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 82 C. 52, Anno vlcedmo Georgii II. A. 0.1747.' reafon of any Offence, Contempt, Trefpafs, Entry, Mifdemeanor, Matter, Caufe or Quarrel, fuffered, done or committed by them or any of them, before the faid fifteenth Day of "June one thoufand i^tv. hundred and forty-feven, not hereafter in this prefcnt hSt foreprized and excepted. Grants of For- iV". Provided nevcrthelcfs, and be it enacfed. That all Grants thereof, or of any Part thereof, made by fatmes, &c. ^^^ j-^^j^ ^^ j^^^,^ j-^ fQ,fej|-e(] jhe fame, and are hereby rcfiorcd as aforefaid, and all Executions thereof, or of any Part thereof, had againft any fuch, after fuch Forfeiture thereof committed or made, fliall be of fuch Force and Effeift, as if no fuch Forfeiture had been had or made, and of no other, the fame Forfei- ture, or any thing in this hdi before to the contrary notwlthftanding. re"'"T"^T'<f • •^"'^ '^^ '^ farther enafted. That all and every of his A'lajefly's Subjects, and all and fingular Bodies thL"-ia "wfth- Corporate, and others before rehcarfed, may by him or themfelves, or by his or their Deputy or Deputies, out Fee.' or by his or their Attorney or Attorneys, according to the Laws of this Realm, plead and minifter this Aft of Free Pardon, for his or their Difcharge, of or for any thing that is by virtue of this Aft pardoned, difcharged, given or granted, without any i^ee, or any other Thing paying to any Perfon or Perfons for Clerk's Fee for jf^g Writing or Entering of the Judgments, or other Caufe concerning fuch Plea, Writing or Entry, but PIm'"^ °"'^y fixteen Pence to the Clerk or Officer that fnall enter fuch Plea or Matter for Judgment, or the Parties Difcharge in that Behalf; any Lav/, Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwlthftanding. His Majefty's VL And further the King's Majefty is contented and pleafed, that it be enacSed by the Authority afore- brconftpred in ^^^' '^^^'^ ^'^ '^'^ R-Iajefty's Free Pardon, by the general Words, Claufes and Sentences before rehearfed» the moft bene- ^'^ be reputed, deemed, adjudged, expounded, allov/ed and taken, in all Manner of Courts of his Ma- ficial Senfe. jefty? and elfewhere, m.oft beneficial and available to all and fingular the faid Subjefts, Bodies Corporate, and others before rehearfed, and to every of them, in all Things not in this prefent Aft excepted and fore- prized, without any Ambiguity, Queftion, or other Delay whatfoever, to be made, pleaded, objefted or alledged by the King's Majefty, his Heirs or Succeffors, or by his or any of their General Attorney or At- torneys, Advocate or Advocates, orty any Perfon or Perfons, for his Majefty, or any of his Heirs or Suc- Ixceptions. ceflbrs. Excepted and foreprized out of this Aft of General and Free Pardon, all Perfons being on the fai J Perfons in the fifteenth Day of June in the Service of, or any Ways employed by the Perfon, who fince the Death of the Service of tiie jgjg King James hath taken upon himfelf the Stile and Title of King of England, or King of Great Britain, ili'e Kinc^of '^^ ^'^"^ 'mmz been in the Service of, or employed by the King of Spain, iince the nineteenth Day of December Spain, in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and thirty-nine, being two Months after his Majefty 's Declaration of War againft the faid King of Spain, or who have been in the Service of, or employed by the French and of theFrench King, fince the tVi'enty-ninth Day of April in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-four, being ■^"'^' one Month after the faid French King's Declaration of War againft his Majefty. t^h"sei7oT'^ ^^^" ^" ^'^° excepted out of this Pardon, all Offences of levying the War againft his Majefty, which cerne^in levy- ^egan in this Realm in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five, by any Perfon or Perfons who ingWar; has, or have been, or fhall be beyond the Seas, at any Time between the twentieth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five, and the faid fifteenth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven. or affifting in the VIIL And alfo excepted out of this Pardon, all Offences of confpiring, carrying on, confenting to, af- Ki'n'don° or in ''^^'"g '^^ being concerned in any Defign or Propofal for invading, or procuring an Invailon of this Realm, the late Rebel- by the Forces of the French King, or by any other Foreign Force, or for raifing or carrying on a Rebellion lion; within the fame, committed by any Perfon or Perfons who have been, or fhall be beyond the Seas, at any Time between the faid twentieth Day of July one thoufand feven hundred and forty-five, and the laid fif- teenth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and forty-feven. thecTeMSefl ^'^' '^"'^ ^^'° excepted out of this Pardon, all Offences of forging and falfe counterfeiting the Great Si"nManuef ' ^^'^ Pivy Seal, Sign Manuel, or Privy Signet, the Seal kept and made ufe of in Scotland, in Things re- or°Si§net, &c. lating to private Rights or Grants which ufually palled the Great Seal of Scotland before the LTnion of the two in bcotland ; Kingdoms, the Privy Seal, or Signet Scotland; and alfo all Ofl'ences of counterfeiting any of the Mo- or in counter- nies current within this Realm; and alfo all Offences of clipping, wafliing, fcaling, lightening, impairing, ^)cing the Coin, ^j. other unlavi'ful diminilhing any of the faid A'lonies, by any Ways or Means whatToever or in makiiig or mending any Tool or Inftrument to be made ufe of in Coining, contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, or in bringing in X. And alfo excepted the Oftences of bringing into this Realm, any falfe or counterfeit Money, made or falie Monies. counterfeited out of this Realm, knowing the fame to be counterfeit, and uttering any fuch falfe or coun- terfeit Money ; and all Mifprifions and Concealments of any of the Oftences before excepted ; and all abet- Offenccs againd ting,, aiding, comforting and procuring of the fame Ofl'ences ; and alfo all Offences againft an Aft made js Geo. a. c ig j^ ^j^^ fifteenth Year of his Majefty's lleign, intituled, An ASifor the more ijfcSiv.al prrvenilngthc countcrfek- . Ing of the current Coin of this Kingdom ; and the uttering or paying of falfe or counterfeit Coin. PiTvik'^es^"' Fo- ^^' ■'^• '^'''" Excepted out of this Aft of Pardon, all Violations of the Privileges of AmbafTadors, and ■ reijn Minide s. Other Pub'iick Miniftcrs of Foreign Princes and States. Murthers aiij X[L And alfo cxccptcd all manner of Voluntary Murthcrs, Petty Trcafons, wilful Poifonings, and all ochct Oit'enccs. Slaughters of Fore-thought Felony, done or committed by any Perfon or Perfons; and alfo all wilful Burn- ing of Houfcs, or Stacks of Corn, or Barns with Corn in them, at the Time of fuch Burning ; and all and every the Acccflaries to the fame Offences, or any of them ; and alfo all Offences, of fetting Fire to anv Houfe, Barn or Out-houfe, or to any Hovel, Cock, Mow or Stack of Corn, Straw, Kay or ^^'ood, or cf Shooting at any Perfon in any Dwelling-houfe or other Place, or fending any Letter without any Name fubfcribed thereto, or figncd with a fiftitious Name, demanding Money, Vcnifon or other valuable T'hing, committ&d or done contrary to an Aft of Parliament made in the ninth Year of the Reign of his lace Majeffy 9Geo. I.C.2I. King George the Firft, of glorious Memory, intituled. An Act for the more ejfeSiual puntjhlng wicked an I evil-dlfpofcd Perfons going armed In Dlfgulfcy and doing Injuries and ['lolcnces to the Perfons and Properties of his 3 Maj.Jiy's