establish any Law for the good and quiet government of Wales or for the Abolishing any Cruel or Inconvenience which he found Grievous. But all his Laws were general Scourges and punishments against the whole People of the Country of Wales being then his Subjects and his Son Prince of Wales. We in England to this Day have not made the like against the Spaniards or any other Capital Enemies to this Realm."[1]
A.D. 1413-4.—In the reign of Henry the Fifth two repressive statutes became law: the first, in 1413 (1 Henry 5, c. 6), provided that no actions should be brought by Welshmen in respect of injuries sustained by them during the rebellion, except upon pain of paying treble damages, suffering imprisonment for two years, and making fine and ransom before being delivered out of prison; the second, in 1414 (2 Henry 5, c. 5), gave power to Justices of Peace within certain Counties of England to inquire into and determine charges against Welshmen who had committed offences "with force and arms in the manner of war, sometimes by day and sometimes by night," in the bordering English counties.
A.D. 1425-1429.—In 1425 and 1429 two Acts were passed giving powers of amendment in records of the Courts to Justices in certain cases, but it provided in both Acts that they were not to extend to records and processes in Wales.
A.D. 1430.—In 1430, a personal statute confirmed all the previous judgments and processes against Owen Glyndwr (or Glendwrdy) and those who were his heirs or of his blood, on account of the "horribility of his so many treasons."
A.D. 1441-2.—Under Henry the Sixth (by 20 Henry 6, c. 3) Welshmen were to be adjudged guilty of high treason for committing offences that had not been effectually prevented by the preceding penal acts; and (by 20 Henry 6, c. 7) foreign merchandise, coming to England through Wales without paying customs duty, was to be forfeited and the
- ↑ Owen's "Pembrokeshire," Part 3, p. 123.
