486 Stat. i. Anno fecundo Henrici V. A. D. 1414. The Caufcs of the Ereftion of Hofpitals. « H. 7. f. 14. Statutes made at Leicefter, Anno 2 Hen. V. Stat, 1. and Anno Dom. 1 41 4. OUR Lord the King, at his Parliament hold- en at Leicejler the laft Day of April, the Second Year of his Reign, by the Advice and Affent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and at the fpecial Inftance and Requeft of the Com- mons of his Realm in the fame Parliament affem- bled, hath ordained and eftablifhed divers Ordi- nances, Declarations, and Statutes, made in the Form as followeth." Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. m. 7. N"OSTRE Seignur le Roy a fon parlement tenuz a Leyceftr' le darrein jour de Aprill Ian de fon regne feconde de ladvys & affent ( des Seignurs efpirituelx & temporelx & a les efpe- I dales inftance & requeft des Communes de fon I Roialme en mefme le parlement efteantz ad or- I deigne & eftable diverfes ordinances declarations I & eftatutz en la fourme qenfuyt. CAP. I. Ordinaries mall inquire of, and reform the Eflates of Hofpitals. FIRST, Forafmuch as many Hofpitals within the Realm of England, founded as well by the noble Kings of .his Realm, and Lords and Ladies both Spiritual and Temporal, as by divers other Ef- tates, to the Honour of God and of his glorious Mother, in Aid and Merit of the Souls of the faid Founders, to the which Hofpitals the fame Founders have given a great Part of their moveable Goods for the Buildings of the fame, and a great Part of their Lands and Tenements, therewith to fuftain impotent Men and Women, Lazers, Men out of their Wits, and poor Women with Child, and to nourifh, re- lieve, and refrefh other poor People in the fame, be now for the moft Part decayed, and the Goods and Profits of the fame, by divers Peribns, as well Spi- ritual as Temporal, withdrawn and fpent in other Ufe, whereby many Men and Women have died in great Mifery for Default of Aid, Living, and Succour, to the Difpieafure of God, and Peril of the Souls of fuch Manner of Spenders :" ' (2) The King our Sovereign Lord, confidering the merito- rious and devout Intents of the Founders aforefaid, and the unaccuftomed Government in the fame, hath by the Advice and Affent aforefaid, ordained and eftablifhed, That as to the Hofpitals which be of the Patronage and Foundation of the King, the Ordinaries, by virtue of the King's Commiffions to them directed, fhall inquire of the Manner and Foundation of the faid Hofpitals, and of the Gover- nance and Eftate of the fame, and of all other Mat- ters neceffary and requifite in this Behalf, and the Inquifitions thereof taken (hall certify in the King's Chancery. (3) And as to other Hofpitals which be of another Foundation and Patronage than of the King, the Ordinaries fhall inquire of the Manner of the Foundation, Eftate, and Governance of the fame, and of all other Matters and T'hings neceffary in this Behalf, and upon that make thereof Correc- tion and Reformation according to the Laws of holy Church, as to them belongeth. CAP. II. A Corpus cumtaufa, or Certiorari, to remove him who is in Execution at another Man's Suit TTEM, Forafmuch as many Men have been con EN primes pur taunt qe plufeurs hofpitalx de- denz le Roialme dEngleterre founduz fibien par les nobles Rois de mefme le Roialme & Seig- nurs & dames efpirituelx & temporelx come par autres de diverfes eftates al honour de Dieu & de fa glorioufe meere en eide & merit des almes de les ditz foundours as queux hofpitalx mefmes les foundours ont donez grandement de lour biens moebles pur ledifications dicelles & grandement de lour terres & tenementz pur ent fuftener viegles hommes & femmes lazars hommes & femmes hors de lour fennes & memories povres femmes enfein- tez & autres povres Sc la nurrir relever & refreffer en ycelles font ore pur la greindre partie encheiz & les biens & profitz dicelles par diverfes perfones efpirituelx & temporelx retraitz & defpenduz en autri oeps paront plufeurs hommes & femmes ont moruz en graund mefchief pur defaute de eide vi- vre & focour al difpiefance de Dieu & perill des almes de tieux malveis defpendours le Roy noftre Seignur treffoverain confiderant les memories & devoutes ententes de les foundours avauntditz & auxi les malveis & infolent governance en ycelles euz del advis & aflent fuifdit ad ordeigne & eftablie qe quant. as hofpitalx queux font del patronage & fundation le Roy les ordinaire par vertue des com- miflions le Roy a eux adreffez enquergent del ma- ner de la fundation des ditz hofpitalx & de la go- vernance & eftat dicelles & de toutes autres matiers en cefte partie neceffairs & bofoignables & linquifi- tions ent pris certifient en la Chauncelbrie leRoy. Et quant as autres hofpitalx qi font dautri fundation & patronage qe de Roy les ordinairs enquergent del manere de la fundation eftat & governance di- celles & de toutz autres maters & chofes bofoigna- bles celle partie & fur <e facent ent correction & reformation felonc les loies de feinte efglife come a eux appertient. " X demned in the Courts of our Lord the King, and " in the Courts of his Progenitours, as well within the ITEM pur ceo qe pleufeurs gentz ont eftez con- dempnez en les courtz noftre dit Seignur le Roy & en les courtz de fez nobles progenitours fi- bien
