Papists (No. 2) Act 1688

VII. Papists Horses above £5 Value forfeited.

And bee it further enacted That noe Papist or reputed Papist soe refuseing or makeing default as aforesaid at any time after the fifteenth day of May in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty nine shall or may have or keepe in his owne possession or in the possession of any other person to his use or at his disposition any Horse or Horses which shall be above the value of five pounds to be sold and that any two or more Justices of the Peace from time to time by Warrant under their Hands and Seals may and shall authorize any person or persons with the assistance of the Constable or his Deputie or the Tythingman or Headburrough when the Search shall be (who are hereby required to be aiding and assisting herein) to search for and seize for the use of their Majesties and their Successors all such Horses which Horses are hereby declared to be forfeited to their Majesties and their Successors