ICO Stat, i. Anno decimo tertio Edwardi I. A. D. 1285. Regift. 182. put to their Seals for a Witnefs, the Juftices fhall fo do ; and if one will not, another of the Company fhall. (2) And if the King, upon Complaint made of the Juftices, caufe the Record to come before him, and the fame Exception be not found in the Roll, and the Plaintiff fhew the Exception written, with the Seal of a Juftice put to, the Juftice fhall be com- manded that he appear at a certain Day, either to confefs or deny his Seal. (3) And if the Juftice can- not deny his Seal, they fhall proceed "to Judgement according to the fame Exception, as it ought to be allowed or difallowed* 5 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. teftimonium Juftitiarii figilla fua apponant & ft unus apponere noluerit apponat alius de focietate. Et fi forte ad querimoniam de fa£to Juftitiariorum venire faciat Dominus Rex recordum coram eo & fi ilia a receptio non inveniatur in rotulo & querens oftendat exceptionem fcriptam cumfigillo Juftitiarii appenfo mandetur Juftitiario quod fit ad certum diem ad cognofcendum figillum fuum vel dedicen- dum. Et ft Juftitiarius figillum fuum dedicere non poflit procedatur ad judicium fecundum illam ex- ceptionem prout admittenda eflet vel cafTanda. 7 Ed. 1. flat. : 3 Ijlft. 42S. CAP. XXXII. Mortmain by Recovery of Land by Default.' Fitz. Coll. 1, 2, 4>5> 6 > 7,9> '°> it, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27> 3 1 . 4°; 42, 46. 10 H. 7. f. 3. 11 Ed. 5. flat. 3. c. 3, * Every chiefLord may challenge the Jurors. flat. 3. HEN Religious Men and other Ecclefiaftical Perfons do implead any, and the Party im- ' pleaded maketh Default, whereby he ought to leefe ' the Land, fprafmuch as the Juftices have thought ' hitherto, that if the Party impleaded make Default 5 by Collufion, that where the Demandant, by Oc- ' cafion of the Statute, could not obtain Seifin of the ' Land by Title of Gift, or other Alienation, he fhall £ now by reafon of the Default, and fo the Statute is 6 defrauded;" ' (z) it is ordained by our Lord the King, and granted, That in this Cafe, after the De- fault made, it fhall be inquired by the Country, whe- ther the Demandant had Right in the Thing demand- ed, or no. And if it be found that the Demandant had Right in his Demand, the Judgement fhall pafs with him, and he fhall recover Seifin; and if he hath no Right, the Land fhall accrue to the next Lord of the Fee, if he demand it within a Year from the Time of the Inqueft taken; (3) and if he do not demand it within the Year, it fhall accrue to the next Lord above, if he do demand it within half a Year after the fame Year ; (4) and fo every Lord af- ter the next Lord fhall have the Space of half a Year to demand it fuccefTively, until it come to the King, to whom at length, through Default of other Lords, the Lands fhall accrue. (5) And to challenge the Jurors of the Inqueft, every of the chief Lords of the Fees fhall be admitted, and likewife for the King, they that will fhall challenge; (6) and after the Judgement given, the Land fhall remain clear in the King's Hairds, until it be dereigned by the Demand- ant, or fome other chief Lord, and the Sheriff fhall be charged to anfwer therefore at the Exchequer/ CUM viri religiofi & alie perfone ecclefiaftice implacitent aliquem & implacitatus fecerit defaltam ob quam tenementum amittere debeat quia Juftitiarii hucufque timuerunt quod fi impla- citatus fecerit defaltam percollufionem utcum pe- tens occafione ftatuti per titulum doni aut alterius alienationis feifinam de tenemento confequi non poffet per illam defaltam confequeretur & fieret fraus ftatuto ordinatum eft per Dominum Regem& conceffum quod in hoc cafu poftquam defalta fafSta fuerit inquiratur per patriam utrum petens habeat jus in fua petitione aut non. Et fi compertum fue- rit quod petens jus habet in fua petitione proceda- tur ad judicium pro petente & recuperet feifinam fuam Et fijus non habuerit incurratur tenementum. proximo domino feodi fi illud petat infra annum a. tempore inquifitionis capteEt fi infra annum non petat fuperiori domino incurratur fi petat infra di~ mjdium annum poft ilium annum Et fie habeat quilibet dominus poft proximum dominum fpaciumv dimidii anni ad petendum fucceffive quoufqueper- veniatur ad Regem cui ad ultimum pro defeftu ali- orum dominorum tenementum incurratur. Et ad calumpniandum juratores inquifitionis admittantur quicumque capitales domini feodorum & fimiliter pro Rege quicalumpniare voluerit & remaneat ter- ra poftquam judicium clarum fuerit in manu Do- mini Regis quoufque tenementum perpetentem vel aliquem capitalem dominum difrationetur & onere- tur vicecomes ad refpondendum inde ad Scacca- riuiru 10. retraining alienations in Mortmain, I £f a c. 12. permitting tbem for the Benefit of the Poor, €?£» 9H.3 ^Se} farther, lS Ed. i.flat.i.c.3. 34 Ed. 1. flat . 3. 18 Ed. 3. flat. 3. c. 3. 15 R. 2. c. 5. 23 H. 8 P. £? M. c.Z. permitting them to fpiritual Corporations. 39.E/1Z;. c. 5. 21 Jac.. c. 1. i$& l^Car. 2 7 & 3 py. 3. c. 37. empowering the Crtmin to grant Licences to alien in Mortmain ; and 9 Geo. z. c . 36. refiraining Gifts in Mortmain by WilU » Ibis Jems to be a miftahn Reference. CAP. XXXIII. Lands where Crofles be {et, fhall be forfeited as Lands aliened in Mortmain, Jr..':. 43?. B, " T70rafmuch as many Tenants fet up Croffes, or " J)p caufe to be fet up in their Lands, in Prejudice " of their Lords, that Tenants fhould defend them- " felves againft the chief Lords of the Fee, by the " Privileges of Templars and Hofpitalers ;" ' (z) it is ' ordained, That fuch Lands fhall be forfeit to the chief
- Lords, or to the King, in the fame Manner as is pro-
' vided for Lands aliened in Mortmain.' OUIA multi tenentes erigunt cruces in tene- mentis fuis aut erigi permittunt in prejudi- cium dominorum fuorum ut tenentes per privile- gium Templariorum & Hofpitelariorum tueri fe poffint contra capitales dominos feodorum ftatutum eft quod hujufmodi tenementa capitalibus dominis aut Regi incurrantur eodem modo quo ftatuitur ali- bi de tenementis alienatis ad mortuam manum. » For reccplk , read exceptio, 4 C A Pi
