Report on the manuscripts of Lord de l’Isle & Dudley preserved at Penshurst Place, vol. 2

Sir Henry Harrington’s Instructions.

[?1578] The copie of the instrucions delyvered to Sir Henry Harrington for his rule of the Birnes and Tooles countries.

Fyrst that you cause proclamacion to be made that no idele persone, vagabonde or masterlesse man, barde, rymoure, or any other notorious or detected malefactor do haunte, remaine, or abyde within the limites and bondes of your authoritie, but that he departe within viij dayes next after the proclamacion made, upon peine of whipping or other suche sharppe correction as you shall in good discreacion apoint. And if any suche person or persons after proclamacion is made shall contynewe by the space of xxti daies after and avoide not, that then it shalbe lawefull for you be vertue of this commission to execute him marshally.

Itm. it shalbe lawful for you, after notyce geven and proclamacion made for thavoydinge of all suche person or persons out of the lymittes of your autoritie as before, to take and apprehende all suche person or persons as do supporte and maintaine them and to seyse their goodes and to put the same upon good and sufficient inventorie and to certifie the L. Deputy or any other governor or governors of this realme from tyme to tyme, to thende thei may take suche further order as in discretion thei shall thinke convenient.

Itm. it shalbe lawfull for the said Sr. Henry Harrington during the tyme of his prosecucion of malefactors to take meate and dryncke for horse and man in reasonable sorte so that he remaine not longer then one night in one place, and oppresse the Country as litle as may be.

Finally we geve you, Sr Hy. Harrington, aucthoritie and power hereby to punishe in discreacion any person or persons that shalbe detected unto you to be of unhonest behaviour by prison or otherwayes, and to bynd him or them to the observation of the peace and his good behavior hereafter.

676 (29), 1½ pp.

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Kingsford, C. L., et al., Report on the manuscripts of Lord De l’Isle and Dudley preserved at Penshurst Place, vol. 2 (1934)

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