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Ctowns and houfes of husbandry.
AP. I. Against the decaying of

Cap. 2. For maintenance of husbandry and tillage.

Cap. 3. For relief of the poor. Cap. 4. For punishment of rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars. Cap. 5. For erecting of hofpitals, or abiding and working-houses for the

poor.

Cap.6. To reform deceits and breaches of truft touching lands given to charitable uses.

Cap. 7. For the more fpeedy payment of the Queen's majefty's debts, and for the better explanation of the act made in the thirteenth year of the Queen's majefty, intituled, An at to make the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of tellers, receivers, &c. liable to the payment of their debts. Cap. 8. For the confirmation and eftablishment of the deprivation of divers bishops and deans in the beginning of her Majesty's reign. Cap. 9. For the taking away of clergy from offenders against a certain ftatute made in the third year of King Henry the Seventh, concerning the taking away of women against their wills unlawfully. Cap. 10. For the increase of mariners and maintenance of navigation; repealing a statute made in the twenty-third year of her Majefty's reign, bearing the fame title. Cap. 11. For the better execution of the ftatute made in the twenty-third year of the Queen's majesty's reign, VOL. VII.

for the abolishing of logwood, alias blockwood, in the dying of cloth, wool or yarn.

Cap. 12. For explanation of the ftatute made in the fifth year of her Majesty's reign, concerning labourers.

Cap. 13. An explanation of an act made in the eleventh year of King Henry the Seventh, for fuftians. Cap. 14. Prohibiting the bringing into this realm, of foreign cards for wool.

Cap. 15. That no períon robbing any

houfe in the day-time, although no perfon be therein, fhall be admitted to have the benefit of his clergy.

Cap. 16. To reftrain the exceffive making of malt.

Cap. 17. Against lewd and wander

ing perfons, pretending themselves to be foldiers or mariners. Cap. 18. For the reviving, continu

ance, explanation, perfecting and repealing of divers ftatutes. Cap. 19. For the amendment of highways in the counties of Suffix, Surrey and Kent.

Cap. 20. Against the deceitful stretch

ing and tentering of Northern cloth. Cap. 21. For the further continuance and explanation of an act for the neceffary relief of foldiers, and mariners, made in the thirty-fifth year of the Queen's majesty's reign that now is.

Cap. 22. For the establishing of the bishoprick of Norwich, and the poffeffions of the fame, against a certain

certain pretended concealed title

thereunto.

Cap. 23. For the repairing of the bridges of Newport and Carlion in the county of Monmouth. Cap. 24. For the erecting and building of a bridge over the river of Wye, at Wilton upon Wye, near the town of Roffe, in the county of Hereford.

Cap. 25. For enlarging of the statute made for following hue and cry, in the twenty-seventh year of her Majefty's reign, in fome fort to relieve the inhabitants of the fmall hundred of Beynerfh, alias Berherft, in cafes where they are in no voluntary default, and yet are or fhall be charged by the same statute, and by the two ancient ftatutes, the one made the thirteenth year of King Edward the Firft, the other in the twenty-eighth year of King Edward the Third, for repreffing of robberies. Cap. 26. For confirmation of the fub

fidies granted by the clergy. Cap. 27. For the grant of three en

tire fubfidies, and fix fifteens and tenths, granted by the temporalty. Cap. 28. For the Queen's majesty's moft gracious, general, and free pardon.

Private acts.

Anno 39 Elizabethæ Reginæ. 1. An act concerning a leafe of great yearly value, procured to be paffed from her Majefty by William Kirkbam the younger.

2. An act that the lord Mountjoye may difpofe of his lands whereof he is tenant in tail, as other tenants in tail by the laws of the realm may do; a private ftatute 27 H. 8. notwithstanding.

3. An act for ratification of the hofpital of Queen Elizabeth in Brifiol, for the better relief of the poor orphans there.

4. An act for the establishing of the

An act for confirmation of the jointure of Chriftian lady Sandes, wife of William lord Sandes. 8. An act for eftablishing the town lands of Wanting in the county of Berks, to the relief of the poor. 9. An act for Arthur Hatch, her Majefty's ward, for his enjoying of the rectory or parfonage of Southmoulton in the county of Devon for certain years.

10.

An act for confirmation of the jointure of the lady Varney, wife of fir Edmund Varney, knight. 11. An act for the better maintenance and well keeping of Staines bridge. 12. An act for the establishing of the lands given by John Bedford's will to the perpetual repair of highways at Ailefury.

13. An act concerning the fchool at Sevenocke in the county of Kent. 14. An act for eftablishing the poffeffions of fir Henry Unton, knight, lately deccafed, and for payment of his debts.

15. An act for establishing of a jointure to Anne lady Wentworth, now wife of William Pope, efquire, and for the better enabling of the faid William Pope to fell certain of his lands, for payment of his debts.

Anno 43 Elizabetha Regina. Cap. 1. For confirmation of grants made to the Queen's majefty, and of letters patents made by her Highnefs to others.

Cap. 2.

Cap. 2. For the relief of the poor. Cap. 3. For the neceffary relief of fol

diers and mariners.

Cap. 4. To redress the mifemployment of lands, goods, and stocks of money heretofore given to charitable uses.

Cap. 5. To prevent perjury and fubornation of perjury, and unneceffary expences in fuits of law. Cap. 6. To avoid trifling and frivolous fuits in law, in her Majesty's courts at Westminster. Cap. 7. To avoid and prevent divers mifdemeanors in lewd and idle perfons.

Cap. 8. Against fraudulent adminiAtration of inteftate's goods. Cap. 9. For continuance of divers ftatutes, and for repeal of fome others.

Cap. 10. For the true working and

making of woolen cloth. Cap. 11. For the recovery of many hundred thousand acres of marshes, and other grounds, fubject commonly to furrounding, within the ifle of Ely, and the counties of Cambridge, Huntingdon, Northampton, Lincoln, Norfolk, Suffolk, Suffex, Effex, Kent, and the county palatine of Durham.

Cap. 12. Concerning matters of affurances amongst merchants. Cap. 13. For the more peaceable government of the parts of Cumberland, Northumberland, Weftmorland, and the bishoprick of Durham. Cap. 14. Concerning the affize of fuel.

Cap. 15. For the levying of fines with proclamations of lands within the county of the city of Chester. Cap. 16. For the re-edifying, repairing and maintaining of two bridges over the river of Eden, near the city of Carlisle in Cumberland. Cap. 17. For the confirmation of the fubfidies granted by the clergy. Cap. 18. For the grant of four entire fubfidies, and eight fifteens and

part and Andrew Kettleby, and Jane his wife, on the other part. 10. An act to make the lands, tenements and hereditaments of Edward Lucas, gentleman, deceased, executor of the laft will and testament of John Flowerdew, efquire, deceased, liable to the payment of certain legacies, given by the last will of the said John Flowerdew, and to the payment of divers other debts owing by the faid Lucas in his life-time.

Anno 2 [vulgo] 1 Jacobi. Cap. 1. A moft joyful and just recognition of the immediate, lawful and undoubted fucceffion, defcent and right of the crown.

Cap. 2. Authorizing certain commiffioners of England, to treat with commiffioners of Scotland, for the weal of both kingdoms. Cap. 3. Against the diminution of the poffeffions of archbishopricks and bishopricks, and avoiding of dilapidations of the fame.

Cap. 4. For the due execution of the ftatutes against jefuits, feminary priests, recufants.

Cap. 5. To prevent the over-charge of the people by ftewards of courtleets and court-barons. Cap. 6. For the explanation of the ftatute made in the fifth year of the late Queen Elizabeth's reign, concerning labourers. Cap. 7. For the continuation and explanation of the statute made in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An act for punishment of rogues, vabonds, and furdy beggars. Cap. 8. To take away the benefit of clergy from fome kind of manflaughter.

Cap. 9. To restrain the inordinate haunting and tipling in inns, alehoufes, and victualling houses. Cap. 10. For the better execution of juftice.

Cap. 11. To reftrain all perfons from marriage, until their former wives and former husbands be dead. Cap. 12. Against conjuration, witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits.

Cap. 13. For new executions to be fued against any which shall hereafter be delivered out of execution by privilege of parliament, and for discharge of them out of whose cuftody fuch perfons fhall be delivered. Cap. 14. A remedy for a freeman of

London to recover a debt not exceeding forty fhillings owing to him by another inhabiting within the faid city or the liberties; a penalty if the debtor do not appear before the commiffioners upon warning; or if the creditor or debtor do not perform their order; or if the creditor, being a freeman of London, do fue any other freemen out of the fame city, for a debt under forty fhillings.

Cap. 15. For the better relief of the creditors against fuch as fhall become bankrupts.

Cap. 16. Concerning wherrymen and