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 424- C. 26 — 28, Anno fecundo & tertio Edwardi VI. A. D. 1548. ' which have and ufe their Counties to be bolden every fix Weeks, give their Procefs like Return as in thofe ' Shires which have common Cuftom to hold gnd keep County-Courts every Month ; whereby the King's ' Suits be not only deferred, the Plaintiffs and Demandants delayed of their lawful Actions and Demands, ' but alfo the faid Plaintiffs and Demandants thereby put to double Coft and Charge, to the great Ignominy ' and Slander of the Law, incouraging of -the Offenders and Tranfgreffors, and to the continual Impover- ' idling of all thofe who have Caufe of Suit :' IL In Confideration whereof, be it enacted by, the King our Sovereign Lord, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the firft Day of October next enfuing this prefent Seflion of Parliament, no County- Court or Courts hereafter to be kept within this Realm fhall be longer deferred but one Month from Court to Court, and fo the faid Courts from thenceforth fhall be kept every Month and none otherwife ; any Ufage, Cuftom, Statute or Law heretofore had or made to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That the Sheriff of Northumberland from thence, forth fhall keep the County-Court of that Shire in the Town or Caftle of Alnewick and in none other Place; any latter Ufe lately begun and brought in to the contrary notwithftanding. County Courts ftall be kept snouthly. Where the County-Court of Northumberland Jhdl be kept. CAP. XXVI. MvAt Afhes ftall not be rtiipped or car- ried over the Sea. The Penalty. None may forge nor fell Gadds of Iron like in FafiSion to Gadds of Steel. The Penalty. An Aft againft the carrying of White Afb.es out of the Realm. s /^>Oniidering that White Afhes made within the Realm, and other the King's Dominions and Terri- ' V_>i tories, are very Yieceffary and expedient for the Making of Soap and Salt-petre, and for the Whiting ' of Linen Cloth, dying and fcowring of Woollen Cloth, and for other needful Things in the Realm ; ' and that the fame Afhes now of late have been commonly conveyed over the Seas, and thereby enhanced ' in Price, and fo fcarce, that the King's loving Subjects cannot have fufEcient of the fame for any conve- ' nient Prices :' (2) Wherefore be it ordained and enacted by the King's Highnefs, with the Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Au- thority of the fame, That no Perfon or Perfons after the firft Day of April next coming, fhall fhip, lade, carry or convey any white Afhes towards the Parts beyond the Seas, upon Pain of Forfeiture of vi. s. viij.d. for every Bufhel of fuch Afhes fo to be fhipped or laded to be carried or conveyed into the Parts beyond the Seas 5(3) the Moiety of which Forfeiture fhall be to the King, and the other Moiety to him or them that will fue for the fame in any of the King's Courts of Record, by Action, Bill, Plaint or Information ; in the which Action, Bill, Plaint or Information, no Wager of Law, Effoin or Protection fhall be admitted or allowed. C A P. XXVII. The Bill againft falfe forging of Iron Gadds, inftead of Gadds of Steel. HERE divers Perfons of late have deceitfully forged and made of certain Iron, called Billow Iron, like to the Fafhion and Manner of Gadds of Steel, and have fold the fame fo forged to divers of the King's Subjects for Steel, whereby the greateft Part of edged Tools, Weapons and other neceffary Things having Edges, are of little or no Value or Goodnefs, to the great Hurt of the King's loving Subjects :' (2) for Reformation whereof, be it enaited by the King's Highnefs, by the Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That if any Perfon after the firft Day of May next coming do forge or make any fuch Gadds of any Iron, or do utter or put to Sale any fuch Gadds of any Iron, he fhall forfeit for every Gadd fo forged or uttered, or put to Sale, iv. d. (3) The Moiety of which Forfeiture fhall be to the King, and the other Moiety to him or them that will fue for the fame in any of the King's Courts of Record, by- Action, Bill, Plaint or Information ; in the which Action, Bill, Plaint or Information, no Wager of Law, Protection or Effoin fhall be allowed or admitted. CAP. XXVIII. For Fines with Proclamation in the County Palatine of Chefter. -The Force of Fines levied of Lands in Che- jliire before the High Juftice of Chefter, or the Deputy or Lieu- tenant. 34 £f 35 H. 8. c. 13. Extended to Lands,&c. with- in the County of the City of Chefter. 43 Eliz. c. 15, §■3- 'N humble wife fhewn unto your Excellent Majefty, your ti the Inhabitants of your Grace's County Palatine of Chefter, true and faithful Subjects and Liege- Men, y „r, That whereas heretofore by Authority of ' Parliament, divers neceffary and beneficial Statutes have been made for and concerning the Levying of ' Fines with Proclamation, which are not only neceffary for the Preservation of Quietnefs and Concord ' amongft your loving Subjects, and for the Avoiding of Strife and Contention, but alfo for the great and ' perfect Affurance of all fuch Perfons to whom any fuch Fines are levied of any Lands, Tenements and ' Hereditaments ; which faid beneficial and neceffary Statutes do not extend to any Fines to be levied vvith- ' in your faid County Palatine of Chefter :' (z) In tender Confideration whereof, pleafeth it your moft Excellent Majefty, that it may be enacted by your Highnefs, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all and An- gular Fines, which at any Time hereafter fhall be levied or acknowledged before the high Juftice of our Sovereign Lord the King, or of his Heirs and Succeffors, of his County Palatine of Cnefler for the Time being, or before the Deputy or Lieutenant Juftice there for the Time being, of any Lands, Tenements or other Hereditaments lying or being within the faid County Palatine of Che/ier, (3) which fhall be openly 3 read