3- #4- Stat. i. Anno decimo terrio Rich a r 33ft II. A. D. 1 389. 4 Inft. ji. f. 3. jH, 4. f. 17. SH. 4. f. a I. 14 H. 7. f. 15. 25 Ed. 3. flat. 3 c. 3, & flat. 3. t. 7. Enforced by 4 H, 4, C. 22,
- Roll 87.
4. Mod. 12S. Crompt. Jurif- ai&ion, 28, " Parties not warned nor called, and fometime taken
- c by falfe Inquefts favourably, and the Incumbents in
" fuch Maimer put out ;" ' it is ordained and affent- c ed, That the faid Statute be firmly holden and kept. ' (4) And moreover our Lord the King, for the Re- ' verence of God and holy Church, doth will and grant, ' That if he prefent to any Benefice that is full of any 4 Incumbent, that the Prelentee of the King fhall not
- be received by the Odinary to the Benefice, till the
- ' King hath recovered his Prefentment by Procefs of
' the Law in his own Court: (5) And if any Prefen- 5 tee of the King be otherwife received, and the In- ' cumbent put out without due Procefs, as afore is ' faid, the laid Incumbent fhall begin his Suit within ' a Year after the Induction of the King's Prelentee at ' the leaft." Ex Ret. in Turf. Lond. ordeihez eft & aflentuz qe le dit eftatut foit ferme- ment tenuz & gardez. lit enoutre noftre Seignur le Roy ai reverence de'Dieu & de feirrte efglife v«et & grante qe fil prefente a afcun benefice qe foit plein dafcun incumbent qe le prefente du Roy ne foit receu par lordinair a tiel benefice tanqe le Roy eit recovers ion prefentement par procets du ley en fa Court demefne & ft afcun prefente du Roy foit autretnent receu & lincumbent oufte fanz due proces come defuis eft dit comence le dit incum- bent fa fuite deinz an an apres lindudtion du pee- fente du Roy a pluftard. CAP. II, The Authority of the Conftable of England, and the Remedy where it is ahufed. I 1 Shower 353. TEM, Becaufe that the Commons do make a grievous Complaiat, that the Court of the Con- ftable and the M'arihal hath incroached to him, and daily doth incroach Contracts, Covenants, Tref- pafles, Debts, and Detinues, and many other Ac- tions pleadable at the 'Common Law, in great Pre- judice of tHfc King and of his Courts, and to the
- great- Grievance and Qppreffion of the People ;"
(2) our Lord the King, willing to ordain a Remedy againft the Prejudices and Grievances aforefaid, hath "declared in this Parliament, by the Advice and'AiTerrt of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the Power and Juri'fdi&ion of the faid Conftable, in the Form that followeth : To the Conftable it pertaineth to have Cognifance of Contracts touching Deeds of Arms and of War out of the Realm, and alfo of Things that touch War within the Realm, which cannot be determined nor difcuffed by the Common Law, with other Ufages and Cuftoms to the fame Matters per- taining, which other Conftables heretofore have duly and reafonably ufed in their Time ; (3) joining to the fame, that every Plaintiff fhall declare plainly his Matter in his Petition, before that any Man be fent for to anfwer thereunto. And if any will complain, that any Plea be commenced before the Conftable and Marfhal, that might be tried by die Common Law of the Land, the fame Plaintiff fhall have a Privy Seal of the King without Difficulty, directed to the faid Conftable and Marfhal, to furceafe in that Plea, until it be difcuffed by the King's Council, if that Matter ought of Right to pertain to that Court, or otherwife to be tried by the Common Law of the Realm of England, and alfo that they furceafe in the mean Time.' 28 Ed. 1. ftat.3 c. 3. 8R.2. c. 5. »5 H. 6, c. 1. See 33 H, 3. c, iz. before wIjmi Murders commuted in the King's Ihitjc Jbjll le tried. ITEM pur ce qe la commune feft grevotrfement compleint qe la Court del Coneftable & Ma- refchall ad accroche a luy et accrsche de temps en temps contra&z covenantes trefpaffes dettes- & de- tenues & plufours autres actions pledables par la commune ley en grant prejudice da Roy& de fes Courtes & a grant grevance & oppreflion du poeple noftre Seignur le Roy voillant ordeigner remede encontre les prejudices & grevances fuifditz ad de- clare en ceft parlement par advys & affent des Seig- nurs- efpirkueles -& te-mporeies lepeair.&-j ur -i&" > tion du dit Coneftable en la fourme qenfuit : Al Coneftable appartient davoir coniffance des con- tracts tochantz fait darmes & de guerre hors du Roialme & auxint des chofes qe touchent armes ou guerre deinz le Roialme queux ne poent eftre ter- minez ne difcus par la commune ley ove autres ufages & cuftumez a ycelles matires appurtenantz queux autres Coneftables devant ore ont duement & refonablement ufez en lour temps ajouftant a ycell qe chefcun pleintif declare pleinement fa ma- tire en fa petition avant qe foit ertvoie pur afcun hom'me a refpondre a ycel'l. Et fi afcun foi voet pleindre qafcun plee foit comence devant le Cone- ftable & Marefchall qe purroit eftre trie par com- mune ley de la terrc eit cell pleintif brief de prive feal du Roi fanz difficulte direct as ditz Coneftable &; Marefchall de furfeer en celle plee tanqil foit difcus par le Confeil du Roi fi celle matire doit de droit appartiegner a celle Courte ou au.treinent eftre triez par la commune ; ky du Reiuhrre h qils fur- feeflt eh le mefne temps. t Bulflr. 20). CAP. III. The Limits of the Steward's and Marfhal's Court of the King's Houfe. ITEM it is accorded and affented, That the Court of the Steward and Marfhal of the King's Houfe, nor alfo the Turifdiction thereof, fhall not pafs the Space of twelve Miles, to be counted from the Lod- ging of our faid Lord the King.' ITEM accordez eft & aflentuz qe la Court de Senefchall & Marefchall del hoftiell du Roy nc la jurifdidtion dycelle ne paffe lefpace de doufzsc lewes a counters entour le tenell du Roi. CAP.
