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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pardon-act-1689/section-VIII",
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  "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/2/10",
  "legislation_title": "General Pardon Act 1689",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-pardon-act-1689",
  "path": "section/VIII",
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  "number": "VIII",
  "heading": "Of forfeited Recognizances, &c.",
  "text": "Of Penalties, &c. due to their Majesties since 25th March.\nProvided alwayes and Bee it enacted That this Act shall not extend or be construed to pardon or discharge any Recognizance or Obligation not yet forfeited nor to pardon or discharge any forfeited Recognizance or Obligation or any other Forfeiture or Penaltie whereof the Farmers of the Excise or the Farmers of any other part of the publick Revenue ought to recieve any benefitt or advantage Nor to pardon or discharge any Debt due by Recognizance Obligation or other Specialty to any person or persons indebted to their Majestyes which hath beene duely seized in aid of their Majestyes Debt Nor to pardon or discharge any Debt due by Recognizance Obligation Condemnation or otherwise whereupon any Estalment or Seizure hath beene at any time heretofore made upon which Estalment or Seizure any thing is or at any time since the said five and twentyeth day of March hath beene answered and paid Nor to pardon or discharge any Penalties Forfeitures or Sums of Money due or accrued to their Majesties by reason of any Act Statute or Statutes which Forfeitures Penalties and Sums of Mony since the said five and twentyeth day of March be converted into the nature of any Debt by any Judgement Order Decree or by the Agreement of the Offender or Offenders or have beene estalled or any Seizure made for the same and upon such Seizure or Estalment any thing answered or paid since the said five and twentyeth day of March.\nProviso for Recognizances for Appearance, except the Lord Almoner.\nNeverthelesse it is hereby declared That all Obligations and Recognizances forfeited since the said five and twentyeth day of March for Non appearance in any Court or other place whatsoever or not keeping the Peace or not being of the Good Behaviour shall be clearly pardoned and discharged except Recognizances granted to or in trust for the Lord Almoner\nException of Issues lost.\nAnd alsoe excepted out of this Pardon all Issues Fines and Amerciaments lost imposed or assessed since the said five and twentyeth day of March being totted levyed or recieved by any Sheriffe Under Sheriffe Bayliffe Minister or other Officer before the last day of this present Session of Parlyament\nAnd alsoe excepted all Issues Fines and Amerciaments lost imposed or assessed since the said five and twentyeth day of March affeered taxed sett estreated or entred severally or particularly touching or concerning any one or more persons joyntly or severally above the Summe of six pounds\nOf Issues, &c. returned, &c. within a Year before this Parliament.\nAnd alsoe excepted all Issues Fines and Amerciaments returned affeered taxed sett or entred severally or particularly in any Court of Record at Westminster at any time within the space of a yeare before the said first day of this Parliament\nProviso for other Fines and Issues.\nAnd yet neverthelesse all other Fines as well Fines Pro Licentia Concordandi as other sett taxed estreated or entred before that time And alsoe all Issues and Amerciaments as well reall as others within any Liberties or without being sett taxed estreated or entred before the time aforesaid and which severally and particularly extend to or under the Summe of six pounds and not above whether they be estreated or not estreated or whether they be turned into Debt or not turned into Debt and not being totted levyed or recieved by any Sheriffe Under Sheriffe Minister or other Officer before the said first day of this Parliament shall be freely clearely and plainly pardoned and discharged against the King and Queens Majestyes their Heires and Successors by force of this present Act\nEstreats of Fines, &c. already estreated to be delivered into the Pipe Office.\nAnd yet neverthelesse all Estreats of such Fines Issues and Amerciaments as be now pardoned by this Act and which be already estreated forth of the Court of Exchequer and remaineing in the Hands of the Sheriffe Under-Sheriffe or Bayliffe for collecting of the same Fines Issues and Amerciaments shall upon the returne of the same Estreats be duely and orderly charged and delivered by Scrows into the Office of the Pipe in the Court of Exchequer as heretofore hath beene accustomed to the intent that thereupon Order may be taken that their Majestyes may be truely answered all such Fines Issues and Amerciaments not by this Act pardoned and which any Sheriffe Under-Sheriffe Bayliffe or other Officer or Minister hath received or ought to answere by force or colour of any such Estreat Processe or Precept to him or them made for the levying thereof\nSheriffs and other Accountants on Petition for Allowance of Fines, &c. to have same granted without Fee.\nAnd yet that notwithstanding all and every Sheriffe and Sheriffes and other Accomptant upon his or their Petition or Petitions to be made for the allowance of any such Fines Issues and Amerciaments as by this Act are pardoned shall have all and every such his and their Petition allowed in his and their account and accounts without paying any Fee or Reward to any Officer Clerke or other Minister for the makeing entring or allowing of any such Petition or Petitions any Usage or Custome to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "interlined on the Roll."
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      "text": "Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: be O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]"
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