A. D. 1353. Anno vicdimo fcptimo Edwardi III. Stat. i. 273 CAP. II. In a Pardon of Felony the SuggefHons and Suggeflor's Name fhall be comprifed. ' TTEM, Becaufe our Lord the King ' M. granted Ex Ret. in Turr. Lond. AUffint pur ce qe noftre Scignur le Roi ad fo- vent grantee chartres de pardon de felonies par fcintes et nient veritables fuggeftions de plu- feurs gentz dount plufeurs malx font avenuz cea en arere et pur tieux malx efchuir fi eft acorde et alTentu par noftre dit Seignur le Roi et tout le dit confeil qe defore en chefcun chartre de pardon de felonie qe ferra grante a fuggeftion de nully foit la dite fuggeftion et le noun de celui qi fift la fugge- ftion compris en meifme la chartre et fi apres foit trove la fuggeftion nient veritable foit la chartre difalowe et tenue pur nulle et enquergent les Ju- ftices devant queux tieux chartres font alleggez de meifme la fuggeftion et ce auffibien des chartres avant ces heures grantez come des chartres qe fer- ront grantez en temps avenir et fils la troeflent nient varraie adonqes defalowent la chartre iflint aleggee et ent facent outre ce qe la lei demand. _ hath often Charters of Pardon of Felonies upon feigned and untrue SuggefHons of divers People, whereof much Evil hath chanced in Times paft;" (2) and for to efchue fuch Evil, it is accorded and affented by our faid Lord the King, and all the faid Council, That from henceforth in every Charter of Pardon of Felony, which (hall be granted at any Man's Suggeftion, the faid Suggestion, and the Name of him that maketh the Suggeftion, fhall be com- prifed in the fameCharter; (3) and if after the fame Suggeftion be found untrue, the Charter fhall be difallowed and holden for none: (4) And the Ju- A Pardon ftices before whom fuch Charters fhall be alledged, f™*™ U J™> fhall enquire of the fame Suggeftion, and that as well ^'^ bedlLi-"" of Charters granted before this Time, as of Char- lowed, ters which fliall be granted in Time to come ; and Raft. 455. if they find them untrue, then they fhall difallow the Charters fo alledged, and fhall moreover do as the Law demandeth.' CAP. III. Commiffions mail be granted to enquire of Offenders contrary to the Statute of 23 Edward 3. cap. 6. ENfement pur les grantz & outrajoufes chiertees des vitailles qe les hoftelers des herbergeries & autres re- EXP, _j graters de vitailles fount par tout Je Roialme a grant Damage du poeple qi pane parmie le Roialme Acorde eft & eftabli qe Juftices fachantz de lei qi foient bones & covenables foient de novel eflutz denquere, des faitz & des outrages de tieux hoftelers regraters laborers & touz autres compris en leftatut autrefoitz ent. fait et de les punir et outre faire droit au Roi et au poeple Sauvant totesfoitz a chefcun Seignur et autres leur, franchifes en toutz pointz. CAP. IV. The Aulnegers Fees for every Cloth fold. Cloths fhall be fealed before they be put to Sale. A Subfidy granted to the King of every Cloth fold. AUftlnt pur ce qe les Grantzet Communes ount monftree a noftre Seignur le Roi coment plu- feurs marchantz fibien foreins come denzeins fe ount retraitz et uncore fe retreent de venir od draps en le Roialme dEngleterre a grant damage du Roi et de tout le poeple par caufe qe launeour le'Roi furmette as marchantz eftranges qe leur draps ne font mie daffife ceft aflavoir le drap de colour de la lomure de vint & fis aunes mefuree par le dos & de la laeure de fys quarters & dimid' iz le drap de raie de la longure de vint & oet aunes mefuree par le lifte & de la laeure de fys quarters <k les areft tome forfaitz au Roi & ount prie a noftre dit Seig- nur le Roi qe lui plefe releffer & ofter tieles forfei- tures en eefe de fon poeple pur covenable recom- penfation faire a lui dautre part noftre Seignur le Roi fur tiele condition otroiant a lour fupplication ad relefle & ofte de tout les dites forfaitures & voet & grant pur lui & pur fes heirs qe mes ne foient nuls draps forfaitz tout ne foient ils de laffife avant- dite mes qe launeour le Roi face auner les draps & VoL.l. TEM, Whereas the Great Men and Commons , hive (hewed to our Lord the King, how divers " Merchants, as well Foreigners as Denizens, have " withdrawn them, and yet do withdraw them, to " come with Cloths into England, to the great Da- " mage of the King and of all his People, becaufe " that the King's Aulneger furmifeth to Merchant " Strangers, that their Cloths be not of Affile, that is " to fay, The coloured Cloth of the Length of fix and The Length ani " twenty Yards meafured by the Creft, and of the f ' u 7 c d d th c ° f lh co " " Breadth of fix Quarters and an half; (2) and the a °, u /cioth of " Cloth of Ray, of the Length of Eight and twenty Ray. " Yards meafured by the Lift, and of the Breadth of " Six Quarters; (3) and whereas the fame have been " arrefted as forfeit to our Lord the King, they have " prayed our fail Lord the King, that it may pleafe " him to releafe and put out fuch Forfeitures in Eafe " of his People, for a convenient Recompence to be '.' made to him of the other Party;" ' Our Lord the The King's ae= ' King, upon fuch Condition hearing their Supplica- ' eafe ot '^ F ?" . ' tionf hath releafed and excluded him of all the' faid fc '*"»fCI«Ji*. ' Forfeitures, and he willeth and granteth for him and ' for his Heirs, that there fhall be no Cloths forfeit, ' although they be not of the fame Aflife, but the King's N n ' Aulneger
