CAP. II.
Jurors in an Indictment in the County Palatine of Lancaster.Of a Foreigner dwelling in another County.
ITEM, Because that the humble and faithful liege A Rehersal of the Statute of 20 H.6. c.2. & 31.H.6.c.6. that the which be outlawed in the County of Lancaster shall forfiet no land nor Goods that have in other Counties..
Qu. If in use. See 23 H.6 c. 7. ad sincm, People of the King, his Subjects inhabiting within
the County Palatine of Lancaster, to do the King
Service be and at all Times were ready, and have
done to him and his Progenitors, as well in the Realm
of England, as in the Realm of Scotland, France, and
other Parts, and have been governed by the King's
Laws, and not damnified by the same, otherwise
than other of the King's liege People inhabiting in
the Realm of England out of the fame County, until
now of late by a certain Statute at the last
Parliament holden at Reading, it was ordained and
established, That none of the King's liege People, against
whom any Exigent should be awarded, or Outlagary
pronounced at the Suit of the King or of the Party
in the said County, should forfeit any Goods or
Chattles, Lands or Tenements in any County, but
only the Goods and Chatties, Lands and Tenements
which the Perfons so outlawed, or they against whom
any such Exigent in the said County should be
awarded, have in the same County of Lancaster, and by
Reason of any such Outlagary at the Suit of the
King, or at the Suit of the Party, pronounced within
the same County, should not be barred or disabled
of any Manner of Action, nor to claim any Manner
Inheritance out of the same County, notwithstanding
any Outlawry against them pronounced, as in the
same Act doth more plainly appear.
The Inconvenienced ensusing by the said Statute of 31.H. 6. c.6.II. And by Reason of the same Act, if any Foreigner should come into the said County Palatine, and should slay any of the liege People of our Lord the King, or should commit any Treason, Murder, Rape, Robbery, or other Felony or Trespass, or make any Contract, or do any other Offence within the said County of Lancaster, that then he should have no other Punishment nor forfeiture in this Behalf, but only of such Goods which vuch Foreigners, doing and committing such horrible Offences, have within the said County Palatine, which for the most Part have nothing within the same County ; for which Cause the said Foreigners, knowing no Peril, Punishment, nor Loss of Goods in the Law, to restrain or rellrain them of such Treasons, Murders, and Felonies, be the more encouraged daily to commit the same within the said County, and giveth them Audacity daily to offend against the Laws of the King, his Crown and Dignity, and also in Restraint of the King's Laws, to the great Loss and final de
struction
