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64 C. i4> 15* Anno primo Richardi III. A. D. 1483. Sixty three Gallon", and every Barrel to contain Thirty one Gallons and an Half, and every Rundlet to contain Eighteen Gallons and an Half, according to the old Aflife and Meafure of the fame Veffels ufcd in Veffelsof wine this Realm. (4) And that all the Veffels of Wine and Oil brought into this Realm after the faid Feaft to and Oil (hall be ^ e f j^ ^ a ]j not fo p Ut t0 g a j e a f ter t ^ e f ame Yeatt, till they be well and truly gauged by the King's l^ld.V c .8i Gauger, or his fufKcient Deputy, upon Pain to forfeit to the King all the faid Wines and Oil fold con- jRecompence to trary to this prefent Ordinance, or elfe the Value of the fame. (<f) And in cafe that any Perfon, of what be made to the Country that he be, from henceforth do fell to any of the King's liege People, for any certain Price aflign- Buyer for lhort e d, any Butt, Tun, Pipe, Tertian, Hogfhead, Barrel, or Rundlet of any Manner Wine or Oil, lacking Meafure. an y Thing of the laid Aflife or Meafure, that the Seller fhall allow or rebate of the fame Price to the Buyer of fuch Wine or Oil as much Money as fuch Lacking after the Rate fhall amount to, upon Pain to forfeit to our Sovereign Lord the King the Value of all the Wine and Oil fo fold contrary to this prefent 3 1 H 7 C c i 7 .' Ordinance; (6) any privy Covenant or Contract made or to be made betwixt the Buyer and the Seller For Farther Fro- contrary to this Ordinance in any Manner notwifhftanding. •vifioni concerning Wwa, fee 28 H. 8. f. 14. T Ed. 6. c. 5. 5 £/. c. 5. 12 Car. 2. c. 25. 18 Car. 2. e. 5. fell. 6. I Jac. 1. c. 3. 1 Ann. Hit. x. c. z. 5 Ann. e. 27. 6 Geo. . c. 12. 8 Geo. 1. c. l3. lzGeo. I. c. 28. lGco. 2. c, 17. ioGco. 2. c, 19. jy Geo. 2. c. 40. 18 Geo. 2. c. 9. zbGeo. z. c. lx. 30 Geo. S. c.1.9. and ^z Geo.z. e. 19. CAP. XIV. Accomptants for Difmes of the Clergy not chargeable to anfwer other Mens Suits in the Ex- chequer. <I Times granted to the King's Progenitors, in their Convocations, Difmes to be levied of their Goods and Poffeflions, and after that they do appear before the Barons of the King's Exchequer, and the Names of

  • the Collectors for the fame Grant be certified in the faid Exchequer, when the faid Collectors do appear
  • before the Barons of the Exchequer, and enter into their Account for the faid Difme, that then the faid

' Collectors be often charged, vexed, and trouhled with Bills put by other Perfons againft them, for other

  • Caufes and Matters than touching the faid Account, and by Occaiion thereof oftentimes they fall to great

" Poverty, and caufeth the faid Account to be Two or Three Years hanging, and the Difmes not contented,

  • to the King's great Damage, and the faid Collectors alfo:

II. It is therefore ordained and eftablifhed by the King, his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Com- mons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, That from henceforth if any Difme, or any Part of a Difme, be granted by the Province of either of the faid Clergies, to the King our Sovereign Lord, or to his Heirs, that after the faid Certificate returned into the Exchequer for the Difme, or Part of the Difme, and of the Names of the Collectors for the gathering of the fame Difme, that if the faid Collectors come by Procefs before the faid Barons of the Exchequer, and enter in their Account, that they fhall not be bound to an- fwer to the faid Bill or Bills there put againft them, by Reafon of the faid Entry in their Account, for any Manner Caufe, but only for the Matter touching the faid Account. III. Provided always, That if the faid Accomptant be fued in any other Court by Writ, Bill, or Plaint, that then hefhall take no Privilege of the faid Exchequer, by Reafon of the faid Account for any Suit, as before is jehearfed. CAP. XV. f R„ A Refumption of all Grants, and Eftates of Lands, &e. made to Elizabeth Grey Queen of England. Thus end the Statutes made in the Reign of King Richard the Third. Anno