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 202 C. 22. Anno vicefimo quinto Hen rici VIII. A. D. 1533, the King and Crown, and other the Premiffes, fhall be to the Iffue Female between your Majefty and your faid moft dear Queen Anne his an( 4 entirely beloved Wife Queen Anne begotten, that is to fay, firft to the eldeft Iffue Female, which is the Lady Elizabeth, now Princefs, and to the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten, and for Default offuch Iffue, then to the fecond Iffue Female, and to the Heirs of her Body lawfully begotten, and fo from Iffue Fe- male to Iffue Female, and to the Heirs of their Bodies one after another, by Courfe of Inheritance, accord- ing to their Ages, as the Crown of England hath been accuftomed, and ought to go, in Cafes when there ba Heirs Females to the fame ; and for Default of fuch Iffue, then the faid Imperial Crown, and all other the Premiffes, {hall be in the right Heirs of your Highnefs for ever. This AQ fliall VIII. And be it further enacted by Authority aforefaid, That on this Side the firft Day of May next t: proclaimed in coming, Proclamation fhall be made in all Shires within this Realm, of the Tenor and Contents of this all the Shires of j^q. . anc [ jf an y p er f on orPerfons, of what Eftate, Dignity or Condition foever they be, Subject or Refiant tn £ an ' within this Realm, or clfewhere within any the King's Dominions, after the faid firft Day of May, by wri- ting or imprinting, or by any exterior Act or Deed, malicioufly procure or do, or caufe to be procured or done, any Thing or Things to the Peril of your moft Royal Perfon, (2) or malicioufly give Occafion by Writing, Print, Deed or Act, whereby your Highnefs might be difturbed or interrupted of the Crown of The Penalty for f ^' s R ea ' m ? (3) or by Writing, Print, Deed or A£t, procure or do, or caufe to be procured or done, any hurting the. Thing or Things to the Prejudice, Slander, Difturbance or Derogation of the faid lawful Matrimony fo- King's Perfon, lemnized between your Majefty and the faid Queen Anne, or to the Peril, Slander or Difherifon of any of difturbing his the Iffues and Heirs of your Highnefs, being limited by this Act to inherit and to be inheritable to the Crown Title to the Q £- t jjj s R ea ] m j n fyr}, F orm as JS aforefaid, whereby any fuch Iffues or Heirs of your Highnefs might be de- Jcrjng his Mar- ftroyed, difturbed or interrupted in Body or Title of Inheritance to the Crown of this Realm, as to them is i-iage. limited in this Act in Form above rehearfed; (4) that then every fuch Perfon and Perfons, of what Eftate, Degree or Condition they be of, Subject or Refiant within this Realm, and their Aiders, Counfellors, Main- tainers and Abetters, and every of them, for every fuch Offence fhall be adjudged high Traitors, and every fuch Offence {hall be adjudged High Treafon, and the Offenders and their Aiders, Counfellors, Maintainers and Abetters, and every of them, being lawfully convict of fuch Offence by Prefentment, Verdict, Con- Rep. 1 E. 6. feflion or Procefs, according to the Cuftoms and Laws of this Realm, {hall fuffer Pains of Death, as in c iz, §. 2. Cafes of High Treafon ; (5) and that alio every fuch Offender, being convict as is aforefaid, fliall lofe and forfeit to your Highnefs, and to your Heirs, Kings of this Realm, ail fuch Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Annuities and Hereditaments, which they had in Poffeffion as Owners, or were fole feized of by or in any Right, Title or Means, or any other Perfon or Perfons had to their Ufe, of any Eftate of Inheri- tance, at the Day of fuch Treafons and Offences by them committed and done; (6) and {hall alfo lofe and forfeit to your Highnefs, and to your faid Heirs, as well all manner fuch Eftates of Freehold and Interefts for Years of Lands and Rents, as all their Goods, Chattels and Debts, which they had at the Time of The Rights of Conviction or Attainder of any fuch Offence : (7) Saving always to every Perfon and Perfons, and Bodies « tthe Offend- Politick, to their Heirs, Affigns and Succeffors, and every of them, other than fuch Perfons as fhall be fo ers, faved. convict, and their Heirs and Succeffors, and all other claiming to their Ufes, all fuch Right, Title, Ufe, Intereft, Poffeffion, Condition, Rents, Fees, Offices, Annuities and Commons, which they_ or any of them {hall happen to have in, to or up-s-ii any fuch Manors, Lands, Tenements, Rents, Annuities or He- reditaments, that {hall folrappexL-terlje loft and forfeit by reafon of Attainder for any the Treafons and Of- fences above rehearfed, at any Time before the faid Treafons and Offences committed. The Penalty for IX. And be it further enacted by Authority aforefaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons after the faid firft publiflung any Day of Aftfy, by any Words, without Writing, or any exterior Deed or Act, malicioufly and obftinately p 1 ftW e ^ a " P 11 ^'^ 1 ' divulge or utter any Thing or Things to the Peril of your Highnefs, or to the Slander or Pre r King, or the judice of the faid Matrimony folemnized between your Highnefs and the faid Queen Anne, or to the Slander Slander of his and Difherifon of the Iffue and Heirs of your Body begotten and to be begotten by the faid Queen Anne, or Marriage, or to any other your lawful Heirs, which fhall be inheritable to the Crown of this Realm, as is before limited by ue. every Perfon and Perfons, of what Eftate, Degree or Gondition foever they be, fubject or refiant within this Realm, or in any the King's Dominions, fo doing and offending, and. being thereof lawfully convict by Prefentment, Verdict, Procefs or Confefnon, fhall fuffer Imprifonment of their Bodies at the King's Will, and fhall lofe as well all their Goods, Chattels and Debts, as all fuch Interefts and Eftates of Freehold or for Years, which any fuch Offender fhall have of or in any Lands, Rents or Hereditaments whatfoever, at 1 the Time of Conviction and Attainder of fuch Offence. An Offender x. And be it alfo enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Perfon nor Perfons offending in any the the PrivileKof Treafons an ^ Mifprifions contained and limited by this Act, fhall in any wife have or enjoy the Privilege and Sanftuary. Immunity of any manner of Sanctuaries within this Realm, or elfewhere within any the King's Domi- nions, but fhall utterly lofe and be excluded of the fame ; any Ufe, Cuftom, Grant, Prefcription, Confir- mation, or any other Thing or Things to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding. Who (hall have XI. And be it alfo enacted by Authority aforefaid, That if vour Majefty fhould happen to deceafe before the Government an y f uc h y 0U1 - Jff ue am i fjeir Male which fhould inherit the Crown of this Realm, fliall be of his Age of Tfr the 'h'h ' S e 'ghteen Years, or before fuch your Iffue and Heir Female which fhould inherit the Crown of this Realm, duringMino- r ^ ia " be marr ' e d, or be of the Age of fixteen Years, which Almighty God defend, that then your faid Iffue rity. and Heir Male to the Crown, fo being within the faid Age of eighteen Years, or your faid Iffue and Heir Female to the Crown, being unmarried, or within the faid Age of fixteen Years, fhall be and remain unto fuch Time as fuch Iffues and Heirs fhall come to the faid feverai Ages afore limited, at and in the Governance of their natural mother, fhe living, with fuch other Counfellors of your Realm, as your Majefty in your Life-time fliall depute and affign by your Will, or otherwife, for the fame, without Contradiction of any Perfon or Perfons to the contrary thereof. 3 XII. 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 * f r D lff e " tanCe t}l ' IS ^' t * lat t ^ en evei T uicn Offence fliall be taken and adjudged for Mifprifion of Treafon ; (2) and that