A. D. 1340. Anno decimo quarto Edwa-rdi III. Stat. 4. 235 Ex Rot. in Tun: Lond. Ev-efchees et autres Prelacies fi ont fait grant waft et deftructio'n cea en arere fi volons et grantons pur nous et pur noz heirs qe a totes les foith qe tieux voidances deforenavant avendront qe noz efche- tours et les efchetours de noz heirs qe pur temps ferront entrent et facent bien garder les dites void- ances fairz faire waft ou deftru&ion en manoirs parks vivers ou boys et qils ne vendont futhbois nenchacent en parks nen warennes nen pefchent vivers ne franches pefcheries ne ne gerfonent ne parnount fins des tenauntz fraunks ne bondes einz facent garder et falver quantqe appent a les dites voidances faunz y faire damage ou aufcun manere des oppreflions. Et ft dean et chapitre des eglifes cathedrales priours fuppriours prioreffes iupprio- reffes et coventz des prelacies abbeies ou priouries des queux la voidance atient a nous et a noz heirs voillent rendre a nous et a noz heirs la value des dites voidances auffi come autres nous voillient ren- dre refonablement adonqes eient Chanceller et Tre- forer poair de leffer as ditz dean et chapitre pripur ou fuppriour prioreffes fuppriorefies et covent les dites voidances par bone et fuffifaunt feurtie enfi qils les eient devant toutz autres rendant a nous la value felonc ceo qe ferra trove par remcmbraunce de Lefcheqer ou par enqueft fur ceo a prendre fi meftier foit faunz fin faire. Et en cas qils ne voil- lent acorder a rendre la value ne a trover dele feur- tie adonqes Chanceller et-Treforer facent ordiner la bone garde de tieux voidances par efchetours ou autres gardeins fuffifantz pur refpondre au Roi de ceo qe a lui attient refonablement faunz faire waft ou deft.ruc~f.ion ou autre chofe qe purra tourner. a defheritance des eglifes dont tieux voidances avert- tdjront. Archbifhopricks, Biftiopricks, and' other Prelacies,. have done great Watte and Deftrudtion. in the fame in Time palt ;' s ' (2) we will and grant for. us arid for our Heirs, That at all Times from henceforth, when fuch Voidances {hall happen, that ourEfchea- tors and the Efcheators of our Heirs, which for the Time ftiall be, fhall .enter, and caufe to 'be well kept the laid Voidances, without doing Wafte or Deftruc- tio.n in the Manors, Warrens, Parks,, Ponds, or Woods ; (3) and that they fell no Under- wood, nor hunt in the Parks or Warrens, nor fall in Ponds, nor free Fiftungs, nor ftiall rack nor take Fines of the Tenants, free nor bond ; but fhall keep and fave as much as pertaineth to the faid Voidances, without doing Harm, or any Manner of Oppreflion. (4.) And if the Dean and Chapter of Churches Cathedral, Priors, Subpriors, Prioreffes, Subprioreffes, and Co- vents of Prelacies, Abbies, or Priories, whole Void- ance pertaineth to us and our Heirs, will render to us and our Heirs the Value of the faid Voidance, as Other will reafonahly yield, then the Chancellor and Tr.eafurer ftiall have Power to let the faid Dean and Tlie Dean 3ni Chapter, Prior or Subprior, Priorefs or Subpriorefs, CI J. ;lpt u r m * y and Covent, the faid Voidances by good and fufficient ^ ST e m jfthey Surety, fo that they fhall have the fame before all will.' other, yielding to us the Value of them, according as fhall be found by Remembrances of the Exchequer, or by Inqueft to be taken upon the fame, if need be, without making Fine. (5) And in cafe they will not accord to yield to the Value, nor find fuch Surety, then the Chancellor and Treafurer fhall caufe to be ordained the good Prefervation of fuch Voidances by Efcheators, or other fufticient Keepers, to anfwer the King of that to him pertaineth reafonably, with- out doing Wafte or Deftruction, or other Thing- which may turn in Difherifon of the Churches where- of fuch Voidances ftiall happen.' C A P. V. "Who fhall demife Bifhops Temporakies during the Time of Vacation. ET pur entierement monftrer lafFecvtion et vo- lente qe nous avons qe ceo qe .appartient a Dieu et a feinte eglife foit fauvement garde fanz waft deftruftion ou empechement de nous ou de noz miniftres ft voloms et par ceftes noz prefentes lettres grantoms plein poair a noftre Chanceller et- Treforer qe pris a eux autres de noftre confeil tieux come ils verront qe fount aprendre par bone infor- mation des remembrances del Efcheqer et autres in- formations tieux come mieultz lour femblera ft lef- fent les vacations des Ercevefchees Evefchees Ab- | b'eies Priories et autres maifons dont la voidance a nous appartient as dean et chapitres priours ou fup- priours prioureffes ou fupprioureffes et coventz a certein a rendre de chefcun voidance par Ian quartre i ou moys durantes les vacations felonc ceo qe mie- ultz lour femblera fanz fin faire fi qe mil efchetour ou autre miniftre en temps de vacation neit caufe ne matire dentrer ou de fe meddler a faire rien qe foit en prejudice des eglifes dont tieux voidances avendront Sauvez a nous et a noz heirs fees des chivalers avoefons des efglifes efchetes warclcs ma- nages et relefes et fervices des ditz fedz. En tef- moignance de quele chofe a ceftes prefentes lettres avons mys noftre feal. Don' a Weftm' le xvi jour I TEM, Wholly to {hew the AfFeoTion and good JL Will which he have, that that pertaineth to God and holy Church be fafely kept without Wafte or Deftruftion, or Impeachment to be made thereof by us or our Minifters, (z) we' will, and by thefe pre- fent Letters dp grant full Power to our faid Chancel- lor and Treafurer, which taking to them other of our Council, fuch as to them fhall leerri beft to be taken, by good Information of Remembrances of the Ex-* chequer, and other Informations, as to them ftiall fe em beft, ftiall let the Vacations of Archbifnopricks, Bifhopricks, Abbacies, Priories, and other Houfes, whofe Voidances pertaineth unto us, to the Dean and Chapter, Prior or Subprior, Priorefs or Sub- priorefs, and Covent, to yield a certain of every Voidance by the Year, Quarter, or Mont, during the Vacations, according as to them ftiall feim beft, without making any Fine ; (3) fo'tliat no Lfcheator nor other Minifter, in the Time of Vacations fhall have Caufe to enter, or meddle to do any thing which ftiall be in Prejudice of the Churches whereof fuch Voidances fhall happen ; (4) faving to us and to our Heirs the Knights Fees, Advowfons of Churches, Efcheats, Wards, Mairiagcs, Reliefs, and Services of the faid Fees. In Witnefs whereof we have Hh a ' thefe
