AN ORDER OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS Assembled in PARLIAMENT, Concerning His majesty's forests, Parks, and Chases: commanded to be published in all Parishes where they are.  
WHereas information hath been given to the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, hat divers lewd and disordered persons since the sitting of this Parliament, have in great assemblies, and in a riotous manner, unlawfully chased, killed, and destroyed many of his majesty's deer within his forests of Windsor, and Waltham, according to the known bounds, as now they are limited and set out by virtue of the late Act of Parliament. And that they together with divers other the like persons do threaten and give out, that they intend to commit the like outrages in other His majesty's forest, Chases, and parks, presuming with their numbers, multitudes and menaces, to terrify and disable His majesty's Officers of his forests, Chases, and parks, from doing their respective duties by apprehending their bodies, or otherwise bringing them to condign punishment for such their misdoings, according to the laws of the forests; which offences committed with force and violence (as scandalous to the public justice of the kingdom if not punished, and dangerous for the future) unless they be timely prevented, are at no time, (much less sitting the Parliament) to be suffered. The Lords and Commons therefore taking the premises into their consideration, and finding that by the forest laws, and other the laws and Statutes of the realm, there is already full prov●sion made for the preventing, removing, and punishing of all attempts and offences of this kind. And in case the Officers of the forests by reason of the great numbers of offenders, by arresting of their persons, or otherwise, be not able to suppress them, for the present, That by the Statutes made 13 Hen. 4 cap. 7: and 2. H. 5. cap. 8. and other the laws and Statutes of the realm, the sheriff and under-sheriff, and any two justices of the Peace in the County where such, or any riots are committed, aught to do it, and have sufficient power and authority so to do, as likewise for the punishment of offenders: And that in this case nothing is wanting but only the care and diligence of the Officers in putting of those laws in execution which is hereby required as well for the punishment of what is past since the sitting of this Parliament, as for prevention of the like in the time to come. And they do further declare, that in case any just complaints of this nature shall hereafter be made unto them, that they will use all just means, that the penalties of those laws may be fully put in execution against the respective Officers that shall be found negligent therein, as the best means they can think of for the prevention of such offences, and the several officers of His majesty's forests, Chases, and parks are hereby required to publish this Order in the several Parishes where these forests, Chases, and Parks do lie.  

Die Iovis 12. Maii. 1642.  
ORdered by the Lord and Commons in Parliament assembled, That this Order shall be forthwith printed and published.  
John Browne Cleric. Parliamentorum.    

London, Printed for John Wright, 1642.