In the fifth year of William and Mary (1691) constables were to give
notice to all above sixteen and under sixty, whom they believed to be
disaffected, to appear before the serjeant-at-mace to take the oaths,
&c.: but a goodly number of the Madeley and Little Wenlock allotment
appear to have been guilty of contempt, and were ordered to pay the sum
of 40s. by them forfeited. Having been guilty of further contempt, the
constables are ordered to seize and bring the bodies of the delinquents.
(See Appendix.)