40 Cx. Anno tertio Epwarnr I, A. D. 1295, : Cotton 249, Co.Lie. 38.8 € beforetimes ufed, the Plaintifs fhall have a Writ to,| querens breve de recuperanda feilina, fine men- ac « recover their Seifin, without making mention of the | cione graduum, ad cujufcunque manus per hujut Rea, 2s, § Degrees, into whofe Hands foever the fame Thing | modi alienaciones res illa devenerit, per_brevia FACEgi {fill happen te, come by Tach Allenatons, and that | originalia per conflum domini Regis povidenda. DLK, 193201, © by an original Wie to be provided therefore by the 2 kag,‘ Council of. our Lord the King. ’ STATUTUM WEST’ PRIMUM. The Statute of WESTMINSTER, the Firf, Made at Weftminfter 25 die Aprilis, Anno 3 Epwarpt I. aad Arno Dom. 1275. Cotton MUS, Clavdins, D. 2 Ss PPAHESE be the Ads of King Epwanp, Son] ¢YES font les cfabliffementz fe Roi Epwanp, ‘2 to King Henry, made at Vjininfler at his fitz le Roi Henny, faitz a Welt’ a fon co firft Patliament general after his Coronation, prim’ parlement general apres fon, coronc- Son the Adonday of Bajler Uras, the third Year of his | ment, lendimaine de If Claule de Paik’, lan de “© Reign, ene Council, and by the Aflent of Arch-| fon regne tierce, par fon counfeil, & par lafle ‘ bithops, Bithops, Abbots, Priors, Earls, Barons, | tement des: Ercevelques, Evefques, Abbes, Pri- ‘* and all the Commonalty of the Realm being thither | ours, untes, Barons, & la comminalte de la ‘ fummoned, becaufe our Lord the King had great| terre illeoqes fomons, Pur ceo qe noftre Seignur & Zeal and Defire to redrefs the State of the Realm ix | Je Roi ad graunt volunte & defir de leftate de fon “ Tach Things aa required Amendment, forthe com-| folalme!adrelcer erf"les chofess aw tmitereriatt ‘© mon Profit of holy Church, and of the Realm: And | amendement, & ce pur le commune profit de & For bsomje che“ becaufe the cee the baly Church had been evil | feinte eglife, & del roialme ; & pur ce qe leftat de- Suef bly & Kepty and the Prelates and religious Perfons of the| fon roialme § de feinte eglile ad effe malmenez Church read Bee ‘auf the State of Bay Kingdom on ie i Church, Ee, ait, « Land grieved many ways, and the People otherwife intreated than they ought to be, and the Peace leis « Keepty and the Laws lee fed, and the Offenders lel “ ponithed than they ought to be, by reafon whereof| « the People of the Land feared the lefs to offend the King hath ordained and eftablifhed thefe A@s under- “written, which heintendeth to be necellary and pro~ * fitable unto the whole Resim.” ARE [mclmejire} & les Prelates & les religious de la terré.grevez en moltz de maneres, & le poeple autrement trete qeftre ne deuft, & Ta pees_meins gardez,. & les leies mefiufez, & les mesfefantz mins puniz,qeftre ne deuffent, pur quoi les gentz, douterent méins a mesfaire ; $i ad le Roi ordene ‘Seftablic les chofes fouzercriptz, ge il entend” qe foient profitables & convenables 2 tout le Roialme, 1 7 . ‘The Peace of the Church and the Realm hall be maintained. Religious Houfes fhall not be overcharged. A ae the King willeth and commandeth, ‘That the ) © IY Peace of holy Church and of the Land, be well | FEN rns: vost e Rei & comaund oe laps 1, de feinte eglife, & de laterre, foit bien garde « kept and maintained in all Points, and that common & maintenu en toutes pointes, & Comune droiture « Rightbe done to all, as well Poor asRich, without foit fait, auxibien as poverez, come as, riches, « refpeet of Perfons. ” (2) And becaufe that Abbeys | fanz regard de nully., Purce qeles abbeys & mais . © and Houfes of Religion of the Land have been over- | fons de religion ount efte furchargez, & grevez ‘ charged, and fore grieved, bythe Refort of great |malement per la venu des grander, gentz Se autres, 4 Forse soe ¢ Men and other, 4) that their Gonds have not boen | qe bien fufficent a eux melmes, per quei les reli- festa fod pride & Suficient for themfetues, whereby they have been greatly «"Y hinderéd and impoverifhed, that they cannot main- tain themfélves, nor fuch Chatity as they have been © accuftoried to do; it is provided, That none fhall © come to cat or lodge in any Houle of Religion of any. © other's Foundation than of © the Houfe’ before his coming thither. (3) And that © none, at his own Cofts, fall enter and come to lie & there againft the Will of them that be of the Houfe. « (4) And by this Statute the King intendeth not, that the Grace of Hofpitality thould be ‘withdrawn is own, at the Cofts of © the Houfe, unlefs he be required by the Governor of | gious font fi abeillcz & empover=2,_qils ne pont fuftencr eux mefines, ne charite qils foleient faire : Purveu eft ge nul ne viegne manger, ne herber= ger, ne gifer en mefon de religion dautre avouefon ge de la fue, al coft de la mefon, fil ne foit prie & requis efpecialment per le governour de la meafon, avaunt qil y viegne; & qe nul a fes coftages de- mefne y entre, ne. y. viegne a E@. encountre la_ yolunte de éewx dela mefon: & per ceft eftatut’ ne entende pas le Roi, ge grace de hofpitalitefoit fuftret as bufoignoufes, ne ge les avoues des mai—" fons les puilfent per lour venues furcharger ou leftrure,A.D. 1275. Cotton 4/8. deftrure. Purveu eft enfement, que nul greund ne petit, nercolour de * parent, ou de efpecialte, ‘ou de autre affiance, ne per autre enchefon, ne courge en autre Park, ne ne pefche en autri vi- ver, nen viegne mangier, ne herberger en Ma- noir, ou en mefon de Prelat, ou homme de rel gion, oude autre, encountre la volunte ou le cor Ble le Seignur, ou de Baillif, ne al coft le Se nur dela einz, ne a fon coft demefne. Et fil vi- egne, & entre per le gree, ou fauna le gree le ignur, ou le Baillif, nule ferure, us, ne fe- net ne nulle manere de fermure, ne face ove- tir, ne depeller, ne per fey ne per autre, ne nulle manere de vitaille nautre chofe_ne preigne per colour de achat, nautrement. Et que nulle ne face batre bledz, ne prendre bledz, ne nulle ma- nere de vitaille, ne les autres bien? de nulle Pre~ Jat, homme de religion, perfon, ne dautre, ne de Clerk ne de lay, per colour dachat, nautrement, encountre la bone volunte & la congie de celui 2 i la chofe ferra, ou le gardein, dedcinz. ville Marchende pe dors Exe al ne. rege chi vals, ne bocfs, chars, charettes, neefs ne bateux, affair cariage faunz. Ta bone volunte de celui, a ¢ Tes chofes ferronts et fl per la bone volunte de ‘celui Ie face, lors maintenant face fon gree felonc Te covenant fait entre eux. Et ceux gi vendront gncounte les eflzblifementz avaunsditay fi (©) de ceo foient atteintz, foient ajugez, a Ia prifone Je Roi, & deilloeques reinte felonc la qpantce & la manere del treipas, {clone cco qe Roi en fa Court verra que bien foit. Et fait ailavoir, qe fi ‘ceux aqi le trefpas eft fait, vodront fuire le damage qilaveront, lors ferra agarde & retourne al dou- Ble. Et ceux ge le treipas averont fait, foient enfement puniz 4a manere avauntdite; Et fi nul ne voille fuire, le Roi eit la fuite come de chofe fake encountte fon defens, & encounte fap & le Roi fra enquere de an en an, ficome il q ‘Gra qe bien foie, quels gente efont ticl elpas fait 5 & ceux qi ferront enditez. per ceux enqueltes, fesront attachez. & dillreintz, per la graunt de- frrefle, de venir au certein jour, que conticgne Jefpsce dun moysy on Ia Court le Roi ou 12 oa lui plerra. Et ficeux ne viegnent 2 ctl jour, ils ferront derechief deftreinte per mefime le deftceffe, a vener a un terme ge contiegne vi. femaignes. Et fi ceux adonges ne viegnent, foient jugez. come atecinte, & rendont le double, per la fuite le Roi, ‘a ceux qi le damage averont refceu, & foient greve- ment reintz, felonc le manere del trefpas. Et le Roi defende & comande, qe nul deforemes ne face mal, ne damage, ne grevance a nul homme de religion, perfone de feint eglife, ne autre, per achefon de cco qils cicnt denice Te hofticl, ou le manger a nuly, ou per enchefun de ceo qe afcune fe pleint en court, de ceo gil {e fent greve des afeuns des chofes avantdites: Et fi nul le face, & de ceo foit atteint, foie encoruz Ia peine avaunt- dite. Et eft purveu, ge les points avantdits lient auxibien nos counteillers, Jultices des foreftes, & auttes nos Juiflices, come autres genta. Et que | | les poiitz avantditz, foient mieux tenuz, && gar- | 2B Forepacate B Vou. Anno tertio Epwaronr I. Foret 265. rad fat C4. au from fuch as need, nor that the Founders of fuck Monatteries thould overcharge, or grieve them. by their often coming. (;) It is provided alfo, “That none high nor low, by Colour of Kindred, Asinity, or Alliance, or by any other Occafion, fhall courfe in any Park, nor fith in any Pond, nor come t0 eat or lodge in the Houfe or Manor of a Prelate, or any other Religious Perfon, againit the Will or Leave of the Lord, or his Bailiff, neither at the Coft of the Lord, nor at his own. (6) And if he come in, oF No Purveyance. enter with the Good-will, or againft the Will of the thil be mace of Lord or his Bailiff, he thall caufe no Door, Lock, * Prelate wish~ nor Window, nor nothing that is fhut, to be open- aoe ed or broken, by himifeli, nor any others not no py7e%% gy Manner of Victual, nor other ‘Thing, thall take by 14'ca. + colour of Buying, nor otherwifes (7) and that none st thall chrefh Corn, nor teke Corn, not any manner *2°% of Vidual, nor other Goods of a Prelate, Man of 34%: Religion, nor any other Clerk, or Lay-Pecfon, by 4 gic Colour of Buying, or othervite, ‘againft the Wall and Princ on Licence of bim to whom the Thing belongeth, o of tien and ied the Keeper, be it within Market-Town, or with- 2am out. (8) And that none fhall take Horles, Oxen, **t!# Ploughs, Carts, Ships, nor Barges, to make Carriage, without the Affent of him to whom fuch Things be- long ; and if he doit by the Affent of the Party, then incontinent he fhall pay according to the Covenant made between them. (9) And they that offend againft thefe A&ts, and thercof be attainted, thall be gpmumicted to the King’s Prifon, and er fhall make Fine, and be punithed according to the Quantity and Manner of the Trefpats, and ater as ik ing ia his Court fhall think convenient. (10) And it is to be Known, that if they to whom fuch Trefpais was done, will fue for Damages, * thy fhall be thereto re~ * The Wats ceived, and the fame fhall be awarded and reltorcd to Hels wt ie the double 5 (11) and they that have done the Tref= = als, fhall be likewife punithed in the Manner above faid ; and if none will fue, the King fhall have the Buig, as fr a Thing comlued ugsing his Com= mandment, and againft his Peace: (12) And the King thall make Enuity from Year to Year, what Perfons do fuch Trefpalles, efter as he thall think neceflary and convenient; (13) and they that be it The unite digted by fuch Inquetts fhall be attzched and diftrain- mene of the ed by the great Diftrefs, to come at a certain Day, Oe containing the Space cf a Month, into the King’s Court, of where it shall pleafe the Kings (+4) and if they come not at that Day, they fhall be diftrained again of new by the fame Diftrets, for to come at another Day, containing the Space of fix Weeks at the leaft; (15) and if they come not then, they thal be judged as attainted, and thal] yield double Da- mages (at the King’s Suit) to fucn ss ha Hurt or Damage, and fhall the Manner of the ‘Crefpafs. ( forbiddeth and commandeth, that none from hence= forth do Hurt, Damage, or Grievance to any Rel fous Man, ot Perion of the ® Church, or any other, becaufe they have denied Meat or Lodging unto rem, ‘or becaufé that any complaineth in the King’s Court that he hath been grieved in any of the Things above mentioned ; and if any do, and thereof be aituinted, he fhall incur the Pain aforefaid. (17) And itis fur ther provided, That the Points aforefiid fhall as well bind our Counfellors, Jufticers of Vorefts, and other sc grievous Fi 1 after And che King +15, Sef gr fat G ° “our42 ‘A Prelae fatt ive 20 Ledgein. edly) eb of tS Potro Bot 25H Be, Yi, and lied sr. 5.f se. paler ts thathg wer vate, the, Be feat bay € ing, neither at their Houles nor their Hafele of. by 32 HB, 15 forte Dilation of Menai and Ab, 2 « Goods, and after prove that they were bis, C. 2—4, © our Juftices, as any othet Perfons 5 and that the afore- « faidPoints be maintained, oblerved, and kept, (18) * Likewife the King forbiddeth upon grievous Forfei- « tures, that no Prelate, Abbot, Man of Religion, or « Bailiff of any of them, or of other, receive any Man < contrary to the Form aforefaid. (19) And that none « fhall end to the Eloule or Manor of a Man of Reli- © gion, or of any other Perfon, his Men, Hore, or © Bogs, tte fasten, nor none fhall them receives and “he that doth ((eeing the King hath commanded the « contrary) thall be grievoully punifhed, (20) Yet it “ is further provided, That the Sheriff from henceforth © fhall not ledge with any Perfon, with any more than « five or ix Hovfes and that they fhall not grieve Re- « ligious Meny_nor other, by often coming and lodge Manors? cAP. Anno tertio Epwarpr I. A.D. 1275, Cotton 48. dex: Si defende le Roi, fur fa greve forfaiture, que nul Prelat, Abbe, homme de religion, ou buillif® dafeun deux, ou autre, ne receyve nul homme encountte Ia fourme avantdite, Et qe nul nen- voie, ameifon, ne a Manoir de religion, ne dautre homme, gentzs chivalx, ne chiens, ne nul ne les refceives & qi lefia, purceo qe ceo eft encountre Ja defens & le comandement le Roi, il ferea puny grevement, Ungore eft purveu, ge Vifeontes ne herbergent ove nullui, ove pluis qe ove cink ou fis chivalxs ne qil ne grevent la gent de religion, ne autres, per lour fovent venir, ow gifer a lour me fons, nea lour Manoirs. q. A Clerk convigt of Felony, delivered to the Ordinary, fhall not depart without Purgation. * ¥T is provided alfo, That when a Clerk is taken « [tor guilty of Felony, and is demanded by the Or- * dinary, he thall be delivered to him according to the « Privilege of Holy Church, on fuch Peril as befongeth © to it, alter the Cuftom aforetimes ufed. (2) And the © King admonifheth the Prelates, and enjoineth them © upon the Faith that they owe to him, and for the © common Profit and Peace of the Realm, that the) © which be indifled of fuch Offences by folemn Inqu * of lawful Men in the King’s Court, in no manner © thall be delivered without due Purgatioh, fo that the { King Mall not need to provide any other Remedy therein by 28H. 8. Xe solic erdaas tbat Pein i Ely Orders ol be fue to Urveu oft enfement, qe quant Clere eft pris Presse Gleciey 22 deena eae Ie ina ie ok ves lone Te privilege de ene eglife, en tiele parile ‘come il y apent, felone cufluine avant ees heures ule. Bt le Rei amoneft les Peelats, & lous enjlut‘n I foy ai uy de vent, & purle comune profit de la pees dela terze, ge ceux gi font enditez de tiel rette per folempne enquett des prodes hommes fait en la Court le Roi, en nulle manere ne deliverent fanz due pur- gation, iffint ge le Roi neit mieftre de metere y Butre remedie, the fe Paine tha ethers bo. 2 Ta, 264. CAP. HL. No Penalty for an Efeape © J Tisprovided alfo, That nothing be demanded nor x taken from henceforth, nor levied by the Sheriff, < por by apy other, forthe Bieape ofa Thi ofa Fe™ Jon, until it be judged for an Efeape by the fces «in Eyre. (2) And he that otherwife doth, dhall re~ * tore to him or them that have Pred it, as much as © he or they have taken or received, and as much alfo © unto the King.’ CAP. ‘What fhall be adjudged Wreck C.Ssering Wrecks of the Secs is eee that 4 where aMan, a Dog, or a Cat efeape quick out « of the Ship, that fuch Ship nor Barge, nor any Thing “within them, thall be adjudged Wreck: (2) but the * Goods thall be faved end kept by View of the She~ « rif, Coroner, or the King’s Bailiff, * and delivered © + into the Hands of fuch as are of the Town where the * Goods were found; (3) fo that if any fue for thofe or pom « rifbed in his Keeping, within a Year anda Day, they £ fhall he reftored to him without Delay ;_and if not, < they fhall remain to the King, and be feifed by the © Sheriffs, Coroners, and Bailiffs, and fhall be de- before it be adjudged, PpUrven eft eafement, ge. nul sien deforeme ne foit demaunde, ne pris, ne leve per Vif caine yor rue puna eae eae felon, jelqes atant qe lefchape joit ajugge per juflcts erranca' Se ge autremene le fay fi rendera aceluz ou 2 ccux ge laveront paie, quant qil avera receu, & al Roi atant. ia of the Sea, and what not, E_wrek de meer eft acorde, ge a ou hommes chien, ow chate efthape vit hors dela nief gela nief ou'le batel, ou nul rien qe leins fuilt, ne foit jugge a wrek} mes, foient les chofes favez & gardez. per la veue del Vifcount, del coroner, & de Baillif le Roi, cn la main de ceux de la ville, ou les chofes font trovez ;_ iffint qe fi nul fiwe'ceux biens, & puis provere qils foient foens, ou a fon feignur, ou en fa garde periz, dedeing lan & le jour, fatinz, delaie Iuy foient renduz; & finon, remeinent al Roi, & foient prifes per le Viteount, & le Coroner, & Baillif a la ville, a refpoundre devant Juices, de wrekye apent al “livered to them of the Town, which fhall anfiver Rois & la ou wrek apent a autre qe al Rot; i le eit