A. D. 1285. Anno decimo tertio Edwardi I» Stat. 3 uy Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. par an. E en chefcun hundred e fraunchife feyent eleus deus coneftables a fere la veu des armes e les coneftables avauntdiz prefentent devaunt les ju- stices aflignez quaunt il vendrunt en pays les de- fautez qil averount trovez de armere e de fuites de veilles e de cheminz E prefentent aufl de genz qi herbergent genz eftraunges en viles de uppelaund pur queus il ne volent refpundre e les Juftices af- fignez en chefcun parlement reprefentent au rey e le rey fur ceo en fra remedie. E bien fe gardent deforemes vifcuntes baillifs de fraunchifes e de hors greignurs ou maindres qi baillie ou forefterie unt en fee ou en autre manere qil fiwent le cri ove le pays E folum ceo qil funt eient chevaus e armeure a ceo fere E fi nul feit qi ne le face feient les de- fautes prefentez par les coneftables as Jufticez af- fignez e puis apres par eus au rey cum avaunt eft dit. E comaunde le rey e defend qe feire ne marche deforemes ne feient tenuz en cimeter pur honur de feint eglife. Done a Wynceftre le utifme jour de Octobr' le an dii regne le rey trezime. (1 1 ) And in every Hundred and Franchife Two Con* ftables fhall be chofen to make the View of Armor: (12) And the Conftables aforefaid fhall prefent be- fore Juftices afligned fuch Defaults as they do fee in the Country about Armor, and of the Suits of Towns, and of Highways, and alfo fhall prefent all fuch as do lodge Stangers in uplandifh Towns, for whom they will not anfwer ; (13) and the Juftices afligned fhall S« a 24 J. e. 6» prefent at every Parliament unto the King fuch De- SSSf., ITfL" DireBions as to keeping of Horfe and Armour, See 8 Ceo. t. faults as they fhall find, and the King fhall provide p eace , p U mih Remedy therein. (14) And from henceforth let She- Difibeyers and riffs take good Heed, and Bailiffs, within their Fran- Rtfpru chifes and without, be they higher or lower, that have any Bailiwick or Foreftry in Fee, or otherwife, that they fhall follow the Cry with the Country, and after, as they are bounden, to keep Horfes and Ar- mor, or fo to do ; ( 1 5 ) and if there be any that do ' not, the Defaults fhall be prefented by the Confta- ' bles to the Juftices afligned, and after, by them to ' the King, and the King will provide Remedy as afore ' is faid. (16) And the King commandeth and forbid- Fairs and Mar- ' deth, that from henceforth neither Fairs nor Mar- kets *»" , not j* ' kets be kept in Churchyards, for the Honour of the keptmCnurch- ' Church. Given at Winch <eft 'er, the Eighth of Otlober, y ' in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of the King.' So much of this Statute as concerns the having, keeping, and viewing of Harnefs and Arms is repealed by zi Jac. *$; & M c * I. cap. I. ivbicb gives other 16. giving DireBions for Purfuit of Hue and Cry. And 2 j Geo. 2. c. 24. -which amends the former-. ' * Inftead of the zi yac. t . c. 1 . it is probable that the 1 Jac, 1 zijfac.i. c. I. contains nothing relative to tbe SubjeB. And 21 Geo. 2. c. 24. c. 25. is here intended, as that Ac! repeals the 4 £f J F. & M. referred to in the Margin ; but The Statute ^MERCHANTS, made at Weftminfter Anno 1 3 Edw. I. Stat. 3. and Anno Dom. 1285. IF CAP. I. The Form of knowledging a Statute Merchant. The Creditor's Remedy i£ his Debt be not paid. The King's Seals fhall be fent to Keepers of Fairs. Taking of Recognifance. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 41. PUR ceo qe marchaunz qi avaunt ces hures unt preft lur aver a divers genz funt cheuz en poverte pur ceo qe il ni avoit pas fi redde ley purvewe par la quele il poeient lur dettes hafteve- ment recovrir au jour aflis de paye e par cele en- chefon funt mult des marchaunz fuftrez de venir en cefte terre ove lur marchaundifes a damage des mar- chaunz e de tut le reaume le rey par luy e par fun counfeil a fun parlement qe il tint a AcTron Burnell apres la feint Michell le an de fun regne uzime fift e ordina eftabliffement fur ceo a remedie des mar- chaunz le quel ordeinement e eftabliffement le rey comaunda qe tenuz fuiffent e fermement gardez en tut fun reaume dunt marchaunz unt eu reme- die e a mains mefchief e travail unt recovre lur dettes qe avaunt ne foleient. Mes pur ceo qe marchaunz puys fe pleindrent al rey qe Vifcuntes qui malement enterpreterent fun ftatut e aconefei par malice e par mal enterpreteifon delaerent lexe- cucion del ftatut a graunt damage des marchaunz Je rey a fun parlement a Weftm' apres Pafk Ian Orafmuch as Merchants, which heretofore have lent their Goods to divers Perfons, be fallen irt Poverty, becaufe there is no fpeedy Remedy " provided, whereby they may fhortly recover their " Debt at the Day of Payment; (2) and for this Caule, " many Merchants do refrain to come into the Realm " with their Merchandife, to the Damage of fuch " Merchants and of all the Realm; ' (3) the King ' and his Council at his Parliament holden at Alton ' Burnel, after the Feaft of St. Michael, the Eleventh ' "V ear of his Reign, * hath ordained + thefe Eftablifh- ' ments thereupon for the Remedy of fuch Merchants ; ' which Ordinances and Eftablifhments, the King ' % commandeth that they fhall be firmly kept and ob- ' ferved throughout this Realm, whereby Merchants ' I may have Remedy, % and lefs Trouble and Bufinefs to ' recover their Debts, than they have had heretofore.' " (4) But forafmuch as Merchants after complained " unto the King, that Sheriffs mifinterpreted his Sta- " tutes, and fometimes by Malice and falfe Interpre- " tation delayed the Execution of the Statute, to the " great Damage of Merchants;" (5) The King at his ' Parliament holden at JVeJlminfter after Eajler, the 0,2 « thirteenth St. Aflon Bu»' nd, II Ed. 1. • Omit hath. f Omit tbeftk J Commandeda II Ham had. ff Read have had Remedy, and have recovered their Debts <w"ub lejs Inconvenience and Trouble.
