A. D. 1530. Anno viccfnno fecundo IIlnrici VIII. C. 1 2 — 14. 157 ' rounded with the Waters afbrelatd, fo that no Profit thereof might he taken by the Owner?; and Occu; 1 of the laiil Ground and Failures within Mai lh-hind aforefaid ; by the drowning whereol the laid Ow
- and Occupier* of the faid Ground, and the Inhabitants within the faid Marti
- iamc, at many and fundry Times have been not only put to Importunate Charges ■ their
- extreme Damages and Cofts, but alfo, to their greal undoing, nave lofl much ol their Cattle and Beafls,
' then being and pafturing upon and within Marlh-land aforefaid, to their great Damage and 1. « the great Decay ol the ( >on mon Weal of the Co'untreys adjoining to the fame: ; and alfo by reafon of the ' fame Waters much People have been drowned in their Beds within their Houfes, and have lofl the moft 4 Part of their Goods being within the fame :' (?■) For the Reformation whereof he it ordained, ena and cftablifhcd by the- King our Sovereign land, by the AfTcnt of the Lord.; Spiritual and Tcmpon I, and the Commons, in this prefentParliament ailcmblcd, and by the Authority of the I me. That every fuch per- c vcrfc and malicious cutting down and breaking up of any Part or Parts of th. aid Dikes, or of any other puking Bank, being Parcel of the Rind and uppcrmoft Part of the faid Country of M; tfh-land aforefaid, mad.. the Defence and Salvation of the fame Country of Marfh-Iand, at every Time ind Times from henceforth by any Perfon or Perfons committed and done, othcrwife than in working upon the faid Banks or Dikes, for the repairing, fortifying, and mending of the fame, be taken, reputed, and adjudged Felony ; and that the Offenders and Doers of the fame, and every of them, be adjudged and reputed Felons. (3) And that jufricei of rhe the Tufticcs of the Peace of the faid Counties of Norfolk and Cambridge, within the faid I fie, at every of their Peace to inquire Seflions within the fame Ifle and Counties to be kept, by the Authority aforefaid have full Power to caufe ° (0 J^g it " ' nd Inquiry to be made of every fuch Offence, fo at any Time, in Form aforefaid, hereafter to be committed^ and done, and to award like Procefs againft every of the faid Offenders, with like Judgement and Execution of the fame, if they or any of them be thereof found guilty by Verdict or othcrwife, as the faid Juftice hath ufed and accuftomed to do upon other Felonies, being Felony at the Common Law. CAP. XII. An Act directing how aged, poor, and impotent Perfons, compelled to live by Alms, fliall be ordered, and how Vagabonds and Beggars (hall be punifhed. The Jufticcs of Peace in every County, dividing themfelves into feveral Limits, fhall give Licence under Re P' 2I J JC - u their Seals to fuch poor, aged, and impotent Perfons to beg within a certain Precinct, as they fliall think to ^'. jj t 'g c 1S have moft Need : And if any do beg without fuch Licence, or without his Precinct, he fhall be whipped, ,'-ea'. 6. c.~.' or elfe be fet in the Stocks Three Days and Three Nights, with Bread and Water only. And a Vagabond 14 El. c. 5. taken begging fhall be whipped, and then fworn to return to the Place where he was born, or laft dwelt by 35 El.e. 7. the Space of Three Years, and there to put himfelf to Labour. 39 El. c. 4. CAP. XIII. For Bakers, Brewers, Surgeons, and Scriveners, not to be accounted Handicrafts. WHere divers Statutes penal heretofore have been made againft Strangers Artificers for exercifing of iR. 3.0.0. Handicrafts within this Realm, and for keeping of Houfes, Apprentices, and Servants Eftrangers, i4 &1 s H - s « as by the faid feveral Statutes more plainly is rehearfed ; fithen the making whereof, Beer Brewers, and c " *' _ , Bakers, which been common Victuallers, and alfo Surgeons, and Sriveners, being Strangers, inhabited and dwelling within this Realm, have been put to Trouble, and great Vexation, by Occafion of Infor- mal ns brought againft them upon the faid Statutes, fuppofing that Strangers ufing Baking, Brewing, Sur- gery, or Writing, fhould be Handicraftfmen ; upon the which Information great Doubts and Ambiguities have rifen, whether Strangers ufing any of the faid Myfteries or Sciences, fhould be underftood fuch Handicraftfmen as were intended by any of the faid Statutes;' (2) For plain Declaration whereof be it enacted by the King our Sovereign Lord, and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by Authority of the fame, That no Perfon or Perfons Strangers, be- what Perfons ing a common Baker, Brewer, Surgeon, or Scrivener, fhall be interpreted or expounded Handicraftfmen, fta " not l ' cac ; in, for, or by Reafon of ufing any of the faid Myfteries or Sciences of Baking, Brewing, Surgery, or Wri- ™™* A Hlnd: * t'ng; (3) and that all Informations, Suits, Actions, and Procefs had, t:ken, or hereafter to be taken upon " [. any of the faid Statutes, againft any fuch Stranger or Strangers, beinc; Bu»:ers, Brewers, Surgeons, or Scri- veners, fliall be by Authority of this prefent Act void and of none Effect. CAP. XIV. For Abjurations and Sanctuaries. THE King our Sovereign Lord confidering that many of his Subjects heretofore, for their Offences inv.hat Mannei and Merits, have been put to Execution of Death by the Laws of this Realm, and many other com- Perfons amm,:, mitting like Offences, for Tuition of their Lives have fled, and reforted to Churches, and other hallowed V"-* £•=.'" 7*'~ Places within this Realm, and there being, have abjured the Realm before the King's Coroners of the fame; i0L (2) divers of which Men (fo abjuring) have been known to be very expert Mariners, and many other have Bv how many been feen to be very able and apt Men for the Wars, and for Defence of this Realm, fo that by the one Means . mean and the other, the Strength and Power of this Realm is greatly tniniflied; (3) and divers of the faid tionsofOffcnd- Perfons which heretofore have abjured this Realm, being by Reafon of their Abjurations in outward. Realms ^ijJL and Countries, have not only procured many Men of the fame to the E^ercife and Praclife of Archery, and prejudicial to the ' have Realffi.
