£22 C. ■■ $] Anno undecimo Edwardi III. A. D. i 237-
- „andfurely, and {hall be in the King's Prote&ion and
c fafe Conduct, to dwell in the fame Lands, chufing ' where they will. (z) And to the Intent the faid ' Cloth-workers {hall have the greater Will to come
- and dwell here, our Sovereign Lord the King will
- grant them Franchifes as many and fuch as may fuf-
e fice them.' Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. gnont falvement & feurement en la protection & fauf conduyt de noftre Seignur le Roi a demorer en icelles terres es lieux ou ils vodront. Et qe les ditz oevrours eient plus grante volunte de y venir & demorer noftre Seignur le Roi lor voet granter franchifes tantes & tieles qe les fufiiront. E X vicecomiti Ebor' falutem. Quendam articulum per nos de affenfu prelatorum comitum baronum k ac totius communitatis regni noftri in parliamento noftro apud Weflm' die Lune proximo poft feftum fancti Mathie apoftoli proximo preterito tento exiftentium fuper lanis extra regnum noftrum ducendis &■ pannis ac pelura in regno noftro Anglie & terris noftris Hibernie & Wallie ac infra dominium noftrum in terra Scotie poft feftum fandli Michaelis proximo futurum utendis fub certa forma nee non de modo fa&ure ■pannorum in eifdem regno & terris ac etiam de pannis tranfmarinis infra regnum terras & dominium noftrum fupradafta poft idem feftum quoquo modo non ducendis ordinatum tibi mittimus in forrna patenti figillq noftro confignatum mandantes quod articulum predidtum in pleno comitatu tuo ac in fingulis locis in bal- liva tua tarn infra libertates quam extra ubi expedire videris legi & ex parte noftra publice proclamari & quantum ad de pertinet firmiter facias obfervari & hoc nullatenus omittas, T. R. apud Wyndefor xxviii. die MartiL ; Per ipfum Regem. Eodem ?nodo mandatum eftjingulis vicecomitibus per Angliam. Statutes -made at Weftminfter, Anno 14 Edw. III. Stat, i: and Anno primo of his Reign of France, and Anno Dom. 1340. K t ft the Honour of God and of holy Church, " .by .the Affent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, " -* 1 - and other afTembled at the Parliament holden " at Wejlminjler the Wednefday next after Midknt, in
- the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of our Lord King
" Edward the Third of England, and die Firft Year
- ' o'f his Reign of France ; the King, for the Peace and
" 'Quietnefs of his People, as well great as fmall, doth " grant and eftabliih the Things .under-wr.itten, which
- ' he will to be holden and kept in all Points perpe-
A£ tually to endure." Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. zz iff 23. L honeur de Dieu & de feinte eglife par a£ fent dez Preiatz Contes Barons & autres af- femblez au parlement tenuz au Weymon- ftier le Mefkerdy procheine apres my Quarrefme Ian du regne noftre Seignur le Roi Edward dEngleterre quatorzifme & de France primer ft ad le Roi pur eefe & quiete de fon poeple aufibien de grantz come de petitz grante & eftabli les chofes defoutz efcriptes les queux il voet qe foient tenus & gardez en tutz poyntz perpetuelment adurer. CAP. I. A Confirmation of Liberties. "Irft, That holy Church have her Liberties in Quietnefs, without Interruption or Difturbance ; (z) and that the .Great Charter, and the Charter of the Foreft, be holden in all Points ; (3) and that the City ot London, and all other Cities and Boroughs of the Realm of England, have all their Franchifes and Cuftoms, which they have reafonably had and ufed in Time paft.' PRimerement qe feinte eglife eit fes franchifes ert quiete faunz empechement ou diftourbance & qe la Grande Chartre & la Chartre de la Forefte foient tenuz en touz pointz & qe la Citee de Lon- dres & touz les autres citees & burghs du roialme dEngleterre eient toutes lour franchifes & ufages queles ils ont refonablement eu & ufez cea ea arere. CAP. II. The King in refpedl of his Wars in Scotland, France^ and Gafcoin, &c. doth pardon feveral Offences. ITEM pur ceo qe le Roi ad grant compaflion de ce qe le poeple de fon Roialme par caufe de maveis anns de guerres dEfcoce de France & de Gafcoigne & des grantz mifes & eides qe ils ont fait a lui en divers manere par les caufes fufdites & autres & voillant a fon dit poeple faire grace par quoi ils fe peuf- fcnt le meutz aider & le plus toft de lour mefchiefs eftre relevez & recomfortez a la requefte de fon poeple dEngkterre fi ad relefte & pardone a fon dit poeple aufibien as grantz come as peiirz de quel cftat ou condition qil foient toutes maneres des chateux des felons & des futifs efchaps des larons fins amerck-mentz iflu.s forfaitz & amerciementz des murdres toutes maners des trefpas le la forefte aufibien de embloioure come de vert h de venifon waft & quecunqes autres trefpas faites dedeinz les foreftes ajuggez ou ajuggef reliefs h efcuages tanqe a temps qe le Roi qore eft pafl'a devers Brabant. CAP.
