Twelve Men, and of such as [1]⟨are best filled and⟩ will and may attend best to that Office; and that they be sufficient to answer the King, if need be, and shall swear that they bear lawful Witness. (6) And if the Treasurer[2] or Barons of the Exchequer have any Suspicion of Sale,[3] Allowances of Charges, or other Things, the Truth must be inquired; and he that is attainted, shall answer to the King for as much as the Allowance amounteth unto, and shall be imprisoned ⟨one Year and forty Days⟩[4], and shall be punished at the King's Pleasure, and the Surveyors shall be punished for their Consent. (7) And likewise he that upon the Accompt did conceal and keep secret such Things, whereof he ought to have charged himself, shall be punished in like wise as he that admitted such false Allowances.
See 37 Ed. 3. c 4. & 1 Rich. 2. c. 5. concerning the Duty of Clerks of the Exchequer.
JUDICIUM PILLORIE.
A Statute of the Pillory and Tumbrel, and of the Assise of Bread and Ale, made Anno 51. Hen. III. Stat. 6. and A. D. 1266.[1]
Repealed as to the Assize of Bread by 8 Ann. c. 18. f. 1.
If a Baker or a Brewer be convict, because he hath not observed the Assise of Bread and Ale, the first, second, and third time, he shall be amerced according to his Offence, if it be not over grievous; (2) but if the Offence be grievous and often, and will not be corrected, then he shall suffer Punishment of the Body, that is to wit, a Baker to the Pillory, and a Brewer to the Tumbrel, or some other Correction. (3) First, six lawful men shall be sworn truly to gather all Measures of the Town, that is to wit, Bushels, half and quarter Bushels, Gallons, Pottles, and Quarts, as well of Taverns as of other Places; Measures and Weights, that is to wit, Pounds, half Pounds, [2] and other little Weights, wherewith Bread of the Town or of the Court is weighed, that is to say, one Loaf of every sort of Bread. (4) And upon every Measure, Bushel, Weight, and also upon every Loaf, the Name of the Owner distinctly written; (5) and likewise they shall gather the Measures of Mills.