A
COLLECTION
Of
all
the
STATUTES
Now
in
FORCE
,
Against
the
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
&c.
With
NOTES
in
the
Margin
.
HON
SOIT
QVI
MAL
Y
PENSE
DIEV
ET
MON
DROIT
LONDON
,
Printed
by
Charles
Bill
,
and
the
Executrix
of
Thomas
Newcomb
deceas'd
,
Printers
to
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
.
1699.
Anno
XII
.
CAROLI
II
.
Regis
.
An
Act
for
Prohibiting
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Fullers
Earth
,
or
any
kind
of
Scouring
Earth
.
FOR
the
better
preventing
and
avoiding
of
such
losses
and
inconveniencies
as
have
happened
,
and
daily
do
and
may
happen
to
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
and
Dominion
of
Wales
,
and
to
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
by
and
through
the
secret
and
subtil
Exportation
and
Transportation
,
and
by
and
through
the
secret
and
subtil
carrying
and
conveying
away
of
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
,
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers
Earth
,
and
Fulling
Clay
,
out
of
,
and
from
the
Kingdoms
and
Dominion
aforesaid
,
and
for
the
better
setting
on
work
the
poor
people
and
Inhabitants
of
the
Kingdoms
and
Dominion
aforesaid
;
And
to
the
intent
that
the
full
and
best
use
and
benefit
of
the
principal
native
Commodities
of
the
same
Kingdoms
and
Dominion
may
come
,
redound
,
and
be
unto
and
amongst
the
Subjects
and
Inhabitants
of
the
same
,
and
not
unto
or
amongst
the
Subjects
and
Inhabitants
of
the
Realm
of
Scotland
,
or
of
any
Foreign
Realms
or
States
,
as
the
same
now
of
late
in
some
great
Measure
hath
done
,
and
is
further
likely
to
do
,
if
some
severer
punishment
than
heretofore
be
not
speedily
inflicted
upon
such
offenders
as
shall
be
actors
or
asistance
in
and
to
such
exportation
and
transportation
,
and
in
and
to
such
carrying
and
conveying
away
thereof
,
as
aforesaid
;
No
person
after
the
14
of
January
,
1660.
shall
exportany
Sheep
or
Wool
,
Woolfels
.
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
.
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
and
by
the
authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
from
and
after
the
fourteenth
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
and
threescore
,
shall
directly
or
indirectly
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
,
or
cause
or
procure
to
be
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
,
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
or
out
of
,
or
from
the
Isles
of
Jersey
or
Guernsey
,
with
Sarke
and
Alderney
,
being
under
the
Government
of
Guernsey
aforesaid
,
or
out
of
,
or
from
any
of
them
,
or
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
aforesaid
,
into
any
parts
or
places
out
of
the
Kingdoms
,
Isles
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
any
Sheep
or
Wooll
whatsoever
,
of
the
breed
or
growth
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
,
or
Isles
,
or
Dominion
aforesaid
;
Or
any
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
or
Shorlings
,
or
any
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
or
any
Woolflocks
,
or
any
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-Clay
whatsoever
;
Nor
shall
directly
or
indirectly
pack
or
load
,
Nor
carry
,
load
,
or
board
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
&c.
or
cause
to
be
packed
or
loaded
upon
any
Horse
,
Car
or
other
Carriage
,
or
load
or
lay
on
board
,
or
cause
to
be
loaden
or
laid
on
board
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
in
any
Place
or
Port
within
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
Isles
,
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
or
Woolflocks
,
or
any
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
the
same
,
or
to
cause
the
same
to
be
exported
,
transported
carried
or
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
or
Ireland
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
Isles
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
or
with
intent
or
purpose
that
any
other
person
or
persons
should
so
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
the
same
into
any
parts
or
places
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
and
Ireland
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
Isles
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
or
any
foreign
parts
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Wooll
,
No
Wooll
Woolfels
,
&c.
after
the
14
of
January
,
1660.
to
be
carried
out
of
Wales
,
Ireland
,
&c.
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
wooll
,
woolflocks
,
or
any
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling
clay
,
shall
be
from
and
after
the
Fourteenth
day
of
January
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
and
sixty
,
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
and
Dominion
of
Wales
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
Kingdom
of
Ireland
or
out
of
any
Port
or
Place
of
the
said
Kingdoms
respectively
,
unto
the
Isles
of
Jersey
or
Guernsey
,
or
to
Sarke
,
or
Alderney
except
as
in
this
Act
shall
hereafter
be
limited
or
appointed
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
The
Penalties
.
That
all
and
every
the
Offender
and
Offenders
,
Offence
and
Offences
aforesaid
,
shall
be
subject
and
liable
to
the
respective
pains
,
penalties
and
forfeitures
hereafter
following
,
That
is
to
say
,
The
said
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
and
Fulling-Clay
so
exported
,
transported
,
carried
,
conveyed
,
packed
or
loaden
contrary
to
the
true
intent
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
forfeited
,
and
that
every
offender
and
offenders
therein
shall
forfeit
Twenty
Shillings
for
every
such
Sheep
,
and
Three
Shillings
for
every
pound
weight
of
such
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
;
And
also
the
Owners
of
the
said
Ships
or
Vessels
knowing
such
Offence
,
shall
forfeit
all
their
interest
in
the
said
Ships
or
Vessels
,
with
all
their
Apparel
and
Furniture
to
them
and
every
of
them
belonging
;
And
that
the
Master
and
Mariners
thereof
,
knowing
such
Offence
,
and
wittingly
and
willingly
aiding
and
assisting
thereunto
,
shall
forfeit
all
their
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
have
imprisonment
for
the
space
of
Three
months
without
Bail
or
Mainprise
;
the
one
moiety
of
which
said
penalties
and
forfeitures
shall
be
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
moiety
to
him
that
will
sue
for
the
same
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
or
before
the
Justices
of
Assize
,
or
in
the
general
Quarter
Sessions
of
the
Peace
:
In
which
suit
no
essoin
,
protection
or
wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
That
if
any
Merchant
,
The
penalty
upon
any
Merchant
that
shall
transport
Wooll
,
&c.
or
other
person
or
persons
shall
after
the
said
fourteenth
day
of
January
transport
or
cause
to
be
transported
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Woollen-yarn
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers
earth
or
Fulling-clay
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
of
this
Act
,
and
be
thereof
lawfully
Convicted
,
That
then
he
shall
be
disabled
to
require
any
Debt
or
Accompt
of
any
Factor
or
others
,
for
or
concerning
any
Debt
or
Estate
properly
belonging
to
such
Offender
:
Provided
always
,
Proviso
.
and
it
is
nevertheless
declared
,
That
this
Act
,
or
any
thing
therein
Contained
,
shall
not
be
construed
to
take
away
any
greater
pains
or
penalties
inflicted
,
or
to
be
inflicted
for
any
the
offences
aforesaid
,
by
virtue
of
any
former
Act
of
Parliament
now
in
force
.
And
be
it
also
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
Offences
against
this
Act
where
to
be
tried
.
That
every
offence
that
shall
be
done
or
committed
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
and
may
be
enquired
of
,
and
heard
,
examined
,
tried
,
and
determined
in
the
County
where
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling
clay
respectively
shall
be
so
packed
,
loaden
,
or
laid
aboard
,
as
aforesaid
,
contrary
to
this
Act
,
or
else
in
the
County
where
such
Offenders
shall
happen
to
be
apprehended
or
arrested
for
such
offence
,
in
such
manner
and
form
,
and
to
such
effect
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
same
offence
had
been
wholly
and
altogether
done
and
committed
at
and
in
such
County
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
They
to
be
prosecuted
within
a
year
after
the
offence
commited
.
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
impeached
for
any
offence
aforesaid
,
unless
such
person
or
persons
shall
be
prosecuted
within
the
space
of
one
year
next
ensuing
such
offence
committed
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
any
person
or
persons
to
seize
,
Any
person
may
seize
goods
loaded
contrary
to
this
Act
with
intent
to
be
transported
,
and
shall
have
the
moiety
thereof
.
take
and
challenge
to
his
or
their
own
use
and
behoof
,
and
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
all
and
all
manner
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
and
Fulling-clay
,
as
he
or
they
shall
happen
to
see
,
find
,
know
or
discover
to
be
laid
aboard
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
or
Boat
,
or
to
be
brought
,
carried
or
laid
on
shore
,
at
or
near
the
Sea
,
or
any
Navigable
River
or
Water
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
be
exported
or
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
,
or
Ireland
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
Isles
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
contrary
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
Act
,
or
to
be
packed
or
loaden
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
or
other
Carriage
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
be
conveyed
or
carried
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
aforesaid
,
and
that
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
happen
so
to
seize
,
take
or
challenge
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
have
the
full
moiety
thereof
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
Provided
always
,
Proviso
,
such
person
shall
not
be
evidence
against
the
offender
.
That
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
make
any
such
seizure
or
challenge
,
as
aforesaid
,
to
his
or
their
own
use
,
shall
not
be
admitted
or
allowed
to
give
in
Evidence
upon
his
or
their
Oath
or
Oaths
against
any
person
or
persons
which
shall
happen
to
be
indicted
,
accused
or
questioned
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
.
And
furthermore
be
it
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
Forfeiture
of
the
Ship
,
if
the
Owner
be
an
Alien
,
or
not
inhabiting
in
England
That
all
and
every
Ship
,
Vessel
,
Hulk
,
Barge
or
Boat
,
of
what
kind
soever
,
whereof
any
Alien
born
,
or
whereof
any
natural
born
Subjects
not
inhabiting
within
the
Realm
of
England
,
shall
be
Owner
or
part
Owner
,
and
wherein
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Woolflocks
,
Fullers
earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
,
shall
happen
to
be
shipped
,
put
,
or
laid
aboard
contrary
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
forfeited
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
.
Provided
always
,
That
this
Act
shall
not
extend
,
to
any
Lamb-Skins
ready
drest
,
and
prepared
fit
and
useful
for
Furr
or
Linings
.
Provided
also
,
Proviso
That
this
Act
shall
not
in
any
wise
extend
to
the
transporting
carrying
or
conveying
away
of
any
such
woolfels
or
Pelts
,
with
such
Wooll
upon
them
,
or
to
any
Beds
stuffed
with
Flocks
,
which
shall
be
carried
or
imployed
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
for
neccessary
use
only
,
of
and
about
the
Ordnance
or
other
thing
in
or
concerning
such
Ship
or
Vessel
,
or
only
for
the
necessary
use
of
any
the
persons
in
such
Ship
or
Vessel
passing
or
being
,
and
which
shall
not
be
sold
or
uttered
in
any
Foreign
parts
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
,
England
,
Ireland
,
Berwick
.
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
Isles
or
Dominion
aforesaid
;
nor
to
the
exporting
,
transporting
,
carrying
or
conveying
of
any
Wether
Sheep
,
or
of
the
Wooll
growing
upon
any
such
Wether
Sheep
,
to
be
carried
alive
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
for
and
towards
the
only
necessary
Food
or
Diet
of
or
for
the
Company
or
Passengers
,
or
other
persons
therein
,
and
for
and
towards
none
other
purpose
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
further
enacted
,
Proviso
.
That
this
Act
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
any
such
Wooll
to
be
exported
or
transported
out
of
,
or
from
the
Port
of
Southampton
only
,
Southampon
,
Jersey
,
Guernsey
.
unto
the
aforesaid
Isles
of
Jersey
and
Guernsey
,
by
,
or
for
the
only
use
or
behoof
of
any
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Isles
of
Jersey
or
Guernsey
,
or
either
of
them
,
or
to
any
such
Wooll
to
be
shipped
or
loaden
aboard
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
by
,
or
for
the
only
use
or
behoof
of
any
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Isles
of
Jersey
and
Guernsey
,
or
either
of
them
,
in
the
Port
aforesaid
,
to
be
exported
and
transported
into
the
said
Isles
of
Jersey
or
Guernsey
,
or
either
of
them
;
so
as
such
person
or
persons
that
shall
so
ship
or
lay
aboard
such
Wooll
into
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
do
before
the
shipping
or
laying
aboard
such
Wooll
,
deliver
unto
the
Customer
,
Comptroller
,
Surveyor
,
or
Searcher
of
the
Port
of
Southampton
aforesaid
(
out
of
which
the
same
Wooll
is
to
be
exported
)
a
writing
under
the
Seal
or
Seals
of
the
respective
Governors
of
the
same
Isles
of
Guernsey
or
Jersey
,
unto
which
the
said
Wooll
is
to
be
transported
,
or
of
his
or
their
Deputy
or
Deputies
respectively
,
the
which
writing
shall
purport
and
express
that
the
party
named
in
such
writing
is
authorised
and
appointed
to
export
or
cause
to
be
exported
out
of
the
Port
aforesaid
,
so
much
Wooll
,
expressing
the
number
of
the
Tods
,
to
the
same
Isle
,
to
be
used
or
manufactured
in
one
of
the
same
Isles
,
or
in
some
of
the
members
or
parts
of
the
same
,
and
that
such
party
so
authorised
and
appointed
to
export
,
or
cause
to
be
exported
that
Wooll
,
hath
before
the
making
and
sealing
of
that
writing
,
entred
into
sufficient
Bond
to
his
Majesties
use
for
the
landing
of
the
said
wooll
in
that
Isle
.
And
to
the
intent
that
the
quantity
of
Wooll
to
be
exported
out
of
the
Port
of
Southampton
aforesaid
into
the
said
Isles
,
or
either
of
them
,
in
any
one
year
,
accompting
the
year
to
begin
from
the
first
day
of
January
next
ensuing
,
and
so
yearly
from
the
first
day
of
January
,
may
not
exceed
the
quantity
here
under
specified
,
that
is
to
say
,
unto
the
Isle
of
Jersey
,
Two
thousand
Tods
and
no
more
of
unkeamed
Wooll
,
and
unto
Guernsey
,
One
thousand
Tods
and
no
more
of
unkeamed
Wooll
,
and
unto
Alderney
,
Alderney
,
Sark
.
Two
hundred
Tods
and
no
more
of
unkeamed
Wooll
,
and
unto
Sark
,
One
hundred
Tods
of
unkeamed
Wooll
and
no
more
,
every
Tod
not
exceeding
Thirty
two
Pounds
.
And
be
it
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Governour
of
the
said
Isle
of
Jersey
,
or
his
Deputy
,
for
whom
he
will
answer
,
shall
not
make
to
any
person
or
persons
,
any
writing
or
writings
such
as
is
above
specified
,
to
authorise
or
appoint
such
person
or
persons
,
as
aforesaid
,
to
fetch
,
export
or
transport
out
of
the
Port
of
Southampton
aforesaid
,
unto
the
said
Isle
of
Jersey
,
in
one
year
,
accounting
the
year
from
the
first
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
and
sixty
aforesaid
,
any
greater
quantity
of
Wooll
than
Two
thousand
Tods
in
any
one
year
,
and
the
Governour
of
the
said
Isle
of
Guernsey
,
or
his
Deputy
,
for
whom
he
will
answer
,
shall
not
make
to
any
person
or
persons
,
any
writing
or
writings
,
such
as
is
above
specified
,
to
authorise
and
appoint
such
person
or
persons
,
as
aforesaid
,
to
fetch
,
export
or
transport
out
of
the
port
above
specified
,
unto
the
said
Isles
of
Guernsey
,
with
Alderney
,
and
Sark
,
in
any
one
year
,
accounting
the
year
from
the
first
day
of
January
,
any
greater
quantity
of
Wooll
than
One
thousand
Tods
for
Guernsey
,
Two
hundred
Tods
for
Alderney
,
and
One
hundred
Tods
for
Sark
,
in
any
one
year
;
and
that
the
Customer
of
the
Port
of
Southampton
aforesaid
,
shall
keep
a
true
account
of
all
the
said
quantity
of
Woolls
so
by
him
permitted
to
be
loaden
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
and
shall
not
permit
any
greater
quantity
of
Woolls
to
be
loaden
than
by
this
Act
is
prescribed
,
in
any
one
year
,
to
either
of
the
said
Islands
respectively
,
under
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
upon
the
penalty
of
the
forfeiture
of
his
place
,
and
the
sum
of
One
hundred
Pounds
in
money
to
him
or
them
that
will
Sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
And
if
any
of
the
Governours
aforesaid
,
or
any
of
their
,
or
either
of
their
Deputy
or
Deputies
of
the
said
Isles
,
or
either
of
them
,
shall
give
,
grant
,
or
make
any
Licence
or
Licences
for
Exporting
from
Southampton
aforesaid
,
into
the
said
Isles
respectively
,
of
any
greater
quantity
of
such
Wooll
than
is
before
by
the
true
meaning
of
this
Act
limited
and
appointed
in
that
behalf
;
That
then
the
respective
Governour
or
Governours
of
such
of
the
said
Isles
shall
forfeit
and
pay
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
the
sum
of
Twenty
pounds
of
lawful
Money
of
England
,
for
every
Tod
of
Wooll
which
shall
be
so
licensed
to
be
exported
,
over
and
above
the
rate
and
proportion
of
Wooll
in
and
by
this
Act
,
or
the
true
meaning
thereof
,
limited
or
appointed
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
respective
Governours
aforesaid
,
or
their
respective
Deputies
,
or
any
of
their
Clerks
,
Officers
or
Servants
,
for
the
granting
,
making
or
sealing
of
every
such
writing
of
Licence
as
is
aforesaid
,
and
for
the
entring
a
Remembrance
of
the
same
into
some
Book
,
which
they
shall
have
and
keep
for
that
purpose
,
may
have
and
take
the
sum
of
Twelve
pence
and
no
more
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
to
the
party
grieved
the
sum
of
Five
Shillings
for
every
Peny
which
shall
be
taken
over
and
above
the
said
sum
of
Twelve
Pence
in
and
by
this
Act
allowed
to
be
taken
,
and
so
after
that
proportion
;
the
said
penalty
or
forfeiture
for
the
taking
above
Twelve
Pence
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
Information
,
in
any
Court
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
or
elsewhere
,
wherein
no
injunction
,
protection
,
priviledge
,
essoin
or
wager
of
law
shall
be
admitted
or
allowed
.
Anno
XIV
.
CAROLI
II
.
Regis
.
An
Act
against
the
Exporting
of
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Woolfels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Fullers
Earth
,
Fulling-clay
,
and
Tobacco-pipe-clay
.
WHereas
against
the
Laws
of
this
Kingdom
,
great
numbers
of
Sheep
,
and
great
quantities
of
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
.
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
are
secretly
exported
,
transported
,
carried
and
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
the
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
and
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
and
into
foreign
parts
to
the
great
decay
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
,
the
ruine
of
many
Families
,
and
the
destruction
of
the
Navigation
and
Commerce
of
the
Kingdoms
,
Town
and
Dominion
aforesaid
,
which
is
like
daily
to
increase
if
some
further
remedy
be
not
provided
,
and
further
penalties
imposed
upon
the
Offenders
therein
:
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
advice
and
consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
and
by
the
authority
of
the
same
,
That
if
any
person
or
persons
shall
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
Exporting
or
carrying
of
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortling
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
Fulling-clay
,
out
of
England
,
Wales
,
or
Ireland
.
directly
or
indirectly
,
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
,
or
shall
cause
to
be
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
or
after
the
first
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
any
parts
or
places
out
of
the
Kingdoms
,
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
or
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
any
Sheep
or
Wooll
whatsoever
of
the
breed
or
growth
of
the
Kingdoms
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
or
any
Wool-fels
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wool
,
Wool-flocks
,
or
any
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
whatsoever
,
or
shall
directly
or
indirectly
pack
or
load
,
or
cause
to
be
packed
or
loaden
,
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
or
other
Carriage
,
or
shall
load
or
lay
on
board
,
or
cause
to
be
loaden
or
laid
on
board
,
in
any
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
in
any
place
within
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
aforesaid
,
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flock
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
Fulling-clay
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
,
to
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
the
same
,
or
to
cause
the
same
to
be
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
,
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
aforesaid
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
into
any
foreign
parts
,
that
then
every
such
offence
shall
be
adjudged
Felony
,
Made
Felony
.
and
the
offender
or
offenders
being
duly
convicted
,
shall
suffer
and
forfeit
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
Aiders
and
Assisters
therein
shall
be
adjudged
Felons
.
That
every
Owner
of
any
such
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
and
every
Owner
of
every
Horse
,
Cart
or
Carriage
,
upon
which
any
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
or
Fulling-clay
,
shall
be
so
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
,
as
aforesaid
,
or
to
any
such
intent
or
purpose
,
as
aforesaid
,
knowing
thereof
,
and
being
wittingly
and
willingly
aiding
,
assisting
or
consenting
thereunto
,
and
also
every
Master
and
Mariner
of
or
in
such
Ship
or
other
Vessel
,
wherein
any
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
or
fulling-clay
,
shall
be
so
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
,
or
loaden
or
laid
on
Board
,
as
aforesaid
,
to
any
such
intent
or
purpose
,
as
aforesaid
,
knowing
thereof
,
and
being
wittingly
and
willingly
aiding
,
assisting
or
consenting
thereunto
,
and
also
every
Factor
or
Servant
,
or
other
person
whatsoever
,
and
every
Customer
,
Comptroller
,
Waiter
,
Searcher
,
Surveyor
,
or
other
Officer
,
or
person
whatsoever
,
knowing
thereof
,
and
being
wittingly
or
willingly
aiding
,
assisting
or
consenting
thereunto
,
shall
be
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
and
taken
to
be
a
Felon
,
and
every
offender
or
offenders
therein
being
duly
convicted
,
shall
suffer
and
forfeit
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
Offences
against
this
Act
,
where
to
be
examined
and
tried
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
.
That
every
offence
which
shall
be
done
or
committed
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
and
may
be
enquired
of
,
and
heard
,
examined
,
tried
and
determined
in
the
County
where
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
or
Fulling-clay
respectively
shall
be
so
packed
,
laiden
or
lade
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
and
form
,
and
to
such
effect
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
as
if
the
same
offence
had
been
wholly
done
and
committed
in
the
same
County
.
Provided
also
,
That
every
Baron
,
and
other
Peer
of
this
Realm
,
which
shall
be
indicted
or
accused
as
principal
,
or
accessary
in
or
to
any
offence
made
Felony
by
this
Act
,
shall
have
his
,
her
or
their
Trial
,
by
his
,
her
or
their
Peers
Peers
.
as
in
case
of
Felony
,
at
the
Common
Law
.
None
to
be
impeached
,
unless
within
one
Year
next
after
the
Offence
committed
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
impeached
for
any
offence
made
Felony
by
this
Act
,
unless
such
person
or
persons
shall
be
thereof
indicted
within
the
space
of
one
year
next
ensuing
such
offence
committed
.
And
forasmuch
as
great
quantities
of
Wooll
,
Woollen-Yarn
,
and
Wool-flocks
,
are
close
packed
and
pressed
together
with
Scrues
,
and
other
unlawful
Engines
,
into
Buts
,
Pipes
,
Hogsheads
,
Chests
and
other
Casks
and
Vessels
,
and
into
Sacks
,
Baggs
,
and
other
wrappers
made
of
Wooll
or
Linen
,
and
under
colour
of
Bales
,
Sacks
,
Baggs
,
Packs
and
Casks
of
other
Goods
,
and
otherwise
,
great
quantities
of
the
same
are
daily
loaden
on
Board
of
Ships
or
other
Vessels
,
and
so
are
carried
,
conveyed
,
exported
,
and
transported
out
of
the
Kingdoms
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
and
Dominion
aforesaid
;
and
also
great
quantities
are
daily
carried
and
laid
at
,
or
near
the
Coasts
of
the
Sea
or
some
Navigable
Rivers
,
into
Store-houses
and
Barns
,
and
by
night
are
laid
on
Board
of
Shallops
,
and
other
Vessels
belonging
to
Aliens
,
and
so
carried
and
exported
out
of
the
Kingd
ms
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
and
Dominion
aforesaid
:
Scrues
and
unlawful
Engines
for
pressing
together
of
Wooll
,
not
to
be
used
.
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
no
person
or
persons
shall
press
together
with
any
Scrues
,
Presses
or
other
Engines
,
into
any
Sack
,
Pack
,
Bagg
or
other
Wrapper
,
or
shall
put
,
press
,
pack
or
stean
any
Wooll
whatsoever
,
or
any
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
into
any
Butt
,
Pipe
,
Hogshead
,
Chest
or
any
other
Cask
or
Vessel
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsover
,
or
shall
carry
or
lay
,
or
cause
to
be
carried
or
laid
at
or
near
the
Shore
or
Coasts
of
the
Sea
,
or
of
any
Navigable
River
,
or
into
any
house
or
place
near
adjoyning
thereunto
,
any
such
Wooll
,
woolflocks
,
or
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
with
intention
to
export
,
transport
,
carry
or
convey
the
same
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
or
Ireland
,
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
unto
any
foreign
parts
,
under
the
penalty
The
Penalty
.
of
the
loss
and
forfeiture
of
all
such
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
and
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
as
shall
be
so
packed
or
pressed
,
or
put
or
laid
into
Cask
,
or
carried
or
laid
near
to
the
Sea-Shore
,
or
to
any
Navigable
River
as
aforesaid
,
or
the
value
thereof
.
Fulling
clay
,
Tobacco-pipe-clay
,
not
to
be
exported
.
And
whereas
great
quantities
of
Fullers
earth
or
Fulling-clay
are
daily
carried
and
exported
under
the
colour
of
Tobacco-pipe-clay
:
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Tobacco-pipe-clay
shall
from
and
after
the
First
day
of
August
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
be
exported
,
transported
,
carried
or
conveyed
out
of
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
;
or
after
the
first
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
out
of
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
or
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
into
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
into
any
foreign
parts
,
or
into
any
Port
or
Place
out
of
the
Kingdom
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
under
the
penalty
The
Penalty
.
of
Three
shillings
for
every
pound
of
Tobacco-pipe-clay
which
shall
be
exported
or
transported
contrary
to
this
Act.
Packs
of
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
&c.
shall
not
be
carried
but
in
the
day
time
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
,
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
August
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
no
Packs
,
Sacks
,
Baggs
or
Cask
of
any
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
Fulling-clay
,
or
Tobacco-pipe-clay
,
shall
be
laid
or
loaded
on
any
Horse
,
Cart
,
or
other
Carriage
whatsoever
,
or
shall
be
carried
or
conveyed
by
land
to
or
from
any
place
or
places
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
Dominion
aforesaid
,
nor
after
the
first
day
of
January
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
two
,
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
but
in
the
day
time
,
and
at
seasonable
hours
(
that
is
to
say
,
)
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
March
,
to
the
nine
and
twentieth
day
of
September
yearly
,
between
the
hours
of
four
of
the
Clock
in
the
morning
,
and
eight
of
the
Clock
in
the
evening
,
and
from
the
nine
and
twentieth
day
of
September
,
to
the
first
day
of
March
,
yearly
,
between
the
hours
of
seven
of
the
Clock
in
the
morning
,
and
five
of
the
Clock
in
the
evening
,
under
the
penalty
the
Penalty
.
of
the
loss
and
forfeiture
of
all
such
Goods
,
or
the
value
thereof
;
the
one
moiety
of
all
which
Forfeitures
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
to
be
to
the
use
of
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
and
the
other
moiety
to
him
or
them
that
will
sue
for
the
same
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
Court
of
Record
,
in
which
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
admitted
or
allowed
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
this
Act
,
Proviso
concerning
The
Act.
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
extend
to
Repeal
Disanul
and
make
Void
,
any
the
Penalties
,
Clauses
,
or
Provisoes
mentioned
in
one
Act
of
this
present
Session
of
Parliament
,
made
against
the
transportation
of
wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Fullers-earth
,
or
any
kind
of
scouring
Earth
,
or
to
the
Prohibiting
of
the
loading
on
Board
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
of
any
Wether-sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
or
other
Goods
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
that
by
the
aforesaid
Act
is
permitted
to
be
loaden
on
Board
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
for
the
necessary
Use
and
Provision
of
such
Ship
or
Vessel
,
as
aforesaid
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Proviso
for
Owners
of
Ships
that
have
offended
,
and
shall
first
discover
the
same
.
Provided
always
,
That
if
any
Owner
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
or
any
Master
or
Mariner
knowing
of
such
transportation
of
such
Sheep
,
Wooll
,
Wool-fels
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wool-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
Fulling-clay
,
or
Tobacco-pipe-clay
,
shall
within
three
months
next
after
the
knowledge
thereof
,
or
after
his
return
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Ireland
or
into
the
said
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
aforesaid
,
give
the
first
information
bona
fide
,
before
any
of
the
Barons
of
either
of
the
Courts
of
the
Exchequer
in
England
or
Ireland
,
for
the
time
being
,
or
before
the
head
Officer
of
any
Port
where
he
shall
first
arrive
,
upon
his
or
their
Oath
,
of
the
number
and
quantity
of
the
Goods
mentioned
in
this
Act
,
so
carried
,
conveyed
and
transported
,
and
by
whom
,
where
and
in
what
Ship
or
Vessel
,
and
afterwards
shall
be
ready
upon
reasonable
warning
by
Process
to
justifie
and
prove
the
same
,
That
then
such
Owner
and
Owners
,
Master
,
Mariner
and
Mariners
shall
not
be
punished
for
Felony
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
but
shall
nevertheless
be
subject
,
to
all
other
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
in
this
or
any
other
Act
contained
,
for
the
Offence
aforesaid
;
and
all
such
exportation
,
transportation
,
carrying
or
conveying
of
any
the
Goods
,
Common
Nusance
.
Wares
or
Commodities
in
this
Act
mentioned
,
is
hereby
declared
and
adjudged
to
be
a
Common
and
publick
Nusance
.
And
for
the
better
execution
of
this
Act
,
Be
it
further
enacted
,
Who
may
hear
and
determine
the
same
Offences
.
That
all
Justices
of
Assize
,
Justices
of
Goal-delivery
,
and
Justices
of
Peace
,
shall
enquire
of
all
the
Premisses
in
their
General
Quarter-Sessions
,
and
hear
and
determine
the
same
;
and
that
all
Mayors
,
Bailiffs
,
and
other
Head
Officers
of
Cities
,
Boroughs
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
.
Anno
Primo
GULIELMI
&
MARIAE
.
An
Act
for
the
better
Preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
Encouraging
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Kingdom
.
WHereas
through
the
Remisness
and
Negligence
of
Officers
and
others
in
not
putting
the
Laws
in
execution
against
the
exportation
of
Wooll
,
Preamble
Wooll-fells
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Fullers-Earth
,
Fulling-Clay
,
and
Tobacco-Pipe
Clay
;
And
also
by
reason
of
the
doubtfulness
of
some
Expressions
in
the
Statute
made
in
the
Twelfth
Year
of
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
Second
,
divers
great
quantities
of
Wooll
and
other
the
things
above
mentioned
,
have
been
Exported
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
England
and
Ireland
,
into
France
,
and
other
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
which
if
not
prevented
for
the
future
will
tend
to
the
utter
Ruine
and
Undoing
of
many
Thousands
of
Their
Majesties
Subjects
,
and
the
great
diminution
of
the
Trade
of
this
Kingdom
;
For
Preventing
whereof
,
and
for
the
better
Explanation
and
Execution
of
the
Laws
made
against
the
said
Exportation
;
And
for
preventing
Frauds
generally
Practised
to
avoid
the
Penalties
therein
mentioned
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
King
and
Queens
most
Excellent
Majesties
,
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
Assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
Wooll
carried
to
the
Sea-Coasts
to
be
Entred
.
That
all
and
every
Owner
of
Wooll
,
or
their
Agent
or
Agents
,
that
shall
at
any
time
Carry
or
cause
to
be
Carried
any
Wooll
to
any
Port
or
Place
on
the
Sea-Coasts
,
with
an
intention
to
Convey
the
same
to
any
other
Port
or
Place
on
the
Sea-Coasts
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
from
the
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
from
whence
the
same
may
be
Shipped
off
,
or
otherwise
Transported
,
Conveyed
,
or
Carried
into
Foreign
Parts
,
That
the
said
Owner
or
Owners
shall
in
the
first
place
cause
a
due
Entry
to
be
made
of
the
said
Wooll
,
at
the
Port
from
whence
the
same
shall
be
so
intended
to
be
Conveyed
,
containing
the
exact
Weight
,
Marks
and
Numbers
of
the
same
,
before
he
or
they
presume
to
Load
or
Carry
away
any
of
the
said
Wooll
,
within
Five
Miles
of
any
such
Port
or
Place
on
the
Sea-Coasts
from
whence
the
same
is
so
to
be
Conveyed
.
Penalty
And
if
any
Wooll
shall
be
carrying
towards
the
Sea
without
being
first
Entred
in
manner
aforesaid
,
the
Wooll
so
found
,
as
also
the
Horse
or
Horses
,
Cart
,
Waggon
or
other
Beasts
,
or
Carriages
conveying
the
same
,
shall
be
forfeited
and
lost
:
And
the
Person
or
Persons
Carrying
,
Driving
,
Aiding
or
Abetting
the
same
,
shall
suffer
and
forfeit
in
such
manner
as
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
now
in
force
against
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
is
provided
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
,
That
the
foregoing
Clause
is
not
intended
,
Persons
carrying
Wooll
from
Shearing
to
Certifie
nor
shall
be
Construed
to
extend
to
the
hindring
any
Person
or
Persons
,
from
carrying
his
or
their
Wooll
from
the
place
of
Shearing
the
same
on
Horses
,
or
by
Carts
and
Waggons
to
his
or
their
own
dwelling-House
or
Houses
,
or
Out-houses
thereunto
belonging
,
though
the
same
be
within
Five
Miles
or
less
of
the
Sea
,
so
as
such
person
or
persons
,
within
Ten
days
after
the
shearing
of
the
said
Wooll
,
and
before
he
or
they
remove
or
otherwise
dispose
of
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
from
the
place
where
it
was
first
carried
after
Shearing
,
do
under
his
or
their
hands
certifie
to
the
Officer
of
the
Customs
in
the
next
adjacent
Port
the
true
Quantity
of
the
said
Wooll
,
(
that
is
to
say
)
of
the
number
of
Fleeces
,
and
where
the
same
is
housed
,
and
that
such
person
or
persons
do
not
remove
or
otherwise
dispose
of
the
said
Wooll
to
any
other
place
,
without
first
certifying
the
Officer
of
such
Port
,
under
his
or
their
hands
,
of
his
intention
to
remove
the
same
,
Three
Days
at
least
before
such
removal
.
And
the
Officer
and
Officers
in
the
respective
Ports
,
Register
of
the
Certificates
.
and
the
Limits
of
such
Ports
,
are
hereby
required
to
receive
and
keep
such
Certificates
,
and
to
make
a
Register
of
them
.
But
in
case
any
such
person
or
persons
shall
neglect
to
make
and
send
such
Certificate
to
the
Officer
or
Officers
of
the
next
adjacent
Port
,
as
aforesaid
,
or
shall
remove
,
or
otherwise
dispose
of
any
of
the
said
Wooll
,
before
such
certificate
of
his
intention
so
to
do
,
be
made
and
delivered
,
as
aforesaid
,
such
person
or
persons
shall
have
no
benefit
by
this
Proviso
,
but
be
liable
to
the
Penalties
expressed
in
the
foregoing
Clause
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Cocquet
and
certificate
how
to
be
made
.
That
all
Cocquets
for
carrying
Wooll
from
any
Port
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
or
from
the
Port
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
shall
be
written
upon
Paper
and
not
Parchment
,
and
Signed
by
Three
of
the
chief
Officers
of
such
respective
Port
at
least
;
And
all
Certificates
of
Landing
the
same
again
in
any
other
of
the
said
Ports
,
or
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
shall
be
Signed
in
like
manner
;
And
that
all
such
Wooll
,
both
at
Shipping
and
Landing
,
shall
be
Weighed
in
the
presence
of
the
said
Officers
,
giving
such
Cocquets
and
Certificates
respectively
;
And
that
the
exact
Weight
,
Marks
,
and
Numbers
of
such
Wooll
,
so
Shipped
and
Landed
,
shall
be
likewise
particularly
expressed
in
both
Cocquet
and
Certificate
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Officers
Penalty
.
That
all
and
every
such
Officer
or
Officers
as
shall
not
observe
the
Directions
in
this
Act
before
mentioned
on
their
parts
to
be
performed
,
shall
be
deemed
,
and
adjudged
as
Aiders
and
Abettors
of
the
said
Transportation
,
and
suffer
the
Penalties
contained
in
the
Statutes
made
in
the
Twelfth
,
and
Thirteenth
and
Fourteenth
Years
of
King
Charles
the
Second
,
against
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
and
other
the
things
before
mentioned
.
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Ports
of
Import
-
and
Export
.
That
no
Wooll
shall
be
Shipped
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
but
from
these
Ports
following
,
(
viz.
)
Dublin
,
Waterford
,
Youghall
,
Kingsale
,
Cork
,
and
Drogheda
;
And
that
no
Wooll
shall
be
Imported
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
any
Ports
but
these
following
,
(
viz.
)
Liverpoole
,
Chester
,
Bristol
,
Minehead
,
Barnstaple
,
Bidiford
,
and
Exeter
.
And
for
the
better
and
more
effectual
Execution
of
this
and
other
Acts
made
against
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
Commissioners
to
execute
the
Act.
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Right
Honourable
Sir
Thomas
Pilkington
Lord
Mayor
of
the
City
of
London
,
Sir
Henry
Goodrick
Baronet
,
Sir
Patience
Ward
Knight
,
Sir
Matthew
Andrews
,
Knight
,
Sir
Benjamin
Newland
Knight
,
Sir
John
Matthews
Kt.
Sir
Peter
Rich
Knight
,
Sir
Robert
Dashwood
,
Sir
William
Portman
Knight
and
Baronet
,
Sir
Henry
Ashhurst
Baronet
,
Sir
Willam
Ashhurst
Knight
,
Sir
Richard
Newdigate
,
Sir
John
Fleet
,
William
Harbord
,
John
Summers
,
John
Sandford
,
Foot
Onslow
,
John
Pollexfen
,
Richard
Brett
,
William
Cranmore
,
Edward
Mountague
,
Esquires
,
Samuel
Hassel
,
William
Hassel
senior
,
John
Parish
,
John
Voyer
,
John
Gibbon
,
Barnard
Carter
,
Gentlemen
,
Mr.
Mountague
of
Horten
,
Sir
Thomas
Samuel
Baronet
,
William
Dugdale
Esq
John
Astley
of
Woley
Esq
Sir
William
Langham
,
Sir
John
Poley
Knight
,
Sir
Benjamin
Aylo
Je
Baronet
,
Sir
Robert
Jefferies
Knight
,
Sir
John
Lethuellier
Kt.
Sir
Gabriel
Roberts
Knight
,
Sir
Samuel
Dashwood
Knight
,
Sir
Thomas
Vernon
Kt.
Nathaniel
Tench
,
William
Hussey
,
Thomas
Canham
,
William
Gore
,
Hugh
Strode
,
Samuel
Meverell
,
John
Smith
,
Thomas
Firmin
,
Arthur
Moore
,
William
Crouch
,
Thomas
Heatly
,
Thomas
Sandys
,
William
Jolly
,
Esquires
,
Paris
Slaughter
,
Henry
Cornish
,
John
Devinck
,
Richard
Scott
,
David
Prole
,
Thomas
Crandall
,
Philip
Bickly
,
John
Paris
,
Richard
Harrison
,
John
Bustfeild
,
John
Haines
,
Edward
Bickly
,
Nicholas
Broking
,
William
Stanford
,
Benjamin
Ivie
,
Daniel
Ivie
,
Andrew
Jeffery
,
Thomas
Turner
,
Peter
Parr
,
Henry
Newcomb
,
Joseph
Prince
,
Matthew
Ferris
,
William
Spry
,
John
Keese
senior
,
John
Monkly
junior
,
William
Wrayford
,
John
Youat
,
Robert
Foster
,
John
Lavington
,
Thomas
Potter
,
Robert
Burridge
,
John
Upcott
,
John
Smith
,
John
Mudford
,
or
any
Five
of
them
,
be
Authorized
for
putting
this
and
other
the
said
Laws
in
execution
;
who
are
hereby
impowered
from
time
to
time
,
by
their
Agents
or
Substitutes
,
to
be
deputed
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
any
Five
or
more
of
them
,
to
seize
all
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
and
other
the
things
above
mentioned
,
which
shall
be
endeavoured
to
be
Transported
contrary
to
this
Act
;
and
also
to
sue
and
prosecute
all
Persons
offending
against
this
or
any
the
said
Laws
;
Any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
always
,
That
if
any
Owner
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
Owner
of
Ships
,
&c.
discovering
,
their
Reward
.
or
any
Master
or
Marriner
knowing
of
the
Exportation
of
any
Sheeps-Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wooll
flocks
,
Fullers
Earth
,
Fulling-Clay
,
or
Tobacco-Pipe
Clay
,
contrary
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
and
the
other
Acts
above
mentioned
,
shall
within
Three
Months
,
next
after
the
knowledge
thereof
,
or
after
his
return
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
or
Ireland
,
or
to
the
said
Town
of
Berwick
,
or
into
the
Dominion
of
Wales
aforesaid
,
give
the
first
Information
bona
fina
,
before
any
of
the
Barons
for
the
time
being
of
the
Court
of
Exchequer
in
England
,
or
the
Court
of
Exchequer
in
Ireland
,
or
before
any
Three
of
the
Commissioners
appointed
by
this
Act
,
for
the
more
effectual
putting
in
execution
this
and
other
Laws
made
against
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
or
before
the
Head
Officer
of
any
Port
where
he
shall
first
Arrive
,
upon
his
or
their
Oath
,
of
the
Number
and
Quantity
of
such
Sheeps-wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-Flocks
,
Fullers-earth
Fulling
Clay
,
or
Tobacco
Pipe
Clay
,
so
Carried
,
Conveyed
or
Exported
,
as
aforesaid
,
and
by
whom
,
where
,
and
in
what
Ship
or
Vessel
,
and
afterwards
shall
be
ready
upon
reasonable
warning
,
by
Process
to
Justifie
and
Prove
the
same
,
That
then
such
Owner
and
Owners
,
Master
,
Mariner
and
Mariners
,
shall
not
be
liable
or
subject
to
any
the
Penalties
or
Forfeitures
in
this
or
any
other
Act
contained
or
Enacted
,
for
the
Offence
aforesaid
,
but
shall
and
is
hereby
enabled
to
recover
and
receive
such
Benefit
and
Advantages
as
is
appointed
to
be
allowed
by
the
precedent
Act
or
Acts.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
the
Powers
given
to
the
said
Commissioners
shall
not
hinder
any
Person
or
Persons
lawfully
Authorized
from
seizing
Wooll
,
Persons
authorized
may
seize
,
&c.
or
prosecuting
any
Person
Offending
against
this
or
any
former
Act
made
against
the
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
and
other
the
things
above
mentioned
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Action
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Suit
or
Information
shall
be
Commenced
or
Prosecuted
against
any
Person
for
what
he
shall
do
in
pursuance
of
this
Act
,
Persons
Prosecuted
may
plead
the
general
Issue
.
such
Persons
so
Sued
shall
and
may
file
a
Common
Bail
,
or
enter
into
a
Common
Appearance
,
and
plead
the
general
Issue
,
Not
Guilty
;
And
upon
Issue
joyned
,
may
give
this
Act
in
Evidence
;
And
if
the
Plaintiff
or
Prosecutor
shall
become
Nonsuit
,
or
suffer
Discontinuance
,
or
if
a
Verdict
pass
against
him
,
or
if
upon
a
Demurrer
Judgment
pass
against
him
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
treble
Costs
and
Damages
for
his
Molestation
.
And
for
the
better
Execution
of
the
Powers
granted
by
this
Act
,
A
Register
of
Wooll
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
a
Register
be
kept
at
the
Custom
house
,
London
,
of
all
the
Wooll
from
time
to
time
Imported
from
Ireland
;
And
also
of
what
Wooll
shall
be
sent
from
one
Port
to
another
in
this
Kingdom
;
The
particular
Weights
and
Numbers
,
the
Ship
,
Masters
name
,
Owners
name
,
and
to
whom
Consigned
;
To
the
end
the
said
Commissioners
appointed
to
put
this
Act
in
Exexution
,
may
have
an
Inspection
thereinto
,
or
Copies
thereof
from
time
to
time
This
Act
to
continue
for
Three
Years
,
Continuance
of
the
Act.
and
from
thence
to
the
end
of
the
next
Sessions
of
Parliament
.
And
for
the
better
Encouragement
of
the
Manufacture
,
as
well
as
the
Growth
of
Wooll
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Woollen
Manufacture
may
be
exported
.
That
from
henceforward
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
,
and
for
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
to
buy
any
Cloth
,
Stuffs
,
Stockings
or
other
Manufacture
of
Wooll
made
in
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
the
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
and
the
same
freely
,
without
any
Molestation
or
Trouble
whatsoever
,
to
Export
into
any
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
paying
the
usual
Customs
.
Provided
,
Saving
to
the
Companies
Charters
.
That
nothing
contained
in
this
Act
,
shall
be
construed
to
avoid
the
Charters
and
Grants
made
to
the
Levant
Company
,
to
the
Eastland
Company
,
to
the
Russia
Company
,
to
the
African
Company
,
or
to
the
Priviledges
granted
to
them
,
or
any
of
them
.
Provided
also
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
Transport
from
the
Port
of
Southampton
only
,
Wooll
from
Southampton
only
may
be
transpored
to
-
Guernsey
,
&c.
for
the
only
use
or
behoof
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Islands
of
Guernsey
,
Jersey
,
Alderney
and
Sarke
,
and
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
there
made
,
One
thousand
Tods
of
unkembed
Wooll
for
the
Island
of
Guernsey
,
Two
thousand
Tods
of
unkembed
Wooll
for
the
Island
of
Jersey
,
Two
hundred
Tods
of
unkembed
Wooll
for
the
Island
of
Alderney
,
and
One
hundred
Tods
of
unkembed
Wooll
for
the
Island
of
Sarke
,
more
than
by
the
said
Act
made
in
the
Twelfth
Year
of
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
Second
is
Directed
and
Provided
for
the
same
,
to
be
done
according
to
the
same
Rules
,
Orders
and
Directions
and
under
the
like
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
as
in
the
said
Act
is
Directed
,
Ordained
,
Appointed
and
Inflicted
,
and
on
the
further
Penalty
of
Twenty
pounds
for
every
Tod
of
Wooll
,
and
Forfeiture
of
the
Wooll
it self
(
one
half
thereof
to
His
Majesty
,
one
quarter
part
thereof
to
the
Informer
,
and
the
other
quarter
part
to
the
Poor
of
the
said
Islands
)
in
case
any
Person
shall
again
Transport
,
or
attempt
to
transport
any
of
the
said
Wooll
,
from
the
said
Islands
,
for
every
Offence
therein
;
And
also
that
every
Person
so
offending
,
shall
from
and
after
the
First
Offence
be
incapable
of
having
or
enjoying
any
Grant
of
any
Wooll
from
the
said
Port
of
Southampton
,
nor
shall
ever
hereafter
have
any
Warrant
given
or
granted
him
for
that
purpose
;
The
said
Penalties
to
be
recovered
by
such
Person
as
shall
Sue
for
the
same
by
any
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
,
Priviledge
,
Wager
of
Law
,
Injunction
or
Order
of
Restraint
is
to
be
allowed
,
or
any
more
than
one
Imparlance
.
Anno
VII
&
VIII
.
GULIELMI
III
.
Regis
.
An
Act
for
the
more
Effectual
Preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
for
the
Incouraging
the
Importation
thereof
from
Ireland
.
WHereas
several
Laws
have
been
made
to
prevent
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
Preamble
.
yet
nevertheless
,
the
said
Exportation
is
still
continued
,
whereby
daily
Mischiefs
and
Evils
do
happen
,
and
a
Correspondence
with
France
is
maintained
,
to
the
great
prejudice
of
the
Government
,
and
discouragement
of
the
Manufacture
of
this
Kingdom
.
And
whereas
in
the
First
year
of
the
Reign
of
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
,
there
passed
an
Act
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
Incouraging
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Kingdom
,
which
Act
was
continued
,
by
an
Act
made
in
the
Fourth
and
Fifth
years
of
King
William
and
Queen
Mary
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Reviving
,
Continuing
and
Explaining
several
Laws
therein
mentioned
,
which
are
Expired
and
near
Expiring
,
and
will
now
soon
Expire
.
And
whereas
for
preventing
the
said
Mischiefs
,
W.
&
M.
continued
;
except
what
is
hereby
altered
,
&c.
it
is
necessary
the
said
Act
should
be
continued
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
advice
and
consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
Act
,
and
every
Clause
,
Matter
and
Thing
therein
contained
(
except
what
is
hereafter
otherwise
altered
,
explained
or
repealed
)
shall
continue
and
remain
in
full
force
,
as
if
the
same
were
herein
and
hereby
particularly
recited
and
mentioned
.
And
whereas
the
Statute
of
the
thirteenth
and
fourteenth
of
King
Charles
the
Second
,
So
much
of
the
Act
13
&
14
Car
.
2.
as
makes
Exporting
Wooll
Felony
,
repealed
.
made
against
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
among
other
things
in
the
said
Act
mentioned
,
doth
Enact
the
same
to
be
deemed
Felony
;
by
the
severity
of
which
Penalty
the
prosecution
of
Offenders
hath
not
been
so
effectually
put
in
Execution
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
so
much
of
the
said
Act
which
relates
to
the
making
the
said
Offence
Felony
,
be
repealed
and
made
void
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
for
the
better
Incouragement
of
the
Importation
of
Wooll
from
Ireland
,
Ports
of
Import
and
Export
.
that
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
from
the
place
or
places
in
the
said
Act
limited
,
to
Import
into
England
from
Ireland
,
any
quantity
or
quantities
of
Wooll
to
any
the
Ports
hereafter-mentioned
(
that
is
to
say
)
Whitehaven
in
the
County
of
Cumberland
,
Leverpoole
,
Chester
,
Bristoll
,
Bridgwater
,
Minehead
,
Barnstaple
and
Biddiford
,
and
to
no
other
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
thereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Commissioners
of
the
Customs
in
-
Ireland
,
shall
transmit
partculars
of
all
Wooll
exported
thence
for
England
.
That
the
Commissioners
or
Farmers
of
the
Customs
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
for
the
time
being
,
shall
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
once
every
six
months
,
transmit
or
cause
to
be
transmitted
unto
the
Commissioners
of
His
Majesties
Customs
in
England
,
a
true
account
of
all
such
Wooll
as
shall
be
from
time
to
time
Exported
from
any
of
the
places
within
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
from
whence
the
same
may
be
Exported
,
the
quantity
and
weight
thereof
,
and
by
whom
,
and
in
what
Ships
exported
,
and
where
Consigned
,
and
the
Names
of
the
persons
signing
the
Certificates
of
the
Landing
the
same
in
England
,
and
the
Date
of
the
said
Certificates
,
and
where
the
same
was
Landed
,
as
also
the
quantity
and
weight
contained
in
the
said
Certificates
;
in
Order
that
the
same
may
be
compared
with
the
Account
by
the
said
Act
appointed
to
be
kept
by
the
Commissioners
of
the
Customs
of
this
Kingdom
.
And
for
preventing
the
Mischiefs
of
Razing
,
Obliterating
or
Interlining
such
Certificates
,
as
aforesaid
,
Certificates
on
Paper
.
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
all
Certificates
given
for
the
Landing
of
Wooll
from
Ireland
,
or
from
one
Port
to
another
in
England
,
shall
be
written
upon
Paper
and
not
Parchment
,
and
that
the
quantities
therein
expressed
shall
not
be
obliterated
or
Interlined
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
.
And
whereas
the
several
Inhabitants
of
the
several
Counties
and
Shires
of
this
Realm
,
Clause
to
prevent
carrying
Wooll
to
Scotland
.
next
adjoyning
to
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
and
to
the
Sea-Coasts
,
do
reap
great
profit
and
advantage
by
the
carrying
out
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
Mortlings
,
Shorlings
,
Yarn
made
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Fullers-earth
,
and
Souring-clay
into
the
said
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
and
Exporting
of
them
into
France
,
and
other
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
to
the
great
prejudice
and
decay
of
the
Woollen
Manufacture
of
this
Realm
:
No
Wooll
&c.
shall
be
carried
by
land
near
the
Borders
of
Scotland
,
or
within
five
miles
of
the
Sea
,
but
between
Sun
and
Sun.
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
May
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
six
,
no
Wooll
,
or
any
other
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
shall
be
laid
or
loaden
on
any
Horse
,
or
other
Carriage
whatsoever
,
or
shall
be
carried
or
conveyed
by
Land
,
to
or
from
any
place
or
places
within
the
said
Counties
next
adjoyned
to
the
said
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
within
five
miles
of
the
Sea
Coast
,
as
aforesaid
,
but
between
Sun-rising
and
Sun-setting
,
under
the
Penalty
and
Forfeiture
of
the
said
Commodities
,
and
of
the
said
Horses
,
and
other
Cattle
and
Carriages
imployed
in
carrying
the
same
;
Penalty
.
and
that
no
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
export
or
carry
the
same
into
any
part
beyond
the
Seas
,
under
the
Penalty
and
Forfeiture
of
the
said
Commodities
,
Ship
and
Vessel
,
and
treble
the
value
thereof
,
with
treble
Costs
of
Suit
;
and
the
Inhabitants
of
the
respective
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
,
next
adjoyning
to
the
said
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
to
the
Sea-Coasts
out
of
,
or
through
which
any
Wooll
,
The
Penalty
upon
the
Hundred
or
Port
.
or
any
other
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
,
shall
be
so
carried
or
exported
,
shall
forfeit
Twenty
pounds
,
if
the
said
Wooll
so
carried
out
or
exported
,
shall
be
under
the
value
of
Ten
pounds
,
but
if
it
shall
be
of
greater
value
,
then
treble
the
value
thereof
so
exported
,
or
carried
out
of
the
said
Kingdom
,
as
also
treble
Costs
of
Suit
;
all
which
said
Penalties
,
Forfeitures
,
and
Costs
of
Suit
,
are
to
be
recovered
and
received
by
him
or
them
that
shall
Sue
for
the
same
,
and
to
be
prosecuted
by
any
Action
of
Debt
,
Suit
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
against
the
Inhabitants
of
such
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
,
out
of
,
or
through
which
the
said
Wooll
,
or
other
Commodities
shall
be
exported
,
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
where
no
Essoin
,
Protection
,
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
,
nor
any
more
than
one
Imparlance
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Execution
for
the
Informer
,
shall
be
had
on
the
Hundred
,
as
in
case
of
Robbery
,
by
Stat.
27.
Eliz
.
cap
.
13.
That
the
Execution
for
the
Informer
,
shall
and
may
be
had
against
two
or
more
of
the
said
Inhabitants
;
and
that
after
Execution
had
by
force
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
(
upon
complaint
made
by
the
Party
or
Parties
so
charged
)
to
and
for
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
same
County
or
Place
,
where
any
such
Execution
shall
be
had
,
at
their
General
Quarter-Sessions
to
be
held
for
the
said
County
or
Place
,
to
Assess
and
Tax
ratably
and
proportionably
,
according
to
their
Discretions
,
all
and
every
the
Towns
,
Parishes
,
Villages
and
Hamlets
in
the
said
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
,
in
the
same
manner
and
form
as
any
Hundred
ought
to
be
charged
in
case
of
Robbery
committed
,
for
the
persons
against
whom
Execution
shall
be
had
for
the
person
so
Robbed
,
pursuant
to
an
Act
made
in
the
Seven
and
twentieth
Year
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Following
of
the
Hue
and
Cry
;
And
that
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
said
County
or
Place
where
such
Fact
shall
be
committed
,
shall
and
are
hereby
impowred
and
required
at
their
General
Quarter-Sessions
,
to
be
held
for
the
said
County
or
Place
,
to
levy
the
Penalties
hereby
charged
upon
the
said
Inhabitants
by
an
equal
Assessment
upon
the
said
Inhabitants
,
and
reimburse
such
person
or
persons
,
Inhabitants
within
the
said
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
,
adjacent
to
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
or
the
Sea-Coasts
,
from
whence
the
said
Wooll
,
or
other
the
said
Commodities
shall
be
transported
,
in
the
same
manner
,
as
if
there
had
been
a
Judgment
at
Law
against
the
said
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Aiders
or
Abetters
shall
suffer
three
years
Imprisonment
.
That
all
persons
who
shall
be
aiding
,
abetting
or
assisting
in
carrying
or
exporting
any
of
the
said
Commodities
out
of
this
Realm
,
as
aforesaid
,
(
being
legally
convicted
thereof
)
shall
suffer
Three
years
Imprisonment
,
Owners
shall
answer
treble
the
value
to
the
Inhabitants
.
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
and
the
Owner
of
the
said
Wooll
,
or
of
any
other
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
,
and
all
and
every
person
or
persons
who
shall
be
aiding
,
abetting
or
assisting
in
carrying
or
exporting
of
them
or
any
of
them
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
shall
answer
and
satisfie
treble
the
value
of
all
such
Forfeitures
and
penalties
which
such
Inhabitants
shall
be
so
charged
with
,
Treble
costs
of
Suit
.
and
liable
to
,
as
also
treble
Costs
of
Suit
;
which
shall
and
may
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Suit
,
Bill
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
How
recoverable
.
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
nor
any
more
than
one
Imparlance
,
by
,
and
in
the
Name
of
the
Clerk
of
the
Peace
for
the
time
being
,
of
,
or
for
every
such
County
or
Place
,
without
naming
the
Christian
Name
,
or
Sirname
of
the
said
Clerk
of
the
Peace
;
which
treble
Value
and
treble
Costs
of
Suit
,
shall
be
to
the
only
use
and
behoof
of
the
said
Inhabitants
;
and
that
notwithstanding
the
Death
or
removal
of
any
such
Clerk
of
the
Peace
after
such
Action
of
Debt
,
Suit
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
sued
,
commenced
or
preferred
,
the
same
shall
be
prosecuted
and
pursued
to
Judgment
and
Execution
,
in
such
manner
and
form
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
that
Clerk
of
the
Peace
might
have
done
which
first
commenced
or
preferred
the
said
Action
of
Debt
,
Suit
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
.
And
for
the
better
and
more
impartial
Tryals
of
all
such
Actions
and
Informations
which
shall
be
commenced
or
prosecuted
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
Jury
shall
be
of
any
other
County
than
that
wherein
the
Fact
was
committed
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
such
Actions
and
Informations
shall
be
tryed
in
any
of
his
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
,
by
a
Jury
of
good
and
lawful
freeholders
,
to
be
summoned
out
of
any
other
Country
than
that
wherein
the
Fact
shall
be
committed
,
and
to
encourage
persons
to
discover
the
said
Crime
,
The
three
first
Aiders
informing
indempnified
,
the
first
three
persons
who
have
been
aiding
,
abetting
or
assisting
in
carrying
out
or
exporting
of
Wooll
,
or
any
other
of
the
Commodities
,
as
aforesaid
,
that
shall
inform
thereof
any
justice
of
the
Peace
in
either
of
the
said
several
Counties
aforesaid
,
whereby
the
Punishment
and
Penalties
appointed
by
this
Act
,
may
be
inflicted
and
recovered
,
the
Party
or
Parties
so
discovering
(
not
being
Owner
or
Part
Owners
of
the
said
Wooll
or
other
Commodities
aforesaid
)
shall
not
suffer
any
of
the
said
Penalties
or
Punishment
.
except
the
Owners
.
Action
against
Justice
of
Peace
,
&c.
shall
be
in
the
proper
County
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Action
or
Suit
shall
be
brought
and
prosecuted
by
any
person
or
persons
against
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
or
other
person
imployed
by
them
or
any
of
them
,
in
the
execution
of
this
Act
,
for
any
Matter
,
Cause
or
Thing
by
them
,
or
either
of
them
done
,
committed
or
executed
by
virtue
or
reason
of
this
Act
,
or
any
Clause
or
Article
therein
contained
,
That
then
and
in
every
such
Case
,
the
Action
shall
be
levyed
in
the
proper
County
where
the
Fact
was
done
and
committed
,
and
not
elsewhere
;
and
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
may
plead
the
General
Issue
,
and
give
the
special
Matter
in
Evidence
at
the
Tryal
,
That
the
same
was
done
in
pursuance
,
and
by
Authority
of
this
Act
;
And
if
upon
examination
it
shall
so
happen
to
be
done
,
the
Jury
shall
find
for
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
;
and
in
such
case
,
or
if
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
Nonsuit
,
or
discontinue
his
Action
after
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
hath
or
have
appeared
,
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
shall
have
and
recover
their
treble
Costs
,
which
he
or
they
shall
sustain
,
or
be
put
unto
by
reason
of
his
or
their
wrongful
Vexation
in
defence
of
the
said
Action
or
Suit
;
and
that
every
Action
,
Suit
,
Bill
,
Suit
within
a
year
after
Fact
committed
.
Plaint
or
Information
,
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
commenced
and
prosecuted
within
one
year
after
the
Fact
committed
.
Provided
always
,
That
if
any
person
who
is
Intituled
to
the
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
by
this
Act
given
,
Penalty
upon
persons
compounding
.
shall
compound
with
any
Hundred
,
Port
or
Place
exempt
,
hereby
liable
to
pay
the
same
,
for
any
lesser
Sum
than
what
is
hereby
given
,
That
it
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
,
be
lawful
for
any
other
person
to
Sue
for
and
Recover
the
same
in
manner
and
form
,
as
aforesaid
,
as
if
no
such
Composition
had
been
made
,
and
the
person
so
compounding
,
shall
for
such
his
Offence
suffer
five
years
Imprisonment
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
;
and
this
Act
to
continue
in
force
for
three
years
,
Continuance
of
the
Act.
and
from
thence
to
the
end
of
the
next
Session
of
Parliament
.
And
for
the
better
preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
Admiralty
shall
appoint
Cruizers
.
and
Correspondence
with
France
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Lord
High
Admiral
of
England
or
Commissioners
for
executing
the
Office
of
Lord
High
Admiral
for
the
time
being
,
shall
from
time
to
time
direct
and
appoint
,
one
Ship
of
the
Fifth
Rate
,
and
two
Ships
of
the
Sixth
Rate
,
and
four
Armed
Sloops
,
constantly
to
cruize
from
off
the
North-foreland
to
the
Isle
of
Wight
,
with
orders
for
taking
and
seizing
all
Ships
,
Vessels
or
Boats
,
which
shall
export
any
Wooll
,
or
carry
or
bring
any
prohibited
Goods
,
or
any
suspected
Persons
.
Anno
IX
&
X.
GULIELMI
III
.
Regis
.
An
Act
for
the
Explanation
and
better
Execution
of
former
Acts
made
against
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
Fullers
Earth
and
Scouring
Clay
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
several
Laws
have
been
made
to
prevent
the
exportation
of
Wooll
and
Fullers
earth
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
yet
nevertheless
the
said
Exportation
is
still
notoriously
continued
,
to
the
great
prejudice
and
discouragement
of
the
Woollen
Trade
and
Manufacture
of
England
:
And
whereas
in
the
First
Year
of
the
Reign
of
his
present
Majesty
King
William
and
the
late
Queen
Mary
,
there
passed
an
Act
,
1
W.
&
M.
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
Preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
Encouraging
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Kingdom
;
which
Act
was
continued
by
one
other
Act
made
in
the
Fourth
and
Fifth
Years
of
Their
said
Majesties
Reign
,
4
&
5
W.
&
M.
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Reviving
,
Continuing
and
Explaining
several
Laws
therein
mentioned
,
which
were
Expired
and
near
Expiring
;
Which
said
Act
was
further
continued
in
the
Seventh
year
of
His
present
Majesties
Reign
,
with
some
Alterations
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
more
effectual
preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
from
Ireland
;
7
W.
3.
which
Act
is
now
near
expiring
:
And
whereas
for
preventing
the
said
mischiefs
it
is
necessary
the
said
last
mentioned
Act
,
with
some
convenient
alterations
,
should
be
continued
,
and
also
that
there
should
be
some
more
effectual
Remedies
than
hath
been
hitherto
provided
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
the
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
Assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
last
mentioned
Act
,
made
in
the
Seventh
year
of
his
Majesties
Reign
,
and
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
more
effectual
preventing
the
exportation
of
Wooll
,
7
W.
3.
continued
.
and
for
encouraging
the
importation
of
Wooll
from
Ireland
,
and
every
clause
,
matter
and
thing
therein
contained
,
except
what
is
hereby
otherwise
altered
,
explained
,
enlarged
or
repealed
,
shall
continue
and
be
in
full
Force
,
as
if
the
same
were
herein
and
hereby
particularly
recited
and
mentioned
.
And
whereas
under
a
pretention
of
carrying
Fullers
Earth
and
Scouring
Clay
into
Ireland
,
the
same
is
conveyed
into
Scotland
and
other
Foreign
Parts
,
to
the
further
prejudice
of
the
Woolled
Manufacture
of
this
Kingdom
,
After
24.
June
,
1698.
No
Fullers
earth
or
Scouring
Clay
shall
be
exported
.
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
from
and
after
the
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
eight
,
no
Fullers
Earth
or
Scouring
Clay
shall
be
exported
out
of
this
Kingdom
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
,
upon
Tweed
,
into
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
or
into
any
other
Foreign
Parts
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
but
that
the
Exporters
,
being
legally
Convicted
,
shall
be
liable
to
the
Forfeitures
of
One
Shilling
for
every
Pound
Weight
.
Penalty
.
And
whereas
it
is
a
common
practice
in
Romney
Marsh
Romney
Marsh
.
and
other
Places
adjacent
,
for
evil
disposed
persons
to
sheer
their
Sheep
,
and
Lodge
Wooll
near
the
Sea-side
,
and
sometimes
to
bring
Wooll
out
of
the
Countrey
more
remote
,
and
Lodge
it
,
as
aforesaid
,
where
by
fraud
and
force
,
in
the
night
time
,
the
said
persons
do
cause
the
same
to
be
transported
to
France
,
Trade
of
France
increased
by
our
Wooll
.
Wooll
lodged
within
10
Miles
of
the
Sea
,
in
Kent
and
Sussex
,
Owner
shall
give
an
account
within
three
days
after
shearing
and
the
like
notice
upon
removal
,
to
the
increase
of
the
Trade
of
that
kingdom
,
and
the
destruction
of
the
Trade
of
England
:
To
prevent
these
practices
for
the
future
,
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Owner
and
Owners
of
Wooll
shorn
or
housed
,
laid
up
or
lodged
within
Ten
Miles
of
the
Sea-side
,
within
the
Counties
of
Kent
and
Sussex
,
shall
be
obliged
to
give
an
exact
account
in
writing
,
within
three
days
after
the
shearing
thereof
,
of
his
,
her
or
their
Number
of
Fleeces
,
and
where
lodged
or
housed
,
to
the
next
adjoyning
Port
,
or
Officer
of
His
Majesties
Customs
;
and
the
like
notice
before
he
,
she
or
they
shall
presume
to
remove
any
part
or
parcel
thereof
,
of
the
said
number
of
Fleeces
and
Weight
;
and
the
name
and
abode
of
the
person
or
persons
to
whom
it
is
disposed
;
and
the
place
to
which
it
is
intended
to
be
carried
;
and
take
a
Certificate
.
and
to
take
a
Certificate
from
the
Officer
who
first
entred
the
same
,
upon
the
Penalty
of
Forfeiting
all
such
Wooll
as
shall
not
be
so
entred
or
otherwise
disposed
of
,
and
the
Owner
or
Owners
also
to
be
liable
to
the
further
Penalties
of
Three
Shillings
for
every
Pound
weight
of
all
such
Wooll
,
Penalty
.
as
if
the
same
had
been
actually
transported
;
which
said
Account
the
Officers
respectively
are
hereby
required
to
take
gratis
,
and
to
give
such
Certificate
or
Certificates
,
without
delay
,
to
the
party
or
parties
demanding
the
same
,
and
shall
therein
specifie
the
Name
or
Names
of
the
Owners
and
Buyers
thereof
,
and
limit
it
to
such
times
and
places
to
be
removed
;
for
which
Duty
and
Service
the
said
Officer
or
Officers
shall
take
and
demand
the
Sum
of
Six
Pence
and
no
more
for
each
Certificate
,
6
d
.
for
every
Certificate
.
upon
any
account
or
pretence
whatsoever
.
And
whereas
it
is
a
common
Practice
in
the
said
Marsh
,
for
divers
persons
not
Resident
upon
the
place
,
to
buy
up
great
quantities
of
Wooll
,
and
transport
,
or
cause
the
same
to
be
transported
out
of
this
Kingdom
:
Persons
buying
Wooll
within
15
Miles
of
the
Sea
in
Kent
and
Sussex
,
shall
give
Bond
to
the
King
.
For
preventing
such
Practices
for
the
future
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
person
or
persons
Residing
within
Fifteen
Miles
of
the
Sea
,
in
the
said
Counties
of
Kent
and
Sussex
,
shall
presume
to
Buy
any
Wooll
,
before
they
do
enter
in
to
Bond
to
the
Kings
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
or
Successors
,
with
Sureties
,
that
all
the
Wooll
they
buy
shall
not
be
sold
by
them
to
any
person
or
persons
within
Fifteen
Miles
of
the
Sea
;
Wooll
carried
toward
the
Sea
,
not
entred
,
&c.
forfeited
.
and
in
case
any
Wooll
be
found
carrying
towards
the
Sea-side
in
the
Counties
aforesaid
,
unless
such
Wooll
be
first
entred
,
and
security
given
,
the
same
shall
be
Forfeited
,
and
the
person
or
persons
offending
therein
,
and
Three
shillings
per
Pound
Weight
.
shall
also
Forfeit
Three
Shillings
for
every
Pound
weight
of
all
such
Wooll
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Forfeitures
upon
removing
Wooll
.
That
no
Wooll
removed
from
the
place
where
it
was
first
housed
,
lodged
or
laid
after
Shearing
,
within
Ten
Miles
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
lodged
after
the
first
removing
within
Fifteen
Miles
of
the
Sea
,
in
the
Counties
aforesaid
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
all
such
Wooll
,
if
found
;
but
if
carried
away
,
then
every
person
or
persons
who
were
the
Owners
of
the
said
Wooll
,
to
forfeit
for
every
Pound
weight
the
Sum
of
Three
Shillings
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Distance
of
Miles
on
Forfeitures
.
That
all
and
every
person
or
persons
that
shall
lay
,
or
cause
to
be
laid
or
hid
any
Wooll
,
within
Fifteen
Miles
of
the
Sea
,
and
not
entred
,
as
aforesaid
,
Persons
laying
Claim
to
Wooll
seized
shall
give
Security
.
all
such
Wooll
shall
be
seized
and
forfeited
,
That
upon
any
seizure
of
such
Wooll
,
every
person
laying
claim
to
the
same
,
shall
give
sufficient
Security
in
His
Majesties
Court
of
Exchequer
(
if
cast
upon
Tryal
)
to
Pay
Treble
Costs
,
over
and
above
the
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
aforesaid
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Persons
Sued
may
Plead
the
general
Issue
.
That
if
any
Action
or
Suit
shall
be
brought
and
Prosecuted
by
any
person
or
persons
,
against
any
person
imployed
in
the
execution
of
this
Act
,
for
any
matter
,
clause
or
thing
by
them
or
either
of
them
done
,
committed
or
executed
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
or
any
clause
or
article
therein
contained
,
that
then
and
in
every
such
case
,
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
may
Plead
the
General
Issue
,
and
give
the
special
Matter
in
Evidence
at
the
Tryal
,
that
the
same
was
done
in
pursuance
and
by
Authority
of
this
Act
;
And
if
upon
Examination
it
shall
so
happen
to
be
done
,
the
Jury
shall
find
for
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
:
And
in
such
case
,
or
if
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
Nonsuit
,
or
discontinue
his
Action
,
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
shall
have
and
recover
treble
Costs
,
which
he
or
they
shall
sustain
or
be
put
unto
,
by
reason
of
his
or
their
wrongful
Vexation
in
Defence
of
the
said
Action
or
Suit
.
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
The
forfeitures
be
-
1
Third
to
His
Majesty
,
and
-
2
Thirds
to
the
Seizer
.
That
all
the
Forfeitures
and
Penalties
before
in
this
Act
mentioned
,
shall
be
distributed
in
manner
and
form
following
,
viz.
One
third
part
to
the
Use
of
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
Two
thirds
to
the
use
of
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
Seize
or
Sue
for
the
same
,
by
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
at
Westminster
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
.
And
whereas
by
an
Act
of
Parliament
made
in
the
Twelfth
year
of
the
Reign
of
King
Charles
the
Second
,
12
Car
.
2.
cap
.
3●
.
It
is
Enacted
,
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
should
,
at
any
time
thereafter
,
be
Impeached
for
any
Offence
against
the
said
Act
,
unless
such
persons
be
Prosecuted
within
One
year
next
ensuing
such
Offence
committed
:
And
whereas
a
great
many
persons
who
have
been
guilty
of
transporting
Wooll
,
but
discovery
thereof
hath
not
been
made
till
the
expiration
of
Twelve
months
after
the
Offence
committed
,
to
the
great
encouragement
of
several
notorious
Offenders
;
For
the
prevention
whereof
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Transporters
of
Wooll
may
be
Sued
at
any
time
within
3
years
after
Offence
Committed
.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
His
Majesty
,
to
cause
such
person
or
persons
as
are
or
shall
be
guilty
of
transporting
or
causing
to
be
transported
any
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Fullers
Earth
or
Scouring
Clay
,
to
be
Sued
and
Prosecuted
at
any
time
within
Three
years
after
the
Offence
committed
,
in
the
same
manner
as
Informations
,
or
other
Penal
Statutes
,
have
been
usually
,
and
may
lawfully
be
Prosecuted
.
And
for
the
better
preventing
the
carrying
of
Wooll
into
S
otland
from
England
,
Clause
to
prevent
Wooll
being
carried
into
Scotland
.
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
the
said
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
all
and
every
Owner
or
Owners
of
Wooll
Shorn
,
Laid
up
or
Lodged
within
Fifteen
Miles
of
the
Borders
of
Scotland
shall
and
are
hereby
required
to
give
an
exact
Account
of
his
,
Registring
pursuant
to
1
W.
&
M.
cap
.
32.
her
or
their
Number
of
Fleeces
,
and
where
Lodged
or
Housed
,
to
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
be
Appointed
and
Impowered
for
that
purpose
,
pursuant
to
the
direction
or
true
meaning
of
the
aforesaid
Act
of
Parliament
,
made
in
the
First
year
of
His
present
Majesty
and
the
late
Queen
;
Which
person
or
persons
shall
give
attendance
for
that
purpose
,
at
the
several
Ports
and
Market
Towns
,
within
the
aforesaid
distance
of
Fifteen
Miles
;
And
shall
and
are
hereby
required
to
make
a
true
Entry
of
such
Wooll
,
in
a
Book
to
be
kept
for
that
purpose
;
Penalty
upon
removing
without
Licence
.
and
in
case
any
Owner
or
Owners
of
such
Wooll
,
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
give
such
Account
to
such
person
or
persons
,
as
shall
after
such
notice
given
remove
such
Wooll
,
or
any
part
of
it
,
without
Licence
from
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
have
made
such
entry
,
he
,
she
or
they
so
neglecting
or
refusing
,
or
removing
afterwards
his
,
her
or
their
Wooll
,
or
any
part
of
it
,
without
Licence
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
Three
Shillings
for
every
Pound
Weight
of
such
Wooll
;
And
all
the
Wooll
that
shall
be
found
within
the
distance
aforesaid
,
of
the
Borders
of
Scotland
not
Entred
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
,
and
is
hereby
forfeited
,
One
third
Part
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
Two
third
Parts
to
him
or
them
who
shall
Sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
in
which
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
,
or
more
than
One
Imparlance
shall
be
allowed
.
And
whereas
by
an
Act
made
in
the
Parliament
held
in
the
Seventh
and
Eighth
Years
of
His
present
Majesty
,
Intituled
,
7
&
8
W.
3.
cap
.
28
An
Act
for
the
more
effectual
preventing
the
exportation
of
Wooll
,
and
for
the
incouraging
the
importation
thereof
from
Ireland
,
amongst
other
things
it
is
Enacted
,
That
the
Hundred
out
of
which
any
Wooll
shall
be
exported
,
be
liable
to
such
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
as
is
mentioned
in
the
said
Act
:
But
the
Hundred
of
Winchelsea
in
the
Cinque
Ports
,
being
divided
by
a
Navigable
Arm
of
the
Sea
,
so
that
the
Inhabitants
on
the
one
side
thereof
cannot
be
privy
to
,
or
prevent
what
is
done
by
those
of
the
other
:
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Winchelsea-Hundred
.
That
the
said
Hundred
of
Winchelsea
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
,
in
respect
to
the
said
Act
,
as
Two
distinct
Hundreds
(
that
is
to
say
)
the
Part
of
the
one
side
of
the
said
arm
of
the
Sea
as
one
Hundred
,
and
the
Part
on
the
other
side
as
one
other
intire
Hundred
;
and
the
Penalties
which
may
be
Forfeited
for
suffering
such
Exportation
,
shall
Affect
,
Charge
and
be
Levied
on
that
Part
only
of
the
said
Hundred
which
lies
on
the
same
side
of
the
said
Arm
of
the
Sea
,
out
of
which
such
Exportation
was
made
and
permitted
,
any
thing
in
this
or
any
other
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
nothing
in
this
Act
shall
be
construed
to
extend
to
divide
the
said
Hundred
in
any
other
particular
but
in
this
only
.
Anno
XIV
.
CAROLI
II
.
Regis
.
An
Act
to
restrain
the
Exportation
of
Leather
and
raw
Hides
out
of
the
Realm
of
England
.
WHereas
notwithstanding
the
many
good
Laws
before
this
time
made
,
and
still
in
force
,
prohibiting
the
exportation
of
Leather
out
of
this
Realm
;
and
the
Penalty
by
those
Acts
imposed
,
by
the
cunning
and
subtilty
of
some
persons
,
and
the
neglect
of
others
who
ought
to
take
care
thereof
,
there
are
such
quantities
of
Leather
daily
exported
to
Foreign
Parts
,
that
the
price
of
Leather
is
grown
to
those
Excessive
Rates
,
that
many
Artificers
working
Leather
,
cannot
Furnish
themselves
with
sufficient
store
thereof
,
for
the
carrying
on
of
their
Trades
;
and
the
poor
sort
of
people
are
not
able
to
buy
those
things
made
of
Leather
,
which
of
necessity
they
must
make
use
of
:
For
redress
of
which
Griefs
,
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Kings
most
excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
advice
and
consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
the
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
assembled
,
What
Skins
or
Hides
tanned
,
may
not
be
Transported
.
That
from
and
after
the
first
day
of
May
now
next
ensuing
,
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
shall
carry
or
transport
,
or
cause
to
be
carried
or
transported
out
of
England
into
Scotland
,
Ireland
,
or
into
any
the
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
,
otherwise
,
or
in
any
other
manner
than
is
by
this
present
Act
directed
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
none
of
the
Skins
or
Hides
aforesaid
,
which
sha
l
happen
to
be
taken
from
any
of
the
Beasts
aforesaid
,
within
any
Island
whatsoever
,
belonging
to
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
(
except
Ireland
)
shall
be
transported
out
of
that
Island
,
into
any
other
place
but
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
The
Penalty
.
upon
pain
of
forfeiture
for
every
such
offence
,
double
the
value
of
the
Skins
or
Hides
so
to
be
transported
out
of
the
said
Island
or
any
of
them
,
to
any
other
place
than
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
;
the
same
forfeiture
to
be
sued
for
and
disposed
as
hereafter
in
this
Act
is
directed
.
And
for
the
better
preventing
of
such
mischiefs
as
are
intended
to
be
remedied
by
this
Act
,
What
Leather
must
be
bought
only
in
open
Fairs
or
Markets
for
selling
Leather
.
Be
it
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
red
tanned
Leather
made
of
the
Hides
or
Skins
of
any
the
beasts
aforesaid
,
of
what
kind
or
nature
soever
,
shall
be
bought
only
in
the
open
and
Common
Fair
or
Market
used
for
the
putting
of
Leather
to
sale
,
and
not
in
any
House
,
Tanners
Yard
,
Shop
,
or
other
place
whatsoever
,
on
pain
that
such
person
or
persons
that
shall
not
accordingly
do
the
same
,
shall
for
every
such
offence
forfeit
the
same
Leather
,
The
Penalty
.
or
the
value
thereof
,
and
the
contract
for
the
sale
thereof
shall
be
void
;
and
all
such
Leather
shall
be
searched
and
sealed
by
the
Searchers
and
Sealers
thereunto
appointed
,
before
the
same
be
put
to
sale
,
and
upon
such
sale
shall
be
registred
,
and
a
true
Entry
thereof
made
both
by
the
Buyer
and
Seller
,
who
are
both
to
be
present
at
such
Registring
thereof
,
and
both
their
names
and
places
of
abode
entred
into
the
Book
of
the
said
Register
,
on
pain
that
every
such
Buyer
or
Seller
that
shall
not
accordingly
do
the
same
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
forfeit
the
same
Leather
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
and
the
forfeiture
shall
be
recovered
and
employed
in
such
manner
as
hereafter
in
this
Act
is
directed
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Penalty
for
Transportation
of
any
Leather
or
raw
Hides
.
That
if
any
person
or
persons
shall
be
found
guilty
of
the
Transportation
of
any
Leather
,
or
raw
Hides
of
any
the
Beasts
aforesaid
(
excepting
such
Calves
Skins
and
Sheep
Skins
,
dressed
without
the
Wooll
,
as
by
Law
may
be
transported
)
contrary
to
the
provision
of
this
Act
,
he
shall
from
thenceforth
be
disabled
to
trade
or
deal
in
Leather
for
the
future
,
and
shall
for
every
such
Offence
forfeit
the
Sum
of
Five
hundred
pounds
,
to
be
sued
for
,
and
disposed
as
hereafter
in
this
Act
is
directed
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
this
Act
,
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
the
prohibiting
the
transportation
of
any
Leather
made
into
Boots
,
Shoes
or
Slippers
,
but
that
the
same
may
be
transported
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Who
may
search
and
seize
Leather
or
Hides
intended
to
be
transported
.
And
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
respective
Masters
and
Wardens
of
the
Cordwainers
,
Sadlers
,
Girdlers
and
Curriers
of
the
City
of
London
,
and
their
Deputies
,
and
all
Customers
,
Comptrollers
,
Farmers
of
Customs
,
Supervisors
,
Searchers
,
and
other
Officers
belonging
to
the
Customs
,
and
to
and
for
all
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Mayors
,
and
chief
Officers
of
Corporations
within
this
Realm
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
or
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Tweed
,
from
time
to
time
,
as
well
by
Land
as
by
Water
,
to
search
for
,
and
seize
any
Leather
,
or
raw
Hides
wrought
or
unwrought
,
cut
or
uncut
,
packed
up
or
unpacked
,
intended
or
purposed
to
be
transported
by
any
person
or
persons
into
any
parts
beyond
the
Seas
,
or
into
Scotland
,
other
than
Calves
Skins
and
Sheep
Skins
,
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
divers
Tanners
do
shave
,
cut
and
rake
their
upper-leather
Hides
all
over
,
Shaving
of
Leather
by
Tanners
.
and
the
Necks
of
their
backs
and
buts
,
to
the
great
impairing
thereof
,
and
the
extream
prejudice
of
the
Kingdom
,
Be
it
therefore
enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Tanner
,
who
after
the
Nine
and
twentieth
day
of
September
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
sixty
and
two
,
shall
commit
any
such
Offence
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
all
the
said
Leather
,
Backs
,
The
Penalty
.
Buts
or
Calves
Skins
so
shaved
,
cut
or
raked
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Searchers
and
Sealers
of
Leather
to
seize
the
same
.
Leaden-Hall
,
London
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Market
for
Leather
in
Leaden-Hall
in
London
,
shall
be
kept
on
the
Tuesday
,
as
now
it
is
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
How
the
Penalties
shall
be
recovered
.
That
all
the
penalties
and
forfeitures
,
and
every
sum
or
sums
of
money
for
any
offence
or
offences
herein
before
mentioned
,
shall
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
or
Information
,
to
be
brought
for
the
same
in
any
Court
or
Courts
at
Westminster
,
or
in
any
Court
or
Courts
of
Record
in
the
City
,
Town
,
County
or
Place
where
the
said
offence
shall
be
committed
,
wherein
no
Wager
of
Law
,
Protection
or
Essoin
shall
be
admitted
,
neither
shall
the
same
be
removed
out
of
the
said
County
,
City
or
Town-corporate
;
the
one
half
of
the
said
Forfeitures
to
be
to
the
use
of
the
Kings
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
half
thereof
to
the
use
of
the
Informer
or
Informers
that
shall
sue
for
the
fame
.
Provided
also
,
and
be
it
Enacted
,
Transportation
of
Leather
declared
a
common
Nusance
.
That
all
such
Exportation
,
or
Transportation
of
any
Hides
or
Leather
,
contrary
to
this
Act
,
is
hereby
adjudged
and
declared
to
be
a
common
and
publick
Nusance
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
this
Act
shall
not
extend
,
Leather
for
necessary
use
of
Ships
in
Voyages
.
or
be
construed
to
prohibit
the
carrying
or
conveying
of
any
such
Hides
or
Leather
,
which
shall
be
used
or
employed
for
the
necessary
use
,
or
provision
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
in
any
Voyage
beyond
the
Seas
,
and
which
shall
not
be
sold
in
any
Foreign
Parts
,
so
as
the
number
do
not
exceed
six
raw
Hides
,
and
three
Tanned
Hides
.
Provided
always
nevertheless
,
and
be
it
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
Artificers
dealing
in
cutting
of
Leather
in
London
,
or
within
three
miles
thereof
.
That
all
and
every
Artificer
dealing
in
cutting
of
Leather
,
or
other
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
which
shall
hereafter
buy
any
red
tanned
Leather
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
three
miles
thereof
,
shall
before
the
next
Market
day
within
the
said
place
for
sale
of
Leather
,
give
notice
thereof
to
one
or
more
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
then
exercising
and
using
the
Art
and
Mystery
of
a
Currier
within
the
said
City
of
London
,
and
three
miles
thereof
,
and
within
three
weeks
after
such
notice
shall
deliver
,
or
cause
to
be
delivered
the
said
Leather
so
bought
,
except
such
part
thereof
as
shall
be
used
for
Soles
,
without
being
Curried
,
Tallowed
,
or
Dressed
,
unto
the
said
Currier
or
Curriers
to
whom
such
notice
was
given
,
to
the
intent
that
the
same
may
be
Curried
,
Tallowed
,
or
otherwise
Dressed
,
as
is
directed
and
appointed
by
one
Act
made
in
the
first
year
of
King
James
,
Chapter
twenty
second
,
touching
the
Duty
of
Tanners
,
Curriers
,
Shoe-Makers
and
others
,
upon
penalty
of
the
forfeiture
of
Six
shillings
eight
pence
for
every
Back
,
Butt
,
Hide
or
Calves
Skin
so
bought
,
and
not
delivered
,
Leather
used
in
London
,
or
within
three
miles
,
to
be
searched
and
allowed
by
the
Wardens
of
the
Curriers
there
.
as
aforesaid
,
for
the
uses
,
and
to
be
recovered
,
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
it
is
Enacted
amongst
other
things
,
by
the
said
Act
made
in
the
first
year
of
King
James
,
That
no
person
or
persons
shall
by
any
means
occupy
,
or
put
in
any
Made-wares
within
the
City
of
London
,
or
three
miles
of
the
same
City
,
any
Curried
Leather
before
the
same
shall
be
searched
and
allowed
by
the
Wardens
of
the
Curriers
of
London
for
the
time
being
,
or
such
person
as
they
shall
thereto
assign
,
and
be
sealed
with
a
Seal
therefore
to
be
prepared
,
upon
pain
that
every
Shoe-maker
and
other
Artificer
,
Cutter
of
Leather
,
offending
against
that
Article
,
should
forfeit
for
every
Hide
or
Skin
otherwise
Curried
or
employed
,
as
is
aforesaid
,
The
penalty
.
Six
shillings
eight
pence
,
and
the
value
of
every
such
Hide
or
Skin
:
Be
it
therefore
further
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
for
the
time
being
,
or
such
persons
as
they
shall
thereto
assign
,
shall
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
seasonable
times
in
the
day-time
,
enter
into
any
Ware-house
,
Shop
,
Cellar
,
or
other
place
within
the
said
City
of
London
,
or
three
miles
of
the
same
City
,
belonging
unto
any
of
the
said
Cordwainers
,
Sadlers
,
Girdlers
,
or
other
person
or
persons
,
being
Artificers
,
dealing
in
cutting
Leather
,
and
in
the
presence
of
any
two
or
more
of
them
,
to
search
for
,
and
seize
all
such
Leather
intended
to
be
prohibited
to
be
used
by
the
said
Clause
,
Branch
or
Article
,
as
aforesaid
,
as
also
for
all
Wares
made
of
such
Leather
;
Penalties
for
opposing
the
Searching
.
And
if
any
such
person
or
persons
,
Artificers
or
Dealers
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
oppose
or
refuse
to
permit
the
said
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
,
or
such
persons
as
they
shall
thereto
assign
,
to
make
any
such
search
or
seizure
,
as
aforesaid
,
he
or
they
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Offence
the
sum
of
Twenty
Pounds
for
the
Uses
,
and
to
be
recovered
,
as
aforesaid
;
And
if
any
of
the
said
Artificers
and
Dealers
in
cutting
of
Leather
,
do
refuse
to
be
present
with
the
said
Searchers
,
whensoever
the
same
shall
be
desired
by
the
said
Master
and
Wardens
of
the
Company
of
Curriers
,
or
such
persons
thereto
assigned
by
them
,
as
aforesaid
,
then
for
every
such
default
the
persons
so
refusing
shall
forfeit
the
sum
of
Ten
pounds
for
the
Uses
,
and
to
be
recovered
,
as
aforesaid
.
Anno
X
&
XI
.
GULIELMI
III
.
Regis
.
An
Act
to
prevent
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
out
of
the
Kingdoms
of
Ireland
and
England
into
Foreign
parts
;
And
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
in
the
Kingdom
of
England
.
FOrasmuch
as
Wooll
and
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
Cloth
,
Serge
,
Bays
,
Preamble
.
Kerseys
and
other
Stuffs
made
or
mixed
with
Wooll
,
are
the
greatest
and
most
profitable
Commodities
of
this
Kingdom
,
on
which
the
value
of
Lands
,
and
the
Trade
of
the
Nation
do
chiefly
depend
:
And
whereas
great
Quantities
of
the
like
Manufactures
have
of
late
been
made
,
and
are
daily
increasing
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
and
in
the
English
Plantations
in
America
,
and
are
exported
from
thence
to
Foreign
Markets
,
heretofore
supplied
from
England
,
which
will
inevitably
sink
the
Value
of
Lands
,
and
tend
to
the
ruine
of
the
Trade
,
and
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
this
Realm
:
For
the
Prevention
whereof
,
and
for
the
Encouragement
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
within
this
Kingdom
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Lords
Spiritual
and
Temporal
,
and
Commons
in
this
present
Parliament
Assembled
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
No
person
after
24
June
,
1699.
shall
Export
Wooll
,
&c.
from
Ireland
,
for
Foreign
parts
.
That
no
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
from
and
after
the
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
nine
,
shall
directly
or
indirectly
Export
,
Transport
,
Ship
off
,
Carry
or
Convey
,
or
Cause
or
Procure
to
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
Shipped
off
,
Carried
or
Conveyed
out
of
,
or
from
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
any
Foreign
Realm
,
States
or
Dominions
,
or
into
any
parts
or
places
whatsoever
,
other
than
the
parts
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
any
the
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Serge
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Says
,
Prizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth-Serges
,
Shalloons
,
or
any
other
Drapery
Stuffs
or
Woollen
Manufactures
whatsoever
,
made
up
or
mixed
with
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
;
Nor
carry
,
load
or
board
any
Wooll
,
&c.
or
shall
directly
or
indirectly
Load
or
cause
to
be
Loaden
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
or
other
Carriage
,
or
Load
or
Lay
on
Board
,
or
cause
to
be
Laden
or
Laid
on
Board
in
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
in
any
place
or
parts
within
,
or
belonging
to
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
any
such
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Serges
,
Says
,
Frizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth-Serges
,
Shalloons
,
or
any
other
Drapery
or
Woollen
Manufactures
,
to
the
Intent
or
Purpose
to
Export
,
Transport
,
Ship
off
,
Carry
or
Convey
the
same
,
or
cause
the
same
to
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
Shipped
off
,
Carried
or
Conveyed
out
of
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
or
out
of
any
Port
or
Place
belonging
to
the
same
,
or
with
Intent
or
Purpose
,
that
any
person
or
persons
whatsoever
,
should
so
Export
,
Transport
,
Ship
off
,
Carry
or
Convey
the
same
out
of
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
any
Ports
or
Places
(
except
as
aforesaid
.
)
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Penalty
,
Forfeiture
of
the
Wooll
,
&c.
That
all
and
every
of
the
Offender
and
Offenders
,
Offence
and
Offences
aforesaid
,
shall
be
subject
and
liable
to
the
respective
pains
and
penalties
,
and
forfeitures
hereafter
following
(
that
is
to
say
)
The
said
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Serge
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Says
,
Prizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth-Serges
,
Shalloons
,
or
any
other
Draperies
,
Stuffs
or
any
other
Manufactures
,
made
of
or
mixed
with
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
,
so
Exported
,
Transported
,
Shipped
off
or
Carried
,
Conveyed
or
Loaden
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
forfeited
;
and
50●
l.
and
that
every
of
the
Offender
and
Offenders
therein
,
shall
likewise
forfeit
the
sum
of
Five
hundred
pounds
for
every
such
Offence
;
And
all
and
every
Ship
,
Vessel
,
Ship
,
&c.
Forfeited
with
all
her
Tackle
Barge
,
Boat
,
or
other
Bottom
whatsoever
,
wherein
any
of
the
said
Commodities
are
or
shall
be
Shipped
or
Laid
on
Board
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
forfeited
,
with
all
her
Tackle
,
Apparel
and
Furniture
to
them
and
every
of
them
belonging
;
Masters
,
Mariners
,
Porters
,
&c.
assisting
,
Forfeit
40
l.
And
the
Masters
and
Mariners
thereof
,
or
any
Porters
,
Carriers
,
Waggoners
,
Boatmen
,
or
other
persons
whatsoever
,
knowing
such
Offence
,
and
wittingly
aiding
and
assisting
therein
,
shall
forfeit
fourty
Pounds
;
Forfeiture
how
to
be
disposed
of
.
of
which
one
moiety
shall
be
to
him
or
them
that
shall
Sue
for
the
same
by
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
in
England
or
Ireland
,
and
the
other
moiety
thereof
to
the
Encouragement
of
setting
up
the
Linen
Manufactures
in
Ireland
,
to
be
disposed
of
by
the
Court
of
Exchequer
there
for
that
use
only
;
In
which
Suit
no
Essoin
,
Protection
or
Wager
of
Law
,
or
more
than
one
Imparlance
shall
be
allowed
.
And
to
prevent
evading
the
Penalties
of
this
Act
,
Acquittals
in
Ireland
,
no
Bar
to
Prosecutions
here
.
by
pretention
of
prosecution
or
Acquittals
in
Ireland
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Acquittal
nor
any
Indictment
,
Information
or
Suit
(
unless
the
Offender
be
thereupon
Convicted
)
in
Ireland
,
for
any
Offence
provided
against
in
this
Act
,
shall
be
pleaded
or
allowed
in
Bar
or
Delay
of
any
Indictment
,
Information
,
Suit
or
Prosecution
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Lawful
to
Seize
and
Convey
to
His
Majesties
next
Warehouse
such
Wooll
,
&c
That
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
to
and
for
any
person
or
persons
to
seize
,
take
,
secure
and
convey
to
His
Majesties
next
Ware-house
all
such
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Serges
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Says
,
Frizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth-Serges
,
Shalloons
,
Stuffs
,
and
other
Draperies
and
Woollen
Manufactures
,
or
mixed
with
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
,
as
he
or
they
shall
happen
to
see
,
find
,
know
or
discover
to
be
laid
on
Board
in
any
Ship
,
Vessel
or
Boat
,
or
to
be
brought
,
carried
or
laid
on
Shore
,
at
or
near
the
Sea
,
or
any
Navigable
River
or
Water
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
be
Exported
or
Conveyed
out
of
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
contrary
to
the
true
meaning
of
this
Act
,
or
to
be
Laden
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
or
other
Carriage
,
to
the
intent
or
purpose
to
be
Exported
,
Conveyed
or
Carried
into
any
Foreign
parts
or
places
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
hereof
;
And
also
the
Ship
,
&c.
And
also
that
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
any
person
and
persons
to
seize
,
and
secure
all
and
every
such
Ship
,
Hulk
,
Vessel
,
Barge
or
Boat
,
of
what
kind
soever
,
or
wheresoever
found
or
discovered
,
wherein
any
of
the
aforesaid
Commodities
shall
happen
to
be
Shipped
or
put
on
Board
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
;
And
that
such
person
or
persons
that
shall
happen
so
to
seize
,
take
or
secure
any
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
,
or
any
such
Ship
,
Vessel
,
Hulk
,
Barge
or
Boat
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
Indemnified
for
so
doing
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Bond
to
be
given
for
Wooll
from
Ireland
.
That
for
every
Ship
or
Vessel
,
which
from
and
after
the
said
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
shall
set
out
and
sail
from
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
in
order
to
export
or
carry
off
any
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
to
this
Kingdom
,
Bond
shall
be
given
by
two
sufficient
persons
,
known
Inhabitants
of
,
and
Residing
in
or
near
the
place
where
the
Bond
is
or
shall
be
given
,
to
the
Chief
Officers
of
the
Customs
,
belonging
to
the
said
Port
or
Place
in
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
from
whence
the
said
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
set
Sail
,
in
double
the
value
of
any
the
aforesaid
Goods
,
intended
to
be
Transported
,
as
aforesaid
,
before
the
said
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
be
permitted
to
Lade
on
Board
any
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
,
with
condition
that
if
the
said
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
Lade
or
Take
on
Board
,
any
of
the
said
Goods
,
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
that
then
and
in
such
case
all
the
said
Goods
shall
be
brought
by
the
same
Ship
or
Vessel
,
to
some
Port
or
Ports
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
the
Dominion
of
Wales
,
as
aforesaid
,
and
shall
there
Unlade
or
Put
on
Shore
the
same
,
and
pay
the
Custom
and
Duties
thereof
,
(
the
danger
of
the
Seas
only
excepted
;
)
And
that
every
Ship
or
Vessel
,
which
shall
Lade
or
Take
on
Board
any
of
the
said
Goods
,
until
such
Bond
be
given
,
shall
be
Forfeited
,
to
be
Recovered
and
Imployed
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
Register
to
be
kept
at
the
Custom-house
,
London
.
And
for
the
more
effectual
Execution
of
the
powers
granted
by
this
Act
,
Be
it
enacted
by
the
authority
aforesaid
.
That
a
Register
be
kept
at
the
Custom-House
in
London
,
of
all
the
aforesaid
Goods
,
from
time
to
time
,
Imported
from
Ireland
,
into
any
of
the
Ports
within
this
Kingdom
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
with
the
particular
Qualities
and
Quantities
thereof
,
the
Master
and
Owners
Names
,
and
to
whom
Consigned
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Cockets
,
Warrants
and
Certificates
,
how
to
be
written
and
signed
.
That
all
Cockets
and
Warrants
for
the
Carrying
or
Transporting
of
any
of
the
aforesaid
Goods
,
from
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
to
any
Port
or
Ports
aforesaid
,
within
this
Kingdom
,
shall
be
written
upon
Paper
and
not
Parchment
,
and
Signed
by
Three
of
the
Chief
Officers
of
such
respective
Port
at
least
,
and
all
Certificates
of
Landing
the
same
in
any
the
Ports
aforesaid
,
within
this
Kingdom
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
shall
be
Signed
in
like
manner
;
Goods
to
be
searched
both
at
Shipping
and
Landing
.
The
quantities
,
qualities
,
&c.
to
be
expressed
upon
the
Cockets
,
Warrants
and
Certificates
.
And
that
all
the
goods
aforesaid
,
both
at
Shipping
and
Landing
,
shall
be
Viewed
and
Examined
by
the
Surveyor
or
Searcher
,
or
Land-waiter
,
Attending
the
Shipping
or
Discharge
of
any
the
aforesaid
Goods
;
And
that
the
exact
Quantities
and
Qualities
,
Marks
and
Numbers
of
the
Goods
aforesaid
,
so
Shipped
in
Ireland
,
shall
be
particularly
Expressed
and
Indorsed
upon
the
Cocket
,
by
which
the
said
Goods
are
or
were
to
be
Shipped
,
and
likewise
upon
the
Warrant
for
Landing
the
same
in
England
,
and
also
upon
the
Certificate
or
Certificates
,
Given
or
to
be
Given
,
for
Discharging
the
Bond
or
Bonds
taken
in
Ireland
,
for
the
same
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
The
qualities
and
quantities
of
such
Goods
,
and
Duplicates
of
the
Bonds
,
&c.
to
be
transmitted
from
Ireland
to
England
.
That
the
Commissioners
of
the
Revenue
,
or
Farmers
of
the
Customs
,
or
of
the
Revenue
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
for
the
time
being
,
shall
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
once
within
every
six
months
,
or
within
Thirty
days
after
the
end
thereof
,
Transmit
or
cause
to
be
Transmitted
unto
the
Commissioners
or
Farmers
of
His
Majesties
Customs
in
England
,
of
all
such
Goods
as
aforesaid
,
as
shall
from
time
to
time
be
Exported
from
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
the
Qualities
and
Quantities
thereof
,
and
Duplicates
of
the
Bonds
taken
for
Lading
the
same
,
and
by
whom
and
in
what
Ships
Exported
,
and
where
and
to
what
Port
in
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
Consigned
,
and
the
Names
of
the
persons
Signing
the
Certificates
,
of
the
Landing
the
same
in
England
,
and
the
date
of
the
said
Certificates
,
and
where
the
same
are
or
were
Laden
,
and
also
of
the
Qualities
and
Quantities
,
Marks
and
Numbers
contained
in
the
said
Certificates
,
in
order
that
the
same
may
be
compared
with
the
Registred
Account
,
appointed
by
this
Act
to
be
kept
by
the
Commissioners
or
Farmers
of
the
Customs
of
this
Kingdom
.
And
for
preventing
the
mischief
of
Razing
,
Obliterating
or
Interlining
such
Certificates
,
Certificates
on
Paper
.
as
aforesaid
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Certificates
shall
be
written
upon
Paper
and
not
Parchment
,
and
that
the
Quantities
and
Qualities
,
Marks
and
Numbers
therein
exprest
,
shall
not
be
Obliterated
or
Interlined
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Ports
of
Export
and
Import
.
That
all
such
Goods
,
as
aforesaid
,
as
shall
from
time
to
time
be
Exported
from
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
the
Ports
of
this
Kingdom
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
Shipped
off
,
and
Entred
at
the
Ports
of
Dublin
,
Waterford
,
Youghall
,
Kingsale
,
Cork
and
Drogheda
,
in
the
said
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
and
at
or
from
no
other
Port
or
Place
within
the
said
Kingdom
;
nor
shall
the
same
be
Imported
into
any
parts
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
other
than
the
Ports
of
Biddiford
,
Barnstable
,
Minhead
,
Bridgwater
,
Bristol
,
Milford
Haven
,
Chester
and
Leverpool
;
Any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
thereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
to
the
intent
and
purpose
that
this
Act
may
more
effectually
be
put
in
execution
,
for
preventing
the
growing
mischiefs
that
daily
do
or
may
arise
to
this
Kingdom
,
from
the
Exportation
of
such
Goods
,
as
aforesaid
,
or
any
of
them
out
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
should
the
same
still
be
suffered
to
be
sent
from
thence
to
supply
the
Foreign
Markets
,
that
are
or
have
been
supplied
from
England
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Commissioners
offending
against
this
Act
Forfeit
Office
and
500
l.
That
if
any
Commissioner
or
Commissioners
,
Farmer
or
Farmers
of
the
Revenue
of
Ireland
,
or
Officer
or
Officers
Imployed
under
them
in
the
Management
of
the
said
Revenue
there
,
shall
from
and
after
the
said
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
take
,
or
suffer
to
be
taken
any
Entry
outward
,
or
sign
any
Cocket
,
Warrant
or
Sufferance
,
for
the
Shipping
and
Exporting
any
such
Goods
,
as
aforesaid
,
into
any
Kingdom
,
State
or
Dominion
whatsoever
(
except
as
aforesaid
)
or
shall
wittingly
or
willingly
permit
,
contrive
or
suffer
the
same
to
be
done
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
That
then
,
and
in
every
such
case
,
such
Commissioner
or
Commissioners
,
Farmer
or
Farmers
,
Officer
or
Officers
,
so
offending
in
the
Signing
such
Cocket
,
Warrant
or
Sufferance
for
the
Shipping
or
Exporting
any
of
the
said
Goods
into
any
other
Kingdom
,
State
or
Dominion
or
Place
whatsoever
(
except
as
aforesaid
)
or
passing
such
entry
for
the
same
,
or
any
wise
conniving
thereat
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
hereof
,
or
shall
otherwise
fail
or
neglect
to
perform
all
other
Duties
required
by
this
present
Act
,
shall
,
for
every
such
Offence
or
neglect
,
Forfeit
his
Office
,
and
shall
moreover
for
every
such
Offence
,
Forfeit
the
sum
of
Five
hundred
pounds
,
to
be
recovered
and
imployed
in
manner
and
form
as
aforesaid
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Where
Offences
shall
be
Tried
.
That
every
Offence
which
shall
be
done
or
committed
,
contrary
to
this
Act
,
shall
and
may
be
Inquired
of
,
Tried
,
Heard
and
Determined
in
the
County
where
any
such
Goods
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
so
Laden
or
put
on
Board
,
as
aforesaid
,
or
else
in
the
County
,
either
in
England
or
Ireland
,
where
such
Offender
shall
happen
to
be
Apprehended
or
Arrested
for
such
Offence
,
or
where
any
such
of
the
Goods
aforesaid
,
or
the
said
Ship
or
Ships
,
Vessels
,
Hulks
,
Barks
or
Boats
shall
happen
to
be
Seized
or
Taken
or
Brought
in
,
and
that
the
said
Tryal
shall
be
in
such
manner
and
form
,
and
in
such
effect
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
same
Offence
had
been
wholly
done
and
committed
in
the
same
County
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Persons
Sued
,
how
to
Plead
.
That
if
any
Action
,
Bill
,
Plaint
,
Suit
or
Information
shall
be
Commenced
or
Prosecuted
against
any
person
,
for
what
he
shall
do
in
pursuance
of
this
Act
,
such
person
so
Sued
,
shall
and
may
File
a
Common
Bail
,
or
enter
into
a
Common
appearance
and
plead
the
general
Issue
not
Guilty
,
and
upon
Issue
joyned
,
may
give
this
Act
,
and
the
special
matter
in
evidence
,
and
if
the
Plaintiff
or
Prosecutor
shall
become
nonsuit
,
or
suffer
discontinuance
,
or
if
a
Verdict
pass
against
him
,
or
if
upon
Demurrer
,
Judgment
pass
against
him
,
the
Defendant
shall
recover
Treble
Costs
and
Damages
for
the
Molestation
.
And
for
the
further
Incouragement
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
England
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
How
Wooll
,
&c.
shall
be
Imported
from
Ireland
,
into
England
.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
,
from
and
after
the
said
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
to
Import
from
the
said
Ports
of
Doublin
,
Waterford
,
Youghall
,
Kingsale
,
Cork
and
Drogheda
,
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
any
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Serges
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Frizes
,
Druggets
,
Shalloons
,
Stuffs
,
Cloth-Serges
,
or
any
other
Drapery
made
of
or
mixed
with
Wooll
,
or
Wooll-flocks
,
and
Manufactured
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
into
such
Ports
of
this
Kingdom
or
Domion
of
Wales
only
,
as
aforesaid
,
so
as
Notice
be
first
given
to
the
Commissioners
,
or
Chief
Managers
of
His
Majesties
Customs
in
this
Kingdom
,
or
to
the
Chief
Customer
or
Collector
,
in
the
Port
to
which
the
same
is
intended
to
be
Brought
,
of
the
Quantity
,
Quality
and
Package
,
together
with
the
Marks
and
Numbers
thereof
,
with
the
Name
of
the
Ship
and
Master
or
Commander
,
on
which
the
said
Goods
are
to
be
Laden
,
and
the
Place
or
Port
into
which
they
are
intended
to
be
Imported
,
and
so
as
Bond
be
first
entred
into
,
to
the
Use
of
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
with
one
or
more
sufficient
Sureties
;
in
Treble
the
Value
of
the
Goods
so
intended
to
be
Imported
,
That
the
same
shall
(
the
Dangers
of
the
Seas
excepted
)
be
Landed
accordingly
,
and
so
as
a
Licence
be
also
first
taken
,
under
the
hands
of
the
Commissioners
,
or
Chief
Managers
of
the
Customs
for
the
time
being
,
or
Three
of
them
,
or
from
the
Chief
Customer
or
Collector
where
such
Bond
is
given
,
for
the
Landing
and
Importing
thereof
as
aforesaid
;
which
Licence
they
are
hereby
Authorized
and
Required
to
Grant
,
without
any
see
or
Reward
,
or
any
other
Charge
,
to
the
person
demanding
the
same
,
any
Law
,
Statute
,
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
for
the
more
effectual
preventing
the
Transportation
of
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
or
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
or
any
Manufactures
of
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
,
or
mixed
with
the
same
,
into
Foreign
parts
;
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
of
the
Bonds
,
Forfeiture
of
Bonds
not
Assignable
.
which
by
this
Act
or
any
other
former
Law
or
Usage
are
to
be
given
,
or
have
been
given
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
for
any
Wooll
,
or
any
of
the
Commodities
aforesaid
,
intended
to
be
Exported
from
that
Kingdom
,
to
be
brought
into
the
Ports
of
this
Kingdom
,
or
Dominion
of
Wales
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
,
on
any
Consideration
whatsoever
,
be
Granted
or
Assigned
over
to
any
person
whatsoever
;
And
that
all
such
Grants
and
Assignments
are
and
shall
be
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
;
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Statute
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Admiralty
shall
appoint
Cruizers
to
seize
all
Ships
exporting
Wooll
.
And
for
the
better
preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
out
of
this
Kingdom
or
Ireland
,
into
Foreign
Parts
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Lord
High
Admiral
of
England
,
or
Commissioners
for
executing
the
Office
of
High
Admiral
for
the
time
being
,
shall
direct
and
appoint
two
Ships
of
the
Fifth
Rate
,
and
two
Ships
of
the
Sixth
Rate
,
and
eight
Armed
Sloops
,
constantly
to
Cruize
on
the
Coasts
of
England
and
Ireland
,
particularly
between
the
North
of
Ireland
and
Scotland
,
with
Orders
to
Take
and
Seize
all
Ships
,
Vessels
and
Boats
which
shall
export
any
Wooll
,
with
intent
to
carry
it
into
Foreign
parts
;
And
that
the
Lord
High
Admiral
,
or
Commissioners
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
send
a
List
of
all
such
Ships
and
Sloops
,
and
the
Names
of
the
Commanders
,
together
with
true
Copies
of
their
several
Instructions
that
are
or
shall
be
given
,
to
the
Commissioners
of
the
Customs
in
London
,
within
Ten
days
after
such
Orders
,
as
aforesaid
,
are
or
shall
be
given
.
And
for
the
Incouragement
of
the
Commanders
and
Mariners
belonging
to
the
Ships
and
Sloops
aforesaid
,
Wooll
,
Ships
,
&c.
Seized
,
to
be
Condemned
,
and
Sold
by
Inch
of
Candle
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Wooll
,
Ships
,
Vessels
or
Boats
that
shall
be
so
Seized
or
Taken
,
shall
be
Forfeited
,
and
all
such
Wooll
shall
be
Lodged
in
the
Kings
Ware-house
in
such
Port
where
it
is
or
shall
be
Taken
or
Seized
,
or
into
which
it
shall
be
brought
,
until
it
shall
be
Condemned
according
to
Law
;
and
being
so
Condemned
,
shall
be
exposed
publickly
to
Sale
,
after
One
and
twenty
days
,
publick
notice
being
given
in
Writing
at
the
Custom-house
of
the
said
Port
,
and
on
the
Royal
Exchange
of
London
,
by
Inch
of
Candle
,
to
the
last
and
best
Bidder
;
How
to
be
Disposed
of
.
And
all
Ships
,
Vessels
or
Boats
that
shall
be
so
Seized
and
Condemned
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
,
together
with
all
their
Guns
,
Tackle
,
Furniture
and
Apparel
,
be
exposed
to
Sale
in
like
manner
;
And
that
one
fourth
part
of
the
Produce
of
the
Wooll
,
Ships
,
Vessels
and
Boats
so
Sold
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
to
the
Commander
,
one
other
Fourth
part
to
the
Officers
of
the
Ship
or
Ships
,
Sloop
or
Sloops
that
took
the
same
,
one
other
Fourth
part
to
the
Mariners
belonging
to
such
Ship
,
Vessel
or
Sloop
,
to
be
equally
divided
and
paid
amongst
the
said
Mariners
by
the
Collectors
of
the
said
Port
,
or
such
person
or
persons
as
shall
be
Authorized
to
pay
the
same
,
and
the
other
Fourth
part
thereof
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
after
a
deduction
made
out
of
the
last
Fourth
part
of
all
the
Charges
of
Prosecution
and
Condemnation
.
And
for
preventing
of
all
Composition
or
Confederacy
by
any
Commander
of
any
Ship
,
Commander
Offending
Forfeits
all
his
Pay
,
Suffers
six
Months
Imprisonment
and
incapacitated
.
Vessel
or
Sloop
,
with
any
person
whatsoever
concerned
in
such
Wooll
or
Ship
,
Vessel
or
Boat
,
as
aforesaid
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Commander
of
such
Ship
or
Sloop
,
neglecting
his
Duty
by
this
Act
Required
,
or
Compounding
for
any
Wooll
,
Ship
,
Vessel
or
Boat
,
as
aforesaid
,
or
Conniving
at
the
Exportation
of
any
Wooll
,
shall
Lose
and
Forfeit
all
Pay
and
Wages
due
to
him
or
them
,
and
suffer
Six
Months
Imprisonment
,
and
be
for
ever
incapable
of
Serving
His
Majesty
in
any
Office
in
the
Navy
.
And
for
the
more
effectual
Incouragement
of
the
Woollen
Manufacture
of
this
Kingdom
,
After
1
Decem
.
1699.
Wooll
,
&c.
of
the
English
Plantations
not
to
be
laid
on
Board
any
Ship
on
any
pretence
whatsoever
.
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
the
First
day
of
December
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
nine
,
no
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Serge
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Says
,
Frizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth-Serges
,
Shalloons
or
any
other
Drapery
Stuffs
or
Woollen
Manufactures
whatsoever
,
made
or
mixt
with
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
,
being
of
the
Product
or
Manufacture
of
any
of
the
English
Plantations
in
America
,
shall
be
loaden
or
laid
on
Board
in
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
in
any
Place
or
Parts
within
any
of
the
said
English
Plantations
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
;
As
likewise
that
no
such
Wooll
,
Wooll-fells
,
Shortlings
,
Mortlings
,
Wooll-flocks
,
Worsted
,
Bay
,
or
Woollen
Yarn
,
Cloth
,
Nor
to
be
Loaden
on
any
Horse
,
Cart
,
&c.
to
be
Exported
out
of
the
said
Plantations
to
any
other
place
whatsoever
.
Serge
,
Bays
,
Kerseys
,
Says
,
Frizes
,
Druggets
,
Cloth
Serges
,
Shalloons
or
any
other
Drapery
Stuffs
,
or
Woollen
Manufactures
whatsoever
,
made
up
or
mixt
with
Wooll
or
Wooll-flocks
,
being
of
the
Product
or
Manufacture
of
any
of
the
English
Plantations
in
America
,
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
Loaden
upon
any
Horse
,
Cart
or
other
Carriage
,
to
the
intent
and
purpose
to
be
Exported
,
Transported
,
Carried
or
Conveyed
out
of
the
said
English
Plantations
to
any
other
of
the
said
Plantations
,
or
to
any
other
Place
whatsoever
,
upon
the
same
and
like
Pains
,
The
Penalty
.
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
,
to
and
upon
all
and
every
the
Offender
and
Offenders
herein
,
within
all
and
every
of
the
said
English
Plantations
respectively
,
as
are
prescribed
and
provided
by
this
Act
for
the
like
Offences
Committed
within
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
;
And
all
Governors
or
Commanders
in
Chief
of
the
said
respective
Plantations
,
Governors
,
&c.
of
the
Plantations
to
put
this
Act
in
Execuon
.
as
also
all
Officers
Imployed
in
the
Customs
,
or
other
Branches
of
His
Majesties
Revenue
there
,
are
hereby
Authorized
,
Charged
and
Required
to
take
effectual
care
,
That
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
so
far
forth
as
it
relates
to
the
said
respective
Plantations
,
be
duly
put
in
Execution
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Persons
Offending
against
this
Act
how
to
be
prosecuted
.
That
all
and
every
person
and
persons
,
who
after
the
said
Four
and
twentieth
day
of
June
,
shall
be
guilty
of
any
Offence
or
Offences
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
or
any
other
Act
of
Parliament
made
for
the
Preventing
the
Exportation
of
Wooll
,
shall
and
may
be
Prosecuted
for
any
such
Offence
or
Offences
by
Action
,
Suit
or
Information
in
any
of
His
Majesties
Courts
of
Record
at
Westminster
,
and
thereupon
a
Capias
shall
and
may
Issue
the
first
Process
,
specifying
the
Sum
of
the
Penalty
Sued
for
;
and
such
person
or
persons
shall
be
obliged
to
give
good
and
sufficient
Bail
and
Security
,
by
Natural
Born
Subjects
or
Denizens
,
to
the
Officer
Serving
or
Executing
such
Process
against
him
or
them
,
to
Appear
in
the
Court
out
of
which
such
Capias
shall
Issue
,
at
the
day
of
the
Return
of
such
Writ
,
to
answer
such
Suit
or
Prosecution
,
and
shall
likewise
at
the
time
of
such
Appearance
,
give
sufficient
Bail
or
Security
by
such
persons
,
as
aforesaid
,
in
the
said
Court
,
to
answer
and
pay
the
Forfeitures
and
Penalties
Incurred
for
such
Offence
or
Offences
,
in
case
he
,
she
or
they
shall
be
Convict
thereof
,
or
to
yield
his
,
her
or
their
Bodies
to
Prison
.
Provided
also
,
and
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
,
That
after
the
Nine
and
twentieth
day
of
September
,
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
,
One
thousand
six
hundred
ninety
nine
,
the
Lord
Lieutenant
,
Lord
Deputy
,
or
Lords
Justices
for
the
time
being
for
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
Ireland
.
or
any
of
them
,
are
hereby
Required
to
give
Direction
in
Council
,
that
this
Act
shall
be
given
in
Charge
by
the
several
Judges
of
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland
,
at
all
the
Assizes
that
shall
be
held
in
that
Kingdom
,
to
the
end
that
this
Act
may
be
strictly
put
in
Execution
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
;
Which
said
Judges
are
hereby
Impowered
and
Required
,
from
time
to
time
,
to
take
particular
Accounts
throughout
their
respective
Circuits
,
of
the
due
Execution
of
this
Act
,
and
at
their
Returns
to
Dublin
,
at
the
end
of
every
Circuit
,
shall
Acquaint
the
said
Lord
Lieutenant
,
Lord
Deputy
,
or
Lords
Justices
of
that
Kingdom
for
the
time
being
in
Council
,
with
all
Accounts
or
Informations
,
they
shall
have
so
Received
of
any
Breach
of
the
said
Act
,
or
Negligence
or
Faults
in
any
of
the
Officers
,
to
whom
the
Execution
of
this
Act
is
Committed
,
to
the
end
that
the
said
Chief
Governors
,
or
any
of
them
,
for
the
time
being
,
may
be
the
better
Informed
and
Inabled
to
Look
to
and
Provide
for
the
strict
and
punctual
observation
of
this
Act
,
throughout
that
Kingdom
;
Of
which
the
said
Chief
Governors
,
or
any
of
them
,
for
the
time
being
,
shall
once
every
year
,
lay
a
particular
Account
in
Writing
,
under
his
or
their
Hands
,
before
the
King
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
in
Council
.
FINIS
.