If a copyholder, land is forfeited to one's lord. But if the goods
are not worth 800s. or the land is not worth at least 267s., the
realm must be abjured. Otherwise, the papist is declared a felon
without benefit of clergy.
If a child is sent to a foreign land for Catholic education, he
cannot inherit lands or goods or money, unless he conforms to the
established church on his return. There is also a 100 pound
penalty for the persons who sent him.
Devising or speaking seditious rumors are penalized by the pillory
and loss of both ears for the first offense; and 200 pounds and
six months imprisonment for the second offence. Slandering the
Queen is penalized by the pillory and loss of one ear, or by
[1,333s.] 100 marks and three months imprisonment, at the choice
of the offender. The second offence is a felony. Printing,
writing, or publishing seditious books is a felony without benefit
of clergy. Wishing the Queen dead, prophesying when she would die,
or who would succeed her to the Crown is a felony without benefit
of clergy. Attainders for these felonies shall not work corruption
of the blood [heirs may inherit the property of the felon].
Because the publication of many books and pamphlets against the
government, especially the church, had led to discontents with
the established church and to the spreading of sects and schisms,
the Star Chamber in 1585 held that the printing trade was to be
confined to London, except for one press at Oxford and one at
Cambridge.
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