A. D. 1433. £.v Rot. in Turr. Lond. •fur ceo noftre dit Seignur le Roi purvoier de remedie a la requeft dez ditz Communes & de laffeut des Seignurs defuifditz ad ordene k, eftable qe les parties pleintifs en to us tiels atteintez reco- verount lour damages & coftaiges envers tous tielx tenauntz jurrours & defendant qils ount fuf- tenez en cele partie. Et qe cell eftatuit foy ex- tende auxibien as briefs datteintz ore pendantz come as briefs datteintz a purchaferez en. temps vaenir. Anno imdecimo Henrici VI. C 5» 6 - 57 l rriedy, at the Requeft of the faid Commons, and by the Affent of the Lords above-faid, hath ordained and eftablifhed, That the Parties Plaintiffs in all fuch Attaints fhall recover their Damages and Colls againft all fuch Tenants, Jurors, and Defendants, which they have fuftained in that Behalf;, and that this Statute extend as well to Writs of Attaints now hanging, as to Writs of Attaints to be purchafcd hereafter.' See farther 7?^- hu'ioni in Attah.ti 11 H. 7 . c. 21 fef 24. 19 II. 7. c. 3. ami 37 H. 8, 6. 5. CAP. V. The Remedv where a Tenant granted! over his Eftate, taketh the Profits, and committeth. Wafte. TEM pur ceo qe lou diverfes gentz devaunt cez ] heures ount leffez lour terfes &' tenement i as I diverfes perfones ceftaffavoir a terme de vie ou a ; terme dautre vie & afcunes a terme dez anz lez j ditz tenauntz fovent foitz ount graunte & leffe lour eftate quex avoient en lez ditz terres & tene- | meniz a plufoures perfones al entent qe ceux en la reverfion ceftaffavoir loure leffoures lours heires ne lour aflignes ne dueent avoir conufaunce des i loures nounes & puis lez ditz premer tenauntz : continuelment occupient lez ditz terres & tene- . mentz & ent ■pregnent lez profettes a lour pro- pre ufe & en lez ditz terres & tenementz fount waft & deftru£tion a difheritaunce de ceux en la reverfion ordeigne eft & eftable qe ceux en la reverfion en tie! cas purroient avoir & maintenere brief de Waft envers lez di.z tenauntz a terme de vie dautre vie & dez anz & ilTint recoverer en- vers eux le lieu wafte h lours trebles damages pur le waft iilint par eux fait ficome ils dueent avoir fait pur le waft par eux fjj.it devaunt lez ditz graunte & leffe de lour eftate. Purveu toutz foitz qe cele ordenaunce ne teigne lieu forfque lou lez premers tenauntz devaunt lez leffe & le graunte de lour dit eftate en le man ere & fourme fuifditz fuerent punisfhablez de waft et auxi lou apres le ditz graunt & leile lez ditz premers tenauntz dez ditz terres & tenementz pregnent lezprofettes a lour propre o.pfe demefne al temps de waft fait, Et qe ceft ordenance foy extente auxibien al waft par tielx tenauntz fait devaunt ceft or- denance come apres. ITEM, Becaufe that divers People in Times paft have let their Lands and Tenements to divers Perfons, that is to fay, fome for Term of Life o<r of another Man's Life, and fome for Term of Years,
- the faid Tenants have oftentimes let and granted
- their Eftate which they had in the fame Lands and
- Tenements, to many Perfons, to the Intent that
- they in the Reverfion, that is to fay, their Leffors, 5 Co - 1"
- their Heirs, or their AfTigns, might not have
- knowledge .of .their Names, and after the faid firft
- Tenants continually occupy the faid Lands and
- Tenements, and thereof take the Profits to their
- proper Ufe, and in the faid Lands and Tenements
- commit Wafte and DeftruiSHon, to the Diffierit-
- ance of them in the Reverfion :" ' (2) It is ordained
and eiiabliftied, That they in the Reverfion in fucb. Cafe may have and maintain a Writ of Wafte againft the faid Tenants for Term of Life, of another's Life, or for Years, and fo recover againft them the Place wafted, and their treble Damages, for the Wafte by them done, as they ought to have done for the Wafte committed by them before the faid Grant and Leafe of their Eftate. (3) Provided always, That this Ordinance hold not Place, but where the firft Tenants before the Leafe and Grant of their faid Eftate , in the Manner and Form above- faid, vyere punifhable of Wafte ; (4) and alfo vvlvre after the faid Grant and Leafe the faid firft Tenants of the faid Lands and Tenements take the Profits at the Time of the "Wafte done, to their own proper Ufe. (5) And this Ordinance fhall extend as well to Wafte .by fuch Tenants done before this Ordi- nance, as after.' • CAP. VI. No Suit pending before any Juftices, &c. fhall be difcontinued by a new Conimiffion. TEM noftre Seignur le Roi confiderant lez graundes perdes & damages que fovent foitz ount avenuz & verifemblablement avenderount apres fibien a luy mefmes come as plufours dez fez leges d* ceo qe la ou fibien divcrfez endite- rnentez & f tes pur noftre Seignur le Roi come autres futes parentre parte & parte ount efte prifez devaunt diverfez juftices de pees affignez par diverfez commiiTions de Roi en divcrfez countes dEngieterre & diverfes plees & procefles fur icelles enditementz ount fovent efte faitez Si pendantz devaunt mefmes les juftices nient determinez ITEM, Our Lord the King confidering the greats ?<:.-.• Loffes and Damages which oftentimes have come/- b ' and be likely to come hereafter, as well to himfel.fj.j^ as to many of his Lieg:s, for that where as well di- vers Indictments and Suits for our Lord the King, as other Suits between Party and Party, have been taken before divers Juftices of the Peace, affigned by feve- ral Commiflions of our faid Lord the King in divers Counties of England, and divers Pleas and Proceffes upon thofe Indictments have often been made, and hanging before the fame Tuftices not determined, the D d d d % " which 'prvbidid Ed. 6. c. 2 & -j P. 18.
