receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely keep without Bail or Mainprise untill the next general Quarter-Sessions for the West-Division of this County the next Assizes Gaol-delivery Great Sessions or Sitting of Oyer and Terminer in the County aforesaid which shall first happen And that you then and there have him to be farther proceeded against as by the said Act is directed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. The like Mittimus mutatis mutandis to the House of Correction if the Iustices think fit to send the Offender thither which they must not do if they be satisfied that the Offender or her Husband if Feme-Covert have 5 li. per annum Free-hold or Copy-hold or be worth 50 li. in Goods A Record against one that suffereth a Conventicle c. to be kept in his house ¶ I conceive it fit that this Record be written in Parchment And Quaere if not fit to be in Latin Kent ss MEmorandum That upon the second day of Iune in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. it was according to the form of an Act of Parliament in that behalf lately made intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles duly proved to us That R. T. of c. did wittingly and willingly suffer under of exercise of Religion in other manner than is allowed by the of the Church of England to be held in his in the Parish of T. in the said County on c. day now last past contrary to the Act aforesaid Of all which we have the day and year first above written made this Record under our hands and seals A Mittimus thereupon upon the first Conviction To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at C. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as D. E. was this present day according to the form of an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles convicted by Record by us made of wittingly and willingly suffering under of exercise of Religion in other manner than is allowed by the of the Church of England to be held in his in the Parish of T. in the said County upon the second day of Iune now last past contrary to the Act aforesaid And whereas we did upon the said Conviction fine the said D. E. for his said Offence and he did not pay down the said Fine unto us These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said D. E. and him safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely keep without Bail or Mainprise by the space of next after such delivery of him unto you Hereof fail not at your perils c. The like Mittimus mutatis mutandis to the House of Correction if the Iustices think fit to send the Offender thither which they must not do if the Offender or her Husband if Feme-Covert have 5 li. per annum Freehold or Copy-hold or 50 li. in Goods A Mittimus thereupon upon the second Conviction To the Constable c. as in the precedent Warrant K. ss FOrasmuch as c. as in the precedent Warrant till you come to these words And he did not pay down the said Fine unto us go on thus And forasmuch as the said D. E. hath been once before that time convicted of the like Offence contrary to the Act aforesaid These are therefore c. as aforesaid The like Mittimus mutatis mutandis c. as aforesaid A Mittimus thereupon upon the third Conviction To c. as in fol. 102. Kent ss FOrasmuch as c. as in fol. 102. till you come to these words And forasmuch as the said D. E. hath been twice before that time convicted of the like Offence contrary to the said Act These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said D. E. and him safely convey to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said Gaol and him there safely keep without Bail or Mainprise untill the next general Quarter-Sessions for the West Division of this County the next Assizes Gaol-delivery Great Sessions or Sitting of any Commission of Oyer and Terminer in the County aforesaid which shall first happen And that you then and there have him to be farther proceeded against as by the said Act is directed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. The like Mittimus mutatis mutandis c. as aforesaid A Warrant to levy the Penalty of the Statute upon the Teacher in a Conventicle To the Constable Borsholders Headboroughs and Tithingmen of the Hundred of M. C. in the said County and to every of them and to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of C. in the County aforesaid and to every of them and to all and every other Officers within the said County whom the execution hereof may concern Kent ss FOrasmuch as I did this present day receive a Certificate to me directed under the hand and seal of W. E. of S. in the County of Sussex Esquire one of His Majestie 's Justices assigned to keep His Peace in the said County of Sussex That G. H. of C. aforesaid Tailour was upon the first day of this instant August by him convicted by proof to him made according to an Act of Parliament intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles lately made and provided of being present in the Barn of R. W. of W. in the said County of Sussex Husbandman and there did take upon him to preach or teach at a Conventicle the five and twentieth day of Iuly last past under pretence of exercise of Religion in other manner than according to the Liturgy and practice of the Church of England and contrary to the form of the Act aforesaid and that therefore being thereof convicted as aforesaid the said G. H. did forfeit for the said first Offence twenty pounds and that he the said Justice had by virtue of the said Act imposed on him so convict as aforesaid for his said Offence the said summ of twenty pounds as being thought by him
there to punish and set on work according to the tenour of this Precept Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. Of an idle Person out of Service c. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County c. K. ss FOrasmuch as C. D. of c. according to the Crime as below These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders that you some or one of you do safely convey the said C. D. to the aforesaid House of Correction and him there deliver to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there set him to work and labour from time to time by the space of c. next after such his delivery unto you in the mean time to punish him according to Law Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Mittimus to the House of Correction of an idle Person that would run away and will not work to maintain his Family To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them and to the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County at M. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as it hath been proved before us upon Oath according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided That A. B. of the Parish of C. aforesaid being able to work and thereby relieve his Family hath threatned to run away and leave his said Family upon the Parish of C. aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you unless he do put in sufficient Securities for the discharge of the Parish that you some or one of you do take the said A. B. and him safely convey to the said House of Correction and there deliver him to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Commanding also you the said Keeper to receive him into the said House and there deal with and detain him as a sturdy and wandring Rogue and to be delivered at the next Assembly or Meeting within this lower Division of the Lath of Scray for the better execution of an Act of Parliament made in the seventh year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Iames over England intituled An Act for the due Execution of divers Laws and Statutes heretofore made against Rogues Vagabonds and sturdy Beggars and other lewd and idle Persons or at the Quarter-Sessions and not otherwise Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals at c. A Liberate from thence To the Keeper of the House of Correction for the said County at A. in the County aforesaid Kent ss WHereas C. D. was by Warrant from us sent to the said House of Correction and is at present in your Custody there Now if the said C. D. is in your Custody for the cause aforesaid and no others We do hereby authorize and command you forthwith upon receipt hereof to set C. D. at large from your said Custody For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given under our hands and seals at A. in the said County the c. Huy and Cry The Examination of a Person robbed on the High-way praying an Huy and Cry The Examination of A. B. of C. in the County of D. Gent. taken by E. F. Esq one of the Iustices of the Peace of the County of F. on the second day of October Anno Dom. 1679. upon his Oath Kent ss THIS Examinant deposeth and saith That as he was riding on Saturday the first day of April last past from the Town of A. in the County of B. to C. in the same County he was assaulted in the common High-way leading from one of the said Towns to the other at or near a place there called K at about eleven of the clock in the forenoon of the same day by two Footmen who there seised upon him this Examinant and carrying him into a certain Wood robbed him and bound him And this Examinant farther saith That he is since informed that the said place and Wood are both in the Parish of A. aforesaid and so within the Hundred of A. and D. in the said County And this Examinant farther saith and deposeth That the said Thieves did then seloniously take from him and rob him of 10 l. 17 s. in money and one cloath Saddle with Stirups and Girts worth in all 10 s and two leather Purses two Knives c. in all worth 5 s. And this Examinant farther saith and deposeth That he then did not nor yet doth know the Parties that committed the said Robbery or either of them R. W. Another Kent ss A. B. of C. in the County of D. did upon the present 10. day of October in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second c. personally come before me E. M. Esq one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the said County of D. inhabiting in the Parish of Saint M. C. in the County aforesaid in the Hundred of R. in the said County and upon his corporal Oath then taken before me did say That upon Friday the 8. day of May last past at about the hour of seven of the clock in the afternoon of the same day in the King's High-way at a certain place called E. F. in the Parish of C. in the aforesaid Hundred of R. in the said County of D. he was assaulted by five men all unknown to him the said A. B and they the said five men did then and there feloniously take and carry away from him the said A. B. 100 li. in moneys numbred of the moneys of him the said A. B. and also his Goods and Chattels that is to say one Ring with a deep Table-stone set in the same one Watch in two gold Cases c. to the value of 30 li. and robbed him the said A. B. of all and every the Moneys Goods and Chattels aforesaid And the said A. B. was on the day and year first above mentioned upon his Oath aforesaid by me examined whether he did know the Parties that committed the said Robbery or any of them And he then upon his Oath did say that he neither at the time of the said Robbery committed nor at any time since did know or doth yet know the said Parties that committed the said Robbery nor any of them In testimony whereof I the aforesaid Justice have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written A. B. The Examination of a Person robbed on the High-way by three Persons one of which he knew The Examination of A. B. of C c. sworn
Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto me by the Parishioners of C. in the said County That whereas A. B. being apprehended in the said Parish upon suspicion of Felony and by my Warrant for that cause sent from thence to His Majestie 's Gaol for the said County at Maidstone in the County aforesaid the charges of the said Parishioners in conveying and guarding him to the said Gaol did amount to ten shillings and the said A. B. hath refused to bear the same And forasmuch as I am credibly informed that the said A. B. hath Goods and Chattels within the Parish of D. in the County aforesaid sufficient to defray the said Charges These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you to seize so much of the said Goods and Chattels as shall be sufficient to defray the Charges aforesaid and to cause Apprisement to be made thereof by four of the honest Inhabitants of the said Parish of D. where the Goods are And that you do after the said Apprisement sell the said Goods and that out of the moneys arising of the said Sale you do pay over unto the Parishioners of A. aforesaid the aforesaid ten shillings delivering unto the said A. B. the overplus arising of the said Sale Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to make a Tax for conveying a Felon to the Gaol To the Church-wardens and other substantial Inhabitants of the Parish of A. within the Hundred of B. in the said County Greeting Kent ss FOrasmuch as A. B. Constable of the Hundred aforesaid hath made Complaint unto us that you refuse to make a Tax or Scot in the said Parish for conveying of C. D. of c. lately attached for Felony in the said Parish to the Gaol not having of his own to bear his Charges thither These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and command you forthwith to make a Tax or Scot for the discharge of such moneys as the said Complainant hath been at in the premisses or to come before us or some of us at the house of c. sale die And then and there to shew cause why you do not so do Hereof fail not c. Conventicles A Condition of a Recognizance in case of an Appeal made touching Conventicles THe Condition of this Recognizance is such That whereas R. G. of R. in the within named County of Kent Gentleman was lately convicted by the within named Justices of taking upon him to teach in an Assembly lately held in the Parish-Church of Sandherst within written under pretence of exercise of Religion in other manner then according to the Liturgy and practice of the Church of England against the form of the Statute lately made to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles and had therefore according to the Statute aforesaid forfeited the summe of twenty pounds And for that in the judgments of the said Justices they did think the said R. G. unable to pay the said summe of twenty pounds they did therefore by their discretions adjudge five pounds thereof to be levied by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the within bound W. W. who was also according to the said Statute convicted of being present at the said Assembly contrary to the Statute aforesaid And whereas the said W. W. was also by the said Justices convicted for that he at the time of the said Assembly was one of the Church-wardens of the said Parish and knowing the said Assembly to be holden within the same did not give information thereof to any Justice of the Peace nor endeavour the Conviction of the parties which were at the said Assembly nor of any of them according to the duty of his said Office but wittingly and willingly did omit the performance of his Office aforesaid in the execution of the said Statute against the form of the same by which he forfeited the summe of five pounds And the said two several summs of five pounds have by Warrant of the said Justices been levied of the Goods and Chattels of the said W. W. and he hath the day and year within written appealed from the Justices aforesaid to the judgment of the Justices of the Peace of the said County in their next Quarter-Sessions If therefore the said W. W. do prosecute the said Appeal with effect that then this Recognizance shall be void or else it shall stand in full force And forasmuch also as the aforesaid Wife of the said S. B. is a Feme-Covert cohabiting with the said S. B. her Husband These are therefore c. prout c. forthwith to levy the aforesaid five shillings so imposed upon her as aforesaid by Distress c. prout c. And forasmuch as a man unknown did then and there take upon him to preach or teach prout the Record you may levy twenty pound upon any the Offenders as in your judgment shall seem fit A Record of a Conventicle ¶ This Record must be written in Parchment and would be better in Latin according to the Precedent ensuing K. st MEmorandum That upon the tenth day of Iune in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. it was according to the form of an Act of Parliament in that behalf lately made intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles duly proved to us That A. B. being of the age of sixteen years and upwards and a Subject of this Realm was upon the first day of Iune now last past in the Parish of c. present at T. in the said County under of exercise of Religion in other manner than is allowed by the of the Church of England contrary to the Act aforesaid Of all which we have the day and year first above written made this Record under our hands and seals A Record concerning Conventicles where several persons are convicted Kanc. ss MEmorandum Quod J. S. de Sundrich in Com' praedict ' Yeoman Ed. W. de W. in Com' praed ' Generosus Maria uxor G. J. de parochia de E. in Com' praed ' Husbandman Eliz. Williard de Edenbridge praed ' in Com' praed ' vidua J. B. de c. cum multis aliis in toto se attingen ' ad numerum duodecim personarum quilibet eorum die Solis vicesimo sexto die Junii Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc vicesimo secundo ultra â—…tatem sexdecim annor ' subditi dicti Dom ' Regis nunâ—… existen ' praed ' 26. die Junii Anno vicesimo secundo supradicto insimul assemblaver ' praesentes fuer ' quilibet eor ' praesens fuit in domo mansionali ipsius Annae Pelham viduae in praed ' parochia
the said Act convicted of his wittingly and willingly suffering the Conventicle aforesaid to be held in his aforesaid dwelling-house contrary to the form of the Act aforesaid for which his Offence he hath forfeited the summe of twenty pounds And for that we do in our judgments think the said I. B. poor and unable to pay the said summe of twenty pounds by him as aforesaid forfeited We have therefore by our discretions adjudged one hundred shillings thereof to be levied of the Goods and Chattels of the aforesaid W. S. who as aforesaid was present at the same Conventicle And forasmuch as the said W. S. is an Inhabitant in the Corporation aforesaid we do therefore hereby certifie you of the premisses to the end you may proceed thereupon as by the said Act is required Given under our hands and seals at C. in the said County the one and twentieth day of Nov. An. Dom. 1679. 31 c. A Certificate for the taking the Oath according to the said Act. Kent ss I A. B. one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. do humbly certifie That D. E. did this present day before me take the Oath mentioned in an Act of Parliament lately made intituled An Act to prevent and suppress Seditious Conventicles in these words I do swear that I do not hold the taking of an Oath to be unlawfull nor refuse to take an Oath on that account In testimony whereof I the said A. B. have hereunto set my hand and seal the c. Corporations A Certificate upon taking the Oaths and subscribing the Declarations mentioned in the Act for Regulating Corporations Kent ss MEmorandum That A. B. of C. did upon the 21. day of May last past before us whose names are hereunto subscribed His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County take the Oaths of Allegeance and Supremacy and the Oath appointed to be taken by the Statute made in the 13. year of His now Majestie 's Reign intituled An Act for the well Governing and Regulating of Corporations and did likewise before us subscribe the Declaration in the said Statute mentioned In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the c. Court-Leet and Court-Baron A Precept directed to the Bailiff of the Mannor by the Steward of the Court-Baron to warn the Court. To the Bailiff of the said Mannor Kent ss THese are to require you to warn all the tenants of the said Mannor whose names are here under written and all other the tenants of the same personally to appear at the Court-Baron to be holden for the Mannor aforesaid at the place accustomed upon Thursday the tenth day of this instant Month of August at eight of the clock in the forenoon of the same day then and there to doe and perform their several Suits and Services according to the custom of the said Mannor and have you there the names of such persons as you have so warned and this Precept Given under my hand and seal the first day of August 1676. 28. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi A Precept to warn a Jury for a Court-Leet To the Constable c. Kent ss THese are to will and require you to give publick notice within the said Hundred That His Majestie 's Court-Leet and view of Franck-pledge for the same shall be holden at the house called the Red Lion in B. upon Thursday the seventeenth day of this instant October at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same day And that you warn all persons that do owe any Suit or Service to the said Court That they and every of them personally be and appear at the time and place aforesaid then and there to do and perform the same And that more especially you warn four and twenty honest and lawfull men of the said Hundred to appear at the time and place aforesaid to enquire for our Sovereign Lord the King of those things which to the said Court do appertain And that you your selves be then and there also personally present and have you there the names of such persons as you have so warned and this Precept Given under my hand and seal the second day of Octob. 1680. 32 Regni Regis Caroli Secundi A Precept for a Borsholder or other Officer to take upon him the said Office and to repair to a Justice of Peace to take his Oath for his faithfull execution of the same To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of F. and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as at His Majestie 's Court-Leet holden this present day for the said Hundred of F. you are elected Borsholder for the year to come These are therefore to will and require you upon receipt hereof to take upon you the said Office And forthwith to repair to one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the County of K. before him to take your Oath for your faithfull execution of your said Office Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal the second day of March Anno Dom. 1680. Regni Regis Caroli Secundi tricesimo secundo A Precept to bring in a Scould to be tried at a Court-Leet K. ss RIchard Kilburne Esquire Steward of His Majestie 's Court-Leet holden this present day for the said Hundred to the Constable of the Hundred aforesaid and Officer of the said Court greeting Forasmuch as E. P. of the Parish of C. in the said County Spinster otherwise called E. the Wife of R. T. of the aforesaid Parish of C. in the County aforesaid Labourer was at His Majestie 's said Court holden before me this present day by the Oaths of twelve honest and lawfull men of the Hundred aforesaid presented for her being a common Scould at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of the said Court as well with her Neighbours as with other the Liege people of the King whereby they are much molested disquieted and grieved against the Peace of the said King his Crown and Dignity to the great disturbance and disquiet of His Majestie 's Liege people and against his Peace These are therefore to command you to cause the said E. P. to come before me or my sufficient Deputy at the next Court-Leet of our Sovereign Lord the King to be holden at C. aforesaid in the County aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of the said Court upon Saturday the second day of Octob. next ensuing to answer the premisses And further to do and receive as the said Court of the said King shall consider of her in that behalf And have you there this Precept Given under my seal at C. aforesaid the tenth day of April in the seven and twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. The manner of making up of Court-Roles Cur ' Baron ' Thomae
the moneys so levied collected or gathered in such manner as by the Statute aforesaid is directed and appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. A. B. of one day 10 s. C. D. of two days 20 s. c. Against those that refuse or neglect to work in the High-ways To the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid and to every of them K. ss FOrasmuch as upon your Complaint it appeareth unto us That the several Persons hereunder named were by you charged to come to labour in the High-ways in the Parish aforesaid according to the form of the Statute in that case lately made and provided and yet nevertheless they neglected so to doe by the space of such number of days as are hereunder mentioned and severally added to their several names These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you and every of you that you some or one of you do levy collect and gather by Distress and Sale of the respective Goods of the said respective Persons the respective summs of money hereunder added to their respective names being moneys by them respectively forfeited for their said neglect according to the Statute aforesaid rendring to the Parties so distrained the overplus if any be And that you do employ and bestow the moneys so levied collected or gathered in such manner as by the Statute aforesaid is directed and appointed Hereof fail not c. A. B. of A. aforesaid one day 1 s. 6 d. C. D. of A. aforesaid two days c. 3 s. c. To impower the Surveyors to dig Gravel c. upon Wasts or Commons out of the Parish Kent ss FOrasmuch as by the information of the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid it appeareth unto us that there is not sufficient Gravel Chalk Sand Cinders and Stones within the said Parish to repair their common and publick High-ways We do therefore according to the form of the Statut̄e in that case lately made and provided hereby allow and approve that the said Surveyors or either of them and such Person and Persons as they or either of them shall appoint shall and may dig take and carry away Gravel Chalk Sand Cinders or Stones out of any Waste or Common of any Parish Town Village or Hamlet neighbouring to the Parish aforesaid or upon the Sea-coast without paying any thing for the same for the repairing and amending of the High-ways aforesaid so as they fill up the place within one month next after their digging aforesaid if required by the owner of the Soil Given under our hands and seals the c. To appoint what shall be paid by the Surveyors for digging Gravel c. in any man's Ground Kent ss WHereas by the information of the Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the County aforesaid it appeareth unto us that there being not sufficient Gravel Chalk Stones Cinders and Sand or other materials for to amend and repair the aforesaid High-ways within the common or waste grounds of the said Parish they did according to the form of the Statute in that case lately made and provided enter into the ground of B. C. in the Parish aforesaid near adjoyning to the High-ways to be repaired and did dig take and carry away materials which they judged necessary for the said Reparations and for that difference did arise between the said Surveyors and the said B. C. about the Damages by the said B. C. suffered by the digging and carriage thereof We do therefore according to the Statute aforesaid assess the Damages aforesaid at c. of lawfull money of England which the said Surveyors are to render unto him for the same Given under our hands and seals the c. Against Surveyors for not accounting To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. in the said County and to every of them and to the Keeper of His Majestie 's common Gaol for the said County at B. in the County aforesaid Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto us That B. C. and D. E. Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the said County for the year c. have not made such account touching their said Office as by the Statute in that behalf lately made is appointed and upon examination of the business upon Oath we do find the said Complaint to be true These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said B. C. and D. E. and forthwith convey them to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and there deliver them to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive them into the Gaol aforesaid and them there safely to keep untill they have made such true and perfect account touching their said Office as by the said Statute is appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. Against the Surveyors who have not paid the moneys in their hands to the next Surveyors To the Constable c. as in the precedent Warrant Kent ss FOrasmuch as Complaint hath been made unto us That B. C. and D. E. Surveyors of the High-ways in the Parish of A. in the said County for the year c. had in their hands upon their account made touching their said Office according to the form of the Statute in that case made the summ of c. overplus which they have not returned or paid to the next Surveyors or either of them as by the said Statute is appointed and upon examination of the business upon Oath we do find the said Complaint to be true These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to require you the said Constable and Borsholders and every of you that you some or one of you do take the said B. C. and D. E. and forthwith convey them to His Majestie 's Gaol aforesaid and there deliver them to the said Keeper of the same together with this Precept Requiring also you the said Keeper to receive them into the Gaol aforesaid and them there safely keep untill they have made payment of the said c. to the aforesaid next Surveyors as by the said Statute is appointed Hereof fail not at your perils Given under our hands and seals the c. House of Correction A Warrant and Directions for general privy Search To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as it is observed That for want of due Execution of the good Laws and Statutes of this Realm made and provided for the apprehending and punishing of Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars and other wandring and idle Persons the number of them does daily increase within this Division
of the Court of King's Bench the Body of the said F. M. to answer to such Misdemeanors Contempts and Misbehaviour as shall be objected against him by the Masters of the Bench or others on the behalf of the said Society to the end that his Insolences may be repressed by such proceeding against him as shall be agreeable to Justice Given under my hand and seal the 24th day of Iune in the 27th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second over England Annoque Dom. 1675. R. R. Irish Cattel A Warrant to seize certain Cattel imported from Foreign parts into England To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them Kent ss WHereas I am given to understand that there are lately Imported into England out of Ireland or some other Foreign parts and are now remaining in your Precinct certain Cattel and Beasts prohibited by the late Acts of Parliament to be Imported These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to give you notice thereof and to will and require you and every of you forthwith after sight hereof to use your utmost diligence and endeavour to enquire find out and discover the same Cattel and Beasts and the same to seize and take into your Custody to the intent the same may be proceeded with as by the said Acts is appointed Given under my hand and seal this c. A Warrant to deliver to the Owners certain Cattel seized as forfeited for being Imported from Foreign parts upon proof that they were not so Imported To the Constables c. ut supra Kent ss WHereas complaint hath been made to me that you or some or one of you have or hath seized and taken into your Custody certain Cattel belonging to or late in the possession of A. B. viz. 2 Oxen 3 Kine 4 Heifers 5 Yearlings 100 Sheep and 6 Swine as forfeited for being Imported out of Ireland into England contrary to the late Acts of Parliament in that behalf Now forasmuch as the said A. B. within 48 hours after such seizure hath made it appear to me by the Oath of two credible Witnesses viz. That the same Cattel were not Imported from Ireland aforesaid nor any other place beyond the Seas contrary to the said Acts. These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you forthwith upon sight hereof to deliver unto the said A. B. the said Cattel aud every of them without delay according to the said Acts as you will answer the contrary Given under my hand and seal c. A Warrant to kill the said Cattel To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of A. and to every of them If not them To the Sâ—…izor or Seizors of the Cattel as the Case is Kent ss WHereas I am given to understand That you or some of you having seized within your Precinct certain great Cattel Sheep and Swine viz. here name the Sorts and number of each Sort of the Cattel as the Case is late belonging to or in the possession of A. B. as forfeited for being Imported out of Ireland or some other Foreign parts beyond the Seas contrary to the late Acts of Parliament in that behalf And that the Importer or Importers thereof have been convicted of such Importation and Forfeiture of the said Cattel yet nevertheless you the said Seizor or Seizors by the space of six days next after such Conviction and Forfeiture have delayed and do still delay or neglect to cause the same Cattel to be killed whereby the distribution thereof according to the said Act is retarded and hindred These are therefore to require you immediately upon sight hereof to cause the said Cattel to be killed to the end the same may be forthwith distributed as by the said Acts is required And hereof you are not to fail Given under my hand and seal c. A Warrant to levy 40 s. upon the Seizor or Church-wardens that shall fail in killing or making distribution as aforesaid To the Constable and Borsholders of c. Kent ss WHereas I am given to understand That A. B. having seized within your Precinct certain great Cattel Sheep and Swine viz. here name the Cattel ut supra lately belonging to or in the possession of C. D. as forfeited for being Imported from Foreign parts beyond the Seas contrary to the late Acts of Parliament in that behalf And that the same are convicted and forfeited according to the same Acts yet the said A. B. by the space of six days next after such Conviction and Forfeiture have delayed and do still delay to cause the same Cattel and Beasts to be killed and distribution to be made thereof according to the said Acts. Now forasmuch as Oath hath been made before me of the premisses These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to will and require you forthwith after sight hereof to levy or cause to be levied the summe of 40 s. for every one of the said great Cattel and 10 s. for every of the said Sheep and 10 s. for every of the said Swine which should have been killed and distributed as aforesaid in pursuance of the said Acts by Distress and Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. rendering the said A. B. the over-plus necessary Charges of destreyning being first deducted and in default of such Distress to commit the said A. B. to the common Gaol of the said County there to remain for the space of three months without Bail or Mainprise according to the Statute in that behalf Hereof you are not to fail Given under my hand and seal c. According to these Presidents may like Warrant or Warrants be made for Fish or other Goods prohibited by the said Acts Mutatis mutandis Lent A Warrant for the observing of Lent To the Constables and Borsholders c. Kent ss THese are therefore in His Majestie 's name and in pursuance of His said Majestie 's late Proclamation to will and command you and every of you that you some or one of you do cause to come and appear before us upon Thursday the second day of March name the place all Inn-holders Tavernors Alehouse-keepers Butchers and all other Victuallers whatsoever within the said Hundred of c. And that you give notice to the said persons that they bring with them two sufficient Sureties to enter into several Recognizances for His said Majestie 's use for the due observation of Lent according to the effects and contents of the said Proclamation and according to the Law in that case made and provided And that you your selves or one of you be then and there present and make a return in writing of all such as you shall have warned by virtue of this Warrant Hereof c. Given c. Licences A Licence for a Badger of Corn. Kent ss AT the general Sessions of the Peace holden at M. in the County aforesaid this present day A.
hereby certify That M. N. of O. in the County of P. Gent. upon the Lord's day commonly called Sunday the 10. day of Iune immediately after Divine Service and Sermon did in the Parish-Church aforesaid receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our hands the 10. day of c. A. B. Minister of the Parish and Parish-Church of C. E. F. Church-warden of the said Parish and Parish-Church H. I. of K. in the County of K. Gent. and L. M. of c. do severally make Oath That they do know M. N. in the above written Certificate named and who now present hath delivered the same into this Court and do farther severally make Oath that they did see the said M. N. receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the Parish-Church of C. c. in the said Certificate mentioned and upon the day and at the time in the said Certificate in that behalf certified and expressed and that they did see the Certificate above written subscribed by the said A. B. Minister of the said Church and E. F. Church-warden there and farther that the said H. I. and L. M. do say upon their respective Oaths that all other matters or things in the said Certificate recited mentioned or expressed are true as they verily believe A Certificate of Receiving the Sacrament according to the Act. K. ss MEmorandum That at the Quarter-sessions for the said County holden at C. in the County aforesaid upon Tuesday the 22. day of Iuly in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy three and from thence adjourned to M. in the said County and there holden by the same Adjournment upon Monday the 28. day of Iuly aforesaid R. W. of the Parish of M. in the County aforesaid Esq did upon the said 28. of Iuly in the said Court of Quarter-sessions there deliver into the said Court a Certificate under the hands of I. P. Clerk Minister of the Parish and Parish-Church aforesaid and I. M. Church-warden of the same Parish and Parish-Church by which they certified that the said R. W. upon the Lord's day commonly called Sunday the 18. day of M in the said year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy three immediately after Divine Service and Sermon did in the Parish-Church aforesaid receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the usage of the Church of England A Testimonial upon the Receiving the Sacrament according to the Act. Kent ss MEmorandum also That at the time and place of the said delivery of the said Certificate A. B. C. D. and E. F. did upon enquiry made by the said Court then and there severally make Oath that they did know the said R. W. in the said Certificate named and that they were present and delivered the same into that Court and that they did see the said R. W. receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the time day and place and in the manner in the said Certificate certified and that they did also see the Certificate aforesaid subscribed by the said Minister and Church-warden and that the said R. W. did upon the 20. day of May then last past and for several years before inhabit and then did inhabit in the above named Parish of H. and County of Kent A Declaration to be subscribed according to the Act. I A. B. do declare That I do believe that there is not any Transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper or in the Elements of Bread and Wine at or after the Consecration thereof by any person whatsoever Scavingers A Warrant for Scavingers to Distrain To the Constables and Headboroughs and other His Majestie 's Officers of the Liberty of A. c. Kent ss WHereas Complaint hath been made unto us That the several Persons whose names are hereunder written being Inhabitants in the Liberty of A. have refused and yet do refuse to pay the summs of money hereunder mentioned being respectively rated assessed and taxed on them for and towards the scouring and clensing of the Streets according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you and every of you to bring the said Persons so refusing before us to shew cause for such their refusing And if they or any of them shall refuse to come before us or shall absent themselves or refuse to be spoke withall due notice in writing being left at their respective Houses That then you immediately levy all and every the said several summs unpaid and all the Arrearages thereof of all and every the said Persons so refusing by Distress and Sale of the Offenders goods you rendring to the Parties the overplus that shall remain upon the Sale of the said Goods if any shall be And for your so doing this shall be your Warrant Given under our hands and seals this c. Search A Warrant to Search for stoln Goods To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. and to every of them Kent ss FOrasmuch as I have received Information by A. B. that two Sheep were lately feloniously taken and stoln from him These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that immediately upon receipt hereof you do make diligent Search for the said Sheep in all and every such suspected Houses and Places within the said Hundred as you and the said A. B. shall think convenient And if upon your said Search you find any of the said Sheep or other just cause of suspicion that then you bring all such suspected Persons before me or some other of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County to be examined touching the premisses And farther to doe and receive as to Justice doth appertain Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant to make general Search for Rogues Vagabonds c. To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of C. in the said County and to every of them Kent ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to command you and every of you that taking assistance of sufficient men of the said Hundred you do in the night before the twentieth day of October next ensuing make a general privy Search within every of the Parishes Villages and Hamlets within the same for the finding out and apprehending of all Rogues Vagabonds and wandring and idle persons in and about the said Parishes Villages and Hamlets And that such Rogues Vagabonds and wandring and idle persons as you shall then find and apprehend in the said Search you do bring before us or some of us on the aforesaid twentieth day of October at the house of Iohn Price in C. at nine of the clock in the forenoon of the same day there to be examined of their idle and wandring life and to be farther dealt withall according
Coffin lined or faced with any Cloath Stuff or any other thing whatsoever made or mingled with Flax Hemp Silk Hair Gold or Silver or any other material but Sheeps Wool onely P. S. Sealed and signed by us Witnesses that were present and did hear this Oath made A. B. C. D. The Minister's Certificate for being buried in Woollen I A. B. Rectour of the Parish Church of C. in the County aforesaid do hereby certify That the day and year abovesaid the said C. D. came before me and made such Affidavit as is above specified according to a late Act of Parliament intituled An additional Act for burying in Woollen Witness my hand the day and year first above written A. B. A Minister's Certificate of not bringing an Affidavit of a Corp's being buried in Woollen To the right Worshipfull R. K. Esq one of His Majestie 's Iustices of the Peace for the County of Kent the humble Certificate of me A. B. Rectour of the Parish Church of C. in the County aforesaid I Humbly certify That C. D. was lately buried in the Parish aforesaid viz. on the As by the Register Book kept for the same Parish doth appear And further That according to the Act of Parliamâ—… in this behalf I did forthwith after the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 C D. cause notice â—…o be given 〈◊〉 my hand to the Church-warden of the said Parish to bring unto me the said A. B. an Affidavit concerning the burial in Woollen of the said C. D. according to the direction and appointment of the said Act And I further certify That by the space of eight days next after the said Interment of the said C. D. no Affidavit hath been brought to me the said Rectour concerning the burial of the said C. D. in Woollen as by the said Act is required Witness my hand this 10. day of May in the year of our Lord. 1â—…81 A Warrant for levying the 5 li. for not burying in Woollen according to the Act. K. ss FOrasmuch as it appeareth unto me by the Certificate of A. B. Minister officiating in your said Parish to you the Church-wardens and Overfeers of the Poor of the same Parish That the Corps of the Person of C. D. deceased but not of the Plague was buried in Linnen contrary to the Act hereafter mentioned on Monday the second day of Iune and that such an Affidavit and Certificate concerning the Parties being interred according to the direction of a late Act of Parliament intituled An Act for burying in Woollen was not brought to him within the time limited by the said Act And forasmuch as by reason thereof the forfeiture and penalty of five pounds of lawfull money of England is incurred and the Goods and Chattels of the deceased by the said Act made liable to the aforesaid forfeiture to be levied by way of Distress and Sale thereof by Warrant of the chief Magistrate in any Town-corporate or any Justice of the Peace or in default thereof by like Distress and Sale oâ—… the Goods of the Person in whose house the said Party died or of any that had a hand in putting such Person in any Shirt Shift Sheet Shroud or Coffin contrary to the said Act or did order or dispose the doing thereof and in case such Person were a Servant and that he or she died in the family of his or her Master or Mistress that the same be levied upon the Goods and Chattels of his or her said Master or Mistress and if such Person died in the family of his or her Father or Mother that then the same be levied upon the Goods and Chattels of his or her Father or Mother in manner and by Warrant as aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name and by the Authority of the said Act of Parliament to will and require you or some of you to levy the said forfeiture by distress and sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said deceased or in default thereof of the Goods and Chattels of such other Parties as aforesaid rendring the overplus thereof to the Parties whose Goods you shall so distrain all reasonable charges being deducted And for your so doing this by the Authority of the said Act shall be your Warrant Given under my hand and seal the 10. day of Iune in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Annoque Dom. 1679. To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of c. Additional Presidents to the former The form of the Record that is returned of the Alehouses that are licensed K. ss MEmorandum Quod vicesimo tertio die Februarii Anno Regni Domini nostri Caroli secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defens vicesimo septimo apud W. in Com. K. praed R. K. G. P. Armig. duobus Iusticiariis dicti Domini Reg. ad pacem in Com. praed conservand assignat quilibet person infra nominat Victuall in person praesent tunc ibidem per nos dict Iusticiar Licenc ad vendend panem Cervisiam in Conditione infra scrip recognoverunt se debere dicto Dom. Regi seperal summas decem librar bonae legalis monetae Angliae quilibet personarum infra nominat manucapt pro praedict person licenc in person praesent tunc ibidem recogn se debere dicto Dom Regi summ quinque librar pro praed person Licenc non in pers praesent in decem libr. consimilis monetae Angl. de Bonis Catallis Terris Tenementis suis cujuslibet eorum ad opus usum dicti Dom. Regis haered successor suorum fieri levaâ—…i si defecerint in conditione sequorum THE Condition of these Recognizances are such That whereas the above and within named Justices have licensed and allowed all and every the Alehouse-keepers and Victuallers whose names are under and within written to sell Ale and Beer in the Town and Houses where they now inhabit and dwell for the space of one whole year next ensuing the date hereof and no longer If therefore they and every of them shall during their time of keeping Alehouses sell good wholsome Ale and Beer a full Ale-quart of their best for one Penny and of their smallest second sort two full Ale-quarts for a Penny nor shall suffer any disorder or unlawfull Games to be used in or about their Houses or Grounds nor lodge any Strangers above one day and one night without giving notice thereof to the Constable or his Deputy nor dress nor cause to be dressed in or about their Houses any manner of Flesh to be eaten or sould at any time prohibited by Law Nor receive into their Houses any manner of Persons suspected or defamed of or for Theft Murther Drunkenness or Incontinency nor shall buy nor take to pawn any stoln Goods
CHOICE PRESIDENTS Upon all Acts of Parliament Relating to the OFFICE and DUTY OF A JUSTICE of PEACE WITH Necessary Notes and Instructions thereupon taken out of the said Acts of Parliament and other particular Cases in Law adjudg'd therein As also A more usefull method of making up Court-Rolls than hath been hitherto known or published in print By Rich. Kilburne Esq late one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent and Principal of Staple-Inn The second Edition with many usefull Additions Made publick by G. F. of Grayes-Inn Esq LONDON Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins Esquires for Richard Tonson within Grayes-Inn-Gate next Grayes-Inn-Lane 1681. THE Publisher's Preface TO THE READER THE good Reception this Treatise hath met with in the World hath put me upon the Revising of several of the Author's Papers that came to my hands since his Death which for the publick good I have with all Faithfulness and Candour strictly observing his own Method reduced into order But withall I cannot but let the Reader know that tho' the Title Courts be added to this Collection which at first sight may seem something Foreign to the rest of the Matter yet it being collected by the same Author who was an Attorney as well as a Justice of the Peace and his Design alwaies being to improve the Method of making up Court-Rolls in a more succinct and beneficial manner than others understood I thought it my Duty to oblige all Persons concerned in that Practice by incerting that Title in the second Impression of this Book The other Additions the Reader will find extreamly suitable to the first Intention of the Author being Precedents which have received their Forms from late Acts of Parliament and otherwise since the Author's Death to the time of this second Publication Only I must further add that no small pains hath been taken in this second Edition to fit the several Authorities quoted in the Margin to the last Impressions of the Statutes at large and Dalton's Iustice which I hope will find a favourable Acceptance and Esteem from the Purchaser which is the utmost desire of G. F. Grayes-Inn May 12. 1681. OF ALEHOUSES c. A Licence to keep an Alehouse Kent ss MEmorandum That we whose Names are hereunto subscribed Justices of the Peace within the said County have Admitted Licensed and Allowed A. B. Victualler to keep a common-Ale-house in the house where he now dwelleth in C. in the County aforesaid and not elsewhere for the space of one whole year next ensuing the date hereof and no longer Which said A. B. hath entred into Recognizance with two Sureties before us in certain summs of money to the use of our Sovereign Lord the King under Condition that he shall not during the time aforesaid permit or suffer or have any playing at Dice Cards Tables Shovel-board Bowls Quoits or any other unlawfull Game or Games in his House Yard Garden or Backside nor shall suffer to be or remain in his house any person or persons not being of his ordinary Family to drink any Beer Ale or Tobacco on the Lord's day Humiliation or Thanksgiving-day during the time of Divine Service or Sermon nor shall suffer any person to lodge or stay in his house above one day and one night but such whose true Name and Sirname he shall deliver to some one of the Constables or in his absence to some one of the Officers of the same Parish the next day following or such as he will answer for nor shall refuse to lodge any person that shall be brought to him by the Constable or Officer nor suffer any person to remain in his house tippling or drinking contrary to the Law nor shall willingly admit or receive into his House Barns Stables or otherwhere any Players of Interludes Rogues Vagabonds sturdy Beggars Masterless men or any person notoriously defamed for Theft Incontinency Drunkenness or any other notorious Crime nor shall buy or take to pawn any stoln Goods or other of any Wayfaring man or other that shall bring the same to sell but of such as he shall be able always to produce and have forth-coming And also shall sell his Beer and Ale by sealed Measure according to the Assise and not otherwise And lastly shall in all things behave himself according to the Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom in that case provided In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the 6. day of S. in the 31. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second of England c. Annoque Domini 1679. Or thus We whose Names are hereunto written His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County do according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided License Admit and Allow A. B. Victualler to keep a common Alehouse or Tipplinghouse in the house wherein he now dwelleth in C. aforesaid Provided always that the said A. B. do not suffer any unlawfull Games to be used in his said House but do use and maintain good Order and Rule within the same Provided also that this our Licence shall not continue in force above the space of one year now next ensuing at the most Gâ—…ven under our hands and seals at c. A License to Brew and keep an Alehouse K. ss WHereas A. B. of C. in the said County of K. c. hath come before us I. Doe and Ric. Roe two of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace within the said County and bound himself in a Recognizance with sufficient Sureties to Brew to Sell and to keep a common Alehouse according to the Statuâ—…e of Brewers made in the fifth year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth Now know ye us the said Iohn Doe and Rich. Roe to have Licensed the said A. B. to Brew Sell and keep a common Alehouse according to the said Statute Given under our hands the 10. of September in the c. A Recognizance thereupon Kanc. ss MEmorandum Quod primo die Octobris Anno Regni Domini Caroli Secundi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensoris c. vicesimo â—…ono apud C. in Com' praedict ' A. B. de c. D. E. de c. F. G. de c. personaliter venerunt coram nobis H. J. K. L. Iustic ' dicti Domini Regis ad pacem in Com' praedicto conservand ' assignat ' recognoverunt se debere dicto Domino Regi modo forma sequen ' viz. praedict ' A. B. viginti libras legalis monetae Angliae uterque praedictorum D. E. F. G. decem libras consimilis monetae separalit ' levand ' de separalibus bonis catallis terris tenementis suis ad opus usum dicti Domini Regis haered ' successorum suorum si defalt ' fieret in performatione Conditionis sequen '
several Persons whose names are hereunder written upon each of them the summ of 5 li. for such his neglect and refusal as aforesaid by way of distress and sale of his Goods according to the Act of Parliament in that case made and provided Hereof fail not at your perils And for so doing this shall 〈◊〉 your sufficient Warrant Given under our hands and seals at c. Testimonials A Testimonial for conveying a Rogue who hath been punished A. B. a sturdy Vagrant Beggar of middle personage Black haired having a Scar in the right Cheek aged about 30 years was this 10. day of Novemb. in the 32 year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles the Second over England c. openly whipped at T. in the said County according to Law for a wandring Rogue and is assigned to pass forthwith from Parish to Parish by the Officers thereof the next streight way to R. in the County of H. where as he confesseth he was born or dwelled last by one whole year c. if the case be such and he is limited to be at R. aforesaid within twelve days now next ensuing at his peril Given at T. under the hand and seal of R. K. Esquire one of His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County of Kent and R. H. the Constable of T. aforesaid A Testimonial for one that hath suffered shipwreck R. K. of M. in the County of Kent Esq one of His Majestie 's Iustices c. To all Constables Borsholders c. Kent ss FOrasmuch as the Bearer hereof A. B. aged about c. having lately been at Sea in a Ship called c. hath suffered Shipwreck and got to land at G. in the said County of K. upon the 10. day of March last past as I am credibly informed as well by the report of the said A. B. as also by the testimony of divers of the Inhabitants of G. aforesaid and for that the said A. B. hath not wherewithall to relieve himself in his travel homewards to T. in the County of S. where he saith he was born or hath a dwelling c. These are therefore to pray you and every of you to whom these Presents shall come not to molest or trouble the said A. B. in his travel to T. aforesaid where he is limited to be within 20 days next after the date hereof but to desire you rather to relieve him in his necessity as to you shall seem meet and withall you the Constables and Borsholders of every Town where he shall come to help him with Lodging in convenient time so that he travel the direct way to T. aforesaid not doing any thing contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm Given under my hand c. The like may serve with alterations for a poor Souldier c. Tiling A Deputation for Tile-searchers Kent ss WE whose names are hereunto written His Majestie 's Justices of the Peace of the said County do according to the form of the Statute in that behalf made in the seventeenth year of the Reign of the late King Edward the Fourth ordain assign and depute A. B. of C. and D. E. and either of them during our wills and pleasures to search and examine the digging casting turning and ordering of Earth for all Plain-tile Roof-tile Corner-tile and Gutter-tile to be made within the Division of the seven Hundreds in the County aforesaid and to search and examine all the Tiles aforesaid that the same be good reasonable and very sufficient and thoroughly whited and anealed and do contain such length breadth thickness and deepness as by the said Act is required and generally to doe and perform all such other things as to the Office of Searchers do by virtue of the said Act appertain and to receive and have such Fees and Salaries for their and either of their labour in the premisses as by the said Act is appointed Given under our hands and seals at c. Trespass A Warrant upon Hedg-breaking c. where the Party 's not able Kent ss FOrasmuch as it was this present day duly proved before me That A. B. hath lately unlawfully a of C. D. at H. contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided And forasmuch as upon hearing and determining of the said matter I have ordered and appointed That the said A. B. should forthwith give and pay unto the said C. D. c. of lawfull money of England in and for recompence and satisfaction for his damages which he hath sustained by occasion of the Trespass aforesaid And forasmuch as the said A. B. is thought in my discretion not able nor sufficient to make such recompence or satisfaction as aforesaid These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to command you that you some or one of you do whip the said A. B. for the Offence aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant or Order to pay where he is able Kent ss FOrasmuch as it was this present day duly proved before me That A. B. hath lately unlawfully a of C. D. at H. contrary to the form of the Statute made and provided Now upon hearing and determining of the said matter I do order and appoint That the said A. B. shall within ten days now next ensuing give and pay unto the said C. D. c. of lawfull money of England in and for recompence and satisfaction for his damages which he hath sustained by occasion of the Trespass aforesaid Given under my hand and seal at c. To whip where not paid according to Order To the Constable and Borsholders of the Hundred of K. and to every of them Kent ss WHereas upon the 10. day of Iune it was duly proved before me That A. B. had then lately unlawfully of C. D. at H. contrary to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided And whereas upon hearing and determining of the said matter I did then order and appoint That the said A. B. should within c. then next ensuing give and pay unto the said C. D. c. of lawfull money of England in and for recompence and satisfaction for his damage which he hath sustained by occasion of the Trespass aforesaid And forasmuch as it doth now sufficiently appear unto me that the said A. B. hath not hitherto given or paid unto the said D. the aforesaid c. according to my said order and appointment These are therefore in His Majestie 's name â—…o command you that you some or one of you do whip the said A. B. for the Offence aforesaid Hereof fail not at your perils Given under my hand and seal at c. A Warrant from the Justices at a Quarter-sessions for apprehending one indicted for a Trespass To all Constables Headboroughs and all other His Majestie 's Officers and Ministers within the County of K. and to every
County of Middlesex to attend him in Council the 25. day of February last past did by Himself and the Right Honourable the Lord President acquaint us That His Majesty was in a short time to remove His Court to Oxford and did require and command us to use our utmost endeavours with care and industry to preserve the Peace of this important County during His Majestie 's absence and in particular to put in Execution the Statute made in the 13. year of His now Majestie 's Reign For the preservation of His Majestie 's Sacred Person whom God preserve with long life in and by which said Statuâ—…e it is enacted That if any person or persons whatsoever during the natural Life of our most gracious Sovereign Lord the King that now is shall within this Realm or without compass imagine invent devise or intend death or destruction or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction maim or wounding imprisonment or restraint of the Person of the same our Sovereign Lord the King or to deprive or depose him from the Stile Honour or Kingly Name of the Imperial Crown of this Realm or of any other His Majestie 's Dominions or Countries or to levy War against His Majesty within this Realm or without or to move or stir any Foreigner or Stranger with force to invade this Realm or any other His Majestie 's Dominions or Countries being under His Majestie 's Obeysance and such compassings imaginings inventions devices or intentions or any of them shall express utter or declare by any Printing Writing Preaching or malicious and advised Speaking Every such Person and Persons so as aforesaid offending shall be deemed declared and adjudged to be Traytors and shall suffer pains of Death and also lose and forfeit as in cases of High Treason And that if any Person or Persons at any time during His Majestie 's Life shall maliciously and advisedly publish or affirm the King to be an Heretick or a Papist or that he endeavours to introduce Popery or shall maliciously and advisedly by Writing Printing Preaching or other Speaking express publish utter or declare any words sentences or other thing or things to incite or stir up the people to hatred or dislike of the Person of His Majesty or the established Government Then every such person and persons being thereof Legally convicted shall be disabled to have enjoy or exercise any Place Office or Promotion Ecclesiastical or Civil or Military or any other Imployment in Church or State and shall be likewise liable to such further and other punishments as by the Laws or Statutes of this Realm may be inflicted in such Cases And we having taken into consideration His Majestie 's most gracious Speech then made unto us and his commands laid upon us Do therefore hereby will and require and strickly charge and command That you do forthwith issue forth your Warrants to the several petty Constables within your Division thereby commanding them that they do with their utmost diligence and endeavours apprehend and secure all persons so as aforesaid offending against the said Statute and bring such person or persons before us the said Justices at our petty Sessions to be held weekly on Tuesday in every week at or in A. c. in the said County of Mid. by nine of the clock in the forenoon of the said days to the intent they may be proceeded against according to Law and Justice And we do hereby will and require you that you do survey the Watches that are kept by the petty Constables in your Division and order them the said petty Constables that they do within their respective limits for the future keep their Watches from nine a clock at night untill six in the morning to the intent that the King's Peace may be the better secured And we hereby further will and require you that you do in your said Warrants command the said petty Constables that they do for the future take an Account in writing of all the names of those persons they Summon to be upon the Watch and that they take particular notice of all and every person that shall after such Summons given make default and not appear himself or send some able and fit person to watch in his stead And that they bring the said Account fairly written to us who shall be assembled at the said petty Sessions to the intent they may be proceeded against according to Law And hereof you and the said petty Constables are not to fail at your perils Given under our hands and seals the fourth day of March in the year of our Lord 1680. and in the 33. year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England c. Another Warrant upon the same Statute To all Constables and other His Majestie 's Officers whom these may concern within the Parish of c. M. ss THese are in His Majestie 's name to will and require you to take notice of and to apprehend and bring before us at our weekly Meetings all manner of persons that shall maliciously and advisedly publish or affirm the King to be an Heretick or a Papist or that he endeavours to introduce Popery or that shall maliciously and advisedly by Writing Printing Preaching or other Speaking express utter or declare any words sentence or other thing or things to make or stirr up the People to hatred of the person of His Majesty or the established Government to be dealt with according to Law And further from time to time to appoint and settle sufficient Watches to meet at nine at night and not to depart till six in the morning amongst whom a competent number of good House-keepers are alwaies to be present And you and every of you are to bring us the Names and Conditions of your respective Watches at our said weekly Meetings that the performance of your Duties herein may be the better known and taken notice of His Majesty in Council having given us strict command herein You are likewise to give us an Account of all such as Arm themselves beyond their Qualities and to use your utmost endeavours by all the ways imaginable to preserve His Majestie 's Peace during his absence from this City Dated this eighth day of March 1680. A Warrant for Watch and Ward and to apprehend idle persons To the High Constable of the Hundred of A. and the petty Constables c. within the said Hundred Kent ss FOrasmuch as information hath been given unto us that very many suspicious idle persons do wander about the Country without Controlment or Question for the better prevention thereof for the future and of Robberies and other Misdemeanours often occasioned thereby These are therefore in His Majestie 's name to charge and command you and every of you to look to your Offices herein and to see that you keep and cause Watches to be duly kept in all the Parishes and places within your said Hundred of A.
Quorum 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 7 Iac. 3. 43 Eliz. cap. 2. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum Man-child till he shall come to the age of 24 years Woman-child till she shall come to the age of 21 or the time of her marriage On refusal to be bound to good Behaviour or Indicted for a Contempt and thereupon to be Fined and Imprisoned Dalt 163. 5 Eliz. 4. 5 Eliz. 4. 5 Eliz. 4. If it be taken before 1 Justice say uno Iusticiarior ' Domini Regis c. Anno Domini not necessary If it be taken before 1 Justice say uno Iusticiarior ' Domini Regis c. Anno Domini not necessary a The Iustices within named or the within named Iustices 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum If charged but with suspicion then say a the suspicion of his c. b as the Case is whereof he stands charged 7 Iac. c. 4. May be chargeable to the Parish 2 Iustices Quaere if not fit one to be of the Quorum according to 18 El. c. 3. If she put in security to discharge the Parish she cannot be punished by the Statute 7 Iac. but by that of 18 Eliz. Coke Magna Charta fol. 733. 7. Iac. cap. 4. c. May be chargeable to the Parish 2 Iustices if not fit one be of the Quorum according to â—…8 El. c. 4. If she put in surety to discharge the Parish she cannot be punished by the Statute 7 Iac. but by that of 18 Eliz. Coke Mag. Ch. fol. 733. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum 18 Eliz. cap. 3. Dalt 39. Lamb. 122. Cromp. 196. 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum The same Justices 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum 18 Eliz. cap. 3. It is not expresly said what Iustices shall commit But I conceive it fit to be the 2 Iustices that made the Order But likewise conceive that other Iustices may so doe mutatis mutandis But I also conceive it fit that then it should be done by 2 Iustices whereof one of the Quorum 14 Car. 2. cap. 12. 2 Iustices 1 of the Quorum This Order must be confirmed at the Sessions 18 Eliz. cap. 3. 3 Car. c. 4. 2 or 3 Iustices Lam. 119. First Assignavimus in the Commission of the Peace 2 or 3 Witnesses 34 E. 3. c. 1. Dalt 290. to 297. First Assignavimus in the Commission of the Peace 34 E. 3. c. 1. Dalt 290. to p. 297. Either of these are sufficient Lamb. 120. 1 Iustice. Crompt 237. 5 E. 6. c. 25. Two Justices one of the Quorum Observe to bind the Principal in 20. li. and each of the Sureties in 10 li. a If at the Assizes then say at the next Assizes and general Gaol-delivery to be holden for the said County to doe and receive c. In allusion to the Statute of 22 Hen. 8. cap. 5. I conceive it fit to have 4. Iustices whereof 1 of the Quor In allusion to the Statute of 22 H. 8. cap. 5. I conceive it fit to have 4 Iustices whereof one of the Quorum When moneys received as much as you can get As aforesaid 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices a Lord High Admiral of England or 2 more of the principal Officers or Commissioners of His Majestie 's Navy or Master of His Majestie 's Ordnance or Lieutenants of His Majestie 's Ordnance b Service of the Navy or Ordnance 13 Car. 2. cap. 8. 2 Iustices by oath of the Officer or two credible Witnesses a Refuse or wilfully neglect 12 Car. 2. cap. 24. Settled the 13. of the same King cap. 8. Provision for His Majesty or the Queen or any of the Children of the King or Queen Or impress or take any Cart Carriage or other thing without the consent of the Owner 2 Iustices a Son or Daughter 16 Car. 2. cap. 3 1 Iustice dwelling near the place Proof upon Oath a violently opposed or injured b for any time not exceeding a month 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 2. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division 1 Witness within a month after default made 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division c. 1 s. per Sunday 1 Eliz. c. 2. 3 Iac. c. 4. 14 Car. 2. cap. 4. 1 Iustice of that Division 13 14 Car. 2. c. 4. 2 Iustices Confession or 2 Witnesses a Parsonage Vicarage or Benefice with Cure The Ordinary may allow an Impediment 13 14 Car. 2. c. 4. 2 Iustices Sermon or Lecture 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 2 Iustices 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 2 Iustices Sea-coals brought into the Thames must be sold by the Chauldroâ—… containing 36 bushels heaped up according to the Bushel sealed at Guild-hall London And Scotchcoals and other Coals sold by weight after the proportion of 112 li. to the hundred of Avoirdupois weight without fallacy or deceit a sold or exposed to Sale Half to the person prosecuting or complaining Parish where the Offence committed or any other adjoyning Parish or Parishes 16 17 Car. 2. c. 2. 3 Iustices of the Quorum a Ingrosser or Retailer b Wharf or place where the Coals are stored up 2 Iustices * If not chosen at the Leet this Clause is to be omitted I conceive that it is fit to have 2 Iustices and one of them of the Quorum Dalt 165. I think 2 Iustices best Quorum 1. Best 2 Iustices Quorum unus 14 Car. 2. 2 Iustices See Title Recognizances 7 Iac. c. 4. 3 Iac. 10. 1 Iustice. He that committed him For any offence or misdemeanour Must bear the charges of himself and of those appointed to guard him thither or that shall so guard him thither If the Offender be unable to bear his Charges the Parishoners must do it See Title Recognizances Where Offender is a Feme-Covert levy upon her Husband Where Teacher is a man unknown 22 Car. 2. Regis c. 1. 2 Iustices By Consession of the party or Oath of witness or notorious evidence of the fact Assembly Conventicle or Meeting a under colour or pretence of exercise c. b other then is allowed by the Liturgy or practice of the Church of England Where five persons are present more than those of the same houshold Quaere if there must not be two Justices 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice d not exceeding 5 â—…i e noâ—…x exceeding 3 months 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice d not exceeding 10 li. e not exceeding six months 22 Car. 2. cap. 1. 2 Iustices a an Assembly Conventicle or Meeting b colour or pretence c Liturgy or practice 22 Car. 2. Regis c. 1. 2 Iustices By Confession of the party Oath of Witness or notorious Evidence of the fact a Assemb Conventicle