492 Stat. i. Anno fecund o Henrici V. A. D. 1414. The Office of the Mafter and PoOVObr of a th:p. What fhall be inroDcd by tiae t'onieivator. The Confervator ' {kail be informed t of all Things 4 taken from the King's Enemies by me Mariners. ' "What Forfeitures ' the Admiral Stall have. The Authority rfthe Conferva- lors within the i- iie Ports. The Warden of- the Five Ports (hall have all the forfeitures there. or Balinger, or other Veffel in the faidPort, be fworn, and the Foffeffor alfo, if he be prefent, before the faid Confervator, before that he pafs out of the faid Port, that he fhall not attempt to do any Thing againft the faid Truce and the King's Safe Conduces. (15) And al- fo that the faid Confervator fhall caufe to be inrolled of Record before him, as well the Names of fuch Owners and Mafters, as the Names of their Ship, Barge, Ba- linger, or other Veffel, together with the Number of the Mariners in the fame being. , (16) And if they take any Thing of the King's Enemies, or of any others, they fhall caufe to be brought fuch Things taken into the Port, and thereof make full Information to the faid Confervator, before that they thereof make Difcharge or Sale ; if it be not that by Force of Wind, Tempeft,. or of Enemies, or fome other reafonable Caufe, fuch Ship, Barge, Balinger, or other Veffel, muft enter into another Port for the Prefervation of the fame Veffel, or other Caufe reafonable ; and that then they fhall make full Information to the faid Con- fervator, or to the Confervator of the Port in which the faid Veffels arrive or enter, of the Prize, and of the Quantity of the Thing, receiving a Letter tefti- monial under the faid Seal of the aforefaid Conferva- tor, by the which the Confervator of the faid Port, whereof the Veffel or Veffels fhall go out, may have Notice of the Quantity, and alfo of the Value of the Goods and Chattels fo taken. (17) And if any Pof- feffor or Mafter of any Ship or other Vefie], go out of any Port of the R.ealm of England, or difcharge his Ship or Veffel againft the Form of this Ordinance, that fuch Ship or Veffel, together with the Prize taken in the fame duly made, fhall be forfeit to the King, (18) and the Body of the Poffeffor or Mafter of fuch Ship or Veffel committed to Prifon, there to remain until he hath made a Fine and Ranfom to the King. ' III. Provided always, That no Poffeffors of Ships going out of any Port fhall make any Fine nor Ran- fom, or havelmprifonment of Body, if the fame Pof- feffors be not in the fame Ships.at the Time of the Of- fence committed againft this Ordinance. (2) And the faid Admiral fhall have the Forfeitures in all Cafes out of the fame Franchife of Five Ports aforefaid, as he hath had-, and hath been accuftomed of right to the Office of the Admiral of England, before the making of this Ordinance. (3) And that all fuch Conferva- tors to be made within the faid Five Ports have the fame Authority and Power by the King's Letters Pa- tents, and Commiffion of the Warden of the fame Ports for the time being, to inquire of fuch Offences to be done upon the main Sea within the Franchifes of the Five Ports out of the Body of the Counties, and to punifh all them which fhall be before the faid Confervator of the fame Offences indicted or accufed, by like Procefs, Examination, Proofs, Determination-, Judgement, and- Execution, as the faid Admirals rea- fonably, according to the old Cuftom and Law upon theSeaufed, have done and ufed out of the faid Fran- chife of the Five Ports ; (4) faving that the Determi- nation of the Death of a Man in this Behalf, and the Execution of the fame, fhall be within the fame Fran- chife of the Five Ports referved to the faid Warden, or to his general Lieutenant- there ; (5) and that the fame Warden fhall have all the Forfeitures there^ in all fuch Cafes as he hath had, and have been accuf- tomed of" right to the Office of the Warden of the Five Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. ffef barge balenger ou autre veffell en le dit port foit jurre & le poffeffour auxi fil foit prefent de- vaunt le dit confervatour avaunt qil palie hors de dit port qil nattemptera riens encontre les ditz trieues & faufconduitz de Roy. Et qe le dit con- fervatour face enroller de record devaunt luy fibien les nouns de tielx poffeffours & maiftres come les nouns de lour nief barge balengere ou autre vef- fell enfemble ovefqe le nombre des mariners en icelt efteantz. Et fils preignent riens des enemys de Roy ou dautres qiconqes qils tiele prife ferrount amefher en le dit port & ent ferrount pleine en- formation a dit confervatour devaunt qils ent fa- cent defcharge ou vende fi ne foit qe par force de vent de tempeft ou des enemys ou autre caufe refonable tiel nief barge balengere ou autre veflell doit entrer en autre port pur falvation de mefme le veffell ou autre caufe refonable. Et qils adonqes facent plein enformation a dit confervatour ou a le confervatour de le port en quell les ditz vef- felx arriveront ou entreront de la dite prife & de la quantite dicelle pregnant lettre teftimoriiale foutz le dit feal de le dit confervatour par quele le con- fervatour de le port dount les veffeux ou veffell ifferont 011 iffit purra avoir notice de la quantite &. value des biens iffint prifez. Et fr afcun poffeffour ou meftre dafcun nief ou autre veffell iffe hors daf- cun port du Roialme ou face defcharger fon nief ou veffell encountre la fourme dicefte ordinance qe tiel nief ou veffell enfemble ovefqe la prife par ycell duement fait foit forfaite a Roy & le corps du pof- feffour au maiftre de tiel 1 ief ou veffell commys a prifone a y demorer tanqe il eit fait fyn & raunceon a Roy. Purveu qe nulles poffeffours des niefs iffantz hors dafcun port ne face fyn ou ranceon neient emprifonement du corps ft mefmes les poffeffours ne foient en mefmes les niefs en temps de mef- prifion encontre cefte ordenance faite. Et ait le Admirall avantdit les forfeitures en toutz cafes hors de la dite franchife de cynk portz avanditz come il ad eu & ad efte accuftume de droit al office de! Admirall dEngleterre avant la fefance de cefte ordeignance. Et qe toutz tieux confer- vatours affairez dedeinz les ditz cynk ports eient mefme laudtorite & poair par Iettres patentz du Roy & commiffion del gardein de mefmes les ports pur le temps efteant denquerer de tielx offenfes affaires fur le haute meer- dedeinz les fraunchifes des ditz cynk ports dehors les corps des countees & de punir toutz ceux qi ferront devant ycell confervatour de mefmes les offenfes enditez ou accufez par autiels proces examina^ tion proves determination juggement & execu- tion come les ditz Admiralx refonablement fo- lonc launcien cuftume & ley fur le meer ufez ont faitz &l ufez hors de la di e franchife de cynk ports forfqe qe la determination de mort de homme celle partie & lexecution dicell foient dedeinz mefme la- franchife de les cynk ports, refervez a dit gardein ou a fon lieutenant ge- neral illoeqes. Et qe mefme le gardein eit toutz les forfeitures illoeqes- en toutz cas come il ad' eu & ad eftee accuftumee de droit al of- fice du gardein des cynk ports, fuifditz avant ceftes
