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A22428	The effect of certaine branches of the statute made in anno 33. Henrici VIIJ, touching the maintenance of artillery, and the punishment of such as vse vnlavvfull games very necessary to be put in execution.	England and Wales.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I)	1626 (1626)	STC 8847.5; ESTC S803	1,722	1

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ¶ The effect of certaine branches of the Statute made in Anno 33. Henrici viij touching the maintenance of Artillery and the punishment of such as vse vnlawfull games very necessary to be put in execution FIrst that all Fathers Gouernours and rulers of such as be tender of age doe teach and bring them vp in the knowledge of Shooting and that euery man hauing a man childe or men children in his house shall prouide ordaine and haue in his house for euery man child being of the age of seuen yeeres and aboue till he shall come to the age of seuenteene yeeres a Bow and two shasts to induce and learne them and bring them vp in Shooting and shall deliuer all the same Bow and Arrowes to the same yong men to vse and occupy And if the same yong men be seuants that then their master shall abate the mony that they shall pay for the same Bowes and Arrowes of their wages And after all such yong men shall come to the age of seuenteene yeeres euery of them shall prouide haue a Bow and foure Arrowes continually for himselfe at his proper cost and charges or else of the gift or prouision of his friends and vse and occupie the same in Shooting as is before rehearsed And if the master suffer any of his seruants taking wages being in his houshold and vnder the age of seuenteene yeeres to lacke a Bow and two Arrowes contrary to the forme of this Estatute by the space of one moneth together then the master or father in whom such negligence shall be shall for euery such default forfeit vi s.viii.d And that euery seruant passing the age of seuenteene yeeres and vnder the age of threescore yeeres and taking wages which can or is able to Shoot and shall lacke a Bow and foure Arrowes by the space of one moneth together shall for euery such default forfeit and lose vi s.viii.d ITem that no person by himselfe Factor Deputy seruant or other person shall for his or their gaine lucre or liuing keepe haue hold occupy exercise or maintaine any common house Alley or place of Bowling Coiting Cloise Coiles halfe bowle Tennis Dicing Table or Carding or any other manner of Game prohibited by any Statute heretofore made or any vnlawfull new game now inuented or made or hereafter to be inuented found had or made vpon paine to forfeit and pay for euery day keeping hauing maintaining or suffering any such game to be had kept executed played or maintained within any such House Garden Alley or other place contrary to the forme and effect of this Estatute xl.s. and the players so taken to pay for euery time vi s.viii.d ITem That the Iustices of Peace and euery Maior Sheriffe Constable or other head Officer haue authority to enter into all places aswell within Franchises or elsewhere and the persons offending in any of the premisses to take and put in prison vntill such time they put in Sureties no more to suffer occupy or commit the said offences ITem That all Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables and other head Officers within euery City Borough and Towne within this Realme where any such Officers shall fortune to bee aswell within the Franchises as without shall make due search weekely or at the furthest at all times heereafter once euery Moneth in all places where any such Houses Alleys Play or Players shall be suspected to be had kept and maintained And if the sayd Maiors Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables and other head Officers within their Cities Boroughs and Townes aswell within Franchises as without doe not make due search at the furthest once euery Moneth if the case so require according to the tenor of this Act and doe not execute the same in all things according to the purport and force of the same that then euery such Maior Sheriffes Bayliffes Constables or other head Officer to pay and forfeit for euery Moneth not making such search nor executing the same xl.s. ITem That no Artificer or handicrafts man of any occupation Husbandman Apprentice Labourer seruant of Husbandry Iourney man or seruant or Artificer Mariner Fisherman Waterman or any Seruing man may vse any vnlawfull Game ITem That all that play at Bowles or any other vnlawfull Game in the fields to lose for euery such time vi s viii d and to be committed to prison vnto such time they put in Sureties no more to vse the same ITem This Statute to bee proclaimed foure times euery yeere and the like to be done in all Assises and Sessions and to continue for euer MEmorandum That there is a Prouiso in this Statute for all men of worship which may dispend one hundred pounds yeerely and vpwards may vse these games with discretion at their pleasures God saue the King ¶ Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill Printers to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie M.DC.XXVI