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The TITLES of the STATUTES.

3. An Act to confirm the Attainder of Henry Duke of Suffolk, John Gray, Thomas Gray, Thomas Wyatt, James Croft, Peter Carewe, Robert Dudley, Htnry Isley, Knights, and many others.

4. An Act for the uniting and annexing of the whole Town or Hamlet of Bucknell to the County of Salop.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno secundo & tertio Philippi & Maria

1.An Act for the Re-edifying of Castles and Forts, and for the inclosing of Grounds, upon the Borders towards Scotland.

2. An Act for the Re-edifying of decayed Houses of Husbandry, and for the Increase of Tillage.

3. An Act for keeping of Milch Kine, and for the breeding and rearing of Calves.

4. An Act for the Extinguishment of the First-Fruits, and touching Order and Disposition of the Tenths of Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Promotions, and of Rectores and Parsonages impropriate, remaining in the Queen's Majesty's Hands.

5. An Act for the Relief of the Poor.

6. An Act against the excessive taking of the King and Queen's Majesties Purveyors.

7. An Act against the buying of stolen Horses.

8. An Act for the mending of Highways.

9. An Act to make void divers Licences of Houses, wherein unlawful Games be used.

10. An Act to take Examination of Prisoners suspected of any Manslaughter or Felony.

11. An Act touching Weavers.

12. An Act for the viewing and sealing of Cloths, commonly called Bridgwaters.

13. An Act for the inhabitants of Hallifax, touching the buying of Wools.

14. An Act for the Re-edifying of four Mills near to the City of Hereford.

15. An Act that the Purveyors shall not take Victuals within five Miles of Cambridge and Oxford.

16. An Act touching Watermen and Bargemen upon the River of Thames.

17. An Act to take away the Benefit of Clergy from Bennet Smith, for the Murther of Rufford.

18. An Act touching Commissions of Peace and Gaol-delivery in Towns Corporate, not being Counties.

19. An Act touching the Powdike in Marshland.

20. An Act for the inlarging of the Duchy of Lancaster.

21. An Act for the Continuation of certain Statutes.

22. An Act for the Confirmation of a Subsidy granted by the Clergy.

23. An Act of a Subsidy granted to the King and Queen's Majesties by the Temporalty.

PRIVATE ACTS.

Anno secundo & tertio Philippi & Maria.

1.An Act whereby the Duke of Norfolk, by the Advice of the Lord Chancellor of England, the Earl of Arundell, and the Bishop of Elye, may make Sales and Grants of his Lands, &c. notwithstanding his Minority.

2. An Act whereby the Heirs of Sir Edward Nevill, Knight, are restored to the Remainder of the Barony of Burgavenny.

PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno quarto & quinto Philippi & Maria:

1.An Act for the Confirmation of Letters Patents.

2. An Act for the having of Horse, Armour and Weapon.

3. An Act for the taking of Musters.

4. Act that Accessaries in Murder and divers Felonies shall not have the Benefit of Clergy.

5. An Act touching the making of Woollen Cloths.

6. An Act to inquire of the Behaviour of Frenchmen, being Denizens.

7. An Act to make up the Jury with Circumstantibus, where the King and Queen, or the Queen's Majety is a Party.

8. An Act for the Punishment of such as shall take Maidens that be Inheritors, being within the Age of sixteen Years, or that marry them, without the Consent of their Parents.

9. An Act for the Continuation of certain Statutes.

10. An Act for the Confirmation of the Subsidy of the Clergy.

11. An Act of a Subsidy and one Fifteen granted by the Temporalty.

PRIVATE ACTS.

Anno quarto & quinto Philippi & Maria.

1.An for the Assurance of the Honour of Rayley to the Queen's Majesty; and for Assurance of divers other Lands in the County of Essex in Lieu thereof to Richard Lord Rich.

2. An Act for the Assurance of the Countess of Sussex's Jointure.

3. An Act for the Restitution in Blood of Sir Ambrose Dudley and Sir Robert Dudley, Knights.

4. An Act for the Foundation of an Hospital at Stoke Puges in the County of Buckingham.

5. An Act for the Payment of Tythes in the City of Coventry.

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PUBLICK ACTS.

Anno primo Elizabethæ Reginæ.

1.An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesiastical and Spiritual, and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same.

2. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Service in the Church, and the Administration of the Sacraments.

3. An Act of Recognition of the Queen's Highness Title to the Imperial Crown of this Realm.

4. An Act for the Restitution of the First-Fruits and Tenths, and Rents reserved nominæ decimæ, and of Parsonages impropriate, to the Imperial Crown of this Realm.

5. An Act whereby certain Offences be made Treason.

6. An Act for the Explanation of the Statute of seditious Words and Rumours.

7. An Act to revive a Statute made in the twenty-third Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth, touching the conveying of Horses, Geldings, and Mares into Scotland.

8. An Act touching Shoemakers and Curriers.

9. An Act touching Tanners, and selling of tanned Leather.

10. An Act that the carrying of Leather, Tallow or raw Hides, out of the Realm for Merchandize, shall be Felony.

11. An Act limiting the Times for laying on Land Merchandize from beyond the Seas, and touching Customs for sweet Wines.

12. An Act against the deceitful using of Linen Cloth.

13. An Act for the Shipping in English Bottoms.

14. An