A. D. 1275. Anno tertio Edwardi I. <£ 34— 3 6 - S3 Cotton MS. eementz, fil lie foit efpecialment prie. Strequis de eeo faire de touz les' feutours, & les attournes des feutours, qi y ferront ale journe; & fi nul le face, le Roi fe prendre greyoufement, &avifcount, & a luy, fiat, 3. c 11. 3J&/. I. fiat.%. X-Ed. %.fiat. i.e. 14. . qEd. 3 Penalties on unlawful Maintenance. ' nounce the Judgements, If he be not fpecially re- ' quired and prayed of all the Suitors, and Attornies ' of the Suitors, which fnall be at the Court; and-if !%*• T - c - 2 3- < any do, the King {hall punifh grievotifly both the f*J™ ™ b 3 f ' Sheriff and him that fo doth. • cq.%Ed. 1.' c. II. zo £rf. 3. £-.4. 1 iJ/fi. 2. it. 4, 1 1 iJ/i-A. 2. c. 7. .Aw/ 32 H. 8. c. 9. injiicT.ng C A P. XXXIV. None ihall report flanderous News, whereby Difcord may arife. PUrceo qe plufours aunt fovent trove en counte controveures, dont difcorde ou manere de dif- cord ad ad efte fovent entre le Roi .& fon people, ou afcuns hautes hommes de fon roialme; eft de- fendu pur le damage qe ad efte, & unqore en purreit avenir, que defore en avant nul ne foit fi hardy de dire, ne de counter nul faux novel, ou controveure, dount nul defcorde, ou manere de difcord, ou de- fclandre, puiffe furdre entre. le Roi St fon poeple, ou les hautes hommes- de fon roialme ; & qi le fra, foitpris& detenuz enprifone, jefqes a taunt qil eit trove en Court celuy, dount le poeple Ja parole] ferra move. Orafmuch as there have been oftentimes found in 1 Leon. 287. the Country Devifcrs of Tales, whereby Dif- Dyer 155. " cord, or Occafion of Difcord, hath many times 2l "^- "5- " arifen between the King^ and his People, or great J 2 Ro °j '"'_ " Men of this Realm;" ' tor the Damage that hath 3 BulBr. 225. . ' and may thereof enfue, it is commanded, That from ' henceforth none be fo hardy to tell or publifh any ' falfe News or Tales, whereby Difcord, or Occafion ' of Difcord or Slander may grow between the King ' and his People, or the great Men of the Realm; ' (2) and he that doth fo, fhall betaken and kept in EnfrcedlyzR. 1 Prifon, until he hath brought him into the Court, 2 - " at - 1>c ' 5- ' which was the firft Author of the Tale.' clrfrmeTaid' extended by 1 8c 2 Ph. & M, c. 3. and further by 1, El. c. 6. CAP. XXXV. The Penalty for arrefting within a Liberty thofe that hold not thereof. ^ES hautes hommes, & lour Baillifs, & des autres, horfpris les Miniftres le Roi a qi ef- peciale audlorite eft done de ceo faire, qi a lapleinte des afcuns, ou per lour aurStorite demefne, atta- chent autres ou lour biens trefpaffantz, per lour poair, a refpoundre devant eux de contrarStz, cove- nantz, & de trefpas fait hors de lour poair & lour jurifdiclion, la ou ils ne tenent rien deux, ne de- deinz la fraunchife eu lour poair eft, en prejudice del Roi & de la Corone, & al damage del poeple ; purveu eft, -qe nul deforemes ne le face ; & fi af- cun le fait, il rendra a celui, qi per cele achefon ferra attache, fon damage a double, & ferra en le greve mercye le Roi. F great Men and their Bailiffs, and other (the King's Officers only excepted unto whom ef- pecial Authority is given) which at the Complaint of fome, or by their own Authority, * attach other paf- ftng through their Jurifdiclion with their Goods, com- pelling them to anfwer afore them upon Contracts, Covenants, and Trefpaffes, done out of their Power and their JurifdicUan, where indeed they hold no- thing of them, nor within the Franchife, where their Power is, in Prejudice of the King and his Crown, and to the Damage of the People ; it is provided, That none from henceforth fo do ; (z) and if any do, he fhall pay to him, that by this Occafion fhall be attached, his Damages double, and fnall be grie- voufly amerced to the King.' a Inil. 2:9.
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other pafftng through their Jurifdiclion with their Goods, read attach others or their Goods on account ofTrcf- pafs, by their Power compelling them, &c, Lutw. 1026. F.-N.B. 45, U . CAP. XXXVI. Aid to make the Son Knight, or to marry the Daughter. Urceo qe avant ces heures ne fuift unques revable a eide a faire fitz eigne Chivaler, ou a file mark r, mife au certein, ne quant ele devoit eftre prife, ne quele houre, per quei les uns leverent outrageoufe eide, & pluis toft qe ne fembleit miftre, dont le poeple fe fent greve; purveu eft, qe deforemes de fee de Chivaler enter foulement foient donnez xx. s. & de xx. livers [hidez] de terre tenue per focage, xx. s. & de pluis, pluis; & de meins, meins, felonc lafterant : & qe nul ne puiffe lever tiel eide afaire fon fitz chi- valer, tant come fon fitz foit dage de xv. annz, ne fa file marier, tant come ele foit de vii. annz ; & de ceo ferra fait mention en brief le Roi fourme fur ceo quant lem voet demaunder; & fil avint qe le pier, quaunt il avera leve tiel eidedefes tenantz, moerge avaunt qil eit fafille marie, les executours le pier foient tenuz a la file, en taunt come le pier avera refceu pur ceft eide; & fi les biens le pier ne fuffifent, fon heirfoit de ceo tcnu a la fille. a ReafonaMe, 1 Ir.fi> 13 Co. 27, 2?, 29. I Roll 157, 1G5. Rcgift. 8-. F. N. B. 8a, B. 122. G, 2, Inft. 231, Enforced by 25 Ed. 3. Hat. 5, c. 1 1 . and be- come ohf. by 12 Car. 2. c. 24. which abolijbet Knight's Service. C- A F,
