ya Stat. 1. and our Realm. (2) And now ‘in our next Parlia- © ment at Weftminfler, after the faid Treatife, the Pre- “* lates, Earls, Barons, and the Commonalty of our Realm, there alfenibled to take Advice of this Buli- nefs, have faid, that to us it belongeth, and our « Partis, through our Royal Seigniry frily to dex “ fend Force of Armour, and all other Force again{t « our Peace, at all Times when it fhall pleafe us, and *© to puniflr them which {hall do contrary, according « to our Laws and Ufiges of our Realm (3) an « hereunto they are bound to aid us as their Sovereign Lord at all Seafons, when Need fhall be.” (4) « Wecommand you, that ye caule thele Things to be Pieedd agra peau itnetast Benciisaral there (been < tolled. Given at Wylminjter, the thirtieth Day of © October? + Enferced by 4p Aide Tr or ee Anno feptimo Epwarni I. AwD. 12795 Cotton MS. Clowdius, D. 2. & peifiblement al Honour de nous & de la pees de nous & de noltre roialme & ja en noftre profchein Parlement a Weitmonfire apres le dit tretis les Prelates Countes & Barouns & le comunalte de noftre rojalie illocqes allembles en avifement fur cefle bufoigne nous eient dit qe. nous appent & devons pet noftre roiale Seignurie defendre forte- ment des armes & toute autre force cauntre noftre Das toutes Tey fui ge nus petra & pun ceux qi countre viendrent felonc les leies & les ufages de noffre roialme. Et ge a ceo fount ils tenuz de nous eider come Jour bone Seignur toutes les foitz ge miefter ferra ‘Vous maundons ge ceftes chofés facez. lire devant yous en dit Baunk & illoeges enrouller. Don’ a Weflm’ le xxx. jour Doétobr’ lan de nofire Regne fepsifme. 5 At Sie 2, A Statute of Mortmain, made 15 Novemb. Anno 7 Epw. x. * and Anno Dom. 1279. ‘Who fhall take the Forfeiture of Lands given in Mortmain. Add the King be the Fates of Beh pets ing, bere of 1, OF «¢ HERE of late it was provided, That Re- igious Men fhould not enter into the es of any without Licence and Will of & the chief Lord, of whom fuch Fees be holden im- . © mediately ; and notwithftanding fuch Religious Men « have entered as well into their own Fees, as into Sep agp. 457 the Fees of other Men, approprying and buying 2 Rell 170. “ them, and fometime receiving den of the Gik of | gies ee Gthers, wheredy the Services that are due of fuch Siiqis, _ & Fees, and which at the Beginning were provided for fridty fe,an.¢© Defence of the Realm, are wrongfully withdrawn, « and the chief Lords do leefe their Efchetes of the «© fame” (2) ‘We therefore to the Profit, of our «Realm, intending to provide convenient Remedy, by the Advice of our Prelates, Earls, j Barens, and 25,16, 15,335 252730 © other § cur Subject being of our Council, have p:o « vided, made, and ordained, That no Petfon, Reli- 33Co-Live-P¢ gious or other, whatfoever he be that will, buy or 2iMia 12: « fell any Lands or T'enements, or under the Colour of sr Fre-Quae © Gift or Leafe, or that will receive by reafon of any Bf ollee Tile Whaslowver ites Lands or Tenement, Orge € or by any other Craft or Engine will prefume to ap~ pee eet ae to himfelf, under Pain of Forfeiture of the An oft ¢ Bove, whereby fuch Lands or Tenements may any Noland hall wife come into Mortmain. (3) have provided bealiened ia © alfo, That if any Perfon, Religious or other, do Marmaauree © prefume either by Craft or Engine to offend againit Painof the Fer-¢ this Statute, it fall be lawful tous and other chief Shute. +87. § Lords of the Fee immediate, to ent 10 the Land jMut 4s. ¢ fo aliened, withina Year from the Time of the Alie~ © nation, and to hold it in Fee asan Inheritance. (4) Whe alte © And if the chief Lord immediate be negligent, an: emalisie « And if the chief Lord immediate be negligent, and © will not enter into fuch Fee within the Year, then it * thall be lawful to the next chief Lord immediate of * the fame Fee to enter into the fame Land within-half , $54) thereof by their Record, and by the fame Record & * they fhall plead'the Warranty. es “Il, It is to be remembered, that this Article in < Form aforementioned, was figned under the Great © Seal of King Epwaxb, Son of King Heway *, in * gy, Edvart 2 This taken fiom the Sasa fort eee fltutirum, and isin ll the Englth Editions, L © the