A. D. 1535. Anno viccfimo fcptimo IIf. nrici VIII. C. 26. 2i I th I in! Country 01 Dominion of Walts, (hall f- >r ever, from and aft-r the (aid Feaft of A/l-S 11 inli ritablc to the fame Manors, Land , Rents, Tencmci ijh Tenure, without Divifion or Partition, and : noi . ■', -nil not I nurc, nc aftci the Form of anj ■ Laws or < that (Jrdi and Statutes ol th is Realm of Bng land, forever, and none other Lav , <>■:,.. ftci the laid Feafl >f All-Saints next coming, (hall be had, ufed, praaifed and and every Pan th reof, in like Manner, F< rm and Oi rid (hall.be had, ufed, pradtifed, ted in Realm, and in fucn like Manner and by this Act (hall be furtlv r eftabliflicd and ordained ; any Act, Statute, Ufage, Cullom, nt, Liberty, Privilege, or other Thing had, made, ufed, granted or fuffered to thccontraiy in ' mdi 1 ■. ' 111. And forafmuch as there be many and divers Lordfhips Marcher"; within the faid County or Domi- k" JI1 ' i P s n of Wales, lying between the Shires of England *n& the Shires of the laid County or Dominion of ^'[Jj^'jJ ] ireel of any other Shires where the Laws and due Correction 1 1 ufed and had, by committed hath enfued, and hath been praftifed, perpetrated, committed and done, within and among u>erein. ' the faid Lordfhips and Countrh s to them adjoining, manifold and divers detcftable Murthers, bienning of ' Homes, Robbcrii ;, I h ft , Trefpafles, Routs, Riots, unlawful Afl'emblies, Embraceries, Maintenances. iv ing of Felons, Opprcflions, Ruptures of the Peace, and manifold other Malcfadts, contrary to all 4 Laws and Jufl ice ; and the (aid Offenders thereupon making their Refuge from Lordfhip to Lordfhip, 4 were and continued without Punifhmcnt or Correction ; (2) lor due Reformation whereof, and foraf- 4 much as divers and many of the faid Lordfhips Marchers be now in the Hands and Poffeflion of our Sovc- 11 Lord the King, and the final! eft Number of them in the Poffeflion of other Lords,' It is therefore J by the Authority aforefaid, That divers of the faid Lordfhips Marchers fhall be united, annexed lined to divers of the Shires of England, and divers of the faid Lordfhips Marchers (hall be united, annexed and joined to divers of the Shires of the faid Country or Dominion of Wales, in Manner and form hereafter following; (3) and that all the Rcfidue of the faid Lordfhips Marchers within the faid Lordf>.! F s Country or Dominion of Wales, fhall be fevered and divided into certain particular Counties or Shires, that M»"j h 5»»»» is to fay, the County or Shire of Monmouth, the County or Shire oi Brecknock, the County or Shire of Rod- ghiret. nor, the County or Shire of Montgomery, the County or Shire of Denbigh; (4) and that the Lordfhips, _, „ f Townfhips, Paiifhes, Commotes •' and Cantreds of Monmouth, Chepftoiv, Matheme, Llanvihangel, Magour, i ^ tn ° e u u n t h °ni' Goldediffc, Newport, Wenltonge, Llanwerne, Caerlion, UJk, Treleck, Tint em, Skynfreth, Gronfmont, fyke- the Towns cajile, R.gbtu, Calieote, Bijfon, Abergevenny, Penrofc, Grenefiehl, Maghcn and Hochuyjlade in the Country of within tae&mt.- Wales, and all and ftngular Honours, Lordlhips, Caftles, Manors, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, lying or being within the Compafs or Precinct of the laid Lordfhips, Townfhips, Hamlets, Panfhes, Com- motes and Cantreds, and every of them, in whofe Poffeflion foever they be or fhall be, and every Part thereof, fhall ftand and be from and after the faid Feaft oi All-Saints guildable, and fhall be reputed, ac- cepted, named and taken as Parts and Members of the faid Shire of Monmouth ; (5) and that the (aid Town of Monmouti^ fhall be named, accepted, reputed, ufed, had and taken, Head and Shire-town of the faid County or Shire of Monmouth; (6) and that the Sheriffs County or Shire-court of and for the faid Shire and County of Monmouth, fhall be holden and kept one Time at the faid Town of Monmouth, and the next Time at the Town of Neivport, in the fame County or Shire, and fo to be kept in the fame two Towns altcrnis vicibus, and according to the Laws of this Realm of England for ever, and in none other Places. IV. And it is further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all Actions reals that hereafter (hall be Actions for conceived, perpetrated or fued for any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, or any other Thing within ^ nds „ cr ot b htr the faid County or Shire of Monmouth, and all Actions perfonals within the fame Shire or County of the fue ^ s ,^ e " Sum of xl. s. or above, and all Actions mixt, fhall be fued by original Writ out of the King's High Court County ol M -- of Chancery in England, (2) and heard, determined and tried before the King's Jufticcs in England, or by mouth. Aflife or Nift prius within the faid County of Monmouth, in fuch like Manner, Form and Wife, as all other Savil i;: Actions reals, perfonals, and Actions mixt, be fued, heard, determined and tried in or for any Shire of ^-f 01 !^ 9 '- t.. this Realm of England; (3) and that the King's Juftices of his Bench, or of his common Bench of Weft- (Hcesmaya- minjler, fhall have full Power and Authority to direct all manner Procefs to the Sheriff and all other Of- ward Venire fae" fleers of the faid County of Monmouth, (4) and alfo to direct Writs of Venire facias to the fame Sheriff, for into the County the Trial of every Iffue joined before them; (;) and aifo to award Commiffions of Nift prius into the faid of Monmouth, County of Monmouth, for the Trial of fuch Iffues joined before them, in like Manner and Form as they do p"^^. ' 11 " into every Shire of this Realm of England; (6) and all and every the King's Subjects and Inhabitants The Inhabitants I within the faid County of Monmouth, fhall be forever, from and after the faid Feaft of All-Saints, obliged ofibe'county I and bounden to be obedient and attendant to the Lord Chancellor of England, the King's Juftices, and « f Monmouth
other of the King's molt honourable Council, and unto all Laws, CufcoiftsV Ordinances and Statutes of 9?. CI,i f n ' '° * e
this Realm of England, in like Manner, Form and Wife, as all other t e King's Subjects within every Shire „j'lj»s of this Realm of England be obliged and bounden ; any Act, Statute, Ufage, Cuftom, Liberty, Privilege,""" or any other Thing to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding; (7) and that the Sheriff of the laid Coun- , ty (hall hold Plea of Rcplegiare, and all other Suits and Plaints under forty Shillings, in his County or Shire-court, in like Manner and Form as all other Sheriffs do within this Realm of England; (8) and that The Sheriff the Sheriff, Efcheators and Coroners, that hereafter (hall be within the faid County or Shire of Monmouth, Efcheaior* of (hall be obliged^ and bounden to execute all the King's Proceffes, and to make due Returns thereof, and to J? ? ufe and exercife their Offices according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm of England, in all and u • A Commote is ba'f a Centred, or Hundred, containing f.ftf Village;. tVala was ahlittifly divided into three Pftvincei ; and er.;h :f theft vfere eiain pvbdruiiei into Cantreds; and every Centred into Cox.mctes, VoivIL {
