5* 01{WllTH0L0gr. Book I. 



Chap* IX 4 

 An Abridgment of fome Statutes relating to the preferVation of Fowl 



NOw left any one, either not legally qualified or licenfed, or by taking Fowl 

 at prohibited times, or by prohibited Engines, or by deftroying of their 

 Eggs, fhould through ignorance incur the danger of the Law, I have 

 thought fit to fubjoyn an Abridgement of fuch Statutes as relate to the preservation 

 of Fowl, collected and font me by my worthy Friend Mr. Walter Ajhmore. 

 25H.8.CH. None to deftroy or take away the Eggs of any Wild Fowl on pain of one years 

 /gTf S.d d imprifonment 3 and to forfeit for every Egg of a Crane or Buftard fo taken and de- 

 c.7. ftroyed2o*/. Of a Bittern, Heron, orShoveler8 d. Of a Mallard, Teal, or other 



Wild-fowl 1 d. to be divided between the King and the Profecutor. And herein Ju- 

 ftices of peace have power to hear, enquire, and determine offences of this kind, as 

 they ufe to do in cafes of trefpais. Yet this aft not to extend to fiich as kill Crows, 

 Choughs, Ravens, and Buzzards. 

 34 Ed.1.12. a Hawk taken up (hall be delivered to the Sheriff, who after Proclamation made 

 in feveral Towns, ( if challenged ) (hall deliver her to the right Owner. And if the 

 Hawk were taken up by a mean man, and be not challenged in four months, the She- 

 riff to have her, fatisfying the Party for taking her : But if by a man of eftate, who 

 may conveniently keep a Hawk, the Sheriff fhall reftore her to him again, he paying 

 for the charge of keeping. 



If any take away or conceal a Hawk he fhall anlwer the value thereof to the Owner, 

 and furfer two years imprifonment, and in cafe he be not able toanfwer the value, he 

 fhall remain in prifon a longer time. 

 57 Ed. 3.19. He that fteals and carries away a Hawk, not obferving the Ordinance of 34 E^.3.22. 



fhall be deemed a Felon. 

 1 1 h. 7. 17. None fhall take Pheafants or Partridges with Engines in anothers ground without 

 licence, in pain of ten pound to be divided between the Owner of the ground and 

 the Profecutor. 



None fhall take out of. the Neft any Eggs of Falcon, Gofhawk, Lanner, or Swan, 

 in pain of a year and a days imprifonment, and to incur a Fine at the Kings pleafure, 

 to be divided between the King and the Owner of the ground where the Eggs fhall 

 be fo taken. 



None fhall bear any Hawk of Englifh breed called a Nyeffe, ( Gofhawk, Tarcel, 

 Lanner, Lanner et, or Falcon ) in pain to forfeit the fame to the King. 



He that brings a Nyefle Hawk from beyond the Seas fhall have a Certificate under 

 the Cuftomers Seal where he lands, or if out of Scotland^ then under the Seal of the 

 Lord Warden or his Lieutenant, teftifying (he is a ForeinHawk, upon the like pain of 

 forfeiting the Hawk. 



None fhall take, kill, or fear away any of thefaid Hawks from their Coverts where 

 they ufe to breed, in pain of ten pounds. 

 9H. 3 . 13. Every Freeman may have Eyries of Hawks within their own Woods which be 



within a Foreft. 

 i 3 Eiix. 10. None fhall kill or take Pheafants or Partridges by night, in pain of 20 s. a Phea- 

 fant, and 10 s. a Partridge, or one months imprifonment, and bond with Sureties not 

 to offend again in the like kind. 



Directions to recover the Forfeitures, md. Statute. 

 None to hawk or hunt with Spaniels in (landing Grain in pain of 40 /. 

 1 jac, 27. No perfon fhall kill or take any Pheafant, Partridge, Pigeon, Duck, Heron, Hare, 

 or other Game, or take or deftroy the Eggs of Pheafants, Partridges, or Swans, in 

 pain of 20 s. or imprifonment for every Fowl,Hare, or Egg,and to find Sureties in 20 /. 

 not to offend in the like kind. 



No perfon (hall keep Dog or Net to take or kill any of the laft mentioned Game, 

 unlets qualified as in the Ad, in pain of 30 s. 



No Perfon to buy or fell any Partridge or Pheafant upon pain to forfeit 20 /, for 

 every Phealant, and 1 ox. for every Partridge. 

 No Perfon to be twice punilhed for one offence. 



Perfonsare to be licenfed inSeffions to kill Hawks meat, and to become bound in 

 20 /. not to kill any of the faid Games, nor tofhoot within 600 paces of a Heronry, 



within 



