❧ AN ACT FOR CERTAIN Ordinances in the kings majesties dominion and principality of Wales.  
Our sovereign lord the kings majesty of his tender zeal and affection, that he beareth towards his loving and obedient subjects of his dominion principality and country of Wales, for good rule and order to be from henceforth kept and maintained within the same, whereby his said subjects may grow and rise to more wealth and prosperity, hath devised and made diverse sundry good and necessary ordinances, which his majesty, of his most abundant goodness, at the humble suit and petition of his said subjects of Wales, is pleased and contented, to be enacted, by th'assent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, in manner and form, as here after ensueth.  
first THAT his graces said dominion princypalite and country of Wales, be from henceforth divided into xii shires, of the which viii have been shires of long and ancient time, that is to say: the shires of Glamorgan, Carmarthin, Pembroke, Cardigan, Flynt, Caernaruan, Anglesey, & Merionneth, And four of the said twelve shires be newly made and ordained to be shires, by an act made at the parliament, holden at westminster, in the xvij year of our said sovereign lords most noble reign: that is to say, the shires of Radnor, Breknok, Mountgomery, and Denbigh, over and besides, the shire of Mommoth, and divers other dominions, lordships and manors, in the marches of Wales, united and annexed to the shires of Salop', Herforde, and Gloucestre, as by the said late act more plainly appeareth.  
¶ Item that the limitations of the hundreds, of late made within the said shires, by virtue of his grace's commission, directed out of his high court of Chancery, and again returned into the same, shall stand in full strength, force and effect, according to the said limitation: Except such of the same, as sith that time have been altered or changed, by virtue of any act, or acts of parliament all ready made, or that shallbe altered or changed, by any act, or acts, in this present session to be made.  
¶ Item that there shallbe and remain a Precedent and counsel in the said dominion and principality of Wales, and the marches of the same, with all officers, clerks, and incidentes to the same, in manner and form as hath been heretofore used and accustomed. Which president and counsel shall have power and authority, to here and determine by their wisdoms and discretions, such causes and matters as be, or hereafter shall be assigned to them by the kings majesty, as heretofore hath been accustomed and used.  
¶ Item that there shallbe holden and kept, Sessions twice in every year, in every of the said shires, in the said dominion and principality of Wales: That is to say, in the shires of Glamorgan, Breknok, Radnor, Caermerthin, Pembroke, Cardigan, Mountgomerey, Denbigh, Flynt, Caernaruan, Merionneth, & Anglesey, the which Sessions shallbe called the kings great Sessions in Wales.  
¶ Item that the justice of Chestre, for the time being, shall hold and keep Sessions twice in every year, in the shires of Denbygh, Flynt, and Mountgomery, and have nothing but his old fee of an hundred pounds yearly for the same.  
¶ Item that the justice of North-wales shall in likewise hold, and keep Sessions twice every year, in every of the said shires of Caernaruan, Merionneth, and Anglesey, and shall have yearly of the kings majesty a yearly fee of thirty pounds for the same.  
¶ Item that one person, learned in the laws of this realm of England, by the kings majesty to be named and appointed, shallbe justice of the shires of Radnor, Breknok, and Glamorgan, and shall in likewise hold, and keep Sessions twice in every year, in every of the same shires, and shall have yearly of the kings majesty thirty pounds for his fee.  
¶ Item that one other person, learned in the laws of this realm, to be appointed, as is aforesaid, shallbe justice of the shires of Caermerthin, Pembroke, and Cardigan, and shall in likewise hold and keep Sessions twice in every year, in every of the same shires: and shall also have yearly of the kings majesty fifty pounds for his fee.  
¶ Item the said persons or justices, and every of them now being, or that hereafter shallbe, shall have several letters patents and commissions for their offices, under the kings great seal of England, to be exercised by themselves, or their sufficient deputies, according to the purposes and intentes, in their ordinances specified.  
¶ PROVIDED always, that their commyssions, to them already granted, under the said great seal, shall stand in force and effect, according to the tenor of the same: unless it shall please the kings majesty hereafter, to alter or change them, or any of them, this present article last before expressed in any wise not withstanding.  
¶ Item that every of the said justices, within the limits of their commissions and authorities, to them appointed as is afore said, shall hold all manner of pleas of the Crown, at and in the said Sessions, in as large and ample manner, as the kings chief justice of England, and other the kings justices of the kings bench there, or any of them, may do in their places or else where within the realm of England. And also to hold pleas of assizes, and all other pleas and actions real personal and mixed, in as large and ample manner, as the kings chief justice of the common place in England, and other justices of the same place, or any of them, may do in the realm of England.  
¶ Item that every of the said justices of Wales, shall have power and authority, to inquire of all treasons, murders, felonies, riottes, routs, unlawful assembles, extortions, embraceries, maynteynaunces, reteynors, concelementes▪ contempts, and all other offences and evil deeds, of what natures, names, or qualities so ever they be, done, committed, or perpetrated, within the limits of their commissions & authorities, against the form of the common law of the realm of England, or of any statutes of the same, and to here & determine the premises, and every of them: and generally to minister common justice to all and singular the kings subjects, within the limits of their commissions and authorities, according to the laws statutes and customs of the realm of England, and according to this present ordinance.  
¶ Item that every of the said sessions shallbe kept and continued by the space of vi days, in every of the said shires, at either of the said times as is and hath been used within the said three shires of North wales. And that the said justices shall cause open proclamations to be made in the shire towns, what time & place they purpose to keep their said sessions xu days at the least, before they keep the same: to th'intent the kings subjects may have knowledge thereof.  
¶ Item that days shallbe given in all pleas plaints process and adiournamentes from day to day, and sessions to sessions, by the discretion of the said justices, within the limits of their authorities, for the good and speedy ministration of justice, to all and singular the kings subjects, as is or hath been used in North-wales.  
¶ Item that one original seal, devised by the kings highness for justice to be ministered in the said three shires of North-wales, That is to say, the shires of Merionneth, Caernaruan, and Anglesey, shallbe and remain in the charge keeping and custody of the chamberlain of North-wales. And that one other original seal, devised by the kings majesty, for ministration of justice to be used in the said shires of Carmerthin, Pembroke, and Cardigan, shallbe and remain in the charge and keeping of the chamberlain of South-Wales. And that likewise one other original seal, devised by the kings majesty, for ministration of justice to be used in the said three shires of Breknok, Radnor, and Glamorgan, shallbe and remain in the charge and custody of the steward and chamberlain of Breknok. And that also one other original seal, devised by the kings majesty, for ministration of justice, to be ministered within the said shires of Denbigh and Mountgomerie, shallbe and remain in the charge keeping and custody of the Steward and Chamberlein of Denbigh. And that the original seal of Chester, shall be and stand for the original seal of Flint, for justice to be ministered in the said shire of Flint: and shallbe and remain in the charge keeping and custody of the Chamberlain of Chester.  
¶ Item that the said Stewards and Chamberleyns' shall seal with the said seals: that is to say, every one of them shall seal with the seal, to his charge committed, all manner of original writs and process, returnable before the said justices, at the sessions to be holden in every of the said shires, in manner and form as is aforesaid: and shall severally account and answer the kings majesty, for the profits of the same seal. And that none of the said stewards, chamberleynes, or chancellors, having the charge and keeping of the said seals, shall by occasion thereof, or by colour of any of their offices, compel or cause any person or persons, inhabited within any of the said xii shires, to appear before themselves or their deputies: ne shall have power or authority, to here or determine any pleas of the crown, nor other causes or matters of justice otherwise then in this ordinance is limited and expressed: But shall have the charge and keeping of the said seals, to seal all such original writs & process, as shall be returnable before the said justices, in their said sessions, as is before specified, and as here after shall be declared, which writs and process shall be used made sealed and returned, in manner and form, as hath been used before the justice in North wales.  
¶ Item that all such persons, as now be, or here after shall be the kings highness stewards, chamberlains, or chancellors, within any of the said xii shires, which by reason of their said offices, have charges for the receipt collection or account, of and for the kings rents, revenues, fermes or profits, to be due to his majesty, within the said dominion of Wales, may direct process, under the said seal, being in their charge and custody, within the limits of their authorities only against bailiffs, reves, farmers, and other ministers accountant, to appear before themselves, to answer to and for any the kings revenues fermes rents or profits, and for none other causes, nor against any other person or persons, in like manner and form as they have been accustomed in that case to do.  
¶ Item that all stewards of any lordships or manors in Wales, shall and may keep and hold such leets, law-days, and courtbarons, as appertaineth & belongeth to the lordships and manors, whereof they be stewards, and to hold pleas by plaint, under the sum of . xls. in every such courtbaron: and have and enjoy all other authorities, commodities and profits, as stewards of leets, law-days and court barons in England commonly have, and been used to have, by reason of the said offices, and none other: any law usage or custom, in the said dominion of Wales, heretofore had to the contrary hereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item provided always and be it enacted, that the said stewards, nor any of them▪ nor the shirefe of the said counties in Wales, shall have any power or authority, to inquire of any manner of felony, in any such leete, lawdaye, or turn, within the said dominion to be holden.  
And that from henceforth no leete nor law-day be kept by the Steward or other officer, of any lordship or manor in the said dominion of Wales: but in such lordships and places, where it was accustomed to be kept, before the making of the act of parliament, concerning Wales, made in the xxvi year of our said sovereign lords reign. So always the place, where such court shallbe kept, be meet & convenient for that purpose.  
¶ Item that all Maires, Bailiffs and heed officers of corporate towns in Wales, may hold pleas, and determine actions, and do every other thing, concerning common justice, according to their lawful grants and laudable customs of such towns: so always they follow the course trade and fashion, of the laws and customs of the realm of England, and not of any welsh laws or customs. And that in every of the said towns they may try all issues joined, or hereafter to be joined, in any action personal, by vi men, according as heretofore in diverse places of the said country it hath been used: Any thing contained in this act to the contrary not withstanding.  
¶ PROVIDED always, and be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that for as much as there be divers & many small boroughs and towns corporate within the said dominion of Wales: whereof many have their commencement by grants, made from the lords marchers, and some by other means: our said sovereign lord shall from henceforth, by virtue of this act, have full power and authority, by his letters patents, to be enrolled in his graces high court of Chancery, at any time within seven years, hereafter next ensuing to th'end of this present parliament, to repel, adnihilate, and dissolve such and as many of the said boroughs and towns corporate, and all liberties & customs of the same, as to his highness shallbe thought expedient, to th'intent his majesty, at his grace's pleasure, may newly erect, ordain and make, such and as many other boroughs and towns corporate within the said dominion, being more apt and convenient for that purpose, and endue them with such liberties and franchises, as to his most excellent wisdom shallbe thought necessary, for the wealth of the said country.  
¶ Item the kings majesty is pleased and contented, of his most gracious goodness, that such as have patents of any office of Stewardships, chamberleynshyppes, chauncellourshippes, or justiceshippes, within the said dominion of Wales, for term of their lives, shall have and enjoy their certain ordinary and annual fees of money, used and accustomed to be paid and borne by the kings highness, by virtue of any their letters patents, during their interest therein: but in no wise to take or claim any casual fees, claimed by colour of their offices, contrary to this present ordinance: Any custom in Wales, or any thing in this act to the contrary not withstanding.  
¶ Item over and besides the said original seals, there shallbe four judicial seals, devised by the kings majesty▪ whereof one shall remain with the justice of Chester, which is appointed by this act, to be justice of the shires of Flynt▪ Denbigh, and Mountgomerye, to be used within the said shires to seal all judicial process and bills, that shall be sued before the said justice, in the sessions to be holden within the same shires. And that one other of the said judicial seals, shall likewise remain, & be in the charge & custody of the said justice of North-wales. And that the third of the said seals, shallbe and remain in the custody and charge, of the justice of the three shires of Glamorgan, Breknok, & Radnor. And the fourth of the said seals shall remain in the charge and custody of the justice of the said three shires, of Pembroke, Carmerthin, and Cardigan. And the said justices shall seal with the said judicial seals: that is to say, every of them with the seal committed to his charge and custody, as well all bills, as all other judicial process, that shall be sued before them in the said sessions, upon any original bills or writs: and all other process, that shallbe awarded from any of the said justices, shallbe sealed with the said judicial seal.  
¶ Item that every of the said justices shall account and answer to the kings majesty for the profits of the said seal, being in his charge and custody, in manner and form as hereafter shallbe declared.  
¶ Item that the Teste of every bill and judicial process, that shall pass under the said judicial seal, shallbe under the name of such of the said justices, from whom such bill or judicial process shall pass, in like manner and form as is used in the common place in England.  
¶ Item that all actions real and mixed, atteintes, conspiracies, assizes, and quare impedit, apples of murder and felony, and all actions grounded upon any statutes, shall be sued by original writs, to be obtained & sealed with the said original seal, returnable before the said justices at their sessions, within the limits of their authorities, in manner and form as is afore mentioned.  
¶ Item that all manner of personal actions, as debt, detynue, trespass, account, and such like, amounting to the sum of forty shillings, or above shallbe sued by writs original, to be obtained and sealed as is aforesaid, or by bills, at the pleasure of the party suing the same, before the said justices, within the limits of their authorities, as is used in North-wales. And that all personal actions, under the some of forty shillings, that is to say, debt, trespass, detinue▪ account, and such like, shall and may be sued, before any of the said justices, in the said sessions, by bill as it is used in North-wales. And that every original bill, concerning actions personals, shall be sealed with the kings judicial seal, being in the custody of the said justice, before whom such personal actions by bill shallbe brought, and commenced. And that such fees shallbe paid for the writing and sealing of such original writs and bills, as hereafter shallbe expressed: That is to say, for the sealing of every original writ to be sued in, and upon the causes aforesaid: and for every bill, to be pursued in actions personal, whereof the debt, and damage amounteth to the sum of forty shillings, or above, the parties pursuing the same, shall pay for the seal of every such writ or bill, sex pens. And for every judicial process, to be sued upon any such original writ, or bill, the parries pursuing such judicial process, shall pay for the sealing thereof, seven pens: whereof the kings majesty shall have sex pens, and the justice, sealing such judicial process, shall have one penny.  
¶ Item that every bill in personal action, whereof the det, duty or damage amounteth not to forty shillings: and all manner judicial process to be sued upon the same, shall also be sealed with the kings said judicial seal: and the parties pursuing the same, shall pay for the seal of every such bill, and judicial process, thereupon to be sued, three pens, whereof the kings majesty to have two pens and the justice, sealing such process, to have a penny.  
¶ Item that all writs of Scire fac, and writs of good aberinge, or for the peace, or writs of Supersede as upon the same, and all other process to be sued from the said justices, upon any record or suggestion, admitted by any of the said justices, within the limits of their authorities, shall also be sealed with the said judicial seal. And that the parties, pursuing for the same, shall pay for the seal, of every such writ and process, seven pens: whereof the kings highness shall have sex pens, and the justice, by whom such process shall be sealed, a penny. And that every exemplification, upon any record, before any of the said justices, shall be sealed with the kings said judicial seal: and the parties pursuing the same, shall pay for the seal thereof, twenty pens whereof the kings highness shall have sextene pens, and the justices, sealing the same, four pens.  
¶ Item that recoveries and fines, concords and Warrants of attorney for the same, shall and may be taken before every of the said justices, of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, within his authority, by force of his general commission, without any writ of Dedimus potestatem, to be sued for the same, in like manner and form as is used to be taken, before the kings chief justice, of his common place in England.  
¶ Item that all fines, hereafter to be levied before any of the said justices, with proclamation made the same sessions, that the said fine shall be engrossed, and in two other great sessions then next to be holden within the same country, shallbe of the same force and strength to all purposes, as fines levied with proclamations be of, that be levied before the justices of the common place in England.  
¶ Item that every person, suing Writes of Entry in the Post, or writs of covenant, or any other Writes, for any recovery to be had, by assent of parties, or otherwise, or for any fine to be levied, shall pay such fines to the kings use, for the same, aswell fines Pro licentia concordandi, as all other manner of fines, as is used in the kings Chancery, or else where in any of the kings Courts of England: which fines shall be paid to such persons, as shall seal the original writs for that purpose: And that they shall account for the same in like form, as they shall do for the profits of the said original seal, as is aforesaid.  
¶ Item that the kings silver, upon every fine to be levied, shall be paid, as is used in the common place in England: that is to say, two shillings: which kings silver shall be paid to the justice, afore whom such fine shallbe levied. Whereof the kings highness shall have twenty pens: and the Prenotarie, entering the same, shall have two pens: & the justice, afore whom such fine shall be levied, other two pens. And that the same justice shall account for the kings part thereof, like as he shall for the profits of the kings judicial seal, committed to his charge, in manner and form as is aforesaid.  
¶ Item there shallbe four Prenotaries for the making of all judicial process, and for the entering of all pleas process and matters of record, in the sessions to be holden before the said justices: whereof one of the said Prenotaries shall attend upon the said justice appointed for the three shires of North-wales: And one other shall attend upon the justice, assigned for the three shires of Flint, Denbigh, and Mountgomerie: And the third shall attend upon the justice assigned for the three shires of Caermerthin, Cardigan, and Pembroke. And the fourth of the said Prenotaries shall attend upon the justice, assigned for the three shires of Glamorgan, Breknok, and Radnor. And these four Prenotaries, as often as their said offices shall be void, shall be named and appointed by the kings highness, by his majesties letters patents, under his great seal of England. And where one Iohn Arnolde gentleman hath th'office of Prenotarie, and clerkeshippe of the Crown, by the kings highness letters patents, within the said three shires of North-wales: And that one Iohn Brekenhed, hath th'office of the Prenotarie and clerkeshippe of the Crown by the kings letters patents, within the said shire of Flynt: And that likewise one Iohn Lennerde hath th'office of the prenotary and clerkeshippe of the crown, by the kings letters patents, within all the residue of the said dominion of Wales: The kings majesty is pleased & contented, that the said three Prenotaries shall have, use, & enjoy, their said offices according to the effect of the said letters patents to them thereof made, doing their duties and attendance by themselves, or their sufficient deputies, at every of the said sessions, to be kept within the shires, whereunto they be so appointed.  
¶ Item there shallbe a Marshal and a Crier in every of the circuits and lymyttiss, allotted to the said justices, which shallbe named by the said justices, within the lymyttis of their authority and commyssiumlon, in like manner and form as justices of assize do in England. And the said officers shall attend upon the said justices in their circuits, in their own proper persons, and not by their deputies.  
And that the Marshal shall have upon every judgement, and every fine four pens: and the crier a penny. And upon the acquitalles of felons, and of them, that shallbe delivered by proclamation, or delivered out of common mainprize, before any of the said justices, the Marshal shall have four pens, and the crier a penny.  
¶ Item that every of the said prenotaries, within the limits of their offices, shall take such fees, as hereafter shall be expressed: That is to say, for the writing of pleas, and engrossing of writs of entre in the post, writs of right, Quod ei deforceat, or any other writs, pursued by th'assent of the parties, five shillings. And if it be with a duple voucher, than sex shillings and viii d. & for the exemplification thereof, two shillings. And for the engrossing of fines, to have for every fine three shillings, and four pens: And if it be with proclamations, than four shillings.  
¶ Item for every bill of debt detinue trespass and all other actions personals, sued before the said justices in their circuits, under the sum of xl s. the Prenotaries shall have, for the first bill, iiii. d. for the second bill, four. d. and for the third bill four. d. And for the entry of every declaration, plea in bar, replication, and rejoinder, in and upon every such actions, so that he do enroll the same in parchment, four pens. And for every venite fac, tales, habeas corpora, et distr in the same actions, four pens: and for the judgement, four pens. And for every writ of execution, in every such action, sex pens: And for every warrant of attorney, in every such action, as well for the playntiffes as for defendants, four pens.  
¶ Item in all actions of detinue trespass and all other actions personal, wherein the duty debt or damage, amounteth to the sum of forty shillings, or above, which shallbe sued by bills before the said justices, the prenotarie shall have for the first bill, four pens, for the second bill four d. for the third bill four pens. And for every of the declaration, the answer, replication, and rejoinder, if it be enroled in parchment, eight pens: And for the venire fac, tales habeas corpora, et distr, for every of them, sex pens: and for the judgement eight pens, and for the warrant of attorney, four pens: and for every writ of execution upon the judgements in such bills, sex pens.  
¶ Item in original writs, sued upon every action personal, returnable before the said justices, the prenotaries shall have for every iterum sum, sex pens, for every distress in trespass, sex pens, and for the declaration, eight pens: for the answer, replication and rejoinder, for every of them, if they be enrolled and engrossed, as is afore said, twelve pens. For the venire fac, tales, habeas corpora, et distr, for every of them, sex pens: and the prenotaries to have for the entry of the judgements in every such action, twelve pens. And for every writ of execution, sued upon the same sex pens. For the exemplification of every record, in any of the said actions, two shillings. For every warrant of attorney, four pens. In all actions Reals and mixed, assizes, quare impedit, appeals of felony, murder, or maim, the Prenotarie to have for the declaration or plaint, two shillings: and for the plea in bar, replication, rejoinder, surrejoinder, for every of them, if they be enroled, as is aforesaid, twelve pens: & for the writing of every venire fac, Tales, habeas corpora & distr upon the same, for every of them sex pens: and for the entry of the judgement, in every of the said actions & apples, two shillings: And for the writing of the writs of execution, made upon every of the said actions, apples, and assizes, twelve pens: And for writs of grand Cape and petty cape, and writs of view, writs upon voucher, and all other writs in every such action or actions, twelve pens: And for every warrant of attorney, for the defendants or for the demaundantes, or playntiffes, in every such action real, assize appeal, & quare impedit, four pens: And for the essoins in every such action, four pens: and for the adiournament, two pens: & for the bail of every person of felony, twelve pens: and for the bail for trespass, sex pens: And for the appearance and bailing of common mainprize, two pens.  
¶ Item for writing of writs for the peace, and good aberinge, granted by any of the said justices in their sessions, sex pens: and for the entering of every recognisance to be had and taken before the said justices, for every cause of causes, other than before is expressed, twelve pens: and if it be with condition, than two shillings. And upon every acquittal and delyucraunce of felons or murderers by verdict or by allowance of pardon, the Prenotaries to have two shillings. And if it be upon indictments, certified from the justices of the peace, afore the justices in the great sessions: the clerk of the peace to have also twelve pens. And upon the delivery of any suspect of felony or murder, by proclamation, the said Prenotarie to have twelve pens.  
¶ Item that the kings majesty shall have all fines, issues, amercementes and all forfeitures of recognisances lost or forfeit before any of the said justices, in the session aforesaid. And that the said Prenotaries, wi●h in the limits of their offices, shall yearly extrete the same into the Exchequer, appointed for that limit, to th'intent that process from thence may be awarded to the sheriffs, to levy the same to the kings use, as appertaineth: which sheriffs shall yearly make their accounts, before the kings Auditors, thereunto to be assigned and appointed.  
¶ Item over and besides the said precedent and counsel and justices, there shallbe justices of peace and quorum, and also one Custos rotulorum in every of the said twelve shires.  
¶ Item that the said justices of peace, justices of quorun, & custos rotulorum in the said shires, shallbe named and appointed by the Chancellor of England, by commission under the kings great seal of England, by thadvice of the precedent counsel & justices aforesaid, or three of them, of the which the said precedent to be one, from time to time, as the case shall require.  
¶ Item that there shall not exceed the number of viii justices of the peace in any of the said shires, over and besides the precedent counsel and justices afore said, and the kings attorney and Solicitor: which precedent counsel justices, and the kings attorney and Solicitor, shallbe put in every commission of peace, in every of the said twelve shires.  
¶ Item that such persons, as shallbe named to be justices of peace, within every of the said shires, shallbe of good name, and fame: and after they be assigned by commission, may use and exercise thostice of the justice of peace, all be it they may not dispend twenty pound, nor be learned in the laws of the land, without any loss damage or penalties, for insufficiency of their lands. And that every of the said justices of peace, before they shall execute their commission, shall take their oaths before the Chancellor of England, or else before the said president, or one of the said justices in Wales, by virtue of the kings writ of Dedimus potestatem, or before any other person, to be limited by the lord chancellor of England for that purpose: The contents of which oath, shallbe after the form, as justices of peace in England use to make.  
¶ Item that the said justices of peace, or two of them at the least, whereof one to be of the quorum, shall and may keep their sessions, within the limits of their commissions, four times in the year, and at other times upon urgent causes, as justices of peace in England use to do, and shall have like power & authority in all things, & fees of the kings majesty, for the time of their sitting, aswell for themselves, as for their clerks: & shall be bound to use and do their offices, in like manner as is used in England.  
¶ Item that no justices of peace, clerk of the peace, nor other clerk of any justice of peace in Wales, shall take for the writing of any warrant of the peace, or good abearing, above sex pens, and for entering of pleges or borrows to pay the kings fine upon any indictment, nine pens. And if it be with protestation, than to take twelve pens: and for a Supersedeas, not above eight pens: and for a recognisance twelve pens. And that all the said justices of peace shall certify all recognisances taken before any of them, for the peace, or good abearing, into their Sessions, next to be holden after the taking thereof. And recognisance taken before any of them, for suspicious of any manner of felony, shallbe certified before the justices in the great sessions, next to be holden after the taking thereof, without concealment deteigning or imbeseling of the same, upon such penalties and dangers, as be therefore ordained and established.  
¶ Item that all fines & amerciaments, before the said justices of peace lost and hereafter to be lost, shallbe taxed and afferred by two justices of the peace at the least, whereof one to be of the quorum. And that all such fines and amerciaments shallbe set truly and duly according to the quantity of the offences, without partiality or affection.  
¶ Item that the said fines and amerciaments, and also all issues lost before the said justices of peace, and all forfeitures of Recognylaunces, and other forfeitures before the same justices, shall be yearly extreted by the clerks of the peace, into the Escheker, appointed for that limit, to th'intent that process from thence may be awarded, for the levying of the same forfeitures and sums of money to the kings use, to the sheriff of every county, as shall appertain, Who shall make thereof their accounts, before such Auditors, as thereunto shall be assigned, so that the kings majesty may thereof be truly and duly answered and satisfied: which Auditors shall make due allowance to the same sheriffs, for the fees of the justices and clerks of the peace, upon their said accounts, as is used in the realm of England.  
¶ Item that there shallbe sheriffs in every of the said shires yearly appointed by the kings majesty. And that none of the said sheriffs shall have their office of Shirefwike, any longer time, than is used by the laws and statutes of England. And for the yearly nomination of the said shirefes, the said lord precedent Counsel and justices of Wales, or three of them at the least, whereof the said precedent to be one, shall yearly nominate three substantial persons, in every of the said twelve shires, to be shirefes of the same, and shall certify their names to the lords of the kings most honourable counsel, attending upon his grace's person, Crastino animarum, to th'intent the kings majesty, being thereof advertised, may appoint one of them in every of the said shires, to be shirefe for that year, at his most gracious will and pleasure, like as his highness doth for his realm of England. And thereupon the said sheriffs shall have their patents, and commissions under the great seal of England, as sheriffs of England have, and shall make and take oaths and knowledges of recognisances, before the precedent and justices, or one of them, by virtue of the kings writ of Dedimus potestatem, to be directed for the same, for the due execution of their offices, and for their just and true accounts before the kings Auditor or Auditors assigned for Wales.  
¶ Item that every of the said sheriffs shall have full power and authority, within the limits of their shirefwike, to do and use their offices, as sheriffs in England, and shall accomplish and execute, without any favour dread or corruption, all manner of writs, process, judgements, and executions, and all manner common justice, apperteining to their offices of sheriffs, and all lawful commandments and precepts, of the said precedent, Counsel and justices of Wales, and also of the justices of the peace, Eschetors, and Crowner's, and every of them, in all things appertaining to their offices and authorities.  
¶ Item that the said sheriffs shall do and be bound to do all and every other thing and things for the ministration of justice, and for the conservation of the kings peace, and the apprehension and repress of traitors, murderers, thieves, felons, and other offenders, as sheriffs of England do use, and be bound to do within the realm of England.  
¶ Item that the said sheriffs shall yearly account before such the kings Auditor or Auditors, and shallbe assigned and appointed by the kings majesty for his said dominion of Wales. And that every of the said sheriffs shall have yearly for his fee, five pound.  
¶ Item that all maires, sheriffs, stewards, bailiffs, & other ministers and officers of justice, of every county, lordship town and place, within the said dominion of Wales, and all and singular the kings subjects of the same, shallbe always obedient attendant and assisting to the said precedent, counsel and justices of Wales, and every of them, & shall obey the kings commandments & process, from them or any of them directed, and all the lawful & reasonable precepts of the said precedent, counsel and justices, and every of them. And also shallbe obedient to all the said justices of peace sheriffs and Eschetors, within the limits of their said authorities, as well for common administration and due execution of justice, as in all other things appertaining to their duties and offices.  
¶ Iten that Eschetors shallbe named in every of the said shires, by the lord treasurer of England, by th'advise of the said precedent, counsel, and justices, or three of them at the least, whereof the said precedent to be one: which Eschetors shall make & take their oaths, & knowledge their recognisances before the said precedent, or one of the said justices, by virtue of the kings writ of Dedimus potestatem, to be directed for the same, for the due execution of their offices, and for their true account, to be made before the kings auditor or auditors, to be assigned for the same: which oath & recognisance shallbe agreeable to the oath & recognisance, used for the Eschetors in England. And the Eschetors shall yearly have their patents & commissions, under the great seal of England, & shall have power and authority to exercise their offices, in like manner and form as escheators in England, and shallbe bound to all laws and statutes of England.  
¶ Item that all such persons, as shall be appointed to the said offices, shall and may exercise their offices, if they may dispend yearly .v. li. of frehold: any statutes of England to the contrary thereof not withstandinde. And that every of the said Eschetors shall make their accounts yearly before such auditor or auditors, as shallbe assigned by the kings majesty, to here and determine his highness account for his revenues and profits of the said dominion of wales.  
¶ Item there shall be two crowner's, to be elected in every of the said xii shires as is used in England, by virtue of the kings writ, De coronatore eligendo, to be awarded out of the kings chancery of England. And that the said crowner's shall have like power & authority, to do & exercise their offices, & have like fees, as is limited by the laws & statutes of England.  
¶ PROVIDED always, that the writ, De coronatore eligendo, to choose the Crowners within the said county of Flint, shallbe directed out of the Escheker of Chester.  
¶ Iten that the said justices of the peace, or two of them at the least, whereof one of them to be of the quorun, shall appoint & name in every hundred, within the limits of their commission, two substantial gentlemen or yeomen, to be the chief Constables of the hundred, wherein they inhabit: which two constables of every hundred, shall have especial regard to the conservation of the kings peace: and shall and may do and use their offices in all and singular things, as is used by the high constables of the hundreds in England: And shall be bound to all things, as high constables of the hundreds in England be bound to do.  
¶ Item that every of the said sheriffs shall have a gail for prisoners within some convenient place of the castles of the shire towns, where he is shirefe, or in such other convenient place, as by the said precedent counsel and justices, or three of them, whereof the said precedent to be one, shallbe appointed: Any patent or grant heretofore made to any person or persons, of the constableship, or keeping of any of the said castles, in any wise not withstanding. And that the sheriff shall make the Bailiffs of the hundreds: and they to attend upon the justices in every of their courts and sessions.  
¶ Provided always, that the constables of the kings castles within every of the said shire towns of Wales, shall not be charged with the jails, and of all the prisoners, that shall be committed to their ward, like as they have heretofore been, unto such time convenient places for that purpose, be assigned to the said sheriff.  
¶ Item the said sheriffs shall keep their counties monthly, and their hundred courts, for pleas under forty shillings, as is used in England, and shall take for the entering of plaints, process, pleas and judgements, in the said shire courts and hundreds, such small fees as is used to be taken in shires and hundreds in England, and not above.  
¶ Item that all manner of trials before them in their said courts, or before any stewards in court barons, shallbe by wager of law, or verdict of vi. men, at the pleasure of the party plaintiff or defendant, that pleaded the plea. And that every of the said sheriffs shall keep and hold their Turns yearly after Easter and Michaelmas, as they have been used in England.  
¶ Item the kings highness shall have all manner of fines, issues, amerciaments and forfeitures, lost or forfeited in any of the said counties hundreds, courts, and turns, to his own use, and the sheriff to account for the same accordingly.  
¶ Item that the extretes of the said turns, counties, and hundreds shallbe viewed, & the fines issues and amerciaments, afferred by the said justices of assizes of that circuit, before the levying of the same amerciaments or other forfeitures. And that no sheriff, or any of his officers, presume to gather or levy any such amerciament, or other forfeiture before the said extrete be so afferred, upon pain to forfeit to the kings use forty shillings. And that the sheriff upon every judgement had before him in his county or hundred court, in any plaint under forty shillings, shall and may award a Capias ad satisfaciendum to arrest the party condemned: or else a Fieri fac, at the liberty of the party pursuant.  
¶ Item that all bills sued before the said justices, in personal actions, whereof the debt, duty, or damage is under forty shillings: the shirefe shall have for the return of every bill, two pens: And every venire fac, Tales, habeas corpora, et distr, two pens. And for writs of execution upon the judgement, in any such bill, twelve pens.  
¶ Item in bills sued before the said justices, in actions personals, above the sum of forty shillings, the shirefe shall have for the return of every such bill four pens: and for the return of every venire fac habeas corpora distr et Tales, four pens: and for every writ of execution, two shillings. And in all personal actions, sued by original writs returnable before the said justices, the sheriff shall have for every Iterunsum distr et alias distr four pens: and for every venire fac habeas corpora distr & Tales, sex pens. And for every writ of execution to be executed upon the judgement, in such actions, two shillings: for the serving of every writ of Elegit, sex shillings & eight pens. And in all real actions or mixed, pursued before the said justices by original writ, for return of every original, two willinges. And for the return of every other writ and judicial process, depending upon the same, before judgement, two shillings: And for every writ of execution, after judgement, upon every original, in actions real or mixed, two shillings. And for serving of every writ of habery fac seisinam, sex shillings eight pens.  
¶ Item for attachementes upon Capias, or other process sued before the said justices, by original or judicial writ, if he return Cepi corpus, two shillings: and for a Reddit se, upon an exigent of felony, in appeal of murder or maim, or upon any indictament of felony or murder, two shillings. And upon a Reddit se, upon an exigent of debt, trespass, detinue and all other actions personals, twelve pens: And for the making of Repleg. twelve pens, & withernam upon the same, twelve pens. For the turn of every writ of appeal or murder, felony or maim, twelve pens. And upon all ohter process grown upon the same, as venire fac, Tales habeas corpora, et distr, twelve pens. And in every action taken before the sheriffs by justices, for the sum thereof four pens: and for every other process thereupon four pens. And for every prisoner delivered by acquitali, or by proclamation, for any manner of felony twelve pens.  
¶ Item that every sheriff, within the limits of his authority, may and shall put such persons under common mainprize, as they have reasonable cause of suspect, according to the said act made for Wales, binding such as they shall so put to common mainprize, with two sufficient sureties with them, by recognisance, to appear before the said justices, within the limits of their authorities, at the next great sessions to be holden, next after the taking of such bands: and shall certify the names of them, that be bound, before the said justices at the said sessions accordingly, without concealment thereof, at their pleasure.  
¶ Item that every person, that the sheriff taketh to common mainprize, to appear before the said justices, as is afore said, shall pay for his mainprize two pens, and not above. And the said shirefe to put no man to common mainprize, but such as he suspect, and as shallbe returned by them before the said justices at their sessions, as is afore said. And also the said sheriff shall have, for the return of a writ of false judgement, out of a base court, before the said justices, two shillings. And that the said sheriff shall take no manner of fee, for the return of any of the said writs of execution afore expressed, unless he return the same executed.  
¶ Item that in all and every such writs original or indiciall, or other process pleas or writings, which be not expressed in this ordinance, the fees thereof, aswell for the seals as writing, shallbe rated by the said precedent Counsel and justices, or three of them, whereof the said precedent to be one by their discretions from time to time, as the case shall require: And that they shall have full power and authority from time to time to assess and appoint, what fee the said shirefes, escheators, and Crowners, and their ministers, Prenotaries and their Clerks, & other ministers of justice in the said shires: shall have, take, and receive of the kings subjects for any manner writs, plaints, pleas, process, returns, or any other matter or thing, concerning or belonging to the execution of their offices & rooms: and to augment or diminish any fee or fees above declared as shallbe thought by their discretions, to be convenient and meet for the common wealth of the kings subjects of those parties of Wales: any thing contained in this act to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item that from henceforth no manner of person or persons, for murder or felony, shallbe put to his fine, but suffer according to the laws of the realm of England, Except it please the kings majesty to pardon him or them. And if the said justices see cause of pity or other consideration, they may reprieve the prisoner, till they have advertised the kings majesty of the matter.  
¶ Item that the act made in the parliament, holden in the xxvi year of the most royal reign of the kings majesty, concerning among other things inquisitions and trials of contrefeting, washing, clipping, and minisshinge of the kings Coin, murders, felons, and accessaries to the same, perpetrated or done within Wales, to be had, made, and determined in the next shire, or county within England adjoining, where the kings writ runneth, and every article therein contained, shall stand in his full strength and force, according to the tenor and effect of the same: Any thing in this said ordinance, or any other act, cause, or matter heretofore had or made, to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ And all be it the same act as yet was never put in execution, for any of the said offences heretofore done or committed within any of the said three Shires of North Wales: That is to say, the counties of Anglesey, Caernaruan, and Merionneth, Be it now declared & enacted by th'authority afore said, that the said act, and every article therein contained, shall from henceforth take effect, and be executed in all points, for and concerning any of the said offences perpetrated and done, or that here after shallbe perpetrated or done, within the said county of Merionneth, to be inquired of, herd, and determined, within the county of Salop', in lyke-manner and form, as commonly is and hath been used for any of the same or like offences, committed or done within any other county or place of South-Wales: any matter or cause here tofore risen or grown to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.  
¶ Item that the town or hamlet of Abertannad, and all the ground and soil within the same, which afore this time hath been taken, reputed, and used as parcel of the said county of Merionneth, shall from the feast of Easter next coming, by virtue of this act, be united, annexed & made parcel of the said county of Salop': and so from thenceforth to be reputed taken and used for ever, and not to be of any other shire or county of Wales. And that the same town or hamlet, and all the ground and soil with in the same town or hamlet, be from and after the said feast accepted and taken as part and parcel of the hundred of Oswestre: and that the inhabitants thereof, from the said feast, shallbe attendant and do every thing and things, with the inhabitants of the said hundred of Oswester, as the same inhabitants do or been bound to do, any laws or customs to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.  
¶ Item in case any foreign plea or voucher, be hereafter pleaded or made before any of the said justices of wales, between party & party, triable in any other shire within Wales, than where the same plea is pleaded or voucher made: That than the said justices, afore whom the same plea or voucher is or shallbe pleaded or made, shall & may send the kings writ, with a transcript of the record, mentioning the same foreign matter of plea or voucher under the seal to him committed, unto the justice of the county, where the same matter is or shallbe triable, commanding the said justices, by virtue of the said writ, to ꝑcede to the trial thereof, according to the kings laws & statutes, which trial so before him had, he shall remaunde with the hole record unto the justice, before whom the said plea or voucher was pleaded or made: who there upon shall proceed to judgement, as the case shall require. ¶ Item in case the same foreign plea voucher or other matter so pleaded, be triable within the realm of England: that than in every such case the justice afore whom the same ple or voucher is or shallbe pleded had or made, shall & may proceed to the trial thereof, as shall appertain, within the same shire of Wales, where the same plea voucher or matter was pleaded, the said foreign plea voucher, or any other thing or matter to the contrary thereof withstanding. ¶ Iten that no manner of person or persons from henceforth, without lawful authority, shall make any rumours, tumults, unlawful assembles, or outcries at any of the said courts or sessions, nor any outcries or unlawful assembles in great numbers, at any other time or times, except it be for the apprehension or pursuing of murderers or felons, upon pain of imprisonment and grievous fine to be taxed and set upon them by the said precedent and counsel, or by the justices or other officer, before whom such misbehavi our shall happen to be committed.  
¶ Item that all manors lands tenements meswages & other hereditaments, & all rights & titles to the same, in any of the said shires of Wales, descended to any manner person or persons, sith the feast of the nativity of saint Iohn Baptist, in the xxxiii year of our said sovereign lords reign, or that hereafter shall descend, be taken, enjoyed, used & holden as english tenure to all intentes, according to the common laws of this realm of England, & not to be partable among heirs males, after the custom of Gavelkind, as heretofore in diverse parts of Wales hath been used and accustomed. And that the same law, from and after the said feast of saint John Baptist, in the said xxxiii year, be used, taken and exercised in the said county of Mommoth, & in all such lordishyppes and other places, as by virtue of the said act, made in the said xxvii year, or by any other act or acts, made or to be made, were and shall be annexed, united, or knit to any of the shires of Salop', Herford, Glouc, or other shires: any laws usages or customs, heretofore had or used to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item that no mortgages of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, made or had after the said feast of saint Iohn Baptist, which was in the said xxxiii. year of the reign of our said sovereign lord, or that hereafter shall be had or made, within any of the said shires or places, shallbe hereafter allowed or admitted, otherwise then after the course of the common laws and statutes of the realm of England: any usage or custom heretofore had to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item it shallbe leeful to all persons, to alien, sell or otherwise put away their lands tenements, & hereditaments within the said country or dominion of Wales, the county of Mommoth, & other places annexed to any of the shires in England, from them & their heirs, to any person or person, in fee simple or fee tail, for term of life or for term of years, after the manner, & according as is used by the laws, of the realm of England: Any welsh law or custom, heretofore used in the said country or dominion of wales, to the contrary hereof not withstanding. This article to take effect from & after the said feast of the nativity of saint Iohn Baptist, which was in the said xxxiii year of our said sovereign lords reign. ¶ Item if any person or persons, having lands or tenements within the said dominion of Wales, been or here after shallbe bound within the realm of England by obligation, upon the statute of the staple, or by recognisance, and pay not the debt, as shall appertain: that then upon cognysaunce, and pay not the debt, as shall appertain: that then upon certificate thereof made into the kings Chancery of England, by the Clerk of the staple, or by any justice of record, before whom such recognisance shallbe knowledged, process shallbe made to the sheriffs of Wales, out of the Chancery of England, after the form as is used to be made upon statutes and recognisances, by the course of the laws of England, for due levying and paying of the said debt.  
¶ PROVIDED always and be it enacted by authority aforesaid, that for such recognisances as be or hereafter shallbe taken and knowledged before the kings justices of his highness bench or common place in England, process shallbe had and pursued immediately, out from the said justices, as is used upon recognisances, taken before the said justices, by the common course of the laws of England.  
¶ Item that all such writs, bills, plaints, pleas, process, challenges, and trials, shallbe used throughout all the shires afore said, before the said justices in their sessions, as is used in North-wales, or as shall be devised by the said president, counsel and justices, or three of them, whereof the said president to be one, for the good ministration of justice to be had in every of the said shires.  
¶ Item where the lord ship of Hope, with divers other lordships, parishes, towns and hamlets, were by an act of Parliament, made in the xxxiii. year of the reign of our said sovereign lord, appointed and translated from the said county of Denbigh, to the county of Flynt, and by the same act were made part, parcel and members of the same county of Flynt: afore which appointment or translation, divers indictamentes and presentments, as well felony as other offences, were had and taken for the kings highness, before the justice of the said county of Denbigh, in the great sessions there, & some before the justices of the peace, with in the same county, for offences supposed to be done within diverse of the said lordships so translated, and also divers judgements given are suit of parties before the said justices: and some before the shirefe of the said county of Denbigh, for matters risen and grown within the procincte of the said lordships, or other places, before the translation of the same. It is now ordained and enacted, that all the said indictamentes and presentments, shallbe hard, tried and determined within the said county of Denbigh, by persons, as well of the said lordship or place, where the said offences were done, or committed, as of other place or places within the said county of Denbigh, in manner & form as though the said translation had never been had ne made. And also that the said judgements as before given or had between party and party, before any justice of record, or other officer, within the said county of Denbigh, for any matter or cause, appearing by the record of the same, to be grown and risen within any of the said lordships, parishes, towns or hamlets, so translated, shall and may be executed by the sheriff of the said county of Denbigh within any of the same lordships, or other place so translated, the said translation, or any other cause or matter to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.  
¶ Item like law and order to be kept and ministered upon all other like translations of any other lordships manners to wnes parishes and other places within Wales, had made or done in this present parliament, or any other afore or after the same translations, or any other cause or matter to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item where there shall be divers and many suits taken before the said justices in pleas personal, which (as it is thought) can not be tried before them, in the time of the said great sessions, for brevity of time: Therefore, and for the speedy trial of these matters, thissues taken in the said suits, shall and may be tried at a petty sessions before the deputy justices there as it is & hath been used in the said three shires of North-wales: Except such of the said suits, as by the discretions of the said justices shallbe thought necessary to be tried before themselves, within their limits. And that there shall no suit be taken before any of the said justices by bill, under the sum of twenty shillings.  
¶ Item if any murder or felony here after be committed or done within Wales: that then the party or parties, to whom any such offence shall hap to be committed, shall in no wise take any end or agreement with the oftenders in that behalf, nor with any other in his name or behalf, unless the sad party first make the said precedent and counsel, or one of the said justices, privy unto the same, upon pain of imprisonment, and grievous fine to be set and adjudged, at the discretion of the said precedent, counsel & justices, or two of them, whereof the said precedent to be one: The same pain & penalty to extend, as well to and against such, as shall labour, move, or procure, any such end or agreement made although the same labour, motion, or procurement never take effect, to make any end or agreement, as against him or them, with whom such end or agreement shall be made, if the same happen to take effect.  
¶ Item where divers lordships marchers, as well in Wales as in the borders of the same, now being by act of parliament annexed to divers shires of England, be lately comen to the kings hands, by suppression of houses, by purchase or atteyndors: and now be under the surveyor of the court of augmentations, or of the kings general surveyors, the liberties, franchises and customs of all which lordships, be lately revived by act of parliament made in the xxxii year of his most gracious reign: Nevertheless his majesty willeth and commandeth, that no other liberties, franchises or customs, shall from henceforth be used, claimed or exercised within the said lordships nor any other lordships within Wales or the county of Mommoth, who so ever be lord or owner of the same: but only such liberties, franchises & customs, as be given & commaunder-to the lords of the same lordships, by force & virtue of the said act of parliament, made for Wales: in the said xxvii year of his grace's reign, and not altered ne taken away by his ordinance: the said act made in the said xxxii year, or any other act grant law or custom to the contractye thereof not withstanding  
¶ Item that if any person or persons, their ancestors, or they whose estate the same person, or persons have, or hath in peaceable possession of any lands or tenements in Wales, by the space of five years, without let interruption or leeful claim: That then the same person or persons shall still continue their possession, until such time as it be lawfully recovered against them, by the order of the kings laws, or by Decree of the precedent and counsel there.  
¶ Item in actions personals, taken and pursued before the said justices in Wales by original writ, or bill, if nine of the jury be sworn, to try the issue between the party plaintiff and the defendant, & the residue of the said jury make default, or be tried out: them the sheriffs shall and may immediately return other names in the said jury, de circumstantibus unto such time there be twelve men sworn, to try thissue between them, as before the justice of North-wales hath been afore used and accustomed in such cases.  
¶ Item that if any goods or chattels be stolen by any person or persons and sold in any fair or market, within the said dominion of Wales, that no such sale shall change the property thereof from the owner of the same: but that he may leefully cease take and have the same again, upon proof thereof made, the said sale notwithstanding.  
¶ Item that no person or persons bargain or buy any manner of beast, or other quick cattle, in any place within Wales, out of the market or fair unless he can bring forth sufficient and credible witness, of the name of the person, what place, and time he bought the same: upon pain and danger of such punishment and fine, as shallbe set upon him, by the said president and counsel, or any of the said justices in his circuit, for the said offence, and as he will therefore answer at his farther peril.  
¶ Item if any goods or chattels be stolen within the limits, of any of the said shires in Wales: that then upon suit thereof had and made, the tract shallbe followed from township to township, or lordship to lordship according to the laws & customs in that behalf heretofore used in Wales upon such penalty and danger, as heretofore hath been accustomed.  
¶ Item that every person that hath any lands or tenements in fee simple, or fee tail, or for term of life, or for term of any other man's life being freehold, shall and may pass in all manner juries and trials, as well in case of felony or murder, as in all actions real, personal and mixed, what soever they be, attaint only except: And also may be empaneled, and inquire of all concelementes, forceble entries, and other causes of inquiry for the kings majesty, all be it he may not dispend forty shillings by year. saving to every man his lawful challenge for any other cause, according to the laws of this realm of England.  
¶ Item that no iurrour shall pass in attaint, unless he may dispend forty shillings by the year of estate of freehold.  
¶ Item the tenants and resiants in Wales, shall pay their tallage at the change of their lords, in such places, and after such form, as hath been heretofore accustomed in Wales.  
¶ Item that all the kings subjects and resiants in Wales, shall find at all parliaments hereafter to be holden in England, knights for the shires, and citizens & burgesses for cities and towns, to be named & chosen by authority of the kings wryt, under the great seal of England, according to the act in that case provided: and shallbe charged and chargeable to all subsides & other charges, to be granted, by the commons of any of the said parliaments, & pay all other their rents, fermes customs and duties to the kings highness, as they have been accustomed here tofore, fines for redemptions of sessions only excepted. which the kings marestie of his most gracious goodness and liberality, is contented and pleased to remit, at the humble suit of his said loving subjects of his said dominion of Wales.  
¶ Item that the town of Haverford west, shall after the end of this present parliament for ever, find one burges, for the said town, at every parliament after that time to be holden: And the charges of the same burges to be always borne, by the mayre, burgesses & inhabitants of the said town and none other.  
¶ Item that the kings majesty shall have all felons goods, & goods of persons outlawed, waif, strays, & all other forfeitures & escheats what soever they be, answered thereof by the hands of the sheriffs: saving always the rights and interests of every of his subjects having lawful title to have the same.  
¶ Item that all errors & judgements, before any of the of the said justices at any time of the great sessions, in pleas reals or mixed, shallbe redressed by writ of Error, to be sued out of the kings Chauncerye of England, returnable before the kings justice of his bench in England. as other writs of error be in England. And that all errors in pleas personal, shallbe reform by bills, to be sued before the said precedent and counsel of Wales, from time to time, as the party grieved will sue for the same. And if in case the judgement be affirmed good, in any of the said writs of error or bills, than there to make execution and all other process thereupon, as is used in the kings bench in England. And that the pursuantes in every such writ of error or bill, do pay like fees therefore as is used in England.  
¶ Item that no execution of any judgement given or to be given in any base court, be stayed or deferred by reason of any writ of false judgement, but that execution shall and may be had and made at all times, before the reversal of the said judgement, the pursuit of the said writ notwithstanding. And in case the said judgement happen after to be reversed: then the party pursuant to be restored to all that he hath lost by the said judgement, according to the laws of the realm.  
¶ Item that all process for urgent and weighty causes, shall be made and directed into Wales, by the special commandment of the Chancellor of England, for the time being, or any of the kings counsel in England, as heretofore hath been used: Any thing in this act to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item that the town of Bewdley, which is within the parish of Ribbisforde, in the county of Wigorn, and all the ground and soil of the same town, shall from henceforth be united, annexed, and made parcel of the county of Wigorn, and to be within the hundred of Dodingtre. And that all the inhabitants of the said town and parissh, shall from henceforth be attendant, and do every thing and things, with the inhabitants of the said hundred, as the same inhabitants be now bound to dó, by the laws of this realm of England. saving always to the burges & inhabitants of the said town of Bewdley, all such liberties and franchises, as they lawfully had and exercised within the same town, before the making of this act, in like manner and form, as though this act had never been had or made.  
¶ Item that the lordship of llanstiffan, Vsterloys, and Langham, and the members of the same, and all manors, lands, tenements, and other hereditaments in the same lordship, and the members of the same, be from henceforth united annexed joined named accepted and taken as part and parcel of the county of Carmarthin, and reputed joined united named accepted and taken as part and parcel of the hundred of Derles in the said county of Carmarthin. And that the tenants & inhabitants of the said lordship and members, be attendant, and do every thing and things, with the tenants & inhabitants of the said hundred of Derles, as the said inhabitants now be bound to do according to the laws there used.  
¶ Item that the county or shire court of the county of Radnor, shall from henceforth be holden, one time at new Radnor, and one other time at Presten alternis vicibus, and never from henceforth to be kept or holden at Rather Gowy: Any former act or other thing to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Item it is further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that the kings most royal majesty, shall and may at all times here after, from time to time change, add, altar, order, minish and reform, all manner of things afore rehearsed, as to his most excellent wisdom and discretion shall be thought convenient: And also to make laws and ordinances for the common wealth and good quiet of his said dominion of Wales, and his subjects of the same, from time to time, at his majesties pleasure: Any thing contained in this act, or in the said act made for the shit ground of Wales, or any other act or acts, thing or things, to the contrary thereof heretofore made in any wise not withstanding.  
And all such alterations of the premises, or any part thereof. And that all such laws and ordinances, to be hereafter made, devised & published by authority of this act, by the kings majesty, in writing under his highness great seal, shallbe of as good strength virtue & effect, as if they had been had and made by authority of parliament.  
¶ Item be it further enacted and ordained, by authority afore said, that where the kings majesty that now is, by his letters patents, bearing date the i day of may, in the xxxiiii year of his most prosperous reign, demised and granted to William web, the subsidy and usage of all  clothes, made or to be made in the county of Mommoth, & in the xii. shires in Wales, that is to say, in the county of Breknok, Radnor, Mountgomery, Caermerthin, Glamorgan, Pembroke, Cardigan, Anglesey Flint, Denbigh, Caernatuan, and Merionneth, and in all and singular towns and other places, whatsoever they be, within the precinct and limits of the said counties, and else where within the dominion of Wales: To have and to hold to the said William web, & his assigns for certain years yet enduring, that the said William web, his deputies and assigns, shall have from henceforth full power and authority by force of this act, to take for the sealing of every  cloth, hereafter to be made in the said xiii shires, & else where, within the said dominion of Wales, as hereafter is declared, & none otherwise, that is to say, for every hole piece of frise i d●. every half piece frise. ob. every piece cotton and lining, being xxiiii yards & under, a halfpenny. And for every piece of the same, being above xxiiii yards, one penny: of every broad cloth, one penny: Of every piece of karsey, being xviii yards and above, one penny: Of every piece of karsey, being under xviii yards, a half penny.  
¶ Provided always, that this act, ne nothing therein contained, extend not to charge any manner of person or persons, being or that hereafter shall be inhabitant, in any of the said xiii shires, or else where within the dominion of Wales, for any clothes, frises, karseiss, or linings, made or hereafter to be made and occupied within their houses, and not put to sale to any person or persons, but to their servants for their wearing.  
¶ And further be it enacted by authority afore said, that the said Aulnager in Wales, by himself, or by his sufficient deputy or deputies shall in all things to his office appertaining, do and be bound to do, and answer in every case, like and according as all and every other Aulnager in the realm of England do, or aught to do, according to the laws & statutes of the realm of England. And for the contrary doing or exercising of the said office, shall in every case and degree suffer, as by the said laws and statutes is ordained, established or enacted for Aulnagers under the lord treasurer of England for the time being.  
¶ And furthermore the kings majesty is contented & pleased, not withstanding the statute made in the xxvii year of his most gracious reign: that where there should be but xii shires in Wales, that the town of Haverford west, shallbe a county in itself, as it hath been before this time used, at the will and pleasure of the kings said majesty: and that it shallbe separated from the county of Pembroke, at the kings said pleasure. And that the kings high justice of the said county of Pembroke, shall be high justice of the said county and town of Haverford west, and shall have like power and authority, to and for the ministration of justice, within the said county and town of Haverforde west, as is limited and appointed to the said justice to and for the administration of justice in the said county of Pembroke. And that the Mayor, sheriff, bailiffs, and burgesses of the said county and town of Haverford west, from time to time, shallbe as well attendant, & obey all precepts & commandments of the precedent & counsel of our said sovereign lord the king in his marches of Wales, as also shallbe attendant to all precepts & process awarded or directed, by the said high justice, unto the sheriff of the said county and town of Haverforde west: and to make return thereof. And the said sheriff of the said county and town, shall serve all precepts and process, directed from the said high justice, in like manner & form, as the sheriff of the said county of Pembroke is bound to do, and according to the effect and purport of the kings ordinances, in that behalf had made and provided. And that it shallbe leeful unto the said maire, sheriff, Bailiffs, and burgesses of the said county and town of Haverford west afore said, to use and exercise all leeful liberties and grants, by the kings majesty, or his noble progenitors, to them granted and confirmed, at the kings majesties will and pleasure, according to the laws of the realm of England, & not other wise. And that the judicial seal of the said shires of Pembroke, Carmerthin, & Cardigan, be in the custody & keeping of the kings high justice there for the time being, shallbe used in the said county and town of Haverford west, as the original and judicial seal the same town and county. And that the said justice of the said shires, of Pembroke, Carmeden, and Cardigan, shall have like power and authority, by virtue of the kings letters to him made, as well to do all and every thing and things, concerning common justice to be ministered within the said town & county of Haverford west, as he hath in his said letters patents, within any of the said shires, of Pembroke, Carmerden, and Cardigan.  
¶ Provided alway, that this article, touching and concerning the county and town of Haverford west, and all things therein contained, shall stand and endure, but only at the kings majesties will and pleasure, and none otherwise.  
¶ PROVIDED always that this act, or any thing therein contained, shall not be prejudicial nor hurtful to any person or persons, or bodies politic, for or concerning any lands, tenements, rents, services, bondmen, tolls or other hereditaments, but that they & every of them, their heirs, successors and assigns, & the heirs, successors and assigns of every of them, shall have, hold, and enjoy their lands tenements, rents, services, boundmen and other their hereditaments, in such like manner, form and condition, as they had the same before the making of this act, and as if this act had never been had ne made.  
¶ PROVIDED also that this act, nor any thing therein contained, shallbe hurtful or prejudicial to any person or persons, for or concerning any office or offices, which they or any of them have by virtue of any the kings letters patents, being now in force before the making of this act, nor to the fees of money, used and accustomed to be paid for the exercise of any such offices: but that every person & persons, having such offices and fees, and their substitutes and deputies, shall and may have and exercise their said offices, as is limited by this act, and as they mought have done before the making of this act. And shall also have and perceive all such fees, for the exercise of the said offices, in as large and ample manner, form and condition, as they might afore the making of this act, and as if this act had never been had ne made.  
¶ PROVIDED always, that all lands, tenements, and hereditaments, within the said deminion of Wales, shall descend to the heirs, according to the course of the common laws of the realm of England, according to the tenor and effect of this act, and not to be used as Gavelkind: any thing contained in these provisions or any of them to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ Provided always, that this act, ne any clause, article, or thing therein contained, be in any wise prejudicial or hurtful to George Blunt esquire, son and heir of sir johun Blunt knight deceased, for or concerning the offices of stewardshyps' of the kings lordships or manors of Bewdley and Clebury, or any other office or offices heretofore granted unto the said George Blunt, by the kings letters patents, sealed under the great seal of England, for term of life of the same George or for or concerning any fees, wages, rewards, annuites, profits, commodities, advantages or emoluments, appertaining or belonging unto the said offices or any of them: but that the said George, his deputy and deputies, shall and may at all time and times, during the life of the same George, have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the same offices and every of them, and also perceive, levy, and take the fees, wages, rewards, and all other profits and commodities, to the same offices and every of them, or to any of them belonging: or in any wise appertaining, in as large and ample manner, form, and condition, to all intentes, constructions and purposes, as though this act had never been had or made: any thing before in this act contained to the contrary not withstanding.  
¶ Provided always that all liberties, franchises and privileges of the duchy of Lancastre, or in any wise appertaining to the same, shallbe of the same force plight quality, goodness and condition, and may be used in as large and ample manner, as they were before the making of this act, and as if this act had never been had or made: any thing in this act to the contrary thereof not withstanding.  
¶ FINIS.   

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