A. D. 1300. Anno vicefimo o&avo Edwardi I. Stat. 3. J 45 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. pufle trover fuffiffaunte e covenable feurte jefques a un jour deinz Ie jour le vifconte dedenz le quel home en pufl'e purchafer remedie ou fere gre de la- demande foit la deftrefce releffee endementers. E qui autrement fra foit grevement puny. Debts, nor driven too far ; (-3) and if the Debtor can find able and convenient Surety until a Day before the Day limited to the Sheriff, within which a Man may purchafe Remedy * to agree for the Demand, * Read or. the Diftrefs fhall be releafed in the mean Time ; (4) and he that otherwife doth, (hall be grievoufly Regift. 97, 1S5. punifhed.' Raft - pl». " 6 - CAP. XIII. "What Sort of Perfons the Commons of Shires fhall chufe for their Sheriffs. EPur ceo qe le Roi ad grante la eflection de vifconte a eus des corttez voet le Roi qil efli- fent tieu vifconte qe ne les charge mie ne mette nul miniftre en bailie pur lower ne pur donn e tieus qe ne fe herbergent mie trop fovent en un lieu ne fur les poveres ne fur les religious. N D forafmuch as the King hath granted the 2 Infl-. 566. Election of Sheriffs to the Commons of the See 9 Ed. 1. " Shire;" (2) ' the King will, that they fhall chuk M- f' h ?/"'" ' fuch Sheriffs that fhall not charge them, and that W Sln!r '* ' they fhall not put any Officer in Authority for Re- ' wards or Bribes ; and fuch as fhall not lodge too oft ' in one Place, nor with poor Perfons, or Men of Rc- ' ligion.' CAP. XIV. Bailiwicks and Hundreds fhall not be letten too dear, to charge the People with Contribution. DErechief qe les baillifs e les hundredz du Roi ne des autres grantz feignurs de la terre ne foient leffes a trop grant fumme aferme par quei le poeple foit greve ne charge par contribution fake a teles fermes. ROM henceforth the King will, That the Bai- % Inft 6# liwicks and Hundreds of the King, nor of other Enforced and great Lords of the Land, be not let to Ferm at over amended by great Sums, whereby the People are over-charged by 4 Ed - 3- r - '5- making; Contribution to fuch Perms.' '. ' 4 ^f 3- f; 9- b ;. „ , 1 ■ ■ sindfce a. H. 4. C. $.' and 23 H. 6. c. 9. prohibiting Sheriffs from letting any Part of their Hundreds or Baih-uiuks. CAP. XV. In Summons and Attachments irt Plea of Land the Writ fhall contain Fifteen Days. If N fomonfes e en attachementz en plai de terre !> deforemes contiegnela fomonfe e latache- ment le terme de xv. jours a tot le meins folonc la commune lei fil ne feit en attachement des affifes prendre en prefence le Roi ou des pies devant Juf- tices en eire durant leire. N Summons and Attachments in Plea of Land, j. the Summons and Attachments from henceforth ^' t %|° ur ' ' ' fhall contain the Term of Fifteen Days full at the Bro. Attach, j. ' lead: according to the common Law, if it be not in 4, f>, 7, 8, 9, io, ' Attachment of Affifes taken in the King's Prefence, x 3> 'S> l6 > '7- ' or of Pleas before Juftices in Eyre during the Eyre.' cap. xvi. , ; "What fhall be done with them that make falfe Returns of Writs. SOIT fet de ceus qe font faus retourns au man- dement le R.oi par quei dreiture eft delaie aufi come ordene eft en le fecund eftatut de Weftm' ove la peine. c »-|-*HAT fhall be done with them that make falfe lTnft _ r8 _ ' .1 Returns (whereby Right is deferred) as it is ' ordained in the fecdnd Statute of TVeJlmhylier., with 13 Ed. 1, flat, t, ' like Pain.' '■ 39> C A P. XVII. The Statute of Wrtichefter fhall be read four EPur ceo qe moutz des meffefours font en la terre plus qe mes ne foleient e roberies arfuns e homicides fetes fanz norribre e la pees mefns bien gardee par ceo qe leftatut qe le Roi fift faire nad- gueres a Wynceftre nad pas efte tenu voet le Roi qe eel eftatut foit de novel envbie en chefcun conte e leu e pupplie quatre fojz par an aufi come les deUs Grant i, Chartres e fermement garde en chef- cuh point fur les peines qe lenz font affifes. Et a Vot»l, Times in the Year, and put in Execution,. AND forafmuch as there be more Malefactors, , T » ► in the Realm, than had wont to be, and that ' Robberies, Burnings, and Mah-flaughters are com- mitted out of Meafure, and the Peace little obfer- ved, by Reafon that the Statute which the King not long paft caufed tolte made at Winchejler is not obferved;" (2) * the Kingwillj That the fame-Sta- tute be feht again into every County, to be read and , publifhed four Times in the Year, and kept in every Point as ftraitly as the two Great Charters, upon the , Pains therein limited. (3 ) And for the obfervingand tl ' Maintenanc*
