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A. D.1558
Anno Primo Reginæ Elizabethæ
5–8.

The Archdeacon of wells charged with payment of First fruits. XXXVII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Archdeconry and all Rectories and Spiritual Promotions given, assigned, limited or appointed to the same, and every inc- cumbent and Incumbents which hereafter shall be presented, collated, preferred and admitted unto the said Archdeaconry, and the Rectories and Spiritual Promotions thereunto limited and appointed. or appertain- ing and belonging, shall stand, remain, and be charged and chargeable with the Payment of the First fruits and Tenths for the same to the Queen's Highness, her Heirs and Successors, in Form as other Spiritual Promotions, and the Incumbents of the fame, be and ilia! I be char; able by this Ac c t, or by any other Act or Statute befi re fpecificd.

XXXVIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid. Thai fo mai faid Rectories, Parfonages and Benefices impropriate, Glebe Land , i i dons, and other Profits and Emoluments Ecclefiaftical and Spiritual, and everj of them, and the Rev< and Reverfions of them, and all Rents and Profits unto t be lame or any ident or belonging, were at and before the faid eighth Day of AuguJI in the Hands and Pofleflions of the laid late Qu< .-.nut. and within the Survey, Rule and Order of the Court of the Duchy of Laneafter. fhall be again within the Order, Survey, Rule and Government of the faid Court, in fuch and the fame .Manner and Form to all In- tents and Purpofcs, as they were at and before the faid eighth Day ol S Auguji in the faid fecond and third Years of the Reign of the laid late King and Queen ; any Thing in this Act, or in the faid Act of the fa ne late King and Queen, to the contrary thereof in any wile notwithstanding.

XXXIX. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority of this Parliament, That no P< fon or Perfons prefented, inltituted or inducted, at any Time fithencc the tirft Day of this prefent Pi ment, or that fliall be prefented, inltituted or inducted, on this Side of the Feaft of the Nativity of Saint ) Bttptjjl next coming, to any the faid Spiritual or Ecclefiaftical Promotions chargeable to or with the P ment of the Firft-fruits, or one Year's Profits of fuch Promotion, fhall incur any Penalty or Forfi cntring into any of the faid Spiritual or Ecclefiaftical Promotions, or by taking the Profits thereof, Non-payment or not Compounding of or for the Firft-fruits thereof, lo that he or any other for him, h or do compound for the fame Firft-fruits, according to the true Meaning of the Statute, before the Feaft of the Nativity of St. "John Baptijl ; any Thing in this Act contained to the contraty notwith- ftanding.

XL. Provided alfo, That this Act, nor any Thing therein contained, fhall not in any wife extend to Thc Reyenoe » charge any Hofpital founded and ufed, and the Pofleflions thereof employed, to and for the Relief of poor ° f ' Ho ! 1 People, or any School or Schools, or the Pofleflions or Revenues of them or any of them, with the Pay- , c ,i ment of any Tenths or Firft-fruits ; any Thing in this Act before mentioned to the contrary in any wife c An'n. c. z$. notwithstanding. 6 Am. . I. r. IO. € A P. V. J Geo. I. e.io.


CAP. V.


If any Person shall compass or imagine to deprive the Queen or the Heirs of her Body to be begotten, being King or Queen of this Realm, from the Stile or Kingly Name of the Crown of this Realm: Or to destroy the Queen or any the Heirs of her Body, being King or Queen: Or to levy War against the Queen, or any the Heirs of her Body within her Dominions: Or to depose the Queen or any of the Heirs of her Body, &c. from the Imperial Crown of this Realm, and the same Imaginations shall utter by open Words, &c. Or shall publish, and directly say, That the Queen, during her Life is not, or ought not to

be Queen: Or that after her Death, the Heirs of her Body ought not to be King or Queen: Or that any

other Person ought to be King or Queen, so long as any of the Heirs of her Body shall be in Life: Then such Offender shall forfeit to the Queen all his Goods and Chattels, and the Profits of his Lands during his Life. And if any Person or Persons shall by Writing, Printing, Overt-Deed or Act, commit any of the Offences aforesaid, it shall be adjudged High Treason. EXP.


CAP. VI.


News
The Penalty mentioned in the Statute of 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 3. for speaking false slanderous News of the King or Queen, or for committing any of the Offences expressed in the said Act, shall be expounded to extend to the Queen that now is, and to the Heirs of her Body. EXP.


CAP. VII.


Horses
A Reviver of the Statute of 23 H. 8. c. 16. making it Felony to sell, exchange or deliver within Scotland, or to the Use of any Scottishman, any Horse. Repealed by 4 Ja. 1. c. 1.


CAP. VIII.


Cordwainers
A Reviver of the Statute of 5 & 6 Ed. 6. c. 15. limiting what Persons (and for what Purposes) may buy and ingross Tanned Leather, and sell the same again, and who not. And a Repeal of the Statute of 1 M. Sess. 3. c. 8. touching Curriers, Shoemakers, &c. The Currier shall deliver to the Shoemaker the Leather Curried which he received, within five Days in Summer, and ten Days in Winter, if he may conveniently do it. No Shoemaker shall make any Shoes or Boots of any Neats-Lcather mingled, but only of it self. REP. 5 Eliz. c. 8. and 1 Jac. 1. c. 22.
CAP.