Sale of Horses Act 1555
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1555 c. 7 |
| Year | 1555 |
(2 & 3 Ph. & M.) C A P. VII.
'FOrasmuch as stolen Horses, Mares and Geldings, by Thieves and their Confederates, be for the most Partssold, exchanged, given or put away in Houses, Stables, Back-sides and other secret and privy Places of Markets and Fairs, and the Toll also privily paid for the same, whereby the true Owners thereof, being not able to try the Falshood and Covin betwixt the Buyer and Seller of such Horse, Mare or Gelding, is by the Common Law of this Realm without Remedy:'
II In what Manner Horses shall be sold in Fairs or Marchers.
II. Be it therefore enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament, That the Owner, Governor, Ruler, Fermor, Steward, Bailiff, or Chief Keeper of every Fair and Market overt within this Realm, and other the Queen's Dominions, shall before the Feast ofEaster next, and so yearly, appoint and limit out a certain and special open Placewithin the Town, Place, Field or Circuit, where Horses, Mares, Geldings and Colts have been and shall be used to be sold in any Fair or Market overt; (2) in which said certain and open Place, as is aforesaid, there shall be, by the said Ruler or Keeper of the said Fair or Market, put in and appointed one sufficient Personor more, to take Toll and keep the same Place from Ten of the Clock before Noon until Sun-set of every Day of the aforesaid Fair and Market, upon Pain to lose and forfeit for every Default forty Shillings: (3) And that every Toll-Gatherer, his Deputy or Deputies, shall, during the Time of every the said Fairs and Markets, take their due and lawful Tolls for every such Horse, Mare, Gelding or Colt, at the said open Place to be appointed as is aforesaid, and betwixt the Hours of Ten of the Clock in the Morning and Sun-set of the same Day, if it be tendred, and not at any other Time or Place; (4) and shall have presently before him or them, at the taking of the same Toll, the Parties to the Bargain, Exchange, Gift, Contract, or putting away of every such Horse, Mare, Gelding or Colt; and also the same Horse, Mare, Gelding and Colt so sold, exchanged or put away; (5) and shall then write or cause to be written in a Book to be kept for that Purpose, the Names, Surnames, and Dwelling-places of all the said Parties, and the Colour, with one special Mark at the least, of every such Horse, Mare, Gelding and Colt; (6) on...
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