254 § tat « 2 * Anno vicefimo quinto E'dwardi III. A. D. 1350. Jl Statute made Anno 25 Edw. III. Stat. 2. and Anno Dom. 1350. of thoje that be born beyond Sea. In what Place Baftardy pleaded againft him that is born out of the Realm fhall be tried. The King's •Children be inheritable in England, where- soever they be born. The Children of ohers born beyond the Sea. 42' Ed. 3. c. 10 Denizen; Br, 14 IK. 1- M- Dyer 224. Co. Lit. 3. jiGo. 2. c. 21 UR Lord the King, at his Parliament holden at Wejlminjler, at the Utas of the Purifi- cation of our Lady, the Year of his Reign " of England the Five and twentieth, and of France •" the Twelfth, confidering the great Mifchiefs and -" Damages which have happened to the People of his " Realm of England, as well becaufe that the Statutes " ordained before this Time have not been holden
- e and kept as they ought to be, as becaufe of the
" mortal Peftilence that late reigned, and willing to " provide for the Quietnefs and common Profit of his " laid People convenient Remedy ; " ' therefore by ' the AfTent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, and- other
- great Men, and all the Commons of his faid Realm
- iummoned to the Parliament, hath ordained and
' eftablifhed the i hings under-written, videlicet, (2)
- Becaufe that fome People be in Doubt, if the Chil-
- dren born in the Parts beyond the Sea, out of the
'" Ligeance of England, fhould be able to demand any ' Inheritance within the fame Ligeance, or not, where^ 1 of a Petition was put in the Parliament late holden "' at Weftminjler, the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of ' our Lord the King that now is, and was not at the ' fame Time wholly affented ; (3) our Lord the King, ' willing that all Doubts and Ambiguities fhould be ' put away, and the Law in this Cafe declared and put ' in a Certainty, hath charged the faid Prelates, Earls, ' Barons, and other wife Men of his Council, affem- "' bled in this Parliament, to deliberate upon this Point;
- all which of one AfTent have faid, That the Law of
' the Crown of England is, and always hath been fuch,
- that the Children of the Kings of England, in what-
' foever Parts they be born, in England or elfewhere, ' be able and ought to bear the Inheritance after the ' Death of their Anceffors ; which Law our faid Lord ' the King, the faid Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other ' great Men, and all the Commons aflembled in this
- Parliament, do approve and affirm for ever. (4)
' And in the Right of other Children born out of the ' Ligeance of England in the Time of our Lord the ' King, they be of one Mind accorded, that Henry ' Son of John de Beaumond; Elizabeth Daughter of ' Guy de Bryan, and Giles Son of Ralph Davjbcny, and ' other which the King will name, which were born ' beyond the Sea, out of the Ligeance of England, ' fhall be from henceforth able to have and enjoy their ' Inheritance after the Death of their .Anceftors, in all ' Parts within the Ligeance of England, as well as thofe ' that fhould be born within the fame Ligeance. (<;) ' And that all Children Inheritors, which from hence- ' forth fhall be born without the Ligeance of the King, ' whofe Fathers and Mothers at the Time of their ' Birth be and fhall be at the Faith-and Ligeance of the ' King of England, fhall have and enjoy the fame Be-
- nefits and Advantages, to have and bear the Inhe-
' ritance within the fame Ligeance, as the other Inhc- ' ritors aforefaid in Time to come ; fo always, that the ' Mothers of fuch Children do pais the Sea by the Li- ' cence and Wills of their Hufbanus. (6) And if it ' be alledged againft any fuch born beyond the Sea, Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 19, OSTRE Seignur le Roi a foh parlement tenuz a Weftm' a les Oetaves de la Puri- fication de noftre Dame Ian de fon regne dEngleterre vintifme quint & de France doufzifme coniiderant les grantz mefchiefs & damages qe font avenuz au poeple de fon Roialme dEngleterre fi- bien pur ce qe les eftatutz devant ces heures orde- nez nount mie efte tenuz & gardez come ils deve- roient come par caufe de la peftilence mortiele qe nadgairs dura & veullant purvoier au quiete & commune profit de fon poeple fur ce remedie co- venable par afTent de Prelatz Countz Barons & au- tres grantz & tote la Communalte de fon dit Roi- alme au dit parlement fomons ad ordene & eftabli les chofes fouzefcriptes ceft aflavoir pur ce qe af- cunes gentz eftoient en awere ft les enfantz neez es parties de dela dehors la ligeance dEngleterre ferroient ables a demander heritage deinz meifme. la ligeance ou nemie de quoi petition feuft mis au- trefoitz en parlement tenuz a Weymonfter Ian noftre dit Seignur le Roi dys & feptifme & ne feuft mie a tieu temps en tout affentu noftre dit Seignur le Roi veulliant qe totes doutes & awers feuffent ouftez & la lei en ce cas declaree & mis en cer- tein fift charger les Prelatz Countes Barons & au- tres fages de fon confeil afTemblez a ce parlement a faire deliberation fur eel point Les queux dun aflent ount dit qe la lei de la Corone dEngleterre eft et ad efte touz jours tiele qe les enfantz des Rois dEngleterre queu part qils foient neez en Engle- terre ou aillours font ables & deivent porter heri- tage apres la mort lour aunceftres la quele lei noftre Seignur le Roi les ditz Prelatz Countz Barons & autres grantz & tote la Communalte afTemblez el dit parlement approevent & afferment pur toutz jours. Eten droit des autres enfantz neez hors de laJigeance dEngleterre en temps noftre dit Seignur le Roi ft font ils uniement acordez qe Henri fkz Johan de Beaumound Elizabeth fill Guy de Bryan & Giles fitz Rauf Daubeneye & autres queux le Roi vorra nomer qi nafquirent par dela hors de la ligeance dEngleterre foient defore ables davoir & enjoier leur heritages apres la mort lour aunceftres totepartz deinz la ligeance dEngleterre ft avant come ceux qi nafquirent deinz meifme la ligeance. Et qe touz les enfantz heriters qi ferront ■neete defore dehors la ligeance le Roi des queux enfantz les piere & miere au temps du neftre font & ferront a la foi & de la ligeance du Roi dEngleterre eient & enjoicnt meifmes les benefice & avantage tlaver & porter heritage deinz la dite ligeance come . autres heriters avantditz en temps avenir Iflint tote.' foitz. qe les mieres de tieux enfantz pafTcnt la mcci p.ir conge & volunte dc lour barons. Et fi allcg- gee foit contre nul tiel nee par dela qil eft baflanl er
