption and Purveyance taken away, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2.24. See Carriages.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="Q" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Quakers.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty upon certain per&s;ons called Quakers refu|&s;ing to take a lawful Oath. 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1 <HI>Stat.</HI> 3.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="R" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Recoveries.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Common Recoveries Confirmed 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Judicial proceedings.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rectories and Advow&s;ons taken from certain per&s;ons upon pretended delinquencies in the late troubles re&s;tored to the right owners. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Recu&s;ants.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty of &s;ending or being &s;ent to any Popi&s;h Uni|ver&s;ity or School beyond Seas 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 2.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Replevins</HI> See <HI>Di&s;tre&s;&s;es.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rivers.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The River of <HI>Avon</HI> to be made Navigable from <HI>Chri&s;t-Church</HI> to the City of new <HI>Sarum.</HI> 16 and 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 12.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ryots and unlawful a&s;&s;emblies.</HI> See <HI>Petition.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="S" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Sabbath.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. AS&s;emblies and unlawful Pa&s;times upon the Lords-day forbidden, 1 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. Carriers, Waggoners, Brewers, &s;hall not travel upon the Lords-day called Sunday, 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. Butchers &s;hall not <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ell or kill Meat upon the Lords-day, 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1.1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4. A re&s;traint of divers other Abu&s;es committed on the Lords-day, 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 1.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Saltpeter.</HI> See <HI>Gunpowder.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scotland.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. The prevention and puni&s;hment of Thefts and Rapines by Mo&s;s Troopers upon the borders of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 22.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Scrivener.</HI> See <HI>U&s;ury.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sea-coals.</HI> See <HI>Coals.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sewers.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. A &s;upply of the Statute of <HI>H.</HI> 8. for pre&s;ent nominating Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Sewers, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sheep.</HI> See <HI>Wooll, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sheriffs.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Sheriff may not keep Tables at the A&s;&s;izes for others then their own Family and Retinue, nor make any Pre&s;ent or Gift to any Judges of A&s;&s;ize, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. How Sheriffs &s;hall be ea&s;ed in pa&s;&s;ing their Accounts in the <HI>Exchequer,</HI> 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. Shall not an&s;wer illeviable Sei&s;ures, Farms, Rents, <HI>&amp;c. Ibidem.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ships and Shipping.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. From what foreign parts Goods may be imported onely in <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Ships, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 18.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. No Goods to be laded or carried out of <HI>England</HI> in the the Ve&s;&s;els of any other not Denizen'd, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 18.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. Encouragement of the Shipping and Trading by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> into their Plantations of <HI>A&s;ia, Africa</HI> and <HI>America,</HI> 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 18. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4. Articles and Orders for better government of his Ma|je&s;ty's Navies, Ships of War, and Forces by Sea, 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 9.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5. How provi&s;ion of carriage by Land and Water &s;hall be made for the u&s;e of the Navy and Ordnance, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 20.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">6. The Penalty for imbezelling of Stores and Ammunition belonging to his Maje&s;ty's Navy-Royal, 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5. 19 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="7">7. Who may puni&s;h Di&s;turbances by Sea-men and others relating to the Navy-Royal, 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5. 19 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="8">8. The penalty for delivering up <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchant-&s;hips to <HI>Turks</HI> or Pyrats, 16 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="9">9. Builders of new Ships encouraged, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 11.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ship-money.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Certain proceedings touching Ship-money declared il|legal, and the Records thereof made void, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Silk and Silkthrowers.</HI> See <HI>Manufactures.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Souldiers and Seamen.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Such Souldiers as were in&s;trumental in his Maje&s;ty's Re|&s;tauration, may exerci&s;e Trades, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 16. Such as de|&s;erted the Kings Service, or refu&s;e to take the Oath of Alle|giance, excepted, <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. The <HI>Militia</HI> and ordering and di&s;po&s;ing of the Forces and Souldiers by Sea and Land, declared to be onely in the King, 13 <HI>Car.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 6. 14 <HI>Car.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>See Ships and Shipping.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. How the Forces in the &s;everal Counties of this Kingdom &s;hall be ordered, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 3. 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4. Relief of poor and maimed Souldiers who faithfully &s;er|ved his Maje&s;ty and his Royal Father in the late Wars, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 9.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stannaries.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. Certain Inchroachments and Oppre&s;&s;ions in the Stannary Court redre&s;&s;ed, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 15.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Star-Chamber.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. The Court of <HI>Star-chamber</HI> taken away, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1.10.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. All matters examinable in <HI>Star-chamber,</HI> may be exa|mined and redre&s;&s;ed by the Common Law, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1.10.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. No Court or Councel to be erected, may have the like Juri&s;diction, 17 Car. 1. 10.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Statutes.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. All Acts that are upon continuance &s;hall remain in force till otherwi&s;e ordered by Parliament, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. A Repeal of &s;ome and continuance of divers other Sta|tutes, 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. Divers publick Acts made, 12 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. confirmed 13 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 7. and cap. 11. &amp; 14.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Statute-&s;taple.</HI> See <HI>Extent.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stuffs.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. The regulating of making of Stuffs in <HI>Norfolk</HI> and <HI>Nor|wich.</HI> See <HI>Norwich.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sub&s;idy.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1. A Sub&s;idy and Royal Aid granted to his Maje&s;ty by a Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;ment leviable in three years, 16 &amp; 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<PB REF="180">
<ITEM N="2">2. A further &s;upply, 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3. One Moneths A&s;&s;e&s;ment granted to the King for his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> 17 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 9.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4. See Exci&s;e.
<LIST>
<ITEM>Tunnage and Poundage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Hearth-money.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Poll-money.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Benevolence.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5. A further &s;upply by a Monethly A&s;&s;e&s;ment granted to his Maje&s;ty for eleven Moneths, 19 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 8.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Suits.</HI> See <HI>Arre&s;ts and Delays.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="T" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>TApi&s;try, <HI>See</HI> Manufactures. Ter<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 <HI>Michaelmas</HI> Term abbreviated, and the manner of Con|tinuances and Return<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> of Writs, 17 Car. 1. 6.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tobacco.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The planting, &s;etting, or &s;owing of Tobacco in <HI>England,</HI> prohibited under &s;everal penalties, 12 Car. 2. 34.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Certain further penalties for planting Tobacco in <HI>Eng|land,</HI> 15 Car. 2. 7.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Trea&s;on.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 What &s;hall be adjudged Trea&s;on during his Maje&s;ties life, 13 Car. 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Offences di&s;abling per&s;ons to bear any Office during the Kings life, 13 Car. 2. 1.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Offences which incur a <HI>Praemunire, ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>See <HI>Attainder.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tumults.</HI> See <HI>Petitions and Riots.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tunnage and Poundage.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Cau&s;es and Tru&s;ts upon granting Tunnage and Poundage for defending the Seas. 12 Car. 2. 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 To be paid according to the Book of Rates agreed by the Commons Hou&s;e of Parliament for a&s;certaining the &s;ame, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 What Fees the Cu&s;tom-Officers may take, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 Pri&s;age of Wines not to pay the &s;aid Duty, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">5 The penalty for committing frauds and abu&s;es about the Cu&s;toms, 14 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 11.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="V" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Ve&s;try.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 HOw Ve&s;try-men &s;hall be Elected, and the Oath they are to take, 15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Uniting of Pari&s;hes.</HI> See <HI>Corporations.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>U&s;ury.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty upon him that &s;hall take above Six in the Hundred for the Loan of One hundred pounds for a year, 12 Car. 2. 13.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The forfeiture of a Scrivener that &s;hall take exce&s;&s;ive Brocage. <HI>Ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Uniformity.</HI> See <HI>Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Matters, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="W" TYPE="letter">
<LIST>
<ITEM>Wales.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 JUry-men in <HI>Wales</HI> mu&s;t be worth 8 <ABBR>l.</ABBR> <HI>per annum,</HI> 16 &amp; 17 Car. 2. 3.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2. The Statute concerning Replevins and Avowries upon Di&s;tre&s;&s;es &s;hall extend to <HI>Wales,</HI> 19 Car. 2. 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wards and Ward&s;hips.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Court of Wards and Liveries and Tenures in <HI>Ca|pite,</HI> and Knights Service, and Purveyance taken away, 12 Car. 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 24. And the Impo&s;ition upon Ale and Beer and other Liquors granted to the King his Heirs and Succe&s;&s;ors, <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Weavers.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 Linnen Weavers may &s;et up the Trade in any places where they plea&s;e, 15 Car. 2. 15.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Weights and Mea&s;ures.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 There &s;hall be but one Weight and Mea&s;ure throughout the Kingdom, 17 Car. 1. 19.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wines.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The King may i&s;&s;ue Commi&s;&s;ion to licence the uttering of Wines by Retail, 12 Car. 2.25.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 The Agents for granting Wine-Licences may grant them not exceeding 21 years if the per&s;on &s;o long live, upon Rent re&s;erved, but no Fine to be taken. <HI>ibid.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 How and by whom the prices of Wines &s;hall be &s;et, 12 Car. 2. 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">4 The Power of granting Wine-Licences &s;etled upon the Duke of <HI>York</HI> in tail, 15 Car. 2. 14.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wood.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The penalty for unlawful cutting, &s;poyling and &s;tealing of Wood and Under-wood, young Timber, Trees, Poles, &amp;c. 15 Car. 2. 2.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wooll, Woolf ls, &amp;c.
<LIST>
<ITEM N="1">1 The Exportation of Wooll, Woollfels, Fullers Earth, or any kind of &s;cowring prohibited under &s;everal penalties, 12 Car. 2. 32.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">2 Exporting of Sheep, Wooll, Woolfels, Mortlings, Shore|lings, Yarn of Wooll, Wooll-Flocks, Fullers Earth, Fulling Clay, Tobacco-Pipe clay, prohibited upon certain penalties, 14 Car. 2. 18.</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">3 Importing of Forein Wooll-Cards, Card-wire and Iron-wire prohibited, 14 Car. 2. 19.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Yarn.</HI> See <HI>Wooll, &amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="180">
</DIV1>
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