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CHARTER OF PHILIP AND MARY. 197 age, Pontage, Stallage, Kaiage, Picage, Cranage, Tenage, Pesage, Scutage, and Hidage. A Court was to be held in the borough on every Monday, before the Mayor, three Aldermen, and the Recorder, or his deputy. The Court was to have jurisdiction over trespasses, contempts, debts, accounts, covenants, deceits, detinues, cap- tions, and contracts whatsoever, although the same exceeded the value of 40s. Actions might be tried by juries and otherwise, and power is conferred to attach the bodies of persons in default. Then follow regulations for the election of Mayor, of Alder- men, and of the Recorder respectively. The Clerk of the Market was to take an oath for the faithful exercise of his office. The Sergeants at Mace were also to be sworn duly to perform their duties, and might carry, within the limits of the Borough, a silver Mace, inscribed with the Royal Arms. Grant to the Mayor and Commonalty of View of Frankpledge of the inhabitants of the Borough [a right to take sureties for their good behaviour], twice yearly, once within a month after Michaelmas, and once within a month after Easter, such " view " to be before the Mayor and Recorder, or before the Recorder only. Grant of Waifs, Estrays, and Goods of felons and fugitives ; And of Assize and Assay of bread, wine, and ale, and weights and measures, with power to punish offences relating thereto. Grant, also, of a beam and scales for weighing wool and yarn, in the fairs and markets. Grant of right to make returns of the Assizes, and of all Royal writs, precepts, and warrants, and of estreats and precepts of the Exchequer, and of the Justices Itinerant, except only in causes of the Queen herself. No Sheriff, Bailiff, or other minister, was to enter the borough to execute his office, except the Mayor and Commonalty had made default therein. License to purchase and hold lands within the borough, pro- vided that such lands were not held of the Queen in chief by military service, nor in socage of others by military service, and provided that such lands did not exceed the annual value of And it is ordained and granted that there shall be, in the Borough, two burgesses of the Parliament, and that the Mayor