A. D. 1 597. Anno triccfimo nono Regins E 1. 1 z A b b m M. C. 4, 5. 687 C A P. IV. An Act: for Punifhment of Ro bond and fl ■■ . nHhm ; i ol Vagabond , c. r< p ;a ; . of C01 re Hon, . . V bo l[ II be ] a Ri ! , referred to by i Jac. i. c.
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Rogu will not be reformed. Gallies. A ■ , returning without Licence, l Rogues. The Penalty for Dirhirbano o from Ire/an /, Scotlan forth ofjuftices in Corporate rowns. 'I!.' Poor in St. 2 ■ .. Hofpital ii Duttcu in the County of Chefler, his Liberties. The i ifcifion '>: Proof of an Offence, (hall be a Conviction of the Ofl P : mayheai and determine all Caufes in Qucftion. Con or for Stock for the Poore. A Sea-faring Man ildrcn under tl Years. Glafs-men. Proclamation of this Aft. [3 Car. 1. c. 4. continued unti I thetirfl Scflion of the next Parliament. Altered 1 Jac. 1. c. 7, & 'c. and farther continued bj 16 Car. 1. c. 4. but repealed 12 Anna', Stat. 2. c. 23. Referred to by 2 j 3 Ann. c. 6.] C A P. V. An A<5t for ercfting of Mofpitals, or Abiding and Working Houfes for the Poor. WHEREAS at the laft Seflion of Parliai ent, Provifioi mad as well for maimed Soldiers by 35 Elc -7-V».*- Colleftion in every Parifh as for othei P bi I wful 1 1 very Perfon, durin;; / ' , > p "[° n "■ twenty Years next after the faid Parliament, fFmeii 1 ■• king, or other Aflurance, to 'ji't/i'wcof give and bequeath in Fee-fimple, as well to. I the Suftentation, or Comfti,.,,, Maintenance of any Houfe of Correction • i. ii ■. : '■ 1 bcorcs, all or any which ma; jmt- Part of his Lands, Tenements or Heredi ! uofl excellent Majefty undemanding and «Wjj *> finding that the faid good Law has not taktn fuch fon that no Peribn can „ ) ^ ^^ <1 erect or incorporate any Hofpital mthcrMaji by, or by her ibeyariyvSne Highnefs fpecial Licence, by Letters Pati I u ider ( in that Behalf to be ob- f zoo 1. &c. tained :' (3) Her Majefty graci ufly dting the go<> . and chari ile Works, and » ,nft - 7*°- that without often Suit unto her A; :fty, id Crtarj ay be, is of her Vm.v.xt— 414. Princely Care and blcfTed Difpofiti': to and 1 if 1 Idlers, Mariners, and other poor and impotent People, pl< if< by Authority of this prefe t Parliament; (4 j And be it enacted by tlv 1 ; it, Phat all and every Perfon Any BtrSm any and Perfons feifed of an Eftate in Fee-fimple, 1 ir H its, Executors 01 Ai gns, at his or their Wills and '"i$'£"f£* Pleafurcs, (hall have full Power, . . ind lawful Autl >. ; ., at any Time during the Space J^^ * of twenty Years next enfuing, 1 inroll I 1 the High Court of Chancery, to erect, found and eftablifh one or more Hofpitals, Mr, >l ., bidi places or Houfes ol Correction, at his or their Will and Pleafure, as well for the findi . , Sufl ntatid :f of the maimed, poor, needy or impo- tent People, as to fetthe Poor to work, t< hi 1 . ( '0 tin ance for ever, and from Time to Time to place therein fuch Head and Members, and fuch N?un 1 1 ol Poor, as to" him, his Hci.s snd Afligns (hall ftem convenient: (5) And that the fame Hof| als'or Houl ! founded, (kail be incorporated, and have per- inee^ration of petual Succeffions for ever, in Fact, Deed aj ' ':• ame, and oi fuch Head, Members, and Numbers of j£ " X„ # * poor, needy, maimed or impotent People as (hall be appointed, affigncd, lin ited or named by the Foun- der or Founders, his or their Heirs, Executors >r Afli ns, by any fuch Deed inrolled : (6) And that fuch The Hofpitil « Hofpital, Majfin de Dieu, Abiding-Plac or Houfe of Correaion, and the Perfons therein placed, (hail be "^"f, ■£""" incorporated, named and called by fuch Name as the faid 1 Founder or Founders, his Heirs, Executors or D '™ cd "] L th , Affigns, (hall fo limit affign and appoir.. : (.7) And the fame Hofpital, Mai/on dc Dm,, Abiding-place or FcuniJer . Houfe of Correction fo incorporated and named, (hall be a Body Corporate and Politick, and (hall by that Thc Ho f P itil Name of Incorporation have full Power, Autlii ity and lawful Capacity and Ability to purchafe, take, (lull be • Bodj hold, receive, enjoy and have, to them and to their Succeffors for ever, as well Goods and Chattels, as Politick and Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, being Freehold, of any Pcrfon^or Perfons whatsoever : I^JJJ^, So that the fame exceed not the yearly Value of two hundred Pounds above all Charges and Reptiles, to mj PutSutk .anyone fuch Abiding-houfe, HofpitaL, Maifon -de Dieu, or Houfe of Correction, and fo as the lame or Gt0js or Uo(hi any Pait thereof, be not holden of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Heirs or Succeffors, immediately in Chief, or clfe of our faid Sovereign Lr.dy the Queen, or any other Perfon by Knight's Service ; without Licence or Writ of Ad quod Damnum; the Statute of Mortmain, or any other Statute or Law to the 7 *••• »■ -'• * contrary notwithftanding : (8) And that thc fame Hofpital, Maifin deDieu, Abiding-place or Houfe The Ho<j»«! ^ of Correction, and the Perfons fo being incorporated, founded and named, (hall have full lV.vrr, and ' aw ~ fue X "" ful Authority by the true Name of the Incorporation thereof, to fue and to be fued, implead and to be impleaded, to anfwer and to be aniVered unto, in all manner of Courts and Places that now are or hoe- after (hall be within this Realm, as well Temporal as Spiritual, in all m. rer, _ and " e ««£*» of what Nature and Kind ibever fuch Suits or Actions be or (hall be : [9) And that thi it ± ■
