A. D. 1444,. Cotton MS. pur lez gagez dez ditz chivalers de lez counteez, iffint que lenticr fomme dez toutz lez hundredez nexcede la fommc N que ferra dewe a lez ditz chiva- lers : et aprcs ceo en mefme le counte affefle bien et duement chefcune village deinz lez ditz hundre- dez a ceo affeflable, a un certayn fomme pur le paiement de lez ditz gagez, iffint que lender fom- me dez toutz lez villez deinz afcun de lez ditz hundredez nexcede la fomme afTeffe fur le hundrede de quell eux fount. Et que lez ditz vifcountz, fouthvifcountz, baillifs, ne null autres officers pur la caufe iuifdit leva pluis de money de nulle village, que ceo a que ils furent affeffez, et en manere et fourme come ils fount afleftez. Et ft afcune face on voille affeffer afcun hundred ou village autre- ment que ell avauntdit ; qils forfacent pur chefcun defaut a Roy xx. li. et a chefcun homme, qui voet fuer en ceft cas x. li. Et que lez ditz vifcountz bien & duement levent la money iffint afTefTez fur lez ditz villagez, auxi haftifment come ils poient bo- nement apres le dit afleftance, et icelle deliverent as lez ditz chivalers, accordant a lez briefez de ceo deftre faitz, fur lez ditz peynez ; et celluy qui voet fuer en ceft cas foit admys a ceo, et eit pur fa action en ceft cas un fcire facias envers celluy qui offende encountre ceft ordeignaunce. Et ft le de- fendant duement garniz en ycelle f ;ce defaulte, ou autrement appierge et foit en ycelle convict ; que adonques lez pleintifs recoverent envers eux qui iffint font convietz x. li. a lour propre ufe ouftre lez ditz xx. li. ove lour damages pur lez coftagez de lour fuitz a le treble. Et que lez Juftices de le Bank le Roi Juftices de commune Bank, Juftices daflifez et gaole deliverer, et Juftices de la peas en lour paiis, eient poiar denquerer, oier et terminer, dez toutz lez ditz defaultz, fibien per enquerre a la fuite du Roi, come per action a la fuite de par- tie. Et que toutz tielx expenfez dez chivalers ne foient levez dafcuns autres villagez, Seignouries, ou lieux, forfque dez tielx come ils ount efte due- ment levez devaunt ceft temps, et que en chefcune tiel briefe defore affaire pur iever lez gagez dez chivalers foit ceft aft comprehenduz. Anno vicefimo tertio Henrici VI. C. 1 1. 611 Sum for the Wages of the Knights of th • S ire, fo that the whole Sum of all the Hundreds do not exceed the Sum which fhall be due to the fajd Knights. (5) And after that in the fame County, they ihall aflefs well and lawfully every Village within the faid Hundreds, which fhould be there affeflable, to a cer- tain Sum for the Payment of the faid Wages ; fo that the whole Sum of all the Towns within any of the faid Hundreds, do not exceed the Sum aflefled upon the Hundred of which they be. (6) And that the faid Sheriffs, Under-fheriffs, Bailiffs, nor any other Officer, for the Caufe aforefaid, mall levy mere Money of any Village than that whereunto they were affeffed : * (7) And if any do or will aflefs any* Aii a >" 1 '" Hundred or Village otherwife than is aforefaid, that;™"^ they jfhall forfeit for every Default to the King"' eyar ' Twenty Pounds, and to any Man which will fue in this Cafe, Ten Pounds. ' II. And that the faid Sheriffs well and duly fhall who ma y P r °- Ievy the Money fo aflefled upon the aforefaid Villages, ™a,Z b"' as ipeedily as they well may after the faid afleffing, wha'tWr.t. and the fame fhall deliver to the faid Knights, accord- ing to the Writs thereof to be made, upon the faid Penalties ; (2) and he that will fue in this Cafe, fhall be thereunto admitted, and fhall have for his Action in this Cafe a Scire facias againft him that offendeth contrary to this Ordinance; (3) and if the Defend- The Penalty on ant, duly warned in the fame, make Default, or e]fe often<ic^s • appear, and be in the fame Convict, that then the Plaintiffs fhall recover againft them which be fo convict, Ten Pounds to their own Ufe, over the faid Twenty Pounds, with their treble Damages for the Cofts of their Suits. ' III. And the Juftices of the King's Bench, and The Ksighta of the Common Pleas, Juftices of Affifes, and Gaol- ^** 1 all ^ e delivery, and Juftices of Peace in their Country, thVaccuftomed fhall have Power to inquire, hear, and determine places, of all the faid Defaults, as well by Inquiry at the King's Suit, as by Action at the Suit of the Par- ties ; (2) and that all fuch Expences of Knights {hall not be levied of any other Villages, Seigniories, or Places, but of fuch whereof it hath. been levied be- fore this Time. ' IV. And that in every fuch Writ from henceforth to be made to levy the Wages of the laid Knights,- „ , this Act fhall be comprehended in the fame.' ir 3 r ' r ,^ e j * n:«n( of ttc Wage/' if Knights and Burgtffe ••. Wain. C A P. XI. The Trial fhall be made when the Tenant or Defendant, after an Iffue joined, pleadeth a foreign Plea, where the fame Writ is brought, and by the Jury fo returned. the next Parliament. To endure to ITEM le Roi ad ordeigne et eftablie per lauctorite fuifdit, que ft afcune perfone ou perfonez, tenauntz ou defendauntz en afcune action realle ou perfonelle, apres ceo qils ount pledez al iffue en afcun (uite ou action et liffue joyne et entre de record, et un venire facias de la juree retourne, que fils oii afcun de eux apres a autre jour en court plede afcun foreyh pie triable en afcun autre counte que lo'u le briere eft porte ou la fuite pris, et lez demaundantz ou pleintifs en tielx foreinz pleez pledent a iffue ; que tiel iikie eri tiel to- reyn plee foit trie ou le briefe eft porte ou la fuite pris, et per mefme la jurree iffint retourne. Et que ceft act et ordeignaunce commencera alafeftede Pafque que ferraen Ian de noftre Seignur Jefu ChriftM. CCCC xlvj. et endurera tanque al profchein parlement. I i ii C A P.
