Jurisdictions, Part 7 – Part 13
The Charge in Leet.
Firſt, You ought to conſider, 27. H. 8. fol. 2.that ſome offences (as petty Treaſons and Felonies, which are againſt the Crowne and Dignity) are inquirable and preſentable in a Leet, but not puniſhable there; but by the Statute of 1. Edw. 3. the laſt Chapter, Raſt. Indictment, 2.they ought to be written and Indented, and one part to remaine with the Steward, and the other with the Jury, and it ought to be delivered to the Juſtices of Aſſiſe, at the next Goale delivery held within the County.
And firſt, theſe following are to be inquired of, and to be certified, as afterwards is ſaid.
Firſt, Treaſons.You ought to inquire, if any counterfeit the Great Seale, Privy Seale, or the Armes of this Realme; and by the 25. Edw. 3. Raſtal, Treaſons 1. they are high Treaſon, and yet inquirable here, as Felony, and to be certified as is aforeſaid.
2. Alſo if any counterfeit the Money of this Realme, Counterfeit Mony.or of another Realme being currant in this Realme, it is high Treaſon, 1 Mary, Raſtal, Treaſon 21. And by Stamford, fol. 3. but inquirable here as Felony.
3. Alſo is the counterfeiting of the Seale manuall, Scale.Privy Signet, or Privy Seale, and are inquirable here as Felonies, Raſtal, Treaſon 1. 27. H. 8. c. 2.
4. Alſo the Clipping, Clipping.waſhing, or filing of Money, is high Treaſon, by 5. Eliz. and inquirable here as Felony, Raſtal, Treaſon 29.
5. Alſo if any Servant kill his Maſter or his Miſtriſſe, Kill his Maſter.or Preiſt, or any other Religious, kill his Ordinary, by the 35. Edw. 3. C. 2. Raſtal, Treaſon 1. is petty Treaſon, and inquirable here, as Felony, 12. Booke of Aſſiſes, 30.
6. Alſo if any Woman kill her Husband, Wife, Huſband.it is petty Treaſon, and is inquirable here as Felony, 19. H. 6. fol. 47.
7. Alſo cutting out of tongues of men, Felonies.and putting out their eyes of malice, is Felony, and here inquirable, 5. H. 4.5. Raſtal, Felony, 4. 19. H. 6. f. 47.
8. Alſo Murder is, Murder.when any of malice pretended, killeth another feloniouſly, and is inquirable here, 14. Edw. 3.
9. Alſo Man-ſlaughter is here inquirable, Man-ſlaughter.that is to ſay, When a place is not appointed to fight, but onelyonly they fight together, and the one killeth the other when they meet by chance, Stamford, fol. 18. a. it is here inquirable.
10. Alſo if one kill the other (in defending of himſelfe) he ſhall looſe his goods: Se defendendo.The ſame Law, where one killeth another by miſchance, Stamford, 15. a.
11. Raviſhing of a Woman, Rape.as treſpaſſe is inquirable, and where it is not preſented before the Coroner, Stamford 23. b. 18. Ed. 2. Raſtall, Rape. 2.
12 Rape as Felony, which is Felony made by the Statute, is not inquirable in a Leet, nor any thing given by Statute, unleſſe it be inquirable by expreſs words, but that which is made petty Treaſon by Statute, is inquirable as Felony by the Common Law, 11 H. 7. fol. 22
13 Burglarers are thoſe, Burglary.which in time of Peace break Houſes, Churches, Walles, Towers, or Doores, after the Sun ſet, and before the riſing thereof, though he carry away nothing, if their intent may appeare that it was to rob or kill, or to commit other Felony, it is Burglary, inquirable here, Stamford, fol. 30. b.
14 Robbery, Robbery.is when a man taketh any thing from the perſon of another Feloniouſly, though it be but the value of a penny it is Felony, and Inquirable, Stamford 27. d. 22. of the Aſſizes. 29.
15 Alſo burning of a Houſe Feloniouſly done is Felony by the Common Law, Burning of a houſeand alſo is burning of Barnes in the night, and inquirable, Stamford 36. a.
16 Burning of a Barn in the night adjoyning to a Houſe is Felony by the Common Law, 11. H. 7. f. 1.Robbing Churches.
17 Alſo robbing of Churches or Chappels, and taking of any Ornaments out of them Feloniouſly is Felony, and inquirable.Theft.
18 Theft is the taking of anothers Goods with a fraudulent minde of ſtealing, againſt his Will whoſe Goods they are, and if it be above the value of twelve pence he ſhall be hanged, and Theft is here Inquirable, Stamford 24. L.Reſcous.
19 If any reſcue any which is taken for Felony, that is Felony, and here inquirable, 1 H. 7.9.Taking Doves.
20 Alſo taking Doves in the Dovehouſe in the night with Felonious intent, is Felony, and here inquirable, but not where they are taken in their rooſt, out of the Dovehouſe. Stamford, fol 25. C. 22. booke of Aſſiſes 95.18 H. 8. fol. 2.
21 Alſo taking of young Pigeons, Young Pigeons.or young Goſhaukes in their neſts in the night is Felony, and inquirable here. 14. H. 8. 18. Ed. 4 fol. 8.
22 Alſo the taking of Fiſh feloniouſly out of ponds, Stews, Fiſhes.or Trunks in the night is Felony, and here inquirable: But otherwiſe it is where it was taken in the River, there it is no Felony, 22 booke of Aſſiſes, 95 Quere, 18. Ed. 4. fol. 8.
23. Alſo the taking of tame Deere with a Felonious intent, Deere.is Felony, the ſame Law the taking of Signetts, Swans marked, and Peacocks, and here inquirable, Stamford, fol. 25. C. 18 H. 8.2.
24. Alſo if any one receive a Felon, Receiver.well knowing of the Felony which he had done, that is Felony and here inquirable, Stamford, fol. 41. E.
25. And note that all other Felonies which are Felonies by the Common Law, Felons by the Common Lawas theſe are, are here inquirable, and ſee theſe after in Felony, otherwiſe the King ſhall looſe yeare, day, and waſt, and the Lord his eſcheat.
26. Acceſſaries are inquirable here, Acceſſary.and that is, if one procure or command another to do a Felony, but is not preſent when the other doth that, this Procurer or Commander is Acceſſary: Acceſſary after the Felony, is, where one receives a Felon and knowing of the Felony, Stamford, 40. G.
27. Eſcape voluntary, Scape.is, when one arreſts another for Felony, and after lets him go where he will, that is Felony, and here inquirable, Stamford 32. I.
28. Eſcape negligent, is when one is arreſted for Felony, and after eſcape againſt the will of him that arreſted him, and be not freſhly purſued, and taken before the Goaler looſe the ſight of him, that is fineable, and here inquirable, Stamford 33. b.
29. Petty larceny, Petty larceny.is the taking of any thing with a Felonious intent, under the value of twelve pence, as Hens, Geeſe, Pigs, or ſmall things out of Windowes, Stamford fol. 24. G. and theſe are here inquirable.
30. Note that the Lords of which the Lands are held ſhall have the Lands of eſcheat, where their Tenants are attaynt in petty Treaſon or Felony, and the King ſhall have (yeare, day, and waſt) by Magna Charta, cap. 22.Ra. f.
And for that it is inquirable, what Lands and Tenements theſe perſons ſo offending have, and what Goods, for the King unleſs the Lord hath the Chattells of the Felons by Charter of the King, 9. H. 7. fol. 23.
31. And ſo note that all theſe matters in the Charge aforeſaid, are inquirable and preſentable as is aforeſaid but not puniſhable here, but ſhall be certified by the Steward in the Seſſions, as is aforeſaid, 27. H. 8. fol. 2.
But now the reſidue of the matters of the Charge which enſue, are inquirable and preſentable, and are alſo puniſhable in a Leet, and ſhall not be certified as theſe aforeſaid ſhall be.
1 Firſt you ought to inquire if the Sutors and Deciners, Deciners.ſcilicet, if any of them which are reſident appeare in perſon, or not, and if any of them make default, to preſent their names, 18 Ed. 2. Raſtall, Leet 1. the ſame book, Chapter 10.
2 Alſo if the cappitall Pledges appeare, Pledges.for it appeareth by 45 of Ed. 3. fol. 27. that Pledges ſhall be found for every one that commeth within the Lordſhip to be of good behaviour, as the manner is, and it is inquirable if every one hath found ſuertyes, 18. Ed. 2.
3 Alſo if any hath dwelt within the Lordſhip by a yeare and a day, The age twelve yeares.and be of the age of twelve yeares and not ſworn to the Queen to be loyall and faithfull, that is inquirable.
4 Alſo if any villaines of the Lord are fugitive and remaine elſewhere out of the Lordſhip, Villains.and are not in the Demeſnes of the King by a yeare and a day without claime, are inquirable. 18. Ed: 2.
5. Alſo if any cuſtomes or ſervices due to this Court are neglected, how, by who, and in what Bayliffs time that was, Cuſtomes.18. Ed. 2.
6 Alſo if any annoyances be made upon the Land, wood, Anoyancesand water, that blocks, ſtocks, ditches, hedges, made, or a ditch made or filled to the annoyance of the People, or if any other thing be done to the noyance of the People, that is to the multitude, and not onelyonly to one, is inquirable, 18. Ed: 2.
7 Alſo if any Walls, Houſes, Pales, Wages.or Hedges be made or erected to the noyance of the People, it is inquirable, 18. Ed: 2.
8. Alſo if any common wayes, waters, ditches, or pathes are turned out of their right courſe, it is inquirable, 18. Ed 2.
9 Alſo if any bounds are ſtreightned or carryed away, 18 Ed. 2.
10. Alſo if any Lay-ſtalls are made in high wayes to the noyanee of the People, or if any carrion be caſt into the high way to the noyance of the People, it is inquirarable.
11. Alſo if any make any encroachment upon the Kings high way.
12. Alſo if any commonly or openly breake the peace, Treſpaſſe.as making frayes in diſturbing and fighting the People, it is inquirable.
13. Alſo if there be any common Barretors in the Lordſhip, as Scoldes, brawlers, to the noyance and diſturbance of their Neighbours, preſent their names.
14. Alſo if any breake the common pound, Pound.to take diſtreſſe from thence, preſent their names.
15. Alſo if there be any outcries made againſt the Lawes to the diſturbance of the People, it is inquirable.
17. Alſo if any Eaſe-droppers, Ill members for a Commonwealth.which ſtand under Walls or Windowes, by night or day to heare tayles, and to carry them to others, to make ſtrife and debate among their Neighboures, preſent their names.
18. Alſo if any be common breakers of Hedges, preſent their name.
19. Alſo if any keep and maintaine any bawdrey in their Houſes, it is a cauſe to break the Peace, and is a vice which corrupteth the Common-wealth, and for that it is here inquirable, 27. H. 8. fol. 17.
Quatuor his caſibus procul dubio cadet adulter,
Aut hic pauper erit aut ſubito morietur;
Aut cadet in cauſam qua debet judice vinci,
Vel aliquod membrum caſu vel crimine perdet.
By theſe foure changes, without doubt, an adulterous perſon ſhall fall, either he ſhall be poore, or ſhall ſuddenly dye, or ſhall fall into ſome cauſe, that he ſhall be condemned by the Judge, or ſhall looſe ſome member of his Body by chance or by the crime.
20. Alſo if there be any vagabonds or wanderers, and thoſe which walk by night, and ſleep by day, and if there be any which are common haunters of Tavernes or Ale-Houſes, and go about, and having nothing to live of, are inquirable, 4. H. 7. fol. 2. In Leet is inquirable of nightwalkers.
21. Alſo if any go of Theeves meſſages, it is inquirable.
22. Alſo if any take Pigeons in the Winter by nets or Ingines, it is inquirable.
23. Alſo if any by any way corrupt the common Waters, by whittening, by Lime, or by Flax, or Stuff laid in the Waters, by which the Waters are corrupt, it is inquirable.
24. Alſo if any hath, or uſeth any falſe Meaſures, Deceit of Artificers. Falſe Weights.of Buſhles or Gallons, Yard or Ells, or falſe Weights or Ballances, are inquirable, 8. H. 6. chap. 5. Magna Charta, chap. 25. 51. H. 3. Title Weights, and Meaſures, 5.
25. Alſo if any uſe double Poundes or Meaſures, Double pounds.that is to ſay, a ſmall one to ſell by, and a great one to buy by, in deceit of the People, it is inquirable, 27. Ed. 3.10.
26. Aſſiſe of Bread and Beere, that this be held, Aſſiſe of Bread.ſcilicet, that every one ſell according to the price of Corne, is inquirable, and that it bee made wholeſome for Men.
27. Alſo if Tiplers ſell by Cups and Diſhes, Tiplers.or Meaſures ſealed, or not ſealed, is inquirable.
28. Alſo if Butchers, Fiſhmongers, Innkeepers. At reaſonable prizes.Haglers, Poulterers, Cookes, Vintners, and all other which ſell Victuals, if they ſell at reaſonable prices, and not at exceſſive, having regard to the prices that Victualls are ſold in places neere, and he which is convict ſhall pay the double that he hath received to the party damnified, and let it be inquirable, 23. Ed. 3.6. 10. H. 7. fol. 8. by Brian and Huſſey, a Victualer ſhall be conſtrained to ſell his Victuall, if the buyer offer ready Money, otherwiſe not.
29. Alſo if Butchers, Fiſhmongers, Butchers.or other Victualers ſell any corrupt Victuall not wholeſome for mens Bodies, it is inquirable.
30. Alſo that Innkeepers, Inkeepers.ſhall not ſell Hay nor Oates but at reaſonable prices, and ſhall not take for the buſhell above one half penny above the common price in the Market, and ſhall take nothing for Litter, and that is inquirable, 12. R. 2.8. Raſtall, Victuall 8.
31 An Innkeeper may bake his Bread for Horſes in his Houſe in any throughfare Town, which is not a City where common Bakers dwell, and if he bake and do not make it according to the prices of Corne, he is to be puniſhed in a Leet, 32. H. 8.14. Raſtall. Horſebread.
31. Alſo if any Innkeeper or other perſon, harbour any ſuſpected perſons, perceiving or knowing them to be of ill behaviour, it is inquirable.
33. Alſo if Millers take exceſſive Tole is inquirable, Mills.and they ought to take for Tole but the twentieth or twenty fourth grain, according to the cuſtome, and according to the ſtrength of the Water.
Or if any Miller within the Lordſhip change the Corne which he hath to grind, it is inquirable.
34. Alſo it is inquirable, Artificersif all Artificers make good Ware as they ought, and if any of them make deceit in it to deceive the People, you ought to preſent their names.
35. Alſo if any Conſtable, Miſdemeanour de OfficersAlecunner, Bayliff, or any other Officers within this Lordſhip, have duly and well done their Offices or not, is inquirable.
36. Alſo no Purveyor, Purveyorsſhall make any purveyance for the Queenes Houſe, of any thing of the value of forty ſhillings or under, unleſſe he do it for ready payment to the party, upon paine of looſing his Office, and to pay the value to the party greived, and if he do the contrary, if the Conſtable or Tithingman upon complaint unto them do not make reſiſtance to the Purveyor, they ſhall forfeit to the party greived the value of the thing taken, and double Dammages, and that is the Miſdemeanour of the Conſtable, and of theſe Miſdemeanours and all other ſuch Officers, is inquirable, 20. H. 6. chap. 8. Raſtall, Purveyors 31. And alſo the Conſtable ought to ſee the Peace and watch to be obſerved as it ought, 11 H. 4. fol. 27. That Purveyor, Buyer, or taker for the King, after he is allowed and payd of the King, ſhall be Debtor to the party; but till payment, the King himſelf is Debtor.
See more after in the Office of the Conſtable, For the Office of the King and Lord.and what is inquirable touching his Office, fol.
37. If any Treaſure be found, that is to ſay, Treaſure hid in the ground, and no man knoweth who hid the Treaſure, that is to the King, unleſſe it be to the Lord by ſpecialty in writing, or by preſcription
If any Eſtreys be, Eſtrey.it is inquirable, and that is if any Horſes, Sheep, Hogs, Beaſts, or Swans, which have come into this Lordſhip, and have been there by the ſpace of a twelve monethmonth and a day, and not claimed, then the Lord may have the property of them by preſcription, but they ought firſt to be impounded in an open pound, proclaimed in the Church, and two Market Townes next adjoyning, and if none claime them, then they ſhall be ſeiſed, and ought to be put in ſome ſeverall ground, and not in any Covert or Wood, that the owner cannot finde them, for if they be in Covert, the property is not changed, though they be there a yeare and a day.
39. If any Weife be, it is inquirable, Weife.and that when the Theife upon the Hue and Cry is purſued, or otherwiſe for eaſing himſelf of the carriage, without Hue and Cry, he waifes the Goods by him Feloniouſly ſtollen, or any part of them and fly away, this is forfeit to the King, and the Lord may have it by preſcription, Stamford, fol: 180.
40. If any fugitive be, that is, Fugitive.if it be found by Indictment of Murder before the Coroner, that he fled, or if he be indicted of Felony, and acquit and found that he fled, then he ſhall forfeit his Goods to the King, and the Lord may have them by Charter, and not by preſcription, and that is inquirable.
41. If any Horſe or Mare be put upon the Common and be ſcabbed, or having an infectious diſeaſe, Scabbed Chivall.he ſhall forfeit to the Lord of the manner ten ſhillings. 32 H. 8.13. Raſtall Horſes &c. b. and this is inquirable.
42. If the Exigent be awarded againſt one indicted of Felony, by the award of that his Goods are forfeited, though he be afterward acquit of the Felony, and the King ſhall have his Goods, and the Lord by Charter, and not by preſcription or without Charter, and this is inquirable.
43. If any be outlawed in Debt, Treſpaſs, Outlawryor other perſonall Actions, his Goods are forfeit, and the King ſhall have them and not the Lord, unleſſe that it be by Charter and not by preſcription, and this is inquirable, 18 Ed. 2.
44. If a common Fine hath uſed to be paid here, Common Fine.that ought to be inquired, that it be paid according to the uſage and that it be collected according to the uſage, for it is collected commonly by the Head-Burrough, and it is commonly due to the Leet at Michaelmaſſe.
45. Note that every one that hath view of Frank pledge ought to have a Pillory and Tumbrell to execute Juſtice, and alſo in every Town or in the Leet a paire of ſtocks, and for lack of them the Town ſhall forfeit five pound, and that is inquirable.
Wreck of the Sea.
ANd for that, that by the Statute of 15. R. 2. chap. 3. Wreck of the Sea may be tried and determined by the Law of the Land, that for that, and for the profit of the King and the Lord, it is inquirable in the Leet.
The Kings Prerogative, chap. 11. the King ſhall have Wreck of the Sea throughout the whole Realme, and Sturgeons taken in the Sea or other where within the Realme, except ſome priviledged places, be the Kings.
9. H. 7. fol. 20. A man may have a Wreck of the Sea by preſcription.
10. H. 7. fol. 6. By Wood. If I have Wreck by preſcription, and a Stranger ſeiſe it, and not my Bailiffe, I ſhall have an Account againſt him.
Weſtminſter 1. chap. 5. is, that Goods in a Ship where a Dog or a Cat ſcapes alive, are no Wreck, but are delivered to the Town or Lord, and if any come within a yeare and a day, and claime them, and prove them to be his Goods, they are without delay delivered unto him, and if none come within the yeare and a day, they are the Kings. And if the Wreck belong to another then the King, it is done in the ſame manner. And who ſhall do otherwiſe, and of that is attaint, he ſhall be committed to priſon, and Fined at the Will of the King, and ſhall pay dammages likewiſe.
If the Goods in this caſe are freſh Victuals, as fleſh meate, freſh Fiſh, Apples, or Oranges, or ſuch things which will not endure for a year, and the Sheriff ſeeing them, ſelleth them, and delivereth the Money taken for them to the Town to anſwer for it, it is good, and yet it is contrary to the words of the Statute, but it ſtandeth with reaſon.
45. H. 6.32. If the Kings Goods be Wreckt, and not claimed within a yeare and a day, yet the King ſhall have them, otherwiſe it is a common perſon.
Then there are diverſe other matters which follow, of which you may inquire by expreſſe words in the Statutes, as of the Statute of Apparrell, and other Statutes enſuing.
In the yeare, 24. H. 8. Chap. 13. Raſtal, Apparrell the fifth.
If one hath not in Land a hundred pound, he cannot uſe Velvet, in Jackets.
If one hath not in Land a hundred pound, he cannot uſe Velvet, in Dublets.
If one hath not in Land a hundred pound, he cannot uſe Velvet, in Purſes.
Damaske Silke Chamlet Taffaty in Gownes.
Damaske Silke Chamlet Taffaty in Coats.
Damaske Silke Chamlet Taffaty in Outtermoſt Garments.
Forty pound cannot uſe Chamlet, nor Silke, in Gownes.
Forty pound cannot uſe Chamlet, nor Silke, in Outtermoſt Garments.
No Velvet, in Jackets.
No Velvet, in Jerkins.
No Velvet, in Caps.
Nor any Silke, but
Satten in Dublets.
Damaske. in Dublets.
Taffatie in Dublets.
Sarſnet in Dublets.
Sarſnet in Facing their Gownes.
Chamlet in Facing their Gownes.
Taffaty in Facing their Gownes.
Twenty pound, no Silke in Gownes.
Twenty pound, no Silke in Cloaks.
Twenty pound, no Silke in Hoſe, &c.
No Satten Damaske Taffaty Sarſnet in Dublets.
No Satten Damaske Taffaty Sarſnet in Coyfes.
But they may weare Chamlet in Jackets.
Five pound cannot uſe any Silke in Dublets.
Five pound cannot uſe any Silke in Jackets.
Five pound cannot uſe any Silke in Gownes.
Five pound cannot uſe any Silke in Cloakes.
But Chamlet in Dublets.
But Chamlet in Jackets.
Furres.
NOne under the degree of an Earle, may uſe Sables.
Forty pound cannot uſe Foynes.
Forty pound cannot uſe Jennets gray.
Forty pound cannot uſe Martins.
Forty pound cannot uſe Squirrell.
Forty pound cannot uſe Fox.
Forty pound cannot uſe Grey.
Cony, Hare, Or other Furr growing within this Realme.
Cony, Hare, Or other Furr growing within this Wales.
Cony, Hare, Or other Furr growing within this Ireland.
Twenty pound Black Cony.
Twenty pound Budge.
Under twenty pound Gray Cony.
Under twenty pound Black Lambe.
Under twenty pound White lambe.
Chaines of Gold.
NOne under the degree of a Knight may uſe any Coller of S S.
None may uſe a Chaine of leſſe weight then ten Ounces of Gold.
Forty pound may uſe Aglets, Buttons, Brooches.
Thoſe perſons which are excepted in theſe Statutes
Queens Counſell.
Barons of the Exchequer
Serjeants at Law.
Apprentices at Law.
Phiſitions of the King.
Maiors.
Recorders.
Maſter or Wardens, which are, or have uſed this roome.
Theſe may uſe as before the making of the Statute they have uſed.
Forfeiture.
THE thing uſed againſt the Statute, is three ſhillings foure pence a day: The Statute is in his Garment, (In) is taken here, for (In) or (Upon) his Garment.
Yeare the firſt and ſecond of Philip and Mary, no perſon borne within the Dominions of the King, other then the Son and Heire of a Knight, or above that degree, or which might expend twenty pound yearely, or was worth two hundred pound in Goods.
Should uſe Silke in
Hatt.
Bonet.
Night-Cap.
Girdle.
Scabbard.
Hoſe.
Shooes.
Spur-Leathers.
The forfeiture is for every day, ten pound.
If any man keep Servants which offend in theſe premiſes, and doe not put him out of his ſervice, within fourteen dayes after that he hath notice of it, or if he put him out of his ſervice, and afterward retaine him againe, within a yeare, he ſhall forfeit a hundred pound.
Artificers.
IF any Butcher, Brachetour, Baker, Poulter, Cooke, 2 Edw. 6. chap. 15.Tipler, &c. conſpire, covenant, promiſe or make any oath not to ſell Victuall but at certaine prices.
Or if a Workeman or Laborer, conſpire not to worke but at certaine prices, or not to finiſh that which another hath begun, or that they will not do but certain labour in a day, or not labour but certain time of the day, it is inqiurable.
The forfeiture for the firſt offence ten pound, and twenty dayes Impriſonment, with Bread and Water, the ſecond offence double.
Archers.
IN the yeare 33. H. 8. chap. 9. Every man being the Kings Subject under the age of forty years, not lame nor having any Impediment, ought to ſhoote in a long Bow, and ſhall have a Bow and Arrowes as it followeth, that is to ſay.
Every Man Childe in a houſe of the age of ſeven yeares to ſeventeen yeares ſhall have a Bow and two Arrowes, and at ſeventeen yeares to forty, a Bow and foure Arrowes, none under the age of twenty foure ought to ſhoote at Prickes nor at twelve ſcore or above with Shaft or Flight.
The forfeiture is ſix shillings eight pence for every three Months wanting theſe Bowes and Arrowes.
The Maſter or Father ought to provide for theſe of ſeven to ſeventeen, otherwiſe be ſhall pay the forfeiture, and every Servant taking wages of ſeventeen or upwards, ſhall pay the forfeiture.
The forfeiture for ſuch ſhooting at Pricks is four pence the shoot, and at eleven ſcore and under, as above, ſix shillings eight pence the ſhoot, by the ſame Statute.
Butts ſhall be made in every Town upon payne of forfeiture for every three Months for default of them twenty-shillings.