4i2 C. 9. Anno decimo feptimo Richardi II. A. D. 1393, Stalkers nor cthtr Nets /hall be ufed to de- stroy the Fry or Breed of Fiffi, The juftices of Peace /hall be Confervators of the Siatute of 3 3 Ed. 1. flat, I. Ur^er Confer- vators appointed ky tie juftrces. fhould not be taken at the Mills, Stanks, or elfe- where, upon the fame Pain : And that no Fifher nor Garthman, nor none other, of what Eftate or Con- dition that he were, {hould not put from henceforth in the Waters of Thamife, Humber, Oufe, Trent, nor none other Water of the Realm, by the faid Time, nor by none other Time of the Year, any Nets cal- led Stalkers, nor other Nets or Engines whatfoever, whereby the Fry or Breed of Salmons, Lampreys, or of any other Fifh whatfoever, may in any wife be taken or deftroyed, upon the Pain aforefaid. And alfo it was rehearfed in the faid Statute, made the faid thirteenth Year, that where it is contained in the fame Statute of JVeJlminJler, that all the Waters, in which Salmons be taken in the Realm, fhall be put in Defence, as to the taking of Salmons, from the Day of the Nativity of our Lady, till St. Mar- tins Day ; it was ordained and affented in the faid Statute made in the faid xiii. Year, That the Waters of Lone, Wyre, Merfee, Rybbyl, and all other Wa- ters in the County of Lancajler, fhould be put in De- fence, as to the taking of Salmons, from the Day of St. Michael till the Day of the Purification of our Lady, and in none other Time of the Year, becaufe that Salmons be feafonable in the faid Waters by the Time aforefaid. And that in the Parts where fuch Rivers be, good and fufficient Confervators of the faid Statute made the faid thirteenth Year (hould be afligned and fworn, as it was ordained in the Statute of JVeJiminJler, and that they fhould punifh the Of- fenders upon the Pain contained in the fame Statute of JVeJlminJler, without mewing any Favour thereof; which Statutes have not been hitherto duly executed for Default of good Confervators, as our faid Lord the King hath perceived by Complaint to him made in this prefent Parliament :" ' Wherefore it is ac- corded and affented, That the Juftices of the Peace of all the Counties of England fhall be Confervators of the faid Statutes in the Counties where they be Juftices ; and that they and every of them, at all Times when they may attend, fhall furvey the Of- fences and Defaults attempted againft the Statutes aforefaid; and alfo fhall furvey and fearch all the Wears in fuch Rivers, that they fhall not be very ftrait for the Deftrudfion of fuch Fry and Brood, but of reafonable Widenefs after the old Affife ufed or accuftomed; and that the fame Juftices, or any of them, which fhall find Default or Abufe againft the Statutes aforefaid, fhall make due Punifliment .of them which be found in Default after the Content of the fame Statute. And that the fame Juftices fhall put good and fufficient Under Confervators of the fame Statutes under them, which fhall be fworn to make like Surveying, Search, and Punifhment, without any Favour thereof to be fhewed. And moreover, that the fame Juftices, in their Seffions, fhall inquire as well by their Office, as at the Information of the Under Confervators aforefaid, of all Trefpaffes, Mif- prifions, and Defaults made againft any of the Points aforefaid, and fhall caufe them which be thereof in- dicted to come before them, and if they be thereof convift, they fhall have Imprisonment, and make Fine after the Difcretion of the fame Juftices;. and if the fame be at the Information of any of the Under Confervators aforefaid, the fame Under Confervator fhall have the half of the fame Fine. And forafmuch as it is granted to the Citizens of London, by the King's Progenitors, that they may remove and take Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. peine & qe null pefchour ne garthman ne null autre de quel eftat ou condition qil fufie ne mettroit de- lors en avaunt en les eawes de Thamife Humbre Oufe Trent ne nulle autre eawe du Roialme parle dit temps ne par null autre temps del an afcuns rees appellez ftalkers nautres rees nengines quecunqes par les quels le frie ou brood des falmons Iaumprais ou dautre peffoun quecunqe purra en afcun manere eftre pris ou deftruitz fur la peine fuifdite. Et auxint fuit reherce en ledit eftatutfait lantrefzifme avaunt qe come contenu foit en mefme leftatut de Weftm' qe touz les eawes en queux falmons font prifes en le Roialme foient mifez en defenfe qant al prife des falmons del jour de fa Nativite de noftre Dame tanqal jour de feint Martyn ordeigne fuift & affentuz en le dit eftatut fait Ian trefzime/ qe les ewes de Lone Wyre Merfde Ribbill & toua autres ewes el counte de Lancaftre fufent mifes en defenfe qant al prife de falmons del jour de feint Michel tanqal jour de la Purification noftre Dame & en null autre temps del an a caufe qe falmons ne font pas feifonables en les ditz ewes par le temps fuifdit. Et qe es parties ou tielx rivers font fer- roient affignez & jurrez bones & fuffifantz confer- vatours de dit eftatut fait Ian trefzime come fuift or- deigne en le dit eftatut de Weftm' & qils punifTe- reient les trefpafours fur la peine contenue en mef- me leftatut de Weftm' fanz afcuni favour ent faire- queux eftatutz nount pas efte duement executz tanqe en cea pur defaute de bones confervatours a ceo qe noftre Seignur le Roi ad entendu par pleint a luy fait en ceft prefent parlement par qei acorde eft & affentu qe les juftices de la pees- en touz le3 countes dEngleterre foient confervatours des dita eftatutz en les countees ou ils font juftices & que eux & chefcun de eux a touz les foitz qant ils poi- ent entendre furveient les mefprifions & defautes attemptez encontre !es eftatutz avauntditz & auxi- int furveient & ferchenttouz les gors en tielx rivers qils ne foient trop eftreitz pur deftruction de tiel frie & brood mes de refonable overture folonc laun- ! cien affife & qe mefmes les juftices ou celli de eux qe trove defaute ou mefprifion encontre les eftatutz avauntditz facent due puniffement des trefpaflburs folonc la contenue de mefmes les eftatutz. Et qe mefmes les juftices mettent bons & fuffifantz fub- confervatours de mefmes les eftatutz defoutz eux qe foient jurez de faire femblable furvewe ferche & puniffement fanz afcun favour ent faire.. Et qe outre ceo mefmes les juftices en lour feifions en- ■ quergent fibien de lour office come al information des fubconfervatours avauntditz- de touz trefpafes • mefprifions & defautes faitz encontre afcuns des pointz avauntditz & facent venirdevaunt eux ceux que foient ent enditez & fils foient ent conviiflz eient emprifonement & facent fyn folonc la difcre- tion de mefmes les juftices et ft ceo foit al informa- tion dafcun de fubconfervatours avauntditz eit mef- me le fubconfervatour la moite de mefme le fin. Et pur ceo qe grante eft a Citeins de Londres par les progenitours noftre Seignur le Roi qils poent remuor
