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<Q>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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</FIGURE> An Ab&s;tract of the LAWS in Force Again&s;t Fore&s;tallers, Regrators, Ingro&s;&s;ers, Exporters or Tran&s;porters of CORN, Commanded to be put in &s;peedy and vigorous Execution by the Lords Ju&s;tices <HI>late Proclamation,</HI> and Their Excellencies New ORDER in Council requiring all Ju&s;tices of the Peace, in the &s;everal Counties of <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Wales,</HI> to u&s;e their utmo&s;t Care and Diligence that the &s;aid <HI>Proclamation</HI> be duly Ob&s;erved; by means thereupon not only the Price of Corn, but al&s;o of all other Provi&s;ions, will be con&s;iderably abated, and CORN-JOBBERS, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Pro&s;ecuted and &s;uppre&s;&s;ed. As al&s;o again&s;t carrying Corn (when Dear) out of the Kingdom, to the great Prejudice and Oppre&s;&s;ion of the Poor. And likewi&s;e for &s;etting the Poor on Work, and making Provi&s;ion for the Poorer &s;ort of People.</HEAD>
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<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>OFFENCES.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">LAWS and STATUTES</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>PENALTIES.</HI></CELL>
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<CELL ROLE="label" COLS="3"><HI>Fore&s;tallers, Regrators, and Ingro&s;ters of Bread-Corn.</HI></CELL>
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<CELL>HE or &s;he that &s;hall buy or contract for any Corn, Merchandize, Victual, or other thing what&s;o-ever, either by Word, Letter, Me&s;&s;age, or otherwi&s;e, (in the way) before it &s;hall be brought (by Land or by Water) unto any City, Port, Haven or Creek, Road, Fair or Market where it &s;hould be &s;old, or &s;hall cau&s;e the &s;ame to be &s;o bought, or &s;hall di&s;&s;wade the People from bringing any &s;uch Commodity to any &s;uch Place, or (being brought) &s;hall per|&s;wade them to Inhance the Price there &s;hall be adjudged a <HI>Fore&s;taller.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>5 &amp; 6 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</CELL>
<CELL><P>THE Party guilty of any of the&s;e Offences &s;hall Forfeit for the fir&s;t Offence the Value of the Goods &s;o bought, or had, and &s;uffer Two Months Im|pri&s;onment without Bail or Main|prize.</P>
<P>For the &s;econd Offence, he &s;hall Forfeit double the Value of &s;uch Goods &s;o bought or contracted for, and &s;uffer Six Months Impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainprize.</P>
<P>And for the third Offence, he &s;hall Forfeit all his Goods and Chat|tels, &s;hall be &s;et upon the Pillory, in the Place where the Offender &s;hall dwell, and be Impri&s;oned du|ring the King's Plea&s;ure.</P></CELL>
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<CELL>He or &s;he that &s;hall buy any Corn, Grain, Wine, Fi&s;h, Butter, Chee&s;e, Candles, Tallow, Sheep, Lambs, Calves, Swine, Pigs, Gee&s;e, Capons, Hens, Chickens, Pigeons, Conies, or other dead Victuals what&s;oever brought to any Fair or Market to be &s;old there, and do &s;ell the &s;ame again in the &s;ame Fair or Market, or in &s;ome other Fair or Market within four Miles, &s;hall be deemed a <HI>Regrator.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>5 &amp; 6 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</CELL>
<CELL>This Judgment &s;hall be executed not only upon all manner of <HI>Fore|&s;tallers, &amp;c.</HI> but al&s;o upon tho&s;e that are any way Aiding or A&s;&s;i&s;ting therein, or to Coun&s;el, Help or Fa|vour them in the&s;e Irregular and Per|nicious Practices. 25 <HI>E.</HI> 3 <HI>Cap. Stat.</HI> 4.</CELL>
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<CELL>He that &s;hall Ingro&s;s, or get into his Hands by Buying, Contract, or Pro|mi&s;e, (other than by Demi&s;e, Grant, or Lea&s;e of Land or Tythe) any quan|tity of Corn growing in the Fields, or other Grain, Butter, Chee&s;e, Fi&s;h, or other dead Victual what&s;oever, with intent to &s;ell it again, in order to Inhance the Price thereof, &s;hall be adjudged an <HI>Ingro&s;&s;er.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>5 &amp; 6 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</CELL>
<CELL>The Party guilty of any of the&s;e Offences, &s;hall Forfeit <HI>ut &s;upra.</HI></CELL>
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<CELL>He that buyeth Grain or Corn in any Market for Change of Seed, &s;hall bring as much the &s;ame Day, and &s;ell it (if he can) according to the pre&s;ent Price of Grain or Corn there,</CELL>
<CELL>5 &amp; 6 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</CELL>
<CELL>On Pain to Forfeit double the Value of the Grain or Corn &s;o bought.</CELL>
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<CELL><P>He that buys any Cattle, &s;hall not &s;ell them again alive within five Weeks; but ought to keep them upon Pa&s;ture which he hath either by Grant or Pre&s;cription,</P>
<P>According to the Statute of 5 <HI>E.</HI> no <HI>Fore&s;taller, Ingro&s;&s;er,</HI> or <HI>Regrator,</HI> (who is manife&s;tly known to be an Oppre&s;&s;or of the Poor, by Buying Corn, Grain, <HI>&amp;c.)</HI> &s;hould be &s;uffered to Dwell, Re&s;ide, Continue or In|habit in any Town.</P></CELL>
<CELL>5 &amp; 6 <HI>E.</HI> 6. <HI>cap.</HI> 14.</CELL>
<CELL><P>On Pain to Forfeit double the Value thereof. To be Convicted before the Ju&s;tices in Se&s;&s;ions, by Te&s;timony of Two Witne&s;&s;es. One half of the Forfeitures to the King, and the other half to the Pro&s;ecutor; but when at the King's Suit only, then the whole to the King's U&s;e. To be Sued for in any of the King's Courts of Records, either by Bill, Plaint, Action of Debt, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> again&s;t which no Wager of Law, E&s;&s;oin or Protection be allow'd. None &s;hall be puni&s;hed twice for the &s;ame Offence.</P>
<P>The Offence again&s;t this Statute &s;hall be pre&s;ented within Two Years.</P></CELL>
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<CELL ROLE="label" COLS="3"><HI>Exporters or Tran&s;porters of Corn or Grain.</HI></CELL>
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<CELL>EXPORTERS of Corn, Grain, Pea&s;e or Beans, when Wheat is above <HI>Forty Eight Shillings</HI> the Quarter, Barley, Malt, or Buck-Wheat above <HI>Twenty Eight Shillings</HI> the Quarter, Rye above <HI>Thirty Two Shillings</HI> the Quarter, Oats above <HI>Thirteen Shillings</HI> and <HI>Four Peace</HI> the Quarter, and Pea&s;e or Beans above <HI>Thirty Two Shillings</HI> the Quarter.</CELL>
<CELL>15 <HI>Car.</HI> 2. <HI>cap.</HI> 5.</CELL>
<CELL><P>FOR the fir&s;t Offence, Impri&s;onment without Bail or Mainprize, and Forfei|ture of the Corn &s;o bought or contracted for. For the &s;econd Offence, Impri&s;onment for half a Year, without Bail, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and lo&s;s of double the Value of the Corn &s;o bought or contracted for. And for the third Offence, &s;etting in the Pillory, and Forfei|ture of all his Goods, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and Impri&s;on|ment during the King's plea&s;ure.</P>
<P>One Moiety of the Forfeiture to the King, and the other to the Pro&s;ecutor; but the whole Forfeiture to the King where the Conviction is at the King's Suit only.</P></CELL>
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<CELL>No Badger, Lader, Kidder, Carrier, or Tran|&s;porter of Corn, &s;hall be Licen&s;ed but in the General Quarter-Se&s;&s;ions for the County where &s;uch Per&s;on &s;hall dwell, or hath dwelt for Three Years before the Date of his Licen&s;e, and is or hath been a Married Man, and is at the time of &s;uch Licen&s;e a Hou&s;holder, and not a Servant or Retainer to any Per&s;on, and of the Age of Thirty Years. Such Licen&s;e to continue but for a Year, to be Signed by Three Ju&s;tices <HI>(Quorum un.)</HI> then pre&s;ent. The Ju&s;tices, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> in Se&s;&s;ions &s;hall (at their Di&s;cretions) take Recognizances of &s;uch Per&s;ons &s;o Licen&s;ed that they &s;hall not Fore&s;tall or Ingro&s;s, or put in Practice any Act contrary to the 5 &amp; 6 <HI>Ed.</HI> 6.</CELL>
<CELL>5 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 12.</CELL>
<CELL>On Pain of &s;uch Per&s;on taking &s;uch Licen&s;e Forfeiting <HI>Five Pounds;</HI> and the Licen&s;es not taken pur&s;u|ant to the &s;aid Act are declared to be void.</CELL>
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<CELL>No Per&s;on &s;hall buy any Grain or Corn out of any open Fair or Market unle&s;s he be thereunto Licen&s;ed by &s;pecial Order, and expre&s;s Words,</CELL>
<CELL>5 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 12.</CELL>
<CELL>Upon Pain of Forfeiting, for every time &s;o offending, <HI>Five Pounds,</HI> to be Levied in manner afore-&s;aid, and to &s;uch U&s;es as are la&s;t before-mentioned.</CELL>
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<HEAD>LAWS <HI>and</HI> STATUTES <HI>for Relief of the</HI> POOR, <HI>And Setting Poor People on Work.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Church-Wardens, or the Major part, &s;hall take Order (by the Con&s;ent of Two Ju&s;tices) <HI>(Quorum un.)</HI> for the <HI>Setting Poor People on Work,</HI> and for <HI>Rai&s;ing</HI> (by Taxation) <HI>a convement Stock to Work upon; To Relieve Impotent Per&s;ons; To put forth Apprentices,</HI> &amp;c. The&s;e Officers to meet Monthly to con&s;ider of the Premi&s;&s;es, and (after their Year is expired) to render a true Account (to Two &s;uch Ju|&s;tices,) and pay the Surplu&s;&s;age thereof to their Suc|ce&s;&s;ors, on pain of Forfeiting 20 <HI>s. Stat:</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Where the Inhabitants of any Pari&s;h, not able to Re|lieve their Poor, Two Ju&s;tices <HI>(Quorum un.)</HI> may Tax other Pari&s;hes and Places, or the whole Hundred; and if the Hundred be not able, the Ju&s;tices of the Peace, in Se&s;&s;ions, may Tax the County in part, or wholly, at their Di&s;cretions. The Over&s;eers of the Poor (by War|rant from Two &s;uch Ju&s;tices) may Levy &s;uch Tax or Surplu&s;&s;age by Di&s;tre&s;s and Sale of &s;uch Goods; and for want of Di&s;tre&s;s, two &s;uch Ju&s;tices may commit the Party to Pri&s;on, there to remain without Bail, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> until it be di&s;charged. And al&s;o, to commit Per&s;ons which <HI>Refu&s;e to Work to the Hou&s;e of Correction.</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Over&s;eers, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> or the greater part of them, with the A&s;&s;ent of two Ju&s;tices, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> may Bind poor Children Apprentices, <HI>Viz.</HI> A Man-Child till 24 years of Age, and a Woman-Child until 21 years, or Mar|riage. <HI>Stat.</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Over&s;eers, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> &s;hall (with Con&s;ent of the Lord of the Mannor, fir&s;t obtained in Writing under his hand and Seal) either of them&s;elves, or by a <HI>Se&s;&s;ions-</HI>Orcer, Erect Cottages upon the Wa&s;te, and Lodge In-nates therein, notwith&s;tanding the <HI>Statute</HI> of 31 <HI>Eliz cap.</HI> 7. But tho&s;e Cottages &s;hall not be after|wards otherwi&s;e imployed than to Lodge Impotent Per&s;ons therein, (upon the pains mentioned in the &s;aid <HI>Statute</HI> of 31 <HI>Eliz.) Stat.</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>The Father, Grand-Father, Mother, Grand-Mother, and Children of every poor Per&s;on, &s;hall be A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed towards their Relief, as the Ju&s;tices in the Se&s;&s;ions of the county where &s;uch Father, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> dwells &s;hall ap+poin, on pain of Forfeiting <HI>Twenty Shillings per</HI> Month.</P>
<P>Head-Officers in Corporate Towns, and Aldermen of <HI>London,</HI> have, in their &s;everal Precincts, like Au|thority as Ju&s;tices of the Peace have in their re&s;pective Counties: But the County-Ju&s;tices may not inter|meddle in Corporations for the Execution of this Law.</P>
<P>When one Pari&s;h extends into &s;everal Counties or Liberties, the Ju&s;tices, or Head-Officers, &s;hall only inter-meddle within their re&s;pective Di&s;tricts: But the Church-Wardens and Over&s;eers &s;hall have a mixt Juri&s;diction, and &s;hall render an Account to the Ju|&s;tices or Head-Officers of both Places. <HI>Stat.</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Ju&s;tices of the Peace, and Head-Officers of every County and Corporation, or the mo&s;t part of them, at <HI>Ea&s;ter-Se&s;&s;ion,</HI> &s;hall Yearly (or as often as they &s;hall think fit) Rate every Pari&s;h at a certain Sum, to be paid Weekly, through the whole County or Corpora|tion; which <HI>Sum</HI> &s;o Rated the Church&punc;Wardens and Con&s;table of every Pari&s;h, or any of them, (or, in their Default, a Ju&s;tice of the Peace) have power to A&s;&s;e&s;s and Levy by Di&s;tre&s;s, Sale, and Commitment, as afore|&s;aid. <HI>Stat</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Ju&s;tices of the Peace &s;hall then likewi&s;e Rate every Pari&s;h, towards the Relief of the <HI>Kings-Bench</HI> and <HI>Ma-&s;hal&s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> Pri&s;ons,</HI> and al&s;o of <HI>Ho&s;pitals</HI> and <HI>Alms-Hou&s;es</HI> within their &s;everal Juri&s;dictions; appointing only &s;o much to the &s;aid <HI>Ho&s;pitals</HI> and <HI>Alms-Hou&s;es,</HI> that the afore-&s;aid <HI>Pri&s;ons</HI> may each of them Receive at lea&s;t <HI>Twenty Shillings</HI> Yearly out of every County.</P>
<P>The <HI>Stock</HI> of every County &s;hall be ordered and di&s;po&s;ed to charitable U&s;es, as the Ju&s;tices, or the more part of them, &s;hall think convenient. <HI>Stat.</HI> 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.</P>
<P>Money given to put out poor Children Apprentices &s;hall be imployed in Corporate-Towns by the Cor|porations, and in other Places by the Par&s;on or Vicar, together with the Con&s;tables, Church-Wardens, and Over&s;eers of the Poor, or the mo&s;t part of them, who &s;hall not forbear, or refu&s;e to imploy the &s;ame accordingly, on pain to Forfeit <HI>Five Marks</HI> each of them &s;o making Default, to be divided betwixt the Poor of the Pari&s;h and the Pro&s;ecutor. <HI>Stat.</HI> 7 <HI>Jac.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>The Party taking Money with &s;uch an Apprentice &s;hall give Security by Bond to repay it at the end of &s;even Years, next en&s;uing the Date thereof, or within Three Months next after the end of the &s;aid &s;even Years: And if &s;uch Apprentice &s;hall die within the &s;even Years, then within 1 Year after his or her Death.</P>
<P>And if the Ma&s;ter, Mi&s;tre&s;s, or Dame, happen to die within the &s;even Years, then within one Year after their Death; &s;o as the Money may be imployed in placing the Apprentice with &s;ome other of the &s;ame Trade, to &s;erve out his Time, at the Di&s;cretion of the Parties tru&s;ted, as afore-&s;aid. <HI>Stat.</HI> 7 <HI>Jac.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>The Money &s;o given &s;hall be imployed within three Months after the Receipt thereof; and if there &s;hall not be apt Per&s;ons found in the places where it is given, to be Apprentices, it &s;hall be imployed in the Pari&s;hes next adjoyning, by the Parties that are tru&s;ted with it, in the places where it was &s;o given, and there al&s;o Bond &s;hall be taken, as before-men|tioned. <HI>Stat.</HI> 7 <HI>Jac.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>The Choice of Apprentices &s;hall be out of the poore&s;t &s;ort of Children, who&s;e Parents are the lea&s;t able to Relieve them; and no &s;uch Apprentice &s;hall be above the Age of 15 Years when he or &s;he is Bound. <HI>Stat.</HI> 7 <HI>Jac:</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>The Parties &s;o tru&s;ted &s;hall Yearly, in <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> Week. or within a Month after. Account before two or more of the next Ju&s;tices, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And if there be any Obli|gations, or Money remaining in their hands, they &s;hall (upon &s;uch Account, or within Ten Days after) deliver the &s;ame unto their Succe&s;&s;ors. <HI>Stat.</HI> 7 <HI>Jac.</HI> 1. <HI>cap.</HI> 3.</P>
<P>The Church-Wardens and Over&s;eers of the Poor (mention'd in the Act of 43 <HI>Eliz. cap.</HI> 2.) may, with the Con&s;ent of two or more Ju&s;tices of the Peace, <HI>(Quorum un)</HI> within their re&s;pective Limits, (wherein there &s;hall be more Ju&s;tices than one, and where there &s;hall be no more than one, with the A&s;&s;ent of that one Ju&s;tice) &s;et up, u&s;e, and occupy any Trade, My|&s;tery, or Occupation. <HI>only for Setting on Work, and better Relief of the Poor</HI> of the Pari&s;h or Place where they &s;o bear Office re&s;pectively. <HI>Stat.</HI> 3 <HI>Car.</HI> 1. <HI>c.</HI> 4.</P>
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