A. D. 1509. Anno primo Hen rici VIU. C. 1 — 5. j- C A P. I. A Repeal of an Acl made Anno 8 H. 6. c. 2. prohibiting the King's Subjects to repair into Denmark anJ E x P. I/eland, Caving to the Town of Nortbbarm. C A P. TI. The King nor any other (hall take Advantage of the Penalties limited by the Statute of 1 R. 3. c. 8. touch- B«p. 17 H. I. ing the making of ftvcral Sorts of Cloths before the next Parliament. c - '* c a p. nr. All Accquittances made by John Heron, General Receiver of the King's Revenues, fliall be a Difchargc againfl the King; and' 'Jobn Heron (hall ftand chargeable to others having Intcreit in Receipts. CAP. IV. All Actions, &e. for the King upon any penal Statute fliall be taken within Three Years after the Ofitftice t»p. 18 El. e. committed, and for any other Perfon within One Year.- To endure to tbe next Parliament. 3« £'• c - 5- CAP. V. The Act made, that no Man enter Goods, but in the Owner's Name, in the Cuflomers Books. ' X7 H ' E REAS'at a Parliament holden zxlv'cjlminjler, in the Third Year of the Reign of King Henry
- VV the Seventh, it was ordained and eftablifticd by the Authority of the fame, That no Manner of
- Merchant, Denizen or Stranger, fhould take upon him to enter, or caufe to be entred in the Books of'
' any Cuftomer of any Port within this Realm, any Manner of Merchandifes coming into this his faid ' Realm, or going out of the fame, in any other Merchant's Name, faving only the Name of the Mer-
- chant owning the fame, upon Pain of Forfeiture of all fuch Goods and Merchandifes fo entered ; (2)
' and every of the faid Merchants, which fo fliall take upon him to caufe fuch untrue Entry to be made, to
- have Imprifonment, and to make Fine thereof at the King's Pleafure: (3) It is now by our Sovereign 3 Eulrt. 22.
' Lord the King, and his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament The Intent wd
- afTembled, well confidering, that the Intent and Caufe of the making of the faid Statute was only, foraf- Ca " f 5 of ' h '
- much as by the fubtil dealing of fome Englijhmert, colourably entring in their own Names the Goods of statut/of %Ri
- Merchants Strangers, the King's Highnefs was deceived in his Cuftoms, and that the faid Statute was c . 7.
' made for none other Caufe; yet forafmuch as the Words of the faid Statute were general, it was extended
- as well unto the Goods of an Englifmnan entered in the Name of one other EngUJhman, as to the Goods of
- a Stranger entered in the Name of an EngUJhman^- to the great Hurt, Lofs, and Damage of many and
' divers of the King's Subjects, and contrary to the very Intent and Meaning of the faid Statute.' II. It is Therefore ordained, eftabliihed, and enacted by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, That A Repeal of the the Aft afore rehearfed, made the faid Third Year, and all Things contained in the fame, be from hence- faid Statute, forth repealed, adnulled, utterly void, and of none Effect:. III. And furthermore, be it enacted by our Sovereign Lord the King, the Lords Spiritual and Tempo- One Eneliflim.™ ral, and the Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by Authority of the fame, That it fliall ™ a >' c f ftcm be lawful from henceforth, that every EngUJhman, and all other the King's Subjects, may in every Port En!);^^^ " or Haven within this Realm of England, Ireland, and If 'ales, and the Marches of the fame, and in the i; 2 me. Town of Berwick, where it fliall happen any Merchandifc to arrive, or to be charged and carried out, to cuftom in his Name all Manner of Goods and Merchandife of another EngUJhman, or the King's Sub- jects. IV. And in like Form, every Merchant Stranger to cuftom in his Name any Goods or Merchandife of 0ne Merchant any other Merchant Stranger, fo that the faid Merchant Stranger that cuftoms the Goods of another Mer- f'^c^J s ; n chant Stranger, and the very Owner or Proprietary of the Goods fo cuftomed, be charged with like Cuf- another's Name, torn, Subiidy, and other Things, fo that the King's Grace be not defrauded of his Right. iRrli 143.146. V. And if any Merchant Stranger or Denizen, or any other the King's Subject, cuftom any Goods or The Penalty for Merchandifes of another Stranger or Denizen, or of any other the King's Subject, whereby the King's cuftomtrig of Grace fliould lofe his Cuftom, Subfidy, or other his Right or Duty, that then the faid Merchant Stranger SeK^' 1 7* or Denizen, or any other the King's Subject that fo taketh upon him or them, to forfi.it to our faid Sove- n j' 3 cunVrn°.' C reign Lord the King the Goods or Merchandifes fo cuftomed; and over that, to forfeit to the Party or The Penalty en- Parties in this Behalf grieved, as much Money as the Goods or Merchandifes of the Merchant Stranger, 'arced by 2*3 Denizen, or other the King's Subjects (fo cauteloufly cuftomed) amounted unto. Ed 6 - c ' 2Z - VI. And that no Citizen of London, or other the King's Subjects, inhabiting in the Cinque-Ports, or jjo Winer free any other being free of Prifage or Butlarage of Wines, by Grant, Cuftom, or otherwife, cuftom no Wines of Prifage, &c. of any Perfon or Perfons not being free of any Prifage or Butlarage. t0 be cufiomedf VII. And if any Perfon free of the faid Prifage or Butlarage, fo do, that then the faid Perfon or Perfons (that fo do) forfeit to our faid Sovereign Lord the double Value of the Prifage of the faid Wirres fo- cuftomedo P z. VIIL
