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A. D. 1490. Anno fcptimo Henrici VII. C. 2_ p . *i tii 1 i I Departing of fuch Soldiers, anJ alfo their Retainers, if it be traverfed, ho tried in the fame Sliirc licirttu> be for ftich Cauft arretted ::r..i arraigned. (7) Provided alw;:y, That no Captain be charged The Captain by thi k of liis Numbef retained, as is abovefaidj whole Soldiers flir.ll hap to ol , or othcrwife *»" "»' te depart, nol in the Default of the Captain ; fo that the faid Captain, if he be at Land-wages, flier the de- jJJJJ^q parting px 1 w king of his Soldier, within Ten Days alter the larking of the faid Soldier, unto the Treafurcr of the V.irs ; or if the Captain be at Sc»-wages, he ftjew the departing or lacking of the faid Soldier, fo |^??L. lacking, to the Admiral of the Navy where he is retained, at next meeting with the faid Admiral. i»Sf3 F.J. 6. e. 1. 41 /•".'..-. 3. 31O.Z...1. II Ann. flat. I. (. 13. 1 Geo. I. flat. x. t. 47. 3C».I.<-.». %iCn. 1. c. 44. 33 £>*. 1. c. 6, 8, V 18. ari.t fit tie annual Muthy Afli. CAP. II. Every Perfon that fhall be in the King's Wages beyond the Sea, or on the Sea, fhall have a Protection, E*p- 3H. g. andnoDefcent (hall prejudice him, and by his writing he may make his Attorney to enter into Lands c - 4- defcended unto him, to attorn, is'c. CAP. III. They that do go with the King in his Wars, may make Feoffments of their Lands to the Ufe of their Wills Exp. 3 H. g. without Licence, and they fhall have their own Liveries, and Authority to difpufe the Wardship of their c -4- Heirs. CAP. IV. Weights and Meafures fhall be made of Brafs, and fent to the chief Officers of every City, Borough, c^V. f, 1 h"^. 4# Recited not to have been obferved. n H. 7. c. 4. la h. 7. c. 5! CAP. V. Ricm deins le gard fhall be no Challenge upon any IfTue to be tried in London. ' T)Rayen the Commons in this prefent Parliament afTembled, That where of long Time ufed in any IfTue 4 1 to be tried within the City of London, a Challenge, commonly called Riens deins le gard, hath been

  • admitted for a good Challenge, fo that no IfTue could be tried in any Ward, without that there were

' Lour fufficient rerfons of Livelihood to the yearly Value of xl. s. above all Charges within the fame City,

  • and dwelling or having any Livelihood within the fame Ward ; (2) and it is fo now (the Caufe God

' knoweth why) that there is no Ward, or elfe but few, and in fpecial in Plea of Land, that any Plaintiff ' or Demandant can have fufficient Trial in this Matter, as evidently is known, for Caufe of the Challenge

  • aforefaid ; for in the moll Part of Wards, as now, there be none fufficient, and if any be, there are no

' Officers that dare fummon them, or elfe if they be fummoned, they will not appear, their Honour is fo

  • great, and their Amerciament fo little :' (3) That it pleafe your abundant Grace, by the Advice of the

Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and by the Authority of this prefent Parliament, to ordain, and for the common Wealth of your true Subjedts, eftablifh, and enacl, That from henceforth the Challenge com- monly called Riens deins le gard, be no Challenge, but utterly void, and of none Effect ; faving to every Perfon all Manner of other Challenges, whatfoever they be, according to the Law. CAP. VI. Letters Patents made to feveral Spiritual Perfons to be difcharged of Difmes, and Qitinzimes, fliall extend Exp. 4H. -. no further than they did in the Time of King Edw. IV. c. 5. CAP. VII. All Scots, not made Denizens, fhall depart this Realm within Forty Days after Proclamation, upon Pain Rep. 4j=c. 1. of Forfeiture of all their Goods. c> 2 - CAP. VIII. Every Butt of Malmfey fhall contain Cxxvj. Gallons, and every Merchant Stranger fhall pay for Cuftom EXP, xviii. s. a Butt, befides the old Cuftom, and no Butt fhall be fold for above iv. li. which new Impofition fhall be until the Venetians abate their new Impofitjons of iv. Ducats at Candy. Vol. II. M Statutes