A.D. 14 Anno quarto He nrici VII. C. 13 — ) 6. 77 c A P. XIII. Clergy iliall be allowed but onrc. A convict Perfon fli;ill be maiked with the Letters M or T. A Provifion for them winch be within Orders. ' T TEM, WhcreflS upon Tmfl of the Privilege of the Church, divers Perfon' lettered have been the more ci-rfy dull He ' X beld to commit Murder, Rape, Robbery, Theft, and all other mifchievoiu Deedg) beoauie they have aliowedtatooor. of hi- Clergy : (-) And that every Perfon (o convicted for Murder, to be marked with an M upon the letters M crT. F)ra°un of the Left Thumb; and if he be for any other Felony, the fame Perfon to be marked with a Tin Raft. tb. f. s 6." ■me Place of the Thumb, and thofe Marks to be made by the Gaoler openly in the Court before the Cj - !•'*■ 5°- ludgc, before that fuch Perfon be delivered to the Ordinary. (4) Provided alway, if any Perfon at the B™-Cofon. m. iecond Time of afking his Clergy, becaufe he is within Orders, hath not then ; nd there ready his Letters of q,"^ ,^£ ^j,'" his Orders, or a Certificate of hio Ordinary witneffing the fame, that then the Juftices, afore whom he is (o Clergy t« (lull arraigned, fhall give him a Day by their Difcrction to bring in his faid Letters or Certificate ; (5) r.nd if he producehu Or- fail, and bring not in at fuch a Day his faid Letters, nor Certificate, then the fame Perfon tolofe the Benefit de '-. °' his ° r - of his Clergy, as he fhall do that is without Orders. jj : c n ,;' r> ' 3 Cen '" See i8 H. 8. c. 1, which prmUet that perfum it: holy Orders Jhjll br Jnbjcfl to fit fame Pains that others ere', C A P. XIV. Sealing of Writings touching the Earldom of March. c I TEM, Where afore in the Time of King Edward the Fourth, all Feoffments, Gifts, Grants-, De-
- I miles, Prefentmcnts, Nominations, Releafes, Warrants, and Confirmations, made to any Perfon or
' Perfons, of any Caftlcs, Honours, Manor:, Lands, and Tenements, or other Hereditaments, orAdvan-
- tages, Parcel, or pertaining to the Earldom of March, or pertaining to any Manors, Lands, Tenements,
' or other Hereditaments in Demefne, or Revcrfion, Parcel, or pertaining to the faid Earldom of March,
- were made and paffed under a fpecial Seal, named the Seal of the Marches, whereby is grown great Vexa-
- tion, Trouble, and Deceit of the Subjects of the King our Sovereign Lord :' (2) Wherefore it is enacted All Writings of
by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That all Feoffments, Gifts, Giants, Demifes, Prefentments, any Parcel of the Nominations, and all other Writings whereto fealing is requifite, to be made after the Feaft of the Purified- Earl:i ° m of tion of our Lady, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord that now is, of any Parcel of the j)^ 1 ' ^ M q~ t faid Earldom, be had, done, and made by the King our faid Sovereign Lord, under the Broad Seal of his <-" a " ' * "* Chancery, as it is ufed in all other Things concerning the Crown, by the Courfe of the Common Law, and by none other Seal. CAP. XV. The Mayor of London, and his Succeffors, fhall have the like Confervation and Authority in all the Iflues, 4 lnft.se ?," Breaches, and Ground overflown, as far as the Water ebbeth and floweth, grown out of the River of Thames, as touching the Punilhments for ufing unlawful Nets and Engines, as he hath within die faid p r. River. CAP. XVI. The Penalty of taking more Farms than one in the Ifle of Wight. c T TEM, Forafmuch as it if to the King our Sovereign Lord great Surety, and alio to the Surety of this 4lnfl. *%■>.
- I Realm of England, that the Ifle of Wight in the County of Southampton be well inhabited with Englijh The Neeefify
' People, for the Defence as well of his antient Enemies of the Realm of France, as of other Paities, (z) ! io f^T'
- the which Ifle is lately decayed of People, by reafon that many Towns and Villages have been beaten u f wighi.
' down, and the Fields ditched and made PafAures for Bc-p.fts and Catties ; (3) and alio many Dwelling-pla- ' ces, Ferms, and Ferm-holds, have of late time been ufed to be taken in one Man's Hold and Hand.---, that ' of old Time were wont to be in many feveral Perfons Holds and Hands, and many feveral Iloufholds kept ' in them, and thereby much People multiplied, and the fame Ifle thereby well inhabited, the which now, 4 by the Occafion aforefaid, is defolate, and not inhabited, but occupied with Beafts and Cattle, fo that if ' hafty Remedy be not provided, that Ifle cannot be kept and defended, but will be open, and ready to the
- Hands of the King's Enemies, which Gord forbid:' (4) For Rern?dy whereof it is ordained, enacted, None (hall taje
and ellablifhed, by the Affentof the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in the faid Parlia- more Fernis" inent aflembled, and by Authority of the fame, That from henceforth no Manner of Perfon, of what Eftate, ^" n ° n< | ']" ,hc Degree, or Condition he is, or fhall be, take any feveral Ferms more than One, of any Manors, Lands, e Jj ce dfj W i.J and Tenements, Parfonages, or Tithes within the faid Ifle, whereof the Ferm of them altogether fhall not Marks Rent, exceed the Sum of x Marks yearly ; (cj and if any feveral Leafes afore this Time have been made to any Perfon or Perfons of divers iundry Fermholds, over the laid yearly Value of x Marks; then the Perfon or PerfcnatbaC now hold the fame, to choofe One or more of the faid Farmholds at his.Pleafure, fo that the -; Ferm
