A. D. 1535. Anno viccfimo fcptimo Ba nrici VIII. C. 24. 257 I to t he utter Undoing and DeftruAion of the (aid Port Towns and Havens; 1 (2) the King's M^it-fly, Bunding and intending the Supportation and Maintenance ol his ft ITown aodH ol the faid Offenders, hath, by the Affent of the Lords Spiritual and 1 . and die Comi , in I'm ■ 1 refenl Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, ordained, en
- 'I 1 1 Perfon or Perfons h reafter (hall labour or work, or caufe, to be laboured or T h 5I- ,1, *!L!J**
Wrought, in any manner of Tin Works called Strcme Work., within the fata Con tW, > of the ftid frefh Waters, Rivers or low Places, defcending or havii Hatchet ud 01 any of them, nor (hall labour, dig or wafh any Tin in any ol the laid Tin YV orks, unlefsthi faid Digger, Owner-: V, - (hall make, or caufe to he made, fufficient • Hitches in the t .11 ! of their Buddies and Cords, and therein pit and lay, or caufe to be put and <" L ill the laid Stones, Gravel and Robe!, digged about the enfearching, rinding and wafhing of the faid Tin, there to be wholly and furely kept by the laid Hatches and J'yes, out and from the faid frdh Riven or Water Courfes, or any of them, Co that th faid Sand, Stones, Gravel and Robe), ne any Part thereof, be, f 'i I. 1 I. ol fu< h Hatches or Tyes, convey d into the laid Ports and Havens, or any of them, upon Pain ■ 1 for i cry Time that any Owner, Tinner, Digger or Labourer, fhall dig or wafh, or caufe to be digged or w?lhed, any Tin contrary to the Form aforefaid, xx. It. the one Half thereof to be to the Ufe of his Highnels, and the other Half thereof to be to any of his Grace's Subjects that will fue for the fame in any ol his Grace's Courts, by original Writ, Bill, Plaint, Information or otherwife, wherein the Defen- dant fliall not be admitted to wage his Law, ne any Protection or EfTbin fhall be allowable. III. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforclaid, That if any Perfon or Perfons fhall happen to TherefliaP.be be fucd, accufed, indicated, imprifoned, amerced, condemned or otherwife vexed or troubled in his Perfon, no Penalty i.-i- Lands, Tin Works, Goods or Chattels, by any of the Minifters or Officers of any of the King's Courts of fi '^ lery, or by any other Perfon or Perfons, for purfuing or attempting any Suit or Action according to totMiStaiuee!'* this Eftatute, againft fnch Perfon or Perfotis as fhall offend contrary to the Form aforefaid ; that then all filch Suits, Acculements, ndictrhents, Imprifonments, Actions, Condemnations, Fines, Amerciaments, and every other AA or Acts to be done in any of the faid Courts of Stannery, or elfewhere, by any Periba or Perfons againft any Perfon or Perfons forfuing or attempting any Suits or Actions by Virtue of this E- ftatute, fliall be utterly void and of none Effect in the Law ; (z) and that the Party fued, indicated, accufed, imprifoned or otherwife grieved or molefted, for purfuing againft any Perfon or Perfons offending this Sta- tute, fhall hav< his Action and Remedy grounded upon this Statute, by original Writ, Bill, Plaint, Infor- , motion or> herwife, in any of the King's Courts, againft fuch as fhall procure or attempt to vex, trouble or otherv.il moleft any fuch Perfon or Perfons for fuing or purfuing of the Forfeitures aforefaid, and fhall recover treble Damages in that Behalf; and the Party Defendant fhall not be admitted to wage his Law, ne i any Protection, . iloin nor Privilege fhall be to him allowable. IV. And if it fliall happen any Perfon or Perfons, for purfuing any Suit or Action upon this Statute, or A R«n"|yto by Occafion of the fame, hereafter to be imprifoned by any manner of Perfon or Perfons being Officers or 'Jj}^'? h ' m thlt Minifters of the Court of Stannery, their Deputies or Subftitutes, that then every of the Juftices of Peace f crc< j foMuilig ■within any of the Counties aforefaid, wherein the faid Prifoner fliall happen to be committed to Prifon, according to thi» upon credible Information thereof, taking Surety by his Difcretion for Appearance of fuch' Prifoner at the Statute; next General Seffions of Peace, fhall have Power and Authority as well to direct his Warrant to the Gaoler or Keeper of the Prifon, as to any other Perfon or Perfons to whom the faid Prifoner fhall be committed unto, commanding him or them, upon Pain of Forfeiture of.v/. //. to deliver and put at large the faid Pri- > foner or Prifoners, (2) which if he refufe fo to do, then every fuch Offender fhall lofe and forfeit the faid j x/.li. the one Half of which Forfeiture to be to the Ufe of our Sovereign Lord the King, and the other I Half to him that is grieved by reafon of fuch Imprifonment, to be recovered in Manner and Form aforefaid; ■ and the Defendant in any Action or Suit for the fame fhall not wage his Law, ne have any Efibin or Pro- 1 tedtion allowed ; (3) and if it fhall appear, upon the Appearance of fuch Prifoner at the Quarter-Seffions, i by Examination or the Juftices of the Peace there being, that he was imprifoned contrary to the Form of .' this Statute, that then he fhall be forthwith difmiffed, and thereby difcharged ; and if he were lawfully imprifoned for any other juft Caufe, then to be remanded to Prifon by the Difcretion of the faid Juftices. V. Provided alway, That this Act, or any Thing therein contained, be not in any wife prejudicial or The Liberties^! hurtful to any of the Officers of the Stannery, ne to any of their lawful Liberties, Privileges, Ufages, '^Stannaries Laws or Cuftoms, faving only in the Cafes and Provifions contained and limited within this prefent Ait, faved " •which fhall alway be put in Execution according to the Tenor of this Adt; any U.fage, Cuftom, Privilege, Ordinance or Liberty to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. CAP. XXIV. An Arft for recontinuing Liberties in die Crown. "* X7 HERE divers of the moft ancient Prerogatives and Authorities of Juftice, appertaining to the Irn- 1 yV perial Crown of this Realm, have been fevered and taken from the fame by fundry Gifts of the ' King's moft noble Progenitors, Kings of this Realm, to the great Diminution and Detriment of the Roya!
- Eftate of the fame, arid to the Hindrance and great Delay of Juftice ;' (2) for Reformation whereof, be
'it enacted by Authority of this prefent Parliament, That no Perfon or PerfoM*, of what Eftate or Dearee N °Pcrfor. ""H foever they be, from the firft Day of Jidy, which fliall be in the Year of our Lord God 1536, {hall have p4 p°" T""*"* ■any Power or Authority to pardon or remit any Treafons, Murthers, Manfl aughiers, or any' kinds of Fe- °h t x°™ S Ionics, whatfoever they be ; (3) nor any Acceffaries to any Treafons, Mutthers, Manflaughters or Felo- nies; (4) or any Outlawries for- any fuch Offences afore rehearfed, committed, perpetrated, done or di- vulged, 01 hereafter to be committed, doiie or divulged, by or againft any Perfon or Perfons in any Part of this
