45 2 Cap 19, 20. Anno quarto Henrici IV. A. D. 1402. 20 H. 6. f. 37. Ero. Attur, 33. Damage nor Prejudice come to their faid Mailers. (4) And if any of the faid Attornies do die, or do reafe, t e Juftices for the ti-ne being by their Difcre- tion fhall make another in his Place, which is a ver- tuous Man and learned, and fworn in the fame Mari- ner as afore is faid ; (<;) and if any fuch Attorney be hereafter notorioufly found in any Default of Re- cord, or o'.herwife, he fhall forfwear the Court, and never after be received to make any Suit in any Court of the King. (6) And that this Ordinance be holden in the Exchequer after the Difcretion of the Treafurer, and of the Barons there.' Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. damage ne prejudice adviegne a leur ditz meiftrez. Et fi aucun des ditz attourneez devie ou cefle qe les Juftices pur le temp; eftean'z par leur difcre- tions facent autre en fon lieu qi foit homme ver- tuous & fachant & jurrez en mefme le manere come deffuis. Et fi afcuntie! attournee foit notoirenient trovez en defaut de record ou autrement en temps advenir qil forfuire la courts & qe ja-rimis il ne foit refceu a nulle fuite faire en aucune Courte de Roy & qe mefme cefte ordinance foit tenuz en lefcheqer felonc la difcretion del treforer & des Ba- rons illoeqes. CAP. XIX. No Officer of a Lord of a Franchife fhall be Attorney in the fame. ITEM ordeignez eft & eftabliz qe nul fenefchall bailiff ne miniftre des Seignurs des franchifes qont retourne du brief foit attornee en nul plee deinz la franchife ou baillie dont il eft ou ferra tiel officer ou miniftre en aucun temps advenir. CAP. XX. Customers, Controllers, &V. fhall abide upon their Office, and make no Deputies ; and every Cultomer fhall be fworn to anfwer the King all Profits. 14B. 1. c. 10 J7 Rz.c. 5. 1 H.4. c. 13. "Enforced by 1 3 K.4.C.5. 4 7 TEM it is ordained and eftablifhed, That the ' ' Statute made in the firft Year of our Lord the ' King that now is, That C-iftomers and Controllers ' in every Port of England fhall abide upon their Of- 4 fices in their proper Perfons, without making any ' Deputy or Lieutenant in their Names, be firmly 4 holden and kept in all Points; (2) joined, to the ' fame, That they fhall be fworn to do the fame from 4 Time to Time upon Pain of Imprifonment, and to 4 pay to the King an CI. if.ihey do contrary. (3) 4 Alfo it is accorded and affented, that the Lieutenant 4 of the King's chief Butler, and the Searcher, fhall 4 be refident in the fame Manner, and upon the fame 4 Pain of an C 1. to pay the one half to our Lord the 4 King, and the other half to him that will fue for the 4 fame againft fuch Cuftomers, Controllers, Lieute- 4 nant, or Searcher, not refident; (4) and thateve>y 4 Cuftomer from henceforth, upon the yielding of his 4 Account in the Exchequer, be fworn by his Oath to 4 anfwer lawfully to the lame Lord the King, without 4 Fraud or Deceit, of all Manner of Profits and Com- 4 modifies for the Payment of any Affignment, be it by Tail, or in any other Manner whatfoever. (5) And that all Manner of Merchandifes entering in the Realm of England, or going out of the fame, fhall inCreeks andntt ' be char g ed and difcharged in the great Ports of the 11 H. 6.c. 15. 4 Sea, and not in Creeks and frnall Arrivals, upon 4 Pain to forfeit all the Merchandifes fo charged or 4 difcharged to our Lord the King, except Veifels or 4 Merchandifes arriving in fuch little Creeks and Arri- See 31 11. 0. c.c. ' vals by Cohertion of Tempeft of the Sea.' j El. c. 11. I. 8. which put Cuflmirs, CSV. ur.de farther Rcftritliottt, 3H.6.C.3. Merchandife (hail be charged and difcharged ITEM ordeignez eft & eftabliz qe leftatut fait Ian primer le Roy noftre Seignur qoreft de ce qe les cuftumers h controllours en chefcun port dEngleterre demo^rgent fur leur offices en leur propres perfones fanz aucun deputee ou lieutenant faire en leur nouns foit fermement tenuz & gardez en toutz pointz adjoj.ftez a ycel qe a ce faire its foient jurrez de temps en temps fur peine dempri- fonement de paier au Roy C li. fils facent le con- traire. Et auxint accordez eft h affentuz qe le lieutenant du chief botiller du Roy & le fercheour foient refidentz en mefme la manere & fur mefme la peine de C li. a paiere lun moitee_ a noftre Seignur le Roy & lautre moite a celuy qi voet fuir pur mefme noftre Seignur le Roy devers ticux ' cuftumers controllours lieutenant ou fercheour nient refidentz. Et qe chefcun cuftumer defore enavaunt fur fon accompt rendre en lefcheqer foit jurrez par fon ferement de refpondre loialment a mefme noftre Seignur le Roy fanz fraude ou male engine des toutz maners p ofitz & commoditees pur paiement dafcun affignement foit il par taille ou autrement par lui ou aucun autre refceuz ou a refceivers pur achate dafcun taille ou en autre manere queconqe. Et qe toutz maneres des mar- chandifes entrantz en la Roialme dEngleterre ou iffantz dicell foient chargez & d :fchargez en les grantz portz du mier & nemye en crykes & petitz arrivails fur peine des toutes les marchandifes iffint chargez ou defchargez a noftre Seignur le Roy forfaire forfpris veffeux ou marchandifes apphantz en tieux petitz crykes & arrivails par cohertion de la tempefte du mier. CAP.
