A. D. 1627. Anno tertio Caroli L €.2.(3.) 125 fuch Offence fhall be committed or done, by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offender's Goods, rendring to the conftsWes, &c. Party the Overplus, orfliall be recovered by any PcrfOn or Petfons that will fue for the fame, by Bill, Plaint ^^^Jy^^ll^!^, or Information, in any of his Majefty'S Courts of Record, in any City or Town Corporate, before his i'o"tiie"ufe'of " Majefty's Juftices of the Pfcace in their General SefTions of the P6ace : (6) All which Forfeitures ihall be t^e Poor; or imployed to and for the Ufe of the Poor of the Parifhes where the faid Offences fhall be committed or ' "a l^ V^I done, faying only that it (hall be lawful to and for any fuch Juftice, Mayor or Head Officer, out of'^""^'^' ^ * the faid Forfeitures, to reward any fuch Perfon or Perfons that ihall inform or otherwife profecute any Perfon or Perfons offending againft this prefent A<St, according to their Difcretions, fo that fuch Reward . , exceed not the third Part of the Forfeiture: (7) Provided that fuch Bill, Plaint or Information, Ihall be commenced, fued and profecut^d in the County, City or Town Corporate, where fuch Offence fhall be committed and done, and not elfewhere ; wherein no Effoin, Protedtton or Wager of Law Ihall be al- lowed to the Defendant : (8) Provided always. That it fhall be lawful for any Conftable or Church- warden, that fhall have any Suit or Adion brought againft them for any Diftrefs by them or any of them to be taken by Force of this prefent Aft, to plead the General IfTue, and to give the fpecial Matter in Evidence: (9) Provided likewife, That no Perfon or Perfons whatfoever ihall be impeached by this Ad, «nlels he be thereof queftioned within fix Months after the Offence committed ; (10) Provided further, fhat this Act fhall not in any Sort abridge or take away the Authority of the Courts Ecclefiaftical. ( 1 1 ) This A<5t to continue to the End of the firft Seffion of the next Parliaments [Enforced by 29 Car. z, c. 7. and fee farther 10 is? ii- IV. 3. c. 24. Jeii. 14.] C A P. II. (III.) An Ad to reftrain the PalTing or Sending of any to be Popiflily-bred beyond the Seas. , TpOrafmuch as divers illlaffeaed Perfons to the true Religion eftablilhed within this Realm, have fent Paff^/ol"fend. 5 1/ their Children into Foreign Parts to be bred up in Popery, notwithftanding the Reftraint thereof by ing any Perfon"
- the Statute miade in the firft Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lord King James of famous Me- «y<»>«' the Seat
- mory;' Be it enafted. That the faid Statute fhall be put in due Execution : (2) And be it further en- bred/""
aded by, the King's moft excellent Majefty, and the Lord's Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in i Jac. i. c. 4., - this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Authority of the fame. That in cafe any Perfon or Perfons S* I'fi 8°^** .- Ujfider.the Obedience of the King, his Heirs and SuccefTors, at any Time after the End of this SefTion of ^I^oJh'frbi- Parliament, fhall pafs or go, or ihall convey of fend, or caufe to be fent or conveyed, any Child or other yond the Seas to Perfon, out of any of the King's Dominions, unto any the Parts bejrond the Seas, out of the King's Obe- ^e 'rained up in dience, to the Intent and Purpofe to enter into, or be refident or trained up in, any Priory, Abbey, Nun- fti°?fb^'duibie'<f nery, Popifh Univerfity, College or School, or Houfe of Jefuits, Priefts, or in any private Popiih Fa^ to fue, &c. and mily, and fhall be there by any Jefuifs, Seminary Pjriefts, Frier, Monk, or other Popiih Perfon, in^ JJa" jofe all his ftrucfted, perfwaded or ftrengthened in the Popiih Religion, in any Sort to profefs the fame, or ihall con- fo^iVin "hi vey or fend, or caufe to be conyeyed or fent, by the Hands or Means of any Perfon whatfoever, any Sum Lands, &c. for or Sums of Money, or other Thing, for or towards the Maintenance of any Child or other Perfon already ^^•,. gone or fent, or to go or to be fent, and trained and infh-udted as is aforefaid, or under the Name or Co- 3'jac. i.'c.*?*. lour of any Charity, Benevolence or Alms, towards the Relief of any Priory, Abbey, Nunnery, College, Btc'r^i! jit, School, or any Religious Houfe whatfoever : Every Perfon fo fending, conveying, or caufing to be fent and conveyed, as well any fuch Child or other Perfon, as any Sum or Sums of^ Money, or omer Thing, and every Perfon pafTing or being fent beyond the Seas, being thereof lawfully convidted, in or upon any Information, Prefentment or Indidtment, as is aforefaid, ihall be difabled from thenceforth to fue or ufe any Adion, Bill, Plaint or Information, in Courfe of Law, or to profecute any Suit in any Court of Equi- 2' , or to be Committee of any Ward, or Executor or Adminiftrator to any Perfon, or capable of any* , sgacy or Deed of Gift, or to bear any Office within the Realm ; (3) and fhall lofe and forfeit all his ' Goods and Chattels, and fhall forfeit all his Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Rents, Annuities, Offices and Eftates of Freehold, for and during his natural Life. II. Provided always. That no Perfon fent or conveyed as aforefaid, that fhall within fix Months after A Convert ffiall his Return into this Realm conform himfelf unto the prefent Religion eftabliihed in this Church of £ng- "°t incur the land, and receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, according to the Statutes made concerning Con- fafd. ""°"* fdrmity in other Cafes required from Popifh Recufants, fhall incur any the Penalties aforefaid. 27 Eiiz, c. a. III. And it is enadted. That all and every the Offences againft this Statute may be enquired, heard and iletermined before the Juilices of the King's Bench, or Juftices of Affize or Gaol-delivery, or of Oyer and Terminer, of fuch Counties where the Offenders did laft dwell or abide, or whence they departed out of this Kingdom, or where they were taken. IV. Provided alfo. That if any Perfon or Child, fo pafiing or fent, or now being beyond the Sea, fhall after his Return into this Realm conform himfelf to this Religion eftabliihed in the Church of England, and receive the Sacrament of the Lord his Supper, according to the Statutes made for or concerning Con- formity in other Cafes required from Popifh Recufants, for and during fuch Time as he or ihe ihall fo continue in fuch Conformity and Obedience, according to the trite Intent and Meaning of the fkid Laws . and Statutes, fliall have his or her Lands reftored to them again. CAP,
