326 C. io, ir. Anno quadrageflmo fecundo Edward i III. A. D. 1368, Sheriffs fhaU aefcompt by E- , fireats totted, and none other. 14 Ed. 3. flat. 1. ' c. 7. ' < a 3 H. 6. c. 8. * < confirms the Sta- t tales declarh'g that Sheriffs Jhall ' continue in Of- * fee but one Year. C 6H.8.C :3. c Ex Rot. in Ttirr. Lon<3. vifcontes ou miniftre face au contraire fr,it tenug de refpondre a la partie qe de ce_ felt yoet pleindre de fes damages a treble & face fin au Roi. Et qil eit fa feute fibien devant Jufticsz de la pees come devaunt autres Juftices. Et qe les vifcontes foient tenuz daccompter par meifmes les effretes iffint tot- tes Sc par nul autre. Et ne foient les effretes dou- blees par les vifcontees rnf is la copie de les eftretes en qant qe touchent franchife des Seignurs foient liverees as baillifs de franchifes fcuz le feal du vif- conte & qe meifmes les baillifs rendentleuraccompt en lefcheqier par meifmes l^s copies iffint liverez. Et enfement qe nul vifconte fouzvifconte r.e cleft de vifconte demoerge en fon office outre u'n an come ordene elf des vifcontes par eftatutz. . 7. empowering Sheriffs to occupy their Offices during Michaelmas anj ' fent to the Sheriffs upon the Receipt. (3) And if ' any Sheriff or Minifter do to the contrary, he fhall be ' charged to anfwer to the Party, which thereof will ' him complain, his treble Damages, and make Fine c to the King. (4) And that he have his Suit as well '• before Juftices of the Peace, as before other Juftices. ' (0 And that the Sheriffs be bound to accompt by the ' fame Eftreats fo totted, and by none other. (6) And ' the fame Eftreats {hall not be doubled by the Sheriffs, c but the Copy of the Eftreats, wherein they touch the ' Franchifes of Lords, fhall be delivered to the Bai- ' lifts of the Fr.inchifes under the Seal of the Sheriff, ' and that the fame Bailiffs yield their Accompt in the Exchequer by the fame Copies fo delivered. (7) And alfo that no Sheriff, Undcr-Sheriff, nor Sheriff's Clerk, abide in his Office above one Year, as it is stains Except;- ordained f by the Statute.' wis tu'th rejpeel to the Comity of the Tonvn of Brijlol, But fee 12. Ed. 4. c. I. and 17 Ed. 4. Hilary Terms, unlej'% difebarged before that T^me.
- Read e. 7. "}" Add Concerning Sheriffs*
CAP. X. Children born beyond the Sea, if inheritable in England. US S INT fur la petition mis en parlement par la corhmunalte fuppliant qe les enfantz neez pardela _^ deinz les Seignuries de Caleys Guynes & Gafcoigne & aillouis deinz les terres & Seignories qe appar- tiegnent a noftre Seignur le Roi pardela foient fi avant ables & enheritables de leur heritages eri Engleterre, come autres enfantz neez deinz le Roialme dEngleterre eft accorde & affentu qe la commune leye & leftatut 15 Ed. 3. ftat.a. r ur ce p j n (; autrefoiz faitz foient tenuz & gardez. CAP. XI. Copies of Panels (hall be delivered to the Parties fix Days before the SefTions. " T TEM, Forafmuch as divers Mifchiefs have hap- I ITEM porce qe divsrfes mefchiefs font avenuz " J. pened, becaufe that the Panels of Inquefts which | JL par caufe qe les panelles des enqueues qont efte " have been taken before Juftices by Writ of Scire ! prifes devant Juftices par brief de Scire facias & " facias, and other Writs, have not been r turned be- j autres briefs nont pas efte retournez devant les k(- " fore the Seffions of the Juftices at the Nifi prius, ' fions des Juftices a la Nifi prius & autrement fi qe " and othervvife, fo that the Parties could not have ! les parties ne purrent avoir coniffar.ee des nouns' " Knowledge of the Names of the Perfons which fiiould I des perfons qe pafferont en lenqu.fte Par quei plu- " pafs in the Inqueft, whereby divers of the People ' feurs gentz ont efte deiheritces & fttbduitz h eft or- " have been difherited and oppreffed ;" ' it is ordained, ! dene qe nulle enquefte forfpiis r.iiifes & oeii. entr- ' That no Inqueft, but Affifes and Deliverances of j ces des gaoles foient prifes par brief de Nifi prius rre ' Gaols, be taken by Writ of Nifi prius, nor in other } en autre mariere a fuite de aully grant ne peat avatrf ' Manner, at the Suit of any Great or Small, before j ce qe les nouns de to'uz yceux qi pa'neroriT. en I ' that the Names of all them that fhall pafs in the In- enqueftes foient retournees en course. Et qe 1 '■ quefts be returned in the Court. (3) And that the • vifcontes arraient les panelles en affifes quatrejoi ' Sheriffs array the Panels in AfEfrs four Days at the | a meinz devant la feffion des Juftices fur peine dc ' leaft before the Seflions of the Juftices, upon Pain of j vint livres iffint qe les parties peuffent avoir la veue ' twenty Pound, fo that the Parties may have the View ' des panelles iils le demandent. Et quant a retourne ' of the Panels, if they the fame demand. (4) And as I ou refpons des baillifs des franchifes facenr leurre- ' to the Return or Anfwer of the Bailiffs of Fran- j fpons as vifcontes par fis jours devant leur f.fon c chifes, they ffiall make their Anfwer to the Sheriff fix fur meifme la peine. Et en fuce manere des pa- Sy 7 W. 3. c. 3 feci. 7. Perrons tried for Hieh Treafon, &c. /hal! have Co- pies of the Panel, &c. 6H.6. c. 2. Days before their Seffion upon the fame Pain. (<;) And in all Manner of Panels arrayed by the Sheriffs or Bailiffs within Franchife, fhall be put the moft fubftantia! People, and worthy of Credit, and not ftifpecl, which have beft Knowledge of the Truth, and be neareft.' nelles arraiez par vifcontes ou baillifs deins fran- chife foient mis les meulz vauez fufficeantz & dignes de foy & nient fufpcctz qont meiUc-tir co- nillance de la verite & pluis profcheins. What fort cf Tcrfons ihall be returned upon In^«eft6. c ^",. iiEH.i Jlat.i. 2? Ed. 1. Rat. 3. c. 0. 20 Ed. 3. e. 6. 34Ed.3.c,4. feiS.3. (.4. uiif. 7. c. 21. 4i7.S.c.3. 5 IT. 8. c. 5. 23r7.8.f.i3 '6. 27 E'ih. c. 6. 4&' 5 >y. & M. c. 24. (eB.it,- 7 & 8 IV. %. c. 3a. 3 fif 4^7/. r. 18. jC.2. c.ij, 4 G. 2. v. 7. 6 Ga. 2. c, yf. c. i %. jeti. 1. and 29 Geo, 2. c. lq.fecl. 1. which Statutes pro-vide farther fir the Qualifications of Jurors, Re,;ift. 178. Raft. U7. jtH.t. 24 Gin. ». Statutit
