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 A. D. i486. Anno tertio Hbn juci VII, C. 14. 73 C A I 1. XIV. Confpiring to deltroy the King, or any Lord Councilor, or great Officer, fhall be Felony. 4 TTKM, Forafmnrh as by Quarrels made to fuch as have been in great Authority, Office, and of ■ X Council with Kings of thisRcalm, hath eni'ued the Deftrudlion of the Kings, and the undoing of 4 this Realm; (2) fo as it hath appeared evidently, when com pa fling of the Death of fuch as were of the ' . tni'- Subj 1; vvas had, trie Dcftruc~tion of the Prince was imagined thereby, and for the moft it hath grown and been occaiioned by Envy nnd Malice of the King's own Houfhold Servants, as ' now of late Inch a Thing was likely to have enfued; (3) and forfomuch as by the Law of this Land, if ' actual Deeds be not had, there is no Remedy for^ fuch falfc Compaflings, Imaginations, and Confedcra- ' cies Had againft any Lord, or any of the King's Council, or any of the King's great Officers in his Houf- 4 hold, as Steward, Treafurer, and Comptroller, and fo great fnconvcnicncics might enfue if fuch un- ' godly Demeaning fhould not be ftraitly punifhed before that actual Deed were done :' (4.) Therefore it 3 loll. 37, 38, toned by the King, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, of the faid Parliament 39- ■ allcmbled, and by Authority of the fame, That from henceforward the Steward, Treafurer, and Comp- troller of the King's Houfe for the time being, or One of them, have full Authority and Power to enquire ■Ave fad and difcreet Perfons, of the Cheque- Roll of the King's honourable Houfhold, if any Ser- vant admitted to be his Servant in his Houfe fworn, and his Name put into the Cheque-Roll of his Houf- hild, whatfoever he be, ferving in any Manner, Office, or Room, reputed, had, and taken under the State of a Lord, make any Confederacies, Compaflings, Confpiracics, or Imaginations, with any Pcrfon or Per- iod?, to dertroy or murder the King, or any Lord of this Realm, or any other Perfon fworn to the King's Council, or Steward, Treafurer, or Comptroller of the King's Houfe, that if it be found afore the faid Steward for the time being, by the faid Twelve fad Men, that any fuch of the King's Servants as is abovefaid, hath confedered, comparted, confpircd, or imagined, as is abovefaid, that he to found by that Inquiry, be put thereupon to anfwer; (6) and the Steward, Treafurer, and Comptroller, or Two of them, have Power to determine the fame Matter, according to the Law : (7) And if he put him in Trial, that then it be tried by other Twelve fad Men of the fame Houfhold, and that fuch Mif-doers have no Ch.dlmge but for Malice; (8) and if fuch Mif-doers be found guilty by Confeflion or otherwife, that the laid Offence be judged Felony; and they to have Judgement and Execution as Felons attainted ought for Co. Ent, 482 « to have by the Common Law. 174. The Third Parliament, hoi den in the Fourth Tear of the Reign of Kin<r Hen. VII. Anno Dom. 1487. O the Worfhip of God and holy Church, and for the Common Weal and Profit of this Realm of England, our Sovereign Lord Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, the Seventh after the Conqueft, at his Parliament holden at TVeJhninficr the Thirteenth Day of January, in the Fourth Year of his Reign, by the Advice and Afient of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in the faid Parliament affembled, and by Authority of the fame hath done to be made, ordained, and eftablifhed divers Statutes and Ordinances in Form as followed!.' ' CAP. I. E*p.6H.6.c.5: CommifEons of Sewers fhall be made into all the Parts of this Realm, and to the Marches of Calice, Gumes lS "• *■ c - 3, °- and Hammes, during Twenty five Years, ' ' 23 h. 6. c. 9. 12 Ed. 4. c. 6. 1 CAP. II. 6H,8,C ' X3 Allaying of Gold and Silver, melting, felling, and marking the fame; I T u E ^ Whereas it w as of old Time ufed, and continued till now of late Years, that there was for the Weal of the King and the Realm, Finers and Parters of Gold and Silver by Fire and Water under a Rule and Order belonging unto the Mints of London, Calais, Canterbury, York, and Durham and in other Places where Mints been holden, and at the Goldfmiths Hall in London, to fine and part all Crold and Silver belonging and needful for the faid Mints and Fellowship of Goldfmiths, for the Wnd- ment of Money and Plate of the Realm that every Thing might be reformed to the right Standard, as well in Money as Plate, to the leaft Ccft, for the Weal of the King's Noblemen of the Land, and common People : (2) But fo it is now, that fuch Finers and Parters of Gold and Silver by Fire and Wa- ter, dwelling Abroad in every Place of this Realm cut of the Rules aforefaid, and buy gilt Silver from the Mints, Lhanges, and Goldfmiths, and part and fine it as is afcre faid, and for the moft Part of the Silver fo fined, they do allay it in divers Manners, and fell it at their Pleafures to every Man of what bltate or Degree foever he be, that will buy of them, to make fuch Works as pleafeth the Buvers ■ therefore Men can get no fine Silver when they need it for their Money, for the Amendment of Monev - Vol. 11. 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