Anno nono Henrici VI. AD. 562 C. 10, 11. /xnno nono henrici vi, a u. 1430. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. Ley qe niefs & batelx ne poient paffer par la dite eawe de Ley ficome ils foloient pur ceo qe null poier ne au£rorite eft done par r.ull eftatut fait devaunt coment ne en quell maner les dites fhelpes poient eftre amoevez ficome par une petition baillezen ceft parlement par les Communes dicell fuift pleinement declarez. Sur qoy par advis & affent des Seignurs efpirituelx & temporelx h auxi a la requeft des ditz Communes graunte & ordeigne qe le Chaunceller dEngleterre pur le temps efteant purra affigner certeins fufficeantz commiffioners qi averont poierpar auclorite de ceft parlerrent pur remoever & garter toutz les ditz fhelpes hors del dit river de Ley fur les riparies de mefme le river parenfi qe afcun poet eftre trove qe voet emprendre de ceo faire faunz oul'.cr le droit dafcuny. Et en cas qe afcun cheivfauns ou creau. ce des afcuns fommes de moneye foient ou poient eftre fait pur oufter & amoever les ditz fhelpes qadonqes les commiffioners del dit river pur le temps efteantz par eux & par lour deputees purront par auctorite de mefme le parlement prendre & coiiler de chefcun nief & batell frete paffant ou veignant en mefme la river iiij. d. pur le repaiement des ditz creaunces faitz ou faires et pur la confervacie c.u dit rivere faunz tielx fhelpes tanqal fine de trois ans profcheins avenirs. CAP. X. E X P. Sf Obf. ijiiH. i.e. 13. A Rehearfal and Confirmation of the Statute oj 3 Henry 5. cap. 2. authorifing certain Ab- {fJtihjJfiT" bots and otr > er Religious Perfons to make their Attornies. See Appendix. CAP. XI. Proclamations before a Writ be awarded to the Bifhop to certify Baftard'/. TEM, Whereas by a Supplication delivered in I this prefent Parliament by the Commons of the fame, it was declared by Ma garet Dutchefs of Cla- " rejice, Johan Dutchefs of York, 'Sifters, and amongft " other Heirs to Edmond Earl of Kent, Richard Duke " of York, Rich rd Earl of Salifiury, and Alice his " Wife, Ralph Earl of JFeJlmorland, John Lord of " Typtoft and of Powys, and Joyce his Wife, and Henry " Gray, Coufins, and other of the Heirs of the faid " Edmond late Earl, as in the fame Supplication is fup- " pofed; that is. to fay, the faid Duke, Son to Anne " Daughter of Alianour, another of the Sifter of the " faid Edmond; the faid Alice, Daughter to Alianour " another Sifter of the faid Edmond. ; the faid Ralph, " Son to Elizabeth another Sifter of the {aid Edmond ;
- ' the faid 'Joyce, Daughter to the, fame Alianour Mo-
" tber of Anne ; and the faid Henry Gray, Son to Johan " Daughter of the fame Alianour : (2) That whereas " Alianour, Wife to James Lord Audley, pretending, " calling, and affirming herfelf Daughter and Heir to " the faid Edmond lat; Earl of Kent, and begotten and " born in Marriage pretenced, had betwixt him and " Conffance late Wife of 'Thomas Lord Defpcnfer, where " by the faid Supplication ic is fuppofed, that the faid " Alianour, Wife to the faid Johns', is Baftard, and " never was any Marriage made, had, nor folemnized " betwixt the (aid Edmond and Comiancs, (3) but the " faid Edmond (by the Ordinance, 'Will, and Agree- " ment of King Henry the Fourth, Grandfather to " our Lord the King that now is, after great, notable, " and long Ambaffage had and fent to the Duke of " Millain, for a Marriage to be had betwixt the faid " Edmond and Luce, Sifter to the faid Duke of Millain) " did take to Wife, and openly and folemnly married " the faid Luce at London ; the faid Con/lance then living, " and being there prefent, not claiming the faid Ed- " mond to her Hufband, nor any Dower of his Lands " after his Deceafe ; (4) which Marriage betwixt the " faid Edmond and Luce fo had and folemnized, conti- " nutd without any Interruption of the faid Conjlance, " or of any other, during the Life of the faid Edmond, " as divers Lords and other credible and notable Per- " fons of the faid Realm do well remember; and how " after the Deceafe of the faid Edmond, the faid Luce " was endowed of his Lands as his lawful Wife, con- " tinuing thereof her Eftate peaceably all her Life. TEM come par une fupplication bailie en ceft parlement par les Communes dicell eftoit decla- rez par Margarete Ducheffe de Clarence Johan Ducheffe dEverwyk foers & entre autres heirs a Ed- mond nadgairs Count de Kent Richard Due dEver- wyk Richard Count de Sarifbirs & Alece fa femme Rauf Count de Weftmerland John Sire de Tip- toft & de Powys & Joiufe fa femme & Henri Gray cofyns & autres des heirs du dit Edmond nadgairs Count ficome en mefme la fupplication eft fup- pofez ceftaffavcir le r dit Duk fitz a Anne file a Alianore une autre des foers du dit Edmond la dite Aleyfe file a Alianore une autre foer du dit Edmond le dit Rauf fitz a Elizabeth une autre foer du dit Edmond la dit- Jojoufe file dite Alia- nore mere a Anne Si le dit Henri Grey fitz a Johanne file a mefme la Alianore qe la ou Alia- nore femme a James. Sire dAudeley pretendant appellant & afrermant luy mefme file & heir au dit Edmond nadgairs Count de Kent & engendre &' nee en efpoufelx pretenfez euez parentre luy & Cuftance nadgairs femme aThoma Sire Defpenfer la ou par la dit fupplication eft fuppofe qe la dite Alianore feme au dit James eft baftard &, jammes nulles efpoufelx feurent en fait euez ou folempni- fez parentre les ditz Edmond & Cuftaunce mes qe le dit Edmond par lordinaunce volunte & agree- ment du Roi Henri le quart aiel noftre Seignur. le Roi qoreft depuis graunde notable & longe ambaf- fiatt euez & enjoiez- a le Dukede Melayne pur ma- nage a eftre euez parentre le dit Edmond & Luce- foer au dit Duk de Melayne prift a femme & over- tement & folempnement efpoufa la die Luce a. Loundres vivant cell temps la dite Cuftaunce & il- loeqes efteant prefent nient clamant le dit Edmond a fon baron ne afcun dower de fes terrez puis fon deceffe les queux efpoufilles parentre le dit Edmond & Luce enli euz & folempnifez continuerent faunz afcun interruption du dite Cuftaunce ou dafcun autre durant la vie du dit Edmond ficome divers Seignurs & autres credibles & notables perfones du dit Roialme ount bien en lour memorie et co- ment puis la deceffe du dit Edmond lavaundite Luce fuift endowe de fes terres come fa loyall femme continuant en fon eftate peifiblement par tout fa vie. Nientmeins
