A. D. 1357. Anno tricefimo pnmo Hdvv^kui nr. Sto.K 209 Ex Ret. in Turr. Lond. fur ce brief foit mande au vifconte de NorfF' qe a chefcune plcinte c|i vorra fuir pur le Roi ou pur lui meftr.es centre ceux qui vendront en afcun point fepntre cefte ordinance face attacher les ditz rebelx & trelpaflburs & les detenir en prifon tanqe le Roi On: (qr confeil eient ordenez de eux ceo qe droit de- mande felonc la quantite de lour trefpas. (')) and that upon the fame a Writ be fint to the Sheriff of Norfolk, that at every Man's Complaint that v/ill fue for the King, or for himfelf, againft thofe that in any Point offend againft this Ordinance, ThePunifnmen': hefhall caufe the fame Reiiftors and Trcfpaffers to 0^!^"^" be attached, and them detain in Prifon till the King and his Council have ordained of them that Right re- See the Refer quireth, after the Quantity of their Trefpafs.' '" l lEc! - i- net's J at. Ordinatio facia pro Jiatu terrca Hibernie. 31 Edw. I. Appendix. Stat. See Statutes made at We'ftminfler, Anno 34 Edw. III. and Anno Bom. 1360. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 10. E S font les chofes queles noftre Seignur le Roi Prelatz Seignurs & la commune ont or- dinez enceft prefentparlementtenuza Weft- muftier le Dymenge profchein devant la fefte de la converfion de Seint Poul a tenir & publier overte- ment parmy le Roialme ceftaffavoir. THESE be the Things which our Lord the King, the Prelates, Lords, and the Com- mons have ordained in this prefent Parlia- ment holden at Wejiminjier the Sunday next before the Feaft of the Converfion of St. Paul, to beholden and publifhed openly through the Realm." CAP. I. "What Sort of Perfons fliall be Jultices of Peace; and what Authority they fhall have. PRimerement qe en chefcun countee dEngleterre foient affignez pur la garde de la pees un Seig- nur & ovefqe lui trois ou quatre des meultz vauez du countes cnfemblement ove afcuns fages de la ley & eient poer de reftreindre les meffefours rio- tours & touz autres barottours & de les purfuir arefter prendre et chaftier felonc leur trefpas ou mefprifion & de faire emprifener & duement punir felonc la ley & cuftumes du P%.oialme & felonc ce qils verront mieultz affaire par lour discretions & bon avifement & auxint de eux enformer & den- quere de touz ceux qi ont efte pilours & robeours es parties dc dela & font ore revenue & vont va- gantz & nc voillent travailler come ils foleint avant ces hours & de prendre Si arefter. touz ceux qils purrcnt trover parenditementou par fufpecion &les metire en prifone & de prendre de touz ceux qi ne font dc bone fame ou ils ferront trovez fuffifant feu- rete & meinprife de lour bon port devers le Roi & fon poeple et les autres duement punir au fin qe le poeple ne foit par tieux riotours troble nendamage nela pees enblemy ne marchantz nautres pallantz par les hautes chemyns duUoialme deftourbez ne abaiez du peril qe purra avenir de tieux meffefours & auxint doier & terminer a la fuite le Roi tote manere de felonies & trefpas faites en meifme le countee felonc les leys & cuftumes avantdites & qe briefs doier & terminer foient grantes felonc les eftatuz ent faites mes qe les Juftices qe ent ferront affignez foient nomez par la court & nemie par la. panic Et le Roi voet qe totes generales enqu'er- res avant ces heures grantez deinz feignuries que- I R S T, That in every County of Endand fhall be affigned for the keeping of the Peace, one Lord, and with him three or four of the moft wor- thy in the County, with forne learned in the Law, (2) and they fliall have Power to reftrain the Offen- ders, Rioters, and ail other Barators, and to purfue, arreft, take, and chaftife them according to their Trefpafs or Offence; (3) and to caufe them to be puniihed according to the Law imprifoned and duly and Cuftcms of the Realm, and according to that which to them fhall feem belt to do by their Difcre- tions and good Advifement; (4) and alfo to inform them, and to inquire of all thofe that have been Pil- lors-and P^obbers in the Parts beyond the Sea, and be now come again, and go wandring, and will not labour as they were wont hi Times paft, (5) and to take and arreft all thofe that they may find by Indict- ment, or by Sufpicion, and to put them in Prifon ; (6) and to take of all them that be not of good Fame, where they fhall be found, (ufiicient Surety and Mainprife of their good Behaviour towards the King and his People, and the other duly to punifh, to the Intent that the People be not by fuch Rioters or Re- bels troubled nor endamaged, nor the Peace blemifii- ed, nor Merchants nor other paffing by the High- ways of the Realm difturbed, nor put in the Peril which may happen of fuch Offenders. (7) And alio to hear and determine at the King's Suit all Manner of Felonies and Trefpaffes done in the fame County according to the Laws and Cuftoms aforcfaid ; (8) and that Writs of Oyer and Defermiiierbe granted ac- cording to the Statutes thereof made, and that the juftices which Giall be thereto affigned be named by the Court, and not by the Party. (9) And the King Who fliall he Juftices of ibe Peace, and what Authority they fliall have. Cro. El, 14S, 689. SCo. 56. 1 Ed, 3. flat. z. c. 16. 2 Ed. 3. c. 6. 4 -TV. 3. c_ 1. 18 Ed. 3. Hat. 2. c.2.' Enforced and amended ly 13 R. i. flat. 1. c.7. 2H.5. flat. 1. c. 4. will, that all gen
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