6io C 10. Anno viceflmo tertio Henrici VI. A. D. 1444. The Forfeiture? of the Offender; and who fliail have them. The Sheriff re- turning Cepi Car 2>tts t or Reddidit fe Dyer, f. 25. The Warden of the Fleet and of the PaJace of Weji'minjkr ex- empted. 4 Co. 76. Dyer, f. 319. See 3 Geo. 1. c. l^.JecJj^.foriie nance in any Point of the fame, fhall lofe to the Party in this Behalf indamaged or grieved, his treble Damages, (12) and fhall forfeit the Sum of xl. li. at every Time that they or any of them do the con- trary thereof in any Point of the fame ; whereof the King fhall have the one Half, to be employed to the Ufe of his Houfe, and in no other wife, and the Party that v.'ill fue, the other half. (13) And that the juftices of Affifes in their Seffions, Juftices of the one Bench and of the other, and Juftices of Peace in their County, fliail have Power to enquire, hear, and determine of Office without fpecial Commifiion, of and upon all them that do contrary to thefe Ordi- nances in any Article or Point of the fame. (14) And if the laid Sheriffs return upon any Perfon, Cepi Corpus, or Reddidit fe, that they^ fhall be chargeable to have the Bo"dies of the faid Perfons at the Days of the Returns of the faid Writs, Bills, or Warrants, in fuc'a Form as they were before the making of this Act. ' II. Provided always, That the Warden of the King's Gaol of the Fleet, and of the King's Palace of Wejiminfter for the time being, fhall not be en- damaged nor prejudiced by th s Ordinance in the Duty of his Office. And alfo that this Ordinance fhall begin at the F:aft of Eafter, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord MCCCC xlvi.' Penally of Sheriffs taking Fees for levying the King's Debts. Cotton MS. baillifs dez fraunchifez, ou afcuns autres officers ou miniftrez, queux fount le contrarie diceft or- deignaunce, ou dafcun point dicelle, perde a la partie en ycelle endamage ou greve fez treblez damages et forface la fomme de xl. Ii. a chefcune temps que eux ou afcun de eux fount le contrarie dicelle en afcun point dicelle, dount le Roi davoir lune moite, ceo deftre emploiez a le ufe de fon hoftiel, et en null autre manere, et lautre moite a celluy qui ceo voet fuer. Et que lez Juftices dez affifez en lour feffions, Juftices del un Bank et del autre, et Juftices de la peas eii lour paiis, eient poair denquerer, oier et terminer, doffice, faunz efpecial comrniffion, de et fur toutz iceux, qui ferrount le contrarie diceft ordeignaunce en chef- cune article ou point dicelle. E ft lez ditz vif- countz retournent fur afcun perfone cepi corpus, ou reddidit fe, qils foient chargeablez davoir le corps dez ditz perfonez a lez jours de la retourne dez ditz briefs, billez, ou garraunts, en tiel fourme come ils furent devaunt la fefaunce diceft afle. Purveu toutz foitz, que per ceft prefent or- deignaunce le Gardeyn de la gaole le Roy de Flete, et de la paleys du Roi a Weftminfter, pur le temps efteant, ne foit, endamage ne prejudice en fon duete de fon office. Et auxint que ceft ordeig- naunce commencera en la feft de pafque que ferra en Ian de noftre Seignur Jefu Crift M 1 . CCCC xlvj' - . CAP. X. The Order of levying the Wages of the Knights of the Parliament. <c
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The Pena ty if the Sheriff, fcr ■. . levy more Money tl/an is affcfiid. T at that time '- ITEM, Whereas before this Time divers Sheriffs I in divers Counties of England, by Colour of i Writs to them directed, to levy the Wages of the ' Knights of the Shires for the time being, of the Par- liament of the King that now is, and of his noble Progenitors, have levied more Money than hath been due to the faid Knights, and more than they have delivered*, keeping and retaining great Part of the Money to their own Ufe and Profit, to their Officers and Servants, to the great Lofs of the com- mon People of the faid Counties :" ' (2) The King, considering the Premifie-, hath ordained by the Au- thority aforefaid, That the Sheriff of every County for the time being, in the next County Court holden in their Counties, after the Delivery of the faid Writs directed to them, fhall make open Proclamation, that the Coroners, and every chief Conftable of the Peace of the faid Counties, and the Bailiffs of every Hundred or Wapentake of the fame County, and all other ^which will be at the affeffing of the Wages of the Knights of the Shires, fhall be at the next County there to be holden to affefs the faid Wages of the faid Knights; (3) and that the Sheriff, Under- fherift, Coroners, or Bailiffs for the time being, be there at the fame Time in their proper Perfon, upon Pain of Forfeit. ire to the King, of every of them that maketh Default, Forty Shillings. (4) At which Time the faid Sheriff or Under- fheriff, in the Pre- fenc of the 1 that fhall come + to the fame, and of the Suitors of the fame Counties then being there, in the full County well and duly fhall affefs every Hundred to that affcflable by itfelf, to pay a certain TEM come devaunt ceft temps diverfez vif- countz en diverfez counteez Dengleterre qount per colour des briefs direftz a eux, pur lever lez gagez de lez chivalers de lez counteez pur le temps efteantz, de lez parlementz du Roy qoreft, et de fez noblez progenitours, ount leve pluis d; money, que ad eite due as lez ditz chivalers, et pluis qiis ount deliverez a eux, gardauntz et prcignauntz graunde partie du dit money a lour ufe et profit dc- mefne, et lour officers et fervauntz, a trefgraunde. damage de la commune poeple de lez ditz counteez: le Roi confiderant lez premiffez, ad ordeigne per laucStorite fuifdit, qe le vifcount de chefcune counte pur le temps efteant, en le profchein counte tenuz en lour counteez apres la deliveraunce de lez ditz briefs fait a eux, face overt proclamation, que lez coroners, et chefcune chief conftable de la peas dez ditz countees, et lez baillifs de chefcun hund- red ou wapentak de mefme le counte, et toutz au- trez qui voillent eftre a le aflefaunce de lez gagez dez chivalers de lez Counteez, foient a le profchein. countee illoquez a tenir, daffeffer lez gagez de lez ditz chivalers ; etque le vifcount, ou fouthvifcount, coroners, ou baillifs, pur le temps efteantz, foient illoquez a mefme le temps en lours propres perfo- nez, fur la peyn de forfaiture a Roi, de chefcune diceux qui face defaute xl. s. a qui J temps le vif- count ou fouthvifcount, en prefence diceux qui a celle temps viendront, et de lez fuitours dez ditz. counteez adonqes efteantz la, en le pleyn counte bien et duement ceffa chefcune hundred a ceo affef- fable per luy mefme a un certayn fomme, de paier pur
