or more, above his debts paid, and under 600s., a
mortuary up to 3s. 4d. may be taken. Where such goods are 600s. or
more and under 800s., mortuary up to 6s.8d. may be taken. Where
such goods are 800s. or above, mortuary up to 10s. may be taken.
But where mortuaries have customarily been less, they shall remain
the same.
Executors of a will declaring land to be sold for the payment of
debts, performance of legacies to wife and children, and
charitable deeds for the health of souls, may sell the land
despite the refusal of other executors to agree to such sale.
A man may not marry his mother, stepmother, sister, niece, aunt,
or daughter.
Any clergy preaching contrary to the King's religious doctrine
shall recant for the first offence. He shall abjure and bear a
faggot (a badge resembling a faggot of wood which would have been
used for burning him as a heretic) for the second offence. If he
refuses to abjure or bear a faggot or offends a third time, he
shall be burned and lose all his goods. If a layperson teaches,
defends, or maintains a religious doctrine other than the King's,
he shall recant and be imprisoned for twenty days for the first
offence. He shall abjure and bear a faggot if he does not recant
or offends a second time. He shall forfeit his goods and suffer
perpetual imprisonment if he does not abjure or bear a faggot or
offends a third time.
The entry of an apprentice into a craft shall not cost more than
2s.
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