A.D. 1382. Anno fexto Richardi II. Stat. 1. 359 Statutes made at Wcftminfter, Anno 6 Rich. II. Stat. 1. and Anno Dom. 1382. Ex Rot. in Turr. iX vicecomiti Kancie falutem. Scias nos quedam mento noftro apud Weftm' tento pro communi util D laudem & honorem omnipotentis Dei & fancfe matris ecclefie commodumque regni Anglie & utilitatem reipublice dominus Ri- 811s Dei gratia rex Anglie & Francie & Domi- nus Hibernie de Affenfu prelatorum Ducum Co- mitum Baronum & Communi tat um dicli regni in parliamento fao apud Weftm' die Lune in oiftahis fancfi Michaelis anno regni fui Anglie fexto convocato flatuta quedam ordinationes re- pardonationes fieri fecit & ftabiiiri in fori, a fubiequenti. Lond. ?n. 20* ftatuta ordinationes & remiiliones in ultimo parlla- itate regni noftri Anglie fieri fecifle in hec verba : ^"T~SO the Laud and Honour of Almighty God, and of our holy Mother the Church, and to -*- the Commodity and Profit of the Realm of England, and of the Commonalty of the fame, our Lord Richard by the Grace of God King of Eng- land and of France, and Lord of Ireland, by the A ffent of the Prelates, Lords, and Commons of the faid Realm of England, in his Parliament holden at Wejlmnfiir the Monday in the Utas of St. Michael, in the Sixth Year of his Reign, hath caufed to be made and ftablifhed certain Statutes, Ordinances,. Remiffions, and Pardons, in the Form following :" CAP. I. A Confirmation of the Liberties of the Church, and of all Statutes not repealed; TN primis ordinatum eft & concordatum quod JL fancia mater ecclcfia Anglicana habe-at omnes ibertats fuas integras & illefas ac eifdem plene audcat & utatur & quod Magna Carta & Carta de ?orefta ft.nutaque rac~f.a de Proviforibus pro hofpi-
- io dor.iini Regis & aliorum ac omnia alia ftatuta
k ordinationes ante hec tempora ficta & nondum evocata in omnibus fuis articulis firmiter obfer- 'entur & executioni debite juxta effectum eorun- lem demandentur. TRST it is ordained and accorded, That our holy Mother the Church of England have all her Liberties whole and unhurt, and the fame fully en- joy and ufe : (2) And that the Great Charter, and ; the Charter of the Foreft, and the Statute of Pur- veyors for the King's Houfe, and for others, and all Statutes and Ordinances before this Time made, and not yet repealed, be firmly obferved in all their Ar- ticles, and put in due Execution according to the Effect of the fame.' . CAP. II. Writs of Debt, Accompt, &c. fhall be commenced in the Counties where the Contracts were made.. ITEM ut brevia de debito et computo aliifque hujufmodi adticnibus quecumquede cetero capi- intur in com' et dirigantur vicecomitibus com' ubi
- ontractus aiSionum earundem emerferint ordina-
- um eft et concordatum quod decetero in placitis
Fuper brevibus il lis narratum fuerit contra£tum inde fore factum in alio comitatu quam in brevi originali continetur quod tunc incontinent) breve illud pe- nitus cafletur. |TEM, To the Intent that Writs of Debt and z , Ed. 4.. f. 47.. %. Accompt, and all other fuch Actions, be from Fitx. Brief, iS,_ henceforth taken in their Counties, and directed to 2 3> 44,*74j the Sheriffs of the Counties where the Contracts of 6 <9» 6 9'- the fame Aclions did rife; (2) it is ordained and ac- corded, That if from henceforth in Pleas upon the fame Writs it fhall be declared, That the Contract thereof was mady in another County than is con- tained in the original Writ, that then incontinently the fame Writ fhall be utterly abated.' Rail. i 7 8 3 - CAP. Ill, In which Court Writs of Nufance called Vicentiels, fhall be purfued'. ITEM ordinatum eftet concordatum quod om- nia brevia de nocumentis vicecomitalia vulgari- ter nuncupata, fiant decetero ad elediionem queren- tis in natura antiquitus ufitata vel etiam in natura affifaium terminabilium coram Juftitiariis domini Regis de uno Banco vel altero feu Juftitiar' aflifa- iam in comitat' loci capiend' affignat' et affignand'.. TEM it is accorded, and ordained, That all Writs of Nufances, commonly called Vicontieh, fhall be from henceforth made ac the Election of the Plain- tiff, in the Nature of old Times ufed, or ebfe in the Nature of Aflifes determinable before the King's Ju- ftices of the one Bench or the other, or before the Tuftices of Affile to be taken in the County of the ; i 3 e<K r. HaWj. Place affigned or to be affigned.? c. 24. C A Pi
