A briefe summary of the lavves and statutes of England so far forth as the same do concerne the office of justices of the peace, sheriffs, bayliffs, constables, churchwardens, and other officers and ministers of the commonwealth : together with divers other matters not onely acceptable for their rarity, but also very necessary for their great use and profit, for all persons, but especially for such as bear office in this common-wealth / collected by Nicholas Collyn ...

THE TABLE.

• ALehouses, &c. fol. 1.
• Abjurgation, see Re∣cusants 5.
• Affray, see Constables 18.
• Agnits Dei, see Rome.
• Apprentices, see Labourers 11.
• Archery, fol. 4.
• Armour, fol 5.
• Arrow-heads, see Archery 2.
• Artificers, fol. 6.
• Assize of Bread and drink, fol 8.

B

• BAdgers, &c. fol. 9.
• Bark, fol. 10.
• Barator, ibid.
• Bailment, see Prisoners 7.
• Bakers, see Assize and Artifi∣cers 1.
• Bastardy, fol. 11.
• Battery, see Assault.
• Beggars, see Vagabonds.
• Bigamy, see Matrimony.
• Bowyers, see Archery.
• Brasier, see Pewter.
• Brewer, fol. i3.
• Bridges, see high wayes, 16.
• Buckstalls, see hunters 5.
• Buggary, and Burglary, fol. 14. [15:
• Burning of houses, fol. 10.
• Butchers, fol. 16.
• Buts, see Archery, 3.

C

• CAlves, see Butchers 5. and Milch-kine.
• Captaines, &c. fol. 18.
• Cattle, see Forestallers, 5.
• Certiorari, see Removing of prisoners, &c.
• Champertors, see Maintenance 2.
• Chance-Medly, see Manslaugh ter.
• Church and Church-yeard, fol. 20.
• Church wardens, fol: &c. 22.
• Clergy, fol: 24.
• Clerk of the Market, fol. 25:
• Cloth, ibid:
• Confederacy, see Masons.
• Conjuration, fol. 27.
• Constables, fol. 29.
• High wayes; fol: 36.
• ...

• Cooke, see Butchers:
• Correction-house, fol: 37:
• Coopers, fol: 38.
• Corn, fol. 40.
• Coroners, ibid.
• Cottages and Inmates, fol 42
• Counterfeiting Letters and Tokens, fol. 43.
• Crosbowes, see Guns:
• Currier, see Leather.
• Cutting out tongues, see tongues.
• Cutting of a pond head, see Fish 3.
• Cutpurse, fol. 43.

D

• DEere, see Hunters.
• Dyers, see cloth.
• Disturbing, see Preachers. 1.
• Dogs, see Hunters.
• Drunkenness, see Alehouses 2, 4
• Ducks, see Pheasants 3.

E

• EGs of Wild fowl, see Wild-fowle.
• Egyptians, see Vagabonds.
• Eyes, see Tongues:
• Escape, fol. 44:
• Escheators, fol: 45:
• Estreats, see Sheriffes 1, 2:
• Evesdroppers, see Good-beha∣viour:
• Extortion, fol: 46:

F

• FAlse Tokens, see Counter∣feitors:
• Faires, fol. 47:
• Pheasants, fol. 49:
• Ferrets, see Hunters:
• Fighting, see Church.
• Fish and Fishers, fol: 52:
• ...

• Fish dayes, and eating of Flesh fol. 54.
• Force, and forcible Entries, fol. 55.
• Forestallers, fol: 56.
• Forgery, fol. 59:
• Forraigne power, see Rome.
• Fowle, see Pheasants 3.

G

• GAmes, see Playes.
• Goale, see Prison.
• Goldsmith and Gilding, fol. 60
• Good-behaviour, ibid.
• Grayhound, see Hunters 6:
• Guns, fol: 61.

H

• HAbeas Corpus, see remo∣ving of Prisoners.
• Hares, see Pheasants 36.
• ...

• Harvest, see Labourers 3.
• Hawks and Hawking, fol: 64.
• Hay and Oats, see Inholder:
• Hedge breakers, see Trespasse.
• Herons, fol-66.
• High waies, fol. 67.
• Horses, fol. 72.
• Horsbread, see Inholders.
• House-Doves, see Pheasants:
• Huy and Cry, fol. 72.
• Hunters and hunting, fol. 75.
• Husbandry and Tillage, fol: 78.

I

• IEsuits, see Recusants.
• Imbracery see Maintenance.
• Indictments, fol. 79.
• Informer, fol. 80:
• Ingrosser, see Forestallers.
• Inholders, fol. 81.
• Inmates, see Cottages, 3.
• Inrollments, fol. 81.
• ...

• Issues, see Jurors 2
• Iurors, fol. 82.

L

• LAbourers, and servants, and Apprentices, fol. 83.
• Larceny, fol. 88.
• Leather, ibid.
• Lying in wait, see Assault 3.
• Linnen-cloth, see Cloth 5.
• Liveries and Retainers, fol. 92
• Logwood, see Dyers.

M

• Mayme, fol. 92.
• Maintenance, fol. 93
• Manslaughter, fol. 94.
• Mariners, see Captaines 4.
• Masons, fol. 99.
• Market, see Faires
• Masse, see Preachers 7.
• ...

• Matrimony. fol 99.
• Malt, fol. 96.
• Milch-kine, fol. 97.
• Miller, see Toll.
• Minister, see preachers.
• Misprision, see Treason.
• Mortuary, fol. 98.
• Murder, see Manslaughter.
• Musters, see Captaines, 2.

N

• NEts, see Fish and Hunters 6.
• Night-walkers; see Good-behaviour.
• Nusances; see High waies 6. 7, 14

O

• OFficers; see Constables and Church wardens.
• Ordinary, fol. 100.
• ...

• Overseers of the poore, see Church wardens.

P

• PArliament, fol. 200.
• Park, see Hunters.
• Parson, vicar, &c. see preacher.
• Partridges, see pheasants.
• Perjury, fol. 101.
• Petty Treason, ibid.
• Petty Larceny, see Larceny.
• Pewter and Brasse, fol. 102.
• Pigeons, see pheasants, 3.
• Plague, fol. 102.
• Playes, fol. 103.
• Ponds, see Fish.
• Pope, see Rome.
• Poore people, fol. 104.
• Poysoning, see Manslaughter
• Preacher, fol. 108.
• Priests, see Recusants.
• ...

• Premunire, see Treason.
• Presentment, see Indictments.
• Prison and prisoners, fol. 111
• Promoter, see Informer.
• Prophesying, see Conjuration.
• Purveyors, fol. 116.
• Putting out Eyes, see Tongues.

R

• RApe, fol. 118.
• Recusants, fol. 110.
• Regrators, see Forestallers.
• Removing prisoners, &c. fo: 121
• Repaire to the Church, see Church 4.
• Rescues, fol. 121.
• Restitution, fol. 122.
• Retainers, see Maintenance.
• Riots, Routs, &c. fol. 123.
• Robbery, fol. 128.
• Rogues, see Vagabonds.
• Rome, fol. 129.

S

• SAcrament, see preachers, 2.
• Salmons, see Fish.
• Schoolmaster, see Recusants
• Seale; see Weights.
• Searcher; see Leather 1. 2. &c.
• Seed Corn, see Corn.
• Seminaries, see Recusants.
• Servants, see Labourers.
• Setting Dogs, see Hunters 6.
• Sewers, fol. 130.
• Sheep, ibid.
• Sheriffe, fol. 131:
• Shoommaker, See Leather 17
• Shooting, see Guns.
• Sope vessels, see Coopers.
• Souldiers, see Captains, &c.
• Spinsters and carders, see cloth 4.
• Stock of the county see Trea∣surer:
• ...

• Stolne Goods, see Restitution.
• Subsidy, fol. 133.
• Swans ibid.

T

• TAnners, see Leather 3.
• Testimonial, see labourers
• Theft, see Robbery.
• Tillage, see husbandry.
• Tilemakers, fol. 134.
• Tinkers, see Vagabonds:
• Tipling and Tiplers, See Ale-houses 1.
• oll. fol. 135.
• Tongues, sol. 136.
• Transportation, ibid.
• Traverse, fol. 138
• Treason, fol. 139.
• Treasurer, fol. 141.
• Trespasse, fol. 143.
• Trouts, see Fish.
• Turn of the Sheriff, see Sheriff.

V

• VAgabonds fol. i44.
• Vessels, see Coopers.
• Victuals and victualers, fol. i47
• Vnlawful Games, see playes
• Vndertake work and not finish see Labourers 8.
• Vsury, fol. i48.

W

• WAges, fol. i49.
• Weanlings, see But cher.
• Watch and ward, fol. i49.
• Wax, fol. i50.
• Warren, see Hunters 1, 2.
• Weavers, see Cloth 4.
• Weights and measures, fol. i50
• Wild, fowle, fol. i52.
• VVines, fol. i53.
• VVitchcraft, see Coniuration.
• ...

• Wood, fol. 154.
• Wool, ibid.
• Women, see Rape and Labou∣rersie.

Y

• YArn, fol. 54.

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• Resolutions of the Iudges of Assize upon certain Questions touching parishes &c. fol. i57.
• The Iudges opinions concer∣ning the commissions by which the Iustices sit at Newgate, &c. fol. 177.
• Coroners of their Office and Authority, &c. fol. i83.
• In what cases a man shal have his Clergy and in what not &c fol. i89.