A. I^'i^97t Anno odavo 8ci}ono GuLiEi^Mi ni. & 2-7. .1^7^
- iaid rnlpns Ihfill then be. ' ' • ' ■ ■'■; '
hereas the Way of proceeding againft the Warden of" the FkH Pdfon by Bill in the Courts ms aM Exchequer at tVeJimlnJler is found to he very cjilatory ;' Be it' further cnJfdVed by the lid, That from and after the faid firft Day oi M^y, it fhal! and may be lay/fut to and for OnBi'll filcj fufFcred, or committed by the Perfoni or Ppilfou? t.hemfelves, or ei.thcr of .th^m_, in vjthp^ th^ rcfjjeftivc In- heritances- of the faid Prifons {hall then be. ' ' ■■■■■■■ -T.-.., ' XIL And wh ' of Common Pleas Authority aforcfaid, That from and after the faid firft Day oi M^y, it fhall and may be lay/ful to and for OnBi'll fiicJ any Perfon or Perfons, having Caufe of Aftion agaiiift the Warden of tlie Fled Prifon, upon Bill filed in ^^"" "'= the faid Courts oiGomvion Pleas or Exchequer againfl the faid Warden, and a Rule being p,iven to plead rX "iv'en "ti* thereto, to be out eight Days atmoft after filing fuch Bill, to fign Judgment againft the faid Warden of the judgment to be E/eet, unlefs he plead to the faid Bill within three Days after fuch Rule is out. ■ (i;;n».o, milcfa XIII. And for the more eafy and quick obtaining of Judgment againft any Perfon or Perfons who now is p'eadcd to. or hereafter fliall be a Prifoner or Prifoners in the aforcfaid Prifop of the Elect; Be it further enacted by the Authority aforcfaid. That from and after the laid firft Day of May, it ftiall and rnay be lav/ful to and for CopyofDeda- any Perfon or Perfons, who hath or fhall have any Caufe of A£i:ion againft any Prilbner^ or Prifoners, who ration delivered now is, or are, or hereafter fliall be committed to the faid Prifon of the Elect, after filing or cntring of a ^° ^"^^f-^'^' Declaration in fuch A£i:ion with the proper Oflicer, to deliver a Copy of fuch Declaration or Declarations '^a,j2],;.,^eor to any fuch Defendant or Defendants in any perfonal AtStion or Adticiis, or to the Turnkey or Porter of i>ia„niff to ti'ta the faid Elect Prifon, and, after Rule given thereupon tO' plead, to be out at eight Days at mofl: after Deli- Judgment, very of fuch Copy of Declaration or Declarations, and Aflidavit made of fuch Delivery before the Lord Chief Jiiftice, or one other of the Juftices of the Comnin Pleas, or before the Lord .Chief Baron, or fome other of the Barons of the Coif of the Exchequer at IVeftminjier, of the Delivery of fucli Declaration or IDeclarations to the Defendant or Defendants in fuch Adioh or Aftions, or to- the Turnkey or Porter of the faid i7«/ Prifon, as aforefaid, to fign Judgment in fuch Aftion', or Aftions. againfl: fuch Defendant or Defendants, as if fuch Defendant or Defendants had been aftually charged at the Bar of the Common Pleas or £*'t7:)f^a^r with fuch Action or AtStions ; any Law, Statute^ Ufage, or Cuftom, to the contrary thereof, in any wife notwitliftanding. ' XIV. Arid whereas great Sums of Money have been and are flill taken of the Prifoners of the aforefaid No Prifoner t»
- Prifons of King's Bench and Elect, and other Prifons, under Pretence of Chamber Rent, although the faid P=y Chamber
' Prifoners have not had the ailual PofTeffion 'of any Chamber within the faid Prifons, or £iny of them :' (j,!,^"^ Ji^'f^in For the avoiding of that Inconvenience for the future be it enafted, l^hat from and after the faid iiirfl: Day aftuai Pofieffio«, ..i)f May, no Prifoner or Prifone.-s fliall pay, or be compellable to pay any Chamber Rent for any Chamber nor pay above within either or any of the faid Prifons, for any longer Time than he or they is or are aitually in PofTeffion ^ ^- O'*- i'^'= of the faid Chamber or Chambers, and that during fuch Time as he or they is or are acSlually in PoflefTion ^'='^' . of any fuch Chamber or Chambers within either or any of the faid Prifons as aforefaid, fuch Prifoner or Pri- soners fliall not pay above the Sum of two Shillings and fix Pence per Week for any fuch Chamber; and if Penalty ori Je* the Marflial of tie King' s Bench Prifon, Warden of the Fleet, or Keeper or Keepers of any other Prifon or ■n'i"<i^«g ""o^* Prifons, as aforefaid, mail-take or demand any greater Sum or Sutos of Money for theUfe of fuch Cham- ber, than the Sum of two Shillings and fix Pence j5«^ Week, he or they fo taking or demanding fhall jn fuch Cafe, for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of twenty Pounds. ' ' XV. And for the preventing for the future the many notorious and fcandalous Praftices ufed in many ' pretended privileged Places in and about the Cities of London and WeJlmifiJIer, and Borough of Southivark
- in the County of Surrey, by obftrutSting the Execution of legal Procefs there, and thereby defrauding and
- cheating great Numbers of People of their honefi: and juft Debts ;' Be it further enaded by the Authority
aforefaid, That from and after the faid firft Day of May, it fhall and m^.y be' lawful for any Perfon or Perfons, who have or hath any Debt or Debt, Sum or Sums of Money due or owiiig to him from any Per- fon or Perfons who now is, or hereafter fhall be and refide within the ff'^hite Friers, Savoy, ^ Salijlniry Court, Pretended prii Ram Alley, Mitre Court, Fuller's Rents, Bahhvin's Gardc7is, Montague CLofe, or the Minories, Mint, Clink, ^eged Places^ or Deadmans Place, upon legal Procefs taken out againfl fuch Perfon 'or Perfon?, to demand and require the Sheriffs of London and 3/Iiddlefex, Head Bailiff of the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancafter, or High Sheriff of Sfesrifts.&c.may .the County of Surrey, or Bailiff of the Liberty of the Borough of Southwark for the tim.e being (as the Cafe ^^^J^'^^^X-H ifliall require, if the Plaintiff think it requifite) or their refpeSive Deputy or Deputies, Officer or Officers, ^n&t faM nrT- to take, and they are hereby enabled refpeftivcly to take the Pojje Comitaiiis,. or fuch other Power as to him viieged Places, ■or them or any of them fhall feem requifite, and enter the faid pretended privileged Places, and any or fn Procefs, Ex- cither of them (as the Cafe fhall require) and to arrefl", and in' cafe of Refiftance or Refufiil to open the '5"^' °' Ei:«"- Doors, to break open any Door or Doors to arreft fuch Perfon or Perfons upon any Mefne or other Procefs, """' Extent or Execution, or to feize the Goods of any fuch Perfon or Perfons upon any Execution or Extent ;.. and if the faid Sheriff or Sheriffs, Head Bailiff, or their Deputy or Deputies, OfJicer or Officers, or either Pep^^ °" ^^"'- ■or any of them fnall negleft or refufe (upon fuch Requef!:} with fuch Force to do their befl Endeavours for :^' -"^■'^- ™£'f'^-' the executing of fuch Procefs, Execution or Extent, he or they fo neolecting or refufing to execute fuch g',;fj°'(j^fj!i'^'j['^~ Procefs, Execution or Extent, fhall forfeit to the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in fuch Adion the Sum of one Proctisj" hundred Pounds, to be recovered by Aftion of Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in Vi'hich no Effoin, Protedion, or Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance fnall be allowed ; and if in the executing of.and on tliofe fuch Procefs, Execution or Extent, any Perfon or Peribns fhall oppofe or refill any fuch OfKcer'qr OfHcers, '-^-hcopfore Of- «r any of them, or any who fhall be aiding or affifling to him, them, or any of them, in the executing rf fibers mexeca- _ fuch Procefs, Execution or Extent, he or they fo offending fhall, for every Time he or they fhall fo offend, ""E'"*^ ""'*• forfeit the Sum of fifty Pounds, and moreover flrall be by feme Juftice of Peace committed to the comnion Gaol of fuch County, City or Place where fuch Ofience fhall be committed, there to remain without Bail ■ or Mainprize until the next Affizes, SefTions of Oyer and T'erminer, and general Gaol Deliverv, to be held for f'Mch County, City or Place; and fuch Offender or Offenders being of fuch Offence or Offences duly convi(3:ed, every fuch Offender fhall fufferand undergo fuch Imprifonirent, and be fet in the Pillory, as t^ie Court where fuch Conviciion fligll be ihajl think fit ; and if any Refcous fliaU be made of any Prifoiier ' ■ ' 4 'R 2 ' tak «is.
