Shire Days in County of Chester Act 1540

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1540 c. 43
Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 32 Hen VIII. and Anno Dom.1540. An Act concerning the County Palatine ofChester for Shire-days.

(32 Hen. 8) C A P. XLIII.

'W H E R E it is enacted and established in the xxvij. Year of our Sovereign Lord the Kingthat now is, as well for the Increase and Augmentation of good Rule and Orderto be had and done in the County Palatine ofChester , and other Shires, as for the Administration of Justice among the King's Subjects there, That the Lord Chancellor of England , or the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal for the Time being, shall have Authority from Time to Time to nominate and appoint Justices of Peace, Justices of Quorum , and Justices of Gaol-delivery, as well within the said County Palatine of Chester , and other Shires and Parts of Wales , by Commission under the King's Great Seal; (2)which Persons so named shall have full Power and Authority to inquire, hear and determine all manner Thing and Things inquirable, presentable, or determinable before Justices of Peace, Justices ofQuorum , and Justices of Gaol-delivery in other Shires of this Realm of England , and to do, use and execute every Thing and Things as other Justices of Peace, Quorum , and Gaol-delivery, do in other Shires of England , (3) and that they shall keep their Sessions there, as they do in other Shires of England , upon like Penalty as hath been ordained for such Abuses, in such Justices in other Shires of England ; any Law, Act, Statute, Usage, Custom, Privilege, Prescription of Liberty to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding; as in the said Statute made in the said xxvij. Year, amongst other Things more plainly appeareth: (4) By Reason of which Act it is now used to keep Sessions in the said County Palatine of Chester , as it is used in other Shires of England . (5) Also it is used in the said County Palatine of Chester , that the Justicer of the same for the Time being hath yearly, Time out of Mind, used to keep the Shires or County-days in Manner and Form following, that is to say, one Year eight Shires or County-days, and another Year nine Shires or County-days, to which the Gentlemen, Freeholders and Suitors of the said County, are bounden of ancient Custom and Duty to appear and give their Attendance to serve the King; (6) which Shires and County-days come very oftentimes in the Year; and now by Reason of the said new Statute of Justices of Peace had in the said County, the said Gentlemen, Freeholders and Suitors of the said...

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