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no C. io— 15, Anno primo Henrici Vill. A. D. 1509; CAP. x. An Aft to enlarge a Statute for the Traverfe of Lands feifed into the King's Hands before Efcheators. A Rehearfal of « ¥T 7 HERE AS by a Statute made the Eighth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth, it is or- 8H 6^16 ' * » dained, among other Things, that no Lands and Tenements feifed into the King's Hands upon. touching'lett'in" ' Inquefts taken afore the Efcheator or Commiffioners, fhall in no wife be let or granted to Ferm by the to ferm Lands ° ' Chancellor of England, or any other Officer of the King's, whatfoever he be, till the fame Inquefts and feifed into the ' verdich be returned plainly into the Chancery, or into the Exchequer; (z) but that all fuch Lands and Kmg 5 F! ands . ' Tenements fhall abide wholly and continually in the King's Hands, until the fame Inquefts and Verdidts be ' el OSce. nqUC ' returneu 5 (3 ) but it be fo, That he or they that be grieved by the fame Inquefts, or put out of their Lands c and Tenements, come into the Chancery, and offer to traverfe the fame Inquefts, and offer to take the ' fame Lands and Tenements to Ferm; (4) and if they do fo, then the fame Lands and Tenements be 4 committed unto them, if they fhew good Evidence proving their Traverfe to be true, and find Surety af- ' ter the Form of the faid Statute, as in the fame Statute more at large appeared!. ' II. And notwithftanding the faid Statute, divers Efcheators and Commiffioners, which have taken fuch.

  • Inquefts after the Death of the King's Subjects, of their Covin, to the Intent to put them that had Caufe

' of Traverfe to the Verdifts of the faid Inquefts from the Ferm of the Premiffes, would in the Time of

  • Vacation put into the Chancery or into the Exchequer, their faid Office by them taken, b'ecaufe the

' Month fhould pafs before the Beginning of the Term next, enuring, by reafon whereof they that: fhould

  • of Right have the Ferm upon their Traverfe according to the true Intent of the faid Statute, were put

. .. . ' from the fame Ferms contrary to Right and good Confcience.' theKine'sHands ^' For Remedy whereof be it ordained, enafted, and eftablifhed by Authority of "this prefe'nt Parlia- ■upon an Ihqueft ment, That from henceforth, after fuch Office found afore any Efcheator or Commiffioner, and put into of Office, ft.ill Chancery or the Exchequer, if any Perfon orPerfons which will tender a Traverfe to the faid Office, and be let to term to defireth to have the Lands contained in the fame Office to Ferm, and findeth Surety, and fheweth Evidence- to the Chancellor of England for the time being, according to the Statute afore rehearfed, come into the verfe to the fame Chancery within ThreeMonths next after the fame Office fo put into the Chancery or- Exchequer, that he dereth a Tr; 'ithin three be then by the faid Chancellor thereto admitted; (2) and that then all other Patents or Grants hereafter to Months. be made thereof within the faid Three Months ended, be void and of none EffecT:; the faid Statute made 36 Ed. 3. c. 13. the Eighth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth, or any other Statute made to the contrary not— fsH.Vc-tV withftanding. t e Str s C A p - XI- EXP. The Statute made Anna n H. 7. c. 24. which giveth Attaint in certain Cafes againft the Party and Petit: »3H. S. c. 3. Jury* continued until the next Parliament.. C A P. XIK EXP. Untrue Inquifitions found in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh, by the Procurement of Richard Empfon-- and Edmund Dudley, intitling the King to Tenures in Capite, may be traverfed by the Parties, though. •. they have fued Liveries, and their Livery fhall be no Conclufion. C A P. XIII. E X 18. The Statutes of 17 Ed. 4. c. 1. .&^H..-j. c. 23. inhibiting the Tranfporting of Money, Plate, or Jewels, (faying for, the Penalty, of Felony) fhall be continued unto the next Parliament.. C A P. XIV. Rep.sjac.i. A Repeal of all former Statutes made againft Excefs of Apparel; and what kind of Apparel Men: of alL c ' Z S- Degrees and Callings are allowed, and what prohibited to. wear.. CAP. XV.

  • " R « ATI Affurances made to Richard Empfon- and Edmund Dudley, attainted of High Treafon, of Land to the

Ufe of others, fhall be void, and their joint Feoffees fhall ftand feifed of the Whole, But this Statute fliall not extend to the Lands of Robert Ratcliff Lord Fitzwater. StatuUi