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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justice_n	king_n	lord_n	2,858	5	3.8642	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74017	Anno tertio Henrici Octavi The kynge our soueraygne lorde Henry the eyght ...; Laws, etc.	England.	1563 (1563)	STC 9362.1; ESTC S121528	14,385	16

detestable wise thē hath ben oft seen in times past And the persons so offendinge little regarde the punishment thereof by the course of the common lawe ne by reason of any statute heretofore made but beare theim bolde of theyr Clergie and imagininge and pleadinge of feygned and vntrue foraine pleas triable in foraine coūtyes to thinfēt to be remoued from place to place by colourable and vntrue suggestions and for to be vntruely acquite by fauour might and corrupcion so that they liue in maner without feare or drede For reformacion wherof and for the common welth of this realme and to put the sayde murderers felons and offenders in more feare and drede so to offende Be it ordeined established enacted by the kynge our soueraigne lorde the lordes spiritual and temporal and the commōs in this present parliament assembled and by auctoryty of the same that all persone or persones hereafter committinge murder or felony in any churche chapell or halowed place or of and vppon malyce prepensed robbe or murder any personne or personnes in the kinges highewaye or els robbe or murder any persone in his house the owner or dweller of the house his wife child or seruaunt than being therin put in feare or drede by the same that such persons so offending be not from henceforth admitted to his or theyr clergy suche as bene within holy orders onelye excepte And ouer that be it enacted by the sayd auctority that if any murderer or felon vpon his arrainment hereafter do alledge that he had taken anye church or churchyard for murder felonye or other place preueleged for the same in a foraine county and against his will taken out thereof that than the kynges attournay or any other person that will sue or aledge for the kinge that the sayde murderer or felon so arayned was taken at large in the same shire where he is so arayned that than the same allegeaunce and issue to be tried by thenquest that should try the sayd murder or felony within the same shyre and before the same Iustice where the sayd murderer or felon is arrained as though the sayde forraine plea had not be pleded by the sayd felon And if it be founden by the same inquest that the sayd murderer or felon was taken within the same shire as is aforesayde that than he to haue none auantage or benefit of the matter alleged by him for takinge out of the church or churchyard or other place priuiledged in any suche foraine shire And this acte to endure to the next parliament ¶ An acte concerninge Iuries in London Cap. iij. WHere at a parlyamente holden at Westmin the .xj. yeare of the reigne of king Henry the .vij. for the good due administracion and expedition of Iustice it was ordeined and amonge other thynges enacted that euery person hereafter to be enpanelled or sommoned to appeare in any Iury or inquest in any courte within the city of London before any Iudges of the same city making default at the first sommons should lose forfaite xij.d And at the second defaut ij.s And so at euery such defaut after that the issues and penalties to be doubled And also such issues lost in the Maires courte should be forfaited leuied and perceiued to thuse and behoue of the maire and the comminalty of the sayd city And that all such issues loste in the sheriffes court or courtes should be forfayted leuyed and perceyued to the vse of the sheriffes of the same city for the time being toward their fee ferme as by the same act more plainely doth appeare in the whiche acte is not expressed howe or by what meanes the foresayde issues so lost forfayted for none apparāce of the persons so impanelled and sommoned should be leuied The lacke whereof is the cause that suche persons as haue bene impanelled and sommoned as well for the kinge as betwene party and party beinge substanciall and indifferēt haue made many tymes defaut and woulde not appere And so it remaineth in like mischiefe as it was before the makinge of the foresayd act to the greatlet of Iustice and the delaye aswell in the kynges causes as in other causes betwene parties wherfore for the good execution of the said statute and pertit remedy in this behalfe to be had Be it established ordeined and enacted by the kinge our soueraigne lorde by thassent of the lordes spirituall and temporall and the commons in this presente Parlyamente assembled and by the auctority of the same that for all such issues in forme aforesaid hereafter to be lost or forfaited in the maires court it shal be lawfull to the sayde mayre and to his successours to distreine and the same distresse to reteine till he or they be satisfied of the said issues And in like maner that it shal be lawfull to the foresayd sheriffes and their successours to distraine for suche issues lost in their court or courtes and the sayd distresse to reteine till they be satisfied of the sayde issues Item for as muche as after issues ioigned in actions and sutes commenced taken or dependinge in the kinges courts before hym selfe in his bench and before his Iustice of the commen benche And also in his escheker at the kynges suite or at the suite of the parties triable in the sayd city of Lōdon as well the kinge as the parties haue suffered great delay many times for defaulte of apparaūce of the iurours impanelled to trye the sayd issues and many times for lacke of iurours not hauing landes tenemētes of the yerely value of xl.s Be it ordeyned and enacted by the sayd auctority of this present parliament that the sheriffes of London for the time beinge haue full auctority and power to retourne in panelles or arraies of all actions suites nowe dependinge or that shal depend in any of the sayde courtes or escheker persons beinge citizens hauinge goodes to the value of C. marke or aboue to trie the issues ioygned or to be ioygned in euery suche action or suite And the persōs so retourned hauinge goods to the value of C. marke or aboue shal be sworne and do in all such iuries in likewise in euery thinge as other persons shall do hauynge landes and tenemētes of the yerely value of xl.s ouer all charges And ouer that be it ordeyned by the sayde auctority that the sheriffes of the sayd city for the time beinge shal retourne vpon the first distresse in euery such action or suite vpon euery of the iuries impanelled to trye the issues thereof xx.d And vppon the seconde distresse vpon euery of the same iurours xl.d And vppon euery distresse after that vppon euerye of the same Iurours the double tyll a full Iury in euery such Action and suite shall appere and be sworne to trye the issues ioygned in the same And that the sheriffes that shall make any retourne vpon such distresse cōtrary to the fourme aforesayde shall forfayte for euery suche defaulte x.li the one halfe