A. D. 1369. Anno quadragefimo terfio Edwardi III. C. 4. 329 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. mentz .queconqes failz ou affij&e pur celle caufe. Et fi afcuns des ditz Communes au prefent foient areftuz emprifonez ou leflez a litaLnprife pur tiel caufe foientimeintenaflt releffez delivres frankes & quites & lour mainparnours auxi forfpris expreffement Juftioes' Chief gardeins & gardeins de foreft parks & chaces fibien en fee come autrernent & touz foreftiers verders regardours agifiours lieutenantz des gardeins fouzforeftiers & touz lour fervantz & vendours de boys & fubboys & autres miniftres qeconqe de foreft park ou chace du Roi les queux le Rot ne voet eftre compris en ceft pardons Et pur ceo vous comandons qe les ordinances fufditz facez crier & publier en citees burghs & portz du meer & toutes autres lieux en voftre baillie fibien deinz fraunchife come dehors es lieux ou vouz verrez qe mieltz foit affaire et les facez fermement garder et tenir folonc la tenour et forme dycelles. -Don' fouz noftre grant feal a Weftm' le xi jour de Juyn Ian de noftre regne dEngleterre quarrant tierce et de France trentifme. Eodem modo mandatum ejljingulis vicecomitibus per Anglican, Statutes made at Weftminfter, Anno 45 Edw. III. and Anno Dom. 1371. CAP. I. A Confirmation of the Great Charter, and the Charter of the Foreft in all Points. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. i. AU parlement fomons a Weftm' Lundy en la primere fimaigne de Quarrefme Ian du regne le Roi Edward tiercz puisleconqueftquar- rantequint entre autres chofes eftoit ordeine et efta- bli qe la Grand Chartre et la Chartre de la Forefte foient tenuz et gardez en touz pointz. T the Parliament fummoned at Weflminfter the Monday in the firft Week of Lent, the five and fourtieth Year of the Reign of King Ed- " ward the Third," * it is ordained, That the Great ' Charter and the Charter of the Foreft be holden and ' kept in all Points. 5 CAP. II. The Penalty of him that fetteth up or enhanceth Wears. ITEM come en leftatut fait a Weftm' Ian vint quint entre autres chofes eftoit ordeine et ac- cordees qe porce qe communes paffages des niefs it bateux en les grantz rivers dEngleterre fi feu- rent fovent foitz deftourbees par le lever des gortz molyns eftanks eftaches et kideulx en grant damage du poeple accorde feuft et eftabli qe touz tieux
- ortz molyns eftankes eftaches ef kideulx qe feu-
rent levez et mys en temps le Roi laiel et depuis
- n tieux rivers par queux les niefs et bateulx feu-
ent deftourbeez qils ne poent paffer come ils folei- Snt ferroient ouftees et nettement abatuz faunz eftre relevez et ferroient fur ce briefs maundez as vif- ontes des lieux ou meftir ferroit dc furveer et en- rjuere et de faire ent execution et auffint qe Juftices Ferroient fur ce affignez a toutes les foitz qil bu- foigneroit. Et ja a la grevoufe pleinte des grantz
- t communes faite en ceft prefent parlement eom-
pleignantz par lour petition qe le dit eftatut neft pas cluement execut ne garde folonc leffecl: dycele
- ft accorde et eftabli qe le dit eftatut en ce point
foit tenuz et gardez folonc leffecT: dycele Ajouftant 1 ycele qe fi nul tiele anufance foit abatuz par due proces contenuz en le dit eftatut cely qi ferra re- lever le dit anufance et de ce foit atteint duement
- ncourge la peine de cent marcs devers le Roi a
•ever par eftrete en Lefcheqer. Et autiele ley fe Vol. I. " T TEM, Whereas in the Statute made at IVeJlmin- A Confirmat ; oli " J. Jler, in the five and twentieth Year, amongft of the^tatme of " other 'Things it was ordained, That becaufe the corn- 25 Ed. 3. flat. 4. " mon Paffage of Ships and Boats in the great Rivers c-4- concerning " of England, were often difturbed by the levying f the pulling down " Wears, Mills, Stanks_, Stakes, and Kiddles, * which % J*™' 0ri . " were levied and fet up in the Time of the King's Grand- " father, in great Damage of the People; (2) it was " accorded and eftablifhed, That airthe Wears, Mills, " Stanks, Stakes, and Kiddles, which were levied and " Tet up in the Time f aforefaid and after in fuch + Of the Khg't " Rivers, whereby the Ships and Boats were difturbed, Grandfather* " that they might not pafs as they were wont, fhould " be cut, and wholly pulled down without repairing; " (3) and thereupon Writs fhould be made and fent " to the Sheriffs of Places where it fhould be needful " to furvey, enquire, and to make thereof Execution, " and alfo that Juftices be thereupon affigned at all " Times when Need fhall require. (4) And now at " the grievous Complaint of the Great Men and the " Commons made in this prefent Parliament, com- " plaining by their Petition, that the Statute is not " duly executed nor kept, according to the EffecT: of " the fame ;" ' (0 it is accorded and eftabifhed, That ' the faid Statute in this Point be holden and kept ac- ' cording to the Effect of the fame : joining thereto, ' that if any fuch Annoyance be done, it fhall be pull- ' ed down by due Procefs contained in the faid Statute. ' (6) And he that fhall repair the fame Annoyance, The Penalty of and thereof be duly attainted, fhall incur the Pain of h!m th . at fetteth ' an hundred Marks to the King, to be levied by "P^j" Wears, ^ teats of the Exchequer. (7) And the like Law ° ne d ^ th cn Ul| ' flioll Eftre fhall
