142 Stat. j' Anno vicefimo o£tavo Edward i I. A. D. 1300. Repealed by 12 Car. 2. c. 2A. The King's Prerogative .fav.ed. View of Merchants, whofe Goods (hall be fo taken ; (3) and they (hall not be fuffered to take any more than is contained in their Divident; (4) and the faid Divident fhall be taken into the Wardrobe under the Seal of the Warden, Mayor, or chief Bailiff aforefaid, and there fhall remain until theAccompt of the Keeper of the King's Wardrobe; (5) and if it be found, that any hath taken otherwife than he ought to do upon his Accompt, he fhall be punifhed by the Keeper of the King's Wardrobe after his De- fert ; (6) and if any make fuch Prifes without War- rant, and be attainted thereupon, he fhall incur the fame Pain as they which take Prifes for the King's Houfe without Warrant, as before is faid. ' XI. Neverthelefs the King and his Council do not intend, by reafon of this Eftatute, to diminifh the King's Right, for the ancient Prifes due and accu- ftomed, as of Wines and other Goods, but that his Right fhall be faved unto him whole in all Points.' Ex Rot. in Turr. Lend, prendre qil ne mette en dividende e cele dividende foit porte en garderobe defutz le feal le gardein Meire ou chief baillif avantditz & lenz demoerge tantqe fur la conte du garderober le Roi. E ill foit trove qe nul eit autrement pris qe fere ne deveroit foit puny fur la conte par le gardein de la garderobe le Roi folom fa deferte e fi nul face tieus prifes fanz garant e fur ceo foit atteint foit fait de lui come de ceus qe fount prifes pur loftel le Roi fanz garant come defus eft dit. E ne entent mie le Roi ne foen confail qe par ceft eftatut rien deftreffe au Roi de foen droit des aun- cienes prifes dues e acuftumes .come des vyns & au- tres biens mes qe en touz pointz pleinement lui foit fauve. Of what Tilings only the Mar- fnal of the' King's Houfe fhall hold Plea. Farther prctt'idei by loEd. 3. fiat. 5.c. 2. * Si!. 2. c. ;. 13 R. 2. flat. 1. c. 2. 15 H. 6. c. 1. j Buiftr. 208. ' 2 Inft. 547. 4H. 6. f. S. 10 H. 6. f. 13. Bro. Aclion fur le flat. 3S, 44. 4) Co. 12. 20. 10 Co. 71. 4 Co. 46. Which Coroners /hall inquire of the D ith of a man fi 101 with- in the Ver»e.
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CAP. III. Of what Things only the Marfhal of the King's Houfe fhall hold Plea. "Which Coroners fhall enquire of the Death of a Man flain within the Verge. Concerning the Authority of Stewards and Mar- J~^E leftat du fenefchals e des marchals e des plez fhals, and of fuch Pleas as they may hold, and in what Manner, it is ordained, That from hence- forth they fhall not hold Plea of Freehold, neither of Debt, nor of Covenant, nor of any Contract made between the King's People, (z) but only of Tref- pafs done within the Houfe, and of other TrepafTes done within the Verge, and of Contracts and Cove- nants that one of the King's Houfe fhall have made with another of the fame Houfe, and in the fame Houfe, and none other where. (3) And they fhall plead no Plea of Trefpafs, other than that which fhall be attached by them before the King depart from the Verge where the Trefpafs fhall be com- mitted ; (4) and fhall plead them fpeedily from Day to Day, fo that they may be pleaded and determined before that the King depart out of the Limits of the fame Verge where the Trefpafs was done. (5) And if it fo be that they cannot be determined within the Limits of the fame Verge, then fhall the fame Pleas ceafe before the Steward, and the Plaintiffs fhall have R.ecourfe to the Common Law. (6) And from henceforth the Steward fhall not take Cognifance of Debts nor of other Things, but of People of the fame Houfe, nor fhall hold none other Plea by Ob- ligation made at the Diftrefs of the Steward and of the Marfhals. (7) And if the Steward or Marfhals do any Thing contrary to this Ordinance, it fhall be hoiden as void. (8) And forafmuch as heretofore m?ny Felonies committed within the Verge have been unpunished, becaufe the Coroners of the Country have not been authorized to enquire of fuch manner of Felonies done within the Verge, but the Coroner of the King's Houfe, which never continueth in one Place, by leafon whereof there can be no Trial made in due Manner, nor the Felons put in Exigent, nor out-lawed, nor any Thing prefented in the Circuit, the which hath been to the great Damage of the Kin^, and nothing to the good Prefervation of his Peace; (9) it is ordained, That from henceforth in Cafes of the Death of Men, whereof the Coroner's Office is to make View and Enqueft, it fhall be com- manded to the Coroner of the Country, that he, qe eus devient tenir e coment ordene eft qe deforemes ne tiegnent plai de frank tenement ne de dette ne de covenant ne de contrail des gentzdu pueple fors tantfulement des trefpas de loftel & autres trefpas faitz dedenz la verge e de contraclz e covenantz qe afcun de loftel le Roi avera fait a autre de meifme loftel e en meifme' loftel e ne mie aillours. E nul plai de trefpas ne pledront autre qe ne foit attache par eus avant ceo qe le Roi ifle hors de la verge ou le trefpas ferra fait e les pledera haftivement de jour en jour iffintqil foient parple- dez e termines avant ceo qe le Roi ifle hors des bundes de cele verge ou le trefpas fut fait. E fi par cas dedenz les bundes de cele verge ne poent eftre termines cefient ceus plais devant le fenefchal & foient les pleintifs a la commune lei. Ne defore- mes ne preigne le Senefchal conifances des dettes ne dautre chofe fors qe des gentz del loftel avanr- dit. Ne nul autre plai ne teignent par obligacion faite a la deftrefce du Senefchal e des Marefchaus. E fi le Senefchal ou les Marefchaus rien facent countre ceft ordenement foit leur fet tenu pur nul. E pur ceo qe devant ces houres moutz des felonies fetes dedenz la verge unt efte defpunies pur ceo qe les Coroners des pais ne fe font pas entremis denquerre de tieus maneres des felonies dedenz la verge mes le Coroner de loftel le Roy qui eft paflant de qui ifiue ne ad mie efte fete en due manere ne les felons mis en exigendes ne utlaghes ne rien de ceo prefente en Eire qe ad efte a' grant damage, du Roi e a meins bone garde de fa pees ordene eft qe deforemes en cas de mort de home ou office de Coroner appent as vevves & enqueftes de ceo fere foit mande le Coroner du pais qi enfemblement ove le Coroner del Hoftel face loffice qi appent & le
