A Proclamation for the observation of certain Statutes, with a form howe the same shal be executed: And a Summarye abridgement of every of the same statutes, following.  
1562. &. 4. Elizabet.   

The Proclamation.  
THE queens majesty calling to her good remembrance howe well this realm is furnished with good laws and orders for redress of many enormities, and howe through negligence of officers, and presumption of offenders, the same nevertheless do rather grow then abate: hath thought meet at this present to devise with her counsel, howe some few necessary laws very beneficial for this time, might be duly executed and observed, as they were meant, to the weal of the realm, and comfort of her majesty. For which purpose her majesty giveth all maner her subiectes to understand, that like as the last year a certain abbreuiat of Statutes was made and published by order of her counsel vpon her commandment, & was by the Iustices of peace in diuers countreys diligently regarded, and in a great part put towards execution, though in some other partes, for lack of time the same took not so good effect: So her majesty chargeth al maner her Iustices and other ministers to whom the same shall belong, to take in hand again their former charge given to them the last year, for therecution of the said Statutes, hastening their assemblies for that purpose now in the beginning of this summer, so as their doings may be certified in such sort, as they were commanded & prescribed the last year.  
And besides these, her majesty findeth like cause to haue two other great enormities daily increasing in this her realm, to be speedily reformed, for which there do remain in force good laws. The one is, the monstrous abuse of apparel almost in al estates, but principally in the meaner sort. The other is, the decay and disfurniture of all kind of horses for service within the Realm. And because her majesty perceiveth, that although the laws be very penal in both these cases, yet without some special direction given for the execution therof, the reformation will not ensue: Her majesty hath caused the Statutes remaining in force for both the said purposes to be briefly collected, & presently by this her Proclamation, chargeth all maner her sheryffes to publish the same jointly with this Proclamation, and to fyx the same up in places accustomend.  
And for the maner of the speedy execution of the Statutes for apparel 
apparel.  and other enormities incident thereto: Her majesty hath caused certain good ordinances to be devised and accorded by her counsel, which also her majesties pleasure is, to be well regarded, straightly kept, and observed according to the several limitations thereof. Wherefore there is good hope conceived by her majesty of a speedy redress, by means of the said good orders. And yf in any point of the same statutes or orders, any doubt shall arise for the understanding of the same: her majesty willeth that the aduise and answer of her privy council be required and followed. And for the other default tending to the decay of horses within the Realm, which partly riseth by stealing and carryinge numbers of Horses, geldings, Mares, and colts out of the realm, and by neglectynge the breeding and keeping of Horses within the realm, according to the laws provided:  
For redress of the former part concerning carrying out of Horses out of the realm: 
Carrying of Horses out of the realm.  her majesty chargeth al maner her subiectes and others within her realm, to take knowledge of the laws now published for that purpose, and not to trust in any remission of penalties therfore provided. For the spedier observation whereof, her majesty meaneth shortly to direct her several Commissions under the great seal, to such partes of her realm where the conveyance hath accustomably ben, or hereafter may be, to inquire therof diligently & straightly by order of lawe, and thereupon to proceed sharply to thexecution, as the cases shal require.  
And as to the latter part tending to the decay of breeding and keeping of Horses: 
breeding & keeping of Horses.  her majesty doth likewise charge all maner her subiectes to take knowledge of the laws remaining in force, and now published at this present time. And for that it is thought by her majesty, that the same laws hath ben by diuers personnes so long forgotten, that it will seem hard to haue to same speedily put in execution: her majesty of her gracious disposition, meaneth to proceed to thexecution therof in this maner following.  
Her majesty intendeth to direct her several Commissions to special persons in every county of the realm, to inquire by order of law, what persons shal not haue before the xv of August next, Horses according to the Statute by reason of their wives apparel mentioned in the Statute, and what other persons chargeable to breeding or keeping of Horses by force of the Statutes, shall not before the .xv. of December next, perform the meaning & intent of the said Statutes, as well for breeding as keeping. And for the more certain execution hereof: her majesty also meaneth to cause a special view to be taken through the realm in September next, of the number inquirable by the foresaid .xv. day of August, as is above expressed: and a like muster ▪ and view to be taken in January next at one instant time, both of the same number, and of all the rest whereof inquisition shalbe made by the said Commission, to be provided before the said .xv. day of December. After which views and musters taken: her majesty intendeth at every half year to haue the famed severely executed by officers specially appointed, until the realm be replenished with such number of Horses, as may be well kept and maintained for the service of the same.  
Of all these her majesties determinations, tending only to the weal, good order, and strength of her realm: her majesty hath thought meet in this plain maner to give notyce therof by this Proclamation to all maner her subiectes, to avoyde the pains that otherwise thereof must and shall ensue.  
given at her majesties palace of Westminster the .vii. of May, the fourth year of her highness reign.   

Articles for the due execution of the Statutes of apparel, and for the reformation of the outrageous excess therof grown of late time within the realm. devised vpon the queens majesties commandment, by advice of her counsel, the .vi. of may. Anno. 1562.  
FIrst the queens highnes pleasure is, 
24. ●. 8. 1. &. 2. Phil. & Matie.  that the laws heretofore made touching the reformation of the excess of apparel, and namely the laws made in Anno. xxiiii. Henrici. viii. and in Anno. i. & .ii. Philippi & mary, be observed, and withall diligence put in execution.  
And forasmuch as no sort of people haue so much exceaded, or do daily more exceade in thexcesse of apparel, contrary to the said statutes, then such as be of the meaner sort, and be least able with their livings to maintain the same: Her majesties pleasure and strait commandment is, 
1. &. 2. Phil. & Ma●●e.  that all Iustices and officers to whom the reformation thereof may appertain, haue special regard to the observation and execution, with all severity of the law made Anno. i. & .ii. Philip. & Mar. purposely for that respect.  
For the better order in the due execution of which Statutes, 
The order in the Court.  for her highness chamber: it is ordained the lord chamberlain and the Uicechaumberlayne. And for her majesties houshoulde, the lord steward, the Treasurer or the controller, to appoint such trusty officers as they shall think fyt to haue in those two places special regard to all such as shall after .xiiii. dayes next following the publication of this ordinance, presume to enter into the Court otherwise appareled then is permitted by the said Statute, and straight to apprehend and to commit them to ward, there to remain till they shal be duly punished for their offences, and until such time as they shall haue thoroughly paid and satisfied the penalty of the said Statute: 
Time of execution.  Examining them first howe long and how often they haue sithence the time above written after the publication of this ordinance, worn the said apparel, who is their master, 
punishment  and how long they haue served him, and howe long it hath ben that he hath known them to wear any part of the same apparel. Upon which examination, the master 
The master.  straight to be sent for, to appear yf the offence be found in the chamber, before the Lord chamberlain, or Uicechaumberlayne: & before the lord Steward Treasurer, or controller, if it be found in the household. And in case it shall appear by any due mean that the said master had knowledge of the said servants abuse, so long time as in the said Statute is prescribed: 
punishment of the master.  thē to take of him a band of two hundred marks to the queens highness use, to answer the forfeiture fallen upon him by the said Statute: which band yf he shall refuse, then to commit him to ward, there to remain till he shall haue satisfied the penalty. The said examination and obligation to be sent to one of the queens highness remembrances in the Exchequer, to be by them called upon, according to the effect of the said Statute: the parties appointed to this execution to haue for their pains the moiety of the forfeiture 
forfeiture.  appoynted by the lawe. provided that in case it shalbe thought fit to be dispensed withall within the court for any person upon reasonable cause, the lord chamberlain or the lord steward knowing first her highness pleasure, 
Dispensation.  shall and may licence them by writing subscribed with one of their hands, testif●yng her majesties said pleasure: foreseeing that none of them do thereby use any apparel inhibited unto them, but during such time as they shall attend vpon her hygnesse person.  
And within the city of London and the liberties of the same, 
In London  the Maior and court of Aldermen shal take and observe the like order: That is to say, to appoint in every ward .iiii. substantial and well meaning men, to see the said Statute executed, in such sort as it is ordained in the court. And the said four or any of them to examine all offenders in the sort above written: and apprehendynge them, to bring them to the Alderman of the ward, he to commit them to prison, and to certify the examination and confession, and such knowledge of iudgement of the truth of the matter as he can attain unto, aswell touching the master as the man, to the Maior and court of Aldermen: and they to certify the same indelayedly into the Exchequer, to thintent the forfaytures 
forfeiture.  may be answered. The said four following the execution of the statute, to haue the moiety of the forfeiture.  
The like order to the taken and followed within the four inns of court, 
inns of Court.  and in all the houses of Chauncerye, by the principals and ancients of the houses, where are noted to be so great dysorders at this present, as behoveth to be looked vpon.  
The same order to be followed in like sort in the suburbs out of the liberties of London, and in Westminster, and in all other exempted places, 
suburbs and places exempted.  by thofficers of those places.  
And finally like order to be observed in all Cities, towns, 
Cities and towns.  and villages throughout the realm. In all Cities and towns corporate, the order to be executed by the Maior, Bailiefes, & other head officers. And in all towns and villages, the Iustices of peace in every several Shire, to follow the like order for the apprehencion, examination, taking of bands, committing to prison, and certificate into the Exchequer, according as is abouefayde. The moiety of the penalty to fall to the officer and officers, appointed to the execution of the law.  
The county Palatine of Lancaster & Chester, 
county palatine.  to make certificate into the Exchequer there, and the Exchequer there to the chancellor of the duchy, and he to certify the same into the Exchequer here, to thintent abovesaid.  
The doings herein of al officers as well in the court as in London, 
Certificat.  in Cities and towns corporate, and of the Iustices of all other places through the realm, to be certified during the first two months after the publication of this ordinance to be made, to the lord chancellor of england, or to the lord keeper of the great seal every .xv. dayes, and after the said two months expired, the same to be made every .vi. weeks, during the space of one whole year, & so to continue as by the said Lord chancellor, or Lord keeper shalbe prescribed. And finally, that all Iustices of assize 
just. of Ass  in all their circuits do inquire specially hereof.  
It is not meant by any thing above written, to take the liberty from any man, to make information against any offeder in the premises, and to enjoy, yf the party be convicted, such part of the penalty as by the said lawe is appoynted, foreseynge that no man be twice convicted for one offence.  
And to thintent such as shal be appoynted in the court to thexecution of the premistes, may work the more certainly: It is ordained they shall haue delivered unto them a brief of the said Statutes, the like also to be delivered and sent printed by themselves, to all partes and parties, where the particular knowledge thereof may be thought fyt, for the better execution of the same.  
And for the reformation of the use of the monstrous and outrageous greatness of hosen, 
Great hose  crept a late into the realm to the great slander therof, and the vndoynge of a number using the same, being driven for the mayntaynaunce therof, to seek such unlawful ways, as by their own confession haue brought them to destruction: It is ordained as abovesaid, that no tailor, Hosyer, or other person whatsoever he shall be, after the day of the Publication hereof, shall put any more cloth in any one pair of hosen for the outsyde, 
The outside.  then one yard and a half, or at the most, one yard and three quarters of a yard of karsey, or of any other cloth, leather, or any other kind of stuff above that quantity. And in the same hosen to be put onely one kind of lining, 
The lining.  besides linen cloth next to the leg yf any shal be so disposed, the said lining not to lie loose nor to be bolstered, but to lie just unto their legs, as in ancient time was accustomend: sarsenet, Moccado, or any other like thing used to be worn, and to be plucked out for the furniture of the hosen, not to be taken in the name of the said lining. neither any man under the degree of a Baron toweare within his hosen any velvet, 
velvet & satin. &c.  satin, or any other stuff above the estimation of sarsenet or Taffata.  
For the due and better execution and observation whereof, the Maior of London, and the rulers and officers of the suburbs, 
Hosiers to be bound.  and of Westminster, and other exempted places, shall immediately after this Proclamation made, call before them in every of their several jurisdictions, all Hosyers, or Tayllours making hosen, dwelling within the precincts of the same, and shall bind every of them in the sum of .x. pounds, or more as cause shall require, to the queens highness use, to observe this parte of this said Proclamation touching hosen, without any maner fraud or guile: which bands as any shalbe found to offend contrary to this ordinance, they shall certify into the Exchequer, with the name of every such offeder. In all other Cities or towns corporate, the Maior & head officers shall do in all poyntes the like: And in all other places the Iustices of peace. The officers of the Exchequer to certify the lords of the queens highnesse privy counsel at the beginning of every term, what bands haue come, or haue ben sent into that office, 
Certificat.  touching the premises till that day, and what number of them haue ben executed.  
If any Hosyer shall refuse to enter into such band, to be immediately committed to ward, and to be suffered no more to continue his occupation.  
The Maior of London, and all other officers in their jurisdictions and liberties, to make or cause to be made search 
search.  once within every .viii. dayes in every Hosiers house, to see what kind of hosen they shall make, and finding any such as be inhibited by these orders, to see the punishment thereof as is above written.  
finally, no men vndispensed with, in such sort as is abovesaid, be so hardy after .xiiii. dayes following the publication of this ordinance, to presume to show himself in the court, or in any other place within this realm, in any pair of hosen passing the size abovesaid: that is to say, containing in the nether stocks and vpper stocks, more then one yard and a half, or above one yard and three quarters at the most, of the brodest karsey, or with any other stuff beyond that proportion, or with mo lynynges then one, and that plain, and just to the legs as is abovesaid, neither with any Shurtes having double ruffs, 
ruffs of Shurtes.  either at the coller or greves, which ruffs shall not be worn otherwise then single, and the synglenesse to be used in a due and mean sort, as was orderlye and comely used before the coming in of the outrageous double ruffs, which now of late are crept in. Or being under the degree of a Knight, with any gylted spurs, 
guilt spurs.  or any damaskyng or gylt sword, 
guilt sword.  rapyer, or dagger, upon pain of forfeiture of the same, and of imprisonment and fine at the queens highnesse pleasure for every such offence, to be executed within the court by such as shal be appoynted, in sort as is abovesaid, by the lord chamberlain, 
Execution  Uicechaumberlayne, the Lord Steward, the treasure and controller. And in London and within the liberties thereof, to be executed by the sergeants and such others as shalbe appointed in form aforesaid by the Maior and Aldermen. In the suburbs, Westminster, and other privileged places, by the officers, rulers, and gouernours of them. In all other places by the head officers and Iustices of peace.  
In the two universities, 
universities.  the chancellor, or in his absence the Uicechauncellour or Commissary, to see to the execution of the said statutes, and of all other orders: and none other Iustice or office there to meddle, but as shalbe by them or one of them appoynted. In which places is thought meet to haue an uniformity of apparel, according to every several vocation. The heads of Colleges and Hawles of the said universities, to be warned by them to see the scholars under their government to observe thoroughly the said statutes and orders, and to abate their ruffs & other vnsemelye excesses, and to haue in their apparel regard to thobseruation of their Statutes, and to the decency of using of themselves therein, as heretofore hath ben used: wherein yf either the master shalbe found to forget his duty, or the Scoller to lack obedience, the queens highness shalbe forced to appoint others to see unto the due punishment of both sorts.  
Ladies and gentilwomen 
ladies and Gentilwomen.  attendinge vpon the queen, or resorting to the Court, and their gentylwomen, to bee appareled according to the ancient order of the Court: whereof the orders in times past to be put in ure, by the gentlemen vsshers, at the appointment of the lord chamberlain, to thyntent there may be a difference of eftates known by their apparel, after the commendable custom in times past used in the Court. which order is to be sought, renewed, and out of hand to be put in ure by the said lord chamberlain, or otherwise to be devised for a certainty of all degrees.  
And where as an usage is crept in, contrary to former orders, of wearing of long sword, and Rapiers, 
sword, Rapyers, and Daggers.  sharpened in such sort, as may appear the usage of them can not tend to defence, which ought to be the very meaning of wearing of weapons, in times of peace, but to murder, and evident death, when the same shalbe occupied: Her majesties pleasure is, that no man shall after .x. dayes next followynge this Proclamation, wear any Sword, Rapier, or any weapon in their stead, passing the length of one yard & half a quarter of blade, at the uttermost: neither any Dagger above the length of twelve inches in blade: neither any Buckler, 
Buckler.  with a sharp point, or with any point above two inches of length, upon pain of forfayting the Sword or Dagger passing the said length, and the Buckler made otherwise then is prescribed, to whomsoever will seize vpon it, and the imprisonment of his body, that shalbe found to wear any of them, & to make fine at her majesties will and pleasure. And if any Cutler 
Cutler.  or other artificer, shall after the day of the publication hereof, sell, or haue within his shop or house to be sold, or shal make or cause to be made, any Rapier, sword, Dagger, or Buckler contrary to this order, to forfeit the same, his body to be imprisoned, and to make fine at the queens highnes pleasure, and to remain in prison, till the said fine be fully satisfied: and being taken with the fault the second time, never to be permitted after, to use that occupation, which in the Court is to be executed 
Execution.  by the officers aforesaid. In the city and liberties, by the Maior and Court of Aldermen, and such as by them shalbe appoynted in that sort, aswell Sergeaunts as others beforesaid. In Westminster, the suburbs, and other privileged places, by the officers of the same: in towns corporate, by the Maior and other head officers, and in all other places, by the Iustices of peace.  
And finally her majesty straightly chargeth as well the said Lord steward, Treasurer, and controller of the household, as the lord chamberlain, Uicechaumberlayne, and such as under them shalbe appointed and assigned, the Maior of London and all other Maiors, Shr●●fes, Bailiefes, Constables, and all Iustices of peace, all Principals and ancients of the inns of Court, and chancery, the chancellor and Uycechauncelour of both the universities, and the heads of Haules, and Colleges of the same, and all other her highnes officers and ministers, each of them in their jurisdictions, to see these orders being set forth and confirmed by her majesties Proclamation, to be uely and speedily executed in form aforesaid, as they will answer for the contrary at their perils, and will avoyde her highness displeasure and indignation.   

A note of certain necessary acts mentioned in the queens majesties Proclamation, beside a Collection of certain others, published the last year, and now to bee all executed.  

first concerning the acts remaining in force for apparel.  
THe Statute made in the .xxiiii. year of king Henry the viii, for reformation of the abuse of apparel remaining now in force, containeth so many Articles and clauses, as the same cannot be conveniently abridged, but is to be considered by reading and perusyng the whole Act at large. But the Statute lately made in the time of king Philip and queen Mary: For execution whereof( as for that which at this time is most necessary) Articles and orders be presently devised, followeth here abrydged.  
NO english man, 
Anno. i. & .ii. Ph. &. Mar. Cap. ii.  other then the son and heir apparent of a knight, or he that hath yearly revenues of. xx.li. or is worth in goods .cc.li. shall wear sylcke in or vpon his hat, cap, nyghtcap, girdles, scabbard, hose, shoes, or spurlethers, vpon forfeiture of. x.li. for every day, and imprisonment by three months.  
Iustices of assize and of the peace, sheryffes, stewards in Letes, head officers of towns corporate, shall inquire & determine the offences, and commit thoffendour to prison, till he haue paid the forfeiture.  
If any knowing his servant to offend, do not put him out of his service within .xiiii. dayes: or so put out, retain him again within a year after such offence, he shal forfeit C.li.  
Any above the degree of a knights son, or daughter, or wife to any of them, or Maior, or head officer in any town corporate, or wife to any of them, or the king or the queens servants in ordinary wages attendant, wearing ordinary lyueries, may wear as they might before.  
None shalbe compelled to put away his apprentice or hired servant before thende of his term.  
Women may wear in their hats, caps, girdles, and hoods, as they might before.   

concerning the increase and breeding of Horses, Geldinges, and Mares.  
every person, 
27. H. ●. Cap. 6.  of what estate or degree soever he be, having a park or ground enclosed, wherein any Dere is or usually kept for game, and not lying within the counties of Westmerland, Commerlande, northumberland, and the bishopric of Duresme, containing the quantity of one mile in compass, and is therof seized in fee simplo, fee tail, or for term of life in possession to his own profit and behoof: And every Fermour of every such park or ground enclosed, shall keep two Mares, 
Mares.  being not spayde, apt and able to bear foles, and each of them of .xiii. handfuls in height at the least, 
The height of the Mares.  to be measured from the lowest part of the hoof of the foot, unto the highest part of the shoulder, upon pain of. xl.s. for every month. And for every park of .iiii. miles compass & more .iiii. like Mares, and of the like height. And that thowners of such ground, shall not willingly suffer the same Mares to be covered with any Horse under xiiii. handfuls in height vpon like pain.  
No stoned Horse being above the age of .ii. yeres, 
32. H. 8. Cap. 13.  and not being of the height of .xv. handfulles, to be measured from the lowest part of the hoof of the forefoote, unto the highest part of the where, 
Stoned Horse.  and every handful to contain .iiii. inches, shal be put to pasture in any foreste, chase, moore, maryshe, heath, common or wast ground, vpon pain of forfeiture of the said horse or horses.  
And it shalbe lawful to every person and persons, 
Scascur.  that shall find any such horse or horses contrary to the form of this Statute, to seize the same horse in maner and form as in the same statute is prescribed. And to retain the same horse or horses to his own use, and as his own proper goods and cattelles for ever.  
And all forests, chaces, commons, Mores, Marshes, heaths, and wast grounds within this realm of england, 
forests. chaces, commons, &c. shal be driven.  Wales, and the Marches of the same, shal be driven yearly at the feast of S. michael tharchangel, or within. rv. dayes then next after, by the lords or possessors of the said forests and chaces, or by thofficers of the same, and by the Constables, headboroughs, bailiffs, Bursholders and tithingmen, within whose offices and limits the commons, moores, maryshes, heaths, and waste grounds, 
pain.  being out of forests and chaces, be or lie, upon pain of. xl.s. And it shalbe lawful to every of the said officers and other the said persons, to make like drift of the said forests, chaces, commons, moores, maryshes, heaths, and wast grounds, at any other season or time of the year when they shall think meet and convenient.  
And yf in any of the said dryftes, there shalbe found any mere, 
mere killed Gelding killed  fylly, fool, or gelding, that shalbe then thought not able, nor like to grow to be able to bear foles of reasonable stature, or not able nor like to grow to do profitable labour and service, by the discretion of the dryuers, or of the more number of them: that then the said dryuer or driuers shal cause the same unprofitable beasts to be killed. And all Iustices of peace in their quarter sessions, 
enquiry.  and all stewards of leets and lawdayes, haue authority to inquire of all the defaults, omissions, contempts and offences contrary to this statute.   

For the having and keeping of Horses and Geldinges. And for the furniture and having of armor and Weapon.  
every temporal person having honours, 
4. &. 5. Phi. &. Mar. Cap. 2.  Lordshyps, manors, houses, lands, meadows, pastures or woods, of estate of inheritance or free hold, to the clear yearly value of a thousand pound & 
A thousand pound in lands by year.  above, shal haue, finde, keep, & maintain within this realm of England, and of their own proper, and at their own costs and charges .vi. Horses or geldyngs able for Dimilaunces, whereof three of them at the least to be horses with sufficient harness, steel Saddle, and Weapon, requisite and appertaynynge to the said Dimilaunces Horses, or geldings: and ten light Horses or geldings able and meet for light horsemen, with the furniture of harness and Weapon, requisite for the same. And .xl. corselets furnished .xl. Almayne rivets: or in stede of the said Almayne ryvets .xl. coats of plate, corselets or Brygandines furnished .xl. pikes .xxx. long bows .xxx. sheaves of arrows .xxx. steel caps or skulls .xx. black bills or Halberdes .xx. Haquebuttes, and .xx. Murryons or salads.  
Item every like person having like possessions to the yearly value of one M. marks 
A M. marks in lands by the year.  or above, and under the yearly value of a thousand pounds, shall haue and finde as is abovesaid iiii. Horses or geldings able for Dimilaunces, whereof two at the least to be horses sufficiently furnished, for Dimilaunces Horses, or Geldinges: and .vi. light Horses meet for light horsemen, with furniture requisite for the same. And of armor and weapon .xxx. corselets furnished .xxx. Almayne rivets: or in stede of them .xxx. coats of plate, corselets or Brygandines furnished. 30. Pikes .xx. long bows xx. sheaves of arrows .xx. steel caps or skulls .x. black bills or Halberds .x. Haquebuts, and .x. Murrions or salads.  
Item every such person having possessions as is abovesaid, 
four. C. pound in lands by the year.  to the clear yearly value of .iiii. C.li. or above, and under the clear yearly value of one. M. marks, shal find and maintain in form as is aforesaid, two Horses, or one Horse, and one gelding able for Dimilaunces, and .iiii. geldings able for light horsemen, and .xx. corselets .xx. Almayne rivets: or in lew of them .xx. coats of plate, corselets or Brygandines furnished .xx. pikes xv. long bows .xv. sheaves of arrows .xv. steel caps or skulls .vi. Haquebuttes, and .vi. Murryons or salads.  
Item every such person having possessions to the clear yearly value of 
Two C. pound in lands by the year.  .ii. C.li. or above, and under the yearly value of .iiii. C. pounds, shal haue, keep and maintain one great Horse or gelding able for a demi-lance, and two geldings able for light horsemen furnished with harness, steel Saddle, and weapons for the same, sufficient as is aforesaid. And in armor .x. corselets .x. almain rivets: or in the place of Almayne ryvets .x. coats of plate, corselets, or Brygandines .x. Pikes .viii. long bows .viii. sheaves of arrows .viii. steel caps or skulls .iii. Haquebuties, and three Murryons or salads.  
Item every such person having such possessions to the yearly value of one hundreth pounds or above, 
One C. pound in lands by the year.  and under the yearly value of two. C.li. shal find, keep, and maintain in form aforesaid, two geldinges meet for light horsemen, three corselets, three Almayne rivets: or in stede of them, so many coats of plate, corselets, or Brygandines, three pikes, three long bows, three sheaves of arrows, three steel caps or skulls, two Haquebuttes, two Murrions or salads.  
Item every such person having lands as is aforesaid to the clear yearly value of one C. marks or above, 
One C. marks in lands by the year.  and under the yearly value of one hundreth pounds, shall haue and keep one gelding able for a light horseman with a harness and Weapon requisite for the same, two corselets furnished, two Almayne ryvets: or in the stede of the same, two coats of plate or Brigandines, two pikes, two long bows, two sheaves of arrows, two steel caps, or skulls, one Haquebut, one murrain or salad.  
And every such person having such possessions to the yearly value of. rl.li. or above, 
forty pound in lands by the year.  and under the yearly value of one hundreth marks, shal haue and keep two corselets, two Almayne rivets: or in the stede of the same, two coats of plate, corselets or Brygandines furnished, two pikes, one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, one steel Capppe or Skull, two Haquebuttes, two Murrions or salads.  
Item every such person having possessions to the yearly value of 
〈◇〉 pound in lands by the year. . xx.li. and above, and under the yearly value of. xl.li. shall haue and keep one corselet, one pike, one Haquebut, one murrion or salad, one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, one steel cap or skull.  
Item every person having possessions to the yearly value of. x.li. or above, 
Ten pound in lands by the year  and under the yearly value of. xx.li. shal haue & keep, one Almayne rivet: or in the stede therof, one cote of plate, or one Brigandine, one Haquebut, one murrion or salad, one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, and one steel cap or skull.  
Item every person that hath possessions to the clear yearly value of. v.li. or above, 
five pound in lands by the year  and under the yearly value of. x.li. shal haue and keep one cote of plate, one black bill, or halberd, one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, and one steel cap or skull.  
Item every such person having goods or Cattels to the value of one thousand marks or above, 
One thousand marks in goods.  shal haue, finde and keep in maner and form aforesaid, one Horse or gelding able for a demi-lance, with steel Saddle, harness, & weapon requisite for the same, and also one gelding able and meet for a light horseman, with harness and weapon requisite for the same. Or else .xviii. corselets furnished in stede of the said Horse or gelding at his choice. And also shal haue, keep and tynde two corselets, two Almayne Ryuertes, or else in stede of the same Almayne ryvets, two coats of plate, two corselets, or two brigandines, two pikes, four long bows, four sheaves of arrows, four steel caps or skulls, three Haquebuttes, three Murrions or salads.  
Item every such person having goods or cattelles to the value of four C.li. or above, 
four C. pound in goods.  and under the value of one. M. marks, shall haue, finde and keep one gelding able and meet for a light horseman, with al harness and weapon requisite for the same. Or else at their choice, nine corselets good and able for the field furnished. And also shall haue and finde one corselet, one pike, two Almayne ryvets, coats of plate, or Brygandines, one Haquebut, two long bows, two sheaves of arrows, and two steel caps or skulls.  
Item every such person having in goods or cattelles to the value of two. C.li. or above and under the value of four. C.li. shall haue, 
Two C. pound in goods.  keep and finde, one corselet, one pike, two Almayne rivets, coats of plate or Brygandines, one Haquebut, one murrain or salet, two long bows, two sheaves of arrows, and two skulls or steel caps.  
Item every person having in goods and cattels to the value of one. C.li. or above, 
One C. pound in goods.  and under the value. of ii. C.li. shal keep and finde one corselet, or Pike, one pair of almain Riuettes, one cote of piate, or one pair of Brygandines, two long bows, two sheaves of arrows, and two skulls.  
Item every person having in goods and cattelles the value of. xl.li. or above, 
forty pound in goods.  and under the value of one. C.li. shall keep and finde two pair of Almayne Ryuetes, or two coats of plate, or Brygandines, one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, one steel cap or Skull, and one black bill or halberd.  
Item every such person having in goods and cattelles, the value of. xx.li. or above, 
twenty pound in goods.  and under the value of .xl. pounds, shall keep and finde one pair of Almayne rivets, either one cote of plate, or else one pair of brigandines, two long bows, two sheaves of arrows, two skulls or steel caps, and one black bill or halberd.  
Item every person having in value in goods and cattelles 
Ten pound in goods. . x.li. or above, and under the value of. xx.li. shal keep and find one long bow, one sheaf of arrows, one steel cap or Skull, and one black bill or halberd.  
And every person or persons having at this present, 
annuity. term of life.  or hereafter shall haue any annuity or yearly fee, 
inheritance.  or any copy hold, for term of life, or inheritance, not charged by this act, 
Coptholde to the yearly value.  to the clear yearly value of .xxx. pound or above: shal keep and finde such furniture of armor and weapons in every degree, according to the proportions and rates before expressed, limited for goods and cattels.  
Item that every person which by virtue of the act made in the 
wives apparel.  .xxxiii. year of the rain of king. H. viii. Cap. v. was bound( by reason that his wife should wear such kind of apparel or other thing, as in the said Statute is specially mentioned & declared) to keep or find one great stoned trottyng horse, and is not by this act before charged to haue, keep & maintain any Horse or gelding: shall by force of this act, be bound to keep, and to haue & maintain, one Geldnge able and meet for a light horseman, with sufficient harness and weapon for the same, in such maner and form as every temporal person having lands as is aforesaid, of the clear yearly value of one hundred marks, is charged and appointed to haue and maintain by this present act.  
And if any of the persons above remembered, 
Forfaytures.  shall by the space of three hole months, want the said number and kinds of Horses, Geldinges, armor, weapon, and furniture aforesaid, after such rate, proportion and form as is afore limited: that then every such person shal forfeit and loose for every such three months for every Horse or gelding so lacking, ten pounds: for every demi-lance and furniture of the same, three pounds: And for every corselet and furniture of the same. xl.s. And for every Almayne Ryuet, Cote of plate or Brigandine. xx.s. And for every bow, sheaf of arrows, Bill, Haulberd, Haquebut, steel cap, skull, murrion, and salad. x.s.   

¶ Against the carrying and conuayinge of Horses and Mares out of the realm.  
NOne shall carry or convey out of the realm any Horse, 
Anno. 11. H. 7. Ca, 13.  or any mere, the price of which mere shalbe above. vi.s. viii. d. and under the age of three yeres, without licence: upon pain of forfeiture 
forfeiture  of the same Horse and mere. nevertheless every subject of this realm may carry any such Horse for their own use, taking an oath before the Customer of the port where he embarketh, that he intendeth not to sell the same Horse.  
None shall sell, 
An. i. Ed. 6. Cap. 5.  convey, exchange, give or deliver into the realm of Scotlande, to the use of any scottishmen, or into any place beyond the Sea out of this realm, any Horse, gelding, or mere, without special licence under the great seal, 
forfeiture  or under the privy Signet: nor shall sell, convey, exchange, give, or deliver to any Scottishman within this realm, or the marches of the same, to thyntent to be conveyed into Scotlande, any Horse, mere, or gelding, without like licence, vpon pain of forfeiture of the same Horse, mere or gelding, and the sum of. xl.li. for every such Horse, gelding, or mere, and to suffer imprisonment by the space of one hole year.  
And it shalbe lawful to every subject of this realm, 
Artest and imprison.  to arrest and impryson every Scottyshman, and every other person that shall lead or convey( contrary to the meaning of this act) any such Horse gelding, or mere. And that every person that shall haue such licence to carry any such Horses, Mares, or geldings into Scotlande, shall, before the said carriage or conveyance of them, upon the pain of forfeiture of the same, or the double value thereof, show his said licence to one of the wardens of the three Marches of England, 
The licence to be kalendred.  foranempst Scotland, to thyntent that one of them shall cause the number of the said Horses, Mares, or Geldings, not only to be kalendred in a book, remaining in his own custody: but also to be endorsed and written on the backsyde of the said licence, and the same endorsement to be signed with the hand of the said Warden.  
Yf any person shall exchange or deliver within the realm of Scotlande, 
Anno. 23. H. 8. Ca. 16.  or in any place or ground called the Batable land, or ground between England and Scotlande, to the use of any Scottyshman, any Horse, Gelding, or mere, 
Felouie.  without licence under the great seal: or sel, exchange, or deliver to any scottishmen within the realm of England, Wales, the town of berwick, or the Marches of the same, or in any of the said Batable ground, any Horse, gelding or mere, to thintent to be conveyed into Scotland, without like licence, shalbe adiudged & deemed by the lawe a fellow. And this offence is made felony, as well in the seller, 
An. i. Eliz. Reg. Cap. 8.  exchaunger, or delyuerer, as in him or them to whom the said sale, exchange or delivery shalbe made.  
The Wardens of the three Marches in their warden courts, and the Iustices of peace in their quarter sessions, shall inquire, hear and determine any such felony.  
And it shalbe lawful to every subject of the realm, 
23. Hen. 8. Cap. 16.  and inhabiting on the foresaid Marches foranempst Scotland, to arrest any scottishmen, leading or conveying any such horse, gelding or mere out of the realm. 
Arrest.   
And although this last resited Statute of xxiii. H. viii. was repealed by the several Statutes of An. i. Ed. vi. & An. i. Regi. mary: Yet it is now fully revived by the Statute of Anno. i. Eliza. Regine. Cap. viii.  
A collection of the substance of certain necessary Statutes, to be by the Iustices of peace diligently executed, within every Shire of the realm.  
published. Anno Domini. 1561.  
Anno Regin. Elizabet. 3.    

THE TABLE.  

i. Of Alehouses.  
ii. Of apprentices.  
iii. Of Archery.  
iiii. Of plays and games.  
v. Of Rebellion.  
vi. Of Regrators and forestallers.  
vii. Of tillage.  
viii Of victuals and wood.  
ix Of wines.  
x. Of woods.  
xi. against Uacabundes.  
xii. against retainers and givers of liveries.  
xiii For robberies and watches.  
xiiii against reporters of slanderous tales and news.  
xv. For repairing and amendyng of high ways.    

Of Alehouses. Anno. v. Edw. vi. Cap. xxv.  
IUstices of peace shall remove common Alehouses, and typlyng houses where they shal think meet.  
None shalbe suffered to keep any common Alehouse or tiplinge house, but such as shal be admitted in the sessions of the peace, or by two Iustices of peace, & they shalbe bound by recognisance against the using of unlawful games, and for mayntaynaunce of good rule.  
The Iustices of peace shal certify the recognisance at the next quarter sessions.  
Iustices of peace in their quarter sessions shal inquire and determine of them that be so admitted and bound.  
If any not admitted shall keep a common Alehouse or tippling house, the Iustices of peace shal commit him to the common gayle for .iii. dayes, and before his deliverance shall take recognisance with two sureties, that he shall not keep any alehouse or typling house.  
The Iustices shal certify those recognisaunces and offences, at the next quarter sessions, which certificate shalbe of conviction of the offence, and. xx.s. shal in the sessions be assessed for the fine.  
fairs be excepted.   

Of Apprentices. An. 7. Hen. 4. Cap. xvii.  
APprentice where his father & mother cannot dispend. xx.s. by year, his covenant shalbe void, and he shalbe put to such labour as his father and mother useth, or to some other as his estate requireth, vpon pain of a yeres imprisonment, and to make fine and ransom to the king, and he that reteyneth him shall pay. C.s. to the king, yf the yearly value of his fathers and mothers land be not first testified under the seal of the two Iustices of peace of his country. And he that will sue for the king shall haue thone half. And in every leete, they that be out of services, shalbe sworn to serve, or else put in sureties until they will serve.  
And this suit shalbe taken as well before the Iustices of peace, as other Iustices.  
By Anno. viii. Henri. vi. Capit. ii. London is except. And by Anno. xi. Hen. vii. Cap. ii. Norwich is except.   

Of Archery. An. xxxiii H. viii. Cap. ix.  
every subject under .xl. yeres of age, not having impediment( except spiritual men Iustices and Barons of thescheker) shall use shooting in long bows, and haue a bow and arrows ready.  
The fathers and rulers of men children shal bring them up in shootyng, and haue in his house for every man child of .vii. year old till he come to .xvii. a bow and two shafts, & to abate the money for them of their wages, vpon forfeiture. vi.s.viii.d. for every month lacking.  
every man after his age of .xvii. yeres, shal haue a bow and four arrows, and occupy the same, upon forfeiture of. vi.s.viii.d. for every month lacking. None under .xxiiii. yeres shall shote at pricks vpon forfeiture of. iiii.d. for every shote. None above .xxiiii. yeres shall shote at a mark of .xi. score or under with any prickshaft, under pain of. vi.s.viii.d. for every shote ▪ None under .xvii. yeres, except he, his father or mother haue. x.li. lands, or be worth xl. marks in goods, shal shote in any bow of ewe bought for him, vpon forfeiture of. vi.s. viii. d.  
butts shalbe made and continued in every place by thinhabitauntes. vpon forfeiture. xx.s. for every three months lacking. The inhabitants shall exercise shooting in holy dayes and times convenient.  
Bowyers out of London for every bow that he maketh of ewe, shall make four of elm, witch, or other apt wood, vpon forfeiture. iii.s iiii. d. for every bow lacking: and in London for every bow of ewe, shall make two of ash, elm, or other wood meet.  
No Bowyers shall sell any bow of Ewe for any under .xiiii. yeres, above. xii.d. And shall haue bows of Ewe for them fro. vi.d. to. xii.d and for them under .xxi. yeres, at reasonable prices: and shall sell no bow of Ewe of the tax called olke, above. iii.s.iiii.d. vpon forfeiture of. xx.s. Bowstaues of Ewe shalbe sold open, and not in bundles.  
Fletchers of London may sell timber to other: and ordinances made by their Wardens or otherwise to the contrary, to be void.  
Bowyers, Fletchers, Stringers, Arrowhed makers in London, not free, shall by thapointment of one of the council, inhabit in other towns, vpon forfeiture of. xl.s. No alien not denizen shall convey out of the kings obeisance any long bows or arrows, vpon forfeiture therof or the value, & to haue imprisonment till he haue made a fine before the Iustices of peace, or find surety for the fine, nor use shootyng without licence, vpon forfeiture of their bows & arrows to thē that will seize.  
Iustices of assize, Gayle delivery, and of the peace, and stewards of letes to inquire and determine the premises.   

Of plays and games. An. 33. H. 8. Cap. 9.  
NOne for gain shall keep any common place of bowlyng, tenys, dysyng, or carding, or unlawful game, vpon forfeiture of. xl.s. every day. every person haunting the same, to forfeit for every tume. vi.s.viii.d. every placard for a common game house, shal contain what game shal be there used, and who shall play thereat, or else to be void: & the party obtaining such placard, to be bound in the chancery to use the placarde not otherwise.  
Iustices of peace and head officers, to resort to suspected places, and to imprison the keepers and players, until they haue found surety to leave it. The head officers to make search monthly in suspect places vpon forfeiture of .xl. s. No artificer, husbandman, apprentice, nor servant, shal play at tables, tenis, dice, cards bowls, or other unlawful game out of Christmas, vpon forfeiture of. xx.s. And in Christmas in their maisters houses or presence. None shal bowl in open place without his Garden or Orchard, vpon forfeiture of. vi.s.viii.d. Iustices of peace and head officers shall commit to ward such as shall use unlawful games, till they be bound to the contrary.  
All suits vpon the Statute to be commensed within the year. The Lord of the let to haue the one moiety, and he that will sue to haue the other: and out of franchises the king to haue the one moiety. Proclamation to be made by the Iustices and head officers four times in the year in every market and sessions.   

against Rebellion. An. 1. Mar. Cap. 12.  
IF .xii. or above assembled together, intend or practise with force and of their own authority, to change any laws made for religion by Parliament, or any Statutes: or to overthrow, cut, break or dig up the pales, hedges, ditches, or other inclosiers of any park, or ground enclosed, or the banks of any fishepond or pool, or any conduit, conduit heads, or pipes having course of water, to the intent that the same should remain not enclosed, or void: or unlawfully to haue common or way in the said park or ground: or to destroy the Dere in any park, or any warren of Connies, or any dovehouses, or any fish in any pond or pool: or to pull or cut down any houses, barns, mills, or bays: or to burn any stacke of corn, or to abate the rent of any lands, or the price of any victual, they being commanded( by the sheriff or any Iustice of peace, Maior, or bailiff of any town corporate where such assemble shal be) by Proclamation in the queens name, to retire to their houses, and shall remain together by one hour after the Proclamation, or after shal in forcible maner attempt any thing abovesaid, this is felony.  
It is felony in any person, that without authority by ringing any bell, sounding any trumpet, drum, horn, or other instrument, fyryng any beacon, malicious speaking any words, making any outcry, setting up or casting any writing, or by any act shall raise or cause to be raised .xii. persons or above, to thintent that the same persons should do any thing above mentioned: which persons so raised, after commandment as is aforesaid, do continue together, or unlawfully do any thing abovesaid.  
It is felony in any wife or servant, or any other, that without compulsion shal send, deliver or convey any money, harness, artillery, weapon or victuell to any so assembled, which do not depart to their houses after commandment as is aforesaid.  
If above .ii. and under .xii. assembled together, intend or practise with force of their own authority, to kill any subject, or to overthrow, cut, break, or dig up the pales hedges, ditches, or other closure of any park or ground enclosed, or the bank of any fishpond or pool, to the intent that the same should remain open or void, or to haue common or way there: or to destroy any park, fysheponde, or pool, or any warren of Connyes, or any douehouse: or to pull or cut down any house, barn mill, or to burn any stacks of corn, or alter or abate the rents of any lands of any subject, or the price of any victuell, or any other thing usual for the sustenance or apparel of men, and being commanded as aforesaid, to retire to their houses, and shall not so do, but after shall in forcible maner attempt or put in ure any of the things last mentioned, they shal suffer imprisonment by a year.  
If any shalbe damnified by the doing or putting in ure of any thing above mentioned, he shall recover against the offenders, damages with the costs of the suit treble.  
If above two unlawfully assemble, to thintent with force to do or put in ure any of the things abovesaid, it shalbe lawful to every Iustice of peace, sheriff, Maior, bailiff, or head officer of any town corporate, or any other having the queens Commission or letters, as well to raise the subiectes in maner of war, in such number as he shal think meet, to the intent by strength to suppress and take the persons so assembled, and that if those persons so assembled, after such commandment by proclamation, shall continue together, and not endeavour themselves to return towards their habitations, in such short time as they may conveniently: then it shalbe lawful to them having authority as is aforesaid, to suppress and take them so unlawfully assembled, and that if any of them shall fortune to be killed or hurt about the suppressyng or taking of them, every person having authority as is aforesaid, shalbe vnpunyshable of such killing or hurting.  
every copyholder and fermer being yeoman, artificer, husbandman, or labourer of .xviii. yeres old, or under .lx. not impotent, nor having reasonable excuse, being required by thē having authority as is aforesaid( they declaring their authority) or being required by the lord immediate of their copyhold, or by the landlorde of the ferme, to serve the queen for any cause abovesaid, and refuse so to do, shall during his life lose to his lord all their copyholdes, and to his landlord his ferme, and they to enter into the same, and to retain the same during the life of the offeder.  
If any which shalbe moved to make commotion or unlawful assembly for any of the intents abovesaid, do not within .xxiiii. houres( unless he haue reasonable excuse) declare the same to a Iustice of peace or sheriff, Maior, bailiff, or other head officer of town corporate, where such is, he shalbe imprisoned by three months, unless he be discharged by three Iustices of peace, of that Shire( whereof one to be of the Quorum.) If any above .xviii. yeres old, and under .lx. able to serve, which shalbe required by any Iustice of peace, or the sheriff there, or by the Maior, bailiff, or other head officer of any town corporate, or by any of their commandments, to go with him to suppress the persons unlawfully assembled, do willingly and obstinately refuse so to do, he shalbe imprisoned by a year.  
If the queen by letters patents make any lieutenant in any shire for the suppression of any commotion: then the Iustices of peace, sheriffes, head officers, and all subiectes there,( except they haue reasonable excuse) shall vpon declaration of the letters patents and request made, be bound to give attendance vpon the lieutenant, to suppress the commotion, vpon pain of imprisonment of a year.  
If any do let, hinder, or hurt any that shall proclaim or go to proclaim the proclamation, whereby the proclamation shal not be made, he so offending having knowledge of his message, shall incur such pain and forfeiture, as the persons assembled should haue incurred for not obeying the proclamation, if it had ben made.  
And every person assembled to the number aforesaid, to attempt or do any thing aforesaid, to whom proclamation should or ought to haue ben made( yf the same had not ben let, as is aforesaid) yf they do afterward commit any thing aforesaid, having knowledge of the let so made, or procuryng the same let, shall incur like pain and forfeitures aforesaid, as though the proclamation had ben made.  
Theffect of this act shalbe declared at every quarter sessions, and at every let.  
The heir of every offender aforesaid, and al other, except such persons as shal be attainted, convicted, or outlawed of any felony aforesaid, shall enjoy all such right and interest, as they haue or shall or ought to haue, as if such atteynder had never ben made.  
saving to al persons their liberties & franchises.  
If any procure any to do any of the offences aforesaid, he shall suffer such imprisonment as is before expressed against conceilours of such offences.  
If forty or mo assemble in forcible maner, & of their own authority, to thintent to do any of the things abovesaid, or other felonious or rebellious act, & so shall continue together three houres after Proclamation made, at or nigh the place of the assemble, or in some market town next, and after notice therof to them given: every of them shalbe adiudged a fellow.  
No lieutenant shall make any deputy, nor shall convent before him by authority of lieftenauncie any, for any cause, save only for causes expressed in this act.  
None shal be put to any loss or punishment as accessary to any of the offenders aforesaid, for receiving, comforting, or aiding any such offeder, after such act committed or done. None attainder or conviction for any offence aforesaid, shal be corruption of blood between the offender and any of his ancestors, or such as should be heir unto him, if no such attainder or conviction had been.   

Of Regrators, forestallers, and Ingrocers. An. v. Ed. vi. Cap. xiiii.  
HE that shall bye any thing coming toward any market or faire to be sold, or coming toward any place from beyond the sea to be fold, or make any bargain or promise for having the same before it shalbe in the market, faire, or place to be sold, or make any motion for enhancing of the price, or dissuade any coming to the market or faire, to abstain to bring any thing thither to be sold, shalbe adiudged a forestallor.  
He that shal regrate or get into his hands in any fair of market any victual, and do sel the same again, there or in any other fair or market within .iiii. miles therof, shal be taken a Regrator.  
He that shall engross and get into his hand by buying or promise( other then by demise or lease of land or tithe) any deade victuals to sell again, shal be taken an ingrocer.  
The offenders aforesaid, shall for the first offence be imprisoned by two months, & forfeit the value of the thing bought. And for the second offence, shall haue imprisonment by half a year, and forfeit the double value of the thing bought, and for the third offence, be on the pillory, and forfeit all his goods, and be imprisoned at the kings pleasure.  
buying of barley, big, or oats to make malt, or buying of any thing by an inholder or vittailer as concerning his faculty to sel again by retail upon reasonable price, or taking of victual reserved vpon a lease, or buying of vittayl by any bager, or carrier, or drover that shal be allowed, or common provision made for any town, ship, or fort, without forestallyng, shall not be judged any offence.  
buying of sold corn, and having sufficient before for his own provision, not bringing so much to the market, shal forfeit the double value.  
buying of quick cattle, & selling of the same within .v. weeks, shall lose the double value.  
Iustices of peace shall inquire & determine the offences aforesaid.   

Of tillage and increase of corn. Anno. v. Ed. vi.  
as much land shal be put in Tillage, and so continue in every town, as was in tillage by .iiii. yeres since. An. i. H. viii. vpon forfeiture for every acre, for every year. v.s.  
The king may direct commissions, and the Commissioners shall search by the other of .xii. men, what lands in every town, haue since An. i. Hen. viii. ben converted from tillage to pasture, and so continueth. And the .xii. men shall present the names of thoccupiers therof, and their presentment shalbe estreted into the exchequer.  
The Commissioners shall take an oath to execute the Statute, and shall direct their precept to the sheriff, to warn men to inquire & present the premises, and to set fines, issues, and amerciaments, and estrete the same into the exchequer.  
certain grounds be excepted.  
Iustices of assize, of Oyer and determiner, and of the peace, shall inquire and certify the presentments, and the party grieved may tend his travers.  
Sheriffes shall not enter into any liberties for thexecution of this act.  
He that is sued by force of this act, shal not be sued by any Statute before made for reformation of this matter.   

Of Uictuales & wood. An. 1. &. 2. Philippi & mary.  
NOne shal carry out of England any corn or malt, bear, butter, cheese, herring or wood, except to Callis, hams, 'gins, & berwick, vpon forfeiture of the ship or vessel, and the double value of the thing carried, & the master and mariners of the ship, to forfeit all their goods, and to be in prison by a year.  
And yf any convey any things aforesaid, to any vessel on the sea, or within any place of the border of this realm, to be carried out, the forfeitures to be as is aforesaid.  
If any obteynyng any licence to the contrary, or his assigns, do carry any more then shall be in the licence, he shal forfeit the triple value of the thing, & suffer imprisonment by a year.  
None having licence shall lad at sundry places, vpon forfeiture of the thing, & all his goods.  
Iustices of peace shall inquire and examine all offenders of this act, and determine the offences.  
When corn is at certain prices, it may be carried over.  
Uyttaylyng of ships is excepted. The admiral may execute his jurisdiction.   

Of Wines. An. vii. Ed. vi. Cap. v.  
NOne shall retail any Gascon or French wines, but at. viii.d. the gallon, and Rochell wine but at. iiii.d. the gallon, nor any other wine, but at. xii.d. the gallon, vpon forfeiture of five pound for every offence.  
None except he haue of yearly profits certain. C. marks, or be worth in goods a thousand marks, or the son of a Duke, Marques earl, Uiscount or Baron, shall haue in his house to spend any piece of Goscoine, French or Rochell wine, above ten gallons, vpon forfeiture of. x.li.  
None shal keep any tavern or sell by retail any wines, except certain places appointed in the statute, and except such as haue the kings and queens letters, vpon forfeiture for every day. xx.li.  
None shal keep any tavern, nor retayl any wine, but such as shal be assigned thereunto by writing, vpon forfeiture of. v.li. for every day.  
There shal be assigned but two taverns in every town( except certain towns.)  
forty taverns shalbe in London, and certain number is appoynted for dyvers cities and towns.  
None shall sell by retail any wines to be spent in his house, vpon forfeiture. of. x.li.  
merchants adventuring for wines, may spend in his house such wines as he bringeth into england, not sellinge it.  
sheriffs and head officers of towns corporate, and keepers of forts, may haue wine in their houses, to spend there, without selling.  
Iustices of peace, stewards of letes, sheriffs, and escheators, may inquire by .xii. men of these offences, the moiety of the forfaytures there found to the king, and tother to the poor people of that place. ¶ This Act shal not take away the privileges of the universities.   

Of woods. Anno ▪ 35. Hen. 8. Cap. 17.  
upon woods, copies, or vnderwoods, there shalbe left vnfelled for every acre felled .xii. standels like to prove timber, which shalbe preserved till they be of .x. inches square within three foot of the ground, upon forfeiture for every standell so not left. iii.s.iiii.d.  
Al copies and vnderwoods at thage of .xiiii. yeres, during .iiii. yeres shalbe enclosed, or the springs therof preserved, vpon forfeiture for every road. iii.s.iiii.d. for every month.  
All copies and vnderwoods felled above the age of xiiii. yeres, during .vi. yeares shalbe enclosed, or the spring preserved, vpon forfeiture of. iii.s.iiii.d. for every month. None shall return into pasture or tillage any copies or vnderwoods, containing two acrees, now preserved for thyncrease of wood, vpon forfeiture for every acre. xl.s.  
every person having any several woods or copies with great trees above .xxiiii. yeares growth, shall at the fellinge leave for every acre xii. trees, to be preserved during .xx. yeres. And during seven yeares enclose them, or preserve the springs, upon forfeiture for every of those trees felled, syxe shillings eight pence, and for every road. iii.s.iiii.d. saving those trees may be cut down for buildings and reparations.  
None having woods, wherein any hath common, shal sel those woods, but to his own occupation, till the fourth part be by the owner enclosed as is declared in this act.  
And at every fellinge, it shalbe enclosed and preserved .vii. yeares, and no beasts during those .vii. yeres, shalbe suffered to feed in that part, and the commons to haue their common in the residue, and the lord is excluded to put any cattle there, or to take any profit of the pasture there, during those .vii. yeres, and after the .vii. yeares, al to lie in common for the lord and the commons.  
And yf that part enclosed be not felled within four months, then the commons to use their common, and the owner to leave open places, whereby the common beasts may come in as long as it shall stand vnfelled. certain places and former bargains be excepted.  
Breakers of fences shall forfeit. x.s.  
If any suffer his swine to go in any common or woods not ringed or pegged, the owner shal forfeit for every swine. iiii.d.  
Where woods shalbe felled in any ground enclosed where dere shalbe kept, the enclosure shalbe kept for four yeares. If the enclosures be broken against the wills of the owner, the penalties to be extended vpon those by whom the spring shalbe hurted. After the woods preserved by two yeares, colts and calves under a year old may be put there.   

Against Uacaboundes. An. 22. Hen. 8. Ca 12.  
THe Iustices of peace, Mayres, sheryffes, bailiffs and other officers within their limits shal divide themselves, and so divided, shall make diligent search & enquiry of all aged, poor, and impotent persons, which of necessity be compelled to live of alms, that shalbe abiding within the limits of their division, and thereupon shal haue power by their discretions, to enable to beg within their limits, such impotent persons which they shal think convenient within the limits of their division, to live of alms, and to command them not to beg without the limits to thē so appoynted, and shall write the names of every such beggar in a roll indented, whereof thone part to remain with themselves, and tother to bee certified at the next sessions of the peace: and they so divided shal haue power to make seals with the names of the handmaides, Rapes, Wapentakes, Cities, boroughs, towns, or places, within which they shall limit every such beggar, and shal deliver to every such beggar a letter sealed with the said seal, and subscribed with the name of one of the said Iustices or officers, containing his name, and wytnessynge that he is aucthorised to beg, and his limits: and yf he beg out of his limits, the Iustice of peace and all other the kings officers, shall imprison him in the stocks by two dayes and two nights, giving him only bread and water: and after shal cause him to bee sworn to return without delay to the place whee he is aucthorised to beg in.  
No impotent person shal beg, except he be aucthorised by writing under seal as is abovesaid: and yf any impotent person go a begging having no such letter, the Constables and other inhabitants there, shal cause them to be brought to the next Iustice of peace, or high Constable of the hundred, who shall cause the bringers to strip him naked from the the middle upward, and cause him to be whipped, where the said Iustice or high constable shall appoint, or else command him to be set in stocks where he was taken by three dayes & three nights, there to haue only bread and water, and thereupon the said Iustice or high Constable shal limit ot him a place to beg in, and give him a letter under seal as is aforesaid, and swear him to repair thither immediately.  
It any being whole and able to labour be taken in begging, or having no land, master, nor using any lawful merchandise or craft to get his living, be vagaraunt and can give no reckoning howe he doth get his living: then it shalbe lawful to the Constables and subiectes of every place, to arrest him & bring him to any Iustice of peace, or to the high Constable of that place: and yf he be taken in any town corporate, thē to be brought to the Maior, sheriffes, or bailiffs there, & they to cause him to be had to the next place where they shal think convenient, and there to be tied to thende of a cart naked, and to be beaten with whips throughout that place till his body be bloody, and then he by them to be enjoined by his other to return forthwith the next way to the place where he was born, or where he last dwelled by three yeares, and there to put himself to labour: & he to haue a letter sealed with the seal of the place wherein he shalbe punished, witnessing that he hath ben punished according to this statute, and containing the day and place of his punishment, and the place whereunto he is limited to go, & by what time he is limited to come thither: within which time he may lawfully beg by the way. And yf he do not accomplish that letter, then to be eftsoons whipped: and so often as any default shalbe in him, in every place to be whipped till he be repaired where he was born, or where he last dwelled by three yeres, and there to labour for his living.  
And if any so whipped be an idle person, & no common beggar: then after such whipping he shalbe kept in stocks till he haue found surety to go to service or labour, or else to be sworn to repair where he was born, or where he last dwelled by three yeres, and to haue like letter and punishment yf he eftsoons offend, as is above appointed for the common strong beggar ▪ & so from time to time till he get his living. Iustices of peace shall haue power to inquire of all Maiors and other officers and persons that shal be negligent in executing this act. If the Constables and inhabitants where any such impotent persons or strong beggars do beg, be negligent, and do not punish him as is above limited, the Towneshyppe for every such impotent beggar, shal forfeit. iii.s.iiii.d. and for every strong beggar. vi.s.viii.d. the moiety. &c.  
All Iustices of peace shal haue power to determine every such default, & to make process by distress against the inhabitants there, by which diffresse, the sheriff shall detain the good of such one or two of the said inhabitants, as he may haue knowledge were most negligent in the execution of this act, and the said distress retain till he find surety to appear at the sessions limited in the said distress: and if he appear & confess the default, or transgress the presentment, and it be tried against him ▪ or deny the information, and it is proved against him: then the Iustices of peace in their sessions shal assess their fines, and to make process for the levying of the same be distress of the inhabitants of the town: the fine yf it grow by presentment, to the king, and if it grow by information, then the moytis to him that sueth. &c. If any person dystrained appear not, then vpon the return he shall lose at the first. iii.s.iiii.d. and at the second. vi. s.viii.d. and so to be doubled for every distress.  
scholars of universities that go a begging not being aucthorised under the seal of the university: and all shipmen pretending losses on the sea, going a begging without authority, shalbe punished like strong beggars. And all proctors and pardoners going without authority, and all other idle persons, some using unlawful games, and some feigning to haue knowledge in physic, Phisnomie, palmistry, or other crafty sciences, yf he before two Iustices of the peace, whereof one to be of the Quorum, be found guilty, shal be whipped two dayes together after the maner before rehearsed, and for the second offence to be scourged two dayes, and the thyrde day to be put on the pillory from nine of the clock unto eleven, and to haue one of his ears cut of, and for the thyrde time to haue like punishment, and to haue his other ear cut of.  
The Iustices of peace haue like authority within their franchises.  
this act shalbe yearly red in the opne sessions. If any give harborowe or money to any beggar able to work, he shal make fine to the king, by the discretion of the Iustices of peace at their general sessions.  
If any let the execution of this act, or make rescues, he shal forfeit. C.s. and haue imprisonment at the kings will: thone moiety. &c.  
this act shall not be prejudicial to the Barons and inhabitants of the .v. ports.  
And the Maior, bailiffs elects, and jurates in any town within the five ports, haue like authority as the Iustices of peace haue in any shire.  
And the inhabitants within the said five ports, shalbe bound to thexecution of this act, vpon like pain before remembered. And if any that shal inhabit within the .v. ports, beg without the .v. ports, he to be punished according to this act: every letter to be made whereby any impotent shal be aucthorised to beg, shalbe made in this form. Kent. S. Memorandum that A. B. of. D. for reasonable considerations, is licenced to beg within the hundred of P. K. and L. in the said county, given under the seal of that lymytte. Tali die & anno. And every letter delivered to such beggar or vagabond after he hath ben whipped, shalbe made in this wise.  
Kent. S. I. S. whipped for a vagabond strong beggar at Dale, in the said county, according to the lawe. the .xii. day of july, in the xxiii. year of king Henry the .viii. was assigned to pass forthwith and directly from thence to Gale in the county of Mid. where he saith he was born, or where he last dwelled by the space of three yeares, and he is limited to be there within fourteen dayes next ensuing at his peril. In witness whereof the seal of the limyt of the said place of his punishment hereunto is set. And every such letter above rehearsed, shalbe made at the equal costs of such Iustices, Maiors, & other officers above rehearsed, and shalbe subscribed with one of their hands, after this form. per me A. B. vnum iustitiariorum pacis, or Maiorum civitatis, or Ballium villa, or Constabularium talis, hundreth, or elles in like form in english.  
And they that haue the custody of any gaols, shal make a seal granted, with the name of the prison or Gaole, and they that be delivered out of prison for suspicions of felony, and haue not wherewith to pay their fees, shal haue liberty to beg for their fees by .vi. weekes, and then compelled to go where he was born, or where he last dwelled by three yeres: and every one so delivered, shall haue a letter ot him delivered by the clerk of the peace, or by the town clerk where he is delivered, witnessing the time and space of his deliverance, and afore whom, and the time appointed him to beg for his fees, and the place whither he is assigned to go, and to every such letter the jailer shal put to the seal before rehearsed: and every such letter shalbe made in this wise following. Essex S. the .xx. day of july. An. reign. regis. H viii. xxiiii. I.S. was delivered for felony out of the Gaole of D. in the said county, at the sessions holden before A.B. and his fellows at Gale, the day & year aforesaid, and is allowed to beg for his fees by the space of .vi. weeks, & in case he can get him no master to work with within the said term, then he is assigned to pass directly to Dale, in the said county of Kent, where he said he was born, or where he last dwelled by the space of three yeres, and he is allowed .xiiii. dayes next after the said .vi. weeks for his passage thither. In witness whereof the seal of the said prison is hereunto set.  
And in such shires where is no Gaole, the sheriff shall cause a seal to be engraved, with the name of the shire, and shal order and use the same in like form. And every clerk of the peace, or town clerk, shall make for every such person so delivered, the said letter, without any fee therfore taken, and deliver it to the jailer: or the sheriff of the shire, if there be no jailer, within one day after the sessions, vpon pain of forfaityng for default of every letter xii. d. to the king. Nor the gaolers nor sheriffes shall suffer none to depart out of prison; except it be to service or labour, without he first deliver him the said letter sealed with the said seal, under like pain for every default.  
And if any being delivered out of prison, do beg without having such letter, or do beg contrary to the tenor of his letter, then he to be taken and whipped, as above is said of the strong beggars, and that to be done, vpon such pain as is afore limited for none execution of punishment of strong beggars.  
every person being bound by any foundation to give any money in alms, and every perosn at common doles used at burials or obits to give money in alms to all persons coming to such doles, may give as they before this time haue done.  
Maisters of hospitals may lodge any person according to their foundation, & to give money in alms, in such wise as they are bound to do.   

Against vagabonds. An. 3. Ed. 6. Cap. 16.  
IF any aged or impotent offend this Statute, he shalbe punished as is provided in the statute of .xxii. H. viii. Cap. xii.  
common labourers able in body, using loitering and refusing to work for such reasonable wages as is most commonly given where he dwelleth, shal be for every refusal adiudged a vagabund, and shalbe punished as strong and mighty vagabonds, in such form as is declared in the said act of .xxii.  
All Maiors, Sheriffes, bailiffs, Constables or head officers of city, town, or Uyllage, shall before the Purification. An. M.D.xlix. see all such idle, impotent, maimed, and aged persons, who can not be taken for vagabonds which were born there, or haue ben ther most conversant by three yeres, and now decayed, provided of houses, at the costs of the said town, there to be relieved and cured by the devotion of the people there. And that they do not suffer there any other to beg within that precinct, except such as are aucthorised by this act, vpon forfeiture for every .iiii. dayes. x.s. to him that will sue. Maiors, bailiffs, Sheriffes, Constables, and other head officers, shal every month once, make a view of aged, impotent & lame beggars within their precinct, and see all such as were not born there, nor hath ben for the most parte there conversant by three yeres, or be but aucthorised by this statute, conveyed to the next Constables, and they to convey thē to he next Constables, and so from Constables to Constables, till he be brought to the place where he was born, or was most conversant, there to be nourished of alms as is aforesaid, vpon forfeiture for every default. x.s. The one moiety. &c.  
If any such aged, maimed or impotent person, not so impotent, but that they may work in some work: than such town shal either in common provide such work for him as he may be occupied in, or appoint him such as will finde him work for meate and drink: which yf he refuse to do, or run away and beg, then to punish him with stockyng, beating, or otherwise as shall seem convenient.  
All lepers and bedreds may remain in such houses appointed for them, as they be now in ▪ and may appoint their proctors, so they be not above two for one house, to gather alms within .iiii. miles.  
Commissions may be granted to such as hath their houses or barns burned, or such losses, or to lepers to gather alms.  
If any child above five year old or under .xiiii. go wanderyng or alone, if any that is able to keep it, will take it from any beggar being the father or mother, or other, and bring it before one of the constables there, and ther next quarter sessions, present it in the presence of the Constable, before the Iustices of peace, & there promise to bring it up till the woman child be xv. year old, and the wild .xvii. year old: these Iustices shall adjudge that child unto those ages, to be servant to him so promising, which child shalbe ordered as servants without wages, and that iudgemnet to be entred by the clerk of the peace.  
If such child run away ▪ the master to take it, and kept it, and punish it at the liberty of the master, and to haue a warrant from a Iustice of the peace for that child running away, and thereby the child to be taken and ordered as is provided by the Statute labourers, for servants departing out of their maisters service. If any person steal or entice away any such child so adiudged for a servant, the master to take an action vpon the Statute labourers, against such steler or intiser, or an action of trespass, wherein he shal recover damages, and triple costs of his suit. If the master be unreasonable in ordering such child, then vpon complaint made at the quarter sessions, by two honest neighbours, yt it shall then appear by honest witness the complaint to be true, the Iustices of peace shall discharge the child from his master, & appoint him to some other, and that to be written in the book of the clerk of the peace, for which he shall haue iiii. d. and shall haue also. iiii.d. for the first entry of the child to be servant: this to be paid by the master. If such woman child be married afore .xv. yeres old, she shal be discharged of service. every vagabond or beggar being alien, shall in form aforesaid, and vpon the forfeitures aforesaid, be conveyed from place to place, to the place next adjoining to his country, or to the next port, if there be sea between this realm and his country, there to be kept of inhabitants of that port, in convenient labour, or otherwise, till he may be conueyde over, & than at the cosses of those inhabitants( if himself shal not haue wherewith) to be conveyed over to his country.   

Against retainers and givers of liveries, made in An. 8. Ed. 4. Cap. 2.  
NOne may give livery or other sign, nor retain any but onely his manuel servant, officer, or a man of thone lawe, or of tother, by any writing, oath, or promise ▪ And if he doth contrary, the giver shal lose. C. s. for every month that ther is any with him so retained, and the receiver. C.s. and he that will sue, shall haue an action by bill of information against as many offenders as he will in every of the kings courts, before Iustices of peace, of assize, and Gaole delivery, or county Palentine: and in Duresme, and in Examshire, thereupon process shal be as in trespass: except that in county Palentine, nor in Duresme, no exigent shalbe awarded: and yf any of the offenders be present in court, the Iustices may command him to be brought to answer, and first the informer shalbe examined vpon a book that his complaint is true, and after they may examine that defendant, and judge him convict by their discretion, aswell as by trial. And the informer shall recover the one half, and the king the other half, yf it be not in city or town that hath like forfeiture by the kings grant: and that no essoign nor protection be allowed. And that the sheriff or Coroner may return no less issues at the first day then. x.s. and the second. xxx.s. and so at every day. x.s. of increase. And if the sheriff or Coroner do the contrary, he shall forfeit every time. xx.s. And the Maior and gouernours of cities and towns, that haue power to hear and determine pleas personels, haue power to examine and to determine it as is aforesaid, as well by examination as by trial. And vpon that, the king shall haue thone half, the Maiors or gouernours the other half, to be employed to the use of the city or town.  
Item the kings & the queens majesties pleasures are, that all other Statutes concerning retainers, and giving liveries, now remaining in force, shalbe put in execution.   

The Statute of Winton for robberies, hew and cry, and for watches to be kept.  
AFter a robbery or felony done, fresh suite shalbe made from town to town. &c. and yf need be, inquests shal be made in towns, handmaides, franchises and counties, so that the felones may be attaint and suffer execution: and yf they be not taken, then the people where such robbery was done, as in hundred and fraunches, shall answer therefore. And if it be done between two shires. &c. within .xl. dayes, if the misdoers be not taken. Also in great towns the gates shalbe closed from the sun rising to the sun setting, and no man harborough none in the suburbs, but such as he will answer for: and the bailiffs of towns shall inquire of such every weke. Also watch shalbe made and kept from Assention tide till Michaelmas, in every city by .vi. men at every gate, and in every borrow by .xii. men: in every hole town, by .vi. men or .iiii. after the number of thinhabitauntes, continually all night, from the sun set, to the sun rising. And yf any stranger come by them, he shalbe arrested until morning: and yf he be suspecious, he shalbe brought to the sheriff to be kept until he be delivered by due order: and every town adjoining, shal be aiding to the other. Also the hye ways of market towns shal be enlarged, where there is any woods, hedges, ditches, or bushes nigh the hye way. CC. foot on thone side, and. CC. foot on the other side: but this statute extendeth not to oaks, nor great fustes, so that they be clear under, and yf the Lord will not do thus, yf any robberies or murder be done, he shall answer therfore, & make fine at the kings will. Also in the hye ways in the kings wood, or park nigh the hye ways, it shalbe done after the same maner: or else that the Lord shall make such wall, ditch or hedge, that the evil doers can not escape: and no fair nor market be holden in any churchyard.   

Against reporters of slanderous tales and news. W. 1. Cap. 34.  
IF any person shall publish or forge false news, whereof discord or slander may arise between the king and his people, or the nobles of his realm, the same shalbe imprisoned until he shall bring forth in court, the author of such news.  

Anno. ii. R. ii. Cap. v.  
THe forgers and counterfeitours of false news, and horrible false messages of prelates, Dukes, earls, Barons, & other nobles, and great personages of the Realm, or of the chancellor, treasurer, clerk of the privy seal, Steward of the kings house, Iustices of thone bench or tother, or of any other great officers of the realm, of things which by the same Prelates, Dukes. &c. were never spoken or thought of, to their great slander, whereof debates & discord may arise between the said lords and commons: shall suffer the punishment mentioned in the said act of W.i. until they haue brought forth in court the author of the said false news and messages.   

Anno. xii. R. ii. cap. xi.  
ANd yf the said forgers and counterfaytours, can not bring forth the author of the said false news, then they shalbe punished by the aduise of the kings counsel.   

Anno. i. &. ii. Phil. &. Ma. cap. iii.  
THe Iustices of peace within the limits of their commission, may hear and determine all offences committed and done against the form of the said several statutes.  
And further yf any person or persons maliciously of his or their own imagination, speak any seditious or slanderous news, rumours and sayings, or tales of our sovereign Lady the queens majesty, every person so offending for the first offence, shall in the market place nere where the words were spoken ▪ be set openly vpon the pillory, and shal haue both his ears cut of, unless he pay. C.li. to the queens highness use, within a month next after iudgment given against him, and also be imprisoned by the space of .iii. months next after his or their execution.  
If any such seditious or slanderous news be spoken by any person, of the report or saying of any other: then the same person, to be set openly vpon the pillory as is aforesaid, and to haue one of his ears cut of, unless he pay i. C. marks within the time, and to th use aforesaid: and also sustain a month imprisonment next after his execution.  
And if any person maliciously devise, writ, print, or set forth any book, rhyme ballad, letter or writing, containing false matter, clause or sentence of slander, reproach and dishonour of the queens highness, or the encouragyng, stirring or moving of any insurrection or rebellion, or shal procure any of the said offences to be done: if the same be not punishable by the statute of .xxv. E. iii. cap. ii. touching treasons &c. the said person shal after conviction for his first offence, in some market place haue his right hand cut of.  
Item yf any person once convict of any of the said offences punyshable, by loss of ear, ears or hand, do afterwards offend in any of the said offences, then he shall suffer imprisonment during his life, and forfeit to the queens highness use all his goods and cattelles.  
The said offences are inquitable and determinable before iustices of Oyer, and determiner, Iustice of assize or gayle delivery, or Iustices of peace.  
Any Iustice of peace vpon vehement suspicion, may commit any person suspected, to prison, there to remain without bail or mainprize.  
Thoffenders against this act, must be accused and convict within three months next after thoffence committed.    

¶ For repayringe and amendynge of high ways.  
THE Constables and Churchwardens of every parish, 
Constables, & Churchwardens.  shall yearly vpon the Tuesday or Wednesday in Easter week, 
Tuesda or wednesdai in Easter week.  call together a number of the parishioners, & amongs them shall elect and choose two honest persons of their parish, 
Suruayers.  to be surveyors and orderers of the works( for the mendynge of their high ways leading to any market town from their parish) for one year, 
Thaucthoritie of the Suruayers.  which persons shall haue authority by virtue of this Act, to order and direct both the persons and carriages to be appoynted for those works, according to their discressions. And the same persons shal take vpon them thexecution of their offices, 
pain.  vpon the pain of. xx.s.  
The said Constables and Churchwardens shall also name and appoint four dayes for mendynge of the said high ways, 
Howe many dayes & before what feast shalbe appointed for the amending of high ways  before the feast of the nativity of S. John Baptist then next following. And shal openly in the Church the next Sunday after Easter, give knowledge of the same dayes, vpon which dayes the parishioners shall endeavour themselves to the mendinge of the said high ways, and shalbe charged toward the same, as followeth: that is to say.  
every person for every plough land in tillage or pasture, 
What persons shalbe charged for the amendynge of high ways  and every other person that keepeth a draft or plough within the same parish, shall finde and send at every day and place in the said parish where such ways are amending, one wain or cart furnished after the custom of the country, with Oxen ▪ Horses or other cattle, and al necessaries meet for carriage to that purpose ▪ 
pain.  and two able men with the same, vpon pain for every draft. x.s.  
every householder, 
householder, Cotager & labourer.  cotager, and labourer, of the same parish, able to labour, and being no hired servant by the year, shall( either themselves, or elles by some other labourer for every of them, upon every of the said four dayes) work and travail at the amending of the said high ways, 
●ayne.  vpon pain for every such person making default, for every day. xii.d.  
Yf carriages in that parish shall not bee thought needful by the said Suruayers to be occupied for the amending of the ways there: Then every such person as should haue sent carriage for the purpose, shal send to the said work, 
Two able men.  for every carriage, two able men to labour, for that day, vpon pain to lose for every man not so sent. xii.d.  
every person and carriage abovesaid, 
tools for the amending of the ways.  shal bring with them such shouyls, spades, pyckes, mattocks, and other tools, as they do make their dikes and fences withall.  
The said persons and carriages shal continue at their said work. 
How long the persons and carriages shall work.  viii. houres of every of the said four dayes, unless by special occasion they be lycensed otherwise by the said Surueyoures, or by any one of them.  
All stewards of leets and lawdayes shal be aucthorised by force of this Act, 
Stewards of leets & lawdayes. inquire.  to haue full power and authority, to inquire in their courts by the oaths of the Sutoures at the said courts, of all offences & misdemeynours committed against every point and article of this act: 
The stewards to assess fines and amerciaments.  and thereupon to assess such reasonable fines and amerciaments for the same, as shal be thought meet by the said steward.  
For default of such inquiry or presentment, the Iustices of peace of that limit, 
Iustices of peace.  shall haue authority to inquire of the same offences committed within their commission, in every of their quarter sessions, 
fine.  & to assess such fines therfore, as they or two of them, whereof one to be of the Quorum, shall think meet.  
All stewards of leets and lawedayes shal make estretes indented, 
stewards to make estretes.  of all such fines, forfaites and amerciaments sessed before him, and shal deliver the one part therof sealed and signed by him, 
bailiff, high Constable.  to the bailiff or high Constable of every hundreth, Rape, Lath, or Wapentake, wherein such offences haue been presented. And tother half to the Constable and Churchwardens of the parish where such defaults are made, and the same to be yearly delivered within six weeks after the feast of S. Mychaell tharchaungell.  
The clerk of the peace shall make the like estreats indented, 
clerk of the peace to make estreats.  of the fines, forfaites, and amerciaments for such defaults presented before the Iustices of peace, and shall deliver them sealed and subscribed with his hand, in like sort beforesaid: which estreats shalbe a sufficient warrant to the said bailiff or chief Constable, to gather the said fines, forfaites and amerciaments by way of distress: 
distress.  and yf no distress can be found, or yf the said offender shal be vnwyllynge and stubboure, 
Refuse.  refusing to pay the said amerciaments and fines, and do not pay the same within .xx. dayes after the said office hath demanded the same lawfully: 
Double sum.  That then every such persons to forfeit the double some that he should before haue paid.  
every of the said head Constables and bailiffs shal every year once at the least betwixt the first day of march, and the last day of april, make a true account 
account.  and payment of all such sums of money to the Constables or Churchwardens beforesaid, or to two of them, as he shal haue gathered by the said estreats, vpon pain for every time he doth omit to do 
Pain. iii.li  the same. iii.li.  
All fines, amerciaments and forfaytures which shal be due for offences committed against this act, 
fines, amercia-mentes, forfaiturs, bestowed.  shalbe answerable & delivered by the collectors thereof, to the Churchwardens of every parish where the offence is committed, to be bestowed vpon amendment of the high ways of the said parishes. And that the said Churchwardens shal haue authority by this act, 
accounts before whom and in what maner.  to call the said bailiff and head Constable before the Iustices of peace or two of them, whereof one to be of the Quorum, to make their account, either by bill, information or otherwise. The which Iustices shal haue authority by this act to take the said account, and to commit the said bailiff or head Constable to prison, 
prison.  there to remain until he pay such arrearages as shal be adiudged by the said Iustices. The said bailiffs and head Constables, and every of them vpon their accounts, 
allowance.  shal be allowed for the collection of every pound of the said fines, amerciaments & forfaites, for his or their pains viii. d. 
clerk of the peace.  And the clerk of the peace, or steward of the letes and lawdayes, to haue by force hereof for the es●reatyng of the fines. &c. xii. d. of every pound fine, forfeiture or amerciament. And the successors of such Churchwardens shall haue the like action of account against their predecessors, 
successors.  as is before appoynted against the bailiff.   

Imprinted at LonDON IN POWLES church yard by richard jug and John Cawood, Printers to the queens majesty.  
Cum privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.