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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84520	A collection of certaine statutes in force, vvith full and ready notes in the margent, containing their effect in briefe. As also the ordinances for the better observation of the Lords day, and the fast dayes. Published for the better caution of such as are inclinable to delinquency against the severall effects of those statutes and ordinances. And also for the better information of all such officers and ministers as are by late speciall warrants authorised and commanded to put the same statutes and ordinances in execution. For the better suppressing 1. Of unlawfull pastimes and abuses on the Lords day. 2. Of prophane swearing and cursing. 3. Of the loathsome sin of drunkennesse. 4. Of the severall offences committed by inne-keepers, ale-house-keepers, and unlicensed ale-house-keepers. 5. Of unlawful games. And severall other abuses. Being appointed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to be published in all congregations within his jurisdiction.	England and Wales.; W. B., co-author.	1644 (1644)	Wing E887; Thomason E16_26; ESTC R8377	42,137	48

Commons in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same That no person or persons by himself or by any other wayes or means directly or indirectly shall at any time after three moneths next after the end of this present Session of Parliament sell utter or deliver or cause to be sold uttered or delivered any Beer or Ale to any person or persons or into the house or cellar of any person or persons that then shall sell or utter Beer or Ale as a common Tipler or Ale-house-keeper the same person not having any Licenee then in force to sell Ale or Beer other then for the convenient use and expence of his her or their houshold only upon pain to forfeit for every barrell sold uttered or delivered contrary to the form and true meaning of this Act the summe of six shillings eight pence and so after that rate for a greater or lesser quantity And be it further enacted by that authority aforesaid That all offences to be done or committed contrary to the true meaning All offences against this Act shall be heard and determined in the Sessions of the peace for the County City or Town where the offence is committed by action of debt information Indictment or presentment of this Act and all penalties aforesaid shall be enquired of sued for heard and determined in the Sessions of the Peace for the County City or Borough Town or Liberty or in the Court of Record of the City Borough Town or Liberty wherein such offence shall be committed by action of debt Information Indictment or Presentment wherein no Essoine Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed to the Defendant And the one half of all which forfeitures shall be to the use of the poore people inhabiting within the City Borough Hundred Town or Liberty where such offence shall be committed from time to time and the other half thereof to him or them that will sue for the same And to the end that the said one half of the said forfeitures above limited to be to the use of the said poor people may be The moity of all forfeitures shall be to the poor and the other half to him that will sue for the same truly imployed and bestowed upon them according to the true meaning of this Act be it further enacted That the Sheriffe Bailiffe or other Officer or person that shall levy or receive any summe or summes of money forfeited and recovered according to the true meaning of this Act shall and may by vertue of this Act without further warrant deliver the one half of the same summe and summes of money by him or them so levyed or received to some one or more of the Church-wardens and Overseers of the poore of the same Parish where the same offence shall be committed to be by them and every of them distributed and bestowed amongst the said poor people according to the true meaning of this Act who shall likewise have authority by vertue of this Act to distribute and bestow the same accordingly And be it further enacted That every Sheriffe Bailiffe and The person that shal levy and receive the forfeitures by this Act shall deliver half thereof to the Churchwardens and overseers for the Poor to be by them distributed to the Poor If such person refuse to pay over the said moity or that the Churchwardens and Overseers do not within convenient time distribute the same to the poor every person so offending shall forfeit the double value therof other officer and person which shall levy or receive any such forfeiture or forfeitures aforesaid and shall pay over the moity and one half thereof according to the true meaning of this Act shall be thereof discharged against the Kings Majesty his heirs and successors And be it further enacted That if any Sheriffe Baylisse or other Officer or person shall refuse to pay over the moity and one half of the said mony by him or them levyed or received or that the said Church-wardens and Overseers to whom the said mony shall be so paid shall not from time to time within convenient time truly distribute and bestow the same to and amongst the poor people according to the true meaning of this Act That then every person so offending shall forfeit double the value thereof to be recovered and imployed as aforesaid Anno tricesimo tertio HENRICI octavi CAP. IX Artillery shall be maintained and unlawfull games debarred BE it also enacted by the authority aforesaid that no manner None shall keep a Common house Alley or place of Bowting Tennis dicing table carding c. Upon pain to sorfeit 40. s. for every day of person or persons of what degree quality or condition soever he or they be from the feast of the Nativity of Saint Iohn Baptist now next comming by himself factor deputy servant or other person shall for his or their gain lucre or living keep have hold occupy exercise or maintain any common house alley or place of bowling coyting cloyshcayles half-bowl tennis dicing table or carding or any other manner of game prohibite by any estatute heretofore made or any unlawfull new game now invented or made or any other new unlawfull game hereafter to be invented found had or made upon pain to forfeit and pay for every day keeping having or maintaining or suffering any such game to be had kept executed played or Every person using the said houses and playes and there playing to forfeit for every time 6. s. 8. d. maintained within any such house garden alley or other place contrary to the form and effect of this estatute forty shillings And also every person using and haunting any of the said houses and playes and there playing to forfeit for every time If any sue for a Placard the game shall be contained therein that he will use in his house and what persons shall play thereat Every placard granted to the contrary to be voyd That the party before he put such Placard in execution shall be bound with sureties in Chancery not to use the said Placard contrary to the form thereof That every Justice and headofficer may enter into all houses places where such Games shall be suspected to be holden and as well the keepers as players there to arrest and imprison Untill the keepers of such house playes have found sureties to be bound no longer to keep or use such house or playes so doing six shillings eight pence And if any person hereafter sue for any placard to have common gaming in his house contrary to this estatute that then it shall be contained in the same placard what game shall be used in the same house and what persons shall play thereat and every placard granted to the contrary to be void and also that the party obtaining any such placard before he put the same in execution shall be bound with sufficient sureties with him by recognisance in the Chancery in

a certain summe to be appointed by the discretion of the Lord Chancellor of England that hee shall not use the said placard contrary to the form thereof Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that it shall be lawfull to all and every the Justices of Peace in every Shire Mayors Sheriffes Bailiffes and other head Officers within every City Town and Borough within this Realm from time to time as well within liberties as without as need and case shall require to come enter and resort into all and every houses places and allies where such games shall be suspected to be holden exercised used or occupied contrary to the form of this estatute and as well the keepers of the same as also the persons there hanting resorting and playing to take arrest and imprison and them so taken and arrested to keep in prison unto such time as the keepers and maintainers of the said playes and games have found sureties to the Kings use to be bound by recognisance or otherwise no longer to use keep or occupy any such house play game alley or place and also that the persons there so found be in like case bound by themselves or else with And that the persons that are so found be in like case bound by themselves or with sureties by discretion of the Justices Mayors or head Officers no more to play haunt or exercise at any the said places or games That the Maiors and head Officers shall search weekly or once a month where any such houses or playes shall be susspected to be kept And if they do not so search to forfeit for every months neglect forty shillings That no Artificer Crafts man husbandman apprentice labourer journeyman Marriners Fishermen Watermen or any serving-man shall play at Tables Tennis dice Cards Bowls Clash Coyting c. Out of Christmas under pain of 40. s. for every time And in Christmas to play in their Masters houses or in their masters presence None to play at any time at bowls out of his garden or orchard upon 6. s. 8. d. forfeiture for every time so offending All Justices Maiors c. finding or knowing any such offenders shall commit them to ward till they be bound from using such unlawfull games sureties by the discretion of the Justices Mayors Sheriffes Bailiffes or other head Officers no more to play haunt or exercise from thenceforth in at or to any of the said places or at any of the said games Also be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the Mayors Sheriffes Bailiffes Constables and other head Officers within every City Borough or Town within this Realme where any such Officers shall fortune to be as well within the franchises as without shall make due search weekly or at the furthest at all times hereafter once every moneth in all places where any such houses allies playes or places shall be suspected to be had kept and maintained And if the said Mayors Sheriffes Bailiffes Constables and other head Officers within their Cities Boroughs and Townes as well within franchises as without do not make due search at the furthest once every moneth if the case so require according to the tenor of this act and do not execute the same in all things according to the purport and force of the same that then every such Mayor Sheriffes Bailiffes Constable or other head Officer to pay and forfeit for every moneth not making such search nor executing the same xl s. Be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid that no manner of artificer or Crafts man of any handy Craft or occupation husbandman apprentice labourer servant at husbandry journeyman or servant of artificer mariners fishermen watermen or any serving man shall from the said feast of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist play at the tables tennis dice cards bowles clash coyting logating or any other unlawfull game out of Christmas under the pain of xx s. to be forfeit for every time and in Christmas to play at any of the said games in their Masters houses or in their Masters presence And also that no manner of person shall at any time play at any bowle or bowles in open places out of his garden or orchard under the pain for every time so offending to forfeit vi s. viii d. And that all Justices of Peace Mayors Bailiffes Sheriffes and all other head Officers and every of them finding or knowing any manner person or persons using or exercising any unlawfull games contrary to this present Statute shall have full power and authority to commit every such offender to Ward there to remain without baile or mainprise untill such time that they so offending be bounden by obligation to the Kings use in such summes of money as by the discretion of the said Justices Maiors Bailiffs or other head Officers shall be thought reasonable that they or any of them shall not from henceforth use such unlawfull games Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all other All suits upon this Statute shal be within the year after the offence statutes made for the restraint of unlawfull games or for the maintenance of Artillery as touching the penalties or forfeitures of the same shall be from henceforth utterly void And all informations plaints actions or suits that shall be taken or sued upon any part of this statute shall be commenced within the yeer after the offence committed and done or otherwise no advantage or suit to be taken And where any such forfeitures shall happen to be found Where such forfeiture shall be in any Franchise or Leet the lord to have one moity thereof and the other to him that will sue for the same in any the Kings Courts within the Precinct of any Franchise Leet or Lawday then the Lord of the same Franchise Leet or Lawday to have the one moity thereof and the other moity thereof to any of the Kings Subjects that will sue for the same in any of the Kings Courts by action information bill or otherwise in which action or suit the Defendant shall not be admitted to wage his Law nor any protection nor essoine shall be allowed And where such forfeiture shall be found out of the Precinct of any Franchise Leet or Lawday that the moity of all such forfeitures shall be to the King our Soveraign Lord and the other moity thereof to And where such forfeiture shal be out of any Franchise the moity shall be to the King and the other to him that will sue That all Maiors Sheriffs and other head Officers shall once every quarter make Proclamation of this Act in every Market within their jurisdictions That the Justices of Gaole delivery Assises and Justices of peace do cause the same to be proclaimed in their Circuit and Sessions any the Kings Subjects that will sue for the same by bill plaint action information or otherwise in any of the Kings Courts in which suit or action the Defendant shall not be admitted to