A. D. 1389. Anno dccimo tertio Richardi II. Stat. r. 391 CAP. XVIII. In which Courts an Attaint may be brought upon a falfe Verdict given in Lincoln. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. ITEM pur ceo qe a la grevoufe compleint del reverent pier en Dieu levefqe de Nicole et le Dean et Chapitre de lefglife de noftre Dame de Nicole fait par lour petition a noftre Seignur le Roi & as Seignurs en ceft prefent parlement les mair & baillifs de la citee de Nicole par coman- dement du Roi & affent des Seignurs furent co- mandez & chargez par brief deftre devant le Roi & fon confeill en mefme la parlement a certein jour ove fufficeant inftruftion & information de tout la matire compris en mefme la petition ove fufficeant poair & auitorite defoutz le commune feal de la dite citee'pur y refpondre pur eux & la communalte de mefme la citee fur toutes chofes contenuz en mefme la petition & enoutre pur faire & receivre ce qe par le Roi & fon dit confeill ferroit ordeine en celle partie fur certeine peine limite el dit brief le tenour de quell petition contenant les grevances faitz as ditz Evefqe Dean & Chapitre par gentz de Nicole par colour de lour franchises eftoit mande as "mefmes les mair & baillifs clos deinz le brief a- vauntdit et coment qe mefmes les mair & baillifs a jour contenuz en Is dit brief viendrent devant le Roi & fon dit confeill en le parlement fufdit ils napporterent mye fufficeant garrant pur la com- munalte de la dite citee come ils avoient en coman- dement par le dit brief Et fur ce noftre dit Seignur le Roi del affent des Prelatz & des autres Seignurs en mefme le parlement efteantz par defaut des a- vantdit mair et baillifs et communalte celle partie ad procedez et examinez la dit petition et les gre- vances contenuz en ycell, Et auxint pur ce qe commune clamour y ad qe plufours des liges le Roi ont fufFert fovent diverfes injuries en la dite citee acaufe qe des franks tenementz deinz mefme la citee trefpas contraclz et autres chofes fourdantz deinz mefme la citee triables par affife jurre ou en- quelle ont efte triez par gentz de mefme la citee et font fi favorables chefcun a autre qils ne doutent gers faux ferement et ce par caufe qils font fi en- baudez par enchefon qils nont pas eftez devant ces heures par colour de lour franchife convictz par fo- reins noftre Seignur le Roi voillant pur les caufes fufditz purvoir pur laquiete du dite efglife et plein droit eftre fait fibien as ditz Evefqe Dean et Cha- pitre et lour fucceffours come a toutz autres en temps avenir celle partie ad ordeine et eftabli qen affifes jurrees et toutz autres enqueftes qe ferront pris entre partie et partie devant les mair et baillifs de la dite citee qe pur le temps ferront fi afcun des parties fe pleint de faux ferement fait par tiel affife jurre ou enquefte latteint luy foit grante et le record foit mande par brief en bank le Roi ou en com- mune bank et qe le vifcont arraie en la jurre de tiel atteinte des foreins du counte fanz mander a la franchife du dite citee et qe les Juftices preignent mefme la juree de mefmes les foreins Nient contre- fteant afcune franchife grante au dite citee ou autre ufage au contraire. 'Scefcrtber concerning Attaints 1 1 H. 6. c. 4. 1 5 H. 6. c . 5c
- TTEM, Becaufe that upon the grievous Complaint 3 ej. r. c. 3S,
- A of the Reverend Father in God the Bifliop of 14 Ed. %. c. 2.
- Lincoln, and the Dean and Chapiter of the Church ' EJ - i-f"t. 1.
- of our Lady in Lincoln, made by their Petition to c, ^ l f 6Sf
- our Lord the King, and the Lords in this prefent %'Ed.i- c - 8-
- Parliament; the Mayor and the Bailiffs of the City -^ Ed. 3. c . 7.
- of Lincoln, by the Commandment of the King, and 9 R.z. c. 3.
- the Affent of the Lords, were enjoined and charged
- by Writ to be before the King and his Council in the
- fame Parliament at a certain Day, with fufr.cient In-
- ftruflion and Information of all the Matter com-
- prifed in the fame Petition, with full Power and Au-
• thority, under the common Seal of the faid City, to
- anfwer for them, and the Commonalty of the faid
- City, upon all Things contained in the fame Peti-
- tion, and further to do and receive that which (hall ,
- be ordained by the King and his Council in that Be-
- half, upon a certain Pain limited in the fame Writ ;
- the Tenour of which Petition, containing the Grie-
- yances done to the faid Bifliop and Chapiter by the
- People of the City of Lincoln, by Colour of their
- Franchife, was fent to the faid Mayor and B dliffs
- clofed within the faid Writ; and though the faid
' Mayor and Bailiffs, at the Day contained in the fame ' Writj came before the King and his Council in the ' Parliament aforefaid, yet they did not bring any fuf- ' ficient Warrant from the Commonalty of the faid ' City, as they had in Commandment by the faid ' Writ; and upon that our faid Lord the King, by ' the Affent of the Prelates and other Lords in the ' fame Parliament being, by Default of the Mayor, ' Bailiffs, and Commons aforefaid in that Behalf, hath ' proceeded and examined the faid Petition, and the ' Grievances therein contained: (2) And alfo becaufe The Inconveni- ' that a common Clamour hath been, that many of e ™ ies &n /'"! n .s ' the King's Lieges often have fuffered divers Injuries °f suit's ii Lin! ' in the faid City, becaufe in Refpeci: of Freeholds co i n i y t j, e ' within the fame City, Trefpaffes, Contracts, and People only of ' other Things rifing within the fame City, triable by the fame City. ' Affife, Jury, or Inqueft, have been tried by People ' of the fame City, which be fo favourable one to ano- ' ther, that they doubt not to make falfe Oaths, and ' that becaufe they be encouraged, forafmuch as they ' have not been before this Time convilf by Foreign- ' ers, by Colour of their Franchife:" ' (3) Our Lord 14H. 7. f. 13. the King willing, for the Caufes aforefaid, to pro- vide for the Quietnefs of the faid Church, and full Right to be done as well to the faid Bifhop, Dean and Chapiter, and their Succeffors, as to all other in Time coming, hath ordained and ftablifhed, in, that Behalf, that in Affifes, Juries, and all other Inquefts that {hall be taken between Party and Party, before the Mayor and Bailiffs of the fame City for the time being, if any of the Parties feel himfelf grieved of a falfe Oath made by fuch Affife, Jury, or Inqueft, the Attaint fhall be granted to him, and the Record fent by Writ into the King's Bench, or into the Com- mon Pleas, (4) and that the Sheriff impanel the Ju- ry of fuch Attaint of Foreigners of the County, with- out fending to the Franchife of the faid City, and that the Juftices fhall take the fame Jury of the fame Fo- reigners, notwithftanding any Franchife granted to Ex J> !a ' : "" ! <>xi the fame City, or other Ufage to the contrary.' f™* % H - * l3fl.6.C2. II B, 7, C. itSf 24. 23//. S.c, 3. aw/37 H. i. r. 5. Re^ift. 121. CAP.
