An Acte to encourage the Seamen of England to take Fishe, wherebie they may encrease to furnishe the Navie of England (1603)
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| Artifact type | Statute |
| Creator/author | Parliament of England |
| Date | 1603 |
| Period | Stuart |
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[Statutes of the Realm, Vol. IV, Part II, Anno 1° [& 2°] JACOBI, I. A. D. 1603-4. & 1604, CHAPTER XVL.]
CHAPTER XXIX
AN ACTE to encourage the Seamen of England to take Fishe, wherebie they may encrease to furnishe the Navie of England
FOR
NOR the better increase of Scamen, to be readie at all tymes to serve in the King Majesties Navie and the Navie of England, of which the Fishermen of England have ever bene the chiefest Seminarie and Nurserie, which in this latter Age have greatlie decayed; Bee it enacted by the Kingť moste excellent Majestie the Lordes Spirituall and Temporall and the Comons in this sent Parliament assembled and by the authoritie of the same, That no Lycence or Lycences heretofore made or graunted, or hereafter to be made or graunted, to any sicke or infirme person or psons to eate Fleshe, during the tyme of his her or theire Sicknesse or Infirmitie, by force of the Statute of Anno quinto Regine Elizabeth, shall from the Feaste of Saint Michael next cominge be any sufficient Warrant to any such person or persons to eate any Beefe Veale Porke Mutton or Bacon in the tyme of Lent, or upon any day now observed as a Fishe day; but that the saide sicke or infirme person or persons shall, for dressinge or eatinge of such Beefe Veale Porke Mutton or Bacon, incurre the danger and penaltie comprised therefore in the saide Statute, notwithstandinge any suche Licence heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted to the contrarie
Butchers shall not AND be it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaide, That no Butcher or other person, whether he be licenced or hill Beasts in Lent, not licenced to kill Fleshe, shall from henceforth at any tyme in the tyme of Lent kill or dresse to the invent to put
except for victualling the Nory, ke
Justices may enter Victuallers Houses, and search for and wice Mest in Lest
IV. Penalties on
to sale any Oxe or Oxen Beeves Becvets Hogges Calves Rammes Ewes or Weathers, except Oxen or Beeves for victualling of Shippes into forreine part, and except all Fleshe to be killed three dayes next before Easter yeerelie, upon paine to forfeit and loose the same Oxen Beeves Bervets Hogges Calves Rammes Ewes and Weathers so killed and dressed contrarie to this Statute, or the value of them
AND be it further enacted, That all Justices of the Peace, Mayors Bailiff Head Officers and Constables, aswell of Cities and Townes Corporate as in everie Countie of this Realme, shall have power and authoritie by force of this Acte, yeerelie in the tyme of Lent, to enter into all Howses of Victuallers and common victuallinge Houses within theire Jurisdictions, where such Offences shall be suspected to be comitted, and findinge any such Oxen Beeves Beevets Hogges Calves Rammes Ewes or Weathers killed or dressed, or any parte or parcell of the same, contrary to this Statute, shall take and seize the same as forfeited, and shall give and distribute the same to Prisoners and other poore Folkes by theire discretion
AND because the greatest Disorder and Libertie in eating of Fleshe upon Fish daies and Dayes prohibited by the Lawe, is comonlie founde to be in Tavernes comon Innes Tabling Houses Cookes Houses Ale Houses and Tipling Houses: Be it therefore enacted, That everie Taverner Innekeeper Keeper of everie comon Tabling House comon Cooke comon Typler or Alehouse Keeper, offendinge at any tyme hereafter in the dressinge of any Fleshe Victuall contrarie to the saide Statute of Anno quinto Elizabeth, or contrarie to this Statute, shall not onelie forfeit all the saide Fleshe so dressed, but also the penaltie imposed by the same Statute of Anno quinto Elizabeth, for everie Offence to be comitted after the Feaste of Saint Michael the Archangell next cominge; the one halfe of all which Forfeitures, (except such Forfeitures as shalbe founde and taken by the Justices of Peace Mayors Bailiff Head Officers and Constables, accordinge to the tenor of this Acte), shall be to our Sovaigne Lorde the Kinge, and the other halfe to such person or peons as shall sue or informe for the same in any Court of Recorde, by Action of Debte Bill Plainte or Information, wherein no Easoyne Protection or Wager of Lawe shall be allowed to the Defendant
Contion of Act. Ture Acte to contynue to the ende of the firste Bession of the nexte Parliament
