A. D. 1627. C 1, 2. 123 ; •H « the. 1 Anno Regni Carol i Regis Angliae, Scotiae, Francias & Hi- bernicBj tertio. « * T the Parliament begun at PTeflminJler the feventeenth Day of Marchy Anno Dotn. one thoufand t j^ fix hundred twenty-feven, in the third Year of the Reign of our moft gracious Sovereign Lord
- Charles by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
- Faith, ^c. And there continued until the twenty-fixth Day of "June following, and then prorogued
- unto the twentieth Day of Ocfober next enfuing : To the high Pleafure of Almighty God, and to
- the Weal publick of tnis Realm, were enadted as followeth.
The Petition exhibited to his Majefty by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament aflembled, concerning divers Rights and Liberties of the Subjedts, with the King's Majefty's Royal Anfwer thereunto in full Parliament. To the King's moft excellent Majefty. Umbly fhew unto our Sovereign Lord the King, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- The Petition or _^ ^ mons, in Parliament aflembled. That whereas it is declared and enadted by a Statute made in Right. the^Time of the Reign of King Edward the Firft commonly called Statutum de Tallagio non conce- 34,Ed. i.Stat.4,
- dendo., That no Tallage or Aid fhall be laid or levied by the King or his Heirs in this Realm, without e. i.
- the good Will and Affent of the Archbiftiops, Biftiops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burgefles, and other
- the Freemen of the Commonalty of this Realm; (z) and by Authority of Parliament holden in the jj Ed. i. sut. u
- five and twentieth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Third, it is declared and enadted. That from c 6.
- thenceforth no Perfon fliould be compelled to make any Loans to the King againft his Will, becaufe
- fuch Loans were againft Reafon and the Franchife of the Land ; ( 3 ) and by other Laws of this Realm it , ^^^ ,; stat. 2,'
- is provided, That none fliould be charged by any Charge or Impofition called a Benevolence, nor by c. 6.'
- fuch like Charge : (4) by which the Statutes before mentioned, and other the good Laws and Sta- "^' *• <^' ?•
- tutes of this Realm, your Subjedts have inherited this Freedom, That they fliould not be compelled * ^' *'
' to contribute to any Tax, Tallage, Aid or other like Charge not fet by common Confent in Par^
- liament. '
' n. Yet neverthelefs, of late divers Commiffions diredted to fundry Commiflioners in feveral Coun-
- ties, with Inftrudtions, have ifllied ; by Means whereof your People have been in divers Places aflem-
- bled, and req^uired to lend certain Sums of Money unto your Majefty, and many of them, upon
- their Refufal io to do, have had an Oath adminiftred unto them not warrantable by the Laws or Sta-
- tutes of this Realm, and have been conftrained to become bound to make Appearance and give At-
- tendance before your Privy Council and in other Places, and others of them have been therefore
- imprifoned, confined, and fundry other Ways, molefted and difquieted; (2) and divers other Charges
- have been laid and levied upon your People in feveral Counties by Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieu-
- tenants, Commiflioners for Mufters, Juftices of Peace and other's, by Command or Diredtion from .
' your Majefty, or your Privy Council, againft the Laws and Free Cuftoms of the Realm. ' IIL And where alfo by the Statute called The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, it is de- 9 H. 3. stat. jj
- clared and enadted. That no Freeman may be taken or imprifoned, or be difleifed of his Freehold or*9«
- Liberties, or his Free Cuftoms, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any Manner d^ftroyed, bat' by th^
- lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
' IV. And in the eight and twentieth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Third, it was declared »8Ed. 3, c, jj
- and enadted by Authority of Parliament, That no Man of what Eftate or Condition that he be, fliould
- ,be put out of his Land or Tenements, nor taken, nor imprifoned, nor diftierited, nor put to Death, ^
- ] without being brought to anfwer by due Procefs of Law:
., ' V. Neverthelefs againft the Tenor of the faid Statutes, and other the good Laws and Statutes of your „ ej. ,. <.. ,j, .
- 'Realm to that End provided, divers of your Subjedts have of late been imprifoned without any Caufe 3«Kd!3,Stat.tJi
- ftiewed; (5} and when for their Deliverance they were brought before your Juftices by your Majefty's •=• 9^^
- V^nt^oi Habeas Corpus, there to undergo and receive as the Court fliould order, and their Keepers ^yR.j^cfe.'*
- commanded to certify the Caufes of their Detainer, no Caufe was certified, but that they were de- 7, inft. 187.
- tained by your Majefty's fpecial Command, fignified by the Lords of your Privy Council, and yet
- were returned back to feveral Prifons, without being charged with any Thing to which they might '
- make Anfwer according to the Law. '
- . ' VL And whereas of late great Companies of Soldiers and Mariners have been difpbrfed into divers ^,1
- Counties of the Realm, and the Inhabitants againft their Wills have been compelled to receive theni
- into their Houfes, and there to fufter them to fojourn, againft the Laws and Cuftoms of this Realm,
- and to die great Grievance and Vexation of the People :
' VII. And whereas alfo by Authority of Parliament, in the five and twentieth Year of tlie Reign of, j.j_ i,stat.a
- King Edward the Third, it is declared and enadted. That no Man fliould be forejudged of Life of cr4.
- Limb againft the -Form of the Great Charter and the Law of the Land j (2) and by the faid Great
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