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Conventicle Act 1664
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XII.Wife not to be transported, (Exception) but imprisoned. Husband may redeem her
Provided alsoe and be it enacted That Judgement of Transportation shall not be given against any Feme Covert unlesse her husband be at the same time under the [X1same] Judgement and not discharged by the payment of Money as aforesaid but that instead thereof she shall by the respective Court be committed to the Goale or House of Correction there to remaine without Baile or Maineprize for any [X2terme] not exceeding Twelve Monethes unlesse her Husband shall pay downe such summe not exceeding Forty pounds to redeeme her from Imprisonement as shall be imposed by the said Court, the said summe to be disposed by such persons, and in such manner as the Penaltyes for the First and Second Offence against this Act are to be disposed.
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X1Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: permitt any O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
X2Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: tyme O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]
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