Sheriff's Turns Act 1267

by Parliament of England

Statutes made at Marlborough, aliasMarleberge, 18 Novemb. Anno 52 HEN. III. andAnno Dom. 1267.

Sheriff's Turns Act 1267

1267 (52 Hen. 3) C A P. X.

IN the Year of Grace, One thousand two hundred sixty seven, the two and fiftieth Year of the Reign of King HENRY, Son of King JOHN, in the Utas of St. Martin, the said King our Lord providing for the better Estate of his Realm of England, and for the more speedy Ministration of Justice, as belongeth to the Office of a King, the more discreet Men of the Realm being called together, as well of the higher as of the lower Estate: It was provided, agreed, and ordained, that whereas the Realm of England of late had been disquieted with manifold Troubles and Dissensions; for Reformation whereof Statutes and Laws be right necessary, whereby the Peace and Tranquillity of the People^[1] must be observed:Wherein the King, intending to devise convenient Remedy, hath made these Acts, Ordinances, and Statutes underwritten, which he willeth to be observed for ever firmly and inviolably of all his Subjects, as well high as low."

Certain Persons exempt from Appearance at Sheriffs Turns.

FOR the Turns of Sheriffs, it is provided, That Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, nor any Religious Men or Women, shall not need to come thither, except their Appearance be especially required thereat for some other Cause;

(2) but the Turn shall be kept as it hath been used in the times of the King's noble Progenitors.

(3) And^[2] they that have Hundreds of their own to be kept, shall not be hound to appear at any such Turns, but, in the Bailiwicks where they be dwelling.

(4) And the Turns shall be kept after the Form of the Great Charter, and as they were used in the times of King RICHARD and King JOHN.'

Note : this act is listed in the Chronological Table of Statutes as the Sheriff's Turns Act, 1267

1. For must be observed, read may be preserved.
2. For they that have Hundreds of their own to be kept,read and if any have Tenements in different Hundreds, they shall not,&c. Regist. 174. 175. 2 Inst. 120.