A. D. 1435. Ex Rot. in Turr. L°n<h en Ian au meyns & plufours de temps fil bofoigne par afcun riote ou forcible ehtre fait deins mefme le countee de Midd' &c ceo fur Ie peine & forfei- ture de tielx fumrnes come fount pur ceo ordinez par afcun ley fait devaunt ces hoeures au fyn &c entcnt qe les ditz communes & enhabitantz del dit countee de Midd' ne foient artes ne compelles pur apparer devaunt les juftices de peas da mefme le countee pur le temps efteantz forfqe a tiel temps qi fembleront par les difcretions de mcfines les jus- tices du peas neceffaries & bofoignables. z & 3 P. & M. c. 10. 7 Jac. I. c. 5. 21 Jac. 1. c. 12. 6 Gee c. 18. 18 Geo. 2. c. 20. 23 Geo, 2, c. 26. fee. 11. 24 Get Anno decimo quarto He n rici VI. C. c, 6. 579 ' and more often if Need be, for any Riot, or Forci- ' ble Entry made within the fame County of Middk- ' fex, and that upon the Pain and Forfeiture of fuch ' Sums as be for that ordained by any Law made bc- ' fore this Time : to the End and Intent that the faid ' Commons and Inhabitants of the faid County of ' Middlefcx be not inforced nor compelled to appear ' before the Juftices of Peace of the fame County for ' the Time being, but at fuch Time which fhall feem ' by the Difcretions of the fame Juftices of Peace ne- ' ceflary and needful/ ■0. 1. c. 21. fee. ic. 9 Geo. I, c. 7. 5 Geo. 2. c. 18 & 19. 15 G;n. 2. c c. 44 & 55. 2S Geo. 2. c. 14^27. 27 Geo. 2. c. 16 £f 2c. and 30 Geo See farther con- cutrr? / r I, " 18 II. 6. c. 11. . 4. C. 2. I /'. c. 3. 3 //. 7. C. 1. I Mar. //.■■/. i. c. 8. 1 S • P. &M. e. 13. 24. 16 1 . 2. rr. 24. CAP. V. Merchandifes of the Staple fhipped in Creeks fhall be forfeited. See Appendix. CAP. VI. None fhall difturb an Alien that bringeth in Victuals to fell in Grofs, or by Retalc. ITEM noftre Seignur le Roy enformez par les ditz Communes coment en leftatuit fait Ian vi- le Roi Richard nadgairs Roi dEngleterre feconde ordine & accorde eftoit qe chefcun forcin & alien efteant del amiftee du Roi & du Roialme tk veinant deins la Citee de Loundres & autres citees burghs & villes deins le dit Roialme fibien deins fraunchife come dehors ovefqe pefton & autres vitailles qe- conqes illeoqes demurantz & retournantz ferroit deflors defoubz le fauf garde & efpecull protection du Roi & qe bien life a eux & a chefcun de eux qils puiffent trencher pefton & vitailx fuifditz par peces & a taill & a retaill en partie ou en tout ou en gros come meulx lour femblera vendre & lour profit faire faunz empechement ou contredit de hully non obftantz afcuns eftatutz chartres ordi- naunces privileges ou cuftumes faitz ou ewes a contrarie et fur ceo par un autre eftatuit fait Ian primer le Roi Henri q^art fuit ordine & eitable qe les ditz ordinaunce & eftatuit faitz le dit an vj ferroit fermement tenuz & gardez & duement exe- cutz folonc la forme & effect dicelles nient con- triftesntz afcuns lettres patentez nadgairs grauntz au contrarie as peflbners le Loundres come en le dit eftatuit fait le dit an primer pleinement appiert a la fupplication des ditz Communes ad ordine & eftable par auctorite fuifdite qe les ditz eftatuitz foient fermement tenuz _& gardez afcuns autres eftatutz ou ordinaunces faitz au contrarie nient ob- ftantz Ajouftantz a icell qe fi afcun homme de- llourbe afcun forein ou alien de vendre lour peffons en groos ou retail le en partie ou en tout au con- trarie dez ditz ordinaunces & de ceo foit duement atteint al fuite de Roi ou de partie qadonqcs il forfera xl. H.' & celuy qi voudra fuer pur le Roi ou pur luy mefmes avera lune moitee & le Roi lautre rmoitee & foit tiel fuyce pris pur afcun often le fait en la Cittee de Loundres encountre le dit ordi- nance pur celuy qi veudra fuer pur le Roi ou pur luy mefmes en quel countee qe luy plerra des coun tees de Midd' hfertf Cittee de Loundres. Effex Kent' Surr' ou en la TEM, Our Lord the King is informed by the 6 R. 2. c. 10, faid Commons, how in the Statute made the. Sixth Year of King Richard the Second, late ICing 1 of England, it was ordained and accorded, That every Foreign and Alien, being of the Amity of our Lord the King, and of the Realm, coming within the City of London, and other Cities, Boroughs, and Towns within the faid Realm of England, as well within Franchifes- as without, with Fifh, and other Victuals whatfoevcr, there abiding and returning, ' fhould be from thenceforth under the Safeguard and
- fpecial Protection of our Lord the King, and that it
- fhould be lawful to them, and to every of them, that
- they might cut Fifh and Victuals aforcfaid by Pieces,
- and to tail and retail them in Part, and in whole, or
- in Grofs, as they fhall think belt-, to fell and make
- their Profit, without Impeachment or Contradiction
- of any, notwi hftanaing any Statutes, Charters,,
- Ordinances, Privileges, or Cuftoms made or had to
1 the contrary ■ (2) and thereupon, by a Statute made 1 H. 4. c, 17,
- the Firft Year of King Hen,".y the Fourth, it was
- ordained and ftablifhecl, That the faid Statute and
- Ordinance, made the faid . c .'i::t!r Year, fhould be
- firmly hblden and kept, and duly executed, after the
- Form and Effect of the fame, riotwithftanding any
- Letters Patents of late granted to the Fifhmongers
- of the City of London, as in the faid Statu. c, in
- the firft Year, fully appcareth;" ' by the Suppli-
cation of the Commons aforcfaid hath made, ordained, and ftahlifhed by Authority aforcfaid, That the f i I Statutes fliall be firmly holden and kept, any other Statutes or Ordi -.ances made to the contrary not- withftanding; (3) joined to the fame, That if aiwThe Forfeiture Man difturb any Foreign or Alien to fell their Pifh of i,im who in grofs or at retail, in Part or in whole, contrary to^ urb " h a . a the faid Ordinances, and thereof be duly attainted j n 'vlftualsto at the Suit of the King, or of the Party, that then he ( e i triem in ^rof; fhall forfeit xli. (4) And he that will fu foi 1 by 1 tail. Lord the King, or for himfJf, frrall have the one half, and the King the other half. (5) And fuch Suit fhall be taken for any Offence committed in the City of London againft the laid Ordinance, for him which will fue for our Lord the King, or for himfelf, 9 Ed. 3. ftat. 1, 1 in what County that pleafeth him, of the Counties Ci '•
- of Middlefcx, Hertford, EJJhx, Kent, Surrey, or in th. ^ ,. d 2> 3 ' flu '
- City of London. f ' 11 R. '2. c. 7.
A'c£ 3 Jac. I, E e ee 2 b. giving free Liierty tf Trade into Spain, Pertugi. and France, C A P,
