[1] [2] 1542In the .xxxiij. yeare of the raigne of Henry the eight, there was a Parliament holden at Dublin before ſir Anthony Sentleger, in which there paſſed:

An Act

That the king and hys ſucceſſors to be kings of Ireland.
For gray marchantes.
That the plaintife may abridge his plaint in aſſiſe.
That conſanguinitie or affinitie being not within ye fifth degree, ſhall be no principall chalenge.
That maketh it felony to any man to run away with his maſter his caſket.
For the adnihilating of precõtracts in mariage.
For al Lordes to diſtreyn vpon the lands of them holden, & to make their auowrie not naming the tenant but their land.
For capacities.
For ſeruants wages.
For Iointenantes.
For recouerie in auoyding leaſes.
For Tythes.
For attournements.