Section VII Officer offending in making out Process, or taking Money for Things pardoned.

Penalty £10, and Treble Damages and Costs; Process void.

And Bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That if any Officer or Clerke of any of their Majestyes Courts commonly called the Chancery Kings-Bench Common Pleas or Exchequer or any other Officer or Clerke of any other their Majesties Courts within this Realme at any time after the last day of Easter Terme next make out or write out any Writts Processe Summons or other Precept whereby any of the said Subjects or of the Bodies Corporate or others before rehearsed or any of them shall be in anywise arrested attached distrained summoned or otherwise vexed inquieted or grieved in his or their Bodies Lands Tenements Goods or Chattells or any of them for or because of any manner of thing pardoned or discharged by vertue of this Act or if any Sheriffe X1 Escheatour or any their Deputy or Deputies or any Bayliffe or other Officer whatsoever by colour of his or their Office or otherwise after the said last day of Easter Terme next doe levy recieve take or withhold of or from any person or persons any thing pardoned or discharged by this Act That then every such person soe offending and thereof lawfully convicted or condemned by any sufficient Testimony Witnesse or Proofe shall yield and pay for Recompence thereof to the party soe grieved or offended thereby his or their treble Damages besides all Costs of the Suite and shall alsoe forfeit and lose to the King and Queens Majesties for every such Offence ten pounds And neverthelesse all and singular such Writts Processe and Precepts soe to be made for or upon any manner of thing pardoned or discharged by this present Act of Free Pardon shall be utterly void and of none effect

Exceptions, High Treason.

Excepted and alwayes foreprized out of this Generall and Free Pardon all and all manner of High Treasons and other Offences committed or done by any person or persons against the King and Queens Majestyes most Royall Persons or either of them and all Conspiracies and Confederacies trayterously had committed or done by any person or persons against their Majesties most Royall Persons or either of them

Treasons in Ireland.

And alsoe excepted all and every manner of Treasons committed or done by any person or persons in Ireland or in any the parts beyond the Seas or in any other places out of this Realme since the thirteenth day of February in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty and eight and alsoe all Suites Punishments Outlawries Judgements Executions Paines of Death Forfeitures and Penalties for or by reason or occasion of any the Treasons and Offences before excepted

Forging Great Seal, &c. Diminishing the Coin, Misprision of Treason, &c.

And alsoe excepted out of this Free Pardon all Offences in Forging and false Counterfeiting the Great or Privy Seale Signe Manuall or Privy Signet or of any of the Moneys currant within this Realme and alsoe all Offences of unlawfull diminishing any of the said moneys by any wayes or meanes whatsoever contrary to the Laws and Statutes of this Realme and all Misprisions and Concealments of the Treasons before excepted and all abetting aiding comforting and procureing of the same Offences or any of the said Treasons before excepted

Murders, Petit Treason, Poisoning.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all manner of voluntary Murders Petit X2Treasons and wilfull Poysonings done or committed by any person or persons and all and every the Accessaries of the same Offences or any of them

Piracies, &c.

And alsoe excepted and foreprized out of this Generall Pardon all Piracies and Robberies done upon the Seas and all and every procureing or abetting any such Offenders and the comforting and recieveing of them or any of them or of any Goods taken by way of Piracy or Robbery upon the Seas as aforesaid

Burglaries, &c.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all Burglaries and all breaking into and stealing out of any Dwelling house or Houses in the day and all Accessaries to X3 the said Burglaries and Felonies

Robberies in Churches and on the Highway.

And alsoe except all Robberies of Churches and stealing any Plate Utensils or Goods of or belonging to the same and alsoe all Robberies committed upon any person or persons in or neare the Highway.

Buggery.

And alsoe excepted the detestable or abominable Vice of Buggery committed with Mankind or Beast

Rape.

And alsoe excepted all Rapes and Carnall Ravishments of Women

Taking away or marrying Women.

And alsoe excepted all Ravishments and wilfull takeing away or marrying of any Maid Widow or Damsell against her Will or without the assent or agreement of her Parents or of such as then had her in Custodie And all Offences of aiding and comforting procureing or abetting any such Ravishments wilfull takeing or marrying had committed or done

Perjury, Subornation, forging Records, Examination of Witnesses, &c.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all Offences of Perjury and the Subornation of Witnesses and endeavouring to bribe and corrupt any Person to give a false Testimony and the Offences of Forgeing and Counterfeiting and Sollicitation of Forging or Counterfeiting any Fines or other Records Deeds Wills Escripts or Writeings whatsoever and all Offences of Forgeing or Counterfeiting any Examinations or Testimonies of any Witnesse or Witnesses tending to bring any person or persons into danger of his Life and all procureing or councelling of any such Forgings or Counterfeitings had made committed or done

Forest Offences.

And also excepted all Offences committed in any Forest since the thirteenth day of February in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty eight in takeing killing or destroying any Deere and in cutting downe takeing away or destroying any Timber or Trees or any Fences or Inclosures of or in the said Forests

Certain Forfeitures due or that may grow due to the Crown.

And alsoe except all Forfeitures and other Penalties and Profits now due accrued and grown or which shall or may be due accrue or grow to the King and Queens Majestyes by reason of any Offence Misdemeanour or Contempt or other Act or Deed had suffered committed or done contrary to any Act Statute or Statutes (other then useing or causeing to be used any Craft Mistery or Occupation by any person not brought up therein seven yeares as an Apprentice) or contrary to the Common Law of this Realme And whereof or for the which any Action Bill Plaint or Information at any time within six yeares next before the day of the assembling and holding of this Parlyament (videlicet) the twentyeth day of March in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty nine hath beene commenced or sued in any of their Majestyes Courts at Westminster and is depending and remaineing to be prosecuted or whereupon any Verdict Judgement or Decree is already given or entred or whereof or whereupon their Majestyes by their Bill signed or otherwise have made any Gift or Assignement to any person or persons before the said sixteenth day of May and all Awards of Court Orders Sentences Judgments Executions and Proceedings upon or concerning or by reason or occasion of any such Offence Misdemeanour Contempt Act or Deed

Informations about Highways, &c.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all Informations and other Proceedings depending concerning any Common Highwayes or Bridges and all Issues returned upon any Processe concerning the same since the twentyeth day of March in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and nine

Embezzling their Majesties Goods, &c; Conveying Stores, &c. to the French King.

And alsoe excepted all Offences in takeing away imbezzilling or purloyning any of the King and Queens Majestyes Goods Moneys Chattells Jewells Armour Munition Stores Navall Provisions Shipping Ordnance and other Habiliments of Warr and all Offences in conveying to the French King or any of his Subjects any Navall Stores or Commodities or Contraband Goods or supplying him or them with the same

Breach of Covenant with their Majesties.

And alsoe excepted all Conditions and Covenants and all Penalties Titles and Forfeitures of Conditions or Covenants accrued or growne to their Majesties by reason of the Breach and not performing of any Covenant or Condition whatsoever

Incest, Simony, &c.

And alsoe excepted all Offences of Incest Simony or Dilapidations for which any Suite is or was depending upon the said first day of this Parliament

Adultery, and Crimes of Persons in Orders.

And alsoe excepted Adultery and all other enormous Crimes committed by any person in Holy Orders punishable in any Ecclesiasticall Court and all Proceedings and Sentences thereupon

First-fruits, &c; Bishops or Receivers not discharged, &c.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all First-fruits and Tenths Pensions Procurations Synodalls and other Payments out of any Ecclesiasticall Promotion or Benefice other then Arrears of Tenths which at any time before the said first day of this Session of Parlyament did become due for upon or out of any small Rectory Vicarage or Benefice which at the true and greatest Valuation and Improvement is not of the yearely Value of thirty pounds and which shall be soe certified by the respective Bishop or Guardians of the Spiritualities to their Majesties Court of Exchequer before the last day of next Michaelmas Terme Provided That this shall not be construed to pardon or discharge any Bishop or Receiver of or from answering or paying any of the said Arreares by him received.

Concealment of Duties.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon X4 all and every the Summes of Money and Duties following and the Concealment or wrongfull Detainments thereof (that is to say) of any Custome or Subsidy Excise Arrears of the Hearth-Money Imposition upon Wine or other Liquors or Commodities Duties ariseing by Wine-Licences or the Post-Office or any other Tax Assessment Duty or Imposition due or belonging to the King and Queens Majestyes or given or levyable by any Act of Parliament and all Arreares thereof and all Forfeitures ariseing thereby or for the Non-payment thereof and all Corruptions and Misdemeanours of any Officer or Minister of in or concerning the same and all Accounts and Suits whatsoever to be had made or prosecuted for the same and all Concealments Frauds and Offences by which their Majestyes have beene decieved and not truely answered of or for the same

Taking away Goods or Rents, &c. forfeited to King Charles II. or James II. or their present Majesties.

And alsoe excepted all and every manner of takeing from the King and Queens Majestyes or the late Kings Charles the Second and James the Second or either of them any Goods or Chattells forfeited by reason of any Treason Petit Treason Murder or Felony heretofore committed or done And alsoe all and every manner of takeing from their Majesties or either of the said Kings the Issues Rents Revenues or Profitts of any Manours Lands Tenements or Hereditaments which were of any Traytor Murderer Felon Clerke or Clerks attainted or any of them And alsoe all and all manner of takeing from the King and Queens Majestyes or either of the said Kings the Issues Rents Revenues and Profits of any Mannour Lands Tenements or Hereditaments parcell of the Possessions of any Bishopricke the Temporalties whereof upon the said twentyeth day of March in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy nine or at any time since were or of right ought to have beene in their or either of their Hands

Exception of Arrearages due from Farmers of the Revenue.

And alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all Arrearages of Rent due from any Farmer of any part of the Revenue ariseing by Customs Excise or Hearthmoney or Impositions upon Proceedings at Law and all Arrearages of Fee-Farme Rents or other Rents

Of Accounts, &c. from Collectors, &c. to the King.

And alsoe excepted all and singular accounts of all and every Collector and Collectors Commissioners Treasurers or Recievers who have collected X5or recieved any Subsidie Custome Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage additionall Duty prize-Goods or other things growne due or happening since the five and twentyeth day of March in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy three And all accounts of every other person whatsoever that ought to be accomptant to the King and Queens Majesties for or in respect of any Receipt or other Charge which hath grown since the said five and twentieth day of March and the Heires Executors Administrators and Sureties of any person that ought to account for all things touching onely the same accounts and all and singular arrearages of accounts and untrue accounts made or rendred since the said five and twentyeth day of March and all Impetitions Charges Seisures Suites Demands and Executions which may or can be had of or for any such account or accounts or any arrearages of the same

Of Receivers' Recognizances.

And alsoe excepted all Recognizances Obligations and other Securities given or entred into by any Receiver Reeve Bayliffe Collector or other Accomptant in the Court of Exchequer and their Sureties and their Accounts respectively and all other Recognizances and Obligations whatsoever conditioned for the payment of Money