7 6 Anno undecimoEDWARi>i I. A. D. 1283. t Qu. Ar.d into c r wkat Parcels t I bey ivould have 4 fu:b Dividends djl, ibutcd. I The Sheriff re- turneth that the c Debtor is not c found, or hath c nothing. No Suit ftiaU be profecuted in the ' Exchequer, un- « lefs it concern 6 the King, or his Officers there. ItegM. 187. and the Names »f them that paid them, f unto the which Particulars he. may part the Names of fuch man- ner dividendis ; (z) which being fo received under their Seal's, it fhall not be lawful to number them into other Particulars, ' X. Moreover, we provide, That all Debts, where- unto the Sheriffs make Return, that the Debtors have nothing in their Bailiwicks, ne had not at fuch Time as they were charged with the fame Debts, or that the Debtors be not found, that the fame Debts fhall be eftreated in Rolls, and the fame Rolls to be deli- vered unto faithful and circumfpe£t Men, which fhall make Inquiry thereof after fuch Form as fhall be provided by the Treafurer and Barons. ' XL But for fo much as certain Pleas were hereto- fore holden in the Exchequer, which did not con- cern us nor our Minifters of the Exchequer, where- by as well our Pleas, as the Caufes of our People, are unduly prorogued and letted; (z) we will and or- dain, That no Plea fhall be holden or pleaded in the Exchequer aforefaid, unlefs it do fpecially concern us and our Minifters aforefaid. (3) And therefore we command, That ye caufe the Premises to be di- ftinifly and openly read afore you, and to inroll it, caufing the fame to be ftraitly obferved in our Court of Exchequer aforefaid. In Witnefs of which, &<:. Yeven at Rut/and the four and twentieth Day of the Month of May, in the tenth Year of our Reign J Cotton MS. Vcfpafian, B. 7. quidem particulas voluerint hujufmodi dividend* partiri, quibus fub figillis eorum receptis, non li- cet eas in alias particulas minuere. Providemus etiam, quod omnia debita ad que Vic' mandent quod debitores nihil habent in bal- livis fuis nee habuerunt tempore quo onerati fuev rint de eifdem debitis, vel quod non fint inventi, extrahantur in rotulis, & tradantur rotuli ill i viris fidelibus & circumfpecSis, qui inde facient inquif. in forma per Thef. & Baron, providenda. Set quia quedam placita in Scaccario noftro* haftenus tenta, que Nos feu Miniftros ejufdem Scaccarii noftri non contingunt, per quod noftra placita & populi noftri negotia coram nobis iade- bite prorogantur & impediuntur ; volumus & ordi- namus, quod nullum placitum teneatur feu placi- tetur in Scaccario predicro, nifi fpecialiter eontin- git Nos vel Miniftros noftros predi&os.. Et idea vobis mandamus, quod premina coram vobis di- ftindte & aperte legi & irrotulari faciatis, & de cetero obfervari in predifto Scaccario noftro. In cujus &c. T.. R. apud Rotel. xxiiii. dieMaii anno X°.. STATUTUM de MERCATORIBUS, T7js Statute of A£ton-Burnel, made Anno 1 1 Edw. I. and Anno Dom. 1285. 1 Mod. 186. Co. Lit. 289. b. Cro. El. 233, JS5> » 6 '- Ordainirig the Statute-Merchant for Recovery of Debts. F ^Orafmuch as Merchants, which heretofore have lent their Goods to divers Perfons, be- greatly impoverifhed, becaufe there is no fpee- " dy Law provided for them to have Recovery of " their Debts at the Day of Payment affigned ; (2) " and by reafon hereof many Merchants have with-
- ' drawn to come into this Realm with their Merchan-
- dizes, to the Damage as well of the Merchants, as
" of the whole Realm;" ' (3) the King by him- 4 felf and by his Council hath ordained and eftablifhed,
- that the Merchant which will be fure of his Debt,
' fhall caufe his Debtor to come before the Mayor of ' London, or of York, or Briftol, or before the Mayor 4 and a Clerk (which the King fhall appoint for the ' fame) for to knowledge the Debt and the Day of
- Payment; (4) and the Recognifance fhall be entered
- into a Roll with the Hand of the faid Clerk, which
' fhall be known. (;) Moreover, the faid Clerk fhall
- make with his own Hand a Bill obligatory, where-
1 unto the Seal of the Debtor fhall be put, with the ' King's Seal, that fhall be provided for the fame Pur-
- pofe, the which Seal fhall remain in the keeping of
' the Mayor and Clerk aforefaid : (6) And if the ' Debtor doth not pay at the Day to him limited, the ' Creditor may come before the faid Mayor and Clerk
- with his Bill obligatoryi (7) and if it be found by
P Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 46. UR ceo qe Marchaunz qi avaunt ces Iioures unt prefte lur aver a diverfe genz funt cheuz. en poverte pur ceo qe il ni avent pas fi redde ley purvew par la quele il poient Kir dettes haftive- ment recoverir al jor afis de paye e par cele ache- fun funt mult de Marchaunz fuftretz de venir ea cefte terre od lur Marchaundifes a damage des Marchaunz e de tut le Reaume. Le Rei par lu» e par fun confeil ad ordine e eftabli qe Marchaunt qi veut eftre feur de fa dette face venir fun dettur devaunt le Meire de Lundres ou de Everwyk ou. de Briftowe e devaunt le Meire e devaunt un Clerk qe le Rey a ceo atornera conoife la dette. e le jor de la pae e feitla reconifaunce enroulee de la main le avauntdit clerk qe ferra conue. E eftre ceo la- vauntdit clerk face de fa main le efcrk de obliga- tion al quel efcrit feit mis le feal del dettur od le feal le Rei qe a ceo eft purveu le quel feal demoera, en fauve garde le Meire e del clerk avauntdit. E fi le dettur nene rende al jor qe lui eft afis fi veigne le creaunzur al Meire e al clerk od fa lettre de obligatum e fi trove feit par roule e par lettre qes
