C. 4—7. Anno vicefimo tertio H e n r i c i VI. A. D. 1444. CAP. IV. Weljhmen indicted of Treafon or Felony, that do repair into Hereford/hire, (hall be apprehended and imprifoned, or elfe purfued by Hue and Cry, and a Forfeiture of thofe which do not purfue them. See Appendix. CAP. V. A Rehearfal of the Statute of 15 Hen. 6. c. 2. touching Licence to tranfport Corn, when Wheat doth not exceed vis. viiid. the Quarter, and Barley iiis. ivd. and the fame Statute made perpetual. Cotton: MS, Altered by 1 Jac. YTEM come en parlement tenuz a Weftm' Ian du reigne le Roi qoreft xv. pur la commune profit de tout i. c. 15. J_ le Roialme ordeigne fuift et eftablie en la fourme qenfuift. Item: pur ceo que per la ley eft, que nulle S i Jac. 1. c ' s8, h ornrne poet carier ne mefner blees hors du Roialme dFngleterre, faunz licence duRoi, per caufe de quele fermours et autres hommez qui ufent maynurement de lour terre, ne p Jent vendre lour bleez, finoun a bas pris, a graund damage de tout le Roialme. Noftre Seignur le Roi, voillant en ceo cas purvoier de reme- die, ad ordeigne per auctorite fuifdit, que bien lirra a chefcune homme, efkipper et carier toutz maners dez blees et greinez hors diceft Roialme a queconque lieu que luy plerra, forfpris tantfoulement a lez ene- myez noftre Seignur le Roi, fi fovent, et tantlongement, que un quarter de frument ne excede pas le price de vis. viij d. et un quarter dorge iij s. en ycelle porte lou frument et orge eft tielment eflcippe ; et ceo faunz afcun licence fuir pur ycelle ; toutz autres ordeignauncez ava^nt cez hoeurez faitz a contrarie nient obftauntz. Purveu toutz foitz, que le Roi foit content de fez cuftumez et devers. Et durera ceft ordeig- naunce tanque al profchein parlement. Et pur ceo que ceft eftatut neft pas a ore en fa force, et que plu- fours counteez adjoignauntz a le mear ne poient vendre le fubftaunce de lour bleez, finoun per cariage et amefner per la mear ; Noftre dit Seignur le Roi, confiderant lez premifTez, ad ordeigne per laudxorite de fon dit parlement tenuz le dit xxv jour de Feverer, que leftatut et ordeignaunce avaundit per lauc/torite de mefme le parlement foit perpetuel, et en fa force a toutz jours en apres. CAP. VI. The Gathering of Head-pence by the Sheriff of Northumberland fhall ceafe. T E M, Whereas the poor Commons, and the King's faithful liege People of his County of 'Nor- thumberland, have been of long Time oppreffed and furcharged by the Sheriffs of the faid County for the " time being, levying or caufing to be levied of their Sixty " Goods and Chatties, to the Sum of * Forty Pounds, " and more, called Head-pence, Two times in feven " Years, that is to fay, every Third Year, and every " Fourth Year, to their own Avail, without any Ac- " count, Profit, or Advantage to the King, and with- " out any lawful Caufe or Ground, but of their great " Extortion, which caufeth divers Men to labour and " expend great Goods to be Sheriff, when the faid " Years come, to the great Oppreffion of the faid " Commons;" ' (2) Our Lord the King confidering ' the Premiffes, hath ordained and granted by the Au- 4 thority aforefaid, That the faid Gathering of the faid ' Head-pence fhall be clearly put out for ever, any ' Ufe or Cuftom to the contrary notwithstanding, upon
- Pain of an C li. to be paid, the one half of the fame
- to the King, and the other half to the Party which
' will fue for the Forfeiture againft the Sheriff. This ' Ordinance to begin at the Feaft of the Nativity of ' St. John Baptijt, which fhall be in the Year of our
- Lord M, CCCC. xlvi.'
ITEM come lez poverez communes et foialx liegez du Roy de fon counte de Northumbr' ount efte de longe temps oppreffez et furchargez per lez vifcountz du dit countee pur le temps ef- teantz, levauntz et facentz leve de lour biens et chateux a la fomme de lx li'. et pluis, appellez Hedepeniez, deux foitz en vij ans, fcilicet chef- cune tierce an et chefcune iiij c an, a lour propre availle, faunz afcune accompt, profit, ou availle a Roi, et faunz afcun loial avyce ou foundement, finoun de lour graund extorfion, le quele caufa di- verfez hommez de laborer et expender graundez biens deftre vifcount, quant lez ditz ans veignent, a le pluis greindre oppreffion de lez ditz com- munes : Noftre dit Seignur le Roy, confiderant lez premifTez, ad ordeigne et graunte per lauitorite fuifdit, que le dit collecT: de lez ditz hede penyez foit tout ouftrement ouftez pur toutz jours, afcun ufe ou cuftume eue a le contrarie nient obftaunt, fur payne de C li' deftre paiez, lune moite dicelle a Roi, et lautre moite dicelle a la partie qui fua la forfaiture envers le vifcount. Ceft ordeignaunce a commencer a la feft de la Nativite de feint John le Baptifte que ferra en lannoftre Seignur M. CCCC. xlvj e . CAP. VII. No Man fhall be Sheriff, Under-Sheriff, &c. above a Year. i4Ed -.fiat.i " TTEivI, Whereas King Edward the Third, for c. 7, * "' JL divers and fpecial Caufes, in his Parliament hold- 1 Lutn. 153, " en at Weftminftery the Wednefday next after Midlent, ITEM come le Roi E. le tierce, pur diverfez et notablez caufez en fon- parlement tenuz a Weftm' le meikerdy profchein apres le di. 5 qua- refme
