A. D. 1285. Anno decimo tertfo Edward 1 I. Stat. 1. 103 Ex Rot. in Tun: Lond. fe&as hujufmodi querentium compellunt eos fequi comitatum hundredum & curiam quoufque finem fecerint curn ipfis pro voluntate fua ftatutum eft quod decetero hoc non fiat. Et fi quis per hujuf- modi falfas querimonias fuerit attachiatus reple- giat diftriftionem fuam fie captam Sz poni faciat lo- quelam coram Juftitiariis coram quibus fi vicecomes vel alius ballivus vel dominus poftquam fie diftric- tus formaverit querimoniam fuam advocaverit ju- ftam diftricSionem ratione hujufmodi querimonia- rum coram eis fa&arum &: replicetur quod hujuf- modi querimonie verfus eos movebantur malitiofe ad inftantiam feu procurationem vicecomitis aut aliorum ballivorum aut dominorum admittatur ilia replicatio Et fi fuper hoc convi£ri fuerint verfus do- minum regem redimantur & nichilominus hujuf- modi fie gravatis dampna in triplo reftituant. " chafe Writs, and at the Suit of fuch Plaintiffs com- 9 H. 3. c. 10. " pel them to follow the County, Hundred, Wapen- 5' H - 1- ,n "'- 4- " take, and other like Courts, until they have made P H ' 3 " '£/ ■ " Fine with them at their Will ;" ' (2) it is ordained, QiTk 3 . ' that it fhall not be fo ufed hereafter. (3) And if any 2 inft. 443. ' be attached upon fuch falfe Complaints, he fhali re- ' plevy his Diftrefs fo taken, and fhall caufe the Mat- ' ter to be brought afore the Juftices, before whom if> ' the Sheriff, Bailiff, or other Lord (after that the ' Party diftrained hath framed his Plaint) will advow . ' the Diftrefs lawful by reafon of fuch Complaints ' made unto them, and it be replied that fuch Plaints ' were moved malicioufly againft the Party by the So- ' licitation or Procurement of the Sheriff, or other ' Bailiffs, or Lords, the fame Replication fhall be ad- 13 Hen. 4. 2. ' mitted ; (4) and if they be convift hereupon, they ' fhall make Fine to the King, and neverthelefs reftore 5 ". . Ed - 2 -j-9f ' treble Damages to the Parties grieved.' ' ® 2 p a & ^ 1, 00 c, 12. oee far- ther 2 TV, & M. Seffi 1. c. 5. §. 5. giving double Damages for tvrongful Diftrefs j and II Geo, 2. c, 19.. §. 19. providing that Difirefes for Rent J, ball not be deemed Treffafjes on Account of any Irregularity in the. Dijpofition of than. CAP. XXXVII. No Diftrefs fhall be taken but by Bailiffs known and fworn. OUIAetiamballivi ad quos ex officio pertinet diftriiSiones facere volentes fubditos fuos gra- re ut ab eis pecuniam extorqueant mittunt igno- tos ad faciend' diftridfiones ea intentione ut fubdi- tos gravare poffint per hoc quod fie diftrifti non habentes notitiam perfonarum non permittunt hu- jufmodi diftriftiones fuper eos fieri ftatutum eft quod nulla diftridtio fiat nifi per ballivos juratos & notos. Et diftringentes fi alio modo fecerint & de hoc convi&i fuerint fi gravati breve de Tranfgreffi- one impetraverint reftituant gravatis dampna & ver-f fus Regem graviter puniantur. , C A P. " T?Orafmuch alfo as Bailiffs, to whofe Office it be- aInft ' 445, " Jt? longeth to" take Diftreffes, intending to grieve - " their Inferiors, that they may exa<£r. Money of them, " do fend Strangers to take Diftreffes, to the Intent - " that they might grieve their Inferiors, by reafon that " the Parties fo diftrained,. not knowing fuch Perfons,- " will not fuffer the diftreffes to be taken; ' (2) it is ' provided, That no Diftrefs fhall be taken, but by ' Bailiffs' fworn and known. (3) And if they which '"dodiftrain do otherwife, and thereof be convicT: (if.3 Co -"«- ' the Parties grieved will purchafe a Writ of Trefpafs) ' they fhall reftore Damages to the Parties grieved, and ' befides, fhallbe grievoufly punifhed towards theKing.' Sce tkjfofirato to the foregoing XXXVIII.. Cba t" r ' How many fhall be returned in Juries and petit Affifes, and of what Age they fhall be. TTOrafmuch alfo as Sheriffs, Hundreders, andBai- OUIA etiam vicecomites hundredarii & ballivi libertatum confueverunt gravare fubditos fuos mendo in affifis & juratis homines languidos de- crepitos perpetua vel temporali infirmitate lan- guentes homines etiam tempore fummonitionis fue in patria non commorantes fummonendo etiam effrenatam multitudinem juratorum ita ut a qui- bufdam eos in pace dimittendo pecuniam extor- queant & fie fiunt affife & jurate multotiens per pauperiores divitibus pro fuo dando domi commo- rantibus ftatutum eft decetero quod non fummo- neantur in una affifa plures quam viginti & quatuor Senes etiam videlicet ultra fexaginta & decern an- nos perpetuo languidi vel tempore fummonitionis infirmi vel in patria non commorantes non po- nantur in juratis vel minoribus affifis. Nee etiam ponantur in affifis aut juratis licet in proprio co- mitatu capi debeant aliqui qui minus habeant tene- mentum quam ad valentiam viginti. fohdorum per annum. Et fi hujufmodi affife & jurate extra co- mitatum capi debeant non ponatur in eis aliquis qui minus tenementum habeat quam ad valentiam quadraginta folidorum per annum hiis exceptis I lifts of Liberties, have ufed to grieve thofe which be in Subjection unto them, putting in Affifes and " Juries Men difeafed and decrepit, and having con- " tinual or hidden Difeafe ; (2) and Men alfo that " dwelled not in the Country at the Time of the Sum- " mons ; (3) and fummon alfo an unreafonable Multi- " tude of Jurors, for to extort Money from fome of " them for letting them go in Peace, and fo the Af- " fifes and Juries pafs many Times by Poor Men, and " the Rich Men abide at home by reafon of their " Bribes:" (4) ' it is ordained, That from henceforth what fort of ' ' in one Affife no more fhall be fummoned than four Perfons rn2!l ■°e ■ ' and twenty; (5) and old Men, above Threefcore.^™,^;^^ ' and ten Years, being continually fick, or being dif-Yifesj and of ' eafed at the Time of the Summons, or not dwelling -what Age they .- '..in that Country, fhall not be put in Juries of petit [lhM bc - ■ ' Affifes. (6) Nor any fhall be put-in Affifes. or lu- v el / ng " 6 - ' 111 1 i r i • ..-*.£ n forced by nes, though taey ought to be taken in their own 2 g Ed. i.iiat r." ' Shire, that * may difpend lefs- than f Twenty Shil- c. 9. ' lings yearly. (7) A n d if fuch Affifes and Juries be-'oH. 4. f. s. ' taken out of the Shire, none fhall pafs in them but* 2 Ro " ,6 3- fuch as % may difpend Forty Shillings yearly at thep™^" "^ 24. i 5 3.' See 7.1 Ed. 1. fiat. 1, De its qui ponendi funt in rfffifas. See farther for the Qualifications of 'Jurors, 33 Ed. I. fiat. 4. 5 Ed. 3. c. 10. • 2.5 Ed, 3. fiat. 5. c. 34.EW. 3. c, 4fef 8. $zEd. 3. c. II. I.R.3.C.4. 11H.7.C.21. 4/7.8. c.3. 5if.8.f.5. 23 tf. 8. r. 13. 3;i/.8.c.6. 27 El. c. 6. 4.® 5 ^ 6f M t c. 24. §. 15. 7 & 8 IV. 3. c, 32. i&qAnn. c. 18. 3 Geo, 2. c. 25. 4GW. z. c. 7. 6 Geo. z. c. 37. 24GV0. 2.. c, it, • And 29 Geo. 2. c.19.
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