{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1662/section-XVI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1662/section-XVI.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/14/6",
  "legislation_title": "Highways Act 1662",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1662",
  "path": "section/XVI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XVI",
  "heading": "Recital of Petition of certain Inhabitants of the Parish of Laycock in the County of Wilts, respecting Foot Bridge and Rey Bridge.",
  "text": "The said Parishioners indemnified against rebuilding Rey Bridge except for Horse and Pack.\nAnd whereas at a generall Quarter Sessions held for the County of Wilts it was at the humble Petic[i]on of the Petic[i]oners of Laycock and other Inhabitants of the said County ordered that one ancient Bridge called Foot Bridge leading thorough the said Parish between London Bath and Bristol being more comodious for all Carts than one other Bridge in the said Parish called Rey Bridge should be repaired and made passable for all Carts Waggons and Carriages (with the Materials of Rey Bridge) which was thereby ordered to be taken down which Order was accordingly put in Execution in the said County and Parish Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Parishoners and all others imployed by them in the pulling downe the said Bridge called Rey Bridge and imploying the Materials thereof as aforesaid shall be and are hereby indempnified from all suits troubles and molestations whatsoever touching or concerning the same and that the said Parishoners of Laycock and other the aforesaid Inhabitants shall not hereafter be compelled by Information or Indictment or any other way be made chargeable with the rebuilding of the said Bridge called Rey Bridge otherwise then for the maintaining the said Bridge sufficient for Horse and Pack as it now stands Any Law or Statute to the contrary in any wise nowithstanding",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/14/6/section/XVI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:32:06.642982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}