AN
EXACT
ABRIDGEMENT
Of
all
the
STATUTES
In
Force
and
Use
,
made
in
the
16
,
17
,
and
18
years
of
the
Reign
of
K.
Charles
the
first
,
and
in
the
12
,
13
,
and
14
years
of
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
Second
.
Accompts
and
Accomptants
.
1.
Enacted
,
ANno
13.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
3.
All
and
every
sums
of
Money
,
Goods
,
Plate
,
Jewels
,
Horses
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
and
other
things
whatsoever
,
levied
,
received
,
or
taken
,
since
the
30.
of
January
,
1642.
by
any
of
the
late
pretended
Authorities
,
or
by
pretence
or
colour
of
any
power
,
or
Authority
derived
from
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
for
any
publick
use
,
not
pardoned
by
the
Act
of
Oblivion
;
not
vested
in
the
King
:
And
all
Bonds
,
Obligations
and
Securities
entred
in
for
the
same
,
are
vested
hereby
in
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
His
Majesty
,
&c.
may
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
have
,
demand
,
and
sue
for
the
same
of
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
who
are
accomptable
for
the
same
,
or
in
whose
hands
or
possessions
the
same
were
or
are
,
as
if
they
had
been
leyied
or
taken
in
His
Majesties
name
,
or
to
His
use
.
II
.
All
and
every
person
or
persons
,
which
have
received
any
of
the
aforesaid
sum
or
sums
from
any
Treasurers
,
or
Receiver
for
publick
use
,
by
way
of
Imprest
,
to
be
accompted
for
,
not
discharged
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
liable
to
accompt
,
and
called
to
accompt
,
in
such
manner
and
form
as
if
they
had
received
the
same
out
of
His
Majesties
Exchequer
,
or
other
publick
Treasury
;
particularly
,
those
persons
who
have
received
or
collected
the
Revenues
of
any
Churches
,
or
Territories
in
Wales
,
or
in
the
County
of
Monmouth
,
since
1648.
III
.
That
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
,
&c.
shall
and
may
from
time
to
time
issue
forth
such
and
so
many
Commissions
,
to
such
persons
as
His
Majesty
shall
think
fit
,
under
the
Great
Seal
,
or
Seal
of
the
Exchequer
,
for
the
better
discovering
,
levying
,
receiving
,
and
discharging
the
same
.
That
all
persons
accomptable
to
His
Majesty
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
to
sue
for
,
levy
,
and
recover
from
the
parties
from
whom
the
same
was
,
and
is
due
,
and
for
which
they
are
hereby
accomptable
,
all
sums
of
money
and
Arrears
,
as
they
might
have
recovered
and
levied
the
same
,
when
they
first
grew
due
.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
call
any
person
to
accompt
,
or
question
any
person
for
goods
,
or
other
things
remaining
in
his
hands
,
which
shall
not
be
called
to
accompt
on
some
information
against
him
,
either
in
the
Exchequer
,
or
Courts
to
be
appointed
as
aforesaid
before
the
24
of
June
1662.
the
said
Information
to
be
prosecuted
with
effect
,
within
twelve
moneths
after
the
exhibiting
thereof
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
cap
.
14.
That
all
and
every
Collectors
,
Treasurers
,
sub-Collectors
,
and
under-Treasurers
,
and
all
and
every
other
Casheers
,
Officers
,
Deputies
,
Receivers
;
And
all
and
every
Admirals
,
Vice-Admirals
,
Captains
of
ships
,
Officers
and
Mariners
,
and
other
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
to
whom
Prizes
were
delivered
,
or
to
whose
hands
they
came
,
since
the
30.
of
January
1642.
and
before
the
29.
of
May
1660.
or
that
did
surprize
or
receive
to
and
for
the
publick
use
,
or
by
pretence
thereof
,
any
Ships
,
Plate
,
Jewels
,
Bullion
,
Money
,
Silver
,
Gold
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Wares
,
Merchandises
,
or
any
manner
of
Goods
,
seized
,
or
taken
for
prize
,
within
the
times
aforesaid
,
and
have
not
yet
truly
accompted
for
,
and
paid
in
the
same
,
or
the
just
provenues
,
or
values
thereof
:
And
all
persons
by
whom
,
or
to
,
or
for
whose
use
the
same
,
or
any
of
them
were
sold
,
and
are
still
behind
,
and
have
not
paid
the
moneys
contracted
for
due
upon
such
sales
,
or
any
of
them
;
And
all
securities
given
by
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
for
their
just
dealing
in
their
offices
,
or
places
,
for
any
thing
concerning
the
said
Prizes
,
shall
be
chargeable
to
his
Majesty
for
the
premises
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
,
and
in
His
Majesties
name
,
and
to
His
Majesties
use
,
be
sued
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
,
and
either
called
to
accompt
,
or
be
sued
,
or
prosecuted
there
in
due
course
,
according
to
their
respective
cases
,
for
all
and
every
the
said
Prizes
,
Goods
,
Moneys
,
and
premises
received
,
or
had
by
them
,
and
still
in
arrear
.
And
the
Court
of
Admiralty
is
authorized
to
proceed
thereupon
,
according
to
the
Laws
&
course
of
the
Court
,
and
to
do
right
and
justice
therein
:
and
to
give
sentences
and
final
Decrees
,
as
by
the
rules
of
Justice
ought
to
be
,
and
to
levy
all
and
every
the
sum
or
sums
,
and
whatsoever
shall
be
adjudged
,
or
condemned
according
to
the
course
of
Executions
in
the
said
Court
without
any
manner
of
let
,
hinderance
,
obstruction
,
or
impediment
whatsoever
.
II
.
That
all
such
Rights
as
(
during
the
reign
of
your
Majesties
Father
,
or
your
Majesties
reign
)
appertained
to
the
Lord
High
Admiral
of
England
,
or
Lord
Warden
of
the
Cinque-Ports
for
the
time
being
,
and
have
been
since
the
year
1648.
usurped
,
possessed
,
or
seised
by
any
person
,
Body
Politick
or
Corporate
,
and
not
having
accompted
for
the
same
,
to
any
Authority
or
pretended
Authority
,
and
not
pardoned
by
the
Act
of
Oblivion
;
All
and
every
such
person
,
Body
Politick
,
&c.
shall
accompt
,
and
pay
the
same
to
his
Highness
James
Duke
of
York
,
Lord
High
Admiral
of
England
,
or
Warden
of
the
Cinque-Ports
,
upon
suit
for
the
same
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
.
Provided
,
and
Enacted
,
That
in
case
of
defect
of
Jurisdiction
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
for
the
recovering
of
any
such
Prizes
,
Goods
,
matters
and
things
,
Then
upon
Certificate
thereof
made
from
the
said
Court
of
Admiralty
,
to
His
Majesties
Court
of
Exchequer
,
speedy
course
shall
be
had
in
the
Exchequer
for
the
recovering
and
levying
the
said
Prizes
,
Goods
,
and
things
,
according
to
Law
and
Justice
.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
All
and
every
sum
and
sums
of
money
,
from
or
by
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
for
or
touching
the
Imposition
called
the
Excise
;
heretofore
imposed
and
made
payable
upon
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
any
other
Commodities
,
by
any
Laws
,
or
pretended
Laws
or
Ordinances
,
and
all
Debts
therefore
owing
,
by
Obligation
or
Accompt
from
Farmers
of
Excise
,
or
other
Persons
whatsoever
,
or
any
of
their
Securities
,
not
pardoned
by
the
Act
of
Pardon
and
Oblivion
,
be
,
and
are
vested
in
the
King
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
he
,
or
they
,
may
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
have
,
demand
,
sue
for
,
and
recover
the
same
,
of
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
having
Assets
,
who
are
not
any
way
accomptable
for
the
same
,
and
from
his
or
their
respective
sureties
and
securities
,
as
if
the
same
duty
of
Excise
had
been
lawfully
assessed
,
imposed
,
and
collected
,
and
as
if
the
said
pretended
Acts
,
Orders
,
and
Ordinances
had
been
good
,
true
,
legal
,
and
effectual
Acts
of
Parliament
,
and
had
granted
all
and
every
the
said
Duties
;
and
as
if
the
Obligations
and
Recognizances
entred
into
by
the
respective
Sureties
had
at
the
time
of
the
entring
into
the
same
been
taken
in
His
Majesties
name
,
according
to
the
Statute
of
the
33.
year
of
King
Henry
the
eighth
.
Provided
1.
All
and
every
person
and
persons
accomptable
by
this
Act
,
shall
have
all
such
due
allowance
in
his
or
their
accompts
,
as
such
persons
,
whose
accompts
are
excepted
(
in
the
Act
entituled
,
An
Act
of
free
and
general
Pardon
and
Oblivion
)
have
and
ought
to
have
.
No
person
shall
be
questioned
or
molested
for
any
the
Duties
herein
,
or
hereby
vested
in
His
Majesty
,
unless
he
be
sued
,
or
prosecuted
with
effect
before
the
25.
of
December
,
1662.
2
All
persons
accomptable
to
His
Majesty
by
this
Act
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
,
and
are
enabled
to
sue
for
,
levy
and
recover
from
any
person
or
persons
who
stand
indebted
unto
them
in
any
sum
of
money
for
the
Duty
or
Impost
of
Excise
,
for
which
they
are
hereby
accomptable
,
all
sums
and
arrears
unsatisfied
,
as
they
might
have
received
and
levied
the
same
,
when
they
first
grew
due
.
Accompts
of
Sheriffs
.
1.
Enacted
.
ANno
14
Car
.
2.
cap
.
21.
No
Sheriff
,
or
Sheriffs
for
the
year
1661.
nor
any
to
be
hereafter
made
,
or
appointed
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
shall
be
charged
on
Accompt
to
answer
any
illeviable
seizure
,
Farm-rent
,
or
Debt
,
or
other
seizure
,
or
thing
whatsoever
,
which
was
not
Writ
in
process
to
them
to
be
levied
,
wherein
the
persons
of
whom
,
or
the
Lands
and
Tenements
out
of
which
,
together
with
the
cause
for
which
the
same
shall
be
so
levied
,
shall
be
plainly
and
particularly
expressed
;
but
shall
be
thereof
wholly
discharged
,
without
petition
,
plea
,
or
other
trouble
or
charge
whatsoever
.
II
.
All
seizures
heretofore
made
before
the
first
year
of
the
reign
of
the
late
King
James
,
now
remaining
in
the
Accompts
of
the
Sheriffs
;
and
all
seizures
and
debts
which
are
pardoned
,
shall
be
and
are
hereby
discharged
,
and
shall
be
hereafter
left
out
of
Sheriffs
Accompts
:
and
no
Process
shall
from
henceforth
be
written
forth
to
any
Sheriff
for
levying
of
the
same
,
nor
for
any
other
Rent
,
or
Farm
,
which
cannot
be
explained
by
setting
forth
the
particulars
thereof
,
or
which
hath
been
unanswered
for
the
space
of
forty
years
past
:
And
all
other
dead
Farms
and
Seizures
,
and
all
desperate
,
illeviable
,
and
unintelligeable
debts
shall
be
removed
out
of
the
annual
Roll
into
the
Exannal
Roll
,
there
to
remain
till
they
shall
be
revived
and
made
answerable
.
III
.
That
the
several
Remembrancers
do
forthwith
enroll
,
and
certifie
to
the
Ingrosser
of
the
great
Roll
,
all
such
debts
as
any
Sheriffs
of
this
Realm
are
,
or
shall
be
charged
withall
,
either
by
vertue
of
their
respective
Returns
made
to
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
upon
Writs
of
Fieri
facias
,
Levari
facias
,
Capias
,
or
other
process
:
And
also
of
all
Fines
and
Amercements
which
are
or
shall
be
imposed
by
the
Court
of
Exchequer
upon
any
Sheriffs
for
their
contempts
:
viz.
All
such
Debts
,
Fines
,
and
Amercements
as
are
now
returned
,
or
imposed
upon
any
the
said
Offices
,
shall
be
delivered
as
aforesaid
before
the
first
of
February
next
ensuing
;
and
all
Fines
,
Debts
and
Amercements
as
hereafter
shall
be
returned
in
any
of
the
said
Offices
,
shall
be
delivered
the
first
day
of
the
next
Term
after
such
Returns
made
,
or
such
Fines
and
Amercements
imposed
,
upon
pain
that
every
Officer
or
Officers
in
the
Exchequer
,
who
shall
in
any
thing
offend
contrary
to
this
Court
,
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
forty
pounds
for
every
offence
,
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
His
Heirs
,
the
other
moiety
to
the
party
aggrieved
,
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
IV
.
When
any
Sheriff
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Wales
upon
passing
their
Accompts
shall
have
their
Quietus
est
:
then
such
Sheriff
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
&c.
shall
be
thereby
absolutely
discharged
of
all
manner
of
such
sums
of
money
whatsoever
by
them
levied
and
received
,
notwithstanding
any
pretence
that
the
same
were
not
accompted
for
,
or
other
pretence
whatsoever
,
unless
such
Sheriff
shall
be
called
in
question
,
and
Judgment
given
against
him
for
the
same
within
four
years
after
such
Accompt
,
or
Quietus
est
.
And
every
Officer
by
whom
or
by
whose
default
any
Writ
,
or
Process
contrary
to
this
Act
shall
be
sent
out
,
shall
incur
the
like
forfeitures
and
penalty
to
be
recovered
and
inflicted
by
such
persons
,
and
in
such
manner
,
as
by
this
Act
is
provided
.
Provided
.
1.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
Counties
of
Chester
,
Lancaster
,
Durham
,
or
the
Counties
of
Wales
,
being
County
Palatines
,
as
to
the
manner
of
their
accompting
,
but
the
Sheriffs
therein
shall
accompt
as
formerly
,
before
the
respective
Auditors
,
and
not
elsewhere
.
2.
Not
extend
to
enjoyn
either
of
the
Remembrancers
to
transcribe
or
deliver
to
the
Ingrosser
of
the
great
Roll
,
or
any
Inquisitions
,
or
Seizers
,
but
such
as
have
been
formerly
charged
in
the
foraign
Accompts
of
the
Sheriffs
.
But
for
all
Inquisitions
upon
Attainder
,
or
forfeitures
to
the
Crown
,
the
same
shall
be
put
in
charge
as
formerly
they
have
been
.
3.
Not
extend
to
exclude
His
Majesties
Remembrancer
of
or
from
the
writing
forth
Process
for
or
upon
any
of
His
Majesties
Debts
,
Duties
,
Outlawries
,
Or
Process
of
Levari
facias
,
or
if
the
prosecution
of
any
person
to
levy
the
Issues
or
profits
of
any
lands
,
&c.
seized
or
to
be
seized
into
the
Kings
hands
,
or
process
of
Venditione
exponas
for
Goods
seized
,
or
to
be
seized
upon
any
debt
to
the
King
,
&c.
Or
upon
any
Outlawry
:
Or
to
alter
or
change
the
pleadings
,
or
other
proceedings
accustomed
in
the
said
Office
,
touching
the
said
Debts
,
Duties
,
and
seizures
,
or
any
of
them
.
4.
That
no
Duty
,
Fine
,
Amercement
,
or
seizure
whatsoever
which
shall
be
charged
in
the
great
Roll
of
the
Pipe
,
upon
any
person
,
by
,
or
from
any
Record
had
,
made
,
filed
,
or
recorded
in
the
Office
of
the
Kings
Remembrance
,
nor
any
proceeding
had
,
or
to
be
had
thereupon
,
shall
be
respited
,
stayed
,
compounded
,
or
otherwise
discharged
,
but
by
Order
,
Warrant
,
or
Judgement
made
or
entred
in
the
said
Office
of
Kings
Remembrancer
,
where
the
original
of
such
Debt
or
Charge
is
and
remaineth
.
Not
to
extend
,
nor
construed
to
be
prejudicial
to
the
Kings
Remembrancer
in
the
Exchequer
,
in
any
just
,
ancient
,
and
lawful
Fees
by
him
claimed
,
belonging
,
or
incident
to
his
Office
,
and
usually
had
and
levied
by
him
and
his
Predecessors
.
This
Act
to
continue
to
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
,
and
no
longer
.
Anniversary
Thanksgiving
.
ANno
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
14.
Forasmuch
as
Almighty
God
,
hath
by
his
providence
and
power
,
demonstrated
to
the
view
of
all
the
world
,
his
mercy
,
love
,
and
graciousness
towards
his
Majesty
,
and
all
his
loyal
subjects
,
by
His
Majestie's
wonderful
,
peaceable
and
joyful
restauration
to
the
actual
possession
and
exercise
of
His
hereditary
and
legal
Authority
over
His
subjects
,
without
opposition
,
or
effusion
of
bloud
,
through
the
unanimous
,
cordial
,
and
loyal
votes
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
which
blessing
was
compleated
the
29.
day
of
May
last
past
;
Enacted
.
1.
That
all
and
singular
Ministers
of
Gods
Word
and
Sacraments
,
in
every
Church
,
Chappel
,
and
place
of
Divine
service
and
publick
prayer
,
which
were
,
are
,
or
hereafter
shall
be
,
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
and
the
respective
Dominions
thereof
,
and
their
Successors
,
shall
in
all
succeeding
ages
,
annually
celebrate
the
29.
of
May
,
by
rendring
their
hearty
thanks
and
publick
prayers
unto
Almighty
God
,
for
the
before
mentioned
extraordinary
blessings
and
acts
done
thereon
,
and
declare
the
same
to
all
the
people
assembled
,
and
the
generations
yet
to
come
,
so
as
they
may
for
ever
praise
the
Lord
for
the
same
.
2.
That
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
inhabiting
within
this
Kingdom
and
the
Dominions
thereof
,
shall
upon
the
said
day
annually
resort
with
diligence
and
devotion
,
to
some
usual
Church
,
Chappel
,
or
place
where
such
praises
to
God
shall
be
rendred
,
and
there
orderly
abide
during
the
said
publick
thanksgiving
,
prayers
,
praying
,
and
other
services
there
to
be
used
and
administred
.
3.
Every
Minister
shall
give
notice
to
his
parishioners
publickly
in
the
Church
at
morning
prayers
,
the
Lords
day
next
before
the
29.
day
of
May
,
for
the
due
observation
of
the
said
day
,
and
shall
then
read
this
present
Act
to
the
people
.
Anniversary
Fasts
.
Anno
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
30.
Whereas
the
horrible
and
execrable
Murther
of
His
Majesties
Royal
Father
,
King
Charles
the
first
,
hath
been
committed
by
a
party
of
wretched
men
,
desperately
wicked
,
by
which
action
the
Protestant
Religion
hath
received
great
reproach
,
and
the
people
of
England
the
most
insupportable
shame
and
infamy
;
forasmuch
as
His
Majesties
dutiful
and
loyal
Subjects
,
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
do
renounce
,
abominate
and
protest
against
that
impious
act
,
execrable
Murther
,
and
unparallel'd
Treason
,
against
the
sacred
person
and
life
of
the
said
King
Charles
the
first
,
committed
the
30
of
January
,
1648
;
Enacted
,
That
every
30.
day
of
January
,
unless
it
falls
out
upon
the
Lords
day
,
and
then
the
day
next
after
following
,
shall
be
for
ever
hereafter
set
apart
to
be
kept
and
observed
in
the
Churches
and
Chappels
of
His
Majesties
Kingdoms
of
England
and
Ireland
,
and
Dominion
of
Wales
,
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
and
the
Isles
of
Jersey
and
Guernsey
;
and
all
other
his
Majesties
Dominions
,
as
an
anniversary
day
of
fasting
and
humiliation
,
to
implore
the
mercy
of
God
,
that
neither
the
guilt
of
that
sacred
and
innocent
bloud
,
nor
those
other
sins
by
which
God
was
provoked
to
deliver
up
the
said
late
King
into
the
hands
of
cruel
and
unreasonable
men
,
may
at
any
time
hereafter
be
visited
upon
the
people
of
England
,
or
their
posterity
.
Arch-Bishops
and
Bishops
.
Enacted
.
13
Car
.
2
▪
Cap.
12.
That
an
Act
made
in
the
17.
year
of
King
Charles
the
first
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
Repeal
of
a
Branch
of
the
Statute
of
1
Eliz
.
concerning
Commissions
for
Causes
Ecclesiastical
,
be
repealed
:
and
that
neither
the
said
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
take
away
any
ordinary
power
or
authority
from
the
Arch-Bishops
,
Bishops
,
or
other
persons
named
in
the
said
Act
;
but
that
they
,
and
every
of
them
exercising
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
,
may
execute
and
exercise
all
manner
of
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
,
and
all
Censures
appertaining
to
the
same
,
in
all
causes
and
matters
belonging
to
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
,
according
to
the
Ecclesiastical
Laws
,
in
as
ample
manner
as
they
might
have
done
before
the
said
Act.
Provided
,
1.
That
neither
this
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
revive
or
give
force
to
the
said
Branch
of
the
Statute
of
1
Eliz
.
but
that
the
Branch
of
the
said
Statute
made
1
Eliz
.
shall
stand
and
be
repealed
in
such
sort
.
2.
That
it
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
Vicar-general
,
Commissary
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
Judge
,
Officer
or
Minister
,
or
any
other
having
spiritual
Jurisdiction
,
to
tender
,
or
administer
to
any
person
whatsoever
,
the
Oath
ex
Officio
,
or
any
other
Oath
,
whereby
such
person
may
be
charged
or
compelled
to
confess
,
or
accuse
,
or
purge
themselves
of
any
criminal
matter
or
thing
,
whereby
they
may
be
liable
to
any
censure
or
punishment
.
3.
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
,
nor
be
construed
to
extend
to
give
unto
any
Arch-Bishop
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
Judge
,
Officer
,
or
person
aforesaid
,
any
power
or
authority
,
to
exercise
,
execute
,
inflict
,
or
determine
any
Ecclesiastical
jurisdiction
,
censure
,
or
coertion
which
they
might
not
have
done
before
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
1634.
nor
to
abridge
or
diminish
the
Kings
Majesties
Supremacy
in
Ecclesiastical
matters
.
Nor
to
confirm
Canons
made
in
the
year
1640.
nor
any
other
Ecclesiastical
Laws
or
Canons
not
formerly
confirmed
,
or
enacted
by
Parliament
.
Bays-making
.
Enacted
.
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
19.
1.
The
Governours
of
the
Dutch
Hall
in
Colchester
,
and
the
Dutch
people
there
living
,
may
exercise
the
free
trade
of
making
Bays
,
Says
and
foreign
Draperies
within
Colchester
,
and
govern
the
said
trade
in
their
Assemblies
,
with
all
such
liberties
and
priviledges
,
as
they
enjoyed
by
any
grant
or
toleration
made
to
them
,
by
Queen
Elizabeth
,
King
James
,
King
Charles
the
first
,
or
any
of
them
.
2.
If
any
person
,
&c.
whatsoever
,
after
25
September
,
1661.
shall
weave
,
or
cause
to
be
woven
in
Colchester
,
or
the
liberties
thereof
,
any
Bays
called
fifties
,
sixties
,
eighty-eights
and
hundred
Bays
,
and
not
within
two
days
after
such
weaving
,
carry
them
to
the
Dutch
Hall
called
the
Raw
Hall
,
there
to
be
searched
,
that
it
may
appear
,
they
are
substantially
wrought
before
they
shall
be
carried
to
be
scoured
and
thicked
;
or
if
any
Fuller
,
Thicker
shall
receive
such
Bay
to
be
fulled
or
thicked
before
it
shall
be
stamped
and
marked
in
the
said
Hall
,
for
every
such
offence
,
shall
forfeit
Forty
shillings
,
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
goods
.
And
if
such
Bays
be
made
by
an
English
Master-maker
,
the
same
to
be
paid
to
the
Mayor
of
the
Town
for
the
benefit
of
the
poor
there
;
and
if
made
by
a
Dutch
Master
,
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Governours
of
the
Dutch
Bay-Hall
,
for
the
benefit
of
the
Dutch
Congregation
:
the
second
offence
to
be
4
l.
and
for
the
third
offence
to
be
disabled
to
work
within
the
Town
,
or
Liberties
thereof
.
2.
If
any
person
,
&c.
shall
buy
any
such
Bays
,
or
carry
them
out
of
the
said
Town
of
Colchester
,
before
they
have
been
viewed
,
surveyed
,
stamped
,
sealed
and
measured
as
aforesaid
,
by
the
sworn
Officers
of
the
Dutch
Hall
;
the
Bay
so
brought
or
carried
shall
be
confiscated
,
one
moyety
to
them
that
shall
seize
the
same
,
the
other
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
it
shall
be
seized
.
4.
If
any
person
,
&c.
after
20.
September
,
1660.
shall
counterfeit
any
of
the
seals
used
by
the
Congregation
of
the
said
Dutch
Bay-Hall
,
and
not
being
an
Officer
there
,
by
them
appointed
,
affix
them
to
any
such
Bays
,
&c.
whether
counterfeited
,
or
not
counterfeited
;
for
the
first
offence
he
shall
forfeit
and
pay
to
the
use
of
the
said
Governour
of
the
said
Dutch
Hall
,
20l
.
to
be
recovered
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Revenue
,
or
in
the
Town-Court
of
Colchester
,
by
an
Action
of
debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
&c.
and
for
the
second
offence
being
convicted
,
stand
upon
the
Pillory
the
space
of
an
hour
:
and
for
the
third
offence
,
being
convicted
,
shall
suffer
as
a
Fellon
;
and
if
any
Bays
be
taken
carrying
or
carried
out
of
Colchester
,
without
the
Mark
of
the
Maker
,
the
same
shall
be
forfeited
.
5.
The
Governours
of
the
said
Dutch
Bay-Hall
,
or
their
Officers
,
in
the
day
time
may
search
any
Cart
,
Wagon
,
Pack
,
wherein
they
suspect
such
Bays
to
be
;
and
may
from
time
to
time
with
a
Constable
,
make
search
in
any
house
,
shop
,
or
ware-house
where
they
are
informed
any
deceitful
Bays
to
be
,
may
seize
and
carry
away
the
same
to
the
said
Dutch
Hall
,
and
so
seized
and
carried
,
shall
be
confiscate
,
to
be
disposed
of
in
such
manner
as
the
forfeitures
before
mentioned
of
the
Weavers
and
Fullers
are
limited
and
appointed
.
For
the
better
regulating
the
said
Trade
of
making
Bays
,
the
Governours
of
the
said
Dutch
Hall
,
from
time
to
time
,
may
make
and
constitute
such
Orders
and
By-Laws
as
to
them
shall
be
meet
.
Provided
no
such
Orders
,
By-Laws
,
&c.
be
either
in
diminution
of
the
Kings
Prerogative
,
or
the
Laws
of
the
Kingdom
,
be
used
or
executed
,
till
the
same
be
examined
and
approved
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
Treasurer
,
or
Justices
of
either
Bench
,
or
three
of
them
,
or
before
the
Justices
of
Assize
in
their
Circuit
of
the
County
of
Essex
,
upon
pain
of
20
l.
for
every
time
they
shall
do
the
contrary
.
Bankrupts
.
I.
Enacted
.
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
23.
That
no
persons
whatsoever
,
who
have
adventured
,
or
put
in
,
or
shall
hereafter
adventure
or
put
in
any
sum
or
sums
of
money
into
the
East-India
Company
,
or
Guiney
Company
,
or
into
any
joynt
stock
or
stocks
of
money
by
them
or
either
of
them
made
or
raised
,
or
to
be
made
or
raised
for
or
towards
the
maintaining
or
carrying
on
the
Trade
of
the
said
East-India
or
Guiney
Company
,
managed
or
to
be
managed
:
Or
who
have
formerly
,
or
shall
hereafter
adventure
or
put
in
any
sum
of
money
,
or
any
stock
or
stocks
of
money
for
the
carrying
on
of
the
Fishing-Trade
,
called
the
Royal
Fishing-Trade
,
and
shall
receive
his
or
their
part
,
or
dividend
of
Fish
,
Goods
,
or
Merchandises
in
specie
,
and
shall
sell
or
exchange
the
same
,
shall
for
or
by
reason
of
any
such
adventure
,
or
for
or
by
reason
of
the
receiving
or
taking
of
such
Fish
,
Goods
or
Merchandizes
,
or
exchanging
the
same
,
be
esteemed
,
taken
,
or
adjudged
a
Merchant
or
Trader
,
within
any
Statute
for
Bankrupts
,
or
liable
to
the
same
.
Provided
and
declared
,
Every
person
,
&c.
who
shall
Trade
or
Merchandize
in
any
other
way
or
manner
than
the
Royal
Fishing-Trade
,
or
in
the
Trade
managed
by
the
East-India
Company
,
or
Guiney
Company
,
shall
by
reason
of
his
Trading
and
Merchandizing
,
be
liable
to
Commissions
against
Bankrupts
,
as
fully
as
if
this
Act
had
not
been
made
.
II
.
That
a
Verdict
and
Judgement
on
a
Replevin
had
or
given
in
Easter-Term
,
in
the
Kings
Bench
between
Phineas
Andrews
Plaintiff
,
Richard
Woolward
and
William
Moggs
Defendants
,
whereby
Sir
John
Wolstenholme
Knight
,
and
Adventurer
in
the
East-India
Company
was
adjudged
liable
to
a
Commission
of
Bankrupts
,
only
for
or
by
reason
he
had
a
share
in
the
joynt
stock
of
the
said
Company
,
and
a
pretended
selling
for
money
part
of
the
Return
which
he
had
in
specie
for
his
Adventure
,
is
hereby
declared
,
and
is
hereby
reversed
and
made
void
.
III
.
That
no
Act
,
Sale
of
,
Disposition
of
any
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Debts
or
Credits
of
the
said
Sir
John
Wolstenholme
,
or
any
distribution
of
the
same
,
or
of
any
money
made
or
done
by
the
Commissioners
of
Bankrupts
,
or
any
claiming
under
them
by
vertue
or
colour
of
any
Commission
taken
out
against
the
said
Sir
John
Wolstenholme
;
and
whereof
any
person
is
by
vertue
or
colour
of
,
or
under
any
such
Act
,
Sale
,
or
Disposition
actually
seized
or
possessed
,
shall
be
impeached
or
hereafter
frustrated
;
but
the
same
shall
be
enjoyed
for
and
towards
such
portion
of
the
debts
for
which
the
same
have
been
disposed
or
distributed
.
Butter
.
Enacted
.
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
26.
After
1.
of
June
,
1662.
Every
Kilderkin
of
Butter
shall
contain
112
pounds
neat
,
or
above
,
every
pound
containing
16
ounces
besides
the
Tare
of
the
Cask
,
and
not
less
of
Merchantable
Butter
;
Every
Firkin
shall
contain
56
pound
neat
,
or
above
,
besides
the
weight
of
the
Cask
,
of
good
and
Merchantable
Butter
:
Every
Pot
of
Butter
fourteen
pound
Neat
,
or
above
,
besides
the
weight
of
the
Pot
,
of
good
and
Merchantable
Butter
;
and
no
Butter
which
is
old
,
or
corrupt
,
shall
be
mixed
,
or
packed
up
in
any
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
or
Pot
or
Vessel
with
any
Butter
which
is
new
and
sound
;
nor
any
Whay-butter
packed
or
mixed
with
Butter
which
is
made
of
Cream
;
but
every
respective
sort
of
Butter
shall
be
packed
up
apart
by
themselves
,
and
not
mixed
with
another
.
No
Butter
shall
be
salted
with
great
Salt
,
but
with
small
Salt
,
nor
more
Salt
with
it
than
is
necessary
for
the
preservation
of
it
,
upon
pain
every
Owner
or
Packer
of
Butter
,
not
putting
up
in
each
Vessel
as
aforesaid
to
be
sold
,
or
put
to
sale
,
such
quantities
as
aforesaid
,
or
offending
as
aforesaid
,
shall
for
every
offence
forfeit
the
value
of
the
Butter
so
packed
up
;
and
for
every
offence
where
any
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
&c.
shall
be
found
to
contain
a
lesser
quantity
,
six
times
the
quantity
that
shall
be
wanting
in
every
Cak
,
Pot
,
&c.
II
.
Every
Chees-monger
or
other
person
,
&c.
which
shall
sell
to
any
person
,
&c.
any
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
Pot
,
or
other
Cask
of
Butter
made
after
1
June
1662.
shall
deliver
in
any
such
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
&c.
respectively
the
full
quantity
and
due
quality
appointed
by
the
Act
,
and
not
less
.
Or
in
default
thereof
shall
be
liable
to
make
satisfaction
to
him
or
them
,
shall
buy
the
same
for
what
is
wanting
according
to
the
price
for
which
the
same
was
sold
.
III
.
From
and
after
1
June
,
1662.
No
Chees-monger
or
other
person
shall
repack
for
sale
any
Butter
in
any
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
Pot
,
or
other
Cask
,
upon
pain
every
person
,
&c.
which
shall
repack
any
Butter
in
any
Kilderkin
,
Firkin
,
Cask
,
&c.
to
sell
the
same
again
,
shall
for
every
Firkin
,
Cask
,
&c.
so
packed
forfeit
the
double
of
the
value
of
such
Butter
.
IV
.
That
every
Farmer
and
other
person
packing
up
Butter
in
Kilderkins
,
Firkins
,
&c.
for
sale
,
do
after
the
1
June
,
1662.
pack
up
his
Butter
into
good
and
sufficient
Casks
made
of
dry
,
sound
,
and
serviceable
Timber
,
and
shall
set
upon
every
Firkin
and
Cask
whatsoever
,
when
it
is
fully
seasoned
in
water
a
visible
mark
of
the
just
weight
of
the
empty
Cask
:
and
when
every
Cask
,
&c.
is
filled
with
Butter
,
set
upon
every
Cask
,
&c.
his
or
their
Christian
name
at
length
,
or
Surname
with
an
iron
brand
;
upon
penalty
every
person
offending
either
in
not
putting
on
the
mark
of
the
weight
,
or
not
setting
his
name
upon
every
Cask
,
&c.
shall
for
every
offence
forfeit
10.
s
.
for
every
hundred
weight
of
Butter
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
quantity
that
shall
be
in
every
Cask
,
&c.
V.
Every
Potter
shall
set
upon
every
Pot
which
he
shall
sell
for
packing
up
of
Butter
the
just
weight
of
every
such
Pot
when
it
is
burnt
,
with
the
Letter
of
his
Christian
or
Surname
at
length
,
upon
pain
he
shall
forfeit
and
pay
for
every
Pot
which
he
shall
not
so
do
,
and
shall
expose
to
sale
for
the
use
aforesaid
,
whereon
he
hath
not
set
the
just
weight
and
his
name
12.
d
.
And
no
Farmer
or
other
shall
expose
to
sale
any
Butter
packed
up
in
any
other
Pot
than
aforesaid
marked
by
the
Potter
,
upon
penalty
of
2.
s
.
for
every
pot
of
Butter
which
he
shall
expose
to
sale
as
is
not
so
marked
.
The
said
offences
to
be
enquired
,
sued
for
,
heard
and
determined
in
the
Sessions
of
Peace
for
the
County
,
or
in
the
Court
of
Record
of
the
City
,
Borough
,
Town
,
or
Liberty
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
by
Debt
,
Indictment
,
Information
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
,
one
half
of
the
Forfeitures
to
the
use
of
the
poor
people
inhabiting
in
the
parish
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
;
the
other
to
him
who
shall
sue
for
the
same
,
besides
his
double
Costs
:
Provided
,
the
suit
be
commenced
within
four
moneths
after
the
sale
of
such
Butter
.
Benevolence
.
1.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
4.
That
the
Kings
Majesty
may
issue
out
such
,
and
so
many
Commissions
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
into
the
several
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
corporate
,
and
other
places
in
England
,
&
Wales
,
&
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
to
such
persons
,
as
His
Majesty
shall
think
fit
,
for
the
receiving
of
such
Subscriptions
as
the
good
Subjects
shall
voluntarily
offer
for
the
supply
of
His
Majesties
pressing
occasions
;
and
such
Commissions
as
His
Majesty
shall
think
fit
,
for
collecting
and
receiving
the
money
so
subscribed
:
the
Acquittances
of
the
respective
Receivers
,
to
be
made
,
shall
be
an
absolute
discharge
of
the
sum
so
subscribed
;
and
if
any
such
Subscriptions
shall
be
returned
into
the
Exchequer
,
the
payment
thereof
shall
be
likewise
returned
.
1.
No
Process
shall
issue
out
against
any
person
so
subscribing
,
but
within
two
years
next
after
the
passing
the
Act.
The
said
Commissioners
are
enjoyned
with
convenient
speed
,
after
the
receit
of
the
respective
Commissions
,
to
meet
at
the
usual
place
of
meeting
,
within
every
of
the
said
Counties
,
Cities
and
Towns
,
and
so
many
of
them
as
shall
be
present
at
the
first
general
meeting
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
may
by
their
consents
,
sever
themselves
into
Hundreds
,
Rapes
,
Wards
,
and
other
places
within
their
respective
limits
,
and
give
notice
of
their
respective
times
of
places
and
meetings
,
that
the
persons
,
Bodies
politick
,
or
corporate
,
may
resort
to
them
,
and
make
such
Offers
or
Present
to
His
Majesty
as
their
hearts
shall
prompt
them
to
.
No
person
,
not
being
a
Peer
of
the
Realm
,
shall
in
such
Offer
exceed
the
sum
of
200.
l.
nor
any
Peer
the
sum
of
400.
l.
No
Commissions
issued
by
this
Act
shall
be
of
force
,
as
to
the
receiving
of
any
moneys
,
or
subscriptions
for
moneys
,
after
the
Feast
of
St.
John
the
Baptist
,
1662.
2.
That
no
Commissions
,
or
Aids
of
this
nature
,
can
be
issued
out
,
or
levied
,
but
by
authority
of
Parliament
;
and
this
Act
not
to
be
drawn
into
example
for
the
time
to
come
.
Captains
,
Soldiers
and
Militia
.
1.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
6.
That
the
Militia
and
Land-forces
of
this
Kingdom
and
the
Dominions
thereof
,
now
under
the
power
of
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
,
shall
be
exercised
,
ordered
,
or
managed
,
until
the
25.
day
of
March
next
ensuing
,
in
such
manner
as
the
same
now
is
exercised
,
ordered
and
managed
,
according
to
such
instructions
as
they
have
,
or
from
time
to
time
shall
have
from
His
Majesty
.
2.
Whereas
since
4.
of
June
,
1660.
there
have
been
Insurrections
,
by
occasion
of
which
divers
of
his
Majesties
good
subjects
have
been
murdred
,
for
the
security
of
the
peace
of
the
Nation
,
and
preventing
further
disorders
;
Enacted
.
That
all
and
every
person
,
or
persons
who
have
,
or
shall
have
acted
,
or
done
any
thing
in
execution
of
any
Commissions
of
Lieutenancy
,
issued
by
His
Majesty
,
or
by
colour
of
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
and
are
hereby
saved
harmless
and
indempnified
;
and
all
Magistrates
,
Justices
of
peace
,
Ministers
of
Justice
,
and
all
persons
that
have
acted
by
and
under
them
since
the
4.
of
June
,
1660.
as
to
any
arresting
,
imprisoning
any
person
,
suspected
to
be
a
Sectary
,
or
disturber
of
the
Peace
,
shall
and
are
by
this
Act
saved
harmless
and
indempnified
.
Provided
.
1.
Neither
this
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
after
the
25.
of
March
next
,
be
prejudicial
to
any
County
,
City
,
or
place
within
this
Kingdom
,
which
are
charged
with
men
and
arms
beyond
their
ancient
proportion
.
2.
Not
to
be
construed
,
to
the
giving
or
declining
of
any
power
for
the
transporting
of
any
subjects
of
this
Realm
,
or
any
way
compelling
them
to
march
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
otherwise
than
by
the
Laws
ought
to
be
done
.
Enacted
12
Car
.
2.
1.
All
such
Officers
and
Souldiers
,
who
were
under
the
command
of
his
Excellency
George
Duke
of
Albemarl
,
Capt
.
General
of
His
Majesties
Armies
,
in
the
Kings
Majesties
service
,
the
25.
day
of
April
,
1660.
and
have
not
since
deserted
the
service
,
or
refused
to
take
the
Oath
of
Supremacy
and
Allegiance
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
,
&c.
and
have
used
heretofore
any
trade
,
though
they
did
not
serve
all
the
time
of
their
Apprentiship
:
Or
any
person
under
the
command
of
the
said
General
,
apt
and
able
to
practise
any
trade
,
may
set
up
and
exercise
such
several
and
respective
trades
,
Mysteries
and
occupations
,
whereunto
they
have
been
Apprentice
,
and
served
any
part
of
their
time
;
Or
any
handycraft
or
other
trade
exercised
about
Manufactures
,
though
he
was
never
bound
Apprentice
to
the
same
,
and
shall
have
and
enjoy
all
the
immunities
as
they
should
have
had
and
enjoyed
if
they
had
served
out
their
terms
and
times
.
2.
All
others
of
the
said
Officers
and
Soldiers
,
may
set
up
and
exercise
such
trades
they
are
apt
and
able
for
,
within
the
respective
Counties
wherein
they
were
born
,
without
any
suit
or
molestation
of
any
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
,
and
if
any
such
shall
be
impleaded
or
indicted
in
any
Court
within
this
Kingdom
for
the
using
and
exercising
any
such
trade
,
making
it
appear
,
they
have
served
under
the
command
of
the
said
Captain
General
,
and
have
taken
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
shall
upon
the
general
Issue
pleaded
,
be
found
not
guilty
,
in
any
Plaint
,
Information
,
or
Indictment
;
and
such
persons
,
who
notwithstanding
this
Act
,
shall
prosecute
their
Suit
against
them
,
or
be
non-suit
,
shall
pay
to
such
Officers
or
Soldiers
double
Costs
,
to
be
recovered
,
as
in
other
Cases
at
Common
Law
may
be
recovered
.
Provided
,
1.
No
Officer
or
Soldier
shall
have
the
benefit
of
this
Act
,
that
shall
not
prove
hss
Service
,
either
by
a
Certificate
under
the
hand
and
Seal
of
some
Field
Officer
,
or
two
Commission-Officers
of
the
Regiment
wherein
he
served
;
or
some
General
of
the
Army
certifying
his
knowledge
of
the
service
,
the
Certificate
proved
to
be
true
by
one
witness
at
the
least
.
2.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
pretending
themselves
to
have
been
Officers
or
Soldiers
as
aforesaid
,
shall
procure
a
false
Certificate
to
have
the
benefit
of
the
Act
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
,
by
confession
,
or
other
proof
,
he
shall
suffer
six
moneths
imprisonment
and
lose
the
benefit
of
the
Act.
3.
That
the
Officers
,
Soldiers
and
other
persons
in
this
Act
mentioned
,
exercising
any
trade
,
or
profession
in
any
City
,
or
Corporation
,
shall
be
liable
to
bear
Offices
in
any
the
said
respective
Cities
and
Corporations
they
shall
be
elected
unto
,
and
submit
to
such
Orders
for
the
well
and
true
making
of
their
Manufactures
as
others
free
of
the
said
Corporation
,
&c.
are
subject
unto
.
Carriages
.
Anno
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
8.
Whereas
,
the
clause
contained
in
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
12.
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
and
Liveries
,
and
Tenures
in
Capite
,
may
prove
very
prejudicial
and
inconvenient
to
His
Majesty
in
His
Royal
Progresses
upon
necessary
occasions
;
1.
Enacted
,
That
the
Clerk
,
or
chief
Officer
of
his
Majesties
Carriages
,
three
days
before
his
Majesties
arrival
,
by
warrant
from
the
Greencloth
,
shall
give
notice
in
writing
to
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
adjoyning
,
to
provide
such
a
number
of
Carts
and
Carriages
from
the
place
next
adjoyning
,
as
His
Majesty
shall
have
present
use
of
,
expressing
the
time
and
place
where
the
said
Carts
and
Carriages
are
to
attend
;
the
Carriages
to
consist
of
four
able
Horses
,
or
four
Oxen
and
two
Horses
,
for
each
of
which
Cart
,
or
Carriage
,
the
respective
Owners
shall
receive
6.
d
.
for
every
mile
they
shall
go
laden
.
II
.
That
in
case
his
Majesties
subjects
shall
not
provide
&
furnish
his
Majesty
,
his
Queen
,
or
his
,
or
her
Houshold
,
in
their
progress
,
or
removals
,
with
such
necessary
Carriages
,
for
their
Wardrobe
,
or
other
necessaries
,
for
ready
money
tendred
to
them
,
or
refuse
to
appear
with
their
Carts
or
Carriages
;
upon
due
proof
of
such
neglect
and
refusal
,
by
conviction
by
the
Oath
of
the
Constable
,
or
other
Officers
,
or
two
witnesses
,
before
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
shall
for
such
his
refusal
and
neglect
,
forfeit
the
sum
of
40.
s
.
to
his
Majesty
,
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
his
goods
,
returning
unto
the
party
the
overplus
.
Provided
.
That
no
Horses
,
Oxen
,
Cart
,
or
Wain
,
shall
be
enforced
to
travel
above
one
days
journey
from
the
place
where
they
receive
their
lading
,
and
that
ready
payment
be
made
in
hand
for
the
Carriages
at
the
place
of
lading
,
according
to
the
Rates
aforesaid
.
III
.
If
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
Officer
,
or
Constable
,
shall
take
any
gift
or
reward
,
to
spare
any
person
from
making
such
Carriage
,
or
shall
impress
more
Carriages
than
shall
be
directed
from
the
Greencloth
,
upon
due
proof
and
conviction
hereof
,
the
party
offending
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
10.
l.
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
protection
,
essoin
,
or
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
And
if
any
person
shall
take
upon
him
to
impress
any
Horses
,
Oxen
,
Carts
,
Carriages
,
other
than
the
persons
impowered
as
aforesaid
,
upon
conviction
of
the
offence
,
shall
suffer
the
punishment
contained
in
the
recited
Act.
4.
None
of
His
Majesties
servants
shall
be
compelled
to
pay
above
12.
d
.
by
the
night
for
every
bed
they
shall
use
for
themselves
,
and
not
above
6.
d
.
for
every
bed
for
their
servants
,
and
in
all
such
houses
,
where
any
of
his
Majesties
servants
shall
pay
for
their
dyet
,
or
for
Hay
and
Provender
for
their
Horses
,
convenient
lodging
shall
be
provided
for
their selves
and
their
servants
,
without
paying
any
thing
for
the
same
.
5.
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
near
adjoyning
to
the
Road
,
through
which
His
Majesty
is
to
pass
,
immediatly
after
notice
from
the
Greencloth
,
or
Avenor
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
shall
appoint
such
reasonable
rates
and
prices
to
be
paid
during
his
abode
there
,
both
for
Hay
,
Oats
,
and
other
accommodations
for
Horses
as
they
shall
think
meet
,
which
Rates
one
day
at
least
before
his
Majesties
coming
to
the
place
,
the
said
Justices
shall
cause
to
be
proclaimed
in
the
Market
Town
next
to
the
said
place
,
to
the
end
notice
may
be
taken
of
such
Rates
and
Prices
;
and
if
any
person
shall
take
any
other
sum
,
than
which
is
or
shall
be
so
limited
,
either
for
lodging
,
horse-meat
,
stable-room
or
other
accommodations
;
and
be
thereof
convicted
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
to
the
party
grieved
the
sum
of
40.
s
.
to
be
levyed
by
distress
,
by
warrant
from
the
said
Justices
,
and
sale
of
the
parties
goods
,
returning
the
overplus
to
the
partie
.
This
Act
to
continue
till
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parlianient
,
and
no
longer
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
cap
.
20.
That
from
and
after
the
24.
of
June
,
1662.
as
often
as
His
Majesties
Navy
,
or
Ordnance
shall
require
any
Carriages
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
and
Wales
by
land
,
upon
notice
in
writing
,
by
warrant
from
the
Lord
High
Admiral
for
the
time
being
,
or
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
two
principal
Officers
,
or
Governours
of
the
Navy
:
or
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
Master
of
His
Majesties
Ordnance
,
or
of
his
Lieutenant
,
for
providing
Carriages
for
the
respective
service
of
the
Navy
,
or
Ordnance
,
to
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
near
the
place
where
the
Carriages
shall
be
required
,
The
Justices
shall
issue
forth
their
Warrants
to
such
Parishes
,
Hundreds
,
or
Divisions
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
within
their
Counties
,
not
being
above
twelve
miles
distant
from
the
place
of
lading
,
for
sending
to
a
certain
place
,
at
certain
times
,
such
number
of
Carriages
,
with
Horses
,
Oxen
for
the
service
,
as
the
Lord
Admiral
for
the
time
being
,
or
the
Master
of
the
Ordnance
,
or
Commissioners
of
the
Navy
shall
require
;
The
Owners
of
which
Carriages
,
or
their
servants
,
shall
receive
for
every
load
of
Timber
,
12.
d
.
per
mile
,
and
for
every
Tun
of
other
commodities
,
8.
d
.
per
mile
.
II
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Lord
Admiral
,
Master
of
the
Ordnance
,
Commissioners
of
the
Navy
,
and
persons
in
the
precedent
clause
mentioned
,
by
warrants
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
,
as
often
as
His
Majesties
Navy
and
Ordnance
shall
require
any
Carriage
by
water
,
to
appoint
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fitting
,
to
impress
,
and
take
up
any
Ships
,
Hoys
,
Lighters
or
Boats
,
as
shall
be
necessary
for
the
accommodation
of
the
said
service
:
The
owners
of
which
Ships
,
&c.
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
for
the
hire
of
every
such
Ship
,
Hoy
,
Lighter
,
or
other
vessel
,
per
Tun
,
according
to
the
usual
Rates
paid
by
Merchants
,
and
in
case
the
owners
of
the
Ships
,
&c.
shall
not
agree
on
the
said
Rates
,
the
same
to
be
setled
by
the
Brother-hood
of
the
Trinity
house
of
Deptford-Strand
.
III
.
If
any
of
his
Majesties
subjects
of
the
Realm
,
shall
refuse
or
wilfully
neglect
to
make
their
appearance
with
such
Carriages
by
Land
,
or
to
fit
,
provide
and
furnish
the
Ships
,
&c.
for
the
service
of
his
Majesties
Navy
and
Ordnance
,
or
after
they
have
undertaken
such
service
,
shall
delay
the
same
;
upon
due
proof
and
conviction
by
credible
oath
as
aforesaid
,
by
credible
witnesses
,
as
aforesaid
for
the
Land-carriages
,
and
for
the
Water-carriages
,
by
the
oath
of
such
persons
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Lord
Admiral
,
Commissioners
of
the
Kings
Navy
,
or
other
two
credible
Witnesses
before
the
principal
Officers
or
Commissioners
of
His
Majesties
Navy
(
authorized
to
administer
such
oath
)
shall
forfeit
20.
s
.
for
the
Land
service
;
and
for
the
carriage
by
Water
treble
the
freight
of
the
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
&c.
not
exceeding
50.
l.
in
the
whole
to
the
Kings
use
:
to
be
levied
upon
default
of
payment
upon
demand
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
parties
Goods
,
by
warrant
from
the
Justices
of
Peace
,
principal
Officers
,
or
Commissioners
of
his
Majesties
Navy
,
or
of
his
Majesties
Ordnance
respectively
,
rendring
to
the
party
the
overplus
,
the
charge
of
distraining
deducted
.
Provided
.
1.
No
Horses
,
Oxen
,
Cart
,
Wain
,
or
Land-carriage
shall
be
enforced
to
travel
more
days
journey
from
the
place
they
receive
their
lading
,
or
continue
longer
in
the
employment
,
than
shall
be
appointed
by
order
of
the
said
Justices
of
Peace
.
And
ready
payment
shall
be
made
in
hand
for
the
said
Carriages
at
the
place
of
lading
,
according
to
the
Rates
aforesaid
.
Provided
.
If
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
Officer
,
Constable
,
person
,
or
persons
appointed
by
the
Lord
Admiral
,
principal
Officer
,
Commissioner
of
the
Navy
,
Master
of
the
Ordnance
,
&c.
respectively
shall
take
any
gift
,
or
reward
,
to
spare
any
person
or
persons
,
for
making
such
Carriage
by
Land
or
Water
,
or
shall
injure
or
grieve
any
person
,
&c.
through
envy
or
evil
will
,
who
ought
not
make
such
Carriage
,
or
shall
impress
more
Carriages
than
the
necessity
of
the
service
shall
require
;
upon
due
proof
and
conviction
thereof
,
the
party
offending
shall
forfeit
10.
l.
to
the
party
grieved
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
And
if
any
person
shall
take
upon
him
to
impress
any
Horses
,
Oxen
,
Wains
or
Carriages
for
Land
,
or
any
Ships
,
Hoys
,
&c.
for
the
service
of
his
Majesty
,
other
than
the
persons
so
impowered
,
upon
conviction
,
they
shall
incur
and
suffer
the
punishment
in
the
Act
of
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
.
4.
No
Ship
,
Hoy
,
Bark
or
Vessel
whatsoever
,
that
shall
be
really
&
bona
fide
freighted
by
Charter-party
(
if
there
be
other
Vessels
in
the
Port
fitting
for
service
)
nor
any
Vessel
quarter
laden
with
any
goods
,
or
Merchandise
outward
bound
,
shall
be
liable
to
be
impressed
for
any
the
services
aforesaid
.
Provided
.
1.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Justices
of
Peace
,
who
shall
summon
the
Carts
and
Carriages
within
the
County
of
South-Hampton
,
to
have
power
(
as
to
the
carriages
of
Timber
)
only
to
allow
to
the
owners
of
such
Carts
and
Carriages
,
not
exceeding
4
d
.
per
mile
,
for
so
many
miles
as
any
Cart
or
Carriage
so
summoned
shall
go
empty
to
the
place
of
lading
.
2.
That
this
Act
and
the
powers
therein
contained
,
shall
continue
and
be
in
forre
until
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
,
and
no
longer
.
Coursing
,
Hunting
and
killing
of
Deer
.
I.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
10.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
from
and
after
the
first
of
August
next
,
unlawfully
Course
,
Kill
,
Hunt
,
or
carry
away
any
Red
or
Fallow
Deer
,
in
any
Forrest
,
Chase
,
Purliew
,
Wood
,
Park
,
or
other
ground
,
where
Deer
are
,
or
have
usually
been
kept
within
the
Realm
of
England
or
Wales
,
without
the
consent
of
the
Owners
,
or
party
chiefly
trusted
with
the
custody
thereof
,
or
be
aiding
or
assisting
therein
,
and
shall
be
convicted
thereof
,
either
by
confession
of
the
party
,
or
the
oath
of
one
or
more
credible
Witnesses
,
before
one
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
(
who
are
impowered
hereby
to
administer
such
oath
)
being
prosecuted
for
such
offence
within
six
moneths
after
the
offence
done
;
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
offence
20.
l.
to
be
levyed
by
distress
,
upon
the
Goods
and
Chattels
of
every
such
Offender
,
one
moyety
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
to
the
Owner
of
the
Deer
;
and
for
want
of
distress
,
the
offender
to
be
committed
to
the
house
of
Correction
for
six
moneths
,
and
there
put
to
labour
,
or
to
the
Common
Gaol
for
one
whole
year
,
at
the
discretion
of
the
Justices
before
whom
the
Conviction
shall
be
,
and
not
discharged
from
thence
,
till
sufficient
Sureties
be
given
for
their
good
behaviour
.
Provided
.
1.
Where
any
shall
be
punished
by
this
Act
,
he
shall
not
be
prosecuted
,
nor
incur
the
penalty
of
any
other
Law
,
or
Statute
for
the
same
offence
.
Clerk
of
the
Market
.
I.
Enacted
,
17
Car
.
1.
cap
.
19.
That
from
henceforth
,
there
shall
be
one
Weight
,
one
Measure
and
one
Yard
,
according
to
the
standard
of
the
Exchequer
throughout
all
the
Realm
,
as
well
in
places
priviledged
as
without
,
and
that
every
Measure
of
corn
shall
be
striked
without
heap
;
and
whosoever
shall
keep
any
other
Weight
,
Measure
or
Yard
,
whereby
any
corn
,
grain
,
or
other
thing
is
bought
or
sold
,
after
six
moneths
after
the
end
of
this
present
Session
of
Parliament
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
5.
s
.
being
thereof
convicted
by
the
oath
of
one
Witness
,
before
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
or
head
Officer
of
the
City
,
Town
or
place
,
&c.
to
be
levyed
by
the
Church-Wardens
or
Overseers
of
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
offence
is
committed
,
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
the
same
Parish
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
Goods
,
and
for
want
of
distress
,
the
party
to
be
imprisoned
till
he
pay
the
same
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
II
.
No
Clerk
of
the
Market
of
the
Kings
House
,
which
is
,
or
shall
be
,
or
of
the
Prince
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
which
is
or
shall
be
,
Duke
of
Cornwal
,
his
Heirs
or
Deputies
,
shall
exercise
his
or
their
Office
in
any
part
of
the
Kingdom
,
but
only
within
the
Verge
of
the
Kings
Court
,
where
it
shall
reside
for
the
time
being
;
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
Mayor
,
head
Officer
of
any
City
or
Town
Corporate
,
or
any
other
Lord
of
Liberties
,
or
Franchises
,
his
or
their
Deputies
to
execute
the
said
offices
respectively
,
as
they
might
have
done
before
the
making
of
this
Act.
III
.
If
any
Clerk
of
the
Market
within
the
Verge
,
or
any
Mayor
,
or
other
Officer
shall
seal
or
give
allowance
unto
any
other
Weights
or
Measures
,
than
according
to
the
standard
of
the
Exchequer
;
or
shall
refuse
to
seal
or
give
allowance
to
Weights
and
Measures
according
to
the
said
standard
,
paying
the
accustomed
Fees
allowed
for
the
same
,
he
or
they
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
5.
l.
to
be
levyed
to
the
use
of
the
poor
where
the
offence
is
,
or
shall
be
committed
.
IV
.
If
any
Clerk
of
the
Market
within
the
Verge
,
Mayor
or
other
Officer
,
or
Lords
of
Liberties
,
their
Deputies
,
or
their
Agents
,
shall
take
or
receive
of
any
of
his
Majesties
subjects
,
by
colour
of
his
said
office
,
any
common
Fine
,
or
Fees
,
other
than
formerly
allowed
by
the
Statute
,
Statutes
or
ancient
custom
in
that
behalf
,
made
or
used
:
Or
take
any
Fee
,
sum
of
money
or
reward
,
for
the
making
,
signing
,
or
examination
of
any
Weights
or
Measures
which
have
been
formerly
marked
or
sealed
,
or
impose
any
fine
,
or
amercement
without
a
due
or
legal
tryal
of
the
Officers
,
for
which
such
fine
,
or
amercement
shall
be
imposed
:
Or
shall
otherwise
misdemean
himself
in
the
execution
of
his
office
,
and
thereof
be
lawfully
convicted
,
for
the
first
offence
he
shall
forfeit
5.
l.
for
the
second
offence
10.
l.
and
for
the
third
and
other
offence
afterwards
20.
l.
to
be
levyed
as
aforesaid
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
such
offence
shall
be
committed
.
And
whosoever
shall
be
fined
or
amerced
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
shall
not
be
again
fined
,
or
amerced
for
the
same
offence
,
by
vertue
of
any
former
Law
or
Statute
.
1.
Provided
.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
Rents
,
Farms
,
or
Lands
,
or
any
corn
or
grain
due
or
payable
to
any
Lord
or
Lords
:
or
any
Colledges
,
Houses
,
or
other
Societies
,
by
vertue
of
any
lease
or
leases
,
or
other
Covenant
or
agreement
,
but
that
during
the
continuation
of
such
Lease
,
Leases
or
agreement
,
the
same
shall
be
paid
and
performed
in
such
measure
and
form
as
the
same
have
used
to
be
paid
before
the
Act
:
and
that
the
measure
commonly
called
water-measure
,
in
all
Ports
,
Towns
,
and
other
places
,
shall
be
used
and
continued
,
as
formerly
the
same
hath
been
,
any
thing
in
this
Statute
notwithstanding
.
2.
No
Justice
of
Peace
,
Mayor
,
Bailiff
or
other
Officer
,
Churchwarden
,
Overseer
,
or
other
authorized
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
sued
,
or
otherwise
impeached
,
for
doing
or
executing
their
said
offices
respectively
;
and
if
any
suit
shall
be
brought
against
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
they
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
this
Statute
in
evidence
;
and
if
the
Defendant
be
not
found
guilty
,
he
shall
recover
treble
costs
for
his
unjust
vexation
.
Coaches
.
I.
Enacted
.
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
8.
After
the
1.
of
May
,
1662.
No
person
or
persons
shall
presume
to
drive
(
excepting
Stage-Coaches
)
or
let
to
hire
by
the
hour
or
day
,
any
Hackney-Coaches
,
or
Coach-horses
,
within
London
or
Westminster
,
or
Parishes
within
the
Bills
of
Mortality
;
without
license
from
Commissioners
appointed
by
His
Majesty
,
under
the
great
Seal
,
for
the
licensing
and
regulating
of
Hackney-Coaches
;
according
to
provisions
and
limitations
.
No
horse
,
gelding
,
or
mare
to
be
used
with
such
Coaches
,
shall
be
under
the
cise
of
14
handfuls
;
and
the
number
of
the
Coaches
shall
not
exceed
400.
to
be
licensed
,
and
shall
have
a
mark
of
distinction
,
to
the
end
they
may
be
known
if
any
complaint
be
made
of
them
.
No
person
shall
be
licensed
to
keep
above
two
Coaches
,
which
shall
have
several
marks
of
distinction
,
as
if
belonging
to
several
persons
;
and
none
shall
put
the
same
mark
or
figure
upon
his
Coach
,
which
is
appointed
for
another
Coach
,
under
the
forfeiture
of
5
l.
for
such
offence
,
one
moyety
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
to
the
Commissioners
appointed
for
pavement
of
the
Streets
.
The
Commissioners
not
to
license
any
person
to
keep
any
Hackney-Coach
,
that
useth
any
other
trade
or
occupation
,
and
first
to
license
ancient
Coachmen
,
or
such
as
have
suffered
for
their
service
to
his
late
Majesty
,
or
the
widows
of
such
as
have
Coaches
of
their
own
:
And
if
the
Commissioners
license
more
than
400
Coaches
,
every
Commissioner
so
licensing
,
shall
forfeit
100
l.
for
every
Coach
so
licensed
,
one
moyety
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
moyety
to
the
Commissioners
appointed
for
pavement
of
the
streets
.
II
.
No
Hackney-Coachman
licensed
,
shall
take
for
his
hire
,
in
or
about
the
City
of
London
and
Westminster
,
above
10
s
.
for
a
day
,
reckoning
12
hours
to
the
day
,
and
not
above
18
d
.
for
the
first
hour
,
and
12
d
.
for
every
hour
after
:
and
no
Gent
.
or
other
person
shall
pay
from
any
of
the
Inns
of
Courts
,
or
thereabouts
,
to
any
part
of
St.
James's
or
Westminster
,
above
12
d
.
and
the
same
rates
to
the
same
places
or
thereabouts
,
back
again
:
and
from
any
of
the
said
Inns
of
Courts
,
or
thereabouts
,
to
the
Royal
Exchange
12
d
.
To
the
Tower
of
London
,
Bishops-gate-street
,
Algate
,
or
thereabouts
,
18
d
.
and
so
from
the
said
places
to
the
Inns
of
Courts
;
and
the
like
rates
from
and
to
any
place
of
like
distance
:
and
if
any
Coachman
shall
refuse
to
go
,
act
,
or
exact
more
for
his
hire
than
hereby
limited
,
he
shall
for
every
offence
forfeit
10
s
.
III
.
Every
Coach
licensed
shall
pay
to
the
Commissioners
for
licensing
Hackney-Coaches
,
the
yearly
rent
of
5
l.
and
no
more
;
whereof
5
s
.
to
be
paid
before
the
26
of
May
,
1662.
25
s
.
at
March
next
after
,
and
25
s
.
at
the
birth
of
our
Lord
God
;
and
from
thenceforward
to
be
paid
quarterly
by
equal
portions
,
viz.
the
four
usual
Feasts
;
the
Annunciation
of
the
Virgin
,
St.
John
the
Baptist
,
St.
Michael
the
Angel
,
and
birth
of
our
Lord
God
;
which
sums
of
moneys
the
Commissioners
for
Hackney-Coaches
shall
from
time
to
time
pay
,
or
cause
to
be
paid
to
the
Commissioners
appointed
for
paving
and
mending
of
the
Streets
,
or
to
such
Treasurers
as
they
shall
appoint
;
and
the
Commissioners
for
Hackney-Coaches
shall
certifie
to
the
other
Commissioners
the
names
and
dwellings
of
all
such
persons
as
they
shall
license
to
drive
or
keep
Hackney-Coaches
,
with
the
marks
of
distinction
appointed
,
and
to
be
fixed
to
the
several
Coaches
,
for
the
discovery
of
abuses
which
shall
be
committed
;
and
the
Commissioners
for
the
paving
and
mending
of
the
Streets
,
shall
be
enabled
to
call
the
Commissioners
for
the
Hackney-Coaches
to
account
:
and
if
any
part
of
the
moneys
for
the
paving
and
mending
of
the
Streets
shall
be
,
such
overplus
shall
be
imployed
towards
the
enlargement
of
such
Streets
as
are
to
be
enlarged
by
this
Act.
IV
.
All
Fines
,
Rents
,
Forfeitures
and
Penalties
as
shall
grow
due
and
payable
to
the
Commissioners
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
levied
by
distress
,
by
Warrant
under
the
hands
and
Seals
of
the
Commissioners
,
or
any
five
of
them
,
which
shall
be
forth
within
fourteen
days
,
and
for
default
of
distress
,
or
not
payment
,
the
party
so
offending
or
neglecting
to
pay
,
shall
lie
in
Prison
without
bail
or
mainprize
till
he
have
paid
such
Rent
,
Fine
,
Forfeiture
or
Penalty
,
as
was
due
from
him
or
them
.
Court
of
Wards
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
24.
The
Court
of
Wards
and
Liveries
,
and
all
Wardships
,
Liveries
,
Primer-seisins
,
and
all
Ouster
le
Maynes
,
values
and
forfeitures
of
marriages
,
by
reason
of
any
tenure
of
the
King
,
or
of
any
other
by
Knights
service
,
and
all
mean
rates
and
other
gifts
,
grants
,
charges
incident
or
arising
,
for
or
by
reason
of
any
the
premises
,
are
taken
away
and
discharged
from
the
24
day
of
February
,
1645.
any
Law
,
Statute
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
All
Fines
for
Alienations
,
Seizures
and
Pardons
of
Alienations
,
Tenure
by
Homage
,
and
all
charges
incident
or
arising
by
reason
of
Wardship
,
Liveries
,
Primer-seisin
,
or
Ouster
le
Mayne
,
or
Tenure
by
Knight-service
,
escuage
,
Aide
pur
file
marrier
,
et
pur
faier
fitz
Chevalier
,
and
all
charges
thereunto
incident
,
be
taken
and
discharged
from
the
said
24
of
February
,
1645.
any
Statute
,
Law
,
&c.
notwithstanding
.
All
Tenures
by
Knight-service
of
the
King
,
or
of
any
other
person
,
Knight-service
in
Capite
,
or
soccage
in
Capite
of
the
King
,
and
the
fruits
and
consequents
thereof
,
happened
,
or
which
shall
or
may
happen
or
arise
thereupon
,
or
thereby
,
are
taken
away
and
discharged
;
any
Statute
,
Law
,
&c.
notwithstanding
.
All
Tenures
of
Houses
,
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
,
or
any
estate
of
inheritance
at
the
common
Law
,
held
either
of
the
King
or
of
any
other
person
,
&c.
from
and
after
the
said
24
of
February
,
1645.
shall
be
construed
,
adjudged
and
decided
for
ever
,
there
also
to
be
turned
into
free
and
common
soccage
,
any
Law
,
Statute
,
&c.
heretofore
notwithstanding
.
II
.
That
one
Act
of
Parliament
in
the
Reign
of
King
Henry
the
eighth
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
establishment
of
the
Court
of
the
Kings
Wards
,
and
one
Act
made
in
the
33
year
of
the
Reign
of
the
said
King
Henry
the
eighth
,
concerning
the
Officers
of
the
Court
of
Wards
and
Liveries
,
and
every
clause
,
article
and
matter
in
the
said
Acts
,
from
henceforth
be
repealed
and
utterly
void
.
III
.
That
all
Tenures
hereafter
to
be
created
by
the
King
,
his
heir
,
or
successors
upon
any
gifts
or
grants
of
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
of
any
estate
of
inheritance
at
the
common
Law
,
shall
be
in
free
and
common
soccage
only
,
and
not
by
Knight-service
,
or
in
Capite
;
and
shall
be
discharged
of
all
Wardship
,
value
,
and
forfeiture
of
Marriage
,
Livery
,
Primer-Seisin
,
Ouster
le
Mayn
,
Aide
pur
fair
fitz
Chevalier
,
and
pur
file
Marrier
,
any
Law
,
Statute
,
or
reservation
to
the
contrary
thereof
notwithstanding
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
be
construed
to
take
away
any
Rents
certain
,
Heriots
,
or
suits
of
Court
belonging
to
any
former
Tenure
now
taken
away
,
or
altered
by
this
Act
,
or
other
services
belonging
to
Tenure
in
common
soccage
,
due
or
to
grow
due
to
the
King
,
mean
Lord
,
or
other
private
person
,
or
the
fealty
and
distresses
incident
thereunto
;
and
such
relief
shall
be
paid
in
respect
of
such
Rents
,
as
is
paid
in
case
of
death
of
a
tenant
in
common
soccage
.
2.
Not
extend
,
or
construed
to
extend
to
take
away
any
fines
for
alienations
,
due
by
particular
customs
,
of
particular
Mannors
and
places
,
other
than
fines
for
alienation
of
lands
,
holden
immediately
of
the
King
in
Capite
.
3.
Not
to
take
away
,
or
construed
to
take
away
,
any
Tenures
in
Frank-Almoigne
,
nor
to
alter
or
change
any
Tenure
by
copy
of
Court-Roll
,
or
any
services
incident
thereunto
,
nor
any
honorary
services
of
grand
Sergeantry
,
other
than
Wardship
,
marriage
,
forfeiture
of
marriage
,
and
other
than
the
Aides
aforesaid
.
4.
Where
any
person
hath
,
or
shall
have
any
child
or
children
under
the
age
of
21
years
,
and
not
married
at
the
time
of
his
death
;
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
father
of
such
child
,
or
children
,
whether
born
at
the
time
of
the
decease
of
the
father
,
or
at
that
time
in
ventre
sa
mere
,
or
whether
such
father
be
within
the
age
of
21
years
,
or
of
full
age
,
by
Deed
executed
in
his
life
time
,
or
by
his
last
will
and
testament
in
writing
,
in
the
presence
of
two
,
or
more
credible
Witnesses
,
to
dispose
of
the
custody
and
tuition
of
such
child
or
children
,
for
and
during
the
time
he
or
they
shall
remain
under
the
age
of
21
years
,
or
any
lesser
time
,
to
any
person
or
persons
in
possession
or
remainder
,
other
then
Popish
Recusants
:
and
such
disposition
of
such
child
or
children
since
the
24
of
February
,
1645.
or
hereafter
to
be
made
,
shall
be
good
against
all
and
every
person
or
persons
,
claiming
such
child
or
children
;
as
Guardian
in
soccage
,
or
otherwise
,
and
such
person
,
&c.
to
whom
such
children
shall
be
disposed
or
devised
,
shall
and
may
maintain
an
action
of
ravishment
of
Ward
,
or
trespass
against
any
person
which
shall
wrongfully
take
away
,
or
detain
such
child
or
children
,
for
the
recovery
of
them
,
and
recover
damages
for
the
same
in
such
action
,
for
the
use
of
such
child
or
children
.
5.
That
such
person
or
persons
,
to
whom
the
custody
of
such
child
or
children
shall
be
so
disposed
or
devised
,
shall
and
may
take
into
his
or
their
custody
,
to
the
use
of
such
child
or
children
,
the
profits
of
all
the
lands
,
tenements
,
hereditaments
,
of
such
child
or
children
,
and
the
custody
and
management
of
their
goods
,
chattels
and
personal
estate
,
until
the
respective
ages
of
21
years
,
or
less
time
,
according
to
such
disposition
aforesaid
,
and
may
bring
any
action
in
pursuance
thereof
,
as
by
Law
a
Guardian
in
soccage
might
do
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
,
shall
extend
to
alter
or
prejudice
the
custom
of
the
City
of
London
,
or
any
other
City
or
Town
Corporate
,
or
the
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
concerning
Orphans
,
or
to
discharge
any
Apprentice
from
their
Apprentiship
.
2.
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
infringe
or
hurt
any
title
of
honour
,
feodal
or
other
,
by
which
any
person
hath
,
or
may
have
right
to
sit
in
the
Lords
House
of
Parliament
,
and
the
priviledge
belonging
to
them
as
Peers
,
any
thing
therein
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Collectors
.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
cap
.
17.
All
Collectors
and
other
persons
who
have
levied
or
collected
,
or
shall
levy
or
collect
any
sum
of
money
,
or
other
act
done
,
or
shall
do
,
in
order
to
the
same
,
by
vertue
of
any
Act
of
Parliament
in
force
,
or
of
any
other
Act
,
Order
,
or
Ordinance
allowed
to
be
put
in
execution
by
any
such
Act
of
Parliament
,
and
who
is
,
or
shall
be
sued
for
,
or
concerning
the
same
,
by
any
other
than
the
King
,
his
heirs
,
&c.
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
for
his
justification
.
And
all
persons
already
sued
or
impleaded
for
any
the
causes
aforesaid
,
may
,
notwithstanding
any
plea
or
demurrer
already
made
by
such
Defendant
,
change
his
plea
,
and
plead
the
general
issue
.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
authorize
the
levying
of
any
sum
or
sums
of
money
which
are
pardoned
by
the
Act
of
free
and
general
Pardon
,
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
.
Courts
and
Jurisdictions
.
I.
Enected
,
17
Car
.
1.
Cap.
That
the
Court
commonly
called
the
Star-chamber
,
and
all
Jurisdiction
,
power
,
and
authority
belonging
unto
,
or
exercised
in
the
same
Court
,
by
any
the
Judges
,
Officers
,
or
Ministers
thereof
,
be
,
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
1641.
clearly
and
absolutely
dissolved
,
and
taken
away
and
determined
;
and
from
and
after
the
said
first
day
of
August
,
1641.
neither
the
Lord
Chancellor
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
Lord
Treasurer
,
Lord
Keeper
of
the
Privy
Seal
,
President
of
the
Council
,
nor
any
Bishop
,
Temporal
Lord
,
Privy
Councellor
,
Judge
or
Justice
whatsoever
,
shall
have
any
power
or
authority
,
to
hear
,
examine
,
or
determine
any
matter
or
thing
whatsoever
,
or
make
,
pronounce
or
deliver
any
Judgement
,
Sentence
,
Order
,
or
Decree
,
or
do
any
Judicial
or
Ministerial
Act
in
the
said
Court
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
Act
and
Acts
of
Parliament
,
and
all
and
every
article
,
clause
and
sentence
in
them
and
every
of
them
,
for
any
proceeding
to
be
had
or
made
in
the
said
Court
of
Star-chamber
,
or
for
any
matter
to
be
examined
or
determined
there
,
be
,
from
the
said
1.
day
of
August
1641.
repealed
,
and
absolutely
revoked
and
made
void
.
III
.
That
the
Jurisdiction
exercised
in
the
Court
before
the
President
and
Councel
in
the
Marches
of
Wales
,
and
also
in
the
Court
before
the
President
and
Councel
in
the
Northern
parts
:
and
also
in
the
Court
commonly
called
The
Dutchy
of
Lancaster
,
held
before
the
Chancellor
and
Councel
of
the
Court
,
and
also
in
the
Court
of
Exchequer
of
the
County
Palatine
of
Chester
held
before
the
Chamberlain
and
Councel
of
that
Court
,
shall
from
and
after
the
said
first
day
of
August
,
1641.
be
repealed
,
absolutely
revoked
and
made
void
;
any
Law
,
Prescription
,
Custom
,
Usage
,
or
the
Statute
made
in
the
third
year
of
King
Henry
the
7.
or
the
Statute
made
in
the
21
year
of
King
Henry
the
8.
or
any
Act
or
Acts
of
Parliament
heretofore
had
or
made
to
the
contrary
hereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
IV
.
That
neither
His
Majesty
,
nor
His
Privy
Councel
have
,
or
ought
to
have
any
Jurisdiction
,
power
,
or
authority
by
English
Bill
,
Petition
,
Articles
,
Libel
,
or
any
other
arbitrary
way
whatsoever
,
to
examine
,
draw
in
question
,
determine
or
dispose
,
of
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Goods
or
Chattels
of
any
of
the
Subjects
of
this
Kingdom
,
but
the
same
ought
to
be
tried
and
determined
in
the
ordinary
Courts
of
Justice
,
by
the
ordinary
course
of
Law
.
V.
That
if
any
person
shall
be
committed
,
restrained
of
his
liberty
,
or
suffer
imprisonment
by
the
Order
or
Decree
of
the
Court
of
Star-Chamber
;
or
of
the
Courts
holden
before
the
President
of
the
Marches
of
Wales
,
Courts
of
the
Duchy
of
Lancaster
;
Court
of
Exchequer
of
the
County
Palatine
of
Chester
;
or
by
the
command
or
Warrant
of
the
Kings
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
or
Successors
,
in
his
,
or
their
own
persons
;
or
by
command
or
Warrant
from
the
Council
board
;
or
by
any
of
the
Lords
,
or
otherwise
,
of
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
:
In
every
such
case
the
person
committed
or
restrained
of
his
liberty
,
or
suffering
imprisonment
,
upon
demand
,
or
motion
of
his
Counsel
,
or
other
imployed
by
him
,
unto
the
Judges
of
the
Court
of
Kings-Bench
,
or
Common-Pleas
,
in
open
Court
without
delay
shall
have
a
Writ
of
Habeas
corpus
directed
to
all
and
every
Sheriff
,
Gaoler
,
or
other
person
,
in
whose
custody
the
party
committed
,
or
restrained
shall
be
,
and
the
said
Sheriffs
,
Gaoler
,
or
other
person
in
whose
custody
the
party
so
committed
or
restrained
shall
be
,
shall
at
the
return
of
the
said
Writ
,
upon
due
,
or
convenient
notice
thereof
,
at
the
charge
of
the
party
who
procureth
such
Writ
,
and
upon
security
of
his
own
Bond
of
carrying
back
the
prisoner
,
if
he
shall
be
remanded
by
the
Court
to
which
he
shall
be
brought
,
bring
,
or
cause
to
be
brought
,
the
body
of
the
said
party
so
committed
,
&c.
before
the
Judge
,
or
Justices
of
the
said
Court
from
whom
the
Writ
shall
issue
forth
:
and
thereupon
the
Court
within
three
days
after
such
return
made
and
delivered
in
open
Court
,
shall
proceed
to
examine
and
determine
,
whether
the
cause
of
commitment
be
just
and
legal
or
not
,
and
thereupon
shall
do
what
to
Justice
shall
appertain
.
1.
Provided
,
That
this
Act
,
and
the
several
clauses
therein
,
to
extend
only
to
the
said
Court
of
Star-Chamber
,
Courts
of
the
Marches
of
Wales
,
Court
of
the
President
of
the
Northern
parts
,
Courts
of
the
Duchy
of
Lancaster
,
and
Court
of
Exchequer
of
the
County
Palatine
of
Chester
,
and
to
the
Warrants
,
Directions
and
Commitments
before
mentioned
,
and
every
of
them
.
2
Provided
,
That
no
person
shall
be
sued
,
impleaded
,
molested
,
or
troubled
for
any
offence
against
this
present
Act
,
unless
the
party
supposed
to
have
offended
shall
be
sued
,
or
impleaded
for
the
same
,
within
two
years
at
the
most
after
such
time
wherein
the
said
offence
shall
be
committed
.
Enacted
,
17
Car
.
1.
Cap.
Whereas
in
the
Statute
of
1
Eliz
.
cap
.
1.
there
is
a
clause
to
this
effect
,
viz.
That
the
Queens
Majesty
,
her
Heirs
and
Successors
should
have
power
and
authority
by
Letters
Patents
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
to
assign
,
name
,
and
authorize
such
Person
and
persons
,
being
natural
born
Subjects
to
her
Highness
,
as
she
,
her
Heirs
and
Successours
should
think
meet
▪
to
exercise
,
use
,
and
execute
under
her
,
her
Heirs
or
Successors
,
all
manner
of
Jurisdictions
,
priviledges
and
preheminences
touching
or
concerning
spiritual
Jurisdiction
within
her
Realms
of
England
and
Ireland
,
or
any
her
Highness
Dominions
or
Countries
:
and
to
use
,
reform
,
redress
,
order
,
correct
and
amend
all
Errors
,
Heresies
,
Schisms
,
abuses
,
offences
,
contempts
and
enormities
whatsoever
,
which
by
any
manner
Spiritual
or
Ecclesiastical
power
,
authority
,
or
Jurisdiction
,
can
,
or
may
be
lawfully
reformed
,
ordered
,
redressed
,
corrected
,
restrained
,
or
amended
:
and
that
such
persons
so
to
be
assigned
,
named
,
authorized
,
and
appointed
by
and
after
the
Letters
Patents
to
him
or
them
made
and
delivered
,
should
have
full
power
and
authority
by
vertuc
of
that
Act
,
and
of
the
said
Letters
Patents
to
exercise
,
use
,
and
execute
all
the
premisses
,
according
to
the
tenor
and
effect
of
the
said
Letters
Patents
.
Repealed
by
Act
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
12.
1.
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Branch
,
Clause
,
Article
,
or
Sentence
contained
in
the
said
Act
,
and
every
word
,
matter
and
thing
contained
in
the
said
Branch
,
Clause
,
Article
,
or
Sentence
shall
from
henceforth
be
repealed
,
revoked
,
annulled
and
utterly
made
void
for
ever
,
any
thing
in
the
said
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
:
II
.
That
no
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
Vicar-General
,
Chancellor
or
Official
;
nor
Commissary
of
any
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
or
Vicar-General
:
or
any
Ordinary
whatsoever
,
nor
any
other
Spiritual
,
or
Ecclesiastical
Judge
,
Officer
or
Minister
exercising
any
Spiritual
or
Ecclesiastical
powers
by
any
grant
,
license
or
Commission
from
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
or
Successours
,
shall
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
1641.
Award
,
impose
,
or
inflict
any
pain
,
penalty
,
fine
,
amercement
,
imprisonment
,
or
other
corporal
punishment
,
upon
any
of
the
Kings
subjects
,
for
any
contempt
,
misdemeanour
,
crime
,
matter
,
or
thing
whatsoever
,
belonging
to
Spiritual
or
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
;
Or
shall
,
Ex
officio
,
or
otherwise
,
tender
,
give
or
minister
unto
any
Church-warden
,
Sideman
,
or
any
other
person
whatsoever
,
any
corporal
Oath
,
to
make
any
presentment
of
any
crime
or
offence
;
or
to
confess
or
accuse
himself
of
any
crime
,
or
offence
,
delinquency
,
or
misdemeanour
,
whereby
,
or
by
reason
whereof
,
he
or
they
may
be
liable
to
any
pain
,
penalty
,
or
punishment
whatsoever
:
upon
pain
to
forfeit
to
every
party
so
grieved
,
treble
damages
,
and
an
100
l.
to
him
that
shall
first
demand
,
or
sue
for
the
same
;
The
said
treble
damages
,
and
an
100
l.
to
be
demanded
and
recovered
by
action
of
debt
in
any
Court
of
Record
;
wherein
no
Priviledge
,
Essoin
,
Protection
,
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
the
Defendant
.
And
every
person
who
shall
be
once
convicted
of
any
act
or
offence
,
prohibited
by
this
Statute
,
shall
be
disabled
to
continue
in
any
office
or
employment
of
Justice
,
or
to
execute
any
authority
,
by
force
of
any
Commission
,
or
Letters
Patents
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
.
III
.
That
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
1641.
No
new
Court
shall
be
erected
,
ordained
,
or
appointed
within
the
Realm
of
England
and
Dominion
of
Wales
,
that
shall
have
the
like
power
,
jurisdiction
or
authority
,
as
the
High
Commission
Court
hath
,
or
pretendeth
to
have
:
But
that
all
Letters
Patents
,
Commissions
and
Grants
made
,
or
to
be
made
by
the
King
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
;
and
all
powers
and
authorities
granted
,
mentioned
to
be
given
thereby
,
and
all
Acts
,
Sentences
and
Decrees
made
by
vertue
,
or
colour
thereof
,
shall
be
utterly
void
.
Courts
and
Jurisdictions
.
Stannary
Court
.
Whereas
King
Edward
the
first
by
his
several
Charters
granted
divers
Liberties
and
Franchises
to
the
Tinners
within
the
several
Counties
of
Devon
and
Cornwal
,
as
to
be
quit
of
Tolls
,
Aides
,
and
other
customs
in
Vills
,
Ports
,
Fairs
and
Markets
;
which
of
right
belong
only
to
making
Tinners
;
working
without
fraud
in
the
several
Stannaries
within
the
said
Counties
;
and
not
to
any
other
elsewhere
working
:
And
whereas
sundry
Inhabitants
within
the
said
Counties
,
and
others
so
entitle
themselves
to
the
said
Liberties
by
fraud
;
and
for
small
or
no
consideration
,
have
acquired
,
and
do
acquire
to
themselves
decayed
Tin-works
,
and
small
and
inconsiderable
parties
in
the
same
,
which
abuses
are
done
to
enable
the
said
false
or
feigned
Tinners
,
to
search
and
sue
their
neighbours
in
the
Stannary
Courts
where
for
the
most
part
the
Defendant
is
debarred
his
costs
;
and
also
the
Jurisdiction
of
the
said
Stannaries
,
contrary
to
the
said
Charter
,
hath
been
endeavoured
to
be
extended
out
of
the
places
where
the
Tinners
do
work
;
by
reason
of
which
abuses
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Counties
,
are
vexed
,
oppressed
and
imprisoned
,
His
Majesty
is
defrauded
of
his
Aids
,
Customs
;
Lords
and
Owners
of
Fairs
and
Markets
,
of
their
Tolls
and
Duties
;
the
Government
of
the
Country
confounded
and
eluded
,
the
said
false
Tinners
,
claiming
when
they
list
to
be
Tinners
,
and
when
Foraigners
.
1.
Enacted
,
That
the
Declaration
in
the
several
Charters
,
be
henceforth
duly
held
and
observed
,
with
this
,
that
the
words
in
the
said
Declarations
,
viz.
(
in
locis
ubi
operantur
)
be
expounded
to
extend
to
the
Vill
,
Tything
and
Hamlet
,
where
some
Tin-work
in
work
is
scituate
,
and
not
elsewhere
,
and
no
longer
then
the
Tin-work
is
or
shall
be
in
working
.
II
.
That
if
any
person
or
persons
which
shall
be
sued
in
the
Stannaries
,
shall
swear
or
tender
his
Oath
where
they
shall
be
sued
,
that
he
or
they
are
not
,
nor
is
,
nor
at
the
time
of
the
suit
was
not
,
nor
were
a
Tinner
,
or
Tinners
:
the
Defendant
shall
be
discharged
of
such
suit
,
unless
the
Plaintiff
forthwith
make
Oath
,
that
the
Plaintiff
is
a
working
Tinner
without
fraud
or
deceit
,
and
that
the
cause
of
his
suit
in
the
Stannaries
,
concerneth
Tin
or
Tin-works
.
III
.
If
any
person
being
not
revera
,
without
fraud
,
a
working
and
labouring
Tinner
,
in
or
about
some
Tin-work
,
set
on
work
half
a
year
before
his
suit
,
shall
sue
,
prosecute
and
implead
any
person
that
is
not
a
Tinner
at
the
time
of
such
suit
commenced
;
in
such
case
,
the
Defendant
shall
have
his
action
at
the
Common
Law
,
against
such
person
suing
or
prosecuting
,
wherein
he
shall
recover
10
l.
and
his
damages
and
costs
of
suit
;
Provided
,
the
action
be
brought
within
two
years
next
after
the
action
or
suit
brought
in
the
Stannary
Court
.
IV
.
In
all
cases
where
the
Plaintiff
or
Defendant
are
to
have
costs
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
,
there
they
shall
have
like
costs
in
the
Stannary
Courts
,
and
it
shall
be
lawful
to
and
for
any
Tinners
▪
to
sue
any
Foreigners
(
if
they
shall
think
fit
)
at
the
Common
Law
;
any
usage
,
or
Charter
notwithstanding
.
V.
That
no
person
or
persons
be
charged
,
or
troubled
as
surety
or
sureties
,
by
any
return
of
any
Bailiff
,
or
Bailiffs
of
the
Stannaries
,
unless
the
person
or
persons
returned
surety
,
or
sureties
,
shall
in
the
presence
of
two
Witnesses
subscribe
or
sign
a
note
in
writing
,
that
such
person
or
persons
,
is
become
surety
or
sureties
,
which
note
shall
mention
the
names
of
the
Plaintiff
and
Defendant
in
the
suit
,
and
the
sums
or
damages
in
demand
,
and
the
nature
of
the
Action
,
and
be
signed
,
or
subscribed
by
the
said
Witnesses
,
and
returned
and
filed
in
the
Court
out
of
which
the
Process
shall
issue
;
And
no
Bailiff
,
or
Bailiffs
of
the
Stannaries
,
shall
be
admitted
a
witness
to
such
note
.
VI
.
No
Defendant
shall
be
condemned
upon
such
return
for
not
appearing
,
unless
also
a
note
under
the
hand
,
or
sign
of
the
party
arrested
,
and
subscribed
by
two
such
witnesses
as
aforesaid
,
be
returned
into
the
Court
at
or
before
the
day
of
appearance
;
and
the
Bailiff
or
Bailiffs
,
shall
take
but
4.
d
.
for
every
such
note
:
and
none
shall
be
bailed
upon
arrest
there
till
he
give
such
note
;
and
if
the
Bailiff
,
or
Bailiffs
shall
return
a
rescous
against
any
person
,
he
shall
be
admitted
to
traverse
the
return
,
and
if
it
be
found
for
him
,
he
shall
be
no
further
troubled
by
reason
of
such
return
.
Crown
,
King
,
Queen
.
1.
Enacted
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
1.
If
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
after
21
June
,
1661.
during
the
natural
life
of
the
Kings
Majesty
,
shall
within
the
Realm
,
or
without
,
compass
,
imagine
,
devise
or
intend
death
or
destruction
,
or
any
bodily
harm
tending
to
death
or
destruction
,
maiming
,
or
wounding
,
imprisonment
or
restraint
of
the
person
of
the
King
,
or
to
deprive
,
or
depose
him
from
the
Style
,
Honour
,
or
Kingly
name
of
the
Imperial
Crown
of
this
Realm
,
or
other
his
Dominions
or
Countries
:
Or
levy
War
against
him
within
this
Realm
,
or
without
:
Or
stir
any
Foreigner
with
force
to
invade
this
Realm
,
or
any
other
his
Majesties
Dominions
or
Countries
under
his
obeysance
:
And
such
compassings
,
imaginations
,
inventions
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
express
,
utter
,
or
declare
by
any
Printing
,
Writing
,
Preaching
,
or
malicious
and
advised
speeches
,
be
convicted
hereof
upon
the
Oaths
of
two
credible
Witnesses
,
or
attainted
by
Course
of
Law
.
Every
person
so
offending
shall
be
deemed
and
adjudged
to
be
Traitors
,
and
shall
lose
and
forfeit
,
as
in
case
of
High
Treason
.
II
.
If
any
person
or
persons
after
the
24th
of
June
,
1661.
during
His
Majesties
life
,
shall
maliciously
and
advisedly
publish
or
affirm
the
King
to
be
an
Heretick
,
or
a
Papist
,
or
that
he
intends
to
introduce
Popery
;
or
shall
maliciously
and
advisedly
by
Writing
,
Printing
,
Preaching
,
or
other
speeches
express
,
publish
,
or
declare
any
words
,
or
other
thing
or
things
to
stir
up
the
people
to
hatred
or
dislike
of
the
person
of
His
Majesty
,
or
his
established
government
:
Every
such
person
,
&c.
thereof
convicted
,
are
disabled
to
have
,
or
enjoy
,
and
made
uncapable
of
having
,
enjoying
,
or
exercising
any
place
,
office
,
or
Promotion
Ecclesiastical
,
Civil
,
or
Military
,
or
other
Imployment
in
Church
or
State
other
then
that
of
his
Peerage
,
and
shall
be
liable
to
such
further
and
other
punishments
as
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
this
kingdom
may
be
inflicted
in
such
cases
.
III
.
If
any
person
or
persons
at
any
time
after
the
24th
of
June
,
1661.
shall
maliciously
and
advisedly
by
Writing
,
Printing
,
Preaching
,
or
speaking
,
publish
,
declare
,
or
affirm
,
That
the
Parliament
begun
at
Westminster
,
Novemb
.
3.
1640.
is
not
dissolved
,
or
not
determined
;
Or
that
it
ought
to
be
in
being
;
Or
that
there
lies
any
obligation
upon
him
or
any
other
person
from
any
Oath
,
Covenant
,
or
Engagement
,
to
endeavour
a
change
of
Government
;
Or
that
both
,
or
either
House
of
Parliament
have
a
Legislative
Power
without
the
King
,
or
any
words
to
the
same
effect
.
If
any
such
person
,
&c.
so
offending
,
shall
incur
the
danger
and
penalty
of
Premunire
mentioned
in
a
Statute
made
16
R.
2.
IV
.
Declared
,
That
the
Oath
usually
called
,
The
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
was
in
it self
an
unlawful
Oath
,
and
imposed
upon
the
Subjects
against
the
fundamental
Laws
and
Liberties
of
this
Kingdom
:
And
all
Ordinances
or
Orders
of
both
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
for
imposing
of
Oaths
,
Covenants
,
or
Engagements
,
levying
of
Taxes
,
raising
of
Forces
,
or
Arms
,
to
which
the
Royal
assent
in
person
,
or
by
Commission
was
not
expresly
had
or
given
,
were
,
and
still
are
,
and
shall
be
taken
to
be
null
and
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
1.
Provided
,
That
all
and
every
person
,
or
Bodies
politick
or
corporate
,
who
have
been
,
or
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
questioned
for
any
thing
done
by
colour
of
any
the
Orders
or
Ordinances
aforesaid
;
and
are
indempnified
by
an
Act
,
entituled
,
A
free
and
general
Pardon
,
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
,
made
in
the
twelfth
year
of
His
Majesties
Reign
that
now
is
,
or
shall
be
indempnified
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
shall
and
may
make
such
use
of
the
said
Orders
and
Ordinances
,
for
their
indempnity
,
according
to
the
intent
and
meaning
of
the
said
Act
,
and
no
other
,
as
they
might
have
done
,
if
this
Act
had
not
been
made
.
2.
No
person
shall
be
prosecuted
for
any
of
the
offences
in
this
Act
(
other
then
such
as
are
declared
to
be
High
Treason
)
unless
it
be
by
order
from
the
King
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
under
his
or
their
sign
Manual
:
Or
by
order
of
His
Majesties
,
&c.
Council
Table
,
directed
to
the
Attorney
General
,
or
some
other
of
the
Council
learned
of
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
Nor
shall
any
person
,
&c.
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
incur
any
the
penalties
therein
,
unless
he
be
prosecuted
within
six
moneths
after
the
offence
committed
;
and
indicted
within
three
moneths
after
such
prosecution
.
V.
No
person
or
persons
shall
be
Indicted
,
Arraigned
,
Condemned
,
Convicted
,
or
Attainted
for
any
the
Treasons
or
Offences
aforesaid
,
unless
the
Offender
,
&c.
be
thereof
accused
by
the
testimony
and
deposition
of
two
credible
Witnesses
upon
Oath
:
which
Witnesses
,
at
the
time
of
the
Offenders
Arraignment
,
shall
be
brought
in
person
before
him
or
them
face
to
face
,
and
shall
openly
avow
upon
Oath
what
they
have
to
say
concerning
the
Treasons
,
or
Offences
contained
in
the
Indictment
,
unless
the
party
arraigned
shall
without
violence
confess
the
same
.
1
Provided
,
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
deprive
either
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
any
of
their
Members
,
of
their
just
,
ancient
Freedom
and
priviledge
of
debating
any
matters
which
shall
be
propounded
or
debated
in
either
of
the
said
Houses
,
or
at
any
conferences
,
or
Committees
,
of
both
,
or
either
the
said
Houses
;
or
touching
the
alteration
of
any
old
,
or
preparing
any
new
Laws
,
but
that
the
Members
of
either
of
the
said
Houses
,
and
the
assistants
of
the
House
of
Peers
,
and
every
of
them
,
shall
have
the
same
freedom
of
speech
,
and
all
other
priviledges
whatsoever
,
as
they
had
before
the
making
of
this
Act.
VI
.
No
Peer
of
the
Realm
shall
be
tried
for
any
offence
against
this
Act
,
but
by
his
Peers
:
And
every
Peer
after
his
conviction
of
any
offence
against
this
Act
,
shall
be
disabled
during
his
life
to
sit
in
Parliament
,
unless
His
Majesty
shall
be
pleased
to
pardon
him
;
and
after
such
pardon
granted
to
any
such
Peer
or
Commoner
,
the
Peer
or
Commoner
so
pardoned
,
shall
be
restored
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
he
had
never
been
convicted
;
any
Law
or
thing
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Whereas
the
horrible
and
execrable
murther
of
His
Majesties
Royal
Father
,
King
Charls
the
first
,
hath
been
committed
by
a
party
of
wretched
men
desperately
wicked
;
1.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
30.
That
Oliver
Cromwell
deceased
,
Henry
Ireton
deceased
,
John
Bradshaw
deceased
,
Thomas
Pride
deceased
,
be
adjudged
to
be
convicted
and
attainted
of
High
Treason
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
they
,
and
every
of
them
respectively
had
been
attainted
in
their
lives
time
.
II
.
That
John
Lisle
,
William
Say
,
Valentine
Wauton
,
and
diverse
other
persons
,
consisting
of
19.
persons
,
in
the
Act
particularly
named
,
and
every
of
them
,
stand
and
be
adjudged
,
convicted
and
attainted
of
High
Treason
.
III
.
That
all
and
every
the
Mannors
,
Messuages
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Rents
,
Reversions
,
Remainders
,
Possessions
,
Rights
,
Conditions
,
Interests
,
Offices
,
Fees
,
Annuities
and
all
other
the
Hereditaments
,
Leases
for
years
,
Chattels
real
,
and
other
things
of
that
nature
whatsoever
they
be
,
of
them
the
said
Oliver
Cromwel
,
Henry
Ireton
,
John
Bradshaw
,
Thomas
Pride
,
and
of
other
persons
particularly
named
in
the
said
Act
,
amounting
to
the
number
of
52.
persons
,
which
they
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
other
person
or
persons
,
to
their
,
or
any
of
their
uses
,
or
in
trust
had
for
them
,
or
any
of
them
the
25.
day
of
March
,
1646.
or
at
any
time
since
,
shall
stand
and
be
forfeited
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
shall
be
vested
and
adjudged
to
be
in
the
actual
and
real
possession
of
the
King
,
without
any
Office
,
or
inquisition
thereof
,
hereafter
to
be
taken
or
found
.
V.
That
no
conveyance
,
assurance
,
grant
,
bargain
,
sale
,
charge
,
lease
,
assignment
,
surrender
by
copy
,
estate
,
interest
trust
or
limitation
of
uses
,
of
,
or
out
of
any
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
(
not
being
the
lands
of
the
late
King
,
Queen
,
Prince
,
or
any
of
the
Arch-Bishops
,
Bishops
,
Deans
,
and
Chapters
,
nor
any
Statute
,
Judgement
or
Recognizance
,
had
,
made
,
acknowledged
or
suffered
to
any
person
or
persons
,
which
before
the
24.
day
of
September
,
1659.
by
any
of
the
Offenders
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
or
their
Heirs
,
or
any
other
persons
,
claiming
by
,
from
and
under
them
;
other
then
the
Wife
or
Wives
,
Child
or
Children
,
Heir
or
Heirs
,
of
such
person
or
persons
,
to
any
of
them
)
for
money
bona
fide
to
them
or
any
of
them
paid
or
lent
,
nor
any
conveyance
,
grant
,
or
estate
made
before
the
25.
day
of
April
,
1660.
by
any
person
or
persons
aforesaid
in
Trust
,
and
for
the
benefit
of
any
other
person
or
persons
not
being
any
of
the
Offenders
aforesaid
,
shall
be
impeached
,
defeated
,
made
void
,
or
frustrated
hereby
;
or
by
the
convictions
,
or
attainders
aforesaid
,
but
shall
be
enjoyed
,
by
the
Purchasers
,
Grantees
,
Leasees
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
and
Assigns
respectively
,
as
if
this
Act
had
not
been
made
,
so
as
the
said
Conveyances
,
Grants
,
Assurances
,
which
are
and
ought
to
be
held
and
enjoyed
as
aforesaid
,
before
the
first
of
January
,
1662.
be
entred
and
enrolled
of
Record
,
in
his
Majesties
Court
of
Exchequer
,
and
not
otherwise
.
VI
.
That
all
and
singular
the
Mannors
,
Lands
,
and
Hereditaments
,
which
heretofore
were
the
Lands
,
&c
,
of
Henry
late
Marquess
of
Worcester
,
Edward
now
Marquess
of
Worcester
,
and
Henry
Lord
Herbert
,
Son
to
the
said
Edward
Marquess
of
Worcester
,
whereof
the
said
Oliver
Cromwel
,
or
any
other
person
in
trust
for
him
,
or
to
his
use
,
or
any
other
the
persons
attainted
by
this
Act
or
otherwise
,
or
any
other
person
,
&c.
in
trust
for
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
had
at
any
time
before
or
since
the
decease
of
the
said
Oliver
Cromwel
,
are
vested
and
seized
in
,
and
shall
be
held
and
enjoyed
by
the
said
Marquess
of
Worcester
and
Henry
Lord
Herbert
,
in
such
manner
,
and
for
such
estate
,
or
such
powers
and
priviledges
,
as
they
formerly
had
in
the
same
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
,
or
any
Act
,
Conveyance
,
or
Assurance
,
heretofore
made
or
acknowledged
by
the
said
Edward
Marquess
of
Worcester
,
and
Henry
Lord
Herbert
,
unto
the
said
,
Oliver
Cromwel
,
or
any
other
person
in
trust
for
him
,
or
any
Act
or
Conveyance
made
by
the
said
Oliver
,
or
any
in
trust
for
him
,
to
any
person
whatsoever
,
saving
the
estates
,
rights
,
titles
,
&c.
of
strangers
,
not
derived
by
and
from
any
the
said
Offenders
,
since
the
25.
day
of
March
,
1646.
1.
Provided
,
That
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
which
have
received
any
of
the
rents
,
or
mean
profits
,
of
,
in
,
or
out
of
any
the
Lands
,
&c.
Chattels
real
or
possessions
of
any
of
the
Offenders
in
this
Act
mentioned
,
before
the
eleventh
day
of
February
,
1659.
and
have
paid
or
accompted
for
the
same
before
the
eleventh
of
February
1659.
unto
the
said
Offender
,
Offenders
,
or
their
assigns
,
or
any
other
person
,
&c.
claiming
from
or
under
them
,
shall
be
clearly
for
ever
acquitted
and
discharged
of
and
from
the
same
,
against
the
King
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
2.
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
Richard
Ingolsby
,
to
retain
,
keep
,
sell
,
or
dispose
of
all
the
Goods
and
Chattels
formerly
belonging
to
Sir
Hardress
Waller
,
in
the
kingdom
of
Ireland
,
until
2000
l.
for
which
the
said
Ingolsby
in
the
year
1658.
stood
joyntly
bounden
with
the
said
Hardrcss
Waller
,
unto
James
Brooks
of
the
City
of
York
Alderman
,
and
was
then
counter-secured
by
a
Judgement
upon
his
Lands
,
and
since
by
a
Deed
of
bargain
and
sale
of
the
said
Goods
and
Chattels
in
Ireland
,
be
fully
paid
,
together
with
the
Interest
thereof
.
The
said
Ingolsby
paying
the
overplus
to
the
King
.
Customs
,
Subsidies
and
Impositions
upon
Goods
and
Merchandizes
,
Imported
and
Exported
.
1.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
4.
That
one
Subsidy
called
Tonnage
,
be
granted
to
the
King
,
viz.
of
every
Tun
of
Wine
,
of
the
growth
of
France
,
or
of
the
Dominions
of
the
French
King
:
that
shall
come
into
the
Port
of
London
and
the
Members
thereof
by
way
of
Merchandize
by
natural
born
subjects
,
4
l.
10
s
.
English
Money
:
and
by
Aliens
and
Strangers
6
l.
Brought
into
other
Ports
and
places
of
the
kingdom
by
natural
born
subjects
,
by
way
of
Merchandize
3
l.
and
by
Aliens
4
l.
10
s
.
Of
every
Butt
,
or
Pipe
of
sweet
Wines
,
of
the
growth
of
the
Levant
,
Spain
,
Portugal
,
brought
into
the
Port
of
London
,
by
natural
born
subjects
45
s
.
by
Strangers
and
Aliens
3
l.
and
of
overy
Butt
,
or
Pipe
of
the
like
Wine
brought
by
subjects
born
into
other
Ports
of
England
,
&c.
by
way
of
Merchandize
30
s
.
by
Strangers
and
Aliens
45
s
.
Of
every
Awm
of
Rhenish
Wine
,
or
wine
of
the
growth
of
Germany
,
brought
in
by
natural
born
subjects
20.
s
.
brought
by
strangers
25.
s
.
II
.
Poundage
,
viz.
Of
all
manner
of
Goods
and
Merchandizes
of
every
Merchant
,
natural
born
subject
,
Denizen
,
or
Alien
,
to
be
Exported
out
of
the
Realm
,
or
Imported
by
way
of
Merchandize
,
of
the
value
of
every
20.
s
.
according
to
the
several
rates
and
values
,
as
they
are
respectively
rated
at
in
the
book
of
Rates
12.
d
.
Of
every
20.
s
.
value
of
any
native
Commodities
,
or
Manufactures
wrought
of
such
Commodities
,
to
be
carried
out
of
this
Realm
,
by
any
Merchant
Alien
,
12.
d
.
over
and
above
the
12.
d
.
aforesaid
;
except
out
of
this
all
manner
of
woollen
cloths
,
wrought
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
commonly
called
old
Draperies
.
All
manner
of
Fish
,
English
taken
,
and
brought
in
by
English
Bottoms
,
fresh
Fish
and
Bestial
that
come
into
this
Realm
,
and
all
other
Goods
and
Merchandizes
,
within
the
Book
of
Rates
mentioned
to
be
Custom
free
.
III
.
Subsidie
:
Of
and
for
every
Wollen
cloth
to
be
exported
by
natural
born
subjects
,
called
Broad-cloth
,
not
exceeding
28.
yards
in
length
,
and
64.
pounds
in
weight
,
3.
s
.
4.
d
.
and
of
every
greater
Cloth
in
length
and
weight
proportionably
:
of
every
short
Cloth
of
old
Drapery
,
of
lesser
length
and
weight
,
exported
by
natural
subjects
3.
s
.
4.
d
.
and
by
strangers
6.
s
.
8.
d
.
All
the
said
Subsidies
,
and
every
of
them
to
the
King
,
from
the
24.
day
of
June
,
Anno
12.
of
his
Reign
for
and
during
his
life
.
IV
.
If
any
Wines
,
Goods
,
Merchandizes
whereof
the
Subsidies
aforesaid
shall
be
due
,
shall
after
be
shipped
,
or
put
into
any
Boat
,
or
Vessel
to
be
exported
;
or
else
be
brought
from
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
into
any
Port
or
place
of
this
Realm
,
by
way
of
Merchandize
,
and
unshipped
to
be
layed
on
the
Land
,
the
Subsidie
,
Custom
,
and
other
duties
not
paid
,
or
lawfully
tendred
to
the
said
Collector
thereof
,
with
the
consent
and
agreement
of
the
Comptroller
,
or
Surveyor
,
he
or
one
of
them
,
nor
agreed
for
the
same
at
the
Custom-house
,
Then
from
the
said
24.
of
June
;
All
the
Goods
and
Merchandizes
,
shall
be
forfeit
to
the
King
,
one
moiety
thereof
to
the
King
,
the
other
moiety
unto
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
.
V.
If
any
Goods
,
or
Merchandizes
,
of
any
Merchant
Denizen
,
after
the
said
24.
of
June
,
hath
been
,
or
hereafter
during
the
Kings
life
,
shall
be
taken
by
Enemies
,
or
Pirats
by
Sea
,
or
perished
in
any
Ship
that
shall
be
taken
,
whereof
the
Subsidies
are
or
shall
be
duly
paid
,
or
agreed
for
,
and
that
be
proved
before
the
Treasurers
of
England
,
or
Commissioners
of
the
Treasury
,
or
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
or
by
the
examination
of
the
Merchants
,
or
of
their
Executors
or
Administrators
if
they
be
dead
,
or
by
two
credible
Witnesses
sworn
;
then
the
same
Merchant
,
his
Executors
,
&c.
may
newly
ship
in
the
same
Port
,
where
the
Goods
and
Merchandizes
aforesaid
were
,
so
much
other
Merchandizes
,
or
Goods
,
as
the
same
Goods
and
Merchandizes
are
,
or
shall
be
lost
,
do
amount
unto
in
Custom
,
without
paying
any
thing
for
the
same
,
the
said
proof
,
being
allowed
,
or
certified
unto
the
Collectors
of
the
Customs
of
the
Ports
,
where
the
same
Wares
,
or
Merchandizes
are
to
be
newly
shipped
,
without
Custom
.
Provided
,
It
shall
be
lawful
for
subjects
,
at
their
wills
and
pleasures
,
to
transport
out
of
the
Realm
in
Ships
,
or
other
Vessels
of
the
subjects
,
all
kind
of
Herrings
and
other
Sea
Fish
,
to
be
taken
on
the
Sea
,
by
any
of
the
subjects
,
out
of
any
of
the
Ports
of
the
Realm
,
to
any
place
out
of
the
Kings
Dominions
,
without
paying
any
Custom
,
Subsidy
,
Poundage
for
the
same
,
during
the
Kings
life
.
VI
.
That
the
Book
of
Rates
,
of
the
Tonnage
,
poundage
and
Subsidies
aforesaid
in
this
Act
,
which
is
subscribed
with
the
hand
of
Sir
Harbotle
Grimston
Baronet
,
Speaker
to
the
House
of
Commons
,
and
every
Article
therein
contained
,
shall
remain
during
the
Kings
life
as
effectual
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
it
were
included
in
the
body
of
the
Act.
VII
.
That
during
the
continuance
of
this
Act
,
where
the
Goods
exported
or
imported
,
amount
to
the
value
of
5.
l.
or
more
,
the
Customers
,
Collectors
,
and
other
officers
in
the
several
Ports
,
shall
take
such
fees
and
no
other
,
as
were
taken
in
the
fourth
year
of
the
Reign
of
the
late
King
James
,
until
the
said
Fees
shall
be
otherwise
setled
by
authority
of
Parliament
.
1.
Provided
,
No
person
who
after
the
24.
of
June
,
1660.
and
before
the
24.
of
July
the
same
year
,
have
had
,
received
,
or
collected
any
Customs
according
to
the
rates
used
in
April
,
1660.
shall
be
molested
or
impeached
,
for
or
concerning
the
same
,
or
any
other
duties
by
this
Act
imposed
:
and
no
person
that
hath
Shipped
any
Goods
,
since
the
said
24.
of
June
,
and
before
the
said
24.
of
July
,
shall
be
liable
to
the
payment
of
any
duties
,
other
then
such
as
were
used
to
be
paid
in
the
said
moneth
of
April
,
1660.
VIII
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
,
from
and
after
the
passing
of
this
Act
,
to
carry
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
or
any-Port
thereof
,
any
of
the
Commodities
,
Goods
and
Merchandizes
following
,
viz.
Iron
,
Arms
,
Bandeliers
,
Bridle-bitts
,
Halbert-heads
and
Sharps
,
Holsters
,
Muskets
,
Carbines
,
Fowling-pieces
,
Pistols
,
Pike-heads
,
Sword
or
Rapier-blades
,
Sadles
,
Snaffles
,
Stirrops
,
Calves-skins
dressed
,
or
undressed
,
Geldings
,
Oxen
,
Sheep-skins
dressed
without
the
wooll
,
and
all
sort
of
Manufactures
made
of
Leather
,
paying
the
rates
appointed
by
the
Act
,
and
no
other
.
IX
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
,
&c.
after
the
passing
this
Act
,
to
Ship
and
Transport
by
way
of
Merchandize
,
the
sorts
of
Goods
following
,
viz.
Gunpowder
,
when
the
same
doth
not
exceed
the
value
of
5.
l.
per
Barrel
,
Wheat
,
Rye
,
Pease
,
Beans
,
Barley
,
Mault
,
Oats
,
Beef
,
Pork
,
Brawn
,
Butter
,
Cheese
,
Candles
,
when
they
do
not
exceed
the
prices
in
the
Act
particularly
named
,
paying
the
Rates
appointed
by
the
Act
,
and
no
more
.
1.
Provided
,
The
King
shall
be
free
at
any
time
when
he
shall
see
cause
,
by
Proclamation
to
prohibit
the
Transporting
of
Gunpowder
,
or
any
sort
of
Arms
or
Ammunition
into
any
parts
out
of
this
Kingdom
.
X.
That
above
the
Rates
in
the
Act
before
mentioned
,
there
shall
be
paid
to
the
King
of
every
Tun
of
Wine
of
the
growth
of
France
,
Germany
,
Portugal
,
or
Madera
,
brought
into
the
Port
of
London
,
or
elsewhere
3.
l.
within
the
space
of
four
moneths
after
the
Importing
.
And
of
all
other
Wines
imported
,
4.
l.
within
the
space
of
nine
moneths
after
the
Importing
,
for
the
payment
of
which
the
Importer
shall
give
good
security
,
and
if
any
of
the
Wines
for
which
this
additional
duty
is
paid
,
or
secured
,
be
Exported
within
twelve
moneths
after
their
Importation
,
the
said
additional
duty
shall
be
returned
,
or
the
security
discharged
,
as
to
so
much
as
shall
be
so
Exported
.
XI
.
After
the
said
24.
of
July
,
All
manner
of
Wines
to
be
Imported
,
shall
be
freed
and
discharged
of
and
from
the
Imposition
of
Excise
.
Prize-Wines
shall
not
pay
Tonnage
,
or
Custom
,
nor
be
charged
with
the
payment
of
any
sum
of
money
imposed
upon
Wines
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
c
.
11.
No
Ship
or
Vessel
ariving
from
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
shall
be
above
three
days
coming
from
Graves-end
to
the
place
of
her
discharge
(
within
the
River
of
Thames
)
without
touching
at
any
Wharf
,
Key
,
or
place
(
unless
apparently
hindred
by
contrary
winds
,
or
other
just
impediment
)
as
shall
be
allowed
by
such
as
are
,
or
shall
be
appointed
by
the
King
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
:
and
then
,
or
before
the
Mr.
of
the
Ship
,
&c.
or
Purser
shall
make
a
true
entry
upon
Oath
,
of
the
Burthen
,
Contents
and
Lading
of
every
Ship
,
&c.
with
the
marks
,
numbers
,
qualities
and
contents
of
every
parcel
of
Goods
;
where
and
in
what
Port
she
took
her
lading
,
of
what
Country
built
,
how
manned
,
who
are
Masters
,
or
Owners
thereof
,
and
to
come
directly
to
the
place
of
unlading
,
making
Entries
as
aforesaid
upon
penalty
of
forfeit
of
100.
l.
II
.
No
Captain
,
Master
,
Purser
,
or
other
,
taking
charge
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
bound
for
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
;
shall
take
in
,
or
suffer
to
be
taken
into
,
or
laden
aboard
any
such
Ships
,
&c.
any
English
Goods
or
Merchandizes
to
be
exported
into
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
until
the
Captain
,
Master-purser
,
&c.
shall
have
entred
such
Ship
,
&c.
in
the
book
of
the
Commissioner
,
Customer
,
or
Collector
and
Comptroller
outwards
,
where
he
shall
load
,
and
take
the
Goods
,
together
with
the
names
of
the
Captain
,
or
Master
,
the
burden
of
the
Ship
,
&c.
the
number
of
Guns
and
Ammunition
she
carries
,
to
what
part
she
intends
to
sail
,
and
before
he
or
they
shall
depart
with
their
Ship
,
&c.
out
of
the
Port
,
shall
deliver
to
the
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
a
content
in
writing
,
of
the
names
of
every
Merchant
or
other
person
,
that
have
laden
and
put
on
board
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
,
with
the
marks
and
numbers
of
them
;
and
publickly
in
the
Custom-house
upon
his
Oath
,
have
answered
to
such
questions
as
shall
be
demanded
of
him
by
the
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
100.
l.
III
.
No
Captain
,
Master
,
Purser
,
or
other
person
taking
charge
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
wherein
any
goods
,
wares
or
merchandizes
shall
have
been
laden
,
or
brought
from
the
Ports
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
Scotland
,
shall
unload
,
or
put
aboard
any
Lighter
,
Boat
,
&c.
or
to
be
laid
on
land
out
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
any
goods
,
wares
or
merchandizes
whatsoever
,
before
the
Captain
,
Master
,
Purser
,
or
other
persons
,
&c.
shall
have
declared
in
writing
under
their
hands
,
to
the
Commissioners
,
&c.
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
&c.
where
he
arriveth
,
the
name
of
every
Merchant
or
Lader
of
any
the
Goods
aboard
the
Ship
,
with
the
numbers
,
marks
,
quantity
,
and
quality
of
every
parcel
of
the
goods
,
&c.
and
shall
have
answered
upon
their
Oaths
to
such
questions
,
concerning
such
goods
and
merchandizes
,
as
shall
be
administred
to
them
in
the
open
Custom-house
:
and
shall
be
liable
to
all
seizures
and
other
rules
which
Merchants
Ships
are
subject
unto
(
victualling
bills
and
entring
excepted
)
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
100.
l.
and
upon
refusing
to
make
such
entries
,
as
well
outwards
as
inwards
,
the
persons
appointed
for
managing
of
the
Customs
,
&c.
may
freely
enter
,
and
go
aboard
every
such
Ship
,
&c.
and
bring
from
thence
on
shore
into
his
Majesties
Store-house
belonging
to
the
Port
where
the
Ship
,
&c.
shall
be
,
all
goods
and
merchandizes
prohibited
or
uncustomed
which
shall
be
found
aboard
any
Such
Ship
,
&c.
IV
.
The
Commissioners
and
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
&c.
are
authorized
and
enabled
to
enter
aboard
any
Ship
,
&c.
aswel
of
War
,
as
Merchants
Ship
,
and
from
thence
to
bring
to
shore
all
prohibited
and
uncustomed
goods
,
except
Jewels
,
if
they
be
outward
bound
,
and
if
they
be
Ships
inward
bound
,
to
bring
to
shore
to
the
Kings
Store-house
,
all
single
parcels
of
fine
goods
,
or
other
goods
which
shall
be
found
in
Cabbins
,
Chests
,
Trunks
,
or
other
small
package
,
or
in
any
other
place
in
or
out
of
the
Ship
,
which
may
occasion
the
ware
intended
to
be
fraudently
conveyed
away
;
and
all
other
goods
for
which
Tonnage
,
and
Poundage
were
not
paid
,
or
compounded
for
;
to
remain
in
the
Store-house
,
until
his
Majesties
duties
be
fully
satisfied
.
V.
If
any
Master
,
Purser
,
or
Boatswain
taking
charge
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
shall
suffer
any
Truss
,
Bale
,
Pack
,
Fardel
,
Cask
,
or
other
Package
,
to
be
opened
aboard
the
Ship
,
and
the
goods
therein
be
embezeled
,
carried
away
,
or
put
into
any
other
package
after
the
Ship
comes
into
the
Port
of
her
discharge
;
in
every
such
case
,
the
Master
,
Purser
,
Boatswain
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
100.
l.
VI
.
That
in
case
after
the
clearing
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
by
the
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
&c.
and
discharging
the
Watch-men
,
or
Tides-men
from
attendance
thereupon
,
there
shall
be
sound
on
board
such
Ship
,
&c.
any
goods
,
wares
or
merchandizes
concealed
from
the
knowledge
of
the
persons
,
&c.
appointed
to
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
for
which
the
Customs
,
subsidy
,
or
other
Duties
upon
the
Importation
thereof
hath
not
been
paid
:
Then
the
Master
,
Purser
,
or
other
person
taking
charge
of
the
Ship
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
100.
l.
VII
.
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
authorized
by
writ
of
Assistance
under
the
Seal
of
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
to
take
any
Constable
,
Headborough
,
or
other
publick
Officer
inhabiting
neer
the
place
,
in
the
day
time
,
to
go
into
any
House
,
Shop
,
Cellar
,
Ware-house
,
Room
or
other
place
;
and
in
case
of
resistance
to
break
open
Doors
,
Chests
,
Trunks
,
or
other
Package
to
seize
,
and
from
thence
to
bring
any
kind
of
goods
or
Merchandizes
prohibited
and
uncustomed
,
and
to
put
and
secure
the
same
in
the
Kings
Store-house
in
the
Port
next
to
the
place
where
such
seizures
shall
be
made
.
VIII
.
Where
any
Officer
or
Officers
shall
be
by
any
person
or
persons
armed
with
Club
,
or
any
other
weapon
,
forcibly
hindered
,
abused
,
beaten
or
wounded
either
on
board
any
Ship
,
&c.
or
upon
the
Land
or
Water
,
in
the
due
execution
of
their
Office
,
all
and
every
such
person
or
persons
so
resisting
,
abusing
,
beating
or
wounding
the
said
Officer
or
Officers
,
or
their
Deputies
,
or
such
as
shall
act
in
their
Assistance
,
shall
be
by
the
next
Justice
of
Peace
committed
to
Prison
;
and
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
next
Quarter
Sessions
are
impowered
to
punish
the
Offender
by
Fine
,
not
exceeding
100.
l.
and
the
Offender
to
remain
in
Prison
till
he
be
discharged
of
the
Exchequer
,
both
of
the
Fine
and
Imprisonment
,
or
discover
the
Person
who
set
him
on
work
,
to
the
end
he
may
be
legally
preceeded
against
.
IX
.
If
any
Wharfinger
,
Keeper
of
any
Wharf
,
Crane
,
or
Key
,
or
any
of
their
servants
shall
take
up
,
or
land
,
or
suffer
to
be
taken
up
,
or
landed
,
or
shall
Ship
off
from
any
of
their
Wharfs
,
Cranes
or
Keys
,
any
Goods
,
Wares
,
or
Merchandizes
prohibited
,
or
whereof
any
Custom
,
Subsidy
,
or
Duty
are
due
and
payable
to
the
King
,
without
the
presence
of
some
of
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
thereunto
appointed
;
in
every
such
case
,
all
and
every
Wharfinger
,
keeper
of
Wharf
,
Crane
,
Key
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
and
pay
100.
l.
and
if
any
goods
,
&c.
shall
be
laden
in
or
taken
from
the
Shore
,
in
any
Barque
,
Hoy
,
Lighter
,
Barge
,
Wherry
,
&c.
to
be
carried
aboard
any
Ship
,
&c.
outward
bound
for
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
:
Or
laden
,
or
taken
in
from
or
out
of
any
Ship
coming
in
,
and
arriving
from
Forreign
parts
without
a
warrant
,
and
the
presence
of
one
Officer
of
the
Customs
;
such
Barque
,
Hoy
,
Lighter
,
Barge
,
&c.
shall
be
forfeited
,
and
the
Master
of
the
Ship
,
Purser
,
Boatswain
,
or
other
Mariner
knowing
and
consenting
thereunto
,
shall
forfeit
the
value
of
the
goods
so
unshipped
.
X.
If
any
Carman
,
Porter
,
Waterman
,
or
other
person
,
shall
assist
in
taking
up
,
landing
,
or
carrying
away
any
goods
or
merchandizes
,
such
common
Porter
,
&c.
so
assisting
,
being
apprehended
by
Warrant
from
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
Place
,
Borough
,
&c.
and
the
same
being
proved
by
oath
by
two
witnesses
,
the
Offenders
may
be
by
the
Justice
,
&c.
committed
to
the
next
Gaol
till
he
find
Sureties
to
be
of
the
good
behaviour
,
till
he
shall
thereof
be
discharged
by
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
&c.
And
in
case
they
shall
afterward
offend
in
the
like
kind
,
shall
be
committed
to
the
Gaol
,
and
remain
there
two
moneths
without
Bail
or
Main-prize
,
until
he
shall
pay
to
the
Sheriff
of
the
County
5
l.
for
the
use
of
the
King
,
and
be
by
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
&c.
thence
discharged
.
XI
.
If
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
shall
be
shipped
,
&c.
to
be
carried
forth
to
Sea
from
any
Port
,
Creek
,
&c.
in
England
,
&c.
to
be
landed
at
any
place
of
this
Realm
without
a
Sufferance
or
Warrant
from
the
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
&c.
all
such
Goods
,
Merchandizes
,
&c.
shall
be
forfeited
.
XII
.
That
the
Master
of
every
Ship
,
&c.
that
shall
take
in
Goods
or
Merchandizes
in
any
Port
,
&c.
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
to
be
discharged
in
some
other
Port
,
Creek
,
&c.
of
the
said
Kingdom
,
&c.
shall
before
the
Ship
be
carried
out
of
the
Port
,
take
out
a
Cocquet
,
and
be
bound
to
the
King
in
good
security
to
the
value
of
the
goods
,
&c.
for
discharge
thereof
in
the
Port
or
place
for
which
the
same
shall
be
entred
,
or
within
some
other
Port
,
&c.
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
and
to
return
a
Certificate
within
six
moneths
after
the
date
of
the
Cocquet
,
under
the
hands
and
seals
of
some
of
the
Kings
Officers
,
and
signed
also
by
some
of
the
persons
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
that
such
goods
or
Merchandizes
were
there
landed
,
upon
penalty
of
forfeiture
of
the
bond
and
security
.
XIII
.
If
any
Officer
of
any
Port
,
Creek
,
&c.
shall
grant
,
or
make
any
false
Certificate
of
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
which
should
have
been
landed
out
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
Such
Officer
shall
lose
the
employment
,
and
forfeit
50
l.
suffer
one
years
Imprisonment
without
bail
,
&c.
and
be
uncapable
of
serving
the
King
in
any
place
of
trust
concerning
his
Customs
:
And
if
any
person
whatsoever
shall
counterfeit
,
raise
,
or
falsifie
any
Cocquet
,
Certificate
,
or
any
other
Custom-house-warrant
,
he
shall
forfet
100
l.
and
the
Cocquet
,
&c.
shall
be
invalid
,
and
of
none
effect
:
and
if
any
Goods
,
Merchandizes
,
brought
into
any
port
,
Creek
,
&c.
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
from
any
other
Port
,
Creek
,
&c.
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
in
any
Ship
,
&c.
shall
be
landed
before
such
Cocquet
,
&c.
to
such
persons
,
&c.
which
are
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
.
Then
,
&c.
XIV
.
If
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
for
which
the
duties
of
Custom
or
Subsidy
are
payable
to
the
King
,
shall
be
secretly
conveyed
on
board
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
before
the
Custom
and
subsidy
be
answered
and
paid
,
and
escape
the
discovery
of
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
and
be
carried
beyond
the
Seas
,
the
Owners
or
Proprietors
of
the
Goods
or
Merchandizes
so
shipped
,
or
persons
who
have
caused
them
to
be
so
shipped
and
transported
,
shall
forfeit
the
double
value
of
the
Goods
,
&c.
Except
for
Coal
so
secretly
exported
,
which
shall
pay
but
the
double
Custom
to
be
levied
,
as
by
the
Act
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
is
directed
.
XV
.
Every
Merchant
or
other
passing
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
Inwards
or
Outwards
,
shall
by
himself
,
his
Factor
,
or
Agent
,
subscribe
one
of
the
Bills
of
every
Entry
,
with
the
Marks
,
Number
,
and
Customs
of
every
parcel
of
such
Goods
;
without
which
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
shall
not
suffer
any
Entry
to
pass
.
And
no
children
of
Aliens
under
the
age
of
twenty
one
years
,
shall
be
permitted
to
be
Traders
,
or
any
Goods
entred
in
their
names
.
XVI
.
Upon
any
Actions
,
Suits
or
Informations
brought
,
or
entred
upon
any
Law
or
Statute
concerning
the
Kings
Subsidies
of
Tonnage
or
Poundage
,
or
Ships
of
Goods
to
be
forfeited
for
unlawful
Importation
or
Exportation
,
there
shall
not
be
any
party-Jury
,
but
such
only
as
are
natural
born
Subjects
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
XVII
.
All
Goods
or
Merchandizes
that
shall
be
brought
out
of
,
or
carried
into
Scotland
by
land
,
into
or
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
shall
pass
by
and
through
Berwick
or
Carlisle
,
and
then
and
there
pay
the
Duties
and
Subsidies
granted
by
the
Act
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
:
And
if
any
Goods
prohibited
or
uncustomed
,
coming
or
going
shall
pass
by
,
or
beyond
the
Towns
aforesaid
,
without
entry
and
payment
of
the
Customs
;
all
such
goods
,
&c.
or
the
value
thereof
shall
be
forfeited
and
lost
.
XVIII
.
No
Ships
,
&c.
Goods
,
Wares
or
Merchandizes
shall
be
seized
as
forfeited
by
reason
of
unlawful
Importation
or
Exportation
,
into
or
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
or
other
the
Ports
or
Creeks
thereof
,
for
not
payment
of
any
Customs
or
Subsidies
,
but
by
the
persons
who
are
or
shall
be
appointed
to
mannage
the
Customs
,
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
or
such
persons
as
shall
be
deputed
and
authorized
thereunto
by
Warrant
from
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
by
a
special
Commission
from
the
King
under
the
Privy
Seal
;
and
if
any
seisure
be
made
by
any
other
person
whatsoever
,
for
any
the
causes
aforesaid
,
it
shall
be
void
and
of
none
effect
.
XIX
.
In
every
Action
,
Suit
,
Indictment
,
Information
,
wherein
,
or
whereby
the
persons
which
are
or
shall
be
appointed
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
Officers
of
his
Majesties
Customs
,
or
other
Officers
authorized
to
put
in
execution
the
Act
for
increasing
and
encouraging
Navigation
,
or
any
other
acting
in
aid
of
them
,
are
or
shall
be
sued
,
indicted
,
molested
or
prosecuted
;
it
shall
be
lawful
for
all
and
every
of
them
,
their
heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
to
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
to
give
this
,
or
the
aforesaid
Acts
relating
to
the
Customs
,
in
evidence
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Justice
where
the
matter
shall
be
depending
:
and
the
Justices
are
enjoyned
to
admit
the
same
,
and
to
acquit
them
of
and
from
all
seizures
,
indictments
,
Informations
and
prosecutions
,
for
or
concerning
any
thing
done
in
the
necessary
performance
of
their
trusts
and
imployments
therein
.
XX
.
If
any
Seizer
,
Informer
,
or
Officer
shall
not
prosecute
to
effect
for
bringing
to
trial
and
condemnation
,
the
Ships
,
Goods
,
and
Merchandizes
by
them
seized
or
informed
against
;
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
of
the
persons
appointed
to
manage
the
Customs
,
or
others
deputed
by
them
,
or
authorized
by
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
to
make
seizure
,
or
inform
against
such
Goods
and
Merchandize
,
or
bring
action
for
the
same
,
and
such
shall
be
adjudged
as
the
first
Informers
or
Seizers
,
any
Law
,
Statute
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
XXI
.
No
Informer
or
Officer
shall
be
suffered
to
compound
,
under
one
third
of
the
appraised
value
,
upon
loss
of
his
Office
.
XXII
.
If
any
of
the
Kings
Officers
,
or
others
appointed
for
the
managing
the
Customs
,
Searchers
,
Waiters
,
or
other
persons
,
or
other
person
deputed
by
or
under
them
,
or
any
other
authority
imployed
in
the
affairs
of
the
Customs
,
shall
directly
or
indirectly
take
any
bribe
,
recompense
,
or
reward
,
in
any
kind
whatsoever
,
or
connive
at
any
false
entry
of
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
,
whereby
the
King
shall
be
defrauded
in
or
of
his
Customs
,
or
Goods
prohibited
to
be
imported
or
exported
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
the
persons
therein
offending
shall
forfeit
100
l.
and
be
ever
after
incapable
of
imployment
under
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
As
also
the
Merchant
,
or
other
persons
whatsoever
,
who
shall
give
or
pay
such
bribe
,
recompense
or
reward
,
shall
forfeit
50
l.
XXIII
.
All
Foreign
Goods
and
Merchandizes
which
are
,
or
shall
be
appointed
by
the
persons
for
the
managing
of
the
Customs
,
Customer
,
Collector
and
Comptroller
to
be
permitted
to
be
taken
up
by
Bills
at
sight
,
Bills
at
view
,
or
sufferance
,
shall
be
landed
at
the
most
convenient
Keys
or
Wharfs
,
where
the
person
so
to
be
appointed
,
or
Collector
shall
appoint
,
and
not
elsewhere
,
and
there
,
or
in
the
Kings
Storehouse
of
the
Port
,
shall
be
measured
,
weighed
,
and
numbred
,
by
and
in
the
presence
of
the
Officers
particularly
appointed
,
which
Officers
shall
perfect
the
entry
,
and
subscribe
their
names
,
and
the
next
day
following
shall
give
account
,
and
make
report
of
every
such
respective
entry
to
the
persons
appointed
to
manage
the
Customs
,
Customer
,
Collector
and
Comptroller
,
or
in
default
thereof
,
shall
forfeit
100
l.
XXIV
.
No
Ship
,
Vessel
,
Boat
,
employed
ordinarily
for
the
carriage
of
Letters
or
Packets
(
unless
appointed
by
persons
appointed
to
manage
the
Customs
,
and
in
cases
by
them
allowed
)
shall
Import
or
Export
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
into
,
or
out
of
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
upon
forfeiture
of
100
l.
to
be
paid
by
the
Master
of
the
Vessel
or
Boat
,
with
the
loss
of
his
place
,
and
all
the
Goods
and
Merchandizes
shall
be
found
aboard
such
Vessel
.
XXV
.
No
sort
of
Wines
(
other
than
Rhenish
)
No
sort
of
Spicery
,
Grocery
,
Tobacco
,
Pot-ashes
,
Pitch
,
Tarr
,
Salt
,
Rozen
,
Deal-boards
,
Firr
,
Timber
,
or
Oyl-Olive
,
shall
be
imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
from
the
Netherlands
,
or
Germany
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
in
any
sort
of
Ships
or
Vessels
whatsoever
,
upon
loss
of
all
the
Goods
,
as
also
of
the
Ships
and
Furniture
.
XXVI
.
If
any
Ship
or
Vessel
belonging
to
any
of
the
Subjects
of
the
King
of
France
,
shall
come
into
any
Port
,
Creek
,
or
Harbour
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
upon
which
by
the
Act
for
the
encouraging
of
Shipping
and
Navigation
,
an
Imposition
of
5
s
.
per
Tun
of
Goods
,
&c.
is
payable
,
shall
either
put
on
shore
,
or
put
over
into
any
Boat
,
any
Goods
or
Passengers
without
payment
of
Custom
or
Tonnage
,
at
any
time
returning
into
any
Port
of
England
or
Ireland
,
shall
not
only
pay
the
former
duties
,
but
forfeit
10
l.
And
whatsoever
Pilot
,
Waterman
,
or
Boatman
,
which
shall
from
any
Harbour
,
Port
,
or
Creek
,
go
out
,
and
bring
any
Goods
from
aboard
any
such
Ships
,
Vessel
,
&c.
shall
not
only
pay
the
duty
of
Tonnage
,
which
the
said
Ship
,
&c.
should
have
paid
,
but
forfeit
the
sum
of
40
l.
XXVII
.
The
Statutes
of
23
Eliz
.
and
39
Eliz
.
for
Logwood
,
or
Blockwood
are
repealed
,
and
from
and
after
the
first
of
February
,
1661.
any
person
,
&c.
may
freely
Import
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
any
quantity
of
Logwood
,
or
Blockwood
,
and
freely
use
the
same
in
dying
,
or
colouring
any
sorts
of
Goods
or
Manufactures
;
any
Law
,
Statute
,
&c.
notwithstanding
.
XXVIII
.
All
Actions
,
Suits
,
Informations
,
to
be
brought
upon
the
Acts
of
encouragement
of
Navigation
,
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
,
or
other
Acts
concerning
Importation
of
Goods
or
Merchandizes
from
beyond
Seas
,
if
the
property
thereof
be
claimed
by
any
person
of
the
Importer
,
Onus
importandi
shall
lie
upon
the
Owner
or
Claimer
.
Provided
,
That
if
the
Seizure
or
Information
be
upon
the
Act
of
Navigation
,
the
Defendant
may
have
a
Commission
out
of
the
Chancery
to
examine
Witnesses
beyond
the
Seas
,
and
have
convenient
time
for
return
thereof
,
and
their
Deposures
shall
be
admitted
for
Evidence
at
Law
,
as
if
given
viva
voce
in
Court
.
XXIX
.
All
Officers
belonging
to
the
Admiralty
,
Captains
of
Ship-forces
,
Castles
,
Blockhouses
,
Justices
of
Peace
,
Mayors
,
Bayliffs
,
and
all
the
Kings
Officers
and
Subjects
,
whom
it
may
concern
,
shall
be
aiding
and
assisting
to
every
person
appointed
to
manage
the
Customs
,
and
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
and
their
Deputies
,
in
the
due
execution
of
every
act
and
thing
enjoyned
by
this
Act
,
and
shall
be
saved
harmless
therein
by
the
Act.
XXX
.
All
Deputies
,
Clerks
or
Servants
,
which
have
any
place
in
or
about
the
Customs
,
&c
,
shall
before
the
first
day
of
June
next
,
take
their
Oaths
for
the
faithful
execution
of
their
several
trusts
and
employments
committed
to
their
charges
:
and
no
person
shall
be
employed
or
put
in
trust
in
the
business
of
the
Customs
,
till
he
hath
taken
the
Oath
as
aforesaid
.
XXXI
.
All
and
every
Merchant
or
other
person
that
shall
after
the
29
September
,
1662.
Export
any
Goods
or
Merchandizes
from
any
Port
of
this
Kingdom
capable
of
a
Ship
of
200
Tun
,
upon
a
full
Sea
,
to
any
Port
of
the
Mediterranean
Sea
,
beyond
the
Port
of
Malaga
,
or
import
any
Merchandizes
from
the
Ports
aforesaid
,
in
any
Ship
that
hath
not
two
decks
,
and
doth
carry
less
than
sixteen
pieces
of
Ordnance
,
with
men
and
Ammunition
proportionable
,
shall
pay
to
the
King
for
all
their
Merchandizes
so
Exported
or
Imported
,
one
per Cent
.
over
and
above
the
duties
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
.
XXXII
.
Provided
,
The
Kings
subjects
may
Export
Fish
,
into
any
the
Ports
of
the
Mediterranean
Sea
,
in
any
English
Vessel
,
the
moyety
of
her
lading
consisting
of
Fish
only
,
and
may
Import
any
Wares
in
the
same
Ship
for
that
Voyage
,
paying
the
rates
accustomed
,
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
for
the
same
.
XXXIII
.
All
and
every
person
that
within
seven
years
after
25.
of
March
,
1662.
shall
build
or
cause
to
be
built
within
the
Kings
Dominions
,
any
Ship
,
&c.
of
three
Decks
,
two
Decks
and
an
half
,
mounted
with
30
pieces
of
Ordnance
,
and
other
Ammunition
proportionable
,
shall
for
the
two
first
Voyages
,
which
the
said
Ships
shall
make
from
the
Kings
Dominions
to
any
foreign
parts
,
have
to
their
own
use
the
benefit
of
the
tenth
part
of
the
Customs
for
such
goods
as
shall
be
Exported
or
Imported
in
the
same
Ship
or
Ships
,
and
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
are
to
pay
the
same
to
the
Owners
of
the
said
Ships
accordingly
.
XXXIV
.
All
Salt
brought
out
of
Scotland
after
the
24
of
June
,
1662.
into
England
or
Wales
,
shall
pay
to
the
King
ob
.
upon
every
gallon
of
such
Imported
salt
of
Winchester
measure
,
at
the
lading
thereof
.
I.
Enacted
,
Anno
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
7.
From
and
after
the
first
of
May
next
,
no
person
whatsoever
shall
carry
or
transport
out
of
England
into
Scotland
,
Ireland
,
or
any
Isles
belonging
to
this
Kingdom
,
or
to
any
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
the
Skins
or
Hides
tanned
or
untanned
,
of
any
Ox
,
Steer
,
Bull
,
Cow
,
or
Calf
,
in
other
manner
than
is
directed
by
the
Act.
II
.
None
of
the
Skins
taken
from
any
of
the
Beasts
aforesaid
,
within
any
Island
belonging
to
England
,
shall
be
transported
out
of
that
Island
to
any
other
place
but
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
the
double
value
of
the
skins
so
transported
;
the
forfeiture
to
be
sued
for
as
by
the
Act
is
directed
.
III
.
All
red
tanned
Leather
of
any
the
skins
of
the
beasts
aforesaid
,
shall
be
bought
in
the
open
and
common
Fair
or
Market
used
for
sale
of
Leather
,
and
not
in
any
House
,
Yard
,
or
Shop
,
upon
pain
the
persons
that
shall
not
do
the
same
accordingly
,
shall
for
every
such
offence
forfeit
the
Leather
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
and
the
contract
to
be
void
;
all
such
Leather
shall
be
searched
by
the
Searchers
and
Sealers
appointed
,
before
it
be
put
to
sale
,
and
a
true
Entry
made
thereof
,
of
the
names
of
the
buyer
and
seller
,
and
of
the
places
of
their
abode
,
upon
penalty
of
forfeiture
of
the
same
Leather
,
or
value
thereof
.
IV
.
If
any
person
,
&c.
shall
be
found
guilty
of
Transportation
of
any
Leather
or
Hides
of
the
Beasts
aforesaid
,
Exporting
such
Calve-skins
and
Sheep-skins
dressed
without
the
wooll
,
he
shall
be
disabled
to
trade
or
deal
in
Leather
for
the
future
,
and
for
every
offence
forfeit
500
l.
to
be
disposed
as
in
the
Act
is
directed
.
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
prohibiting
the
Transporting
of
Leather
made
into
Boots
or
Shoes
.
V.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
respective
Masters
and
Wardens
of
Cordwainers
,
Sadlers
,
Girdlers
and
Curriers
of
London
,
and
their
Deputies
.
And
all
Customers
,
Comptrollers
,
Farmers
of
Customs
,
Supervisors
,
and
other
Officers
of
the
Customs
:
all
Justices
of
Peace
,
Mayors
,
chief
Officers
of
Corporations
within
England
,
Wales
;
&c.
from
time
to
time
,
by
land
or
by
water
,
to
search
for
and
try
all
raw
Hides
,
wrought
or
unwrought
,
pack'd
up
or
unpack'd
,
intended
to
be
transported
by
any
person
,
&c.
into
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
Scotland
,
other
than
Calve-skins
or
Sheep-skins
.
VI
.
All
Tanners
who
do
shave
,
cut
and
rake
their
upper-leather-hides
all
over
,
and
the
necks
of
their
backs
and
butts
,
after
20
September
,
1662.
shall
forfeit
all
the
Leather
,
Backs
,
Butts
,
or
Calve-skins
so
shaven
,
&c.
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
searchers
and
sealers
to
seize
the
same
.
VII
All
penalties
,
forfeitures
,
and
sums
of
money
for
any
of
the
offences
mentioned
in
the
Act
,
shall
be
recovered
by
Action
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
brought
in
any
of
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
or
in
any
Court
of
Record
in
the
City
,
County
,
or
place
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
wherein
no
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
,
nor
the
same
be
removed
out
of
the
County
,
City
,
Town-corporate
,
&c.
One
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
the
Informer
,
&c.
that
shall
sue
for
the
same
.
VIII
.
All
Exportation
or
Transportation
of
any
Hides
or
Leather
contrary
to
this
Act
,
is
adjudged
to
be
a
common
and
publick
Nusance
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
be
construed
to
extend
to
prohibit
or
convey
any
such
Hides
or
Leather
which
shall
be
used
or
employed
for
the
necessary
use
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
in
any
voyage
beyond
the
Seas
,
and
which
shall
not
be
sold
in
foreign
parts
,
so
as
the
number
exceed
not
six
raw
Hides
,
and
three
Tanned
Hides
.
IX
.
All
and
every
Artificer
dealing
and
cutting
of
Leather
,
and
other
person
whatsoever
which
shall
hereafter
buy
any
red
tanned
Leather
within
London
,
or
three
miles
thereof
,
shall
before
the
next
Market-day
in
the
place
for
sale
of
Leather
,
give
notice
to
one
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
,
exercising
the
mystery
of
a
Currier
in
London
,
or
within
three
miles
thereof
;
and
within
three
weeks
after
such
notice
,
shall
deliver
the
said
Leather
so
bought
(
except
such
part
as
shall
be
used
for
soals
)
unto
the
said
Currier
to
whom
such
notice
was
given
,
that
the
same
may
be
curried
,
tallowed
or
dressed
,
as
by
an
Act
made
1
Jacob
.
1.
Cap.
2.
upon
penalty
of
forfeiture
of
6
s
.
8
d
.
for
every
Back
,
Butt
,
or
Calf-skin
so
bought
.
X.
The
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
for
the
time
being
,
or
such
as
they
shall
assign
,
shall
at
all
seasonable
times
in
the
day-time
enter
into
any
Ware-house
,
Shop
,
Cellar
,
within
the
City
of
London
,
and
three
miles
of
the
same
,
belonging
to
any
of
the
said
Cordwainers
,
Sadlers
,
Girdlers
,
or
other
persons
being
Artificers
,
and
dealing
and
cutting
of
Leather
,
and
to
search
for
,
and
to
seize
all
such
Leather
intended
to
be
prohibited
in
the
Clause
or
Articles
aforesaid
.
And
also
for
all
such
Wares
made
of
Leather
,
and
if
any
such
person
,
Artificer
or
Dealer
shall
oppose
,
or
refuse
to
permit
the
said
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
said
Company
of
Curriers
,
or
other
person
,
&c.
to
make
any
search
or
seizure
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
offence
,
20
l.
And
if
any
the
Artificers
and
Dealers
in
the
cutting
of
Leather
do
refuse
to
be
present
with
the
searchers
when
the
same
shall
be
desired
by
the
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
,
or
persons
thereunto
assigned
:
For
every
offence
the
person
so
refusing
,
shall
forfeit
10
l.
for
the
uses
,
and
to
be
recovered
as
aforesaid
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
13.
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
shall
after
the
24
June
,
1662.
sell
,
or
offer
to
sale
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Wales
;
Or
Export
any
foreign
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Imbroidery
,
Fringe
,
Band-strings
,
Buttons
,
or
Needle-work
made
of
Threed
,
Silk
,
or
any
or
either
of
them
made
in
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
import
,
bring
in
,
send
or
convey
,
or
cause
to
be
brought
in
,
sent
,
&c.
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Wales
,
any
such
foreign
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Fringe
,
&c.
made
of
Threed
or
Silk
,
either
from
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
after
the
first
of
May
,
1662.
upon
pain
every
such
person
who
shall
sell
,
or
offer
to
sale
,
any
such
foreign
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Imbroidery
,
Fringe
,
Band-strings
,
Buttons
,
&c.
shall
for
every
offence
by
him
committed
,
forfeit
the
sum
of
50
l.
and
the
whole
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Imbroidery
,
Fringe
,
&c.
so
sold
or
offered
to
sale
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
who
shall
import
,
bring
in
,
send
or
convey
,
or
cause
to
be
sent
or
conveyed
into
this
Kingdom
of
England
or
Wales
,
any
such
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Imbroideries
,
Fringe
,
Band-strings
,
Buttons
,
or
Needle-work
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
by
him
committed
100
l.
and
the
whole
Bone-lace
,
Cut-work
,
Imbroideries
,
Fringe
,
Band-strings
,
Buttons
,
or
Needle-work
so
imported
,
sent
,
or
conveyed
contrary
to
the
Act
aforesaid
;
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
them
who
shall
sue
for
the
same
in
any
of
the
Kings
'
Courts
of
Record
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Debt
,
Information
,
or
otherwise
,
wherein
no
Essoign
,
Protection
,
or
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
III
.
For
the
preventing
the
importing
of
the
said
Manufactures
,
upon
complaint
and
information
of
the
Justices
of
Peace
,
or
either
of
them
,
within
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns-Corporate
,
he
or
they
are
authorized
to
issue
forth
their
Warrants
to
the
Constables
of
their
respective
Cities
and
Towns
,
to
search
for
all
such
Manufactures
,
in
the
Shops
,
being
open
,
Ware-houses
and
Dwelling-house
of
such
person
or
persons
who
shall
be
suspected
to
have
any
such
foreign
Bone-laces
,
Imbroideries
,
Cut-works
,
Fringes
,
Band-strings
,
Buttons
and
Needle-works
,
within
their
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
and
to
seize
the
same
.
Provided
,
1.
All
Informations
,
Actions
and
Suits
that
shall
be
commenced
for
any
offence
committed
against
this
Law
,
shall
be
brought
within
Twelve
moneths
after
the
discovery
of
such
offence
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
18.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
from
and
after
the
first
of
August
,
1662.
shall
directly
or
indirectly
Export
,
Transport
,
Carry
,
or
Convey
,
or
cause
to
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
Carried
,
or
Conveyed
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Wales
;
or
after
the
first
of
January
,
1662.
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
any
parts
,
or
places
out
of
the
Kingdoms
aforesaid
,
or
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
any
sheep
or
wooll
whatsoever
,
of
the
breed
or
growth
of
the
Kingdoms
aforesaid
,
or
any
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Wool-flocks
,
or
any
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
;
or
shall
directly
pack
,
or
load
,
or
cause
to
be
packed
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
,
or
Carriage
;
or
shall
load
,
or
lay
on
board
,
&c.
in
any
Ship
,
or
other
Vessel
,
in
any
place
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Ireland
,
or
Wales
,
&c.
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
,
&c.
to
the
intent
to
Export
,
&c.
or
cause
the
same
to
be
Exported
,
&c.
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
into
any
foreign
parts
,
every
such
offence
shall
be
adjudged
Felony
,
and
the
Offender
being
convicted
,
shall
forfeit
and
suffer
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
II
.
Every
Owner
of
any
such
Ship
or
Vessel
,
and
every
Owner
of
every
Horse
,
Cart
,
or
Carriage
,
upon
which
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
fullers-earth
,
or
fulling
clay
so
to
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
&c.
to
any
such
intent
as
aforesaid
,
knowing
hereof
,
and
hereof
being
wilfully
and
willingly
aiding
,
assisting
,
or
consenting
thereunto
,
and
the
Master
of
such
Ship
or
Vessel
,
wherein
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
&c.
shall
be
so
Exported
or
Transported
,
or
Loaden
,
or
laid
on
board
as
aforesaid
,
to
any
such
purpose
as
aforesaid
,
and
aiding
,
assisting
,
or
consenting
thereunto
:
And
every
Factor
and
Servant
whatsoever
,
Customer
,
Comptroller
,
Water-searcher
,
or
other
Officer
or
person
whatsoever
,
knowing
hereof
,
and
willingly
assisting
or
consenting
thereunto
,
shall
be
adjudged
and
taken
to
be
a
Felon
,
and
every
Offender
therein
duly
convicted
,
shall
suffer
and
forfeit
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
III
.
Every
offence
done
or
committed
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
be
enquired
of
,
heard
,
tryed
and
determined
in
the
County
where
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
&c.
respectively
shall
be
packed
,
laden
,
or
laid
on
board
as
aforesaid
:
Or
else
in
the
County
where
such
offender
shall
happen
to
be
apprehended
,
or
arrested
for
such
offence
,
in
such
manner
,
or
to
such
effect
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
said
offence
had
been
wholly
done
and
committed
in
the
same
County
.
Provided
,
1.
Every
Baron
and
other
Peer
of
the
Realm
which
shall
be
indicted
or
accused
as
Principall
or
Accessary
in
,
or
to
any
Offence
made
Felony
by
this
Act
,
shall
have
his
,
her
,
or
their
Tryal
by
their
Peers
,
as
in
Cases
of
Felony
by
the
Common
Law
.
2.
No
person
whatsoever
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
impeached
for
any
Offence
made
Felony
by
this
Act
,
unless
the
person
be
thereof
indicted
within
the
space
of
one
year
next
ensuing
the
Offence
committed
.
IV
.
From
and
after
the
first
of
August
,
1662.
No
person
,
&c.
shall
press
together
,
with
any
scrues
,
presses
,
or
other
engines
,
into
any
Sack
,
Pack
,
or
Bag
,
or
shall
stean
any
woollen
cloth
,
yarn
made
of
wooll
,
into
any
But
,
Pipe
,
Hogshead
,
or
other
Cask
,
or
Vessel
upon
any
pretence
,
or
shall
carry
,
or
lay
at
,
or
near
the
shoar
,
Coasts
of
the
Sea
,
or
navigable
River
,
or
any
place
near
adjoyning
thereunto
,
any
such
wooll
,
wooll-flocks
,
or
yarn
made
of
wooll
,
to
Export
,
Transport
,
or
carry
away
the
same
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Ireland
,
into
Scotland
,
or
any
foraign
parts
;
upon
penalty
of
loss
of
all
such
wooll
,
wooll-flocks
,
yarn
made
of
wooll
,
so
packed
,
pressed
,
layed
into
any
Cask
,
or
carried
on
land
near
the
sea
shoar
,
or
the
value
thereof
.
V.
No
Tobacco-Pipe
Clay
,
shall
after
the
first
of
August
,
1662.
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
or
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
&c.
Or
after
the
first
of
January
,
1662.
out
of
,
or
from
Ireland
or
Wales
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
into
any
foraign
parts
,
under
the
penalty
of
3
s
.
for
every
pound
of
Tobacco-Pipe
Clay
,
Exported
or
Transported
.
VI
.
After
the
first
of
August
,
1662.
No
Packs
,
Sacks
,
Bags
,
or
Cask
of
wooll
,
wooll-fells
,
mortlings
,
shorlings
,
yarn
made
of
wooll
,
fullers-earth
,
fulling-clay
,
tobacco-pipe-clay
,
shall
be
laden
on
any
Horse
,
Cart
,
or
Carriage
,
or
shall
be
conveyed
by
land
from
any
of
the
places
within
the
kingdom
of
England
.
Nor
after
the
first
of
January
,
1662.
in
Ireland
,
but
in
the
day
time
,
and
from
and
after
the
first
of
March
,
to
the
29th
of
September
yearly
,
between
the
hours
of
four
of
the
clock
in
the
morning
,
and
eight
of
the
clock
in
the
evening
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
all
such
goods
,
or
the
value
thereof
:
One
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
or
them
that
will
sue
for
the
same
,
by
action
of
debt
,
bill
,
plaint
,
or
information
,
&c.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
be
construed
to
repeal
and
make
void
any
the
penalties
in
an
Act
of
this
Parliament
,
made
against
Transportation
of
wooll
,
wooll-fells
,
fullers
earth
;
Or
to
the
prohibiting
of
the
lading
on
board
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
of
any
weather-sheep
,
wooll
,
or
other
goods
,
that
by
the
said
Act
is
permitted
to
be
laden
on
board
any
Ship
,
&c.
for
the
necessary
use
of
such
Ship
,
&c.
2.
If
any
Owner
,
Master
,
or
Mariner
of
any
Ship
,
&c.
knowing
of
such
Transportation
of
such
sheep
,
wooll
,
wooll-fells
,
(
or
any
of
the
goods
before
mentioned
)
shall
within
three
moneths
next
after
the
knowledge
thereof
,
or
after
his
return
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
give
the
first
information
,
bonafide
,
before
the
Barons
of
either
the
Courts
of
Exchequer
,
in
England
or
Ireland
,
or
before
the
head
Officer
of
any
Port
where
he
shall
first
arrive
,
of
the
number
and
quantity
of
the
Goods
so
carried
and
Transported
,
and
by
whom
,
where
,
and
in
what
Ship
,
&c.
and
shall
be
ready
to
justifie
,
and
prove
the
same
;
such
Owner
,
Master
,
or
Mariner
,
shall
not
be
punished
for
Felony
,
but
yet
be
subject
to
all
other
penalties
contained
in
the
Act
,
for
the
offence
aforesaid
.
And
all
such
Exportation
and
conveying
of
any
Goods
,
or
Commodities
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
is
declared
to
be
a
common
and
publick
Nusance
.
VII
.
All
Justices
of
Assize
,
of
Gaol
delivery
,
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
shall
enquire
of
all
the
premisses
in
their
general
Quarter
Sessions
,
and
hear
and
determine
the
same
.
And
all
Mayors
,
Bayliffs
,
Head-Officers
of
Cities
,
Burroughs
and
Towns
,
not
having
Jurisdiction
to
try
Felony
,
shall
enquire
of
all
and
every
offence
within
this
Act
not
made
Felony
:
and
hear
and
determine
the
same
.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
19.
No
foraign
Wooll-cards
,
or
foraign
Card-wire
,
or
Iron-wire
for
making
of
Wooll-cards
,
be
Imported
into
the
kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
or
any
parts
thereof
,
nor
used
within
the
same
;
Nor
any
Card-wire
taken
out
of
old
Cards
,
be
from
henceforth
put
into
New
Leather
,
new
Card-boards
,
Nor
any
such
Wool-cards
be
put
to
sale
,
upon
pain
every
person
,
&c.
who
shall
Import
any
foraign
Wool-cards
,
or
foreign
Card-wire
,
for
making
of
Wool-cards
into
England
,
Wales
,
or
any
parts
thereof
;
or
make
Wooll-cards
of
any
such
old
Card-wire
,
or
put
the
same
to
sale
,
shall
forfeit
the
said
Wooll-cards
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
if
the
same
be
not
seized
,
one
half
for
the
King
,
the
other
half
part
to
such
Persons
,
&c.
who
shall
first
seize
,
or
sue
the
same
;
by
Action
of
debt
,
&c.
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
at
Westminster
;
Or
within
the
County
,
City
,
or
Town
corporate
,
&c.
where
such
offence
shall
be
committed
:
wherein
no
essoin
,
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
be
extended
to
hinder
the
Owners
of
any
Wooll-cards
,
to
cause
them
to
be
amended
for
their
own
use
;
Or
to
Transport
or
sell
any
of
their
overworn
Wooll-cards
into
any
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
out
of
the
Kings
Dominions
.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
30.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
after
24.
of
June
,
1662.
shall
Import
into
the
Realm
of
England
,
or
any
parts
thereof
,
any
Madder
whatsoever
,
or
expose
the
same
to
sale
,
being
mixed
with
sand
,
or
other
materials
,
over
and
above
two
pound
weight
in
every
hundred
weight
of
Madder
,
which
100.
weight
of
Madder
shall
contain
112.
pounds
.
Every
such
person
so
offending
,
shall
forfeit
and
lose
all
and
every
such
parcel
of
Madder
so
mingled
with
sand
or
other
materials
;
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
such
persons
as
shall
discover
the
sand
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
,
or
Bill
of
Debt
,
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
Excise
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
4.
The
Imposition
called
Excise
shall
be
collected
levied
and
paid
,
with
all
the
arrears
thereof
not
pardoned
,
to
the
Commissioners
and
their
Deputies
,
who
now
collect
the
same
from
the
24th
of
June
inclusively
1660.
till
the
20.
day
of
August
the
same
year
,
after
the
rates
and
proportions
,
and
upon
the
same
Goods
and
Merchandizes
as
the
same
was
payable
and
Collected
the
24.
of
April
last
past
.
All
sorts
of
Wines
,
Oyls
,
Tobaccoes
,
of
the
English
Plantations
,
Silks
,
Tapes
,
Inkles
,
Linnens
,
Paving
tiles
,
Playing
Cards
,
Girdles
of
all
sorts
,
Cabinets
,
Copperis
,
Hops
,
and
all
sorts
of
Lace
and
Commodities
made
of
earth
or
stone
,
Imported
after
the
24
of
June
1660.
shal
be
thenceforth
discharged
of
the
duty
of
Excise
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
7.
The
Imposition
called
Excise
shall
continue
to
be
collected
,
levied
and
paid
(
with
all
the
Arrears
thereof
from
Farmers
since
the
25th
of
March
1657.
and
from
Merchants
,
and
other
persons
since
the
25th
.
of
March
1658.
by
,
and
to
Nathaniel
Mauton
,
Edward
Parsons
,
in
the
Act
particularly
named
,
and
their
Deputies
,
from
the
24th
of
August
1660.
until
the
25th
of
December
,
the
same
year
,
after
such
Rates
and
proportions
,
and
upon
the
same
goods
,
and
Merchandizes
as
the
same
was
collected
and
payed
the
25th
of
April
1660.
And
Sir
Richard
Brown
,
and
other
persons
particularly
named
in
the
Act
,
are
appointed
Commissioners
for
Appeals
,
and
Regulating
the
Excise
,
the
aforesaid
Commissioners
,
and
other
Officers
under
the
Regulations
and
Rates
in
all
matters
as
it
was
used
and
collected
the
said
25th
of
April
.
1.
Provided
,
All
the
sorts
of
Goods
and
Commodities
,
in
the
proviso's
of
the
precedent
Act
,
particularly
named
,
Imported
after
the
24th
of
July
,
1660.
shall
be
discharged
of
the
duty
of
Excise
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
15.
From
and
after
the
20th
of
December
,
1660.
there
shall
be
raised
,
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
and
Berwick
,
and
paid
during
the
Kings
life
,
the
several
Rates
and
Impositions
,
Duties
and
charges
,
for
Beer
,
Ale
,
Syder
and
other
Liquors
,
in
manner
following
,
Viz
.
For
every
Barrel
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
above
6
s
.
the
barrel
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Brewer
,
or
other
person
that
shall
sell
or
tap
out
Beer
,
or
Ale
,
publickly
,
or
privately
,
1
s
.
3
d
.
and
so
proportionably
.
For
every
Barrel
of
6
s
.
Beer
,
or
Ale
,
or
under
,
brewed
,
or
sold
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
paid
by
the
said
common-brewer
,
or
persons
aforesaid
respectively
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
vessel
,
3
d
.
For
all
Syder
and
Perry
made
and
sold
by
retail
,
upon
every
Hogshead
to
be
paid
by
the
the
Retaler
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
measure
,
1
s
.
3
d
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Metheglin
,
or
Mead
sold
,
to
be
payed
by
the
Maker
,
ob
.
For
every
Barrel
of
Beer
,
called
Vineger-beer
:
brewed
by
a
common
Brewer
,
6
d
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Strong-water
,
or
Aqua
vitae
,
made
and
sold
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Maker
thereof
,
1
d
.
For
every
Barrel
of
Beer
or
Ale
Imported
from
beyond
the
Seas
,
3
s
.
For
every
Tun
of
Syder
,
or
Perry
Imported
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
quantity
,
5
s
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Spirits
,
made
of
Wine
,
or
Syder
Imported
,
2
d
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Strong-water
perfectly
made
,
Imported
from
beyond
the
Seas
,
4
d
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Coffee
made
and
sold
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Maker
,
4
d
.
For
every
Gallon
of
Chocolate
,
Sherbet
,
and
Tea
made
and
sold
,
to
be
paid
by
the
Maker
thereof
,
8
d
.
II
.
The
several
Rates
and
Duties
of
Excise
and
new
Imposts
hereby
Imposed
upon
all
and
every
the
foraign
Liquors
which
shall
be
Imported
unto
all
or
any
of
the
Ports
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
Dominions
thereof
,
after
the
25th
of
December
next
,
shall
from
time
to
time
be
paid
by
the
Merchant
or
Importer
in
ready
Money
,
upon
his
entry
made
before
the
landing
thereof
.
III
.
All
common
Brewers
shall
once
a
week
make
true
and
particular
entries
,
at
the
Office
of
Excise
within
their
Limits
,
of
all
Beer
or
Ale
which
they
shall
brew
in
the
week
,
upon
penalty
of
5
l.
Every
Inn-keeper
shall
make
the
like
entry
once
a
Moneth
of
all
Beer
,
Ale
,
Syder
,
Perry
,
&c.
which
he
retains
in
that
time
under
penalty
of
5
l.
Every
Alehouse-keeper
,
Victualler
,
or
other
Retaler
of
Beer
,
Ale
,
Syder
,
Perry
,
Strong-water
or
other
liquor
shall
once
a
moneth
make
the
like
entry
of
what
they
shall
retale
within
the
moneth
,
upon
penalty
of
20
s
.
IV
.
No
such
person
as
aforesaid
shall
be
compelled
by
Commissioners
of
Excise
to
travel
,
to
make
the
Entries
ot
payment
of
the
said
Duties
,
or
for
other
cause
touching
the
same
,
if
he
live
in
a
Market
Town
,
out
of
the
Market
Town
:
if
he
live
out
of
a
Market
Town
,
then
to
the
next
Market
Town
to
his
habitation
in
the
same
County
on
the
Market
day
.
V.
The
Commissioners
appointed
for
the
putting
this
Act
in
execution
,
and
their
sub-Committees
have
power
to
constitute
under
their
hands
and
seals
so
many
Gagers
as
they
shall
find
needful
;
which
Gagers
,
and
every
of
them
,
as
well
by
night
as
by
day
(
if
by
night
,
in
the
presence
of
a
Constable
,
or
other
Lawful
Officer
)
be
permitted
upon
their
request
,
to
enter
the
house
,
Brew-house
,
distilling-house
,
and
all
other
houses
,
and
places
belonging
to
,
or
used
by
any
Brewer
,
Inn-keeper
,
Victualler
,
or
other
Retaler
as
aforesaid
,
to
Gage
all
Coppers
,
Fats
,
and
vessels
in
the
same
,
and
to
take
an
account
of
the
Beer
,
Ale
,
Worts
,
Perry
,
Syder
,
Strong-waters
,
and
other
the
Liquor
aforesaid
,
in
the
said
houses
and
places
,
brewed
,
made
,
and
stilled
,
and
to
make
a
Return
in
Writing
to
the
Commissioners
,
&c.
under
whose
office
and
limits
such
Brewer
,
Retaler
,
Distiller
doth
dwell
,
leaving
a
true
Copy
of
such
Return
,
with
such
Brewer
,
Retaler
,
Distiller
,
or
maker
of
the
Liquor
,
and
such
returns
of
the
Gagers
,
shall
be
a
charge
upon
the
said
Brewers
,
&c.
respectively
:
And
if
any
common
Brewer
,
or
Retaler
,
&c.
shall
refuse
to
permit
such
Gagers
,
to
enter
his
Brew-house
,
or
other
place
aforesaid
,
or
to
gage
,
or
take
accompt
of
his
brewing
Vessels
,
or
of
any
such
Beer
,
or
Ale
,
or
other
the
Liquors
aforesaid
,
such
Brewer
,
Retaler
,
Distiller
,
shall
forthwith
be
forbidden
by
the
Gager
to
sell
,
carry
out
,
or
deliver
to
any
of
his
Customers
,
any
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
other
the
Liquors
aforesaid
:
And
if
any
Brewer
,
&c.
after
such
warning
given
,
shall
sell
,
carry
out
,
or
deliver
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
not
having
paid
,
and
cleared
the
duty
of
Excise
,
shall
besides
the
forfeiture
of
double
the
value
,
forfeit
5
l.
for
every
offence
,
to
be
levied
and
recovered
upon
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
as
in
the
Act
is
provided
.
VI
.
Every
36.
Gallons
of
Beer
,
taken
by
the
Gage
,
according
to
the
standard
of
the
Ale-quart
(
four
whereof
shall
make
a
Gallon
)
shall
be
reckoned
,
accounted
,
and
returned
by
the
Gager
for
a
Barrel
of
Beer
,
and
every
32.
Gallons
of
Ale
taken
by
the
Gage
,
according
to
the
standard
,
shall
be
reckoned
and
returned
for
a
Barrel
of
Ale
:
and
all
other
the
liquors
aforesaid
according
to
the
Wine-gallon
.
VII
.
No
Brewer
,
or
Retaler
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
shall
take
more
in
the
price
thereof
,
upon
sale
of
the
same
,
then
according
to
the
usual
rates
and
prices
:
saving
that
every
common
Brewer
,
may
take
of
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
to
whom
he
shall
sell
,
and
deliver
any
Beer
or
Ale
,
the
Excise
thereupon
,
over
and
above
the
usual
Rates
.
VIII
.
The
Common
Brewer
,
not
selling
of
Beer
,
or
Ale
by
retale
,
in
consideration
of
wast
by
fillings
and
leakage
,
shall
have
and
be
allowed
out
of
the
returns
made
by
the
Gagers
:
these
allowances
,
viz.
upon
every
23
Barrels
of
Beer
,
whether
strong
or
small
,
returned
by
the
Gager
,
three
Barrels
:
upon
22.
Barrels
of
Ale
,
strong
or
small
,
two
Barrels
;
which
allowances
,
the
Commissioners
and
their
Sub-Committees
,
are
authorized
to
allow
and
make
.
1
Provided
,
Where
any
common
Brewer
shall
willingly
make
a
false
entry
,
and
be
convicted
before
the
Commissioners
,
or
two
of
them
,
or
before
such
other
persons
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act
;
in
such
case
every
Brewer
shall
forfeit
and
lose
,
besides
the
penalty
before
mentioned
,
the
allowances
to
be
made
for
six
moneths
together
.
IX
.
No
Beer
,
or
Ale
shall
be
delivered
in
by
any
Brewer
,
or
Maker
thereof
,
to
any
Victualler
,
or
other
Retaler
,
until
the
Rate
which
by
such
Victualler
,
&c.
is
to
be
paid
over
and
above
the
price
of
the
Beer
or
Ale
,
for
,
or
in
respect
of
this
duty
,
be
paid
by
the
Victualler
,
or
Retaler
,
to
the
Brewer
or
Maker
.
1.
Provided
,
If
any
person
shall
brew
and
sell
by
retale
,
any
small
quantities
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
in
any
Fair
within
the
Realm
,
&c.
who
is
not
a
Common
Brewer
,
or
Retaler
thereof
,
and
before
such
selling
or
retaling
,
shall
pay
the
duty
for
the
same
to
the
Commissioners
,
&c.
within
whose
limits
the
Fair
shall
be
holden
,
or
to
their
Officers
;
such
person
,
so
brewing
and
retaling
the
same
,
for
so
much
and
no
more
,
shall
be
discharged
from
all
penalties
and
forfeiture
imposed
by
the
Act.
2.
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Commissioners
and
Sub-Commissioners
,
respectively
to
compound
for
this
duty
,
with
any
Inn-keeper
,
Victualler
,
Ale-house-keeper
,
or
Retaler
of
any
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
other
the
Liquors
aforesaid
,
within
their
respective
divisions
,
or
limits
,
in
such
manner
and
form
as
may
be
most
for
the
advantage
&
improvement
of
the
receipts
thereof
.
X.
The
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
Commissioners
of
the
Treasury
for
the
time
being
,
or
such
as
the
King
shall
appoint
,
are
impowered
to
treat
,
contract
and
agree
with
any
person
,
&c.
for
the
Farming
of
any
the
Rates
,
duties
,
and
charges
touching
the
Liquors
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
as
may
be
best
for
the
greatest
advantages
of
the
receipt
,
so
as
the
same
exceed
not
the
term
of
three
years
,
and
every
such
agreement
shall
be
good
and
effectual
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
And
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
other
persons
appointed
,
shall
not
within
six
moneths
after
the
commencement
of
the
Act
,
treat
,
or
agree
with
any
for
the
Farming
of
this
duty
,
other
than
with
such
as
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
,
shall
be
nominated
,
who
shall
have
the
first
refusal
thereof
,
and
the
said
duty
shall
not
be
let
to
any
other
under
the
rate
that
shall
be
tendred
to
,
and
refused
by
such
persons
so
recommended
.
XI
.
All
forfeitures
&
offences
committed
against
this
Act
,
made
&
committed
within
the
immediat
limits
of
the
Excise
Office
in
Lond
.
shal
be
adjudg'd
&
determin'd
by
the
chief
Commiss
.
of
Excise
,
or
for
Appeals
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
;
and
other
offences
and
forfeitures
made
within
all
or
other
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
or
Towns
within
the
Realm
,
&c.
shall
be
heard
and
determined
by
any
two
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
residing
near
the
place
where
such
forfeitures
shall
be
made
,
or
offences
committed
:
and
in
case
of
neglect
or
refusal
of
such
Justices
,
by
the
space
of
fourteen
days
,
upon
complaint
made
,
and
notice
thereof
given
to
the
Offender
,
Then
the
Commissioners
or
major
part
of
them
appointed
for
such
County
,
City
,
Town
,
&c.
are
impowered
to
hear
and
determine
the
same
:
and
if
the
party
find
himself
aggrieved
by
the
judgement
of
such
Sub-Commissioners
,
he
may
appeal
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
next
Quarter
Sessions
,
who
are
to
determine
the
same
,
whose
Judgement
shall
be
final
.
And
the
Commissioners
for
Excise
,
all
Justices
of
Peace
and
Sub-Commissioners
respectively
are
strictly
required
upon
a
complaint
made
,
to
summon
the
party
,
and
upon
appearance
,
or
contempt
,
to
proceed
to
examination
of
the
matter
,
give
judgement
therein
,
and
issue
their
Warrants
for
levying
of
the
penalties
upon
the
Goods
of
the
Offender
,
and
sell
the
same
,
returning
the
overplus
,
and
for
want
of
distress
to
imprison
the
party
till
satisfaction
be
made
.
Provided
,
the
said
parties
are
impowered
to
mitigate
the
Forfeiture
or
Fine
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
so
it
be
not
less
than
double
the
value
of
the
duty
which
should
have
been
paid
,
besides
the
charges
of
the
Officers
imployed
therein
:
And
all
the
penalties
(
the
charges
deducted
)
shall
be
imployed
,
three
parts
to
the
King
,
the
fourth
part
to
the
Informer
.
XII
.
One
principal
Officer
shall
be
erected
and
continued
in
London
,
and
within
ten
miles
thereof
,
as
long
as
the
King
shall
think
fit
,
for
this
duty
,
to
which
all
other
Officers
for
the
same
shall
be
subordinate
and
accomptable
;
which
said
Office
shall
be
managed
by
such
as
the
King
shall
appoint
for
the
management
of
the
Kings
Receipt
of
Excise
,
and
shall
fit
in
some
convenient
place
in
London
,
or
within
ten
miles
thereof
,
as
the
King
shall
think
fit
.
XIII
.
No
person
shall
be
capable
of
intermedling
with
any
imployment
relating
to
the
Excise
,
until
he
shall
before
two
or
three
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
the
County
where
his
imployment
shall
be
,
or
before
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
together
with
this
Oath
,
Viz
.
YOU
shall
swear
to
exercise
the
Office
of
〈◇〉
truly
and
faithfully
,
without
favour
or
affection
,
and
shall
from
time
to
time
give
accompt
,
make
,
and
deliver
to
such
person
as
his
Majesty
shall
appoint
to
receive
the
same
,
and
shall
take
no
Fee
or
Reward
for
Execution
of
the
said
Office
from
any
other
person
than
His
Majestie
,
or
those
which
He
shall
appoint
in
that
behalf
.
And
every
Justice
of
Peace
shall
certifie
the
taking
of
such
Oath
to
the
next
Quarter-Sessions
,
there
to
be
recorded
.
XIV
.
All
parts
of
the
City
of
London
,
Westminster
,
the
Borough
of
Southwark
,
and
the
several
Suburbs
thereof
,
and
Parishes
within
the
weekly
Bills
of
Mortality
,
shall
be
under
the
immediate
care
and
management
of
the
said
Head-Officer
;
and
such
,
and
so
many
subordinate
Commissioners
and
other
Officers
for
the
execution
of
the
premisses
shall
be
appointed
by
the
King
in
all
and
every
other
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
in
England
and
Wales
,
as
the
King
shall
think
fit
:
And
in
all
places
,
the
Office
shall
be
open
from
eight
in
the
morning
,
till
twelve
at
Noon
,
and
from
two
till
five
in
the
afternoon
;
and
the
Commissioners
or
major
part
of
them
shall
from
time
to
time
issue
forth
and
pay
such
sums
of
money
as
shall
be
received
,
collected
,
or
levyed
,
into
his
Majesties
Receipt
of
Exchequer
.
XV
.
If
any
person
shall
be
sued
or
prosecuted
for
any
thing
done
or
executed
in
pursuance
of
the
Act
,
he
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
the
Act
in
Evidence
;
and
if
a
Verdict
pass
for
the
Defendant
,
or
the
Plaintiff
be
Non-suit
,
the
Defendant
shall
have
double
costs
.
1.
Provided
,
No
writs
of
Certiorari
shall
supersede
Execution
,
but
that
Execution
may
be
had
and
made
,
upon
any
Order
,
&c.
made
by
the
Justices
aforesaid
,
any
such
Writ
or
allowance
thereof
notwithstanding
.
2.
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
shall
not
be
prejudicial
to
Edward
Blackwel
Alderman
of
London
,
as
to
the
sum
amounting
in
toto
to
28450.
l.
by
him
advanced
upon
several
Orders
of
this
Parliament
,
and
charged
upon
the
Excise
;
which
sum
,
together
with
the
interest
at
six
per
cent
.
shall
be
paid
to
the
said
Edward
and
his
Assigns
out
of
the
Excise
,
as
by
the
said
Orders
is
appointed
.
1.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
cap
.
13.
All
and
every
sum
and
sums
of
money
any
ways
due
or
owing
from
or
by
any
person
,
&c.
for
or
touching
the
duty
of
Excise
heretofore
imposed
,
or
payable
upon
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
any
other
Commodities
by
any
Laws
or
pretended
Laws
or
Ordinances
:
and
all
Debts
therefore
owing
,
whether
by
Obligation
,
or
Action
from
the
Farmers
of
the
Excise
,
or
any
other
person
whatsoever
;
Or
any
of
their
Sureties
not
pardoned
by
the
King
by
the
Act
and
Pardon
of
Oblivion
,
are
hereby
vested
in
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
may
at
all
times
hereafter
have
,
demand
,
and
sue
for
,
and
recover
the
same
,
of
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
,
having
Assets
,
as
if
the
said
duty
of
Excise
or
new
Impost
had
been
lawfully
imposed
and
collected
,
and
as
if
the
said
pretended
Acts
,
Ordinances
,
&c.
imposing
the
same
had
been
good
here
,
and
legal
and
effectual
Acts
of
Parliament
,
and
had
in
express
words
,
given
all
and
every
the
said
duties
of
Excise
and
new
Impost
unto
the
King
.
II
.
All
and
every
person
,
&c.
accomptable
by
this
Act
,
shall
have
all
such
due
allowances
in
their
accompts
,
as
all
such
persons
whose
accompts
are
excepted
in
an
Act
entituled
,
An
Act
of
free
and
general
Pardon
,
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
,
have
or
ought
to
have
.
Provided
,
No
person
,
&c.
shall
be
questioned
for
any
the
duties
herein
certainly
vested
in
the
King
,
unless
he
be
sued
and
prosecuted
with
effect
,
before
25.
Decemb
.
1662.
All
persons
,
&c.
accomptable
to
the
King
,
by
this
Act
are
enabled
to
sue
for
,
levy
,
and
recover
from
any
person
or
persons
who
do
stand
indebted
unto
them
in
any
sum
of
money
for
the
Excise
for
which
they
are
hereby
accomptable
,
all
sums
of
money
and
arrears
unsatisfied
,
in
as
full
manner
as
they
might
have
received
and
levyed
the
same
when
they
first
grew
due
.
Fishing
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
cap
.
31.
From
and
after
25.
of
May
,
1662.
No
person
or
persons
shall
in
any
year
from
the
first
of
June
,
till
the
last
of
November
,
take
Fish
in
the
high
Sea
,
or
in
any
Bay
,
Port
,
Creek
,
or
Coast
of
,
or
belonging
to
Cornwal
or
Devon
,
with
any
Drift-Net
,
Trammel
,
or
Stream-Net
,
or
any
other
Nets
of
that
sort
or
kind
,
unless
it
be
at
the
distance
of
one
league
and
a
half
at
least
from
the
respective
shoars
;
upon
pain
of
the
forfeiture
of
the
Nets
so
employed
,
or
value
thereof
,
and
one
moneths
imprisonment
.
II
.
If
any
persons
,
being
neither
Owners
,
Partners
,
or
Adventurers
in
the
Craft
of
Fishing
,
shall
presume
after
the
day
before
limited
,
to
make
,
or
cause
to
be
made
any
Pilchards
,
or
Fumathoes
in
Cask
to
be
sold
or
transported
,
except
they
shall
buy
the
aforesaid
Fish
of
the
respective
Owners
,
Partners
,
or
Adventurers
in
the
Pilchard
Craft
,
or
with
their
express
allowance
,
leave
and
consent
,
they
shall
forfeit
all
such
Pilchards
and
Fumathoes
so
made
,
and
every
Cask
thereof
,
or
their
full
value
;
one
moyety
thereof
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
&c.
III
.
If
any
Owner
,
Partner
,
or
Company
,
or
other
person
whatsoever
shall
fraudulently
purloyn
,
imbezle
,
hide
,
convey
,
carry
away
,
or
expose
to
sale
,
or
cause
to
be
purloyned
,
&c.
out
of
the
Nets
,
Boats
,
or
Cellars
,
any
Pilchard-Fish
,
without
the
express
leave
of
the
proper
Owners
,
and
major
part
of
the
Company
respectively
;
Every
person
that
shall
offend
therein
,
shall
pay
the
treble
value
to
the
parties
wronged
,
and
be
sent
to
the
House
of
Correction
for
three
moneths
.
IV
.
If
any
idle
or
suspicious
person
or
persons
shall
in
the
night
assemble
and
flock
together
about
the
Boats
,
Nets
,
or
Cellars
belonging
to
the
Pilchard
Craft
,
upon
any
the
Coasts
of
Cornwall
,
or
Devon
,
having
no
business
there
to
do
,
and
being
warned
by
the
Company
or
Owner
of
such
Boats
or
Cellars
,
to
be
gone
;
then
upon
complaint
made
to
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
every
person
so
refusing
to
do
,
shall
pay
5
s
.
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
such
offence
was
committed
,
or
be
set
in
the
stocks
for
five
hours
.
Forests
.
1.
Enacted
,
17
Car
.
1.
Cap.
16.
From
henceforth
the
meers
,
metes
,
limits
and
bounds
of
all
Forests
shall
be
adjudged
and
taken
to
extend
no
farther
then
the
meers
,
metes
,
limits
and
bounds
in
the
several
Counties
respectively
wherein
the
said
Forests
were
commonly
known
,
reputed
,
used
,
or
taken
to
be
in
the
20th
year
of
the
late
King
James
,
and
not
beyond
;
any
Perambulations
,
Presentments
,
Judgements
,
Surveys
,
or
Decrees
,
or
other
matter
or
thing
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
all
and
every
Presentment
of
any
person
or
persons
at
any
Justice-seat
,
Swain-mote
,
or
Court
of
Attachment
,
for
,
or
by
reason
or
colour
of
any
Acts
whatsoever
done
or
committed
in
any
place
without
,
or
beyond
the
said
Metes
,
Meers
,
&c.
And
all
and
every
Fine
,
Amercement
upon
,
or
by
reason
or
colour
of
such
Presentment
,
shall
be
adjudged
and
taken
to
be
utterly
void
,
any
Law
,
Record
,
or
Pretence
whatsoever
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
II
.
No
place
within
England
or
Wales
,
where
no
such
Justice-seat
,
Swain-mote
,
or
Court
of
Attachment
hath
been
held
or
kept
;
or
where
no
Verderers
have
been
chosen
,
nor
no
regard
made
within
the
space
of
sixty
years
before
the
first
year
of
his
now
Majesties
Reign
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
taken
to
be
Forest
,
or
within
the
bounds
or
metes
of
any
Forest
,
but
shall
be
for
ever
hereafter
disafforested
and
freed
from
all
Forest-Laws
,
any
Swain-mote
,
Justice-seat
,
or
Court
of
Attachment
held
or
kept
since
the
beginning
of
his
Majesties
Reign
,
or
any
Presentment
or
Act
made
or
done
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
III
.
The
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
Lord
Keeper
of
the
great
Seal
for
the
time
being
,
upon
the
request
of
any
of
the
Peers
,
or
Knights
and
Burgesses
,
shall
grant
Commissions
to
Commissioners
by
them
to
be
nominated
,
to
enquire
by
Enquests
of
good
men
of
the
Metes
,
Meers
,
Limits
and
Bounds
which
were
commonly
known
to
be
Metes
,
Meers
,
&c.
in
the
20th
year
of
the
late
King
James
:
and
all
Sheriffs
,
Bailiffs
,
Verderers
,
Foresters
,
Rangers
,
and
other
Officers
of
Forests
,
shall
be
assistant
and
attendant
upon
the
same
Commissioners
:
and
where
no
such
Officers
are
,
or
where
such
Officers
be
,
if
they
or
any
of
them
shall
refuse
or
neglect
such
assistance
or
attendance
,
the
Commissioners
may
proceed
without
them
in
the
execution
of
the
said
Commission
.
IV
.
The
Forests
,
whereof
the
Metes
and
Bounds
shall
be
so
returned
,
and
certified
by
vertue
of
any
the
said
Commissioners
,
from
henceforth
shall
not
extend
,
nor
be
adjudged
to
extend
any
further
in
any
wise
,
than
the
Metes
,
Meers
,
Limits
and
Bounds
so
returned
and
certified
:
and
all
places
and
territories
without
the
said
Metes
,
Meers
,
Bounds
,
&c.
shall
be
as
if
the
same
had
never
been
Forest
.
1.
Provided
,
that
all
and
every
the
Grounds
,
Territories
or
Places
which
have
been
,
or
are
disafforested
,
or
mentioned
to
be
disafforested
,
by
any
Letters
Patents
,
Charter
,
or
otherwise
,
since
the
20th
year
of
the
Reign
of
the
late
King
James
,
shall
be
left
out
of
the
Metes
,
Meers
,
and
Bounds
of
the
Forests
,
which
are
to
be
enquired
of
,
returned
and
certified
,
by
vertue
of
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
any
of
them
,
and
are
hereby
declared
to
be
utterly
disafforested
,
free
and
exempt
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
same
had
never
been
at
all
Forest
.
2.
That
the
Tenants
,
Owners
and
Occupiers
of
Lands
and
Tenements
,
which
shall
be
excluded
out
of
the
Metes
and
Bounds
returned
and
certified
,
shall
and
may
use
and
enjoy
such
common
and
other
profits
and
easements
within
the
Forest
,
as
anciently
and
accustomably
they
have
used
and
enjoyed
,
any
Law
,
Act
,
Ordinance
,
Custom
,
or
Forest-Law
notwithstanding
.
Gunpowder
and
Salt-Peter
.
I.
Enacted
,
17
Car
.
1.
Cap.
21.
It
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
all
and
singular
persons
,
as
well
strangers
as
natural
born
subjects
of
this
Realm
,
to
import
and
bring
into
this
Kingdom
,
any
quantities
of
Gunpowder
whatsoever
,
paying
such
customs
and
duties
for
the
same
,
as
by
authority
of
Parliament
shall
be
limited
and
set
down
.
II
.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
all
and
singular
his
Majesties
subjects
of
this
Realm
of
England
,
to
make
and
sell
any
quantity
of
Gunpowder
,
at
their
wills
and
pleasures
;
as
also
to
bring
into
this
Kingdom
any
quantities
of
Salt-peter
,
Brimstone
,
or
other
materials
necessary
or
requisite
for
the
making
of
Gunpowder
.
III
.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
after
the
tenth
day
of
August
,
1648.
shall
put
in
execution
,
any
Letters
Patents
,
Proclamation
Edict
,
Act
,
Ordinance
,
Warrant
,
Restraint
,
or
Inhibition
whatsoever
,
whereby
the
Importation
of
Gunpowder
,
Salt-peter
,
Brimstone
,
or
other
materials
aforementioned
,
or
any
of
them
,
from
foreign
parts
;
or
the
making
of
Gunpowder
within
this
Realm
,
shall
be
any
way
prohibited
or
restrained
;
the
said
person
or
persons
so
offending
,
shall
incur
and
sustain
the
pains
and
forfeitures
contained
in
the
Statute
of
Provision
and
Premunire
,
made
in
the
sixteenth
year
of
the
Reign
of
R.
2.
Anno
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
4.
It
shall
be
free
and
lawful
for
his
Majesty
at
any
time
when
he
shall
see
cause
so
to
do
,
and
for
such
time
as
shall
be
therein
expressed
,
by
Proclamation
to
prohibit
the
Transporting
of
Gunpowder
,
or
any
sort
of
Arms
,
or
Ammunition
,
into
any
parts
out
of
this
Kingdom
;
any
thing
in
the
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Harbours
and
Havens
.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
27.
For
the
repairing
of
Dover
Harbour
;
From
and
after
24
of
June
next
ensuing
,
there
shall
be
paid
by
the
Master
or
Owner
of
every
Ship
,
Vessel
,
or
Crayer
,
whereof
any
of
the
Kings
subjects
shall
be
Owners
,
or
part-Owners
,
of
the
burthen
of
twenty
Tun
and
upwards
,
not
exceeding
the
burthen
of
250
Tun
for
every
Voyage
,
Loading
,
or
Discharging
within
the
Realm
,
or
to
,
or
from
any
foreign
Countrey
beyond
seas
,
and
passing
to
or
from
London
,
or
for
,
from
,
to
,
or
by
Dover
,
or
coming
within
the
Harbour
there
,
not
having
a
Cocquet
testifying
his
payment
before
for
that
Voyage
,
towards
the
repair
of
Dover
Harbour
,
3
d
.
for
every
Tun
of
burthen
of
every
such
Ship
,
&c.
(
except
Vessels
laden
with
Sea-coals
,
Grindstones
,
Purbeck
,
or
Portland-stone
)
for
every
of
which
shall
be
paid
1
d
.
ob
.
to
be
paid
to
the
Customer
,
or
Collector
of
Customs
and
Subsidies
,
or
their
Deputies
within
such
Port
,
from
whence
such
Ship
,
&c.
shall
set
forth
,
or
shall
arrive
,
before
they
unlade
the
Goods
therein
.
The
account
of
the
Tuns
to
be
made
according
to
the
entry
of
the
Goods
in
every
Ship
,
&c.
And
no
entry
to
be
allowed
in
the
Office
of
Customs
,
without
information
by
the
Master
,
Owner
,
Purser
,
Shipper
of
such
Ship
,
&c.
concerning
the
burthen
thereof
,
and
payment
by
him
of
the
sums
aforesaid
;
of
which
payment
,
the
Master
,
Shipper
,
&c.
shall
have
allowance
of
the
Merchants
according
to
the
rates
of
the
Goods
in
the
same
Ship
,
&c.
by
way
of
average
;
and
the
Customer
,
Collector
,
or
the
Deputy
,
receiving
the
sums
,
shall
disburse
and
pay
the
same
from
time
to
time
,
to
the
Treasurer
of
the
Harbour
,
or
such
as
he
shall
assign
to
receive
the
same
,
to
be
expended
about
repair
of
the
Harbour
.
II
.
Every
Customer
,
Comptroller
,
or
their
Deputies
,
that
shall
make
any
entries
of
Customs
,
&c.
of
any
Goods
in
the
said
Ships
,
&c.
before
information
as
aforesaid
,
concerning
the
burthen
thereof
,
or
payment
made
of
the
sums
limited
by
the
Act
;
or
make
default
in
not
collecting
the
sums
,
or
not
paying
the
same
over
to
the
Treasurer
of
the
Harbour
,
or
such
as
he
shall
assign
to
receive
the
same
;
shall
forfeit
to
the
use
of
the
reparations
of
the
Harbour
10
l.
for
every
default
,
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
debt
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
by
the
Warden
and
Assistants
of
the
Harbour
;
in
which
suit
,
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
III
.
That
the
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Trinity-house
of
London
,
for
the
time
being
,
shall
and
may
appoint
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
to
inspect
and
oversee
the
repairs
,
and
works
to
be
made
for
the
security
of
the
said
Harbour
,
and
once
every
year
,
during
the
said
term
of
seven
years
,
require
an
account
of
the
respective
Collectors
and
Treasurer
for
the
said
Harbour
,
of
the
moneys
by
them
respectively
received
,
and
of
the
disbursments
thereof
;
and
if
they
shall
not
within
six
moneths
after
the
demand
,
give
in
the
same
account
;
or
if
it
shall
appear
thereupon
that
the
moneys
shall
not
be
duly
disbursed
in
and
about
the
said
repairs
,
or
if
the
said
Harbour
shall
within
the
said
time
aforesaid
,
be
sufficiently
repaired
and
secured
,
then
the
Master
or
Wardens
shall
inform
the
Lords
of
the
Kings
Privy
Council
thereof
,
who
are
thereupon
impowered
to
suspend
,
or
cause
every
further
payment
by
vertue
of
the
Act
to
cease
and
determine
.
IV
.
That
all
Ships
and
Vessels
belonging
to
Waymouth
,
Melcomb-Regis
,
and
Lime-Regis
in
the
County
of
Dorset
,
having
a
Piere
and
Cob
of
their
own
,
shall
be
excempt
from
contributing
or
paying
any
thing
to
the
Harbour
of
Dover
,
so
as
they
bring
Certificate
made
upon
Oath
,
before
the
Mayor
of
their
respective
Corporations
,
that
the
said
Vessels
,
&c.
do
properly
belong
thereunto
,
and
that
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
respective
Corporations
are
Owners
of
the
major
part
of
the
said
Vessels
,
&c.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
authorize
the
Collection
of
more
than
the
sum
of
22000
l.
in
the
whole
,
and
then
the
Collection
to
cease
.
High-ways
,
Streets
and
Bridges
.
1.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
2.
For
the
surveying
,
ordering
and
managing
of
the
Kings
Highways
,
leading
unto
,
and
from
the
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
and
the
Suburbs
thereof
,
and
other
places
within
the
weekly
Bills
of
Mortality
,
and
of
the
Streets
,
Alleys
,
and
other
Passages
within
the
same
,
and
all
things
necessary
for
the
repairing
,
paving
,
and
keeping
clean
thereof
,
There
be
Commissioners
nominated
under
the
great
Seal
by
the
King
,
not
exceeding
the
number
of
21.
besides
such
other
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act
,
that
shall
have
their
meeting
at
the
Office
of
his
Majesties
works
in
Scotland-Yard
,
or
some
other
place
,
as
the
greater
number
of
them
shall
direct
,
which
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
order
and
direct
the
making
of
any
new
Vaults
,
or
Sewers
,
or
cut
any
Sewer
already
made
,
or
the
altering
of
,
enlarging
,
cleansing
,
or
scouring
of
any
old
Vaults
,
Sinks
,
or
Common-Sewers
;
or
for
the
altering
of
any
new
or
old
Pavements
,
taking
away
of
cross-Gutters
or
Chanels
,
in
all
or
any
the
Streets
and
Places
aforesaid
,
for
the
removing
of
all
kind
of
Nusances
,
or
any
Encroachments
,
Sheds
,
Bulks
,
Stoops
,
Posts
,
or
Wall
beyond
the
old
foundations
into
the
Streets
,
in
such
places
which
shall
be
judged
inconvenient
,
and
hinder
the
passage
.
Provided
,
such
encroachments
which
have
continued
above
30
years
past
,
be
not
removed
till
reasonable
satisfaction
be
given
by
the
Commissioners
to
the
parties
that
suffer
thereby
:
and
if
any
person
shall
not
accept
of
such
reasonable
satisfaction
tendred
by
the
Commissioners
,
then
in
case
of
such
refusal
,
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
upon
a
Petition
preferred
to
them
by
the
party
grieved
,
are
to
adjudge
what
satisfaction
shall
be
fit
for
such
person
,
&c.
to
receive
for
the
removing
or
pulling
down
such
Nusance
or
Encroachments
.
II
.
The
said
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
are
to
take
a
view
of
all
such
Nusances
or
Encroachments
,
and
irregular
building
,
which
view
shall
be
a
good
conviction
in
Law
:
and
every
person
,
&c.
having
notice
of
the
said
view
,
or
conviction
,
and
shall
not
remove
or
take
down
the
same
within
one
moneth
after
notice
,
shall
forfeit
40
s
.
for
every
moneth
the
said
Nusance
or
Encroachment
shall
afterwards
continue
.
III
.
The
common
High-ways
and
new
Streets
afternamed
,
are
thought
fit
immediately
to
be
repaired
,
paved
or
amended
,
viz.
the
Street
from
the
end
of
Petty-France
,
to
Saint
James's
house
,
one
other
Street
from
Saint
James's
his
house
up
to
the
High-way
;
one
Street
in
St.
Jame's
fields
,
called
the
Pall-Mall
;
one
Street
beginning
from
the
Mews
up
to
Pickadilly
,
and
from
thence
to
the
Stone-Bridge
,
to
the
furthermost
building
near
the
Bull
at
the
corner
of
Air-street
.
And
all
and
every
the
persons
,
Owners
,
or
Inhabitants
of
all
and
every
the
houses
built
up
,
or
adjoyning
to
the
High-ways
,
or
Streets
so
adjudged
and
thought
fit
to
be
paved
and
repaired
,
shall
according
to
their
several
Interests
and
Estates
,
and
in
such
proportions
as
the
said
Commissioners
or
five
of
them
shall
think
fit
,
before
the
tenth
of
May
,
1662.
pay
to
the
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
nominated
for
the
paving
of
the
said
ways
,
or
such
persons
as
they
shall
appoint
,
such
sums
of
moneys
towards
the
paving
of
the
said
Streets
and
ways
,
and
for
buying
of
new
Stones
and
Gravel
,
as
shall
amount
to
their
several
proportions
,
after
the
rate
of
16.
d
.
for
every
square
yard
which
the
ground
shall
contain
,
that
lies
in
front
before
every
dwelling
house
,
yards
,
or
gardens
belonging
to
the
same
,
and
in
the
same
breadth
,
extending
to
the
middle
of
the
High-way
or
Street
,
which
lies
before
the
said
Houses
,
Gardens
,
&c.
respectively
.
IV
.
Every
load
of
Hay
,
which
after
the
first
of
May
,
1662.
shall
be
brought
and
stand
to
be
sold
upon
any
of
the
ways
in
the
Act
expressed
,
adjudged
to
be
fit
to
be
new
paved
,
shall
pay
6.
d
.
for
every
load
;
and
every
load
of
straw
to
be
sold
2.
d
.
which
sums
shall
be
paid
to
the
Commissioners
appointed
for
the
paving
and
amending
of
the
High-ways
and
Streets
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
for
,
and
towards
the
paving
of
the
Streets
and
ways
.
V.
The
Commissioners
for
the
Streets
and
ways
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
are
to
appoint
a
Treasurer
,
Collector
and
Clerk
to
attend
them
,
or
other
Officers
they
shall
find
necessary
for
the
carrying
on
of
the
service
with
moderate
allowances
;
and
if
any
person
shall
propose
to
carry
away
the
ashes
,
dirt
,
or
filth
for
all
or
any
the
places
aforesaid
,
at
less
rates
than
the
yearly
Raker
,
or
Undertaker
can
perform
the
same
,
the
Commissioners
are
to
contract
with
such
persons
,
&c.
and
for
such
term
as
they
shall
think
fit
;
and
are
to
require
an
accompt
of
all
Scavengers
within
the
said
places
,
and
all
other
persons
that
shall
receive
,
or
disburse
any
moneys
for
the
purposes
in
the
Bill
:
and
shall
hear
and
determine
all
disputes
and
differences
concerning
the
right
and
duty
of
paving
and
keeping
clean
any
of
the
Streets
,
Lanes
,
Allies
,
or
publick
yards
within
the
places
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
The
respective
Scavengers
,
Rakers
,
or
other
undertakers
shall
have
liberty
by
the
approbation
of
the
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
to
lodge
their
Ashes
,
Dust
,
Dirt
,
or
other
Filth
in
such
vacant
publick
places
in
or
neer
the
Streets
or
High-ways
,
as
shall
be
thought
convenient
by
the
Commissioners
,
for
accommodating
Country
Carts
,
returning
empty
:
And
the
Scavengers
,
Rakers
,
&c.
shall
have
liberty
to
pass
through
all
such
Wharfs
,
Docks
or
Yards
,
with
their
Ashes
,
Dust
,
dirt
,
&c.
as
shall
be
adjudged
by
the
Commissioners
most
commodious
for
the
carrying
the
same
by
water
,
they
giving
satisfaction
to
the
Owners
of
the
Wharf
,
&c.
and
in
case
of
unreasonable
demands
,
the
Commissioners
shall
hear
,
moderate
and
determine
the
same
according
to
equity
:
and
if
any
person
shall
find
himself
grieved
by
such
determination
,
or
by
any
other
acts
or
proceedings
of
the
Commissioners
,
the
party
grieved
shall
and
may
have
recourse
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
and
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
to
set
forth
his
case
by
Petition
,
who
have
power
to
hear
and
determine
the
matter
complained
of
,
and
to
revoke
,
make
good
,
or
to
confirm
such
acts
or
proceedings
of
the
said
Commissioners
.
The
Court
of
Exchequer
are
yearly
to
call
the
Commissioners
to
an
account
,
for
all
the
Rents
or
Contributions
,
or
sums
of
moneys
,
payable
,
or
that
shall
come
to
their
or
any
of
their
hands
;
and
the
Commissioners
are
required
at
or
before
every
Trinity
Term
,
to
deliver
a
true
accompt
before
the
Barons
of
all
their
receipts
and
disbursments
for
the
year
,
ended
at
Easter
then
last
past
,
and
in
default
thereof
process
of
Courts
shall
be
made
forth
against
them
by
the
Clerk
of
the
Extract
at
the
Sealing
day
,
for
the
said
Trinity
Term
,
every
year
respectively
.
VI
.
The
Decree
made
at
a
Session
of
Sewers
,
made
at
Westminster-Hall
,
8.
August
,
1661.
holden
before
the
Lord
Roberts
,
Lord
Privy
Seal
,
and
other
Commissioners
,
or
Sewers
by
Authority
of
his
Majesties
Commission
to
them
directed
for
the
making
two
new
Sewers
,
and
enlarging
,
and
amending
the
old
Sewer
near
Charing-Cross
,
for
the
conveying
the
water
away
,
from
annoying
his
Majesties
Palace
at
Whitehall
;
be
ratified
and
confirmed
and
shall
be
put
in
Execution
,
with
full
power
to
levy
all
arrears
,
as
by
a
Commission
of
Sewers
may
be
done
:
And
all
persons
imployed
,
or
that
have
acted
therein
,
are
hereby
saved
harmless
from
all
Suits
,
and
Actions
,
that
shall
or
may
be
brought
against
them
for
the
same
.
VII
.
All
and
every
person
,
&c.
Inhabiting
within
the
Cities
of
London
,
and
Westminster
,
Suburbs
&
Liberties
thereof
and
Borough
of
Southwark
,
or
in
any
of
the
said
new
built
Streets
,
Lanes
,
or
Alleys
,
shall
from
1.
May
,
1662.
Sweep
,
Cleanse
,
or
cause
to
be
Sweeped
,
or
Cleansed
,
all
the
Streets
,
Lanes
,
Alleys
and
publick
places
,
before
their
respective
Houses
,
Buildings
and
Walls
,
twice
every
week
,
viz.
Every
Wednesday
,
and
every
Saturday
;
and
all
the
soil
,
dirt
,
and
other
filth
,
shall
cause
to
be
taken
up
into
Baskets
,
Tubs
,
or
other
vessels
,
ready
for
the
Scavenger
,
or
other
Officer
to
carry
away
upon
pain
of
3.
s
.
4.
d
.
for
every
offence
,
or
neglect
respectively
.
VIII
.
No
person
whatsoever
shall
throw
,
cast
,
or
lay
,
or
cause
to
be
thrown
,
cast
,
or
laid
any
Sea-coal
ashes
,
dust
,
dirt
,
or
other
filth
within
the
said
Cities
,
or
places
aforesaid
,
in
any
place
,
Street
,
Lane
,
or
Alley
before
his
,
her
,
or
their
own
dwelling
houses
,
buildings
,
or
walls
,
on
the
penalty
of
5.
s
.
and
if
before
the
houses
,
buildings
,
&c.
of
any
of
their
Neighbors
,
or
other
inhabitants
of
the
said
Cities
,
or
places
,
or
before
,
or
against
any
Church
,
Church-yard
,
or
any
of
his
Majesties
houses
,
buildings
,
or
Walls
,
or
any
other
publick
houses
,
buildings
,
&c.
Or
cast
,
lay
,
or
throw
,
&c.
into
any
common
or
publick
Sink
,
Vault
,
Water-course
,
Common-Sewer
,
or
High-way
,
within
the
Cities
,
or
places
,
&c.
or
any
other
private
Vault
,
or
Sink
,
of
any
of
his
neighbours
,
or
other
inhabitants
,
any
dust
,
ashes
,
filth
,
ordure
,
or
other
noysom
things
whatsoever
,
but
shall
keep
,
or
cause
the
same
to
be
kept
in
their
respective
houses
,
&c.
until
such
time
as
the
Raker
,
Scavenger
,
&c.
or
other
Officer
do
come
by
or
near
their
houses
,
or
doors
,
with
his
Cart
,
Barrow
,
or
other
thing
used
for
cleansing
of
the
Streets
,
and
carrying
away
thereof
;
and
then
shall
carry
the
said
ashes
,
dust
,
&c.
out
of
their
houses
,
and
deliver
it
to
the
Raker
,
Scavenger
,
or
Officer
,
or
otherwise
put
the
same
into
his
Cart
,
&c.
upon
pain
to
forfeit
20.
s
.
for
every
offence
.
IX
.
The
respective
Church-wardens
,
House-keepers
of
White-hall
,
or
other
his
Majesties
houses
,
House-keeper
,
or
Porters
of
Noble-mens
houses
,
Ushers
,
or
keepers
of
the
Courts
of
Justice
,
and
all
other
publick
houses
,
and
places
respectively
shall
be
liable
to
suffer
the
like
penalties
,
forfeitures
,
and
punishments
for
every
like
forementioned
offences
done
or
suffered
to
be
done
;
or
before
any
Church
,
or
Church-yard
,
or
before
any
of
his
Majesties
Houses
,
Noble-mens
houses
,
Buildings
,
or
before
any
other
publick
houses
,
or
places
whatsoever
respectively
.
X.
From
and
after
the
first
of
May
,
1662.
No
person
shall
hoop
,
wash
,
or
cleanse
any
Pipe
,
Barrels
,
or
other
Casks
,
or
vessels
in
any
the
Streets
,
Lanes
,
of
open
Passages
aforesaid
:
Nor
set
out
any
empty
Coaches
to
make
or
mend
,
or
rough
Timber
,
or
Stones
to
be
sawn
or
wrought
in
the
streets
upon
pain
of
20.
s
.
for
every
offence
.
XI
.
The
Rakers
,
Scavengers
,
and
Officers
hereunto
appointed
every
day
in
the
week
(
Except
Sundays
and
other
Holidays
)
shall
bring
Carts
,
Dung-pots
,
or
other
fitting
Carriages
into
all
the
Streets
within
their
respective
Wards
,
Parishes
,
and
Divisions
where
such
Carts
,
&c.
can
pass
,
and
at
,
and
before
their
approach
by
a
Bell
,
Clapper
,
or
otherwise
,
shall
make
loud
noise
,
and
give
notice
to
the
Inhabitants
of
their
coming
,
and
so
into
every
Court
,
Alley
,
or
place
where
Carts
cannot
pass
,
and
abide
and
stay
there
a
convenient
time
,
that
all
persons
concerned
may
bring
forth
their
respective
ashes
,
dust
,
&c.
to
the
respective
Carts
,
&c.
All
which
the
said
Raker
,
Scavenger
,
or
Officers
shall
carry
away
upon
pain
of
40.
s
.
for
every
offence
or
neglect
respectively
.
XII
.
All
the
open
Streets
,
Lanes
,
and
Alleys
within
the
Cities
and
places
aforesaid
(
Except
only
the
new
paving
of
the
said
Streets
,
for
which
the
inhabitants
have
paid
their
proportionable
parts
to
the
Commissioners
)
shall
be
forthwith
sufficiently
repaired
,
or
paved
,
and
hereafter
kept
paved
and
sufficiently
repaired
at
the
cost
of
the
Housholders
in
the
said
Streets
,
Lanes
,
&c.
respectively
;
viz.
Every
Housholder
to
repair
,
and
pave
,
and
keep
repaired
,
and
paved
the
Streets
,
Lanes
,
&c.
before
his
house
unto
the
Chanel
,
or
middle
of
the
same
Street
,
Lane
,
&c.
upon
pain
to
forfeit
20.
s
.
for
every
Rod
,
and
after
that
proportion
for
a
less
quantity
for
every
default
,
and
of
20.
s
.
a
week
for
every
week
after
,
till
it
shall
be
sufficiently
paved
and
amended
.
Provided
,
Such
ancient
Streets
,
Lanes
,
&c.
within
the
said
Cities
,
or
either
of
them
,
the
Suburbs
or
Liberties
thereof
,
as
by
Custom
and
Usage
have
been
repaired
in
other
manner
,
shall
be
hereafter
repaired
,
paved
,
and
amended
in
such
sort
,
by
such
persons
as
have
used
to
repair
,
pave
,
and
maintain
the
same
under
the
penalties
aforesaid
.
XIII
.
Every
Housholder
within
the
said
Cities
,
and
other
places
aforesaid
,
whose
house
adjoyns
unto
,
and
is
next
the
Street
,
from
Michaelmas
till
our
Lady
day
,
yearly
shall
set
,
or
hang
out
Candles
,
or
lights
in
Lanthorns
,
or
otherwise
in
some
part
of
his
house
next
the
Street
,
to
enlighten
the
same
for
passengers
from
such
time
as
it
shall
grow
dark
in
the
Evening
,
upon
pain
of
1.
s
.
for
every
default
.
XIV
.
Every
Justice
of
either
Bench
,
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
Justices
of
the
said
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
or
the
places
within
their
several
limits
,
shall
have
power
upon
his
own
knowledge
or
view
,
confession
of
the
party
,
or
proof
of
one
credible
Witness
upon
oath
,
to
convict
any
person
,
&c.
of
any
the
offences
aforesaid
,
whereby
they
shall
incur
the
penalties
aforesaid
,
one
Moiety
to
be
imployed
towards
the
repairing
,
paving
,
cleansing
of
the
Street
or
place
where
the
offence
is
committed
;
the
other
Moiety
for
him
that
shall
discover
and
prosecute
the
same
:
If
the
conviction
be
upon
the
view
or
knowledge
of
the
Justices
,
the
whole
penalty
to
be
imployed
towards
the
repairing
,
paving
,
&c.
of
the
said
Street
or
place
;
and
shall
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
goods
of
the
offender
by
warrant
under
the
hand
of
such
Justice
,
&c.
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
party
,
and
for
default
of
distress
or
not
payment
within
six
days
after
demand
,
or
notice
in
writing
left
at
the
offenders
dwelling
house
by
the
Constable
or
other
Officer
;
the
offender
(
not
being
a
Peer
of
the
Realm
)
shall
be
committed
to
the
common
Gaol
of
the
County
,
&c.
by
warrant
of
such
Justice
under
his
hand
and
Seal
,
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
until
payment
.
XV
:
Within
London
and
the
Liberties
thereof
,
the
Scavengers
,
Rakers
,
and
such
like
Officers
shall
be
elected
,
and
the
Rates
and
Assessments
for
them
for
cleansing
the
Streets
,
shall
be
Rated
,
Raised
and
Paid
by
the
Parishioners
,
and
Inhabitants
of
every
Parish
and
Precinct
,
according
to
the
ancient
Custom
and
Usage
of
the
City
:
and
all
new
Messuages
,
Tenements
,
and
Houses
shall
be
Rated
&
Assessed
,
and
Pay
proportionable
with
the
others
.
In
Westminster
the
said
Officers
shall
be
chosen
according
to
the
custom
of
that
City
,
and
the
Rates
paid
according
to
the
custom
of
that
City
:
in
all
other
the
Parishes
and
places
,
upon
every
Tuesday
,
or
Wednesday
in
Easter-week
;
The
Constables
,
Church-wardens
,
and
Overseers
for
the
poor
,
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
of
every
Parish
aforesaid
,
giving
notice
,
or
calling
together
such
Inhabitants
of
their
Parishes
as
have
born
the
like
Office
,
they
,
or
the
greater
number
of
them
,
shall
appoint
two
that
are
Tradesmen
of
their
Parishes
,
to
be
Scavengers
for
the
Streets
,
&c.
of
each
Ward
,
for
the
year
next
following
,
which
persons
being
appointed
and
confirmed
under
the
hands
of
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
within
their
respective
divisions
and
Limits
,
shall
within
seven
days
after
their
confirmation
and
notice
,
take
that
office
upon
them
,
upon
pain
of
20.
l.
by
every
Refuser
;
and
in
case
of
their
refusal
,
other
persons
shall
be
chosen
within
seven
days
after
such
refusal
,
in
the
place
of
them
do
so
refuse
:
and
such
person
shall
undergo
the
like
pain
in
not
taking
the
said
office
upon
them
,
the
penalties
to
be
towards
the
repairing
of
the
Streets
of
the
same
Parish
,
or
Ward
,
and
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
Goods
of
the
Offender
by
warrant
under
the
hand
and
seal
of
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
aforesaid
,
directed
to
the
Constable
,
rendring
the
surplusage
to
the
party
;
and
for
want
of
distress
,
or
not
payment
within
six
days
after
demand
,
the
Offender
to
be
committed
to
the
common
Gaol
of
the
County
,
City
,
&c.
without
Bail
,
&c.
until
payment
.
XVI
.
Within
twenty
days
after
the
election
and
confirmation
of
the
Scavengers
,
the
Constables
,
Church-wardens
,
and
Overseers
of
the
Poor
and
of
the
High-ways
of
the
said
Parishes
;
calling
together
such
Inhabitants
aforesaid
,
They
,
or
the
greater
Number
of
them
,
shall
set
a
Rate
,
according
to
a
Pound
Rate
,
to
be
imposed
upon
the
inhabitants
of
the
Parish
,
Ward
,
&c.
for
the
year
following
,
which
being
allowed
and
confirmed
by
two
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
places
aforesaid
,
respectively
,
shall
be
yearly
paid
by
every
Inhabitant
upon
demand
thereof
made
by
the
Beadle
of
the
Parish
,
or
other
Officers
appointed
to
collect
the
same
;
and
in
case
of
Refusal
,
shall
by
warrant
of
any
two
Justices
,
&c.
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
goods
,
and
for
want
of
distress
,
by
Imprisonment
of
the
offender
(
not
being
a
Peer
of
the
Realm
)
till
payment
as
aforesaid
.
XVII
.
If
any
Action
be
brought
or
prosecuted
against
any
Judge
,
Commissioner
,
Justice
of
Peace
,
Constable
,
or
other
Officer
or
person
imployed
or
authorized
by
the
Act
,
to
do
or
perform
,
as
by
the
Act
is
directed
,
for
any
matter
,
cause
,
or
thing
by
them
done
by
vertue
of
the
Act
:
Then
the
said
Action
shall
be
laid
in
the
proper
County
where
the
fact
was
done
,
&
the
defendant
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
and
if
the
Jury
find
for
the
defendant
and
the
plaintiff
shall
be
Nonsute
or
discontinue
his
action
after
the
defendant
hath
appeared
,
the
defendant
shall
have
and
receive
double
costs
.
XVIII
.
The
Lord
Mayor
of
the
City
of
London
,
the
Recorder
,
and
Aldermen
for
the
time
being
,
with
such
other
Commissioners
as
the
King
shall
appoint
,
or
any
five
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
receive
subscriptions
,
payments
and
contributions
of
money
,
or
other
endowments
,
for
the
amendment
,
or
enlargement
of
the
Streets
hereafter
named
,
or
so
much
of
them
as
they
,
or
five
of
them
,
shall
judge
convenient
;
Viz
.
The
Street
,
or
passage
at
or
near
the
Stocks
in
London
:
The
Street
and
passage
from
Fleet-Conduit
to
St.
Pauls
Church
in
London
:
The
passage
through
White-hart-Inn
from
the
Strand
into
Covent-Garden
:
The
Street
or
passage
near
Exeter
house
,
obstructed
by
a
Rail
and
unevenness
of
the
Ground
:
The
passage
and
streets
of
St.
Martins-Lane
,
out
of
the
Strand
:
The
passage
,
or
street
of
Field
Lane
,
commonly
called
Jack-an-apes-Lanc
,
going
between
Chancery-Lanc
and
Lincolns-Inn-Fields
:
The
passage
and
Gate-house
of
Cheap-side
into
St.
Pauls
Church-yard
:
The
passage
against
St.
Dunstons
Church
in
the
West
:
The
Street
and
passage
by
and
near
the
West
end
of
the
Poultry
in
London
;
and
the
passage
at
Temple
Bar
:
And
they
are
to
treat
and
agree
with
the
owners
and
occupiers
of
such
houses
,
as
they
shall
judge
fit
to
be
removed
,
rebuilt
,
or
pulled
down
,
or
any
part
of
them
;
and
upon
payment
of
such
sums
agreed
upon
,
are
to
appoint
workmen
to
pull
down
the
said
houses
,
or
cause
the
owners
,
or
occupiers
to
rebuild
accordingly
,
and
the
Act
shall
be
sufficient
to
save
harmless
the
Commissioners
and
all
persons
authorized
by
them
,
against
the
heirs
,
executors
,
administrators
,
or
assigns
of
any
the
owners
or
occupiers
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
sold
by
deed
,
feoffment
,
fine
,
recovery
,
or
other
assurance
in
the
Law
:
And
if
any
persons
,
bodies
corporate
,
or
collegiate
,
shall
refuse
to
treat
or
agree
as
aforesaid
,
or
be
disabled
thereunto
,
by
Nonage
,
Coverture
,
Intail
,
or
other
Impediment
;
the
Commissioners
are
to
issue
out
Warrants
to
the
Sheriffs
of
London
,
to
return
a
Jury
before
them
,
or
five
of
them
,
which
Jury
upon
their
Oaths
are
to
enquire
and
assess
such
damage
and
recompense
as
they
shall
judge
fit
to
be
awarded
to
the
Owners
or
Occupiers
of
such
houses
,
or
part
thereof
,
for
their
respective
estates
and
interests
in
the
same
;
and
such
verdict
of
the
Jury
,
and
judgement
thereupon
of
the
Commissioners
,
and
the
legal
payment
,
or
tender
of
the
moneys
so
awarded
and
adjudged
shall
be
binding
against
the
parties
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
and
all
others
claiming
title
or
interest
in
the
said
houses
,
or
in
the
ground
whereupon
they
stand
.
XIX
.
Whereas
the
houses
that
remain
standing
on
the
other
side
of
the
Streets
,
or
behind
the
houses
that
shall
be
so
pulled
down
,
would
receive
much
advantage
in
the
value
of
their
Rents
,
by
a
liberty
of
air
,
and
free
recourse
of
trade
by
such
enlargement
;
in
case
of
refusal
,
or
incapacity
of
the
Owners
,
or
Occupiers
,
of
the
said
houses
,
to
agree
,
or
compound
with
the
Commissioners
for
the
same
:
a
Jury
shall
be
impanelled
and
returned
,
to
judge
and
assess
upon
the
Owners
and
Occupiers
of
such
houses
,
a
competent
sum
of
money
,
or
annual
rent
in
consideration
of
such
improvement
and
melioration
,
as
they
in
conscience
shall
judge
and
think
fit
,
which
shall
be
paid
to
the
Chamberlain
of
the
City
of
London
,
and
such
other
Treasurer
or
Treasurers
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
who
are
to
receive
and
recover
the
same
by
Action
at
Law
;
whose
receipt
shall
be
a
good
discharge
to
the
Owners
and
Tenants
,
and
they
to
be
accomptable
for
the
same
,
according
to
such
directions
as
shall
be
given
them
by
the
Commissioners
;
and
the
moneys
so
raised
,
and
rents
so
received
,
shall
be
expended
upon
the
purchasing
or
rebuilding
houses
in
the
other
side
of
the
Street
,
and
upon
the
paving
and
amending
of
the
Streets
according
to
the
purport
of
the
Act
:
and
the
verdict
of
the
Jury
,
and
judgement
of
the
Commissioners
in
the
cases
aforesaid
,
shall
be
sufficient
and
conclusive
in
Law
,
against
the
Owners
,
Occupiers
,
and
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
XX
.
No
person
shall
be
enabled
to
act
as
a
Commissioner
to
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
till
he
have
first
taken
his
Oath
before
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
Lord
High
Treasurer
of
England
,
for
the
due
and
impartial
execution
of
the
Trusts
by
this
Act
committed
to
him
.
Provided
,
The
Lord
Mayor
,
Recorder
and
Aldermen
of
the
City
of
London
for
the
time
being
,
shall
be
joynt
Commissioners
to
execute
all
the
powers
of
this
Act
within
the
City
and
Liberties
thereof
.
And
the
Dean
and
Chapter
of
Westminster
,
the
high
Steward
,
and
his
deputy
Steward
,
and
the
two
high
Burgesses
of
the
said
City
of
Westminster
for
the
time
being
,
to
be
joynt
Commissioners
to
execute
all
the
powers
of
this
Act
,
to
all
the
ends
and
purposes
thereof
,
within
the
said
City
of
Westminster
,
or
the
Liberties
thereof
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
6.
The
Church-wardens
,
Constables
,
or
Tything-men
of
every
Parish
,
Town
,
or
Hamlet
for
the
time
being
,
within
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
shall
upon
Monday
or
Tuesday
in
Easter-week
with
the
advice
of
the
major
part
of
the
Inhabitants
choose
two
or
more
sufficient
persons
inhabiting
in
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c
,
to
be
Surveyers
of
their
High-ways
,
and
give
notice
thereof
in
writing
to
the
persons
chosen
;
and
for
default
of
such
choice
,
the
Church-Wardens
,
Constables
,
and
Inhabitants
of
every
such
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
and
lose
5
l.
II
.
Every
Surveyer
within
twenty
days
next
after
notice
of
his
Election
,
or
of
the
publication
of
this
Act
,
shall
upon
the
penalty
of
5
l.
view
and
survey
all
the
common
and
publick
High-ways
and
Bridges
within
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
wherein
he
or
they
are
respectively
Surveyer
,
&c.
And
all
Water-courses
,
Cawsies
and
Pavements
therein
which
are
to
be
repaired
at
the
publick
charge
of
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
and
shall
consider
what
Reparations
are
necessary
to
be
made
,
and
what
sum
will
be
requisite
to
be
raised
for
the
repairing
and
enlarging
of
the
same
,
over
and
above
what
will
be
done
by
the
Laws
made
for
the
amending
of
High-ways
;
and
hereupon
shall
with
two
or
more
substantial
Housholders
of
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
called
to
their
assistance
,
within
ten
days
after
such
survey
made
,
lay
one
or
more
Assessment
or
Assessments
upon
every
Inhabitant
rated
to
the
Poor
:
and
upon
every
Occupier
of
Lands
,
Houses
,
Tythes
Impropriate
or
Appropriate
,
Portions
of
Tythes
,
Coal-mines
,
and
other
Mines
saleable
,
Under-woods
,
Stock
,
Goods
,
or
other
personal
estate
(
not
being
Houshold-stuff
)
within
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
for
the
repairing
and
enlarging
of
the
said
High-ways
,
as
they
,
and
other
the
substantial
Housholders
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
shall
think
meet
and
necessary
,
which
Assessment
shall
not
in
the
whole
exceed
6
d
.
in
the
pound
in
one
years
accompt
to
the
real
value
of
the
same
:
And
20
l.
in
ready
money
,
goods
,
stock
,
or
other
personal
estate
to
be
rated
equally
to
20
s
.
a
year
Lands
:
Every
such
Assessment
shall
within
six
days
after
be
presented
to
some
justice
of
the
Peace
near
to
the
Parish
where
it
is
made
,
to
be
allowed
by
him
;
and
after
such
allowance
every
person
so
assessed
that
shall
not
within
twenty
days
after
demand
by
the
Surveyer
,
pay
such
sum
assessed
upon
him
to
the
Surveyer
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
double
so
much
as
they
are
assessed
to
pay
,
unless
upon
complaint
to
the
Justice
he
shall
think
fit
to
alter
the
same
.
III
.
The
Surveyors
,
or
any
of
them
within
their
limits
may
require
and
appoint
every
person
who
by
the
former
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
are
chargeable
with
Wayn
or
Cart
to
the
amending
of
the
High-ways
,
to
come
and
labour
at
the
said
ways
,
or
send
their
Cart
,
Wayn
and
Team
furnished
,
as
by
the
Law
is
directed
,
to
come
and
work
for
the
amending
of
the
ways
for
so
many
days
as
by
the
Laws
are
appointed
,
or
for
so
many
as
the
Surveyors
shall
think
needful
;
for
which
Teams
,
work
and
labour
,
the
Surveyors
shall
pay
to
the
Owners
of
such
Teams
,
Carts
or
Wayns
according
to
the
usual
rate
of
the
Countrey
,
for
such
work
as
they
shall
do
over
and
above
what
by
the
Laws
made
for
the
amending
of
High-ways
they
are
appointed
to
do
:
And
if
question
shall
arise
of
the
worth
of
such
work
or
labour
,
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
near
adjoyning
,
and
not
living
in
the
said
Parish
,
shall
determine
what
is
fit
to
be
allowed
for
such
work
;
and
if
any
such
person
charged
to
send
his
Team
to
work
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
so
to
do
,
he
shall
forfeit
10
s
.
for
every
day
he
shall
make
such
default
,
and
every
Labourer
1
s
.
6
d
.
for
such
day
he
neglects
to
work
.
IV
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
Surveyors
of
High-ways
within
their
several
Precincts
by
order
from
the
Quarter
Sessions
,
and
upon
the
View
,
and
upon
the
allowance
of
two
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
authorized
thereunto
by
the
Sessions
,
where
any
common
High-way
is
not
of
the
breadth
of
eight
yards
from
shoars
and
brinks
of
the
Ditches
on
either
side
,
or
from
the
banks
and
hedges
where
there
are
no
ditches
,
to
assign
and
lay
out
so
much
of
any
mans
several
Lands
,
next
adjoyning
to
the
said
High-way
,
where
it
may
conveniently
be
done
,
as
shall
enlarge
the
said
way
to
the
full
breadth
of
eight
yards
,
by
the
consent
of
the
Owner
or
Owners
of
the
said
Lands
,
according
to
his
or
their
respective
interests
herein
;
Or
otherwise
by
order
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
(
after
a
Writ
of
ad
quod
Damnum
first
issued
out
and
returned
)
to
assign
and
lay
out
a
new
and
more
convenient
way
in
and
over
the
said
Lands
next
or
near
adjoyning
to
the
said
common
High-ways
,
the
Surveyors
first
giving
satisfaction
for
the
said
ground
to
the
respective
Owners
according
to
their
several
interests
,
in
the
whole
not
exceeding
21
years
purchase
.
Provided
,
If
any
common
High-way
shall
be
so
altered
and
changed
,
then
,
and
in
such
case
the
same
new
way
,
as
also
any
new
way
altered
,
or
to
be
altered
by
a
Writ
of
ad
quod
Damnum
,
shall
be
from
time
to
time
repaired
and
amended
by
such
Parish
,
&c.
or
such
person
or
persons
,
or
in
such
manner
and
form
as
the
old
,
former
,
common
,
or
publick
High-way
was
to
be
repaired
and
amended
.
V.
Where
there
is
not
sufficient
Gravel
,
Chalk
,
Sand
,
Cinders
or
Stones
within
any
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
to
repair
their
common
High-ways
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Surveyor
,
or
such
persons
as
he
shall
appoint
,
upon
approbation
and
allowance
of
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
the
County
,
to
dig
,
take
,
and
carry
away
Gravel
,
Chalk
,
Cinders
,
Stones
out
of
the
waste
and
common
of
any
neighbouring
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
or
upon
the
Sea-coast
,
without
paying
any
thing
for
the
same
,
for
the
repairing
and
amending
the
ways
aforesaid
,
so
as
they
fill
up
the
place
within
one
moneth
next
ensuing
,
if
required
by
the
Owner
of
the
Soil
.
But
where
there
is
not
sufficient
Gravel
,
Chalk
,
Sand
,
&c.
within
the
common
or
waste
grounds
of
any
Parish
,
Township
,
or
Hamlet
to
repair
the
High-ways
therein
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Surveyor
,
or
such
as
he
shall
appoint
,
to
enter
into
the
several
ground
(
not
being
an
House
,
Orchard
,
Garden
,
Court-yard
,
Park
with
Deer
in
it
,
Meadow
)
of
any
person
within
the
Parish
,
Township
,
or
Hamlet
near
adjoyning
to
the
High-way
to
be
repaired
,
where
any
such
materials
are
to
be
found
,
and
dig
,
take
,
and
carry
away
such
quantities
thereof
without
paying
any
thing
for
the
said
materials
,
rendring
only
such
damages
to
the
occupiers
or
owners
thereof
,
to
be
assessed
by
two
Justices
near
to
the
said
Parish
,
in
case
of
difference
about
the
same
,
so
as
the
pits
and
holes
so
digged
be
filled
up
in
such
manner
;
and
under
such
penalties
as
are
prescribed
in
the
Statute
of
five
Eliz
.
concerning
mending
of
High-ways
.
VI
.
After
29
September
,
1662.
No
travelling
Waggon
,
Wayn
,
Cart
or
Carriage
,
wherein
any
Burthens
,
Goods
,
or
Wares
shall
be
carried
or
drawn
for
hire
(
other
than
such
Carts
and
Carriages
as
are
employed
in
and
about
Husbandry
,
and
managing
of
Lands
,
and
in
carrying
of
Hay
,
Straw
,
Corn
unthreshed
,
Coal
,
Chalk
,
Timber
for
shipping
,
materials
for
building
,
Stones
of
all
sorts
,
or
such
Ammunition
or
Artillery
as
shall
be
for
his
Majesties
service
)
shall
at
any
one
time
travel
,
be
drawn
,
or
go
in
any
common
or
publick
High-way
with
above
seven
Horse-beasts
,
whereof
six
shall
draw
in
pairs
,
and
not
with
above
eight
Oxen
,
or
six
Oxen
and
two
Horse-beasts
:
Nor
shall
at
any
time
carry
above
2000
weight
between
1
October
and
1
May
(
except
such
particulars
as
aforesaid
)
Nor
above
3000
weight
between
1
May
and
1
Octob
.
Nor
above
five
quarters
of
Wheat
,
Meal
,
Meslin
,
Rye
,
Pease
,
Beans
,
Tares
:
Nor
above
eight
quarters
of
Barley
,
Malt
,
or
Oats
.
Nor
shall
any
Waggon
,
Wayn
,
or
Carriage
be
employed
for
the
uses
aforesaid
,
the
wheels
whereof
are
less
in
breadth
than
four
inches
in
the
Tyre
,
upon
pain
every
Owner
of
such
Waggon
,
Wayn
,
Cart
,
Carriage
,
Horse-beasts
or
Oxen
,
shall
for
every
of
the
said
offences
forfeit
40
s
.
to
be
divided
in
three
equal
parts
;
One
to
the
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
where
any
of
the
offences
shall
be
committed
,
towards
the
repairs
of
the
ways
of
the
Parish
where
the
offence
is
committed
;
One
other
part
to
the
Overseers
of
the
poor
of
the
said
Parish
,
for
the
relief
of
the
poor
of
the
Parish
;
one
other
part
to
him
that
shall
discover
and
prosecute
for
any
of
the
said
offences
.
The
penalties
to
be
levied
by
distress
of
all
,
or
any
the
Horse-beasts
or
Oxen
,
and
to
be
distributed
as
aforesaid
by
the
Constable
,
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
,
Overseers
of
the
poor
;
and
in
case
the
penalties
be
not
paid
within
three
days
after
distress
,
the
same
to
be
sold
,
reserving
the
overplus
,
the
charges
of
keeping
and
selling
first
deducted
.
VII
.
If
any
Suit
shall
be
commenced
against
any
person
for
any
thing
done
in
pursuance
of
this
Act
,
the
Action
shall
be
laid
in
the
County
where
the
fact
was
done
,
and
not
elsewhere
;
and
the
Defendant
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
the
Act
in
Evidence
;
and
if
the
Jury
shall
find
for
the
Defendant
:
Or
if
upon
Demurrer
,
Nonsuit
,
or
Discontinuance
,
Judgement
be
given
against
the
Plaintiff
,
the
Defendant
shall
have
double
costs
.
VIII
.
All
sums
of
money
rated
and
assessed
;
all
charitable
gifts
given
,
or
to
be
given
for
the
amending
,
&c.
High-ways
,
Pavements
,
Cawsies
,
&c.
All
Fines
,
Forfeitures
,
sums
of
moneys
arising
by
the
)
Act
,
and
not
otherwise
disposed
of
by
the
Act.
All
Fines
and
Amercements
imposed
upon
any
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
for
not
repairing
the
High-ways
,
&c.
not
otherwise
by
the
Act
disposed
of
,
shall
be
employed
and
bestowed
by
the
Surveyors
within
the
respective
Parishes
,
Towns
,
&c.
by
Warrant
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
and
are
to
be
collected
and
levied
within
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
and
Limits
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
Offenders
Goods
as
aforesaid
.
IX
.
Every
person
elected
a
Surveyor
of
the
High-ways
,
shall
within
one
moneth
after
the
year
expired
,
yield
up
to
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
at
some
publick
meeting
appointed
by
the
Inhabitants
,
a
perfect
account
of
all
moneys
he
hath
received
or
paid
within
the
year
,
by
reason
of
his
said
Office
;
and
of
whom
,
what
,
and
to
whom
he
paid
the
same
;
What
moneys
are
in
arrear
for
Assessments
,
Fines
,
Forfeitures
,
Penalties
,
&c.
And
if
any
overplus
be
in
his
hands
,
he
shall
return
the
same
to
the
next
Surveyor
for
the
use
of
the
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
to
be
disbursed
in
and
about
the
High-ways
the
year
following
.
And
if
the
Surveyor
shall
not
make
such
account
and
payment
,
two
Justices
near
the
Parish
,
upon
complaint
,
shall
examine
the
business
upon
Oath
;
and
upon
default
found
in
him
,
commit
him
to
the
Gaol
of
the
County
,
City
,
&c.
there
to
remain
till
he
hath
made
a
true
account
and
payment
.
X.
All
Justices
of
Assize
,
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
are
impowered
to
hear
and
determine
all
matters
concerning
charitable
gifts
,
for
the
amending
and
keeping
in
repair
any
common
High-ways
,
Pavements
,
Streets
,
&c.
within
their
Commission
,
and
to
make
Orders
for
the
due
employment
of
such
Gifts
(
Except
Gifts
made
to
the
said
uses
to
any
Colledge
,
Hall
,
Free-school
,
or
Hospital
which
have
Visiters
of
their
own
)
and
to
determine
all
offences
and
defects
in
Surveyors
concerning
the
same
;
and
in
case
any
person
be
agrieved
by
such
Order
,
he
may
appeal
to
the
Court
of
Chancery
,
as
in
case
of
a
Decree
made
upon
the
Statute
of
Charitable
uses
.
XI
.
From
and
after
1
May
,
1662.
No
Certiorari
shall
be
allowed
to
remove
any
Information
,
Indictment
,
or
other
Proceedings
in
the
Quarte-Sessions
,
of
,
for
,
or
concerning
any
matter
in
the
Act
,
unless
the
party
against
whom
such
Information
,
Indictment
,
&c.
shall
before
the
allowance
of
such
Certiorari
be
bound
to
the
person
,
&c.
prosecuting
,
in
40
l.
with
Sureties
,
as
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter-Sessions
shall
think
fit
,
to
pay
unto
the
Prosecutors
within
one
moneth
after
Conviction
of
the
party
Indicted
,
their
costs
and
damages
;
and
in
default
thereof
,
the
Justices
shall
proceed
to
tryal
of
such
Indictment
,
&c.
any
such
Writs
of
Certiorari
notwithstanding
.
XII
.
Whereas
at
a
general
Quarter-Sessions
holden
for
the
County
of
Wilts
,
it
was
ordered
,
That
an
ancient
Bridge
called
Foot-Bridge
,
leading
through
the
Parish
of
Laycock
,
between
London
,
Bath
,
and
Bristol
,
was
more
convenient
for
all
passengers
than
one
other
Bridge
in
the
same
Parish
,
called
Rey-Bridge
,
should
be
repaired
,
and
made
passable
for
all
Carts
,
Waggons
&
Carriages
,
with
the
materials
of
Rey-Bridge
:
That
the
Parishioners
of
the
said
Parish
of
Laycock
,
and
all
others
employed
by
them
in
the
pulling
down
of
Rey-Bridge
,
&
employing
the
materials
thereof
as
aforesaid
,
be
indempnified
from
all
suits
and
troubles
whatsoever
concerning
the
same
.
And
the
said
Parishioners
of
Laycock
shall
not
hereafter
be
compelled
by
Information
,
Indictment
,
&c.
or
other
ways
be
chargeable
with
the
re-building
of
Rey-Bridge
,
otherwise
than
for
the
maintaining
the
same
sufficient
for
Horse
and
Pack
,
as
it
now
stands
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
exempt
any
Owner
,
Farmer
,
or
Lessee
of
any
Iron-work
,
or
any
other
person
within
the
Wildes
of
the
Counties
of
Surrey
,
Sussex
,
Kent
,
for
carrying
so
many
loads
of
Timber
,
Gravel
,
Stones
,
or
other
materials
,
or
contributing
of
sums
of
money
towards
the
Repairing
of
High-ways
,
as
they
are
obliged
by
former
Acts.
2.
Where
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
any
County
at
their
general
Quarter-Sessions
,
or
two
Justices
near
any
Parish
,
Township
,
&c.
shall
be
satisfied
,
that
the
High-ways
and
Bridges
within
the
same
may
and
will
be
sufficiently
repaired
without
the
help
of
the
Act
,
then
there
shall
be
no
Assessment
made
within
the
same
,
for
and
toward
their
Reparations
by
vertue
of
this
Act.
XIII
.
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
of
Middlesex
are
impowered
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
to
make
Orders
for
setting
up
a
new
Bridge
of
bricks
or
stone
for
passage
of
Carts
and
Carriages
in
the
room
&
place
of
a
Foot-bridge
,
now
called
Stratford
Bridge
in
the
Parish
of
Hillingdon
in
the
said
County
,
or
in
some
other
convenient
place
neer
thereunto
,
at
the
present
charge
of
the
whole
County
;
but
to
be
upheld
,
maintained
and
repaired
after
the
erecting
of
the
same
,
at
the
charge
of
the
Lord
of
the
Mannor
wherein
the
said
Bridge
now
standeth
,
proportionable
to
the
charge
he
is
now
at
,
and
the
residue
of
the
charge
to
be
born
by
the
Parishioners
of
the
said
Parish
;
and
the
said
Justices
are
to
make
respective
Rates
accordingly
:
so
as
the
sum
assessed
for
the
erecting
the
said
Bridge
,
exceed
not
100
l.
The
said
Bridge
to
be
finished
before
the
first
of
August
,
1663.
XIV
.
The
Surveyors
of
all
and
every
Bridge
or
Bridges
within
their
respective
limits
,
shall
take
care
,
that
before
the
Feast
of
St.
Michael
,
1662.
all
the
Bridges
have
sufficient
Walls
,
Posts
and
Rails
of
each
side
,
four
foot
high
at
least
,
and
that
the
same
be
from
time
to
time
sufficiently
kept
and
repaired
.
XV
.
Where
any
Lands
are
let
,
the
Tenant
or
Occupier
shall
pay
the
assessment
,
and
all
charges
for
the
mending
of
the
High-ways
,
and
not
the
Land-lord
,
except
there
shall
be
any
agreement
betwixt
them
to
the
contrary
.
XVI
.
This
Act
,
as
to
the
power
of
raising
money
,
shall
continue
in
force
for
three
years
only
,
from
the
25.
of
March
,
1662.
and
no
longer
,
but
all
other
powers
therein
shall
continue
and
stand
in
force
until
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
,
and
no
longer
.
Ireland
,
Rebels
Lands
to
be
sold
.
Many
Millions
of
Acres
of
Rebels
Lands
in
Ireland
,
being
so
disposed
of
as
confiscate
,
These
Propositions
were
made
to
the
Houses
of
Parliament
;
Anno
17
Car
.
1.
Cap.
1.
I.
That
2500000
l.
of
those
Lands
may
be
assigned
,
allotted
and
divided
amongst
Adventurers
,
viz.
each
Adventurer
of
200
l.
1000.
Acres
in
Ulster
,
for
300
l.
1000.
Acres
in
Conought
,
for
450
l.
1000.
Acres
in
Munster
,
for
600
l.
1000.
Acres
in
Lienster
according
to
English
measure
,
consisting
of
Meadow
,
Arable
and
profitable
Lands
,
to
be
holden
in
common
Soccage
of
the
King
,
as
of
his
Castle
of
Dublin
.
II
.
That
out
of
those
2500000.
Acres
a
constant
rent
shall
be
reserved
to
the
Crown
of
England
,
viz.
out
of
every
Acre
in
Ulster
,
1
d
.
in
Conought
,
1
d
.
ob
.
in
Munster
,
2
d
.
q
.
in
Lienster
3
d
.
by
which
His
Majesties
Revenues
out
of
those
Lands
will
be
much
improved
.
III
.
That
for
erecting
of
Manors
,
setling
of
Wasts
and
Commons
,
maintaining
preaching
Ministers
,
creating
Corporations
,
and
regulating
the
several
Plantations
,
Commissions
be
granted
by
general
authority
of
Parliament
.
IV
.
That
the
Undertakers
within
the
City
of
London
and
20.
miles
thereof
,
shall
underwrite
their
several
sums
before
the
20.
of
March
,
1641.
and
all
within
60.
miles
distant
,
before
the
first
of
April
,
1642.
and
the
rest
of
the
Kingdom
before
the
first
of
May
,
1642.
V.
That
the
sums
underwritten
shall
be
paid
in
at
four
payments
,
i.e.
e
.
one
fourth
part
within
ten
days
after
the
underwriting
,
and
the
other
three
parts
at
three
moneths
and
three
moneths
,
all
to
be
paid
into
the
Chamber
of
London
.
VI
.
That
every
one
who
doth
underwrite
,
shall
at
the
time
of
his
subscription
pay
down
the
twentieth
part
of
the
total
sum
by
him
then
underwritten
,
and
if
the
residue
of
his
fourth
part
be
not
paid
to
such
as
have
power
to
receive
the
same
,
within
the
ten
days
before
limited
;
then
such
person
shall
not
only
forfeit
the
twentieth
part
deposited
,
but
so
much
of
his
fourth
part
to
be
added
thereunto
,
as
shall
make
up
the
one
moyety
of
the
first
payment
,
and
all
the
benefit
of
his
subscription
,
which
forfeiture
shall
accrue
to
the
benefit
of
the
rest
of
the
Adventurers
.
The
Propositions
above
mentioned
,
being
approved
and
assented
unto
by
the
King
,
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
;
I.
Enacted
,
That
all
and
every
the
said
Propositions
,
and
every
clause
therein
contained
,
are
and
shall
be
according
to
the
Tenure
thereof
,
ratified
,
confirmed
,
and
established
,
with
such
explanations
,
alterations
and
additions
,
that
after
are
expressed
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
person
and
persons
which
upon
the
23.
of
October
1641.
or
at
any
time
after
shall
be
in
rebellion
,
or
levy
war
against
the
King
,
within
his
Realm
of
Ireland
,
or
willingly
aid
,
assist
,
or
countenance
any
person
in
rebellion
against
the
King
,
shall
lose
and
forfeit
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
and
Successours
,
all
such
right
,
title
,
interest
,
use
and
possession
,
which
they
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
other
person
or
persons
in
trust
for
them
,
on
the
said
23.
day
of
October
,
or
at
any
time
after
shall
have
of
,
in
,
or
unto
Honours
,
Manors
,
Castles
,
Messuages
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Rents
,
Annuities
,
Reversions
,
Remainders
,
Uses
,
Possessions
,
Offices
,
Rights
,
Conditions
,
or
any
other
Hereditaments
whatsoever
,
of
what
nature
or
quality
soever
they
be
,
And
all
such
Right
,
Title
,
Interest
,
Use
,
Possession
,
&c.
of
all
the
said
Honours
,
Manors
,
Castles
,
Lands
,
&c.
shall
be
vested
,
adjudged
and
taken
to
be
in
the
actual
and
real
possession
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
without
any
Office
,
Inquisition
hereafter
to
be
made
.
III
.
That
2500000.
Acres
of
Meadow
,
Arable
Land
,
and
Profitable
Pasture
,
which
are
,
or
shall
be
forfeited
by
the
Rebels
,
with
the
Woods
,
Bogs
,
Loughs
and
barren
Mountains
,
cast
in
and
above
,
with
all
the
Buildings
and
Edifices
thereupon
,
are
,
and
shall
be
for
the
satisfaction
of
such
person
and
persons
as
shall
underwrite
any
sum
or
sums
of
money
,
and
pay
the
same
according
to
the
meaning
of
this
Act
,
the
same
to
be
allotted
and
proportioned
to
each
Under-writer
,
according
to
the
proportion
of
the
sums
underwritten
and
paid
in
,
to
be
holden
by
such
Rent
and
Tenure
as
in
the
Propositions
are
expressed
.
IV
.
That
A.
B.
C.
and
D.
persons
in
the
Act
named
,
shall
give
their
dayly
attendance
at
the
Chamber
of
London
,
to
receive
the
subscriptions
and
sums
of
moneys
as
shall
be
there
tendred
and
paid
,
which
persons
shall
enter
the
names
of
the
Under-writers
,
together
with
the
sum
and
time
of
subscription
,
in
one
or
more
Books
to
be
kept
for
that
purpose
,
and
shall
issue
out
the
said
moneys
in
such
manner
as
both
Houses
of
Parliament
shall
by
order
direct
.
V.
That
the
Sheriffs
of
each
County
of
England
and
Wales
,
shall
receive
all
such
subscriptions
and
sums
of
moneys
,
as
by
vertue
of
this
Act
shall
be
tendered
unto
them
,
in
their
respective
Counties
,
and
shall
return
the
same
subscribed
with
the
names
of
the
Under-writers
,
and
times
of
their
subscriptions
to
the
Chamber
of
London
,
to
the
said
A.
B.
C.
and
D.
or
any
of
them
,
to
be
by
them
entred
into
the
Books
to
be
kept
for
that
purpose
;
who
shall
give
acquittances
,
or
receipts
thereof
to
the
Sheriffs
:
and
the
said
A.
B.
C.
and
D.
shall
accompt
for
all
such
moneys
received
,
to
such
persons
as
both
Houses
of
Parliament
shall
direct
,
and
the
said
Receivers
shall
receive
one
peny
in
every
pound
towards
their
pains
and
charges
attending
the
same
.
VI
.
That
when
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
shall
declare
,
this
present
rebellion
is
appeased
and
ended
,
forthwith
after
such
Declaration
made
,
and
sent
to
the
Lord
Chancellor
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
for
the
time
being
,
the
Chancellor
,
&c.
shall
issue
forth
Commissions
unto
all
the
four
Provinces
of
that
Kingdom
,
for
the
surveying
and
setting
forth
of
the
said
2500000
Acres
,
which
Commissions
shall
be
to
such
effect
,
and
directed
to
such
persons
as
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
shall
appoint
;
and
the
said
Commissioners
shall
have
power
to
survey
all
the
forfeited
Lands
,
and
to
measure
forth
of
the
same
,
625000.
Acres
in
every
the
said
Provinces
,
Meadow
,
Arable
and
profitable
Pasture
(
the
Woods
,
Bogs
,
barren
Mountains
,
&c.
cast
in
over
and
above
)
and
so
divide
the
same
by
Lot
amongst
the
several
Under-writers
,
and
the
Heirs
of
the
Under-writers
(
if
they
be
dead
)
and
the
Assigns
of
the
Under-writers
,
as
shall
assign
the
same
,
according
to
the
proportions
mentioned
in
the
propositions
,
and
according
to
the
respective
sums
paid
in
;
which
division
shall
be
done
without
favour
,
or
advantage
given
to
any
persons
,
but
be
done
,
and
determined
equally
,
and
by
lot
every
mans
Lands
to
be
layed
together
,
so
near
as
conveniently
may
be
:
And
if
625000.
Acres
of
profitable
Lands
cannot
be
found
in
one
Province
,
the
same
to
be
made
up
in
value
of
the
Rebels
other
Lands
,
and
for
want
thereof
,
out
of
the
profitable
Lands
forfeited
in
other
Provinces
,
at
the
discretion
of
the
Commissioners
.
VII
.
After
every
under-writer
,
his
Heirs
,
or
Assigns
,
shall
have
drawn
his
respective
lot
,
which
shall
be
appointed
for
his
share
;
he
shall
be
adjudged
in
the
actual
possession
and
seisin
of
the
said
Lands
,
with
all
thereunto
belonging
,
mentioned
in
his
lot
,
and
shall
,
and
may
forthwith
enter
upon
,
and
have
,
hold
and
enjoy
the
same
,
to
him
,
and
his
Heirs
,
and
all
,
and
singular
the
Woods
,
Bogs
,
barren
Mountains
,
&c.
with
all
easements
,
and
Commodities
thereunto
belonging
.
VIII
.
That
all
,
and
every
person
,
and
persons
,
after
the
allotment
so
made
,
who
shall
have
1000
Acres
,
or
more
,
lying
together
in
Lienster
,
or
2000.
Acres
or
more
,
lying
together
in
Conought
,
or
1500.
Acres
or
more
,
lying
together
in
Munster
,
or
3000.
Acres
together
or
more
,
lying
in
Ulster
,
shall
have
power
for
every
such
1000
,
2000
,
1500
,
or
3000.
Acres
to
create
a
Manor
within
the
limits
of
the
said
Lands
respectively
,
and
reserve
Tenures
,
to
hold
of
himself
and
his
Heirs
,
as
of
his
Manour
,
or
Manours
at
his
will
and
pleasure
:
And
to
have
a
Court
Leet
,
Court
Baron
within
the
precincts
of
every
such
Manor
,
and
to
enjoy
all
such
Royalties
,
Franchises
,
Fines
,
Amercements
,
Suits
,
Services
,
and
Fine-duties
,
as
to
view
of
Frank-pledge
,
or
Court
Baron
is
belonging
;
And
also
to
have
all
Deodands
,
Felons
goods
,
with
all
waifs
and
estrays
.
IX
.
No
part
of
the
moneys
paid
in
according
to
this
Act
,
shall
be
employed
to
any
other
purpose
then
the
reducing
of
the
said
Rebels
,
until
the
Rebels
be
declared
to
be
subdued
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
as
aforesaid
.
And
it
shall
be
employed
for
the
sending
over
into
Ireland
such
Forces
of
Foot
,
Horse
,
Moneys
,
Ammunition
,
Victuals
or
necessaries
to
a
War
,
as
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
shall
direct
,
and
the
over-plus
to
be
disposed
of
as
they
shall
direct
.
X.
Plantations
shall
be
regulated
,
Corporations
created
,
Churches
erected
,
Preaching
Ministers
maintained
within
the
Limits
and
Precincts
of
the
Lands
so
divided
,
as
by
Commissioners
to
be
nominated
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
shall
be
ordered
and
appointed
.
XI
All
Patents
that
shall
be
granted
of
any
of
the
Rebels
Goods
,
or
Lands
,
or
of
any
goods
forfeited
by
this
Act.
And
all
Pardons
granted
to
any
of
the
Rebels
before
attainder
,
after
13.
October
,
1641.
(
without
assent
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
)
shall
be
void
,
and
of
none
effect
.
XII
.
Every
person
,
which
after
the
first
of
March
,
1640.
shall
take
,
enter
into
,
or
make
any
Compact
,
Bond
,
Covenant
,
Oath
,
Promise
,
or
Agreement
,
to
bring
into
the
Realm
of
Ireland
in
any
case
whatsoever
,
the
Authorities
of
the
See
of
Rome
,
or
defend
,
or
maintain
the
same
,
shall
forfeit
to
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
all
his
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
entailed
,
or
not
entailed
:
And
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
which
he
or
any
other
had
from
him
in
trust
,
or
otherwise
,
at
the
time
of
the
making
,
entring
into
,
or
taking
any
such
Bond
,
Compact
,
Covenant
,
Oath
,
Promise
,
or
Agreement
,
other
then
such
Lands
,
Tenements
,
&c.
Goods
and
Chattels
,
as
shall
be
bona
fide
for
valuable
consideration
sold
before
the
23.
of
October
,
1641.
XIII
.
If
any
person
since
the
30th
of
October
,
1640.
be
,
or
hereafter
shall
be
in
Rebellion
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
and
be
dead
,
or
shall
die
before
Attainder
,
or
pardon
for
the
same
,
All
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Estate
;
or
Estates
,
Goods
and
Chattels
which
he
had
,
or
shall
have
,
or
any
other
person
in
trust
for
him
,
at
the
time
of
the
making
or
entring
into
,
shall
be
forfeit
unto
the
King
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
shall
be
in
the
actual
seisin
and
possession
thereof
.
XIV
.
If
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
that
at
any
time
hereafter
shall
be
attainted
of
Treason
,
or
shall
dye
in
actual
Rebellion
before
Attainder
;
or
hath
,
or
shall
take
,
enter
into
,
or
make
any
such
Compact
,
Bond
,
Oath
,
Covenant
or
Agreement
as
aforesaid
,
shall
after
the
first
of
March
,
1640.
make
,
or
hath
made
any
Conveyance
or
Assurance
whatsoever
,
of
any
Manors
,
Lands
,
&c.
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
unto
,
or
for
his
own
use
;
or
unto
,
or
for
the
use
of
his
Wife
,
or
any
of
his
Children
,
or
any
in
trust
for
him
,
or
any
of
them
;
all
the
Uses
,
Rents
,
and
Trusts
so
limited
,
other
than
such
as
are
or
shall
be
bona
fide
made
before
his
,
her
,
or
their
marriage
,
or
made
in
performance
of
any
covenant
in
writing
made
before
marriage
unto
,
or
for
the
use
of
his
Wife
or
Children
,
shall
be
forfeited
unto
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
,
to
be
in
the
actual
possession
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
and
Successors
.
XV
.
Every
person
,
that
shall
have
any
part
of
the
Lands
so
divided
and
allotted
,
may
export
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
or
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
any
Horses
,
Mares
,
Cattel
,
Sheep
,
for
the
planting
,
and
stocking
of
the
said
Lands
,
at
any
time
during
the
space
of
two
years
from
the
time
of
the
division
,
without
paying
any
customs
,
subsidy
,
or
Impost
for
the
same
,
upon
security
given
to
the
Farmers
or
Collectors
of
the
Customs
,
or
one
of
them
,
that
the
said
Horses
,
Mares
,
Cattel
,
Sheep
,
&c.
so
to
be
exported
,
shall
be
bona
fide
imployed
for
the
stocking
of
the
said
Lands
,
and
not
to
be
employed
to
any
other
purpose
.
Saving
,
to
all
persons
,
bodies
Politick
and
corporate
,
their
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
Heirs
and
Successors
of
every
of
them
(
other
then
the
said
Rebels
,
their
Aiders
,
Abettors
,
Contrivers
,
Maintainers
,
and
other
persons
whose
Lands
are
or
shall
be
forfeited
by
this
Act
as
aforesaid
)
all
such
Right
,
Title
,
Interest
,
Possession
,
Reversion
,
Remainder
,
Offices
,
Annuities
,
Rents
,
Command
,
which
they
or
any
of
them
had
,
or
ought
to
have
in
,
to
,
or
out
of
the
said
Honours
,
Manors
,
Castles
,
Houses
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Premisses
,
or
any
of
them
the
23.
day
of
October
,
1641.
so
as
such
person
,
or
persons
,
bodies
politick
or
corporate
,
&c.
do
make
or
enter
,
or
cause
to
be
made
or
entered
his
,
or
their
claim
to
any
such
right
,
title
,
or
interest
in
His
Majesties
Court
of
Chancery
in
Ireland
within
twenty
days
after
proclamation
made
.
Ireland
,
Rebels
Land
.
I.
Enacted
,
18
Car
.
1.
That
all
persons
of
the
Dutch
Nation
,
being
Protestants
,
and
Subjects
to
the
Government
of
the
States
of
the
united
Provinces
of
the
Low-Countreys
,
shall
be
permitted
to
underwrite
such
subscription
for
the
premisses
until
the
sum
of
200000
l.
shall
be
under
written
,
and
that
such
of
the
Dutch
as
shall
underwrite
,
shall
underwrite
their
severall
sums
within
this
Kingdom
before
the
10.
of
May
,
1642.
and
pay
the
fourth
part
before
the
tenth
day
of
May
,
1642.
at
the
Chamber
of
London
.
That
the
Members
of
either
House
of
Parliament
,
which
shall
underwrite
any
sum
,
and
pay
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
at
the
Chamber
of
London
,
shall
have
the
same
days
and
times
for
payment
of
their
sums
underwritten
,
or
to
be
underwritten
,
as
they
should
have
had
,
if
they
had
subscribed
their
sums
and
paid
the
same
in
the
several
Counties
where
they
had
their
ordinary
residence
and
habitation
before
the
beginning
of
the
Parliament
.
Ireland
,
Rebels
Lands
.
An
Additional
Act.
Enacted
,
18
Car
.
1.
cap
.
That
all
and
every
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
and
other
Towns
Corporate
,
which
have
a
perpetual
Commonalty
and
Succession
,
being
within
sixty
miles
of
London
;
and
all
and
every
Companies
,
Guilds
and
Fraternities
of
any
Craft
,
Mysterie
,
or
Trade
united
and
incorporated
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
within
any
other
City
within
sixty
miles
distant
thereof
,
which
before
the
20.
of
May
,
1642.
by
their
Citizens
,
Burgesses
or
any
of
them
,
shall
underwrite
any
such
sum
,
and
pay
the
fourth
part
thereof
before
the
twentieth
day
of
May
aforesaid
,
and
the
other
sums
,
parts
of
the
said
sum
at
three
moneths
,
by
equal
portions
to
be
paid
at
the
Chamber
of
London
,
to
such
Persons
appointed
to
attend
there
,
or
any
two
of
them
:
and
all
other
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
Towns
Corporate
,
which
have
perpetual
Commonalty
and
Succession
sixty
miles
from
London
,
and
all
Companies
and
Fraternities
within
the
said
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
Towns
Corporate
,
&c.
which
shall
as
aforesaid
,
by
themselves
,
their
Burgesses
,
or
one
of
them
,
underwrite
,
and
pay
in
their
moneys
,
on
,
or
before
the
last
day
of
May
,
1642.
shall
have
a
proportionable
share
of
the
said
Rebels
Lands
,
and
of
other
Lands
forfeited
,
or
to
be
forfeited
by
the
first
recited
Act
,
under
the
Conditions
and
Limitations
in
the
said
Act
,
or
Propositions
mentioned
.
Ireland
,
Rebels
Lands
.
Another
Additional
Act.
I.
Enacted
,
18.
Car
.
1.
cap
.
37.
That
all
and
every
person
,
or
persons
of
the
English
,
Scotish
,
Irish
,
or
Dutch
Nation
,
which
before
the
20.
day
of
July
,
1642.
shall
underwrite
the
sum
of
10.
l.
and
pay
the
fourth
part
thereof
on
or
before
the
20.
of
July
,
1642.
and
the
other
parts
within
three
moneths
to
be
accounted
from
the
20.
of
July
,
1642.
all
the
said
sums
to
be
paid
at
the
Chamber
of
the
City
of
London
;
shall
have
a
proportionable
share
of
the
Rebels
Lands
forfeited
,
or
to
be
forfeited
,
under
the
Conditions
,
Limitations
and
Provisions
in
the
Acts
before
expressed
.
II
.
All
and
every
the
persons
in
the
clause
abovesaid
,
that
hath
at
any
time
heretofore
under-written
,
or
shall
underwrite
any
sum
of
money
to
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
shall
pay
in
the
sum
so
under-written
,
before
the
twentieth
day
of
July
,
and
they
shall
have
a
proportionable
number
of
Acres
out
of
the
2500000.
Acres
,
which
proportionable
number
of
Acres
,
shall
be
measured
out
according
to
the
Plantation
Measure
,
viz.
every
Acre
to
consist
of
160.
Poles
,
or
Perches
,
and
every
Perch
to
contain
21.
Foot
.
Provided
,
That
if
any
person
who
hath
underwritten
,
according
to
the
times
limited
in
the
Act
,
and
shall
not
pay
their
moneys
before
the
said
20.
of
July
,
shall
have
their
proportionable
number
of
Acres
according
to
the
English
Measure
,
viz.
sixteen
foot
and
a
half
to
a
Pole
,
and
no
other
,
or
greater
measure
.
Judicial
Proceedings
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
cap
.
4.
For
avoiding
of
discontinuances
in
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
because
the
four
first
returns
of
Easter
Term
,
1660.
cannot
be
conveniently
kept
:
No
Pleas
,
Writs
,
Bills
,
Actions
,
Suits
,
Plaints
,
Process
,
Precepts
,
or
other
things
whatsoever
pleaded
,
returned
,
or
depending
,
or
having
day
in
any
the
said
Courts
,
at
the
several
returns
,
or
other
days
certain
after
shall
be
discontinued
,
for
the
not
keeping
of
such
returns
,
or
days
,
but
shall
be
effectual
in
Law
to
all
intents
and
purposes
:
and
all
such
places
,
&c.
are
continued
and
adjourned
to
Crastino
Ascensionis
Dom
.
and
all
Sheriffs
and
other
Officers
shall
keep
in
their
hands
respectively
,
All
Writs
and
Process
until
Crastino
Ascensionis
,
and
then
return
the
same
.
II
.
No
Writs
,
Process
,
Plaints
,
Pleas
,
Informations
,
Indictments
,
or
Judicial
proceedings
,
had
,
commenced
,
or
prosecuted
,
before
5.
of
May
,
1660.
in
the
name
of
Custodes
Libertatis
Angliae
authoritate
Parliamenti
,
or
the
same
in
English
,
or
in
the
name
of
Oliver
Lord
Protector
of
,
&c.
or
in
the
name
of
Richard
of
&c.
shall
be
abated
,
or
discontinued
,
by
the
Kings
Just
reassumption
to
his
Government
,
or
because
of
error
,
abatement
,
or
discontinuance
,
but
all
such
Writs
,
and
proceedings
,
and
all
Commissions
for
Answers
,
Commissions
for
Fines
,
Warrants
of
Attorney
,
&c.
shall
stand
,
and
be
continued
,
and
proceeded
upon
,
notwithstanding
the
change
of
the
Kings
name
,
and
style
in
the
Judicial
proceedings
.
III
.
One
Act
made
1650.
called
,
An
Act
for
turning
the
Law
Books
,
and
proceedings
in
Courts
of
Justice
into
English
,
shall
be
in
force
,
till
1.
August
,
1660.
and
no
longer
,
and
the
Act
touching
the
pleading
of
the
general
Issue
,
and
the
giving
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
to
continue
till
the
same
time
and
no
longer
.
IV
.
If
the
general
issue
hath
been
pleaded
since
20.
November
,
1660.
or
before
the
said
1.
of
August
,
then
such
evidence
may
be
allowed
,
as
if
the
said
pretended
Act
had
continued
,
and
not
determined
.
Provided
,
That
all
Writs
,
Patents
,
and
Commissions
for
Justices
of
either
Bench
,
and
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
Commissions
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
and
Gaol
delivery
,
and
precepts
upon
such
Commissions
,
and
all
other
Commissions
to
be
made
by
the
Clerk
of
the
Crown
in
Chancery
,
Charters
,
and
Letters-Patents
,
of
Lands
,
Liberties
,
Honours
,
or
Offices
do
or
may
issue
in
the
Kings
name
,
in
the
same
manner
as
usually
before
the
making
of
the
said
recited
pretended
Act.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
cap
.
9.
All
Fines
,
Recoveries
,
Verdict
,
Judgements
,
Statutes
,
Recognizances
,
Inrollments
,
Exemplifications
,
Inquisitions
,
Indictments
,
Presentments
,
Informations
,
Decrees
,
Probate
of
Wills
,
Letters
of
Administrations
,
&
all
proceedings
in
Law
or
equity
:
in
all
or
any
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
or
in
Wales
,
or
in
County
Palatines
,
or
the
Dutchy
,
Barwick
,
or
other
inferiour
Courts
;
and
all
things
done
by
the
Judges
and
Officers
in
pursuance
thereof
,
or
of
the
Court
of
Admiralty
,
Delegates
,
Justices
of
Assise
,
Nisi
Prius
,
&c.
Commissioner
of
Sewers
,
Bankrupts
,
or
Charitable
uses
;
and
all
proceedings
thereupon
had
in
England
since
the
first
of
May
,
1642.
are
confirmed
,
notwithstanding
any
defect
of
legal
Power
,
or
difference
in
stile
,
or
Title
.
II
.
All
Fines
levyed
without
paying
the
Kings
Silver
,
or
without
entry
of
money
given
for
the
concord
,
or
before
one
Judge
only
,
are
made
good
and
effectual
:
And
all
Fines
,
Recoveries
,
Judicial
Proceedings
in
the
Common
Pleas
since
the
death
of
the
late
King
,
of
Lands
in
Durham
are
confirmed
.
Provided
,
All
the
illegal
Proceedings
,
and
illegal
High
Court
of
Justice
,
are
excepted
and
hereby
not
confirmed
.
III
.
Whereas
since
the
first
of
May
,
1641.
and
before
the
20.
of
August
,
1660.
divers
who
adhered
to
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
have
been
indicted
for
Treason
;
and
others
also
who
adhered
to
his
Majesty
or
his
Father
,
were
impeached
in
like
manner
:
All
such
Indictments
and
Proceedings
thereupon
,
and
all
Grants
made
of
any
Lands
forfeited
by
reason
thereof
,
and
title
to
the
mean
Profits
claimed
in
that
respect
,
be
henceforth
discharged
,
and
that
Restitution
be
made
to
the
respective
persons
,
their
heirs
,
&c.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
avoid
,
or
confirm
any
sales
,
or
estates
made
by
any
pretended
Act
of
Parliament
since
the
first
of
May
,
1642.
Nor
any
Confirmation
thereof
in
this
Parliament
,
but
they
shall
stand
in
such
plight
as
they
should
have
done
if
they
had
not
been
made
.
IV
.
All
Recognizances
,
Bonds
and
Securities
made
to
the
late
Keepers
,
or
Protector
,
and
not
Pardoned
or
Discharged
by
this
Act
,
or
otherwise
(
other
than
such
Securities
as
have
been
given
to
the
said
Powers
)
by
any
for
their
adherence
to
his
Majesty
,
or
his
Father
,
and
relating
to
the
late
Troubles
,
all
which
are
declared
to
be
void
;
and
all
Proceedings
had
for
the
said
pretended
Powers
,
and
unpardoned
(
otherwise
than
as
abovesaid
)
may
be
had
and
prosecuted
in
the
Name
,
and
to
the
use
of
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
.
And
also
excepting
all
Obligations
,
Bonds
and
Securities
to
the
said
pretended
Powers
,
by
order
of
any
Person
or
Persons
of
any
Council
of
State
,
Committee
of
Safety
,
Major-Generals
,
Decimators
,
or
any
under
them
,
or
any
other
Military
Power
,
which
are
destined
also
to
be
void
.
V.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
continue
after
8.
May
,
1660.
any
of
the
Judges
at
Westminster
,
Sergeants
at
Law
,
Commissioners
of
Sewers
,
or
of
Bankrupts
,
or
of
Charitable
Uses
constituted
by
any
of
the
late
pretended
Powers
.
Provided
,
It
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
grieved
,
to
have
a
Writ
of
Error
,
Bill
of
Review
,
in
such
manner
as
formerly
,
other
than
such
Errors
and
Defects
as
are
remedied
by
the
Act.
VI
.
No
Non-claim
upon
,
or
after
any
Fine
hereby
confirmed
,
shall
extend
to
bar
any
person
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
(
other
than
the
parties
to
the
said
Fines
,
and
their
Heirs
and
Trustees
)
concerning
such
rights
as
they
had
by
colour
of
any
Act
,
or
pretended
Ordinance
of
Parliament
,
since
1.
May
,
1642.
and
before
25.
April
,
1660.
were
sold
or
disposed
of
,
as
of
Crown-Lands
,
or
Church-Lands
,
or
as
the
Lands
of
any
person
for
his
adherence
to
the
late
King
,
or
his
now
Majestie
,
or
in
relation
to
the
late
Troubles
,
so
as
such
persons
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
pursue
their
Claims
,
by
Action
or
Entry
within
five
years
after
the
29.
of
May
,
1660.
VII
.
The
Names
and
Styles
of
the
usurped
Powers
and
Authorities
,
and
the
Act
mentioned
,
are
declared
to
be
Rebellions
,
Traiterous
,
and
abominable
Usurpations
,
detested
by
the
Parliament
,
as
opposite
to
his
Majesties
just
Rights
,
and
a
violation
of
the
Priviledges
of
Parliament
.
VIII
.
All
pretended
Indictments
,
Outlawries
,
Inquisitions
and
Proceedings
thereon
of
High
Treason
against
any
person
for
levying
War
against
Oliver
Cromwel
,
or
any
other
late
usurped
Power
,
are
hereby
made
void
.
And
all
Assurances
,
Recognizances
,
and
Judgements
for
Debt
,
or
Damages
heretofore
had
or
suffered
by
any
person
whose
Conviction
,
Outlawry
,
or
Attainder
is
hereby
discharged
,
shall
be
of
no
effect
,
as
if
no
such
Conviction
,
Outlawry
,
or
Attainder
had
been
.
Knight-hood
.
Enacted
17
Car
.
1.
cap
.
18.
That
from
henceforth
,
no
person
or
persons
,
of
what
condition
,
quality
,
estate
or
degree
soever
,
shall
at
any
time
be
distrained
or
compelled
by
any
Writ
or
Process
of
the
Court
of
Chancery
,
or
Court
of
Exchequer
,
or
otherwise
by
any
means
whatsoever
,
to
receive
,
or
take
upon
him
,
or
them
respectively
,
the
Order
or
Dignity
of
Knight-hood
;
Nor
shall
suffer
,
or
undergo
any
fine
,
trouble
,
or
molestation
whatsoever
by
reason
,
or
colour
of
his
or
their
having
not
received
,
or
taken
upon
him
or
them
,
the
said
Order
,
or
Dignity
:
And
all
and
every
Writ
and
Process
whatsoever
,
and
all
proceedings
had
or
made
contrary
to
that
Statute
shall
be
utterly
void
.
Leases
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
cap
.
30.
All
Grants
by
Copy
of
Court
Roll
,
and
Leases
,
and
Licenses
of
setting
and
assigning
Grants
and
Presentations
,
all
elections
of
Heads
,
Masters
,
Fellows
,
Scholars
,
Students
,
and
Officers
of
Colledges
,
Halls
,
Churches
and
Houses
of
Learning
,
and
Hospitals
,
into
dead
,
or
other
places
,
by
reason
of
the
late
troubles
,
then
or
since
vacant
;
Receipts
and
Acquittances
of
Rents
incurred
,
Entries
for
Forfeitures
,
or
conditions
broken
,
had
,
made
,
or
given
since
5.
March
,
1642.
and
before
25.
July
,
1660.
by
any
Masters
,
Provosts
,
Presidents
,
Wardens
,
Governours
,
Rectors
,
Principals
and
other
heads
of
Houses
,
de
facto
of
the
same
respectively
in
either
of
the
Universities
of
Oxford
or
Cambridge
,
or
Deans
and
Canons
,
or
Prebends
de
facto
of
Christ-Church
,
or
Master
,
Provost
,
or
Warden
of
the
Colledges
of
Eaton
,
or
Winchester
,
or
by
such
Master
,
Wardens
,
or
Governours
,
Brothers
,
Brethren
,
or
Sisters
de
facto
of
any
Hospital
,
by
whatsoever
particular
name
,
or
stile
of
foundation
the
said
Colledges
,
Church
,
Hospitals
,
Masters
,
Governours
,
Fellows
,
Deans
and
Canons
,
or
Prebends
,
are
stiled
,
founded
,
known
or
incorporated
;
and
all
Leases
,
Grants
,
by
the
Master
,
Warden
,
Brethren
,
Brothers
,
or
Sisters
of
any
Hospitals
of
the
Patronage
of
any
Bishop
,
Dean
,
Dean
and
Chapter
,
and
all
surrenders
to
them
made
to
enable
such
Leases
,
Grants
,
and
Presentations
,
shall
stand
and
be
of
the
same
,
and
no
other
force
and
effect
,
as
if
the
said
Masters
,
Provosts
,
&c.
had
been
such
de
jure
,
and
duly
and
de
jure
entituled
in
,
and
to
the
said
Colledges
,
Halls
,
&c.
or
places
respectively
,
and
as
if
such
Leases
,
granted
by
the
Masters
and
Brethren
of
any
Hospital
,
of
the
Patronage
of
any
Bishop
,
Dean
,
Dean
and
Chapter
had
been
confirmed
by
the
Bishop
,
Dean
and
Chapter
.
And
that
notwithstanding
any
defects
in
the
Lessors
,
or
Grantors
,
and
notwithstanding
the
restitution
of
any
ejected
person
,
the
Rents
,
Covenants
and
Conditions
in
such
Leases
and
Grants
,
shall
go
in
succession
,
as
if
such
Lessors
,
or
Grantors
had
been
de
jure
Masters
,
&c.
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Statute
,
notwithstanding
.
1
Provided
,
Nothing
in
this
Act
extend
to
the
confirming
,
or
making
good
of
any
Lease
,
or
Leases
,
or
any
parcel
,
or
parcels
of
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Pastures
,
Houses
,
Orchards
,
Gardens
,
Barns
,
or
any
of
the
Possessions
of
,
or
belonging
to
the
Hospital
of
St.
John
the
Baptist
and
the
Evangelist
in
the
Town
of
Northampton
,
made
between
1.
September
,
1655.
and
25.
July
,
1658.
by
the
pretended
Mr.
George
Goodman
and
his
Co-brethren
of
the
said
Hospital
.
2.
This
Act
shall
not
make
good
in
Law
or
Equity
,
any
Lease
,
or
Leases
made
by
Simon
Moor
Clerk
,
late
pretended
Master
of
the
Hospital
of
St.
Oswald
in
the
County
of
Worcester
,
or
of
any
the
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
of
,
or
belonging
to
the
said
Hospital
,
to
Richard
Moor
his
Son
,
or
to
any
the
Children
,
or
Grand-children
of
the
said
Simon
Moor
,
or
to
any
in
trust
for
the
use
,
or
uses
of
the
said
Simon
,
his
Wife
,
Children
,
Grand
children
,
or
any
or
either
of
them
.
3.
No
person
shall
be
confirmed
in
any
Master-ship
,
Provost-ship
,
Head-ship
,
or
Fellow-ship
,
or
Chaplains-place
,
in
any
Colledge
,
or
Hall
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
or
in
the
Colledges
of
Eaton
or
Winchester
,
that
is
not
ordained
Minister
by
Bishops
,
or
Presbyters
(
or
being
ordained
hath
since
renounced
his
Ordination
)
where
by
the
local
Statutes
of
the
said
respective
Colledges
,
or
Halls
,
Ordination
is
required
.
4.
This
Act
shall
not
confirm
any
Lease
,
or
Leases
of
the
Rectories
and
Personages
of
Randal
and
Littlecotes
in
the
County
of
Lincoln
,
which
have
long
since
been
in
the
tenure
,
or
occupation
of
John
Lord
Culpeper
,
but
that
the
said
John
Lord
Culpeper
his
Executors
or
Administrators
,
re
imbursing
the
new
Tenant
or
Lessee
so
much
money
as
hath
been
really
paid
for
the
Fine
for
such
Lease
,
they
shall
be
admitted
to
renew
the
said
Lease
,
for
the
said
Fine
.
5.
That
Thomas
Clifton
now
of
Litham
in
the
County
of
Lancaster
Esquire
,
his
Executors
and
Administrators
(
paying
the
several
and
respective
Rents
reserved
unto
the
Colledge
of
Christ-Church
in
Oxford
,
and
securing
unto
John
Arthurs
,
Thomas
Bromefield
and
Lawrence
Marsh
,
or
the
Survivours
or
Survivor
of
them
,
or
the
Executors
,
or
Executor
of
the
Survivor
of
them
,
who
have
certain
Tithes
and
Lands
,
parcel
of
the
Mannor
and
Parsonage
of
Kirkham
in
the
County
of
Lancaster
,
leased
unto
them
from
Doctor
Owen
,
reputed
Dean
and
the
Chapter
of
the
Cathedral
Church
of
Christ
in
Oxford
,
for
the
uses
in
the
said
Lease
expressed
,
out
of
the
Premises
the
yearly
sum
of
400
l.
to
be
paid
half-yearly
,
by
equal
portions
for
11
years
next
ensuing
;
and
re-imbursing
unto
several
other
Lessees
,
or
their
Assigns
,
of
many
other
parts
,
portions
of
the
said
Parsonage
of
Kirkham
,
so
much
money
as
was
by
them
truly
paid
for
their
respective
Fines
(
all
which
demised
Premises
,
had
long
been
in
the
Tenure
,
or
Occupation
of
the
said
Thomas
Clifton
and
his
Ancestors
,
for
several
terms
of
years
yet
unexpired
)
shall
have
and
enjoy
the
same
for
the
residue
of
the
said
several
terms
yet
to
come
.
6.
It
shall
not
confirm
the
election
of
any
Head
,
Fellow
,
Schollar
,
or
Chaplain
of
any
Colledge
or
Hall
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
that
upon
any
other
grounds
besides
the
want
of
Episcopal
Ordination
,
is
,
or
was
not
capable
of
being
elected
into
such
place
,
by
the
Statute
of
the
said
Colledge
or
Hall
,
into
which
he
or
they
were
chosen
.
7.
It
shall
not
prejudice
the
title
of
any
person
,
or
persons
,
who
by
Letters-Patents
under
the
Great
Seal
,
hath
obtained
from
his
Majesty
since
the
1.
May
,
and
before
26.
of
August
,
1660
,
any
grant
of
any
Deanry
,
Headship
of
any
House
,
Rectorship
of
any
Colledge
,
Canons
place
,
Prebendary
,
Fellowship
,
or
Schollarship
within
either
the
Universities
,
or
of
the
Colledges
of
Eaton
,
Westminster
,
or
Winchester
.
8.
It
shall
not
confirm
any
Lease
,
or
Estate
made
to
John
Tombs
Clerk
,
of
any
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
belonging
to
the
Hospital
of
St.
Katherines
in
Ledbury
in
the
County
of
Hereford
,
to
any
of
his
children
,
or
to
any
other
in
trust
for
him
,
them
,
or
any
of
them
.
9
Not
make
good
any
Lease
made
by
William
Lenthal
,
pretended
Warden
of
the
House
of
Converts
,
belonging
to
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
since
30.
January
1642.
of
any
Houses
,
or
Tenements
thereunto
belonging
,
to
the
prejudice
of
John
Lord
Culpeper
,
his
Successors
,
Lessees
,
or
Assigns
,
the
said
Lord
Culpeper
re-imbursing
the
said
Lessees
,
such
moneys
as
have
been
paid
with
interest
for
the
same
,
discounting
for
the
mean
profits
.
10.
Not
to
confirm
William
Hooke
in
the
Mastership
of
the
Savoy
,
nor
to
make
good
any
Lease
of
any
lands
,
&c.
belonging
thereunto
,
made
between
30.
January
,
1648
,
to
the
1.
of
June
,
1660.
The
Master
of
the
Hospital
for
the
time
being
,
allowing
to
all
such
Lessees
,
all
such
sums
of
money
,
as
they
paid
to
the
Master
for
a
Fine
at
the
time
of
making
such
Lease
,
and
interest
for
the
same
,
the
Lessees
discounting
for
the
mean
profits
.
11.
Not
to
confirm
any
Lease
,
or
Grant
mentioned
to
be
made
to
any
person
,
by
John
Owen
,
late
Dean
,
and
others
Canons
,
or
pretended
Dean
and
Canons
of
the
Colledge
of
Christ-Church
in
Oxford
,
of
any
of
the
Rectories
,
Tithes
,
Gleab-lands
,
of
Hampton
,
Wickenford
,
Badsey
,
Aldington
,
Uffenham
,
South-Littleton
,
North-Littleton
and
Middle-Littleton
in
Worcestershire
,
heretofore
the
Possessions
of
Henry
late
Marquess
of
Worcester
,
and
Dame
Anne
his
Wife
,
or
either
of
them
,
dispossessed
for
loyaltie
to
his
Majesty
;
but
that
the
Executor
,
or
Administrator
of
the
said
Henry
,
shall
be
admitted
to
renew
the
Leases
of
the
said
Tithes
,
re-imbursing
to
such
person
all
such
sums
of
money
paid
for
the
said
Lease
,
or
Leases
by
way
of
Fine
,
with
interest
for
the
same
,
the
said
person
,
or
persons
discounting
to
the
said
Executors
,
or
Administrators
for
the
mean
profits
received
.
12.
Not
to
confirm
any
Lease
,
Estate
,
&c.
made
by
any
pretended
Dean
and
Chapter
,
Master
or
Head
of
any
Colledge
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
or
of
any
Hospital
;
which
said
Lease
had
not
been
good
in
Law
,
had
they
been
made
by
a
lawful
Dean
and
Chapter
,
&c.
nor
to
make
good
any
Lease
,
or
Leases
of
the
Rectory
,
or
Parsonage
of
Arrington
in
the
County
of
Cambridge
:
nor
the
Rectory
,
or
Parsonage
of
Soham
in
the
said
County
:
but
that
Thomas
Chicheley
,
(
paying
and
re-imbursing
the
several
Tenants
,
&c.
the
several
sums
of
moneys
paid
for
Fines
with
interest
,
discounting
such
Rents
and
Profits
taken
out
of
the
Premises
)
shall
be
restored
to
his
ancient
possessions
;
and
that
Trinity
Colledge
,
and
Trinity
Hall
in
Cambridge
shall
Lease
the
said
several
Rectories
and
Parsonages
to
the
said
Thomas
Chicheley
.
13.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
restore
any
person
to
any
Headship
,
Fellowship
,
or
Schollarship
of
any
Colledge
or
Hall
,
or
to
any
Chaplains
or
Clerks
place
,
in
any
Colledge
or
Hall
in
the
Universities
,
or
to
any
Rector
,
or
Rectors
place
,
that
is
,
or
shall
be
before
1.
January
,
1660.
ejected
out
of
their
respective
Head-ships
,
&c.
or
out
of
any
Lecture
in
the
said
University
by
his
Majesties
Commissioners
,
under
the
great
Seal
,
for
not
having
been
legally
and
according
to
the
several
Statutes
of
the
said
places
nominated
elected
or
admitted
in
,
or
to
the
same
.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
35.
That
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
for
the
time
being
,
and
his
Successors
,
Masters
of
the
Rolls
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
during
the
time
,
he
or
they
shall
continue
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
by
writing
indented
under
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
grant
and
make
Leases
for
41
years
,
or
for
lesser
Term
,
to
commence
from
the
making
of
such
Leases
,
of
all
and
singular
the
Houses
,
Mansions
,
Grounds
,
or
Tenements
with
the
Appurtenances
to
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
as
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
or
any
part
thereof
:
The
Chappel
of
the
Rolls
,
with
a
convenient
Mansion-House
,
Court
,
Yard
,
Garden
,
Stable
,
Coach-house
,
and
other
Out-houses
,
and
buildings
fit
for
the
use
and
habitation
of
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
onely
excepted
:
which
Lease
,
&c.
shall
be
as
good
and
effectual
in
Law
,
as
if
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
had
been
seised
of
the
Premises
of
a
good
estate
in
fee-simple
.
I.
Provided
,
That
in
Leases
where
provision
is
made
for
new
building
of
houses
,
the
yearly
Rent
of
20
s
.
at
the
least
shall
be
reserved
upon
every
Lease
,
of
such
a
quantity
of
the
said
Premises
,
as
shall
be
set
out
and
assigned
by
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
for
the
time
being
,
for
any
out-house
or
Tenement
to
be
built
upon
:
And
in
Leases
where
there
is
no
such
Provision
,
the
like
usual
Rent
as
hath
been
paid
,
or
reserved
for
the
greater
part
of
seven
years
last
past
,
or
more
,
shall
be
yearly
reserved
.
II
.
That
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
for
the
time
being
,
or
any
succeeding
Master
of
the
Rolls
,
after
the
Premises
have
been
once
letten
,
shall
not
make
,
or
grant
any
new
,
or
concurrent
Lease
,
until
within
7
years
of
the
expiration
of
the
Lease
,
then
in
being
,
nor
for
any
lesser
Rent
,
then
was
reserved
upon
the
former
Lease
,
nor
for
longer
Term
then
21
years
from
the
making
of
such
new
Lease
.
I.
Enacted
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
All
Leases
,
or
Grants
already
made
,
or
hereafter
to
be
made
within
three
years
by
the
King
by
Letters
Patents
,
Indentures
,
or
other
Writings
under
his
Great
Seal
,
or
Seal
of
the
Exchequer
;
Or
by
Copy
of
Court-Roll
,
according
to
the
customs
of
the
respective
Mannors
,
of
any
Offices
,
Parks
,
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
(
other
than
Honours
,
Lordships
,
or
Mannors
)
parcel
of
the
possessions
of
the
Duchy
of
Cornwal
,
or
annexed
to
the
same
,
shall
be
good
and
effectual
in
Law
,
according
to
the
Contents
of
the
said
Leases
,
&c.
against
the
King
,
his
heirs
,
&c.
And
all
and
every
other
person
whatsoever
which
shall
inherit
or
enjoy
the
Dukedorne
of
Cornwal
by
force
of
any
Act
of
Parliament
or
other
limitation
.
Provided
,
Such
Leases
to
be
made
,
shall
be
made
but
for
three
lives
or
fewer
,
or
31
years
or
under
;
Or
some
other
Term
determinable
upon
one
,
two
,
or
three
lives
,
and
not
above
,
and
if
made
in
Reversion
,
the
same
together
with
the
Estates
in
possession
not
to
exceed
three
lives
,
or
31
years
;
and
not
dispunishable
of
Waste
,
and
upon
every
such
Lease
shall
be
reserved
the
ancient
Rent
or
more
,
as
hath
been
paid
for
the
greater
part
of
twenty
years
next
before
the
making
of
such
Lease
:
And
where
no
Rent
hath
been
reserved
,
or
payable
,
there
shall
be
reserved
a
reasonable
Rent
,
not
under
the
fourth
part
of
the
yearly
value
of
the
Parks
,
Lands
,
&c.
therein
contained
.
II
.
All
Covenants
,
Conditions
,
Reservations
and
Agreements
contained
in
every
Lease
made
,
or
hereafter
to
be
made
,
of
the
premisses
,
shall
be
good
,
according
to
the
words
and
contents
of
the
same
against
them
to
whom
the
Remainder
of
the
said
Lands
,
&c.
shall
come
,
as
for
and
against
them
to
whom
the
interests
of
the
said
Leases
,
&c.
shall
come
respectively
,
as
if
the
King
at
the
time
of
the
making
such
Covenants
,
&c.
were
seised
of
an
absolute
indefeasable
estate
of
Inheritance
in
Fee-simple
in
the
same
,
saving
to
all
persons
,
Bodies
politick
,
&c.
(
other
than
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
all
and
every
person
who
shall
hereafter
have
,
inherit
and
enjoy
the
said
Dukedom
of
Cornwal
)
All
such
Rights
,
Titles
,
Estates
,
Claims
and
Demands
of
what
kind
,
nature
,
or
quality
soever
,
of
,
in
,
to
,
or
out
of
the
said
Offices
,
Lands
,
&c.
as
they
had
,
or
ought
to
have
had
before
the
making
of
the
Act.
Manufactures
and
Trades
.
I.
Enacted
.
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap
5.
That
for
the
making
of
Worsteds
,
and
other
Stuffs
called
Norwith
Stuffs
,
and
Regulating
of
the
same
within
the
County
of
the
City
of
Norwich
,
and
County
of
Norfolk
,
There
shall
be
12
Wardens
and
30
Assistants
,
all
which
are
to
be
Master
Weavers
,
6
of
which
Wardens
,
and
15
of
the
said
Assistants
,
shall
be
chosen
the
first
Monday
after
Pentecost
Anno
1662.
and
so
yearly
,
at
some
publick
place
by
the
Master-weavers
,
or
the
greater
number
of
them
,
present
at
the
said
City
and
County
of
Norwich
:
And
the
other
6
Wardens
and
15.
Assistants
chosen
the
same
day
yearly
,
within
the
City
of
Norwich
,
or
county
of
Norfolk
.
And
the
said
Wardens
respectively
shall
within
14
days
after
they
shall
be
chosen
,
take
an
oath
,
to
be
ministred
unto
them
by
the
Mayor
of
the
said
City
for
the
time
being
,
or
his
Deputy
,
or
Steward
of
the
Dutchy
of
Lancaster
within
the
said
County
:
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
swear
,
That
I
will
faithfully
and
honestly
,
perform
and
discharge
the
Office
of
a
Warden
of
the
said
Trade
of
Worsted
Weavers
,
according
to
the
best
of
my
skill
,
power
,
and
knowledge
:
and
the
Assistants
shall
take
the
like
Oath
before
such
persons
the
Wardens
shall
be
sworn
:
And
if
any
of
the
Wardens
so
chosen
shall
refuse
to
take
such
Oath
;
or
after
he
is
sworn
,
dye
before
the
end
of
the
year
,
then
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Master-weavers
of
the
said
city
and
county
,
to
choose
other
Warden
or
Wardens
in
the
place
of
him
,
or
them
so
dying
,
who
shall
be
sworn
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
II
.
That
for
the
due
execution
of
the
powers
and
authorities
given
by
the
Act
,
when
,
and
as
often
as
it
shall
be
desired
by
8
or
more
of
the
Assistants
,
Thirteen
or
more
of
the
said
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
,
shall
have
power
to
make
and
ordain
By-Laws
,
Rules
,
and
Ordinances
,
for
and
concerning
the
regulation
of
the
said
Worsted-Stuffs
,
or
other
Stuffs
now
made
,
or
hereafter
to
be
made
,
within
the
said
city
and
county
of
Norwich
,
and
county
of
Norfolk
,
both
in
length
,
breadth
,
and
goodness
,
and
of
such
other
particulars
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
for
the
better
Regulating
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
and
the
Artificers
of
the
same
,
which
By-Laws
,
&c.
being
confirmed
by
the
Mayor
,
and
2
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
city
,
and
county
of
Norwich
;
and
three
other
Justices
of
the
county
of
Norfolk
shall
be
obeyed
and
kept
by
the
several
persons
within
,
and
under
the
said
Regulation
;
and
the
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
are
impowred
to
impose
a
sine
or
penalty
,
on
such
as
shall
not
conform
thereunto
.
The
said
fine
or
penalty
upon
any
person
,
not
exceeding
10
s
.
for
every
offence
.
III
.
The
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
of
the
said
City
,
and
County
of
the
said
City
,
shall
give
personal
notice
to
the
Wardens
,
of
the
County
of
Norfolk
,
or
2.
of
them
,
of
the
time
when
they
intend
to
consider
of
the
making
of
by-laws
,
&c.
and
shall
set
it
up
upon
the
Door
of
their
Sealing
Hall
14.
dayes
at
the
least
before
they
proceed
to
make
the
same
,
to
the
end
the
Country
Weavers
may
be
there
present
.
IV
.
All
Yarns
,
called
Worsted
Yarns
,
and
such
other
as
are
used
by
the
Worsted-Weavers
shall
be
made
without
fraud
;
and
reeled
on
a
Reel
of
a
full
yard
about
,
every
Reel-staff
to
contain
14.
Leas
,
and
every
Lea
40.
threads
;
12.
of
the
Reel-staffs
shall
make
a
dozen
,
and
12.
dozen
a
grosse
;
and
if
any
person
shall
put
to
Sale
any
Yarns
made
and
reeled
in
other
manner
,
every
such
person
shall
forfeit
the
Moiety
,
of
the
value
of
such
Yarn
to
be
recovered
to
the
use
of
the
Trade
,
and
Manufacture
by
action
of
debt
,
&c.
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
.
And
the
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
,
shall
and
may
in
all
Fairs
and
Markets
search
,
in
the
said
City
of
Norwich
,
and
County
of
the
same
,
and
view
all
Yarn
,
which
shall
be
there
put
to
sale
and
to
seize
on
such
as
they
shall
finde
defective
,
and
within
20.
days
next
after
seizure
,
to
bring
the
same
to
tryal
by
a
Jury
,
and
to
be
proceeded
in
,
as
by
the
Act
is
appointed
for
defective
Stuffs
,
and
so
set
such
fine
upon
the
said
Yarns
,
as
they
shall
see
cause
,
the
fine
not
to
exceed
the
Moiety
of
the
Yarn
found
defective
;
and
no
person
shall
be
doubly
punished
for
one
offence
touching
Yarns
,
by
this
clause
of
the
Act.
V.
All
sorts
of
Stuffs
,
woven
of
Woollen
only
,
or
of
Wooll
,
and
other
materials
within
the
counties
aforesaid
,
and
the
Makers
and
Weavers
of
the
same
,
shall
be
under
the
government
and
regulation
of
the
said
Wardens
and
Assistants
;
and
the
By-laws
made
,
or
to
be
made
by
this
,
or
by
virtue
of
other
Acts
of
Parliament
,
(
except
such
Stuffs
which
are
under
the
Regulation
of
the
Wardens
and
fellowship
of
the
Mystery
,
of
Russel
Sattens
,
Sattens
,
Reverses
,
and
Fustians
of
Norwich
making
within
the
said
city
)
shall
be
established
.
And
all
Stuffs
to
be
made
under
the
Regulation
aforesaid
,
before
they
be
put
to
sale
,
shall
be
brought
to
Weavers
Hall
,
within
the
County
of
the
City
of
Norwich
,
to
be
viewed
and
searched
by
the
said
Wardens
;
and
if
it
be
found
,
they
are
well
and
sufficiently
made
and
wrought
,
according
to
the
ordinances
of
the
said
Trade
,
then
such
Stuffs
shall
be
sealed
and
allowed
:
But
if
such
Stuffs
shall
be
found
and
appear
to
be
defective
,
they
shall
be
seized
by
the
Wardens
,
or
two
of
them
,
and
tryed
by
a
Jury
of
twelve
Artificers
of
the
said
Regulation
of
Worsted
Weavers
,
six
of
them
being
of
the
City
of
Norwich
,
and
six
of
the
County
of
Norfolk
;
which
Jury
Impannelled
and
sworn
before
the
Mayor
of
the
City
,
shall
try
the
said
Stuffs
whether
they
be
made
according
to
the
By-laws
and
ordinances
,
and
shall
have
power
to
impose
a
fine
according
to
the
nature
of
the
Offence
,
not
exceeding
the
moity
of
the
value
of
the
defective
Stuffs
,
the
fine
to
go
to
the
use
of
the
Trade
and
Manufacture
;
The
defective
Stuffs
to
be
detained
till
the
fine
set
by
the
Jury
be
paid
;
which
if
the
owners
shall
not
pay
to
the
Wardens
,
or
some
of
them
within
forty
days
,
the
said
Stuffs
to
be
sold
by
any
two
of
them
,
returning
the
overplus
to
the
owner
.
VI
.
If
any
Warden
,
or
Wardens
shall
seal
,
or
cause
to
be
sealed
any
Stuffs
under
the
regulation
,
which
shall
afterwards
be
discovered
to
be
defective
contrary
to
the
act
,
and
the
By-laws
.
&c.
made
,
and
to
be
made
,
and
found
so
by
a
Jury
of
twelve
Artificers
of
the
said
Trade
Impannelled
and
sworn
before
the
Mayor
,
or
his
Deputy
,
&c.
of
which
six
shall
be
of
the
said
City
Weavers
,
and
six
of
the
Weavers
of
the
Country
Weavers
;
they
are
impowred
to
set
a
fine
upon
the
Warden
,
&c.
as
the
Jury
shall
think
fit
,
not
exceeding
forty
shillings
,
which
Fine
shall
be
to
the
use
of
the
King
:
And
the
same
Jury
,
or
the
like
Jury
,
shall
inquire
into
all
and
every
the
frauds
and
miscarriages
of
the
said
Wardens
and
Assistants
in
the
execution
of
their
Offices
,
and
punish
them
in
manner
as
is
before
mentioned
to
be
done
against
other
offenders
under
the
said
Regulation
.
Provided
,
If
they
,
or
any
of
them
shall
be
unjustly
molested
,
and
that
the
Stuffs
upon
such
tryal
shall
be
found
good
,
and
duly
made
,
or
they
not
guilty
of
such
frauds
and
miscarriages
,
the
persons
so
causelesly
molesting
them
,
shall
pay
to
the
Wardens
,
&c.
so
molested
,
double
the
Damages
they
shall
suffer
.
VII
.
It
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
person
,
&c.
to
buy
any
piece
,
or
pieces
of
Stuffs
before
the
same
be
sealed
by
the
Wardens
of
the
Trade
,
saving
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
all
such
right
of
Customs
,
Subsidies
and
Aulnage
of
Norfolk
and
Norwich
Stuffs
or
Worsteads
,
as
he
or
they
might
have
lawfully
claimed
before
the
Act
:
And
if
any
piece
or
pieces
of
Stuffs
be
found
in
the
possession
of
any
person
unsealed
,
(
except
in
the
possession
of
the
first
Owner
or
Maker
)
the
said
person
,
&c.
shall
be
adjudged
guilty
of
deceipt
,
and
shall
forfeit
for
every
piece
of
Stuff
so
found
unsealed
,
four
shillings
,
and
the
maker
and
seller
of
the
same
who
shall
deliver
it
out
of
his
possession
before
it
be
sealed
,
four
shillings
for
every
such
piece
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
:
And
if
any
person
shall
counterfeit
any
seal
of
the
said
Trade
,
or
seal
any
piece
under
the
Regulation
with
any
counterfeit
seal
,
or
remove
a
seal
off
one
piece
,
and
set
it
to
another
which
hath
not
been
sealed
by
the
Wardens
.
Every
person
so
offending
,
and
thereof
convicted
by
his
own
confession
,
or
witnesses
,
before
the
Mayor
,
or
his
Deputy
,
or
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
of
Norfolk
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
offence
20
l.
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
&c.
VIII
.
No
person
,
&c.
shall
use
or
exercise
the
same
Trade
as
a
Weaver
,
unless
he
hath
served
to
the
same
Trade
as
an
Apprentice
for
seven
years
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
for
every
moneth
he
shall
exercise
the
same
,
forty
shillings
;
one
half
to
the
KING
,
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
:
And
every
person
under
the
said
Regulation
,
shall
weave
his
proper
stuff-mark
into
every
piece
at
the
end
thereof
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
three
shillings
for
every
Piece
woven
without
such
mark
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Trade
.
IX
.
The
Wardens
and
Assistants
,
two
or
more
of
them
have
powr
to
enter
and
search
the
Houses
,
Work-houses
,
of
any
Artificers
within
the
said
City
,
&c.
and
County
of
Norfolk
,
under
the
Regulation
of
the
Wardens
,
&c.
and
the
Shops
,
Houses
,
and
Ware-houses
of
any
Merchant
,
common
Buyer
,
Dealer
in
,
and
Retailer
of
any
the
said
Stuffs
,
and
into
the
Work-house
of
any
Dyer
,
Sheer
▪
man
,
or
other
workmans
house
,
and
places
of
sale
,
and
dressing
of
the
said
Stuffs
at
all
times
of
the
day
,
and
usual
times
of
working
;
and
may
view
and
search
the
Stuffs
there
found
,
and
if
any
Stuffs
shall
be
found
faulty
,
or
defective
,
may
seize
,
take
and
carry
away
the
same
,
to
be
ordered
and
brought
to
tryal
as
in
the
Act
is
appointed
for
defective
Stuffs
.
X.
Whatever
person
under
the
regulation
of
the
said
Trade
,
shall
employ
two
Apprentices
in
the
said
Trade
,
shall
likewise
employ
and
set
on
work
2.
Journeymen
,
during
the
time
he
employes
the
Apprentices
;
and
no
Master-weaver
,
shall
at
any
time
set
on
work
above
2.
Apprentices
or
any
week-Boy
to
work
in
a
Loom
,
upon
pain
for
every
person
for
every
moneth
so
offending
to
forfeit
5
l.
to
the
Kings
Majesty
.
11.
All
persons
who
are
,
or
may
be
concerned
in
any
thing
in
this
Act
,
are
to
yield
obedience
thereunto
;
and
if
any
person
,
&c.
shall
refuse
,
hinder
,
and
not
permit
the
Wardens
or
Assistants
,
to
exercise
their
Office
according
to
the
Tenure
of
the
Act
,
every
person
so
offending
,
being
convicted
thereof
,
by
oath
taken
as
before
is
mentioned
in
the
Act
,
shall
forfeit
40
s
.
to
the
Kings
Majesty
:
and
if
any
person
lawfully
summoned
to
appear
upon
any
Jury
according
to
the
tenure
of
the
Act
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
appear
,
every
person
,
&c.
so
refusing
or
neglecting
,
shall
forfeit
5
s
.
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
the
said
Trade
,
or
Manufacture
:
and
all
penalties
and
forfeitures
with
all
Fines
,
appointed
to
go
to
the
poor
of
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
shall
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
Offenders
Goods
and
Chattels
,
by
warrant
from
the
Mayor
of
the
said
City
,
or
his
Deputy
,
or
by
any
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
City
,
or
County
of
Norfolk
,
rendring
the
overplus
of
distress
to
the
Owner
,
or
otherwise
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
&c.
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
to
the
Defendant
.
XII
.
No
Weaver
under
the
regulation
of
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
shall
set
any
Loom
on
work
for
the
weaving
of
any
Stuffs
under
the
said
regulation
for
the
15.
August
in
every
year
,
till
the
15.
of
September
then
next
following
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
to
the
King
40
s
.
for
every
Loom
which
shall
be
used
in
work
within
the
said
time
.
XIII
.
A
true
account
shall
be
made
at
the
4.
assemblies
to
be
held
quarterly
by
the
Wardens
,
before
the
Mayor
of
the
City
of
Norwich
for
the
time
being
,
and
one
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
City
,
and
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
of
Norfolk
,
of
all
Fines
and
forfeitures
as
shall
be
received
and
had
,
belonging
to
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
and
of
all
charges
and
disbursments
touching
the
same
:
and
the
overplus
which
shall
remain
(
the
necessary
charges
deducted
)
shall
be
divided
into
two
equal
parts
,
one
moiety
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Wardens
and
Assistants
of
the
said
City
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
;
the
other
moiety
by
the
Wardens
and
Assistants
of
the
County
of
Norfolk
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
as
the
Justices
aforesaid
shall
respectively
direct
.
And
all
Mayors
,
Bailiffs
,
Constables
and
other
Officers
shall
be
ayding
and
assisting
to
the
said
Wardens
and
Assistants
as
often
as
they
shall
be
required
,
and
in
all
Actions
or
Suits
brought
against
any
person
,
&c.
for
acting
according
to
the
true
intent
of
the
Act
,
the
person
sued
,
&c.
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
the
matter
in
Evidence
,
and
shall
recover
double
Costs
,
if
the
Verdict
pass
for
him
or
them
,
or
the
Plaintiff
be
Non-suit
.
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
,
shall
not
extend
to
compel
the
Weavers
of
the
Towns
of
great
Yarmouth
and
Lynn
in
the
said
County
of
Norfolk
,
to
bring
their
Wares
to
Norwich
to
be
sealed
,
or
to
be
prejudicial
to
the
Weavers
of
the
said
Towns
,
or
either
of
them
,
to
deprive
them
or
either
of
them
of
such
Liberties
or
Priviledges
as
are
granted
to
them
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
fourteenth
year
of
Henry
the
8th
.
or
by
any
other
Act
of
Parliament
,
Grant
or
Charter
whatsoever
.
I.
Enacted
.
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
15.
From
and
after
the
25.
of
December
,
1662.
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
shall
directly
or
indirectly
use
,
exercise
,
continue
,
or
set
up
the
Trade
,
Art
,
or
Mystery
of
a
Silk-Thrower
,
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
unless
such
as
are
or
shall
he
Apprentices
to
the
said
Trade
,
or
have
served
seven
years
Apprentice
thereunto
,
upon
pain
to
forfeit
fourty
shillings
for
every
moneth
the
said
person
,
&c.
shall
use
or
exercise
the
said
Trade
;
the
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
the
other
moiety
to
such
person
,
&c.
as
shall
sue
for
the
same
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
Record
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
or
before
any
Justices
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
or
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter-Sessions
,
by
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
&c.
wherein
no
Essoign
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
II
.
All
persons
whatsoever
using
or
exercising
as
Masters
the
said
Art
,
Trade
,
or
Mystery
,
or
as
Apprentices
to
the
said
Trade
by
seven
years
within
the
Cities
of
London
,
Westminster
,
and
the
several
Suburbs
thereof
,
or
within
twenty
miles
compass
of
them
,
shall
before
25.
December
,
1662.
be
admitted
and
are
enjoyned
to
enter
themselves
into
the
Society
of
the
said
Corporation
of
Silk-Throwers
,
and
to
perform
,
and
be
subject
to
all
such
Laws
,
Orders
,
and
Ordinances
,
as
are
▪
or
shall
be
made
,
for
or
concerning
the
Regulation
or
Government
of
the
said
Trade
,
Art
,
or
Mystery
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
fourty
shillings
for
every
moneth
he
shall
use
or
exercise
the
said
Trade
after
25.
December
,
1662.
One
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moiety
to
such
person
,
&c.
as
shall
sue
for
the
same
,
in
such
manner
as
in
the
Clause
precedent
is
appointed
and
directed
.
Provided
,
That
such
laws
▪
Orders
,
Ordinances
,
&c.
be
not
contrary
,
but
agreeable
to
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
,
and
the
Customs
of
the
City
of
London
.
III
.
That
the
Masters
,
Wardens
,
Assistants
and
Commonalty
shall
have
and
enjoy
,
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
them
at
all
times
hereafter
to
do
,
and
exercise
within
the
said
Cities
,
Suburbs
,
and
places
abovesaid
,
all
such
Grants
,
Powers
,
Priviledges
and
Authorities
as
in
and
by
this
Act
,
or
by
the
Letters
Patents
of
the
said
Incorporation
are
given
to
them
for
or
concerning
the
regulation
or
Government
of
the
said
Trade
,
Art
or
Mystery
,
or
any
thing
relating
thereunto
,
any
thing
in
the
said
Letters
Patents
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
IV
.
Every
Silk-winder
,
and
Doubler
,
who
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
unjustly
,
deceitfully
,
and
falsely
purloyn
imbezel
,
pawn
,
sell
,
or
detain
any
part
of
Silk
,
delivered
,
or
to
be
delivered
by
any
Silk-Thrower
or
other
person
,
to
them
or
any
of
them
to
winde
,
or
double
:
In
every
such
case
,
as
well
the
Winder
or
Journey-man
so
offending
,
as
the
Buyer
and
Buyers
,
Receiver
and
Receivers
of
such
Silke
,
lawfully
convicted
by
confession
,
or
by
one
Witness
upon
Oath
before
one
or
more
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
or
Liberty
where
such
offence
shall
be
committed
;
Or
if
it
be
within
any
City
,
Town
Corporate
,
impowred
to
minister
such
Oath
,
are
impowred
to
hear
and
determine
all
and
every
the
said
offences
,
and
to
make
to
the
party
grieved
such
recompence
for
such
their
damage
,
loss
and
charges
,
as
by
the
said
Justice
or
Justices
shall
be
ordered
and
appointed
.
And
if
the
party
offending
shall
not
be
able
to
make
recompence
for
his
offence
within
fourteen
dayes
after
Conviction
,
then
the
party
so
offending
,
for
the
first
offence
shall
be
whipped
and
set
in
the
Stocks
in
the
place
where
the
offence
was
committed
,
or
in
some
Market
Town
in
the
said
County
neer
the
said
place
;
and
for
the
second
offence
to
incur
the
like
,
or
such
further
punishment
,
as
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
or
chief
Officers
shall
think
convenient
.
V.
All
and
every
Receiver
and
Buyer
of
any
Silke
,
or
such
as
shall
take
to
pawn
any
Silke
imbezled
,
or
purloyned
,
(
the
matter
of
Fact
being
proved
)
shall
make
satisfaction
within
the
time
aforesaid
,
or
else
be
subject
to
like
punishment
as
by
the
Act
is
provided
to
be
inflicted
upon
such
person
so
imbezling
or
purloyning
any
such
silk
as
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
any
Free-man
of
the
said
Company
of
Silke-Throwers
to
set
on
work
any
persons
being
Native-born
Subjects
to
his
Majesty
,
and
no
others
,
whether
they
be
Men
,
Women
▪
or
Children
,
to
turn
the
Mill
,
tye
Threads
,
double
Silke
,
and
wind
Silke
,
as
formerly
they
have
used
to
do
,
although
such
persons
set
on
work
,
or
employed
in
the
works
and
services
aforesaid
,
shall
not
have
served
,
or
been
Apprentices
to
the
Trade
of
Silke
Throwing
by
the
space
of
seven
years
:
and
all
and
every
such
persons
set
on
worke
,
and
employed
by
any
Free-man
of
the
said
Company
,
may
be
set
on
work
and
employed
in
the
services
aforesaid
without
any
let
or
molestation
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
2.
That
the
said
Corporation
of
Silke-Throwers
shall
not
by
vertue
of
this
ACT
make
any
Orders
,
Ordinances
,
or
By-Laws
,
to
set
any
rates
or
prizes
whatsoever
upon
the
Throwing
of
Silke
,
to
binde
or
enforce
their
Members
to
work
at
:
but
their
respective
Members
shall
be
left
at
liberty
to
contract
with
their
respective
Employers
,
and
with
the
persons
that
they
employ
at
such
Rates
as
they
shall
agree
upon
.
I.
Enacted
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
31.
From
and
after
the
next
Monday
after
Easter
,
1662.
there
shall
be
a
Corporation
to
continue
within
the
West-Riding
of
the
County
of
York
,
consisting
of
all
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
West-Riding
,
two
Masters
,
ten
Wardens
,
twelve
Assistants
and
commonalty
,
all
which
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
are
to
be
of
the
best
experienced
Clothiers
within
the
said
West-Riding
,
and
as
have
served
and
been
brought
up
in
the
Trade
of
Clothing
for
seven
years
:
One
of
the
Masters
,
five
of
the
Wardens
,
and
six
of
the
Assistants
shall
be
chosen
the
first
Monday
after
Pentecost
then
next
following
,
and
so
yearly
,
by
the
Free
Clothiers
of
the
said
West-Riding
,
inhabiting
within
the
Parish
of
Leeds
,
in
the
said
County
;
and
the
other
Master
,
five
Wardens
,
and
six
Assistants
shall
be
chosen
the
same
days
by
the
Free
Clothiers
Inhabiting
out
of
the
said
Town
and
Parish
of
Leeds
.
And
if
any
of
the
said
Wardens
,
&c.
after
their
respective
Election
do
dye
,
then
at
any
Court
holden
next
after
such
decease
,
The
said
Masters
,
Wardens
,
and
Assistants
shall
within
eight
days
of
their
first
Election
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
as
also
this
Oath
;
viz.
I
A.
B.
Do
swear
I
will
well
,
faithfully
and
honestly
perform
and
discharge
the
Office
of
a
Master
of
the
Corporation
of
the
Free
Clothiers
according
to
my
best
Skill
,
Power
and
Knowledge
:
The
like
Oath
to
be
administred
to
the
respective
Wardens
and
Assistants
.
II
.
That
the
said
Justices
of
Peace
,
Masters
,
Wardens
and
Assistants
,
with
the
Free
Clothiers
of
the
said
West-Riding
,
shall
for
ever
hereafter
in
name
and
fact
,
be
a
body
politick
and
corporate
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
;
have
a
perpetual
succession
,
and
be
called
by
the
name
of
the
Supervisors
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
Assistants
and
commonalty
of
the
Trade
and
Mystery
of
Clothiers
,
for
the
well
making
of
Broad
Woollen
Cloath
within
the
West-Riding
of
the
said
County
;
and
by
Statute
to
plead
and
be
impleaded
,
in
all
Courts
and
places
of
Judicature
within
the
Kingdom
;
and
by
this
name
without
Licence
in
mortmain
,
may
purchase
and
take
any
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Hereditaments
of
the
gift
,
alienation
,
or
demise
of
any
person
,
or
persons
,
and
any
goods
,
and
Chattels
whatsoever
,
for
the
use
and
benefit
of
the
said
Corporation
,
not
exceeding
the
yearly
value
of
200
l.
III
.
For
the
better
Regulating
of
the
said
Trade
and
Manufacture
,
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
or
any
thirteen
of
them
(
whereof
one
of
the
said
Justices
,
or
Masters
at
the
least
to
be
present
)
shall
from
time
to
time
meet
and
keep
Court
,
upon
the
first
Saturday
in
every
moneth
in
the
year
,
within
the
Town
Hall
of
Leeds
,
and
also
at
such
other
time
and
place
,
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
Assistants
,
or
13
of
them
,
upon
eight
days
warning
to
be
given
of
such
meeting
and
Court
to
be
held
;
and
if
the
said
Masters
,
Wardens
and
Assistants
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
to
appear
,
so
as
a
Court
cannot
be
holden
:
then
such
Master
,
Warden
,
or
Assistant
so
refusing
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
20
s
.
one
moiety
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
such
respective
Town
,
where
the
person
refusing
shall
live
,
the
other
moiety
to
the
use
of
the
Corporation
:
and
the
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
or
13
of
them
,
are
to
summon
to
appear
at
the
Court
to
be
holden
,
so
many
of
the
Cloathiers
as
they
shall
think
meet
for
the
better
ordering
of
the
affairs
of
the
said
Trade
;
the
number
of
which
persons
so
to
be
summoned
shall
not
be
under
48
,
and
in
case
of
neglect
,
or
refusal
,
shall
forfeit
to
the
use
of
the
Corporation
,
3
s
.
4
d
.
for
every
default
of
not
appearing
.
IV
.
The
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
shall
have
power
to
make
a
common
Seal
,
and
to
make
By-laws
,
Rules
,
and
Ordinances
,
for
the
better
spinning
,
working
,
making
,
fulling
and
milling
of
Woollen-cloath
,
as
may
tend
to
the
good
,
credit
,
and
advancement
of
the
Manufacture
;
which
By-laws
,
and
Ordinances
being
ratified
by
the
Justices
of
Assise
for
the
County
of
York
,
shall
be
four
times
in
the
year
published
at
four
Courts
,
and
shall
be
obeyed
and
kept
by
the
several
persons
,
within
and
under
the
Regulation
or
Corporation
,
and
the
said
Courts
shall
have
power
to
impose
a
Fine
and
Penalty
upon
any
person
of
the
Regulation
,
being
a
Cloathier
that
shall
not
conform
to
such
Rules
,
Ordinances
,
&c.
so
as
the
Fine
for
not
conforming
,
for
one
offence
exceed
not
20
s
.
to
go
one
moiety
to
the
use
of
the
Corporation
,
the
other
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
person
offending
shall
inhabit
.
V.
The
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
and
Assistants
,
shall
choose
Searchers
in
the
several
places
of
the
West-riding
,
who
shall
be
sworn
before
them
,
or
13
of
them
,
for
the
true
searching
of
Cloath
,
that
it
be
of
due
weight
,
length
and
breadth
:
and
the
length
,
weight
and
breadth
of
broad
woollen-cloath
made
within
the
West-Riding
shall
be
,
viz.
every
Cloath
,
called
by
the
name
of
an
End
,
or
half
Cloath
,
shall
be
betwixt
15
and
18
yards
at
length
in
the
water
,
and
not
exceed
one
yard
and
an
half
in
breadth
within
the
Lists
;
every
cloath
called
a
short
cloath
,
between
24
yards
and
28
yards
in
length
,
and
one
yard
and
an
half
in
breadth
within
the
lists
,
and
every
yard
of
such
Cloth
shall
weigh
2
pounds
and
a
quarter
,
accounting
16
ounces
to
the
pound
,
being
well
thicked
,
scoured
,
milled
,
and
dried
.
And
the
Searcher
shall
examine
and
try
by
weight
,
all
broad
Cloaths
of
what
sort
soever
,
and
shall
after
fix
a
Seal
of
Lead
,
expressing
the
length
and
weight
thereof
:
And
if
any
of
the
Cloaths
be
found
faulty
upon
trial
,
the
Justices
,
&c.
shall
impose
a
Fine
upon
the
offenders
,
as
ought
to
be
imposed
upon
them
by
the
Laws
,
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
,
a
third
part
of
such
Fines
,
&c.
to
be
to
the
use
of
such
Searchers
certifying
the
said
defaults
,
the
two
other
parts
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
offence
is
committed
,
to
be
recovered
as
by
the
Statute
of
21.
Jac
.
Cap.
18.
is
appointed
:
and
every
Searcher
shall
take
the
oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
and
the
oath
following
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
swear
,
that
I
shal
well
and
truly
execute
the
Office
of
a
Searcher
of
broad
Woollen-cloath
,
within
the
West-Riding
of
the
County
of
York
,
according
to
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
this
Realm
,
and
according
to
the
best
of
my
skill
and
knowledge
:
which
oath
the
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
and
Assistants
have
power
to
administer
to
them
;
and
if
any
Searcher
fail
in
the
due
execution
of
his
Office
,
contrary
to
his
Oath
,
he
shall
forfeit
for
such
fault
,
or
not
setting
his
Seal
of
Lead
as
aforesaid
,
5
l.
and
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
any
other
Searcher
within
the
said
West-Riding
,
to
re-search
any
of
the
said
Cloaths
.
VI
.
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
all
and
every
Searcher
,
as
often
as
occasion
shall
require
,
to
enter
into
any
Shop
,
House
,
Warehouse
in
the
day-time
,
of
any
Clothier
,
Draper
,
Cloathworker
,
or
of
any
other
person
whatsoever
where
any
of
the
said
Cloaths
shall
be
,
to
search
for
all
suspected
Cloath
,
and
in
case
of
resistance
,
the
party
resisting
shall
forfeit
10
l.
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
the
use
of
the
Corporation
;
and
if
upon
search
any
broad
Cloath
shall
be
made
of
,
or
mixed
with
Flocks
,
Thrums
,
Goats
hair
,
or
deceitfull
wooll
,
the
said
Cloath
shall
be
forfeited
;
and
the
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
may
dispose
thereof
,
as
the
same
ought
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
this
Realm
.
VII
.
No
person
within
the
West-Riding
,
who
hath
not
served
Apprentice
to
the
Trade
of
a
Cloathier
,
for
seven
years
,
shall
make
any
broad
Cloath
to
sell
,
under
the
penalty
of
5
l.
for
every
moneth
he
or
she
shall
continue
to
exercise
the
said
Trade
,
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
use
of
the
Corporation
,
and
no
Housholder
,
or
House
▪
wife
within
the
West-Riding
,
or
elsewhere
within
the
said
County
,
not
being
free
of
the
trade
of
Clothiers
,
not
having
been
exercised
therein
,
or
not
being
the
Widow
of
such
person
as
aforesaid
,
shall
after
the
Feast
of
Pentecost
next
ensuing
,
make
or
cause
to
be
made
any
woollen
cloth
,
unless
it
be
to
the
use
of
themselves
,
their
children
and
families
,
but
not
to
sell
,
upon
pain
to
forfeit
double
the
value
of
euery
Cloth
so
made
and
exposed
to
sale
,
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
,
&c.
for
the
same
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
&c
▪
VIII
.
The
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
Assistants
are
impowred
to
appoint
a
Clerk
,
a
Register
,
Treasurer
,
and
such
other
Officers
to
see
the
due
execution
of
the
powers
given
by
the
Act
,
and
to
give
the
men
oath
for
the
due
execution
of
their
places
:
and
all
fines
,
forfeitures
and
penalties
imposed
,
or
to
be
levied
by
the
Act
(
the
means
and
recovery
whereof
,
is
not
otherwise
herein
provided
for
)
shall
be
levied
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
Goods
and
Chattels
,
by
Warrant
from
the
said
Justices
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
&c.
or
13
of
them
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
Owner
upon
demand
.
IX
.
If
any
person
whatsoever
shall
counterfeit
the
Seal
of
the
said
Corporation
,
he
or
they
so
offending
,
shall
forfeit
20
l.
so
often
as
such
person
shall
upon
due
proof
be
found
guilty
of
the
same
,
to
be
levied
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
Goods
and
Chatrels
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
Owner
,
and
for
want
of
distress
,
the
person
,
&c.
to
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
of
the
County
,
where
they
shall
be
found
,
by
Warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
one
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
County
,
there
to
remain
without
bail
,
&c.
for
the
space
of
six
moneths
,
or
until
he
shall
have
paid
the
said
Fine
.
X.
All
and
every
Article
,
Clause
and
Sentence
in
any
Act
of
Parliament
heretofore
made
concerning
the
abuses
of
broad
woollen
Cloaths
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
and
being
repugnant
or
contrary
to
any
Article
in
this
Act
,
as
touching
the
said
Cloths
,
onely
made
within
the
said
West-Riding
,
from
and
after
the
Feast
of
St.
John
the
Baptist
,
1662.
shall
be
utterly
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
:
and
in
all
actions
brought
against
any
person
,
&c.
for
acting
in
any
thing
according
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
Act
,
the
party
sued
may
plead
the
general
Issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
;
and
if
the
verdict
pass
for
him
,
or
the
Plaintiff
be
Nonsuit
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
double
costs
.
1.
Provided
,
Nothing
in
this
Act
shall
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
extend
to
take
away
any
the
Rights
,
Duties
,
or
Customs
belonging
to
the
Place
of
the
Kings
Aulnager
or
his
Deputy
,
within
the
said
West-Riding
,
but
that
he
or
they
may
perform
all
and
every
thing
,
to
him
or
them
belonging
,
and
receive
all
Fees
due
and
accustomed
to
the
said
Office
,
in
as
ample
manner
as
they
might
have
done
before
the
making
of
this
Act.
2.
Neither
the
said
Supervisors
,
Masters
,
Wardens
and
Assistants
,
or
any
of
them
,
nor
any
other
person
,
&c.
free
of
the
said
Corporation
of
broad
woollen
Chothiers
,
shall
by
any
authority
derived
from
this
Act
,
set
or
impose
any
other
or
lesser
Rates
,
or
wages
upon
any
inferiour
Workmen
,
servants
,
or
Labourers
,
to
be
employed
by
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
then
such
as
shall
be
allowed
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
Quarter
Sessions
,
according
to
the
Laws
and
Statutes
touching
Labourers
.
3.
This
Act
to
continue
to
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
.
I.
Enacted
,
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
31.
Whereas
divers
persons
do
delude
the
Statutes
,
as
well
Goldsmiths
as
others
by
melting
Silver-coyns
of
the
Realm
,
above
the
value
of
groats
,
to
the
great
diminishing
of
the
Silver-coyn
of
this
Realm
,
and
the
hinderance
of
the
commerce
of
the
same
:
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
from
and
after
20.
of
December
,
1662.
shall
wilfully
melt
,
or
cause
to
be
melted
,
any
of
the
current
Silver
money
of
this
Realm
,
upon
pain
not
onely
of
forfeiture
of
the
same
,
but
of
double
the
value
of
such
coyn
so
melted
:
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
informers
who
shall
sue
for
the
same
upon
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
or
information
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
Essoyn
,
wager
of
the
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
II
.
That
the
person
or
persons
offending
contrary
to
this
Act
(
if
he
or
they
be
a
Free-man
,
or
Free-men
,
or
priviledged
person
of
any
City
,
or
Corporation
of
England
)
shall
upon
conviction
for
the
same
,
be
disfranchised
,
and
made
uncapable
of
exercising
the
Trade
of
a
Goldsmith
,
or
any
other
Mysteries
by
virtue
of
the
priviledges
of
the
City
or
Corporation
,
of
which
they
are
members
;
and
if
the
person
offending
and
convicted
,
shall
not
be
a
Free-man
,
or
priviledged
person
as
aforesaid
,
he
shall
suffer
imprisonment
without
bail
,
or
mainprise
,
for
six
moneths
next
after
his
or
their
conviction
.
Merchants
.
Anno
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
23.
Whereas
the
powers
of
the
Commissioners
,
mentioned
in
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
43
of
the
Reign
of
the
late
Queen
Elizabeth
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
concerning
matters
of
Assurances
,
used
amongst
Merchants
,
for
the
hearing
and
determining
of
Causes
arising
on
Policies
of
Assurance
,
erected
within
the
City
of
London
,
upon
Commissions
granted
,
is
much
retarded
for
want
of
power
to
them
given
;
and
the
mischief
by
the
said
Act
intended
to
be
prevented
,
is
increasing
.
Enacted
.
That
from
and
after
24.
of
June
,
1662.
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
to
issue
out
yearly
one
standing
Commission
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
thereby
authorising
the
Commissioners
therein
named
,
or
three
of
them
(
whereof
a
Doctor
of
the
Civil
Law
,
or
Barrister
at
Common
Law
,
of
5
years
standing
to
be
always
one
)
to
meet
and
sit
,
and
make
a
Court
,
and
to
proceed
in
all
things
,
in
the
execution
of
the
said
Commission
,
as
before
the
Act
any
five
might
have
done
:
and
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
three
of
them
,
are
impowred
to
summon
parties
and
witnesses
to
appear
,
and
in
case
of
contempt
,
or
wilfull
delay
in
the
witnesses
upon
the
first
summons
,
and
tender
of
reasonable
charges
,
and
in
the
parties
,
upon
their
second
summons
,
to
punish
the
offenders
by
imprisonment
or
costs
,
for
such
time
,
and
in
such
manner
as
shall
be
reasonable
,
according
to
the
quality
of
their
offences
:
Every
Commissioner
to
proceed
in
the
execution
of
the
said
Commission
,
having
taken
an
Oath
before
the
Lord
Mayor
of
the
City
of
London
,
to
proceed
uprightly
and
indifferently
between
party
and
party
,
and
no
person
shall
proceed
in
execution
of
the
said
Commission
,
before
he
be
first
sworn
before
the
Mayor
,
to
proceed
accordingly
,
as
formerly
he
should
have
been
before
the
Mayor
and
Court
of
Aldermen
.
II
.
That
in
case
the
said
Commissioners
or
three
of
them
,
shall
finde
cause
to
examine
witnesses
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
any
remote
parts
of
the
Kings
Dominions
,
for
the
clearing
of
any
doubt
or
matter
depending
,
in
such
case
by
direction
of
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
three
of
them
,
the
like
Commissions
,
or
Process
shall
issue
out
of
the
Court
of
Admiralty
,
as
have
formerly
been
returnable
before
the
Commissioners
:
and
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
three
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
give
and
pass
their
final
sentence
,
decree
,
and
execution
,
as
well
against
the
bodies
of
the
party
Elected
as
against
his
Executors
,
Administrators
,
and
his
Goods
and
Chattels
;
and
to
assess
costs
of
suit
upon
such
persons
as
shall
be
condemned
by
the
Decree
of
the
Court
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
just
.
That
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
any
one
of
the
Commissioners
to
administer
an
Oath
to
any
of
the
Witnesses
legally
summoned
to
give
Testimony
(
timely
notice
hereof
being
given
to
the
adverse
party
,
or
set
up
in
the
Office
before
such
Execution
)
to
the
end
such
Witness
,
or
Witnesses
may
be
truly
examined
.
1.
Provided
,
The
said
Commissioners
shall
in
no
case
proceed
both
against
person
and
goods
for
one
and
the
same
debt
.
2.
That
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
,
shall
not
in
any
wise
extend
to
prejudice
the
appeal
to
the
High
Court
of
Chancery
,
given
or
allowed
by
the
former
Act
of
Parliament
of
43
Eliz
.
Marriages
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
33.
All
Marriages
had
or
solemnized
since
May
,
1642.
before
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
or
reputed
Justice
of
Peace
,
of
and
within
England
or
Wales
,
or
other
his
Majesties
Dominions
,
and
by
such
Justice
,
or
reputed
Justice
so
pronounced
or
declared
:
And
all
Marriages
within
his
Majesties
Dominions
since
the
same
1.
May
,
1642.
had
or
solemnized
according
to
the
direction
or
true
intent
of
any
Act
or
Ordinance
,
or
reputed
Act
or
Ordinance
of
one
or
both
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
of
any
Convention
sitting
at
Westminster
under
the
name
,
stile
or
title
of
a
Parliament
,
shall
be
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
,
esteemed
and
taken
to
be
of
the
same
,
and
no
other
force
or
effect
,
as
if
such
Marriages
had
been
had
and
solemnized
according
to
the
Rites
and
Ceremonies
established
or
used
in
the
Church
or
Kingdom
of
England
,
any
law
,
custom
,
or
usage
to
the
contrary
hereof
not
withstanding
.
II
.
Where
in
any
Suit
commenced
,
or
to
be
commenced
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
the
Common
Law
,
any
issue
hath
been
joyned
,
and
not
already
tried
or
determined
or
shall
be
joyned
upon
the
point
of
Bastardy
,
or
lawfulness
of
Marriage
,
for
or
concerning
the
Marriages
had
and
solemnized
as
aforesaid
,
the
same
issues
shall
be
tried
by
a
Jury
of
12
men
,
according
to
the
Course
of
trial
of
other
Issues
triable
by
Jury
at
the
common
Law
,
and
no
otherwise
.
Militia
.
Anno
13.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
6.
Whereas
an
Act
is
under
consideration
,
for
the
exercising
of
the
Militia
for
the
most
safety
and
ease
of
the
King
and
his
People
,
which
Act
cannot
as
yet
be
perfected
:
Enacted
,
That
the
Militia
and
Land-forces
of
this
Kingdom
,
and
of
the
Dominions
of
Wales
,
and
Barwick
,
now
under
the
power
of
Lievtenants
,
or
their
Deputies
,
shall
be
Exercised
,
Ordered
and
Managed
until
the
25.
day
of
March
next
ensuing
,
in
such
manner
as
the
same
now
is
exercised
,
ordered
and
managed
,
according
to
such
commissions
and
instructions
as
they
formerly
have
,
or
from
time
to
time
shall
receive
from
his
Majesty
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
who
have
,
or
shall
have
acted
,
or
done
any
thing
in
executing
of
any
Commission
,
or
Commissions
of
Lievtenancy
issued
by
the
King
that
now
is
,
or
by
colour
of
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
touching
or
concerning
the
same
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
relating
thereunto
,
are
and
shall
be
saved
harmless
and
indempnified
:
And
all
Magistrates
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Officers
,
Ministers
of
Justice
,
and
all
other
persons
that
have
,
or
shall
have
acted
by
or
under
them
,
or
by
their
or
any
of
their
Commands
,
since
24.
of
June
1660.
be
till
the
20.
day
of
July
1661.
as
to
any
assaulting
,
arresting
,
detaining
,
or
imprisoning
any
person
suspected
to
be
a
Fanatick
,
Sectary
,
or
Disturber
of
the
Peace
,
or
seizing
of
Arms
,
or
searching
of
houses
for
Arms
,
or
for
suspected
persons
,
are
and
shall
be
hereby
saved
harmless
and
indempnified
.
1
Provided
,
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
,
shall
after
25.
of
March
next
,
be
prejudicial
to
any
County
,
City
,
or
place
within
this
Kingdom
,
which
are
over-charged
with
Men
and
Arms
beyond
their
ancient
proportion
.
2.
Not
to
extend
or
be
construed
,
or
taken
to
extend
to
the
giving
,
or
declaring
any
power
for
the
transporting
of
any
the
Subjects
of
this
Realm
,
or
any
way
compelling
them
to
March
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
otherwise
than
by
the
Laws
of
England
ought
to
be
done
.
III
.
No
person
whatsoever
shall
be
capable
of
acting
as
a
Lievtenant
,
or
Deputy
Lievtenant
,
or
other
Officer
,
or
souldier
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
who
hath
not
already
taken
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
since
the
return
of
his
Majesty
into
England
,
till
he
shall
take
the
same
according
to
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
,
which
Oath
the
Lords
of
the
Council
,
or
six
of
them
are
to
administer
to
a
Peer
of
the
Realm
,
and
the
Deputy
Lievtenants
,
or
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
in
their
respective
Counties
to
a
commoner
.
Ministers
.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
Every
Ecclesiastical
person
,
or
Minister
Ordained
by
any
Ecclesiastical
persons
,
before
25.
December
last
past
,
of
the
age
of
24.
years
,
not
having
renounced
his
Ordination
,
who
hath
been
since
1.
January
1642.
presented
,
and
in
actual
possession
of
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
,
Rectory
,
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
Church
,
Chappel
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
promotion
with
cure
of
souls
,
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
which
hath
been
void
by
death
,
resignation
,
surrender
,
or
otherwise
to
the
Patron
,
or
other
person
pretending
title
to
accept
resignation
since
the
said
1.
day
of
January
,
and
was
in
25.
of
the
said
December
in
possession
being
in
the
Kings
gift
,
Donation
and
Presentation
,
&c.
or
of
the
late
King
Charles
the
first
,
or
of
any
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
Dean
,
Dean
and
Chapter
,
Body
politick
or
Corporate
,
or
any
other
person
whatsoever
,
other
than
such
as
are
hereby
restored
,
shall
be
and
continue
the
real
and
lawful
Incumbent
,
Rector
,
Parson
,
Vicar
and
possessor
of
the
said
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
,
Livings
and
promotions
respectively
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
he
had
been
presented
,
collated
,
admitted
,
Instituted
and
Inducted
thereunto
in
due
form
of
law
,
and
had
read
and
subscribed
the
articles
according
to
the
Statute
in
that
case
provided
,
and
notwithstanding
any
other
thing
by
him
done
,
or
omitted
to
be
done
,
aswel
against
the
King
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
as
against
all
and
every
person
and
persons
whatsoever
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
and
Assigns
,
saving
to
the
Patrons
their
just
rights
of
Patronage
,
Donation
,
Presentation
,
Collation
,
or
Nomination
upon
the
next
Avoydance
of
every
such
Ecclesiastical
person
,
Minister
or
Incumbent
,
as
full
as
if
the
Act
had
not
been
made
.
II
.
Every
voluntary
surrender
or
resignation
made
by
any
Incumbent
to
the
Patron
,
or
to
the
late
pretended
powers
since
the
said
1.
January
of
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
or
promotion
'
shall
be
adjudged
an
effectual
Avoidance
of
such
Benefice
,
or
promotion
,
as
if
it
had
been
made
to
the
competent
Ordinary
,
and
accepted
by
him
.
III
.
No
presentation
,
Collation
,
&c.
aforesaid
,
nor
confirmation
by
this
Act
of
any
Person
or
Minister
,
in
or
to
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
,
Livings
or
promotions
aforesaid
,
shall
be
any
usurpation
in
Law
to
the
prejudice
of
any
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
,
who
have
,
or
shall
have
right
to
present
thereunto
,
upon
the
said
Avoidance
.
IV
.
Every
Ecclesiastical
Person
,
or
Minister
formerly
Sequestred
,
or
rejected
and
kept
out
(
after
lawful
presentation
,
&c.
)
of
the
Profits
of
any
the
said
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
,
Livings
or
promotions
,
who
hath
not
subscribed
any
Petition
to
bring
the
late
King
Charles
to
tryal
;
or
hath
not
by
writing
,
Preaching
,
Printing
or
other
open
Act
,
procured
or
Justified
the
Murther
of
the
said
late
King
:
Or
hath
not
by
Preaching
,
Writing
,
&c.
declared
his
Judgment
to
be
against
Infant
Baptism
,
shall
be
restored
to
the
same
and
to
the
possession
thereof
,
before
25th
.
of
December
next
ensuing
.
And
every
Ecclesiastical
person
aforesaid
,
who
shall
be
removed
,
shall
enjoy
the
tithes
,
profits
,
gleabs
and
houses
thereunto
belonging
till
25th
.
of
December
next
ensuing
:
And
shall
then
upon
such
removal
,
yeild
up
peaceably
the
possession
thereof
,
and
give
bond
to
the
person
restored
,
to
render
to
him
,
his
Executors
,
&c.
the
full
moiety
of
the
clear
profits
and
tithes
of
the
value
thereof
,
from
Michaelmas
last
,
till
Michaelmas
next
ensuing
(
all
taxes
&
other
requisite
charges
first
deducted
and
allowed
before
the
removal
of
the
goods
of
the
said
Person
,
or
Minister
,
)
or
the
tithes
or
profits
for
the
same
,
at
or
upon
the
said
25th
.
of
December
:
And
the
Minister
so
to
be
removed
upon
his
quitting
the
possession
shall
be
absolutely
acquitted
and
discharged
from
all
tithes
and
profits
received
,
and
all
arrears
thereof
,
other
then
the
moiety
of
the
tithes
and
profits
secured
by
bond
as
aforesaid
;
against
the
Minister
so
restored
,
his
executors
,
&c.
and
all
other
persons
whatsoever
.
1
Provided
,
Every
Minister
,
not
scandalous
,
nor
insufficient
,
heretofore
sequestred
or
ejected
out
of
2.
Benefices
,
or
Ecclesiastical
Livings
with
cure
of
souls
,
shall
be
restored
to
one
of
them
,
and
no
more
,
at
his
Election
,
except
he
hath
formerly
resigned
,
or
surrendred
any
of
the
said
Benefices
,
or
Livings
,
and
hereupon
the
Patron
,
or
other
in
his
right
,
hath
presented
,
or
put
into
the
same
,
any
other
Incumbent
,
or
Minister
;
in
which
case
the
sequestred
or
Ejected
Minister
,
shall
not
be
restored
to
such
Benefice
,
or
Living
so
resigned
,
or
surrendred
.
II
.
Every
Minister
,
confirmed
in
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
or
Living
,
with
cure
of
souls
by
this
Act
,
who
shall
have
more
then
one
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
,
&c.
with
cure
of
souls
,
shall
hold
and
enjoy
only
one
of
them
and
no
more
,
at
his
Election
,
except
where
he
hath
formerly
resigned
and
surrendred
any
of
the
said
Benefices
,
&c.
and
thereupon
the
right
Patron
or
other
in
his
right
hath
presented
,
or
put
into
the
same
any
other
Incumbent
,
or
Minister
as
aforesaid
;
in
which
case
the
Minister
so
to
be
confirmed
,
may
return
and
keep
the
Benefice
,
&c.
which
he
hath
not
resigned
,
&c.
as
aforesaid
.
IV
.
Where
the
Person
,
or
Minister
formerly
sequestred
,
or
Ejected
shall
declare
his
consent
in
writing
before
the
Commissioners
appointed
by
the
Act
,
that
the
present
possessor
shall
be
and
continue
in
such
sequestred
benefice
,
Living
or
promotion
,
the
present
possessor
shall
be
thereby
settled
and
confirmed
therein
as
the
sole
and
rightful
Incumbent
thereof
to
all
intents
and
purposes
:
And
every
person
,
or
Minister
who
shall
be
removed
by
the
Act
,
shall
pay
all
tithes
not
pardoned
,
and
repair
and
make
satisfaction
for
all
willful
or
negligent
dilapidations
made
or
suffered
by
him
,
in
and
upon
the
premises
since
29th
.
of
September
last
past
,
and
shall
pay
all
such
fifths
which
were
arrear
,
and
unpaid
at
Michaelmas
last
past
,
due
or
payable
by
him
by
any
order
not
reversed
of
any
Committees
,
or
Commissioners
formerly
appointed
by
any
pretended
authority
whatsoever
or
pay
all
arrearages
,
of
money
due
by
agreement
of
the
parties
,
and
not
quitted
by
like
agreement
,
to
be
ascertained
by
the
Commissioners
,
for
the
payment
of
which
he
shall
give
his
bond
unto
the
Minister
to
be
restored
,
to
pay
the
same
before
the
25th
.
of
December
next
:
And
upon
refusal
so
to
do
,
the
Minister
to
be
restored
,
may
bring
his
action
of
debt
at
the
common
Law
for
the
same
,
and
recover
the
same
,
and
the
full
value
in
damages
besides
cost
of
suit
.
V.
Every
Ecclesiastical
person
or
Minister
now
in
possession
of
any
Ecclesiastical
benefice
,
living
,
promotion
who
shall
continue
and
be
setled
therein
,
shall
pay
all
such
arrears
of
fifths
,
or
other
sums
of
money
in
lieu
thereof
due
or
payable
by
him
,
by
any
order
,
or
agreement
as
aforesaid
(
or
to
Master
Honywood
Parson
of
Kegwath
in
Leicester-shire
,
who
was
beyond
Sea
,
since
the
said
1.
January
,
1642.
who
hath
therefore
had
no
order
,
or
agreement
for
his
fifths
as
have
accrued
due
or
payable
out
of
such
Ecclesiastical
benefice
,
Living
,
or
promotion
)
during
the
time
he
hath
possessed
the
same
to
such
person
as
hath
been
Ejected
:
And
every
Ecclesiastical
person
or
Minister
now
living
,
or
the
Executors
,
or
Administrators
of
every
Minister
deceased
,
to
whom
any
fifths
or
sums
of
money
,
are
or
were
due
by
any
such
order
,
or
agreement
,
(
or
the
said
Master
Honywood
)
and
still
are
arrear
,
shall
have
the
same
paid
unto
them
,
and
may
recover
the
same
by
action
of
debt
at
the
common
Law
,
against
such
person
or
Minister
who
ought
to
have
paid
the
same
,
during
the
respective
possession
of
such
living
,
for
which
the
same
ought
to
have
been
paid
:
In
which
action
,
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
,
and
no
person
to
whom
fifths
have
been
paid
,
shall
be
hereafter
questioned
for
the
same
.
VI
.
Every
Ecclesiastical
person
,
or
Minister
to
be
removed
out
of
,
or
confirmed
in
any
such
benefice
,
Living
or
promotion
which
now
is
,
or
hath
been
possessed
as
aforesaid
,
his
and
their
Executors
,
&c.
shall
be
and
are
respectively
inabled
to
have
,
hold
,
and
enjoy
all
the
mean
profits
already
received
,
and
to
receive
,
recover
,
collect
,
or
compound
for
,
and
enjoy
all
and
every
the
arrears
of
tithes
,
profits
,
or
duties
thereunto
belonging
,
or
which
shall
belong
thereunto
during
such
time
he
was
so
possessed
thereof
,
or
before
and
until
Michaelmas
now
next
ensuing
,
and
to
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Law
or
equity
,
as
if
he
or
they
had
been
and
were
the
true
and
lawful
Incumbent
,
or
possessor
of
such
Ecclesiastical
benefice
,
Living
,
or
promotion
.
Provided
.
If
any
Minister
or
other
such
Ecclesiastical
person
having
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
,
with
cure
of
souls
,
which
is
by
this
Act
to
continue
the
real
&
lawful
Incumbent
thereof
,
hath
petitioned
to
bring
the
late
King
Charles
to
tryal
:
Or
hath
by
Writing
,
Preaching
,
Printing
or
other
Act
procured
,
or
endeavoured
,
or
Justified
the
murther
of
the
said
late
King
;
or
hath
declared
his
Judgement
to
be
against
Infant
Baptism
,
then
such
Minister
,
shall
not
remain
,
continue
and
be
,
or
taken
to
be
lawful
Incumbent
of
the
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
or
living
,
but
the
same
is
hereby
declared
to
be
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
such
person
,
or
Minister
were
dead
:
and
the
Patron
who
hath
the
next
Avoydance
shall
and
may
present
to
the
same
,
as
in
case
of
vacancy
or
Avoydance
by
death
of
the
Incumbent
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
notwithstanding
.
VII
.
The
persons
in
the
Commission
of
the
Peace
in
the
several
Counties
of
this
Realm
,
Wales
,
Berwick
1.
September
1660.
within
their
respective
Counties
,
Liberties
and
Precincts
,
five
or
more
of
them
dwelling
next
to
the
Church
or
Living
to
which
a
Person
is
to
be
restored
,
or
from
which
any
Minister
is
to
be
removed
(
who
are
no
waies
interessed
as
Patrons
,
or
parties
in
the
Patronage
,
or
Tithes
of
the
said
Church
,
&c.
or
any
part
thereof
)
are
appointed
to
be
Commissioners
,
to
execute
all
and
singular
the
Powers
and
Authorities
hereby
granted
within
their
respective
Counties
,
&c.
for
and
concerning
the
removing
and
restoring
of
such
persons
and
Ministers
as
aforesaid
,
and
all
other
the
Premises
;
and
finally
to
determine
all
Differences
touching
the
same
until
the
25.
of
December
next
:
and
all
Suits
and
Actions
in
Law
or
Equity
,
and
all
Proceedings
and
Verdicts
thereupon
had
for
or
concerning
the
Premises
,
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
stayed
,
annulled
,
and
voided
.
Provided
,
All
grants
and
Leases
made
for
a
valuable
consideration
paid
or
given
,
of
any
Copy-hold
,
or
Free-hold
Lands
belonging
to
any
sequestred
living
or
rectory
(
exempting
the
Gleab
and
the
Tythes
for
three
lives
,
or
21.
years
,
wherein
the
ancient
Rent
is
reserved
,
made
by
any
Minister
or
Ecclesiastical
person
possessed
of
the
said
rectory
or
living
by
any
real
,
or
pretended
Authority
since
1659.
shall
continue
good
and
effectual
in
Law
against
the
sequestred
and
ejected
Incumbent
to
be
restored
,
and
all
others
,
as
if
they
had
been
made
by
the
proper
Incumbent
:
VIII
.
If
any
rightful
Patron
hath
presented
his
Clerk
to
any
Benefice
with
Cure
,
unto
those
persons
who
were
stiled
Commissioners
for
approbation
of
publique
Preachers
,
sitting
at
White-Hall
;
or
the
Committee
for
plunder'd
Ministers
,
who
sate
in
the
year
1659.
and
the
Clerk
so
presented
was
refused
to
be
admitted
without
any
lawful
cause
,
such
Clerk
shall
be
taken
,
&
is
hereby
Enacted
to
be
the
present
Incumbent
of
such
Benefice
,
unless
such
Patron
hath
since
presented
another
Clerk
to
such
Benefice
,
or
unless
such
Clerk
so
refused
be
since
settled
in
some
other
Benefice
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
confirm
,
or
continue
any
Person
in
a
Benefice
,
or
Ecclesiastical
Living
,
who
hath
since
25.
of
December
last
,
voluntarily
yielded
up
,
and
left
the
possession
of
the
said
Benefice
,
or
Ecclesiastical
Living
,
and
is
still
out
of
possession
thereof
,
or
who
by
any
writing
executed
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
hath
agreed
to
yield
up
and
leave
the
same
:
And
where
there
hath
been
any
agreement
between
the
persons
concerned
in
the
Act
,
for
the
acquittal
of
the
Minister
who
ought
to
have
paid
fifths
of
,
and
from
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
no
fifths
or
satisfaction
for
fifths
shall
be
claimed
,
or
paid
contrary
to
the
said
agreement
.
IX
.
All
and
every
person
who
have
paid
and
satisfied
by
composition
or
otherwise
,
any
Tythes
,
Pensions
,
Oblations
,
Obventions
,
Rents
,
or
other
Duties
belonging
to
any
Rectory
,
Vicaridge
or
other
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
or
promotion
,
to
any
person
or
persons
being
in
possession
,
or
receiving
the
profits
thereof
,
by
colour
or
pretence
of
any
authority
,
or
to
their
assigns
,
or
to
any
other
claiming
from
,
by
,
or
under
them
,
are
and
shall
be
discharged
from
the
said
Tythes
,
Pensions
and
other
Ecclesiastical
duties
,
against
all
and
every
person
whatsoever
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
confirm
or
establish
the
possession
of
the
Rectory
of
Ewelme
,
in
the
County
of
Oxford
,
with
Thomas
Cole
,
or
any
other
persons
,
who
have
by
virtue
of
any
pretended
title
entred
into
the
same
.
But
that
the
said
Rectory
be
restored
to
Robert
Saunderson
,
Dr.
of
Divinity
,
Regius
Professor
in
the
University
of
Oxford
,
to
be
enjoyed
by
him
and
his
Successors
,
according
to
a
grant
made
thereof
by
the
late
King
James
unto
the
Regius
Professor
of
Divinity
for
the
time
being
and
his
Successors
for
ever
.
2.
Nor
to
confirm
or
establish
the
possession
of
the
Rectory
of
Somersham
in
the
County
of
Huntington
,
with
any
person
who
hath
by
virtue
of
any
pretended
title
entred
into
the
same
,
but
that
the
said
Rectory
be
restored
to
Dr.
Anthony
Tuckney
,
the
present
Regius
Professor
of
Divinity
in
the
University
of
Cambridge
,
to
be
enjoyed
by
him
and
his
Successors
,
according
to
a
former
grant
thereof
made
to
the
Regius
Professor
of
Divinity
for
the
time
being
and
his
Successors
for
ever
.
3.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
,
or
restore
any
Ecclesiastical
person
or
Minister
in
,
or
to
any
Benefice
,
Living
,
or
Ecclesiastical
promotion
,
that
shal
refuse
to
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
&
Supremacy
,
being
tendred
to
them
by
the
Commissioners
,
or
3.
of
them
;
which
Oaths
they
are
impowred
and
enjoyned
to
administer
.
4.
This
Act
shall
not
prejudice
the
title
of
any
person
or
persons
,
to
any
Ecclesiasticall
Living
,
Benefice
or
promotion
with
cure
of
souls
,
who
have
been
,
or
shall
be
presented
to
such
Benefice
by
the
King
,
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
between
1.
May
,
1660.
and
9.
September
the
same
year
,
but
such
Presentees
shall
and
may
after
the
said
29.
of
September
,
enjoy
rhe
said
Benefices
respectively
;
Nevertheless
such
persons
as
upon
the
25.
of
December
1659.
were
the
Possessors
of
such
Benefices
,
shall
not
be
charged
by
such
Presentees
with
,
or
for
any
Profits
by
them
,
or
any
of
them
received
,
since
the
said
29.
of
September
,
but
shall
hold
the
said
Benefices
,
&c.
until
the
said
29.
of
September
.
5.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Parson
in
the
Vicaridge
of
Kidlington
in
the
County
of
Oxon
,
but
that
the
said
Vicaridge
shall
remain
as
formerly
annexed
to
the
Rectorship
of
Exeter
Colledge
in
Oxon
.
6.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Person
in
the
Rectory
of
Garsington
in
the
County
of
Oxon
,
but
that
the
said
Rectory
as
formerly
shall
remain
annexed
to
the
Presidentship
of
Trinity
Colledge
in
Oxon
.
7.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Person
in
the
Rectory
of
Castor
in
the
County
of
Northampton
,
but
that
the
said
Rectory
shall
remain
as
formerly
annexed
to
the
Bishoprick
of
Peterborough
.
8.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Person
in
the
Vicaridge
of
Cudsden
in
the
County
of
Oxon
,
but
that
the
same
shall
remain
as
formerly
annexed
to
the
Bishoprick
of
Oxford
.
9.
Not
to
extend
to
the
confirming
or
setling
any
Person
in
a
Living
that
hath
maliciously
Printed
any
Treatise
,
or
Preached
against
the
Kings
Majesty
that
now
is
,
his
Right
or
Succession
to
the
Crowns
of
these
Realms
,
so
the
same
be
proved
by
the
Oaths
of
two
credible
witnesses
before
the
Commissioners
,
and
so
adjudged
before
25.
Decemb
.
1660.
10.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Ecclesiastical
Person
that
did
appear
in
Arms
,
or
march
in
a
Troop
in
opposition
to
the
intended
restoring
of
his
Majesty
,
and
a
free
Parl
.
since
1.
Aug.
1659.
So
as
the
same
be
proved
by
the
Oaths
of
two
credible
witnesses
before
the
Commissioners
,
before
25.
Decemb
.
1660.
11.
Not
to
extend
to
confirm
any
Person
in
the
Rectory
of
Acton
in
the
County
of
Middlesex
,
which
Rectory
the
King
,
before
the
26.
of
August
,
hath
granted
under
his
Sign
Manual
to
one
of
his
Chaplains
.
If
any
Minister
who
by
the
Act
shall
be
adjudged
to
be
removed
,
shall
not
give
up
the
possession
according
to
the
Order
of
the
Commissioners
,
the
Commissioners
or
five
of
them
shall
grant
their
Warrant
to
the
Sheriff
of
the
County
,
to
put
the
person
adjudged
to
be
restored
,
into
possession
according
to
the
Act
;
and
in
default
of
such
Warrant
,
the
Sheriff
for
the
time
being
is
required
to
give
possession
accordingly
.
X.
All
and
every
the
Peers
of
this
Realm
,
according
to
their
respective
Titles
and
Interests
,
may
within
the
space
of
six
kalender
moneths
from
the
1.
of
September
,
1660.
present
,
and
nominate
their
respective
Clerks
unto
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
,
Livings
,
or
Promotions
of
their
respective
Patronages
,
or
whereunto
they
had
right
to
present
at
any
time
since
1.
January
,
1642.
and
the
Presentees
shall
be
thereupon
admitted
,
instituted
and
inducted
,
and
after
have
,
enjoy
,
and
sue
for
and
recover
the
possession
,
and
from
thenceforth
take
the
whole
profits
,
and
shall
be
accounted
,
and
be
perfect
Incumbents
of
the
same
,
as
fully
as
if
they
had
been
presented
and
placed
therein
within
six
moneths
next
after
the
first
avoidances
,
notwithstanding
any
Lapse
,
incurred
or
devolved
to
the
King
,
or
to
any
other
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
.
1.
Provided
,
Such
Presentees
as
have
been
,
or
shall
be
presented
by
the
Kings
Majesty
before
the
said
9.
day
of
September
,
1660.
by
Title
of
Lapse
or
otherwise
,
shall
and
may
enjoy
the
said
Benefi●es
respectively
,
the
last
mentioned
clause
,
or
any
thing
in
the
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Moneys
distributed
.
I.
Enacted
,
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
8.
That
the
sum
of
60000
l.
be
with
convenient
speed
distributed
amongst
such
truly
loyal
,
and
indigent
Officers
who
have
had
real
command
of
Souldiers
who
have
never
deserted
his
Majesties
nor
his
Fathers
service
during
the
late
times
of
Rebellion
and
Usurpation
,
and
have
not
a
sufficient
Livelihood
of
their
own
,
nor
have
obtained
any
Office
or
Employment
sufficient
for
a
Livelihood
:
and
that
60000
l.
of
good
English
money
be
paid
to
such
persons
as
shall
be
chosen
by
Commissioners
declared
in
the
Act
,
by
the
ways
following
,
viz.
That
all
the
several
Moneys
or
Taxes
arising
out
of
the
Assessments
of
and
from
the
Counties
of
Cornwal
,
Rutland
,
Monmouth
,
Lancaster
,
Westmerland
,
and
Anglesey
for
all
the
18.
moneths
,
according
to
an
Act
entituled
,
An
Act
for
granting
to
the
King
1200000
l.
to
be
levied
by
70000
l.
per
Moneth
for
18.
Moneths
,
be
paid
to
such
Treasurer
by
the
Receiver
General
,
or
such
as
the
King
shall
appoint
for
the
receipt
thereof
in
all
the
said
Counties
;
and
upon
payment
of
the
said
Moneys
,
the
Acquittance
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
said
Treasurer
shall
be
a
discharge
to
the
Receiver
General
,
&c.
And
after
such
payment
no
Receiver
General
shall
undergo
any
trouble
by
Process
from
the
Exchequer
for
the
same
Moneys
.
But
if
such
Receiver
General
or
person
,
&c.
shall
refuse
or
fail
to
pay
the
same
to
such
Treasurers
at
the
days
appointed
by
the
Act
,
the
Treasurer
may
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
at
Westminster
.
II
.
Several
persons
particularly
named
in
the
Act
are
appointed
Commissioners
for
the
respective
Counties
and
Places
named
in
the
Act
,
for
granting
Certificates
to
such
Officers
as
are
declared
:
And
all
the
said
Persons
,
or
any
nine
or
more
of
them
,
shall
be
Commissioners
to
apportion
the
Moneys
which
shall
be
received
,
or
raised
by
the
Act
,
and
exercising
all
the
Powers
in
the
Act.
III
.
The
Commissioners
,
9.
or
more
of
them
,
are
to
meet
in
the
Star-Chamber
near
Westminster
Hall
,
1.
June
,
1662.
and
nominate
a
Treasurer
,
Register
,
Collectors
,
taking
security
of
every
of
them
for
the
performance
of
their
several
Trusts
;
and
upon
clearing
of
their
Accompts
,
may
give
them
allowances
;
and
the
respective
Commissioners
in
the
several
Counties
are
to
send
Certificates
to
the
Commissioners
sitting
at
Westminster
,
concerning
the
said
Offices
before
29.
September
,
1662.
The
Certificates
being
signed
and
sealed
by
the
major
part
of
the
Commissioners
who
shall
be
present
;
which
Certificates
shall
be
kept
by
the
Register
,
and
fairly
entred
into
a
Book
;
and
the
Register
shall
out
of
the
Journal
book
of
the
Commissioners
Orders
,
enter
against
the
breviate
of
each
Officers
Certificate
,
the
sum
ordered
him
by
the
Commissioners
for
his
proportion
according
to
the
distribution
;
and
after
29.
September
,
1662.
no
Certificate
shall
be
admitted
,
nor
any
distribution
thereupon
made
.
IV
.
Every
Certificate
must
particularly
describe
the
quality
and
degree
of
the
Officers
in
this
manner
,
viz.
These
are
to
certifie
,
That
it
doth
appear
unto
us
,
That
A.
B.
of
C.
was
a
Captain
,
&c.
And
that
he
is
truly
loyal
and
indigent
,
and
hath
never
to
the
best
of
our
knowledge
or
information
deserted
his
Majesties
or
his
Fathers
service
during
the
late
times
of
Rebellion
and
Usurpation
,
and
hath
not
a
sufficient
Livelyhood
of
his
own
;
nor
hath
since
His
Majesties
Return
obtained
any
Reward
,
Office
,
or
Employment
:
Wherefore
we
commend
him
as
a
sit
person
to
receive
a
proportion
of
such
Moneys
as
are
to
be
distributed
by
the
Act.
The
Certificate
must
be
signed
and
sealed
by
the
major
part
of
the
Commissioners
,
otherwise
not
to
be
allowed
by
the
Commissioners
sitting
at
Westminster
.
V.
The
Commissioners
sitting
at
Westminster
,
nine
or
more
of
them
shall
and
may
after
1
November
,
1662.
proportion
the
Moneys
received
by
the
Act
amongst
such
Officers
,
according
to
the
number
of
the
Certificates
sent
in
,
and
order
payment
to
be
made
to
them
,
or
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
before
2
Witnesses
depute
to
receive
the
same
:
and
after
such
Order
made
,
the
said
Commissioners
,
or
seven
of
them
,
may
issue
out
Warrants
for
payment
of
the
distributions
to
such
Officers
or
their
Assigns
,
but
shall
issue
no
Warrants
for
payment
of
any
moneys
,
unless
such
moneys
be
ordered
to
be
paid
as
aforesaid
;
and
the
Treasurer
shall
issue
no
moneys
,
unless
upon
Warrant
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
seven
of
the
Commissioners
,
and
such
Warrants
shall
be
a
discharge
to
the
Treasurer
upon
clearing
his
accompts
.
VI
.
The
distribution
of
moneys
amongst
the
Officers
shall
be
according
to
their
different
pay
,
according
to
the
present
establishment
of
his
Majesties
Forces
in
England
:
so
as
a
Colonel
of
Foot
shall
have
so
much
more
then
a
Captain
of
Foot
,
by
how
much
a
Colonels
pay
doth
exceed
a
Captains
,
and
so
proportionably
betwixt
all
other
Officers
.
VII
.
The
Commissioners
,
nine
or
more
of
them
,
are
to
rate
and
assess
all
and
every
Officer
that
holds
any
Place
or
Office
in
England
and
Berwick
,
of
the
value
of
5
l.
or
more
,
and
they
are
by
Oath
,
and
other
lawfull
ways
to
finde
out
with
convenient
speed
the
full
value
of
all
Offices
aforesaid
,
that
they
may
be
assessed
before
the
1
August
,
1662.
And
all
the
moneys
so
assessed
are
to
be
levied
and
paid
to
the
Treasurer
before
1
November
,
1662.
And
the
said
Commissioners
are
to
rate
and
assess
every
Officer
to
pay
for
all
the
18
Moneths
the
full
sum
of
12
l.
and
so
proportionable
for
any
Office
or
Place
of
greater
or
lesser
value
,
and
the
Register
is
to
enter
such
Rates
into
a
Book
,
and
deliver
duplicates
to
the
Collectors
,
who
are
to
demand
and
levie
the
moneys
accordingly
:
and
if
any
such
Officer
shall
not
pay
his
proportion
so
rated
,
within
20
days
after
notice
thereof
,
and
after
demand
made
by
the
Collector
,
the
Collector
may
distrain
upon
the
Goods
of
such
Officer
,
and
sell
the
same
,
returning
to
the
Owner
the
overplus
:
and
the
Collectors
for
the
better
receiving
of
the
said
several
Rates
,
are
to
make
use
of
all
such
powers
and
authorities
,
as
are
given
to
any
Collectors
,
by
the
Act
entituled
,
An
Act
for
granting
to
the
King
,
1200000l
.
VIII
.
All
Moneys
to
be
raised
out
of
Offices
,
or
Officers
,
shall
be
distributed
by
the
Commissioners
to
such
loyal
and
indigent
Officers
,
in
such
sort
,
and
by
such
ways
and
means
as
the
60000
l.
is
before
directed
to
be
distributed
.
IX
.
Whereas
there
are
in
London
,
Westminster
,
and
in
several
other
cities
,
towns
and
places
in
England
and
Wales
,
many
Hospitals
and
other
Houses
and
places
of
Receipt
,
benefit
,
and
advantage
of
indigent
,
maimed
,
and
decayed
persons
,
and
also
there
now
are
,
or
hereafter
may
be
several
Stipends
,
Pensions
,
and
charitable
Gifts
to
be
disposed
to
such
and
the
like
persons
in
general
,
without
any
particular
appointment
by
pious
Benefactors
:
It
is
Enacted
,
That
at
all
times
hereafter
,
where
any
vacant
place
or
places
shall
happen
to
be
in
such
Hospitals
,
Houses
,
or
other
places
;
Or
where
such
Stipends
,
Pensions
,
or
other
charitable
Gifts
shall
be
given
,
or
disposed
of
,
That
the
Guardians
,
and
Governours
of
such
Hospitals
and
places
,
and
all
persons
whatsoever
,
who
have
power
of
admitting
and
receiving
into
such
Hospitals
,
&c.
and
disposition
of
such
Stipends
,
&c.
prefer
before
all
others
in
such
Admissions
,
all
and
every
such
loyal
person
and
persons
desiring
the
same
,
as
have
served
the
late
King
,
and
his
now
Majesty
in
their
Wars
,
and
have
not
deserted
their
duty
and
loyalty
,
being
conformable
to
the
Doctrine
and
Discipline
of
the
Church
of
England
,
so
as
such
person
be
qualified
to
hold
such
place
;
and
before
all
others
to
have
and
dispose
of
the
said
Stipends
,
&c.
to
such
persons
,
and
that
the
Widows
and
Children
of
such
loyal
persons
be
preferred
before
all
others
,
Except
the
Founders
Kindred
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
impower
any
person
to
order
,
distribute
,
or
pay
any
of
the
foresaid
Moneys
to
any
person
named
a
Commissioner
in
the
Act.
2.
All
Officers
who
are
Members
of
the
House
of
Peers
shall
be
assessed
for
their
Offices
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
Lord
Treasurer
,
Lord
President
of
the
Council
,
and
such
other
persons
,
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
King
under
the
Great
Seal
,
or
five
of
them
;
which
Commissioners
are
not
to
be
fewer
then
twelve
.
3.
Nothing
in
this
Act
shall
be
drawn
into
president
as
to
the
disposing
of
Moneys
formerly
granted
to
the
King
;
or
the
taxing
of
any
particular
sort
of
men
,
distinct
from
the
body
of
the
People
.
Pains
,
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
,
imposed
upon
persons
excepted
out
of
the
general
Pardon
.
I.
Enacted
,
13.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
15.
All
and
every
the
Mannors
,
Messuages
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Rents
,
Reversions
,
Remainders
,
Rights
,
Conditions
,
Interests
,
Offices
,
Fees
,
Annuities
,
and
other
Hereditaments
,
Leases
for
years
,
Chattels
●eal
and
other
things
of
what
nature
soever
they
be
,
of
Isaac
Ewer
,
Sir
John
Danvers
,
Sir
Thomas
Maleverer
,
William
Purefoy
,
John
Blakiston
,
Sir
William
Constable
,
Richard
Dean
,
Francis
Aleyn
,
Peregrin
Pelham
,
John
Moor
,
John
Aldred
,
alias
Alured
,
Humphrey
Edwards
,
Sir
Gregory
Norton
,
John
Venn
,
Thomas
Andrews
Alderman
,
Anthony
Stapley
,
Thomas
Horton
,
John
Fry
,
Thomas
Hammond
,
Sir
John
Bourchier
,
all
deceased
;
William
Lord
Mounson
,
James
Chaloner
deceased
,
Sir
Henry
Mildmay
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
John
Phelps
,
Robert
Wallop
,
and
Sir
Arthur
Haslerigg
(
who
during
his
life
,
committed
many
horrid
and
trayterous
Crimes
)
which
they
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
other
to
their
or
any
of
their
uses
,
in
trust
,
&c.
had
the
25.
of
March
,
1646.
or
at
any
time
since
,
shall
stand
and
be
forfeited
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
to
be
in
the
actual
and
real
possession
of
the
King
without
any
Office
,
&c.
II
.
All
and
every
the
Goods
,
Debts
and
other
Chattels
personal
,
of
the
persons
in
the
Article
aforesaid
deceased
,
whereof
they
,
or
any
of
them
,
at
the
time
of
their
respective
deaths
,
or
any
other
in
trust
for
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
stood
possessed
of
,
or
interressed
in
Law
or
Equity
:
And
all
the
Goods
,
Debts
,
and
other
the
Chattels
personal
whatsoever
,
of
them
the
said
William
Lord
Mounson
,
Sir
Henry
Mildmay
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
John
Phelps
and
Robert
Wallop
,
whereof
upon
the
11.
day
of
February
,
1569.
they
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
other
in
trust
for
them
,
stood
possessed
of
either
in
Law
or
Equity
,
shall
be
adjudged
and
forfeited
to
the
King
,
and
are
hereby
put
in
the
actual
and
real
possession
of
the
King
without
any
further
Office
,
&c.
III
.
No
Conveyance
,
Assurance
,
&c.
whatsoever
,
of
or
out
of
any
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Hereditaments
,
not
being
the
late
Kings
,
Queens
or
Princes
;
or
of
any
Arch-Bishops
,
Bishops
,
Deans
,
Deans
and
Chapters
,
not
being
Lands
or
Hereditaments
sold
or
given
for
Delinquency
,
or
pretended
Delinquency
,
by
pretext
of
any
Act
,
Order
,
Ordinance
,
or
pretended
Order
,
since
the
first
day
of
January
,
1641.
nor
any
Statute
,
Judgment
or
Recognizance
had
,
made
,
&c.
to
any
persons
,
Body
Politick
or
Corporate
,
before
the
29.
day
of
September
,
1659.
by
any
of
the
aforesaid
Offenders
or
their
Heirs
,
or
by
any
others
,
claiming
by
,
from
,
or
under
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
other
then
the
Wise
or
Wives
,
Childe
or
Children
,
Heir
or
Heirs
of
the
said
persons
,
for
money
Bona
fide
to
them
,
or
any
of
them
paid
or
lent
,
or
other
valuable
consideration
;
nor
any
Conveyance
,
Assurance
,
&c.
by
any
person
or
persons
,
to
the
Offenders
aforesaid
in
trust
,
and
for
the
benefit
of
any
other
person
or
persons
not
being
any
of
the
Offenders
aforesaid
,
or
in
trust
for
any
Body
Politick
or
Corporate
,
shall
be
impeached
,
defeited
,
made
void
,
or
frustrated
hereby
,
or
by
any
of
the
Convictions
and
Attainders
aforesaid
,
but
that
the
same
shall
be
held
and
enjoyed
by
the
Purchasors
,
Grantees
,
Lessees
,
Cestuy
que
use
,
Cestuy
que
trust
,
and
every
of
them
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
respectively
,
as
if
this
Act
had
not
been
made
:
so
as
the
said
Conveyances
,
and
all
and
every
the
Grants
and
Assurances
which
by
virtue
thereof
ought
to
be
held
and
enjoyed
as
aforesaid
,
shall
before
the
first
day
of
January
,
1662.
be
entred
and
enrolled
of
Record
in
the
Exchequer
,
and
not
otherwise
.
IV
.
William
Lord
Mounson
,
Sir
Henry
Mildmay
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
Robert
Wallop
Esquire
,
and
John
Phelps
be
,
and
are
hereby
degraded
from
all
Titles
of
Honour
,
Dignities
and
Preheminences
which
they
now
have
,
or
hereafter
may
descend
unto
them
:
and
none
of
them
shall
bear
or
use
the
Title
of
Lord
,
Baronet
,
Knight
,
Esquire
or
Gentleman
,
nor
any
Coat
of
Arms
,
or
other
legal
Title
or
addition
,
but
are
hereby
made
persons
of
dishonour
and
infamy
.
V.
William
Lord
Mounson
,
Sir
Henry
Mildmay
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
Robert
Wallop
,
and
the
said
John
Phelps
,
shall
upon
the
27.
day
of
January
,
1661.
or
so
soon
after
as
they
shall
be
apprehended
,
carried
to
the
Tower
of
London
,
and
from
thence
drawn
upon
Sledges
with
Ropes
about
their
necks
,
quite
through
the
Streets
unto
the
Gallows
at
Tyburn
,
and
in
like
manner
be
brought
back
again
,
and
be
imprisoned
during
the
term
of
their
natural
lives
.
1.
Provided
,
No
Executor
,
or
Administrator
to
any
of
the
dead
persons
whose
estate
is
hereby
forfeited
,
shall
be
sued
or
molested
for
any
debt
,
or
legacy
by
them
paid
as
Executors
or
Administrators
,
to
any
person
or
persons
to
whom
the
same
was
due
or
bequeathed
,
and
was
paid
bona
fide
;
but
the
respective
Legatees
,
&c.
who
have
received
,
&c.
any
such
Legacies
from
the
Executors
,
shall
be
accomptable
to
the
King
for
all
such
Legacies
as
they
have
respectively
received
,
and
shall
pay
the
same
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
2.
Nothing
in
this
Act
shall
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
forfeit
the
term
,
estate
or
interest
which
Sir
William
Lewis
of
Borden
,
in
the
County
of
Southampton
,
had
,
or
hath
in
the
custody
of
the
Park
called
East-Mean
Park
in
the
said
County
,
and
in
the
game
of
Conies
therein
,
for
the
term
of
three
years
to
come
,
from
our
Lady-day
last
,
being
the
remaining
years
of
a
greater
term
;
the
which
Park
and
Premises
belong
to
the
Bishop
of
Winchester
,
the
said
Sir
William
hath
surrendred
to
the
Bishop
of
Winchester
,
and
hath
now
taken
a
Lease
for
three
lives
,
the
which
Lease
for
three
lives
to
the
said
Sir
William
,
shall
notwithstanding
this
Act
remain
good
,
saving
to
every
person
,
&c.
their
Heirs
,
&c.
all
such
estate
,
right
,
title
and
interest
in
Law
and
Equity
which
any
person
hath
,
or
ought
to
have
therein
,
not
being
in
trust
for
any
of
the
said
Offenders
,
nor
derived
by
,
from
,
or
under
them
,
since
the
25.
of
March
,
1646.
saving
also
always
,
and
reserving
to
Cuthbert
Collingwood
Esquire
,
and
George
Collingwood
Gent
.
his
Son
,
their
and
every
of
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
and
the
Farmers
and
Tenants
of
the
said
Cuthbert
and
George
,
or
either
of
them
,
and
of
their
Heirs
,
&c.
all
such
right
,
title
of
entry
,
action
,
use
,
interest
and
possession
,
which
any
of
them
had
,
or
ought
to
have
,
of
,
into
,
or
out
of
the
Mannors
,
Townships
,
Villages
,
Hamlets
and
Precincts
of
Eslington
,
Whittingham
,
Barton
,
Thrownton
,
Fawden
,
Keynton
,
West-Brunton
,
East-Brunton
,
Dunnington
,
Blakedon
,
alias
Blagdon
and
We●slade
in
the
County
of
Norihumberland
,
and
of
,
in
,
to
or
out
of
any
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
&c.
and
appurtenances
to
any
of
them
belonging
,
3.
Not
to
extend
or
prejudice
the
estate
and
interest
in
Law
and
Equity
of
Rachel
Powre
Widow
,
of
,
in
and
to
one
Copyhold
Messuage
and
Mill
with
the
appurtenances
,
being
in
Chepmansford
in
the
County
of
Southampton
,
which
by
the
Order
and
decree
of
the
High
Court
of
Chancery
of
the
21.
of
June
,
1661.
she
is
to
be
restored
unto
,
and
put
into
possession
of
,
&c.
but
that
she
shall
hold
and
enjoy
the
same
according
to
the
said
decree
.
IV
.
It
shall
and
may
be
lawfull
to
and
for
Barrington
Bourchier
Esquire
,
Son
and
Heir
of
Sir
John
Bourchier
herein
before
mentioned
,
to
hold
and
enjoy
all
and
singular
the
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
to
him
granted
and
conveyed
,
or
mentioned
to
be
granted
or
conveyed
in
and
by
certain
Letters
Patents
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
dated
22.
of
March
,
in
the
13.
year
of
his
now
Majesties
Reign
,
against
the
Kings
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
for
ever
.
Parishes
.
I.
Enacted
.
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
That
all
the
Precinct
,
viz.
beginning
at
the
Strand
,
at
the
East-end
of
Bedford-house
,
including
the
House
,
Backsides
,
Gardens
,
&c.
thereto
belonging
:
All
the
Houses
within
the
narrow
bounds
,
viz.
fourty
foot
without
the
Brick-wall
,
and
all
Houses
and
Buildings
and
Lands
within
the
said
Bounds
,
bounded
by
the
House
of
Humphrey
Vaughan
in
Russel-street
East
,
by
the
House
of
William
Bard
in
Shandois-street
West
;
by
the
House
of
William
Crisby
in
James
▪
street
North
,
and
by
the
House
of
Richard
Tramton
in
Bedford-street
South
,
be
a
distinct
Parish
,
called
the
Parish
of
Saint
Paul
Covent
Garden
.
II
.
That
the
said
Precinct
be
divided
and
exempted
from
the
Parish
of
Saint
Martins
,
and
from
all
Dependances
,
Offices
,
Charges
,
Contributions
for
or
in
respect
thereof
,
and
from
the
Cure
of
the
Rector
and
Vicar
of
the
said
Parish
of
Saint
Martins
,
and
their
Successors
,
and
discharged
of
all
Tithes
,
Offerings
,
Obventions
,
Easter-books
,
and
other
Parochial
duties
whatsoever
.
III
.
The
new
erected
Church
within
the
said
Precinct
shall
be
the
Parish-Church
of
the
said
Precinct
,
and
William
Earl
of
Bedford
,
Son
and
Heir
of
Francis
,
late
Earl
of
Bedford
,
shall
have
the
Patronage
of
the
said
Church
,
and
may
present
some
fit
Person
to
be
Rector
of
the
same
,
as
often
as
the
same
shall
become
void
,
and
the
Rector
and
his
Successors
shall
be
incorporate
and
have
capacity
by
the
name
of
Rector
of
the
Church
of
Saint
Paul
Covent
Garden
,
and
shall
have
cure
of
the
Souls
of
all
the
Inhabitants
within
the
said
Parish
;
and
shall
hold
to
him
and
his
Successors
for
ever
,
all
that
House
in
Covent
Garden
scituate
in
James-Street
now
in
the
possession
of
Edward
Blayden
Taylor
.
IV
.
The
Rector
and
his
Successors
shall
have
one
yearly
Rent
of
100
l.
to
be
issuing
out
of
several
Houses
in
Covent
Garden
,
late
in
the
occupation
of
Sir
Edmond
Verney
Knight
,
Sir
Charles
Gaudy
Knight
,
Sir
Edward
Sydenham
Knight
,
now
in
the
occupation
of
Sir
Edward
Ford
Knight
,
Sir
Robert
Bowles
Baronet
,
and
William
Gape
Apothecary
,
upon
the
4
usual
feasts
of
the
year
,
viz.
at
the
Nativity
of
Saint
John
the
Baptist
,
Saint
Michael
,
the
Birth
of
our
Lord
God
,
and
the
Annunciation
of
the
Blessed
Virgin
Mary
,
by
equal
portions
,
with
power
to
distrain
for
the
said
100
l.
per
annum
,
or
any
parcel
thereof
,
upon
the
Houses
charged
with
the
said
Rent
,
and
20
s
.
in
the
name
of
a
penalty
,
if
the
same
be
unpaid
by
the
space
of
21.
days
after
any
of
the
said
feast
days
aforesaid
.
V.
The
Rector
of
the
said
Parish
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
Patron
,
may
from
time
to
time
nominate
an
able
Minister
to
be
a
Curate
Assistant
to
him
,
and
his
Successors
:
And
for
the
further
maintenance
,
and
for
a
Provision
for
the
Curate
,
and
other
Officers
,
there
shall
be
3
Churchwardens
for
the
said
Parish
,
one
to
be
chosen
by
William
Earl
of
Bedford
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
another
by
the
Rector
and
his
Successors
,
a
third
by
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Parish
,
and
250
l.
shall
yearly
be
charged
upon
the
Houses
of
the
Inhabitants
,
except
Bedford-House
,
to
be
assessed
by
the
Churchwardens
,
after
a
pound
rate
,
according
to
the
yearly
value
of
the
respective
Houses
,
which
shall
be
confirmed
by
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
Westminster
,
and
be
collected
by
the
Churchwardens
at
the
four
usual
feasts
,
or
times
of
payment
at
the
feasts
above
mentioned
;
and
if
the
said
sum
be
not
paid
after
demand
,
then
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
,
and
sale
of
the
parties
goods
as
shall
be
in
arrear
,
returning
the
overplus
.
VI
.
The
Churchwardens
,
shall
out
of
the
said
moneys
received
by
them
,
pay
to
the
Rector
and
his
Successors
150
l.
per
annum
,
and
to
the
Curate
50
l.
per
annum
at
the
said
4
feasts
,
or
within
21
days
;
and
in
default
of
payment
of
the
said
respective
sums
at
the
respective
House
of
any
of
the
Churchwardens
,
the
2
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
dwelling
in
Westminster
upon
complaint
,
may
cause
the
Churchwardens
who
shall
fail
of
payment
to
be
Imprisoned
till
payment
be
made
:
The
residue
of
the
said
assessment
to
be
employed
by
the
Churchwardens
for
Wages
and
Salaries
of
a
Clerk
and
two
Sextons
yearly
to
be
nominated
by
the
Earl
of
Bedford
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
to
be
distributed
according
to
the
directions
of
the
Earl
and
his
Heirs
,
and
the
Rector
and
his
Successors
.
VII
.
If
any
person
hath
by
virtue
of
any
Authority
,
or
pretended
Authority
,
received
any
sums
of
money
heretofore
assessed
on
any
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Parish
,
and
hath
not
paid
the
same
into
his
or
their
hands
,
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
shall
call
them
to
accompt
;
and
if
they
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
such
Moneys
as
accompted
for
,
and
unpaid
,
they
may
levie
the
same
by
distress
,
and
in
default
of
distress
commit
the
persons
to
the
common
Goal
,
the
moneys
to
be
disposed
of
to
the
use
for
which
they
were
assessed
.
VIII
.
The
sum
of
312
l.
10
s
.
shall
after
the
proportions
aforesaid
,
be
assessed
upon
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Parish
,
by
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
Westminster
,
and
be
levied
and
collected
by
them
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
,
for
and
towards
the
full
satisfaction
of
a
Salary
for
the
Minister
,
Curate
,
Clerk
and
Sextons
,
who
have
officiated
in
the
said
Precinct
,
since
St.
Thomas-day
,
1659.
until
our
Lady-day
,
1661.
to
be
distributed
as
William
Earl
of
Bedford
shall
direct
.
IX
.
The
Church-wardens
,
or
two
of
them
are
to
make
Rates
and
assessments
upon
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Parish
,
from
time
to
time
,
for
the
paiment
of
Scavengers
for
cleansing
the
Streets
of
the
Parish
,
and
for
the
repairing
and
amending
of
the
Church
when
need
shall
be
;
the
said
rate
and
assessment
to
be
made
and
allowed
as
is
before
appointed
for
the
raising
of
250
l.
a
year
as
aforesaid
;
and
in
case
the
Inhabitants
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
the
said
assessments
assessed
upon
them
,
after
demand
made
at
their
houses
,
the
Church-wardens
,
or
two
of
them
,
may
levie
the
same
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
goods
of
all
or
any
as
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
same
,
rendring
the
overplus
,
if
any
be
,
to
the
Owners
.
1.
Provided
,
It
be
lawfull
for
the
Overseers
of
the
poor
,
and
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Martins
,
and
the
Church-wardens
of
St.
Paul
Covent-Garden
to
assess
and
collect
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
parish
of
Covent
Garden
,
for
the
benefit
of
the
poor
and
reparation
of
the
High-ways
,
all
such
rates
and
taxes
,
as
they
might
have
done
before
the
making
of
the
Act.
2.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
avoid
any
Ecclesiastical
Law
,
or
Constitution
of
the
Church
of
England
,
nor
destroy
any
Rights
belonging
to
the
Bishop
of
London
,
or
his
Successors
,
but
that
he
and
they
may
at
all
times
visit
,
institute
,
and
exercise
Ecclesiastical
Jurisdiction
in
the
said
Parish
,
as
they
might
do
in
other
Parishes
within
the
Diocess
of
London
.
Pardon
,
Indempnity
and
Oblivion
.
I.
Enacted
.
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
8.
All
Treasons
,
Misprisions
of
Treasons
,
Murthers
,
Felonies
,
Offences
,
Crimes
,
Contempts
and
Misdemeanours
,
counselled
,
commanded
,
acted
or
done
since
1.
January
1637.
by
any
person
,
or
persons
before
the
24.
of
June
1660.
(
other
then
the
persons
herein
,
after
by
name
excepted
)
by
virtue
or
colour
of
any
Command
,
Power
,
Authority
,
Commission
,
Warrant
or
Instructions
from
the
late
King
,
or
his
now
Majesty
,
or
from
any
other
persons
,
deriving
authority
,
mediately
or
immediately
from
both
,
or
either
of
them
,
or
from
both
,
or
either
House
of
Parliament
,
or
from
any
reputed
Parliament
,
Keepers
of
the
Liberties
of
England
,
Protector
,
chief
Magistrate
,
Commander
in
chief
by
Sea
or
Land
;
or
by
any
Pretence
,
Warrant
,
or
Command
whatsoever
,
from
them
or
any
of
them
,
or
their
,
or
either
of
their
respective
Counsels
,
or
from
any
persons
whatsoever
deriving
or
pretending
to
derive
authority
from
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
be
Pardoned
,
Indempnified
,
Discharged
and
put
into
utter
Oblivion
;
(
except
before
excepted
)
and
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
Acting
,
Aiding
,
Assisting
,
Abetting
and
Conselling
the
same
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
are
hereby
Pardoned
,
Indempnified
and
Discharged
from
the
same
,
and
from
all
pains
of
death
,
and
other
Pains
,
Judgments
,
Indictments
,
Convictions
,
Attainders
and
Forfeitures
,
therefore
had
,
and
which
might
accrew
for
the
same
,
and
all
grants
thereupon
made
,
are
declared
to
be
null
and
void
:
and
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
Bodies
Politick
and
Corporate
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
and
Successors
,
are
restored
to
their
Land
,
Tenements
,
&c.
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
other
things
forfeited
,
which
to
the
King
doth
,
or
shall
appertain
,
by
reason
of
any
the
said
Offences
before
mentioned
,
and
not
hereafter
in
the
Act
excepted
and
foreprized
.
II
.
All
Appeals
;
and
all
personal
actions
,
Suits
and
prosecutions
whatsoever
,
for
or
by
reason
of
any
Act
of
Hostility
,
Assault
,
Imprisonment
,
or
breach
of
the
Peace
,
advised
,
counselled
,
commanded
,
acted
or
done
by
reason
of
any
the
late
troubles
or
late
War
in
his
Majesties
Dominions
,
or
relating
thereunto
:
And
all
Judgments
and
Executions
hereupon
had
before
the
1.
day
of
May
,
1658.
Stand
and
be
from
henceforth
discharged
:
But
not
to
restore
any
person
,
&c.
any
sums
of
money
,
mean
profits
,
or
goods
already
received
,
or
taken
under
such
Execution
,
or
to
give
any
accompt
for
the
same
:
and
all
demands
of
Arrerages
of
Rents
,
and
mean
Profits
of
Lands
incurred
,
or
grown
due
,
or
which
have
been
paid
,
received
or
disposed
of
by
virtue
,
or
colour
of
any
the
authorities
,
or
pretended
authorities
aforesaid
(
other
then
such
Arrerages
and
mean
Profits
as
shall
be
otherwise
disposed
of
by
the
Act
)
be
,
and
shall
be
from
henceforth
discharged
,
III
.
All
and
every
,
the
Subjects
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
Jersey
,
Guernsey
,
Berwick
,
and
other
of
the
Kings
Dominions
,
&c.
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
and
all
Bodies
in
any
wise
,
Incorporated
,
Cities
,
Burrougs
,
Shires
,
Towns
,
Villages
,
Ridings
,
Hundreds
,
Hamlets
and
Tythings
,
and
every
of
them
and
the
Successors
of
every
of
them
,
are
hereby
acquitted
,
pardoned
,
indemnified
,
discharged
against
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
of
and
from
all
manner
of
Treasons
,
misprisons
of
Treasons
,
fellonies
,
contempts
,
offences
,
trespasses
,
entries
,
wrongs
,
deceits
,
misdemeanors
,
forfeitures
,
penalties
,
sums
of
monios
,
&
other
matters
concerning
Tenures
and
Wardships
and
Arrerages
of
Rents
(
other
the
Arrerages
of
Rents
,
for
the
Excise
or
customs
,
or
other
then
such
Arrerages
of
Rents
or
mean
Profits
as
shall
be
disposed
of
by
the
Parliament
)
and
from
all
Arrears
of
Tenths
,
first
Fruits
,
Fines
,
Post-fines
,
Issues
and
Amercements
,
all
securities
given
for
them
,
concealments
of
customs
and
Excise
,
Arrerages
of
Purveyance
&
compositions
for
the
same
:
And
from
all
pains
of
death
,
pains
corporal
and
pecuniary
,
and
generally
of
and
from
all
other
things
,
causes
,
suits
,
and
executions
in
the
Act
,
not
after
excepted
,
which
may
,
or
can
be
by
the
King
in
any
wise
,
or
by
any
means
pardoned
before
and
unto
the
24.
of
June
1660.
to
every
or
any
of
his
said
Subjects
,
Bodies
corporate
,
Cities
,
Hundreds
,
Towns
,
Villages
or
Tithings
or
any
of
them
:
And
all
Grants
and
Patents
since
the
25.
of
March
1641.
Touching
.
Wardships
of
the
Body
and
Lands
,
or
Touching
the
Marriage
of
any
Heir
within
age
,
and
all
the
mean
Profits
yet
unreceived
,
and
demandable
by
reason
thereof
,
are
hereby
discharged
.
IV
.
This
Pardon
and
Oblivion
shall
be
as
good
and
effectual
in
Law
,
to
all
and
every
his
Majesties
Subjects
,
Bodies
politick
,
or
corporate
and
others
,
in
,
for
and
against
all
things
which
be
not
in
this
Act
excepted
and
foreprized
,
as
the
same
should
have
been
,
of
all
the
Offences
,
Contempts
,
Forfeitures
,
Causes
,
Matters
,
Suits
,
Judgments
,
Executions
,
Penalties
and
other
things
,
not
in
the
Act
excepted
;
had
been
particularly
,
specially
and
expresly
named
,
tehearsed
and
specified
,
and
pardoned
by
proper
and
express
words
and
names
in
their
kindes
,
natures
,
and
qualities
for
all
things
before
the
said
24.
of
June
1660.
and
his
said
Subjects
,
nor
any
of
them
,
nor
the
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
of
any
of
them
,
nor
the
said
Bodies
politick
,
nor
any
of
them
shall
be
Sued
,
Vexed
,
or
Inquieted
by
the
King
,
his
Heits
or
Successors
,
in
their
Bodies
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Lands
and
Tenements
,
for
any
manner
of
matter
,
Cause
,
Misdemeanors
,
Forfeiture
,
Offence
,
or
other
thing
suffered
,
done
or
committed
before
the
said
24.
June
1660.
against
the
late
King
,
or
the
Kings
Majesty
that
now
is
,
his
Crown
,
Dignity
,
Prerogative
,
Laws
or
Statutes
,
but
onely
for
such
Matters
and
Offences
as
be
excepted
by
this
Act
out
of
the
same
:
And
all
and
every
the
said
Kings
Subjects
,
&c.
by
his
or
their
Deputy
or
Deputies
,
Atturney
or
Atturnies
,
may
plead
this
Act
of
free
pardon
,
for
his
or
their
discharge
,
for
any
thing
by
the
Act
pardoned
,
discharged
without
any
Fee
:
Paying
for
the
Writing
,
or
entry
of
the
Judgment
,
or
cause
concerning
such
plea
,
only
16
d
.
to
the
Officer
or
Clerk
,
who
shall
enter
such
plea
,
matter
,
&c.
for
the
parties
discharge
in
that
behalf
:
And
this
Pardon
,
shall
be
by
the
general
words
,
deemed
,
adjudged
,
expounded
,
allowed
and
taken
in
all
manner
of
Courts
,
of
his
Majestie
and
elsewhere
,
most
Beneficial
and
avaleable
to
all
the
Subjects
,
Bodies
corporate
and
other
persons
,
and
to
every
of
them
(
not
in
this
Act
excepted
)
without
any
ambiguity
,
question
,
or
delay
whatsoever
,
pleaded
by
the
King
:
or
his
or
their
Atturney
general
,
or
by
any
other
person
for
his
Highness
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
.
V.
If
any
Officer
,
or
any
Clerk
of
the
Kings
Courts
,
make
out
any
writs
,
summons
,
or
process
whereby
any
of
the
Subjects
shall
be
grieved
in
their
Bodies
or
Estates
by
reason
of
any
thing
hereby
pardoned
,
or
if
any
Sheriff
or
Escheator
or
other
Offices
whatsoever
,
levy
,
receive
,
take
,
or
withhold
any
thing
hereby
pardoned
,
every
such
offender
being
convict
thereof
,
shall
yield
to
the
party
grieved
treble
damages
,
besides
Costs
,
and
forfeit
to
the
King
10
l.
and
all
such
Writs
,
Process
,
&c.
shall
be
of
none
effect
.
VI
.
Except
out
of
this
free
and
general
Pardon
all
Murthers
done
or
committed
by
any
persons
,
&c.
(
other
then
such
are
pardoned
by
the
first
Clause
)
And
also
Except
all
and
every
the
Offences
of
Pyracy
and
Robbery
done
upon
the
Seas
(
not
done
in
relation
to
the
differences
and
Wars
aforesaid
)
and
every
procuring
and
abetting
of
any
such
Offenders
,
comforting
and
receiving
of
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
any
Goods
taken
by
way
of
such
Piracy
and
Robbery
:
And
Except
the
detestable
Vice
of
Buggery
,
committed
with
Man
,
or
Beast
;
and
all
Rapes
,
and
carnal
Ravishments
of
Women
;
and
also
all
wilful
Ravishments
and
taking
away
,
or
marrying
of
any
Maid
,
Widow
,
or
Damsel
against
her
will
,
or
without
the
assent
or
agreement
of
her
Parents
;
and
all
abetting
,
ayding
,
&c.
of
such
Ravishments
,
&c.
committed
and
done
.
And
Except
all
Offences
made
Felony
by
an
Act
entituled
,
An
Act
to
restrain
persons
from
Marriage
,
till
their
former
Wives
or
Husbands
be
dead
;
And
Except
all
Offences
of
Invocations
,
Conjurations
,
Witchcrafts
,
Sorceries
,
Inchantments
and
Charmes
,
and
all
offences
of
procuring
the
same
:
and
all
persons
now
attainted
or
convicted
of
any
the
said
Excepted
offences
.
And
Excepted
all
and
singular
the
Accompts
of
all
and
every
person
and
persons
appointed
by
any
of
the
Authorities
,
or
pretended
Authorities
,
to
be
Treasurer
,
Receiver
,
Farmer
or
Collector
(
other
then
the
several
Sub-Collectors
of
the
several
Parishes
,
Towns
,
Hamlets
,
&c.
respectively
,
for
and
concerning
their
Receipts
before
the
24th
.
day
of
June
,
1659.
)
who
have
received
or
collected
any
Subsidie
,
Custom
,
Tonnage
and
Poundage
,
Prize-goods
,
Assessment
,
Sequestration
,
New-Impost
,
or
Excise
;
or
of
any
the
Rents
or
Revenues
of
any
Lands
,
&c.
of
,
or
belonging
to
the
late
King
,
Queen
,
Prince
,
King
that
now
is
;
or
unto
the
Arch-Bishops
,
Bishops
,
Deans
,
Deans
and
Chapters
,
Canons
,
Prebends
,
or
other
Officers
belonging
to
any
Cathedral
or
Collegiate
Church
;
or
Popish
Recusants
convict
,
or
of
persons
sequestred
for
their
Recusancy
,
or
other
sequestred
Estates
,
received
or
collected
by
,
or
paid
unto
them
since
30.
January
,
1642.
And
of
all
Monies
and
other
Duties
grown
due
,
or
contracted
upon
the
sale
or
disposition
of
them
,
or
any
of
them
.
1.
Provided
,
The
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
of
any
Accomptant
Excepted
and
deceased
,
shall
not
be
lyable
for
the
matters
herein
mentioned
,
Except
for
such
Monies
as
remain
due
upon
their
Accompts
already
stated
,
and
not
paid
in
.
And
no
Accompt
for
any
monies
discharged
by
any
Order
or
Ordinance
of
both
or
either
House
of
Parliament
,
or
of
any
Assembly
so
reputed
;
or
of
Oliver
or
Richard
,
stiled
,
or
obeyed
as
Protector
,
or
by
others
under
them
.
2.
No
persons
shall
be
charged
for
any
Monies
received
for
Fees
,
Salaries
,
or
Wages
then
allowed
,
or
for
Monies
by
him
disbursed
by
any
publick
use
,
though
the
Authority
by
which
the
same
was
issued
,
was
not
warrantable
by
Law
.
3.
No
Military
,
or
Commissioned
Officer
of
the
Armies
,
or
Navies
,
Souldier
or
Mariner
,
who
before
the
25th
.
of
March
,
1659.
hath
received
any
monies
for
his
pay
,
or
the
pay
of
other
Souldiers
,
or
for
other
contingencies
of
the
Souldiers
or
Garrisons
under
his
command
,
shall
be
called
to
accompt
therefore
.
4.
No
person
shall
be
called
to
accompt
for
any
of
the
matters
of
this
Exception
after
24th
.
of
June
,
1662.
And
in
case
any
person
who
stands
accomptable
for
any
Monies
since
1.
January
,
1642.
before
the
30th
.
of
January
,
1648.
have
been
robbed
or
plundered
by
Souldiers
or
others
,
of
the
Monies
in
their
hands
;
or
of
any
Notes
,
Books
of
Receipts
or
Acquittances
touching
their
payment
,
the
Oaths
of
such
persons
shall
be
a
good
discharge
for
so
much
of
their
accompt
;
and
the
Oath
of
every
Accomptant
in
,
and
between
the
years
1642.
and
1648.
of
what
they
have
payed
to
any
publick
use
,
shall
be
a
good
discharge
as
to
so
much
of
the
accompt
of
such
person
or
persons
:
and
all
Judgments
of
Discharge
,
or
Quietus
est
given
upon
any
Accompt
in
the
Exchequer
since
1648.
to
be
allowed
.
VII
.
Except
all
Accompts
of
the
Revenues
of
Churches
and
Vicaridges
in
Wales
and
Monmouthshire
,
and
all
Judgments
of
Discharge
,
or
Quietus
est
thereupon
had
;
and
all
Briberies
,
Perjuries
,
subornation
of
Perjury
,
or
Witnesses
;
Forgery
of
Deeds
,
Debenturs
,
Bills
of
Publick
Faith
,
Wills
and
Writings
whatsoever
;
Or
of
Examination
of
Witnesses
,
whereby
to
endanger
any
mans
life
,
liberty
or
estate
;
and
the
counselling
or
procuring
of
such
counterfeiting
or
forging
:
And
also
all
offences
in
detaining
,
imbezling
of
any
Goods
,
Monies
,
Chattels
or
Jewels
of
the
late
King
,
Queen
,
or
Prince
,
or
their
Children
,
or
other
their
Shipping
and
Ammunition
of
War
,
and
other
such
Goods
Chattels
as
have
been
sold
or
disposed
of
to
any
servants
or
creditors
of
the
late
King
,
for
payment
of
their
debts
,
or
wages
.
VIII
.
Except
,
All
Issues
,
Fines
,
Amercements
,
Rents
,
and
other
publick
Duties
,
levyed
or
collected
by
any
Sheriff
,
or
other
Officer
,
for
the
use
of
the
said
King
,
Authorities
,
or
pretended
Authorities
,
or
for
his
Majestie
that
now
is
and
not
accompted
for
,
or
discharged
.
IX
.
Except
,
All
Offences
done
by
any
Jesuit
,
Seminary
,
or
Popish
Priest
,
contrary
to
the
Tenure
or
Effect
of
the
Statute
of
27.
Eliz
.
And
all
Outlawries
,
Proceedings
,
Judgments
and
Executions
for
the
same
Offences
,
or
any
of
them
.
1.
Provided
,
It
shall
be
lawful
for
Clerks
and
other
Officers
of
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
to
make
Writs
of
Capias
utlaga●um
,
against
such
persons
Outlawed
as
be
pardoned
by
the
Act
,
to
compel
the
Defendant
,
to
answer
to
the
Plaintiffs
at
whose
suit
they
were
outlawed
:
And
every
person
so
Outlawed
,
shall
have
a
Seire
Facias
,
against
the
party
who
is
so
Outlawed
,
before
the
pardon
shall
be
allowed
to
him
or
them
so
Outlawed
.
2.
This
Act
of
pardon
,
not
to
extend
to
pardon
any
Outlawries
upon
any
Writ
of
Capias
ad
satisfaciendum
,
till
the
party
Outlawed
shall
satisfie
,
or
agree
with
the
party
at
whose
suit
he
is
Outlawed
or
condemned
.
Except
,
All
informations
and
proceedings
depending
concerning
High-waies
and
Bridges
,
and
all
Issues
returned
concerning
the
same
,
since
30.
January
1648.
And
except
all
Recognizances
,
Bonds
,
and
Securities
given
,
or
entred
into
since
the
25.
of
March
1640.
by
any
Receiver
,
Bailiff
,
Collector
,
or
other
Accomptant
in
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
and
their
Sureties
and
Accompts
respectively
.
Not
to
extend
to
pardon
or
discharge
any
Recognizance
,
Obligation
or
Bond
which
is
not
yet
forfeited
.
X.
All
Acts
of
Hostility
and
Injuries
,
whether
between
the
late
King
and
the
Lords
and
Commons
then
in
Parliament
assembled
,
or
between
any
the
people
of
the
Nation
which
did
arise
upon
any
action
,
attempt
,
assistance
,
counsel
,
or
advice
,
having
relation
to
the
late
troubles
between
late
King
and
Parliament
,
or
the
King
that
now
is
,
or
any
of
his
subjects
(
which
are
not
herein
excepted
)
the
same
and
what
ever
hath
ensued
thereupon
,
whether
touching
upon
the
Laws
or
Liberties
of
the
Nation
,
or
upon
the
honour
of
the
King
,
or
upon
the
Honour
and
Authority
of
Parliament
,
or
to
the
prejudice
of
any
particular
or
private
person
,
shall
in
no
time
after
the
24.
of
June
,
1660.
be
called
in
question
,
whatsoever
the
quality
of
the
person
,
or
of
what
kinde
or
degree
,
civil
or
criminal
the
injury
to
be
,
and
no
mention
to
be
made
thereof
in
time
to
come
.
XI
.
If
any
person
or
persons
within
three
years
shall
presume
to
call
,
or
alledge
of
,
or
object
against
any
other
person
,
&c.
any
name
,
names
,
or
other
words
of
reproach
,
tending
to
revive
the
memory
of
the
late
differences
,
or
the
occasions
therof
,
every
person
so
offending
,
shall
pay
unto
the
party
grieved
,
if
he
be
of
the
degree
of
a
Gentleman
,
or
above
,
10
l.
if
under
that
degree
,
40
s
.
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
debt
,
to
be
brought
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
wherein
no
Essoyn
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
,
so
as
the
action
be
brought
and
presented
within
six
moneths
after
the
Offence
committed
.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
give
any
benefit
unto
any
person
or
persons
,
who
have
had
any
hand
in
plotting
the
Rebellion
in
Ireland
,
(
other
then
such
as
by
an
intended
Act
shall
be
named
to
be
pardoned
)
nor
to
incur
to
restore
any
persons
,
Bodies
Politick
or
Corporate
(
other
then
the
Marquess
of
Ormond
,
and
other
the
Protestants
of
Ireland
)
and
their
Heirs
,
and
such
others
as
in
an
Act
intended
to
be
passed
,
shall
be
expressed
,
any
Estates
,
Liberties
,
Franchises
,
or
Hereditaments
in
England
or
Ireland
sold
,
or
disposed
of
by
both
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
,
or
any
Convention
assuming
the
name
of
a
Parliament
,
or
any
persons
deriving
authority
from
them
,
nor
to
the
mean
Profits
,
Rents
,
or
Contingencies
of
the
same
.
XII
.
Every
person
hereby
pardoned
,
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
Act
in
evidence
for
his
discharge
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
pardon
any
persons
whatsoever
for
any
theft
,
or
stealing
of
any
goods
,
or
other
fellonies
since
the
4.
of
March
,
1659.
2.
Nor
to
extend
to
acquit
or
discharge
any
persons
from
making
restitution
of
all
such
Rents
,
summs
of
Moneys
,
Horses
,
Cattel
,
or
other
Goods
,
which
by
a
pretended
Act
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
of
repeal
of
two
Acts
of
Parliament
for
Sequestrations
,
are
requested
to
be
restored
from
whom
they
were
taken
,
nor
bar
the
Owners
from
their
actions
or
suits
at
Law
or
Equity
,
for
or
by
reason
of
the
same
,
or
any
other
Rents
,
sums
of
Money
,
Houses
,
&c.
which
since
the
25.
day
of
July
,
1659.
have
been
by
any
person
wrongfully
received
or
taken
away
,
and
for
which
the
said
wrong
doers
are
not
any
wise
indempnisied
by
the
said
,
or
any
other
Act
of
Repeal
.
XIII
.
No
person
who
by
virtue
of
any
Order
,
Warrant
,
mediately
or
immediately
derived
from
the
late
King
,
or
the
now
King
,
or
any
the
Authorities
aforesaid
,
or
any
person
acting
under
them
,
that
have
levied
,
seized
,
sequestred
,
or
paid
to
any
publick
use
,
or
to
any
publick
Treasury
within
this
kingdom
,
any
goods
,
debts
,
rents
,
or
moneys
belonging
to
any
person
whatsoever
,
shall
be
molested
for
the
same
,
but
discharged
for
so
much
as
their
Acquittances
extend
unto
.
1.
Provided
,
This
shall
not
extend
to
discharge
any
person
,
&c.
for
any
sum
or
sums
of
money
received
for
that
illegal
Tax
of
Decimation
,
or
upon
the
accompt
of
any
Militia
,
settled
or
acted
in
since
1648.
and
not
accompted
for
,
or
paid
over
,
or
discharged
to
,
or
by
any
that
had
authority
or
pretended
authority
to
discharge
the
respective
Receivers
of
the
same
.
2.
If
any
person
or
persons
being
the
Kings
menial
servant
,
&c.
or
having
,
or
pretending
to
have
particular
directions
from
him
,
have
during
the
time
of
such
his
relation
to
the
King
,
or
whilest
they
pretended
to
act
for
his
Majesties
interest
,
wilfully
,
maliciously
and
trayterously
held
intelligence
with
any
Forreign
Prince
,
State
,
or
with
any
person
usurping
Supreme
Authority
in
the
Kings
Dominions
,
or
with
their
Agents
,
and
without
the
Kings
Licence
,
and
to
the
intent
to
betray
the
Kings
Person
or
Counsels
,
or
have
received
moneys
or
pensions
for
such
treachery
,
such
person
is
excepted
out
of
the
Act
,
so
as
such
person
be
out
▪
lawed
,
or
convicted
thereof
within
two
years
from
the
25.
of
April
,
1660.
3.
Nor
to
extend
to
pardon
or
discharge
any
debts
or
money
due
for
Excise
of
any
Goods
or
Merchandises
,
whereof
entries
have
been
made
in
the
Custom-House
,
which
have
grown
due
since
the
25.
of
March
,
1658.
or
to
discharge
any
moneys
due
to
the
Farmers
of
Excise
,
since
the
25.
of
March
,
1652.
4.
Not
to
extend
to
pardon
or
give
any
benefit
whatsoever
to
John
Lisle
,
William
Say
,
Sir
Hardres
Waller
,
Valentine
Wanton
,
Thomas
Harrison
,
Edward
Whaley
,
William
Heveningham
,
Isaac
Penington
,
Henry
Martin
,
John
Barkstead
,
Gilbert
Millington
,
Edmund
Ludlow
,
Sir
Michael
Livesey
,
Robert
Titchborn
,
Owen
Row
,
Robert
Lilburn
,
Adrian
Scroop
,
John
Okey
,
John
Hewson
,
William
Goff
,
Cornelius
Holland
,
Thomas
Chaloner
,
John
Carew
,
John
Jones
,
Miles
Corbet
,
Henry
Smith
,
Gregory
Clement
,
Thomas
Wogan
,
Edmund
Harvey
,
Thomas
Scot
,
William
Crawley
,
John
Downs
,
Nicholas
Love
,
Vincent
Potter
,
Augustine
Garland
,
John
Dixwel
,
Georg
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
,
or
any
of
them
,
nor
to
those
two
persons
,
or
either
of
them
disguised
upon
the
Scaffold
the
30.
of
January
,
1648.
erected
before
White-Hall
;
all
which
persons
,
for
being
instrumental
in
the
Murther
of
the
late
King
,
are
wholly
excluded
and
left
to
be
proceeded
against
as
Traytors
.
But
in
regard
the
said
Owen
Row
,
Augustine
Garland
,
Edmund
Harvey
,
Henry
Smith
,
Henry
Martin
,
Sir
Hardres
Waller
,
Robert
Titchborn
,
George
Fleetwood
,
James
Temple
,
Thomas
Wait
,
Simon
Meyn
,
William
Heveningham
,
Isaac
Penington
,
Peter
Temple
,
Robert
Lilburn
,
Gilbert
Millington
,
Vincent
Potter
,
Thomas
Wogan
,
and
John
Downs
,
have
rendred
themselves
(
according
to
the
Declaration
of
the
6.
of
June
,
1660.
)
and
thereby
pretended
to
some
favour
:
It
is
Enacted
;
That
if
the
said
Owen
Row
,
and
the
rest
last
mentioned
Persons
,
or
any
of
them
shall
be
attainted
for
their
Treason
and
Murther
aforesaid
:
Yet
the
Execution
of
them
shall
be
suspended
untill
his
Majesty
and
the
Parliament
shall
order
their
Execution
.
XIV
.
Except
out
of
the
Act
Oliver
Cromwel
,
Henry
Ireton
,
John
Bradshaw
and
Thomas
Pride
;
Nor
shall
the
Act
extend
to
discharge
the
Lands
,
Goods
,
Rights
,
and
Trusts
of
Oliver
Cromwel
,
Henry
Ireton
,
John
Bradshaw
,
Thomas
Pride
,
Isaac
Ewer
,
Sir
John
Danvers
,
Sir
Thomas
Maleverer
,
William
Purefoy
,
John
Blackiston
,
Sir
William
Constable
,
Richard
Dean
,
Francis
Allen
,
Peregrine
Pelham
,
John
Moor
,
John
Aldred
,
Humphry-Edwards
,
Sir
Gregory
Norton
,
John
Venn
,
Thomas
Andrews
Alderman
,
Anthony
Stapely
,
Thomas
Horton
,
John
Fry
,
Thomas
Hammond
,
Sir
John
Bourchier
,
all
deceased
,
from
such
forfeitures
and
penalties
as
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
intended
to
be
passed
for
that
purpose
,
shall
be
therein
expressed
.
XV
.
Except
also
William
Lord
Mounson
,
Sir
Henry
Mildmay
,
Sir
James
Harrington
,
John
Phelps
,
Robert
Wallop
,
all
which
persons
did
act
and
sit
in
that
Trayterous
Assembly
which
murthered
the
late
King
Charles
the
First
,
and
are
therefore
reserved
to
such
Pains
,
Penalties
,
and
Forfeitures
,
not
extending
to
life
,
as
by
another
Act
of
Parliament
shall
be
imposed
upon
them
.
XVI
.
Except
Sir
Arthur
Haslerigg
,
for
and
in
respect
onely
of
such
Pains
,
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
,
not
extending
to
life
,
as
by
an
intended
Act
to
be
passed
,
shall
be
Inflicted
and
imposed
.
1.
John
Hutchinson
Esquire
,
and
Francis
Lassels
,
are
made
for
ever
uncapable
to
execute
any
Place
or
Office
of
Trust
,
and
Francis
Lassels
is
to
pay
to
the
King
one
full
years
value
of
his
Estate
.
2.
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
pardoning
,
or
to
give
any
benefit
unto
Sir
Henry
Vane
,
John
Lambert
,
or
either
of
them
:
but
they
are
wholly
exempted
out
of
the
Act.
3.
Provided
,
If
William
Lenthal
,
William
Burton
,
Oliver
Saint-John
,
John
Ireton
Alderman
,
Colonel
William
Sydenham
,
Colonel
John
Desborow
,
John
Blackwel
of
Mortlack
,
Christopher
,
Pack
Alderman
,
Richard
Keeble
,
Charles
Fleetwood
,
John
Pyne
,
Richard
Dean
,
Major
Richard
Creed
,
Philip
Nye
Clerk
,
John
Goodwin
Clerk
,
Sir
Gilbert
Pickering
,
Colonel
Thomas
Lister
,
and
Colonel
Ralph
Cobbet
,
shall
after
1.
September
1660.
accept
,
or
exercise
any
Office
Ecclesiastical
,
Civil
,
or
Military
,
or
other
publick
Employment
in
England
,
Wales
,
or
Berwick
;
such
person
or
persons
who
shall
so
accept
or
execute
as
aforesaid
,
shall
stand
to
all
intents
,
as
if
he
or
they
had
been
totally
exempted
by
name
in
the
Act.
All
those
who
since
5.
December
,
1648.
did
give
sentence
of
Death
upon
any
person
in
the
late
Illegal
High
Courts
of
Justice
in
England
or
Wales
,
or
signed
the
Warrant
for
Execution
of
any
person
there
condemned
(
except
Col.
Richard
Ingoldsby
,
and
Colonel
Matthew
Tomlinson
)
are
disabled
to
bear
any
Office
Ecclesiastical
,
Civil
or
Military
in
England
,
and
Wales
,
or
to
a
Member
of
any
Parliament
after
1.
Spetember
,
1660.
XVII
.
All
Trustees
in
a
pretended
Act
made
1649.
concerning
Tithes
Appropriate
,
Oblations
,
&c.
Fee-farm
Rents
,
first
Fruits
,
&c.
and
their
Heirs
,
shall
accompt
for
the
same
,
if
they
have
not
been
employd
or
disposed
of
for
the
maintenance
of
Ministers
or
other
uses
,
according
to
the
said
pretended
Act
,
or
some
other
Act
or
Ordinance
made
in
the
years
1650
,
1654
,
1656.
by
an
assembly
called
or
reputed
a
Parliament
,
or
assuming
such
power
according
to
the
intention
thereof
.
And
the
Agents
and
Receivers
under
the
Order
of
the
said
Trustees
;
and
the
Occupiers
and
Tenants
of
the
premisses
who
have
taken
the
profits
thereof
without
agreement
for
Rent
,
and
have
made
no
satisfaction
to
the
said
Trustees
or
others
by
their
Order
;
and
also
they
who
have
holden
the
same
under
agreement
to
pay
Rent
,
and
have
not
paid
the
same
,
shall
respectively
accompt
for
so
much
of
the
premisses
as
are
unsatisfied
according
to
such
Agreements
:
All
which
payments
and
accompts
shall
be
made
to
such
persons
and
in
such
manner
as
shall
be
directed
.
Nevertheless
,
no
Mininister
,
or
School-master
,
or
other
person
for
whose
benefit
or
maintenance
the
said
pretended
Act
or
Ordinances
were
made
,
shall
be
accomptable
for
any
profits
or
monies
paid
to
them
,
or
received
by
them
,
by
virtue
of
any
Order
of
the
said
Trustees
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
otherwise
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
pardon
any
Bond
taken
in
his
late
Majesties
Name
before
1642.
for
the
securing
of
any
proper
Debt
of
any
servant
,
or
Receiver
of
the
Revenues
of
his
said
Majesty
,
if
it
hath
not
been
paid
to
,
or
by
Order
of
some
lawfull
,
or
pretended
Authority
:
And
whereas
by
an
Order
of
26
May
,
1641.
The
House
of
Commons
did
accept
of
150000
l.
as
a
composition
from
the
Farmers
of
several
Customes
,
Voted
to
be
Illegally
taken
:
and
some
of
the
said
Farmers
did
pay
the
said
150000
pounds
at
the
desire
of
the
said
House
of
Commons
:
and
upon
their
Declaration
,
that
such
of
the
said
Farmers
as
did
not
pay
their
proportions
,
should
not
be
pardoned
,
but
proceeded
against
,
and
out
of
their
Fines
satisfaction
to
be
made
to
those
who
had
paid
the
said
Summe
:
And
in
pursuance
thereof
,
did
on
the
1.
of
June
next
following
Resolve
,
That
the
Estates
of
such
persons
,
living
or
dead
,
as
by
colour
of
any
Pattent
received
Monies
from
the
Subject
under
the
pretence
of
such
Customs
,
ought
to
be
liable
to
restitution
.
This
Act
doth
not
pardon
any
person
,
his
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
who
have
not
paid
their
proportions
of
the
said
sum
of
150000
l.
or
ought
to
have
been
contributary
thereunto
;
but
that
the
estates
of
the
dead
as
well
as
of
the
living
of
such
persons
who
ought
to
have
been
contributary
,
in
whose
possession
soever
(
Purchasors
bona
fide
▪
)
upon
valuable
consideration
only
excepted
)
shall
be
charged
and
chargeable
with
the
payment
of
their
proportions
,
as
if
this
Act
had
not
been
made
.
2.
Not
to
extend
to
pardon
any
person
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
or
any
sums
of
monies
due
,
and
arrears
for
Excise
of
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
other
Native
or
Inland
Commodities
since
24.
of
June
,
1659.
3.
Not
to
extend
to
the
pardoning
or
discharging
of
any
sum
of
money
due
from
any
Officers
or
Souldiers
to
any
of
the
Subjects
of
this
Kingdom
for
Free-Quarter
,
since
the
2d
of
July
,
1659.
Or
to
discharge
any
Monies
borrowed
by
any
Officers
for
preventing
Free-Quarter
.
XVIII
.
No
Conveyance
,
Assurance
,
Grant
,
Bargain
,
Sale
,
Charge
,
Lease
,
Assignment
of
Leases
,
Grants
and
Surrenders
by
Copy
of
Court-Roll
,
Estate
,
Interest
,
Trust
,
or
Limitation
of
Use
,
or
uses
of
any
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Hereditaments
,
not
being
the
late
Kings
,
Queens
,
Princes
,
or
Church-Lands
;
Nor
being
Lands
sold
or
given
,
or
so
appointed
to
be
for
the
Delinquency
,
or
the
pretended
Delinquency
of
any
one
whatsoever
by
pretext
of
any
Act
,
Order
,
or
Ordinance
,
or
reputed
Act
,
&c.
since
the
first
of
January
,
1641.
Nor
any
Statute
,
Judgement
,
or
Recognizance
had
,
made
acknowledged
,
or
suffered
to
any
Person
or
Persons
,
Bodies
Politique
or
Corporate
,
before
the
29th
of
September
,
1659.
by
any
of
the
persons
before
in
this
Act
by
name
Excepted
,
or
their
Heirs
;
Or
by
any
claiming
by
,
from
,
or
under
them
,
or
any
of
them
(
other
than
their
Wives
,
Children
,
Heirs
of
such
persons
,
or
any
of
them
)
for
monies
bona
fide
,
to
them
or
any
of
them
paid
or
lent
:
Nor
any
Conveyance
or
Estate
,
&c.
made
before
the
25th
of
April
,
1660.
by
any
person
,
to
any
such
person
Excepted
by
name
as
aforesaid
in
Trust
,
or
for
the
benefit
of
any
other
persons
,
Bodies
Politique
or
Corporate
(
not
excepted
by
name
as
aforesaid
)
shall
be
defeated
,
impeached
,
or
made
void
hereby
,
or
by
the
Attainder
or
Conviction
of
any
such
person
Excepted
,
but
shall
be
held
and
enjoyed
by
the
Purchasors
,
Grantees
,
Lessees
,
Assignees
,
Cestuy
que
Uses
,
Cestuy
que
Trusts
,
their
respective
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
as
if
no
such
Attainder
or
Conviction
had
been
.
Provided
,
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
indempnifie
any
person
whatsoever
,
who
have
entred
into
any
Messuages
,
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
,
called
Fabrick
Lands
,
or
possessed
themselves
of
any
Rents
or
Revenues
given
for
the
repair
of
any
Cathedral
,
or
other
Church
;
Or
who
have
sacrilegiously
enriched
themselves
by
the
converting
of
the
Plate
,
Utensils
and
Materials
of
,
or
belonging
to
such
Churches
for
their
private
use
and
advantage
for
,
or
in
respect
of
the
said
crimes
only
.
Parliament
.
1.
Enacted
,
16
Car
.
1.
Cap.
1.
In
case
there
be
not
a
Parliment
summoned
by
Writ
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
and
assembled
and
held
before
the
10th
day
of
Septemb
.
which
shall
be
in
the
third
year
next
after
the
last
day
of
the
last
meeting
and
sitting
of
this
present
Parliament
,
the
beginning
of
the
first
year
to
be
accounted
from
the
last
meeting
and
sitting
:
and
so
from
time
to
time
at
all
times
hereafter
,
if
there
shall
not
be
a
Parliament
before
the
10th
day
of
September
,
in
the
third
year
next
after
the
last
day
of
the
last
meeting
,
and
sitting
before
that
time
assembled
and
held
.
Then
in
every
such
case
,
the
Parliament
shall
be
assembled
and
held
in
the
usual
place
at
Westminster
,
on
the
second
Monday
,
which
shall
be
in
the
moneth
of
November
then
next
ensuing
.
II
.
In
case
the
present
Parliament
assembled
and
held
;
Or
any
other
Parl
.
which
shall
hereafter
be
assembled
and
held
by
Writ
;
Or
in
case
any
Parliament
shall
assembled
be
by
authority
of
this
present
Act
:
and
such
Parliaments
,
or
any
of
them
be
prorogued
,
or
adjourned
,
or
continued
,
or
adjourned
by
prorogation
or
adjournment
untill
the
10th
day
of
September
,
which
shall
be
in
the
third
year
next
after
the
last
day
of
the
last
meeting
,
and
sitting
in
Parliament
,
to
be
accounted
as
aforesaid
:
In
every
such
case
,
every
such
Parliament
so
prorogued
or
adjourned
,
or
so
continued
by
prorogation
or
adjournment
,
shall
from
the
said
10th
day
of
September
be
clearly
and
absolutely
dissolved
.
And
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
Lord
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
and
every
Commissioner
or
Commissioners
for
the
keeping
of
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
shall
within
six
dayes
after
the
said
10th
day
of
September
,
in
every
such
third
year
,
in
due
form
of
Law
,
without
any
Warrant
or
direction
from
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
seal
and
send
abroad
several
and
respective
Writs
to
the
several
and
respective
Peers
of
the
Realm
,
that
they
be
personally
at
the
Parliament
to
be
held
at
Westminster
,
the
second
day
of
November
next
following
the
said
tenth
day
of
September
,
to
treat
concerning
the
high
and
urgent
Affairs
concerning
his
Majesty
,
the
State
,
the
defence
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
Church
of
ENGLAND
;
and
shall
seal
,
and
send
abroad
several
and
respective
Writs
,
to
the
several
and
respective
Sheriffs
of
the
several
and
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Boroughs
of
England
and
Wales
,
and
to
the
Constable
of
the
Castle
of
Dover
,
Warden
of
the
Cinque
ports
,
Mayor
and
Bayliffs
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
and
to
all
and
every
Officer
and
person
to
whom
Writs
have
used
to
be
directed
,
for
the
Election
of
the
Citizens
,
Barons
,
and
Burgesses
,
of
,
and
for
the
said
Counties
,
Cities
,
Cinque-Ports
,
and
Boroughs
respectively
,
to
appear
and
serve
in
Parliament
,
to
be
held
at
Westminster
on
the
second
Monday
,
which
shall
be
in
November
aforesaid
;
which
said
Peers
after
the
said
Writs
received
,
and
Citizens
,
Barons
and
Burgesses
shall
then
,
and
there
appear
and
serve
in
Parliament
accordingly
.
III
.
The
Lord
Chancellor
,
Lord
Keeper
,
and
Commissioner
,
or
Commissioners
shall
take
a
solemne
Oath
in
haec
vexba
,
Viz
.
You
shall
swear
,
That
you
shall
true
and
faithfully
issue
forth
,
and
send
abroad
Writs
of
Summons
to
Parliament
,
for
both
Houses
,
at
such
time
as
is
enjoyned
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
preventing
of
Inconveniences
happening
by
the
long
intermission
of
Parliaments
.
The
said
Oath
to
be
administred
by
the
Clerk
of
the
Crown
to
them
;
and
that
none
of
them
respectively
shall
execute
any
of
the
said
Offices
before
they
have
taken
the
said
Oath
.
IV
.
If
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
Lord
Keeper
,
or
any
of
the
said
Commissioners
shall
fail
or
forbear
to
issue
out
the
said
Writs
according
to
the
true
meaning
of
the
Act
,
he
or
they
respectively
shall
be
disabled
,
and
become
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
ipso
facto
,
to
bear
his
or
their
said
Offices
,
and
be
further
lyable
to
such
punishments
,
as
shall
be
inflicted
on
him
or
them
by
the
next
,
or
any
other
ensuing
Parliament
.
V.
In
case
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
&c.
shall
not
issue
forth
the
said
Writ
as
aforesaid
;
Or
that
the
Parliament
do
not
assemble
,
to
be
held
at
the
time
and
place
aforesaid
,
then
the
Parliament
shall
assemble
,
and
be
held
in
the
usuall
place
at
Westminster
on
the
third
Monday
,
which
shall
be
in
the
moneth
of
January
then
next
ensuing
:
And
the
Peers
shall
be
enabled
,
and
are
enjoyned
to
meet
in
the
old
palace
of
Westminster
in
the
usual
place
there
,
on
the
third
Monday
of
the
said
moneth
of
November
,
and
they
,
or
twelve
,
or
more
of
them
assembled
,
shall
at
,
or
before
the
last
Monday
next
following
the
10th
day
of
September
aforesaid
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
without
other
Warrant
,
issue
out
Writs
in
the
name
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
or
Successors
,
attested
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
twelve
,
or
more
of
the
said
Peers
,
to
the
several
and
respective
Sheriffs
of
the
several
and
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Boroughs
aforesaid
,
&c.
and
to
all
other
Officers
and
Persons
,
to
whom
Writs
have
been
used
to
be
directed
for
the
Electing
of
Knights
,
Citizens
,
Barons
and
Burgesses
for
the
said
Counties
,
Cities
,
Cinque-Ports
,
and
Boroughs
,
to
be
and
appear
at
the
Parliament
at
Westminster
aforesaid
,
to
be
held
on
the
third
Monday
in
January
then
next
following
;
which
Writs
the
Clerk
of
the
Petti-bag
,
and
other
Clerks
to
whom
the
writing
of
Writs
for
Summons
to
the
Parliament
doth
belong
;
Or
whom
the
said
Lords
,
or
twelve
or
more
of
them
shall
appoint
,
shall
make
and
prepare
ready
for
signature
of
the
said
Lords
,
or
any
twelve
,
or
more
of
them
,
upon
pain
to
lose
their
places
and
Offices
,
&c.
And
the
said
Writs
so
issued
forth
,
shall
be
of
the
same
power
as
Writs
or
Summons
to
Parliament
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
have
ever
been
,
or
ought
to
be
:
And
the
Messengers
of
the
Chamber
,
or
others
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
said
Lords
,
or
any
twelve
,
or
more
of
them
,
are
speedily
to
deliver
the
said
Writs
to
every
person
and
persons
,
Sheriffs
,
Officers
,
and
others
to
whom
the
same
shall
be
directed
;
which
,
if
they
or
any
of
them
fail
to
perform
,
they
shall
forfeit
their
places
,
and
incur
such
other
punishment
,
as
by
that
,
or
any
other
ensuing
Parliament
shall
be
imposed
on
them
.
VI
.
That
all
and
every
the
Peers
shall
make
their
appearance
,
and
assemble
on
the
said
third
day
of
January
,
in
such
manner
,
and
to
such
effect
,
and
with
such
power
,
as
if
they
had
received
Writs
of
Summons
to
Parliament
under
the
Great
Seal
in
the
usual
and
accustomed
manner
:
And
in
case
the
said
Lords
,
or
twelve
or
more
of
them
,
shall
fail
to
issue
forth
such
Writs
;
Or
that
the
said
Writers
do
not
come
to
the
said
several
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
so
that
an
Election
be
not
thereupon
made
:
And
in
case
there
be
no
Parliament
assembled
and
held
before
the
said
23d
day
of
the
said
moneth
of
January
,
and
so
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
if
the
next
Parliment
assembled
here
before
the
said
23d
day
of
January
,
then
the
Parliament
shall
assemble
,
and
be
held
in
the
usual
place
at
Westminster
,
in
such
manner
,
and
by
such
means
only
as
is
hereafter
Enacted
in
this
present
Act
,
and
not
otherwise
,
on
the
second
Tuesday
,
which
shall
be
in
the
month
of
March
next
after
the
said
23
day
of
January
,
at
which
the
Peers
shall
assemble
at
the
time
and
place
afore-said
,
and
shall
be
liable
to
such
pains
for
not
appearing
and
serving
then
and
there
in
Parliament
,
as
if
he
or
they
had
been
summoned
by
Writ
under
the
Great
Seal
,
and
had
not
appeared
and
served
,
and
to
such
other
pains
and
censures
,
as
by
the
rest
of
the
Peers
in
Parl
.
assembled
,
they
shall
be
adjudged
unto
.
VII
.
That
the
several
Sheriffs
of
their
several
Counties
,
Cities
and
Boroughs
,
&c.
and
the
Chancellor
,
Masters
and
Scholars
of
both
,
and
every
the
Universities
;
the
Mayor
and
Bailiffs
of
the
Borough
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
shall
,
at
the
several
places
to
be
held
and
appointed
for
their
respective
Counties
,
Universities
,
Cities
and
Boroughs
,
&c.
next
after
the
said
23.
day
of
January
,
cause
such
Knight
and
Knights
,
Citizen
,
and
Citizens
,
Burgess
and
Burgesses
of
their
said
Counties
,
Universities
,
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
&c.
to
be
chosen
by
such
persons
,
and
in
such
manner
,
as
if
several
and
respective
Writs
of
Summons
to
Parliament
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
had
issued
:
And
in
case
any
of
the
Sheriffs
,
or
the
Masters
and
Scholars
of
the
Universities
,
or
the
Mayor
and
Bailiffs
of
Berwick
respectively
,
do
not
before
ten
of
the
clock
in
the
Forenoon
of
the
same
day
,
wherein
their
several
Courts
and
Places
shall
be
held
or
appointed
,
begin
and
proceed
on
in
choosing
such
Knight
and
Knights
,
Citizen
or
Citizens
,
Burgess
or
Burgesses
,
as
aforesaid
;
Then
the
Free
holders
of
every
County
,
Master
and
Scholars
of
every
University
,
and
the
Citizens
and
others
having
joyned
in
such
Election
,
shall
forthwith
,
without
further
warrant
or
direction
,
proceed
to
the
Election
of
such
Knight
or
Knights
,
Citizen
or
Citizens
,
Burgess
or
Burgesses
afore-said
,
in
such
manner
as
is
usual
in
case
of
Writs
of
Summons
issued
and
awarded
.
VIII
.
That
the
Sheriffs
of
their
several
and
respective
Counties
,
Constable
of
the
Castle
of
Dover
,
and
Lord
Warden
of
the
Cinque-Ports
,
or
his
Lieutenant
for
the
time
being
respectively
,
shall
after
the
23
day
of
January
,
and
before
the
8th
of
February
next
and
immediately
ensuing
,
send
forth
their
Precepts
to
the
several
Cities
and
Boroughs
within
their
several
Counties
,
and
likewise
unto
the
Cinque-Ports
,
commanding
them
respectively
to
make
their
choice
of
such
Citizens
,
Barons
,
Burgess
and
Burgesses
to
serve
in
the
said
Parliament
,
at
the
time
and
place
aforesaid
:
which
said
Cities
,
Cinque-Ports
and
Boroughs
,
shall
respectively
before
the
last
day
of
the
said
moneth
of
February
,
make
Election
of
such
Citizens
,
&c.
as
if
Writs
of
Summons
of
Parliament
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
had
issued
.
And
in
case
no
such
Precept
shall
come
to
the
said
Cities
,
&c.
Or
in
case
any
Precept
shall
come
,
and
no
Election
be
made
before
the
said
last
day
of
February
,
That
then
the
said
Citizens
,
Burgesses
,
and
other
persons
,
that
ought
to
Elect
and
send
Citizens
,
&c.
to
the
Parliament
,
shall
on
the
first
Tuesday
in
March
next
ensuing
the
said
last
day
of
Febrauary
,
make
choice
of
such
Citizen
and
Citizens
,
Barons
,
Burgess
and
Burgesses
,
as
if
a
Writ
of
Summons
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
had
issued
,
and
Precepts
thereupon
issued
to
such
Cities
,
Cinque-Ports
,
and
Boroughs
:
Which
Knights
,
Citizens
,
&c.
shall
appear
and
serve
in
Parliament
,
at
the
time
and
place
aforesaid
,
and
shall
each
be
liable
to
such
Pains
and
Censures
for
their
not
appearing
,
and
serving
then
and
there
in
Parliament
,
as
if
he
or
they
had
been
Elected
and
Chosen
,
by
virtue
of
a
Writ
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
and
shall
be
subject
to
such
further
Pains
and
Censures
as
the
rest
of
the
Knights
,
Citizens
,
&c.
assembled
in
the
Commons
House
of
Parliament
,
he
or
they
shall
be
adjudged
unto
:
And
if
the
Sheriff
and
other
persons
to
whom
it
appertaineth
to
make
Returns
and
accept
and
receive
such
Returns
of
such
Elections
,
as
if
Writs
of
Summons
had
issued
,
and
been
executed
as
hath
been
used
and
accustomed
;
and
in
default
of
making
Return
of
such
Elections
,
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
Free-holders
,
and
such
as
have
elected
to
make
Return
of
Knights
,
Citizens
,
&c.
by
them
elected
,
which
shall
be
as
effectual
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
Sheriff
or
other
Officers
had
received
a
Writ
of
Summons
for
a
Parliament
,
aad
had
made
such
Returns
:
and
such
Elections
,
Precepts
,
and
Returns
shall
be
had
,
made
at
such
times
,
and
by
such
persons
,
and
in
such
manner
as
in
the
Act
is
expressed
,
any
Writ
,
Proclamation
,
Edict
,
Act
,
Restraint
,
Inhibition
,
Order
or
Warrant
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
in
case
any
person
shall
advise
,
frame
,
contrive
,
serve
,
or
put
in
execution
any
such
Writ
,
Proclamation
,
Edict
,
Act
,
Inhibition
,
Order
or
Warrant
thereupon
,
he
or
they
shall
incur
and
sustain
such
pains
,
penalties
and
forfeitures
limited
in
and
by
the
Statute
of
Provision
and
Praemunire
of
16
R.
2.
and
shall
be
disabled
during
life
,
to
sue
,
or
implead
any
person
in
any
action
real
or
personal
,
or
make
any
gift
,
grant
,
or
conveyance
,
or
other
disposition
of
his
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Goods
and
Chattels
which
he
hath
to
his
own
use
,
by
act
executed
in
his
life
time
,
or
by
his
last
will
,
or
otherwise
:
Or
to
take
any
gift
,
conveyance
,
or
legacy
to
his
own
use
,
or
to
take
any
benefit
of
any
gift
,
conveyance
,
or
legacy
to
his
own
use
.
IX
.
If
any
Sheriff
,
Constable
of
Dover
Castle
,
Warden
of
the
Cinque-Ports
,
shall
not
perform
his
duty
enjoyned
by
the
Act
,
he
shall
forfeit
1000
l.
every
County
,
Cinque-Port
and
Borough
that
shall
not
make
election
,
shall
incur
the
penalties
following
,
viz.
every
County
1000
l.
every
City
not
a
County
200
l.
Cinque
Port
100
l.
the
said
forfeitures
to
be
recovered
at
Westminster
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Mayor
of
London
for
the
time
being
,
by
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
protection
,
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
,
or
any
more
than
one
imparlance
.
And
if
any
person
(
after
notice
given
that
the
action
is
prosecuted
by
virtue
of
this
Act
)
shall
procure
such
action
to
be
stopped
before
judgment
,
by
colour
of
any
order
,
power
,
or
authority
,
save
of
the
Court
where
the
action
is
brought
:
Or
after
judgment
,
shall
cause
or
procure
Execution
to
be
stayed
by
any
order
,
power
,
or
authority
,
save
only
by
Writ
of
Error
,
or
Attaint
,
the
persons
offending
to
incur
the
pains
and
penalties
of
the
Statute
of
16
R.
2.
of
Praemunire
:
and
such
action
,
suit
,
or
information
shall
not
be
discontinued
,
by
the
death
or
removal
of
the
Mayor
,
but
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
Lord
Mayor
next
succeeding
in
the
said
Office
to
prosecute
every
such
action
,
&c.
and
the
fift
part
of
the
forfeitures
in
the
said
Act
,
shall
go
to
the
use
of
the
City
of
London
,
and
the
other
four
parts
residue
to
be
employed
and
disposed
of
,
as
by
the
Knights
,
Citizens
,
&c.
in
Parliament
assembled
shall
be
appointed
.
Provided
,
If
the
Free-holders
,
and
those
who
have
power
to
make
Election
,
do
proceed
,
making
Election
of
the
Knights
,
Citizens
,
&c.
which
Election
shall
be
afterwards
adjudged
and
declared
void
,
then
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
shall
not
incur
the
penalties
in
the
Act
,
so
as
an
Election
in
fact
be
made
.
X.
No
Parliament
assembled
shall
be
prorogued
,
or
dissolved
within
fourty
dayes
after
the
time
appointed
for
the
meeting
thereof
,
without
the
consent
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
both
Houses
of
Parliament
;
and
that
neither
Houses
of
Parliament
,
shall
be
adjourned
within
fifty
dayes
,
unless
it
be
with
the
free
assent
of
both
Houses
.
XI
.
That
the
Peers
assembled
in
Parliament
,
may
at
any
time
during
their
assembly
in
Parliament
,
choose
and
declare
such
a
person
to
be
Speaker
for
the
Peers
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
:
and
likewise
the
Knights
,
Citizens
and
Burgesses
assembled
in
Parliament
,
may
declare
one
of
themselves
to
be
Speaker
for
the
said
Knights
,
Citizens
and
Burgesses
,
&c.
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
who
shall
be
perfect
Speaker
of
either
Houses
accordingly
.
XII
.
All
Parliaments
hereafter
to
be
assembled
by
authority
of
this
Act
,
and
every
member
thereof
,
shall
have
all
rights
,
priviledges
and
immunities
,
as
any
Parliament
summoned
by
Writ
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
or
any
member
thereof
might
,
or
ought
to
have
,
and
the
Members
assembled
in
the
House
of
Commons
,
shall
have
voices
in
Parliament
before
,
and
without
taking
the
Oath
of
Supremacy
,
or
Allegiance
,
or
any
of
them
.
1.
Provided
,
That
if
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
or
Successors
,
shall
during
any
Parliament
to
be
assembled
,
award
Commission
,
or
Commissions
to
any
person
,
or
persons
to
take
and
receive
the
Oath
of
Supremacy
and
Allegiance
,
of
all
or
any
the
members
of
the
House
of
Commons
,
and
any
of
the
Members
shall
refuse
to
take
the
same
;
that
such
persons
so
refusing
,
shall
be
declared
no
Member
of
that
House
,
nor
enjoy
any
voice
therein
.
XIII
.
This
Act
shall
be
publickly
read
yearly
at
every
General
Sessions
of
the
Peace
to
be
held
next
after
the
Epiphany
,
and
every
Assize
next
ensuing
,
by
the
Clerk
of
the
Peace
,
and
Clerk
of
the
Assizes
for
the
time
being
,
and
if
they
,
or
either
of
them
shall
neglect
or
fail
to
do
the
same
,
they
shall
forfeit
the
summe
of
100
l.
I.
Enacted
,
17
Car
.
1
Cap.
That
this
present
Parliament
now
assembled
,
shall
not
be
dissolved
,
unless
it
be
by
Act
of
Parliament
▪
to
be
passed
for
that
purpose
;
Nor
shall
be
at
any
time
or
times
during
the
continuance
thereof
,
prorogued
,
or
adjourned
,
unless
it
be
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
to
be
passed
for
that
purpose
.
II
.
That
the
House
of
Peers
,
shall
not
at
any
time
or
times
during
this
present
Parliament
,
be
adjourned
,
unless
it
be
by
themselves
,
or
by
their
own
order
,
and
in
like
manner
,
that
the
House
of
Commons
,
shall
not
at
any
time
or
times
,
during
this
present
Parliament
,
be
adjourned
,
unless
it
be
by
themselves
,
or
by
their
own
Order
.
III
.
That
all
and
every
thing
and
things
whatsoever
,
done
,
or
to
be
done
,
for
the
adjourning
,
Proroguing
,
or
dissolving
of
the
present
Parliament
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
be
utterly
void
and
of
none
effect
.
Expired
by
the
death
of
King
Charles
the
First
.
Petitions
.
I.
Enacted
.
13.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
5.
No
person
whatsoever
from
and
after
,
1.
August
,
1661.
shall
sollicite
,
labour
,
or
procure
the
getting
of
hands
,
or
other
consent
of
any
persons
above
the
number
of
20
,
or
more
,
to
any
Petition
,
complaint
,
remonstrance
,
declaration
,
or
other
addresses
to
the
King
,
or
both
,
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
for
the
alteration
of
matters
established
by
Law
in
Church
,
or
State
,
unlesse
the
matter
thereof
hath
been
first
consented
unto
and
ordered
by
three
,
or
more
Justices
of
the
County
,
or
by
the
major
part
of
the
grand
Jury
of
the
County
,
or
of
the
division
of
the
County
,
where
the
same
matter
shall
arise
,
at
their
publick
Assizes
,
or
general
quarter
Sessions
:
Or
if
arising
in
London
,
by
the
Mayor
,
Aldermen
and
Commonalty
in
Common-councel
Assembled
.
II
.
No
person
whatsoever
,
shall
repair
to
his
Majesty
,
or
Parliament
upon
pretence
of
presenting
any
Petition
,
Complaint
,
Remonstrance
,
or
Declaration
,
or
other
Addresses
with
excessive
Number
of
people
,
nor
at
any
one
time
with
above
the
Number
of
ten
persons
,
upon
pain
of
incurring
a
penalty
,
not
exceeding
10
l.
in
money
,
or
three
moneths
Imprisonment
without
bail
or
mainprize
,
the
offence
to
be
presented
at
the
Kings
Bench
,
or
at
the
Assizes
,
or
quarter
Sessions
within
six
moneths
after
the
offence
committed
.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
,
nor
debar
any
person
,
or
persons
not
exceeding
the
Number
of
nineteen
to
present
any
publick
or
private
grievance
or
complaint
to
any
Member
,
or
Members
of
Parliament
after
his
election
,
and
during
the
continuance
of
the
Parliament
,
or
to
the
King
,
for
any
remedy
to
be
paid
thereupon
;
nor
to
any
Addresses
whatsoever
to
the
King
,
by
all
or
any
the
Members
of
both
,
or
either
Houses
of
Parliament
during
the
sitting
of
the
Parliament
,
but
that
they
may
enjoy
their
freedom
of
Addresse
to
the
King
,
as
heretofore
hath
been
used
.
Poll-money
for
the
Disbanding
the
Army
.
I.
Enacted
.
12.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
9.
All
and
every
person
who
at
the
time
of
the
execution
of
this
Act
shall
be
of
the
several
Ranks
and
degrees
herein
after-mentioned
;
shall
pay
the
several
sums
of
money
in
the
Act
appointed
,
viz.
every
Duke
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
inhabiting
and
residing
within
the
Kingdom
,
shall
pay
100
l.
every
Marquesse
80
l.
every
Earl
60
l.
a
Viscount
50
l.
a
Barron
40
l.
The
eldest
Son
of
a
Duke
being
of
the
age
of
21
years
60
l.
of
a
Marquesse
50
l.
of
an
Earl
40
l.
of
a
Viscount
35
l.
of
a
Barron
30
l.
a
Barronet
of
any
of
the
three
Kingdoms
,
or
of
Nova
Scotia
30
l.
a
Knight
of
the
Bath
30
l.
a
Knight
Bachelor
20
l.
a
Serjeant
at
Law
20
l.
every
person
of
the
degree
of
an
Esquire
above
the
age
of
21
years
10
l.
every
Widow
respectively
according
to
her
Husbands
degree
a
third
part
what
her
Husband
was
to
pay
.
II
.
Every
Parson
or
Vicar
possessed
of
a
Parsonage
or
Vicaridge
,
or
other
estate
of
100
l.
40
s
.
every
Doctor
of
the
civil
or
common
Law
5
l.
every
Advocate
5
l.
a
Judge
or
Commissioner
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
20
l.
a
Proctor
5.
l.
a
Doctor
of
Physick
10
l.
III
.
The
Lord
Mayor
of
London
40
l.
every
Sheriff
,
Alderman
,
or
who
hath
fined
for
Alderman
20
l.
every
Deputy
Alderman
10
l.
The
Town
clerk
of
London
20
l.
every
Common-councel-man
5
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Master
of
the
first
twelve
Companies
,
or
fined
for
the
same
10
l.
every
Warden
hereof
,
or
who
hath
fined
6
l.
13
s
.
4
d
.
every
one
of
the
Livery
of
the
first
twelve
Companies
5
l.
every
one
who
hath
been
Master
of
either
the
Companies
of
Diars
,
Brewers
,
Leather-sellars
,
Girdlers
,
Stationers
,
Woodmongers
,
Upholsters
,
Apothecaries
,
Pewterers
,
Tallow-chandlors
,
Armourers
,
or
Sadlers
6
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
a
Warden
of
either
the
said
Companies
5
l.
every
person
of
the
Livery
3
l.
every
person
of
the
Yeomanry
1
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Master
of
the
Company
of
Barber-chirurgions
,
White-bakers
,
Waxchandlers
,
Cutlers
,
Butchers
,
Carpenters
,
Painters
,
Cordwainers
,
Coopers
,
Scriveners
,
Brown-bakers
,
Turners
,
or
Inholders
3
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Warden
of
the
said
Companies
2
l.
every
of
the
Livery
1
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Master
of
the
Companies
of
Founders
,
Curriers
,
Masons
,
Bricklayers
,
Joiners
,
Plaisterers
,
Weavers
,
Fruiterers
,
Marblers
,
Imbroiderers
,
Poulterers
,
Cooks
or
Plummers
1
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Warden
15
s
.
every
of
the
Livery
10
s
.
every
person
who
hath
bin
of
the
Livery
of
either
Company
of
Bowyers
,
Fletchers
,
Black-Smiths
,
Botlemakers
,
Woolpackers
,
Farriers
,
Paviers
,
Lorriners
,
Glasiers
,
Clerks
or
Watermen
5
s
.
every
Freeman
of
any
Company
within
the
City
of
London
1
s
.
he
that
keepeth
one
or
more
Hackney-coaches
,
and
a
pair
of
Horses
10
s
.
every
Merchant
Stranger
,
if
a
Knight
40
l.
if
below
that
degree
and
be
a
Merchant
trading
to
Sea
10
l.
If
trading
within
the
Land
5
l.
every
Alien
born
using
Trade
within
any
of
the
Cities
or
Corporations
of
the
Kingdom
being
a
Houskeeper
10
s
.
every
English-Merchant
residing
in
or
about
London
,
not
Free
of
the
City
10
l.
every
English
Factor
within
the
City
2
l.
every
person
who
hath
been
Alderman
in
any
City
within
the
Kingdom
,
if
under
the
degree
of
a
Knight
or
Squire
5
l.
IV
.
Officers
,
viz.
Prothonotary
of
the
Kings-bench
100
l.
the
Clerk
of
the
Crown
of
the
Kings-bench
20
l.
Custos
Brevium
of
the
said
Court
40
l.
Marshal
of
the
Kings-bench
50
l.
Master
of
the
Rolls
60
l.
Clerk
of
the
Crown
in
the
Court
of
Chancery
40
l.
Clerk
of
the
Rules
in
the
Kings
bench
10
l.
Warden
of
the
Fleet
50
l.
Clerk
of
the
Hannaper
40
l.
Master
of
the
Subpoena
Office
40
l.
Clerks
of
the
Inrolment
10
l.
a
piece
;
every
of
the
six
Clerks
in
Chancery
40
l.
every
Cursitor
of
the
same
10
l.
Usher
of
the
Court
of
Chancery
10
l.
every
Clerk
of
the
Petty-bag
5
l.
every
Examiner
of
the
said
Court
10
l.
Chief
Register
of
the
said
Court
20
l.
every
under
Register
10
l.
every
Clerk
in
any
of
the
offices
of
the
six
Clerks
in
Chanoery
8
l.
the
Clerks
of
the
Chappel
of
the
Rols
3
l.
a
piece
,
every
Prochonotary
of
the
Court
of
common-Pleas
50
l.
Custos
Brevium
of
the
said
Court
80
l.
every
Philezer
of
the
said
Courts
10
l.
the
Master
of
the
fine
Office
30
l.
Clerk
of
the
Warrants
10
l.
Clerk
of
the
Outlawries
20
l.
Clerk
of
the
Statutes
20
l.
Clerk
of
the
Treasury
10
l.
Exigenter
of
the
City
of
London
40
l.
every
other
Exigenter
5
l.
the
Kings
remembrancer
of
the
Exchequer
40
l.
the
Lord
Treasurers
remembrancer
10
l.
every
Tellers
of
the
said
Courts
20
l.
a
piece
,
every
Attorney
of
the
Exchequer
belonging
to
the
office
of
Kings
Remembrancer
10
l.
every
Attorney
of
the
office
of
Pleas
10
l.
the
Remembrancer
of
the
First-fruits
20
l.
the
Clerk
of
the
Pipe
40
l.
the
forreign
opposer
20
l.
the
Clerk
of
the
Estreats
20
l.
the
Clerk
of
the
Pleas
in
the
said
Courts
30
l.
the
Auditor
of
the
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
40
l.
Clerk
of
the
Pell
in
the
Receipt
30
l.
Usher
of
the
Court
of
Exchequer
20
l.
every
Attorney
of
the
Office
of
Pleas
in
the
Court
of
Exchequer
10
l.
every
Auditor
of
the
said
Court
10
l.
Clerk
of
the
Court
of
the
Dutchy
of
Lancaster
10
l.
every
Auditor
of
the
said
Court
10
l.
every
Clerk
of
the
Privy
Seal
10
l.
every
Clerk
of
the
Signet
10
l.
every
Attorney
at
Law
in
any
of
the
Courts
at
Westminster
,
or
within
the
Courts
of
Law
or
Equity
,
within
the
Counties
Palatine
of
Chester
,
Lancaster
,
Durham
,
and
of
the
Marches
of
Wales
3
l.
every
Person
in
any
office
,
or
place
under
his
Majesty
(
except
his
Houshold
servants
in
ordinary
)
10
l.
The
Lieutenant
of
the
Tower
of
London
50
l.
every
one
that
can
dispend
in
Lands
,
Leases
,
Monies
,
Stock
,
or
otherwise
of
his
own
proper
estate
100
l.
per
ann
.
40
s
.
and
so
for
a
greater
and
lesser
Estate
,
every
single
person
above
the
age
of
16
years
12
d
.
every
other
person
not
rated
,
nor
receiving
alms
,
above
16
years
of
age
6
d
.
V.
All
the
several
persons
of
the
several
qualities
and
degrees
set
down
in
the
Act
,
shall
pay
their
several
proportions
,
in
manner
following
,
viz.
within
the
City
of
London
and
ten
miles
of
the
same
within
twelve
days
after
proclamation
made
of
the
Act
,
and
in
all
places
else
within
twelve
dayes
after
proclamation
made
in
the
accustomed
places
of
the
several
Cities
and
Counties
:
And
the
Act
appointed
special
Commissioners
for
every
County
,
City
,
&c.
and
a
very
large
clause
,
as
in
the
Act
(
for
which
vide
the
Act
at
large
)
of
the
respective
powers
and
authorities
given
to
the
Commissioners
,
in
the
Act
named
for
the
managing
and
assessing
of
the
several
moneys
payable
by
vertue
of
the
Act.
VI
.
And
if
any
person
shall
disswade
another
from
paying
the
Rates
assessed
,
or
shall
corruptly
consent
that
any
person
shall
be
rated
below
the
proportion
appointed
,
and
the
offence
be
proved
by
the
Oaths
of
two
Witnesses
before
any
three
of
the
Commissioners
who
are
impowered
to
administer
the
same
,
shall
by
the
Commissioners
or
three
of
them
,
in
their
several
Counties
where
the
offence
is
done
,
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
of
the
said
County
(
except
they
be
Peers
of
the
Realm
)
there
to
remain
till
delivered
by
the
Justices
of
Assize
,
or
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
general
Quarter-Sessions
;
and
all
persons
who
are
chargeable
with
the
Receipt
of
any
the
said
moneys
,
who
are
negligent
in
the
execution
of
their
respective
duties
,
shall
be
liable
to
such
punishments
as
the
Parliament
think
fit
.
VII
.
If
any
person
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
within
fifteen
miles
of
the
same
,
shall
before
the
time
limited
,
pay
to
Sir
Richard
Brown
Baronet
,
Sir
John
Langham
Baronet
,
Sir
William
Wheeler
Knight
,
Sir
William
Vincent
Knight
,
Thomas
Rich
Esquire
,
and
Chamberlain
of
the
City
of
London
,
or
any
two
of
them
Treasurers
,
and
shall
receive
from
any
two
of
them
a
Certificate
,
or
Acquittance
of
the
receipt
of
such
moneys
,
the
said
persons
severally
shall
thereby
be
discharged
of
,
or
for
the
said
sums
,
and
do
acceptable
service
to
the
King
and
Kingdom
.
VIII
.
If
any
person
shall
lend
the
sum
of
100
l.
or
more
,
and
before
1.
August
1660.
pay
the
same
to
such
as
are
authorized
to
receive
the
moneys
charged
upon
the
respective
Inhabitants
of
the
City
of
London
,
they
shall
do
acceptable
service
,
and
be
secured
by
this
Act
for
the
repaiment
thereof
,
with
interest
at
6
l.
per
cent
.
for
a
year
till
the
same
be
paid
,
and
the
moneys
so
lent
shall
be
paid
by
the
Treasurers
before-named
out
of
the
moneys
to
be
received
by
them
,
and
the
acquittance
of
the
persons
so
receiving
the
said
moneys
,
shall
be
a
good
discharge
to
the
said
Treasurers
for
such
money
and
interest
.
IX
.
The
rates
taxed
upon
the
Lords
,
shall
be
collected
by
a
Collector
nominated
by
the
Peers
,
who
shall
pay
over
the
said
sums
to
the
Treasurers
.
Provided
,
No
person
of
what
degree
or
quality
soever
shall
be
doubly
taxed
,
but
every
person
shall
pay
the
greater
proportion
he
or
she
is
charged
withall
.
X.
All
and
every
the
sum
and
sums
of
money
to
be
levied
and
raised
by
this
Act
,
shall
by
the
Treasurers
be
imployed
and
disposed
for
and
towards
the
paying
of
the
arrears
,
disbanding
and
discharging
the
respective
Forces
of
this
Kingdom
,
by
Land
and
Sea
,
who
were
in
pay
the
10.
day
of
June
,
1660.
and
to
no
other
use
or
purpose
whatsoever
;
and
accompt
shall
be
given
by
the
Treasurers
,
to
this
,
or
to
the
next
,
or
any
other
succeeding
Parliament
.
Provided
,
If
any
Peer
shall
be
assessed
higher
than
his
Degree
or
Rank
expressed
in
the
Act
;
they
shall
be
assessed
by
George
Duke
of
Albemarle
,
John
Marquesse
of
Winchester
,
Henry
Marquesse
of
Dorchester
,
Algarnoon
Earl
of
Northumberland
,
William
Lord
Paget
,
Philip
Lord
Wharton
,
John
Lord
Hunsdon
,
Henry
Lord
Arundel
,
or
any
five
of
them
.
An
Additional
Act.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
10.
Every
Housholder
being
Master
,
or
Masters
of
a
Family
,
shall
within
two
days
after
demand
made
by
any
Assessor
,
or
other
Officer
appointed
,
deliver
to
the
Officer
a
true
List
of
all
persons
above
the
age
of
16
years
,
as
shall
inhabit
or
reside
in
their
respective
Families
,
with
their
Names
,
Sirnames
,
Degrees
and
Qualities
,
and
upon
default
hereof
,
being
convicted
before
two
of
the
Commissioners
,
shall
forfeit
5
l.
and
for
every
person
omitted
out
of
the
List
10
s
.
to
be
levied
by
distresse
,
&c.
II
.
The
Commissioners
in
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
shall
at
,
or
before
20
October
next
,
return
into
the
Exchequer
true
Duplicates
of
all
sums
of
monies
taxed
and
assessed
by
the
Act
,
with
the
names
of
the
Collectors
of
the
same
.
III
.
The
Commissioners
named
for
London
and
the
County
of
Middlesex
,
shall
after
the
receipt
of
every
sum
paid
to
them
by
the
Collectors
,
Immediately
pay
the
same
to
the
Treasurers
,
whose
acquittances
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
.
IV
.
If
any
person
having
any
estate
in
one
County
or
more
,
shall
pay
in
one
County
or
place
what
he
can
be
charged
withall
as
his
greatest
proportion
for
his
degree
,
or
whole
estate
in
the
several
Counties
,
&c.
and
producing
an
acquittance
or
certificate
thereof
,
the
Commissioners
are
to
discharge
such
persons
in
all
Counties
and
places
,
where
he
shall
be
taxed
and
assessed
.
V.
Any
three
of
the
Commissioners
may
issue
out
their
Warrants
under
hand
and
seal
,
to
the
Constable
,
or
other
Officer
to
distrain
the
Goods
and
Chattels
of
all
and
every
person
,
and
of
every
Tenant
for
,
and
in
behalf
of
the
Land-lord
,
who
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
the
respective
sums
assessed
upon
him
.
Provided
,
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
Peer
of
the
Realm
,
but
the
Steward
of
every
the
Peers
,
or
other
servant
shall
deliver
in
the
Lists
of
their
Family
,
to
such
persons
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act.
Another
Additional
Act.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
27.
All
persons
of
the
several
Degrees
in
the
Act
before
mentioned
,
shall
pay
their
several
sums
therein
appointed
(
although
they
be
the
Kings
servants
,
and
all
persons
Ecclesiastical
and
Temporal
,
and
Bodies
Politick
,
shall
pay
for
their
Estates
real
and
personal
forty
shillings
for
a
100
l.
per
ann
.
and
so
proportionable
,
but
not
for
Estates
under
5
l.
per
ann
.
II
.
The
Commissioners
in
the
first
Act
named
,
or
three
of
them
,
are
impowred
to
appoint
two
or
more
persons
in
all
Parishes
,
or
places
,
to
review
the
Rates
there
formerly
made
,
and
if
they
find
a
neglect
in
the
former
Assessors
,
of
any
under-rated
,
or
omitted
,
they
shall
assess
them
to
the
full
value
for
their
degrees
or
estates
;
or
it
shall
be
in
the
discretion
of
the
Commissioners
to
make
new
Rates
,
and
to
return
the
same
at
such
places
and
times
,
as
they
,
or
three
of
them
shall
appoint
.
III
.
Every
Attorney
,
or
sworn
Clerk
in
the
Office
of
the
Pipe
,
and
every
Officer
of
the
Lord
Treasurers
Remembrancer
shall
pay
20
nobles
a
piece
.
IV
.
Every
Barrister
,
and
other
person
that
hath
subscribed
to
any
writing
,
and
be
therein
entituled
Esquire
,
or
hath
been
so
named
in
any
Commission
or
Act
before
the
sitting
of
this
Parliament
,
shall
pay
as
a
reputed
Esquire
within
the
said
Act.
V.
Every
person
who
hath
,
or
shall
pay
fully
for
his
Degree
,
the
same
exceeding
the
proportion
of
his
estate
real
and
personal
,
shall
by
certificate
thereof
from
the
Commissioners
or
two
of
them
,
be
discharged
from
any
further
paiment
,
so
that
the
estate
,
and
the
value
and
place
be
therein
expressed
;
and
where
any
have
paid
,
or
shall
in
any
other
County
upon
the
like
certificate
,
he
shall
be
discharged
for
so
much
therein
mentioned
.
VI
.
The
Commissioners
,
or
three
of
them
,
are
to
determine
all
abuses
of
Assessors
,
or
Collectors
imployed
in
this
,
or
the
former
Acts
,
and
to
impose
Fines
upon
them
,
who
upon
information
by
the
Oath
of
two
Witnesses
,
shall
offend
after
20
December
1660.
in
their
imployments
,
the
fine
not
to
exceed
5
l.
for
one
offence
;
and
they
have
power
to
command
Constables
or
Tithing-men
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
upon
the
persons
refusing
,
delivering
the
overplus
to
the
parties
,
reasonable
charges
deducted
,
the
said
Fines
to
be
imployed
to
the
same
purposes
,
as
the
moneys
raised
by
the
former
Acts
;
and
if
no
distress
can
be
taken
by
the
Officers
appointed
by
the
former
Act
,
or
Acts
,
the
Commissioners
or
three
of
them
,
have
power
to
cause
every
person
where
no
distresse
is
,
to
be
committed
to
the
next
common
Goal
,
there
to
remain
till
satisfaction
be
made
of
the
money
charged
upon
him
,
by
this
,
or
the
former
Acts.
VII
.
If
any
person
be
sued
for
any
act
done
in
execution
of
this
,
or
of
the
former
Acts
,
he
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
and
upon
a
Nonsuit
,
or
verdict
against
the
Plaintiff
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
double
costs
.
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
Peer
,
in
point
of
Assessment
,
Imprisonment
,
Distress
and
otherwise
,
and
diverse
other
persons
particularly
in
the
Act
named
,
are
added
to
the
Peers
named
in
the
first
Act
for
the
Assessing
of
the
Peers
,
who
,
or
any
five
of
them
,
have
power
to
Assess
and
Levy
all
such
Summes
of
money
as
shall
be
assessed
according
to
this
,
and
the
former
Act
,
upon
such
Peers
as
have
not
paid
proportionably
according
to
their
estate
:
and
several
other
persons
are
particularly
named
in
the
Act
Commissioners
for
several
Precincts
,
to
use
the
same
powers
as
if
they
were
named
in
either
of
the
former
Acts.
Poor
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
9.
For
the
relief
of
poor
and
maimed
Souldiers
,
and
Marriners
,
who
served
the
late
King
,
and
his
Majesty
that
now
is
,
in
the
late
Wars
,
and
the
relief
of
the
Widows
and
Orphans
,
of
such
as
have
dyed
or
been
slain
in
the
said
service
.
That
after
the
first
day
of
this
Parliament
,
every
parish
within
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
shall
be
charged
weekly
to
the
payment
of
such
summe
of
money
as
formerly
hath
been
Rated
by
the
Statute
of
43
Eliz
.
Cap.
3.
Concerning
Marriners
and
Souldiers
,
and
further
such
summe
of
money
(
over
and
besides
the
same
)
as
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
next
Quarter-Sessions
,
or
any
other
Quarter-Sessions
to
be
hereafter
,
shall
be
adjudged
meet
to
be
assessed
upon
every
Parish
,
or
Chapelry
,
so
as
the
Additional
summe
exceed
not
2
s
.
6
d
.
nor
be
under
the
summe
of
3
d
.
each
week
for
each
such
Parish
or
Chapelry
,
to
be
levyed
in
manner
and
form
,
and
under
such
penalties
as
by
the
said
Statute
of
Queen
Eliz
.
is
Enacted
,
to
be
paid
to
the
Treasurers
for
the
maimed
Souldiers
,
appointed
by
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
or
Liberty
,
by
virtue
of
this
,
and
the
Statute
aforesaid
;
which
the
Treasurers
shall
issue
out
,
and
accompt
for
,
in
such
manner
,
and
under
such
penalties
,
as
by
the
said
Statute
is
declared
.
II
.
Every
Officer
,
Souldier
,
or
Marriner
,
maimed
,
indigent
,
aged
,
or
disabled
in
body
for
work
,
in
the
service
of
the
late
King
,
or
the
King
that
now
is
,
during
the
late
Wars
,
who
are
destitute
of
competent
subsistance
,
who
hath
continued
faithfull
to
his
trust
,
and
not
deserted
the
same
,
by
taking
up
Arms
against
the
late
King
,
or
the
King
that
now
is
,
shall
repair
to
the
place
where
he
was
last
setled
before
he
took
up
Arms
,
with
a
Certificate
of
his
service
and
hurts
received
,
under
the
hand
of
his
Captain
,
or
other
Commissionated
Officer
,
and
repair
to
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
County
where
his
setling
was
,
and
the
said
Justices
upon
examination
of
the
truth
of
such
Certificate
,
shall
by
Warrant
to
the
Treasurer
assign
him
relief
untill
the
next
quarter
Sessions
to
be
holden
for
that
County
,
or
Liberty
,
at
which
time
a
yearly
pention
shall
be
by
the
Justices
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
granted
,
in
manner
and
form
,
and
with
power
of
revocation
or
alteration
,
as
by
the
said
Statute
is
declared
and
directed
;
and
if
the
Captain
or
Commissionated
Officer
who
is
to
make
the
Certificate
be
dead
,
the
said
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
request
of
the
party
,
and
by
persons
of
credit
,
shall
give
such
relief
,
as
in
case
of
examination
as
aforesaid
.
III
.
Touching
the
Widows
and
Orphants
of
such
as
dyed
,
or
suffered
death
in
the
service
aforesaid
(
over
and
above
the
relief
they
shall
gain
by
their
work
and
labour
,
&c.
the
Treasurers
for
the
maimed
Souldiers
shall
allow
such
further
relief
from
time
to
time
as
shall
be
adjudged
meet
by
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
peace
of
such
County
,
and
the
said
relief
shall
be
paid
out
of
the
surplusage
of
such
stock
of
maintenance
as
shall
remain
in
the
hands
of
the
Treasurers
after
such
pensions
and
payment
of
them
made
,
of
which
surplusage
and
allowance
made
to
such
Widows
,
and
Orphans
,
the
Treasurers
shall
give
accompt
,
and
the
same
distribute
in
such
manner
as
by
the
Justices
shall
be
directed
.
IV
.
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
every
County
,
or
Liberty
,
shall
forthwith
call
all
such
Treasurers
,
high
Constables
,
Constables
,
and
other
persons
which
have
formerly
been
intrusted
with
the
receipt
,
collecting
of
such
monies
charged
upon
any
Parish
by
the
said
recited
Act
(
whereof
no
accompt
hath
been
given
)
their
Executors
and
Administrators
to
a
strict
accompt
,
concerning
such
levies
and
collections
made
,
and
such
monies
as
they
shall
find
remain
in
the
custodies
of
such
persons
,
to
order
forthwith
to
be
paid
for
the
intents
and
purposes
aforesaid
,
and
no
other
,
to
the
Treasurer
by
the
Act
appointed
.
1.
Provided
,
No
pension
to
be
given
,
or
assigned
by
authority
of
this
Act
,
shall
exceed
to
any
one
person
the
sum
of
20
l.
per
annum
.
This
Act
to
continue
to
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
12.
Whereas
poor
people
are
not
restrained
by
reason
of
some
defect
in
Law
,
from
going
from
one
Parish
to
another
,
and
therefore
do
settle
themselves
in
Parishes
where
there
is
best
stock
;
and
when
they
have
consumed
it
,
then
go
to
another
,
and
at
last
become
Rogues
and
Vagabonds
,
that
it
may
be
lawfull
upon
any
complaint
made
by
the
Church-Wardens
,
or
Overseers
of
the
Poor
of
any
Parish
,
to
any
Justice
of
Peace
within
fourty
dayes
after
such
persons
coming
to
settle
in
any
Tenement
under
the
yearly
value
of
10
l.
for
any
two
Justices
,
whereof
one
to
be
of
the
Quorum
,
where
such
persons
that
are
likely
to
be
chargeable
to
the
Parish
shall
come
to
inhabit
,
by
Warrant
to
remove
such
persons
,
&c.
to
such
Parish
where
he
or
they
were
last
setled
,
either
as
a
native
Housholder
,
Sojourner
,
Apprentice
,
or
Servant
for
the
space
of
fourty
dayes
at
the
least
,
unless
they
give
sufficient
security
for
the
discharge
of
the
Parish
,
to
be
allowed
by
the
Justices
.
1.
Provided
,
Such
persons
who
think
themselves
agrieved
,
by
the
Judgment
of
such
two
Justices
,
may
appeal
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
at
the
next
quarter-Sessions
,
who
are
required
to
do
Justice
according
to
the
merits
of
their
cause
.
Provided
,
It
may
be
lawfull
for
any
person
to
go
into
any
County
,
Parish
,
or
place
to
work
in
time
of
Harvest
,
or
at
any
time
to
work
at
another
work
,
so
as
they
carry
with
him
or
them
a
Certificate
from
the
Minister
of
the
Parish
,
one
of
the
Church-wardens
and
one
of
the
Overseers
of
the
Poor
,
that
they
have
a
dwelling
house
wherein
they
inhabit
,
and
hath
left
Wife
and
Children
,
or
some
of
them
there
,
and
is
declared
an
Inhabitant
there
;
and
in
such
case
if
the
person
shall
not
return
to
the
place
aforesaid
,
when
his
work
is
done
:
or
shall
fail
sick
or
impotent
while
they
are
in
the
said
work
,
it
shall
not
be
accounted
a
settlement
in
the
cases
aforesaid
,
but
it
may
be
lawfull
for
two
Justices
to
convey
the
said
person
,
or
persons
to
the
place
of
his
or
their
habitation
under
the
pains
in
the
Act
prescribed
,
and
if
such
person
shall
refuse
to
go
,
and
shall
not
remain
in
the
parish
where
he
ought
to
be
setled
,
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
to
send
such
person
to
the
house
of
Correction
,
there
to
be
punished
as
a
Vagabond
,
or
to
a
publick
Work-house
,
to
be
employed
in
work
,
or
labour
.
II
.
From
henceforth
there
shall
be
one
or
more
Corporation
or
Corporations
,
Work-house
,
or
Work-houses
within
the
Cities
of
London
and
Westminster
,
and
the
Boroughs
and
places
within
the
Counties
of
Middlesex
and
Surry
,
lying
within
the
parishes
in
the
weekly
Bills
of
Mortality
,
consisting
of
a
President
,
Deputy-President
and
Treasurer
.
And
the
Lord
Mayor
shall
be
President
of
the
Corporation
,
Work-house
,
or
Work-houses
within
the
said
City
.
The
Aldermen
Assistants
,
and
fifty
two
other
Citizens
to
be
chosen
by
the
Common-Council
of
the
City
:
They
may
elect
a
Deputy-President
,
and
other
Officers
to
execute
the
powers
appointed
by
the
Act.
And
a
President
,
Treasurer
,
and
Assistants
shall
be
appointed
for
the
City
of
Westminster
,
and
the
Liberties
thereof
,
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
,
for
the
Corporation
or
Work-houses
within
the
same
.
For
the
places
within
the
weekly
Bills
of
Mortality
,
in
the
Counties
of
Middlesex
and
Surry
,
a
President
,
Deputy
and
Treasurers
shall
be
chosen
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
Counties
,
of
the
most
able
Inhabitants
and
Free-holders
for
a
Corporation
and
Work-houses
in
the
same
places
.
III
.
The
Presidents
,
Treasurers
and
Assistants
aforesaid
,
shall
be
Bodies
Politick
and
Corporate
for
ever
,
and
shall
have
a
perpetual
succession
,
and
may
sue
,
implead
,
and
be
impleaded
by
the
name
of
President
and
Governors
of
the
poor
of
the
respective
places
in
all
Courts
and
places
of
Judicature
within
the
Kingdome
of
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
and
may
without
licence
in
Mortmain
purchase
Lands
,
&c.
not
exceeding
the
yearly
value
of
3000
l.
of
the
Gift
or
Device
of
any
person
or
persons
;
any
Goods
,
Chattels
,
summes
of
monies
whatsoever
,
to
the
uses
and
intents
in
the
Act
after
appointed
.
And
every
Corporation
may
keep
Courts
for
the
purposes
expressed
in
the
Act
,
at
such
times
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
respective
Presidents
,
or
their
Deputies
;
and
they
make
Court-Seals
for
the
use
of
the
respective
Corporations
.
IV
.
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
respective
Presidents
and
Governors
of
the
said
Corporations
,
or
two
of
them
,
or
for
any
person
appointed
by
two
of
them
,
from
time
to
time
to
apprehend
any
Rogues
,
Vagabonds
,
sturdy
Beggars
,
or
idle
or
disorderly
persons
,
within
the
said
Cities
,
Liberties
,
Places
,
&c.
and
cause
them
to
be
kept
and
set
on
work
,
in
the
several
and
respective
Corporations
or
Work-houses
;
and
the
major
part
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
may
signifie
to
the
Kings
Privy-Council
,
the
names
of
such
Rogues
,
&c.
as
they
shall
think
fit
to
be
transported
to
the
English
Plantations
;
and
upon
the
approbation
of
the
Privy
Councel
,
signified
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
which
persons
shall
be
transported
,
it
shall
be
lawfull
for
two
or
more
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
to
transport
,
or
cause
them
to
be
transported
,
from
time
to
time
,
during
the
space
of
three
years
next
ensuing
this
Session
of
Parliament
,
to
any
of
the
English
Plantations
beyond
the
Seas
,
there
to
be
disposed
of
in
the
usuall
way
of
servants
for
a
term
not
exceeding
seven
years
.
V.
If
the
Presidents
and
Governors
of
any
of
the
said
Corporations
,
shall
certifie
under
their
Seals
,
their
want
and
defect
either
of
a
present
Stock
for
the
foundation
of
the
work
,
or
for
a
supply
of
the
future
;
and
what
summe
they
shall
think
fit
for
the
same
,
to
the
Common-Councel
of
the
City
of
London
,
and
the
Burgesses
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
at
Westminster
,
or
to
the
Justices
of
the
respective
Counties
of
Middlesex
and
Surry
,
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
:
the
Common-Councel
,
Burgesses
of
Westminster
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
the
several
Counties
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
,
are
required
from
time
to
time
to
set
down
and
ascertain
such
competent
summes
of
money
for
the
purposes
aforesaid
,
not
exceeding
one
years
Rate
,
usually
set
upon
any
person
,
for
,
and
toward
the
relief
of
the
Poor
,
and
the
same
to
proportion
out
of
the
severall
Wards
,
Precincts
,
Counties
,
Divisions
,
Hundreds
and
Parishes
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
and
thereupon
the
Aldermen
,
Deputies
,
Common-Councel
in
the
City
of
London
,
the
Burgesses
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
Westminster
and
the
Liberties
thereof
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
Counties
of
Middlesex
and
Surrey
,
are
required
equally
and
indifferently
,
according
to
the
proportions
for
the
severall
Wards
,
Precincts
,
and
Parishes
,
to
Tax
and
Rate
the
severall
Inhabitants
within
the
said
respective
Wards
,
Precincts
,
and
Parishes
,
with
which
tax
,
if
any
person
,
&c.
shall
find
him
or
them
agrieved
,
he
or
they
may
make
complaint
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
next
open
Sessions
,
who
shall
take
final
order
therein
,
as
by
Law
is
provided
.
VI
.
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
any
Alderman
of
London
,
or
his
Deputy
,
Burgesses
,
and
Justices
of
Peace
of
the
City
of
Westminster
,
or
any
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
Counties
of
Middlesex
and
Surrey
,
by
Warrant
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
,
to
authorize
the
Churchwardens
,
or
Overseers
of
the
Poor
,
within
the
places
and
Parishes
aforesaid
,
to
receive
,
demand
,
of
every
person
and
persons
,
such
sums
of
money
as
shall
be
assessed
upon
them
,
by
virtue
of
the
taxations
,
and
constitutions
aforesaid
,
and
for
default
of
payment
,
within
ten
days
after
demand
,
or
notice
left
at
the
dwelling
house
or
lodging
of
every
person
assessed
,
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
and
sale
of
his
goods
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
party
distrained
.
VII
.
All
Stocks
raised
for
the
relief
and
imployment
of
the
poor
in
the
City
of
London
,
and
the
Liberties
thereof
,
which
were
in
the
hands
of
a
Corporation
appointed
in
the
City
,
for
that
purpose
before
the
29
of
September
,
1660.
or
at
any
time
since
,
with
all
the
arrears
of
monies
formerly
allotted
to
that
service
,
or
Legacies
given
to
that
end
,
shall
be
paid
to
the
Treasurer
of
the
Corporation
,
or
work-houses
established
by
this
Act
,
and
they
,
or
their
Deputies
shall
collect
,
gather
,
receive
and
recover
the
said
monies
,
and
Legacies
;
with
which
arrears
the
Corporations
hereby
established
,
shall
be
invested
,
and
interessed
for
the
execution
of
the
service
hereby
enjoyned
,
and
those
who
now
have
,
or
had
any
of
the
said
Stocks
in
their
hands
,
shall
be
accomptable
to
the
said
Treasurer
,
or
to
those
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Corporation
for
the
same
.
Provided
,
There
shall
be
allowance
made
of
monies
laid
out
by
the
former
Corporation
for
the
relief
of
the
said
poor
,
or
the
carrying
on
of
the
said
service
.
VIII
.
The
respective
Presidents
,
and
Governors
,
or
seven
of
them
,
may
make
,
and
constitute
,
Orders
and
By-laws
for
the
better
relieving
,
regulating
and
setting
the
poor
to
work
;
apprehending
and
punishing
Rogues
and
Vagabonds
,
within
the
Cities
,
Liberties
,
and
places
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
The
said
By-laws
be
presented
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
quarter-Sessions
,
and
confirmed
by
the
Order
of
the
said
Court
.
IX
.
The
Presidents
,
and
Governors
,
of
any
of
the
said
Corporations
,
or
work-houses
,
or
four
of
them
,
may
choose
and
entertain
all
such
Officers
as
shall
be
needfull
to
be
imployed
in
and
about
the
premisses
,
and
to
remove
them
as
they
see
cause
,
and
to
make
such
reasonable
allowances
unto
them
out
of
the
Stock
belonging
to
the
work-house
,
as
they
shall
think
fit
.
X.
Whereas
Lords
of
Mannors
do
not
keep
Court-Leets
every
year
;
Enacted
,
In
case
any
Constable
,
Headborough
,
or
Tythingman
shall
dye
or
go
out
of
the
parish
;
any
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
may
swear
a
new
Constable
,
Headborough
,
&c.
till
the
Lord
shall
hold
a
Court
;
or
till
the
quarter-Sessions
;
who
shall
approve
of
such
Officers
,
or
appoint
others
,
and
if
any
Officer
continue
above
a
year
in
his
Office
,
the
Justices
in
their
quarter-Sessions
may
discharge
such
Officer
,
and
put
other
in
his
place
,
till
the
Lord
of
the
mannor
shall
hold
a
Court
.
XI
.
Any
Justice
of
Peace
,
shall
reward
any
person
,
or
persons
who
shall
apprehend
any
Rogue
,
Vagabond
,
or
Sturdy
Beggar
,
by
granting
to
such
person
,
&c.
a
warrant
under
his
hand
and
Seal
to
the
Constable
,
&c.
of
the
parish
where
such
Rogue
,
&c.
passed
through
unapprehended
,
requiring
him
to
pay
to
such
person
or
persons
2
s
.
for
every
Rogue
,
&c.
which
shall
be
so
apprehended
;
and
if
such
Constable
,
&c.
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
the
same
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
shall
proceed
against
such
Constable
,
&c.
according
to
the
Statute
of
39
Eliz
.
and
1
of
King
James
,
and
compell
him
to
pay
such
money
as
he
hath
forfeited
by
the
said
Statute
,
and
to
allow
the
said
2
s
.
out
of
the
said
forfeiture
,
and
also
reasonable
allowance
for
loss
of
time
as
they
shall
think
fit
.
XII
.
Whereas
Constables
,
&c.
are
at
great
charges
in
relieving
,
conveying
with
passes
,
and
carrying
Rogues
,
&c.
to
houses
of
correction
,
and
work-houses
aforesaid
;
All
Constables
,
&c.
so
out
of
purse
,
together
with
the
Church-Wardens
and
Overseers
of
the
poor
,
and
other
Inhabitants
of
the
parish
,
may
make
a
Rate
,
and
Tax
all
the
occupiers
of
Lands
and
Inhabitants
chargeable
by
the
Statute
of
43
Eliz
.
within
the
parish
;
which
rate
confirmed
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
the
Constable
by
Warrant
,
under
the
Hand
of
two
Justices
may
levy
by
distress
and
Sale
of
such
persons
goods
as
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
same
,
rendring
to
the
party
the
overplus
.
XIII
.
Whereas
the
putative
Fathers
and
Mothers
of
Bastard-Children
,
leave
the
said
Children
upon
the
charge
of
the
parish
where
they
are
born
;
and
run
away
out
of
the
parish
,
and
County
,
although
they
have
estates
sufficient
to
discharge
the
parish
.
The
Church-Wardens
and
Overseers
for
the
poor
of
such
parish
where
such
child
shall
be
born
,
may
seize
and
take
so
much
of
the
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
of
the
Rents
and
profits
of
the
Lands
,
of
such
reputative
Fathers
,
or
Mothers
,
as
shall
be
ordered
by
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
for
and
towards
the
discharge
of
the
parish
,
for
the
bringing
up
,
and
providing
for
such
Bastard-child
;
and
by
order
of
the
Sessions
,
the
Church-Wardens
and
Overseers
may
dispose
of
the
said
Goods
by
Sale
,
or
of
so
much
thereof
,
as
the
Court
shall
think
fit
:
And
so
much
of
the
said
Rents
and
profits
of
their
Lands
for
the
purposes
aforesaid
.
XIV
.
The
Poor
,
Needy
,
Impotent
,
and
Lame
persons
,
within
every
Township
,
or
Village
,
within
the
Counties
of
Lancashire
,
Cheshire
,
Yorkshire
,
Northumberland
,
Bishoprick
of
Durham
,
Cumberland
,
Westmerland
,
shall
after
the
passing
of
this
Act
be
maintained
,
provided
for
,
and
set
in
work
,
within
the
several
Townships
,
or
Villages
where
they
shall
inhabit
,
or
where
they
were
last
setled
;
and
there
shall
be
yearly
appointed
according
to
the
directions
of
the
Act
,
of
43
Eliz
.
two
or
more
Overseers
of
the
poor
,
within
every
the
said
Townships
,
or
Villages
,
who
shall
from
time
to
time
perform
and
execute
all
powers
and
authorities
for
the
necessary
relief
of
the
poor
,
within
the
said
Townships
,
or
Villages
;
and
lose
,
forfeit
,
and
suffer
all
such
pains
and
penalties
for
not
performance
thereof
,
as
is
limited
and
appointed
,
in
,
and
by
the
said
Act
,
of
43
Eliz
.
And
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
within
the
said
respective
Counties
,
shall
have
and
enjoy
the
like
powers
and
authorities
to
raise
and
levy
monies
,
and
to
do
,
and
execute
all
and
every
such
other
Act
within
every
Township
,
and
Village
,
within
the
respective
Counties
,
where
they
are
Justices
,
as
is
appointed
for
them
to
do
and
execute
within
any
parish
,
or
parishes
,
in
,
and
by
the
said
Act
of
43
Eliz
.
under
such
pains
and
penalties
,
for
not
performance
of
their
duties
,
to
be
levied
and
disposed
of
,
as
by
the
said
Act
is
expressed
.
XV
.
It
shall
be
lawfull
for
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
in
any
the
Counties
of
England
,
Wales
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
,
to
Transport
,
or
cause
to
be
Transported
,
such
Rogues
,
Vagabonds
,
and
sturdy
Beggars
,
as
shall
be
convicted
,
and
adjudged
to
be
incorrigible
to
any
of
the
English
Plantations
beyond
the
Seas
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
be
,
or
expounded
or
taken
,
to
the
prejudice
,
or
infringement
of
any
the
Franchises
,
Rights
,
Liberties
,
or
Priviledges
heretofore
granted
by
any
Kings
or
Queens
of
this
Realm
,
his
Majesties
Predecessors
,
to
the
Dean
and
Chapter
of
the
Collegiate
Church
of
St
Peter
in
Westminster
.
2.
This
Act
as
to
all
the
matters
therein
contained
(
excepting
what
relates
to
the
Corporations
constituted
thereby
)
shall
extend
and
be
in
force
till
the
29th
of
May
,
1665.
and
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
then
next
ensuing
,
and
no
longer
.
Post-Office
.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
34.
There
shall
be
from
henceforth
one
general
Letter-Office
in
London
,
from
whence
all
Letters
may
be
sent
through
England
,
Scotland
or
Ireland
,
or
other
the
Kings
Dominions
,
or
into
any
Countreys
beyond
the
Seas
,
at
which
Office
all
answers
may
be
received
;
the
Master
of
such
Office
shall
be
appointed
by
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
by
Letters-patents
under
the
Great
Seal
,
and
be
called
the
Kings
Post-Master
General
,
and
he
and
his
Agents
shall
have
the
receiving
,
ordering
,
dispatching
,
sending
post
,
and
delivering
of
all
Letters
and
Pacquets
whatsoever
,
which
shall
be
sent
to
and
from
all
and
every
the
parts
and
places
of
England
,
&c.
where
he
shall
settle
Posts
,
or
running
Messengers
for
that
purpose
▪
Except
such
as
shall
be
sent
by
Coaches
,
Carriers
,
Carts
,
Wagons
and
Pack-Horses
,
and
shall
be
carried
along
with
their
Coaches
,
Carts
,
Wagons
,
&c.
and
except
Letters
of
Merchants
and
Masters
which
shall
be
sent
by
any
Ships
or
Vessels
of
Merchandize
,
or
by
any
other
persons
imployed
for
the
Carriage
of
such
Letters
:
and
except
Letters
to
be
sent
by
any
friend
in
their
wayes
of
journey
or
travel
,
or
any
messenger
on
purpose
,
for
or
concerning
the
private
affairs
of
any
person
:
and
except
Messengers
who
carry
and
re-carry
Commissions
,
Writs
,
Processe
or
returns
thereof
issuing
out
of
any
Court
.
II
.
Such
Post-Master
General
constituted
as
above-said
,
and
his
Deputies
,
and
no
other
person
whatsoever
,
shall
provide
Horses
and
furniture
to
let
to
hire
unto
all
through-Posts
and
persons
riding
in
post
by
Commission
or
without
,
to
and
from
all
and
every
the
parts
and
places
of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
,
where
any
Posts
shall
be
settled
.
III
.
The
Post-master
and
his
Deputies
shall
take
for
portage
of
Letters
and
furnishing
of
horses
for
through-posts
,
and
persons
riding
post
,
according
to
the
rates
hereafter
mentioned
,
not
exceeding
the
same
,
viz.
For
every
Letter
not
exceeding
a
sheet
,
for
80
miles
2
d
.
not
exceeding
two
sheets
4
d
.
and
for
every
pacquet
proportionably
to
the
said
rates
,
the
like
for
the
port
of
every
pacquet
of
Writs
,
Deeds
,
or
other
things
8
d
.
for
an
ounce
weight
,
for
every
Letter
not
exceeding
a
sheet
,
for
above
80
miles
3
d
.
not
exceeding
two
sheets
6
d
.
and
proportionably
at
those
rates
for
all
pacquets
of
Letters
,
for
pacquets
of
any
other
things
12
d
.
per
ounce
:
and
for
every
Letter
not
exceeding
a
sheet
to
Berwick
,
or
from
thence
to
London
3
d
.
and
not
exceeding
two
sheets
6
d
.
and
proportionably
to
those
rates
for
pacquets
of
Letters
;
and
for
pacquets
of
bigger
bulk
18
d
.
per
ounce
,
for
Letters
or
pacquets
within
40
miles
from
Berwick
,
or
other
places
where
such
Letters
shall
be
received
2
d
.
not
exceeding
two
sheets
4
d
.
and
so
proportionably
for
pacquets
of
Letters
,
and
for
other
pacquets
8
d
.
per
ounce
;
for
Letters
not
exceeding
one
sheet
further
distance
4
d
.
and
if
a
double
Letter
8
d
.
and
proportionably
for
pacquets
of
Letters
,
and
for
other
pacquets
12
d
.
per
ounce
:
for
Letters
not
exceeding
one
sheet
from
England
to
Dublin
in
Ireland
,
and
from
thence
to
England
6
d
.
not
exceeding
two
sheets
12
d
.
and
so
proportionably
for
pacquets
of
Letters
and
for
other
pacquets
2
s
.
per
ounce
:
for
every
single
sheet
within
40
miles
from
Dublin
,
and
other
places
where
they
shall
be
received
2
d
.
not
exceeding
two
sheets
4
d
.
and
so
proportionably
for
pacquets
of
Letters
,
and
for
other
pacquets
8
d
.
per
ounce
;
and
if
above
40
miles
4
d
.
and
not
exceed
two
sheets
8
d
.
and
so
proportionably
for
Letters
,
and
for
greater
parcels
12
d
.
per
ounce
.
For
forreign
Letters
and
pacquets
,
rated
either
by
the
Letter
or
the
ounce
,
viz.
Morlaix
,
St
Maloes
,
Caen
,
New-haven
,
and
places
of
like
distance
,
port
paid
to
Roven
is
for
a
single
Letter
6
d
.
double
12
d
.
treble
1
s
.
6
d
.
ounce
1
s
6
d
.
Hamburgh
,
Collen
,
Frank-fort
,
port
paid
to
Antwerp
is
for
a
single
Letter
8
d
.
double
1
s
.
4
d
.
treble
2
s
.
ounce
2
s
.
Venice
,
Geneva
,
Legorn
,
Rome
,
Naples
,
Messina
and
other
parts
of
Italy
by
way
of
Venice
,
Franct
pro
Mantua
,
Letter
single
9
d
.
double
1
s
.
6
d
.
treble
2
s
.
3
d
.
ounce
2
s
.
8
d
.
Marcelia
,
Smerna
,
Constantinople
,
Aleppo
,
and
all
parts
of
Turkey
,
port
paid
to
Marcelia
,
Letter
single
12
d
.
double
2
s
.
treble
2
s
.
9
d
.
ounce
3
s
.
9
d
.
Geneva
,
Legorn
,
Rome
,
and
other
parts
of
Italy
,
by
way
of
Lions
,
Franct
pro
Lions
,
Letter
single
12
d
.
double
2
s
.
treble
2
s
.
9
d
.
ounce
3
s
.
9.
Of
Letters
sent
outwards
,
to
Bourdeaux
,
Rochel
,
Nantz
,
Orleans
,
Byon
,
Towers
,
and
places
of
like
distance
,
port
paid
to
Paris
,
Letter
single
9
d
.
double
1
s
.
6
d
.
treble
2
s
.
3
d
.
ounce
2
s
.
and
for
Letters
brought
into
England
from
the
same
places
,
Letter
single
12
d
.
double
2
s
.
treble
3
s
.
ounce
4
s
.
Noremberg
,
Bremen
,
Dantzick
,
Lubeck
,
Lipswick
,
and
other
places
of
like
distance
,
post
paid
to
Hamburgh
,
Letter
single
12
d
.
double
2
s
.
treble
3
s
.
ounce
4
s
and
for
Letters
brought
from
the
said
places
to
England
,
Letter
single
8
d
.
double
1
s
.
4
d
.
treble
2
s
.
ounce
2
s
.
From
Calais
,
Diep
,
Bulleign
,
Abbeville
,
Amiens
,
St
Omers
,
Montrel
,
brought
into
England
,
Letter
single
4
d
.
double
8
d
.
treble
12
d
.
ounce
12
d
.
Roven
,
brought
single
Letter
6
d
.
double
12
d
.
treble
1
s
.
6
d
.
ounce
1
s
.
6
d
.
Paris
,
single
9
d
.
double
1
s
.
6
d
.
treble
2
s
3
d
.
ounce
2
s
.
Dunkirk
,
Ostend
,
Lisle
,
Ypre
,
Courtry
,
Gaunt
,
Bruxels
,
Bridges
,
Antwerp
,
and
other
parts
of
Flanders
,
Letter
single
8
d
.
double
1
s
.
4
d
.
treble
2
s
.
ounce
2
s
.
Sluce
,
Flushing
,
Middleburgh
,
Amsterdam
,
Roterdam
,
Delf
,
Hague
,
and
from
other
parts
of
Holland
and
Zealand
,
Letter
single
8
d
.
double
1
s
.
4
d
.
treble
2
s
.
ounce
2
s
.
IV
.
All
Merchants
Accompts
not
above
a
sheet
,
all
Bils
of
Exchange
,
Invoices
and
Bils
of
Lading
shall
be
allowed
without
rate
in
the
price
of
the
Letters
,
and
so
the
covers
of
Letters
not
exceeding
the
4th
part
of
a
sheet
of
paper
sent
to
Marseilles
,
Venice
or
Legorn
,
to
be
sent
forward
to
Turkey
,
shall
be
allowed
to
passe
without
rate
or
paiment
,
and
according
to
the
same
rates
for
the
port
of
Letters
,
pacquets
,
or
parcels
to
or
from
any
the
parts
or
places
beyond
the
Seas
,
where
Posts
have
not
been
heretofore
settled
,
and
may
hereafter
be
settled
by
the
Post-master
General
for
the
time
being
,
his
Executors
,
or
Assigns
;
and
such
Post-master
may
take
for
each
Horse
hire
,
for
every
English
mile
riding
3
d
.
and
4
d
.
for
the
Guide
for
every
Stage
.
V.
All
Letters
and
pacquets
that
by
any
Master
of
a
Ship
or
Vessel
,
or
any
of
his
company
,
or
passenger
shall
be
brought
to
any
Port-Town
within
the
Kings
Dominions
(
other
than
Letters
as
are
before
excepted
,
or
may
be
sent
by
Carriers
,
or
a
Friend
)
shall
by
such
Master
or
Passenger
be
forthwith
delivered
to
the
Deputy
or
Deputies
only
of
the
Post-Master
for
the
said
Port-Town
,
and
by
him
or
them
to
be
sent
to
the
general
Post-Office
to
be
delivered
as
is
directed
.
VI
.
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
other
than
such
Post-master
General
constituted
as
aforesaid
,
and
his
Deputies
or
Assigns
,
shall
carry
,
re-carry
,
and
deliver
Letters
for
hire
,
or
imploy
any
Foot-post
,
Hors-post
,
Coach-post
or
Pacquet-boat
,
for
the
conveying
or
re-carrying
of
any
Letters
by
Sea
or
Land
within
the
Kings
Dominions
;
or
provide
Horses
and
Furniture
for
through-Posts
,
or
riding
in
Post
with
a
Guide
and
Horn
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
5
l.
for
every
offence
against
this
Act
,
and
of
100
l.
for
every
weeks
time
that
any
Offender
shall
imploy
,
maintain
and
continue
any
such
Foot-post
,
Hors-post
,
&c.
which
Forfeitures
shall
be
sued
for
,
and
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
&c
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
;
One
moiety
to
the
King
,
&c
the
other
to
the
Informer
who
will
sue
for
the
same
.
1.
Provided
,
If
any
Post-master
doth
nor
,
or
cannot
furnish
any
person
riding
Post
with
sufficient
Horses
within
one
hour
after
demand
,
such
person
or
persons
are
at
liberty
to
provide
themselves
as
conveniently
as
they
can
;
and
the
persons
who
shall
furnish
such
Horses
,
shall
not
be
liable
to
the
forfeitures
in
the
Act.
2.
If
through
default
or
neglect
of
the
Post-master
,
any
person
riding
Post
shall
fail
of
being
furnished
with
sufficient
Horse
and
Horses
after
demand
as
aforesaid
,
the
Post-master
General
shall
forfeit
5
l.
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
Informer
,
to
be
recovered
pro
ut
above
,
&c.
Nothing
in
the
Act
shall
be
understood
to
prohibit
the
carrying
or
re-carrying
of
any
Letters
or
Pacquets
to
,
or
from
any
Town
or
place
,
or
to
or
from
the
next
respective
Post-road
or
Stage
appointed
for
the
purpose
;
but
every
person
shall
have
liberty
to
send
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
to
carry
the
said
Letters
or
pacquets
without
any
forfeiture
or
penalty
therefore
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
notwithstanding
.
Printing
and
Printers
.
I.
Enacted
,
14.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
33.
No
person
whatsoever
shall
presume
to
print
,
or
cause
to
be
printed
within
the
Kings
Dominions
,
or
beyond
the
Seas
,
any
heretical
,
seditious
,
schismatical
or
offensive
Books
or
Pamphlets
,
wherein
any
Doctrine
shall
be
maintained
,
which
is
contrary
to
the
Christian
Faith
,
or
the
Doctrine
or
Discipline
of
the
Church
of
ENGLAND
,
or
may
tend
to
the
scandal
of
the
Church
,
or
the
Government
or
Governors
of
the
Church
,
State
or
Commonwealth
,
or
any
particular
person
;
Nor
import
,
sell
,
dispose
,
or
procure
to
be
published
,
or
to
be
bound
,
stitched
,
or
sowed
together
.
II
.
No
person
,
&c.
shall
hereafter
print
,
or
cause
to
be
printed
any
Book
or
Pamphlet
,
unless
the
same
with
all
the
Titles
,
Epistles
,
Preambles
,
Dedications
,
and
other
matters
thereto
annexed
be
entred
first
in
the
Book
of
the
Register
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
London
(
except
Acts
of
Parliament
,
Proclamations
,
appointed
to
be
printed
by
warrant
under
the
Kings
Sign
Manual
,
or
one
of
his
principal
Secretaries
)
and
unlesse
the
same
Book
,
&c.
and
the
matters
thereunto
annexed
be
first
lawfully
Licensed
to
be
printed
by
such
persons
as
shall
be
appointed
to
License
the
same
,
viz.
All
Books
concerning
the
Common
Laws
,
by
the
allowance
of
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
&c.
Lord
Chief
Justices
,
and
Lord
Chief
Baron
,
one
or
more
of
them
,
or
by
one
or
more
of
their
appointments
.
All
Books
of
History
concerning
the
state
of
this
Realm
,
or
concerning
the
affairs
of
State
,
by
the
principal
Secretaries
,
one
or
more
of
them
;
or
by
their
,
or
one
of
their
appointments
.
Books
of
Honour
and
Arms
by
the
Earl
Marshal
,
or
by
his
appointment
;
Or
by
the
three
Kings
of
Arms
,
Garter
,
Clarenceux
,
and
Norroy
,
or
two
of
them
,
Garter
to
be
one
:
All
Books
Imprinted
,
or
Reprinted
.
Provided
;
The
Chancellors
of
the
Universities
shall
License
such
Books
as
are
to
be
Imprinted
or
Re-printed
within
the
limits
of
the
University
,
not
medling
with
Books
of
the
Common
Law
,
or
matters
of
State
which
belong
to
any
particular
persons
without
their
consent
.
III
.
Every
person
and
persons
who
shall
be
authorized
to
Licence
the
imprinting
of
Books
,
shall
have
a
written
Copy
thereof
;
which
said
Copy
shall
be
delivered
to
the
Printer
or
Owner
for
the
imprinting
thereof
;
and
after
the
imprinting
thereof
,
shall
entirely
be
returned
to
the
Licencer
to
be
kept
in
the
publick
Registries
of
the
Lord
Bishop
of
Canter
.
or
London
;
or
in
the
Office
of
the
Chancellor
,
or
Vice-Chancellor
of
either
Universities
;
or
with
the
Lord
Keeper
,
Chief-Justices
,
Chief-Baron
,
Principal
Secretaries
,
Earl
Marshal
,
or
King
of
Arms
,
of
all
such
Books
Licenced
by
them
respectively
.
If
it
be
an
English
Book
to
be
Licensed
,
two
Copies
shall
be
delivered
to
the
Licencer
,
one
whereof
shall
be
delivered
back
to
the
Printer
or
Owner
,
the
other
to
be
reserved
as
afore-said
,
to
the
end
the
Licencer
may
be
secured
,
that
it
shall
not
be
altered
without
his
privity
;
And
upon
the
Copy
to
be
licensed
,
the
Licencer
shall
testifie
under
his
Hand
,
that
there
is
not
any
thing
therein
contained
which
is
contrary
to
the
Christian
Faith
;
or
any
of
the
matters
,
&c.
in
the
first
Clause
of
the
Act
contained
;
which
Licence
or
Approbation
shall
be
printed
in
the
beginning
of
the
Book
,
&c.
IV
.
Every
Merchant
and
other
person
,
&c.
who
shall
hereafter
import
any
Book
or
Books
from
any
parts
beyond
the
Seas
into
this
Realm
,
shall
import
the
same
in
the
Port
of
London
only
,
and
not
elsewhere
without
the
Licence
of
the
Arch-bishop
of
Canterbury
,
and
Bishop
of
London
,
or
one
of
them
;
and
shall
before
the
said
Book
or
Books
be
delivered
forth
,
or
out
of
their
hands
,
or
exposed
to
sale
,
give
a
true
Catalogue
in
writing
of
all
and
every
such
Book
or
Books
,
to
the
said
Bishops
,
or
one
of
them
;
and
no
Merchant
or
other
person
,
&c.
who
shall
import
any
Book
or
Books
into
the
port
afore-said
,
shall
open
any
dry-fats
,
parcels
,
or
other
fardels
of
Books
;
nor
shall
any
searcher
,
or
other
Officer
of
the
Custom-house
,
upon
pain
of
losse
of
his
place
,
suffer
the
same
to
passe
,
or
to
be
delivered
out
of
his
hands
or
custody
,
before
the
said
Bishops
,
or
one
of
them
,
shall
have
appointed
some
Scholar
,
or
learned
Man
,
and
one
or
more
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
be
present
at
the
opening
to
view
the
same
;
and
if
any
heretical
,
seditious
,
scandalous
,
schismatical
Book
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
printed
in
English
be
found
,
they
shall
forthwith
be
brought
to
the
said
Bishops
,
or
one
of
them
,
to
the
end
the
person
,
&c.
who
importeth
,
or
cause
the
same
to
be
imported
,
be
proceeded
against
,
as
an
offender
against
the
Act
,
and
such
further
course
taken
against
such
offensive
Book
or
Books
,
as
by
the
said
Bishops
shall
be
thought
fit
for
the
suppressing
of
the
same
.
V.
No
person
shall
within
this
Kingdom
,
or
elsewhere
imprint
,
or
cause
to
be
imprinted
,
import
,
or
cause
to
be
imported
into
this
Kingdom
,
or
out
of
any
the
Kings
Dominions
,
or
any
other
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
any
Books
,
Forms
of
blank
Bils
,
or
Indentures
for
any
his
Majesties
Islands
printed
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
elsewhere
,
which
any
person
by
virtue
of
any
Letters-Patents
granted
,
or
by
force
of
any
entry
thereof
,
duly
made
or
to
be
made
in
the
Register-book
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
;
or
other
Register
afore-said
,
shall
have
the
right
,
priviledge
or
authority
solely
to
print
without
the
consent
of
the
owners
of
such
Books
,
Copies
,
&c.
nor
shall
bind
,
stitch
,
or
put
to
sale
any
such
Books
,
Form
or
Forms
,
without
the
like
consent
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
the
same
;
and
upon
further
forfeiture
of
6
s
.
8
d
.
for
every
such
Book
,
Form
,
&c.
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
owner
,
if
he
shall
sue
for
the
same
within
six
moneths
after
such
imprinting
,
importing
,
binding
,
&c.
and
for
default
of
such
suit
by
the
owner
,
&c.
the
same
moiety
to
the
use
of
such
person
,
as
shall
within
one
year
next
after
such
Offence
committed
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
by
action
of
Debt
,
&c.
in
any
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
to
the
Defendant
.
VI
.
Every
person
,
&c.
that
shall
hereafter
print
,
or
cause
to
be
printed
any
Book
,
Ballad
,
Chart
,
or
Pourtracture
shall
thereunto
,
or
thereon
set
his
own
name
,
or
shall
declare
the
name
of
the
Author
thereof
,
if
he
be
required
by
the
Licencer
,
and
by
,
and
for
whom
such
Books
,
Ballad
,
Chart
,
Pourtracture
,
&c.
is
or
shall
be
printed
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
all
such
Books
,
Ballads
,
Charts
and
Pourtractures
,
and
other
things
printed
contrary
to
the
tenor
of
the
Act
:
And
the
Presses
,
Letters
,
and
instrcments
for
printing
thereof
to
be
defaced
and
made
unserviceable
;
and
no
person
shall
print
,
forge
,
put
,
or
counterfeit
,
in
or
upon
any
Book
,
or
Pamphlet
,
the
name
or
mark
of
any
other
person
,
who
shall
have
lawfull
priviledge
,
or
allowance
of
sole
printing
the
same
,
without
consent
of
the
party
so
priviledged
,
upon
pain
of
losse
of
all
such
Books
,
Pamphlets
,
&c.
and
shall
be
further
proceeded
against
,
as
an
offender
against
this
Act.
VII
.
No
Haberdasher
of
small-wares
,
Ironmonger
,
Chandler
,
Shop-keeper
,
or
other
person
,
not
being
licenced
by
the
Bishop
of
the
Diocesse
,
nor
having
been
seven
years
Apprentice
to
the
Trade
of
a
Bookseller
,
Printer
or
Bookbinder
;
nor
being
a
Freeman
of
London
by
Patrimonial
right
,
as
Son
of
a
Bookseller
,
Printer
or
Bookbinder
,
nor
being
a
Member
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
shall
within
London
,
or
any
other
Market-Town
,
or
elsewhere
,
receive
,
take
,
or
buy
,
to
barter
,
sell
again
,
change
or
do
away
any
Bibles
,
Testaments
,
Psalm
Books
,
Common-prayer
Books
,
Primmers
,
Abcees
,
Licenced
Almanacks
,
Grammars
,
School-Books
,
or
other
Book
or
Books
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
the
same
.
VIII
.
No
Merchant
,
Bookseller
,
or
other
person
,
shall
Imprint
,
or
cause
to
be
Imprinted
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
Import
,
or
knowingly
assist
,
or
consent
to
the
Importation
into
this
Kingdom
,
any
English
Book
,
or
Books
,
or
part
of
any
Book
which
the
greater
part
thereof
is
,
or
shall
be
English
,
or
of
the
English
Tongue
;
whether
the
same
have
been
formerly
printed
,
or
not
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
such
Books
,
&c.
and
no
Alien
,
or
Forreigner
shall
bring
in
,
or
are
suffered
to
sell
here
within
the
Realm
,
any
Book
or
Books
printed
beyond
the
Seas
,
in
any
Language
whatsoever
,
either
by
himself
,
or
his
Factor
,
except
only
such
as
be
Free-printers
,
or
Stationers
of
London
,
without
the
special
Licence
of
the
Bishops
afore-said
,
or
one
of
them
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
such
Books
,
so
Imprinted
,
or
sold
contrary
to
the
intent
of
the
Act.
IX
.
No
person
,
&c.
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
elswhere
,
shall
Erect
,
or
cause
to
be
Erected
,
any
Press
or
Printing-house
,
Vault
,
Cellar
or
Room
for
a
Printing-house
,
or
place
to
print
in
,
unless
he
or
they
,
who
Erect
such
Presses
,
&c.
shall
first
give
notice
to
the
Master
or
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
of
the
erecting
of
the
same
;
and
no
Joyner
,
Carpenter
,
or
other
person
shall
make
any
Printing-presse
;
no
Smith
shall
forge
any
Iron-work
for
a
Printing-presse
;
No
Founder
shall
cast
any
Letters
which
may
be
used
for
Printing
,
for
any
person
whatsoever
,
nor
shall
any
person
,
&c.
bring
or
cause
to
be
brought
from
beyond
the
Seas
,
any
Letters
Founded
or
Cast
,
nor
buy
any
such
Letters
for
Printing
,
Printing-presses
,
or
other
materials
,
belonging
to
Printing
,
unless
he
or
they
shall
acquaint
the
Masters
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
or
some
of
them
,
for
whom
the
same
Presses
,
Iron-works
,
or
Letters
,
are
to
be
made
,
Forged
,
Cast
,
or
Imported
,
upon
pain
every
offender
,
for
such
offence
shall
forfeit
●
l
.
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
use
of
such
persons
,
as
shall
sue
for
the
same
.
X.
For
the
time
to
come
,
no
man
shall
be
admitted
to
be
a
Master-Printer
,
till
they
who
are
now
actual
Master-Printers
,
shall
be
by
death
or
otherwise
reduced
to
the
number
of
twenty
,
and
from
thenceforth
the
number
of
twenty
shall
be
continued
,
and
no
more
,
beside
the
Kings
Printers
,
and
the
Printers
allowed
for
the
Universities
;
and
but
four
Master-Founders
of
Letters
for
Printers
.
The
which
Master-Printers
and
Master-Founders
shall
be
appointed
and
allowed
by
the
Bishops
of
Canterbury
and
London
for
the
time
being
:
And
in
case
of
death
,
or
of
forfeiture
,
or
avoydance
of
any
of
their
places
and
priviledges
to
Print
by
virtue
of
that
Act
,
for
any
offence
contrary
to
the
same
,
or
otherwise
,
the
said
Bishops
for
the
time
being
,
or
one
of
them
,
shall
and
may
appoint
other
persons
to
succeed
and
supply
the
places
of
such
Master-Printers
or
Founders
.
And
every
person
allowed
,
or
permitted
to
have
a
Press
or
Printing-house
before
such
allowance
obtained
,
shall
be
bound
with
Surties
to
the
King
in
the
Kings
Bench
,
or
before
Justices
of
Assize
,
or
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
,
in
300
pound
,
not
to
Print
,
or
suffer
to
be
Imprinted
in
his
house
or
Press
,
any
Books
whatsoever
,
but
such
as
shall
be
lawfully
Licensed
.
XI
.
None
of
the
Master-Printers
to
be
allowed
,
shall
keep
above
two
Printing-presses
at
once
,
unless
he
hath
been
Master
or
upper
Warden
of
the
Company
,
who
are
allowed
to
keep
three
Presses
and
no
more
,
unless
for
some
great
and
special
occasion
for
the
publick
,
he
have
for
a
time
leave
of
the
said
Bishops
or
one
of
them
,
to
have
the
use
of
one
or
more
above
the
number
aforesaid
,
as
their
Lordships
shall
think
fit
.
XII
.
No
Printer
or
Printers
(
except
the
Kings
Printers
)
not
Founder
,
&c.
of
Letters
for
Printing
,
shall
take
or
retain
greater
number
of
Apprentices
than
as
followeth
,
viz.
Every
Master-Printer
,
and
Master-Founder
of
Letters
for
Printing
,
if
he
hath
been
Master
or
Warden
of
his
Company
,
three
Apprentices
and
no
more
:
Every
Master
and
Founder
that
hath
been
of
the
Livery
of
his
Company
,
two
Apprentices
:
Every
Master-Printer
and
Founder
of
the
Yeomanry
of
his
Company
,
one
Apprentice
;
and
no
more
,
neither
by
Co-partnership
,
nor
any
other
way
whatsoever
.
Nor
shall
it
be
lawfull
for
any
Master-Printer
,
or
Founder
,
when
one
Apprentice
is
run
away
,
or
put
away
,
to
take
another
in
his
room
,
unless
the
Name
of
him
or
them
so
gone
away
,
be
raced
out
of
the
Hall-Book
,
and
never
admitted
again
.
XIII
.
The
severall
Master-printers
and
Founders
to
be
allowed
,
are
to
take
care
that
all
Journeymen-printers
,
and
Journeymen-Founders
of
Letters
for
Printing
,
who
are
lawfully
Free
of
the
respective
Mysteries
,
be
set
on
work
and
employed
in
their
respective
Trades
;
and
if
any
such
,
being
of
honest
and
good
behaviour
,
and
able
in
his
Trade
,
do
want
employment
,
he
shall
repair
to
the
said
Master-printers
and
Founders
respectively
for
the
time
being
,
who
shall
receive
him
,
or
them
into
work
,
if
he
hath
not
a
Journeyman
already
,
although
the
said
Masters
respectively
with
their
Apprentices
,
be
able
without
the
help
of
such
Journeyman
,
to
discharge
his
own
work
;
upon
the
pain
of
every
such
Master
so
refusing
to
receive
such
Journeyman
of
5.
pound
,
to
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
&c.
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
&c.
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
,
one
moity
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
Informer
who
will
sue
for
the
same
within
six
moneths
after
the
offence
committed
;
and
if
any
Journeyman
shall
refuse
such
employment
,
being
offered
by
any
Master-printer
,
or
Founder
,
&c.
or
neglect
it
when
they
have
undertaken
it
,
shall
suffer
three
moneths
Imprisonment
:
and
no
Master-printer
,
or
Master-Founder
of
Letters
,
shall
employ
to
work
either
at
the
Case
or
Press
,
or
otherwise
about
his
Printing
,
any
person
,
than
only
such
as
are
Englishmen
,
and
Freemen
,
or
Apprentices
to
the
said
Trade
of
Printing
,
or
Founding
of
Letters
for
Printing
,
respectively
.
XIV
.
One
or
more
of
the
Messengers
of
his
Majesties
Chamber
,
by
Warrant
under
his
Majesties
Sign
Manual
,
or
under
the
Hands
of
his
principall
Secretaries
of
State
,
or
the
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
with
a
Constable
with
them
,
shall
have
power
to
search
all
houses
and
Shops
,
where
they
shall
know
,
or
suspect
any
Books
,
or
Papers
to
be
Printed
,
Bound
,
or
Stitched
,
especially
Printing-houses
,
Book-sellers
Shops
and
Warehouses
,
and
Book
binders
houses
and
Shops
,
to
view
what
is
there
Imprinting
,
Binding
,
&c.
and
to
examine
whether
the
same
be
Licenced
;
and
demand
a
sight
of
the
Licence
;
and
if
the
Book
imprinting
,
&c.
shall
not
be
Licenced
,
to
seize
upon
so
much
thereof
as
shall
be
found
imprinted
,
together
with
the
Offenders
,
and
to
bring
them
before
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
who
may
commit
such
Offenders
to
Prison
till
they
shall
be
tryed
,
convicted
or
acquited
for
the
said
offences
;
and
if
the
Searchers
find
any
Papers
,
or
Books
,
or
part
of
Books
unlicenced
,
which
they
suspect
to
contain
matters
contrary
to
the
Doctrine
,
or
Discipline
of
the
Church
of
England
,
or
against
the
State
or
Government
,
then
to
seize
upon
such
Book
,
&c.
and
to
bring
the
same
to
the
said
Bishops
for
the
time
being
,
or
one
of
them
;
or
the
Secretaries
of
State
,
or
one
of
them
,
who
shall
take
course
for
suppressing
the
same
.
XV
.
All
Printers
of
Books
,
Founders
of
Letters
for
Printing
,
and
every
other
person
,
&c.
working
in
the
said
Trades
,
who
after
10
of
June
1662.
shall
offend
against
the
Act
,
or
any
clause
or
Article
therein
,
and
shall
be
convicted
by
verdict
,
confession
or
otherwise
,
shall
for
the
first
offence
be
disabled
from
exercising
his
respective
Trade
for
three
years
,
for
the
second
offence
shall
for
ever
be
disabled
the
said
use
and
mystery
of
his
said
Trade
and
Mystery
,
and
receive
such
further
punishment
by
fine
,
imprisonment
,
or
other
corporal
punishment
not
extending
to
life
,
as
the
Justices
of
the
Courts
of
Kings
Bench
,
or
Justices
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
or
Justices
of
Assize
in
their
Circuits
,
or
Justices
of
Peace
in
their
Quarter-Sessions
shall
think
fit
to
be
inflicted
upon
them
.
XVI
.
Every
Printer
shall
reserve
three
Copies
of
the
best
and
largest
Paper
of
every
Book
new
Printed
,
or
Re-printed
with
Additions
,
and
shall
before
publick
venting
of
the
said
Book
,
bring
them
to
the
Master
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
and
deliver
them
to
him
,
one
whereof
shall
be
delivered
to
the
Keeper
of
his
Majesties
Library
,
the
other
to
be
sent
to
the
Vice-Chancellors
of
the
two
Universities
respectively
,
for
the
use
of
the
publick
Libraries
.
1.
Provided
,
Nothing
in
the
Act
shall
extend
to
the
prejudicing
of
any
the
just
rights
and
priviledges
of
the
two
Universities
of
this
Realm
,
touching
the
Licensing
,
or
Printing
of
Books
in
the
Universities
.
2.
No
search
shall
be
made
in
the
Houses
of
any
of
the
Peers
of
the
Realm
,
or
any
other
person
,
&c.
not
being
free
of
,
or
using
any
of
the
Trades
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
but
by
special
Warrant
from
the
King
,
or
hand
of
one
of
the
principal
Secretaries
,
or
for
other
Books
,
than
such
as
are
in
Printing
,
or
shall
be
Printed
after
10
June
1662.
3.
Not
to
extend
to
prohibit
any
Bookseller
,
who
hath
served
seven
years
and
is
a
Freeman
of
the
Company
of
Stationers
,
from
importing
into
the
Realm
any
Books
ready
bound
,
not
formerly
prohibited
,
which
have
been
Printed
ten
years
before
the
importation
.
4.
Not
to
be
construed
to
prohibit
any
persons
to
sell
Books
or
Papers
,
who
have
sold
Books
or
Papers
within
Westminster-Hall
,
Palace
of
Westminster
,
or
in
any
Shop
within
twenty
yards
of
the
great
Gate
of
Westminster-Hall
,
before
20
Novemb
.
1661
,
but
that
they
may
sell
Books
and
Papers
as
they
did
before
1661
,
within
the
places
aforesaid
,
but
not
elsewhere
.
5.
Not
to
extend
to
prejudice
the
just
rights
,
or
priviledges
granted
to
his
Majesty
,
or
any
his
Royal
Predecessors
,
to
any
person
under
his
Great
Seal
or
otherwise
,
but
that
they
may
use
such
rights
,
&c.
according
to
their
respective
grants
.
6.
Not
to
extend
to
prohibit
John
Streater
Stationer
,
from
Printing
Books
,
or
Papers
,
but
that
he
may
still
follow
the
Art
and
Mystery
of
Printing
,
as
if
this
Act
had
never
been
made
.
7.
Not
to
extend
to
restrain
the
keeping
and
using
of
a
Printing-press
in
the
City
of
York
,
so
as
all
Books
of
Divinity
there
Printed
,
be
first
Licenced
by
the
Bishop
of
York
,
or
such
as
he
shall
appoint
,
and
all
other
Books
respectively
to
whom
the
Licensing
thereof
shall
appertain
:
and
so
as
no
Bibles
be
there
Printed
,
nor
other
Book
whereof
the
original
Copy
is
belonging
to
the
Company
of
Stationers
of
London
,
or
any
Member
thereof
.
This
Act
to
continue
in
force
two
years
,
to
commence
from
the
10.
of
June
1662.
and
no
longer
.
Purveyance
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
24.
From
henceforth
no
monies
or
other
thing
shall
be
taken
,
rated
,
or
levyed
for
any
Provision
,
Carryages
,
or
Purveyance
,
for
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
no
person
by
any
authority
under
the
Great
Seal
,
or
otherwise
,
by
colour
of
purveying
for
the
King
,
Queen
,
or
any
their
Children
for
the
time
being
,
or
for
his
,
or
any
of
their
Houshold
,
shall
take
any
Timber
,
Fuel
,
Cattel
,
Corn
,
Grain
,
Mault
,
Hay
,
Straw
,
Victual
,
Cart
,
or
Carriage
,
or
any
other
thing
from
any
Subject
,
without
his
full
consent
first
obtained
,
without
menace
or
inforcement
;
nor
shall
summon
,
warn
,
use
,
or
require
any
Subject
to
find
Oxen
,
Horses
,
Cattel
,
Carts
,
Ploughs
,
Wains
,
or
other
Carriages
for
the
King
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
or
of
the
Queen
,
or
their
Children
,
for
carrying
their
Goods
respectively
without
full
and
free
consent
of
the
Owners
,
&c.
II
.
No
pre-emption
shall
be
allowed
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
or
persons
above
mentioned
of
the
Royal
Family
,
in
Market
or
out
of
Market
,
but
it
shall
be
for
ever
hereafter
free
for
all
Subjects
to
dispose
of
his
Goods
as
he
pleaseth
;
any
pretence
of
making
provision
of
Victual
,
or
Carriages
as
aforesaid
,
or
any
pretence
of
pre-emption
in
their
behalfs
notwithstanding
:
and
if
any
person
shall
make
any
Purveyance
,
or
impress
any
Carriages
,
or
other
things
,
by
colour
of
any
such
authority
as
before
is
mentioned
,
contrary
to
the
Act
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
two
,
or
one
of
them
next
adjourning
,
and
the
Constable
of
the
places
where
such
shall
happen
,
at
the
request
of
the
party
grieved
,
shall
commit
the
party
offending
to
the
Goal
,
untill
the
next
Sessions
,
there
to
be
indicted
,
and
proceeded
against
for
the
same
;
and
the
party
grieved
,
shall
have
his
Action
against
the
Offender
,
and
therein
shall
recover
trebble
damages
,
and
trebble
costs
;
and
if
any
person
shall
procure
any
Action
at
Law
,
grounded
upon
the
Act
,
to
be
delayed
before
Judgement
,
or
procure
execution
thereupon
,
to
be
stayed
after
judgement
,
by
any
order
,
except
by
Writ
of
Error
,
Attaint
,
or
order
of
such
Court
where
the
cause
depends
,
the
person
so
offending
,
shall
incur
the
danger
of
pains
of
a
Praemunire
,
made
by
the
Act
of
16.
R.
2.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
prejudice
the
King
in
his
Rights
,
Titles
,
or
duties
out
,
in
,
or
to
,
or
out
of
any
Tin
in
the
Stannaries
of
Devon
and
Cornwal
,
not
extend
to
prejudice
the
antient
duties
of
Batlerage
and
prizage
of
Wines
,
but
they
are
to
continue
as
before
the
making
of
the
Act.
III
.
There
shall
be
paid
to
the
King
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
for
ever
hereafter
,
in
recompence
of
Purveyance
,
the
Rates
and
Imposition
of
Excise
,
mentioned
in
the
Act
,
for
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
and
Liveries
,
viz.
to
the
purpose
,
Title
,
Excise
.
Quakers
.
I.
Enacted
,
13
,
&
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
1.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
who
maintain
that
the
taking
of
an
Oath
,
in
any
case
whatsoever
(
although
before
a
lawfull
Magistrate
)
is
altogether
unlawfull
,
and
contrary
to
the
Word
of
God
,
after
the
24.
of
March
1661.
shall
wilfully
,
and
obstinately
refuse
to
take
an
Oath
;
where
,
by
the
Laws
of
the
Realm
,
he
or
she
be
bound
to
take
the
same
,
being
lawfully
and
duly
tendred
,
or
endeavour
to
perswade
any
other
person
,
to
whom
such
Oath
is
duly
tendred
,
to
refuse
and
forbear
the
taking
of
the
same
:
Or
go
about
to
maintain
,
that
the
taking
of
an
Oath
,
in
any
case
whatsoever
,
is
unlawfull
;
and
if
the
persons
called
Quakers
shall
after
the
said
24.
of
March
depart
from
the
places
of
their
several
habitations
,
to
assemble
themselves
,
to
the
number
of
five
,
or
more
,
of
the
age
of
sixteen
years
,
at
any
one
time
in
any
place
,
under
pretence
of
Joyning
in
a
Religious
Worship
,
not
authorized
by
the
Laws
of
the
Realm
;
In
every
such
cases
,
the
person
offending
,
being
thereof
convicted
of
twelve
men
,
or
his
own
confession
,
shall
for
the
first
offence
,
lose
and
forfeit
to
the
King
,
&c.
5
l.
for
the
second
offence
thereof
,
being
convicted
10
l.
to
be
levyed
by
distress
,
and
sale
of
the
parties
goods
,
by
Warrant
from
the
parties
before
whom
they
shall
be
convicted
;
and
for
want
of
distress
,
or
not
payment
of
the
penalty
,
to
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
,
or
house
of
Correction
for
three
moneths
;
for
the
second
offence
,
for
six
moneths
,
there
to
be
kept
at
hard
labour
;
for
the
third
offence
,
having
been
twice
convicted
before
,
he
or
she
shall
abjure
the
Realm
,
or
otherwise
,
the
King
,
&c.
may
cause
him
or
them
,
to
be
transported
to
any
the
Kings
Plantations
beyond
the
Seas
.
II
.
All
Justices
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
Justices
of
Goal-delivery
,
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
in
their
open
and
general
Sessions
,
are
to
enquire
,
hear
,
and
determine
all
and
every
the
said
offences
within
the
limits
of
their
Commissions
,
and
make
process
for
the
execution
of
the
same
,
as
they
may
do
against
any
person
Indicted
before
them
of
Trespass
,
and
thereof
lawfully
convicted
.
III
.
Any
Justice
of
Peace
,
Mayor
,
or
Chief
Officer
of
any
Corporation
,
may
within
their
several
Jurisdictions
commit
to
the
Common
Goal
,
and
bind
over
with
Sureties
to
the
Quarter-Sessions
,
any
persons
offending
in
the
Premisses
in
order
to
their
Conviction
.
1.
Provided
,
If
any
person
,
&c.
after
such
Conviction
take
such
Oath
,
or
Oaths
,
for
which
he
or
she
stands
committed
,
and
also
give
security
,
that
he
for
the
time
to
come
,
shall
forbear
to
meet
at
any
such
unlawfull
assembly
as
aforesaid
,
from
thenceforth
such
person
,
&c.
shall
be
discharged
from
all
the
penalties
aforesaid
.
2.
All
the
Lords
of
the
Parliament
,
for
every
third
offence
committed
against
the
Tenor
of
the
Act
,
shall
be
tryed
by
their
Peers
and
not
otherwise
.
Restitution
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
25.
Whereas
,
the
Advowsons
,
Rectories
Impropriate
,
Tithes
,
and
Gleab-Lands
,
of
many
of
the
Kings
Subjects
,
were
by
the
pretended
power
of
the
Long-Parliament
,
but
were
by
them
appointed
for
the
pretended
Delinquency
of
the
said
Subjects
,
without
any
consideration
,
taken
from
them
,
as
well
for
the
Augmentation
of
certain
Viccaridges
,
as
for
other
matters
in
the
preamble
of
this
Act
mentioned
:
It
is
Enacted
.
I.
That
all
Grants
,
Feoffments
,
Bargains
,
Sales
,
Releases
,
Confirmations
,
and
other
Conveyances
and
Assurances
in
Law
,
had
or
made
by
any
such
pretended
Delinquents
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
or
by
any
person
having
any
estate
or
interest
in
Law
or
Equity
in
trust
for
them
;
or
having
any
estate
or
interest
,
Joyntly
or
in
common
with
them
,
or
in
reversion
or
remainder
,
of
any
such
Advowsons
,
Rectories
Impropriate
,
Gleab-Lands
,
Tithes
,
&c.
as
part
,
or
in
full
of
their
compositions
,
for
such
pretended
Delinquency
,
and
all
securities
touching
the
same
,
are
adjudged
trivial
and
void
in
Law
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
,
saving
to
all
others
(
other
than
the
said
Trustees
and
their
Heirs
)
all
such
rights
,
&c.
as
hath
accrued
to
them
before
19.
of
May
1662.
II
.
All
Tenants
,
Leassees
and
Occupiers
of
all
such
Advowsons
,
Rectories
Impropriate
,
Gleab-Lands
,
Tithes
,
&c.
so
Granted
upon
such
Trusts
,
for
the
uses
aforesaid
,
shall
pay
all
such
Rents
,
as
hereafter
shall
grow
due
,
to
such
persons
only
unto
whom
the
right
and
interest
of
,
in
,
and
to
the
same
Advowsons
,
Rectories
Impropriate
,
Gleab-Lands
,
Tithes
,
&c.
before
the
said
Conveyances
or
Assurances
did
,
or
should
of
right
belong
or
appertain
.
III
.
Whereas
the
said
pretended
Conveyances
so
made
,
were
some
of
them
of
Estates
in
Fee-simple
,
and
some
of
them
long
terms
for
years
,
made
to
the
Trustees
,
who
re-devised
the
same
under
yearly
Rents
appointed
for
augmentation
of
Vicaridges
and
maintenance
of
Ministers
;
Since
which
time
many
of
the
said
Rectories
and
Lands
,
&c.
have
been
absolutely
sold
,
and
the
Re-devises
granted
and
assigned
by
the
Owners
thereof
,
for
the
benefit
of
the
Purchasors
:
Enacted
,
That
the
said
Purchasors
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
shall
pay
,
and
the
said
former
Owners
shall
have
,
hold
,
and
enjoy
the
said
Rents
and
Sums
of
Monies
so
reserved
for
the
augmentation
of
Vicaridges
,
&c.
and
shall
have
and
take
the
like
remedies
by
Distress
or
Debt
for
the
recovery
thereof
,
as
the
said
Trustees
who
re-devised
the
same
,
might
,
or
ought
to
have
had
.
Repeal
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
29.
That
the
Act
of
Parliament
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Attainder
of
Thomas
Earl
of
Stafford
of
High
Treason
;
and
all
and
every
Clause
,
Article
,
and
Thing
therein
contained
,
is
Repealed
,
Revoked
,
and
Reversed
:
And
all
proceedings
in
Parliament
relating
to
the
said
Attainder
,
be
wholly
Cancelled
and
taken
off
the
File
,
or
otherwise
defaced
and
obliterated
,
to
the
end
,
the
same
may
not
be
made
visible
in
after-ages
,
to
the
prejudice
of
any
person
whatsoever
.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
questioning
of
any
persons
howsoever
concerned
,
or
who
had
any
hand
in
the
disorderly
procuring
the
said
Act
of
Attainder
.
Enacted
,
Anno
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
2.
That
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
16th
year
of
the
Reign
of
the
late
King
Charles
the
First
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
disabling
all
persons
in
Holy
Orders
to
Exercise
any
Temporal
Jurisdiction
or
Authority
;
and
every
Clause
,
Matter
,
or
Thing
therein
be
Repealed
,
Annulled
,
and
made
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
.
Revenue
.
I.
Enacted
,
14.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
10.
After
25.
of
March
,
1662.
every
dwelling
,
and
other
House
and
Edifice
,
and
all
Lodgings
and
Chambers
in
the
Inns
of
Court
,
Inns
of
Chancery
,
Colledges
and
other
Societies
that
now
are
,
or
shall
be
hereafter
erected
within
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
(
other
than
what
are
excepted
,
)
shall
be
chargeable
,
and
are
charged
,
with
an
annual
paiment
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
for
every
Fire-hearth
and
Stove
within
every
such
House
,
Edifice
,
Chamber
,
Lodging
2
s
.
by
the
year
,
to
be
paid
yearly
and
every
year
,
at
the
Feast
of
St
Michael
,
and
the
Annunciation
of
the
Virgin
Mary
,
by
equal
portions
.
II
.
Every
Owner
,
Occupier
of
such
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodgings
and
Chambers
,
shall
respectively
within
six
dayes
after
notice
given
him
by
the
Constable
or
Officer
within
whose
Precinct
the
said
House
,
Edifice
,
Chambers
or
Lodgings
shall
be
;
or
by
the
Treasurers
,
or
Officers
of
Inns
of
Court
,
Chancery
,
or
other
respective
Colledges
,
deliver
unto
the
Constable
,
or
other
such
Officers
as
afore-said
,
a
true
and
just
accompt
in
writing
,
of
all
the
said
Hearths
and
Stoves
which
are
within
their
respective
Houses
,
Edifices
,
Lodgings
and
Chambers
.
III
.
The
said
Constables
,
and
other
respective
Officers
,
shall
by
the
last
day
of
May
1662.
require
the
several
Occupiers
of
every
such
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodging
and
Chamber
to
deliver
them
accompts
in
writing
under
their
hands
,
of
all
such
Hearths
and
Stoves
in
their
respective
Houses
,
Edifices
,
&c.
and
upon
receipt
of
the
same
,
or
upon
default
of
such
accompt
,
in
case
there
be
no
Occupiers
,
then
within
six
dayes
after
notice
fixt
to
the
door
,
requiring
such
accompts
to
be
made
,
the
Constable
,
or
other
Officers
respectively
,
shall
enter
the
houses
in
the
day
time
,
and
compare
the
accompts
,
and
see
if
truly
made
,
or
not
,
and
if
no
accompt
be
given
,
to
take
information
by
their
own
view
of
all
such
Hearths
,
&c.
upon
pain
every
Constable
,
or
Officer
,
who
shall
neglect
the
same
,
shall
forfeit
5
l.
and
for
every
false
return
,
shall
lose
for
every
hearth
false
returned
40
s
.
IV
.
The
several
Constables
and
other
Officers
,
who
are
to
take
the
accompt
aforesaid
,
of
the
hearths
within
their
particular
limits
,
shall
at
the
next
Quarter-sessions
after
the
last
of
May
,
deliver
all
such
accompts
in
writing
as
they
shall
receive
,
reform
or
take
by
their
own
view
,
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
their
respective
Quarter-sessions
for
the
Counties
,
with
a
true
note
of
the
names
of
all
such
persons
as
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
give
them
an
accompt
of
the
hearths
and
stoves
within
their
respective
Houses
,
Edifices
,
&c.
V.
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
several
Counties
,
shall
cause
all
the
accompts
of
the
several
respective
hearths
,
&c.
within
their
Counties
,
to
be
enrolled
by
the
Clerk
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
,
and
a
duplicate
thereof
in
parchment
under
their
hands
and
seals
of
three
or
more
of
them
,
to
be
returned
into
the
Court
of
Exchequer
within
one
moneth
after
the
accompt
delivered
to
them
,
upon
pain
every
Clerk
of
the
Peace
offending
therein
to
forfeit
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
200
l.
for
the
first
moneth
,
for
the
second
moneth
to
forfeit
his
place
and
office
,
and
the
same
to
become
void
;
the
forfeiture
and
penalty
to
be
recovered
as
the
Act
directs
.
VI
.
The
respective
Treasurers
and
other
Officers
of
the
Inns
of
Courts
,
Chancery
and
other
Societies
,
Constables
and
other
Officers
within
their
respective
limits
,
shall
every
half
year
within
six
dayes
after
the
said
duty
shall
grow
due
,
collect
,
gather
and
receive
the
same
from
the
several
Occupiers
of
the
said
Hearths
and
Stoves
,
and
upon
paiment
thereof
,
shall
give
acquittances
to
the
parties
,
which
shall
be
a
full
discharge
to
such
as
shall
pay
the
same
,
against
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
so
as
no
person
who
hath
such
acquittance
shall
be
sued
,
or
put
to
any
charge
;
But
if
such
person
who
is
charged
to
pay
any
sum
as
aforesaid
,
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
to
pay
the
same
;
every
such
person
who
is
to
collect
the
same
,
may
levy
the
same
by
distresse
and
sale
of
the
persons
Goods
so
refusing
,
or
neglecting
,
returning
the
overplus
,
after
the
charges
first
deducted
to
the
Owner
.
VII
.
The
Constables
and
other
Officers
who
are
to
collect
the
said
duties
,
shall
within
20
dayes
after
the
said
duties
shall
be
due
to
the
King
,
&c.
pay
to
the
High
Constables
of
the
several
Hundreds
,
all
such
moneys
as
they
shall
receive
for
the
afore-said
duties
,
receiving
an
acquittance
,
and
deducting
2
d
.
in
every
pound
for
their
pains
in
collecting
the
same
,
and
shall
then
in
writing
under
their
Hands
deliver
to
the
High
Constables
the
names
of
the
persons
of
whom
they
receive
the
same
;
and
the
names
of
such
who
ought
to
have
paid
the
same
where
no
distress
can
be
had
.
VIII
.
The
High
Constables
of
the
several
Hundreds
,
and
respective
limits
,
shall
within
ten
days
next
after
their
several
receipts
from
the
Constables
and
other
Officers
,
pay
to
the
High
Sheriffs
of
every
County
,
all
such
moneys
they
shall
so
receive
,
deducting
1
d
.
in
the
pound
for
their
pains
,
and
shall
then
deliver
to
the
said
High
Sheriffs
,
the
several
returns
which
they
received
from
the
Constables
and
other
Officers
:
and
the
Sheriffs
shall
within
thirty
dayes
after
they
shall
receive
the
moneys
,
return
the
same
,
with
the
names
of
such
who
are
defaulters
,
into
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
deducting
4
d
.
out
of
every
20
s
.
3
d
.
to
be
for
his
own
use
,
and
1
d
.
to
be
paid
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Peace
for
his
pains
.
IX
.
The
High
Sheriffs
of
London
and
Middlesex
for
London
,
and
so
much
of
Middlesex
as
lies
within
the
Bils
of
Mortality
,
(
other
than
the
Inns
of
Court
and
Chancery
)
and
the
High
Sheriff
of
Surrey
for
the
Borough
of
Southwark
,
and
all
other
Sheriffs
of
any
other
City
or
Town
,
being
a
County
of
it self
,
are
made
Collectors
within
their
respective
limits
;
and
in
those
places
only
the
Constables
and
other
Officers
shall
deliver
to
the
Sheriffs
of
the
said
Cities
and
places
Duplicates
of
the
same
accompts
of
Hearths
and
Stoves
:
And
the
said
Sheriffs
of
the
Cities
and
places
last
before-mentioned
,
are
to
levy
the
said
Duties
,
and
give
Acquittances
as
fully
and
amply
as
in
this
Act
is
to
be
done
by
any
other
Collectors
;
and
the
said
Sheriffs
shall
within
fourty
dayes
after
the
Duties
shall
be
payable
,
make
paiment
of
the
Moneys
levied
into
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
with
a
List
of
the
Names
of
such
as
shall
make
default
,
where
no
distresse
can
be
found
;
and
they
shall
deduct
4
d
.
out
of
the
pound
for
their
pains
,
3
d
.
for
themselves
,
and
1
d
.
for
the
Clerk
of
the
Peace
.
X.
The
Kings
Officers
of
Exchequer
shall
discharge
all
persons
who
paid
their
Duties
without
taking
any
Fees
,
and
shall
issue
out
Processe
to
levy
the
said
Duty
upon
such
persons
who
shall
fail
in
paiment
thereof
where
no
Distresse
can
be
found
.
XI
.
The
Revenue
arising
by
the
Act
(
except
what
is
allowed
to
Officers
)
shall
be
duly
and
constantly
paid
and
answered
into
the
Exchequer
,
and
shall
not
be
particularly
charged
,
or
chargeable
,
either
before
or
after
,
with
any
Gift
,
Grant
or
Pension
whatsoever
.
And
all
Grants
of
such
Pensions
,
and
every
Non
obstante
therein
contained
shall
be
void
;
and
all
persons
to
whom
such
Grants
are
passed
,
shall
be
made
Accomptants
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
shall
pay
back
all
sums
of
money
received
by
pretence
of
such
Grant
,
and
the
Court
of
Exchequer
shall
issue
out
Processe
accordingly
.
XII
.
If
any
Action
,
Bill
,
Suit
or
Information
shall
be
commenced
or
prosecuted
against
any
person
,
&c.
for
what
he
or
they
shall
do
in
pursuance
of
the
Act
,
such
person
may
plead
Not
guilty
,
and
give
the
Act
and
special
matter
in
Evidence
;
and
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
Non-suit
,
or
suffer
a
Discontinuance
;
or
Verdict
passe
against
him
,
or
Judgment
against
him
upon
a
Demurrer
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
treble
costs
.
XIII
.
Where
any
increase
or
decrease
of
Hearths
or
Stoves
shall
hereafter
happen
,
an
accompt
in
writing
shall
be
made
thereof
,
as
before
is
directed
:
To
be
first
taken
,
returned
and
enrolled
,
and
a
Duplicate
thereof
sent
into
the
Exchequer
,
and
from
thenceforth
the
Owner
or
Occupier
of
such
House
,
where
such
decrease
is
,
shall
be
discharged
proportionably
without
any
further
pleading
in
the
Exchequer
:
And
no
person
shall
be
charged
,
or
brought
to
accompt
for
any
Duty
or
Arrerages
raised
by
the
Act
,
unlesse
the
Suit
be
commenced
within
two
years
,
and
be
brought
to
Judgment
within
four
years
,
and
the
Duty
levied
within
five
years
after
the
same
shall
grow
due
.
XIV
.
No
person
who
by
reason
of
poverty
,
or
smalness
of
estate
is
exempted
from
usual
Taxes
and
Contributions
towards
the
Church
and
poor
,
shall
be
charged
or
chargeable
with
any
the
Duties
imposed
by
this
Act
:
And
if
the
Churchwardens
and
Overseers
of
the
Poor
,
and
the
Minister
or
two
of
them
,
whereof
the
Minister
to
be
one
,
shall
under
their
hands
certifie
that
the
house
wherein
the
party
dwelleth
,
is
not
of
greater
value
than
20
s
.
per
ann
.
upon
improved
Rent
,
and
that
the
inhabitant
hath
,
useth
,
or
occupieth
any
Lands
of
their
own
or
others
of
the
value
of
20
s
.
per
ann
.
upon
such
Certificate
made
to
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
and
allowed
by
them
,
the
person
on
whose
behalf
the
Certificate
is
made
,
shall
not
be
returned
by
the
Constable
or
Officer
;
and
the
house
for
that
year
is
discharged
from
all
the
Duties
imposed
by
the
Act.
XV
.
If
any
person
or
persons
,
Bodies
politick
or
corporate
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
procure
,
or
accept
from
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
any
Pension
,
Gift
or
Grant
for
years
,
life
,
or
other
estate
,
or
any
summe
of
money
out
of
the
Revenue
arising
by
this
Act
,
such
person
or
persons
,
&c.
shall
forfeit
double
the
value
of
such
Pension
,
Gift
,
Grant
,
&c.
one
moiety
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
offenders
be
or
inhabit
,
to
be
recovered
by
the
Churchwardens
;
the
other
moiety
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
by
action
of
Debt
,
Plaint
or
Information
.
1.
Provided
,
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
charge
any
Blowing-house
,
Stamp
,
Furnace
,
or
Kiln
,
or
private
Oven
within
any
the
houses
hereby
charged
;
Nor
any
Hearth
or
Stove
within
the
Scite
of
any
Hospital
or
Almshouse
for
the
relief
of
poor
people
,
whose
Endowment
and
Revenue
doth
not
extend
to
100
l.
per
annum
.
2.
That
the
paiments
and
Duties
charged
by
the
Act
,
shall
be
charged
onely
on
the
Occupier
for
the
time
being
,
whereto
such
Hearth
or
Stove
shall
be
belonging
,
his
Executors
,
&c.
and
not
on
the
Land-lord
who
let
,
or
devised
the
same
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
3.
No
person
,
&c.
indebted
for
any
the
Duties
aforesaid
,
shall
be
priviledged
as
a
Debtor
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
to
sue
any
person
in
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
or
to
assign
any
debt
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
towards
satisfaction
of
the
same
.
Sewers
.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
8.
That
Commissions
of
Sewers
,
shall
and
may
at
any
time
before
the
23th
day
of
October
next
,
and
not
after
,
be
directed
according
to
the
manner
and
form
expressed
in
the
Act
of
23
of
King
H.
the
8th
to
such
persons
as
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
the
Lords
Commissioners
of
the
Treasury
,
the
Chancellor
.
of
the
Dutchy
of
Lancaster
,
the
Lord
Chief
Baron
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
the
Justices
of
either
Bench
,
or
three
of
them
,
whereof
the
Chancellor
to
be
one
,
shall
nominate
and
appoint
which
Commissioners
shall
have
power
to
do
and
execute
all
matters
and
things
as
fully
in
all
respects
as
any
Commissioners
of
Sewers
at
any
time
heretofore
named
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
,
Lord
Treasurer
,
the
two
Chief
Justices
,
or
three
of
them
had
,
or
might
have
by
vertue
of
the
said
Statute
,
or
any
other
Law
now
in
force
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
repeal
,
or
make
void
any
clause
,
article
,
sentence
or
power
expressed
or
comprized
in
the
said
Statute
made
in
the
23
year
of
King
Henry
the
8th
concerning
Sewers
,
from
and
after
the
23
of
October
next
ensuing
.
2.
It
is
declared
,
that
his
Majesties
assent
to
this
Act
,
doth
not
,
nor
shall
determine
this
present
Session
of
Parliament
.
Ship-money
,
Ships
and
Shipping
.
I.
Enacted
.
17.
Car
.
1.
cap
.
14
That
the
charge
imposed
upon
the
Subject
,
for
the
providing
and
furnishing
of
Ships
,
commonly
called
Ship-money
;
and
the
Extrajudicial
opinions
of
the
Justices
and
Barrons
,
and
the
Writs
and
every
of
them
,
and
the
said
greater
opinion
of
the
said
Justices
and
Barrons
,
and
the
Judgment
given
against
John
Hampden
Esquire
,
for
the
paiment
of
Ship-money
,
were
and
are
contrary
to
,
and
against
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Realm
,
the
right
of
property
,
the
Liberty
of
the
Subjects
,
former
resolutions
of
Parliament
,
and
the
Petition
of
Right
made
in
the
third
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
that
now
is
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
the
particulars
prayed
and
desired
in
the
said
Petition
of
Right
,
shall
from
henceforth
be
put
in
Execution
,
and
shall
be
firmly
and
strictly
holden
and
observed
,
as
in
the
said
Petition
they
are
prayed
and
expressed
.
III
.
That
all
and
every
the
Records
,
and
Remembrances
of
all
and
every
the
said
Judgments
against
the
said
John
Hampden
,
and
all
and
every
the
proceedings
whatsoever
upon
,
or
by
colour
of
any
the
said
Writs
,
called
Ship-writs
,
and
all
and
every
the
dependants
upon
every
of
them
,
shall
be
adjudged
to
all
intents
,
constructions
,
and
purposes
,
to
be
utterly
void
;
and
that
all
and
every
the
said
Judgments
,
Inrolments
,
Entries
,
Proceedings
and
Dependants
of
what
kind
soever
shall
be
vacated
and
cancelled
,
in
such
manner
and
form
,
as
Records
use
to
be
vacated
.
I.
Enacted
.
12
Car
.
2.
cap
.
18.
That
from
and
after
1.
December
,
1660.
and
thence
forward
,
no
goods
,
or
commodities
whatsoever
shall
be
imported
into
,
or
exported
out
of
any
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
or
Territories
to
his
Majesty
belonging
,
or
be
in
the
possession
of
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
in
Asia
,
Africa
,
or
America
,
in
any
other
Ship
,
or
Ships
,
Vessel
,
or
Vessels
whatsoever
,
but
in
such
Ships
,
or
Vessels
as
do
truly
,
and
without
fraud
belong
only
to
the
people
of
England
,
or
Ireland
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
;
Or
are
of
the
built
of
and
belonging
to
any
of
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
or
Territories
,
as
the
Proprietors
,
and
right
owners
thereof
,
and
whereof
the
Master
,
and
three
fourths
of
the
Mariners
,
at
least
,
are
English
,
upon
penalty
of
forfeiture
of
all
the
Goods
and
Commodities
which
shall
be
Imported
into
,
or
Exported
out
of
any
the
aforesaid
places
,
with
all
the
Guns
,
Tackle
,
Ammunition
and
Apparel
,
one
third
part
thereof
to
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
one
third
part
to
the
Governor
of
such
Lands
,
Plantations
,
Islands
,
or
Territories
,
where
such
default
shall
be
committed
,
in
case
the
Ship
,
or
Goods
be
there
seized
,
and
the
other
third
part
to
him
that
shall
seize
,
inform
,
or
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
by
Bill
,
Information
,
Plaint
,
or
Action
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
,
or
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
II
.
All
Admirals
,
and
other
Commanders
at
Sea
of
any
the
Ships
of
War
,
or
other
Ships
having
Commission
from
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
are
authorized
and
required
to
seize
,
and
bring
in
as
Prize
all
such
Ships
,
or
Vessels
as
shall
have
offended
contrary
to
the
clause
afore-said
,
and
deliver
them
to
the
Court
of
Admiralty
,
to
be
proceeded
against
,
and
in
case
of
Condemnation
,
one
moiety
of
their
forfeitures
shall
be
to
the
use
of
such
Admirals
,
or
Commanders
,
and
their
Companies
,
to
be
divided
amongst
them
,
according
to
the
Orders
of
the
Sea
in
case
of
Ships
taken
prize
,
and
the
other
moiety
to
the
use
of
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
.
III
.
No
Alien
,
or
person
not
born
within
the
Allegiance
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
,
or
naturalized
,
or
made
a
free
Denizon
,
shall
from
and
after
1
February
,
1661.
exercise
the
Trade
,
or
Occupation
of
a
Merchant
,
or
Factor
,
in
any
the
places
afore-said
,
upon
the
pain
and
forfeiture
of
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
which
are
in
his
possession
;
one
third
part
to
his
Majesty
,
&c.
one
third
part
to
the
Governor
of
the
place
,
where
such
person
shall
so
offend
,
and
one
third
part
to
him
,
or
them
that
shall
inform
,
or
sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
in
the
Plantation
where
such
offence
shall
be
committed
,
and
the
Governor
shall
before
their
entrance
into
their
Government
,
take
an
Oath
to
do
their
utmost
,
that
the
beforementioned
clauses
,
and
all
the
matters
therein
contained
,
shall
be
punctually
,
and
bona
fide
observed
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
.
IV
.
No
Goods
,
or
Commodities
whatsoever
,
of
the
growth
,
production
,
or
manufacture
of
Africa
,
Asia
,
or
America
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Ireland
or
Wales
,
Islands
Guernsey
,
Jersey
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
in
any
other
Ship
or
Ships
,
Vessel
,
or
Vessels
whatsoever
,
but
in
such
as
do
truly
without
fraud
belong
to
the
people
of
England
or
Ireland
,
Dominions
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
of
the
Lands
,
Islands
,
or
Plantations
,
or
Territories
in
Asia
,
Africa
or
America
to
his
Majesty
belonging
,
as
the
Proprietors
and
right
owners
thereof
,
and
whereof
the
Master
and
three
fourths
at
the
least
of
the
Merchants
are
English
,
under
the
forfeiture
of
all
such
Goods
and
Commodities
,
and
the
Ship
in
which
they
were
Imported
,
with
all
the
Tackle
,
Furniture
,
Ammunition
,
&c.
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
;
the
other
moiety
to
him
or
them
who
shall
seize
in
forme
,
or
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
or
Action
,
wherein
no
Session
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
V.
That
where
any
ease
,
Abatement
or
Priviledges
is
given
in
the
Book
of
Rates
,
to
Goods
or
Commodities
Imported
or
Exported
in
any
English
built
shipping
(
which
is
intended
of
the
places
in
the
precedent
clause
)
it
is
always
to
be
understood
,
that
the
Master
and
three
fourths
of
the
Marriners
of
the
said
Ships
,
at
least
be
English
;
and
that
the
true
intent
and
meaning
is
,
that
they
should
be
such
,
during
the
whole
voyage
,
unlesse
in
case
of
sicknesse
,
death
,
or
being
taken
prisoners
in
the
voyage
,
to
be
proved
by
the
Oath
of
the
Master
,
or
other
chief
Officer
of
such
Ships
.
VI
.
No
Goods
or
Commodities
of
the
growth
,
production
or
Manufacture
of
Muscovy
,
or
of
any
the
Countreys
,
Dominions
or
Territories
of
the
Duke
of
Muscovy
or
Russia
,
as
also
that
no
Masts
,
Timber
or
Boards
,
forreign
Salt
,
Pitch
,
Tar
,
Rozen
,
Hemp
,
Flax
,
Raisons
,
Figgs
,
Prunes
,
Olive
,
Oyles
,
Corn
or
Grain
,
Sugar
,
Pot-Ashes
,
Wines
,
Vinegar
,
Aquavitae
,
or
Brandy-wines
,
from
and
after
the
1.
of
April
,
1661.
shall
be
imported
into
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
in
any
Ships
or
Vessels
,
but
in
such
as
do
truly
,
and
without
fraud
belong
to
the
people
thereof
,
or
some
of
them
,
as
the
true
owners
thereof
,
whereof
the
Master
and
3
fourths
at
least
of
the
Mariners
are
English
.
VII
.
No
Currants
,
or
Commodities
of
the
growth
,
production
or
Manufacture
of
any
the
Countreys
,
Dominions
,
or
Terirtories
to
the
Othoman
or
Turkish
Emperour
belonging
,
from
and
after
the
1
September
,
1661.
shall
be
imported
into
any
of
the
places
,
in
the
clause
precedent
mentioned
,
in
any
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
but
which
is
of
English
built
,
and
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
and
in
no
other
,
except
only
such
forreign
Ships
,
and
Vessels
as
are
of
the
built
of
that
Countrey
,
or
place
of
which
the
said
goods
are
the
growth
,
production
,
or
Manufacture
respectively
.
VIII
.
All
Wines
of
the
growth
of
France
or
Germany
,
which
after
the
20
day
of
October
,
1661.
which
shall
be
imported
into
any
the
Ports
,
or
places
of
England
,
&c.
aforesaid
,
into
any
other
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
than
which
doth
truly
without
fraud
,
belong
to
the
places
aforesaid
,
and
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
deemed
aliens
goods
,
and
pay
all
strangers
,
customs
,
and
duties
to
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
as
to
the
Port
,
or
Town
to
which
they
shall
be
imported
;
And
so
shall
also
all
sorts
of
Masts
,
Timber
,
or
Boards
,
Salt
,
Pitch
,
Tar
,
and
other
goods
particularly
named
in
the
7
clause
,
of
the
growth
of
Spain
,
the
Islands
of
the
Canaries
,
Portugal
,
Madera
,
Western
Island
,
and
of
the
growth
,
&c.
of
Muscovy
,
or
Russia
,
which
after
the
1
day
of
April
.
1661.
shall
be
imported
into
any
the
places
aforesaid
in
any
other
than
such
Shipping
,
and
all
Currants
,
and
Turky
Commodities
imported
after
1
September
,
1661.
in
any
●●●er
than
English
built
Shipping
,
and
Navigated
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
deemed
Aliens
goods
,
and
pay
accordingly
to
his
Majesty
&c.
and
to
the
Port
,
or
Town
into
which
they
shall
be
imported
.
IX
.
From
and
after
the
1
of
April
.
,
1661.
no
forreign
built
Ship
,
or
Vessel
whatsoever
,
shall
pass
to
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
or
any
of
them
,
or
enjoy
the
priviledge
of
such
a
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
until
he
or
they
claiming
the
said
Ship
to
be
theirs
,
shall
make
it
appear
to
the
chief
Officer
,
or
Officers
of
the
Customs
in
the
Port
,
next
to
the
places
of
his
or
their
abode
,
that
he
or
they
are
not
Aliens
,
and
have
taken
an
Oath
that
such
Ship
or
Vessel
was
bona
fide
,
by
him
or
them
bought
for
a
valuable
consideration
,
expressing
the
sum
,
time
,
and
place
,
and
person
from
whom
it
was
bought
,
and
that
no
forreigner
directly
,
or
indirectly
,
hath
any
part
,
or
interest
,
or
share
therein
;
and
upon
receiving
such
Oath
,
and
Certificate
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
such
Officer
,
or
Officers
,
such
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
may
for
the
future
pass
for
a
Ship
belonging
to
the
said
Port
,
and
enjoy
the
priviledge
of
such
a
Ship
or
Vessel
.
X.
If
any
Officer
of
the
Customs
shall
after
the
said
1
day
of
April
,
1661.
allow
the
priviledge
of
being
a
Ship
,
or
Vessel
of
England
,
&c.
to
any
forreign
built
Ship
,
or
Vessel
until
such
Certificate
be
before
them
produced
,
or
such
proof
,
or
Oath
taken
before
them
;
or
if
any
Officer
,
&c.
of
the
Customs
,
shall
allow
the
priviledge
of
an
English
built
Ship
,
or
other
Ship
to
any
the
aforesaid
places
belonging
to
any
English
,
or
forreign
built
Ship
coming
into
the
Port
,
and
making
entry
of
any
Goods
,
until
Examination
,
whether
the
Master
and
3
fourths
of
the
Marriners
be
English
;
or
allow
to
any
forreign
built
Ship
bringing
in
the
Commodities
of
the
growth
of
the
Countrey
where
it
was
built
,
the
priviledge
by
this
Act
to
such
Ship
given
;
before
examination
,
until
examination
and
proof
,
whether
it
be
a
Ship
of
the
built
of
that
Countrey
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
restrain
,
or
prohibit
the
Importation
of
any
Commodities
of
the
Streights
,
or
Levant-Seas
loaden
in
English
built
Shipping
,
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
from
the
usual
Ports
,
or
places
for
lading
of
them
within
the
Streights
,
though
they
be
not
of
the
growth
of
the
said
places
.
2.
Provided
,
This
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
extend
not
to
the
Restraining
the
Importing
of
any
East-India
Commodities
loaden
in
English
built
Shipping
,
whereof
the
Master
and
3
fourths
of
the
Marriners
be
English
,
from
the
usual
places
of
lading
of
them
in
any
part
of
those
Seas
,
to
the
Southward
and
Eastward
of
Cape
bona
speranza
,
though
the
Ports
be
not
the
very
places
of
their
growth
.
3.
That
it
may
be
lawful
for
any
of
the
people
of
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
Islands
of
Guernsey
and
Jersey
,
in
Ships
belonging
to
them
,
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
to
bring
in
from
any
the
Ports
of
Spain
,
or
Portugal
,
the
Islands
called
Azores
,
Madera
,
or
Canary
Islands
all
sorts
of
goods
,
or
Commodities
of
the
growth
,
production
,
or
Manufacture
of
the
Plantations
or
Dominions
of
either
of
them
.
4.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
Bulloin
,
nor
to
any
goods
taken
,
or
that
shall
be
bona
fide
taken
by
way
of
Reprisal
of
any
Ship
belonging
to
England
,
Ireland
,
&c.
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
having
Commission
from
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
or
Successors
.
5.
Not
to
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
extend
to
lay
Aliens
duties
upon
any
Corn
of
the
growth
of
Scotland
;
or
any
Salt
made
in
Scotland
,
nor
to
any
fish
caught
,
saved
,
and
cured
by
the
people
of
Scotland
,
and
imported
directly
from
Scotland
,
in
Scotch
built
Ships
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
nor
to
any
Seal
Oyl
of
Russia
,
Imported
from
thence
into
England
,
Ireland
,
&c.
in
Shipping
bona
fide
to
some
of
the
places
belonging
,
navigated
aforesaid
.
XI
.
Every
Ship
,
or
Vessel
belonging
to
any
the
Subjects
of
the
French
King
,
which
from
and
after
the
20
day
of
October
,
1660.
shall
come
into
any
Port
,
Creek
,
Harbor
,
or
Road
of
England
,
&c.
and
shall
there
lade
,
or
unlade
any
goods
,
or
Commodities
,
or
take
in
any
Passengers
,
shall
pay
to
the
Collector
of
his
Majesties
Customs
,
in
such
Port
,
Creek
,
&c.
for
every
Tun
of
which
the
said
Ship
,
or
Vessel
is
of
burthen
computed
by
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
appointed
,
5s
.
of
currant
English
money
,
and
no
Ship
to
be
suffered
to
depart
out
of
such
Port
,
Creek
&c.
until
the
said
duty
be
fully
paid
,
this
duty
to
be
collected
&
paid
for
such
time
as
a
certain
duty
of
50
Sols
,
per
Tun
,
lately
Imposed
by
the
French
King
,
shall
continue
to
be
Collected
upon
the
Shipping
of
England
lading
in
France
,
and
3
moneths
after
,
and
no
longer
.
XII
.
No
Sugars
,
Tobacco
,
Cotten-wool
,
Indicoes
,
Ginger
,
Fustick
or
other
dying
wood
of
the
growth
,
production
,
or
Manufactures
of
any
English
Plantations
in
America
,
Asia
,
or
Africa
,
from
and
after
1
April
,
1661.
shall
be
Shipped
,
Conveyed
,
or
Transported
from
any
the
said
English
Plantations
;
to
any
Lands
,
Dominion
,
Port
,
or
place
whatsoever
,
other
than
to
such
other
English
Plantations
,
as
do
belong
to
his
Majesty
,
&c.
or
to
the
Kingdome
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
there
to
be
layed
on
shore
,
under
the
penalty
of
the
forfeiture
of
the
said
goods
,
or
the
full
value
thereof
;
one
Moity
thereof
to
his
Majesty
,
&c.
the
other
moity
to
him
,
or
them
that
shall
seize
,
inform
,
or
sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
Court
of
Record
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
Information
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
,
or
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
XIII
.
For
every
Ship
,
or
Vessel
,
that
after
the
25
▪
day
of
December
,
1660.
shall
set
sail
out
of
,
or
from
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
for
any
English
Plantation
in
America
,
Asia
,
or
Africa
,
sufficient
Bond
shall
be
given
to
the
chief
Officer
of
the
Custom-house
,
to
the
Port
or
place
from
whence
such
ship
shall
set
sail
,
to
the
value
of
1000.
l.
if
the
Ship
be
less
burthen
than
100
Tun
;
and
of
2000
l.
if
it
be
of
greater
burthen
;
That
in
case
the
said
Ship
,
&c.
shall
load
any
of
the
said
Commodities
at
any
of
the
English
Plantations
,
that
the
said
Commodities
shall
be
by
the
said
Ship
brought
to
some
part
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
and
shall
there
unload
,
and
put
on
shore
the
same
,
the
danger
of
the
Seas
only
excepted
;
and
every
Ship
,
&c.
which
shall
load
,
or
take
on
board
any
of
the
aforesaid
goods
,
until
such
Bond
given
,
or
Certificate
produced
from
the
Officers
of
any
Custom-house
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
&c.
that
such
Bond
hath
been
duly
given
,
shall
be
forfeited
,
with
all
her
Guns
,
Tackle
,
&c.
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
I.
Enacted
,
13.
Car
.
2
Cap.
9.
For
the
better
Government
of
his
Majesties
Navies
,
Ships
of
War
,
and
forces
at
Sea
;
that
every
of
the
Articles
following
,
be
orderly
,
and
reverently
performed
;
in
the
several
Ships
.
I.
That
Prayers
and
Preaching
be
by
the
respective
Chaplains
in
holy
orders
of
the
respective
Ships
,
diligently
performed
,
and
the
Lords
day
be
observed
according
to
Law
.
II
.
Every
person
in
his
Majesties
pay
,
using
rash
Oaths
,
Cursings
,
Drunkenness
,
or
scandalous
actions
in
derogation
of
Gods
honour
,
shall
be
punished
by
fine
,
imprisonment
,
or
otherwise
as
the
Court-Marshal
shall
think
fit
.
III
.
If
any
Officer
,
Marriner
,
or
Souldier
,
in
the
Fleet
shall
give
,
hold
,
or
entertain
intelligence
to
or
with
any
King
,
State
,
&c.
or
to
any
in
rebellion
against
his
Majesty
,
without
leave
from
the
Kings
Majesty
,
the
Lord
Admiral
,
or
Commander
of
any
Squadron
,
every
person
so
offending
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
IV
.
If
any
Letter
or
Message
from
any
King
,
forreign
Prince
,
or
State
,
Enemy
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
or
on
their
behalf
be
conveyed
to
any
inferior
Officer
or
other
in
the
Fleet
,
and
the
said
Officer
or
other
do
not
within
twelve
hours
(
having
opportunity
so
to
do
)
acquaint
the
superior
Commander
with
it
;
or
if
the
superior
Officer
,
being
acquainted
therewith
by
an
inferior
Officer
,
or
other
,
or
himself
receiving
a
Letter
or
Message
from
any
such
Enemy
or
Rebel
,
shall
not
in
convenient
time
reveal
the
same
to
the
Admiral
,
Vice-Admiral
,
or
the
Commander
of
the
Squadron
,
every
such
person
shall
be
punished
with
death
,
or
such
other
punishment
,
as
the
Court-Marshal
shall
think
fit
.
V.
No
person
in
the
Fleet
shall
relieve
an
Enemy
or
Rebel
in
time
of
War
,
with
Money
,
Victuals
,
Powder
,
Shot
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
or
other
supply
whatsoever
,
directly
,
or
indirectly
;
upon
pain
of
death
,
or
such
other
punishment
,
&c.
VI
.
All
Papers
,
Charter-parties
,
Bills
of
lading
,
Pasports
and
other
Writings
that
shall
be
taken
,
seized
,
or
found
aboard
any
Ship
,
which
shall
be
seized
as
Prize
,
shall
be
preserved
and
not
torn
,
or
made
away
,
but
the
originals
,
without
fraud
sent
up
to
the
Court
of
Admiralty
;
or
others
appointed
for
that
purpose
to
be
viewed
,
made
use
of
and
proceeded
upon
according
to
Law
,
upon
pain
to
lose
all
their
Shares
of
the
Takers
,
and
such
other
punishments
upon
the
offenders
therein
,
to
be
inflicted
,
as
the
quality
of
the
offence
shall
be
found
to
deserve
;
and
the
Court-Marshal
impose
.
VII
.
None
in
his
Majesties
pay
,
shall
take
out
of
any
Prize
,
or
Ship
,
or
goods
seized
for
Prize
,
any
Money
,
Plate
,
Goods
,
Lading
,
or
tackle
before
Judgement
first
past
in
the
Admiral
Court
,
but
the
entire
accompt
of
the
whole
,
without
imbezelment
shall
be
brought
in
,
and
Judgement
past
intirely
upon
the
whole
,
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
;
excepting
,
that
it
shall
be
lawful
for
all
Captains
,
Seamen
and
others
serving
as
aforesaid
,
to
take
to
themselves
as
pillage
without
accompt
to
be
given
,
all
such
Goods
and
Merchandizes
(
other
than
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
and
Stores
of
Ships
)
as
shall
be
found
by
them
,
in
any
Ship
they
shall
take
in
fight
,
or
Prize
,
and
not
otherwise
.
VIII
.
None
shall
imbezel
,
steal
,
or
take
away
any
Cable
,
Anchors
,
Sales
,
any
of
the
Ships
furniture
,
Powder
,
Arms
,
or
Ammunition
of
the
Ship
,
upon
pain
of
death
,
or
other
punishment
,
as
the
quality
of
the
offence
shall
deserve
,
&c.
IX
.
If
a
forreign
Ship
shall
be
taken
as
Prize
that
shall
not
fight
,
or
make
resistance
,
none
of
the
Captains
,
Masters
,
or
Marriners
being
Forreigners
,
shall
be
stripped
of
their
cloaths
,
beaten
,
or
evil
intreated
upon
pain
the
person
so
offending
shall
forfeit
double
damages
;
but
the
Ship
and
all
the
goods
so
taken
shall
be
preserved
entire
,
to
receive
Judgement
in
the
Court
of
Admiralty
.
X.
Every
Captain
,
or
Commander
,
who
upon
signal
,
or
order
of
fight
,
or
view
,
or
sight
of
any
Ships
of
the
Enemy
,
Pirate
or
Rebel
,
shall
not
put
all
things
in
his
Ship
in
fit
posture
for
fight
,
and
shall
not
in
his
own
person
encourage
the
inferior
Officers
,
and
common
men
to
fight
couragiously
,
shall
be
cashiered
,
and
if
he
or
they
shall
yield
to
the
Enemy
,
or
cry
for
Quarter
,
he
or
they
so
doing
shall
suffer
death
,
or
other
punishment
as
the
offence
shall
deserve
.
XI
.
Every
Commander
,
Captain
,
Officer
,
Sea-man
or
Soldier
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
of
War
shall
duly
observe
the
commands
of
the
Admiral
or
other
his
Superior
or
Commander
of
any
Squadron
,
as
well
for
the
setting
upon
any
Fleet
,
Squadren
or
Ships
of
the
Enemy
,
Pirate
,
or
Rebels
;
or
joyning
battel
with
;
or
making
defence
against
them
,
and
all
other
the
Commands
of
the
Admiral
,
or
other
his
superior
Commander
,
upon
pain
to
suffer
death
,
or
other
punishment
,
as
the
quality
of
his
neglect
,
or
offence
shall
deserve
.
XII
.
Every
Captain
,
and
all
other
Officers
,
Marriners
and
Soldiers
of
every
Ship
,
or
Vessel
of
war
,
that
shall
in
time
of
any
fight
,
or
engagement
keep
back
,
or
not
come
into
the
fight
,
and
engage
to
do
his
utmost
to
take
,
fire
,
kill
,
or
endamage
the
enemy
,
and
resist
and
relieve
all
and
every
his
Majesties
Ships
,
shall
for
such
offence
of
cowardize
,
or
disaffection
be
tryed
,
and
suffer
pains
of
death
,
or
other
punishment
as
the
circumstances
of
the
offence
shall
deserve
,
and
the
Court-Martial
shall
think
fit
.
XIII
.
The
Captains
,
Officers
and
Seamen
of
all
Ships
appointed
for
convoy
,
and
guard
of
Merchants
Ships
,
or
any
other
,
shall
diligently
attend
that
service
without
delay
according
to
their
instructions
;
and
whosoever
shall
not
faithfully
perform
the
same
,
and
defend
the
Ships
,
and
goods
of
their
convoy
,
or
refusing
,
or
neglect
to
fight
in
their
defence
,
if
they
be
set
upon
,
or
running
away
cowardly
,
and
submitting
those
in
their
convoy
to
hazard
and
peril
,
or
shall
exact
any
money
,
or
other
reward
from
any
Merchant
,
or
Master
for
conveying
any
such
Ships
belonging
to
his
Majesties
Subjects
,
shall
be
condemned
to
make
reparation
of
the
damage
to
the
Merchants
,
owners
,
and
others
,
as
the
Court
of
Admiralty
shall
adjudge
,
and
be
punished
criminally
,
according
to
the
quality
of
their
offences
;
by
pains
of
death
,
or
other
punishment
as
shall
be
judged
fit
by
the
Court-Marshal
.
XIV
.
Whatsoever
person
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
either
through
cowardize
,
or
disaffection
shall
forbear
to
pursue
the
chase
of
any
Enemy
,
Pirate
,
or
Rebel
,
beaten
or
flying
,
shall
not
relieve
or
assist
a
known
friend
in
view
,
to
the
utmost
of
his
power
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
;
or
as
the
Court-Martial
shall
find
fit
.
XV
.
When
at
any
time
service
or
action
shall
be
commanded
,
no
man
shall
presume
to
stop
,
put
backward
,
or
discourage
the
said
service
,
by
pretence
of
arrears
of
wages
,
or
upon
any
pretence
of
wages
whatsoever
,
upon
pain
of
death
.
XVI
.
All
Sea-Captains
,
Officers
,
and
Seamen
,
that
shall
betray
their
trust
,
or
turn
to
the
Enemy
,
Pirate
,
or
Rebels
,
and
either
run
away
with
their
Ship
,
or
yield
up
the
same
to
the
Enemy
,
Pirat
,
or
Rebells
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
XVII
.
All
Sea-Captains
,
Officers
,
or
Marriners
,
as
shall
desert
the
service
,
or
their
imployment
in
the
Ships
,
or
run
away
,
or
entice
any
others
so
to
do
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
XVIII
.
All
persons
that
shall
come
,
or
be
found
in
the
nature
of
Spies
,
to
bring
any
seducing
Letters
,
or
Messages
from
any
Enemy
,
or
Rebel
,
or
shall
attempt
,
or
endeavour
to
corrupt
any
Captain
,
Officer
,
Marriner
,
or
other
of
the
Navy
,
or
fleet
,
to
betray
,
his
,
or
their
trust
,
and
yield
up
any
Ship
,
or
Ammunition
,
or
turn
to
the
Enemy
,
or
Rebel
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
XIX
No
person
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
,
shall
utter
any
words
of
sedition
,
or
mutiny
,
nor
make
,
nor
endeavour
to
make
any
mutinous
assemblies
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
upon
pain
of
death
.
XX
.
No
person
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
,
shall
conceal
any
traiterous
,
or
mutinous
practices
,
designes
,
or
words
,
or
any
words
spoken
by
any
,
to
the
prejudice
of
his
Majesty
,
or
Government
,
or
words
,
or
practises
tending
to
his
hindrance
of
the
service
,
but
shall
forthwith
reveal
them
to
the
superior
;
that
a
meet
proceeding
may
be
had
thereupon
;
upon
pain
of
such
punishment
,
as
a
Court-Martial
shall
find
to
be
Just
.
XXI
.
None
shall
quarrel
with
his
superior
Officer
,
upon
pain
of
severe
punishment
,
nor
strike
any
upon
pain
of
death
,
or
otherwise
,
as
the
Court-Marshal
shall
find
the
matter
to
deserve
.
XXII
.
If
any
of
the
Fleet
find
cause
of
complaint
of
the
unholsomness
of
his
Victuals
,
or
upon
other
just
ground
,
he
shall
quietly
make
the
same
known
to
his
Superiour
,
that
such
present
remedy
may
be
had
as
the
matter
shall
require
,
and
the
same
Superiour
is
to
cause
the
same
to
be
presently
remedied
accordingly
;
but
no
person
upon
such
,
or
other
pretence
shall
privately
attempt
to
stir
up
any
disturbance
upon
pain
of
punishment
as
the
Court-Marshal
shall
find
meet
to
inflict
.
XXIII
.
None
shall
quarrel
or
fight
in
the
Ship
,
nor
use
provoking
speeches
tending
to
make
any
quarrel
or
disturbance
upon
pain
of
imprisonment
,
and
such
other
punishment
as
the
offence
shall
deserve
.
XXIV
.
There
shall
be
no
wastful
expences
of
Powder
,
Shot
,
Ammunition
,
or
other
Stores
in
the
Fleet
,
nor
any
imbezelment
thereof
,
but
that
the
Stores
and
Provisions
be
carefully
preserved
,
and
upon
pain
of
fine
,
imprisonment
,
or
otherwise
,
as
the
Offenders
,
Abetters
,
Buyers
and
Receivers
,
as
by
a
Court
Marshal
shall
be
found
just
.
XXV
.
Care
to
be
taken
in
the
conducting
and
steering
of
Ships
that
through
wilfulness
,
negligence
,
or
other
defaults
,
none
of
his
Majesties
Ships
be
stranded
,
or
run
upon
any
rocks
,
or
sands
,
or
split
,
or
hazarded
,
upon
pain
that
such
as
shall
be
found
guilty
therein
,
be
punished
by
fine
,
imprisonment
,
or
otherwise
as
the
offence
by
a
Court-Marshal
shall
be
adjudged
to
deserve
.
XXVI
.
All
persons
that
shall
willingly
burn
,
or
set
on
fire
any
Ship
,
Magazine
,
or
Store
of
Powder
,
Boat
,
Ketch
,
Hoy
,
or
Vessel
,
or
Tackle
,
or
Furniture
thereunto
belonging
,
not
appertaining
to
an
Enemy
,
or
Rebel
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
XXVII
.
No
man
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
,
shall
sleep
upon
his
watch
,
or
negligently
perform
the
duty
imposed
upon
him
,
or
forsake
his
station
upon
pain
of
death
,
or
other
punishment
,
as
the
circumstances
shall
require
.
XXVIII
.
All
murthers
and
wilful
killing
of
any
persons
in
the
Ship
,
shall
be
punished
with
death
.
XXIX
.
All
robbery
and
theft
committed
by
any
person
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
shall
be
punished
with
death
,
or
other
punishment
as
the
Court-Marshal
upon
consideration
of
the
circumstances
shall
find
meet
.
XXX
.
No
Provost
Marshal
belonging
to
the
Fleet
,
shall
refuse
to
receive
or
keep
any
prisoner
committed
to
his
charge
,
or
suffer
him
to
escape
being
once
in
his
custody
,
or
dismiss
him
without
order
,
under
pain
of
being
liable
to
the
same
punishment
that
should
have
been
inflicted
upon
the
party
dismissed
,
or
permitted
to
escape
,
or
other
punishment
as
the
Court-Martial
shall
think
meet
.
XXXI
.
All
Captains
;
Officers
and
Seamen
,
shall
do
their
endeavours
to
detect
,
apprehend
and
bring
to
punishment
all
Offenders
,
and
shall
assist
the
Officers
appointed
therein
upon
pain
to
be
punished
by
the
Court-Martial
at
discretion
.
XXXII
.
If
any
person
in
,
or
belonging
to
the
Fleet
,
shall
commit
the
unnatural
and
detestable
sin
of
buggery
,
or
sodomy
with
man
or
beast
,
he
shall
be
punished
with
death
without
mercy
.
XXXIII
.
All
other
faults
,
misdemeanors
;
and
disorders
committed
at
Sea
,
not
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
shall
be
punished
according
to
the
Laws
and
Customs
used
in
such
cases
at
Sea
.
XXXIV
.
That
the
Lord
Admiral
for
the
time
being
,
have
full
power
and
authority
to
grant
Commissions
to
inferiour
Vice
Admirals
,
or
Commanders
in
chief
of
any
Squadron
of
Ships
,
to
call
and
assemble
a
Court
Martial
consisting
of
Commanders
and
Captains
,
and
no
Court-Martial
where
the
pains
of
death
shall
be
inflicted
,
shall
consist
of
less
than
five
Captains
at
least
,
the
Admirals
Lieutenant
as
to
this
purpose
esteemed
as
a
Captain
:
And
in
no
case
wherein
sentence
of
death
shall
pass
by
vertue
of
the
Articles
aforesaid
,
or
any
of
them
(
except
in
case
of
mutiny
)
there
shall
be
execution
of
such
sentence
of
death
without
the
leave
of
the
Lord
High
Admiral
,
if
the
offences
be
committed
in
the
narrow
Seas
.
But
in
case
of
any
of
the
offences
aforesaid
to
be
committed
in
any
voyage
beyond
the
narrow
Seas
,
where
sentence
of
death
shall
be
given
in
pursuance
of
the
Articles
aforesaid
,
execution
shall
not
be
done
but
by
order
of
the
Commander
in
chief
of
that
Fleet
or
Squadron
wherein
the
sentence
of
death
was
passed
.
XXXV
.
That
the
Judge-Advocate
of
any
Fleet
for
the
time
being
,
have
power
and
authority
to
administer
an
Oath
to
any
person
or
witness
in
order
to
the
examination
or
tryal
of
any
the
offences
aforesaid
:
and
in
absence
of
a
Judge-Advocate
,
the
Court-Marshal
shall
have
power
to
appoint
any
person
to
administer
an
oath
to
the
purpose
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
That
this
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
in
any
wise
extend
to
give
to
the
Lord
Admiral
of
England
,
for
the
time
being
,
or
to
his
Vice
Admirals
,
or
Judges
of
the
Admiralty
,
his
,
or
their
Deputy
,
or
Deputies
,
or
any
other
Officers
of
the
Admiralty
,
or
any
other
claiming
any
Admiral
power
or
jurisdiction
within
this
Realm
,
or
Wales
,
or
any
other
the
Kings
Dominions
,
any
other
power
,
right
,
jurisdiction
or
authority
,
than
he
,
or
they
,
or
any
of
them
lawfully
have
,
had
,
or
ought
to
have
or
enjoy
before
the
making
of
this
Act
,
other
than
for
such
of
the
offences
specified
in
the
several
Articles
contained
in
this
Act
,
as
hereafter
shall
be
done
upon
the
main
Sea
,
or
in
Ships
,
or
Vessels
hovering
in
the
main
stream
of
great
Rivers
only
beneath
the
Bridges
of
the
same
Rivers
nigh
to
the
Sea
,
within
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Admiralty
and
and
in
none
other
places
whatsoever
,
and
committed
only
by
such
persons
as
shall
be
in
actual
service
and
pay
of
his
Majesties
Forces
and
Ships
of
War
.
Statutes
Confirmed
.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2
Cap.
All
Acts
of
Parliament
made
or
mentioned
to
be
made
by
the
King
(
with
the
advice
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
)
since
25
of
April
,
Anno
12.
of
the
King
are
comfirmed
,
viz.
1.
One
Act
of
free
and
general
Pardon
,
Indempnity
,
and
Oblivion
.
2.
An
Act
entituled
,
A
Subsidie
to
the
King
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
upon
Merchandize
exported
and
imported
.
3.
An
Act
for
the
continuing
the
Excise
until
20
August
1660.
4.
An
Act
for
continuing
the
Excise
till
25
Decem
.
1660.
5.
An
Act
for
speedy
provision
of
Money
,
for
disbanding
and
paying
off
the
Forces
of
the
Kingdom
both
by
Sea
and
Land
.
6.
An
Act
for
the
confirmation
of
the
judicial
proceedings
.
7.
An
Act
for
the
speedy
disbanding
of
the
Army
and
Garrisons
of
the
Kingdom
.
8.
An
Act
for
supplying
and
explaining
defects
in
an
Act
for
the
speedy
provision
of
Money
for
the
disbanding
and
paying
off
the
Forces
of
the
Kingdom
both
by
Sea
and
Land
.
9.
An
Act
to
prevent
frauds
and
concealments
of
Customs
and
Subsidies
.
10.
An
Act
for
the
raising
140000
l.
for
the
compleat
disbaning
of
the
whole
Army
,
and
paying
off
some
part
of
the
Navy
.
11.
An
Act
entituled
A
grant
of
certain
Impositions
upon
Beer
,
Ale
,
and
other
Liquors
for
the
encrease
of
his
Majesties
Revenues
during
life
.
12.
An
Act
for
the
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
and
settleing
a
Revenue
on
his
Majesty
in
lieu
thereof
.
13.
And
Act
for
the
better
ordering
and
selling
of
Wines
by
retail
,
and
preventing
abuses
therein
,
and
for
setting
the
prices
of
the
same
.
14.
An
Act
for
the
levying
of
the
Arrears
of
12
Months
Assessment
beginning
the
24
of
June
1659.
and
the
Assessment
beginning
the
25
of
December
1659.
15.
An
Act
for
the
granting
to
the
King
420000
l.
by
Assessment
70000
l.
per
Month
for
6
Months
for
disbanding
the
remainder
of
the
Army
,
and
paying
off
the
Navy
.
16.
An
Act
for
the
supplying
and
explaining
certain
defects
in
an
Act
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
speedy
provision
of
Money
for
the
disbanding
and
paying
off
the
Forces
of
this
Kingdom
both
by
Land
and
Sea
.
17.
An
Act
for
the
raising
of
70000
l.
for
the
further
supply
of
his
Majesty
.
18.
An
Act
for
the
Attainder
of
several
persons
guilty
of
the
murder
of
the
late
King
Charles
the
first
.
19.
An
Act
for
the
erecting
and
establishing
a
Post-Office
.
20.
An
Act
for
the
putting
in
execution
an
Ordinance
mentioned
in
the
Act.
Anno
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
11.
1.
An
Act
for
the
raising
70000
l.
for
the
further
supply
of
his
Majesty
.
2.
An
Act
for
the
confirmation
of
Marriages
.
3.
An
Act
for
a
perpetual
Anniversay
thanksgiving
on
the
29.
of
May
.
Anno
13.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
14.
1.
An
Act
for
the
encouraging
and
encreasing
of
Shipping
and
Navigation
.
2.
An
Act
prohibiting
exportation
of
Woolls
,
Woollsels
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
any
kind
of
Scouring-earth
.
3.
An
Act
for
the
Master
of
the
Rolls
to
make
Leases
for
years
,
in
order
to
new-build
the
old
Houses
to
the
Rolls
belonging
.
4.
An
Act
for
prohibiting
the
planting
,
setting
,
or
sowing
Tobacco
in
England
and
Ireland
.
5.
An
Act
for
the
restraining
the
taking
of
excessive
Usury
.
6.
An
Act
for
present
nominating
Commissioners
of
Sewers
.
7.
An
Act
for
the
incorporating
the
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Haberdashers
London
,
to
be
Governours
of
the
Free-school
and
Alms-houses
in
Newport
,
in
the
County
of
Salop
.
Suits
and
Arrests
.
I.
Enacted
,
13.
Car
.
2
Cap.
After
the
12
of
February
1661.
no
person
,
&c.
who
shall
be
arrested
by
any
Sheriff
,
Bailiff
of
a
Franchise
or
Liberty
,
Coroner
,
or
other
person
whatsoever
,
within
the
Realm
,
by
force
of
any
Writ
,
Bill
,
or
Process
issuing
out
of
any
the
Kings
Courts
at
Westminster
,
in
which
Writ
,
&c.
the
true
cause
of
Action
is
not
expressed
particularly
,
and
for
which
the
Defendant
is
Bailable
by
the
Statute
of
23.
of
Henry
6th
.
shall
be
compelled
to
give
security
,
or
enter
into
bond
with
Sureties
for
the
appearance
of
the
party
arrested
in
any
penalty
or
sum
exceeding
40
l.
conditioned
for
such
appearance
,
and
the
Sheriffs
and
all
other
Officers
,
&c.
shall
let
to
Bail
,
and
deliver
out
of
Prison
,
and
from
their
custodies
respectively
every
such
person
so
arrested
upon
security
of
40
l.
given
,
and
no
more
,
for
the
appearance
of
such
person
arrested
unto
the
Sheriff
or
other
Officer
,
according
to
the
said
Statute
23.
H.
8.
II
.
That
upon
appearance
in
the
Term
,
wherein
the
said
Writ
is
returnable
,
for
the
person
by
Attorney
,
in
the
respective
Courts
from
whence
the
Writ
&c.
issued
,
the
bond
given
for
appearance
be
discharged
,
and
after
such
appearance
entred
,
no
amercements
be
set
or
estreated
upon
,
or
against
any
Sheriff
or
other
Officer
,
concerning
want
of
such
appearance
made
,
unless
the
Plaintiff
shall
put
into
the
Court
his
Bill
or
Declaration
in
some
personal
action
or
Ejectione
firme
of
lands
before
the
end
of
the
Term
next
following
after
appearance
,
a
nonsuit
may
be
entred
against
the
Plaintiff
,
and
the
Defendant
in
every
such
Writ
shall
have
judgement
to
recover
costs
against
the
Plaintiff
to
be
taxed
in
such
manner
as
is
provided
for
costs
by
the
said
Statute
of
23
H.
8.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
arrests
to
be
made
upon
or
by
vertue
of
any
Writ
of
Capias
ut
lagatum
,
attachment
upon
rescous
,
attachment
upon
any
contempt
,
or
attachment
of
priviledge
,
at
the
suit
of
any
priviledged
person
,
to
be
issuing
out
of
any
the
said
Courts
,
where
no
particular
certainty
of
the
case
or
action
is
contained
;
but
that
no
Sheriff
or
Officer
shall
discharge
any
person
taken
upon
Capias
ut
lagatum
out
of
his
custody
,
without
a
lawful
supersedeas
received
first
for
the
same
;
and
upon
the
Writs
of
attachment
such
course
be
taken
for
security
for
appearance
therein
,
as
heretofore
hath
been
used
.
III
.
Every
person
against
this
,
&c.
whatsoever
,
who
now
hath
,
or
hereafter
shall
have
cause
of
any
personal
action
against
a
prisoner
in
the
Fleet
,
may
sue
forth
an
original
of
such
Prisoner
,
and
have
a
Habeas
Corpus
to
the
Warden
of
the
prison
,
to
have
the
body
of
the
Prisoner
before
the
Justices
of
the
Common
Pleas
at
a
day
certain
in
any
Term
to
answer
the
Plaintiff
upon
his
action
,
and
if
the
Plaintiff
put
into
the
said
Court
his
Declaration
against
the
prisoner
being
present
at
the
Barr
,
the
prisoner
shall
appear
in
person
,
or
by
Attorney
:
and
unless
the
Defendant
plead
upon
a
rule
given
to
be
out
in
eight
daies
after
appearance
,
judgement
by
Nihil
dicit
may
be
entred
against
such
Defendant
as
appearing
in
person
;
and
such
charge
in
Court
by
Declaration
signified
by
rule
to
the
Warden
shall
be
a
good
cause
of
detention
of
the
Prisoner
,
from
which
he
shall
not
be
discharged
without
a
lawfull
supersedias
or
rule
of
Court
,
and
if
the
Warden
do
otherwise
,
he
shall
be
responsible
to
the
Court
,
and
to
the
party
grieved
by
action
upon
the
case
.
IV
.
In
all
actions
of
debt
,
and
other
personal
actions
;
and
in
all
actions
of
Ejectione
firme
for
Lands
Tenements
,
&c.
depending
,
or
which
shall
depend
in
any
of
the
said
Courts
by
original
Writs
,
after
issue
joined
to
be
tryed
by
Jury
;
and
after
any
judgement
had
or
obtained
,
there
shall
not
need
to
be
fifteen
daies
between
the
Teste
and
the
return
of
any
Writ
of
Venire
facias
,
Habeas
Corpora
Juratorum
.
Distringas
,
Writs
of
Fieri
facias
,
or
Capias
ad
satisfaciendum
,
and
the
want
of
fifteen
daies
between
the
Teste
and
day
of
return
of
such
Writs
,
shall
not
be
assigned
for
any
cause
of
Error
.
Provided
,
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
Writ
of
Capias
ad
satisfaciendum
,
wherein
Exigent
after
Judgement
is
to
be
awarded
,
nor
to
any
Capias
ad
satisfaciendum
,
in
order
to
make
any
Bail
liable
,
but
that
the
same
continue
as
if
the
Act
had
not
been
made
.
V.
From
and
after
20
January
,
1661.
No
Execution
shall
be
stayed
in
any
of
the
said
Courts
by
any
Writ
or
Writs
of
Errour
or
Supersedeas
thereupon
after
Verdict
and
Judgement
obtained
in
any
Action
of
Debt
,
grounded
upon
the
Statute
of
2
Edw
.
6.
for
not
setting
out
of
Tithes
;
Nor
in
any
Action
upon
the
Case
upon
Assumpsit
for
payment
of
Money
;
Actions
of
Trover
,
Covenant
,
Detinue
,
and
Trespass
,
unlesse
a
Recognizance
in
the
same
Court
to
prosecute
the
said
Writ
of
Errour
with
effect
,
according
as
is
directed
by
the
Statute
of
3
King
James
.
And
if
any
person
shall
sue
,
or
prosecute
any
Writ
of
Errour
,
for
reversal
of
any
Judgement
whatsoever
,
after
Verdict
given
in
any
the
said
Courts
,
and
the
said
Judgement
shall
afterwards
be
affirmed
,
such
person
,
&c.
shall
pay
to
the
Defendant
in
the
Writ
of
Errour
double
costs
to
be
assessed
by
the
Court
where
the
Writ
of
Errour
shall
be
depending
,
for
delaying
of
Execution
.
Provided
.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
popular
Action
,
nor
other
which
is
or
shall
be
brought
upon
any
poenal
Law
or
Statute
(
Except
the
said
stat
.
of
2
E.
6.
for
not
setting
forth
of
Tithes
)
Nor
to
any
Indictment
,
Inquisition
,
Information
,
or
Appeal
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
notwithstanding
.
Taxes
and
Assessements
.
I.
Enacted
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
15.
That
the
sum
of
140000
l.
is
given
to
the
King
for
disbanding
of
the
Army
and
part
of
the
Navy
,
viz.
The
summ
of
70000
l.
by
the
month
for
two
months
from
1
November
1660.
shall
be
assessed
and
paid
within
the
several
Counties
and
places
within
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
according
to
such
Rates
,
and
by
the
Commissioners
(
Except
such
as
are
disabled
by
the
Act
of
Indempnity
)
and
with
the
like
powers
,
as
by
an
Ordinance
by
the
Lords
and
Commons
for
an
assessment
of
70000
l.
by
the
month
upon
England
for
three
months
:
and
of
an
Act
of
putting
in
Execution
an
Ordinance
therein
mentioned
are
expressed
.
II
.
All
the
moneys
to
be
raised
,
shall
be
paid
into
Guild-Hall
London
,
to
Sir
Richard
Brown
,
Knight
,
and
others
particularly
named
,
appointed
Treasurers
thereof
,
and
their
Acquittance
or
any
three
of
them
,
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
in
that
behalf
.
III
.
All
monies
received
by
the
said
Treasurers
,
shall
be
issued
according
to
such
directions
as
they
,
or
three
of
them
shall
receive
from
the
Commissioners
named
in
an
Act
for
the
speedy
disbanding
of
the
Army
and
Garrisons
of
this
Kingdom
,
which
monies
are
totally
to
be
employed
for
the
disbanding
of
the
Army
in
the
first
place
,
and
after
for
the
paying
off
such
part
of
the
Navy
as
return
into
Harbour
before
the
8th
.
of
Septem
.
1660.
IV
.
If
any
person
shall
lend
to
the
Treasurers
any
monies
for
the
uses
aforesaid
,
he
shall
be
allowed
6
per Cent
.
for
the
same
out
of
monies
by
the
Act
received
;
and
the
Treasurers
are
to
repay
the
monies
so
lent
.
The
said
whole
sum
of
140000
l.
shall
be
paid
in
before
25.
December
1661.
And
the
Commissioners
or
any
two
of
them
in
their
respective
places
are
to
signe
and
Seal
a
Duplicate
of
their
Assessments
,
and
before
the
said
25
day
certifie
the
same
into
the
Guild-Hall
to
the
Treasurers
with
the
names
of
the
Receivers
General
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2
Cap.
25.
Whereas
great
sums
of
Monies
remain
uncollected
,
and
several
sums
remain
in
the
Collectors
hands
,
due
on
the
12
months
assessment
,
beginning
the
24
of
June
,
1659.
and
upon
the
6
months
assessment
,
beginning
the
25
of
Decem
.
1659.
for
the
disbanding
of
the
Army
:
That
the
Commissioners
(
nominated
in
an
Act
for
the
provision
of
money
for
the
disbanding
and
paying
off
the
Forces
by
Land
and
Sea
)
do
forthwith
cause
all
the
said
Arrears
to
be
levyed
in
such
manner
as
formerly
:
And
all
such
monies
as
remain
in
any
Collectors
hands
,
to
be
paid
to
James
Nelthorp
,
and
John
Lawson
,
Treasurers
at
War
for
the
purpose
aforesaid
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2
Cap.
26.
Whereas
it
was
hoped
,
that
the
monies
Enacted
to
be
raised
by
several
Acts
of
Parliament
,
would
have
sufficed
for
the
disbanding
of
the
Army
and
Navy
;
but
by
the
slow
coming
in
of
the
said
monies
,
it
cannot
be
effected
without
further
supply
;
Therefore
by
this
Act
the
sum
of
420000
l.
is
given
to
the
King
,
viz.
70000
l.
per
month
,
for
six
months
,
from
1
January
,
1660.
to
be
taxed
and
levyed
in
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
according
to
such
Rules
,
and
by
the
same
Commissioners
as
are
in
an
Act
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
raising
of
140000
l.
for
the
complete
disbanding
of
the
Army
,
and
paying
part
of
the
Navy
.
II
.
That
210000
l.
the
moiety
of
the
said
Assessment
shall
be
paid
to
the
Receivers
general
,
appointed
by
the
said
Commissioners
,
on
,
or
before
1.
Febr
.
1660.
and
the
other
moiety
on
or
before
1.
April
1661.
and
all
the
said
monies
shall
be
paid
at
Guild-Hall
,
London
,
unto
Sir
George
Cartwright
and
other
persons
particularly
named
in
the
Act
,
Treasurers
on
that
behalf
,
who
,
or
any
three
of
them
are
enabled
to
give
Discharges
of
Monies
received
by
vertue
of
the
Act.
III
.
If
any
person
of
London
,
or
other
place
,
who
have
advanced
Monies
upon
the
Act
of
70000
l.
before
mentioned
,
shall
continue
the
loan
thereof
upon
the
Credit
of
this
Act
,
and
declare
the
same
under
Hand
and
Seal
to
the
Treasurer
before
31
December
,
1660.
And
if
any
other
person
shall
advance
100
l
:
or
more
upon
the
same
Credit
,
and
before
the
10th
.
of
January
,
1660.
pay
it
to
the
Treasurers
,
it
shall
be
repayed
by
the
Treasurers
out
of
the
last
110000
l.
raised
by
this
Act
with
Interest
at
10
l.
per Cent
.
from
such
Declaration
and
Advancement
respectively
;
and
the
Treasurers
are
to
receive
no
more
Monies
,
than
what
with
the
Monies
so
to
be
continued
,
will
amount
to
80000
l.
IV
.
All
the
Monies
above
mentioned
,
shall
be
issued
according
to
such
Directions
as
the
Treasurers
,
or
any
three
of
them
shall
receive
from
the
Commissioners
in
the
Act
for
the
speedy
disbanding
of
the
Army
,
or
three
of
them
to
be
only
employed
for
the
disdanding
of
the
Army
and
Garrisons
according
to
Rules
in
the
last
mentioned
Act
contained
;
and
the
rest
of
the
money
towards
the
paying
off
the
Fleet
and
Navy
.
V.
An
accompt
of
the
said
Monies
shall
be
given
by
the
Treasurers
to
this
and
other
succeeding
Parliaments
,
or
such
as
they
shall
appoint
.
VI
.
No
Mannors
,
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Hereditaments
formerly
taxed
towards
former
Land-Taxes
,
and
now
in
the
possession
of
the
King
,
Queen
,
Ecclesiastical
persons
,
or
their
respective
Tenants
shall
be
exempted
from
the
payment
of
the
Monies
in
this
Act
comprized
,
but
shall
be
Rated
as
formerly
.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
prejudice
the
Peers
in
their
Rights
.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
16.
That
the
sum
of
70000
l.
for
the
present
supply
of
his
Majesty
for
one
Moneth
only
from
29
September
,
1660.
shall
be
levyed
and
paid
in
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
in
such
manner
and
form
,
and
by
the
same
Commissioners
(
other
then
such
as
are
disabled
by
the
Act
of
Indempnity
)
as
by
an
Ordinance
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
just
before
the
Kings
Restaurtion
for
70000
l.
by
the
Moneth
,
upon
England
for
3
moneths
,
is
limited
and
appointed
and
the
Commissioners
are
by
the
Act
required
to
sign
and
seal
a
duplicate
of
their
Assessements
,
and
before
1
November
to
certifie
the
same
into
the
Exchequer
,
together
with
the
names
of
the
respective
Receivers
general
.
Term
.
Enacted
,
16
Car
.
1.
Cap.
6.
That
in
Michaelmas
Term
,
there
shall
be
but
6
common
daies
of
Return
only
,
the
first
called
A
die
St.
Michaelis
in
tres
Septimanas
the
second
called
A
die
St.
Michaelis
in
unum
mensem
,
the
third
called
In
crastino
animare
,
the
fourth
called
In
crastino
St.
Martins
,
the
fifth
called
In
Octabis
St.
Martini
,
the
sixth
called
A
die
St.
Martini
in
quindecem
dies
;
and
that
the
said
Term
of
St.
Michael
yearly
for
ever
,
from
and
after
the
Feast
of
Saint
Michael
the
Arch-Angel
next
coming
,
begin
in
,
and
upon
the
said
Tres
Septimanas
St.
Martini
whensoever
it
shall
happen
to
fall
(
except
it
be
on
the
Lords
Day
commonly
called
Sonday
,
and
then
on
the
morrow
next
after
)
for
the
keeping
of
the
Essoines
,
Proffers
and
Returns
;
and
other
Ceremonies
;
and
that
the
full
Term
of
Saint
Michael
,
shall
be
yearly
for
ever
after
the
Feast
of
Saint
Michael
next
coming
,
in
all
the
High
Courts
of
Record
of
the
King
to
be
holden
at
Westminster
,
or
at
other
places
,
by
the
Assignment
and
appointment
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
and
Successors
,
shall
yearly
for
ever
take
its
Commencement
upon
the
quarto
die
of
the
said
Tres
Septimanas
St.
Michaelis
,
and
not
before
(
except
it
be
on
the
Lords
Day
,
commonly
called
Sonday
)
and
then
on
the
morrow
,
next
after
.
Theft
and
Rapine
.
I.
Enacted
,
14
Car
.
2.
Cap.
22.
From
and
after
the
Feast
of
Saint
Michael
,
1662.
and
during
the
term
of
5
years
ensuing
the
Date
of
this
Act
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
of
Northumberland
and
Cumberland
,
or
the
Major
part
of
them
,
at
their
General
Sessions
to
be
holden
for
the
Respective
Counties
,
may
make
an
Order
in
open
Sessions
,
for
charging
according
to
their
several
proportions
,
all
and
every
the
inhabitants
of
the
said
respective
Counties
for
the
safeguard
and
securing
of
the
said
several
Counties
and
inhabitants
from
all
injury
,
violence
,
spoil
and
rapine
of
the
Moss-troopers
.
Provided
,
the
County
of
Northumberland
be
not
charged
above
the
sum
of
500
l.
per
annum
,
nor
the
County
of
Cumberland
above
200
pounds
per
annum
.
II
.
The
several
Justices
of
the
said
respective
Counties
are
authorized
at
their
general
quarter
Sessions
,
to
appoint
any
persons
to
have
the
conduct
and
command
of
a
certain
number
of
persons
,
not
exceeding
the
number
of
30
men
in
the
County
of
Northumberland
,
and
12
in
the
County
of
Cumberland
;
whereby
,
the
Malefactors
aforesaid
,
viz.
Moss-troopers
,
may
be
searched
out
,
pursued
,
apprehended
,
and
brought
to
trial
at
Law
.
III
.
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
respective
Counties
,
at
their
general
Sessions
,
are
impowred
to
make
,
and
issue
out
Warrants
,
under
their
respective
Hands
and
Seals
,
for
the
levying
and
collecting
any
sum
of
money
ordered
to
be
paid
,
for
,
and
towards
the
safeguard
,
and
securing
the
said
Counties
respectively
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
levy
the
said
monies
by
Constables
,
and
other
Officers
of
all
and
every
the
Inhabitants
of
the
respective
Counties
,
according
to
their
proportionable
estates
in
Lands
,
or
Goods
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
Goods
,
rendering
the
overplus
to
the
owners
;
and
also
to
examine
any
complaint
made
against
the
Collectors
,
Constables
,
or
other
Officers
,
that
at
any
time
hereafter
shall
refuse
,
neglect
,
or
fail
to
give
obedience
to
the
Act
,
or
to
do
any
thing
in
disturbance
,
or
obstruction
thereof
;
and
to
bind
over
such
persons
to
the
quarter
Sessions
,
to
be
proceeded
against
,
according
to
Justice
.
IV
.
The
respective
Justices
in
the
behalf
of
the
said
Counties
respectively
,
are
to
appoint
a
Treasurer
to
receive
from
the
Collectors
,
the
moneys
collected
,
and
to
pay
over
the
same
according
to
the
orders
they
shall
receive
from
the
Justices
at
the
General
Sessions
for
the
respective
Counties
,
and
they
may
agree
with
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
to
employ
in
the
said
service
,
and
take
sufficient
security
of
them
for
the
faithful
and
effectual
performance
thereof
;
and
in
case
any
person
employed
in
the
border
service
,
in
pursuance
of
this
Act
,
shall
wilfully
,
and
corruptly
neglect
,
or
forbear
to
discover
,
or
apprehend
,
or
bring
to
Tryal
any
of
the
said
persons
,
called
Moss-Troopers
;
and
shall
be
convicted
thereof
,
he
shall
be
made
uncapable
ever
after
to
take
upon
him
the
said
imployment
;
and
suffer
such
Fine
and
Imprisonment
according
to
the
quality
of
his
offence
,
as
the
Justices
of
the
peace
at
their
General
Sessions
shall
think
fit
to
inflict
.
-
1.
Provided
,
The
said
respective
Justices
,
may
at
any
time
hereafter
,
moderate
or
lessen
the
said
charge
if
they
see
cause
.
-
2.
This
Act
to
continue
in
force
for
5
years
and
no
longer
.
-
3.
That
the
Statutes
made
in
the
4.
and
7
,
years
of
King
James
,
for
suppressing
and
punishing
of
Moss-Troopers
,
shall
be
revived
and
put
in
execution
.
Tobacco
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2
Cap.
33.
No
person
whatsoever
,
from
and
after
the
first
of
January
1660.
shall
set
plant
,
improve
to
grow
,
make
,
or
cure
any
Tobacco
,
either
in
seed
,
plant
,
or
otherwise
,
in
,
or
upon
any
ground
,
earth
,
field
,
or
place
,
within
England
,
Wales
,
Islands
of
Guernsey
;
Jersey
,
Berwick
,
or
within
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
upon
pain
of
the
forfeiture
of
all
such
Tobacco
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
and
of
the
sum
of
40
s
.
for
every
pole
of
ground
so
planted
,
set
,
sown
,
&c.
and
so
proportionably
for
a
lesser
,
or
greater
quantity
;
one
moity
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moity
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
II
.
All
Sheriffs
,
Justices
of
the
peace
,
Mayors
,
Bayliffs
,
Constables
,
and
every
of
them
,
upon
complaint
made
to
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
by
any
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
or
other
person
whatsoever
,
that
there
is
any
Tobacco
set
,
sown
,
planted
,
or
growing
within
their
Jurisdictions
,
or
Precincts
,
shall
within
10
daies
after
such
complaint
,
cause
to
be
burnt
,
plucked
up
,
consumed
,
or
destroyed
all
such
Tobacco
so
set
,
planted
,
&c.
III
.
If
any
person
shall
resist
,
or
make
opposition
against
any
person
or
persons
in
the
due
execution
of
this
Act
,
such
person
shall
forfeit
5
l.
for
every
such
offence
,
to
be
recovered
as
aforesaid
,
and
if
they
shall
not
pay
the
sums
of
money
by
them
to
be
paid
by
the
Act
,
distress
shall
be
made
,
and
sale
thereof
,
returning
the
overplus
to
the
Owner
;
and
if
no
distress
be
to
be
found
,
every
such
person
shall
be
committed
to
the
Common
Goal
of
the
County
,
there
to
remain
for
2
months
without
bail
or
mainprize
.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
hindering
of
the
planting
of
Tobacco
in
any
Physick-Garden
of
either
University
,
or
other
private
Garden
for
Physick
,
or
Chyrurgery
,
so
as
the
quantity
so
planted
exceed
not
one
half
of
one
Pole
in
any
Place
or
Garden
.
Uniformity
of
Prayer
.
Anno
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
4.
Whereas
in
the
1.
year
of
Queen
Eliz
.
there
was
one
uniform
Order
of
Common
Service
and
Prayer
,
and
of
the
Administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
of
England
,
compiled
by
the
Reverend
Bishops
and
Clergy
;
which
Uniformity
and
Order
,
was
by
Act
of
Parliament
in
the
said
first
year
of
the
said
Queen
:
Entituled
An
Act
for
the
Uniformity
of
Common
Prayer
and
Service
in
the
Church
,
and
Administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
enjoyned
to
be
used
.
And
whereas
by
the
neglect
of
Ministers
in
using
the
said
Order
,
or
Liturgy
set
forth
,
many
people
have
been
seduced
into
Factions
and
Schismes
.
And
whereas
the
King
that
now
is
,
granted
Commission
under
the
Great
Seal
of
England
,
to
several
Bishops
and
other
Divines
to
review
the
said
Book
of
Common-Prayer
,
and
to
prepare
some
alterations
and
additions
as
they
thought
fit
to
offer
,
and
afterwards
the
Convocations
of
both
the
Provinces
of
Canterbury
and
York
,
viz.
the
Presidents
of
both
the
said
Convocations
,
Bishops
and
Clergy
have
reviewed
the
said
Book
,
and
upon
full
and
mature
Deliberation
have
made
some
alterations
,
and
some
additional
Prayers
to
the
said
Book
,
to
be
used
upon
proper
and
emergent
occasions
which
they
have
presented
to
the
Kings
Majesty
in
one
Book
,
Entituled
,
The
Book
of
Common-Prayer
and
Administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
,
according
to
the
use
of
the
Church
of
England
,
together
with
the
Psalter
or
Psalms
of
David
,
appointed
to
be
sung
,
or
said
in
Churches
,
and
form
of
making
,
ordaining
and
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
and
Deacons
.
I
Enacted
,
That
all
and
singular
Ministers
in
any
Cathedral
,
Collegiate
,
or
Parish-Church
,
or
Chappel
,
or
other
place
of
publick
worship
,
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
shall
be
bound
to
use
and
say
the
Morning-Prayer
,
Evening-Prayer
Celebration
and
administration
of
both
the
Sacraments
,
and
all
other
the
publick
and
Common-Prayer
,
in
such
Order
and
Form
as
is
mentioned
in
the
said
Book
,
annexed
and
joyned
to
this
Act
,
and
Entituled
,
The
Book
of
Common-Prayer
and
Administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
&c.
and
the
morning
and
evening
prayers
therein
contained
,
shall
upon
every
Lords
day
,
and
all
other
daies
and
occasions
,
and
at
all
times
therein
appointed
,
be
openly
read
by
all
and
every
Minister
,
or
Curate
,
in
every
Church
,
Chappel
,
or
other
place
of
publick
worship
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
&c.
II
.
Every
Parson
,
Vicar
,
or
other
Minister
whatsoever
,
who
hath
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
,
within
England
,
&c.
shall
in
the
Church
,
Chappel
,
&c.
belonging
to
his
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
,
upon
some
Lords
day
before
the
Feast
of
Saint
Bartholomew
,
1662.
openly
and
publickly
read
the
Morning
and
Evening
Prayer
appointed
to
be
read
according
to
the
said
Book
,
before
the
Congregation
there
assembled
,
and
declare
his
assent
and
consent
to
the
use
of
all
the
things
therein
prescribed
,
in
these
words
,
and
no
other
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
here
declare
my
unfeigned
assent
and
consent
to
all
and
every
thing
contained
and
prescribed
in
,
and
by
the
Book
Entituled
,
The
Book
of
Common-Prayer
and
administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
,
according
to
the
use
of
the
Church
of
England
;
together
with
the
Psalter
,
or
Psalms
of
David
,
appointed
as
they
are
to
be
sung
,
or
said
in
Churches
:
and
the
form
,
or
manner
of
making
,
ordaining
and
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
and
Deacons
.
And
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
(
without
some
lawful
impediment
to
be
allowed
by
the
Ordinary
)
who
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
so
to
do
,
within
the
time
aforesaid
(
or
within
one
moneth
after
such
impediment
removed
)
shall
ipso
facto
be
deprived
of
all
his
spiritual
promotions
;
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Patrons
,
&c.
to
present
,
or
collate
as
if
such
person
were
dead
.
III
.
Every
person
who
shall
be
presented
,
or
collated
to
any
Ecclesiastical
Benefice
,
or
promotion
within
England
,
&c.
shall
in
the
Church
,
&c.
belonging
to
his
said
Benefice
,
or
promotion
,
within
2
Moneths
after
he
shall
be
in
the
actual
possession
thereof
,
upon
some
Lords-day
read
the
said
Book
at
the
times
appointed
therein
,
before
the
Congregation
there
assembled
,
and
declare
his
assent
and
consent
to
all
things
therein
contained
,
and
prescribed
,
and
who
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
so
to
do
(
without
some
lawful
impediment
allowed
as
aforesaid
)
shall
ipso
facto
be
deprived
of
all
his
Ecclesiastical
Benefices
,
&c.
IV
.
In
all
places
,
where
the
Incumbent
of
any
Parsonage
,
or
Vicaridge
,
or
Benefice
,
with
cure
doth
reside
in
his
Living
,
or
keep
a
Curate
,
the
Incumbent
himself
,
(
having
not
lawful
impediment
)
shall
once
in
every
moneth
,
openly
,
and
publickly
read
the
Common
Prayers
,
and
service
in
the
said
Book
,
and
(
if
occasion
be
)
Administer
each
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rites
of
the
Church
in
manner
,
as
in
the
Book
is
prescribed
and
appointed
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
5
l.
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
the
Parish
for
every
offence
,
upon
conviction
by
confession
,
or
Oath
of
two
witnesses
before
2
Justices
of
the
peace
of
the
County
,
and
in
default
of
payment
within
10
daies
,
the
same
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
goods
of
the
offendor
,
by
a
Warrant
of
the
Justices
to
the
Church-wardens
,
or
Overseers
of
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
party
.
V.
Every
Dean
,
Canon
,
Prebendary
of
every
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Church
:
All
Masters
,
Heads
,
Fellows
,
Chaplains
,
Tutors
of
any
Colledge
,
Hall
,
Hospital
,
publick
Professor
and
Reader
in
the
Universities
,
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
Lecturer
,
School-Master
of
a
School
,
publike
or
private
,
or
teacher
of
Youth
as
a
Tutor
,
or
School-Master
in
a
private
Family
,
who
1
May
,
1662.
or
at
any
time
hereafter
shall
be
Incumbent
,
or
have
possession
of
any
Deanry
,
Canonry
,
Prebend
,
Master-ship
,
Headship
,
&c.
Parsonage
,
Vicarage
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
Dignity
,
or
Promotion
;
or
any
Curates
place
,
Lecturer
or
School
,
&c.
shall
before
the
feast
of
St.
Bartholomew
,
1662.
at
or
before
he
shall
be
admitted
to
be
Incumbent
,
&c.
shall
subscribe
this
Declaration
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
declare
,
That
it
is
not
lawful
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
to
take
Arms
against
the
King
;
and
that
I
do
abhor
that
Traiterous
position
of
taking
Arms
by
his
authority
against
his
person
,
or
against
those
that
are
Commissionated
by
him
;
and
I
will
conform
to
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
,
as
it
is
now
by
Law
established
;
and
I
do
declare
,
I
do
hold
there
lies
no
obligation
upon
me
,
or
any
other
person
from
the
Oath
,
called
the
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
,
to
endeavour
any
change
,
or
alteration
of
Government
,
either
in
Church
,
or
State
,
and
that
the
same
was
in
it self
an
unlawful
Oath
,
and
imposed
upon
the
Subjects
of
this
Realm
,
against
the
known
Laws
and
liberties
of
this
Kingdom
.
The
said
Declaration
to
be
subscribed
by
the
Masters
,
Heads
,
Fellows
Chaplains
,
Tutors
of
Colledges
,
Halls
,
Houses
of
Learning
,
Prefessors
and
Readers
in
the
Universities
,
before
the
Vice-Chancellor
of
the
respective
Universities
;
and
before
the
respective
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
of
the
Diocess
,
by
every
other
person
upon
pain
of
loss
and
forfeiture
of
their
respective
Deanry
,
Canonry
,
Prebend
,
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
&c.
and
ipso
facto
be
deprived
of
the
same
,
and
the
same
to
be
void
as
if
he
were
dead
.
VI
.
If
any
School-Master
,
or
other
person
,
instructing
Youth
,
in
any
private
house
or
family
,
shall
instruct
any
such
Youth
before
Licence
obtained
from
the
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
of
the
Diocess
,
and
before
such
subscription
,
&c.
as
aforesaid
,
every
such
School-Master
,
&c.
for
the
first
offence
shall
suffer
such
Imprisonment
,
and
forfeit
5
l.
to
the
King
,
&c.
and
after
subscription
made
,
every
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
Lecturer
,
shall
procure
a
Certificate
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
Ordinary
of
the
Diocess
,
and
shall
publikely
read
the
same
with
the
Declaration
within
three
moneths
then
next
after
in
his
Parish
Church
where
he
is
to
officiate
,
upon
pain
to
lose
his
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
Benefice
,
Curates
place
,
or
Lecturers
place
,
and
be
(
ipso
facto
)
deprived
of
the
same
,
and
the
said
Benefice
shall
be
void
,
as
if
he
were
dead
.
1.
Provided
,
That
after
25
of
March
,
1682.
there
shall
be
omitted
out
of
the
said
Declaration
and
acknowledgment
,
these
words
,
viz
▪
(
And
I
do
Declare
that
I
hold
there
lies
no
obligation
on
me
,
or
on
any
other
person
,
from
the
Oath
called
the
Solemn
League
&
Covenant
,
to
endeavour
any
change
,
or
alteration
of
Government
,
either
in
Church
or
State
,
&
that
the
same
was
in
it self
an
unlawful
Oath
,
and
imposed
upon
the
Subjects
of
the
Realm
,
against
the
known
Laws
and
Liberties
of
this
Kingdom
)
so
as
none
of
the
persons
aforesaid
,
shall
be
from
thenceforth
obliged
to
subscribe
,
or
read
that
part
of
the
Declaration
,
VII
.
That
after
the
feast
of
St.
Bartholomew
,
1662.
no
person
who
now
is
Incumbent
,
and
in
possession
of
any
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
or
Benefice
,
and
who
is
not
already
in
Orders
by
Episcopal
Ordination
;
or
shall
not
before
the
said
feast
be
ordained
Priest
,
or
Deacon
by
Episcopal
Ordination
,
shall
hold
,
and
enjoy
the
said
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
promotion
,
within
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
but
shall
be
disabled
,
and
(
ipso
facto
)
deprived
of
the
same
,
and
the
same
to
be
void
,
as
if
he
were
dead
.
VIII
.
No
person
whatsoever
after
the
Feast
of
St.
Bartholomew
aforesaid
,
shall
be
capable
of
any
Parsonage
,
Vicaridge
,
or
other
Ecclesiastical
Promotion
,
or
Dignity
whatsoever
;
nor
shall
presume
to
consecrate
and
administer
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
,
before
he
shall
be
ordained
Priest
,
according
to
the
form
&
manner
by
the
Book
prescribed
,
unless
he
hath
been
formerly
made
Priest
by
Episcopal
ordination
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
for
every
offence
100
l.
one
moity
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
be
equally
divided
between
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
to
be
recovered
by
debt
,
Bill
,
&c.
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
1.
Provided
,
The
penalties
extend
not
to
Forreigners
,
or
Aliens
of
Forreign
reformed
Churches
allowed
,
or
to
be
allowed
by
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
2.
Provided
,
No
Title
to
confer
,
or
present
by
lapse
,
shall
accrue
by
any
avoydance
,
or
deprivation
ipso
facto
;
but
after
6
months
after
notice
of
such
deprivation
,
or
avoydance
given
by
the
Ordinary
to
the
Patron
,
or
such
sentence
of
deprivation
publickly
read
in
the
Parish
Church
of
the
Benefite
,
Parsonage
,
or
Vicaridge
,
becoming
void
.
IX
.
No
form
,
or
order
of
Common-Prayers
,
Administration
of
Sacraments
,
Rites
,
or
Ceremonies
shall
be
openly
used
in
any
Church
,
Chappel
,
&c.
or
in
any
Colledge
,
or
Hall
in
either
Universities
,
Eate
;
Winchester
,
or
Westminster
,
than
what
is
prescribed
,
and
appointed
to
be
used
by
the
Book
;
and
the
present
Governors
of
any
the
said
Colledges
,
&c.
within
one
moneth
after
St.
Bartholomew
,
1662.
and
the
Governors
which
shall
afterwards
be
elected
within
one
moneth
after
his
election
,
or
collation
,
and
admission
to
the
Government
,
shall
openly
in
the
Church
,
or
Chappel
of
the
same
Colledge
,
&c.
in
the
presence
of
the
Fellows
,
and
Schollars
of
the
same
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
subscribe
the
39
Articles
of
Religion
mentioned
in
the
Statute
of
the
13
of
Eliz
.
and
to
the
said
Book
,
and
declare
his
assent
,
to
,
and
approbation
of
the
said
Articles
and
to
the
said
Book
,
and
to
the
use
of
all
the
Prayers
,
Rites
,
and
Ceremonies
,
forms
and
orders
in
the
same
prescribed
and
contained
,
upon
pain
to
lose
,
and
be
suspended
of
and
from
the
Benefits
,
and
Profits
belonging
to
the
Government
,
by
6
moneths
by
the
Visiter
of
the
Colledge
,
&c.
and
if
any
Governor
suspended
for
not
reading
the
Articles
,
or
Book
,
or
not
Reading
Morning
Prayer
,
shall
not
at
,
or
before
the
end
of
6
moneths
after
such
suspension
,
subscribe
to
the
Articles
,
and
Book
,
and
declare
his
consent
thereunto
or
Read
the
Morning
Prayer
,
and
service
,
such
Government
,
&c.
shall
be
(
ipso
facto
)
void
.
Prov.
It
may
be
lawful
to
use
the
morning
&
evening
Prayer
,
and
other
Prayers
prescribed
in
the
Book
in
the
Colledges
,
and
Halls
&
in
Westminster
,
Winchester
,
&
Eaton
Colledge
respectively
,
and
in
the
Convocation
of
the
Clergy
in
either
Province
,
in
Latine
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
X.
No
person
shall
be
,
or
shall
be
received
as
a
Lecturer
,
or
permitted
,
suffered
,
or
allowed
to
preach
as
a
Lecturer
,
or
to
preach
,
or
read
any
Sermon
,
or
Lecture
in
any
Church
,
Chappel
,
&c.
unless
he
be
first
licenced
by
the
Arch-Bishop
of
the
Province
,
or
by
the
Ordinary
of
the
Diocess
,
under
his
Seal
,
and
shall
in
the
presence
of
the
same
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
read
the
39
Articles
of
Religion
mentioned
in
the
Statute
of
13
Eliz
.
with
a
declaration
of
his
assent
to
the
same
,
and
every
person
who
is
,
or
shall
be
hereafter
licenced
,
assigned
,
appointed
,
or
received
as
a
Lecturer
,
to
preach
upon
any
day
in
the
week
,
in
any
Church
,
Chappel
,
&c.
the
first
time
he
preacheth
,
before
his
Sermon
shall
read
the
Common-Prayers
in
,
and
by
the
Book
appointed
to
be
read
,
and
then
declare
his
assent
unto
,
and
approbation
of
the
said
Book
,
and
to
the
use
of
all
the
Prayers
,
Rites
and
Ceremonies
,
Forms
and
Orders
therein
contained
;
and
shall
upon
the
first
Lecture
day
of
every
moneth
,
before
his
Lecture
or
Sermon
,
read
the
Common-Prayer
,
and
declare
his
assent
to
the
said
Book
,
and
who
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
to
do
the
same
;
shall
be
disabled
to
preach
the
said
Lecture
,
or
any
other
Lecture
,
or
Sermon
in
other
Church
,
Chappel
,
&c.
until
he
conform
in
all
points
,
to
the
things
appointed
and
prescribed
▪
Provided
,
If
the
Sermon
,
or
Lecture
be
to
be
preached
in
any
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Church
,
&c.
it
shall
be
sufficient
for
the
Lecturer
at
the
time
to
declare
his
assent
and
consent
to
all
the
things
contained
in
the
Book
.
XI
.
If
any
person
who
is
disabled
to
preach
any
Lecture
,
or
Sermon
,
shall
,
during
the
time
he
shall
continue
so
disabled
,
preach
any
Sermon
,
or
Lecture
;
for
every
such
offence
,
the
person
so
offending
shall
suffer
3
months
imprisonment
in
the
Common
Goal
without
Bail
or
mainprize
.
And
2
Justices
of
the
peace
of
any
County
,
of
the
places
,
and
the
Mayor
or
chief
Magistrate
of
any
City
,
or
Town
Corporate
,
upon
Certificate
from
the
Ordinary
of
the
place
made
to
him
are
required
to
commit
the
person
,
or
persons
so
offending
to
the
Common
Goal
of
the
same
County
,
City
,
or
Town
Corporate
accordingly
.
XII
.
At
all
times
when
any
Sermon
,
or
Lecture
is
to
be
preached
,
the
Common-Prayers
and
service
in
and
by
the
Book
appointed
for
that
time
of
the
day
,
shall
be
read
by
some
Priest
,
or
Deacon
in
the
Church
,
where
the
Sermon
or
Lecture
is
to
be
preached
,
before
such
Sermon
or
Lecture
be
preached
,
and
the
Lecturer
then
to
preach
shall
be
present
at
the
reading
thereof
.
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
University
Churches
in
the
Universities
of
this
Realm
,
but
that
the
same
Sermons
and
Lectures
may
be
preached
,
or
read
in
such
sort
and
manner
as
the
same
have
heretofore
been
preached
or
read
.
XIII
.
That
the
good
Laws
and
Statutes
which
have
been
formerly
made
,
and
are
now
in
force
for
the
Uniformity
of
Prayer
,
and
administration
of
Sacraments
within
this
Realm
,
shall
stand
in
full
force
to
all
intents
,
for
establishing
and
confirming
;
The
Book
of
Common-Prayer
,
administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
,
and
the
making
,
ordaining
,
and
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
and
Deacons
,
established
by
this
Act
,
and
shall
be
applyed
and
put
in
use
for
the
punishing
of
all
offences
contrary
to
the
said
Laws
,
with
relation
to
the
said
Book
,
and
no
other
.
XIV
.
In
all
those
Prayers
,
Letanies
and
Collects
,
which
do
in
any
way
relate
to
the
King
,
Queen
,
or
Royal
Progeny
,
that
the
names
be
changed
and
altered
from
time
to
time
,
and
fitted
according
to
the
present
occasion
,
according
to
direction
of
lawful
authority
.
XV
.
A
true
Printed
Copy
of
this
Book
,
Entituled
,
The
Book
of
Common-Prayer
,
and
administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
,
according
to
the
use
of
the
Church
of
England
,
and
of
the
making
,
ordaining
,
and
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
,
and
Deacons
,
established
by
this
Act
,
shal
at
the
cost
and
charges
of
the
Parishioners
of
every
Parish-Church
and
Chappelry
,
Cathedral
Church
,
Colledge
and
Hall
be
gotten
before
the
Feast
day
of
St.
Bartholomew
,
1662.
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
3
l.
per
mensem
,
for
so
long
time
as
they
shall
then
be
unprovided
thereof
by
every
Parish
,
or
Chappelry
,
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Church
,
Colledge
,
or
Hall
making
default
therein
.
XVI
.
The
Bishops
of
Hereford
,
St.
Davids
,
Asaph
,
Bangor
and
Landaff
,
shall
take
order
that
the
Book
aforesaid
be
truly
and
exactly
translated
into
the
Welsh-Tongue
to
such
a
number
,
so
that
every
Cathedral
,
Parish-Church
and
Chappel
may
have
one
to
be
used
;
and
that
before
1
May
1665.
and
the
whole
Divine
service
shall
be
used
by
the
Ministers
and
Curates
throughout
all
Wales
in
the
Welsh
Tongue
,
in
such
manner
as
is
prescribed
in
the
Book
,
for
which
Book
,
the
Church-wardens
shall
pay
out
of
the
Parish-money
,
and
shall
be
allowed
the
same
on
their
accompt
.
XVII
.
The
respective
Deans
and
Chapters
of
every
Cathedral
or
Collegiate
Church
in
England
and
Wales
,
shall
at
their
costs
and
charges
before
25
December
1662.
obtain
under
the
Great
Seal
,
a
true
and
perfect
printed
copy
of
the
Act
,
and
of
the
Book
annexed
to
it
,
to
be
by
them
kept
&
preserved
for
ever
,
&
to
be
produced
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
as
often
as
they
shall
be
lawfully
required
,
and
they
shall
be
delivered
into
the
respective
Courts
at
Westminster
,
and
into
the
Tower
of
London
,
to
be
kept
and
preserved
for
ever
among
the
Records
there
,
which
Books
so
exemplified
,
shall
be
taken
and
adjudged
to
be
good
and
available
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
and
shall
be
accounted
as
good
as
the
Book
it self
annexed
to
the
Act.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
be
prejudicial
to
the
Kings
Professor
of
the
Law
within
the
University
of
Oxford
,
for
,
or
,
concerning
the
Prebend
of
Shipton
within
the
Cathedral
Church
of
Sarum
united
to
the
place
of
the
same
Kings
Professor
,
by
the
late
King
James
.
XVIII
.
All
subscriptions
hereafter
to
be
made
unto
the
36
Articles
agreed
upon
by
the
Bishops
of
both
Provinces
,
and
the
whole
Clergy
,
in
Anno
1562.
or
hereafter
to
be
made
by
any
Deacon
,
Priest
,
Ecclesiastical
person
,
or
other
person
whatsoever
,
shall
be
construed
and
taken
to
extend
and
be
applyed
for
and
touching
the
36.
Article
unto
this
Book
,
containing
the
manner
of
making
,
ordaining
&
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
and
Deacons
,
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
in
such
sort
and
manner
as
the
same
did
heretofore
in
the
Book
set
forth
in
the
time
of
King
E.
6.
mentioned
,
in
the
said
36.
Article
,
any
Law
,
Statute
,
&c.
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
,
That
the
Book
of
Common-Prayer
and
administration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rites
and
Ceremonies
of
the
Church
of
England
,
together
with
the
form
of
ordaining
and
consecrating
of
Bishops
,
Priests
and
Deacons
heretofore
in
use
,
and
established
by
Act
of
Parliament
in
the
1
and
8
year
of
Queen
El●z
.
shall
still
be
used
and
observed
until
the
Feast
of
St.
Bartholomew
,
1662.
Usury
.
1.
Enacted
12
Car
.
2
Cap.
13.
No
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
from
and
after
29
Septem
.
1660.
upon
any
contract
shall
take
directly
or
indirectly
for
the
loan
of
any
Monies
,
Wares
,
Merchandize
,
or
other
Commodities
whatsoever
above
the
value
of
6
l.
for
the
forbearance
of
100
l.
by
the
year
,
and
so
after
that
rate
for
a
greater
or
lesser
sum
,
or
for
a
longer
or
shorter
time
.
And
all
Contracts
Bonds
and
Assurances
whatsoever
made
after
the
time
aforesaid
for
the
payment
of
any
principal
;
or
Money
to
be
lent
,
or
Covenant
to
be
performed
upon
or
for
any
Usury
,
whereby
there
shall
be
reserved
or
taken
above
the
rate
of
6
l.
in
the
hundred
,
shall
be
void
.
II
.
All
and
every
person
,
and
persons
whatsoever
which
shall
after
the
time
aforesaid
upon
any
Contract
to
be
made
,
take
,
accept
,
and
receive
by
way
of
means
of
any
corrupt
Bargain
,
Loan
,
Exchange
,
Chievesance
,
Shift
,
or
interest
of
any
wares
or
other
things
whatsoever
,
or
by
any
deceitful
way
or
means
,
or
by
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
sum
of
6
l.
for
the
forbearance
of
100
l.
for
a
year
,
and
so
for
a
greater
or
lesser
sum
,
or
for
a
longer
or
shorter
term
,
shall
lose
for
every
such
offence
the
treble
value
of
the
Monies
,
Wares
,
Merchandize
,
&c.
so
lent
,
bargained
,
sold
,
exchanged
or
shifted
.
III
.
All
and
every
Scrivener
,
Broker
,
Solicitor
,
driver
of
Burgains
for
Contracts
,
who
shall
after
29
September
,
1660.
take
or
receive
directly
or
indirectly
any
sum
of
Money
,
or
other
Reward
or
thing
for
brokage
,
soliciting
,
driving
or
procuring
the
Loan
,
or
forbearing
of
any
sum
of
Money
over
and
above
the
rate
or
value
of
5
s
.
for
the
loan
,
or
the
forbearing
of
100
l.
for
a
year
,
and
so
rateably
;
Or
above
12
d
.
for
making
or
renewing
the
Bond
,
or
Bill
thereof
,
or
for
any
Counter
bond
concerning
the
same
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
20
l.
and
have
imprisonment
half
a
year
,
one
moity
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
the
same
County
where
the
offence
is
committed
.
and
not
elswhere
by
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
Information
,
where
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
Wines
.
I.
Enacted
,
12
Car
.
2
Cap.
24.
No
person
,
or
persons
whatsoever
,
after
25
of
March
1661.
(
unless
authorized
as
in
the
Act
is
appointed
)
shall
sell
,
or
utter
by
retale
,
viz.
by
Pint
,
Quart
,
Pottle
,
or
Gallon
,
&c.
any
kind
of
Wines
to
be
drunk
,
or
spent
in
his
or
their
mansion
houses
,
or
other
places
in
his
or
their
tenure
or
occupation
,
or
without
such
house
,
by
any
colour
,
craft
,
or
mean
whatsoever
upon
pain
to
forfeit
for
every
such
offence
5
l.
one
moity
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
the
Informer
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
&c.
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
II
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
from
time
to
time
to
issue
out
under
the
great
Seal
of
England
Commission
,
or
Commissions
to
two
or
more
persons
,
authorizing
them
to
give
authority
to
such
person
or
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
,
to
sell
and
utter
by
Retale
any
kind
of
Wines
,
as
well
to
be
spent
within
the
house
or
other
place
of
the
party
so
licenced
,
as
without
in
any
City
,
Town
,
or
other
place
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
or
Berwick
,
and
such
persons
as
shall
be
so
commissionated
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
to
treat
and
contract
for
Licence
,
Authority
,
and
Dispensation
to
be
given
and
granted
to
any
person
or
persons
for
the
selling
and
uttering
of
Wines
by
Retale
in
any
City
,
Town
,
or
other
place
,
according
to
the
rules
and
directions
of
this
Act
and
not
otherwise
.
III
.
Such
persons
as
shall
be
commissionated
by
the
King
,
&c.
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
called
the
Kings
Agents
for
the
granting
Licences
,
&c.
which
Agents
are
enabled
under
their
Seal
of
Office
to
grant
Licence
for
the
selling
and
uttering
of
Wines
by
Retale
to
any
person
or
persons
for
any
time
or
term
,
not
exceeding
21
years
,
if
such
persons
shall
so
long
live
,
and
for
such
yearly
Rent
as
they
can
,
or
shall
agree
,
so
as
no
Fine
be
taken
for
the
same
;
But
that
the
Rents
and
sums
agreed
upon
,
be
paid
and
answered
half-yearly
by
equal
portions
during
the
whole
term
.
IV
.
Such
Licences
shall
not
be
given
or
granted
but
to
such
as
personally
use
the
Trade
of
retailing
and
uttering
of
Wines
,
or
to
the
Land-lord
or
owner
of
the
house
where
such
person
or
persons
shall
utter
wine
by
retale
:
Nor
shall
the
same
be
assignable
,
or
any
ways
beneficial
,
or
extensive
to
indempnifie
any
person
against
the
penalty
of
the
Act
,
Except
the
first
Taker
.
V.
The
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
may
appoint
Officers
,
viz.
a
Receiver
,
Register
,
Clerk
,
Comptroller
,
Messenger
,
or
the
Officers
for
the
carrying
on
of
the
service
;
so
as
the
sallaries
wages
of
such
Officers
,
together
with
the
sallary
of
his
Agents
do
not
exceed
6
d
.
in
the
pound
of
the
Revenue
that
shall
hence
arise
.
VI
.
The
Rents
,
Revenues
,
and
sums
of
Monies
arising
by
this
Act
(
Except
what
shall
be
allowed
for
wages
and
sallaries
)
shall
be
duly
and
constantly
paid
and
answered
to
the
Kings
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
shall
not
be
charged
,
or
chargeable
either
before
or
after
it
is
paid
into
the
Exchequer
with
any
gift
or
pension
.
And
the
Kings
Agents
are
to
return
into
the
Exchequer
every
Michaelmas
and
Easter
Term
,
upon
their
Oaths
,
a
book
fairly
written
containing
a
true
and
full
accompt
what
Licences
have
been
granted
the
preceding
half
year
,
what
monies
are
thereupon
received
and
have
been
paid
,
and
what
are
in
arrear
,
with
the
securities
of
the
persons
in
arrear
,
that
speedy
Process
may
be
made
out
according
to
the
course
of
the
Exchequer
,
for
recovery
of
the
same
.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
be
prejudicial
to
the
priviledge
of
the
2
Universities
,
nor
to
the
Chancellor
,
nor
Schollars
of
the
same
,
but
that
they
may
use
and
enjoy
such
priviledges
as
heretofore
they
have
lawfully
used
and
enjoyed
,
nor
to
the
Masters
Wardens
,
Freemen
and
Commonalty
of
the
mystery
of
Vintners
of
the
City
of
London
,
or
any
other
City
or
Town
Corporate
,
but
that
they
may-use
and
enjoy
such
liberties
and
priviledges
,
as
heretofore
they
have
lawfully
used
and
enjoyed
;
nor
to
extend
to
debar
or
hinder
the
Mayor
and
Burgesses
of
St.
Albans
in
the
County
of
Hertford
,
from
using
and
exercising
such
liberties
,
powers
and
authorities
granted
to
them
by
several
Letters
Patents
by
Queen
Eliz
.
and
King
James
;
for
erecting
and
licencing
of
3
Taverns
within
the
Borough
of
St.
Albans
for
,
and
towards
the
maintenance
of
the
Free-School
there
,
but
the
same
be
hereby
established
and
confirmed
,
and
shall
remain
to
them
and
their
Successors
for
the
charitable
uses
aforesaid
.
VII
.
It
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
Officer
to
be
appointed
by
the
King
for
the
carrying
on
of
this
service
,
to
take
,
demand
,
or
receive
any
fees
,
rewards
,
or
sums
of
monies
whatsoever
,
for
,
or
in
respect
of
this
service
,
other
than
5
s
.
for
a
licence
,
4
d
.
for
an
acquittance
,
6
d
.
for
a
Bond
,
under
the
penalty
of
10
l.
one
moity
to
the
King
,
the
other
for
such
as
will
sue
for
the
same
,
by
Debt
,
Bill
,
&c.
wherein
no
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
VIII
.
No
Merchant
,
Vintner
,
Wine-Cooper
,
or
other
person
selling
,
or
Retaling
Wine
,
shall
mingle
,
or
utter
any
Spanish
Wine
mingled
with
French
,
or
Rhenish
Wine
,
Sider
,
Perry
,
Honey
,
Sungar
,
Sirrups
of
Sugar
,
Molasses
,
or
other
Sirrups
whatsoever
,
nor
put
in
any
Isinglass
,
Brimstone
,
Lime
,
Raisins
,
juyce
of
Raisins
,
Water
,
or
other
Liquor
,
nor
Ingredients
,
nor
any
Clary
,
or
other
Herb
,
nor
flesh
whatsoever
:
Nor
shall
any
persons
mingle
,
or
utter
any
French
Wine
,
mingled
with
any
Rhenish
Wines
,
Sider
,
Perry
,
Stummed
Wine
,
Vitriol
,
or
other
mixtures
as
aforesaid
;
nor
any
Rhenish
Wine
mingled
with
French
,
or
Spanish
Wine
,
Sider
,
and
other
Mixtures
as
aforesaid
;
And
all
and
every
person
,
and
persons
committing
any
of
the
offences
aforesaid
,
shall
incur
the
pains
following
,
(
viz.
)
every
Merchant
,
Wine-Cooper
,
or
other
person
selling
any
sorts
of
Wines
mingled
,
or
abused
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
100
l.
Every
Vintner
,
or
other
person
,
selling
any
sorts
of
Wines
by
Retale
mingled
and
abused
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
,
40
l.
one
moity
of
the
forfeitures
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
by
action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
&c.
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
IX
.
From
and
after
1
September
,
1661
no
Canary
Wines
,
Muskadine
,
Alegant
,
or
other
Spanish
,
or
sweet
Wines
shall
be
sold
,
or
uttered
by
any
person
,
or
persons
,
within
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
by
Retale
,
for
above
18
d
.
a
quart
,
and
no
Gascoign
,
or
French
Wines
whatsoever
,
for
above
8
d
.
the
quart
,
and
according
to
these
Rates
(
for
a
greater
or
lesser
quantity
)
all
Wines
shall
be
sold
,
upon
penalty
that
every
person
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
Pint
,
Quart
,
Pottle
,
Gallon
,
or
other
greater
,
or
lesser
quantity
:
the
sum
of
5
l.
one
moity
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
The
Lord
Chancellor
of
ENGLAND
,
Lord
Treasurer
,
Lord
President
of
the
Council
,
Lord
Privy
Seal
,
and
the
two
Chief
Justices
,
five
,
four
,
or
three
of
them
are
every
year
between
20
November
,
and
the
last
of
December
,
and
no
other
times
,
to
set
the
prices
of
all
and
every
the
said
Wines
to
be
sold
by
Retaile
at
higher
or
lower
Rates
then
is
therein
contained
,
so
as
they
cause
the
prizes
by
them
set
to
be
written
,
and
proclamation
thereof
to
be
in
the
Chancery
in
Term-time
,
or
in
the
City
,
Towns
Corporate
,
&c.
where
all
and
every
the
said
Wines
may
be
sold
by
Retaile
at
such
prizes
as
by
them
,
five
,
four
,
or
three
of
them
shall
be
set
for
the
space
of
one
whole
year
from
1.
February
after
the
selling
thereof
,
and
no
longer
.
Parliament
.
Enacted
12
Car
.
2.
Cap.
1.
That
the
Parliament
begun
,
and
holden
at
Westminster
3
November
.
16.
Car
.
1.
is
dissolved
,
and
determined
,
and
that
the
Lords
,
and
Commons
,
now
sitting
in
the
present
Parliament
,
are
declared
and
adjudged
to
be
notwithstanding
the
want
of
the
Kings
Writ
of
summons
or
any
other
defect
whatsoever
,
as
if
it
had
been
summoned
by
the
Kings
Writ
,
and
in
his
name
,
as
if
he
had
been
present
at
the
commencement
thereof
.
1.
Provided
,
that
it
may
be
dissolved
by
the
King
,
after
the
usual
manner
,
that
the
Kings
assent
to
this
Bill
,
shall
not
determine
this
present
Session
.
Customs
and
Subsidies
.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
17.
If
any
person
after
the
first
of
September
,
1660.
shall
cause
any
Goods
for
which
Customs
,
Subsidies
,
or
duties
are
due
;
by
vertue
of
an
Act
,
passed
this
Parliament
,
Entituled
,
A
Subsidie
granted
to
the
King
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
,
&c.
to
be
landed
and
conveyed
away
without
due
entry
thereof
,
and
the
Customer
agreed
with
,
in
such
case
upon
Oath
made
before
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
any
of
the
Barons
of
Exchequer
,
or
chief
Magistrates
of
the
Port
,
where
the
offence
is
committed
;
it
shall
be
lawful
for
them
respectively
to
issue
out
a
Warrant
to
any
person
,
or
persons
,
enabling
him
,
or
them
,
with
the
assistance
of
a
Sheriffe
,
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
or
Constable
,
to
enter
such
house
in
the
day
time
,
where
such
Goods
are
suspected
to
be
concealed
;
and
in
case
of
resistance
,
to
break
open
such
house
,
&c.
and
to
seiz
and
secure
the
Goods
concealed
.
1.
Provided
,
No
house
to
be
entred
into
by
the
Act
,
unless
it
be
within
one
moneth
after
the
offence
supposed
to
be
committed
.
2.
Provided
,
If
the
information
whereupon
any
house
come
to
be
searched
,
shall
be
proved
to
be
false
,
then
the
party
injured
shall
recover
his
full
damages
and
costs
,
against
the
informer
by
action
of
trespass
to
be
brought
.
The
Act
to
continue
unto
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
and
no
longer
.
Customs
,
Subsidies
and
Impositions
upon
Goods
and
Merchandizes
Imported
and
Exported
.
I.
Enacted
,
12.
Car
.
2.
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
after
14.
January
,
1660.
shall
directly
or
indirectly
Export
,
Transport
or
procure
to
be
Exported
,
&c.
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
upon
Tweed
,
Jersey
,
Guernsey
,
Sarke
and
Alderney
being
under
the
Government
of
Guernsey
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
to
any
parts
,
or
out
of
the
said
Kingdoms
or
Dominions
thereof
,
any
Sheep
or
Wool
whatsoever
of
the
breed
or
growth
of
the
Kingdoms
,
&c.
aforesaid
;
Or
any
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
or
Shorlings
,
or
any
Yarn
made
of
Wool
,
or
any
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
or
Fulling-clay
whatsoever
,
or
Pack
,
Load
,
or
cause
to
be
Packed
,
or
Loaded
upon
any
Horse
,
or
layd
aboard
any
Ship
,
or
Vessel
within
the
Kingdoms
,
Isles
or
Dominions
aforesaid
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
Export
or
Convey
,
or
to
cause
to
be
Exported
or
Conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdoms
,
Isles
,
&c.
or
with
intent
that
any
person
should
carry
the
same
into
any
parts
or
places
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Ireland
▪
&c.
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
or
forreign
parts
.
II
.
No
wool
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wool
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-Earth
,
or
Fulling-Clay
after
14.
January
,
1660.
shall
be
exported
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Ireland
,
Wales
,
Berwick
or
any
place
of
the
said
Kingdoms
respectively
,
unto
the
Isles
of
Jersey
and
Alderney
,
except
as
by
the
Act
shall
be
appointed
.
III
.
All
the
Offenders
aforesaid
,
shall
be
lyable
to
the
penalties
and
forfeitures
following
,
viz.
The
Sheep
,
Wools
,
Mortlings
,
Yarn
,
Fullers
Earth
and
Clay
,
so
exported
,
conveyed
,
packed
or
loaden
contrary
to
the
Act
shall
be
forfeited
.
2.
The
Offender
shall
forfeit
20
s
.
for
every
Sheep
,
3
s
.
for
every
pound
of
wooll
,
Fullers
Earth
,
or
Fulling
Clay
so
exported
,
&c.
3.
The
Owners
of
the
Ships
or
Vessels
knowing
such
offence
shall
forfeit
their
interest
in
the
Ships
,
&c.
with
their
apparel
and
furniture
;
4.
The
Masters
and
Mariners
knowing
thereof
and
assisting
thereunto
,
shall
forfeit
all
their
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
have
imprisonment
for
3
moneths
,
without
bail
,
&c.
one
moity
of
the
forfeitures
or
penalties
to
the
King
;
the
other
to
the
Informer
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
,
or
before
Justices
of
Assise
,
or
the
general
Quarter
Sessions
of
the
Peace
.
IV
.
If
any
Merchant
or
other
Person
after
the
said
14.
January
,
shall
transport
or
cause
to
be
transported
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
woollen
Yarn
,
Fullers
Earth
,
&c.
contrary
to
the
Act
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
,
he
shall
be
disabled
to
require
any
accompt
of
any
Factor
or
others
,
for
or
concerning
any
debt
or
estate
properly
belonging
to
the
Offender
.
V.
Every
offence
done
contrary
to
the
Act
,
shall
be
enquired
of
in
the
County
where
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
&c.
shall
be
packed
,
&c.
or
else
in
the
County
where
the
parties
shall
be
apprehended
,
as
if
the
offence
had
been
wholly
and
altogether
done
at
and
in
such
County
:
and
no
person
shall
be
impeached
for
any
offence
aforesaid
,
unless
he
be
prosecuted
within
one
year
next
after
the
offence
committed
.
VI
.
Any
person
,
&c.
may
lawfully
seize
,
take
or
challenge
to
his
own
use
,
or
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
all
manner
of
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Yarn
,
&c.
as
he
shall
so
find
,
know
or
discover
to
be
layed
on
board
any
Ship
,
Vessel
,
&c.
or
layed
on
shore
,
at
or
near
the
shore
of
any
navigable
River
,
to
the
intent
to
be
transported
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
Ireland
,
or
Dominions
thereof
,
or
to
be
packed
upon
any
Horse
or
other
Carriage
to
the
intent
to
be
conveyed
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
and
such
person
,
&c.
as
shall
seize
,
&c.
the
same
shall
have
the
full
moiety
thereof
.
Provided
,
such
person
as
shall
make
such
seizure
shall
not
be
allowed
to
give
in
evidence
upon
his
Oath
against
any
person
which
shall
be
indicted
or
questioned
by
vertue
of
this
Act.
VII
.
Every
Ship
,
Vessel
,
Boat
,
&c.
whereof
any
alien
born
,
or
whereof
any
natural
born
Subjects
not
inhabiting
within
England
,
shall
be
Owner
,
or
part
Owner
,
and
wherein
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
&c.
shall
happen
to
be
shipped
or
laid
on
board
,
shall
be
forfeited
to
the
King
,
&c.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
any
Lamb-skin
ready
drest
,
fit
and
useful
for
furr
or
linings
.
Nor
to
the
carrying
,
or
conveying
away
any
Woolfels
,
or
Pelts
with
such
Wooll
upon
them
,
or
to
any
Beds
stuffed
with
Flocks
which
shall
be
carried
in
any
Ship
,
or
Vessel
for
necessary
use
,
onely
in
or
concerning
the
Ship
,
&c.
or
for
the
necessary
use
of
the
persons
passing
in
such
Ship
,
&c.
and
which
shall
not
be
sold
in
any
forreign
parts
,
nor
to
the
conveying
of
any
Weather-Sheep
,
or
the
Wooll
growing
upon
them
to
be
carried
alive
in
any
Ship
,
&c.
for
the
onely
necessary
food
or
diet
of
,
or
for
the
company
,
or
passengers
,
or
other
persons
therein
.
2.
Not
to
extend
to
any
such
Wooll
to
be
exported
out
of
,
or
from
the
Port
of
Southampton
onely
to
the
Isles
of
Jersey
or
Guernsey
by
,
or
for
the
use
of
any
the
Inhabitants
there
;
so
as
such
person
that
shall
Ship
,
or
lay
aboard
such
Vessel
,
do
before
the
Shiping
,
&c.
thereof
,
deliver
to
the
Customer
,
Surveyor
,
or
Searcher
of
the
said
Ports
,
a
writing
under
the
Seals
of
the
respective
Governors
of
the
said
Isles
to
which
the
Wooll
is
to
be
transported
,
or
their
Deputies
,
which
writing
shall
express
the
party
named
therein
,
as
authorized
to
export
out
of
the
Port
aforesaid
so
much
Wooll
,
expressing
the
number
of
the
rods
to
be
used
or
manufactured
in
the
said
Isles
,
and
that
the
party
so
authorized
hath
before
the
making
of
such
writing
entred
Bond
to
the
King
for
the
landing
of
the
said
Wooll
in
that
Isle
:
and
the
Wooll
exported
out
of
the
said
Port
of
Southampton
,
shall
not
exceed
this
quantity
,
viz.
to
Jersey
2000
tods
,
unkembed
,
Guernsey
1000
tods
,
Alderney
200
tods
,
Sark
100
tods
and
no
more
,
every
tod
not
exceeding
32
pound
.
VIII
.
That
the
Governour
of
the
respective
Isles
of
Jersey
and
Guernsey
,
or
his
Deputy
for
whom
he
will
answer
,
shall
not
make
any
writing
or
writings
to
any
person
or
persons
to
appoint
or
authorize
such
person
or
persons
to
fetch
or
export
out
of
the
said
Port
of
Southampton
,
unto
the
respective
Isles
in
one
year
,
accompting
the
year
from
14
January
,
1660.
aforesaid
,
any
greater
quantity
of
Wooll
into
the
said
respective
Isles
and
places
,
than
is
by
the
true
meaning
of
the
Act
limited
and
appointed
,
upon
pain
the
respective
Governour
or
Governours
of
such
Isles
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
to
the
King
20
l.
for
every
tod
of
Wooll
which
shall
be
so
licenced
to
be
exported
over
and
above
the
rate
and
proportion
by
the
Act
limitted
and
appointed
.
IX
.
That
the
Customer
of
the
Port
of
Southampton
shall
keep
a
true
accompt
of
the
quantity
of
Woolls
so
by
him
permitted
to
be
loaden
,
and
shall
not
permit
any
greater
quantity
of
Woolls
than
in
the
Act
is
prescribed
,
to
be
loaden
in
any
one
year
to
either
of
the
said
Islands
under
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
upon
penalty
of
forfeiture
of
his
place
and
the
sum
of
100
l.
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
the
other
moyety
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
wherein
no
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
X.
That
the
respective
Governors
or
their
Deputies
,
or
any
their
Clerks
,
Officers
or
Servants
for
the
making
,
granting
,
or
sealing
of
every
such
writing
of
licence
,
and
for
the
entring
of
a
remembrance
of
the
same
into
some
Book
which
they
shall
keep
for
that
purpose
,
shall
take
12
d
.
and
no
more
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
to
the
party
grieved
5
s
.
for
every
penny
shall
be
taken
above
the
said
12
d
.
the
penalty
to
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
or
Information
in
any
Court
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
injunction
,
essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
Corporations
.
I.
13.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
1.
For
the
prevention
of
all
questions
as
may
arise
concerning
the
validity
of
elections
of
Magistrates
and
other
Officers
and
Members
in
Corporations
,
Enacted
,
That
before
20.
February
next
,
Commissions
shall
be
issued
under
the
Great
Seal
to
such
persons
as
the
King
shall
appoint
,
for
the
executing
of
the
powers
in
the
Act
expressed
,
and
the
persons
to
be
named
Commissioners
respectively
,
for
,
and
within
the
several
Cities
,
Corporations
,
Boroughs
,
Cinque
Ports
,
and
their
Members
and
Port
Towns
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
shall
be
Commissioners
respectively
.
II
.
No
Charter
of
any
Corporations
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
Boroughs
,
Cinque
Ports
,
or
their
Members
and
other
Port
Towns
in
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
avoided
for
or
by
reason
of
any
act
or
thing
done
,
or
omitted
before
the
1.
day
of
this
Parliament
.
III
.
All
persons
who
upon
20.
December
1661.
shall
be
Mayors
,
Aldermen
,
Recorders
,
Town-Clerks
,
Common
Councel
men
,
and
other
persons
bearing
Office
of
Magistracy
,
or
places
,
or
trusts
,
or
other
employment
relating
to
the
government
of
the
said
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
Boroughs
,
&c.
shall
at
any
time
before
25.
March
,
1663.
when
they
are
required
by
the
respective
Commissioners
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
:
and
the
Oath
following
,
viz.
1.
I.
A.
B.
Do
declare
and
believe
,
that
it
is
not
Lawful
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
to
take
up
Arms
against
the
King
,
and
that
I
do
abhor
that
traiterous
position
,
of
taking
Arms
by
his
authority
against
his
Person
,
or
against
those
that
are
Commissionated
by
him
.
2.
Shall
subscribe
,
viz.
I.
A.
B.
do
declare
that
there
is
no
obligation
upon
me
,
from
the
Oath
commonly
called
the
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
;
and
that
the
same
was
,
and
is
in
it self
an
unlawful
Oath
,
imposed
upon
the
subjects
of
this
Realm
,
against
the
known
Laws
and
Liberties
of
the
Kingdom
:
and
such
of
the
said
Mayors
and
other
persons
,
&c.
who
shall
refuse
to
take
and
subscribe
the
same
,
shall
from
and
after
such
refusal
be
ipso
facto
removed
off
and
from
the
said
Offices
and
places
respectively
,
and
the
said
Offices
and
places
are
hereby
adjudged
void
to
all
intents
,
&c.
as
if
the
parties
so
refusing
were
dead
.
IV
.
That
the
said
Commissioners
,
five
or
more
of
them
shall
have
power
by
warrant
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
to
remove
any
of
the
persons
aforesaid
,
from
their
said
respective
offices
places
,
or
trusts
,
if
they
or
the
major
part
of
them
present
shall
deem
it
expedient
for
the
publick
safety
,
though
such
persons
have
taken
and
subscribed
,
or
be
willing
to
take
and
subscribe
the
said
Oath
and
Declaration
.
V.
The
respective
Commissioners
,
5
or
more
of
them
shall
have
power
to
restore
such
persons
as
have
been
illegally
or
unduly
removed
,
into
the
places
out
of
which
they
were
removed
,
and
so
put
into
the
offices
and
places
which
shall
be
void
respectively
,
some
other
persons
then
being
,
or
which
have
been
Members
and
Inhabitants
of
the
said
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c
▪
who
shall
before
the
respective
Commissioners
,
3
or
more
of
them
,
take
the
Oaths
of
Obedience
and
Supremacy
,
and
the
other
Oath
,
and
subscribe
the
Declaration
before
mentioned
;
and
that
the
said
persons
after
the
taking
and
subscribing
thereof
shall
enjoy
the
said
offices
and
places
as
if
they
had
been
elected
according
to
the
Charters
and
former
usages
of
the
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c.
VI
.
The
respective
Commissioners
3
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
during
the
continuance
of
their
Commissions
to
administer
the
Oaths
and
tender
the
Declaration
aforesaid
,
and
from
and
after
the
expiration
of
the
said
respective
Commissions
,
the
said
3
Oaths
and
Declaration
shall
from
time
to
time
be
administred
to
such
persons
as
are
to
take
the
same
,
by
such
person
or
persons
respectively
,
who
by
the
charters
or
usages
of
the
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c.
are
to
administer
the
Oath
for
due
execution
of
the
said
place
;
and
in
default
of
such
,
by
2
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c.
for
the
time
being
,
if
any
such
be
there
,
or
otherwise
by
2
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
,
&c.
VII
.
The
Commissioners
,
Justices
of
the
Peace
and
other
persons
authorized
to
administer
the
said
Oaths
,
and
tender
the
said
Declaration
respectively
,
shall
cause
entries
to
be
made
of
all
Oaths
and
Subscriptions
made
before
them
,
and
deliver
the
same
once
in
a
year
to
the
respective
Town-Clerks
,
or
other
Register
of
the
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c.
who
shall
cause
the
same
to
be
entred
into
Books
belonging
to
the
said
respective
Cities
,
Corporations
,
&c.
VIII
.
From
and
after
the
expiration
of
the
said
Commissions
,
no
person
or
persons
shall
for
ever
hereafter
be
placed
,
elected
,
or
chosen
in
or
to
any
the
said
offices
or
places
that
shall
not
within
one
year
next
before
such
election
have
taken
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
according
to
the
Rites
of
the
Church
of
England
,
and
every
such
person
,
&c.
so
elected
,
shall
take
the
aforesaid
3
Oaths
and
subscribe
the
said
Declaration
at
the
same
time
when
the
Oath
for
the
execution
of
the
said
offices
or
places
shall
be
administred
,
and
in
default
thereof
such
election
shall
be
void
.
1.
Provided
.
Every
person
placed
in
any
Corporation
,
shall
take
the
Oath
or
Oaths
usually
taken
by
the
Members
of
such
Corporation
.
2.
That
the
powers
granted
to
the
Commissioners
shall
continue
and
be
in
force
till
25.
March
,
1663.
and
no
longer
.
3.
If
any
Bill
,
plaint
,
&c.
shall
be
brought
or
commenced
against
any
person
nominated
a
Commissioner
for
any
matter
done
in
pursuance
of
the
Act
;
such
person
shall
plead
the
general
issue
and
give
the
Act
in
evidence
,
and
if
the
verdict
shall
pass
for
the
Defendant
,
or
the
Plaintiff
be
nonsuit
,
or
suffer
any
discontinuance
thereof
,
the
Judge
before
whom
the
matter
shall
be
tryed
,
shall
allow
to
the
Defendants
their
trebble
costs
,
for
which
the
Defendant
shall
have
like
remedy
,
as
in
other
cases
where
by
the
Laws
costs
are
given
to
the
Defendants
.
4.
This
Act
shall
not
extend
or
be
to
the
prejudice
of
any
person
whatsoever
,
that
hath
any
reversion
of
any
the
offices
or
places
belonging
to
the
City
of
London
,
by
force
of
any
order
,
grant
,
designation
,
or
nomination
of
the
Lord
Mayor
and
Court
of
Aldermen
,
made
or
granted
to
him
before
the
late
Wars
,
for
or
in
respect
of
such
grant
,
designation
or
nomination
onely
.
Taxes
.
I.
Enacted
,
13
Car
.
2.
Cap.
3.
That
the
sum
of
70000
l.
by
the
moneth
for
18
moneths
,
beginning
from
25.
December
,
1661.
shall
be
assessed
,
taxed
,
collected
,
levied
and
paid
by
six
Quarterly
payment
in
the
several
Counties
,
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
Towns
and
places
within
England
and
Wales
,
and
the
Town
of
Berwick
,
according
to
several
Rates
and
proportions
in
the
Act
expressed
:
and
what
particular
sums
are
to
be
paid
by
the
several
and
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
are
expresly
set
down
in
the
Act
:
And
several
persons
particularly
named
in
the
Act
,
who
shall
be
Commissioners
of
,
or
for
the
said
several
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
Towns
and
places
.
II
.
That
the
several
Commissioners
shall
meet
together
at
the
most
usual
place
of
meeting
within
each
of
the
said
Counties
and
places
respectively
on
or
before
20
January
next
following
,
and
so
many
of
them
as
shall
be
present
at
the
first
general
meeting
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
are
to
put
the
Act
in
Execution
according
to
the
best
of
their
judgements
and
discretions
;
and
shall
sub-divide
themselves
into
other
numbers
,
as
two
or
more
may
be
appointed
for
the
service
of
each
Hundred
,
or
other
Division
.
III
.
That
the
Commissioners
at
the
first
general
meeting
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
may
set
down
in
writing
what
number
of
them
shall
act
in
each
of
the
said
Hundreds
,
or
Divisions
,
to
the
end
there
be
no
failer
in
any
part
.
IV
.
The
Commissioners
within
the
several
Divisions
,
or
Hundreds
,
two
or
more
of
them
are
to
cause
the
several
proportions
charged
in
the
respective
Divisions
,
and
in
every
Parish
and
place
therein
for
the
said
10
moneths
to
be
equally
assessed
,
and
to
appoint
two
or
more
Assessors
in
every
Parish
or
place
,
who
are
to
assess
the
same
equally
by
a
pound
Rate
upon
all
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Annuities
,
Rents
,
Parks
,
Warrens
,
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Stocks
,
Merchandizes
,
Offices
,
and
all
other
Estates
both
real
and
personal
within
the
limits
and
bounds
of
their
respective
Parishes
and
places
.
V.
That
the
sum
of
210000
l.
the
first
of
the
six
Quarterly
payments
be
assessed
,
collected
,
levied
and
paid
unto
the
Receivers
General
of
the
several
Counties
,
who
are
to
transmit
,
or
cause
the
same
to
be
paid
into
the
Kings
Receipt
of
Exchequer
,
before
25
of
March
,
1662.
the
sum
of
210000
l.
the
second
of
the
quarterly
payments
,
on
or
before
24
June
,
1662.
The
sum
of
210000
l.
the
3d
.
of
the
said
quarterly
payments
,
on
or
before
29
September
,
1662.
The
sum
of
210000
l.
the
4th
.
of
the
quarterly
payments
,
on
or
before
25
December
,
1662.
The
sum
of
210000
l.
the
5th
.
quarterly
payment
,
on
or
before
25.
March
,
1663.
The
sum
of
210000
l.
the
last
of
the
said
quarterly
payments
,
on
or
before
the
24th
.
of
June
,
1663.
VI
.
To
the
end
the
said
sums
charged
upon
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
may
equally
and
indifferently
be
assessed
,
and
the
Monies
duly
collected
,
and
true
Accompts
thereof
made
,
the
Assessors
are
to
deliver
one
Copy
of
their
respective
Assessments
,
fair
written
,
and
subscribed
by
them
to
the
Commissioners
,
who
are
to
seal
two
Duplicates
of
the
same
,
and
the
one
of
them
to
deliver
to
one
or
more
honest
person
or
persons
to
be
Sub
Collector
,
or
Sub-Collectors
,
which
the
Commissioners
are
to
appoint
for
each
Parish
or
place
,
with
warrant
to
collect
the
said
18
moneths
Assessments
,
so
as
the
said
several
sums
may
be
paid
in
to
the
Head-Collectors
,
so
timely
as
they
may
by
them
be
paid
to
the
Receivers
General
,
and
by
them
into
the
Receipt
of
the
Kings
Exchequer
at
the
respective
times
aforesaid
:
And
the
Commissioners
are
to
deliver
the
other
of
the
said
Duplicates
of
each
Parish
,
&c.
to
the
Receiver
General
of
each
County
or
place
respectively
,
to
be
by
him
transmitted
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
of
England
,
VII
.
The
Commissioners
in
their
respective
Divisions
,
two
or
more
of
them
,
are
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
to
appoint
an
honest
and
responsible
person
to
be
Head-Collector
,
to
whom
the
Monies
by
the
Sub-collectors
within
the
Division
received
shall
from
time
to
time
be
paid
,
and
the
Head-collector
upon
the
Receipt
thereof
is
to
pay
the
same
forth-with
to
the
Receiver
General
of
each
County
respectively
.
VIII
.
The
particular
Collectors
and
Sub-collectors
are
to
pay
in
all
the
sums
so
by
them
received
to
Receivers
general
,
who
are
to
transmit
,
or
cause
the
monies
by
them
received
to
be
paid
into
the
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
the
Lord
Treasurer
is
to
allow
the
Receiver
General
of
each
County
,
City
,
and
Town
,
in
case
he
hath
returned
up
a
Duplicate
of
the
assessment
of
each
Parish
,
&c.
for
which
he
is
appointed
Receiver
General
,
a
salary
not
exceeding
1
d
.
in
the
pound
upon
the
cleering
of
his
Accompt
.
IX
.
The
Sub-Collector
of
every
Parish
or
place
,
upon
the
collection
of
the
whole
sum
to
be
collected
by
them
,
and
payment
thereof
,
shall
receive
for
their
pains
in
collecting
and
paying
the
Monies
,
one
penny
in
the
pound
which
the
Head-Collectors
shall
pay
unto
them
;
and
the
Head-Collectors
upon
payment
of
the
whole
sum
for
their
Hundred
and
Division
,
to
the
Receiver
General
,
shall
have
and
receive
for
their
pains
in
receiving
and
paying
the
said
Monies
,
1
d
.
in
the
pound
,
which
the
Receiver
General
is
to
pay
unto
them
accordingly
.
And
upon
the
receipt
of
the
whole
Assessment
of
the
County
,
City
,
Town
,
&c.
in
case
he
hath
received
the
several
Duplicates
of
each
Parish
or
place
therein
,
and
not
otherwise
,
to
allow
and
pay
according
to
such
warrants
as
shall
be
given
by
the
Commiss
.
or
3
of
them
,
1
d
.
in
each
pound
for
the
Commiss
.
Clerks
for
their
pains
,
in
writing
the
Assessments
,
Duplicates
,
and
Copies
.
Provided
,
No
Head-Collector
shall
be
appointed
for
any
City
or
Town
which
is
by
the
Act
particularly
charged
with
the
payment
of
any
sum
towards
the
Assessment
thereby
to
be
levyed
,
and
for
which
a
Receiver
General
is
to
be
appointed
,
excepting
within
the
City
of
London
.
X.
If
any
person
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
to
pay
the
sum
of
money
whereat
he
is
rated
or
assessed
,
the
Collectors
,
Sub-collectors
,
or
any
of
them
are
to
levy
the
sum
assessed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
persons
goods
so
refusing
or
neglecting
,
returning
the
overplus
to
the
Owner
,
reasonable
charges
of
distraining
deducted
;
and
in
the
day
time
to
break
open
any
house
,
and
upon
Warrant
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
two
of
the
Commissioners
or
more
to
break
open
any
Trunk
,
or
Box
,
or
Chest
,
where
such
goods
are
,
and
to
call
to
their
assistance
the
Constable
,
or
Tything-man
within
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
where
any
such
resistance
shall
be
made
,
or
refusal
,
who
are
to
be
ayding
and
assisting
in
the
Premisses
;
And
if
any
difference
happen
upon
the
taking
of
such
Distresse
,
the
same
shall
be
ended
by
the
Commissioners
,
two
or
more
of
them
;
and
if
any
person
shall
convey
away
his
goods
,
whereby
the
sum
cannot
be
levyed
,
the
Commissioners
or
two
of
them
are
to
imprison
the
party
(
except
he
be
a
Peer
)
and
to
keep
him
in
Prison
till
the
Money
assessed
,
and
charges
in
the
bringing
in
the
same
be
paid
,
but
no
longer
:
And
the
Tenants
of
all
Houses
and
Lands
which
shall
be
rated
,
are
authorized
to
pay
such
sum
of
monies
,
and
to
deduct
out
of
their
Rents
so
much
of
the
said
rates
,
as
of
every
such
House
and
Lands
the
Land-lord
shall
or
ought
to
pay
and
bear
.
XI
.
Every
Tenant
paying
the
Assessment
,
shall
be
discharged
of
so
much
money
as
the
Assessment
doth
amount
unto
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
actually
paid
to
such
person
to
whom
his
Rent
should
be
paid
;
and
the
differences
which
shall
arise
betwixt
Land-Lord
and
Tenant
concerning
the
Rates
,
the
Commissioners
in
their
several
Divisions
,
two
or
more
of
them
shall
settle
the
same
as
they
shall
think
fit
.
And
if
any
person
shall
finde
himself
agrieved
that
he
is
over-rated
,
and
within
6
dayes
after
demand
of
the
money
,
complain
to
the
Commissioners
who
allowed
such
Assessment
,
the
Commissioners
shall
have
power
to
relieve
such
person
,
and
to
charge
the
same
on
such
other
person
as
they
shall
think
fit
.
XII
.
In
case
the
proportion
set
upon
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
and
places
shall
not
be
fully
levyed
and
paid
;
Or
if
any
of
the
Assessments
imposed
,
shall
be
rated
and
imposed
upon
any
person
not
of
ability
to
pay
the
same
,
or
upon
any
empty
or
void
house
where
the
same
cannot
be
collected
or
levied
;
Or
that
through
wilfulness
,
mistake
,
or
other
accident
,
the
Assessment
charged
upon
each
County
,
City
,
Town
,
&c.
happens
not
to
be
paid
into
the
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
,
in
every
such
case
the
Commissioners
,
Assessors
,
and
Collectors
are
to
assess
or
re-assess
,
levy
and
pay
every
such
sum
of
money
upon
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
upon
any
of
the
Divisions
,
Hundreds
and
Parishes
therein
,
as
to
the
Commissioners
shall
seem
most
agreeable
to
Equity
and
Justice
.
The
said
new
Assessments
to
be
paid
in
such
manner
as
in
the
Act
is
directed
.
XIII
.
If
any
person
or
persons
shall
wilfully
neglect
or
refuse
to
perform
his
or
their
duty
in
the
due
and
speedy
Execution
of
the
Act
,
the
Commissioners
,
three
or
more
of
them
may
impose
upon
such
person
or
persons
so
refusing
or
neglecting
,
such
Fine
as
to
them
shall
be
thought
fit
,
the
same
to
be
levyed
by
distress
or
sale
of
their
Goods
;
No
Fine
imposed
for
one
offence
to
exceed
20
l.
which
shall
be
paid
to
the
Receivers
General
,
and
by
them
into
the
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
.
XIV
.
If
any
Receiver
General
,
Collecter
,
or
Sub-Collector
,
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
pay
any
sum
of
money
which
shall
be
by
him
received
,
and
shall
not
pay
in
the
same
as
by
the
Act
is
directed
,
but
shall
detain
in
his
hands
any
money
received
by
him
or
them
,
the
Commissioners
of
each
County
,
City
,
&c.
two
or
more
of
them
in
their
respective
Divisions
are
impowred
to
imprison
the
party
,
and
seize
and
secure
his
Estate
real
and
personal
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
or
Administrators
,
where
ever
the
same
can
be
discovered
and
found
:
And
the
Commissioners
who
shall
so
seize
or
secure
the
Estate
,
shall
appoint
a
time
for
the
general
meeting
of
the
Commissioners
of
such
County
,
City
or
Town
,
and
there
notice
to
be
given
ten
days
at
least
before
such
general
meeting
;
and
the
Commissioners
present
at
such
general
meeting
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
in
case
the
Monies
detained
by
the
general
Receivers
,
Collectors
,
&c.
be
not
paid
,
as
ought
to
be
,
to
sell
and
dispose
of
all
such
Estates
,
&
satisfie
and
pay
such
County
and
place
the
sums
that
shall
be
detained
,
and
return
the
overplus
to
such
general
Receiver
,
Collector
,
&c.
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
and
Administrators
.
XV
.
At
the
expiration
of
the
respective
times
prescribed
for
the
full
payments
o●
the
said
quarterly
Assessments
,
the
respective
Commissioners
,
or
any
2
of
them
within
the
Division
and
Hundred
,
are
to
call
before
them
the
chief
Collectors
&
Sub-Collectors
to
examine
and
assure
themselves
of
the
full
payment
of
the
particular
sums
of
money
charged
upon
the
said
Division
,
Hundred
,
and
every
Parish
therein
,
and
of
the
due
return
of
the
same
into
the
hands
of
the
general
Receiver
of
the
County
,
City
,
Town
and
place
respectively
,
and
by
such
Receivers
to
the
receipt
of
the
Exchequer
,
to
the
end
there
may
be
no
failure
of
payment
of
any
part
of
the
Assessment
,
nor
any
Arrerages
remain
chargeable
upon
any
of
the
said
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
And
in
case
of
any
failure
,
the
Commissioners
or
two
of
them
are
to
cause
the
same
to
be
forthwith
levyed
and
paid
.
XVI
.
If
controversies
arise
concerning
the
Assessments
,
or
the
apportioning
or
payment
thereof
which
concern
any
of
the
Commiss
.
the
Commiss
.
concerned
shall
have
no
vote
,
but
withdraw
at
the
time
of
the
debate
till
it
be
determined
by
the
rest
.
XVII
.
No
priviledged
place
or
person
,
body
politick
or
corporate
,
shall
be
exempted
from
the
Assessment
,
but
they
and
all
Fee-farm
Rents
,
and
all
other
Rents
,
payments
,
sums
of
Monies
,
and
Annuities
issuing
out
of
any
Lands
within
the
County
,
shall
be
lyable
to
be
taxed
and
levyed
;
and
all
the
Tenants
of
such
Rents
and
Annuities
,
&c.
are
to
pay
them
proportionably
,
and
shall
be
saved
harmless
by
the
Act
from
any
farther
payment
either
to
the
Exchequer
or
other
person
,
to
whom
such
Rents
should
or
ought
to
be
paid
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
charge
any
Mr.
Fellow
,
or
Scholar
of
any
Colledg
in
the
Universities
,
Eaton
,
Winchester
,
Westminster
,
or
other
Free-Schools
,
Reader
,
Officer
,
or
Minister
of
the
said
Colledges
,
&c.
in
respect
of
any
stipend
growing
due
to
them
;
or
in
respect
of
the
several
Employments
in
the
said
Universities
,
Colledges
,
&c.
Nor
to
charge
the
houses
or
Lands
,
belonging
to
Christ-Church
,
St.
Bartholomew
,
Bridewel
,
S.
Thomas
,
and
Bethlehem
Hospitals
in
London
or
Southwark
for
any
Rents
or
Revenues
payable
to
them
,
being
received
and
disbursed
for
the
relief
of
the
poor
of
the
said
Hospitals
.
2.
No
Tenants
that
hold
Lands
or
Houses
by
Lease
or
Grant
from
any
the
said
Hospitals
to
enjoy
any
exemption
by
the
Act
,
but
shall
be
rated
and
assessed
for
so
much
as
they
are
yearly
worth
over
and
above
the
Rents
payable
to
the
Hospitals
.
3.
Where
any
person
dwelling
in
London
,
hath
his
dwelling
house
in
one
Parish
,
and
hath
any
office
,
goods
,
&c.
in
one
or
more
other
Parishes
,
to
be
assessed
for
his
office
,
goods
,
&c.
in
the
Parish
where
he
dwelleth
,
and
not
elsewhere
.
If
he
dwelleth
without
the
City
,
and
hath
any
office
within
the
City
,
to
be
assessed
for
his
office
in
the
place
where
he
dwelleth
.
4.
No
clause
or
proviso
in
the
Act
shall
extend
to
the
lessening
of
the
full
sum
to
be
levyed
and
paid
,
but
the
same
to
be
fully
assessed
,
levyed
&
paid
in
the
several
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
Towns
in
such
manner
as
is
declared
by
the
Act
;
and
the
Commissioners
shall
from
time
to
time
accompt
for
all
their
doings
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
such
as
the
King
shall
appoint
.
XVIII
.
That
in
case
the
way
of
assessing
by
a
pound
rate
shall
prove
prejudicial
or
obstructive
to
the
speedy
bringing
in
of
the
Assesment
,
the
respective
Commiss
.
or
2
of
them
,
are
to
direct
the
Assessors
,
who
are
to
assess
the
respective
sums
charged
on
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
according
to
the
most
usual
way
of
Rates
held
in
such
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
,
&c.
respectively
.
XIX
.
That
the
apportionment
of
the
assessment
,
according
to
the
rates
and
proportions
in
this
Act
,
upon
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
Towns
assessed
,
shall
not
be
drawn
into
president
for
the
future
;
and
nothing
herein
shall
be
drawn
into
Example
,
to
the
prejudice
of
the
Ancient
Rites
belonging
to
the
LORDS
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
Clergy
of
the
Realm
,
Universities
,
Colledges
,
Schools
or
Hospitals
;
nor
to
alter
,
determine
,
or
make
void
any
contracts
,
covenants
or
usages
between
Land-Lords
and
Tenants
touching
the
payment
of
taxes
or
assessments
.
XX
.
If
any
action
,
plaint
,
&c.
shall
be
commenced
or
prosecuted
against
any
person
,
&c.
for
what
he
or
they
shall
do
in
pursuance
and
execution
of
the
Act
,
such
person
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
act
and
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
&
if
the
prosecutor
be
nonsute
,
or
suffer
a
discontinuance
or
verdict
pass
against
him
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
treble
costs
.
1.
Provided
,
No
future
aid
or
supply
of
money
to
the
King
by
Parliament
in
charge
of
the
people
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
granted
or
levied
by
way
of
monthly
assessment
.
2.
No
Auditor
of
the
Exchequer
or
other
Officer
,
shall
upon
allowance
to
be
made
to
any
person
,
assessed
for
any
Fee-farm
Rent
,
to
the
King
or
Queen
Dowager
,
take
any
other
fee
for
the
same
than
4
d
.
for
any
debt
upon
such
allowance
.
Militia
.
I.
Enacted
.
14.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
3.
That
the
King
,
his
Heirs
&c.
shall
(
as
occasion
shall
require
)
issue
forth
Commissions
of
Lieutenancy
to
such
as
he
shall
think
fit
for
the
Countries
of
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
to
call
together
at
all
such
times
all
persons
;
and
to
Arm
and
Array
them
,
and
to
form
them
into
Companies
,
Troops
,
and
Regiments
,
and
in
case
of
Insurrection
,
Rebellion
,
or
Invasion
,
to
lead
,
conduct
,
and
employ
them
within
the
Counties
and
places
for
which
they
shall
be
Commissionated
for
the
suppressing
of
such
insurrections
,
&c.
according
as
they
shall
receive
directions
from
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
and
the
said
Lieutenants
shall
have
power
to
give
Commissions
to
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
to
be
Collonels
,
Majors
,
Captains
,
and
Commission
officers
of
the
persons
so
to
be
armed
and
arrayed
,
and
to
present
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
.
&c.
the
names
of
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
to
be
Deputy
Lieutenants
;
and
the
said
Lieutenants
respectively
,
and
in
their
absence
out
of
their
Lieutenancies
,
the
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
2
or
more
of
them
,
to
train
,
exercise
,
lead
,
and
conduct
the
persons
armed
,
and
arrayed
to
the
purposes
expressed
in
the
Act.
II
.
The
Lieutenants
within
the
several
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
places
,
and
their
Deputies
,
or
the
major
part
of
such
Lieutenants
,
and
Deputy
Lieutenants
then
present
,
or
in
the
absence
of
the
Lieutenants
,
the
major
part
of
the
Deputy
Lieutenants
;
3
at
the
least
,
have
power
to
charge
any
person
with
Horse
,
Horse-men
and
Arms
,
or
with
Foot-Soldier
and
Arms
in
the
same
County
,
City
,
Town
,
&c.
where
his
,
her
,
or
their
estates
lie
,
not
exceeding
these
proportions
,
viz.
no
person
to
be
charged
with
finding
a
Horse
,
Horse-man
and
Arms
,
unless
he
have
500
l.
per
annum
in
lands
,
in
possession
,
or
6000
l.
in
Goods
or
Means
besides
the
furniture
of
their
houses
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
estate
.
2.
Not
to
charge
any
person
finding
a
Foot-Soldier
or
Arms
,
that
hath
not
50
l.
per
annum
in
possession
or
personal
estate
of
600
l.
(
other
than
the
Stock
upon
the
Ground
)
:
And
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
estate
;
and
shall
charge
no
person
with
finding
both
Horse
and
Foot
in
the
same
County
.
1.
Provided
,
they
or
3
of
them
may
impose
the
finding
and
providing
of
Horse
,
Horse-men
,
and
Arms
,
by
joyning
2
,
3
,
or
more
persons
together
in
charge
as
shall
appear
most
conduceable
to
the
service
of
the
Kingdom
.
2.
Provided
,
no
person
,
that
hath
not
100
l.
per
annum
in
possession
,
in
Lands
,
Tenements
,
or
Hereditaments
,
or
coppihold
,
or
1200
l.
personal
estate
,
shall
be
compellable
to
contribute
to
the
finding
of
any
Horse
,
or
Horse-man
.
III
.
The
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
or
3
of
them
,
in
their
respective
Counties
,
&c.
shall
require
all
persons
charged
with
Horse
,
,
Horse-men
and
Arms
to
allow
2
s
.
per
diem
to
the
Trooper
that
serve
with
their
Horse
and
Arms
,
for
the
maintenance
of
the
Man
and
Horse
;
and
12
d
.
per
diem
for
the
Foot-Soldier
(
if
they
serve
not
in
their
own
persons
)
for
so
many
daies
as
they
shall
be
absent
from
their
dwelling
,
by
occasion
of
muster
or
exercise
.
IV
.
The
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
or
3
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
lay
fitting
rates
upon
the
respective
Counties
and
place
(
not
exceeding
the
fourth
part
of
one
months
Assessment
,
after
the
rate
of
70000
l.
by
the
month
;
which
monies
are
to
be
assessed
and
paid
by
such
persons
,
according
to
such
directions
as
shall
be
given
by
the
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
or
3
of
them
,
under
the
like
penalties
as
are
prescribed
in
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
raising
70000
l.
for
the
further
supply
of
the
King
)
and
in
case
of
invasions
,
insurrections
,
or
rebellions
,
the
persons
so
charged
shall
provide
each
their
Soldier
with
pay
in
hand
(
not
exceeding
one
months
pay
)
as
shall
be
directed
by
the
respective
Lieutenants
,
or
in
their
absence
by
their
Deputies
,
two
or
more
of
them
,
for
payment
of
which
monies
,
and
for
satisfaction
of
the
Officers
for
their
pay
during
such
time
as
they
shall
be
with
their
Soldiers
in
such
said
actual
service
,
provision
shall
be
made
by
the
King
and
his
Heirs
,
out
of
his
or
their
publick
Treasury
or
Revenue
.
Provided
,
in
case
a
months
pay
shall
be
provided
and
advanced
as
aforesaid
,
no
person
who
shall
have
advanced
his
proportion
,
shall
be
charged
with
any
other
like
months
payment
,
till
he
hath
been
re-imbursed
the
said
months
pay
.
V.
The
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
or
chief
Officers
upon
the
place
in
the
respective
Counties
,
&c.
may
charge
Carts
,
Wagons
,
and
Horses
for
the
carrying
powder
,
match
and
other
materials
,
allowing
6
d
.
per
mile
,
for
every
Cart
,
&c.
with
5
Horses
,
and
for
every
Horse
employed
out
of
Cart
,
&c.
for
the
uses
aforesaid
,
1
d
.
so
taken
upon
the
marching
of
any
Regiment
,
Company
,
or
Troop
,
upon
occasion
of
invasion
,
insurrection
,
&c.
And
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
,
or
chief
Officers
may
imprison
mutineers
,
and
such
Soldiers
as
do
not
their
duties
as
Soldiers
,
at
the
day
of
their
musters
and
training
,
and
may
inflict
for
such
offence
a
pecuniary
mulct
,
not
exceeding
5
s
.
or
imprisonment
not
exceeding
20
dayes
.
VI
.
If
any
person
so
to
be
assessed
by
the
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
or
3
of
them
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
by
a
reasonable
time
appointed
to
provide
and
furnish
such
Horse
,
Horse-men
and
Arms
,
and
other
furniture
,
or
to
pay
such
sums
of
money
for
the
furnishing
as
aforesaid
,
the
said
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
3
or
more
of
them
,
may
for
every
such
offence
inflict
a
penalty
upon
such
persons
,
not
exceeding
20
l.
and
by
Warrant
under
the
hands
and
seals
of
3
or
more
of
them
,
levy
such
sums
of
money
,
or
the
value
of
such
Horses
,
Arms
and
Furniture
and
such
penalty
inflicted
,
by
distresse
and
sale
of
the
persons
goods
so
refusing
or
neglecting
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
party
,
necessary
charges
in
the
levying
deducted
.
VII
.
If
any
person
to
be
armed
,
arrayed
and
weaponed
,
shall
detain
,
or
imbezle
his
Horse
,
Arms
,
or
Furniture
,
the
respective
Lieutenants
,
and
in
their
absence
their
Deputies
,
2
or
more
of
them
may
imprison
such
person
and
persons
,
till
they
have
made
satisfaction
for
the
Horse
,
Arms
or
Furniture
so
detained
or
imbezled
▪
and
if
any
person
so
to
be
horsed
and
weaponed
,
shall
not
appear
and
serve
compleatly
furnished
with
Horse
,
Arms
and
furniture
at
the
beat
of
Drum
,
sound
of
Trumpet
,
or
other
summons
,
the
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
,
2
or
more
of
them
,
may
imprison
such
person
or
persons
five
dayes
,
or
inflict
the
penalty
,
if
a
Horse-man
20
s
.
if
a
Footman
10
s
.
to
be
paid
down
without
delay
:
and
if
any
person
assessed
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
send
his
Horse
,
Arms
,
and
Furniture
upon
summons
or
notice
,
the
respective
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
or
3
of
them
,
may
inflict
a
penalty
not
exceeding
5
l.
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
such
persons
goods
,
rendring
the
overplus
,
necessary
charges
for
levying
deducted
.
VIII
.
The
respective
Lieutenants
are
to
appoint
one
or
more
Treasurers
,
or
Clerks
for
the
receiving
and
paying
of
the
monies
levyed
,
of
which
receipts
and
disbursements
they
are
every
6
months
to
give
their
accompt
in
writing
and
upon
Oath
to
the
Lieutenants
and
their
deputies
,
or
any
2
of
them
(
which
Oath
they
have
power
to
administer
)
and
the
accompt
so
taken
shall
be
forthwith
certified
to
the
Lords
of
the
Kings
Privy
Councel
and
a
duplicate
thereof
shall
be
certified
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
next
general
quarter
Sessions
.
IX
.
The
respective
Lieutenants
or
2
or
more
of
their
Deputies
,
are
by
warrant
under
their
hands
and
seals
to
employ
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
fit
(
of
which
a
commissionated
Officer
,
and
the
Constable
or
his
Deputy
,
or
Tythingman
shall
be
one
)
to
search
for
and
seiz
all
Arms
in
the
custody
and
possession
of
any
persons
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
shall
judg
dangerous
to
the
Peace
of
the
Kingdome
,
and
to
secure
such
Arms
,
and
thereof
to
give
accompts
to
the
Lieutenants
and
in
their
absence
to
their
Deputies
or
any
2
of
them
.
Prov.
no
such
search
be
in
any
house
between
sun-setting
and
sun-rising
,
other
than
in
Cities
,
and
their
Suburbs
,
Towns
Corporate
,
and
Market-Towns
,
where
it
may
be
lawful
to
search
in
the
night
time
by
Warrant
,
and
in
case
of
resistance
to
enter
by
force
.
No
dwelling
house
of
any
Peer
of
the
Realm
shall
be
searched
,
but
by
immediate
Warrant
from
the
King
under
his
sign
Manual
,
or
in
the
presence
of
the
Lieutenant
,
or
one
of
the
Deputy
Lieutenants
of
the
same
County
;
and
in
all
places
where
search
is
to
be
made
,
it
shall
be
lawful
in
case
of
resistance
to
enter
by
force
,
and
the
Arms
so
seized
,
may
be
restored
to
the
Owners
,
if
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
or
two
of
them
shall
think
fit
.
X.
The
Constables
and
other
Officers
within
the
Counties
,
Cities
,
and
places
are
to
be
aiding
and
assisting
to
the
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
in
the
execution
of
the
premisses
,
and
all
persons
who
shall
act
or
do
any
thing
in
execution
thereof
,
shall
be
saved
harmless
,
&c.
and
all
persons
who
have
heretofore
acted
any
thing
in
execution
of
any
Commission
of
Lieutenancy
issued
by
the
King
that
now
is
,
or
by
colour
of
them
,
or
relating
thereunto
since
7.
May
1661.
till
the
20.
of
May
1662.
shall
be
saved
harmless
and
indempnified
.
XI
.
Where
any
person
shall
be
charged
to
find
a
Horse
,
and
Hors-man
and
Arms
,
or
a
Foot
Soldier
and
arms
in
such
County
,
&c.
where
he
doth
not
reside
or
inhabit
,
the
Commissioners
and
Deputies
,
or
any
3
of
them
shall
send
notice
of
such
charge
,
if
any
such
person
have
lands
in
his
own
occupation
,
to
such
person
as
he
doth
employ
as
his
servant
in
managing
of
the
same
,
and
in
case
all
his
lands
or
other
estate
be
let
to
farm
,
then
to
one
or
two
of
the
most
sufficient
Tenant
or
Tenants
,
who
shall
have
the
same
in
their
occupation
,
who
are
to
convey
the
same
to
their
Master
or
Land-lord
,
and
shall
bring
an
accompt
of
their
Master
or
Land-lords
answer
to
the
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
and
upon
neglect
or
refusal
of
the
Land-lord
,
to
provide
such
Horse
,
Horse-man
,
Arms
,
or
such
Foot
Soldier
and
Arms
as
is
charged
upon
him
,
then
the
said
Tenant
or
Tenants
shall
provide
and
do
as
the
Land-lord
in
that
behalf
ought
to
have
done
,
and
if
the
Tenant
or
Tenants
shall
neglect
to
provide
such
Horse
,
Horse-man
and
Arms
,
or
such
Foot-Soldier
and
Arms
charged
upon
his
Land-lord
,
within
the
time
limited
,
the
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
,
two
or
more
of
them
,
may
by
Warrant
under
their
hands
and
seals
levy
all
such
penalties
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
Offenders
goods
,
rendring
the
over
plus
to
the
party
distrained
.
XII
.
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
said
Tenant
or
Tenants
to
detain
out
of
such
rent
or
rents
as
shall
be
next
due
to
the
Land-lords
,
all
such
monies
as
the
said
Tenant
or
Tenants
shall
lay
out
or
expend
in
providing
such
Horse
,
Horse-man
,
Arms
,
or
Foot-Soldier
and
Arms
charged
upon
the
Land-lords
,
or
shall
be
levied
upon
him
or
them
,
any
Commission
,
Reservation
,
Covenant
,
or
Contract
for
the
payment
of
his
rent
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
,
and
shall
be
saved
harmless
by
the
Act
,
unless
the
Land-lord
or
Land-lords
shall
make
it
appear
within
2
months
after
the
levying
such
penalties
before
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
,
2
or
more
of
them
,
that
the
default
and
penalty
was
occasioned
by
the
wilful
neglect
of
such
Tenant
or
Tenants
.
XIII
.
No
Peer
of
the
Realm
shall
be
capable
of
acting
as
Lieutenant
or
Deputy
Lieutenant
,
unless
he
shall
first
before
six
of
the
Lords
of
the
Privy
Councel
,
or
such
other
person
as
shall
be
authorized
by
the
King
to
administer
the
same
,
take
this
Oath
,
viz.
I.
A.
B.
do
declare
and
believe
that
it
is
not
lawful
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
to
take
Arms
against
the
King
,
and
I
do
abhor
that
traiterous
position
,
that
arms
may
be
taken
by
his
authority
against
his
person
or
against
those
that
are
commissionated
by
him
in
pursuance
of
such
Military
Commissions
;
and
none
under
the
degree
of
a
Peer
shall
be
capable
of
acting
as
a
Lieutenant
or
Deputy
Lieutenant
,
Officer
or
Soldier
,
unless
he
take
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
and
the
like
Oath
as
the
Peers
are
as
above
to
take
,
which
Oaths
any
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
.
&c.
is
enabled
to
administer
to
the
said
Lieutenants
and
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
and
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
are
enabled
to
administer
the
said
Oaths
to
the
Officers
and
Soldiers
.
XIV
.
That
the
Trained
Bands
and
Forces
now
actually
raised
and
in
being
shall
so
continue
in
each
respective
City
and
County
of
England
and
Wales
until
25.
of
March
,
1663.
and
no
longer
,
unless
an
establishment
according
to
this
Act
be
no
sooner
had
,
any
thing
in
the
Act
notwithstanding
.
XV
.
The
ordinary
times
for
training
,
exercising
and
mustering
the
Forces
shall
be
these
,
viz.
1.
The
general
muster
and
exercise
of
Regiments
not
above
once
a
year
.
2.
The
training
and
exercising
of
single
Companies
not
above
four
times
a
year
,
unless
special
direction
be
given
by
the
King
or
Privy
Councel
.
3.
Single
Companies
and
Troops
shall
not
at
any
one
time
be
continued
in
exercise
above
two
days
.
4.
At
a
general
muster
and
exercise
of
Regiments
,
no
Officer
or
Soldier
shall
be
constrained
to
stay
for
above
four
days
together
from
their
habitations
.
5.
At
every
muster
,
every
Musketeer
shall
bring
with
him
half
a
pound
of
Powder
at
the
charge
of
the
person
who
is
to
provide
the
said
Foot
Soldier
and
Arms.
6.
Every
Horse-man
to
bring
with
him
a
quarter
of
a
pound
of
Powder
at
the
charge
of
such
person
as
is
to
provide
the
Horse
,
Horse-man
and
Arms
▪
The
Arms
offensive
and
defensive
with
the
furniture
for
Horse
are
,
viz.
The
defensive
Arms
,
a
Back
,
and
a
Brest
and
Pot
:
The
Brest
and
Pot
of
Pistol
proof
,
viz.
The
offensive
Arms
,
a
Sword
and
a
Case
of
Pistols
,
the
Barrels
not
under
14
inches
in
length
.
The
furniture
of
the
Horse
,
a
great
Sadle
,
or
Pad
,
with
burs
and
straps
to
affix
the
Houlsters
unto
.
2.
A
Bit
and
a
Bridle
Pectorel
and
Crupper
.
7.
For
the
Foot
,
A
Musketeer
is
to
have
a
Musket
,
the
Barrel
not
under
3
foot
in
length
.
The
gage
of
the
B●re
to
be
for
12
Bullets
to
the
pound
,
a
collar
of
Bandaliers
with
a
Sword
;
and
all
Muster-Masters
for
the
present
shall
admit
,
and
allow
of
any
Muskets
already
made
which
will
bear
a
Bullet
of
14
to
the
pound
;
but
none
henceforth
shall
be
made
,
or
allowed
but
such
as
are
of
the
gage
of
12
Bullets
to
the
pound
.
8.
A
Pikeman
,
is
to
be
armed
with
a
Pike
made
of
Ash
,
not
under
16
foot
in
length
;
a
Back
,
Brest
,
Head-Peece
,
and
Sword
;
Muster-Masters
shall
▪
for
the
present
allow
of
Pikes
already
made
that
are
not
under
15
foot
;
but
no
Pikes
which
shall
be
hereafter
made
,
are
to
be
allowed
of
,
that
are
under
16
foot
in
length
.
XVI
.
The
Militia
of
the
Island
of
Purbeck
shall
remain
seperate
from
the
County
of
Dorset
,
and
the
Kings
Lieatenant
of
that
Island
,
and
his
Deputies
,
3
or
more
of
them
,
shall
have
power
of
Levying
,
Arraying
,
Mustering
,
and
conducting
of
such
number
of
foot
for
the
defence
of
the
Island
,
and
execute
within
the
Island
all
such
powers
,
as
any
of
the
Kings
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
;
might
in
the
respective
Counties
,
Cities
,
&c.
execute
.
XVII
.
In
case
of
danger
to
the
present
Government
,
the
King
at
any
time
or
times
the
same
shall
happen
during
three
years
from
20
June
,
1662.
may
raise
such
sums
of
money
for
defraying
of
the
whole
,
or
such
part
of
the
Militia
,
as
he
shall
find
himself
obliged
to
employ
in
order
to
the
quiet
and
security
of
the
Nation
,
not
exceeding
70000
l.
in
one
whole
year
,
the
same
to
be
raised
by
the
Lieutenants
or
their
Deputies
in
the
respective
Counties
according
to
the
directions
in
an
Act
of
this
Parliament
,
for
the
raising
18
moneths
assessment
after
the
rate
of
70000
l.
per
mensem
;
as
also
to
continue
for
three
years
from
the
aforesaid
25
of
June
,
and
no
longer
.
XVIII
.
All
Constables
and
other
Officers
who
since
24
June
,
1660.
have
paid
or
disbursed
or
before
this
Militia
established
,
shall
pay
or
disburse
any
monies
for
buying
of
Arms
,
or
defraying
of
charges
of
Soldiers
,
set
,
or
to
be
set
upon
their
respective
Parishes
,
shall
be
re-imbursed
the
same
by
such
as
have
refused
to
pay
their
proportions
thereof
;
and
in
case
he
or
they
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
same
,
then
to
be
levied
by
distress
and
sale
of
goods
,
delivering
the
overplus
to
the
owner
.
XIX
.
No
person
charged
with
the
finding
of
Horse
,
or
Foot
,
or
with
contributing
thereunto
,
shall
be
compelled
to
serve
in
his
proper
person
,
but
may
according
to
such
proportion
as
he
shall
be
charged
,
finde
one
or
more
fit
and
sufficient
man
to
be
approved
by
his
Captain
;
nevertheless
to
be
allowed
upon
appeal
to
the
Lieutenant
,
or
his
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
two
of
them
:
And
every
such
person
so
found
and
provided
,
shall
serve
as
Soldier
in
such
manner
and
under
such
penalties
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act.
XX
.
Every
person
or
persons
who
shall
serve
in
his
own
person
,
or
such
person
as
shall
be
accepted
in
his
stead
,
shall
at
the
next
Muster
of
the
Troop
,
or
company
,
give
his
Christian
and
Sir
name
and
place
of
aboad
,
to
such
person
as
the
Lieutenant
or
his
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
two
of
them
,
shall
appoint
,
to
the
end
the
same
may
be
listed
:
And
from
thenceforth
the
party
listed
,
shall
not
be
exchanged
or
desert
the
service
but
by
the
leave
and
order
of
the
Lieutenant
or
two
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
his
Captain
,
obtained
in
Writing
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
,
upon
pain
he
shall
forfeit
20
l.
to
be
levied
of
his
Goods
and
Chattels
;
and
for
non
payment
,
or
want
of
distress
to
be
committed
to
the
common
Gaol
for
3
moneths
without
bail
or
main
prize
.
XXI
.
The
Act
shall
not
extend
to
put
a
new
charge
of
Arms
upon
the
Tinners
of
the
Counties
of
Devon
and
Cornwal
,
other
than
the
tax
in
the
former
proviso
;
but
the
Warden
of
Stannaries
,
in
pursuance
of
the
Kings
Commission
,
and
such
as
he
shall
Commissionate
under
him
,
shall
have
the
like
powers
,
and
Array
,
Assess
,
Arm
and
Muster
the
said
Tinners
within
the
Counties
,
according
to
the
ancient
priviledge
and
custom
of
the
said
Stannaries
.
XXII
.
The
Kings
Lieutenants
that
are
or
shall
be
Commissionated
for
the
City
of
London
,
shall
continue
to
list
and
levy
the
Trained
Bands
and
Auxiliaries
of
the
City
as
to
the
number
and
quality
of
the
persons
in
manner
as
was
used
in
forming
the
present
forces
now
raised
by
the
Kings
Commission
.
And
the
Kings
Majesties
Lieutenants
of
the
said
City
by
Warrant
from
his
Majesty
shall
and
may
impose
and
levy
yearly
so
much
money
as
they
shall
find
needful
for
the
defraying
the
arrears
of
those
which
were
raised
for
his
Majesties
Restauration
;
and
the
arrears
and
necessary
charge
of
those
that
now
are
,
and
shall
be
raised
,
with
the
Ammunition
and
expences
of
their
Militia
,
not
exceeding
in
one
year
the
proportion
of
one
moneths
tax
which
the
City
now
pays
towards
the
tax
of
70000
l.
by
the
moneth
.
XXIII
.
No
Officer
or
Soldier
of
the
Militia
or
Trained
Bands
belonging
to
any
City
,
Borough
,
or
Town
Corporate
being
of
it self
a
County
,
or
other
Corporate
or
Port
Town
,
who
have
used
to
be
Mustred
onely
within
their
own
Precincts
,
shall
be
compellable
to
appear
out
of
their
Precincts
,
at
any
Muster
or
Exercise
onely
;
and
every
of
the
said
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
&c.
are
hereby
chargeable
to
find
their
usual
number
of
Soldiers
unless
the
Lieutenants
find
cause
to
lessen
the
same
.
1.
Provided
,
The
Act
not
to
extend
,
to
avoid
any
Covenant
or
agreement
that
hath
,
or
shall
be
made
between
any
Land-Lord
,
or
Tenant
concerning
finding
of
Horses
or
Arms
,
or
the
bearing
or
paying
any
taxes
,
rates
,
or
other
charges
by
any
Tenant
;
but
that
the
said
rates
and
charges
shall
be
born
and
paid
by
the
Tenants
,
according
to
the
Covenants
and
agreements
.
2.
Not
to
extend
to
make
any
alteration
in
the
Isle
of
Wight
,
as
to
the
Militia
in
that
place
,
either
to
raise
Horse
or
Foot
in
the
Island
otherwise
than
formerly
hath
been
.
3.
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Kings
Constable
or
Lieutenant
of
the
Tower
to
continue
to
levy
the
Trained
Bands
in
the
Division
or
Hamlets
of
the
Tower
in
such
manner
,
as
to
the
number
and
quality
of
the
persons
,
as
was
observed
in
the
forming
of
the
present
Forces
.
4.
No
matter
herein
contained
shall
extend
to
the
giving
,
or
declaring
any
power
for
the
transporting
any
of
the
Subjects
of
the
Realm
,
or
compelling
them
to
march
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
otherwise
than
by
the
Laws
of
England
ought
to
be
done
.
XXIV
.
No
Peer
of
this
Realm
shall
be
charged
with
Horse
,
Horsemen
,
and
Arms
,
or
Foot
Soldiers
and
arms
in
other
manner
than
is
expressed
,
viz.
That
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
may
issue
out
Commissions
under
the
Great
Seal
,
to
so
many
Peers
(
not
fewer
than
12
)
as
he
or
they
shall
think
fit
,
who
or
any
5
of
them
shall
have
power
to
assess
all
and
every
,
or
any
of
the
Peers
of
the
Realm
according
to
the
limitations
in
the
Act
for
the
finding
of
Horse
,
Hors-men
and
Arms
,
and
Foot
Soldiers
and
Arms
,
and
shall
have
power
to
put
in
execution
all
the
powers
and
authorities
of
the
Act
,
as
well
for
laying
of
assessments
,
as
imposing
of
penalties
;
which
shall
be
from
time
to
time
certified
to
the
Lieutenants
of
each
County
,
to
the
end
the
charge
may
be
born
and
the
penalties
levied
according
to
the
Act
,
and
if
there
be
default
in
performance
of
any
thing
to
be
done
or
paid
,
the
respective
Lieutenants
and
Deputy
Lieutenants
,
or
3
of
them
,
may
cause
disttesses
to
be
taken
in
any
the
Lands
of
such
Defaulter
,
within
their
counties
or
limits
,
and
if
satisfaction
shall
not
be
given
within
one
week
after
distress
taken
,
then
the
distresses
to
be
sold
for
the
performance
of
the
service
and
the
charge
incident
thereunto
.
Statutes
Continued
.
Enacted
,
17.
Car
.
1.
Cap.
4.
That
all
Statutes
and
Acts
of
Parliament
which
have
their
continuance
,
or
were
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
3.
year
of
the
reign
of
his
Majesty
that
now
is
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Continuance
and
repeal
of
divers
Statutes
,
continued
until
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
then
next
Parliament
,
shall
by
vertue
of
this
Act
be
adjudged
ever
since
the
Session
of
Parliament
in
the
said
third
year
to
have
been
of
such
form
and
affect
,
as
the
same
were
the
last
day
of
that
Session
,
and
from
thenceforth
until
some
other
Act
of
Parliament
be
made
,
touching
the
continuance
or
discontinuance
of
the
said
Statutes
and
Acts
,
in
the
said
Act
of
the
3.
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
continued
as
aforesaid
.
FINIS
.
AN
EXACT
Abridgment
Of
all
the
Publick
ACTS
of
PARLIAMENT
Which
were
Pass'd
June
3.
and
July
17.
In
the
15th
year
of
the
Reign
of
King
CHARLES
II
.
Cattel
.
NO
person
using
the
Trade
of
a
Butcher
,
Enacted
Anno
15
Car
.
2.
Cap.
6.
shall
at
any
time
from
and
after
the
Feast
of
S.
Michael
next
,
sell
,
offer
,
or
expose
to
sale
,
by
himself
,
or
any
Servant
,
or
Agent
whatsoever
,
any
fat
Oxen
,
Steers
,
Runts
,
Kine
,
Heifers
,
Calves
,
Sheep
,
or
Lambs
alive
,
upon
pain
to
forfeit
the
double
value
of
the
Cattel
so
sold
,
offered
,
or
exposed
to
sale
,
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
the
other
moyety
to
him
who
shall
sue
for
the
same
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Action
of
Debt
,
or
Information
,
wherein
no
Essoign
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
EXCISE
.
Enacted
Car
.
2.
Cap.
9.
No
common
Brewer
,
Inn-keeper
,
Victualler
,
or
other
Retaler
of
Beer
or
Ale
shall
at
any
time
after
1
September
,
1663.
without
first
giving
notice
thereof
at
the
next
Office
of
Excise
,
or
to
the
Commissioners
,
Farmers
,
or
Sub-Commissioners
of
Excise
,
or
one
of
them
,
within
the
limits
of
whose
Office
he
or
they
shall
inhabit
;
erect
,
set
up
,
alter
,
or
enlarge
any
Tun
,
Fat
,
Back
,
Cooler
or
Copper
,
and
shall
make
use
of
any
of
them
for
the
brewing
or
making
any
Beer
or
Ale
,
or
Worts
,
or
make
use
of
,
or
keep
any
private
and
concealed
Store-house
,
Cellar
or
other
place
for
the
laying
in
any
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
Worts
in
Cask
,
other
than
such
as
are
already
openly
set
up
and
made
use
of
in
his
common
and
usual
Brewhouse
now
openly
known
,
upon
pain
of
50
l.
for
every
Tun
,
Fat
,
Back
,
Copper
,
&c.
set
up
and
made
use
of
without
such
notice
given
as
aforesaid
:
And
all
and
every
person
,
&c.
in
whose
occupation
any
House
,
Out-house
,
or
other
place
whatsoever
is
or
shall
be
,
where
such
private
and
concealed
Tun
,
Back
,
Cooler
,
or
Store-house
shall
be
found
and
discovered
,
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
50
l.
to
be
levied
as
by
the
Act
is
directed
:
And
every
such
private
and
concealed
Tun
,
Fat
,
Back
,
&c.
discovered
and
found
,
or
altered
or
enlarged
,
with
all
Beer
,
Ale
,
and
Worts
therein
,
shall
be
taken
up
,
seized
,
and
carried
away
and
delivered
to
the
Overseers
of
the
Poor
,
to
be
sold
for
the
use
of
the
Poor
.
II
.
From
and
after
8
November
1665.
No
person
or
persons
whatsoever
nominated
to
be
in
Commission
for
the
regulating
of
his
Majesties
Revenue
of
Excise
;
or
for
the
exercise
of
the
Powers
mentioned
in
an
Act
,
Entituled
,
A
Grant
of
certain
Impositions
upon
Beer
,
Ale
,
and
other
Liquors
,
for
the
increase
of
his
Majesties
Revenue
for
life
:
Or
an
Act
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
taking
away
the
Court
of
Wards
and
Liveries
,
&c.
or
in
this
present
Act
,
shall
presume
to
farm
the
same
Revenue
,
either
directly
or
indirectly
,
by
obtaining
Letters
Patents
to
him
or
themselves
,
or
other
persons
in
trust
for
them
,
or
for
their
use
or
benefit
:
Nor
any
person
whatsoever
being
a
Farmer
of
the
said
Revenue
,
shall
be
capable
to
be
nominated
a
Commissioner
for
the
regulating
of
the
said
Revenue
of
Excise
,
or
exercising
any
powers
concerning
the
same
.
But
if
any
person
disabled
as
aforesaid
to
be
a
Commissioner
shall
become
a
Farmer
,
and
shall
in
either
of
the
said
cases
presume
▪
directly
or
indirectly
to
act
as
a
Commissioner
,
Farmer
,
or
Sub-Commissioner
,
to
execute
the
powers
,
either
alone
,
or
joyntly
with
other
persons
that
are
Farmers
,
or
who
are
not
Farmers
,
shall
after
such
acting
lose
the
benefit
of
his
Farm
,
and
be
thenceforth
for
ever
disabled
to
be
either
Farmer
or
Commissioner
for
the
regulating
thereof
and
exercising
the
powers
aforesaid
.
And
all
and
every
act
done
by
any
Commissioner
,
Farmer
by
himself
,
or
joyntly
with
others
not
Farmers
,
shall
be
void
:
And
all
persons
,
&c.
any
way
molested
or
troubled
by
any
such
Commissioner
,
may
bring
his
action
at
law
for
the
same
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
at
Westminster
,
and
thereby
recover
his
damages
.
III
.
All
and
every
Letters
Patents
to
be
made
after
the
tenth
of
April
1663.
making
any
Farmer
of
Excise
to
be
a
Commissioner
or
Sub-Commissioner
shall
be
utterly
void
.
IV
.
If
any
Commissioner
or
Sub-Commissioner
who
by
vertue
of
any
Letters
Patents
are
now
both
Commissioners
for
regulating
the
said
Revenue
,
and
likewise
Farmers
of
the
said
Revenue
,
shall
give
any
false
or
corrupt
judgement
in
advancement
of
the
benefit
of
his
or
their
Farm
to
the
Brewers
damage
,
he
or
they
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
judgement
,
double
costs
to
the
party
so
injured
:
And
in
case
any
person
shall
unjustly
complain
of
any
such
judgement
of
the
Commissioners
,
and
so
shall
be
found
upon
his
appeal
,
he
shall
forfeit
double
costs
to
the
Commissioners
for
such
unjust
vexation
,
to
be
recovered
by
Information
,
Bill
,
or
Plaint
in
any
Court
of
Record
.
V.
From
and
after
1
September
1663.
All
and
every
Gager
or
Gagers
of
Excise
,
who
take
an
account
of
any
Beer
or
Ale
brewed
,
or
made
by
any
common
Brewer
,
shall
weekly
after
such
Brewer
hath
,
or
ought
to
have
made
his
Entry
at
the
Office
of
Excise
,
and
not
otherwise
,
make
to
such
Brewer
,
or
some
of
his
servants
in
his
behalf
,
a
true
Copy
under
his
hand
of
such
report
as
he
or
they
have
made
thereof
to
the
Commissioners
of
Excise
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
for
every
neglect
40
s
.
Provided
,
No
such
Brewer
shall
be
sued
or
prosecuted
for
any
penalty
,
for
or
by
reason
of
any
mis-entry
,
or
short
entry
,
if
he
or
they
shall
within
a
week
after
the
delivery
of
such
copy
,
certifie
his
or
their
entry
according
to
the
said
return
,
or
otherwise
discharge
himself
.
VI
.
From
and
after
1
September
,
1663.
as
often
as
shall
be
occasion
,
two
able
Artists
shall
be
appointed
,
one
by
his
Majesties
Commissioners
or
Farmers
for
Excise
,
the
other
by
the
Brewers
of
any
City
or
place
,
who
shall
take
an
Oath
to
take
and
compute
the
just
contents
and
gage
of
all
Tunns
,
Coppers
,
Fatts
,
and
other
brewing-vessels
belonging
to
all
or
any
Brewer
of
Beer
or
Ale
to
sell
,
and
deliver
and
give
under
their
hands
one
copy
of
the
particular
of
such
Vessels
to
the
said
Commissioners
or
Farmers
,
and
another
to
each
and
every
respective
Brewer
,
which
computation
shall
answer
and
be
according
to
the
measures
and
proportions
expressed
in
the
said
former
Acts
of
Excise
.
VII
.
No
Commissioner
,
Farmer
,
or
Sub-Commissioner
for
the
Excise
,
or
common
Brewer
of
Beer
or
Ale
to
sell
,
from
and
after
1
September
1663.
shall
have
power
to
act
in
,
or
execute
as
a
Justice
of
Peace
,
any
of
the
powers
or
things
contained
in
any
of
the
Laws
made
for
and
concerning
the
Excise
,
or
in
this
present
Act
:
And
if
any
of
the
said
persons
shall
presume
to
act
or
execute
any
thing
contrary
hereunto
,
all
such
things
so
acted
or
executed
,
are
and
shall
be
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
VIII
.
From
and
after
1
September
1663.
The
Commissioners
,
Farmers
,
or
Sub-Commissioners
in
each
County
within
England
and
Wales
shall
constitute
or
depute
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
such
persons
as
they
shall
think
needful
in
each
respective
Market-Town
,
to
be
there
every
Market-day
in
some
publick
place
,
for
receiving
the
Entries
and
duties
of
Excise
,
and
performing
all
other
things
touching
the
said
duty
,
as
to
former
Acts
,
and
this
present
Act
;
which
said
persons
so
constituted
or
deputed
,
shall
attend
at
such
Office
on
every
Market-day
in
such
Market-Town
,
and
shall
keep
the
said
Office
open
from
9
of
the
clock
in
the
morning
,
till
12
of
the
clock
at
noon
:
and
from
2
of
the
clock
in
the
afternoon
,
till
5
of
the
clock
in
the
afternoon
.
And
in
case
such
Office
shall
not
be
so
kept
and
attended
in
each
Market-Town
,
the
Commissioners
,
Farmers
,
or
other
persons
so
neglecting
or
refusing
to
do
the
same
,
shall
for
every
Market-day
forfeit
10
l.
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
him
who
will
inform
and
sue
for
the
same
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
,
wherein
no
Essoign
,
Protection
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
:
And
such
persons
as
shall
come
to
make
such
entry
,
and
shall
tender
the
same
according
to
the
Acts
,
and
be
able
to
prove
such
tender
by
one
or
two
witnesses
,
shall
not
be
liable
to
any
penalty
imposed
by
the
said
Acts
for
such
weekly
entries
,
or
payments
as
should
have
been
made
or
paid
upon
such
Market
day
.
IX
From
and
after
1
September
,
1663.
No
common
Brewer
of
Beer
or
Ale
shall
sell
,
carry
or
deliver
out
any
Beer
or
Ale
to
any
of
his
Customers
,
either
in
whole
Cask
,
or
by
the
Gallon
,
in
any
City
,
Town
Corporate
,
or
Market
Town
,
before
notice
given
to
an
Officer
of
the
Excise
:
but
between
the
hours
of
the
day
,
viz.
from
25.
March
,
to
29
September
yearly
between
three
of
the
clock
in
the
Morning
,
and
nine
of
the
clock
in
the
Evening
:
and
from
the
29th
.
of
September
,
to
the
25th
.
of
March
,
yearly
between
five
in
the
Morning
,
and
seven
of
the
clock
in
the
Evening
,
upon
pain
that
every
Brewer
doing
the
contrary
,
to
lose
20
s
.
for
every
barrel
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
to
be
levied
and
recovered
,
as
in
the
Act
is
appointed
.
X.
If
any
common
Brewer
,
Inn-keeper
,
Victualler
,
or
Retaler
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
shall
after
1
September
,
after
an
accompt
shall
be
taken
by
the
Gager
,
of
the
quantity
and
quality
of
the
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
Worts
found
in
his
Tun
,
or
other
Brewing
Vessels
,
convert
any
part
of
his
small
Beer
,
or
small
Worts
,
into
strong
Beer
,
or
Ale
,
by
mingling
,
letting
down
,
and
shall
sell
,
deliver
out
or
retale
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
without
giving
notice
to
the
same
Gager
of
the
quantity
so
mingled
,
or
converted
;
Or
if
such
Brewer
or
Retaler
shall
after
the
said
time
hide
,
conceale
,
or
convey
any
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
Worts
,
not
gaged
,
from
the
view
of
the
Gager
appointed
to
take
accompt
of
the
same
,
whereby
the
King
,
His
Commissioners
,
or
Farmers
,
shall
or
may
be
defrauded
of
the
duties
due
for
the
same
,
every
such
Common
Brewer
,
Inne-holder
,
&c.
for
every
barrel
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
by
him
so
mingled
,
converted
,
sold
,
hid
,
delivered
,
or
conveyed
away
,
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
20
s
.
to
be
levyed
as
in
the
Act
is
appointed
.
XI
All
and
every
the
Brewing
Vessels
and
Utensils
for
Brewing
,
in
whose
hands
soever
they
shall
come
,
and
by
what
title
soever
claimed
,
shall
be
liable
,
and
shall
be
charged
with
all
and
singular
the
Debts
and
Duties
of
Excise
in
arrear
and
owing
by
any
persons
made
within
the
said
Brewhouse
;
and
be
subject
to
all
penalties
,
and
forfeitures
incurred
by
persons
using
the
said
Brewhouse
,
for
any
offence
against
the
Laws
,
and
Statutes
for
Excise
:
And
it
shall
be
lawful
in
all
cases
to
levy
debts
and
penalties
,
and
use
such
proceedings
against
the
Utensiles
as
it
may
be
lawful
to
do
,
in
case
the
debtor
or
offender
had
been
truly
and
really
owner
and
proprietor
of
the
same
.
XII
.
After
the
first
of
September
,
No
common
Brewer
of
Beer
or
Ale
,
or
other
person
who
hath
,
or
shall
compound
for
the
duties
of
Excise
,
for
Beer
or
Ale
by
him
brewed
,
or
to
be
brewed
,
during
the
time
of
such
composition
,
shall
brew
,
make
or
suffer
any
Beer
or
Ale
to
be
brewed
within
his
Brewhouse
for
any
other
common
Brewer
whatsoever
,
without
first
giving
notice
of
every
such
brewing
to
be
made
unto
the
Commissioners
,
or
Farmers
of
Excise
within
the
destricts
of
whose
Office
such
common
Brewer
doth
or
shall
inhabit
,
and
paying
down
to
the
Commissioners
or
Farmers
,
the
full
Excise
of
all
the
said
Beer
and
Ale
,
upon
pain
as
well
the
Brewer
who
shall
brew
the
same
,
ae
he
for
whom
the
Beer
or
Ale
shall
be
brewed
,
shall
lose
for
every
barrel
5
l.
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
the
Informer
who
will
sue
for
the
same
.
XIII
.
From
and
after
the
first
of
September
,
No
person
shall
be
permitted
to
sell
or
retale
any
Coffee
,
Chocolate
,
Sherbet
,
Tea
,
without
License
first
had
and
obtained
by
order
of
the
General
Sessions
of
the
Peace
,
in
the
several
and
respective
Counties
,
Certificate
being
first
shewed
that
they
have
given
good
security
for
the
payment
of
their
dues
to
the
King
or
the
chief
Magistrate
of
the
place
,
in
whose
jurisdiction
they
shall
inhabit
,
for
the
selling
,
or
retaling
of
the
same
:
Nor
any
License
granted
until
security
be
given
by
Recognisance
;
For
which
License
and
Recognisance
12
d
.
shall
be
given
and
no
more
;
and
every
person
selling
or
retaling
such
Liquors
without
License
had
,
and
security
given
,
shall
forfeit
5
l.
for
every
moneth
he
shall
continue
selling
or
retaling
the
same
.
XIV
.
From
and
after
the
first
of
September
,
No
Brewer
or
other
person
shall
bribe
,
corrupt
,
or
give
any
money
,
fee
,
or
reward
whatsoever
to
any
Gager
,
or
other
Officer
to
make
any
false
return
or
report
into
the
Office
of
Excise
of
any
Beer
,
Ale
,
or
other
Liquors
made
,
brewed
,
or
to
be
made
or
brewed
within
their
charge
or
division
,
or
to
forbear
or
omit
the
doing
or
executing
of
their
places
or
imployments
,
upon
penalty
of
10
l.
for
every
offence
,
and
no
sworn
Gager
or
other
Officer
shall
directly
or
indirectly
take
,
or
receive
any
bribe
,
or
money
,
fee
,
gift
,
or
reward
of
any
Brewer
or
other
person
,
for
any
cause
relating
to
the
Excise
,
upon
penalty
for
every
such
Gager
or
Officer
for
every
such
offence
to
lose
10
l.
All
and
every
the
said
offences
to
be
proved
by
two
credible
witnesses
before
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
or
chief
Magistrates
of
the
place
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
who
have
hereby
power
to
administer
the
said
Oaths
,
and
examine
and
determine
the
same
,
and
cause
such
penalties
to
be
levied
by
warrant
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
goods
,
and
for
want
of
distress
to
commit
the
offender
to
the
common
Gaol
,
for
three
moneths
without
bail
,
&c.
XV
No
foreign
imported
Liquors
shall
be
landed
,
or
put
on
shore
out
of
any
ship
or
vessel
from
beyond
the
Seas
,
before
entry
be
first
made
thereof
,
with
the
Officer
or
Collector
appointed
for
the
Excise
;
or
before
the
duty
of
Excise
due
and
payable
for
the
same
be
fully
satisfied
and
paid
:
And
every
warrant
for
the
landing
of
such
foreign
Liquors
shall
be
signed
by
the
hand
of
the
said
Officer
or
Collector
in
the
Port
respectively
,
upon
pain
that
all
such
foreign
Liquors
as
shall
be
landed
contrary
to
the
meaning
hereof
,
or
without
the
presence
of
an
Officer
,
or
Waiter
for
the
Excise
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
shall
be
forfeited
,
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
the
other
to
him
who
will
seize
,
inform
,
or
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
of
the
Importer
,
or
Proprietor
thereof
.
XVI
No
person
whatsoever
bringing
any
exciseable
Liquors
(
except
Beer
,
or
Ale
,
Sider
,
Perry
,
Metheglin
)
into
any
place
of
this
Realm
by
Coast
,
Cocquet
,
or
Certificate
,
nor
any
person
to
whom
the
same
shall
be
consigned
,
shall
land
,
or
cause
such
exciseable
Liquors
to
be
landed
,
or
put
on
shore
without
making
due
entry
of
the
same
with
the
Officers
of
the
Excise
for
the
time
being
,
appointed
within
the
Ports
where
the
same
shall
be
landed
,
upon
pain
to
forfeit
the
double
value
of
the
Liquors
landed
,
or
put
on
shore
.
XVII
.
No
appeal
in
any
case
of
Excise
whatsoever
shall
be
admitted
until
the
Appellant
shall
have
first
deposited
the
single
duty
of
Excise
in
the
hands
of
the
Commissioners
,
or
Farmers
,
within
whose
division
the
cause
was
originally
heard
,
and
given
security
to
the
Commissioners
of
Appeal
,
where
such
cause
is
finally
to
be
determined
,
for
all
such
fine
,
forfeiture
,
and
penalty
as
upon
such
hearing
was
adjudged
against
him
:
and
if
upon
hearing
the
original
hearing
shall
happen
to
be
reversed
and
made
null
,
then
the
Commissioners
,
Farmers
,
&c.
in
whose
hand
the
single
duty
was
deposited
,
shall
deliver
back
the
same
,
or
so
much
thereof
as
shall
be
adjudged
to
the
Appellant
,
and
the
party
originally
prosecuting
shall
pay
him
double
costs
;
But
if
the
first
judgement
shall
be
affirmed
,
shall
pay
the
like
costs
to
the
Commissioners
or
Farmers
complained
of
.
XVIII
.
All
and
every
person
brewing
,
or
making
any
Beer
in
a
common
Brewhouse
,
or
otherwise
for
sale
,
or
to
convert
to
Vineger
for
sale
:
shall
pay
for
every
barrel
of
such
Vineger-Beer
the
sums
already
imposed
by
any
Act
of
Excise
upon
Vineger-Beer
brewed
by
any
common
Brewer
in
any
common
Brewhouse
.
XIX
.
Every
Colledge
and
Hall
in
either
of
the
Universities
,
which
before
the
duty
of
Excise
was
imposed
,
did
brew
their
own
Beer
and
Ale
within
their
Precincts
;
and
size
it
out
to
their
respective
members
,
are
not
liable
to
pay
any
duty
of
Excise
for
the
same
.
XX
.
All
differences
,
appeals
,
and
complaints
that
shall
arise
between
party
and
party
in
order
for
the
payment
of
the
duty
of
Excise
,
shall
be
heard
and
determined
in
the
proper
County
.
XXI
.
No
Farmer
,
Commissioner
,
or
other
Officer
of
Excise
,
shall
directly
,
or
indirectly
take
any
money
,
fee
,
or
reward
for
the
taking
any
bond
,
or
giving
receipt
in
writing
to
the
Excise
,
to
or
from
any
persons
whatsoever
,
upon
pain
for
every
offence
to
forfeit
10
s
.
XXII
.
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
two
or
more
,
or
chief
Magistrates
in
the
several
Cities
,
Counties
,
and
places
within
England
and
Wales
respectively
,
shall
meet
once
every
moneth
in
their
divisions
to
hear
and
determine
all
matters
and
offences
against
this
or
the
former
Acts.
XXIII
.
One
third
part
of
all
fines
and
forfeitures
herein
,
not
disposed
of
,
shall
be
to
the
King
,
His
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
third
part
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
and
the
other
third
part
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
.
XXIV
.
After
the
third
of
September
,
No
appeal
in
any
matter
or
cause
of
Excise
within
the
limits
of
the
chief
Office
of
London
,
nor
within
the
limits
of
the
present
Farm
of
London
,
during
the
continuance
of
such
Farm
shall
be
admitted
,
unless
brought
within
two
moneths
after
the
first
judgement
and
notice
given
at
the
dwelling
house
of
the
party
;
nor
any
appeal
in
any
cause
of
Excise
in
any
other
County
,
City
,
or
place
,
unless
the
same
be
brought
within
four
moneths
after
the
first
judgement
and
notice
as
aforesaid
.
XXV
.
No
Commissioner
,
Farmer
,
or
other
person
employed
,
or
to
be
employed
in
the
farming
,
collecting
,
or
taking
of
accompt
of
the
duty
of
Excise
,
do
after
1.
September
next
take
upon
such
Office
,
or
proceed
in
execution
of
such
employment
;
till
he
have
taken
the
Oaths
appointed
by
the
Act
of
Parliament
,
Intituled
,
A
grant
of
certain
impositions
of
Beer
,
Ale
,
and
other
Liquors
,
for
encrease
of
the
Kings
Revenue
during
his
life
,
and
hath
entred
his
Certificate
thereof
,
with
the
Auditor
for
Excise
,
under
the
penalty
of
50.
l.
for
every
moneth
he
shall
neglect
the
same
.
I.
Anno.
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
10.
Declared
and
Enacted
,
Where
any
Commissioners
,
Treasurers
,
and
all
other
Officers
which
were
heretofore
employed
in
the
receipt
of
Excise
,
Farmer
or
Collector
which
stand
charged
with
,
or
accomptable
for
any
duties
of
Excise
,
received
,
farmed
,
or
detained
from
the
persons
before
named
;
and
not
pardoned
by
the
late
Act
of
Oblivion
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
of
free
and
general
pardon
,
&c.
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
to
be
lyable
and
answerable
according
to
the
nature
of
their
respective
securities
,
any
doubt
or
question
touching
the
construction
of
the
said
Act
of
general
pardon
notwithstanding
.
II
.
Where
the
Commissioners
of
Excise
for
the
time
being
have
issued
out
any
summons
,
which
hath
been
left
at
the
house
or
usual
place
of
residence
,
or
with
the
wife
,
child
,
or
servant
menial
,
of
the
persons
chargeable
or
accomptable
,
the
same
shall
be
a
good
and
sufficient
summons
,
and
as
legal
and
effectual
notice
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
delivered
to
the
proper
hands
of
such
person
to
whom
the
same
was
directed
.
FENS
.
Anno
15.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
Whereas
certain
Marshes
and
Fenn-ground
,
called
the
Great
Level
of
the
Fenns
,
extending
into
the
Counties
of
Northampton
,
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Lincoln
,
Cambridge
,
Huntington
,
and
the
Isle
of
Ely
,
particularly
bounden
:
95000.
Acres
whereof
were
heretofore
granted
to
Francis
Earl
of
Bedford
,
his
Adventurers
,
and
Participants
,
his
and
their
Heirs
,
&c.
under
certain
Covenants
,
Conditions
,
and
Agreements
to
be
dreined
;
and
have
been
adjudged
to
have
been
dreined
,
but
the
same
cannot
be
preserved
without
a
perpetual
constant
care
,
charge
,
and
orderly
Government
;
To
the
end
therefore
that
a
work
of
this
nature
may
receive
a
publick
support
and
encouragement
,
I.
Enacted
,
That
William
Earl
of
Bedford
,
Son
of
the
said
Francis
Earl
of
Bedford
,
and
the
Adventurers
,
and
Participants
of
the
said
Francis
and
William
and
either
of
them
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
shall
be
a
body
Politick
and
Corporate
in
deed
,
and
name
,
and
have
succession
for
ever
by
the
name
of
Governour
,
Bailiffs
,
and
Commonalty
of
the
Company
of
Conservators
of
the
Great
Level
of
the
Fens
;
which
shall
consist
of
one
Governour
,
six
Bailiffs
;
twenty
Conservators
and
Commonalty
,
particularly
named
in
the
Act
,
till
Wednesday
in
Whitsun-week
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
four
,
and
from
thenceforth
until
new
Elections
by
the
said
Corporation
,
and
be
capable
to
sue
and
be
sued
,
and
to
purchase
Manors
,
Lands
,
&c.
not
exceeding
200.
l.
per
annum
,
and
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
to
dispose
thereof
to
the
use
of
the
said
Corporation
,
and
the
said
Governour
,
Bailiffs
,
and
Conservators
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
whereof
the
Governour
,
or
Bailiffs
,
or
any
of
them
to
be
two
,
to
lay
Taxes
upon
all
the
said
95000.
Acres
only
for
the
support
and
preservation
of
the
said
Great
Level
,
and
levy
penalties
for
not
payment
thereof
,
not
exceeding
a
third
part
of
the
Tax
and
other
things
due
,
in
order
to
the
support
and
preservation
of
the
said
Level
and
the
works
made
,
and
to
be
made
.
II
.
Whereas
12000.
Acres
,
parcel
of
the
said
95000.
Acres
,
was
designed
to
the
late
King
,
who
being
in
possession
thereof
,
by
his
Letters
Pattents
,
granted
and
set
out
by
bounds
2000.
Acres
,
parcel
of
the
said
12000.
Acres
,
to
Jerome
Earl
of
Portland
,
his
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
which
said
Earl
hath
sold
away
1500.
Acres
thereof
in
several
parcels
,
to
several
persons
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
;
and
the
rest
being
about
500.
Acres
had
granted
to
B.
Weston
,
Esquire
,
and
his
Heirs
,
upon
several
Trusts
:
That
the
said
2000.
Acres
,
or
other
Lands
of
equal
value
,
shall
be
set
forth
in
exchange
of
the
same
,
in
case
the
said
2000.
Acres
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
shall
be
adjudged
to
be
unduly
set
out
,
are
hereby
vested
,
and
setled
,
in
the
said
respective
persons
to
whom
the
said
Earl
hath
conveyed
the
same
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
or
to
every
person
,
his
Heirs
and
Assigns
their
respective
share
and
shares
,
to
be
holden
by
each
of
them
,
his
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
in
severalty
according
to
the
intent
of
the
Conveyances
upon
the
same
Trusts
,
for
and
concerning
the
500.
Acres
granted
to
the
said
Benjamin
Weston
,
to
be
holden
of
the
King
his
Heirs
and
Successors
of
the
Mannor
of
East
Greenwich
in
Free
and
Common
Soccage
,
and
not
otherwise
,
subject
to
all
Taxes
conducing
to
the
preservation
of
the
said
Level
from
Drowning
.
III
.
That
the
83000.
Acres
remainder
of
the
95000.
Acres
,
with
all
wayes
,
Passages
,
Cutts
,
Dreyns
,
over
and
above
the
10000.
Acres
,
residue
of
the
12000.
Acres
allotted
to
the
Late
King
,
are
hereby
vested
in
the
Governour
,
Bayliffs
and
Commonalty
and
their
Successors
,
in
Trust
for
William
Earl
of
Bedford
,
the
Adventurers
and
Participants
of
the
said
Francis
and
William
,
or
either
of
them
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
according
to
such
portions
and
proportions
as
they
now
hold
,
lyable
to
the
payment
of
all
Taxes
and
Charges
,
to
be
holden
of
the
Kings
Majesty
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
of
the
Mannor
of
East
Greenwich
by
Free
and
Common
Soccage
,
and
not
otherwise
:
And
the
10000.
Acres
residue
of
the
12000.
Acres
,
are
vested
in
the
King
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
subject
with
the
residue
of
the
95000.
Acres
to
the
same
Taxes
and
Charges
.
IV
.
The
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
of
the
said
Corporation
five
or
more
of
them
(
whereof
the
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
or
their
Successors
or
any
of
them
to
be
two
)
are
constituted
Commissioners
of
Sewers
for
the
said
Level
,
and
impowered
to
exercise
the
power
and
authority
of
Commissioners
of
Sewers
within
the
said
Level
,
and
of
the
works
made
or
to
be
made
without
the
Level
,
for
the
dreyning
of
the
Waters
by
convenient
Out-falls
to
the
Sea
,
and
touching
all
matters
and
things
happening
within
the
said
Level
inquirable
or
punishable
by
Commissioners
of
Sewers
,
and
therein
to
proceed
with
one
or
more
Juries
inhabiting
within
any
part
,
within
the
Boundaries
of
the
Level
though
in
several
Counties
,
as
if
the
said
Level
lay
within
one
County
only
;
which
Juries
are
to
appear
at
all
times
and
places
set
and
appointed
,
before
the
Commissioners
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
five
or
more
of
them
;
and
are
to
try
all
matters
within
the
said
Level
,
and
of
and
concerning
the
works
made
,
or
to
be
made
without
the
Level
for
the
dreyning
of
the
Waters
as
aforesaid
,
as
if
the
said
Great
Level
were
one
distinct
County
of
it self
:
And
the
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
shall
have
power
for
the
Levying
of
Taxes
,
and
to
exercise
within
the
Level
,
such
and
like
Laws
and
Customs
,
and
appoint
such
or
like
Officers
,
as
are
used
in
Rumney
Marsh
in
the
County
of
Kent
;
they
who
exercise
the
said
power
of
Commissioners
,
taking
the
Oath
which
Commissioners
of
Sewers
are
to
take
.
V.
Every
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Presentment
and
Indictment
,
of
,
for
or
concerning
the
Grounds
within
the
said
Level
,
or
parcel
thereof
for
any
Offence
,
Trespass
or
Wrong
done
,
shall
be
good
in
Law
,
though
the
County
,
Town
or
place
,
in
such
Writ
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Presentment
,
or
Indictment
be
not
rightly
named
,
so
as
there
be
such
cettainty
thereof
whereby
the
same
may
be
known
.
VI
.
No
other
Commissioners
shall
intermeddle
within
the
said
Great
Lovel
,
or
with
the
works
made
,
or
to
be
made
for
the
support
,
or
preservation
of
the
same
within
or
without
the
said
Great
Level
,
otherwise
than
in
the
Act
is
provided
.
VII
.
All
Conveyances
by
Indenture
of
the
95000.
Acres
,
or
any
part
thereof
entred
with
the
Register
,
in
a
Book
kept
for
that
purpose
,
shall
be
of
equal
force
to
convey
the
Freehold
,
or
Inheritance
thereof
,
as
if
the
same
Conveyances
were
for
valuable
consideration
of
money
enrolled
within
one
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
;
And
no
Lease
,
Grant
out
of
,
or
upon
the
said
95000
,
Acres
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
except
leases
for
seven
years
or
under
in
possession
,
shall
be
of
force
but
from
the
time
it
shall
be
entred
with
the
Register
;
the
entry
whereof
,
endorsed
by
the
Register
upon
such
Lease
,
Grant
,
Conveyance
,
or
Charge
,
shall
be
as
good
and
effectual
in
the
Law
,
as
if
the
Original
Book
of
Entries
were
produced
at
any
Tryal
,
or
otherwise
.
VIII
.
The
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
shall
execute
Estates
according
to
the
Trust
,
under
their
Common
Seal
,
the
Taxes
and
Penalties
in
Arrear
being
first
paid
,
which
for
not
payment
are
to
be
levyed
by
sale
of
the
Lands
.
IX
.
For
the
Levying
of
such
Taxes
and
Penalties
as
are
now
in
Arrear
,
or
which
at
any
time
since
30.
September
,
1658.
(
other
than
such
as
are
otherwise
directed
to
be
levyed
)
or
which
shall
be
set
upon
the
95000.
Acres
;
and
shall
be
arrear
upon
the
respective
proportions
thereof
,
the
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
five
or
more
of
them
,
whereof
the
Governour
and
Bayliffs
,
or
one
of
them
are
to
be
two
,
shall
on
Wednesday
and
Thursday
in
Whitsun
Week
,
every
year
at
the
Shire-house
in
Ely
,
have
power
to
sell
so
much
of
such
parts
and
proportions
of
the
said
95000.
Acres
,
as
the
said
Governour
and
Bayliffs
,
five
or
more
of
them
,
shall
judge
to
be
sufficient
to
raise
such
Taxes
and
Penalties
by
any
writing
under
the
Seal
of
the
Corporation
;
and
the
person
to
whom
such
Sale
shall
be
made
,
shall
be
Lawful
Purchaser
and
Assignee
of
so
much
.
1.
Provided
,
by
colour
of
any
sale
for
Taxes
,
or
penalties
,
any
Tenant
at
will
,
or
Lease
,
upon
any
improved
Rent
,
shall
not
be
removed
out
of
his
,
or
their
possession
,
until
they
shall
have
taken
their
Crop
from
off
the
premises
sold
,
paying
reasonable
Rent
proportionable
to
the
time
such
possession
after
such
Sales
be
continued
;
And
such
tenants
may
continue
and
hold
out
their
Terms
,
paying
their
Rent
to
such
a
Purchaser
:
And
the
Corporation
,
nor
their
Successors
,
shall
sell
any
part
of
the
95000
Acres
for
any
Tax
or
Penalties
in
arrears
,
which
shall
not
be
arrear
for
the
space
of
four
moneths
next
before
the
sale
,
nor
any
more
Lands
than
onely
for
the
raising
such
Taxes
and
penalties
.
2.
The
Corporation
shall
give
publique
notice
of
the
parts
of
the
said
95000
Acres
,
which
for
any
Tax
or
Penalties
is
,
or
shall
be
arrear
,
by
affixing
openly
at
the
Shire-house
or
Market-place
in
Ely
,
a
Schedule
upon
the
Seal
of
the
Corporation
,
containing
the
parts
,
for
which
the
said
Taxes
or
Penalties
is
or
shall
be
in
arrear
;
with
the
names
of
the
owners
,
entred
upon
the
Tax-Roll
,
with
the
Corporation
.
X.
That
the
Corporation
may
erect
any
new
works
within
or
without
the
said
Level
,
for
the
conveying
the
Waters
thereof
,
by
convenient
Out-falls
to
the
Sea
,
so
always
that
if
they
cut
any
several
grounds
they
give
full
recompence
for
the
same
in
such
manner
as
is
provided
by
the
Act
,
and
if
any
person
shall
cut
down
or
destroy
any
the
said
works
made
,
or
to
be
made
,
the
parties
offending
shall
answer
treble
damages
to
the
Corporation
,
and
costs
of
suit
,
to
be
recovered
in
an
Action
of
Trespass
by
the
Corporation
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
:
and
if
such
cutting
and
destroying
be
maliciously
done
,
the
same
shall
be
punished
as
for
the
cutting
of
Podyke
in
Marsh-Land
.
XI
.
The
Earl
of
Bedford
nominated
Governour
,
and
every
other
chosen
into
that
Office
,
shall
,
before
he
take
upon
him
the
exercise
of
the
said
Office
,
take
an
Oath
that
he
will
well
and
truly
execute
that
Office
;
&
the
Bailiffs
,
Conservators
,
Register
,
Receiver
and
other
Officer
,
shall
before
they
take
upon
him
or
them
the
exercise
of
the
said
respective
Offices
,
take
the
like
Oath
;
which
Oath
shall
be
administred
by
the
Governour
,
Bailiffs
,
&c.
two
or
more
of
them
,
without
any
Commission
or
further
Warrant
.
XII
.
The
Governor
,
Bailiffs
,
Conservators
,
&c.
upon
Wednesday
in
Whitsun-week
yearly
,
shall
at
a
publick
meeting
holden
for
the
Corporation
,
by
the
greater
humber
then
present
,
elect
a
new
Governor
,
Bailiffs
,
&c.
Provided
none
to
be
capable
to
be
,
or
continue
Governor
,
or
Bailiffs
,
&c.
that
hath
not
400
Acres
or
more
,
of
the
said
95000
Acres
,
nor
to
be
a
Conservator
,
that
hath
not
200
Acres
,
or
more
thereof
;
nor
any
of
the
Commonalty
to
have
voice
in
the
elections
,
that
hath
not
100
Acres
or
more
thereof
:
And
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
,
Conservators
,
shall
and
may
be
removed
by
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
,
Conservators
and
Commonalty
,
or
the
greater
number
of
them
present
,
at
their
meetings
:
and
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
and
Commonalty
shall
have
power
to
demand
and
receive
accompt
from
all
and
every
the
Officers
,
Agents
,
and
Servants
,
their
Executors
and
Administrators
heretofore
employed
,
or
hereafter
to
be
employed
for
the
receiving
and
paying
of
money
for
,
or
in
relation
to
the
carrying
on
of
the
work
of
drayning
,
and
shall
sue
for
,
and
recover
the
same
,
and
all
arrearages
of
Rent
upon
any
Contract
,
or
Lease
of
the
premises
,
or
any
part
thereof
;
and
if
any
suit
be
commenced
against
the
Corporation
,
or
any
person
for
any
matter
done
in
pursuance
of
the
Act
,
they
may
plead
the
General
Issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
which
shall
be
as
good
in
Law
as
if
the
same
had
been
specially
pleaded
.
XIII
.
Touching
such
part
of
the
83000
Acres
,
whereof
any
person
attainted
,
or
that
shall
be
attainted
,
was
or
were
in
possession
at
any
time
since
29
of
May
1649.
under
pretended
sales
thereof
,
made
by
colour
of
a
pretended
Act
,
or
any
other
title
,
or
pretended
title
;
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
shall
have
the
same
,
and
the
benefit
,
advantage
and
interest
in
all
and
every
the
said
parts
of
the
said
83000
Acres
,
and
no
other
,
than
as
the
persons
attainted
,
or
which
shall
be
attainted
,
could
,
or
ought
to
have
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
in
case
they
had
not
been
so
attainted
,
or
shall
not
be
so
attainted
.
XIV
.
The
Governor
,
Bailiffs
and
Commonalty
,
&c.
and
their
Successors
shall
actually
stand
seized
and
possessed
of
all
the
shares
,
lots
,
parts
and
proportions
which
did
belong
and
appertain
to
Samuel
Sandys
the
elder
,
Sir
William
Terringham
,
Sir
Richard
Onslow
,
and
others
the
Assignees
and
Trustees
of
Henry
late
Earl
of
Arundel
,
Arthur
Earl
of
Anglesey
,
Thomas
Lord
Culpepper
,
Robert
Phillips
,
Robert
Scawen
,
and
to
divers
other
persons
,
the
Participants
of
Francis
Earl
of
Bedford
,
and
parties
to
an
Indenture
of
14
parts
,
in
trust
nevertheless
to
,
and
for
the
use
of
the
said
Samuel
Sandys
and
the
said
other
parties
before
named
,
their
respective
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
to
and
for
the
respective
uses
of
the
said
other
parties
,
the
Participants
of
the
said
Francis
Earl
,
and
the
parties
to
the
said
Indentures
of
14
parts
,
and
of
their
respective
Heirs
and
Assigns
now
out
of
possession
of
their
respective
shares
,
lots
,
and
parts
of
the
said
95000
Acres
,
as
heretofore
about
the
moneth
of
October
in
the
13.
year
of
the
late
King
Charles
were
respectively
allotted
,
severed
,
or
divided
,
for
,
or
as
their
respective
shares
,
&c.
of
such
the
Adventurers
,
the
Participants
of
the
said
Earl
Francis
,
parties
to
the
said
Indentures
of
14
parts
,
from
,
and
under
whom
,
the
said
Samuel
Sandys
,
and
the
other
parties
before
named
,
and
the
said
other
parties
,
the
Participants
of
the
said
Earl
Francis
,
and
their
respective
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
now
out
of
possession
of
their
respective
shares
,
lots
,
&c.
do
respectively
claim
and
derive
their
said
shares
,
lots
,
parts
and
proportions
.
And
the
Governor
,
&c.
are
to
execute
respective
estates
of
the
said
shares
,
parts
,
&c.
accordingly
subject
and
lyable
with
the
residue
of
the
said
95000
Acres
to
equal
proportion
of
all
taxes
and
charges
to
be
taxed
and
imposed
by
this
Act
,
for
preservation
of
the
Level
from
drowning
.
XV
.
Whereas
the
persons
now
in
possession
of
the
last
mentioned
Shares
,
Lots
,
and
Parts
,
have
laid
out
and
disbursed
for
Taxes
,
and
towards
the
maintenance
and
repair
of
the
works
of
the
Level
,
more
monies
than
the
clear
Rents
and
Profits
of
the
said
shares
have
amounted
unto
,
since
their
respective
estates
were
first
taken
and
accepted
:
That
the
Chief
Justice
of
K.
B.
Chief
Justice
of
Common
Pleas
,
Chief
Baron
of
the
Exchequer
,
and
Justices
of
Common
Pleas
,
be
Commissioners
to
hear
,
Judge
and
Determine
,
upon
Bills
exhibited
,
or
otherwise
,
between
the
parties
now
in
possession
,
their
respective
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
and
the
said
Sir
Richard
Onslow
,
and
other
the
Assigns
and
Trustees
of
the
Earl
of
Arundel
,
and
the
several
other
parties
Participants
of
the
said
Earl
Francis
,
their
respective
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
who
are
now
out
of
possession
of
the
said
shares
;
And
the
said
Commissioners
,
two
or
more
of
them
are
to
adjudge
,
decree
,
and
determine
to
either
of
the
said
parties
respectively
,
such
recompence
,
as
they
or
two
of
them
shall
see
cause
,
and
the
said
Commissioners
shall
have
the
like
power
and
authority
,
as
the
High
Court
of
Chancery
hath
,
in
putting
in
Execution
their
decrees
.
XVI
.
In
every
Decree
or
Determination
made
by
the
said
Commissioners
,
Judges
,
they
shall
have
regard
to
the
sums
of
monies
actually
expended
by
either
party
in
the
reparation
of
the
said
Level
,
and
of
the
times
of
such
disbursements
,
defalking
the
sums
and
Rents
and
Profits
of
the
same
.
XVII
.
That
at
any
time
after
six
moneths
after
passing
the
Act
,
the
said
Sir
Sam
.
Sandys
,
and
other
the
Trustees
of
the
late
Earl
of
Arundel
,
Earl
of
Anglesey
,
&
other
parties
before
named
,
and
every
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
&
the
Participants
of
the
said
Earl
Francis
,
their
respective
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
whose
lands
,
shares
,
&c.
of
the
said
95000
Acres
were
sold
for
not
payment
of
Taxes
by
the
pretended
Act
of
29
May
,
1649
,
may
bring
their
several
Actions
of
Trespass
and
Ejectment
in
the
Kings
Courts
of
Kings
Bench
or
Common
Pleas
,
against
any
persons
whatsoever
holding
or
occupying
the
same
,
and
such
persons
shall
recover
such
lands
,
shares
and
parts
as
they
shall
make
title
and
claim
unto
,
as
if
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
and
Conservators
,
&c.
had
duly
executed
estates
of
such
lands
,
shares
,
&
parts
according
to
the
intent
of
the
Act
;
and
such
persons
,
&c.
shall
have
,
hold
and
enjoy
the
said
lands
,
shares
,
parts
,
&c.
as
effectually
,
as
if
the
Governour
,
&c.
had
executed
respective
estates
thereof
,
subject
nevertheless
to
such
Decree
as
the
Commissioners
or
Judicatory
shall
make
touching
and
concerning
the
premises
,
and
subject
to
the
payment
of
all
taxes
imposed
by
the
Act.
XVIII
.
Whereas
there
are
several
sums
of
money
amounting
to
4000
l.
arrear
in
taxes
imposed
since
29
Sept.
1658.
upon
several
parts
of
the
95000
acres
,
and
for
penalties
incurred
,
the
Commis
.
or
Judicatory
,
or
any
two
of
them
,
are
in
such
adjudication
as
they
shall
make
,
to
direct
and
decree
upon
what
persons
or
lands
the
said
sums
and
penalties
shall
be
charged
,
and
the
taxes
and
penalties
shall
be
levied
upon
such
person
and
lands
,
by
such
ways
and
means
,
as
shall
be
ordered
and
decreed
by
the
Judicatory
aforesaid
,
or
any
two
of
them
.
XIX
.
That
Sir
John
Tracy
Knight
,
and
several
other
persons
particularly
named
,
for
the
several
Counties
of
Norfolk
,
Suffolk
,
Cambridge
,
Isle
of
Ely
,
Huntington
,
Northampton
and
Lincoln
,
shall
be
Commissioners
,
&
they
,
or
any
seven
or
more
of
them
,
are
before
28.
Sept
,
1666.
to
give
and
make
satisfaction
out
of
the
95000
acres
to
such
Parish
,
Township
or
persons
whose
lands
or
interests
either
within
the
Level
or
without
,
shall
after
1
May
1663.
be
made
worse
in
quality
or
condition
by
the
dreyning
,
or
works
,
than
they
were
before
the
undertaking
of
the
dreyning
in
the
sixt
year
of
K.
Charles
the
first
,
and
proportionably
to
the
losses
,
the
Owners
of
,
or
the
persons
interessed
in
the
lands
,
made
worse
;
and
at
any
time
within
four
years
,
from
24
of
June
1663.
alter
,
change
and
restore
such
parcels
of
the
95000
acres
,
as
shall
upon
complaint
be
adjudged
by
the
Commissioners
,
seven
or
more
of
them
,
to
be
unequally
and
inconveniently
set
forth
,
by
reason
of
any
allotting
either
of
greater
quantities
,
or
as
belonging
to
other
Counties
,
Parishes
,
or
Manors
,
or
in
more
convenient
places
then
they
were
formerly
allotted
by
a
law
of
Sewers
,
made
at
St.
Ives
12
Octob
.
13
of
Charles
the
First
,
notwithstanding
any
vesting
of
the
said
95000.
Acrces
or
any
part
thereof
in
the
King
,
or
in
the
Governour
,
Bayliffs
,
&c.
or
other
persons
,
or
any
estates
executed
by
them
or
any
of
them
.
XX
.
That
93.
Acres
in
Ravely
and
Upwood
,
76.
Acres
in
Sothery
,
44.
Acres
one
Rood
in
Wicken
,
88.
Acres
in
Cowfenn
,
282.
Acres
in
Beezling
,
37.
Acres
in
Upwel
,
set
out
to
be
enjoyed
as
part
of
the
95000.
Acres
,
since
the
making
of
the
Law
at
St.
Ives
in
lieu
of
like
proportions
altered
,
and
restored
to
the
Country
,
shall
be
held
by
the
Corporation
subject
to
the
trust
in
the
Act
declared
,
as
to
the
83000
Acres
,
residue
of
the
95000
Acres
,
and
shall
be
set
forth
to
them
in
trust
for
the
Participants
or
Adventurers
whose
proportion
shall
be
altered
,
or
changed
,
in
lieu
of
such
part
as
shall
be
so
altered
,
exchanged
,
or
restored
3
And
in
case
the
said
Earl
of
Bedford
,
or
his
Participants
,
or
the
Corporation
,
shall
by
reason
of
their
undertaking
dreining
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
late
King
,
have
done
,
or
after
shall
do
,
any
Acts
to
the
prejudice
of
Navigation
,
and
whereby
Navigation
in
the
Rivers
of
Owse
and
Grant
,
and
all
other
Rivers
now
Navigable
passing
through
the
Level
,
be
,
or
hereafter
shall
be
interrupted
,
obstructed
and
made
worse
,
the
Commissioners
or
seven
of
them
(
whereof
the
Vice-Chancellour
of
Cambridge
,
Mayor
of
Cambridge
,
Mayor
of
Kings
Lynne
to
be
three
)
shall
and
may
decree
the
same
to
be
made
good
,
and
amended
,
at
the
charges
of
the
said
Corporation
,
within
convenient
time
,
as
to
their
judgement
shall
seem
meet
:
And
if
the
Corporation
shall
refuse
to
repair
and
make
good
the
same
,
the
Commissioners
,
seven
or
more
of
them
,
to
tax
the
said
95000.
Acres
in
such
sums
of
money
they
shall
think
meet
,
for
the
keeping
the
Navigation
in
any
of
the
said
Rivers
,
as
the
same
was
in
the
sixth
of
Charles
the
First
,
the
said
sums
to
be
taxed
within
twenty
days
after
notice
given
to
the
Governor
,
or
Treasurer
of
the
Corporation
,
to
be
paid
to
such
persons
as
the
Commissioners
shall
appoint
:
And
if
the
said
Corporation
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
said
sums
,
the
Commissioners
shall
impower
the
persons
to
levy
the
said
sums
by
distress
,
and
sell
the
same
,
rendering
the
overplus
to
the
Governour
or
Treasurer
;
which
sums
so
to
be
taxed
shall
be
expended
in
the
preservation
and
keeping
the
said
Navigation
,
and
maintaining
the
same
.
XXI
.
The
said
last
Commissioners
named
,
seven
or
more
of
them
,
within
4.
years
after
24
June
1663.
are
to
ascertain
and
divide
the
Precincts
and
Boundaries
of
such
part
of
the
respective
Counties
,
Lordships
,
Manors
,
and
Parishes
within
the
Level
,
as
have
been
since
the
undertaking
defaced
,
or
made
obscure
,
or
by
other
means
remain
hard
to
be
found
out
;
and
set
such
Bounds
and
divisions
in
writing
,
by
marks
and
descriptions
,
and
certifie
the
same
under
their
hands
and
seals
into
the
Chancery
,
which
division
after
such
Certificate
,
the
extent
of
the
respective
Counties
,
Lordships
,
Parishes
and
places
,
shall
for
ever
after
be
deemed
to
be
,
and
none
other
;
and
in
case
8000
acres
lying
together
,
or
near
together
,
or
greater
quantity
within
the
Level
,
shall
be
drowned
,
and
so
continue
twelve
moneths
together
,
the
Commissioners
,
seven
,
or
more
of
them
to
assess
taxes
or
sums
of
moneys
upon
the
95000
acres
for
the
raising
moneys
for
dreining
the
same
,
with
a
penalty
for
not
paying
the
said
taxes
,
not
exceeding
a
third
part
of
the
tax
.
And
for
default
of
paiment
,
the
lot
of
such
Participant
,
or
Adventurer
as
shall
be
arrear
for
the
said
tax
or
penalty
by
two
moneths
after
the
day
appointed
for
paiment
thereof
,
shall
be
sequestred
by
the
Commissioners
,
for
and
towards
the
paiment
of
such
tax
or
penalty
in
arrear
,
returning
the
overplus
;
which
sequestration
shall
be
under
their
hands
and
seals
in
writing
.
XXII
.
If
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
and
Corporation
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
to
pay
such
tax
,
to
be
taxed
and
imposed
by
the
last
mentioned
Commissioners
,
&c.
whereupon
the
goods
and
chattels
of
any
person
,
his
or
their
Tenants
of
the
95000
acres
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
shall
be
distrained
and
sold
,
or
his
,
or
their
lands
,
sequestred
.
Or
that
such
person
,
&c.
his
,
or
their
Tenants
,
shall
thereupon
pay
the
said
tax
,
&c.
the
Governor
,
Bailiffs
and
Corporation
immediately
after
notice
given
thereof
,
shall
assess
and
tax
the
whole
95000
acres
for
satisfaction
and
paiment
of
the
tax
,
&c.
and
all
damages
that
such
person
,
or
persons
,
his
or
their
Tenants
have
paid
,
born
and
sustained
;
and
if
the
Governor
,
&c.
shall
not
within
six
moneths
after
demand
by
his
person
,
&c.
his
Heirs
,
Executors
,
and
Administrators
,
whose
own
,
or
Tenants
goods
shall
be
distrained
,
sold
,
or
lands
sequestred
,
satisfie
and
pay
to
him
or
them
,
such
sums
of
money
and
damages
as
they
have
paid
or
sustained
:
then
such
persons
,
&c.
may
bring
his
or
their
action
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
at
Westminster
against
the
Governor
,
&c.
and
receive
the
same
with
costs
of
suit
.
XXIII
.
That
the
Commissioners
last
constituted
,
or
hereafter
to
be
constituted
,
seven
or
more
of
them
,
may
inform
themselves
by
examining
witnesses
upon
Oath
for
the
better
execution
of
the
power
to
them
given
,
and
for
doing
justice
therein
.
Provided
,
The
Commissioners
before
they
take
upon
them
the
execution
of
any
the
powers
given
them
(
other
than
administring
an
Oath
to
another
)
shall
take
the
Oath
following
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
shall
and
will
without
favour
or
affection
,
hatred
or
malice
,
truly
and
impartially
according
to
the
best
of
my
skill
and
knowledge
,
execute
and
perform
all
and
every
the
powers
established
by
this
Act.
Which
Oath
any
of
the
Commissioners
are
authorized
to
administer
.
XXIV
.
All
Judgments
,
Orders
,
Decrees
,
Alterations
,
Changes
,
Restaurations
,
and
other
Acts
done
by
the
Commissioners
constituted
,
or
to
be
constituted
,
seven
or
more
of
them
,
pursuant
to
the
powers
by
the
Act
given
,
shall
be
final
,
the
first
time
and
place
of
their
meeting
to
be
at
,
or
before
22
Sept.
1663.
at
Ely
.
And
afterwards
the
usual
places
where
they
shall
sit
to
hear
and
determine
the
matters
to
them
referr'd
:
shall
from
29.
Sept.
to
26.
March
every
year
,
be
in
the
Town
of
Huntington
;
and
from
25.
March
,
to
30.
Sept.
every
year
at
Ely
;
unless
the
Commissioners
shall
appoint
some
other
place
being
a
Market
Town
.
1.
Provided
;
None
of
the
Commissioners
shall
vote
or
give
his
judgment
in
any
matter
or
thing
which
concerns
the
division
or
bounds
of
the
County
for
which
he
is
Commissioner
.
2.
That
no
person
who
hath
any
part
or
share
in
possession
or
reversion
of
&
in
any
the
lands
within
the
Level
,
shal
be
a
Commissioner
:
3.
In
case
of
descent
,
gift
,
or
purchase
of
any
such
share
,
&c.
by
any
Commissioner
,
immediately
after
such
descent
,
&c.
the
said
descent
,
&c.
shal
be
an
avoidance
of
his
being
Commissioner
,
and
make
him
incapable
thereof
whilst
his
interest
doth
remain
.
4.
The
Commissioners
,
seven
,
or
more
of
them
,
to
have
power
to
give
and
make
satisfaction
out
of
the
95000
acres
to
such
persons
whose
lands
therein
shall
be
made
worse
in
quality
,
condition
,
or
value
,
than
they
were
before
the
undertaking
in
the
sixth
year
of
K.
Charles
the
First
,
proportionable
to
the
loss
they
shall
receive
.
XXV
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
or
persons
,
bodies
politick
or
corporate
,
who
are
,
or
shall
be
Lords
of
Manors
,
or
have
right
of
common
within
the
wasts
within
the
Level
,
to
improve
,
set
out
,
divide
and
sever
such
proportions
,
as
to
them
shall
be
adjudged
to
belong
,
to
be
allotted
out
of
the
Commons
within
the
Level
,
Parish
,
Town
,
or
Place
within
the
works
,
and
to
hold
such
proportions
in
severalty
,
and
all
differences
that
shall
arise
concerning
the
boundaries
of
the
wasts
,
rights
of
Common
;
approvements
,
divisions
,
and
inclosures
shall
be
adjudged
,
and
finally
ended
by
the
Commissioners
,
or
seven
of
them
,
upon
their
view
,
or
examination
of
Witnesses
,
or
both
;
which
determination
and
judgment
certified
into
the
Petty-bag
,
there
to
be
filed
and
kept
on
Record
,
shall
be
final
,
and
conclude
all
parties
:
And
the
allotments
,
divisions
,
and
proportions
so
adjudged
to
be
held
by
the
persons
to
whom
they
are
set
out
,
shall
be
to
them
,
their
Heirs
,
Executors
and
Assigns
,
according
to
his
or
their
Tenures
,
Estates
,
or
Interests
they
had
in
the
Manors
,
&c.
for
which
they
claimed
the
said
proportions
,
paying
such
rents
,
and
doing
such
services
as
they
are
to
pay
and
do
for
the
Manors
or
Lands
for
which
they
claim
the
same
proportions
.
XXVI
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
such
persons
as
were
heretofore
Owners
of
175
acres
in
Sutton
,
North
and
South
Meadland
in
the
Isle
of
Ely
set
out
by
the
Law
of
St.
Ives
,
as
a
recompence
for
dreining
the
whole
North
and
South
Meadlands
,
to
sue
and
implead
before
the
Commissioners
,
the
Owners
and
Occupiers
of
the
North
and
South
Meadlands
to
draw
them
into
contribution
for
their
several
proportions
towards
the
said
175
acres
,
and
the
Commissioners
shall
thereupon
adjudge
and
decree
to
the
said
Owners
of
the
175
acres
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
such
recompence
and
satisfaction
,
either
in
ready
money
,
rent
,
or
Land
,
out
of
the
residue
of
the
North
and
South
Meadlands
,
as
they
shall
think
meet
,
to
be
enjoyed
by
the
said
Owners
of
the
said
175
acres
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
.
XXVII
.
That
Sir
John
Watts
Knight
,
and
others
who
derive
any
interest
under
the
Dreiners
of
the
Fen
called
Londoners-Fen
,
his
and
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
may
sue
every
person
,
&c.
their
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
that
have
taken
and
received
the
Rent
of
his
and
their
share
of
the
said
Fen
,
remaining
from
the
share
allotted
by
the
Law
of
St.
Ives
,
since
the
said
Level
was
adjudged
Dreyned
,
and
to
sue
and
recover
the
same
in
any
the
Kings
Courts
at
Westminster
;
and
also
that
Sir
John
Watts
,
and
the
Participants
aforesaid
,
his
and
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
heretofore
Owners
,
in
the
several
proportions
in
the
said
Fen
,
set
out
for
the
Adventurers
recompence
for
dreining
the
low
Grounds
in
Upwel
,
Outwel
,
and
Welney
,
to
sue
before
the
Commissioners
their
claim
,
and
to
sue
for
release
against
the
Owners
or
Occupiers
of
the
Fenny
and
low
surrounded
Grounds
lying
in
Upwell
,
Outwel
and
Welney
whose
Grounds
did
not
contribute
,
or
not
in
equal
proportion
,
to
the
95000
acres
,
to
draw
them
into
Contribution
in
ease
of
Sir
John
Watts
,
and
the
said
Participants
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
and
the
Commissioners
are
to
adjudge
and
decree
to
the
said
Sir
John
,
and
the
Participants
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
such
proportions
out
of
the
said
grounds
which
have
not
contributed
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
meet
.
XXVIII
.
That
the
King
his
Heirs
,
Successors
and
Assigns
,
shall
continue
in
the
possession
,
usage
and
disposal
of
the
Bank
,
called
Dousedal-Bank
,
and
to
have
such
ancient
Passages
and
Currents
,
as
of
right
have
been
used
for
the
avoidance
of
the
water
through
the
same
into
the
River
South-Ede
,
XXIX
.
That
every
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
Dean
and
Chapter
,
and
all
Colledges
and
Halls
in
the
Universities
,
and
all
bodies
Politick
and
Corporate
,
who
have
,
or
shall
have
right
of
Soil
,
or
Common
in
the
Wastes
within
the
Level
,
or
Towns
,
Parishes
or
places
into
which
the
works
of
the
dreining
,
do
or
shall
extend
,
may
demise
by
Indenture
all
and
every
the
said
proportion
,
as
to
them
shal
,
or
may
belong
,
out
of
the
Commons
and
Wastes
within
the
Level
,
which
have
not
by
express
words
under
any
particular
Rent
been
formerly
demised
for
any
term
of
Years
,
not
exceeding
21.
years
,
so
as
upon
every
demise
the
fourth
part
of
the
true
value
be
ascertained
by
the
Commissioners
,
and
payable
yearly
,
during
the
Term
to
him
,
or
them
,
or
their
Successors
.
XXX
.
Provided
,
And
declared
by
consent
of
all
parties
concerned
,
that
this
Act
shall
not
extend
to
alter
the
possession
of
Thomas
Chichley
Esq
of
and
from
671
acres
,
parcel
of
the
Lot
now
claimed
to
belong
to
the
Trustees
of
Henry
late
Earl
of
Arundel
,
and
231
acres
,
parcel
of
the
Lot
now
claimed
to
belong
to
Sir
William
Terringham
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
by
him
the
said
Thomas
Chicheley
enjoyed
under
Purchasers
,
by
Sales
for
non-paiment
of
Taxes
;
But
that
the
Corporation
shall
execute
Conveyances
of
the
respective
proportions
to
the
said
Thomas
Chicheley
,
hIs
Heirs
and
Assigns
.
XXXI
.
That
all
such
rights
and
titles
,
as
any
Lords
of
any
Manors
,
Liberties
,
Hundreds
,
&c.
have
heretofore
had
within
the
respective
Manor
,
&c.
within
and
without
the
Level
,
to
Waifes
,
Strayes
,
Felons-Goods
,
Priviledges
,
Escheats
,
or
other
Royalties
not
prejudicial
to
the
dreining
be
saved
to
them
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
Provided
,
This
Act
not
to
be
interpreted
to
infringe
or
weaken
an
Act
made
in
the
fourth
year
of
K.
James
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
dreining
certain
Fens
and
low
grounds
within
the
Isle
of
Ely
;
but
that
the
said
Act
shall
stand
in
force
.
XXXII
.
Whereas
divers
lands
in
,
and
adjoyning
to
the
great
Level
,
have
been
cut
through
for
the
conveying
the
waters
from
the
same
,
without
satisfaction
to
the
respective
owners
of
the
lands
for
the
damage
they
have
sustained
therein
;
the
Commissioners
seven
or
more
of
them
,
upon
complaint
to
them
of
the
damage
sustained
without
recompence
for
the
same
,
to
award
and
decree
such
recompence
and
satisfaction
to
the
parties
grieved
,
according
to
their
respective
damage
sustained
by
such
cutting
;
the
said
recompence
to
be
made
and
given
by
the
Corporation
within
six
moneths
after
the
award
or
decree
made
,
and
in
default
thereof
the
Commissioners
to
tax
the
95000
acres
,
and
to
distrain
thereupon
for
the
rate
,
and
to
sell
and
dispose
thereof
as
they
shall
think
fit
for
payment
of
the
moneys
and
damages
as
shall
be
awarded
.
XXXIII
.
In
case
the
Judicature
hereby
established
,
shall
not
within
twelve
moneths
from
1.
Aug.
next
,
determine
all
matters
to
them
referred
concerning
the
95000
Acres
,
all
persons
whose
complaints
are
not
determined
,
may
apply
themselves
to
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
who
hereby
are
established
a
Court
of
Judicature
to
determine
the
same
in
as
ample
manner
as
the
Judicature
hereby
established
might
have
done
,
and
such
order
and
decree
of
the
Court
of
Exchequer
shall
in
all
things
be
observed
.
XXXIV
.
The
Lessees
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
of
the
10000
Acres
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
and
the
Assigns
of
such
Lessees
shall
be
capable
to
be
elected
into
the
Office
or
place
of
Governour
,
Bailiffs
,
and
Conservators
,
and
to
vote
in
all
such
elections
and
in
all
other
matters
as
any
other
members
of
the
Corporation
,
so
as
such
Lessees
and
their
Assignees
,
be
Lessors
or
owners
of
the
double
quantity
of
Acres
required
by
the
Act
,
to
qualifie
any
person
to
be
elected
and
chosen
into
the
said
Offices
,
and
so
as
their
claim
be
entred
with
the
Register
.
XXXV
.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
make
void
any
Obligation
given
to
David
Offley
Gent
.
conditioned
for
his
quiet
enjoyment
of
a
parcel
of
land
purchased
by
him
in
the
Level
,
but
that
he
may
sue
and
prosecute
his
action
upon
the
Obligation
,
as
if
he
had
been
evicted
from
his
estate
by
course
of
Law
.
XXXVI
.
If
any
breaches
happen
in
any
of
the
banks
,
sluces
or
other
works
within
the
Level
,
or
in
the
works
made
without
the
Level
,
the
same
shall
be
repaired
&
made
good
in
convenient
time
,
by
,
and
at
the
charges
of
the
Corporation
and
their
Successors
.
XXXVII
.
Where
any
Participant
under
F.
Earl
of
Bedford
,
their
Heirs
,
&c.
have
exchanged
his
or
their
share
,
&c.
for
any
lands
which
were
claimed
and
held
under
pretended
sales
for
not
payment
of
taxes
since
1649.
such
Participant
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
may
enter
again
upon
the
same
lands
given
in
exchange
,
and
retain
the
same
in
their
possession
,
subject
nevertheless
to
such
judgment
and
determination
,
as
the
Judicature
hereby
constituted
shall
make
.
XXXVIII
.
No
ascertaining
or
dividing
of
rhe
dreined
,
or
new
improved
lands
by
the
Commissioners
,
shall
conclude
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
or
any
other
person
as
to
the
Bounds
of
Parishes
to
any
other
intent
or
purpose
than
subjecting
the
same
to
taxes
and
Episcopal
Jurisdictions
,
and
not
as
to
the
right
of
Tithes
or
other
purpose
whatsoever
,
nor
shall
be
used
in
evidence
concerning
the
same
.
XXXIX
.
If
any
person
having
right
of
Common
in
any
the
Mannors
,
Wastes
,
Commons
,
or
Lands
within
the
said
Great
Level
,
or
any
other
person
at
any
time
after
Division
or
Inclosure
made
shall
break
,
throw
down
,
or
obstruct
,
or
by
any
means
hinder
or
lay
upon
any
the
Improvements
,
or
Inclosures
,
or
the
Hedges
,
Ditches
or
Fences
of
the
same
shall
destroy
,
and
be
convicted
thereof
by
two
credible
Witnesses
before
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
where
the
disturbance
is
;
he
shall
forfeit
for
every
offence
40
l.
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
offenders
goods
,
one
moity
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
moity
to
the
person
against
whom
the
offence
is
committed
,
and
for
want
of
distress
to
be
sent
to
the
house
of
Correction
for
three
Moneths
.
XL
.
That
from
1
August
,
1668
no
tax
exceeding
2
s
.
the
Acre
in
any
one
year
be
layed
upon
the
10000
Acres
,
vested
in
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
or
upon
the
2000
Acres
hereby
vested
in
the
Earl
of
Portland
his
Assigns
:
But
if
the
Taxes
to
be
assessed
upon
the
83000
Acres
shall
not
amount
to
so
much
as
2
s
.
an
Acre
acccording
to
the
proportion
of
each
Acre
,
then
a
proportionable
abatement
shall
be
made
out
of
the
2
s
.
per
Acre
,
which
shall
be
charged
by
an
equal
rate
upon
every
Acre
of
the
said
10000
Acres
.
XLI
.
That
the
Assessing
and
levying
of
Taxes
upon
the
10000
Acres
,
or
the
2000
Acres
,
after
the
first
of
August
1668.
by
the
way
of
Tax-Acre
,
shall
not
extend
to
compel
or
conclude
the
Corporation
to
assess
or
levy
any
Tax
upon
the
said
83000
Acres
.
vested
in
the
Corporation
,
or
any
part
thereof
by
way
of
Acre-Tax
.
Fishing
.
Enacted
15
Car
.
2.
Cap.
14.
From
and
after
1.
August
1664.
No
white
or
red
Herrings
of
English
catching
shall
be
put
to
sale
in
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
but
what
shall
be
packed
in
lawful
Barrels
,
or
Vessels
,
and
which
shall
be
well
truely
and
justly
laid
and
packed
,
and
shall
be
of
one
time
taking
,
salting
and
drying
:
and
equally
packed
in
the
midst
by
a
sworn
packer
,
and
the
Barrel
,
or
Vessel
marked
by
such
Packer
,
with
a
mark
or
brand
,
denoting
the
gage
,
and
the
quantity
,
quality
,
and
condition
of
Herrings
packed
therein
.
II
.
The
Bailiffs
of
great
Yarmouth
for
the
time
being
:
And
the
Mayor
,
Bailiffs
,
or
Head
Officer
for
the
time
being
of
every
Port
Haven
,
or
Creek
,
out
of
which
any
Vessels
do
proceed
to
fish
for
Herrings
:
are
authorized
and
required
before
1.
July
1664.
in
every
year
to
appoint
for
their
respective
Haven
,
&c.
a
competent
number
of
Packers
experienced
to
view
and
pack
all
such
white
Herrings
of
English
catching
,
as
shall
be
brought
into
their
Port
,
&c.
and
truly
to
mark
or
brand
the
Barrels
or
Vessels
with
such
mark
as
is
directed
;
and
to
administer
them
an
Oath
for
the
well
doing
thereof
:
And
in
case
the
Bailiffs
of
Great
Yarmouth
,
or
other
Bailiffs
or
Head-officer
for
the
time
being
of
any
such
Port
,
Haven
,
&c.
shall
appoint
such
Packers
before
such
time
in
every
year
as
is
required
by
the
Act
,
they
shall
for
every
default
forfeit
100
l.
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
III
.
From
and
after
25
of
Decemb
.
1663.
no
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
proceed
upon
a
fishing
voyage
for
Island
or
Westmony
,
out
of
any
Port
,
Haven
,
or
Creek
,
in
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
until
the
10.
day
of
March
in
any
year
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
such
Ship
or
Vessel
,
with
all
her
furniture
,
tackle
,
apparel
,
and
all
the
fish
caught
in
such
Ship
.
IV
.
That
no
person
whatsoever
do
collect
,
levy
,
or
take
,
or
cause
to
be
levyed
or
taken
in
New-found-land
any
Toll
or
other
duty
of
or
for
any
God
or
Poor
John
,
or
other
fish
of
English
catching
,
under
pain
of
loss
of
double
the
value
of
what
shall
be
by
them
collected
,
levyed
,
or
taken
,
or
cause
to
be
levyed
or
taken
.
And
that
no
Planter
or
other
person
do
cast
,
or
lay
any
Seme
or
Net
in
or
neer
any
Harbor
in
New-found-Land
,
whereby
to
take
the
spawn
or
young
fry
of
the
Poor-John
,
or
for
any
other
uses
,
except
for
the
taking
of
bait
only
,
upon
pain
of
loss
of
all
such
Semes
or
Nets
and
of
the
fish
taken
in
them
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
to
be
recovered
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
in
New-found-Land
,
or
in
any
Court
of
Record
in
England
or
Wales
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
other
Action
,
where
no
Essoin
,
&c.
shall
be
allowed
.
V.
That
no
Planter
,
or
other
person
,
shall
burn
,
destroy
,
or
steal
any
Boat
,
Cask
,
or
Salt-nets
,
or
other
Utensils
for
fishing
or
making
of
Oil
;
or
other
Goods
or
Merchandizes
left
in
New-found-Land
or
Green-Land
by
English
;
or
burn
,
pull
down
or
destroy
any
house
built
by
English
in
New-found-Land
,
or
Green-Land
to
them
during
the
fishing
season
,
or
stage
built
in
either
of
the
said
places
for
the
ordering
of
Fish
,
or
making
of
Oil
,
upon
pain
of
loss
of
double
the
value
what
shall
be
by
them
stollen
,
burnt
,
or
destroyed
;
to
be
recovered
in
any
of
the
said
Courts
as
aforesaid
.
VI
.
That
an
Act
passed
the
last
Session
of
this
present
Parliament
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
importation
of
Madder
pure
and
unmixed
;
and
every
clause
and
thing
therein
contained
be
from
henceforth
utterly
void
and
repealed
.
Hearth-money
.
Enacted
15.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
11.
That
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
,
Coporations
,
Places
and
Limits
within
their
respective
Jurisdictions
,
at
the
next
Sessions
to
be
held
after
the
Feast
of
S.
Michael
next
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
present
,
shall
issue
out
Warrants
under
their
hands
and
seals
to
the
respective
High-Constables
,
or
other
the
like
Officers
;
who
shall
issue
the
Warrants
to
the
Petty-Constables
,
Headboroughs
,
&c.
requiring
them
on
the
next
Sunday
after
morning
service
ended
,
to
give
publick
notice
in
the
Church
or
Chappel
general
to
all
the
Inhabitants
:
and
also
give
notice
publickly
in
the
Church
,
and
particularly
to
every
Inhabitant
that
shall
then
be
Occupier
of
any
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodging
or
Chamber
,
that
within
ten
days
after
such
notice
,
he
give
a
just
accompt
in
writing
under
his
hand
of
all
Hearths
and
Stoves
in
such
respective
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodging
or
Chamber
,
unto
such
Constable
,
Headborough
,
&c.
who
upon
receipt
of
such
account
,
shall
with
two
other
substantial
Inhabitants
in
the
day
time
,
enter
into
the
respective
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodging
,
&c.
and
upon
his
own
view
,
compare
such
account
,
and
see
whether
it
be
truly
made
or
not
,
and
endorse
the
said
account
accordingly
;
which
so
received
and
endorsed
,
shall
be
by
him
transmitted
within
20
days
after
,
to
the
respective
High-Constable
or
other
like
Officer
,
with
a
book
fairly
written
,
containing
the
names
of
the
persons
,
and
number
of
the
Hearths
and
Stoves
in
their
respective
possessions
,
that
are
chargeable
by
the
Act
;
and
also
the
names
of
the
persons
and
Hearths
not
chargeable
by
the
Act
:
which
being
so
received
by
the
High-Constable
,
&c.
shall
within
six
days
after
be
transmitted
to
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
who
are
to
examine
the
High-Constable
,
Petty-Constable
,
Headborough
,
&c.
upon
their
Oaths
,
such
the
truth
and
faithfulness
of
their
acting
in
the
premises
;
and
the
said
Justices
shall
within
ten
days
after
sign
and
transmit
the
said
book
,
together
with
the
original
accounts
so
endorsed
,
to
the
Clerks
of
the
Peace
,
who
shall
within
20
days
after
,
engross
the
book
in
parchment
,
to
be
kept
in
the
respective
County
:
and
shall
also
within
two
moneths
engross
a
true
duplicate
of
the
said
book
,
which
being
signed
by
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
County
,
shall
within
one
moneth
after
be
transmitted
to
the
Kings
Court
of
Exchequer
.
Provided
,
1.
If
any
Occupier
of
any
house
,
edifice
,
lodging
,
&c.
shall
not
make
,
or
cause
to
be
made
an
account
,
or
shall
omit
in
his
accompt
to
be
made
,
any
Hearth
or
Stove
,
he
shall
for
every
such
Hearth
or
Stove
omitted
forfeit
40
s
.
2.
If
any
Constable
,
Head-borough
,
&c.
shall
omit
to
transmit
such
accompt
together
with
the
book
,
to
the
High-Constable
,
&c
,
or
make
default
in
giving
notice
as
aforesaid
,
for
every
offence
shall
forfeit
5
l.
3.
If
the
High-Constable
,
&c.
shall
neglect
to
compare
the
original
accompt
with
the
book
,
or
to
transmit
the
same
in
manner
as
aforesaid
:
for
every
offence
to
forfeit
10
l.
II
.
That
the
exchanging
of
annual
Officers
,
or
leaving
of
their
places
,
shall
not
excuse
any
person
who
shall
be
Constable
,
Headborough
,
High-Constable
or
Sheriff
at
the
time
any
duty
shall
grow
due
or
payable
by
this
Act
,
from
the
collecting
and
receiving
such
duty
so
growing
due
,
but
every
such
person
is
enabled
to
do
all
things
as
to
such
duty
so
growing
due
,
as
if
he
had
continued
Constable
,
Headborough
,
&c.
III
.
If
any
person
who
by
this
Act
ought
to
collect
,
distrain
for
,
receive
,
or
pay
over
the
said
Revenue
,
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
to
do
his
duty
therein
,
for
every
week
he
shall
neglect
or
refuse
,
he
shall
forfeit
20
s
.
to
be
recovered
as
aforesaid
.
IV
.
In
all
cases
where
the
Constable
or
Headborough
by
this
or
the
other
Act
,
may
enter
the
house
of
any
person
,
or
distrain
their
Goods
,
he
may
call
to
his
aid
two
sufficient
Inhabitants
of
the
respective
Township
,
who
are
to
assist
him
therein
.
V.
Where
any
Sheriff
is
by
the
aforesaid
Act
appointed
to
be
Collector
of
any
part
of
the
Revenue
,
such
Sheriff
may
execute
the
said
place
by
such
Deputy
as
to
him
shall
seem
meet
,
being
thereto
appointed
under
the
Great-Seal
of
his
Office
,
or
under
his
own
Hand
and
Seal
.
VI
.
The
Treasurers
and
other
Officers
of
the
Inns-of-Court
,
Inns-of-Chancery
,
Colledges
and
other
Societies
chargeable
for
their
Hearths
and
Stoves
,
shall
do
all
things
as
the
Constables
by
the
Act
are
enjoyned
to
do
,
under
the
like
penalties
,
without
any
Warrant
from
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
;
and
the
Occupier
of
any
House
,
Lodging
,
or
Chamber
in
any
the
said
respective
Inns-of-Court
,
Inns-of-Chancery
,
&c.
shall
do
all
things
under
the
like
penalties
as
are
required
of
any
Occupier
of
any
House
,
Edifice
,
Lodging
,
or
Chamber
elswhere
.
VII
.
The
High-Bailiff
of
Westminster
for
the
time
being
,
may
within
the
Liberties
thereof
from
and
after
28.
September
next
,
collect
and
levy
the
said
duty
,
and
put
in
execution
the
powers
in
the
former
,
and
this
Act
,
as
ample
as
any
Sheriff
may
do
within
their
Limits
and
Jurisdictions
;
and
the
Bailiff
for
the
time
being
shall
be
subject
to
the
same
duties
and
penalties
as
the
Sheriffs
are
,
and
shall
receive
the
same
reward
.
And
the
Sheriff
of
Middlesex
is
discharged
from
putting
in
execution
the
trust
aforesaid
in
the
City
of
Westminster
and
the
Liberty
,
from
the
28.
of
September
,
saving
only
from
such
arrears
as
shall
then
happen
to
be
,
and
the
Constables
,
&c.
within
the
City
of
Westminster
,
and
the
Liberty
,
shall
deliver
to
the
Bailiff
Duplicates
of
all
Accompts
of
Hearths
and
Stoves
,
and
do
all
other
things
as
ought
to
have
been
done
to
the
Sheriff
.
VIII
.
The
Bailiff
of
the
Borough
of
Southwark
for
the
time
being
,
or
his
Deputy
,
may
within
the
Borough
of
Southwark
and
Liberties
of
Southwark
,
after
28.
September
next
,
collect
,
and
levy
the
said
duty
,
and
put
in
execution
all
the
powers
in
the
former
Act
,
as
ample
as
any
Sheriffs
by
the
former
Act
made
Collectors
may
do
within
their
Limits
and
Jurisdictions
:
And
the
Bailiff
for
the
time
being
shall
be
subject
to
the
same
duties
and
penalties
,
and
receive
the
same
reward
:
And
the
Sheriff
of
Surrey
is
discharged
for
putting
in
execution
the
trust
in
the
Borough
and
Liberty
of
Southwark
from
the
said
28.
of
September
,
and
the
Constables
,
&c.
within
the
Borough
of
Southwark
and
Liberties
,
shall
deliver
to
the
Bailiff
Duplicates
of
all
the
Hearths
and
Stoves
,
and
do
such
other
things
in
such
manner
as
they
ought
to
have
done
to
the
said
Sheriffs
.
IX
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Lord
Treasurer
of
England
,
and
the
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer
,
or
either
of
them
,
to
make
such
further
allowance
unto
the
Clerks
of
the
Peace
of
the
respective
Counties
,
for
their
labour
and
pains
in
and
about
the
writing
,
engrossing
and
returning
into
the
Exchequer
the
Duplicates
of
the
several
Constables
(
over
and
above
what
is
allowed
by
the
former
Act
)
as
the
Lord
Treasurer
and
Chancellor
,
or
either
of
them
shall
think
meet
,
the
allowance
not
exceeding
1
d
.
in
the
pound
,
by
the
year
.
High-wayes
.
I.
Enacted
,
15
Car
.
2.
cap
.
Whereas
the
High-way
and
Post-road
leading
from
London
to
York
,
and
so
into
Scotland
▪
and
also
from
London
into
Lincolnshire
:
and
also
from
the
City
of
Norwich
,
St.
Edmonds-Bury
and
Cambridge
to
London
,
for
many
miles
in
the
Counties
of
Hertford
,
Cambridge
and
Huntington
is
very
ruinous
and
almost
impassible
;
That
for
the
surveying
,
repairing
,
and
keeping
in
repair
the
said
High-wayes
in
the
Counties
aforesaid
,
four
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
several
and
respective
Counties
for
the
year
1663.
till
the
Quarter-Sessions
then
next
ensuing
;
and
from
thenceforth
after
Easter
every
year
shall
appoint
nine
able
persons
inhabiting
in
the
several
Counties
to
be
Surveyors
of
the
several
places
in
the
said
High-ways
,
who
shall
not
act
or
do
any
thing
but
in
their
own
and
respective
Counties
;
and
shall
cause
notice
to
be
given
to
the
several
Surveyors
in
writing
of
their
several
choice
;
which
Surveyors
within
one
week
after
notice
of
their
election
,
shall
assemble
themselves
together
in
some
convenient
place
within
their
several
Counties
appointed
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter-Sessions
,
to
view
and
survey
the
said
High-way
,
and
what
reparations
shall
be
needfull
for
the
repairing
the
said
places
:
and
the
Surveyors
,
three
or
more
of
them
in
their
several
Counties
are
to
appoint
a
Receiver
or
Collector
of
Toll
,
and
such
other
Officers
as
shall
be
necessary
for
the
carrying
on
the
said
work
,
with
moderate
allowance
,
to
be
approved
by
two
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
each
respective
County
.
II
.
That
the
Surveyors
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
in
their
several
Counties
,
shall
as
they
shall
see
cause
,
appoint
all
and
every
person
inhabiting
within
three
miles
of
the
places
,
who
by
any
Law
or
Statute
is
chargeable
to
find
any
Wain
or
Cart
for
the
mending
the
High-ways
,
and
every
person
chargeable
to
labour
in
the
High-ways
,
to
send
their
wain
,
&c.
or
come
to
labour
in
the
said
High-way
,
furnished
as
by
the
Statutes
of
the
Realm
is
directed
,
so
often
as
the
Surveyors
,
three
or
more
of
them
shall
think
needfull
and
appoint
,
for
which
they
shall
pay
to
such
labourers
,
and
to
the
owners
of
the
Teams
and
Wayns
,
&c.
according
to
the
usual
rate
of
the
Country
:
And
in
case
any
person
charged
as
aforesaid
,
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
so
to
do
,
such
person
shall
forfeit
10.
s
.
for
every
day
he
shall
make
default
;
and
every
labourer
18.
d
.
for
every
day
he
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
to
work
.
III
.
No
person
shall
be
compelled
to
labour
,
or
send
his
Team
or
Wain
,
&c.
For
reparing
the
High-way
,
to
any
of
the
said
places
above
three
miles
distant
from
his
dwelling
house
;
or
to
send
his
Team
,
Cart
,
&c.
above
three
days
in
any
one
week
,
nor
at
any
time
in
seed-time
,
Hay
,
or
Corn-Harvest
:
And
if
any
question
shall
arise
concerning
the
hire
for
Teams
,
&c.
or
what
wages
such
laborers
shall
be
paid
,
or
allowed
;
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
where
the
difference
ariseth
,
two
or
more
of
them
shall
determine
the
same
.
IV
.
Where
there
is
not
sufficient
Gravel
,
Chalk
,
Sand
,
or
Stone
,
within
any
Parish
,
Town
,
&c.
within
the
High-ways
,
or
places
aforesaid
;
the
Surveyors
in
their
respective
Counties
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
and
such
persons
as
they
shall
appoint
,
shall
dig
,
take
,
and
carry
away
Gravel
,
Chalk
,
Stones
out
of
the
Waste
,
or
Common
of
any
neighbouring
Parish
,
Town
,
or
Hamlet
(
without
paying
any
thing
for
the
same
)
for
the
repairing
of
the
said
Highways
,
at
the
places
aforesaid
:
Or
where
there
is
not
sufficient
materials
in
any
Common
,
or
Wast
,
near
adjoyning
,
to
dig
in
the
several
grounds
of
any
person
,
not
being
a
House
,
Garden
,
Orchard
,
Yard
,
or
Park
stored
with
Deer
,
within
any
Parish
,
chargeable
towards
the
repairs
of
the
said
Highways
;
and
to
carry
away
so
much
thereof
,
as
the
Surveyors
or
three
of
them
in
their
respective
Counties
shal
judge
necessary
for
the
said
reparations
,
without
paying
any
thing
for
such
materials
:
saving
only
such
reasonable
satisfaction
to
the
owners
,
or
occupiers
of
the
ground
,
for
the
damage
they
shall
sustain
,
as
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
at
their
next
Quarter-Sessions
,
shall
be
assessed
and
adjudged
:
And
the
pits
where
the
materials
shall
be
digged
shall
be
with
all
convenient
speed
filled
up
and
levelled
with
earth
,
so
as
the
same
may
not
be
dangerous
for
man
,
or
beast
.
V.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Surveyors
for
the
time
being
with
the
consent
and
approbation
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
their
several
Counties
within
their
own
Counties
,
and
not
elsewhere
,
to
choose
and
appoint
one
or
more
fit
person
,
or
persons
,
to
receive
,
or
take
such
sums
of
money
in
the
name
of
Toll
,
to
be
paid
for
all
such
Horses
,
Carts
,
Coaches
,
Waggons
,
Droves
and
Gangs
of
Cattel
,
as
in
time
to
come
shall
pass
,
be
led
,
or
driven
in
or
through
the
said
way
,
or
places
:
as
after
is
appointed
,
viz.
For
every
Horse
1.
d
.
every
Coach
6.
d
.
every
Waggon
12.
d
.
every
Cart
8.
d
.
every
score
of
Sheep
or
lambs
ob
,
and
so
proportionable
for
greater
or
lesser
numbers
:
Every
score
of
oxen
,
or
neat
cattel
5.
d
.
every
score
of
Hogs
2.
d
.
and
so
for
every
greater
or
lesser
number
,
not
being
under
five
.
VI
.
All
and
every
person
who
shall
travel
with
Horse
,
Coach
,
Cart
,
or
Waggon
,
or
shall
lead
or
drive
any
Sheep
,
Oxen
,
Horses
,
or
other
Cattel
,
in
or
through
the
High-ways
and
places
aforesaid
,
shall
pay
to
the
respective
Collectors
of
Toll
,
after
the
Rates
aforesaid
:
the
places
for
collecting
of
the
Toll
to
be
,
for
the
County
of
Hertford
at
Wades-mill
:
for
Cambridge
at
Caxton
:
for
Huntington
at
Stilton
,
and
at
no
other
place
,
or
places
within
the
said
Counties
.
And
in
case
any
person
upon
demand
made
of
Toll
as
aforesaid
,
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
pay
the
same
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Collector
or
Receiver
to
distrain
and
detain
such
Horse
,
Cart
,
&c.
until
the
said
Toll
be
satisfied
and
paid
,
together
with
such
damages
as
the
Party
so
distraining
shall
sustain
by
keeping
such
distress
:
Of
which
moneys
so
received
,
the
Collectors
shall
from
time
to
time
render
true
account
,
and
shall
pay
the
monies
by
them
received
to
the
Surveyors
in
the
respective
Counties
,
or
to
any
three
or
more
of
them
,
or
to
such
Treasurers
as
they
shall
appoint
,
when
,
and
as
often
as
they
shall
be
required
by
the
said
Surveyors
,
or
three
of
them
,
to
be
laid
out
,
and
expended
for
and
towards
the
necessary
repairs
of
the
several
places
afore
mentioned
,
and
not
elsewhere
.
VII
.
The
Surveyors
in
their
several
Counties
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
next
after
Easter
every
year
,
shall
yield
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
there
,
a
perfect
Accompt
of
all
money
which
they
have
received
from
the
Collectors
of
Toll
,
in
their
Counties
,
and
of
all
disbursments
in
and
about
the
High-ways
,
or
by
reason
of
their
Offices
,
and
if
any
overplus
remain
in
their
hands
shall
pay
the
same
to
the
Surveyors
chosen
for
the
next
year
,
or
to
the
Treasurers
,
to
be
disbursed
in
the
places
aforesaid
within
such
County
,
wherein
the
overplus
doth
remain
.
Which
Justices
shall
out
of
the
benefit
of
the
said
Toll
make
such
allowance
to
the
Surveyors
for
their
pains
as
to
them
shall
seem
good
:
And
in
case
the
Collectors
shall
not
upon
request
pay
the
same
to
the
Surveyors
for
the
time
being
,
or
Treasurer
,
or
shall
not
make
such
account
and
payment
,
the
Justices
at
any
Quarter
Sessions
of
Peace
for
the
County
,
in
case
of
such
default
shall
make
Enquiry
thereof
as
well
by
Confession
of
the
parties
as
by
Examination
of
witnesses
upon
Oath
:
And
in
case
such
default
be
found
,
in
the
Collectors
,
Treasurers
,
or
Surveyors
,
the
Justices
upon
conviction
shall
commit
the
parties
to
the
common
Gaol
,
there
to
remain
without
bail
,
&c.
Until
they
have
made
a
true
and
perfect
account
and
payment
.
VIII
.
The
Surveyors
are
enabled
with
the
consent
of
the
Justices
for
their
several
Counties
,
to
engage
the
profits
arising
of
their
Toll
,
in
their
several
Counties
for
such
sums
of
monies
as
shall
be
borrowed
by
them
for
that
purpose
,
by
Indenture
under
their
hands
and
seals
to
transfer
the
profits
of
the
said
Toll
,
and
to
grant
the
same
for
any
time
,
or
term
,
not
exceeding
nine
years
,
to
any
person
that
shall
upon
that
security
advance
any
present
sum
,
or
sums
of
money
towards
the
present
repairing
of
the
said
High-way
,
for
the
repayment
of
such
sum
so
lent
,
with
interest
for
the
same
;
Or
if
such
sum
cannot
be
borrowed
upon
the
security
aforesaid
;
Then
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
the
several
Counties
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
,
shall
make
a
rate
,
not
to
extend
to
any
other
County
but
their
own
,
whereby
they
shall
have
power
to
raise
upon
the
Parishes
that
lie
in
,
or
near
the
said
Road
,
such
sums
of
money
as
they
shall
see
convenient
for
the
speedy
effecting
of
the
said
repairs
;
Which
sum
so
rated
shall
be
paid
to
the
Surveyors
for
the
County
where
such
rate
is
made
,
or
to
their
Collector
to
be
imployed
for
the
repayring
of
the
said
Ways
;
and
not
otherwise
;
and
if
any
person
shall
refuse
to
pay
such
rate
,
the
Surveyors
to
distrain
for
such
sum
,
and
to
sell
the
distress
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
owners
.
IX
.
That
the
money
advanced
by
the
several
Towns
in
the
respective
Counties
shall
again
be
repaid
with
interest
,
by
the
Surveyors
for
the
several
Counties
as
it
doth
arise
out
of
the
Toll
,
every
County
paying
what
is
borrowed
within
its
own
County
.
X.
If
any
person
(
not
having
a
lawful
cause
to
be
allowed
)
shall
refuse
to
take
upon
him
the
office
of
Surveyor
,
being
chosen
according
to
the
Act
,
or
to
do
his
duty
in
the
execution
of
the
Act
;
The
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
where
such
Surveyors
dwell
,
shall
impose
upon
such
persons
so
refusing
such
fine
(
not
exceeding
10
l.
)
as
to
them
shall
seem
meet
,
and
cause
the
same
to
be
levyed
by
distress
and
sale
of
his
or
their
goods
,
rendring
the
party
the
overplus
,
if
any
shall
be
.
XI
.
All
fines
or
forfeitures
imposed
or
incurred
by
the
Act
,
shall
be
paid
to
the
Surveyors
for
the
time
being
,
or
three
of
them
,
or
to
the
Treasurer
of
the
respective
Counties
;
and
if
any
person
chosen
to
take
the
said
office
shall
die
,
or
be
discharged
from
the
said
office
:
some
other
fit
person
within
the
County
shall
be
appointed
by
two
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
the
said
County
in
the
place
of
him
,
&c.
that
shall
die
or
be
discharged
;
who
are
required
upon
notice
thereof
given
,
to
take
upon
him
,
&c.
the
said
office
of
Surveyor
,
and
to
execute
the
same
in
such
manner
and
under
such
and
the
like
penalties
as
if
he
,
&c.
had
been
chosen
by
the
Justices
at
their
Sessions
.
XII
.
If
any
suit
shall
be
against
any
person
for
any
thing
done
in
pursuance
of
the
Act
,
the
Action
shall
be
laid
in
the
County
where
the
cause
doth
rise
,
and
not
elsewhere
;
and
the
Defendant
may
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
Act
and
special
matter
in
evidence
;
and
if
the
action
shall
be
brought
in
any
other
County
,
the
Jury
shall
find
for
the
Defendant
,
and
upon
such
verdict
,
or
if
the
Plaintiff
be
nonsuit
,
or
discontinue
his
Action
,
after
the
Defendant
hath
appeared
,
or
if
upon
demur
judgement
shall
be
given
against
the
Plaintiff
,
the
Defendant
shall
have
and
recover
double
costs
.
Provided
,
1.
No
person
having
occasion
to
pass
any
place
where
.
Toll
is
taken
,
and
return
the
same
day
with
the
same
Horse
,
Coach
,
or
other
Carriage
,
or
with
Cattel
,
shall
be
compelled
the
same
day
to
pay
the
said
Toll
a
second
time
.
2.
All
and
every
person
by
Law
chargeable
towards
the
repairing
of
the
said
High-ways
:
shall
still
remain
chargeable
.
3
▪
Neither
this
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
shall
extend
to
any
further
time
,
or
be
in
force
longer
than
the
term
of
eleven
years
from
the
passing
of
the
Act.
4.
Every
person
passing
through
the
respective
places
appointed
for
the
receiving
of
Toll
(
as
aforesaid
)
shall
have
liberty
to
carry
any
quantity
of
Stones
,
Lime
,
Gravel
,
Dung
,
and
Composs
of
any
nature
or
kind
,
Brick
,
Chalk
,
Wood
,
and
they
and
all
Carts
,
with
Hay
,
Corn
in
straw
,
at
Hay-time
or
Harvest
,
Ploughs
and
other
things
employed
in
husbanding
and
manuring
of
their
Lands
,
shall
pass
to
and
through
the
said
respective
places
where
such
Toll
is
to
be
received
,
without
paying
any
thing
for
their
passing
through
the
same
.
XIII
.
If
it
happen
that
after
the
expiration
of
eleven
years
,
the
Receivers
or
Collectors
then
in
being
,
or
any
of
them
of
the
several
Tolls
or
any
part
thereof
,
shall
upon
their
or
any
of
their
accompts
made
,
and
to
be
made
for
the
several
receipts
of
the
Tolls
aforesaid
,
have
any
sums
of
monies
in
their
or
any
of
their
hands
,
more
than
they
have
expended
as
aforesaid
;
such
Receivers
or
Collectors
,
&c.
shall
bring
all
and
every
sum
and
sums
of
monies
remaining
in
their
hands
,
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
several
Counties
,
where
such
Receiver
or
Collector
shall
live
,
at
the
next
general
Quarter
Sessions
which
shall
happen
to
be
after
their
accompts
so
made
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
the
double
sum
which
shall
be
in
their
hands
;
which
sum
and
penaties
,
shall
be
recovered
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
parties
goods
by
Warrant
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
;
and
the
Justices
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
are
to
dispose
of
the
said
sums
of
monies
,
and
all
the
said
penalties
,
to
and
for
a
stock
for
the
repairing
the
several
High-wayes
according
to
the
Act
,
and
not
otherwise
.
XIV
.
If
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
of
Huntington
,
or
four
of
them
,
dwelling
next
the
said
High
road
,
shall
adjudge
some
other
place
more
convenient
than
Stilton
for
the
receiving
of
the
Toll
for
the
said
County
:
The
said
Justices
to
appoint
some
other
place
upon
the
Road
within
the
said
County
to
receive
the
Toll
,
instead
of
Stilton
.
XV
.
All
and
every
Souldier
upon
their
march
,
and
all
persons
riding
Post
,
shall
pass
through
any
the
places
in
the
Act
mentioned
,
without
paying
any
Toll
.
XVI
.
If
at
any
time
after
the
expiration
of
the
eleven
years
,
the
said
High-wayes
shall
be
well
and
sufficiently
repaired
,
and
so
adjudged
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter-Sessions
;
After
such
adjudication
made
,
and
repayment
of
such
moneys
as
shall
have
been
borrowed
,
the
Toll
shall
cease
in
the
aforesaid
County
:
any
thing
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
MANUFACTURES
.
I.
Enacted
,
15
Car
.
2.
Cap.
13.
That
from
and
after
the
first
of
October
next
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
person
whatsoever
,
native
or
foreigner
,
freely
without
paying
any
fee
,
or
gratuity
,
in
any
place
of
England
,
or
Wales
,
priviledged
,
or
unpriviledged
,
corporate
,
or
uncorporate
,
to
set
up
,
or
exercise
the
trade
,
or
mystery
of
breaking
,
hickling
,
or
dressing
of
Hemp
or
Flax
,
as
also
for
the
making
,
and
whitening
of
Thread
,
Spinning
,
Weaving
,
Making
,
Whitning
of
any
sort
of
Cloath
whatsoever
made
of
Hemp
,
or
Flax
only
,
as
also
the
Trade
,
or
Mystery
of
making
Twine
,
or
Nets
for
Fishery
,
or
of
stoving
of
Cordage
;
And
the
Trade
or
Mystery
of
making
any
sort
of
Tapestery
hangings
.
II
.
All
Foreigners
that
shall
really
and
bona
fide
use
any
of
the
Trades
and
Manufactures
aforesaid
by
three
years
in
this
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
shall
from
henceforth
,
taking
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
before
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
near
their
dwelling
;
enjoy
all
priviledges
whatsoever
,
as
the
natural
born
Subjects
of
this
Kingdom
.
III
.
Such
Foreigners
as
shall
exercise
any
of
the
Trades
aforesaid
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
shall
not
at
any
time
be
liable
to
any
other
,
or
greater
Taxes
,
Payments
,
or
Impositions
,
then
such
as
are
and
shall
be
paid
by
the
Kings
natural
born
Subjects
,
unless
they
use
and
exercise
Merchandise
into
,
and
from
foreign
parts
;
in
which
case
,
they
shall
be
liable
to
pay
such
customs
as
have
usually
been
paid
by
aliens
during
the
space
of
five
years
next
ensuing
,
and
no
longer
.
MILITIA
.
I.
Enacted
,
15
Car
,
2.
Cap.
2.
That
the
several
Lieutenants
of
the
Counties
,
and
Cities
,
and
places
nominated
by
the
King
,
His
Heirs
,
and
Successours
,
and
in
their
absence
,
by
their
directions
,
their
Deputy
,
or
Deputies
,
two
or
more
of
them
(
according
to
an
Act
made
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
ordering
of
the
Forces
in
the
several
Counties
of
this
Kingdom
)
shall
and
may
Lead
,
Train
,
Exercise
,
and
put
in
readiness
by
warrant
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
all
or
any
of
the
persons
raised
,
arrayed
,
or
weaponed
according
to
the
said
Act
,
to
the
intents
and
purposes
,
and
by
the
●●●●sons
of
the
said
Act
,
and
of
this
Act.
II
.
That
an
persons
charged
,
or
to
be
charged
by
either
of
the
Acts
,
with
Horse
,
Horse-man
and
Arms
,
or
Foot
Souldier
and
Arms
;
shall
under
penalty
of
5
s
.
pay
and
allow
2
s
.
6
d
.
per
diem
,
to
every
Trooper
that
serves
with
such
Horse
and
Arms
for
maintenance
of
the
man
and
horse
:
and
under
the
penalties
of
2
s
.
pay
and
allow
12
d
.
per
diem
,
to
each
Foot
Souldier
for
so
many
days
as
they
shall
be
absent
from
their
dwellings
by
occasion
of
Muster
or
Exercise
,
which
penalty
is
to
be
levied
,
as
after
is
expressed
,
unless
some
agreement
be
made
to
the
contrary
;
and
the
said
penalty
is
to
be
paid
to
such
Trooper
,
or
Foot
Souldier
,
to
whom
his
said
pay
was
denied
;
the
said
penalties
to
be
paid
within
six
weeks
after
default
,
or
before
the
nex
Muster
or
Training
,
and
not
afterwards
:
And
if
any
person
charged
as
aforesaid
,
shall
refuse
,
or
neglect
by
a
reasonable
time
to
provide
and
furnish
such
Foot
Souldier
and
Arms
;
the
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
to
inflict
such
penalty
upon
such
person
(
not
exceeding
five
pound
)
to
be
levied
and
imployed
to
the
same
uses
in
default
whereof
it
was
imposed
.
III
.
The
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
and
may
appoint
the
Constables
of
any
Parish
,
or
place
within
England
,
Wales
,
and
Berwick
,
to
provide
(
upon
a
penalty
,
not
exceeding
40
s
.
)
so
many
sufficient
Foot
Arms
(
with
wages
and
other
incident
charges
)
as
the
Lieutenants
,
or
their
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
assess
or
charge
,
according
to
the
proportions
of
the
said
Acts
,
upon
Revenues
under
50.
l.
per
annum
,
or
upon
personal
Estates
less
then
600
l.
lying
,
or
being
in
such
Parish
or
place
.
IV
.
If
any
person
belonging
to
any
Parish
,
or
place
,
shall
upon
demand
refuse
to
provide
a
Foot
Souldier
,
or
to
pay
any
sum
of
money
,
whereat
he
shall
be
assessed
by
a
pound
rate
,
according
to
a
List
signed
by
the
Lieutenants
,
for
and
towards
the
defraying
the
necessary
charge
and
expence
in
providing
and
furnishing
such
sufficient
Arms
;
The
Constable
may
by
Warrant
for
that
purpose
,
levy
such
sum
so
rated
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
goods
of
the
person
refusing
,
restoring
the
overplus
,
if
any
be
,
the
charge
of
distraining
deducted
,
and
the
Tenant
of
any
House
,
Land
,
or
Revenue
rated
as
aforesaid
,
is
required
to
make
payment
of
such
sums
so
rated
,
and
to
deduct
so
much
as
shall
be
charged
upon
the
Land-lords
Rent
,
out
of
the
next
Rent
payable
to
the
Land-lord
▪
and
in
default
thereof
,
the
goods
of
such
Tenant
shall
be
liable
to
be
distrained
and
sold
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
V.
Once
every
year
hereafter
,
each
Souldier
listed
or
raised
,
by
either
of
the
said
Acts
,
shall
pay
to
his
respective
Muster-Master
such
sum
(
not
exceeding
twelve
pence
for
a
Horse-man
;
and
six
pence
for
a
Foot-man
)
as
the
Lieutenants
and
their
Deputies
three
or
more
of
them
,
under
their
hands
and
seals
shall
direct
;
who
have
power
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
and
sale
upon
default
of
payment
upon
the
goods
and
Chattels
of
such
persons
as
are
charged
with
the
finding
of
the
respective
Horseman
,
or
Foot-Souldier
so
making
default
,
unless
the
default
be
by
the
neglect
of
such
Horse-man
,
or
Foot
Souldier
;
And
every
Muster-Master
shall
be
an
inhabitant
of
the
respective
County
.
VI
.
At
every
Muster
,
Training
and
Exercise
,
every
Musquetier
shall
bring
with
him
half
a
pound
of
Powder
,
half
a
pound
of
Bullets
;
and
every
Musquetier
who
serves
with
a
Match-lock
three
yards
of
Match
;
which
are
to
be
found
at
the
charge
of
such
person
as
provides
the
Foot
Souldier
and
Arms.
Every
Horseman
is
to
bring
with
him
a
quarter
of
a
pound
of
Powder
,
a
quarter
of
a
pound
of
Bullets
at
the
charge
of
the
person
to
provide
the
Horse-man
and
Arms
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
five
shillings
for
every
omission
thereof
.
VII
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Lieutenants
,
or
in
their
absence
,
and
by
their
directions
,
for
two
or
more
of
their
Deputies
in
the
respective
Counties
,
at
any
time
during
the
space
of
three
years
,
from
24.
July
,
1663.
to
summon
and
continue
together
,
so
many
of
the
said
Trained
Forces
within
their
several
Counties
and
Precincts
,
and
so
long
as
they
shall
judge
convenient
,
in
lieu
of
certain
days
appointed
for
Exercise
and
Musters
by
the
said
Act
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
ordering
of
the
Forces
,
&c.
Provided
,
Any
Troop
,
Company
,
or
Souldiers
may
be
so
kept
upon
such
duty
,
by
vertue
thereof
fourteen
days
,
and
no
longer
in
any
one
year
.
VIII
.
Every
Commissionated
Officer
in
the
Trained
Bands
,
or
Militia
of
the
Kingdom
,
shall
be
exempted
and
excused
from
finding
and
contributing
towards
the
finding
any
Horse
,
Horseman
,
or
Arms
,
or
Foot
Souldier
or
Arms
,
for
his
whole
estate
,
but
with
one
Horse
,
or
a
less
charge
,
or
for
such
part
of
his
estate
as
is
,
or
shall
be
charged
with
one
Horse
,
if
his
whole
estate
be
charged
with
a
greater
charge
then
one
Horse
,
in
the
County
where
he
so
serves
as
a
Foot
Officer
,
in
respect
of
the
expence
,
which
the
same
employment
doth
engage
him
in
.
IX
.
That
each
Constable
,
Tythingman
,
or
other
Officer
of
any
Parish
or
place
,
under
penalty
of
forfeiting
40
s
.
shall
and
do
,
by
vrrtue
of
a
warrant
from
the
respective
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
levy
all
arrears
and
proportions
of
money
unpaid
,
which
were
set
or
charged
for
the
Raising
,
Training
,
and
Arraying
the
Trained
Bands
actually
raised
,
and
in
being
before
the
passing
of
the
last
mentioned
Act
,
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
persons
Goods
refusing
to
pay
the
same
.
X.
That
every
Trooper
or
Foot
Souldier
at
any
time
raised
by
vertue
,
or
according
to
the
directions
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
subject
to
such
Exercise
and
Duty
as
other
raised
by
the
afore
mentioned
Act
,
and
shall
upon
like
pains
and
penalties
observe
all
the
orders
of
the
said
,
and
this
present
Act
,
and
suffer
such
penalties
for
crimes
and
offences
exprest
in
the
said
Act
,
which
are
likewise
to
be
imposed
and
levied
in
the
same
manner
and
wayes
as
are
set
down
in
the
said
Act.
XI
.
Thae
the
respective
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
dispose
of
so
much
of
the
fourth
part
to
the
inferiour
Officers
imployed
in
and
about
the
Forces
for
their
pains
,
as
to
the
said
Lieutenant
and
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
shall
seem
expedient
.
XII
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
every
person
that
hath
any
action
or
suit
brought
against
him
for
any
thing
done
in
execution
of
this
present
,
or
the
said
Act
,
to
plead
the
general
issue
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
and
if
judgement
be
given
for
the
Defendant
,
or
the
Plaintiff
be
Non-suit
,
or
discontinue
his
suit
,
to
recover
double
cost
:
And
no
action
to
be
brought
against
any
person
for
any
thing
done
,
in
,
or
in
pretence
of
execution
of
this
Act
,
unless
the
action
be
laid
in
the
proper
County
,
and
brought
within
six
moneths
after
the
cause
of
action
.
XIII
.
That
one
clause
in
an
Act
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
declaring
the
sole
right
of
the
Militia
to
be
in
the
King
,
&c
,
made
for
the
Indemnifying
of
all
persons
acting
in
the
Militia
,
from
24
June
,
1660.
to
20.
July
,
1661.
as
touching
the
Assaulting
,
Detaining
and
Imprisoning
any
suspected
person
,
to
be
a
Fanatick
,
Sectary
,
or
Disturber
of
the
Peace
,
or
seizing
of
Arms
,
or
searching
of
Houses
for
Arms
,
or
suspected
persons
,
shall
be
construed
to
commence
and
take
effect
,
and
shall
be
good
in
Law
,
for
the
indempnifying
of
all
.
persons
acting
in
the
Militia
for
any
the
matters
aforesaid
from
2.
February
,
1659.
to
the
24.
of
June
1660.
inclusive
,
any
thing
in
the
said
Act
notwithstanding
.
XIV
.
That
the
several
Forfeitures
,
Penalties
and
Payments
by
this
present
Act
imposed
,
set
,
or
directed
(
not
otherwise
by
this
Act
provided
to
be
levied
or
recovered
)
shall
in
case
of
default
be
levied
and
recovered
by
Warrant
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
Lieutenants
and
Deputies
,
three
or
more
of
them
upon
the
Goods
of
the
Offender
by
sale
of
the
same
:
and
if
the
Goods
of
the
Offender
cannot
be
found
,
whereof
to
levy
the
Forfeiture
,
Payment
or
Penalty
,
the
Lieutenants
,
three
or
more
of
them
,
by
Warrant
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
have
power
to
commit
such
Offender
to
Prison
,
till
he
make
satisfaction
of
the
Forfeiture
or
Penalty
.
XV
.
All
and
every
person
which
since
the
25.
day
of
March
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
have
done
any
thing
in
dismantling
of
any
Cities
or
Towns
,
or
demolishing
of
Walls
and
Fortifications
,
are
hereby
indempnified
and
saved
harmless
.
XVI
.
That
no
person
who
hath
any
Estate
of
the
yearly
value
of
two
hundred
pounds
,
or
personal
Estate
of
two
thousand
four
hundred
pounds
chargeable
by
the
said
Act
,
shall
be
charged
with
,
or
towards
the
finding
any
Foot
:
and
the
Lieutenants
,
or
three
or
more
of
them
,
may
charge
any
person
who
hath
Estate
of
the
yearly
value
of
a
hundred
pounds
,
and
under
the
value
of
two
hundred
pounds
,
or
who
hath
a
personal
Estate
of
one
thousand
two
hundred
pounds
,
and
under
two
thousand
four
hundred
pounds
,
with
,
or
towards
the
finding
of
Foot
or
Horse
,
as
shall
seem
in
their
judgements
most
expedient
for
the
Kings
service
;
yet
not
to
extend
to
make
any
alteration
,
concerning
the
Forces
to
be
raised
in
Cities
,
Corporations
and
Fort
Towns
.
XVII
.
The
Lord
Warden
of
the
Cinque
Ports
,
and
in
his
absence
his
Lieutenants
,
shall
put
in
execution
within
the
Ports
,
Towns
and
Members
all
the
powers
and
authorities
in
this
and
the
former
Act
,
and
execute
all
every
Act
and
thing
therein
,
as
the
respective
Lieutenants
of
Counties
may
do
,
and
keep
up
the
usual
number
of
Souldiers
in
the
Ports
and
Towns
,
unless
they
find
cause
to
lessen
the
same
,
and
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Ports
and
Members
thereof
,
being
in
regard
of
their
situation
upon
the
Sea-coast
,
charged
with
greater
proportions
of
Arms
and
armed
men
,
than
other
parts
of
the
Kingdom
,
shall
not
be
charged
with
Arms
or
armed
men
in
the
Counties
adjacent
for
their
estates
there
,
save
only
for
such
proportion
as
they
are
not
charged
with
within
the
Ports
.
XVIII
.
The
Inhabitants
and
Revenues
of
,
or
in
the
Parish
of
Saint
Martin
,
called
Stamford-Baron
,
in
the
Suburbs
of
the
Town
and
Borough
of
Stamford
on
the
South-side
of
the
Welland
may
be
charged
to
find
,
and
serve
in
the
Trained
Bands
of
the
County
of
Lincoln
,
by
the
Lieutenants
of
the
County
of
Lincoln
,
in
such
manner
as
Persons
of
Estates
within
the
County
of
Lincoln
may
be
assessed
and
charged
to
the
purposes
aforesaid
.
Distributing
of
Moneys
.
I.
Enacted
.
15.
Car
.
2.
Cap.
1.
Whereas
an
Act
hath
passed
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
distribution
of
60000
l.
amongst
indigent
Commission-Officers
,
&c.
It
is
declared
,
That
the
Commissioners
appointed
by
the
said
Act
,
shall
act
according
to
these
said
Rules
,
viz.
1.
The
Officers
allowed
,
Colonels
,
Adjutant-Generals
,
Quarter-Master-Generals
,
Scout-Master-Generals
,
Commissary-Generals
,
Lieutenant-Colonels
,
Majors
,
Captains
,
Lieutenants
,
Coronets
,
Ensigns
,
Quarter-Masters
.
2.
Each
Colonel
of
Horse
,
if
he
had
a
Regiment
of
150
:
Captain
of
Horse
if
a
Troop
of
50
:
Colonel
of
Foot
if
a
Regiment
of
300
:
Captain
of
Foot
if
a
company
of
40
:
Colonel
of
Dragoons
if
a
Regiment
of
200
:
Captain
of
Dragoons
if
a
company
of
30.
3.
Loyal
Officers
,
who
faithfully
served
the
late
King
,
and
continued
loyal
to
the
King
,
and
did
not
withdraw
themselves
from
the
service
without
sufficient
cause
to
be
allowed
by
the
Commissioners
.
4.
No
person
indigent
,
who
hath
of
his
own
,
or
of
the
Kings
gift
,
such
estate
as
the
Commissioners
shall
judge
a
sufficient
livelihood
.
5.
If
upon
examination
it
be
found
any
Certificate
hath
been
lost
or
invalid
,
because
not
signed
at
a
publick
meeting
:
the
Commissioners
,
or
nine
of
them
,
to
give
relief
to
the
party
.
6.
If
the
Commissioners
in
the
Star-chamber
,
or
of
the
respective
Counties
,
three
or
more
of
them
shall
suspect
any
Certificate
to
be
unduly
procured
,
or
insufficient
,
they
shall
examine
Witnesses
upon
Oath
;
the
Commissioners
in
Star-chamber
shall
transmit
to
them
the
exceptions
against
such
Certificates
,
with
the
names
of
the
persons
excepting
,
to
be
by
them
reviewed
and
examined
,
by
examination
of
Witnesses
or
otherwise
,
and
then
opinions
to
be
conclusive
.
II
.
No
exception
to
any
Certificate
shall
be
admitted
after
1.
October
next
;
and
all
reviews
and
returns
thereupon
shall
be
in
writing
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
respective
Commissioners
before
1.
November
next
.
III
.
All
moneys
to
be
paid
or
distributed
,
shall
be
paid
to
the
respective
Persons
qualified
to
receive
the
same
,
before
the
24.
December
next
:
And
nothing
in
that
,
or
this
Act
shall
extend
to
prejudice
the
Persons
hereafter
particularly
named
,
viz.
Edward
Roscarrock
,
Guy
Molesworth
,
John
Low
,
John
Foryth
,
Matthew
Carew
,
Walter
Braoms
,
Thomas
Gleadstone
,
to
deprive
them
,
by
reason
their
Certificates
were
not
entred
within
the
appointed
time
by
the
Act
,
but
all
the
said
Persons
who
shall
before
16.
August
next
,
deliver
in
their
Certificates
asserted
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
five
Commissioners
to
the
Register
appointed
by
the
Commissioners
in
the
Star-chamber
,
shall
be
taken
to
have
good
right
to
the
benefit
of
the
Act.
Post-Office
,
and
Wine-License
.
Anno
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
12.
An
Act
of
Parliament
12.
Car
.
2.
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
ordering
and
selling
of
Wines
by
retale
.
And
another
Act
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
erecting
and
establishing
a
Post-Office
are
mentioned
;
And
it
is
also
mentioned
,
that
the
King
is
pleased
,
for
and
towards
the
maintenance
and
support
of
his
beloved
Brother
James
Duke
of
York
his
estate
and
dignity
,
to
grant
the
said
Offices
to
his
said
Brother
James
Duke
of
York
,
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
begotten
or
to
be
begotten
;
it
is
therefore
,
I.
Enacted
and
declared
,
That
the
said
James
Duke
of
York
,
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
begotten
,
and
to
be
begotten
,
shall
have
all
and
every
the
powers
and
authorities
to
give
and
grant
Licenses
to
such
persons
as
he
shall
think
fit
,
to
sell
and
utter
by
retale
all
and
every
,
or
any
kind
of
Wines
whatsoever
to
be
drunk
or
spent
within
the
house
,
houses
,
or
other
places
in
the
Tenure
or
Occupation
of
the
party
so
licenced
,
within
any
City
,
Town
,
or
other
place
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Wales
,
and
Town
of
Berwick
,
with
all
the
benefit
and
profits
thereof
;
and
that
the
said
Duke
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
begotten
,
or
to
be
begotten
,
shall
have
that
moyety
of
the
forfeitures
which
by
the
said
recited
Act
is
given
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
persons
which
at
any
times
hereafter
,
shall
be
by
the
said
Duke
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
begotten
or
to
be
begotten
,
appointed
Agents
or
Commissioners
,
to
treat
and
contract
for
the
giving
of
Licences
to
any
persons
for
selling
and
uttering
of
Wines
by
retale
in
any
City
,
Town
,
or
place
,
shall
have
the
full
and
sole
power
and
authority
to
treat
and
contract
for
the
giving
of
such
Licenses
,
as
the
Kings
Commissioners
might
do
by
vertue
of
the
recited
Act.
III
.
That
such
persons
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Duke
,
his
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
begotten
or
to
be
begotten
,
under
his
or
their
hand
and
seal
for
the
granting
of
Licenses
for
selling
and
uttering
Wines
by
retale
,
or
enabled
under
such
seal
as
he
or
they
shall
appoint
,
to
grant
Licenses
for
selling
and
uttering
of
Wines
by
retale
to
any
persons
for
any
times
not
exceeding
twenty
one
years
,
and
under
such
condition
as
they
shall
think
fit
;
so
as
no
Fine
be
taken
but
the
Rents
and
sums
of
moneys
reserved
be
duely
paid
at
the
times
and
places
agreed
for
payment
thereof
,
for
which
Rents
,
the
Duke
and
his
Heirs
Males
,
&c.
shall
have
power
to
sue
for
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
Action
of
Debt
,
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
at
Westminster
,
or
elsewhere
,
in
his
own
name
,
or
to
sue
for
in
the
Kings
Name
in
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
at
the
Election
of
the
Duke
,
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
;
and
the
discharge
of
the
Duke
,
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
&c.
or
his
or
their
Receiver-General
,
shall
be
an
effectual
discharge
for
so
much
as
shall
be
received
by
vertue
of
the
said
Act
for
Wine-Licenses
.
1.
Provided
,
The
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
shall
not
during
the
continuance
of
the
estate
tail
,
by
himself
,
or
Agents
,
grant
any
Commissions
or
Licenses
for
selling
or
uttering
any
Wines
by
retale
.
2.
That
nothing
in
the
Act
shall
make
void
any
Contracts
,
Leases
,
or
Agreements
that
have
been
made
by
the
Kings
Agents
for
granting
Licenses
for
selling
of
Wines
by
retale
,
but
that
such
Contracts
,
Leases
,
&c.
shall
remain
in
force
;
and
all
Rents
reserved
thereupon
shall
be
paid
to
the
Duke
,
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
,
&c.
IV
.
That
the
yearly
Rents
,
sums
of
Moneys
,
Revenues
,
and
Profits
whatsoever
shall
grow
due
,
or
be
payable
to
the
King
,
his
heirs
or
successors
,
for
or
by
reason
of
the
general
Letter-offce
,
or
Post-Office
,
or
Office
of
Post-Master-General
,
or
annexed
,
incident
,
or
belonging
to
the
Post-Office
,
or
general
Letter-Office
,
or
issuing
out
of
the
same
,
or
growing
due
by
reason
of
the
same
,
shall
be
vested
in
the
said
Duke
,
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
,
or
to
be
begotten
,
with
full
and
sole
power
for
the
said
Duke
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
,
&c
,
his
and
their
Receivers-General
,
to
receive
all
and
every
the
Rents
and
Profits
accruing
for
,
or
issuing
out
of
the
said
Office
,
and
to
give
dive
discharges
for
the
money
received
.
V.
None
of
the
yearly
Rents
,
Issues
and
Profits
arising
or
issuing
out
of
the
said
general
Letter-Office
,
&c.
shall
for
,
or
during
the
said
Estate
tail
be
paid
into
the
Exchequer
,
but
only
to
the
Duke
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
,
&c.
his
,
or
their
Receiver-General
for
the
time
being
:
And
the
Duke
,
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
,
&c.
shall
and
may
in
the
name
of
the
King
,
his
heirs
,
&c.
or
in
his
own
name
sue
for
the
same
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
;
or
otherwise
,
in
any
Courts
of
Law
,
or
Equity
,
whereing
no
protection
,
wager
of
Law
,
&c.
shall
lie
.
Provided
,
Nothing
in
this
Act
,
shall
make
void
the
grant
made
by
the
King
to
Daniel
Oneal
Esquire
of
the
Office
of
Post-Master-General
,
or
General
Letter-Office
,
or
Post-Office
for
four
years
,
and
a
quarter
of
a
year
,
from
the
25
of
March
,
1663.
under
the
yearly
Rent
of
21500
l.
for
all
the
said
Term
(
except
the
last
quarter
which
is
paid
aforehand
)
so
as
the
said
Rents
be
paid
to
the
Duke
,
and
the
heirs
males
of
his
body
begotten
and
to
be
begotten
.
VI
.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
King
,
his
heirs
and
Successors
at
any
time
or
times
during
the
said
Estate
tail
,
by
Warrant
under
his
Privy
Seal
to
charge
any
sum
,
or
several
sums
,
not
exceeding
in
the
whole
the
sum
5382
l.
10
s
.
to
be
paid
out
of
the
Office
of
Post-Master-General
,
to
which
said
sum
of
5382
l.
10
s
.
the
several
sums
and
payments
now
charged
thereupon
do
amount
(
the
grant
of
which
sums
are
not
to
be
avoided
by
this
Act
)
which
said
sums
of
money
not
exceeding
5382
l.
10
s
.
to
be
granted
by
the
King
,
are
by
the
Act
confirmed
and
made
of
full
force
.
VII
.
That
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
shall
have
the
nomination
of
the
Post-Master-General
of
the
said
Post-Office
,
and
shall
from
time
to
time
nominate
and
appoint
such
person
,
&c.
as
he
or
they
shall
please
,
to
be
Post-Master-General
of
the
said
Office
,
and
may
grant
the
same
with
the
power
thereunto
belonging
,
and
the
Rates
of
Portage
in
the
said
Act
mentioned
,
either
for
lease
or
years
,
not
exceeding
21
years
,
to
any
person
,
&c.
as
he
or
they
shall
think
fit
,
under
the
most
improved
yearly
Rent
can
be
gotten
for
the
same
by
the
Duke
,
or
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
&c.
without
Fines
,
the
said
Rent
to
be
paid
to
the
Duke
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
,
&c.
under
such
Covenants
and
Agreements
as
the
Duke
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
shall
think
fitting
.
VIII
.
It
is
declared
,
That
the
Duke
,
and
the
Heirs
Males
of
his
body
begotten
,
and
to
be
begotten
,
may
settle
any
part
of
the
premises
,
not
exceeding
a
third
part
of
the
clear
yearly
value
over
and
above
all
charges
or
reprises
,
for
a
Joynture
for
his
or
their
Wife
or
Wives
,
and
to
lease
any
other
part
of
the
premises
for
any
number
of
years
not
exceeding
twenty
one
years
,
and
not
exceeding
one
third
part
of
the
clear
yearly
value
of
the
premises
,
in
order
to
raise
portions
for
his
or
their
younger
children
.
1.
Provided
.
This
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
not
in
any
wise
to
be
prejudicial
to
the
priviledge
of
the
two
Universities
of
this
Land
,
or
to
the
Chancellor
or
Scholars
of
the
same
,
or
their
Successors
,
but
they
may
use
and
enjoy
such
priviledges
as
they
have
heretofore
lawfully
used
and
enjoyed
.
2.
Nor
shall
extend
to
be
prejudicial
to
the
Masters
,
Wardens
,
and
free-men
and
commonalty
of
the
Vintners
of
London
,
or
to
any
other
City
or
Town-Corporate
;
but
that
they
may
enjoy
such
priviledges
and
liberties
as
heretofore
they
have
lawfully
used
and
enjoyed
.
3.
Nor
shall
in
any
wise
extend
to
debar
or
hinder
the
Mayor
and
Burgesses
of
the
Burrough
of
Saint
Albans
to
the
County
of
Hertford
,
or
their
Successors
,
from
enjoying
and
exercising
such
Liberties
heretofore
granted
to
them
by
several
Letters
Patents
by
Queen
Elizabeth
,
or
King
James
,
for
the
erecting
and
licensing
three
several
Wine-Taverns
within
the
said
Burrough
,
for
the
maintenance
of
the
Free-School
there
;
but
the
same
Liberties
,
Powers
and
Authorities
are
hereby
established
,
and
shall
remain
and
continue
to
the
said
Mayor
and
Burgesses
,
&c.
for
the
charitable
use
aforesaid
,
according
to
the
tenors
of
the
said
Letters
Patents
.
4.
That
all
Letters
,
and
other
things
may
be
sent
or
conveyed
,
to
or
from
the
two
Universities
in
manner
as
before
hath
been
used
.
SUBSIDIES
.
1.
Enacted
,
15
Car
.
2.
Cap.
7.
Every
person
born
within
the
Realm
of
England
and
Dominions
thereof
,
worth
3
l.
in
money
,
stock
,
merchandize
,
and
other
goods
whatsoever
,
which
he
hath
to
his
own
use
,
or
any
other
hath
to
his
use
(
except
his
wearing
apparel
belonging
to
their
bodies
)
and
every
body
corporate
,
Guild
or
Fraternity
,
which
hath
any
stock
,
or
place
,
&c.
to
his
or
their
own
use
,
or
others
have
in
trust
for
their
use
:
shall
pay
for
every
of
the
four
Subsidies
2
s
.
8
d
.
of
every
pound
:
Every
Alien
,
Stranger
born
out
of
the
Kingdom
,
Denizens
,
or
others
;
and
Every
Recusant
convict
,
or
shall
be
Indicted
for
Recusancy
,
and
shall
not
discharge
their
Indictments
at
the
next
Assises
,
or
within
two
general
Sessions
of
the
Peace
where
they
shall
be
Indicted
,
which
shall
have
Coyn
,
Plate
,
or
other
Goods
and
Chattels
whatsoever
,
or
sums
of
moneys
owing
them
within
the
Realm
or
without
(
Except
as
before
excepted
)
shall
pay
5
s
.
4
d
.
for
every
pound
for
every
Subsidy
:
Every
Alien
born
out
of
the
Kings
Dominions
,
Denizen
or
not
Denizen
,
not
being
of
the
age
of
seven
years
,
or
above
,
and
every
Popish
Recusant
convict
,
&c.
being
of
the
age
of
17
years
,
or
which
being
of
the
age
of
21
years
,
hath
not
received
the
Communion
,
shall
pay
to
every
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
8
d
.
for
every
Poll
;
and
the
Master
,
or
he
or
she
with
whom
the
Alien
is
,
shall
be
charged
with
the
same
for
lack
of
payment
thereof
.
II
.
The
first
two
of
the
four
Subsidies
shall
be
rated
in
every
County
,
Borough
,
City
,
Town
,
&c.
before
1.
October
next
;
and
the
two
last
before
1.
March
,
1663.
And
the
particular
sums
of
every
County
,
City
,
&c.
for
the
two
first
Subsidies
,
certified
into
the
Exchequer
,
before
14.
October
next
;
and
the
two
last
before
14.
April
next
:
And
the
payment
of
the
two
first
Subsidies
shall
be
into
the
Receipt
of
the
Exchequer
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
&c.
before
1.
November
next
:
and
the
two
last
before
May
then
next
following
.
III
.
Every
person
,
aswel
such
as
are
born
within
the
Kings
obeysance
,
as
other
person
,
stranger
,
Denizen
or
not
Denizen
,
inhabiting
within
the
Realm
and
the
Kings
other
Dominions
,
which
at
the
time
of
the
Assessing
shall
be
out
of
the
Realm
,
and
have
Lands
,
Goods
,
&c.
shall
be
charged
for
the
same
where
such
Lands
or
Goods
shall
then
be
,
or
in
such
place
where
his
or
their
Factor
or
Attorney
shall
have
their
resort
within
the
Realm
,
as
if
the
Person
at
the
time
of
the
assessing
had
been
within
the
Realm
;
and
every
person
within
or
without
the
Realm
shall
be
charged
after
the
rate
of
such
yearly
substance
,
or
value
of
Lands
or
Goods
,
as
every
other
person
shall
be
charged
.
IV
.
For
the
Assessing
and
ordering
of
the
Subsidies
to
be
had
,
the
Lord
Chancellor
of
England
,
and
divers
other
Lords
,
Knights
,
Esquires
and
Gentlemen
,
in
the
Act
are
particularly
named
,
who
by
the
Act
are
appointed
to
be
Commissioners
of
any
of
the
several
Counties
,
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
Towns
and
Places
,
which
said
Commissioners
,
or
any
three
of
them
are
to
execute
the
powers
within
the
Act
,
within
their
respective
Divisions
;
and
every
the
said
Commissioners
shall
hereby
effectually
and
diligently
execute
their
respective
Authorities
,
without
omission
,
favour
,
dread
,
or
malice
.
V.
The
Commissioners
for
Taxation
of
the
said
Subsidies
,
at
the
days
aforesaid
,
shall
direct
their
several
or
joynt
Precepts
to
8
,
7
,
6
,
5
,
4.
3
,
or
2.
of
the
most
substantial
and
discreet
Inhabitants
within
the
Hundreds
,
Lathes
,
Parishes
,
Towns
and
Places
,
aswel
within
the
Liberties
as
without
(
ancient
Demesn
places
excepted
)
and
to
the
Constables
,
Sub-constables
,
Bailiffs
and
Officers
of
the
same
Lathes
,
&c.
commanding
the
said
Inhabitants
,
Constables
,
and
Officers
,
&c.
to
appear
in
their
proper
persons
before
them
,
within
the
Cities
,
Towns
,
Places
limited
,
to
do
and
accomplish
all
that
to
them
on
the
part
of
the
King
shall
be
enjoyned
touching
the
Act
;
and
that
to
whom
the
said
Precept
,
&c.
shall
come
,
to
deliver
the
same
to
the
other
Inhabitants
or
Officers
named
in
the
Precept
;
and
none
of
them
to
fail
to
accomplish
the
same
,
under
pain
of
40.
s
.
to
be
forfeited
to
the
King
.
VI
.
That
at
the
day
prefixed
by
the
Precept
,
every
of
the
Commissioners
not
having
a
reasonable
excuse
for
his
absence
,
shall
appear
;
and
as
many
of
them
as
are
appointed
by
the
Act
,
shall
call
before
them
the
Inhabitants
and
Officers
;
and
if
any
person
make
default
,
unless
letted
by
sickness
or
lawful
excuse
,
examined
by
the
Oaths
of
two
credible
Witnesses
,
every
person
so
making
default
or
refusing
to
serve
,
shall
forfeit
to
the
King
40.
s
.
And
upon
appearance
had
,
they
shall
be
charged
by
all
convenient
ways
and
means
to
enquire
of
the
value
of
the
Substance
of
every
person
dwelling
,
&c.
within
the
limits
and
places
they
shall
be
charged
with
,
and
of
all
other
things
requisite
touching
the
Act
,
as
near
as
may
be
,
or
shall
come
to
their
knowledge
,
and
certifie
before
the
Commissioners
the
Names
,
Sur-names
,
Substances
and
values
of
every
of
them
,
as
well
of
Lands
,
&c.
as
of
Goods
,
Chattels
,
Debts
and
other
things
chargeable
by
the
Act
,
without
concealment
,
love
,
favour
,
dread
,
or
malice
,
upon
pain
of
forfeitute
of
any
sum
,
not
exceeding
5.
l.
to
be
levyed
as
by
the
Act
is
appointed
;
And
the
Commissioners
thereupon
shall
openly
read
the
Rates
mentioned
in
the
Act
,
and
declare
to
them
in
what
manner
and
form
they
ought
to
make
their
Certificates
:
and
of
all
manner
of
persons
within
the
Act
and
of
their
Possessions
,
Goods
and
Chattels
,
by
which
information
they
may
have
such
plain
knowledge
of
the
Act
that
they
shall
have
no
cause
to
excuse
themselves
of
ignorance
;
and
after
such
charge
,
and
the
manner
of
the
Certificate
to
be
made
,
and
to
them
declared
,
the
Commissioners
shall
appoint
to
the
said
parties
,
another
day
and
place
to
appear
before
them
,
charging
them
to
make
diligent
enquiry
of
the
premisses
,
and
then
every
of
them
,
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
40.
s
.
shall
appear
,
and
certifie
to
the
Commissioners
,
as
to
them
in
manner
hath
been
directed
;
and
if
any
of
them
do
make
default
,
or
refuse
to
make
such
Certificate
,
they
shall
forfeit
to
the
King
40.
s
.
and
of
such
as
do
appear
the
Commissioners
shall
receive
the
certificate
,
and
if
they
see
cause
examine
the
Presentors
thereof
;
and
thereupon
the
Commissioners
shall
prefix
a
day
and
place
for
their
further
proceeding
in
the
Assessing
of
the
Subsidies
,
and
shall
make
their
Precepts
to
the
Constables
,
&c.
of
such
Hundreds
,
Towns
and
Places
,
with
the
names
of
the
Persons
presented
in
the
Certificate
,
of
which
if
they
shall
vehemently
suspect
to
be
of
greater
substance
in
Lands
or
Goods
than
is
so
certified
,
they
shall
make
their
warrants
to
the
Constable
,
&c.
to
warn
such
persons
before
the
Commissioners
at
a
prefixed
day
and
place
,
to
be
examined
of
their
substance
and
value
,
and
other
matter
concerning
the
Premises
;
And
if
the
Persons
warned
to
be
examined
,
shall
not
appear
(
without
some
reasonable
excuse
)
every
of
them
making
default
,
to
be
charged
to
the
King
with
the
double
sum
of
the
rate
,
he
should
or
ought
to
have
been
set
at
of
his
Lands
,
or
Substance
,
and
the
Commissioners
after
the
better
knowledge
of
their
values
either
in
Lands
or
Goods
,
shall
have
power
to
encrease
the
Taxation
of
such
Persons
:
and
every
spiritual
Person
of
the
Taxations
of
the
Subsidies
,
for
every
pound
he
,
or
other
Person
hath
to
his
use
,
by
descent
Bargain
,
in
Fee
,
Tayl
,
for
Life
,
Years
,
Copy-hold
,
&c.
of
Manors
,
Lands
,
or
Tenements
,
shall
be
taxed
after
the
just
and
true
value
thereof
.
VII
.
If
the
Assessors
shall
affectionately
,
corruptly
,
or
partially
in
their
enquiry
,
taxation
,
&c.
demean
themselves
in
such
wise
as
the
Commissioners
shall
deem
them
Offenders
,
four
of
the
Commissioners
of
that
County
for
the
said
Subsidy
,
have
Power
either
to
charge
the
said
Assessors
upon
their
better
Service
,
to
charge
them
upon
their
Oaths
,
or
to
set
upon
them
for
their
misdemeanour
,
such
Fine
as
they
shall
see
good
,
so
it
exceed
not
10.
l.
and
to
estreat
the
same
into
the
Exchequer
,
which
shall
be
Levyed
and
answered
to
the
King
as
other
sums
shall
be
taxed
and
become
due
,
and
not
otherwise
;
And
if
any
Person
Certified
or
Rated
be
a
Commissioner
,
or
other
,
find
himself
grieved
with
the
Sessing
or
Rating
,
and
do
complain
to
the
Commissioners
before
the
same
taxation
be
certified
into
the
Exchequer
,
The
Commissioners
,
or
two
of
them
,
shall
particularly
examine
the
person
so
complaining
,
upon
his
Oath
,
and
his
Neighbours
at
their
discretions
,
of
his
Lands
,
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
upon
due
examination
and
knowledge
thereof
,
abate
,
defalk
,
increase
or
enlarge
the
said
Assessment
,
and
the
same
so
abated
,
encreased
,
or
enlarged
,
shall
be
estreated
by
them
into
the
Exchequer
;
and
if
it
be
proved
within
a
year
after
the
Person
sworn
was
of
better
value
in
Lands
,
Goods
,
&c.
at
the
time
of
such
Oath
made
,
than
the
person
upon
Oath
doth
declare
,
the
person
offending
shall
forfeit
to
the
King
so
much
money
as
the
same
Person
so
sworn
was
set
at
or
taxed
to
pay
.
VIII
.
Every
Person
to
be
rated
,
shall
be
rated
,
and
the
sum
on
him
set
,
levyed
at
such
place
where
he
and
his
Family
were
resident
the
most
part
of
the
year
before
the
Taxation
made
,
and
no
where
else
;
and
no
Commissioner
shall
be
rated
but
in
the
Shire
where
he
is
Commissioner
:
and
if
any
Person
at
the
time
of
the
Assessing
shall
be
out
of
the
Realm
,
to
be
set
where
he
was
last
abiding
within
the
Realm
:
and
the
Commissioners
after
the
Rates
aforesaid
;
shall
cause
every
Person
Rated
and
Taxed
,
to
be
Rated
and
Taxed
according
to
the
Rate
of
the
substance
and
value
of
his
Lands
,
Goods
,
&c.
whereby
the
greatest
and
best
Sum
may
be
Set
and
Taxed
;
and
every
person
Taxed
in
any
other
County
or
place
,
than
where
his
Family
were
resident
as
aforesaid
,
upon
Certificate
made
to
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
two
Commissioners
testifying
his
non-resiance
,
shall
be
a
sufficient
discharge
for
the
Taxation
of
that
person
in
any
other
place
for
all
other
sums
of
money
set
upon
such
Person
,
save
only
the
Taxations
made
in
that
County
,
or
place
,
from
which
such
Certificate
shall
be
made
as
aforesaid
;
and
the
same
Certificate
shall
be
a
sufficient
Warrant
to
the
Barons
and
Auditors
of
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
as
to
all
other
Officers
,
paying
for
the
allowance
and
discharge
6.
d
.
and
no
more
.
IX
.
Provided
,
That
every
person
Rated
according
to
the
meaning
of
the
Act
,
to
and
for
the
Subsidies
,
after
the
yearly
value
of
his
Lands
or
other
real
Possessions
at
any
of
the
Taxations
,
shall
not
after
be
Rated
for
his
Goods
,
&c.
at
the
same
Taxation
;
and
so
è
converso
,
who
is
taxed
for
his
Goods
,
shall
not
be
Taxed
for
his
Land
at
the
same
Taxation
;
nor
any
person
shall
be
doubly
charged
,
but
if
any
person
happen
to
be
double
Rated
or
charged
,
he
to
be
discharged
of
the
one
,
and
charged
with
the
other
.
X.
No
Person
having
two
Mansions
to
resort
unto
,
or
calling
himself
Houshold-Servant
,
&c.
to
the
King
or
other
Lord
,
Lady
,
Mr.
or
Mistress
,
shall
be
excused
upon
his
saying
,
from
the
Taxing
of
the
Subsidies
in
neither
of
the
places
where
he
may
be
Taxed
,
unless
he
bring
a
certificate
from
the
Commissioners
where
he
is
so
Taxed
indeed
in
one
place
.
And
if
any
person
,
that
ought
to
be
Taxed
,
by
reason
of
his
resorting
to
two
places
,
or
of
his
saying
he
was
elsewhere
Taxed
,
or
otherwise
by
his
covin
or
craft
,
or
by
any
words
,
sayings
,
or
otherwise
:
Or
if
any
Commissioner
,
or
Assessor
shall
escape
from
the
Taxations
,
and
not
be
taxed
according
to
the
Act
,
and
the
same
proved
before
the
Commissioners
,
or
two
of
them
,
or
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
or
two
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
where
such
person
dwelleth
;
every
person
that
by
such
means
,
or
willingly
by
covin
,
shall
escape
from
the
said
taxations
and
payments
,
shall
be
charged
upon
proof
thereof
,
at
the
double
value
of
so
much
as
he
should
,
or
ought
to
have
been
taxed
by
the
Act
,
the
said
double
value
to
be
levyed
of
his
Goods
,
Lands
,
and
Tenements
,
towards
the
Subsidies
,
and
to
be
punished
according
to
the
discretions
of
the
Barons
,
Justices
,
or
Commissioners
before
whom
he
shall
be
convicted
for
his
Offence
.
XI
.
The
Commissioners
which
shall
be
within
any
County
or
place
,
within
their
respective
Limits
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
shall
tax
and
assess
every
other
Commissioner
joyned
with
them
,
and
the
Commissioners
within
their
Division
shall
assess
every
Assessor
within
their
Division
,
and
as
well
all
sums
upon
every
the
said
Commissioners
and
Assessors
,
as
the
sums
made
and
presented
by
the
Presenters
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
written
,
estreated
,
levyed
,
and
gathered
as
it
should
and
ought
to
have
been
,
as
if
the
said
Commissioners
had
not
been
named
Commissioners
,
and
the
estate
of
all
Barons
or
Baronesses
,
&
every
estate
above
shall
be
charged
with
their
Freehold
and
value
,
by
Ed.
Earl
of
Clarendon
,
Lord
Chancellour
of
England
,
and
other
Earls
and
Barons
particularly
named
in
the
Act
,
seven
or
more
of
them
for
the
several
payments
of
the
said
Subsidies
,
and
the
sums
by
them
to
be
taxed
,
with
the
names
of
the
Collectors
(
which
Collectors
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Lord
Chancellor
or
Keeper
of
the
Great
Seal
for
the
time
being
)
to
be
estreated
,
delivered
,
and
certified
at
the
days
and
places
above
specified
,
by
the
said
Earl
of
Clarendon
,
and
the
said
other
Earls
,
Lords
and
Barons
in
the
Act
particularly
named
,
or
by
seven
or
more
of
them
.
XII
.
That
after
the
Taxes
and
Assesses
of
the
said
sums
made
,
the
said
respective
Commissioners
,
shall
without
delay
by
their
writing
estreat
the
Taxes
under
the
Seals
and
Signs
manual
of
the
Commissioners
,
and
the
same
shall
deliver
to
sufficient
Inhabitants
,
Constables
&
other
Officers
jointly
of
Hundreds
,
Towns
,
Parishes
within
their
Limits
,
and
to
other
sufficient
persons
with
the
assent
of
the
High
Collectors
,
aswel
the
particular
names
and
Surnames
,
as
the
remembrance
of
all
sums
of
monies
taxed
upon
every
person
chargeable
by
the
Act
by
the
authority
of
which
writing
and
estreat
so
delivered
,
the
Officers
shall
have
power
to
demand
,
levy
,
and
gather
of
every
person
therein
specified
the
sums
of
money
therein
estreated
,
and
for
non-payment
thereof
,
to
distrain
the
person
being
behind
of
their
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
to
keep
the
distress
eight
days
,
&
if
the
Owner
do
not
pay
the
money
within
eight
days
,
the
distress
to
be
apprised
by
two
of
the
Inhabitants
where
it
was
taken
&
then
to
be
sold
by
the
Constables
or
other
Officers
,
the
overplus
to
be
restored
to
the
Owner
;
which
said
Officers
deputed
to
take
and
levy
the
said
sums
,
shall
be
charged
for
the
portion
onely
to
them
limited
to
be
gathered
and
comprised
in
the
said
estreat
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
&c.
and
the
sum
therein
comprised
to
pay
to
the
High-collector
;
and
the
Inhabitants
and
Officers
for
the
gathering
the
said
particular
sums
,
shall
retain
for
every
20
s
.
by
them
received
and
paid
2.
d
.
at
the
payment
by
them
made
to
the
High-collector
.
XIII
.
The
Commissioners
for
every
the
payments
of
the
Subsidies
shall
name
able
persons
who
have
Lands
of
the
value
of
40.
l.
per
annum
,
or
Goods
to
the
value
of
400
l.
taxed
in
the
Subsidie-Book
,
to
be
High-collectors
within
the
Counties
,
Towns
and
Places
,
as
well
priviledged
,
as
others
,
and
to
have
the
collection
and
receipt
of
the
moneys
levyable
within
their
Limits
and
Precincts
;
and
to
every
of
the
said
Collectors
,
the
Commissioners
after
the
whole
sum
of
any
payment
of
the
Subsidies
be
set
,
shall
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
deliver
one
Estreat
indented
containing
the
sums
of
such
persons
as
were
assigned
to
levy
the
particular
sums
,
with
the
names
of
the
persons
so
chargeable
according
to
the
Estreat
thereof
so
first
made
:
and
the
Collectors
to
be
charged
to
answer
the
whole
sum
comprised
in
the
Estreats
limited
to
his
Collection
.
XIV
.
The
Commissioners
who
nominate
the
High-Collectors
,
immediately
after
their
election
shall
take
sufficient
Recognizances
or
Obligations
of
the
said
High-Collectors
,
of
the
penal
sum
of
double
their
Collection
,
with
this
condition
indorsed
,
viz.
That
if
the
said
Collector
,
his
Heirs
,
Executors
,
&c.
do
truly
pay
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
in
the
receipt
of
the
Exchequer
,
at
,
or
before
the
first
of
November
next
coming
,
so
much
of
the
Money
appointed
to
his
collection
as
he
shall
collect
or
gather
,
and
pay
the
residue
of
his
collection
and
charge
within
one
moneth
after
such
time
as
he
hath
collected
the
said
residue
,
then
the
said
Recognizance
or
Obligation
to
be
void
;
The
like
Recognizance
or
Obligation
for
the
payment
of
the
two
last
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
upon
the
first
of
May
then
next
following
:
or
within
one
moneth
after
he
hath
gathered
the
residue
of
the
same
;
which
Recognizances
,
&c.
the
Commissioners
shall
certifie
and
deliver
into
the
Exchequer
,
with
the
several
Certificates
of
the
Taxations
and
Rates
,
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
10
l.
for
every
Recognizance
,
&c.
not
so
certified
;
and
every
Collector
upon
request
to
him
made
,
shall
make
the
said
Recognizance
or
Obligation
upon
pain
of
20
l.
to
the
King
for
refusal
thereof
;
And
the
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
upon
payment
of
the
said
several
collections
,
shall
cancel
,
and
deliver
the
said
Recognizance
,
&c.
to
the
said
Collectors
,
and
every
Collector
so
deputed
,
having
the
said
Estreat
,
shall
appoint
days
and
places
within
his
collection
for
the
payment
of
the
Subsidies
to
him
,
and
all
the
Constables
and
others
having
the
charge
of
the
particular
collection
within
the
Hundreds
,
Parishes
and
Towns
,
to
make
payment
of
the
said
particular
collection
at
a
day
and
place
appointed
by
the
High-Collector
;
and
if
the
said
Constables
and
others
do
sail
thereof
,
at
the
day
and
place
prefixed
by
the
High-Collector
:
The
said
High-Collectors
shall
distrein
them
,
and
every
of
them
for
their
several
particular
Collections
by
their
Goods
and
Chattels
for
such
sums
as
shall
be
levyed
by
them
and
unpaid
,
and
the
distress
taken
,
to
be
kept
and
sold
,
and
thereof
to
take
the
sums
so
then
behind
and
unpaid
,
restoring
to
the
Owner
the
overplus
.
XV
.
No
person
shall
be
appointed
High-Collector
for
the
two
last
Subsidies
,
who
hath
been
a
Collector
for
the
two
first
Subsidies
,
unless
he
first
shew
forth
to
them
by
whom
he
shall
be
appointed
his
Quietus
est
,
for
his
discharge
of
his
collection
before
appointed
upon
pain
of
100
l.
to
be
paid
by
him
or
them
who
shall
appoint
any
such
Collector
;
And
no
person
inhabiting
in
any
City
,
Borough
,
Town
,
&c.
shall
be
compelled
to
be
an
Assessor
or
Collector
,
for
any
part
of
the
Subsidies
,
out
of
the
City
,
Borough
or
Town
where
he
dwelleth
.
XVI
.
If
any
Officers
,
or
persons
,
charged
to
and
for
the
collection
of
any
part
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
any
persons
for
themselves
or
as
Keeper
,
Guardian
,
Factor
,
or
Attorney
for
any
other
person
of
any
Goods
,
or
Chattels
at
the
time
of
assessing
being
out
of
the
Realm
;
Or
of
,
and
for
the
goods
of
any
other
person
of
other
commonalty
Corporate
or
not
Corporate
shall
be
taxed
,
valued
and
rated
,
&
after
such
taxation
shall
happen
to
die
,
or
depart
from
the
place
where
he
was
taxed
;
Or
his
his
goods
be
so
eloined
,
or
kept
in
such
convert
manner
as
the
persons
charged
with
the
same
by
the
Estreats
,
cannot
levy
the
same
by
distress
within
the
limits
of
their
collection
,
or
cannot
sell
such
distress
for
any
the
said
payments
before
the
time
limited
,
to
the
High-Collector
for
payment
thereof
to
the
Kings
receipt
,
upon
relation
thereof
,
by
due
examination
upon
Oath
,
and
examination
of
such
persons
as
shall
be
charged
for
the
Collection
and
Receipt
of
the
same
;
upon
plain
Certificate
thereof
made
into
the
Exchequer
by
the
Commissioners
,
aswell
of
the
dwelling
place
,
as
of
the
names
and
sums
of
the
persons
of
whom
the
said
sums
cannot
be
levyed
.
Then
aswell
the
Constable
,
&c.
for
the
perticular
Collection
,
as
the
High
Collector
upon
his
Oath
in
the
Exchequer
,
to
be
discharged
thereof
,
and
process
to
be
made
for
the
King
against
such
person
,
his
Heirs
or
Executors
so
behind
with
his
payment
:
And
the
Commissioners
to
whom
such
Declaration
shall
be
made
,
shall
direct
their
Precept
to
any
Sheriff
,
Steward
,
or
Officer
of
any
place
,
which
such
person
shall
have
any
Lands
,
&c.
Goods
or
Chattels
,
within
the
Kings
Dominions
to
levy
such
monies
,
and
to
Distrein
every
such
person
indebted
,
or
the
Executors
,
Administrators
of
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
his
Factors
,
Lessees
,
Farmers
,
or
Assigns
,
and
the
distress
so
taken
to
cause
to
be
apprized
and
sold
:
And
if
any
such
distress
shall
be
taken
out
of
the
limits
of
the
persons
charged
for
the
levying
of
the
same
,
shall
take
the
same
distress
for
the
labour
of
every
person
going
in
execution
thereof
2
d
.
And
every
Farmer
,
Guardian
,
Factor
,
&c.
shall
be
of
such
sums
of
money
of
him
levyed
and
taken
,
discharged
and
acquited
at
his
next
day
of
payment
for
the
same
,
or
at
the
day
of
the
delivery
of
such
Goods
,
as
he
Distrained
,
had
in
his
custody
or
governance
,
against
him
or
them
shall
be
so
Set
and
Taxed
.
XVI
.
If
such
person
as
should
be
Distrained
,
have
no
Lands
;
or
hath
alliened
,
hid
,
or
concealed
his
Goods
,
&c
,
in
such
manner
as
they
cannot
be
found
or
known
,
so
as
the
sum
by
him
to
be
paid
,
cannot
conveniently
be
levyed
;
the
Commissioners
may
make
precept
(
as
before
is
directed
)
to
take
and
arrest
his
body
,
and
the
same
to
keep
in
Prison
within
the
Shire
,
where
such
person
shall
be
taken
:
And
every
Officer
to
whom
such
precept
shall
be
directed
,
shall
execute
the
same
upon
the
person
so
indebted
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
for
every
default
20
s
.
And
no
keeper
of
the
Goal
shall
suffer
such
person
to
go
at
large
before
he
have
paid
his
said
debt
upon
pain
of
forfeit
of
40
s
.
to
the
Kings
:
And
the
Goaler
to
pay
to
the
King
the
double
value
▪
the
rate
the
person
was
so
rated
at
:
And
if
the
sums
behind
unpaid
be
levyed
by
force
of
the
said
prncess
;
Or
the
person
so
owing
the
same
,
be
Committed
to
Prison
as
aforesaid
,
the
Commissioners
shall
make
Certificate
thereof
into
the
Exchequer
in
the
Term
next
following
:
And
if
it
happen
the
Collectors
assigned
,
or
any
of
the
Majors
,
Sheriffs
,
Stewards
,
&c.
disobey
the
Commissioners
,
in
the
request
to
them
made
for
the
executing
the
same
Commission
,
or
if
any
of
the
Officers
refuse
to
do
that
which
to
them
doth
belong
,
by
reason
of
any
precept
to
him
directed
;
Or
if
any
person
being
suspected
not
to
be
indifferently
taxed
,
do
refuse
to
be
examined
;
Or
will
not
appear
before
the
Commissioners
upon
warning
to
him
made
;
or
make
resistance
,
or
rescues
upon
any
distress
taken
for
any
part
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
commit
any
misdemeanor
,
or
any
wilful
omission
,
misdemeaning
contrary
to
the
Act
;
the
Commissioners
upon
Information
and
Examination
thereof
may
set
upon
every
offender
for
every
offence
40
s
.
XVIII
.
That
the
Commissioners
or
two
of
them
,
shall
have
power
to
punish
every
offender
by
Imprisonment
,
there
to
remain
and
to
be
delivered
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
convenient
:
And
to
assess
Fines
,
which
Fines
,
if
any
be
,
to
be
certified
into
the
Exchequer
,
there
to
be
levyed
and
paid
by
the
Collectors
of
that
part
,
in
such
manner
as
if
the
said
Fines
had
been
Set
and
Taxed
upon
the
said
offenders
for
the
said
Subsidies
.
XIX
.
Every
High
Collector
who
shall
accompt
in
the
Exchequer
:
for
money
within
his
Collection
,
upon
payment
thereof
shall
there
out
of
every
pound
be
allowed
6.
d
.
viz.
2.
d
.
for
himself
;
to
every
Collector
or
their
accomptants
2.
d
.
and
2.
d
.
to
such
Collector
as
shall
take
upon
them
the
business
and
labour
in
the
Premises
,
in
ordering
the
Writings
,
&c.
in
and
for
the
Subsidies
:
And
no
person
of
the
Company
of
this
Parliament
,
nor
any
Commissioner
shall
be
a
Collector
,
or
Sub-collector
,
or
be
compelled
to
make
any
Presentment
,
or
Certificate
other
then
into
the
Court
of
Exchequer
of
,
for
or
concerning
the
Subsidies
,
or
any
part
thereof
.
And
no
Commissioner
shall
be
a
Head-Collector
of
any
of
the
payments
of
the
Subsidies
,
nor
any
part
thereof
.
And
he
who
is
Head-Collector
for
the
two
first
Subsidies
,
shall
not
be
compelled
to
be
Collector
for
the
two
last
Subsidies
:
And
every
Collector
shall
be
acquitted
and
discharged
of
all
manner
of
Fees
in
the
Exchequer
concerning
the
same
to
be
asked
:
And
if
any
person
take
any
Fees
of
such
Accomptants
,
or
use
unnecessary
delay
in
their
Accompt
,
he
shall
forfeit
for
every
peny
5.
s
.
to
the
King
,
and
5.
l.
to
the
party
;
and
suffer
Imprisonment
.
XX
.
After
the
assessing
the
several
Subsidies
,
and
the
Estreats
delivered
to
the
Collectors
,
every
Commissioner
shall
by
himself
,
or
his
Deputy
,
certifie
and
bring
forth
to
the
Commissioners
the
presentment
made
before
him
,
within
one
limit
,
so
as
the
same
may
be
accounted
and
cast
with
the
other
Certificates
within
their
limits
;
and
then
the
said
Commissioner
,
(
if
any
of
them
be
in
life
,
or
their
Executors
or
Administrators
,
if
dead
)
shall
jointly
and
severally
,
as
they
were
divided
within
their
limits
,
under
their
seals
make
Writings
,
indented
;
containing
as
well
the
names
of
the
Collectors
,
as
the
sums
written
to
every
Collector
,
to
receive
the
said
Subsidies
;
and
all
fines
and
forfeitures
within
their
limits
,
to
be
certified
into
the
Exchequer
;
so
as
none
of
the
Collectors
certified
into
the
Exchequer
,
shall
be
compelled
there
to
accompt
,
but
for
the
sums
in
his
Collection
.
XXI
.
If
the
respective
Commissioners
cannot
agree
,
or
if
any
of
them
be
not
ready
,
or
refuse
to
make
Certificate
with
the
other
Commissioners
:
Then
they
to
make
several
Indentures
of
Collectors
within
their
limits
,
upon
and
in
the
several
Hundreds
,
Wards
,
and
other
like
Divisions
within
their
Limits
;
for
the
several
charges
of
the
same
Collectors
;
so
as
one
Collector
shall
be
charged
and
accompt
for
his
part
only
by
himself
:
And
every
Collector
to
be
severally
by
himself
acquitted
and
discharged
in
the
Exchequer
,
without
paying
any
Fees
,
&c.
to
any
person
upon
the
pain
aforesaid
:
And
if
any
Commissioner
,
or
any
Collector
,
or
other
person
charged
with
any
receipt
of
any
part
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
with
any
sum
,
Fine
,
Amerciament
,
or
penalty
,
shall
happen
to
die
before
such
person
shall
have
executed
,
satisfied
,
or
discharged
that
which
to
such
person
doth
belong
or
appertain
;
the
Executors
and
Heirs
of
every
such
person
and
all
other
persons
seised
of
any
Lands
,
to
his
use
,
at
the
time
such
person
was
named
Commissioner
,
Collector
,
or
otherwise
charged
with
;
and
all
those
who
have
any
Goods
,
Chattels
,
&c.
that
were
to
such
person
,
&c.
at
the
time
of
his
death
,
shall
be
compelled
to
do
,
and
accomplish
in
every
case
;
as
the
person
might
have
been
compelled
to
do
if
he
had
been
in
full
life
.
XXII
.
If
the
Commissioners
shall
think
it
fit
,
not
to
joyn
in
one
Certificate
;
then
the
person
that
shall
first
certifie
the
said
Writing
indented
,
shall
certifie
all
the
names
of
that
respective
Division
;
whereupon
shall
be
there
then
to
be
certified
with
the
Division
of
the
Hundreds
,
&c.
with
the
names
of
the
Commissioners
,
with
the
gross
sums
of
moneys
for
the
Subsidies
Taxed
and
set
within
the
Hundreds
,
&c.
as
of
the
Fines
,
Forfeitures
,
Penalties
,
if
any
happen
within
the
Limits
:
And
after
such
writings
indented
,
shall
be
certified
,
and
not
contain
in
it
the
whole
sum
set
within
the
respective
Limits
;
the
other
Commissioners
before
the
day
of
payment
of
the
said
Subsidies
,
shall
certifie
by
their
writing
into
the
Exchequer
,
the
gross
and
several
sums
within
the
places
,
to
them
limited
in
the
said
Subsidies
,
and
other
Fines
,
Amercements
,
&c
,
with
the
names
of
the
Hundreds
,
&c.
or
else
certifie
at
the
same
place
before
the
day
of
paiment
such
reasonable
causes
,
for
their
excuses
,
for
their
not
certifying
as
aforesaid
,
or
in
default
thereof
,
process
to
be
made
out
of
the
Exchequer
against
the
said
Commissioners
,
not
making
Certificate
as
aforesaid
.
XXVII
.
That
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Martin
called
Stamford-Baron
in
the
Town
of
Stamford
inn
the
South
part
of
the
Waters
,
there
called
Wellands
;
shall
be
taxed
by
such
Commissioners
,
as
shall
be
appointed
for
the
assessing
of
the
Subsidies
for
the
Counties
of
Lincoln
;
and
shall
pay
the
Subsidies
to
the
Collector
appointed
for
the
gathering
of
the
same
with
the
Aldermen
and
Burgesses
of
Stamford
.
XXIV
.
Every
person
having
Manors
,
Lands
,
&c.
chargeable
to
the
paiment
of
the
Subsidies
,
and
also
having
Spirituals
Possessions
charged
to
the
King
by
any
grant
made
by
the
Clergy
in
their
Convocation
,
and
having
Substance
in
Goods
and
Chattels
;
if
such
person
shall
be
taxed
for
the
said
Manors
,
Lands
,
Goods
and
Chattels
;
he
shall
be
by
this
Act
charged
,
only
for
the
said
Manors
,
Lands
,
and
Spiritual
Possessions
,
or
for
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
the
best
for
the
King
,
and
not
charged
for
both
,
or
double
charged
for
any
of
them
.
1.
Provided
,
This
grant
of
Subsidies
shall
not
extend
to
the
Inhabitants
of
Scotland
,
Ireland
,
Jersey
,
Guernsey
,
for
or
concerning
any
Manors
,
Lands
,
&c.
Goods
or
Chattels
,
which
they
or
others
have
to
their
use
,
within
the
places
aforesaid
.
2.
All
Letters
Patents
,
by
the
King
or
his
Progenitors
to
any
Cities
,
Boroughs
or
Towns
within
the
Realm
,
of
any
Liberties
,
or
Exemptions
from
such
Grants
of
Subsidies
which
be
now
in
force
,
shall
remain
good
to
the
said
Cities
,
Boroughs
,
&c.
although
the
Inhabitants
of
the
same
,
and
the
said
Corporations
upon
weighty
considerations
for
this
Grant
charged
and
contributary
in
like
manner
as
the
other
Cities
,
Burroughs
,
which
be
not
in
any
wise
priviledged
.
3.
No
Orphan
or
Infant
within
21
years
,
born
within
the
Kings
Dominions
shall
be
charged
to
the
payment
of
any
of
these
Subsidies
for
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
to
him
left
,
or
bequeathed
.
4.
The
Act
not
to
extend
to
the
Lands
or
Goods
to
any
Colledge
,
Hall
,
or
Hostal
within
the
Universities
of
Oxford
or
Cambridge
,
or
of
the
Colledges
of
Eaton
,
Winchester
,
or
to
the
Lands
,
Goods
or
Revenues
assigned
for
the
sustentation
and
living
of
the
poor
Knights
,
founded
in
the
Castle
of
Windsor
,
or
to
the
Goods
of
the
same
Knights
,
or
any
of
them
;
or
to
the
Lands
and
Goods
of
any
common
Grammar-Shool
within
England
or
Wales
;
Or
to
the
Goods
of
any
Reader
,
School-Master
,
Scholar
or
Graduate
remaining
for
study
without
fraud
,
within
any
the
said
Universities
of
Oxford
or
Cambridge
,
or
to
any
of
their
servants
tending
daily
upon
them
;
Or
to
the
Lands
or
Goods
of
any
Hospital
,
Meason-dieu
,
or
Spittle-house
used
for
the
sustentation
or
relief
of
poor
peeple
.
XXV
.
If
any
Alien
,
or
Stranger
born
,
Denizen
or
not
Denizen
dwelling
in
England
,
shall
assign
or
convey
over
to
his
or
their
child
or
children
born
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
any
of
their
Lands
,
Goods
or
Chattels
,
to
defraud
the
King
of
the
said
Subsidies
;
Every
such
child
or
children
so
seized
of
such
Lands
,
&c.
or
possessed
of
such
Goods
,
&c.
shall
be
charged
with
the
payment
of
the
double
of
the
said
Subsidies
,
at
the
rates
and
values
as
Aliens
,
Strangers
,
Denszins
or
not
Denizens
are
limited
.
XXVI
.
That
the
grant
of
Subsidies
do
not
extend
,
or
be
prejudicial
to
any
the
Inhabitants
having
dwelt
for
the
most
part
of
the
year
before
the
taxing
within
the
Cinqueports-Corporate
,
or
any
of
their
Members
Incorporated
or
united
to
the
Cinqueports
;
but
such
the
said
Inhabitants
from
and
after
the
said
grant
and
payment
thereof
,
only
during
their
resiance
as
aforesaid
and
no
longer
,
be
acquitted
and
discharged
.
1.
Provided
,
The
grant
of
Subsidies
not
to
extend
to
be
prejudicial
to
English
Inhabitants
or
Resiants
at
this
present
within
the
Liberties
of
Rumney
Marsh
,
of
,
or
for
any
part
of
the
said
sums
to
be
taxed
or
paid
;
but
they
shall
,
from
the
grant
of
Subsidies
during
their
resiance
there
,
and
no
longer
,
be
discharged
.
XXVII
.
That
for
the
direction
of
the
Commissioners
in
the
execution
of
this
Act
,
it
is
declared
,
there
shall
be
a
restriction
as
to
the
real
value
of
Lands
and
Goods
by
having
regard
to
debts
,
and
other
necessary
expences
,
and
to
relation
of
former
Presidents
of
Subsidies
in
the
reigns
of
King
James
,
and
King
Charles
the
first
in
the
manner
of
taxing
thereof
.
Subsidies
granted
by
the
Clergy
.
Anno
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
The
Prelates
and
Clergy
of
the
Province
of
Canterbury
,
in
their
Convocation
assembled
,
have
granted
to
the
King
four
Subsidies
,
under
the
Clauses
and
Provisoes
therein
after
mentioned
,
which
Grant
of
theirs
,
with
the
clauses
therein
,
they
humbly
desire
may
be
confirmed
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
viz.
I.
They
grant
to
the
King
four
entire
Subsidies
of
4
s
.
in
the
pound
in
manner
following
,
viz.
Every
Arch-Bishop
,
Bishop
,
Dean
,
Arch-Deacon
,
Provost
,
Master
of
Colledge
,
Prebendary
,
Parson
or
Vicar
,
of
what
name
or
degree
soever
they
be
,
within
the
said
Province
,
having
any
Spiritual
promotion
,
or
Temporal
Possessions
to
the
same
annexed
,
and
not
divided
and
separated
from
the
Possession
of
the
Clergy
,
shall
pay
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
for
every
pound
he
may
yearly
receive
by
reason
of
the
said
Spiritual
Promotion
,
4
s
for
every
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
;
The
Valuation
,
Rate
,
Taxation
and
Estimation
to
be
,
the
Rate
and
Valuation
remaining
of
Record
for
the
paiment
of
Disme
or
Tenth
granted
to
King
Henry
the
8th
in
the
26.
year
of
his
Reign
.
II
.
For
as
much
as
the
10.
part
of
the
said
valuation
is
paid
yearly
to
the
King
for
a
perpetual
Tenth
,
so
as
there
remains
but
nine
parts
to
the
Incumbent
clear
,
the
four
Subsidies
shall
be
understood
only
of
every
full
pound
of
the
said
nine
parts
,
4
s
.
per
pound
;
The
said
four
Subsidies
to
be
paid
as
followeth
,
viz.
The
whole
paiment
of
the
first
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
,
4
s
.
per
pound
to
be
paid
1.
October
next
;
the
first
paiment
,
and
moiety
of
the
second
,
viz.
2
s
.
of
every
pound
,
upon
26.
March
,
1664.
the
second
paiment
of
the
second
Subsidy
upon
the
5.
of
October
following
;
The
first
paiment
and
moiety
of
the
third
Subsidy
the
26.
March
,
1665.
and
the
second
paiment
upon
5.
October
next
following
;
The
first
paiment
and
moiety
of
the
fourth
Subsidie
upon
26.
March
,
1666.
and
the
second
paiment
of
the
moiety
of
the
last
four
Subsidies
,
upon
5th
of
October
,
then
next
following
;
to
be
paid
by
such
persons
as
shall
be
appointed
by
the
Grant
to
have
collection
thereof
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
under
▪
Treasurer
of
England
,
or
such
as
the
King
shall
please
to
appoint
it
to
be
paid
.
No
Person
that
is
,
or
shall
be
promoted
to
any
Benefice
,
or
Spiritual
Promotion
,
and
hath
Compounded
,
or
shall
Compound
,
for
the
First-fruits
of
the
same
,
from
1.
October
last
past
1662
,
and
on
this
side
5.
October
,
now
next
,
which
shall
be
in
1663.
shall
be
charged
for
the
said
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
with
any
part
of
the
first
of
the
four
Subsidies
due
5.
October
,
now
next
ensuing
.
And
no
Person
which
shall
be
after
promoted
to
any
Benefice
,
or
Spiritual
Promotion
,
and
shall
compound
for
the
First-fruits
of
the
same
,
from
and
after
26.
March
.
1664.
and
on
this
side
5.
October
,
1666.
shall
be
contributary
or
charged
for
the
same
Benefice
,
with
any
part
of
the
other
three
Subsidies
during
the
first
year
after
any
such
compounding
for
his
First-fruits
.
IV
.
Every
Archbishop
,
Bishop
(
and
the
See
being
void
)
every
Dean
and
Chapter
of
that
See
void
,
shall
be
Collector
of
the
four
Subsidies
within
their
proper
Diocess
,
for
the
paiment
of
the
said
Subsidies
:
And
they
pray
it
may
be
Enacted
,
that
when
and
as
often
as
any
Collector
chargeable
with
the
Collection
,
or
any
of
their
under
Collectors
or
Deputies
,
shall
offer
the
paiment
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
,
or
any
part
of
them
,
to
any
Person
appointed
to
receive
the
same
;
that
the
Person
so
appointed
within
four
days
next
after
such
appointment
,
receive
the
money
so
to
be
paid
without
delay
,
and
deliver
a
Bill
testifying
the
receipt
thereof
,
unto
every
Collector
,
&c.
upon
every
such
particular
paiment
thereof
;
and
that
every
Auditor
appointed
to
take
the
accompt
of
such
Collector
,
&c.
within
six
days
after
request
,
take
the
said
accompt
,
and
make
allowance
,
as
by
the
Grant
is
appointed
,
under
pain
every
such
Person
appointed
to
receive
such
money
,
and
every
such
Auditor
lose
for
every
default
Ten
pound
,
one
moiety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
the
Collector
or
his
Deputy
,
the
party
so
grieved
,
to
be
paid
upon
complaint
made
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
or
Chief
Baron
of
the
Exchequer
,
who
finding
the
fault
,
shall
commit
the
offender
to
Ward
,
till
he
have
paid
the
sums
forfeited
.
V.
That
every
Collector
of
the
four
Subsidies
their
under-Collectors
or
Deputies
may
have
power
to
use
all
such
ways
and
Process
as
be
prescribed
in
the
Act
of
perpetual
Tenths
,
for
the
levying
thereof
;
and
may
accompt
for
the
same
before
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
other
Officer
appointed
by
the
Court
of
Exchequer
,
and
in
such
wise
,
and
such
form
only
as
the
Archbishops
and
Bishops
be
now
charged
to
make
accompt
for
the
Tenths
,
whereby
is
meant
that
the
lack
of
payment
of
and
for
any
Spiritual
Promotions
,
shall
charge
the
Incumbents
,
and
such
others
as
be
bound
to
pay
the
same
;
and
that
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
&c.
gathering
that
which
they
can
receive
,
and
making
payment
thereof
for
the
rest
,
not
received
,
shall
be
discharged
by
their
Certificate
to
be
made
for
every
of
the
said
payments
,
which
shall
be
due
upon
the
fifth
of
October
,
in
any
of
the
aforesaid
years
:
or
before
the
last
return
of
Hillary
Term
next
following
the
said
dayes
:
And
for
the
payments
which
shall
be
upon
26.
March
in
any
of
the
said
years
before
the
last
return
of
Trinity
Term
then
next
following
the
said
days
:
and
that
six
pence
in
the
pound
be
allowed
to
every
Collector
,
upon
his
accompts
,
for
the
charges
of
the
Collection
and
paying
of
the
said
Subsidies
.
VI
.
After
payment
of
any
of
the
Subsidies
shall
be
once
due
;
If
any
Incumbent
of
any
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
Spiritual
,
shall
be
lawfully
monished
either
personally
at
his
Dignity
,
Church
,
or
Mansion-house
,
by
the
Archbishop
,
or
Bishop
of
the
Diocese
,
or
his
or
their
Collector
or
Deputies
;
or
by
the
Dean
and
Chapter
(
the
See
being
void
)
or
their
Collectors
or
Deputies
by
himself
,
or
hie
Deputie
at
a
certain
day
and
convenient
place
,
appear
;
and
then
and
there
to
pay
such
part
of
the
said
Subsidies
for
his
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
;
and
do
not
at
the
same
day
and
place
,
pay
the
same
to
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
&c.
his
or
their
Collector
,
or
Deputies
,
shewing
forth
sufficient
Deputation
from
the
said
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
&c.
under
their
hands
and
seals
,
being
ready
at
the
day
and
place
to
receive
the
same
;
or
else
pay
every
of
the
said
payments
within
fifty
days
next
after
such
warning
given
;
then
every
Incumbent
,
&c.
so
making
default
of
payment
;
and
after
such
default
certified
,
under
the
seal
and
hand
writing
of
any
such
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
&c.
certified
according
to
the
form
particularly
set
down
in
the
said
Grant
(
and
in
the
Act
mentioned
)
shall
forfeit
and
lose
to
the
King
,
His
Heirs
,
&c.
all
the
profits
of
that
only
Dignity
,
Benefice
,
or
Promotion
,
for
which
he
maketh
such
default
:
and
the
profits
which
shall
grow
and
rise
to
him
over
and
above
the
charges
of
serving
the
Cure
;
And
the
Tenths
to
be
paid
into
the
Exchequer
.
See
the
Certificate
in
the
Act.
Provided
,
If
any
Person
or
Incumbent
shall
proffer
or
tender
the
payment
of
any
sum
due
,
to
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
or
to
any
their
Under-Collectors
or
Deputies
;
Then
notwithstanding
their
Certificate
made
,
the
said
Person
or
Incumbent
may
aver
the
offer
,
or
tender
of
his
payment
,
and
the
same
shall
be
tryed
by
Witnesses
before
the
Lords
and
Barons
of
the
Exchequer
,
or
by
a
Jury
of
twelve
men
upon
issue
thereupon
joined
,
which
being
found
for
the
Incumbent
,
he
shall
enjoy
his
promotion
still
without
forfeiture
or
losing
any
profits
thereof
,
and
as
if
no
such
Certificate
had
been
made
.
VII
.
That
every
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
&c.
chargeable
with
the
collection
of
the
four
Subsidies
within
the
Province
aforesaid
,
shall
and
may
upon
every
payment
thereof
made
to
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
Under-Treasurer
,
or
such
other
person
as
the
King
shall
appoint
for
the
receipt
thereof
,
at
every
times
of
payment
thereof
,
have
a
sufficient
Acquittance
,
Discharge
or
Quietus
est
in
writing
as
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
&c.
or
Court
of
Exchequer
,
shall
assign
for
the
receipt
thereof
;
and
every
such
Acquittance
,
discharge
,
or
Quietus
est
,
subscribed
with
the
names
of
the
Lord
Treasurer
,
or
Under-Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
or
such
Auditor
as
it
shall
please
the
King
,
or
Court
of
Exchequer
to
appoint
,
shall
be
good
and
effectual
in
Law
to
all
and
every
the
said
Collectors
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
same
were
made
by
Act
of
Parliament
;
and
every
Collector
shall
pay
only
3
s
.
4
d
.
for
every
general
or
final
Acquittance
,
Discharge
,
or
Quietus
est
,
for
any
payment
of
the
said
Subsidies
;
Or
if
any
other
Officer
of
the
Exchequer
shall
require
,
or
take
of
any
Collector
or
their
Deputies
,
&c.
either
for
expedition
or
other
pretence
whatsoever
;
other
Fees
or
Sums
then
are
in
this
present
Grant
expresly
allowed
them
,
that
he
may
forfeit
ten
pound
,
to
be
paid
in
like
manner
to
the
same
uses
as
is
before
in
this
Grant
expressed
,
touching
the
forfeitures
of
Receivers
and
Auditors
:
And
every
Acquittance
to
be
made
by
any
Collector
,
&c.
to
any
Incumbent
of
any
Benefice
or
promotion
,
or
to
any
persons
contributary
to
the
payment
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
shall
be
good
and
effectual
in
Law
,
and
a
sufficient
discharge
to
every
such
Incumbent
or
person
;
and
no
Acquittance
of
any
other
person
made
before
such
Certificate
shall
in
any
wise
discharge
any
person
,
or
promotion
of
any
part
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
of
any
pain
or
forfeiture
specified
in
the
Act.
1
Provided
,
That
no
Collector
shall
use
any
Process
or
compulsory
means
,
or
exact
any
Fees
of
any
person
for
not
paying
for
the
Subsidies
at
such
a
day
certain
or
place
;
which
shall
be
by
the
Collector
perfixed
,
in
case
the
person
shall
tender
the
same
to
the
Collector
,
or
his
Deputy
within
twenty
days
after
such
day
prefixed
:
Nor
shall
the
Collector
take
for
the
receipt
of
any
the
Subsidies
,
or
his
acquittance
more
then
4
d
.
2.
No
Spiritual
Promotions
,
nor
Lands
thereunto
annexed
.
or
any
Goods
,
or
Chattels
,
growing
,
or
being
upon
the
same
,
shall
be
charged
,
or
made
contributary
to
any
Fifteenth
,
or
Tenth
,
granted
to
the
King
by
the
Laity
,
or
after
to
be
granted
during
the
time
appointed
by
this
grant
for
the
four
Subsidies
;
All
Deans
,
Arch-Deacons
,
Masters
,
Wardens
,
Prebendaries
of
Cathedral
and
Collegiate
Churches
or
Colledges
,
shall
be
charged
with
the
four
Subsidies
;
for
those
Possessions
and
Promotions
only
,
which
to
their
several
Dignities
are
clearly
and
distinctly
limited
,
for
every
of
the
Subsidies
four
shillings
in
every
pound
;
and
all
those
Possessions
,
Rents
and
Profits
,
and
every
of
them
given
or
granted
by
any
the
Kings
or
Queens
of
the
Realm
,
or
Given
,
Granted
,
Devised
,
Impropriated
unto
the
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Churches
,
which
be
Imployed
or
Used
,
towards
the
maintenance
of
the
Readers
of
Divinity
,
Poor-men
,
School-Masters
,
Scholars
,
&c.
Petty
Canons
,
Choristers
,
&c.
or
toward
the
edifying
or
repairing
the
Cathedral
,
or
Collegiate
Church
,
shall
not
be
charged
with
any
part
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
.
3.
Every
Person
,
Vicar
,
or
Spiritual
person
paying
any
Pension
,
whereof
no
allowance
is
made
in
the
valuation
of
his
Benefice
,
may
retain
to
his
own
Use
,
so
much
of
every
pound
of
such
Pension
as
he
standeth
charged
by
this
Grant
to
pay
for
every
payment
of
the
four
Subsidies
,
out
of
every
pound
for
the
whole
Valuation
of
his
Promotion
.
VIII
.
That
the
Cathedral
Churches
and
the
Bishops
,
Deans
,
and
Chapters
,
and
Prebendaries
of
the
same
,
and
all
other
places
and
persons
to
whom
any
of
the
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Rents
,
Spiritual
Promotions
,
Tithes
,
Pensions
,
Portions
,
and
other
Hereditaments
,
given
bestowed
and
spent
in
the
finding
and
maintaining
of
Chantres
,
Obits
,
Lights
,
Lamps
,
which
came
to
the
hands
and
possessions
of
King
Edward
by
the
Statute
of
Chanteries
,
made
in
the
first
year
of
Edward
the
6.
may
not
be
charged
with
any
payment
of
Subsidies
,
of
or
for
any
part
or
portion
of
the
said
Lands
,
&c.
nor
of
any
yearly
Rents
or
Payments
going
out
of
the
said
Cathedral
Churches
and
other
places
;
and
that
deduction
and
allowance
thereof
be
made
to
every
of
them
according
upon
every
payment
of
the
said
four
Subsidies
out
of
the
whole
Taxation
,
above
for
the
payment
of
Tenths
,
whereunto
the
King
was
entituled
or
possessed
,
or
which
since
the
making
of
the
said
Statute
,
have
been
found
as
Lands
concealed
from
King
Edward
the
sixth
,
King
Henry
the
eighth
,
Queen
Mary
,
Queen
Elizabeth
,
or
King
Charles
the
first
,
or
otherwise
severed
ftom
the
possessions
of
the
said
Cathedral
Churches
,
and
other
places
and
persons
aforesaid
,
by
force
of
the
said
Statute
,
or
otherwise
.
1.
Provided
,
That
these
four
Subsidies
shall
not
be
demanded
or
levied
out
of
any
Benefice
,
House
of
Students
,
or
Colledge
within
either
of
the
Universities
of
Oxford
or
Cambridge
,
or
out
of
any
Benefice
,
Lands
,
or
Revenues
of
the
Colledge
of
Westminster
,
Eaton
,
or
Winchester
,
or
any
Hospitals
,
&c.
2.
That
all
persons
whose
Benefices
are
not
above
6
l.
13
s
.
4
d
.
after
the
Taxation
aforesaid
,
shall
not
be
charged
with
the
four
Subsidies
.
3.
That
every
Vicar
whose
Benefice
is
8
l.
or
above
,
and
not
above
10
l.
per
annum
after
the
Taxation
aforesaid
,
shall
pay
at
every
of
the
said
payments
,
13
s
.
4
d
.
for
the
first
payment
of
the
first
Subsidie
,
and
every
other
payment
6
s
.
4
d
.
And
if
a
Vicaridge
be
under
8
l.
in
the
Tax
,
the
Incumbent
shall
not
be
charged
with
any
payment
of
the
Subsidies
.
Enacted
therefore
,
That
every
person
that
shall
be
elected
to
the
collecting
of
the
said
subsidies
,
shall
have
power
and
authority
;
as
by
suspension
,
excommunications
,
and
also
by
sequestration
of
the
profits
of
their
Benefice
in
whose
hands
soever
they
be
,
and
to
make
sale
of
the
same
Fruits
without
danger
of
the
Laws
,
or
by
distress
upon
the
possessions
of
the
Farmers
of
the
Land
,
chargeable
by
the
said
Instrument
for
the
payment
of
any
sums
of
money
by
force
thereof
;
and
no
Replevin
,
Prohibition
,
or
Supersedeas
,
shall
be
obeyed
for
any
default
of
payment
of
the
said
Subsidies
contrary
to
the
tenour
of
the
Grant
:
And
every
Farmer
,
&c.
their
Executors
and
Assigns
shall
be
charged
with
the
said
Subsidies
,
shall
retain
in
his
hands
so
much
of
his
yearly
Rent
,
as
he
shall
pay
for
his
Lord
,
or
Lessor
as
the
sum
he
shall
pay
shall
extend
unto
,
except
the
Farmer
,
&c.
be
bound
to
pay
the
same
.
II
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Collectors
of
the
Subsidies
,
or
their
Deputies
,
to
levy
the
Subsidies
upon
the
Farmers
or
Occupiers
of
all
Impropriations
or
spiritual
Promotions
by
all
the
Censures
of
the
Church
,
or
by
way
of
distress
upon
the
Tythes
of
the
said
Impropriations
,
&c.
or
upon
the
Goods
,
&c.
of
the
said
Farmers
,
in
which
case
no
Inhibition
,
Prohibition
,
or
Supersedeas
shall
be
obeyed
;
and
the
Collectors
and
other
Officers
of
the
Arch-bishops
,
Bishops
,
&c.
for
not
payment
of
the
Subsidies
after
the
same
shall
be
due
,
to
prize
and
value
the
Distress
,
and
to
sell
the
same
,
and
thereof
to
detain
so
much
as
shall
amount
to
the
sum
payable
to
the
King
,
with
the
charges
of
the
Collectors
sustained
in
that
behalf
.
III
.
Every
Lay-person
having
Spiritual
promotion
chargeable
by
the
Act
,
and
having
Temporal
possessions
,
Goods
,
Debts
,
charged
to
the
Subsidies
granted
by
the
Temporalty
,
shall
be
charged
for
his
Spiritual
Promotions
with
the
Clergy
,
and
for
his
Temporal
Possessions
,
and
Chattels
real
with
the
Temporalty
.
IV
.
All
and
every
grant
,
of
all
and
every
sum
of
money
,
which
hereafter
shall
be
granted
to
the
King
by
the
Clergy
of
the
Province
of
York
,
shall
be
of
the
same
strength
and
force
as
the
Grant
made
by
the
Province
of
Canterbury
,
and
shall
be
taxed
,
gathered
,
and
paid
according
to
the
tenour
and
form
of
this
Act
,
in
such
manner
and
form
as
though
it
were
particularly
expressed
in
this
Act
by
express
words
.
V.
All
the
Provisions
contained
,
or
to
be
contained
in
the
said
grant
of
the
Prelates
and
Clergy
of
the
Province
of
Canterbury
;
and
the
like
of
the
same
Provisoes
contained
in
the
grant
of
the
Prelates
and
Clergy
of
the
Province
of
York
,
shall
be
good
and
effectual
and
kept
in
every
point
and
article
,
according
to
the
true
meaning
of
the
same
.
Trade
.
I.
Enacted
,
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
5.
From
and
after
1.
September
1663.
When
the
prices
of
Corn
and
Grain
,
Winchester
measure
exceed
not
the
Rates
,
viz.
a
quarter
of
Wheat
48.
s
.
Of
Barley
or
Malt
28.
s
.
Of
Buck-Wheat
28.
s
.
Of
Oats
13.
s
.
4.
d
.
Of
Rye
32.
s
.
Of
Pease
and
Beans
32.
s
.
Every
person
may
ship
,
lade
,
carry
,
and
transport
any
of
the
said
Corns
or
Grains
from
the
Havens
,
or
places
where
they
shall
be
of
such
prices
,
unto
any
the
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
as
Merchandize
,
paying
such
Rates
for
the
same
are
to
be
paid
when
they
might
have
been
transported
,
by
an
Act
,
Entituled
,
A
Subsidie
granted
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
.
II
.
When
the
prices
of
the
Corn
and
Grain
aforesaid
,
Winchester
measure
do
not
exceed
the
Rates
beforementioned
,
and
shall
be
imported
from
any
part
beyond
the
Seas
,
there
shall
be
paid
for
the
Custom
and
Poundage
,
viz.
Of
every
quarter
of
Wheat
5.
s
.
4.
d
.
Of
Rye
4.
s
.
Of
Barley
and
Malt
2.
s
.
8.
d
.
Of
Buck-Wheat
2.
s
.
of
Oats
1.
s
.
4.
d
.
Of
Pease
and
Beans
4.
s
.
III
.
When
the
Corn
and
Grains
aforesaid
,
Winchester
measure
,
at
the
Markets
where
they
are
bought
,
Havens
or
Places
,
do
not
exceed
the
prices
in
the
first
clause
particularly
mentioned
,
every
person
(
not
forestalling
or
selling
the
same
in
the
same
Market
within
three
moneths
after
the
buying
)
may
buy
in
open
Market
,
lay
up
,
and
keep
in
his
Granaries
or
Houses
to
sell
again
,
such
Corn
and
Grain
,
at
or
under
the
prices
before
expressed
,
without
incurring
any
Penalty
.
IV
.
From
and
after
25.
March
,
1664.
No
Commodity
of
the
growth
,
production
,
or
Manufacture
of
Europe
,
shall
be
imported
into
any
Land
,
Island
,
Plantation
,
Territory
to
the
King
belonging
,
or
shall
hereafter
belong
unto
,
or
be
in
the
possession
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
in
Asia
,
Africa
,
or
America
(
Tangier
excepted
)
but
what
be
bona
fide
,
laden
and
shipped
in
England
,
Wales
,
or
Berwick
,
in
English-built
shipping
;
Or
which
were
bona
fide
bought
before
1.
October
1662.
and
had
Certificate
thereof
;
and
whereof
the
Master
and
three
fourths
of
the
Mariners
at
the
least
are
English
;
and
which
shall
be
directly
thence
carried
to
the
said
Islands
,
Plantations
,
Territories
and
Places
,
and
from
no
other
place
,
under
the
penalty
of
loss
of
all
such
Commodities
of
the
growth
or
manufacture
aforesaid
,
as
shall
be
imported
into
any
of
them
,
from
any
other
place
by
land
or
water
;
if
by
water
,
of
the
Ship
in
which
they
were
imported
,
with
the
Guns
,
Ammunition
,
and
Apparel
,
one
third
part
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
one
other
third
part
to
the
Governour
of
such
Land
,
Island
,
Plantation
,
&c.
where
the
goods
were
imported
,
the
other
third
part
to
him
who
shall
seize
or
sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
in
such
of
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
where
the
offence
was
committed
,
or
in
any
Court
of
Record
in
England
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
&c.
V.
It
shall
be
lawful
to
ship
and
lade
in
such
Ships
,
Navigated
as
in
the
foregoing
clause
is
expressed
,
in
any
part
of
Europe
,
Salt
for
the
Fisheries
of
New-England
,
and
New-found-Land
,
in
the
Medera's
Wines
of
the
growth
thereof
;
in
the
western
Islands
,
or
Azores
,
Wines
of
the
growth
of
the
said
Islands
;
in
Scotland
all
sort
of
Victual
of
the
growth
and
production
of
Scotland
;
In
Ireland
all
sorts
of
Victual
of
the
growth
and
production
of
Ireland
,
and
the
same
to
transport
into
any
of
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
&c.
VI
.
From
and
after
25
March
1664.
Every
person
importing
by
Land
any
Goods
or
Commodities
whatsoever
,
into
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
&c.
shall
deliver
to
the
Governour
of
such
Land
,
Island
,
Plantation
,
&c.
or
to
such
Officer
as
shall
be
by
him
appointed
,
within
24
hours
after
such
Importation
;
their
names
and
surnames
,
and
a
true
Inventory
of
all
such
Goods
,
&c.
and
no
Ship
,
&c.
coming
to
any
such
Land
,
Island
,
Plantation
,
&c.
shall
lade
or
unlade
any
Goods
,
&c.
until
the
Master
or
Commander
of
the
ship
,
&c.
shall
first
have
made
known
to
the
Governour
,
or
such
person
as
shall
be
appointed
by
him
,
the
arrival
of
the
Ship
,
with
her
name
,
and
the
name
of
the
Master
or
Commander
,
and
have
shewed
him
she
is
an
English
built
Ship
,
&c.
or
made
good
by
Certificate
that
she
is
a
Ship
,
&c.
belonging
to
England
,
Wales
,
or
Berwick
,
and
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
and
have
delivered
to
the
Governour
,
&c.
a
perfect
Inventory
of
her
lading
,
with
the
place
where
they
were
taken
in
;
upon
pain
of
loss
of
the
Ship
,
her
Guns
,
Tackle
,
Furniture
,
and
Goods
,
&c.
VII
.
All
such
as
are
Governours
or
Commanders
of
any
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
&c.
(
Tangier
excepted
)
before
25
March
1664.
and
such
as
hereafter
shall
be
made
Governours
,
&c.
of
any
of
them
,
before
their
entrance
upon
execution
of
such
Trust
or
Charge
,
shall
take
Oath
before
such
person
as
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
shall
authorize
to
administer
the
same
,
to
do
their
utmost
within
their
respective
Governments
,
&c.
to
be
truly
observed
,
what
in
this
Act
is
Enacted
in
relation
to
the
Trade
of
such
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
&c.
under
penalty
of
being
removed
out
of
their
Governments
,
&c.
And
if
any
person
after
the
taking
of
the
Oath
shall
be
found
to
have
wittingly
offended
,
they
shall
be
turned
out
of
their
said
Governments
,
&c.
and
be
incapable
of
the
Government
of
any
other
Land
,
Island
,
Plantation
,
&c.
and
also
forfeit
the
sum
of
1000
l.
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
him
who
shall
inform
and
sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
in
the
said
Plantations
,
or
in
any
Court
of
Record
in
England
.
VIII
.
If
any
Officer
of
the
Customs
of
England
,
Wales
,
Berwick
,
shall
give
Warrant
for
,
or
suffer
any
Sugar
,
Tobacco
,
Ginger
,
Cotton-wooll
,
Indico
,
Speckle-wood
,
or
Jamaica-wood
,
Fustick
or
other
dying-wood
of
the
growth
of
the
said
Lands
,
Islands
,
Plantations
,
&c.
to
be
carried
into
any
other
Countrey
or
place
whatsoever
,
unless
they
have
been
first
unladen
bona
fide
,
in
some
Port
or
Haven
in
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
Every
such
Officer
shall
forfeit
his
place
,
and
the
value
of
the
said
Goods
so
suffered
to
pass
into
other
Countries
,
&c.
the
one
moyety
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
to
him
who
shall
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
in
England
,
&c.
IX
.
From
and
after
25
March
1664.
It
shall
be
lawful
out
of
any
Port
of
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
to
ship
and
lade
Sea-coals
,
for
any
of
the
said
Plantations
,
paying
for
the
Chalder-measure
at
New
Castle
1
s
.
8
d
.
and
for
the
Chalder-measure
London
1
s
.
in
full
of
all
Custom
and
Poundage
for
the
same
.
Provided
,
such
Sea-coals
be
shipped
in
such
shipping
navigated
as
aforesaid
,
and
security
given
to
the
Officers
of
the
Customs
of
the
Port
where
they
are
shipped
,
for
the
landing
them
in
the
said
Plantations
,
and
not
elsewhere
.
X.
From
and
after
1
August
1663.
It
may
be
lawful
for
any
person
whatsoever
,
to
Export
out
of
any
the
Ports
of
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
in
which
there
is
a
Customer
or
Collector
,
all
sorts
of
Foreign
Coin
,
or
Bullion
of
Gold
or
Silver
,
first
making
entry
thereof
in
such
Custom-house
,
without
paying
any
Duty
,
Custom
,
Poundage
,
or
Fee
for
the
same
.
XI
.
That
for
every
head
of
great
Cattel
(
except
such
as
are
of
the
Breed
of
Scotland
)
that
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
after
1
July
in
any
year
:
And
for
every
head
of
great
Cattel
of
the
breed
of
Scotland
,
that
shall
be
brought
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
after
the
24
August
,
and
before
the
20
of
December
in
any
year
,
there
shall
be
paid
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
20
s
.
and
10
s
.
to
him
that
shall
inform
or
seize
the
same
,
and
10
s
.
to
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
such
seizure
or
information
shall
be
made
;
and
that
there
shall
be
paid
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
for
every
sheep
which
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
after
the
first
of
August
,
and
before
the
twentieth
of
December
in
any
year
,
ten
shillings
,
to
be
recovered
and
levied
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
Provided
,
The
Act
,
so
far
as
it
relates
to
great
Cattel
,
or
Sheep
,
shall
not
take
place
till
1
July
,
1664.
nor
continue
longer
than
to
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
.
XII
.
From
and
after
1
August
1664.
No
Fresh
Herring
,
Fresh
Cod
,
or
Haddock
,
Coalfish
or
Gulfish
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
but
in
English
built
Ships
,
&c.
or
Ships
,
&c.
bona
fide
,
belonging
to
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
and
having
the
Certificate
thereof
as
abovesaid
,
and
whereof
the
Masters
,
and
3
fourths
of
the
Mariners
are
English
,
and
which
hath
been
fished
,
caught
and
taken
in
Ships
,
&c.
so
navigated
,
and
not
being
bought
or
had
of
any
strangers
born
,
or
out
of
strangers
bottoms
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
of
all
such
Herring
,
&c.
Imported
,
and
of
the
Ship
,
&c.
in
which
it
was
Imported
;
One
moyety
of
the
forfeitures
to
the
King
,
his
Heirs
,
&c.
the
other
moyety
to
him
who
will
Inform
,
Seize
,
and
Sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
&c.
XIII
.
For
the
following
kinds
or
sorts
of
salted
or
dryed
Fish
,
which
from
and
after
1
August
shall
be
Imported
into
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
in
any
other
Ship
or
Vessel
,
than
what
is
of
English
built
,
or
belonging
to
England
,
Wales
,
&c.
and
having
such
Certificate
as
abovesaid
,
and
whereof
the
Master
and
3
fourths
of
the
Mariners
are
English
,
and
not
having
been
fished
or
caught
in
Ships
,
&c.
and
so
navigated
;
there
shall
be
by
way
of
Custom
and
Impost
,
as
followeth
,
viz.
For
Codfish
the
Barrel
5
s
.
For
Codfish
the
Last
containing
12
Barrels
3
l.
For
Codfish
the
100
,
containing
120
,
10
s
.
For
Coalfish
the
hundred
,
5
s
.
For
Lings
the
hundred
,
20
s
.
For
White-herrings
the
last
12
Barrels
,
1
l.
16
s
.
For
Haddocks
the
Barrel
2
s
.
For
Gulfish
the
Barrel
2
s
.
XIV
.
That
all
and
every
person
whatsoever
that
do
,
or
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
set
,
plant
,
or
sow
any
Tobacco
in
seed
,
Plant
,
or
otherwise
,
in
,
or
upon
any
ground
,
field
,
earth
,
or
place
within
England
,
Wales
,
the
Islands
of
Guernsey
,
Jersey
or
Berwiek
,
shall
(
over
and
above
the
penalty
contained
in
an
Act
of
Parliament
made
in
the
twelfth
year
of
the
Kings
Reign
that
now
is
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
the
prohibiting
the
planting
,
setting
or
sowing
of
Tobacco
in
England
or
Ireland
)
for
every
such
offence
forfeit
and
pay
the
sum
of
ten
pounds
for
every
Rood
or
Pole
of
ground
that
he
or
they
shall
so
plant
,
set
,
or
sow
with
Tobacco
,
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
or
lesser
quantity
of
ground
;
one
third
part
to
the
King
,
one
other
third
part
thereof
to
the
use
of
the
poor
of
the
Parish
where
such
Tobacco
shall
be
planted
;
and
one
other
third
part
to
him
who
will
sue
for
the
same
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Information
,
&c.
in
any
of
the
Kings
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
.
XV
.
That
if
any
person
or
persons
shall
resist
,
or
make
forcible
opposition
against
any
person
in
the
due
execution
of
the
said
Act
of
the
twelfth
of
this
Kings
Reign
,
he
or
she
so
resisting
,
&c.
shall
over
and
above
the
penalties
therein
mentioned
,
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
of
the
County
where
the
offence
shall
be
committed
,
till
they
have
entred
Recognizance
to
the
King
with
sufficient
Securities
of
10
l.
not
to
commit
the
like
offence
again
.
1.
Provided
,
This
Act
shall
not
extend
to
the
hindring
of
planting
Tobacco
in
any
Physick
Garden
of
any
of
the
Universities
,
or
any
private
Garden
for
Surgery
,
so
as
the
quantity
planted
,
exceed
not
the
half
of
one
pole
.
XVI
.
It
shall
be
lawful
to
Import
Cattel
of
the
breed
of
the
Ifle
of
Man
,
not
exceeding
six
hundred
in
one
year
;
and
Corn
of
the
growth
of
that
Island
,
out
of
that
Island
into
England
;
so
as
the
Cattel
be
landed
at
Chester
,
Liverpool
or
Wirewater
.
Vestries
.
I.
Enacted
,
15
Car
.
2.
Cap.
3.
That
all
and
every
person
who
now
is
a
Vestryman
,
or
member
of
any
Vestry
within
any
Parish
in
the
Cities
of
London
,
Westminster
,
Burrough
of
Southwark
and
weekly
Bills
of
Mortality
:
and
in
all
other
Cities
,
Burroughs
,
and
Towns-Corporate
,
where
select
Vestries
are
used
in
England
,
on
or
before
twenty
September
next
,
and
every
person
who
hereafter
shall
be
elected
to
be
a
Vestryman
,
or
member
of
any
Vestry
within
any
Parish
,
shall
within
one
moneth
after
his
election
,
before
the
respective
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
,
Vicar-General
,
or
Chancellor
of
the
Diocese
,
make
and
subscribe
the
Declaration
following
.
Viz
.
I
A.
B.
Do
declare
,
That
it
is
not
lawful
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
to
take
Arms
against
the
King
:
And
I
do
abhor
that
Traiterous
position
of
taking
Arms
by
his
Authority
against
his
Person
;
or
against
those
that
are
Commissionated
by
him
:
And
that
I
will
conform
to
the
Liturgy
of
the
Church
of
England
,
as
it
is
now
by
Law
established
:
And
I
do
declare
,
that
I
do
hold
there
lies
no
obligation
upon
me
,
or
upon
any
other
person
from
the
Oath
commonly
called
,
The
Solemn
League
and
Covenant
,
to
endeavour
any
change
or
alteration
of
Government
,
either
in
Church
,
or
State
:
And
that
the
same
was
and
is
an
unlawful
Oath
,
and
imposed
upon
the
Subjects
of
this
Realm
against
the
known
Laws
and
Liberties
of
this
Kingdom
.
II
.
That
all
and
every
such
person
who
shall
neglect
,
or
refuse
to
do
the
same
within
the
respective
time
,
shall
ipso
facto
be
deprived
of
his
place
of
Vestry-man
,
and
of
being
a
member
of
such
Vestry
,
and
such
place
,
shall
be
actually
void
,
as
if
such
person
were
naturally
dead
.
III
.
From
and
after
such
neglect
and
refusal
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
all
persons
who
have
right
of
Election
,
or
nomination
of
such
Vestry-man
or
member
of
such
Vestry
,
to
elect
,
or
nominate
some
other
discreet
Person
of
the
Parish
in
the
Room
of
that
person
so
neglecting
,
or
refusing
:
And
if
the
Person
so
to
be
elected
in
the
room
of
such
person
refusing
,
shall
also
neglect
or
refuse
to
make
and
subscribe
the
said
Declaration
,
whereby
the
place
shall
become
again
void
:
Or
if
the
persons
who
have
right
of
Election
,
shall
not
proceed
to
a
new
Election
after
such
Vacancy
,
the
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
of
the
Diocese
shall
Elect
and
Nominate
a
discreet
Person
of
the
Parish
in
such
vacant
room
,
which
Person
,
after
his
making
and
subscription
,
in
manner
and
time
aforesaid
,
shall
be
taken
to
be
a
Vestry-man
,
or
member
of
such
Vestry
,
as
if
he
had
been
Chosen
by
the
respective
Electors
.
IV
.
That
the
Bishop
,
Ordinary
,
Vicar-General
,
or
Chancellor
of
the
Diocese
,
upon
request
to
him
made
by
any
Vestry-man
,
so
making
and
subscribing
the
said
Declaration
,
deliver
a
Certificate
of
his
so
doing
,
for
which
no
Fee
shall
be
paid
.
1.
Provided
,
Nothing
in
the
Act
shall
be
construed
to
give
any
new
power
to
any
select
Vestry-man
;
or
to
confirm
any
usurped
Power
heretofore
exercised
by
any
Select
Vestry-man
,
which
before
the
making
of
the
Act
is
not
warranted
by
Law
.
2.
This
Act
to
continue
in
force
till
the
end
of
the
first
Session
of
the
next
Parliament
,
and
no
longer
.
Uniformity
.
I.
Enacted
,
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
4.
That
all
Deans
,
Canons
,
Prebendaries
,
Masters
,
&
Fellows
of
Colledges
,
Halls
,
Parsons
,
Vicars
,
and
other
Spiritual
Persons
,
who
at
the
time
of
the
passing
of
an
Act
made
this
present
Parliament
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Uniformity
of
Publick
Prayer
,
and
Administration
of
the
Sacrament
,
&c.
)
being
in
Ireland
,
or
any
the
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
and
not
return
into
this
Kingdom
,
before
the
Feast
of
Saint
Bartholomew
,
1662.
Or
who
being
in
England
by
Imprisonment
,
Sickness
disability
of
body
or
otherwise
,
did
not
resort
to
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
Ordinary
,
or
Vice-Chancellor
of
the
Universities
,
to
Subscribe
the
Declaration
,
and
Acknowledgement
,
(
in
the
said
Act
expressed
)
before
the
said
Feast
in
the
year
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
declared
to
be
restored
unto
and
preserved
in
their
respective
Deanries
,
Prebends
,
Masterships
,
Fellowships
,
Personages
,
Vicarages
and
other
Spiritual
Benefices
or
Promotions
,
whereunto
no
other
person
before
the
1
August
,
1663
,
were
or
shall
be
lawfully
Instituted
,
Inducted
,
Collected
or
placed
;
and
it
shall
be
lawful
to
hold
and
enjoy
the
same
according
to
his
or
their
former
right
.
II
.
Every
Dean
,
Canon
,
Prebendary
,
Master
and
Fellow
of
any
Colledge
,
Hall
,
&c.
who
are
,
and
shall
be
by
vertue
of
this
Act
restored
to
,
or
reserved
in
their
several
and
respective
promotions
,
shall
before
the
Feast
of
the
Nativity
of
our
Lord
,
if
he
be
in
England
,
or
if
beyond
the
Seas
within
forty
days
after
his
return
into
England
,
Subscribe
the
Declaration
or
acknowledgement
(
in
the
said
recited
Act
mentioned
)
before
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
of
the
Diocese
,
or
Vice-Chancellor
respectively
;
And
every
such
Parson
,
Vicar
,
Curate
,
or
Lecturer
,
shall
procure
a
Certificate
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
Archbishop
,
Bishop
,
or
Ordinary
of
the
Diocese
,
who
are
upon
demand
to
make
and
deliver
such
Certificate
.
And
shall
Publickly
and
openly
read
the
same
,
together
with
the
said
Declaration
,
or
acknowledgement
upon
some
Lords
day
within
three
months
then
next
following
such
Subscription
in
the
Parish
where
he
is
to
Officiate
,
in
the
presence
of
the
Congregation
then
Assembled
in
the
time
of
Divine
Service
.
III
.
Every
Subscription
already
made
,
or
after
to
be
made
before
any
Vicar-General
,
to
any
Archbishop
,
or
Bishop
;
or
Commissary
to
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
,
or
other
Bishop
,
is
and
shall
be
as
Effectual
in
Law
to
all
intents
and
purposes
to
every
such
person
as
shall
make
such
Subscription
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
made
before
the
Archbishop
,
or
Bishop
of
the
Provsnce
,
or
Diocese
respectively
.
Provided
,
Every
person
,
who
shall
have
benefit
by
this
Act
,
shall
make
such
allowance
for
serving
the
Cure
since
24
August
,
1662.
as
shall
be
adjudged
fit
by
the
Ordinary
of
the
place
;
and
shall
pay
all
Tenths
,
Pensions
and
other
charges
to
which
the
Benefice
to
which
he
is
restored
,
hath
or
ought
to
have
been
legally
charged
since
the
day
aforesaid
.
IV
.
That
the
penalties
by
the
said
mentioned
Act
to
be
inflicted
upon
any
person
disabled
by
the
said
Act
to
preach
for
any
offence
against
the
said
Act
,
shall
in
like
manner
be
inflicted
upon
every
Person
so
offending
as
is
prohibited
by
the
said
Act
to
preach
;
any
thing
,
doubt
,
or
ambiguity
in
the
said
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Woods
and
Timber
.
I.
Enacted
,
15.
Car
.
2.
cap
.
That
from
and
after
the
24.
of
June
next
,
Every
Constable
Headborough
,
or
other
person
in
every
County
,
City
,
Town-corporate
or
other
place
where
they
shall
be
Officers
,
or
Inhabitants
shall
&
may
apprehend
or
cause
to
be
apprehended
,
all
and
every
person
they
shall
suspect
having
or
carrying
,
or
any
waies
conveying
any
burthen
,
or
bundles
of
any
kind
of
Wood
,
Under-Wood
,
or
Poles
,
or
young
Trees
,
or
Bark
,
or
bast
of
any
Trees
;
Or
any
Gates
,
Stiles
,
Posts
,
Pales
,
Rails
or
Hedge-wood
,
Broom
,
or
Furze
:
And
by
warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
any
one
Justice
of
Peace
directed
to
any
Officer
,
such
Officer
shall
have
power
to
enter
into
,
and
search
the
Houses
,
Out-houses
,
Yards
,
Gardens
&
other
places
of
all
and
every
person
they
shall
suspect
to
have
any
kind
of
Wood
,
Under-wood
,
Poles
,
young
Trees
,
Bark
,
or
bast
of
Trees
,
Gates
,
Posts
,
Rails
,
Pales
,
&c.
and
where
they
find
any
such
to
apprehend
all
and
every
person
suspected
for
the
cutting
and
taking
of
the
same
;
and
them
,
and
every
of
them
as
well
those
apprehended
carrying
any
kind
of
Wood
,
&c.
as
also
those
in
whose
houses
any
such
Wood
,
Under-wood
,
Poles
,
young
Trees
,
&c.
shall
be
found
;
to
carry
before
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
County
,
City
,
&c.
and
if
the
said
person
so
suspected
,
or
apprehended
,
do
not
then
and
there
give
good
account
,
how
he
or
they
came
to
such
Wood
,
Under-wood
,
Poles
,
or
young
Trees
,
&c.
by
consent
of
the
owner
,
such
as
shall
satisfie
the
Justice
;
or
within
convenient
time
set
by
the
Justice
,
produce
the
party
or
parties
of
whom
they
bought
the
same
Wood
,
Under-wood
,
Poles
,
young
Trees
,
&c.
or
some
witness
to
depose
upon
Oath
the
sale
of
the
said
Wood
,
&c.
the
said
person
suspected
not
giving
such
good
account
not
producing
witness
to
testifie
the
sale
,
shall
be
adjudged
as
convicted
of
cutting
and
spoyling
of
Woods
,
and
Under-woods
within
the
meaning
of
the
Statute
made
in
the
43.
year
of
the
reign
of
the
late
Queen
Elizabeth
.
II
.
All
and
every
person
and
persons
convicted
of
the
offence
in
manner
as
is
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
shall
for
the
first
offence
give
the
Owner
such
satisfaction
for
his
,
or
their
damage
,
within
such
time
as
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
shall
appoint
,
and
over
and
above
pay
down
presently
to
the
Overseers
,
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
Offence
is
committed
,
such
sum
of
money
(
not
exceeding
10.
s
.
)
as
the
Justice
shall
think
fit
;
and
if
the
Offenders
do
not
give
such
satisfaction
to
the
Owners
,
and
pay
the
sums
to
the
Poor
;
then
the
Justice
shall
commit
the
Offender
to
the
House
of
Correction
for
one
moneth
,
or
to
be
whipped
by
the
Constable
,
or
other
Officer
,
as
in
his
judgement
the
Justice
shall
seem
expedient
:
And
if
such
person
shall
again
commit
the
said
Offence
,
and
thereof
be
convicted
,
every
person
so
offending
the
second
shall
be
sent
to
the
House
of
Correction
for
a
moneth
,
to
be
there
kept
to
hard
labour
;
and
if
he
shall
so
offend
a
third
time
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
,
he
shall
be
adjudged
an
incorrigible
Rogue
.
III
.
That
whosoever
shall
buy
any
burthens
of
Wood
,
or
any
Poles
,
or
Sticks
of
Wood
,
or
any
other
of
the
premises
in
the
Act
particularly
named
,
which
may
justly
be
suspected
to
be
stollen
,
or
unlawfully
come
by
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Mayors
,
Bailiffs
,
and
Head-Officers
,
or
one
of
them
within
their
Jurisdictions
,
upon
complaint
to
them
thereof
made
,
are
to
examine
the
matter
upon
Oath
,
which
they
have
power
to
administer
;
and
if
they
find
the
same
was
bought
of
a
person
might
be
justly
suspected
to
have
stollen
,
or
unlawfully
come
by
the
same
;
They
,
or
one
of
them
,
may
award
the
person
who
bought
the
same
,
to
pay
the
treble
value
of
the
same
to
the
person
from
whom
the
same
was
stollen
,
or
unlawfully
taken
;
and
in
default
of
present
payment
,
to
levy
the
same
by
distress
and
sale
of
the
Offenders
Goods
,
rendring
the
overplus
to
the
party
,
and
in
default
of
distress
to
commit
the
party
to
the
Goal
,
at
his
own
charge
,
there
to
remain
one
moneth
without
bail
.
Provided
,
no
person
shall
be
questioned
upon
this
Act
for
any
Offence
,
who
hath
been
punished
for
the
same
offence
by
any
former
law
,
nor
punished
by
this
Act
,
unless
he
be
punished
within
six
weeks
after
the
offence
committed
.
FINIS
.