Crown Lands (Forfeited Estates) Act 1698

CXV. Gentlemen who by 3 W. & M. c.6. paid double, or have been returned into Exchequer for Non-payment, not appearing before the Commissioners to take the Oaths, to pay double.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Gentleman or soe reputed, or owning or writing himselfe such, or being above that Quality, who by virtue of an Act, made in the Third Yeare of the Reigne of His Majesty, and the said late Queene Mary, intituled, An Act for raiseing Money, by a Poll, payable Quarterly for One Yeare, for carrying on a vigorous Warr against France, did pay or ought to have paid double the Summs charged by the said Act, or were or ought to have beene returned into the Exchequer, for Non-payment thereof, who shall not voluntarily appeare before the said Commissioners or any Two or more of them, within Tenn Daies after the first Meeting of the said Commissioners, in the respective Place or Places where he ought to be taxed or assessed, and take the said Oaths appointed by the said Act made in the First Yeare of the Reigne of His Majesty and the said late Queene (which Oaths the said Commissioners or any Two or more them, are hereby impowered and required to administer, and to make an Entry or Memorandum thereof in some Booke to be kept for that Purpose) such Person shall be charged with, and pay double the Summs which by force and virtue of this Act he should or ought to have paid; the said double Rates to be assessed, levied, collected and paid in such Manner by such Waies and Meanes, and according to such Rules and Directions, and under such Penalties and Forfeitures, as are before in this Act expressed or appointed for and concerning the above mentioned Rates and Summs which are hereby intended to be levied as aforesaid.