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<P>ORDERS AND DIRECTIONS, Together With a Commi&s;sion for the better Admini&s;tration of Iu&s;tice, and more per|fect Information of His MAIESTIE;</P>
<P><HI>How, and by whom the Lawes and Statutes tending to</HI> the reliefe of the Poore, the well ordering and training vp of youth in Trades, and the reforma|tion of Di&s;orders and di&s;ordered per&s;ons, are executed throughout the Kingdome:</P>
<P>Which His Royall MAIESTIE hath commanded to be Publi&s;hed and Inquired of, by the Body of His Priuie Councell, whom He hath made principall Commi&s;&s;ioners for this purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the Kings mo&s;t Excellent MA|IESTIE: And by the A&s;&s;ignes of IOHN BILL. 1630.</P>
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<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
<P>DIEV ET MON DROIT</P>
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<HEAD>A Commi&s;sion to the Lords, and others of the Priuie Councell, for putting in execution of the Lawes and Statutes for reliefe of the poore, puni&s;h|ment of Rogues, and imployment of gifts to charitable v&s;es, &amp;c.</HEAD>
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<P><HI>_CHARLES</HI> by the grace of GOD King of <HI>England, Scot|land, France,</HI> &amp; <HI>Ireland,</HI> Defen|der of the Faith, &amp;c.</P>
<P>To the mo&s;t Reuerend Father
<PB N="2" REF="5">in God, Our right tru&s;tie and wel|beloued Coun&s;ellor, <HI>GEORGE</HI> Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbu|ry,</HI> Primate and Metropolitane of all <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And to Our right tru&s;tie and welbeloued Coun&s;ellor <HI>THOMAS</HI> Lord <HI>COVENTRIE,</HI> Lord Kee|per of Our great Seale of <HI>Eng|land.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o to the right Reue|rend Father in GOD, Our right tru&s;tie and welbeloued Coun&s;ellor, <HI>SAMVEL</HI> Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Yorke,</HI> Primate and Metropoli|tane of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<PB N="3" REF="5">
<P>And likewi&s;e to Our right tru&s;tie and welbeloued Coun&s;ellor <HI>RI|CHARD</HI> Lord <HI>WESTON,</HI> Our high Trea&s;urer of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o to Our right tru&s;tie and right welbeloued Cou&s;ins and Coun&s;ellors, <HI>EDVVARD</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>CONVVAY,</HI> Lord Pre&s;ident of Our Priuy Councell.</P>
<P><HI>HENRY</HI> Earle of <HI>Manche|&s;ter,</HI> keeper of Our Priuy Seale.</P>
<P><HI>ROBERT</HI> Earle of <HI>Lind&s;ey,</HI> Lord Great Chamberlaine of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<PB N="4" REF="6">
<P><HI>THOMAS</HI> Earle of <HI>Arun|del</HI> and <HI>Surrey,</HI> Earle Mar&s;hal of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P><HI>PHILIP</HI> Earle of <HI>Pembroke</HI> and <HI>Mountgomery</HI> Lord Cham|berlaine of Our Hou&s;hold.</P>
<P><HI>THEOPHILVS</HI> Earle of <HI>Suffolke,</HI> Lord Warden of our <HI>Cinque-Ports.</HI></P>
<P><HI>EDVVARD</HI> Earle of <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> Lord Chamberlaine to our deare&s;t Con&s;ort the Queene.</P>
<P><HI>WILLIAM</HI> Earle of <HI>Sali&s;|bury.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>WILLIAM</HI> Earle of <HI>Exe&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P><HI>IOHN</HI> Earle of <HI>Bridge|water.</HI></P>
<P><HI>IAMES</HI> Earle of <HI>Carlile.</HI></P>
<P><HI>HENRY</HI> Earle of <HI>Holland.</HI></P>
<P><HI>WILLIAM</HI> Earle of <HI>Ban|bury.</HI></P>
<P><HI>HENRY</HI> Earle of <HI>Danby.</HI></P>
<P><HI>VVILLIAM</HI> Earle of <HI>Mor|ton.</HI></P>
<P><HI>THOMAS</HI> Earle of <HI>Kelly.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>EDVVARD</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Wim|bledon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>DVDLEY</HI> &V;i&s;count <HI>Dorche|&s;ter</HI> one of Our principall Secreta|ries of State.</P>
<P><HI>THOMAS</HI> &V;i&s;count <HI>Went|worth,</HI> Lord Pre&s;ident of Our Councell in the North parts.</P>
<P><HI>OLIVER</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Grandi|&s;on.</HI></P>
<P><HI>HENRY</HI> &V;i&s;count <HI>Falke|land.</HI></P>
<P>And likewi&s;e to the Reue|rend
<PB N="7" REF="7">Father in God Our right tru|&s;tie and welbeloued Coun&s;ellours, <HI>WILLIAM</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P><HI>RICHARD</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>And al&s;o to Our right tru&s;tie and welbeloued Coun&s;ellors, <HI>EDWARD</HI> Lord <HI>Newburgh,</HI> Chancellour of our Duchy of <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>Sir <HI>THOMAS EDMVNDS,</HI> Knight, Trea&s;urer of Our Hou|&s;hold.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>HENRY VANE,</HI> Knight,
<PB N="8" REF="8">Comptroller of Our Hou&s;hold.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>THOMAS IERMYN,</HI> Knight, Vice-Chamberlaine of Our Hou&s;hold.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>ROBERT NAVNTON,</HI> Knight, Ma&s;ter of Our Court of Wards and Liueries.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>IOHN COKE,</HI> Knight, one other of Our principall Secre|taries of State.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>FRANCIS COTTING|TON,</HI> Baronet, Chancellor of Our Exchequer.</P>
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<P>Sir <HI>IVLIVS CAESAR,</HI> Knight, Ma&s;ter of the Rolles.</P>
<P>And Sir <HI>WILLIAM ALEXANDER,</HI> Knight, gree|ting.</P>
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<P>_WHereas diuers good Lawes and Statutes, mo&s;t nece&s;&s;ary for the&s;e times, haue, du|ring the happie Reigne of Queene <HI>ELIZABETH,</HI> and of Our late Father of ble&s;&s;ed memorie, and &s;ince our comming to the Crowne of <HI>England,</HI> been with great wi&s;e|dome, peitie, and policie, made and enacted in Parliament, a&s;well for
<PB N="10" REF="9">the charitable reliefe of aged and impotent poore people, not able by their labours to get their liuings and for the training vp of Youth in honest and profitable Trades and My&s;teries, by putting them forth to be Apprentices, as al&s;o for the &s;etting to worke of idle per&s;ons, who being of abilitie to worke, in &s;ome kinde or other, doe neuerthe|le&s;&s;e, refu&s;e to labour, and either wander vp and downe the Citie and Countrey begging, or which is wor&s;e, maintaine them&s;elues by filching and &s;tealing; And for the puni&s;h|ment of &s;undry Rogues and Vaga|bonds, and &s;etting of them to worke: And for the &s;uppre&s;sing of that o|dious
<PB N="11" REF="9">and loath&s;ome &s;inne of Drun|kenne&s;&s;e; And the repre&s;sing of idle|ne&s;&s;e, the roote of &s;o many euils: The due execution of which, and the like lawes and Statutes, would preuent and cut off many offences and crimes of high nature.</P>
<P>ANd whereas we are infor|med that the defect of the exe|cution of the &s;aid good and politique Lawes and Con&s;titutions in that behalfe made, proceedeth e&s;picial|ly from the neglect of duetie in &s;ome of Our Iu&s;tices of the Peace and o|ther Officers, Magi&s;trates, and Mini&s;ters of the Peace, within the &s;euerall Counties, Cities and townes
<PB N="12" REF="10">Corporate of this our Realme of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> to whom the care and trust of &s;eeing the &s;aid Lawes to be put in execution, is by the &s;ayd Lawes principally co~mitted, which remi&s;&s;ene&s;&s;e &amp; neglect of duty doth grow and ari&s;e from this, That by the mo&s;t of the &s;ayd Lawes, there are little or no Penalties or Forfcitures at all inflicted vpon the &s;aid Iu&s;tices of Peace, Magi|&s;trates, Officers and Mini&s;ters for not performing their duties in that behalfe, or if any be, yet partly by rea&s;on of the &s;mallne&s;&s;e thereof, and partly by rea&s;on of their power and authoritie in their &s;euerall pla|ces,
<PB N="13" REF="10">whereby they hold others vn|der them in awe, there are few or no Complaints or Informations made of the neglects and want of due execution of the Offices of the &s;aid Iustices and other Mini|&s;ters; and although the care and di|ligence of our Iudges and Iu&s;tices of A&s;si&s;e be neuer &s;o great, yet by rea|&s;on of the &s;hortne&s;&s;e of their A&s;sizes and Se&s;sions in euery County, and multiplicitie of bu&s;ine&s;&s;e, they nei|ther haue due information of the &s;aid neglects, nor in tho&s;e times, can take &s;uch exact cour&s;es as were re|qui&s;ite for redre&s;se of &s;uch generall abu&s;es and inconueniences &s;o high|ly importing the publique good of
<PB N="14" REF="11">this Our Realme, by rea&s;on whereof the &s;aid Ju&s;tices of Peace, Ma|gi&s;trates, Officers and Ministers, are now of late in mo&s;t parts of this Our Kingdome growne &s;ecure in their &s;aid negligence, and the &s;aid politique and nece&s;&s;arie Lawes and Statutes laid a&s;ide or little regar|ded as Lawes of &s;mall v&s;e and con|&s;equence, whereas vpon the pre&s;ent making of the &s;aid Lawes, the &s;ame being then duely executed, as al&s;o at this day in &s;ome Counties and parts of this Our Kingdome, where &s;ome Iu&s;tices of Peace and other Magi&s;trates doe duely and dili|gently execute the &s;ame, there eui|dently appeareth great reformati|on,
<PB N="15" REF="11">benefit and &s;afety to redound to the Commonwealth, And likewi&s;e when as there was care taken, and diligence v&s;ed to haue the Lawes concerning charitable v&s;es, wel exe|cuted, and all pious gifts to bee im|ployed according to the good intent of the Donors, the&s;e poore people were better relieued then now they are: All which We taking into Our Princely care, for the pre&s;eruation of the common Peace of this Realme, the performance of mens pious intentions in their gifts of Charitie, and the generall good and quiet of Our Subiects.</P>
<P>After long and mature delibe|ration, finding that there is no bet|ter
<PB N="16" REF="12">wayes or meanes to haue the &s;aid Lawes and Statutes put in full execution, then by committing the tru&s;t and ouer&s;ight thereof to the &s;peciall care and industrie of cer|taine per&s;ons of principall Place, Dignitie and Order neere vnto Our Per&s;on; who vpon their dili|gent inquirie how the &s;aid Lawes and Statutes are put in execution, may be able vpon all occa&s;ions from time to time to giue &V;s particular information thereof, and by their approoued Wi&s;edomes, experience and Iudgements, giue Directions and In&s;tructions from time to time for the better execution of the &s;aid Statutes.</P>
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<P>Know ye therefore that Wee out of that long experience and full a&s;|&s;urance Wee haue had of the great integritie, wi&s;edome, fidelitie and indu&s;trie of you, and euery of you; Haue con&s;tituted, authorized and appointed you to bee Our Commi&s;|&s;ioners, and by the&s;e pre&s;ents doe con&s;titute, authori&s;e and appoint, and &s;trictly require you, or any foure or more of you Our Commi&s;sioners either by examination vpon Oath, or without Oath, or by all and euery &s;uch good and lawfull meanes as to you, or any foure or more of you, in your Wi&s;edomes and Iudgements &s;hal &s;eeme conuenient and requi&s;ite from time to time from henceforth
<PB N="18" REF="13">to make Inquirie, and thereby to in|forme your &s;elues how all and euery the Lawes and Statutes now in force, which any way concerne the reliefe of impotent or poore people, the binding out of Apprentices, the &s;etting to worke of poore children, and &s;uch other poore people, as be|ing able or willing to worke, haue no &s;tocke or meanes to imploy them|&s;elues; The compelling and forcing &s;uch lazie &amp; idle per&s;ons to worke, as being of bodies able and &s;trong, doe neuerthele&s;&s;e refu&s;e to la|bour; the maintenance, gouerne|ment, and well ordering of hou&s;es of Correction and other places for reliefe of poore indigent and
<PB N="19" REF="13">impotent people, the Rating, Col|lecting, and imployment of all &s;uch Summes, as by the Statute of the three and fourtieth of <HI>ELIZA|BETH,</HI> are appointed for the re|liefe of Souldiers and Mariners, the puni&s;hment or &s;etting on worke of Rogues and &V;agabonds: And all Lawes and Statutes now in force for the repre&s;sing of Drun|kenne&s;&s;e and Idlene&s;&s;e, the refor|ming of abu&s;es committed in Innes and Alehou&s;es, the abridging of the number of Alehou&s;es, and the well ordering of &s;uch as be licen&s;ed, the keeping of Watches and Wards duely, and how other publique &s;er|uices for God, the King, and the
<PB N="20" REF="14">Common-wealth, are put in practice and executed.</P>
<P>To which end and purpo&s;e, to you Our Commi&s;sioners, or any &s;ixe or more of you, We giue full power and authoritie from time to time hereafter, to giue &s;uch Directions and In&s;tructions, and by all other good and lawfull meanes to &s;et downe, and giue &s;uch Orders and Directions, as that all and euery the &s;aid Lawes and other nece&s;&s;a|rie Statutes may bee duely and effe|ctually executed, and the Paines and Penalties thereof leuied and imployed, according to the purport and true meaning of the &s;ame Lawes.</P>
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<P>And whereas no Nation of the world hath prouided more libe|rally, or ordeined better Lawes for due imployment of Lands, Goods, and Stockes of money, giuen to cha|ritable v&s;es, then this Our King|dome of <HI>England</HI> hath done: Yet neuerthele&s;&s;e the &s;aid Bounties and charitable Gifts haue not beene im|ployed according to the minde and intent of the Giuers, by rea&s;on of &s;ome Deuices, Fraudes, Breach of Tru&s;t, Aime at priuate Gaine, and partly by the negligence of tho&s;e that haue beene tru&s;ted to performe the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Therefore Our Will and ex|pre&s;&s;e Plea&s;ure is, That tho&s;e Sta|tutes
<PB N="22" REF="15">of the thirty ninth and fourtie third of <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> and all other Lawes and Statutes concerning Ho&s;pitals, Almes-hou&s;es, <HI>Mei&s;ons de Dieu,</HI> and other pious Donati|ons, Collections, or publike Gifts for the benefit of the Poore, or publike Workes, be &s;trictly inquired and put in execution. And all Deeds of Foundations, Charters, Wills, Deuices, Di&s;po&s;itions of Lands, Goods, Annuities, or Rents, giuen, appointed, or intended to any the Hou&s;es afore&s;aid, or to any cha|ritable v&s;e or publike Worke, be di|ligently &s;ought out and di&s;couered, to the end there may bee an imploy|ment of all the Profits, according to
<PB N="23" REF="15">the Will and Minde of the Do|nors or Founders.</P>
<P>And Wee doe further by the&s;e Pre&s;ents, giue full power and au|thority vnto you, or any &s;ixe or more of you, to call vnto you for your a&s;si&s;tance in the Premi&s;&s;es, when you &s;hall &s;ee it needfull, all, or any of Our Iu&s;tices of A&s;size, as often as you &s;hall &s;ee cau&s;e, and to giue &s;uch Directions and In&s;tructions by your Letters, or otherwi&s;e, as well to Our &s;aid Iu&s;tices of A&s;&s;ize, <HI>Oyer</HI> and <HI>Termyner,</HI> and Gaole deliuery, for their &s;euerall Circuits: As al&s;o to Our Iu&s;tices, Maiors, Bayliffes, and other head Offi|cers, within Cities and Boroughs,
<PB N="24" REF="16">Clerkes of the A&s;si&s;e and Se&s;sions, and other Officers and Mini&s;ters within Our &s;euerall Counties and Shires of this our Realme of <HI>Eng|land</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and the &s;euerall Diui&s;ions of the &s;ame, as to you, or any &s;ixe or more of you in your wi&s;edomes &s;hall &s;eeme meete and requi&s;ite, and &s;hall bee agreeable to the Lawes and Sta|tutes of this Our Realme, for the better execution of the Lawes and Statutes in the time to come. All which Directions, In&s;tructions, and Orders, at any time or times heere|after &s;o to be made or taken by you, or any &s;ixe or more of you, by force of the&s;e pre&s;ents; Wee Will and
<PB N="25" REF="16">&s;traitly Charge and Commaund by the&s;e pre&s;ents, to bee &s;incerely and duely from time to time, obeyed, ob|&s;erued, and kept, by all and euery Officer and Officers, Iu&s;tice and Iu&s;tices, Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, to whom it &s;hall appertaine.</P>
<P>And We do hereby further will &amp; require you, that you or any foure or more of you, doe from time to time giue vnto Vs particular and true in|formation of the care and indu&s;try of Our Ju&s;tices of Peace in their &s;euerall Diui&s;ions, Maiors, Bayliffes, and head Officers, in their &s;euerall Cities, and Townes Corporate, as vpon the &s;ayd inqui|rie you &s;hall finde to bee diligent in
<PB N="26" REF="17">putting the &s;aid Lawes, Statutes, Orders and Directions in executi|on, That &s;o by their &s;eruice and your report, they appearing to de|&s;erue well of their King and Coun|trey, may receiue not onely good ac|ceptance at Our hands, but all due incouragement and comfort to con|tinue in their well doings; And if contrariwi&s;e you &s;hall finde any of Our &s;aid Iustices of Peace, or other the per&s;ons before named to be neg|ligent and remi&s;&s;e in their &s;euerall places and duties touching the per|formance and execution of the &s;aid Lawes and Statutes committed to their Charge, or the Orders and Directions giuen by you, or any
<PB N="27" REF="17">&s;ixe of you for the better execution of the &s;aid Statutes: Then Our plea&s;ure is, that you doe likewi&s;e cer|tifie the names of &s;uch as you &s;hall finde &s;o remi&s;&s;e and negligent, that accordingly order may be taken for their remouing and di&s;placing out of the Commi&s;sion of the Peace, as men vnworthy of their &s;aid Trust and Places; As al&s;o de&s;eruing to receiue &s;uch further Puni&s;hment in Our Court of Starchamber, or otherwi&s;e as may be by Law inflict|ed vpon them.</P>
<P>And further wee doe by the&s;e Pre&s;ents giue vnto you, or any &s;ixe or more of you, full power and au|thoritie to doe and execute all and
<PB N="28" REF="18">euery other lawfull and nece&s;&s;arie Act and Acts, thing and things for the better and more due Execution of the Premi&s;&s;es or any of them, as you or any &s;ixe, or more of you, &s;hall in your Wi&s;edomes and Iudge|ments thinke to bee fit and conue|nient.</P>
<P>And becau&s;e you that are at|tendants vpon Our Per&s;on, or o|therwi&s;e imployed in Our Seruices cannot at all times bee in Per&s;on in the &s;euerall Shires of this Our Kingdome, to execute this Our Commi&s;sion in &s;uch &s;ort as wee haue appoynted it: And for that it will be very fit and requi&s;ite for you to haue per&s;ons of Tru&s;t vnder you,
<PB N="29" REF="18">who may faithfully a&s;si&s;t you in the execution of this Our Com|mi&s;sion.</P>
<P>Wee doe therefore giue vnto you for your better Aide and A&s;si&s;tance, and the better performance of this Our Seruice, full power and autho|ritie from time to time, to A&s;signe, Appoint and Con&s;titute by your wri|ting vnder your Hands and Seales or the Hands and Seales of any &s;ixe, or more of you, &s;uch &s;uffici|ent meete per&s;ons as you, or any &s;ixe of you, in your di&s;cretions &s;hall from time to time thinke fit and ap|point to bee your Deputies in euery or any Countie, Citie, Borough or towne Corporate of this Our King|dome
<PB N="30" REF="19">of <HI>England,</HI> or Dominion of <HI>Wales.</HI></P>
<P>And Wee doe giue vnto &s;uch per&s;ons, &s;o to be by you deputed, a&s;|&s;igned, and appointed, as afore&s;aid, or to any two, three, or more of them full power and authority to doe and execute in our &s;aid Counties, Cities, Boroughs, and Townes Corpo|rate, as well within Liberties as without; All and euery thing and things, which by vertue of this Our Commi&s;sion, is to you our principall Commi&s;sioners intru&s;ted and com|mitted, or which you, or any of you Our Commi&s;sioners, if you were per&s;onally pre&s;ent, might or ought to doe; They your &s;aid Deputies
<PB N="31" REF="19">pur&s;uing &s;uch Directions and Jn|&s;tructions from time to time as you or any &s;ixe of you &s;hall giue vnto them in writing; And the better to enable them &s;o to doe, you &s;hall de|liuer to &s;uch deputies as you &s;hall make in euery Countie, Citie, or Towne corporate as afore&s;aid, a duplicate, or true tran&s;cript of this Our Commi&s;sion, &s;ub&s;cribed with your hands, or vnder the hands of &s;ixe of you at the lea&s;t.</P>
<P>And Wee doe further by the te|nour of the&s;e pre&s;ents, will and com|mand, and doe giue full power and authoritie to Our Lord Chancelour, or Lord Keeper of Our great Seale for the time being, to cau&s;e &s;euerall
<PB N="32" REF="20">Commi&s;sions to be made foorth, vn|der Our great Seale of <HI>England,</HI> to &s;uch per&s;ons of trust and quality, as any &s;ixe, or more of you &s;hall from time to time nominate vnto him, and &s;hall &s;o &s;ignifie vnto him by writing vnder your hands to the &s;ame tenour and effect, in euery materiall thing, as in the&s;e Our Letters Patents is expre&s;&s;ed, with a clau&s;e to bee in&s;er|ted in euery &s;uch Commi&s;sion and Commi&s;sions, commanding &s;uch per&s;ons &s;o to be nominated, that they certifie all their proceedings there|vpon to you Our fore&s;aid Commi&s;si|oners, or to any &s;ixe of you, at &s;uch times and places, as you, or any &s;ixe of you &s;hall appoint.</P>
<PB N="33" REF="20">
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Jn witne&s;&s;e whereof, Wee haue cau|&s;ed the&s;e Our Letters to bee made Patents: Witne&s;&s;e Our &s;elfe at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter</HI> <DATE> the fift day of <HI>Ianuary,</HI> in the &s;ixt yeere of Our Reigne.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="orders and directions">
<DIV2 TYPE="preface">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>Preface.</HEAD>
<P>_FOr the better admini|&s;tration of Iu&s;tice, and more perfect Informati|on of His Maie&s;ty, how, and by whom the Lawes and Statutes tending to the reliefe of the poore, and the reformation of di&s;|orders and di&s;ordered per&s;ons are exe|cuted throughout the Kingdome; His Royall Maie&s;tie hath Commanded this Commi&s;&s;ion afore&s;aid, together with the&s;e Orders and Directions follow|ing, to be publi&s;hed by the Body of His Priuie Councell, whom Hee hath made principall Commi&s;&s;io|ners for this pur|po&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="orders">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>ORDERS.</HEAD>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<P>_THAT the Iu&s;tices of Peace of euery Shire within the Realme doe diuide them&s;elues, and allot among&s;t them&s;elues what Iu&s;tices of the Peace, and what Hundreds &s;hall attend monethly at &s;ome certaine places of the Shire. And at this day and place, the High Con&s;tables, Petty-Con|&s;tables, and Churchwardens, and Ouer&s;eers for the Poore of
<PB REF="22">tho&s;e Hundreds, &s;hall attend the &s;aid Iu&s;tices. And there in|quirie &s;hall be made, and Infor|mation taken by the Iu&s;tices, how euery of the&s;e Officers in their &s;euerall places haue done their duties in Execution of the Lawes mentioned in the Com|mi&s;sion annexed, and what per|&s;ons haue offended again&s;t any of the &s;aid Lawes.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>WHere neglect or defect is found in any of the &s;aid Officers, in making their Pre&s;entments, condigne pu|ni&s;hment to be inflicted vpon
<PB REF="22">them by the Iu&s;tices according to Law.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>WHen offences are pre|&s;ented at one meeting, then the penalties of the Lawes offended, to bee leauied and brought to the Iu&s;tices at their next meeting.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>IIII.</HEAD>
<P>WHen the penalties are leauied, the Iu&s;tices are to take care that the &s;ame be imployed accordingly as by the Statutes are appointed.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="order">
<PB REF="23">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>FOr incouragement to men that doe informe and pro|&s;ecute others for offending a|gain&s;t the&s;e Lawes or any of them, libertie to bee left to the Iu&s;tices of Peace that doe meete to reward the Informer or Pro&s;ecutor, out of part of the money leauied vpon his, or their Pre&s;entments, or Infor|mation.</P>
<P><HI>Though the Statute doe not pre&s;cribe this, yet this is not again&s;t the Law that giues the penaltie to the
<PB REF="23">Poore, which penaltie nor no part thereof would el&s;e come vnto the poore but by this meanes.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="order">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>THat the &s;euerall Iu&s;tices of Peace of euery Shire, doe once euery three moneths cer|tifie an account in Writing to the high Sheriffe of the Coun|tie, of their proceedings in this way, whom they haue puni|&s;hed, what they haue leuyed, and how they haue imploy|ed it.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="order">
<PB REF="24">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>THat the High Sheriffe within foureteene dayes after this Account deliuered, do &s;end the &s;ame ouer to the Iu|&s;tices of A&s;size for that County, or to one of them, and the Iu|&s;tice or Iu&s;tices that receiue the &s;ame, to certifie it in the begin|ning of euery Terme next after, to the Lords Commi&s;sioners. And if any of the Iu&s;tices of Peace &s;hall faile to make &s;uch account to the Sheriffe, then the Sheriffe &s;hall certifie &s;uch de|fault to the Lords Commi&s;sio|ners.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="order">
<PB REF="24">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>THe Iu&s;tices of A&s;size in e|uery Circuite, are to en|quire, and &s;pecially to marke, what Iu&s;tices of the Peace are carefull and diligent in executi|on of the&s;e Lawes, and the Di|rections giuen, and who are neg|ligent and remi&s;&s;e. And what other things of note happen in their Circuits, to make report thereof to the King, vpon their returne from their Circuits e|uery halfe yeere.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="directions">
<PB REF="25">
<PB REF="25">
<HEAD>DIRECTIONS.</HEAD>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<P>_THat the Lords of Manors and Towns, take care that their Tenants, and the pa|ri&s;honers of euery Towne may bee releeued by worke, or otherwi&s;e at home, and not &s;uffered to &s;traggle, and beg vp and downe in their pa|ri&s;hes.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>II.</HEAD>
<P>THat Stewards to Lords and Gentlemen, in keeping their
<PB REF="26">Leetes twice a yeere, doe &s;pecially enquire vpon tho&s;e Articles that tend to the reformation, or puni&s;h|ment of common offences and abu|&s;es: As of Bakers and Brewers, for breaking of A&s;sizes: Of Fore|&s;tallers, and Regraters: Again&s;t Trade&s;men of all &s;orts, for &s;elling with vnder weights, or at exce&s;siue pri&s;es, or things vnwhole&s;ome, or things made in deceipt: Of people, breakers of hou&s;es, common theeues, and their Receiuers; haunters of Tauerns, or Alehou&s;es; tho&s;e that goe in good clothes, and fare well, and none knowes whereof they liue; tho&s;e that bee night-walkers; buil|ders of Cottages, and takers in of
<PB REF="26">Inmates; offences of &V;ictuallers, Artificers, Workemen and Labou|rers.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>III.</HEAD>
<P>THat the poore children in e|uery Pari&s;h be put forth Ap|prentices to husbandry, and other handy-crafts, and money to be rai|&s;ed in the Pari&s;hes for placing them, according to the Law; and if any party &s;hall refu&s;e to take the &s;aid Apprentice, being put out accor|ding to the Law; &s;uch party as &s;hall refu&s;e to take the &s;aid Apprentice, to be bound ouer to the next quarter Se&s;sions, or A&s;si&s;es, and there to be
<PB REF="27">bound to his good behauiour, or o|therwi&s;e ordered, as &s;hall bee found fit.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>IIII.</HEAD>
<P>THat the Statute of Labou|rers, for retaining of Ser|uants, and ordering of Wages, be|twixt the Seruant and the Ma|&s;ter be not deluded by priuate Con|tracts, before they come to the Sta|tutes, and the common fa&s;hion of E&s;&s;oyning many ab&s;ent, not to bee allowed of cour&s;e, as is v&s;ed.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
<P>THat the weekely taxations for reliefe of the Poore, and
<PB REF="27">other purpo&s;es mentioned in the Statute of <HI>43. Eliz.</HI> bee in the&s;e times of &s;carcitie rai&s;ed to higher Rates in euery Pari&s;h, then in times to fore were v&s;ed. And Contribu|tions had from other Pari&s;hes, to helpe the weaker Pari&s;hes, e&s;peci|ally from tho&s;e places where depo|pulations haue beene, &s;ome good Contribution to come, for helpe of other Pari&s;hes. And where any money or Stocke hath beene, or &s;hall bee giuen to the reliefe of the Poore in any pari&s;h, &s;uch Gift to be no occa&s;ion of le&s;&s;ening the Rates of the Pari&s;h.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="direction">
<PB REF="28">
<HEAD>VI.</HEAD>
<P>THat the petty Con&s;tables in all Pari&s;hes, be cho&s;en of the abler &s;ort of Pari&s;hioners, and the office not to bee put vpon the poorer &s;ort, if it may be.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>VII.</HEAD>
<P>WAtches in the night, and Warding by day, and to bee appointed in euery Towne and village, for apprehen&s;ion of rogues, and vagabonds, and for &s;afety and good order.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="direction">
<PB REF="28">
<HEAD>VIII.</HEAD>
<P>AND becau&s;e it is found by dayly experience, that the re|mi&s;&s;ene&s;&s;e and negligence of petty-Con&s;tables is a greate cau&s;e of the &s;warming of Rogues and Beg|gers, therefore the high Con&s;ta|bles in their &s;euerall Diui&s;ions are &s;pecially to be charged to looke vnto the petty-Con&s;tables, that they v&s;e diligence in their Offices, and the High Con&s;tables to pre&s;ent to the Iu&s;tices of Peace, the defaults of the petty Con&s;tables, for not puni&s;h|ing the Rogues, or not pre&s;enting tho&s;e that are Relieuers of the Rogues and Beggers, the Law
<PB REF="29">inflicting a Penalty vpon the Con|&s;table for not puni&s;hing them, and vpon &s;uch party as &s;hall releeue them.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="direction">
<HEAD>IX.</HEAD>
<P>IF in any Pari&s;h there bee found any per&s;ons that liue out of Ser|uice, or that liue idly and will not worke for rea&s;onable wages, or liue to &s;pend all they haue at the Ale|hou&s;e, <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">ho&s;e per&s;ons to bee brought by the High Con&s;tables, and petty Con&s;tables to the Iu&s;tices at their meetings, there to be ordered and puni&s;hed as &s;hall be found fit.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="10" TYPE="direction">
<PB REF="29">
<HEAD>X.</HEAD>
<P>THat the Correction hou&s;es in all Counties may bee made adioyning to the common Pri&s;ons, and the Gaoler to be made Gouer|nour of them, that &s;o he may imploy to worke Pri&s;oners committed for &s;mall cau&s;es, and &s;o they may learne hone&s;tly by labour, and not liue idly and mi&s;erably long in pri&s;on, where|by they are made wor&s;e when they come out then they were when they went in, and where many hou&s;es of Correction are in one County, one of them at lea&s;t to bee neere the Gaole.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="11" TYPE="direction">
<PB REF="30">
<HEAD>XI.</HEAD>
<P>THat no man harbour Rogues in their Barnes, or Out|hou&s;eings. And the wandring per|&s;ons with women and children, to giue account to the Con&s;table or Ju&s;tice of Peace, where they were marryed, and where their children were Chri&s;tened; for the&s;e people liue like Saluages, neither marry nor bury nor Chri&s;ten, which licen|tious libertie makes &s;o many delight to be Rogues and Wanderers.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="12" TYPE="direction">
<PB REF="30">
<HEAD>XII.</HEAD>
<P>ANd becau&s;e the High wayes in all Counties of <HI>England</HI> are in great decay, partly &s;o growen, for that men think there is no cour&s;e by the Common Law, or Order from the State to amend the &s;ame: And the worke-dayes appointed by the Statute are &s;o omitted, or idly performed, that there comes little good by them. Therefore the Iusti|ces of Peace at the&s;e monethly meetings, are to take &s;peciall care of: and not onely to cau&s;e the Sur|ueyors of the High wayes to pre|&s;ent the &s;ame; but by their owne view, to informe them&s;elues, that
<PB REF="31">at the next Quarter Se&s;sions after euery meeting, they may pre&s;ent all &s;uch neglects, and offences (as vpon their owne view) and the Of|fenders there to bee pu|ni&s;hed according to Law.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
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<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<PB REF="31">
<P>&para; Imprinted at London by ROBERT BARKER, Printer to the KINGS mo&s;t Excellent MAIESTIE: <HI>and by the A&s;signes of</HI> IOHN BILL.</P>
<P>M.DC.XXX.</P>
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