>A. D. 1663. Anno decimo quinto Carol 1 II. C. 17. 277 I lof Fifh, or making of Oil ; (2) upon Pain of the Lofs of double the Value of what fhall be by them ftolen, The Penalty. i i burnt or deftroyed, to be recovered in any of his Majefty's Courts in Newfoundland or Greenland refpec- • tivelyj or in any Court of Record in England, by Bill, Plaint or other Aftion, wherein no Efl'oin, Protec- ^ tion or Wager in Law fliall be allowed, 1 ' III. And whereas upon the hurrible Petition and Complaint of the Merchants and Suiters of the City A Repeal of the ' oi London, it doth appear, That fome Sorts of Madder very ufeful for Dying cannot be imported fo pure Statute concera- ; j* and clean, as by one Act pafled the laft Seflion of this prefent Parliament, (intituled. An Aa for the Im- '^"sMadJcr, ■. )'■ tertation of Madder pure and unmixed) is direfted and appointed ;' (2) Be it enafted, and it is hereby en- ^'^'.o/'* "'^' iaoed by the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Aft, and every CI aufe and Thing therein contained, be " ' _ from henceforth utterly void and repealed to all Intents, Purpofes and Conftruftions whatfocver. FarihtrPnvi-
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fijhcry, 30 Car, 2, flai. i. c g. ^& ^W. & M, c. 23. 4 Am. c. 15, & 21, 9 Ana. c. 16. I Geo. i. Jlat, 2. c. 18. 5 Cm. i. c. 18. 23 Gie, Sr . ' f. i6. j^i!7. 7. a 6 Ceo. 2. e.g. 30 Ceo. 2. c. 2t, 6f 30. and '^^ Geo, z. 0.27, ' CAP. XVII. 1 An Ad for fettling the Draining of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford-Levd. '■ ' "TTT'FIEREAS certain Moors, Marflies, Fenny and low furrounded Grounds, within the Counties' j ' VV of Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincoln, Cambridge and Huntington, and the Ifle of Ely, were i 1 ' called the Great Level of the Fens ; and after feveral fruitlefs Undertakings for draining the fame, were •■
' upon the Defn-es of many Perfons of Worth, and intereffed in the fame, declared to be a great and noble ' j
' Work, and of much Concernment to the whole Country, and at their earneft Defire undertaken to be' ; ' drained by Francis late Earl of Bedford, according to a Law of Sewers made at Kings-Lynn in the fixth ; ' Year of the Reien of the late King Charles of glorious Memory ; (2) which faid Level is bounded, as The great Level- ; ' followeth, {viz, j Eaftward from the Bridge and Cawfey of Stoake unto Brandon-Bridge upon the Uplands f^ "'^ ^="=' ' of Northold, Methold, feltwell, Hockvjgld and PFilton in the County of Norfolk ; and from Brandon- Bridge '"'" bounded. • ' unto the End of W orltngton-Load upon Mildenhall River, upon the Uplands of Brandon, the low Grounds ; ' V pf Wainsford, excluding the fame ; the Uplands of Laktngheath, the low Grounds of Earfciuell, ex- '■eluding the fame ; and the Uplands of Mildenhall in the County of Suffolk: Southward from TForlington- ■ ' '. l,oad unto Burvjell-Block upon the Uplands of Freckingham, IJlham, Fordham, Soham and Wickin, in the '"^OM.vA.^ of Cambridge, and excluding the Low Grounds of 5«rw^//, Landward, and other Places lying i ' Eaftward from Burwell-Block aforefaid, and from thence unto die Mill near Anglifey- Abbey upon the Up- ' ^ lands of B unveil- Reach, Sivaff'ham-Pryor, Sivaff'ham-Bidbeck and Botjliam, in the County of C(7,-K/)r/^^^ ; 'and from thence unto the Ferry-place of Claylnth upon the Uplands called Sjiyhall, the Low Ground ' j
- called i«i!;-i^««;z, and the Uplands of Horminfcy and Clayhith in the faid Couiity, excluding the Low"" '
'Grounds called Loiu-Fenn, and Offenne; and from the faid Ferry-place xnto Over-Load ipov the Up- ' lands of Water-Beach, Cottenham, Rampton, TVhuelinghajn and Over, in the faid County of Cambridge, j ' and upon the Low Grounds of Swacy in the faid County, excluding the fame : Weflrward from Erith ' unto the Dam lately made upon the River Neane near Strandground, upon the Uplands of Somerjham and j ' the Soake thereof, JVarhois, JVifloiv, Berry, Ramfey, Uptuood, Ravely, Wood-Walton, Saivtrey, Conning- '; ' ton, Glatte7i and Holme Caldecot, Denton, Stilton, Yaxley, Faffet and Standground in the County of iiz/«- •: ' tington, excluding the Low Grounds lying on the North-fide of the River of 0%vfe above Erith ; and from i ' the faid Dam unto Peterborovgh-Bridge upon the faid River of Neane; and from thence unto the Ferry- . 3 ' place near Waldran-Hall upon the Uplands of Peterborough and the Soak thereof in the County of Nor- '> ' thampton: And Northward from the faid Ferry-place near Waldron-Hall unto Cro%vland-Bridgs upon the f ' River of Welland; and from thence to Doivfedale upon the Bank of Great Porfand; and from ihence un- 'j ' to Guyhurne upon the South-Eaft Bank ; and from thence unto Tilnehurne upon the Bank of the Fenne- | ' Ground called Walderfca ; and from thence unto Elme Leame at Grangers Houfe upon the Bank of the j ' Fenne-Ground called Coldha?n ; and from thence unto the River of Neane near Thurlings in XJpwell upon ; ' the Bank of Needkam, called Bijljops Dike ; and from thence unto Well-Creek, at the North-Weft Corner ] j of Waffmgham- Fame upon the Hank of the Grounds in Upwell zr.i Outwell czWed Playf eld und Churcbfield,
- '_ excluding the aforefaid Fenns and Grounds called Ti^rt/f/c-y^'i?, Coldham, Needham, Playfield and Churchfield^ j
i *r?ind from thence unto Salter s-Load upon the Neiv-Podyke Bank ; and from thence unco the Mouth of the 1 ' River Wiffey u,pon the River Ovfe, and from thence unto Helgey-Bridge upon the River WiJJey, and from j ' thence unto the Uplands at the End of the Bank of the Grounds late of Edmond Skipwltb Efquire de- | ' ceafed, upon the faid Bank, and from thence unto Stoake-Bridge upon the Uplands of Roxham, Dcerham, i ' Weereham, Wretton and Stoake, in the faid County of Norfolk ; except the Imbanked Grounds late of J , ^, Edmond Skipvjith Kfqu'ire, lying on the North-fide of the River Ott'/t" ; (3) And whereas the fzid Fran- i I ',m late Earl of Bedford was to have for his Reccmpence for efFefting that di.fKcult Work, only ninety- j ' five thoufand Acres of the faid Grounds, with convenient Highways and Paffages to the fame ; and the ' new River, Cutts and Drains to be made by the faid Earl and his Affigns, and the Es.nks of the fame, i ' and the Forelands in the infide of the faid Banks not to exceed fixty Foot in Breadth ; v/hich was a Work : ' of fo great and publjck Concernment, that his faid late Majeflry gave great Encouragement to the faid ' i ' Francis late Earl of Bedford and others whom he had taken in to be Adventurers and Participants with I ' him therein, upon the Covenants, Conditions and Agreements contained and fpecified in and by a certain : ' Indenture of fourteen Parts, bearing Date the feven and twentieth Day of February in the feventh Year - ' ' of the Reign of. his faid late Majefty, and his Royal AfTurance to further it by his Concurrence to an AiSt ' i ' of Parliament for eltablifhing thereof, and did by Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England incor- :■ ' porate the faid late Earl, his Adventurers and Participants, to have Succeffion for ever; (4) and in order ;
- to the effefting thereof, the faid late Earl and his Adventurers and Participants beilowed great Sums of
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