A. D. 1399. Anno primo Henrici IV, Cap, 18. 433 Ex Rot. in Ti/rr. Lond. ferroit deters defouz la fauve garde & efpeciale protection de Roi et qe bien life a cux & a chefcun de eux qils puiflent trencher peffon & vitailles fuifditz par pieces & a taill & a retaill en partie & en tout ou en groos come meuz lour femblera ven- dre & lour profit ent faire fanz empefchement ou contredit de nulluy non obftantz afcuns eftatutz chartres ordinances privileges ou cuftumes faitz ou euez au contrair. Noftre dit Signur le Roi confi- derant mefmes leftatut eftre moolt profitable par plufours voies fil feuffe mys en execution de laflent des Seignurs & communes fuifditz ad ordeinez & eftablie; qe le dit eftatut foit fermement tenuz & gardez & duement execut felonc la forme & effect dicell nient contrefteantz les lettres patentz nadgairs grauntez au contrair as peflbners de Lon- dres par le dit nadgairs Roy Richard fur fon da- reyn paftage vers Irland. • Mariner other Victuals, there dwelling and return- ' ing, mail be from henceforth under the Safeguard ' and fpecial Protection of the King ; (2) and that ' it fhall be lawful to them, and every of them, to cut ' their Fifh and Victuals aforefaid by Pieces, and the ' fame to tail and retail in Part, or in all, or in Grofs, ' as to them fhall beft feem to fell, and thereof to
- make their Profit, without Impeachment or Contra-
- diction of any, notwithftanding any Statutes, Char-
- ters, Ordinances, Privileges, or Cuftoms made or •
- had to the contrary
- " ' (3) Our Lord the King
confidering the fame Statute to be very profitable many Ways, if it were put in Execution, by the AfTent of the Lords and Commons aforefaid, hath ordained and ftablilhed, That the fuid Statute be firmly holden, kept, and duly executed after the Form and Effect thereof, notwithftanding the Letters 5 R ; -■ c - "=■ Patents late granted to the contrary to the Fijhmon- ^™ ^^ gets of London by the faid late King Richard, upon ^ ^ r 3c [ , ' c g. his laft Voyage toward Ireland. g ; v r« s free liber- ty of 'Trade into Spain, Poftugat, and Trance. CAP. XVIII. Procefs againft one of the County of Chejler, which committeth an Offence in another Shire. TEM fur les grevoufes clamour & compleinte faitz a noftre dit Seignur le Roy en ceft prefent parlement des plufours murdres homicides roberies bateries & autres riotes & mefFaites qe devant ces heures ont efte faitz par les gentz del contce de Ceftre as plufours lieges de Roi es diverfes contees dEngleterre mefme noftre Seignur leRoi de ladvis & aiient des Seignurs efpirituelx & temporelx & des communes avauntditz ad ordeinez & eftabliz qe fi afcun perfone del contee de Ceftre receant & demurrant deinz mefme le contee de quel eftat ou condition qil foit face murdre ou felonie par aillours hers de dit contee foit proces fait devers luy par la commune ley tanqal exigend en les contees ou tieux murdre ou felonie foit fait. Et fil fue dilloe- qes en le dit ccnte de Ceftre & foit utlage ou mys en exigend pur tiel murdre ou felonie foit la ut- lagarie ou lexigend certifiez a les officers & mi- niftres de mefme le conte de Ceftre & foit celle felon pris par mefmes les officers ou miniftres et fes terres et tenementz biens et chateux efteantz deinz yceil conte de Ceftre feifez come forfaitz es mains du Prince ou de celluy qi ferra Seignur de dit conte de Ceftre pur le temps et ait le Roi Ian jour et waft et les autres terres et tenementz biens et cha- teaux -de tiel felon efteantz hors de mefme contee de Ceftre demoergent entierment au Roi et as autres Seignurs eiantz ent franchifes come forfaitz. Et ft aucun perfone de mefme le contee de Ceftre re- ceant ou demurrant en ycell face aucunc baterie ou autre trefpafs par aillours hors de dit contee de Ceftre foit proces fait devers lui par la com- mune ley tanqal exigend es contees ou tiel Vaterie 01: trefpas foit fait et fil fue dilloeqes en le dit contee de Ceftre et foit utlagez pur tiel ba- terie ou trefpas foit lutlagair certifiez a les ditz of- ficers et miniftres de mefme le contee de Ceftre et foit cell perfone pris par mefmes les officers ou mi- Vol. I. [TEM, Upon the grievous Clamour and Com- W hat Procefs A plaint made to our Lord the King in this prefent Chill be awarded Parliament, of many Murders, Manilaughters, Rob- where one of the beries, Batteries, and other Riots and Offences, c ° unt y of Cbefl.r which before this Time have been done bv People , doth commlt . Fe " r 1 /~i r /-yi n i- r tt- . l° n v )n another of the County of Lbe/ter to divers of the King a county. liege People in divers Parts and Counties of Eng- land;" ' (2) the fame our Lord the King, by the Advice and AfTent of his Lords Spiritual and Tem- poral, and of his Commons aforefaid, hath ordained and ftablifhed, That if any Perfon of the County of Chejler, refident or dwelling within the fame County, of what Eftate or Condition he be, do commit aiiy Murder or Felony in any Place out of the fame Coun- ty, Procefs fhall be made againft him by the Common Law, till the Exigent, in the County where fuch Murder or Felony was done. (?) And if he flee from thence into the County of Cbefter and be out- lawed and put in Exigent for fuch Murder or Fe- lony, the fame Outlawry or Exigent fhall be certi- fied to the Officers and Minifters of the fame County of Chejier, and the fame Felon fhall be taken by the fame Officers or M inifters, and his Lands and Tene- ments, Goods and Chattels, being within the fame County of Cbefier, mail be feifed as forfeit into the Hands of the Prince, or of him that fhall be Lord of the fame County of Chejler for the Time, and the King fhall have the Year and Day, and the Wafte ; (4) and the other Lands and Tenements, Goods and Chattels of fuch Felon, beingfout of the laid County of Chejler ■, Ihall remain wholly to the King, and to other Lords, having thereof Franchife, as forfeit. (5) And if any Perfon of the fame County 0$ Chejler, The Procers refident or dwelling in the fame, make a Battery or where one of the other Trefpafs in any Place out of the faid County County of Chejler ofCbe/ler, Procefs fhall be made againft him by the i oth mdkc a , o t ^-11 .v. it • «. : • li_" /-» ■ Bntterv or other Common JLaw, till the Exigent, in the Counties Trefpafs in any where fuch Battery or Trefpafs is done. (6) And if other Coun.y. he flee from thence i.ito the faid County of Chs/fcr, and be outlawed for fuch Battery or Trefpafs, the Outlawry fhall be certified to the Officers and Mi- Kkk niftcrs
