A Source-Book of English Social HistoryJones, M. E. Monckton (Mary Evelyn Monckton)
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A Source-Book of English Social History
Jones, M. E. Monckton (Mary Evelyn Monckton)
Great Britain -- Economic conditions; Great Britain -- Social conditions
Next you shall inquire of such as shoot in hand gunnes or cross bowes;
for no man may shoot in them vnlesse hee can dispend C pounds per annum
in lands, tenements, officers, annuities, or fees, neither may those
shoot at any Pheasant, Partridge, Herre, Duck, Mallard, Housedoue,
Pigeon, Wigeon, Teale, or Heathcock, vpon paine of x pounds for euery
shoot.
Highways
Next you shall inquire whether your high waies bee sufficiently amended
and made passable, as they ought to be, or no; for to that end and
purpose there ought to be two Superuisors chosen in euery Parish,
between Easter and Midsomer, by the Constables and Church wardens; and
there ought to be six days appointed for amending of highwayes, eight
houres eury day, vpon paine of xxs to bee lost by the Superuisors.
And every one that hath a cart to send two able men with it, with
tooles fit for that seruice, or else to lose twelve pence for euery
day wanting. And they ought most chiefly to amend the wayes leading to
Market Townes; and they may gather stones in any man’s grounds, and
also digge pits of ten yards square in any man’s seuerall for stones
and rubbish (if it be needful), filling the same vp againe, without
danger of Law. And they must turne springs, if they can, out of the
high wayes; and trees and hedges which hang ouer the King’s high wayes
must be cut and shredded, vpon paine of xs for euery default.
Purprestures and Assarts, 18 Eliz. 2
Next you shall inquire of Purprestures and Assarts, and that is where
any Wall, Hedge, Ditch, or House is set, leuied, or abated in the
King’s Highway, or any watercourse stopped or turned into the highway,
to hinder the passage of the King’s subjects, or any way annoy them.
Bounds and Marks
Also you shall inquire whether any mearestones or stakes bonds or
markes, betweene this Lordship and any other, or betweene tenant and
tenant, hath bin remoued since the last law day, or before, and not set
in the vsual place again: if there be any which haue offended herein,
you must present them.
Highways or Footsteps (Footpaths)
Also if any high wayes or footpathes to Church, Mill, or Market bee
stopped or hedged vp, which haue beene accustomed to lye open, you must
present him or them which shut it vp, for the King’s subjects must not
be stopped of his lawfull passage to Church, Mill or Market.
Common Bridges Broken
Also if any Common Bridges ouer Common Streames bee broken, that by
reason thereof the King’s subjects cannot pass about their affaires and
businesses, you must present those which ought to make them, vpon a
paine.
Common Pounds Broken
And also if common pounds bee broken, so that they will hold no
distresse that is brought to them untill they bee deliuered thence by
order of law, you must present those which ought to make such pounds,
vpon a paine.
Sleepers by Day and Walkers by Night
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