53& C. i, 2* Anno fexto Henri ci VI. 3 Lift. 3 j. aforesaid. " mons of his Realm in the faid Parliament ailembkd, " hath caufed to be made certain Statutes and Ordi- " nances to the Honour of God, and for the Weal and " Eafe of his People, in <the. Manner and Form fol " lowing." A. D. 1427. Ex Rot. in T-m-r. Lond. en le dit parlement affemblez ad fate faire certeins eftatutz & ordinances a fonur de Dieu & pur le bien & eafe de fon poeple en la forme qen- fuyt. •jv/ UL CAP. I. Within what Time a Capias awarded againft any Perfon indicted in the King's Bench mail be returnable. Cnf.md % H. 6. FIRST, For that divers of the King's faithful Subjects, by falfe Pradtice, Covin, and Confpi- racy of certain evil Perfons, be indicted before our Lord the King in his Bench, of divers Felonies and Treafons, by fufpedt Jurors, hired and procured to the fame by Confederacy and Covin of the faid Con- fpirators ; (2) by Force of which Indictments a Capias is awarded to the Sheriffs of the County -where the faid Bench is, returnable within two or four Days, at which Day, if the Party fo indicated come noc, an Exigent is awarded, whereby the Goods and Chatties of fuch Perfons indicted be forfeit to
- our Lord the King, to the utter Undoing of divers
- of the King's faithful Subjects, as the fame our Lord
- the King hath conceived by the grievous Complaint
- of the faid Commons, made to him in the faid Par-
- liament ;" ' (3) our faid Lord the King, willing in
this Cafe to provide Remedy, hath ordained, by the Advice and Affent * of the faid Lords, That before any Exgent be awarded againft fuch Jferfons indicted before the King in his faid Bench, Writs of Capias fhall be directed, as well to the Sheriff or Sheriffs of the County wherein they, he indicted, as to the She- riff or Sheriffs of the County whereof they be named in the Indictments ; (4) the fame Capias having the Space of 'Six Weeks at the leaft, or longer Time, by the Difcretion of the faid Juftices, if the Cafe re- quire it, before the Return of the fame ; (5) which Writs fo returned, the Juftices fhall proceed in the Manner as they have done before this Time : (6) And if any Exigent be awarded, or any Outlawry pronounce? hereafter againft fuch Perfons indicted, before the Return of the faid Writs, the fame Exi- gent fo awarded, with the Outlawry thereof -pro- 'nounced, fhall be void and holden for none. (7) And this Ordinance fhall endure as long as fhall pleafe the King.' EN primes rjur ceo qe divers des loialx lieges noftre dit Seignur le Roy par faux ymagina- tion comettement & confpiracie des certeins male- fefours font enditez devaunt le Roy en fon bank de diverfes felonies & trefons par jurrours fufpe&z & a ceo par confederacie & conjecture des ditz confpiratours lowez & procurez par force des queux enditementz capias eft agarde al vifcount del countee ou le dit Bank eft retournable deinz deux ou quatre jours a quell jour fi la partie endite ne veigne exigend' eft agarde par qoi les biens & chateux des ditz enditz font forfaitz au Roy a final deftruction de divers des loialx lieges de noftre dit Seignur le Ray ft come mefme noftre Seignur ad conceu a la grevoufe compleint des ditz Communes a luy faite en le dit parlement noftre dit Seignur le Roy voillant en ceo cas pur- voir de remedie ad ordine par advys & affent fuifditz qe avant qe afcun exigende foit agardez envers tielx enditez devaunt le Roy en fon dit Bank foient briefs de capias diredtz fibien al vifcont ou vifcontz del countee en le quell ils font enfi enditez come al vifcount ou vifcountz del countee dount i's font nomez en les enditementz aiantz mefmes les capias lefpace des fys fepmains au meynes ou pluis long temps par les difcretions des Juftices fi le cas ceo requirt devaunt la retourne dicelles les queux briefs iffint retournez precedent les Juftices en maner come ils ount fait devaunt ces heurcs et fi afcune exigende foit agarde ou af- cune utlagarie pronuncie en apres envers tielx enditez devaunt le retourne des ditz briefs foit celle exigende iffint agarde ovec la utlagarie ent pronuncie voide & tenuz pur null. Et durera cefte ordinance tanqil plerra a noftre Seignur le Roy. c. 10. nvbhh is confirmed by To H. 6, c. 6. CAP. II. How long Time the Copies of Panels in A'fiife fhall be delivered to the Parties before the Seffions of the Juftices. B.a. irj " TTEM, Becaufe that divers of the King's liege " | People in Times paft have been difherited, for " that in fpecial Affifes the Tenants and Defendants " could not have Knowledge nor Copy of the Panel
- " of them that be impanelled to pafs in the faid Affifes,
" to inform them of their Right and Titles before the " Tay of the Seffion that the Affifes ftioukl be demand- . ed ;"."' (2) our Lord the King, willing thereof to ' provide Remedy, hath ordained and eftabiifhed, That ' the Panels of the Affifes fhall be arrayed, and a ' Copy indented of the fame by the Sheriff delivered ! to the Plaintiffs, Tenants, and Defendants fix Days TEM pur ceo qe divers des lieges noftre Seignur _Te Roy avaunt ces heures ount eftez delheritz a caufe q[en les efpeciales affifes les tenantz & de- fendantz ne purront my avoir conifance ne copy de la panell de ceux qi font empanellez pur palfer en les ditz affifes pur eux enformer de leur droit & titles devaunt le jour de la feffion qe les affiles ferront demandez Noftre dit Seignur le Roy voillant de ceo purvoier de remedie ad ordine & eftablie qe les .panelles des ditz affifes_ foient arraiez & copie endentee dicelles fiat le vifcount deliveree a les plaintifs tenantz & defendantz par vi. jours
