Section XVII XVII. Petition of Right, 3 Car. I. reciled. 31 Car. II. c. 1. recited.X1

Constables, &c. may billet Officers and Soldiers in Inns, &c; Billetting in private Houses without Consent of Owner; Remedy.

And whereas by the Petition of Right in the Third Yeare of King Charles the First It is Enacted and DeclaredThat the People of this Land are not by the Lawes to be Burthened with the Sojourning of Soldiers against theirWills And by a Clause in one Act of Parlyament made in the One and thirtyeth Yeare of the Raigne of KingCharles the Second For Granting a Supply to his Majestie of Two hundred and six thousand foure hundred andsixty two Pounds seventeene shillings and three pence for Paying and Disbanding the Forces It is Declared and EnactedThat noe Officer Military or Civill nor any other Person whatsoever shall from thenceforth presume to PlaceQuarter or Billet any Soldier or Soldiers upon any Subject or Inhabitants of this Realme of any Degree Qualityor Profession whatsoever without his Consent And that it shall and may be Lawfull for any such Subject andInhabitant to refuse to Sojourne or Quarter any Soldier or Soldiers notwithstanding any Command, Order Warrantor Billeting whatsoever But forasmuch as at this present time there is a Rebellion in Ireland and a Warragainst France whereby there is occasion for the Marching of many Regiments Troops and Companies in severallParts of this Kingdome towards the Sea Coasts and otherwise Bee it further Enacted by the Authoritie aforesaidThat for and dureing the Continuance of this Act and noe longer It shall and may be Lawfull for the ConstablesTythingmen Headburroughs and other Chiefe Officers and Magistrates of Cities X2Burroughes Townes and Villagesand other Places in the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales and Towne of Berwicke upon Tweede and fornoe others to Quarter and Billet the Officers and Soldiers in Their Majesties Service in Inns Livery Stables AleHouses Victualling Houses and all Houses selling Brandy Strong-Waters Syder or Metheglin by Retaile to bedranke in their Houses and noe other and in noe Private Houses whatsoever And if any Constable Tythingmanor such like Officer or Magistrate as aforesaid shall presume to Quarter or Billet any such Officer or Soldierin any Private House without the Consent of the Owner or Occupier in such case such Owner or Occupiershall have his or their Remedy at Law against such Magistrate or Officer for the Damage that such Owner orOccupier shall sustaine thereby