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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22836	A collection of the substaunce of certayne necessarye statutes, to be by the iustices of peace diligently executed, within euery sheare of the realme; Laws, etc.	England and Wales.	1561 (1561)	STC 9339.5; ESTC S3148	17,398	8

may be conueied ouer and than at the costes of those inhabytauntes yf hym selfe shal not haue wher with to be conueyed ouer to hys countrey Against reteiners and geuers of liueries made in Anno octauo Edwardi quarti Capitulo secundo NOne maye gyue lyuerye or other signe nor retayne anye but onely his manuell seruaunte officer or a man of th one lawe or of thother by anye wrytyng oth or promyse And yf he doth contrarye the geuer shall lose C.s. for euery month that there is any with him so reteyned and the receyuer C. s and he that wyll sue shall haue an accion by byll of information agaynst a●●● my offendours as he wyll in euery of the kynges courtes before Iustices of Peace of assise and gayle delyuery or Countye Palentyne and in Duresme and in Examshire there-vpon processe shal be as in trespas except that in county Palentyne nor in Duresme no exigente shal be awarded and yf anye of the offendours be presente in Courte the iustices may commaunde hym to be brought to aunswere and first the informer shal be exaamined vpon a booke that his complaynte is true and after they examine that defendaunte and iudge him conuicte by their discretion aswel as by trial And the informer shal recouer the one halfe and the king the other halfe if it be not in citie or town that hath lyke forfeyture by the kinges graunt and that no essoigne nor proteccion be allowed And that the sherife or coroner mai retourne no lesse issues at the first daye then x.s and the seconde xxx.s and so at euery daye x.s of increase And if the sherife or coroner to the contrary he shall forfeyte euery tyme xx.s And the mayer gouerners of cities and townes that haue power to here and determine plees personnels haue power to examine and to determine it as is beforesayde aswell by examination as by triall And vpon that the kinge shal haue th one halfe the Mayors or gouernours the other halfe to be imployed to the vse of the citye or towne Item the kynges and the Quenes maiesties pleasures are that all other statutes consernyng reteiners and geuyng lyueryes now remaynyng in force shal be put in execution The statute of Winton for robbeties hewe and crye and for watches to be kepte AFter a robbery or felony done freshe suit shal be made from towne to towne c. and yf nede be inquestes shal be made in townes hundredes fraunchyses and counties so that the felones maye be attaynt and suffre execution and yf they be not taken then the people wher such robbery was done as in hundred and fraunches shal aunswere therefore And yf it be done betwene two Shyres c. Within xl dayes yf the misdoers be not taken Also in greate townes the gates shal be closed from the sonne risyng to the sonne settynge and no man herborowe none in the suburbes but such as he wil aunswere for and the Baylyffes of Townes shal enquyre of such euery weke Also watch shal be made and kept from Assention tide tyll Myghelmas in euery citie by sixe men at euery gate and in euery borowe by twelue men in euery hole towne by sixe men or foure after the numbre of thinhabitauntes contynually al the nyght from the sonne set to the sonne rysynge And yf any straunger come by them he shal be arrested vntyl mornynge and yf he be suspicious he shal be brought to the Sheryffe to be kept vntyll he be delyuered by due ordre and euery towne adioyninge shal be ayding to other Also the hye wayes of market townes shal be enlarged where there is any woddes hedges dyches or bushes nygh the hye waye CC. fote one th one side and CC. fote on the othersyde but this statute extendeth not to okes nor great fustes so that they be clere vnder and yf the Lorde wyll not do thus yf any robveries or murder be done he shal aunswere therfore and make fine at the kynges wyll Also in the hye wayes in the kynges wodde or parke nygh the hygh wayes it shal be done after the same maner or ells that the Lorde shal make such wall diche or hedge that the euyll doers can not escape and no fayre nor market be holden in no Churcheyarde Against reportes of slaunderous tales and newes VV. 1. cap. 34. YF any person shal publishe or forge false newes wherof discord or slaunder may aryse betwene the kinge and his people or the nobles of his Realme the same shal be unprisoned vntil he shal bringe forth in court the Author of such newes Anno. 2. R. 2. cap. 5. THe forgers and counterfeictors of false newes and horrible false messynges of Prelates Dukes Earles Barons and other nobles great personages of the Realme or of the Chauncellor Treasourer Clerke of the preuye Seale Steward of the Kinges Howse Iustices of th one bench or thother or of any other great officers of the Realme of thinges which by the same Prelates Dukes c. were neuer spoken or thought of to their great slaunder wherof debates and discord may arise berwene the sayd Lordes and Commons shal suffre the punishment mentioned in the saide Acte of W. 1. vntil they haue brought forth in court thauctor of the said false newes and messinges Anno. 12. R. 2. cap. 11. ANd yf the said forgers and counterfeictors cannot bring forth the Aucthor of the said false newes then they shal be punished by thaduise of the kinges Counsell Anno 1. et 2. Phi. Mar. cap. 3. THe Iustices of peace within the limittes of their Commission may heare and determine all offences committed and done against the forme of the said seueral statutes And further yf any person or persons maliciously of his or their own imagination speake any sedicious or slaunderous newes Rumors sayinges tayles of oure Soueraigne Ladye the Quenes Maiestie euery person so offending for the first offence shal in the market place nere wher the wordes were spoken be set openly vpon the pillory and shal haue both his eares cut of onelesse he pay C. l. to the quenes hyghnes vse within a moneth next after iudgement giuen agaynst hym and also be imprisoned by the space of three monethes next after his or their execution If any such sedicious or slaunderous newes be spoken by any person of the reporte or saying of anye other then the same person to be set openly vpon the pillory as is aforesaid and to haue one of his eares cutte of onles he pay on hundreth markes within the time to thuse aforesaid and also susteyne a moneth imprisonment next after his execution And yf any person maliciously deuise write print or setforth any Boke Ryme Ballade Lettre or writing conteining false matter clause or sentence of slaunder reproch and dishonor of the Queenes highnes or the encouraging sterring or mouing of any insurrection or rebellion or shal procure anye of the said offences to be done yf the same be not punishable by the statute of xxv E. 3. cap. 2. touching treasons c. the sayd person shall after conuiction for his first offence in som market place haue his righte hande cutte of Item yf any person once conuicte of any of the sayd offences punishable by losse of eare eares or hād do after wardes offend in any of the said offences then he shal suffre imprisonment during his lyfe and forfeyte to the quenes highnes vse al his goodes and cattels The sayd offences are inquirable and determinable before Iustices of Oyer determiner Iustices of assise or gayle delyuery or Iustices of peace If any Iustice of peace vpon vehement suspicion may commit any person suspected to pryson ther to remayne wythout bayle or maynepryse The offenders agaynste this acte must be accused and conuict within thre monethes next after th offence commytted God saue the Quene Imprynted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richard Iugge and Iohn Cawood Prynters to the Quenes Maiestie Cum Priuiligio Regiae Maiestatis

thousand mar kes or the sonne of a Duke Marques Earle Viscount or baron shal haue in his house to spende anye pece of Gascoyne French or rochel wyne aboue ten Gallons vpon forfeyture of x. li None shal kepe any cauerne or sel by retayle any wynes except certayne places appoynted in the statute except such as haue the kynges and Quenes letters vpon forfeyture for euery day xx.li None shall kepe any tauerne nor retayle anye wine but suche as shal be assygned thervnto by wrytynge vpon forfeyture of fyue pound for euery daye There shal be assygned but two tauernes in euery towne except certen townes Forty tauernes shal be in London and certen numbre is appointed for diuers cities and townes None shall sell by retayle any wynes to be spent in his house vpon forfeyture of ten pounde March auntes aduenturyng for wines may spend in his house such wynes as he bryngeth into Englande not sellynge it Sheryffes and hed officers of towne corporate and kepers of fortes maye haue wyne in theyr howses to spend there wythoute sellynge Iustices of peace Stewardes of letes shiriffes and eschetours maye enquyre by xii men of these offences the moitie of the forfcytures there founde to the kyng thother to the pore people of that place Thys Acte shall not take awaye the priuiteges of the vniuersities Of VVoodes Anno. 35. Hen. 8. cap. 17. VPon woodes Copyes or vnder wooddes there shal be left vnfelled for euery acre felled twelue standelles like to proue timber whych shal be preserued tyl they be of tenne inches square wythin shre fots of the grounde vpon forfeyture for euerye standell so not lefte .iii. s. iiii d. ¶ All copyes and vnderwoddes at thage of fourtene yeares during foure yeares shal be enclosed or the sprynges thereof preserued vpon forfeyture for euery rode iii. s.iiii d. for euery moneth ¶ All copyes and vnderwoddes felled aboue the age of xiiii yeares during sixe yeares shal be enclosyd or the spring preserued vpō forfeyture of iii. s.iiii d. for euery monthe ¶ None shal retourne into pasture or tyllage any copyes or vnder woddes conteininge two acres nowe preserued for thincrease of wodde vpon forfeyture for euery acre xl.s ¶ Euery person hauing any seuerall wods or copyes with great trees aboue iiii and twenty yeres groth shal at the felling leue for euery acre twelue trees to be preserued during twenty yeares ¶ And during seuen yeares enclose them or preserue the springes vpon forfeyture for euery of those trees felled sixe shillinges eyght pence and for euery rode iii. s.iiii d. Sauing those trees maye be cutte downe for buildinges and reparations ¶ None hauing wodes wherin any hath comon shall sel those woddes but to his owne occupation tyl the forth part be by the owner inclosed as is declared in this acte ¶ And at euery felling it shal be enclosed and preserued .vii. yeares and no bestes durynge those seuen yeares shal be suffered to fede in the parte and the commons to haue their comon in the resydewe the lorde is excluded to put any cattel there or to take any profitte of the pasture there during those vii yeares and after the vii yeares al to lye in common for the lord and the commons ¶ And yf that parte enclosed be not fylled within iiii moneth than the commons to vse their comen and the owner to leaue open places whereby the common beastes may come in as longe as it shal stand vnfelled Certayne places and former bergaynes be excepted Breakers of fenses shall forfeyt x.s If any suffre his swine to go in any common or woddes not ringyd or pygged the owner shall forfeyt for euery swine .iiii. d. Where woodes shal be felled in any ground inclosed where dere shal be kepte their inclosure shall be kept for foure yeares If the inclousures be broken agaynst the wylles of the owner the penaltyes to be extēded vpon those by whom the spring shal be hurted After the wodes preserued by two yeares Coltes and Calues vnder a yeare old may be put there Against Vacaboundes Anno. 22. Hen. 8. cap. 12. THe iustices of peace Maiors Sherifes Bailifes other officers within their limites shall deuide them selfe and so deuided shal make diligente search and enquirie of all aged poore and impotente persons which of necessitie be compelled to liue of almes that shal be abiding within the limittes of their diuision and thervpon shal haue power by their discretions to enable to beg within their limittes such impotent persons which they shall thinke conuenient within the limittes of their diuision to liue of almes and to commaunde them not to begge without the lymittes to them so appointed and shall wryte the names of euery such begger in a rol indented whereof th one parte to remayne with them selfes and thother to be certified at the next sessions of the peace and they so deuided shal haue power to make seales with the names of the hundredes rapes wapentakes cities boroughes townes or places within which they shal limit euery such begger shal deliuer to euery such begger a letter sealed with the sayde Seale and subscribed with the name of one of the said iustices or officers conteining hys name witnessyng that he is aucthorised to begge and hys lymyttes and if he begge out of hys limittes the iustice of peace al other the kinges offycers shal imprison him in the stockes by two dayes and two nyghtes geuing him onely breade and water and after shall cause him to be sworne to retourne without delaye to the place where he is auctorised to begge in ¶ No impotent person shal begge except he be auctorised by wrytinge vnder seale as is aboue sayde and if any impotent person goo a begging hauing no such letter the constable and other inhabitauntes ther shal cause them to be brought to the next Iustice of peace or high constable of the hundreth who shal cause the bryngers to strippe him naked from the middle vpwarde and cause him to be whypped wher the sayde Iustice or high constable shal appoynt or els commaund him to be set in stockes where he was taken by three dayes and thre nightes there to haue onelye breade and water and therevpon the sayde Iustice or highe constable shall lymit to hym a place to begge in and geue him a letter vnder seale as is aforesaide and swere him to repayre thither immediately If any beynge whole and able to laboure be taken in begginge or hauinge no lande mayster nor vsyng any lawful marchaundise or craft to get his liuing be vagaraunt and can geue no reckening howe he doth get his liuinge then it shal be lawefull to the constables and subiectes of euerye place to arest him and brynge him to anye Iustice of peace or to the hyghe constable of that place and if he be taken in anye towne corporate then to be broughte to the mayor Sherifes or bayliffes there and they to cause hym to be had to the