A. D. 1360. Anno tricefimo qferto Edwardi III. C. 13—16. 303 Ex Rot. in Tun: Lond. genitours pardevant a pluiftoft qenqueft ent ferra retourne en Chancdlerie par efchetour ou autre qi poair ad denquere qe le tenant ne foit pas oufte de fa pofleffion mes foit gamy par Scire facias deftre au certein jour de refpoundre a eel Scire facias ill voudra. Et fi nulle tiele forfaiture foit ore ou ferra feife de eel temps qe ia main le Roi ent foit oufte Iffint totes voies qen touz autres cas de forfaiture de trefon des perfones mortz nient atteintz ne jug- eez en iour vies ne foient pas lour heires ne lour terrc tenantz empefchez ne chalangez ne de nulle autre forfaiture forfprifes les forfaitures aunciene- ment ajuggez aprts la mort des perfones par pre- fentementz en Eyre ou en Eaunk le Roi come des felons de foi & autres. ' he will and granteth, That of fuch Forfeitures fallen. ' in the Time of his Grandfather, and all his Proge- ' nitors before, as foon as an Inqueft lhall be thereof ' returned in the Chancery by the Efcheators, or other ' which have Power to inquire, that the Tenant fhall ' not be put out of his Pofleffion, but fhall be warned ' by Scire facias, to be at a certain Day to anfwer to ' his Scire facias, if he will. (4) And if any fuch ' Forfeiture be now, or fhall be feifed of the- fame ' Time, that the King's Hand fhall be out thereof; (5) ' fo always, that in all other Cafes of Forfeiture for Forfeiture of ' Treafon of dead Perlbns not attainted or judged in t ' L ' ad p J ]fons ' their Lives, their Heirs, nor their Land-Tenants by £ relentmcnr - ,. ,. , ii 1 11 1 r 1 a byre, or in ' fhall not be impeacned nor challenged, nor of any ,„, King's ' other. Forfeiture, except the Forfeitures in old Time Bench. ' judged after the Death of the Perfons by Prefentment ' in Eyre, or in the King's Bench, as of Felons of Fitz. Petition, 2, ' themfelves and other.' Enforced by 46 ' Ed. 3. far tuhkb fce.-./Jppeu,iix, XIII. CAP By what People, and id what Place and Manner, an Efcheator fhall take -his Inqueft. FEM acorde eft qe chefcun efchetour preigne fes enqueftes de fon office des bones gentz & loialx qe foient enheritez fufficeajment & de bone fame & de mefme le countee ou lenquerre fe ferra & qe les enqueftes iffint prifes foient endentez en- tre les efchetours & les jurrours & fi autrement foit fait qe tieles enqueftes foient tenuz pur huU.es". Et le Ror voet qe tieles enqueftes foient prifes en bones vilks overtement & nemie en prive. TEM it is accorded, That every Efcheator fhall DieriCo,, 170. take his Inquefts of his Office of good People and lawful, which be fufEciently inherited and of good Fame, and of the fame County where the Inquiry fhall be;. (2) and that the Inquefts fo taken be inr dented betwixt the Efcheators and the Jurors ; (3) and if it be otherwife done, that fuch Inquefts be holden for void. And the King will, that fuch Inr quefts be taken in good Towns openly, and not pri- E "f orc , ed f d ^■, , a r it i amended by VU y- 36 Ed. 3 .j?ar. 1 c. 13. 23 H, 6. c. 17. * and i H. 3. c. S. ivl/ich is 'made perpetual by 3 H, 8< c. a,
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CAP. XIV. In what Court Traverfes of Offices found before Efcheators fhall be tried. TEM acorde eft qe ou terres ou tenementz foient feifiz en Ia main le Roi par office defchetour conte- BS - 12 Car. a; nant qe le tenant le Roi en fift alienation fanz conge le Roi ou qe le tenant le Roi par fervice de chivaler £' **' ^ j jj'j I moruft feifi des terres & tenementz avantditz en fon demefne come de fee & fon heir deinz age & puis la 4 " c '. r6. do. ' I caufe certifie en la Chauncellerie & cellui qi terres font feifitz viegne en Chauncelierie & voet traverfer loffice El. 523. 2 Roll qe fut primes pris par mandement du Roi qe les dites terres ne foient mie feifables foit il a ceo receu et foit le 35 1 - Raft - 3'5- proces mande en banc le Roi a trier et outre faire droit, 3 6 Ed - 3-, c> : 3- 2&3E3I.6. c.S,. C A XV A Confirmation of Alienations made by the Tenants of King Henry the Third, &c. ITEM acorde eftqe les alienations des terres et tenementz faites par gentz qe tenoient du Roi Henri Befael au Roi qore eft ou des autres Rois devant lui a tenir de eux mefmes qe les alienations eftoifent en lour force fauvant totesfoitz a noftre Seignur le Roi fa prerogative du temps fon ael fon piere et. de fon, temps demefne. e a p. xvi. Non-claim of Fines fhall hereafter be no Bar. ITEM eft acorde qe plee de Noun claym des fins qe font defore a lever ne foit pris ne tenuz pur barre tn temps avenir. ITEM it is accorded, That. the Plea of Non-claim of Fines, which from henceforth be to be levied, Co. Lit. 262. 32 fhall not be taken nor holden for any Bar in time to ScciH. 7. c.2^ come.' eniy.U.i. c* 30, tobich cx~ pOHntfs the fort' g ■ '■'.-■ G A P-.
