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 2i6 C. 14. Anno vicefimo fexto Hen rici VIII. A. D. 1534; Laws an J Cuftoms of this Realm, fhall be adjudged Traitors, and that every fuch Offence in any the Pre- ihiffes, that fhall be committed or done after the faid firft Day of February, fhall be reputed, accepted and See,i Ed. 6. adjudged High Treafon, and the Offenders therein and their Aiders, Confenters, Counfrllers and Abettors, c. 12. & 1 M. being lawfully convict of any fuch Offence as is aforefaid, fhall have and fulier fuch Pains of Death and Ml. 1. c 1. other Penalties, as is limited and ac.cufrorried in Cafes of High Treafon. III. And to the Intent that all Treafons fhould be the more dread, hated and detefted to be done by any Pcrfon or Perfons, and alfo becaufe it is a great Boldnefs and an Occafion to ill-difpofed Perfons, to adven- ture and embrace their malicious Intents and Enterprizes, which all true Subjects ought to ftudy to efchew : ■j" * lie .' '" (2) Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That none Offender in any Kinds of High Trea- fliafl have the ^° ns whatfoever they be, their Aiders, Confenters, Counfellers nor Abettors, fhall be admitted to have the Benefit of Sane- Benefit or Privilege of any manner of Sanctuary, confidering that Matters of Treafons touch fo nigh both tuary. the Surety of the King our Sovereign Lord's Perfon, and' his Heirs and Succeflbrs. Where Treafons IV. And over that, be it enacted by Authority aforefaid,, That if any of the King's Subjects, Denizens committed out or other, do commit or practife out of the Limits of this Realm, in any outward Parties, any fuch Of- of the Realm fences, which by this Act are made,- or heretofore have been made Treafon, that then fuch Treafons, fhall be inquired wnn _(foever they be, or wherefoever they fhall happen fo to be done or committed, fhall be inquired and 1 Anderf. "62. prefented by the Oaths of twelve good and lawful Men, upon good and probable Evidence and Witnefs, in fuch Shire and County of this Realm, and before fuch Perfons as it fhall pleafe the King's Highnefs to appoint by Commiffion under his Great Seal, in like Manner and Form as Treafons committed within this 7 Co. 25. Realm have been ufed to be inquired of and prefented ; (3) and that upon every Indictment and Prefent- Dycr, f. 3G0. men t found and made of any fuch Treafons, and certified into the King's Bench, like Proc'efs and other p . ,_ Circumftance fhall be there had and made againft the Offenders, as if the fame Treafons, fo prefented, lawry awarded" had been lawfully found to be done and committed within the Limits of this Realm. (4) And that all Pra- againft any cefs of Outlawry hereafter to be had and made within this Realm againft any Offenders in Treafon, being Traitor remain- reliant or inhabited out of the Limits of this Realm, or in any of the Parties beyond the Sea, at the Time ing beyond Sea. f t h e Outlawry pronounced againft them, fhall be as good and as effectual in the Law to all Intents and 5 & 6 Ed. 6. Purpofes, as if fuch Offenders had been refident and dwelling within this Realm at the Time of fuch Pro- Dyer,' f. 287. ce ^ s awarded, and Outlawry pronounced WhatanOffcnd- ^* ^ n ^ ^e lt f urtner enacted by Authority aforefaid, That every Offender and Offenders, being here- er in Treafon after lawfully convict of any manner of High Treafons,, by Prefentment, Confeffion, Verdict or Procefs lhall forfeit. of Outlawry, according to the due Courfe and Cuftom of the common Laws of this Realm, fliall lofe and. 3 Mod. 131. forfeit to the King's Highnefs, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, all fuch Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Co. pi. f, 422. w hich any fuch Offender or Offenders fhall have of any Eftate of Inheritance in Ufe or Poffeffion, by any iVoU i6-> Right, Title or Means, within this Realm of England, or elfewhere within any of the King's Dominions, 2 Roll 3187319, at tn e Time of any fuch Treafon committed, or any Time after; (2) faving to every Perfon and Perfons, 320, 322, 340, their Heirs and Succeflbrs, (other than the Offenders in any Treafons, their Heirs and Succeflbrs, and fuch 354) 41S, 420, Perfon and Perfons as claim to any their Ufes) all fuch Rights, Titles, Interefts, Poffeffions, Leafes, s ° 3- (. Rents, Offices and other Profits, which they fliall have at the Day of committing fuch Treafons, or at any Palmer ^'q. Time afore, in as large and ample Manner as if this Act had never been had nor made. I Leon. 21. Plowd. f, 378, 4S1, 552. Dyer, f. 332. 3 Co. 10. 7 Co. 33. 9 Co. 140. Godb. 303. pi. 417. Cro. Car. 42?. HaWs P. C, -vil, l9 375 fif 354. CAP. XIV. For Nomination of Suffragans, and Confecration of them. ftLInsTah U t>"e ' A LBEIT that fithen the Beginning of this prefent Parliament, good and honourable Ordinances and' nominate/ and ' •^"*- Statutes have been made and eftablifhed for Elections, Prefentations, Confecrations, and inverting. appointed. ' or " Archbifhops and Bifhops.of this Realm, and in all other the King's Dominions, with all Ceremonies 25 H. 8. c. 20. ' appertaining unto the fame, as by fundry Statutes thereof made more at large is fpecined ; (z) yet ne- ' verthelefs no Provifion hitherto hath been made for Suffragans, which have been accuftomed to be had ' within this Realm, for the more fpeedy Adminiftration of the Sacraments, and other good, wholfom and ' devout i hings, and laudable Ceremonies, to the Increafe of God's Honour, and for the Commodity of. Sees for the Suf- ' good and devout People :' (3) Be it therefore enacted by Authority of this prefent Parliament, That the fogan Bifhops. Towns of Thetford, Ipfwich, Colchefter, Dover, Guilford, Southampton, Taunton, Shaft/bury, Milton, Marl- borough, ^Bedford, Leicejhr, Glocefier, Shre/bury, Briftow, Penreth, Bridgwater, Nottingham, Grantham, Hull, Huntington, Cambridge, and the Towns of Pereth and' Berwick, S. Germains in Cornwal, and the Ijle of Wight, fhall be taken and accepted for Sees of Bifhops Suffragans to be made in this Realm, and in TheBifhop (hall Wales, and the Bifhops of fuch Sees fhall be called Suffragans of this Realm ; (4) and that every Arch- prefent two Per- bifhop and Bifhop of this Realm, and of Wales, and elfewhere within the King's Dominions, being dif- for 1 Ms SoffM-" S P 01 '" 15 '' tc ? have any Suffragan, fhall and may at their Liberties name and elect, that is to fay, every cf 'them £°ans, 1S ^ or . t ' le ' r P ecu har Diocei'e, two honeft and difcreet Spiritual Perfons," being learned, and of good Conver- fation, and thofe two Perfons fo by them to be named, fhall prefent to the King's Highnefs, by their Writing under their Seals, making humble Requeft to his Majefty, to give to one fuch of the faid two Per- fonsas fliall pleafe his Majefty, fuch Title, Name, Stile and Dignity of Bifhop of fuch of the Sees above The King's Al- fpecified, as the King's Highnefs fhall think moft convenient for the lame ; (5) and that the King's Maje- lowance of a fty, upon every fuch Prefentation, fhall have full Power and Authority to give to one of thofe two Perfons Suffragan. f t0 his Highnefs to be prefented, the Stile,' Title and Name of a Bifhop of fuch of the Sees aforefaid, as to his Majefty fhall be thought moft convenient and expedient, fo it be within the fame Province whereof the Biihop that doth name him is. • 3 " II. 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