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A. D.

  • 33.

Anno nono Edwardi III. Stat. i. 215 CAP. IV. Trial of a Deed dated where the King's Writ runneth not. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. ET auxint pur ceo qe avant ces houres plufures gentz unt efte fovent delaiez de lor actions auxibien en aflifes & autres plez de terre come en contraftz covenantez & trefpaffes par enchefon qe les tenantz ou defendantz unt mys en barre releffes quiteclamances ou autre fait efpecial faitz deinz franchifes dedeinz des bondes du roialme ou brief le Roi ne court mie acorde eft & eftabli qe quant tieux faitez font mis avant en barre dadtion por- tantz date de lieu deinz meifme la franchife tout foit il qe tefmoignes de meifme la franchife foient nomez en mefmes les faitz & meifmes les faitz foi- ent deditz foit proces fait en meifme le counte ou le plee ferra mu de faire venir bon pais et les tef- moignes & fi les tefmoignes ne viegnent mie a la grande deftrefce retourne adonqes pur labfence des ditz tefmoignes ne leffent les juftices qils naillent a la prife de lenquefte auxi come le fait portaft date de meifme le counte ou le pie fuft meu & qe les tefmoignes feuffent de meifme le counte. c AND becaufe in Times pail many have beea ' M. oftentimes delayed of their Action, as well in 1 Aflifes and other Pleas of Land, as in Contrails, ! Covenants, and Trefpaffes, by reafon that the Te-

nants or Defendants have pleaded in Bar a Releafe,
Quit- claim, or other fpecial Deed, made within a
Franchife within the Bounds of the Realm, where

the King's Writ runneth not;" ' (2) it is enacted'igH. 6. f. iu and eftabliflied, That when fuch Deeds be ftiewed forth in Bar of an Action, bearing Date in a Place within the fame Franchife, although there be Wit- neffes of the fame Franchife named in the fame Deeds, if the fame Deeds be denied, Procefs fhall be awarded into the fame County where the Plea fhall be moved, to have the Inqueft of the Country and the Witneffes to appear; (3) and if the Witneffes- come not at the great Diftrefs returned, then for the Abfence of the faid Witneffes, the Juftices fhall not let to proceed to the taking of the Inqueft, as well as if fuch Deed did bear Date in the fame Shire where the Plea was moved, and the Witneffes were of the- fame County.' CAP. V. Which Juftices fhall fend their Records and Procefs determined into the Exchequer. ET enfement a la requefte des dites communal- tez ad noftre Seignur le Roi de meifme laffent ordine & eftabli qe Juftices as aflifes prendre gaoles deliverer & doier & terminer aflignez touz le re- cordes & proceffes terminez & maundez en execu- tion mandent a lefcheqier a la Seint Michel chefcun an unefoitz a liverer illoeqes & qe le Treforer & les chaumbreleins qi pur temps ferront vewes les commiflions des ditz Juftices meifmes les recordes & proceffes refceivent des ditz Juftices ou defouz lor feals & les gardent en treforie come manere eft iflint totes foitz qe les ditz Juftices primes preig- nent hors les eftretes des ditz recordes & procefies devers eux pur mander a lefcheqier come avant fo- Jeient. ITEM, At the Requeft of the Commons, our Lord the King by the faid Affent hath ordained and eftabiifhed, That Juftices of Aflifes, Gaol-de- livery, and of Oyer and Terminer, fhall fend all their Records and Proceffes determined and put in Execu- tion, to the Exchequer at Michaelmas, every Year once to be delivered there ; (2) and the Treafurer and Chamberlains, which for the Time fhall be, having the Sight of the Commiflions of fuch Juftices, fhall receive the fame Records and Proceffes of the faid Juftices under their Seals, and keep them in the Treafury, as the Manner is ; (3) fo that the Juftices always do firft take out the Eftreats of the faid Re- cords and Proceffes againft them, to fend to the Ex- chequer, as they were wont before.' RE X majori & ballivis ville Suthampton falutem. Quedam ftatuta per nos in parliamento noftro apud . Eborum in craftino Afcenfionis Domini proximo preterito convocato de affenfu prelatorum comitum baronum & totius comunitatis regni noftri ibidem exiftentium ad communem utilitatem populi ejufdem regni edita vobis mittimus figillo noftro confignata mandantes quod ftatuta ilia & omnes articulos in eis contentos in villa predicta legi & publice proclamari & quantum ad vos pertinet firmiter obfervari faciatis. T. R. apud Novum Caftrum fuper Tynam xxx. die Junii. Eodem mo do mandatum eft fubfcripti s (mutatis mutandis) videlicet Majori C5f ' vicecomitibus London'. Majori & ballivis ville Suthampton. Majori & ballivis ville Brijiol'. Jujliciariis ad placita coram regc tenenda>ajjignatis. Ballivis ville Magne Jerne?nuth, Jufliciariis de Banco. Ballivis civitatis Lincoln . Thefaurario iff baronibus de Scaccar.io, Ballivis ville de Sandwico. Singulis vicecomitibus per Angliam. Ballivis ville de Lenne Epifcopi. 11H.4. c. 3. Records /hall not be impaired or amended after Judgment in* j railed. ttf