but fhall fell orgiveitaway, orin fome other manner fo difpofe of it, that it fhall remain in the king's fervice. "Alfo no man fhall carry arms out of the kingdom, unless by the command of our lord the king, nor fhall any man fell arms to another, who means to carry them out of the kingdom. "By other parts of this law it was directed, that juries fhall be appointed in the hundreds and boroughs of every county, to difco ver who had chattels or rent to the value expreffed therein; on which inqueft no perfon who had not chattels to the value of fixteen marks, or ten at least, was to ferve. The king's juftices in their circuits were required to enroll the names of the jurors, and of thofe who fhould be found to have chattels or rents to the value above mentioned, after which they were to caufe this affize to be publicly read, and all the perfons concerned were to be fworn to obferve it in all points. "And if it happened that any one of those who ought to have thefe arms was not in his coun'y at the time the juftices were there, they were directed to appoint another time and county for his appearance; and if he did not come to them in any of the counties through which they paffed, they were in that cafe to appoint him a time at Westminster, at the octaves of St. Michael, then to attend and take his oath, as he loved himself and all that belonged to him; and he was likewife to be commanded to have, before the feaft of St. Hilary, arms fuch as he was by law bound to poffefs. "Allo the juftices were enjoined to cause it to be notified over all the counties through which they were to pafs, that those who had not thefe arms as aforefaid, the king would punish corporally in 1786. their limbs, and not in their goods, their lands, or chattels. "Alfo none might act as jurors refpecting legal and free men, who hath not fixteen marks in land, or ten marks in chattels. "Alfo the justices to command in all the counties by which they fhould pafs, that no one as he lov ed himfelf and all that belonged to him, fhould buy or fell any fhip, to be taken out of England; and the king commanded that none but a freeman should be admitted to take the oath of arms. "This regulation, or affize, received a farther corroboration, by the ftatute of the 13th of king Edward I. called the ftatute of Winchefter, by which, every man was bound to provide and keep armour and weapons, according to his eftate or goods. The armour and weapons directed by the ftatute of Winchester to be kept by perfons of different poffeffions, were thus allotted: every one poffeffed of lands to the yearly value of fifteen pounds and forty marks in goods, to keep a haubergeon, an iron head piece, a fword, knife, and horfe. Thofe having from ten, and under fifteen pounds in lands and chattels, or the value of forty marks, the fame as the preceding clafs, the horse excepted. Perfons having an hundred fhillings per annum in land, and upwards, were to keep a doublet, a head-piece of iron, a fword, and a knife. And from forty fhillings annual rent in land, and upwards, to one hundred, a fword, bow and arrows, and a knife. He that had under forty fhillings in land, was fworn to keep faulchions, gifarmes, daggers, and other finall arms. Perfons poffeffing lefs than twenty marks in chattels, to have fwords, daggers, and other inferior weapons; and all others authorised to keep K bows bows and arrows, might have them out of the forests. A review of these arms was to be made twice a year, by two conftables of every hundred, who were to report defaulters to the justices, and they to prefent them to the king in parliament. This ftatute was repealed in the first of Philip and Mary, and another enacted, wherein armour and weapons of more modern date were in ferted. "By that act it was provided, that all temporal perfons, having eftates of a thousand pounds or upwards, fhould, from the first of May, 1588, keep fix horfes or geldings fit for mounting demi-launces, three of them at least to have fufficient harness, steele faddles, and weapons requifite and appertaining to the faid demi-launces, horfes or geldings; and ten light horfes, or geldings with the weapons and harnefs requifite for light-horfemen; alfo forty corfelets furnished, forty almaine rivetts, or instead of the faid forty almaine rivetts, forty coats of plate, corielets or brigandines furnifhed; forty pikes, thirty long bowes, thirty fheaf of arrowes, thirty fteele cappes or fculles, twenty black bills or halberts, haque buts, and twenty morians or fallets. "Temporal perfons having eftates to the value of 1000 marks and upwards, and under the clear yearly value of cocl. to maintain four horfes or geldings for demilaunces, whereof two at the least to be horses; with fufficient weapons, faddles, meet and requifite to the faid demi-launces; fix light-horfes, with furniture, &c. neceffary for the fame, thirty corcelets furnished; thirty almaine rivetts, or in lieu thereof thirty coates of plate, corcelets, or brigandines furnished; thirty pikes, twenty long bowes, twenty fheafs of arrowes, twenty fteel caps or fculls, ten black bills or halberts, ten haquebuts and ten morians or fallets. "Ever temporal perfon having 4col. per annum, and under the clear yearly value of 1000 marks, to keep two horfes, or one horse and one gelding, for light-horses, twenty corfelets furnished, twenty almaine rivetts furnished, or inftead thereof, twenty coats of plate, corfelets or brigandines furnished; twenty pikes, fifteen long bowes, fifteen fheaves of arrowes, fifteen fteel caps, or fculls, fix haquebuts, and fix morians or fallets. "Temporal perfons having clear 20 l. per annum, and under 400l. per annum, one great horfe or gelding fit for a demi-launce, with fuf ficient furniture and harness, fteeled faddle, &c. two geldings for lighthorfe, with haruefs and weapons as aforefaid: ten corfelets furnished, ten almaine rivetts, or instead thereof, ten coats of plate corcelets, of brigandines furnished, ten pikes, eight long bows, eight fheafs of arrows, eight steel caps or fculls, three haquebuts, and three morians or fallets. "Every temporal perfon, &c. having 100l. or under 200l. per annum, two geldings and furniture, &c. for light-horfemen, three corfe lets, furnished, three almaine rivetts, corfelets or brigandines furnished, three long pikes, three bowes, three Theafes of arrowes, three fleel caps or fculls, two haquebuts, and two morians or fallets. "Temporal perfons having 100 marks and under 100l. per annum, one gelding and furniture for a light horfeman, two corcelets fur nifhed, two almaine rivetts, coars of plate or brigandines furnished, two pikes, two long bowes, two fheafs of arrows, two steel caps or fculls, one haquebut, one mo rian or fallet. "Temporal perfons having 401. or or under 100 marks per annum, two corfelets furnished, two almaine rivetts, corfelets or brigandines furnifhed; two pikes, one long bowe, one fheaf of arrows, one fteel cap or fcull, two haquebuts, two morians or fallets. "Perfons having zol. and under 401. per annum, one corfelet furnifhed, one pike, one haquebut, one morian or fallet, one long bowe, one fheaf of arrows, and one steel cap or fcull. "Temporal perfons having 1ól. and under zol. per annum, one almaine rivett, a coat of plate or brigandine furnished, one haquebut, one morian or fallet, and one long bowe, one fheaf of arrows, and one steel cap or fcull. "Temporal perfons having 51. and under tol. per annum, one coat of plate furnished, one black bill or halbert, one long bowe, and one theaf of arrows, one steel cap or feull. "Temporal perfons having goods and chattels to the amount of 1000 marks, one horse or gelding furnifhed for a demi-launce, one gelding furnished for a light-horfeman, or eighteen corfelets furnished in ftead of the faid horfe and gelding and furniture of the fame, at their choice; two corfelets furnished, two almaine rivetts, or inftead thereof two corcelets or two brigandines furnished, two pikes, four long bowes, four fheafs of arrowes, four feel caps or fculls, and three haquebuts, with three morians or fallets. "Temporal perfons having goods &c. to the amount of 400l. and above, and under 1000 marks, one gelding for a light-horfeman, pro. perly furnished, or inftead thereof nine corcelets furnished, at his choice, and one other corcelet furnished; one pike, two almaine rivetts, or plate coates, or brigan dines furnished, one haquebut, two long bowes, two fheafs of arrowes, and two steel caps or fculls. "Goods, &c. to the amount of 20:1. and upwards, and under 400l. one corcelet furnished, one pike, two almaine rivetts, plate coats, or brigandines furnished; one haquebut, one morian or fallet, two long. bowes, two fheafs of arrows, and two fculls or fteel caps. "Goods, &c. to the amount of 100l. or above, and under 200l. one corcelet furnished, one pike, one pair of almaine rivetts, one plate coat, or pair of brigandines furnished, two long bowes, and two fheafs of arrowes and two fculls. "Goods, &c. to the amount of 401. and under 100l. two pair of almaine rivetts, or two coats of plate, or brigandines furnished, one long bowe, one fheaf of arrowes, one steel cap or one fcull, and one black bill or halbert. Goods, &c. to the amount of 201. and upwards, and under 401. one pair of almaine rivetts, or one coat of plate, or one pair of brigandines, two long bowes, two fheafs of arrowes, two fculls or steel caps, and one black bill or halbert. "Goods, &c. to the amount of 1ol. and above, and under zol. one long bowe, one fheaf of arrowes, with one steel cap or fcull, and one black bill or halbert. "Temporal perfons not charged by this act, having annuities, copyholds, or eftate of inheritance to the clear yearly value of 3cl. or upwards, to be chargeable with furniture of war, according to the proportion appointed for goods and chattels. "And every perfon who by the act of the 33d of king Henry VIII. cap. . was bound by reason, that his wife fhould wear fuch kind of apparel, or o her thing, as in the fame ftatute is mentioned and deK 2 clared, clared, to keepe or find one great ftoned trotting horfe, viz. Every perfon temporal, whofe wife (not being divorced, nor willi gly abfenting herself from him) doth were any gowne of filke, French hood, or bonet of velvet, with any habiliment, past, or edge of golde, pearle, or stone, or any chaine of golde about her necke, or in her partlet, or in any apparell of her body, except the fonnes and heires apparent of dukes, marquefes, earles, viconts and barons, and others having heriditaments to the yearly value of 600 marks or above, during the life of their fathers and wardes having heriditaments of the yearly value of 2001. and who are not by this act before char ed, to have, Inaintaine. and keep any horfe or gelding; fhall from the said first of May, have, keep, and maintain, one gelding, able and meete for a light-horfeman, with fufficient har nefs and weapon for the fame, in fuch manner and forme, as every perfon having lordships, houfes, lands, &c. to the clear yearly value of 100 marks is appointed to have. "Any perfon chargeable by this act, who, for three whole months from the 1ft of May, fhall lack or want the horses or armour, with which he is charged, fhall forfeit for every horfe or gelding in which he is deficient, ten pounds: for every demi-launce and furniture, three pounds; for every corelet and furniture of the fame, forty fhillings, and for every almain rivet, coat of plate, or brigandine and furniture of the fame, twenty fhillings; and for every bow and fheaf of arrows, bill, halbert, hacquebut, fteel cap, feull, mori an and fallet, ten fhillings, one half of thefe forfeitures to the king and queen, the other half to the parties fuing for the fame. " he inhabitants of all cities, boroughs, towns, parifhes, &c. other than fuch as are fpecially charged before in this act, fhaid keep and maintain at their common charges, fuch harneis and weapons as fhall be appointed by the commiffioners of the king and queen, to be kept in fuch places as fhall by the faid commiffioners be appointed. Indentures to be made of the numbers and kinds thereof between two or more of the fid commiffioners, and twelve, eight, or four, of the principal inhabitants of every fuch city, borough, &c. &c. one part to remain with the chief officer of the faid city, &c. and the other part with the clerk of the peace of the county. "And if any of the inhabitants fhall be deficient for three months in any of the articles directed to be found, they fhall forfeit for every article according to the proportion before mentioned, to be applied and levied as there directed. "The lord chancellor for the time being fhall have full power to grant commiflions under the great feal of England, to as many juft ces of every fhire or county as he fhall deem neceffary for making this appointment of horses and armour. This act nor to invalidate any covenant between a landlord and his tenant for finding horfe, armour, or weapons. 66 The justices of every county are hereby authorized to make fearch and view from time to time of and for the horses, armour, &c. to be kept by perfons pofleffed of zool. per ann. and not above 4001. per ann. or to be found by perfons chargeable on account of their goods, goods, chattels, &c, as aforefaid, and to hear and determine at their quarter feffions every default com. mitted or done, contrary to this act, within the county, and to level the penalties. "Any foldier making fale of his horfe, harneis, or weapon, or any of them, contrary to the form of the ftatute made in the faid 2d and 3d year of the late king, i. e. the 2d and 3d of king Edward VI. fhall incur the penalty of the faid ftatute, and the fale fh 1l be void, the purchafer knowing him to be a foldier. "All prefentments and profecu. tions to be within one year after the commiffion of the offence. Perions profecuted for deficiencies of armour may plead their inability to procure it, on account of the want of it within the realm, whi hlea, if true, fhall be a fufficient juftification; if den ed, if fue to be join d, and the trial of fuch iflue, onl had by the certificate of the lord chancellor, iord teafurer, the lord preident of the council, the lord iteward of the kin's and queen's most honourable houf hold, the lord privy feal the lord admiral, and the lord chamberlain of the faid household, or by three of them, under their hands and feals, &c. &c. this act or any uage to the contrary notwithstanding. No perfons to be charged both for lands and goods. This act not to repeal the act of the 33d of Henry VIII, for having long bowes, and exercifing archery. 16 Provided any horfes fhall d e, or be killed, or armour be loft or expended in the defence of the realm, the owner fhall not be profecuted for the defici ney withia one year after fuch lofs. The want of a gantlet or gant. lets fhall not be reckoned a deficiency for a corcelet. he fervants of fuch perfons as are bound to find a haquebut, may exercise themselves in fhooting at fuch marks as are limited and appointed by the 3d of Henry VIII. fo that they do not ufe fuch haquebut in any highway. This act not to extend to Wales, Lancaster, or Chefter, nor to oblige any one to have or to find a haquebut, but that they may, at their will and pleafure, have and keep, instead of every haquebut charged in this act, one long bowe, and oe fheaf of arrowes, over and above fuch other armour and munition as is by the laws of t. e realm appointed. he lord chancellor, or lord ke per of the great teal may from time to time by vir ue of the king's commiffion, appoint commiffioners in very city, borough, &c. &c. as well in England as Wales, confiftin; or juices with other perfons joired with them, as he fhall think meet, to take a view of armour, and to align what harness, &c. they fhall be bound to provide and keep." MONASTIC INSTITUTIONS in IRELAND, [From ARCHDALL'S MONASTICON HIBERNICUM. "LOUGHDEARG; |