74 Anno decimo Edwardi I. A.D. 1282.
the ninth Year of his Reign, and sent unto the Justices of the Bench after the Manner of a Writ Patent, with a certain Writ closed, dated by the King's Hand at Westminster the Second Day of May, the Year before mentioned, that they should do and execute all and everything contained in the Article aforesaid, albeit that the same do not accord with the Statute of Gloucester in all Things.'
Cotton MS. R. E. Arino Regni fui nono & miffus Juftic' dtf Banco in modum litere patentis cum quodambrevi claufo fub data Regis apud Weftm' fecundi dier Maii Anno predicto quod ipfi omnia & fingula in artieulo prediclo contehta facerent & exequerentur non obftante quod articulus Hie in omnibus cum difto ftatuto non concordat. . ■ i ■ -it A new Statute of the Exchequer ', called The Statute of RUTLAND, made 24 Maii, Anno 10 Edw. I: and Anno Dom. 1282. Touching the Recovery of the King's Debts : Ka-ft. 2. 4lnrt. 113, 325. 51 H. z-jhit. 5. The Bodies of Shires. Annual Rolls.
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f Qu. Jha'l be ivritten in en- vual Rolls of fub- jcosient Dates, % Add was pern to be clear* A RoH of defpe- rate Debts.
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H E King to his Treafurer and Barons of the Exchequer, Greeting," ' To the Intent that Provifion may be had for the Indempnity of us and our People, in certain Things touching us and our People aforefaid, in our faid Court of Ex- chequer, (z) we will and provide, That from hence- forth the Bodies of Shires lhall not be written in fe-' veral Rolls, but fhall be written in a certain annual Roll by themfelves, and fhall be read every Year upon the Accompts of Sheriffs, that is to wit, * of feveral Counties, that it may be known if ought may accrue unto us by any Mean._ (3} The Rema- nents of the Ferms of the fame Shires fjhall be writ- ten poll terras datas in the annual Rolls, and the She- riffs fhall be charged therewith ; (4) in which Rema- nents the Liveries and Alms afiigned fhall be allow- ed, and other Allowances (if Sheriffs have had any) of the Iffues of their Bailiwicks by our Writs. (5) And becaufe of the Suggeflion of our Bailiffs, our Writs are made of divers Allowances, unto our grie- vous Damage, (6) we will and provide, That of fuch Manner Allowances foto be made, from hence- forth View fhall be made in our Exchequer; and the fame View being faithfully made, the fame Trea- furer and Barons fhall certify our Chancellor of the due Allowances fo to be made, and that Writs of Al- lowances fhall be made according to the fame Certi- ficate. (7) Moreover, there fhall be written in the fame annual Rolls the Ferms of the Sheriffs, the Pro- fits of Counties, the Ferms of Serjeanties and AfTerts, the Ferms of Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and other Ferms, whereof there is Anfwer made yearly in the Exchequer. (8) And in them alfo fhall be written all Debts determined, allgrofs Debts, whereof there is hope that fomewhat fhall be paid, and all other Debts that feem to be clear; (9) but when it is come unto accompt to the Title of New Duties, nothing fhall be written in the annual RoH, but thofe Debts whereof there is hope of Payment, and where- of the Sheriff is anfwerable, and Debts found in the Originals %. ' 11. Of dead Ferms,. and Debts defperate, where- of there is no hope, one Roll fhall be made, and fhall be [| intituled Comitatus, and read every Year R Cotton MS. Vefpaftan, B. 7. EX Thes' & Baron' fuis de Scaccario ut in- dempnitati noftre & populi noftri in aliquibus que nos & populum predidtum in Scaccario predidto contingunt profpiciatur volumus & pro- videmus quod non fcribantur de cetero corpora Co- mitatuum in Rotulis fingulis fet fcribantur in quo- dam Rotulo annuali per le & legantur fingulis annis fuper compotum Vic' fingula viz. in fingulis Corni- tatibus ut fciatur fi quid nobis poflit accidereeX qua-* cunque caufa Remanentia vero eorundemComitatu- um per pofteras datas fcribantur in rotulis annualibuS & onerentur inde Vic' in quibus quidem remanen- tibus allocenturliberationes ac eleemofine conftitute & alie allocationes fi quas Vic' hahuerit de exitibus ballive fue fuper brevia noftra. Et quia ad fttgge- ftienem diverforum ballivorum front brevia noftra de diverfis allocationibus in grave dampiiumno- ftturh ; volumus & pfovidemus de hujufmodi allo- cationibus fie faciendis de cetero fiat vifus in Scac- cario noftro & hujufmodi vifu fideliter faclo iidem Thes' & Baron' certificent CancelTaf io noftro de diftis allocationibus fie factis & fiarit brevia de al- locationibus juxta certificationem prediftam. Scri- bantur etiam in eifdem rotulis annualibus firms Vic' proficua ComitatuUm firme feriantiarum & af- fertorum firme Civitatum Burgorum & Villarum & alie firme de quibus refponfum eft annuatim ad fcaccarium predicrum : & fcribantur in eifdem om- nia debita atterminata, 8c omnia groffk debita, de quibus fpes eft quod aliquid indereddi poflit. Item> omnia debita que videntur effe clara. Cum vero perventum fuerit in compoto ad titulum de Novis. oblationibus, raichil fcribatur in rotulo annual^ nil! ea de quibus eft fpes, & de quibus Vic' refpon- debit, & debita in originalibus que videntuf ef&- elara> De firmis vero mortufs, & debitis de quibus now eft fpes, fiat unus rotulus ; & irrotulentur & legan- tur fingulis annis fuper compotum Vic' & debita.de » This is taken from the SecunJa fars, &c, 4 Into the Englifh Editions, quibus
