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 A. D. 1494* Anno undecimo Hen rici VII. C.16, 17. 87 cent to the Bailiffs of the raid Hundreds, to attach, fummon, or warn the Defendants that ire (<> in Suit, to appeal and anfwer. to the (aid PJaints ; (15) and it there be any Default in the faid Bailiffs of the Hun-TbePeMltjraf 1 ng of the Defendants to appear and anfwer to commenced againft them in',' their Courts, ot in executing their faid Office, that then the laid Bailiffs (lull forfeit for every Default unto n . our Sovereign Lord the King xl.s. (16) and to be attaint and convict thereof by like Examination of the offieei. Juftices of Peace, or any of them, as before is rehearfed. (17) And that the fame Sheriff's, Under-fheriffs, .Inks and their Deputies lor the time being, fhall make no Eftreats to levy the faid Sheriff's Amer- pJ^ e {J ciaments, until Inch Time that Two Juftices of Peace, whereof one fhall be of the Quorum, have had the ^, e si View and Overfight of their Hooks ; (is) and that the Eftreats be indented betwixt the faid Juftices ofEftrau. Peace, and the laid Sheriffs and Under-fheriffs, and fealed with their Seals, the one Part to remain with t ej. 4. c. *. the faid Juftices, and the other Part with the laid Sheriffs, or Under-lheriff, to' the Intent they may un- derftand if any Deceit be, or untrue Demeaning ill them, in making of their Books ; (iy) and that thofe r Perfons which fhall be Gatherers of the fame Amerciaments, as Bailiffs, or other Officers, be fworn l,y the 1 faid Juftices, that they take no more Money than is forfeited and contained in the Eftreats, fealed with the h » l "£" " d «- Seals of the faid Juftices of Peace, upon the fame Pain of Forfeiture as before is rehearfed ; thereof the fame XatSefiW Gatherers to be convict: by Examination of the faid Juftices of Peace, or One ol them, as before is rehearfed . j u ft K « ft.an bc (zo) Provided alway, That the faid Juftices of Peace fhall be appointed and named at the general Scffions after the Fcaft of Saint Michael the Arcbang 1, by him that is Cuflos Rotulorum of the faid Counties, or clfe by the eldeft of the Quorum in his Abfence, to have the Overfight and ConttolmQit 1 f the faid Sheriffs, Undcr-fhcriffs, and Shi'rc-clerks, and other of the faid Officers, and of the faid Sheriffs Amerciaments : (21) And the laid Juftices of Peace, upon Suggeftion, or Information of the Party fo grieved, fliall make P like Procefs as in an Action of Trefpafs, againft the faid Sheriffs, Under-fheriffs, or Shire-clerks, and other . 2. c %. % El. c. 16. 27 El. c. it. 29 El. c. 4. 21 yjc. I. c. 5. 13 & 14 Car, 2. 1. 21. 3 Geo. 1. c. 15. 16 Geo. I. c. 21. jttl. 53. 20 Gen. 2. c. 37. 24 Geo. 2. c. 48. ar.d 32 Geo. 2. e. 14. GAP. XVI. He that hath a Freehold in Calais, out of the which any Due is iffuing for the keeping of the fume, fhall pay O 2. within one Year and a Day, or elfe fliall forfeit the Freehold to the King. CAP. XVII. The Forfeiture for taking of Fefants or Partridges, or the Eggs of Hawks or Swans. ' not only their Pleafure and Difport that they, their Fiiends and Servants fhould have about Hawking, Raft - P !af - 599- ' Hunting, and taking of the fame, but alfo they leefe the Profit and Avail that by that Occafion fhould T £? ^ en f al p y ,or ' lihood within this Realm :' (z) Wherefore it is ordained and enacted by the Authority of this prefent tridees in ano- Parliament, That it fliall not be lawful to any Perfon, of what Condition he be, to take, or caufe to be ther's Ground taken, any Fefants or Partridges by Net, Snares, or other Engines, out of his own Warren, upon the ty Ncts - Freehold of any other Perfon, without the AiTent, Agreement, and fpecial Licence of the Owner or Pof- =3, c ' io ^, feffioner of the fame, upon Pain of Forfeiture of x. it. the one Half thereof to the Party that will fue for the - w ," c ] *£ fame by Action of Debt, or by Bill, or otherwife, and the other Half thereof to the Owner or Pofleffioner 7 Co. iS. of the laid Ground, upon the which the faid Fefants and Partridges be fo taken : (4) Alfo it is ordained The Penalt; f t by the faid Authority, That no Manner of Perfon, of what Condition or Degree he be, take or caufe to ta]l ' n 8 o1 K ].s be taken, be it upon his own Ground, or any other Man's, the Eggs of any Falcon, Gofhawks, Laners, o^'/lj J" S or Swans, out of the Neft, upon Pain of Imprifonment of a Year and a Day, and Fine at the King's Kerb. Will, the one Half thereof to the King, and the other Half to the Owner of the Ground where the Eggs 31 H S. c is, were fo taken, and that the Juftices of Peace have Authority, by this prefent Aft, to hear and determine *■*« itFtinfU fuch Matter, as well by Inquifition as Information and Proofs. (5) Alfo it is ordained by the faid Au- '£' Kir /' i thority, That no Man from the Feaft of Pafche next coming, bear any Hawk of the Breed of England, certaV'En Vh called a Nycffi, Gojhauuk, TaJJel, Lancr, Laneret, or Faulcon, upon Pain of Forfeiture of his Hawk to the Hawks prohi- King, and the faid Hawk to be at the King's Pleafure : (6) And that all fuch Perfons as bring any Nyeffe blted to be bom. Hawk or Hawks, from any the Parties beyond the Sea, bring a Certificate under the Cuftomer's Seal of the He that hringerh Port where he firft landed with the faid Hawk or Hawks : (7) Or if he come out of Scotland, then under I N > ; j. re *?awk the Seal of the Warden, or his Lieutenant of that March that he cometh through, tcftifying, that the fame p™," ft^l'j^riaB Hawk or Hawk be of the Parties beyond the Sea, or of Scotland, upon the fame Pain ; (8) and that the a Certificate. Perfon that bringeth any fuch Hawk or Hawks to the King, fliall have a reafonable Reward of the King, or elfe the fame Hawk or Hawks for his Labour. (9) Alfo it is ordained by the fame Authority, That The Penalty t" r no Man take any Ayrer Faulcon, Gofhawk, Taffel, or Laner, or Lanerets, in their Warren or Woods, "kins, killing, or in other Place, nor purpofely drive them out of their Coverts accuftomed to breed in, to caufe them to ° r J " V;D ° of go to other Coverts to breed, nor flay them for any Hurt by them done, but fufter them to pais at their " J Liberties, (10) upon Pain of Ten Pounds, the one Half thereof to the Party that will fue for the fame by Action of Debt, by Examination before the Juftices of the Peace, Information, or otherwife, and the orher Half
 * TTEM, Forafmuch as divers Perfons, having little Subftance to live upon, ufe many Times as well by 13 R. 2- J!. 11
 * X Nets, Snares, or other Engines, to take and deftroy Fefants and Partridges upon the Lordfhips, Ma- <"• 1 h
 * nors, Lands, and Tenements of divers Owners or Poffeffioners of the fame, without Licence, Confent,
 * or Agreement of the fame Owners or Poffeffioners, by the which the fame Owners and Poffeffioners leefe
 * grow to their Houfhold, to the great Hurt of all Lords and Gentlemen, and other, having any great Live- featsor°Par-"