The effect of certaine branches of the statute made in anno 33. Henrici viij. touching the maintenance of artillery, and the punishment of such as vse vnlawfull games, very necessary to be put in execution. Laws, etc. (Public general acts). Abridgments England and Wales. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B12810 of text S123871 in the English Short Title CatalogTextual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B12810 STC 8620.3 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 1851.b.3[5] ESTC S123871 99892695 ocm99892695 188355 2248561286

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The effect of certaine branches of the Statute made in Anno 33. Henrici viij . touching the maintenance of Artillery , and the punishment of such as vse vnlawfull Games , very necessary to be put in execution .

FIrst , that all fathers , gouernours , and rulers of such as be tender of age , doe teach and bring them vp in the knowledge of Shooting , and that euery man hauing a man childe , or men children in his house , shall prouide , ordaine , and haue in his house for euery man childe , being of the age of seuen yeeres and aboue , till he shall come to the age of seuenteene yeeres , a Bowe and two Shafts , to induce and learne them , and bring them vp in Shooting , and shall deliuer all the same Bowe and Arrowes to the same yong men to vse and occupie . And if the same yong men bee seruants , that then their master shall abate the money that they shall pay for the same Bowes and Arrowes of their wages . And after all such young men shall come to the age of seuenteene yeeres , euery of them shall prouide and haue a Bowe and foure Arrowes continually for himselfe , at his proper cost and charges , or else of the gift and prouision of his friends , and vse and occupie the same in Shooting , as is before rehearsed . And if the master suffer any of his seruants taking wages , being in his houshold , and vnder the age of seuenteene yeeres , to lacke a Bowe and two Arrowes , contrary to the forme of this Statute , by the space of one moneth together , then the Master or Father in whom such negligence shall bee , shall for euery such default forfeit vi . s.viii.d . And that euery seruant passing the age of seuenteene yeeres , and vnder the age of threescore yeeres , and taking wages , which can , or is able to Shoote , and shall lacke a Bowe and foure Arrowes by the space of one moneth together , shall for euery such default forfeit and lose vi . s.viii.d .

ITem , that no person by himselfe , Factor , Deputie , seruant , or other person , shall for his or their gaine , lucre , or liuing , keepe , haue , hold , occupie exercise , or maintaine any common house , Alley , or place of Bowling , Coiting , Cloise , Coiles , halfe Bowle , Tennis , Dicing , Table , or Carding , or any other maner of Game , prohibited by any Statute heretofore made , or any vnlawfull new Game now inuented or made , or hereafter to bee inuented , found , had , or made , vpon paine to forfeit and pay for euery day keeping , hauing , maintaining , or suffering any such Game to be had , kept , executed , played , or maintained within any such House , Garden , Alley , or other place , contrary to the forme and effect of this Statute , xl.s. and the players so taken , to pay for euery time vi . s. viii . d.

ITem , That the Iustices of Peace , and euery Maior , Sheriffe , Bayliffe , Constable , or other head Officer , haue authoritie to enter into all places , as well within Franchises or elswhere , and the persons offending in any of the premisses , to take and put in prison , vntill such time they put in Sureties no more to suffer , occupie , or commit the sayd offences .

ITem , That all Maiors , Sheriffes , Bayliffes , Constables , and other head Officers within euery Citie , Borough , and Towne within this Realme , where any such Officers shall fortune to be , as well within the Franchises as without , shall make due search weekely , or at the furthest at all times hereafter once euery Moneth in all places , where any such Houses , Allies , Play or Playes shall bee suspected to bee had , kept , and maintained . And if the sayd Mayors , Shiriffes , Bayliffes , Constables , and other head officers , within their Cities , Boroughs , and Townes , as well within Franchises as without , doe not make due search at the furthest once euery moneth , if the case so require , according to the tenor of this Act , and doe not execute the same in all things , according to the purport and force of the same : that then euery such Maior , Shiriffes , Bailiffes , Constables or other head Officer , to pay and forfeit for euery Moneth not making such search , nor executing the same , forty shillings .

ITem , that no Artificer , or handicrafts-man of any Occupation , Husbandman , Apprentice , Labourer , seruant of Husbandry , Iourneyman , or seruant , or Artificer , Mariner , Fisherman , Waterman , or any Seruing man , may vse any vnlawfull Game .

ITem , that all that play at Bowles , or any other vnlawful Game in the fields , to lose for euery such time , vi . s.viii.d . and to be committed to prison , vnto such time they put in Sureties no more to vse the same .

ITem , This Statute to be proclaimed foure times euery yeere , and the like to be done in all Assises and Sessions , and to continue for euer .

MEmorandum , That there is a Prouiso in this Statute for all men of worship , which may dispend one hundred pounds yeerely and vpwards , may vse these Games with discretion at their pleasures .

God saue the King .

Imprinted at London by BONHAM NORTON and IOHN BILL , Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie . 1619.

Cum Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis .