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A.D. 1300.
Anno vicesimo octavo Edwardi I.
Stat. 3.
143

[1]with the Coroner of the King's House, shall do as belongeth to his Office, and inroll it. (10) And that Thing that cannot be determined before the Steward, where the Felons cannot be attached, or for other like Cause, shall be remitted to the Common Law, (11) so that Exigents, Outlawries, and Presentments, shall be made thereupon in Eyre by the Coroner of the Country, as well as of other Felonies done out of the Verge; (12) nevertheless they shall not omit, by reason hereof, to make Attachments freshly upon the Felonies done.

See 33 H. 8. c. 12. before whom Murders committed in the King's House shall be tried.

Enforced by 18 Ed. 3. stat. 2. c. 7.

  1. ↑ 2 Leon. 160.

CAP. IV.
Common Pleas shall not be holden in the Exchequer.

[1]MOreover no Common Pleas shall be from henceforth holden in the Exchequer, contrary to the Form of the Great Charter.

  1. ↑ Dyer 250.; 9 H. 3. stat. 1. c. 11.; Regist. 187.

CAP. V.
The Chancellor and the Justices of the King's Bench shall follow the King.

[1]AND on the other Party, the King will, that the Chancellor and the Justices of his Bench shall follow him, so that he may have at all Times near unto him some Sages of the Law, which be able duly to order all such Matters as shall come unto the Court at all Times, when Need shall require.

  1. ↑ 2 Inst. 551.

CAP. VI.
No Writ concerning the Common Law shall be awarded under any petit Seal.

[1]THere shall no Writ from henceforth, that toucheth the Common Law, go forth under any of the petty Seals.

CAP. VII.
The Authority of the Constable of the Castle of Dover, touching holding Plea and Distresses.

THE Constable of the Castle of Dover shall not from henceforth hold any Plea of a foreign County within the Castle Gate, except it touch the keeping of the Castle. (2) Nor shall the said Constable distrain the Inhabitants of the Cinque Ports to plead any otherwhere, nor otherwise, than they ought after the Form of their Charter obtained of the King for their old Franchises confirmed by the Great Charter.[2]

  1. ↑ 2 Inst. 554.
  2. ↑ Regist. 185.; 2 Inst. 556.

CAP. VIII.
The Inhabitants of every County shall make Choice of their Sheriffs, being not of Fee.

THE King hath granted unto his People, that they shall have Election of their Sheriff in every Shire (where the Shrivalty is not of Fee) if they list. [1]

Altered by 9 Ed. 2. stat. 2.  14 Ed. 3. stat. 1. c. 7.

  1. ↑ 2 Inst. 559.
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