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RICHARD'S CHARTER. 73 have election of their Provosts, and to answer for the farm of the said Borough at Easter, and at the Feast of St. Michael yearly, to us or our bailiffs, viz. of one hundred shillings ; And to the Priory of St. Stephen at Lanstone of sixty-five shillings and tenpence; and to the Lepers of St. Leonard at Lanstone one hundred shil- lings of our alms : So, nevertheless, that if the Provosts by them elected shall in anything plainly offend or take beforehand, they shall restore the same according to their offence and presumption. We have granted also to them, and their heirs, for us and our heirs, that they shall not plead, unless within their Borough before- named, of Pleas or things whatsoever belonging to their Borough, unless of pleas belonging to the Crown of our Lord the King. We have granted also to them and their heirs for us, and our heirs, to have eight County Courts by the year in their Borough before- named, beginning from the next Court after the close of Easter until the end of eight Courts next following. We have granted also to them, and their heirs, for us and our heirs, that they may have and hold one place in the same Borough for erecting a certain Guildhall where they shall the more decently and honora- bly provide [conduct their business], to be held of us and our heirs, by one pound of Pepper to be annually rendered at the Feast of St. Michael for all service, suit, and exaction. We have granted also for us and our heirs, to them and their heirs, when any one of our Bailiffs shall make Prise of Ale in the Castle that he be not entitled to have more than the first bika [ale measure] at one halfpenny less than it shall elsewhere be sold, according to what the assize shall be made by the Burgesses ; but if he shall desire to have or take more than one "bika" he shall buy every one as elsewhere, and may take as much as they shall be able to sell. We have also granted to them, and their heirs, for us and our heirs, that no Sheriff or other our Bailiff draw them into Plea unless justly and reasonably and without fraud. We have also granted to them, and their heirs, for us and our heirs, that no Sheriff or other our Bailiff may buy or take at his will anything in the before named Borough, unless of the good will and spon- taneous consent of the seller of the same merchandize. We have granted also to them, and their heirs, for us and our heirs, that they be not taxed with the County for any Service or Tallage and Labour, and that they be not talliated by us or our heirs, unless at the time when the Lord the King shall talliate all his Boroughs