ORDERS AND BYLAWES 



MADE AND AGREED VPON BY THE COURT LEET 



AND ALSOE THE COURT BARON HOLDEN AT 



STRETHAM WITHIN THE ILE OF ELIE THE 



29th OF APRIL IN THE i2th YEER OF THE 



REIGNE OF OUR SOUERAYGNE LORD 



JAMES BY THE GRACE OF GOD 



KING OF ENGLAND &fc. AND 



OF SCOTLAND THE 4 ;th 



ANNO DOMINI 1614. 



1. Imprimis wee order and appoynt that whereas diuers idle Gleaneing. 

 euill disposed persons vnder pretence and colour of glayning doe 

 often times in time of Haruest yeerlie take and carrie away much 

 of the corne and grayne of diuers of the inhabitants of Stretham, 

 by meanes whereof the true owners and occupiers of the aforesaid 

 lands haue not sufficient libertie to suffer their corne beeing 

 reaped, mowed, and shocked in the feilds to haue that wythering 

 and season of the yeare that were requisite. For remedie whereof None to 

 wee appoynt that at noe time or times heerafter it shalbee lawfull jfter^nJl 

 for anie person or persons whatsoeuer within the parish of 

 Stretham aforesaid to gleane, perceaue and take anie corne or 

 grayne in and vppon anie part or parcell of the arable or corne 

 feildes beelonging to the manner of Stretham aforesaid. Nor shall 

 cause or procure anie person or persons whatsoever directlie or 

 indirectlie to gleane, perceaue and take anie corne or grayne in or 

 vppon anie part or parcell of the said arable or corne feildes 

 vntill the Harvest there bee fullie ended, vppon payne to forfeit 

 for euerie such particular default and for euerie time soe gleaneing 

 or offendeing, the somm of fiue shillings, to bee forfeited and leuied Poena 55. 

 by way of distress of such offenders or such persons who shall 

 procure, abett, or giue entertaynment or harbor to anie such 

 person or persons whatsoeuer so gleaning as is aforesaid. 



