A. D. 1305. Anno tricefimo tertio Edward i I. Stat. 4*. 151 An Ordinance for Inquefts, made 18 Septembris, Anno 33 Edw. I. Stat. 4. and Anno Dom. 1 305. He that challengeth a Jury or Juror for the King fhall fhew his Caufe. Cotton MS. Clditd'mss D. z. E inquificionibus - coram Juftio' quibufcum- que capiend' &"inquibus dominus Rex eft pars qualitercumque concordatum eft per dominum Regem & totum confilium ordinatum quod de cetera licet per ipfos qui pro domino Rege fequuntur dicatur quod juratores inquifitionum il- laftmrfeu -aliqui illorunr non Tunt boni pro Rege non propter hoc remaneant inquifitiones ille capi- endo let fi illi qui fequuntur pro Rege aliquos jura- tonim illorum calumpniati fiierint affignent certam caufam calumpnie fue he inquiratur Veritas illi us calumpnie fecundum confuetudinem Cur' & pro- cedatur ad captionem.illarum inquifitionum prout compertum fuerit fi calumpnie vere^fint nee ne juxta difcretionem Jtlftic' Ifta ordinatio precedens & ordinatio de forefta fafte fiierunt in Parliament' apud Weftm' die dominica prox' ppft feftiim iancti Michaelis Anno regni Regis E'fil' Regis H. trice- fimo tertio. OF Inquefts to be taken before any of the Juf- Raft. nj. tices, and wherein our Lord the King is Party F ' tz -.Chall. 17, hbwfoever it be ; it is agreed and ordained by ^' 6 qL*^ 7 ' t the Kingand all his Council, That from henceforth, I5 ?" ' **' notwithftanding it be alledged by them that fue for the King, that the Jurors of thofe Inquefts, or fome of them, be not indifferent for the King, yet fuch Inquefts fhall not remain untalcen for that Caufe ; (2) but if they that fue for the King will challenge any of thofe Jurors, they fhall afiign of their Chal- lenge a Caufe' certain, and the Truth of the fame Challenge fhall be enquired of according to the Cuf- tom of the Court ; and let it be proceeded to the Taking of the fame Inquifitions, as it fhall be found,, if the Challenges be true, or not, after the Discre- tion of the Juftices. ' II. This Ordinance precedent, and the Ordinance following of the Eoreft, were made in the Parliament at Wejlminflcr, the Sunday next before the Feaft of * Read Michael. Saint * Matthew theJpoflle, .the three and thirtieth Sse farther *$ Year of the Reign of King Edward, Son of King Ed - l-fi*-- 5- TT 3 c. ?. 7 H, 7. HENRY.' 4- ^ 33 IB. .„ .:.' 8. c. aj.- Ordinatio Foreftzs, made Anno 33 Edw. I. Stat. 5. and Anno Dora*. They whofe Woods are -difaforefted, fhall not have Common or other Eafement in* the Foreflp.. Cotton MS. Vefpafian, B. j.. UIE .afcuns gentz de font mys hors de Fo- refte per la puraille & per le grauntnoftre Seignur le Roy eient requis a cefte parlei- ment qil foient quitz de la pafture & des chofez qe lez forcfters -lour demandont ficom, ils foleient avant faire noftre Seignur le Roy refp.ont puis qil ad graunte la puraille qil luy pleft: bien qele eftoit auxicome il ad graunte Ja foit ceo qe la bufoigne eftoit fuy & mande en maveys point Mes au meyns entent il & voet il qe touz. cez demeyns terre qele part qil foient qont eftee de la coroune aunciene- ment ou qa ; la Coroune foient retournez per voye defchete ou en autre manere eient eftee de franche chace & de franche gareyn et en tiel manere foient tenuz h gardez a fon oepa pur toutz manerezxlez beftez & pur tout manere des duytz qe luy plerra Et en droit de celes qe terrez & tenementz font de- foreftes per la dite puraille & qe demandent daver comune dedeinz Itz bondez dez foreftes lentencion & la voluntee noftre Seignur le Roy eft puis qe per lez puraillez ils cleyment eftre quitez de pafture dez foreftez & qe lez beftes le Roy ne poent avoir lour haunt ne lour repeire fur lez terrez dteafo^ reftez ficom ils avoient tanqe come mefmes lez terrez eftoient deinz fcrefte qe tiels gentz ne dey- vent avoir commune nautre eyfement deinz lez bondez dez boys ne dez terrez qe demurent en fo- reft mes fLafcun.de teux qe font dezafforeftees per HERE AS certain People that be put out of the Foreft for the Purliew, and by the great Men have made Requeft to our Lord the King at this Parliament, that they might be ac- quitted of their Charge, and of Things that the Fo- refters demand of them,, as they were wont to be ■" (2) our.Lord the King anfwered, firft, That where he had ^granted Purliew, that he was pleafed that it fhould' ftand in like manner as it was granted, albeit that the Thing was fued and demanded in an evil Point; (3) neverthelefs he willeth and intendeth, that all his demean Lands wherefoever they be, that have been of the Crown, being returned by way of Efcheat, or otherwife, fhall have Eftate of Free-chafe and Free -warren, and in fuch manner fhall be faved and kept to his life for all manner of * Efibeais; . and "for all manner of Things that pleafeth him,. (4) And in Right of them that have Lands and Tene- ments, difaforefted for the faid Purliew, and fuch as- demand to have Common within the Bounds of Fo- refts, the Intent and Will of our Lord the King is,. 1 hat from henceforth (where Purliew is) they may claim to be quit of Charge of the Forefts. (c) And whereas the King's Beafts cannot have their Haunt and Repair unto -the f Foreji-groitnd, as they had fa long as they were within the .forefts, that fuch Folk fhall not have Common, nor other Eafement within the Bounds of the Woods, nor of the Lands, the '"which a Inft. 303, Read Btsjls They which will I return, their Woods into the ' Foreft, fhail have Common as they had before.". t Read Gr'aund-' dijaffoKjledt •
