236 Stat. 5. Anno decimo quarto Ed ward 1 III. A. D. 1340.
- thefe our Letters Patents, dated at Weftminfter the
' Sixteenth of April, the Fourteenth Year of our Reign 4 of England, and the Firft of France. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. dAveril Ian de noftre regne dEngleterre quatorzifme et de noftre regne de francs primer. Anno 14EDWARD1 III. Stat. 5. and Anno Dom. 1340. The Realm and People of England fhall not be fu eject to the King or Kingdom of Frame*
- freedom.
" ip DWARD, by the Grace of God, King of " |H England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to " '**—' all thofe which thefe Letters fhall hear or fee 44 Greeting. Know ye, That whereas fome People do " think, that by reafon that the Realm of France is " devolved to us as right Heir of the fame, and for- " afmuch as we be King of France, our Realm of Eng- " land fliould be put in Subjection of the King and of " the Realm of France in Time to come; (zjweha- " ving regard to the Eftate of our Realm of England, " and namely, that it never was nor ought to be in " Subjection, nor in the Obeifance of the Kings of 44 France, which for the Time have been, nor of the " Realm of France, (t,) and willing to provide for the " Surety and Defence * of the Realm of England, and " of our liege People of the fame ;" ' willand grant ' and ftablifh for us and for our Heirs and Succeffors, ' by Affent of the Prelates, Earls, Barons, and Com- ' mons of our Realm of England, in this our prefent ' Parliament fummoned at IVeJlminJler the Wednefday 4 next after the Sunday in Middle Lent, the Fourteenth
- Year of our faid Reign of our Realm of England, and
' the Firft of France, that by the Caufe or Colour of
- that, that we be King of France, and that the faid
' Realm to us pertaineth, as afore is faid, or that we
- caufe us to be named King of France in our Style, or
4 that we have changed our Seal or our Arms, nor for
- the Commandments which we have made, or from
- henceforth fhall make as King of France, our faid
' Realm of England, nor the People of the fame, of
- what Eftate or Condition they be, fhall not in any
- Time to come be put in Subjedtion nor in Obeifance
' of us, nor of our Heirs nor Succeffors as Kings of 4 France, as afore is faid, nor be fubjedt nor obedient, 4 but fhall be free and quit of all Manner of Subjection 4 and Obeifance aforefaid, as they were wont to be in 4 the Time of our Progenitors Kings of England, for 4 ever. In Witnefs of which Things, &c. Dated at 4 TVeJlminJler, &c. the Fourteenth Year of our Reign 4 of England, and the Firft of France.' Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. zi. E Roi a toutz ceux as queux ceftes prefentez lettres vendront faluz. Sachietz 'qe come afcuns gentz entendont qe par refon qe le Roialme de France eft devolut a nous come droit heriter dycell et par tant qe nous fumes Roi de France noftre Roialme dEngleterre ferroit mys en fubjedtion du Roi et du Roialme de France en temps avenir nous eiantz regard a leftat de noftre ait Roialme dEngleterre et meement a ce qele neftoit unqes ne deveroit eftre en fubjedtion nen obeiffance des Roys de France qi pur temps ont efte ne du Roialme de France et voillantz purveer a la fcurte et immunite du dit Roialme dEngleterre et de noz liges gentz dycell voloms et grantoms et eftablif- foms pur nous et pur noz heirs et fucceffours par affent des Prelatz Countes Barouns et communes de noftre dit Roialme dEngleterre en ceft noftre pre- fent parlement fomons a Weftmonfter le Mefkerdy profchein apres le Dymeinge en my Quarefme Ian de noftre regne dEngleterre quatorzifme etdeFrance primer qe par caufe ou colour de ceo qe nous foi- oms Roi de France & qe le dit Roialme nous ap- partient come defus eft dit ou qe nous nous fefoms nomer Roi de France en noftre eftile ou qe nous avoms change noz fealx ou noz armes ne pur man- dementz qe nous avoms fait ou ferroms defore ena- vant come Roi de France noftre dit Roialme dEn- gleterre ne les gentz dycell de quel eftat ou condi- tion qils foient ne foient en nul temps avenir mys en la fubjedtion ne obeiffance de nous noz heirs ne fucceffours come Roys de France ne a nous noa- heirs ne fucceffours come Roys de France come de- fus eft dit foient fuggitz ne obeifantz einz foient fraunches et quites des totes maners de fubjedtion et obeiffance defus dites come ils foleint eftre en temps de nos progenitours Rois dEngleterre a toutz jours. En tefmoignance de quele chofe a ceftes pre- fentes lettres avoms mys noftre feal. Don' a Weftm' le xvijour dAverillles auns de noftre regne dEng- leterre et de France fufditz. Statutes made at Weftminfter Anno 15 Edw. III. and Anno Dom. 1 341. Thefe are repealed by the fubfequefit AEi^ and may be found: in the Appendix. ,
