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With
all
Dutiful
Respect
most
humbly
offered
to
the
Consideration
of
the
in
Parliament
assembled
.
That
foreseeing
the
General
Disrespect
for
Marriage
doth
not
only
occasion
much
Lewdness
,
but
also
a
decrease
of
People
,
and
consequently
a
Decay
of
Strength
,
of
Riches
,
of
the
Value
of
Land
;
and
doth
threaten
this
Kingdom
with
depopulation
,
if
not
timely
remedied
:
And
being
sensible
that
the
expensive
and
extravagant
Apparel
of
the
meaner
sort
of
People
doth
not
only
tend
much
to
their
Impoverishment
,
but
to
the
general
Prejudice
of
the
Kingdom
,
by
discouraging
most
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
,
and
hindering
the
Increase
of
the
value
of
Land
,
that
to
prevent
these
Evils
:
To
incourage
Marriage
in
all
Conditions
of
People
,
and
to
set
a
little
Mark
of
Punishment
or
Shame
upon
all
such
as
shall
contemn
or
neglect
a
Duty
so
beneficial
to
the
Government
,
and
so
necessary
for
the
Propagation
of
Mankind
:
That
the
several
Rates
,
or
Sums
of
Money
hereafter
mentioned
should
be
paid
to
their
Majesties
by
all
Men
and
Women
of
what
condition
soever
(
that
have
not
been
married
)
for
every
half
year
they
shall
live
unmarried
,
after
they
come
to
the
Ages
hereafter
mentioned
and
set
down
,
that
is
the
Men
to
and
the
Women
to
And
that
every
Man
and
Woman
that
should
be
above
the
Ages
aforementioned
,
upon
the
first
day
of
next
,
or
upon
the
first
of
next
following
,
or
upon
any
first
day
of
or
first
day
of
afterwards
,
during
their
Majesties
Life
,
or
the
Survivor
of
them
,
should
pay
upon
every
of
those
days
after
they
attain
to
the
Ages
aforementioned
,
until
they
marry
,
according
to
these
rates
following
.
That
is
,
Every
Man
or
Woman
,
of
what
condition
or
quality
soever
,
should
upon
every
of
the
days
aforementioned
,
while
they
continue
unmarried
,
pay
the
sum
of
one
shilling
sixpence
,
that
is
,
three
shillings
by
the
year
.
Except
such
Servants
and
Apprentices
as
should
wear
Hats
of
Wooll
,
and
no
Silk
or
half-Silk
,
or
Cloath
or
Stuff
any
ways
mixed
or
lined
with
Silk
upon
their
Heads
or
Bodies
(
other
than
the
Silk
used
in
sowing
or
making
up
their
Woollen
eloths
)
nor
any
Buttons
,
Lace
,
Fringe
,
Thread
or
Wire
of
Gold
or
Silver
,
or
any
Mettal
in
imitation
of
,
or
gilded
with
Gold
or
Silver
;
who
should
only
pay
upon
the
days
aforementioned
the
sum
of
six-pence
,
that
is
one
shilling
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Gentlemen
,
or
Reputed
Gentlemen
,
Clergy-men
,
Attorneys
,
Sollicitors
,
Proctors
,
and
of
every
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
should
after
the
first
day
of
next
wear
any
Silk
,
or
Half-Silk
,
or
Cloth
,
or
Stuff
mixed
,
lined
,
or
faced
,
with
any
Silk
or
half
Silk
,
upon
their
Heads
or
Bodies
(
other
than
the
Buttons
and
Silk
used
in
sowing
and
making
up
their
Woollen
Cloaths
)
or
any
Buttons
,
Lace
,
Fringe
,
Thread
or
Wire
of
Gold
or
Silver
,
or
of
Tinsel
,
or
any
other
Mettal
gilded
with
Gold
or
Silver
;
and
that
should
not
wear
Hats
of
Wool
,
should
upon
every
of
the
days
aforementioned
,
while
they
continue
unmarried
,
pay
the
Sum
of
three
Shillings
,
that
is
six
Shillings
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Knights
,
Sergeants
at
Law
,
Doctors
of
Divinity
,
Law
or
Physick
,
should
upon
every
of
the
days
aforementioned
,
while
they
continue
unmarried
,
pay
the
sum
of
four
shillings
,
that
is
eight
shillings
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Baronets
and
Judges
,
should
upon
every
of
the
days
,
pay
the
sum
of
shillings
;
that
is
shillings
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Barons
,
d
.
that
is
s
.
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Viscounts
,
s
.
that
is
s
.
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Earls
,
d
.
that
is
s
.
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Marquisses
,
s
.
that
is
s
.
by
the
year
.
The
Sons
and
Daughters
of
all
Dukes
,
s
.
that
is
s
.
by
the
year
.
Whereas
the
expensive
and
extravagant
apparel
of
the
meaner
sort
of
Women
,
is
not
only
prejudicial
to
their
Husbands
,
but
to
Hospitality
,
and
to
the
Kingdom
in
general
,
that
all
Wives
and
Widdows
,
(
except
the
Wives
,
Widdows
,
Daughters
,
and
Sons
Wives
of
all
the
Nobility
,
and
their
Children
;
and
of
all
Baronets
and
Knights
,
and
of
all
those
that
are
or
shall
be
Members
of
Parliament
;
and
of
all
Esquires
by
Birth
or
Office
,
all
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Sheriffs
,
Barristers
at
Law
;
and
of
all
Doctors
of
Divinity
,
Law
or
Physick
:
And
except
the
Wives
of
all
Deans
,
Arch-Deacons
,
Chancellors
,
Prebendaries
,
Heads
of
Colleges
or
Halls
;
and
except
the
Wives
of
all
Merchants
,
Shop-keepers
and
Housholders
,
that
are
Free-men
of
the
Cities
of
and
are
worth
Three
hundred
pounds
;
and
of
all
Ministers
officiating
within
the
same
:
And
except
the
Wives
of
all
Mayors
of
Corporations
,
for
the
time
of
such
their
Mayoralty
only
)
that
shall
,
after
the
first
day
of
next
,
wear
any
Silk
or
Half
Silk
,
or
Cloath
or
Stuff
any
way
mixed
or
lined
with
Silk
,
upon
their
Heads
or
Bodies
,
(
other
than
the
Silk
used
in
sowing
or
making
up
their
Woollen
Cloths
)
or
any
Buttons
,
Lace
,
Fringe
,
Thread
or
Wire
of
Gold
or
Silver
,
or
of
Tinsel
,
or
any
other
Mettal
gilded
with
Gold
or
Silver
,
and
that
shall
not
wear
Hats
of
Wooll
,
should
upon
every
of
the
days
afore-mentioned
pay
the
sum
of
three
shillings
,
that
is
six
shillings
by
the
year
,
till
they
should
wear
Hats
of
Wooll
,
and
give
over
wearing
Silk
,
Lace
,
Buttons
,
Fringe
,
Thread
or
Wire
of
Gold
or
Silver
,
or
of
Tinsel
,
or
any
other
Mettal
gilded
with
Gold
or
Silver
.
And
to
discourage
the
wearing
of
Straw
or
Wood
Hats
or
Bonnets
,
so
expensive
and
prejudicial
to
the
Woollen
Manufacture
of
Hats
,
That
all
Men
and
Women
,
above
the
age
of
that
should
after
the
first
day
of
next
,
wear
any
Straw
or
Wood
Hats
or
Bonnets
,
should
be
charged
for
the
same
,
as
those
that
wear
Gold
or
Silver
Lace
,
that
is
,
should
pay
s
.
upon
every
of
the
days
afore-mentioned
.
That
the
Wives
and
Widdows
of
all
Aldermen
of
Corporations
,
and
of
all
Ministers
should
be
allowed
for
Decency
and
Gravity
sake
to
wear
little
black
Silk
Hoods
under
their
Woollen
Hats
.
To
the
end
that
the
several
sums
afore-mentioned
might
be
raised
with
the
least
trouble
,
that
the
Constables
,
Headboroughs
or
Tything
men
,
and
three
or
more
substantial
Inhabitants
of
every
Constablewick
or
Township
,
should
upon
every
first
day
of
and
upon
every
first
day
of
in
the
afternoon
,
meet
at
some
publick
place
within
the
said
Constablewick
or
Township
,
and
make
up
a
List
of
all
the
Men
and
Women
in
their
Constablewick
or
Township
,
chargeable
upon
the
said
days
to
pay
.
Two
of
which
Lists
,
fairly
written
under
their
hands
,
setting
down
the
Names
,
Sirnames
and
Qualities
,
under
which
every
one
is
to
pay
,
should
be
carried
within
four
days
,
by
the
Constable
,
Headborough
or
Tything-man
,
or
other
Officer
of
the
place
,
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
to
be
by
him
allowed
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
;
one
of
which
Lists
so
signed
,
should
be
delivered
forthwith
to
such
Collector
as
should
be
appointed
by
their
Majesties
Commissioner
General
to
receive
the
said
Money
,
to
be
by
him
transmitted
to
the
said
Commissioner
General
,
to
be
a
charge
upon
the
said
Collector
▪
And
the
other
List
should
be
kept
by
the
said
Constable
,
or
other
Officer
,
thereby
to
demand
,
collect
,
and
gather
the
sums
therein
mentioned
,
which
he
should
be
obliged
to
do
within
fifteen
days
time
after
the
day
the
said
sums
become
due
;
and
to
pay
the
same
,
and
deliver
the
said
List
within
six
days
afterwards
to
the
said
Collector
,
whose
Receipt
should
be
a
sufficient
discharge
to
the
said
Constable
,
and
to
those
whose
Money
he
had
received
:
And
for
his
pains
the
Collector
should
allow
him
six
pence
for
every
twenty
shillings
he
should
so
collect
and
pay
.
And
the
Treasurers
or
other
Officer
of
every
Inns
of
Court
,
Inns
of
Chancery
,
College
or
Hall
,
should
make
and
return
Lists
,
signed
by
the
Head
,
or
two
of
the
next
present
Seniors
,
of
such
persons
as
are
chargable
within
their
several
precincts
,
in
the
same
manner
,
and
at
the
same
time
as
Constables
,
and
be
liable
to
the
like
penalties
in
case
of
neglect
or
refusal
.
And
to
the
end
that
none
should
evade
paying
,
by
pretending
themselves
Servants
or
Apprentices
,
when
indeed
they
were
no
such
thing
,
or
by
shifting
from
place
to
place
before
the
days
of
payment
;
power
should
be
given
to
Masters
and
Mistresses
to
detain
or
keep
back
so
much
of
their
Wages
,
upon
their
removing
near
such
days
of
payment
,
as
aforesaid
;
and
that
none
should
be
excused
as
Servants
or
Apprentices
,
that
should
live
with
their
Father
or
Mother
,
Grand
father
or
Grand
▪
mother
,
Unkle
or
Aunt
,
Brother
or
Sister
,
or
with
their
Guardians
;
and
to
prevent
abuses
in
false
Lists
,
in
peoples
being
left
out
or
charged
short
,
that
upon
their
being
convicted
of
the
same
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
they
should
be
charged
double
.
That
the
Collectors
should
have
power
to
enquire
into
the
truth
of
the
Lists
brought
them
,
and
upon
discovery
of
any
abuses
,
might
summon
the
Offender
to
go
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
and
that
if
any
person
should
think
himself
aggrieved
by
the
Judgment
of
the
said
Justice
,
he
should
have
liberty
to
appeal
to
the
next
Sessions
(
giving
notice
to
the
other
party
)
which
should
be
final
.
And
to
prevent
their
Majesties
being
cheated
of
any
part
of
the
Money
to
be
raised
,
that
the
Justices
should
be
obliged
once
a
year
to
certifie
to
the
Sessions
an
account
of
all
convictions
made
before
them
,
and
that
the
Clerks
of
the
Peace
should
be
obliged
to
certifie
once
a
year
as
well
those
return'd
by
the
Justices
,
as
those
made
in
open
Sessions
,
to
their
Majesties
Commissioner
General
,
to
be
a
charge
upon
the
Collectors
.
And
to
prevent
any
failure
in
the
due
execution
,
and
to
the
end
that
the
Money
received
.
might
be
truly
answered
,
that
a
penalty
of
l.
should
be
inflicted
upon
every
Constable
,
that
should
neglect
or
refuse
to
do
his
duty
;
and
also
upon
the
Clerks
of
the
Peace
for
every
time
they
should
neglect
to
make
Certificates
to
the
Commissioner
General
,
as
afore-mentioned
.
To
the
first
,
To
the
second
,
To
the
Third
,
to
the
Fourth
,
England
I
Whose
Pardon
I
do
with
all
Humility
and
Submission
beg
for
this
boldness
,
which
is
purely
occasioned
by
my
Zeal
for
the
Prosperity
of
my
Native
Country
.