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<HEAD>At the General Quarter-Se&s;sions of the Publick Peace holden for the County of <HI>Hertford,</HI> on the Fourteenth and Sixteenth dayes of <HI>July,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and &s;ix.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>Hert&s;. &s;&s;.</DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_IT is Ordered by this Court, That what&s;oever Officer &s;hall, according to Law, apprehend any Rogues or Vagabonds, and deliver him, her or them to the Officer of the next Pari&s;h, to be conveyed to the place of his, her, or their birth or abode (as the ca&s;e &s;hall require) &s;hall have two &s;hillings paid unto him for every &s;uch Rogue or Vagabond, by &s;uch Officer to whom they &s;hall be &s;o delivered: And that every &s;uch Officer &s;o paying the &s;aid two &s;hillings, &s;hall receive the like &s;um of two &s;hillings, of and from the next Officer to whom the &s;aid Rogue or Vagabond &s;hall be &s;o delivered; and &s;o from Officer to Officer, unto the la&s;t Officer of the place of the Confines of this County, &s;uch payment of two &s;hillings &s;hall be paid, upon the conveying and delivering over of every &s;uch Rogue or Vagabond. To which la&s;t Officer &s;hall be allowed his disbur&s;ments therein, from the High-Con&s;table of that Hundred or Divi&s;ion (or by Order of the next Se&s;&s;ions, at the determination of the time wherein he &s;hall &s;o &s;erve in the &s;aid Office; He the &s;aid Con&s;table or Officer producing unto the next Ju&s;tice of the Peace, a Receipt under the hand of &s;uch Officer to whom he paid the &s;ame, upon delivery of &s;uch Rogues and Va|gabonds; The &s;aid Receipt being allowed under the hand of the &s;aid Ju&s;tice.) And in ca&s;e any other per&s;on, not being an Officer, &s;hall apprehend any Rogues or Vagrants, and bring him, her, or them to the Con&s;table or Officer of the place where they were &s;o apprehended, to be puni&s;hed, and conveyed away; Such Con&s;table and other Officer &s;hall in like manner pay unto &s;uch per&s;ons the &s;um of two &s;hil|lings, for every &s;uch Rogue or Vagabond. And every &s;uch Con&s;table or Officer, upon the performance of his duty in the correction and conveyance of &s;uch Rogues or Vagrants as afore&s;aid, &s;hall be in like manner re-imbur&s;ed by the next Con&s;tables to whom the &s;ame &s;hall be &s;o conveyed: And that the la&s;t Con&s;table or Officer upon the Confines of this County, &s;hall be re-imbur&s;ed by the High-Con&s;tables of that Hundred or Divi&s;ion as afore&s;aid; and they the &s;aid High-Con&s;tables to be re-imbur&s;ed by Order of this Court. And it is by this Court declared, That a man, his wife and children, being taken begging together, are, and &s;hall be accompted, deemed and taken, but as and for one Rogue: And that &s;uch Officer or per&s;on afore&s;aid, &s;hall receive for them onely one two &s;hillings: And it is intended, That &s;uch two &s;hillings &s;hall be paid unto any Officer or other per&s;on, for Rogues being taken begging within the &s;aid County wherein is their place of abode, if he &s;hall carry them before &s;ome Ju&s;tice of the Peace &s;on the County; and after their conviction, &s;hall carry them to the hou&s;e of Correction, or otherwi&s;e to di&s;po&s;e of them, by order of &s;ome Ju&s;tice or Ju&s;tices. And in ca&s;e any of the Officers afore&s;aid &s;hall refu&s;e or neglect to do their duties in this behalf; Then on complaint thereof to be made by &s;uch per&s;on or Officer who &s;hall be grieved thereby, unto any Ju&s;tice of the Peace of this County, the &s;aid Ju&s;tice of Peace is de&s;ired to binde &s;uch per&s;ons in a Recognizance, to appear at the next General-Se&s;&s;ions of the Publick Peace to be holden for this County; that &s;uch Officer &s;o refu&s;ing or neglecting his duty, may be there proceeded again&s;t according to Law for his contempt therein. And it is further Ordered by this Court, That a convenient number of Copies of this Order be forthwith Printed; and that the Copies &s;hall be &s;oon afterwards &s;ent to the Ju&s;tices of the Publick Peace of each &s;everal Divi&s;ion of this County, by the Clerk of the Peace of the &s;aid County. And the &s;aid Ju&s;tices are de&s;ired to call together the Con|&s;tables, Headboroughs, and Churchwardens of the &s;everal Pari&s;hes within their re&s;pective Divi&s;ions, and to acquaint them with this Or|der, and to give the &s;ame in charge unto them for their ob&s;ervance thereof in all things accordingly. And to the end all Officers, Mini|&s;ters, and others, who are herein concerned, may the better under&s;tand their duties, and know the penalties that they &s;hall incurre for their negligences therein, It is thought fit, That the &s;aid Ju&s;tices of the Peace within their &s;aid Divi&s;ions, &s;hall di&s;per&s;e abroad among&s;t the Con|&s;tables and Head boroughs, a Paper &s;ignifying what per&s;ons are by the Laws and Statutes adjudged Rogues; with the Penalties impo&s;ed upon each of the &s;aid Officers, for his neglect in the not performance of their duties, that they may not pretend ignorance thereof, when they come to be puni&s;hed for the &s;ame. And all Mini&s;ters of this County, are hereby de&s;ired to reade this Order in their &s;everal Pari&s;hes, Churches or Chappels, upon the next Lords-day after the receipt thereof, before the Morning-Sermon, that &s;o it may be the more effectually executed. And that it may be under&s;tood what per&s;ons are and &s;hall be deemed Rogues; Therefore this Court declareth, That the per|&s;ons here-under mentioned (being above the age of &s;even years) are adjudged Rogues by the Laws of this Nation; That is to &s;ay,</P>
<P>All per&s;ons calling them&s;elves Scholars, going about begging; All Seafaring-men, pretending lo&s;&s;es of their &s;hips or goods on the Sea, going about the Country begging, having no Te&s;timonials under the hand or hands of any Ju&s;tice or Ju&s;tices of the Peace, limiting the time for his journey expiring; All idle per&s;ons going about the Country, begging, or u&s;ing any &s;ubtile craft, or unlawful Games, Playes, or feigning them&s;elves to have knowledge in Phi&s;iognomy, Palme&s;try, or other like crafty Sciences, pretending that they can tell De&s;ti|nies, Fortunes, or &s;uch other phanta&s;tical Imaginations; All per&s;ons that be, or utter them&s;elves to be Proctors, Procurors, Patent-ga|therers, or Collectors for Gaols, Pri&s;ons, or Ho&s;pitals; All Fencers, Bear-wards, common Players of Interludes, and Min&s;trels, wandring abroad; All Juglers, Tinkers, Pedlers, Petty Chapmen, wandring abroad, and Ballad-&s;ingers; All wandring per&s;ons and Common La|bourers, being per&s;ons able in body, u&s;ing loytering, and refu&s;ing to work for &s;uch rea&s;onable wages as is taxed, or commonly given in &s;uch parts, where &s;uch per&s;ons do or &s;hall happen to dwell or abide, not having living otherwi&s;e to maintain them&s;elves; All per&s;ons delivered out of Gaols, that beg for their Fees, or otherwi&s;e do travel begging, pretending lo&s;&s;es by fire, or otherwi&s;e; All per&s;ons, not being Fe|lons, pretending them&s;elves to be Egyptians, or wandring in the form, habit or attire of Counterfeit-Egyptians; And all &s;uch per&s;ons as wander up and down in the Country to &s;ell Gla&s;&s;es, Are all and every of them adjudged, deemed and taken as Rogues and Vagabonds. And al&s;o all &s;uch other per&s;ons as are by the Laws of this Commonwealth declared to be Rogues.</P>
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<HEAD>The Penalties by Law to be impo&s;ed upon &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall neglect their duties in apprehending and pa&s;sing of Rogues.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. That the Mini&s;ter of the place where a Rogue is pa&s;&s;ed, &s;hall Regi&s;ter the Te&s;timonial, &s;ignifying the day and place of his puni&s;hment, in a Book to be kept for that purpo&s;e; upon pain of forfeiture of five &s;hillings for every default.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That if a Con&s;table or Headborough be negligent in his duty herein, in apprehending and puni&s;hing of Rogues, he forfeits every default twenty &s;hillings; and if he doth not convey them to the place of their birth or dwelling, as the ca&s;e doth require, he forfeits five pounds.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That if any man re&s;cue or hinder the execution of the Law herein made, he doth forfeit five pounds, and is to be bound to his Good Behaviour.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That every per&s;on that &s;eeth or knoweth a Rogue to beg, and doth not convey him, or cau&s;e him to be conveyed to the next Con&s;ta|ble or Headborough, doth for every &s;uch default forfeit ten &s;hillings.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. That the Con&s;tables and Headboroughs having Warrants directed to them, for privy &s;earches for Rogues, and neglecting to give an accompt in writing upon Oath, and under the hand of the Mini&s;ter of the Pari&s;h (to the Ju&s;tices of Peace at their next meeting, of &s;uch Rogues as they have pa&s;&s;ed and conveyed &s;ince the la&s;t meeting of the &s;aid Ju&s;tices) is to incurre what Fine the &s;aid Ju&s;tices &s;hall be plea&s;ed to &s;et upon them, not exceeding fourty &s;hillings.</ITEM>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>By the Court.</SIGNED> Examined by <HI>Edw. Hide,</HI> Clerk of the Peace.</CLOSER>
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