A. D. 1283. Anno undecimo Edwardi I. 11 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. la dette fu conue e qe le jor afis feit pane le Meire par vewe de prodes homes meintenaunt face vendre les moebles al dettur cum ateint de la dette fi com chatels e burgages devifables defqes a la fumme de la dette e les deniers faunz delai paez as creaun- zur. E fi le Meire ne troefle achatur face par renable pris liverer les moebles al creaunzur defqe a la fumme de la dette en allowaunce de fa dette. E a la vente e a la liveree des burgages devifablis ferra mis le feal le Rei avauntdit en pardurable tefmoinaunce. E fi le dettur ne eit moeble en le poer le Meire dunt la dette poet eftre levee einz eit aillours en le reaume dunqe maunde le Meire defuz le feal avauntdit a Chauncelier la. co- noiflaunce fete devaunt lui e le avauntdit clerk e le Chauncelier envoyebref al vifcunte en qi baillie le dettur avera moebles e le vifcunte face fere gre al creaunzur par mefme la forme qe eft devifee qe le Meire le fereit fi les biens moebles al dettur fuf- fent en fun poer.. Mes bien fe gardent ceuls qi priferunt Les moebles pur liverer. al creaunzur qe il . mettent refnable pris e awel qe fijl les prifent trop haut-en favour deltlettoure en damage del creaun- zur la chofe prifee feit liveree a eels qi la averunt prife par le pris qe. mis i.unt e meintenaunt re- fpoignent al creaunzur de fa dette. E file dettur v.oille dire qe fes biens moebles fuerent vend uz ou liverez pur meins qe il ne valient de ceo ne purra ilremedie aver par quei qe le Meire ou le vifcunte eyent Ieaument les biens moebles a celui qi plus ofFri vendu car il purra retter a lui mefmes qe avaunt le jor de la foute poeit fes biens moebles aver vendu e par fa main les deniers leve e ne voleit. E ft le dettur ne ad moebles dunt tute la dette puifTe eftre levee dunqe feit fun cors pris ou qe il feit trove e en prifun tenu defqe taunt qe il eit fet gre ou fes amis pur lui. E ft il nad del foen dunt eftre fuftenu en prifun le creaunzurlui trufle pain e ewe iffi qe il ne moerge pur defaute les quels cuftages le dettur lui rende od la dette avaunt ceo qe il iffi de prifun. E ft le creaunzur feit marchaunt eftraunge il demorra as cuftages del dettur tut le tens qe il fiwera pur fa dette lever defqe al jor qe les biens moebles al dettur feient venduz ou a lui liverez. E fi le creaunzur ne fe pae pas de la feurte ibulement le dettur parquei plegges. lui, foient tro- vez ou mainpernours les mainpernours ou les plegges veignient devaunt le Meire e le avauntdit clerk e fe obligent par efcrit.e. par.reconoiffaunce fi com avaunt eft dit del dettur. En mefme. la ma- nere fi la dette ne feit paee al jor afis feit fete la exe- cution furies plegges ou mainpernours cum avaunt eft dit del dettur. Iffi ne purquant qe taunt come la dette pufte pleinement eftre levee des biens moebles al dettur the Roll, and by the Bill, that the Debt was know- Acknowledging ledged, and that the Day of Payment is expired, °( a Statute- the Mayor fliall incontinent caufe the Moveables of r^Li^S. the Debtor to be fold, as far as the Debt doth amount, f. n. B. 130, by the praifmg of honeftMen, as Chattels, Burgages &c. devifable, until the whole Sum of the Debt ; and the Money, without Delay, (hall be paid to the Cre- ditor. (8) And if theMayorcan find no Buyer, he . fliall caufe the Moveables to be delivered to the Cre- ditor at a reafonable Price, as much as doth amount to the Sum of the Debt, in Allowance of his Debt ; (9) and the King's Seal (hall be put unto the Sale The Seal of the and Deliverance of the Burgages devifable for a. per- Statute. petual Witnefs. (10) And if the Debtor have no Moveables within the Jurifdi&ion of the Mayor, whereupon the Debt may be levied, but hath fome otherwhere within the Realm, then fhall the Mayor fend the Recognifance made before him and the Clerk aforefaid unto the Chancellor, .under ths King's Seal; (11) and the Chancellor fhall direct a Writ A Certificate of unto the Sheriff, in whofe Bailiwick the Moveables ** chaTcer'"' of the Debtor be, and the Sheriff fhall caufe him to F ^. b."i. 130* agree with his Creditor in fuch Form as the Mayor e . fhould have done in cafe that the Moveables, of the Debtor had been within his Power. (,12) And let The Goods ex— them that fhall praife the moveable Goods, to be de- tended delivered iiveredunto the Creditor* take good heed, that- they tothePrairer3 ' do fet a reafonable Price upon them ; for if they do fet an over high Price for favour born to the Debtor^ and to the Damage of the Creditor, then fhall the Thing fo praifed be delivered unto themfelves at fuch Price as they have limited, and they fhall be forth^ with anfwerable unto the Creditor for his Debt. (13) And if the Debtor will fay, that his moveable Fit?. Extent, 7,- Goods were delivered or fold for lefs than they were i°> ". '&> 14* worth, yet fhall he have no Remedy thereby ; for when the Mayor or the Sheriff hath fold the move- able Goods lawfully to him that offered moft, he may account it his own Folly, that he did not (ell his own moveable Goods, himfelf before- the Day of his Suit (when he might, and would not) and have levied the Money with his own Hands. (14) And if the Debt- The Debtor >m>- or have no Moveables whereupon- the Debt may be prifoned. levied, then fhall his> Body be taken where it may be Rc s l(l 9 s - found, and kept in Prifon, until that he have made Agreement, or his Friends for him; (15) and if he The Debtor's have not wherewith he may fuftain himfelf in Prifon, D '"' the Creditor fhall find him Bread and Water, to the end that he die not in Prifon for default of Suftenance, the which Cofts the Debtor fhall recompenfe him with his Debt, before that he be let out- of Prifom (16) And if the Creditor be a Merchant-ftranger, The Creditor a he fliall remain at the Cofts^of the Debtor for fo long Stranger. Time as, he tarrieth about the Suit of his Debt, and until the moveable Goods of the Debtor be fold or delivered unto him. (17} And if the Creditor do The Creditors not take the Debtor alone for the Surety of his Pay- Pledges, meat, by reafon whereof Pledges or Mainpernors be founden, then thofe Pledges or Mainpernors fhall come before the Mayor and Clerk, abovefaid, and fliall bind themfelves by Writings and Recogni- fances, as afore is faid of the Debtor. (18) And in like Manner if the Debt be not paid at the Day li- mited, fuch Execution fliall be awarded, againft the Pledges or Mainpernors,, as before is faid of the Debtor.' c II. Provided neverfhelefs, That . fo long as the Debt may be fully taken, and levied of the Goods '-moveable-
