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A. D. 1360. Anno tficefinio quiiito EDV^-AkDi III. C. 22. 305 CAP. XXII. How he fhall ufe another Man's Hawk that taketh it up. Ex Rot. in Turr. Lond. ITEM ordine eft en ceft parlement qequeconqe perfone qe troeve faucon terfelet lanere ou lane- ret aufloure ou autre faucoun qe foit perdu de lour Seignur qe maintenant il lapporte au vifcount du countee et qe Ie vifconte face proclamation en toutes les bones villes du countee qil ad un tiel faucoun en garde. Et fi le Seignur qi le perdi ou aucun des i'oens viegne pur lui chalanger & proeve refonable- ment qe ce eft a fon Seignur paie pur fes courtages & eit le faucon. Et fi nully viegne deins les quatre mois pur lui chalenger qadonqes le vifconte eit le faucon fefant gree a cellui qi le prift fil foitfimples homme & fil foit gentils homme deftat davoir fau- coun que le vifconte rebaille al lui le dit faucoun parnantde lui refonables courtages pur le temps qil lavoit en garde. Et fi null eit pris tiel faucoun & le concele du Sebnur a qui il eftoit ou a fes fauco- ners ou qi qe lemporte du Seignur & de ce foit at- teint eit la prifon de deux anns et rend au Seignur le pris du faucoun iffint concele ou emporte fil eit de quoi et fi noun eit pluis longe demoeure en pri- fon. TEM it is accorded in this prefent Parliament That every Perfon which findeth aFaulcon, Ter- celet, Laher, or Laneret, or other Hawk that is loft of their Lord, that prefently he bring the fame td the Sheriff of the County, and that the Sheriff make Proclamation in all the good Towns in the County, that he hath fuch a Hawk in his Cuftody. (2) And if the Lord which loft the fame, or any of his Peo- ple come to challenge it, and proveth reafonably that the fame is his Lord's, let him pay for the Cofts, and have the Hawk. (5) And if none come within' four Months to challenge it, that then the Sheriff have the Hawk, making gree to him that did take him, if he be a fimple Man; and if he be a Gentle- man, and of Eftate to have the Hawk, that then the Sheriff redeliver to him the Hawk, taking of him reafonable Cofts for the Time he had him in his Cu- ftody. (4.) And if any Man take fuch Hawk, and the fame conceal from the Lord whofe it was, or from his Faiilconers ; or whofoever taketh him from the Lord, and thereof be attainted, fhall have Im-' prifonment of two Years, and yield to the Lord the' Price of the Hawk fo concealed and carried away,' Enforced By if he have whereof, and if not, he fhall the longer 37 Ed. 3. c. 79. „U" J ■ n :r > ivbicb males the abide in Prllon. Offence Felony. An Ordinance of Herring, made Anno 35 Edw. III. and Anno Dom. 1360. AHPerforis may buy Herring in the Fair at Yarmouth openly, and not privily. No Man fhall enter into a Bargain of Herring until the firft Chapman have done -with it. Cotton MS. Nero, C. i. DWARD par la grace de Dieu Roi dEngle- terre Seignur dlrlande & dAquitaigne a touz ceux asqueux ceftes lettres vendront faluz. Coment qe nadgairs a procurement dafcuns fefantz entendre a nous & noftre confeil qe par caufe qe les hoftes de noftre ville de Grande Jernemuth qi herbergent les pefchours venantz illocqs od lour ha- rang en temps de feire ne voleient foeffrir les ditz pefcheours vendre lour harang ne meller de la vente dicelle eins le vendent a lour volente demefne fi chier come ils voleient & donerent as pefcheours ce qe lour pluft fi qe les pefcheours fe retreherent de venir illoeqes & le harang feuft mys a plus grant chiertee qe devant ne feuft entre' autres chofes or- dine eftoit par nous & noftre confeil qe les ditz pef- cheours de harang ferroient francs de vendre lour harang as toutes gentz qe vorroient venir a la dite faire de Grand Jernemuth fanz nulle defturbance de lour hoftes ou autres queconqes & quant les ditz pefcheours voudroint vendre en port lour marchan- difes averoient lour hoftes ovefqe eux fils y vou- droient eftre & en lour prefence & en prefence dautres marchantz en apert vendroient lour mar- chandifes a qi qe lour pluft & fi autres marchandz prefentz voudroient avoir part des dites marchan- difes chefcun averoit ent fa part pur le pris folonc Vol. I, THOUGH that late at the Procurement of A Rehearfal of fome doing us and our Council to underftand, 'he Statute of thatbecaufe that the Hofts of our Town of3 lEd -3-^»«  ■ " Great Yarmuuth, which lodge the Fifhers coming the'jnconveni- " there with their Herring, in the Time of the Fair, e nces thereof, " wili not fuff'er the faid Fifhers to fell their Herrings, " nor to meddle with the Sale of the fame, but fell . " them at their own Will as dear as they will, and " give the Fifhers that pleafeth them, fo that the Fifh- ef ers do withdraw themfelves to come there, and the " Herring was kt at a greater Dearth than it was be-' " fore;. (?) amongft other Things it was ordained by " us and our Council, that the faid Fifhers of Her- " ring fhould be free to fell their Herring to all People " that will come to the faid Fair of Yarmouth, without " any Difturbance of their Hofts or any other. (3J " And when the faid Fifhers would fell their Mer-" •-" chandifes in the Port, they fhould have their Hofts " with them, if they would be there, and ill their " Prefence, and in the Prefence of other Merchants ' " openly fhould fell their Merchandifes to whom they " pleafed ; (4) and if other Merchants prefent would " havePart 01 the faid Merchandifes, every of them fhould R r " have