A. D. 1327. Anno primo E d w a r d i III. Stat. 191 Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. adevenir appellours & appeller gents nient coupa- lles pur aver raunceouns des tieux appellez pur feute de prifone ou par autre caufe Juftic' del un "Baunk & del autre Jufticez affignez aprendre af- 'fifes & gaoles delivrer enquergent par force de cefte eftatut des tieux deftreffes peines et procurementz et olent les pleintes de touz ceux qe pleindre fe voudront en tieu cas par bille et oient et terminent tieux pleintes auxibien a fuyte de partie come a la Jute le Roi. ' Means compel and procure them to become Appeal- ' ers, and to appeal harmlefs and guiltlefs People, to ' the Intent to have Ranfom of fuch appealed Perfons, ' forfear of Imprifonment or cther'Caule ; (?.) thejuf-
- tices of the one Bench and of the other, and Juftices
' of Affifs and Gaol -delivery, fhall by Force of this ' Statute enquire of fuch Compulfions, Punifhments, ' and Procurements, and hear the Complaints of all il^A. ' them that will complain in fuch Cafes by Bill, and '" ',^,/j' '* , ' fhall hear and determine fuch Plaints, as well at the ,i u rikny fir ' Suit of the Party, as at the King's Suit.' GaoUrto canfi I. flat. By 1 4 Ed. C A P. VIII. How he fhall be ufed that is taken for any Offence in the Foreft. Bailment of him. GaoLr to cauft Piifoncr to be- come siffirvutr. T pur ceo qe plufours gentz fount defheritez reintz et deftruz par les fovereins gardeins de foreftes de cea Trente et de la et par les autres 'miniftres encountre la fourme de la chartre de la Forefte et encountre la declaration qe le Roi Ed- ward fiuz '- Roi Henry fift en la fourme fenfuift ceft afavoir . .ous voillioms et grantoms pur nous et pur noz heirs qe des trefpas faites en noz foreftes de vert et de venefon qe le forefters en qi baillifs tieux trefpas ferrount faites prefentent mefmes les trefpas a profchein Swainmot devant forefters-ver- ders regardours et agiftours et autres miniftres de ■mefme la forefte et fur tieux prefentemenz devant les forefters verders regardours agiftours et autres miniftres avantditz par ferment auxibien des chiva- lers come dautres prodes homes et loiaux et nemy fufpecionous des parties veifinales et plus profcheins ou tieux trefpaffez ferrount ifiint prefentez et ou la verite purra meux et plus pleinement eftre enquife et tiele verite iffint enquiffe foient tieles prefente- mentz par commun affent et acord de touz les mi- niftres avauntditz folempnement efforces et de lour feals enfeales. Et fi en altre maner foit nul endite- ment fait foit deforemes pur nul tenu. Et pur ceo qe les Chiefs gardeins des foreftes nont mye la dite fourme tenue jefqes en cea acorde eft ordene et eftabli qe deformes nul ne foit pris ne en prifone pur vert ne pur venefon fil ne foit trove en mein- oure ou en la fourme avauntdite endite et adonqe luy leffe le foverein gardein de la forefte a mein- prife jefqes al Eire de forefte faunz ren prendre pur la deliveraunce et ft le dit gardein faire ne voille eit bref en la Chauncellerie qe auncienment fuft ordene pur tieux enditez deftre a meinprife' jefqes en eir. Et fi le dit gardein apres le dit bref refceu ne face tieux enditez faunz delai deliverer a mein- prife faunz rien prendre donqes eit le pleintif bref en la Chauncellerie a vifcount datacher le 'die gar- dein deftre devaunt le Roi a certein jour a refpon- dre pur quei il nad replevi celui qeft enfi pris et le vifcount appellez les verders face deliverer celui qeft pris par bone meinprife en ia prefence des verders et le nouns cles mainparnours face liverer a mefmeSj les verders a refpoundre en eir devant juftices. Et ft le Chief gardein de ceo foit atteint foient agardez as pleintifs lour damages au treble & le dit gardein a TEM, Whereas divers People be difinherited, 9 H : 3- ftaf -»- ranfomed, and undone, by the chief Keepers of ^£ d ' 1 " c ' l^ V the Forefts on this fide Trent, and beyond, and by " other Minifters, againft the Form of the great " Charter of the Foreft, and againft the Declaration " made by King Edward, Son of King Henry, in " Form following : That is to fay, We will and grant " for us and our Heirs, that for any Trefpafs done in " our Foreft of Vert and Venifon, that the Forefters " in whofe Bailiwick fuch Trefpafs fhall be committed, " fhall prefent the fame Trefpaffes at the next Sivani- " mote before the Forefters, Verders, R.egarders, Agi- " fters, and other Minifters of the fame Foreft ; (2) " and upon fuch Prefentment made before the (aid " Forefters, Verders, Regarders, and Agifters, and " other Minifters aforefaid, as well by the Oaths of " Knights, as by other difcreet and lawful Men, and " not fufpicious, of the Parties adjoining or near, " where fuch Offences fhall be fo prefented, and wheEe " the Truth may beft and moft fully be enquired, and " the Truth p.rfecSly known, then fuch Prefentments " by the common Affent and Confent of all the faid " Minifters fhall be folemnly written, and with their " Seals enfealed. (3) And if any Indidtment be inany " other Manner made, the fame fhall bs void. (4) " And therefore becaufe the chief Wardens of the Fo- " refts have not obferved the fame Form s hitherto," ' it is agreed and ordained, That from henceforth no ' Man fhall be taken nor imprifoned for Vert or Veni- ' fon, unlefs he be taken with the Maner, or elfe in- ' dieted after the Form before fpecified ; (<;) and then Cartle.v 7S. ' the chief Warden of the Foreft fhall let him toMain- ' prife till the Eyre of the Foreft, without any thing ' taking for his Deliverance ; (6) and if the faid War- A Remedy for ' den will not fo do, he fhall have a Writ out of the the P.fifoner, if ' Chancery, which hath been in old time ordained for l £ e Warden^of ' fuch Perfons indicated, to be at Mainprife till the Eyre. ^ t^i'him. ' (7) And if fuch Warden, after he hath received the /; v ' 7 r. 2 . c ." 4. ' Writ, do not incontinently deliver fuch Persons in- nmejkallbem- ' dicled to Mainprife, v^ithout taking anything, then fU^'^h °J- ' the Plaintiff fhall have a Writ out of the Chancery ^^lott'tla?' 4 the Sheriff, to attach the faid Warden to be before m ' ent °" the King at a certain Day, to anfwer wherefore he Rtgift. 80. ' hath not replevied him that is fo taken ; (8). and the ' Sheriff (the Verders being called to him) fhall de- ' 'liver him that is fo taken, by good Mainprife, in the ' Prefence of the Verders, and mail deliver the Names ' of the Mainpernors to the fame Verders. to anfwer : iji ' the Eyre ; before the. Juftices. '.9) And if the chief ' Warden be thereof attainted, the Plaintiffs fhall have ' their treble Damages awarded them, and the faid ' ■ " ' Warden fhall be committed to Prifon, and ranfomed 4 at
