Anno fexto Edwardi I. A.D. 1278. Stat; Glouceft. cap. 4.
- albeit their Anceftors died feifed thereof. (4) Touch-
- ing an Inqueft to be made of fuch as be within Age,
1 the Statute fhall run without Limitation of Time.
- (5) Touching Alienation of Lands holden by the
- Law of England, the Statute fhall run for fuch Lands
- being aliened after the Time of the Statute publifhed.
- (6) In like manner the Statute fhall extend and run
- upon the Lands of a Wife aliened by her Hufband
- (whereas no Fine was levied thereof in Court.) (7)
Touching Lands being let in Fee-ferm, to pay there- fore yearly the fourth Part of the very Value thereof,
- the Statute fhall run as well unto Lands that were
leafed before the making of the Statute, as after, in cafe that the Tenant have withholden above the Space of two Years, after the Statute publifhed, fo much as he fhould have paid to his Leflbr yearly ac- cording to the Form of the Covenant. (8) And as to the Punifhment of Wafte in all Cafes (except it be of Dowers and Wards) it fhall be underftood of Waftes done fithence the Statute publifhed. (9) And of the Forfeiture of Treble in Cafes of Waftes of Dowers and Wardfhips, it fhall be underftood of Waftes committed after the Statute publifhed. (10) And as concerning them which do aliene their Dow- ers, it is to be underftood after the publifhing of the Statute. (11) Given at Gloucefter the Sunday next after the Feaft of Saint Peter ad vinculo, the fixth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Firft.' Cotton MS. Claudius, D. 2. dampna poft impetrationem brevium contra eos qui tenuerunt poft fratutum licet anteceflbres fui prius inde obierint feifiti. De inquificione facienda que tangit illos qui funt infra etatem currat ftatutum fine temporis limitacion'e. De terris alienatis per illos qui tenent per legem Anglie currat ftatutum de hujufmodi terris alienatis poft ftatutum illud publicatum. Eodem modo currat ftatutum de terris uxoris alienatis per virum ubi finis non eft levatus. De terris dimifiis ad feodi firmam reddendo inde annuatim quartam partem veri valoris currat ftatu- tum tarn de terris dimifiis ante ftatutum quam poft ftatutum dum tamen tenens detinuerit ultra duos annos poft ftatutum editum id quod folvere debuit dimifTori per annum juxta fcriptum convencionis illius. De pena vafti in omnibus preterquam in dotibus & cuftodiis intelligatur de vaftis facStis poft ftatu- tum. Et in pena reddendi triplum in cafibus vafti de cuftodiis & dotibus intelligatur de vaftis facfis poft ftatutum. De illis qui alienant dotem fuam intelligatur poft fratutum. Dat' apud Glouc' die dominica proxi- ma polt feftum fancti Petri ad vincula Anno regni Regis Edwardi fexto. 2 Tnft. 279. b. Kel. j50.pl. I. A Statute of Quo Warranto, made at Gloucefter, Anno 6 Edw. I. a Claiming and ufing of Liberties, and Caufes to feife them into the King's Hands. Complaint of Officers. ' rT? HE Year of our Lord M.CCLXX.VIII. the Sixth Year of the Reign of King Edward, at Glou- ' cejler, in the Month of Auguft, the King himfelf providing for the Wealth of his Realm, and the ' ■*• more full Miniftration of Juftice, as to the Office of a King belongeth (the more difcreet Men of the Realm, as well of high as of low Degree, being called thither) (2) it is provided and ordained, "hat whereas the Realm of England in divers Cafes, as well upon Liberties failed, to avoid the grievous Damages and innumerable Diiherifons that A Writ to the Sheriff to per- mit all Men to enjoy thofe Li- berties which they had before. A Proc'amation, that they which cl.iim Liberties, {hail Slew to the Juitices how they hold them.
- s as otherwise, wherein the
Law failed, to avoid the grievous Damages and innumerable Difherifons that the Default of the Law did bring in, had Need of divers Helps of new Laws, and certain new Provifions, thefe Provifions, Statutes, ' and Ordinances under-written, fhall from henceforth be ftraitly and inviolably obferved of all the Inha- ' bitants of his Realm. (3) And whereas Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other of our Realm, that claim to ' have divers Liberties, which to examine and judge, the King hath prefixed a Day to fuch Prelate', Earls, ' Barons, and other ; it is provided and likevvife agreed, That the faid Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other,
- fhall ufe fuch Manner of Liberties, after the Form of the Writ here following..'
II. Rex vie' falutem. Cum nuper in parliamento noftro apud Weftmonafterium, per nos & concilium noftrum provifum fit & proclamatum, quod prelati, comites, barones, & alii de regno noftro, qui diverfas libertates per chartas progenitorum noftrorum regum Anglie habere clamant, ad quas examinandas &judi- candas diem praefixerimus in eodem parliamento, libertatibus illis taliter uterentur, quod nihil fibi per ufur- pationem feu occupationem accrefcerent, nee aliquid fuper nos occuparent. Tibi precipimus, quod omnes illos de comitatu tuo libertatibus fuis, quibus hucufque rationabiliter ufi funt, uti & gaudere permittas in forma prsedicia, ufque ad proximum adventum noftrum per comitatum prsedictum, vel ufque ad proximum adventum jufticiariorum itinerantium ad omnia placita in comitatu, vel donee aliud inde prasceperimus : fal- vo femper jure noftro cum inde loqui voluerimus. Tefte, &c. ' III. In like Manner and in the fame Form Writs fhall be directed to Sheriffs and other BdiifEs for every ' Demandant, and the Form fhall be changed after the Diverfity of the Liberty which any Man claimeth to ' have, in this wife :' IV. Rex vie' falutern. Prsecipimus tibi, quod per totam ballivam tuam, videlicet, tarn in civitatibus, quam in burgis, & aliis villis mercatoriis, & alibi, publice proclamari facias, quod omnes illi qui aliqitas libertates per chartas progenitorum noftrorum regum Anglias, vel alio modo, habere clamant, fmt coram jufticiariis noftris ad primam affifam, cum in partes illas venerint, ad oftendendum quomodo hujufmodi liber- • This is a Translation of the f;rft Part of the Statute of GImuJIer, as entered on the Roll, and has been printed in the former Editions by Miibke, a: of yj Edtu. I, tates
