616 C. 15, 16. Anno vicefimo- tertio Henrici VI. A.. D. 1444.. tVhat Sorts of Pcrfons fliall be chofen Knights of the Shires. ■ Arid of Birth « See farther 27 H. 1 S. c. 26. 35 //. 8.-e. 11. 7 fif 8 W.3. c.4, 7 ,£f : fameC li. againfl: him which is put in Place of him that is fo put out after fuch Return, his Executors, or Administrators, and that no Defendant in fuch A£rion fhall wage his Law, nor be efToined -, (7) and that fuch Procefs fhall be in the A£tions afore - faid, as in a Writ of Trefpafs done againfl: the Peace at the Common Law ; (8) fo that the Knights of the Shires for the Parliament hereafter to be chofen, fhall be notable Knights of the fame Counties for the which they fhall be chofen, or otherwife fuch nota- ble Efquires, Gentlemen * of the fame Counties, as fhall be able to be Knights ; (9) and no Man to be fuch Knight which ftandeth in the Degree of a Yeo- man, and under.' Cotton Ale. mez Iez C. li. envers ceftuy qui eft rnys en le lieu ceftuy qui eft iffint apres del retourne oufte, fez executours ou adminiftratours. Et que null de- fendaunt en tiel action gagera fa ley, ne foit ef- foin, et que autiel procelfe foit en les adtions avauntditz, come eft en briefe de trefpas fait ea- countre la peas de la commune ley. Iffint que lez Chivalers dez Counteez pur le parlement enapres a efliers foient notablez Chivalers dez mefmez lez counteez, pur lez queux ils ferront iffint efluz, ou autrement tielx notablez efquiers, gentils hommez del nativite, dez mefmez lez counteez, come foient ablez deftre chivalers, et null homme deftre tiel chivaler qui eftoife en la degree de vadlet et defouth. 10 Aim. c. 23. 12 Ann. fiat. I. c. 5, 19 Geo. 2. c. 28.. and 3! Geo, 2. c. 14. fir the due Eletlhn of Knights of the Shires, &i. CAP. XV. The Duty of a Gauger, and when he fhall have his Gauge Penny. 17 Ed. $.Jtal. I. c. 8. jl Ed. %.flat. I. ' <-. 5. ■< .4 k. 2. c. 1. 1 18 H. 6. c. 17. , Confirmed by I R, 2-. c. 13 and zeYi. 8. c. 14. TEM, The King hath ordained and eftablifhed by the Authority aforefaid, l hat the Penny, which is called the Gauge Penny, fhall not be paid to the Gauger, nor to any other in his Name, until he or his Deputies have gauged the Wines, and then he to take and receive his Penny for the fame in Gree, without more Increafe or Advantage to claim for it; (2) and alfo that he or his Deputy be ready to do the Office of Gauger in all Places, when he to that by the Party fhall be required.; (3) and that to be obferved through all the Realm of England, upon the Pain comprifed in the Statute made the Seven and twentieth Year of the noble King Edward the Third, of the gauging of Red WTine and White Wine, dulytobe executed.' TEM leRoi ad ordeigne et purveu per laudto- rite fuifdit, que le denier que eft appelle Is gauge peny ne foit paie a le gaugeour, ne a afcun autre en fon noune, tanqe il ou fon deputee eit gauge lez vinez, et adonques luy de prendre et refceiver fon denier pur ceo, en gree, faunz pluis. encrece ou avauntage pur ceo claymer. Et auxint qil foit preft, ou fon depatee, de faire loffice da gaugeour en toutz lieux, quant il a ceo per la partie -foit requis ; et ceo deftre obfervez per mye tout le Roialme du Roi, fur la peyne comprife en leftatut fait Ian xxvij. du Roy Edward le tierce, de gaugier dez vinez rouge et blanc, duement eftre execut. C A P. XVI. When and where an EYcheator fhall take his Inqueft of Office, and his Fee. 34 Ed. 3. «. i 3 .-* .Enforctd by I H. c 8. r. 8. which . e is made perpetual by 3 H. b. c. 2. Leafes (5ir.ll be made to thofe whith i!o tender 3 Trivcrfe to an ' Olncc. < 3^ Ed. 3. c. 14. <; 36 Ed. 3. c. i:. ( £ H. 6. c. it. j8 H. 6. c. 6. ITEM, It is ordained, by Authority aforefaid, That every Efcheator fhall take his Inquefts of Office by virtue ef fhe Writs of DUm claujii exire- mum, and all other Writs, within the Month after the Delivery of fuch Writs,. (.2) and alfo that all fuch Inquifitions fha!l he taken in good Towns and open Places ; (3) and that none of them fhall take privily nor openly by him, nor by any Perfon, for the Execution of any fuch Writs in one "County, nor by the Occafion thereof, above the Sum of Six Shillings and Eight Pence, or Thirteen Shillings and Four Pence, or above, where his Labour and his Cods fhall require it, {o th:tt the Sum which he fo fhall take do not exceed in the Whole the Sum of Forty Shillings, for the Execution of any fuch 'Writ in one County ; (4) and if any Efcheator do contrary to any of the PremiiTes, that then he fhall forfeit the Sum of Forty Pounds. ' II. And if any. Man travel fe an Office tr.ken be- forc2ny Efcheator or Commiffioner, and thereof hath a Stiire facias againft any Patentee, that in this Cafe no Protection fhall be allowed, nor allowable ; (2) and as to anv Grant or Lcafe to be made to any Per- fon which fhail travcrfe any fuch Office, that the TEM ordeigne eft per Iau£lorite fuifdit, que chefcune efchetour .preigne fez enqueftez dof- fice per vertue dez briefez de diem claufit extre- mum, et toutz autres briefs, deinz le mois apre9 la deliveraunce dautielx briefs, et auxint que toutz autielx inquifitions foient prifez en bonez villez, & lieux overtez ; et que nulle de eux preigne, privement ne appiert, per luy ne per autre, ne per afcune mefne perfone, pur lexecution des af- cunes ticlx briefs en un counte,, ne per loccafion de ceo, ouftre la fomme de vi. S; viij. d. ou xiij. s. iiij. d. ou defouth lou fon labour et fez collages ceo demaunderent, iffint que la fomme qil autie'l- ment prendra nexceda en tout la fomine de xl. s. pur lez executions dafcune tiel brief en un coun- tee. Et fi afcune efchetour face le contrarie daf- cune de lez premiffez, que adonques il forfaoe la fomme de xl. li. Auxint que li afcune homme traverfe afcun office prife devaunt afcun efchetour ou commiffioner, et dent eit afcun Scire facias en- vers- afcun patentee, que en cell cafe null protec- tion foit allowe ne allowable. Et quant a afcun graunt ou leez a faire a afcune perfone qui tra- verfa .afcun tiel office, que leftatutz en tiel cas de- vaunt
