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 no C. 2 T Anno vicefimo prlmo Jacobi I. A. D. 1623. The aforefaid A&i reftraincd as to London, Weftminfter or SouthnrarlL, The Juftices of Peace may re- ftrain the Tra^ ders in Butter and Cheefe to buy thofe Com- modities in tlie Country, 1% H. 6. c. 3. i&SPh. &M. «-5- ' great Travel, Charge and Adveiture, for Provifion of the fald City, and of others thereunto reforting, ' and there fell the fame in their Shops in open Market, not only for the general Ufe and Service of the ' faid City, and the Countries adjoining, but alfo for any Occafion which may be offered for the better ' Expedition of his Majefty's Service ; as alfo for vidlualling of Ships which daily are vi(5haalled from this ' Port of Londcn, which poffibly cannot be performed by the fmall Quantities aforefaid, and according to ' the faid Statute : ' V. And whereas the common Informers finding that the Letter of the faid Statute extendeth againft ' fuch as do fell above the Quantity of a Wey of Cheefe, or of a Barrel of Butter, at one Time, though ' it be in open Shop, Fair or Maricet, and that in the other Aft no Provifo at all is made, as aforefaid, ' for Retailers, have of late Years much troubled the Traders of Butter and Cheefe within the City of ' London, with many Informations, as well upon the one Statute as the other, and have gotten feveral ' Sums of Money for Compofition of them, albeit they then were and are Men that have been Appren- ' tices, trained up in the faid Trade, and have no other Living or Trade of Life, to their great Hin- ' drance and Impoverifliment. VI. For Remedy whereof, be it enaded by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That the faid Acts, or any of them, or any other A(5f, Statute, Law, Ordinance or other Provifion whatfoever hereto- fore, for or concerning the Sale of Butter or Cheefe in open Shop, Fair or Market, or the providing or buying of any Butter or Cheefe, fhall not in any wife extend to any Perfon or Perfons, being Cheefe- mongers or Tallow-Chandlers, free of the faid City, and having been brought up as Apprentices by the Space of feven Years, trading in Butter and Cheefe, for fuch Butter and Cheefe, and either of them, as he and they ihall utter and fell within London and the Liberties thereof, or within the Borough of Southivark, or the City of Weftminjler^ for the Vidlualling of any of the Shipping of his Majefty, his Heirs or Succeflbrs, or for the Ships of any other his Majefty's Subjeds, or to fuch Butter or Cheefe which he or they flaall fell by any Quantities at one Time, and to one Perfon, not exceeding four Wejr of Cheefe, or four Barrels of Butter, without Fraud or Covin, fo ^s he or they fell the fame in open Shop, Fair or Market ; any Thing in the faid Ads and Statutes or any of them to the contrary notwithftanding. VII. Provided neverthelefe, and be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That if the Juftices of the Pfiace of any of the Counties of this Realm of England or the Dominion of Wales, at their Quarter- Seffions of any of the faid Counties, fliall declare and publifti in open Sefiions, that the Traders afore- faid in Butter and Cheefe ftiall forbear to buy any Butter or Cheefe for an^ Time within the faid County or Counties or within any Parts or Places of the fame ; that then for and during the Time of fuch Reftraint, the faid Traders in Butter and Cheefe that ftiall buy any fuch Butter or Cheefe, and fell the iame again by Retail, contrary to any the Adls aforefaid, ftiall not be freed of or from any the Penalties of the faid Ads, but ftiall be fubjedl to the fame as if this Ad had never been made. (2) This Ad to con- tinue unto the End of the firft Seffion of the next Parliament. [3 Car. i. c. 4. continued until the End of the firft Seflion of the next Parliament, and fartlier continued by 16 Car. i. c. 4, 13 & 14 Car. 2. c, z6. Suits com- menced in infe- rior Courts (hall not be removed intofuperior Courts, unlefe, ifcc. No Writ to re- move a Suit commenced in an inferior Coiirt Ihall be obeyed, unlefs it be de- livered unto the Steward, &c. of the fame Court before Irtue or Demurrer joined. C A P. XXIII. An A6t for avoiding of vexatious Delays caufed by removing Adions and Suits out of inferior Courts. ' W Liberties, Towns Corporate and elfewhere, fome of them being far remote from JVeftininJlery ' others from the Court of Grand Seflions in Wales, which were principally ordained for the Eafe and ' ,C^uet of fuch as ftwuld have Occafion to fue there for Debts, Duties and Wrongs, fo that they might ' with fmall Expences receive Juftice according to the Merits of their Caufes in thofe inferior Courts, ' vvfithout being compelled to travel to Wejiminjier or the Court of the Great Seflions in Wales: (2) But ' of late divers of his Majefty's loving Subjeds, having for juft and true Debts and other good and law- ' ful Caufes, commenced Suits in fuch inferior Courts, and profecuted their Adions and Suits many ' Times ready for Trial, and the fame Caufes being for the moft part but of fmall Value, have been ' removed into fome of his Majefty's Courts at Wejiminjier or the Court of the Great Seflions in Wales^ ' and being remanded by Procedendo into the fame inferior Courts where the Adion or Suit was firft. ' Courts at Wejlmin/ier or Court of the Great Selfions in Wales, to the intolerable Delay of Juftice, and ' great Expences of Money, and Lofs and Trouble, to thofe which juftly and honeftly by mch Adions II. For Remedy whereof, be it enadfid by the King's moft excellent Majefty, the Lords Spiritual' and Temporal, and by the Commons, in tliis prefent Parliament aflTembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That no Writ or Writs of Habeas Corpus, Certiorari, or any other Writ or Writs, Procefs' or Procefles whatfoever, other than Writs of Error or Attaint, to be fiaed forth after the End of this, prefent Seflion of Parliament, by any Perfon or Perfons vvhatfoever, out of or from any of his Majefty's Courts at Wejiminjier or the Court of the Great Seflions in Wales, or out of any other Court or Courts having or pretending to have Power to award fuch Writs or Procefles, to ftay or remove any Adion, Bill, Plaint, Suit or Caufe brought, commenced or depending, or hereafter to be brought, commenced, or depending, in any Court or Courts of Record within any City, Liberty, Town Corporate or elfe- 8 where
 * TT /HERE A S there now are, and long Time have been, divers Courts of Record in divers Cities^
 * commenced, the fame have been again oftentimes removed into the fame or other of his Majefty's
 * and Suits have fought only to recover or get Satisfadtion for Debts, Duties or Wrongs owing, due or
 * done unto them :