366 C. 6-8, Anno feptimo Richardi II. A.D. 1383. CAP. VI. The Statute of Wmchcjler confirmed, and every Sheriff mall proclaim it. 4 EV. l.Jlat. 2. " 15 Ed. 1. flat. 2. a e, 1. 2% Ed. 3. c. If. TEM, For the grievous Mifchiefs and Com- plaints that do daily happen of Robberies, Thefts, Manflaughters, Burning of Hotifes, and Ridings in " Routs and great Companies in every Part of the " Realm ;" ' (2) it is ordained and aflented, That ' the Statute of IVlncheJier (the Tenour whereof is fent ' by our Lord the King this Year laft part into every ' County oi" England to be proclaimed) be holden and ' kept in all Points, and put in good and hafty Execu- '.tion, at the Complaint and Purfuit of every Man 4 that feeleth himfelf grieved againft the Tenour of the ' fame. (3) And to the Intent that no Man {hall ex- ' cufe himfelf by Ignorance of the fame Statute, it is ' alfo afiented, That every Sheriff" oi England fhall be ' bound from henceforth in proper Perfon to make Pro- ' clathation of the fame Statute four Times in a Year ' in every Hundred of his Bailiwick, and by his Bai- ' lifts in every Market-Town, as well within Liberties ' as without.' Ahcredl<j 27 El. c. 13. and I^El. t. .15. See like-wife 8 Geo. 2, c . 16. giving Dii eklior.sfor Hue and Cry ; and 22 Geo. 2. r; 24.. *wl ieh amends the former* Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. ITEM fur les grevoufes mefchiefs & compleintz qe aveignent de jour en autre des roberies lar- cins homicides arfures des meifons & chivachees es routes & grandes compaignies en chefcune part du Roialme ordeigne eft & aflentuz qe leftatut de Wynceftre dont le tenour eftoit envoiez par noftre Seignur le Roi en Ian profchein paflez en chefcun countee dEngleterre pur y eftre proclamez foit te- nuz & gardez en toutz pointz & mys en bone & haftive execution a la plaint & purfuite de chefcun qi fe fentera grevez encontre le tenour dicelle. Et au fyn qe homme ne fe purra defore excufer par ignorance de mefme leftatut eft auxint aflentuz qe chefcun vifcont dEngleterre foit tenuz de cy en avant en propre perfone de faire proclamation de mefme leftatut quatre foitz Ian en chefcun hundred de fa baillie hi par fes baillifs en chefcune ville marchee fibien deinz franchifes come dehors. CAP. VII. In what Cafe a Nifi Prius fhall be granted at the Suit of any of the Jurors. " ITEM, Againft the Mifchief that happeneth to " J. divers People of the Realm, which be impanel- " led and returned before the Juftices and Barons of " the Exchequer ; in which Cafe, becaufe that the " Inqueft is not purfued to the End by thofe that be " Parties, but put in Delay from Year to Year, the " Jurors do greatly lofe, and fome much more than the " Value of their Land is by Year, to their great Im- " poverifhing and Hindrance :" ' (2) It is accorded, ' That from henceforth in all Manner of Pleas where ' a Nifi prius is grantable of Office, after the great ' Diftrefs returned, and three Times ferved before the ' Juftices againft the Jurors, and thereupon the Par- ' tics demanded, if none of the faid Parties will purfue, ' or if the Parties refufe to have a Writ of Nifi prius ' in the Cafe, then at the Suit of any of the Jurors that ' be prcfent, a Writ of Nifi prius fhall be made and ' granted, and that as well in the Exchequer as elfe- 1 where, and thereupon the Quarrel fhall be fet at an ' End without Delay, according as the Cafe reouireth, Seefar,berv..H. ( and the Law demandeth.' ardilf Geo. 2. c. 18. 6. e. 1 1%EI. iGto. t< ■3 l ITEM encontre le mefchief qavient as diverfes gentz du Roialme queux font empanellez & re- tournez devant les Juftices & Barons de lefcheqir en quel cas par caufe qe lenquefte neft mye purfue au fyn par ceux qi font parties einz mys en delay dan en an les jurrours y perdent grandement & afcuns pluis qe la value de leur terre eft par an a lour trefgrant empoverifTement Sc deftru&ion eft accordez & aflentuz qe defore en avant en toutes maneres des plees en queux brief de nifi prius eft grantable doffice apres le grande deftrefce trois foitz ferviz & retournez 'devant les Juges devers la juree & fur ce les parties demandez ft nulle des dites par- ties veulle purfuire ou fi les parties refufent davoir brief de Nifi prius en le cas adonqes a la purfuite- daucun diceux jurrours qi foit prefent foit brief de Nifi prius fait & grantez & ce auxibien en lefche- qir come aillours & fur ce la querele myfe au fyn Ruiz delay felonc ce qe le cas requiert & la ley de- mande. C A P. VIII. No Subject's Chator fhall take any Victuals or Carriage without the Owner's Confent. OBS. I2C. 2. 36 Ed. 3 24.
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ITEM pff-ntuz eft & accordez qe les eflatutz des Purveours faitz avant ces heures foient fermement tenuz. hi gardez & myfez en bone & due execution Adjouftez a ycell qe fi les fervantz dautres Seignurs ou Dames qe ne font comprifez es ditz eflatutz pricgnent defore afcun part deinz, le Roialme vitailles ou ca- riages al ocp c : de lours Seignurs & Dames autrement qils nent purront accorder ovefqe les poueflburs Sc vendours dicelles pur paiement ent affaire prcftement en poin qe mefmes celles fervantz encourgent la p^yne en toutes chofes coraprife es ditz eflatutz des Purveours & nientmeyns eit la partie par iceux fervantz «3 H. 6. f.14.* endamagee fil vorra fa fuite a la commune ley.
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