A. D. 1340. Anno decimo quarto Edward 1 III. Stat. 1. 225 Ex F.ot. in Ttirr. Lond. fifante eii fa baillie par les Chauncellier Trcforer t& chief Baron cle Lefcheqer pris a eux les chiefs Juftices del un Bank & del autre ills foient prefentz & ce foic fait chifcun an lendemein des Almes a Lefcheqer. I , 11. ' ordained in his Place, that hath Land fufficient in his ' Bailiwick, by the Chancellor, Treafurer, and chief ' Baron of the Exchequer, taking to them the chief ' Juftices of the one Bench and of the other, if they be ' prefent; (3) and that fhall be done yearly in the *8Ed. *• fl at. 3* ' Morrow of All Souls, at the Exchequer.' c. 8. Enforced by .4$ Ed. 3. c. 7. 42 Ed. 3. c. 9. 23 H, 6. c. 8, * See I R. 2. c. n. declaring that none tvho bai/e been Sheriffs jkall ferae again ivitbln three Tears. Aid fee farther u Ed. 4. c. 1, and 17 Ed. 4. c. 7. empowering Sheriff: to occupy their Offices during Michaelmas and Hillary Terms, unlefs difcharged before that Time,
- Read c. 7.
C A P. VIII. How many Efcheators may be in the Realm, and how long they fhall continue in Office. ET come en afcuns temps avant ces heures il navoit forfque deux efchetours en Engleterre csft affavoir un efchetour de cea Trente & un autre de dela pur quoi le Roi et le poeple furent meins bien ferviz qe avant ces houres neftoient quant il y aveit plus des efchetours & de meindre eftat fi eft affentuz & acorde qe defore en avant foient tauntz des efchetours affignez come eftoient en le temps quant le Roi qe ore eft prift le governement de fon Roialme dEngleterre & qe mefmes les efchetours foient efluz par les Chauncellier Treforer & chief Baron de LEfcheqer pris a eux les chiefs Juftices del un Bank & del autre fils foient prefentz en ma- nere come eft fufdit des vifcountes & qe nul efche- tour demoerge en fon office outre un an & qe nul coroner foit efluz fil neit terre en fee fuffifauntment en mefme le contee dont il purra refpondre a tote manere des gentz. TEM, Whereas fometime there were no more but two Efcheators in England, that is to fay, one Efcheator on this Side Trent, and another beyond, " whereby the King and the People were worfe ferved " than in the Time when there were divers Efcheators, " and of lefs Eftate;" ' (2) it is affented and accord- ' ed, That from henceforth there fhall be as many ' Efcheators affigned, as were in the Time when the ' King that now is did take the Governance of this ' Realm upon him; (3) and that the fame Efcheators ' be chofen by the Chancellor, Treafurer, and the ' chief Baron of the Exchequer, taking to them the ' chief Juftices of the one Bench and the other, if they ' be prefent, in Manner as is aforefaid of Sheriffs; 4! Ed - 3- c - S« ' (4) and that no Efcheator tarry in his Office above a l*f etl '£' c c jl', ' Year; (5) and that no Coroner be chofen unlefs he amendeTby "" ' have Land in Fee fufficient in the fame County, iH.g. c. 8. ' whereof he may anfwer to all Manner of People.' which dirca _ what Efiate in Land Efcheators Jhall have. CAP. IX. Sheriffs fhall keep Hundreds in their own Hands, or let them upon the old Rent. be but one Bailiff errant in one County. There fhall ET pur ce qe moultz de mefchiefs font avenuz par my le Roialme de ce qe les vifcountes ount leffez les hundreds & les wapentaks a plus haut ferme qils ne rendent au Roi & mefmes les fermors les leflent as autres plus chier des grandes fomes en tieu manere par fi haute lees & enhanfier des fermes & plus grant nombre des baillifs errantz outriders & autres qe les vifcontes baillifs et hundreders y mettent fi eft le poeple en diverfe manere charge et greve ft eft affentuz et acorde qe defore en avant touz les wapentaks et hundreds qe font feveriz des countees foient rejointz a mefmes les countees auffi come avant ces hures eftoit acorde par autre eftabliffement et qe les vifcountes les tiegnent en lour main demeigne et y mettent tieux baillifs et hundreders eiantz terresdeinz_mefmes les baillies et hundredz pur queux ils voillent refpoun- dre. Et fils voillent afcuns hundredz baillies ou wapentaks leffer a ferme fi les leffent al auncien ferme fanz rien encreftre. Et qe par tieux baillifs et hundreders et lour foutzbaillifs le Roi et le poe- ple foient ferviz en ouftant pur touz jours touz les outriders et autres qe en divers countees avant ces heures notoriement ont deftruit le poeple. Et qe nul baillif errant ne ne foit forfque en les countees ou baillif errant ad efte avant ces hures en temps le Roi' lael et en nulie manere ne foient plus des baillifs errantz forfque un foule en un contee. Et en mefme la manere eft affentuz qe touz autres de quel eftat ou condition qils foient qe ont baillies Vot. I. TEM, Whereas many Mifchiefs be happened through the Realm, for that the Sheriffs have let
- the Hundreds and Wapentakes to an higher Ferm
- than they yield to the King, and the Fermors do
let the fame to other at more higher and greater Sums, in fuch Manner that by the high letting and enhanfing of the Ferms, and by the great Number of Bailiffs Errants, Out-riders, and other whom the Sheriffs, Bailiffs, and Hundreders do put in, the People be in divers Manners charged and grieved;" (2) it is affented and accorded, That from henceforth Hundreds and all the Wapentakes and Hundreds which be fevered Wapentakes from the Counties, fhall be rejoyned to the fame ^ '"/"'a ' Counties, as before this Time hath been eftablifhed by another Statute; (3) and that the Sheriffs hold 4 Ed. 3. c. ij, the fame in their own Hands, and put in fuch Bailiffs and Hundreders, having Lands within the Bail i- Skinner 41, wicks and Hundreds, for whom they will anfwer. (4) And if they will let any Hundreds, Bailiwicks, or Wapentakes to Ferm, they fhall let the fame at the ancient Ferm without any thing increafing. (;) And that the King and his People be ferved by fuch Bailiffs and Hundreders, and their Under-Bailiffs, in avoiding for ever the Out-riders and other, which in divers Counties beforetime have notorioufly grieved the People. (6) And that no Bailiff Errant be but in the Counties where -Bailiffs Errants have been in Times paft, in the Time of the King's Grandfather „, «., . that now is; (7) and that there be no more but one butane Bailiff Bailiff Errant in one County. (8) And in the fame erra nt in one G g * Manner County,
