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A Declaration of the libertyes of the English nation, principally with respect to forests
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1681
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a_o declaration_n of_o the_o libertye_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n principal_o with_o respect_n to_o forest_n london_n print_v for_o richard_n janeway_n in_o queen_n head_n ally_n in_o pater-noster-row_n 1681._o a_o declaration_n of_o the_o libertye_n of_o the_o english_a nation_n etc._n etc._n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n be_v both_o make_v in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o confirm_v in_o the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o of_o edward_n the_o first_o do_v in_o effect_n treat_n of_o the_o same_o matter_n and_o therefore_o both_o be_v call_v the_o great_a charter_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o england_n which_o charter_n be_v put_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n and_o send_v to_o arhbishop_n bishop_n and_o other_o man_n of_o the_o clergy_n to_o be_v safe_o keep_v whereof_o one_o of_o they_o remain_v at_o this_o day_n with_o the_o archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n this_o be_v a_o great_a reach_n of_o policy_n to_o have_v they_o well_o preserve_v and_o beside_o the_o same_o be_v enter_v on_o record_n in_o a_o parliament_n roll._n and_o afterward_o king_n edward_n the_o first_o by_o act_n of_o parliament_n do_v ordain_v that_o both_o these_o charter_n shall_v be_v send_v under_o the_o great_a seal_n as_o well_o to_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o forest_n as_o to_o other_o and_o to_o all_o sheriff_n and_o to_o all_o other_o the_o king_n officer_n and_o to_o all_o city_n through_o the_o realm_n and_o that_o the_o same_o charter_n shall_v be_v send_v to_o all_o the_o cathedral_n church_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v read_v and_o publish_v in_o every_o county_n four_o time_n a_o year_n in_o full_a county_n viz._n the_o next_o county_n day_n after_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n michael_n the_o next_o county_n day_n after_o christmas_n after_o easter_n and_o after_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n john_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n my_o lord_n coke_n call_v two_o glorious_a light_n and_o true_o so_o for_o they_o be_v adjudge_v in_o parliament_n to_o be_v take_v as_o the_o common_a law_n and_o the_o law_n be_v the_o light_n and_o guide_n of_o judge_n and_o albeit_o judgement_n in_o the_o king_n court_n be_v of_o high_a regard_n in_o law_n and_o judica_fw-la be_v account_v as_o juris_fw-la dicta_fw-la yet_o it_o be_v provide_v by_o the_o same_o act_n of_o parliament_n that_o if_o any_o judgement_n be_v give_v contrary_a to_o any_o of_o the_o point_n of_o either_o of_o the_o charter_n by_o the_o justice_n or_o by_o any_o other_o of_o the_o king_n minister_n etc._n etc._n it_o shall_v be_v undo_v and_o hold_v for_o nought_o because_o the_o judgement_n be_v give_v against_o the_o law_n and_o in_o such_o high_a estimation_n have_v these_o two_o charter_n be_v that_o they_o have_v be_v confirm_v establish_a and_o command_v to_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n by_o two_o and_o thirty_o several_a act_n of_o parliament_n henry_n king_n of_o england_n send_v greeting_n to_o all_o archbishop_n bishop_n etc._n etc._n who_o shall_v see_v the_o charter_n of_o forest_n that_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o almighty_n god_n etc._n etc._n they_o have_v give_v and_o grant_v to_o all_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n earl_n baron_n and_o to_o all_o freeman_n of_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n their_o liberty_n follow_v to_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n for_o ever_o chap._n 1._o that_o wood_n shall_v be_v disaffore_v imprimis_fw-la we_o will_v that_o all_o forest_n which_o king_n henry_n our_o grandfather_n affore_v shall_v be_v view_v by_o good_a and_o lawful_a man_n and_o if_o he_o have_v affore_v any_o other_o a_o wood_n more_o than_o his_o own_o demesne_n by_o which_o the_o owner_n of_o the_o wood_n have_v damage_n it_o shall_v be_v forthwith_o disaffore_v and_o if_o he_o have_v affore_v his_o own_o wood_n than_o it_o shall_v remain_v forest_n save_v the_o b_o common_a of_o herbage_n and_o of_o other_o thing_n in_o the_o same_o forest_n to_o they_o who_o before_o be_v accustom_v to_o have_v the_o same_o 3_o bulstrode_n 213._o ockam_n cap._n quid_fw-la regis_fw-la foresta_n say_v foresta_n est_fw-la tuta_fw-la ferarum_fw-la mansio_fw-la non_fw-la quarum_fw-la libet_fw-la sed_fw-la silvestrium_fw-la non_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la sed_fw-la certis_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la idoneis_fw-la unde_fw-la foresta_n e._n mutata_fw-la in_o o._n quasi_fw-la feresta_n hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ferarum_fw-la statio_fw-la co._n litt._n sect._n 378._o fol._n 233._o a._n forest_n and_o chase_n be_v not_o enclose_v but_o a_o park_n must_v be_v the_o forest_n and_o chase_n do_v differ_v in_o office_n and_o law_n every_o forest_n be_v a_o chase_n but_o every_o chase_n be_v not_o a_o forest_n a_o subject_a may_v have_v a_o forest_n by_o special_a grant_n of_o the_o king_n as_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n and_o abbot_n of_o whitby_n have_v id_fw-la ibid._n a_o forest_n consist_v of_o eight_o thing_n viz._n of_o soil_n covert_n law_n court_n judge_n officer_n game_n and_o certain_a bound_n co._n inst_z 4._o part._n fol._n 289._o foresta_n est_fw-la nomen_fw-la collectivum_fw-la and_o by_o the_o grant_n thereof_o the_o soil_n game_n and_o a_o free_a chase_n do_v pass_v id_fw-la ibid._n king_n john_n the_o 15_o of_o june_n in_o the_o 18_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n at_o kummigs-mead_n alias_o kyme-mead_n between_o stanes_n and_o windsor_n grant_v the_o like_a charter_n as_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n be_v id_fw-la ibid._n a_o this_o be_v a_o act_n of_o restitution_n for_o if_o the_o king_n may_v have_v make_v a_o forest_n in_o other_o man_n wood_n than_o can_v not_o the_o owner_n have_v fell_v down_o his_o own_o wood_n without_o view_n and_o licence_n &_o sic_fw-la ad_fw-la damnum_fw-la illius_fw-la etc._n etc._n id_fw-la fol._n 300._o b_o note_v all_o manner_n of_o commons_o be_v save_v chap._n ii_o who_o bind_v to_o the_o summons_n of_o the_o forest_n man_n that_o dwell_v out_o of_o the_o forest_n from_o henceforth_o shall_v not_o come_v before_o the_o justicer_n of_o our_o forest_n by_o common_a summons_n except_o they_o be_v implead_v there_o or_o be_v surety_n for_o some_o other_o that_o be_v attach_v for_o the_o forest_n this_o statute_n of_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n ha_o …_o be_v above_o thirty_o time_n and_o last_o in_o 4._o hen._n 5._o confirm_v and_o enact_v and_o command_v to_o be_v put_v in_o execution_n co._n inst_z 4._o part._n fol._n 303._o and_o it_o be_v very_o observable_a that_o if_o any_o act_n of_o parliament_n have_v be_v make_v against_o any_o of_o the_o article_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o carta_n de_fw-fr foresta_n by_o the_o act_n of_o parliament_n of_o 42._o e._n 3._o the_o same_o be_v make_v void_a and_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o confirmationes_fw-la cartarum_fw-la in_o 25._o e._n 1._o all_o judgement_n give_v against_o any_o of_o the_o point_n of_o carta_n de_fw-fr foresta_n shall_v be_v hold_v for_o void_a chap._n iii_o what_o wood_n make_v forest_n shall_v be_v disaffore_v all_o wood_n that_o have_v be_v make_v forest_n by_o king_n richard_n our_o uncle_n or_o by_o king_n john_n our_o father_n until_o our_o first_o coronation_n shall_v be_v forthwith_o disaffore_v unless_o it_o be_v our_o demesne_n wood._n whereas_o henry_n 2._o fitz_n empress_n claim_v that_o he_o may_v make_v forest_n not_o only_o within_o his_o own_o wood_n and_o ground_n but_o in_o the_o wood_n and_o ground_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o thereupon_o make_v divers_a such_o forest_n within_o his_o own_o and_o other_o man_n wood_n and_o ground_n whereupon_o some_o reader_n and_o other_o that_o have_v follow_v they_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o henry_n 2._o might_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la do_v that_o which_o he_o do_v this_o act_n of_o charta_fw-la de_fw-fr foresta_n which_o be_v but_o a_o declaratory_a law_n restore_v the_o subject_a to_o his_o former_a right_n be_v direct_o against_o that_o conceit_n as_o you_o may_v see_v before_o in_o the_o first_o chapter_n of_o it_o and_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n be_v this_o three_o chapter_n neither_o can_v henry_n 2._o or_o any_o other_o king_n have_v make_v or_o raise_v a_o free_a chase_n park_n or_o warren_n for_o himself_o in_o any_o of_o the_o ground_n of_o the_o subject_n for_o it_o be_v true_o say_v in_o plowdens_n commentary_n lord_n berkely_n case_n note_n note_n fol._n 236._o that_o the_o common_a law_n have_v so_o admeasured_a the_o king_n prerogative_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o take_v away_o nor_o prejudice_v the_o inheritance_n of_o any_o but_o we_o agree_v that_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v original_o derive_v from_o the_o crown_n and_o therefore_o when_o the_o ancient_a king_n have_v the_o most_o part_n in_o their_o own_o hand_n or_o at_o least_o great_a desert_n waste_v and_o woody_n ground_n for_o want_v of_o habitation_n they_o may_v make_v what_o forest_n it_o please_v they_o therein_o which_o may_v be_v a_o
reason_n and_o cause_n of_o a_o lawful_a beginning_n and_o therefore_o a_o forest_n may_v be_v by_o prescription_n good_a in_o law_n over_o other_o man_n ground_n but_o the_o king_n in_o his_o own_o ground_n may_v make_v a_o forest_n at_o this_o day_n which_o be_v prove_v by_o these_o two_o chapter_n for_o such_o forest_n be_v thereby_o save_v and_o enact_v to_o stand_v co._n 4._o part._n instit_fw-la fol._n 300_o 301._o desertum_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la ab_fw-la hominibus_fw-la deseritur_fw-la &_o feris_fw-la relinquitur_fw-la chap._n iu._n no_o purpresture_n waste_v or_o assart_n to_o be_v make_v in_o forest_n all_o archbishop_n bishop_n abbot_n prior_n earl_n baron_n knight_n and_o other_o our_o freeholder_n who_o have_v their_o wood_n in_o forest_n shall_v have_v their_o wood_n as_o they_o have_v they_o at_o the_o first_o ‖_o coronation_n of_o henry_n our_o grandfather_n so_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v quit_v for_o ever_o of_o all_o a_o purpresture_n b_o waste_v and_o c_o assert_n make_v in_o those_o wood_n after_o that_o time_n until_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o second_o year_n of_o our_o coronation_n and_o those_o who_o from_o henceforth_o do_v make_v purpresture_n without_o our_o licence_n or_o waste_v or_o assert_v in_o the_o same_o shall_v answer_v unto_o we_o for_o the_o same_o waste_v purpresture_n and_o assert_n a_o purpresture_n come_v of_o the_o french_a word_n purprise_v or_o pourpris_fw-fr which_o signify_v a_o enclosure_n or_o building_n and_o in_o legal_a understanding_n signify_v a_o encroachment_n on_o the_o king_n either_o upon_o part_n of_o the_o king_n demesne_fw-la land_n of_o his_o crown_n which_o be_v account_v in_o law_n as_o res_fw-la publicae_fw-la &_o semper_fw-la favorabile_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la republica_n principis_fw-la patrimonium_fw-la or_o in_o the_o high_a way_n or_o in_o common_a river_n or_o in_o the_o common_a street_n of_o a_o city_n or_o general_o when_o any_o common_a nusans_n be_v do_v to_o the_o king_n and_o his_o people_n endeavour_v to_o make_v that_o private_a which_o ought_v to_o be_v public_a which_o glanvil_n lib._n 9_o cap._n 11._o very_o apt_o describe_v in_o these_o word_n dicitur_fw-la autem_fw-la purprestura_fw-la vel_fw-la porprestura_fw-la popriè_fw-la quando_fw-la aliquid_fw-la super_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la injustè_fw-fr occupatur_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o dominicis_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o viis_fw-la publicis_fw-la obstruct_v '_o well_fw-mi in_o aquis_fw-la publicis_fw-la transversis_fw-la à _fw-la recto_fw-la cursu_fw-la vel_fw-la quando_fw-la aliquis_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la super_fw-la regiam_fw-la plateam_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aedificando_fw-la occupaverit_fw-la &_o generaliter_fw-la quoties_fw-la aliquid_fw-la fit_a ad_fw-la nocumentum_fw-la regii_fw-la tenementi_fw-la vel_fw-la regiae_n viae_fw-la vel_fw-la civitatis_fw-la co._n 2._o instit_fw-la fol._n 272._o it_o be_v a_o article_n of_o the_o eyre_n before_o the_o statute_n de_fw-fr bigamis_fw-la in_o 4._o ed._n 1._o to_o inquire_v de_fw-fr purpresturis_fw-la factis_fw-la super_fw-la dominum_fw-la regem_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o mari_n sive_fw-la in_o aqua_fw-la dulci_fw-la sive_fw-la infra_fw-la libertatem_fw-la sive_fw-la extra_fw-la cap._n itineris_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n it_o appear_v also_o by_o glanvil_n that_o there_o be_v likewise_o purpresture_n do_v to_o subject_n id_fw-la ibid._n b_o waste_v vastum_fw-la dicitur_fw-la à _fw-la vastando_fw-la of_o waste_v and_o depopulate_v and_o for_o that_o waste_n be_v often_o allege_v to_o be_v timber_n which_o we_o call_v in_o latin_a maremium_fw-la or_o maresnium_n or_o maresmium_n it_o be_v good_a to_o fetch_v both_o of_o they_o say_v my_o lord_n coke_n from_o the_o original_a first_o timber_n be_v a_o saxon_a word_n second_o maremium_fw-la be_v derive_v of_o the_o french_a word_n marreim_n or_o marrein_a which_o proper_o signify_v timber_n co._n 1._o instit_fw-la fol._n 52._o b._n 53._o c_o assert_v be_v so_o call_v of_o the_o effect_n as_o some_o hold_v and_o be_v derive_v say_v they_o of_o ad_fw-la and_o sero_fw-la assero_fw-la because_o of_o wood_n ground_n marsh_n or_o waste_a ground_n they_o be_v convert_v to_o be_v sow_o with_o corn_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o register_n and_o f._n n._n b._n it_o be_v write_v assertare_fw-la with_o a_o e._n and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o this_o chapter_n here_o in_o the_o latin_n bracton_n 226._o bracton_n lib._n 4._o fol._n 226._o hereof_o say_v illud_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la aliquando_fw-la boscus_fw-la &_o locus_fw-la vastae_fw-la solitudinis_fw-la &_o communia_fw-la &_o jam_fw-la inde_fw-la efficitur_fw-la assartum_fw-la vel_fw-la redactum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o culturam_fw-la and_o herewith_o with_o agree_v fleta_n lib._n 4._o c._n 22._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 25._o illud_fw-la olim_fw-la fuit_fw-la foresta_n et_fw-la boscus_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la jam_fw-la efficitur_fw-la assartum_fw-la &_o reductum_fw-la est_fw-la in_o culturam_fw-la et_fw-la idem_fw-la dici_fw-la poterit_fw-la de_fw-la mariscis_fw-la et_fw-la aliis_fw-la vastitatibus_fw-la in_o culturam_fw-la redactis_fw-la other_o fetch_v it_o otherwise_o but_o we_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v derive_v of_o the_o french_a word_n essarter_n to_o grub_v up_o or_o clear_v a_o ground_n of_o wood_n etc._n etc._n and_o this_o appear_v by_o domesday_n hereford-shire_n merchela_n in_o eodem_fw-la manerio_fw-la sunt_fw-la 58._o acrae_fw-la terrae_fw-la provect_n de_fw-fr silva_fw-la write_v over_o the_o same_o essar_n the_o essart_n silvae_fw-la exeunt_fw-la 17._o s._n and_o 4._o d._n e._n be_v turn_v into_o a._n co._n instit_fw-la 4._o part_n fol._n 306_o 307._o ‖_o where_o it_o it_o be_v say_v tempore_fw-la coronationis_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la avi_fw-la that_o be_v of_o h._n 2._o it_o be_v to_o be_v know_v that_o he_o be_v crown_v twice_o viz._n the_o 20._o of_o december_n in_o the_o first_o year_n he_o cause_v his_o son_n henry_n to_o be_v crown_v king_n the_o 15._o of_o june_n in_o the_o 16._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n henry_n his_o son_n die_v the_o 11._o of_o june_n in_o the_o 28._o year_n of_o his_o reign_n after_o who_o death_n king_n henry_n fitz-empresse_n be_v crown_v again_o id._n fol._n 293._o chap._n v._o when_o ranger_n be_v to_o make_v their_o range_v in_o the_o forest_n our_o ranger_n shall_v go_v through_o the_o forest_n to_o make_v range_v as_o it_o have_v be_v accustom_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o first_o coronation_n of_o king_n henry_n our_o grandfather_n and_o not_o otherwise_o the_o ranger_n be_v a_o swear_a officer_n of_o the_o forest_n of_o which_o sort_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v twelve_o as_o you_o shall_v see_v in_o the_o 7._o chapter_n but_o he_o be_v not_o within_o the_o forest_n have_v no_o charge_n of_o vert_fw-fr but_o only_o of_o venison_n that_o come_v out_o of_o the_o forest_n into_o his_o charge_n or_o part_n of_o the_o purlieu_n to_o safe_a conduct_n they_o back_o again_o and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o in_o such_o forest_n as_o have_v no_o purlieu_n there_o be_v no_o ranger_n but_o forester_n serve_v the_o turn_n this_o ranger_n be_v make_v and_o appoint_v by_o the_o king_n his_o letter_n patent_n under_o the_o great_a seal_n and_o for_o his_o better_a encouragement_n in_o his_o duty_n he_o have_v a_o yearly_a fee_n of_o twenty_o pound_n or_o thirty_o pound_n pay_v out_o of_o the_o exchequer_n and_o certain_a fee_n dear_a both_o red_a and_o fallow_a his_o office_n consist_v chief_o in_o these_o three_o point_n 1._o ad_fw-la perambulandum_fw-la quotidie_fw-la per_fw-la terras_fw-la de_fw-la afforestatas_fw-la ad_fw-la videndum_fw-la audiendum_fw-la &_o inquirendum_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la malefactis_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la malefactoribus_fw-la in_o balliva_fw-la sva_fw-la 2._o ad_fw-la refugandum_fw-la feras_fw-la forestae_fw-la tam_fw-la veneris_fw-la quam_fw-la chaseae_n de_fw-la terris_fw-la deafforestatis_fw-la in_fw-la terras_fw-la afforestatas_fw-la &_o 3_o ad_fw-la 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